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Nearly 1,000 students from the Greater Elkridge area will be sent to the county's 13th high school when it opens in the fall of 2023 in Jessup.

Nearly 1,000 students from the Greater Elkridge area will be sent to the county's 13th high school when it opens in the fall of 2023 in Jessup.

Several parents argued Wednesday that the plan failed to adhere to HCPSS policy that states redistricting should promote a sense of community in both the geographic place and promotion of students.

Based on the final number of mail-in and provisional ballots counted through Friday, Howard County Council and school board candidates are set for the general election in November.

After most of Howard County’s mail-in ballots were counted Thursday night, Dan Newberger, Jacky McCoy, Linfeng Chen and Tudy Adler were the top four vote-getters in the race to fill two at-large school board seats.

Based on the results from early voting, Jacky McCoy of Columbia is in the lead in the race for two seats on the Howard County Board of Education with 3,741 votes (20.86%), followed by Dan Newberger of Columbia with 3,678 votes (20.51%).

Two of the seven Howard County Board of Education seats are on the ballot this year, and eight candidates have filed to run.

Parents and other community members gathered Monday at the last of three public workshops to discuss the redistricting process for Howard County public schools in anticipation of a new high school opening next year in Jessup.