Jul 13, 2023 Board of Education

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I CALL TODAY'S BOARD OF EDUCATION

[2.01 Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence]

[2.02 Sports Recognition]

STAND. >> .

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE WILL START TODAY'S MEETING WITH SPORT'S RECOGNITIONS. CAN I PLEASE HAVE TAISIYA REID AND ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AS HER COACHES TO COME

UP HERE FOR RECOGNITION, PLEASE. >> (APPLAUSE) . WHEREAS TAISIYA REID OF PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM HAS WON THE 2023-2023 MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION LONG JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP FOR OUTDOOR TRACK AND IN WHICH TAISIYA WON THE LONG JUMP, EYE JUMP AND 100 MEET TERRE DASH. TAISIYA, LED THE TEAM BY WINNING 36 POINTS AND WHEREAS THE PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM IS COACHED BY HEAD COACH JOY PRICE AND ASSISTANT COACHES LYNN POWELL AND HEATHER WILSON. RISE FROM THE PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM REPRESENTS PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIGH DEGREE OF SPORTSMANSHIP, AND FAIR PLAY SMSHGS AND TAISIYA REID FROM PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM REPRESENTS PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND FAIR PLAY SMSHGS AND, WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION BY TAISIYA REID OF THE TRACK AND FIELD TEAM AT PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL SMSHGS NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DO HEREBY EXTEND THEIR CONGRATULATIONS AND WISH TAISIYA SUCCESS IN HER FUTURE.

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: NEXT WE MOVE TO BILITERACY

RECOGNITIONS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M THE SUPERVISOR OF THE WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GRADATING SENIORS. WE HAVE 26, BUT, HERE ARE THE ONES AVAILABLE FOR US TODAY. THE MARYLAND SEAL OF BILITERACY IS AN AWARD GIVING BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IN RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE STUDIED AND RETAINED PROFICIENCY IN TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES. EVIDENCE OF SKILLS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO FUTURE EMPLOYERS AND COLLEGE ADMISSION OFFICERS. IT'S WORTHY TO NOTE THAT THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL THESE STUDENTS HAVE ATTAIN IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE IS EQUAL TO AN QUALIFICATION OF A WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHER GRADUATING COLLEGE WITH A LANGUAGE DEGREE.

A LETTER FROM THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT THAT READS THE FOLLOWING: CONGRATULATIONS ON EARNING THE MARYLAND SEAL OF BILITERACY. THIS PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT. YOU HAVE ACHIEVED

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MARTINEZ. >> YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SPANISH, BUT, WE HAVE INDONESIAN. FROM NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, HAVE ASON HAT FIELD, ALISSA IN SPANISH, WE HAVE BERNEDET, AND WILSON MATH TOS, ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE SEAL OF BILL IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE. AND FROM PATUXENT HIGH SCHOOL, OUR STUDENT RYAN RODRIGUEZ IS OUR SPANISH SPEAKER THERE. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THESE STUDENTS ON AN AWESOME CAREER ON THEIR WORLD LANGUAGE QUEST. AND,

CONGRATULATIONS. >>

(APPLAUSE) >> IND

[3. Consent Agenda]

. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: NEXT I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF THE CONSENT

AGENDA. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MODIFY OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY TO ADD AN ITEM TO ACTION

ITEMS? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS UNDER THE ACTION ITEMS TO ADD AS NUMBER 10, EXECUTIVE TEAM SALARIES.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: SO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THAT MOTION IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT TO ADD CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE TEAM SALARY ITEMS TO OUR AGENDA FOR 10. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION?

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE

IN FAVOR? >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY

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>> MAY I SAY SOMETHING? >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: YES,

MA'AM. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE

THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE... >> APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

-- >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WITH THE MODIFICATION FOR TODAY'S ADOPTED AGENDA?

>> YES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: OKAY. THANK YOU, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, KNOWS

[4.01 Public Comment]

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR OPEN

FOR RUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PERMITS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ISSUES OF CONCERN.

THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS IS LIMITED TO 20. WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. PERSONS ON THE SIGN SHEET MAY NOT CONVEY THEIR TIME TO ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP. IF YOU HAVE HANDOUTS, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO KAREN TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE DO NOT MENTION ANY SPECIFIC STUDENTS OR STAFF MEMBERS IN YOUR REMARKS. ALL COMMENTS ARE TO BE MADE IN A CIVIL MANNER. ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING AND ANY FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AT FUTURE MEETINGS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHILE THE BOARD VALUES YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND THE BOARD MAY NOT ENTER INTO A DISCUSSION WITH YOU DURING YOUR MEETING. THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE YOU RAISED. WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE WELCOME ANYTIME, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE

BOARD. THANK YOU. >> OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS

MARY BACKER. >> HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M MARY B OOH CKER, CALVERT COUNTY CITIZEN OF GREATER THAN 30 YEARS AND A PARENT WHOSE CHILD ATTENDED CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL. AT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING, TWO BOOKS WERE READ THAT ARE IN TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN CALVERT COUNTY. I WOULD READ FROM IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. I HAVE PROVIDED A LETTER FOR THIS MEETING. PAGE 38, PORNOGRAPHY IS DEFINED AS ANYONE WRITTEN, DRAWN, PRINTED OR PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS THAT THE OBSCENE, VULGAR, MAY BE OFFENSIVE OR DISRUPTIVE OUR MAY NOT BE PRODUCED, POSSESSED, OR DISTRIBUTED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUSES AND SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENTS. IF PORNOGRAPHY IS FOUND, A LEVEL OF RESPONSE OCCURS RANGING FROM A LEVEL TWO RESPONSE WHERE A STUDENT'S SUPPORT SYSTEM IS ENGAGED. WHICH SOUNDS TO ME, TO LIKELY MEAN A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE IS DISCUSSED AND THE STUDENT COULD FACE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. TO A LEVEL FOUR RESPONSE WHICH IS THE LONG-TERM REMOVAL OF THE SCHOOL. ALSO THE STUDENT COULD BE REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN APPLICABLE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FROM MANY VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS THAT BELIEVE THOSE EXCERPTS READ AT THE LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION PETING MEET THAT. WHICH IN SO DOING RESULTS IN MINORS OBTAINING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ON SCHOOL PROPERTY FROM SOME SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE GOOD NEWS IS OVERSIGHT IS BEING PROPOSED.

IF ALL THE POLICY CHANGES PROPOSED FOR POLICY 2305 ARE NOT FEASIBLE, ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT ONE REVIEW BOARD BE ASSEMBLED CONSISTING OF SELECTED SCHOOL STAFF AND PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, THE STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AS DEFINED BY THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE TO BE DETERMINED. AS SUGGESTED, ALSO, SUGGESTED WAS THAT THE SUBJECT MATTER BE STREAMLINED TO FOCUS ON SUBJECTS

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SCHOOL G-RATED. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SYLVIA

BATTENS. >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS SYLVIA BETTEN, FAMILY PHYSICIAN, AND STILL IN THE COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS. I'VE HEARD LOTS OF SELECTED QUOTATIONS FROM PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS. THE UNITED STATES IS NOT IN ANY SENSE FOUNDED ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. THE FIRST AMENDMENT BUILT, QUOTE, A WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE, THOMAS JEFFERSON.

STRONGLY GUARDED IS THE SEPARATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. JAMES MADISON. THE BIBLE IS NOT MY BOOK, NOR CHRISTIANITY MY RELIGION, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I HOLD THAT IN THIS COUNTRY THERE SHOULD BE A COMPLETE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. THEADORE ROOSEVELT. I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH STATE, LYNDON B. JOHNSON. AND MY FAVORITE, WE ESTABLISH NO RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY WE COMMAND NO WORSHIP, WE MANDATE NO BELIEF, NOR WILL WE EVER, CHURCH AND STATE ARE AND MUST REMAIN SEPARATE, RONALD REAGAN. BOOK BANNING BASED ON INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS VIOLATES THE VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION THAT HAS KEPT US FREE SINCE RATIFICATION 230 YEARS AGO. WE THE PEOPLE MEANS ALL OF US, NOT JUST CHRISTIANS, NOT JUST WEEK FOLKS AND NOT JUST MEN. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY IS JUST THAT, PUBLIC. WHICH TRANSLATES TO POPULACE. PEOPLE WITH ACCREDITED DEGREES IN LIBRARY SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, NOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THINK CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S - TOO. PARENTS, PLEASE, USE THE LAY BRAYER TO REGULATE THE LIBRARY USE. LEAVE LIBRARY CURE YE . THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> PRESIDEN >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA

JOHNSON. >> I'M JOSHUA JOHNSON AND I SPEAK FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF CALVERT COUNTY. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 18 MONTHS THERE'S BEEN SOME STARTLING FINDS, SEVERAL UNLAWFUL APPROVALS OF EXPENSES OVER $25,000. FAILED AUDITS. MY REQUEST LED TO A SLUSH FUND THAT HAD A KEY CODE.

IT'S EXTREMELY ODD WHY PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WOULD NEED A KEY CODE.

IN 2022 YOU ASKED FOR $10 MILLION WHEN YOU HAD $10 MILLION IN YOUR BANK. INSTEAD OF MONEYS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT YEAR, THERE WAS $5 MILLION PUT INTO TEACHER'S RETIREMENT FUNDS WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THAT $10 MILLION. IN THE LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WE HEARD, AFTER ASKING FOR $24 MILLION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ONCE AGAIN DECEIVED THE PUBLIC BY ASKING FOR $23 MILLION WHEN THAT WAS ALREADY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. AT THIS POINT YOU HAVE TO KNOW BUDGETS AREN'T FAR OFF. I MADE A REQUEST FOR A REAL BUDGET.

THAT IS WHAT YOUR LOCAL BANK EXPECTS, IT'S A LINE ITEM BUDGET. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIED THAT REQUEST DUE TO EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE DOES NOT EXIST AFTER ANYTHING IS MADE PUBLIC. THE ASK OF $24 MILLION PUBLICLY, FIVE VIDEO FORUMS, THAT JUST MADE IT PUBLIC. WE FILED A COMPLAINT TO THE STATE, AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIED IT.

THE STATE INTERVENED AND ASKED FOR MEDIATION, AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DENIED MEDIATION. THE STATE INFORMED ME THEY HAVE

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THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAUL

HARRISON. >> THANK YOU, I'M PAUL

HARRISON, I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY. >> I HAVE A POSTCARD ON MY DESK THAT HAS YOU ON IT FROM MY BIG AND TALL STUFF. WHICH IS AWESOME. I'VE SPOKEN ON OCCASION, PUBLICLY ABOUT FINANCES IN THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHAT I DO. THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLFIED TO SPEAK ABOUT, I'M NOT A LIBRARIAN, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ON THE BOOKS. BUT, I CAN TELL YOU AS A PARENT WHAT I WOULD ASK MY KIDS TO STAY AWAY FROM. BUT, WHEN I LOOK AT MONEY, UM, I KNOW THAT THE ANSWER USUALLY FOR GOVERNMENT IS HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED, AND THEY SAY, MORE.

AND THAT MONEY IS MY MONEY. AND HAD THAT MONEY IS YOUR MONEY.

THAT MONEY IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE NOW, WHICH ARE STRESSED. I'M, MY PAY IS NOT GOING UP, BUT, MY TAXES DO CONTINUE TO GO UP. SO, I SPEAK AS A CONCERNED PARENT.

ONE CHILD HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH CALVERT COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THEM THROUGH CTA. I HAVE TWO STUDENTS REMAINING. I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE CONTINUED ASKS, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE SPECIFIC FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR JUNE 30TH, 2022, I SAW AN UNDESIGNATED FUND OF ABOUT $28 MILLION. $7.8 MILLION OF THAT MONEY IS UNACCOUNTED.

