The school board also rejected several proposed redistricting plan modifications, including the Figure B-8 plan that some Elkridge residents had supported.
The school board approved filling the 13th high school with ninth and 10th graders and also requested analysis about exempting rising sophomores from redistricting.
The school board approved filling the 13th high school with ninth and 10th graders and also requested analysis about exempting rising sophomores from redistricting.
The plan would reassign 46 middle school students and 2,555 high school students next fall, in anticipation of the opening of high school 13 near Jessup.
Howard County Public School System officials continued talking this week about what delaying school start times would look like for students and families. The county school board’s aim is to delay start times for high schoolers, moving from the current 7:25 a.m. start to 8:30 a.m., or maybe later, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.