St. Mary's County Public Schools Board of Education Meeting - 11/04/26

The St. Mary’s County Public Schools Board of Education meeting on November 4, 2026, included several procurement and capital-planning actions. The board approved a construction contract, identified in the transcript as SMCPS 202701 DSSDC, for fire and smoke damper replacement at Leonardtown High School: $234,500 for construction plus a $14,000 contingency. It also approved a $138,173 budget amendment for the project, contingent on approval by the county commissioners. The board awarded indefinite-quantity architectural and engineering design-services contracts to Manswood Studios, Murphy and Donahue Architects, Prime AE Group, Restoration Engineering, RTM Engineering Consultants, TCA Architects, and WGM and Associates. Individual task orders may not exceed $900,000 without further board approval. The consent agenda, which included an increase to the Chopticon High School exterior-door replacement contract, was also approved; the increase amount was not stated.

The board approved the FY2028–FY2033 local capital improvements program for submission to the county commissioners. The FY2028 request is $14.3 million, including critical system repairs and programmatic projects; presenters described longer-term needs involving water and wastewater systems, roofs, HVAC, generators, and athletic facilities. An information item covered the ongoing migration of district and school websites to the APG platform, with the new sites expected to launch in January 2027; no purchase or contract amount was stated. Public comment raised concerns about school-counselor staffing, but no related spending action was taken.