THAT'S THE HEADING, UNACCOUNTED. THAT'S $7.8 MILLION, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD IS SETTING MONEY ASIDE FOR A RAINY DAY, BUT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN $220 MILLION BUDGET, $141 MILLION OF WHICH COMES FROM CALVERT COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND 80% COMES FROM THE STATE. I'LL TELL YOU THAT $28 MILLION IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST TO SIT ASIDE. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THAT MONEY BEFORE ASKING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR MORE WHICH WOULD COME FROM MY POCKETS. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. THE SECOND ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AND THAT, AND THE WAY THAT THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED, NOTHING IT PRESENTED IN A PERFORMANCE COMPARABLE CENTER OR A, PRESENTATION THAT WOULD ALLOW COMPARISON OF HIGH SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT PERFORMANCE-BASED PRESENTATION FOR THAT STUFF. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE

SANDERS. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INVITE ANY PARENTS OF ANY MINORS TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE ROOM BEFORE I CONTINUE. HE LIFTED HER GENTLY, SAT HER DOWN ON THE BED BESIDE HIM. THEN HE OPENED THE SNAPS ON THE FLY OF HIS FLANNEL PAJAMAS, IT STOOD UP, STIFF AS STEELE, SEE HOW MUCH DADDY LOVES YOU, SHOW ME THAT YOU LOVE ME TOO, TOUCH IT, HE CLOSED HER HAND AROUND IT. I KNOW IT SOUNDS BAD, BUT, I WANTED TO TOUCH IT TOO. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IT MEANT, ONLY THAT IT MADE DADDY HAPPY, I WANTED TO MAKE DADDY HAPPY TOO. THAT'S RIGHT R THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT, HE SAYS, HIS VOICE ROCKED IN RHYTHM AS DID HIS BODY, OH, YES, MY LITTLE KALIE, I LOVE YOU MY LITTLE FLOWER. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS IN CALVERT COUNTY THAT HAVE REMOVED

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BE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN

RICHARDSON. >>> HELLO. MY NAME IS KAREN RICHARDSON AND I LIVE HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY. I'M EXTREMELY DISHEARTENED WITH THE CURRENT DIRECTION THAT YOU, THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SEEM TO BE HEADING. I PRAY CONSTANTLY THAT THE CURRENT MAJORITY CONTINUES WITH IT'S COMMON SENSE, PRACTICAL GOOD GOVERNANCE. THOUGH, THE MAJORITY IS HELD BY A SLIM MARGIN WITH THE MINORITY BEING VOCAL SPEWING MISINFORMATION AND FEAR MONGERING THAT PUSHES FORWARD AN AGENDA TO PROTECT PARENTAL RIGHTS. ACTIONS TAKEN AND RECENT POLICIES PRESENTED STOMP ON THE PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT WHITE, HETEROSEXUAL, CISGENDERED AND CHRISTIAN. I INCLUDED THE AIR QUOTES AROUND THE WORD CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE MANY OF TODAY'S CHRISTIANS DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE TEACHES OF CHRIST, INCLUSIVENESS, KINDNESS, HELPING THE BOARD, INVITING ALL TO THE TABLE. AS A BOARD, CAN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE FOR ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS AND NOT JUST THOSE OF A FEW SELECTED INDIVIDUALS? IN CLAMORING FOR RIGHTS, THE PARENT ALREADY HAVE, OPTING OUT, NOT HAVING GENDER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN. YOU ARE TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. IT SEEMS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND NON-CHRISTIANS TO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS END AT YOUR FRONT DOOR. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER MY HOUSE AND TELL ME MY PARENTAL RIGHTS. I'M TIRED OF THIS BOARD TRYING TO CATER TO JUST A FEW, MISINFORMED, FEAR-MONGERING VOICES THAT ARE TRASHING OTHER'S PARENTAL RIGHTS. THESE ARE VOICES THAT ARE MAKING NOISE JUST TO GET ATTENTION. HAVEN'T WE ALL LEARNED THE BEST WAY TO END A TODDLER'S TANTRUM IS TO IGNORE IT. HAVING A NUMBER OF RELATIVES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, I'M VERY MUCH DISCOURAGED BY THE ATTEMPTS BY A VOCAL MINORITY TO ENSURE THEY ARE PARENTAL RIGHTS WHILE TAKING AWAY EVERYONE ELSE'S RIGHTS. AND THE REASON THIS IS BEING DONE, FOR ATTENTION, SERIOUSLY? THAT'S CHILDISH AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. I PRAY FOR THE DAY THAT THE RIDICULOUS,

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MYRA GOWENS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, DR. TOWNSEL AND BOARD, I WAS HERE, I GUESS, A MONTH AGO AND I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS, YOUR DUTIES, AND YOUR PERFORMANCE AS A PUBLIC FIDUCIARY. AND I DIDN'T GET ALL THE TIME MY COMMENTS WERE TOO LONG. SO, I WANTD TO REINTRODUCE THAT TO YOU. BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THE SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND UNDER STATE LAW ARE PUBLIC FIDUCIARIES. EACH PERSON THAT IS ELECTED, SELECTED, OR APPOINTED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A PUBLIC FIDUCIARY. THAT MEANS EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT YOU HAVE IS A PUBLIC FIDUCIARY. AND WHAT IS HAPPENED IS THE BENEFICIARIES ARE THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS GIVE UP THEIR ASSETS, AND THEIR RESOURCES. THE ASSET IS THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY TURN THEM OVER TO YOU. THE RESOURCES ARE THE MONEY THAT THEY GIVE TO YOU, THE TAXPAYER'S FUNDS. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THERE IS NO LINE ITEM BUDGET. AND AS SOMEBODY ELSE JUST COMMENTED, THERE'S MONEY SITTING IN YOUR ACCOUNTS. WHAT THE LAW STATES IS, BECAUSE FIDUCIARIES ARE DIFFICULT TO MONITOR, AND HAVE WIDE ACCESS TORE POWER OVER BENEFICIARY RESOURCES AND ASSETS, THE BENEFICIARIES MAY DELEGATE AUTHORITY AND DEMAND A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNTING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIDUCIARY DUTY OF CARE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A FIDUCIARY HAS RESPONSIBILITY, DUTY TO CARE FOR THE MONEY THAT IS GIVEN TO THEM. THAT THEY HAVE, MARYLAND GRANTS THE BOCC THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN AN AN ANNUAL ONLINE AND SUBLINE ACCOUNTING OF THE BUDGET BEFORE APPROVAL. IN ORDER TO TAX THE RESOURCES AND ASSETS. AS THE FIDUCIARY, THE BOE IS TASKS WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNTING. NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IS BOCC DOES NOT HAVE THAT, AND YOU ALL CLEARLY, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, YOU'RE KNOWN NOW, YOU UNDERSTAND NOW, THAT YOU ARE LOPPING THIS INTO BUDDY HANDS, MISSIONER BUDDY HANDS, IT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO PROVE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT VALID OR WARRANTED, THE EXPENSES, IF THEY'RE APPROPRIATE AND WARRANTED, YOU NEED TO GIVE A LINE ITEM AND SUBLINE ITEM.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THAT IS YOUR TIME.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JERRY BELL. JERRY. THANK YOU.

>> HI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE SPEAKER WHO READ A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM A BOOK BECAUSE THAT WILL ALL BE FRESH IN OUR MINDS AND YOU'LL SEE HOW IT RELATES TO WHAT I NEED TO SAY TO YOU TODAY. I'VE BEEN IN CALVERT COUNTY FOR A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS, I'M A 20-YEAR NAVY VETERAN WITH SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE IN FAMILY ADVOCACY, WHICH IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION AND ALSO MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH VETERANS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT. I AM ALSO, FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A BOY SCOUT LEADER IN TROOP 1792.

AND I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL YOUNG MEN WHO GOT THEIR FIRM FOUNDATION IN THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. A SHOUTOUT TO RHONDA BUTLER WHO INSPIRED MY YOUNGEST SON WHO IS STARTING HIS CAREER IN ART EDUCATION THIS SUMMER. WHATEVER YOU PAY HER, PAY HER MORE. SO,

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SPECIFICALLY, I ASKED THEM WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD THE TERM "ANAL SEX". AND WHAT IT MEANT. AND MY YOUNGER KID SAID, THAT WAS IN THIRD GRADE, AND I WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, AND WE WENT ONLINE AND LOOKED THINGS UP AND WE FOUND WHAT ANAL SEX WAS. I THINK THAT IS THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN. MY OLDER SON SAID, OH, YEAH, I SURE REMEMBER IT, I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, IT WAS THE WEST RIVER FIELD TRIP, HE NAMED A YOUNG MAN WHO IS NOW A CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, HE SAID, YEAH, HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD US ABOUT IT AND HE SAID ONLY MEXICANS DID IT. AND I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAV A PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM THAT PUTS OUT FACTS AND NOT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE KIDS HEAR ON THE SCHOOL BUSES. EVERYTHING I'VE EVER HAD TO CORRECT MY CHILDREN ON ON THEIR LANGUAGE OR MISINFORMATION, THEY LEARNED ON A SCOUT TRIP OR ON A CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS. THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS ARE GETTING MISINFORMATION. AS A PARENT, I ALWAYS FELT INFORMED, I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE FAMILY LIVE CURRICULUM EVERY YEAR, AND WE SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS IT TO ASK WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ALSO WANT

THE TO KNOW. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MA'AM,

THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> THANKS.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH CREMIER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, DR. TOWNSEL, STAFF, I'M JOE CORMEIR, PROUD UNION MEMBER IN THE CPAC CHAIR AND TODAY I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. WE'RE USING COLLUSION. SESSIONS WILL BE HELD FOR FOUR WEEKS FROM 12 TO 1:00 ON JULY 27TH AND AUGUST 3RD, 10TH, AND 17TH, PLEASE E-MAIL CCAAC. IF YOUR INTERESTED IN VOLUNTERING IN YOUR KID'S SCHOOL. PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO AND COMPLETE THE APPLICATION ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE. ALL EXISTING APPROVALS FROM LAST YEAR EXPIRED, SO, JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE IT ONCE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO JOIN THE PTA, OR PTO IT AT YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL. WE NEED TO GET BACK INTO THE BUILDING. THAT'S WHERE PARENTS CAN HAVE THE MOST IMPACT MENTORING, TUTORING IN SPORTS ARE GREAT WAYS TO PASS ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, WE ARE GETTING A RAISE. HOORAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS LEAD THE WAY. I SENT YOU A COPY FOR OUR INPUT FOR THE STAFFING PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. THAT'S IN YOUR EMAILS, YOU PASSED IT IN YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. WE TOOK ALL THE STAFFING PLANS FROM AROUND THE STATE, FROM ALL 24 JURISDICTIONS AND NO ONE DOES IT THE SAME WAY, THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY, APPLES, TO APPLES, WE'RE DOING IT BETTER THAN OTHERS, BUT, WE'RE AT LEAST THE SAME OR BETTER THAN OUR OTHER COUNTIES AND IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT. AND THE LEST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS MY SCHOOL BOX, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR, TO BE HONEST, PARENTS HAVE TO PAY EVERY TIME THEY PUT MONEY TO BUY SCHOOL BUCKS AND WHETHER YOU NUT $100 OR $20, YOU PAY THE SAME FEE. SO, THE PARENTS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PUT IN $100 IN THERE AT ONE TIME, I SENT YOU THIS, TOO, IT'S GOT ALL THE NUMBERS, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THE MATH IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT, I THINK WE COULD FEED EVERY KID WHO WANTS TO BE FED WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. IT'S TOO MUCH IN A SINGLE UNIT, YES, BUT, LET'S FOLD THEM

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAIRE HILL.

