Howard County

APFO 101 Seminar on July 5th 2017

APFO is one of key issues for us. It has a strong connection to school redistricting. One expertt Brent Loveless will host an APFO 101 seminar. Please attend it.

Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance – covers all public facilities including schools, roads, water, sewer, library, police/fire departments.  

It has been 14 years since APFO was last reviewed.   At that time, school capacity was reduced from 120% down to the current 115%. 

With an amendment, this capacity could be brought down to 110% or lower.  

Prefiled legislation is posted here: 

CB61 https://apps.howardcountymd.go v/olis/LegislationDetail.aspx? LegislationID=2890

CB62 https://apps.howardcountymd.go v/olis/LegislationDetail.aspx? LegislationID=2891

We  are hosting an APFO 101 class at the Miller Library on July 5th at 6:30. 

Community members can learn more about the pending legislation and learn key point to assist in preparing testimony before the County Council.  

​HCPD brand NEW Youth Advisory Council is looking for members!

HCPD’s brand NEW Youth Advisory Council is looking for members!

This new council is designed to provide youth with a safe and engaging environment to interact with local law enforcement. The group will meet monthly with members of the department.
Who can join? Howard County residents in 8th-12th grade.
What are the benefits?

• Earn student service hours

• Advise the Chief of Police on youth concerns

• Be a positive agent of change in your community, school or place of worship

• Attend free educational and social field trips

• Gain and strengthen life skills such as leadership, public speaking and social skills
How do I apply? Complete and return an application form: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Departments/Police/Youth-Programs
Questions? Contact HCPD Youth Liaison PFC W. Harris.

phone: 410-313-0275

email: HCPD-YAC@howardcountymd.gov

2017 Pool Study by CA and County Government (Sharing the lane)

Apparently, I was not aware that CA and County Government did a pool study before. I really appreciated that one CA staff shared the study result with me.

Three primary findings are ( 50-meter pool)

  1. CA or the county government do not have land for 50-meter pool,
  2. The construction cost is around 14-20 million dollars,
  3. The operating cost yearly is around 1 million dollars.

2017 Pool Study by CA and County (sharing the lane)

Findings/Recommendations

Based on the Work Team’s analysis and research, the most common size for indoor pools that are used for competition is the 25-yard pool (Option B). This option would provide a competition level pool that is less costly to construct. Option A (the 50-meter pool) would provide a higher level of competitive pool, more lane capacity, and operate and provide lane configuration options of 50 meters as well as 25 yards.

Capital Investment Sharing

The actual details of an investment agreement would have to be worked out. The starting point would be equal investment by all parties. However, that would need to be modified based on further detailed analysis and also on land acquisition roles.

Facility Operation

The Work Team finds that the most appropriate option would be for one organization to operate the new indoor aquatics facility while the other entity (or entities) would participate in cost-sharing through a grant. Given the County’s more favorable liability terms, the Work Team finds that it may be more advantageous for the County to operate the facility. However, if a facility were built on campus at HCC, another option would be for the college to operate the facility.

Land

No suitable, existing CA or County lands for such a facility were identified by the Work Team. In the future, should HCC funding for an HCC athletic facility become available, the potential for an aquatics facility partnership with HCC for an on-campus location should be more thoroughly investigated.

Timeframe

In the short-term — five to ten years — the County, HCC and CA have committed their limited discretionary dollars to other capital and operating priorities. CA has large planned and programmed capital investments in a number of its facilities, which are older and must be updated to maintain and extend their useful life to serve the Columbia community. These include more than 42 buildings, many of which are over 40 years old. Related to aquatics, CA has made a commitment to renovate its threepool, 11-lane indoor Columbia Swim Center to extend its useful life for another 10 to 15 years. This is 11 CA’s largest indoor aquatics facility. This reinvestment will allow time to explore other options to expand indoor aquatics facilities and continue to explore a future shared aquatics venue with the County. The County has many competing interests for capital dollars for everything from public safety and schools to storm water, transportation and library facilities. Capital projects are already planned and programmed for the next several years. Related to recreational investments, several large projects are underway and must be completed, including Troy Park and Blandair Regional Park. In response to the continued, steady increases in enrollment at HCC, the college has established priorities for academic buildings and other capital investments and these take priority over a new athletic/aquatic facility.

