Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club. Neighborhood News JUNE 2010 JUNE 2010 JUNE 2010 JUNE 2010 WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG President’s Notebook By Greg Volz, President General Membership Meeting Wednesday, June 2nd, 7:00 p.m. NEW LOCATION B-CC High School Cafeteria 4301 East-West Highway Elections & School Update We are embarking on a new challenge for the East Bethesda Citizens Association. As many of you have learned by now, the Montgomery County Council, in its infinite wisdom, decided to close our Lynbrook Recreation Center effective in April to help trim the budget. I believe I heard it will save the county $16,000 annually in a budget of $4,000,000,000. That is like giving up an occasional Starbucks latte to help pay for a mansion. This is the same community center where we hold our meetings, the Halloween parade and Labor Day picnic, not to mention the numerous birthday parties, playdates and special events that were held at this facility. Despite the email and letter- writing campaign and multiple suggestions for alternative ways to keep the community center open for the benefit of our community, the County Council felt giving up the Starbucks latte was the right thing to do. I kind of get the feeling the community center will go the way of the trash-can-removal-from- the-park debacle. We obviously need to make a little more noise (or squeak more since the squeaky wheel clearly gets the grease) to get the County Council’s attention. I suggest you make your voice heard. A great way to do this is to attend the upcoming Montgomery County District 1 candidate forum on June 1st at the Lawton Community Recreation Center, 4301 Willow Lane, Checvy Chase. The event will begin at 7 p.m. with a meet and greet at 6:30. Scheduled to attend are current District 1 Councilmember Roger Berline and for EBCA President and District 1 candidate Ilaya Hopkins.. The closure of our community center has forced us to postpone our May general membership Continued on page 2... The Bethesda-Chevy Chase (B- CC) cluster Roundtable approaches to relieve elementary school overcrowding were discussed at a public information meeting at Bethesda Elementary School on Thursday, May 27th. East Bethesda residents are encouraged to let Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) know this is an issue of importance to our community. In addition, a summary of the Roundtable report and a description of next steps in the MCPS process will be provided at the June 2nd EBCA General membership meeting to be held at the B-CC High School cafeteria. Roundtable approaches under discussion include: • Moving 6 th grades at North Chevy Chase and/or Chevy Chase Elementary Schools to Westland Middle School. This would not require a boundary study and could be implemented as soon as August 2011. • Establishing a boundary study for East Bethesda (and Paddington Square) to examine elementary schools assignments. Continued on page 3... Possible Possible Possible Possible School School School School Changes Changes Changes Changes By Monica Hayes, Education Chair
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Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones
Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club.
Neighborhood News JUNE 2010JUNE 2010JUNE 2010JUNE 2010 WWW.EBCA.ORGWWW.EBCA.ORGWWW.EBCA.ORGWWW.EBCA.ORG
President’s Notebook By Greg Volz, President
General Membership Meeting Wednesday, June 2nd, 7:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION B-CC High School Cafeteria
4301 East-West Highway
Elections & School Update
We are embarking on a new
challenge for the East Bethesda
Citizens Association. As many of
you have learned by now, the
Montgomery County Council, in its
infinite wisdom, decided to close
our Lynbrook Recreation Center
effective in April to help trim the
budget. I believe I heard it will
save the county $16,000 annually
in a budget of $4,000,000,000. That
is like giving up an occasional
Starbucks latte to help pay for a
mansion. This is the same
community center where we hold
our meetings, the Halloween
parade and Labor Day picnic, not
to mention the numerous birthday
parties, playdates and special
events that were held at this
facility.
Despite the email and letter-
writing campaign and multiple
suggestions for alternative ways to
keep the community center open
for the benefit of our community,
the County Council felt giving up
the Starbucks latte was the right
thing to do. I kind of get the feeling
the community center will go the
way of the trash-can-removal-from-
the-park debacle. We obviously
need to make a little more noise (or
squeak more since the squeaky
wheel clearly gets the grease) to
get the County Council’s attention.
I suggest you make your voice
heard.
A great way to do this is to
attend the upcoming Montgomery
County District 1 candidate forum
on June 1st at the Lawton
Community Recreation Center,
4301 Willow Lane, Checvy Chase.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. with
a meet and greet at 6:30.
Scheduled to attend are current
District 1 Councilmember Roger
Berline and for EBCA President
and District 1 candidate Ilaya
Hopkins..
The closure of our community
center has forced us to postpone
our May general membership
Continued on page 2...
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase (B-
CC) cluster Roundtable approaches
to relieve elementary school
overcrowding were discussed at a
public information meeting at
Bethesda Elementary School on
Thursday, May 27th. East
Bethesda residents are encouraged
to let Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) know this is an
issue of importance to our
community.
In addition, a summary of the
Roundtable report and a
description of next steps in the
MCPS process will be provided at
the June 2nd EBCA General
membership meeting to be held at
the B-CC High School cafeteria.
Roundtable approaches under
discussion include:
• Moving 6th grades at North
Chevy Chase and/or Chevy
Chase Elementary Schools to
Westland Middle School. This
would not require a boundary
study and could be implemented
as soon as August 2011.
• Establishing a boundary study
for East Bethesda (and
Paddington Square) to examine
elementary schools assignments.
Continued on page 3...
Possible Possible Possible Possible School School School School
Schools Update Currently... All students in East Bethesda attend: • Westland Middle School and then • Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
Rosemary Hills PS: About 45% of 2nd graders at Rosemary Hills attend North Chevy Chase Elementary in the 3rd grade; about 45% attend Chevy Chase Elementary in the 3rd grade; and about 10% attend Bethesda Elementary in 3rd grade. • North Chevy Chase and Chevy
Chase are 3rd through 6th grade schools.
• Bethesda is a K through 5th grade school.
Bethesda ES: About 75% of Bethesda Elementary 5th graders attend Westland Middle School in the 6th grade; about 25% attend Pyle Middle School in the Walt Whitman Cluster for 6th grade. • Westland and Pyle are both 6th