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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
Yup, technically true points.  But it's also true that it was changed from programmed (last year) to approved, and the technical appropriation needs at this point are very different from where things were last year.  It's not worth debating, but the odds of it opening in 2018 are much better now than odds were 12 months ago of the programmed 2017 schedule at that time.

The capacity of ES#5 is equal to the aggregate projected overcapacity at the current four, so I doubt that there will be residual ES issues (or that any of the 4 current ES zones will stay exactly as they are today).

As for shifting RP to CS, are you talking about shifting those kids there solely for ES, and then keeping them in the RM cluster for MS and HS?  MCPS isn't going to do that, as they want to preserve continuity.  Speaking as someone in RP, I'd rather have my kid in portables than to have them as part of a minority in the ES program that will be pulled away to a different MS and lose all their ES friends at that point.

If you're suggesting moving them to Frost/Wootton as well, then you've actually created a capacity problem at the MS and HS level just to solve a temporary ES issue that won't exist anymore in 4 years.[/quote]

1. Better odds does not mean for certain. Given the history of this project no one should assume it will be done in 2018.

2. MCPS has not said how many kids from each school will move to the new school. I may be mistaken, but I haven't seen that number. MCPS should disclose that information so parents will know if their schools will still be over capacity (with some relief) after the new school opens.

3. If Cold Springs is being underutilized then yes, they should put kid from other schools like Richie Park. It's a waste. Oh but that would lead to overcrowding at Frost and Wootton--perish the thought. Certainly we can't allow that cluster to see any overcrowding. [/quote]

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