Aug 12, 2021 Board of Education

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING TO

[2. Business Meeting - 3:30 p.m.]

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WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? YOU MAY ALL BE SEATED. THE MISSION OF THE BOARD OF

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AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, DURING THE 2020 SESSION OF THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW PRINTER FOR MARILYN'S FUTURE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED.

SUBSEQUENTLY, GOVERNOR HOGAN VETOED THE LEGISLATION AND THE LEGISLATURE THEN OVERWROTE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO AS WELL AS MADE AMENDS TO THE BLUEPRINT TO ACCOUNT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND THEIR 2021 SESSION. I'VE OFTEN HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS EXPRESSING THE DIFFICULTY OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARILYN'S FUTURE DOES FOR THE STATE AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT CALVERT COUNTY.

I AM NOT QUITE SURE THERE ARE ANY CLEAR ANSWERS FOR THESE QUESTIONS BUT I DID SEEK OUT ASSISTANCE FROM STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR THIS AND OTHER FACETS OF THE BLUEPRINT. JOIN US TODAY WE HAVE MS. GARDNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND. MS. GARDNER MAKES HER PRIORITY TO WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND YOUTH DEVELOP IT. SHE'S A FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE EDUCATION POLICY PORTFOLIO FOR THE NONPROFIT APPLICANTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

SHE HAS EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION POLICY AND LEADERSHIP FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AND HOLDS AN UNDERGRAD DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. SHE'S A PROUD FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE. MS. GARDNER, I HAND YOU THE FLOOR AND WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO INTRODUCE STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND AS WELL AS ANY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE JOINED YOU TODAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH PRESIDENT CLAGGETT MA COMING THROUGH CLEARLY?

>> THAT'S BETTER.

>> THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. I AM AS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED MS. GARDNER AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUMP FORWARD IN THIS PRESENTATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY STAFF THAT'S IN HIS ROOM. TOWARDS THE BACK THERE MS. ALLIE CARTER LEAD ORGANIZER AND GABBY ARE THE POLICY ANALYSTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS THEY MAY ARISE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARILYN'S FUTURE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF ROADMAP OF WHERE WERE HEADED BEFORE WE DIVE IN.

YOU'LL GET INTRODUCTION OF STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND AS AN ORGANIZATION, WAS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT THAT LED US TO THIS POINT AND SPEND LESS TIME BECAUSE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT CLAGGETT ARTICULATED BEAUTIFULLY. IT WILL GO INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE BLUEPRINT ITSELF BY FIVE MAJOR POLICY AREAS AND THEN WILL DIVE INTO EACH OF THOSE POLICY AREAS TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, FUNDING THAT IS HEADED THIS WAY AND POLICY CHIPS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE LIMITATION CALENDAR WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE COPIES OF IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. WE'LL TLK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE BOARD, SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INSPIRATIONS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME. STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND IS PERHAPS KNOWN AS LEADING TO STATEWIDE LEGISLATION GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORT TO GET THE BLUEPRINT FOR VALENCE FUTURE PAST. NOW THAT WERE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD OUR FOCUS HAS SHIFTED. OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE POWER AND SHARE RESOURCES WITH INVESTED MARYLANDERS THAT WE CAN CO-CREATE STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT PRODUCE GRADUATES WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO THRIVE. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE WORLD LOOK LIKE LOOKS LIKE.

WE DO THIS OR ENGAGING PEOPLE. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IS THROUGH INFORMING AND ENGAGING MARYLANDERS THAT WE CAN CO-CREATE SYSTEMS TOGETHER AND BUILD THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER STRONG SCHOOLS MARYLAND IS ACTUALLY AROUND.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT A BRIEF HISTORY OF EDUCATION POLICY FUNDING.

WE ARE STARTING IN 1996, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT THE INCEPTION OF THESE ISSUES THAT THE ACLU

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ANNA TIED TO SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE LONG TERM. IN 2016, THE CURRENT COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED, WE FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR MANY YEARS TO GET THE BLUEPRINT TECHNICALLY PAST.

BACK IN 2020, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IT, OF COURSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S VETO HAD TO RELAUNCH THE OVERRIDE EFFORT IN 2021 WHERE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. NOW THE BILL IS LAW AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE IMPLEMENT THIS LAW WELL.

WHAT MAKES THE BLUEPRINT DIFFERENT, HOW IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PRODUCE THESE WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLS AND WHY SHOULD WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST? SO WHAT DOES DATA TELL US? IF WE LOOK AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL PER-PUPIL FUNDING OVER THE COURSE OF 2000 ? 2018 THAT WE SEE FOR EVERY STUDENT GROUP AGES FOURTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE AND READING AND MATH A NATIONALLY NORMED STANDARDIZED TESTS WITH THE WE RECOGNIZE THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WE SEE A POSITIVE CORRELATION. FUNDING INCREASES OUR CORRELATED STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THERE IS A LOT TO DIVE INTO THEIR, WE WILL NOT GET INTO TODAY. BUT I WILL PUT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SLIDE WHICH SHOWS THE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS FROM A LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS AND THEY SEE EVEN MORE SUCCESS AS RESULT OF CONSISTENT FUNDING. SO WE ARE AT THE BLUEPRINT. WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A 10 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD AND THE GOAL FOR THE FUTURE IS SIMPLE.

FIRST, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OFFERING. THIS LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE FUNDING CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTERS, THIS LOOKS LIKE FUNDING FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS, FUNDING OUR EARLY LEARNING CENTERS AND EXPANDED THE NUMBER THAT ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE STATE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES MAKING PRE-K ITSELF AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS WHO ARE THREE AND FOUR YEARS OLD. WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON IS STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING FROM LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY UNIVERSAL PRE-K IT'S CLOSE AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS WITH THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE WITH ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS TO BRING MARYLAND CLOSER TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A STRONG START BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTER THE K-12 SYSTEM. THE NEXT FOCUS IS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PATHWAYS. WE ARE ENSURING THAT ARE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES OFFERINGS THAT STUDENTS ACTUALLY LEAVE OUR STUDENT SYSTEMS WITH, PRODUCE OUTCOMES THAT ALLOW THEM TO SUCCEED. SO IF THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION THAN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES WHILE THEY'RE STILL ENROLLED IN OUR SCHOOLS. AN ENTER HIGHER ED WITH THOSE CREDITS IF THEY DECIDE THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS NOT THE OPTION THEN THEY CAN PURSUE A NEW REVAMPED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM OFFERING WHICH INCLUDES APPRENTICESHIPS, ACTUAL JOB TRAINING SO WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH HER TO PLUMB US THEY ARE ALSO GRADUATING WITH INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS. SO THAT ON THE NEXT DAY THEY CAN GET TO WORK, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO ENTER TO ANYONE'S JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS. NEXT AREA IS HIGH QUALITY AND DIVERSE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ADULTS WHO ARE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS IT'S ALSO FOCUS ON SCHOOL LEADERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE CRITICAL.

WE KNOW THAT THE RACIAL DIVERSITY, ACTUAL LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR TEACHERS, NEEDS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS TO BOLSTER EMPATHY AND ALLOW FOR MORE CONNECTION AND BETTER LEARNING TO OCCUR. WE ALSO NOTE THAT OUR STUDENT SCHOOL LEADERS ARE CRITICAL AS WELL. SO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE CUSTODIAL STAFF WHO ARE WORKING THE BUSES ALSO RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND INVESTMENT AS A RESULT OF THE BLUEPRINT. OUR FOURTH AREA IS MORE RESOURCES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE FUNDING DISPARITIES HAVE ALSO WIDENED OTHER GAPS, WE SEE IT IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WE SEE IN FIRST OFFERINGS WE SEE AND HOW STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY LIVING AT HOME WHEN THEY GOT HOME FROM

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THAT IS A 236 PAGE BILL PLUS A BLUEPRINT 2.0 SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME THAT. SO UNDER EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER ORGANIZATION EXPANSION OF OUR JUDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER.

WE'LL SEE AN EXPANSION OF THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS WHICH MAY BE CALLED PATTY CENTERS.

IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STATE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS BEING IMPLEMENTED THIS VERY SUMMER. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OVER THE 10 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD SOME STUDENTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN PRE-K AND VARIOUS TEARS THIS IS THAT WE ENSURE THAT FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THE COST OF LET'S SAY PRIVATE PRE-K PROGRAMS ARE STILL ABLE TO ENROLL THEIR STUDENT AND THEN HAVE THAT COST SUBSIDIZED OR TAKEN UP BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTEAD. WE ALSO HOPE TO SEE A RACIALLY AND CULTURALLY UNBIASED KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT. BEGINNING OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.

THE MARYLAND STATE PERMIT OF EDUCATION IS LARGELY AS POSSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THAT ASSESSMENT AND ENSURING THAT IT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE LAW.

I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ALL TO BE PARTICIPATORY IN THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THE NEEDS OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE MET. SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING WE CAN EXPECT IS JUDY CENTERS WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED AT A LEVEL BELOW $300,000 PER CENTER PER YEAR WILL NOW SEE THEIR FUNDING INCREASED TO WHAT ADVOCATES BELIEVE IS FULL FUNDING. $330,000 IS A HIGHER-QUALITY OFFERINGS, ADDITIONAL PAPER STAFF AND TRANSLATE TO A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SOME OF THE POLICY SHIFTS WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE, THE NUMBER OF JUDY CENTERS THAT WILL COME ONLINE AROUND THE STATE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

INITIALLY, IT'LL BE A SLOW ROLLING OUT AND THEN WE GET TO FISCAL YEAR 26 WE WILL SEE 18 NEW ONES EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND AGAIN THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE EXTERNAL FUNDS TO EXPAND THIS GROWTH DEPENDING ON THE POPULATION OF EARLY LEARNERS WE HAVE IT.

THERE'S A SLIDING SCALE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE MIXED DELIVERY PRE-K SYSTEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BUILT SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE PHYSICAL CAPACITY TO HOUSE ALL OF THE THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRE-K STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SEATS TWO. SO THROUGH A MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM COMBINED WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS AND THE ADDITION OF TEARS PER STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE WERE GETTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEVELOP MENTAL DELAYS WHO ARE LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH, WHO COME FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE GETTING THEM IN THE DOOR FIRST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS WHERE THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE FOR OPPORTUNITY TO BE MADE. WE ALSO WILL SEE THE INCREASE IN QUALIFICATIONS FOR OUR EARLY LEARNING EDUCATORS. UNDER TEACHERS AND LEADERS WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE NEW TEACHER COLLABORATIVE GRANT PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TOGETHER TO PLAN TOGETHER, TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, WAYS OF CRAFTING THEIR PROFESSION AND REFINING THEIR PEDAGOGY. THERE COULD BE A CAREER LADDER IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO ALLOW FOR TEACHER SALARIES TO BE TIED TO CERTIFICATIONS LIKE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AND THERE WILL BE NEW SCALES TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

IT WILL BE A NEW TEACHER CAREER LADDER THAT WILL BE IMPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATOR , AS WELL. AND IN TERMS OF INCREASED ALLOWED BY THE LAW.

THERE WILL BE STATEWIDE NEW TEACHER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR THE NEW RECRUITS THAT WE GOT. WE KNOW WE NEED MORE TEACHERS AND MARYLAND, PERIOD.

TO COME IN AND SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN AN ESTABLISHED EDUCATOR GUIDE THEM FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR, WE KNOW THAT FIRST YEAR TEACHING IS INCREDIBLE DIFFICULT AND INCREDIBLY

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THAT FIRST COLUMN NEXT TO THE TEACHER COLLABORATIVE GRANT PROGRAM, THE FUNDING AND THE POLICY SHIFTS ARE ACTUALLY ALL RELATED. SO DECLARATIVE GRANT PROGRAM WILL GET 2 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR TEACHERS TO COME UP WITH BETTER IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO PRACTICE THEIR CRAFT, ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CANNOT BE IN A MARYLAND CLASSROOM AND CALL YOURSELF A TEACHER IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AT LEAST 100 DAYS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IF YOU COME FROM AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE INCREASING AND THAT'S OF COURSE THE QUALITY WILL BE TIED TO THAT INCREASE.

