Towson Families United, Baltimore County's grassroots group formed to find a solution to the overcrowding problem in Towson-area schools, has spotted some "unofficial" signs of construction life at the site for the new elementary school.  The sight of construction equipment out by Ridge Ruxton School, where the new school is to be built, might help alleviate the concerns of parents who have questioned whether the school could possibly be built on schedule.

The blog has also spotted the school board's upcoming agenda item on the naming of the new facility.  School officials are proposing the school be named West Towson Elementary, citing the area from which it will draw students as the reason.  That wouldn't be a dramatic departure from what the school has already been called in previous conversations and school board meetings: Towson West Elementary.