Sep 09, 2021 Board of Education

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

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OPEN MEETING SESSION TO THE ORDER.

TODAY IS THURSDAY SEPT SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021.

[2.01 Pledge of Allegiance]

WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND?

[2.02 Moment of Silence]

[2.03 Mission Statement]

[2.04 Joint Discussion with Board of County Commissioners]

OUR MEETING HAS TWO PURPOSES. TO DISCUSS EXPENDITURES ABOVE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS OUR POINT, A JOINT A POINT OF A BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR AND THE CONSIDERATION OF A WORK GROUP.

SO I WILL BEGIN THE DISCUSSION BY ASKING STAFF TO COME FORWARD

TO DISCUSS THE EXPENDITURES. >> AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE -- ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, HOW ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE PROVIDED THAT HAVE BEEN BY OUR FORMULA OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS ABOVE AND BEYOND MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT TO HOW ARE THOSE FUNDS SPENT? SICKLY, THAT FORMULA RUNS ITS CALCULATIONS BEGIN WITH MOE AND WITH SEVERAL MULTIPLIERS ON IT. AND THEN THAT BECOMES OUR LOCAL FUNDING. AND SO IT IS -- WHATEVER ABOVE MOE IS NOT SEPARATED. HOWEVER, THE HUTCHINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS AND ARE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT PROVIDED $3.2 MILLION OF FUNDING BEYOND MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND FISCAL YEAR 20, THE COUNTY PROVIDED $3.9 MILLION BEYOND MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

AND 21, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE YEAR WAS AN ANOMALY TOOK WE CANNOT SPEND ALL OF THAT MEANT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR.

HOWEVER, WE DID SPEND $3.8 MILLION MORE IN SALARIES FOR OUR TIME -- EMPLOYEES WILL BE SPENT MORE IN CONTRACTED SALARIES WE SPENT LESS ON PAYROLL ITEMS LIKE SUBSTITUTES AND OVER TIME, HOME AND HOSPITAL TEACHING, WORKSHOPS, ASSIGNMENTS. OVERALL, WE HAD A SAVINGS OF TEN LENTILS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. SO AGAIN, WE SPENT $3.8 MILLION FOR OUR CONTRACTED SALARIES BUT WE ENDED THAT YEAR WITH A SAVINGS OF $10 MILLION AND IT CAN GET THAT IS BECAUSE PROPERLY OF THE WAY COVID IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS.

WITH OUR STUDENTS LEARNING VIRTUALLY FOR PART OF THE YEAR, SO SHOULDN'T THINGS DID NOT HAPPENED LIKE FIELD TRIPS TO ATHLETIC TRIPS FOR THE MOST PART, WE STARTED SPENDING MONEY ON ATHLETIC TRIPS LEADER IN THAT HERE INTO SPRING.

BUT FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, THERE WERE EXPENSES WE JUST DID NOT HAVE MICHAEL THEY WERE UNUSUALLY LOW.

SO MILEAGE AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAD SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS AS WELL. IN FISCAL YEAR 20, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE COUNTY FUNDED $3.9 MILLION ABOVE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT IN FISCAL YEAR 20, WE ENDED THAT YOU COULD WITH A DEFICIENCY OF REVENUES COMPARED TO THE EXPENSES.

SO WE ACTUALLY TAPPED INTO OUR FUND BALANCE BUT WE USED ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT WE GOT IN FISCAL YEAR 20 AND THEN SOME.

DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR?

>> SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKING EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A SURPLUS FOR 21.

AND YOU SORT OF LAID OUT WHERE THOSE SURPLUSES WERE.

>> SURE. >> SO WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THOSE

$10 MILLION IN SURPLUS FUNDS? >> 5 MILLION OF THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT CLOSE TO 5,100,000 FOR A CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE REMAINING 5 MILLION WILL STAY IN AREAS -- UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT UNTIL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKES

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>> SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT A TOTAL FOR UNASSIGNED FUND

BALANCE? >> CURRENTLY, WITH THIS

$10 MILLION, IT IS $10,099,000. >> SO WHAT IS THE FUNDING FORMULA SAY ABOUT SURPLUS? AND FUND BALANCE?

>> ANYTHING IN THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ABOVE THE $5 MILLION IS SENT TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS OPEC CONTRIBUTION

FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. >> SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR

ACTIONS BASED ON THAT? >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE TO DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN 22, MEANING NOW, TO INCREASE OUR OPERATION BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE COUNTY FOR THE OPEC TRUST.

>> SO IS THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ACCORDING TO FUNDING FORMULA 5 MILLION ANNUALLY OR 5 MILLION IN TOTAL?

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT IT ANN ANNUALLY, WHAT -- UNASSIGNED

FUND BALANCE. >> SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A CAP ON ACHIEVEMENT IF FUND BALANCE?

>> THE FUNDING FORM THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE UNASSIGNED

FUND BALANCE. >> CORRECT.

WHICH YOU CURRENTLY HAVE 10 MILLION INPUTS.

>> WITH THE ROLLOVER TO FISCAL YEAR 22, WE NOW HAVE 20 TO GET YES. WE ENDED WITH 19 CENTS BUT NOW WITH THE ROLLOVER TO 22, WE HAD 10 MILLION.

>> SO WHEN THE FUND FOR-MINUTE RECORD RETURN THAT TOTAL AMOUNT?

>> THE 5 MILLION. THE AMOUNT ABOVE 5 MILLION.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN EARLIER AGREEMENT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED US TO KEEP $5 MILLION FOR OUR OWN

RAINY DAY FUND. >> CORRECT.

BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT AEGIS HAS PRESENTED, YOU HAVE 10 MILLION

OUTSIDE FUND BALANCE. >> JUST SINCE -- JUST SINCE WE ROLLED THE FISCAL YEAR. SO TYPICALLY, IT IS ABOUT THIS TIME OF HERE WHERE WE ASKED THE BOARD TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN

OUR BUDGET. >> WHICH WILL PUT US DOWN TO

FIVE? >> YES.

>> IT WILL PUT US DOWN TO FIVE ONCE WE MAKE THAT AND TAKE THAT ACTION. WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE

FORMULA CALLS FOR. >> AND DID YOU NOT ALSO RECEIVE -- HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU RECEIVE IN CARES FUNDING LAST YEAR? EXPECT BETWEEN CARES THAT YOU COULD GRANT AND NOW THE AMERICAN -- WHAT IS IT? AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WE GOT ABOUT $5.8 MILLION IN AWARDS

THAT WE RECEIVED. >> AND DOESN'T THAT ALSO REQUIRE

A BUDGET AMENDMENT? >> OH, I'M SORRY.

IF IT DOES, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER DONE HERE.

>> SO OUR ATTORNEY SAYS THAT THAT WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET

AMENDMENT. >> OKAY.

ANY FUNDS HE RECEIVED AND ABOVE WHAT WE APPROVE AND THE BEGINNING HAS TO BE AMENDED INTO THE BUDGET.

>> OKAY. >> SO WE WILL NEED TO THE WORK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT SQUARED AWAY.

AND IF WE COULD, SOME POINT YOU CAN SEE A DETAILED WORK WITH THE SURPLUS OF FUNDING WAS IN 21 THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> SO BY LIKE OBJECT CODE FOR SALARY, CONTRACTED SERVICES GET

THAT KIND OF THING? >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> YEP.

>> HI. DO I JUST HIT ONCE?

>> YES. BUT I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL POCKETS. SO HOW IS YOUR TRANSPORTATION FUND? YOU HAVE TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST LUCHA THE OPEC HEALTH BENEFITS. HOW ARE THOSE LOOKING FOR 20 WHAT? I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS YEAR? I KNOW IN THE PAST, THEY WERE PRETTY SECURE.

HOW ARE THEY LOOKING THIS YEAR? >> FOR 21 OR 22?

>> 22. I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY. >> FOR 22, WE ARE JUST STARTING THAT YEAR. WE HAVE NOT DONE OUR ESTIMATES YET BASED ON THE ACTUAL TIME AND MILES.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS. BUT WE WON'T KNOW BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE EXPENSES UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE

OUR DAILY -- >> DO YOU HAVE ANY FUND BALANCE IN THOSE? ARE NO YOU LOOK AT SEVERAL POCKETS. LIKE INTO TRANSPORTATION FUND, DID YOU END UP WITH FUEL? SO THAT YOU HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT

IN THOSE ACCOUNTS? >> WE DID HAVE SAVINGS ON A BUDGETARY BASIS. WE HAD ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS IN THE TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY.

BETWEEN FEEL, BETWEEN THE SPECIAL TRIPS THAT DID NOT

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WE HAD ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> I REMEMBER IT WHEN WE SET UP THE FUNDING FORMULA, THE FIVE-MINUTE WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT BENCHMARK.

BUT IT DID NOT SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S SAY FUEL OR, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE OR ANY OF THE OTHER POCKETS, DO YOU HAVE KIND OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF MONIES THAT WERE LEFT OVER GOING INTO 22?

>> I THINK SHE SAID EARLIER SHE IS GOING TO SUPPLY US WITH THAT INFORMATION. THAT IS THE LEFTOVER INFORMATION

FROM 21. >> 10 MILLION.

>> ATTEND MILITANT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE FUNDS.

>> THAT HELPS EVERYTHING. GOT YOU.

>> YOU MAY BE REFERENCING THE FACT THAT WE ALSO HAVE AS A RESERVE FUND OR MILLION DOLLARS,, IN TRANSPORTATION DUE TO -- PROTECTION AGAINST PRICE INCREASES.

WE DO HAVE THAT. THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE

5 MILLION. >> I DON'T KNOW.

I HEAR ABOUT A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE.

SO WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT SITUATION FOR BUS DRIVERS?

>> WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY SHORT ABOUT --

>> I THINK IT IS STILL 16 SHORT. WE ARE KIND OF LATE -- LATELY KNOWN, CLOSE TO SCHOOL BEFORE IT WAS OBVIOUS TO EXPECT SO 16 IS THE TOTAL. WE HAVE ABOUT 13 IN CLASS THIS

WEEK TO GET CERTIFIED. >> THAT IS 16 OUT OF WHAT IS THE

TOTAL, JUST TO GET AN IDEA? >> 152.

YEAH, ABOUT 152. >> 10%.

DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TRYING TO FULFILL THOSE POSITIONS? DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY TO TRY TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED?

>> WE HAD AN APPLICANT THAT RESPONDED.

AND THE FIRST EIGHT HOUR TRAINING SESSION WAS HELD THIS

PAST WEDNESDAY. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY INCENTIVES LIKE A FINAL BONUS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE THEM COME WORK FOR HERE INSTEAD OF GOING TO GET ANOTHER JOB BECAUSE EVERYONE IS A SHORT DRIVE RESPECTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING. >> NOTHING LIKE THAT?

>> SO A DRIVER. I HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO IF HE MILDRED BUS DRIVER WHO SAID HER AID NEXT MORE THAN SHE DOES.

SHE SAYS, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE WHEN THE AID MAKES MORE THAN THE DRIVER. LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OR SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE CARRIED FOR THE DEMO WAS NO LONGER BEING CARRIED. WHAT I HEAR ON THE STREET.

YOU KNOW? >> TONY, YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING, THE BUS DRIVERS WORKED FOR.

>> THE BUS DRIVERS WORKED FOR THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS. AND THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS CONTROL THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST.

WE DO NOT CONTROL DATA TRUST. >> BUT WE DO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

WE DO KEEP IT ALIVE. AND THERE HAS BEEN NO REDUCTION.

>> FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. >> WE INCREASED FOR NEXT YEAR, THE STIPEND WE GIVE FOR EACH SCHOOL BUS ROUTE.

ONE TIME INCREASE, ONE-YEAR INCREASE.

>> THERE'S DRIVERS, WAGES, ARE THEY DETERMINED IN THE CONTRACT.

OR DOES THAT INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HAVE THE ABILITY TO

PAY? >> FOR EVERY HOUR THAT -- THE HOURS THAT -- WE REIMBURSE, GIVE THEM AN HOURLY WAGE TOOK OF THE CONTRACTORS DRIVERS. AND PLUS 23% FOR FRINGE

BENEFITS. >> SO THAT IS SET IN THE CONTRACT. THE DRIVERS ARE NOT INDEPENDENT SET IN A WAGE UNLESS THEY WANTED TO PAY EXTRA OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS? THAT WAGE IS SET?

>> THE TIERED SYSTEM. >> AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE INFORMATION THAT LADY GAVE ME WAS CORRECT OR NOT.

ARE THE AIDS, EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? OR RDAS EMPLOYEES OF THE CONTRACTORS?

>> THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

>> SO FOR HER, IF THAT INFORMATION WAS CORRECT, FOR HER, THAT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE CORRECT THAT THE AIDE WAS MAKING MORE MONEY WHERE SHE WAS, BUT THAT IS A SITUATION WHERE IT IS

NEGOTIATED IN THE CONT CONTRACT. >> THEY BELONG TO SUPPORT STAFF

IN THE CASE. >> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. >> ONE THING, IS THERE ANY OVERSIGHT? BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF TIMES POSSIBLY THE CONTRACTORS, THE MONEY BUT THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO DRIVERS. I DON'T KNOW.

THAT IS JUST WHAT I HEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TRUTH TO IT. IS THERE ANY OVERSIGHT THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS GIVEN TO

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CONTRACTORS? >> WE DO NOT OVERSEE THEIR -- TO

THE BUS DRIVERS. >> ALONG WITH THE LINE OF QUESTIONING, IF AN EMPLOYEE HAD A DISPUTE WITH THE BUS CONTRACTOR, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PLAYS NO ROLE IN

MITIGATING OR -- >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> SO WE UNDERSTAND. >> THE BUS DRIVERS ARE EMPLOYEES

OF THE CONTRACTORS. >> CORRECT.

YOU KNOW ROUGHLY HOW MANY CONTRACTORS THERE ARE?

>> WE HAVE 23. >> 23 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND 150 DRIVERS AND WE ARE SHORT 16 CURRENTLY.

OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE STARTED HERE.

WE STARTED AND WE ALL KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS ROUTES THAT,, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF ISSUES ABOUT THE BUS SITUATION THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT MOUNT HARMONY BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH PARENTS PICKING UP THE KIDS AND THE BUS IS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO GET IN AND THE BUS IS RUNNING LATE AND I'M SURE THOUGH -- NO DIFFERENT THAN

ISSUES YOU HAVE FACEBOOK. >> WE HAVE ABOUT EVERY SCHOOL THAT THESE ARE FROM PARENTS WHO ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE EVERY SCHOOL REPORTING IS A LOT MORE STUDENTS TRANSPORTED BY CARPET.

AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GOOD SETUPS WHERE THERE'S SEPARATE SPACES FOR STUDENT DROP-OFF BY CAR AT BUSES.

THEY ARE COMPETING FOR THE SAME SPACE.

THEY GET TRAFFIC JAMS. THEY ARE WORKING SOME THINGS

OUT. >> THAT IS THE SITUATION IN MOUNT HARMONY, FROM THE PARENTS' PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR BOTH. SO BUSES ARE HELD BACK TO LET THE PARENTS, IN AND OUT. THE PARENTS ARE VERY FRUSTRATED THAT THE ROUTES ARE RUNNING LATE.

>> EVEN A NEW PLACE LIKE HALBERT HI THAT HAS A SEPARATE SPACES FOR PARENT DROP-OFF AND BUSES. WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PARENTS LINED UP TO GET INTO THE STUDENT PICKUP IN THE AFTERNOON RAN OUT ONTO THE ROAD BY CTA.

LOCKING THE BUS, THE REGIONAL BUSES THAT NEEDED TO LEAVE CTA AND GET OUT TO -- SO IT IS EVERY SCHOOL AND EVEN SYMPTOMS BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME IS MUCH BIGGER, THAT IS A

GREATER PROBLEM AS WELL. >> AND WE WILL CANESSA CERTAINLY A VEHICLE AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO GET IS OUT UNTIL YOU GET INTO A RHYTHM AND ROUTINE TO FIGURE THOSE OUT. THAT IS WHAT I TELL PARENTS.

THEY WILL FIGURE IT OUT. YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM LITTLE BIT OF TIME. YOU KNOW? MORE PARENTS WANT TO CALL THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL NOW BECAUSE OF ISSUES RIDING THE BUS. SO YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO ADJUST AND FIGURE THAT OUT AND MAKE THAT SYSTEM FLOW AND I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL. THINGS THAT WE HEAR ON THE STREET. I'M SURE YOU ALL HEAR THE SAME THINGS OR MORE. SO --

>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE NOT GETTING AS MANY CALLS AS THEY WOULD IN THE NORMAL YEAR. THEY BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE APP THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO PARENTS SO THAT -- GPS, VACANCY WHERE THEIR BUS IS AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

SO THAT IS A BIG HELP. >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO SOUTHERN MIDDLE WITH ZACH THERE. I KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE, HE IS VERY ACTIVE.

BUT WE HAVE USED THE APP AS WELL BECAUSE ZACH PLAYS FOOTBALL AFTERWARDS AND HE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN TIME.

SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE ROAMING.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PROBLEM.

