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[quote=Anonymous]Update: Murch still getting screwed!

A couple of my favorite tidbits:

Turns out the new cafeteria will be so small that we'll have to have FOUR lunch periods--hello, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. lunch!--and pre-K and K kids will still have to eat in their classrooms. So animal lovers will be glad to know that our mice will still have a home in the new school.

The driveway into the parking structure will require delivery trucks to back out onto Reno Road throughout the day, so that will be fun for commuters.

You can read a lot more here: http://murchschool.org/modernization-redesign-continues-still-misses-the-mark/

And see here for the latest version of the in-progress plans to accommodate the reduced budget:  http://murchschool.org/murch-modernization-proposed-redesign-february-2016/

But don't get too attached, since they change frequently while DCPS and DGS try to redesign in three months a design that took 18 months to complete.

DCPS is trying to make this a fait accompli--please don't let them. Even if you don't care about Murch, specifically, maybe you care about traffic/safety on Reno Road. Or maybe you generally object to 4-5 yo kids spending their days in vermin-infested classrooms.

If nothing else, I suspect you do care about how your tax dollars are spent, and you should worry about how your schools' future renovations will be managed. The hasty attempt to rework the site plans will almost certainly result in cost overruns, since there's no time to pressure test the new plans for problems. The project could end up costing even more than if they just spent the amount required to do the original, thoroughly vetted plans.

Please don't let them get away with such gross negligence. Keep writing--to council members, the mayor, the chancellor, the deputy mayor.

Thank you for your help.[/quote]

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