Schools

Rock Creek Hills Middle School Presentation Is Tonight

MCPS will discuss plans for a new B-CC cluster school with the community.

Montgomery County Public Schools will discuss plans and layouts for a proposed new middle school near Kensington at a meeting tonight.

The presentation starts at 7 p.m. at in Bethesda.

The presentation is the last step in the feasibility study process for the proposed school on Rock Creek Hills Park. MCPS and architects from Samaha Associates will present a preferred school layout to the community, and later give their feasibility study report to the superintendent.

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Previously, residents and parents provided feedback to the district on school layout, environmental impact and traffic concerns. Throughout the process, many Rock Creek Hills Neighbors havequestioned the fairness and transparency of both the site-selection and feasibility-study stages.

MCPS has said that a new middle school for Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster is needed to relieve future overcrowding at Westland.

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