County Does Not Endorse Charter School Building Plans

On June 21, 2012, the Montgomery County Planning Board conducted a Mandatory Referral public hearing that had been requested by Crossway Community and MCPS.  Crossway and MCPS want to open the Community Montessori Charter School in a building that is owned by Montgomery County.  


Montgomery County had initially written a letter to the Planning Board saying that Crossway and MCPS could apply for a Mandatory Referral.  However, as the June 21st public hearing began, it was announced by Planning Board staff that Montgomery County had changed it's position.  


Below is the June 21, 2012, letter from Montgomery County's Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the legal entity that holds the lease for the building) stating that they have not given Crossway and MCPS permission to modify the footprint of the Pleasant View building.  See page 1 of the Scribd document below. 


Again, the first day of school is August 27, 2012, and the students that have "won" the lottery to go to this public charter school still do not have a building.  Shouldn't these details have been worked out by the Board of Education before they granted this charter school the right to open on August 27th? 

Madatory Referrral 2012020 Crossway Items Submitted June 21