Anne Arundel County Board of Education previews four phase‑2 redistricting plans ahead of public hearings

Bill Heizer, chief operating officer of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, briefed the Board of Education on four Phase 2 redistricting recommendations and the next steps for public hearings and adoption. He summarized differences among superintendent recommendations (SR 1 and SR 2) and board recommendations (BR 1 and BR 2), described how each would change elementary, middle and high school boundaries, and reviewed legacy‑student provisions, magnet program impacts and transportation effects.

Why this matters: the plans would reassign pockets of students across the county, change several feeder patterns, shift magnet programming and alter bus needs; staff estimates changes in building utilizations and projected numbers of legacy students that could affect school crowding and transportation planning.

Heizer said the Board voted on Sept. 17, 2025, to advance four recommendations for public hearings and that staff would present the recommendations at two public hearings (Oct. 13 and Oct. 27) with a planned adoption of a redistricting plan on Nov. 19. “This is a briefing on phase 2 redistricting, summarizing the 4 recommendations that the Board of Education move forward for public hearings,” Heizer said.

Comparing the four recommendations: SR 1 and SR 2 (the superintendent’s options) and BR 1 and BR 2 (board‑amended options) show similar overall distributions of estimated utilization. Staff reported that, under SR 1 and SR 2, eight schools would be projected under 70% utilization, about 22 schools in the 70–90% band, 21–22 in the 90–100% band, one at 100–110% and zero over 110% (SR 1…