The Washington Post (1/12, Johnson) reports, "For more than six years, Prince George's County [MD] real estate agents often have told young families looking to settle in the planned community of Fairwood that an elementary school would be built soon on a 15-acre plot set aside by the developer." However, "late last year, enrollment projections for the area dropped" and in order to "justify the need for the new school, Prince George's County school officials are considering closing one of two aging elementary schools." According to the Post, when state and local funding "was committed to Fairwood, school officials projected that by 2016, the six elementary schools adjacent to Fairwood would have 600 more students than they had seats for. But then the school system redrew its boundaries countywide and moved sixth-graders from several of the elementary schools to a nearby middle school" which ultimately "prompted state officials to announce late last year that a new elementary school was no longer needed."
No comments:
Post a Comment