Feb 28, 2023 Board of Education Work Session

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. IT'S GOOD EVENING THIS IS CHAIRWOMAN LICHTER AND NOW CALLED TO ORDER

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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO SCOUT TROOP 1485 WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO A REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR

CITIZENSHIP IN THE MERIT BADGE .>> SO THANK YOU. ALSO TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING HELD IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AND BROADCAST THROUGH THE PEACE B CPS ONLINE LIVE MEETING BROADCAST AND ON BCP STEVIE COMCAST XFINITY CHANNEL 73 AND VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 34 IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT THIS MEETING ALL VOTING ITEMS THIS

EVENING WILL BE DONE BY ROLL CALL VOTE. >> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION

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YOU JUST SAY IT. >> WELL OKAY OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMMITTEE CONTRACT NEW BUSINESS CONTRACT AWARD PLEASE. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADD NEW BUSINESS CONTRACT AWARD TO THE AGENDA AS LETTER H SO MOVED CAN THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND AC. THANK YOU .IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE THIS TIME AND ASK YES MISS PUMPHREY MR. MCMILLIAN YES MISHAN. YES MISS JONES. MISS HARVEY. YES MR. SONN. YES MR. OFFERMAN. DR. SAVOY. YES DR. HAGER. YES MR. KUHN. YES MISS LICHTER. YES. FAVORS TEN IF THE MOTION PASSES THE REVISED AGENDA APPROVED AND

[G. NEW BUSINESS - ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Mr. Brousaides, Esq.) (7:40 - 7:45 p.m.)]

CONSIDER MATTERS THAT RELATE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS THE SUMMARY OF THE CLOSED SESSION AND OPEN SESSION INFORMATION SUMMARY CAN BE FOUND ON BOARDWALK'S UNDER THIS BOARD MEETING AGENDA DATE

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

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PERSONNEL MATTERS. >> FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. MCCALL. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'D LIKE THE BOARD'S CONSENT FOR THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL MATTERS RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, CERTIFICATE APPOINTMENTS, DRIVER TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL MATTERS IS PRESENTED EXHIBITS D ONE THROUGH D THREE SOME SO MOVE TO SIGN THANK YOU DO HAVE A SECOND I CAN TAKE THANK YOU AND A DISCUSSION MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. MR. KAMINSKI. YES. PUMPHREY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISS MISHAN YES. MISS HARVEY YES. MR. SONN

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YES DR. SAVOY. YES DR. HAGER. YES MR. QUINN. >> YES MISS LICHTER. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION

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

AND SENIOR AUDITOR IN THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT. >> DO I HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT ONE SO MOVED SUZANNE THANK YOU. HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THANK YOU. SECOND WAS DR. SAVOY ANY DISCUSSION MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE MR. KAMINSKI. YES, MS.. PUMPHREY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISHAN YES. MS. .HARVEY YES. MRS. SONG DR. SAVOY. YES. DR. HAGER. YES MR. KERN. YES MS. LICHTER. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT IS JOSEPH KOPEC, THE THIRD AS THE PRINCIPAL OF ROSEDALE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE STAND. JOINING HIM IS HIS WIFE CARLY KOPEC JOSEPH YEP. JOSEPH KOPEC THE THIRD BRINGS OVER 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND HIS MOST RECENT POSITION WAS AN ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL AT NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> AND NEXT APPOINTMENT IS RICHARD E BROWN WHO IS WATCHING VIRTUALLY. WELCOME TO BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE BRINGS OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND HIS MOST RECENT WAS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF SAPPI FINANCIAL VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS. HE'S BEING AS THE SENIOR BUSINESS

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS SUPPORT. CONGRATULATIONS. >> NEXT WE HAVE OUR NEW SUPERVISOR OF RELATED SERVICES IN, THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. THAT IS JOHN LECHNER WHO IS WATCHING. HE BRINGS 23 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND HIS MOST RECENT POSITION WAS A TEACHER ELEMENTARY AT MILLBROOK

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS JOHN LECHNER. >> AND OUR LAST APPOINTMENT IS THE SENIOR AUDITOR AND THE INTERNAL AUDIT WE HAVE ACTUALLY .WELCOME TO BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASHLEY SMITH WHO IS WATCHING VIRTUALLY BRINGS OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND HER PREVIOUS POSITION WAS AN AUDITOR AT THE DEFENSE CONTRACTOR AGENCY OPERATES UNDER THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. OUR NEXT ITEM IS

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WE ENCOURAGE TO UTILIZE EXISTING DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES AS APPROPRIATE. I REMIND EVERYONE THAT INAPPROPRIATE PERSONNEL REMARKS OR OTHER BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS OR INTERFERES WITH THE CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING ARE OUT OF ORDER. PERSONS USING LANGUAGE THAT THREATENING OR PROMOTES VIOLENCE AGAINST A CPS EMPLOYEE ARE SUBJECT TO LEGAL

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OUR ADVISORY AND STAKEHOLDER GROUP LEADERS TO SPEAK. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALYSSA ALONZO

FROM CENTRAL APAC. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING CHAIRWOMAN LICHTER. MEMBERS OF THE OF EDUCATION AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW MEMBERS. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AS YOU HARD TO IMPROVE THE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M THE FIRST YEAR CHAIR OF THE CAC. WE'RE A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT TRIES TO SUPPORT BCP THROUGH REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELPING ARRANGE MEETINGS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM EDUCATION AND BCP STAFF AND TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE COMMENTS ON VARIOUS TOPICS. YEAR THE ACS HAVE HELD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND THE BCP BUDGET AMONG OTHER THINGS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE BCBS SCHOOLS THE PTA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE THAT ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN ANY OF OUR MEETINGS. I HOPE THAT ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING HERE TODAY AND HIS WHO IS INTERESTED IN WHAT WE DO WILL REACH OUT TO US TO COME PARTICIPATE IN OUR FUTURE MEETINGS. OUR MEETING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND. THIS IS FOR THE CENTRAL AREA AND WE WILL BE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SCHOOL CAPACITY AND CLASS STUDY AND SIZES. VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL AREA HAVE HAD OVERCAPACITY ISSUES FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND IN PARTICULAR PARENTS AT HAMPTON ELEMENTARY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR CURRENT CURRENT SITUATION THAT IS PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS.

CLASS HAVE APPROACHED 30 STUDENTS AT SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS HAVE NOT UNIFORMLY BEEN MET. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND SEEING MY KIDS HOW MUCH THEY BENEFIT SMALLER CLASS SIZES AND FOR MORE HANDS ON PERSONAL ATTENTION FROM THEIR TEACHERS. I'VE ALSO HAD MY KIDS ATTEND CLASS IN TRAILERS DUE TO OVERCAPACITY AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT LARGE CLASS SIZES BRING SUCH AS WITH STUDENT BEHAVIOR. I TRULY HOPE THAT OUR MARCH MEETING BE WELL ATTENDED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND TEACHERS WITH A BETTER TEACHING ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO SPEAK TODAY. YEAH, THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY SEXTON FROM TIBCO. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR LICHTER VICE CHAIR HARVEY DR. WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF BOARD. HUNDREDS OF EDUCATORS WERE HERE TONIGHT STANDING UP FOR A COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT SHOWS RESPECT RESPECT. OTHER COUNTIES ARE SHOWING THEIR EDUCATORS RESPECT THAT LIKE A RAISE TO HELP MITIGATE THE COSTS OF INFLATION .YES YOU ALL KNOW MY MESSAGE OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS AND ABC'S UNFORTUNATELY STILL ARE NOT DOING THIS WELL. THE SALARY COMPRESSION WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR EDUCATORS CAREER IS ONE WAY TO SHOW THAT RESPECT A TANGIBLE WAY THAT HELP US TO KEEP THE EDUCATORS OUR STUDENTS NEED. AND GOING TO TAKE A NEW ANGLE TONIGHT. SINCE TELLING EVERYONE HOW WE ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS HASN'T DONE IT YET SO .WHEN TWO OF MY OWN CHILDREN WERE IN PERRY HALL HIGH SOME 11 AND 13 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A STUDENT WHO WOWED EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL PLACE WE KNEW SHEREEN WAS GOING PLACES AND SHE DID TO BROADWAY AS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO PLAY ELIZA DOOLITTLE IN MY FAIR LADY .SHARON'S MUSIC TEACHERS KNEW HER TALENT AND PROVIDED OPPORTUNE PARTIES FOR HER AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS IN PLAYS IN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HELPED CULTIVATE THAT LOVE. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING TO HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS THIS MONTH AT CARVER. THE SHOW WAS FAME AND AT PERRY HALL WAS FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. I WENT TO BOTH TO SEE TWO OF MY FORMER STUDENTS STARRING IN THE SHOWS WERE AMAZING. ALL THE ACTORS A GREAT JOB. PERRY HALL AS ALWAYS HAD A LIVE PIT PROVIDING THE MUSIC BUT THE SHOWSTOPPER FOR ME WAS THE STUDENT WHO PLAYED THE

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WE'RE TIRED. WE LOVE THE WORK BUT WE'RE TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR COMPENSATION THAT IS EQUAL TO OTHERS AROUND. WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BE TOP IN THE STATE IN COMPENSATION ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD BE NICE BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK ANYMORE. OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE DOING IT. OUR STUDENTS NEED US. OUR PLEAS FOR APPROPRIATE. WE NEED YOU TO BE LISTENING ADVOCATING FOR OUR STUDENTS AS .WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS BY BEING SURE THEY

HAVE THOSE EDUCATORS THEY. >> LET'S FINISH NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT IS JOE COUGHLIN FROM SPC. GOOD EVENING .GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. I AM JOE COUGHLIN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. I AM COMING TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE 2100 PAIR EDUCATORS TECHNICIANS OFFICE AND HEALTH ASSISTANTS DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATION AND BOTTOM DEDICATED TO EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU'VE HEARD ME AND OUR UNION PRESIDENT JEANNETTE YOUNG SPEAK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS WE WORK TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE EDUCATORS EDUCATION EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. TODAY COME TO YOU ASKING THAT YOU CONTINUE THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY REACHING A WAGE PACKAGE THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR BARGAINING UNIT. DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN, ANNAPOLIS GOVERNOR MOORE HAS PROPOSED A RAISE TO RAISE THE MINIMUM TO $15 AN HOUR THIS YEAR. THIS IS A 13% OVER 13% INCREASE. EVEN IF THAT DOESN'T PASS, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS SET FOR DOLLARS AN HOUR ON JANUARY 1ST AND THAT WILL BE A 6% INCREASE. THIS WILL CUT THE BUYING POWER OF EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT GETTING A LIVING WAGE. I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET AND NEGOTIATION PROCESS. THE AMOUNT OF THE AMOUNT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD LEAVE OVER A THIRD OF THE BARGAINING UNIT OF OUR BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS. THAT 828 B CPS EMPLOYEES WITHOUT ANY WAGE INCREASE. NEXT YEAR OUR MEMBERS OUR MEMBERS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE MAKING LESS MONEY THAN THEY MADE LAST YEAR. THAT'S RIGHT. THE BUYING POWER FOR OUR MEMBERS WILL DECREASE AGAIN THIS YEAR. THIS IS NO WAY TO SHOW THE RESPECT TO THE MIDDLE. THE MOST SENIOR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I KNOW YOU HEARD US OUTSIDE A SHORT WHILE AGO. 300 EDUCATORS CAME TO SHOW THEIR COLLECTIVE CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE PRIORITY OF STAFF IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET. WE THE EMPLOYEES ARE THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE CPS HAS AND OUR VALUE NEEDS TO BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. I CHALLENGE YOU TO DELIVER A MEANINGFUL

COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR ALL SBC UNIT MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU .>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MAY LEE ANDERSON FROM ASMI. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. I'M SO SORRY. GOOD EVENING. JAY LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR. WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME.

MY NAME IS MALIA ANDERSON AND I AM A SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. I'M HERE WITH PERMISSION ON BEHALF OF OUR PRESIDENT BRIAN EPPS. AS I'VE STATED I AM ABOUT IT AND I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK DR. YARBOROUGH AND DR. GRAHAM FOR FIXING MANY OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT HAVE LINGERED AT LEAST THE LAST 12 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN

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WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAMANTHA WERFEL BSP PIXIE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE SOME OF YOU AGAIN AS. MY NAME IS SAMANTHA WARFEL AND I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENT COUNCILS AND A CURRENT SENIOR AT HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL. I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO UPDATE YOU REGARDING SEVERAL CURRENT INITIATIVES OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENT COUNCILS. IN MARCH WE LOOK FORWARD A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE OF ALL THINGS STUDENT ADVOCACY .OUR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COORDINATORS ON OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK PLANNING AN ADVOCACY DAY WITH LOCAL LEGISLATORS AT THE MARYLAND STATE HOUSE DURING WHICH MEMBERS OF THE PCC EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL ADVOCATE FOR SEVERAL YOUTH RELATED BILLS .WE ALSO EAGERLY ANTICIPATE OUR MARCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH WILL HOST VIRTUALLY HOST STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY AS THEY REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOL BASED STUDENT COUNCILS PARTICIPATION IN AN IDEA SHARING SESSION AND WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF SELF-CARE AS A STUDENT LEADER TO LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY TO CAPTIVATE THEIR STUDENT COUNCILS GROUPS BEYOND. FURTHER ,PCC IS PROUD TO BE SENDING STUDENTS REPRESENT OUR REGION AT THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL'S ANNUAL THREE DAY CONVENTION TO PROUDLY REPRESENT OUR REGION ONCE AGAIN NETWORK WITH STUDENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. AT THE END OF MARCH PCC WILL RECOGNIZE THE ELECTION OF THE 43RD STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. WE CONGRATULATE THIS YEAR'S CANDIDATES NICK DIMITRIADIS, NATHAN HARRIS AND KAYLA DRUMMOND BY ALL OF WHOM THE STUDENTS OF BCS WOULD BE VERY WELL REPRESENTED NEXT. LASTLY, PCC IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WHILE WE BE HOSTING A WALK TO HONOR OUR FORMER ADVISOR MRS. NORA MURRAY BENEFIT THE ORGANIZATION FINISH SARCOMA ON APRIL 15TH MS. MURRAY'S BIRTHDAY WE WILL BE HOSTING THE EVENT AT HEREFORD HIGH. THE EVENT WILL FEATURE VARIOUS STUDENT LEADERS AND THE ORGANIZATION'S AND GROUPS THEY REPRESENT TO CELEBRATE MS. MURRAY'S LEGACY ONE THAT UNDOUBTEDLY AND CHERISHED STUDENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE FINNISH SAKUMA ORGANIZATION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF DEDICATION AND STEADFAST ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDENTS OF PCC FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT MAKE OUR INITIATIVES LIKE THIS A POSSIBILITY. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO MY UPDATES TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS GENERAL

PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SHARON SERAPH. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY LAST FEW MEETINGS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ACCOUNTABLE ADI AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IS HOLDING CERTAIN PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE

BECAUSE OF WHAT I AM SEEING IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> I HAVE ATTENDED IEP MEETINGS WHERE PARENTS ARE BULLIED, THREATENED AND IN SOME CASES VERBALLY

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THEY DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH ADVOCATES. >> I HAVE OFFERED MY SERVICES TO MY CLIENTS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOME I MAKE MY PARENTS FEEL ACCOUNTABLE AND EMPOWERED. THEY KNOW THEIR

