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[External] Opposing Superintendent's Recommended Attendance Area Kathleen V. Hanks From: Peihua Jiang <peihuajiang@yahoo. com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:36 AM To: Hcpss Redistricting Subject: [External] opposing Superintendent's Recommended AttendanceArea Adjustment Plan To whom it may concern, 1 am writing to express my concerns aboutthe superintendent's plan for redistncting I live in Polygon 1189. Though theplan does not seem to affect me much. ] am deeply concerned about the whole process and the misconceived proposal by Dr Martirano for the following reasons: 1. Community cohesion. Moving move than 7, 000children istoo disruptive and radical. On top ofthat, who to move and which school to move seem illogical, unfair, andnot well planned. In contrast the study conducted byIhe school board (feasibility stLidypaid bytaxpayer's money) provided reasonable andnot too dismptive options for solving over- crowding issue in HCPSS. We spent time, effort and money to conduct such a study. It appeared that it was well-received by the community, why should we abandon such a proposal? 2 Educationfirst. In hisproposal. Dr. Martiranoemphasized that equity is theunderpinning for hisstrategic call to actionand guides his decisions and strategies. His argament is thatall^students may haveaccess andopportunity to receivethe best educational serviceand sappons. I supportthis. However, I don't seethat simpiy shufflingstudents will make all students having full accessto the bestediicational sen/icesand supports. My understandingis thai all schoolshave the same or similar resources Howcome redistricting will help students'-" Ifwe really wantto help FARM students, weshould bemore creative than simple andarbitran, 'reshuffling withsuch negative impact for many communities in Howard Countv. 3. Stability. Howard County has been consiantly redistncting, which invokes a great deal ofstress and frustration. Wcjust did this two years ago. Now, again. I^igh school #13 will open in a couple ofyears. Do we needto havethis redistricting again?How this will impact ourstudents and families'?We need to havelong-term vision andplan, not the misconceived plan by the superintendent. Furthermore, howcomes this is so drasticallydifferent from the feasibilitystudy (I supposethis is doneby a reputableagency) I hopethat the HowardCounty Boardof education will considerthe negative impactthis would haveon all familyand vote againstthe proposal. Thank yoii, Best regards, Peihua Kathleen V. Hanks From: H Ho13009 <ho13009@gmail. com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:35 AM To: Hcpss Redistricting Subject: [External] Redistricting proposal is a huge burden with no evidence to support success in equity Dear BOE members, I readthe new redistricting proposal carefully. I appreciate the goal ofEquity in Action but failed to seeany evidence to support this will actually achieve real equity. It is a huge Action that will impact lots of students. My son will be sentto a school muchfarther than his current school. Canthe Superintendent showus a piece of evidence that it will benefit all students eventually in this school district? Who gavehim the right to shuffle around families and students just to show some good numbers on paper based on his definition ofequity? Does he really care about real benefits to all kids and families? If so I would like to see solid evidence for some real benefits from his proposed move. All families impacted are entitled to see evidence how this will benefit the school district. Thanks. Best, Hong Kan polygon 1186 Mr. Mit'h'. K'l M'. 'ir'iiriliin. ' My ji. line is t. !'\. sl;;l ;iiki I'HI u lltns. ):'!. i-'. rtiiii) cicincnli il'y srhoiil <1ili.i.'1il. ivilh ', 'oi. !i propi iSal i .,s:ll hf l',';;ri sl'crix't! li> ;i scl'. ooi l. ir , i\\ii\ iroin iiiy liiinit' ;in<.l v. i!! Iv h'j[;di;ilL\i iroi'i ;ii\ >*IJ li']^':ii!s. 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Hanks From: Chandra Nanjappa <cnanjappa@)yahoo. com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:28 AM To: Hcpss Redistricting Subject: [External] redistricting proposal - Opposition I am a resident of Howard County living in Polygon area -176. 1 am writing today to express my concerns regarding your redistricting proposal. I am concerned that the proposal that is recommended did not follow the due process ofopen communication, public hearing and feedback ; also not sure why the options provided by the county hired and paid for consultants over the summer which followed the process was put by the wayside. These are public schools that are funded by tax paying Howard county citizens and such decisions impacting families across the county should be made with adequate feedback following democratic structure. Redistricting should also be based on proximity to school to help with kidsand parents with travel time. With new proposed plan, board has overlooked the basic principal of getting the kids to and from school. In our case, We live 1 mile from RHHS, and we are being redistricted to WLHSwhich is 6. 3 miles from our house. We must passthrough RHHS andtravel 5 times more than our present travel time whichalso mean county must spent5 times more ontransport expenses. Board also has not taking the effect of redistricting on kids in the middle of high school years. It does not make any sense to move the kids that are near to RHHS to WLHS and vice versa impacting kids from both schools and at additional expensesto county. Boardsfirst preference should be kids and not new experimentation. Also, just 2 years ago the Jump Start program was introduced in the county to solve some of the high school issues and Equity related concerns. There are quite a few kids already coming to RHHSand RHHS kidsgoing to other schools to get their course work completed. There is no mention ofthis program in the proposal and how many kidsare distributed from it. Some of our major concerns: 1. Due to proximity: . Kids spend more time on unnecessary travel wasting their valuable time . Less time for sleep and may not be able to concentrate on studies . Less time for study and it may affect their grade and future prospect in life . May not be able to take part in after school activities like sports effecting their physical condition . May not be able to take part in club and extra-curricular activities effecting their social behavior . County must pay more towards transportation which is already in debt. We should be planning to save money and not wastingon experimentation, causing adverse effect on kids. 2. Redistricting in the middle of high school: . Separating the kids from their friends that were made over the years will impact them psychologically. Affects kids sports asthey need to play with new teammates/team. This may affect their interest with sports. Affects kids who are participating in other club and extra-curricular activities. Changing the environment in the middle of all this would negatively set the kids backto a great extent. We came acrossa studywhere redistricting increase in kidsschool dropout and boardshould pay more attention to these studies and basic needs of kids first. As a voting citizen of Howard County, we do not support this proposal to disrupt the lives of our children and residents. Please considerthis as our feedbackto the proposal. Thank you for your service and hope you consider our request. Chandra Nanjappa (Residents of HC) Jennv.liane # 1028 Dear BOB members. n. w'. it"1gto exPrcss mv serioiis concerns about (lie scliool redistrictiiig proposal, recommended to BOE by Dr. Michael J. Martirano, the superintendent of Howard Countv Public School System, on August 22, 2019. I'm writingthis letter as a parentof a 1 ICPSSstudent who has lived in Howard County for over 15 years. My main concerns about the proposal by Dr. Manirano are: '['lie proposal unnecessarily adds travel distance and time for some stiidents. vvitliout alleviating overcrowding at their scliools. Specifically, the proposal calls for moving over 200 students from Clarksville Middle School (CMS) to Harpers Choice Middle School (HCMS). while sending 87 students in the opposite direction Bothschools arewell withinthe target iitilization rateset by HCPSS. and swapping students between the two scliools will add typically 4-5 miles and at least 20 min ol'travel for each stucfent^nvolved on a daily basis. This puts undue burdens on students, families, and the community. The added travel distance will have negative impacts on traffic, 1 IC'PSS budget. public health and the climate. The proposed move of over 200 students from CMS to HCMS will require an estimated 1000 student*mile of additional travel provided by school buses every school day, or roughly 30 additional miles on school buses per day. Tliis would add -1200 gallons in fuel consumptioii and several thousaiid dollars in fuel costs every year, not to mention additional costs for drivers and maintenance.
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