May 12, 2022 Board of Education

[2.01 Pledge of Allegiance]

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING TO RECORD HE.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> YOU MAY BE SEATED.

[2.03 Mission Statement]

[2.04 Swearing in of Incoming SMOB]

RAISE YOUR RIGHT-HAND, PLEASE. REPEAT AFTER ME, I MAGGIE RATHGAB TO PROMISE OR DECLARE THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF.

AND THAT I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT, DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY, WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR CALVERT COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF

THIS STATE. >> OK.

WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGN. [APPLAUSE]

>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN AND WELCOME TO THE SERVICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

[2.05 Recognition of SkillsUSA]

WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

>> HELLO, EVERYBODY. CAN EVERYONE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE SKILLS USA RECOGNITION COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE? SO, WE CREATED A RESOLUTION AND IT READS -- WHEREAS, SKILLSUSA IS A CO-CURRICULAR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EMPOWER MEMBERS TO BECOME WORLD-CLASS WORKERS, LEADERS AND RESPONSIBLE AMERICAN CITIZENS; AND WHEREAS, SKILLSUSA REPRESENTS A PARTNERSHIP OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND INDUSTRY WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE AMERICA HAS A SKILLED WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EVENTS LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND COMPETITIONS THAT SUPPORT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE NATION'S CLASSROOMS; AND WHEREAS, MRS. KIMBERLY CLEMENTS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE OUTSTANDING SKILLSUSA MARYLAND ADVISOR OF THE YEAR FOR HER WORK WITH THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AND MARYLAND STATE SKILLSUSA ORGANIZATIONS; AND WHEREAS, EIGHT STUDENTS REPRESENTING CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF MARYLAND AT THE 2022 SKILLS USA

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IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING, YOU

ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. >> SECOND?

>> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

CONGRATULATIONS. MOTION PASSED.

[APPLAUSE] >> WELL I WAS BECKONED TO SAY SOMETHING. I HAVE BAN SKILLS USA ADVISOR.

MY NAME IS KIMBERLY CLEMENTS SINCE 2006 BUT I HAVE BEEN WITH CALVERT COUNTY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE PUSHED TO INVIGORATE OUR SKILLS USA CHAPTER.

MEMBERSHIP WAS INCREASED BY 26% AND WE HAD MEDALISTS EVEN IN A VIRTUAL COMPETITION ARENA AND WE ARE SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR CHAPTER. WE HAVE TWO SKILLS USA MARYLAND OFFICERS CURRENTLY AND TWO OUTGOING AND THAT'S EXTREMELY RARE AND IT SAYS A LOT. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO CALVERT COUNTY. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO CTA AND TO MS. AIKEN AND HER LEADERSHIP AND A TESTAMENT TO ROBIN WELLS AND HER COMMITMENT. WE HAVE THREE SKILLS USA BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE MARYLAND ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS IN HAROLD GARRISON, ROBIN WELLS AND MYSELF.

ALSO OUR LEADERS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO THINK ALL OF THAT IS A TEAM EFFORT.

I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS IS MY AWARD.

I'M STUNNED AND HUMBLED BY IT AND I THANK ALL THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR UTMOST LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR THE FUTURE BUSINES LEADERS OF AMERICA.

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>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION FOR YOU GUYS AND IT READS -- WHEREAS, FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA-PHI BETA LAMBDA (FBLA-PBL) IS A NONPROFIT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE LARGEST BUSINESS CAREER STUDENT ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD WITH A QUARTER MILLION STUDENTSPREPARING FOR CAREERS IN BUSINESS AND BUSINESS-RELATED FIELDS; AND WHEREAS, FBLA-PBL FUNCTIONS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS THROUGH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND FOSTERING PRODUCTIVITY IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE; AND WHEREAS, MS. NANCY WILT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE OUTSTANDING FBLA-PBL MARYLAND ADVISOR OF THE YEAR FOR HER WORK WITH THE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL AND MARYLAND STATE FBLA-PBL ORGANIZATIONS; AND WHEREAS, THIRTY-SIX STUDENTS REPRESENTING NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, AND PLUM POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE BEEN INVITED TO REPRESENT THE STATE OF MARYLAND AT THE 2022 NATIONAL FBLA-PBL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN JUNE 2022; AND WHEREAS, THE STUDENT MEMBERS FROM NORTHERN AND HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOLS AND PLUM POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL REPRESENT THEIR SCHOOLS AND CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY COMMEND THE MEMBERS, ADVISORS, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE NORTHERN AND HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND PLUM POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPTERS OF FBLA FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS BOTH AT COMPETITION AND IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND I MAKE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION SPAS. PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IT'S GREAT DAY FOR CTE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE AMAZING STUDENTS. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS OF COURSE TO NANCY WILT WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

SHE HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES TODAY.

SO WISH HER WELL. BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL BY THESE STUDENTS.

TAKING ON COMPETITION OF THAT MAGNITUDE AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO AN FBLA COMPETITION IS IMMENSE.

A LOT OF PRACTICE, PREP, A LOT OF THE THINGS THE STUDENTS DID WERE PROJECTS PREPARED MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND THEN PRESENTED.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK OUT AT THIS ROOM AND YOU LOOK AT THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS, THINK IT IS VERY, VERY SAFE TO SAY THAT HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY, WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

AND WE ARE IN VERY GOOD HANDS. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU, DR. CURRY AND EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS IN FBLA SKILLS USA AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [APPLAUSE]

[2.06 Recognition of SECAC Awards]

>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECOGNITION OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. MY NAME IS JOSEPH COMIER, THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR LAY LOWING SOME TIME ON OUR AGENDA TO DO OUR END OF YEAR REPORT AND SOME CELEBRATIONS. WE WILL GET THE POWERPOINT UP THERE SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. SO, SECAC IS A PARENT-LED ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE ADDED SOME MEMBERS TO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR BESIDE MYSELF THERE'S MECHELLE SHIFFLETT, LASHONDA SCOTT, TINA HALL AND WE HAVE A VACANCY FOR SECRETARY, SO COME AND SEE US. AND DIRECTOR HARRIS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? >> EACH LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY IS MANDATED TO HAVE A PARENT GROUP LIKE SECAC TO ADVISE AND PROVIDE COMMUNICATION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND JURISDICTION.

MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS. BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AND APPRECIATED WHEN YOU ATTEND. ANYONE IN THE COUNTY WHO'S A PARENT, GUARDIAN, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER, SERVICE PROVIDER, EDUCATOR IS WELCOME TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS.

CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS ABOUT 15,700 STUDENTS.

OF THAT, 1700 HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

ABOUT 10 OR 11% OF STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY DO RECEIVE SERVICES AND THAT'S FROM BIRTH TO 3 IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS AND FROM 3 TO 5 THROUGH CHILD FIND AND THEN 5 TO 21 IN THE GENERAL ED AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.

DURING THE PANDEMIC WE CONTINUED TO HOLD MEETINGS VIRTUALLY.

WE DID OUR BEST TO CONTINUE OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTACT OUR PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

WE UPDATED OUR BYLAWS THIS YEAR. WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO FAMILYS WHO WERE STRUGGLING. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COVID RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES THAT WERE IN -- THAT WERE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING AND CHANGING TO KEEP ALL OF OUR KIDS SAFE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ISSUE THIS YEAR AND WE APPRECIATE THE QUICK WORK YOU GUYS DID TO RESOLVE THAT SITUATION LAST NIGHT, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STAFFING PLAN AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN CALVERT COUNTY TOWARD INCLUSION.

THE BENEFITS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGNED LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR KIDS, RISING TIDE RAISES ALL BOATS SO WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING THAT HELPS A CHILD WHO IS DYSLEXIC, IT MIGHT ALSO HELP A STUDENT WHO IS NOT, TO LEARN FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS PUTTING IN TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GET THAT FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE LEAST RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT.

THE LAST THING WE DID WAS OUR STAFF APPRECIATION AWARDS.

WE STARTED THIS ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO IN CALVERT AND HAD 10 NOMINATIONS THE FIRST YEAR. THIS YEAR WE HAD 70 NOMINATIONS.

THAT WAS A LOT FOR ME TO TAKE IN AND BE APPRECIATIVE AND HUMBLED BY TO READ THE STORIES OF EDUCATORS AND TEENS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY IN THE CLASSROOM.

150 INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS WERE RECOGNIZED FROM BUS DRIVERS TRANSPORTATION STAFF, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, CAFETERIA STAFF, BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS.

YOU NAME IT, THEY WERE RECOGNIZED.

WE HAD A HUGE GATHERING. IT WAS AMAZING.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARENTS INVOLVEMENT AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT STAFF ARE DOING EVERY DAY. SO THE -- WE HAD FOUR CATEGORIES AND IN THE "OTHER" CATEGORY OUR WINNER WAS GINNY DALRYMPLE, AND SHEILA GRAY HER ASSISTANT. THEY WERE NOMINATED BY THE FLETCHER FAMILY. CAROL FLERLAGE-WILSON, KELLY ANTOSH, LORETTA WABDDELL AND MARIA MARCELLA WERE NOMINATED AS A TEAM, ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD GETS INDIVIDUALIZED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. FOR SUPPORT STAFF OF THE YEAR, DR. MINDI STAVISH WON AND SHE'S A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR

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SO, THAT WAS OUR YEAR IN REVIEW AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. CURRY AND PRESIDENT COUSINS AND POLICE CLAGGETT AND MISS BALINSKI. I APPRECIATE THE VALUE PUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>> THE EVENT WAS IMPRESSIVE. IT TOUCHED MY HEART TO SEE THE LOVE AND APPRECIATION PARENT ALSO FOR STAFF.

IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING TO ATTEND THAT EVENT AND TO SEE HOW MUCH COMPASSION THESE TEACHERS HAVE FOR, AS YOU SAY, EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING IT THIS YEAR.

>> IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION IS PERFECT.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CELEBRATE SUCCESSES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AREN'T SILOED IN INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, AND SHARED THROUGHOUT THE

COUNTY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO TELL OUR STORY.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS INDIVIDUALS, TELL OUR OWN STORY OF HOW WE WOULD LIKE OUR NEWS TO BE PORTRAYED OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO DO THAT AND THANK YOU TO YOUR BOARD THAT HELPS YOU AT SEACAC TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON MAGNIFICENT PROGRAMS LIKE THE SEACAC AWARDS SO THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR EDUCATORS HERE IN CALVERT ARE DOING.

THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE HAPPY TO DO IT. 60, 70 YEARS AGO OUR KIDS WERE TOLD THEY WERE UNEDUCATABLE AND NOT ALLOWED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. PARENTS BEFORE ME THOUGHT AND FOUGHT AND FOUGHT TO HAVE THOSE RIGHTS AND WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IT GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND JUDGING BY THE STANDING-ROOM ONLY THAT WAS THERE THAT NIGHT, I THINK YOU HAVE FULL COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING.

THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[3. Consent Agenda]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY MS. CLAGETT.

[4.01 Public Comment]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

DR. CURRY? >> WE HAVE TWO WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. REMIND EVERYONE, CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING OPEN FORUM, THEY ARE GENERALLY REQUIRED TO ATTEND, COME IN ADVANCE AND COMPLETE A FORM.

IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF, YOU GET THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A GROUP, YOU GET FIVE MINUTES.

TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL CONFIDENTIALITY PLEASE DO NOT MENTION SPECIFIC STUDENTS OR STAFF MEMBERS IN YOUR REMARKS.

ALL COMMENTS ARE TO BE MADE IN A CIVIL MANNER.

ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING AND MAY FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. WE HAVE JUST TWO.

THE FIRST ONE IS MR. JOSEPH CORMIER.

I ASSUME YOU WILL TAKE FIVE? >> THREE.

ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH CORMIER, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE COULD TALK ABOUT TODAY.

TODAY I WANT IT TALK ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY IN THE COUNTY.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS EVERY STUDENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS FREE BREAKFAST AND FREE LUNCH REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY, STATE AND COUNTY. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO AND I HOPE THAT THE BOARD AND THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT WILL WORK ON POLICIES THAT WILL NOT TURN ANY CHILD AWAY FROM A HOT MEAL.

THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE A SECONDARY LUNCH FOR A CHILD WHO DOESN'T NEED TO PAY. WE DON'T NEED A CHEESE SANDWICH MENU. EVERY CHILD SHOULD GET A MEAL EVERY DAY IF THEY NEED ONE. A HUNGRY CHILD IS NOT A CHILD READY TO LEARN. A HUNGRY CHILD IS A CHILD ON THE VERGE OF CRISIS AND WE NEED OUR KIDS FOR THE 180 DAYS THAT WE IS THEM OR THE VERY FEW HOURS A DAY WE HAVE THEM, TO BE READY TO LEARN AND THEY CAN'T DO THAT WITH AN EMPTY STOMACH.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO OR WE CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP OUR KIDS FED IS A POSITIVE AND A PLUS AND IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAN DO IT WITHOUT RAISING MOE THROUGH A DIFFERENT

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I WANT TO HOLD THEM TO THAT. THE MORE MONEY WE PUT INTO KIDS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION NOW IS MONEY WE DON'T SPEND LATER IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.

IF WE CAN GET A KID FED AND THEY CAN GO AND LEARN AND JOIN SKILLS USA OR FBLA AND BE A SUCCESSFUL MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY AND COME BACK AND SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S A PLUS.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN IN YOUR POWER TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY KID CONTINUES TO GET A FREE BREAKFAST AND A FREE LUNCH AS AVAILABLE AND IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, THEY STILL GET TO EAT AND WE WILL TALLY IT UP LATER. WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT KIDS NEED TO EAT AND THEY DON'T NEED TO BE SHAMED FOR IT OR PUT AT A SEPARATE TABLE FOR IT.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE FEEL LESS THAN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE $3 IN THEIR POCKET FOR TACO TUESDAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. >> STACY TAMEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CALVERT ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT COUSINS, DR. CURRY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALVERT ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF.

FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE CRITICAL. MORE, ENLIGHTENING.

AT A RECENT MEETING THAT FOCUSED ON THE CCPS BUDGET, AN OFF-HANDED COMMENT WAS MADE THAT IF THE BUDGET WAS NOT FULLY FUNDED AND POSITIONS NEEDED TO BE CUT, THEN CUTS SHOULD START WITH NON-TEACHING POSITIONS. NOW I'M NOT SPEAKING TO THE ACTUAL THOUGHT OF CUTTING POSITIONS.

JUST THE QUICK REACTION OF WHERE CUTS SHOULD START IF NEEDED.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NON-TEACHING POSITIONS.

WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS NONTEACHING. SO IS PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES. AND THEY ARE ALREADY UNDERSTAFFED. I.T. IS NONTEACHING.

AND WHAT WOULD VIRTUAL LEARNING HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF CCPS DID NOT HAVE THE COMPUTER DISTRIBUTION OR THE HELP DESK THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC? MAYBE THE THOUGHT WAS MORE DIRECTED AT FOOD SERVICE. TRUST ME, WITH WHAT THEY ARE PAID, I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SAVINGS THERE.

THERE IS AN IMBALANCE IN THE WAY OUR SUPPORT STAFF ARE VIEWED IN RELATION TO OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS.

THE POSITIONS THAT I SPEAK OF TODAY ARE NOT ALL INCLUSIVE BY WHAT WE DO. WE ARE HIGHLY DIVERSE IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EQUALLY NOT AS PART OF A PERCEIVED HIERARCHY OF VALUE. I RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO A LOCAL BUSINESS WHO WAS DOING CELEBRATE TEACHERS.

I ASKED IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER EXPANDING THE RECOGNITION TO ALL SCHOOL STAFF. I MEAN MAYBE I'M BIASED.

BUT I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR NONTEACHING HVAC TECHNICIANS WHO MAKE SURE THE AIR WE BREATHE IS CLEAN AND THE EXCHANGE RATIOS ARE APPROPRIATE. I THINK OUR NONTEACHING SECRETARIES WHO SCREEN VISITORS AND SAFEGUARD STUDENT DATA DESERVE RECOGNITION. SO, I ASKED FOR THAT.

I ASKED THAT ALL SCHOOL STAFF BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.

AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SEE HOW THINGS WENT WITH THE TEACHERS FIRST AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LEFT OVER, THEY MIGHT EXTEND IT. MY POINT IS NOT TO CONDEMN THIS BUSINESS. BUT TO ILLUSTRATE A POINT ABOUT THE LACK OF -- ABOUT THE DISRESPECT AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING NOT ONLY INSIDE OUR WALLS, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE VALUE OF OUR WORK. RECENTLY, WE HAVE SEEN RECOGNITION FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING MONTH, SCHOOL LIBRARIANS DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH, AND THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION FOR OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. IT'S FANTASTIC.

YESTERDAY, WAS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES DAY.

COULD WE HAVE SURVIVED THE PAST TWO YEARS WITHOUT OUR NURSES? ESP SHOULD NEVER BE SECOND THOUGHTS OR FIRST ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND DESERVE MORE THAN LEFTOVERS.

WE ARE ESSENTIAL. WE KEEP STUDENTS FED, SUPPORTED, HEALTHY AND SAFE, WHICH ALLOWS LEARNING TO HAPPEN.

THAT IS WHO WE ARE. WE ARE YOUR NONTEACHING POSITIONS. AND JUST BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TEACHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE ANY LESS VALUABLE OR NECESSARY TO THIS SYSTEM. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. >> THE NEGOTIATION ITEM ON THE

[5.01 Hayden Kelly]

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>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYBODY, I AM HAYDEN KELLY I AM THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. I WOULD LIKE IT SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW CALVERT ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNSEL'S OFFICER TEAM. WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT.

HER NAME IS KENDALL HAWKINS FROM CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL.

A NEW VICE PRESIDENT, GRACE MINIKOWSKI, FROM HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. NOAH WON FOR REELECTION AND ANDREW WEHR WON HIS REELECTION FOR SECRETARY AND NATALIE WON HER REELECTION FOR TREASURER. AND MAGGIE IS OUR NEW STUDENT MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW TEAM. I KNOW YOU WILL ALL ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. BUT NOW ON TO MY ACTUAL REPORT.

AND I AM JUST GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT MY PAST WEEK OF SCHOOL. IN THE PAST WEEK, MYSELF AND MILLIONS OF OTHER STUDENTS ACROSS AMERICA TOOK OUR FIRST EVER AP EXAM. I TOOK FOUR.

IT'S VERY STRESSFUL. THERE'S A LOT OF ANGST THAT COMES WITH THOSE TESTS BUT THAT'S EXPECTED.

I SIGNED UP FOR A RIGOROUS CLASS ROAD, I GOT A RIGOROUS EXAM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED AND THE STRESS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. BUT I ONLY MENTION THIS BECAUSE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF STANDARDIZED TESTING AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD EVEN MORE TESTING THAN I HAVE GONE THROUGH AS A JUNIOR TAKING FOUR AP CLASSES.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MIDDLE SCHOOLERS HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF WITHSTAND HARDIZED TESTING FOR THE PAST MONTH AND THAT HAS BEEN DISRUPTING THEIR CLASSES, THEIR START TIMES, WHAT CLASSES THEY ARE ATTENDING IN A DAY AND I REMEMBER I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TOOK THE EXACT SAME TESTS AND IT REALLY DOES AFFECT THE STUDENT'S EDUCATION PROCESS QUITE A BIT.

AND AGAIN, I REALLY ONLY MENTION THIS BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF OF STANDARDIZED TESTING THE PAST MONTH AND NOW THEY ARE ALL HAVING TO TAKE BENCHMARKS AND FINAL EXAMS WHICH ADDS MORE STRESS ON TOP OF THE STANDARDIZED TESTING AND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CORE CLASSES SUCH AS MATH AND ENGLISH AS CONSISTENTLY AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OR FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN ORDER TO PROPERLY PREPARE FOR THESE FINALS AND BENCHMARKS. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AND JUST -- I KNOW WE CAN'T CONTROL A LOT OF THE STANDARDIZED TESTING.

THAT'S NOT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S DECISIONS.

THAT'S STATE DECIDED. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO POINT OUT. AND JUST WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES HOW MUCH TESTING THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TRULY NEED.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN IN THE COUNTY.

THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS. IT'S FINAL SEASON.

THAT'S EXPECTED BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO POINT OUT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> THANK YOU.

[6.01 Dr. Daniel D. Curry]

DR. CURRY? >> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO HAYDEN FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB THIS YEAR AS SMOB REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS OF CALVERT COUNTY, HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND AS WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER OUTSTANDING STUDENTS.

THIS IS HIS LAST -- NO, ONE MORE MEETING IN MAY.

AND THEN WELCOME TO MAGGIE. FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.

SHE WILL BE THE SMOB AND SHE WILL TAKE OFFICE AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT I HAVE KNOWN HER FOR QUITE A WHILE.

SINCE YOU WERE LITTLE. AND SHE -- WE FIRST, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, STARTED A SUPERINTENDENT'S ADVISORY GROUP THAT WOULD MEET IN THE CAUCUS ROOM ONCE IN A WHILE AND SHE WAS, AS I RECALL, SHE WAS A PART OF THAT GROUP WHEN SHE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AND YOU ARE GOING TO ENJOY WORKING WITH HER.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATS ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS WE RECOGNIZED BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT FBLA.

I HAVE A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART FOR FBLA.

MY DAUGHTER WAS VERY ACTIVE IN IT.

IT MEANT A LOT TO HER. IT WAS BIG PART OF HER FOUNDATION TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMAN AS SHE IS WHO HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD AND BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BOTH IN BUSINESS AND HOME. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO IT THAN PEOPLE REALIZE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS, AS HAYDEN MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON STILL AS WE WRAP UP TESTING, THEN WE START WRAPPING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT INVOLVE AS LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS FIFTH GRADE RECOGNITIONS, 8TH GRADE RECOGNITION ASSEMBLIES, AND BOARD MEMBERS AND I WILL TRY TO GET THEM. GET TO THEM.

BUT, I FEEL I MIGHT, MAYBE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE A WORD OF

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BUT THINGS COULD CHANGE. I WAS JUST ADVISED TODAY THAT WE MAY HAVE A CLASSROOM OR TWO THAT MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOMORROW. BECAUSE OF THE POSITIVITY RATE.

SO, I'LL JUST SAY THIS IN ORDER TO REMIND EVERYONE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

GET VACCINATED IF YOU CAN, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU ARE IN CLOSE QUARTERS AND BE MINDFUL THAT IT IS STILL OUT THERE. SO -- LET'S HOPE WE HAVE A GOOD ENJOYABLE, SAFE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THANKS. >> THANK YOU, DR. CURRY.

[7.01 Policies for Review]

WE WILL START WITH POLICY 1915 CHARTER SCHOOLS.

DR. JOHNSON? >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE FIRST POLICY THAT I HAVE TODAY IS THE POLICY REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

WE HAD A TEAM THAT ACTUALLY REVIEWED THIS POLICY AND WE HAVE

NO SUGGESTED CHANGES. >> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT NOW? OK.

WE WILL PUT THAT UP FOR 30-DAY REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC.

FROM THE PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE SECOND IS STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HAD A TEAM REVIEW THIS POLICY AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT NO CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AT THIS

TIME. >> ANY COMMENTS?

GO AHEAD. >> NO, I HAD JUST ASKED HAYDEN IF HE HAD HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS AND WHETHER STUDENTS WANTED MORE OR NOT. BUT -- SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOOD.

>> YEP. I MEAN OVERALL IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THIS POLICY COME ACROSS. I MEAN I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOLS WHERE MY PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY. SO, I AM NOT SURE IF THAT COULD CHANGE FROM PRINCIPAL TO PRINCIPAL BASIS BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THERE'S USUALLY A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATEING IN

THINGS LIKE THIS. >> WELL PUT THAT UP FOR 30-DAY

REVIEW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OUR NEXT POLICY FOR REVIEW IS STUDENT CONDUCT.

MR. JAMES KIRTZ. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT COUSINS, DR. CURRY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I'M THE DIRECT OF STUDENT SERVICES.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF POLICIES UP FOR REVIEW TODAY.

THE FIRST POLICY IS POLICY 3162 ON STUDENT CONDUCT AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES AT THIS TIME FOR THAT POLICY.

>> ANY COMMENTS? WE WILL GIVE THAT A 30-DAY REVIEW. THANK YOU.

>> OK. THE SECOND POLICY I HAVE UP FOR REVIEW IS POLICY 3620. REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WHICH DEALS WITH THE PROTECTION OF STUDENT RIGHTS REGARDING ADMINISTRATION OF SURVEYS AND PHYSICAL EXAMS AND OPT-OUT AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANGES TO RECOMMEND TO THAT POLICY AT THIS TIME.

