Aug 27, 2024 Board of Education Work Session

[A. CLOSED SESSION]

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. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS CHAIRWOMAN TIERRA BOOKER DWYER. I CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH 2020 FOR THIS EVENING'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST THROUGH THE BCP ONLINE LIVE MEETING BROADCAST AND ON BCP TV COMCAST XFINITY CHANNEL 73 VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 34. IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT THIS MEETING ALL VOTING ITEMS WILL BE DONE BY ROLL CALL VOTE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AS PERMITTED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AS FOUND IN ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 3-305 BE ONE AND BE SEVEN TO 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 AND TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.

>> SO MOVES TO LASKI. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HARVEY? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE MR. KAMINSKI? YES, MISHAN. MR. FRIMPONG. MS.. LICHTER YES. MS.. PUMPHREY MS.. CHIKA KALU YES. MR. LASKI YES. DR. SAVOY YES. MR. MCMILLAN YES. MS. HARVEY YES. MR. YOUNG

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

. >> BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2024. I INVITE YOU TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE LED BY MS. CHIKA KALU. WE WILL THEN HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH

IT STANDS ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH EVERYTHING AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST THROUGH THE BCP ONLINE LIVE MEETING BROADCAST AND ON BCP TV COMCAST XFINITY CHANNEL 73 VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 34. IN ORDER TO EFFECT TO

EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT THIS MEETING ALL VOTING ITEMS WILL BE DONE BY ROLL CALL VOTE. >>

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

THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? >> I AM UNAWARE OF ANY CHANGES TO THIS

EVENING'S AGENDA. >> HEARING THEM 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 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 MATTERS THAT AFFECTS ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.

THE CLOSE SESSION SUMMARY AND OPEN SESSION INFORMATION SUMMARY CAN BE FOUND ON BOARD

DOCS UNDER THIS BOARD MEETING. >> AGENDA DATE. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PERSONNEL

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

MATTERS RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS LEAVES AND CERTIFICATE APPOINTMENTS. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBITS D ONE THROUGH D FOUR SO MOVE LICHTER DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND HARVEY ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. MINSKY YES. MISHAN YES, MISS FRIMPONG YES, MISS LICHTER. YES. MS. PUMPHREY YES. MR. PICCOLO OH YES. MR. LUSK YES. DR. SAVOY YES. MR. MCMILLIAN YES. MISS HARVEY YES.

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

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ROGERS. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS HELEN DOA PLEASE STAND. >> HELEN IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER HUSBAND MALCOLM DAVIS AS HE COMPLETES STAND AS WELL AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS SUPERVISOR STUDENT DATA SYSTEMS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLICATION AND NETWORK SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES WITH FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HER PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SENIOR STUDENT INFORMATION REPORTING ANALYST IN THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLICATION AND NETWORK SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES. PRIOR TO THAT SHE SERVED AS COORDINATOR FOR END

OF ADMISSIONS COMPLIANCE AND TRANSITION SPECIALIST AT THE KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE. >>

CONGRATULATIONS. >> NEXT APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING IS JANET SAVAGE. PLEASE STAND.

JANET IS ATTENDING THIS EVENING WITH HER HUSBAND RANDY AND IS BEING APPOINTED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HER EXPERIENCES INCLUDE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER AT SCOTT'S BRANCH ELEMENTARY BEDFORD ELEMENTARY, PARKVILLE HIGH AND HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO THAT SHE SERVED AS AN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC

SCHOOLS AND A LEAD MUSIC TEACHER AND ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >>

CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR APPOINTEES. WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[F. PUBLIC COMMENT (7:00 - 7:40 p.m.)]

DOT ORG. >> THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HOMELAND SECURITY UNIT AND OFFICE OF SCHOOL SAFETY HAS RECOMMENDED SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS WHICH ARE POSTED IN THE BOARD ROOM AND AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOTS AND ON THE BOARD'S PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC WEBSITE. WHILE WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT ON POLICY PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD AND THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM, THIS IS NOT THE PROPER FORM TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE MATTERS OR TO COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT DO NOT RELATE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. INAPPROPRIATE PERSONNEL, PERSONAL REMARKS OR OTHER BEHAVIOR SUCH AS LANGUAGE THAT PROMOTES VIOLENCE AGAINST A BCP EMPLOYEE OR THAT DISRUPTS OR INTERFERES WITH THE CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. PERSONS WHO OTHERWISE DISRUPT OR DISTURB THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR REMARKS AND WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE MEETING. PLEASE OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE CLOCK WHICH WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF AT THE END OF YOUR TIME OR PRIOR TO THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD CHAIR. SO OUR FIRST GROUP ARE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AFFILIATED GROUPS. AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS.. MALINA COLTON PEARSALL .PURCELL AND SHE IS WITH THE SOUTHWEST AREA EDUCATION

ADVISORY COUNCIL. >> GREETINGS BOARD CHAIR. SUPERINTENDENT ROGERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARLENA COLLINS AND PURCELL. THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTHWEST EDUCATION ADVISORY EXCUSE ME SOUTHWEST AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. I WILL BE BRIEF TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN RECLAIM OUR TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES. IT IS MY HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT SUMMER AND WE ARE READY FOR AWESOME SCHOOL YEAR. HERE IS MY ONE MINUTE ELEVATE ELEVATOR PITCH FOR OUR FAMILIES ,PARENTS, GUARDIANS, STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BSP CPS HAS AN AWESOME MISSION FOR OUR COUNCIL. IT READS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BY SERVING AS A FORM ADVISORS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ON ISSUES THAT AFFECTS STUDENTS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. I RAISED TO YOU TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE GOALS. ENGAGE, EMPOWER, EXCEL GET IT RIGHT. SO I RAISED

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AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST EXCEL WE CAN DO BETTER. OUR KIDS DESERVE IT. BE THE ADVOCATE FOR YOUR KIDS OR YOUR COMMUNITY. LET THE PAST BE THE PAST. PUT IT DOWN. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. WE MEET THE SECOND MONDAYS OF EACH MONTH. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR THE TOPICS OF ISSUES AND TOPICS THAT WE HAVE. YOU CAN ATTEND ANY AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOURS. THERE'S FIVE OF THEM.