RIGHTS. >> IF I'M IN THE MEETING THEY HAVE VERY USEFUL INPUT WHEN I'M IN A MEETING BUT IT IS NOT OKAY FOR ANY STAFF MEMBER INCLUDING MYSELF TO BE THREATENING VERBALLY ABUSIVE OR BULLYING AT ANY KIND OF A MEETING. IF I'M THAT WAY YES I SHOULD GET A CONSEQUENCE BUT THE PERSON WHO INSTIGATED THAT RESPONSE SHOULD ALSO GET A CONSEQUENCE THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY. COLLABORATIVE WORKING TOGETHER IS PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY. IF A PARENT ASKS FOR SOMETHING LIKE DATA LIKE FOR SOMEONE FROM CENTRAL OFFICE TO GO IN SEE WHAT I SEE THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SEEING IN THIS COUNTY. I SEE IT IN OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE CLIENTS IN ANN ARUNDEL AND IN HOWARD FOR INSTANCE AND PEOPLE MORE THAN

WILLING TO GO IN WITH ME FROM CENTRAL OFFICE OBSERVATIONS AND HAVE ME AT MEETINGS. >> WE NEED

TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FORD. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. CHAIRWOMAN LICHTER, DR. WILLIAMS AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DEBBIE FORD AND I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE PROFESSIONAL CPS FOR 24 YEARS. I AM LIKE MANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WORK MORE THAN THERE ARE DESIGNATED HOURS INCLUDING ,EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS WITHOUT ASKING FOR COMPENSATION TO ENSURE THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY IN OUR SCHOOL HOUSES ONES WHO CONTINUE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND HANDLING THE INCREASING WORKLOAD THAT HAS BEEN PLACED UPON US SINCE THE PANDEMIC CONTINUE FIERCELY PIVOTING WITH EVER CHANGING ROLES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PUT IN PLACE ALL THE WHILE SHOWING EXTREME MULTITASKING AND HANDLING MULTIPLE PROJECTS. SCHOOL WIDE EVENTS AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES JUST TO NAME A FEW THE ONES WHO ARE THE LOYAL AND FAITHFUL GATEKEEPERS WHO REMAIN UNDER FIRE. WHEN DISGRUNTLED PARENTS CALL OUR SCHOOLS THE ONES WHO DE-ESCALATE STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY BEING ON THE FRONT LINE, FIRST IMPRESSION OF CPS TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT I PARTICIPATED IN THE CPS ASPIRING LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS SEVERAL BE CPS CBBC COHORT . I RECEIVED OUTSTANDING EVALUATIONS FOR MY SUPERVISORS ALL UP BY 24 YEARS AND I RECEIVED CITATIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND TWICE HAVE BEEN AWARDED OFFICE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS FROM DIFFERENT. NOW I TOLD YOU ALL OF THAT TO TELL YOU THIS IN 2013 I REACHED THE TOP OF MY PAY AND STEPS FOR MY JOB CLASSIFICATION AS ADMIN SECRETARY. THIS MEANS THAT OTHER THAN A COST OF LIVING INCREASE WHICH OTHER BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WOULD RECEIVE AND THE RETENTION BONUSES POST-PANDEMIC I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A STEP INCREASE OR RAISE SINCE 2013. REACHING OUT TO OUR H.R. AND CERTIFICATION OFFICES I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NOT RECEIVE A STEP INCREASE OR A PAY RAISE AT ANY TIME IF I REMAINED IN MY CURRENT POSITION .SO OTHER THAN LEAVING MY JOB AND WHAT I DO. WHAT INCENTIVE

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TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES MYSELF? YOU ?>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN CAMPBELL. >> ROBIN CAMPBELL THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING A 2020 BOUNDARY STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE OHIO BASED CONTRACTOR CROPPER GAS WHICH BROUGHT 300 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS INSTEAD THE PROMISED 100 HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NOW OPERATING AT 121% OF CAPACITY. MANY PARENTS WERE RELIEVED BY ASSURANCES THAT PCP WAS STUDYING THIS PROBLEM AND WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESOLVE IT. YESTERDAY HOWEVER, WE LEARNED THAT THE CPS OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING TO PLACE FOUR TRAILERS AT THE SCHOOL. IF THIS IS THEIR SOLUTION IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I URGE YOU AS CPS IS SUPERVISING TO AUTHORIZE AN EMERGENCY BOUNDARY STUDY THAT PERMANENTLY RESOLVES THIS OVERCROWDING. PRIOR TO THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR PERHAPS BY CONVERTING CROMWELL VALLEY INTO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL IT IS MY LARGER HOPE THAT AS A NEWLY CONSTITUTED BOARD OF EDUCATION FACING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RECRUITING A NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOLLOWING, A DECADE OF DECLINING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND DEMORALIZATION ,TEACHERS AND STAFF YOU WILL SEEK A NEW SUPERINTENDENT WHO WILL PRIORITIZE TWO SYSTEMIC CHANGES THAT COULD HELP TO REVERSE THIS DISPIRITING TRENDS .ONE ELIMINATE SCHOOL OVERCROWDING COUNTY WIDE WITHOUT RESORTING TO BOUNDARY CHANGES AND TO MORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SYSTEM'S NINE AREAS. EDUCATION FASHIONS COME AND GO. BUT WHAT DOES CHANGE IS THAT LEARNING HAPPENS WHEN TEACHERS TEACH OVERCROWD CLASSROOMS TOO RIGID CURRICULA AND BURDENSOME POLICIES UNDERMINE THIS ESSENTIAL FORMULA. THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT BE AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR LIMITS ON THE PACE OF RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT ALLOWS CONTRACTORS TO BUILD AND PROFIT WITHOUT CONTRIBUTING TO THE COUNTY'S EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. IN 2020 AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE FOUND THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY HAS SOME OF THE STATE'S LEAST EFFECTIVE RULES FOR MANAGING THE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT. YET COUNTY OFFICIALS FAILED TO ACT ON THE AP EFFORTS FORCE'S REASONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF NEW HOMEBUILDING. SIMILARLY, BALTIMORE RESPONSE TO STATE LEGISLATION ALLOWING IT TO PLACE FEES ON DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE COST OF ADDING CLASSROOMS IS RIDDLED WITH EXEMPTIONS LOOPHOLES. AS I SPEAK A DEVELOPER HOPING TO BUILD 400 HOUSING UNITS IN LUTHER VILLE IS NOT ONLY CLAIMING THAT CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN THE PROJECT BUT BY CALLING IT A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT HE IS HOPING TO AVOID PAYING ANY FEES THAT WOULD HELP ADD CLASSROOMS THAT WILL BE NEEDED WHEN FLESH AND BLOOD CHILDREN OCCUPYING UNITS START REGISTERING FOR CLASS A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. INSTEAD, PCP S WILL RESORT TO CONDUCTING MORE BOUNDARY STUDIES WHICH ARE BOTH PROFOUNDLY DISRUPTIVE TO STUDENTS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND ALSO WILDLY INACCURATE BECAUSE SCHOOL OFFICIALS MAKE CHANGES BASED ON OLD NUMBERS OF PROJECTIONS THAT ANTICIPATE POPULATION GROWTH. AM A VOLUNTEER ON THE CENTRAL NORTHEAST BOUNDARY STUDY. THERE WE GO. THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID .THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT

SPEAKER IS PETER BAUM. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. >> HI. HELLO. I AM PETER BAUM. I AM AN EASEL TEACHER AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL AND I MUST SAY BEFORE I BEGIN THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. WE HAVE AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE TEAM PEOPLE WHERE EVERYONE SPEAKS AT LEAST TWO

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CAN IN GOOD FAITH RECOMMEND THIS PROFESSION TO OTHERS THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANTEL. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SHANTEL BREEN AND I AM EFFECTIVE TEACHER WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY NOW IN MY 22ND YEAR. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM FAMILIES TEACHERS RECENTLY CONCERNING THE FATE OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO OUR CONCERNS. I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COLLEAGUES. LAST SCHOOL YEAR I JOINED THE VLP BECAUSE OVER COVID I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AS A TEACHER AND MY STUDENTS. I GREW PROFESSIONALLY AND FOUND NEW JOY IN MY CAREER EVEN THROUGH.

I SAW STUDENTS BLOSSOM IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE SAME WAY.

WE ALL TOOK A LEAP OF OF FAITH AND HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD AND SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM NOW IN OUR SECOND YEAR WITH THE VLP. WE ARE CONSTANTLY AMAZED AT THE PROGRESS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING. WE HAVE DEVELOPED CLASS COMMUNITIES AND FRIENDSHIPS. WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TUTORING PROGRAM, A YEARBOOK, A NEWSPAPER TALENT SHOWS CLUBS AND BUNCHES. I TEACH SEVENTH GRADE MATH. I LOG EVERY DAY TO FIND ALL OF MY STUDENTS THERE FOR HOMEROOM AT 745 IN THE MORNING. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CLASS MEETING AND ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR LESSON.

THERE ARE SO MANY DAYS THAT WE FORGET WHAT TIME IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN ENGAGING IN THE LESSON BEFORE IT'S TIME TO LEAVE. I WATCH STUDENTS FROM ALL OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM LEARNING TOGETHER AND DEVELOPING FRIENDSHIPS AND SINCE THERE ARE VERY FEW DISTRACTIONS ARE LEARNING BLOCKS ARE PACKED WITH MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION. THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LEARN AND TEACH IN THE BRP. THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO DIFFERENTIATE TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF MY STUDENTS, TO USE DATA TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION AND MEET MY STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND MOVE THEM FORWARD.

DIFFERENTIATION. GOOD INSTRUCTION. SO IMAGINE MY DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN I MY OWN SCHOOL SYSTEM FAILING TO SEE HOW OFFERING A VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION. SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS DO EVERY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. MANY OF OUR

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THANK YOU SO FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LLOYD ALLEN. >> GOOD EVENING LICHTER VICE CHAIR HARVEY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I AM LLOYD ALLEN, SPECIAL EDUCATOR IN MATHEMATICS SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THE BUDGET AS A MEMBER OF HASH TAG TEAM CPS.

I'M NOTICING AS AN ORGANIZATION WE KEEP LOOKING OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES FOR ANSWERS. WE WANT THE WIZARD OF OZ TO GIVE US SUBSTITUTES AN EFFICIENCY REVIEW, A COMPUTER CONTRACTED RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CURRICULA. WE COULD HAVE ALL OF THAT IF WE WERE TO LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES. WE DON'T NEED TO HIRE OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO PERFORM OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. OUR CURRICULA USED TO SHOW UP ON THE INCOME SIDE OF THE BALANCE RATHER THAN THE EXPENSE SIDE.

WE DON'T NEED TO HIRE EXPERTS TO PERFORM OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. WE PAY $2 MILLION IN OVERHEAD TO ADMINISTRATE SUBSTITUTES AND THERE ARE STILL BUILDINGS WHERE TEACHERS HAVE DAILY COVERAGE.

WE DON'T NEED TO HIRE OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO PERFORM OUR CORE FUNCTIONS. WE CAN'T ATTRACT SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS TO FILL OUR VACANCIES. SO WE END UP HAVING TO PAY AN INFLATED RATE FOR CONTRACTORS. WE DON'T NEED TO HIRE OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO PERFORM OUR CORE FUNCTIONS BUT .WE DO NEED TO COMPENSATE OUR OWN PEOPLE WITH WHAT THEY WORTH .THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE STARTING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO POACH TEACHERS THE COUNTY TO OUR EAST BECAUSE THOSE TEACHERS FELT UNDERPAID AND UNAPPRECIATED? NOW WE KNOW FOLKS WHO ARE RESIGNING THIS YEAR TO TRANSFER THAT PLACE. I KNOW TEACHERS WHO ARE RESIGNING FROM US TRANSFER TO THE SOUTH SAYING THAT THEY'LL MAKE ANOTHER $4,000 OR MORE PER YEAR AND THAT THEY JUST CAN'T TURN THAT DOWN TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE JURISDICTION TO OUR WEST WAS QUOTED IN THE SUN LAST MONTH.

WE HAVE GOT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN AND RETAIN THESE EDUCATORS AND EVEN THESE SALARIES. WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIGHT RIGHT NOW WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTIES US YOU HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION THEY USED TO 20 YEARS AGO AND THAT HURTS US ALSO. SO THAT REALLY HURTS. WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR THE SAME FEW EDUCATORS THAT COME OF COLLEGE EVERY YEAR NOW THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES ARE FIGHTING OVER US IS HASH TAG BEEKEEPERS FIGHTING TO KEEP US? IF MORALE HAD BEEN DOWN THE EFFICIENCY STUDY I MEAN LAST MEETING A PARENT REPORTED THAT THEIR KINDERGARTEN HAD CLASS SIZE IN THE HIGH TWENTIES ELIMINATING VACANT POSITIONS DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THOSE POSITIONS TO BEEN FILLED. IT IS NOT OKAY THAT IN BOLD ITALIC UNDERLINE IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE ONLY SALARY INCREASES INCLUDED IN THE FSA 24 BUDGET BOOK ARE STEPPING CREASES FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES. PLEASE RECEIVE ANSWERS TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH JOB TITLES WERE AFFECTED BY THE CUTS. PLEASE FIX THE SALARY SCHEDULE AS WAS NEGOTIATED LAST YEAR. PLEASE ALLOW US TO SUCCEED WITH CLASS SIZE SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE MAY LIFT EVERY VOICE. OUR CORE FUNCTION IS LEARNING GIVE US THE RESOURCES

INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE'VE HAD THE RUBY SLIPPERS ALL ALONG. >>

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT SPEAKER IS DARREN. >> MR. BADILLO. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS

JULIE COLETTA. OH, I'M SORRY. SORRY. LITTLE CROWD TODAY. IT'S A GOOD THING. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME. MY NAME IS DARREN BADILLO, A CONCERNED FATHER. BUT I'M HERE TODAY AS A

