Sep 08, 2022 Board of Education

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>> PRESIDENT: GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL THE CALVERT COUNTY

[2.01 Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence]

[3. Consent Agenda]

THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> BOARDMEMBER: SO MOVED.

>> BOARDMEMBER: SECOND. >PRESIDENT: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARDMEMBER CLAGGETT AND SECOND BY MR. WHITE. ALL THOSE

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DR. ANDRAE TOWNSEL ARE YOU READING THE NAMES OFF AND WHO IS KEEPING TIME? TIMEKEEPER? YES MA'AM.

>> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITS THE PUBLIC TO A COMMENT OF CONCERN. THE NUMBER OF COMMENTERS IS LOOKLIMITED TO 10. LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO 3 MINUTES. IF YOU OFFICIALLY REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION YOU MAY SPEAK FOR 5 MINUTES. THE PERSON ON THE SIGN IN SHEET MAY NOT CONVEY, TRANSFER OR RELINQUISH ANY PART OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON IN THE GROUP. IF YOU HAVE HANDOUTS OR WRITTEN TESTIMONY PLEASE BRING NINE COPIES AND RING THEM TO THE DESK AND WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM. 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 THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING AND MAY FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VALUES YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS THIS IS BUSINESS MEETING AND THE BOARD CANNOT COMMENT ON YOUR QUESTIONS OR ENTER DISCUSSION WITH YOU DURING THE MEETING. CALVERT COUNTY WILL RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS AND WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE SUGGESTED AT ANY TIME.

>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS BETTY GOLDSTEIN AND SHE IS

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PEA. >> PUBLIC COMMENT: GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MY NAME IS BETTY GOLDSTEIN AND I AM A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AND I WILL USE CALVERT COUNTY 5 MINUTES TO SHARE A CONCERN WITH YOU.

BEFORE I BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO CONSIDER A NO. 619. CAN YOU NAME 619 FELLOW EMPLOYEES? CAN YOU RECALL FACTS ABOUT EACH OF THEM AND INTEGRATE THOSE FACTS INTO INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF THE 619 EMPLOYEES? 619 IS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLLED AT BARSTOW ELEMENTARY. FOR THE MUSIC ART AND MEDIA TEACHERS THAT'S THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY TEACH OR OUT OF EVERY FIVE DAYS IN THEIR SCHEDULE. OUR ONLY BUILDING PE TEACHER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUGHLY 500 STUDENTS. ANOTHER PE TEACHER COMES INTO TEACH SIX CLASSES.

I AM HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INSIGHT ON THE WORKLOAD OF OUR ELEMENTARY ARTS TEACHERS AND THE DISREGARD SHOWN FOR THEIR ROLES AS PROFESSIONALS. SADLY, THIS DISREGARD HAS LONG SINCE BEEN AN PROBLEM IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION BUT DOES NOT MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE. IN THE EARLY 2000'S I ADDRESSED A PRINCIPAL THAT A GIVEN A SCHEDULE TO ARTS TEACHERS A LATER TIME AND OPENLY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT NEED AS MUCH TIME AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS. RELATED ARTS TEACHERS ARE CLASSROOM

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DESPITE THE STUDENTS HOMEROOM CLASS BEING BETWEEN 20 AND 25.

THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASS, WHY AREN'T THE CLASSES BUILT FOR THAT? THIS MEANS LESS SPACE FOR STUDENTS AND FEWER SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. WHETHER OR NOT THE CLASS IS OVER 30, THEY ARE A GROUP OF STUDENTS ONLY TOGETHER FOR ONE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME PER DAY WHEN TEACHERS NEED EVERY MINUTE TO COVER THEIR CONTENT. AT THE SAME TIME THEY DECIDED TO SPLIT CLASSES THEY BEGAN TO CONSOLIDATE ARTS SCHEDULES. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE THEIR CLASSES PACKED TIGHTLY FOR US YOU DAYS AS POSSIBLE LEAVING A DAY OR A LARGE CHUNK OF THE DAY OPEN WHERE THEY MIGHT BE PULLED TO A CLASS TO COVER AS A SUBSTITUTE. OR RUNNING AN INTERVENTION. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, STOP AND CONSIDER THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DRAIN PLACED ON RELATED ARTS TEACHERS. ALL OF THEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 99 STUDENTS IN OUR BUILDING WITHIN IEP, 504 AND MORE. THOSE STUDENTS NEED ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE MET DURING INSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK AIRED FOR MUSIC AND ART THEY ALSO GRADE 619 STUDENTS. HE IS ALMOST AS MUCH WITH 500. THAT 619 REPORT CARDS AND ANY ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK AIRED ALTHOUGH THE MEDIA SPECIALIST IS NOT INPUT GREAT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING A CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS ALL WHILE CHECKING IN AND SHELVING BOOKS FOR EVERY STUDENT IN THE BUILDING AND SHE DOES THIS WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT. 5 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME DID I HAVE NOT EVEN TALKED ABOUT HOW TEACHERS ARE TRAVELING TO MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND ON HOW MONDAY WE HAD TEACHERS WHO DID NOT KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE INCLUDING THE BUILDING THEY WOULD REPORT TO THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE ACTUAL FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IT IS COSTING SEE CPS DEDICATED HARD-WORKING TEACHERS

THAT ARE LEAVING. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS ALICIA MAYOR.

>> PUBLIC COMMENT: I HAVE A FEW THINGS. FIRST I'M DISAPPOINTED THERE HAS NOT BEEN MORE SROS HIRED IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

AFTER THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE ONE IN EVERY SCHOOL. THIS CURRENTLY ONLY ONE RESOURCE OFFICER FOR A SHARED ELEMENTARY, FIVE SCHOOLS HAVING ONE WITH FIVE BUILDINGS. WHAT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE OFFICER IS 15 MINUTES AWAY IN SAINT LEONARD? YESTERDAY I HAD TO STOP BY THE SCHOOL BRIEFLY TO TALK TO MY TK CHILD AND INSTEAD OF BEING BUZZED IN THEY LET ME COME IN AND I WAS STOPPED IN THE HALLWAY WHEN I SAW MY SON COMING. EVEN THOUGH I WAS ANNOYED I APPRECIATED THEY TOOK MORE MEASURES AND IN THE PAST TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS

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FORTUNATELY THEY EAT BREAKFAST AT HOME BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT RELY ON THAT IN THE MORNING? I KNOW WERE NOT THE ONLY BUS ARRIVING LATE AND AFTER TALKING TO OTHER PARENTS THEY ARE SEEING WHAT I AM. THE BUSES SEEM TO ARRIVE ON EVERY ROUTE ON TIME BUT FOR EVERY REASON THEY ARE SITTING AT POWELL ELEMENTARY FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN THAT PUTS THEM BEHIND FOR THE PACK ROUTE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT HAVING MORE BUSES BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE YOUR DECISION SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED. ONE OTHER THING, MR. NUTTER WEEK AFTER WEEK WE REQUEST THAT YOU CHANG THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND YOU ALWAYS CUT IT DOWN. IF THERE ARE MORE, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT 20 SPEAKERS AT 2 MINUTES A PIECE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH, THAT WOULD EXTEND THE MEETING A WHOPPING 15 MINUTES WITH A TRANSITION. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK TO GET MORE PARENTS AND TEACHERS A VOICE? IF ANYTHING IT WILL LIKELY SHORTEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME BECAUSE THERE AREN'T EVEN THAT MANY WHO WANT TO SPEAK ANYWAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SO AFRAID OF. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF BEAKERS BUT HOW ABOUT A CONSENSUS.

>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. >> GUEST SPEAKER: OUR THIRD

SPEAKER IS JOSEPH CARRERE. >> GUEST SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOSEPH AND I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CITIZENS ADVISORY. GIVE FOR THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING US. I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO THINK MY WIFE BECAUSE MY CHILDREN ARE GETTING OFF THE BUS. MY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS DON'T GET OFF FOR ANOTHER 40 MINUTES. AND IT'S A LATE TIME TO GET OFF THE BUS.

SEE CAP, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 IS OUR FIRST MEETING BACK AND WE WILL BE HERE ACROSS THE HALL AT THE M.R.D. MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AT 6:30 AND WE WILL GET THE AGENDA SENT OUT AND GET A LINK ONLINE SO PARENTS CAN JOIN US VIRTUALLY IF THEY CAN'T BE HERE IN PERSON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 WE ARE HOLDING A RESOURCE FEAR AND PATHFINDERS FOR OLD CHISHOLM AND SHERIFFS ARE BURNING UP ON WHAT CAN DO DURING A TRAFFIC SCREENING. IT WILL BE A GREAT AFTERNOON FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I HOPE THE STAFF CAN COME DOWN PAID WE WILL HAVE DONUTS ON SITE. BRING YOUR WALLET. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY. I WANT TO TOUCH ON BUDGET ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP PEER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING TOWN CENTER MAPS AND FOR HUNTING TOWN THEY ORIGINALLY EXTENDED TENDING HOUNDS TOWN CENTER TO INCLUDE THE HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO COX ROAD AND OTHER PULLING IT BACK TO ROUTE 4. THE DISCUSSION IS THAT IT WILL TAKE THE HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HIGH INTENSITY GRANT SITUATION AND THEIR EXCUSE WAS WE WILL JUST GET A WAIVER. WAIVERS CAN GET DENIED. THERE'S NO REASON THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL CANNOT STAY IN THE TOWN PLAN AND I HOPE THAT YOU WORK WITH MINING AND ZONING AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO GET THAT PROPERTY PUT INTO A TOWN CENTER AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL PROPERTIES INTO A TOWN CENTER AS AVAILABLE. AT THE LAST COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING THEY TALKED ABOUT THE MOU MEMBER ENDING OF UNDERSTANDING FOR USE OF PARKS AND REC FIELDS. THE DISCUSSION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IT HURT ME DEEP INSIDE WITH THE WAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING PETTY ASKING FOR MONEY GET THOSE BUILDINGS DON'T GET CLEANED FOR KINDERGARTEN AT 8 AM BY MAGIC AFTER 4 PM.

ELECTRICITY AND FUEL ARE NOT READ AFTER 4 PM. IF ARE GOING TO ALLOW PARKS AND REC OR ANYONE TO USE A BUILDING AFTER

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PARENTS, YOUR KIDS ARE THE OST IMPORTANT THING AND AS A FIRST-TIME PARENT AND I HAVE A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I DID NOT KNOW THE MILESTONES TO LOOK FOR. PLEASE, AS A COUNTY, AS A COMMUNITY WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF INFORMING PARENTS WHAT THOSE MILESTONES ARE AND GETTING THOSE CHILD FIND SITUATIONS DONE SO KIDS CAN GET EVALUATED. IT'S NOT JUST TODDLERS TO GET D, IF YOU HAVE A FIRST GRADER THAT HAS A READING DISABILITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET, THEY NEED TO BE SCREENED.

WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL STAFF WHO ARE ALREADY OVERWORKED, WE NEED MORE RESOURCES TO GET THESE KIDS SCREENED FOR DYSLEXIA, ADD, ADHD, I KNOW WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSIS THINGS BUT WE COULD FIND THOSE KIDS AND HELP THEM EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM. INCLUSION FOR INCLUSION SAKE IS NOT HELPING ANYBODY. BEHAVIORS AND WHEN KIDS ARE HAVING MELTDOWNS THEY'RE NOT CHOOSING TO BE BAD ON PURPOSE, THEY ARE DEALING WITH A FIGHT OR FLIGHT SITUATION DID THE ONLY THING THEY HAVE LEFT IS TO ACT OUT. DEALING WITH THAT IS NOT OR SHOULD NOT BE A DISCIPLINARY ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE A WHAT IS NOT WORKING IN THIS SITUATION? TO IMPROVE AN IEP GOAL OR BEHAVIORAL PLAN. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING LAST NIGHT.

I HOPE ANYONE WHO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ONE DOES AND GET INVOLVED. IT'S TIME TO GET BACK IN THE PTA AND PTO AND GET VOLUNTEERING IN THE BUILDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.

[5.01 Maggie Rathgeb]

>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. WE WILL NEXT HEAR THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD REPORT. MAGGIE RATHGEB?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE I WANTED TO START TODAY BY THANKING ALL THE STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THE PAST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL POSSIBLE.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE PAST TWO WEEKS FOR OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN QUITE A SUCCESS AS FAR AS THE ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS AND EXTRACURRICULARS AND GENERAL EXCITEMENT TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING IT PAST THE LAST TWO WEEKS. IT CAN BE A HARD ADJUSTMENT. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR OF TURNING TO COMPLETE, NORMAL SCHOOL. FOR ME I AM EXCITED TO START THIS YEAR AND FOCUS ON THE STUDENTS. I WANT TO MENTION A PROJECT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING SOON. TO FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS, I AM LOOKING TO CREATE A STUDENT VOICE

[6.01 Dr. Andrae Townsel]

MEETING. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. WE WILL NEXT HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, DR.

