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Staff proposes using Crown High School as holding site to speed Magruder and Wootten renewals
Summary
MCPS staff told the board Nov. 4 that using Crown High School temporarily could shorten construction timelines and lower costs for planned projects at Magruder and Wootten high schools, while allowing better-site placement for Damascus replacement work. Staff presented three scenarios and a staff estimate of multi-year time and hundred-million-
Montgomery County Public Schools staff presented Crown High School as a candidate holding (swing) site intended to accelerate capital projects at nearby high schools and reduce total program length. Staff said the district originally planned Crown as a comprehensive replacement; changing Crown temporarily into a holding site could allow a cleaner build sequence for Damascus High School and speed renewals at Magruder and Wootten.
What staff showed: the presentation compared three options for Damascus, Magruder and Wooten: (1) keep Damascus on-site and perform phased occupied renovations at Magruder and Wooten, (2) replace all three on-site, and (3) replace Damascus and use Crown…
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