Anonymous wrote:I know lots of RM families live outside the West End, but they are trying to mobilize a campaign in the City of Rockville about this issue. Advice from an email I received about it:

The West End Citizens Association will work to oppose the weakening of the APFO beginning with a request to delay the schedule to allow citizens enough time to understand the issue and get involved. However, many officers and block captains are older and do not have children in the schools. The voices who will really matter are the parents with children in the schools. If you are concerned, then here are actions that you need to take:
· Speak at Community Forum on December 17th. Let the Mayor and Council know that the schedule is unfair to citizens, that it needs to be delayed and that you are opposed to allowing increased overcrowding in schools.
· Testify at the Public Hearing on January 7th.
· Speak to your friends who have children in Rockville schools and ask them to speak at Community Forum and testify on January 7th. NUMBERS MATTER. Without a public outcry, there is little chance that this can be stopped.
· Get in touch with your PTA and get them to take a stand.
· Come to the WECA Board meeting on Thursday, December 13that Bar Louie, 7 pm. Help get the community organized.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RM is likely to be 3K+ in few years and our council members want to build more condos. I am speechless. Crown is not started yet, so it make no sense to refer to crown for current and overcrowding in the next 5 years.

Selling out to developers is not new concept, but this takes the cake here.

Neither are those future buildings you oppose, so by this logic, it makes no sense to oppose them.

Anonymous wrote:

RM is likely to be 3K+ in few years and our council members want to build more condos. I am speechless. Crown is not started yet, so it make no sense to refer to crown for current and overcrowding in the next 5 years.

Selling out to developers is not new concept, but this takes the cake here.

Anonymous wrote:I know lots of RM families live outside the West End, but they are trying to mobilize a campaign in the City of Rockville about this issue. Advice from an email I received about it:

The West End Citizens Association will work to oppose the weakening of the APFO beginning with a request to delay the schedule to allow citizens enough time to understand the issue and get involved. However, many officers and block captains are older and do not have children in the schools. The voices who will really matter are the parents with children in the schools. If you are concerned, then here are actions that you need to take:
· Speak at Community Forum on December 17th. Let the Mayor and Council know that the schedule is unfair to citizens, that it needs to be delayed and that you are opposed to allowing increased overcrowding in schools.
· Testify at the Public Hearing on January 7th.
· Speak to your friends who have children in Rockville schools and ask them to speak at Community Forum and testify on January 7th. NUMBERS MATTER. Without a public outcry, there is little chance that this can be stopped.
· Get in touch with your PTA and get them to take a stand.
· Come to the WECA Board meeting on Thursday, December 13that Bar Louie, 7 pm. Help get the community organized.

Anonymous wrote:If you're opposed to increasing the capacity moratorium at RM (from 120% to 150%)....

EMAIL mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov

Tell them the cluster cannot support this increase. The way I read the article from Montgomery Sentinel, it is all levels (ES, MS, and HS) in the cluster.

There is a work session Monday night (12/17) to discuss. There will be a community forum. You can speak at the forum. It sounds like the vote will be 1/7 (the day before Julie Palakovich Carr resigns). Palakovich-Carr will definitely vote with Pierzchala. Newton & Feinberg oppose. Onley will be the deciding vote.

So, if you oppose, speak up and speak up soon. This is getting rammed through at the holidays when no one is paying attention.

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad that people in the community are finally speaking up about this because RM Cluster enrollment predictions have been incredibly inaccurate for more than a decade. From the past SIP data:

In 2005 RM's actual enrollment was 1,964 and the projected enrollment five years out (2010) was 1,895.

In 2010 RM's actual enrollment was 2,015 and the projected enrollment five years out (2015) was 1,934.

In 2015 RM's actual enrollment was 2200 and the five-year projection (2020) was 2416.

RM opened school in 2018 with 2495.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the council member pushing this can ride his dumb bicycle-with-his-name-on-it out of office next year.

Anonymous wrote:From https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISCAPITAL/Common/Project.aspx?ID=P651909

High schools in the mid-county region will continue to be over capacity through the six-year planning period. Therefore, the Board of Education's requested FY 2019-2024 CIP included funding for a new high school in the mid-county region located on the Crown site in the City of Gaithersburg. An FY 2019 appropriation was requested to begin planning this new high school. Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council approved a one-year delay for this project. An FY 2020 appropriation will be requested for planning funds. Once the planning is complete, a recommendation will be included in the next full CIP regarding the phasing and completion date for the opening of this new high school.

Crown has already been delayed due to fiscal constraints.