I HOPE IT WILL GET SOLVED. I'M SURE EVERY SCHOOL IS GOING TO THAT. BUT HE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC DOWN THERE AND LIKE I SAY, WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, GETTING THEM OUT. IT DON'T TAKE LONG AND BACKED OUT TO HD TRUMAN. SO IT IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY ARE

WORKING THROUGH. >> ON TOP OF THAT FIRST RECRUITING PUSH THAT TONY DID, I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO BE ARRANGING FOR ANOTHER JOB FAIR. RIGHT? VERY SOON. TO TRIED TO THROUGHOUT THE NET

WIDER. >> AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT AFRICA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN, WE JUST HELD A JOB FAIR. WE WERE THERE.

THOMAS, OUR HR SUPERVISORS. THE CANDIDATES AND SENT THEM OVER TO APPLICATIONS TO BE THE BUS DRIVER.

>> LIKE I SAY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT OR WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

>> WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME ELECTRONIC SOCIAL MEDIA

ADVERTISING. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COORDINATION THERE IS BETWEEN THE TWO OF US IN COMMUNICATIONS, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO THAT WE DO NOT MISS ANY AVENUES. VERY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. NAVARRO? OUT OF THE CLASS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU JUST DID THE INITIAL TRAINING ON, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DEBT?

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>> 13. >> NOW, IS THAT 13TH THAT WILL FILL 16 OF THE EMPTY SPOTS? WERE IS THAT 16 THAT IS THEY CAN AFTER THOSE 13 -- EXPECT THAT WILL BE 13 THAT WILL BUILD THE 16 VACANT SPOTS. IF THEY ALL BECOME CERTIFIED.

>> AND WHEN DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD POSSIBLY BE CERTIFIED INTO

YOUR -- >> IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY US A WRITTEN TEST AND THEY HAVE TO PAY A TEST TO GET THEIR -- IT TAKES STUDYING FOR THE WRITTEN TEST. IT TAKES TRAINING.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, HOPEFULLY SEVERAL WEEKS COULD NOT SEVERAL MONTHS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> WE ALSO SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF REARRANGING SOME RUNS AND CHANGING EXTENDING SOME RUNS COULD LEAD TO US DETERMINING THAT WE DON'T NEED 152 BUSES.

BY THE TIME, A UNIT THAT WE MIGHT SAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH IT. 150 AS WE GO THROUGH WHAT WE ARE

DOING THIS MONTH. >> AND I'M SURE THERE'S AN ADDED CHALLENGE WHEN PARENTS HALT THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.

YOU ARE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU NORMALLY HAVE TEN KIDS AND NOW YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE AND I'M SURE THAT IS QUITE THE CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW? I CERTAINLY ADMIRE BUS DRIVERS.

I COULD NOT BE A BUS DRIVER. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY LOCKABLE SCHOOLS HARDLY. YOU KNOW? ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION. WE HAVE THE PLAN TO TRANSPORT THEM. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WILL DRIVE THEM BUT THEY ALSO WANT US TO KEEP A SEAT FOR WHEN THEY CAN. SO YEAH.

>> SOME OF THAT TRAINING COULD BE SEVERAL WEEKS FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE A PARTIAL CDO. SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, COULD BE AS MUCH AS EIGHT MONTHS.

>> SO I THINK IF YOU GIVE US THAT SUMMARY BY CATEGORY OF THOSE SURPLUSES SO THAT WE COULD GET A PICTURE OF WHAT OCCURRED AND WE WILL WORK ON THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR AND GET YOU ALL SQUARED AWAY. THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I THINK WE ARE GOOD ON BUDGET. >> I WANTED TO BRING UP, THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, BRINGING INTO THE BUDGET A LOT OF THE FUNDS THAT WE GOT TO STATE.

SOME OF THOSE, THOUGH, IT WILL NOT BE PART OF OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET, IF I'M CORRECT. IT WILL BE PART OF THE RESTRICTED GRANTS BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH SOME OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS OR STATE PROGRAMS THAT WE CALL RESTRICTED.

IS DECKED INCORRECT STATEMENT? >> THE MIND THAT HE IS SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO, IT IS ALL RESTRICTED.

>> OKAY. SO, A SECRET THAT DOES NOT GO THROUGH ARE OPERATING BUDGET. WE STILL ACCOUNT FOR IT.

>> STILL HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

>> FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. JOHN NORTH FOR THAT RECORD, 5 5-REQUIRES THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IS RECEIVED MID YEAR.

THE PROCESS IS A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT HAS BEEN. >> YEAH, I KNOW FOR US, EVERY DOLLAR HAS TO GO TO THE BUDGET. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE IT CAME FROM, HOW YOU SPEND IT. IT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET. IT HAS TO BALANCE BASED ON THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. YES.

SO THAT WOULD ALL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO I THINK WE ARE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT QUESTIONS. NOW LET'S GET INTO OUR DISCUSSION OF THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR.

COMMISSIONER I NOTE YOU SHARED WITH ME YOUR INTEREST OF DOING A WORKGROUP. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND SHARE HOW YOU SEE THE FORMATION OF THAT WORKGROUP COMPOSITION OF THAT REGULAR PORK WHAT YOUR IDEA WAS. SO MY COLLEAGUES CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR, YOU

KNOW, WE CAN GO FROM THERE. >> SURE.

SO NE DR. CURRY WAS IN BEFORE US ABOUT A MONTH AGO, TALKING ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT. WE HAD A DISCUSSION THAT THEY ABOUT LIAISON WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE LIAISON AND THAT DAY AND SUPERINTENDENT CURRY'S PRESENTATION, HE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE WAS SETTING UP A WORKGROUP TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT. AND AT THAT DAY, I TOLD SUPERINTENDENT CURRY THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD DO THAT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MANDATED BY THE STATE, PROJECTED COST, I THINK, IN THE FIRST YEAR, $8 MILLION, FIVE OR $8 MILLION, WHATEVER IT IS, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL BE COMING TO US FOR WHATEVER PORTION OF THAT MONEY THE STATE DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR.

AND THAT I BELIEVE AT THE BOARD, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT IT IS

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SO THAT DAY, I HAD PROPOSED THAT WE SET UP A WORKGROUP WHERE WE EACH APPOINTED SOME CITIZENS. WE INCLUDED SEE A, TEACHERS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, REQUIRES CERTAIN THINGS OF TEACHERS, SET SALARIES, TEACHING HOURS PER DAY, IT REQUIRES ADMINISTRATORS TO TEACH -- I CAN'T GET THROUGH THE WHOLE LITANY. BUT THERE'S A BIG IMPACT.

AND FOR US, YOU KNOW, THEY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO COVER THESE COSTS FOR THE PARENTS, IT IS THE IMPACT TO THE CLASSES AND STUDENTS AND AT THE EN OF THE DAY, THEY ARE PAYING THE TAXES THAT FUND THE SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW? WE ARE JUST THE MIDDLE PERSON HERE AND I JUST FELT THAT FOR A CHANGE LIKE THIS THAT KNOW THAT IS COMING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SIT TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAVE BUY INTO THAT WHEN THE DAY COMES, YOU ASK FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, WHATEVER THEY ARE CAUGHT WE ALL END THEY ALL ARE COMFORTABLE THAT WE GOT CAN ALL BUY INTO.CE AND THAT WE- SO THAT WAS MY VERY GROSS PROPOSAL SUPERINTENDENT CURRY THAT THEY THAT WE SENT THIS WORKGROUP UP AND COMPRISED OF THOSE MEMBERS AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD HELP GET US TO A PLACEMENT, WE COULD RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES OF WHO HELD WHAT POSITION.

>> SO AS I WATCH THE MEETING, I DID HEAR YOUR PROPOSAL.

IT IS HUNDRED LIKE YOUR COLLEGE WERE ON BOARD WITH FORMING A WORKGROUP IF ANY OF YOU FEEL ANY DIFFERENTLY, IT WOULD YOU SHARE? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ON BOARD WITH FORMING A WORKGROUP.

I DON'T WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT ON OUR SIDE A LITTLE BIT.

FORMING A WORKGROUP. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT MORE, I GUESS, CONCRETE INTO HOW MANY MEMBERS WOULD BE UNDER WORK WORKGROUP, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD CHAIR THAT WORKGROUP.

I ASSUMED THERE WOULD BE A CHAIR.

I WOULD PROPOSE 11 MEMBERS ON THAT WORKGROUP.

I THINK THAT IS A GOOD WORKING NUMBER.

AND WE COULD ASK KEVIN MICHAEL TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT WORK WORKGROUP, AS THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR TO CHAIR THE GROUP. FIVE NUMBERS COULD BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS. FIVE NUMBERS COULD BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD. AND YOU COULD CHOOSE ALL CITIZENS. YOUR FIVE MEMBERS WOULD BE YOUR FIVE MEMBERS. OUR FIVE MEMBERS WOULD BE ARE FIVE MEMBERS. REMOVE ANY OTHER IDEAS ANYONE

WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE? >> I THINK INTO DISCUSSIONS -- IN THE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CEA HAS A SEAT BECAUSE OF TEACHERS BUT I DO THINK THAT IS AN APARTMENT THAT ANY OF US NEED TO MAKE. WE SAY IT IS THERE AND THEY CAN APPOINT WHOEVER THEY WANT TO FILL THOSE SEATS.

AND FOR US, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BEING THE CHAIR OF THE WORKGROUP AND THE -- GAVIN CUPP YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VICE CHAIR AND THAT IS ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS TO BE HONEST. AND, YOU KNOW, --

>> I SUPPORT THE COMMISSIONER. THAT IS MY POINT OF YOU AS WELL.

>> AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING OFFICIALLY TODAY.

WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT IDEAS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ME, I CAN SPEAK FOR ME, FOR MYSELF, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MR. MICHAELS BEING THAT LIAISON. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT UNIT, THIS IS AREAS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE EXPERTISE IN THAT HE DOES.

AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT EXPERTISE IS AT THE TABLE. IT IS ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY AND US HAVING CONFIDENCE IN THE PLAN AND HOW IT MOVES FORWARD. SO I THINK YOU HAD 11TH WITH EACH OF US APPOINTING FIVE. YOU KNOW, MY IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE EACH APPOINT TWO CITIZENS. BUT THAT CEA APPOINT WHOEVER THEY WANT AND THEN TODAY, MR. MICHAELS AND MR. WILLIS WOULD BE THE COCHAIRS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

BUT THE LEADERS OF THE BOARD GROUP.

THAT WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, IF WE EACH APPOINT FIVE AND WE GOT TO PICK SOMEONE FROM CEA AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T WANT IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, A GOOD WORKING SIZE IS AROUND TEN.

SO HOWEVER IT WE GET TO THAT NUMBER, I THINK THAT WE ARE FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH. SO I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE ARE

TODAY. >> YEAH.

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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M SORRY.

>> PRECIP A BUTTON. THANK YOU.

>> AND TO DIG EVEN DEEPER COPE WITH.

RATING, IT IS EVERYTHING. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE FINANCIAL CHANGE COULD POP UP I CAN REMEMBER ON MY LAST BOARD, TWO DIFFERENT -- LOOKING AT THE FUNDING FORMULA.

THEY SAID IT IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE.

WHY IS THAT? WELL, THAT IS A QUESTION.

I SAID, WE LOOK AT TEACHERS AS YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR BUSINESS.

AND THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.

THEY HAD NOT HAD STEPS IN YEARS. WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE SAID, LOOK, IT IS CHEAPER TO PAY THE TEACHERS WE HAVE AND KEEP THEM THEN TO TRY TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. TWO DIFFERENT BUT AGENCIES ACTUALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION. SO EVERYTHING IS ANALYZED AND BIGGER THN EVEN ALL OF THIS AND I KNOW EMOTIONS, IN THE SCENARIO AND EVERYTHING. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BORROWING MONEY. WE CAN'T BUILD A SCHOOL.

WE CAN BUILD A FIRE HOUSE. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN HAMSTRUNG THOSE ARE HAMSTRUNG ON.

THE COMMISSIONER WAS ONE OF MY FIRST TEACHERS ABOUT THAT BOND RATING, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. AND WE ACHIEVED THAT AAA BOND RATING TO THAT MEETING THAT. IS ANALYZED SO TO, MR. HANSEN'S POINT, I KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE INSENSITIVE.

BUT LOSE ONE RATING AND IT WILL COST YOU MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO THAT MAKE UP MY 20%, , IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE GETTING INTO BECAUSE THAT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF WHAT WE DO.

SO -- BUT IT IS A HUGE PIECE. IT IS OVER 50% OF WHAT WE DO.

SO BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS, WE REALLY NEED AS MUCH TIME, AS MUCH PREPARATION GOING INTO IT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO CHANGE HOW WE DO BUSINESS. IT REALLY IS.

>> SO FOR US, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE REQUIRE THE SUPPLY M.O.E.

AS WE GIVE YOU THE FUNDING FORMULA PAST THREE YEARS AS HAS BEEN PRESENTED, PROVIDING OVER $3 MILLION ADDITIONAL ABOVE M.O.E. BUT THAT BECOMES YOUR M.O.E.

AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY AND SELFLESSLY RAISED EVER M.O.E. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I THINK FOR US GET THE CONCERN GOING FORWARD IS THAT WE HAVE SET THE M.O.E., I THINK IT IS AT $8,900 PER STUDENT THIS YEAR. IF WE SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A PLAN AND YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL FIVE OR $6 MILLION, THAT IS DOUBLE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING YOU THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS IN SURPLUS FLOODS. THAT IS WHY I SAY WE JUST NEED TO HAVE COMFORT IN THE PLAN AND SO WHEN WE GO TO TAXPAYERS AND SAY, WE GOT TO GIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD AN EXPERT WHATEVER IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE TEACHERS. WE NEED TO HAVE THE STRONGEST CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE GOT TO GO TO THE PEOPLE.

WE GOT TO GO TO THE BOND READERS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND A PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

SO FOR US, THAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT PART HERE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED JUST TO MEET HER

WHEN. >> I THINK IT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND IT IS A GOOD WAY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF ED TO WORK TOGETHER. THIS IS NEW DIRECTIONS WE ARE HEADING IN. AND IT IS GOING TO BE NEW TO US.

AND IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU ARE THERE AT THE BOTTOM STEP AND HELP US DESIGN THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.

EDUCATION ITSELF, THE FUNDING OF EDUCATION IS VERY COMPLICATED.

SO WE WILL WELCOME US ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND IT AND WE UNDERSTAND IT AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD.

>> YES, I THINK THE WORKGROUP IS A GOOD IDEA.

IT WOULD ALSO OFFER GREAT TRANSPARENCY TO COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND TO NOWHERE THE FUNDING AND HOW THE FUNDING IS BEING SPENT. WHICH, OF COURSE, IT SUPPORTS HOW I FEEL ABOUT BEING ON THE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING.

SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A WORKGROUP AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH FORMATION OF THIS WORKGROUP, WE CAN AGREE THAT OUR IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR THAT REPORTS TO THE STATE REMAINS A

BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEE. >> I THINK WE ARE OKAY WITH

THAT, YOU KNOW? >> THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF -- IT IS A HABIT REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO BURDEN YOUR STAFF WITH IT.

>> QUICK QUESTION. AM I CORRECT THAT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN REPORTING BEING DONE KLUTZ HAS IT STARTED YET?

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>> KEVIN, MICHAEL CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

EVEN THOUGH THE AIB -- RECENTLY ANY REPORTS TO THEM.

THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE. KEVIN AND MICHAEL HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING US AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR'S AND I KNOW HE HAS BEEN SHARING THE INFORMATION IN EVERYTHING HE GETS WITH MR. WILLIS.

>> SO HE HAS BEEN REPORTING SO FAR WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF THE

SCHOOL SYSTEM, I GUESS, RIGHT? >> YOU NEED A MICROPHONE.

>> WE NEED A MICROPHONE. >> THANK YOU.

KEVIN MICHAEL FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING MAINLY THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR RIGHT NOW IS WHAT EXPENDITURES HAPPEN IN FY 20 FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO SYSTEM THAT NOW FALLS UNDER THE BLUEPRINT UMBRELLA.

IT IS NOT FOR THIS YEAR'S FUNDS MOVING FORWARD.

IT IS IN THE RETROSPECT. IT DOES HAVE -- I HAVE NOT SHARED WITH MR. WILLIS. I HAVE SHARED WITH HIM INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE AIB WHERE IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM MEETING. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF CAN VACATIONS I'VE HAD WITH MR. WILLIS AT THIS TIME.

>> MR. MICHAEL, COULD YOU TELL US, BUT SAM IS?

>> THAT IS ASSOCIATION OF THAT SUPERINTENDENCE FOR MARILYN.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE, SURE?

>> SURE I MEAN, IF WE ARE ALL IN THE GREENS THAT THE -- KEVIN COULD BE THE LIAISON. THE ADMINISTRATOR THE COCHAIRS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, THE WORKGROUP.

I DON'T CARE IF WE EACH APPOINT TWO OR THREE CITIZEN MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN BUY INTO THAT.

WE CAN'T TAKE AN OFFICIAL ACTION TODAY.

WE MEET NEXT TUESDAY. WE COULD DO THAT NEXT TUESDAY.

BUT IF THAT IS THE IDEA THAT IS ON THE TABLE TODAY, I THINK WE

ARE OKAY. >> ANY OTHER IDEAS, DISCUSSION? TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, MR. NUTTER.

>> HOW MANY MEMBERS DID YOU SAY? >> WELL, IF -- YOUR LIAISON, IF WE EACH APPOINT TO CITIZENS AND A .2, THAT IS IT.

THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. >> I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THAT. YOU BEGIN TO GET OVER THAT YOU

HAVE TOO MANY OPINIONS. >> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER RECORD GROUP, OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLL. PERHAPS ONE REP FOR EACH OF THOSE UNIONS AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO-FOR-ONE AND NONE FOR THE

OTHER. >> I'M SORRY.

I DID NOT FOLLOW. HUBBER YOU TALK ABOUT?

>> OF EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF IS NOT SEE IT.

THAT'S ANOTHER UNION. IF YOU WOULD APPOINT TWO YOU KNOW, FOR ONE AND NONE FOR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, --

>> I SEE NODDING HEADS. >> WE ARE STAFFING TEACHERS.

>> ONE OF EACH. >> ONE OF EACH IS FINE.

>> I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE WORKGROUP AND SPECIFICALLY UNTO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID, AS FAR AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, IF MR. MICHAEL COATS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BE THE LEAD ON THAT, WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE HE IS THE SUBJECT MATTER

EXPERT FOR IT. >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT WORKGROUP CAN ALWAYS BRING IN RESOURCES FOR WHATEVER GUIDANCE STATEMENT NEED. AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF THE GOALS ARE ALREADY LAID OUT. THIS IS JUST A MAP TO GET YOU THERE AND THAT RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO GET THERE.

SO I THINK WE ARE GOOD. >> JUST WHEN MORE THING.

WITH THIS WORKGROUP. THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING SCOTT WHICH IS A GOOD THING AND MEETINGS WOULD BE ADVERTISED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALL COME TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COME FROM COLLEAGUES? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO THE MEETINGS. IT IS GREAT TO SEE EACH OF YOU, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE RAKING EVEN CLOSER IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT?

>> I DID -- GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

>> THE LAST THING THAT YOU SPOKE OF, IF I COULD HAVE A MOMENT, YOU DID SPEAK ABOUT MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC ATTENDING THAT

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MEETINGS. >> YEAH.

>> TO TANGENT A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THAT, I NOTICED THAT WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE TODAY. DID WE MAX OUT THE ENTIRE ROOM'S AVAILABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO BECOME IN TODAY?

>> YES. ACCORDING TO OUR STAFF, WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAPACITY FOR THE ROOM AND WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW

ROOM. >> THERE'S NOBODY OUTSIDE?

>> NO, EVERYONE IS STAYING IN THIS ROOM.

>> OKAY. >> I JUST THOUGHT THERE WERE

OTHER PEOPLE WAITING TO COME IN. >> IF YOU SEE EITHER OUTSIDE, IT IS EITHER THEIR CHOICE TO STAND OUTSIDE OR AND WE HAVE ROOM CAPACITY. THEY CAN HEAR THAT MEETING IN THE OTHER ROOM. AND THAT HAS TYPICALLY NOT WHICH CAPACITY IN THE PAST. SO TYPICALLY, EVERYONE GETS IN

WHO WANTS TO HAVE A SEAT. >> THE OTHER THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ME PERSONALLY AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE TEN SPEAKER LIMIT AS FAR AS HOW MANY CITIZENS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO HEAR FROM ON ANY

GIVEN BOARD MEETING. >> WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS TODAY.

THERE'S A TEN LIMIT. >> I UNDERSTAND.

A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN TEN.

>> COMMISSIONER A-UPPERCASE-LETTER, OUR OBJECTIVE ASSISTANT IN THE BACK IS HOLDING UP HER HANDS.

WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUR MAX OF TEN IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING EITHER. LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE THERE BRISTOL SLOTS THAT WERE REMAINING.

ATTENDEES. BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,

COMMISSIONER AND WE HAVE -- >> ON WHAT MEETING IT WAS.

I KNOW IT WAS AT THE END OF JULY OR IN THE MIDDLE END OF JULY,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> SO MADAM PRESIDENT, WOULD THAT BE OUT OF ORDER CONCERNING MAKING A STATEMENT OR --

>> SURE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

>> IT IS FUNNY ABOUT THAT UP. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU THAT WELL.

BUT I WAS -- THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

HE BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TODAY AS LONG AS IT CAN BE ENTERTAINED NOW, AS LONG AS IT CAN BE ENTERTAINED NOW. BUT I NOTICED THAT IN THE LAST MEETING SCOTT WE ALWAYS HAD I DON'T KNOW, THREE, FIVE, A -- I THINK IT IS TIME THAT WE OPEN UP TO WHOEVER WANTS TO THE SPEAK CAN SPEAK. I DON'T -- [APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TO IT LIKE THAT NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS COVID IS GOING. BUT I THINK CERTAINLY BUT THAT LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER, WE SHOULD KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH COVID. AND IF IT IS -- HAS GOT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION THEN.

BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER THAT WE LEFT THE LIMIT OF SPEAKERS.

NOW, THERE'S GOT TO BE A TOM LYDEN -- TIME LIMIT, OF COURSE.

A LINK I THINK IT IS TWO MINUTES.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT IS WHEN SOMEONE IS REPRESENTING A GROUP.

BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

-- >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED. >> MOTION FEELS.

>> I HAVE A SECOND MOTION. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE STUDENT BODY OVER COUNSEL AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED -- THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

WORK WITH THE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AND IT IS MY SUGGESTION THAT THE -- OUR STUDENT MEMBER GATHER WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD TO MAKE A DATE CERTAIN TO WHERE HE CAN FULFILL FROM THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, PROPER SENIOR MEMBERS FROM THE PUSHING AND ANSWER PERIOD, AT LEAST AN HOUR AT A DATE. AND GOOD IS A MOTION, IF IT

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MAKES SENSE. >> A MOTION?

DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> YES.

ONLY ONE THING. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE HAD -- CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE, CAN I BRING IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS

WELL? >> I'M SORRY.

I DID NOT HEAR. >> CAN I HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES COME IN AS WELL? IT WOULD ONLY BE ABOUT SIX MORE.

>> THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT IS -- I'M JUST TRYING TO RECOMMEND WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR, HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR STUDENTS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SENIOR.

BUT WHO YOU SELECT, WHERE THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF QUALIFIED MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB AS WELL.

SO AS LONG AS I'M ABLE TO HAVE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS COME IN AS WELL, I MEAN, I DEFINITELY WOULD DO THAT.

>> SO I'M GOING TO ADD STUDENTS MEMBERS COMMENTS TO MY MOTION.

>> A MOTION --

>> MY MOTION IS THAT WE ALLOW OUR STUDENT MEMBER BOARD MEMBER PICK A DATE THAT IS SATISFACTORY WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO PRESENT A QUESTION/ANSWER PERIOD WITH STUDENTS THAT HE HAS ALLOWED IN A FORM. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF IT DOES NOT -- >> ANY OTHERS?

>> I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I'M NOT DONE. >> WHAT IS THE DOES WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE FORUM WORKS AND WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THIS FORUM?

>> WELL, I THINK THE FORM WOULD BE A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD THAT STUDENTS MAY HAVE FOR UPCOMING FUTURE THINGS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE TO GO, WHETHER IT IS A BLUEPRINT REPORT OR WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORMULA CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW? THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINK THAT THEY MAY COME UP WITH THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WOULD ASK.

BUT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSION OR MAY HAVE -- THEY HAVE SUGGESTED PRIOR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER QUESTION PERIOD. THAT DOES NOT A BIG DEAL.

>> I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, WHO ARE THE ATTENDEES THAT STUDENT POPULATION?

>> SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, FROM WHAT HE IS SAYING, IT WOULD BE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EVERY HIGH SCHOOL TO JUST COME IN AND ASK YOU GUYS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHATEVER IS ON THEIR MIND THAT WHATEVER IS CONCERNING THE STUDENTS OF CALVERT. IT WOULD NOT BE TOO CRAZY.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ESPECIALLY THOSE

THAT COME. >> SO YOU PREFERRED THAT VERSUS

THEM COMING TO A BOARD MEETING? >> YES.

BECAUSE LIKE WHAT WAS JUST SAID GET THOSE, ONLY TEN PEOPLE THAT CAN COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND SPEAK TO IS LIKE THAT.

IF WE SET ASIDE OUR PERIOD RATE I CAN HAVE TEN MEMBERS COMING AND ACTUALLY TALK, IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN JUST HAVING THEM COME IN AND SHARE THE POST TWO MINUTES.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE SAME THING AS PUBLIC SPEAKING.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BACK AND FORTH.

>> BACK AND FORTH. >> SO HAVE THEM, LIKE, COME IN CLICKED THAT COULD WORK AS WELL. I MEAN, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT DID THAT MOTION.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND IT WOULD BE AN OPEN MEETING BECAUSE ALL OF US WOULD

BE IN ATTENDANCE. >> THAT WOULD WORK AS WELL.

>> WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU? >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

MR. KELLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO SETTLE OUT

ON A DATE. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAKE A AND OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT QUESTIONING ANYTHING, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, OBVIOUSLY, IT IS YOUR JURISDICTION, I CAN TELL YOU JUST PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF, I LEARNED FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND . THE JOB I DO IS WAY TOO BIG FOR ME TO THINK THAT I HAVE A HANDLE ON ANY ONE THING.

I WILL COME PUBLIC COMMENT. BEING COMMISSIONER WIENS MAKE A JOKE THAT IN A PLACE OF BUSINESS, PUBLIC COMMENTS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I WOULD REQUEST RESPECTFULLY TO

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THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN STAY HERE AND WORKED BUT I THINK IT DISCOURAGES FOLKS FROM COMING AND BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR POINTS BECAUSE ONLY TEN ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN. TO MAKE THAT TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DID TO LEAVE WORK AN HOUR EARLY TO GET DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I NEED TO GET TO THIS BIG MEETING. IT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT MY CHILDREN, TO MY FAMILY. BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS POINT ACROSS. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THAT MAYBE TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT AND I'M SURE THERE'S A MILLION REASONS WHY YOU PROBABLY SAY TEN.

BUT I WOULD SAY THIS. JUST AS WE ALWAYS SAY, I JUST MEANT MY SEAT. I'M JUST HERE UNTIL THEY PULLED ME OUT. AND IT IS WHAT THEY SAY IS WHAT IS -- YOU KNOW, RELIEF WEIGHS ON WHAT I DUPLICATE IT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO KNOW, YOU, KNOW ANYTHING.

SO I VALUE THE ONES THAT HATE ME TOO THAT THE ONES THAT LIKE ME TO EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. BUT THEY HAVE PERSPECTIVES THAT I MAY NOT KNOW. ADMIT IT COMES TO CHILDREN, IT IS PERSONAL AND IT IS SENSITIVE. WHEN IT COMES TO MY KIDS, I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT EDUCATION. AND I NEED THIS SYSTEM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT SOMETIMES, THERE ARE THINGS WE, NOW SITTING IN THESE SEATS. SO I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT IN SOME JUNCTURE TO MAYBE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

I HAVE DONE IT MANY TUESDAY NIGHTS TO WHERE WE ARE THERE.

AND IT HAS MADE ME A BETTER COMMISSIONER.

JUST MY THING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ECHO COMMISSIONER HARD'S COMMENTS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU GUYS WE CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU.

>> JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE -- VERTICAL PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY WERE DENIED EXES TO SPEAK -- ACCESS

TO SPEAK? >> NOT TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

WHERE TALK ABOUT -- >> IN GENERAL.

BUT WE HAVE ALSO --

>> WE HAVE ALSO INDICATED THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TEN SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT THE CONCERN IS. >> THE CONCERN IS --

>> EXCUSE ME. THIS IS A JOINT DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. WE ARE COMMUNICATING.

IF THE AUDIENCE WOULD HOLD THEIR CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE MAY

HAVE OUR DISCUSSION THANK YOU. >> MOM AND DAD'S CONCERN IS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND THAT THEY WON'T BE DENIED.

THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST STAKEHOLDER INTEREST.

THEIR CHILDREN IS THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WITHOUT THOSE CHILDREN, WE ARE NOT HERE.

[APPLAUSE] AND HIT THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST STEAK AND -- AND THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST TAKE AND THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD. I ASK THAT, WHEN THEY WANT TO SPEAK, I FEEL IT IS AN OBLIGATION TO ME PERSONALLY.

I'M NOT JUST -- >> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. I'M JUST SIMPLY PUTTING UP THE FACTS OF THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

THAT I'M ALL -- IF FIVE SHOW UP, FIVE SHOW UP.

IF 15TH SHOW UP, THAT IS ALL I'M SAYING.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST.

I REMEMBER THAT YOU LIKE ME THINK ONE OF THE JULY MEETINGS.

A TAPE RECORDER WAS PLATE OF 60 A PEOPLE COMING IN A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. AND I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT I KNOW THAT I CANNOT GET IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE TOO MANY TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE IN AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT CAME INTO SPEAK THAT WERE TOLD THEY CANNOT SPEAK BECAUSE IT WAS OVER THE TEN PERSON LIMIT. AND WHEN I ASKED DR. CURRY ABOUT THAT, AT THE BOARD MEETING, WHICH WAS INVOLVING THAT, A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, DR. CURRY WROTE THE LETTER TO THE STATE OBJECTING TO LAW THAT WAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE THAT WOULD MANDATE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARDS LISTEN TO PARENTS.

DR. CURRY WROTE THAT LETTER OBJECTING TO THE LAW AND DURING THAT BOARD MEETING, HE SAID, WELL, WE OBJECTED TO IT BEING LEGISLATIVE AND I'M PARAPHRASING, DOCTOR.

IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.

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I DON'T HAVE THE COPY OF THAT DOCUMENT OR THE COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPTS IN FRONT OF ME. I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT.

THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT THE QUESTION TO YOU GUYS BUT THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THIS BUILDING, I COULD NOT GET IN BECAUSE IT WAS NEXT OUT INCAPACITY AND I WAS TOLD BY OTHER CITIZENS THAT WERE HERE AND OTHER PARENTS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK BECAUSE OF THE TIME LIMIT RULE THAT YOU CAN LIMIT RULE THAT YOU HAD ADVERTISED.

THAT IS WHY I BRING IT UP. >> I WILL THINK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BRINGING THAT ISSUE UP.

AND I WILL SAY THAT AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS OUR MAXIMUM THAT WE HAVE PLACED ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE DO HEAR THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT OUR LIMIT.

BUT WE HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT ON WHAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION -- IN LIMITING THEIR, PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE OUR MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND SO WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE LABOR OR BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING BECAUSE THERE ARE 300, 400 OR 60 TO 100 COMMENTERS BEING GIVEN THREE MINUTES APIECE SO THAT IT DOES NOT PUT US HERE LATE, LATE, LATE 2:00 A.M., 3:00 A.M. IT. I DO UNDERSTAND AND HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. THEY ARE FREE TO SEND E-MAILS.

WE READ OUR E-MAILS. WE COMMENT ON OUR E-MAILS.

WE HAVE ASSURED IN THE PAST THAT WE DO READ THOSE AND WE DO GENUINELY READ THEM. SO WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED AND THE CONCERN.

THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING, SO IN MY SIX YEARS ON THE BOARD, I DON'T RECALL US LIMITING THE COMMENTS TO TEN PEOPLE. AND IT NEVER WAS AN ISSUE.

HOWEVER, IF AN ISSUE DID ARISE SAME WITH THE TEACHERS UNION, WE WOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE COME IN. BUT I THINK IT IS ALMOST KIND OF POKING THE BEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC IS OPPOSED TO LIMITING. HOWEVER LIKE PAM SAID, THERE'S USUALLY ONLY FIVE, SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE.

SO IT IS REALLY NOT THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE IN THIS AN ISSUE ARISES. AND IF AN ISSUE ARISES THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO COME IN.

I MEAN, THEY ARE THE TAXPAYERS. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE'S MOTHER'S CHILDREN AND MOTHERS GET RILED UP VERY EASILY.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ACCEPT WRITTEN COMMENTS ALSO TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. BUT I WOULD ECHO AND JUST SAY, WE CONSIDER TO ALLOW IT. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE FOR YOU. BUT IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NOT TO BEAT THIS HORSE TO DEATH, BUT YOU KNOW, I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT THEY CAN WRITE IN. BUT PEOPLE -- SOME PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES ARTICULATING WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY IN WRITTEN FORM.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT YOU READ IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY.

THEY WANT TO FACE YOU. THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU HEARD IT. SO WE ALLOW WRITTEN COMMENT.

WE ALLOW IN PERSON COMMENT. WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO PHONE IN THEIR COMMENTS. AND WE BELIEVE, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO TAXPAYERS PART BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL GOT BOTH OF US, ARE RESPONSIBLE. YOU FOR EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN AND LOOKING UP FOR THAT RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY.

AND THAT IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN YOU SAY ONLY TEN PEOPLE CAN SPEAK AND YOU ALREADY HAVE SAID, IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. WELL, IF IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL, GET RID OF THAT LIMIT. AND THAT ISSUE IT WOULD JUST GO AWAY. [APPLAUSE] AND THIS THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO AT ANYTHING.

WE APPRECIATE -- >> I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE -- I HAVE BEEN LISTENING. THE MORE YOU TRY TO WEAKEN SOMETHING THAT YOU STRENGTHEN IT.

