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I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2023.
[B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/SILENT MEDITATION (6:30 p.m.)]
I INVITE YOU TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGION TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO BE LED BY MS. ROWA HASSAN, WHO WILL THEN HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[C. AGENDA (6:35 p.m.)]
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING HELD LIVE.IT'S BEING HELD IN PERSON AND BROADCAST THROUGH THE U, THROUGH THE B CCPS ONLINE LIVE MEETING, BROADCAST AND ON BCPS TV, COMCAST 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.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUNE 13TH AGENDA.
WILLIAMS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? THERE ARE NONE.
THE AGENDA STANDS AS PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS TO ONE, DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, DEMOTION, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OVER WHOM IT HAS JURISDICTION OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL MATTER THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS.
CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE AND CONDUCT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS OR CONSIDER MATTERS THAT RELATE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS.
THE SUMMARY OF THE CLOSED SESSION AND OPEN SESSION INFORMATION SUMMARY CAN BE FOUND ON BOARD DOCKS UNDER THIS MEETING.
[D. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS - RECOGNITION OF THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD (Ms. Lichter) (6:40 - 6:50 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS, RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MS. ROA HASSAN.AT THIS TIME COULD ROA AND MS. HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE DAAS FOLLOWING.
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND IT READS, WHEREAS ROA HASSAN HAS SERVED AS THE, AS THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION FOR THE 20 22 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARD'S AUDIT EQUITY CURRICULUM AND POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEES.
AND WHEREAS HER PASSION FOR STUDENT ADVOCACY BEGAN IN 2019 AS PRESIDENT OF THE PERRY HALL CLASS SENATE, SENATE EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE PERRY HALL MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION AND VICE PRESIDENT OF PERRY HALL GIRL UP HER SERVICE CONTINUED AS THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COORDINATOR OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENT COUNCILS AND VICE CHAIR OF THE MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL DEMOCRATS WOMAN'S CAUCUS IN 2020, ROA FOUNDED MIKE UP MARYLAND, A STUDENT-LED ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY AND EMPOWERING YOUTH INVOLVEMENT.
AND WHEREAS ROA ROE'S COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY IS SHOWN THROUGH HER MENTAL HEALTH RESOLUTION APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023.
THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS AND ELEVATION OF THE STUDENTS' VOICE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEAT OF A STUDENT'S SEAT ON THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THROUGH HER TEARS, ROA WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL AND THE HISTORICAL PASSING OF HOUSE BILL 1 75, WHICH PROV THIS BILL PROVIDED THAT FUTURE BALTIMORE
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COUNTY STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WITH THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON BUDGETARY MATTERS.AND WHEREAS ROA IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR BRINGING HONOR TO THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM AS SHE CONTINUES HER EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TO MAJOR IN BOTH PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION ON THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR 2023 EXPRESSES TO ROA OUR FONDEST REGARDS AND GRATITUDE FOR HER SERVICES AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE BOARD HERE WITH EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES TO ROA FOR HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS, AND DIRECTS A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE RECORDED AMONG THE PERMANENT RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, ROSE.
IN ADDITION, OH NO, IT'S SHORT.
IN ADDITION, I'LL READ VERY QUICKLY, THE BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING YOU.
SO FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2023 DASH OH TWO A RECOGNITION OF OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, ROA, HASSAN, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
DON'T JUST I DIDN'T THINK I WON LEAVE.
MAYBE YOU WON'T CRY IF YOU I DON'T.
I'M SO PROUD OF ROWA AND SO HAPPY THAT SHE'S GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK.
SO ROA ON THE BEHALF OF ALL OF THE FOLKS FROM THE 11TH DISTRICT, SENATOR HEMAN, WHO IS AT AN EVENT TONIGHT, WAS NOT ABLE TO COME.
DELEGATE STEIN, WHO'S ALSO AT AN EVENT AND WASN'T ABLE TO COME AND DELEGATE CARDEN WHO IS OUT OF TOWN, BUT THEY ALL TOLD ME TO GIVE YOU THEIR LOVE AND THEIR WELL WISHES.
SO ON BEHALF OF THEM, THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL CITATION, BE IT HEREBY KNOWN TO ALL THAT SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ARE OFFERED TO ROWA HASSAN IN RECOGNITION OF HER EXCELLENT SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHILE SERVING AS THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE 2022 AND 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
PRESENTED ON THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 BY SENATOR SHELLEY HEADMAN, DELEGATE JOHN CARDIN, DELEGATE CHERYL PASTE AND DELEGATE DANA STEIN.
I'LL GIVE HER PAYCHECK AND SHE'S GONNA WORK IN MY OFFICE OFFICE WHILE SHE'S GOING SCHOOL.
AND UM, LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO MS. KAYLA DRUMMOND, WHO WILL BE OUR INCOMING STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR THE 20 23 20 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND MR. ASAN, YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEAT WITH YOUR PLAQUES AND GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.
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OF KLEENEX, JUSTOH, NEVERMIND WHEN YOU GOT, YOU GOT MS. SCOTT NEXT.
WHERE IS MS. SCOTT? OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA ASK MS. SCOTT TO NOW JOIN US UP HERE.
[E. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS - PORTRAIT UNVEILING OF FORMER BOARD CHAIR (Ms. Lichter) (6:50 - 7:00 p.m.)]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS, RECOGNIZING OUR FORMER CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MS. MAKITA SCOTT.AND MS. HARVEY IS ALSO GONNA READ YOUR RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 20 23 0 3 WHERE AT MAA SCOTT HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY WITH DISTINCTION AND HONOR FROM DECEMBER, 2018 THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2022.
AND WHEREAS SHE HAS PROVIDED EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD DECEMBER, 2020 THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2021.
AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT HAS WORKED ACTIVELY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENTS WITH FOCUS ON EQUITY AND RAISING THE BAR AND ELIMINATING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.
AND WHEREAS SHE HAS SERVED ON THE FOLLOWING BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEES, THE EQUITY COMMITTEE WHERE SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF THE COMMITTEE OF THIS COMMITTEE AND SERVED AS CHAIR, LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE WHERE SHE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR AND THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE WHERE SHE SERVED AS CHAIR.
AND WHEREAS SHE REPRESENTED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY ON THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATIONS EQUITY COMMITTEE, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AND THE FEDERAL RELATIONS NETWORK COMMITTEE.
AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT AS CHAIR REPRESENTED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMIRABLY AT NUMEROUS STATE AND COUNTY EVENTS.
AND WHEREAS MS. SCOTT ALWAYS PLACED THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS AS HER FIRST PRIORITY AND HAS COMMITTED HER TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY HEREWITH ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION ON THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR 2023 RECOGNIZES THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MS. MAKITA SCOTT AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD DOES HEREWITH EXTEND ITS DEEPEST DEPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR HER DEDICATION, LOYALTY, AND SERVICE, AND FURTHER EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THANK SO I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2023 DASH OH THREE IN RECOGNITION OF FORMER BOARD OF EDUCA MAKITA.
SCOTT, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM PAUL.
TRADITION IS THAT FOLLOWING ONE SERVICES BOARD CHAIR, A PORTRAIT IS DONE AND PLACED WITH THE OTHER FORMER PRESIDENTS AND CHAIR'S PORTRAITS IN ROOM 1 23 ACROSS THE HALL.
AT THIS TIME, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION THAT MS. SCOTT PROVIDED THE BOARD AND SCHOOL SYSTEM DURING HER TENURE AS BOARD CHAIR.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AS MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND THERE YOU ARE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
SO MS. KEITA STILL IS PART OF, UH, ONE OF THE EQUITY, UM, ADVISORY GROUPS, SO SHE IS STILL ACTIVELY ASSISTING US WITH OUR WORK.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UM, SUPPORT OF BCP S THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS MS. SCOTT, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? DID YOU WANNA SAY, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING OR YOU, IF YOU SURE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD.
WILLIAMS FOR EVERYTHING THAT, THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, I UNDERSTAND I'M THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE CHAIR IN A HUNDRED YEARS, 175 YEARS.
AND, UM, I DO NOT INTEND TO BE THE LAST BECAUSE I I I DO NOT INTEND TO BE THE LAST.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY LET'S MAKE THAT THE, THE NORM
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OF INCLUSION OF ALL VOICES IN EVERYONE AND LET'S MAKE THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, NOT AN ANOMALY, BUT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.[F. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS - PORTRAIT UNVEILING AND RECOGNITION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT (Ms. Lichter) (7:00 - 7:15 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS A SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS RECOGNIZING SUPERINTENDENT DR.DARRELL L WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND IT READS, WHEREAS DR.
DARRELL L WILLIAMS HAS SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION SINCE JULY, 2019.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPASS OUR PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE, HE HAS GUIDED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TOWARD A PATH OF ACADEMIC AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOCUSED ON RAISING THE BAR CLOSING GAPS AND PREPARING TEAM B CCPS FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WHEREAS AS A RESULT OF DR.
WILLIAMS' LEADERSHIP, B CCP S HAS WEATHERED A ONCE IN A LIFETIME GLOBAL COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND A CYBERSECURITY ATTACK.
AND AS A RESULT HAS GROWN IN ITS INNOVATIVE PRACTICES AND COLLABORATION ACROSS OFFICES AND AGENCIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AND WHEREAS DUE TO HIS FOCUS ON IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, B CCPS HAS PREPARED A VARIETY OF PATHWAYS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CAREERS, THE MILITARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND INTEGRATED A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT MEASURES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOCUSED ACTIONS AND SUPPORTS TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITIES AS A RESULT OF STRATEGIC EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND STUDENT OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
BCPS HAS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND WHO TAKE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES.
WILLIAMS LENGTHENED THE SCHOOL DAY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR LEARNING AS WELL AS EXPANDED ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AFTER SCHOOL ON SATURDAYS AND THROUGH SUMMER PROGRAMS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, BCPS HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT AND TUITION FREE PROGRAMS AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR ALL B CCPS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE.
AND WHEREAS SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS IS DR.
WILLIAMS' FIRST PRIORITY, HE PRIORITIZED THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OF STUDENTS BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN SCHOOLS BY CREATING THE BLACK BOY JOY AND GENIUS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN OUT AND OUTCOMES FOR BLACK BOYS.
AND BCP BCPS ELEVATED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BY BUILDING A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 800 SYSTEM PARTNERS LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM THAT PLACED SAFETY ASSISTANCE IN ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ELEVATING STUDENT VOICE AND LEADERSHIP.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS I AM TEAM B CCPS CAMPAIGN, HE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE SYSTEM.
WILLIAMS FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND MEETING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS HAS RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITICAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT PRIORITIZE HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND PROMOTE POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND MORALE.
AND WHEREAS HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, STEADFAST ADVOCACY AND PASSION AND PURSUIT OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE HAS SERVED THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF B CCP S NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HEREWITH ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION ON THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR 2023 EXPRESSES TO DR.
WILLIAMS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY, OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS VALUABLE SERVICE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD DOES HERE WITH EXTENDED'S DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS DEDICATION, LOYALTY, AND SERVICE, AND FURTHER EXTENDS
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ITS BEST WISHES FOR GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.AND THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE RECORDED AMONG THE PERMANENT RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2023 DASH OH FOUR IN RECOGNITION OF SUPERINTENDENT DR.
DARRELL L WILLIAMS. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND PUMP FREE.
TRADITION IS THAT FOLLOWING ONE SERVICE AS SUPERINTENDENT, A PORTRAIT IS DONE IN PLACE WITH THE OTHER FORMER SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE GREENWOOD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT THIS TIME, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION THAT DR.
WILLIAMS HAS PROVIDED THE BOARD AND SCHOOL SYSTEM DURING HIS TENURE AS SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BIG UNVEILING.
AND NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE DELEGATE CHERYL, PASTOR BACK TO THE FRONT AND SHE WILL PRESENT A DELEGATION CITATION TO DR.
WILLIAMS IS CERTAINLY IS MY PLEASURE HAVING WORKED WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS CITATION FROM DISTRICT 11, THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL CITATION, BE IT HEREBY KNOWN TO ALL THAT SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ARE OFFERED TO DR.
DARRYL L WILLIAMS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COMMITTED SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM JULY, JULY 1ST, 2019 TO JUNE 30TH, 2023.
PRESENTED ON THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 BY SENATOR SHELLEY HEMAN, DELEGATE JOHN CARDIN, DELEGATE CHERYL PASTE AND DELEGATE DANA STEIN, BALTIMORE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 11, ESPECIALLY FROM BEAUTIFUL 11 A
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I DO.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE NOW GONNA RETURN TO OUR SEATS.
I KNOW THERE'S A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT COMING, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST OFFER, UM, JUST A FEW WORDS I TO OUR BCPS STUDENTS, I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND WORK HARD.
THE RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE HERE TO ADDRESS GAPS, ACCELERATE LEARNING, AND PREPARE YOU TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.
THE ROAD YOU TRAVEL WILL HAVE TWISTS AND TURNS ALONG THE WAY, BUT STAY FOCUSED AND ASK FOR HELP.
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE ADULT IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING WHOM YOU CAN TRUST.
TO OUR BCPS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED AND CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PERFORMANCE, ATTENDANCE, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR RIGOROUS COURSES AND PROGRAMS. PLEASE KEEP THEM INVOLVED IN CLUBS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR PLEASE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEIR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.
THE STAFF AT YOUR SCHOOL NEED TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR CHILD AND THAT TRIAD.
HOMESCHOOL AND STUDENT MUST CONTINUE TO BE STRONG, TIGHT AND HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION TO OUR BCP S STAFF.
ADMINISTRATORS, AND PRINCIPALS CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW
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AND USE A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.OUR STUDENTS WANT A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY WANT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND TO CARE.
KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF YOUR WORK AND OUR STUDENTS WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU.
I THANK OUR UNION PARTNERS WHO TRULY UNDERSTAND COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP AND REALLY KNOW HOW TO BUILD TRUST WITH ADMINISTRATION AND WITH EACH OTHER TO OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT DURING THE MANY ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO FACE AS A TEAM WITH THE PANDEMIC CYBER ATTACK EFFICIENCY REVIEW AND INACCURATE STORIES ABOUT OUR SYSTEM AND ME, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH AND ALLOW YOUR ACTIONS TO SPEAK GREATER THAN YOUR WORDS TO OUR BCPS PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION CONTINUE TO MODEL TRUE MEANING OF PARTNERSHIPS AND WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR SYSTEM AND SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ACTIVE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
YOU KNOW HOW TO BUILD UP THEN TEAR DOWN AND TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THIS NEW BOARD.
I HOPE YOU WILL WORK TO SUPPORT DR.
YARBOROUGH AND HER TEAM AS THEY'RE INVESTED AS I WAS IN THE LIVES OF 111,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OUTWARDLY AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU HAVE WITH GOVERNANCE.
IT IS THE COLLECTIVE BODY THAT WILL HELP THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SYSTEM MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THERE'S NO I IN TEAM AND DON'T BE SWAYED BY THE POLITICAL PRESSURES.
I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIKE MY GRADUATING SENIORS.
I'M READY TO CLOSE THIS CHAPTER.
WHEN I JOINED TEAM BCPS, MY FAMILY JOINED AS WELL.
THEY HAVE WATCHED FROM AFAR AND UP CLOSE.
THEY KNOW THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS ORDAINED BY GOD IN JANUARY AND IN JANUARY OF 2023, WE MADE A DECISION TO MOVE ON, ON AND WITH HIS BLESSINGS.
THERE'S A QUOTE BY PABLO PABLO Q LIO.
IF YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY GOODBYE, LIFE WILL REWARD YOU WITH A NEW HELLO.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEW HELLO FOR NOW.
MRS. WILLIAMS AND I WILL STILL REMAIN IN THIS AREA, BUT I'M READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE IN MY LIFE.
YARBOROUGH, I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF ALL DECISION MAKING AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SKILLS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES FOR THIS SYSTEM TO THRIVE.
I PRAY THAT YOU ARE COVERED AS YOU ASSUME THIS NEW ROLE AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SUPPORT YOU NEED TO DO THIS JOB.
[G. NEW BUSINESS - PERSONNEL MATTERS (Mr. McCall) (7:15 - 7:20 p.m.)]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. MCCALL.BOARD CHAIR, LICHTER, VICE CHAIR, HARVEY, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE THE BOARD'S CONSENT FOR THE FOLLOWING, PERSONNEL MATTERS, TERMINATIONS, RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, NON-RENEWALS, LEAVES DECEASED RECOGNITION OF SERVICE, CERTIFICATE APPOINTMENTS, AND CENTRAL AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONAL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT G ONE? SO MOVED.
HARVEY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONAL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT G
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TWO THROUGH G EIGHT? WE JUST DID G ONE, NOW WE'RE DOING G TWO THROUGH G EIGHT.DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND PUMP FREE.
ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
[H. NEW BUSINESS - ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS (Dr. Williams) (7:20 - 7:30 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR.WILLIAMS, MADAM CHAIR, LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I'M BRINGING FOR THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PRINCIPAL OF STEMMERS RUN MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS.
CHURCH LANE ELEMENTARY, DUNDALK ELEMENTARY, GRANGE ELEMENTARY, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY, AND TWO POSITIONS AT OVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
COORDINATOR OF OFFICE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FISCAL SUPERVISOR.
IN THE OFFICE OF TITLE ONE, PUPIL, PERSONNEL WORKER, OFFICE OF SCHOOL, CLIMATE AND CULTURE, SENIOR COMMUNITY FACILITATOR.
THERE ARE TWO IN THE OFFICE OF TITLE ONE, HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
TWO POSITIONS AS SPECIALISTS IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS. OFFICE OF TITLE ONE SPECIALIST JUDY CENTER, OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS SUPERVISOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS, OFFICE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES AND CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER IN THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT H ONE? SO MOVED.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND SAVOY.
ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
WILLIAMS. SO OUR FIRST APPOINTEE IS KRISTI L ALLEN AS THE PRINCIPAL OF STEMMERS RUN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PLEASE STAND JOINING TONIGHT WITH MS. IT'S HER DAUGHTER AUDREY ALLEN.
IS SHE HERE? HE DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
JOINING YOU IS YOUR DAUGHTER ACTUALLY, SHE DR.
MS. ALLEN BRINGS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
CURRENTLY SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RIDGELEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PRIOR TO THAT, SHE WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MIDDLE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE HAS EXPERIENCE AS A STAT TEACHER AND VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER AT STRICKER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE ASPIRING LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN 2011.
NEXT WE HAVE GIGGI IA CARTWRIGHT AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
JOINING HER AS HER HUSBAND, BOBBY CARTWRIGHT.
AND HE'S STANDING VIDEOTAPING.
UM, SHE BRINGS 17 YEARS OF OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, UH, CURRENT.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, INCLUSION AT OVERLY.
SHE HAS HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS AT MILFORD MILL ACADEMY, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL, WINDFIELD ELEMENTARY, SANDY PLAINS ELEMENTARY, WOODLAWN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SHE EVEN HAD PREVIOUS SERVICE IN FREDERICK COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEXT WE HAVE AMANDA BOYD AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY.
ATTENDING WITH HER IS HER HUSBAND JUSTIN BOYD.
SHE BRINGS 21 YEARS OF SERVICE.
PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS A STAT TEACHER AT SENECA ELEMENTARY AND CLASSROOM TEACHER AT VINCENT FARM ELEMENTARY AND SENECA ELEMENTARY.