>> HELLO. I WILL QUOTE DIRECTLY, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER OF ILLINOIS, DURING HIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, COMMENCEMENT SPEECH THIS YEAR. THE BEST WAY TO SPOT AN IDIOT, LOOK FOR THE PERSON WHO IS CRUEL. WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LOOK LIKE US OR SOUND LIKE US, OR ACT LIKE US, OR LOVE LIKE US, OR LIVE LIKE US. THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT GOES THROUGH OUR MINDS IS ROOTED IN FEAR OR JUDGMENT OR BOTH. THAT'S EVOLUTION. WE SURVIVED AS A SPECIES BY BEING SUSPICIOUS OF THINGS THAT WE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IN ORDER TO BE KIND, WE NEED TO SHUTDOWN THAT ANIMAL INSTINCT AND FORCE OUR BRAIN TO TRAVEL A DIFFERENT PATHWAY. EMPATHY AND COMPASSION ARE EVOLVED STATES OF MIND. THEY REQUIRE A MENTAL CAPACITY TO STEP PAST YOUR PRIMAL URGE. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME, BY SOME, A CUDUL TO GAIN POWER. MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE LOOK TOE VULNERABLE ONLY AS RUNGS ON A LADDER TO THE TOP. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S PATH THROUGH THIS WORLD IS MARKED WITH ACTS OF CRUELTY. THEY HAVE FAILED THE FIRST TEST OF AN ADVANCED SOCIETY. THEY NEVER FORCED THEIR ANIMAL BRAIN TO EVOLVE PAST IT'S FIRST INSTINCT. THEY NEVER FORGED NEW MENTAL PATHWAYS TO OVERCOME THEIR OWN INSTINCTUAL FEARS. THE KINDEST PEOPLE HAVE IN SPADES. THE KINDEST PERSON IN THE ROOM IS OFTEN THE SMARTEST: LAST MONTH, WE SAW OR HEARD FROM FOLKS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE ACLU, THE WOMEN LEAGUE OF VOTERS, THE TEACHER'S UNION, THE STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, OUR OWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, EVERYONE ASKING YOU NOT TO ACCEPT WHAT JANA POST OUR BECOME SUBMITTED IN WRITING. IN FACT, MRS. POST HERSELF SAID WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THIS POLICY, I PROPOSE, BY FAR, IS NOT PERFECT. YOU GO ONTO ASK FOR FOLKS TO APPROACH YOU, YET, YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED THE THINGS FROM YOUR INITIALLY POORLY WRITTEN DRAFT AND CONTINUE TO AVOID ANYONE YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH. THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU, DR.

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JOHNSON. >> NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR

STUDENT REPORT. >> GOOD EACH, EVERYONE, I'M JORDAN HAYES AND I'M THE STUDENT MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE 2023 ON 2024 YEAR. I HAVE A FEW UPDATES. THIS PAST MONTH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGS SIDE A PLETHORA OF STUDENT LEADERS TO PLAN THE SUMMER TRAINING. THIS TRAIN SOMETHING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE EIGHTH TO NETWORKND SHARE THEY ARE LEADERSHIP SPOOERNSS. THE EVENTS ALLOWS THE STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM AND THE STUDENT VOICE. I'M PROUD TO SAY CALVERT COUNTY REGULARLY SENDS QUITE A BIT OF STUDENTS TO THIS EVENT.

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[6.01 Dr. Andrae Townsel]

THE BOARD. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, MS. HAYES, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

>> SINCE, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT. SINCE OR LAST MEETING WE HAVE HAD MANY CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF MEMBERS FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHES THROUGHOUT THE '22 AND '23 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GRADUATED AND GOING ONTO POST EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN LIVES. WHEREVER YOU ARE GOING, WE WISH YOU WELL AND SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAD MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ALSO, OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR AND JUST TO PLEAT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER AND CAN BE REACHED IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE NEXT WEEK IS OUR SUMMER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE TOGETHER FOR THREE DAYS LEARNING HIGH QUALITY PROCEDURES TO TAKE US INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND I'M EXCITED ON THAT. ADDITIONALLY NEXT WEEK WE'RE STARTING PHASE ONE OF OUR STRATEGY PLANNING PROCESS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO PREMESSAGE HERE, IT LOOK OUT ARE FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN OUR UPCOMING STRATEGY PLAN THAT DESIGNS THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF WHAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING HERE AND COMPLETING MY FIRST SCHOOL YEAR, I HAD A BLAST AT THE ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON JUNE 17TH. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT EXIST HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY THIS SUMMER. I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION. TO OUR EDUCATORS, TO OUR BARGAINING UNIT PRESIDENTS, MS. DONNA, AND STACY, AND MIKE, MR. TRAVIS, FOR WORKING HARD WITH US. WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS AND UNITS RAISES THIS UPCOMING YEAR, I THINK TOMORROW, YOU SHOULD SEE A NICE INCREASE IN THE CHECKS THAT YOU RECEIVE. I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT FOR OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR SUPPORTING AND GIVING RAISES TO OUR EDUCATORS IN CALVERT COUNTY. AND GIVING OUR EMPLOYEES RAISES AS WELL. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL FROM OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION IS MS. MELISSA HUFFMAN AS THE ASSISTANCE PRINCIPAL AT MAT MUTUAL ELEMENT SCHOOL. BEFORE COMING TO CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SHE TAUGHT IN PRPRINCE GEORGE'S COUY FOR SEVEN YEARS. I'M RECOMMENDING MS. MELISSA HUFFMAN FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MUTE YOU'LL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR MR. ELLIOTT TYLER.

HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE AND HIS MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS. MR. TYLER MOST RECENTLY WORKED AS A SCIENCE RESOURCE TEACHER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2019. I'M

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> (CHORUS OF AYES).

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

MR. TYLER. YOU GET THE SPECIAL PODIUM.

>> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND DR. TOWNSEL FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. I'M A 16 YEAR EDUCATORS, DOING A LOT OF COK-1 DOING INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING. I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED NEXT

WEEK ON MONDAY. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: AND

WELCOME TO CALVERT COUNTY. >> (APPLAUSE) .

>>> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR SHANDRA FLEET AS ASSISTANCE PRINCIPAL. MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION FROM WALDEN UNIVERSITY IN MINNEAPOLIS. AS WELL AS, EXTENDED EDUCATION FROM WALDEN UNIVERSITY, MS. FLEET HAS SERVED IN POSITIONS AS ENGLISH RESOURCE TEACHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND IN THE CHILD FINE DEPARTMENT IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, I'M RECOMMENDING YOUR APPROVAL IN THE APPOINTMENT OF MRS. FLEET AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> THOSE IN FAVOR? >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, I AM SHANDRA FLEET AND I'M HONORS TO SERVE AS THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CALVERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY AS WELL AS THEY ARE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEADS. YO OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT THE LIVES AND THE FAMILIES OF THIS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THEIR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO, I AM AM HONORED, I AM PRIVILEGED, AND I AM GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE STUDENTS AT CALVERT MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK

YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU. >> (APPLAUSE) .

>>> NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF SALARY FOR OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC AND CHIEF OPERATION'S OFFICER. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR SALARIES FOR SUSAN JOHNSON, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND ANTHONY NAVARO CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICER TO BE SET AT $135 $800 FOR THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS REPRESENTS A 2% INCREASE SINCE FISCAL YEAR 21-22.

>> DR. TOWNSEL WE AMENDED OUR AGENDA TO CONSIDER THAT ITEM AS ACTION ITEM 10, SO, I'LL ASK YOU TO HOLD OFF ON THAT NOTE UNTIL WE GET THERE, AND YOU COULD REITERATE AND WE CAN CONSIDER

THAT FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL IN YOUR REPORT TODAY?

>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE IT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL

[7.01 Policies for Review]

RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE MOVE INTO ACTION ITEMS. POLICIES FOR REVIEW. WE WILL BEGIN WITH

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, EACH MEMBER OF THE CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. I AM S CECELIA LEWIS. POLICY 1480 REGARDING BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS, I AM NOT RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THIS

POLICY AT THIS TIME. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS?

>> SEEING NONE, THE POLICY WILL BE POSTED FOR 30-DAY REVIEW.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IN ADDITION, UPON REVIEW OF POLICY 3910 REGARDING HOME INSTRUCTION, I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THIS POLICY AT THIS TIME.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, THAT POLICY WILL ALSO BE POSTED FOR

30-DAY REVIEW. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL BRING UP MR. CASSIDY FOR POLICY 1510, SCHOOL CLOSINGS, AS WELL AS POLICY 4210, SCSCHOOL VEHICLE DRIVER TESTING.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, MS. HAYES, I'M ED CASSIDY I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, WELCOME TO ANOTHER PATUXENT PANTHER. UPON REVIEW OF POLICY STATEMENT 1510 REGARDING EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSINGS, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS?

CONCERNS? >> I JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF CHANGES THAT YOU KNOW OF TO PROCEDURES, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC HIT US, I THOUGHT MAY BE THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE MIGHT DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, NEW CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT MIGHT HAVE OPENED AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE OUR PROCEDURES, BUT, YOU

DON'T SEE ANYTHING? >> NO, MA'AM, WE DON'T SEE ANY PROCEDURAL CHANGES AT THIS POINT.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT, THAT POLICY WILL BE

POSTED FOR A 30-DAY REVIEW. >> POLICY STATEMENT 4210, IS REGARDING SCHOOL VEHICLE DRIVER ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TESTING PROGRAM. STAFF RECOMMENDS MULTIPLE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY STATEMENT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. FIRST AND FOREMOSTIOUS THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA REQUIRES A CHANGE TO POLICY, I BELIEVE POLICIES REGARDING EMPLOYEES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REVISED BEFORE THIS BOARD. THIS POLICY IS SPECIFIC TO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION. THE SECOND CHANGE THAT'S BEING CAPTURED IS THAT MARYLAND STATE LAW REQUIRES ALTERNATE VEHICLE BE INCLUDED IN OUR POLICY AS A MEANS TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. AN ALTERNATE VEHICLE IS SIMPLY ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT A SCHOOL BUS AND IS NOT A TAXI. SO, SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE THE AUTHORITY, NOW, TO USE SEDANS, MINI VANS, PASSENGER VANS OF LESS THAN TEN PASSENGERS, DIFFERENT MEANS TO GET STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AND WE WERE REQUIRED DUE TO THAT CHANGE TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE TO OUR POLICY STATEMENT. SO, THIS BASICALLY TAKES THE WORDS SCHOOL VEHICLE DRIVER OUT, THAT'S THE LEGAL TERM FOR A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, AND JUST BROADENS IT TO ANYONE THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH THAT IS DRIVING STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. AND JUST TO GET AHEAD OF A QUESTION, WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT USING ALTERNATE VEHICLE OR ALTERNATE VEHICLE DRIVERS AT THIS POINT, BUT, EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES HAVE THE LATITUDE TO

DO SO. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT:

COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? >> SO, THE CHANGE IN THE MARIJUANA LAWS, WE STILL DO DRUG TESTING THAT WOULD INCLUDE

MARIJUANA? >> RIGHT. SO, SCHOOL VEHICLE DRIVERS FALL UNDER, BECAUSE THEY DRIVE A COMMERCIAL MODE OF VEHICLE. THEY FALL UNDERSTOOD THE FEDERAL MODE CARRIER, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STILL SEES MARIJUANA AS A FEDERAL

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DRIVERS. >> THANK YOU MR. CASSIDY, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT, SINCE THE LAW HAS CHANGED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION CAN BE USED. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COST SAVING MEASURES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF OUR STUDENTS

IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: NEXT WE MOVE TO POLICY 6315, SUBSTITUTE STAFF NOTIFICATION

AND ASSIGNMENT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND I'M HERE TO REVIEW POLICY 6315 IN YOU ARE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL REGARDING STAFF PROTOCOLS FOR SUBSTITUTE REQUEST AND NOTIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT.

THESE POLICIES ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF NOTIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF SUBSTITUTE STAFF AS WELL AS OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW THE REQUIREMENT TOSS REQUEST A SUBSTITUTE. IN REVIEWING THIS POLICY, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES AT THIS

TIME. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL

RIGHT. MS. GRENIS? >> IN ORDER TO BE A SUBSTITUTE IN CALVERT COUNTY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SO MANY DAY AS MONTH OR

YEAR TO BE SUBSTITUTING? >> SO, WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF REQUIRED DAYS THAT YOU SUBPER SCHOOL YEAR TO STAY ACTIVE.