AND THE MORE YOU TRY TO STRAIGHTEN IT THAT YOU WEAKEN IT. IT IS THE OPPOSITE.

THE PERCEPTION ISSUE IS JUST A PERCTHAT YOU HAVE.

IT CAN BE OVERCOME. COMMISSIONER NUTTER AND I

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THEY WERE ARDUOUS. AND BOTH FOR AND AGAINST.

BUT PEOPLE SHOULD BE HEARD. AND THAT IS ALL.

THAT IS -- I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU. WITH ALL HUMILITY.

THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU.

>> SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SIT DOWN AND RESOLVE OUR ISSUES BUT I THINK THAT IN THE PAST, THE BOARDS WOULD MEET QUARTERLY TOGETHER.

I THINK WE NEED TO REINSTITUTE THAT.

AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEED TO TALK LIKE IT USED TO BE.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE WORK ON SETTING UP THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. FORCE US TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND THAT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT YOU ALL

LISTEN TO US TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR INVITING YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO GET BACK TO AIRPORT'S MEETING AND HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND

BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE IN OUR] >> AND ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE TWO CHAIRS MEETING AS WELL? BECAUSE WE WERE MEETING TOGETHER, CONTINUING THAT AS WELL?

OKAY. >> THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[2.05 Eagle Scout Proclamations]

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, EAGLE SCOUT PROCLAMATIONS.

MS. COUSINS? >> I'M READING ALL OF THEM OR JUST THAT -- OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE FULL RESOLUTIONS FOR EACH? YES.

THE SUMMARY? OKAY.

STAND BY.

THANK YOU. I DO.

THE FOLLOWING SCOUTS HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT KOJI CHAPMAN. ONE HANDICAP ACCEPTABLE.

COLE IS A JUNIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYS ICE HOCKEY. TRAVIS BE HOOK, PROJECT WAS BUILT. HE BUILT TEN PICNIC TABLES FOR THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURTYARD. TRAVIS IS A SENIOR AT HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYS FOOTBALL AND THROWS SHOTPUT. TREVOR SEIFERT.

HE BUILDS RESTORATIVE STEEP WOODEN SECTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY COURSE. HE IS A 2020 GRADUATE WHERE SHE RAN CROSS-COUNTRY, INDOOR TRACK AND OUTDOOR TRACK.

HE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

GCC JOHNSON. BUILT A MUSIC SINCE WE WALL AND CLEANED UP THE PLAYGROUND FOR CALIBER COUNTRY SCHOOL.

HE IS A 2021 GRADUATE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND CAREER TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY. HE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PROGRAM FOR CYBERSECURITY.

CAMILLO AVIANO BUILT AND DESIGNED BENCHES FOR PLUM.MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE IS A JUNIOR AT THE HAS, WHERE HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BOYS DEEP SOCCER TEAM AND POSITIVE TRACK AND FIELD TEAM. HE BUILT A STORAGE SHED FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY.

BRALLEY IS A JUNIOR AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE IS A MEMBER OF THE VARSITY SWIM TEAM AND THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY JOIN THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUT TROOP IN COMMITTING THE STUDENTS UPON THE OCCASION OF THEIR ATTAINMENT OF EAGLE SCOUT AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WISH THEM EVERY SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.

HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

[3. Consent Agenda]

>> THANK YOU. >> AND THE NEXT, WE WILL MOVE

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>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR?

[4.01 Public Comment]

>> AYE. >> ANY PROPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.

NEXT, WE TURN TO A PUBLIC COMMENTS LIST.

MIX MASSEY -- MISS MAXEY, COULD YOU CALL THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> THANK YOU. >> CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OR US TO FILL IN THE INFORMATION.

WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO SPEAK STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD THERE WILL BE SOMEONE WITH A TIMER THAT WILL REMIND YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. IF YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION YOU MAKE SPEAK F FOR 5.

PRESENCE ON THE SIGN-UP SHEET MAY NOT CONVEY, TRANSFER, OR RELINQUISH ANY PART OF THEIR SPEAKING TEMPTED TO ANOTHER PERSON OR GROUP GUIDELINES FOR SPEAKING TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL CONFIDENTIALITY. PLEASE DO NOT MENTION SPECIFIC STUDENT NAMES OR STAFF MEMBERS IN YOUR REMARKS.

ALL COMMENTS ARE TO BE MADE IN A CIVIL MANNER.

ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING AND MAY FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WILE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VALUES YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND THE BOARD CANNOT RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS OR ENTER INTO A DISCUSSION WITH YOU DURING THAT MEETING.

CCPS WILL RESPOND TO THE ISSUES YOU RAISE.

SO BE SURE TO FILL IN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WHEN YOU HAD IN YOUR F FORM. I WILL CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER, MELISSA. CAL WEBER WILL BE FIRST NOW.

>> THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TIMER.

IT IS NOT REALLY LOUD. SO SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO KNOW.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF MANY OF THE PARENTS OF CALVERT COUNTY. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS REGARDING TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITHIN THE COUNTY.

IS REPORTEDLY A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS WHICH HAS COMPOUNDED A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS. TWO OF THE MOST ALARMING AREAS OF CONCERN ARE THE INORDINATE OF THE LONG BUS RIDES THAT MANY CHILDREN ARE FACING AS WELL AS OVERCROWDING ON THE BUS. GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE WITH COVID-19 THE HOUSE, SUCH AN OVERSIGHT HAVE OCCURRED? MOREOVER, THE VERACITY TO THE CLAIMS OF MANY BUS DRIVERS THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS BUT FINALLY, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE? SECOND, LAST MONTH, I CHALLENGED YOU AS A CONCERNED PARENT TO UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.

IF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INDEED A RACIST INSTITUTION, I DEMAND THAT SUCH PRACTICES THAT PERPETUATE RACISM BE DIVERGED IMMEDIATELY AND THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN RACIST POLICYMAKING OR PERPETUATING RACISM BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED. THIRD, IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THE CURRICULUM FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING QUARANTINED IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE AND THAT TODAY, LITTLE OR NO PLAN IS THIS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING COMPULSORY ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT ONLY DETRIMENTAL TO CHILDREN BUT IT DEMONSTRATES A SERIOUS LAPSE OF LEADERSHIP FROM THIS BODY. AND TO PUT A FURTHER POINT ON THE MATTER, IT IS ALSO CLEAR THAT CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE QUARANTINED ARE NEVERTHELESS BEING FORCED OUT OF SCHOOL BY ONEROUS RESTRICTIONS, PLACED ON THE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF A CHILD IS SICK, HE OR SHE OUGHT TO STAY AWAY. HOWEVER, WHAT ARE WE PUTTING PERFECTLY HEALTHY CHILDREN INTO QUARANTINE? EVERYONE WERE CYNICAL, WHEN MIGHT SPECULATE THAT THIS PLAN OR LACK THEREOF WAS SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO FAIL.

AND THIS LEADS ME TO THAT MIGHT LAST POINT AND THESE COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED NOT ONLY TO THE BOARD BUT TO ALL PARENTS WITH CHILDREN, WHEN DID WE CEDE AUTONOMY OVER OUR OWN BODIES? FOR THE RECORD, I AM NOT AN ANTI-VAXXER.

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AND I GIVE YOU MY SOLEMN VOW AS I KNOW INNUMERABLE OTHER PARENTS WILL THAT IF I AM FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GIVING MY CHILDREN THE VACCINE THAT THIS JUNCTURE OR REMOVING THEM FROM SCHOOL, I WILL UNEQUIVOCALLY REMOVE THEM FROM CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REST ASSURED, ESTEEMED BOARD, THAT YOU WILL HEAR MY SENTIMENT ECHOED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MELISSA, AND I AM THE PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN AT SEA CCPS AND I'M REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF CALVERT COUNTY CITIZENS AND PROBABLY MORE ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY. I SIT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY SAID THAT DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY AND TIRED.

AND THE SAME TIME, I AM ENERGIZED FOR THE FIGHT WE MUST CONTINUE AGAINST THE ARROGANCE THAT SITS BEFORE ME.

THE CCPS ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUPPORT OF EDUCATION CONTINUES TO PROVE TO CCPS STAFF, CONTRACTORS, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND ALL TOPICALITY STUDENTS AN INNOVATIVE AND SURPRISING NEW WAYS THAT YOU ARE NOT GUIDED BY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE, EDUCATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, DATA SCIENCE OR COMMON SENSE.

YOUR MISGUIDED EGO TO FILL THE SPACE THAT ONCE CONTAINED A HIGH QUALITY WELL-BALANCED BLUE RIBBON EDUCATION IN CALVERT COUNTY, I HAVE PERSONALLY PROVIDED WRITTEN AND SPOKEN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT COVID STUDIES AND POLICIES, WAYS TO HELP KEEP OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS SAFE WHILE PROVIDING THE QUALITY AND PRESENT EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.

FUNDING ALLOCATION BUDGET CONCERNS.

WHITE PRIVILEGE, ANTIRACISM RESOLUTION, IT GOES ON AND ON.

AND I AM NOT ALONE. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE DONE THE SAME. I HAVE REQUESTED THIS BEFORE AND I WILL REQUEST IT AGAIN. WE WANT A SPECIAL TOWN HALLS WHERE CITIZENS CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND NUMBERS OF THE SPORT AND CCPS ADMINISTRATION WILL RESPOND.

IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE, IN FACT, SPEAKING AND, FOR THE? YOU SERVE, PROVE IT WITH THIS TOWN HALL.

I'M HERE. WE ARE HERE.

DOZENS OF HEALTHY CHILDREN ARE QUARANTINE WITHOUT OR VERY LIMITED TEACHER INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE SO LARGE THAT STUDENTS ARE GETTING HOME AN HOUR AFTER THEIR SCHEDULED ARRIVAL TIME. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU CLEARLY DON'T LISTEN TO COME HERE TO TALK TO TALK TO SPEAK TO EVERY SINGLE TEACHER, BUS DRIVER, STAFF MEMBER STUDENT, GRANDPARENT, AND TEXTURE IN THIS COUNTY AND EVERY COUNTY IN MARYLAND AND ACROSS THE U.S.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS. THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, MAY NOT BE LISTENING BUT WE SEE THEM AND WE WILL HEAR YOU.

WE ARE THE PARENTS. WE ARE THE TAXPAYERS.

WE ARE THE STAFF THAT THE TEACHERS, THE BUS DRIVERS, THE STUDENTS. YOUR PAYCHECKS ONLY EXIST BECAUSE OF US. YOUR TIME IN THE SEAT OF POWER, EITHER ELECTED, APPOINTED, OR HOWARD IS LIMITED.

EVERYONE HERE AND EVERYONE WATCHING, WERE NOT ALONE AND BEING UPSET, ANGRY, OR FED UP. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALONE IF YOU DO NOT STAND UP AND SPEAK UP.

WE ALREADY KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS.

WE HAVE HEALTHY KIDS BEING QUARANTINED.

WE HAVE KIDS FEELING ALONE, SINGLED OUT, SCARED, DEPRESSED, ANGRY BECAUSE OF PEOPLE SITTING AT THIS ROOM AND ROOMS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IF YOU DON'T FIGHT FOR YOUR KIDS IN A BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHO WILL.

IT SURE AS HELL IS NOT THE PEOPLE IN THIS MOMENT.

EVERYONE HERE AND IT WENT WATCHING CLIPS DO NOT COMPLAIN IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING OFF OF YOUR COUCH.

SHOW UP, STAND UP, AND SPEAK OUT.

>> NATHAN HALE? >> DO I HAVE TO HIT THIS? DO I? THE NOW PAST CRITICAL RACE THEORY RESOLUTION IGNORES RESPONSIBILITIES BY INTRODUCING DISCRIMINATORY RACIALLY DIVISIVE MANDATE IN CAPITATED SCHOOLS.

I'M ALSO A LITTLE DISMAYED THAT OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE -- SO I COULD ASK THEM WHETHER OR NOT THEY DENOUNCED IT PUBLICLY.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT. YOU HAVE TAKEN IT UPON YOURSELF TO TEACH CHILDREN THAT YOU SHOULD BASE YOUR OPINIONS OF OTHERS UNDER THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN AND NOT THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. THE RESOLUTION IS FUNDAMENTALLY RACIST. IT IS PUSHING THE -- PUSHING AN

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THE CULTURAL SCHISM IN AMERICA WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO WIDEN IF OUR CHILDREN ARE INDUCTION RATED TO PROMOTE NEGATIVITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT PEOPLE OF COLOR. INSTEAD OF THIS FORM OF BRAINWASHING AND HATEMONGERING TO WE SHOULD -- AND TEACHING CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE VICTIMS, INSTEAD WE SHOULD BE CREATING A CURRICULUM THAT HELPS EDUCATORS AND PARENTS AT THE EARLY STAGES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT TO TEACH OUR YOUTH THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD DECISIONS AND TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

HELPING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LEARNING THE SKILLS AND MANAGING EMOTIONS. HAPPINESS IS A SKILL THAT MUST BE LEARNED. A TRIPPING THAT BEHAVIOR TO RACE IS OFFENSIVE AND WRONG. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS PUSHING A DIVISIVE AGENDA THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF CALVERT COUNTY. PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, FUTURE PARENTS, AND CITIZENS OF CALVERT COUNTY, WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED AND DUPED BY A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY PLACE THEIR TRUST IN.

WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER TO CONFRONT AN OBJECTIVE OF SPACE RACIST IDEOLOGY. AND THAT BASIC FOUNDATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION THAT PLACES A BULL'S-EYE ON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR AMERICAN FAMILY. THIS POWER, THIS -- THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THIS BOARD CANNOT REMAIN UNCHECKED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT. DO THEY HAVE THE POWER TO BAN BOOKS? DO THEY HAVE THE POWER TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO DISCUSS GENDER ISSUES WITH OUR CHILDREN? KENDI DENOUNCED THE FLAG AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THERE'S ONLY ONE OBVIOUS DIRECTION FOR THE CITIZENS.

WE THE PEOPLE ELECT NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND FIRE THOSE BEHIND THIS INSIDIOUS AGENDA IN THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.

PEOPLE WE HAVE PLACED OUR TRUST AND BY ELECTING THEM IN INSTITUTIONS OF POWER AND KEEPING RACISM ON LIFE-SUPPORT AND FANNING THE FLAMES TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> CARA. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. THANK YOU.

>> PROJECT, GOOD AFTERNOON. DR. CURRY, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER ME. YOU SPOKE ON THE PHONE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I AM A FORENSIC CHEMIST FOR THE GOVERNMENT BUT LET ME TELL YOU AND I'M GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE SO THAT I CAN FALL OF THE SCIENCE.

I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MASKS.

OKAY, SO ONLY TECHNICALLY AN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST CAN RECOMMEND AND HAS THE AREA OF EXPERTISE FOR A MASK.

I ANALYZE DRUGS. I DON'T WEAR THIS AT WORK.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTHING.

TO HAVE AEROSOLS AND YOU HAVE DROPLETS.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COVID-19 IS? IT IS AN AEROSOL. MASKS DON'T WORK, AND I HAVE THE CDC AND OSHA HAVEN'T LITTLE BLURBS ABOUT MASKS VERSUS RESPIRATORS. A RESPIRATOR NEEDS TO BE FIT TESTED TO THE MOUTH BUT IT NEEDS TO PREVENT ANY LEAKAGE FROM ANYTHING. IF YOU ARE UP AGAINST THE AEROSOLS YOU HAVE GASES. YOU HAVE VAPORS.

OF COURSE THAT YOU HAVE VIRUSES. SO A MASK ON A CHILD IS NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTHING. WHY ARE THEY WEARING IT? IS IT BECAUSE I SAID SO? SO. WITH THE PARENTS, WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM BUT MY CHILDREN CAN'T BREATHE BUT I HAVE A FOURTH-GRADER AND A SIX GRADER. SO ACCORDING TO CDC, MASKS DO NOT PROVIDE WEAR WITH I LEVEL ON FROM INHALING SMALLER AIRBORNE PARTICLES. IT IS NOT CONSIDERED RESPIRATORY PROTECTION. LEAKAGE OCCURS AROUND EDGES OF THAT MASK WHEN THE USER INHALES PROGRESS IS A RESPIRATOR.

FILTERS OUT 95% OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES INCLUDING LARGE AND SMALL PARTICLES. IT.

NEEDS TO BE FIT TESTED. I WEAR A RESPIRATOR AT WORK.

I HAVE TO BE FIT TESTED. I CAN'T JUST WEAR ONE.

HAVE TO BE FIT TESTED BY A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL.

IT WILL PROVE THAT IT FITS CORRECT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE NO LEAKAGE WHEN THEY INHALE OR BREATHE.

OKAY. SO A RESPIRATOR IS GOING TO BE LIKE YOUR HAVE TO FACE RESPIRATORS WITH CARTRIDGES, WHICH IS WHAT I WEAR IT, OR WHERE YOU HAVE AN AIR TANK ON YOUR BACK. SO TECHNICALLY, IF THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS VIRUS IN THE WORLD, A CLOTH MASKS IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. COVID IS AN AEROSOL.

SO ACCORDING -- SO A DEFINITION OF AN AEROSOL IS LESS THAN 5 MICRONS. OKAY? A DROPLET IS ABOUT 10 MICRONS. SO ABOUT 99.9% OF PARTICLES IN

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OKAY. ACCORDING TO A OSHA SURGICAL MASKS ARE NOT RESPIRATORS AND THE DO NOT PROVIDE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION. PLAZA FACEMASK ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR RESPIRATORS.

THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 10% EFFECTIVE.

AND SO JOE SHESTAK NXT SPICHER -- BUT WHY DON'T WE USED TO 17000000 FOR DILUTION VENTILATION OR DESTRUCTION. [APPLAUSE]

>> BRENDAN CONNELL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

I CAME LESS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT MASKS AND SPOKE AND I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSE FROM ANY OF YOU.

SO I GUESS YOU MUST HAVE A GREAT.

BECAUSE YOU DID NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING.

ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, NOTHING.

THERE'S NO RATIONALIZATION FOR THIS.

THERE'S NOW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SAYS MASKING CHILDREN HELPS. ONLY THAT IT IS A BAD THING FOR EDUCATION. THERE'S ONLY DOWNSIDES.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ADVISES AGAINST MASKING KIDS UNDER 6. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT? THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

OTHER COUNTRIES DON'T DO THIS TO THEIR KIDS.

IT HAS BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE. WHEN IT IS NOT.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE NOT DOING TEST THAT THEIR KIDS. BUT YOU GUYS DECIDE THAT YOU ARE BECAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT BECAUSE THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT IT IS STOPPING THE VIRUS.

CALVERT COUNTY IS ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, IT IS IN A DOWNWARD TREND. BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DEATH FROM CORONAVIRUS SINCE MAY. AND THERE WAS YESTERDAY THREE CASES. SO WE ARE NOT IN A PANDEMIC IN CALVERT COUNTY. WE N NEED TO TAKE MASKS OFF OUR KIDS AND LET THEM BE KIDS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. YOU GUYS DON'T LISTEN TO SCIENCE, REASON, YOU DON'T CRITICALLY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE VOTED OUT JUST LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER SAID.

[APPLAUSE] >> KRISTI GROSS?

>> HI MY NAME IS CHRISTINA GROVES.

I HAVE THREE KIDS. THEY ARE IN SCHOOL IN CALVERT COUNTY. SCHOOLS.

WE MOVED HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2018 SCHOOL YEAR.

I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT MY CHILDREN RECEIVED. THROUGHOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, I HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY GRATEFUL FOR CAP OR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM LEADERSHIP TO TEACHERS AND ST STAFF.

I'M COMFORTED THAT I CAN TRUST CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE A SAFE LEARNING APARTMENT THAT IS BASED ON EVIDENCE. THIS LEFT POINT HIS WIFE I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SENT MY KIDS TO IN PERSON SCHOOL.

AFTER REVIEWING THE REOPENING PLAN, I FELT CONFIDENT THAT MY PARTIALLY VACCINATED MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND UNVACCINATED KINDERGARTEN AS WELL AS THEIR TEACHERS WOULD BE SAFE, IT WOULD BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR -- IN SPITE OF THE SPREAD OF THE VARIANT. NATIONWIDE SCHOOL SAFETY DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN MIGHT NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SINCE THE WORLD SHUT DOWN IN MARCH OF 2020.

I WORKED FOR A LABOR UNION AND I COORDINATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF OVER 50,000 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

OVER THE PAST YEAR AND I HAVE, I HAVE WORKED WITH LEADING TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTORS INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS TO DEVELOP THE BEST EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION TO KEEP MY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS SAFE.

THIS INCLUDES MANDATORY MASKING, INCREASED DISINFECTION AND REASONABLE SOCIAL DISTANCING. MAJOR COMPONENTS OF TRANSPORTATION PANDEMIC OR NOT, REQUIRE ADVENT -- ADEQUATE FLEETS AND STAFFING. NOW THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN ADVOCATE ADEQUATELY. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO CCPS HAS PETITIONED BUDGET.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD PUT MY KIDS ON AN UNSAFE BUS IN THIS COUNTY. THAT CHANGED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH MY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WENT ON A BUS THAT WAS AT LEAST THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS DEEP WITH KIDS LINED UP IN THE AISLES THAT

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IT IS NOT COVID SAFE. IT IS NOT SAFE IF IT GETS IN AN ACCIDENT. SORRY.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE OFF TRACK. BUT I'M BRYCE MILLER IT WITH THE CDL SHORTAGE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I WORKED VERY HARD ON IT.

THAT IS WHY I WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT THAT STARTING WAGE FOR A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER IS $12 AN HOUR PROTECT IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF DRIVING OUR COUNTIES MOST PRECIOUS CARGO. WHEN ONE OF MY YARDS WAS FACED WITH A DRIVER SHORTAGE, ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS ALLOCATED TO INCREASE THE WAGE RATES FOR NEW DRIVERS TO 21.35 AS WELL AS $3,000 SIGNING BONUS AND RETENTION BONUS.

THEIR YARDS ARE FULLY STAFF. WE ALSO SPENT AT LEAST $260 MORE THAN BALTIMORE COUNTY ON TRANSPORTATION AND WE ARE GETTING LESS BANG FOR OUR BUCK. SO -- OKAY, SORRY, THANKS.

[APPLAUSE] >> WHEN YOU HAVE COME FOR OUR CHILDREN, YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR. FOR MANY YEARS, AND TYPE THIS COMMISSION POLICY WAS -- AN ANTIDISCRIMINATION POLICY WAS SUFFICIENT. WHILE THE PARENTS AND CITIZENS WERE DISTRACTED WITH COVID CH CHAOS, THIS BOARD ALONG WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATOR -- PREVIOUS ADMISSION OF THE BOARD -- SORRY. CITIZENS WERE DISTRACTED WITH COVID CHAOS THIS BOARD ALONG WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION -- ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS AND THE AT MR. OF PEOPLE SERVICES SNUCK IN THIS HATEFUL ANTIRACISM POLICY. WHICH BEGINS WITH THE POLITICAL HIT JOB AT THE TIME IT WAS DRAFTED.

IT BEGINS THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS OUTRAGED BY THE RECENT DEATHS OF GEORGE FLOYD, AHMAD AUBREY AND BREONNA TAYLOR AS WELL AS COUNTLESS OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY THAT PERSISTS IN THIS COUNTRY. HOWEVER, THE COMPASS WAS WRITTEN, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, DURING COVID, NOT ONE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME OR POLICE BRUTALITY.

SO YOUR HATEFUL ANTIRACISM RESOLUTION IS BASED UPON THE POLITICAL HOT TOPICS AT THE TIME.

WHILE YOUR PARENTS WERE DISTRACTED.

YOUR HATEFUL ANTIRACISM RESOLUTION AS WELL AS OTHER POLICIES PROMOTING HATE AND DIVISION BASED SOLELY UPON THE COLOR OF 1 FOR SKIN WILL ONLY FURTHER DIVIDE THIS STUDENT BOARD. HERE WE HAVE YOUR TYPES OF OPPRESSION, RACISM, SEXISM, CLASSISM, ELITISM, AND YOU ARE DIVIDING PEOPLE. YOU ARE THINK THAT IF YOU ARE QUITE GET YOU ARCHED ONE UP. IF YOU ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOU ARE ONE DOWN. IF YOU ARE A MAN, WHO ARE WENT UP. IF YOU ARE A WOMAN OR TRANSGENDER, R1 DOWN. IF YOU'RE PROTESTANT COULD WALK ONE UP. IF YOU ARE CATHOLIC, JEWISH, OR MUSLIM, WHAT WENT DOWN. PLEASE, COME ON, GUYS.

YOU GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THIS. YOUR CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS IN CATEGORIES BASED ON SEX, GRACE CAPITALISM, ABLE-BODIED, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN A FAMILY WITH BOTH PARENTS IN THE HOME. THIS IS HATEFUL.

WORK TRANSFERRING THE CULTURE OF MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR BLACK BOYS, CREATED BY NONE OTHER -- BOARD PRESIDENT, WHY JUST BLACK BOYS? WHAT ABOUT THE LITTLE BLACK GIRLS? WHAT ABOUT THAT WHITE BOYS AND GIRLS? FROM THE SOUNDS OF THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, YOU'RE QUARANTINE POLICY HAS BEEN A COMPLETE FIASCO.

YOU ARE FURTHER DIVIDING STUDENTS BY SICK OR ILL.

AND MOST OF THESE KIDS HAVE NO SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER.

THEY FEEL THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG.

HOW -- THIS MAKE THESE STUDENTS FEEL? THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT EVEN REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO BE VACCINATED AND YOU ARE TRYING TO FORCE TEACHERS TO BE VACCINATED AND FURTHER SEPARATING PEOPLE INTO GROUPS? THIS VIRUS HAS DENIED 9.8% RECOVERY RATE.

STOP THAT MASKING. STOP THIS OBSESSIVE QUARANTINING. TEACH THEM READING, WRITING, AND PERMITTED BY SPACE ARITHMETIC QUIT WITH THIS CRAP.

[APPLAUSE] >> NEXT SPEAKER.

I'M SORRY. I, RIGHT YOUR NAME.

CHRISTOPHER? SOMETHING.

YOU GET THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS CHRIS. I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

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ABOUT HOW IN -- 100% RACISM. I MEAN, HOW DO WE DO THIS? HOW DO WE TAKE OURSELVES FROM BEING THE BEST TO TAKING STEPS BACKWARDS? THIS COUNTY PAYS A LOT OF MONEY, 41% OF MY TAX DOLLARS GOES STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATORS. I'M SORRY, 43.

EVEN MORE. THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE THE PEOPLE.

YOU MUST, MUST LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.

WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL BACK HERE THAT TOLD YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT MASK. WHAT ARE WE WEARING THEM? THEY DO NOTHING. I AM A FORMER OSHA INSTRUCTOR AND I WORKED FOR JOB COURT. I WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT JOB COURT. IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT JOB COURT IS, SHOULD NOT IS A CAKEWALK FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

ANYONE KNOW WHAT JOB CORPS IS? IT WAS A TOUGH SITUATION.

MY STUDENTS LOVED ME. I HAD STUDENTS FROM EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE WORLD. IN MY CLASSROOM.

I HUGGED THEM EVERY FRIDAY WHEN WE LEFT CLASS.

BECAUSE WE CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER 100%.

THEY TRUSTED ME. I TRUSTED THEM.

THIS IS WHAT SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST YOUR TEACHER.

AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. I'M DISGUSTED.

I LOVE THIS COUNTY. I WOULD NEVER MOVED FROM THIS COUNTY. YOU GUYS LET ME DOWN! YOU LET ALL THE PEOPLE DOWN! ALL THE PEOPLE -- YOU LET THEM DOWN. YEAH.

YEAH, THERE'S ONLY A TODAY. MAKE IT TEN.

THE LAST ONE THAT GOT IN. THERE WAS MORE TRUTH.

I LOVE THIS COUNTY. YOU ARE HURTING ME.

YOU ARE HURTING THE CITIZENS. PAYING YOUR WAGE! IF YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB, RESIGNED AND LET SOMEONE ELSE DO THE JOB. THAT IS WHAT WE.

[APPLAUSE]

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS GARY NORMAN. YOU WERE NOT THE LAST ONE, SIR.

>> I DID NOT KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BECAUSE YOU ONLY ALLOW TEN PEOPLE SO I FIGURED I WOULD JUMP IN AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT. I'M A RECENT MOVE-IN.

WE CHOSE TO MOVE TO CALVERT COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I HAVE LIVED IN MULTIPLE PLACES WITH MY CAREER. THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST SCHOOL SYSTEM WE HAVE BEEN IN. WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE.

BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS. OUR KIDS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION. THEY -- THEY FELL BEHIND LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR GUYS' PLANNING OR LACK OF IT.

YOU GOT SAID KIDS WOULD NOT FALL BEHIND.

THE WHOLE NATION HAS GONE THROUGH THIS.

GUESS WHAT. THE WHOLE NATION DID NOT GO THROUGH IT LIKE WE DID HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY.

OUR KIDS ARE BEHIND PICKUP AND ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS.

AND MUSIC. IN THEATER.

AND EVERYTHING. THEY ARE BEHIND BECAUSE OF YOUR GUYS' DECISION. NOW I KNOW THIS IS AN INTERACTION. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? YOU TELL ME HOW MANY OF YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS OUT OF YOUR HEART? OR BECAUSE YOU GOT PRIDE. THIS IS WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE LET US DOWN AND YOU DON'T CARE.

IT IS ALL ABOUT YOUR POSITION. YOUR KIDS GO OTHER PLACES OR YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE SYSTEM. YOU ARE MAKING ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS BASED ON MONEY. THAT IS RIGHT.

[01:35:02]

I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE LONG. BBUT I HEARD THAT MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.

BUT YOU MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WORE MASKS.

WHY? WHY NOT TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME? YOU KNOW, I'M EMOTIONAL.

I'M ADAMANT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST LETDOWN FOR OUR FAMILY. WE WERE EXCITED TO COME TO THIS COUNTY. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO LEAVE

NOW. >> YES.

>> THIS GENTLEMAN BACK HERE, I, TOLD UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT IS WHAT I HEARD. THAT IS WHY WE WANTED TO COME HERE. BUT GUESS WHAT.

I DON'T HAVE ROOTS HERE. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE AND TAKE MY MONEY ELSEWHERE. BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS' LACK OF PLANNING. THIS BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE, EVERYONE SAW IT COMING. HOW DID YOU GUYS NOT SEE IT? YOU GOT COULD HAVE STARTED PLANNING FOR THIS IN THE SPRING.

NO PLANNING. NOTHING HAPPENED.

YOU GUYS WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE FOR EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS THAT WE CAME FROM BEFORE THEY HAD PLANS IN PLACE AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, FOR THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD YOUR GUYS' DECISION UNTIL AUGUST OF WHAT WAS GOING ON? HOW DO YOU GUYS JUSTIFIED THAT? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]

>> I HAVE WHEN MORE THAT JUST SIGNED UP TO ARIELLA.

-- UP, ARIELLA. >> HI MY NAME IS ARIELLA.

I AM A MOM OF A CALVERT COUNTY WHICH IS SCHOOL STUDENT.

SHE IS A FIRST GRADE. SHE IS AMAZING.

THE OTHER DAY, WHEN I ASKED HER HOW HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS, IT WAS GOOD. SHE HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY.

WHICH I WAS EXCITED FOR. AND I ASKED HER, HOW ONCE WAS.

THAT WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF GOING TO SCHOOL.

AND SHE SAID, MOM, WHICH HAD TO SIT -- I WAS LIKE, DID YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS? SHE SAID THAT WE HAVE TO SIT AT DIFFERENT TABLES AND I WAS LIKE, SIT AT DIFFERENT TABLES.

OKAY. WAS LIKE, -- AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, DID YOU TALK THAT YOU TALK TO ANYBODY? SHE WAS LIKE, MOM, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. UNLIKE, LUNCH WAS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY. I GOT TO SIT WITH FRIENDS.

I FAILED TO MENTION I'M AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST.

AND THIS FOR THE KIDS, IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

IT REALLY JUST NOT RIGHT. AND I MOVED FROM CALVERT.

I MOVED FROM ST. MARY'S COUNTY TO CALVERT COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS, STRICTLY, STRICTLY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE EDUCATION IS SUCH A BIG PART OF CHILDREN GROWING AND PLAYING ENVIRONMENT AND NOW, IT IS JUST LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED? AND THERE'S JUST -- THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE KIDS.

I MEAN, JUST TO HEAR THE SIMPLEST THINGS LIKE LUNCH.

LOOK AT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING.

IT WAS THE BIGGEST THING. ALSO, THE BUS DRIVERS SITUATIONS, I JUST, I'M -- I PASSED THAT SIGN EVERY DAY.

$12 AN HOUR. GOOD ANYBODY LIVE ON $12 AN HOUR? ANYBODY? IT IS RIGHT THERE IN THE YARD. IT IS YELLOW.

IT SAYS $12 AN HOUR. IT IS JUST SAD.

LIKE, I WOULD NEVER APPLY FOR A JOB THAT SAYS $12 AN HOUR.

I THINK PEOPLE AT MCDONALD'S MAKE MORE, AND I'M NOT JUST THINK THAT. AND BEING HONEST.

AND THAT IS SAD. THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING OUR KIDS. THAT WAS ANOTHER BIG PART OF ME GOING TO SCHOOL AS A CHILD. REMEMBER BACK WHEN YOU GUYS WERE IN SCHOOL. PUBLIC AND YOU GUYS WERE KIDS.

WAS YOUR MOST BIGGEST THINGS THAT YOU WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT? RECESS. PE.

YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER, SHE EVEN SAID, I WAS LIKE, HOW WAS PE BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT I LEFT.

AND SHE WAS LIKE, WE HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

I'M LIKE, THEY DON'T -- AT LEAST, COULD YOU GUYS MAY BE COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION OF TAKING BREAKS WITH THE KIDS? TAKING OFF THAT MASKS? BECAUSE THEY DO HURT YOUR EARS.

I WORKED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND I HAD TO WEAR IT ALL THE TIME AND IT HURTS. THEY REALLY TRULY, THEY HURT.

SO MAYBE JUST TAKING BREAKS THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.

I MEAN, JUST LISTEN TO PEOPLE. THANK YOU GUYS.

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[APPLAUSE] >> THAT IS ALL.

