Charles Co. Board approves new name for General Smallwood Middle School, change effective July 1

The Board of Education of Charles County at its April 28 work session approved the name Glymont Middle School to replace the name of General Smallwood Middle School. The name change takes effect July 1, 2025. General Smallwood Middle School will open for the 2025-2026 school year as Glymont Middle School.

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William Smallwood (1732 – February 14, 1792) was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland.[1] He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general. He was serving as the fourth Governor of Maryland when the state adopted the United States Constitution.

Sounds like the kind of person you might name a school after.

But he owned a farm 70 years before slavery was abolished so I guess he has got to go. Why didn't they rename it George Floyd Middle School?