New Redistricting Plans - Lots of Kids Moving

The new school redistricting plan will be voted on by the current Board of Education in the end of November. For now, please read these stories:

Parents: Redistricting could harm students, friendships - The Baltimore Examiner

Schools prepare to shift pupils - The Baltimore Sun

County Reveals Redistricting Plan for 2007-08 - The View from Ellicott City

1269 elementary and 217 middle school students will be moving to different schools for the 2007-2008 school year. It just seems odd that students across the street from a school (i.e. Glenwood Middle or new Northeastern Elem) will be going to schools much farther away.

To see the Feasiblity Study that details the redistricting plans

Some numbers

Elementary Schools
153 students  Hollifield Stn to St. John's Lane
105 students  Northfield to New Northeastern
 33 students  Northfield to Thunder Hill
 35 students  St. John's Lane to Centennial Lane
453 students  St. John's Lane to New Northeastern
147 students  Waverly to St. John's Lane
193 students  Worthington to New Northeastern
 84 students  Bellow Spring to Waterloo ES
 66 students  Bryant Woods to Running Brook MS
Middle Schools
118 students  Elkridge Landing to Mayfield Woods
 99 students  Glenwood MS to Folly Quarter MS

Your thoughts? What will BRAC or Town Center development really do to school enrollments?

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