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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RM is very over crowded and [b]City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.[/b]

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.[/quote]

Not really. The discussion is whether it's ok to approve development plans that might, hypothetically, some day, result in 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students, if nothing else happens before then, even though something will.[/quote]

There is nothing hypothetical about City proposal to raise the limit to 150% of school capacity. That's as real as it gets.

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Correct. The proposal to raise the limit is real. However, the [b]probability that actual enrollment would ever reach the limit is very low. [/b]And the statement that the City of Rockville is debating to put 3,300 students in a school built for 2,200 students is false.[/quote]

How can you say that?

In addition to the Rockville Town Center development, there has been a huge upsurge in development near Twinbrook.  Hundreds of townhouses, condos and apartments near the Metro.  Over the past five years, there has been a huge push for development.  Where do you expect those kids to go to school?  [/quote]
The TB development will affect Walter Johnson HS, not RM.[/quote]

200+ students over entire project development period will attend RM. That's projection says which are vastly underestimating students living in Condos/apartments. In reality, we may add 400+ RM cluster students due to TB. They won't come all in the next 5 years, but over 25 years. This project has impact on RM cluster.

TB should be shifted to some other cluster and then continue building. [/quote]
I didn't say the project doesn't have *any* impact on RM. I stated that most of the impact will be on WJHS.

Also, in 25 years Crown HS will be built. [/quote]

Yes, in 25 years Crown should be built, but we are talking about problem right now. If RM is already at 120% then moratorium kicks in in and it kicks in for a very good reason. Giving waiver or exemptions to make over crowding worse is not a way to go. Proper response would to allow infrastructure to catch up.

I have no sympathy for developers here. It's not as if they were not aware of moratorium situation.  They didn't come in blind here. [/quote]
PP here.. let me state clearly, I'm against the 150% increase. I've sent an email indicating as such to the city council and mayor.

However, the two developments that precipitated this whole thing will not increase the enrollment by 150%. It will be far less. About 80% of the TB development will hit WJ HS, not RM.

You are the one who mentioned that we *may* have 400 kids in 25 years, probably not the next 5 years. That's why I mentioned  Crown HS.

Like I stated, I'm against the 150% capacity threshold, but you need to get some facts straight.  Right *now* that development won't hit RM at 150%.

Also, OP should keep in mind that BOE is looking to redraw school boundaries for the *entire* county, with an eye to level the diversity in each school. That will almost guarantee rezoning for Wootton and Churchill, and capacities in these schools will look very different in a few years time.[/quote]

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