The Board of Education released its Six Year Capital Improvement Plan today. Most importantly for us, RCF remains on track for modernization. Quoting from the report:
*Rock Creek Forest Elementary School*Capital Project: A modernization project is scheduled for this school with a completion date of January 2015. An FY 2011 appropriation for facility planning funds is recommended for a feasibility study to determine the feasibility, scope, and cost of the modernization. Division of Long-range Planning staff will review the educational specifications for the modernization with the school staff and community in the spring of 2010 in anticipation of the feasibility study. In order for this project to be completed on schedule, county and state funding must be provided at the levels recommended in this CIP. Projections indicate enrollment at Rock Creek Forest Elementary School will exceed capacity throughout the six-year period. Relocatable classrooms will be utilized until additional capacity can be added as part of the modernization.
This is very good news, HOWEVER, note the words that county and state funding must be provided at the levels recommended. Over the next few months, we need to maintian pressure across the spectrum -- from the Board of Education, to the County Council, and most importantly, to the State House and Governor's Office. Check back here to get more information about how to help.
For starters, plan to attend the CIP hearing with the Board of Education on November 11 and 12. Wear your RCF shirts, bring signs and bring your kids! 7 PM in the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. Craig Brown is testifying for the cluster on November 11 and I am testifying on the 12th. See you there.
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