Jun 12, 2025 Board of Education

[2.01 Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Silence]

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[2.02 Swearing in SMOB]

>> I WILL ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME. DO PROMISE OR DECLARE THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL, AND BEAR TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, I SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS THEREOF AND THAT I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND JUDGMENT DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PRESIDENT EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE , CONGRATULATIONS.

>> ALLISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> HI, EVERYONE. I AM ALLISON JONES , I AM EXCITED TO ACCEPT THIS ROLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ASPIRATION OF MINE SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE AND I'VE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY INSPIRED BY PREVIOUS STUDENT MEMBERS. I HAVE LARGE SHOES TO FILL AND I'M EXCITED TO REPRESENT OUR STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE HAVE A

[2.03 Music Recognition]

MUSIC RECOGNITION . >> THIS IS FOR THE ALLSTATE.

>> WEIGHT , WAIT FOR THEM TO COME IN, SORRY.

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>> ARE WE GOOD NOW, KAREN? >> ALL RIGHT. WHERE IS CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT MUSICIANS WERE SELECTED FOR THE 2025 MARYLAND EDUCATOR ASSOCIATION ALLSTATE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES AND WHERE IS 17 TRANSMITTING STUDENTS WERE SELECTED HAVING COMPLETED A RIGOROUS PROCESS AMONG 3005 AND 57 PEER STATEWIDE AND WEARS THESE AFFIRMATION STUDENTS REPRESENTED CCPS PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE GENERAL STATE BAND, JUNIOR ALLSTATE MIXED CHORUS, SENIOR ALLSTATE BAND, SENIOR ALLSTATE TROUBLE COURSE AND THE SENIOR ALLSTATE MIXED CHORUS , NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY COMMEND THE MUSICIANS, DIRECTORS AND SUPPORTERS OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STATE-LEVEL REPRESENTATION AND IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE MUSIC MAKING EXPERIENCES.

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY ON

THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE , 2025. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> ALSO, WE HAVE ONE MORE. THERE IS A SECOND PART. WHEREAS CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENT MUSICIANS WERE SELECTED FOR THE NATIONAL JULIA SIGMON W PERFORM WITH THE ALL EASTERN MIXED CHORUS AND ALL EASTERN TREBLE CHORUS AND WHEREAS THESE THREE AFFIRMATION STUDENTS SERVED AS CCPS REPRESENTATIVES AND PERFORMED AMONG 600 STUDENTS FROM 10 EASTERN DIVISION STATES INCLUDING CONNECTICUT , DELAWARE, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA , RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THESE THREE STUDENTS WERE AMONG 16 MARYLAND CORPORATE -- DIRECTORS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CCPS PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS FOR THEIR COMPLIMENTS AND NATIONAL LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE MUSIC MAKING EXPERIENCES. NOW %-Ú CALVERT COUNTY COMMEND THE MUSICIANS, DIRECTORS AND SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR COMPLIMENT AND STATE-LEVEL REPRESENTATION .

THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE ENDEAVORS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE MUSIC MAKING EXPERIENCES. ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY ON THE 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, I AM BRIAN WILKER THE SUPERVISOR OF THE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE THE SINCERE LEVEL OF HONOR I FEEL IN STANDING ALONGSIDE HIS GROUP OF MUSICIANS TODAY. WE ARE CELEBRATING TOGETHER TO REPRESENT A SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND IN THE CASE OF THE ALL EASTERN CHORUS, A COLLECTION OF STUDENTS THAT SPAN 10+ STATES. THESE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED SUCCESSFUL ADDITION TO PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES THAT ARE EVALUATED WITH CRITICAL LENS THAT RIVALS THE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD TAUGHT MUSICAL GROUPS. I HOPE TO BRIEFLY SHED LIGHT ON THE ADDITION PROCESS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO SERVED AS A JUDGE FOR THESE EVENTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PREVIOUS TO MY POSITION IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE STUDENTS OUT OF THE PROCESS INVOLVES COUNTLESS HOURS OF PRACTICE, TRIAL AND ERROR, WORRIES OF CRIPPLING DOUBT FOLLOWED BY ABSOLUTE ELATION AND PRIDE, FOLLOWED BY CRIPPLING DOUBT, THE LIFE OF A MUSICIAN.

