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AAC 2013 Meetings

Final Approved Middle School Redistricting for August 2014

The following street maps contain new attendance area information.

Final Approved 2014-2015 Middle School Redistricting Map

Interactive 2014-2015 Middle School Redistricting Map

Approved redistricting motions and plan reports

Redistricting Timeline

  1. Feasibility Study – June 13th

    Each year, the Board of Education reviews capital planning options and redistricting scenarios through a feasibility study. The annual student enrollment projection is introduced along with scenarios that are intended to provide a comprehensive look at suggested capital additions, renovations, and any attendance area adjustments that are anticipated within a ten year timeframe.

    1. 2013 Feasibility Study
    2. Supplement to 2013 Feasibility Study
    3. 2012-13 MS Capacity Update (Approved by BOE 9/27/13)

  2. Attendance Area Committee Meetings – Summer 2013

    View the Summer 2013 DocumentationThe Attendance Area Committee (AAC) develops and evaluates potential school redistricting plans to advise the Superintendent.

  3. Board of Education Approval Process – Fall 2013

    View the Fall 2013 DocumentationThe Board of Education reviews the recommendations and decides whether it will move to approve the school attendance areas at a Board of Education meeting.

Summer 2013 Working Committee Meetings

The following meetings involved the members of the county resident-led Attendance Area Committee. The meetings were intended to test planning scenarios in an open forum with residents from each of HCPSS’s planning areas.

  1. July 9, 2013

    Members were introduced to the planning process and began working on planning scenarios. Two plans were proposed, one for each group, and the initial steps of these plans were submitted.

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Notes
    2. Slides

  2. July 16, 2013

    The committee evaluated Plan 1 & 2 from the July 9th meeting and decided to table Plan 2. Plan 3 was started in lieu of tabling plan 2.

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:30 p.m.

    1. Notes
    2. Slides
    3. AAC1- Plan 1
    4. AAC3- Plan 3

  3. July 23, 2013

    The group that generated plan AAC1 decided that it would be important to focus on school utilization. They were also interested in limiting the distance traveled by each student to their newly designated school. The group that generated plan AAC3 resolved to reduce the number of students who would be moved by their redistricting proposal.

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Notes
    2. AAC1a- Revised from AAC1
    3. AAC3- Plan 3

  4. July 30, 2013

    There was a potential to merge the best features of both plans into one new plan. The committee agreed that it would be more advantageous to work from this point forward as a full planning committee rather than as two separate groups.

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Notes
    2. AAC4a- Plan that merges AAC1a and AAC3

  5. August 6, 2013

    The committee discussed crowding at various middle schools and the way these crowded schools would factor into redistricting. After discussion of issues they wanted to resolve from the July 30th meeting, committee members expressed that they were satisfied with their original plan, titled AAC4AA.

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Notes
    2. AAC4aa- Original plan
    3. AAC4aa- Corrected version

Fall 2013 Redistricting Presentations and Work Sessions

All fall meetings held at the Dept. of Education were videotaped. You may view them on-demand through HCPSS TV.

  1. September 10 & 11- Public Feedback Meeting

    The public was able to provide feedback to staff about the plan that had been generated by the Attendance Area Committee.

    Locations: September 10, Howard HS and September 11, Centennial HS, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Slides
    2. Map
    3. Information Packet

  2. October 1, 2013: Attendance Area Committee

    Location: Dept. of Education, 6:30 p.m.

  3. October 22, 2013: Attendance Area Adjustment Plan

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:30 p.m.

    1. Meeting Report

    Superintendent’s Recommendations

    The Superintendent’s plan makes use of three recommendations from the Attendance Area Committee (AAC). Redistricting is recommended at the middle school level involving the following schools: Bonnie Branch MS, Elkridge Landing MS, Hammond MS, Lake Elkhorn MS, Lime Kiln MS, Mayfield Woods MS, Murray Hill MS, New MS #20, and Patuxent Valley MS.

    The following documents contain in-depth descriptions on the redistricting recommendations for the school year 2014-2015.

    1. Attendance Area Adjustment Plans Board Report
    2. Attendance Area Adjustment Plans PowerPoint

  4. October 29, 2013: Board of Education Public Hearing 1

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

  5. October 30, 2013: Board of Education Work Session 1

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:00 p.m.

    1. Interactive School Planning Map

  6. November 4, 2013: Board of Education Public Hearing 2

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:30 p.m.

  7. November 15, 2013: Board of Education Work Session 2

    Location: Dept. of Education, 10 a.m. – Noon

    1. Meeting Report

  8. November 19, 2013: Board of Education Work Session 3

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:30 p.m.

    1. Meeting Report

  9. November 21, 2013: Approval of Attendance Area Adjustment Plan

    Location: Dept. of Education, 7:30 p.m.

    The Board of Education approved the Attendance Area Adjustment Plan

    1. Meeting Report
    2. Map

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