Error causes Montgomery Co. to lose $40 million for school improvements

Kyle Cooper | kcooper@wtop.com
October 24, 2024, 12:57 PM

An error has led Montgomery County Public Schools to lose nearly $40 million of funding from the state of Maryland for the renovation of a high school.

In a letter to the school board, Superintendent Thomas Taylor said a calculation error led to the loss of state dollars for renovations to Charles W. Woodward High School.

“MCPS has been informed that we will not be receiving $39.3 million in state aid that was expected due to errors in calculating prevailing wage and bid award across the multiple phases of the project,” Taylor wrote in the letter.

Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando told WTOP’s partners at 7News the error came as a “surprise” and was discovered “late in the process.”

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Kyle Cooper
Weekend and fill-in anchor Kyle Cooper has been with WTOP since 1992. Over those 25 years, Kyle has worked as a street reporter, editor and anchor. Prior to WTOP, Kyle worked at several radio stations in Indiana and at the Indianapolis Star Newspaper.

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