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Anonymous wrote:Crossfield ES Renovation Information

What is the current capacity?

Current design capacity is 750. Plan is to expand to 1008. Enrollment in fall 2022 was 567. They’re also appears to be next to no new development on the horizon in that area.

But it’s in the queue, so they must renovate and expand. It’s just another reflection of how FCPS is too large to manage effectively. They seem to have no capacity to adjust based on anything that’s happened within the last decade.

It's the opposite. Current design capacity is 1008, after renovation it will be reduced to 750. Which I don't understand.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crossfield ES Renovation Information

What is the current capacity?

Current design capacity is 750. Plan is to expand to 1008. Enrollment in fall 2022 was 567. They’re also appears to be next to no new development on the horizon in that area.

But it’s in the queue, so they must renovate and expand. It’s just another reflection of how FCPS is too large to manage effectively. They seem to have no capacity to adjust based on anything that’s happened within the last decade.

Anonymous wrote:Crossfield ES Renovation Information

What is the current capacity?

I'm sure it will be ok. Be happy your kid gets to start kindergarten in person. My kid was robbed of that and had to sit on a computer for no good reason.

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this as a new to Crossfield family - really bummed that my kinder is starting school in a construction zone. Can someone explain WHY this renovation was necessary and WHY it's going to take over two years??

You do know you sound like a whiny ingrate, right?

Two years is pretty typical. Some schools need 3+ years.

It takes a lot of time because the building is still in use during renovation, so there is a lot of shifting around.

Bumping this as a new to Crossfield family - really bummed that my kinder is starting school in a construction zone. Can someone explain WHY this renovation was necessary and WHY it's going to take over two years??

Are there particular issues at Crossfield crying out for renovation now?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. People really don't like to have to wait for their turn around here.

If you don’t realize not every “turn” has been remotely the same, you’re kind of an idiot and probably shouldn’t be posting.

That is very true. A good example is Mclean HS which was supposedly "renovated" in 2005 (this involved some very basic "fixes" and HVAC updates done by a variety of contractors) which means the school not on the CIP list because it was "already renovated" in 2005.

The 2005 McLean renovation was inexpensive and not as comprehensive as more recent renovations, but it's misleading to imply it was limited to basic "fixes" and HVAC updates.

https://www.hlrarchitects.com/portfolio/mclean-high-school/

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. People really don't like to have to wait for their turn around here.

If you don’t realize not every “turn” has been remotely the same, you’re kind of an idiot and probably shouldn’t be posting.

That is very true. A good example is Mclean HS which was supposedly "renovated" in 2005 (this involved some very basic "fixes" and HVAC updates done by a variety of contractors) which means the school not on the CIP list because it was "already renovated" in 2005.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. People really don't like to have to wait for their turn around here.

If you don’t realize not every “turn” has been remotely the same, you’re kind of an idiot and probably shouldn’t be posting.

Wow. People really don't like to have to wait for their turn around here.

Anonymous wrote:I'm mostly just curious - what's the justification for the Crossfield renovation and expansion? Does anyone happen to know?

When they developed a renovation queue in 2008, Crossfield - built in 1988 - was ranked #42 in the queue.

So that's where they are in the queue, and they are just going ahead now. It doesn't matter that Crossfield is under capacity or that there may be older, overcrowded schools that received cheap renovations before the 2008 queue was developed that may now have more pressing needs. As long as they just put their heads down and stick to the queue, they feel insulated from criticism.

I'm mostly just curious - what's the justification for the Crossfield renovation and expansion? Does anyone happen to know?