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Claymont board votes to close Claymont Intermediate, realign grades at end of 2025–26
Summary
The Claymont City School District Board of Education approved a resolution to close Claymont Intermediate at the end of the 2025–2026 school year and shift grade placements: 8th graders to the high school, 4th–5th to the middle school, and 3rd graders to the elementary school. The motion passed 3–1.
At a special meeting March 31, the Claymont City School District Board of Education voted 3–1 to approve a resolution to close Claymont Intermediate at the end of the 2025–2026 school year and realign grade assignments.
"Mr. Peters presented a resolution to consolidate schools by closing Claymont Intermediate at the end of the 2025-2026 school year and realign 8th graders to the High School, 4th and 5th to the Middle School, and 3rd graders to the Elementary," the minutes state. Mrs. Host moved the resolution and Ms. Campbell seconded. On roll call vote Mrs. Host, Ms. Campbell and Mr. Peters voted yes; Mrs. Wolf voted no, and the motion carried.
The board minutes record the action but do not include additional implementation details such as timelines for student transitions, transportation changes, staffing impacts, or budgetary figures. The district did not provide further specifics in the posted minutes; the resolution as recorded names the effective timing as "at the end of the 2025-2026 school year."
The decision follows a review of "Building Considerations and Options" that Superintendent Brian Rentsch presented earlier in the meeting, according to the minutes. The record does not contain excerpts of that presentation or any staff analysis attached to the posted minutes. The board adjourned the special meeting at 7:39 p.m.
