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Caroline supervisors approve short-term modular units, tie county funding to school board signoff for Bowling Green additions
Summary
After weeks of joint meetings with the school board, the Caroline County Board of Supervisors approved using school-year reversion funds to buy or lease modular classroom units as a short-term fix for overcrowding and conditioned county-funded permanent additions at Bowling Green on school-board approval.
The Caroline County Board of Supervisors voted to appropriate the school division's FY2024 reversion balance to acquire modular classroom units to address immediate overcrowding at Bowling Green Elementary, and added Madison Elementary to planned facility work. The board said permanent construction at Bowling Green (additional classrooms and a gym) will proceed only if the school board formally approves the county’s role at its next meeting.
School leaders and county officials have met repeatedly this spring to address rising enrollment and a short timeline to be ready for the August school year start. Caroline County Public Schools presented a short-term bridge plan built around modular (factory-built) classrooms — described during the meeting as “high-performing modular units” with internal HVAC, bathrooms, and a 25-year useful life — while moving forward on longer-term projects…
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