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Cumberland committee narrowly backs applying for $60 million needs‑based grant for E.E. Smith High School
Summary
A budget/finance committee voted 3–1 to move forward with consideration of a 2025–26 needs‑based public school capital fund application for E.E. Smith High School despite a pending facility study and concerns about locking district priorities.
The Cumberland County Board of Education’s budget and finance committee voted 3–1 to move forward with consideration of submitting a needs‑based public school capital fund application for E.E. Smith High School, with the grant application due Oct. 3.
The committee debated whether applying now would commit the district to a single project before the district’s comprehensive facility study is finished. Mr. Coleman, a district staff member, told the committee that the needs‑based public school capital fund is part of the state’s broader lottery distribution and that the grant requires applicants to designate a specific school and use for the money. “A comprehensive high school costs a 160,000,000,” Mr. Coleman said as part of the funding context the committee discussed.
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