Woodmont Academy


Woodmont Academy served families from Howard County, Maryland. It is not affiliated with the Howard County Public School System.

School History

The Woodmont Academy was founded in 1995 by the Legionaries of Christ in Baltimore County, with 49 students in the first class.
It was originally in Woodstock in Baltimore County. It originally planned to relocate to Glenwood, but area residents objected. It instead chose to relocate to Cooksville. Some Cooksville area residents opposed the placement of the school.
In 2003, the school relocated to the 66 acres Cooksville facility. In 2010, the Vatican condemned Father Marcial Maciel for molesting underage males and fathering at least one child of a student.
It closed on June 10, 2011.

Curriculum

The school used the "Integral Foundation" curriculum emphasizing character development.

Redevelopment

In 2013, former James N. Robey aide Sang Oh representing Dar-us-Salaam, an Islamic organization that operates Al Huda School in College Park, petitioned Howard County to rezone the Woodmont Property. The zoning application was dropped, but plans to move the Dar-us-Salaam facility from College Park to Cooksville proceeded as a conditional use.