BY FISCAL YEAR 27, THAT MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PUSHED WITH THE BLUEPRINT 2.0 WE HOPE TO SEE A NEW STATEWIDE TEACHING SALARY OF $60,000 PER YEAR. WE KNOW THE ABILITY TO OFFER COMPETITIVE SALARY IS CONTRIBUTED TO MARILYN'S DIFFICULTY RECRUITING AND RETAINING TEACHERS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE BLUEPRINT IS IMPLEMENTED WELL ENOUGH TO GET THIS SIGNED AND BEGIN ADJUSTING SOME OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS. ALL STUDENT FACING STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED IN RECOGNIZING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND STUDENT TRAUMA. A BENEFIT I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE AT THIS TIME. THERE IS MORE UNDER NEW COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PATHWAYS AND IT'S LISTED HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE A LOT OF CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES STILL EXISTS. THERE IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITY CALLED THE CTE COMMITTEE THAT WILL EXIST WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR WITHIN THE BOARDS AND IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP SET SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THEIR WORK IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT. THIS LOOKS LIKE ANALYZING COURSE OFFERINGS AT LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE AVAILABLE FOR CTE, ENSURING THAT EMPLOYERS NEED THE SKILLS THAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING STUDENTS TO HAVE AND SENDING OUT EXPERT REVIEW TEAMS TO AID INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND OFFERINGS. THOSE CTE PROGRAMS AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE IN OUR CAREER READY. SOME OF THE POLICY SHIFTS THAT I FIND PERSONALLY EXCITING ARE THIS ONE THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS WHO ARE DEEMED GIFTED AND TALENTED TO BEGIN EARNING THAT CCR COLLEGE AND CAREER DESIGNATIONS EARLY AS MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING AND I THINK THE BLUEPRINT SETS A MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR POLICY TO BE UNIVERSALLY TARGETED AND ENHANCE EQUITY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. FOR MORE RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED PROBABLY THE SHINING JEWEL IS THE EXPANSION OF A STATEWIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL STRATEGY. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, COMMITTEE SCHOOLS ARE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT GET IN THE WAY, THEY ADDRESS THE NONACADEMIC BARRIERS THAT PROHIBIT STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. SO IF HOUSING STABILITY IS AN ISSUE IT'S DEALING WITH TRAUMA, AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR WILL GET TO KNOW STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LATITUDE THEY WOULD HAVE IN THE BUILDING OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL DAY,GETTING OF THEIR FAMILIES, CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND THEN ARRANGE FOR THE SERVICES TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE SCHOOL. IT'S A PLACE-BASED STRATEGY THAT HAS SEEN IT MANY GREAT RESULTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. BEYOND THAT, WE ARE ALSO SEEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

WERE SEEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS TO HIRE TO STAFF.

THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR AND THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES PRACTITIONER.

VERY TIMELY AND CRITICAL AND WERE GOING TO SEE EMBEDDED IN A STATEWIDE EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AN ENTIRELY NEW FUNDING STREAM CALLED CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY THAT GIVES AN ADDITIONAL PER-PUPIL ALLOCATION TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE GRANT.

WE ARE RELEASING MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN FIX FOR THE ENROLLMENT ISSUES THAT WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE. GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE AN ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION BOARD OUR EXPERT REVIEW TEAM THE CTE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATED THAT SHOULD EXIST AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THAT SHOULD REALLY BE THE GO TO PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND CAN BE THE LIAISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT ENTITIES RESPONSE BEFORE IT. THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION BOARD WILL

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THAT LAYS OUT THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT EXISTS FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION AROUND THE STATE RELATED TO BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. I DID NOT MAP OUT THE FULL 10 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD IN YOUR REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A MIDTERM EVALUATION AND AT SCHOOL YOUR 24, SOME THINGS MAY SHIFT, LAWS MAY CHANGE. THIS IS GENERALLY WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ON THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO IS OFFER SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE, REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION BOARD ITSELF, MSDE AND THE GOVERNOR ON THINGS LIKE SPENDING PLANS FOR YOUR DOLLARS, WHAT YOUR TEACHER OR CURRENT INITIATIVES LOOK LIKE AND SO ON. OR RELATED TO WHAT IMPLEMENTATION IT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU ALL. THE DATE AND WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL IS JUNE 15, 2022. THAT THE DAY IN WHICH ALL ENTITIES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THE BLUEPRINT LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, ANYONE MENTIONED IN THE LAW HAS TO HAVE THEIR COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION BOARD BY JUNE 15.

THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNICATION FOR YOU ALL MOVING FORWARD TO THIS PROCESS ESPECIALLY SINCE THE AIB IS NOT TECHNICALLY FORMED RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR OWN STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BEFORE YOU ALL CAN CREATE YOURS.

THE LAW OUTLINES ABOUT A TWO MONTH TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THE FORMATION OF THE AIB PLAN AND A SUMMATION OF LOCAL PLANS. YOU ALL SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND WE WILL LOOK TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGES REGARDING THAT. SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOU ALL, THE PICTURE I PUT APPEAR IS A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES 90 DAY REPORT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING RELATED TO THE BLUEPRINT THAT CALVERT PUBLIC COUNTY SCHOOLS IS RECEIVING THIS YEAR.

ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY FLOWING TO YOU THAT YOU RECEIVING IT IN A TIMELY FASHION, PLEASE BE AS TRANSPARENT AS ALL ABLE TO WITH THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE STRONG SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WOULD WANT TO SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT SUCCEED AND IF YOU'LL NEED FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TO ALSO RAISE THEIR VOICES AND LOBBY FOR YOU TO GET THE RESOURCES YOU NEED, WE ARE HERE AND READY AND EXCITED TO DO THAT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS ARISEN AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE FEDERAL RELIEF DOLLARS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING US BOUNCE BACK AND WE HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MORE AS WE RECOGNIZE THE FULL SCOPE OF OUR NEEDS.

BUT AS YOU ARE DELIBERATING ON HOW TO ALLOCATE YOUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BLUEPRINT BECAUSE YOU CAN USE THIS TIME IN THESE SHORT-TERM FUNDS GET ONE-TIME PROJECTS DONE, AVOID ANY FISCAL OR PROGRAMMATIC PROBLEMS, AVOID LAID OFF STAFF MEMBERS OR DISRUPTING COMMUNITY BY LOOKING AT SHORT-TERM FUNDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LONGER TERM FUNDS AFFORDED BY THE BLUEPRINT.

AND THEN OF COURSE AS EVER YOUR LOCAL POLICIES CAN HELP EXPAND THE IMPACT OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATION HERE. I WILL HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THE TIME FRAME, NOTE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE PRODUCING DATA AND REPORTS ON A SPENDING IN THOSE MANY CATEGORIES OUTLINED THERE.

I REALLY JUST WANT TO HIT HOME WITH THE FACT THAT THE CURRENT BOARD SUBMISSIONS SO MANY YEARS THEY WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE A BE THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARILYN'S FUTURE WAS ABOUT CRATING A VISION OF WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLS FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND THAT HAS NOT

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FINALLY, I WOULD NOT BEAT ME IF I DO NOT ASK YOU TO WELCOME OUR TEAM LEADERS WHO EXIST AND INSTRUCTOR MEETINGS AND CHURCH JUST LIKE THIS ONE. I HAVE TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ENGAGE WITH THE AIB BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE FRANKLY BEEN HERE AND YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITIES MUCH BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE EVER COULD AND I ENCOURAGE ALL TO REMAIN ENGAGED WITH YOUR ADVOCACY AT THE STATE LEVEL ESPECIALLY IN THE 2022 SESSION. AS WE FIND THERE ARE THINGS WE MAY NEED TO AMEND IN ORDER TO REALLY ACHIEVE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> THIS IS REALLY NEW TO ME. AND WATCH, IT'S A LOT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHERE ALL THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

WHAT IS CCR?

>> COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

>> AND THAT'S, YOU MAKE A REFERENCE TO GIFTED AND TALENTED, WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GIFTED AND TALENTED?

>> DUCK FOLKS THAT ARE NOT DETONATED GIFTED OR TALENTED ARE ACCOUNTED FOR EARLIER ON IN THE LEGISLATION. THE FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE END OF GRADE 10 WE WANT THEM TO BE DESIGNATED COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, IF THEY'RE NOT FOR WHATEVER REASON, LOCAL BOARDS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLANET TO GET THEM DEEMED COLLEGE AND CAREER READY BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. THE HIGHLIGHT ABOUT GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS IS REALLY JUST A FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO MAY BE AHEAD AND HOW THE BLUEPRINT OFFERS SOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THOSE CREDITS EARLIER.

>> IS THIS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM

>> THE LAW?

>> THE BLUEPRINT. THE LEGISLATOR ASKED FOR THIS OR FEDERAL OR STATE?

>> THE STATE DEVELOPED A COMMISSION THAT PRODUCED A RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PRODUCE THE LAW. THE LAW DID PASS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT ULTIMATELY IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

NEXT I NOTICED IN ONE PARAGRAPH >> I NOTICED ON ONE PAGE THERE WAS A VETO BY THE GOVERNOR?

>> THE GOVERNOR'S RATIONALE FOR VETOING THE BLUEPRINT IN 2020 AS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE STATE GIVEN THE PANDEMIC AND THE GENERAL UNCERTAINTY.

AFTER HE ISSUED THAT VETO WE GOT A REPORT BACK THAT THE STATE HAD ABOUT $500 MILLION SURPLUS SO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WERE FEARFUL OF SO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FELT COMFORTABLE MOVING AHEAD WITH THE VETO OVERRIDE. REX FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED

THROUGHOUT THIS >> FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THIS REPORT THAT BECAUSE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT?

>> IT'S A COMBINATION, THE EDUCATION IN MARYLAND IS DULY FUNDED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING IN SOME CASES PRIVATE ONES. THE BLUEPRINT IS FUNDED BY A COMBINATION OF STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE. SOME OF THE REVENUE COMES FROM THE ONLINE SALES TAX WHICH JUST WENT TO EFFECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE BEING AT HOME AND SHOPPING ONLINE MORE. WE HAD WAY MORE REVENUE IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND THAN WE EXPECTED THIS YEAR WHICH IS A PART OF THE REASON THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE VETO OVERRIDE. THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL THAT IS ALLOCATED. THERE ARE ALSO SOME TRANSITIONAL GRANTS THAT THE BLUEPRINT GIVES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO AID WITH THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE LAW.

>> SO IS THIS PROGRAM, DOES I HAVE A TIMEFRAME, HAS IT ALREADY STARTED AND YOU WANT TO BE IN FULL PROGRESS BY WHAT YEAR?

>> THERE IS THE 10 YEAR TIME FRAME. IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTIVELY BEGAN JULY 1 OF THIS YEAR EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SOME EARLIER PROGRAMS AND FUNDING ALLOTTED TO ENSURE WE HAD A ROADWAY TO START IMPLEMENTING THIS WELL. IN FISCAL 24, SO ABOUT TWO ?

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>> IS THERE A PART IN GOVERNMENT, SAY I WAS A LOCAL CITIZEN, I WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS WHO DO I CALL?

>> SO ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO IS ALLIE CARTER, SHE'S OUR LEAD ORGANIZER.

SHE IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAW.

GABBY OUR POLICY ANALYST IS YET ANOTHER EXPERT AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I AM ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.

>> IF I USE THOSE CONTACTS IN MY CONTACTING OUR OWN STATE MARYLAND STATE GOVERNMENT, CALVERT COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WHO MY CONTACTING?

>> YOU'D BE CONTACTING US. WE ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE ARE EDUCATORS AND ALSO PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION POLICY EXPERTS. WE HAVE MOST MASTERS DEGREES, LAW DEGREES AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS WORK. SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO US AND ASK US QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR SITTING THERE AND ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE A THOUSAND OTHERS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE HOURS TODAY TO ASK. BUT THANK YOU FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU MS. GARDNER FOR THE PRESENTATION. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

THE CTE COMMITTEE DID YOU SAY THIS WOULD BE BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE?

