The Shoshana S. Cardin School is moving forward with plans for a building of its own on a piece of property in the Rosewood Center, in Owings Mills.

The pluralistic Jewish high school, which has been operating out of Baltimore’s Temple Oheb Shalom since its 2003 launch, will present its building plans to the county’s Development Review Committee on Feb. 23.

The submitted plan shows a two-story, 47,750-square-foot building, with 120 parking spaces and a stormwater management pond, on 22 acres of land currently owned by the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The school acquired rights in November 2007 from The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore to buy the property from the state.

That purchase has not been completed and a date for the sale has not been set yet, said Karen Black, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The Associated also owns a 55-acre plot of land just south of Cardin’s proposed site.

The organization’s request to upzone the 55-acre property, which ultimately failed, drew a widespread protest from Greenspring Valley residents last year, who formed the Greater Greenspring Association to challenge The Associated’s proposed high-density and residential development at Rosewood.

After The Associated’s request failed in August 2008, County Council Chairman Kevin Kamenetz, who represents most of Owings Mills, said he was interested in forming a more comprehensive plan for the Rosewood property.

“I would like to see the entire Rosewood property, perhaps including Associated land, be considered as a whole,” Kamenetz said on Aug. 26.  “We are going to have to figure out a plan that takes into account all the residents’ needs.”

Kamenetz introduced a resolution, scheduled for vote on Feb. 17, that would form a committee to create a community plan for Rosewood. The committee will include a Cardin School representative. 

Growing plans

The Cardin School project, which is being developed by Pikesville- and Washington-based firm Greenebaum & Rose Associates, would have an entrance at Axis Road.

Cardin officials expect the school’s student body to grow substantially after the move.

After starting with an initial freshman class of 32 students, the school now has 67 students, along with 30 staff members.

After the move, the building plan shows Cardin expecting 150 students and 40 staff members and, in the future, 250 students with 50 staff members.

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