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CLAUSTROPHOBIC NOT MANY. NOT MUCH BREATHING ROOM SO KIDS LIKE MYSELF ARE ALWAYS BUMPING INTO ONE ANOTHER AND THAT CAN CAUSE A SMALL VERBAL OR PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. SPEAKING OF ALTERCATIONS, MY SCHOOL FIGHTS ARE WILD AND USUALLY OVER SOMETHING THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT OR SERIOUS. WE HAD ABOUT 9 TO 12 FIGHTS WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS AND KIDS ARE BODY SLAMMED USING BRASS KNUCKLES TO TAKE OUT THEIR ANGER TOWARDS SOMEONE ELSE. AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF MY FRIENDS GET THREATENED WITH AND WEAPONS .KIDS ARE ALSO SELLING DRUGS, SMOKING USING VAPE CIGARETS DRINKING HARD LIQUOR. BUT MY PRINCIPAL MY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DOES TRY TO ENFORCE THE SAFETY OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS. HE'S DONE HALLWAY SWEEPS. LIMITED TIMES YOU CAN USE THE BATHROOM AND EVEN TO HAVE OUR PHONES PUT AWAY IN ENVELOPES. SO OUR ATTENTION SPAN IS MORE FOCUSED OUR WORK THAN OUR PHONES. BUT IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. MY SCHOOL IS SO BADLY DAMAGED ESPECIALLY IN THE BATHROOM STALLS. DOORS ARE MISSING, MIRRORS ARE BROKEN .MY SCHOOL IS REALLY. MY SCIENCE TEACHER WAS A LONG TERM SUB. THEN SHE FIRED BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING. THEN WE HAD SEVERAL SHORT TERM. ALL WE DID IN THAT CLASS WAS STUFF WE ARE ALREADY THERE LEARNED. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE AN ACTUAL LONG TERM SUB WHO ACTUALLY TEACHES WE WENT QUITE THROUGH SOME TIME .WE'RE JUST DOING SOME BASIC EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE. SOME STUDENTS HAVE ZERO RESPECT FOR THEIR PEERS AND THE TEACHERS THE STAFF ADMINISTRATORS. IT'S TRULY A SHAME THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME THIS WAY. I FIND IT TRULY DISTURBING I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS ARE TRULY GOING THROUGH. MY LITTLE SISTER HAD JUST GOTTEN TO HER FIRST GRADE AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I PICK HER UP AND I HEAR THESE LITTLE KIDS NOT EVEN IN FIFTH GRADE YET TALK ABOUT SELLING DRUGS, FIGHTING AND THREATS BEING MADE UPON THEM. I SHARE THIS WITH YOU. I'M HERE SPEAKING AT A SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY. I SAY THE SAME THING NOTHING CHANGES. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THESE STUDENTS GO THROUGH DAY. WHAT'S BEING DONE ?IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY IS FOR OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY OR THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU ASKING SOMEBODY HERE TO MAKE SAFETY IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT A TOP PRIORITY? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET BUT THESE KIDS ARE CRYING. SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE JUST LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. THEY ESCAPE THE STREETS TO, GO TO SCHOOL TO BE SOMEBODY BUT NOW THEY CANNOT ESCAPE THE STREETS OR SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY AREN'T EVEN SAFE IN SCHOOL. PLEASE DO SOMETHING AND. I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL THE TEACHERS HERE TODAY IN SUPPORTING FOR THEMSELVES AND I

WANT TO SEE THAT SEE THEM TO RALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION SAFETY. THANK YOU. >> WELL, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE PINEDA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. DR. WILLIAMS VICE CHAIR HARVEY BOARD CHAIR LICHTER AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVE KOSKI. MY NAME IS JULIE CARLOTTA AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ON BEHALF OF THE PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT HAMPTON ELEMENTARY, WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR SCHOOL AND THE SIGNIFICANT OVERCROWDING THAT OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE FACING A. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IS WEIGHING ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE PLEADED WITH YOU SINCE JANUARY FOR A LONG TERM SOLUTION. YESTERDAY AS ROBIN SHARED, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING FOUR TRAILERS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS IS A SOLUTION BUT A BAND-AID FOR THE OVERCROWDING AT HAMPTON .AS MANY OF OUR BOARD REPRESENTATIVES ARE NEW YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT HAMPTON ELEMENTARY WAS IN A SIMILAR SITUATION 12 YEARS AGO WITH 150 STUDENTS OVERCAPACITY IN 2011. HAMPTON HAD A STUDENT POPULATION OF 450 AND A BUILDING WITH A CAPACITY OF 307 .WE HAD TEN TRAILERS WITH HALF OF THE POPULATION OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING. HAMPTON PARENTS FOUGHT HARD FOR THE $19 MILLION ADDITION IN RENOVATION IN 2012, WHICH INCREASED CAPACITY TO 670 WHILE THE ADDITIONS ADDED 24 CLASSROOMS, OUR BATHROOMS, GYMNASIUM AND WERE UNTOUCHED AND THEY DO NOT SUPPORT OUR CURRENT STUDENT OF 811. IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. POOR PLANNING HAS LED US BACK TO THIS PLACE IN JUST 11 YEARS BUT CPS MUST PLAN BETTER. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR WEEKS NOW FOR BCBS TO PLEASE CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY BOUNDARY STUDY FOR HAMPTON ELEMENTARY BUT YOU HAVEN'T. SO WE'VE DONE THE RESEARCH AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT MULTIPLE NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS ARE UNDER CAPACITY. ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORS HAMPTON'S BOUNDARY IS UNDER CAPACITY BY 100 STUDENTS. PUTTING UP FOUR TRAILERS IS EXTREMELY AND A POOR USE OF FUNDS. WHEN THE MAPS AND BCS SCHOOL PROFILES CLEARLY SHOW THAT A BOUNDARY

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AND FINALLY THERE ARE SEATS AVAILABLE IN NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEITH TABER. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS THE BOARD. MY NAME IS KEITH TABER AND I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF TWO BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR I BEGAN TO LOOK INTO HOW GRADES WERE BEING ASSIGNED IN THE WAY SCHOOL WAS CALCULATING THEM. I WAS IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED AND HERE'S A QUICK EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATING CONCERN. A TEACHER GIVES THREE MATH ASSESSMENTS A FIVE QUESTION TEST, A TEN QUESTION QUIZ AND A 50 QUESTION MATH FACT PRACTICED .THE TEACHER ENTERS THE SCORES INTO THE GRADE BOOK IS FIVE OUT OF FIVE FOR THE TEST.. NINE OUT OF TEN FOR THE QUIZ AND 35 OUT OF 50 FROM A SPEED DRILL LOGIC CALCULATES THIS BY ADDING ALL THE NUMERATORS AND DIVIDING IT BY THE DENOMINATOR. THIS EQUATES TO A 75.3% AVERAGE USING A POINTS BASED. ALTERNATIVELY, IF EACH OF THESE GRADES WERE CALCULATED INDIVIDUALLY A PERCENTAGE IT WOULD BE 86.6% AND 11.3% INCREASE AND A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF A BODY OF WORK. AS A MATTER OF FACT USING THE POINT BASED AVERAGE THAT BALTIMORE CITY ARE COUNTING CURRENTLY USES THEY COULD FAIL BOTH THE QUIZ AND THE TEST COMPLETELY AS THE SPEED DREW AND HAVE AN 88.46%.

AS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE B CPS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THREE GRADES IN THE MAJOR COMPONENT ON ONE OF THE CORE SCORES OUT OF TEN, TEN AND 50 POINTS. THE 50 POINT GRADE ACCOUNTS 71.4% OF THE OVERALL GRADE IN ANOTHER CLASS .A STUDENT HAS SEVEN A'S AND AN ASSIGNMENT THAT WASN'T GRADED YET AND THAT SHOWED US A ZERO OUT OF TEN AND DURING THAT GRADE THAT TIME WAS 69.44%. THE SCORE DOES NOT REPRESENT WHOLE BODY OF WORK. MANY OTHER PARENTS I HAVE SPOKEN TO THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT HAVE STATED THEY HAVE CLASSES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS AS WELL AND I CAN PROVIDE THE EXAMPLES IF NEEDED. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF FIXING THIS. HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF GRADES ARE AFFECTED BY THIS INCORRECT IMPLEMENTATION. OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS I'VE SENT EMAILS TO CENTRAL OFFICE BOARD MEMBERS THE CIO AND MET WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SEEMINGLY. ALMOST NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THIS. WE'VE NOW GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE GRADING WHERE THIS IS BEING APPLIED INCORRECTLY. DURING MY LAST CORRESPONDENCE WITH WITH DR. HOLMES I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DISTRICT WAS PREPARING TO PLAN TO TRAIN TEACHERS AT MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL ON THE GRADING POLICY. HE STATED WE ARE VERY AWARE THIS IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT SUDBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE. OUR IS TO BEGIN WHERE THE CONCERN WAS RAISED. IF THE DISTRICT IS AWARE THIS NOT A SCHOOL LEVEL ISSUE THE FIRST RESPONSE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL. IF THIS IS A DISTRICT PROBLEM AND IT IS THE IMMEDIATE STEPS NEEDED TO IMPACT ALL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT THIS ISSUE FOR ONE OF MY CHILDREN AND NOT FOR ALL OF THE OTHER BCBS STUDENTS IS UNACCEPTABLE, INEQUITABLE AND INSULTING TO ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS THE DISTRICT. THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF WAYS TO FIX THIS FOR THIS YEAR ALMOST. YOU CAN IMPLEMENT A PERCENTAGE MODEL FOR EACH ASSIGNMENT. YOU CAN TRAIN ALL STAFF ON THE GRADING MANUAL EXPLAINING HOW THE POINTS MATTER IN THEIR GRADE BOOK. TEACHERS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE STATED THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON GRADING THIS CENTURY OR THIS DECADE. I APOLOGIZE. THE BISHOP'S MANDATED MATH ASSESSMENTS ARE ALL SCORED UPON THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AS WELL .OR THREE YOU COULD TRAIN A MULTITUDE OF TEACHERS TO CONDUCT GRADE BOOK AUDITS AT EVERY SCHOOL THE COUNTY. IF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE FIGHTING EQUITY WITHIN THE

SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU WILL FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY. AS A FELLOW EDUCATOR I'VE SPENT. >> THANK

YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANE HENRY HENRY. >> I WISH YOU GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MY PEERS AND COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS. I SHANE HENRY. I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY AS AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR WHO HAS BEEN WHO HAS SEEN MANY INITIATIVES COME AND

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INDIVIDUALS NOT DATA POINTS. >> UNFORTUNATELY, EDUCATORS LEAVING AT UNPRECEDENTED RATES.

WE DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CURRENT TAXPAYERS THAT WILL CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE. HAVE A

GREAT EVENING AND YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THE NEXT ITEM WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA WHICH IS

[H. CONTRACT AWARD (Mr. Hartlove and Ms. Webster)]

FOR THE SELECTION. >> I CAN TAKE YOU. OKAY. OKAY. EXCUSE ME ONE SEC BUT DON'T MOVE THE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ?FOR THAT I CALL MR. MERCEDES.

GOOD EVENING. NOTHING TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU .NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONTRACT AWARDS AND FOR THAT WE HAVE MR. HART LOVE AND MISS WEBSTER AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS WEBSTER WHO HAS DONE THE ALL THE WORK ON THIS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TO TAKE ANY

OF THE CREDIT. >> MR. WEBSTER ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS CONTRACT MWC DASH 807 DASH 23 EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR SUPERINTEND. THIS IS A NEW COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT FOR AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL IS REQUESTED FOR A ONE YEAR FOUR MONTH CONTRACT TERM WITH ONE RECOMMENDED BIDDER AND CONTRACT SPENDING AUTHORITY OF $150,000 .MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT MWB? 807 23 EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR SUPERINTENDENT SO MOVE PUMPHREY

MAY I HAVE A THANK YOU? ANY DISCUSSION MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MR. KAMINSKI YES. >> MISS

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MR. SAN YES DR. SAVOY. YES DR. HAGER. >> YES MR. KOON. YES LICHTER. >> YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AND THANK YOU ,MISS WEBSTER FOR ALL YOUR WORK WITH US THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE

[I. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - CONSIDERATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY2024 OPERATING BUDGET (7:45 - 9:00 pm)]

THAT WORK AND NOW I CALL ON DR. WILLIAMS. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AS WE PREPARE FOR TONIGHT'S UPCOMING FINAL BUDGET SESSION, WE WILL PRESENT UPDATES ON OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND COMPENSATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH BRIEF PRESENTATION WE WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION CONTENT WE BELIEVE THAT CRITICAL CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT ENSURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION POSSIBLE AND ASK THAT ALL REQUESTED CHANGES AND DIRECTION TO THE PLAN ARE SHARED AT THE CONCLUSION OF MR. HART LOVES BUDGET UPDATE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN UPDATE REGARDING OF SEVERAL PROGRAMS I WILL ASK THE TEAM TO MOVE

FORWARD. >> DR. YARBROUGH DOUG DR. ELMENDORF I APOLOGIZE AND MS. JULIE FORBES AT THIS TIME AND DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS OKAY. DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS THANK YOU. OKAY. AFTER WE SAID THAT WE HAD

GOOD EVENING. >> YES. OKAY. >> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. SO WE'RE STARTING THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR LICHTER VICE CHAIR HARVEY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. DR. WILLIAMS, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS REQUESTED ON THE VIRTUAL LEARNING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AS. YOU KNOW, BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS PRIMARILY E-LEARNING. ALL EYES ON THE STATE OF MARYLAND WERE DIRECTED TO PROVIDE A SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PANDEMIC. OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM WAS FUNDED WITH ONE TIME ESSER FUNDS AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN INCLUDED FUNDING FOR FY 22 AND Y 23. ALTHOUGH WAS SCHEDULED TO SUNSET IN FY 24 OPTIONS TO SUSTAIN SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENTS, STAFFING SHORTAGES ,SCHOOLS AND FAMILY PREFERENCES POINTED TOWARDS THE NEED TO CONTINUE VOLPE FOR FY 24. THE COST OF OUR CURRENT VOLPE PROGRAM IS 16.5 MILLION. THE PROPOSED COSTS FOR FY 24 WOULD BE POINT 6 MILLION. IN A MOMENT WE WILL SHARE UPDATED DETAILS THAT INCLUDE ENROLLMENT STUDENTS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WE THAT VOLPE IS A PROGRAM THAT MANY FAMILIES FIND USEFUL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING IT AS THE EARLIER SPEAKER FROM VOLPE MENTIONED.

