Earlier this school year, BCPS hosted community input forums throughout the county. Our summary from the Southwest area meeting is available on our blog. The official summary from the complete series of forums is here for your review. Comments or questions may be directed to Kevin Smith, BCPS Chief Officer of Administration and Operations. who lead the forums.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMMUNITY MEETINGS SCHOOLS FOR OUR FUTURE
Standards for Baltimore County Public Schools’ Facilities
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMMUNITY MEETINGS SCHOOLS FOR OUR FUTURE
Standards for Baltimore County Public Schools’ Facilities
- All schools should be air conditioned.
- All schools should be wireless to support the one-on-one devices in order to support students
taking the assessments.
- All schools should be energy efficient.
- Playground and field space are important and should be equitable across the school system.
- All schools should have seating in outdoor stadiums.
- All schools should have state-of-the-art equipment.
- All older school buildings should be renovated and updated.
- Parking for schools should be upgraded.
- All schools should be handicapped accessible.
- Core areas (i.e. library, cafeteria, gym, etc.) need to be large enough to support the number of
students.
- Sidewalks need to be improved for students who walk to school.
- Improvements to school buildings should be equitable across the county.
- Student drop off areas should be separated from the bus drop off areas to ensure pedestrian safety.
- Buildings should be used in the summer.
Safety and Security
- There needs to be a plan for the safety and security of students in the relocatable classrooms.
- Security plans must be factored into new school construction.
- Need to have adequate staff in overcrowded schools to manage any emergency.
- Metal detectors for all schools.
- All schools should have safe entry ways for visitors to go right to office and not into the school.
- Need plans to address the safety of open space schools.
Redistricting
- Consider walkability in the community when redistricting.
- 100% feeder school patterns should be developed.
- Consider new future housing developments when changing boundaries.
- Consider cross-zoning with other districts.
- Students should not be re-zoned to lower performing schools.
- Use consistent, clear, and logical criteria when redistricting middle and high school boundaries.
- Help ensure a diverse student body at every school.
- Keep neighborhoods together when redistricting.
Overcrowding
- Consider affects on class size and student success.
- Place limits on housing developments and future building.
- Residency audits need to be conducted.
- Student lunch times start too early and there are too many lunch periods.
- Prekindergarten classes are sometimes moved when a school is overcrowded.
- Consider a new forecasting tool that includes future housing developments.
- Elementary school overcrowding will affect middle and high schools.
- Overcrowding negatively affects classroom management and the quality of instruction.
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