Neighborhoods don’t like swing schools.
That’s an empty school that becomes the temporary home for another school.
It’s happening in Baltimore as new schools are being built on the site of existing schools.
Instead of a new and permanent use for a school building and the adjacent land, determined after community input, there’s a temporary tenant.
That’s the case with Northwestern Senior High and Garrison Middle School.
I was instrumental in arranging a meeting today with the presidents of the neighborhood associations surrounding Northwestern, Baltimore City Schools officials, and my 41st District colleagues.
The principal concern of the neighbors was the effect of car and foot traffic on residential streets.
It was a positive meeting.
Before today, I asked for a similar meeting about Garrison.
