ANNAPOLIS — Two of Maryland’s top elected officials blasted two school systems for a lack of air conditioning in some classrooms that has resulted in heat-related early dismissals and school closings for the second time since classes resumed this week.
The heated words, or hot air to some critical of Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot, dominated much of Wednesday’s Board of Public Works meeting and is quickly becoming an issue in the 2018 campaign. Franchot fired back at some who say this is just an election-year issue, blaming members of his own party in the state legislature for freezing efforts to provide climate control in classrooms in Baltimore City and Baltimore County...
...Hogan blasted city school officials for breaking their word and not repairing or installing air conditioning at schools that were closed early this week after promising to do so.
“It’s not a false narrative,” said Hogan, who at one point held up transcripts of early board meetings. “They’re facts. They’re on the record in their own words.”...
...“One of the problems that is quite real is that the city, unfortunately, does not have the resources that Montgomery County or Baltimore County have to put into their share,” said Kopp. “That adds up and that makes a difference.”...
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