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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With all of the increased density the county should take part of that lands and build some more schools.  I seriously don’t know where they expect to put all these kids when they are building all these apartments and multi family units.  Then they complain that there’s no place to build new schools, but there was all that empty space when Marriot moved (which now will be apartments) and I can think of a dozen other places where they’ve torn down old office space or churches and just increased residential density without adding new schools.  The one tiny Woodward is going to be overflowing before its even opened.[/quote]

The one tiny [b]Woodward will have a capacity of 2,700 students.
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Roughly 1 in 5 households in Montgomery County include children under 18, i.e., 4 out of 5 households in Montgomery County don't have any children under 18.

And then, of course, there are the posters on the zoning thread who keep insisting that the county should not allow multi-unit housing in currently single-unit areas, because families don't want multi-unit housing.

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Woodward's capacity was reduced to 2249.[/quote]

TINY! Wait, actually, not tiny.[/quote]

[b]It is by today’s standards[/b] and if you’re going to YIMBY the housing you need to YIMBY the schools too. [/quote]

What standards are those? The MCPS preferred range of enrollment for high schools is 1,600-2,400, and there is constant complaining on the MCPS forum that the high schools are too big.[/quote]

High schools have gotten bigger all over the state over the years and it’s a much more efficient use of staff and land if each high school is built for more students. I imagine that the former is one of the reasons MCPS likes smaller high schools, because every high schools needs a minimum number of senior staff. There are different opinions on this, but in my view all that really matters is whether the school has enough space for the students assigned there. [/quote]

I can’t find it now but there’s research showing size of high school (beyond a certain minimum size) associated with worst outcomes.  This is why some very large HS break into school within school programs so kids don’t feel so llost in the shuffle.[/quote]

*worse not worst [/quote]

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