Deadline Today: Support Appeal to State for Middle School Cost Share Alteration
Today, Monday, March 18, is the last day to contact the Maryland General Assembly to send a letter of support for the bill requesting the State alter its School Construction Local Cost Share for the much-needed new Middle School in Chestertown, and we have a way to help you (see below).The new structure would be built on the current 15-acre campus. Kent County Middle School, which serves students in sixth through eighth grades, is in dire need of replacement. The school, which opened in 1950 ... [Continue Story]
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