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Anne Arundel County Budget 2013

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Arnold Elementary Parents, Students Say New School Long Overdue

The school was built in 1967, and since then has not received any major overhauls.

A group of parents with students at Arnold Elementary School have attended the past two county budget hearings asking for planning funding, which could lead to the construction of a replacement school. The group addressed the Anne Arundel County Council twice during public hearings on the county budget this month, asking for approval of a $2.23 million feasibility study at the school—the first step in any construction project at the school system. The study would help to determine the scale of construction that needs to be done at the school, whether it should be replaced or merely patched. Arnold Elementary was built in 1967, and since then has not received any major overhauls. The school is listed on the school system's six-year capital …

kerry petz

8:47 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

We are asking council members to look outside the List and evaluate schools on our current condition. If the "list" was being followed all this work would have been completed by now, that is per the official MGT study.   more ›

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Two Middle Schools Benefit From State Construction Funds

Anne Arundel County Public Schools has tentatively secured $18 million from the state for school facility improvements at 15 different county schools.

Severn River Middle School and Magothy River Middle School both stand to benefit from a $336 million construction fund to be distributed to schools statewide. Magothy River Middle is set to get $748,000 to replace its electrical system, and Severn River Middle will receive $1.68 million for an open space conversion.  After Gov. Martin O’Malley announced plans Monday to spend $336 million on school construction projects throughout the state, an Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) official expressed optimism about receiving necessary funding to finance local facility improvements. For the 2014 fiscal year starting in July of this year, AACPS asked the state to finance certain school construction projects—ranging from the …

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