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PGCPS work group flags poor conditions at bus lots as Mullikin modernization nears completion
Summary
Prince George's County education officials and staff described aging maintenance trailers, outdoor repairs and potential asbestos at multiple bus lots and said Mullikin's renovation—with a new admin building, bus wash and added stormwater controls—is about 95% complete; electrification pieces (solar/microgrid) were paused.
The Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) electric school-bus work group heard stark descriptions of deteriorating maintenance and staff facilities at county bus lots and an update that the Mullikin modernization project is almost finished.
Seth Fenton, who presented a countywide map of PGCPS bus lots, said the "majority of the maintenance and repairs done on school buses is done outside" and described temporary trailers with "degrading infrastructure," barely adequate restrooms and work performed "in rain, wind, snow, cold, heat." He also warned that some older trailers "possibly have asbestos tiles," creating "serious health hazards."…
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