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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the RP/JW/RM cluster as well, but note that the 5th elementary for RM is already approved for funding and will open in a couple years, so the overcrowding issue at the ES level is already being addressed.

I don't think this is true..it has been delayed.
http://news.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/quicknotes/six-year-school-construction-plan-approved/.  The Chinese Immersion program should be moved from College Gardens.  This would not alter any disparities.  The all kids already travel to get there.  The whole program and teachers could stay the same.  Just a different building.[/quote]
No, RM ES#5 has now been "approved," meaning that the appropriation has been made and (at least for fiscal reasons) it cannot be delayed further. It is scheduled to open in 2018.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/MP15CH4_MontgomeryR.pdf

In the prior CIP, it was "programmed" for 2017.

In other words, the project was delayed a year, but actually funded this time. [/quote]

Read again. At the end of each elementary school writeup it says that for the fifth school to be built on time, funding will have to be approved. So they can delay it again. Actually, it's been delayed twice. The BOE recommended that the 5th elementary be built in 2015 but the County Council nixed it. I would not put money on the school being built in 2018. Also it's not clear how many kids from each school will be assigned to the new school so overcrowding could persist at some schools.

Redistricting some of Ritchie Park into Cold Springs would make sense. I've heard from teachers at Cold Springs that they have problems filling the classrooms.[/quote]

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