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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Science City is the planned development around Belward Farm. The official name is the Great Seneca Science Corridor.

There aren't going to be 6,000 residential units at Science City any time soon. MCPS has capacity needs that are far more immediate and urgent.[/quote]

But the question is, how are they preparing for it IN ADVANCE?  By their history, my guess is nothing.  Once schools hit 6+ portables they will look to "study" for an addition.  [/quote]

What do you think that MCPS should be doing, to prepare for a residential development that may happen at some time in the future but will not happen any time soon?[/quote]

If you know that existing area schools are already overcrowded, it is irresponsible to sit by and do nothing when developers are planning to build thousands of new units and not consider either building a new school to receive the new residents, or to start planning for additions to existing schools.  All of that takes a lot of time, and to put off any planning until the overcrowding is a overwhelming reality is incredibly shortsighted.  How many "studies" are launched only to find that funding isn't there, or the planning and building itself takes so many years that kids literally age out of the school before relief comes?  Maybe to planners and developers, 5-6 years is nothing, but that is an eternity for a kid.[/quote]

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