Balancing Enrollment

Balancing Enrollment

Balancing Enrollment with Capacity Policy Review

On October 21, 2001 the Board of Education approved a comprehensive policy for balancing enrollments with capacities in the public schools. A condition of the approval was the annual review of the policy and its related procedures.

Those who wish to make comment concerning issues surrounding the balancing of enrollment in Harford County Public Schools may do so by sending e-mail to Don.Morrison@hcps.org

Superintendent's Presentation to the Board of Education

The Board of Education approved the policy entitled Balancing Enrollment with Capacity on October 22, 2001. The policy requires that "Each year the Superintendent will prepare a report that contains an analysis of enrollment relative to state rated capacities. The report will contain recommendations and alternatives, with rationales, for addressing imbalances; and the report will be presented to the Board of Education in October." Further, the policy stipulates that "The Board of Education may direct the Superintendent to develop additional information and/or develop other alternatives for its consideration, or the Board of Education may propose other specific alternatives."

Notice: The September 30 Enrollment Report and the Enrollment and Capacity Report displayed on these pages reflect slightly different numbers. The Enrollment Report shows "headcount" numbers for elementary schools, while the Enrollment and Capacity Report lists adjusted or "Full-time equivalent (FTE)" numbers in which those pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students who attend school a half day are counted as .5 of a student. In addition, the Enrollment and Capacity report is computed from preliminary data in order to make projections for future years used in the Balancing Enrollment process that begins each October. The Enrollment Report reflects numbers derived after refinements have been made in the preliminary numbers. The adjustments reflect no more than 50 students systemwide.