THAT USED TO BE AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY UPDATED TO MAKE IT A TWO-YEAR REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE TO REAPPLY

AT THAT POINT. >> SO, IF A SUBSTITUTE DECIDED TO START SUBBING, MAYBE, IN FEBRUARY, UM, DOES THAT NUMBER

DECREASE? >> IT DOES. WE DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WE ALSO, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO STARTED A PROGRAM WITH OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT WERE ONLY HOME AT CERTAIN TIMES AND THEIR NUMBER OF REQUIRED DAYS DOESN'T EXIST.

WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIRED NUMBER FOR THEM BECAUSE WE WANT THEM BASICALLY TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY ARE.

>> THANK YOU, I WAS HOPING TO HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE, I KNOW, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR FINDING SUBSTITUTES IS VERY CHALLENGING. AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP THEM.

>> MS. BALINSKI? >> IS IT TRUE THAT THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE AND THAT THAT CAN BE DAMAGING TO OUR

SYSTEM? >> IT IS, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO FILL ALL OF OUR SUBSTITUTES, OUR FILL RATE HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE ENDED LAST YEAR WITH 458 ACTIVE SUBS. YET, WE STILL ONLY HAVE ABOUT A 75% FILL RATE ON ANY GIVEN DAY DURING THE YEAR. SO, EVEN WITH THOSE NUMBER OF SUBS, THERE'S NO GUARANTY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP. BUT, THAT WAS A LARGE INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE ENDED 2022, WITH 208 SUBS SO WE WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THROUGH SOME EFFORTS OUR NUMBER OF SUBCANDIDATES BUT WE ALSO RELY ON THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE INTERESTED IN PICKING UP POSITIONS. BUT, WE COULD LOOK AT ADDING A STATEMENT TO THE POLICY STATEMENT. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT OF SUBSTITUTES AND OUR OFFICE MAKING EFFORTS TO M

CREASE AND RECRUIT. >> THERE NEEDS TO BE A REFOCUS SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT SHORT OR UNAWARES. YOU GUYS ARE BETTER AT CRAFTING THAT. BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. JUST FOR YEARS AND YEARS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PATCHING, YOU KNOW, HOLES IN OUR SYSTEM THAT CAN

HELP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ARE ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER

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MR. JOHNSON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. I HAVE THE PROPOSED POLICY REVISIONS FOR POLICY 5425. THE TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IS SPECIFYING THE. INCLUSION OF A NOTE THAT WE WILL INVENTORY ASSETS BELOW THE $5,000 WHEN THE FUNDING GRANT SO SPECIFIES.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MS. BALINSKI?

>> I JUST WONDERED IF WE TRACK ALL OF THE LAPTOPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM? I KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM ARE ON LEASE. WHICH WOULD NOT MEAN THEY WOULD BE COUNTED AS A FIXED ASSET, I THINK IS A CORRECT STATEMENT, RIGHT? BUT, DOES FINANCE, AT LEAST, GET INVOLVED IN THE TRACKING OF THOSE LAPTOPS FROM A

FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. >> THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT BUT I BELIEVE THE IT DEPARTMENT DOES AND WE PLAN TO MEET WITH IT STAFF LEADERSHIP IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO DISCUSS WAYS TO USE SYNERGY TO IMPROVE OUR ASSET TRACKING.

>> BECAUSE EFFECTIVELY, IT IS AN INVENTORY, SO, YOU COULD PROBABLY SHARE PLATFORMS OR WHATEVER.

>> PERHAPS. YES. >> THANK YOU.

>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, IS A FIXED ASSET THE SAME AS AN ACCOUNTABLE ASSET? I MEAN, DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A FIXED ASSET VERSUS ACCOUNTABLE, LIKE, PROPERTY OR THINGS LIKE THAT. I MEAN, AN ASSET, A LAPTOP IS AN ASSET, IT MIGHT NOT BE $5,000

BUT IT'S AN ASSET. >> AN ASSET MAY BE ANYTHING WITH A VERY LOW VOLUME, BUT, A IFFICSED ASSET IN THIS CONTEXT REFER TOSS ITEMS THAT COST AT LEAST $5,000 OR MORE PER ITEM.

SO, IN THIS CONTEXT, A LAPTOP COMPUTER WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A FIXED ASSET. IT'S AN ASSET BUT NOT A FIXED ASSET. FOR THE AUDIT REPORT WE PREPARE A LIST OF FIXED ASSETS, BUT, WE ALSO MAINTAIN INVENTORY FOR CERTAIN ASSETS WHICH ARE FUNDED BY

VARIOUS GRANT PROGRAMS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, THAT POLICY WILL BE POSTED FOR 30-DAY

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REVIEW. THANK YOU. >>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS POLICIES FOR DISCUSSION. WE WILL START WITH POLICY 3170,

DRESS CODE. COLLEAGUES? >> COULD YOU SUMMARIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO GAVE RISE TO THESE CHANGES? IS THAT OUR PEOPLE HERE, OR, IS THAT THE BOARD WITH THE STUDENTS?

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THE CHANGES IN POLICY 3170?

>> YES. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THE CHANGES IN POLICY 3170, I, MYSELF, WORKED WITH THE STUDENTS, ONE MEETING WE WENT THROUGH POLICIES IN VARIOUS OTHER COUNTIES AND THEY SURVEYED THEIR STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT THEY REPRESENT, AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER HERE AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY READ WHEN THEY WENT ONLINE AND DID RESEARCH AS FAR AS THE DRESS CODE POLICIES FOR OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND. AND THIN, I ACCUMULATED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WORDING INTO POLICY 3170. AND MS. HAYES

JOINED ME IN THAT DISCUSSION. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: STAFF,

I TURN THE FLOOR TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, EACH BOARD MEMBER. MY NAME IS CECELIA LEWIS. AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT ANY QUESTIONS IN CONSIDERATIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE POLICY

FOR DRESS CODE. >> YOU HAVE ONE.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MS. POST?

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>> THE NEW RED LINES, BECAUSE, THE WHOLE POLICY ITSELF IS NEW,

YES? >> THE POLICY IS NOT.

>> IT IS NOT NEW. >> THE RED LINES WERE CHANGES WHICH WERE MADE AS FAR AS FORMATTING.

>> SO, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. ONCE THIS POLICY WAS REVIEWED BY LEGAL, THEY POINTED OUT THAT OUR DEFINITION LISTED IN THERE FOR GANG WAS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD IN ANOTHER POLICY. SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS SIMILAR SO IT MATCHES THE POLICIES ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND I CAN'T RECALL THAT POLICY PER SE, WHAT POLICY NUMBER THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF MRS. MAXIE KNOWS THAT NUMBER.

>> THAT'S WHAT I RECALL. THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MY CONCERN, ONCE AGAIN IS THE HOODIES. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT I READ IN THE POLICY SOMEWHERE, OR MAYBE IT WAS THE CODE OF CONDUCT, TEACHERS CAN FOCUS ON TEACHING WITHOUT UNCOMFORTABLE BURDENS OF DRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT. WEARING A HOODIE IS AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON TEACHERS. AND AS I SAID AT OUR LAST MEETING, I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL I WALKED TO ONE TEACHER'S CLASSROOM AND WALKED BACK AND DURING THAT TIME, THERE WERE 11 CHILDREN WEARING A HOODIE. ALL 11 CHILDREN HAD IT COVERING THEIR EARS. SO, I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE USE OF WEARING HOODIES REMOVED FROM THE POLICY.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: IS THERE A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WORD "HOODIE". I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAYS HOODIE, BUT, I BELIEVE IT SAYS "HOODS". UNDER THE POLICY STATEMENT LETTER G, WHERE IT SAYS "STUDENT ARE PERMITTED TO WEAR ITEM-A, THE WORD HOODS".

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> WELL, THE QUESTION BECOMES, WELL, IT SAYS YOU CAN WEAR IT AS LONG AS THE FACE AND EAR ARE VISIBLE. SO, THAT'S LEFT TO ADMIN AND TEACHERS TO ENFORCE

THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: CORRECT. AS I READ IT. WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE WORD "HOODS", ITEM G WOULD READ: STUDENTS ARE PERMITTED TO WEAR HATS OR HEAD WEAR AS LONG AS THE STUDENT'S FACE AND EARS ARE VISIBLE AND ARE NOT OBSCURED AND THE STUDENT'S IDENTITY IS NOT

CONCEALED. P>> BUT, I'M SAYING IF WE KEEP THE WORD, "HOODS", THEN IT'S UP TO THE TEACHERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM TO ENFORCE THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HEADPHONES IN, IS THAT CORRECT, EARBUDS?

>> TO ME THAT'S JUST ADDING ANOTHER BURDEN TO THE TEACHER'S

ALREADY OVERWHELMING JOB. >> JOY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS WERE AMONG THE STUDENTS ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, STUDENTS, HAVE ESPECIALLY, AT MY SCHOOL, AS WELL ASST AS WELL AS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, WAKE UP VERY EARLY AND VERY TIRED WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL.

HAVING A THING SUCH AS A HOOD IS AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF COMFORT WHEN WE GET INTO THE SCHOOL. I PERSONALLY DON'T WEAR A HOOD, BUT, STUDENTS GENERALLY WILL BE MORE PREPARED TO LEARN WHEN THEY'RE MORE COMFORTABLE IS WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.

SPEAKING TOWARDS HAVING THE BURDEN ON THE TEACHERS ABOUT HAVING TO ENFORCE THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HOODS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WORDING OR NOT, TEACHERS WILL STILL HAVE TO ENFORCE STUDENTS NOT WEARING THEM OR WEARING THEM INAPPROPRIATELY. SO, I BELIEVE BY CONTINUING TO INCLUDE THE WORDING, STUDENTS STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IF THEY CHOOSE TO WEAR THE HOOD BEHIND THEIR EARS,'S NOT THE MOST COMFORTABLE, BUT, IF A STUDENT SO CHOOSES THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO WEAR IT BEHIND THEIR EARS AND THEY WISH TO HAVE IT ON THEIR HEAD FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMFORT IN THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, THEN, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE ON THE TEACH TORE REGULATE IT. IT NEEDS TO BE BEHIND THEIR EARS. I HOPE THAT MADE SENSE.

>>> THAT'S THE WAY IT CURRENTLY IS, RIGHT? OR, IN TTHE CODE OF CONDUCT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THEY CAN WEAR HOODS NOW, BUT,

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>> CORRECT. >> I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THAT. IF YOU ARE HAVING A CHILD RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY AND THEY HAVE A HOODIE ON, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS A CHILD?

>> SO, MS. BALINSKI, JUST TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION ARE WARD TO THE CURRENT CODE OF CONDUCT LANGUAGE, IT DOES STATE THAT STUDENTS ARE PERMITTED TO WEAR HATS, HOODS, OR HEAD WEAR AS LONG AS THE STUDENT'S FACE AND EARS ARE VISIBLE AND THE STUDENT'S IDENTITY IS NOT CONCEALED. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE

CURRENT CODE. >> DIDN'T WE ASK FOR A SURVEY FROM THE TEACHERS, I CAN'T REMEMBER, WHAT THE PREFERENCE IT FOR HOODS? WE HAVE NOT? DO WE HAVE DISCIPLINARY DATA THAT SAYS THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE, REFERRALS OR WHATEVER, AS FAR AS CLASS

MANAGEMENT GOES? >> SO, THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT IN THE FORM TRANSLATES INTO NOTHING AS SPECIFIC AS THE HOOD OR HEAD WEAR, IT WOULD SAY SOMETHING TO THE NATURE OF DISRUPTION OR DISRESPECT IF AN INTERACTION OF HAVING TO, UM, ADDRESS A STUDENT ABOUT REMOVING THE HEAD WEAR AND THE STUDENT REFUSES TO DO SO, THEN IT COULD ESCALATE TO A LEVEL OF RESPONSE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A DISRESPECT OR A DISRUPTION ISSUE. BUT, WE DO NOT HAVE DATA THAT SAYS HEAD WEAR, UM, RECEIVES THIS PARTICULAR RESPONSE.

>> MY LAST QUESTION IS THEN, SINCE THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY RED MARKS THROUGH IT AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, SO, STAFF RECOMMENDS AT T THAT HOODS STAY IN THIS POLICY?

