More on the New Middle School

I will be testifying on behalf of the PTA at the Board of Education meeting tonight. Our primary concerns are the speed of the process pushing us toward a new middle school, our fear that the budgetary impact will result in the delay of our LONG awaited modernization, and the worry that the central office is muddling up

1) Operations (in the concern about meeting the needs of the 6th graders still at the Chases);

2) Capital Improvements (in the desire to build a new school, find a location and support the many needs of the community); and,

3) Articulation (in the discussion about where 6th grade should be located and now the discussion about where our immersion program should be located). Read this article in the Post to be brought up to speed on the 6th grade articulation issue.

This is not a process that should be rushed or we will almost certainly get it wrong. MCPS needs to do right by those kids in 6th grade and take the time to make sure they don't shaft the rest of us in the process.

Testimony will be at Carver Educational Center, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville at 7 PM. I hope to see you there.