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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ there's always an oldest school, and then it gets renovated (see Gaithersburg HS, Paintbranch HS, Senaca Valley HS ), and then those are the newest.  Soon there will be 3 newly renovated HSs (Northwood, Woodward and Crown), and then it'll be another school's turn

Of those 6 new HSs listed, only one is a W [/quote]

The type/extent of renovation matters.  Crown, Woodward and Northwood all will be new buildings.  Blair was a new building in the late 90s.  As PP stated, Einstien has a marker in the CIP that says renovated in the 90s (completed 97, per the other post), but it was far from the overhaul that would have made it reasonably comparable to then-newer buildings in the facilities/services it provided to that school's community.

Schools like that are not the newest, they just have a few new parts.  It's like outfitting an old car with replacements only for the things most in need (alternator, tires, wipers, muffler, battery etc.).  You can't then sell it as a new car.

The extent to which MCPS chooses a light overhaul vs. a full overhaul (like a classic car might be fully refurbished for an auto show) or complete reconstruction/new school can tell the story of preference, if any.  The PP was noting that the table in the CIP that indicates date constructed/renovated can be misleading, as is the case for Einstein (and many others).

MCPS does not include the detail that would allow the BOE or others to discern the actual state (the condition report is the closest thing, and that is both limited and of questionalble relative accuracy among schools).  That isn't an easy task, especially across so many schools, but having only the one piece of data allows for glossing over of relative condition when presenting their prioritizations (or discussing them here).[/quote]

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