>> YES, I BELIEVE IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE DEVELOP MEANT AND WILL BE IN THAT.

NEXT THE JUDY CENTERS, HOW ARE THE LOCATIONS DETERMINE FOR THE JUDY CENTERS AND ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE?

>> I THINK THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT THE INTENT AND THAT FULL BLUEPRINT BUILT THAT SAYS THEY HOPE TO THEIR BE PLACED NEXT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND AREAS DEALING WITH HIGH RATES OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY JUST TO ENSURE THE RESOURCES ARE CONCENTRATED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD OF A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS AND I DO THINK THAT IT WILL BE UP TO YOU ALL AND HAS SOME CAPITAL FOLKS TO DETERMINE.

>> INCORPORATED YOU.

>> I ALSO WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS AND THE HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE TO GET MARYLAND TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WERE AT. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD. I AM PROUD OF US AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A BOARD WERE GOING TO TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND WE WANT TO TRY TO USE THIS FUNDING WISELY AS WE CAN. I DID HAVE, YOU ARE GETTING QUESTIONED BY A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF CALVERT COUNTY SO HIS POINT WAS A GOOD ONE.

WHEN WILL THEY MAKE THE DECISION ON THE SHARE OF FUNDING THAT WE WILL BE REQUESTED TO COME FROM THE COUNTIES, DO YOU KNOW?

>> I DO KNOW WHEN THE BLUEPRINT WAS PASSED IN 2020, WE HAD SOME CHARTS THAT HIGHLIGHTED EXACTLY WHAT THE LOCAL SHARE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR EACH JURISDICTION. I DON'T THINK THOSE CHARTS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WITH A 2.0. THEY HAD TO ADJUST SOME TIMELINES AND MOVE SOME PROGRAMS BACK IN AT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I DO THINK THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES SHOULD HAVE THE ANSWER.

>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MS. GARDNER FOR JOINING US TODAY AT MY REQUEST. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE OVERVIEW AND HOPEFULLY IT HELPS ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT.

>> NEXT WILL MOVE INTO A PROCLAMATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK.

[2.05 Proclamation for Suicide Prevention Week]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WE LOST A STUDENT IN ONE OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO SUICIDE AND SINCE THEN HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN AN ORGANIZATION HAS MOVED TO REALLY MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. TODAY'S PROCLAMATION STEMS FROM THAT. NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK, IT'S OKAY TO

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WHEREAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE ARE CENTRAL TO PREVENTING FURTHER SUICIDE AND ENDING THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO THE TOPIC. AND WHEREAS CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMBRACES THE CHARGE OF SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION AND COLLECTIVELY SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOLS LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, EDUCATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, ATHLETIC COACHES, PARENTS AND CHILDREN AS PARTNERS IN AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE ALL CARRY HEAVY BURDENS AND FIGHT SILENT BATTLES AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES.

THEREFORE, WE KNOW IT IS OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. FURTHER, RESOLVED THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER NINTH ? 15, 2000 ANYONE AS A NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK AND CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY SYMBOL AS A SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF I COULD ADD TO THAT. IN ALL OF MY YEARS IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT ONE SPECIALTY WAS CRISIS INTERVENTION. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE HAD TO SOMEONE EITHER BY MEGAPHONE OR ON THE PHONE PLEADING, PLEADING WITH THEM AS THOUGH THEY WERE MY OWN CHILD. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE HAD TO GO TO TOO MANY OF THESE EVENTS AND I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY THAT WE NEED TO ALWAYS, NO MATTER HOW HAPPY THE PERSON MAY BE, IS TO LOOK TO THE INSIDE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT APPEARS TO BE OKAY, IS NOT.

AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THINGS GOING ON. THAT'S NOT TO SAY TO GET INTO SOMEONE'S BUSINESS BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST KNOW.

>> MR. WHITE, WHICH LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHO WE HAVE TODAY TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION?

>> TODAY WE HAVE AMANDA KIRBY AND ANITA (NAME?) OF BECOMING ONE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I LOST MY SON TYLER HE WAS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016 AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS AS OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND US AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE MAKE IT AWARE. WE HAVE LOST TOO MANY PRIOR BEFORE HIM AND AFTER HIM.

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IT'S A DREAM FOR ME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY THAT THESE KIDS KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO SAY SOMETHING AND FOR THE SCHOOLS TO BE EQUIPPED TO HELP HER TO STEP IN.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY ADMITTED TRADERS, TEACHERS THAT WERE AT MY SONS FUNERAL THAT SAID, WHAT DID WE MISS? I HAD NO ANSWERS. I AM EMMA'S MOTHER AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MISSED. BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WE CAN TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER AND TO CONTINUE SO WE TRY NOT TO LOSE ANYBODY ELSE. WHETHER THEY ARE ADULTS, CHILDREN, COLLEAGUES AND SO FORTH.

>> HI MY NAME IS ANITA I AM WITH BECOME ONE. I WAS INTRODUCED TO AMANDA ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. AND HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TELL HER STORY ABOUT TYLER AND HELPING HER EFFORTS IN GETTING HIS STORY OUT. THE FAMILIES HUSBAND, HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COURAGEOUS IN DOING INTERVIEWS, HIS FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY AND WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A DOCUMENTARY ON HIM AS A PART OF IT AND TO MAKE SURE HIS DEATH IS NOT GOING IN VAIN. WE ARE WORKING TO HELP DEVELOP A SYMBOL THAT OUR KIDS CAN USE IN OUR COACHES AND ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT CAN USE WHEN THEY CAN'T HAVE THE WORDS TO SAY I'M NOT OKAY. THEY COULD JUST WRITE THE SYMBOL ON A SCHOOL PIECE OF PAPER BEFORE THEY TURN IN OR THEY CAN WRITE IT ON A NOTE THEY CAN HAND IT TO A COACH OR THEY CAN WRITE THEIR FRIEND'S NAME AND IT LOOKS LIKE AN OKAY AND A/THREAT.

IT BASICALLY JUST INFORM SOMEONE WHEN THEY CANNOT SAY I'M FEELING THIS BUT I KNOW I'M NOT OKAY TO GIVE THAT TO THEM. AND THEN WE TOGETHER NOW AND IS A SCHOOL SYSTEM DEVELOP A PROCESS THAT CAN RESPOND TO THEM AND THAT CAN HELP THEM SO THAT MR. NUTTER YOU'RE NOT DEPOSITION AS MUCH TO BE IN THOSE RESPONSE OF THOSE CALLS. THE TIME WE GET THERE MIGHT BE TOO LATE BUT IF HER FOR STAGES AHEAD WE CAN HAVE THAT COULD WRITE THE SYMOL ABOUT HIS FRIEND OR HIMSELF, JUST GIVING THEM A VOICE WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND THAT VOICE SOMETIMES.

SO WE THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AND FOR SUPPORTING US AND SUPPORTING AMANDA AND GETTING HER STORY OUT AND HELPING US TELL TYLER'S STORY SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT ANY FUTURE INCIDENT LIKE IT.

>> MAYBE HIS STORY CAN HELP SAVE SOMEONE ELSE EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE.

HOPEFULLY ONE CAN REACH 10 OR 10 CAN REACH 100 BUT AT LEAST WE TOUCHED SOMEONE AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S OKAY. SO I THINK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR REGARDING THE PROCLAMATION.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

>> ANY OPPOSED? THINK SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. NEXT WILL MOVE INTO

[3. Consent Agenda]

>> MADAM PRESIDENT BEFORE HE MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE POLICY 6500 FROM THE POLICIES APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER SIX AND MOVE THAT TO OUR ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER OUR OPEN AGENDA.

>> TO HAVE A SECOND?

>> AYE >> ANY DISCUSSION?

HEARING ON THOSE IN FAVOR >> AYE

>> OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT WILL TAKE UP THE POLICY DOWN ON OUR ACTION ITEMS UNDER POLICIES FOR REVIEW. I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING ON THOSE IN FAVOR

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>> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED?

[4.01 Public Comment]

WHO IS OUR FIRST PERSON?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU TODAY.

I AM JIM REYNOLDS, DOCTOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE CONCENTRATED IN STUDENT SERVICES.

I SPENT 20 YEARS AS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE COUNSELOR AND NOW I AM RETIRED.

I'M CURRENTLY A MEMBER AND IS SPEAKING FOR THE CALVERT COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SPEAKING FOR THE COMMUNITY I WANT TO TALK TODAY TO SUPPORT YOUR POLICY 1018 REGARDING ANTIRACISM. AS WE REVIEW THE START OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY WE HEAR THE ELEVATED WORDS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT STATES THAT WE ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL. BUT THEN OUR COUNTRY HAS CIVIL WAR OVER SLAVERY AND AMENDED OUR CONSTITUTION TO END SLAVERY AND THEREFORE TRY TO PURSUE A MORE PERFECT UNION. SORT GREAT COUNTRY CAME ALONG THE WAY BUT WERE STILL TRYING TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION. I AM AN 84-YEAR-OLD WHITE MALE BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955, ONE YEAR AFTER THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION DESEGREGATING SCHOOLS.

VIRGINIA, LIKE MOST SOUTHERN STATES WAS VERY SLOW IN DESEGREGATING THEIR SCHOOLS.

DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS I WONDERED WHY THERE HAD TO BE TO TRICKY FOUNTAINS IN DEPARTMENT STORES. ONE FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND ANOTHER FOR WHITE.

I WAS ALSO PUZZLED BY THE TWO SEPARATE WAITING ROOMS IN A BUS AND TRAIN STATIONS.

I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE REQUIRED TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF THE BUS.

THOSE OVERT PRACTICES AND POLICIES HAVE BEEN ILLUMINATED OVER THE YEARS.

SO OUR GREAT COUNTRY HAS COME A LONG WAY BUT WERE STILL TRYING TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I SERVED FOUR YEARS IN THE U.S. NAVY AS PAN ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN AND OBTAINED A JOB WITH IBM AFTER THE DISCHARGE. MY FIRST COMPUTER CLASS WITH IBM CONSISTED OF 25 WHITE MALES. I AM SURE THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE GOT A JOB WITHOUT IN 1959 IF MY SKIN HAD BEEN BEEN LACK OR BROWN OR IF I HAD BEEN FEMALE.

MY JOB WITH IBM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE PRACTICE AT THAT TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOW WE HAVE MORE HIDDEN PRACTICES TO CONTROL JOBSEEKERS.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND THE VOTING ASKED RATE OF 65 WERE BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEREFORE, WE CAN SAY OUR COUNTRY HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS IN REDUCING RACIST POLICIES AND PRACTICES. SO OUR GREAT COUNTRY HAS COME A LONG WAY BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION.

THIS YEAR WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER CONVICTED FOR THE MURDER OF A NONVIOLENT BLACK CITIZEN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALSO KNOW SOME POLICE OFFICERS STILL OVERREACT IN THEIR USE OF FORCE ESPECIALLY TOWARDS PEOPLE OF COLOR.

IN 2017, WE SAW THE UNITED RIGHTS GATHERING IN THE CHARLOTTES, NORTH HIGHLAND.

ONE PERSON LOST HER LIFE. LAST MONTH, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REPORTED ON OUT WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP GATHERING IN CHICAGO. ON JANUARY 6 OF THIS YEAR AND ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL BUILDING IN DC TRY TO STOP THE ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF POWER FOR OUR U.S.

GOVERNMENT. THIS ACT OF INSURRECTION WAS CARRIED OUT BY GROUPS ATTACKING POLICE OFFICERS AND WAS ESPECIALLY BRUTAL TO BLACK OFFICERS.

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>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF CALVERT COUNTY.

I APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DISPEL AND UNEQUIVOCALLY DENOUNCE SEVERAL FALSE NARRATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN PERPETUATED BY MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

MY TIME IS SHORT SO I WILL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. THE FIRST FALSE NARRATIVE IS THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

DOCTOR CURRY, YOU HAVE STATED EMPHATICALLY THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY OR CRT IS NOT A PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. I GUESS IN THE SENSE THAT TEACHING CRT WOULD ENTAIL AN OBJECTIVE LOOK AT THE IDEOLOGY AND WHETHER IT IS AFFECTIVE OR EVEN MORAL IN THAT SENSE YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR. CRT IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.

BUT ONE NEED ONLY TAKE A LITTLE TO DISCOVER YOUR STATEMENT ON THE MATTER ARE A COMPLETE OBFUSCATION OF THE TRUTH. IN FACT, AS IT WAS STATED PREVIOUSLY YOU WERE NOT TEACHING CRT YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED CRT. ONE NEED ONLY REVIEW THE ANTIRACISM RESOLUTION OR DOWNLOAD THE LATEST POLICY, STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING ANTIRACISM TO DISCOVER THAT THE TENANTS OF CRT ARE NOW THOROUGHLY ENMESHED IN THE POLICY AND PRACTICES OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PLEASE DO NOT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE ANY FURTHER BY PROPAGATING THE WILDLY MISLEADING NOTION THAT BECAUSE CRT IS NOT TAUGHT AS A SUBJECT IN THE CLASSROOM THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW IMMUNE FROM THE DISK INVENTORY AND FLAWED IDEOLOGY. THIS LEADS ME TO THE SECOND FALSE NARRATIVE WHICH IS DIMINISHING THE TRUE NATURE OF CRT OR ANOTHER TERMS BEHAVING LIKE CRT IS MERELY A HARMLESS TOUR ALMOST LIKE A MNEMONIC DEVICE. CRT AIM IS ENTRANCE FORMATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE. IT COMMANDS ADHERENCE AND IT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR DISSENTING VIEWS. AMONG OTHER GAPING FLAWS CRT CREATES A PROFOUND SENSE OF RESENTMENT AND CLASSISM. IT REQUIRES PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER ENGAGED IN RACISM TO ASSIGN THEMSELVES THE MANTLE OF OPPRESSORS. THAT TEACHES THAT IN SPITE OF THEIR TALENTS, HARD WORK AND RESILIENCE EVIL OF COLOR ARE NOT WITHSTANDING HOPELESSLY OPPRESSED. CRT PROPONENTS WILL TELL YOU THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU OBJECT RESISTING THEIR DOGMA IS A FORM OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. THIS IS PATENTLY FALSE AND ALSO WILDLY UNFAIR. THIS IS NOT AN EASY STATEMENT TO GIVE.

IT IS BECAUSE OF MY DEEPLY HELD IMPORTANCE FOR RACISM THAT I AM LEFT WITH NO OTHER CONCLUSION THAT CR IS WRONG. THE THIRD FALSE NARRATIVE I WOULD LIKE TO DISPEL IS THAT CALVERT COUNTY IS SCHOOLS ARE A RACIST INSTITUTION. SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE I KNOW ARE EMPLOYED BY CPS. MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN STUDENTS AT SEA CPS FOR 13 YEARS.

YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE SERVED AS STEWARDS OF CCPS FOR YEARS.

WHAT ARE THE INCIDENCES OF RACISM?

>> MR. WEBER, WE ARE CLOSED.

>> THE PRACTICES OF CCPS IF THEY HAVE OCCASION SYSTEMIC RACISM WHY ARE WE JUST NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MS. MAXI, PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.

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>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU TODAY. I HEARD EARLIER IN THIS MEETING THAT SOUND POLICY WAS THE MISSION OF THIS BOARD AND THAT WHAT I'VE HAS COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT. SPECIFICALLY, THE MASK POLICY FOR CHILDREN.

PI DON'T THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE DONE WHAT THE CDC RECOMMENDS AS THEY ARE NOT EDUCATORS. I THINK WE SHOULD APPLY CRITICAL THINKING WITH THIS DECISION. I THINK WE SHOULD APPLY COULD GO THINKING TO THIS DECISION. THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY THEIR DEFINITION OF CRITICAL THINKING IS THE PROCESS OF THINKING CAREFULLY ABOUT A SUBJECT OR IDEA WITHOUT ALLOWING FEELINGS OR OPINIONS TO EFFECTIVE. SO, WE CAN APPLY THAT HERE. MARYLAND SO FAR THERE IS FOUR DEATHS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS IN CHILDREN AGES ZERO ? 19. AMONG CHILDREN THERE IS ABOUT 55 DEATHS PER 100,000 NORMALLY. THERE'S ABOUT 1.3 MILLION KIDS, ABOUT 1100 DEATHS DURING THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS TO CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH ON VACCINATING, KIDS ARE UNVACCINATED, THERE'S THE EXTREMELY LOW PROBABILITY OF DEATH DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.

OVER A 99.99 PERCENT RECOVERY RATE. PLESS THAN ONE PER 100,000.

AS THE GENTLEMEN WAS TALK ABOUT SUICIDE IS AROUND 14 PER 100,000.

SO CORONAVIRUS IS MUCH, MUCH, MUCH LESS THAN IT SUICIDE AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THIS. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, THE COMMON FLU AND ACCIDENTS ARE MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR CHILDREN. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A REAL POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TERM HARM FOR THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH MASKING.

IT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSOR, IT DISRUPTS LEARNING, AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE ABILITY FOR SMALL CHILDREN TO COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. POSITIVE EMOTIONS SUCH AS LAUGHING AND SMILING BECOME LESS RECOGNIZABLE, NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE AMPLIFIED.

OVERALL, IT IS LIKELY THAT CHILDREN EXPERIENCE MORE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WHICH ARE ALREADY AT EXTREME A HIGH LEVELS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. I DON'T THINK IT'S ETHICAL TO PUT THIS BURDEN ON KIDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS. PARENTS SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER THEY FEEL MASKING IS AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO THEIR CHILD OR IT IS NOT.

THAT SHOULD BE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL PARENTS ON WHAT THEY THINK.

NOT UP TO THE CDC'S RECOMMENDATION OR A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR ANYONE ELSE'S, IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS AND WHAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHETHER CHILD IS.

IF IT'S THE RISK THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.

I DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANYPLACE FOR FORCED.

>> PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU.

>> BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU, MY NAME IS MATT I AM A EPISCOPAL PRIEST I SERVE AT ST. JOHN'S I'M SORRY ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. IT'S ONE OF THOSE OVER THERE.

I AM HERE MOSTLY AS A PARENT IS MUCH AS SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES THAT FOR ME AS A PERSON OF FAITH I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR AND TO OTHER PEOPLE. SO MASKING AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT BECAUSE I LIKE WEARING MASKS. I HATE WEARING THEM IN FACT.

BUT I WEAR IT TO KEEP OTHER PEOPLE SAFE. THAT IS PART OF MY BELIEF THAT I AM DOING THINGS TO CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE. IN MY TIME LIVING HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY I HAVE COME TO SEE THAT THE PEOPLE OF CALVERT COUNTY HAVE A WAY OF RISING TO THE OCCASION WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE IN NEED. AND THIS IS AN OCCASION WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE CAN ARISE IT TO THE OCCASION AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU TO MAKING THAT DIFFICULT DECISION TO MANDATE MASKING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE REASON THAT MY KIDS ARE

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OUR BISHOP HAD TO MAKE THE SAME DECISION RECENTLY, IT WAS NOT VERY POPULAR, BUT WERE DOING IT BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING ONE ANOTHER HEALTHY, SO THANKS FOR THAT.

THE OTHER IS IN REGARD TO THE POLICY ON RACE. HERE AGAIN, A DIFFICULT DECISION. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE COMING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT COLOR IS NOT WHAT RACE IS ABOU . BUT THAT WERE DEALING WITH THE BEEN INHERITORS OF SYSTEMS THAT WE DID NOT CREATE THEM BUT THEY MAKE THINGS UNEQUAL FOR OTHERS AND IN THE SAME WAY IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US JOIN IN TOGETHER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND STEP UP TO UNMAKE A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS OF RACISM THAT ARE KEEPING ALL OF US AT BAY.

RACISM IS KILLING ALL OF US. THAT'S A FACT. AND SO, ALL OF THESE STEPS, THESE POLICIES NAMING HINGS AND CLAIMING MEANS OF IT BEING I GUESS ABOUT THE WORK OF EQUITY, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. IT IS A HARD DECISION AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS THE END OF OUR SPEAKERS LIST.

[5.01 Hayden Kelly]

MR. HAYDEN KELLY.

>> HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS HAYDEN KELLY. IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY BUSY, I ATTENDED THE MOB TRAINING SESSION AND I REALLY ONLY MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH SOME OTHER MOMS I WOULD'VE OTHERWISE MET. I MET ABOUT FOUR BRAND-NEW (WORD?) THAT'S PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND STUDENT LED COALITION FOUNDED THE SHARE WITH THE INTENT OF GETTING SMOB VOTING RIGHTS FOR MULTIPLE SMOB AROUND MARYLAND.

NOW WE HAVE I BELIEVE OVER 20 STUDENT MEMBERS AT THE MOMENT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES IN THE COMING YEAR.

ALSO, IN THE PAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS ADVANCE WHICH IS JUST THE STATE WORKSHOP SYNDICATION SESSION THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR OF ATTENDING THE EVENT AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS VIRTUAL IT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING AND MAC DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS ALWAYS. WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE FROM CALVERT COUNTY THAT DID ATTEND THIS EVENT.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE A MASK CERTIFIED PRESENTER AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ANYONE FROM CALVERT COUNTY THAT TOOK THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY AND ATTENDED THIS EVENT. I AM SO EXCITED TO TEACH SOME WORKSHOPS IN THE COMING YEAR.

ALSO, THE ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS ATTENDED THEIR WORKSHOP CERTIFICATION SESSION THIS PAST WEEK. I ACTUALLY TRAINED WORKSHOP THERE THIS YEAR WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE AND I GOT TO MEET SOME FANTASTIC STUDENT LEADERS FROM CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC COUNTY SCHOOLS. I USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN EDUCATED STUDENT OPINION ON THE MASK MANDATE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THIS EVENT.

OVERALL, THE STUDENT BODY SEEMS TO BE JUST A TINY BIT DISAPPOINTED CONSIDERING, NOT MANY STUDENTS WANT TO WEAR MASKS FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR BUT WHEN I ASKED THE STUDENTS AT CASK IF THEY WOULD WEAR THE MASK IN ORDER TO RETURN TO FULL CAPACITY, SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND RESUME THE SPORTS THEY LEFT, THERE WAS NOT ONE STUDENT THAT SAID NO.

SO I THINK THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENT BODY IS AT LEAST REASSURING FOR US TO KNOW. ALSO, THEY SMOB ADVISORY APPLICATIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. GO HOME AND TELL YOUR CHILDREN. IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY, THE ALLOCATION IS GOING TO REMAIN OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT IS PROBABLY WHEN OUR FIRST MEETING IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT ONE HOUR A MONTH OF OBLIGATION. I'M GOING TO BE HAVING SPECIAL GUESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY STUDENTS IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE APPLICATION LINK ITALY TAKES ABOUT 10 ? 15 MINUTES DEVELOP. THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO HELP ME BE THE BEST POSSIBLE REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOU. SO HELP ME RESENT YOU, JOINED THE SMOB ADVISORY COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY.

[6.01 Dr. Daniel D. Curry]

>> THANK YOU, MR. KELLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

DOCTOR CURRY.

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>> I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HAYDEN KELLY IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I LIKE TO DO WHAT I DO. FIRST OF ALL, POINT OUT THAT WE HAD A REALLY NICE STORY.

CHANNEL 7 IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE. WITH REGARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CTA AND LOCAL ROTARY CLUB AND WHAT THEY DID TO PAY THE TESTING FEES FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE HOPE THAT MIGHT CONTINUE AS AN ANNUAL EVENT. I WANT TO THANK SCOTT MCCOMB OUR SUPERVISOR, SOCIAL STUDIES HE HELD A SPECIAL WORKSHOP YESTERDAY FOR MANY OF HER TEACHERS AND THE FOCUS WAS WHAT CALVERT COUNTY WAS LIKE AS A SEGREGATED COUNTY. I HAD A PANEL OF CITIZENS OF CALVERT COUNTY WHO CROSSED OVER THAT LINE OR WHO WERE A PART OF SEGREGATED CALVERT COUNTY AND THEN WERE WITNESSES AND HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE INTEGRATION OF THE SCHOOLS.

