Grade Schools May Be Restructured

The county's board of education is expected to approve a plan to shuffle the deck at Silver Spring elementary schools, The Gazette writes.

The proposal is meant to relieve overcrowding at Sligo Creek Elementary School, the board says. That school has 647 kids, according to the website Great Schools.

In the proposed plan, East Silver Spring Elementary School would be restructured to accommodate students from pre-kindergarten to the fifth grade. Currently, East Silver Spring holds classes for 358 kids in pre-K through the second grade, says Great Schools.

Some of the 510 kids who go to Takoma Park's Piney Branch Elementary School then would be reassigned to East Silver Spring, which would make room for some Sligo Creek kids to attend Piney Branch.

The changes, if approved, would take effect in the 2009 school year. The plan would also tack on $12 million to the board of ed's capital improvement budget, the board says.

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"School Board Votes on Construction Plan" (The Gazette)