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Washington County Commissioners President Gregory I. Snook told Washington County Board of Education officials on Tuesday that they need to bump the Hagerstown School for the Arts down their capital improvements list if they expect the county to consider funding the board's $10 million-a-year capital improvement request.
Meanwhile, the State of Maryland announced this week it is giving the City of Hagerstown a $20,000 grant for a feasibility study for the school.
During a Tuesday joint meeting with the County Commissioners and the Hagerstown City Council, Dennis McGee, the school system's director of facilities management, presented the School Board's plan through fiscal year 2013 for renovations and construction projects. The plan placed the renovation of Salem Avenue Elementary School and the consolidation of Maugansville and Conococheague elementary schools at the top of the list.