Prince George’s County overtakes Mo County as top job creator

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by 908Boi

Building new schools will do nothing to improve test scores or whatever metric that you measure "good schools" by.

Actually this is a false statement and woefully assumptive. It is shortsighted to say new schools will do NOTHING to improve test scores. I could name a few reasons why test scores may improve seconds after reading your post. But I will let this study and a related article speak for me.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful...72732214548677

This lack of high-quality infrastructure can shape student outcomes. In a study released last year, researchers concluded that even seemingly minor issues like weak air quality can lower achievement. "Building's structural facilities profoundly influence learning," the authors concluded.

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowl...udent-learning

[schmoove86]

Originally Posted by G1..

Exactly and there doesn't seem to be any urgency to fix that . PG county keeps building these developments and not building new schools................a major recipe for disaster.

https://pgs.thesentinel.com/2019/10/...rovement-plan/

The county is building developments and schools.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by schmoove86

https://pgs.thesentinel.com/2019/10/...rovement-plan/

The county is building developments and schools.

...........tooo little too late!

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by G1..

...........tooo little too late!

Schools always follow development. One reason is that it's real hard to sell to taxpayers that a new school is needed because there may, just may, be a large housing development sometime, maybe.

The other reason is how school construction is funded by the State. The jurisdiction has to show an imminent need, not just a maybe, to get funding. Which means the existing schools have to be chronically over capacity (I think the number is 120% but I may be wrong).

Now, you also have to build the school where there is already in place or planned infrastructure (water, sewer, roads) or there's no State money. So the days of Counties like Calvert building schools on farmland miles away from any population density where every single kid has to ride a bus are over.

Just a note on cost: high schools are now bouncing around $100 million or so, middle schools around $70 million and elementaries are at $50 million.

I don't know if Prince George's does it but a lot of Counties impose an impact fee/excise tax on new residential development that goes to school and road construction. In Calvert it's around $20K/unit. The only way around it is if you build an age restricted development.