EBCA Newsletter June 2010

Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones

Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club.

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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

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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.

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By Monica Hayes,

Education Chair

Neighborhood News June 2010

East Bethesda Citizens

Association, Inc. PO Box 41020

Bethesda, MD 20824 www.ebca.org

Neighborhood News

Jay Briar, Editor

[email protected]

Sponsorship, Vacant

[email protected]

Greg Volz, President

Kevin Kraus, 1st Vice President

Rebecca Fayed, 2nd Vice President

A.B. Carneal, Recording Secretary

Jack Hayes, Treasurer

Ilaya Hopkins, Past President

Andy O’Hare, Crescent Trail

Monica Hayes, Education

Eleanor Rice, NIH Liaison

Carmen Abrams, Website

Dorian Patchin, Website

Leslie Weber, Welcome Packets

Membership, Vacant

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meeting and election of officers for

the next year. The new date and

location of the meeting will be June

2nd at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase

High School cafeteria. We will

begin the meeting an hour earlier

at 7 p.m. We are still accepting

nominations for the EBCA officers

for the next fiscal year beginning

July 1, and you may e-mail your

nominations to Kelly Cunningham

at [email protected].

Thanks again to the continued

support of our sponsors: Smith

Thomas Smith general contractors,

BCC Total Body Salon, Marcie

Sandalow with Evers & Co. Real

Estate, New Generation School of

Music, and Hughes Landscaping

and Supply. In these difficult

economic times, their sustained

support helps us to remain in touch

with you. We also thank all of the

households who have contributed

membership dues to EBCA this

year, and encourage everyone else

to write a check this month by

using the coupon on the back of the

newsletter. The names of our paid

members are printed inside.

I look forward to seeing everyone

at the June 2nd general

membership meeting and elections!

Tree Coupons

Homeowners who buy a tree

valued at $75 or more can receive

a $25 coupon f rom the

Montgomery County Planning

Department. For information on

which selected trees and county

nurseries are included in the

"Leaves for Neighborhoods"

visit www.montgomeryplanning.

org/events/leaves.

The East Bethesda Garden Club

meets at 7:30 on the second

Tuesday of each month. Guests

welcome. For more information

about EBCA, contact Nancy at

301-656-8754.


• Additions for B-CC cluster Elementary schools.

• Opening a new elementary and/or middle school in the

B-CC Cluster. These would require boundary studies.

After reviewing input from the B-CC Roundtable

process, the MCPS Superintendent will prepare a

recommendation for the Board of Education (BOE) for the

FY 2012 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that is

released in late October 2010. The BOE will conduct

public hearings and take action in late November.

Boundary studies could follow in winter 2010 for

inclusion in the FY 2012 CIP, or fall 2011 for the FY 2013

CIP. The implementation of reassignments may need to

wait until additions (earliest completion August 2014) or

new schools (earliest completion August 2016) are funded

and built.

More information, links to MCPS B-CC Cluster

planning activities, and tips for advocacy can be found on

our website, www.ebca.org, on the Local Education page.

If you have questions, please contact EBCA Education

Chair Monica Hayes by email at [email protected].

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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


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THERE IS MORE ABOUT EAST BETHESDA AT:

WWW.EBCA.ORG When the temperatures rise,

this summer you can always

look back at photographs of

the three blizzards this past

winter. Several neighbors

have shared their pictures on

our website, www.ebca.org.

These are from Victoria on

Chestnut Street and Michael

on South Chelsea Lane. Let’s

add some pictures of sunshine

and fireworks soon!

Inside This Issue

School Changes ........................ 1

Membership Roll ................... 4-5

Winter Pics ............................... 7

Have you joined EBCA this year yet? Clip the coupon

and mail it today!

Next General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, June 2nd at 7 p.m. at

BCC High School

It is a new year in EBCA! Time to renew your membership for 2009-

2010. Get your voice is heard!

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