>> THIS POLICY WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY MS. CLAGGETT. SO, IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE STAFF AT THE TABLE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU SO THAT ABED GET CLARIFICATION. AND EITHER MR. KURTS OR MS. LEWIS WITH REGARD TO SOMEBODY WEARING A HOOD. WOULD YOU RESTATE THE

QUESTION, MS. GRENIS? >> JUST RESTATE THE QUESTION ON HOW THE GOY RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY.

>> HOW WOULD A TEACHER IDENTIFY WHO THAT STUDENT IS, IF ALL THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE BACK OF A JACKET OR PANTS OR THE BACK OF A HOODIE. THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO IDENTIFY VERY MUCH INFORMATION REGARDING THAT CHILD.

>> I'M NOT SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT QUESTION.

ARE YOU ASKING HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY ANYTHING WE'RE LOOKING?

>> YOU'RE SAYING AS LONG AS YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE CHILD. WELL, IF A CHILD'S RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH A HOODIE ON, I HAVE NO PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CHILD THAT I CAN IDENTIFY.

>> CORRECT, WHAT'S ON CAMERA, OR SOMEONE SEES IN-PERSON IS WHAT THEY CAN SEE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY, HOW CAN

THEY SEE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? >> TO ME, THIS GOES BEYOND COMFORT. THIS GOES TO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE. IT MAY BE COMFORTABLE TO WEAR PAJAMAS AND BRING A BLANKET TO SCHOOL, BUT, S WEAR AGO HOODIE -- I'M GOING BACK TO THE MAIN POINT.

ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO TEACHERS. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS -- WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS TO WEAR EAR PIECE SOS THAT THEY COULD LISTEN TO THEIR I PODS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, COVERED UP BY A HOODIE, THAT IS ADDING A HUGE BURDEN TO A TEACHER WHO IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. SO, HOW IS THAT TEACHER GOING TO REACH THE CHILD WHO IS WEARING A HOODIE WITH HEADPHONES? OR, YOU KNOW, EAR PIECES?

>> SO, I WILL PUT IN COMMENTS HERE SINCE I AM THE DRAFTER OF THE POLICY. I THINK OUR SYSTEM HAS MORE TO WORRY ABOUT THAN STUDENTS WEARING HOODIES AND THE MINOR DISRUPTIONS IT MAY CAUSE.

DR. TOWNSEL HAS NOT BROUGHT FORWARD TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MASS COMMENTS OR MASS ISSUES DISCUSSED WITH PRINCIPALS WHICH ARE OVERSEEN BY HIM AND STAFF REGARDING ISSUES WITH STUDENTS RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH THEIR HOODS UP TRYING TO HIDE THEIR FACES. THE FACT THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE A TON OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT REMOVING THE WORD HOODIE FROM THE POLICY PUT FORWARD ALSO KIND OF ASSURES ME THAT WHILE THERE

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE, USUALLY WHEN IT'S TIME FOR POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I HAVE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, JUST 20 PEOPLE THAT I REACH OUT TO AND ASK. AND I ASKED THEM AS FAR AS THE POLICY WITH REGARD TO HOODS AND THE RESPONSE THAT I GOT, JUST LIKE WHAT JORDAN SAID, SOME OF THE STUDENTS WEAR IT BECAUSE IN THEIR WORLD, THAT'S THEIR COMFORT THING. IT'S NOT REALLY TAKING AWAY FROM THE EDUCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING TO POLICE THAT OR MAKING THAT HAVING THAT BEING A LARGE ISSUE. SO, I JUST THINK THAT MY KIDS YOU KNOW, THEY WEAR HOODIES, IT COULD BE 70 OR WARMER AND KIDS WEAR THE HOODIES, I DON'T GET IT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT, I GO TO THESE SCHOOLS ALSO AND THEY'RE WEARING CLOTHES THAT MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE. SO, I BELIEVE HAVING STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THIS POLICY, I TEND TO GO WITH THAT. MY VOTE WOULD BE TOWARDS LEAVING

THE WORD "HOODS" IN ALSO. >>>.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MS.

BALINSKI? >> WHAT'S NEXT FOR THAT? IS

THIS UP FOR 30-DAY REVIEW? >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: BASED ON THE MOTION PUT FORWARD IT WOULD BE FOR BOTH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO REMOVE THE WORD "HOOD" FROM THE POLICY. SEEING NONE.

THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED?

>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MOTION FAILS, 2-3. BACK TO DISCUSSION ON THE POLICY. COLLEAGUES, HOW

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY 3170. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: IS

THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF POLICY 3170, DRESS CODE. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY

OPPOSED? >> OPPOSED.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MOTION PASSES, 3-2. THE NEXT POLICY FOR DISCUSSION IS POLICY 2315, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

>>> GOOD MORNING, MRS. CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I'M SUSAN JOHNSON, THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS AND I HAVE WITH ME JACK DAY JACOBS THE DIRECTOR OF SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERFORMANCE. MRS. POST AND I MET, AND WE DISCUSSED THE CHANGES THAT SHE WANTED TO PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS POLICY. AND, WE ARE PROVIDING A DRAFT OF THE POLICY TO INCLUDE THE EDITS AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SHE HAD BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY, SO, JUST TO REVIEW IT, ADDING TO ENSURE THAT CURRICULUM COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. MRS. POST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STATEMENT WAS IN PLACE. AND THEN ON THE SECOND PAGE AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, I'M GOING TO SUMMER RISE FOR MRS. POST, BUT, CERTAINLY DURING DISCUSSION SHE COULD ADD TO THAT. IN, COMAR IT STATED THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL HAVE A FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE UP OF EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND, AT THIS TIME, CALVERT COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE SO, MRS. POST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD A FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE PUT IN PLACE, AND THAT, THE OPT-OUT PROCEDURES FOR FAMILY

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>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET AND HAVE A DISCUSSION TO GET THIS POLICY

TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE IT. >> YOUR WELCOME.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: AND THE FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE, DR.

TOWNSEL? >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A COMMITTEE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OF FAMILY LIFE. COMMITTED AS A SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE JOIN A FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE STARTING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AND MOVING

FORWARD. >> HAS THE COMPOSITION OF THAT

COMMITTEE BEEN DECIDED? >> NO, MA'AM, BUT, MY TEAM AND I WILL MEET ABOUT THAT AND GET ON TOP OF IT AS SOON AS NEXT

WEEK. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: DR.

JOHNSON, DOES COMAR SPELL OUT YOU THE COMPOSITION OF THAT

COMMITTEE IS FORMED? >> THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL ESTABLISH A JOINT COMMITTEE OF EDUCATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING AND COMMENTS ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT. AND I NOTICED WHEN YOU WERE READING THE CITATIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POLICY, YOU CITED 13-A, HOWEVER ON THE SCREEN AND ON THE VERSION THAT I HAVE IT SAYS, 13.04. SO, COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE CITATION

IS. >> IT'S 13-A, I THOUGHT WE CAUGHT THAT, BUT, IT MUST NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO THE ONE THAT YOU

HAVE. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: OKAY.

SO, THAT NEEDS TO BE A REVISION. AND ALSO UNDER THE PURPOSE DATA, ITEM A UNDER THE SENTENCE, WE MIGHT NEED A PERIOD. AND, THANK YOU DR. TOWNSEL FOR COMMITTING TO FORM THAT FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE AND ENSURING THAT THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE TO ENSURE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER

DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. >> WELL, GIVEN THE COMMENTS OF STAFF, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE DRAFT OF POLICY 2315, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT BE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE C, ITEM C, UNDER SECTION THREE POLICY STATEMENT WHICH READS: "THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ESTABLISH A JOINT FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE AND SHALL APPOINT EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO THIS COM COMMIT COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING AND COMMENTING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL

MATERIALS". >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, IS THERE A SECOND.

>> SECOND. AND, SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS WE DON'T

NEED THAT? >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT IS SAYING, SINCE THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS AGREED TO FORM THAT FAMILY LIFE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD DOESN'T NEED TO DIRECT HIM. SO, IT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE, IT'S A SUPERINTENDENT-FORMED COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HE WOULD FOLLOW WHAT WAS CITED IN COMAR TO DETERMINE WHAT THE MAKEUP OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE. SO, THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE ADDED TO THE GUIDELINES THAT

SUPPORT THIS POLICY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IF YOU LOOK UNDER ROMAN NUMERAL 4-A, THAT'S SUPPORTIVE OF THAT COMMITTEE PROVIDED THAT IT IS A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM COMMITTEE.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: RIGHT, AND I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US AS THE BOARD TO HOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. WE KNOW THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW, SO, WE SHOULD ASSURE THAT HE FORMS THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERS ARE APPROPRIATELY PLACED ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT THEY MOVE TO WORK ON OUR FAMILY LIFE CURRICULUM MOVING FORWARD. SO, I, PERSONALLY AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE

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THOSE IN FAVOR? >> (CHORUS OF AYES).

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. I DIDN'T HEAR A VOTE FROM MS. POST OR MS. GRENIS?

>> I DID. >> I DID.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I APOLOGIZE. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

[7.03 Code of Conduct Approval]

>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MR. KURTS AND I ARE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COLLEAGUES?

>> THERE ARE TWO ITEMS AND ONE OF THEM SAYS IT INCORPORATES THE DRESS CODE POLICY. AND, WERE THERE CHANGES? I HAVEN'T BEEN

ABLE TO LOCATE THEM JUST YET. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I THINK THE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THAT DOCUMENT ARE BASED ON WHAT WAS JUST APPROVED IN THE DRESS CODE POLICY NUMBER 3170.

SO, THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE CODE OF CONDUCT DOCUMENT.

>> CORRECT. WE SENT, JUST IN CASE, DEPENDING ON THE APPROVAL.

THERE IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE BASED NOW ON THE APPROVAL OF THAT POLICY WHICH HAS NOW BEEN INCLUDED IN THE

CODE. >> THERE WERE NO OTHER CHANGES?

THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE? >> THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE, YES.

>> SO, I MOVE TO APPROVE IT IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR?

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY

OPPOSED? O >> OPPOSED.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THE CODE OF CONDUCT PASSES 3-2.

[7.04 Textbook for Review]

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE TEXT BOOK FOR

REVIEW. MR. MCCOMB. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I'M SCOTT MCCOMB, I'M THE SUPERVISOR OF SOCIAL STUDIES AND I'M HERE TO REQUEST PERMISSION TO PLACE A TEXT BBOO ON PUBLIC REVIEW FOR 30 DAYS.

THE TEXT BOOK IS HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. IT GIVES OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY HOW HUMAN BEINGS REACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. IT STUDIES PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, SETTLEMENT, MIGRATION, URBANIZATION. THE TEXTBOOK WE SELECTED SUPPORTS THOSE GOALS. THIS TEXTBOOK IS ONE OF THE BOOKS DEEMED APPROPIATE BOY THE COLLEGE BOARD. THE COLLEGE BOARD, PROBABLY FOR OBVIOUSLY REASONS WILL NOT ENDORSE A PARTICULAR TEXT BUT THEY DO APPROVE THEM SAYING THIS TEXT BOOK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COURSE. SO, IT MEETS THAT STANDARD, UM, THE, UM, FOUR BOOKS ARE SELECTION COMMITTEE LOOKED AT FOUR TEXTBOOKS, THEY WERE PROBABLY, THEY WERE THE FOUR LEADING TEXTBOOKS FOR AP HUMAN GOGRAPHY. WE SELECTED THIS ONE, FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE OF IT'S ALIGNMENT TO THE AP COURSE CURRICULUM. ALSO, LOOKING AT THE AP COMMUNITY, IT WAS ONE THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL USE IN OTHER DISTRICTS. AND HAD RECEIVED MANY FAVORABLE REVIEWS. AND ALSO FOR IT'S ACCESSIBILITIES TO HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS, IT'S COLLEGE-LEVEL MATERIAL TAUGHT TO HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS. SO, WE NEED THAT LEVEL OF ACCESSIBILITY. AND THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, A WELL KNOWN ORGANIZATION. THEIR TEXTBOOK ORGANIZATION IS THE PUBLISHER. AND SO, FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS WE FELT LIKE IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE SELECTION.

