‘Completely blindsided’: Silver Spring International Middle community reeling from proposal to close school

‘Completely blindsided’: Silver Spring International Middle community reeling from proposal to close school

When Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor announced Oct. 13 that he would be recommending the closure of Silver Spring International Middle School (SSIMS) by 2031, many in the school community were shocked, parents said. “Many of us felt completely blindsided,” Lora Elinoff, the parent of a SSIMS student, told Bethesda Today on Wednesday. “There’s lots of different views — some people feel very strongly that the b…