Montgomery County Public Schools says aging buildings and sharply rising construction costs are creating increasingly difficult decisions about how the school system invests in its facilities.
The challenges were outlined as the Montgomery County Board of Education received an informational report on the proposed Fiscal Year 2028 Capital Budget and amendments to the FY 2027-2032 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) on Thursday, Oct. 15.
According to MCPS, 126 schools were built or last renovated before 2000, and approximately three out of four of those schools are rated as needing repairs or having unreliable building systems…