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		<title>Cecil County Council OKs Basell Property for New VoTech School; Classes Could Begin in Early 2015</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of attempts to find a cost-effective solution to the shortage of vocational and technical education slots for Cecil County public school students, the County Council Tuesday night voted to approve a plan for a new $18.9 million votech school at the 91-acre Basell property in Elkton. The Council’s 3-2 vote was on legislation to authorize the schools to proceed with an option to acquire the property, leading to a subsequent purchase upon completion of engineering and ‘due diligence’ evaluations of the site and its existing 158,000-square foot, two story facility—including 18,750 square feet of modernized scientific laboratories. Voting for the project were Council President Robert Hodge (R-5) and Councilors Alan McCarthy (R-1) and Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2). Opposing the Basell site acquisition were Councilors Diana Broomell (R-4) and Michael Dunn (R-3). “I don’t wish that it fails,” Broomell said of the tech school, but “I don’t think this is the way it should have been done.” Broomell had advocated expanding the existing tech school on its North East site, including use of modular or portable classrooms. “This is a great opportunity to train and educate our youth,” Hodge said. “We have been shortchanging these students.” For many years, there [&#8230;]]]></description>
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