Conclusion

In conclusion, while there is a spirit of cooperation between CA, the County and HCC, the Work Team finds that there are challenges to overcome to a potential partnership approach, including lack of identified capital and operating funding and operational protocols. The Work Team also finds that the earliest possible construction timeline, given the other financial commitments of the organizations, would be 10 years into the future (2027) and perhaps beyond that date. Should a location be identified for the facility and a decision made to move forward with funding obligations, then the Work Team suggests that planning and engineering for the facility begin three years prior to the desired completion of construction. The Work Team recommends that this potential partnership approach for an indoor aquatics facility be revisited again in three to five years to monitor changes and opportunities.

Please refer to my previous post on the 50-meter pool study. https://chaowu.org/2017/05/05/50-meter-pool-is-needed-in-hoco/

 

50-meter pool is needed in HoCo

4 Comments

I do see there is a need for a 50-meter pool in our county or Columbia.

Recently several parents told me there was a need for a 50-meter pool ( indoor). They have to drive their kids for a hour for training. Today,  I received an presentation from Michelle Grey, Columbia Masters Swimmer.

It convinced me that both the county government and CA should work together to build such a facility to meet our residents’ need.

Attached is the presentation. 2017 Need for a new pool v3 It is a very informative presentation.

I am looking forward to your feedback.

My thoughts on CB30 (citizen election fund)

I was interviewed and then wrote to support the 2016 Howard County Election Fund System Amendment and got around 5000 views last year, see https://chaowu.org/2016/10/06/2016-election-two-howard-county-charter-amendments-on-ballot/.  I believe I might help contribute several hundreds to several thousands supporting votes on this bill by my effort. The pass is not a huge margin (52.6%/47.4%, total 7500 out of 144524 total votes, around 5 percent).  That means 3750 votes can flip the election result.

I still believe the election fund system will help create competition for county executive and county council seats.

Furthermore, I believe if we can combine the tax money (70%) with voluntary contribution (30%) for the whole fund, we will get much more broader support.  It will reduce the tension among citizens. For those who actively support this measure, they can also help financially by contributing to the fund. That is one way for CB30 supporters to convince those CB30 opponents who claimed that CB30 supporters just want to spend others’ money.

I wish in the future, any amendment should have a 66% threshold. A simple majority is too easy to be manipulated. For this local county bill, four college girls from (West?) Virginia came to promote this amendment at the Clarksville Middle School during my half day campaign for several BOE board members. That’s a lot of effort thinking about more than 100 polling locations ( I did not know the situations in other polling locations).

We need a more stringent threshold to pass laws, just like 51 votes for supreme court judge is not right. That is not good for the whole country.  However, in this highly partisan period, everything can be justified by each side unfortunately.

First OneHoward Steering Committee meeting summary 2017-04-19

Time: 6:00-8:00PM, April 19th, 2017. There were round 25 people. Both County executive Allan Kittleman and councilman Jon Weinstein showed up,. Three HCPD officers joined.  David Lee, ‎Director of Constituent Services and Community Partnerships chaired the meeting.

1: Foreign Born Individual Policy Update from HCPD

  1. Police chief Gary Gardner: policy review is still under draft, related to immigration issue. police run data through federal NCIC database when stopping somebody. For immigrant, only interested in ppl with criminal warrant. civil deportation is not executed by HCPD. gang members, MS-13, involves many criminal activities, will be reported to ICE.
  2. Gang members related to MS-13 used to hang out around long reach, salvage, Ellicott city. I was surprised to hear that since I thought MS-13 mainly stayed in Montgomery County.
  3. For victim witness service , HCPD works closely with FIRN.
  4. Foreign born individual policy.  The policy will shared with the group probably by the end of the month.
  5. 25K will be allocated for this effort from county government the following year.
  6. hate-bias crime is not in the check box in the report card ,but reported by the victim.
  7. sometime policeman fills in the form at their discrepancy, for example, race.
  8. I discussed a case . A friend told me what happened last night to his African American coworker, who working in Ellicott City, but lived and stopped by the policeman in Silver Spring.  Police searched him extensively, even called backup, but did not find anything. Those police even did not apologize to him and made him very frustrated and angry.
  9. Mr. Gardner told me that police usually give a reason to search your car, if not tell you before, they will tell you the reason for search after. If the person who are searched feel they are badly/unjustly treated, they should file a complain to the policy department.

2: Review county executive executive order 2017-01.