WE TO SUPPORT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE HEALTHY AND WHERE ALL STUDENTS

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ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED GRADES. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IN RESPONSE, A QUESTION POSED LAST MEETING REGARDING THE COST OF LP YOU'LL NOTE ON THIS SLIDE THE CURRENT COSTS FUND THE PROPOSED COSTS STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM ARE CO ENROLLED IN BOTH THE HOME SCHOOL AND THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM. THIS RESULTS IN EXPENDITURE IS FOR THE COST OF STUDENTS AT IN THE VOLPE AS WELL AS PAYING FOR THE STUDENTS IN BRICK AND MORTAR. THIS IS BECAUSE STUDENTS CURRENTLY MAY RETURN TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL AT ANY TIME. THERE IS NO POLICY THAT PLACEMENT FOR A YEAR OR MORE IN THE VOLPE. NO STAFFING IS TAKEN AWAY FROM SCHOOLS. ALL SCHOOLS REMAIN FULLY STAFFED. OUR ENROLLMENT VARIES ANYWHERE FROM SCHOOLS. HAVING ONE STUDENT THAT ATTENDS THE VOLPE TO 38 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE VOLPE. WITH THE OF THE EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT WE PROVIDE STAFFING RELIEF THOSE EIGHT SCHOOLS INCLUDE TWO MIDDLE

SCHOOLS AND SIX HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. >> AS WE CONSIDER THE SERIOUS IMPACT OF THE UPCOMING FEDERAL FISCAL CLIFF THIS REVISED PLAN THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THIS EVENING ALLOWS US TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL CURRENT FAMILIES AND CREATE A REDUCED STAFFING MODEL FROM 126 TEACHER LEVEL STAFF TO APPROXIMATELY 68 THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED IN THE FUTURE AND LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE CLIFF IN 2025. EXCELLENT CHOICE. THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE CURRENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT THE SECONDARY LEVELS OF THE DLP FOR STUDENT PLACEMENTS THAT INCLUDE TRANSFERS, SCHOOL CONDUCT, HEARING OFFICER PLACEMENTS HOME AND HOSPITAL SERVICES APPROVED MEDICAL ADMISSIONS AND PROGRAM REVIEW PLACEMENTS. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 54 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DLP AND 55 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AVAILABLE FOR THESE VARIOUS PLACEMENTS. PROJECTING AHEAD WE ANTICIPATE THE NEED TO HOLD AT LEAST 75 SEATS PER SECONDARY LEVEL BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE TABLE ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT BY GRADE LEVEL. THERE IS A COLUMN FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED THROUGH ONE OF THE PLACEMENTS WE JUST DISCUSSED AND THE VOLUNTARY COLUMN REFLECTS FULL TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTARILY ENROLLED WITH THE VOLPE WHEN LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WE LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS IN A GRADE LEVEL AND PROJECT IT TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. FOR THE CURRENT THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN FOURTH GRADE NEXT YEAR. BASED ON THIS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 930 STUDENT SEATS NEEDED. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME AND FAMILIES MAY OPT TO RETURN TO THEIR IN-PERSON SCHOOL SO THESE

ENROLLMENT NUMBERS MAY DECREASE BUT THIS PROVIDES A PLACEHOLDER .>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MS.. FORBES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AT OUR LAST MEETING WE ARE SHARING REVISED PROPOSAL FOR VLP IN 2324 TO 2023 2024. VLP INCLUDE GRADES FOUR THROUGH 12 WHICH WOULD ALLOW VLP STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 11 TO MAINTAIN FULL TIME ENROLLMENT IN VLP IN 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR IF THEY SO CHOOSE. VLP STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN GRADES ONE OR TWO WILL TRANSITION BACK TO IN-PERSON

LEARNING FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. >> FOR STUDENTS WHO TRANSITION BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS OF PRIMARY ENROLLMENT AS WE SHARED LAST TIME IT IS OUR ABSOLUTE GOAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN THIS PROCESS. THE STAFF WILL SHARE ARTICULATION INFORMATION WITH STAFF AT EACH CHILD'S PRIMARY SCHOOL OF ENROLLMENT TO SCHEDULE THEIR CLASSES AND RELATED SERVICES. THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENT PLACEMENT DECISIONS. PROVIDING STAFFING SUPPORT TO BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A CRITICAL OF THIS YEAR'S VLP AND AS A STRATEGY WE PLAN TO CONTINUE WORKING PROACTIVELY WITH SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE VACANCIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE FILLED AND THEN LEVERAGING THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE CENTRALIZED OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM TO STAFF THE IDENTIFIED COURSES

UP TO 15 TEACHERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THIS TABLE PROVIDES A FEW MORE DATA POINTS RELATED TO OUR PROPOSAL. THE TOP ROW HERE SHOWS CURRENT CLASS SIZE AVERAGES FOR EACH LEVEL FOR SOME CONTEXT IN THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR THE VLP WILL INCLUDE 150 SEATS BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES 420 IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND 504 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, 150 SEATS WILL BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR

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DECISIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO QUESTIONS MR. KAMINSKI. >> SO THIS IS WITH

THE CURRENT 6,000,006.7 BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WHAT IS THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT NOW OR THAT'S ABOUT 1100 AND THEN THE NEW STUDENTS AND THE NEW IS 1094 I

THINK 1074. RIGHT. OKAY. FIRST JUST THE 6 MILLION. OKAY. >> JUST A QUESTION QUICK QUESTION

.THERE'S A QUESTION FROM MR. PETER HAGER. >> OKAY. I'M SORRY .I THOUGHT YOUR TIME I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION IN ON THE GRADES THAT THE NEW PROPOSAL WILL BE. IS IT THIRD

TO 12TH OR FOURTH TO 12TH? >> GOOD QUESTION. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. OUR STUDENTS MATRICULATE INTO THE NEXT GREAT SO IT WOULD BE FOURTH THROUGH 12TH NEXT YEAR WHICH WOULD

ACCOMMODATE OUR CURRENT THIRD THROUGH 11TH STUDENTS. >> SURE .>> DR. HEGER, I HAVE A CONCRETE QUESTION AND, A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION. THE FIRST ONE IS THE CONCRETE QUESTION. SO THE COST SAVINGS COME BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER CO ENROLLED WITH THEIR BRICK

AND MORTAR SCHOOL. >> IS THAT WHY WE'RE SAVING FROM LAST TIME ?ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT THERE'S A COST SAVINGS IS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFFING RELIEF, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING PROACTIVELY WITH SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS THEY MIGHT HAVE AND THEN USING THAT FTE IN THE VLP CURRENTLY WE USE VLP STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE STAFFING RELIEF SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THAT PROVIDES A LOT MORE SPACE

IN THAT IN THE STAFFING. >> SO NOW IF A SUBSTITUTE IS NEEDED AND INSTEAD OF PULLING FROM AS

A TEACHER FROM THE VIP STUDENTS WOULD SIT IN A CLASSROOM AND LOG ON ONLINE. >> THEY DO THAT AND WE USE CURRENT VIP STAFFING TO DO THAT. AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT BUT WE WOULD USE THE STAFFING FROM THE SCHOOL IN WHICH WE ARE

PROVIDING THE STAFFING RELIEF. >> OKAY. GOING TO DR. HAGER, IF I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOL X HAS A CHEMISTRY VACANCY THIS YEAR WE WERE USING ESSER FUNDING TO PAY FOR A VLP TEACHER A LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE. WHAT SUPERVISED THE STUDENTS OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW WHOEVER THE SCHOOL IDENTIFIED WOULD SUPERVISE THE STUDENTS DAILY BUT THE VLP TEACHER THAT WAS PAID USING ESSER FUNDING WAS PROVIDING THE DAILY INSTRUCTION, WAS DOING THE ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK IN THIS REVISED MODEL SCHOOL X WORKING WITH THE OFFICE WOULD IDENTIFY WE NEED A CHEMISTRY TEACHER FOR NEXT YEAR THEY HAVE THAT CHEMISTRY ALLOCATION USING OPERATING SO WE WOULD SECURE THAT TEACHER FOR. VLP GIVES GREATER FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL MIGHT ALSO NEED SOME CHEMISTRY RELIEF BUT THE FUNDING NO LONGER IS COMING FROM THE ESSER GRANT FUNDS AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE CLIFF AND WE'RE USING THE FUNDING ALREADY

ALLOCATED FOR THE STUDENTS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THAT SCHOOL. >> I THINK I FOLLOW THAT LOGIC. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S MY BIG PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT WITH THIS. I APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN 250 STUDENTS WITH THE DIFFERENT NEED PLACEMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENTS. AND TO ME THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO USE THE VLT THAT THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. GET HUNG UP A BIT ON THE 900 CHOICE KIDS SO THESE ARE LIKE WE'RE NOT A SCHOOL CHOICE DISTRICT YET WE'RE ALLOWING FAMILIES MAKE A CHOICE ABOUT SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS. I ,I GUESS THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHICAL STANCE WHERE I'M NOT QUITE SURE I, I FEEL OKAY

WITH THAT CONCEPT. >> IS THAT HOW YOU SEE IT TOO OR DO YOU SEE A DIFFERENT RATIONALE? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ENROLLED. SO THE CHOICE THAT THEY MADE WAS BACK TO, YOU KNOW ,FALLS AGO AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENROLLED AND CONTINUE WITH ENROLLMENT SO THERE ISN'T AN OPEN ENROLLMENT OPTION AT THIS POINT WHERE PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE TO COME

INTO THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM PROGRAM. >> MR. MCMILLIAN I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THE NEW IS GOING TO COST $10 MILLION BUT HOWEVER YOU'VE FOUND A WAY TO PROVIDE THIS

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SERVE THESE STUDENTS IN THIS WAY. >> THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MR. MINSKY, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MS. HEYER'S COMMENT ABOUT THE CHOICE THAT THE KIDS THAT HAVE CHOSEN BE INVOLVED THIS WILL BE THEIR FINAL YEAR AND THEY WILL BE THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO GO BACK .YOU KNOW THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF CLP FOR CHOOSING TO BE V.P.. WILL WE STILL BE ALLOWED WITH VIP. STILL BE ALLOWED FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AS FAR AS YOU KNOW IF FOR THE MEDICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE OR WHATEVER REASON. AM I CLARIFYING THAT? WELL, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY THANK GOD. DR. MICHAEL SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS.. NOW. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE REALLY WILL AS AND WE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN VIRTUAL OPTION IN FOR THE LONG HAUL RIGHT AND SO I DR. YARBOROUGH IS A THOUGHTFUL WAY OF FINDING ADDITIONAL TO LEVERAGE AVAILABLE FTE TO HELP US WITH NEXT YEAR IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TO HAVE TO DO NEXT FALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT HOW DO WE PROVIDE A LONG TERM SOLUTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SO I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A NEED WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT IN E-LEARNING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH TERM EVOLUTION OF THESE TWO PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT VERSATILITY YOU KNOW ONCE WE HAVE THAT VERSATILITY WE'VE WE'VE LEARNED THIS YEAR AND WE'RE EXTENDING INTO NEXT YEAR WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT VERSATILITY AWAY BUT WE TO BE AS FORWARD THINKING WITH OUR FAMILIES AS POSSIBLE AROUND THEIR NEEDS AND TRANSPARENT WITH THEM AROUND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. SO LONG STORY SHORT, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BECAUSE THAT WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING BUDGET CYCLE. AND AS DR.

YARBROUGH SAID AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECONCILE THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BENEFIT FROM THE ESSER GRANTS WITH FY 25 BUDGET BUT I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE ARE HERE NOW IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GIVE WARNING TO THE VIP'S PARENTS THAT CHOSE TO BE IN THERE SO WE HAD TO EXTEND IT .ARE WE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION A YEAR FROM NOW

.>> NO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE WE TO DO THAT WORK IN THE FAR RIGHT SO THAT LIKE THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER SO THAT HAVE DECISIONS MADE AND THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SHEET MUSIC AROUND FINANCIALLY WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE EITHER OUT OF CURRENT BUDGET FTE OR REQUEST IN THE FY 25 CYCLE. SO YOU'LL SEE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS IS FIRST BUDGET CYCLE BUT AS WE WORK THROUGH THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE YOU'RE TO SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DECISION MAKING THAT HAPPENS THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO PREPARE THAT BUDGET AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT BUDGET YOU'RE WILLING TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THAT AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ASK FOR IN UPCOMING

BUDGET CYCLE? >> JUST FORGIVE ME I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF MS. LETTERS THAT THAT THIS WAS WE WERE GOING TO EXTEND THIS AS LONG AS WE LET THAT SHOW THE PARENTS THAT CHOSE TO KEEP

THEIR KIDS WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE THE FINAL YEAR OF IT SO I'M JUST CONFUSED A LITTLE. >> WELL, I THOUGHT YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FOR NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. AND I THOUGHT YOUR QUESTION WAS FOR THE YEAR AFTER I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WISH IT WAS .BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS ARE WE GOING TO LET THE VIP PARENTS KNOW THIS IS THE FINAL YEAR OF VIP FOR FOR CHOOSING TO BE IN THE PROGRAM I THINK THE COMMUNICATION I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION IN THE FOURTH AND MR. MILEWSKI I THINK I MADE THE MOTION LAST

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GOOD TIME. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR .WE WERE YOU KNOW, WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK JUST LIKE WE DO ANY PROGRAM UM I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING THERE'S SOME COMMUNICATION TIMELINES WE NEED TO PROVIDE WE DO RECOGNIZE HOW THIS IS BENEFIT BENEFITED STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THAT ADDITIONAL OPTION BUT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING WAS IN RESPONSE COVID BUT WE SAW SOME PROGRESS AND SO AS DR. BOSWORTH MCCOMAS SAID WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND DEVELOPING A PLAN OF ACTION SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THANK YOU. MS. AND DID

YOU HAVE A QUESTION I DID. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM FAMILIES OF THE VLP IS THAT THEY FEEL THIS IS ALREADY A PERMANENT OPTION AND I KNOW WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT THE FUNDING WAS ENDING AND THAT'S CLEAR HOWEVER THE WORK SEEMS TO HAVE ALREADY STARTED WHEN THIS NO LONGER BECAME AN EMERGENCY OPTION. AND MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. MCCOMAS THEN TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THAT WORK HASN'T STARTED. IT SEEMS LIKE IT STARTED WHEN WE STARTED ADDING RESOURCES AND IT BECAME A PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. IT NOW BECAME A PROGRAM AND IT HAS A WEBSITE AND IT HAS AND STAFFING AND IT IS A TRUE EDUCATIONAL OPTION. SO WHILE WE DON'T HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT OUR FAMILIES WERE NOT ON EXPECTING IT TO END. WE'VE HEARD THAT ALMOST UNIVERSALLY FROM PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT TO CONTINUE. SO MY QUESTION IS I'M A BIT CONFUSED HEARING YOU SAY THAT THE WORK HAS NOT YET STARTED AND IF THAT'S CASE THEN IT NEEDS TO START AND IT NEEDS TO START IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS AND AND I AGREE THAT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE TO BECOME A PERMANENT OPTION AND THE BOARD TO BE PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO COULD YOU COMMENT ON WHAT YOU SEE AS THE NEXT STEPS AND WHERE DO GO FROM HERE? AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH MR. MINSKY THAT WE TO SET EXPECTATIONS AND WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE FALL. THANK YOU ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU MS. HENNE

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY .>> SO WHEN I SAY THE WORK'S NOT YET BEGUN I DON'T MEAN THAT OUR TEAM WE'VE MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AROUND THE EVOLUTION OF VLP AND TO WHAT EXTENT AND WHEN AT WHAT POINT DOES VLP BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF OUR SCHOOL PORTFOLIO OR? AT WHAT POINT DO WE SUNSET IT BECAUSE THE CRISIS FROM WHICH IT WAS BORN IS OVER. SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT EVOLUTIONS AND WE HAVE OPTIONS THAT WE COULD DISCUSS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT WORK BEGINNING IS IS FUNDAMENTALLY AT THIS POINT A FINANCIAL DECISION AND SO THAT ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS MY TEAMS AND I BEGIN DISCUSSING BUDGET NEEDS IN JULY EACH YEAR AND SO TYPICALLY OUR WORK THROUGH THEIR BUDGET PROCESS REQUESTS THROUGH THE JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER NOVEMBER WE'RE ABLE TO THEN PUT FORWARD OUR BUDGET PROPOSALS AND THAT WORK CONTINUES. THE BUDGET PROCESS IS 12 MONTHS LONG AND SO WHEN I SAY THAT WORK HAS NOT YET BEGUN IT'S REALLY DISCUSSION AROUND THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT IT .WE AS A COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE DAY HAVE TWO OPTIONS TO THINK ABOUT LONG TERM FUNDING, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE OUR CURRENT FUNDING WITH THE GRANT WILL GO AWAY AND SO WE HAVE FUNDAMENTALLY TWO BUDGET ACTIONS THAT WE CAN DO WE CAN IN EACH BUDGET CYCLE REQUEST FTE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM OR WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE ALLOCATE THE STAFF THAT'S IN OUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT BUDGET RIGHT. AND SO JUST AS YARBROUGH HAS USED SOME THOUGHTFUL WAY OF SAYING IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT MEANT A NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATE IN VLP AND THERE'S AVAILABILITY WE CAN TAP INTO OF THAT FTE TO HELP SUSTAIN THIS SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

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CYCLE WITH ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES THANKS. >> THANK YOU DR. WILLIAMS. NEXT TOPIC SO THANK TEAM FOR PROVIDING THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR CLARIFYING. OUR NEXT TOPIC IS ON ATHLETIC TRAINERS. I WOULD LIKE CALL UP MICHAEL SAI, MICHAEL SARGEANT AND DR. YARBER

.>> YOU MAY AS WELL STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN CHAIR LICHTER VICE CHAIR HARVEY DR. WILLIAMS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION REGARDING ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND THE CPF. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SUPPORT THE PHILOSOPHY THAT EQUALITY EQUITABLE AND SAFE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC PROGRAM IS VITAL TO THE POSITIVE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALL STUDENTS OUR PROGRAMS ENHANCE AND SUPPORT THE MISSION THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AS EVIDENCED BY THE COUNTYWIDE ALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AND THE STATEWIDE MINDS IN MOTION PROGRAM. IN 1994 BCP BEGAN UTILIZING CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR THEIR INSTRUCTOR INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. AT PRESENT EASTERN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT AN ATHLETIC TRAINER ON STAFF WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHE IS A FULL TIME TEACHER DULY CERTIFIED, LICENSED TO TEACH AND AN

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.>> IN OUR 24 HIGH SCHOOLS 14 SCHOOLS HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINER COVERAGE. TEN SCHOOLS DO NOT.

