● Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Northeast opens as the only single-sex DCPS high school, part of the citywide Empowering Males of Color program. The shuttered MacFarland Middle School in Petworth reopens for the 2016-2017 academic year as a Spanish dual-language school. Under new rules, these high school students could see grades soar]●The county is opening Hallie Wells Middle School in Clarksburg. Two others have new additions: Julius West Middle School in Rockville and Wood Acres Elementary School in Bethesda. Officials rededicated the school George Hampton Middle School.

Source: Washington Post September 05, 2016 02:15 UTC