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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If mcps is under enrolled, why do they need to open Crown HS as a permanent school?  Some PP prefers the options of turning Crown HS as a holding school, which HS is on the CIP list in 2027 and needs to temporary move in Crown HS? I hear [b]Damascus HS is the only one on the latest CIP list and they are mostly will be renovated/re-constructed on-site[/b]. It does not make sense to leave a new Crown HS as vacant for a few years when it is completed. [/quote]

See slide 46

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DN4KQG52F8D6/$file/FY2027%20Cap%20Bdgt%20FY2027-2032%20CIP%20251104%20PPT.pdf

With a holding school, there are large cost savings and the schedule can accelerate.  Magruder would be on the new CIP request -- the only reason it is not on the current one is because the prior thought, without a holding school, had the schedule such that Magruder planning funds wouldn't be expended until the year after the current CIP period.

Same goes for all the other high schools on the list -- the only reason we don't see them in the CIP is the 6-year window.  Wootton would have been next after Magruder.  If they move it to the Crown facility, then maybe Einstein would be next on the radar, instead?

There are plenty of schools in need, and Taylor laid out the reason that we have such decrepitude: capital underfunding over decades vs. the expected useful life of constructed facilities.  MCPS needs to be renovating/rebuilding on a much more aggressive schedule to maintain equilibrium and even have a chance of improving environmentals/avoiding more costly operations associated with deteriorating conditions.[/quote]

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