Spalding wraps up 10-year building project

It has been 10 years since Dr. Michael Murphy, president of Archbishop Spalding High School, began asking parents, alumni, staff and students what could be done to make the school better.

After a decade of planning, fundraising and building, the Severn school has wrapped up a $7 million series of projects that include a new arts and technology wing, athletic complex and artificial turf football field.

"Everything that we do here is to give our students the best opportunities that we can," said Murphy. "We didn't want to add (more) students, we wanted to give more opportunities to our...