>> ANY COMMENTS? >> SO WHO DO THEY OPT OUT WITH? DOES IT START AT THE TEACHER LEVEL OR GO TO THE PRINCIPALS OR DOES HAVE HAVE TO GO TO CENTRAL OFFICE?

>> WE HAVE AN OPTION TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN DIRECTORY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND OTHER SURVEYS.

IT DEPENDS ON THE ACTUAL SURVEY. GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE PARENT. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, THE PARENT WILL HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR, DEPENDING ON THE

SURVEY. >> THANK YOU.

IS THAT ALL? OK.

WE WILL GIVE THAT A 30-DAY REVIEW.

THANK YOU. >> AND THEN LASTLY, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO INTRODUCE A NEW POLICY, POLICY 3890 REGARDING PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS.

THERE'S NOW A REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRES CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HAVE A POLICY THAT PROHIBITS THE DISPARATE TREATMENT OF PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS.

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REVIEW. >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> UM -- I WOULD LIKE CONSIDERATION FOR A WORD CHANGE IN THE POLICY STATEMENT. ITEM A, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE WORD "ALL" TO "EACH." AND INSTEAD OF THE "S" ON "STUDENT" COULD WE TAKE THAT AWAY AND COULD WE ADD THE WORD "SAFE AND" BEFORE SUPPORTIVE. IT WOULD READ CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR EACH STUDENT IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTED SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

>> ANY OTHER SUGGESTED CHANGES? OK.

WE WILL PUT THAT UP FOR A 30-DAY REVIEW.

>> OK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT POLICY REVIEW IS 4550.

ENERGY. MR. GOTT AND MS. STEVENS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GREG GOTT, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE IN THE ENERGY AND CONSERVATION PLAN. POLICY.

4550. YOU HAVE THE CHANGES IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE MS. STEVENS POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. EFFECTIVE, WELL FIRST OF ALL ON MY FIRST SLIDE IF YOU GOT, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR A MISTAKE.

IT'S HOUSE BILL 630 CHAPTER 608. SORRY IF THAT CAUSED CONFUSION.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXPECTED TO ADOPT OR UPDATA SCHOOL DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY BEGINNING ON A CERTAIN DATE. SPECIFYING THE CONTENTS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY ENCOURAGING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SET CERTAIN TARGETS IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY AND REQUIRING THAT A STOOL DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE AND UPDATED WITH CERTAIN FREQUENCY.

WE HAVE AN ENERGY POLICY ALREADY IN EFFECT.

SO, IN RED IS WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED TO CHANGE TO MEET AND BE COMPLIANT WITH THIS NEW LAW. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK ME, BUT WE DID COLLABORATE WITH THE IAC AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND THEY WALKED THIS THROUGH.

SO THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS. THEY ARE ONE OF THE AGENCIES INVOLVED SO THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED AND LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> SO IT'S RARE FOR US TO PUT DATA IN OUR POLICIES.

I AM ALL FOR IT AND YOU GUYS DO PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD AND WE OF COURSE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

ON TRYING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES.

BUT THEY ARE SAYING THIS IS A REQUIREMENT? BY LAW. AND THAT EVERY THREE YEARS WHEN THIS COMES UP, THIS WOULD BE UPDATED SO IT WOULD SORTED OF GIVE US LIKE WE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE REPORTING ON THIS, IT WOULD

GIVE US AN UPDATE. >> YES.

IT IS UNUSUAL IN SUCH A POLICY BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE

REQUIRING. >> IS THIS THE EXTENT OF IT OR ARE THERE ALL SORTS OF REPERCUSSIONS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT

AS FAR AS WHAT IS REQUIRED? >> NO, WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IS PRESENT OR SUBMIT A SELF-CERTIFICATION FORM JULY 1 TO THE IAC LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH COMPLIANCE IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS ADOPTED, WE JUST LET THEM KNOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN DUE OCTOBER 1 OF 2022, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REPORT, A TEMPLATE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY

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>> IS THAT BY BUILDING? >> IT'S AGGREGATED SO IT'S

COMBINED. >> OH, WOW.

AND IS IT JUST THIS? THE KILOWATT PER HOUR PER SQUARE

FOOT? >> YEAH, THAT'S THE METRIC OF UNIT THAT THEY DO REQUIRE IT TO BE SUBMITTED IN.

BUT THEY HAVE A COUPLE OTHER -- THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY -- LET'S SEE, LET ME GRAB MY TEMPLATE REALLY QUICK.

>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU SEND ME WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE? I WOULD BE INTERESTED.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S JUST A SUBTOTAL OF ALL ELECTRICITY CONSUMED AS REPORTED FROM THE ELECTRIC BILLS.

IT'S NOT LOOKING AT FUEL OIL, OUR ENERGY PORTFOLIO OR FUEL MIX. IT'S JUST ELECTRIC FROM THE

UTILITY BILLS. >> OK.

AND IF WE HAVE ANY RENEWABLES. >> AND RENEWABLES.

>> YES. >> BUT WE CAN USE THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD THAT SMECO HAS TO COMPLY.

I CAN CALCULATE THE BREAKDOWN OF SOLAR AND WIND FROM THAT.

>> WELL HOPEFULLY WE CAN START PUTTING SOLAR ON OUR BUILDINGS OR IN OUR PARKING LOTS. WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT ONE UP YET. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, WE WILL HAVE IT FOR 30-DAY REVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL NOW HAVE A REPORT OF

[7.02 General Funds]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM EDITH HUTCHINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PRESENTING YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT THIS AFTERNOON. AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BE STARTING WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN MOVING INTO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT MEMO. WE ARE GOING TO START BY LOOKING AT REVENUES. THIS REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL SHOWS THAT AS OF APRIL 30, THE YEAR-TO-DATE INCOME TOTALED $175.7 MILLION WHICH REPRESENTS 73.5% OF BUDGETED INCOME.

THE YEAR-TO-DATE EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES TOTAL $227.7 MILLION WHICH REPRESENTS 95.3% OF BUDGETED EXPENDITURES WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST PAGE, OUR REVENUE PAGE TO SEE THAT THE LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT REFLECTS THE APPROVED INCREASE OF 1.3 MILLION AS WELL AS THE RECEIPT OF THOSE FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.

THIS BRINGS OUR OVERALL UNRESTRICTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO $239,078,492. NIPPING A COUPLE OF PAGES TO THE ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY, $117,832, CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR ANNUAL LEAVE PAYMENTS TO BE PAID TO EMPLOYEES 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES WHO TERMINATE EMPLOYMENT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, TOTALS $160,000 COMPARED TO $191,000 LAST YEAR.

THIS ESTIMATE IS BASED ON CALCULATIONS FOR 10 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE EITHER RETIRING OR RESIGNING AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. OF COURSE THAT COUNT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AS THAT INCREASES SO DOES THE PROJECTED COST. WHILE THE ANNUAL LEAVE PAYMENTS ARE PROJECTED TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR COMPENSATED ABSENCES FOR THIS YEAR, THERE ARE SAVINGS IN OTHER ACCOUNTS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDING SALARY ACCOUNTS IN SEVERAL AREAS WHICH ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THAT DEFICIT.

THEREFORE WE DO EXPECT THIS CATEGORY TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE POSTURE OVERALL AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

TURNING TO PAGE, 2, WE WILL LOOK AT MID-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY FOR A MOMENT. YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1500 TO THE WORKSHOP STIPEND ACCOUNT.

WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE A WORKSHOP STIPEND ACCOUNT IN THIS CATEGORY. WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THIS, WE FOUND THERE IS A PAYMENT, WAS A PAYMENT, FOR A TEACHER WHO DID AN EXTRA DUTY ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS IMPROPERLY CHARGED TO THIS ACCOUNT. WE HAVE PROCESSED A TRANSFER, A JOURNAL ENTRY, TO TRANSFER THAT EXPENSE TO THE PROPER ACCOUNT WHICH IS THE EXTRA DUTY ACCOUNT IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES CATEGORY SO WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, NEXT MONTH YOU WILL SEE A CREDIT IN THIS ACCOUNT, IN MID-LEVEL

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THE ACCOUNT IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A DEFICIT BALANCE IN EXCESS OF $100,000 AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

HOWEVER, WE DO AGAIN EXPECT SALARY SAVINGS FROM TURNOVER IN SEVERAL AREAS TO PROVIDE SAVINGS SUCH SUFFICIENT TO COVER THAT DEFICIT. THE CATEGORY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE LAST CATEGORY WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AFTERNOON IS ON PAGE 11, THE TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY. THE CONTRACTED BUS ROUTES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS REFLECT THE $1.3 MILLION BUDGET INCREASE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND WE HAVE INCREASED ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE BUS ROUTES TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION AFTER PROCESSING THAT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. BOARD EARLIER THIS WEEK, BOARD MEANING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EARLIER THIS WEEK APPROVED OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERCATEGORY BUDGET TRANSFER OF $920,000 AND WE HAVE ALSO PROCESSED THE TRANSFER REQUEST THIS MONTH. INCREASING THE BUS ROUTES ACCOUNT AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS BY THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NEEDED TO COVER COSTS FOR THE REMAINING OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO PRETTY FURTHER ENCUMBRANCES FOR THE BALANCE EXPECTED TO BE PAID THIS YEAR.

NOW WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE A FEW BUS MANIFEST CHANGES AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

AMOUNTS ARE NOMINAL BUT THEY ARE CHANGING OUR COST PROJECTIONS.

WE DON'T EXPECT THOSE CHANGES TO HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THIS CATEGORY FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD ACROSS ALL OF OUR CATEGORIES AND OVERALL IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE APRIL GENERAL FUNDS REPORT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT MEMO?

[7.03 Budget Adjustments]

>> NO, MA'AM. >> OK.

SO THE LAST FINANCIAL ITEM WE HAVE THIS AFTERNOON IS THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. AND THIS IS ONLY ON OUR RESTICK THE FUNDS SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE HAVE BEEN RECONCILING RECORDS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RECEIVED PROPER APPROVAL FOR ALL OF THE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE FOR GRANTS. WE EITHER NEED THEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED OPERATING BUDGET OR TO BE SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY BOTH BOARDS.

WE CAME ACROSS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE NOT IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND WERE NOT APPROVED BY EITHER BOARD.

SEVERAL OF THESE ARE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 21. SO THOSE GRANTS, THE CARRY-OVER FUNDS, IF YOU WILL, WERE SET UP AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 22. INCLUDED IN THOSE GRANTS WOULD BE THE ESSER2 GRANT. WE RECEIVED $5 MILLION LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR ESSER2.

WE SPENT $174,000. WE CARRIED FORWARD THE $4.8 MILLION THAT YOU SEE ON THE TABLE THAT WAS PROVIDED.

WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO SUMMER SCHOOL GRANTS UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN EACH GRANT FOR $184,563.

WE SPENT ALL OF THE FIRST YEAR GRANT LAST SUMMER FOR SUMMER SCHOOL. THE OTHER GRANT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT YET. THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SPENT THIS SUMMER ON SUMMER SCHOOL.

THE LAST AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT THAT WE HAVE IS THE TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION GRANT.

THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE WHICH WAS NOT IN OUR ADOPTED BUDGET IS A NEW SET OF FUNDS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.

THE EMERGENCY ACTIVITY FUNDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM IS PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR EXPENSES PAID TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY WHETHER IT'S ON-SITE ON OUR PROPERTIES OR AT HOME.

SO OUR DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN SUBMITTING COST INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME OF THOSE COSTS. THEY DON'T REIMBURSE FULLY EVERYTHING THAT WE PAY, BUT THEY REIMBURSE A PERCENTAGE.

A FEW WEEKS AGO WE RECEIVED THE FIRST REIMBURSEMENT WHICH WAS

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I.T. WILL THEN USE THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS TO POUR BACK INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PAY FOR COSTS NEEDED TO COVER WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR OUR SYSTEM.

SO IN TOTAL WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO INCREASE OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR RESTRICTED PROGRAMS BY $6,074,$68.64.

DO WE HAVE YOUR APPROVAL FOR THESE ADJUSTMENTS?

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTIONED BY MS. CLAGGETT.

SECONDED BY MS. BALINSKI. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> SO THE EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUNDS, IS THAT REIMBURSEMENT?

>> YES. >> IS IT NOT PERSONNEL RELATED?

