BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTYCOMPREHENSIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING INITIATIVE

FOCUS GROUP PRESENTATIONFOCUS GROUP PRESENTATION

PROPOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROPOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARY ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARY

ADJUSTMENTSADJUSTMENTS

NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10, 2010Joseph P. Licata, Chief of AdministrationJoseph P. Licata, Chief of Administration

Cornell S. Brown, Assistant Superintendent for OperationsCornell S. Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION• WELCOME AND THANK YOU!• PURPOSE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS:– REVIEW THE PROPOSED PLAN– PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO STAC– SERVE AS LINK TO SCHOOL COMMUNITY

• IDENTIFY REGION PRESENT• FORMAT OF MEETING:– REVIEW OF PURPOSE, PROCESS, AND TIMELINE– STAC WILL DESCRIBE PROPOSED ATTENDANCE AREA

BOUNDARIES FOR THE NEW RED PUMP ES AND THE SCHOOLS REPRESENTED IN THE REGION

– STAC WILL CLARIFY DETAILS AND INFORMATION– PLAN WILL BE MADE PUBLIC AFTER LAST REGIONAL FOCUS

GROUP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2010

PURPOSEPURPOSE

• The BOE established the Comprehensive Elementary School Redistricting Initiative to meet several goals:–Provide relief for Prospect Mill ES and the

adjacent schools in it’s region–Develop the new attendance area for Red

Pump ES–Provide relief for Emmorton ES–Balance enrollment with capacity in

remaining elementary schools.

PROCESSPROCESS• Process has not changed, despite changes to

the timeline• Process was delayed for several reasons:–Decision to build only one new elementary

school– Final decisions regarding location of new

elementary school–Decision to defer YBES project– Schedule delays for presentations to Focus

Groups• Process is now back on schedule

REVISED - 10/25/10 - PROPOSED REDISTRICTING INITIATIVE SCHEDULE

# ACTIVITY2009-10 2010-11

S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A

1 ESTABLISH SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE                                               

2 PREPARE 9/30/09 ENROLLMENT/PROJECTIONS (11/23/09)                                               

3 PREPARE DATA PACKETS FOR DISSEMINATION (11/25/09)                                               

4 DISTRIBUTE UPDATED DATA (11/30/09)                                               

5CONDUCT FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS TO DETERMINE REQUIREMENTS (COMPLETE 2/15/09) REVISE/POST REQUIREMENTS (11/30/09)

     

                                         

6

STAFF ANALYZE DATA, FORMULATE RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS TO AFFECTED ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARIES (11/09 - 6/10)

                                               

REVISED SCHEDULE (COMPLETE 8/10)                                               

7PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO AFFECTED REGIONAL PRINCIPALS (9/10)                                                

                                                   

8PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO AFFECTED REGIONAL FOCUS GROUPS (6/10-8/10)

                                               

REVISED SCHEDULE (11/8,9,10)                                                

9REVISE/MODIFY RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS TO AFFECTED ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARIES (6/10-11/10)

                                               

REVISED SCHEDULE (11/10 - 12/10)                                                

10PRESENT RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS OF AFFECTED ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARIES TO BOARD OF EDUCATION (11/10-12/10)

                                               

11 BOE CONDUCTS PUBLIC HEARINGS (1/11-2/11)                                               

12 BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL (3/1/11)                                               

13 IMPLEMENT PHASE I (3/11-8/11)                                               

PROPOSED SCHEDULE:         MILESTONE - MUST COMPLETE BY:        

REVISED SCHEDULE:         COMPLETE:        

STRATEGYSTRATEGY

• SEVERAL STRATEGIES WERE CONSIDERED:– DEVELOP ATTENDANCE AREA FOR RED PUMP FIRST,

BY WORKING INWARD FROM PERIMETER OF REGION• Too many students within region• Relief for perimeter schools would not be attained

– WORK OUTWARD TO FILL SCHOOLS IN PERIMETER, THEN WORK INWARD WITHIN AFFECTED REGION TO DEVELOP RED PUMP ATTENDANCE AREA• Ability to utilize space available in underutilized perimeter

schools• Reduced the number of students available to develop Red

Pump ES attendance area• Provided necessary relief to the most affected region

3. RELIEVE EMMORTON ES

4. BALANCE REMAINDER TO 90%-95% CAPACITY

1. CONSTRUCT RED PUMP ES

2. RELIEVE PROSPECT MILL & REGION

STRATEGY DECISIONSSTRATEGY DECISIONS

•START W/ RPES AND WORK INWARD ?

•WORK OUTWARD FIRST, THEN DEVELOP RPES?

•The black outline represents the current district boundary.

•The solid color areas represent the proposed district. The color of the school icon is the same as on as the color for the district on the countywide map.

•Colored areas OUTSIDE the black boundary lines represent areas being RECEIVED from adjacent schools.

•Colored areas INSIDE the black boundary lines represent areas LEAVING the existing attendance area.

•Some parcels are colored gray. These are parcel anomalies. This means that no one person owns the parcel. This includes right-of-ways for highways, utilities, and developments. It also includes parks such as Susquehannock.

•Maps are oriented to fit the page. In some cases, this means that north is not always the top of the page. Check the compass rose to make sure.

•The majority of roads are labeled. A few smaller ones may not be if the label overlapped with a main road.

•Student data (not seen on the map) is from September 15, 2009. This will be updated with the current students (September 15, 2010) within the next few weeks.

•A computer program did not generate the proposed attendance area boundaries!

UNDERSTANDING THE MAPS!UNDERSTANDING THE MAPS!

ACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO INFORMATION

• HCPS WEBSITE– UPDATED AND REFORMATTED– PROPOSED PLAN WILL BE POSTED TO INCLUDE EACH

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA– E-MAIL ADDRESS ESTABLISHED TO SUBMIT COMMENTS,

QUESTIONS– F.A.Q. SECTION WILL PROVIDE ANSWERS TO ALL QUESTIONS

ASKED• ALL FOCUS GROUP PRESENTATIONS ARE BEING

VIDEOTAPED AND WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE• BOE PRESENTATION WILL BE VIDEOTAPED AND POSTED

TO THE WEBSITE• VARIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED BY THE

BOE IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS

QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTSCOMMENTS