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Schools grapple with costs: Rising price of construction in the district prompts officials to request more funding.

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| August 13, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Gina Davis

Aug. 13--Noting skyrocketing construction costs, Carroll County school officials are seeking $115 million from state and local coffers for the next fiscal year to keep pace with growth and provide all-day kindergarten.

"We're seeing a 150 percent increase in costs," facilities director Ray Prokop said during last week's school board meeting. "It's going to give everyone fits." Building Winters Mill High, which opened in 2002, cost about $34.5 million, Prokop said. Now, estimates are that a new high school in the northeast would cost $66 million, he said. "Those are the kind of impacts we're seeing," he said. "The fear we have is that…

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