[CPEO-IRF] Maryland schools and BRAC expansion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

School planning proves difficult
State doesn't consider future influx of military children when doling 
out funds

By Mary Gail Hare
Baltimore Sun
June 25, 2006

As its school-age population surges to nearly 41,000, Harford County 
finds itself searching for land and money to build schools.

Although the state shares construction costs, it is not considering in 
its school funding projections for the county the military base 
realignment, which will soon add hundreds of students to schools along 
the Route 40 and Interstate 95 corridors.

"There is building in the hundreds of homes along Route 40 and hardly 
any increases in the state's [enrollment] projections," said Lee 
Merrell, school board member.

The base realignment and closure plan, or BRAC, promises a significant 
increase in students and has prompted county school officials to include 
an elementary and a middle school, as well as an expansion to Joppatowne 
High School into its capital budget. Joppatowne, built in 1973, has 
reached its capacity of 1,115 students and soon will have an addition to 
its gymnasium.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.land25jun25,0,5732870.story?coll=bal-local-harford

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