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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't like the idea of turning SSIMS into a holding school and then closing it, but they said they were doing it to renovate Eastern and Sligo Middle, which are not west county or rich.

But I agree that shutting down schools in a central dense area is a bad idea, and I think MCPS needs to provide a lot more information on what led them to come to the conclusion that this option was better than renovating or tearing down and rebuilding those schools in the same l studocation.[/quote]

Regarding your first point, no - - both Eastern and Sligo MS students will remain on-site during construction.  Eastern will have a new school constructed next to the old school (which will remain occupied) and Sligo MS is only getting an addition.

The only school slated to utilize the SCES/SSIMS property as a holding school in the FY27-32 CIP is Piney Branch Elementary.  Meanwhile, Highland View is getting a replacement school, but HVES kids will be bussed way up Colesville to Fairland Center.  Apparently, only PBES kids are special enough to warrant a close-in holding school and requiring the closing of a neighborhood school to accommodate that.  While I am sympathetic to PBES' need for renovations, it's worth noting that we are only talking about grade 3-5 kids.  Both Highland View and Woodlin before it are K-5 schools and so you have 5-year olds having to endure long bus rides (Woodlin was a Grosvenor Center for two years I think?)

Anyway, if you look at p. 1-12 of the CIP, it lists the expected facility use schedule.  This includes MCPS-owned properties that could potentially be developed into holding schools.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/planning/fy2027/cip27_entirebook.pdf
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Sligo MS is also scheduled to utilize SSIMS as a holding school for the 2030-31 school year.[/quote]

PP here, I stand corrected.  PBES will use Sligo Creek for two years and Sligo will use SSIMS for a year.

I do wonder how the Eastern and Sligo MS communities feel about their middle schools becoming super-sized?  I suspect that Taylor will assume they will be grateful for the renovations, but at Eastern was already slated for them.  Now they will occur at a later date and will include 500 more kids.[/quote]

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