ON THE JUDGE DECIDED THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION AND HOPE THAT STUDENTS AT THIS LEVEL ARE PREPARED TO HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ACCURACY IN PERFORMANCE. A PRIMARY POINT OF SEPARATION FOR THOSE THAT MAKE IT AND THOSE THAT DON'T EXIST IN NUANCE AND EXPRESSION IN MUSICAL DECISION-MAKING, CREATED ACROSS MULTIPE CATEGORIES WERE ADMITTEDLY ACCURACY IS JUST AN ENTRY POINT. TO ADD TO THE FUN STUDENTS ARE THEN ASKED TO PERFORM CHALLENGING MUSIC THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, ONLY HAVING ABOUT ONE MINUTE TO STUDY IT AND THEN PERFORM IT UNDER THE SAME EXPECTATIONS OF EVALUATION. ACCURATE IS THE GOAL BUT TO WHAT DEGREE IS THE REAL CHALLENGE? IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT STUDENTS PITTING IN ADDITION TO NOT ONLY EVALUATE THE ACCURACY BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF THEIR ACCURACY. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO

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I'M HUMBLED TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH SUCH TALENTED STUDENTS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT BOTH THEIR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES HAVE SHOWN THEM ALONG THE WAY. CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A WONDERFUL COMPLIMENT IN SOMETHING THAT MANY HAVE ATTEMPTED BUT FEW HAVE CONQUERED. THANK YOU, CONGRATS

AGAIN. >>

[2.04 Volunteer & Substitute of the Year Recognition]

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WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 9000 ACCRUED VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. THIS REMARKABLE NUMBER IS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DEEP COMMITMENT OUR CITIZENS HAVE TO EDUCATION. THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT WE SEE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE VALUES WE HOL% HERE IN CALVERT COUNTY. BEFORE YOU NOW ARE THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE SCHOOLS AS THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR.

WHILE TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZE ONE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER FROM EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO GIVES THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WHETHER YOU HAVE HELPED IN CLASSROOMS, SUPPORTED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, CHAPERONED A FIELD TRIP , PITCHED IN A FIELD DAY OR REALLY CHAPERONED A MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS MAKE A LASTING IMPACT. YOUR INVOLVEMENT STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS AND ENRICHES THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY CHILD IN CALVERT COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST AND MOST SINCERE THANKS.

THANKS FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND THANKS TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOT JUST A PLACE OF LEARNING , IT IS A COMMUNITY OF CARE, COLLABORATION AND EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> PRESIDENT POSTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IS ALSO MY HONOR TO HELP HONOR ANOTHER GROUP OF VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE, OUR SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYEES. EACH SCHOOL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE ONE OUTSTANDING SUBSTITUTE AND TONIGHT WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE THOSE HONOREES. BEING A SUBSTITUTE REQUIRES A UNIQUE LEND OF FLEXIBILITY, PATIENCE AND COURAGE. STEPPING INTO A CLASSROOM MIDWEEK AND WINNING OVER A ROOMFUL OF STUDENTS IS NO SMALL FEAT. YOU SHOW UP, OFTEN ON SHORT NOTICE, READY TO TEACH, SUPPORT AND CONNECT WITH OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER YOU ARE COVERING A KINDERGARTEN CLASS, SUPERVISING A HIGH SCHOOL EXAM , NAVIGATING THE EVER SPIRITED ENERGY OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM, YOU DO IT WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND HEART. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO ALL OF OUR SUBSTITUTES. WITH OVER 500 ACTIVE SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY SERVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, 505 TO BE EXACT , YOU REPRESENT SOME OF OUR MOST DEDICATED AND ADAPTABLE EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR RESILIENCE, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN WHENEVER AND WHEREVER YOU ARE NEEDED. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS STRONGER , MORE STABLE AND MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SUBSTITUTE FOR THE YEAR FOR YOUR SCHOOL, THANK YOU.

[2.05 Appointments]

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>> UP NEXT WE WILL HAVE APPOINTMENTS, DR. TOWNSEL?

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POST. I WILL BE ASKING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES. FIRST, VINCENT MADOARONO A DEDICATED ADMINISTRATOR WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, HEALED A SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM SALISBURY UNIVERSITY AND A MASTERS IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WITH ADMINISTRATOR ONE CERTIFICATION FROM A MACADAMIA COLLEGE. I HE HOLDS A MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION. CURRENTLY A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL, VINCENT TEACHES GOVERNMENT COURSES, MENTORS NEW TEACHERS AND SUPPORTS DATA-DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. HIS LEADERSHIP INCLUDES COORDINATING SCHOOL EVENTS, CONDUCTING WALK-THROUGHS AND PARTS THE PAINTING IN FILING 504 AND IEP PROCESSES.

