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Anne Arundel County Public Schools is the public school district serving Anne Arundel County, Maryland. With over 80,000 students, the AACPS school system is the 5th largest in Maryland and the 46th largest in the United States. The district has over 5,000 teachers supporting a comprehensive curriculum from Pre-K through 12th grade.
Contents
- Map of Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD USA
- Schools
- List of high schools
- List of middle schools
- Partial list of elementary schools
- Public charter schools
- Other schools of note
- Enrollment
- Facts and figures
- Controversy
- References
Map of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD, USA
Schools
AACPS primarily consists of 79 elementary schools (Pre-K or K, through grade 5), 19 middle schools (grades 6-8), and 12 high schools (grades 9-12). AACPS maintains two centers of applied technology, 2 charter schools, 3 special education centers, 1 alternative high school, 1 middle school learning center, and 1 center for emotionally impaired students known as the Phoenix Center.
List of high schools
List of middle schools
Partial list of elementary schools
AACPS elementary schools serve students from Kindergarten to 5th grade. Some schools also offer a Pre-Kindergarten program for younger students who are "economically disadvantaged or homeless". Among AACPS's elementary schools are:
Public charter schools
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School (CSP) is a magnet school for math and science that was founded in 2003 by the volunteer non-profit Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation (CLF), after the Charter School Law (Bill 75) was put into effect in July 2003, authorizing the establishment of charter schools in the state of Maryland. Admission to CSP is via an application and lottery basis.
The Monarch Academy is another charter school in Anne Arundel County. It is similar to Chesapeake Science Point, but located in Glen Burnie.
Other schools of note
Enrollment
Piney Orchard Elementary School's September enrollments, 2007 – present:
Facts and figures
AACPS schools have garnered recognition for its academic programs including:
AACPS headquarters are in the Parole census-designated place, near Annapolis. The current interim superintendent is Mamie J. Perkins.
Controversy
Anne Arundel County public schools made headlines on March 1, 2013 when school officials suspended 7-year-old Josh Welch for chewing a Pop-Tart pastry into a shape that they thought resembled a gun. The Welch family, represented by attorney Robin Ficker, subsequently appealed to the district to have the suspension removed from Josh's record, but the appeal was denied. The Welch family has announced their intention to appeal the decision to the county school board.