ANDRAE TOWNSEL? >> BOARDMEMBER: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL OF MR. SHELDON TAYLOR AS THE SUPERVISOR OF FINANCE. MR. TAYLOR'S CURRENT POSITION WITH CCPS IS IN THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT. HE HAS SERVED IN THIS POSITION AND TELL 2019 PRIOR TO JOINING CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE TEAM HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNT MANAGER IN WASHINGTON DC SPECIALIZING IN AUDIT PROJECTS WITH THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE AND STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION BEING A PROUD PROJECT OF CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM INCLUDING MOUNT HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NORTHERN IT'LL SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, SHELDON ALWAYS HAD HIS CCPS ROOTS IN MIND. HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CALVERT COUNTY SHINES. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS FROM ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND AND STEPPED INTO A NEW POSITION WITH 20+ YEARS OF FINANCE EXPERIENCE.

>> PRESIDENT: IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> BOARDMEMBER: SO MOVED. >> BOARDMEMBER: SECONDS!

>> PRESIDENT: ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION IS APPROVED,

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> GUEST SPEAKER: I WOULD FIRST LIKE THE BOARD FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. ANDRAE TOWNSEL FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. BEING A

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REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION AS AN EMPLOYEE. THAT SAME ENERGY WAS INSTILLED IN ME AND I HAVE BROUGHT THAT ATTITUDE TO MY CURRENT POSITION AND IT WILL TRANSITION WITH ME TO MY NEW POSITION AS SUPERVISOR OF FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT. WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY THAT BAR WILL BE SET FOR THIS POSITION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING FORTH THAT HARD WORK AND THE DEDICATION LEARNING AND GROWING THIS NEW POSITION TO MEET THAT BAR. AND SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE BEING ABLE TO EXCEED AND RAISE

THAT BAR. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. [APPLAUSE]

>> BOARDMEMBER: I LIKE WHAT YOU DID THERE. [LAUGHTER] NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF MISS REN?E DANIELS AS CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS. MS. DANIELS HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATION DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE AND MASK INDICATIONS WITH A CONCENTRATION IN STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS OF VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY. MS. DANIELS COMES TO US FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINCE 2011. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

>> PRESIDENT: A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> BOARDMEMBER: I MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> BOARDMEMBER: SECOND. >> PRESIDENT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION IS APPROVED. WELCOME TO CALVERT COUNTY. [APPLAUSE]

>> GUEST SPEAKER: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, DR. ANDRAE TOWNSEL, DOCTOR JOHNSON AND MR. NAVARRO FOR APPOINTING ME AS YOUR CHIEF OF COMMUNICATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH SUCH A GREAT TEAM. IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW UP FROM SOMEONE WHO WENT BEFORE ME, HE SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH. I'M EXCITED TO USE MY EXPERIENCE TO EXPAND THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH NOT ONLY YOUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS BUT YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS GREAT TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME

ON THE TEAM. >> PRESIDENT: ABSOLUTELY.

[APPLAUSE] >> GUEST SPEAKER: NEXT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL FOR SCOTT JOHNSON AS THE POSITION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SO JOHNSON RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM ANDREWS UNIVERSITY IN ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT AND HIS MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AS WELL AS RECEIVING A MASTERS IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR RELATIONS FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR RELATIONS.

CURRENTLY MR. JOHNSON IS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT DENSON HARBOR AREA SCHOOLS. HE HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS OF SCHOOL BUSINESS SERVICES SINCE 1992. HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, SUPERVISION, AUDIT PREPARATION, BANKING, BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING, PLANNING PACKET PREPARATION, MEETING FACILITY OPERATION, BUDGET AND CASH MANAGEMENT, COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, GRANT ACCOUNTING AND GRANT REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS.

INVESTMENT, MILLAGE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, PAYROLL SUPERVISION, PEOPLE ACCOUNTING, SUPERVISION, CHOOSING SUPERVISION AND APPROVALS. RISK MANAGEMENT, WORKERS COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT, VENDOR CONTRACT RENEWAL AND NEGOTIATIONS AND MORE. HIS OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDE COACHING AND SUPERVISING FACILITY DIRECTORS, CO-LEADING BOND PROJECTS, DEVELOPING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND OVERSEEING CAPITAL PROJECTS. WORKING WITH COMPUTERIZED WORK ORDER SYSTEMS, SERVING ON AND SUPERVISING CUSTODIAL FACILITY TEAMS AND PROVIDING SUPERVISION, PLANNING, FACILITY SINKING FUNDS, SUCCESSFUL MILLAGE CAMPAIGNS, SUPERVISING FACILITY USE, MANAGEMENT, SCHEDULING AND MORE. MR. JOHNSON BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF CENTRAL OFFICE K-12 EXPERIENCE AT THE BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND CFO LEVEL. HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN USING SEVERAL COMPUTERIZED

K-12 FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. >> PRESIDENT: IS THERE A MOTION

TO APPROVE? >> BOARDMEMBER: MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> BOARDMEMBER: SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION?

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> BOARDMEMBER: SOME QUESTIONS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO HIRE FOLKS. WHEN YOU ARE HIRING SOMEBODY FOR AN UPWARD POSITION AND MAY BE UPON

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ONE BASED ON THAT. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU.

ANYMORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> BOARDMEMBER: AYE. >> PRESIDENT: ANY OPPOSED?

>> BOARDMEMBER: OPPOSED. >> PRESIDENT: THE MOTION

PASSES, 4-1. THANK YOU. >> BOARDMEMBER: LAST NIGHT WAS OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET. THIS ONE WAS HELD AT WENDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT THREE EVENT. SEPTEMBER 12 AT HIGH SCHOOL, SEPTEMBER 21 AT THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, AND SEPTEMBER 27 AT ANYTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ALL STARTING AT 5:30 P.M.. THIS GIVES FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND ENGAGE IN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH ME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THE FRANCE PROJECT LIBRARY IS HOSTING SOUTHERN MARYLAND HISTORY THROUGH EBONY EYES. THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AAUW GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LAB AND THE CALVERT BRANCH OF THE NAACP CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM AND THE CHESAPEAKE RAILWAY MUSEUM AND INCLUDE STATE-OF-THE-ART STORY WITH MAPS AND ARTIFACTS. THE EXHIBIT IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM NOW UNTIL THE 30TH READ THE OPENING RECEPTION IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 4 PM. I AM VERY EXCITED TO REPORT THAT THE CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOL FOUNDATION JUST HAD THEIR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT LAST FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED A $5000 DONATION FROM GE AND A $1000 DONATION FROM LOCAL DONORS. THE NEXT EVENT IS A SECOND ANNUAL ROTARY RIDE POKER RUN SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 24 BEGINNING AT 9:30 A.M.. MASTER THE LOCAL ROTARY CLUB OF FRIENDS FREDERICK STARTED TO RAISE MONEY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT PAID FOR OUR CTA STUDENTS, SHE CERTIFICATION AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER $20,000 THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE ROTARY CLUB AND ULTIMATELY THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR 100 STUDENT CERTIFICATION. IT'S AN AMAZING GIFT AND A DISPLAY OF PARTNERSHIP OF WHAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CARRIE OR TRACY BY CALLING OUR MAIN OFFICE NO. MANY BUS ROUTE CHANGES HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 7 TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING OR LATE ARRIVALS AT SCHOOLS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK THE HERE COMES THE BUS APP FOR UPDATED INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. AND LAST I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR YOLANDA COELHO FIRST MCPS. SHE WILL SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND SUPERVISOR SCIENCE ASSOCIATION FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR. AND LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SEPTEMBER 15 IS A TWO HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL FOR OUR

STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU DR.

ANDRAE TOWNSEL. WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. OUR

[7.01 Budget Adjustment]

>> GUEST SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD, PRESIDENT, DR.

ANDRAE TOWNSEL, I AM BARBARA SIKORA SET THE SUPERVISOR OF FINANCE AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE FY 23 RESTRICTIVE GRANT BUDGET BY $1,261,291.01 THIS WOULD INCREASE THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR RESTRICTED GRANTS FROM 84,666,700 $31 TO $45,000,928, $45,928,000 ANY QUESTIONS?

>> PRESIDENT: IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> BOARDMEMBER: SO MOVE. >> BOARDMEMBER: SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DISCUSSION?

>> BOARDMEMBER: YES. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS HARD WORK THAT I HEAR YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

LUCKILY - >> GUEST SPEAKER: IS A TEAM EFFORT. YOU JUST PUT A SMILE ON OUR FACE.

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>> BOARDMEMBER: WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT THE WHOLE TEAM WILL GET OUT. THIS IS A REQUEST FROM DR. ANDRAE TOWNSEL. THE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BLUEPRINT MONEY COMING IN, I WOULD LIKE US TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS EVER BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IF IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR ME ASKING IF WE GET A FULL ACCOUNTING OF IN GENERAL, THE RESTRICTED FUND. THERE'S PARTS OF RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT ARE FROM THE ASSOCIATED HEADCOUNT. WE DO NOT SEE WHEN WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ASSOCIATED RESTRICTED HEADCOUNT. A HEADCOUNT THAT IS HANDLED BY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I WOULD JUST LIKE US TO START TO GET AS A BOARD MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS BEING COUNTED AS RESTRICTED AND WHAT IS NOT.

ALSO, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR THAT SOME OF THE RESTRICTED EMPLOYEES WERE BROUGHT INTO OPERATING, TO THE TUNE OF $1 MILLION OR MORE. I JUST WANT US TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THAT FLOW AND WHY THAT FLOW HAPPENED AND WHEN IT EVENTUALLY BEGINS TO BE UP RADIANT AS BUDGET RESTRICTIVE AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OPENNESS ON HOW WE DO THE ACCOUNTING ON IT. JUST FOR THE FUTURE. THIS IS A BOARD QUESTION AND I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO EE IF YOU GUYS WANT

SOMETHING SOON. >> PRESIDENT: ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL? HEARING NONE, YOU ARE GOOD.

>> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU. SO, THE MOTION IS PASSED?

>> PRESIDENT: NO, WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION. IS EVERYBODY GOOD? ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

[7.02 Blueprint Update]

>>> OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE BLUEPRINT UP DATE BY DOCTOR

SAMPSON AND DOCTOR SANCHEZ. >> GUEST SPEAKER: DID AFTERNOON PRESIDENT COUSINS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS JOE SAMPSON THE THIRD AND I AM THE HEAD IMPLEMENTER OF THE BLUEPRINT. THERE WITH ME I HAVE DOCTOR SANCHEZ, TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR CALVERT COUNTY. SHE'S JOINING ME TO TALK THROUGH SOME UPDATES AND HER PERSPECTIVE AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF THE PRESENTATION SHE WILL JUMP IN. OUR GOALS FOR TODAY WILL BE TO GIVE YOU AN EXPERT REVIEW UPDATE AND OVERVIEW. THEN OUR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION OF DATE AND OVERVIEW. HAVING PRESENTED THE EXPERT REVIEW TEAMS PROCESS PREVIOUSLY, THIS SLIDE IS A REMINDER OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THE FALL SEMESTER BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE PILOT AND THE SPRING SEMESTER BEING THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL REVIEW WHICH WILL START IN JANUARY. DURING THE LAST STATE BOARD MEETING SUPERINTENDENTS DISCOVERED THE METHODOLOGY FOR SCHOOL SELECTION AND REVISION OF THE SELECTION PROCESS USING THE THREE CRITERIA THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE BEING LARGEST LEARNING LOSS, LOWEST PERFORMING AND LEANING GAPS. WHILE THE DATA AND SELECTED SCHOOLS IS NOT LETYET PUBLIC WE ANTICIPATE THAT INFORMATION TO BE MADE PUBLIC ONCE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ARE INFORMED. IT IS ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS COULD BE ON THE LIST IF SCHOOL DATA SHOWS A LARGE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN GROUPS OF STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO THE STATE STATUTE, BEGINNING IN JULY 2025 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS CAN REQUEST

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THAT BEING LARGEST LEARNING LOSS, LOWEST PERFORMING, LOWER PERFORMING, HIGHEST PERFORMING AND A RANDOM SELECTION FROM ALL OTHER SCHOOLS. WITH ADJUSTMENTS FOR SCHOOL LEVEL ANGIOGRAPHY TO CAPTURE A REPRESENTATIVE SUITABLE OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. FOR THE FUTURE SCHOOL SELECTION IT WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE JULY 1, 2023 EXPERT REVIEW TEAM DEPLOYMENT PLAN AND DATA WILL BE RAN ANNUALLY. SO, THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS ARE TO CONTINUE THE PILOT IN THE FALL WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE PILOT OF THE 212 SCHOOLS WITH THE OFFICIAL REVIEW STARTING EARLY, 2023.

MSDE WILL REACH OUT TO SCHOOLS SELECTED FOR THE PILOT CONTINUATION AND MSDE IS CONTINUING TO REVISE THE TEAM RUBRIC TO INCLUDE BLUE PRINT PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO ENSURE CALIBRATION OF THE EXPERT REVIEWERS. IN THIS NEXT PIECE, I AM GOING TO SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING REGARDING NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION IN CALVERT COUNTY AND HOW NATIONAL BOARD IS GROWING IN OUR COUNTY AND THEN DOCTOR SANCHEZ WILL PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING NBC.

