Second Middle School Location: Rock Creek Hills Park

After a contentious month around the neighborhood, the Board of Education voted last night to begin feasibility studies on a second middle school at the site of Rock Creek Hills Park.

This location was the second choice of the Site Selection Committee, due to its smaller size. The first choice was the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Park.

However, after an outcry from many residents bordering the Rosemary Hills/Lyttonsville Park (commonly known as Coffield Center) and the concern of the Park and Planning Commission over the taking of RHL park, the BOE selected Rock Creek Hills.

While Rock Creek Hills is also currently a park, the land is owned by the Board of Education and loaned to the Park and Planning Commission with the right for the BOE to retake it, theoretically smoothing the way to building a new school.

The Feasibility Study will begin quickly and progress over the summer in order for the design funding to be included in the Capital Improvement Plan this fall and for construction to begin in approximately two years.

This process is very quick moving and will have huge implications for our school community. We will keep you posted on this as changes develop.

Talent Show and Arts Expo a Smash

The talent show and arts expo has just finished and it was a huge success. I am so impressed with the variety of performance!

In the art expo, there were paintings, photography, sculpture, origami, drawings, cartoons and more. Students were incredibly creative in their choice of materials and subjects!

The talent show simliarly did not disappoint. Students sang, danced, demonstrated karate and numerous other arts. As a parent, it was incredible to see. And as a bonus - there were a variety of songs chosen, although clearly Glee was a popular inspiration.

Thank you to all the volunteers who made this night possible, especially event chairs Heidi Armonda, Beth Colson, Jackie Pliskin and Suzanne Muro.