ACTION

4.2.6

Office of the Superintendent of Schools

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Rockville, Maryland

April 28, 2011

MEMORANDUM

To: Members of the Board of Education

From: Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools

Subject: Request from Bradley Hills Elementary School Educational Foundation, Inc. to Fund
Various Improvements During Addition Project

Background

The planning for an addition to Bradley Hills Elementary School is well under way and construction
is scheduled to begin in January 2012. The addition is expected to be completed by August 2013.
The Bradley Hills Elementary School Educational Foundation, Inc. has submitted a request for
permission to raise funds that would be used for various improvements as part of the addition.

This request from the Bradley Hills Elementary School Educational Foundation, Inc. falls under the
requirements of the Board of Education Policy CNE, Facility Improvements That Are Not Funded
with Montgomery County Revenues. In accordance with Policy CNE, the Bradley Hills Elementary
School Educational Foundation requests that the following privately funded improvements be
considered for inclusion as part of the school addition project:

• Artwork in the instructional media center

• Science laboratory equipment in the dual purpose room
• Artwork in the main entrance lobby
• Exterior benches in the main entrance lobby
• Sample of the green roof in the courtyard
• Monitoring devices for utility consumption
• Benches and pavement in the new courtyard

The total cost of these improvements is estimated to be $100,000. In the past, requests such as larger
gymnasiums, amphitheaters, and other facility improvements as part of major capital projects have
been granted. If the Board approves the proposed improvements for funding with non-county
revenues, staff in the Department of Facilities Management (DFM) will work with the Bradley Hills
Elementary School Educational Foundation, Inc., the architect, and the Facility Advisory Committee
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to ensure these proposed improvements are designed and bid as add-alternates to the project. DFM
staff recommends that the Board of Education approves this request.

WHEREAS, The construction of the addition to the Bradley Hills Elementary School is scheduled to
begin in January 2012; and

WHEREAS, The Bradley Hills Elementary School Educational Foundation, Inc. has requested
permission to raise funds for various improvements as a part of the school addition; and

WHEREAS, These improvements will enhance community and school activities and will create
facility features that enhance the aesthetics of the addition and provide additional learning
opportunities for the students; and

WHEREAS, These improvements need to be considered for approval by the Board of Education in
accordance with Board of Education Policy CNE, Facility Improvements That Are Not Funded with
Montgomery County Revenues; and

WHEREAS, Similar types of requests have been granted previously; now therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Education approves the request of the Bradley Hills Elementary School
Educational Foundation, Inc. to fund the following improvements that will be completed during the
addition project at the school:

• Artwork in the instructional media center

• Science laboratory equipment in the dual purpose room
• Artwork in the main entrance lobby
• Exterior benches in the main entrance lobby
• Sample of the green roof in the courtyard
• Monitoring devices for utility consumption
• Benches and pavement in the new courtyard

Total Estimated Cost $100,000

and be it further

Resolved, That the improvements be designed and bid as add-alternates to the project.

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