NEXT WE HAVE CAITLYN BRENNAN AS THE NEW COORDINATOR OF THE OFFICE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
WHERE'S MS. BRENNAN? SHE'S COME.
AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU.
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I HAVE MY WONDERFUL SUPPORTIVE HUSBAND.THANK YOU MARK FOR BEING, UH, WITH US.
UH, MS. BRENNAN BRINGS 17 YEARS OF SERVICE.
UH, PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SPARROWS POINT HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE TEACHER OF BUSINESS EDUCATION AT SPARROWS POINT, HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHER OF SPANISH AT SPARROWS POINT HIGH SCHOOL AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEXT WE HAVE LINDSAY A BDA AS THE NEW SPECIALIST SCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFICE OF TITLE ONE.
SHE'S ATTENDING WITH HER AS A WHITE TRACY MILLER.
SHE BRINGS, SHE BRINGS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS A STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT MIDDLE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE STAT TEACHER, READING TEACHER, ENGLISH TEACHER, AND AGAIN A READING TEACHER AT MIDDLE RIVER, ALSO READING TEACHER AT DEEP CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SHE SERVED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE ASPIRING LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN 2012.
NEXT WE HAVE CLAUDIA M CHAMBERLAIN AS OUR NEW PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER IN THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE.
THERE SHE IS, JOINING HER AS HER HUSBAND, CHARLIE CHAMBERLAIN.
SHE BRINGS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT LANSDOWNE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT ARBUTUS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER AT MIDDLE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NEXT WE HAVE MAUREEN E CRITS AS THE NEW SPECIALIST, JUDY CENTER OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM.
WHERE IS MS. CRIT? OH, WAY IN THE BACK.
ATTENDING WITH HER IS THE SUPERVISOR LISA DINGLE.
MS. UH, CHRIS BRINGS 21.4 YEARS OF SERVICE.
PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS A FACILITATOR IN CAMPFIELD EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
PRIOR TO THAT, SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MARS ESTATE AS WELL AS SANDY PLAINS.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, SHE SERVES AS A RESOURCE TEACHER AND CLASSROOM TEACHER AT RANDALLSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEXT WE HAVE JOSHUA M FOY FOY AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ATTENDING TONIGHT WITH HIM IS HIS WIFE, CASEY FOY.
HE BRINGS OVER A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY HE WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST IN THE OFFICE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AS WELL AS BATTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HE BRINGS PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEXT WE HAVE A UNIQUE V GRAY AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CHURCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THERE SHE IS AND ATTENDING TONIGHT IS HER CURRENT PRINCIPAL.
UH, JORDAN HILDERMAN FROM VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SHE BRINGS OVER 16 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SHE WAS A RESOURCE TEACHER AND CLASSROOM TEACHER ALL AT VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY WILL MISS YOU AT VILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEXT WE HAVE BRENT T HARRY AS THE NEW FISCAL SUPERVISOR.
THREE IN THE OFFICE OF TITLE ONE AND ATTENDING WITH HIM IS HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER JANAE SCOTT, PLEASE STAND.
MR. HARRY BRINGS OVER FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED AS A FISCAL SUPERVISOR TOO IN THE OFFICE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT TO IN THAT SAME OFFICE, HE'S HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LICENSING AND REGULATION.
MICHAELS AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND COPIN STATE UNIVERSITY.
NEXT WE HAVE ASIA AS HINTON SUITES AS THE NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY FACILITATOR OFFICE OF TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
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IS HER MOM, ELLEN HINTON.UH, MS. HENSON SUITES BRING OVER A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR POSITIVE SCHOOL CENTER AND PROMISE HEIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK POSITIVE SCHOOL CENTER.
PRIOR TO THAT, SHE SERVED AT THE LEAD COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR, MIDDLE SCHOOL COORDINATOR AT CHILD'S FIRST AUTHORITY INCORPORATED AND THE COMMUNITY CO SCHOOL COORDINATOR AT CHILD FIRST AUTHORITY.
SHE ALSO HAS BEEN A TEACHER AT WINAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WELCOME BACK AND NEWS PRODUCER OF W B F F, FOX 45 NEWS.
NEXT WE HAVE MYRA I LEE AS THE NEWS SUPERVISOR, BUSINESS SYSTEMS, FOOD SERVICES IN THE OFFICE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES.
AND ATTENDING WITH HER IS HER SISTER, IKA HADLEY.
UM, SHE BRINGS OVER 1.7 YEARS OF OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PRIOR TO THAT SHE WAS THE DATA ANALYST IN THE OFFICE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES.
AND PRIOR TO THAT WE STOLE YOU FROM HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SHE ALSO SERVED AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND COMCAST CABLE.
SO THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME BEFORE I CAN ACTUALLY SAY ANYTHING.
UH, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT INTRODUCE HOMER MCCALL II AS THE NEW CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE IN THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND ATTENDING TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE, SHAKIRA CUMMINGS MCCALL, MR. MCCALL, THE SECOND HE BRINGS A LITTLE OVER NINE YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE IN THE OFFICE OF STAFFING PERSONNEL OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF STAFFING AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH P PERLA AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT GRANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ATTENDING WITH HER IS HER HUSBAND DANIEL PERLA.
SHE BRINGS FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TEACHER AT SHADY SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING TEACHER AND STAT TEACHER AT PARKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SHE HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEXT WE HAVE TAMMY L RUDOLPH AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIP NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT OVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND JOINING HER AS HER HUSBAND SCOTT RUDOLPH.
SHE BRINGS OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS A RESOURCE TEACHER AT OVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO SERVED AS A SUPERVISOR IN THE OFFICE OF MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS TEACHER AT DUNDALK HIGH SCHOOL, CHESAPEAKE HIGH SCHOOL, PATAPSCO HIGH SCHOOL, KENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SHE HAS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AT CECIL COUNTY, COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEXT WE HAVE MALIK SOAS, WHO IS WATCHING VIRTUALLY AS OUR NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY FACILITATOR IN THE OFFICE OF TITLE ONE HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
HE BRINGS OVER A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OF SERVICE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY HE WAS THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITATOR AT BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY AND HE BRINGS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AT BALTIMORE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS KIPP BALTIMORE, BROOKLYN ASCEND MIDDLE SCHOOL CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, MALIK SOLIS WATCHING VIRTUALLY AND ALSO WATCHING VIRTUALLY IS CHELSEA R WATSON AS THE NEW SPECIALIST IN O OFFICE OF TITLE ONE.
UH, SHE BRINGS OVER SIX YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY SHE WAS AN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
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TEACHER AT RANDALLSTOWN ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION IN INCLUSION OWINGSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.AND SHE HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PATAPSCO HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIAL ED INCLUSION AT OWINGS MILL HIGH SCHOOL AND PRIOR EXPERIENCE AT BALTIMORE IN BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GOER COLLEGE.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR APPOINTMENTS.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
FOR THOSE WHO WERE APPOINTED, IF YOU WANT, WOULD LIKE TO EXIT AT THIS TIME.
AND WHILE THAT IS TAKING PLACE, THE NEXT ITEM
[I. NEW BUSINESS - NEW SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT (Ms. Lichter) (7:30 - 7:40 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT FOR 2023 THROUGH 2027? SO MOVE PUMP FREE THANK SECONDS.
ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
[J. PUBLIC COMMENT (7:40 - 8:30 p.m.)]
COMMENT.THIS IS ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THE BOARD PROVIDES TO HEAR THE VIEWS AND RECEIVE THE ADVICE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM INTERESTED CITIZENS AS APPROPRIATE.
WE WILL REFER YOUR CONCERNS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR FOLLOW-UP BY STAFF.
ONLINE REGISTRATION WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONE WEEK PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING AND CLOSED AT 3:00 PM YESTERDAY FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENING'S MEETING BOARD PRACTICE LIMITS TO 10 THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
SPEAKERS ARE SELECTED RANDOMLY USING ELECTRONIC SELECTION PROCESS FROM ALL REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TIMEFRAME.
EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
NO SPEAKER SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT SELECTED THROUGH THE ONLINE REGISTRATION.
A WAIT LIST SIGNUP SHEET WAS AVAILABLE 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IF A REGISTERED SPEAKER IS ABSENT, SPEAKER SLOTS WILL BE REASSIGNED FROM THE WAIT LIST SO THAT THE 10 SPEAKER SLOTS ARE ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELAND SECURITY UNIT AND THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF ALL ATTENDEES.
PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE SEATED IN THE ROOM DURING MEETINGS.
INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TO STAND SHOULD GO OUT INTO THE HALLWAY TO DO SO.
PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE TABLE UNLESS CALLED UPON TO SPEAK AND SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE DIET.
WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY, MANY HAVE SHOWN DURING THEIR PRESENTATIONS, MATERIALS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE OR LIMITED TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES, PRESENTATION PAPERS AND POSTERS NO LARGER THAN 11 BY 14 INCHES.
OTHER ITEMS SHOULD BE LEFT IN YOUR SEATS.
INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN TO THE BOARD IS TO BE HANDED TO THE STAFF MEMBER WHO IS SEATED IN THE FRONT AREA OF THE MEETING SPACE.
INFORMATION FOR OTHER PARTICIPANTS IS TO BE LEFT ON THE DESIGNATED TABLE OUTSIDE IN THE HALL IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY THAT REQUIRES AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUCH AS LOCK, LOCKOUT, LOCKDOWN, OR EVACUATION.
STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF SAFETY SCHOOL SAFETY WILL DIRECT PARTICIPANTS IF EVACUATING PARTICIPANTS WILL EXIT THROUGH THE REAR OR FRONT DOOR IN AN ORDERLY MANNER, LEAVE THE BUILDING AND CROSS OVER TO THE PARKING LOT OR OTHER SAFE DISTANCE AS WARRANTED.
WHILE WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT ON POLICY PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD AND THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM, THIS IS NOT THE PROPER FORUM TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR TO COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT DO NOT RELATE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE 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 IS THREATENING OR PROMOTES VIOLENCE AGAINST A BCPS EMPLOYEE OR SUBJECT TO LEGAL PENALTIES PERSONS WHO OTHERWISE DISRUPT OR DISTURB THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR REMARKS AND WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING.
I ASK SPEAKERS TO OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE CLOCK, WHICH WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TONE OR SEE THAT TIME HAS EXPIRED, THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE END OF YOUR TIME AND IT COULD BE TURNED OFF IF A SPEAKER ADDRESSES SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR IS COMMENTING ON MATTERS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.
IF NOT SELECTED, THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS VIA EMAIL@BOEPCPS.ORG.
MORE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE@PCPS.ORG UNDER BOARD OF EDUCATION PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC.
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THIS BOARD TO ALLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD.FIRST TO SPEAK IS DELEGATE CHERYL.
PASTOR, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CITATIONS FOR OUR, UM, SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD MISS MS. NIROLA AND DR.
WILLIAMS. I BEGAN BY SAYING IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES.
IT WAS THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS.
IT WAS THE EPIC OF IN INCREDULITY.
IT WAS THE SEASON OF DARKNESS.
IT WAS THE SPRING OF HOPE FROM A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
WILLIAMS, IT IS MY PLEASURE AND MY SADNESS TONIGHT.
WILLIAMS, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT ALL.
NOW, I PURPOSEFULLY STOPPED AFTER SPRING OF HOPE BECAUSE WE HAVE WATCHED YOU WEATHER ALL OF THE ABOVE AND STILL STAND.
YOU CHOSE TO RISE ABOVE THE NEGATIVITY AND BEGIN YOUR NEW CHAPTER, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY WHICH INCLUDES NEW SCHOOLS.
AND YOU SAID IT OR I THINK, UM, UH, MRS. HARVEY SAID IT ACTUALLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN KOREA TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S BEEN THROUGH THREE SUPERINTENDENTS, NO FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND THREE COUNTY EXECUTIVES THAT I, ALONG WITH ARNOLD PUTLER.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THIS.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ALL OVER THE COUNTY, YOU'VE GIVEN US NEW APPROACHES TO LEARNING.
ALBE SCORES ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE, BUT YOU LEAVE BEHIND A ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS.
YOU WEATHERED A PANDEMIC RANSOMWARE AND THE AFTERMATH OF BOTH.
YOU LEAVE GIVING US A FUTURE FILLED WITH HOPE AND PROMISE.
YOU LEAVE US WITH THE WISDOM AND THE LIGHT THAT DICKENS SAW HOPE AND LIGHT, THAT ONLY A MAN WHO CARES ABOUT CHILDREN COULD POSSIBLY LEAVE.
FOR TWO LONG BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A TALE OF TWO SYSTEMS YOU LEAVE HAVING WORKED TO FORGE ONLY ONE SYSTEM.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK THE BOARD AND DR.
WILLIAMS' VISION BY SUPPORTING OUR NEEDIEST SCHOOLS IN ENSURING THAT THE STAFF AT THESE SCHOOLS ARE FAIRLY RECOGNIZED AND COMPENSATED FOR LIFTING THOSE STUDENTS TO THAT NEW HEIGHT, TO THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS SYSTEM, DR.
WILLIAMS, YOU LEAVE US WITH SO MANY NEW HIRES WHO CAN NOW WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, TURN THIS SPRING OF HOPE INTO A SUMMER OF TRANSITION AND THEN A WINTER OF SUCCESS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I WISH YOU GODSPEED AND I WISH THAT YOU CONTINUE IN HIS NAME TO CARRY THE LIGHT THAT HE HAS PUT IN YOUR SPIRIT.
I NOW CALL ON OUR ADVISORY AND STAKEHOLDER GROUP LEADERS TO SPEAK.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BILLY BURKE,
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REPRESENTING CASE.MRS. LICHTER, VICE CHAIRWOMAN, MRS. HARVEY, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE THE MEMBERS OF CASE YOU HAVE LED SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND STUDENTS THROUGH ANOTHER CHALLENGING AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
IT IS TIME TO REST, REJUVENATE, AND FIND WHAT INSPIRES YOU SUMMER SCHOOL AND THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
WILLIAMS ON BEHALF OF CASE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO BALTIMORE COUNTY.
YARBOROUGH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT CASE.
LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS AS MOUS ARE CREATED WITH EACH OF THE FIVE BARGAINING UNITS, EACH BARGAINING UNIT SHOULD REVIEW THE MOU FOR IMPACT TO ITS MEMBERS.
MOUS SHOULD REMAIN IN DRAFT FORM UNTIL A COLLABORATIVELY DESIGNED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS IN PLACE THAT FOCUSES ON THE UNIT THAT MUST IMPLEMENT THE DECISION.
A WORK GROUP OF END USERS MUST PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE DECISION BEFORE THE MOU GOES INTO EFFECT.
THIS PROCESS WOULD ENSURE BALANCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS.
MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS ALIGNED TO THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR.
TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, A NUMBER OF POSITIONS NEEDED TO BE ELIMINATED.
CASE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE ACTUAL POSITIONS BE LISTED AND THE PEOPLE IN THE POSITION BE NO NOTIFIED AS THE BUDGET IS INTRODUCED.
THIS WOULD GIVE THE EMPLOYEES TIME TO BE PLACED IN PARALLEL POSITIONS WHEN AVAILABLE AS INDICATED IN THE MASTER AGREEMENT, OR CHANGE THEIR DECLARATIONS OF INTENT AND OR LOOK FOR ANOTHER POSITION WITHIN BCPS DURING THE PRIORITY TRANSFER PROCESS.
IT'S HARD TO TELL STAFF THEIR POSITION AS ELIMINATED.
WE HOPE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE AND THAT THEY CAN STAY, BUT WE NEED TO AVOID DELAYING TELLING PEOPLE THEIR POSITIONS ARE ELIMINATED TO GIVE THEM MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY.
FINALLY, CASES RECOMMENDING THAT BCPS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ITS GROW YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION TO BCPS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
LET'S CAPITALIZE ON THAT COMMITMENT.
I'D LIKE TO END BY THANKING THE BOARD AND BCPS LEADERSHIP FOR SECURING THE STEP INCREASE AND COLA DURING NEGOTIATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CASE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANITA TOLSON FROM NAACP OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
WILLIAMS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL WHO I ADMIRE BECAUSE OF HIS PATIENCE AND DEDICATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH.
HE MAKES ME THINK, THINK OF A CHURCH SONG.
MAY THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE SPEAK FOR ME.
HE CONSTANTLY REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BALTIMORE COUNTY.
THE BALTIMORE COUNTY NAACP WANTS TO PRESENT A SMALL DEDICATION OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY, OUR AWARD THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU.
WILLIAMS READS, THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP PRESENTS THIS AWARD TO DR.
WILLIAMS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATED SERVICES AS SUPERINTENDENT TO THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND YOUR SUPPORT OF AXO PROGRAM FROM DR.
DANITA TOLSON AND THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BRANCH.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO, UM, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DR.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER FROM THE, UM, AREA ADVISORY EDUCATION COUNCIL CENTRAL IS ELISA LONZO.
CHAIRWOMAN LI, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND, UM, I, I WANTED TO COME TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVES OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND I REALIZED THAT I WANTED TO DO THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO AS I WAS SITTING WATCHING MY CHILDREN PERFORM IN A CONCERT.
UM, AND AFTER, AFTER WALKING THROUGH THE SCHOOL HALLS, ADMIRING THE ARTWORK OUR STUDENTS HAD MADE,
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UM, SOMETIMES WE FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVES AND FORGET THAT WE NEED TO ALSO THINK ABOUT OUR POSITIVES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE KEEP IT UP.RIGHT? UM, AND SO ONE OF THOSE POSITIVES IS, UM, HOW AMAZING OUR ARTS AND MUSIC TEACHERS ARE IN CREATING THIS COMMUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS WHO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL, INCLUDING THE MATH COUNTS PROGRAM AT DUNBARTON, UM, WHICH WON THE REGIONAL MATH COMPETITION, UM, OVER A NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE LIKE A GREAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS HERE.
UM, FINALLY, I, I DO WANT SAY, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THE OF THE C A C, I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL TO BCPS STAFF BOARD MEMBERS, UM, FOR PREPARING PRESENTATIONS AND COMING TO OUR MEETINGS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US AND ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS.
IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD SO MANY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING AT OUR MEETING ABOUT OVERCROWDING.
UM, OVERCROWDING IS AN ISSUE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT IMPACTS MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING BEHAVIOR, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND TEACHER ATTRITION AS NO ONE BENEFITS FROM INSUFFICIENT PLANNING RESULTING IN INADEQUATE FACILITIES.
FINALLY, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR STUDENT MEMBERS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TWO GRADUATING STUDENT, LOGAN AND BRIA.
AND THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE WHO HAVE ASKED TO JOIN US FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR STUDENT PANEL MEETING AND WHO DISCUSSED WITH HONESTY AND OPENNESS, UM, THEIR CONCERNS ON SAFETY BEHAVIOR AND THEIR HOPES FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN BCPS.
UM, WE, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR AND IF ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING IS INTERESTED IN JOINING ANY ONE OF OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING, ANY ONE OF OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS, UM, PLEASE LOOK AT THE BCPS WEBSITE AND SEARCH AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL AND REACH OUT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA DINGLE REPRESENTING BASI.
BOARD CHAIR LTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY AND BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS LISA DINGLE, PRESIDENT OF BISI.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2023.
I HOPE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU DISCOVERS THE POWER OF YOUR VOICE AND WALKS FIRMLY IN YOUR PURPOSE.
STATED, OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MATTER.
I HOPE YOU SAW AN EXAMPLE OF VOICES BEING LIFTED DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN WHICH THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF DR.
YARBOROUGH AS THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS BE.