>> NEXT SLIDE FOR YEARS WE HAVE TRIED FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. RESEARCH SUPPORTS THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IN SPORTS SAFETY SCHOOLS WITH AN ATHLETIC TRAINER WITH ATHLETIC TRAINER REPORT THAT THEIR STUDENT ATHLETE SUSTAINED FEWER INJURIES ACUTE AND REOCCURRING THAN ATHLETES OR SCHOOLS WITHOUT ATHLETIC TRAINERS HAVING ATHLETIC TRAINERS ON STAFF ALSO IMPROVES THE RATE OF OUR EARLY DETECTION OF DEHYDRATION, HEAD INJURIES, OTHER SPORTS RELATED HEALTH ISSUES GENERAL MEDICAL HEALTH ISSUES. WITH THIS IN MIND WE INTERNALLY EXPLORING THE COSTS OF FEASIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING TO 24 FULL TIME POSITIONS CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THIS SLIDE DETAILS THE IN ORDER TO HIRE 24 MASTER LEVEL CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS IN 112 MONTHS SUPERVISOR THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A BIG WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASE THE SPORTS SAFETY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT FISCAL CONSTRAINTS AND OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO

PRIORITIZE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF STUDENT STAFF MEMBERS IN IN BCP. >> YES WITH THAT IN MIND WE IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE PLAYER SAFETY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ALL 24 HIGH SCHOOLS TO HIRE ATHLETIC SERVICES, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF COVERAGE AT EACH AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A THREE YEAR PHASED IN TRANSITION PLAN FOR OUR ATHLETIC TRAINER FTE WITH THE YEAR WITH YEAR ONE STARTING AT TEN TRAINERS AND THEN THE REMAINING 14 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AT THE END THAT'S THE END

OF OUR PRESENTATION. >> WE ARE OPEN TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS MR. MCMILLIAN DR. YARBROUGH A YOU KNOW I LOOK FOR THIS PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE AGENDA CAME OUT LAST WEEK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY IT AND YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS SOME OF THESE CHARTS YOU KNOW THEY GO BY SO QUICKLY AND YOU LOOK AT IT ON A SCREEN AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO TAKE IT IN AND DIGEST IT AND YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH WITH WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. IT'S KIND WATCHING NFL FOOTBALL AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE CHARTS AND HARD TO DECIPHER WHAT YOU MEAN SO YOU'VE CURRENTLY GOT TEN PROGRAMS MR. SIGN AND I CAN WATCH MY TIME OH THAT'S SO

THERE'S TEN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS. HOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE THERE? >> 27 .27 HOW MANY HOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE SERVICED BY A TRAINER? NONE. NONE. AND OUT OF THE 14 HIGH SCHOOLS OUT OF THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAVE, HOW MANY THOUSANDS

OF ATHLETES DO WE HAVE ROUGHLY BETWEEN MIDDLE AND HIGH NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOL? >> OH,

ROUGHLY 12,000, 12, 12 THOUSAND .>> SO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE ANY COVERAGE WAS THE PLAN KIND OF SORT OF THAT WE HAD FULL TIME TRAINERS. THE FULL TIME TRAINERS WOULD GO INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WORK WITH THOSE ATHLETES IN SOME REGARD, YES. SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THIS MODEL OUR HOPES WOULD BE TAKING THOSE 24 TRAINERS AND THEN DIVIDING THEM UP AMONG THE 2627 MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE THEM SOME TYPE OF DROPPING COVERAGE TO HAVE BOTH AT THE

MIDDLE AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> IS YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT ALL TIMES? YES, WE'RE WE'VE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER THE LAST YEARS. HOW MANY SPORTS DO YOU OFFER? WE OFFER SEVEN. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU VIEW IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? ROUGHLY THREE 3500. OKAY. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 15 16,000 TOTAL. OKAY, I'LL PASS BUT I WANT TO COME BACK. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THIS SOMEONE ASKING I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS OR CAN BE ANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUTSOURCED LIKE OUTSOURCING FUNDING MAYBE WITH PROFESSIONAL TEAMS AROUND THE AREA OR JUST COMPLETELY NATIONALLY THIS COULD BE A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. I MEAN IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS DAMAR HAMLIN GOING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME THE NEED FOR IDEAS I MEAN

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GRANT SOURCE WITH PROFESSIONAL TEAMS. >> HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED INTO? WE'VE WE HAVE LOOKED INTO FUNDING OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN TO SAY THE LEAST WE DO CURRENTLY SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THIRD PARTY RTI THAT PROVIDES SOME TRAINERS BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK

FOR OTHER OF FUNDS TO HELP US PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. >> HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO MAYBE THE ORIOLES OR THE RAVENS OR ANYBODY IN THAT OR NFL LEAGUE OFFICE OR ANYTHING? I MEAN I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING NATIONALLY IT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF SPORTS TEAMS TO TRY TO GET A FUND TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL KIDS ARE PLAYING SAFELY AT

SCHOOL. >> NO, WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO THEM REGARDING I KNOW THAT THIS THIS IS GOING ON NOT JUST COUNTY BUT ACROSS THE STATE SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM. I KNOW THAT IN SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AGAIN THE WHOLE TRAINER THING IS JUST A BIG TOPIC RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. KING. I'LL I'LL THANKS. I'M JUST JUMPING BACK TO I BELIEVE THE SECOND SLIDE WHICH JUST KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH ATHLETIC TRAINERS. WHY ARE THERE NO CONTRACT PCT CONTRACTED ATHLETIC TRAINERS OR THE OTHER TEN SCHOOLS? WHY IS THERE ZERO COVERAGE THERE? OKAY, I'LL THAT ONE. SO I WANT TO SAY PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO WE ENTERED A CONTRACT SO LET ME BACK UP IS CURRENTLY TWO MODELS THAT WE HAVE TO OUTFIT BALTIMORE COUNTY TERMS OF OUR ATHLETIC TRAINERS ONE IS WHAT THE TRADITIONAL MODEL WAS ADA WHERE WE HIRED ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE NEED WE SUBCONTRACT WITH RTI WHICH COVERED THE REMAINING 17 SCHOOLS AFTER COVID HIT MANY OF OUR ATHLETIC TRAINERS FOUND OTHER JOBS TO DO AND HOW WE WENT FROM 17 YOU KNOW HAVING ALL 24 DOWN TO ONLY TEN SO IT'S A STRUGGLE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO TRY BUT AGAIN IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET TRAINERS TO COME INTO THE

PROFESSION WITH ONE WITH THE CHANGE IN REQUIREMENTS AND THEN ALSO WITH THE PAY. >> LET'S JUST TO BE CLEAR OF WE TRIED TO GET CONTRACT STAFF BACK IN AS OTHER TEN HIGH SCHOOLS CAN YOU

REPEAT THAT? >> SO THE TEN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ON ANY SUPPORT IS THERE HAVE YOU ATTEMPTED TO HIRE CONTRACTORS TO GO BACK IN THERE OR NO, NO. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE'VE USED OUR RESOURCES IN TERMS OF HIRING EMTS TO GO IN AND TO COVER THOSE GAMES THAT WE NEED TO COVER IN TERMS OF OUR FOOTBALL AND LACROSSE WHICH HAVE TO START WITH A MEDICAL ON ON SITE. AND THEN WE ALSO OUT TO OUR OTHER TRAINERS AT OTHER SCHOOLS WHEN WHEN NEEDED REGARDING YOU KNOW, HEALTH ISSUES. OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. HAGER. THANK YOU. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SO I ACTUALLY GAVE A PRESENTATION TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOL HEALTH COUNCIL ABOUT THIS A FEW MONTHS AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION WITH A LOT OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND HAVING THESE INDIVIDUALS PRESENT CERTAINLY AT LEAST THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL .I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY NOW FOR AN OLD

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS INJURY SO I GET IT. >> YOU KNOW IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IN THE MOMENT FOR THESE KIDS WHO AREN'T LIKELY GOING TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY I NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVING SOMEONE WHO'S PROFESSIONAL AND ON SITE IS SO IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THIS PROPOSAL KIND OF STARTING WHERE YOU ARE. I KNOW I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW MONTHS THAT THE GOLD STANDARD WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN EVERY SCHOOL BUT FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET TONIGHT BUT I RECALL THAT YOU SAID THAT JUST FINDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW I KNOW YOU SAID YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A SO MANY WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS RIGHT NOW. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. SO IS THAT ANOTHER REASON THAT WE'RE STARTING SMALL OR JUST BECAUSE

THE POOL SO TIGHT RIGHT NOW? >> YES. BUDGET BEING THE FIRST THING BUT THEN THE POOL IS SMALL AND WE ARE GOING TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND THIS LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID HERE TONIGHT THIS IS BIG TOPIC IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ATHLETICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WITHIN OUR OWN SYSTEM. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AT THE END OF THE DAY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET HOME TO THEIR PARENTS

IT'S WHAT WHAT THE ROLE OF A FULL TIME TRAINER EVEN LOOK LIKE. >> I THINK IF WE HIRED

THE FULL TIME WHAT WHAT WOULD THEIR DAY LOOK LIKE? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO I DIDN'T

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THREE OPTIONS. >> WELL I'M SORRY SO TECHNICALLY I MEAN IT IT WAS THE INITIAL OPTION WAS ALL RIGHT THIS WOULD BE A PHASE IN APPROACH. OKAY SO WE WILL LOOK AT HIGHER INTENT FOR FFR 24 AND THEN PHASE AND THEN THE REMAINING OVER THE NEXT THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS. SO IF WE JUST ADD THE TEN WE WOULD STILL USE THOSE OTHER MODELS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ONE AT THAT TIME. WE WILL TO WE WILL USE THOSE TEN TO TO HELP US WITH REMAINING SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT AND THEN ALSO TIE INTO OUR EMT AND OTHER

COVERAGES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COVERAGES AT OUR SCHOOLS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU

.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. MCMILLIAN IS STUBBS DEB SUMMERFIELD ON THIS CALL? >>

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW? >> I KNOW SHE'S NOT, NO, BUT I'M CURIOUS DOES THERE APPEAR TO BE YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BRINGING MORE MEDICAL WITH THEM NOW THAN THEY DID TEN OR 15 YEARS AGO? AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A MEDICAL BACKGROUND AND MAYBE DR. HAGER

COULD SAY THAT NOW. >> OKAY. YEAH, I WAS TO SAY YOU'RE SAYING I CAN'T ANSWER THAT

QUESTION, MR. CI. WE ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. OH ,OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DR. WILLIAMS, THE NEXT. YES. TOPIC. WELL, WE CAN THANK YOU TEAM. IF THEY WERE GOING TO COME END DID YOU SAY IN THE BEGINNING WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND DO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN DO WE

HOPE THIS IS THE LAST ONE I'M BRINGING FORTH? >> MR. HART LOVE, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO REFERENCE AND TO THANK MR. HART LOVE WIT AND TEAM FOR THE ONGOING WORK I'VE DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS STEPPED OUT BUT SHE SAID BUILDING BUDGET IS A

YEAR LONG PROCESS. >> IF YOU RECALL WHAT I PRESENTED DURING FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION WAS TO SHOW THE THE NEEDS OF OUR SYSTEM BUT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OUR COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERS. SO WHAT MR. HART LOVE AND TEAM WE HAVE WORK ONGOING WITH OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND STAFF. THE BUDGET OFFICE HAS REALLY WORKED HARD TO LOOK AT WAYS TO PRIORITIZE OUR PEOPLE. WE HAD A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE EARLIER. WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ROOM RIGHT

NOW. WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR UNION PARTNERS. I SEE THREE OF THEM IN THE AUDIENCE. >> IT'S ABOUT AND RELATIONSHIPS BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WINS AND THEY MAY BE SMALL WINS THAT WILL TO BIGGER WINS. SO I WANT TO REFERENCE THAT BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH TEN LIVE CHRIS HART LOVE AND THE BUDGET TEAM THEY HAVE WORKED NONSTOP EVERY BOARD MEETING

BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE MET WITH CHRIS MANY TIMES WITH MISS CHARLIE GREEN TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING QUESTIONS FROM THIS BOARD. SO WHAT I'VE ASKED MR. HART LOVE TO DO IS PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ABOUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH YOU MAKING A DECISION ABOUT THE BOARD BUDGET THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. HART LOVE AND IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT NEXT POWERPOINT. THANK YOU DR. WILLIAMS AND GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. CHAIR LICHTER VICE CHAIR HARVEY AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE BUDGET OFFICE. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING YOU KNOW AND I DON'T YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE THE UP THE THANK YOU FROM

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THE COUNTY SPENDING GUIDELINES. SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S GOAL WITH THAT. >> WE'VE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWERS AREN'T ALWAYS ON THE REVENUE SIDE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL 13.5 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS AND THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THE 24.8 MILLION ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE SUPERINTEND BUDGET TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND TO SUPPORT COMPENSATION THE STEP THAT IS CURRENTLY FUNDED. SO WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY ON THE HORIZON AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR BUT IT ACTUALLY IS MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL IN THE FY 25 YEAR. BUT OUR PLAN AS AS WE ARE IN MOTION RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF THE ESSER FUNDING IN FY 25 IS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE ESSER THREE FUND OR THE ESA THE ESSER FUNDS IN GENERAL AND THAT'S IN PROGRESS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON EACH AND ALL AND ALL THAT SPENDING AND AND IT'S WHETHER WE'RE GOING IT'S EITHER GOING TO SUNSET INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS THEY WILL BE ELIMINATED, SLASHED, REDUCED OR THEY WILL AND THE ONE THE LARGEST ONE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS WHEN WE GET TO FY 25 IS THE 15 MINUTES THAT'S BUILT INTO THE SCHOOL DAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING COVERED BY THE ESSER FUNDS AND WE'RE GOOD NEXT YEAR BUT IN FY 25 YEAR WE NEED TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR FOUR IN THE GENERAL REVENUE AND THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S BUILT INTO THE IT'S INTO SALARIES AND THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK HERE. NOTE THAT WE WANT TO BE AS EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY WITH THIS AS WE POSSIBLY. ATTRITION WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING POSITIONS IS YOUR FRIEND AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PLAN TO TO ANY REDUCTIONS IN POSITIONS TIED TO ASTER WILL BE DONE THROUGH ATTRITION SO ALL THESE FOLKS BECAUSE WE WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES ALL THESE FOLKS WILL LAND IN IN A POSITION AND THE ONE THING THAT'S ONGOING IS WE ARE CURRENTLY ALIGNING OR EXPENDITURES ARE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TO OUR ACTUAL COSTS AND WE ALSO KNOW WHEN WE GET TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LIMIT THE REQUESTS FOR NEW EXPENDITURES BECAUSE OF THE THE ABSORBING OF THE OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. NEXT PLEASE. SO THIS IS A SLIDE YOU SAW AT THE LAST BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION. THIS IS THESE ARE UPDATED NUMBERS. THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD IN THE THE SLIDE. THEY'RE JUST THE OFF THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE UP TO DATE AND THEY'RE THE MATERIALITY OF THE CHANGE IS VERY SMALL SO THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST TIME. SO AS I ,I BELIEVE I SAID LAST TIME WE WE'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A

