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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

+1000. And JW still has priority use over MSI. This is great for Rockvilke and MCPS!

No they don't MSI is already scheduling games on their times without clearing it with MCPS or the City.

Another lie. All MSI scheduled games and practices have been postponed and move to other soccer fields. Please stop lying.

Having trouble reading the MSI website? JW games are still on the schedule.

Are you dumb? Of course they are scheduled. All practices and games that were scheduled this week have been moved. Any games that are scheduled for next week and after have not been rescheduled yet until they get the final word from Rockville City. And they also need time to find available fields. Please think!!

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.

I can tell that you have no business background. It takes money to make money. Do you know how much more money MCPS can charge for field rental of turf instead of grass?

Answer: $0
No one is paying to rent these fields.

See all the failed deals - Richard Montgomery HS and Walter Johnson HS. Rentals did not materialize.

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

+1000. And JW still has priority use over MSI. This is great for Rockvilke and MCPS!

No they don't MSI is already scheduling games on their times without clearing it with MCPS or the City.

Another lie. All MSI scheduled games and practices have been postponed and move to other soccer fields. Please stop lying.

Having trouble reading the MSI website? JW games are still on the schedule.

Are you dumb? Of course they are scheduled. All practices and games that were scheduled this week have been moved. Any games that are scheduled for next week and after have not been rescheduled yet until they get the final word from Rockville City. And they also need time to find available fields. Please think!!

Try getting the facts. It's not a word, it's a vote and the vote isn't even scheduled until later in October.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ I agree that these turf fields are awful. My son plays football and cannot stand playing at Whitman. He got all sorts of scratches and burns from being tackled. He was sore for days. More sore than after a typical football game.

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.

I can tell that you have no business background. It takes money to make money. Do you know how much more money MCPS can charge for field rental of turf instead of grass?

You parents are trying to be alarmists to get people to revolt against this turf field because your legal case got thrown out the door about a year ago. I know you’re bitter but please, this is for the 20,000 plus kids that loves to play soccer in our area. Grass fields get closed each and every time it rains and they can’t practice there during the winter either. Please have some heart!

Nicely said.

Artificial turf fields get closed when the heat rises and when they become hard as a rock and cause concussions.

This isn't about children. The children are hating these fields. Go ask them at Whitman and RM where they are getting shredded and inhaling silica sand.

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.

I can tell that you have no business background. It takes money to make money. Do you know how much more money MCPS can charge for field rental of turf instead of grass?

You parents are trying to be alarmists to get people to revolt against this turf field because your legal case got thrown out the door about a year ago. I know you’re bitter but please, this is for the 20,000 plus kids that loves to play soccer in our area. Grass fields get closed each and every time it rains and they can’t practice there during the winter either. Please have some heart!

Nicely said.

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

+1000. And JW still has priority use over MSI. This is great for Rockvilke and MCPS!

No they don't MSI is already scheduling games on their times without clearing it with MCPS or the City.

Another lie. All MSI scheduled games and practices have been postponed and move to other soccer fields. Please stop lying.

Having trouble reading the MSI website? JW games are still on the schedule.

Are you dumb? Of course they are scheduled. All practices and games that were scheduled this week have been moved. Any games that are scheduled for next week and after have not been rescheduled yet until they get the final word from Rockville City. And they also need time to find available fields. Please think!!

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.

I can tell that you have no business background. It takes money to make money. Do you know how much more money MCPS can charge for field rental of turf instead of grass?

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

Can't realize what isn't true. MSI does not have an exclusive right to the fields. Read the contract.

Bathrooms are the responsibility of MSI. Again, read the contract. You might learn something.

They do have an exclusive right to use the field in terms of first choice before any other outside entity. Let's not mince words here people.

Bathrooms responsibility of MSI? Where is that in the contract. Please post a link or screenshot for us, because otherwise your statement is a fairy tale.

The fairy tale is that MSI has a right to the field over other entities. They don't. It's all in the contract. Post it since you think you know it all.

I would bet that the MCPS website is a good source. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?page=showrelease&id=4940

Under the terms of the settlement agreement, MSI will provide $1.2 million to construct an artificial turf field at Walt Whitman High School. Additionally, MSI will provide as much as $2.4 million to construct turf fields at Julius West Middle School and $1.2 million to upgrade the field at Einstein High School to artificial turf. In exchange, MSI will have access to use these fields for a set number of scheduled hours per year for the next ten years, when they are not reserved for school use. The construction of the fields will be contingent on various approvals from the county and the City of Rockville.

Nice.....I hope the excessive lying stops now.

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

Can't realize what isn't true. MSI does not have an exclusive right to the fields. Read the contract.

Bathrooms are the responsibility of MSI. Again, read the contract. You might learn something.

They do have an exclusive right to use the field in terms of first choice before any other outside entity. Let's not mince words here people.

Bathrooms responsibility of MSI? Where is that in the contract. Please post a link or screenshot for us, because otherwise your statement is a fairy tale.

