Today, we broke ground on the much-anticipated Fairwood Elementary School. When County Executive Angela Alsobrooks first took office, we faced an $8.5B school construction backlog. With the experiences she heard from communities like Fairwood, we went to Annapolis in 2019 to push for the P3 Alternative Construction Finance Program. As a county government and as a community, one of our most important obligations is to invest in our children and it was long past time to deliver for them. Improving the school construction process across the entire County has been one of our top priorities. The Alsobrooks Administration developed an innovative plan that had never been done anywhere before to support public education, get quality school buildings opened quickly, and save taxpayers money–the Alternative Construction Finance Program through public-private partnership (P3). We’ve now opened 6 ACF buildings in just 3 years at a massive cost savings to taxpayers, and 10 new schools overall. That success is the foundation for Phase 2 of our ACF Schools plan, a blueprint that has caught the attention of other jurisdictions around state and the country. That success is why over the next several months, we’re breaking ground on 8 more new schools. The new Fairwood Elementary School building will be a sustainable, high-performance learning environment and capacity to resolve overcrowding issues. When this building is complete, not only are our partners obligated to maintain it for 30 years, but they are also contracted to work with small, local, and minority owned businesses to do it. This program is a boost to our local economy and an investment in our children’s future in Prince George’s.
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