ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: Board Of Education to Vote on Redistricting Proposals To Send to Public Hearing

By Press release submission

Jan 20, 2020

Anne Arundel County Board of Education issued the following announcement on Jan. 17.

The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will discuss and is set to vote on which Broadneck area redistricting proposals to take to public hearing at its next meeting, set for Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Superintendent George Arlotto’s recommendation, presented to the Board at its December 4, 2019, meeting, would shift four neighborhoods north of College Parkway on the eastern edge of the current Broadneck Elementary School attendance area from that school to Cape St. Claire Elementary School. The shift of the neighborhoods – identified as 603, 604, 605, and 606 in redistricting documents that can be found online here, is projected to move 108 students from Broadneck Elementary to Cape St. Claire Elementary. It would move Broadneck Elementary from 109.6 percent of capacity to 93.4 percent, and Cape St. Claire from 76.6 percent of capacity to 92.4.

Dr. Arlotto’s recommendation, which shifts fewer students than the one proposed by a redistricting committee made up of parents from potentially impacted schools in the Broadneck cluster, also includes a grandfathering clause for students who would be entering fifth grade in the 2020-2021 school year. No middle or high school boundaries would be changed under Dr. Arlotto’s recommendation.

A public briefing and public hearing on any plan moved forward would be held before the Board votes on adoption of any plan.

The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Parham Building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. The Board will meet in a public session at 5:30 p.m. for the sole purpose of voting to immediately go into closed session, during which time it will discuss confidential matters as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act including, but not limited to, legal advice, personnel, and negotiations. Closed session is not open to the public. The public session of the meeting will resume at 7 p.m.

Original source can be found here.