>> NO. >> IT'S ONLY EQUIPMENT RELATED.

>> RIGHT. >> AND THE COUNTIES HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, TOO.

RIGHT? BECAUSE I ASSUME THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SPENT MORE MONEY THAN WE DID.

>> I'M GUESSING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

AND IT HAS SUBMITTED A LIST OF EXPENSES WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US WHICH ITEMS ARE ALLOWABLE AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT.

AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE A PORTION OF THAT COST.

>> OK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE APPROVALS. WAS THERE A PROCESS CHANGE TO PREVENT THE OVERSIGHT OF MOVING THESE FORWARD FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO APPROVE AND SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS GOING

FORWARD? >> AS FAR AS I AM AWARE INITIALLY THERE WAS NO PROCESS CHANGE.

AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, WE HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED CHANGES IN THE RESTRICTED BUDGETS TO EITHER BOARD.

AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 30 YEARS' WORTH OF KNOWLEDGE HERE THAT I AM NOT AWARE OF US EVER HAVING DONE THAT.

SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED LAST FALL AROUND THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME.

>> OK. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> MOTION IS APROFESSORRED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS THE BID

[7.04 Bid Approvals]

APPROVAL KEVIN MICHAEL? >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS KEVIN MICHAEL, DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE FIVE REQUESTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. DR. CHRISTIE HARRIS, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ED WILL PRESENT DETAILS ABOUT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.

>> HELLO. THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE AWARD FOR INSTRUCTIONAL CONSULTING AND COACHING SERVICES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ISSUED A SOLICITATION IN MARCH 2022 AND NINE FIRMS RESPONDED.

YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS.

THE SOURCE FOR THESE CONTRACTED SERVICES WILL BE GRANT FUNDS.

THE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD AWARD CONTRACT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING AND CONSULTING SERVICES TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON OF CHURCHED IN MARYLANDS AT THE HOURLY RATE OF $125.

>> IS THERE A MOTION IT APPROVE? >> SO MOVED SECOND.

>> MOTION BY MS. CLAGGETT. SECOND BY MR. WHITE.

ANY DISCUSSION? >> IS THIS AN INCREASE? IN THEIR RATES? OR IN THE RATES THAT WE HAVE

HISTORICALLY PAID? >> THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE, NO.

>> THANKS. >> ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION APPROVED.

THANK YOU. >> NEXT IT MS. THERESA BOOKER COORDINATOR OF HEAD START TO PRESENT DETAILS ABOUT THE SECOND

RECOMMENDATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

NEXT REQUEST IS TO APPROVE UTILIZATION OF THE IDENTIFIED BALTIMORE COUNTY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASES THREE FORD ESCAPES FOR USE BY AUTHORIZED HEAD START STAFF TO CONDUCT SCHOOL BUSINESS. THE SOURCE OF THE PURCHASE WILL BE HEAD START FUNDS. WE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE USE OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE FORD ESCAPES FROM APPLE FORD LINCOLN OF COLOMBIA, MARYLAND IN A TOTAL

[01:00:03]

AMOUNT OF $85,132.02. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY MS. CLAGGETT. SECOND BY MR. WHITE.

ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, IS THIS REPLACING VEHICLES OR NEW VEHICLES?

>> THESE WOULD BE THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ADDED TO THE

FIVE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. >> ADDITIONAL.

OK. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IF FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> AYE.

MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT REQUEST IS SIMILAR.

IT'S ALSO TO UTILIZE THE BALTIMORE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO FORD ESCAPES FOR USE BY AUTHORIZED CHILD NUTRITION STAFF TO CONDUCT SCHOOL BUSINESS.

THE SOURCE FOR THIS PURCHASE WOULD BE THROUGH CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS. WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD APPROVE THE USE OF THE BALTIMORE COUNTY CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FORD ESCAPES FROM APPLE FORD LINCOLN OF COLOMBIA MARYLAND IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $56,754.68. AND MS. COUSINS, ANTICIPATING THE QUESTION, THIS IS TO REPLACE TWO EXISTING VEHICLES.

>> SO MOVED. >> THANK YOU.

MOTION BY MS. CLAGGETT. SECONDED BY MR. WHITE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS MR. GREG GOTT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES WHO WILL PRESENT DETAILS ABOUT THE FOURTH RECOMMENDATION.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. THE NEXT REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE AWARD FOR STADIUM FIELD RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE.

CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ISSUED A SOLICITATION IN MARCH OF 2022 AND ONE VENDOR RESPONDED.

THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE COMPLETED IT DETAILED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU. THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FOUR STADIUM FIELDS WILL BE THE LOCAL BUDGET. WE REQUEST THE BOARD AWARD THE CONTRACT TO GROWING SOLUTIONS LLC OF WHITE MARSH MARYLAND IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000, $520 FOR ONE-TIME FIELD RENOVATIONS AND $79,800 PROJECTED ANNUALLY FOR STADIUM FIELD MAINTENANCE.

>> SO MOVED. >> THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY MR. WHITE. FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> DO WE KNOW WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE BID?

>> THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WAS DETAILED IN THE SOLICITATION WAS SENT OUT TO ANYONE. IT WAS POSTED ONLINE AT EMMA.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHAT COMES BACK.

BUT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THERE WAS ONE QUALIFIED VENDOR OUT THERE TO PROVIDE THIS KIND OF WORK.

>> DOES THIS -- DID THE WORK THEY DO SUPPLANT ANYTHING THAT

WE ARE DOING IN HOUSE IS? >> THIS IS IN ADDITION.

WE ARE MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE. THIS IS THE ACTUAL RENOVATION OF THE FIELD TO PUT IT BACK AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS NEW.

>> BUT IT DOES SAY THERE'S ANNUAL STADIUM MAINTENANCE.

>> SOME OF THAT IS -- WHAT WE CALL CORING THE FIELD, TAKING OUT LITTLE CORES. WE AREN'T CAPABLE NOR DO WE HAVE

THE STAFF AND EQUIPMENT. >> OK.

THIS IS ON TOP OF AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP OUR FIELDS WELL DRAINED AND -- OK.

THANK YOU. AND THIS WAS IN LINE WITH, OR LESS, THAN WHAT YOU EXPECTED? DO WE KNOW?

>> I THINK THIS IS ABOUT WHERE WE EXPECT IT TO BE.

>> THANKS. >> WHEN WILL THE WORK BEGIN?

>> SO THE FIELD RENOVATIONS WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL SPRING OF 2023. BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND THE SCHEDULING OF THE CONTRACTOR, IT'S NOT ABLE TO BE DONE THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE BOOKED THROUGH DECEMBER.

>> THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES. REMEMBER?

>> AND THIS CONTRACTOR DOES MANY GOLF COURSES AROUND THE STATE AND SO ON. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BOOKED

ACCORDING TO THE OWNER. >> YOU WOULD THINK THAT MARKET FORCES WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE VENDORS THAT WOULD GET INTO THE BUSINESS. THANKS.

>> I GUESS I HAVE A CONTRACT ALL QUESTION.

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>> YES, IT DOES. AND THE CONTRACT HAS A RENEWAL FOR THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE THAT IS NOT -- IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RENEWED EVERY YEAR. IT'S UP TO THE BOARD WHETHER OR NOT WE WISH TO RENEW AFTER ONE YEAR OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE.

>> I AM THINKING HOW ABOUT IF WE ARE MADE AWARE OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE NEED OR A CHANGE IN I GUESS SERVICES TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RESCIND AND GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION PRIOR TO MAY 2023?

>> I DON'T THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

>> IS THERE A DEPOSIT REQUIRED TO RESERVE THE -- TIMEFRAME?

>> NO. >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

>> MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. WARNER, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION WILL PRESENT DETAILS ABOUT THE FINAL

RECOMMENDATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE FINAL REQUEST IS TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FORESIGHT CIRCULATION AND PARKING IMPROVEMENTS AT HUNTINGTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ISSUED A SOLICITATION IN MARCH, 2022 AND SIX CONTRACTORS RESPONDED. A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS IS ATTACHED FOR YOU. THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS DETAILED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU. FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS THROUGH THE LOCAL CIP BUDGET. WE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD AWARD THE SITE CIRCULATION AND PARKING IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT TO HOLLYWOOD CONTRACTING LLC OF HUNTINGTOWN MARYLAND FOR THE BASE BID AND ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF

$334,952. >> SO MOVED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY MR. WHITE.

DISCUSSION? >> WHEN WILL THIS START?

>> IT WILL START THIS JULY WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT AT HUNTINGTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU MAY REMEMBER.

WE HAVE A PARTIAL HVAC UNIT REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE COORDINATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNITS ARE UP ON THE ROOF AND THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR MOVES OUT OF THE WAY, THEN THE SITE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT WILL START. SO THE START DATE IS JULY 18.

THE CONTRACTOR WILL WORK THROUGH AUGUST 17 AND THEN THEY WILL FALL BACK TO WEEKENDS TO FINISH UP SOME WORK.

BUT IN ESSENCE, ALL OF THE BUS CIRCULATION AND PARKING AND CAPE SEAL AND RESTRIPING OF THE PARKING SPACES WILL BE DONE BEFORE STAFF ARRIVES. WE WILL JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MICROBY RETENTION WORK ASSOCIATED WITH STORM WATER MANAGEMENT THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE AFTER SCHOOL IS IN SESSION.

BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE WAY AND IT'S LIMITED TO

WEEKENDS. >> THIS IS THE SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, RIGHT, AS HAVING THE PROBLEM?

THE TRAFFIC ISSUES? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> OK. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND SCHOOL, TOO? I THOUGHT IT WAS HUNTINGTOWN ELEMENTARY AND WAS BARSTOW ONE OF THEM?

>> BARSTOW. >> OK.

>> AND DO VENDORS NOWADAYS ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS PUT IN THE RIGHT TO INCREASE PRICES?

GIVEN THE INFLATIONARY -- >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. WE HAVE NOT -- SO WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED REGARDING THAT IN SOME INSTANCES AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP INCREASES AT BAY. TYPICALLY WITH PARKING WORK IN TERMS OF ASPHALT, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ESCALATOR BUILT IN, BECAUSE THAT PRICE DOES RISE AND FALL. SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FEDS RATE THAT IS SET. SO THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

BUT IN TERMS OF OTHER WORK, WE DO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT THEY NEED TO HOLD THEIR PRICE FOR X NUMBER OF DAYS THAT CAN RANGE FROM 45 TO 60 DAYS DEPENDING ON OUR PROJECT WHERE THEY HAVE TO HOLD THE PRICE. SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND AWARD IT.

AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD LOCK THEM INTO A CONTRACT.

SO WE, OF COURSE, WOULD TREAT THAT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT OTHER THAN JUST THE TYPICAL ASPHALT

ESCALATION CLAUSE YET. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

[01:10:08]

MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, TEXTBOOK

[7.05 Textbook for Review]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY PURPOSE HERE TODAY, THERE'S A TEXT UP THERE ON THAT FRONT DESK, A BEGINNER'S RUSSIAN TEXT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR REVIEW.

WE ARE BEGINNING A RUSSIAN PROGRAM IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND IT WILL BE USED AS A RESOURCE WITH STUDENTS TO CRAFT A CURRICULUM AND COURSE OF STUDY WITH THEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT FOR REVIEW FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

>> AND WHERE WILL THE BOOK BE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW IT?

>> I BELIEVE MS. MACKSEY HAS RECENTLY KEPT THEM HERE.

>> OK. >> AND WHAT'S THE, APPARENTLY IF WE ARE STARTING THE CLASS, THE DEMAND MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY HIGH, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD RUSSIAN --

>> NO, WE HAVE ABOUT 45 STUDENTS OR SO IN THE COUNTY SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A, SOME KIDS TAKING IT FACE-TO-FACE IN THE BUILDING THAT I HAVE A TEACHER AND OTHERS BEING ABLE TO TAKE IT VIRTUALLY.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

>> SO YOU MEAN REMOTE TEACHING? IN OTHER WORDS ONE TEACHER IN ONE SCHOOL BUT OTHER KIDS CAN LISTEN IN TO THE TEACHER?

>> SHE WILL LIKELY HAVE A TRADITIONAL CLASS IN HER BUILDING AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THE STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS OR THREE BUILDINGS AND HAVE A LIVE CLASS, A VIRTUAL CLASS LIKE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL CLASS.

