amazing letter to the editor from a MCPS parent about closing Sligo & SSIMS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That could be. Though Mcps hates to give up their land. If this goes through, I’d prefer a development there to a holding school. Im concerned they are going to let the property just fall apart and it will sit vacant for years (like what happened to northwood before they reopened it).

Developers and businesses in dtss need to get involved in this fight to keep the schools open. Aside from the many many valid concerns raised in the article, this plan is horrible for the business community in ss.

BOE is a lost cause. Maybe the county council can step in to stop this.

If that land is developed, where will the children who live there going to go to school? With Eastern and Sligo Middle being expanded to accept SSIMS students, there won't be much room there.

Enrollment is declining. There will be school closures around the county.

This closure has nothing to do with declining enrollment. Taylor is proposing a massive renovation of Sligo MS and an expanded rebuild of Eastern to make space at both schools for displaced SSIMS students. Read the article this thread started with, it explains everything. The proposal would spend $281 million to free up SSIMS and SCES as holding schools.

Yes enrollment is declining but they are doing this too quickly to use that declining enrollment strategically to create holding schools. That’s part of what makes this plan so wasteful and poorly thought out.

Mold?
TOo close to purple line? What were they thinking building the line that close, it was always then the plan to close ssims and sces?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That could be. Though Mcps hates to give up their land. If this goes through, I’d prefer a development there to a holding school. Im concerned they are going to let the property just fall apart and it will sit vacant for years (like what happened to northwood before they reopened it).

Developers and businesses in dtss need to get involved in this fight to keep the schools open. Aside from the many many valid concerns raised in the article, this plan is horrible for the business community in ss.

BOE is a lost cause. Maybe the county council can step in to stop this.

If that land is developed, where will the children who live there going to go to school? With Eastern and Sligo Middle being expanded to accept SSIMS students, there won't be much room there.

Enrollment is declining. There will be school closures around the county.

This closure has nothing to do with declining enrollment. Taylor is proposing a massive renovation of Sligo MS and an expanded rebuild of Eastern to make space at both schools for displaced SSIMS students. Read the article this thread started with, it explains everything. The proposal would spend $281 million to free up SSIMS and SCES as holding schools.

Yes enrollment is declining but they are doing this too quickly to use that declining enrollment strategically to create holding schools. That’s part of what makes this plan so wasteful and poorly thought out.

Mold?
TOo close to purple line? What were they thinking building the line that close, it was always then the plan to close ssims and sces?

The idea that these schools are too close to public transportation is utterly ridiculous. As others have pointed out, SSIMS and SCES are in walkable neighborhoods and close to downtown. We need them where they are.

[Anonymous]

Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

Good question!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

Good question!

Whatever TF they want it to be, seems like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

Good question!

Whatever TF they want it to be, seems like.

Wouldn't the board have to make a decision on whether to close SSIMS by January, before Taylor submits his recommended boundary option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

Sounds like hearings in January?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor's proposal for "Approval of a Condensed Process for School Closure Procedures for Silver Spring International Middle School" is to be voted on by the board on Thursday:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DP6QG868D2AD/$file/Apprv%20Process%20Closure%20Procedures%20Silver%20Spring%20Intl%20MS.pdf

Where is the actual condensed schedule he is proposing?

Good question!

Whatever TF they want it to be, seems like.

Wouldn't the board have to make a decision on whether to close SSIMS by January, before Taylor submits his recommended boundary option?

Superintendent recommendation on boundaries is the first week of February and the final Board vote is in March. I also would not be surprised if the Superintendent presents a backup boundary option for if they don't close SSIMS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That could be. Though Mcps hates to give up their land. If this goes through, I’d prefer a development there to a holding school. Im concerned they are going to let the property just fall apart and it will sit vacant for years (like what happened to northwood before they reopened it).

Developers and businesses in dtss need to get involved in this fight to keep the schools open. Aside from the many many valid concerns raised in the article, this plan is horrible for the business community in ss.

BOE is a lost cause. Maybe the county council can step in to stop this.

If that land is developed, where will the children who live there going to go to school? With Eastern and Sligo Middle being expanded to accept SSIMS students, there won't be much room there.

Enrollment is declining. There will be school closures around the county.

This closure has nothing to do with declining enrollment. Taylor is proposing a massive renovation of Sligo MS and an expanded rebuild of Eastern to make space at both schools for displaced SSIMS students. Read the article this thread started with, it explains everything. The proposal would spend $281 million to free up SSIMS and SCES as holding schools.

Yes enrollment is declining but they are doing this too quickly to use that declining enrollment strategically to create holding schools. That’s part of what makes this plan so wasteful and poorly thought out.

Mold?
TOo close to purple line? What were they thinking building the line that close, it was always then the plan to close ssims and sces?

The idea that these schools are too close to public transportation is utterly ridiculous. As others have pointed out, SSIMS and SCES are in walkable neighborhoods and close to downtown. We need them where they are.

I would love to ask Taylor why the purple line would make SSIMS unsafe while somehow the Silver Spring public library has a built-in purple line stop along its entire front entryway.

[Anonymous]

He has stopped citing the PL on the decision (see resolution) bc it has been accurately called out as total and utter bullsh**

He is such a gaslighter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He has stopped citing the PL on the decision (see resolution) bc it has been accurately called out as total and utter bullsh**

He is such a gaslighter.

I don't think it's lack of inclusion in the resolution means he won't continue to use it as a talking point.