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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems to me like the school was built to accommodate the low income immigrants. In Montgomery County they want to build such schools for the very wealthy (because only they can afford the ultra expensive new homes) so the concept is marketed as urban and chic![/quote]

The school was built to alleviate overcrowding at Bailey's.  The site wasn't chosen because the kids were low income.  The school is very nice inside, and  looks a lot nicer than some of the regular schools I've been in.  If the playground and gym issues are resolved, it will be a great facility.  I find it funny that people are so snobby towards the concept because it happened to have been mplemented in a school with low income kids.  This is similar to how school uniforms are viewed.  In private schools uniforms are perfectly acceptable, but in public schools there is a huge stigma because they are usually associated with low income schools.  I don't care what MoCo does because I don't live there, it's just interesting to see the biases based on where the idea is being pulled from.[/quote]

I live nearby - and posted previously. If I am "snobby" for finding grave issues with a school with an expected student body of 1600 by 2017 and will probably rise further than that - well, then call me snobby.

The facilities are great until they have to put modular classrooms on the new outdoor facility due to further overcrowding, and then we are back to square one.

FCPS is just pissing in the wind with building this new building. It is not feasible to take over all office and tax-generating businesses in the area for schools and social services. Something else has to be done.

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