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Harford school officials concerned over lack of capital funding
Harford County Public Schools officials are working with their counterparts across the state to find "alternative" and "creative" methods to raise money for badly-needed capital repairs that, in some cases, could get local school systems in trouble with regulators if maintenance continues to be put off because of a lack of funding.
Prominently cited in the school officials' concerns is maintenance and repair of stormwater management systems at the county's 50-plus school sites.
"This deferred funding that we've had in the last several years is starting to catch up to us," Joe Licata, HCPS chief of administration, said.
Licata and...
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