This article was written by WTOP’s news partner Bethesda Today and republished with permission. Sign up for Bethesda Today’s free email subscription today.
After introducing a revised method to assess building conditions last August, a Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) contractor has finished assessing 224 buildings owned by the county school board – Summit Hall Elementary School and Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg are among the worst.
Previously, MCPS used “key facility indicators” to measure building conditions. The color-coded system identified whether physical systems of a given building were “trending positive,” needing review or “nearing the end of anticipated life span.”…