The Board of Education today eliminated all but one of the six Phase 2 redistricting plans that had been under consideration and created a single amended plan to move forward to public hearings beginning next week.
Taking into consideration updated but unofficial enrollment figures presented at its October 15, 2025, meeting as well as testimony from approximately 150 people and written comments over the last two weeks, the Board opted to amend Board Recommendation 3 (BR-3) and move it forward. In creating a revised BR-3, the Board voted to:
Remove the rezoning of the Gingerville, Poplar Point, and Wilelenor communities from the South River cluster to the Annapolis cluster for elementary, middle, or high school, leaving those students in their current school assignments.
Remove the rezoning of the neighborhoods south of Carrollton Road from the Georgetown East Elementary School catchment area into the Hillsmere Elementary School catchment area and remove the rezoning of the area bound by Jackson Street out of the Eastport Elementary School catchment area into the Georgetown East Elementary School catchment area, leaving those students in their current school assignments.
Revise the legacy provision to allow only those students entering 12th grade in the 2026-27 school year the option to remain at the high school to which they are currently assigned. Students entering 11th grade in the 2026-27 school year would not have this option. Students enrolled in magnet programs would continue to be enrolled in their current school assigned program.
Remove the rezoning of 28 students from Waugh Chapel Elementary School to Odenton Elementary School, leaving those students in their current school assignments.
Allow four South River Colony communities to remain assigned to Central Elementary School.
Retain the split articulation of Nantucket Elementary School such that middle and high school students living in a portion of the Nantucket Elementary School attendance area from Crofton Middle School and Crofton High School would move to Arundel Middle School and Arundel High School.
As revised, BR-3 would still:
Maintain the Chalk Point and Shady Oaks communities at Deale Elementary School.
Rezone the addresses of 442, 444, and 448 North Patuxent Road to Odenton Elementary School.
Modify the boundaries for Four Seasons, Piney Orchard, Odenton, and Seven Oaks elementary schools such that the northern portion of Piney Orchard Elementary School would stay at Piney Orchard Elementary School, a portion of Four Seasons Elementary school will be rezoned to Piney Orchard, and the western portion of Odenton Elementary School would move to Seven Oaks Elementary School.
In a separate vote, the Board agreed to remove Superintendent’s Recommendation 1 (SR-1), Superintendent’s Recommendation 2 (SR-2), Superintendent’s Recommendation 3 (SR-3), Board Recommendation 1 (BR-1) and Board Recommendation 2 (BR-2) from further consideration.
PUBLIC BRIEFING
Anne Arundel County Public Schools staff will conduct a public briefing on the revised BR-3 at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, in the Board Room at the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis. The meeting will be broadcast live on AACPS-TV and on AACPS’ YouTube channel. It is open to the public, but no public testimony will be taken.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Board will conduct public hearings on the revised BR-3 on Thursday, November 13, 2025, and Monday, November 17, 2025. Both hearings will be held in the Board Room at the Parham Building beginning at 6 p.m.
Those wishing to speak at the hearings or provide written comments may do so according to the following schedule. Because these hearings concern a new plan, those who testified at prior redistricting hearings are eligible to testify again.
November 13, 2025, Public Hearing
Links to sign up to speak at the hearing or to provide written comment will be posted at www.aacps.org/boardcomment at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Those wishing to testify may do so in person or virtually and must indicate their choice when registering. Speakers will be limited to two minutes and must only address the plan under consideration. Testimony on topics other than the plan under consideration will not be permitted.
Speaker registration and the written public comment period for this hearing will close at noon on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. There is no limit to the number of speakers who can testify.
November 17, 2025, Public Hearing
Links to sign up to speak at the hearing or to provide written comment will be posted at www.aacps.org/boardcomment at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Those wishing to testify may do so in person or virtually and must indicate their choice when registering. Speakers will be limited to two minutes and must only address the plan under consideration. Testimony on topics other than the plan under consideration will not be permitted.
Speaker registration and the written public comment period for this hearing will close at noon on Saturday, November 15, 2025. There is no limit to the number of speakers who can testify.
Speakers may not sign up for anyone other than themselves and may only testify at one of the two hearings.
The Board is scheduled to adopt a redistricting plan this month. The adopted plan will go into effect in August 2026.