AND I'M WELCOMING YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISS RAMONA BASILIO. BASILIO FROM THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PTA. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR SUPERINTENDED ROGERS MEMBER OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS RAMONA BASILIO. I AM WITH THE BALTIMORE COUNTY PTA. I BRING GREETINGS FROM OUR BOARD AND OUR OVER 130 UNITS WHO WORK TOGETHER WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGHOUT BALTIMORE COUNTY. I COME HERE ALSO TO SHARE OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR WORK OVER THE SUMMER. WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING YOUR MANY EVENTS AND YOUR MANY TRAININGS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE ON THIS GROUP AND IN THIS ROOM WAKES UP EVERY MORNING WITH THE INTERESTS OF ABOUT 100,000 STUDENTS AT HEART MAY DISAGREE ON THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE INTERESTED IN HEALTH, WEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. NOW I WANT TO ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION OF CELL PHONES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PTA COUNCIL IS INVOLVED IN IS THE CELL PHONE CAMPAIGN. NOW SOME FOLKS PROBABLY SAY OH WELL, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH FAMILIES AND PARENTS. WE FEEL THAT THE WHOLE ISSUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SAFETY IS PART OF A FOUR LEGGED STOOL. BCP IS DOING ITS PART THROUGH OFTEN A WAY THROUGH THE PILOT STUDY, THROUGH RESEARCH, THROUGH COMMITTING SUPPORT RESOURCES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING THEIR PART IN TERMS OF PASSING LEGISLATION DEALING WITH CYBER BULLYING, DEALING WITH GRACE'S LAW, ETC.

.NOW WE NEED THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS TO STEP UP. INTERESTING ENOUGH ONE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID JUST LAST NIGHT SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING HER CHILD OFF THE PHONE AND I SAID WHY? SHE SAID I REALLY THINK MY CHILD IS ADDICTED. SO IN 2000 2008 THERE WAS A STUDY AND I REMEMBER THAT STUDY TALKED ABOUT ADDICTION. PAY ATTENTION FAMILIES. LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD UNDERSTAND THAT TURNING OFF THAT PHONE IS MORE CHALLENGING THAN YOU THINK.

JUST SAY NO IS NOT WORKING IN ORDER FOR OFTEN A WAY TO WORK. WE NEED ALL HANDS ON BOARD. WE NEED PARENTS TO STOP CALLING YOUR KIDS DURING THE DAY ASKING HOW THEIR DAY HAS GONE. WE NEED CHILDREN TO GET OFF THE PHONES. WE NEED TEACHERS TO TEACH. A TEACHER CANNOT SPEND ALL HER TIME OR HIS TIME MODERATING CHILDREN ON THE PHONE. PLEASE LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE PARENTS.

LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE ADULTS. THE CHILDREN NEED OUR LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. LET'S WORK WITH THIS CELL PHONE ISSUE. IT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE OF THE FUTURE. NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GET IN FRONT OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT

SPEAKER IS MR. PHIL STOLLER FROM THE NORTHWEST AREA EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. >>

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IN FACT WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY ONE WILL BE THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE ON ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DEVICES INCLUDING CELL PHONES. THE OTHER MAIN GOAL WILL BE TO RECRUIT MEMBERS AND IF THERE'S ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO US OF THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THOSE IDEAS AND PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE AND I OR SOMEONE FROM THE COUNCIL WILL TRY TO ATTEND EVERY BOARD MEETING.

DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE. WE'VE LOST A FEW MEMBERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THEY ARE NOT WITH US ANYMORE AND MALINA SORT OF COVERED MORE PASSIONATELY THAN I DID EVERYTHING BUT I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF IF THERE'S I KNOW THIS USING ANY DIALOG BUT IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE AND I'LL BE HERE THE WHOLE MEETING. SO IF

YOU WANT TO ASK ME YOUR QUESTIONS THEN AFTERWARDS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK

YOU. NEXT ARE UNIONS AND WE HAVE MS.. >> CINDY SEXTON FROM TOBACCO. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR.

MS.. BOOKER DRYER VICE CHAIR MS.. PUMPHREY DR. ROGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. SEEING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF BACK AT SCHOOL IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME. FIRST DAY VISIT YESTERDAY WERE FULL OF HOPE AND PROMISE. IT'S SUCH A GREAT WAY TO START THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS WE ARE STARTING ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR. I WANT TO FIRST SPEAK TO ALL THE EDUCATORS. PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU ARE PLANNING LESSONS FOR YOUR STUDENTS BUT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT AND ALSO TRYING TO JUGGLE YOUR WORK HOME BALANCE AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER TASKS THAT EDUCATORS DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. REMEMBER THAT YOUR MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ARE ALSO A PRIORITY. WE KNOW ANXIETY IS HIGH FOR SOME AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU, TAKE CARE OF YOU SO YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS TOO. WE ARE HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES THEY BRING TO YOUR CLASSROOM AND FOCUS ON THE WHY YOU GOT INTO TEACHING. I CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT TOBACCO AND BEEKEEPERS DID COLLABORATIVELY AROUND OUR THREE YEAR CONTRACT BUT ALSO FOR THE WORK WE CONTINUE TO DO TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS AND CONCERNS AS THEY ARISE INCLUDING AS RECENTLY AS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER IN TRUE COLLABORATION WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR STUDENTS AND ALL THE STAFF WHO WORK WITH THEM AND FOR THEM AS I VISIT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. NEXT ARE OUR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS OR

STUDENTS AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS.. >> SHARON SARAF. >> EVENING CHAIRWOMAN BOOKER JOSIAH AND DR. ROGERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO DO A REMINDER THAT THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT DO NOT BELONG IN THE SAME SENTENCE. ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND IEP IEP STANDS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN AND HAVING THE WORD INDIVIDUAL IN THERE AUTOMATICALLY NEGATES HAVING A ONE SIZE FITS ALL POLICY. I'M GOING TO BRING UP CELL PHONES BECAUSE THAT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION SO FAR AND AT LEAST ONE IEP MEETING LAST WEEK AND IT'S COMING INTO MY ATTENTION. IN THE IEP MEETINGS I HAVE TOMORROW AND THURSDAY YES I HAVE IEP MEETINGS THE

