HCPSS MPIA Request #2018-059

Requested Information
I would like to obtain the "new housing unit" annual forecast for all individual polygons from September 2017 to September 2023 used in the Feasibility Study and AAC plans. Please also provide the exact formula for factoring new housing units into the ES/MS/HS student enrollment forecast.
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Please note, this document was developed by an internal HCPSS staffer in 2008. Although no additional existing documents reflect changes in the software’s use and function over time, staff has updated its use of the system, incorporated additional functions and discontinued use of other functions as other methods were found to be more effective in the past ten years. For that reason, this document is not a complete reflection of redistricting calculations and should be considered a referential resource only. Additionally, in the sample screenshot and sample reports contained in this document, 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 where population sizes at the grade and polygon level are below 10 (*) or greater than 95% (>95%) or below 5% (<5%).
Contains all housing and enrollment data/projections previously used by the School Planning Office from August 2017. Please note, this file contains outdated housing data as indicated in a memo released by the School Planning Office, which can be found online at: http://www.hcpss.org/f/schoolplanning/2017-additional-reports-based-on-feasibility-study.pdf.

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