Project Requests

Requested: $68.4M 
Funded in current capital improvements program

• New 600-student elementary school
• 87,000 SF building and associated site improvements (parking, playfields, bus loop, etc.)
• Net-zero-ready building 
• Open to students for the 2029-30 school year.
• Located at North Pointe Development (10-acre proffered site) 

This project addresses overcrowding at Baker-Butler Elementary School and Hollymead Elementary School. In alignment with the Division’s phased approach, a redistricting study for the Northern Feeder Pattern was conducted during the 2023–24 school year. Phase one (partial implementation) was initiated in 2024–25, and phase two (full implementation) is planned for 2029-30, aligning with the opening of the new school. Design of the school is scheduled to begin in FY 27, and construction is to begin in FY 28. The school would be open to students in the 2029-30 school year. 

Request: $231.6M
Unfunded

• Capacity: 1,400 to 1,600 students

• Location: Current site option is on Route 29 North, north of the Rivanna River

Based on School Board guidance, the Long Range Planning Advisory Committee recommends the construction of a new high school. 

Reasons supporting this recommendation include: 

• Ensuring adequate student capacity for the long-term. A new high school can provide 1,400 to 1,600 student seats, which would accommodate current overcrowding as well as planned growth in the County over the next 25 years. 
• Limit the size of high schools. Albemarle High School is an outlier among the comprehensive high schools in Albemarle County in terms of enrollment; further centers or additions would only exacerbate current school enrollments. 
• This project would benefit the entire division, as a new high school will provide capacity relief for all three current high schools. 

Request: $19.8M
Unfunded

Building Improvements: Classroom/courtyard addition to replace modular classrooms and add gathering/collaboration/outdoor learning spaces; Add ADA lift; expand library to create a functional, dynamic, light-filled space, light-filled cafeteria addition; stage/storage addition at the end of the gym

Site Improvements: Widen entry road for dedicated bus/car lanes with optional second entry, add aluminum canopy for car riders, upgrade asphalt walking track, regrade/reseed/upgrade soccer field, upgrade all playground equipment and surfaces, pave old modular classroom space for overflow parking/learning garden, repair/upgrade existing asphalt recreation surfaces, remove/replace sheds

Request: $24.6M
Unfunded

• Breezeway and hallway improvements; locker room improvements; collaboration areas; sprinkler building where a sprinkler system does not currently exist; guidance corridor classrooms/commons expansion; basement daylighting; arts wing ADA/circulation improvements (elevator additions); and Career and Technical Education (CTE) space improvements

• Elevator addition

Request: $23.2M
Unfunded

• Full corridor improvements; outdoor learning spaces; commons improvements; window upgrades; athletic wing commons with classroom addition; makerspace expansion; performing arts wing improvements; outdoor learning spaces; teacher space improvements; special education area improvements; replace and enlarge windows; convert 4 sets of communal restrooms to single-user restrooms; and replace metal panels

• Elevator addition

Request: $53.7M
Unfunded

The LRPAC recommends continued study to analyze the alternatives for creating a central location for ACPS preschools in the urban ring. Preschool programs include Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), VPI, Head Start, and Title I. Currently, most ACPS elementary schools host these programs with participants living both in the respective elementary school district and participants from neighboring elementary school districts since the programs cannot be offered at all of the elementary schools in the students’ district(s). 

Reasons supporting this recommendation include: 

• Centralizing these services may provide a higher level of service, greater preschool capacities, and cost efficiencies. 
• This solution would provide additional K-5 capacity in elementary schools by pulling preschool services out into a different location. 
• A preschool center would also allow for opportunities to provide employer-sponsored child care programs as a benefit to employees. 

The study should include coordination and engagement with community child care providers.

We recommend investment in school renovations at all levels to bring improvements division-wide. In alignment with the strategic plan, Learning for All, ensuring that each student has access to high-quality learning environments means that there should be reliable elevator service to ensure safety and access at all times.

Elementary Schools

Middle Schools

Data on facility condition is often collected through facility condition studies, conducted in conjunction with professional services from architects and engineers. 

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In 2026, the Lambs Lane Campus of the Albemarle Career Exploration Academy (ACE Academy) and Mountain View Upper Elementary School will open for students, representing a significant milestone in new construction for ACPS. These projects were previously recommended by the LRPAC and will help to mitigate overcrowding at Albemarle High School and Mountain View Elementary School. 

However, as Albemarle County’s population is expected to grow by 36% over 30 years and there are currently 11,230 residential housing units approved in the development pipeline (as of April 2025), additional capacity for students will continue to be a need for the Division.

Weldon Cooper Population Projections for Albemarle County:

While school enrollment throughout the state is projected to decline by 3.0% by 2030-31, Albemarle County is projected to increase by 2.5% during the same timeframe. 

Weldon Cooper Student Enrollment Projections for Albemarle County:

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