Baltimore County Public Schools outlines $2B capital request, stresses balance between new construction and deferred maintenance

Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Mary Rogers presented the school system's fiscal year 2026 capital improvement program to the Baltimore County Planning Board Committee on the Capital Improvement Budget and Program, noting a request that the presenters described informally as roughly $2 billion in total needs.

The presentation outlined priorities guided by the myIPAS multiyear improvement plan and by capacity and infrastructure data. "Of note, we have far fewer orange and red areas in the county than we did a few years ago as a result of capital investments in our schools," Rogers said, referring to a capacity-utilization slide shown to the committee.

Why it matters: The school system faces a trade-off between replacing aging facilities and funding systemic repairs such as boilers, chillers and roofs. Board members pressed presenters about enrollment forecasts and whether funding should shift from adding capacity to addressing…