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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the problems with Lynnbrook is that it is right at the BARE minimum acreage of the smallest middle school site that MCPS can imagine. Another problem is that teams from B-CC are already using all the fields there in the afternoons, so that leaves B-CC looking for different fields if the MS is built there and MS kids start using the fields.[/quote]

Actually, RCH is the smallest when you consider the feasibility study findings. 5.1 Acres of trees will have to be removed from the slopes so that the school can be built where they are. If Parks doesn't allow those trees to get wiped out (still a possibility), then the site is too small. MCPS said that, at a minimum, it needs 10.1 acres (excluding sidewalks and buffers) to build a school. RCH is 13.33 acres. If the 5.1 acres aren't available, the footprint for building is just over 8 acres. BTW, even if MCPS receives permission to remove the 5.1 acres of trees, the feasibility study says that the entire site will be lowered by four feet to allow proper siting of the school. This is not what one might call the cost-efficient option.

As for the reclaim right, MCPS is whistling past the graveyard on that issue. It took one letter in a stream of communication and made it the conclusion on the matter. The reality is that DNR allowed the land to be encumbered with funds (federal or state; it refuses to provide documentation) that carry onerous restrictions on the conversion of the land. DNR is in the difficult position of either admitting that it encumbered the land (and now owes MCPS 13.33 acres) or asserting a practice that is used in connection with development funding for years that could expose it to enormous liability. It likely is banking on the hope that the crazies in RCH will cave, but given their tree-hugging tendancies, I suspect this site will be in court long before one shovel hits the ground.

Bottom Line: Lynbrook makes the most sense and avoids this mess.

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