A LIVE CLASS OVER THE COMPUTER. >> FOR JUST VIRTUAL KIDS.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO IT'S IRONIC THAT WE ARE PUTTING RUSSIAN INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOW.

>> WELL NOW MORE -- I MEAN NOW AS ALWAYS IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR NATION'S SECURITY FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT STUDY THESE TYPES OF LANGUAGES.

>> OH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERY LANGUAGE OFFERED.

SO -- YOU KNOW. CHINESE, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. SO -- HAS THERE BEEN A CLAMOUR FOR ANY OTHER LANGUAGES THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T OFFER?

>> NO, I MEAN MOST RECENTLY WE ADDED AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

WHICH HAS PROVED VERY POPULAR. >> RIGHT.

YES. OK.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

WE WILL HAVE THIS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR A 30-DAY

REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> WELCOME BACK KEVIN AND JILL

[7.06 Blueprint Update]

FOR THE BLUEPRINT UPDATE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

>> I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE BLUEPRINT THIS MONTH. WE WILL BEGIN TODAY'S UPDATE WITH A REVIEW OF RECENT BLUEPRINT ACTIVITIES BOTH AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. ON APRIL 22, MSDE RELEASED AN FAQ DOCUMENT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE MBC SALARY INCREASE THAT GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. CCPS IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THIS DOCUMENT AND STAFF IS SCHEDULED TO MEET LATE THEY ARE MONTH TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER. ON APRIL 26, MR. SUTTON AND I PRESENTED TO THE CTE LOCAL ADVISORY BOARD AT THE INVITATION OF MS. AIKENS, WE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE BLUEPRINT AND ITS SPECIFIC IMPACT ON COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAMS. AND ON MAY 4, THE CALVERT COUNTY BLUEPRINT COMMITTEE HELD ITS INITIAL MEETING. THE AGENDA REVIEWED THE CHARGE MUCH THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION. THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 8. ON MAY 5, THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION BOARD MET TO DISCUSS MSDE'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO TEACHER PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS IN MARYLAND.

MAJOR CHANGE HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND THAT IS TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE STUDENT TEACHING PRACTICUM FROM WHEN A HUNDRED DAYS CURRENT NOW TO A FULL SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE AIB PLANS PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO MSDE FOR ITS CONSIDERATION.

>> EXCUSE ME, MR. MICHAEL. >> YES.

>> PRESIDENT COUSINS, WE HOLDING QUESTIONS FOR THE END OR MAY WE

ASK THEM AS WE MOVE ALONG. >> YOU CAN ASK AS THEY GO ALONG.

[01:15:04]

>> MR. MICHAEL, I SEE THAT A MEETING WAS HELD ON MAY 4.

WHAT AVENUE ARE MEETINGS OF THE BLUEPRINT COMMITTEE BEING

ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC? >> YES, SO MR. WILLIS AND HIS STAFF WILL BE ADVERTISING AND RECORDING THE MEETS MOVING

FORWARD BEGINNING WITH JUNE 8. >> SO THE MAY 4 MEETING WAS NOT

ADVERTISED NOR RECORDD? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS

NOT. >> EXTREMELY CONCERNING.

I WILL REACH OUT TO THE BOCC. REGARDING.

THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT TWO SLIDES DETAIL THE BLUEPRINT DEADLINES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 22-23.

TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM, ON JULY 1, AS MS. JACOBS PRESENTED THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE TIER 1 CRITERIA IS TO BE USED FOR PRE-K ENROLLMENT. ALSO ON JULY 1, ELIGIBLE NBC TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A $10,000 SALARY INCREASE.

AND LOCAL HIRING REPORTS ARE DUE.

CCPS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH WESTED CONSULTING THIS PAST YEAR TO STUDY RECRUITING, HIRING AND RETENTION PRACTICES AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE USED IN THE HIRING REPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED TO AIB. ON SEPTEMBER 1, THE NINTH GRADE TRACKER REPORT IS DUE, DESIGNED TO MEASURE STUDENT PROGRESS TO GRADUATING ON TIME. SEPTEMBER 1, MSDE CRITERIA TO EVALUATE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLPLANS IS DUE TO THE AIB.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, DECEMBER 1, AIB'S COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS DUE. IT WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS, DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.

WE DISCUSSED THIS REGARDING HOUSE BILL 1450.

MARCH 15, LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ARE DUE.

>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD?

>> YES. >> AS OF JULY 1, HOW MANY ELIGIBLE NBC TEACHERS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE?

>> WE HAVE AS A TOTAL FEWER THAN 20 IN THE COUNTY.

AND REALLY UNTIL WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MSDE GUIDANCE THAT WAS LEASED, THINK WE ARE RIGHT NOW SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 TEACHERS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. THAT NUMBER MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY ACHE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT BUT THAT'S

ROUGHLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> SORRY, DOES THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT CHANGE? DOES IT INCLUDE MORE NBC STAFF?

>> IT PROVIDES CLARIFICATION, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT REALLY ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES HAS BEEN TEACHER OF RECORD AND DEFINING TEACHER OF RECORD.

SO THE DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO TRY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND CLARIFICATION ON THAT MATTER. SO THAT LOCALS CAN MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHO IS ELIGIBLE.

>> AND, REAL QUICK, THE VERY FIRST BULLET, JULY 1, THE PRE-K SLOT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 30% WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS.

WHAT HAPPENS, OR FIRST OF ALL, DO WE THINK WE WILL MAKE THAT

AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T? >> I THINK MS. JACOBS MAY HAVE ADDRESS THAT HAD LAST MEETING BUT SHE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A WAIVER PROCESS SHOULD WE NOT MAKE IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK.

>> THE NEXT SLIDE DETAILS THE LOOKING FORWARD, I GUESS, MILESTONES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AND OF COURSE WE MAY SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMELINES THAT WILL BE UP TO THE GENERAL LEGISLATURE AND OF COURSE AIB AND WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS GO INTO PLACE.

FOR NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS AT FACE VALUE.

THESE ARE THE DATES. JULY 1 IN 2023, EXPERT REVIEW TEAMS WILL BE DEPLOYED TO 10% OF OUR SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND.

JUST AS A PIECE OF INFORMATION, MSDE RECENTLY USED ITS OWN STAFF TO COMPLETE TWO EXPERT REVIEW TEAM PILOTS AT VOLUNTEER SCHOOLS. ONE WAS ON THE EASTERN SHORE AND ONE WAS OUT I THINK FREDERICK OR WASHINGTON COUNTY AREA.

SO THEY WANTED TO A SHAKE DOWN RUN OF THIS PROCESS.

MSDE IS GOING TO BE SCREENING AND WILL BE CONVENING THE TEAMS AND BEGIN SCHEDULING AND MOVING THEM OUT TO DO THE EVALUATIONS AND VISITS AT THE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> ON JULY 1, 2023, AND MR. SUTTON WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A FEW MOMENTS, THE PATHWAYS RELATED TO THE COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAMS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

JULY 1, 2024, THE LOCAL CAREER LADDERS ARE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN WE, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN WE HAVE AN UPDATE

[01:20:02]

>> JULY 1, 2024, TEACHER EVALUATION MUST BE ALIGNED TO THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIF CERTIFICATION. WE UNDERSTAND MORE GUIDANCE WILL BE COMING FROM THE STATE AND THE AIB ON THAT. JULY 2026, THE MINIMUM STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS WILL BE $60,000.

AGAIN THESE DEADLINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PORTION OF TODAY'S UPDATE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE SUPERVISOR OF SECONDARY MATHEMATICS WHO SERVE AS AS A FACILITATOR FOR OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER WORK GROUP TO PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS

POLICY AREA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THAT PREVIOUS MEETING, JACKIE JACOBS UNPACKED THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION POLICY AREA.

TODAY I AM GOING TO BE DOING MUCH OF THE SAME BUT WITH POLICY AREA 3, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

THE COMMISSION ON INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION MORE COMMONLY CALLED THE KERWIN COMMISSION DEEPLY STUDIED WHAT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION SYSTEMS ACROSS STATES REGIONS AND NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE DOING TO INFORM THIS BLUEPRINT VISION. THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZED THAT PREVIOUS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ALTHOUGH RIGOROUS WERE NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS.

WHAT'S WORSE, ATTEMPTS TO RETEACH TO ENSURE MASTERY FOR STUDENTS OFTEN DIVERTED THEM FROM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY WOULD PREDICT AND PREPARE THEM FOR SUCCESS SUCH AS RIGOROUS CT TRAINING, CAREER CERTIFICATIONS OR DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORT

OPPORTUNITIES. >> THE FIRST KEY ASIA IS ENSURING VIRTUALLY ALL STUDENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH A PATHWAY THAT EITHER INCLUDES COLLEGE CREDITS OR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT WILL PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VERY STRONG AP PROGRAM IN CALVERT COUNTY.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPAND PARTNERSHIPS WITH CSM, COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS TO ELEVATE BOTH PERCEPTION AND PREVALENCE OF DUAL ENROLLMENT AND CTE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, CAREER TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION.% WE ARE EXCITEED ABOUT WHAT WE ENVISION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FOCUS AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PATHWAY TO A CAREER AFTER SCHOOL.

IN THE RESEARCH, AUTHORS DISCOVERED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DISTRICTS HAVE A FULLY LINED SYSTEM ENSURING THAT EXPERIENCES ARE DIRECTLY LEADING STUDENTS TO BE PREPARED WITH LITERACY AND SKILLS BY THEIR 10TH GRADE YEAR.

ADDITIONALLY SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE MECHANISMS BOTH FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BEGIN THIS WORK AT AN EARLIER AGE IF THEY ARE PREPARED, AND FOR STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING SHOULD THEY FALL OFF TRACK ALONG THE WAY.

MSD'S COMMISSION STUDIES ON NUMEROUS COPPICES THAT INSPECT CURRICULAR FRAMEWORKS AND MODELS THAT HAVE SHOWN TO WORK FOR STUDENTS IN OTHER AREAS. INCLUDED IN THE SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS TO FORMALLY TRIGGER SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.

MR. MICHAEL'S TIMELINE INCLUDED A NINTH GRADE TRACKER REPORT THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO MSDE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 AND THEY CALL FOR A SIMILAR PROCESS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT EVERY GRADE.

CALVERT COUNTY HAS A TEAM RECOMMENDING FOR SUCH A SYSTEM AND THE LONGITUDINAL DAY IT TO RESEARCH PREDICTED POWER OF VARIOUS LEADING MEASURES. THROUGH THESE AIMS, THE COMMISSION AIMS TO BOTH BETTER DEFINE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ABLE TO REACH THIS METRIC FROM THE CURRENT NUMBER OF NEAR 40% TO 80% WITH A 65% GOAL BY THE TIME KIDS ARE IN 10TH GRADE.

THEY NOTE THAT DOUBLING THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS THAT ACHIEVE THIS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS WITHIN 10 YEARS WOULD BE A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, BUT ALSO AN ATTAINABLE ONE BECAUSE OTHER SYSTEMS AND EVEN ENTIRE NATIONS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AIM. HOWEVER, THESE INITIATIVES TAKE TIME TO RESEARCH, BUILD AND IMPLEMENT.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, THE COMMISSION ASSERTS IT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT THROUGH SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF STRUGGLING LEARNERS PARTICULARLY AT THE K-3 LEVEL UNTIL THE NEW SYSTEM IS FULLY IN PLACE. WE HAVE SEEN THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SUPPORT THROUGH THE TUTORING AND THE GRANTS.

>> THE CURRENT STANDARD EFFECTIVE IN THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR NECESSARILY RESEMBLES THE PREVIOUS TEST-BASED MODEL.

WITH THE PRIORITY TO DEVELOP CCR SYSTEM AND STRUCTURES EARLY IN THE TIMELINE, MSDE HAD TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING AS A MEASURE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND OPTED FOR A SIMILAR MODEL TO

[01:25:01]

>> THEY ENVISION AND CALL FOR THREE TYPES OF POST COLLEGE CAREER READY PATHWAYS. AN ADVANCED ACADEMIC AP/IB TYPE PROGRAM THAT WOULD GIVE STUDENTS COLLEGE CREDIT BY TEST.

DUAL ENROLLMENT OR EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS COULD EARN 30 OR EVEN 60 CREDITS TOWARD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EXPANSION OF THE CTE PROGRAM.

ONE OF THOSE THREE PATHWAYS WOULD BE WHAT THE STUDENTS ENROLL IN AFTER ACHIEVING CAREER READINESS.

