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Really?  It's not just two small areas, when you look at the rest of the RM area.  Over the past 5 years, [b]with all the overdevelopment in the are,[/b] there have been hundreds of new housing units put up in the RM cluster.

There are still vacancies at some of the apartment complexes near the Twinbrook Metro - at El Terano, at Escher, at Galvan.  Plus, the new development of townhouses at Champman Row.  If those all do fill up, it could potentially lead to hundreds of new students attending RM.[/quote]

Why do you consider it [i]over[/i]development?[/quote]

It is overdevelopment when so many schools have portables.  It is overdevelopment when class sizes are so large.  It's overdevelopment when there are insufficient facilities to handle the amount of people in the area.  RM is over capacity.  My kid's ES has 800 kids and one instrumental music teacher because there are not funds for an additional one.

Developers enjoy pushing the idea that 'growth' is ALWAYS a good thing.  Without always planning for traffic issues, or school overcrowding, or park space.  MCPS has been overdeveloping for the past decade, uncontrolled, and it's led to quite a decline in the school system, and a decline in the general quality of life. [/quote]

So if school capacity had kept up, you'd be fine with all of the new housing? The new housing presumably has not led to a decline in the general qualify of life of the people who have moved into it.[/quote]

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