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[[Image:hayden-farm-aerial.jpg|right|thumbnail|Aerial view of the "Hayden Farm" with the 4 separate parcels designated. Source: St. Mary's County Government.]]A 172-acre site, known as the Hayden Farm, was purchased by St. Mary's County Government for a new elementary school and other public facilities. The [[St._Mary's_County_Commissioners|Board of County Commissioners for St. Mary's County|St._Mary's_County_Commissioners]] approved the purchase for $5,259,500 at a meeting on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2008. The vote was 4-1 with Commissioner Larry Jarboe (R) dissenting. Jarboe is quoted as saying, "I do not believe this is right. This stinks more than a whole bushel of rotten crabs." Jarboe reportedly argued that the value of the land was more like $2.5 million<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.somdnews.com/stories/12262008/entetop110342_32179.shtml
|title=County buys 172 acres for schools, library

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