Requestor
Christopher Kim
Requested Information
The algorithm that high schools in Howard County uses to schedule the courses requested by students are not transparent. Some students get the courses they requested but some do not. Please make information about how the course scheduling algorithm works publicly available as much as possible. If the Howard County Public School System does not know the exact algorithm used by the high schools, please provide further information about the contractor / company that designs this algorithm. Also, provide the point of contact in this company so that any inquiries about the course scheduling algorithm can be addressed to a person in charge.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
This guidance is used by the Division of Schools to outline the scheduling process for high school administrators. Please note, further review would be needed to determine releasability of all links and/or external records noted within the responsive document content itself.
This public site contains the contractual information for the vendor supplying the student information system which houses the course scheduling algorithm. Contact information can be found within the contract document.