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ABOVE THE STEP THAT'S IN THE IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE BUDGET. >> NEXT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST SLIDE SO THE THE IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU'RE DOING A BUDGET IS AND WE BELIEVE YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRIORITIZING PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN STAFF MEMBERS AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT OUR

SALARIES AND AND FREEING UP AS MUCH THE DOLLARS AS WE CAN FOR FOR FOR SALARIES. >> SO TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES BUT THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH ALL DIVISIONS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL $13.5 MILLION ABOVE THE 28.20 4.8 AGAIN IN EFFICIENCIES AND REDUCTIONS THROUGH ACROSS THE BOARD TO NINE PERSONNEL NON PERSONNEL CENTRAL OFFICE BUDGETS. WE'RE ALSO VERY MUCH LOOKING INTO ALIGNING BUDGETED EXPENDITURES TO ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS OF CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS TO INCLUDE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS WITH REGARDS TO HOW ALL THE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE USED WITHIN. THE BOARD PARAMETER THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR NEGOTIATIONS WHERE NEGOTIATIONS WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF TEAM B CPS TO PROVIDE ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES A STEP AND COLA WHICH IS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OR THE EQUIVALENT TO THAT. WE ALSO A OF OURS IS TO IMPLEMENT THE MINIMUM OF $15 PER HOUR SALARY RATE FOR I ASK ME A BIG ONE HERE IS OUR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO INCREASE THE STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS $59,000 THAT WOULD BE REALLY MAKE VERY I BELIEVE COMPETITIVE IMPLEMENT THE INITIAL PHASE OF BCP MODIFIED ENHANCED AND SCALES FOR TABACO AND SPC. SO THOSE ARE ALL THAT

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO TO ACCOMPLISH. >> AND WITH THAT I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE WE AND I JUST JUST TO I THINK WE HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO DATE. WE HAVE THOSE ANSWERED AND OUT OF ALL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ARE NOW'S THE TIME TO PASS YOUR YOUR APPROVED BUDGET REQUEST. OKAY. QUESTIONS MR. MCMILLIAN I HAVE A MOTION SO I MOVE BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION BEFORE HE MAKES A MOTION .ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT? WHAT MR. HART LUV JUST SHARED FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I'M SORRY, MR.

MCMILLIAN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. BUT HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID. SO THE REDUCTION OF CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS TO INCLUDE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS TO INCLUDE SUPERVISORY OR SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE

SUPERVISORY? >> NO, IT'S THE THE LIST WILL HAVE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS. THIS THIS 13 THIS

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SUPERVISORS AS WELL OR HOW WILL THAT AFFECT? >> WE SCHOOLS? >> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO BEST LOOK AT BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE SCALPEL YOU KNOW IN TRIED TRYING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL

POOR. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS WITH THESE REDUCTIONS. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. MR. MCMILLION BACK TO YOU. >> I MOVE THAT WE BALTIMORE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FUND AND THE 2023 DASH 24 OPERATING BUDGET 24 ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ONE SUPERVISOR. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TOTALING 3,249,063 DOLLARS IS THERE A SECOND TO

MR. MCMULLEN'S MOTION SECOND PUMPHREY ANY DISCUSSION. >> CAN I SPEAK TO IT? YES AND PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY .I READILY UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TRYING NOT TO BE OVERLY DRAMATIC OUT OF THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED. THIS IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.

IF WE CAN SAVE ONE LIFE FROM A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND CLUED THIS IN OUR BUDGET AND LIKE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OLSZEWSKI AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL DECIDE IF THEY'RE GOING TO FUND IT. AT LEAST WE HAVE DONE OUR JOB.

THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DR. HAGER, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IF WE TO APPROVE THIS THIS AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET ABOVE WHAT WE HAVE SO SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO PUT IT ON TOP OF OUR EXISTING REQUEST. IS DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE

OF THE SORRY THE SPENDING AFFORDABILITY. >> YEAH. THAT YES. YES. NO IT'S NOT YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THAT REQUEST IS A REQUEST. SO YOU CAN YOU KNOW I'M NOT ENCOURAGING REQUEST BUT YOU CAN REQUEST UP TO YOU KNOW,

WHATEVER AMOUNT YOU WANT TO REQUEST. >> AND SO IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT JUST THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAINERS AS WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS EVEN A FEASIBLE THING TO TRY TO DO BUT AGAIN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT

STILL WORTH TRYING TO DO. >> WOULD DO YOU THINK FROM A NEGOTIATION STANDPOINT IT WOULD NEGATE OUR ABILITY TO DO THE STEPWISE PROPOSAL THAT MR. SEYE SUGGESTED OR I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GO DOWN THIS ROAD WE WOULD ADD THE EXPENDITURE HAD THE REQUEST TO THE THE SO THE REQUEST TO 3.2 WOULD GO UP TO 26.2. IF IF IF THAT'S ALL WE ADD AND THEN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WOULD COME BACK WITH QUESTIONS AND KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS COULD BE IS THERE OR ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES? I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. I DON'T SUPPORT THIS OR ARE THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD PROVIDE HIM WHATEVER INFORMATION HE WOULD NEED TO MAKE WHATEVER DECISIONS HE'D

WANT TO MAKE. >> AND ONE LAST QUICK QUESTION THAT MR. SITE PRESENTED IS NOT IN THE BUDGET NOW THAT WAS JUST A POTENTIAL NEITHER ON THAT EVEN WHAT THE SMALLER OPTION ISN'T EVEN IN

THERE. >> NEITHER OPTION IS IN THE BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO JUST COMMENT WE WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED OF HAVING THESE PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE READ. I WANT TO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZED I'VE HEARD EVEN FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT AND EVEN THIS BOARD PREVIOUS BOARD TALKED ABOUT AND WE SUPPORT THAT SUPPORTING OUR PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE COMPETENCY. SO IN THE IDEAL WORLD WE WOULD LOVE TO DO BOTH. WHY? I ASKED THE TEAM TO LOOK AT A MODEL. HERE'S THE FULL 2724 ATHLETIC TRAINS WILL LOOK LIKE AND HERE IS PHASE AND AS AN OPTION WE RUN THE RISK AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT MR. HART LOVE SAID PROBABLY IN THAT FIRST BOARD WORK SESSION WHEN WE KEEP WE RUN THE RISK THAT SOMEONE WILL EITHER ELIMINATE COMPLETE. THAT'S THE RISK THAT WE WE TAKE SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDED THIS ALTERNATIVE OF A PHASE MODEL KNOWING THAT THERE WAS SOME INTEREST OR AT LEAST QUESTIONS THE BOARD FROM THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSIONS BUT IT IS IT IS NOW GOING BEYOND THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND LOOKING THE SPENDING AFFORDABILITY AS A COUNTY AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BUT WE RECOGNIZE THESE ARE TWO EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND DEFINITELY THE WELL-BEING OUR STUDENTS WHEN

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THEY OWN THAT COURT OR FIELD. >> MR. KUHN OH, THANK. MR. HART LOVE THE CURRENT FUNDING THAT'S PAYING FOR THE CONTRACTOR RESOURCES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE PART TIME ATHLETIC TRAINERS .THAT FUNDING STILL EXISTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT

THIS MOTION PASSES. >> IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. >> OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF I MEAN IT WOULD SENSE THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED THAT ANY LONGER IF WE GOT IT BUT THAT FUNDING IS STILL THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS QUESTION MS.. HARVEY AND I'LL JUST START COMMENT. WE GO AHEAD WE ASK FOR WHAT WE NEED AND THEN, YOU KNOW ,PRIORITIZE IT AND THEY CAN

DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO FUND IT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS.. >> HARVEY. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU FOR THE PROPOSAL. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE OUR OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETIC EVENTS. CURRENTLY WE TEN SCHOOLS WHO DON'T HAVE AN ATHLETIC TRAINER BUT THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF COVERAGE AND ARE THEY WITHOUT ANY COVERAGE? AND THEN CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T WHAT THE

DIFFERENCE IS IN THE DAY TO DAY EXECS TUITION. >> MICHAEL SIGNED FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINER AND SCHOOLS THAT DON'T CARE WHO COMES. SO AS YOU JUST SAID, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TEN SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINERS. SO WHAT WE DO IS THERE ARE CERTAIN SPORTS TO HAVE TO HAVE PERSONNEL ON STAFF AT THE GAME BUT AGAIN TO EVEN START SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COVERAGE FOR THOSE GAMES SO THAT THEY CAN START THE GAMES SO THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP THE PROGRAMS AND SO THE KIDS CAN PLAY OUTSIDE OF THAT. WE TRY USE OUR OTHER TRAINERS TO DO DROP IN VISITS BUT AGAIN THERE'S ENOUGH MEDICAL ISSUES GOING ON AT THEIR OWN SCHOOLS THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO BE STRETCHED BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE GAMES OFF. WE DO UTILIZE EMT HAS TO HAVE THAT WILL COME OUT TO GAMES AND WHEN WE HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AGAIN TO PROVIDE THE

SAFEST ENVIRONMENT BUT THOSE TEN SCHOOLS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON THEIR OUTSIDE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S QUESTION IS IT DUTY EVER TO YOUR REQUEST TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? WE SEND THE

BUDGET BUT THEN THESE ARE OTHER REQUEST FOR HIM TO LOOK AT. >> HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE OVER

THE LAST YEAR WE PRIORITIZE PEOPLE THAT. >> YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. >> I APOLOGIZE. LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID WAS TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. SO AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OTHER FUNDERS WERE LOOKING IF THEY WERE MAKING CUTS OUR WAS THAT THE CUTS WERE NOT IN COMPENSATION OF STAFF MEMBERS BUT THEN DID YOU TEAR OTHER REQUESTS TO THEM OR NO WE

NOT. >> OKAY. TO YOUR OKAY. AND THEN WITH THIS SPENDING AFFORDABILITY THAT MEANS THAT

THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CAN'T EVEN BEYOND A CERTAIN NUMBER. >> MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY I DON'T KNOW HOW I THINK I THINK IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BINDING LIKE IT BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THEY VERY MUCH TAKE SERIOUSLY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SUBMIT A BUDGET THAT IS

ABOVE SPENDING AFFORDABILITY WHAT IS OUR SPENDING AUTHORITY ?>> DO WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOK WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING WELL, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE COUNTY AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS IS THAT THEY DIDN'T GUARANTEE US BUT THEY FELT I FEEL LIKE THEY FELT MORE WITH THE $23 MILLION INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. THEY VERY MUCH WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE 36.4. SO THEY WE DEFINITELY HAD TO COME DOWN OFF OF THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF 10 MILLION ABOVE RIGHT. LAST YEAR AND YOU KNOW WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT THE 23 WILL BE SUPPORTED SO IF WE SPEND BEYOND THE 23 THEN WE'RE RUNNING THE RISK THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WILL SAY I AM TAKING X OUT .I. SO THAT'S THE RISKS THAT WE'RE RUNNING IF WE GO ABOVE THE 23 MILLION ABOVE THE NO NO THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN JUST START TO. NO DOUBT MORE YOU PUT IN THE MORE CHANCE OF THINGS GETTING REDUCED AND AS AS YOU CAN GIVE GUIDANCE AND PRIORITIZATION THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT POINT IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS. OKAY. THANK YOU

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MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THAT WOULD JUST BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION OF OTHER QUESTIONS. >> MR. KUHN .THANK YOU. I JUST I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE STAFF HAVE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. LAVINE TO SHARE THAT AND THAT'S FANTASTIC THAT THEY WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER BUT IN THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT, THE SPENDING AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FISCAL 2020 FOR ITS $114 MILLION IS THE MAXIMUM GROWTH IN BASE SPENDING AND THAT IS TO BE SPREAD OUT OVER ALL GROWTH AND COUNTY SO HE HAS ALLOCATED US AN AMOUNT BASED ON WHAT HE WANTED ALLOCATE ASIDE. WE CAN ASK FOR WHATEVER WE WANT. THERE IS MONEY THERE SO LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT WE CAN'T ASK FOR

MORE BECAUSE OF THIS NUMBER THAT HE GAVE US. >> IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIES AND I KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE PRIORITIES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE

OF THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. MCMILLIAN. >> MR.. SIDE DO MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE A

TABULATORS. YEAH. YEAH. >> ALL 27 MIDDLE TO THE MIKE. >> MR. CY PLEASE. YES, MR. MCMILLIAN.

ALL 27 MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE THEM IN ALL 24 HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDING A DETAILED EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS

ARE SAFE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER ON MR. MCMILLAN'S MOTION? >> BUT MR.

WILLIAMS, AS YOU KNOW WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE MR. SIDER JUST BE STILL. >> THANK YOU. MR. SORRY MR. CHAIRMAN. AND I THINK IN YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION YOU USE THE TERM ATHLETIC DIRECTORS. NO .OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. THAT WAS TOLD TO ME. OKAY. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE

MOTION? OKAY. WE YES. LET'S RESTATE THE MOTION. >> MR. MILIAN, CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION? SURE. I MOVE THAT WAY. THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FUND AND THE 2023 DASH 24 OPERATING BUDGET 24 ATHLETIC TRAINERS ONE SUPERVISOR EQUIPMENT AND

SUPPLIES TOTALING $3,249,063. >> OKAY MS.. GO TO ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. MR. ROMANOWSKI.

YES, MS.. PUMPHREY. YES. MR. MCMILLIAN. YES. MISHAN. YES. MS. JONES. NO. MS.. HARVEY. NO

.>> MS.. MR. OFFERMAN. NO. DR. SAVOY. NO. >> DR. HAGER. YES. MR.. >> YES. MS.. LECTOR. NO.