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STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS USE THEM FOR OTHER THINGS. THEY ARE DEVICES USED FOR COMMUNICATION IN THE CLASSROOM. IF I'M NOT COMFORTABLE TALKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE I HAVE AN APP ON MY PHONE AND I CAN PUT DOWN SOME INFORMATION THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO MY TEACHER. I HAVE A STUDENT THAT HAS THAT APP AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE FIGHTING TO GET THAT PHONE ON THE IEP SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET TAKEN AWAY FROM HER. I HAVE A STUDENT WHO USES HER PHONE TO TAKE PICTURES OF HER NOTES BECAUSE SHE HAS PROBLEMS HEARING INFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM. YES, HER IEP DOES SAY SHE HOPES TO HAVE COPIES OF HER NOTES BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. AND SHE'S A HIGH SCHOOLER AND SHE NEEDS TO TAKE PICTURES. I THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WHEN WE MAKE POLICIES AND I SAID THIS THIS MORNING ON THE STATE LEVEL ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. STUDENTS WITH IEPS ARE INDIVIDUALS AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE DO

SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WE DO POLICIES IN GENERAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. BURNS. OH, SORRY.

NOPE. WE HAVE ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN DR. BASH VERRONE. GOOD EVENING TO ALL.

WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I HONESTLY BELIEVE IF MY NAME IS JOHN DONAHUE OR SMITH I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ON JULY NINTH. SO JUST A REMINDER OF THE UGLY PEOPLE IN THE UNCIVIL ERA OF THE UNITED STATES PUSH THROUGH THE POWER TO GO BACK IN THE BUS AND THE REALITY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GOT ME OUT OF THE BUS COMPLETELY FOR NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON. SO I FLEW ALASKA AIRLINE AND HALF AN HOUR IN THERE. THE PILOT ALLOWED US TO STAND UP, WALK AROUND, STRETCH, MOVE AROUND UNTIL THEY THREW ME OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. AND IF YOU THINK DO YOU KNOW IN THE DNC THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE STANDING UP AND SECRET SERVICE THEN THROW THEM OUT. SO PILOT AND CAPTAIN AND SUPERINTEND THEN PLEASE I ASK YOU TO TAKE THAT UGLY SIGN ON MY LEFT DOWN. IT MAKES YOU NOT SECURE. IT MAKES NO SENSE. IT'S HUMANLY WRITTEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT JUST DOESN'T BELONG THERE. ALL RIGHT .I'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE SMARTLY AND THEY'LL COME IN TODAY AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN. I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE NAME YET, BUT JUST ASK YOURSELF HOW MANY TIMES YOU SEEN CHAIRS OF THE COUNCIL COME TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. I USED TO BE IN THE CENTRAL AREA. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE CENTRAL AREA CHAIR? DO YOU KNOW THE MEMBERS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING? WHEN HAVE YOU SEEN HER? BEFORE NORTHEAST. WHEN HAVE YOU SEEN THEM BEFORE? IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE IT REALLY DOESN'T IT'S NOT EASIER TO FIND THE THE X THE EDUCATIONAL AREA. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, YOU CAN SEE ALL AREAS ARE BLANK FOR 2425 EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHEAST.

AND I REALLY ADMIRED THE SOUTHEAST THE WHOLE LOT FOR THAT VERY UNIQUE EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T COME HERE EXACTLY DOESN'T COME HERE BUT SHE WORKS LIKE A BULLDOZER LIKE DAVE, A VERY HARDWORKING PERSON. VERY MEANINGFUL PERSON. SO WHY AM I SAYING THIS? I THINK THE

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FOREFRONT AND ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION

[G. NEW BUSINESS - ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION (Board Counsel) (7:40 - 7:45 p.m.)]

TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION AND FOR THAT I CALL ON MR. BURNS. >> MADAM CHAIR MODERATORS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD DARREN BURNS, BOARD ATTORNEY. I'M REPORTING TO YOU ON THE ACTION YOU TOOK IN CLOSED SESSION REGARDING HEARING EXAMINER CASE 24 DASH 31 AND

SEEK YOUR ACTION IN AFFIRMING THE ACTION YOU TOOK IN CLOSED SESSION. >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON HEARING EXAMINERS CASE 2431 AND AUTHORIZE MS. GO OVER TO SIGN FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT SO MOVE STILL. MAY I HAVE A SECOND SECOND LATER ANY DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE? MR. OMINOUSLY YES MISS HEN YES MS. FRIMPONG YES, MISS LICHTER. YES, MISS PUMPHREY ABSTAIN. MR. CUCOLO. YES. MR. LASKY. YES. DR. SAVOY. YES. MR. MCMILLION YES. MISS HARVEY. YES. MR. YOUNG. YES. MISS BOWKER DREIER. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[H. NEW BUSINESS - FY2025 OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT WORK PLAN (Ms. Barr) (7:45 - 8:00 p.m.)]

BEFORE WE DEVELOP OUR WORK PLAN WE COMPLETE OUR ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT THAT INCLUDES THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESS OWNERS NOTIFICATION TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND PROCESS OWNERS OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS. MEETING WITH ALL NEW PROCESS OWNERS THE REVIEW OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS PRIORITIES AS WELL AS THE MARYLAND BLUEPRINT THE CONSIDERATION OF FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE SUPERINTENDENTS CABINET AND FOR THIS YEAR 57 DIFFERENT PROCESS OWNERS. THE PROCESS OWNERS IDENTIFIED AND PRESENTED THEIR KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO OUR OFFICE THE REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION OF 530 KEY FUNCTIONS AS HIGH MEDIUM OR LOW. THIS YEAR WE IDENTIFIED 124 HIGH 209 MEDIUM AND 197 LOW RISK KEY FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS UPDATING OUR RISK RATINGS INTIMATE OUR AUDIT SOFTWARE PACKAGE ONCE THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETE WE BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR WORK PLAN AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WE CONSIDER SEVERAL VARIABLES THE BOARD'S GOALS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. THE SUPERINTEND THOSE PRIORITIES ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY AND CLIMATE. AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS LEADERS AND STAFF. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PLAN ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE MARYLAND BLUEPRINT PILLARS OUR OFFICE GOALS OF INTEGRITY, QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE STAFF RESOURCE HOURS DEFERRED PROJECTS FROM PRIOR YEARS THE PRIOR YEAR LONG RANGE PLAN AND IDENTIFIED RISK LEVELS. THIS WORK PLAN INCLUDES AUDITS RELATED TO INTERNAL CONTROLS, COMPLIANCE AND PROCESSES THAT EACH DIVISION USES TO ACHIEVE THEIR MISSION AND GOALS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE AUDITS WILL IDENTIFY RISKS THAT MAY PREVENT THEIR SUCCESS AND OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE RISK. ADDITIONALLY, WE MONITOR THE FRAUD WASTE AND ABUSE HOTLINE AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO THOSE AREAS. ANY NON FRAUD WASTE OR ABUSE ALLEGATIONS ARE SENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND DISPOSITION. THIS WORK PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS OUR LIMITED RESOURCES ON AUDIT ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PROCESS OWNERS TO HELP MITIGATE IDENTIFIED RISKS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A RISK BASED AUDIT PLAN IS FLUID SO THAT EMERGING RISKS AND UNPLANNED PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION CAN BE ADDRESSED IN

