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Wasn't talking about something as grand as I-270 to Frederick. Just around the Shady Grove area that is already congested and is likely to be more so with this new development. Same for where to build. Does building in an area that is already congested help or hurt?[/quote]

Also, getting back to the school issue, does it make sense to develop in an area where the schools are already way over capacity? Assume this would be in the Richard Montgomery Cluster but I could be mistaken. [/quote]

The county does not allow building in an area where the schools are already way over capacity. If a high school cluster's projected enrollment at any level, five years in the future, exceeds 120% of school capacity, then the county puts a moratorium on new residential construction in that high school cluster.

http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/2014/documents/item8aFY2015AnnualSchoolTestResults_final22.pdf[/quote]

But this is by cluster not individual schools. So an elementary school can be 120% or more of school capacity but as long as the cluster as a whole is under that threshold, then everything is OK. And if one little elementary school is over capacity, so what, right?[/quote]

If you think that the criteria are bad, work to get the county to change them.[/quote]

How do you recommend doing that?  
It's easier said than done.  It is very difficult to get things to change in a county as big as Montgomery County.  The county isn't always going to do what's in the best interest of the kids.  There are tons of other conflicting interests.  [/quote]

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