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Claymont Board votes to close Claymont Intermediate, realign grades at end of 2025–26
Summary
The Claymont City Board of Education approved a resolution to close Claymont Intermediate at the end of the 2025–2026 school year and reassign 8th graders to the high school, 4th–5th graders to the middle school and 3rd graders to the elementary school; the vote was 3–1.
The Claymont City Board of Education voted 3–1 on March 31 to approve a resolution to close Claymont Intermediate at the end of the 2025–2026 school year and realign grade assignments across the district. Mr. Peters presented the resolution and Mrs. Host moved to approve it; Ms. Campbell seconded the motion.
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." On the roll call vote, Mrs. Host voted yes; Ms. Campbell voted yes; Mr. Peters voted yes; Mrs. Wolf voted no. The motion carried.
Superintendent Brian Rentsch reviewed the district's "Building Considerations and Options" earlier in the meeting, according to the minutes, but the transcript of the special session does not record the details of those options or the district's specific rationale for the consolidation. The minutes also do not specify implementation details such as staffing changes, bus routing, or transitional supports for students; those items were not listed in the public record for this meeting.
The board took the action as a formal resolution; the minutes show the vote and the plan's broad outline but offer no further timeline beyond the end of the 2025–2026 school year. A video of the meeting has been posted to the district website and the board's administrative office holds the official minutes.
