The Montgomery County school board on Thursday unanimously voted to suspend its consideration of whether to close Silver Spring International Middle School (SSIMS), deciding to instead incorporate a decision into a future elementary school boundary study.
A recommendation to close the middle school by 2031 was included in Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) proposed $2.7 billion 2027-2032 Capital Improvements Program (CIP). The potential closure was to be incorporated into boundary options under consideration for the attendance zones for the new Charles W. Woodward High School in Rockville and Crown High in Gaithersburg, both set to open in the 2027-2028 school year.
“We have a lot of important decisions in front of us this year,” board Vice President Brenda Wolff said Thursday during a board meeting in Rockville. “Because of that, we need to be intentional about timing and communication. We don’t have enough time for community engagement prior to our decision on boundaries.”
Wolff said adding consideration of whether to close the downtown Silver Spring Middle School to a future study of elementary school boundaries would provide a more holistic view of necessary school closures...
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