Report: Brickyard Farm Could Become School Site

Now that the Brickyard Road property is no longer slated for soccer fields, the big question is: What's next for the site?

Quite possibly, the new home for Potomac Elementary School, The Gazette reported:

"Montgomery County Public Schools has asked those planning the modernization of Potomac Elementary School to investigate if the school could be moved to the site, according to a letter sent to the elementary school community March 22," The Gazette reported.

Potomac Elementary School is facing overcrowding, and its modernization project is scheduled to be completed by January 2018, The Gazette added

Two work sessions—at 7 p.m. on April 18 and April 30 at Potomac Elementary School (10311 River Rd.)—will consider the school's modernization and possible relocation to Brickyard Road. A final PTA presentation will take place at the school at 7 p.m. on May 15.

In a letter to the county school board, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) wrote last February that the county was relinquishing the county's lease on the site, and that the county no longer intended to develop the property for recreational purposes.

The site—once slated for a middle school—had been the focus of months of controversy and legal wrangling. A group of Potomac activists, residents and farm supporters wanted the site to be maintained as an organic farm and educational site. They said the now-defunct lease agreement with the county to use the property for recreational purposes was executed without full public transparency, Patch reported.