I’m writing to pass along some important information for those with school age children.

Montgomery County Public Schools created a Boundary Advisory Committee tasked with reshaping the schools’ current boundaries and as a result, children in South Silver Spring may be sent to two different elementary schools.

If you look at the links below, blocks 5a and 5b are the South Silver Spring area. The dividing line that would bisect our community is essentially Blair Mill Rd and rt 410 (East-West Highway).

Under option 6, which I have been told is a pretty unlikely scenario, all students from South Silver Spring would be moved to Sligo Creek Elementary rather than the current East Silver Spring Elementary.

If the school board chooses option 4, block 5a would attend East Silver Spring Elementary School while block 5B (which includes the Blairs, the Veridian, the Silverton and the Bennington) would attend Sligo Creek Elementary School.

Boundary home page: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/CommunityInfo_Boundary2.shtml

A large PDF (64 MB) map and explainer: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/pdf/TakPK_Revised_Options1_6.pdf

There is a meeting at East Silver Spring Elementary to review the boundary options on May 14th from 7 – 8:30 PM. There is also a larger community meeting at Takoma Park Middle School on May 27th from 7 -9 PM.

If you would like more information, please email Bruce Crispell (bruce_crispell@mcpsmd.org) and Deborah Szyfer (Deborah_Szyfer@mcpsmd.org), who are managing the boundary study for MCPS.

Please pass this info to others so that all parents can be part of the decision making process.

Your neighbor,

Evan Glass

President, South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association