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REPORT B OARD OF E DUCATION OF H OWARD C OUNTY M EETING A GENDA I TEM Presentation of the Attendance Area Adjustment Plan T ITLE : D ATE : October 3, 2017 Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D. Interim Superintendent P RESENTER ( S ): O VERVIEW : This document contains attendance area adjustment recommendations for the school year 2018–2019. Attendance area adjustments are recommended at the elementary and middle school levels involving the following schools: Bellows Springs ES, Bryant Woods ES, Bushy Park ES, Clarksville ES, Clemens Crossing ES, Dayton Oaks ES, Deep Run ES, Ducketts Lane ES, Lisbon ES, Longfellow ES, Manor Woods ES, New ES #42, Pointers Run ES, Rockburn ES, Running Brook ES, St Johns Lane ES, Triadelphia Ridge ES, Waterloo ES, Waverly ES, West Friendship ES, Burleigh Manor MS, Clarksville MS, Elkridge Landing MS, Folly Quarter MS, Harpers Choice MS, Lime Kiln MS, Mayfield Woods MS, Mount View MS, and Wilde Lake MS. This recommendation follows the June 2017 Feasibility Study and evaluation by the 2017 Attendance Area Committee. The annual Feasibility Study is a study of long term capital planning and redistricting options. The Attendance Area Committee is appointed in conformity with Policy 6010 School Attendance Areas to advise and comment on capacity needs and attendance area adjustment recommendations developed by staff. Taken as a whole, this review process includes short-term and long-term considerations and allows systemwide needs and options to be discussed in a transparent manner. R ECOMMENDATION /F UTURE D IRECTION : Following a series of public hearings and work sessions beginning on October 26, 2017, the Board will be asked to approve the 2018–2019 attendance area adjustments on November 16, 2017. S UBMITTED BY : A PPROVAL /C ONCURRENCE : Bruce Gist Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D. Executive Director, Capital Interim Superintendent Planning and Operations Renee Kamen Karalee Turner-Little Manager, School Planning Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Affairs Anissa Brown Dennis Chief Operating Officer

Attendance Area Adjustments Superintendent’s Recommendations Proposed for: School Year 2018-2019 October 3, 2017 Howard County Board of Education Cynthia L. Vaillancourt, Chairman Bess Altwerger, Ed.D., Vice Chairman Kirsten Coombs Christina Delmont-Small Mavis Ellis Sandra H. French Ananta Hejeebu Anna Selbrede, Student Member 2017-2018 Contributors: Office of the Superintendent Division of School Management and Instructional Leadership Division of Academics Division of Operations Office of School Planning Office of Transportation For information contact: Renée M. Kamen, School Planning Manager 10910 Clarksville Pike Ellicott City, MD 21042 410-313-7184

Table of Contents I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 II. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 2 III. Policy 6010 School Attendance Area .................................................................................... 3 IV. Process and Schedule ............................................................................................................ 4 V. 2017 Feasibility Study ........................................................................................................... 5 VI. Attendance Area Committee Process ..................................................................................... 6 VII. FY 2019 Superintendent Proposed Capital Budget ............................................................. 10 VIII. Public Participation and Input .............................................................................................. 11 IX. Superintendent Recommended Attendance Area Adjustments ........................................... 14 X. Specific Geographic Recommendations for August 2018 ................................................... 15 XI. Maps ..................................................................................................................................... 18 XII. Evaluation of 2018 Attendance Area Adjustment Recommendations ................................ 27 XIII. .Pre- and Post-Measures........................................................................................................ 41

I. Introduction This document contains a description of the attendance area adjustment process and the Superintendent’s recommendations for attendance area adjustments for the 2018-2019 school year. At the writing of this document, no decisions have been made on any attendance area boundary changes. The Board of Education (Board) is the decision-making body for all changes in school attendance areas. The Board’s approval of attendance area adjustments is scheduled for November 16, 2017. Opportunity to provide official public testimony to the Board begins after the presentation of this document to the Board on October 3, 2017. The attendance area process includes the study of projected enrollment data, attendance area adjustment scenario testing, public participation and the assessment of scenarios against the policy standards listed in Policy 6010. The capital budget and attendance area adjustment processes work together aiming to address the long-range planning issues identified in the annual feasibility study. The 2017 Feasibility Study was presented to the Board of Education on June 22, 2017, and presented the enrollment projections and one proposed scenario of future attendance area adjustments. In September, new initiatives were introduced in the FY 2019 Superintendent’s Proposed Capital Budget. This year’s capital improvement program provides for student capacity, renovations, and various other improvements that staff, parents, and community leaders have identified as needed. The FY 2019 Capital Budget review and approval process will end with the Board of Education’s Approved Capital Budget in May 2018. The following report describes the attendance area process, including implications of the FY 2019 Capital Budget and the Superintendent’s proposed attendance area adjustments. 1

II. Executive Summary The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is opening New ES #42 in September 2018. The school was planned and is under construction to address continued enrollment growth in Howard County, especially in the northeastern region of the county. Attendance area adjustments are necessary to open the school with a geographical attendance area. This document contains recommendations for elementary and middle school attendance area adjustments that are under consideration for the Board’s review. High school boundary adjustments are not recommended at this time, since the opening of the New HS #13 has been proposed for two years earlier and programmatic changes include dual enrollment programs at Oakland Mills HS and River Hill HS. A final decision by the Board is scheduled on November 16, 2017, and would take effect in September 2018. In alignment with the HCPSS Strategic Call to Action, the attendance area adjustments and the Capital Budget provide a framework for educational facilities that give all students and staff equitable opportunities to learn and achieve. The Superintendent’s Proposed Capital Budget includes capacity for the development of new Regional Programs. Also, a new MS/HS Career Development Center, the acceleration of New HS #13 and addition of new capacity in the Hammond HS renovation project are highlights in the budget. These projects are proposed to help alleviate overcrowding. After the June 2017 Feasibility Study was published, the Attendance Area Committee (AAC) developed a scenario that was similar in scope to the June 2017 Feasibility Study, but different in a few key areas. The AAC plan proposed movement of about 6,400 students (elementary, middle and high school students) 2,400 fewer students than the Feasibility Study scenario. The final Superintendent’s plan incorporates additional community input gathered via the web or in regional meetings, and proposes moving approximately 2,200 elementary and middle school students. The proposed elementary school attendance area plan includes the opening of New ES #42, balancing capacity utilization in the Northeastern region and providing needed relief to crowded elementary schools such as Ducketts Lane ES. Additional relief is provided in the Northern and Columbia West regions using available capacity in the Western region. Included with the Superintendent’s plan are proposed middle school adjustments to align feeds in conjunction with recommended moves at the elementary school level. The Superintendent’s plan makes use of some recommendations from the AAC. The Superintendent’s plan departs from the AAC plan primarily in scope, since this plan makes use of programmatic changes at the high school level. This plan reduces the number of students moved, focusing on opening New ES #42 and minimizing the creation of new small elementary/middle school feeds. The goal of this plan is to balance capacity by moving minimal number of students and without substantially impacting other policy considerations negatively. 2