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New Buckingham School Project In Jeopardy; State Will Not Provide Funding

New Buckingham School Project In Jeopardy; State Will Not Provide Funding
A new Buckingham Elementary School, shown in a rendering from Becker Morgan Group, will not receive state funding. Submitted image.

BERLIN– Officials confirmed this week there is currently no state funding available for construction of a new Buckingham Elementary School.

Just weeks after a conceptual planning committee wrapped up discussions and reviewed a rendering of a state-of-the-art new building, county officials confirmed with the school system that the state was not slated to provide any funding for the roughly $70 million project.

“Going forward I believe the commissioners need to pause all further allocations for Buckingham Elementary School until the board of education is able to work through its issues with the state to ensure there’s funding for the school,” said Worcester County Commissioner President Chip Bertino.

School system officials said Tuesday they would be meeting with the Eastern Shore delegation and exploring the state’s appeal process.

“The state of Maryland needs to step up and provide the funding..,.,” said school board member Jon Andes. “Those kids, those parents, those staff members, that community deserves that school and it should be done. Whatever it takes.”

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3 thoughts on “New Buckingham School Project In Jeopardy; State Will Not Provide Funding”

  1. ““They calculated there are 641 empty seats at those three schools,” he said, adding that the empty seats were tied to the fact that Worcester had an average classroom size of 16 while the state average classroom size was 25.”

  2. So you want state funding, just not state oversight? Sorry but it doesn’t work that way. Live under my roof, follow my rules!

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