Sligo Middle School principal resigns amid changes at school

Parents had been concerned about school environment, success

By Jen Bondeson Staff Writer

Sligo Middle School will have a new principal next year, as current principal Richard Rhodes announced his resignation to parents on Tuesday.
Rhodes has accepted an administrative position for a national charter school organization in Michigan, and his resignation is effective July 1, according to a May 8 letter from community superintendent Bronda Mills to parents.
Rhodes and Mills have been working with parents this school year to address their concerns about the Silver Spring school’s atmosphere and student achievement.
A few parents had written to the superintendent at the beginning of the school year with concerns regarding the poor quality of the school grounds, teacher retention, a lack of discipline at the school and poor academic performance, said Alice Witt of Silver Spring, who has a seventh-grader at the school.
Since, the school system’s department of family and community partnerships hosted four meetings with the community related to the school’s improvement plan, according to a document on the school’s website.
A meeting was set for Wednesday night to discuss the feedback that Rhodes received at the community meetings.
Rhodes did not return a phone call to talk about his resignation.

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