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Appendix: School Capacity Analysis: Gaithersburg West Master Plan: School Impact

An elementary school site should be identified in the Gaithersburg West area to accommodate future student growth. Middle school capacity is projected to be sufficient, but high school capacity is insufficient and a future site has been provided. The document analyzes school capacity needs for the areas covered by the Gaithersburg, Quince Orchard, and Wootton school clusters based on projected residential development from approved and proposed master plans.

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Appendix: School Capacity Analysis: Gaithersburg West Master Plan: School Impact

An elementary school site should be identified in the Gaithersburg West area to accommodate future student growth. Middle school capacity is projected to be sufficient, but high school capacity is insufficient and a future site has been provided. The document analyzes school capacity needs for the areas covered by the Gaithersburg, Quince Orchard, and Wootton school clusters based on projected residential development from approved and proposed master plans.

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Appendix : School Capacity Analysis

Gaithersburg West Master Plan: School Impact


April , 

Summary

An elementary school site should be identified in the Gaithersburg West area to accommodate students that could
be generated from the build-out of the proposed Master Plan. Middle school capacity is projected to be sufficient to
accommodate development at most middle schools in the area. High school capacity is projected to be insufficient to
accommodate future development, however, a high school site has been provided as part of the Crown Farm, should it
be required in the future.
The Gaithersburg West Master Plan area overlaps portions of three Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)
clusters: Gaithersburg, Quince Orchard, and Wootton. Following is a listing of MCPS cluster areas and the Gaithersburg
West districts that fall within these clusters. In cases where a Master Plan area overlaps two school clusters, it
has been placed in the cluster where future residential development is planned. A table is provided that shows
the estimated number of students generated in each cluster based on the maximum potential build-out of the
recommended Master Plan densities.

Gaithersburg Cluster Properties


LSC North: Decoverly Residential, DANAC, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), Shady Grove Executive Center
LSC Belward: Johns Hopkins University - Belward property
Enclaves: Londonderry, Rosemont, and Oakmont

Quince Orchard Cluster Properties


Quince Orchard neighborhoods and the McGown Property

Wootton Cluster Properties

LSC South: Human Genome Sciences (HGS), Universities at Shady Grove (USG),
Rickman, Traville/Avalon Bay Apartments
LSC Central: Johns Hopkins University – Montgomery County Campus (JHU-MCC),
Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA), Shady Grove
Adventist Hospital

LSC West: Public Service Training Academy site


Enclave: Washingtonian Residential
In addition to potential residential development in the Gaithersburg West Master Plan, another large-scale
development, the Aventiene community, is planned on the former Crown Farm property, located in the City of
Gaithersburg. This property is in the Gaithersburg High School cluster. This mixed use community has been approved
to include , residential units. As a condition of approval of this development, the City of Gaithersburg worked
with MCPS and the property owner to obtain a future high school site. The estimated student generation from
Aventiene is shown on the attached table for information purposes. School capacity in the three clusters
that serve the Gaithersburg West Master Plan area is most limited at the elementary school level. Enrollment
projections for elementary schools in these clusters indicate there will continue to be space shortages in the future.
Because of these conditions, it is necessary to identify an elementary school site in the Master Plan area to serve
future development. The previous Plan for this area, the  Shady Grove Study Area Master Plan, recommended
elementary schools on the Crown Farm and the Thomas Farm (now Fallsgrove, annexed into the City of Rockville). An
elementary school site has been reserved in the Fallsgrove community.

This Plan recommends that the Public Safety Training Academy (LSC West District) be relocated and redeveloped as a
residential community. The Plan recommends that an elementary school site be provided at LSC West, should it be
needed in the future.

School capacity at the middle school level is projected to be adequate at most middle schools in the three clusters.
Consequently, space will be available to serve middle school students generated by the Master Plan. At the
high school level, Wootton High School is projected to remain over its capacity for the foreseeable future, while
Gaithersburg and Quince Orchard high schools are projected to be at capacity in the future. If needed, a high school
site is available in the Aventiene community.

Gaithersburg West Master Plan Housing Student Generation in Clusters


Recommended
New Units by Type Student Generation by
Total Level
Cluster New
Single Townhouse Low/Mid- High Rise Units K– – -
Detached Rise
Gaithersburg        
Quince Orchard        
Wootton   ,  , ,   
Totals ,  ,
 ,
    
Notes:
• Low/mid rise units are high density with structured parking. Student generation rates for these units is the same as for high
rise units.
• Student generation rates from Montgomery County Planning Department’s  Census Update Survey.

Crown Farm (Aventiene)


For Information Purposes – Not Part of Gaithersburg West Master Plan

New Units by Type Student Generation by


Total
Level
Cluster New
Single Low/ High Units
Townhouse K– – - 
Detached Mid-Rise Rise
Gaithersburg      ,   
Total      ,   
Notes:
• Unit number and mix provided by Gary Unterberg, Rodgers Consulting. These estimates are subject to change.
• Low–rise units are high density with structured parking. Student generation rates for these units is the same as for high rise
units.
• Student generation rates from Montgomery County Planning Department’s  Census Update Survey.






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