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Board awards $199,860 contract to Cannon Washington for countywide facility‑utilization and boundary study
Summary
The board approved a contract with Cannon Washington (Cannon Design) for a facility-utilization and school-boundary study covering all 27 district schools to evaluate closures, realignments and fiscal impacts; the work includes community engagement and a target parent-notification date of April 1, 2026.
The Saint Mary's County Board of Education voted July 30 to award a facility-utilization and school-boundary consulting contract to Cannon Washington Incorporated (a Cannon Design component) to evaluate use of the district’s 27 schools and recommend options for boundary changes, closures and other realignment strategies. The contract is a lump-sum award of $199,860 with a project contingency for optional “value‑added” services of $48,045; the district reported a $250,000 budget for the work, leaving an available balance of $2,095 if the contingency is not used. District staff told the board the consultant was chosen after an RFP process that drew four proposals; one firm was deemed nonresponsive for failing to submit pricing.…
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