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MCPS proposes permanent space for alternative education and expands early childhood capacity in CIP
Summary
The FY27 CIP presentation includes proposals to consolidate alternative‑education programs into permanent space (Blair Ewing/Mark Twain programs) and to expand early‑childhood center capacity, aiming to add dozens of pre‑K classrooms by 2032.
Montgomery County Public Schools staff told the board on Oct. 14 that the superintendent’s FY27 CIP recommendation includes new investment to provide permanent, improved facilities for alternative‑education programs and to expand the district’s early‑childhood capacity.
Alternative education
Staff said the district has historically operated alternative‑education programs in aging, repurposed office buildings and that the CIP proposal moves to provide a permanent, purpose‑built campus for programs now colocated at multiple temporary sites.
DJ Connolly described the change this way: “these students were not provided the opportunity to have a gymnasium and certain other features that our pre k to 12 students…
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