THESE PATHWAYS CANNOT PRECLUDE ACCESS TO ANY CLASSES SO A STUDENT CAN BE WORKING IN OPTIONS FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS ALONG THE WAY MSDE BUILT OUT DRAFT EXAMPLES TO HELP ILLUSTRATE HOW IT MIGHT WORK WITHIN THE CURRENT SLATE OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDE WILL BE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE FOR DIFFERENT STUDENTS.

THESE EXAMPLES ARE BUILT OFF OF SIX COURSES A YEAR CURRENTLY OUR STUDENTS TAKE SEVEN CREDITS PER YEAR.

THIS WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.

THE SECOND EXAMPLE IS OF A STUDENT THAT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INCREASED PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE TO BUILD.

THE AUTHORS OF THE BLUEPRINT ENVISION STUDENTS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT NO COST TO THE STUDENT BY THE END OF 12TH GRADE.

THERE ARE MANY DETAILS STILL TO BE WORKED OUT BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING VISION FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMING YEARS.

WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL INCREASE WITH THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT.

THE STUDENT, SORRY, THE BLUEPRINT ENVISIONS PRO ACTIVELY DESIGNED AND THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER THIS SLIDE. SUM MEANING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ON TRACK. REMEMBER THAT WE WILL HAVE RESPONSIVE TRACKS SYSTEMS IN PLACE LONG BEFORE STUDENTS GET TO THE 10TH GRADE. THE AIM WILL BE TO HAVE SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORT STRUCTURES THAT CRITICALLY DO NOT SUPPLANT OTHER OPPORTUNITYS TO LEARN AND DEVELOP TOWARD COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED TUTORING AND SUMMER EXPERIENCES IN OUR RETURN FROM VIRTUAL LEARNING.

THE BLUEPRINT ADDITIONALLY CALLS FOR INDIVIDUALLYIZED COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PLANS AND TEACHER MENTORS TO OVERSEE THE ASSURANCE OF STUDENT SUCCESS. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT WHO EARNS SIX CREDITS THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SUMMER AND OPPORTUNITIES AND RIGOROUS MEANINGFUL COURSE WORK IN THE 12TH GRADE.

AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE AT THE BRIEFING WHERE THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED, STAKEHOLDERS BROUGHT UP CONCERNS SUCH AS WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH STUDENTS THAT FAIL MULTIPLE COURSES.

OR WHAT DO WE DO FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT WITH A PATHWAY SUCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, PERFORMING ARTS TO PROPERLY DEVELOP ALONG THE TRACK.

WHAT THEY HAVE PUBLISHED SO FAR IS THAT JUST THE FEW ILLUSTRATIONS AND THEY ANTICIPATE RELEASING MANY MORE EXAMPLES TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.

MSDE IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERNG A NUMBER OF CASE STUDIES TO DETERMINE WHAT COURSES WILL BE DEEMPHASIZED ON THE ROAD TO READINESS. INFORMED BY THIS, WORKS MSDE HAS BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND TO BETTER ALIGN SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY EXPERIENCES. UNIVERSITIES HAVE SEEN MANY STUDENTS ENROLL UNABLE TO COMPLETE CREDIT BEARING COURSE WORK. THESE STUDENTS OFTEN GET STUCK IN NONCREDIT REMEDIAL COURSES AND SOMETIMES THIS IS A KEY DRIVER FOR FAILURE TO GRADUATE. SADLY, THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE OR SUBJECT AREA THAT CAUSES THAT OFTEN HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THEIR CAREER CHOICE OR ABILITY TO SUCCEED WITH THE REST OF THEIR COURSE WORK. CONSIDER POTENTIAL STUDENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY OR LINGUISTICS FAILING TO GRADUATE BECAUSE OF AN ALGEBRA CREDIT THAT HAS VERY LITTLE RELEVANCE FOR THE WORK THEY WILL DO. THE END RESULT OF THIS WORK OF THESE STUDIES WILL BE A REVISION OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY NECESSITATE REVISION TO THE CONTENT OF STATE ASSESSMENTS AND EVEN WHICH COURSES ARE TO BE ASSESSED IN THE FUTURE.

MSDE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING CASE STUDYIES OF MANY STATES'

[01:30:01]

EARLY WARNING INDICATORS. MSDE HAS GIVEN GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS SERVED AS A USEFUL PREDICTIVE TOOL IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS% AND NOTE THAT CHICAGO STUDENTS ON TRACK IN THE NINTH GRADE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN FOUR YEARS AT A RATE OF 81% WHILE ONLY 22% OF STUDENTS OFF TRACK IN THE NINTH GRADE WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOLS IN FOUR YEARS.

THIS WAS NOT MATCHED WITH ANY TEST SCORE OR OTHER STAND AROUNDIZED MEASURE. BEHAVIORAL DATA IS SLOWLY PREDICTIVE AND BIASED WITHIN STUDENTS WITHIN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED GROUPS AND IS DISCOURAGED FOR TRACKING.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEVERAGING TEC TECHNOLOGY.

CALVERT COUNTY HAS RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT THROUGH TUTORING GRANTS AND ESSER FUNDING.

THESE GRANTS HAVE SUPPORTED OUR EFFORTS TO RUN BEFORE-SCHOOL OR AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING. THE GRANT OUTLINES SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS FOR TUTOR INCLUDING FOCUSING ON ELA AND MATH AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. AND MATH SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. TUTORING SHOULD ALIGN TO STUDENTS BEING TAUGHT AND ONLY FOUR TO FIVE STUDENTS PER GROUP.

FUNDING SUPPORTS NOT ONLY TUTORING PROGRAMS BUT ALSO SATURDAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER EFFORTS AT THE SCHOOL TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN UNDERSTANDING ALL CONTENT ASSIGNMENTS AND COMPLETION OF THOSE. ESSER FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTS SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OFFERED SUMMER SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AT ALL LEVELS THAT SUPPORT THE WHOLE CHILD.

THIS FUNDING PRIMARILY PROVIDES FOR STAFF SALARIES A SMALL NUMBER OF RESOURCE, AND TRANSPORTATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL. THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH 2024. MSDE AND THE AIB HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO REVISE A TIMELINE THAT BOTH ACKNOWLEDGES AND PRIORITIZES THE URGENT NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND GIVES LEA'S TIME TO LEARN BUILD AND IMPLEMENT WELL.

BECAUSE MANY ASPECTS OF AREA 3 ARE TO BE INFORMED BY ONGOING RESEARCH STUDYIES AND FORMATION OF STATE LEVEL COMMITTEES, MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK HAS NOT YET IN THE MEANTIME, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS HAVE STARTED CONVERSATIONS ON THE RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF BLUE PRINT EXPECTATIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF SUBSEQUENT STEPS IN FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT.

>> OK. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT

THIS TIME? >> YOU SPOKE TO, MR. SUTTON, YOU SPOKE TO THIS PRETTY MUCH THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT EQUITY IS PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE WITH SPECIFICALLY THIS WORK TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY BARRIERS AS WE ARE ROLLING ALL OF THESE OUT TO PREVENT STUDENT GROUPS FROM ACHIEVING. I CAN THINK OF ONE IN PARTICULAR FOR STUDENTS IN AP INCREASING AP COURSE WORK IS GREAT.

HOWEVER, IS IT THE STUDENT CAN'T AFFORD IT TAKE THE TEST AT THE END OF CLASS, WHAT'S THE POINT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR AN EXAM.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALSO AS THESE WHAT DID YOU CALL THOSE THE GATE, EARLY WARNING INDICATORS TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR EXAM.

>> MS. COUSINS WHEN THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT PRESENTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT VERY SAME SENTIMENT OR CONCERN

WAS EXPRESSED. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

GO AHEAD. >> YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FLEXIBILITY IN SCHEDULE. YOU SAID RIGHT NOW THAT WE TAKE SEVEN CREDITS. COULD YOU EXPAND UPON THAT? HOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT BEING -- AT POTENTIALLY CHANGING THAT?

>> I WASN'T SUGGESTING WE WOULD NECESSARILY CHANGE THE NUMBER OF CREDITS WE OFFER. I WAS SAYING THAT WERE FOUR OR FIVE EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE PATHWAYS NOT EVEN HAVING SEVEN CREDITS AVAILABLE.

THESE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE ONLY HAD SIX OR POSSIBLY WOULD HAVE HAD SEVEN AND DIDN'T EARN CREDIT FOR ONE EACH OF THOSE YEARS.

>> PROBABLY BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW.

BUT, I AM INTERESTED IN HOW WE THINK OUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO -- COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE.

DO WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR MSDE TO TELL US?

>> I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT -- I AM MORE IN THE KNOW WITH THE

[01:35:05]

AND THERE'S COLLEGE ALGEBRA AS A REQUIREMENT FOR A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO SEE WELL DOES ALGEBRA 2 HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH POST COLLEGE SUCCESS? AND IF NOT, WHY IS THAT ONE OF OUR GATEWAYS? IF THAT REQUIREMENT WERE TO NO LONGER BE THERE, WE MIGHT SEE INSTEAD OF THE ALGEBRA 1, GEOMETRY ALGEBRA 2 TRADITIONAL PATHWAY, WE MIGHT SEE SOMETHING LIKE ALGEBRA 1 THEN MAYBE A BLEND BETWEEN GEOMETRY AND STATISTICS AND A DIFFERENT ARRAY THAT STU STUDENTS PATHWAY.

THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THEY CONSIDERED DIFFERENT PATHWAYS AND IMPLEMENTED THEM AND EVERYONE IS DOING JUST FINE.

I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THE FEAR IS IF YOU NO LONGER HAVE ALGEBRA 2, THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN, HOW WILL WE BE PREPARED? AND WE HAVE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE DONE THIS AND HAVE SUCCEEDED WITH A MORE FLEXIBLE PATHWAY.

>> AND THAT WOULD FLOW DOWN TO US?

>> IT WOULD. IT WOULD.

AND WE ARE ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE SAME RESEARCH THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT'S DRIVING THEIR DECISIONS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS -- HAS BEEN A BARRIER FOR US IS WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE COURSES THEY ARE RECOMMENDING IN THE RESEARCH UNTIL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE READY TO ACCEPT STUDENT WHO HAVE HAD THOSE. WE HAVE BUILT THE COURSES BUT IT'S HARD TO FULLY RECOMMEND THEM WITHOUT SAYING AND YOU MAY ALSO WANT IT TAKE THIS TO PREPARE FOR THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE

EXAM. >> OK.

THANK YOU. >> MS. BALINSKI, I WOULD ALSO ADD -- EARLIER THIS YEAR WE DID PRESENT THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS POLICY FOR CALVERT COUNTY AND AT THAT TIME, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE 24 CREDITS AND AS WE START TO LOOK AT THE SUPPORT PATHWAYS FOR THIS AREA AND EVEN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS REGARDING THE NEW HEALTH CREDIT, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP IT AT THAT TIME AND HOW THESE SUPPORT PATHWAYS WILL INFLUENCE THE NUMBER OF CREDITS THAT STUDENTS WILL NEED IN THE FUTURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[7.07 Review of Educational Facilities Master Plan]

>> OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS THE REVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. MS. WARNER?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM MS. WARNER, DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. AND TODAY, I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TO REVIEW THE DRAFT VERSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN FOR FY2024. THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, OR EFMPS A LONG-RANGE PLANNING DOCUMENT PRODUCED ANNUALLY BY CCPS STAFF. THE EFMP REFLECTS THE OPERATING PROCEDURES OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ANALYSIS, CCPS INVENTORY EVALUATION AND ENROLLMENT DATA. THE EFMP IS THE BASIS UPON WHICH FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING DECISIONS ARE MADE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN REALLY IS A ROAD MAP UPON WHICH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS BASED. AS IN YEARS PAST, THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BOARD OF ED AND STAFF COMMENT, AGENCY COMMENT SUCH AS OUR COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENTS.

ONCE THE COMMENT PERIOD IS OVER, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO ADDRESS COMMENTS AND REVISIONS.

WE WILL ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2024 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN AT THE JUNE 9 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND NO LATER THAN JULY 1, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THE EFMP TO MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION A FEW KEY ITEMS RELATED TO THE FINALIZATION OF THE DOCUMENT AS I DO EVERY YEAR.

THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS INCLUDED WITHIN THE REPORT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.

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TYPICALLY MDP LOOKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ALIGN WITHIN 5% OF OUR PROJECTIONS.

