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Baltimore County schools lay out FY27 capital priorities and warn funding shortfalls could delay projects
Summary
Baltimore County Public Schools presented its FY27 capital improvement program to the planning board subcommittee, highlighting high-school replacements, a proposed repurposing of the Golden Ring site for the Crossroads Center, sustainability projects and an updated myIPASS cost estimate that has grown since the plan was published.
Baltimore County Public Schools told the planning board subcommittee on Feb. 2 that its FY27 capital improvement program (CIP) continues to follow recommendations from the district's multiyear improvement plan, while funding constraints risk delaying construction and renovation projects.
BCPS Chief Operating Officer Jess Grimm said priorities remain aligned to the myIPASS recommendations and infrastructure work intended to support student achievement, but that rising construction costs and limited new county funding have constrained what the district can advance. "Our priorities within the capital improvement program continue to focus on recommendations from the multiyear improvement plan for all schools," Grimm said.
Grimm listed projects the district has placed on the state and county funding requests. He said four items are currently requested only from the state'including partial construction funding for Delaney High School, remaining construction funds for Scotts Branch…
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