Schools
Wheaton and Thomas Edison High Schools Stay On Track
The two high schools' five-year modernization projects, slated to begin in 2013, are delayed no longer.
The Montgomery County Board of Education has rejected Superintendent Joshua P. Starr’s recommendation to postpone the modernization of Wheaton High School and Thomas Edison School of Technology until 2014, reported The Gazette.
Board member Philip Kaufman was responsible for amending Starr’s plan, according to The Gazette.
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He said the schools should be modernized to send a positive message to the Wheaton and Edison community, and that the school needed modernizing more acutely than any other secondary school anyway.
Kauffman proposed removing some heating, ventilation and air conditioning work and upgrades to the transportation depot to make the change cost neutral.
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Read the full story on The Gazette: Montgomery school officials approve $1.5 billion in construction spending
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