FIVE OR SIX SOME MOTION FAILS CORRECT PASSES. MOTION PASSES. SORRY. OKAY. ANY OTHER BOARD

MEMBERS THAT HAVE A MOTION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. LET ME GO BACK TO MY WORD DOC

NOTES AND I'M SORRY I DO HAVE A MOTION. >> OKAY. MS. PUMPHREY THIS IS ON THE MAIN. THIS IS

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OF MEALS THAT WILL BE SERVED BUT NOT REIMBURSED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> SECOND FIGURE IN .WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION MS. HUMPHREY OKAY. SO NEWLY RELEASED DATA INDICATES THAT OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOW ELIGIBLE TO ELECT THE COMMUNITY

ELIGIBILITY PROVISION FOR IT FOR A FOUR YEAR CYCLE BEGINNING IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. >>

APOLOGIZE I LOST MY NOTE. >> THIRDS OF ALL STUDENTS WHICH IS 73,000 STUDENTS NOW QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED AND AND BACKPACKS. BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS MORE WHO NEED FOOD AND ARE INVISIBLE IN THESE STATISTICS. THEIR FAMILIES MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY TO BUT NOT

ENOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? >> YES, I MIGHT ASK DR. YARBOROUGH

COME TO THE TABLE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ABOUT THIS MOTION. >> DR. YARBROUGH. >> GOOD EVENING .GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THANK YOU .MS. PUMPHREY THE UPDATE FOR ALL MEMBERS ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PLAN TO TRANSITION TO A FULL SYSTEM. C.P. BASED ON THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AS WELL AS ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS WITH MS.. HASSLER AS THE DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND SERVICES AND SO ESSENTIALLY YOU DON'T NEED THE MOTION BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH ENTERPRISE. OKAY, FANTASTIC AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE 100% OF BOND

.>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YES .SO DO I NEED TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION AT THIS POINT? >> YOU CAN. WELL NOPE. NO CONSENT TO WITHDRAW OBJECTION TO WITHDRAWING THE MOTION GIVES US

A QUICK QUESTION. >> YES. >> IS THAT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THAT NEXT YEAR? YES.

OKAY. SO OKAY. ANY OBJECTION? I'M SORRY. >> ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE

MOTION? >> TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. I CAN THINK OF THE WORD .WHY NOT VOTE ON IT? THIS VOTE

ON MS.. >> HUMPHREY'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW IS YOU OBJECTING TO WITHDRAWING HER MOTION, MR. MCMILLIAN? ARE OBJECTING TO IT .LET ME JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I JUST YES THIS QUESTION BUT I'M JUST GOING TO ASK AGAIN JUST TO CLARIFY AND MAYBE YOU CAN COMMENT IF YOU THINK I'M INCORRECT ALSO DID WE JUST I JUST WANT TO VERIFY THAT STEP WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN 100% OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 WE'RE CURRENTLY IN FISCAL YEAR YES SCHOOL YEAR 20 1020 YES. YES YOU ARE

CORRECT AND YOU JUST ANNOUNCED CONGRATULATIONS MOM. >> ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU STILL WISH TO WITHDRAW YOUR YES. I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE WITHDRAWAL.

NO HEARING NONE. THE MOTION IS WITHDRAWN. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER MOTIONS BEFORE. OKAY.

THERE. YES, MISS HAND. THANK YOU. I'LL PUT IT IN THE CHAT AND THANK YOU TO MR. HART LOVE FOR PROVIDING UPDATED LANGUAGE THIS I MOVED TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING BUDGET BY RESTORING A TOTAL OF TEN CENTRAL OFFICE RESOURCE TEACHER OF TES AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF 1,360,000 AS FOLLOWS ADVANCED ACADEMICS FOR FTE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS THREE FTE MATHEMATICS 250 EES AND SOCIAL STUDIES ONE FTE THE POSITIONS WILL BE FUNDED BY REALLOCATING PLANNED IN NON INSTRUCTIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE EXPENDITURES TO BE DETERMINED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. IS THERE A SECOND TO MS. HENS MOTION SECOND PUMPHREY THANK YOU. MISS HAND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTION? I'M SURE BRIEFLY WE'VE CONSISTENTLY FROM OUR EDUCATORS HOW IT IS THAT WE HAVE RESOURCE TEACHERS TO ASSIST THEM. MY MOTION RESTORES

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MINUTES AGO. >> THANK YOU. DR. WILLIAMS, DO YOU ONCE STAFF TO RESPOND OR. >> WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THE MOTION IS TO RESTORE. I SEE THE MOTION AND AGAIN THEIR THEIR JOB IS TO REALLY SUPPORT SCHOOLS. I THINK WE PRESENTED KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE WERE EARLIER WHEN MR. HART LEFT PRESENTED THE AMENDMENTS. SO OTHER THAN THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS ADDITIONAL ABOVE THE VOTE BOARDS OPERATING BUDGET. THAT'S ONE THING IF THIS IS SAYING TO RESTORE AND TO FIND FUNDS WITHIN THE CURRENT THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO DO SOME REDUCTION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE .SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE TIME FRAME AT THIS TIME. IF

UNDERSTANDING THE MOTION AS WRITTEN MADAM CHAIR MAY CLARIFY YES. >> THANK YOU. EARLIER TODAY I SENT A TENTATIVE MOTION .I WAS WAITING FOR CLARIFICATION IN NUMBERS FROM MR. HART LOVE AND THANK YOU, MR. HART FOR PROVIDING THOSE. HE SHARED WITH ME THAT MY PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN OTHER AREAS TO FUND THIS WERE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED FOR USE IN SALARY INCREASES FOR OUR EDUCATORS RATHER THAN INCLUDING MY ORIGINAL MOTION SPECIFIED THE SAME AREAS OF REDUCTIONS. I IT TO ALLOW DISCRETION TO OUR TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE SOURCED. SO ORIGINALLY MY MOTION DID SPECIFY AREAS AND I LEARNED LATER AND THAT MUCH LATER IN THE DAY THAT THOSE WERE BEING TAPPED FOR OTHER NEEDS SO IT DOES ALLOW FOR DISCRETION TO THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THESE POSITIONS ARE. THESE ARE CURRENT EITHER VACANCIES OR CURRENT CURRENTLY FILLED POSITIONS IN CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT ARE NOT

INCLUDED IN YEAR'S WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE FTE IN L.A.. THANK YOU MR.. >> JONES DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? YES ,MY FOLLOW QUESTION IS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MR. HART LOU ,YOU'RE A BUDGETARY PERSON. YOU'RE NOT SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT THERE IN SCHOOL HOUSE LIKE DR.

MCGOVERN'S MISSION. DR. WILLIAMS OR DR. YARBROUGH WHO REALLY WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LOOK TO FOR THESE KIND OF FUNDING RESOURCE ALLOCATION BUDGET THINGS. SO I REALLY CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT RESPONSIBLE US TO VOTE ON SOMETHING WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF THIS AND HOW IT WOULD IMPACT OTHER IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

.IT'S NOT JUST TO RESOURCE TEACHERS HAVE VERY MANY NEEDS SO I CAN SUPPORT THIS. >> THANK YOU DR.. I'M STRUGGLING A BIT AS WELL I I DO LIKE I THINK YOUR POINT ABOUT THE NEW CURRICULUM BEING ROLLED OUT MAKES IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE FOLKS WHO CAN HELP TRAIN OTHERS

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NOW AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. >> SO ARE THERE ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY ADVANCED ACADEMIC RESOURCE THERE ARE THESE DO THESE POSITIONS EXIST THIS WOULD BE ADDING ONE DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. DR. WILLIAMS. SO WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE RESOURCE TEACHERS AND PUTTING FORWARD A MORE CONSERVATIVE REQUEST. WE OF COURSE PROPOSE FEWER FOR NEXT YEAR AND IF MS. HENSHER TO DR. WILLIAMS POINT SHE'S ASKING NOT CUT AS MANY IF YOU WILL IN PLAIN LANGUAGE NOT REDUCE AS MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. MINSKY I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE NEED FOR RESOURCES JUST FROM GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THESE ARE NEEDED THESE I THINK THE CURRICULUMS WHEN THEY'RE ROLLED OUT THEY OUR TEACHERS NEED HELP IMPLEMENTING AND THEY'RE USED. I WILL SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE I'VE SEEN YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS GOING DOWN FROM WHAT WAS IT 6 TO 2 OR SO, IT'S JUST I THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FUND OUR PEOPLE AND THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE AND THEY'RE HELPING OUR STUDENTS AND THEY'RE HELPING OUR TEACHERS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT I DESPERATELY WANT MORE RESOURCES TEACHERS MY WORRY IS THAT $13.5 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS THAT WAS REACHED AND NOT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE COMING BUT YOU HAD SAID THEY WERE CENTRAL OFFICE SO I'M WORRIED WE'RE GOING IN A CIRCLE WE JUST REDUCED PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL OFFICE TO GET SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD ARE WE ADDING PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR BECAUSE WE JUST REMOVE THEIR SUPERVISOR? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH IN FOR I MEAN I REALLY WANT MORE RESOURCE HELP IN SIENA BUT SO BY MY PROBLEM IS I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW TO SAY WHAT THAT 13.5 TOOK AWAY AND ARE WE JUST MAKING A PUZZLE THAT SAYS THAT THE PIECES AREN'T GOING TO EVEN FIT TOGETHER. SO I'M HOPING THAT A FAIR YES. MS. HENRY IT'S IT'S NOT 13 MILLION IT'S 1 MILLION. NO NO NO WE THERE WAS IN THE PRESENTATION MADE THERE WAS $13.5 MILLION IN MORE REDUCTIONS MADE TO ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN SOME OTHER AREAS. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT 13.5 INDICATED IT WAS CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. THIS MOTION IS TO PUT BACK CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL OF THAT FITS FITS TOGETHER .ARE WE LETTING SOME PEOPLE GO WHILE ADDING MORE? SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH NOT HAVING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ABOUT THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE SOMEONE.

YES MISS PUMPHREY? YES, MR.. YES MISS HIM? YES MISS JONES. NO MISS HARVEY. NO MR. OFFERMAN

.NO. >> DR. SAVOY A MINUTE. NO DR. HAGER. NO. MR.. >> YES, MISS LICHTER. VERY SAD. NO FAVORS FIVE OKAY. MOTION FAILS .OKAY. I'M MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED? SORRY SO I ROTHMAN THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND? >> MOLLY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE

PLEASE? MR. KAMINSKI MISS PUMPHREY YES. >> MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISS HIM NOW MISS JONES

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[J. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - RESOLUTION - MENTAL HEALTH (Ms. Hassan) (9:00 - 9:15 p.m.)]

BUT I MUST STRESS TO YOU THE IMPACT OF SUCH A RESOLUTION IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE EXPERIENCED A CRISIS BUT JUST AS WE'VE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA AND THIS CRISIS WE'VE ADDITIONALLY SEEN A CALL TO ACTION THIS IS OUR CALL TO ACT I HAD A STUDENT SHARE WITH ME A STATEMENT ON A SCHOOL VISIT THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE I READ TO YOU MY RESOLUTION AND THE MOTION BUT. HE SIMPLY SAID I JUST WANT US TO BE OKAY. WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED SUPPORT.

SO I MOVE TO ADOPT SUPPORTED RESOLUTION TO 2020 3-01 MENTAL HEALTH WHICH STATES WHEREAS THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CPS STUDENTS IS A HIGH PRIORITY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY BOARD AS DEMONSTRATED AND IN BOARD POLICY. AND. WHEREAS, THE BOARD PRIORITIZES SAFETY AS INTEGRAL TO SCHOOL CLIMATE AND STUDENT SUCCESS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS IS AT THE CORE OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE. AND. WHEREAS, QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR CPS STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE CRUCIAL IN SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES MANY OF WHOM NAVIGATE A PLETHORA OF COMPLEX SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ISSUES. AND. WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS A PREVALENT CHALLENGE FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BUT IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD BY EDUCATORS AND STUDENT PEERS AND RESEARCH FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH SHOWS ONE IN FIVE YOUTH EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND. WHEREAS RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SPECIFICALLY DEPRESSION AND YOUTH AGED 12 TO 17 HAS DRASTICALLY RISEN THE LAST TEN YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH. AND. WHEREAS SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL ARE CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO MEET RECOMMENDED PROFESSIONAL RATIOS AND SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND PCP.

STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE EXPERIENCED UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES SINCE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. FOR SOME STUDENTS AND STAFF THIS EXPERIENCE HAS HAD AN ON MENTAL HEALTH AND HAS INCREASED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING EDUCATION CARE AND THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE EVER CHANGING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HERE WITH ASSEMBLED AND REGULAR SESSION ON THE 28TH DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR 2023 SHALL DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO A STANDING STUDENT SEAT ON THE CPS MENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AND MAY SEEM TO ELEVATE THE PRESENCE OF THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE AND THAT THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE 2022 TO 2023 STUDENT MEMBER OF THE WILL BE TASKED WITH ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC FACING WEBPAGE ON THE CPS WEBSITE COMMUNICATING THE WORK OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT SUCH WEB PAGE SHALL BE CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE AND RESPECTIVE STAFF AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY BOARD THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WILL WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF STUDENTS SERVICES AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP LONG TERM TO IMPROVE TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY A MENTAL HEALTH IN BALTIMORE COUNTY'S

[02:30:03]

WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO. >> BUT IT'S NOT EASY TO SAY IT OUT LOUD RIGHT? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADAPT BOARD RESOLUTION 2020 3-01 MENTAL HEALTH AS PRESENTED SO MOVES US ON DO I HAVE A SECOND THOUGHT? SAVOY THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION OC MAYOR ROLL CALL VOTE MISC OVER MR. MINSKY YES. MS. PUMPHREY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISHAN YES.

MS. JONES YES. MS. HARVEY YES. MR. SOHN YES MR. OFFERMAN. YES DR. SAVOY. YES DR. HAGER. YES

MR.. Q YES, MISS LICHTER. >> YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES JAMES YOU AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO MS.. HOWIE AND DR. FERGUSON HELPING ME PERFECT THIS RESOLUTION. THIS WOULD NOT BE ON YOUR DESKS WITHOUT THEM SO THANK YOU TO THE BOTH OF THEM AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR APPROVING THIS CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT IT CREATES FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THANK

[K. REPORT - BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (Dr. McComas and Dr. Whisted) (9:15 - 9:45 p.m.)]

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS HOW HIGH PERFORMING WORKFORCE ALIGNS WITH HUMAN CAPITAL AND HIGH QUALITY DIVERSE TEACHERS AND LEADERS SECTION. NEXT YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES MORE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF OUR BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION WHICH ALIGN TO EACH OF OUR FOCUS

AREAS. AT THIS POINT I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DR. HOLMES. >> WALK US THROUGH THE FIVE PILLARS. GOOD. SO PILLAR ONE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS .PILLAR ONE FOCUSES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD INSTRUCTION AND THE POINTS OF CONTACT IN INDIVIDUALS DEVELOP THIS SECTION OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WAS DR. LISTED MISS AND MS. PAULA BOYKIN. SO THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN EXPLAINS THE EXPANSION OF HIGH PUBLICLY FUNDED PRE-KINDERGARTEN INCLUDING WE WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO FULL DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN FOR TIER ONE, THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS AND TIER FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN AND IMPLEMENT A HIGH QUALITY T MIXED DELIVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SYSTEM. AS A RESULT OF THIS EXPANSION PAIR EDUCATORS WILL BE ADDED TO EVERY CLASS EVERY PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM FOR 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE CONTRACT BE COMING FORWARD WITH APPROVAL FROM YOU TWO.

