Board Meeting Information
Regular meetings of the Board of Education are normally held on the second and fourth
Monday of each month (except July and August) at 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. at various school
locations. Special meetings may also be held thoughout the year. All meetings are
announced in advance in the newspapers or the HCPS web site and in other print/electronic
media including the
Harford Cable Network. Meetings are open to the public unless otherwise
announced.
If you wish to appear before the board, please complete a request form and return
it to the Director of Public Information before the meeting begins. Please note
the following time restrictions for public comments. Three minutes - Individual.
Five minutes - Group Representation.
To request disability-related reasonable accommodations, please call (410) 838-7300
voice, 7-1-1 TTY or e-mail Teri.Kranefeld@hcps.org
at least three days prior to the meeting/event.
The Board Seeks Public Comment
Throughout the year, the Board will seek views and comments from the public on a
number of issues.
View the current Hot Topics at HCPS
Board of Education Master Plan
Elementary Redistricting Information
After much discussion and debate regarding the most appropriate location for the next new elementary school, the Board of Education ultimately approved the Red Pump Elementary School as the next new elementary school, to be followed by Campus Hills in a future fiscal year. As of this date, the project has been publically bid and contracts awarded by the Board of Education. Construction will begin in October 2009, and the school will be occupied by August 2011.
Now that the new elementary school location has been determined, the Board of Education will commence with the development of the Comprehensive Elementary School Redistricting initiative. The Superintendent’s Technical Advisory Committee will begin its formal meetings in November 2009, and proceed with the process of formulating recommendations for establishing the new Red Pump ES attendance area boundaries as well as modifying the existing elementary school attendance area county wide. Final recommendations and an approved plan will be approved by the Board of Education by March 1, 2011.
Secondary Redistricting Information
School Locator for this School Year
Please Note – ALL students who will be juniors or seniors
in 2007-08 or seniors in 2008-09 will remain in their current high school assignments
(unless their families move to a new school attendance area), regardless if the
area in which they live has been redistricted. In addition, those 2007-08 Fallston
High School sophomores (Class of 2010) who were due to have been redistricted to
Bel Air High School in 2007-08 will remain at Fallston High.
ON APRIL 3, 2006 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY APPROVED A MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA FOR THE NEW PATTERSON MILL MS/HS THAT WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER
2007. A PLAN CONTAINING SEVERAL ELEMENTS TO BALANCE ENROLLMENTS WITH CAPACITIES
IN THE SURROUNDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS WAS ALSO APPROVED. THIS PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
BEGINNING IN THE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS REFLECT THE DECISIONS
OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE VARIOUS DETAIL MAPS THAT DESCRIBE THE
NEW ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARIES FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO INDICATE THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS AND
CAPACITIES AS A RESULT OF THE APPROVED PLAN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC
ATTENDANCE AREA DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFIC ADDRESS LOCATIONS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.