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QUESTIONS FOR ME? >> NO, I JUST TOOK A LOOK AT IS THAT IT GIVES, A PERSONAL IT- VIEWPOINTS FROM THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORERS, AND THESE ARE INCREDIBLE FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE EVERYTHING AROUND THE WORLD. SO, I JUST THINK THAT MAKE IT IS VERY INTERESTING FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE BIG SELLING POINTS AND OBVIOUSLY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IS ALL ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. THOSE KINDS OF DATA-ORIENTED STUDY. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT HOW HUMAN BEINGS USE THE PLANET. HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE PLANET. AS I SAID EARLIER, THE CHOICES THAT THEY MAKE TO MOVE OR STAY PUT, BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW THEY ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY ADAPT THEIR ENVIRONMENT TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. SO, IT'S A LOT ABOUT HUMAN CHOICES AND WE THIS BOOK DID A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT AND WE FEEL THIS BOOK IS VERY ACCESSIBLE.

>> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF LETTING STUDENTS HAVE THE CHOICE OF A BOOK IN HAND OR AN ONLINE BOOK?

>> YES. BUT, UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I'M MAKING THE CHOICE THAT I MADE WITH THIS ONE. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE OUR SOCIAL STUDIES INVENTORY OF TEXTBOOKS AND IN EVERY INSTANCE UP UNTIL NOW, WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO WITH THE DIGITAL TEXT. AND, UM, THE, BENEFIT OF THAT, I THINK IS OBVIOUS. THE COST OF THAT IS WHAT CATCHES UP TO YOU. SO, AFTER THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS, THAT BOOK WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND IF YOU JUST ADDED UP TO SOCIAL STUDIES, WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF RENEWALS. SO, SOMETIMES HAVING A STATIC COPY THAT YOU COULD DEPEND ON IS IMPORTANT. THAT SAID, WHEN WE PURCHASE THIS, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD LOOK AT IT, I WOULD LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS AND LOOK AT WHAT WAS BUDGETED. WE CAN GET A 5-YEAR DIGITAL LICENSE WITH THIS. IN OTHER WORDS WE WOULD GET THE HARD COPY AND THE DIGITAL UPDATE. IF THEY MADE A CHANGE OR A MINOR TWEAK TO THE TEXTBOOK, WE WOULD GET THAT DIGITALLY. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY BUT THE REASON I'M THINKING ABOUT THE HARD COPY PURCHASE IS REALLY THE PRACTICALITY OF THE AP ELECTIVE AND WETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN OURSELVES INTO SO MANY DIGITAL LICENSES AND THAT BOXES

US IN BUDGETARILY. >> YOU SAID OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN USING THAT TEXTBOOK. DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE SCORES BETWEEN THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN USING THESE TEXTBOOKS, VERSUS STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN.

>> I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GET THAT COMPARISON. THE ANSWER IS, NO, THERE'S NOT A COMPARISON THAT I COULD SAY, HEY, DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S USED BY THEM AND THEIR SCORES ARE HIGHER.

BUT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT AP COMMUNITY IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. WE HAVE A CURRENT AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOK. THE COLLEGE BOARD TWEAKS THE COURSE PERIODICALLY. SOMETIMES THEY WILL ADJUST A COURSE OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS STILL SUPPORTED BY THE TEXTBOOK THAT DISTRICTS MIGHT OWN. AND SO, AS DISTRICTS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN THE ONE THEY'VE SAID HAS BEEN A GOOD FIT FOR THEIR STUDENTS. SO, TO ANSWER OW QUESTION DIRECTLY, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT USING THIS BOOK AT A PARTICULAR DISTRICT IMPROVED THEIR SCORES, BUT, I CAN TELL YOU THE AP COMMUNITY SAYS THIS IS THE POPULAR ONE TO USE AND THEY FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE

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RESULTS THEY ARE GETTING. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THE BOOK WILL BE UP FOR 30-DAY REVIEW.

[7.05 District Assessment Plan Approval]

>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR DISTRICT ASSESSMENT PLAN. DR. JOHNSON?

>> >> HELLO AGAIN, MRS. CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBER ARES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I AM HERE TODAY TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL ON THE DISDISTRICT ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A FEW YEARS, YOU MAY RECALL IN 2015, THE M.D. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENACTED THE TIME TO LEARN BILL. THIS BILL REQUIRES ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE EVERY TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP AN ASSESSMENT PLAN TO ENSURE THAT LESS THAN 2 MNT 2% AND 2.8% OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IS SPENT ON REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME IS SPECIFIED PER GRADE LEVEL. AS A REQUIREMENT OF THIS BILL, THIS SPRING, CCPS GOT A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND REVISE THIS PLAN. THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE THE RESULT OF THOSE MEETINGS. YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED THREE DOCUMENTS. THE FIRST DOCUMENT IS THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. HEADERS IN EACH COLUMN RESPOND TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ASSESSMENTS WHICH INCLUDE WHO MANDATES THE ASSESSMENT, AND WHEN THE TEST WILL BE ADMINISTERS AND IT ASKS WILL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BE PROVIDED FOR ACCOMMODATION. IF YOU LOOK QUICKLY AT THAT, DOCUMENT AND THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ON SCREEN, YOU WIL SEE, BEGINNING WITH PRE-K, THE VARIOUS ASSESSMENTS THAT WE

ADMINISTER TO OUR STUDENTS. >> AS A RESULT OF OUR COMMITTEE WE ACTUALLY SPLIT THIS OUT BY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL, INSTEAD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR TEACHERS WHAT ASSESSMENTS WERE GIVEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL VERSUS THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THE NEXT TWO DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE ARE PDFS, OF EXCEL SPREADSHEETS. SO, THESE DOCUMENTS CALCULATE THE ASSESSMENTS PER GRADE LEVEL AND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN EACH CELL DENOTE THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF MINUTES BY THE GRADE LEVEL EACH ASSESSMENT TAKES TO ADMINISTER. THE LAST PAGE AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE A CHART THAT SUMMARIZES THE MINUTES AND THE HOURS SPENT ON TESTING AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE WELL WITHIN THE LIMIT REQUIRED BY LAW. I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU

HAVE. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT:

COLLEAGUES? >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

THE ACCOMMODATIONS LISTED ON THE FIRST DOCUMENT THAT YOU SHOWED US, ARE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED BY THE TEST OR ARE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING.

>> SO, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WITH AN I.E. P, OR WITH 504 PLANS, THEY HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS OUTLINES ON THEIR 504 AND THEY ARE ALL STIPULATED AS ACCOMMODATIONS COMMITTED BY THE ASSESSMENTS. SO, THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE TEST ADMINISTRATOR TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS. IT COULD BE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, TEXT BEING READ, IT COULD BE THEY USE A CALCULATOR, IT COULD BE A SMALL GROUP TESTING. THERE ARE

VARIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> WELCOME. >> MS. BALINSKI?

>> SO, IN THE LOCAL TESTING FOUR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT I READY UNIVERSAL SCREENER IS NOT

DEVELOPED BY US? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> IT IS A PURCHASED SCREENER, AND DID THAT USED TO BE -- WELL, IN KINDERGARTEN. THE KRA IS STILL THERE. SO, I WILL LET

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>> AND WHEN IT SAYS THAT THE THE TIMELIESS OF RESULTS IS IMMEDIATE. IS THAT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE TEACHER IS IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM, KIDS ANSWER A QUESTION, AND SHE SEES

AUTOMATICALLY AT THAT TIME? >> NO, AFTER THEY FINNISH THE ASSESSMENT, THE RESULTS ARE AUTOMATIC.

>> AFTER THEY FINISH? >> YEAH. SO THEY GET THE COLLECTIVE RESULTS WHEN THE CLASS FINISHES THE ASSESSMENT.

>> SO, WHEN IT SAYS ADMINISTERED INDIVIDUALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD EACH BEING ON THEIR OWN COMPUTER.

>> CORRECT. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU KNOW, ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SPENDING 26 HOURS DOING TESTING. WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THAT. SO, THANK HEAVENS, BUT, IS THIS STILL, LIKE, IN GRADE THREE, FOUR, FIVE, IS THIS ONEROUS, IS THIS CONSIDERED, ALL THE TESTING THAT WE DO AND THAT THE STATE REQUIRES, DO WE CONSIDER THIS STILL OENEROUS?

>> I THINK IT HAS TWO SIDES. I THINK THAT WHEN ASSESSMENTS ARE USEABLE BY TEACHERS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO INFORM INSTRUCTION, IT BECOMES PART OF THEIR PROCESS THEY HAVE IN CLASS. BUT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME. EVEN THOUGH, WITHIN P THAT IT TAKES A TEACHER TO GIVE AN ASSESSMENT AND THE TIME AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS. SO, ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COGAT IS REQUIRED FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED IN SECOND GRADE. THAT IS FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND FOR US TO DETERMINE GIFTEDNESS ARE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS DON'T REALLY USE THAT.

SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY ISN'T VERY GOOD FOR INSTRUCTION, BECAUSE, WE HAVE TO STOP INSTRUCTION TO GIVE THAT ASSESSMENT, BUT, WE NEED TO GIVE IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE GIFTEDNESS. SO, THAT'S A REQUIRED TEST THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE. SO, I DON' THINK THAT EVERYTHING IN HERE IS ONEROUS, BUT, I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT STILL TAKE AWAY FROM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FROM

TEACHERS. >> LAST QUESTION, THEN, THE NEXT TEST DOWN, RAPID AUTOMATED NAMING, THAT'S ALSO PURCHASED?

>> YES. >> ARE ALL THE REST OF THOSE PURCHASED OR ARE SOME OF THESE HOME GROWN?

>> SO, WHEN YOU SEE THE SYSTEM-WIDE ASSESSMENT, LITERACY SYSTEM WIDE ASSESSMENT AND THE FLEWIENTSY SYSTEM-WIDE ASSESSMENT. THOSE ARE NOT PURCHASED. SCIENCE SYSTEM WIDE ASSESSMENT IS NOT PURCHASED, MATHEMATICS SYSTEM WIDE ASSESSMENT IS NOT PURCHASED. IT'S CREATED BY OUR SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS HELP WITH THAT PROCESS, DEPENDING ON THE

CON >> I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM MY PEERS, NOT JUST AT MY SCHOOL BUT ACROSS THE COUNTY AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL THAT STILL PARTAKE IN MAP TESTING DON'T FEEL THAT'S HELPING THEIR EDUCATION OR THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM, IT'S JUST A TEST THEY HAVE TO TAKE AND THEY DON'T SEE THE POINT OF IT. SO, WHAT'S THE DIPS BETWEEN THE I-READY AND THE M

MAP IN THE CLASSROOM. >> MAP AND I-READY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE IN THE STATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN ELEMENTARY EARLY ON, YOU HAVE STUDENTS LEARNING TO READ AND LEARNING TO DO MATH AND TRYING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WHERE ARE THE AREAS OF DIFFICULTY, AND YOU'RE GIVING THAT TEST THREE TIMES A YEAR TO SEE WHERE STUDENTS ARE MAKING GAINS. SO, AS STUDENTS ARE ENTERING INTO

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>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: DR.

JOHNSON, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SYMPSTEM WIDE ASSESSMENTS, THOSE CHANGE ANNUALLY, OR IS IT THE SAME TEST YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. ONCE IT'S DEVELOPED BY THE SUPERVISORS.

>> EACH SUMMER, TEACHERS COME TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENT RESULTS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS BASED ON WETHER OR NOT THE ITEM TESTED WELL. THEY DON'T DO MAJOR REWRITES OF THE ASSESSMENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WILL TAKE. THEY TRY TO MAKE THURE THAT THE SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS ARE ALIGNED TO THE CONTENT. WE USED TO USE THE DETERMINE BENCHMARK, SO, AT THE END OF A CERTAIN MARKING PERIOD, WE WOULD HAVE A BENCHMARK SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE COVERED THIS CONTENT, HAVE THE

KIDS LEARN THIS CONTENT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: OKAY.

