HCPSS MPIA Request #2020-138

Requested Information
Please provide the FARMs count and student count per polygon for the past 5years in excel format. Thank you.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, the School Planning Office creates polygon level data for the purposes of boundary adjustment reviews, therefore such charts/data does not exist per year for the past five years. The most recent polygon information available at the MS, HS and ES level can be found on the current Boundary Review Process website under Data Downloads, with FARMS counts by polygon found under the file FARMS Representation: https://www.hcpss.org/school-planning/boundary-review/#feasibility-study. Prior data for the 2017 boundary review can be found under our response to MPIA 2018-055: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2018-055. Please note, under the MPIA process, and as advised in the Fourteenth Edition of the Maryland Public Information Act Manual created by Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General, an agency is only obligated to produce existing records and is not required to generate new data or summarize data.

Thank you for your interest in the 2020-2021 School Planning Boundary Review. For questions about the data or process, please see the boundary review frequently asked questions page or contact the Office of School Planning at 410-313-7184 or SchoolPlanning@hcpss.org.

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