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School board seeks $500,000 P3 study and facilities assessment; council debates capital priorities and Hammond High closeout funds
Summary
Howard County Public School System leaders asked the county council for funding to hire consultants for a P3 feasibility study and a facilities assessment; officials said the work will identify which capital projects, if any, are marketable to private partners and will produce a prioritized long‑range plan.
Howard County Public School System leaders told the council they want to hire consultants to evaluate public‑private partnership (P3) options and to perform a facilities assessment that would prioritize capital needs across the district.
Cornell Brown, chief operating officer for the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS), told the January work session that the school system plans to engage technical and financial consultants — typically a P3 technical consultant plus financial advisors — to evaluate which projects would be marketable to private partners and what financing structures could yield. Brown and Dan Lubli, executive director of capital planning and construction for HCPSS, said the study would not presume P3 is the outcome; rather, it is intended to identify which projects, if any, would be suitable for alternative financing and to produce short-, mid- and long‑range options for the district.
The board asked for the…
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