Fifth District School BCPS Board Member Julie Henn and 5th District Councilman David Marks have written a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan asking him to continue to support the Build to Learn Act. Henn and Marks are asking for funding for the new Northeast Elementary School at Ridge Road, the new Northeast Middle School, and a renovation / expansion of Pine Grove Middle.
“We are writing to ask for your continued assistance. The Build to Learn Act of 2020 will provide $2.2 billion in school construction funding and help ensure our children have access to modern comfortable classroom for genereations to come,” said a portion of the letter.
The Maryland General Assembly passed the funding for the construction money for the projects, but Gov. Larry Hogan said he was not going to sign any spending bills into law as a result of an unexpected economic downfall as a result of COVID-19. Some believe that the $400 million in Baltimore County school construction funding could be denied and Henn explained that is why the letter was sent.
“Today, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks and I wrote to Governor Hogan asking him to support the Built to Learn Act of 2020. This legislation provides funding that would allow several critical school construction projects in the northeast to move forward,” Henn said in a statement about the letter. The full letter is above.
