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School Boundary Changes

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Proposed PGCPS Boundary Changes: What You Need to Know

County school officials kick off deliberations surrounding school boundary and academic program changes. Here's the rundown.

Last night, Prince George's County Public School officials gathered at Nicholas Orem Middle School in Hyattsville for the first of three public forums on school administrative changes under consideration. While most of the residents who spoke at last night's forum were interested in news about the new Hyattsville area elementary school–which will be opening a year later than planned–they also listened as county school officials presented a series of proposed changes to school boundaries and grade structures at schools across the county.  More Middle Schools Proposed to Add Sixth Grade County school officials proposed expanding the number of middle schools serving sixth graders. This fall, 11 other schools across the county converted to a …

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

PGCPS Hosts Public Forums on School Boundary Changes

The first of three forums will take place Tuesday night in Hyattsville.

Prince Georges County Public Schools (PGCPS) are hosting three public forums to give parents and community members the opportunity to weigh in on school boundary changes. The first forum will be held Tuesday night in the Nicholas Orem Middle School cafeteria in Hyattsville. The next forum will be on Thursday, Dec. 6 in the Cafeteria of Walker Mill Middle School in Capitol Heights; and the final forum will be on Wednesday, Dec. 12 in the Oxon Hill Middle School in Fort Washington. All three forums will begin at 6 p.m. In addition to school boundaries, the forums will open discussions on grade structure and academic program changes in PCGPS. For more information call 301.952.6300 or email pasb.boundaries@pgcps.org.

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