Schools
West Middle Receives Award from State Comptroller
State Comptroller Peter Franchot presented the custodial staff with a Silver Hammer Award of excellence.
Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot presented the Silver Hammer Award for school maintenance to West Middle School Monday in the school’s media center.
West Middle is one of 15 schools in the state to receive this honor during the inaugural year of the awards program.
Franchot was joined by Stephen Guthrie, superintendent of Carroll County Schools, as well as other elected officials to honor the 52-year-old facility and its building supervisor, Michael Buchanan.
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The award given statewide was established to reognize schools that have demonstrated a commitment to fiscal responsibility through superior school maintenance. The award recognizes schools for their efforts to maximize the lifespan of existing public school facilities and to ensure that students who attend school in older buildings have the same positive learning experience as their counterparts in newer facilities.
Recipients of the Silver Hammer Award are selected based upon the recommendation of each local education agency in consultation with the state’s Public School Construction Program. Besides Buchanan, other members of the custodial staff at West Middle School are Wayne Collins, Georgia Krug, Charles Morton, Jacob Ness, Robin Redmond and Sean Stonesifer.
