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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Takoma Park and Eastern both have so many empty seats, why don't they expand the magnet programs to allow more kids to attend each year?[/quote]

The common spaces at overcrowded. They need to remodel the cafeteria and gym and auditorium. The building hasn't been updated since the 70's or earlier[/quote]

TKMS had an addition and renovations a few years ago, but you’re correct that Eastern has had nothing done for decades.

I’m not sure whether anything’s changed in the last couple of years, but they couldn’t even get any portables when my kid was there. The lunchroom was a nightmare, even with three lunch periods, and my kid reported there were classes that met in the hallways at times. They were doing the best they could  with what they were given, but years of advocacy hadn’t helped push Eastern up the list even for a remodel, let alone an expansion.

Even though their current high school is almost 400 students over capacity, my kid says it still doesn’t feel as crowded as Eastern used to. [/quote]

Now there are four lunch periods. Classes still meet daily in the 900 hallway. [/quote]

Eastern has 44 regular classrooms. 893 students enrolled. That averages out to &lt;21 per classroom. I don't understand why classes are meeting in the hallway. This seems like a scheduling/administration problem, not a lack of physical space.[/quote]

It is partly an issue of student schedules because there are students who may be in a class of 10 for math or reading, but 27 for science or social studies. However, there are some tiny classrooms, especially on the 200 and 700 hallway. The classes that meet in the 900 hallway are ESOL mostly. Those kids’ parents won’t feel empowered to complain. If [b]8th grade Humanities was held in a hallway, the school would have been rebuilt a decade ago.[/b][/quote]

That's typical MCPS!

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