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EVENTS:
Next Event:
Tuesday, October 12, 2004:
Committee Meeting
Special guest, Rodger Janssen, from
the Baltimore County Board of Education. Meeting at the school starts at
6:30pm.
Please
rsvp if you plan to attend.
Past Events (hosted events
in bold):
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4th District Baltimore Co.
Planning Board Hearing (CZMP/Zoning), 3/29/04, Owings Mills High School
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Overcrowding Committee
Meeting, 5/11/04
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Baltimore Co. Executive Jim
Smith's Community Forum on the BCPS Operating Budget, County Courthouse, Towson,
6/2/04
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Baltimore County Board of
Education Meeting, 6/10/04
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Overcrowding Committee
Meeting, 6/10/04 Special Guest: Ghassan Shah, Baltimore Co. Public Schools
Strategic Planning Department.
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4th District Baltimore Co.
Council Hearing (CZMP/Zoning), 6/22/04, Randallstown High School
OVERCROWDING COMMITTEE DIRECT PRESS / INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
PTA
Press Release, Cedarmere PTA Forms Overcrowding Committee, 4/23/04
Community Times Article, Woodholme Sheds Light on Overcrowding, 5/3/04
Cedar Day Flier, 6/6/04
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Join the PTA and it's Overcrowding
Committee!
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To join the PTA,
click here
and include your name and phone number in the email. Someone will get back
to you with more info. (AOL users: send email to pta@cedarmere.org)
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To join the PTA's Overcrowding
Committee, (after you join the PTA or if you are already a member),
click here and include your name and phone number in the email. (AOL users:
send email to
crowdedschool@hotmail.com.
Attend overcrowding related
events!
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We host meetings at the school, attend
meetings at the Board of Education Office, public county forums in Towson,
zoning meetings, etc. Also, many PTA meetings include content related to
Overcrowding. Most of these events are posted on the
PTA calendar. Also, you can
click here for a
list of 2004/05 Board of Education Meetings.
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If you find other events
that you'd like to share or suggest the Committee attend,
let us know (AOL users: please send an email to
crowdedschool@hotmail.com with
the details.)
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Talk about our
overcrowding issue with your neighbors and fellow parents (and if you happen to
encounter them, local elected officials, school board officials, etc.).
Make sure people know this issue is a concern in our community, that our
Overcrowding Committee is working on it, and that we are willing to help solve
it. If you want to, direct them to this website, and to contact us!
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BACKGROUND/PUBLIC INFO:
Enrollment Statistics:
Source: Balto County Public
Schools Office of Strategic Planning. These enrollment figures are
used for capital planning purposes only and are not the same as actual student
counts. New figures as of September 30, 2004 should be available by
October 30.
9/30/2003 Enrollment:
515
School Capacity*:
461
Difference:
54 students over capacity.
* - Capacity is a factor of
number of classrooms (excluding portables), state class size requirements (which
vary by grade), etc.
Projected Future
Enrollments:
Year: #
2004: 542
2005: 539
2006: 563
2007: 580
2008: 592
2009: 602
2010: 615
2011: 628
2012: 643
Map of
Cedarmere Elementary School District (on BCPS Website) (PDF. Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
New Town
Overcrowding Study by DeJong & Associates (on BCPS Website) (PDF.
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Report on
Final Summary of Recommendations to Relieve Overcrowding in NW and SW Areas
(on BCPS Website)
Governor Appoints 5 School Board Members (To Bring Fresh Perspective on School
Overcrowding) - 8/6/04
"Northwest Area Needs New Elementary School" (Community Times article 9/15/04 on
Times website)
Brief from Owings Mills Times 9/22/04 regarding land for schools vs. growing
school enrollment.
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