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piumini moncler scontatissimi Gallihue said residents should expect redistricting to affect students for the rest of the decade. Elementary school changes will take place in August 2012 and 2013, while middle schools will be realigned in 2015 piumini moncler uomo when a new school is expected to open. Northeastern county high schools will see redistricting in 2016, and elementary schools will be shifted again in 2019 when a new building is planned. piumini moncler scontatissimi
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piumini moncler uomo «We are cautiously optimistic that we can open a new elementary school in August 2013,» said school system capital budget chief Ken Roey. If the board approves a potential site, public hearings will be held before the land is purchased. 1, though the board has no site for it yet. A piumini moncler second new elementary in North Laurel is being planned for 2019. piumini moncler uomo
moncler outlet Gallihue said there will be a shortage of high moncler outlet online uomo school seats in the northeast too, but that should be relieved by a redistricting that will shift students from Howard High to Long Reach and Oakland Mills in Columbia. The 800 added seats needed by decade’s end aren’t enough to justify planning a new high school yet. moncler outlet
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moncler saldi outlet Councilwoman Jen Terrasa, a Democrat who represents North Laurel, pointed out that major development projects planned next to commuter train stations at Savage and North Laurel will bring 1,000 new housing units to the area in years to come. «We’re already bursting at the seams at Gorman Crossing, Laurel Woods» and other area schools, she said. moncler saldi outlet
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