The proposed alterations to the parking and traffic patterns as part of the renovation plans to Dumbarton Middle School will have serious negative impacts to our community including loss of open space and mature trees, negative visual impacts, increased traffic and noise in what is currently a park-like setting and historic landscape, negative impacts to the health and safety of children and other residents who seek to enjoy this irreplaceable community resource and historic landscape. While we fully support the renovations to the school building itself, we urge Baltimore County Public Schools to modify the plans such that the renovations to the building can proceed without altering the parking and traffic circulation, which we believe to be both avoidable and unnecessary.