Sep 27, 2022 Board of Education Work Session

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. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CHAIRWOMAN JULIE-ANNE. I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

[B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/SILENT MEDITATION (6:30 p.m.)]

[C. AGENDA (6:35 p.m.)]

TONIGHT'S AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, THERE IS ONE CHANGE FROM ONE BOARD MEMBER. >> THANK YOU MR. AND MRS MISS COSBY. YES, MISS COSBY. I MOVE TO ADD AGENDA ITEM F NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION TRANSFER TO FUND ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE

COMPENSATION ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE RETAINED AND RELABELED. >> THANK YOU MRS. CAWSEY. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND STOLARSKI. THANK YOU MR. LAWSKY IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION

HEARING? >> NONE MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. MISS ROW .MISS CAWSEY. YES, MR. LESKIE

.YES. MISS JONES. MR. MCMILLIAN. YES. MISS SONG. >> YES, MR. ACKERMAN. A MASCOTTE

STAIN. >> DR. HEGER. YES, MR. KYUN. >> YES. MISS HIM? YES. MAY HAVE A VOTE COUNT PLEASE FAVOR A SEVEN. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES THE REVISED AGENDA IS APPROVED AND THE AGENDA STANDS. YES. THANK EARLIER THIS EVENING THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS TO ONE DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT PROMOTION DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM IT HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. SEVEN CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE AND NINE COLLECT CONDUCT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS OR CONSIDER MATTERS THAT RELATE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE MINUTES OF THE CLOSED SESSION AND INFORMATION SUMMARY CAN BE FOUND ON BOARD DOCK'S UNDER THIS BOARD MEETING AGENDA DATE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[D. NEW BUSINESS - PERSONNEL MATTERS (Ms. Anderson) (6:45 - 6:50 p.m.)]

RETIREMENT RESIGNATIONS AND CERTIFICATED APPOINTMENTS. >> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBITS D 133 SEVEN SECONDS

THE LASKI ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE MARKAZI .>> YES MR. LASKI. YES

MISCHIEFS MR. MCMILLION YES. >> MRS. YES. MR. OFFERMAN. YES MISS SCOTT. YES. DR. HAGER. YES

MR. KIM. >> YES YES. THANK THE MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[E. NEW BUSINESS - ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS (Dr. Williams) (6:50 - 7:00 p.m.)]

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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT E ONE

SO MOVES DELASKI DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND HERE? >> ANY DISCUSSION MAY I HAVE A ROLL

CALL VOTE PLEASE. >> MISS KARZAI. YES MR. LASKI. YES MR. MCMILLION. YES MR. IS YES MR.

OFMAN YES. MASCOTTE YES. DR. HAGER YES. MR. KYUN YES. >> MISS HIM. YES THANK YOU. >> THE MOTION CARRIES DR. WILLIAMS SURE. YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT IS JOELL BILSKI AS THE MANAGER OF THE OFFICE OF STAFF RELATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT PERFORMS MANAGEMENT. SHE IS

ATTENDING TONIGHT WITH HER HUSBAND RANDALL BILSKI. >> PLEASE STAND. WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE HE BRINGS TWENTY EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE TO BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY SHE SERVED AS THE SUPERVISOR IN THE PEER ASSISTANCE REVIEW AND THE OFFICE OF PEER ASSISTANCE REVIEW. SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL POSITIONS SHE SERVED AS A HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER. SHE ALSO SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ALL COURT MIDDLE SPARROWS POINT MIDDLE AS WELL AS SPECIAL ED TEACHER AT SIMMONS RUN MIDDLE AND DUNDALK MIDDLE.

CONGRATULATIONS JOEL S. BILSKI AS OUR NEW MANAGER. >> NEXT WE HAVE JAMES L. GORDON WHO IS ATTENDING TONIGHT AS THE STUDENT CONDUCT HEARING OFFICER THE OFFICE OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES AND RESPONSIVE STUDENT PROGRAMING. CURRENTLY HE SERVES AND SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL AT CONECUH COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND CONETTA COUNTY SCHOOLS. HE BRINGS OVER ELEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE AS A PRINCIPAL SIX YEARS AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TEACHER FOR SIX YEARS AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND SPECIAL ED TEACHER. HE ACTUALLY SERVED ONE YEAR IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL. SO WELCOME BACK TO BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL

.>> AND NEXT WE HAVE WATCHING VIRTUALLY IS ERIKA A HAMLET AS THE COORDINATOR, THE OFFICE OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES AND RESPONSIVE STUDENT PROGRAMING. SHE BRINGS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. SHE CURRENTLY HAS SERVED AS A PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER IN THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE PERSONNEL SERVICES AND RESPONSIVE STUDENT PROGRAMING. PRIOR TO THAT SHE SERVED AS A TEACHER GUIDANCE AND DUMBARTON SCHOOL WEINERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND FEATHERBED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL .SHE ALSO HAS HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. CONGRATULATIONS ERIKA A HAMLETT. THANK YOU. THANK DR. WILLIAMS AND CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON BOARD POLICIES AND OH

[F. ADDED: NEW BUSINESS - SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION (Ms. Charley-Greene and Mr. Hartlove)]

CALL ON MISS CHARLIE GREEN AND MR GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING.

BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MCMILLION DR. WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH MR. CHRIS HEART. LOVE TO SUBMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL A BUDGET ALLOCATION TRANSFER AS WAS NOTED EARLIER THIS IS TO FUND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGES WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY

EXECUTIVE COUNTY COUNCIL AND BOARD LEADERSHIP. >> AT THIS TIME I TURN IT OVER TO MR.

HARTLEY. >> YES. AND THE THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BASICALLY FUNDS THE SECOND THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR FOR THE THREE PERCENT COLA AND THE ADDITIONAL AND THE ADDITIONAL STEP THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE OF THE TRANSFER OR THE APPROPRIATION IS THIRTY THREE POINT FOUR DOLLARS MILLION SPREAD OVER THE

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CATEGORIES THAT WERE THOSE SALARIES ARE BEING PAID. >> THANK YOU FOR MEMBERS. ARE

THERE ANY QUESTIONS HEARING? >> NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION TRANSFER AS PRESENTED SOME MOVE STILL THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION AND STILL ASK MR. HOFFMAN THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION THEN MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE

PLEASE? MISS CAWSEY. >> YES, MR. LASKI. YES, MISS JOCE. >> MR. MCMILLIAN. YES, MR. OFFERMAN. YES, MISS SCOTT. YES .DR. HAGER. YES. MR. KOON. YES .MISS HIM? YES. THANK THE

MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU BOTH. >> THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THE REPORT

[G. NEW BUSINESS - BOARD POLICIES (First Reading) (Ms. Rowe) (7:00 - 7:15 p.m.)]

HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE 01 SO MOVED ON. >> THANK YOU MRS. ON NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MISS CAWSEY. YES MR. LASKI. YES MR. MCMILLION. YES MR. SON. YES MR. OFFERMAN. YES MISS SCOTT. YES DR. HAGER. YES .MR. KYUN. YES. MISS HIM? YES .THANK THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THE BOARD

[H. PUBLIC COMMENT (7:15 - 8:00 p.m.)]

TABQA. >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIR MCMILLION DR. WILLIAMS AND

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THE PROFESSION BUT ALSO IN BEEKEEPER'S. >> OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK

YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALYSSA ALONZO WITH THE CENTRAL AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY

COUNCIL. >> WELCOME. GOOD EVENING CHAIRWOMAN AND VICE CHAIR MCMILLION AND BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING ABLE TO COME HERE IN PERSON. I LEFT MY TODDLER CRYING AND SCREAMING NOT WANTING ME TO LEAVE BUT I WANTED TO COME IN PERSON TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M THE NEW CHAIR OF THE CENTRAL ADVISORY CENTRAL AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. OUR COUNCIL IS MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE A LOT ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WHO ARE PART OF THE CPS COMMUNITY. I MYSELF AM A MOM TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ONE WHO WILL BE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A FEW YEARS. I'M ALSO LUCKILY YOU ABLE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR PTA AND VOLUNTEER FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR SCHOOLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT AS THAT THE CIA PLAYS TWO MAIN ROLES FIRST AS AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ADVISORY COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO AS A LIAISON TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FULFILL THESE TWO ROLES. I THINK THAT THE TWO ROLES CANNOT BE SEPARATED. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS YEAR IS LEARN MORE AND REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY MORE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND I PLAN TO AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOPICS THIS YEAR LINED UP BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING KIDS NUTRITION, IEPS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE TOPICS AND I HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS IN OUR MEETINGS. I'M HOPEFUL THAT

I CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. NEXT IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS YASSEEN SHAK. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE AND UH ,THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE WHERE THE MOSQUE LOCATED IN WINDSOR MILL NO SECURITY SQUARE MALL AND WE SERVE AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE COMMUNITY MADE OF MANY CULTURES AND LANGUAGES. I AM THE CURRENT IMAM AND ONE OF MY ROLES IS OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AND AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS WE PRIORITIZED BUILDING AND FOSTERING KEY RELATIONSHIPS IN

THE COMMUNITY. >> OUR PRIMARY CONCERN AS EDUCATORS, PARENTS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS IS SUCCESSFUL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHILDREN AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. SO IN THE RECENT YEAR I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN

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WELL, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND GIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND I THANK CARE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TIMOTHY GETS GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MY NAME IS TIM GATTI. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL I'D COMMEND OUR BCBS STAFF HANDLED THE SITUATION AT PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORRISOME FOR EVERYBODY. THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT EVENT WAS GOOD AS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND THE FOLLOW UP THAT OCCURRED LATER ON IN THE DAY WAS ALSO APPRECIATE IT A LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. I KNOW SOME SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO ME PERSONALLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE MY KIDS ATTENDED SCHOOL THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE IN SOME SORT OF RISK OR WHATEVER. BUT WHEN I TALK TO SOME OTHER PARENTS THAT ARE SORT OF ARE TEACHERS THAT THEIR FOOT ON THE GROUND, IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS LIKE POLICE SHUTTING DOWN ROADS OR WHATEVER. SO JUST ASK FOR A JUST BE HONEST THAT'S ALL PEOPLE CAN ACCEPT THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT ENDS WITH THESE STATEMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STAFF AND STAFF TO RESPOND .I MEAN TO MY KNOWLEDGE I DON'T THINK STAFF HAS EVER RESPONDED TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC

COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. >> JUST BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK THERE AS FAR AS THE THE RESTRICTION THESE MEETINGS THAT SORT OF DONE THE WHY IT EXISTS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD JUST BE WIDE OPEN. JOE BIDEN'S DECLARED A PANDEMIC IS OVER SO I THINK WE SHOULD ADOPT THAT STRATEGY. AS YOU KNOW, MATH AND READING AND OTHER PROFICIENCIES AMONG THE STUDENTS IS RATHER POOR, IS NOT HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THERE'S A NATIONAL STUDY THAT CAME OUT THAT HAD DROPPED LIKE FIVE POINTS OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT MATH BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD, SOMETHING THAT COULD LIKE LEVERAGE OR IMPROVE THEIR CURRICULUM OR THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. YOU CONDUCT LIKE A ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO WASTE

OR FRAUD. >> WHY CAN'T THAT BE APPLIED TO THE CURRICULUM LOOKING AT STUFF WHERE WE'RE FAILING START FROM THE GROUND UP AND SAY IS THIS REALLY WORKING? LASTLY, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE TEACHERS UNION BUDGETARY ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BUT WHAT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED IS THE DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL. I KNOW THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT PUSH OR DIRECTION TO SAY WELL THAT'S THE ADMIN SCHOOL'S PROBLEM AND THEY NEED TO HANDLE IT BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE. SO WE'VE CALLED UPON THIS BEFORE CALL UPON AGAIN SUSPEND EQUITY COMMITTEE ,TURN IT INTO A SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE AND SHOW THAT THIS

BOARD MEANS THAT THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEANNE MILSTEIN. GOOD EVENING. NEEDS ADVANCED PREPARATION FOR CHANGE IN ROUTINE TEACHERS AND STAFF PROBABLY KNOW THIS PHRASE WELL

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MANY OF THE TEACHERS I WORK WITH ARE NEW EITHER TO THE BUILDING OR TO CPS ENTIRELY AND WITH THIS RUSH ON BOARD NEW HIRES THERE ARE BOTTLENECKS AND PROCESSES THAT ALLOW TEACHERS SUPPORT STAFF TO TRANSITION SEAMLESSLY INTO THEIR NEW POSITIONS. IMAGINE BEING A NEW TEACHER BEING ON BOARDED, FINGERPRINTED AND READY TO WORK BUT NOT HAVING LOGIN CREDENTIALS OR ABCP COMPUTER. IMAGINE ONLY GETTING THOSE VITAL CREDENTIALS HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR FIRST WEEK WITH STUDENTS WITH NO ABILITY TO FAMILIAR SIGHT RIGHT IS YOURSELF WITH A NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND UNFAMILIAR INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS .I WORK WITH THOSE TEACHERS. I SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS TO THE BEST OF MY LIMITED ABILITY AND I HAVE TO ASK HOW ARE WE ENSURING OUR NEWLY HIRED EDUCATORS ARE ABLE TO BE THEIR BEST SELVES IF THEY START OFF BEHIND THE CURVE? IMAGINE BEING A PARA EDUCATOR WHO HAS BEEN HIRED TO WORK FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT IS UNABLE TO SET FOOT IN THAT BUILDING BECAUSE THEIR BACKGROUND CHECK HAS NOT GONE THROUGH YET OR BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEIR PHYSICAL. MY FIRST SCHEDULE CHANGE OF THE YEAR OCCURRED DUE TO SUCH AN ISSUE AND I HAVE TO ASK HOW LONG OF A WAIT IS ACCEPTABLE? WHEN DOES A NEW HIRE JUST GIVE UP AND FIND A POSITION SOMEWHERE ELSE? IMAGINE BEING AN EMPLOYEE WHO CHANGED POSITIONS, GOT MARRIED ,GOT DIVORCED OR GAINED AN ADVANCED DEGREE WHO NEEDS TO DOCUMENT CHANGE IN STATUS SO THAT BENEFIT AND PAY ARE ACCURATE. IMAGINE HAVING TO SEND MULTIPLE EMAILS OR HAVING TO CALL MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET A RESPONSE OR A CONFIRMATION OF STATUS CHANGE. ALL OF THIS MAKES US FEEL OFF KILTER. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME BOTTLENECKS ARE NOT WITHIN BOXES PER VIEW. FINGERPRINTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS TAKE AS LONG AS THEY TAKE AS LONG AS THEY'RE FILED. BUT OTHER BOTTLENECKS ARE FORESEEABLE AND AS EDUCATORS NEED MORE IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR DUTIES WITH FIDELITY, SO DO CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IF THERE IS A LARGE INFLUX OF NEW HIRES THERE IS A LOT THAT NEEDS TO GO ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN ORDER TO UNWIND EVERYONE SUCCESSFULLY. IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE OFFICES ARE OVERWHELMED. CAN THEY PLEASE GET THE SUPPORT

