Patterson Mill Middle and High schools near completion

The new Patterson Mill Middle/High School in Emmorton is more than halfway completed, and with Harford County Public Schools facing a serious problem with overcrowding, the school is expected to ease the rolls at many neighboring schools.

“Maryland is one of the fastest growing states in the country. Now that BRAC is coming, that adds to the pressure,” said Harford County Public School superintendent Jackie Haas of Ground was broken last year on the $59 million project, and the school is expected to open in the fall of 2007, welcoming 900 high school and 700 middle school students onto the 88-acre campus.