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[b]The overall reason for overcrowding is MCPS does a really poor job of estimating enrollment when it comes to new development. [/b]For example, if an apartment building goes up in Bethesda ($2k+/month rents), they assume only a tiny fraction of tenants will be families so that 100-unit building will only add a couple kids to the schools. In reality, lots of families move there so the actual number of kids is much higher. They constantly under-project -- they didn't properly account for all the empty nesters in developed neighborhoods who moved out, and families with kids taking their place either.

For new buildings, developers have to pay an "impact fee" for the additional resources the new residents will use. It ranges in the $10-25k/unit price depending on the type of building. But if you look at the recent school construction projects, it costs about $60k/seat to build or renovate a school.

In short, there's blame all around.[/quote]

That's been repeatedly shown to be false, PP. There are lots of over-capacity schools where there has been no new development.[/quote]

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