THAT THEY NEED THE ENTIRETY OF BKS CAN BE ITS BEST SELF. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS MOHAMED JAMIL MOHAMED JAMIL . >> GOOD EVENING .GOOD EVENING. PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST TO OBSERVE THE WORKINGS OF THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE. THE FIRST OBSERVATION WAS THAT IT WAS A NIGHTMARE OF JUGGLING AND CONSIDERING MANY, MANY FACTORS AND LIMITATION TO ARRIVE AT THE 180 DAYS YEARS OR 1000 OUR SCHOOL DAYS. IT WAS A HERCULEAN TASK AND WORSE IF ANY CHANGE WERE TO BE MADE IN ITS IN ITS SUCCESSOR YEARS. THEREFORE WE REALIZED THAT THE RESISTANCE TO MAKE ANY CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE CLOSINGS OF THE SCHOOLS ON THE MUSLIM HOLIDAYS WAS A DILEMMA FOR THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE MAINTAINING A STATUS QUO APPEARED WITH A GOAL TO PREPARE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THE TWO HOLIDAYS FOR ANOTHER MINORITY ALREADY FITTED IN AUTOMATICALLY EVERY YEAR. IN OUR VIEW THE CONTINUAL DELIGHT DENIAL OF OUR REQUEST FOR SUCH INCLUSION WAS BASED ON SUBTLE BIAS AGAINST MUSLIMS PERIOD 9/11 RAISED IT TO THE LEVEL OF A CONSCIENTIOUS OUR SUBCONSCIOUS BIAS THE FIRST LOUD AND CLEAR DECISION AGAINST

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IT WILL MAKE THE EXERCISE TO ESTABLISH THE CALENDAR EASIER WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE AGREED UPON CLOSING THE SCHOOL ON HOLIDAYS OF BOTH MINORITIES AND NOT MAKE IT APPEAR TO BE A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE AGAINST MUSLIMS. THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED AND POLARIZED BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION OR BELIEVING IN ALTERNATIVE FACTS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDUCATORS AND THE LEADERS TO EDUCATE AND UNITE THE MASSES BY THEIR ACTIONS AND NON DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES. I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON EQUALITY AND JUSTICE AS IT DID A FEW YEARS AGO AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHERS FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR

NEXT SPEAKER IS LLOYD ALLEN. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MCMILLION SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM LOYAL AND HIM SPECIAL EDUCATOR IN MATHEMATICS SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 27 TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND THIS MESSAGE EXPIRES IN THIRTY FOUR DAYS. TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS BECAME A THING IN NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT. THIS HELPED ME CHOOSE TO BECOME A TEACHER WHEN I STARTED TEACHING IN NINETY NINE I HAD FRESH BRAND NEW FEDERAL EDUCATION LOANS THAT I TOOK OUT TO HELP TAKE CARE OF MY MASTERS AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GO BUCKS SO THAT I WOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT I WAS DOING, WHAT I CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM. I WAS STOKED UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF A SCHOOL WHERE I TAUGHT I CONTINUED TO PLUG AWAY MAKING A PAYMENT EACH MONTH AND CHECKING THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS EACH SUMMER. THEN ONE DAY MY SCHOOL MAGICALLY APPEARED ON THE LIST. MY PRINCIPAL CERTIFIED THAT I HAD TAUGHT AT THAT SCHOOL FOR THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF YEARS AND EVENTUALLY THE PAPERWORK BUILDS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION I RECEIVED A LETTER THAT MY PAYMENTS WERE DONE. THE LOAN WAS ZEROED TO CALL THAT LIBERATING WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT LIKE A TOOTHACHE .I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THE LOAN PAYMENT HAD BEEN BOTHERING ME UNTIL IT WAS GONE. THESE PROGRAMS EXIST TO SHAPE BEHAVIOR IN SOCIETY. THESE LITTLE PERKS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. HOW DO WE GET MORE EDUCATORS? WE MAKE PROGRAMS THAT LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY MATTER. WE FUND THE PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY ARE STILL IN PLACE AFTER FOLKS HAVE MET ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS WHEN THERE IS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS THEY NO LONGER SHAPE BEHAVIOR. HEY EDUCATORS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS WORKED FOR GOVERNMENT AND OR NONPROFIT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS AND WHO HAS ANY SORT OF FEDERAL EDUCATION LOAN YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN WAIVER STATUS AND THAT IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO MEET ITS REQUIREMENTS IF YOU APPLY RIGHT NOW ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE TEN YEARS IN THEN IF YOU WAIT FOR THESE WAIVERS ARE BASED ON THE COVID STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO EXPIRE ON HALLOWEEN AT MIDNIGHT. PLEASE DON'T TRUST ME SEARCH FOR YOURSELF YOURSELF AND CHECK PAGES. HAVE A DOT GOV EXTENSION, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND DO IT NOW IF YOU'RE AN NEA MEMBER FOR INSTANCE A TEPCO MEMBER IN SPDC MEMBER THEN CONSIDER SEARCHING FOR NCEA PLF AND THE NCA HAS SOME TOOLS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE SELF IS DISTINCT FROM TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS AND IS DISTINCT FROM THE LOAN FORGIVENESS THAT IS IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. DO RESEARCH QUICKLY BEFORE THE END I LOST MY PLACE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR YOU. PCP'S PLEASE AN INFLUX OF APPLICATIONS PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOUR PERSONNEL WHO THEY SHOULD BE ASKING TO CERTIFY THEIR SERVICE AND ENSURE THAT THOSE STAFF HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO PROCESS THE INCOMING PAPERWORK .ELIMINATING THAT ONE MORE PAYMENT MAY ALLOW SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT STAFF TO SLEEP EVER SO SLIGHTLY MORE

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MAKE THE SAID WHOOSHING SOUND AS IT GOES BY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

JANELLE ALSTON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JANELLE ALSTON AND I AM THE PARENT OF THREE BCS STUDENTS AND ONE VCP GRADUATE. I AM ALSO A FORMER TEACHER. I RESIGNED JUNE TWENTY TWENTY SORRY JUNE 2010 TO WITH APPROXIMATELY NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE OTHER TEACHERS. NOW I WANT TO ADDRESS THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THERE IS NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK IN UNSAFE DISRUPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENT BEHAVIORS NEGATIVELY IMPACT LEARNING AND TEACHING IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS ALL SCHOOLS MUST BE SAFE AND ORDERLY AND THAT MEANS DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING BEHAVIOR POLICIES AND THEN ENFORCING THEM WITH FIDELITY. THERE IS NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WILLING TO WORK UNDER THE CURRENTLY UNSUSTAINABLE UNREALISTIC WORKLOADS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TEACHERS. THE WORKLOADS AND EXPECTATIONS MUST BE REASONABLE AND MANAGEABLE. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN THERE IS NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WHO ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY SOCIAL, EMOTIONALLY AND OR PHYSICALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS.

THERE ARE TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO WORK IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND ORDERLY. TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHERE THE WORKLOAD IS REASONABLE AND MANAGEABLE. TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. TEACHERS ARE WILLING TO WORK WHERE THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS ENFORCE THE BEHAVIOR POLICY. THERE IS NOT A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THERE IS SIMPLY A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WILLING TO WORK IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE NOT HONORED, VALUED AND RESPECTED AS DEGREED CERTIFIED LICENSED PROFESSIONALS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JANET LIOW. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

CHAIRWOMAN HEN VICE CHAIRMAN MILLION SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER AT WHITMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE MRS. FRANCHESKA BROWN IS THE PRINCIPAL. I'M A MEMBER OF RISING SUN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND A PASTOR REVEREND ENGL DALLAS BURNS EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR CHURCH MEMBERS TO SHARE OUR GIFTS AND TALENTS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. MY GIFTS AND TALENTS INCLUDE BEING A CAREER COACH WHO PROVIDES CAREER AWARENESS EXPERIENCES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS .ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NOT TOO EARLY FOR STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO CAREER POSSIBILITIES .THE FOLLOWING STORIES ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE SUPPORTED THE WORK MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAFF'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ENRICHING EXPERIENCE SAYS FOR GRADE THREE THROUGH FIVE STUDENTS IN 2021 WHEN STUDENTS WERE HAVING A MIXTURE OF VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. I COLLABORATED WITH MRS ASIA MARTIN, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND PROVIDED 16 VIRTUAL CAREER MONTH SPEAKERS. MRS. MARTIN PROVIDED TO ME A LIST OF SIX QUESTIONS THE SPEAKER SHOULD ANSWER. THE SPEAKERS RECORDED THEIR RESPONSES ON THEIR CELL PHONES ,FORWARDED THE RECORDING TO ME AND I CONVERTED THE RECORDINGS

