Heart House Development Plans To Change?
Mark N November 11th, 2007
MCA has learned that The McLean School, which is currently housed in a closed Montgomery County school in Potomac, has been in negotiations with the American College of Cardiology to purchase the College’s property to use as a high school for 300 students. Under the school’s proposal, the existing building would be retained, but most of the trees on the property would be removed for the construction of soccer fields, and reforestation would be done closer to Old Georgetown Road.
At the present time, no traffic plan exists for the school’s desired use of the property, and the school has not committed to attending the November MCA meeting to present its plans more formally. The ACC still intends to proceed to present its residential development plans to the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission but has not rejected the school’s offer. MCA will discuss both of these proposed uses at the November meeting to see if there is a preference for one over the other.
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While I certainly support soccer enthustacially, there are already soccer fields at the YMCA, the French Scehool, and Maplewood Park. Does the proposed new schoool have an opportunity to share any of these? It would be undesirable to lose more trees.
[By the way, my message was partly covered by the frames labeled, TAGS and Other.]
It is unnecessary to build another school in this area. I believe that we can also stop planning for more residential areas. Are we going to take down the last bit of forest in our area? Having a school also drastically increases traffic, even with an entrance on Old Georgetown Road. If we are looking for things to do to the Heart House why not make it a community center?