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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except MCPS and MoCo Planning are in a pissing contest just now. Traffic and off site parking are not MCPS's problems any more than overcrowded schools are Planning's problem.

And if Crown has open lunches, plenty of shops in Rio will find a way to cater to the students.[/quote]
Why do you think it's not a MCPS' issue?  MCPS makes the decisions and assumes the full responsibility for their actions.  If people don't like their decisions, they're free to vote out the board.

And all that matters to you is cheap off-site lunch?  Hmm.[/quote]
MCPS is responsible for teaching kids and building the schools needed for that. Planning is responsible for residential construction and transportation infrastructure (among other things, of course, but that's what most directly affects schools). Once upon a time, MCPS and MNCPPC tried to work together to steer things in a mutually beneficial way.

After years of griping about the school system not addressing or balancing over- and under-utilization of schools, the Planning Board removed the possibility of putting a school or cluster into a residential building moratorium. Equally, MCPS doesn't give more than lip-service about any traffic or off-site parking issues their schools may create; schools go where MCPS wants, with predictable traffic -and Planning better deal with it because Planning doesn't have the jurisdiction to change it.

Leaving us stuck in this pissing contest between the two.

And as to Rio and cheap lunches - that's just a prediction of free enterprise doing it's thing:  if students come, they'll cater to them. I've put a whole lot more effort trying to get MCPS and MNCPPC to work together. Eateries don't need my help.[/quote]

Spoken like a true member of the board or central office staff!  I'm sure everyone in MC will welcome traffic-backups at the left-hand-turn from 370 into Downtown Crown.  As we are all aware, MC residents are super understanding of unilateral board and sup decisions that affect parent livelihood.  I'm sure the police will also appreciate babysitting all the traffic mess.

Just a suggestion - if MCPS is in a pissing contest, maybe they should post the issue for public written comments?  (Not just a not-well-advertised public hearing, but an actual site permitting comments for more than 30-days and well-advertised by MCPS?)[/quote]
Nope, I'm just an engaged citizen and parent who's been trying to make things better for a while.

MCPS has tons of meetings about new school construction. There are three work sessions - [url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/crownhs.aspx]via Zoom[/url] - for Crown in the next 5 weeks. If you want to comment outside those meetings, you can email Rob Badstibner (Robbie_S_Badstibner@mcpsmd.org) - he's listed as the mcps construction contact.[/quote]

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