CALL TO ACTION - Council Hearing Monday 6/20 George Howard Bldg. 6PM Please come to the next Council legislative hearing on Monday June 20th and testify regarding CR90 the open/closed school chart regarding development. Each year, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) creates the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) open/closed chart for schools. This chart shows what school districts are open or closed to residential development due to schools being over capacity. The chart shows the capacity of the school (how many students can fit in it), and then projects enrollment for many years out. If a school is 115% over-capacity or more, it is closed to new development (but for onl

CALL TO ACTION - Council Hearing Monday 6/20 George Howard Bldg. 6PM Please come to the next Council legislative hearing on Monday June 20th and testify regarding CR88 School System audit and budget oversight committee creation. - SUPPORT Last week, HCPSS leadership increased the maximum average class size allowed for Howard County Schools. I see this as an affront to the attempts of the County Executive and County Council to direct funding to specific categories, and pushing for cuts OUTSIDE the classroom, with specific statements that full funding was to be made to Instruction, HCEA salaries, and Special Education. Increasing class sizes flies in the face of these efforts, and cuts costs I