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Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts
3/22/13
Gorgeous 4 Bedroom Townhome in Potomac, MD
4/1/11
Park in Silver Spring Possible Site for New Bethesda-Chevy Chase Middle School
In a few years, students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase will have a new middle school, possibly on the site of the current Rosemary Hills-Lyttonsville Local Park in Silver Spring. According to an article on the Gazette web site, the park was chosen from among ten sites as the best location for the new school by a committee of parents, teachers, community leaders and government officials. Though many local neighbors feel that there was little to no neighborhood input.
With 17 acres, the park boasts playgrounds, tennis courts, sports fields, and a picnic area, which would all be shared with the school. The park also houses the Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Center, which could be an excellent location for after-school activities. And because the park is situated in a neighborhood, it’s hoped that many of the children will be able to walk to the new school.
If built, the school will hopefully help with the current overcrowding at Bethesda’s Westland Middle School, and it will mean that all sixth-grade students move into a middle school.
Plans for the school should be ready this fall so they can be part of the Fiscal 2013-2018 Capital Improvements Plan. In reality, though, it will be many years before the school is completed and opened, as it still needs to be approved and funded. But it looks very much like things will all work in favor of Silver Spring as the final site for what is a much-needed new school. However, the local residents will push hard to have a say in the process and possible design.
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1/7/11
Chevy Chase PTA’s Making (Up) the Difference
Not so long ago, the Chevy Chase-area Parent Teacher Association worked on fun events for the community. Now, as the school system tightens its belt, local PTA’s are more often contributing to the cost of basic school supplies and operations.
This year, PTA funds will help purchase computer carts for Chevy Chase Elementary to help with computer instruction classes. Since the computer lab had to be closed, the carts will carry computers and become mini computer labs that are shared among classrooms. They’ve funded two carts so far, at $6,000 each, with a goal of three or four more.
At North Chevy Chase Elementary School, the PTA dished out $1,300 for the teachers’ educational magazines that the county said it could no longer afford. When the county cut the bus for students in the after-school tutoring program, the PTA stepped in and paid that bill, too—about $1200.
The PTA at the Rosemary Hills Primary School has brought in over three times as much money as in past years, to the tune of about $60,000. About $36,000 of this will purchase six more interactive white boards for the school, which currently has four. The balance of the money is for PTA programs.
Area PTA’s are bringing in more money not only through fundraisers but through other inventive means, including simply asking for it. They’ve found willing donors in parents, community members, and some local governments. It seems that people would rather write a check and know specifically where their money is going rather than contribute to wrapping paper sales or other fundraisers with vague definitions.
Last December, several Chevy Chase villages contributed to the neighboring Rosemary Hills PTA, simply because they were asked—and found the cause worthy.
As municipal budgets continue to be cut, the PTA expects to continue making up the difference so that local schools (and school kids) have what they need for a quality education.
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