CAPSI WAS ONE OF THOSE VOICES THAT WAS LIFTED IN THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE NEW BOARD.
BE CAPSI WAS IN SUPPORT OF DR.
WE SUPPORTED THE APPOINTMENT BECAUSE SHE WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON TO DO THE JOB OF LEADING BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH SEVERAL SCHOOL LEADERS ON BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVELS, AS WELL AS VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEY HAVE SHARED THAT SHE HAS BEEN AVAILABLE WHEN CALLED UPON TO LISTEN TO CONCERNS AND SUPPORT ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
THE FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS HAS LED TO DEFINITIVE ACTION TO BETTER SUPPORT SCHOOLS.
SECONDARY SCHOOL LEADERS DISCUSS CONCERNS ABOUT THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND HOW IT CURRENTLY DOES NOT ADDRESS SOME OF THE MORE RECENT NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS EXHIBITED BY STUDENTS.
SINCE THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS DUE TO COVID, SHE DEVELOPED A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL GROUP OF PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH HER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE SHARED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT HER REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
AS A RESULT, MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS CONVENED TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR WAS MADE.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEADERS ALSO COMMENDED HER FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SHE WORKED WITH SCHOOL STAFF TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF TRANSPORTING OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOLS.
SHE SOUGHT INFORMATION FROM SCHOOL LEADERS, ANALYZED THE CONCERNS AND MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS.
THIS RESULTED IN PROVIDING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS SO THEY COULD ACCESS THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. UNION LEADERS HAVE SHARED WITH DR.
YARBOROUGH THAT, UM, THAT SHE HAS SUPPORTED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH, UM, E S P B C TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF STAFF THROUGH PLANNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDING A FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY FOR THE TRAINING.
SHE HAS FURTHER PROVEN HER COMMITMENT TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS.
SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN IDENTIFYING STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL SERVE AS MENTORS IN A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT WILL BEGIN IN THE FALL OF 2023.
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SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO SEEK STAKEHOLDER INPUT WHILE CREATING SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX ISSUES THAT IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.ON BEHALF OF BABSI, CONGRATULATIONS DR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP NEXT YEAR.
WILLIAMS DON'T SEE HIM, BUT DR.
I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF BABSI DURING YOUR TENURE.
YOUR SUPPORT SUPERINTENDENT IS INVALUABLE AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND WISH YOU WELL.
OUR NEXT STAKEHOLDER SPEAKER IS CINDY SEXTON FROM TABCO.
CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY.
I KNOW WHEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE ANOTHER YEAR IS DONE AND I WANT TO THANK THE SYSTEM FOR NEGOTIATING WITH TABCO SO WE CAN INCREASE OUR CAREER EARNINGS AND MAKE B C P S ONE OF THE HIGHEST STARTING SALARIES IN THE STATE.
THE WORK TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR EDUCATORS IS ONGOING AND COMPENSATION IS CERTAINLY PART OF THAT WORK TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A PART IN THAT.
THE B CCP S TEAM, THE TABCO NEGOTIATING TEAM, AND OUR BALTIMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT PARTNERS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
THE WORK CONTINUES BEYOND COMPENSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT WITH DR.
WE MUST BE BETTER AT RECRUITING AND RETAINING OUR STUDENTS NEED AND DESERVE IT.
LET'S LOOK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BOX TO MAKE THE PARADIGM SHIFT THAT WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
LET'S FIND A NEW WAY, A BETTER WAY, A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY.
LET'S LEAD THE WAY IN THIS WORK.
MR. ASSAN, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
YOUR FUTURE IS SHIRLEY WRIGHT AND DR.
WILLIAMS. YOU CAN TELL HIM, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THROUGH THE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, THE UPED INITIATIVE THAT YOU STARTED GAVE THE UNION LEADERS SPACE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CONCERNS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE.
UH, IT HAS HELPED US WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO GET THE WORK DONE.
WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
WILLIAMS HELPED ME GROW AS A LEADER.
THANK YOU AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND TO ALL THE EDUCATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, ALL TEAM BCPS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
THE WORK IS HARD AND IT DOESN'T STOP, BUT I HOPE EVERYONE CAN TAKE A BREAK THIS SUMMER, REST AND REJUVENATE AND BE READY TO DO THE WORK NEXT YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, EVERYONE.
NEXT IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JK MCDONALD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LLOYD ALLEN.
ABRO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M LLOYD ALLEN, SPECIAL EDUCATOR IN MATHEMATICS, HAM, UH, AND, UH, HAPPY END OF YEAR.
UH, FIRST MESSAGE IS FOR PARENTS.
I AM HOPING THAT THIS IS A REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION, BUT SOMETIMES COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE REDUNDANT FOR THE MESSAGE TO MAKE IT HOME.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT B CCPS STOPPED SENDING HOME REPORT CARDS TWO YEARS AGO IN 2021.
YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A REPORT CARD IN THE MAIL.
SO PARENTS, PLEASE SIT WITH YOUR CHILD GUARDIAN, SIT WITH YOUR CHILD.
CLICK ON THE WORD PARENTS ON THE BCPS WEBSITE.
YOU NEED TO BE SITTING WITH YOUR CHILD BECAUSE YOUR STUDENT WILL LOG IN SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEIR GRADES.
NOW AN ISSUE IS THAT THE REPORT CARD IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT IF YOU GO TO THE MARYLAND VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION WEBSITE IS USED TO GET YOUR STATE ID AND IS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT IS USED TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER DOCUMENT FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GET YOUR LEARNER'S PERMIT.
SO STUDENTS NEED THAT DOCUMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.
UH, THE JOB OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND OR MILITARY, BUT ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN AND FORM SOCIETY.
UH, OUR JOB IS TO REPLACE OURSELVES WITH STUDENTS.
UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS BEING ADDRESSED AT THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS END OF YEAR MEETING IS APPROVING NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE AGREEMENTS STATES THAT NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD CONCLUDE BY NOVEMBER 30TH.
AS EDUCATORS, WE NEED THAT SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS IN WINTER AND SPRING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, HAPPY END OF YEAR.
LET US COME BACK REFRESHED AND RECHARGED IN A MONTH OR TWO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAWRENCE WILLIAMS.
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GOOD EVENING.CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FELLOW BALTIMORE COUNTY RESIDENTS.
I AM ELATED TO REPORT ON SATURDAY JUNE 3RD THE DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED.
CITA IN BALTIMORE CITY HELD ITS ANNUAL ILIAN PROMENADE AT THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL IN PIKESVILLE, MARYLAND.
THE ILIAN IS THE CULMINATION OF A YEAR-LONG ROBUST RITES OF PASSAGE PROGRAM, WHICH MENTORS MALE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE BALTIMORE REGION.
WE SPEARHEAD AND FACILITATED SATURDAY SEMINARS ON IMPORTANT TOPICS, WHICH INCLUDE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, GOAL SETTING, S A T AND A C T PREPARATION, THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS, NETWORKING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND DINING ETIQUETTE.
AT THE END OF OUR EIGHT MONTH PROGRAM ARE BOWLS ARE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS RANGING FROM $500 TO $6,000.
THROUGHOUT OUR 20 YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE MENTORSHIP, WE HAVE MENTORED MALES OF CARVER FRANKLIN, KENWOOD LOCK, RAVEN MILFORD MILL, PATAPSCO OWENS MILLS, PARKVILLE PIKESVILLE, PERRY HALL, RANDALLSTOWN WESTERN TECH, AND WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLS.
DURING THE FALL OF 2020, THE ORGANIZATION CONTEMPLATED PAUSE IN THE PROGRAM.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE PRESSED FORWARD, DELIVERED OUR SESSIONS VIRTUALLY AND ENDED THE YEAR STRONG.
THIS SUCCESS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE HELP OF BCPS LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AIDING IN RECRUITMENT AND PROVIDING RE REMINDERS OF SCHEDULED SEMINARS AND DEADLINES FOR OUR BO SCHOLARS.
MANY OF OUR BCPS BO ALUMNI HAVE BECOME MEMBERS OF OUR GRAY ORGANIZATION JOINING AND INCREDIBLE BROTHERHOOD, WHICH INCLUDE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER BROTHER LIONEL RICHIE, US SENATOR BROTHER RAPHAEL WARNOCK, AND MARYLAND'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR, BROTHER WES MOORE.
WE WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK BCPS FOR PARTNERING AND PRODUCING AMAZING PUPILS JUST WITH THE WILLIAMS ADMINISTRATION.
ALPHA BY ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE Y BRA ADMINISTRATION AS WE CONTINUE TO EQUIP BCPS MALES WITH LIFELONG SKILLS ALL WHILE DEFRAYING THE COST OF COLLEGE EDUCATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I AM A PARENT WITH TWO CHILDREN ATTENDING HAMPTON ELEMENTARY.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM US THIS YEAR.
ONE OF WHOM IS ACTUALLY A RISING MIDDLE SCHOOLER AS OF TODAY.
I'M HERE TO OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON OVERCROWDING THAT IMPACT MY FAMILY AND ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO CHATTERLEY AND OTHER PROVIDENCE ROAD NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS LARGE SWATHS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENTS.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, HALF OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN A VCPS PARENT.
MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THREE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.
FIRST, THE PLEASANT PLAINS CAPACITY RELIEF STUDY.
SECOND, THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDY.
AND NOW AS A RESULT OF THE OF THE PLEASANT PLAINS STUDY, THE HAMPTON ELEMENTARY EMERGENCY RELIEF PROCESS.
WHILE HAMPTON ELEMENTARY IS THRILLED AND THANKFUL TO SEE SWIFT RESPONSES TO OUR PLEAS ABOUT OVERCROWDING, THIS WOULD NOT BE SUCH AN URGENT IS ISSUE IF WE WERE MORE PROACTIVE AND LESS REACTIVE TO THE ONGOING ISSUE OF OVERCROWDING.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE NO BOUNDARY CHANGES AT HAMPTON THIS FALL.
I DO SUPPORT THIS AND A PLAN FOR MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OVERCROWDING IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
ITS CONSEQUENCES ARE FAR REACHING AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
I HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH FELLOW BBC BCPS PARENT ROBIN CAMPBELL, AND A GROUP OF OTHER CONCERNED PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS TO CALL ATTENTION TO OVERCROWDING AND TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE MORE MEANINGFULLY.
THIS GROUP IS CALLED PARENTS TEACHERS, STUDENTS UNITED OR P TSU.
ROBIN WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT PSU'S POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THE IMPACT OF OVERCROWDING ON STUDENTS IS ENORMOUS.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, OVERCROWDING CAN DECREASE STUDENTS' ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTION AND INCREASE UNWANTED BEHAVIOR ISSUES.
THE RATES OF THE RATES OF ABSENTEEISM ARE LIKELY TO BE HIGHER AT OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.
THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROJ PROGRESS, N E N A E P DATA SUPPORT.
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER TEST SCORES IN BOTH READING AND MATH THAN THEIR PEERS.
THE MOST RECENT N A E P TEST SCORES WERE ABYSMAL IN MARYLAND AND LOW SCORES CANNOT BE SOLELY BLAMED ON PANDEMIC LEARNING LOSS.
ACCORDING TO THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, MARYLAND'S N A E P SCORES HAVE GENERALLY BEEN
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IN DECLINE SINCE 2013 IN EACH TESTED GRADE AND SUBJECTS.THE IMPACT ON TEACHERS IS ALSO ENORMOUS.
OVERCROWDING LEADS TO BURNOUT AND TOO MANY TEACHERS HAVE CHOSEN TO ABANDON THE PROFESSION ALTOGETHER.
FOR THOSE WHO DO CHOOSE TO REMAIN, THEY'RE FORCED TO SPEND MORE TIME ON BEHAVIOR ISSUES, WHICH NO TEACHER WANTS.
SUSTAINED STRESS CAN CAUSE HIGHER RATES OF ABSENTEE ABSENTEEISM FOR TEACHERS AS WELL, WHICH DISRUPTS CONTINUITY FOR HIS OR HER CLASSROOM.
SOLVING BCPS OVERCROWDING REQUIRES STRATEGIC PROACTIVE PLANS, NOT PIECEMEAL REACTIONARY POLICIES THAT IMPAIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION'S, TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS AND COMMUNITY STABILITY.
WE ARE CHALLENGING AND SUPPORTING BCPS ON THIS ISSUE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN CAMPBELL.
I WANNA BEGIN BY THANKING, UH, DR.
WILLIAMS FOR HIS SERVICE AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT A NEW ORGANIZATION CALLED PARENTS TEACHERS, STUDENTS UNITED AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOL OVERCROWDING.
WE CALL IT PTS U FOR SHORT, AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE P TSU.ORG.
UH, SIX MONTHS AGO I SAT IN THIS CHAIR AND RAISED AN ALARM ABOUT SEVERE OVERCROWDING AT HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT OVERCROWDING WAS THE DIRECT OUTCOME OF A BOUNDARY STUDY CONDUCTED TO ADDRESS SEVERE OVERCROWDING AT PLEASANT PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND TODAY, WE KNOW THAT OVERCROWDING IS A PROBLEM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THE BALTIMORE SUN REPORTS THAT A THIRD OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING AT OR OVER CAPACITY.
PUBLIC SCHOOL OVERCROWDING IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
IT IS NOT INEVITABLE, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACCEPT.
IT IS INSTEAD THE RESULT OF CHOICES MADE BY A SYSTEM OF LEADERS.
THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL, ITS CHAIRPERSON AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND ALL OF THESE DECISION MAKERS OPERATE WITHIN A FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED BY STATE LEVEL ELECTED AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS.
P T SSU, IN SHORT, UH, HAS A SHORT BUT IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY AGENDA THAT CAN EASILY BE IMPLE IMPLEMENTED BY THIS SYSTEM OF LEADERS BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS IN 2024.
FIRST, WE CALL ON B CCPS TO PUBLISH AND PLAN WITH ACCURATE UP-TO-DATE STUDENT COUNT NUMBERS, SOMETHING THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST.
SECOND, WE CALL UPON THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE A P F O TASK FORCE.
EVERY MARYLAND COUNTY HAS AN ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES ORDINANCE TO PACE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT GOVERNMENT HAS THE TIME TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SERVE IT, UH, INCLUDING PUB, UH, CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS.
BALTIMORE COUNTY'S EXISTING GUIDELINES ARE AMONG THE LEAST EFFECTIVE IN THE STATE.
THIRD, THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES SHOULD REVISE FEES ON DEVELOPERS TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS IN CLASSROOMS. FEES IN OTHER COUNTIES RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
OVER THREE YEARS, OUR FEES HAVE YIELDED LITTLE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND FINALLY, WHILE WE WANNA CHANNEL MORE RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS IN CLASSROOMS, WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN HOW B CCPS USES THOSE FUNDS.
P TSU CALLS UPON THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXPAND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S MANDATE AND TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT STAFFING SO THAT THE OFFICE CAN CONDUCT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MALFEASANCE AND ETHICAL VIOLATIONS WITHIN B C P S.
OVER THE SUMMER, P T S U WILL BE BUILDING ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ADDING ORGANIZATIONS TO THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS ON ITS HOMEPAGE WHO WILL BE BACK AGAIN IN THE FALL, EXPANDED, EMPOWERED, AND EAGER TO BE YOUR PARTNERS IN REDUCING SCHOOL OVERCROWDING.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PEACH PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS UNITED AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOL OVERCROWDING, VISIT US ONLINE AT P TSU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESA BROOKLYN.
UM, MY NAME IS REBECCA CHESNA AND I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO IS ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT I UNDERSTAND IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY HIJACKED BY POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND IDENTITY POLITICS ARE IN CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS SO MUCH POLARIZATION AND DIVISION GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY OVER THIS THAT WE FORGET THAT THE PEOPLE BEING HURT THE MOST HERE
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ARE OUR CHILDREN.I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT COMMON SENSE AND DATA SUGGEST THAT PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THEIR CHILDHOOD FROM TOPICS FILLED WITH SEX, DRUGS, AND VIOLENCE LEADS TO LESS ANXIETY, LESS CONFUSION, LESS DEPRESSION, AND MORE JOY.
SADLY, MANY OF OUR CHILDREN TODAY ARE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY, LACK CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS, BUT ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THESE FORMER TOPICS THAT THEY ARE BOMBARDED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, WHETHER IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA, MUSIC, VIDEO GAMES, MOVIES, TELEVISION BOOKS, ET CETERA.
IRONICALLY, IN THE ATTEMPT TO BE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE, THERE IS A WHOLE LARGE SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION, SPECIFICALLY PARENTS WHO ARE BEING DISENFRANCHISED, DISRESPECTED, AND MALIGNED SIMPLY FOR WANTING TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE.
THE PARTICULAR BOOK I WILL BE FOCUSING ON IS THE BOOK TRICKS BY ELLEN HOPKINS.
RESULTS OF AN ONLINE SEARCH INDICATE THAT THIS BOOK CONTAINS OBSCENE EXCERPTS INVOLVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EXCERPTS INVOLVING MINORS EXCERPTS CONTAINING EXPLICIT CHILD RAPE AND ABUSE, ILLEGAL DRUG USE, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND PROFANITY, UNDERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND ADULT AND CHILDHOOD PROSTITUTION.
IN ADDITION, A CONTENT WARNING POPS UP SAYING YOU ARE ABOUT TO ACCESS MATERIAL THAT MAY CONTAIN CONTENT OF AN ADULT NATURE.
THESE FILES MAY INCLUDE PICTURES AND MATERIALS THAT SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, OR IF SUCH MATERIAL OFFENDS YOU, OR IF IT IS ILLEGAL FOR YOU TO VIEW THESE MATERIALS, PLEASE EXIT.
CURRENTLY THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN 12 HIGH SCHOOLS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
I AM SIMPLY ASKING THAT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, VULGAR, AND OR OBSCENE MATERIALS NOT BE AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE PARENTS HAVE DIMINISHED CONTROL OF WHAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN ACCESS OR READ.
I WILL BE SUBMITTING A CITIZEN'S REVIEW OF MATERIALS FOR THIS BOOK TO YOUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MARY MCCOMAS, TO BE REVIEWED BY BOARD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT JENKINS.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, CHAIR LECTOR.
UM, VICE CHAIR HARVEY AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU'VE ALL SEEN ME OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I LIKE TO GO WITH MS, BUT WITH MS. HASSAN SAYS, MAKE GOOD TROUBLE.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT GOOD WHAT I DO, BUT WE TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND GET OUR VOICE HEARD.
I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GONNA VOTE IN A LITTLE WHILE ON THE BOUNDARY STUDY.
UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, SOME WEREN'T.
UM, MY DAUGHTER, I THINK, SAID ENOUGH AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, SHE CAN SPEAK MUCH BETTER THAN I AM, SO I'LL LET HER WORDS GO THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THIS PROCESS, THAT A LOT MORE WENT INTO IT THAN JUST THE COMMITTEE AND THE CONSULTANTS.
A LOT OF US PARENTS GOT TOGETHER IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WAS GOING AND WE STARTED WORKING ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF SCHOOLS.
I MET PARENTS FROM RED HOUSE RUN.
I MET PARENTS FROM PERRY HALL MIDDLE.
I MET PEOPLE LIKE ROBIN CAMPBELL AND AMY LAMB FROM HAMPTON AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUDDY REDER FROM FROM GUNPOWDER AND THOSE FROM KINGSVILLE.
WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANTS.
THERE'S SOME THINGS I PROBABLY SAID AND WROTE THAT I WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE.
