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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reviving this thread to ask a question:

We are currently looking at a house zoned for SSIMS and Northwood (zoned for Forrest Knolls elementary). I have literally just learned about the proposed closure of SSIMS while looking into the schools associated with this house.

If we have a kid entering middle school in 2029, is there any way to figure out now what middle school they would end up attending, given SSIMS is likely to close before the 2029-2030 school year? I can't make heads or tails of what I'm reading online and have no prior experience with MCPS so I need some handholding. I also see there is a magnet middle school program but I have no idea how that works or how easy it is to get a match there or what the magnet programs even are.

TIA to anyone willing to explain this to me![/quote]

Forest Knolls is re-assigned to Sligo MS starting in 2027, not SSIMS anymore.  You can see the final map here: https://maulfoster.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=dbc077a0c6fe4b83bfc6593589a77c41

There's still a chance that if they close SSIMS in 2029 (the earliest the school would close, although the announcement of ES and MS closures will come in spring 2027), they would rework middle school boundaries for the other middle schools, so your child could still be indirectly affected.  But I expect Forest Knolls would most likely stay at Sligo even if/when SSIMS closes.[/quote]

Correct me if I'm am wrong -- it's so hard to keep up with Taylor and reactions to Taylor -- but Eastern MS, which Taylor initially blew up to 1500 student capacity from the proposed 1200 student capacity, is likely to return to the 1200 student capacity (per county exec's budget reduction), after all the voting by the county council, on budget, and the BOE on the final specifics inside the budget they are handed by the county council.[/quote]

Correct. Eastern is still slated to get a new building, but normal sized, not super sized.[/quote]

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