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Montgomery County’s portfolio of school buildings is growing, and so is the cost of maintaining and replacing schools in the county, according to a presentation from Superintendent Thomas Taylor.

In order to maintain the 238 school buildings in the Maryland school district’s portfolio, Taylor’s asking for $2.7 billion in his six-year capital budget proposal.

Taylor said the school system’s “true needs” would require a $5.2 billion investment.

During Tuesday’s Montgomery County Board of Education meeting, Taylor was asked by board member Grace Rivera-Oven to

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