HCPSS MPIA Request #2018-330

Requested Information
To alleviate overcrowding at Howard HS, Centennial HS, and Long Reach HS, students were allowed to self-select to participate in the JumpStart program at Oakland Mills HS or River Hill HS for the 2018-2019 school year. I want to know:

(1) Total number of students from each over-crowded HS who chose to attend Oakland Mills HS or River Hill HS?

(2) Of the total number from each over-crowded HS, how many students receive FARM?

(3) Of the total number from each over-crowded HS, how many chose to attend Oakland Mills HS and how many chose to attend River Hill HS?

(4) Of the total number from each over-crowded HS, how many dual-credit courses, on average, is each student taking?
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Available demographic information on the anticipated JumpStart participants has been released through MPIA 2018-311.

While no record contains summary information by over-crowded schools on average JumpStart student dual-credit course selection, our Academic Division gathered the following on JumpStart participants by their current school:

Centennial HS - 4 students taking 10 courses

Howard High - 15 students taking 41 courses

Long Reach - 45 students taking 85 courses

Bonnie Branch - 23 students taking 27 courses

Burleigh Manor - 7 students taking 7 courses

Dunloggin - 5 students taking 5 courses

Elkridge Landing MS - 21 students taking 24 courses

Ellicott Mills - 8 students taking 10 courses

Mayfield Woods MS - 82 students taking 109 courses

Thomas Viaduct - 21 students taking 25 courses

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