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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If the MCPS is allowed to take an existing park, where no concrete or buildings now exist, is to reward their poor stewardship of their own real estate inventory. [/quote]

Sorry PPs from RCH, the sanctity of the parks (or your park, as the case may be) does not trump the need for schools. To suggest that sites with parks shouldn't be considered in order to punish MCPS for its decision decades ago to close schools and/or sell properties that it did not need is just silly. Restricting the possible sites doesn't punish MCPS, it punishes our kids (or at least my kids, since I'd guess that the RCH opponents don't have young kids who would benefit from the middle school after its 2017 opening.) None of us can make a fair assessment of MCPS' planning decisions made in the 1980s - I don't know what factors went into those decisions, and neither do you. What I do know is that a new school is needed and there are a finite number of possible locations. One of them happens to sit in your neighborhood. Get over it, please. [/quote]

The value of 'Education' or schools is not questioned. But county residents also value 'Parks' as places that everyone uses- those with older kids, those with no kids - throughout life. As a parent, one's connection with a middle school passes in the blink of an eye. When a Park goes away, it may never return. School organizations often assume 'it's for the children' is an argument that trumps all others. Many of us resent that line of thinking when it replaces real long-term planning, fiscal responsibility and respect for all county residents.

MCPS should be using its own resources if it has the option. That kind of inter-agency cooperation shouldd be respected by everyone- those with and without kids. We all count. And we're all funding these important decisions. For the record, I am not an RCH poster.[/quote]

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