This summer, I served on the school system's Attendance Area Committee. HCPSS will open a new elementary school in 2013, and it needs boundary lines drawn. Plus, many schools are over-enrolled, so that needs to be fixed, too. This series shares a variety of stories of the redistricting process from different perspectives.
The school system publishes school planning and redistricting information, including the proposed plan and Attendance Area Committee meeting notes here - http://www.hcpss.org/schoolplanning/
School Redistricting Stories - July 10, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Participating in the Process - July 11, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Making Progress - July 13, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: A Better Way - July 31, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Past as Prologue? - August 26, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: The Plan - August 29, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: We're Not Done - October 5, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: No Answers - October 10, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Year-Round Schools and Other Ideas - October 15, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: The Plan & First Impressions - October 23, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Hearing #1 - October 23, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Hearing #2 - October 29, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: How Many Students is Too Few Moved? - November 11, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Research Says? - November 13, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: A Bit About Tuesday's Work Session - November 14, 2012
School Redistricting Stories: Why People Without Kids Should Care - March 7, 2013
Lisa, thank you and the other AAC members for all your hard work over the past few months. I am very sorry that the superintendent decided to second guess all your hard work at the 11th hour. The final plan being recommended to the BOE is completely unacceptable, as 6 schools will be overcrowded by 2014, and 11 schools by 2018 (some as much as 140% capacity)... L10 was the way to go and the best option for Howard County as a whole.
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