Seven Locks ES: 300-Linear Foot Retaining Wall up to 9 Feet in Height

It's the hottest thing in MCPS new school construction! It's the Retaining Wall! 


As Superintendent Jerry Weast supersizes schools in Montgomery County he is increasingly using Retaining Walls to push construction to the edges of existing school sites.

We have shown you the 7 (yes, now 7) Retaining Walls coming to McKenney Hills ES, the extensive concrete walls at Francis Scott Key MS (one shown to left), the Cabin John MS "Wall" that has now been cut down after community protest, the walls at Parkland MS, and now we see that the Mandatory Referral report for the Seven Locks ES modernization underway also shows a significant Retaining Wall.

The location of the Retaining Wall at Seven Locks ES is shown in red on the diagram below. The report states that the Retaining Wall at the Seven Locks ES site will be a 300-linear foot retaining wall up to 9 feet in height.

From the Mandatory Referral Report (page 8):