>>> CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING WITH HR TO HELP CANDIDATES THROUGH THE DOCUMENT SUBMISSION PROCESS. WE WILL PROVIDE NBC FACILITATORS TO ASSIST STAFF THROUGH THE NATIONAL BOARD PROCESS. WE PROVIDE STAFF SUPPORT AND INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ON THE NATIONAL BOARD WEBSITE.

CURRENTLY THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ANYWAY THEY AND IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR OUR COUNTY AND PROOF OF THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION NOT ONLY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN CALVERT COUNTY. WE HAVE 13 TEACHERS ELIGIBLE FOR A SALARY IN RACE AND CLOSE TO 60 TEACHERS WHO STARTED IN NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION DURING LAST YEAR. WE HAD, ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE SCHEDULING MONTHLY SUPPORT MEETINGS WHERE TEACHERS HAVE A CHANCE TO GATHER AND SHARE IDEAS AND ASK QUESTIONS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM EACH OTHER AS A COHORT.

YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR INITIAL INTEREST AND INFORMATION MEETING FROM NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AND THERE WERE CLOSE TO 62, ACTUALLY 62 REGISTERED DISCIPLINES AND CLOSE TO 50 WHO ATTENDED. WE ALREADY HAVE CLOSE TO READY TEACHERS WHO HAVE INDICATED THEY ARE GOIN TO PURSUE NATIONAL BOARDS BEGINNING THIS YEAR. AND ANOTHER 30 WHO ARE STILL UNDECIDED BUT LEANING TOWARDS PURSUING THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION. THE ABOVE SLIDE DEPICTS POWERFUL DATA FROM A STUDY CONDUCTED AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY INVOLVING KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION ON STUDENTS IN MISSISSIPPI. THE DATA SHOWS THAT STUDENTS ARE 31 MORE LIKELY TO BE PROFICIENT ON THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT IF THEY HAVE A TEACHER IN NBC AND THIRD GRADERS ARE 11 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO SCORE A HIGHER RATE ON THE MATH. THERE ARE A FEW SPEAKERS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. CURRENTLY THIS INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MARILYN BUT OUR CURRENT STATE SUPERINTENDENT IS ANTICIPATING IN GETTING THIS AND FOR OUR STATE AND WILL HAVE DATA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF

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YEARS. >> BOARDMEMBER: SORRY, A ROOKIE

MOVED. >> GUEST SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH NATIONAL BOARD. WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW I WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS A MAJOR COMMITMENT CAME TO MIND BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU SIGN N UP FOR A CLASS AND SEE HOW IT GOES, IT IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU COMPLETELY COMMIT. SO, I WOULD RECOMMEND, MOST PEOPLE WHO ASK ME ABOUT APPLYING FOR A NATIONAL BOARD I OFTEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS ABOUT THIS BUT THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMILY, COMMITMENT AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THERE CAREER. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST MAYBE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT MY PERSONAL MOTIVATION WAS. I SEE SOME HEADSHAKING. THE TRUTH IS, I LIKE A CHALLENGE. HAVING MY STUDENTS GROW IS NONNEGOTIABLE.

IMPROVING MY SKILLS IS NONNEGOTIABLE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GET IT RIGHT IN MY CLASSROOM SOMETHING CHANGES AND I HAVE A NEW CHALLENGE AND FINALLY THE SALARY INCREASE IS ALWAYS HELP WILL FOR ALL OF US BUT THE TRUTH IS ALL OF THOSE ARE MOTIVATORS FOR DECIDING TO GO FOR MY NATIONAL BOARD.

THESE ARE THE CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED IT WITH ME. THIS WAS MY FOURTH GRADE CLASS IN 2006 2007 DID I LOVE THEM ALL. I STAY IN CONTACT WITH QUITE U OF M AND THEIR FAMILIES READ SO MANY STORIES BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER TIME. THIS THE CLASS WHOSE PARENTS ALLOWED ME TO DO IT WE HAD TO GET PERMISSION AND IT WAS PRETTY RIGOROUS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU SAY, IT LOOKS EASY, A SET OF STANDARDS, I DO THESE THINGS EVERY DAY AND I HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND I WORK IN A GREAT COUNTY. I WILL FOLLOW THE RULES AND IT SHOULD NOT BE HARD. THESE WERE THE COMPONENTS. LOOKING AT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENTIATING YOUR PRACTICE AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENT. IT IS EVER-CHANGING AND YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET STRONGER. COMPONENT NUMBER 4 IS KEY TO NOTE. BEING EFFECTIVE IN REFLECTING ON WHAT YOU DO AS AN EDUCATOR. RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST TEACHING AND ISOLATION.

THERE WAS ALSO -ON THE SIDE THERE WAS A COMPUTER ASSESSMENT AND THREE PORTFOLIO ENTRIES. IT'S LIKE GIVING A SYLLABUS TO A COURSE JUST DROPPED IN YOUR LAP WITH A BIG OLD BINDER. IT WAS A LOT AT THE TIME AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. THIS WAS MY LETTER THAT I RECEIVED. I DID EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I COULD, I TRIED REALLY HARD AND I WORKED WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE ALSO GETTING IT AND I MISSED THE PASSINGS OR BY EIGHT POINT.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I CRIED IN THE SHOWER. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT TWO OF THE FIVE TEACHERS THAT YEAR PASSED. IT WAS VERY RIGOROUS, IT WAS VERY INTENT. HOWEVER, WE WERE SO LOW WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS AS BEST HE COULD. IT WAS PRETTY NEW. SO HERE IS THE RETAKE AND HERE'S PART OF MY COMPONENTS I WHICH SAY THAT NATIONAL BOARD, NEED TO BE A GOOD WRITER. IT LIKE DIGGING OUT YOUR PROFESSORS AND WHAT IS BEST COMPARED TO THEIR RUBRICS THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MY COMPONENTS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO RETAKE AND VOIL? THERE IT IS. I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. IT WAS A HUGE RELIEF ON MY PART BECAUSE I HAD INVESTED THE LIVES OF MY STUDENTS, I ASKED THE COUNTY TO SUPPORT ME AND BELIEVE IN ME AND IT WAS HARD TO REGROUP GOOD BUT LOOK AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HE DID, TOO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS KEY. THE CERTIFICATION IS NOT SOMETHING YOU JUST SIGN UP FOR. I HAVE SPEAK INTO A COUPLE OF TEAS AFTER I SPOKE TO DOCTOR SAMPSON. FOR EACH TEACHER, YOU HAVE TO CHASE AFTER IT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE TIME FOR IT AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THINGS UP FOR IT. I DID RENEW IN 2018. I WORKED WITH A COLLIE, WE HAD CALENDAR WORK SESSIONS, I WORKED WITH WILL AT MY SCHOOL INCLUDING THE COUNSELOR. WE EDITED BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE WRITING COMPONENT WHISKEY. WE RESUBMITTED AND THIS TIME I DID NOT CRY IN THE SHOWER BUT I ACTUALLY PASSED THE FIRST TIME.

THAT COLLABORATION PIECE IS KEY AND I'M THANKFUL TO KNOW THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL THROUGH MSDE THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT TEACHERS CAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PROCESS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS 10 YEAR RENEWAL BUT IT IS CURRENTLY FIVE. THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND. SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? WHY WOULD SOMEONE ELSE TAKE SOMETHING ON AS AN EDUCATOR? THERE'S A HUGE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. PARTNERSHIPS AND IT'S LIKE

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>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. >> GUEST SPEAKER: ANY

QUESTIONS? >> PRESIDENT: I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS DOCTOR SANCHEZ. IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN YOUR UNFORTUNATE DID NOT PASS TO PASS WAS VERY WAITING PERIOD

THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE? >> I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT THE NEXT YEAR I JUST REWROTE ONE COMPONENT. ONE COMPONENT -

>> PRESIDENT: THAT WAS MY QUESTION DID YOU TWEAK IT?

>> BOARDMEMBER: I KNOW WHERE I STRUGGLE. TO BE HONEST AS AN EDUCATOR I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH SOME OTHER TEST QUESTIONS. I THOUGHT THERE COULD BE SOME EDITING BUT WHO AM I TO SAY? ? I DECIDED TO DO THE COMPONENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST WAY TO COME OUT SUCCESSFULLY AND COMPLETE.

>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. >> GUEST SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU THINK THAT THE PROCESS MIGHT CHANGE AT ALL NOW THAT MARILYN HAS ADOPTED THIS PROGRAM WITH FULL FORCE AND THAT THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE GOING FOR IT? DO YOU SEE, I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS AND MORE OF A TEAM CONCEPT AND THE LIKE BUT DO YOU SEE IT CHANGING AT ALL FROM WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT IN 2007, 2008. IT IS MUCH BETTER I WOULD SAY. AND THE KEY COMPONENT BEING PROVIDED IS SUPPORT. AS WELL AS, IF DOCTOR SAMPSON IS WITH ME IN THE SAME BUILDING I WILL SAY I WILL DO IT IF YOU DO IT AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

PARTNERED WITH MY OTHER COLLEAGUE. I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE AS WELL WITHOUT HER BECAUSE WE KEPT PUSHING EACH OTHER IN OUR WRITING, TIMELINE, IT WAS LIKE COACH EACH OTHER I WOULD SAY. SO, I THINK IT IS BETTER AND I THINK

IT WILL KEEP EVOLVING. >> BOARDMEMBER: I HOPE THE TEACHERS DON'T SEE IT AS THIS HUGE TIME THING AND LUCKILY THERE IS THAT BONUS AT THE END.

>> THOUGHT HUGE HELP FOR OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WORK A SECOND JOB. THERE'S ONE WAY TO DO IT, YOU CAN BREAK IT UP OVER TIME AND ANYONE WHO ASKED ME THAT UNLESS WE HAVE HUGE TIME RESTRAINTS I WOULD SAY GO FOR IT. PUT YOURSELF UNDER PRESSURE AND TO COMMIT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS THAT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. SO, THERE ARE OPTIONS. IT'S NICE TO HAVE

OPTIONS. >> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY VERY HELPFUL TO THOSE

WHO ARE CONSIDERING. >> GUEST SPEAKER: YOU ARE

WELCOME. >> PRESIDENT: ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: OUR NEXT AGENDA

[7.03 Strategic Plan Update - School Climate & Culture]

JAMES KIRK, GRETA SPARKS, MELISSA MORRIS AND MISS

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GERHART. >> GUEST SPEAKER: NAME] THE THREE GOALS IN THIS AREA OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ARE THAT CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL INTEGRATE STUDENTS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING INTO DAILY INSTRUCTION. CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL PROVIDE A NURTURING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AND CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BUILD THE WELLNESS AND MORALE AMONG STAFF. AS YOU CAN SEE, DATA ON THESE GOALS HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE BASELINE. AND MOST RECENTLY THE SPRING OF 2022. IN THE 2022 SURVEY ADMINISTRATION THE NOTED DATA WAS COLLECTED OR THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES AND DECREASES NOTED ARE COMPARING THE CHANGE FROM THE 2019 RESPONSES COMPARED TO THE 2022 RESPONSES. FOUR OF THE SEVEN AREAS RELATED TO CLIMATE AND CULTURE SURVEYED SHOWED POSITIVE DATA TRENDS AND ONE AREA HAD NO CHANGE. WERE HOWEVER TO SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE IN THE PERCENTAGES. ONE OF THE DATA POINTS MEASURED UNDER CLIMATE AND CULTURE IS TO DETERMINE IF THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AT OSS IS DECREASING AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFORTS.

THIS SLIDESHOW THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION COUNTS FROM 2019 TO 2022 MEANING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SUSPENDED IN 2022 WAS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAT OF THOSE IN 2019. THE FIRST GRAPH SHOWS ALL STUDENTS WHO WERE SUSPENDED ONE OR MORE TIMES IN THE SECOND GRAPH SHOWS THE NUMBER OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS.

THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED COUNTS MEANING NO STUDENT IS COUNTED MORE THAN ONCE. ATTENDANCE IS ANOTHER METRIC WE LOOK AT WHEN EVALUATING CLIMATE AND CULTURE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MISSING GREATER THAN 18 DAYS IN 2022 WAS ROUGHLY 4 TIMES GREATER THAN THAT IN 2019. ONE CAN ONLY SURMISE THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF COVID AND THE ADHERENCE TO REQUIRE QUARANTINE. SOME OF THE WORK THAT OCCURRED IN 2022 TO SUPPORT THESE AREAS INCLUDE A COLLABORATION WITH MSDE TO TAKE SCHOOLS THROUGH A DEEP DIVE OF THEIR DATA AND LEAD THEM THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DATA STORAGE TO INFORM THEIR SCHOOLS AND TO BUILD PLANS TO ADDRESS CERTAIN AREAS. STUDENTS COLLABORATED WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO ADD DATA REPORTS TO FURTHER INFORM OUR WORK AND FURTHER EQUIP OUR SCHOOLS WITH INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONCERN AND CRAFT SOLUTIONS TO AREAS NOTED. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MISS GERHART WHO WILL DISCUSS WHAT SEE CPS IS DOING TO WORK WITH

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SHARE ONE ASPECT WITH WHAT THE SYSTEM IS DOING WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND OTHERS TODAY WILL SHARE OTHER ASPECTS AS WELL. SO WITH DIFFERENT CURRICULUM THAT IS BEING USED THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AT EACH OF THESE THREE LEVELS AND AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE ARE USING SECOND STEP WHICH IS A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RESEARCH BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAM. THOSE LESSONS ARE BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

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>> GUEST SPEAKER: I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION DURING THE SECTION AND HOW IT RELATES TO SEL AND HOW IT WILL ENHANCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPING THESE SKILLS. ON THE LEFT WE SEE THE CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ON THE RIGHT WHAT YOU SEE IS THE HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS. THESE ARE THE STANDARD THAT ARE NATIONALLY DONE BY OUR SHAPE AMERICA ORGANIZATION AND OUR FRAMEWORK BY MSDE. YOU'LL SEE THE STANDARD ONE OF THE TOP IS CORE CONCEPTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK AT LEARNING A UNIT ON MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION PREVENTION OR FIRST AID RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. BUT THAT IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN HEALTH EDUCATION. SINCE 2014 WE HAVE MOVED TO SKILLS-BASED HEALTH EDUCATION. STANDARD ONE IS THE CONCEPT THEN STANDARDS TWO THROUGH EIGHT YOU CAN SEE WE WANT STUDENTS TO ANALYZE INFLUENCES OF PEERS, MEDIA, CULTURE, FAMILY. WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS VALID AND RELIABLE IRESOURCES.

MAKE SURE YOU WERE USING THE INTERNET SAFELY AND MAKE SURE WERE NOT GETTING SCAMMED. THE NEXT STANDARD IS INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CONFLICT RESOLUTION, NEGOTIATION AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE NEXT STANDARD IS DECISION-MAKING. WE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO GO THROUGH THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN THINKING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES AND INKING IT OVER AFTER TWO THINK ABOUT WAS THE DECISION I MADE RISKY OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT SETS ME UP FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

THEN WE WORK ON ALL SETTING, SELF-MANAGEMENT DID THOSE PARAGRAPH TOGETHER WHERE WE WANT STUDENTS TO EVALUATE THEIR OWN HEALTH, LIFE AND FUTURE AND THEN, HOW DO THE BEHAVIORS THAT I PRACTICE REGULARLY, HOW DOES THAT LINE UP TO WHAT I WANT IN MY LIFE. IN THE LAST PIECE IS ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY FOR THEM SELF, THEIR PEERS THEIR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SE TYPICALLY WHEN WE THINK NK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DIRECT WE RELATING TO SEL. AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS IN A HEALTHY AND POSITIVE WAY. WE WANT THEM TO EXHIBIT PERSONAL BEHAVIORS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HEALTH TO REDUCE RISK. WE WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY

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HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS, IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES AND MONITOR PROGRESS SO WHEN THEY CREATE A GOAL, WHEN THEY SET A GOAL NOW HOW DO I CREATE AN ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE THAT GOAL? ANALYZE THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ENHANCING HELP.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR HEALTH, THEIR FUTURE THEIR SUCCESS AND FINALLY ADVOCATING FOR PERSONAL FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WERE TRYING TO GET STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO SEE BROADLY OUTSIDE OF THEIR LENGTH TO SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THEIR HEALTH. THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR CONTROL THAT ARE AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH AND HOW CAN WE ADVOCATE FOR THEM? SO, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF EACH OF THE COMPETENCIES AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD ASK STUDENTS TO DO AT THESE LEVELS. FOFOURHAVE SELF REFLECTION AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE WANT TEACHERS TO DO TO HELP STUDENTS SUPPORT THEIR SEL. WE HAVE TEACHERS. THEY SHOULD BUILD SOCIAL COMPETENCE AND SELF EFFICACY THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TEACHERS TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT STUDENTS THAT ARE RELEVANT AND MEANINGFUL TO THE LIVES THEY ARE LIVING TODAY. WE WANT THEM TO REINFORCE PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND INCREASE ACCURATE PERCEPTIONS OF PERSONAL RISK. YOU WORK WITH TEENAGERS, YOU KNOW THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONSEQUENCE TO RISK RATIO YET.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT.

ESTABLISH AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FACILITATES RESPECT BETWEEN ALL STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER. THEN WE USED MARYLAND DATA SPECIFICALLY WHEN I WRITE CURRICULUM I WORK WITH MARYLAND STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE WHY ARE BSS. I'M ABLE TO GET REAL DATA ON WHAT STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY ARE DOING. WHEN WE PULLED CURRICULUM WE PLAN WHAT STANDARDS WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON ON HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND OUTCOMES, THOSE ARE COMING TYPICALLY FROM THE DATA FROM MSDE HEALTH WHAT IS RISKY BEHAVIOR THAT STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN SO WE CAN PREVENT. ON THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SIDE OF THINGS. OUR STANDARD FOUR AND FIVE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND AGAIN, WE ARE VERY CENTERED AROUND THE NATIONAL STANDARD AS THE SAME AS THE MSDE FRAMEWORKS. STANDARD NUMBER 4 IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS PHYSICAL RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. WHAT WE WANT TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE IS IMPULSE CONTROL, HAVE SELF DISCIPLINE AND EMPATHY FOR OTHERS AND THEIR DIFFERENCES. RESPECT DIVERSITY, BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS AND WORK AUTHENTICALLY AS A TEAM.

ABOUT YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE AS WORKING WITH A TEAM. LIKELY IT WAS WITH A SPORT OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS WHERE YOU TRULY WORKING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU HAD TO PROBLEM SOLVE, WORK ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THEN THE FIT STANDARD FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS VALUING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH, ENJOYMENT, CHALLENGE, SELF-EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION. THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HELP STUDENTS GAIN SELF-MOTIVATION, ACHIEVE HEALTHY LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS, WE WANT THEM TO SET RULES FOR THEMSELVES. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR STRESS IN A HEALTHY WAY. WE WANT THEM TO IMPROVE COGNITION, ENERGY AND FOCUS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION SOME THINGS WERE SEEING TYPICALLY, WE WANT STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS FOR THEIR HEALTH AND FITNESS. WE WANT THEM TO WORK BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AND COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHERS IN A SAFE WAY. WE WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ALSO CHALLENGE THEM. WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR THAT NOT ONLY DIMREFLECT THEMSELVES BUT OTHERS. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THIS IS WHERE WE SEE MORE TEAMBUILDING, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE CHILDREN WORKING IN MALL GROUPS OR LARGE GROUP ACTIVITIES AND THIS IS HEALTH RELATED FITNESS DID THEY CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN FOR PERSONAL FITNESS AND HEALTH. THIS HAPPENS IN SIXTH GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE AND EIGHTH RAID WHERE STUDENTS ANALYZE THEIR OWN PERSONAL FITNESS AND THEN THEY CREATE A GOAL FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT. WE WANT THEM TO IDENTIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF

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AND LASTLY PROBLEM SOLVE AND MANAGE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT WITHIN A TEAM. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THEY ANALYZE PERSONAL FITNESS DID THEY DESIGN A HEALTH ENHANCING GOAL FOR THEMSELVES. THEY TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES IN GROUP SETTINGS AND THEY POSITIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH HER CLASSMATE.

APPLY TRUE STRESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THEN UTILIZE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO WORK AS A TEAM. THIS IS A SIMILAR CHART WHERE WE HAVE WHAT WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING TEACHERS TO HELP STUDENTS DUE TO DEVELOP THEIR SEL. ALL PEOPLE LOVE MOVEMENT.

AT SOME POINT THEY HAD A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE THAT TURNS THEM OFF TO IT AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND SPACES DID WE WANT TO HELP EVERY CHILD TO CONNECT TO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR LIFETIME SO THEY MAINTAIN THEIR WELLNESS. PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SELF-ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITY SO THEY CAN REFLECT ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SKILL LEVEL. PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO HELP DIRECT STUDENTS TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. HAVING A POSITIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES ALL STUDENTS TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THE PE CLASSROOM IS ONE OF THE MOST INCLUSIVE SPACES IN OUR SCHOOL. WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS IN ONE CLASSROOM SETTING. I HEARD THE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE VERY LARGE SETTINGS AND THAT IS A GREAT SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM US. EACH CONCEPT TO HELP STUDENTS TO PRACTICE EMPATHY IN LARGE AND SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: I'M GOING TO DISCUSS A FEW THINGS WE ARE DOING IN STUDENT SERVICES NOW. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. WE HAVE TRAINERS IN EVERY SCHOOLS. SCHOOLS ARE TRAINING THEIR STAFF CURRENTLY GOOD THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A FOUR-YEAR PLAN ON HOW THEY PLAN TO TRAIN ALL STAFF. WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT AND WE PLAN TO HAVE ALL NEW STAFF HIRED AND TRAINED IN AUGUST. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE INVITED NEW STAFF TO PARTICIPATE 'S RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TRAINING.

WE ARE USING TITLE IV FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE STAFF TO COME IN AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TRAINING.

WE HAVE PRESENTED TO ALL OF ANS LAST SUMMER ON RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. ANTI-BULLYING ACTIONS THAT WE ARE DOING, WE HAVE KINDNESS GROUPS IN EVERY SCHOOL. TYPICALLY WE HAD HAD THE ANNUAL SUMMIT IN OCTOBER SINCE OCTOBER IS ANTI-BULLYING MONTH. LAST YEAR WE CHANGED FROM THE SUMMIT TO HAVING SCHOOLS APPLY AND GIVE FUNDS TO EVERY SCHOOL TO DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO TAKE MORE OWNERSHIP OF IT AND TO SHARE ACT TO BE WITHIN ALL OF THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN PULLING A FEW STUDENTS OUT OF THE SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACT CAVITY. LAST YEAR WE ALSO HAD CYBER BULLYING DISCUSSIONS WITH PARENT.

VIRTUALLY IN THE EVENING WE WERE PLANNING TO CONTINUE PARENT ACTIVITIES NEXT MONTH. AND TRAUMA AND SUICIDE PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ALL STAFF AT EVERY SCHOOL.

THE CERTIFICATED STAFF OF COURSE HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. BUT SEPTEMBER 14 IS THE DAY FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OCTOBER 14 IS OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HITTING THE TRAINING. AS YOU ARE AWARE WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR MADE OUR MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING WELL. WE HAVE HIRED A NEW MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR LAST MONTH AND SHE HAS PICKED RIGHT UP AND IS CONTINUING THESE INITIATIVES.

WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHE CREATED A WEBSITE AND GIVES MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND STAFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE WE THE RESOURCE EMAILS THAT SHE SENDS OUT EVERY FRIDAY TO THEM.

MENTAL HEALTH FAIRS FOR PARENT. WE HAD THAT IN FEBRUARY OF LAST

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CONSULTATION WITH SCHOOLS REGARDING COMPLEX BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, THE MENTAL HEALTH WARD NADER IS A RESOURCE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. SHE REVIEWS AND FOLLOWS UP WITH ALMOST ALL RISK AND SUICIDE THREAT ASSESSMENTS TO SEE THAT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED AND TO SEE IF STUDENTS ARE GETTING RESOURCES AND HELP AFTER THE SITUATION. WE HAVE SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH THIS MONTH AND WE ASK THAT EVERYONE WE INVITE YOU TO WEAR YELLOW TOMORROW TO SUPPORT SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. CAITLIN DECIDED TO DO IT EARLY.

[LAUGHTER] >> GUEST SPEAKER: WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS. EARLIER I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN K-12 PE HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO SEL. NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WERE DOING FOR WELLNESS AND AS A SYSTEM. IN 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WROTE A GRANT FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA. WITHIN THAT GRANT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING, CONFERENCES, COMMON ROOM SUPPLIES. WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT AGAIN FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WERE DOING FOR WELLNESS? NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT FOR OUR STAFF. LAST YEAR WE HAD 60 CCPS MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN AN ONLINE YOGA COURSE CALLED YOGA ED. STAFF COULD CHOOSE TO TAKE A TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH THAT WE HAD SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS TAKE THAT WE HAD PE TEACHERS TAKE THE MAT YOGA COURSE FOR KIDS AND THEN WE HAD CLASSROOM TEACHERS, WELLNESS WARD NADER'S WHO TOOK THE CHAIR YOGA FOR CLASSROOMS. IT WENT REALLY WELL. IT WAS AN ONLINE COURSE THAT THE STAFF VOLUNTEERED TO PARTICIPATE IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE WORST REGISTRATION. THE STAFF WERE VERY EXCITED AND SHARED IT WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES AND WE HAD OUTREACH FOR MORE. I WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR 2022 FUNDS AND WE RAN A COURSE FROM JUNE UNTIL AUGUST. SO THAT STAFF USE THEIR TIME DURING THE SUMMER WHEN THEY WERE SO STRAPPED WITH LESSON PLANNING AND GRADING TO LEARN ABOUT THESE STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE CLASSROOM ROUTINES AS WE BEGIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD ANOTHER SIX STAFF MEMBERS PARTICIPATE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE 120 STAFF THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT ARE TRAINED IN TRAUMA YOGA, MAT YOGA OR CHAIR YOGA WHICH IS PREALLY POSITIVE. MINDFULNESS TRAINING IS HAPPENING SEPTEMBER 17 THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED OMM. THIS TRAINING WILL BE RESTORATIVE FOR STAFF, TOO. IT WILL BE AT CALVERT HIGH AND OPEN TO ANY STAFF MEMBER. WE HAVE 100 SPACES AVAILABLE PEOPLE TO REGISTER AND IT CAN BE A CLASSROOM TEACHER TO CALM, AN ADMINISTRATOR COME TO IMPLEMENT NEW THINGS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE TRAINED. SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, IT'S REALLY OPEN TO CCPS STAFF.