UM, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAME UP WITH A MAP, OR THEY CAME UP WITH A MAP WITH OUR HELP THAT I THINK WORKS WITH 55 SCHOOLS AND 30,000 CHILDREN IS AMAZING TO ME THAT THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON THAT SPOKEN OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN.
THIS PLAN HAD 70% SUPPORT OF MAP A AND THEN THAT ONLY GOT HIGHER.
WITH THE FEW TWEAKS THAT WERE DONE TO MAKE MAP E THAT BROUGHT IN A FEW OTHER PLANNING BLOCKS WHERE COMMUNITIES HAD, UM, SOME CONCERN.
I WAS THE BIGGEST CRITIC OF CROPPER.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THEY DID LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY DID LISTEN TO THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THEY CAME UP WITH A MAP THAT WORKS AND THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
AND I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THAT SPAN CAN BE HAPPY WITH.
UM, I'M WILLING TO JOIN WITH ROBIN AND AMY AND OTHERS.
I APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T BEEN MORE INVOLVED.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH JOB AND SOMETIMES THE COUNCIL AND OUR STATE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED, BUT THEY GIVE YOU THE BLAME AND THAT NEEDS TO STOP.
THEY ASK YOU TO COME UP WITH MIRACLES LIKE TRYING TO REDISTRICT 30,000 KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING ONE MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE NEED THREE AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.
SO, MR. ASAN, I KNOW YOU LOVE MAKE GOOD TROUBLE.
I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN COLLEGE.
MY FAVORITE QUOTE IS FROM BOBBY KENNEDY,
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WHERE HE SAID, SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT THE WORLD AS IT IS AND ASK WHY I DREAM OF A WORLD AS IT COULD BE, AND ASK WHY NOT.I CHALLENGE THIS BOARD UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE ASKING WHY NOT TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT MATT B TONIGHT.
AND I ONE LITTLE QUICK LITTLE SIDE NOTE, MS. SEXTON, TEACHERS DO MATTER.
MY FIRST GRADER CAME DOWNSTAIRS THIS MORNING AND ACTUALLY WAS SAD THE SCHOOL YEAR WAS OVER CUZ HE'S GONNA MISS HIS FIRST GRADE TEACHER.
HE'S MET HIS TEACHER THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING TABCO DOES AND YOU ALL DO AS A BOARD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SHARON SOFF.
LAST MONTH I TALKED ABOUT WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE POLICIES CONCERNING PROMOTION, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION.
IF THE SCHOOL IS SO FOCUSED ON GRADUATION NUMBERS, THEY NEGLECT THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM.
ARE THESE STUDENTS PREPARED FOR GRADUATION? IF A STUDENT IS READING AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL AND PERFORMING MATH AT THE FOURTH GRADE LEVEL, ARE THEY GRADUATION READY? IF THEY'RE A STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES, THEY CAN BE, AND THIS IS TROUBLING TO ME.
IF THIS WERE MY STUDENT, I WOULD ASK THEM TO, FOR THEM TO BE RETAINED SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO ADDRESS THEIR DEFICITS.
BUT B, CCPS DOESN'T RETAIN STUDENTS.
B CCPS PROMOTES STUDENTS NO MATTER WHAT, IF A PARENT PROTESTS, THEY ARE BULLIED, EVEN FORCED INTO ALLOWING THEIR CHILD TO BE PROMOTED, EVEN GRADUATE.
WHY DO WE HAVE A POLICY IF PARENT CONCERNS ARE IGNORED AND SILENCED? WHAT KIND OF AN EXAMPLE ARE WE SETTING FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOLS? IF ADMINISTRATORS AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF BULLY, THREATEN AND VERBALLY ABUSE PARENTS AND TEACHERS UNCHECKED.
SO HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS? INSTEAD OF BULLYING PARENTS LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS CLOSE THE GAP.
LISTENING TO PARENTS ALSO MEANS LISTENING TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
IF THEY HAVE ONE, COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES.
LET US RECOGNIZE THAT STUDENTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY.
NOT EVERYBODY LEARNS THE SAME.
GRADUATION SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT NUMBERS.
IT SHOULD BE ABOUT GIVING OUR STUDENTS WINGS TO FLY AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
THIS MORNING I HAD THE EXTREME PLEASURE OF WATCHING A STUDENT OF MINE WALK ACROSS A STAGE.
SHE WENT FROM CERTIFICATE TRACK TO GETTING A DIPLOMA, AND ALL SHE NEEDED WAS TWO MORE YEARS.
NOT A CHILD WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE WHO IS NOT READY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LYNN LONGINGS.
BOARD CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND GUESTS TONIGHT.
OUR CHILDREN ARE COMMITMENT ARE CONCERNED.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE CONTINENTAL SOCIETIES.
WILLIAMS FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE BALTIMORE COUNTY CHA CHAPTER PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTS FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY STUDENTS.
DURING THE 20 22 20 23 PROGRAM YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS IN NO ORDERS, EDMOND HEIGHTS, VILLE ELEMENTARY, DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY, FEATHERED, MILFORD MILL, PIKESVILLE, MILLBROOK, WINDSOR MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND A LIST OF ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE.
WE HOSTED A BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE BACKPACK SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO
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VILLE AND WINSOR MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.WE HIGHLIGHTED THE SAY NO TO DRUGS PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 1,532 RED RIBBON KITS TO VILLE FEATHER RED LANE, DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE DONATED HOLIDAY FOOD, BASKETS AND GIFT CARDS TO MILLBROOK ELEMENTARY AND PIKESVILLE MIDDLE STUDENTS.
WE DONATED BOOKS TO THE LIBRARIES OF EDMUNDSON HEIGHTS, VILLE MI WINSOR MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR CON CONTINENTAL MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN HEAD'S ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY.
WE SHOWCASED DIFFERENT CAREERS IN THE FIELDS OF PODIATRY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, HUMAN RESOURCES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CYBERSECURITY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
WE'VE PROVIDED A MONETARY DONATION TO THE HEIL AFTER SCHOOL GIRLS PROGRAMS, THE PEARLS, THE CRAFTY KIDS, AND THE HEIL DANCES.
WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL AT MILFORD MILL ACADEMY, MS. JASMINE BROWN, AND WE PROVIDED THREE SCHOLARSHIPS, 1000 FOR ACADEMIC, 500 FOR A COLLEGE BOOK, AND TWO 50 FOR GIFT CARD FOR DORM SUPPLIES.
OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMITMENT ARE CONCERNED.
WE WISH THESE STUDENTS WELL AS THEY ENTER THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE CAREER.
AGAIN, 45 WOMEN MEMBERS ON THE MOVE.
OUR COMMITMENT, OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMITMENT ARE CONCERNED.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK AND CONGRATULATE DR.
YARBOROUGH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AGAIN.
OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMITMENT ARE CONCERNED.
SINCE THERE WERE SPEAKERS, THERE WERE TWO SPEAKERS ABSENT.
WE'LL NOW CALL FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAIT LIST.
I'M REALLY NOT PREPARED, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I SINCERELY WISH YOU, UH, GREAT SUCCESS IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR, WHEREVER THAT WOULD BE.
I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE SINCE 1995, WHERE I WAS APPOINTED BY DR.
BERGER AND EVERY SUPERINTENDENT AFTER THAT.
THE OPINIONS OF THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE ARE OPINIONS, NO FACTS, OPINIONS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP ARE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
THE ATTENDANCE BY THE EX IS MINIMAL.
TWO, MAYBE ONE, AND THE PARTICIPATION IS MINIMAL ON THE PART OF THE EX.
SO WHICHEVER VOTE REALLY WAS DONE, OBVIOUSLY IT REALLY REFLECT THE MEMBERSHIP, BUT REALLY THE CALENDAR SHOULD BE EDUCATIONAL TO THE STUDENT AND SHOULD REFLECT THE PARENTS AND THE TAXPAYER, WHETHER THEY HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT.
FOR ME, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE, BEFORE THE MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING, YOU KNOW, THE TWO MUSLIM HOLIDAYS WERE INCLUDED AS THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THEN SUDDENLY THEY WERE PULLED OUT A REMINDER OF REALLY WHAT I STRUGGLED WITH, WITH DR.
HEARS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME WHERE OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICKS AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY ONE IS ADDED.
I ALWAYS PRIDE MYSELF ABOUT EQUITY AND EQUALITY AND EVERY OFFICIAL THAT COMES HERE IN THE BOARD AND OUTSIDE THE BOARD TALKS ABOUT IT.
ZERO EQUALS ZERO, ONE EQUALS ONE, TWO EQUALS TWO.
EQUITY MEANS IF THERE IS DISSERVICE OR INEQUALITY IN THE PAST, THAT MEANS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MISTREATED, WHICH IS THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN A BETTER TREATMENT AND MORE TREATMENT.
SO IN MY FIRST 22 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT'S ALWAYS ONE FAITH
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HOW IS RECOGNIZED ALL OTHERS.WERE LOOKING AND WATCHING DESPITE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF APPEALS NOW IN BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CANADA COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA DINGLE.
I WILL BE TRANSLATING FOR HER.
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU? SURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM A VOLUNTEER, WHICH IS PALM MARYLAND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM A MA, A CONCERNED MOTHER OF HER EIGHTH GRADER, UH, BALTIMORE, UH, COUNTY STUDENT ELECTRIC OLYMPIO.
I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT MY SON AND HEALTH AND HIS PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO DO ALL THAT, ALL THAT YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT BALTIMORE COUNTY MOVES FROM DIESEL SCHOOL BUSES TO CLEAN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL BUSES ADMIT DANGEROUS POLLUTION AND AGGRAVATES ASTHMA AND OTHERS PROBLEMS? AND DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS POLLUTION HAS, HAS ALSO BEEN LINKED TO LOWER TEST SCORES IN WORSE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? IN FACT, A CHILD RIDING IN A SCHOOL BUS MAY BE EXPOSED TO 15 TIMES THE LEVEL OF TOXIC DIESEL, EXHAUSTED AS SOME, SOMEONE RIDING IN A CAR.
FOR BLACK AND LATINO CHILDREN WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ASTHMA THAN O THAN THEIR WHITE PEERS RIDING IN THIS SCHOOL BUSES IS ESPECIALLY HARMFUL.
I KNOW OPPORTUNITY MP THERE ARE NEW, THERE ARE NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM AND THE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PILOT PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP BALTIMORE COUNTY TRANS TRANSITION TO CLEAN BUSES.
PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, OF ALL THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PLEASE COMMIT TO TRANSMITTING YOUR THANK YOU
NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOARD POLICIES, AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR POLICY 5,000 IS LLOYD ALLEN.
CHAIR LTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY.
WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AS AN EDUCATOR, UH, I HAVE TO NOTE THAT STUDENTS ARE, UH, THE JOB OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS TO SERVE STUDENTS AND IT IS AN INTERESTING CHOICE TO
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REMOVE A POLICY MAKING FIRM STATEMENTS DECLARING MEASURABLE COMMITMENTS TO STUDENT.SO ONE ONCE MORE WITH FEELING.
UH, THE POLICY ANALYSIS STATES THAT THESE ARE REDUNDANT STATEMENTS.
WE SHOULD BE MAKING REDUNDANT STATEMENTS SAYING THAT WE SERVE STUDENTS AND THEY SHOULD BE MEASURABLE.
UH, HOWEVER, SOME OF THE STATED REDUNDANCIES DON'T QUITE MATCH.
UH, STUDENTS WILL BE TAUGHT BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS AS IN THE EXISTING POLICY.
I AM A HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATOR BECAUSE I AM CERTIFIED IN THE AREAS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS.
UM, UM, THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS WE'LL.
SET HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EXPECT ALL EMPLOY EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TO STRIVE TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO, BUT IT IS SQUISHY AND NOT MEASURABLE.
UH, WHEN THROUGH A MISTAKEN PAPERWORK AND COMMUNICATION, I TAUGHT US HISTORY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM TO HELP STUDENTS, BUT I WAS NOT HIGHLY QUALIFIED DURING THAT SEMESTER.
WHEN YOU HAVE ME TEACH ALGEBRA TWO, WHEN YOU HAVE ME TEACH CALCULUS, THEN I'M HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT ALL OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE AS REDUNDANT AS THE POLICY ANALYSIS STATES THEY ARE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR POLICY 5,000 IS BOSCH FARONE.
LINE 15 AND 16 SAYS, ALL STUDENTS WILL REACH HIGH STANDARDS AS ESTABLISHED BY B CCPS IN THE STATE, ET CETERA.
I AM CONCERNED THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE FACING GRADUATES FROM CHINA AND INDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND MY READINGS, THE STATE STANDARDS ARE REALLY BARE MINIMUM.
I BASICALLY ASK YOU TO GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.
LINE 21, ALL STUDENTS WILL BE TAUGHT BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WE MAY NEED TO THINK AND REPLACE HIGHLY QUALIFIED BY HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS.
LINE 26, ALL STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE WORLD.
ALL I ALWAYS REALLY HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE AND REALLY DURING MY KIDS WHEN SCHOOL AT EVERYBODY GRADUATES.
SO IF EVERYBODY GRADUATE, THEN IT IS REALLY SOCIAL PROMOTION.
GRADUATING STUDENTS DESPITE FAILURE TO MEET THE GRADES, DON'T BELIEVE IS A RATIONAL POLICY.
PERSONALLY, I REQUEST THAT THE POLICY WILL CLARIFY THE STANDARDS OF GRADUATION AND REALLY TO HAVE A LENS TO COMPARE US WITH THE GRADUATES FROM CHINA, FROM INDIA, MIDDLE EAST, AND, YOU KNOW, WESTERN EUROPE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HOW OUR KIDS WILL BE FACING IN THE FUTURE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE IS ONE GRAMMAR, UH, ERROR THERE.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO CHECK IT OUT AND I'M FINISHING EARLY.
POLICY 53 30 IS ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.
LINE 12 SAYS, THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A KEY COMPONENT, ET CETERA.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THE POLICY DOES NOT HAVE THE PARENTS AND THE GUARDIANS IN IT IN ADDITION TO THE STUDENTS.
FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NOT A RECOGNIZED EFFECTIVE METHOD TO GATHER AND TABULATE THE STUDENT'S INPUT.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD CAN, UM, UH, REALLY CANVAS 110,000 STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY, EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, EFFECTIVELY.
AND I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THERE IS ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THAT.
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YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS, POLICIES, BUDGET AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
SO I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THAT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS NO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, THE HOURS WOULD BE FOR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OR ALL ACTIVE STUDENTS.
THERE IS NO ENOUGH TIME TO LEARN TO STUDY AND ALSO TO CANVAS THE OPINIONS OF ALL STUDENTS AND ALSO IN THE SAME TIME, GRASP THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
FOR INSTANCE, OKAY, I HAVE MYSELF THREE BOARDS UNDER MY BELT, SO, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL CARE, SURGERY, WOUND CARE, NUTRITION, ET CETERA.
AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THE BUDGET IS REALLY COMPLEX AND NOT REALLY EASY TO GRASP.
SO FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, I I, I SEE A DEFECT IN THAT LINE.
NUMBER 2122, THE BOARD SUPPORTS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC GROUP.
THE CONCERN IS ALSO, UH, SIMILAR IN NATURE LINE 29 ABOUT PRIMARY METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENT, ET CETERA.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS NO FINANCIAL AND TEAM LOGISTICS TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO COVER THE 110,000 STUDENTS.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS POLICY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR THAT POLICY, UM, 53 30 IS LAWRENCE WILLIAMS. OKAY.
FARONE, SINCE YOU'RE SITTING THERE, POLICY 66 0 0 2, POLICY 6 0 0 2 IS ABOUT INSTRUCTIONS LINE SEVEN AND EIGHT.
IT SAYS THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.
OF COURSE, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE ADJECTIVE.
I DO RECOMMEND ADDING THE WORD EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL LINE 1339, PAGE ONE AND LINE ONE, PAGE TWO.
PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SHALL BE BASED ON THE LOWEST PRICE CONSISTENT WITH ET CETERA.
MY CONCERN IS, THE WAY IT'S PHRASED IT REALLY FOCUS ON THE PRICE.
OKAY? AND IF YOU FOCUS ON THE PRICE, I THINK THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
EVEN THOUGH THE WORDS THAT COME AFTER THAT, I BELIEVE THEY ARE WEAK AND RUBBERY IN NATURE.
I RECOMMEND THAT WE FOCUS ON QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MATERIAL.
PAGE NUMBER TWO, LINE NUMBER NINE TO 15, ENSURE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REQUIRED THAT EQUITY LENDS BE USED IN THE REVIEW EQUITY LENS BE USED IN THE REVIEW.
AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR DEFINITION.
I KNOW FOR THE WORD EQUITY LENS, A SENTENCE MAY BE USED, FOR INSTANCE, TO BRAINWASH CERTAIN STUDENTS TO A CERTAIN LIFESTYLE THAT IS OBJECTIONABLE TO SOME PARENTS BASED ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC OR PERSONAL VIEWS.
MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE DEFINE CLEARLY WHAT IS AN EQUITY LENS, AND THIS POLICY DOES NOT HAVE AN OPT OUT OPTION.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHEN IT'S DEALING WITH CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES TO ALLOW PARENTS CLEARLY BY POLICY TO OPT OUT.
PAGE NUMBER TWO, LINE 36 AND 37, ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES TO EVALUATE AND DOCUMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.
I DO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE USE OF THE WORD EFFECTIVENESS, WHICH WHAT I RELATED FOR BEFORE.
SO I, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE THAT THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY JUST THIS POLICY, BUT ALSO OTHER POLICIES.
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IS THE EFFECTIVENESS TOWARDS THE STUDENTS? THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENT ABOUT THIS POLICY.OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR POLICY 6,002 IS WE'VE GOT OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THAT POLICY.
WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS FOR THAT SAME POLICY.
OR JUST NEXT? YES, GO BACK TO IT TO PICK A SEAT.
ANY SEAT
UH, CHAIRWOMAN LECTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM, UH, ANNA WEISBERG, READING TEACHER AT DEEP CREEK MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO FIRST SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON EQUITY.
A COUPLE, UH, THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME WERE THE, UH, PHRASES REFLECTIVE OF ALL STUDENTS, EQUITABLE ACCESS AND EQUITY LENS.
I JUST, UM, I'M JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE.
UM, I DID WONDER IF IT COULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED BY ADDING LANGUAGE THAT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING, UM, TEACHER INPUT, EDUCATOR INPUT, AND STUDENT INPUT IN TERMS OF THE EFFICACY OF OUR PILOTS AND EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF THE CURRICULUM.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SHARON SOFF.
THIS ONE IS PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC POLICY 83 15.
NO, I INITIALLY SAID I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON IT ANYWAY.
UM, I READ THE, UH, POLICY AND WHAT COMES TO MIND IS I FELT LIKE THE BOARD DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND I, HOPEFULLY I'M WRONG THIS YEAR.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PUB, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ONLINE, UM, WHICH AFFORDS A PERSON LIKE MYSELF WHO'S ALL OVER THE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ANYMORE IN, IN A NEW POLICY, AT LEAST WHAT I WAS ABLE TO PRINT OUT.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN GET ON A WAITING LIST THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT.
UM, THE POLICY ALSO NEEDS TO STATE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL.
THE STATE DOES THAT, AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO, IF I'M NOT FEELING UP TO DRIVING HERE, AT LEAST I'LL BE ABLE TO STILL SPEAK.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
CAN I MOVE THIS CLOSER? SO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 14.1% OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO A STATEWIDE AVERAGE OF 12.8.