PREVIOUSLY HE SERVED AS AN ADMINISTRATION INTERN AT -- HIGH SCHOOL , WHERE HE MANAGED ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, FACILITATED FIVE OF FOUR REVIEWS AND OVERSAW STUDENT SAFETY. AS GOVERNMENT TEAM LEAD AT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS HE LED CURRICULUM ALIGNMEN AND INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING. MR. MADOARONO IS COMMITTED TO DATA INFORMED LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION , I'M ASKING YOU TO AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. VINCENT MADOARONO AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL.

>> MOVES TO APPROVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ALL IN FAVOR ? >> AYE.

>> THE MOTION PASSES, 6-0. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM EXCITED TO START THIS NEW POSITION AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN AN ASPIRATION FOR MANY YEARS , FOLLOWING IN MY DAD'S FOOTSTEPS IN ADMINISTRATION. I AM VERY PROUD AND EXCITED TO ACCEPT THIS POSITION, THANK YOU

SO MUCH, THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

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>> THANK YOU. NEXT , MS. CHRISTIAN MADEEJA , DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? I APOLOGIZE, MS. MADEA HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER IN EDUCATION, CURRENTLY SERVING AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SOUTH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL I -- PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHE SAYS IN DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE ON HIGH-STAKES ASSESSMENTS MS. MADEA ALSO SUPPORTS SENIOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES AND REGULARLY ANALYZES DATA TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACADEMIC PROGRESS. PREVIOUSLY SHE HELD THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BROUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE -- CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AS A SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER AT -- HIGH SCHOOL, MS. MADEA APPLIED DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT , DESIGN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND DEVELOPED CURRICULUM. EARLIER IN HER CAREER AT HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS , SHE CORROBORATED ON CURRICULUM DESIGN, EVALUATED ASSESSMENT DATA AND ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. MS. MADEA'S EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE MAKES HER A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. I'M ASKING YOU TO AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. KRISTIN MADEA AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF CALVERT HIGH

SCHOOL. >> MOVES TO APPROVED.

>> SECOND. >> EMOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN

FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE, THE MOTION CARRIED, 5-0. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. TOWNSEL AND THE BOARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I MOVED TO CALVERT COUNTY THREE YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN I'VE HAD TWO CHILDREN AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE DEVELOPED A DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH I LIVE AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT , LORI PELEG , MS. PELEG HOLDS A MASTERS IN ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION FROM NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY. GRADUATING MAGNA LAUDE AND A BACHELORS IN MUSIC AND EDUCATION FROM WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. GRADUATING SUMMA LAUDE . CURRENTLY SHE SERVES AS THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM LEAD AT -- HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS PREVIOUSLY HELD ROLES SUCH AS DEAN OF STUDENTS AT NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND -- AT BOTH PLUM POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SPRING RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE IS A CERTIFIED IN ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION AND HAS COMPLETED RENEWAL AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING CERTIFICATION . DEMONSTRATING STRONG LEADERSHIP, MS. PELEG HAS LED VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE ANTI-VAPE CLUB. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION WITH AWARDS SUCH AS THE -- CARPENTER AWARD AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR. HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION, TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAKE MS. PELEG HIGHLY COMPETENT DEDICATED EDUCATOR AND I'M EXCITED TO ASK YOU TO AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF MS. LORI PELEG, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF -- HIGH SCHOOL.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> A MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 .

>> GOOD EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. TOWNSEL FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. I AM SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE WORK AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT I HAVE BUILT AT -- HIGH SCHOOL. I AM EXCITED TO BE APART OF PACS NATION, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY I RAISED BOTH OF OUR TWO BOYS IN

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>> YOU ARE WELCOME, THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS ALL, PRESIDENT POST. >> THANK YOU, DR. TOWNSEL. WE

[3. Consent Agenda]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING ON, ALL IN

[4. Superintendent's Report]

FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> A MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT,

