This is Part 4 of a series of Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) response releases that provide a glimpse behind the curtain regarding the planning and rollout of the Howard County Council’s CR-112 resolution in August 2019 that called on the Howard County public school system to ‘desegregate’ its schools.

The following pages are handwritten notes taken by a County Council staff member during a meeting between Councilman Opel Jones & his staff (Michael Harris & Najee Bailey) with Superintendent Martirano, Jahantab Siddiqui (HCPSS Chief Administrative Officer) and Scott Washington (HCPSS Acting Chief Operating Officer) at 4:00 PM on August 13, 2019, right before Councilman Jones was featured in a press release announcing the upcoming CR-112 resolution that he would be co-sponsoring with fellow Councilmembers Christiana Mercer-Rigby & Deb Jung.

“An overcrowded school does not mean an overcrowded classroom”

“14th HS pushed back to 2028 due to lack of quantitative need in Elkridge”

“Adjustments based on poverty index – RACE, segregation”

“Capacity, FARM, Area (13) HS – (3) value system”

“different from feasibility study = Dr. M. = position of strength”