Enrollment projections indicate that Highland View Elementary School will continue to exceed capacity through the six-year planning period. This is a small elementary school and is projected to be 139% overutilized by the end of the six-year period. Currently, there are six relocatable classrooms on-site, and it will be a challenge to place additional relocatable classrooms if needed in the future. A feasibility study for a classroom addition was conducted in FY 2010. An FY 2020 appropriation was approved to begin the architectural design for this addition project. As part of the Board of Education's Requested FY 2022 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY 2021-2026 CIP, funds were reallocated from the Silver Spring International Middle School addition project to this project to construct the addition at Highland View Elementary School with a completion date of August 2025. The FY 2022 approved appropriation reflects the previously appropriated funds from the Silver Spring International Middle School addition project. The County Council, as part of the adopted FY2023-2028 CIP, delayed the construction expenditures for this project by two years. Therefore, this addition project is scheduled to be completed August 2027.

State Aid projected under the IAC Capital Improvement Program or the Built To Learn Act for school construction program.

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.