HCPSS MPIA Request #2018-058

Requested Information
I am requesting the current and projected FARMS, ESOL and Demographic data for each attendance area polygon for the entire County. I am sure this is readily available in excel or shapefile format that can be supplied quickly. Thanks for all your help and hard work!
Status
Complete
Response Notes

ESOL and demographic data such as racial/ethnic breakdown is not used by School Planning at the polygon-level for redistricting study purposes, therefore no responsive records at that level exists. For reference, Changes in Race/Ethnicity Based on Proposed Scenario used by the School Planning Office for the feasibility study is reported at the school level and can be found on page 53 and 54 (Figures 5.8 and 5.9): http://www.hcpss.org/f/schoolplanning/2017-feasibility-study.pdf These numbers represent attendance area population, not children enrolled at the school, and do not include pre-kindergarten. Please note, in this document base is the percent as of the date pulled during the 2016-2017 school year, and proposed is what would be the percent at each school based on current attendance area population after proposed redistricting. ESOL and race have also been reported by school level under each Attendance Area Committee draft and can be found on the HCPSS website: http://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/aac-process/ per meeting date.

HCPSS has made substantial efforts to ensure the accuracy of this information; however, school polygons and attendance areas are subject to change. Please be mindful when comparing data as many variances can occur between reports based on date pulled, categories included, etc. The user of this data accepts full liability for any use of the data. For any questions regarding the data or concerns about the planning process, please contact the Office of School Planning at 410-313-7184 or SchoolPlanning@hcpss.org.

Responsive Documents
This polygon projection chart contains all available polygon-level data as currently used by the School Planning Office for redistricting purposes. In order to protect against potential disclosures of personally identifiable information about students when looking at polygon-level data where those who know the residents of a particular neighborhood may be able to deduce student-level information, HCPSS is following the National Center for Education Statistics’ federal guidelines for protecting student privacy in public reporting. Under both the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), which restricts access to student records, and MPIA GP § 4-313, which prevents disclosure of school district records pertaining to individual students, FARMs and academic testing data has been suppressed per the key contained in the file.

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