(1) All records that constitute, refer to, relate to, or memorialize, the Boundary Review Process requested by the Board on or about February 13, 2025.
(2) All documents that constitute, refer to, or relate to Policy 6010 – School Attendance Areas, including all versions and drafts thereof, any analyses or comments on that Policy, all formal or informal guidance materials relating to Policy 6010, or any procedural documents relating thereto.
(3) All written materials referring or relating to any formal communications with or input provided from any member of the public relating to the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year, including but not limited to any materials in preparation for, disseminated or presented at, received at, or memorializing any the information sessions presented in April 2025 at Wilde Lake Middle School, Burleigh Manor Middle School, or Swansfield Elementary School.
(4) Any survey results received by the HCPSS or the Board in connection with the information sessions conducted in April 2025.
(5) Any and all communications within the Board, within the HCPSS, between the Board and the HCPSS, or between the Board or HCPSS and any third party concerning the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(6) Any contracts between the HCPSS or Board, on one side, and any third party contractor relating to the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(7) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Facility Utilization under Policy 6010 for the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(8) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Facility Utilization under Policy 6010 for any boundary review process for any year prior to the 2026-2027 School Year.
(9) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Community Stability under Policy 6010 for the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(10) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Community Stability under Policy 6010 for any boundary review process for any year prior to the 2026-2027 School Year.
(11) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Demographic Characteristics of Student Population under Policy 6010 for the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(12) Any and all analysis conducted, reports or recommendations generated, or data considered, in determining Demographic Characteristics of Student Population under Policy 6010 for any boundary review process for any year prior to the 2026-2027 School Year.
(13) Any and all projections, capacity concerns and/or strategies submitted to the Board by the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee for consideration of the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year or any prior boundary review process.
(14) Any Proposed Attendance Area Adjustment Plan submitted by the Superintendent to the Board for the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year or any prior boundary review process, or any response from the Board or supplement to the Plan submitted thereto.
(15) Any Final Attendance Area Adjustment Plan adopted by the Board from any prior boundary review process.
(16) Any and all communications with the Maryland State Board of Education concerning the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(17) Any and all communications with the United States Department of Education concerning the Boundary Review Process for the 2026-2027 School Year.
(18) Any formal appeals or civil complaints filed by any person challenging the Attendance Area Adjustment Plan for School Year 2020-2021, including any motions, legal memoranda, or briefing submitted thereto before the Board, the Maryland State Board of Education, the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings, or any court of the State in any such appeal or civil action.
Responsive to this request, please find the following records linked below:
• 2026-2027 Boundary Review: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review-for-26-27/. This website contains many publicly available resources regarding the 2026-2027 boundary review process, including links to the February 13, 2025, Board report and motion: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review-for-26-27/; the current HCPSS Policy 6010: https://policy.hcpss.org/6000/6010/; materials presented during the spring information sessions: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review-for-26-27/spring-information-session/; frequently asked questions; a timeline; and other informational materials. Please note, the survey noted on this website is closed and data is currently under review for analysis and presentation to the Board of Education in July 2025.
• 2023-2024 Boundary Review: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/redistricting-for-23-24/. This website contains many publicly available resources regarding the 2023-2024 attendance area adjustment including the final Board decision materials and maps: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/redistricting-for-23-24/#board-decision.
• 2020-2021 Boundary Review: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review/. This website contains many publicly available resources regarding the 2020-2021 attendance area adjustment including the final Board decision materials and maps, as well as the process and data used: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review/process/.
• Formal Appeals to the Maryland State Board of Education: https://marylandpublicschools.org/stateboard/Pages/legalopinions/2016/subject.aspx. This MSDE website contains prior appeal decisions under School Districting.
• Prior MPIAs – the following are links to publicly available MPIA requests (since the online portal was activated in 2018) that contain records related to redistricting/boundary review:
o 2023-024
o 2023-020
o 2022-139
o 2021-179
o 2021-175
o 2021-170
o 2021-155
o 2021-141
o 2021-102
o 2021-084
o 2021-080
o 2021-069
o 2020-422
o 2020-318
o 2020-278
o 2020-255
o 2020-254
o 2020-238
o 2020-233
o 2020-218
o 2020-215
o 2020-214
o 2020-212
o 2020-196
o 2020-184
o 2020-164
o 2020-154
o 2020-152
o 2020-151
o 2020-146
o 2020-141
o 2020-138
o 2020-137
o 2020-133
o 2020-127
o 2020-119
o 2020-106
o 2020-104
o 2020-103
o 2020-102
o 2020-100
o 2020-095
o 2020-093
o 2020-092
o 2020-086
o 2020-083
o 2020-075
o 2020-071
o 2020-070
o 2020-066
o 2020-065
o 2020-058
o 2020-052
o 2020-010
• 092.25.B4 Consulting Services for Redistricting, Capacity Relief, & Planning: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/DFBQ88680792/$file/04%2009%2025%20Bids%20and%20Contracts%20BR.pdf (see PC-42). This Board report contains information on the contract in place for a consultant on the current boundary review process.
• HCPSS Policy 6010 adoption February 10, 2022: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CB4MU35C9BA8. As noted in the history of Policy 6010, this report contains the most recent action by the Board to modify the policy in 2022. Additional reports on Board action include:
o December 16, 2021: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/C9JKYK5427CB/$file/12%2016%202021%20Policy%206010%20School%20Attendance%20Areas%20BR.pdf.
o February 28, 2019: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/B9LUET5F5992/$file/02%2028%202019%20Policy%206010%20School%20Attendance%20Areas%20BR.pdf.
o November 28, 2018: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/B68PC35C2E79/$file/11%2015%202018%20Policy%206010%20BR.pdf.
o January 26, 2017: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/AHRQ8N64AE93/$file/01%2026%202017%20Policy%206010%20School%20Attendance%20Areas%20BR.pdf.
o April 16, 2009: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/legacy-content/82C77U101E28/$FILE/6010_Report_Action_4_16_09.pdf.
o April 28, 2005: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/legacy-content/83NLBF4D49CE/$FILE/04.28.05%20reg%20mtg%20final.pdf (see Policy 1675 – Boundary Line Adjustments and Revisions to the Capital Budget Process starting on page 15).
o April 15, 2004: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/legacy-content/83NLQ34D53B0/$FILE/04%2015%2004%20Regular%20Meeting%20Approved.pdf (see Policy 1675 – Boundary Line Adjustments Not Related to School Closings starting on page 14).
Additionally, HCPSS School Planning staff indicates no communications have been had with the Maryland State Department of Education or the U.S. Department of Education in relation to the current boundary review process beyond an annual requirement to share the HCPSS Feasibility study with the Maryland Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC). No clarification received to continue response.