ANYONE WHO INFLUENCES STUDENTS IS WELCOME TO JOIN. IT WILL BE FROM 9:00 TO 10:00 AT CALVERT HOSSHIGH SCHOOL. WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE STAFF TRAINING AND TIME SO THEY WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR COMING. LAST YEAR WE HAD PEOPLE ATTEND LEARNING AND BRAIN CONFERENCE BECAUSE OF COVID BUT I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE STAFF MEMBERS GOING TO BE LEARNING AND BRAIN CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER. THIS CONFERENCE IS SPECTACULAR. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MOST NEEDED BRAIN RESEARCH AND STUDENT LEARNING. SO YOU GET SUCH A

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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPACE THAT I WORKED WITH SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON, THEY DECORATED IT AND IT IS A SPACE THAT STUDENTS USE WHEN THEY ARE FEELING REALLY OVERWHELMED AT SCHOOL. IT'S NOTHING THAT TAKES THEM OUT OF THE INSTRUCTION FOR LONG. THE STUDENTS GO IN FOR 10 MINUTE, WE HAVE A 10 MINUTE TIMER THEY COME OUT, CHECK-IN AND THEN YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCILOR AND SOME WILL SAY YES AND SOME SAY NO AND THEY GO BACK TO CLASS. IT'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY RESPECT FULL AND NO ONE'S STEALING STUFF FOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY COME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE RESOURCE FOR THE STUDENT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WROTE INTO THE GRANT AS WELL.

WE HAVE 100 SUBSCRIPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THE WELLNESS COORDINATOR, SOME SCHOOLS LIKE ETA, BARSTOW, THEY HAVE CREATED A COMMON GMAIL ACCOUNT THAT THEY HAVE LINKS TO THE ACCOUNT AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED IT FOR THE WHOLE STAFF. STAFF IS ABLE TO USE IT FOR THEMSELVES AS I MADE ONE FOR CALVERT HIGH AND IF I GO INTO THE ACCOUNT DOES A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS UTILIZING IT TO FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT WHICH IS EXCELLENT. WE NEED OUR STAFF MEMBERS RESTED HERE THERE ALSO USING IT WITH THE STUDENTS. THERE IS 92ND BRAKES, TWO MINUTE BREAKS, THREE MINUTE BREAKS SO IF WE ARE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND KIDS COME IN AND WE NOTICE THEY ARE EXCITED AND OVER-THE-TOP AND I NEED THEM TO CALM DOWN, WE WILL POP IN ON THIS TWO-MINUTE COMMON FOCUS. IF I KNOW BENCHMARK COMING UP LET'S FOCUS ON THIS TWO-MINUTE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE SCHOOL MEMBERS HAVE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT SO THEY CAN FAVORITE ONCE THEY REALLY ENJOYED DOING WITH STUDENTS. PE TEACHERS HAVE IT AS YOU WALK THROUGH BARSTOW YOU WILL SEE THE STAFF THERE DID THEY CALL IT SOMETHING WITH BARSTOW BULLDOG LIKE THE DOG, DAN, SLEEP, TO HELP STUDENTS CALM DOWN BEFORE THEY SEND THEM BACK TO STUFF. AND THEN WE SAW EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RUN EACH INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN MENTAL HEALTH AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN THIS MAY. WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT.

COMING SOON. HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH FAIRS WILL RETURN. I HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WITH CALVERT HEALTH AND THE THREE OF US HAVE REALLY COLLABORATED. WHAT WERE GOING TO DO WITH THESE HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH FAIRS IS THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN OCTOBER. I BELIEVE IT IS OCTOBER 4 AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL TO THE NEXT ONE WILL HAPPEN AT NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN IN THE SPRING WE WILL RUN ONE AT HONEY TOWN AND PROTECT SKIN. WHAT THESE HEALTH FAIRS WILL DO IS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT TYPICALLY GET. YOU HAVE A TABLE SET UP FOR THEY BEING AND HOW TO GET SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. WE WILL HAVE A TABLE SET UP FOR PREDIABETIC SCREENINGS AND WE WILL HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW DO I TAKE MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS MEAN? WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN COLLABORATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND CALVERT HEALTH COMING INTO THE GYM SPACES AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO STAFF FOR AN HOUR AT THE END OF THE DAY SO THE STAFF CAN VISIT IT, TO AND GET CONNECTED WITH THESE RESOURCES. THAT'S A NEW THING THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE NINE DISK GOLF COURSES WHICH IS EXCITING. PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE

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THE DISCS WILL BE DELIVERED TO CALVERT HIGH THIS WEEK. I BELIEVE THERE ARE 360 DISCS THAT CAN GET OUT TO THE SCHOOL STAFF DID THE OUTDOOR MINDFULNESS BASE IS COMING FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT TOGETHER NOW. SOME SCHOOLS TALKED ABOUT AN OUTDOOR MEETING SPACE, SOME SCHOOLS TALKED ABOUT A SENSORY GARDEN. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONNECTED WITH PE OR SOME THING THAT TAKES KIDS AWAY FROM RECESS, IT IS AN ADDITIONAL SPACE TO HELP KIDS CONNECT WITH NATURE AND WORK ON THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH. AND THE LAST THING COMING SOON WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON A TOBACCO, NICOTINE, MARIJUANA EDUCATION PROGRAM. CURRENTLY THEY ARE WORKING WITH SEVENTH GRADE. I'M SURE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TOBACCO ROADSHOW IN CALVERT COUNTY. WILL CONTINUE THAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE RATE OF KIDS THEY THINK NICOTINE IS LESS THAN KIDS THEY BEING THC.

WE REALLY WANT TO TARGET THEM AT THE NINTH GRADE LEVEL WHERE THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO START THIS YEAR. THE STUDENTS WILL BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM THIS TOBACCO, NICOTINE, MARIJUANA INTERVENTION EDUCATION COMING AT ALL FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. OKAY, THE STAFF WELLNESS. WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF WELLNESS IS PROVIDE THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN HEALTH. BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THE HEART OF EVERY CLASSROOM IS A HEALTHY AND HAPPY TEACHER. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HIRED WELLNESS COORDINATORS AT EVERY SINGLE BUILDING GOOD WELLNESS CHAMPIONS IN EVERY BUILDING THAT SUPPORTS EVERY STUDENT, STAFF WELL-BEING. EDUCATORS ARE SACRIFICING THEIR PERSONAL WELL-BEING WORK-RELATED DUTIES WHICH IS INCREASING THE RISK OF BURNOUT AND IMPACTING STAFF UNTIL HEALTH. WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE OUR STAFF WITH RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WORK LIFE BALANCE AND PRACTICE SELF-CARE SO THEY HAVE MORE ENERGY, CREATIVITY AND EMPATHY FOR OUR STUDENT. WHAT WERE GOING TO DO LAST YEAR WE PILOTED A BIT AND WE REALLY REFINED IT QUITE NICELY. WE ARE GOING TO RUN FIVE DIFFERENT WELLNESS CHALLENGES THAT ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR CCPS AND IT WILL BE FREE. WERE GOING TO KICK OFF THE WELLNESS CHALLENGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH KICKING OFF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 I WILL GET INTO WHAT THESE CHALLENGES WILL LOOK LIKE. IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON NUTRITION AND HYDRATION AND IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON EXERCISE AND IN MARCH THROUGH A ROW OR GOING TO FOCUS ON GETTING QUALITY SLEEP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING PROPER REST AND WE WILL CONCLUDE THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH AN OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CHALLENGE. WE DID PILOT THESE LAST YEAR AND WE REALLY LEARN FROM IT AND WE REFINED IT. THESE ARE THE FLYERS THAT WENT OUT LAST YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THAT WAS THE CALVERT COUNTY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CHALLENGE FLYER WE HAD AND ON THE RIGHT WAS THE SWEET CHALLENGE FLYER THAT WE PUT OUT FOR THE STAFF. THIS WAS THE SLEEP CHALLENGE CALENDAR THAT PEOPLE GOT WHO REGISTERED FOR THE CHALLENGE.

EACH DAY THERE WAS A DAILY ACTIVITY THAT CHALLENGED YOU TO DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE YOUR HEALTH OR ADOPT A POSITIVE HEALTH ENHANCING BEHAVIOR. EACH THING, THERE WERE ARTICLES FOR PEOPLE TO READ, PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO, YOUTUBE VIDEOS TO WATCH, CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. THE WELLNESS CALENDAR WENT OUT TO ANYBODY WHO REGISTERED FOR THE CHALLENGE. THEN YOU COULD SEE THE OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CHALLENGE CALENDAR. THIS ONE WAS AWESOME BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS IN CALVERT COUNTY THAT PEOPLE CAN DO OUTSIDE. FIRST FRIDAY AT THE BOARDWALK IN NORTH BEACH WAS AN ACTIVITY.

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>> GUEST SPEAKER: FOR THE NEXT STEPS, CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO NURTURE WHERE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR WILL INCUR BY PROVIDING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND NURTURE THE WELLNESS AND MORALE AMONG STAFF BY PROVIDING A WELLNESS COORDINATOR IN SCHOOLS THROUGH DIVERSE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE WELLNESS CHALLENGE NOTED IN THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> PRESIDENT: ANY QUESTIONS? >> BOARDMEMBER: YES, I HAVE A FEW. I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WENT OVER THE CLIMATE CULTURE DATA. YOU MENTIONED IN A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT THERE WERE DECREASES. ARE THERE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS BACK TO THE RESPONDENTS WHEN THERE ARE DECREASES IN CERTAIN AREAS RELATED TO THE QUESTIONS: WE OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK ON THE QUESTIONS OR THE SURVEY, DO YOU AGREE OR DO

YOU DISAGREE? >> IT IS THE LATTER, DO YOU

AGREE OR DISAGREE. >> OKAY, COULD CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO RECEIVING SOME TYPE OF FEEDBACK FROM RESPONDENTS SO THAT WE KNOW WHY, PARTICULARLY, INTERESTING TO ME IS ON THE SECOND BULLETED ITEM IT IS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A DECREASE OF TWO PERCENT FOR THE AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREED THAT THEIR CHILDREN FEEL SAFE AT THEIR SCHOOL. TO READ THAT AND KNOW THAT WE HAD A DECREASE NOW I'M INTERESTED IN THOSE WHO FELT THAT THEY DID NOT AGREE, WHY DID THEY FEEL A CERTAIN WAY? OR IF YOU WOULD WRITE DOWN HOW YOU FEEL IF YOUR CHILDREN FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE? I THINK THAT HELPS US AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

I ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES LINE.

THERE WAS A MENTION THAT WE HAVE TRAINERS IN SCHOOLS. ARE THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRAINERS AT EACH SCHOOL?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: THERE ARE TRAINERS AT EVERY SCHOOL.

WINDY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HONEY TOWN HIGH SCHOOL TRAINERS LEFT AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. HE HAD ASSIGNED OTHER TRAINERS TO TRAIN THEM BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A TRAINER IN THE SCHOOL. THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE IDENTIFIED POINTS OF CONTACTS FOR ME TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH AND GIVE INFORMATION TO. BUT EVERY SCHOOL HAS AT LEAST ONE TRAINER. AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVE THIS NUMBER AND

CAPACITY HAS THIS NUMBER? >> GUEST SPEAKER: JUST ONE

TRAINER. >> BOARDMEMBER: AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, ARE THE STAFF REQUIRED TO USE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES OR IS IT THAT I CAN DECIDE OR IT MIGHT NOT DECIDE

IS IT MANDATORY? >> GUEST SPEAKER: PRINCIPALS WORKED WITH THEIR TRAINER TO ESTABLISH THEIR SCHEDULE FOR TRAINING AND HOW THEY WERE PLANNING TO TRAIN THEIR STAFF AND THEY HAD A DIVERSE WAY OF DOING IT. THEY PRESENTED OPTIONS. IF TRAINING WAS TO OCCUR EVENINGS, WEEKENDS, SUMMERS NOT ALL STAFF HAS TO ATTEND THAT. IF TRAINING OCCURRED DURING THEIR STAFF MEETING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR

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ALL STAFF WAS TRAINED. >> BOARDMEMBER: THAT'S RELATED TO USAGE IN WHICH YOU ARE TRAINED IS A SCHOOL REQUIRED TO USE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES THAT STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED IN? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SAY NO, FOR THIS INSTANCE WE DON'T WANT TO USE RESTORATIVE CACTUSES?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT WAS CREATED AND I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU AND BASICALLY IT EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THESE ARE ALL THE OPTIONAL USES OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND SUGGESTIONS AND HOW TO USE IT.

