Construction of Marine Corps Base Quantico’s new, consolidated elementary school, shown here on Jan. 9, 2014, is about halfway complete. - Construction of Marine Corps Base Quantico’s new, consolidated elementary school, shown here on Jan. 9, 2014, is about halfway complete.

Col. David Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico, talks with parents at a town hall meeting in the Religious and Family Services Annex on Dec. 2. - Col. David Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Base Quantico, talks with parents at a town hall meeting in the Religious and Family Services Annex on Dec. 2.

Russell Elementary School second-grader Dushawn demonstrates his slingshot rocket for Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during an event announcing a partnership between USACE and Department of Defense Education Activity at Ashurst Elementary May 20, 2013. - Russell Elementary School second-grader Dushawn demonstrates his slingshot rocket for Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during an event announcing a partnership between USACE and Department of Defense Education Activity at Ashurst Elementary May 20, 2013.