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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Structurally, in its present state, SSIMS is not safe to remain open. So if they're not closing it, how are they repairing the building so that it is safe enough for kids to occupy it through 2030?[/quote]

And as a holding school after that. It's important to understand that MCPS is not closing the building in 2030. Other students will be attending it, just not the ones who attend it now. This is why this whole thing doesn't make sense. If it's not safe enough to be a neighborhood middle school, it is not safe enough to be a holding school. Period.

My take is that it IS safe enough to be a middle school but they are using the building condition as an excuse to create a holding school (something MCPS desperately wants). Otherwise, they would close it entirely.   [/quote]

I agree with you. The only counterpoint to this that has been offered by those in favor of shutting down the school is that with it being a holding school, they will be able to have longer stretches where the building is not occupied, which will allow for more significant repairs than if it is an active neighborhood school building. But I'm not sure how much I believe that.[/quote]

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