>> BOARDMEMBER: YOU ARE SAYING THAT SOMETIMES RESTORATIVE PRACTICES COULD BE USED BUT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES ARE NOT RECOMMENDED?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: YES. >> PRESIDENT: OKAY. AND THEN ON THE UPCOMING SLIDE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT DISC GOLF COURSE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COURSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILY? DOES THAT MEAN THAT FAMILIES CAN GET TOGETHER AND USE THE COURSE AT ANY TIME? WILL THEY BE AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN

FOR THE COMMUNITY? >> GUEST SPEAKER: WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOUTHERN MARYLAND DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION. DISC GOLF AND PICKLE BALL ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS BECAUSE OF ACCESSIBILITY. HE WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO RUN TOURNAMENTS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES AS FUNDRAISERS FOR THE SCHOOLS.

THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN FAMILIES COULD COME BUT NO, IT WOULD BE LIKE ON TUESDAY WE SHOULDN'T SEE PEOPLE OUT, JUST LIKE THE TRACK. I WILL SAY THAT I DO LOVE THERE IS ALREADY A NINE-HOLE COURSE THERE AND I DO TAKE WALKING BREAKS ON THE TRACK AND I RAN INTO SOME OLDER SIBLINGS THAT WERE BABYSITTING THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND THEY WERE PLAYING ON THE COURSE. IT WAS NICE TO SEE AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN STUDENTS OF CALVERT HI, THEY WERE STUDENTS OF ANOTHER SCHOOL. IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR KIDS TO BOND WITH EACH OTHER.

>> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU., THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I ALSO NOTED THAT TWO PERCENT AS FAR AS CHILDREN AND PARENTS FEELING SAFE, I NOTICED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF FIGHT AND THINGS GOING ON IN SCHOOLS AND I RECEIVED A LOT OF VIDEOS WITH THAT. IS THERE ANY IDEA WHAT IS REALLY PERPETUATING SOME OF THESE KIDS TO HAVE SO MANY FIGHTS? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING THEM DEALING WITH SITUATIONS AND GETTING OUT OF IT. WE HAD ONE RECENTLY IN OUR COUNTY ALSO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MISSING?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL OF THEM BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONFLICT IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BEING BROUGHT INTO THE SCHOOLS.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY AND IT COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE SCHOOL. AS FAR AS, IS THERE ANY SORT OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT OR COMMUNICATION WHEN YOU ARE DOING THESE CALMING EXERCISES AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS, ARE THE PARENTS BROUGHT INTO ANY OF THESE? INTO THE EXERCISES OR THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: WE HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO NEW AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON GETTING OUR STAFF TRAINED. I DO KNOW THAT STUDENTS, I HAVE HAD PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY COME IN AND SAY THAT THEIR CHILD NOTICED THAT THE PARENT WAS GETTING OVERWHELMED OR STRESSED AND THE STUDENT SAID TO THE PARENT, HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREATH DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A BREATH WITH ME? I THINK THE STUDENTS ARE GOING BACK AND TAKING SOME OF THOSE SKILLS WITH THEM TO THEIR HOMES WHICH IS GREAT.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I AGREE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME ONCE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE STAFF MENTAL HEALTH FOR SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY COUNSELORS ARE BEING OVERWHELMED BY HAVING SO MANY STUDENTS. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO? I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON THAT BUT WERE LOOKING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE STUDENTS BUT DEFINITELY FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND COUNSELORS BECAUSE IT IS A LOT FOR THEM. I AM GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON THAT ALSO. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON? WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS? ESPECIALLY OUR COUNSELORS?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: I AM THINKING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HR CAN

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LIKE THAT. >> BOARDMEMBER: I CAN.

>> BOARDMEMBER: SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE PLANNING SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS THAT ARE STRICTLY FOR WELLNESS FOR THE SCHOOL

COUNSELORS. >> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU. .

>> BOARDMEMBER: YES, I KNOW THIS IS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE BECAUSE IF WE KEEP HAVING THESE CONTINUE DISRUPTIONS IN SCHOOL AND IN THE CLASSROOM IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE. IT STRESSES EVERYONE OUT. I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE SEL AND TALKING ABOUT HOW TO CONTROL YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR.

TALKING ABOUT HOW TO ANALYZE YOURSELF AND COME DOWN FROM A STRESSFUL SITUATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS PERMEATING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN PE, IF WE TALK ABOUT THE TOP OF THE PRINCIPAL DOWN THEN MAYBE IT WILL START BECOMING A REAL EFFECTIVE TOOL TO HELP CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. IT IS CONCERNING THAT THE SURVEY SAYS APRIL 20, 2019 AS WELL AS 2022 AT 75 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS REPORT FEELING SAFE THAT MEANS 1/4 OF OUR POPULATION DOES NOT. EVEN THOUGH THOSE SAME STUDENTS SAY 87 PERCENT OF THEM SAY THEY HAVE A TRUSTED ADULT IN THE SCHOOL. THAT'S A PLACE TO START. WE DON'T HAVE NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHO IS THE 25 PERCENT WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE.

I THINK IT DOES COME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S CONFLICT AMONGST ADULTS, VIOLENCE HITTING THE AIRWAVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS HARD FOR STUDENTS TO SAY NO, I AM FEELING SAFE. IF WE CAN KEEP THE MESSAGE GOING THAT YOU CAN HELP BUILD THAT AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN SCHOOL SYSTEM SAFE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THERE. THINGS LIKE THE CHALLENGES ARE GREAT, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR STAFF DID THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES? DID YOU GET DATA ON THEM?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: WE DO AND I CAN PRESENT THAT. LAST YEAR WAS REALLY A PILOTED THING. INITIALLY WE DID IT WITH A SMALL GROUP OF COLLEAGUES. THEN WE OPENED IT UP TO ALL STAFF IN THE FINAL ONE IS WHEN WE OPENED IT UP TO ALL FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND THE OUTDOOR ONE IS WHEN WE HAD THE MOST PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND I FORGET WHAT THE EXACT NUMBER IS BUT IT WAS OVER 200. IN A SYSTEM THIS LARGE I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE A LEARNING CURVE WHEN IT COMES TO MARKET THINGS. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS COMMUNICATED WELL THAT IT WAS OPEN TO FAMILY AND STUDENTS BUT AFTER THIS CHALLENGE COMES OUT WE WILL HAVE DATA ON IF IT WAS A FAMILY, IF IT WAS A STUDENT, IF IT WAS A TEACHER BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT DATA AVAILABLE. IF WE CAN GET OUR FAMILIES INVOLVED THAT WILL BE TREMENDOUS. THE LAST THING IS, WE HAD A TOWN HALL WITH THE STUDENTS AND IN THERE EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PACKETS THAT WERE IN THE CLASSROOM, IT WAS NOT THAT GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD THAT INPUT BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RESPECT TO WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT AND THAT WAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THAT WAS A POINT OF FEEDBACK. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE CHARACTER STRONG PROGRAM OR WET BUT I THINK TEACHERS NEED TO FEEL OUT THERE CLASSROOM TO SEE IS THE MESSAGE GETTING THROUGH OR DO THEY NEED TO SWITCH IT UP A BIT? BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT IN DROVES AND SAID THEY WERE NOT VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT AND A LOT OF KIDS TUNED OUT WHEN THAT MESSAGE WAS BEING

MADE IN THE CLASSROOM. >> BOARDMEMBER: IN ADDITION TO

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WERE GOING TO GO WITH THAT. >> BOARDMEMBER: I DON'T KNOW IF MAGGIE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT. THE TWO AT MY SCHOOL WE DO THE STUDENT LED ADVISORY I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARACTER STRONG PROGRAM AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DONE AT SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOLS BUT WE HAVE THOSE LESSONS AND WE HAD THEM ALL OF LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO OUR SCHEDULE EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH HOME ROOMS TO DO THE STUDENT LED BY THREE LESSONS AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE STUDENTS WITH THESE HAVE NOT BEEN POSITIVE. THEY ARE DOING ANYTHING BAD BUT A LOT OF STUDENTS SEE THEM AS A WASTE OF TIME DURING THE DAY.

PERSONALLY, MY TEACHER FOR THIS HAS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STUDENTS ON WHAT THIS TIME COULD BE USED FOR. IT'S NOT BEING DEVOTED TO THESE LESSONS EVERY DAY. I THINK THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE BEING LED BY TEACHERS AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT THINGS AND THEY WERE SPREAD OUT DURING THE YEAR I THINK THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT BUT THE FREQUENCY WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND THE LAKH OF THE RESPECT THAT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE PUTTING INTO THEM HAVE NOT BENEFITED OUR STUDENTS GOOD THAT'S FOR THE

ADVISORY LED LESSON. >> GUEST SPEAKER: I THINK IF WE PUT A FOCUS ON QUALITY LED EDUCATION WE ARE RECRUITING QUALITY TEACHERS AND SINCE THERE IS A STRONG LINK TO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND HEALTH EDUCATION WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY ADD SOMETHING TO A SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE RUN BY A PERSON WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND DELIVER IT IN AN AUTHENTIC WAY. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WHEN STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO SIT IN A CLASS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RELEVANCY, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FLUIDITY WITH WHAT WERE TRYING TO TEACH THEM DID WE TALK ABOUT SKILL DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS NOT A 45 MINUTE LESSON. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP SKILLS. I THINK IN ORDER TO COMBAT THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT OUR MODELS LIKE HAVING CLASSROOM TEACHERS TEACHING KAGER FIVE TEACHING HEALTH EDUCATION INSTEAD OF HIRING QUALITY

HEALTH EDUCATORS. >> BOARDMEMBER: ALONG WITH THAT WHEN THOSE LESSONS ARE BEING DONE WITH THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS OR IN OUR HEALTH CLASSES THEY ARE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE AND INTERESTING AND WELL-LIKED WITHIN THE STUDENTS.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR YOU AND IT DIDN'T DAWN ON ME UNTIL MISS BELINSKY SAID WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE 25 PERCENT. I HAD ASSUMED THAT NOT EVERYONE COMPLETE THE SURVEY SO WHEN I READ 75 PERCENT OF STUDENT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK 25 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENT FEEL THAT I THINK IS LOWER BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS RESPONDING.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WERE TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS SURVEY SO THAT WE HAVE A TRUE AND ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE REPRESENT AND THEN IT ALSO GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHY ARE THE REST OF THE POPULATION IN THE CATEGORY NOT RESPONDING TO THAT SURVEY? IS IT NOT IMPORTANT OR DO THEY NEED TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY IN ANOTHER FORM? THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY I BELIEVE THESE ARE ONLINE SURVEYS OR EMAIL SURVEYS. MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T HEARING ABOUT THE SURVEY AND DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. IF YOU COULD GIVE US THAT ADDITIONAL DATA I THINK IT HELPS US TO INFORM OUR DECISION A LITTLE BIT.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: YES MA'AM. >> BOARDMEMBER: FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO FALL ASLEEP WITH THAT CALMING OUT. IS THAT POSSIBLE? [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. I HAVE A FOLLOW-ON QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. DOES THE PRACTICE CORRELATE WITH THE RESPONSE LEVELS WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT? AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION? I KNOW YOU

ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT. >> GUEST SPEAKER: SO, IT DOES.

I KNOW THAT IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT THERE ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WRITTEN IN SOME AREAS IN CONFERENCING AS ONE WHERE STUDENTS HAVE CONFLICTS THEY CAN CONFERENCE WITH EACH OTHER.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WITH

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TO ENGAGE IN THAT. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. THE HEALTH FAIR DATE, DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT? DID YOU SAY IT

ANIMISTIC? >> GUEST SPEAKER: I BELIEVE IT IS OCTOBER 4 BUT I WILL CONFIRM TO DUST THE CALIBER HIGH AND NORTHERN HIGH WILL HAPPEN TWO WEEKS LATER. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO IN THE FALL AND TWO IN THE SPRING WILL HAPPEN AT THE OTHER TWO SCHOOLS.

