Schools plan to go to public
are about a third white, a third Hispanic and athird black.
The data do not take into account the impact of the Monarch Academy contract school set to open next fall and accept hundreds of elementary-age students from schools across Annapolis.
If the board adopts the redistricting proposal, Annapolis Middle would see its population of black and Hispanic students grow by 8 percent, officials say. The number of white students at Bates would grow by 11 percent.
Arlotto said moving Mills-Parole Elementary students from Bates Middle to Annapolis Middle would alter the racial make-up of the middle schools, but not drastically.
Cara McCandless, a parent of three students at Annapolis Middle, said she’s worried the proposal concentrates students from high-poverty elementary schools, which could affect teacher retention, test scores and enrollment in the school’s International Baccalaureate magnet program.
Annapolis Middle is made up of students from Tyler Heights, Georgetown East, Eastport and Hillsmere elementary schools.
Tyler Heights is 77 percent Hispanic and 18 percent black, with more than half of its students on an English-language learning program, according to county schools data.
Under the redistricting plan, it would become 90 percent Hispanic and increase its English learner population by 9 percent.
“If the Board of Education approves this shift of students from Bates MS to Annapolis MS, I hope that they will support Annapolis MS with the necessary teachers and staff, as well as funds for classroom resources, building improvements and enrichment programs,” McCandless wrote in an email.
“With a high percentage of disadvantaged students, it is a struggle for parent groups to raise funds for the improvements and programs that many other county schools enjoy.”
Crowding at Tyler Heights Elementary has prompted the school to hold13 classes in portable classrooms and send its prekindergartners to Georgetown East Elementary.
Under the plan, Tyler Heights would go from 133 percent over state-rated capacity to 99.5 percent capacity. chuang@capgaznews.com
The data do not take into account the impact of the Monarch Academy contract school set to open next fall and accept hundreds of elementary-age students from schools across Annapolis.
If the board adopts the redistricting proposal, Annapolis Middle would see its population of black and Hispanic students grow by 8 percent, officials say. The number of white students at Bates would grow by 11 percent.
Arlotto said moving Mills-Parole Elementary students from Bates Middle to Annapolis Middle would alter the racial make-up of the middle schools, but not drastically.
Cara McCandless, a parent of three students at Annapolis Middle, said she’s worried the proposal concentrates students from high-poverty elementary schools, which could affect teacher retention, test scores and enrollment in the school’s International Baccalaureate magnet program.
Annapolis Middle is made up of students from Tyler Heights, Georgetown East, Eastport and Hillsmere elementary schools.
Tyler Heights is 77 percent Hispanic and 18 percent black, with more than half of its students on an English-language learning program, according to county schools data.
Under the redistricting plan, it would become 90 percent Hispanic and increase its English learner population by 9 percent.
“If the Board of Education approves this shift of students from Bates MS to Annapolis MS, I hope that they will support Annapolis MS with the necessary teachers and staff, as well as funds for classroom resources, building improvements and enrichment programs,” McCandless wrote in an email.
“With a high percentage of disadvantaged students, it is a struggle for parent groups to raise funds for the improvements and programs that many other county schools enjoy.”
Crowding at Tyler Heights Elementary has prompted the school to hold13 classes in portable classrooms and send its prekindergartners to Georgetown East Elementary.
Under the plan, Tyler Heights would go from 133 percent over state-rated capacity to 99.5 percent capacity. chuang@capgaznews.com
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