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HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE F Y 25 WORK PLAN AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MS. BARR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ADAM I HAVE ONE ITEM SAID MISS AND I'LL GET YOU RIGHT AFTER MS.. HARVEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MS.. BARR, FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION. AND THIS IS MY QUESTION IS ARE MORE FOR MY MY EDUCATION AS TO THE TO THE WORK OF THE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT DIVISION. FIRST I NOTICED THAT IN THE IN THE THE F Y 25 PLAN THAT THE OBJECTIVES ARE LABELED AS TENTATIVE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE TENTATIVE AND IS IF IF THEY CHANGE IS THERE A PROCESS TO GET THOSE CHANGES APPROVED? CERTAINLY THEY'RE TENTATIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TYPICALLY MEET WITH THE PROCESS OWNERS TO GAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREAS THAT WE'RE AUDITING. SO THEY PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION AND IF IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE OBJECTIVE THAT IS TENTATIVE WE WOULD MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT OBJECTIVE. SO OFTENTIMES BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO US, WE HAVE TO SHIFT THE OBJECTIVE IN SOMETIMES WE LEARN THAT OTHER EXTERNAL AGENCIES ARE HEAVILY MONITOR THE AREA. SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE WOULD ACTUALLY WRITE A MEMO TO TO NOT DO THAT PROJECT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE

PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL. >> OH, THANK YOU. SO THE FOCUS AREAS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON DATA OR INFORMATION OF CONCERN THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND SAID HEY, WE WANT AN AUDIT OF THIS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT

WE CAN IMPROVE THIS PROCESS. IT IS SPEC SPECULATIVE OR PROSPECTIVE. >> SO WE WE MEET WITH THE PROCESS OWNERS. WE WE SEND A SURVEY OUT INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED THE RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS WE MET WITH OVER 400 AND SOME PROCESS OWNERS 483 PROCESS OWNERS. AND EACH YEAR WE UPDATE THE RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS SO WE HAVE VARIABLES THAT THAT WE SUBMIT TO THOSE PROCESS OWNERS AND THEN THEY IDENTIFY THEIR LEVELS OF RISK FROM THEIR OPINION ON ON THEIR KEY PROCESSES AND KEY FUNCTIONS. AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN THE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICE WE EITHER ADJUST THAT SCORE UP OR DOWN.

AND THEN THEN THAT DETERMINES WHETHER IT IS A HIGH, MEDIUM OR LOW RISK. AND THEN WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR OFFICE GOALS AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENTS PRIORITIES. THE BOARD'S GOALS AND THIS YEAR WE ALIGNED TO THE MARYLAND BLUEPRINT AS WELL. SO IT IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS AND A VERY INVOLVED PROCESS. AND BASED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF RISK THAT IS HOW WE COME UP WITH THE AUDIT FOCUS AREAS. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION YOU HAVE I BELIEVE I READ IN HERE THAT THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS OR FOCUS AREAS THAT WERE CARRYING OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN THE AUDIT WAS STARTED. MM HMM. SO SO THAT

WOULD NATURALLY JUST CARRY OVER INTO THE INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> SO GIVEN IS CARRYOVER NORMAL? DO WE NORMALLY HAVE CARRYOVER? HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO ADJUSTING THE AUDITS, THE VOLUME, THE NUMBER OF AUDITS THAT WE SELECT OR REPRIORITIZING THEM SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE AN AUDIT CYCLE WITHOUT HAVING CARRYOVER? THAT'S UNDER HEAVY CONSIDERATION FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR NOT FOR THE FY 25 PLAN BUT FOR THE F Y 26 PLAN. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MS.. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MS.. BAR. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING ON YOUR WORK PLAN. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND AND FOR LAYING THIS OUT SO CLEARLY FOR US. MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE SAME TOPIC AS MS.. HARVEY HAD BEEN ASKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO PRIORITIZATION AND THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS OVER THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS. AND THE PROJECTS ARE LABELED ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PRIORITIES. AND I IMAGINE SOME DECISIONS HAD TO BE MADE WITH REGARDS TO WHICH PROJECTS WERE INCLUDED VERSUS WHICH WERE EXCLUDED. AND MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU PERFORMED THAT RISK ASSESSMENT ,WAS THAT THE ULTIMATE

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AND I ALSO HAVE A RANGE FOR THIS THIS COMING YEAR TO HAVE THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE DO A PRESENTATION TO THE PEER GROUP TO BASICALLY KIND OF HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN OUR WORK PLANS AS WELL? ALSO VARIOUS STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ATTEND. I ACTUALLY DID ATTEND SOMETHING THAT SAID FIVE AUDITS OR BETTER THAN 100. SO AGAIN AS WE DO THE RISK ASSESSMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR WE'RE REFINING OUR PROCESSES AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY NARROWING AND FOCUSING ON THE AREAS THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL AND IMPACTFUL FOR THE ORGANIZATION IN ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR FOCUS AND COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN THAT CONSISTENTLY IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND AND PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE AUDIT ACTIVITIES AND FOR SHARING THOSE DETAILS WITH US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE EMPOWERED WITH THE LATITUDE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO PROFESSIONALLY AND THAT YOU HAVE THE THE FREEDOM AND FEEL LIKE YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT THAT YOU

