Weast wants $1.5 billion for Montgomery school construction

Montgomery County schools Superintendent Jerry Weast proposed Wednesday that the county spend $1.5 billion on school construction projects, including expanding nine schools and building two new ones, over the next six years to address overcrowding.

Weast’s capital improvement plan calls for a new elementary and middle school to be built in the rapidly growing Clarksburg area. He also is asking that Clarksburg High School be expanded.