DR. TOWNSEL? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POST, HELLO AGAIN. THE FIRST EVER SUPERINTENDENT LEAD STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. I MENTIONED BACK IN MARCH THAT WE WILL HOLD AN INAUGURAL SUPERINTENDENT LEAD STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND IT IS MY GOAL TO ENSURE WE CAN PROBABLY DO THIS THREE OR FOUR TIMES NEXT YEAR AND IT IS WORKSHOPS, LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION , EXCUSE ME, LEADERSHIP SERIES ON HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BECOME BETTER LEADERS WITHIN SCHOOLS AND THEIR TEAMS IN WHICH THEY SERVE, AS WELL AS WORKING ON THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS. YESTERDAY THE ACADEMY WAS HELD HERE AT CENTRAL OFFICE FROM 8:00 A.M. TILL NOON AND WE HAD HANDS-ON SESSIONS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED EXPLORING LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE REPRESENTED WERE RISING NINTH GRADERS, RISING 10TH-GRADERS AND RISING 12TH-GRADERS. IT WAS VERY VALUABLE AND I WANT TO GIVE A MAJOR SHOUT OUT TO MS. MARGO GROSS AND DR. MARCY GRUBER, WHO SUPPORTED ME IN THIS PROCESS, THEY FACILITATED SOME VERY INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING SESSIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LOOK OUT FOR THAT IN THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE OFFICE OF GIFTED , ADVANCED LEARNING AND STEM ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SPONSORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST COAST CHAPTER OF TUSKEGEE -- INC. AND THE REACH BACK AND LIFT ONE, JOCELYN DOWNS OF CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL, MARISSA FLEMING OF HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL , CONNOR GAMELY OF HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND HANNAH RICKS OF CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH, AT THE HARBORSIDE HOTEL , FOR COMPLETING LEVEL TWO OF THE SEVEN MARYLAND YOUTH IN AVIATION PROGRAM. THE STUDENTS ATTENDED GROUND SCHOOL FOR 10 WEEKENDS AND RECEIVED A ONE-ON-ONE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE WITH A PILOT AT THE ST. MARY'S REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE STUDENTS ARE PREPARING TO PASS THE FFA FEDERAL AVIATION ASSOCIATION WRITTEN EXAM , AS THEY TRANSITION TO LEVEL THREE , WHICH INCLUDES 15 HOURS OF PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT HERB JONES METRO AVIATION FLIGHT SCHOOL, IN CLINTON, MARYLAND, WITH HOPES TO FLY SOLO SOON AFTER . CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS. YOU CAN CLAP FOR THEM . ALSO A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FLYING GALAXY STOWAWAYS , THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM FROM PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . THESE TALENTED THIRD-GRADERS HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR. AFTER BEING RECOGNIZED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS DA VINCI AWARD AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IN EDGEWATER , THEY WENT ON TO WIN FIRST PLACE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN THEIR ELEMENTARY LEVEL CATEGORY AND ALSO EARNED A RENAISSANCE AWARD AT THE STATE LEVEL . THEIR JOURNEY DID NOT STOP THERE. AT THE GLOBAL FINALS , 2025 IN KANSAS CITY, THEY EARNED A SECOND DA VINCI AWARD AND 12 IN THE WORLD, EXCUSE ME, AND PLACED 12TH IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS AN EXTRA IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR FIRST TIME COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL'S. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM MANAGER, AMANDA CHRISTIANSEN, AND THE AMAZING TEAM MEMBERS OF AVA DAVE, CONNOR EWING, COLT WALKER, ELLIS CHRISTIANSEN, JOYCE MARLOW AND PETE BOND. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THIS WEEK CONCLUDES OUR END OF YEAR AWARDS AND RECOGNITION CEREMONIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AT SCHOOL. WE WISH EVERYONE THE VERY BEST AS THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

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[5.01 Policies for Review]

POST? MY BUS IS PARKED. >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT WILL HAVE OUR POLICIES FOR REVIEW AND THE FIRST ONE IS POLICY 1015 , EQUITY AND I INVITE MS. MARGO GROSS .

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I AM MARGO GROSS A SUPERVISOR OF EQUITY. AT THE MAY 8TH BOARD MEETING BOARD MEMBERS VOTED, MOTIONED AND APPROVED TO BRING A POLICY 1015 FOR DISCUSSION.

>> YOU PROBABLY RECALL WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP , PROBABLY HAS BEEN A YEAR OR SO AGO . THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEFINITIONS THAT WERE ADDED TO THIS POLICY THAT ARE NOT IN KOMAR , I THINK THERE ARE FIVE , I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS POLICY THAT ARE NOT LISTED IN KOMAR REMOVED. AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE ONLY WHAT WAS DECIDED IN KOMAR. HOW ABOUT I MAKE THAT

MOTION? >> SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0.

THANK YOU. HAPPY, SUMMER. RUN . OKAY. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS POLICY, 1915, MS. JACKIE JACOBS .