Three community dialogues are going on now: Columbia Association, Howard County library, OneHoward from County Government. check www.onehoward.org for details.

Listening to different opinions and have a conversation are the key.

Two training courses are offered now: 

a) culture proficiency training three days may/2,5/3,5/4,(8:30-3:30, north laural community center)

 b) then facilitator training offered by the county

Contact David Lee if you are interested in it.

3: Reviewed http://www.onehoward.org website

4: Discussed what is our committee’s result after one year?

  1. encourage community members to share your stories at the website
  2. register a dialogue and bring conversation together

HoCo Voting Analysis Series Prologue

When I find out that we have residents who are between 90-110 years old were still voting, and they voted in the 2016 primary election, not in the 2016 general election,  I try to understand what is behind this voting pattern.

Furthermore, I will use the deep learning technique to predict who will vote in the 2018 election cycle. I will use Google’s TensorFlow framework this time. This is my first try to apply TensorFlow on social events in my spare time.

I will also make some predictions on the 2018 Howard County Executive and County Council elections based on my deep learning approach.

Keep tuned.

 

Please support HCCA’s film fundraising to celebrate Columbia’s 50th birthday

Howard County Citizen Association is producing a film about Columbia at Age 50 — A Bridge to the Future.   

Help us share the story to try and ensure the future of not only Columbia but ALL of  Howard County is successful for the next 50 years. We are asking for donations in support of this film to be shown 7 July at the Smith Center.  Go to https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/columbia-at-50-a-bridge-to-the-future#/ for details and to see a sneak preview.  You can also send donations by mail, at HCCA, Inc., P.O. Box 89, Ellicott City, MD. 21041. If you write a check please note on the memo line that it is for the “Columbia Doc.”  Here is the a link https://vimeo.com/190951307 which is a 27 minute film that Richard Krantz produced to celebrate the 20th Columbia Anniversary in 1987.  

 I have been extremely impressed with the coordinating and making of this film by Mr. Krantz and I especially want to thank our HCCA Board of Directors Committee; Brian England, JD Smith, Jervis Dorton, and Paul Verchinski for their dedication and passion they continuously display over the years.  

  Save the Date – Wednesday, May 17, 2017. HCCA Annual Meeting (Celebrating Our 57th Year!) at the Hawthorn Center, 6175 Sunny Spring, Columbia, MD 21044 at 7PM with refreshments at 6:30. Our Guest Speaker will be County Executive Allan Kittleman. Click here to reserve your tickets. We can only allow 100 to attend due to fire code requirements.

 Sincerely,

 Stu Kohn

President, HCCA

How to Engage with Development (The Villager 2017-03)

How to Engage with Development Around our Community

This article is published on the River Hill “The Villager”, March 2017 issue.

By Chao Wu

On February 1, I was invited by Mr. Craig George to attend a cub scout meeting to share with five scouts my experiences on the Columbia Association Board, River Hill Board and other volunteer positions. We discussed how our community is changing and I shared with them the need for residents to engage in the development process to affect change. The cub scouts were very interested in making our community greener, pedestrian friendly and safer.

On February 6, the River Hill Community Association’s Board of Directors met with State Highway Administration staff to have a conversation about the process for making improvements along MD 32 and MD 108 to benefit the community and how residents can weigh in during the development process. We had more than 30 members of the community in attendance that night.

Last year, the Board of Directors invited staff from Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ) and they provided an overview of the development approval process. There are numerous opportunities for the community to have input on development projects. Below I have outlined the subdivision and land development review process they shared. We should all realize that most comments and community inputs are taken before Step 5.

Subdivision and Land Development Review Process in Howard County

Step 1: Pre-submission community meeting. Property owner must hold meeting prior to submission of plans to DPZ)for sketch (S), preliminary equivalent sketch (SP), minor final plan and site development plans (SDP).

Step 1A: Design Advisory Panel (DAP). DAP meeting required for Rt. 1 and Rt. 40 projects, Downtown Columbia, New Town Village Centers, MD 108 in Clarksville, sketch, preliminary equivalent sketch, and site development plans. Members of the community may submit written input.

Step 2: Submission to DPZ: S, P, SPF, SDP, Environmental Concept Plan (ECP).

Step 3: Review of plans by Subdivision Review Committee (SRC) and assessment of Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO). SRC meeting or review will be held 3 to 4 weeks after initial application date. If required for revision, 45 days resubmittal deadline, return to Step 2. Members of the community may provide input to the SRC via letter, email, or phone.