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APPROACH BY ASSESSING VARIOUS BISHOP'S FUNCTIONS. >> AND THEN LASTLY THE FLEXIBLE NATURE OF OUR ORDER PLAN AS A LIVING DOCUMENT PROVIDES THE DISCRETION TO MODIFY PROJECTS WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BOARD AND BCP YES. NOW I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBLE PIECE. I MEAN THAT'S I THINK THAT'S PART OF MY LIFE AS AS BEING ABLE TO ADJUST THINGS AS THEY COME ALONG. MY CONCERN IS AND AND MAY OR LATE LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AUDITS THAT CAME THAT SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THIS PLAN YOU STARTED IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AND THE END OF FEBRUARY OR MARCH ON YOUR PLAN. AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT TIMING WAS WAS IN THE NINTH HOUR TO INTRODUCE THESE AUDITS. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT YOU BEING CAUGHT YOU AND YOUR TEAM SORT OF BEING CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BETWEEN THE BOARD AND BETWEEN YOU KNOW, BY CPS. MY VISION AND MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP THAT SITS OUT HERE THAT TAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE AND RECEIVES THEM AND EVALUATES THAT. BUT THE TIMING ON THESE TWO PARTICULAR AUDITS IS REALLY DISTURBING TO ME. MR. MCMILLION, 20 MORE SECONDS. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS YOU ENDED UP HAVE YOU ACCEPTED THOSE TWO AND THEN SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAD GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTHY PROCESS WERE BUMPED? AND THAT'S MY CONCERN AND I WON'T BE VOTING FOR THE WORK PLAN AND

IT'S CURRENT STATE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. MCMILLION ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

FROM THE BOARD? SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. >> AND SO GIVEN THE LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAXIMIZE OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, HOW ARE WE MINIMIZING REDUNDANCIES AND REVIEWS? SO WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF INVESTIGATION HERE WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AT THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SINCE EXPERT REVIEW TEAMS OUT INTO SCHOOLS AROUND A LOT OF THE BLUEPRINT WORK THERE'S OTHER MONITORING AROUND LIKE TITLE FUNDS AND ALL OF THAT THAT COMES FROM EXTERNAL ENTITIES. AND SO HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT WE'RE NOT BEING REDUNDANT IN THE AUDITS THAT WE ARE DOING? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO IS REDUNDANCY. SO WE WE VALIDATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OTHER GROUP ARE NOT DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE INTEND TO DO. AND IF IF SO THEN THEN WE BACK OFF AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CASE IN POINT. WE HAD A PROJECT IN THE WORK PLAN AND THROUGH THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS WE DISCOVERED THAT IT IS SO HEAVILY REGULATED AND MONITORED BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND EXTERNAL GROUPS THEY GET THIS REPORT CARD THEY SENT SUBMIT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO. SO WE SAID WE WROTE A MEMO AND SAID WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. THIS YEAR PROBABLY NEVER BECAUSE IT'S SO HEAVILY MONITORED AND REGULATED .SO WE TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE KNOW THAT THE EXTERNAL AUDIT GROUP THAT DOES THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IN THE SINGLE AUDIT WE DON'T DO THAT SAME TYPE OF OF REVIEW OR LEVEL OF WORK THAT THEY DO. SO EXTERNAL AUDIT GROUPS LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN INTERNAL AUDIT GROUPS DO BUT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A LACK OF REDUNDANCY AND IF THERE IS

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WE WILL SEND THINGS THEIR WAY. THEY WILL SAY THEY WILL CONTACT US AND SAY HEY, IS THIS

SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LOOK INTO? >> AND WE TELL THEM YES OR WE TELL THEM NO. OKAY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE BOARD POLICY 8340 AND I LOOK AT OUR BOARD HANDBOOK THAT THEY BOTH TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE AUDIT OFFICE AND IN BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS THEY EMPHASIZE THAT THE FISCAL PORTION OF OF YOUR ROLE THAT THERE IS THAT YOU'RE YOU HAVE THE POLICY HOW THESE FIDUCIARY OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THE CURRENT PLAN AND I SEE SOME OF THAT SPRINKLED IN THIS CURRENT PLAN BUT THEN WHEN I LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE WHAT'S UNDER THE DIVISION OF CAREER CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, HOW DOES THAT CONNECT TO THE FISCAL AUDITING ROLES OF THE OFFICE? WELL, BUDGET DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON PROGRAMS AND SO IF WE'RE DOING AN AUDIT RELATED TO A MEASUREMENT OF OF EFFECTIVENESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE OFFICE OR THE PROGRAM IS IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING ITS GOALS, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE PERHAPS TO CONTINUE AND TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM IN THE ORGANIZATION WHICH THEN TIES TO THE DOLLARS IF YOU WILL. NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY RELATED BECAUSE WE DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUDITS. THERE ARE FINANCIAL AUDITS, THERE ARE PERFORMANCE AUDITS, THERE ARE COMPLIANCE AUDITS. SO IT'S A SMATTERING OF ALL TYPES OF AUDITS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. NOW WHEN WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS WE'LL BE DOING MORE OF FINANCIAL TYPES OF AUDITS AND AS WE AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OFFICES AND THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT OUR FOCUS WHERE IT BELONGS. SOMETIMES IT IS WITH THE DOLLARS, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. SOMETIMES IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE OR A SAFETY MATTER. SOMETIMES WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT WE DID A STUDENT ENROLLMENT AUDIT THAT TIES THAT TIES TO THE DOLLARS SO AND SO IT JUST DEPENDS. SO YOUR STAFF IS TRAINED TO DO SAFETY AUDIT TO DO CURRICULUM AUDITS TO DO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AUDITS OR IS IT MOSTLY TRAINING IN THE FINANCIAL PIECE? THEY'RE TRAINED THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO AUDITS. JUST IN GENERAL WE TAKE A LOT OF OF OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS. WE HAVE CPAS IN THE OFFICE. WE HAVE CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS IN THE OFFICE, CERTIFIED BUSINESS MANAGERS, CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT AUDITING PROFESSIONALS SO WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REDBOOK TO TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH AND LEARN WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT WE'RE AUDITING IN. THE ONE THING THAT I HAVE IS IN THE LAST 20S IS WHEN WE SAY THAT IF A PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED JUST HOW DO WE DEFINE EFFECTIVELY AND WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING USED AND THEN WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PERSON WHO'S ASSIGNING THAT MEASURE? I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN HERE AND I DO AGREE WITH MS.. HARVEY AND MISS HIM THAT I DO FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITIZATION SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S BEING AUDIT WHEN THE AUDIT REPORTS ARE COMING IN AND WHEN. OKAY. SO WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE NOTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK THE PROCESS OWNERS IDENTIFY THE MEASUREMENTS THAT THEY USE AND THEY TELL THEY TELL US WE DON'T AND THEN BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR BENCHMARKS ARE OR WHATEVER IS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THAT'S OUR MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS.