THANK YOU. I WOULD A FOLLOWUP QUESTION, BUT, YOU ANSWERED IT IN YOUR EXPLANATION. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

>> I DO ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO ME AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO ANSWER IT IN PUBLIC.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: SURE. >> THE QUESTION WAS: DO ANY OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS ADDRESS THE END OF YEAR REQUIREMENTS WHERE THE TEST RESULTS ARE AVERAGED INTO A STUDENT'S GRADE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE FALL, BUT, JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR PARENTS KNOW, INCOMING 9TH GRADERS NEXT YEAR THAT TAKE BIOLOGY OR GOVERNMENT, WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEIR TEST SCORES TRANSFERRED INTO THEIR FINAL GRADE FOR THE CLASS. SO, THE STUDENTS WILL EARN IN BIOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT, THE FOUR QUARTERLY GRADES AND THEN 20% OF THE FINAL GRADE WILL BE THEIR TEST SCORE. THE STATE HAS WORKED WITH THE COUNTIES AND THE TEST RESULTS PREVIOUSLY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSION CREATED. WE HAVE THAT AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

>> BUT, NO OTHER STANDARDIZED TEST IS A HIGH-STAKES

REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION? >> WELL, THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, SO, NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO THE WORLD OF BLUEPRINT, THEY LOOK DIFFERENT. THE STATE DID NOT MAKE A CHANGE TO HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA. OR ENGLISH TEN. SO, THOSE TWO

[01:55:08]

>> FOR THE TESTING THAT'S NOT AVERAGED INTO THE FINAL GRADE, YOU KNOW, I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING ELEMENTARY, WILL THOSE TEST SCORES BE RELATED TO PARENTS?

>> YES. THERE'S A FULL CONTINUUM OF SUPPORTS AND LETTERS THAT THE STATE PROVIDES US, AND THE TESTING GROUP PROVIDES US IN ORDER TO GET THOSE RESULTS TO PARENTS.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON, NEXT WE MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION OF THE REOPENING PLAN.

>> ACTUALLY, MRS. CLAGGETT, I ASK THAT WE VOTE ON THE APPROVAL

OF THE ASSESSMENT PLAN. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I

APOLOGIZE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

[7.06 Reopening Plan]

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MOTION PASSES 5-0. NEXT WE HAVE OUR REOPENING PLAN.

>> I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I NEED TO SIT IN FRONT OF YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE REOPENING PLAN. SO, I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE, JUST TO ANNOUNCE, THAT WE ARE POSTING OUR REOPENING PPLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW THROUGH BOARD DOCS, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, MSDE PROVIDES THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN A REOPENING PLAN. IT MUST BE REVIEWED TWO TIMES A YEAR AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK MUST BE SOUGHT AND CONSIDERED AND WE MUST DO THAT THREW 2024 IN ALIGNMENT TO OUR FUNDS. I DID RECEIVE WORD RECENTLY THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST SUBMISSION TO THE STATE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AND IT IS DUE IN AUGUST SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THE REOPENING PLAN AS IT'S POSTED, YOU'LL SEE ON THE PAGES AFTER THE COVER PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S 12 REQUIRED AREAS DESIGNATED BY MSDE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. SO, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MINOR CHANGES, THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES NOT PLAN SO THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC ARE AWARE WHAT WE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO. IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SEE IT QUICKLY, THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED. SO, ANYTHING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IS AN UPDATE IN EITHER LANGUAGE OR A MAJOR REWRITE IN THE TEXT.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE WITH REGARD TO CDC AND CALVERT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, IS ALL ALIGNED TO THE FACT THAT COVID IS BEING TREATED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. SO, WHEN A CHILD TESTS POSITIVE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY STAY HOME UNTIL SYMPTOMS IMPROVE AND THEY HAVE NO FEVER FOR 24 HOURS WITHOUT MEDICATION. SO, THOSE WHO ARE SYMPTOM-FREE CAN ATTEND SCHOOL AND ANY STUDENT RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER A POSITIVE TEST ARE RECOMMENDED TO WEAR MASKS BUT REMEMBER THAT WORD IS "RECOMMENDED" WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT, THAT MEANS THAT REQUIRED QUARANTINE IS NOT NECESSARY. STUDENTS MAY RETURN TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY ARE SYMPTOM-FREE AND 24 HOURS FREE OF FEVER WITHOUT MEDICATION. AND THIS IS, AS I SAID, VERY CONGRUENT WITH OTHER ILLNESSES SUCH AS THE FLU. WITH THE MASKING GUIDANCE, IT'S JUST WITHIN UPDATED TO CHANGE THE WORDING TO "RECOMMENDS", INSTEAD OF AN EXPECTATION FOR MASKING AFTER A STUDENT HAD TESTED POSITIVE. THE SCREENING AREA WAS UPDATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR TO ALL FAMILIES IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL FAMILIES AND STAFF MEMBERS TO SELF-ASSESS TO BE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE SUCH AS COVID-19, INFLUENZA, RESPIRATORY VIRUS OR GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES WHEN COMING INTO SCHOOL. STAFF SHOULD NOTIFY THE SCHOOL WHEN ILLNESS IS CONFIRMED, INCLUDING A TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID. SO THAT WE COULD BE AWARE THAT HOW MANY STUDENTS, IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, STUDENT SERVICES MONITOR HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE THE FLU AND COVID, ALL OF THOSE THINGS CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING. THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS COMMUNICATED FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF NURSING. MRS. CONODE WHO IS THE DIRECT LIAISON TO THE CALVERT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN. SO, ANY STAFF MEMBER OR STUDENT

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AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD. SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MAP ASSESSMENT, WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL ON WHAT THOSE MATH RESULTS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE GET THE MCAP RESULTS BACK IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. AND KINDERGARTEN MET GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS FOR ELA. THAT'S VERY GOOD. LAST YEAR, THE ONLY GROUP THAT MET THEIR GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS WERE THE HAWAII ANND A THE PACIFIC ISLANDER SERVICE GROUP. WE ALSO DELETED THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE THE I-READY ASSESSMENT FOR ELEMENTARY INSTEAD OF MAP IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO, WITH THAT, THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES WHICH ARE IN THE PLAN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND, IT IS NOT NEAR, THERE'S NO APPROVAL NEEDED IT'S JUST NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY KNOW THAT IT'S THERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO

REVIEW IT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, THANK YOU, DR.

[7.07 Approval of Negotiation Teams]

JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE NEGOTIATION TEAMS. M MR. NAVARO.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL AND BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE YOU TODAY AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ARE THE PROPOSED MEMBERS OF THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEGOTIATIONS TEAM AND THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WE WILL BE CONDUCTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SUCCESS SORE AGREEMENTS FOR THE CALVERT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SUPPORT STAFF AND I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THESE STAFF MEMBERS TO REPRESENT YOU IN

NEGOTIATIONS. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY DISCUSSION?

SEEING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR? >>

[7.08 Approval of Tuition Rates]

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY

OPPOSED? >> MOTION PASSES 5-0.

>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF TUITION RATES, MR. JOHNSON.

>> GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE REAR TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED RATES FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL

YEAR. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT:

COLLEAGUES? >> DO WE THINK, AND THIS IS A BIG STEP UP FROM LAST YEAR, AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE WISE, DID WE KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN IMPACT TO

OUR ENROLLMENT? >> SO, I HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT COMPARISONS FROM LAST YEAR TO OUR CURRENT STATUS WITH SOME STILL PENDING. IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 26 TUITION PAYING STUDENTS. AND FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE 26 APPLICATIONS IN QUEUE. FIVE ARE NEW STUDENTS AND 21 ARE

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RETURNING STUDENTS. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU. DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS?

>> YES. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE MAKING A MOTION. MS.

BALINSKI? >> FOR THE FIVE THAT ARE NEW, SO, I GUESS WE LOST FIVE, WERE THEY SENIORS AND THEY GRADUATED, OR WERE THEY FAMILIES THAT JUST DECIDED NOT TO RETURN?

>> I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THIS TIME, BUT, I'M HAPPY TO FIND OUT AND RESPOND THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: OKAY. THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

COLLEAGUES, HOW WOULD WE LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD?

>> MOVE TO I PROVE. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THOSE

IN FAVOR? >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.

[7.09 Bid Approvals]

>> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO BID APPROVALS. MR. TAYLOR.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M SHELDON TAYLOR AND BEFORE YOU TODAY I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. JOINING ME IS MR. SCOTT LONG, THE SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, FOR THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO GAIN APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIKE SCHOOL CONTRACT. TO PURCHASE A FOAM STREAM L 12, WEED AND UNWANTED VEGETATION REMOVAL DEVICE. THAT IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTION TO ERADICATING WEEDS AND UNWANTED VEGETATION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE DEVICE USE AS HOT WATER IMPLEMENTATION BY A BIODEGRADEABLE FOAM INSTEAD OF CHEMICALS. FUNDING THROUGH THE PROJECT WILL BE THROUGH THE SCHOOL FACILITIES LOCAL OPERATING BUDGET. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FOAM AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SUPPLY COMPANY FOR UP TO $38,500.

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, ANY DISCUSSION? MS. BALINSKI OR MS. POST?

>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IS THIS JUST FOR ALL FIELDS AND OTHER THINGS, OR, WHAT IS -- WHAT IS THIS EQUIPMENT USED FOR

OTHER THAN THAT? >> THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM PARKING LOTS, SIDEWALKS, PLAYGROUNDS, ANYWHERE ON OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE WEEDS GROWING UP OR, WHERE THEY USED TO SCRAPE AND BURN THINGS SUCH AS THAT, OR USE HERBICIDES, OUR GOAL IS TO GET RID OF HERBICIDES OR PESTICIDES TO OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

>> THANK YOU, IS IT RENTABLE? >> JUST KIDDING.

>> SO, DOES THE $38,000, I'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS OF IT, IT'S AN INTERESTING TECHNIQUE, SO, THERE'S A BIG UNIT THAT SITS IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, IS THIS THE UNIT WITH THE FOAM, THE $38,000, OR DOES THAT COME SEPARATELY?

>> THE FOAM IS SEPARATE, IT COMES IN, I BELIEVE, 2.5 GALLON JUGS AND IT'S CONCENTRATED. I BELIEVE ONE GALLON LASTS.

>> WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE TO THIS, WHICH, BY THE WAY IT'S WONDERFUL, I'M ALL FOR THAT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WIDELY USED. MOST OF THE SITES THAT I SAW WERE EUROPEAN. BUT, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AHEAD OF US. BUT, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE, KILLER STUFF, THE ROUNDUPS AND THE LIKE, THEY DO GET DOWN INTO THE ROOT SYSTEM AND IF THIS IS JUST A CONTACT TYPE OF, ERADICATION, WILL THERE NEED TO BE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS DONE AS OPPOSED TO MAY BE JUST ONE APPLICATION USING THE BAD GUYS? GL THAT'S WHERE THE FOAM COMES IN, YOU'RE USING THE HOT WATER THAT GOES DOWN TO THE ROOTS BUT THE FOAM PUTS IN THE

INSULATION. >> SO, IT MIGHT NOT NEED

MULTIPLE? >> IN A LARGE AREA, POSSIBLY, BUT, NO, IT WILL KILL EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE

[02:10:04]

DID THAT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COST

SAVINGS, DO I HEAR COST SAVES? >> COST SAVINGS, LIFE SAVINGS, WE WOULDN'T NEED THE LICENSING THROUGH THE STATE ANYMORE USING THIS. THAT'S A BIG SAVINGS AND TIME.

>> BECAUSE THERE ARE LAWSUITS ALL OVER THE PLACE AS FAR AS PEOPLE EXPOSED TO PESTICIDES OR HERBICIDES.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: DOES THAT MEAN OUR STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION TO

APPLY? CORRECT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> MOTION. >> MOTION APPROVES.

>> APPROVE THE AWARDING OF ARCH ARCH ARCH ARCH ARCHITECT DESIGN.