Step 4: DPZ determines whether plan is technically complete. May require revised plan submission to specific SRC agencies.

Step 4A. Planning Board. A hearing or meeting is required for projects in some zoning districts, including the New Town zone (Columbia development and re-development projects). Members of the community may provide input via letter, email, or in person.

Step 5: Option A (if applicable): originals are submitted for ECP,S, SP or P for signature, then review process complete for ECP, S, P, and SP stages, proceed for SDP and F stages. Then the process is complete.

Step 5: Option B (if applicable); Final plan or SDP plan.

Step 6: Original final construction drawings submitted to DPZ for signature. Roads, storm water management, water and sewer, landscape, forest conservation (60 day deadline).

Step 7: Payment of surety by land owner. Executes developer’s agreement and payment of fees (120 day deadline for final plan, 180 for SDP).

Step 8: Submission of original final plan or SDP for signature (180 days deadline demo technically complete letter).

Step 9: Plat signed and recorded at land records office (DPZ assigns permanent APF housing unit allocations).  Then the review process is complete for SDP and F stages.

As we can see, the community should get involved as early as possible if we have any concerns about development projects around our neighborhood.

Here is a list of topics, shared by Richard Klein of Community & Environmental Defense Services, that we should be concerned about when development is being planned: Clean Water, Traffic Congestion & Safety, School Overcrowding & Safe Streets, Tree & Forest Preservation, Flooding, Buffering & Views, Property Value, Air Quality & Health, Fire & Emergency Medical Services, Park & Recreation Areas, Water Supply, and Historic-Archeological Resources.

Thanks for reading this.

 

Chao Wu, Ph.D.

River Hill Representative to Columbia Council

Columbia Association Board of Directors

Email: chaowu2016@gmail.com  Tel: 240-481-9637  Website: http://chaowu2016.com

Disclaimer: This letter only represents Dr. Chao Wu’s personal opinion. It does not represent River Hill Board of Directors nor Columbia Association’s Board.

River Hill Village Center at night

 

Home Security seminar by HCPD 

1 Comment

This Sunday, Howard County Police Department sent Mr. Eric Kruhm to gave us a seminar at Howard County Chinese School at Howard Community College about recent nice burglars targeted at Asian American families. Now burglars is using high-tech too. They were using google earth to identify Asian American families and compile a list for later break-in.

Here are some tips from the seminar:

  1. Put your valuable in a bank safe, instead at home. Now burglars steal the whole safe at home.
  2. Call 911 when you feel something suspicious. It is better for a false alarm than the home is broken-in.
  3. If you have a long vacation, ask your neighbors help and they can park their car on your driveway. Also ask police to have an area check.
  4. You can ask for online interpreter when call 911.
  5. Hide your valuables. Burglars usually have no time to search around, they just grap anything they see.

House Safety Seminar at Peiying Chinese School today

Thanks very much for Howard County Police Lt Stephanie Wall excellent seminar at Peiying Chinese School today. She talked about recent nine burglaries targetted at Chinese, Korean and Indian families in January 2017. She talked about how we can help to improve our home and neighborhood security. She is a great speaker and has a great smile.

It seems those Colombia Burglary Gangs visit Howard County every two to three years. They search the property home owner names and look for Asian last names and expect gold, jewry, and cash, then sell/transfer to a center in Dallas, then to South American. It is actually an international business ring. 

This batch of those criminals has not been caught yet. They also broken into other neighbor counties as far as Fairfax, Virginia.

Executive Kittleman Seeks Input Into Transportation Funding Priorities

Executive Kittleman Seeks Input Into Transportation Funding Priorities
Howard County Executive Allan H. Kittleman announced the beginning of the public input process as the County prepares to submit its annual Priority Letter to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). The Priority Letter will recommend Howard County’s prioritized transportation projects for MDOT’s FY 2018-2023 Consolidated Transportation Program. The letter is due to MDOT this April, and is a result of review and input by County staff from several departments, elected and appointed officials.

The Howard County Office of Transportation will host a public information and input meeting on Tuesday, February 21 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Columbia/Ellicott City Room of the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Drive in Ellicott City. Howard County’s current Priority Letter for FY17 is available here.

