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Fort Hill High School is Maryland’s last remaining school heated by coal

December 29th, 2022 by WCBC Radio

It will be the end of an era next fall as coal burning boilers will be replaced at Fort Hill High School with state-of- the- art natural gas systems. Fort Hill is Maryland’s last remaining school heated by coal. Jay Marley, a mechanical engineer, is supervisor of maintenance and construction at Allegany County Public Schools, and said the update is long overdue…

Originally the plan was to utilize the board’s fund balance to help cover the costs, but Finance Director Larry Mckenzie said as the result of a state grant that won’t be necessary…

Marley hopes installation of the new boilers will be complete by mid-September 2023.