Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

I think the high construction cost will make it delay again and again. Maybe 2030ish when MCPS will lose this land

And you're basing this opinion on what?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/crownhs.aspx

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

I think the high construction cost will make it delay again and again. Maybe 2030ish when MCPS will lose this land

Nice try. But, no, it's in process.

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

I think the high construction cost will make it delay again and again. Maybe 2030ish when MCPS will lose this land

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

I can not image what RM will be like in 2026 with no Crown...unless they make IB local students only.

I think this is quite local with all the regional centers in play.

Anonymous wrote:Community "work sessions" have started by MCPS re: Crown HS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/crownhs.aspx

Did anyone attend the session on Thursday? What are they saying?

Community "work sessions" have started by MCPS re: Crown HS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/crownhs.aspx

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bayard Rustin ES has between 30 to 40 teachers, right? The average HS has over a hundred. If you remove a hundred teachers from the rest of MCPS, their replacements have to come form somewhere. If there are a hundred high-quality HS teachers sitting around and just waiting for a job announcement, that's possible I guess?

Among other things, if you remove, say, 1,500 students from high schools to start Crown, you'll have extra teachers at those schools.

Agree. If you remove students (it's going to be more than 1,500) from high schools to start Crown, there will be "extra" teachers at those schools. I'm sure many will apply to Crown.

The purpose of Crown is to provide relief for multiple over-capacity high schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

The "logic" here seems to be: In 2010, the Johns Hopkins University real estate division overpromised commercial development there's no market demand for, therefore MCPS will not open the new high school at Crown in 2026.

They're building the housing but not the commercial. The problem is Hans Riemer pushed through a big tax break for housing developers that reduced the dedicated funding for school construction.

JHU is not currently building any housing (or commercial) at Belward Farm.

Crown is at Crown Farm, which is in the City of Gaithersburg, which has its own city council and its own planning authority, so if you want to hate on Hans Riemer, you need to find a different issue to hate on him for.

You're mistaken. The city had land set aside for Crown HS, but MCPS must fund and build it. The only dedicated sources of funding for MCPS construction are recordation and impact taxes. Riemer was the main advocate for cutting the latter, one of two very large handouts he gave to developers constructing very expensive housing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

The "logic" here seems to be: In 2010, the Johns Hopkins University real estate division overpromised commercial development there's no market demand for, therefore MCPS will not open the new high school at Crown in 2026.

They're building the housing but not the commercial. The problem is Hans Riemer pushed through a big tax break for housing developers that reduced the dedicated funding for school construction.

JHU is not currently building any housing (or commercial) at Belward Farm.

Crown is at Crown Farm, which is in the City of Gaithersburg, which has its own city council and its own planning authority, so if you want to hate on Hans Riemer, you need to find a different issue to hate on him for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

The "logic" here seems to be: In 2010, the Johns Hopkins University real estate division overpromised commercial development there's no market demand for, therefore MCPS will not open the new high school at Crown in 2026.

They're building the housing but not the commercial. The problem is Hans Riemer pushed through a big tax break for housing developers that reduced the dedicated funding for school construction.

Anonymous wrote:Bayard Rustin ES has between 30 to 40 teachers, right? The average HS has over a hundred. If you remove a hundred teachers from the rest of MCPS, their replacements have to come form somewhere. If there are a hundred high-quality HS teachers sitting around and just waiting for a job announcement, that's possible I guess?

Among other things, if you remove, say, 1,500 students from high schools to start Crown, you'll have extra teachers at those schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

I can not image what RM will be like in 2026 with no Crown...unless they make IB local students only.

There's an architect and a construction contract for the high school at Crown.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/crownhs.aspx

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

The "logic" here seems to be: In 2010, the Johns Hopkins University real estate division overpromised commercial development there's no market demand for, therefore MCPS will not open the new high school at Crown in 2026.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.

I can not image what RM will be like in 2026 with no Crown...unless they make IB local students only.

Anonymous wrote:Is it still opening in 2026?

If you believe in MCPS timelines, I have a farm you can turn into ‘Science City’ called Belward right down the street.