[5.01 Hayden Kelly]

>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD REPORT. MR. KELLY?

>> HOW IS IT GOING TO EVERYBODY? MONEY IS HAYDEN KELLY.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I HAVE TO SAY, IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THE ATMOSPHERE OF SCHOOL AND THE OVERALL ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING IS PROBABLY BETTER IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE ENTHUSIASM ALL THE STUDENTS OF CALVERT HAVE TO TEXT GET BACK INTO BUILDING AND THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN.

SO ALSO, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD COMING FROM STARTING SCHOOL BACK UP AGAIN, THERE IS SOME BAD.

AND I TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME VIEWPOINTS FROM STUDENT LEADERS THE CUSTER COUNTY BY SURVEYING THE NEWLY FOUNDED ADVISORY COUNCIL. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO REMAIN OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY KIDS THAT WANT TO APPLY THAT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. IF YOU COMMITTED AN APPLICATION, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN LOOKED OVER AND FINISHED.

BUT ONTO THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY.

LOOK AT WAS A LOT OF GOOD. I ASKED THE ADVISORY COUNCIL WHAT THEY LIKED ABOUT RETURNING TO SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY DID NOT LIKE. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD.

A LOT OF THEM REALLY LIKE TO GO BACK AND SEE THEIR FRIENDS.

THERE WAS A HUGE SOCIAL ASPECT MISSING FROM VIRTUAL LEARNING THAT IS NOW ONCE AGAIN'S PRESENT AND THAT IS AMAZING.

CLASSES OR MORE ENGAGING. IT IS A BETTER OVERALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND SOME TEACHERS ARE EVEN EASING THE STUDENTS BACK INTO IT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR. SO CLASSES, ALL THOSE AP CLASSES AND ACCELERATED CLASSES, THERE'S -- BUT IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO GET THE STUDENTS MORE WE ACCLIMATED TO THE IMPRISONED SCHOOLING.

ALSO, FISCAL ISSUES AVAILABILITY FOR -- IF YOU ARE ABSENT.

I'M A STUDENT THAT MISSUS QUITE A BIT OF SCHOOL ON AVERAGE PER YEAR. BUT WHETHER THAT BE BECAUSE OF -- OR JUST BEING OUT SICK, EVEN BEFORE COVID.

I HAVE TO SAY, THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES THIS YEAR IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY OTHER YEAR IN THE PAST.

I COULD GO ON AND TELL YOU GUYS EVERY SINGLE ASSIGNMENT I HAD ALL DAY. AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT.

AND ONTO SOME OF THE WEST THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL POINTED OUT IN THE FIRST THING THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT MENTIONED WAS THE BLESSING. SOME OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THERE'S THREE STUDENTS SITTING. SEAT AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S PLENTY OF STUDENTS ARRIVING TEN, 20, EVEN 30 MINUTES LATER THE SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS MORE THAN A FEW TIMES TODAY.

BUT I COULD NOT GO WITHOUT MENTIONING IT.

ALSO, THERE IS A LACK OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PROBABLY BRING YOUR MASK AND CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THE MOMENT.

THE PARTS THERE IS SOME AVOIDABLE INSTANCES OF SOCIAL DISTANCING OR INSTANCES WHERE WE COULD HAVE BEEN SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN WE WERE NOT AND THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN IMPROVE UPON AS THE SCHOOL YEAR PROGRESSES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS. SO I FEEL LIKE IT IS OKAY.

AND ALSO, FOR THE RELAXED KIND OF MASK RULES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WEARING A MASK. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HAVING IT AND ABOVE OUR NOSE. IT IS THE RULES.

OKAY. ALSO, THERE IS KIND OF A DISTRUST IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE CONTACT TRACING. I KNOW I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE STUDENTS JUST DISAPPEAR FROM MY CLASSES AND THAT IS KIND OF WORRISOME. ACRYLIC WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY IS SITTING NEXT TO ME AND HAS COVID AND IS GONE THE NEXT DAY, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATIONS LIKE THAT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING SEEMS PRETTY GOOD.

ALL THE PEOPLE -- I COVERED EVERYTHING.

ADVISORY COUNCIL SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISLIKING AND OVERALL, I THINK THE RETURN HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

[6.01 Dr. Daniel D. Curry]

>> THANKS, MISTER KELLY PICNIC SCOTT WE WILL HAVE A REPORT FROM

DR. CURRY. >> THANK YOU.

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BAR'S ENDORSEMENT OF A COUPLE OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE. THIS IS THE FIRST.

SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL OF KJ HILL TO BE IN DEPOSITION.

TEACHING HAS BEEN A TEACHER SINCE 2003 AND HE HAS BEEN A TECH INTEGRATION SPECIALIST SINCE 2018.

A GRADUATE OF TOWNSEND UNIVERSITY.

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE AND OF MUCH EDUCATION AND GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE WHERE HE EARNED HIS MASTERS IN THE CURRICULUM

[01:45:01]

APPROVAL. >> I SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR --

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

APPROVED. >> THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL TO APPOINT CECELIA LEWIS AS SUPERVISOR F HUMANS RESOURCES.

AS LEWIS LEFT US BRIEFLY BUT HAS RETURNED BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN REALLY SINCE 2014, SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, SUPERVISOR OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES, PRINCIPAL AT SOUTHARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, MOST RECENTLY.

SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY.

TEACHING PASCHAL SOCIALIST I AND SHE SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SSPECIALIST THERE. RECEIVED WRESTLERS OF ARTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL AND WAS REPORTED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. SHE EARNED HER MASTER OF ARTS AND TEACHING SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

A. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? APPROVED.

>> SO FOR MY REPORT, AS MR. KELLY MENTIONED, WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING AND WE ARE AIMING FOR ALL CHILDREN TO HAVE 180 DAYS OF IN PERSON INSTRUCTION. MASKS ARE REQUIRED IN SCHOOLS.

THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS RECENTLY APPROVED SOME LANGUAGE TO REQUIRE THAT AS WELL. WE HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH COMPLIANCE. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH QUICKLY. OVERALL, MORE THAN 15,000 KIDS AND 2,000 EMPLOYEES, MASK IN SCHOOLS IS A PART OF OUR CURRENT CULTURE BUT AS WE ALL KNOW TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN CHALLENGING. IN THAT WEEKS APPROACHING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. JUST WITHIN THOSE LAST FEW WEEKS, OUR CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE 150 BUSES THAT WE CONTRACT FOR LET US KNOW THEY DID NOT HAVE 16 DRIVERS.

STARTING PAY IS $18 AN HOUR. I CAN'T THINK THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ENOUGH FOR THE EXTRA HOURS THEY PUT IN TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE SOME BUS RUNS AS WELL AS FOR SOME OF THE COMPANY PUTTING DRIVING BUSES THEMSELVES.

THERE ARE JUST SEVEN PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. AND SOME DAYS, SIX OF THEM ARE DRIVING BUSES. ED CASSIDY IS THE DIRECTOR AND KEVIN HOPE IS THE SUPERVISORS AND ALL OF THEIR TEAM ARE USING -- ALWAYS ARE USED TO AND DURING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STRESS BUT THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS.

JUST GOT WE WERE SHORT 16 DRIVERS.

THANK GOODNESS WE ARE NOT HALBERT COUNTY, WHERE THEY WERE SHORT 95 DRIVERS. THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE 13 POTENTIAL NEW DRIVERS IN TRAINING.

STILL ONLY 134 OF 150 BUSES RUNNING AND THEY ARE LIMITED IF AT ALL AVAILABLE. SO THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CHALLENGES UNTIL WE GET MORE DRIVERS UP AND RUNNING.

THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT GOING OUT TODAY TO PARENTS, ADDING THAT SOME MORE ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULES AND WE APOLOGIZE BUT OUR SITUATION CALLS FOR SOME DOUBLING UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

SOME OF THE PLANS ARE ALSO COMPUTED AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY TRAFFIC JAMS AND SOME SCHOOLS.

RECOGNIZING THE BUS CHALLENGES, WE HAVE HAD MORE PARENTS THAN EVER DRIVING THEIR CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

WORK WITH THERE ARE NOT SEPARATE ENTRANCES FOR BUSES AND PARENTS DROPPING OFF TRIPLE TRUCK AND, WE HAVE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC ISSUES. ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THINGS HAVE BEEN BETTER. WE HAVE HAD MORE STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVING TESTED POSITIVE AND OUR NURSES AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN CONTACT TRACING. WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS SO THAT NURSES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON THEIR USUAL DUTIES. BUT THOSE WHO ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT GENERALLY DEFINED AS WITHIN 3 FEET OF SOMEONE WHO TESTS POSITIVE WITHIN 3 FEET OF THEM FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. THOSE IN CLOSE CONTACT.

AND UNVACCINATED HAVE TO QUARANTINE.

SO STUDENT QUARANTINE CAN IMPACT ATTENDANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE -- WE ARE RELEASING A STATEMENT THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO -- DUE TO COVID, NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS REGARDING REQUIRED QUARANTINE, MAKE THE DECISION NOT TO THE RECOGNIZED PERFECT ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.

THIS WILL BE A NO-FAULT YEAR. STUDENTS ARE WORKING TOWARDS CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE, IT WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. ABSENCES FOR 2021, 22 SCHOOL YEAR WILL NOT IMPACT THE STUDENTS TECHNICIAN FOR CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS WE DO NOT WANT ANY CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL WHEN THEY ARE NOT FEELING WELL. BECAUSE OF THIS AWARD.

IN ORDER TO KEEP ON TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERFECT ATTENDANCE.

[01:50:04]

OUR ENROLLMENT TODAY, AS OF TODAY, IS 15,156, WHICH IS ALMOST 200 MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

OUR VIRTUAL ACADEMY IS FULL. AND FINALLY, A BIG THANKS TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THEY RECENTLY LET US KNOW THE HAVE APPARENTLY AN ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.

IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 29TH AND THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE BENEFICIARY WILL BE THE COPPER COUNTY SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS NATION. -- DESIGNATION.

[7.01 Policies for Review]

>> THANK YOU, DR. CURRY. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO POLICIES FOR REVIEW. WE WILL START WITH POLICY 3100 REGARDING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

DR. JOHNSON? >> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM SUPER -- SUSAN JOHNSON.

SUPERINTENDENT. >> CLOSER.

>> JUST CLOSER. SO THAT YOU CAN WE SHARED WITH YOU MODIFICATION TO GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS POLICY.

WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE AT THE STATE LEVEL. FOR NINTH GRADERS THIS YEAR.

THE STATE IS REQUIRING WHEN MORE HALF CREDIT OF HEALTH THAT MUST BE ADDED TO OUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

SO IN OUR POLICY, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE OUT 23 AND A HALF CREDITS AND CHANGE IT BECAUSE OF THE REQUIRED CREDITS BEFORE BEING AWARDED MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

WE ARE SAYING THAT REQUIRED NUMBER AND NOT IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER BECAUSE STUDENTS IN GRADES TEN TO 12 WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO ME THE 23 AND A HALF CREDITS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS WITH THE ADDITIONAL CREDITS.

ENSURES THAT THEY MUST GET. UP, SO OUR NINTH GRADERS WOULD NEED TO -- THE CHANGES THAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR NINTH GRADERS AND THE PUTS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

IN ADDITION TO 23 AND A HALF CREDITS THAT ARE ALREADY OUTLINED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL HALF CREDIT OF HEALTH. THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE CHANGES TO JUST THE AWARDING OF CREDITS. FOR INSTANCE, CURRENTLY, TWO YEARS OF WORLD LANGUAGE. IF PUSH CAME TO SHOVE AND OUR STUDENTS TEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THEY COULD, ONE CREDIT OF FRENCHMEN AND ONE CREDIT OF SPANISH ONE AND ME THAT TO THE CREDIT REQUIREMENT OF WORK LANGUAGE.

NINTH GRADERS COMING IN WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO CREDITS AT THE SAME WORLD LANGUAGE IN ROUTE TO ME THAT CREDIT REQUIREMENT.

ALSO, THE ESTATE REMOVE THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY.

WE HAD VERY FEW STUDENTS IN THE TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO THAT IS NOT A BIG IMPACT TO GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. AND THE LAST PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED WAS THAT WHEN THE STUDENTS TAKE THEIR ASSESSMENTS AND THE STATE MANDATED AREAS, IT WILL COME BACK AS 20% OF THE STUDENTS' FINAL GRADE.

BUT THERE'S BEEN NO DECISION ON HOW THAT WILL BE CALCULATED IN.

IN OUR POLICY, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ONE CHANGE IS TO REMOVE 23 AND A HALF CREDITS AND INSERT THE REQUIRED NUMBER

OF CREDITS IN THE POLICY. >> THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? >> DID THEY TELL US WHAT IS GOING TO BE TAUGHT IN THE EXTRA CREDIT? IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT ON WHAT TYPES OF THINGS NEED TO BE

TAUGHT AND HOW? >> THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE PLANS AND STATE STANDARDS THAT MUST BE MET SO OUR SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION MEETS WITH HER SUPERVISOR AND THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PIECES ON WHAT THE ACTUAL CONTENT WOULD BE. RIGHT NOW, IN TALKING WITH MISSUS SPARKS ABOUT OUR HEALTH PROGRAM, WE DON'T WANT TO ADD IT AS A WHOLE CREDIT OF HEALTH. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAVE CREDIT FOR NINTH AND TENTH GRADE AND THEN HAVE CREDIT AND 11 AND

12 GRADE. >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> 30 DAYS.

>> YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE POLICY WILL BE POSTED FO. WE WILL MOVE TO POLICY 3610 REGARDING STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

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

CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AT THIS TIME, MY DEPARTMENT IS

[01:55:05]

COUNTY SCUPPER TOOLS. >> THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL POST THE POLICY FOR 30 DAYS. AND LASTLY, POLICY 5500 REGARDING PROCUREMENT OF GREEN PRODUCT CLEANING SUPPLIES.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. CLAGGETT, DR. CURRY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH POLICY 5500. FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF GREEN PRODUCT CLEANING SUPPLIES AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGE TO THE CURRENT POLICY.

>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT WE WILL POST THIS POLICY ALSO, FOR 30 DAY REVIEW.

[7.02 General Funds]

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR GENERAL FUND'S REPORT AND CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. MS. HUDGINS?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ONCE AGAIN. I AM THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND I WILL BE REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH INFORMATION FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REPORT FOR AUGUST, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

WE HAVE JUST FINISHED PROCESSING FINALLY IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.

IF OUR AUDITORS PROPOSE NO ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR RECORDS F FOR 21, THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE FINALIZED THIS MONTH, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED, AT ONCE THAT HAPPENS.

WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MONTH WITH A REQUEST TO INCREASE THE OPERATING BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THE CONTRIBUTION FOR THIS YEAR. I'M LOOKING AT OUR REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. HERE TO DATE INCOME, 24.7 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS THE BUDGETED INCOME.

AS A REMINDER, WE RECEIVED OUR STATE AID FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SIX INSTALLMENTS BEGINNING WITH THE MONTH OF J JULY. THAT TYPICALLY COMES AND THE END OF THE MONTH EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE DID NOT GET OUR ATE AND THE END OF JULY. IT CAME A FEW DAYS LATE.

SO IT IS BEEN SHOWN ON THIS REPORT AS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED AND POSTED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

THE YEAR TO DAY EXPENDITURES. REPRESENTS 77.5% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW AUGUST 30TH WAS THE FIRST PAY OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT INCLUDED THE PAYMENTS FOR ALL OF OUR CONTRACT PEOPLE THE FISCAL YEAR 22. SO AT THIS POINT THIS REPORT IS REFLECTING EXPENDITURES FOR ALL POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED AS OF THE TIME THAT ARE AUGUST 30TH.

WAS RUN. THERE ARE STILL A FEW VACANCIES THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IS GATHERING ACCOUNT FOR US TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES CURRENTLY HAVE OUTSTANDING. SO THIS -- THESE NUMBERS WILL BE UPDATED AS THOSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

BUT THIS IS A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR LIABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE ARE JUST WENT TO LOOK AT A FEW ITEMS TODAY STARTING WITH PAGE TWO WHICH IS EVERETT MID-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY.

CZU, THAT THERE ARE SAVINGS AND SEVERAL SALARY ACCOUNTS DUE TO TURNOVER THAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

THE SAME PRINCIPLE PROVIDE THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION OF CYBERSECURITY MONITORING SERVICES.

BUDGET TRANSFER WILL BE REQUIRED ONCE THE AMOUNT THAT IS NEEDED IS DETERMINED AND SO WE DO ANTICIPATE COMING BEFORE YOU WITH A BUDGET TRANSFER REQUEST TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE SERVICES. THE NEXT CATEGORY WE WILL LOOK AT IS CATEGORY -- SPECIAL EDUCATION CATEGORY ON PAGE SEVEN. AND YOU WILL SEE ON THIS REPORT THAT THERE IS A DEFICIT OF $131,000 AND THE THERAPIST CELEBRATES ACCOUNT. BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HUMAN RESOURCES THAT THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE SERVICES

[02:00:01]

THEY WERE NOT IN OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR UNDER SELL RESPECT THEREFORE, WE DO ANTICIPATE BRINGING IT BUDGET TRANSFER REQUEST BEFORE YOU PROBABLY NEXT MONTH TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM ONE OR MORE ACCOUNTS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE SALARIES. THE LAST PAGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT TODAY IS PAGE NINE. THE STUDENT SERVICES CATEGORY.

