St. Mary’s County Public Schools is pleased to announce that on December 14, 2005, notification was received from the State Public School Construction Program that the Interagency Committee on School Construction (IAC) is recommending planning approval for the first new elementary school. This recommendation is a result of an appeal that the school system presented to the IAC on December 8, 2005, regarding the FY 2007 state capital improvements program.
The school system requested approval from the state on five (5) projects for a total of $6,935,200 in state funds for FY 2007. The IAC is recommending $4,160,000 for three (3) projects that represent 60 percent of the construction funding request, as well as planning approval for the first new elementary school. The recommendation includes $3,980,000 for the Leonardtown Elementary School Addition/Renovation, planning approval for the first new elementary school, $144,000 for the relocation of state-owned relocatable classrooms to Leonardtown Elementary School, and $36,000 for one single classroom state unit to meet elementary school capacity needs as a result of the implementation of full-day kindergarten. These recommendations will be approved by the Board of Public Works on January 18, 2006. The only project not approved at this time is the replacement relocatables for the state unit destroyed by fire for a total of $115,200.
The school system will appeal to the Board of Public Works on January 18, 2006, for additional multi-year funding approval for the Leonardtown Elementary School Addition/Renovation project to meet cashflow, as well as the approval of the new relocatable purchase to replace the state unit destroyed in the fire.
Any questions pertaining to the recommendation of the IAC regarding the school system’s FY 2007 State Capital Improvements Program request should be directed to Ms. Kimberly A. Percell-Howe, St Mary’s County Public Schools’ supervisor of capital planning, at (301) 475-4256, extension 6.