>> TEN FIRMS COMMITTED PREQUALIFICATIONS TO BE PRE-APPROVED TO COMMIT PROPOSALS. NINE OUT OF THE 10 FIRMS COMMITTED PROPOSALS BY THE DEADLINE. AND FIVE WERE ADVANCED TO THE INTERVIEW PHASE. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUESTED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE MARYLAND INTERAGENCY COMMISSION ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION TO USE A QUALITY-BASED SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED SERVICES.

THE SELECTED FIRMS WERE ENTER VIEWED ON JUNE 26TH, 2023, BY A SECTION COMMITTEE WHICH USED THE QUALITY-BASED SELECTION CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION. BASED ON THE OVERALL RANKING BY THE COMMITTEE, CRAB TREE, ROARBA AND ASSOCIATES WERE SELECTED. FOR THE NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO CRAB TREE ARCHITECTS FOR 3,19$3,192,245, FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE THREW CIP FUNDS. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE

AT THIS TIME. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: MS.

BALINSKI? >> HAVE WE EVER USED THIS FIRM?

>> YES. WE HAVE. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY IN OUR SELECTION POOL FOR CONSULTANTS. NOT THIS CURRENT CYCLE, BUT, THE CYCLE BEFORE. AND THEY HAVE DONE SOME SMALLER PROJECTS FOR US, INCLUDING, UM, THE WORK THAT WE DID AT MUTUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE -- GOSH IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHERE WE MOVED THE REGIONAL PROGRAMS THERE, THEY DID THE INTERIOR RENOVATION HOOD ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR DESIGN.

THEY WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE REDESIGN OF THE FRONT ENTRY ARCH AT HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE DONE SMALLER FEASIBIL FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING IN TERMS OF THE ULTIMATE USE AND WHAT WE NEED FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING KEPT OF LOOKING AT THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF ULTIMATE NEEDS. SO, THAT HAS BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. HOWEVER, THEY ARE A LARGE FIRM AND THEY DO A NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN MARYLAND. AND IN PENNSYLVANIA. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE WORKING ON A COMBINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY BUT THEY HAVE DONE WORK FOR, AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING A COUPLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT, THEY HAVE WORKED WITH SEVEN ORATE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WITHIN MARYLAND

AND ARE HIGHLY REGARDED. >> AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY, YOU SAID IT'S NOT ONLY THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND BIDDING BUT ALSO CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. IS

THIS DIFFERENT? >> NO, IT IS NOT DIFFERENT.

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ARE ALWAYS PART OF THE

DESIGN SERVICES, UM. >> OKAY.

>> THE FULL FEE. BECAUSE, THE, UM, DESIGN FIRM AND THEIR

[02:15:02]

IT ALWAYS INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FROM THE

CONSULTANTS. >> SO, WE STILL PLAN TO USE, THEN, OUR OWN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT?

>> THAT IS HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE CONTRACTED OUT FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS THE CONSULTANT THAT WOULD PROVIDE SEVICES RELATED TO ENSURING THAT THE PROJECT GETS, UM,

CONSTRUCTED PER THE DESIGN. >> WHAT I MEANT, LIKE, FOR NORTHERN HIGH, OR BEACH, WE USED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

COMPANY. >> CORRECT.

>> CORRECT. WE, UM, USED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK.

SO, WE USED THE CMR DELIVERY METHOD WHICH IS ONE OF THE METHODS WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND. SO, FOR BEACH ELEMENTARY, OAK CONTRACTING IS THE CMR, AND SMALL AND ARKAVICH. AND THEY PROVIDE CONSULTATION FOR THAT

PROJECT. >> SO, IS THIS MUCH HIGHER THAN

WE PROJECTED? >> NO, IT IS RIGHT IN LINE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT DESIGN SERVICES WILL BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN PERCENT. THE STATE ACTUALLY NOW PAYS UP TO 10% FOR DESIGN SERVICES AND SO, IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS, WHICH WE HAVE, CERTAINLY, MONEY ROLLS TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. SO, THE STATE ESSENTIALLY HAS A MAX CEILING.

ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ACTUALLY GETTING WITH, UM, CRABTREE'S SERVICES ALSO, IS BUILDING ENVELOPE COMMISSIONING.

WE HAVE TYPICALLY HAD ISSUES WITH UM NOT NECESSARILY ENERGY EFFICIENCY, BUT, IN TERMS OF LEAKAGE ISSUE FROM ROOFS, AND SO WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT HERE AS WELL. BUT, WE'RE WELL WITHIN LESS THAN, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED US TO BE.

SO, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE FEE. >> GREAT, I'M GLAD THIS IS

MOVING FORWARD. I CAN'T WAIT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'RE IN DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE AND MOVING INTO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> (CHORUS OF AYES).

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED?

>> MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: AND NEXT, WE AMENDED OUR AGENDA TODAY TO ADD CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE SALARIES AS OUR LAST ITEM, DR. TOWNSEL, I'LL TURN TO YOU FOR INTRODUCTION.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CLAGGETT AS YOU KNOW ALL MEMBERS OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GIVING EVERYBODY IN THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL A RAISE. OUR CALVERT ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION SUPPORT, AS WELL AS OUR ASSOCIATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS. ADMINISTRATORS, CASA. NOW, LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, HAVE MEMBERS OF MY CABINET WHO DOES AN AMAZING JOB FOR US, SUSAN JOHNSON, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MR. TONY NAVARO WHO SERVES AS OUR CHIEF OPERATIONAL OFFICERS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THEIR SALARIES SET FOR $175,820 FOR THE 24-25 YEAR, AND THIS REPRESENTS A 2% INCREASE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022. I'M REQUESTING A 2% INCREASE FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: COLLEAGUES?

>> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR? (CHORUS OF AYES).

[8.01 Comments by the Board]

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU DR. TOWNSEL. WE MOVE INTO BOARD COMMENTS, I'LL START WITH

[02:20:01]

OUR STUDENT MEMBER, MS. HAYES. ? >> THANK YOU, FOR HAVING ME AGAIN, I'M EXTREMELY GLAD TO BE HERE. BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS MEETING, I'M SO EXCITED THAT OUR DRESS POLICY IS PASSED.

THAT'S BEEN A GOAL FOR A STUDENT MEMBER FOR YEARS, I REMEMBER BEING IN SIXTH GREAT LISTENING TO A STUDENT MEMBER GIVE A SPEECH IN TALKING ABOUT DRESS CODE, SOIOUS IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE ACTION TAKEN AND SUCCEEDING. I'M EXCITING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR OF THIS POLICY.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO TAISIYA REID ON HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOOD LUCK ON HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AND GOOD LUCK TO OUR MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, BUT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUST HAD THEIR SWEARING IN, AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. THE BOARD'S BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS AND GIVING COMMENT AND VOCALIZING THEIR OPINION, IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH STRONG STUDENT ADVOCATES AND I

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE OF THEM. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, MS. HAYES, I'LL MOVE ONTO MISANTHROPE GRENIS.

>> I WANTED TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT I VOTED FOR STUDENT'S EDUCATION ABOVE STUDENT COMFORT. IF WE ARE TO HOLD STUDENTS AND TEACHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACHIEVEMENT, IT IS CRUCIAL TO ESTABLISH AN ENVIRONMENT OF LEARNING. I BELIEVE THAT A HOOD COULD INTERFERE WITH THAT GOAL. A STUDENT HIDING EARBUDS HOLDS ONLY THE TEACHER ACCOUNTABLE WHILE THE STUDENT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR LEARNING. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE DR. TOWNSEL AND THE BOARD AND ANYONE INVOLVED FOR THE RAISES ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT IS A HUGE VICTORY FOR OUR COUNTY AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT. I ALSO HOPE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE BOARD AND, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING. WE WILL BE MEETING ON JULY 31ST, WHERE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE AUDIT COULD FIND MEANINGFUL SAVINGS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. IT'S A WIN/WIN FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, MS. GRENIS. I'LL NOW MOVE

TO MS. POST. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS HAVING A FANTASTIC SUMMER. NO FURTHER

COMMENT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK

YOU, MS. POST. MS. BALINSKI? >> YES. AND I ALSO CONGRATULATE DR. TOWNSEL AND ALL THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH OUR ENTIRE EMPLOYEE BASE IN COMING UP WITH SOME THE SALARY INCREASES WHICH WE HAD SO HOPED WE COULD FIT INTO OUR BUDGET AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU'RE DOING THAT. AND I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ WHICH BASICALLY SINCE I MISSED OUR LAST MEETING AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS ON THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN THE CURRICULUM POLICY DISCUSSIONS OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I'M HAPPY WITH THE POLICY CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE WHICH GIVES MORE CHANCE FOR PARENTAL INPUT AND IN OUR FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN S SEXALITY. ONE OF THE MOST GRATIFYING PARTS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS FAR AS GETTING THE OUTPOURING OF EMAILS SENT TO US FROM STAFF AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, WUVENT MOST GRATIFYING PARTS WAS THEIR BELIEF ON HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR THE SCHOOLS TO HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THE RELATE IS AROUND THEM AND TO KEEP KIDS AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE SO THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE CORRECT CHOICES GOING FORWARD. I BELIEVE THAT NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS BECAUSE IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND KEEPING KIDS IN THE DARK ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM WILL LIMIT THEIR CAPACITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SOCIETY THEY LIVE IN. PARENTS ACTUALLY HAVE THE HEAVIEST OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE REALM OF KEEPING THEIR KIDS WELL-INFORMED. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO CONTROL ALL THE INPUTS THAT THEIR KIDS RECEIVE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TO THE WORST OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO THE MULTITUDE OF INTERNET SITES TO UNFORTUNATE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET TALK. PARENTS CAN HELP THEIR CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE GOOD FROM THE HARMFUL. IT'S ON ALL OF US ABOUT TEACHING OUR KIDS TO TEACH THEM TO BE WELL INFORMED ON WHAT

[02:25:02]

REJECTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM US MAKES FOR A NARROW VISION ONE THAT CAN GIVE RISE TO MISUNDERSTANDING AND NEEDLESS HOSTILITY. SO, IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. IT IMPRESSES UPON THE CHILD HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS, AND IT THEREFORE MAKES OUR SCHOOL STRONGER. IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL COME TO AN UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO MAKE PROGRESS NOT ONLY ON THE ACADEMIC FRONT BUT ALSO ON THE BEHAVIORAL FRONT, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF CIVILITY AND RESPECT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOAL OF MAKING CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ONE OF THE MOST HIGHEST ACHIEVING SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND.

>> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU. MS. BALINSKI, MR. WHITE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS STILL IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS. ALL THE 12-MONTH EMPLOYEES, WE DON'T GET A BREAK. SOMEONE ASKED ME, YOU GUYS STILL HAVE MEETINGS? YES.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE STILL HAVE MEETINGS AND EVERYONE UP HERE KNOWS THAT WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON WE RECEIVE DOZENS OF EMAILS ALMOST EVERYDAY. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO. LAST MONTH, I THINK IT WAS LAST MONTH AT THE LIBRARY, THE MARYLAND USE ADVISORY COUNCIL ACTUALLY INVITED SENATOR MIKE JACKSON DOWN AND JORDAN HAYES WAS THERE. OF COURSE, I LIKE TO SEE OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER INVOLVED. BUT, OUR STUDENTS HAD A LOT TO SAY. THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM EXPRESSING WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS AND IT'S OUR JOB AS BOARD MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DECISION MAKING IS INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT'S BEST FOR EACH STUDENT THAT'S IN OUR SEATS.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> PRESIDENT CLAGGETT: THANK YOU, MR. WHITE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS WHO WORKED WITH ME ON THE DRESS CODE POLICY AND TURNING IT INTO A POLICY AND NOT JUST A STATEMENT THAT IS PUBLISHED IN OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT POLICY ROLLS OUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND I BELIEVE THAT POLICIES ARE NEVER PERFECT, UM, AS SOCIETY EINVOLVES, SO CAN POLICIES. SO, MOVING FORWARD, IF CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO POLICIES, WE AS BOARD MEMBERS WILL MAKE NOTES AND CALL

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