WE THE PEOPLE UPDATE - New Schools Coming to Your Community!

STAFF

Brendon L. Laster
Chief of Staff

Charnell Ferguson
Constituent Services Director

Rita Henry
Office Manager

For questions and concerns, please contact the office at (301) 952-2638 or email: At-LargeMemberFranklin@co.pg.md.us.

LATEST NEWS:

Council Member Mel Franklin to host 3 community meetings across the County in February, focused on public safety, education investment, and economic growth

Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools (CPSTS) Offers Driver Education Program and Scholarships for High School Youth - March 8th Deadline

Read the Latest Updates about the Purple Line

Prince George's Parks and Recreation Announces Spring Program Guide, Registration for County residents starts on Feb. 15

Take the Dept. of Public Works & Transportation Constituent Survey - Speak out about roads and transit!

Employ Prince George's Launches a Re-Entry Hiring Incentive Program to Incentivize Employers to Hire Residents Returning from Incarceration

New Schools Opening This Year Across the County and More Planned - The Nation's First Public-Private Partnership (P3) to Build New Schools - February 15th Meeting 

PHASE I SCHOOLS OPENING THIS YEAR

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that Prince George's County is the first school district in the nation to use a partnership with the private sector to finance the building of new schools? Did you know that this innovative public-private partnership is resulting in building 6 new schools (5 middle schools and 1 K-8) in just 3 years, which, using normal methods, would take 5 times that long to build? Regardless of where you live, join us for the next First Quarter Advisory Neighborhood Community (ANC) meeting to talk
about this historic accomplishment. Please register below.

NORTH COUNTY ANC MEETING

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023, 6:30PM START TIME,
DOORS OPEN AT 6:00PM

GREENBELT PUBLIC LIBRARY AUDITORIUM, 11 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Main Topic: Progress of the Public-Private Partnership to
Build 12 New PGCPS Middle and Elementary Schools

Register here:
https://tinyurl.com/north-county-Q123-anc 

All meetings are Free and Open to the Public. Registration is encouraged.

PHASE II OF THE P3 PROPOSES TO BUILD 6 MORE SCHOOLS TO REPLACE 13 EXISTING AGING SCHOOLS

In the next round of the PGCPS Public-Private Partnership, PGCPS proposes the following:

LANDOVER HILLS - The current schools, Margaret Brent Regional School and Glenridge Elementary School, to be replaced by a new, larger Margaret Brent Elementary School.

BELTSVILLE - The current schools, James E. Duckworth Regional School, Calverton Elementary School, and Beltsville Academy, to be replaced by a new, larger James E. Duckworth Regional School.

HYATTSVILLE - The current Hyattsville Elementary School to be replaced by a new Hyattsville Elementary School.

GREENBELT - The current Springhill Lake Elementary School to be replaced by a new Springhill Lake Elementary School.

BRANDYWINE - The current schools, Gwynn Park Middle School, Brandywine Elementary School, and Baden Elementary School, to be replaced by a new, larger Brandywine K-8 Academy.  

NEW CARROLLTON - The current schools, Robert Frost Elementary School, Charles Carroll Middle School, and Carrollton Elementary School, to be replaced by a new, larger Robert Frost K-8 Academy.

WHICH NEW SCHOOLS SHOULD BE IN PHASE III? JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 15TH AND GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK!

THE ANC POLICY LAB

FEEDBACK

Do you have a policy idea that you think the County should consider? Send it to the Advisory Neighborhood Community (ANC) Initiative Policy Lab at mfranklin1@co.pg.md.us.

ANC CONSTITUENT SERVICES CORNER

If you have constituent services requests or concerns, please make sure you use CountyClick/311 either online or call 3-1-1 to do so by phone. Please then send me an e-mail at mfranklin1@co.pg.md.us with the details of your concerns. My office will share your concern with your District Council Member, fellow At-Large Member Calvin S. Hawkins, II and the appropriate agency.