AND YOU WILL SEE HERE ON THIS PAGE THAT THERE IS A VACANCY FOR A SOCIAL WORKER. WE HAVE $64,000 REMAINING IN THIS TIME IN THE SOCIAL WORKER SALARY ACCOUNT.

THEREFORE, WE NEED TO CONTRACT THESE SERVICES THROUGH A VENDOR.

SINCE WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR THE CONTRACTED SERVICS FOR THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL IN JUST A MINUTE TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM SALARY ACCOUNTS TO SOCIAL WORKER -- I'M SORRY, CONTRACTED. SERVICE CONTRACTS ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE SERVICE CONTRACT.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT BUDGET TRANSFER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THIS REPORT?

>> YEAH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO THE BACK OF THE SPECIAL ED, YOU SAID WE NEED TO DO IT BUDGET TRANSFER INTO SALARY.

THAT AMOUNT TO ROUGHLY THAT AMOUNT WAS IN OUR BUDGET IN THE

CONTRACTED SERVICES ACCOUNT? >> FOR THE POSITIONS, YES.

>> OKAY. >> THE TRADE-OFF.

[7.03 Budget Adjustment]

WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO TRANSFER A TOTAL OF $71,674 FROM SALARY ACCOUNTS TO THE SERVICE CONTRACTS ACCOUNT WITHIN THE STUDENT SERVICES CATEGORY. WE HAVE SAVINGS OF $7,332 AND THE DIRECTOR SALARY ACCOUN. AS WELL AS THE $64,342 REMAINING IN THE SOCIAL WORKER SALARY ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE SAVINGS INTO DIRECTOR SALARY ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF TURNOVER IT WITH THAT POSITION. SO WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TO TRANSFER THESE FUNDS TO THE SERVICE CONTRACTS ACCOUNTS UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE ASSESS THE NEED OF SERVICE CONTRACT SERVICES DURING THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU LATER IN THAT YEAR TO REQUEST ANOTHER BUDGET TRANSFER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF NEEDED IF WE DO, IN FACT, HAVE TO REQUEST ANOTHER TRANSFER THAT WILL BE MORE THAN LIKELY BE AN INTRO CATEGORY TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. DO WE HAVE YOUR APPROVAL TO MAKE

THIS TRANSFER? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AND HE OPPOSED?

[7.04 Bid Approvals]

MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. HUDGINS. NXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO BIT APPROVALS. -- BID APPROVALS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS KEVIN MICHAEL AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE TWO REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. JOINING ME IS MR. RAY GREEN, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES TO PRESENT THE FIRST REQUEST, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE SOLE SOURCE AWARD FOR THE PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT MODULE FOR THE TOWER AT MILL CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE REPLACEMENT MODULE IS PROPRIETARY EQUIPMENT AND IT CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED THROUGH DISTRIBUTION IN OUR REGION.

DEFINING THE CRITERIA FOR SOLE-SOURCE AWARD AND RELATED REFERENCED FROM THOSE INCLUDED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU.

BUT HE FOR THIS PURCHASE WILL BE THROUGH THE LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET. WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AWARDS TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE MODULE.

FOR MORE DISSIPATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,399.56.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> JUST THAT THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. [CHUCKLES]

>> ALL RIGHT. HEARING NOTHING FURTHER, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR? >> I.

>> ANY OPPOSED CLICKED THE MOTION.

>> JOINING US NOW IS THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TO PRESENT THE SECOND REQUEST, WHICH IS TO APPROVE UTILIZATION

[02:05:02]

THERE'S OF THE BOOK IS TO BE COMPLETED AS DETAILED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU. FUNDING FOR THIS WORK WILL BE THROUGH THAT LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET AND WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY APPROVE UTILIZATION BEYOND THE CONTRACT FOR THE PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT OF THE CENTER BY GARLAND DDS INC., CLEVELAND, OHIO, IN THE TREATMENT OF $102,965.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE? >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT -- WHEN DID WE LEARN THAT WE

NEED TO DO THIS? >> WHICH WAY DO YOU TO GO?

>> OKAY. EXPECT THIS WAY?

STRUCTURE. >> SO THERE HAVE BEEN -- DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN NOTICED -- NOTED IN THE GENERAL AREA, IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES REPEATEDLY AND THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ISSUE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COMPLICATED THAN SOMETHING RELATED TO THE ROOF DRAIN IN THE GENERAL AREA. SO UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE LOOKED AND THE ROOFING AND THE RISING WALL AND SO WITH THE MULTIPLE REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THAT AREA, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND ACTUALLY MAKE REPAIRS AT THE RISING WALL AND REWORK THAT RISING WALL.

SO ESSENTIALLY, IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SLOWLY UNCOVERED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT IT BECAME MORE APPARENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

>> YEAH. IT IS JUST THAT WE ARE NOW FACED WITH HAVING TO INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR SPENDING THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO HAVING IT AS A CAPITAL PROJECT, YOU KNOW? OR SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT. IT IS JUST IS SURPRISED TO OUR BUDGET. YOU SAY IT IS GOING TO BE OPERATING. BUT IT MUST HAVE ROOM?

>> SO IN TERMS OF THE EXPENSE OF WHERE IT IS COMING FROM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE SOME SAVINGS IN THAT CAPITAL ALTERATIONS BUDGET. SO WE ARE ABLE TO DISPLACE SOME COSTS FOR SOME OTHER ITEMS. SO WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF THAT. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SHARED COST THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF MR. GOD'S' PORTION OF THE OPERATING BUDGET AS WELL. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF AN AREA WHICH WE NORMALLY WOULD NOT EXPECT. AND I CAN CERTAINLY LET THE -- IT IS KIND OF LIKE ANYTHING ELSE BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE UNFORESEEN CONDITION CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND SO LUCHA WITH THE -- CERTAINLY WITH THE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION MONEY THAT WE HAD FOR THE PROJECT, THE MONEY WAS SEVERELY LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD DO AT THAT MARY HARRISON CENTER PARCEL AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

SO THOSE FUNDS WERE EXPECTED TO MAKE BETTERMENTS ON THE INSIDE AND OBVIOUSLY TO ADDITION. SO I THINK -- I SUPPOSED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SOME FUNDS ARE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED THROUGH SAVINGS AND THEN OTHERS, WE DO FORESEE OBVIOUSLY THAT THERE ARE SOME EXPENSES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INCUR TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.

>> ALL RIGHT. HEARING NOTHING FURTHER, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND NETSCAPE WE WILL MOVE INTO REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. MS. WARNER?

>> CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> I APOLOGIZE.

[7.05 Review of Capital Improvements Program]

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> YES, THANK YOU.

[02:10:02]

DR. CURRY MS. CLAGETT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.

AND BEFORE YOU IS THE FY 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP. THE CIP IS DEVELOPED ANNUALLY AND INCLUDES CAPITAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FUTURE YEARS. PROJECTS ARE FUNDED EITHER JOINTLY BY STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS OR THEY ARE FUNDED ENTIRELY BY OUR LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

THE CIP FOR THE FY 2023 CONTINUES THE SAME THEMES FROM LAST YEAR'S ERP. IN THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS ARE SYSTEMIC RENOVATION PROJECTS SUCH AS NEW ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND HVAC SYSTEM REPLACEMENT.

AND JUST LOOK AT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT TODAY. IF WE COULD MISS MEXICO TO PAGE 13 OR PAGE 18 OF THE PDF, THERE WE GO.

SO I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PAGE TO LAY OUT THE WAY THAT THE CA -- CIP IS STRUCTURED.

THIS IS SECTION TWO OF THE CIP. AND IT IS CONTAINED ON PAGES 13 THROUGH 18 AND IT SHOWS PROJECTS DIVIDED UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

UP AT THE TOP SECTION OF THE PATIENT SHOWS PROJECTS THAT GET STATE AND LOCAL PARTICIPATION. THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE-PAGE SHOWS PROJECTS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL.

THEREFORE, THEY ARE AT 100% FUNDED BY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

TODAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW OR UPDATED PROJECTS SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES MADE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS YEAR'S ERP, BUT RATHER, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY CHANGES THAT HAVE FUNDING AND OVERGROWTH PROJECT IMPLICATIONS. ARE FOUR FORMULA HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR. THE STATE AND LOCAL COST SHARE HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS 53% STATE, 47% LOCAL MATCH TO 56% STATE AND 44% LOCAL MATCH.

SO THAT IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS. ADDITIONALLY, STARTING THIS YEAR, THE STATE IS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN DESIGN COSTS OF UP TO 10% OF THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET ON ALL PROJECTS.

INCLUDING SYSTEMIC'S. ALSO, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN FF&E OR FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT COSTS CAP OUT AT 5% FOR RENOVATION OR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE FF&E IS FORTHCOMING FROM THE STATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO WE WILL FIND UP WITH THAT EXACTLY MEANS IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY AND I WILL CERTAINLY UPDATE YOU ON THAT. IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LAST YEAR'S ERP NOTED THAT BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY'S LOCAL FUNDING PRIORITY, WE WERE PUSHING PLANNING FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE MULTIPLY OUT TO FY 2025.

CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WAS PUSHED OUT FROM FY 24 AND 25 TO FY 26 AND 27 WITH A LARGE MAJORITY OF FUNDING OCCURRING IN FY 20 PROTECTING. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CALVERT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AN ESTIMATED $4,860,199 IN BUILD TO LEARN ACT FUNDING OR BTL FUNDING. THERE ARE ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE BASED ON A FORMULA DERIVED BY THE STATE AND THAT IS OUR SHARE.

THIS FUNDING CAN BE USED TOWARDS ANY OF OUR FUTURE CIP PROJECTS, MEETING CERTAIN MINIMUM COST THRESHOLDS BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WORKING TOWARDS THE NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT PROVIDES SEVERAL ADVANTAGES. FIRSTLY, WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE A PART OF THE BEJEWELED FUNDS TOWARDS DESIGNED.

11 US TO START PLANNING ONE-YEAR EARLIER.

WHICH I THINK IS GREAT NEWS. SO YOU WILL NOTICE IN THIS YEAR'S ERP THAT WE GOT NORTHERN MIDDLE PLANNING APPROVAL SHOWN IN FY 2024 RATHER THAN 25. THE BEETLE FUNDING WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH STATE FUNDS WHICH WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WITH COMBINED STATE AND BTL FUNDING CAP AT THE NEW 56% STATE MATCH. BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BTL FUNDS, WE CAN ALSO GET AN EARLIER START ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE CURRENT CIP, WE SHOULD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MOST PART IN FY 25 THROUGH FY 27, HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS ARE REQUESTED EARLIER FROM THE STATE AND THROUGH BEETLE FUNDING, 11

[02:15:02]

THIS WOULD ALLOW THE NEW BUILDING COMPLETION AND MOVE IN POTENTIALLY BUT SOME OF 2026 THE EXISTING BUILDING DEMO PARKING AREA AND FEELS CAN FINISH BETWEEN FULL OF 2026 AND SUMMER OF 2027. THIS CANNOT IN ANY WAY CHANGE THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE NOTED IN THE CIP TOOK OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LAST YEAR. ALL OF THAT REMAINS THE SAME.

ALL WE ARE DOING IS JUST FORWARD FUNDED THE STATE PORTION IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO BEGIN EARLIER.

SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WE ARE CARRYING SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN FY 2023 AND 24 ON THE LOCAL SIDE FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS IN CASE WE NEED THEM.

EXCUSE ME. IN FY 23, WE ARE CARRYING ABOUT $500,000 AND IN FY 24, WE ARE CARRYING $900,000.

IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL BIG PICTURE, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE CIP, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WITHIN THE SIX-YEAR PLAN, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 19 PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE PARTICIPATION OF THESE, THREE ARE MAJOR PROJECTS AT BEACH ELEMENTARY, NORTHERN MIDDLE, AND A FUTURE PROJECT AT MATT HARMONY ELEMENTARY.

THE REMAINING 60 PROJECTS ARE SYSTEMIC RENOVATION PROJECTS CONSISTING OF HVAC, BUILDING ENVELOPE TYPE PROJECTS INCLUDING THE RISK OF STOREFRONTS, AND WINDOWS.

BUT YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE TO CIP THAT ARE THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE ARE INCLUDING FUNDING REQUESTS RELATED TO THE SEVERAL ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT AL HIGH SCHOOLS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE REQUEST OF DR. CURRY, MR. NAVARRO AND MR. KEVIN HOOK MET WITH PRINCIPLES AND ACTIVITY DIRECTORS AT ALL FOUR HAS GOES TO PRIORITIZE ATHLETIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, MR. NAVARRO SHARED THESE FINDINGS WITH DR. CURRY AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE INCLUDED TWO OF THE FOUR CONSISTENT RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE CIP, NAMELY THE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL VISITOR BLEACHERS AT THE STADIUM FIELD AND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF FUELED HOUSES AT ALL FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO THE FOCUS KNELT ON THE CIP REQUESTS FOR THE UPCOMING FY 2023 CYCLE AND THEN I WILL BRIEFLY GO INTO SOME OF THE OTHER REQUESTS.

AS YOU LOOK AT PAGE 13 OF THE CIP, YOU WILL SEE THE CURRENT YEAR REQUESTS. WE HAVE FIVE PRIORITIES THAT REQUIRE APPROVAL AND GET PARTIAL STATE FUNDING.

PRIORITY ONE IS WHICH ELEMENT IS GOOGLE THAT IS THE REMAINING FUNDING WORK FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION.

THAT SECOND PRIORITY IS CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THIS IS A FULL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT AS WELL AS A PARTIAL REGROUP. THIS PROJECT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S ERP. HOWEVER, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY STATE FUNDING. SO WE REQUESTING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT IS SLATED TO HAVE THE WORK DONE IN SUMMER OF 20.

>> PAMELA L. COUSINS: IF WE GET FUNDING.

THE THIRD PRIORITY IS THE REROOFING OF CTA BUT THAT IS THE 19TH 70 SECTION OF THE BUILDING.

AND INCLUDES THE WELDING MASONRY CARPENTRY SHOPS AND ASSOCIATED CLASSROOMS. PRIORITY NUMBER FOUR, IS COMPLETE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT IS A FULL HVAC SYSTEM.

AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT. IT WOULD GET FUNDED OVER TWO YEARS. CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2023 AND 2024. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR FUNDING DIVIDED UP INTO THOSE TWO CYCLES.

AND THEN LASTLY, EVERY LAST PRIORITY REQUEST FOR FY 23 IS A PARTIAL HVAC SYSTEMIC REPLACEMENT AT SUNDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF THE VERY PROBLEMATIC CHILLER THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING RETINOPATHY ASSOCIATE THE CONDENSER AND THEN ROOFTOP UNIT ONE, WHICH SERVES THE TEN PRESENT CONDITION THAT HAS ALSO BEEN PROBLEMATIC AS WELL. MOVING ON TO THE LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS THAT THESE ARE FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT PRIORITY NUMBER FOUR.

THE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM VISITOR BLEACHERS.

THE FUNDS SHOWN FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY COME FROM SAVINGS REALIZED FROM THE SEVENTH MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY NOT AMOUNT TO ANY COSTS. TO THE LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? BEACH ELEMENT SHE COULD HAVE WE HEARD BACK FROM THE STATE ABOUT THE REQUEST?

>> I WISH WE HAD? WE HAVE NOT BUT I HAVE BEEN

[02:20:02]

DR. CURRY MAY BE ABLE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WORK WITH THEY ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE RECOVERY, THE

REOPENING PLAN AS WELL AS -- >> I DON'T HAVE A DEBT FOR THAT.

I NEED TO ASK AGAIN MYSELF. APPARENTLY IT IS A BIG PROCESS REQUIRED FOR THE REVIEW OF ALL OF THE SR THREE GRANT APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE NOT HEARD.

>> IT CERTAINLY IS DISCOURAGING. I HAVE ASKED WHETHER THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO AT LEAST APPROVE THAT ONE ASPECT OF OUR APPLICATION. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON OTHERS. BUT I HAVE NOT REALLY HURT ANYTHING POSITIVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO THERE IS NO INFORMATION AS OF YET.

IF WE COULD GO TO PAGE 14, THE NEXT PAGE.

OR PAGE 19 OF THE PDF, TO FY 2024.

I WOULD LIKE TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO FY 24 PORTION NOW. AND YOU WILL SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE THAT WE REQUESTED UNDER LOCAL PROJECTS DESIGNED MONEY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOLLOWING AN FY 2025. IF YOU COULD PLEASE TURN THEIR ATTENTION NOT TO PAGE 15 OR PAGE 20 OF THE PDF DOCUMENT, YOU WILL SEE THE FY 2025 REQUESTS. AGAIN, AS HIGHLIGHTED, WE ARE REQUESTING UNDER LOCAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION MONIES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE. AS WELL AS DESIGN FUNDING FOR THE CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE RENOVATIONS.

CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOLLOWS IN FY 2027 SHOWN ON PAGE 22 OF THE PDF DOCUMENT. I WOULD ASK SQ NOW TO TURN TO PAGE 18 OF THE CIP OR PAGE 23 OF THE PDF DOCUMENT.

