In some ways it's a Catch 22. Fiscal prudence says you shouldn't open new schools with empty classrooms or open new roads to light traffic. But fiscal prudence gives way to charges of lack of vision when classrooms become overcrowded and roads gridlocked and the needed infrastructure isn't anywhere in sight. The area really didn't have a lot of time between the announcements of the BRAC decisions and the actual arrival of the new workers.
Schools are much the same way.
Vision and fiscal prudence don't have to be mutually exclusive. This is especially true as we move into the 21st Century here in Southern Maryland. We know that roads will be built and schools will be built to accommodate the growth. We also know as sure as we sit here in traffic jams that the planned road improvements won't be enough. And more new schools will be needed.