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The problem isn’t the Principle or the teachers, it’s the number of kids. And it’s not a class size thing; there are just too many kids crammed into a small physical plant. There’s only one lunchroom and gym. You can’t just keep adding classes. The school has at least 100 too many kids now. What most parents who aren’t all up in County politics wonder is this: [b]why don’t they refurbish and reopen Lynbrook?[/b] Half the kids at BE live in East Bethesda. They could all walk to school. If that can’t happen, send some kids to Chevy Chase ES. These of course seem like fartoo practical solutions, so they’ll never happen. [/quote]

As far as I know, this is included in the study of options for Bethesda ES.[/quote]

It would probably be pretty outdated and would need a very expensive refurbishment. At least from the outside it doesn't look so hot and the playground is crap -- unless they're going to use the neighborhood playground down the hill. And presumably it costs more to reopen a school in terms of additional staff than to add space and fewer staff to an existing school. You'd need a new principal, new office staff, etc ...
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