About the Board of Education
Board Meeting Information
Regular meetings of the Board of Education are normally held on the second and fourth
Monday of each month (except July and August) at 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. at various school
locations. Special meetings may also be held thoughout the year. All meetings are
announced in advance in the newspapers or the HCPS web site and in other print/electronic
media including the
Harford Cable Network. Meetings are open to the public unless otherwise
announced.
If you wish to appear before the board, please complete a request form and return
it to the Director of Public Information before the meeting begins. Please note
the following time restrictions for public comments. Three minutes - Individual.
Five minutes - Group Representation.
To request disability-related reasonable accommodations, please call (410) 838-7300
voice, 7-1-1 TTY or e-mail Don.Morrison@hcps.org
at least three days prior to the meeting/event.
The Board Seeks Public Comment
Throughout the year, the Board will seek views and comments from the public on a
number of issues.
View the current Hot Topics at HCPS
Board of Education Master Plan
Redistricting Information
School Locator for the 2007-2008 School Year
Please Note – ALL students who will be juniors or seniors
in 2007-08 or seniors in 2008-09 will remain in their current high school assignments
(unless their families move to a new school attendance area), regardless if the
area in which they live has been redistricted. In addition, those 2007-08 Fallston
High School sophomores (Class of 2010) who were due to have been redistricted to
Bel Air High School in 2007-08 will remain at Fallston High.
ON APRIL 3, 2006 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY APPROVED A MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREA FOR THE NEW PATTERSON MILL MS/HS THAT WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER
2007. A PLAN CONTAINING SEVERAL ELEMENTS TO BALANCE ENROLLMENTS WITH CAPACITIES
IN THE SURROUNDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS WAS ALSO APPROVED. THIS PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
BEGINNING IN THE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS REFLECT THE DECISIONS
OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE VARIOUS DETAIL MAPS THAT DESCRIBE THE
NEW ATTENDANCE AREA BOUNDARIES FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO INDICATE THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS AND
CAPACITIES AS A RESULT OF THE APPROVED PLAN. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC
ATTENDANCE AREA DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFIC ADDRESS LOCATIONS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
Please send all questions and comments to our Public Information office.