CHESTERTOWN — Kent County Public Schools is asking everyone to support its efforts to seek more money from the state to build a new Kent County Middle School.
There is a bill being heard in the Maryland General Assembly that would do this, and KCPS needs the community’s help getting it passed.
There are three ways you can show your support starting Friday, Feb. 7.
1. You can sign onto a form letter KCPS will be submitting to the House Appropriations Committee at the close of business Friday, Feb. 7. KCPS asks for your name, town and email address. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/p44swp65.
2. You can submit your own letter or a copy of our form letter between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 by creating an account through My MGA. Go to https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/ and click the “My MGA” icon at the top right. Click here to download a copy of our form letter (just add your information at the bottom and save it as a PDF): HB736 Form Letter.docx.
3. Sign up to provide in-person testimony through the My MGA portal, https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/. The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Please note that the window to sign up to testify or submit written testimony is short — Friday, Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Kent County Public Schools thanks everyone for being a part of this community effort.
Trish McGee, owner and publisher of The Evening Enterprise, is president of the Kent County Board of Education.