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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does Frost Middle School factor into all this discussion about MCPS being unable to even remediate Wootton?  Frost needs similar remediation. Where is the new school for them if MCPS can’t afford to remediate their building?[/quote]

This is the reason that either crown or Wootton needs to become a holding facility. Because you are correct, in addition to the high schools, we have several middle schools that need renovations and nowhere to send the students. So essentially, we have a Fallsmead/Lakewood vs Gaithersburg battle over whose school will become the holdout  by facility.[/quote]

So MCPS spent $400M building a now under enrolled school that could have been used to fix a bunch of schools on a rotating basis over the next several years?  [/quote]

10/10 agree with this—how MCPS didn’t run a new set of numbers before putting a shovel in the ground is BEYOND EXPLAINABLE. Had they realized it at the time, they would have forfeited the land and been out many millions on plans, contracts (?) but undoubtedly nowhere near as many millions as building the darn school is taking up. Unfortunately, this is where we are and so we have to make our next moves from this place.[/quote]

MCPS and Gaithersburg likely promised the Crown developers that they would build a school, so there was no way they were going to go back on that promise. A new high school was part of the developers’ representations to families and tenants who bought/rented there. It was also likely what they promised the business owners who signed long term leases.

Put simply, MCPS had to deliver a full, permanently enrolled high school or developers wouldn’t trust it anymore (and local politicians wouldn’t get any more campaign contributions). Moving Wootton to Crown not only delivers a full, permanently enrolled high school, it dramatically sweetens the deal - giving MCPS a chit it can call in later from those same developers. Maybe MCPS is going to have those same developers bid on school renovations in the future, offering pricing that fits MCPS’ budget. [/quote]

MCPS didn't have to build a school. If they didn't, Gaithersburg would have had to option to build a park.

They built a school because at the time we thought we needed more school capacity. But then life got too expensive for kids.[/quote]

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