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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I just don't get the argument that letting Parks use a site subject to reclaim, and then reclaiming the site when needed, is either squandering resources or picking another agency's pocket. [/quote]

I agree - this thread is full of vents about MCPS greed and incompetence, but I don't understand why. Was MCPS supposed to just leave schools that were not needed vacant for decades until the population rebounded? It seems to me that MCPS stewarded at least some of its resources in a pretty reasonable manner - it made school properties available for other uses when they are not needed, but retained the option to use those same sites when they were needed. Win-win.

Anyway, the Parks representative at last night's meeting was very clear that they cannot refuse to return the site to MCPS. It sounds like it is a done deal, RCH lawsuits or not.
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Except that the site is not the same, unfortunately. They hacked off the most buildable part and built a retirement home, which is also using the access road that the former junior high used. The county sold those buildings in 2005 for $12.5 million to a private company, but still holds the lease on the land. I wonder where those millions went? Seems to me they should be used by the schools..
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