In 2006, MCPS was stopped by the Montgomery County Council from moving Seven Locks Elementary School to another site after a scathing report was released by the Montgomery County Inspector General. The IG found that MCPS had fibbed about construction costs.
A few weeks after the IG's report was released the County Council defunded the project and Seven Locks Elementary School was not moved.
The superintendent's plan had been to hand the existing site over to developers.
Here's the timeline of what happened:
FEBRUARY, 2006: Montgomery County Inspector General Thomas Dagley releases a 25-page report that faults MCPS for providing misleading and inflated cost data about renovating Seven Locks Elementary and failing to provide the board and council with information about two less costly options on the site. The report also states that MCPS misrepresented community sentiment in reports to the board and council. In response, Councilmember Howard Denis (R-1) says he’ll introduce a CIP amendment to halt plans to build on Kendale and instead build a new school on the current Seven Locks site...
https://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2006/feb/14/seven-locks-controversy-timeline/
The Montgomery County Council affirmed March 28 that it will not fund the construction of an elementary school on Kendale Road in Potomac — an outcome that was nearly inconceivable three months ago...
https://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2006/mar/28/if-not-kendale-then-what/
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