Patch: MCPS Scales Back Size of Proposed Middle School

Montgomery County Public Schools has reduced the size of a proposed middle school in Kensington after neighbors voiced concerns that building the school would do away with valued green space... 

...In past meetings, neighbors were concerned the school would be an eyesore in residential Rock Creek Hills, and, in response, the three layouts discussed Wednesday allow for a 30-foot buffer zone of trees on all sides of the property.
The layouts vary from three to four stories, and each separates sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classes by floor. Two allow for a courtyard in the middle of the school building, but with that comes a larger footprint for the school.
The feasibility-study process has been contentious since MCPS chose the Rock Creek Hills site, and neighbors have complained that the school district has been less than transparent in its dealings ever since...

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