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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Therefore, a school would need to be built in Bethesda to be a result of construction in Bethesda (generally speaking).  
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No it wouldn't. Again, MONTGOMERY COUNTY government, MONTGOMERY COUNTY revenue, MONTGOMERY COUNTY public schools.[/quote]

I do not understand your point.

A development in one area is not the cause of an expenditure in another area.
I'll try again.  An apartment is built in Damascus that does not result in a single student added to the local schools, but an assessment is collected nevertheless.  It did not cause an expenditure on school construction in Takoma Park.[/quote]

The thing about Montgomery County Public Schools is, it doesn't have separate capital or operational funding streams for schools in Damascus, schools in Takoma Park, schools in [wherever else in Montgomery County]. [/quote]

If, as you seem to be saying, MCPS relies on fees from developers to fund schools, we should be encouraging more development everywhere even if the assessment does not fully cover cost.  Otherwise there would be 0$ to address overcrowded school.[/quote]

As has been discussed at length, the fees don’t even cover the cost to build schools for each new housing unit built. The capital budget gets worse whenever a developer builds housing because of what is in effect a subsidy. The shortfall results in delayed projects, so you get overcrowding. Get it now?

(The capital budget also relies on recordation tax revenue, state funding, and bonds, but there’s only so much funding from each source to go around. That money funds construction of new schools and renovations of existing schools. You can’t use impact fee funding for renovations for a variety of very good reasons.)[/quote]

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