MCPS contracted with an external entity to conduct full facility assessments of all schools during the spring and summer of 2018. This provided an important baseline of facility condition information across all school facilities to inform decision making about capital projects, systemic replacements, and other work needed to address facility infrastructure challenges. The Key Facility Indicator (KFI) data was compiled into a public facing website in the spring of 2019. As part of the amended FY 2019-2024 CIP, the superintendent identified the first set of schools to be included in the Major Capital Project project. At the secondary level, the first set of schools identified are Neelsville MS; and, Poolesville, Damascus, Thomas S. Wootton, and Col. Zadok Magruder high schools. An FY 2021 appropriation was approved to begin the architectural planning and design for Neelsville MS and Poolesville HS. Neelsville MS and Poolesville HS have a scheduled completion date of August 2024. Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council, in the adopted FY2021-2026 CIP, approved the completion dates for Thomas S. Wootton and Damascus high schools one year beyond the Board of Education's request. The scheduled completion date for Damascus HS is August 2026 and for Thomas S. Wootton HS, August 2027. The County Council maintained the completion date for Col. Zadok Magruder HS of August 2027. An FY 2022 appropriation was approved for construction funds for the Neelsville MS and Poolesville HS major capital projects. An FY 2023 appropriation was approved to complete the projects at Poolesville HS and Neelsville MS, for planning funds for Damascus HS, and funding for site modifications at Thomas S. Wootton HS. In addition, the FY 2023 appropriation will fund the architectural planning and design for Eastern MS, the next school to be identified for a major capital project. Construction funds will be considered in a future CIP for Eastern MS, therefore, this project has a TBD completion date. Due to fiscal constraints, the County Council, in the adopted FY2023-2028 CIP, delayed the major capital projects for Thomas S. Wootton and Col. Zadok Magruder high schools by two years. Therefore, the new completion date for these two projects is August 2029. An FY 2023 supplemental appropriation in the amount of $12 million was approved for Neelsville MS due to increases in construction costs. An FY 2024 appropriation and amendment to the FY2023-2028 CIP was approved for additional funds for the Poolesville HS project due to the impact on construction costs as a result of the Covid-19 health pandemic. In addition, an FY 2024 appropriation was approved for construction funds for the Damascus HS project.

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.