Take Sneak Peak At New Schools To Be Built In Prince George's

Bowie MD

03 December, 2020

11:04 PM

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Six new schools are coming to Prince George's County, and the board of education wants to answer your questions. Prince George's County Public Schools will host virtual town halls to introduce each of the buildings. The webinars will all start at 7 p.m. and last an hour. The meetings will take place on these dates: New Southern K-8: Dec. 2Adelphi Middle School: Dec. 3Drew-Freeman Middle School: Dec. 9Hyattsville Middle School: Dec. 14Kenmoor Middle School: Dec. 16Walker Mill Middle School Dec. 17 School board members will email families an invitation to their town hall. To subscribe to your representative's email updates, head to this page. Each member lists the schools they are responsible for in their biography. The new schools all feature modern architecture. A sneak peak at the drawings is available here. These buildings will replace aging infrastructure. More than half of PGCPS's 207 schools are older than 50. The schools slated for replacement range in age from 47 to 82 years old. Here are the ages of the current buildings. School NameTownYear BuiltHyattsville Middle SchoolHyattsville1938Drew-Freeman Middle SchoolSuitland1960Fort Washington Forest Elementary SchoolFort Washington1961Isaac Gourdine Middle SchoolFort Washington1969Walker Mill Middle SchoolCapitol Heights1970Kenmoor Middle SchoolLandover1973 The $900 million project calls for a private developer to finance the construction and maintenance of the buildings. Under the the public-private partnership, also known as P3 or Alternative Construction Finance, the Board of Education will repay the builder over 30 years. PGCPS will assume ownership of the schools after it pays off the loan. Until then, the private partner will own the buildings. "Something special happens when a new school building opens its doors," school system CEO Monica Goldson said in an October press release announcing the deal. "This investment will provide our students with a quality education within the walls of modernized and new state of the art facilities. " RELATED: PGCPS Will Build 6 New Schools With $900M Of Private MoneyPGCPS May Replace 6 Schools, Leaders Make Final Push Before VotePrince George's School Construction P3 Plan Draws Backlash Before Board VotePGCPS Delays Hybrid Classes; Classes Stay Online As Cases Spike'Zoom Overload': PGCPS Tries To Find New Ways To Engage Students Have a story idea? Please contact me at [email protected] with any pitches, tips or questions. Follow me on Twitter @JacobBaumgart and on Facebook @JacobBaumgartJournalist to stay up-to-date with the latest Anne Arundel County and Prince George's County news.