Silver Spring International

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When are they ever going to finish construction in that area what a mess?!

The school construction will be finished by the summer. But who knows when the purple line will be done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When are they ever going to finish construction in that area what a mess?!

The school construction will be finished by the summer. But who knows when the purple line will be done.

It's called PL 2040. But it's not even funny anymore.

[Anonymous]

I get that there will be plenty of long-term benefit to having the school building itself improved. The purple line is debatable (a public transit station literally right outside a middle school that already has bus service anyway?), but what's done is done. I just don't want my kid to have to inhabit a construction site for their. entire. middle. school. career. MSMC, here we come.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if the old Blair auditorium was demolished during the renovation. Wondering if it’s still around. That’s a nice piece of history

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the old Blair auditorium was demolished during the renovation. Wondering if it’s still around. That’s a nice piece of history

It was demolished. They’re building a new gym in its place.

[Anonymous]

See here:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that there will be plenty of long-term benefit to having the school building itself improved. The purple line is debatable (a public transit station literally right outside a middle school that already has bus service anyway?), but what's done is done. I just don't want my kid to have to inhabit a construction site for their. entire. middle. school. career. MSMC, here we come.

Okay. That's your opinion. Have you actually tried taking that bus? Do you live in the neighborhood. I have and I do. The purple line when it opens will be a huge time saver, a lot more reliable than the bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stupid question, why don't they just tear down the structure and build a more modern one? Many area schools have been completely rebuilt. Recent one was Woodlin ES in Silver Spring. Do they only focus on ES, until overcrowding becomes an issue at a MS or HS - such as a new HS that will be near Walter Johnson HS in North (!) Bethesda/Rockville.

They don't really need to, as far as I understand. The bones of the building are fine. It's just sort of the wrong size and shape for a middle school and there was a plan to do a comprehensive fix that would have also relocated the elementary school that is co-located with the middle school right now.

However, belt tightening made the project smaller, and a botched rollout of the elementary school relocation panicked a bunch of families, so the plan got scratched and a smaller renovation is underway.

Is the "smaller" renovation now also not happening? And is Highland View also not getting a renovation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stupid question, why don't they just tear down the structure and build a more modern one? Many area schools have been completely rebuilt. Recent one was Woodlin ES in Silver Spring. Do they only focus on ES, until overcrowding becomes an issue at a MS or HS - such as a new HS that will be near Walter Johnson HS in North (!) Bethesda/Rockville.

They don't really need to, as far as I understand. The bones of the building are fine. It's just sort of the wrong size and shape for a middle school and there was a plan to do a comprehensive fix that would have also relocated the elementary school that is co-located with the middle school right now.

However, belt tightening made the project smaller, and a botched rollout of the elementary school relocation panicked a bunch of families, so the plan got scratched and a smaller renovation is underway.

Is the "smaller" renovation now also not happening? And is Highland View also not getting a renovation?

The SSIMS gym project has happened, but the other parts are on hold and will be decided in the next CIP, same as Highland View.

[Anonymous]

Is the never ending purple line construction finally finished in that part of town?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the never ending purple line construction finally finished in that part of town?

Nope, not finished.

[Anonymous]

SSIMS and Sligo Creek ES, which inhabits the same decrepit building, need to be rebuilt. Period.