Redistricting Process - Phase 2

The second phase of Anne Arundel County Public Schools' comprehensive redistricting process began in February 2025 and culminate with a plan scheduled to be adopted by the Board of Education in November 2025.

Boundaries for schools in the Annapolis, Arundel, Broadneck, Crofton, Severna Park, South River, and Southern clusters are the focus of the plan. As it did in Phase 1 of the redistricting process, AACPS is working with WXY to examine enrollment patterns across the schools in the clusters.

At its September 17, 2025, meeting, the Board of Education considered the Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell’s recommendation of two proposed redistricting plans for Phase 2 of the school system’s comprehensive redistricting process, then voted to move both of the Superintendent’s proposals forward to public hearing along with two additional proposals that include Board member amendments.

At its October 15, 2025, meeting, the Board considered newly released unofficial enrollment counts for the 2025-2026 school year. Dr, Bedell recommended the Board move forward to public hearing a third proposal (Superintendent’s Recommendation 3) that mirrors Superintendent’s Recommendation 2 (SR-2) but maintains the Apex Arts program at Annapolis High School and retains current boundaries for both Crofton Elementary School and Crofton Meadows Elementary School.

The Board attached the same considerations to that proposal as it had to the Superintendent's first two recommendations, creating Board Recommendation 3 (BR-3).

The six plans previously moved forward by the Board, including the original BR-3, can be found on this page. Five of the six were removed from consideration on November 5, 2025, when the Board revised Board Recommendation 3 (BR-3) and moved it forward to additional public hearing

REVISED BOARD RECOMMENDATION 3

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.

The above bulleted list is not exhaustive. A document containing all student movements in Revised BR-3 can be found here and a chart with the projected number of students moving to and from specific schools can be found on Page 12 of that document.

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 following links provide additional information related to the process:

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