IF THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO A, B AND C AND THEY DON'T DO A, B AND C THEN YOU KNOW WE REPORT ON THAT. BUT IF THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEN HOPEFULLY THAT IS A MEASUREMENT OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. BUT WE DON'T IDENTIFY THEIR MEASUREMENTS

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BUT AGAIN BACK TO MS. BOOKER DWYER'S POINT ABOUT REDUNDANCY. I MEAN THE PROJECT THAT WE REMOVED WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THAT AND THAT IS WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REMOVAL OF THE PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT IS OUR PLAN .IT'S NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN, IT'S NOT THE BOARD'S PLAN, IT'S NOT THE AUDIT COMMITTEES PLAN. IT'S NOT THE PROCESS OWNERS PLAN. IT IS A COMBINATION OF ALL THAT GOING THROUGH OUR RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS APPLIED AND USING OUR JUDGMENT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST THIS YEAR FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT WRONG IN SOME CASES AND IT'S OKAY TO SAY WE GOT IT WRONG AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS INSTEAD OF MS. HEN AND THEN MS.. HARVEY MAY SAY YES, I APPRECIATE MADAM CHAIRS COMMENTS DRAWING US BACK TO THE POLICY ON THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION AND THE FOCUS ON THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE AUDITS TO BE PERFORMED AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A FISCAL IMPACT ON THE AUDITS WHETHER THEY'RE FINANCIAL IN NATURE OR NOT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A RISK ASSESSMENT THAT CONJURES UP THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUDITS WE PERFORM WHETHER THEY'RE FINANCIAL IN NATURE OR NOT AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT AND I'VE QUESTIONED THIS SINCE I'VE JOINED THE BOARD THAT THOSE PROJECTS WITH THE GREATEST FISCAL IMPACT WOULD RISE TO THE TOP IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION SHOULD THEY HAVE A GREATER FISCAL IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE. AND I QUESTION PROJECTS SUCH AS SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUND ACCOUNTING .WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL FISCAL PICTURE IN IN TERMS OF HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT OVERALL VERSUS LOOKING AT LARGER BUDGET ITEMS. RIGHT. AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAS I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY QUESTION BECAUSE THAT PRESENTS THE WRONG IDEAS IF THERE'S AN ISSUE TO BE EXAMINED AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BUT MS.. BACH, COULD YOU SPEAK TO YOUR RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND WHERE FISCAL PRIORITIZATION COMES INTO PLAY AND HOW PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SCHOOL AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST BUT HOW PROJECTS SUCH AS SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUND ACCOUNTING WOULD RISE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION VERSUS OTHER HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT PROJECTS THAT WOULD SEEM TO PRESENT A GREATER RISK SHOULD THERE BE ANY FRAUD WASTE OR ABUSE. HMM. SO THERE'S ALL TYPES OF RISK.

THERE OBVIOUSLY IS FINANCIAL RISK. THERE'S REPUTATIONAL RISK THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUNDS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS IMMATERIAL BUT THE REPUTATION OR RISK TO THE ORGANIZATION IF SOMETHING WOULD COME UP THAT A BOOKKEEPER OR A TEACHER OR WHOMEVER STOLE $50,000 FROM STUDENTS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS LOW BUT THE REPUTATIONAL RISK TO THE ORGANIZATION IS HIGH. SO THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF RISK THAT ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. AND AND AGAIN IT'S NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL PIECE IF YOU WILL. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONCENTRATING AND FOCUSING AS WELL ON PAYROLL AT THE SCHOOLS AND LOOKING MORE AS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW ERP SYSTEM NOT SO MUCH THIS YEAR BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS UP AND COMING SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS OUT ON THE HORIZON THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT MIGHT HAVE A GREATER FINANCIAL IMPACT IF YOU WILL, TO THE ORGANIZATION. BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FINANCIAL RISK. IT'S IT'S COULD BE A REPUTATION TIONAL RISK PROGRAMATIC RISKS THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE. MS. HARVEY THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU MS. SPAR AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I TRY TO UNDERSTAND PROCESS. SO IN DETERMINING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO AUDIT IN WHATEVER TIME FRAME YOUR FIRST STEP IS TO SURVEY THE PROCESS OWNERS. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN THE PROCESS OWNERS COMPLETE A SURVEY OR PROVIDE YOU FEEDBACK IN WHATEVER MANNER AND THEN YOU CONDUCT A RISK ASSESSMENT ON THE FEEDBACK YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN. CORRECT. AND IS THE RISK ASSESSMENT A INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS LIKE WE FOLLOW THE RISK ASSESS IT'S A

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.>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE F Y 2025 OFFICE OF INTERNAL WORK PLAN AS PRESENTED IN EXHIBIT H TO SO MOVE YOUNG DO I HAVE A SECOND IF THERE'S NO SECOND SECOND FROM PAUL ANY DISCUSSION ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION MAY MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE IT'S DOMINO'S SKI YES IT'S TIME NOW MS. FROM PAUL YES, MISS LICHTER? YES. MS.. PUMPHREY NO MR. YOU COULD CALL ON YES. MR. LASKI YES. DR. SAVOY? YES. MR. MCMILLAN NO. MOUSAVI NO. MR. YOUNG. YES. MISS BOOKER DRYER NO. WE HAVE SEVEN YESES. SEVEN. SO THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MS. BARR. THANK YOU .>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE WORK SESSION ON

[I. WORK SESSION - PROPOSED FY2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST (Mr. Hartlove and Dr. Grim) (8:00 - 8:30 p.m.)]

THE PROPOSED F Y 2026 STATE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. GRIMM. >> GOOD EVENING. BOARD CHAIR PARKER DWYER, OUR VICE CHAIRMAN WAS PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT DR.

ROGERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MS. LASRY AND I ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE STATE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR F Y 26 THAT WAS PRESENTED AT LAST BOARD MEETING ONE NOTATION FOR YOU WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE OVERLAY SITE FOR THE NORTHEAST AREA HIGH SCHOOL AT THE LAST MEETING I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM NUMBER SIX HAS BEEN CHANGED TO INCLUDE THAT NOTATION. OKAY ANY YOU HAVE MORE TO PRESENT OR THAT? NO MA'AM. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[J. REPORT - HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, LEADERS, AND STAFF (Mr. McCall) (8:30 - 8:50 p.m.)]

LEADERS IN STAFF. THE HIRING UPDATE NUMBER FIVE AND FOR THAT I CALL ON DR. ROGERS. >> GOOD EVENING. BOARD CHAIR BOOKER DWYER, VICE CHAIR PUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. MCCALL IS GOING TO BE SHE'S JOINED BY MISS STANSBERRY SHORTLY TO PROVIDE OUR FINAL HIRING UPDATE BEFORE THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS OR ONE DAY AFTER WE STARTED SCHOOL. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF ALL OF THE EFFORTS FROM NOT ONLY HUMAN RESOURCES STAFFING TEAM BUT REALLY THE WORK OF ALL OF THE DIVISIONS REALLY WORKING TOGETHER AS WELL AS OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS ACROSS BALTIMORE COUNTY WHO HAVE PARTNERED WITH US TO HELP US FIND HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBERS TO BE INSIDE OF OUR CLASSROOMS WITH OUR STUDENTS STARTING YESTERDAY I WILL NOT STEAL HIS THUNDER BUT I WILL SAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A

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SAID, WE'RE AT 99% STAFF. >> SO OF COURSE IT'S ENOUGH TO GET YOUR BREATH NOW. >> OKAY. OKAY.

SO 99% STAFFED THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 70 VACANCIES REMAINING ACROSS THE SYSTEM WITH 70% OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY VACANCIES .WITH THAT 96% OF SCHOOLS HAVE TWO OR FEWER VACANCIES. OF COURSE THAT IS WITH ALL THE HARD WORK, THE DETERMINATION AND THE GRIT FROM THE OFFICE OF STAFFING WITH THE OFFICERS LED BY THE LADY WHO ACTUALLY BROKE MY RECORD YET AGAIN AND WE KEEP SAYING THAT SUSAN STANSBURY, THE DIRECTOR

OF STAFFING. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUSAN TO SHARE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, HOMER. WE DEFINITELY HAVE A GREAT A GREAT STAFF IN THE AREA OF STAFFING AND THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD THIS SUMMER. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME AREAS OF NEED. OUR GREATEST NEEDS WOULD BE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MATH. WE HAVE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT AS BEST WE CAN WHERE THOSE VACANCIES ARE. WE DO HAVE STAFF WHO ARE BOTH CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL AS SCHOOL BASED, CERTIFICATED SPECIAL EDUCATORS TO HELP WITH ADDITIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND HAVE BEEN OFFERED ADDITIONAL PAY FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE WE'RE SEEKING CONTRACTUAL AND HAVE HAD GOOD FEEDBACK FROM CANDIDATES FOR SOME CONTRACTUAL WORKERS FOR 16 HOURS A WEEK TO SUPPLEMENT AS WELL. WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY FOR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREES WHO COULD BECOME CONDITIONALLY LICENSED AND THEN WE ALSO ARE WORKING AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN HIRE ADDITIONAL PEER EDUCATORS AS SUPPORT FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS. AS FAR AS WHERE THE MATH VACANCIES ARE, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY WORKED WITH SCHOOLS TO SUPPLEMENT WOULD BE WORKING OBVIOUSLY WITH KELLY EDUCATION SERVICES WHERE WE HAVE SOME GREAT LENGTH UPS PARTNERING WITH ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT SCHOOLS BY TEACHING THROUGH ONLINE AT YOU KNOW IN A SCHOOL CLASSROOM THOUGH AND ALSO CURRENT TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO PICK UP ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL CLASS FOR EITHER THE SEMESTER OR THE YEAR FOR ADDITIONAL PAY AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WITH THIS WHAT YOU ALSO SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS ONE OF FOUR THE COMMERCIALS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH WITH WBAY WITH A PARTNERSHIP FROM COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL WITH IHEART MEDIA TO SHARE THESE COMMERCIALS AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM. BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHARE THE SAME ONE THAT SUPERINTENDENT SHARED A FEW WEEKS AGO. BUT THIS ONE HERE YOU'LL SEE ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WHO ACTUALLY WAS A CAREER CHANGER AND ALSO ONE WHO IS CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO HAS FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. SO NOT ONLY DO WE BRING IN AS A WAY OF RETAINING, WE ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROMOTION AS WE GO OUT TO RECRUIT. WITH THAT

SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE RUN THE VIDEO ATTENTION? >> ARE YOU LOOKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN

THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN? >> BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WANTS YOU. I CAME TO TEACHING SORT OF AS A SECOND CAREER BEEN HERE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR 24 YEARS NOW. IT'S BEEN A GOOD JOURNEY I WOULD SAY ON THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT THEIR TEACHERS. IF YOU'RE A RECENT GRAD OR A TEACHER LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR MAYBE CHANGING CAREERS AND TEACHING IS YOUR NEW PASSION. BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS EAGER TO TALK TO YOU FOR

MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US AND EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF CPS .>> TWO REASONS FOR PUSHING

ARE YOU ALONE? >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND TERESA'S SHARING THAT VIDEO WANTS OF COURSE TALKING ABOUT THE PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES BUT THEN ALSO THE ONE WHO IS A CAREER CHANGER WHO

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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MR. MINSKY THIS IS KIND OF A COSMETIC QUESTION BUT THE