AND THAT IS THE CASE THIS YEAR. IN FACT, WE ARE I BELIEVE WITHIN 1%. SO WE ARE QUITE CLOSE.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THE LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, IT WILL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE FINAL EFMP.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENDORSEMENT FORM, WHICH IS INCLUDED ON PAGE 87, WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WILL REQUIRE SIGNATURES FROM BOE MEMBERS AND DR. CURRY PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE STATE. AND THEN LASTLY, THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THEIR REVIEW AND SUBSEQUENT ENDORSEMENT WHICH WE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL COPY. THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WILL BE THE DOCUMENT THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, EXCEPT FOR ANY REVISIONS PENDING COMMENTS WITHIN THE 30-DAYTIME PERIOD. FOLLOWING THE JUNE 9 BOARD MEETING, THE FINAL DOCUMENT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND WHAT WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IS THAT THE PUBLIC DOCUMENT WILL NOT CONTAIN BUILDING FLOOR PLANS AS WE DO NOT MAKE OUR FLOORPLANS AVAILABLE IN PRINT OR ONLINE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE DOCUMENT COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S PLAN AND HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERRUPT ME, AS I AM GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF -- I KNOW WE ARE THE LAST AGENDA, OR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

YOU CAN FEEL FREE TINT EJECT. BUT I WILL GO ATED AND TAKE US THROUGH AT THIS POINT. SO THE FIRST PAGE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO IS PAGE 15. IN THE POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS TABLE, THE COUNTY'S POPULATION ESTIMATE FOR 2022 IS 94,240. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 870 RESIDENTS OVER THE CALENDAR YEAR.

IF WE GO TO PAGE 16, THAT IS TABLE 1 WHICH INCLUDES THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMITS HAS BEEN INCREASING STEADILY FROM 2018.

THE AT THE TIME TALL NUMBER OF PERMITS ARE STILL NOT BACK TO 2017 AND PRIOR LEVELS. HOWEVER, WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE AN UPWARD TREND IN CONCEPT PLANS AND BUILDING PERMITS.

I HAVE INDICATED WHERE MOST OF THESE PERMITS ARE COMING FOR WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS SO I WON'T REALLY TAKE ANY TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT.

ALSO WORTH NOTING IS THAT THE CURRENT -- IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE GETTING STUDENTS FROM THE BEACHTREE APARTMENTS AND CALVERT HILLS APARTMENTS IN PRINCE FREDERICK.

ALL 249 UNITS OF THE BEACH TREE APARTMENTS ARE COMPLETE AND CALVERT HILLS APARTMENTS ARE NEARLY FULLY OCCUPIED.

WE HAVE 93 STUDENTS FROM ONE AND 24 FROM CALVERT HILLS ALL DISTRICTED TO B ARRANGES RSTOW ELEMENTARY, CALVERT MIDDLE AND CALVERT HIGH. ALSO WORTH MENTIONING IS THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY CALCULATOR FOR PER-PUPIL YIELD FOR APARTMENTS, THAT MEANS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM EACH APARTMENT UNIT, IS POINT 199.

BUT OUR CALCULATION, WHEN WE LOOK AT BEACHTREE AND CALVERT HILLS IS HIGHERRER. AT BEACH TREE OUR PER PUPIL YIELD IS .394 COMPARED TO THE COUNTY'S .199.

AT CALVERT HILLS IT'S CURRENTLY .233.

I THINK THAT TELLS YOU THAT CERTAINLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE APARTMENT-STYLE HOUSING SUCH AS HOUSING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS IN PLAN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE WON'T GET HIGH PUPIL YIELDS.

IT APPEARS TO BE QUITE ATTRACTIVE OF AN OPTION FOR COUNTY REST RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILYS.

>> VIA QUESTION. HAS WORK BEEN DONE TO LOOK AT WHETHER THOSE ARE NEW STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR ARE THEY STUDENTS THAT HAVE SHIFTED FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AREA?

OR, WELL FROM SCHOOL? >> I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM YET. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE STUDENTS APPEAR TO BE ELEMENTARY.

HOWEVER, WHETHER THEY SHIFTED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO THOSE ARE NEW RENTAL APARTMENTS.

RIGHT? THESE AREN'T PURCHASE ABLE

THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND YEAH, THIS IS AN ISSUE,

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BUT WITH THE RENTS INCREASING AS MUCH AS THEY HAD, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF RENT CONTROL IN THESE AREAS.

>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS. I AM NOT -- I DON'T QUITE HAVE ALL OF THAT PAPERWORK WITH ME, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME UNITS THAT WERE DESIGNATED AT LEAST FOR A PARTICULAR INCOME LEVEL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT -- HOW THAT IS NECESSARILY CORRELATED TO RENTS.

I DON'T HAVE THAT DETAILED OF INFORMATION.

>> YOU MIGHT BE GETTING TO THIS, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION

PHASE? >> I BELIEVE BEACH TREE, CALVERT HILLS. THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR -- IT'S NOT APARTMENT STYLE WITHIN THE CENTRAL PART, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ADJACET TO CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH. IT STARTED OUT AS I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SINGLE FAMILY, THEN SENIOR HOUSING THEN IT WENT TO TOWN HOME STYLE. RIGHT NOW I AM NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS. SO THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE OCCURRING IN TERMS OF APARTMENTS, ANY ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY THAT I AM AWARE OF THAT ARE CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO EVEN

CONCEPT PLAN. >> YOU HAVE NOTIFIED THE COUNTY OF WHAT THEIR CALCULATIONS ARE VERSUS THEIR PROJECTIONS?

>> THEY ARE AWARE. I SPOKE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING LAST YEAR TO LET THEM KNOW THAT OUR PER-PUPIL YIELD CERTAINLY WAS HIGHER. IT WAS DIFFICULT AT THAT TIME.

NOT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN OCCUPIED.

I THINK THIS YEAR, NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS CALCULATION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER INDICATOR.

>> OK. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL CONTINUE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PORTION.

SO THE SCHOOL SITE ANALYSIS FOR THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS LOCATED ON PAGES 31 THROUGH 36. AND YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE COUNTY'S APF OR ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITY RATED CAPACITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SCHOOL, OR THAN THE STATE RATED CAPACITY NUMBER. THE COUNTY DOES HAVE AN APFO WHICH RESTRICTS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.

THEY DO THAT BY PARTLY LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL AS A PERCENTAGE OF ITS CAPACITY.

THE COUNTY RESTRICTS DEVELOPMENT BY CLOSING SCHOOL ZONES BUT ONLY FOR A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS. SO IT'S BASICALLY A TEMPORARY THROTTLED BACK OF DEVELOPMENT. SO THEREFORE, BASED ON THE COUNTY'S CAPACITY CALCULATION FOR SCHOOL ZONE, THE FINAL APPROVAL OF A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION CAN BE DELAYED UP TO SIX YEARS. LAST YEAR, DUE TO A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, ALL GEOGRAPHICAL REGION INCLUDING THE NORTHERN REGION WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY SEEN SCHOOLS CLOSED WERE RECOMMENDED FOR SUBDIVISIONS. I HAD ALSO INDICATED LAST YEAR THAT AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE NO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE PIPELINE THAT ESSENTIALLY JUST HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FINAL RECORDING PROCESS SO THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS GOING TO ESSENTIALLY GET FINAL RECORDATION THAT WOULD HAVE THEN PUT US IN A BIND IN TERMS OF THOSE ZONES BEING OVERCROWDED.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR'S SPRING ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES REPORT DOES ONCE AGAIN INDICATE THAT NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL AND MOUNT HARMONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE OVERCAPACITY.

AND THEREFORE ARE CLOSED FOR FINAL RECORDING OF RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS AND RESIDENTIAL SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

NORTHERN HIGH CERTAINLY WAS EXTREMELY OVER CAPACITY.

AT THIS POINT NOW THEY ARE AT ABOUT 102%.

SO IT'S CERTAINLY SOME KIND OF -- SOME RELIEF VERSUS WHERE THEY

WERE BEFORE. >> DOES THAT MEAN THE SIXTH YEAR

STARTS FROM 2022? >> SO THAT IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I THINK THEY WOULD LOOK AT AND I CAN CERTAINLY CLARIFY THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THAT SLICE IN TIME FOR THOSE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WOULD ALMOST BE TO THAT FINAL POINT WHERE THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE RECORDED AND THEY I BELIEVE ARE ESSENTIALLY IN THAT QUEUE FOR THAT SIX-YEAR TIMELINE.

I WOULD HAVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY HOW THAT

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>> THESE PEEK BEACH AND NORTH BEACH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO APFO.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S ALWAYS A FACTOR WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF. IF WE GO TO PAGE 40, YOU WILL FIND THE TABLE 2 WHICH CONTAINS THE ANNUAL BIRTH AND DEATH DATA.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR THE 2020 DATA IS NOT YET AVAILABLE FROM MARYLAND CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS.

IF WE DO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION PRIOR TO FINALIZING THE EFMP REPORT WE WILL CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT IN THE FINAL VERSION. MOVING ON TO PAGE 42, THIS CONTAINS TABLE 3 WHICH SHOWS THE PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN CALVERT COUNTY. THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DID INCREASE IN 2021, 2022. IT WAS 671 STUDENTS.

IN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR VERSUS 558 IN 2021.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT INCREASED AS WELL, IT CONTINUES TO ACCOUNT FOR 4% OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

OUR ENROLLMENT WHILE HIGHER THAN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR HAS STILL NOT RECOVERED TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS AND I WILL GO INTO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS NEXT.

I CAN GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

OUR PROJECTIONS START ON PAGE 45 AND GO THROUGH PAGE 69.

IF YOU LOOK AT TABLE 5 ON PAGE 45, THERE'S A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2032 WHEN OUR ENROLLMENTS ARE PROJECTED TO BE AROUND 15,700.

THIS IS CONTINUING AN UPWARD TREND IN THE OUTYEARS.

CCPS DID GAIN BACK 101 NET STUDENTS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. BUT THE BIGGER GAINS WHICH WERE MADE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WERE OFF SET TO A GREATER DEGREE BY LOSSES AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.

ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE HOMESCHOOLING APPLICATIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF TIME FROM SEPTEMBER.

WE WERE STILL MASKING AT THAT POINT.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

WE WILL MONITOR THAT NEXT YEAR SO I THINK THAT THAT, IF PENDING IF ANYTHING CHANGES IN TERMS OF MANDATORY MASKING OR NOT, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT COMPARES.

WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. SO -- ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE FACILITIES NEEDS SECTION? OK.

SO, STARTING ON PAGE 78, WE OUTLINE OUR FACILITIES NEEDS.

WE SUMMARIZE OUR MAJOR CIP PROJECTS ON PAGE 78.

WHICH NOW SHOW BEACH, NORTHERN MIDDLE, AND MOUNT HARMONY AS REFLECTED IN OUR CURRENT CIP. I DID NOTE AN ERROR ON PAGE 78 IN THE DRAFT VERSION THAT I WILL CORRECT IN THE FINAL REPORT RELATED TO NORTHERN MIDDLE'S PLANNING.

DUE TO THE ABILITY TO FORWARD FUND THE PLANNING FOR THAT PROJECT WITH STATE MONEY, THE PLANNING YEAR REQUEST FOR THIS PROJECT IS NOW FY2024. WE HAD ALREADY NOTE THAT HAD IN OUR CIP AS I DISCUSSED LAST YEAR.

HOWEVER I DID NOT MAKE THAT CHANGE HERE.

I WILL ON THE FINAL DOCUMENT. ON PAGES 79 THROUGH 81, WE LIST OUR SYSTEMIC PROJECTS. WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE FALL, FOR THE CIP, WE WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THESE PROJECTS AND OUR OVERALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NEEDS. SO THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFTED CATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN FOR FY2024. AS I STATED BEFORE, THE DRAFT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW FOR THE NEXT MONTH.

UPON CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENT PERIOD WE WILL MAKE ANY NECESSARY REVISIONS AND ONCE AGAIN ASK THE BOARD FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT AT THE JUNE 9 BOARD MEETING.

I WILL TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

>> WELL -- NO. >> SORRY.

>> UM -- THIS BOARD, I THINK, NEEDS TO CONSIDER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT EXCEPT FOR YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE -- BRINGING UP THE DREADED "R" WORD.