SO WE WANT TO THANK WILSON AND MALCOLM ANNA RON CLARK FOR BEING A PART OF THAT.

WE ALSO TOURED OUR ONE ROOM SCHOOL AT JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK AND MUSEUM AND SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. WOULD LIKE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT, CONGRESSMAN (NAME?) CALLED ME THE OTHER AFTERNOON TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

JUST CHECKING ON THE WHAT KINDS OF ISSUES SCHOOL DISCS ARE FACING AT THE MOMENT BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO COVID, ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE VACCINATIONS OR MASKING, WHAT KINDS OF STRUCTURES ARE IN PLACE FOR TESTING AND QUARANTINING? SO WE HAD A GREAT CHAT AND WE APPRECIATE HIM REPRESENTING US. I LIKE TO ALSO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE GOOD NEWS NUMBERS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO GET A FEEL FOR IS THAT HOMESCHOOL NUMBERS ARE DOWN. THEY WENT WAY UP LESHER WHILE WE WERE VIRTUAL AND HYBRID.

THEY HAVE GONE UP AS HIGH AS 1600 STUDENTS AND HOMESCHOOL. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE UNDER 1100 STUDENTS REGISTERED TO HOMESCHOOL. SO THAT IS GREAT GAIN.

FINALLY, I WANT TO WARN EVERYONE THAT SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START.

IT IS THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, SUMMER FLIES BY. TEACHERS ARE GOING TO RETURN ON AUGUST WHEN HE THIRD. ONE OF OUR LATEST LABOR DAYS EVER SO WERE STARTING BEFORE LABOR DAY. STUDENTS WILL RETURN ON AUGUST 31 AND WE EVEN GOT WORD THAT MAYBE OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY AND BE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ON THE OPENING DAY OF SCHOOL SO WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS VISIT, AS WELL.

LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD SCHOOL YEAR.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR CURRY. WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEMS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[7.01 Policies for Review]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT CLAGGETT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AT THE JULY MEETING I PRESENTED THE POLICY AT 6500 AND AT THE TIME WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE POLICY HOWEVER THE QUESTION ACTUALLY CAME IN A FEW DAYS AGO FOR MRS. BALINSKI WANTED TO ADDRESS AND POSSIBLY OFFER A RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGE TO THE POLICY STATEMENT. MRS. BALINSKI I DON'T WANT TO FOR YOU BUT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYEES IN EITHER CHOOSING OVERTIME PAY OR COMPENSATORY TIME FOR TIME THAT THEY WORK YOUNGER HOURS. THE QUESTION IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY WAS DO THEY GET BOTH? THE ANSWER IS, THEY DO NOT. IT'S A CHOICE BUT HOWEVER AFTER REVIEWING THE POLICY IT IS NOT CLEAR IT COULD BE MISLEADING TO THINK THAT THEY MIGHT BE ENTITLED TO BOTH.

SO THE REQUESTED CLARIFICATION REVISION IS IN A MEMO TO ALL OF YOU AND BASICALLY STATES THAT CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL RETAIN RECORD-KEEPING PROCESSES THAT COMPLY WITH THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT INCLUDING THE NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES CHOICE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL PAY OR COMPENSATORY TIME FOR WORK PERFORMED BEYOND HIS OR HER REGULAR WORK SCHEDULE. SO AGAIN, THAT HOPEFULLY CLARIFIES THAT QUESTION THAT MAYBE OTHERS HAD AS WELL. I DO WANT TO POINT ALSO AS WE ARE REVIEWING THE PROCEDURES THAT ACCOMPANY THAT POLICY THERE IS A LIMIT TO THAT CHOICE AND WE HAVE SOME PROCEDURES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT CHOICE TO HAPPEN TO A CERTAIN EXTENT

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>> THANK YOU, SORRY I WAS LATE IN COMING TO THAT QUESTION. ANYWAY, SO THIS MEANS THIS HAS TO GO BACK UP FOR 30 DAY REVIE ? NO, WE CAN? SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY 6 TO 500.

>> SECOND >> AS AMENDED

>> SECOND >> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION FOR POLICY SIX 500 AND A SECON . ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR >> AYE

>> ANY OPOSSED? POLICY 6500 HAS BEEN PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS.

NEXT WE WILL REVIEW POLICY 70 7340. ASK MADAM PRESIDENT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THAT POLICY.

>> ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM COLLEAGUES? MOVING ON TO POLICY 3900 REGARDING SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. .

>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.

>> I APOLOGIZE. RECOMMENDED CHANGES UNDER THE CITATION WHERE IT SAYS MARYLAND STATE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES GUIDELINES ADMINISTRATION AND MEDICATIONS IN SCHOOLS MST AND UPDATED THAT IN 2015.

>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?

>> I HA WENT. THE PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT US THAT OUR HEALTH SERVICES IS INTEGRAL FOR US TO BE OR TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS.

SO I JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD PUT SOME KIND OF STATEMENT OF THAT SO IT WILL BE FOR THE LAST SENTENCE UNDER THE POLICY STATEMENT WHERE IT SAYS THE PRIMARY GOALS OF SUPPORTING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND THEN PERHAPS PUT SOMETHING LIKE, AND HELPING TO ENSURE SAFETY ALL WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS. JUST SO IT SAYS THE HEALTH SERVICES HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DO THEIR INTEGRAL TO HELPING US IN THAT REGARD. I CAN SEND MY SUGGESTION FOR ADDITION TO THIS BY EMAIL.

>> COLLEAGUES? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO POLICY 3451 DELETION OF AN ADDITION OR DELETION OF ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DOCTOR CURRY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

POLICY 3451 ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO ATHLETIC PROGRAMS I HAVE NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES.

>> COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, SEE NO COMMENTS.

>> SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO GIVE SOME AND US AN OPPORTUNITY. FIRST OF ALL, I LOOKED AT THE PROCEDURES AND IT SAYS APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF A NEW SPORT. IT DID NOT SAY WHO CAN SUBMIT THAT,?

>> TYPICALLY THAT THE PARENT OR STUDENT. AND I HAVE HAD ONE IN MY 14 YEARS OF BEEN IN THIS POSITION.

>> THAT WAS GOOD TO BE MY SECOND ONE, DO WE HAVE PETITIONS THAT WOULD ASK US FOR ADD OR SUBTRACT OR DELETE?

>> THE COVID PANDEMIC KEPT ME FROM GETTING TO DO THE LAST THAT WE HAD THERE WAS A REQUEST RECENTLY FOR THE ADDITION OF A BOWLING BUT BOWLING IS NOT OFFERED IN ANY OTHER COUNTY SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANYONE TO PLAY AGAINST. BUT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BULLYING IN OUR UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM. AS AN ACCOMMODATION FOR THAT WE

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P>> ONE LESS QUESTION, WHEN WE DO DO AN ADDITION OF A SPORT IS THAT A COUNTYWIDE THINGS SO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING IT ONLY PER SCHOOL? IT JUST SAY THE APPLICATION IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PRINCIPAL.

>> CORRECT, THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ANYONE EVERY SCHOOL. SO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL WOULD OPEN THAT SCHOOL. THE PRINCIPAL WITHIN BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION AND THEN I WOULD DO MY INVESTIGATION, I WOULD BRING INTO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO OFFER THAT AS A NEW SPORT. IF WE DID OFFER IT AS A NEW SPORT IT WOULD BE OFFERED TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO POLICY 1210 CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

>> NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

>> THANK YOU DOCTOR CURRY, COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, THESE POLICIES WILL BE POSTED FOR REVIEW ON THE CCPS WEBSITE. NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO THE

[7.02 General Funds]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM EDITH HUTCHINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND I'LL BE REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL REPORTS WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH TWO SETS OF REPORTS. ONE REPORT IS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR FOR THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2021. THE OTHER REPORT IS SHOWING YOU THE PROCESSING THAT'S BEEN DONE DURING THE MONTH OF JULY FOR FISCAL 2022.

THIS AFTERNOON WERE GONNA FOCUS ON THE 2021 REPORTS. THIS REPORT IS A PROBABLY PRELIMINARY REPORT AS RESULT PROCESSING IN FISCAL 2021. WE TYPICALLY WRAP UP OUR PROCESSING FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR SOMETIME AROUND THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST.

SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE INTO SPITTING FINISHING OUR PROCESSING FOR 2021 BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. ONCE WE FINISH THAT PROCESS WE WILL BE GOING TO THE AUDIT PROCESS AND DOING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2021. IF OUR AUDITORS RECOMMEND ANY MODIFICATIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO PROCESS AND 21 WE WILL MAKE THOSE.

IT'S USUALLY AROUND OCTOBER THAT WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A FINAL REPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND WE EXPECT THAT TO REMAIN THE SAME FOR THIS YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO START BY LOOKING AT PAGE 1 OF THE REPORT FOCUSING ON OUR REVENUES.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THE YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME AS OF JUNE 30 TOTAL $226.2 MILLION.

THAT REPRESENTS 99.6 PERCENT OF THE BUDGETED INCOME. THIS REPORT ALSO SHOWS YOU THAT WE RECOGNIZE AS A RECEIVABLE $12.5 MILLION AND REVENUES TO US FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF 21. IT IS CUSTOMARY THAT WE RECEIVE OUR FINAL PAYMENTS AND THAT FISCAL YEAR'S APPROPRIATION THE NEXT YEAR. SO WE DID RECEIVE THE FINAL PAYMENTS FOR OUR 20 WENT TO PROBATION LAST MONTH. AND WE HAVE RECORDED THOSE REVENUES. YOU ALSO WILL SEE IN A LOOKING AT THIS REPORT ON THE LINE THAT SAYS RESTRICTED DIRECT THAT THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE THERE.

THE RESTRICTED DIRECT LINE IS THE LINE THAT SHOWS THE FEDERAL REVENUES WE RECEIVED FOR AND JROTC TEACHERS AS OF JUNE 30 WE HAD NOT RECEIVED OUR FOURTH QUARTER PAYMENT FOR THE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 21. WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE PAYMENT IS IN THE PIPELINE. WE ARE GOING TO BE BOOKING A RECEIVABLE FOR $62,170 TO REPORT THAT FEDERAL REVENUES SO WHEN YOU GET THE FINAL REPORT IN OCTOBER YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL REVENUES FROM WHAT IS RESECTED HERE.

THIS REPORT ALSO SHOWS YOU THAT WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF $631,000 DO TO US BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THE STATE DID NOTIFY US SOME TIME AGO THAT THEY WOULD BE INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLDING OUR FINAL FIVE 2021 APPROPRIATION SO THEY FIGURE OUT THAT NOT OVER PAY US FOR MEDICAID SO THEY GAVE US OUR FINAL APPROPRIATION FOR EVERYTHING ELSE AT THE END OF MAY BUT THERE HOLDING THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION PAYMENT CURRENTLY. THEY ARE EXPECTING TO FINISH

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WE TRANSFERRED A TOTAL OF $1,463,800 TO THE CHILD NUTRITION AND AFTERCARE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS, THE COST OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR 2021 OPERATIONS.

WE TRANSFERRED 877,000 TWO THE CAFETERIA FUND AND THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO UTILIZE ABOUT $600,000 OF THEIR FINAL BALANCE IT TO MEET THE REMAINING COSTS FOR 2021.

WE TRANSFERRED 5800 FIVE AND A $6800 THAT COVERS EXPENSES FOR 21 BUT ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH A START UP MONEY TO COVER THE EXPENSES THAT THEY'RE INCURRING FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2022. OVERALL, THIS REPORT REFLECTS SAVINGS ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES.