[02:35:05]

ALSO IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR BE ADDING MORE 810 FULL DAY SEATS .>> CPS HAS ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AN ELIGIBLE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATING IN PUBLICLY FUNDED PRE-KINDERGARTEN IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND OTHER APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT. THE PLAN OUTLINES HOW MSD REQUIRES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO MEET HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING AND BCBS PLANS

TO MEET THAT HIGH QUALITY STANDARD TO RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING. >> BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMINISTERS AN UNBIASED KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENT TO ALL INCOMING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AS REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION AND WILL EXPAND FAMILY SUPPORTS TO INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF JUDY CENTERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE NEXT FOCUS IS ON PILLAR TO THE POLICIES OR LEADERS IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION. MS. CARLA SIMONS MS. LIZ BERGQUIST

AND OUR NEGOTIATOR MR. JOE L BELSKY MANAGER OF STAFF RELATIONS. >> SO THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN BCP WILL RECRUIT AND SUPPORT HIGH QUALITY AND DIVERSE TEACHERS TO MEET WORKFORCE NEEDS. THIS INCLUDES WE WILL MONITOR QUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF STATE TEACHER CANDIDATES AND EXISTING TEACHER WORKFORCE AND HOW WILL THE STATE WILL INCREASE THE RIGOR OF TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS? REVISE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS TO MEET THOSE NEW REQUIREMENTS AND, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PATHWAYS, PREPARE FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL EXCUSE ME TO BECOME CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THE LEGISLATION ALSO ESTABLISHES NEW STATEWIDE EDUCATOR CAREER LADDER AND

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM .>> BEEKEEPERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A NEW PROGRAM, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION

PARTICULARLY TEACHERS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS. >> WE WILL IMPLEMENT AN EDUCATOR CAREER LADDER ON BEFORE JULY ONE, 2024 .WE WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO OBTAIN MASTER MASTER'S DEGREES IN FIELDS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL EXPERTIZE HAVE SHORTAGE AREAS AND ENHANCE TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL AND QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO TEACH DUAL COURSES AS ADJUNCT FACULTY AT POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS APPROPRIATE THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

>> BCP WILL IMPLEMENT INITIAL PERCENT SALARY INCREASE BY JUNE 30TH 2024 BY JULY 2026. WE MUST IMPLEMENT A $60,000 STARTING TEACHER SALARY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PILLAR THREE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS THIS SECTION IS WRITTEN AND LED BY DR. HEATHER WOODRIDGE, DR.

MICHAEL GRUBBS AND SHERRY FISHER, MR. JENNIFER KRAFT, MS. CASSERLY, MS.. >> SHAY AND DR.

WEST THERE THIS PART OF THE PLAN DESCRIBES HOW BEEKEEPERS WILL ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER READY AND SHE'LL MEET THE CCR STANDARD AT AN EQUAL RATE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS. BCP MUST IMPLEMENT A FULLY ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM CONSULTATION WITH EXPERIENCE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS INCLUDING HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS AND INSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT BUILD ON ONE ANOTHER IN A LOGICAL SEQUENCE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS. THIS INCLUDES SHARING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE USE OF HIGH QUALITY CONTENT RICH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO KEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK TO MEET CCR IN ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS AS WELL AS MATH. THE PLAN SHOWS HOW BCP PROVIDES INTENSIVE INTERVENTION SERVICES TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ON TRACK TO BECOME A CCR BY

THE END OF 10TH GRADE TO INCLUDE PROGRESS MONITORING AND INTERVENTIONS. >> WE MUST ALSO

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INCREASE PER PUPIL FUNDING. >> ADDITIONALLY, THE LAW REQUIRES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS OF HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. PERSONAL GRANTS AWARDED TO SCHOOLS WERE LEAST 55% OF STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS. COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATORS ADDED TO THESE SCHOOLS AND ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND CONDUCT SCHOOL LEVEL NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL

ENTITIES AND AGENCIES. >> B CPS WILL HAVE 56 SCHOOLS IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE SLIDE SHOW THAT WAS POSTED WHICH LISTED 71 PRINCIPALS WERE INFORMED

OF CHANGE MADE BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAST WEEK. >> THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING ENHANCED STUDENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT BY HELP BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATORS DEVELOPING THE PLAN TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND SCHOOL BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS AS PART OF THE REQUIRED ANNUAL TRAINING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATORS IN EARLY DAYS TEACH SCHOOL STAFF TO RECOGNIZE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES IN STUDENTS THE LAST PILLAR PILLAR FIVE THIS IS OUR GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABLE SECTION. THE POINTS OF CONTACT ARE DR. MELISSA WINSTEAD AND MR. WHIT TETZLAFF WHO DRAFTED THE SECTION OF THIS PLAN OF THE PLAN. EXCUSE ME. SO THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN HOW WE WILL SUPPORT THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING. THE AB AND MSDE WILL REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION PLANS SUBMITTED BY BCP AND WILL APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE PLANS. THIS SECTION LISTS OVERALL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WHICH DRAFTED THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. BCP SE IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR BLUEPRINT

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PRESENTATION OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DR. LISTED. >> THANK YOU. THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

BEGAN AS A TEMPLATE PROVIDED BY MSD AND THE AIB FOR THE ALLIES TO COMPLETE. >> SO WE PUT TOGETHER A SMALLER IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING TEAM AND DRAFTED THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU GOT TO SEE THE STAFF THAT DR. HOLMES LISTED AS THE PLAN OF CONTACT. THEY ACTUALLY DRAFTED EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER GROUP OF SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS AND THE SUPERVISORS OF THE PRINCIPALS THOSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REVIEWED EACH SECTION OF THE PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY DR. AND I REVIEWED THE ENTIRE PLAN. SO THE LARGER STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT WE HAVE WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO US WHEN WE WERE EXPLAINING WHAT'S IN EACH SECTION THE PLAN AND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OTHER SMALL GROUPS LIKE BODY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND OUR RE-ENGAGEMENT PLANNING GROUP WHERE. WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK. ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE ON THE WEBSITE AND THESE ARE FEEDBACK FORM THE RESPONSES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN YOU'LL SEE NARRATIVE, YOU'LL SEE DATA CHARTS, YOU'LL SEE ARTIFACTS WHICH ARE SUPPLEMENTAL THINGS LINKED TO THE PLAN TO SUPPORT RESPONSES THAT WE PROVIDED AND WE PRESENTED THIS PLAN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET MEMBERS. THEN WE SENT YOU ALL A SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE WHICH HAD AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THEN THERE WAS A LINK TO THE FULL

PLAN YOUR REVIEW. >> THE ONCE WE RECEIVE ALL THE FEEDBACK BACK WE HAD WE HAD A DRAFT MEETING WITH MSD AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE TWEAKS THAT THEY WANT US TO MAKE. IT WAS OVERALL A VERY POSITIVE MEETING WITH THEIR FEEDBACK. WE'LL BE POSTING PLAN PUBLICLY AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS SAYING THEY'LL TRANSLATE THE PLAN. WE SENT THEM THE OUR TOP LANGUAGES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSLATING THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO BE POSTED AND ALL THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE .YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE LAST TIME WE TALKED THERE WILL BE TWO SUBMISSIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW WHICH IS DUE MARCH 15TH YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY WANTED INFORMATION ABOUT LAST YEAR WHAT WE DID THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN THERE'LL BE A NEW SUBMISSION NEXT MARCH WILL INCLUDE SCHOOL YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2027 AND AS DR. HOLMES SAY BEFORE BE MONITORING THE PLAN QUARTERLY THOSE PEOPLE THOSE POINTS OF CONTACT WILL BE ON THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THE OUTCOMES WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION FOR OUR DATA POINTS FOR THAT AND WHEN WE GET THE PLAN BACK MSD THEY'LL BE MARKING US AND GRADING US ON YOU KNOW DO OUR RESPONSES MEET THEIR CRITERIA PARTIALLY MEET THEIR CRITERIA OR DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA. SO YOU KNOW WE SAY ALL THIS TO SAY THAT THE PLAN WE POST THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE CHANGES TO IT AND THEN WE'LL REPOST MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE MAKE WITH THE PLAN AND AT THIS TIME LAST WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS JOURNEY FOR THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT'S A TREMENDOUS LIFT TO IMPLEMENT ALL THE PILLARS. SO MISHORI YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, JUST A CLARIFICATION. I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST RULES IN THE IN THE BLUEPRINT AND IT TALKS ABOUT FUNDING VIA A CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY GRANTS WHAT WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE REDUCTION SO THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT EDUCATION PROVIDED A LIST TO US IN JANUARY OF WHO THE PROPOSED SCHOOLS WOULD BE AND THEN THEY HAD A MEETING WITH US LAST WEEK WHERE IT WAS A NEW LIST OF SCHOOLS AND SO THE CALCULATIONS THEY WERE USING CHANGED SO THAT CAUSED A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. SO IT'S BASED ON THE CALCULATION OF WHAT WAS CONSIDERED CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY BUT CORRECT. SO WELL THE FISCAL IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED BASED ON THE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS BUT THE CALCULATION AND I DON'T KNOW IF

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NOT USE THE MULTIPLIER SO. >> AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? I THINK OKAY SO YEAH SO THEY JUST KIND OF THEY CHANGED THE FORMULA AND NOW THANK YOU OTHER OR ANYTHING. MR. MINSKY IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION BUT THE LINK IN THE EXECUTIVE BLUEPRINT WERE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS NOT WORKING SO OKAY I JUST GOT I PROBABLY UP WITH THAT I THINK IT YEAH THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW WE'LL FOLLOW I THINK WHICH ONE YOU HERE'S THE PLAN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU PRINT OUT SO YEAH HAVE YOU SHARE MY SO YES WE CAN CHECK ON THAT SEE I INITIAL COMPREHENSIVE AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IT'S ON PAGE FOUR FIVE OF THESE THINGS ARE JUDY THE EXECUTIVE THAT'S IN THE BOARD DOCS. YEAH OKAY WE'LL WORK WITH MS. OVER TO GET THAT THING ACTIVATED BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS OH THAT'S THE ATTACHED THAT'S THE THE FULL PLAN. YEAH YEAH THERE'S ANOTHER THERE'S A LINK THAT LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO

THE LINK IS IT JUST TO THIS. >> OKAY SO THEN IT'S THE ATTACHMENT. OKAY MAKES SENSE.

OKAY THAT WAS EASY. ONE OTHER QUESTIONS AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I JUST ONCE AGAIN MUST THANK THIS TEAM FOR THE ARDUOUS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING TO SUBMIT THIS PLAN AND A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT IS TO PRESENT OUR BLUEPRINT KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES BUT I MUST THANK DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS THAT WHICH THE DR. HOMES AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU NAME DR. HOLMES AND THEIR WORK INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS I WILL SAY THIS IS LIKE A SYSTEM SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND FEEDBACK IS PROVIDED. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE RESPONSIBILITY. SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. WHICH THE DR.. DR. BOSWELL MCCOMAS THANK YOU VICTOR THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

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SORRY. MS. HARVEY YES. MR. SON .YES. MR. OFFERMAN. YES. DR. SAVOY. >> DR. HAGER YES. MR.. Q YES, MISS HIM MISS LICHTER YES .THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION PASSES THE NEXT ITEM ON THE IS

[M. BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES AND AGENDA SETTING (9:45 - 10:00 p.m.)]

CHAIRS THAT? >> HAVE AN UPDATE AUDIT COMMITTEE MR. MILLION ANY UPDATES? JUST OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY MARCH 21ST AT 4:30 P.M.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. A.G BUDGET COMMITTEE NO UPDATES .THE BUDGET MEETING IS STILL SET TENTATIVELY RIGHT NOW FOR MARCH 22ND. I HAVEN'T CHANGED

IT YET. >> OKAY THANK YOU. BUILDING AND CONTRACTS SHOWS ANY UPDATES? >> NO UPDATES THE NEXT BUILDING AND CONTRACT COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH MONDAY 13TH AND 5 P.M. THANK

YOU. >> AS FAR AS CURRICULUM WE JUST MET THIS WEEK I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE WAY THEY PRESENTED US INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TOPICS SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRICULAR TOPICS THAT POWERPOINT WHICH IS RECORDED IS INCLUDED ON BOARD DOCS MS. DR.

SAVOY EQUITY COMMITTEE YES GOOD EVENING. ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23RD AT 4 P.M. THE EQUITY THE EQUITY COMMITTEE MET VIRTUALLY TO DISCUSS THE DISPARITIES OF HIRING PRACTICES THEY PERTAIN TO THE HIRING OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF COLOR TO THE BALTIMORE

COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. >> A CAREFUL REVIEW OF A DISCHARGE RELATED DATA REVEAL THAT ALTHOUGH SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE 2017, THE GAP IS MOST ALARMING 84% OF ALL TEACHING STAFF ARE WHITE WHILE ONLY PERCENT ARE BLACK AND 4% OTHER .CURRENTLY THERE ARE 7748 WHITE TEACHERS AS OPPOSED TO 1006 BLACK TEACHERS. IT IS SUGGESTED BALTIMORE COUNTY

PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGAN RECRUITING FROM THE THREE AREA HBCU UNIVERSITIES IN BALTIMORE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. SAVOY AND I THANK MS. HASSAN YOU ALREADY GAVE US YOUR UPDATE RATE. YES. THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD IS THAT OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS ONP.M.. THANK YOU ANY REVIEW COMMITTEE MS. PUMPHREY YES, JUST OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 20TH AT 430. THANK YOU.

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AGENDA. >> THANK YOU. MR. MCMILLIAN, DID I SEE YOUR HAND ?>> NO, MR. KUHN, THANK I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FACILITIES BASICALLY A NEW TYPE OF AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD ON AN ONGOING REPETITIVE TIMELINE SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND AND WHERE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS STAND BECAUSE WE SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS, WE APPROVE IMPROVEMENT OF FRONT END AND THAT'S ABOUT IT UNTIL SOMEBODY IS CUTTING A TO OPEN A DOOR SO THERE'S A LOT OF IN BETWEEN THERE AND WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT

THANK YOU THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ONE MAKE A COMMENT AND THANK SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND HIS FOR ALL THE WORK ON THE BUDGET BUT SPECIFIC FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THIS BOARD IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES. THAT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND I THINK IT WILL GO FAR TO OUR SYSTEM AND HELP RETAIN OUR STAFF WHICH WE WE VALUE AND THAT IS A DEMONSTRATIVE WAY TO TO SAY THAT SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME TIME TO THE AGENDA THE USE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND THE ALLOCATION AND THE AND THE WAY WHICH WE ALLOCATE AND ASSIGN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS .THANK YOU. MS. PUMPHREY YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. OKAY. MR. PERLMUTTER YOU MENTIONED THIS SOMEWHAT BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON A PLAN TO FOR THE BOARDS HAVE RECEIVED THE BUDGET SOONER AND EARLIER IT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND MS. JONES MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE MOTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY WERE LAST MINUTE AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL AND OBTAIN THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO INVITE MOTION SOONER OR TO LOOK AT CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE DONE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU AND MS. WHEN I SAW HAD AN ITEM THANK YOU THEN YES THANK YOU MADAM. I WOULD LIKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE STATUS OF GOLDEN RING MEDAL WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW NORTHEAST MIDDLE AND THE EXPANSION OF PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS NOT COME THE BOARD. THE BOARD HAS REQUESTED STATUS ON GOLDEN RING MIDDLE IT'S CURRENTLY SLATED REPURPOSING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS BUT THE BOARD NEEDS TO APPROVE ANY ACTION THAT IS TAKEN REGARDING RING MEDAL SO THAT NEEDS TO COME TO THE BOARD ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THANK YOU THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT I SECOND I THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS THE BOARD WILL

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