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MY NAME IS JACKIE JACOBS AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER. I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT POLICY 1915, CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. POLICY 1915 OUTLINES THE FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS POLICY HAS UNDERGONE A REVIEW AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS. THE FIRST IS IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION. WE ARE PROPOSING SEPARATING ITEM 11 INTO TWO DISTINCT POINTS TO ALIGN WITH KOMAR. THE REVISED LANGUAGE IS NOT NEW LANGUAGE BUT SEPARATED OUT, 11 WOULD SAY OPERATES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC CHARTERING AUTHORITY FROM WHICH IT CHARTER IS GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CHARTER AND 12 IS CREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW REGULATIONS AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CALVERT COUNTY. THE EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BE UPDATED BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICY AND YOU WOULD SEE WITHIN THE CITATIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING UPDATING THE CITATION UNDER STATE LAW TO INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC SECTION RANGES FROM SECTION 9.01 TO

SECTION 9.112 . >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AT A SECOND , ANY

DISCUSSION? >> YES.

>> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU . ARE THERE ANY

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>> WE HAVE NO CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CALVERT COUNTY.

>> WE HAVE NEVER USED THIS POLICY OR INVOKES THE POWER THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHARTER SCHOOL ?

>> I BELIEVE THE WAY THIS WORKS IS A CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD SUBMIT TO OPEN A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEN IT WOULD GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OR THIS POLICY AND PROCEDURES WOULD BE PUT INTO PLACE.

>> OKAY, IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED AT?

>> ONE TIME IN THE PAST IT HAS. >> OKAY.

>> I WILL LET DR. JOHNSON SHARE. >> YES, HISTORICALLY CALVERT COUNTY HAS ONLY HAD ONE APPLICATION AND THAT WAS

PRE-2000 . >> THANK YOU.

>> THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES , IT WILL BE POSTED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS.

>> TO MAKE SURE WE ARE EFFICIENT AND FORMAL, OKAY. THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING UP HERE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

WE WILL NOT VOTE. WE WILL JUST POST , FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS. ALTHOUGH , I WAS EXCITED ABOUT ALL THIS MOTION AND VOTING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE WIND OUT OF MY SAILS, KAREN.

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, 1930, ZACH SO? WHAT DID I SAY? 1913 , SORRY.

NO, NO , WE ARE NOT VOTING. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM ZACH SOLE THE

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. >> I'M LARRY TIES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES , COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND SCHOOL

SAFETY SPECIALIST. >> WE ARE HERE TO REVIEW POLICY 1930, REGARDING INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED ON A PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SCREENING. THIS POLICY ESTABLISHES THE DISTRICTS COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL SAFETY BY SETTING CLEAR CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUDS OR LISTED ON PUBLIC SEX REGISTRIES MAY ACCESS SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY BY REQUIRING SPECIFIC PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN SUCH ACCESS. IN REVIEWING THIS POLICY WE RECOMMEND UPDATING THE POLICY STATEMENT TO INCLUDE SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY. THIS REVISION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OCCASIONALLY HOLD EVENTS AT OFF-SITE LOCATIONS AND INCLUDING THIS LANGUAGE ENSURES THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS APPLY CONSISTENTLY , REGARDLESS OF THE VENUE. IT ALSO PROVIDES CLARITY FOR STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, REINFORCING THE DISTRICTS COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A REVISION OF THE FAMILY LAW ARTICLE REFERENCED IN THE CITATIONS. TO INCLUDE SECTION 5-551 OF THE FAMILY LAW ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, INSTEAD OF SECTION 5-61, BOTH OF THESE SECTIONS REFER TO BACKGROUND CHECKS, SECTION 5-551 ESTABLISHES WHO MUST UNDERGO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE FACILITIES THAT ARE COVERED. WELL 5-61 PROVIDES DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFIES THE SCOPE OF WHO IS CONSIDERED AN EMPLOYER , EMPLOYEE OR FACILITY. SECTION 5-551 SEEMS MORE ALIGNED, IT IS MORE ALIGNED TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR POLICY. AND WE

CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WE HAVE TO

DO MOTION. SORRY. >>

>> OKAY, TWO QUESTIONS. THIS IS THE POLICY FOR NON-SCHOOL

PROPERTY, CORRECT? >> THIS POLICY COVERS SCHOOL PROPERTY AND WE ARE ADDING ANY SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENTS OFF

PROPERTY. >> SO, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN IT WOULD SEEM THAT EACH OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE REGISTRY OR HAVE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND ARE RELEASED OR ON PROBATION OR WHATEVER, THEY HAVE CONDITIONS ON THOSE RELEASES GENERALLY AND HOW MIGHT THIS CONFLICT WITH THOSE CONDITIONS? SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING IN THIS POLICY THAT ADDRESSES THE COURT ORDERED

TERMS OF THE RELEASE? >> THE COURT ORDERED TERMS AND

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>> I THINK WE SHOULD STATE THAT IN THIS ALSO. THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANY COURT ORDERED TERMS , TO AVOID SCHOOLS , AREAS WITH KIDS , THOSE KIND OF THINGS. IS THAT FAIR?

