Baltimore officials want city inspectors to make sure school repairs are done

The Baltimore City Council is recommending that Mayor Sheila Dixon deploy building and housing inspectors as needed to make sure that promised repairs in the city's school facilities are occurring. Inspectors with different specialties--roofing, plumbing, electrical--would help the system as needed.
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EARLIER: Baltimore school officials have confirmed to City Council members that incomplete or shoddy repair work was done at 40 schools, but still are seeking $25 million from the city surplus to help pay for repairs and renovations. J. Keith Scroggins, the city schools' chief operating officer, says a school system inspector should have checked to see that the work was done properly and that steps have been taken to ensure that such lapses do not occur again.
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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has ordered an audit of the city school system's construction and renovation program. Her action follows reports that the system permitted shoddy work on multiple projects. Dixon called on the city comptroller and the city inspector general to identify the projects that were left incomplete and who was responsible for the problems.
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Spot checks by inspectors with the state of Maryland found that Baltimore school employees falsely reported making promised building repairs and permitted shoddy work on multiple renovation projects. The inspectors found new windows that were cut to the wrong size, leaving gaps at the top, and new doors installed in rusty old frames although new frames had been paid for.
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