COMMERCIAL WAS THAT FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE ALL BCBS SCHOOLS? >> YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT WE ACTUALLY DID SHARE THE LOCATION. IT WAS ACTUALLY LYONS MEAL. OKAY THAT WAS DONE EARLIER MAYBE IN JULY AROUND THAT TIME BUT THEN FINALLY THEY GOT THE COMMERCIALS TOGETHER IN PIECE THEM UP BUT ALL OF THEM WERE AT LYONS MILL AND THERE WERE FIVE TEACHERS TOTAL FROM SECONDARY TO ELEMENTARY TO RANGING ENDS AS YOU SAW WITH THE ONE WAS ACTUALLY AT THAT TIME IT WAS A DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF SOCIAL STUDIES AT PIKEVILLE AND I BELIEVE MR. BRIGHTMAN WAS ACTUALLY THE AND I GUESS IS OKAY BECAUSE AN EXTRA SHARE THE VIDEO NOW WAS IS A CAREER NAVIGATOR AT TOWSON HIGH SCHOOL BUT THE ALL THE LITTLE CLIPS WHEREVER THEY'RE SHOWN STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT'S ALL OH I SEE WHERE THEY'RE STRETCHING SOME OF THAT WAS SOME OF THE OTHER RIGHT THERE'S ACTUALLY OTHER FOOTAGE THAT WAS PULLED IN BUT THE ACTUAL TEACHERS THEMSELVES WERE IN THE WITH WERE ACTUALLY OUTLINES ON LOCATION WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION AND LIKE GETTING OUR STUDENTS IN THERE AND GOING TO BCBS SCHOOLS? AS A MATTER OF FACT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE TO GET CLEARANCE FROM THE PARENTS TO ACTUALLY SHARE THEIR IMAGES AND LIKENESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. MS. FRIMPONG AREAS TRYING TO COME OFF OF MUTE IS IS IS WONDERFUL AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THESE NUMBERS GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO MY QUESTION IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC OR THE MAKEUP OF THESE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE HIRED SO WE KNOW WITH BLUEPRINT PILLAR TWO WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY AND DIVERSE TEACHERS AND LEADERS AS ONE OF THE PILLARS AND SO DO WE HAVE THE DATA OR THE BREAKDOWN OF THE

DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE SYSTEM .>> SO WITH THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY AS WE'RE HIRING THEM OF COURSE WE CAN ASK THAT INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION BUT AS THEY ARE COMPLETING THEIR I-9 PROCESS THEY ARE COMPLETING THAT BUT THAT WILL BE SOME INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE PRESENTLY HERE ON SITE WITH US. BUT OF COURSE THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS A WAY AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO DECIDE YOU OF COURSE LETTER TO DECIDE WHO

WE HAVE AND WHEN WE COULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU MS. FRIMPONG FOR THAT QUESTION. AS A PART OF OUR UPDATE ON THE PILLARS, WE WILL PRESENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR TARGETS AROUND HIRING FOR HIGHLY DIVERSE STAFF AS BLUEPRINT REQUIRES WE WILL BE PRESENTING

THAT DATA TO THE FULL BOARD. >> AND SO WHAT ARE THE TARGETS THAT YOU MENTIONED THE TARGETS AROUND PILLAR TWO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO RECRUIT A HIGHLY DIVERSE TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF? YES. SO OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS MORE DO WE HAVE

NUMBERS OR DO WE HAVE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE? >> YES, WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WERE AS PART OF EQUITY COMMITTEE WORK THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR I BELIEVE THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TARGETS AND GOALS TARGETS AND GOALS WERE SHARED WITH THE BOARD BY DISAGGREGATED BY POSITION TYPE AND IN THE FALL I BELIEVE IS WHERE WE HAVE SCHEDULED IN THE SCHEDULE OF BOARD MEETINGS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON STAFFING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF STAFFING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BLUEPRINT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS I WILL SEE THE NUMBERS AT THAT TIME BUT I GUESS ONE THING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE AS WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A HIGHLY DIVERSE TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THE SYSTEM, I THINK AT THE LAST COUNT OR THE NUMBERS THEY WERE AROUND 87% WERE WHITE FEMALE TEACHERS IN OUR SYSTEM. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT I EXPECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO JUST CHANGE OVERNIGHT. WE MAY BE AT THE EXACT SAME NUMBERS BUT IF WE ARE BRINGING IN THE SAME AMOUNT

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[K. INFORMATION (8:50 p.m.)]

LAST ITEM IS THE REVISED SUPERINTENDENTS RULE 1270. >> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[L. BOARD COMMITTEE UPDATES AND AGENDA SETTING (8:50 - 9:00 p.m.)]

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN INFORMATION IS PRESENTED. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. EQUITY COMMITTEE MS. FRIMPONG THANK YOU. SO I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND THIS HARVIE IS SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH FROM 4 TO 530 JUST THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM 530 TO 630 IT WILL BE THE EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH THE ADVISORY. MS. HARVEY AND I WE WILL BE REVIEWING PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE EQUITY METRIC REPORTS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MEETING WITH DR.

ROGERS AND LOOKING AT HOW DO WE USE THESE REPORTS OR DATA TO GUIDE OUR WORK ACROSS THIS 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING OUR FIRST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 6TH AT 4:30

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POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MS. PUMPHREY OUR FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AND JUST AS A REMINDER THE POLICIES THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR REVIEW THIS CYCLE ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU MS. PUMPHREY AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE POSTED IN BOARD DOCS ARE OUR ARE THE 2024 BOARD COMMITTEES. THEIR PURPOSE AND MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE THAT ALL THE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ALL LAST YEAR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THAT THIS YEAR. SO NEXT IS AGENDA ITEMS BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE

RAISE YOUR HAND TO INDICATE IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. >> MS. DAMANAKI YES, I WANTED TO SEE IF WE WE COULD SEE HOW WE ARE UTILIZING OUR OUTSIDE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS TO OUR GREATEST ADVANTAGE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL CLIMATE. WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL SPEAKERS OVER THE LAST YEAR FROM HBCU REPRESENTATIVES AND ACP CHAPTERS FRATERNAL ORDERS, BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ETC.. WE ALSO HAVE SOME AMAZING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH ACCESS TO CHARITABLE FUNDS THAT WOULD LOVE TO GET INVOLVED. THEY JUST NEED DIRECTION. I THINK WE'RE UNDERUTILIZING SOME OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS IN OUR AREA AND IF WE COULD GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS WHERE MAYBE YOU KNOW SOME PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO BE AS ACTIVE, IT WOULD HELP OUR KIDS. ALSO HAPPY

BIRTHDAY MOM. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL BUILD THAT INTO THE AGENDA FOR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

OKAY. SO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND NOTHING IS LOADING. >> YES. SO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS

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