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Lakelands Park Middle School is a public middle school located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Managed by Montgomery County Public Schools, the school educates in grades 6-8. The school was named after Lakelands Park, which is adjacent to the school. It has the largest building among middle schools in Montgomery County.〔("Lakelands Park Middle School - At a Glance" ), Montgomery County Public Schools〕 With its premises used regularly for community events, the school has a high local profile. Deborah R. Higdon became the school's principal, in August 2009, taking over from the original principal Joseph Sacco.〔("Lakelands Park Middle School - Staff Directory", Montgomery County Public Schools )〕 ==The school== Lakelands Park MS was built in 2005 to resolve overcrowding in other schools in the county,〔(Area's schools cope with additional students ), Washington Times, August 28, 2005〕 as a result of a unique collaborative effort between the Montgomery County Board of Education and superintendent Dr. Jerry Weast,〔("Milestones, Goals and a Request for Residents' Input" ), The Washington Post, February 2, 2006〕 at a cost of $21 million.〔("Gaithersburg's New School" ), The Washington Post, August 25, 2005〕 The building is , and includes three floors, a full-size gym, auxiliary gyms, three computer labs, and rooms for art, music and technology. The media center has a collection of more than 18,000 print and non-print materials, including books, magazines, videos, DVDs and CD ROMs. The Research Learning Hub includes 32 networked computers. The school set ambitious academic targets, including 100% of the students reading at or above grade level by the time that they leave the school.〔("New Lakelands Park Middle School plans for excellent year" ), Parisa Karimi, The Prowler, September 30, 2005〕 However, the school was soon placed on the state watch list due to poor results.〔("Elementary schools progress, but not middle schools" ), Marcus Moore, The Gazette, July 22, 2009.〕 Following the decision of the Montgomery County school board to allow cell phones in schools other than high schools, in August 2007 Lakelands was one of four selected to trial this arrangement.〔("Schools Ease Off Cellphone Restraints" ), Daniel de Vise, Washington Post, August 27, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lakelands Park Middle School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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