Let it Rot!! MCPS Wasted School Space - 14 years and counting!!

County Executive Ike Leggett has deleted funding for the reconstruction of the Old Blair Auditorium from his proposed Capital Improvements Program (CIP) budget. The construction funds had been planned for FY16 and FY17, but have been moved to "beyond 6 years".

This public school building continues to mold and decay while still in use by MCPS students at Silver Spring International Middle School and Sligo Creek Elementary School.  When Blair High School moved to it's new location at Four Corners, the old Blair building was subdivided into two schools.  However one part of the old building was unused and left to rot.  This space could be classrooms, an auditorium, or offices.  It could be used for any use that MCPS desired.  Instead, the building has been left to decay for 14 years.

This is how Montgomery County Public Schools treats public school space.  Yet, MCPS wants new public school construction money from the State of Maryland.  These pictures show how MCPS utilizes the public school space that the State has already funded.  

Red circle shows location of rotting MCPS building at Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring.