Montgomery County Public Schools has embarked on a boundary study to determine the area from which the new Richard Montgomery Elementary School No. 5 will draw students.
The school is expected to open in September 2018 on the former Hungerford Park Elementary School site, at 332 W. Edmonston Drive.
A boundary advisory committee began its work with two meetings in March and will meet throughout April and May. The committee comprises Richard Montgomery cluster coordinators with the county council of PTAs, representatives from the PTA of each of the affected elementary schools – Beall, College Gardens, Ritchie Park, and Twinbrook, and parent representatives from the Chinese Immersion Program, the NAACP Parents Council, and achievement action groups representing African-American, Asian-American and Latino students.
Committee meetings, which are open to the public, will be held from 7-9 p.m. at College Gardens Elementary, 1700 Yale Place, on April 5 and 25, and May 3 and 17. A meeting on May 9 will provide the opportunity for the committee to present options and get feedback from community members.
Find more information about the study and study meetings at www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/rmes.aspx.