Those unable to attend the meeting who would like to submit comments and input into the FY 2018 letter, should contact Mr. David Cookson, Planning Manager with the Office of Transportation, by email at dcookson@howardcountymd.gov.
or  mail to Howard County Office of Transportation, c/o David Cookson, 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21043 by no later than Tuesday, February 28.
For questions or more information about the FY 2018 Priority Letter, contact David Cookson at 410-313-4312 or dcookson@howardcountymd.gov.

River Hill Board working session with SHA 2017-2-6

Our guests:

  • Cornelius Barmer, PE Assistant Division Chief (Office of Highway Development)
  • John Concannon, Assistant District Engineer (District 7 Traffic)
  • Teri Soos, PE Assistant District Engineer (District 7 Project Development)
  • Kenneth Polcak, Highway Noise Team Leader (Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering)
  • George Miller, Transportation Manager (District 7 Traffic)

Talking points

1) Ken Polcak: Highway noise team leader.

2) Cornelius Barmer, Assistant division chief. Managing capital program. 300 inquiry a year

3) John Concannon, (District 7), traffic study, lighting, etc

4) Teri Soos, Assistant District Engineer, construction inspection, etc

5) George Miller, Transportation manager , Howard County, Carrol County, Fredirick County,

Traffic noise

1: Noise complaint online, 24-48 hours’ response, 4 weeks many be needed

How to prioritize ? Case by case.

2) Noise mitigation program, how funding is decided? A rigorous procedure

3) 66 decibel threshold

4) more noisy project are allowed in Maryland than other states

5) Associated capital budget will be needed to trigger a noise mitigation response

6) 32 north expansion will NOT affect 32 south noise by the state high way.

7) retrofit look at other areas if needed

8) predictive model for noise study, future traffic study. 20 years plan.

9) Double the traffic, will increase 2 decibel.

10) SHA tried to find a way to qualify the noise mitigation program. Increased traffic does not qualify for this program.

11) Pre-dayed noise study in the south of 32 may be possible.

12) SHA is not only factor contributing to the noise. 80-20 between SHA and county on Type II project.

13) around 29, type I noise barrier. Some residents were even not sure why their build the wall.

Traffic through the neighborhood

1) traffic control device, collecting data, 13 continuous hour (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), crashed data ( from police department, 5 years),

Linden Linthicum Lane studied in2015. Not qualifying for a traffic light.  Putting a traffic light may increase accidents (rear-end).

2)  County has done 108 corrida study before. SHA did not consider 108 new commercial constructions (River Hill Garden Center, River Hill xxx).

3) Any comprehensive study on 108 with so many new constructions? 108 design plan is only advisory, no legal effect.

4) County executive send a list of priority of projects for the county to SHA by May each year.  108 project was on the 7,8 of the list.

5) If developer’s development make changes which affect the road, it is both SHA and county’s responsibility.

6) Even SHA say the traffic study is invalid (for example, funeral home along 108 did traffic study during summer. SHA would flag this traffic study), the county can still approve the traffic study.

7) SHA give comments to developer when the developer comes to them. The developer needs to submit the application to the county first.

8) SHA could not say no to a developer in general.

9) Sheppard lane signal. Realign better to garden center. Extra cost will not from SHA. It will be developer only, or developer plus county.

10) SHA stated expansion of 32 may decrease left turn traffic into the Sheppard Lane.  Counter arguments on this point.

11) SHA does not provide continuous lighting along state high way. SHA does provide lighting all traffic signal.

12) Howard County last year asked residents to rate the traffic/road projects. Not sure they will do the same this year. County government is the initializer of road projects proposed to SHA.

 

13) J-Brake on truck ( help to stop the break) is allowed. Modified exhaust in not allowed in Maryland.

 

14) Bike route. SHA is encouraged to have a bike route. Check consistency with the master plan in the area.

 

 

 

Update from Howard County Police Website

1 Comment

Recently, there have been several targeted burglary into Asian American houses.  Then I went to Howard County police department website and noticed burglary happens every day.

FYI.

https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Departments/Police/Police-Newsroom/Crime-Bulletin

Fortunately, there are not so many violent crimes in our county. I read news that three men(store owners and managers) was killed overnight in a Bowie restaurant where I worked very closely. What a tragedy!

