Schools
Cabin John Middle School Receives Additional $11.1 Million for Construction Funding
A portion of the $77 million in previously unallocated school construction funding from the state is going to Cabin John Middle School.
received an additional $11.1 million of state funding for its modernization, which will be completed in June.
On Wednesday, the state’s Board of Public Works — made up of Comptroller Peter Franchot, Gov. Martin O'Malley and Treasurer Nancy Kopp — unanimously voted to approve the recommendations by the Interagency Committee for School Construction for the final $77 million in previously unallocated school construction funding for Fiscal Year 2012. Cabin John Middle School, which was slated to get $4.1 million of state construction funding, received an additional $7 million in the appeals process.
on March 29 to get a firsthand look at the new facility and assess construction funding needs. During the visit Franchot said he was impressed with the design and environmental consciousness that went into planning for the school.
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Franchot said he was particularly pleased with the school’s use of geothermal heating — a system that uses heat retained within the Earth to warm up or cool down the building.
“I’ve seen designs across the state and this one stands out,” Franchot said in March.
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The school’s $32 million modernization will be finished around the end of June so students can use the school when classes start in the fall. Construction on the 160,000 square-foot school is more than 85 percent complete.
Franchot toured schools around the state to assess construction funding needs after school officials from 21 jurisdictions appeared before the board in January to present their cases for a part of the remaining $77 million of the $264.5 million total allocated and approved by O’Malley and the General Assembly during the 2011 session.
"I am proud to have voted for these critical funds,” Franchot said in a release on Wednesday. “With today's action by the board, construction improvements will bolster the quality of life in local communities and positively impact the lives of the young people we look to as Maryland's future leadership and workforce."
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