THAT IS 15,663 STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES BASED ON THOSE THAT HAVE AT LEAST BEEN ASSESSED WHILE NOT EVERY STUDENT IS AT GRADE LEVEL TO HAVE THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE SENT AND APPROVED TO COLLEGE BOARD.
ARE YOU TALKING TOWARDS POLICY 83 15? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT I KNOW THAT I THOUGHT I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC PART.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I END UP UNDER THAT POLICY.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS IS JUST, UM, SPEAKERS FOR THE POLICY.
SO, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO NO, THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS, UM, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR COMMENTS TO STAFF AND THEY WILL CIRCULATE 'EM TO US.
SAME POLICY PARTICIPATION BY PUBLIC ANNA WEISBERG.
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THANK YOU.NEXT PERSON, SAME POLICY, LLOYD ALLEN.
UH, LLOYD ALLEN, SPECIAL EDUCATOR IN MATHEMATICS.
HE, HIM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
CHAIR, LECTURE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, ADDRESSING THE CHAIR AS REMARKS ARE ALWAYS ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIR.
I INITIALLY HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE SHARED EARLIER AFTER READING THE POLICY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.
I THINK I'M STARTING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND IT AND I'M MORE COMFORTABLE.
THE TWO PIECES OF INPUT THAT I HAVE ARE THAT THE EFFORTS TO MAKE THINGS MORE FAIR BY USING A SYSTEMATIC FASHION TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO BE GAMED.
AND THAT SOMETIMES RANDOMNESS IS MORE FAIR.
ALONG THOSE LINES, THE POLICY SAYS THAT THE FIRST STUDENT TO SIGN UP WILL BE CHOSEN AS THE STUDENT STAKEHOLDER WITHIN THE CI STUDENTS AND CITIZEN SLOT.
I DON'T WANT MY STUDENTS TO BE ON THEIR CELL PHONES DURING CLASS.
I WOULD PREFER FOR THAT TO BE A RANDOM STUDENT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS STUDENTS WHEN THEY SIGN UP SO THAT THEY ARE NOT JAMMING ON THEIR PHONE AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
UH, LAST PIECE, UH, IS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO ELEVATE STUDENTS.
SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP STUDENTS CENTRAL.
I WONDER WHETHER A SINGLE STUDENT SLOT MIGHT BE ABOVE THE CITIZEN SLOT OR MAYBE FIRST BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE WHY WE ARE HERE.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER FOR 83 15 IS CINDY SEXTON.
FARONE 83 15, APRIL EIGHT, POLICY 83 15.
THERE IS A TIME TO PRAISE AND THERE IS A TIME NOT TO PRAISE.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS POLICY, AND I ASK YOU TO RETURN IT TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS POLICY RELIES MAINLY ON THE BARGAINING UNITS AND THE SO-CALLED EX AND PTA, LESS RELIANCE ON PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS WHO PAID TAXES THAT MAKE THE SYSTEM RUN BARGAINING UNITS NEEDS, IN MY OPINION.
SO IN THE NEEDS, IN MY OPINION,
RETAIN TEACHERS, MORE MONEY, ET CETERA.
THEY ALWAYS ASK FOR SIMILAR THINGS.
ONLY ONE PERSON CAME TODAY, FOR INSTANCE.
SO THIS WAR, ESPECIALLY THE ITEM THAT TALKS ABOUT RESTRICTING PUBLIC SPEAKERS, IF THEY CAME TWO TIMES IN A ROW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I REALLY THINK THAT'S REALLY COMPLETELY AGAINST WHAT THE BOARD ALWAYS ASKS FOR.
I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE WHY THE PUBLIC DOESN'T COME MORE OFTEN AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND NOT REALLY RESTRICT, RESTRICT THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, IF THEY COME MORE THAN ONE OR TWO TIMES IN A ROOM.
IN THAT, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CUTTING THE MICROPHONE OFF.
I, I REALLY THINK IT'S JUST REALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
I KNOW WHY IT'S BEING DONE, BUT CUTTING THE MICROPHONE OFF IS NOT REALLY PLEASANT, ALRIGHT? AND I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED IT.
WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME IN.
SO I PAY ABOUT 12,000 A YEAR TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT, ALRIGHT, IF I CANNOT HAVE THREE MINUTES EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHY AM I PAYING ALL THAT MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? I BET YOU PRIVATE SCHOOLS DON'T REALLY TREAT PUBLIC SPEAKERS IN THE SAME WAY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CUT OFF MICROPHONE.
I THINK THEY ENCOURAGE, UM, INPUT.
I THINK THEY ANSWER THEIR EMAIL, WHICH WE REALLY DON'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS POLICY DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS THE CORE PROBLEM WHY PARENTS ARE NOT REALLY ENGAGED IN THE SYSTEM.
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JUST REALLY NOT A GOOD POLICY.AND I'M REALLY SORRY FOR SAYING IT.
I WILL PRAISE YOU FOR SOME OTHER POLICIES, BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE.
THE NEXT POLICY, UM, FOR YOUR COMMENT IS 8,400 OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT.
DASH FARONE REALLY LIKES THIS POLICY.
SO I FIND THIS POLICY IS UNUSUALLY DETAILED POLICY IN RELATION TO MANY OF OUR POLICIES.
MOST POLICIES ARE VAGUE, BRIEF, GENERAL.
THEY CAN BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENT WAY, GIVE LEEWAY.
THIS ONE IS REALLY DONE BY A VERY SMART LAWYER, AND I REALLY LIKE IT ACTUALLY.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY WAS IT MADE SO DETAILED? THERE MUST BE A REASON FOR IT.
I LIKE TO KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW AND WHY THE OTHER POLICIES, MANY OF THEM NOT ALL OF THEM ARE SO BRIEF AND NOT REALLY SPECIFIC AND CAN BE INTERPRETED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO AGAIN, I REALLY TRULY COMPLIMENT PRC FOR THIS POLICY.
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME TO ENJOY READING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT I REALLY LIKED IT AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
FRON REPORTING FRAUD, WASTE ABUSE, OR UNLAWFUL ACT 84 10 ABOUT ABUSE, WASTE, AND UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR YEAR.
AGAIN, IT'S REALLY A SIMILAR IN NATURE.
I READ IT AND THERE IS A GREAT EFFORT IN PHRASING IT, IN MAKING IT, MAKING IT IN COMPENSATING, UM, BEING CLEAR.
AGAIN, I I JUST REALLY THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, THIS POLICY.
I HAVE THE SAME, UH, QUESTION THAT, UH, IT GIVES ME IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WASTE AND ABUSE IN THE SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY TRUE, BUT I WONDER REALLY WHY THIS POLICY IS MADE SO DETAILED IN NATURE.
UH, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN ADDRESS THAT, UM, TO ME.
THIS IS ANOTHER KUDOS FOR PRC AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH IT AND THE LAW OFFICE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST WELL WRITTEN.
UM, AGAIN, SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME THAT I TRULY ENJOYED READING IT, SO I THANK YOU FOR IT.
OKAY, AND THE LAST POLICY FOR YOUR COMMENTS ARE 84 30, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE SAME THING.
KUDOS TO THE PRC AND THE LAW OFFICE.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
CAN I SAVE THE REST OF THE TIME PLEASE, FOR NEXT TIME WE, WE DON'T ACCRUE TIME, BUT THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING IT.
[K. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (8:30 - 8:40 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.WILLIAMS. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A VIDEO, UH, TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO AT THIS TIME, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, PARENTS AND FAMILIES FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US CROSS THE FINISH LINE, THERE'S SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE.
AS I VISITED SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND SPOKE WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS, I SAW HIGH LEVELS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STAFF WORKING RELENTLESSLY TO IMPROVE AND ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING.
OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A RANGE OF EXTRACURRICULAR AND CIVIC PROGRAMS, ATHLETICS AND CLUBS, AND BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF WON NUMEROUS LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE TALENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
IN SPEAKING OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE AWARDED DIPLOMAS TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.
OUR GRADUATES BEAMED WITH PRIDE AS THEY WALK ACROSS THE STAGE WITH A DIPLOMA
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FULLY EQUIPPED WITH THE RESOURCES, KNOWLEDGE, AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO THRIVE IN THE FUTURE AND SUCCESSFULLY PURSUE A WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE MILITARY OR CAREERS.I FEEL A SPECIAL KINSHIP WITH A CLASS OF 2023 BECAUSE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY FROM 2019 TO 2023 PARALLELS MY OWN TENURE AS B CCP S SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH WILL COME TO AN END ON JUNE 30TH.
TOGETHER WE WEATHERED A ONCE IN A LIFETIME GLOBAL COVID PANDEMIC, AN CRIPPLING CYBERSECURITY ATTACK.
THE CHALLENGES WE FACED SPURRED INNOVATION AND GREATER COLLABORATION ACROSS TEAM D C P S.
WE BECAME ADEPT AT PIVOTING AND ADJUSTING TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, LIKE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS.
I HAVE SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS WORKING HARD TO ACHIEVE MY GOALS, AND ALONG THE WAY, HAVING TRULY UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER TO RAISE THE BAR CLOSE GAPS AND PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE FIVE PRIORITY AREAS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE COMPASS LEARNING ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESULTS.
WE HAVE LENGTHENED STUDENT DAYS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR LEARNING, AS WELL AS EXPANDED OUR ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS TO STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AFTER SCHOOL ON SATURDAYS AND THROUGH OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS INVESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY, 51.5% OF BCPS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE CTE COURSES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE STATE.
MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM PARTICIPATION AND FOR PERFORMANCE.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT AND TUITION FREE PROGRAMS AT C C B C FOR ALL BCPS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND CREATED THE BLACK BOY JOY AND GENIUS INITIATIVE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES FOR BLACK BOYS IN B CCP S SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE PRIORITIZED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING BY INCLUDING FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS.
LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM THAT PLACED SAFETY ASSISTANCE IN ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ELEVATED THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND VOICE TO TACKLE SAFETY CONCERNS BY WORKING WITH STUDENT LEADERS FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY, STUDENT COUNCILS AND JUNIOR COUNCILS TO LAUNCH PEER-TO-PEER SAFETY CAMPAIGNS AND EXPANDED TRAINING FOR BCP S STAFF ON DEESCALATION STRATEGIES, HIGH PERFORMING WORKFORCE AND ALIGNMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL.
WE HAVE CREATED ENHANCED COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDED RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION BONUSES FOR ALL BCPS EMPLOYEES.
LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM-WIDE PLAN TO IMPROVE STAFF CLIMATE AND MORALE SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE WELLNESS BY ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME OFF FOR STAFF TO REST AND RECHARGE AND APPROVED COLLABORATION WITH ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE CONSISTENT CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF TEAM B BCPS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE GROWN BCPS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH MORE THAN 800 PARTNERS SERVING THE SYSTEM TO DATE ENHANCED PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOLHOUSE, HOSTED SEVERAL TOWN HALLS, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AND IN-PERSON SYSTEM MEETINGS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, ANSWER COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, AND BRAINSTORM SOLUTIONS AND EXPANDED OUTREACH TO MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES AND SECURED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING ESOL POPULATION.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED MORE THAN 150 EFFICIENCY REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS, DEVELOPED MULTI-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR ALL SCHOOLS.
OPENED A CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER THAT PROVIDES VCP S EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES WITH ASSISTANCE AND SOLUTIONS TO A RANGE OF QUESTIONS AND OVERHAULED AND REIMAGINE OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND TRANSPORTATION.
THESE EXAMPLES ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WORKING TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF OUR 111,000 PLUS STUDENTS.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR TEAM BCPS TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO THRIVE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS WHOSE UNIQUE LIVED EXPERIENCES INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE ME AND FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT PARTNER WITH US TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS
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CAN MEET THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL.I'M PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHO CONTINUE TO LEAD THEIR SCHOOLS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS AND WORK DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO ARE OFTEN THE FIRST AND LAST FACES OUR STUDENTS SEE, AND WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO CREATE OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.
I WISH EVERY MEMBER OF TEAM BCPS THE VERY BEST, AND I KNOW THAT BCPS IS WELL POISED TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS ELIMINATING DISPARITIES IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND WILL ADVANCE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
[L. CHAIR'S REPORT (8:40 - 8:45 p.m.)]
IS THE CHAIR REPORT.UM, SO TODAY WAS AN EXCITING DAY FOR B CCPS STUDENTS AND STAFF AS THEY CELEBRATED THE LAST DAY OF THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR.
HAVING SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL FOR MANY YEARS, I REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT AND HOW HAPPY STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES ON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET CENTRAL, UM, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AT OUR RECENT GRADUATION.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO ATTEND AND WITNESS THE EXCITEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR STAFF.
I WAS INSPIRED BY THE REMARKS FROM THE CLASS OF 2023 AND LOVED LISTENING TO THE PRIDE IN OUR PRINCIPAL'S VOICES AND SEEING THE SHEER JOY ON FAMILIES' FACES.
THANK YOU TO TRISH MUSTERER AND KIM FERGUSON AND THEIR STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL GRADUATION SEASON.
WE'VE HAD A VERY, WE HAD A VERY EXCITING BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH AS WE ANNOUNCED DR.
MIRIAM YARBOROUGH AS OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF BCPS AID COMMUNITY.
MEET AND GREETS ARE PLANNED BEGINNING THIS THURSDAY.
I ENCOURAGE THE BCPS COMMUNITY TO ATTEND A MEET AND GREET AND LEARN MORE ABOUT DR.
YARBOROUGH AND HER LEADERSHIP PRIORITIES.
HEAR FROM MEMBERS AS SHE HEARS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BCPS COMMUNITY AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
WILLIAMS FOR ENSURING A SMOOTH AND PRODUCTIVE TRANSITION IN LEADERSHIP, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS EVERYONE.
A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND RESTFUL SUMMER AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH TEAM B CCPS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
[M. STUDENT BOARD MEMBER'S REPORT (8:45 - 8:50 p.m.)]
IS MISS HASSANS LAST, UM, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER REPORT.THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND FOR THE LAST TIME AS STUDENT MEMBER.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF YOU AND FOR THIS PAST YEAR, I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU THE AMOUNT OF LOVE AND PRIDE I'VE HAD JUST TO BE IN THIS CHAIR FOR ONE LAST TIME.
BEFORE I REFLECT ON THIS PAST YEAR, I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ALL MY JOURNEY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS IT RECENTLY CAME TO A CLOSE.
UM, BUT I BEGAN MY EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY AT FIFTH DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CONTINUED AT WARREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, SPARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND COMPLETED MY EDUCATION AT PRAIRIE HALL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MRS. DEONE, I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER FINDING THE POWER OF MY VOICE IN SEVENTH GRADE.
LIKE MANY STUDENTS OF COLOR IN BCPS, I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE INCIDENTS OF RACISM.
AS I SPOKE OUT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND THE EXPERIENCES OF MY PEERS, I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF THE STUDENT VOICE.
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND STILL TODAY, HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD DEVELOP A CAMPAIGN OF BELONGING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING IN ANY CAPACITY, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND POWER IN MY VOICE AND OTHERS AND JUST BEING HEARD.
AS I MET STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, HALIMA KOYA, I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
AND IN STUDENT LEADERS SUCH AS HERS COME FRESHMAN YEAR, LIKE EVERY FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, I BEGAN OVER EAGER TO OVERCOME THE BATTLE THAT WAS HIGH SCHOOL.
IN THREE MONTHS TIME, I'D EXPERIENCED IMMENSE MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES.
AND WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, YOU CAN PIECE TOGETHER WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
AS WE GRADUALLY CAME BACK, WE FOUND BALANCE, AND WE RENEWED OUR PASSIONS.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, I BEGAN MY WORK AS AN ORGANIZER.
AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT NO MATTER WHERE I GO, I HOPE TO STILL EMULATE THAT YOUNG ADVOCATE AS I ADVOCATED FOR JUSTICE AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.
I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO PUT MY ACTION WHERE MY PASSION IS COME.
THE NEXT YEAR, I APPLIED FOR STUDENT MEMBER AND STOPPED AT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT, WITH EVEN MORE TENACITY AND PASSION AND MENTORSHIP OF NEW LIFELONG FRIEND AND MY PREDECESSOR CHRISTIAN THOMAS, I RAN AGAIN.
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SEE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.UM, BUT CHRISTIAN THOMAS TAUGHT ME AN IMMENSE AMOUNT ABOUT A FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN A TYPE OF SELFLESSNESS THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ONE TO EVER LOSE THEMSELVES.
CHRISTIAN IS THE BEST FRIEND AND MENTOR I COULD HAVE ASKED FOR BECAUSE HE SHOWED ME WHAT LEADING WITH LOVE IS.
HE TAUGHT ME THAT LOVE IS KIND, LOVE IS GENTLE, AND LOVE ENCOURAGES ONE TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF HIM, OF THEMSELVES.
FOR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THIS ONE, YOU SHOW LOVE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR PEOPLE TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES.
AND THAT LOVE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE GENTLE, BUT IT MUST ALWAYS BE KIND AND EMPATHETIC.
AND THAT IS HOW I CHOOSE TO LEAD.
AS I RAN FOR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I ENGAGED WITH 13,000 STUDENT VOTERS HOLDING THE RECORD FOR STUDENT VOTERS IN BCPS.
AND WHILE I'M INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE REACHED THAT BENCHMARK, WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYTHING LESS THAN INTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AROUND 50,000 SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR OUR STUDENT MEMBER.
AND I CANNOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS IT DIRECTLY ENGAGES THEM WITH OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AND THE YOUNGEST ELECTED POSITION IN THE COUNTY OVER THE TUMULTUOUS CAMPAIGN PROCESS.
I MUST STRESS THE AMAZING FEAT IT IS TO HOLD THIS POSITION AND HOW PROUD I AM OF MY SUCCESSOR KAYLA DRUMMOND, WHO I WISH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR HER, BECAUSE THAT GIRL WILL ENSURE THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT STUDENTS, THAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THE REALITIES OF OUR EXPERIENCES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT YOU REMEMBER TO LEAD WITH LOVE.
WHILE I REFLECT ON THIS YEAR, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REMEMBER OUR STUDENTS.
I ENTERED THIS POSITION BECAUSE I WANTED TO REPRESENT THE STUDENT VOICE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GAPS AND INEQUITIES OF OUR SYSTEM AND FIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SHARES THE SAME EXACT GOAL TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, TO GIVE THEM THE BEST WE CAN OFFER.
AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST RAISE THE BAR FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO SUCCEED.
WE MUST ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT AS HARD AS WE WORK, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO UNTIL WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.
UNTIL WE MEET EVERY STUDENT WHERE WE ARE, UNTIL WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN THIS SPACE AND OUR SCHOOLHOUSE, WE HAVE AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO.
AND I EXPECT YOU ALL TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR OUR STUDENTS UNCONDITIONALLY.
I EXPECT YOU ALL TO CHALLENGE YOUR OWN THINKING AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY WITH LOVE AND EMPATHY.
AS THE 42ND B CCPS STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I'M HONORED TO HAVE REPRESENTED 111,000 STUDENTS.
I'VE HELD VOTING RIGHTS ON MANY, MANY ISSUES EXCLUDING THE BUDGET.
BUT I'M ALSO HONORED TO HAVE SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE THIS PAST YEAR AND SECURE BUDGETARY VOTING RIGHTS FOR OUR NEXT STUDENT MEMBER WITH NECESSARY TRAINING FOR EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER OFFERED TO YOU ALL, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENT MEMBER AS SHE ENGAGES WITH THE BUDGET AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENGAGES IN OUR SYSTEM.
