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Friday, April 1, 2011
Supersizing McKenney Hills Elementary School
You have seen the trees that are coming down to make way for the supersized elementary school being built on the 60 year old McKenney Hills Elementary School site. Now see how the McKenney Hills enrollment will stack up next to the rest of the elementary schools in the county when the building is complete.
This chart shows the enrollment for all 132 elementary schools in MCPS. (Each line represents one elementary school.) The average enrollment for all MCPS elementary schools for 2010 was 501 students.
The blue arrow on the chart shows the line for the average enrollment of 501.
Thanks for compiling this chart. Once again I would remind everyone, the trees are not 'coming down.' The members of the Board of Education that YOU voted for decided to cut down the trees, and the BOE that YOU voted for implemented the decision to cut down the trees. This is what YOU wanted. Paula Bienenfeld
So what is the viable alternative? Any way you cut it, there is extreme overcrowding at Oakland Terrace, and the general population of Silver spring will continue to grow. SO you have three choices: 1) continue the status quo of overcrowding, 2) one large elementary school that can deal with continued growth, or two or more smaller ones. Seems to me less trees will be cut down, and less traffic will ensue if one site is cleared for a larger school then multiple sites for smaller ones. I'd like to here what a better course of action would be versus this large school.
Thanks for compiling this chart. Once again I would remind everyone, the trees are not 'coming down.' The members of the Board of Education that YOU voted for decided to cut down the trees, and the BOE that YOU voted for implemented the decision to cut down the trees. This is what YOU wanted.
ReplyDeletePaula Bienenfeld
little kids love big schools
ReplyDeleteThanks for correction! Post fixed.
ReplyDeleteSo what is the viable alternative? Any way you cut it, there is extreme overcrowding at Oakland Terrace, and the general population of Silver spring will continue to grow. SO you have three choices: 1) continue the status quo of overcrowding, 2) one large elementary school that can deal with continued growth, or two or more smaller ones. Seems to me less trees will be cut down, and less traffic will ensue if one site is cleared for a larger school then multiple sites for smaller ones. I'd like to here what a better course of action would be versus this large school.
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