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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At any moment in this process CCES (tweedledee) and NCC (tweedledum) from the Triad can step up and offer themselves to be bussed to Westland in place of RCF so you want be uncomfortable in the overcrowded/poor middle school.  Go for it![/quote]

Wait, I thought the triad was Somerset, Westbrook, and Bethesda. [b]Wouldn't NCC and CC just be a duo?[/b] In any case, that's a snappy response to avoid an issue you don't want to address, but the reality is that those schools have no ability to self-select, and you know that.

You keep pushing this narrative about a "poor" middle school. If that helps you get through side-stepping substantive issues, fine, but no one here is complaining about their kids going to school with so-called "poor" kids. The issue is one of physical capacity. The new school starts off at a deficit compared to Westland. According to the Superintendent's report, it hits 99% capacity within five years, before any development kicks in. That's a stupid result when the whole point of building the school was to relieve over-crowding.[/quote]

CCES, NCC and RHPS = Triad[/quote]

So, there are two triads, one in the east, and one in the west?  Wasn't this a martial arts movie?[/quote]

No you are late to the discussion it seems.  CCES, NCC and RHPS have always been the Triad from many historical threads, not the other schools you mentioned.[/quote]

Correct. No one calls Westbrook, Somerset and Bethesda the Triad.

And there have been a few mentions of the former Leland Junior High School in this thread, as a member of the second site selection committee I can tell you that it was considered but deemed way way way way too small for a middle school. Anyone who is at all familiar with the current Lawton Community Center should be able to attest to that. I don't think there would be room for a large enough building there, much less a field.[/quote]

Funny, it worked fine for many years as a middle school.  It was not way to small. The town doesn't want all the noise and buses in the community.  I grew up there.  I remember the old Leland very well. Kids could be bused or walk to BCC for the field.  Or, they do without like many other schools do.[/quote]

+1. Or change the use of nearby parks like Elm Park and Norwood Park.  Or get creative and start purchasing or reining land.  Why aren't we digging the parking lots behind the east side of Wisconsin Avenue and topping them with greenspace.  MCPS could have partnered with the county to have more parking and more greenspace.  Or they could have built a much larger middle school at Norwood, with racial balance, by simply changing some of the roads.

The lack of creativity in the  site selection process was apalling.  [/quote]

Norwood Park was on the list of considered sites but was a problem in part due to the very limited access and also because of the historic landmark right smack in the middle of it. Elm Street Park is one square block - are you suggesting that is adequate for a middle school? [/quote]

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