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[quote=Anonymous]I have been following this thread with interest since I am actually in the Rosemary Hills neighborhood that successfully fought to keep our park during the first go round. I think someone had questioned why we were so against construction here. It was simple, RHLP is the only park our community has. We are surrounded by East West Highway, CSX train tracks and the Brookville Rd light industrial area, with two maintenance facilities, WSSC and the Ride On Bus Depot, and soon we'll be getting a third, the Purple Line Maintenance Yard. The actual park is bordered by 4 different apartment buildings, needless to say, our park is truly HEAVILY used. Furthermore, within a half mile radius of the park we have 4 schools, so we are not wanting for the amenities a school can provide, including those noxious idling buses. As the saying goes, we already gave at the office...

Having said that, I still think MCPS should look hard at the inventory that it has and does not use. Yes, RCH does have a reclaim clause, so while they may not like it, MCPS could reclaim that property for school use. But I also think there is a lot of merit to looking at the Lynnbrook site more closely. A previous poster said something about asbestos...but that will have to be dealt with sooner than later. Another poster mentioned that the "rich" Bethesda community would fight tooth and nail to keep a school out, but from what I understand, Bethesda has always welcomed community walkable schools, and would prefer not to bus their kids out of their neighborhood. So it would seem to me to be a win win for all. [/quote]

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