Build Crofton High School in Crofton, Maryland
Last night I attended a school board meeting along with about 150 other concerned citizens of our town, Crofton, Maryland, to request that funds for building a 13th high school in our community be allotted in the 2015 capital budget. Organizers did a fabulous job rallying the troops with specially-made t-shirts and signs so that when the spokespeople pled our case, a sea of purple "Crofton High School" tshirts stood behind them.
Our community is growing in leaps and bounds. Currently, the 1400 high schoolers in Crofton are split into two regional high schools that are either over-capacity or are about to be. With the Board of Education already owning the land where the high school will be built, the community hopes to get our effort on the list of the many school-related improvements and projects on the budget. New developments are bringing more families and even more high schoolers that will not be accomodated at the current schools.
Many thanks to Barbara Aldridge and Jonathan Boniface who addressed the board eloquently with compelling testimony.
My neighbor and I getting ready to pitch in
No word yet on the outcome, but we will continue to work toward building a high school in our community!
Build Crofton High School in Crofton, Maryland
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