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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Well, will kids from the new Westbard development be going to the Westland middle school? It will be up to capacity soon.
[/b]There should be some affordable housing in the new development as well.

For all those people saying they're happy about Bethesda lacking diversity - not everyone agrees with you. It's pathetic, it's not how I want to raise my kids (when we moved here it was a lot more diverse and that's one reason we chose it) and it makes people hate people from Bethesda.
Not only that but it causes the county to discriminate against us from the looks of things. We have no community centers, no new parks, the infrastructure in many areas is severely lacking and many of the schools are jam packed (Ashburton? ). The county puts all of their funds into the less advantaged areas and the quality of life of the non rich Bethesda people (the ones who can't afford country clubs and golf outings...) suffers. We're paying huge property tax bills each year to support infrastructure and a good quality of life for the rest of the county bug never here. [/quote]

The Westbard development currently is zoned for Wood Acres/Pyle.  But, PP, you have hit the nail on the head, and identified the critical point that the PPs in the ensuing 12 pages of this thread completely missed.

There is significant development planned for the Westbard complex, including a lot of apartments and condos.  (And regardless of what the Save Westbard loonies think, it will go forward at some point.)  MCPS has to plan for that increased capacity.   Currently, Westbard is zoned for Wood Acres (which is overcrowded) and Pyle (also overcrowded).  But, it is also next door to Westland (which, under Option 7, will be under capacity) and a short walk to Westbrook (which recently had a significant renovation/addition).  It seems fairly obvious that MCPS wants to leave some capacity at Westland so they can plunk the new constructions into Westbrook and Westland, eliminating a host of overcrowding complaints from the Wood Acres/Pyle crowd.

The navel gazing in this thread has been entertaining, but also a little disconcerting.  MCPS has to look at these issues on a county-wide basis, and the inability of many of the PPs to recognize any decision factors other than those which matter to them really is troubling.  [/quote]

The Superintendent said there’s “a significant amount of new housing planned in the B-CC Cluster.  The Bethesda Downtown Plan and the Lyttonsville Sector Plan … will generate several thousand of mostly of mostly multi-family housing units.  Approximately 8,500 new units in the Downtown Bethesda Plan and 3,500 new units in the Lyttonsville Sector Plan are under consideration.  In addition, the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan … includes approximately 1,400 new units.”  The buildout for these plans could take 20-30 years.  But, he said the committee still felt they should be considered in the development of boundaries.
I don’t think that you’re general idea is wrong.  It’s hard to tell whether MCPS is fixing the Wood Acres/Pyle problem or the increasing students problem.  Whatever, I think some OPs here have a point.  The Superintendent said B-CC MS#2 will be at 99% capacity in five years (not immediately, like some OPs are saying).  It won’t be able to handle new students, and there’s no place to add on to the school they’re building now.  
I think the RCF people have a point when they say they shouldn’t be the only ones that have to have no shorter commute.  What I don’t understand is why this is a choice between just the options.  If MCPS knew that MS#2 would be out of seats, why didn’t they just split some elementary schools between the two schools to make the numbers work and explain that it had to be done to use the two middle schools in a way that allowed them to grow?

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