HCPSS Student Enrollment Numbers and Trend Over 5 Years

2 Comments

2017 HCPSS Enrollment Trend P1.JPG

2017-hcpss-enrollment-trend-p2

2017-hcpss-enrollment-trend-p3

With an increased number of students, less students buy lunch at regular price and more students buy lunch at a reduced price.

  1. My first impression is that the lunch is not good and students do not like it. This number could not cheat, right?
  2. My second impression is that we have more and more poor families now. How can we ensure those kids get the right education?

I have been hearing from parents who are complaining the lunch quality over years.  However, when I see the awards HCPSS is receiving for their great lunch program, I am not sure what I should say.

fill out your W9 form

W1:What am I offering? What am I pitching, recommending, trying to sell?

W2: What problem does my idea or offering solve?

W3: Why is it worth trying and buying?

W4: Who is my target audience?

W5: Who am I and what are credentials?

W6: Who are my competitors and how am I different from them?

W7: What resistance or objections will people have to this?

W8: What is the purpose of my pitch?

W9:WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW do I want people to take action?

From the book “POP”, by Sam Horn

Baltimore Sun: Made in Clarksville effort for Ellicott City Flood Recovery

Pointers Run Elementary fourth-grader designs animal T-shirts for Ellicott City flood recovery

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/clarksville/ph-ho-cf-student-shirt-fundraiser-0112-20170109-story.html

I was quoted by the reporter Mr. Andrew Michaels:

Chao Wu, Columbia Association board member and father of two, said he was one of Amanda’s first customers to buy lion T-shirts for his family.

“I think it’s amazing for her, as a young lady, to get some friends and classmates and start this from scratch,” Wu said. “It’s great for little kids because they love animals.”

It is so glad that the kids continue working on this project using their talent. I believe they can develop a small business on this and support not only Ellicott City Flood recovery, but also others. It is always good to grow and learn. That are valuable lessons when they grow up.

Learn Chinese, Earn College Credits

2 Comments
Learn Chinese language at Howard County Chinese School, you can earn College Credits (Howard Community College).  Registration starts Jan. 15, 2017.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the English version notice yet. I will add it later when it is available. But if you need information, please leave me a note.
———————————————–
亲爱的哈维家长们，
当我们满怀殷切期望把孩子送到中文学校来读书，孩子的中文求学路就这样开始了。
渐渐你会发现， 孩子们在低年级的时候中文学习的兴趣很大，但随着年龄增长，到了高年级却开始对中文有了抵触情绪。不仅如此，高年级的孩子们还有更多的问题在等着我们来回答： “为什么要学中文？”“ 学了中文有什么用？”……　十年中文求学路，怎样才能为孩子们的中文学习画上一个圆满的句号？怎样才能让他们认识到中文学习的价值不仅仅是对中国文化的传承，而且在今后的大学学习中也能受益？经过几年探索，哈维中文学校 （HCCS）目前已与Howard Community College (HCC) 就中文课程授予大学学分合作项目达成协议。借助这一项目，我们为哈维的学生提供了一个绝好的机会，通过把循序渐进的中文学习和高中阶段时间灵活的特点结合起来，在不额外增加学习负担，只要完成哈维中文学校课程就可以获得大学学分。这样既减轻学生将来在大学的学业重压，节省了时间，同时也减轻家长支付大学学费的经济负担，最终使孩子在步入大学时受益。 协议的主要内容是：
  • HCCS参加这个项目的学生注册HCC中文201/202课程， 缴纳HCC学费，选修HCCS九年级和十年级课程，成绩合格的，即可以得到８个语言类科目大学学分（９，１０年级各４个学分）。
  • HCCS提供授课老师， 负责师资和学生管理。HCC提供学籍管理和学分授予。
  • HCC 社区大学学分可以作为大学本科生的基础必修学分（general requirement），被绝大多数的大学认可。（含Harvard University, Cornel University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, University of Maryland College Park, 等等 ）
  • 参加这一项目的同学，将和其他HCC注册学生一样，有机会使用多种HCC学校设施（图书馆、体育馆等）。
该项目将从今年春季开始实施，课程注册自下周（1/15/2017）开始。 本周日（1/8/17） HCC招生办和HCCS将联合举办seminar介绍中文课程授予大学学分合作项目及报名注册的相关事宜，Seminar的地点是 N220阶梯教室。为方便不同时间段的学生和家长，seminar 安排了两个 时间， 分别为 1-2pm 和 2-3pm。 欢迎大家踊跃參加。