State Gives County Schools $33M for Construction

Anne Arundel County will be getting $33.3 million from the state this year for construction projects at more than 20 schools, including $2 million for .

The funding comes from the state’s Board of Public Works, which approved construction improvements at 206 schools across the state to the tune of $349.2 million, according to David Lever of the Maryland Public School Construction Program.

The Maryland Board of Public Works had already allotted $20 million for county schools, but on Wednesday agreed to an additional $12.6 million.

Of Anne Arundel County's 125 schools, 23 will receive funding this year from the state. A number of other projects are getting local funding, with the state reviewing the plans, said schools Chief Operating Officer Alex Szachnowicz.

Included on the list of schools are , which will receive $1.33 million in renovations for science labs and $706,000 for open-space classroom conversion.

The county school projects on the approved funding list are:

• Annapolis High School—$1.89 million for HVAC
• Severna Park Elementary School—$766,000 for pre-K additions
• Oak Hill Elementary School—$882,000 for kindergarten additions
• Glen Burnie Park Elementary School—$271,000 for roofing
• Broadneck High School—$2.03 million for science lab renovation and open-space classroom conversion
• Deale Elementary School—$690,000 for roofing
• Chesapeake High School—$1.89 million for HVAC
• Folger-McKinsey Elementary School—$1.1 million for additions and renovations
• Point Pleasant Elementary School—$2.05 million for additions and renovations
• Northeast High School—$6.61 million for additions and renovations
• Central Middle School—$2.46 million for open-space classroom conversion
• Bodkin Elementary School—$720,000 for kindergarten additions
• Phoenix Annapolis at Germantown Elementary School—$3.52 million for additions and renovations
• Annapolis Elementary School—$1.81 million for renovations
• Crofton Middle School—$2.19 million for additions
• South Shore Elementary School—$492,000 for kindergarten additions
• Solley Elementary School—$58,000 for electrical improvements
• J. Albert Adams Academy—$58,000 for electrical improvements
• Lothian Elementary School—$1.63 million for school replacement
• Crofton Elementary School—$1.41 million for additions and renovations
• Mills-Parole Elementary School—$1.41 million for additions and renovations
• Maryland City Elementary School—$784,000 for gymnasium additions
• Waugh Chapel Elementary—$784,000 for gymnasium additions

The Board of Public Work’s determination of schools that would receive funding was based on recommendations from the Interagency Committee on School Construction, Lever wrote in a letter to the Anne Arundel County school system.