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MCPS staff detail transportation, holding‑school tradeoffs and CIP shortfall
Summary
Staff quantified transportation transition costs, estimated operating overhead for a new comprehensive high school and presented two 'non‑recommended' CIP reduction scenarios to align the board's $2.787B request with the county executive's $2.135B recommendation (a $652M gap).
Staff presented a detailed accounting of how boundary changes would affect operations and capital spending. Key figures cited in the presentation:
- Average bus route cost: about $125,000 per year. - Examples of transition costs: Woodland scenario first year ~ $1,600,000 (8 buses) then ~$625,000 in later years; Laytonsville example first year ~ $1,600,000 then ~$1,000,000 ongoing; Brown Station first year a little over $1,000,000 then ~$375,000 thereafter. - Operating cost for existing Thomas…
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