Overview
- New boundaries take effect in August 2026, with only rising seniors allowed to remain at their current high schools.
- Nearly 300 students who would feed from Nantucket Elementary to Crofton will instead attend Arundel Middle and Arundel High.
- Twenty-seven students living in Riva will shift from the Davidsonville area to Central Elementary in Edgewater.
- Additional moves include 88 from Belvedere to Arnold, 72 from Odenton to Seven Oaks, 57 from Tracey’s to Deale, 54 from Folger McKinsey to Severna Park, plus three from Lothian to Tracey’s and one from Piney Orchard to Odenton.
- The decision followed a divisive process centered on capacity projections, drawing objections over community disruption as Superintendent Mark Bedell defended staff and pledged to implement the board’s decision.