tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post2094334732846836726..comments2024-03-28T12:39:05.941-04:00Comments on Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Guest Post: Outrage at tearing down of school buildingsJanis Sartuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-81381422961663993962011-11-03T19:21:03.126-04:002011-11-03T19:21:03.126-04:00When my kids started at Magruder High School -- an...When my kids started at Magruder High School -- and I saw the inside of the school for the first time -- I was appalled. When I asked the former, long time principal, Dr. David Steinberg, why there was so much deferred maintenance, he responded only that it was because of a shortage of funding. The FACT score for Magruder even put the school on the renovation list. (Steinberg was later Local Tax Experthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521599693099512062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-397192586064020662011-11-03T12:06:44.552-04:002011-11-03T12:06:44.552-04:00Name a serious structural problem...
What these s...Name a serious structural problem...<br /><br />What these schools suffered from was complete lack of maintenance. That's not a reason to tear down a brick and mortar building.<br /><br />A clerk? That's how you term Board of Education staff. If they don't know what is going on then who does?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-69754993472290831032011-11-03T11:14:10.212-04:002011-11-03T11:14:10.212-04:00I do not share outrage either. I am outraged that...I do not share outrage either. I am outraged that many of these schools have been delayed (e.g. Wheaton High School). With all due respect, read a little before popping off at your representatives. The county has been on a modernization program for quite a while now. My alma mater was one of the first (Walt Whitman) which if memory serves me correct was 1992 or 1993. Many schools have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-1371189191571225992011-10-27T15:25:18.933-04:002011-10-27T15:25:18.933-04:00i don't share the outrage. some of these scho...i don't share the outrage. some of these schools have lead in their water, asbestos in their ceilings, and 1/3 to 1/2 of the students are being taught in portable classrooms which are covered in black mold. it's not like any of these demos and build ups are spontaneous - they are planned years in advance and are in the budget. the budget which was approved unread by our school board. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com