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After introducing a revised method to assess building conditions last August, a Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) contractor has finished assessing 224 buildings owned by the county school board – Summit Hall Elementary School and Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg are among the worst.
Previously, MCPS used “key facility indicators” to measure building conditions. The color-coded system identified whether physical systems of a given building were “trending positive,” needing review or “nearing the end of anticipated life span.”
According to the MCPS website, the district contracted Bureau Veritas Technical Assessments in February to conduct facility assessments of schools, offices and holding centers built before 2023.