YOU WILL SEE THAT UNDER THE LOCAL PROJECTS, THE FINAL ATHLETIC FACILITY-RELATED REQUEST IS FOR DESIGN SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO HIDING TEN HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE. LISTED AS PRIORITY FIVE.

YOU WILL ALSO SEEK IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL REROOFING PROJECT, WHICH IS A STATE FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED ON THE LOCAL SIDE AS A PRIORITY FOUR PROJECT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THIS IS MEANT TO BE A STUDY THAT EXAMINES NOT ONLY A POTENTIAL NEW BUILDING FOR 2 SCHOOL. IT WILL ALSO LOOK AT POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR REPURPOSE AND THE EXISTING FACILITY FOR CENTRAL OFFICE FUNCTIONS. SO I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY WRAPS UP THE CIP PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. THE DOCUMENT WILL BE POSTED IN BOARD DOCS FOR 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD.

AND OF COURSE, THE ONLY CHANGES WITHIN THIS CIP WOULD BE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS. AND THEN WE WILL BE UPDATING THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE AT THIS POINT. THE SEPTEMBER 30TH ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. LOWS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CIP AND THEN THE CIP PENDING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMENTS WILL BE SENT TO THE STATE FOR THE OCTOBER DEADLINE. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT

THIS TIME. >> WHAT WAS THE REAL TO LEARN AGAIN, THE AMOUNT THAT Y YOU ARE GOING TO BE GETTING?

>> SO WE HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THIS COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. WE DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, IF IT COULD GO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND. BUT THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY ARE ALLOCATING A TOTAL OF $14,860,199.

NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THE BILL TO LEARN ACT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO BE TIED TO.

THE FUNDING IS BEING ROLLED OUT THIS COMING YEAR FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING IN FOR LOGGING IN FOR FUNDING APPROVAL THIS YEAR MOVING FORWARD. SO IT IS NOT RETROACTIVE.

WE COULD NOT USE IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE AT MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY.

SO AS PART OF THE BUILT TO LEARN ACT FUNDING, WE WILL HAVE TO

[02:25:01]

SO THERE ARE M.O.U.'S THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED WITH DIFFERENT COUNTIES. BUT THEY ARE REALLY RIGHT AT THE STARTING STAGES AT THIS POINT. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THAT MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY WILL, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, OF COURSE, LOOKING TO MANAGE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE WHOLE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING ACT OR THE SPECIFIC NAME, I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER WITH BALTIMORE CITY IS ENDING. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECT

MANAGERS WHO THEY ARE. >> PAMELA L. COUSINS: THE MOVE ON TO OTHER PROJECT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY INTERESTS THERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TOLD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IS HOW WELL OR HOW SUCCESSFULLY SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE MANAGING THEIR OWN PROJECTS.

SO CERTAINLY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, OUR INTERESTS THE WAY WE DESIGN OUR BUILDINGS CUTAWAY OUR INSTRUCTION OCCURS, YOU KNOW, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, CONTROL THAT.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

SO WERE NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME TIES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO

IN ORDER TO GET THOSE FUNDS. >> THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS? I MEAN, WE WOULD BE BUILDING THE STARTING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEW CONSTRUCTION. DOES THAT MAKE US MORE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE FUNDS WHEN WE WANT THEM?

>> I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE FOLKS AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND THEY KNOW THAT THE PROJECT THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THIS FUNDING IS NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, IF WE -- SO THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS ARE, IT COULD GO EVEN TOWARDS A SYSTEMIC PROJECT. BUT THE SYSTEMIC PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST $3 MILLION IN VALUE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE BUILT TO LEARN ACT FUNDING FOR SOMETHING LIKE WHEN -- BUT THEN THE REST OF THE MONEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO TO A LARGE PROJECT THAT MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT IS NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO START DESIGNED EARLY AND GET GOING ON THAT.

>> I'M THRILLED. BECAUSE THE COUNTY MOVED IT DOWN ON THIS. AND THAT WAS OUR NEXT BIG THING.

NOW THE BEACH IS MOVING ALONG. SO I'M THRILLED ABOUT THAT THAT WE ARE MOVING IT. AT LEAST IT IS ONE-YEAR EARLY.

>> EXACTLY. >> TWO YEARS.

BUT -- AND THEN APPARENTLY THE NEXT THING THE NEXT SCHOOL, YOU ARE LOOKING AT TARGETING HERE IS CALIBER ELEMENTARY?

>> WE DO HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MOUNT HARMONY ELEMENTARY. THAT IS ALREADY IN THERE.

WE HAVE VISIBILITY MONEY SET ASIDE FOR CALVERT ELEMENTARY.

SO MOUNT HARMONY CERTAINLY IS -- YOU KNOW, A FACILITY THAT HAS NEEDS. THERE ARE NEEDS IN TERMS OF OVERCROWDING, WHICH CERTAINLY DOES, YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF JUST THE BUILDING SYSTEMS, WE DID A VERY LIMITED HVAC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS FINISHED UP EARLY THIS YEAR.

BUT WE REALLY. .BACK QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT IT HAD OTHER NEEDS. SO IT IS A BUILDING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FIRST. CALVERT ELEMENTARY CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR THAT FACILITY AS WELL. SO IT COULD BE AN ADVANTAGE TO

LOOK AT THAT FACILITY NEXT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.

[7.06 CAC Appointments and Topics]

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND NEXT, WE WILL MOVE INTO.

>>> APPOINTMENTS AND CONSIDERATION OF A TOPIC FOR

STUDY FOR THE GROUP. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE BET THE -- DID WE HAVE TO PROVE IT? DID WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION? THE NEW APPLICANTS BE ACCEPTED FOR.

[02:30:06]

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> CAN YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE

ON? >> I'M SORRY.

I DID NOT HAVE IT ON HERE AND I CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THEM?

>> IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. >> IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, DANIEL ADAMS. ALEXA.

MELISSA. ANDRE.

START -- FIRST NAME, I CANNOT READ.

I BELIEVE THAT LAST NAME IS

>> DONNA. >> .NET.

THANK YOU. AND MISS KRISTEN OR SHIVER.

>> RECOMMENDED. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS OUT COMPLEMENT TO 24. AND CONSIDERATION OF A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION. DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.

>> ONCE WE HAVE OUR SUGGESTIONS, IN THE CONTEXT WITH THE SUGGESTIONS FROM STAFF MEMBERS MISS MAXINE? IN THE CONTEXT AND HOW THESE WERE SUBMITTED? IT IS LIKE ONE WORD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD.

>> MY SUGGESTION ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE IN OUR LITTLEST HERE, YOU KNOW, IF WE VOTE TO OPEN IT UP, THEN THIS IS A MOOT POINT. SO I THINK THAT WE DON'T -- THAT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A TOPIC OF INTEREST IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY TOUGH.

SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS HERE. >> YOU COULD JUST PICK TWO OR THREE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PICKED ONE THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO WORK ON AND MAYBE WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THE OTHER TWO OR THREE, WHICH ONES THEY WOULD -- BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST ONE PERSON PER RECOMMENDATION. THERE WAS NOT A CONSENSUS THAT THEY WANTED THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. AND I HAVE NOT EVEN POLLED THE LAST PEOPLE YOU JUST APPOINTED

TODAY. >> SO IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR NEW MEMBERS OVERLAP WITH THE FIVE THAT WERE PROPOSED BY BOARD MEMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER THREE LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS RETURNING FROM COVID THAT SORT OF OVERLAPS WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND SO FORTH FOR RETURN TO SCHOOL. AND IT LOOKS -- OH, ALONENESS AND IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL NEEDS AS THEY TRANSITION BACK. I THINK THAT WAS SIMILAR.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT PARTICULAR ITEM NUMBER THREE.

WITH THOSE OTHER CAC MEMBER ITEMS WRAP INTO IT.

>> THAT IS -- I SUPPORT THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.

>> THOSE ARE ALL VERY DIFFICULT. THEY ARE HUGE TOPICS.

>> SO IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THREE, WE COULD DIVIDE THE GROUP INTO A MEMBERS? EIGHT MEMBERS WILL WORK ON EACH TOPIC? THERE'S 24 MEMBERS.

A NUMBERS EACH. >> OR WE COULD DO TWO TOPICS.

>> THEY NORMALLY BRING IN STAFF MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT THE TO TOPICS. SO I GUESS EVERYBODY, LISTEN IN AND GET INTO THEIR OWN GROUP. BUT A I'M FINE WITH IT.

I JUST THINK THESE ARE BIG ASKS. >> I THINK WE MIGHT NEED MORE DEFINITION. BUT YOU CAN PROVIDE ME THAT

LATER. >> OKAY.

[02:35:01]

>> OKAY. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

>> THE THREE WOULD BE -- THE IMPACTS FROM THE ABSENCE, THE COVID HERE OF ABSENCE AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO STUDENTS NEED? AND THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE, HOW CAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS BE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS? AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE GIFTED AND TALENTED, LOOKING AT WHAT THEIR UNIQUE AND DIVERSE NEEDS

ARE. >> THOSE ARE BIG.

>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED A MOTION?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. >> A VOTE ON IT?

>> I DON'T THINK SO. >> HAVE WE DONE THAT IN THE PAST? OKAY.

SO THOSE THREE TOPICS. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO BOARD

[8.01 Comments by the Board]

>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYONE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY FOCUSED ON FOR MY CAMPAIGN FOR THIS POSITION WAS REPRESENTATION.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS OF THAT IS KIND OF LISTENING TO EVERYBODY'S VOICE. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO SAY THAT I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF LIFTING THE 10% LIMIT ON THE COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS PUBLICLY STATED BECAUSE I FEEL THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF US AND HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS NOT QUITE THE SAME AS AN E-MAIL. BUT I DO AT THE SAME TIME UNDERSTAND HOW THERE IS SOME HESITATION.

ALSO, THE FORUM I DID WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY, I THINK THAT IS A FANTASTIC IDEA AND I REALLY AM EXCITED TO GET THAT TOGETHER. IF YOU ARE A STUDENT WATCHING THIS, IF YOU ARE STILL WATCHING THIS, FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME AND WE CAN, STARTED ON THAT RIGHT AWAY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED. I THINK THAT IS A FANTASTIC IDEA AND IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS HERE AND PROBABLY ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY REPRESENT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN SUCH AN EVENT.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. NUTTER? >> YEAH, IF I MAY HAVE A FEW MINUTES. THE FIRST THING IS I LOST A GOOD FRIEND LAST NIGHT. AS A MATTER FACT, IN HIGH SCHOOL, I SIT BEHIND HER. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD TEASE HER. AS KIDS DO IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW? BUT WE ALL BELONG TO KIND OF THE SAME GROUP IN OUR AGE. LAST TIME -- JULY 4TH.

AND COVID TOOK HER. TO HER FAMILY, HEARTFELT SORROW.

-- MY HEARTFELT SORROW. WE WILL MISS YOU, GLORIA, BUT WE WIL REMEMBER YOU. WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, GET A LOT OF E-MAILS. I LISTEN TO EVERYONE.

AND THIS BOARD WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT -- PAT PROBABLY AGREES WITH WHAT WAS SAID. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT THERE IS ONE THING I DO DISAGREE WITH.

FIRST OF ALL, THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAVE HAD CHILDREN, WHETHER IN DISK SCHOOL OR OTHER SCHOOLS NOW, THE ONE THING I CAN DISAGREE WITH, EVERYONE I SPOKE TODAY, THAT SAID THAT THIS BO BOARD, WHETHER THEY REFERRING TO ME OR THE MEMBERS HERE, REALLY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS.

THAT IS JUST -- LISTEN, IT IS ONE THING WE WANT TO DO.

IF YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME A QUESTION, BUT YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THE ANSWER DON'T ASK ME BECAUSE THIS BOARD WOULD TELL YOU IS AS MUCH AS I HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH THEM, THEY DO CARE. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HERE.

JUST BECAUSE I SAY IT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT OR JUST BECAUSE THEY SAID IT, IT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.

THEY WOULD QUICKLY TELL ME ASK ME TELL YOU I GOT A SHORT TEMPER. BUT MOST PEOPLE LOOK TELL YOU THAT. I WILL SEE WHAT I THINK.

PUBLIC REGARDLESS OF WHO I'M SPEAKING TO.

BUT THEY DO CARE. YOU KNOW? DE TAKE OUT YOUR TO BE HERE. LISTEN.

THEY KEEP THING -- I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IT CAN BE ABOUT THE PAYMENT THEY ARE GETTING.

THAT IS FOR SURE. SO I GREET WITH MOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. THAT I DO NOT AGREE WITH.

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YOU KNOW? EVERY DAY, WE GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS COVID TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD MASK OR NOT MASK. IF YOU DON'T MASK, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU DO MASK THAT YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU GET VACCINATED, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU DID NOT THAT YOU ARE HERE. IT IS LIKE EVERY DAY TO WE GET DIFFERENT NEWS. YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS SHE IS NOT WAITING. IF YOU WANT TO GET THE THIRD SHOT, YOU GO GET IT. AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I'M NOT AS ARTICULATE AS I USED TO BE. WHEN I WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. BUT I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. THAT IS IT.

>> THANK YOU. MS. BALINSKI?

>> WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MISS CECELIA LEWIS BACK TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I'M THRILLED.

I'M SORRY IF IT DID NOT WORK OUT WHEREVER SHE HAD MOVED TO WITH HER FAMILY. BUT JUST A WONDERFUL THING THAT SHE HAS COME BACK. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO CHANGE MR. NAVARRO, THE SIGN THAT IS OUTSIDE.

PLEASE? [CHUCKLES] THAT IS NOT GOOD ADVERTISEMENT. AND IT IS NOT A TRUE STATEMENT.

NOT THE CORRECT NUMBER. AND THANK YOU TO PAT.

IT IS VERY HURTFUL. WE HAVE A LOT OF ALBERT BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO STUDENTS OF CALVERT COUNTY.

AND SO WHEN WE JUST WHEN PARENTS DISAGREE WITH US, IT IS REALLY HURTFUL FOR THEM TO SAY THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS.

AND AS FAR AS THAT MASKING GOES, MY DECISION WAS BASED ON THE 150 WHATEVER IT IS NATIONAL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRICS OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT IS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEDIATRICIANS WHO SAID THAT MASKS WILL KEEP STUDENTS SAFE.

AND THEN WE HAVE, PERSONALLY HERE AT THE BOARD ABOUT 25 DOCTORS, MANY OF THEM PEDIATRICIANS GET CENT A LETTER ASKING AS TO REQUIRE MASKING. SO JUST, IT IS CONFUSING WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT PHYSICAL SCIENCE OUT THERE THAT WOULD SAY THAT MASKS ARE NOT READY. BUT THERE'S ALSO STATISTICS STATISTICS ARE SAYING THERE'S -- WENT MASKING IS IN PLACE, THERE'S LESS TRANSMISSION. AND WE HAVE PUT IN VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN THE SCHOOLS. MASKS, IN MY MIND COULD HELP US TO JUST LET THEM DO THEIR JOB EASIER.

IT MAKES THEM IS HER TO DO THE JOB TO KEEP THE AIR EXCHANGE GOING. I'M NOT A DOCTOR, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT A VENTILATION EXPERT.

BUT WE ARE DOING WHAT THE PREPONDERANCE OF DOCTORS ARE TELLING US TO DO. I DO WANT TO GO RESEARCH WHAT ONE MAN SAID, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS IN EUROPE ARE NOT REQUIRING MASKING. SO I'M INTERESTED IN THAT.

I WILL LOOK AT THAT JUST TO SEE. BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD YOUR SHARE OF PROBLEMS, MAINLY TRANSPORTATION.

I THOUGHT YOU ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB TRYING TO ADDRESS IT. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE DON'T PLAY THE LACK A MOLE WITH THE VIRUS TWO MUCH -- WHACK A MOLE WITH THE VIRUS TOO MUCH. SO I JUST IMPLORE PARENTS TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HOME IF THEY WERE EXPOSED FOR SICK.

AND IF WE ALL ABIDE BY THOSE RULES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. COUSINS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE SURVEY. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM PARENTS REGARDING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CONCERNS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE STUDENTS ARE FULFILLING SOME THE SAME SENTIMENT. DO YOU PLAN ON CONTINUING THE SURVEY PERIODICALLY THREAT THE SCHOOL YEAR?

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>> SO THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, I'M GOING TO BE MEETING MONTHLY WITH THIS GROUP OF GET WHERE I'M GOING TO BE ASKING SIMILAR QUESTIONS. SO YES.

>> GOOD. GOOD.

AND HOPEFULLY AT THE TOWN HALL, YOU CAN BRING THEM FORWARD FOR A BRIEFING OR A QUESTION AND ANSWER.

YOU COULD TALK TO THEM DIRECTLY. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO DR. CURRY AND STAFF, THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THE STAFF HAS PUT FORWARD TO ADJUST AND BE NIMBLE AND IT IS DIFFICULT. AND CALVERT COUNTY IS NOT UNIQUE TO ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION.

THESE CHALLENGES ARE ALL OVER THE NATION.

I DO APPRECIATE THE BREATH OF THE STAFF.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT WORK. AND THEY ARE MAKING IT HAPPENED IN SPITE OF THE ADVERSITY. BUT I'M PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYONE.

>> THANK YOU. AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS

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