Elementary Redistricting Plan To Be Discussed Tuesday Night

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will hear public testimony Tuesday night for a  that could move about 100 students from  to .

In a special hearing at Tuesday at 7 p.m., school officials will listen to what community members have to say about their planned efforts to decrease overpopulation at .

Central Elementary has a student body of 796 according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). In Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell’s proposed redistricting plan, identical to one created by a community panel in 2011, some students from Central Elementary would move to either Mayo Elementary or Davidsonville Elementary.

The specifics of the plan are as follows:

• Redistrict from Central Elementary to  students living along Muddy Creek Road down to and including Wolfe’s Reserve and those students living on Fiddlers Hill Road, as well as those students living east of Muddy Creek Road and south of Central Avenue as it extends to the current boundary with Mayo Elementary, including those living in River Club Estates and along Camp Letts Road.

• Redistrict from to  all students living in the communities of Waterford, Annapolis Landing and Berkshire, as well as any student living along the south side of Riva Road within this proposed boundary who may not live in one of these communities.

• An optional grandfathering of rising fifth-graders (current fourth-graders) at Central Elementary.

After receiving the community’s input, the school board will make its final decision on the redistricting no later than April 30, according to an AACPS press release.