MCPS's new draft building plan no longer lists Wootton ES Site #7 for the school bus depot. Our land is listed only as a future school site. Thank you, neighbors.
Wootton ES Site #7Planned use
2025
FY2027 building planBus Depot/Regional Support Center
2026
FY2028 draft plan, Oct 15Future school site only
MCPS Capital Improvements Program: the FY2027 facility use table, and the FY2028 draft published Oct 15, 2026. The Board votes on the plan Nov 19.
Thank you
Thank You, Neighbors.
For every email, call, signature and share since April.
200+neighbors wrote to the Board
1,500+signed the petition
2HOA boards wrote to the Board
140+neighbors in the WhatsApp group
The Board's sign on the land still reads School Site for Future Growth.
Thanks also to our HOA boards, who wrote to the Board of Education on Oct 8. Read the letter →
Potomac Glen · Willows of Potomac · Lakewood Estates
On the record · Oct 15
Hear It From MCPS.
At the Board's Oct 15 work session, Board member Julie Yang asked MCPS about Site #7. Here is what MCPS said.
“This recommendation does un‑specify those two projects.”
Essie McGuire, MCPS Chief of Staff
“We are no longer saying those are the specific two sites.”
Essie McGuire, MCPS Chief of Staff
MCPS also said it is still looking at all the sites, and it still needs a place for its buses. That's why we'll keep watching.
Board of Education CIP work session, Oct 15, 2026, from the Board's webcast. Download the clip
Where it stands
What Happened. What's Next.
Dates can change. We'll keep an eye on every one.
2025Budget
MCPS lists Site #7 for a bus depotOne line in its six-year building plan.
Spring2026
Neighbors start speaking upThe County Council keeps the depot in the plan, and the decision moves to the School Board.
Oct 82026
Both HOA boards write to the BoardPotomac Glen and the Willows of Potomac.Read the letter
Oct 152026
The draft plan drops the depot lineSite #7 is listed only as a future school site.Good news
Oct 26 & 275 PM
Public hearingsTwo or three neighbors say thank you, for both communities.The plan
Nov 194 PM
The Board votes on the planWe'll be watching, and we'll be in touch if anything changes.
Quick Questions
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Do I need to do anything?
No. Nothing is needed from you right now. If anything changes, we'll be back in touch by email and in the WhatsApp group.
Is it final?
Not yet. This is MCPS's draft plan, and the Board of Education votes on it Nov 19. MCPS says it is still looking for a depot site, so we'll keep watching.
Who is speaking at the hearings?
Two or three neighbors, for both communities. They'll thank the Board for taking Site #7 off the bus depot list and say a bus depot does not belong in any residential neighborhood. Already signed up to speak? Here's the short plan.
Can I thank the Board by phone?
Yes. The Board office is 240-740-3030, weekdays. A short thank-you is plenty.
Where should the depot go?
MCPS still has to move its bus depot, and we understand that. It belongs on commercial or light industrial land, not in any residential neighborhood.
Wasn't this land meant for a school?
Yes. In 1990 the Board of Education voted unanimously to accept it, in a resolution titled "Acceptance of Site Dedication for Future Piney Meetinghouse Elementary School." The draft plan lists it as a future school site. See the records.
