Anne Arundel schools present two Phase 2 redistricting recommendations, outline legacy transfer rules and impacts

Anne Arundel County Public Schools (ACPS) staff on a public briefing reviewed two new Phase 2 redistricting proposals — Superintendent Recommendation 3 (SR 3) and Board Recommendation 3 (BR 3) — and explained how each would reassign students, affect school utilization and handle legacy transfers and magnet programs.

The presentation, led by Bill Heizer, ACPS chief operating officer, and Kyle Roof, executive director of facilities, summarized differences among the six draft plans under consideration (SR1–3 and BR1–3), reported student movement counts by neighborhood and school, and outlined next steps including two public hearings and a Nov. 19 board adoption date.

SR 3 and BR 3 are generally less disruptive than SR 1 and BR 1, ACPS officials said; both proposals aim to reduce crowding at specific schools while preserving most current feeder patterns. SR 3 introduces one split feeder articulation: a portion of students in the Nantucket Elementary attendance area would move to Arundel Middle School and Arundel High School rather than the Crofton feeder. BR 3 does not add split articulations but rezones several neighborhoods differently than SR 3, including shifting Gingerville, Poplar and Willanor into the Annapolis cluster.

ACPS provided school-by-school movement counts drawn from current enrollment (school year 2024–25) and noted those figures do not include…