The Montgomery County Parks department has made available to the public the Transfer Agreement for the Rock Creek Hills Local Park site. This site was formerly the site of the Kensington Junior High School. This site is now the Board of Education's #1 choice for the location of the BCC Middle School #2.
Kensington Junior High School site transfer agreement
Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteBut please note that it is not the case that "the Rock Creek Hills Local Park site ... was formerly the site of the Kensington Junior High School."
Rather, the Kensington Park retirement community stands on what "was formerly the site of the Kensington Junior High School".
Rock Creek Hills Park is on the site of the old school's playing field.
This might seem like a trivial distinction, but it is actually very important.
It is important because, well, "putting a new school where an old school once was" sounds pretty good, but what is actually being attempted is something very different from that.
Jim,
ReplyDeleteThanks! Good to know the history. That's something that the Board didn't take the time to find out.
Actually, the old school was in fact located on the upper playing field. There is a map and photos of this.
ReplyDeleteI think Jim has corrected his error on his blog.