Montgomery County school officials are changing the way they choose new school sites after “a huge amount of time spent, a lot of community angst involved, and a lot of conversations had over and over and over again” characterized its last search process, in the words of one lawmaker.

A work group for the schools is recommending that Montgomery County Public Schools move up its mandatory review of the feasibility of using public land to before the superintendent chooses his preferred site and recommends it to the county school board.

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