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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The big questions I have with Crown being a holding school are:

1.  How often are holding schools needed for high schools?  [b]they've mentioned 3, Damascus, Magruder and Wootton - not in that order.  That is 6-9 years, but there are probably other high schools and MSs on the list afterward)[/b]

2.  Can the building be used to house two middle schools simultaneously to speed up renovations at that level? [b]unlikely - there's a reason not to have that many middle schoolers in one place, not to mention 2 sets of everything from Building Service workers to Principals and APs to Cohnselors - it's built to be a HS, not 2 schools in one[/b]

3.  What are the plans for the building in the event there are no school renovations on deck for a year? [b]unlikely - there's always one on deck, usually many, esp given the age and size of MCPS[/b]

4.  Will the county pay for extra contract time for teachers who have to completely set up and tear down their classrooms and move them across the county.  It feels unfair and like a violation of union agreements to make these staffs do everything during the 2-3 days of designated classroom prep during inservice week and the end of the year.[b]I have no idea, but you could ask a Northwood teacher of they were awarded this extra time to set up a classroom 9 miles from their school while they are at Woodward for 3 years.  I suspect you box up your classroom at the end of the year and show up at your new temporary location and unpack - they just move your boxes and you hope none gets lost in the move[/b]

5.  What happens in the event repairs and renovations at a school get completed in less than a school year?  [b]lol, you haven't been around MCPS very long, have you?  See Northwood at Woodward, and the building of Woodward, which each took an extra year.  When you project plan, you plan for the time you are given and it isually takes longer, not shorter to complete the project[/b]

This project seems way too big and expensive for the building to ever be empty
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Which HS is going to be renovated in 2027? Right now it looks like there are 2 year gap between crown opening and Damascus renovation [/quote]

They will delay construction on Crown. They will probably also delay the renovation on Damascus, because they are completely incompetent.[/quote]

Crown construction is already 40% complete.[/quote]

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