County executives from eight Maryland jurisdictions — including Prince George’s and Montgomery counties — traveled to Annapolis to testify in favor of a school construction plan.
The Built to Learn Act would pump $2.2 billion into new school buildings and renovation projects. Some of the funding would come from bonds issued from the Maryland Stadium Authority.
“Half the building was being held up by large hydraulic jacks,” she said.
Alsobrooks said it is critical that children go to school in “state-of-the-art buildings that are warm in the winter, cool in the spring and summer and structurally sound.”
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich told members of the House Appropriations Committee that his county is the 14th-largest school district in the nation, with 165,000 students.
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