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Oakland Mills parents, students and staff urge Howard County board to restore renovation funding
Summary
Dozens of Oakland Mills High School students, teachers and parents told the Howard County Board of Education they are living and teaching in unsafe conditions — citing mold, lead, burst pipes and unusable bathrooms — and urged the board to restore renovation funds it recently moved off the school’s schedule.
Dozens of students, teachers and parents from Oakland Mills High School told the Howard County Board of Education on Dec. 4 that the board’s recent decision to remove their school from near‑term renovation funding must be reversed.
At a packed public forum and again in the evening session, community members recounted recurring pipe bursts, mold in classrooms and athletic spaces, elevated lead readings in water outlets, and limited access to working bathrooms. “Our school is falling apart,” said Erica Gold Smith, a special educator and HCEA representative, adding that “classrooms are being flooded” and that mold and pesticides have been…
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