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Caroline school board backs supervisors-funded addition at Bowling Green Elementary pending MOU
Summary
The Caroline County Public Schools board voted to support a Board of Supervisors–funded addition at Bowling Green Elementary that would add a gymnasium and a "2 to 6" classroom expansion, contingent on a jointly approved memorandum of understanding defining each entity's rights and responsibilities.
The Caroline County Public Schools Board of Education voted at its June meeting to support a Board of Supervisors–funded addition at Bowling Green Elementary School that would include a gymnasium and a "2 to 6" classroom expansion, contingent on a jointly developed and approved memorandum of understanding that outlines and protects the rights and responsibilities of both the school board and the Board of Supervisors.
The decision matters because the project would directly affect students and staff at Bowling Green Elementary and relies on intergovernmental cooperation and formal agreement. The board approved adding a facilities update to the agenda before taking the vote.
A school board member presented a motion in which the contingency was spelled out: "contingent upon the joint development and approval of a memorandum of understanding that clearly outlines and protects the rights and responsibilities of both the school board and the board of supervisors." The board then voted; Dr. Hubbard, Dr. Joanda Rollins Fells, Sean Kelly, Lyda Fortune, Allison Sears and Calvin Taylor each recorded "aye," and the motion was approved.
Board members also approved procedural items tied to scheduling and the meeting: they amended the agenda to include the facilities update and approved moving the June 11 meeting start time to 4:30 p.m. The board recessed to allow members to attend a softball event; the board reconvened and confirmed the recess and the revised meeting time.
The action is limited by the motion's contingency: the addition is dependent on a memorandum of understanding to be jointly developed and approved, which the motion said should "clearly outline and protect" each entity's rights and responsibilities. The transcript records no extended debate on the substance of the project during the vote; the record shows procedural motions, roll call votes and a unanimous affirmative outcome.
The board did not provide a project budget, construction timeline, or detailed classroom count beyond the phrase in the motion describing a "2 to 6 classroom expansion." Those details were not specified in the meeting record and will depend on the terms of the forthcoming memorandum of understanding and any separate procurement or funding approvals by the Board of Supervisors.