>> PRESIDENT: LAST QUESTION, HOW MUCH WAS THE GRANT THAT YOU

RECEIVE? YOU ARE DOING A LOT. >> GUEST SPEAKER: THE FIRST ONE WAS 202? 202,000? SECOND ONE WAS 290,000? IT WAS QUITE A

BIT OF MONEY. >> PRESIDENT: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE REPORT TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA

[7.04 Review of the Capital Improvements Program (CIP)]

MISS WARNER? >> GUEST SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. DOCTOR TOWN SO, RESIDENT COUSINS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND I AM BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT THE FY 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR CIP. THE CIP IS DEVELOPED ANNUALLY AND IMPROVES CAPITAL BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL AS A FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FUTURE YEARS. PROJECTS ARE FUNDED JOINTLY BY THE STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR THEY ARE FUNDED ENTIRELY BY OUR LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE CIP FOR FY22 FOR THROUGH FY22 NINE CONTINUES THE THEMES FROM LAST YEAR'S CIP IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS ARE IMPROVEMENTS ON WINDOWS, HVAC AND PROJECTS THAT ARE ONLY FUNDED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AS YOU KNOW THE CIP IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE SECTIONS AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU. IN THE PAST YEARS HAVE FOCUSED ON THE ANNUAL CIP PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY ON SECTION NUMBER 2 HOWEVER, TODAY, WE ARE RUNNING QUITE LATE. I AM GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE A BRIEFER OVERVIEW. I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH A BRIEF RECAP ON HOW PROJECTS BECOME ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PART OF THE CIP AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S UPDATE. HOW DO PROJECTS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE CIP? WELL, THERE ARE INTERNAL FACTORS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL FACTORS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. INTERNALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN IS ONE ASPECT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT. LAST MONTH, MR. GOFF PRESENTED THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN TO YOU AND THAT WAS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY. THERE ARE PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN OR THE TMP SUCH AS BOILER REPLACEMENTS, CHILLER REPLACEMENTS, THAT PARTICULAR PLAN GETS SENT UP TO THE STATE AND WHEN WE DEVELOP THE CIP ON THE CIP IS REALLY INFORMED FROM THE CMP. THOSE PROJECTS NEED TO ALIGN AND THE STATE PAYS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ONE OF THE TOOLS INTERNALLY THAT WE USED TO DEVELOP THE CIP. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE WORK ORDER HISTORY. WHAT WE DO IS WE MEET WITH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND WE PULL THE WORK ORDER HISTORIES SEVERAL TIMES DURING

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WE HAVE REPLACED THE CHILLER PLANTS, WE REPLACED A NUMBER OF HVAC EQUIPMENT AND BE OPERATIONAL COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE HAVE GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THAT SCHOOL. IMPENDING FAILURE. OF COURSE, IF A PROJECT IS GOING TO CAUSE BREAKDOWN AND WE SEE THAT COMING DUE TO A HIGHER FREQUENCY IN WORK ORDERS OR MAINTENANCE EFFORTS TO REPLACE PARTS AND APPURTENANCES, WE KNOW THAT COULD BE AN IMPENDING FAILURE AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT A HIGHER PRIORITY THOSE ARE INTERNAL FACTORS.

EXTERNALLY ONE OF THE ITEMS WE LOOK AT, THIS IS A RECENT PHENOMENON. THE STATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WENT THROUGH A MARYLAND WIDE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT HERE THEY ASSESSED WERE THOUSAND SCHOOLS IN THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS AND FROM THAT THEY DEVELOPED A SCORING AND THEY DEVELOPED A SCORING FOR OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL. THE FACT THAT IS UTILIZED FOR THIS IS CALLED THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND WHAT IT MEASURES IS BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE, THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED WITHIN EACH AND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, ZERO BEING IT IS A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL, ONE BEING PIS BASICALLY READY FOR REPLACEMENT. IF THE ADDITION OF ALL THE COMPONENTS GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ONE, THAT MEANS YOU REALLY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT REPLACING THAT SCHOOL. THIS IS ONE OF THE EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WE LOOK AT IN THE CIP AS WELL. SO, MOVING ON TO STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, AS YOU MOSTLY KNOW OR AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THE CIP IS COMPRISED OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING AS WELL AS PROJECTS THAT RICK ARE 100 PERCENT LOCAL FUNDING. SO, OUR FUNDING FORMULA FOR THIS YEAR REMAINS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP IN THE STATE CIP SHARE. IT USED TO BE 53 PERCENT. IT WENT UP TO 56 PERCENT LAST YEAR. WE WERE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THAT CONTINUES THIS YEAR. IT IS REMAINING AT 56 PERCENT WHICH MEANS THE LOCAL SHARE IS 44 PERCENT FOR STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. SO WHAT DOES THE STATE DISSIPATE IN AS FAR AS STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS? THEY PARTICIPATE IN 56 PERCENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, OF TO A MAXIMUM SEALANT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HVAC SYSTEMIC PROJECTS, ROOF PROJECTS, THAT PRE-MUCH GOES TO WHEREVER THE BIDS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 56 PERCENT. THE GOZO LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEW REPLACEMENT OR IN ADDITION PROJECT BECAUSE WITHIN THOSE PROJECTS AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR THE SUBJECT SCHOOL, ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR ADJACENT SCHOOLS AND BASED ON WHERE THE OUTCOME IS AT THE SEVEN YEAR MARK THEY WILL HAVE A CAP ON THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION. BASED ON THAT CAP LET'S SAY THAT A PROJECT COMES IN AT $100 MILLION OR LET'S SAY THAT IS WHAT THE BUDGET IS BASED ON CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IDEA FOR HOW BIG OF A SCHOOL WE WANT TO BUILD. IF THE STATE PARTICIPATION IS MAXED OUT AT 90 MILLION THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 56 PERCENT OF THE $90 MILLION. NOT AT THE

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SO AT THIS POINT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO OVER OUR NOTABLE PROJECTS. IN TERMS OF OUR NOTABLE PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN THE CIP BUT ADDITIONALLY ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IS WE LOOKED AT A PROJECT THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS A PRIORITY AFTER WE WERE DONE WITH MOUNT HARMONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT CALVERT ELEMENTARY AND ALL GO INTO THIS MORE NOW BUT WE ACTUALLY SWAPPED THOSE OUT FOR MOUNT HARMONY. THE REASON THAT WE HAVE REPRIORITIZE THIS IS BECAUSE NUMBER 1 IN TERMS OF STATEWIDE FACILITY CALVERT ELEMENTARY ACTUALLY HAS A HIGHER FCI OR FACILITY CONFIRMED INDEX. BY INSERTING CALVERT ELEMENTARY EARLIER INTO THE CIP IT HAS MULTIPLE BENEFITS. FOR EXAMPLE, BY LOOKING AT CALVERT ELEMENTARY WHICH WOULD HAVE NATURALLY BEEN THE NEXT PRIORITY PROJECT AFTER MOUNT HARMONY WOULD'VE BEEN DONE WE HAD THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CALVERT ELEMENTARY IN PLACE WITHIN THE CIP ALREADY. BY LOOKING AT CALVERT ELEMENTARY AS A REPLACEMENT PROJECT WE HAVE LAND THAT EXISTS IN BETWEEN THE CALVERT ELEMENTARY BUILDING AND CALVERT COUNTRY. THAT IS OUR PROPERTY AND WE CAN UTILIZE THAT TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY TO POTENTIALLY REPLACE THE EXISTING CALVERT ELEMENTARY. THAT GIVES US A NUMBER OF OPTIONS. WE CAN LOOK AT CALVERT COUNTRY SCHOOL TO POTENTIALLY PLACE THOSE STUDENTS IN CALVERT ELEMENTARY FOR THE SWING SPACE TO DO A RENOVATION FOR CALVERT COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AFTER THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DONE THE EXISTING CALVERT ELEMENTARY COULD BE LOOKED AT AS AN ANNEX FOR THE BROOKS BUILDING. SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I AM TALKING ABOUT A RENOVATION AT CALVERT COUNTRY. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SORT OF RUN THROUGH THE NUMBERS FOR CALVERT COUNTRY ELEMENTARY IT IS A BUILDING BASED ON THE LOW ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAVE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE STATE WOULD ONLY SUPPORT IF WE DID A NEW BUILDING AT 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE FLUSHED OUT IN A FEASIBILITY STUDY. I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THE THOUGHTS OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE. THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY CALVERT ELEMENTARY AT THIS POINT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED AS A HIGHER PRIORITY WITHIN THE CIP AT THIS TIME. BEFORE I MOVE ON ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS UP TO THIS POINT BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE

REST OF THE SLIDES? >> BOARDMEMBER: YOU SAY THEY LOOK AT THE CAPACITY OF BOTH THE SCHOOL THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND THE ADJACENT? I WOULD'VE

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>> GUEST SPEAKER: WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT COULD BE THE CASE, YES THAT IS TRUE. HOWEVER, THE FACILITY INDEX DOES NOT LOOK AT ENROLLMENT IT ALL REALLY ONLY LOOK AT A BUILDINGS CONDITION. SO THIS PRIORITIZATION IS STRICTLY BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDIN. SO, SOME OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS, WE HAVE IN THE CIP IS THE ONLY SCHOOL FACILITY PROGRAM. THIS IS A NEWER PROGRAM AND WE ACTUALLY FUNDED THE CTA REROOFING THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN APPLICATION IN FOR THE MARY HARRISON GROUP AND THAT WOULD BE THE FULL ROOF REPLACEMENT AS YOU KNOW HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. WE TAKE CARE OF A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PROBLEMS LAST YEAR THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET.

HOWEVER, THIS HEALTHY SCHOOL FACILITY FUND GRANT ALLOWS US TO REPLACE ALL OF THE ROOF AT MOUNT HARMONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I RECEIVED WORD THIS MORNING THAT OUR APPLICATION WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED FOR $1.6 MILLION AND THAT WILL BE A PARTIALLY STATE FUNDED, PARTIALLY LOCALLY FUNDED BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE HAVE AN ADDITIOAL PROJECT NEXT YEAR THAT WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THROUGH THE HEALTHY SCHOOL FACILITY PROGRAM. THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WILL RUN OUT IN FY 2025. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IN PROJECTS THAT WE CAN GET A LOCAL SHARE FROM. WE PLAN ON TRYING TO REPLACE THE AUDITORIUM HVAC AS WELL AS DOING SOME CHILLED WATER PLANT IN SOME SELECT WORK AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I HAVE A QUESTION WAS THAT FOR MARY

HARRISON? >> GUEST SPEAKER: I'M SORRY DID I SAY MOUNT HARMONY? I APOLOGIZE IT WAS THE MARY HARRISON SCHOOL. OTHERS ARE LOCALLY FUNDED AND YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE CIP HERE THIS DID NOT HAVE TO CHANGE MUCH. WE HAD TO PUSH ONE OUT FURTHER IN ORDER TO MEET THE LORD COMMISSIONERS REQUIREMENT TO STAY AT A PARTICULAR CEILING WITHIN THE CIP FOR LOCAL FUNDING. HAVE THE PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE, THE TRACK RESURFACING THE RENOVATIONS AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE FIELD. THE DOCTOR HAD ASKED ME THIS MORNING ABOUT NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE, THAT IS FURTHER BEHIND FROM THESE OTHER FIELD HOUSES. YOU DO CURRENTLY HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS IN THE BIDDING PHASE AND THAT IS THE NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL GRANDSTAND VISITOR BLEACHERS. WE HAVE A PRE-BID FOR THAT LAST WEEK AND WERE GOING TO KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED TO WHERE THAT COMES IN. THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SO, IN SUMMARY THE STATE-FUNDED VIP PROJECT FOR FY22 APRIL 3, 2029 INCLUDE THREE MARQUEE MAJOR MARQUEE PROJECTS NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH WE ARE BEGINNING, WE HAVE COMMENCED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THIS POINT SO THE SERVERS ARE ONGOING. WE EXPECT TO WRAP THAT UP HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY WE HOPE TO COME BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY WITH A SUMMARY OF THAT AND THEN THE DESIGN WILL COMMIT. CALVERT ELEMENTARY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL AND MOUNT HARMONY ELEMENTARY YOU WILL SEE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH WILL OCCUR DURING FY22 ANY NINE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 13 SYSTEMIC RENOVATION PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE HVAC, REROOFING, STOREFRONT, SKYLIGHTS AND MORE AT 11 SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION TO THOSE AT THE LOCAL FUNDED LEVEL WE BASICALLY HAVE AN ESTIMATOR PROJECT COST OF $142.2 MILLION WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. THESE ARE THE STATE AND LOCAL SHARED PROJECTS ESTIMATED A SHARE OF 77.7 MILLION LOCAL SHARE OF 65.6 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THOSE THERE IS 5.25 MILLION DOLLARS ALSO ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE LOCAL ONLY PROJECTS INCLUDING THE FIELD HOUSES, WORKS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM ETC. ETC. JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING REQUEST

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THIS LOOKS A LITTLE LOPSIDED IN TERMS OF LOCAL SUPPORT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY AS LONG AS 56 TO 44 PERCENT MATCH UP ONCE PROJECT IS COMPLETE THAT'S WHAT MATTERS TO THE STATE. THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL HVAC PROJECT THIS PROJECT IS BIDDING QUITE SOON AND THEN THE HEALTHY SCHOOL FACILITY FUND PROJECT AT MARY HARRISON CENTER WHICH WE NOW KNOW WE HAVE STATE-FUNDED FOR.

LOCALLY ON THE LOCAL SIDE WE HAVE THE BROOKS ADMINISTRATION HVAC LOCAL REPLACEMENT AND ELEVATOR AND THE DESIGN FOR PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE. AND THAT IS IT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

>> BOARDMEMBER: I HAD A QUESTION ON NORTHERN MIDDLE.

