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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county screwed up shuttering Brookmont Elementary in the 80's and passing it off to the Waldorf School (not that any of these residential neighborhoods can manage the parking for school events).   The kids in Sumner and Glen Echo Heights lost their school, and went to Wood Acres as a result.   The deal back then was that the kids got to go to Whitman.  Thus the odd equation of kids not attending the neighborhood junior high...

Which shell has your card under it?[/quote]

The county may have screwed up in letting Brookmont go three decades ago, but what explains the continuing failure to address the recent overcrowding?  It's not as if Wood Acres was overcapacity by 200 students overnight.  So why did MCPS sign Brookmont away to the Waldorf School for another 30 years in 2012?  Maybe through some extraordinary efforts, MCPS can wrest Brookmont back, but the Waldorf board feels confident enough in their lease to make long term investments in the building now.  http://www.washingtonwaldorf.org/site/assets/files/1058/messenger_12-13v6.pdf  Why not pursue expansions at other schools now?  Wood Acres will be overcapacity the day the expansion is complete.  Why not start floating redistricting balloons now?  You need community buy in for that for sure, and it's not as if there isn't going to be more growth in 20816 even if Westbard doesn't happen for another 10-15 years.  Anyone who has eyeballs can see that every house hitting the market now is going to a young family with children.  We just moved to the area a few years ago (with children) and are shocked at how many more children (ES age and their infant and toddler siblings) we've seen move in over this short period of time.[/quote]

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