Montgomery County Public Schools presented updated site concepts for the major reconstruction of Damascus High School during its second community engagement meeting on October 28, as the project moves toward selection of a preferred design.
The project calls for replacing the existing 235,986 SF Damascus High School with a roughly 368,000 SF facility designed to serve 2,250 students, with a core capacity of 2,700. Plans call for 108 teaching stations, up from 74 currently, along with 14 science labs, approximately 400 parking spaces, an expanded media center and dining area, enhanced performing arts and athletic facilities, and additional career and technical education spaces.
The school would continue operating on the existing Damascus campus while the replacement building is constructed, making the layout and sequencing of construction a major part of the planning process…