Providence Elementary School

Summary

Providence Elementary School (3616 Jermantown Road, Tax Map Parcel 47-3-01-040) is a public elementary school in the City of Fairfax currently undergoing a significant expansion and improvement program. On April 8, 2025, the City Council unanimously approved (6-0) a Special Use Permit authorizing the City of Fairfax School Board to install temporary modular classrooms on the site, valid for 8 years. On September 9, 2025, the Council approved — as part of the consent agenda — a professional services contract for Architectural Design, Engineering, and Construction Management to Architecture, Incorporated, covering both Providence Elementary and Daniels Run Elementary School with combined FY2026 expenses not to exceed $3,000,000. In November 2025, a reappropriation of approximately $250,000 in existing CIP contingency funds was discussed and subsequently acted upon to fund a security vestibule at the school. The school also figures prominently in a broader Germantown Road corridor transportation study, with proposals including dedicated turn lanes at the school's north driveway, high-visibility pedestrian crossings with rapid flashing beacons, and access management improvements — all aimed at addressing safety challenges during school peak hours.

Open questions & options on the table

• The architectural design and construction management work awarded to Architecture, Incorporated is ongoing — the scope and timeline of the permanent school expansion or renovation project has not yet been fully detailed in the record.
• The Germantown Road corridor transportation improvements affecting the school's driveway and pedestrian crossings remain in a design/proposal phase as of December 2025; final approval and funding for those improvements have not been recorded.
• The reappropriation resolution for the $250,000 security vestibule was discussed at the November 4, 2025 work session and listed on the November 18, 2025 agenda (item 6G), but no vote outcome for that meeting is recorded in the material.

What members have said

Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.

Discussion time

Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.