The damage to this county has been done. I said nothing great about Kittleman and stand by my statements about Ball, overcrowded schools, and poor infrastructure. I also forgot to add bus driver and bus shortage (as a county, we don't own buses and contract out for drivers) so many areas are doing double bus runs. Not unique to HOCO, but something to be aware of.

Take a look at the daily crime reports put out by the HOCO police department. I stand by my assessment of the safest city survey put out by Wallet hub 🙄

Redistricting won't be done correctly either as our BOE and CE are open to bribes to keep polygons from moving schools (polygon 147 donated a pile of cash and didn't get moved in 2018) The 2018 redistricting did nothing to help over crowding (nor did it do much in redistributing the FARM numbers...).

I did read a comment about a small group of woke liberals running the show here and that is very true. Anyone who has any different view or idea is deemed a racist anti LGBTQ asshole. Take those who support neighborhood schools (trying to keep kids as close to their homes as possible) - that is a very racist idea. The next round of redistricting will be epic. The worst is yet to come here.

Also, don't go near the mall after dark. The main event at the mall is now filled with cops once the sun goes down waiting for the next shooting or robbery. No thanks.

I would like to know also. That is a great school. Many other are way over capacity (Howard is at 130% capacity).

If I had to do it all over again, I would never pick Howard County. Schools are bursting at the seams. Do your own research outside of social media to get facts, not feelings. High school 13 is being built and there will be a huge redistricting (although many will deny this or try to down play it).

We have a CE who is funded by developers and they are throwing homes up on every square inch without the infrastructure to support it. He was just re-elected, sadly.

Traffic and congestion is terrible. That commute to work will be at least an hour. Each way.

Crime is also high in certain areas (the fake 'safest city' survey is funded by developers and top criteria is percentage vaccinated and probability of natural disaster.

It is very diverse and the parks are nice but so many other negatives. Please do your own research.

If I had to do it all over again, I would never pick Howard County. Schools are bursting at the seams. Do your own research outside of social media to get facts, not feelings. High school 13 is being built and there will be a huge redistricting (although many will deny this or try to down play it).

We have a CE who is funded by developers and they are throwing homes up on every square inch without the infrastructure to support it. He was just re-elected, sadly.

Traffic and congestion is terrible. That commute to work will be at least an hour. Each way.

Crime is also high in certain areas (the fake 'safest city' survey is funded by developers and top criteria is percentage vaccinated and probability of natural disaster.

It is very diverse and the parks are nice but so many other negatives. Please do your own research.

Well, Columbia just got voted the safest city in the US. Maybe you forgot where you parked it.

We went tonight for the first time. Great recommendation!! Good selection, they had a fire going and the kids could make s'mores, Santa was there, the store was cute. Service was great!!

And the same can be said for Jacky. The two least transparent candidates got the most votes. Jacky is clearly tied tightly to Ball because she really did the bare minimum and her resume is filled with holes. I bet we see her side hustle training classes show up in our schools shortly and prepare to have kids bused all over the county. Oh and if we are really lucky, her A/B day virtual idea will pass to combat overcrowding and our kids will be back on our couches part time.

Sure. There are plenty of clips of her saying otherwise but I am not going to waste my time. The 2 candidates who said the least are in the lead. I cannot wait for all the outrage once this terrible BOE gets rolling. Lol.

It will burn because we currently have a BOE that is mostly compromised of folks who are only concerned about their political agenda.

McCoy is not undecided on SROs. There is video of her stance. She is against and feels staff should be trained in conflict resolution. McCoy also favors busing kids all over the county in the name of equity.

Reading comments like this, it becomes clear why the state of things in our schools is the way that it is.

The entire school system is way over capacity. We elect folks who take bribes from developers. By the time that school opens, it will be at 130% capacity and if your kids are lucky they can spend hours on a bus each day traveling to any random school.

I would say if you care about schools look at Anne Arundel or Carroll. Avoid HOCO.

It is HOCO. It will all be brushed under the table.