At its meeting on October 21, 2020, the Prince William County School Board unanimously approved the committee recommendation to name the Division's newest middle school "Potomac Shores Middle School." The new school is scheduled to open in August 2021 and is located at 17851 Woods View Drive in Dumfries. The chosen name earned overwhelming community support during an input session and survey held by the naming committee in September 2020.
Potomac
District
School
Board
member,
Justin
Wilk,
who
served
on
the
committee
and
who
represents
the
community
in
which
the
new
school
falls,
said,
"In
the
tallies,
the
vast
majority
of
constituents
recommended
the
name
Potomac
Shores.
I
had
my
own
sessions
with
residents
who
are
already
drawn
into
the
boundaries
of
Potomac
Shores,
this
included
Potomac
Shores
residents,
Pattie
residents
whose
children
will
move
to
Potomac
Shores
Middle
next
year,
and
Swans
Creek
on
their
opinions;
by
and
large,
these
residents
also
wanted
a
name
based
off
of
the
community
or
some
generic
feature."
Potomac
Shores
Middle
School
could
eliminate
up
to
37
portable
classrooms
across
the
Eastern
Route
1
Corridor
of
Prince
William
County.
Schools
impacted
by
the
opening
of
the
new
middle
school
include:
Beville,
Graham
Park,
Hampton,
Fred
M.
Lynn,
Potomac,
Rippon,
Saunders,
and
Woodbridge
Middle
Schools.
The
goal
is
to
reduce
the
number
of
portable
classrooms
and
expand
capacity
at
these
other
schools.