This summer, work started on air conditioning at Carney and Joppa View Elementary Schools. The design phase is in 2015, with construction in 2016. Other schools that serve northeastern Baltimore County will also receive air conditioning over the next two years.
Schoolchildren deserve as safe and comfortable an environment as we can provide them. I am proud that in the Fifth District, despite budget limitations, we have greatly reduced the backlog of schools that need air conditioning. In 2010, more than 20 schools needed air conditioning; today, we just need to get two programmed for funding.