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Committee member announces ribbon cutting for childcare center at former Leonard Hall

St. Mary's County elected body · July 21, 2026
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Summary

A Committee member announced a 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting for a new childcare center taking over the former Leonard Hall facility, calling it a better community use than recent low enrollment and saying the county invested some funds to repurpose the building.

The Committee member announced a ribbon-cutting at 2 p.m. for a childcare center occupying the former Leonard Hall, which the speaker said was once referred to as a military academy. "Lastly, we have the ribbon cutting this afternoon at 2PM for the childcare center next door," the Committee member said, noting the building required some investment to put it into use.

The speaker said Leonard Hall once had "a couple 100 students" and later saw enrollment decline to "the 30s," and argued the new childcare center is "a better use of that facility." They added the expectation that the center will be well used and return value to the community.