I agree that clean is a requirement, but to say that Ashburton has better facilities because the school is clean compared to other MCPS schools is ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I hope our standards for schools in MCPS is higher than "clean."

There's a lot to be said for "clean."
- someone whose friend pulled her son out of a JKLMM DCPS and put it into private kid-year because the bathrooms were giving him OCD

Have you ever crossed Montrose to the other side of Seven Locks? It's practically East Baltimore.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. Need better forecasting and demographic analysis. But don't redistrict me out of my Churchill cluster. I bought here to avoid the problems in the surrounding clusters and don't want my DS in those types of schools.

there is no guarantee when you bought the house that rezoning would never happen. Give me a break. You make it sound like the surrounding area around Churchill is gang infested, when in fact Churchill had the '54 gang issue years ago.

Agree with PP. Need better forecasting and demographic analysis. But don't redistrict me out of my Churchill cluster. I bought here to avoid the problems in the surrounding clusters and don't want my DS in those types of schools.

MCPS is no good at long range planning. Ashburton was modernized maybe 20 years ago. Guess the demographer did a crummy job with the projections. See, for example, all the portables at Matsunaga for another example of his handiwork.
We need better long range planning, a new demographer, and maybe even redistricting to make better use of the schools that do have extra space.

I hope our standards for schools in MCPS is higher than "clean."

I agree with the earlier poster about AShburton complaints. My DD's school has many portables and an old gym, while Ashburton kids get to enjoy a really nice clean school.

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP, but I've heard Ashburton has better facilities and infrastructure than many other schools in other parts of the county.

I think you heard from someone who has never visited Ashburton.

Anonymous wrote:Yep, the portables at Ashburton are gold plated.

Don't forget the red carpets in the hallways...

Yep, the portables at Ashburton are gold plated.

Anonymous wrote:Not the PP, but I've heard Ashburton has better facilities and infrastructure than many other schools in other parts of the county.

It can't be as good as BFES.

Not the PP, but I've heard Ashburton has better facilities and infrastructure than many other schools in other parts of the county.

Anonymous wrote: Given that Ashburton has many more advantages that almost every other ES, it's not a big deal.

What are the "many more advantages"?

Anonymous wrote:I'm so tired of the Ashburton elite complaining about the slight overcrowding at the school. Lots of other schools are far worse off than Ashburton. The endless complaining and whining is so tiresome. You have a few extra students and hallways are tight - so what? Given that Ashburton has many more advantages that almost every other ES, it's not a big deal.

Slight overcrowding? 915 in a school for 630 is "slight"?