>> YES, IT IS. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU, LOOK AT YOU, KILLING IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.

UP NEXT WE HAVE POLICY 3620, PROTECTION OF PEOPLE RIGHTS, MS.

CECELIA LEWIS . >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I AM CECELIA LEWIS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. TODAY I AM PRESENTING PROPOSED UPDATES TO POLICY STATEMENT NUMBER 3620, REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE RIGHTS AMENDMENT. ALSO KNOWN AS PPA OR PPR A. THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE RIGHTS AMENDMENT IS A FEDERAL LAW DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS.

PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY. IT APPLIES TO ANY PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNS THE ADMINISTRATION OF SURVEYS , ANALYSES, OR VALUATIONS, THAT INVOLVE A PROTECTED AREA . IT ALSO ADDRESSES MARKETING SURVEYS , PARENTAL ACCESS TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PHYSICAL EXAMS TO MINORS. SPECIFICALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS CCPS POLICIES TO PROTECT STUDENT RIGHTS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN SURVEYS AND PHYSICAL EXAMS . TO ALLOW AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT OR THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN SURVEYS AND PHYSICAL EXAMS . AND TO ALLOW FOR THE INSPECTION OF CERTAIN SURVEYS IN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. UPON REVIEW OF THIS POLICY THERE ARE MINOR RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO EDITS. IN SECTION C, PROTECT INFORMATION, UNDER DEFINITIONS , WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF THE TERM, GUARDIAN, AFTER THE MENTION OF PARENT AND TO CHANGE THE PHRASE, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS . ALSO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICY NUMBER 3720, REGARDING THE ENROLLMENT OF RESIDENTS IN NON-RESIDENCE IN CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS , AS A REFERENCE IN THE OTHER CITATION, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POLICY. TO HIGHLIGHT WHO QUALIFIES AS A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. I AM HAPPY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> I HAVE ONE. HI, HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. WOULD THIS OVERLAP

WITH FERBER? >> IT DOES. SO, THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS PROTECTION , FURPA , IS A PARTNER LAW IN WHICH WE PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF STUDENT RECORDS. THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CONNECTED TO RECORDS. THIS IS CONNECTED TO SURVEYS , INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PHYSICAL EXAMS.

>> WITH 80 RECORDS , LIKE ONCE YOU DO AN EXAM WITHOUT THE

CONNECTED AND COVERED BY FURPA? >> CORRECT. IF THERE WERE A MEDICAL EXAM OR ASSESSMENT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM , THAT BECOMES

A PART OF THE STUDENT RECORD. >> IS THERE ANY CONFLICT WITH

THIS POLICY AND FURPA? >> THERE IS NOT.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS WILL BE POSTED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS. THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE HAVE POLICY 3940, CONCUSSIONS FOR REVIEW, MR. KEVIN HOOK?

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION ATHLETICS AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT POLICY NUMBER 3940, HEAD INJURIES AND CONCUSSIONS. THIS POLICY IS MANDATED AS PER ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND AND KOMAR AND BASICALLY SETS UP PROCEDURES FOR ANY STUDENT WHO HAS A HEAD INJURY OR CONCUSSION THAT WE EDUCATE THEM AND WE SET UP DIFFERENT THINGS IN THEIR IEP'S, 504'S OR WHATEVER THEY WOULD NEED, SO THAT THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR EDUCATIONAL STATUS IN OUR

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>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION . AN EDIT, IN YOUR POLICY, YOUR PURPOSE, CAN YOU READ THAT FIRST

SENTENCE TO ME ? >> TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF CONCUSSION AWARENESS AND PREVENTION FOR STUDENT ATHLETES, THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, AND THE COACHES , AS OUTLINED UNDER EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND OTHER SCHOOL

SYSTEM POLICIES. >> OKAY. THE VERSION I READ ONLINE IT WAS MISSING A VERB , SOMETHING WAS MISSING IN THAT LINE, MAYBE IT WAS THE NEXT POLICY STATEMENT LINE.

