On Feb. 23, The Montgomery County Board of Education is scheduled to hear the recommendations of Superintendent Jerry Weast about two vacant school properties in Potomac, said Board staff director George Margolies.
In October, County Executive Doug Duncan (D) sent letters to Weast asking that the Board declare three parcels of land, originally planned for schools, as surplus. Two of these parcels, 20 acres on Brickyard Road and 10 acres on Kendale Road, are in Potomac. The third, under two acres, is on Edson Lane in Bethesda.
In the letter, Duncan asked that the land be transferred to the County for use as affordable housing.
Weast had already been scheduled to present information to the board regarding a boundary issue in another part of the county. He will also present information about the sites that evening.
“He’s going to bring a recommendation on the surplus site that evening,” Margolies said.
The Board will not take action on the plan that evening.
A public hearing about whether the Board of Education should decide the Potomac school sites are not needed for schools has been scheduled for March 3. The Board might take action on the issue at its March 22 business meeting, Margolies said.