I VISITED EVERY SINGLE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THROUGH THAT I MET THE MOST INCREDIBLE STUDENTS THAT I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ENGAGING WITH, BECAUSE THEY TRULY REMIND ME EVERY DAY WHY I DO WHAT I DO AND WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.
BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS WILL TRULY CHANGE THE WORLD ONE DAY, AND THEY'RE CHANGING THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AS WE SEE IT.
SO THROUGH THAT, UM, AS WE SECURED VOTING RIGHTS AND VISITED ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS, AND WE, I MUST STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ALSO THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN RIGHT HERE ON THIS DEUS ON THIS DEUS I PASSED MENTAL HEALTH RESOLUTION 2023 DASH OH ONE, WHICH ENSURES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR SUCCESS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO FOR ME, IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO GET THE WORK STARTED.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU GET A A GLIMPSE AS TO WHY.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE HOW TODAY I WANNA FIGHT FOR MY POSITION ONE LAST TIME AS THERE WERE REMARKS, UM, REGARDING MY POSITION AND, AND REGARDING THE POSITION OF THE STUDENT MEMBER IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT POLICY.
SO I WAS IN, I WAS IN THE ROOM AS WE, AS WE HONED IN ON, ON REWRITING THAT AND REWORKING THAT POLICY AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS, UM, ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BUT SO THAT POLICY, UM, ESPECIALLY FOCUSES ON EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY PART OF OUR SYSTEM.
OUR STUDENT MEMBERS REPRESENT 111,000 STUDENTS, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE I DON'T SEE EVERY, EVERY 111,000 TODAY.
UM, BUT I HAVE MET WITH FOCUS GROUPS FROM EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, EVERY SINGLE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS DO NOT SERVE AS THE DIRECT VOICE OF 100, EACH 111,000 STUDENTS, BUT RATHER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THEM ALL.
SO OUR STUDENT MEMBER, UM, SPEAKS FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE, SPEAK FROM, SPEAKS FROM THEIR PEERS, EXPER EXPERIENCE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SPEAKS FROM THE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE FROM WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED.
I HAVE PUT IN THE WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCE AND THE DISCREPANCY OF EACH OF OUR STUDENTS.
I IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEAR, UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, SORT OF COMMENT ON THE FACT OF, OF WORKLOAD BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS GOING IN, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE POWER
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OF THE STUDENT MEMBER AND HOW, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE, WE DO ADVOCATE FOR THEM.UM, OUR STUDENT MEMBERS HAVE GRADUATED TOP 10% OF THEIR CLASS EACH YEAR, ALMOST EACH YEAR.
UM, AND THEY HAVE NOT ONLY PROVEN THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, FRANKLY, THEY HAVE PROVEN THEIR SUCCESS ON THIS DAY IS, AND THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
UM, I'M, I'M VERY, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR STUDENT VOICE IN SUCH A WAY THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, DIMINISH THEM AS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS ONLY A YOUNG PERSON.
BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH POWER, AND THEY'RE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS A BETTER PLACE.
UM, AND I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENT MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR STUDENTS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FAITH IN IN OUR STUDENTS, I HOPE YOU HAVE FAITH IN MY SUCCESSORS.
UM, FROM THIS POINT ON THOUGH, I DO WANNA SWITCH TO A LATER, A LATER TOPIC AND SHARE THAT I, I DID GRADUATE FROM PERRY HALL HIGH SCHOOL, UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO, UM, I NOW HAVE MY HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY BITTERSWEET MOMENT.
UM, BUT I'M HONORED TO BECOME A, UM, BECOME PART OF A SYSTEM OF BC PS ALUMNI THAT DOES SO MUCH GOOD.
UM, SO I ALSO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY MENTORS, TO THANK YOU GUYS ALL ON THE BOARD.
UM, I MIGHT CRY DURING OUR GUYS.
IT MIGHT, THIS MIGHT BE WHAT DOES IT FOR ME.
UM, BUT THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU VICE CHAIR HARVEY FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND FOR SHOWING ME WHAT A FUNCTIONAL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, VERY KIND LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND FOR SHOWING ME ORGANIZATION AND, AND HOW TO GET IT TOGETHER WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER.
WILLIAMS FOR FIRST OF ALL, MATCHING WITH ME WITH THE TURB MERCH.
I APPRECIATE IT
UM, THANK YOU TO THE NEW MEMBERS FOR SHOWING ME WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO COME IN WITH PASSION, TO COME IN WITH, UM, WITH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF LOVE FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU GUYS, AS IS SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR PASSION AND SO MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT MEANS TO EDUCATE YOURSELF IN SUCH A QUICK CAPACITY.
UM, BUT ALSO WHAT IT MEANS TO EDUCATE OTHERS AND STEP INTO LEADERSHIP NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION YOU HOLD.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD.
SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN SUCH A POSITION LIKE THIS AND MADE MY EXPERIENCE SO WONDERFUL.
I'M GONNA KEEP GOING SO YOU GUYS CAN LIKE, JUST GET USED TO THE TEARS.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE TRULY CREATED A SAFE, A SAFE SPACE FOR ME THIS PAST YEAR AND I TRULY WOULD NOT HAVE, UM, BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH ANY OF IT WITHOUT ALL OF YOU GUYS.
YOU'VE SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A KIND PERSON AND THEN TO GROW AS A PERSON AND NOT JUST AS A LEADER.
UM, BUT THESE PEOPLE, UM, MR. OWENS AND MRS. HARDEN ALSO CAME WITH ME ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL VISIT AFTER JANUARY.
UM, SO I ALSO GOT TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIGHT, IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND I TRULY COULD NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE A LOT OF THE IMPACTFUL CHANGE AND WRITTEN ALL OF THESE POLICIES WITHOUT ALL OF THEM.
I'M GONNA KEEP GOING AGAIN, BUT I'M GONNA BE REALLY FAST, I PROMISE, CUZ I KNOW WE'RE LIKE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANNA THANK DR.
YOU'VE TRULY SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN INCREDIBLE MENTOR.
UM, AND I'M GONNA LIKE END IT ON THANK YOUS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE SHORT ON TIME AND I DO NOT WANNA BE HERE UNTIL 10 35.
GUYS, I LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE TOO,
UM, BUT I DO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU GUYS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME, UM, AS I CONTINUE TO THANK EVERYBODY AND HOPEFULLY STOP CRYING.
UM, I WILL BE A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IF YOU COULDN'T TELL, UM, I THANK YOU.
UM, I'LL BE PURSUING A DUAL DEGREE, UM, IN PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNMENT POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
UM, I'VE RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP, THE DELEGATE AND SENATOR EDITORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC POLICY ROBERT L. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEFORE I END THINGS OFF, I JUST WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS HOME AND YOU DON'T EVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING NEW AND HOPEFULLY MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO FOR THE FINAL TIME, MAYBE I'LL GET IN GOOD TROUBLE.
WHAT YOU DIDN'T WATCH WAS THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU GETTING ALL, ALL EMOTIONAL TOO
[N. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - BOARD POLICIES (Ms. Pumphrey) (8:50 - 8:55 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA, IT'S OKAY.IT'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF BOARD POLICIES AND FOR THAT I CALL ON THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE CHAIR,
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MS. HUMPHREY.THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ASKS THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING BOARD POLICIES, POLICY 52 50 STUDENTS PROMOTION AND RETENTION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND POLICY 63 0 6 INSTRUCTIONS SCHEDULES, STUDENT PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS LITERATURE ATTENDANCE.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED TO YOU ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS EXHIBIT N.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE? SO MOVED.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
[O. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY RECOMMENDATION (Mr. Dixit) (8:55 - 9:10 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY RECOMMENDATION.AND FOR THAT I CALL MR. DIXON AND FRIENDS, I THINK
I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
I'M JOINED BY, UH, JOINED WITH ME IS MY TEAM MEMBER, MR. PAUL TAYLOR.
HE'S DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.
SO GOOD EVENING, CHAIR LECHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST BOARD APPROVAL ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ESTABLISH AN ATTENDANCE AREA FOR THE NEW NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EXPAND THE ATTENDANCE AREA FOR THE UM, PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON MAY 2ND, 2023, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECEIVED FOR CONSIDERATION A REPORT FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY COMMITTEE.
THE RECOMMENDED BOUNDARY CHANGE AFFECT 11 MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE RECOMMENDATION KNOWN AS OPTION E AFFECTS THE BOUNDARIES OF, AND I'LL NAME THE SCHOOLS KA EASTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, DUNBARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, GOLDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOCH RAVEN ACADEMY, MIDDLE RIVER, MIDDLE SCHOOL, PARKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PERRY HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIDGELEY MIDDLE STEMMERS RUN MIDDLE, AS WELL AS THE NEW NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A BOARD HEARING ON THE RECOMMENDED BOUNDARY CHANGE WAS HELD ON MAY 17TH, 2023.
THE RECOMMENDED OPTION, OPTION E WAS VOTED ON BY THE COMMITTEE WHO ENGAGED IN PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE COMMITTEE ATTENDED FIVE MEETINGS WHERE THEY REVIEWED HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS, DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED OPTIONS, AND WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD CONSENSUS.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROCESS.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR REQUEST FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY RECOMMENDATION OF OPTION E AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED OPTION E FOR THE CENTRAL AND MOTION.
UM, SO MS. PORE, BEFORE I CONTINUE, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND? YES.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE, YES, I HAD, I WROTE IT OUT, SO I NEED TO PULL IT UP.
SO I NEEDED TO GO FOR FIRST WITH WHAT I WAS OKAY DOING.
DID I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED OPTION E FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY STUDY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MINOSKI.
YES, MS. HUMPHREY? JUST A SECOND.
I'M TRYING TO PULL UP MY MOTION.
I MOVED TO A, ME TO, UM, MEND THE NORTHEAST FOUNDRY STUDY MAP E SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ATTEND HALLSTEAD ACADEMY WILL ATTEND DUNBARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF BLACK RAVEN AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY.
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TO MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT FROM PONG? OKAY.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR, UM, MOTION, MS. PUMPHREY? YES.
UM, SO WHILE I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE BOUNDARY STUDY COMMITTEE'S D DILIGENT WORK, I'VE RECENTLY HAD SEVERAL HALLSTEAD PARENTS REACH OUT TO ME REGARDING THE BOUNDARY STUDY MAPS AND EXPRESSING THEIR DESIRE FOR HALLSTEAD STUDENTS TO ATTEND DUNBART MIDDLE INSTEAD OF BLACK, RAVEN AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY.
UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE SHARED THEIR OPINIONS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE BOUNDARY STUDY COMMITTEE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHO SPOKE TO THIS AS WELL AS FAR AS, UM, WANTING, UM, DUNBARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, EXCUSE ME, HALLSTEAD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO ATTEND DUNBARTON AND SET UP BLACK RAVEN.
UM, AND REVIEWING THE MAPS AND THE DATA, IT SEEMS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD ALSO, THIS CHANGE WOULD ALSO INCREASE DIVERSITY, WHICH, UM, IS INTENDED TO BE A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOUNDARY STUDY COMMITTEE, UM, WHEN THEY ARE, UM, CONSIDERING THE MAPS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT? MS. BOOKER DWYER? SO I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, THE NUMBERS REGARDING DIVERSITY, BECAUSE THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE MAP AS IT'S POSED NOW.
UM, UNDER OPTION E IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SENDING MOST OF THE BLACK STUDENTS TO THE NEW NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TO LOCK RAVEN.
AND THEN EVERY OTHER SCHOOL HAS A PRETTY MUCH EQUAL MATCH, UM, RACIAL DIVERSITY EXCEPT FOR, UM, RIDGELY.
AND SO, SO THAT IS MY CONCERN.
SO IF MS. REED'S, UH, SORRY, IF, UM, IF, IF THE OPTION THAT'S POSED ON THE TABLE, IF THAT WILL ALLOW, UM, A BETTER DIVERSITY, THEN I WOULD BE FOR THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS MY, UM, BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW WITH OPTION E.
THANK YOU, MR. MCMILLIAN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? I WAS NOT ARRESTED IN THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, DO WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE? AS FAR AS, SO AS FAR AS MY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS.
I SORT OF COMPARED THE OPTIONS AND INITIALLY D ONE WAS AN OPTION THAT WAS, DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD, UM, BUT I TOOK SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT MAPS TO TRY TO ON MY OWN LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN DIVERSITY.
SO I DON'T, UNFORTUNATELY, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU.
I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO, SO WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE NUMBERS.
WHAT IT'LL NEED IS AN IMPACT ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF NUMBERS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS IS GONNA IMPACT AND WHAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES, UH, OF DIVERSITY.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO STUDY THAT AND THEN GET BACK TO YOU.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING FOR NOT BRINGING THIS UP NOW, BUT AS I MENTIONED, I DIDN'T HEAR FROM THESE PARENTS UNTIL RECENTLY.
AND, UM, IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A CONCERN THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.
I WOULD'VE ASKED PREVIOUSLY IF I HAD GOTTEN THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PARENTS IN ADVANCE.
SO I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
MS. DEBOWSKI, UH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES, AND HALLSTEAD ACADEMY IS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE CHANGE WAS ALREADY GOING TO LOCKER RAVEN ACADEMY.
99% OF THEIR, UM, STUDENTS WERE GOING TO HALL TO LOCKER RAVEN AND 1% WERE GOING TO PARK PARKVILLE WITH BEFORE PRE CHANGE.
SO I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY MY ANSWER TO YOUR WHY WOULD JUST BE BECAUSE OF PARENTS REACHING OUT AND ME LOOKING AT THE MAPS AND THINKING THAT THAT WAS A GOOD OPTION, BUT THEY WEREN'T BEING MOVED BEFORE, LIKE YOU'RE MOVING THEM WHEN THEY WERE, THERE WASN'T A, LIKE THEIR CURRENT, THEY WITH OPTION A, THEIR CHANGES, THEY'RE NOT BEING CHANGED FROM WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY, WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY GOING TO, LIKE, THEY WERE ALREADY, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES, THEY WERE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO GO TO LOCK RAVEN ACADEMY IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
BUT THE AMENDMENT IS TO MOVE THEM TO DUNBARTON MIDDLE, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT LOCK GRAVEN.
SHE'S SAYING THAT PARENTS, I'M SORRY, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
MS. PUMPHREY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT PARENTS REACHED OUT AND SAID THEY WOULD LIKE THE CHANGE? THEY THEY WERE REQUESTING? SO THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS, SOME OF THE, UM, BOUNDARY STUDY, BOUNDARY STUDY MEETINGS, UM, AND WITH THE COMMITTEE AND, UM, SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ON THE TABLE BUT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD, WERE SENDING HALTED STUDENTS TO DUNBARTON SAY THEY LIKED THOSE OPTIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THOSE MAPS DID
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NOT MOVE, MOVE FORWARD.UH, MAP E MOVED FORWARD, BUT WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT IT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE CONCERNS THAT THE PARENTS BROUGHT UP DURING THOSE COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
MS. FROM HONG, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HANDOUT BEFORE? I DID.
UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE HANDOUT THAT'S ATTACHED AND I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW NUMBERS WOULD BE, UM, BUT WITHIN THE HANDOUT THAT'S ATTACHED, UM, THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS SHOWS THAT THE CURRENT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT LOCK RAVEN ACADEMY, IT'S CURRENTLY 66% BLACK, 18% WHITE, AND THEN 8% HISPANIC AND 60% FARMS. UM, HALLSTEAD ACADEMY IS A PREDOMINANTLY BLACKS PREDOMINANTLY A SCHOOL THAT HAS PREDOMINANTLY BLACK STUDENTS.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD END UP INCREASING, UM, FOR DUNBARTON, DUNBARTON SAID 9% ASIAN, 16% BLACK, 52% WHITE 6% MULTIRACIAL, 17% HISPANIC, 32% FARMS, AND 20% ELL.
SO THAT'S PAGE FIVE OF THAT HANDOUT.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN, SO OPTION E IS ON PAGE SIX.
YOU'LL SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS THERE.
OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? UM, THE MOTION MS. HEN IS TO ADJUST THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY STUDY MAP E SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ATTEND HALSTEAD ACADEMY WILL ATTEND DUNBARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF LOCK GRAVE AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR RESTATING THAT.
MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES, MS. HUMPHREY.
UM, SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THIS IS TO MOVE ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED TO ATTEND HALSTED VERSUS JUST THOSE THAT MAY, THE FEW THAT MAY BE ATTENDING DUNBARTON.
NOW MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MAP E WHICH WE WERE, WE WERE INITIALLY MOVED TO APPROVE, IS SENDING ALL HALSTED STUDENTS TO LOCK RAVEN ACADEMY, UNLESS I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THAT.
SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO INSTEAD, UM, HAVE HALTED STUDENTS ATTEND DUNBARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY ZONED, IF THEY'RE ZONED FOR HALSTEAD, I'M SORRY, ALL HALSTEAD STUDENTS YES.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE ZONE NOW TO MOVE THEM ALL TO DUNBARTON? YES.
AND, AND WE, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
ANY OTHER MS? SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? NOT RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON MS. HUMPHREY'S MOTION TO AMEND AND, AND SO WE WOULD GET THE IMPACT STUDY ON THAT, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE BOUNDARY LINES FOR THE NEW NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THOSE BOUNDARY LINES AGAIN.
WE'LL DO WHATEVER THE BOARD ASKS US TO DO.
SO JUST LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO ANALYZE.
WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
SO JUST PROCEDURALLY RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD VOTE ON MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT TO DO IT VERSUS A MOTION TO ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION WHAT MS. BOOKER DWYER IS SAYING.
SO MS. HUMPHREY'S MOTION IS TO ADJUST THE MAP TO MOVE HALLSTEAD ACADEMY KIDS TO DUNBAR INSTEAD OF LOCK RAVEN TECHNICAL ACADEMY.
MS. HARVEY, MAY I OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? OKAY.
WHAT WAS FRIENDLY? IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, UM, A AMEND THE MOTION TO PROVIDE THE IMPACT STUDY ON, UM, MOVING FROM HALSTEAD TO DUNBARTON.
SO IS YOUR MOTION TO SUSPEND THE VOTE TO PROVIDE IMPACT STUDY CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY MOVING FROM HALSTEAD TO DUNBARTON INSTEAD OF HALSTEAD TO LUCK? RAVEN IS, WHOOPS, SHE'S NOT THERE.
PHONED A FRIEND AND THEY SAID, FRIEND PHONED ME.
SO MY AMENDMENT IS TO STRIKE THE CHANGE IN MOVING STUDENTS FROM HALSTEAD TO DUNBARTON AND ADD
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THAT WE BE PROVIDED AN IMPACT STUDY ON THE, ON CHANGING THE STUDENTS FROM HALLSTEAD TO DUNBART.I BELIEVE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW MOTION.
UM, ONE AMENDING THE AMENDMENT RIGHT, MS. HARVEY IS AMENDING THE AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THE CHANGE IN MOVING HALLSTEAD ACADEMY STUDENTS TO LOCK RAVEN TO DUNBARTON AND ADD AN IMPACT STUDY.
DID I GET THAT CORRECT MS. HARVEY? AND PROVIDE AN IMPACT STUDY ON THAT MOVE FROM HALLSTEAD TO DUNBARTON.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S A PROPER, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IF WE COULD OKAY.
RECEIVE ADVICE FROM COUNSEL? YES, WE'RE GETTING IT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, DARREN BURNS, BOARD COUNSEL, I BELIEVE THE NATURE OF THE THANK DARREN BURNS BOARD COUNSEL, UH, THE NATURE OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, MS. HARVEY'S AMENDMENT IS IN ESSENCE TO OBVIATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY A PROPER AMENDMENT.
