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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county council has approved construction of a huge new apartment complex in our neighborhood, but our local ES is already over capacity with no new updates/improvements on the horizon. Do the council and MCPS talk to each other about this sort of thing? How do they approve these types of projects without having a plan on where the kids can go (besides adding portables which is not a solution). There doesn’t seem to be any thought as to the long term impacts to our schools……[/quote]

Is this Damascus? I can't believe how close that development will be!!!! It's like right on top of the school.  I really was hoping they were going to expand because I think it might be one of the oldest elementary buildings in the county, if not the oldest? [/quote]

The development next to Damascus ES is for 62 townhouses. Damascus ES is on 9.42 acres, so yes, the townhouses will be next to the school. Is that a bad thing?

https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ADA-Format_StaffReport_King_Souder_Property_820210170_final_with_attachments.pdf[/quote]

It's not necessarily a bad thing; there hopefully will be a fence that separates the properties because it is that close. It's just when my kiddo went to school there they were just starting to increase numbers - now they have portables. It's like the developers are trying to build on every patch of grass they can.  I mean these will be WAY out of price range for most people - I only ended up in Damascus because it's what I could afford. I just wish they would put up more affordable housing for once or at least cap the rent for people!  We were going to move to Clarksburg but Wilson Wims was over capacity pretty much the first year after it opened.  They can't build the schools fast enough to accommodate all these new developments.  [/quote]

So, housing is too expensive, and there's not enough of it? Hmmm.

There will be a pedestrian connection between the development and the school parking lot, and there might be another one between the development and the back of the school.

If MCPS thinks there needs to be a fence, they can put up a fence.

Thanks for the helpful feedback Karen 
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