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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new SCES will be at Parkside.

Take the hint people.[/quote]

This is what they said in the 2018 report-- do we think it would still be considered less desirable/too expensive?

"Parkside Elementary School is a former elementary school site and closed in 1976. The 11.60-acre 
portion of the 15.60-acre candidate site was deeded to Montgomery County Government the same 
year. The remaining approximately 4-acre portion of the 15.60-acre candidate site is owned by 
M-NCPPC. The publicly-owned candidate site is one of the more challenging to develop as a new 
elementary school primarily because of steep slopes, forested areas, limited access, and wetlands. 
Any new school on this site would have to include use of the heavily forested County-owned portion 
of the site; the eastern portion houses a child care center and the western portion houses the M-NCPPC 
Parks Division Headquarters. As a result of the environmental issues and site constraints, the SSAC 
believed this site would be costly and difficult to redevelop as a new elementary school."[/quote]

and with $10 million going to a new pool.  This is more than MCPS intends to invest in the entire SSIMS/SCES facility to make it functional for the next 5 years and then turn it into a holding school indefinitely.

And yeah, Parkside was considered to be not ideal for environmental reasons.  I don't know how you fix that.  
It's amazing how just a few short years can change perspectives, as is the case now with SCES.

This happens elsewhere. In 2017, MCPS was going to put an addition onto Piney Branch ES. There was no problem with the classroom and floor configurations back then. MCPS decided not to make the addition because the school population predictions did not warrant it. Fast forward to 2025, and suddenly the school is a poorly designed mess of a school and must be rebuilt.[/quote][/quote]

Years of refusing to invest in SSIMS/SCES while proposing to fund a new pool for Piney Branch ($10m plus some upkeep) really pisses me off.  There was heartfelt testimony during the BOE CIP meetings about how the Piney Branch pool was the only opportunity some kids had to learn to swim (I guess they couldn't afford the county pools).  And yet, PBES is NOT a low-income school!  At least for the last year in which there is public data, posted elsewhere on DCUM, they are in the "low moderate" FARMS rate tier along with other illustrious "poor" schools such as Rock Creek Forest and North Chevy Chase ES.  They also seem to have a dedicated, well-funded PTA.  Meanwhile, during those same BOE meetings, other folks testified about low-income high schools not even having very basic sports equipment.  SMH.[/quote]

The primary users of the PBES school are Boomers who don't want to drive to the Y or to the new swim center in DTSS. Piney Branch kids literally use it once per quarter. [/quote]

SSIMS/SCES families take note - this is Kate Stewart's thumb on the scale that got Piney Branch ES that $10 million pool and another $2 million to build a HS-size gym in the school. She is back-dooring these recreation facilities into Takoma Park, where she used to be mayor. I guess the county would have said no to a TP pool through recreation funds because of the new DTSS swim center. Stewart is your district 4 council member. Vote accordingly.[/quote]

If the board doesn't want the pool included, they can remove it from the CIP.[/quote]

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