FY2024-FY2029 Adopted Capital Improvement Program

FY2024 Adopted Budget Capital Improvement Program

Board of Education As a target for planning, the FCPS has established that the school system should ultimately operate at a capacity below 100% at each level. The purpose would be to decrease the number of schools that are more than 100% capacity and create enough flexibility to more effectively respond to instructional program needs and enrollment growth. The Board of Education (BOE) has accepted a target goal of 90% capacity at each level. The Frederick County Comprehensive Plan also includes a pol

As shown in the table, Frederick County anticipates an increase in overall student enrollment of approximately 5,022 over the next seven years. In fact, student enrollment continues to increase in Frederick County at the highest rate in the state, with enrollments increasing even during the pandemic even while most other counties are seeing decreasing enrollments. To accommodate the additional enrollment anticipated and to address current capacity issues in certain areas of the county, funding is provided for the construction of seven projects through FY 2029. These projects will increase elementary school capacity by 1,984 seats and middle school capacity by 319. Currently, no new high school seating is planned before 2029 (School Capacity Project table), although additional high school capacity is planned within the ten-year planning period.

System-wide there is currently an excess of 382 elementary seats overall, but there are 15 elementary schools at or over 100% of capacity. The capacity rate of elementary schools has increased from last year from 93% to 99%. Brunswick ES, which will open in summer 2023, will add approximately 217 new seats. Five more schools, which are all listed as addition/replacement with one new school, along with several limited renovation projects are scheduled to receive construction funding in this CIP. This will add a total of 1,984 additional seats. ! "

Rendering of Green Valley Elementary School, courtesy of FCPS and GWWO Architects

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