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Council debates adding high‑school APFO test as school system warns program uses complicate capacity calculations
Summary
Councilors reviewed competing amendments to add a high‑school APFO test; school officials explained capacity uses a board formula (teaching stations × student‑teacher ratios adjusted to 80–85%) and that programmatic spaces (magnet programs, JROTC) affect usable capacity.
Howard County councilors debated multiple competing amendments that would add or change a high‑school test to the APFO.
Dr. Ball proposed amendment H to ensure separate elementary, middle and high‑school tests, setting a 105% threshold for individual high schools and 100% for regions; he also suggested delaying the high‑school test until 2022 in recognition of a new school coming online. Other council members proposed different thresholds and region‑based…
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