Many school sites, especially at the elementary school level, face site constraints and limitations due to school overutilization, the need to place relocatable classrooms on paved play and field areas, as well as site size and other conditions. Funds included in this project will allow MCPS to more fully integrate outdoor play areas into maintenance practices and create solutions when individual schools present challenges to a conventional approach. An amendment to the Board of Education's Requested FY 2018 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY 2017-2022 Capital Improvements Program was approved to develop this pilot program to evaluate the outdoor program/play areas of MCPS schools, establish improved maintenance practices for these sites, and identify potential solutions to provide adequate and appropriate outdoor program/play areas, particularly at elementary schools with severely compromised sites. Also, the approved funds will address the outdoor program/play areas of four to six schools identified through the initial review of schools. It is anticipated that this pilot program will transform into a level of effort project to address this ongoing need. An FY 2019 appropriation was approved to continue this pilot program to address outdoor program/play areas for schools with site constraints and limitations due to school overutilization. An FY 2020 appropriation and amendment to the FY 2019-2024 CIP was requested to continue this project to address outdoor program/play areas, particularly at elementary schools with compromised sites. This appropriation also would have funded needs related to maintenance and replacement of high school athletic fields, both artificial turf and natural grass fields. However, due to fiscal constraints, the County Council did not fund the Board's request, and therefore, no additional funding is included in this project beyond the approved FY2019-2024 CIP funding level. An FY 2020 appropriation was approved at the level included in the FY 2019-2024 CIP. An FY 2021 appropriation was approved to continue to address outdoor program/play areas, as well as to address the maintenance and replacement of high school athletic fields, both artificial turf and natural grass fields. An FY 2022 appropriation was approved to continue this level of effort project. An FY 2023 appropriation was approved to continue this level of effort project, however, the County Council, in the adopted FY2023-2028 CIP, decreased expenditures in FY23, therefore, the number of projects to be completed will be reduced to align with the approved expenditures. An FY2024 appropriation is requested to continue this level of effort project.