Potomac Elementary School was built in 1949 and renovated in 1976. Scheduling of this modernization is consistent with the MCPS long-range plans to renew aging facilities on a rational and periodic basis. The modernization will include an addition to this facility due to projected enrollment growth. Due to fiscal constraints, the Board of Education's Requested FY 2015-2020 CIP includes a one-year delay for elementary school revitalizations/expansions. Planning funds for this project will be requested in FY 2016. While planning funds remain on schedule, due to fiscal constraints, construction funds for this project were delayed one year in the approved FY2015-2020 CIP. The Board of Education's requested FY2015-2020 Amended CIP reinstated the construction schedule previously requested by the Board. Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council did not approve the Board's request. An FY 2016 appropriation was approved for planning funds. An FY 2018 appropriation was approved for construction funds. An FY 2019 appropriation was approved for the balance of funding. This revitalization/expansion project is scheduled to be completed by January 2020.

Transfer in GO Bonds for $362,021 to Gaithersburg Cluster ES#8. Previous years transfer from Tilden MS Current Revitalization/Expansion for $8.0 million in GO Bonds. FY24 transfer for $219,000 in GO Bonds to Ronald McNair ES Addition (P651904), Major Capital Projects - Elementary (P652101) (South Lake ES and Stonegate ES), and Gaithersburg Cluster ES #8 (P651518) projects.

MCPS asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.