IT'S AS IF IT'S A NO VOTE TO, UH, MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE MO TO THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT MAKER IS EITHER REPHRASE IT OR WITHDRAW IT, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROPER AMENDMENT TO HER AMENDMENT.
MAD CHAIR I'D TO CALL WASN'T SECONDED, SO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO WITHDRAW IT IF IT'S NEVER SECONDED.
YES, MS. HEN? YES, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THE, UM, ORIGINAL MOTION CALL, CALL THE QUESTION ON MS. HUMPHREY'S ORIGINAL MOTION OR THE, OR MY ORIGINAL MOTION TO VOTE ON THE NORTH ON THE, THE OPTION E? YES, MA'AM.
ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, UNLESS MS. HUMPHREY WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW IT.
OTHERWISE I CALL THE QUESTION NO.
FIRST WE HAVE TO PROCESS MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
THERE ARE TOO MANY OPEN AT THE MOMENT.
I CALLED THE QUESTION FROM HER MOTION TO AMEND.
YOU WANNA CALL TO QUESTION YOU? OH, YOU WANT US TO DO DEAL WITH THAT? OKAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A SECOND ON MS. HARVEY'S AND IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE.
SO MS. PORE, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, SHE CALLED THE QUESTION.
SO WE'LL, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND WE HAD A SECOND FROM MS. THERE WAS A SECOND FROM MS FROM P, CORRECT.
WE'RE HAVING ANY MORE DISCUSSION? THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF DISCUSSION NOW BECAUSE WE WERE, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF MS. HEN'S CALL TO QUESTION.
SO WHO SECOND MS. UM, FROM P? NO.
WHO SECOND IT? MS. HENS CALL TO QUESTION.
OH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO MS. HENS? CALL TO QUESTION.
MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO ADJUST NORTHEAST BOUNDARY STUDY MAP E.
SO THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND HALSTEAD ACADEMY WILL ATTEND DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF LOCK.
WE'RE VOTING ON MS. HUMPHREY'S.
UM, MOVE TO ADJUST THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY STUDY MAP, YOU FIRST HAVE TO VOTE ON THE CALL TO QUESTION.
WHICH DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SECONDED, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO BE VOTED.
MAY WE HAVE A VOTE? ROLL CALL.
VOTE ON THE CALL TO QUESTION MS. MINOSKI? NO.
OKAY, SO THE CALL TO QUESTIONS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
NOW WE GO BACK TO MS. HUMPHREY'S AMENDMENT.
WE'VE HAD A, WE HAD IT SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON MS. HUMPHREY'S? MS. MINOSKI, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN BE ANSWERED, BUT IF WE VOTE YES ON THIS, HOW DOES THAT,
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I MEAN, DOES THAT THROW THE IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND WE HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN? WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PROCESS FROM THERE? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF THAT MOTION AND WE WILL PROVIDE THAT.SO IF WE, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE MOTION WAS TO MOVE THE STUDENTS TO DUNBARTON BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE.
AND YOU'RE DO, AND YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT.
AND WHAT YOU HEARD FROM MR. DICKSON IS THAT THERE'S AN IMPACT STUDY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE, SO I THINK IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE VOTING TO MOVE THE STUDENTS WITHOUT THE IMPACT STUDY AND IT WOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO MOVE THOSE STUDENTS BASED ON THE DIRECTION, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE WE HAVE SEVEN VOTES, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE SEVEN VOTES YES.
OR WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES, THEN SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION FOR THE IMPACT STUDY.
MS. HARVEY, DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING? SO I THINK TO TO YOUR QUESTION, IT'S NOT GOING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.
THE C COMMITTEE'S DONE THE WORK, RIGHT? RIGHT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR BASED ON THE AMENDMENT AMENDED MOTION.
SO I MOVE TO POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL THE BOARD RECEIVES INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED MOVE OF STUDENTS FROM HALSTEAD TO SECOND.
ANY FURTHER? DIS ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON MS. HARVEY'S MOTION TO POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL THE BOARD OF ED RECEIVES ADDITIONAL IN INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE FROM, FOR HALTED KIDS MOVING FROM DUNBAR MIDDLE INSTEAD OF BLOCK? RAVEN? I THINK WE NEED TO, MADAM CHAIR, DO WE NEED TO PROCESS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? DO WE NEED TO PROCESS THE POSTPONEMENT IS A HIGHER EROSION? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MS. HUMPHREYS, BEFORE WE PROCESS, BUT THE POSTPONEMENT WOULD GO FIRST BEFORE WE COME BACK TO MS. HUMPHREYS, BUT THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT HASN'T BEEN PROCESSED.
IT'S A HIGHER RANK MOTION, THE ONE THAT MS. HARVEY HAS MADE.
I'M GETTING THE LAWYER'S NODS THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT, MS. HEN.
SO, UH, MS. HARVEY'S MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO I HAVE DISCUSSION? YES.
AND SO THAT IMPACT STUDY, WILL IT INCLUDE? WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR MOTION FOR IT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA SO THAT THEY ARE, UH, RACIALLY DIVERSE.
MAYBE IF WE ASK THE STAFF TO SHARE WHAT IT MEANS TO DO AN IMPACT STUDY.
SO YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT? SURE.
UM, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, WHAT WE WOULD PLAN TO DO IS CHANGE THE BOUNDARY TO REFLECT MOVING ALL STUDENTS FROM HALL STATE ACADEMY TO DUNBARTON AND THEN RERUN ALL THE NUMBERS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC NUMBERS, THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, ET CETERA, UTILIZATION, AND THEN PRO UPDATE THAT REPORT, UPDATE THE REPORT THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE WITH NEW NUMBERS.
SO THE NEW NUMBERS WILL BE SIMILAR, THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE USED IN THE ORIGINAL STUDY.
DID WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT IS HELPFUL.
MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON MS. HARVEY'S MOTION TO POSTPONE THE VOTE UNTIL THE BOARD RECEIVES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE FROM THE HALLETT ACADEMY STUDENTS ATTENDING DUNBAR INSTEAD OF LACK.
RAVEN TECHNICAL MS. THAT IS A ROLL CALL.
WE'RE GONNA DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS, RIGHT? IT'S AFFECTS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ONLY GOING TO EFFECT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OTHER BLOCKS.
MADAM CHAIR TO MS. DO'S POINT, UM, WE DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS TIME MS. DOKI,
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I WAS GONNA ASK, MY HAND WAS RAISED TO RESTATE THE MOTION BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND LIKE WHAT STAFF ARE SAYING IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RERUN ALL OF THE NUMBERS AND THE COMMITTEE WORKED FOR MONTHS ON THIS PLAN, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE UNRAVELING.I DON'T WANNA UNIN DO SOMETHING UNINTENTIONALLY, WHICH IS TO REOPEN THIS STUDY WHEN THE WORK HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT LIKE MS. DO ROMANOWSKI SAID THESE PARTICULAR STUDENTS.
IT'S ANOTHER TO REOPEN THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY PROCESS.
AND I WANNA BE CRYSTAL CLEAR BEFORE I VOTE, WHICH IS IT? DO YOU WANNA RESTATE YOUR, YOUR MOTION? THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THE BOUNDARY STUDY UNTIL THIS BOARD RECEIVES AN IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE PROPOSED MOVE OF STUDENTS FROM HALSTEAD TO DUNBARTON.
[P. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - FINAL FY2024 OPERATING BUDGET (Mr. Hartlove) (9:10 - 9:15 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL F Y 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. HARTLOVE.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY.
WILLIAMS. UM, JUST, UH, IT'S, UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG WITH OUR BUDGET, UH, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, CYCLE, UH, AS PART OF APPROVING OUR, UH, OPERATING BUDGET, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, VOTED TO, UH, CUT $500,000 FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S ADMINISTRA ADMINISTRATION BUDGET.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE, UH, PASS OUR BUDGET BY CATEGORIES.
ADMINISTRATION IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY TOTALS 64 MILLION.
SO THE, THE COUNTY COUNCIL, UH, REDUCED IT BY $500,000.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY REDUCED CENTRAL OFFICE POSITIONS BY 51.5 F T E AND CUT CENTRAL OFFICE DISCRETIONARY BUDGETS BY 1.2, UH, MILLION AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, UH, PROCESS, UM, THERE IS A, AN OUTLINE OF, OF THE, UH, REDUCTIONS, UH, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY, UM, UH, UH, CUT CUTS TO CONTRACT EMPLOYEES CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT AND, UH, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARTLOVE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL F Y 2024 OPERATING BUDGET? SO MOVE PUMPHREY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, YOUNG.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MS. HEN? MS. HEN MS. HARVEY? YES.
YES, IT WOULD UNMUTE MS. THANK YOU.
[Q. NEW BUSINESS - ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Board Counsel) (9:15 - 9:20 p.m.)]
AGENDA IS ACTION TAKEN ENC CLOSED SESSION.AND FOR THAT I CALL MR. BURNS CHAIR.
WILLIAMS, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
UH, THE BOARD TOOK UP A MATTER OF, WELL ONE OF THE MATTERS THAT TOOK UP WAS THE CONTRACT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, THERE WAS A PRIOR VOTE TO IT IF THE BOARD WOULD, UH, TAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ADOPT THE ACTION AND TOOK ENCLOSED SESSION, IF ANY.
I THOUGHT WE, WE DIDN'T DO IT YET.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE.
[R. NEW BUSINESS - BOARD POLICIES (Ms. Pumphrey) (9:20 - 9:35 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS THE REPORT ON BOARD POLICIES.THIS IS THE FIRST READER FOR THESE POLICIES AND FOR THAT I CALL MS. CHRISTINA PUMPHREY, CHAIR OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, ASK THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT
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THIS REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING BOARD POLICIES.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL OUT BOARD POLICY 83 15 TO DISCUSS SEPARATELY.
AND, UM, SO, UH, BOARD POLICY 5,000 BOARD POLICY 53 30 STUDENT ACTIVITIES, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT BOARD POLICY 60 0 2 INSTRUCTION, SELECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, UH, BOARD POLICY 8,400, OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT BOARD POLICY 84 10 REPORTING FRAUD, WASTE ABUSE AND OR UNLAWFUL ACT BOARD POLICY 84 20 AND ANTI-RETALIATION AND BOARD POLICY 84 30 AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THESE POLICIES ARE PRESENTED TO YOU ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS EXHIBIT R.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR BOARD POLICIES 5,000.
MOTION TO AMEND TO SEND BACK OR SOMETHING
UM, I JUST, OR TO PULL OUT ONE OF THE POLICIES.
IS THAT DONE DURING THE DISCUSSION? DO I OR DO WE STOP NOW FOR AMENDMENTS? BECAUSE I BET YOU JUST PULLED OUT ONE TO SEPARATE.
SO WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT PULLED OUT, MS TI? 53.
I'D LIKE TO SEPARATE 5,000 ALSO.
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD'S POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR BOARD POLICIES? 6,000 2 8484.
SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICY 5,000.
I, MAY I MAKE A MOTION, MADAM CHAIR? YES, PLEASE.
IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, NO SECOND IS HEARD.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTED TO SPEAK TO TO POLICY? 5,000.
SO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD'S POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR BOARD POLICY? 5,000.
UM, NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON POLICY? 5,000? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
OKAY, MOVING TO POLICY 5353 30.
IS THERE, IS THAT THE ONE MS. MS. DO? OH, MS. DANOWSKI? YES.
AND I'M NOW REALIZING I MIGHT HAVE THE WRONG POLICY, BUT, UM, DURING BUDGET COMMITTEE, UM, WE HAD A MOTION TO, UM, UPON THE MOTION OF MS. HEN SECONDED BY, UH, MS. DANOWSKI, THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO REQUEST THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE TO ASK STAFF TO BRING A POLICY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE REGARDING STUDENT MEMBER PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE POLICY THAT I NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
CAN YOU ASK, IS IT TO SEND BACK, TO ADD TO THAT? SO 53 30 WAS, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE.
UM, 53 30 DOES NOT REFER TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
YEAH, BUT I'M GONNA ADD IT TO, UM, A, UM, DO YOU WANT A POLICY REVIEW DONE OR YEAH, LIKE A POLICY REVIEW TO ADD SOMETHING TO ADD? UM, THE STUDENT MEMBERS PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATE.
I CAN'T I SAY THAT WORD, PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AS PART ONE OF, AS PART OF THEIR ROLE AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
SO YOU WANNA ADD TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN 53 30? YES.
SO IS THAT A, THAT, IS THAT PART OF 53 30 OR IS THAT PART OF, OR THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT POLICY IS, UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT, I'M JUST SEEING IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
I'M LOOKING AT UNDER STANDARDS WHERE IT SAYS STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
IS THAT WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE THINKING IT? YEAH, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THIS ACTIVITY ONE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE WHERE I'M CONFUSED.
MS. HASSAN? UM, SO I, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE.
UM, SO AS I, AS I WAS COMING ON, I, I SPOKE
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TO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UM, JUST AS YOU KNOW, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE FACT THAT OUR AT CURRENTLY, I DON'T HOLD A VOTE ON THE BUDGET.UM, BUT MY SUCCESSOR WELL, UM, WITH THAT POWER, HOWEVER, ALSO COMES THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE STUDENT MEMBER RECEIVES TRAINING, WHICH IS WHY THAT'S IN THE LAW.
UM, HOWEVER, IT IS TRULY UP TO THE STUDENT MEMBER WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO PURSUE.
I, AND NO, AS MUCH AS I, I LOVE THE, THE PATTERN THAT WE'VE CREATED IN THE STUDENT MEMBER HOLDING LEADERSHIP IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, I WOULD NOT ASK MY SUCCESSOR TO HOLD THAT POSITION RIGHT AFTER ME, BECAUSE I TRULY DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS A PASSION OR INTEREST OR IS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR STUDENT MEMBER IN COMMITTEES THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN.
AS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN COMMITTEES THAT I WAS NOT ENGAGED IN, I WAS NOT ABLE TO FORMULATE OPINIONS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IMPACT, POSITIVELY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY VIEWPOINT OR THE BOARDS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M SENDING IT TO POLICY TO DISCUSS.
SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT A LATER DATE AND, AND TALK ABOUT WHY WE WOULD LIKE IF, IF THEY DECIDED THAT.
NO, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONFIRMING A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, AND I THINK THAT, UM, RIGHT.
BUT AS ARE ALL OF YOU, I'M NOT, NOT TALKING.
UM, IT WOULD, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE NOT, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU COULD, DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN STILL BELONG TO ANY OTHER, UM, COMMITTEE.
BUT, UM, AND IT'S NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO CHAIR IT OR YOU HAVE TO VICE CHAIR, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT TO LISTEN IN ON, UM, AND TO BE ENCOURAGED IN, IN POLICY.
MS. HUMPHREY? I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED AS IF A POLICY IS NEEDED AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ADDED TO, UM, 53 30.
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD'S POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR BOARD POLICY? 53 30 TO MOVE HARVEY.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE BOARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MS. GO OVER.
UM, WE ARE NOW THE LAST 1, 83 15.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THIS POLICY BY INSERTING EACH OF AFTER ALLOCATED IN UNDER SECTION THREE B.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? I WANNA, UH, MOVE TO AMEND POLICY 83 15 BY INSERTING EACH OF THE WORDS EACH OF AFTER THE WORDS ALLOCATED IN UNDER SECTION THREE B.
ANY, DO YOU WANNA EX, UM, DISCUSS YOUR CHANGE, MS. HUMPHREY? JUST UPON? SO, UM, READING THE POLICY, AND ALSO SOME ARE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT'S A, A LITTLE CONFUSING AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT FIVE, IT MENTIONS FIVE, UM, SPEAKERS FROM EACH OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES, AND IT, IT MAKES IT MORE CLEAR BY ADDING EACH OF, SO THAT, UM, IT'S FIVE FROM EACH OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES AND NOT FIVE TOTAL.
OVERALL, THREE, FOUR CATEGOR, FOUR CATEGORIES.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON MS. HUMPHREY'S? UM, CHANGE? OKAY.
ON THE CHANGE THAT MS. PORE DESCRIBED.
NOW WE NEED, NOW WE GO BACK AND VOTE ON THAT.
MAY I HAVE A, CAN WE DISCUSS IT FOR A SECOND? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
DOES THIS, WILL THIS CHANGE THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SET FOR THE PUBLIC POLICY RIGHT NOW? NO.
AND I ACTUALLY MEANT TO MENTION THAT PREVIOUSLY.
AS FAR AS, UM, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT REGARDING, UM, THE WAITING LIST, THE ONLINE SIGNUP THAT IS NOT, WAS NOT WRITTEN, WRITTEN IN THE PRIOR POLICY EITHER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, FORMED BASED ON THE POLICY, BUT NOT, IT WASN'T, THOSE DETAILS WEREN'T IN THE ACTUAL POLICY ITSELF.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR BOARD POLICY 83 15 AS AMENDED.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
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MS. GOVER ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.LEMME JUST SCROLL THROUGH THESE.
[S. NEW BUSINESS - CONTRACT AWARDS (Mr. Hartlove and Mr. Dixit) (9:35 - 9:50 p.m.)]
IS CONTRACT AWARDS, AND FOR THAT, I CALL ON MS. HARVEY CHAIR OF THE BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE.CHAIR LTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE BOARD'S BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, JUNE 12TH, 2023.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE I OUT.
ITEMS S 20 ITEMS S ONE THROUGH S 19 ARE BEING FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS S ONE THROUGH S 19? CAN, CAN WE DISCUSS AFTER? YEAH, THAT COMES NEXT.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ANY DISCUSSION? MS. MINOSKI? SORRY.
UM, I, I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS THE LAST MEETING ABOUT GETTING MORE INFORMATION WITH THE CONTRACTS AS FAR AS WE HAVE THE CONTRACT AUTHORITY, BUT WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO SPEND, UM, RIGHT NOW? AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT, I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE, I WASN'T ABLE TO VIEW THE MEETING, BUT WAS THAT DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING? SO, YES, WE DID DISCUSS THAT IN THE MEETING.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VCPS STAFF TO UP UPDATE THE RECOMMENDATION FORM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT'S, UH, MORE, UH, LINEAR AND CONNECTED IN NATURE AND, UH, HAS MORE INFORMATION PERTINENT TO OUR DECISION MAKING.
SO I'M CONCERNED ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S TWO CONTRACTS IN HERE, ONE FOR 25,000,001 FOR 30 MILLION.
AND THEY'RE BRAND NEW CONTRACTS.
AND THERE'S NO REALLY, IT'S JUST, IT, WE DON'T HAVE A IDEA OF WHO THE CONTRACTS ARE WITH AND WHAT IT, THEY'RE OVER FIVE YEARS.
THEY CAN SPEND THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUYING WITH THAT MONEY.
ARE YOU REQUESTING TO SEPARATE THOSE CONTRACTS OUT? I GUESS I WOULD PROBABLY WANNA ASK QUESTIONS TO THE, UM, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS NUMBER NINE AND NUMBER 10.
MR. GOTO, MR. HARTL, PLEASE COME TO THE TABLE.
SO, PRIOR TO DISCUSSING S NINE AND S 10, I, I AM MOVING FORWARD ITEMS S ONE THROUGH S EIGHT AND S 11 THROUGH 19.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS S ONE THROUGH S EIGHT ALONG WITH S 11 THROUGH S 19? SO MOVED YOUNG.
SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES OR THE BOARD, ANY DISCUSSION ON S ONE THROUGH S EIGHT? S 11 THROUGH S 19? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU TELL ME WHO, UM, YEAH, WHO DID THE FIRST AND SECOND MR. YOUNG MADE THE MOTION, MADE THE, UM, MOTION.
SO NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT S NINE AND S 10.
MR. I'M GONNA ASK, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
SO THE FIRST ONE, S NINE WAS TO ADD ONE MORE BIDDER, I GUESS, TO A GROUP OF 27 TO MAKE 28 VENDORS AVAILABLE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS IS ONE THAT WAS ALREADY, IT WAS APPROVED THAT THE PRIOR MEETING, I BELIEVE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ADDING ONE ADDITIONAL VENDOR.
SO THAT ONE, UM, IT'S NO ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPACT.
IT'S THE, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED OTHER JUST IN THE ONE, UH, VENDORS BEING ADDED TO THE LIST.
AND DO WE, WERE WE PROVIDED WITH WHAT WE WERE BUYING FROM THESE VENDORS, UH, FOR $30 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS? YEAH, I, I CAN GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
SO FOR THIS CONTRACT, THAT'S, UM, THE CONTRACT THAT SUPPORTS OUR, IT, UM, FIELD TECHNICIANS.
SO THAT'S AS AGAIN, A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR CONTRACT STAFF, UM, TO PROVIDE HELP DESK SUPPORT, FIELD NETWORK, FIELD TECH SUPPORT.
AND IT'S OUR STANDARD CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
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THIS IS THE RECOMPETE, UM, FOR THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF BIDDERS.SO, UH, WHENEVER WE NEED STAFF, UM, THE BID REQUEST GOES OUT TO THESE BIDDERS.
THEY PROVIDE US NAMES AND RATES, AND WE LOOK AT THE RESUMES, AND THEN WE SELECT WHO WE WANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, S 10? YEAH.
IT'S, SO THERE WAS, THIS WAS FOR ONLY ONE BID, WE ONLY ACCEPTED ONE BID, CORRECT? NO, THIS IS FOR 60.
SO ON THE, ON THE, UH, CONTRACT DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE, IT HAS THE LIST OF THE, UH, BIDDERS AND WHO THEY BE AWARDED.
AND WHAT ARE WE, SO THIS IS, THIS CONTRACT HERE IS, AGAIN, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT, AND IT'S SET UP TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAFF, HIGHLY SKILLED IT STAFF.
SO WE'LL HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, UM, BUSINESS ANALYSTS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO INTEND TO LEVERAGE THIS CONTRACT FOR THE SUBSEQUENT E R P IMPLEMENTATION TO AUGMENT THE WORK THAT THE INTEGRATOR ONCE THE CONTRACT'S AWARDED.
UH, WE ALSO, I ALSO INTEND TO LEVERAGE THIS FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT EXPERTS IN, UH, GOVERNANCE FOR, UM, IT DELIVERY.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S SET ASIDE, IT HAS 27 BIDDERS, I BELIEVE, UM, ON THIS ONE.
UH, SO WE DO ANTICIPATE TO BE USING IT THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A POINT OF REFERENCE, SO THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS ABOUT 2.9 MILLION, UM, IN EXPENDITURES FOR UNDER, UNDER THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT.
SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR FOR 25 MILLION FOR 25, YES.
SO THIS IS WHERE I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AS FAR OR WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE WE'RE YES, I KNOW IT'S AN AUTHORITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ALL THAT.
IT'S LIKE A WHOLE, HE'S LIKE, I'VE HEARD THIS SO MANY TIMES,
BUT ARE WE, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT? YEAH.
AND, AND, BUT AGAIN, AND I'LL LET FOLKS SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU GIVE US THE SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR 5 MILLION, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO I AM GOING TO PUT IN MY REQUEST FOR WHAT I EX EXPECT TO HAVE DONE, UM, FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.
IT GOES THROUGH, THE PROCESS GETS APPROVED.
I'M ONLY GONNA SPEND WHATEVER FUNDING I HAVE APPROVED, EVEN THOUGH THE SPENDING AUTHORITY MAY BE 5 MILLION, BUT I'M ONLY ALLOCATED OR APPROVED 2.5.
I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THE 2.5.
SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE GOOD, LIKE TO COME LIKE A COMEBACK.
LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE ALLOWED YOU TO HAVE.
AND WE SHOULD UPDATE THAT IN OUR CONTRACTS, LIKE WHEN AS IT HAPPENS.
SO LIKE, I SPENT THIS MUCH, THIS IS WHAT I PAID, THIS IS WHAT I GOT WITH THE MONEY.
INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I SPENT THIS, BUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SPENT IT ON, SO WE KNOW WE CAN COMPARE IT YEAR BY YEAR.
LIKE I, I BOUGHT FIVE IT GUYS FOR HAIR, WHATEVER IT IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? LIKE, IT, IT'S JUST, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IS IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT S NINE OR S 10? OKAY.
UM, I SECOND MAY I HAVE A ROLL? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE S NINE AND S 10? SO MOVED.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
I, WITH REGARD TO ITEM S 20, I AM MOVING TO POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN IN ITEM S 20, UH, TO THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023 BUILDING AND CONTRACTS MEETING IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIPT OF THE FACILITY'S, UH, REPORT PRIOR TO APPROVING THAT PLAN.
SO WE ARE, UH, I AM MOVING TO POSTPONE THAT FROM THE APPROVAL OF
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S 20.MAY I HAVE A SECOND, MS. HEN? WAS THAT A SECOND? SECOND, YES.
UM, MS. HARVEY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR MOTION? SO JUST TO, TO, FOR THE BOARD'S EDIFICATION, WE WERE, UM, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THE PLAN.
THE FACILITIES REPORT IS PART OF THAT PLAN.
SO THE, THE BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE, UH, REQUESTED TO SEE THAT REPORT PRIOR TO APPROVING THE, UH, THE, THE CMP PLAN, THE COM COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN.
THE, UM, UH, EDUCATION FACILITIES MASTER THE E F M P PLAN, UH, IS ALSO A PART OF ITEM S 20, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED INFORMATION ON AS A BOARD AND CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
OKAY? SO, UM, MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE TO POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN AS PRESENTED IN ITEM S 20 TO THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023 BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE MEETING.
YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING? NOPE, I HAVE ONE MORE.
YOU MOVED TO APPROVE THE EDUCATION FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON APPROVING THE EDUCATION FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS PRESENTED IN ITEM S 20.
I'M JUST GONNA SCROLL THROUGH.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATIONS.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UM, OH, NOPE, I'M NOT ONE BACK.
[T. NEW BUSINESS - CURRICULA (Ms. Lichter) (9:50 - 10:00 p.m.)]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CURRICULA CHANGES FOR 20 23, 20 24, AS OUTLINED IN POLICY IN RULE 6,000 EACH YEAR.STAFF FROM THE DIVISION OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION PRESENT NEW COURSES OF STUDY FOR APPROVAL AT THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2023 BOARD CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING STAFF PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW CHANGE AND DEACTIVATED COURSES FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND.
COURSES BEING DEVELOPED SPAN MULTIPLE ACADEMIC CONTENT AREAS, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, 15 NEW COURSES IN PERFORMING ARTS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO SIX COURSES IN ESOL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND DEACTIVATION OF 33 COURSES.
THE BOARD CURRICULUM COMMITTEE VOTED TO APPROVE THESE NEW AND PROPOSED COURSE OFFERINGS, AND I SUBMIT THEM TODAY TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL AS OUTLINED IN POLICY AND RULE 6,000.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CURRICULA FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR? SO MOVED PUMP FREE.
NO SECOND IS NEEDED AS IT COMES FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION MR. MCMILLION? I THINK I'M GONNA, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA ANSWER THESE.
UH, I THINK, UM, AND THE TWO PHYSICAL EDUCATION FITNESS FOUNDATIONS WITH LAB COURSES, IT STATES ALL HIGH SCHOOLS WILL OVER.
DOES THAT MEAN, OR SHOULD IT BE OFFER? SO WE WILL HAVE DR.
MCCOMAS AND MS. SHADE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS.
SO BOTH OF THEM WILL OFFER, SO THEY'RE GONNA OFFER THE, THE ONE CREDIT CLASS AND 2.5 CLASSES? YES, SIR.
UM, WE FOR HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SOMETIMES STUDENTS TRANSFER IN FROM OTHER, UM, LEAS OR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS COMING TO US WITH ALREADY HAVING A 0.5.
AND THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IS 1.0.
AND STUDENTS WERE EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION THAT WE REQUIRED THEM TO TAKE OUR ONLY COURSE OFFERING AT 1.0, WHICH ESSENTIALLY LEFT THEM WITH 1.5 CREDITS BEYOND WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR GRADUATION.
THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN MASTER SCHEDULING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER 0.5 COURSES, LIKE THE CHANGE IN OUR HEALTH EDUCATION THAT'S NOW TWO POINT FIVES.
UM, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, PERSONAL FINANCE AND ECONOMIC THEORY, WHICH IS NOW OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE.
UM, SO STUDENTS STILL HAVE TO MEET THE 1.0 CREDIT AND PE, BUT NOW THEY HAVE VARIOUS
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PATHWAYS TO DO THAT.SO EVEN IF THEY DON'T COME IN FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY COULD TAKE TO TWO.
IF IT WORKS OUT IN THEIR SCHEDULE BETTER.
THAT'S THE GOAL, IS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY FOR STUDENTS SO THAT THEIR ENTIRE COURSE, UM, THEIR SIX YEAR PLAN, THEIR O O OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL OFFER AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE.
AND HOW ABOUT THE HEALTH CLASS? WHAT'S GOING ON THERE ON THE NEXT PAGE? WELL,
SO ALMOST LIKE THE, THE FLIP HERE.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THAT 1.0 BE SPLIT AS TWO 0.5 COURSES.
ONE THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE NINE 10 GRADE SPAN.
SO STUDENTS CAN TAKE IT EITHER IN GRADE NINE OR 10, AND THEN ANOTHER IN GRADE 11 AND 12.
AND THAT'S INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THEY FOUND, ESPECIALLY USING A LOT OF DATA FROM NATIONAL HEALTH REPORTING, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER HAD MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS WITH COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION AS THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL AND HEALTH NEEDS CHANGED.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MEETING THEM WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION.
SO WE WANTED THEM TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, WHICH AGAIN, THEN AFFORDS THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY TO MATCH IT WITH OTHER 0.5 CREDIT CLASSES THAT WE OFFER.
NOW, WILL THAT CAUSE, WILL THERE BE MORE OF A NEED FOR HEALTH TEACHERS OVER TIME? YES.
SO WHAT WE FOUND, UM, OVER TIME WAS THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A SMALL OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE HAD STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF THE OLD COHORT THAT HAD TO FINISH THE OLD REQUIREMENT OF THE WAY THEY WERE TAKING THE HEALTH CLASS.
SO WE HAD ABOUT A TWO YEAR SPAN AS WE WERE, UM, EXITING STUDENTS WHO WERE FOLLOWED, UM, UNDER THE OLD COHORT AS WELL AS THE NEW STUDENTS.
SO THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE WERE SUPPORTING HIGH SCHOOLS.
THEY MIGHT NEED MORE OF HEALTH AND LESS OF SOMETHING ELSE, BUT OVERALL IT WON'T CHANGE STAFFING.
WE JUST HAD A TWO YEAR, UH, WINDOW WHERE WE HAD TO WORK TO SUPPORT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY MS IT'S NOT FROM, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, IT'S JUST, IT WAS PART OF WHAT, UM, BOARD MEMBER MCMILLION WAS SAYING CUZ IT, IT SAYS OVER INSTEAD OF OFFER AND THEN THERE'S ALSO 0.05, SO IT'S 0.5 CORRECT CREDITS.
WE CAN EDIT THAT AND MAKE THAT CORRECTION.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW BOTH OF YOU.
ANY ANYONE ELSE? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
[U. NEW BUSINESS - ORGANIZATION CHART 2023-2024 (Dr. Williams) (10:00 - 10:10 p.m.)]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE 20 23 20 24 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART PER BOARD POLICY 2310.WILLIAMS BOARD POLICY 2310 ANNUALLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PREPARE AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND SUBMIT IT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
IS THAT TIME OF YEAR BOARD? UH, THE CHART WILL INCLUDE POSITIONS THAT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND POSITIONS AT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEVEL.
YARBOROUGH, WILL YOU COME TO THE MIC PLEASE? THANK YOU.
CHAIR LTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS REQUIRED BY POLICY 2310 POSITIONS AT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE ARE INCLUDED IN THE F Y 24 PROPOSED ORGANIZATION CHART FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
THESE CHANGES FOCUS ARE RESOURCES OF PEOPLE TIME AND FUNDING CLOSER TO SCHOOLS TO CREATE EXPERIENCES THAT ENABLE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED LEARNING OUTCOMES AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO STRATEGICALLY ALIGN OUR WORK AND FOCUS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING.
THE F Y 24 PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE REFLECTS THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
BASED ON THE NEED TO FAST FORWARD FOR THE FALL, WE WILL POSTPONE THE HIRING OF A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT.
IN LIEU OF THAT POSITION, A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER HAS BEEN ADDED TO ENSURE SMOOTH, SMOOTH, EFFICIENT OPERATIONS TO SCHOOL DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME USING STATE OF MARYLAND 103 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUNDS AND EXISTING VACANCIES FOR FUNDING.
THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE PROPOSED.
ONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT TO LEAD A TEAM THAT PROVIDES DIRECT DIFFERENTIATED FOCUS SUPPORT ON
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GRADES K THROUGH 12 TO 15 CSI COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT AND TSI TARGETED SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT SCHOOLS, AND COLLABORATE ACROSS CENTRAL OFFICES TO ENSURE ALIGNED SERVICES TO SCHOOLS, FOCUSED ON IMPROVING TEACHING, LEARNING AND BEST PRACTICES.ONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HIGH SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME AND SUPPORT FOR PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS TO COACH, GUIDE, AND HELP HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
IMPROVE INSTRUCTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROPOSED TO MOVE TO ALIGN RESOURCES CLOSER TO SCHOOLS, EQUITY AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF DATA RESEARCH AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH SERVICES TO THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20 23 20 24 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART PER BOARD POLICY? 2310.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BOOKER.
ANY DISCUSSION MR. MCMILLION? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THERE'S, THERE'S A BUNCH OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FALL UNDER THESE SLOTS AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS LIKE ATHLETICS IS THE ATHLETIC TOP SPOT STILL THE COORDINATOR OF ATHLETICS? DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COLLECT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS.
SO HOW ABOUT TRANSPORTATION? THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.
AND THE SAME FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, THE DIRECTOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
[V. NEW BUSINESS - COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MASTER AGREEMENTS (Ms. Charley-Greene and Ms. Bielski) (10:10 - 10:20 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MASTER AGREEMENTS.AND FOR THAT I CALL MS. CHARLIE GREEN AND MS. BILSKI.
BOARD CHAIR, UH, LICHTER, VICE CHAIR HARVEY, DR.
WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING, UH, WITH MS. BIELSKI TO SHARE, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR OUR FIVE EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS.
AT THIS TIME, I TURN IT OVER TO MS. BIELSKI.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ALL FIVE, UM, BARGAINING UNITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL FIVE BARGAINING UNITS HAVE CONCLUDED.
WE'VE SUBMITTED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS ON ARTICLES FOR EACH OF THE FIVE FOR YOUR, UM, REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL DO QUESTIONS IN A SEC.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MASTER AGREEMENTS FOR AFSCME B C P S O P E, CASE S P B C AND TAPCO? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE BOOKER DWYER.
ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON, UM, THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS AND AGREEMENTS.
[W. INFORMATION (10:20 p.m.)]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, INCLUDING THE 2023 STAKEHOLDER SURVEY SYSTEM REPORT.SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING PLAN S A ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR APRIL, 2023.
REVISED SUPERINTENDENT RULES 42 0 3, 44 0 2, 72 60 AND 75 20 STUDENTS COUNT 2022 REVISED AND THE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT TEAM END OF THE YEAR UPDATE.
UM, MY SECOND, I JUST GOTTA SCROLL THROUGH ALL THESE.
[X. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES, AND AGENDA SETTING (10:20 - 10:35 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND AGENDA SETTING.SO WE'LL START WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
MR. MCMILLION, ANY UPDATES? YES,
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PLEASE.AT OUR MAY 23RD MEETING, THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT PRESENTED THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND DATA ACCURACY AUDIT RESULTS.
IT'S, THEY ALSO PRESENTED, IT'S THE FY 24 DASH 27 PROPOSED WORK PLAN AND THE APRIL, 2023 INVESTIGATION STATISTICS.
AS A REMINDER, ALL AUDIT REPORTS ARE POSTED TO THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT WEBSITE.
THIS IS WHERE I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU, MS. HUMP.
UM, THE, AT THE MAY 31ST BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, A MOTION WAS PASSED TO RECOMMEND TO, TO REQUEST THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ASK STAFF TO BRING A POLICY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE REGARDING STUDENT MEMBER PARTICIPATION ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
UM, BASICALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, THE, THE POLICY REVIEW TO LOOK AT A, A POLICY OR ADJUSTING THE STUDENT, UM, MEMBER TO, UM, BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UM, IN YEARS PAST, NOW THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UH, JUNE 21ST, WHICH IS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
BUILDINGS AND CONTRACTS, MS. HARVEY? UH, YES.
THE BUILDING, THE NEXT BUILDING AND CONTRACTS MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, JULY 10TH AT 5:00 PM VIRTUALLY AS STATED EARLIER, THE BUILDING AND CONTRACTS COMMITTEE IS WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOL LIAISONS TO UPDATE THE, UH, CONTRACTS RECOMMENDATION FORM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO AT A FUTURE DATE PRESENTING THAT TO THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU NEXUS CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS ON CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AS WELL AS START SOME PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND DISCUSS THE NEW ELA ELEMENTARY, UM, PD PLAN TO GO ALONG WITH THE MATERIALS THAT WE APPROVED RECENTLY.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 22ND AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND MS. HARVEY SET IN FOR ME ON IN MY ABSENCE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SO OUR LAST MEETING OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE WAS WITH THE EQUITY COUNCIL.
THE EQUITY COUNCIL PRESENTED A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE SET OF UMBRELLA GOALS FOR THE SYSTEM TO CONSIDER WORKING ON.
AND THEY WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, TAKING THOSE UMBRELLA GOALS AND, UH, REDUCING THEM TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD TO CONSIDER FOR MOVEMENT IN BCPS.
WE'LL SKIP THE LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE SESSION HAS ENDED.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, MS. HUMPHREY
I'LL JUST SAY OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UM, JUNE 26TH.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF ANY REQUESTS FROM BOARD OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING POLICIES THAT, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REVIEWED IN THE FUTURE OR ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT WE MAY DISCUSS, UM, TO BRING FORTH.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND ALL THE POLICIES THAT WERE PRESENTED, UM, THIS EVENING.
NEXT IS BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND AGENDA ITEMS. UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS A COMMENT OR AN AGENDA ITEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? UM, MS. FROM PONG, JUST ON A LIGHTER NOTE.
HAPPY EARLY FATHER'S DAY TO THE FATHERS AND HAPPY EARLY FATHER'S DAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO WANNA THANK THAT'S THE FIRST FOR HALF FATHER'S DAY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HAD INPUT IN TONIGHT'S MEETING, UM, AND, UM, AT THIS TIME.
[Y. ANNOUNCEMENTS (10:35 p.m.)]
THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.