Students press MCPS for basic repairs at Fields Road Elementary: bathrooms, cafeteria, playground
Multiple Fields Road Elementary students delivered short, specific testimony at the CIP hearing asking for bathroom repairs, a quieter cafeteria, safer playground equipment and resurfacing. Parents and PTA also asked for carpeting replacement and improved lighting around the rear field and parking areas.
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A group of six students from Fields Road Elementary used their three-minute public-comment slots to describe daily conditions they said affect learning and dignity: non-flushing toilets, poor sinks and hand dryers, loud cafeterias that interfere with learning, and tired playground equipment or patchy fields.
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