The fairy tale is that MSI has a right to the field over other entities. They don't. It's all in the contract. Post it since you think you know it all.

I would bet that the MCPS website is a good source. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?page=showrelease&id=4940

Under the terms of the settlement agreement, MSI will provide $1.2 million to construct an artificial turf field at Walt Whitman High School. Additionally, MSI will provide as much as $2.4 million to construct turf fields at Julius West Middle School and $1.2 million to upgrade the field at Einstein High School to artificial turf. In exchange, MSI will have access to use these fields for a set number of scheduled hours per year for the next ten years, when they are not reserved for school use. The construction of the fields will be contingent on various approvals from the county and the City of Rockville.

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

Can't realize what isn't true. MSI does not have an exclusive right to the fields. Read the contract.

Bathrooms are the responsibility of MSI. Again, read the contract. You might learn something.

They do have an exclusive right to use the field in terms of first choice before any other outside entity. Let's not mince words here people.

Bathrooms responsibility of MSI? Where is that in the contract. Please post a link or screenshot for us, because otherwise your statement is a fairy tale.

The fairy tale is that MSI has a right to the field over other entities. They don't. It's all in the contract. Post it since you think you know it all.

Under the terms of the settlement agreement, MSI will provide $1.2 million to construct an artificial turf field at Walt Whitman High School. Additionally, MSI will provide as much as $2.4 million to construct turf fields at Julius West Middle School and $1.2 million to upgrade the field at Einstein High School to artificial turf. In exchange, MSI will have access to use these fields for a set number of scheduled hours per year for the next ten years, when they are not reserved for school use. The construction of the fields will be contingent on various approvals from the county and the City of Rockville.

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.

I can tell that you have no business background. It takes money to make money. Do you know how much more money MCPS can charge for field rental of turf instead of grass?

You parents are trying to be alarmists to get people to revolt against this turf field because your legal case got thrown out the door about a year ago. I know you’re bitter but please, this is for the 20,000 plus kids that loves to play soccer in our area. Grass fields get closed each and every time it rains and they can’t practice there during the winter either. Please have some heart!

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Anonymous wrote:No bathrooms at most of the places MSI plays. The schools are usually locked. Sometimes at the high schools like Einstein or Whitman they will have the nearby bathrooms unlocked but not always.
I agree they should have bathrooms, but they don’t at the other schools either. Kids and adults hold it.

Adults hold it. Kids do not.

One game we were at (at a different MS), one girl even went into the woods to do a #2. Now, THAT would be gross on turf.

Uh, OK. I never saw that at any MSI games I attended but sure. We all held it or drove to an actual bathroom.

Plus I love how you think a kid is pooping in the middle of the soccer field. Right

Children and adults go behind a tree. They do it all the time. Maybe your kid goes in the middle of the field, but others go off to a tree.

This is disgusting. Who pays fees to a company to play and they don't even have bathrooms for practices or games. Do you know how little it would cost MSI to get at least a porta john. We play softball/baseball thru RBBA and they supply porta johns for fields that do not have bathrooms or local businesses in walking distance.

Do you realize that the $2.4M that MSI paid MCPS for the turf field construction is basically an exclusive right to use the turf field for 10 years? This is basically a 10 year pre-paid lease to use the field. The bathroom facility is the responsibility of MCPS to provide.

Can't realize what isn't true. MSI does not have an exclusive right to the fields. Read the contract.

Bathrooms are the responsibility of MSI. Again, read the contract. You might learn something.

They do have an exclusive right to use the field in terms of first choice before any other outside entity. Let's not mince words here people.

Bathrooms responsibility of MSI? Where is that in the contract. Please post a link or screenshot for us, because otherwise your statement is a fairy tale.

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Anonymous wrote:Holy smokes! There are some outrageous lies and misinformation in this thread.

JW has the same turf field that is used at Germantown Soccerplex. It it safe.

Annual Maintenance of grass field costs approximately $60K while annual maintenance for turf field is about $20K.

NO. No teacher salary is being cut to pay for turf management/maintenance.

MCPS can charge a lot more for turf field rentals compared to grass fields.

Please stop with the lies. I have a DC that will be attending JW next year and I’m excited that they will have better field to play on than the crappy grass field that was previously there.

Well you added more misinformation.

The SoccerPlex is not the same as JWMS. Totally different company, product and materials.

YES, teachers salaries are cut to pay for this. MCPS takes money from the Operating Budget to pay for MSI Soccer fields. That means less money to pay teachers.

MCPS has not been able to charge anything for field rentals. They don't rent the fields and the imagine rental fees never came in to the County. MCPS has been using Operating Budget funds to install and replace these fields.

You will go to hell for telling such sinful lies. Please go to confession now.

MCPS is currently paying $60k per year for grass field maintenance at JW. Hence, they will save $40K per year now.

They can't save money when they have to removed the fields and replace them when they are used up. And you forgot to include the cost of the electricity for the 10 lights.