THIS NEW 2024 CIP IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE 2023 LAST YEAR. WE HAD APPARENTLY EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANNING OF 500,000. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THAT HAS AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON WHAT USED TO BE A $2.4 MILLION COST. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? TO THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO

THE 3722? >> BOARDMEMBER: YES.

>> GUEST SPEAKER: AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT THE STATE, WHEN THEY ALLOCATE 10 PERCENT TOWARDS DESIGN FOR A PROJECT IT MAKES ALL THE SINS IN THE WORLD TO APPLY FOR THAT OLD 10 PERCENT. EVEN IF DESIGN DOES NOT COST YOU A FULL 10 PERCENT, THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE ROLLED OVER INTO CONSTRUCTION. SO, WE WANT TO ASK FOR THE MOST THAT WE CAN GET BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS ROLL THAT MONEY OVER INTO CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. THAT IS WHY THAT HAS BEEN BEEFED-UP.

THE TWO IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR SPECS?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: CORRECT. >> BOARDMEMBER: LOOKING AT IT FROM LAST YEAR'S PERSPECTIVE WE'VE GONE FROM $1 MILLION TO 58 DOLLARS CLOSE TO 58. THAT IS A 13 PERCENT INCREASE AND THAT IS THE REALITY. HAVE YOU GOTTEN REAL CONTRACTOR, NOT SPECIFICS BUT IS THAT A GROSS ESTIMATE OR IS THAT WHAT THE

STATE IS TELLING US? >> GUEST SPEAKER: THAT'S BASED ON TWO FACTORS. ONE, LAST YEAR WE HAD NOT DEVELOPED THE SPECS YET FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOW WE KNOW THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR A SCHOOL AT 775 STATE RATED CAPACITY AND THAT MEANS IT IS A LARGER SCHOOL THEN WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING. SECONDLY, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE LOCAL FUNDING STATIC AT THE LEVEL THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND STILL ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING. I HAVE TRIED TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE COMMITMENT THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MIGHT NEED TO MAKE AND THAT HAS NOT GONE UP. THE STATE COMMITMENT HAS GONE UP BECAUSE IT CAN GO UP.

AND SO, THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON THAT LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THEY ARE ALSO BASED ON UPDATED COST PER SQUARE FOOT DOLLAR VALUE BASED ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE BID OUT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND AS YOU KNOW COST HAVE GONE UP.

>> BOARDMEMBER: IT SEEMS LIKE IN LAST YEAR'S PLAN WE WERE WRAPPING IT UP IN 2027 AND NOW IT HAS FLOWED INTO 2028?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: CORRECT. THE REASON FOR THAT IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL SUPPORT. WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO OCCUR SIMILAR TO HOW OUR LAST FEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH A PHASE I THAT CONSISTS OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW SCHOOL AND THEN PHASE II CONSISTING OF DEMOLITION AND SITE WORK. BASED ON LOOKING AT THE CASH FLOW REQUIREMENTS IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE VERY TAIL END OF FUNDING REALLY THE LOCAL PIECE COULD REALLY BE FUNDED IN FY 2028. IT JUST HELPS TO SPREAD OUT AND RELIEVE SOME OF THE CASH FLOW REQUIREMENT.

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>> BOARDMEMBER: IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE THREE FULL YEARS TO BUILD NORTHERN? FLOWING INTO THE FOURTH YEAR?

>> BOARDMEMBER: >> GUEST SPEAKER: WE BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF PROJECTS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS AND THEN THE THIRD YEAR WOULD BE SPENT WITH THE DEMOLITION. IT WOULD NOT BE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUT TWO YEARS FROM START TO FINISH FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING AND THEN DEMOLITION AND THE LAST PHASE WOULD CONSIST OF THE FIELDS.

>> BOARDMEMBER: LAST QUESTION. WE HAD TO PUSH OUT NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMOUSLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE ENDED UP PUTTING IN OUR CIP HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR 2021 AND 2022 WAS THAT A CORRECT NUMBER? AND HAVE WE SPENT THAT?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: WE HAVE NOT SPENT IT WE ARE KEEPING IT IN RESERVES AND WE WILL USE IT IN OUR STARTING DESIGN.

>> BOARDMEMBER: WE HAVE NOT NEEDED IT?

>> GUEST SPEAKER: CORRECT. THAT WAS PUT ASIDE BECAUSE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO PUSH THE PROJECT OUT SO THEY AGREED TO FUNDING SOME MONEY IN RESERVES. HOWEVER, WITH BUILT TO LEARN ACT FUNDING, STATE FUNDING, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CASH FLOW OF FUNDING COMING FROM THE STATE AND THEY HAVE REALLY STARTED TO OPEN UP THE SPIGOT. IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STATE FUNDING AND JUST KEEP THE LOCAL FUNDING ARE WE HAD ALLOCATED IT IN TERMS OF THE YEARS THAT NEED THAT FUNDING.

>> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: ANYONE ELSE? I THINK I'M ABOUT TO SAY A WORD THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TABOO HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE NOT EXPLORED HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT WORD INTO EVERYONE'S VOCABULARY AND HEAR. ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE HAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT AND REPLACED AND REPAIRED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAD INDICATED THAT THEY DO WANT TO KEEP THE LOCAL FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. THEY HAVE A DEBT CEILING OF HORSE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ABOVE AS WELL THE COUNTY HAS PROJECTS THAT THEY NEED TO DO AND THEY NEED TO FIT INTO THEIR BUDGET. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY WANT TO START HAVING A OVERSEDATION HERE ABOUT THE DIGITAL PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY IMPLEMENT HERE ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SIDE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS AND TO POSSIBLY CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENT STILL HAVE ACCESS TO NEW BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THE SYSTEMS HVAC SYSTEMS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS COMFORTABLE IN THERE CLASSROOM. JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE TO YOU AS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER RESEARCHING. MAY BE FORMING A TEAM TO INVESTIGATE SEEING HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY IMPLEMENT THAT HERE. IT IS SOMETHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE AND AS YOU KNOW THE STATE DID IMPLEMENT PBP INTO CURRENT LEGISLATION TO THE IAC AND REPORTING IT AS SOMETHING VIABLE THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE

CIP PROJECTS. >> GUEST SPEAKER: SURE. I KNOW THAT CHARLESTON COUNTY PUBLIC OLD IS CURRENTLY STUDYING THE AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME GUEST SPEAKERS. OBVIOUSLY AT PG COUNTY THEY HAVE USED IT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT BALTIMORE CITY BUT IT HAS BEEN USED. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN CAPITAL NEEDS AS THEY ARE IS SOME DELAY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

I'M NOT SURE. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT WE WOULD SEE WHAT THEY APPETITE WOULD BE FOR NOT NECESSARILY THE APPETITE WRONG CHOICE OF WORDS. REALLY WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE HERE. THE BUSINESS ENTITIES THAT RESIDE HERE. WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY STUDY THAT. THANK

YOU. >> BOARDMEMBER: IS THAT SOMETHING INSTEAD OF THE BROOKS BUILDING IT WOULD BE THE

DOMINION BUILDING? >> GUEST SPEAKER: NO, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN EXAMPLE AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY THEY HAVE BUILT SIX SCHOOLS IN THREE YEARS SO THEY BROUGHT IN A COMPANY THAT IS RUNNING THEIR PROJECT AND THE BUILDINGS, ONCE THEY ARE DONE WILL BE MAINTAINED BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER AND THOSE BILLINGS

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IT IS SOMETHING THEY BEEN PLANNING FOR AND BUDGETING FOR.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PBOND THE MONEY SO IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE COUNTY BONDING CAPACITY WHICH COUNTIES ARE VERY HESITANT TO INCREASE THEIR BONDING CAPACITY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THEIR AAA RATING IF THEY HAVE A GOOD BONDING RATING. THE SOMETHING CREATIVE IN INNOVATING THAT YOU BEGIN TO MOFOR BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO THE STATE SAID WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO DO SOME THING RELATED TO THE CIP. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF THE DOLLARS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE NEEDING MORE MONEY IN THE CIP BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS ARE FAILING AND THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE INTO A ROOM TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER SO HOW WE CAN AFFORD AS A STATE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS CLASSROOMS TO OUR STUDENTS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IS ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT TRIED TO GET IT UP AND EVOLVING. I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT TURN AND MOVE GUESS THEIR MISTAKES AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.

>> PRESIDENT: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WRAPS UP THE CIP PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. THE DOCUMENT WILL BE POSTED TO THE BOARD DOCKS FOR 30 DAYS. AT WHICH TIME I WILL BE BACK OR I WON'T BE BACK IT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR

APPROVAL. >> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU.

[7.05 CAC Committee Assignment]

>> GUEST SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT: OUR LAST ACTION ITEM IS THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. WHICH NOW THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR THE BOARD TO THROW OUT ANY IDEAS IF YOU LIKE TO STUDY FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. AR.

>> BOARDMEMBER: I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC IDEA BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS MAXI TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO EACH OF OUR MEMBERS WHO WE HAVE APPOINTED TO THE CAC TO ASK THEM TO PROVIDE THEM AN IDEA. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN STUDYING AS THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN THE CAC TO POSSIBLY GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS ALONG WITH WHAT WE MAY HAVE COME UP WITH ON OUR OWN BEFORE YOU MAKE

A FINAL DECISION. >> PRESIDENT: WHEN YOU NEED THAT BY? BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING?

>> BOARDMEMBER: BY THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE GOOD.

>> PRESIDENT: ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS?

>> BOARDMEMBER: WE AGREE. WE ALWAYS TEND TO DICTATE IN TOPICS AND THE LIKE BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE A BATCH OF SOME GREAT IDEAS WE COULD BE INTERESTED IN.

>> PRESIDENT: DOES EVERYBODY AGREE?

>> BOARDMEMBER: AGREE. >> PRESIDENT: GREAT, THANK YOU.

[8.01 Comments by the Board]

STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO FOCUS MY BOARD COMMENTS TODAY ON SOMETHING MAJOR GOING ON WITH STUDENT VOICE ON MARYLAND SCHOOL BOARDS. ON AUGUST 24 THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS UPHELD THE DECISION THAT PROTECTED THE VOTING RIGHTS OF THE HOWARD COUNTY STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IN CONTEXT 2020 PARENTS IN HOWARD COUNTY SUED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO STRIP THE STUDENT MEMBER OF ANY VOTING RIGHT AND TO DECLARE THAT THE STATUTE CREATING THE STUDENT MEMBER POSITION VIOLATES THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. THIS FOLLOWED A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE THAT THE STUDENT TOOK PART IN. THIS LAWSUIT THREATENED THE VERY POSITION OF SMALL AND STUDENT VOICES AS A WHOLE. THANKFULLY STUDENTS WERE PROTECTED IN THE CASE WAS DECIDED IN FAVOR OF HOWARD COUNTY. THIS REINFORCES THE IDEA THAT THE OPINION OF STUDENTS IS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE IN EDUCATION.

THOUGHTHE DECISION IS EXCLUSIVE TO HOWARD COUNTY IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR THE FUTURE OF STUDENT VOICE ON MARYLAND BOARDS OF EDUCATION. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO SHARE. AND THEN I KNOW THIS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED BUT I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE TO WEAR YELLOW TOMORROW TO SCHOOL FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION. ;-).

>> PRESIDENT: THANK YOU. MR. WHITE?

>> BOARDMEMBER: YES. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS, BUS DRIVERS AND

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AWESOME TRAINING. THANK YOU. >> BOARDMEMBER: THANK YOU. I HAD THE I GUESS IT WAS A HAPPY MOMENT. I GOT TO SIT HERE AS WE HAD STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE ENOUGH CREDITS AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE IN JUNE.

THEY WENT AND THEY PUT THE TIME INTO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE AND IT WAS JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC HERE AS IT WAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND, TO THOSE STUDENTS I CONGRATULATE YOU. TO THE EDUCATORS I THANK YOU. I HAD ANOTHER MOMENT WHERE I GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE PROUDEST THINGS OF EVER DONE. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AT FIRST BUT THEY ASKED ME TO SAY IF YOU TO LEGALLY A FEW WORDS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO, REALLY, WHAT I GOT TO DO IS TO THANK A NUMBER OF EDUCATORS AND I USE THE TERM EDUCATORS USUALLY AS OPPOSED TO TEACHERS. THEY ARE EDUCATORS. THESE EDUCATORS ARE NOT HERE ANY LONGER. THEY HAVE BEEN LONG GONE. AND I'M SURE THAT IF THEY WERE OUT THERE LOOKING UP ON THIS STAGE THEY WERE PROBABLY SAYING I DID NOT KNOW THE BOARD HAD IT IN THEM. BUT I WANTED TO THANK THOSE LONG GONE WONDERFUL EDUCATORS THAT BROUGHT ME TO A PART IN LIFE WHERE I COULD STAND UP ON THE STAGE AND MAKE THEM PROUD.

EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T THERE. I WAS PROUD JUST TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THEM PROUD. NOW, I AM GOING TO MAKE MY COMMENT OR

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