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Magruder advocates demand planning funds after repeated CIP delays; community skeptical of placeholder projects

Montgomery County Board of Education · October 29, 2025

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Summary

McGruder/Magruder cluster representatives said the high school has been deferred repeatedly, now has the highest FCI among high schools and should be funded for planning and design. Speakers warned that symbolic items (turf or roof placeholders) do not substitute for a funded planning and design phase.

Speakers from the Magruder cluster told the board the school has been promised in multiple prior CIPs and repeatedly delayed; they said the facility condition index now ranks Magruder among the worst and that the superintendent's recommended CIP omits planning funds the community needs to…

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