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Projections indicate that enrollment will exceed capacity throughout the six-year planning period at Somerset Elementary School. Due to the small site size and site limitations at Somerset Elementary School, an addition at Westbrook Elementary School is requested to relieve the overutilization at Somerset Elementary School. When Westbrook Elementary School was modernized, a classroom shell was included in the construction project. This request is to build-out the classroom shell to accommodate students from Somerset Elementary School. An FY appropriation was requested for the build-out of the classroom shell. Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council, in the adopted CIP removed all expenditures for this project. The Bethesda Elementary School service area is adjacent to the Somerset Elementary School service area and will remain overutilized for the six-year planning period. The adopted CIP included funds for an addition at Bethesda Elementary School to address the overutilization. As part of the Board of Education's Requested FY Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY CIP process, the Board of Education reexamined the available capacity at Westbrook Elementary School and the additional capacity gained with the addition at this school. As a result, the Board of Education's requested amended CIP included removal of the planning and construction funds from the Bethesda Elementary School addition project and a reallocation of a portion of those funds for the shell build-out to address the overutilization at both Bethesda and Somerset elementary schools. An FY appropriation and amendment to the CIP was approved to construct this shell build-out. An FY appropriation was approved to complete this project. This project is scheduled to be completed August A transfer of million from this project will go towards the Charles W. Woodward High School reopening project to address a local funding gap due to reduced state aid eligibility. This transfer will not affect this project's scope of work.