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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone give me the quick rundown of things that seem unfair or problematic about any of the options?

I know which option I would vote for on the survey based just on our own neighborhood, but don't want to make my decision just based on that? [/quote]

1. Lots of split articulation
2. The consultants added 500 seats of capacity to Wheaton HS since the last round and haven't adequately explained how or at what cost (in the initial round of meetings they claimed Edison has a shell space that can be built out - is that free? I don't think so. What will the cost be to taxpayers and when can the Wheaton community expect relief from overcrowding - if it's even real or has it just been manufactured this whole time?). Even with all these magical extra seats Wheaton and other east county schools are still over capacity. Why is that?
3. Who has time to analyze the 4 options and identify the pros and cons? Presumably, they are offering these for a reason, but why? Can they be more transparent about the basis for putting forward these specific options? Who have they received feedback from so far and from what areas? How are areas where parents don't have the time/education/technology to closely analyze 4 sets of maps and tables being represented or are we just ignoring them?
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That doesn’t seem…that bad. I imagine 2 gets addressed through updates to the capital improvement plan and made a priority.  I imagine MCPS probably has held off on certain additional capital expenditure decisions like this until the boundary study is finalized. Are there other major gripes?[/quote]

It sounds like you haven't been paying attention to the MCPS budget. The CIP is a huge mess. No, there is not a ton of extra money to build out 500 seats. And why should taxpayers fund this when we have plenty of extra capacity 4 miles west of Wheaton HS? They should use that money to deal with the many schools with longstanding, serious maintenance issues.[/quote]

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