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TO DEVELOP WAYS TO INCORPORATE CAREA AWARENESS EXPERIENCE INTO THE CURRICULUM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHFARAM EVENING TO

ALL. >> GOOD EVENING COMMUNICATION SPECIAL THANKS FOR VICE CHAIR MCMILLION FOR HIS COMMUNICATION ON FACEBOOK LISTENING, LISTENING AND TRYING TO HELP TEACHERS WORRY ABOUT THEIR RETIREMENT SPECIAL THANKS ALSO FOR MISS ROSE FOR HER COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC. SO IN 1956 THE U.S. ESTABLISHED TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE LINE WITH EUROPE COMMUNICATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT THEN. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TODAY IN THAT VENUE THE CENTRAL AREA HAD A REASONABLE PRESENTATION ON 21ST ABOUT SEVENTEEN MAYBE EIGHTEEN PEOPLE ATTENDED FIVE OF THEM ONLY WERE BALTIMORE COUNTY RESIDENTS. THE REST ARE THE MEMBERS AND THE SPEAKERS. THAT IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OCCUPY AND TWO EMPLOYEES TIMES TO TALK TO ONLY FIVE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY THERE ARE MORE THAN THIRTY SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL AREA EQUITY BILL OF RIGHTS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY NINE BUT WE STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH EQUITY STILL TODAY. OF COURSE THE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THAT THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM GAVE THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AS OF THESE FOUR TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND ADNAN SAID YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT HIM. HE WAS AN EX STUDENT IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU WONDER HOW MANY ARE OUT NOW AND SAY IT'S THERE ARE OUT THERE. SO THE DISPARITIES AFFECTING BLACKS, LATINOS, MUSLIMS AND MORE ARE THERE IN THE SCHOOL AND HEALTH CARE ETC. AND I THINK IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THAT IT IS NOT JUST A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE. >> IT IS AN ISSUE

FOR MANY OF US LOST. >> I TACTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND WOULD ANSWER MY EMAILS SINCE DECEMBER 15, 20, 21 UNTIL YESTERDAY MOTEL SIX TREATED ME

WELL HAMPTON AND TREATED ME WELL. >> HYATT'S TREATED ME WELL. THANK THANK YOU. OUR NEXT

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SPEAKER IS ERIKA AMAR. WELCOME .>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF BOWIE AND BCBS MY NAME IS ERIC AMAR AND I'M HERE AS A TEACHER AND A PARENT. FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY SAD NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF MY FORMER BOSS MEMBER LISA MACK.

SHE ALWAYS LISTENED TO THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS USED TO AND CARED ABOUT THE STUDENTS FIRST FOREMOST AND ALWAYS I WISH TO THE VERY BEST AS SHE TAKES CARE OF HER HEALTH AND HEADS INTO SURGERY THIS WEEK, LISA TAKING HER HEALTH AS A PRIORITY AS WELL. SHE SHOULD AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR PRIORITIES. OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO TEACH THEM. BUT I'VE NOT BEEN CONVINCED THAT THIS IS TRULY SO. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE PRIORITIZED TELLING EVERYONE HOW WELL STAFFED OUR COUNTY IS. BUT AS A PARENT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE NOT FULLY STAFFED WHEN CLASSES ARE CANCELED. TEACHERS HAVE HIGHER CLASS SIZES THAN EVER AND CLASSES ARE STAFFED WITH INTERNS, LONG TERM SUBS OR CONDITIONAL TEACHERS.

THAT IS NOT FULLY STAFFED. THOSE ARE BAND-AID STAFFS. AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE LONG TERM SUBS AND CONDITIONAL TEACHERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE EXCELLENT AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME GREAT TEACHERS? WE SHOULD PROBABLY START BY PAYING THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH AND THERE ARE STILL SUBS AND CONDITIONAL TEACHERS.