WE ARE GONNA HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SAVINGS FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. STARTED WITH $3.6 MILLION IN SAVINGS FOR SALARIES ACROSS MULTIPLE CATEGORIES AND THOSE SALARIES SAVINGS INCLUDE ACCOUNTS SUCH AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, OTHER SUBSTITUTES IT ALSO INCLUDES A SAVINGS AND OVERTIME, BUILDING SERVICE WORKER SALARIES AND CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANT SALARIES, TEACHER SALARIES, SUMMER SCHOOL SALARIES AND HOME AND HOSPITAL TEACHING JUST TO NAME A FEW.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS FOR BUS ROUTES AND ATHLETIC TRIPS. THE LIONS SHARE OF THE SAVINGS ARE TIED TO THE SAVINGS ON FUEL COSTS WITH OUR MODIFIED OPERATIONS LAST YEAR. WITH JUST CHILDREN AND HAS SPECIAL PROGRAMS COMING IN INITIALLY AND THEN OUR STUDENTS ALL RECEIVING VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AND ANY HYBRID PROGRAM. WE DO NOT DRIVE AS MANY MILES LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE WE DROVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 1.2 MILLION MILES COMPARED TO THE NORMAL 3.3 MILLION SO THAT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SAVINGS.

WE ALSO SAW IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORTATION SAVINGS OF $436,000 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COST RELATED TO FIELD TRIPS AS WE DID NOT TAKE ANY FIELD TRIPS LAST YEAR AS WELL AS SAVINGS FOR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, TAXI SERVICES AND THE SUMMER PROGRAMS TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUT OF COUNTY. WE EXPERIENCE $311,000 IN ELECTRICITY, $284,000 FOR CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTED PSYCHOLOGISTS.

$395,000 FOR REIMBURSEMENTS AND A STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS.

WE WERE STILL DOING A LOT OF MEETINGS VIRTUALLY LAST YEAR AND IN SOME CASES THERE WERE SOME PLANNED MEETINGS THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE EXPERIENCED $170,000 IN LEGAL FEES. $231,000 FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ALLOWANCE. $132,000 FOR NONPUBLIC LICENSE AND $222,000 FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES. AND IN ANY CASE IS THE SAVINGS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND THAT YOUR SEEN IN OTHER AREAS OF THE REPORT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF HOW THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IMPACTED OUR OPERATIONS LAST YEAR. LOOKING AT THE LAST PAGE OF THIS REPORT WHICH SUMMARIZES OUR EXPENSES. YOU WILL SEE THAT AT THIS POINT IN OUR PROCESSING FISCAL YEAR 21 THE YEAR-TO-DATE EXPENDITURES AND OCCURRENCES TOTALED $270 MILLION WHICH RESENTS 95.5 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURES.

THE AVAILABLE BALANCE OF $10.1 MILLION FOR EXPENDITURES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS PAGE REPRESENTS A BUDGETARY SAVINGS, NOT AN ACTUAL SAVINGS, THAT MEANS WE MEANS WE SIMPLY SPENT $10.1 MILLION LESS WE PLAN TO SPEND FOR 21. TO DETERMINE OUR ACTUAL SAVINGS JUST A REMINDER WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL REVENUES AND SUBTRACT THE ACTUAL EXPENSES TO GET TO

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THE ACTUAL SAVINGS OF $10.3 MILLION IS WHAT WOULD ROLL TO OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORT TODAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE DID NOT COVER? THANK YOU.

>> NEXT WINDOW TO BID APPROVAL .

[7.03 Bid Approvals]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, NUMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS KEVIN MICHAEL AND THE DIRECTOR FOR INTERNMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE FOR REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND JOINING ME IS MS. VALERIE PARMER DIETITIAN AND NUTRITION SPECIALIST FOR CALVERT COUNTY TO PRESENT THE FIRST REQUEST WHICH IS TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF MILK.

FUNDING FOR THIS WILL BE THROUGH THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET AND WILL BE REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL UTILIZATION OF THE STAFFORD COUNTY CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE MILK PRODUCTS FOR THE 21 ? 22 SCHOOL YEAR. FROM A LEE I VALLEY DAIRY FARMS FOR THE TOTAL OF.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> SECOND >> WITH A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION?

>> MY QUESTION IS IF WE WENT TO DIRECT TO THE LEHIGH DAIRY FARMS WHICH IS A MARYLAND COMPANY THEY WOULD GIVE US A HIGHER PRICE? BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TRY TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH THE STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTRACT?

>> STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY BID SO IT WAS BID WITH LEHIGH. THERE WERE TWO RESPONDED TO THE BID AND IT LEHIGH RECEIVED THE AWARD. IN MARYLAND THE OTHER CONTRACT WITHOUT OUR GOING OUT TO BID OURSELVES THE OTHER CONTRACT IS FOR DIFFERENT VENDOR AND WE DID A PRICE COMPARISON ANALYSIS AND BETWEEN THE LEHIGH AND THE MARYLAND CONTRACT THAT'S AWARDED TO ANOTHER VENDOR AND THE STAFFORD COUNTY WITH LEHIGH WAS LESS EXPENSIVE.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I DO. APPARENTLY, WE ARE BUYING MILK THE USDA FREIGHT LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR DOES NOT COVER MILK? FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE ARE NOT PROVIDED?

>> IT'S PROVIDES MILK AS PART OF THE REIMBURSABLE MEAL BUT IT DOES NOT DO A REIMBURSEMENT IF SOMEONE WAS JUST A PICK UP MILK. AFTER THE WHOLEMEAL REIMBURSED AND THUS THE WHOLE PROGRAM. IN THE PAST.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING ON WE HAVE A MOTION IN A PROPER SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? MOTION PASSES.

>> JOINED ME NOW IS THE SUPERVISOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND ATHLETICS TO PRESENT THE NEXT REQUEST WHICH IS TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINER SERVICES. FUNDING FOR THIS A BE THROUGH THE LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET AND WE REQUESTED THE BOARD APPROVED UTILIZATION OF THE HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTRACT TO PT NETWORK KNOWN AS PIVOT THERAPY AND THE ANNUAL AMOUNT SHOWN IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND >> WITH A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, DO WE ONLY PROVIDE TRAINERS FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS?

>> AT THIS TIME, YES.

>> IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FROM MSDE, OUR OWN POLICY?

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>> IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT BY KOMAR AT ALL, THERE'S OTHER COUNTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINERS WE WERE ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES UNTIL THE PAST FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH PIVOT AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE TRAINERS OF THE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR ATHLETES IN OUR OPENING DAYS OF PRACTICE.

SO NO, IT'S NOT REQUIRED AND YES WE ONLY HAVE THEM FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS RIGHT NOW.

AS PER THE CONTRACT, IF WE WANT TO USE THEM FOR ANY OTHER EVENTS THERE IS A STIPEND WE HAVE TO PAY THEM PER HOUR. SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO USE FOR OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS IF WE NEED TO. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE FOR THE SMACK TRACK MEET THAT IS NOT COVERED BY OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE OF THE CONFERENCE SO THEN WE PAY THEM FOR HOSTING IT WE WOULD PAY THEM OUT OF THE FUNDS THAT COME IN FROM THE TRACK MEET.

>> I AM THINKING OF OTHER EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN.

IS THERE REASON WHY WE DO NOT PROVIDE TRAINERS FOR THOSE SUCH AS GUEST BAND ACTIVITIES?

>> THE TRAINER IS ON-SITE AND IN FACT I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST YEAR, IT WAS A YEAR BEFORE LAST THERE WAS A BAND MEMBER WHO HAD HEAT PROBLEMS AND BECAUSE THE TRAINER WAS ON SITE THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO RIDE AROUND IN THE GATOR TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WITH A VAN WAS AND HELP WITH ICE AND WATER AND COOLING THE BAND MEMBER DOWN.

AS LONG AS ON-SITE THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO OTHER ACTIVITIES BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ON SITE. PER THE CONTRACT, I BELIEVE IT'S 28 OR 32 HOURS PER WEEK THAT WE HAVE THE TRAINERS SERVICES SO AS LONG AS ON-SITE THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE AT THE SCHOOL IF NEED BE.

>> DOCTOR CURRY AND HE FORWARDED SOME QUESTIONS TO YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND NOT PROVIDING EQUITABLE SERVICES OR SOME AC TO OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. JUST SOME CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE A BAND HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRAINERS OUT OF THEIR BOOSTERS BUDGET VERSUS ATHLETICS BEING USING SCHOOL SYSTEM FUNDS FOR THEIR TRAINERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> TRAINERS, DO THEY COME FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY OR DO WE HAVE TRAINERS THAT ARE RIGHT HERE?

>> I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM PROBABLY LIVE OUTSIDE OF CALVERT COUNTY.

I KNOW TWO OF THEM FOR A FACT THAT DO THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN AT HONEY TOWN HAS BEEN THERE THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE HAD THE CONTRACT. HE STILL LIVES IN GLEN BERNIE AND DRIVE DOWN HERE EVERY DAY.

>> I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG I WAS JUST WONDERING.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

>> THE POINT FOR THE TRAINERS IS SOMETHING THEY PROVIDE SERVICES THAT THE COACHES ARE NOT TRAINED TO DO OR EQUIPPED TO DO IS AT THE POINT OF HAVING AN ATHLETIC TRAINER?

>> EVERY COACH OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS ACQUIRED BY KOMAR TO TAKE THE CARE AND PREVENTION OF ATHLETIC INJURIES CLASS AND THE CLASS IS I BELIEVE 15 HOURS TOTAL.

IT'S REALLY JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT TYPES OF INJURIES. ATHLETIC TRAINERS ACTUALLY GO THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE AND CURENTLY ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK ON A MASTERS DEGREE AS WELL SO THEY ARE LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IS WHAT THEY ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A DOCTOR. SO THEY ARE MUCH BETTER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ANY TYPES OF EMERGENCIES THAT ARE THAT OUR COACHES ARE.

>> I THINK WE FIRST BROUGHT THEM ON WHEN THE CONCUSSION TOPIC CAME UP SO DRAMATICALLY.

>> CORRECT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEE NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? MOTION PASSES.

>> JOINED ME NOW IS MR. GREGORY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES TO PRESENT THE NEXT REQUEST.

AND THAT IS TO IMPROVE UTILIZATION OF CALVERT COUNTY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FOR STORMWATER POND MAINTENANCE AT HONEY TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. THE SCOPE OF THE WORK TO BE COMPLETED IS A DETAILED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU. FUNDING FOR THIS WILL BE THROUGH THE LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET AND WILL REQUESTING BOARD UTILIZATION OF THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN ACQUIRE STORMWATER POND MAINTENANCE FOR THE MACKENZIE CONTRACTING OF SAINT LEONARD AND OBJECTED TOTAL AMOUNT $40,593 AND $0.85.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE >> SECOND

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEE NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? MOTION PASSES.

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>> JOINED ME NOW IS DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TO PRESENT THE FINAL REQUEST WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES THE REPLACEMENT OF BEACH ELEMENT TREE SCHOOL AND RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS. IN DEVELOPING A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PROPOSAL CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOLICITED PROPOSALS THROUGH OAK CONTRACTING FOR ALL MAJOR TRADE PACKAGES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF BEACH.

PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED IN JUNE 2021 AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT COST SAVING MEASURES SUCH AS VALUE ENGINEERING AND A REBID OF ONE TRADE PACKAGE WERE NECESSARY GIVEN THE BASE BID PROPOSALS EXCEEDED THE PROJECT BUDGET AND ESTIMATED COSTS. SUMMARY OF THE TRADE PACKAGE PROPOSALS, COST-SAVING MEASURES AND THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS A DETAILED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU. FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL CIP FUNDS AND THE GRANT. WE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACILITY AND RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO OAK CONTRACTING IN THE AMOUNT OF 31,750,000 TO PENDING APPROVAL OF THREE DOLLARS FOR ESTHER THREE FUNDS.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION?

>> YOU GUYS ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. SO, WHAT IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE REQUEST ABOUT THE 3 MILLION?

>> OUR ESTHER PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IT HAS TO BE APPROVED AND REVIEWED BY THE STATE.

AND OF SPOKEN TO THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT CIVIC AND MOVE IT ALONG A LITTLE BIT BUT THEY HAVE A REQUIRED PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO JUST BECAUSE THEY DID EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO MID AUGUST FOR THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS GETTING HER APPLICATION AND EARLY THEY COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND REVIEW IT BUT THERE IS A MORE SIGNIFICANT PROCESS THEY HAVE TO USE THAT DID NOT ENABLE THEM TO DEAL WITH APPLICATIONS ONE AT A TIME.

SO THAT IS WHY WERE TAKEN THIS APPROACH THIS BID WE PROPOSED WE COULD AFFORD WITH THIS CAVEAT THAT OUR ESSER GRANT IS APPROVED AS WELL.

>> SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE THOUGHT THAT BEACH WAS GOING TO COST 28.75?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE BUDGET WE HAD ESTABLISHED.

>> NOW WITH $75 PLYWOOD ALL THE CLUSTER GAMUT THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES ARE COST HAS INCREASED. SO WE ARE ASSUMING 3 MILLION AT THIS POINT, FIRST OF ALL, HE WENT BACK TO DO THE VALUE ENGINEERING AND GET REDUCTIONS FROM THE BIDS SO YOU REDUCED 1.6 MILLION?

>> IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION. CORRECT.

YES, SO WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF THE ENGINEERING ITEMS THERE WERE 29 ITEMS ONE OF THE PACKAGES DID GO OUT FOR A REBI . AND SO, WE WERE ABLE TO WHITTLE DOWN THE PRICING THAT WAY. WE HAD ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 3 MILLION IN THE ESSER THREE FUNDING IN ORDER TO BRIDGE THE GAP. ONE OF THE OTHER VALUE ENGINEERING ITEMS THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFIT OUT OF JUST BECAUSE OF THE GRANT APPLICATION IS UTILIZATION OF DAVIS BACON WAGE RATES ARE REQUIRED IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF FEDERAL FUNDS OVER $2000 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. SO, WE DID ASK THE BIDDERS TO BID BOTH WAYS FOR ANY PROJECT THAT HAS STATE FUNDING I BELIEVE IT'S $250,000 AT THIS POINT REQUIRES A MARYLAND PREVAILING WAGE RATES TO BE APPLIED. IF YOU HAVE A FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT IS OVERRIDDEN BY DAVIS-BACON WAGE RATES IF YOU FEDERAL FUNDING OVER $2000.

WHEN WE DID A SIDE-BY-SIDE WE ACTUALLY SAVED MONEY BY GOING WITH UTILIZATION OF THE DAVIS-BACON OR THE FEDERAL WAGE RATE. SO, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF IDENTIFICATION OF VALUE ENGINEERING PLUS INSERTING IN THE FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS YIELDED A LITTLE MORE SAVINGS, AS WELL.

>> AND SO, WE ARE ENDING UP WITH 31,750,000, THAT WE THINK IT'S GONNA COST TO BUILD BEACH

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>> THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED BASED ON THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS WHAT THEY ESTIMATE.

A CONTINGENCY WOULD NEED TO BE, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF ANY KIND OF CHANGE ORDERS FOR ANY UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS. THAT IS PART OF THIS $31,750,000.

I BELIEVE I STATED BEFORE THE CONTINGENCY BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN STATE PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT IS BORN FROM THE LOCAL SIDE, 100 PERCENT.

HOWEVER, THE STATE WILL PARTICIPATE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT EXCEPT FOR THE CONTINGENCY HOWEVER THAT BOTTOM LINE PRICE OF THE 31 750 THAT WOULD BE IT. IF THERE ARE OVERAGES ABOVE AND BEYOND THEN THOSE WOULD BE BORNE BY THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE RISK THAT THEY TAKE BY PROVIDING US A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. THAT IS WHAT IT IS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

>> SO OUR MOTION IS CONTINGENT UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE 3 MILLION?

>> REALLY, IF YOU DON'T GET OVER THIS SOON OR IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN SOON SIX MONTHS FROM NOW THAT COULD BE $6 MILLION MORE ADDED TO WHAT WERE FACING NOW.

IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN TURN A SHOVEL TOMORROW?

P>> IF WE GOT THAT ESSER THREE APPROVAL WE COULD ABSOLUTELY GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY.

THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS READY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NOTICES TO ALL OF THE TRADE CONTRACTORS, THE LOW GUYS, AND EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO. SO ESSENTIALLY.

I WILL SAY THAT I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR ESSER THREE APPLICATION.

WE WENT THROUGH AND REALLY LOOKED AT THE US TO PERMIT OF PEDUCATION GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BE ELIGIBLE TOWARDS THE ESSER THREE GRANTS.

WE ADDRESS EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WITHIN THE APPLICATION.

WE PROVIDED EVIDENTIARY INFORMATION FROM OUR MECHANICAL ENGINEER WHO DID THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEN ALSO MOVED FORWARD AND ENDED THE DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT.

SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR APPLICATION. SO I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF REVIEW AND IT RUBBERSTAMPING. WE HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. IT'S ASSUMING A LOT OF RISK FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. WHAT TYPES OF CONTROLS WILL BE IN PLACE AS PART OF THE CONTRACT OR THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS WOULD SOLIDIFY THAT THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS BEING USED TO BUILD THE SCHOOL WILL NOT BE SACRIFICED GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE ESTIMATORS ARE VERY GOOD AT THEIR JOBS, THEIR KEEPING TRACK OF THE MARKETS, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GOING TO COST SO IF THE CONTRACTORS REALIZING THAT THEY MAY GO OVER THERE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT QUALITY PRODUCTS BUILDING PRODUCTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE USED?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHENEVER WE PUT ANY PROJECT UP FOR BID THERE ARE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. THE SPECIFICATIONS INDICATE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THOSE PRODUCTS. SO ANY PERSON WHO IS INVOLVED, ANY TRADE CONTRACTOR INVOLVED IN ANY PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION HAS TO FIRST PROVIDE SUBMITTALS. THEY BASICALLY HAVE TO BUILD THE PAPER, BUILD THE JOB ON PAPER. ALL THOSE SUBMITTALS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE DESIGN TEAM. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT CREATES A PAPER TRAIL AND SO WHEN WE STEPPED FOOT ON THE JOB WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE INSTALLED.

AND THEN, ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NOT ONLY THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION IS BEING FOLLOWED

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>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A PROPER SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> A AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO REVIEW OF THE TUITION RATES FOR NEXT

[7.04 Tuition Rates Approval]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES AND RESPECT WE I ASKED THE BOARD TO SET THE TUITION RATES FOR THE 2021 ? 2022 SCHOOL YEAR FOR MARYLAND AT $9024 AND FOR STUDENTS OUT OF STATE AT $14,745 AND THAT'S FOR ALL THREE LEVELS.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, DISCUSSION?

>> I IMAGINE THESE RATES APPLY IF WE HAVE SOMEONE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY? FROM OUT OF STATE?

>> CERTAINLY WOULD. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY.

>> FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE TUITION RATE?

>> FOR THE INSTINCT TO TAKE THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS, EXCUSE ME THEY TAKE THE COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS AND THE LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS AND THEY DIVIDE THAT BY THE PROJECTED FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT AND FOR OUT-OF-STATE THEY TAKE THE STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL AND THEY DIVIDE THAT BY THE FULL-TIME PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.

>> IN ESSENCE, IT REPRESENTS OUR PEOPLE EXPENDITURE DIVIDED BY LOCAL AND STATE.

>> SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? RATES ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL MOVE INTO REVIEW

[7.05 Review of Comprehensive Maintenance Plan]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS GREG GOT AND THEN THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO PRESENT THE FY 22 COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. SO THE FIRST SLIDE INDICATES THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

ONE OF THE FIRST GOALS THAT WE HAVE IS THE INSTALLATION OF FUEL TANK MONITORING SYSTEMS. CURRENTLY, THE OTHER TWO LOCAL COUNTIES ST. MARY'S AND CHARLES ARE USING THIS AS WELL AS CALVERT IS USING THE SUN'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX. IT WILL PROVIDE US AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR LEAKAGE AND WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER OF WIND FUEL OIL DELIVERIES ARE EXPECTED. THE INSTALLATION OF BOILER MONITORING SYSTEMS. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MONITOR THE HEATING SYSTEMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS 24 SEVEN.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO CHECK THOSE SYSTEMS DAILY. THAT INCLUDES WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS WILL ALLOW US NOT TO HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT ON HOLIDAYS AND SOME WEEKENDS TO CHECK THESE BECAUSE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MONITOR THESE REMOTELY. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CURRENT TRAINING FOR

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LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HER STAFF GET LEADERSHIP TRAINING WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THOSE ROLES LATER IN THEIR CAREERS IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADAPT A STADIUM FIELD MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THROUGH CONTRACTED SERVICES.

CURRENTLY, WE TRY TO MAINTAIN OUR STADIUM FIELDS WITH OUR GROUNDS CREW.

THEY ARE NOT PROFESSIONALS AT A BERMUDA GRASS. WE DO WHAT WE CAN BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NICE FIELDS THAT WE GET A CONTRACT TO SERVICE THAT KNOWS ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF A BERMUDA GRASS FIELDS. I BELIEVE YOUR RECEIVED A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE IAC REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN.

IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATION THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN BY THE STATE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDED IN OUR COVER HIS OF A MAINTENANCE PLAN. THEIR GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERYBODY LOOK THE SAME. SO WHEN THEIR COMPARING COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLANS ACROSS THE STATE THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THE SAME INFORMATION FROM EVERYBODY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR.

WHILE WE WERE BATTLING A PANDEMIC. A NEW SOUND SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM. THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFFICE SPACE FOR FACILITIES SUPERVISORS WAS CONSTRUCTED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THOSE SUPERVISORS HAD EVER HAD PRIVATE WORKING AREA EVER. FLOORING REPLACEMENT TOOK PLACE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTION WING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING.

WENDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S MEDIA CENTER. HONEY TOWN ELEMENT OR SCHOOLS FOR THE GREAT POD. AND THE KITCHEN AREA AT CTA WHICH WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR ACF ACCREDITATION WHICH THEY JUST GOT.

WE ALSO HAVE AN UPGRADE TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AT WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SUNDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND FINALLY, WE TURNED THE POSITION A BILLING SERVICE FORM TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE HAD AN ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS FOREMAN.

AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YES, I BELIEVE ST. MARY'S COUNTY I THINK THE MOVING TOWARDS GETTING A TURF FIELD AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS, ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS THAT WERE THINKING ABOUT THAT ANY TURF FIELDS?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS.

>> YOU SHOULD ASK MS. WARNER ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD FALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AS OPPOSED TO MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. CERTAINLY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FREQUENTLY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. GIVEN THE LABOR SHORTAGES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT?

>> WE ARE CURRENTLY FULLY STAFFED. WE HAD SEVERAL VACANCIES AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR WHICH ARE ABLE TO FILL. THEY ARE SOMETIMES TIME-CONSUMING AND DIFFICULT BUT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED NOW.

>> HAVE YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH GETTING PARTS AND REPLACEMENTS AND THE LIKE?

>> WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS EVERYBODY. THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS SLOW.

WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET BUT JUST THE GENERAL ITEMS THAT YOU'D ARE NORMALLY SEEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS CAN RUN INTO WEEKS OR MONTHS.

>> I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS. WE HAD A HEAT INDEX OF 103 YESTERDAY.

>> EVERYTHING WAS UP AND RUNNING THIS ENTIRE WEEK.

>> WONDERFUL, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM NOT EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN SAY

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>> ARE CONTRACT SERVICES HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE RECOGNIZED WITH THE ADDITION OF BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR GROWING IN OUR DEPARTMENT NOT GROWING SO MUCH THAT THERE IS NECESSARY WHEN THERE ARE WHAT I WOULD CALL, MAJOR REPAIRS, WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THEM IN-HOUSE WITHOUT TYING UP OUR SERVICES ON A SINGLE PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE GONE OUTSIDE TO TRY TO GET THINGS REPAIRED IN A QUICKER FASHION, WHEN THEY ARE MAJOR.

>> BUT YOU WOULD SAY THE BULK OF WHAT WE DO WE DO IN HOUSE?

>> ABSOLUTELY. NEXT AND THEN JUST

>> I WONDER IF HE HAD ANY NEW INITIATIVES TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT KIND OF THING FOR OUR BUILDINGS IF THERE'S ANY NEW ENERGY SAVINGS INITIATIVES OR ANYTHING?

>> I MET WITH OUR ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST TO GET OR TAKE.

BECAUSE I KNEW WE HAD SPECIAL PROJECTS GOING ON THIS SUMMER. ANYTIME THAT WE DO EXPECT UPGRADES WETHERS IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OR IN THE CIP THAT IS ALL ENERGY ASSOCIATED. WE ARE TRYING TO UPGRADE TO MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEMS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS SUMMER WHERE WE ARE CONVERTING FROM FLUORESCENT TO LED LIGHTING. THOSE PROJECTS ARE BEING COMPLETELY PAID INCENTIVES FROM THE LOCAL POWER COMPANIES. WE ARE NOT SPENDING A DIME ON THEM.

>> I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLANETARIUM. ARE THESE DUE TO BE PAINTED ON OUTSIDE IN 22? THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE INSIDE IN 24, WE DON'T REALLY HEAR MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLANETARIUM SO MAYBE DOCTOR CURRY MIGHT NEED TO HELP ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. AS THE PLANETARIUM BEING USED BY OUR STUDENTS?

>> NO, IN FACT THAT BUILDING I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ARRANGEMENT WAS IT WAS TURNED INTO A MUSEUM A FEW YEARS AGO. BUT THEN ALONG CAME THE PANDEMIC AND I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT. WE HAD A COLLECTION OF DONATIONS OF SPACE ARTIFACTS IN SPACE EXPLORATION BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO SAID THAT UP HAVE OPENED IT UP.

>> IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT WERE INITIALLY RESPONSIBLE OF THAT PART OF THE MOU WANTED ? ? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANYBODY IN THE PLANETARIUM OTHER THAN OUR STAFF TO CHECK IT AND CLEAN IT IN THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS.

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT BUT MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THE PLANETARIUM OFTEN THEY WERE BUILT MANY YEARS AGO AND THE PROJECTORS AND EQUIPMENT ARE AWFULLY HARD TO MAINTAIN AND FIND PARTS FOR. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IF IT'S OPERABLE.

>> IT WOULD BE OBSOLETE AT THIS POINT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.

[7.06 CAC Appointments and Topics]

>> YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM MS. MAXEY THAT FOLKS HAVE NOTIFIED HER THE DILUTE LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE NAMES THAT ARE IN IT READ ON YOUR LIST ARE RETURNING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE 17 AND NOW WE HAVE ROOM FOR UP TO 25. SO WE WILL KEEP THE DOOR OPEN AND ASK YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS GROUP AND IT NEED SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT DIRECTION THE BOARD WOULD GIVE TO THE CAC.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? DISCUSSION OF TOPICS.

>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT IS COME UP IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE

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JUST TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS AND FOR TO BE DONE IN A CIVIL MANNER. I WOULD LIKE, I THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CAC TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

>> AND ALSO IF WE DECIDE EVER TO DO THE TOWNHALL, THAT COULD MAYBE BE A PART OF THAT THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT WOULD BE CARRIED OUT, THE BEST WAY FOR US TO CARRY THAT OUT.

>> ANY OTHER TOPICS? COMMENTS?

[8.01 Comments by the Board]

>> LOOKING AT PUBLIC COMMENT I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO?

>> COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT THEY THINK WOULD FIT IN CALVERT COUNTY AND IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE US REASONS WHY.

>> SETTING PARAMETERS AROUND IT IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN ON HOW IT'S CONDUCTED? JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> YEAH, JUST EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW IT'S A BOARD DECISION BUT WE DO ASK FOR THEIR INPUT ON A LOT OF THINGS SO I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT MADAM PRESIDENT YOU ASKED ME TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD MEMBER BALINSKI. WHICH I DID, I INTERRUPTED HER VACATION OR WHEN SHE WAS IN NEW YORK. IF I THINK BACK I REMEMBER THE LAST MEETING I STARTED BY SAYING THAT YOU CAN WAKE UP AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE WORLD IS BRIGHT AND RAINBOWS.

BECAUSE THE COVID IS GONE. AND THEN 10 MINUTES LATER IT HAS ALL CHANGED.

IT IS ALL BACK. WE DO INTEND AT SOME POINT, I THINK, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE TOWNHALL THAT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE COVID IS EVER-CHANGING, IT'S CREATING HAVOC ON DATES IT'S CREATING HAVOC AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE.

I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY. I TOLD THEM LAST WEEK I AM NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON THE 12TH BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERT TICKETS. AND THESE TECH CONCERT TICKETS WERE EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO GET AND THEY WERE FOR BALTIMORE. WELL, THE CONCERT, THE BAND I FOLLOW, THEIR STOP WAS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT.

NOW THEY DRAW 1000 OR MORE PEOPLE TO WATCH. LIKE ALL CONCERTS, WHEN YOU HAVE A MAJOR GROUP YOU ALWAYS HAVE A GROUP THAT STARTS OUT BEFORE THEY COME ON.

HALFWAY THROUGH THAT CONCERT, BEFORE THE OTHER BAND, ONE BE A MEMBER HAD COVID.

THEY HAD TO STOP THE CONCERT RIGHT THERE. AND, THAT WAS THE END OF THAT.

CONCERT IN BALTIMORE, THAT'S ALL TWO. BY THE WAY, THE SAME ORGANIZATION WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY AUGUST 13, 2020 SO THIS IS A MAKEUP, SO IT'S NOT A MAKEUP AGAIN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR US RIGHT NOW TO COME UP WITH A TOWNHALL WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER MASK MANDATES LIKE CHARLES KELLY HAS ALREADY

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AND THAT IS ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO. BUT IT IS HARD TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER VARIANCE FROM THIS VIRUS. SO IT'S LIKE PUTS EVERYTHING ON HOLD. LIKE THE MASKS. I DON'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT A MASK IN MY POCKET. I AM NOT WEARING IT TODAY. I FELT THAT I'VE HAD THE SHOTS BUT I DON'T WANT TO SUBJECT SOMEONE ELSE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT IS NOT GOT THE SHOTS BUT I FELT WE WERE AT A STATE DISTANCE TODAY. BUT THAT MAY ALL CHANGE AN HOUR FROM NOW, TWO HOURS FROM NOW. SO THROUGH MY SOAPBOX AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR TOWNHALL MEETING. EVENTUALLY WILL GET AROUND TO IT IF WE CAN WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW IS A HEAD COLD.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU.

>> MISSED COUSINS.

>> I WILL EMAIL THIS TO EVERYONE. LONG-TERM IMPACTS FOR STUDENTS RETURNING FROM THE COVID 19 YEAR OF ABSENCE. THAT COULD BE AN AREA OF STUDY.

HOW CAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS BE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS? AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE AND DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENT POPULATION? THOSE ARE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.

>> DO WE NEED TO DECIDE TODAY? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS? FUTURE AGENDA FOR DECISION?

>> I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT THOSE ARE THREE HEAVY THINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.

ALL RIGHT, >> I WILL SEND THIS TO KAREN.

>> AND KAREN IF YOU CAN SEND THOSE OUT TO US FOR US TO REVIEW AND RESEARCH AND COME BACK WITH HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. SO WE HAVE APPOINTED OUR MEMBERS AND IN OUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL REVIEW OUR TOPIC AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR MEMBERS. AND LESS ON OUR AGENDA IS COMMENTS BY THE BOARD I WILL START WITH ART STUDENT MEMBER MR. KELLY.

NEXT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO >>FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE TO GET CERTIFIED THIS WEEK WETHERS AT THE STATE OR COUNTY LEVEL.

WE SENT HUGE DELEGATIONS TO BOTH THE STATE AND COUNTY FOR CERTIFICATION SESSIONS SO FANTASTIC JOB ON THAT. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THE RETURNING CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS. I KNOW EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO RETURN AND GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET BACK TO A SOMEWHAT NORMAL SCHEDULE.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND I AM PERSONALLY EXTREMELY EXCITED.

I ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT MR. NUTTER SAID EARLIER. YOU ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND THE ADVISORY MEETINGS. I'M PLANNING ON HAVING THEM VIRTUALLY JUST FOR CONVENIENCE CONSIDERING IT WILL BE FACE-TO-FACE.

I HAVE PHONE CALLS EVEN IF THERE WAS NOT COVID SO I PROBABLY HAVE MEETINGS ON TEAMS SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND. I'M PLANNING TO HAVE GUESTS AND INVITE STATE 'S MOP CIGARS ARE ACTUALLY WELCOME. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

>> THINKS MR. KELLY. MR. WHITE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES THAT WILL BE

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>> MR. NUTTER.

>> I THINK I HAVE SAID PRETTY MUCH BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID.

WE DO READ THE EMAILS WE GET AND APPRECIATE THEM. WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO MAYBE GET BACK TO SOMEBODY YOU MEAN TO.

BUT WE TRY TO STAY VERY OPEN AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY HARD DECISIONS JUST LIKE THE MASKS IN SCHOOLS. I TRY TO THINK BACK ABOUT MY CHILDREN WERE FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN, WHAT IS MY THOUGHT IF I WERE BACK IN THAT AREA.

SO I KNOW IT'S A HARD DECISION AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL WORK IT OUT SOMEHOW.

WE ALWAYS DO. AND JUST EVERYBODY PLEASE BE SAFE AND THAT'S ALL.

>> MS. BALINSKI.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUMMER GRADUATIONS, ALSO. I ALSO IT'S AN ENCOURAGING TIME. I WELCOME ALL NEW TEACHERS. WE HAD A HUGE HIRING SPREE WHICH IS GREAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TEACHER ORIENTATION BUT THAT IS AN EXCITING THING AND I HOPE THAT THEY CAN HAVE A CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE WITHOUT US HAVING TO GO BACK INTO HYBRID. I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERY FAMILY TO REALLY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUALMS TO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DOCTOR, YOUR PHYSICIANS.

BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO DO IN PERSON, FULL CAPACITY IN THE FALL WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS, CONSTANT INTERRUPTIONS WITH QUARANTINES AND THE LIKE, I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET IS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS INCLUDES OUR STAFF, AS WELL. SO LET'S JUST KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT MARYLAND IN GENERAL CAN GET THE INFECTION RATE DOWN. WE JUST HIT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LEVEL SINCE IN THE BAD OLD DAYS.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THIS DISEASE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.

BEFORE YOUR CHILDREN ENTER THE SCHOOL BUILDING IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOW ALL OF THE SYMPTOM CHECKS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME IF THEY DO FALL INTO THE COVID SYMPTOMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT YEAR.

>> MS. COUSINS.

>> WE HAVE SEVERAL OPENINGS LEFT FOR CAC'S OF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE STILL INTERESTED IN JOINING THE CAC PLEASE CONTACT KAREN MAXEY. THE GUITAR PUBLIC COMMETERS TODAY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE SUBMITTING EMAILS TO US.

AND BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE SCHOOL YEAR TO ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF.

DUE TO MY SCHEDULE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE GRADUATION SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUMMER GRADUATES AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TEACHER'S ORIENTATION SO WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS. HAVE A GREAT YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO CAME TODAY TO PROVIDE COMMENT AS WELL AS THOSE WHO PROVIDED WRITTEN COMMENT THAT MAY BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATE.

GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY. AS WELL AS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR NEW TEACHERS COMING TO SEE CCPS THIS YEAR. I WILL BE WELCOMING BACK NEW TEACHERS WELL NEW TEACHERS AND OLD TEACHERS, SOON AS WE GET STARTED ON THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. I WILL BE ON TRAVEL STATUS UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE NEXT

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AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND SEEN IT NO FURTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA OU

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