REDISTRICTING. BECAUSE THIS PLAN WHICH BY THE WAY FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT, GIVE AS LOT OF GOOD HISTORY ON CALVERT COUNTY, AND THE REGIONS WITHIN CALVERT COUNTY. AND IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR SCHOOL FITS IN, IT'S AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE -- WE HAVE OVERCAPACITY -- WE ARE OVERCAPACITY IN OUR NORTHERN

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AND THERE'S THIS -- I LOOKED AT THE PROJECTIONS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WILL CORRECT ITSELF IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 10 YEARS.

AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHETHER THE RUMORS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE RUMORS OR WHAT OF MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING IN IN LSBE. WHO KNOWS.

BUT, I DO WORRY ABOUT -- IT'S NOT GOOD FOR SCHOOLS TO BE OVERCAPACITY OR FOR GOOD SCHOOLS TO BE UNDERCAPACITY EITHER.

IT'S PRETTY DRAMATIC. IT'S A 60% REGION VERSUS A 99% REGION. IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

NOW THAT'S THE MOST DISRUPTIVE AND EMOTIONAL UNDERTAKING IS TO REDISTRICT. AND TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T GO TO THEIR BELOVED SCHOOLS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. THEY AREN'T SURE OF.

BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST MIGHT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

SO I JUST WANT US TO BE -- TO -- I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR DECISION, LIKE SHE'S ALREADY IN THE PLANNING STAGE FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE.

WHICH IS OVERCAPACITY NOW. RIGHT?

>> IT IS ACTUALLY NOT OVER CAPACITY.

HOWEVER, IT'S WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THRESHOLD REGION.

HOWEVER, WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, BASED ON THE STATE-RATED CAPACITY, WE PROJECT THAT THAT WILL BE OVER CROWDED.

AND WHEN WE GO IN FOR PLANNING FOR OUR -- FOR ANY SCHOOL, THE STATE LOOKS AT THE SEVEN-YEAR OUT PROJECTION.

SO BASED ON THAT, OUR THINKING IS THAT WE WOULD SIZE NORTHERN MIDDLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

SO THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY RELIEVE THE OVERCROWDING THAT WE FORESEE HAPPENING AT WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AS ADJACENT SCHOOLS WHEN WE DID THE PLANNING FOR BEACH.

SO WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE A SIMILAR TACT BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION PRICING CERTAINLY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GOING DOWN.

>> NO. >> SO IT ALWAYS MAKES SENSE IF YOU CAN PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR RELIEF AT A NEW SCHOOL VERSUS BUILD AN ADDITION LATER ON, THAT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE A BETTER

WAY TO GO. >> WELL I JUST WONDER IF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY REVIEW OUR REQUEST, OUR FUNDING REQUEST FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN FIT MORE PEOPLE. IF THEY WOULD SAY WELL -- YEAH, WE WILL BE GLAD TO BUILD YOU A NEW BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S SO COLD AND DECREPIT THAT WE DO NEED A NEW NORTHERN MIDDLE.

BUT THEY MIGHT SAY CALVERT COUNTY DOESN'T APPEAR TO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. THAT'S MY CONCERN.

>> AND YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE TO REQUIRE A GREATER CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE STATE CURRENTLY LOOKS AT THEIR FUNDING.

RIGHT NOW, THEY LOOK AT ADJACENT SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE DEFINED BASED ON OUR BOUNDARIES AND NORTHERN BEING REALLY THE NORTHERN MOST SCHOOL,S ONLY ADJACENT SCHOOL CURRENTLY IS SHOWN TO BE WINDY HILL MIDDLE. MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO LOOKING AT.

HOWEVER, WHAT THEN HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO DO ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OVERBUILT NORTHERN MIDDLE IN THE FUTURE MIGHT COME BACK TO BITE US.

WE COULDN'T KEEP SORT OF SHIFTING THOSE CHESS PIECES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT A BIT MORE CLOSELY AND RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO LOOK AT BUT HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET IS -- THEY ASK FOR UTILIZATION OF A SCHOOL WHEN WE GO TO DO A SYSTEMIC.

AND YOU KNOW THEY WANT TO KNOW IF A SCHOOL IS UNDER 60% CAPACITY. WHEN WE ARE DOING A SYSTEMIC PROJECT. THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK STATING WELL, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF POTENTIALLY MOTHBALANCING, YOU

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THERE IS A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE IAC, BOB GORRELL IS RETIRING.

SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR.

>> OK. I WAS JUST ELEVATING CONCERN.

>> WITHOUT GOING -- WITHOUT HAVING BEEN THROUGH REDISTRICTING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES TO THE BOARD? OR -- DOES THE BOARD INITIATE

THAT? >> I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID BEACH, IT WAS THE TOWN OF CHESAPEAKE BEACH WHO SENT US A LETTER REQUESTING THAT WE REDISTRICT IT.

BECAUSE BEACH ELEMENTARY WAS SO OVERCROWDED.

IS THAT -- AM I REMEMBERING THAT?

>> THERE'S A PRETTY ELABORATE PROCESS.

I WASN'T PART OF BEACH BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND MY EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST IS THAT IT'S A PRETTY ELABORATE PROCESS WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT THAT TOPIC. >> BUT SO FAR, THEN, AMONG THE PRINCIPALS, YOU ARE NOT HEARING ANY REQUEST TO LIKE PAWTUXET HIGH SCHOOL SAID WE COULD USE MORE STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD DEEPEN THE AMOUNT OF COURSE OFFERINGS OR --

>> WE HAVE HEARD THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS CERTAINLY THAT THE POPULATION SHIFT THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE OPENING OF HUNTINGTOWN HIGH MOVED STUDENTS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH NORTHWESTERLY. AND THAT THOSE AT PAWTUXET WOULD

LIKE TO HAVE SOME BACK. >> AND CERTAINLY, IN TERMS OF REGIONAL PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, IT -- WE HAVE HAD REGIONAL PROGRAMS GOING TO FOR EXAMPLE AT PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REDISTRICTED STUDENTS OUT OF BEACH.

NOW WE ARE BUILDING A LARGER BEACH.

IS THAT SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT? TO TRY TO MAKE THOSE SHIFTS AGAIN? SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF FLEXIBILITY OF OFFERING REGIONAL PROGRAMS WITH CERTAIN SCHOOLS BEING AT CAPACITY OR OVER CAPACITY, IT DOES LIMIT THAT.

IN VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS. THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.

>> THANK YOU. THE PLAN WILL BE UP FOR A 30-DAY

REVIEW THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND OUR AGENDA TO GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO DR. CURRY.

>> THANK YOU. I GAVE MS. COUSINS A NOTE THAT SAID I WOULD LIKE TO REOPEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT BECAUSE I FORGOT SOMETHING. BY TRADITION, FOR A LONG TIME VEHICLES BROUGHT NEW ADMINISTRATORS TO BOARD MEETINGS AND INTRODUCED THEM AND ASKED THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.

WE GOT OUT OF THAT HABIT WITH THE PANDEMIC.

AND STOPPED BRINGING IN FOLKS PERSONALLY.

AND THIS WEEK, I THOUGHT WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH THAT.

BUT, WE STILL NEED TO -- WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VACANCIES. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, WE ARE READY TO APPOINT THEM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL OF TWO. WE HAVE A VACANCY THAT WILL BEGIN IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR FOR ACE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CALVERT HIGH. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MS. JULIE MORRISON BE APPOINTED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

SHE STARTED HER CAREER HERE AS MATH TEACHER AT CALVERT MIDDLE IN 2003 AND HAS HELD POSITIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO INCLUDE MATH INTERVENTIONIST, CORE LEAD MATH TEACHER SECONDARY MATH LEARNING SPECIALIST, MATH TEACHER SPECIALIST IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION AND SHE'S CURRENTLY AN ACTING VICE PRINCIPAL AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S OF ARTS AND MATH EDUCATION AND MASTER OF HUMAN RELATIONS FROM UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

A CERTIFICATE OF STUDIES IN SECONDARY MATH FROM NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AND ASK YOUR APPROVAL FOR JULIE MORRISON TO BE APPOINTED AASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CALVERT HIGH.

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AY OH, MOTION PASSES. >> NEXT IS A VACANCY FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MILL CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MR. MATTHEW DIGGEN. HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MOST RECENTLY AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MCDONAH HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WAS THERE SINCE 2018. HE'S ALSO SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ACADEMIC DEAN AT NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS

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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL FOR MATTHEW DIGGEN TO BE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MI WILL, L CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> MOVED AND SECONDED. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

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WE WILL START WITH OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO AGAIN EVERYBODY.

I JUST HAVE A FEW LITTLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FINISHING THEIR AP EXAMS. I BELIEVE THERE ARE STILL TWO TOMORROW BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THAT.

NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I HAVE ONE MEETING LEFT. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THE TERM. IT'S TRULY BEEN AN UNFORGETABLE EXPERIENCE. I APPRECIATE IT QUITE A BIT.

THANK YOU ALSO. AND ALSO ANOTHER CONGRATULATIONS TO MAGGIE, ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING STUDENT LEADERS THAT I EVER MET. YOU GUYS GOT ONE HECK OF A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE AND TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE IT SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PAWTUXENT HIGH BASEBALL TEAM, THE HUNTINGTOWN BOYS LACROSSE TEAM, CALVERT HIGH SOFT BALL TEAM, NORTHERN HIGH GIRLS' LACROSSE TEAM AND HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAM.

THEY ALL WON THEIR' CONFERENCES WHICH GOES TO SHOW NOT ONLY WITH ACADEMICS AND ARTS OUR KIDS ARE THRIVING.

ALSO, CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL ROTC HAD AN ACHEFMENT, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

LAST WEEK WAS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

AND AS A PARENT, THE TEACHERS AT BARSTOW THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS ARE SIMPLY AMAZING AS FAR AS WITH COMMUNICATION AND JUST THEIR ABILITIES AND THE WAY THAT THEY ARE TREATING OUR STUDENTS, I CAN TELL YOU HONESTLY, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THESE SCHOOLS AND ALSO THE NURSES ALSO, EVERYONE'S DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB AND IT'S NOT MISSED BY US, YOU KNOW. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THE HARD WORK AND COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MS. BALINSKI?

>> YES, THANK YOU. AND, WELCOME MAGGIE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO THE NEW CASC OFFICERS, KENDALL, GRACE, NOAH AND MAGGIE. WE HOPE TO HEAR IF THEM AS WELL.

THANKS TO JOSEPH CORMIER FOR BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT WE STILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND OR DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR FOOD SECURITY FOR OUR STUDENT. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE GOT IN THE ROLL OF THINGS MAYBE NOW WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND THE STATE CAN HELP US DO IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. AND THEN, THE SUPPORT EMPLOYEES IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE ESSENTIAL.

THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL. I'M VERY SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL SCHOOL THURSDAY.

MAYBE WE CAN TRY TO PUT THOSE ON THE AGENDA IN THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE OF COURSE IS JUST TOTALLY ESSENTIAL. AND WE SHOULD HAVE EVERY WEEK RECOGNIZE SOMEONE. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO THE FBLA AND THE SKILLS USA JUST LIKE ANTOINE WAS SAYING.

THE DEPTH OF THE SKILLS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WONDERFUL AND HELPING TO BRING THESE YOUNG STUDENTS AND LET THEM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND NO MATTER WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE, WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND IT'S VERY REWARDING TO HEAR.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANKS.

>> MS. CLAGGETT? >> THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE THANKED STAFF, STUDENTS AND EVERYONE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE US TELLING OUR OWN STORY. AS WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY

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MR. E.J. UMPHRIES AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE CONTINUING HIS COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE IN ALABAMA AND WILL BE PLAYING LACROSSE. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM.

HE'S LIKE MY SECOND SON. SO I AM SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE A KID IN COLLEGE. FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND MS. LEAH POWELL WHO WILL RUN TRACK AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY. SUPER PROUD OF HER AS WELL.

AND JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE TWO.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD, BECAUSE OF MY COLLEAGUES GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT ALL OF THE ACCOLADES THAT WE RECOGNIZED TODAY.

ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC THAT DR. TOWNSELL, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, IS STARTING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST JULY 1. AND AT THIS TIME, HE'S NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE HE IS EMPLOYED WITH ANOTHER DISTRICT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SO JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC THAT HE'S NOT OUR EMPLOYEE YET, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN CONTACT OR PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT HE'S NOT OUR EMPLOYEE YET. SO -- JULY 1 IS WHEN HE COMES ON BOARD. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO ADD. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.