ALL OF THE COUNTIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN PAID OR HAVE ONLY BEEN PAID A FRACTION OF WHAT IS OWED TO THEM. YOU CANNOT YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE JOB FAIRS YOU WANT IN THE WORLD UNTIL EVERYONE WE ARE WELL STAFFED BUT IF YOU DO NOT PRIORITIZE PAYING THEM THEY WILL QUIT AND NO ONE WILL BLAME

THEM. >> WE SHOULD ALSO PRIORITIZE THE RETENTION OF HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND WE ARE WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR THE RAISES AND BONUSES ANNOUNCED TODAY. YOU CONTINUE TO TELL US THAT YOU CANNOT FIND THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE NEGOTIATED SALARY SCALE YET WE HAVE PRIORITIZED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR YEARS 100 MORE THAN EITHER PRINCE GEORGE'S AND MONTGOMERY. BOTH COUNTIES ARE LARGER THAN US. THEY HAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE AND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE RESPECTIVELY. WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO YES THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM TWENTY NINETEEN BUT IT WAS A YEAR AFTER THAT WE WERE NOT GIVEN OUR STEPS SO WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES. TEACHERS WITH EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENT HISTORY LEAVING AND TAKING THE KNOWLEDGE WITH THEM. THIS AFFECTS SENIORS AND SPECIAL EDUCATORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS WHO ASK WHERE THEIR LAST YEAR TEACHERS HAVE GONE BECAUSE THEY MISS THEM. THE NEW TEACHERS ARE CARING WONDERFUL PEOPLE BUT NEED MENTORS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND SOME SCHOOLS HAVE AS MANY AS 20 NEW STAFF AND THERE AREN'T EXPERIENCED TEACHERS TO HELP THEM TO HELP THEM AND A PRIORITY OR LACK THEREOF THAT DRIVES PARENTS CRAZY ON A DAILY BASIS ARE BUSSES A NUMBER OF TIMES A WEEK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL SCHOOL BUSSES ARE STILL LATE AND OUR SOUTHWEST AREA WE HAD A DAY WHERE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH THAT HAD AT LEAST ONE OR TWO BUSSES LATE IN OUR MORE STAFFING SHORTAGE RIGHT.

SO WHY IS IT THAT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR ATHLETIC TEAM AROUND THE BELTWAY TO A GAME ON TIME AT 4:00 P.M. WHY WAS ANOTHER TEAM ABLE TO COME TO OUR AREA FOR A GAME AND WHY WAS THERE A BUS SITTING EMPTY OF STUDENTS WAITING FOR OVER AN HOUR ON THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE GAME TO END? MEANWHILE, NEARLY 100 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE LEFT STRANDED. WE ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT MEANS OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE

OF OUR YOUNGEST AND MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. >> PLEASE HELP US TEACHERS TRULY KEEP OUR

CHILDREN AS A PRIORITY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS QUINN SUNDERMAN CZINGER GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS QUINN SUNDERMAN CZINGER. I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT RIDGLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MY GOAL TODAY IS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADD GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS TO OUR TO THROUGHOUT BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND A GENDER NEUTRAL CHANGE AT MY SCHOOL WE ONLY HAVE ONE BATHROOM THAT IS NOT LIMITED TO A SINGLE GENDER SUCH AS MALE OR FEMALE. NOT MANY PEOPLE IN MY SCHOOL KNOW ABOUT THIS BATHROOM, NOT EVEN PEOPLE WHO NEED IT TO FEEL SAFE OR COMFORTABLE. IT IS LOCATED INSIDE OF OUR NURSE'S OFFICE AND CAN TAKE VALUABLE LEARNING TIME AWAY FROM CLASS TO WALK TO ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL WHEREAS PEOPLE WHO USE THE MALE OR FEMALE BATHROOMS AND SIMPLY JUST WALK OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND THERE'S A BATHROOM THAT THEY USE NEARBY IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM IN MY SCHOOL HOWEVER I HAVE FRIENDS THAT COME UP TO ME AND TOLD ME HOW THEY HAVE TO HOLD THEIR ALL DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED TO USE THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THEY'RE TRANSGENDER OR DON'T IDENTIFY AS MALE OR FEMALE. I PERSONALLY IDENTIFY AS NON BINARY AND USE BOTH BATHROOMS. I WOULD DEFINITELY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN A GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LOCKER ROOMS BECAUSE I PERSONALLY FEEL EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE CHANGING IN THE BOYS LOCKER WHICH I WAS ASSIGNED TO BECAUSE I AM BIOLOGICALLY MALE. I NOTICE THEY'RE STARING AT ME IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND PEOPLE ASK ME SHOULDN'T YOU BE IN THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM? AND I FEEL LIKE IT

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THIS MAKES ME FEEL EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY BODY AND GIVES ME GENDER DYSPHORIA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE NOT FEEL SAFE IN A GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM OR LOCKER ROOM SO I STILL BELIEVE WE SHOULD KEEP THE MALE AND FEMALE BATHROOMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS

THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL AND A GENDER NEUTRAL LOCKER ROOM. >> THANK YOU QUINN MAKES THIS PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOARD POLICY EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED BOARD SELF EVALUATION AND FOR THAT I CALL ON BOSZ FROM I'M SURE YOU ALREADY VOTED I'M SORRY DOCTOR FRIEND ALREADY VOTED ON THE

POLICY. GREG ON THIS AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION ON FIRST READER. >> YES. TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION WHY DO I NEED TO GIVE THE EVENING POLICY EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED CORRECT MA'AM. CORRECT. UM LINE TWENTY FOUR TO TWENTY SIX ANNUALLY AND MAY THE BOARD WILL CONDUCT A SELF ASSESSMENT. MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL BE DOING SELF ASSESSMENT IN CLOSED SESSION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE BUT THAT'S MY SENSE AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC AND I RECOMMEND THAT IN THE SAME SECTION THAT AT LEAST YOU MENTION WHAT THE METRICS OF IT I ALWAYS ASK YOU FOR A FOOTNOTE BECAUSE I READ THE POLICY AND I SEE WORDS AND I WONDER WHAT DO THEY MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND I ATTEND THE BOARD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND IF IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WOULD BE NOT REALLY CLEAR TO MANY OF THE PARENTS OUT THEIR UH IN THAT SAME VENUE ABOUT SELF-ASSESSMENT. I REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER AN INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO IF THE BOARD THE THIRTEEN OF YOU ASSESS YOURSELF WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE WEAKER ITEM CAN SEE THE BOARD WILL REVIEW ITS PROGRESS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND THAT THE POLICY DOES NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, DOESN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT OVERSIGHT. SO WHAT I AM SAYING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THIS POLICY DOES NOT REALLY HAVE THE PUBLIC IN IT. I DON'T SEE IT. UM AND I REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD ASSESS IT AS SUCH SINCE I HAVE FORTY SECONDS THERE IS A BRACKET IN THE BEGINNING OF IT AND THE BRACKET OPENS TO THE LEFT SIDE. THERE IS NO BRACKET TO THE RIGHT SIDE .I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRULY IMPORTANT OR NOT BUT ANYHOW THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK TO THE NEXT ONE. YES PLEASE. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOARD POLICY. EIGHTY FIVE WON THE SUPERINTENDENT

EVALUATION AND YOU ARE ONLY SPEAKER ON THAT POLICY. >> SO DR. WILLIAMS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A GENERAL COMMENT ITEM SIXTEEN IS ABOUT ANIMAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT WHERE THIS CHAIR AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL MEET TO AGREE ABOUT FORMAT EVALUATION. AGAIN, THIS IS A PRIVATE MEETING. THERE IS NO INPUT OF THE PUBLIC IN DEPTH AND BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS THE WORD PUBLIC. I

DON'T SEE REALLY THE PUBLIC IN IT. >> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE AN OPEN PROCESS. THEN IN ANOTHER ONE THE BOARD WILL ITEM NUMBER TWENTY FOUR WILL PROVIDE THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH

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I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AND YOU CAN IMAGINE ABOUT PARENTS WHO ARE NOT AS INVOLVED WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES LINE NUMBER THIRTY ONE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EVALUATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED AND ABOUT EXPECTATIONS AGAIN I'D LIKE TO SEE A FOOTNOTE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS ITEM NUMBER FORTY ONE EVALUATION EITHER ORALLY ETC. I DON'T SEE THE PUBLIC INVOLVED IN THAT SO WE PAY LOTS OF TAXES. EVERYONE INCLUDING ME INCLUDING THE SALARY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE AS THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. I ASK YOU TO MAKE THIS PROCESS AS PUBLIC AS YOU BECAUSE IT IS PUBLIC SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK

[I. NEW BUSINESS - ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Mr. Brousaides, Esq.) (8:00 - 8:05 p.m.)]

CLOSED SESSION. >> THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON HEARING EXAMINERS CASES EACH E 20 TO 40 TWENTY TWO DASH FORTY ONE TWENTY THREE ZERO EIGHT AND SD TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH TWENTY TWO DASH ZERO FIVE AND AUTHORIZE MOSCOW OVER

TO SIGN FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT SO MOVED ON. >> THANK IS THERE A SECOND

SECOND HERE. ANY DISCUSSION. >> I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MISS CAWSEY. >> YES MR. LESKIE. YES MISS JONES. YES MR. MCMILLION YES MR. SON. YES MR. OFMAN YES MISS SCOTT. DR. HAGER. YES. MR.

KYUN. YES. MISS HIM? >> YES. THANK YOU. T■HEMOTION CARRIES. U

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