>> IS SOMETHING NEEDED? >> I DON'T HAVE MY LAPTOP WITH ME. IT IS MISSING SOMETHING. YES, SORRY, POLICY STATEMENT A , THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A PROGRAM OF CONCUSSION AWARENESS. SO, HAVING IS THE OPERATIVE WORD THERE. IT IS A GERUND, AND ENGLISH MAJORS HERE? NOBODY . THANK YOU. THAT IS MY ONLY INPUT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU, IT WILL BE POSTED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS. UP NEXT WE HAVE OUR POLICY , NO, NOT A POLICY , 4400, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLANNING, MS. SHASHEETA WARNER . IT IS A POLICY, SORRY. I WAS

THINKING ABOUT THE GIANT BOOK. >> IT IS. GOOD EVENING, DR.

TOWNSEL, PRESIDENT POST, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM SHASHEETA ONE OF THE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION. I'M FOR YOU TO PRESENT POLICY 4400, REGARDING FACILITIES PLANNING AND SCHOOL GEOGRAPHICAL ATTENDANCE AREAS. WE ARE ONLY PROPOSING A MINOR CHANGE TO THE POLICY, AS NOTED ON PAGE THREE, RELATED TO ONE OF THE KOMAR CTATIONS. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME, OTHERWISE THE POLICY WILL BE POSTED FOR 30 DAYS.

>> WHICH CITATION CHANGED? OH, THAT RED THREE .

>> IT IS TOUGH TO SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, THIS WILL BE POSTED

FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS. >> THANK YOU .

[5.02 Code of Conduct Approval]

>> OKAY. UP NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE APPROVAL OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT , CAN I GET MS. CECELIA LEWIS ?

>> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I AM CECELIA LEWIS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES AND I BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES AND CODE OF CONDUCT DOCUMENT FOR THE

2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. >> THANK YOU, MS. LEWIS. THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL TODAY. THE CODE WAS INITIALLY REVIEWED AT THE MAY 22ND MEETING. I WANT TO NOTE THAT WITH LEGAL GUIDANCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT , THIS IS JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE CODE OF CONDUCT DOES NOT REQUIRE A 30 DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

PAGE TWO OF THE CODE STATES THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS REVISED ANNUALLY BY A COMMITTEE OF CCPS STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTERS AND COMMUNITY NUMBERS. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT OF CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NOT A POLICY. POLICY 1012 REQUIRES PUBLIC COMMENT HE PROVIDED FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS BUT AGAIN, THAT IS FOR POLICIES ONLY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE ANTI-RACISM RESOLUTION BE REMOVED FROM THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIED, 5-0. ON JUNE 11TH, THEN SEATED BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI-RACISM RESOLUTION. IN 2020, JUNE 11TH, 2020. SUBSEQUENTLY ON THE SAME DAY THE BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND IT

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>> SECOND. >> A MOTION IN A SECOND, ANY

DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. AS TO WHEN THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THE MEETING ON JUNE 11TH, 2020 WAS ALSO DONE WHILE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO COVID. THE BOARD WERE NOT MEETING IN PERSON AT THAT TIME, THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED VIA A CONFERENCE CALL THAT WAS A BROADCAST OVER A CURRENT LIFE FEED USING SOUND ONLY. NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS WERE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ONLY PERMITTED VIA EMAIL. I MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW THAT THE CODE BE APPROVED AS AMENDED BY THE BOARD.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AT A SECOND, ANY

DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. I ALSO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BRING BACK POLICY 1018, ANTI-RACISM OUTSIDE OF ITS NORMAL REVIEW TIME. TO

AUGUST, FOR REVIEW. >> SECOND.

>> MAKE A MOTION FIRST. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY

DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 . THANK YOU, MS. LEWIS. UP NEXT WE HAVE

[5.03 Bid Approval]

>> GOOD EVENING, DR. TOWNSEL, PRESIDENT POST, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM SHASHEETA ONE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION. I AM HERE BEFORE YOU REGARDING A BID APPROVAL RELATED TO PARTIAL INTERCOM SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PURSUANT TO CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS POLICY 5510 , THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO UTILIZE THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CONTRACT, IFB 20012 , FOR SOUND AND INTERCOM REPAIR AND INSTALLATION SERVICES, FOR THE PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF THE INTERCOM SYSTEM LOCATED AT PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE PROJECT IS THE STATE AGING SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM . WE RESPECTFULLY EQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE UTILIZATION OF THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACT , IFB 20012 , FOR PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF THE INTERCOM SYSTEM AT PLUM POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> IS THE LEAD TIME ON THE MATERIALS, IS IT READILY AVAILABLE AND IS THERE ANY EXPOSURE FOR ANY OF THEIR SIX-YEAR-OLD PRICING EXPIRING? I WOULD IMAGINE NOT BUT I APPRECIATE THAT SINCE LABOR COSTS HAVE GREATLY INCREASED FROM SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS A SMART MOVE TO USE THIS

COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. >> THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF LEADTIMES I SPOKE WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHO GAVE US A PROPOSAL . WITH BOARD APPROVAL TODAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ISSUE A P.O. AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ORDER THE MATERIALS. WE WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY ANY POTENTIAL TARIFF PRICING INCREASES.

>> AND WE EXPECT MOST OF THESE TO BE DONE OVER THE SUMMER AND

SOME IN THE WINTER? >> WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT DONE OVER THE SUMMER, IF POSSIBLE. IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WE WOULD DO

IT OVER WINTER BREAK. >> IS THERE ANY COST MATCH REQUIRED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? IS IT ALL COMING FROM GRANT

FUNDS? >> NO, NO COST MATCH IS REQUIRED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THIS IS 100% STATE GRANT FUNDS .

>> THANK YOU. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN

FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. THANK YOU.

[5.04 Grading Policy Implementation Plan]

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE GRADING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND I HAVE MR. SCOTT MCCONE COMING FORWARD .

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>> IT IS OKAY. I'M GOING TO BEGIN WHILE SHE IS PUTTING THAT UP THERE BECAUSE THE FIRST PART IS TO SAY GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I'M SCOTT MCCONE THE DIRECTOR OF SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTIONAL PERFORMANCE THAT I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE PLAN WE HAVE DEVELOPED TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S GRADING PROCEDURES AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. OUR GOAL IS TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE CURRENT GRADING PRACTICES AND RETURN TO THE BOARD DURING THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR WITH A DETAILED REPORT AND REVISED PROCEDURES FOR OUR GRADING POLICY. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY REFERENCING MARYLAND, REQUIREMENTS AND OUTLINING WHAT THE DISTRICT MUST DO WITH REGARDS TO GRADING PROCEDURES. SPECIFICALLY WE MUST, I'M SURE WE MUST HAVE GRADING PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT EXPLAIN OUR GRADING SCALE , USED AT BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS , DETAILING OUT FINAL GRADES ARE CALCULATED AND HOW COURSES MAY BE WEIGHTED. WE ALSO HAVE THE OBLIGATION OF EXPLAINING HOW STUDENT GRADES MIGHT BE CHANGED IN CASE OF AN ERROR AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AUDIT PROCESS IN PLACE TO REVIEW THOSE GRADING CHANGES, SHOULD THEY TAKE PLACE., IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IS A VALID PROCESS. WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE. IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR GRADING POLICY, 3415, WHICH ESTABLISHES CLEAR GOALS FOR OUR GRADING PROCEDURES.

SPECIFICALLY WE SAY WILL PROVIDE OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WITH ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION, ON STUDENTS PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING GOALS AND ACADEMIC STANDARDS. WE WERE SURE THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON A VARIETY OF ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING BOTH PRODUCT ASSESSMENTS, WHICH MEASURE LEARNING OUTCOMES. AND PROCESS ASSESSMENTS WHICH REFLECT THE LEARNING PROCESS ITSELF. ADDITIONALLY WE ARE COMMITTED TO REPORTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN A CONSISTENT, PRESCRIBED FORMAT. THAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE AT REGULAR INTERVALS. SO I KNOW THE REPORT CARDS WILL COME OUT ON SCHEDULE , AS PRESCRIBED IN OUR CALENDAR AND WE OBVIOUSLY DO WELL WITH THAT.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO OBVIOUS HE HAS TO THINK ABOUT THE STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL PUT IN PLACE TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.

FIRST, WE HAVE PROCEDURES AT ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THAT PROVIDE DETAILED GUIDELINES TO OUR TEACHERS ON HOW TO DETERMINE AND HOW TO PRESENT THEIR GRADES.

SECONDLY, OUR GRADING PRACTICES RECOGNIZE THAT LEARNING IS A PROCESS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE PROCESS AND PRODUCT GRADES. PROCESS GRADES ARE LITERALLY WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE. THE OTHER KINDS OF ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU EXPECT STUDENTS TO DO AS THEY ARE LEARNING NEW MATERIAL, AS THEY WRESTLE WITH NEW CONTENT, AS THEY PRACTICE NEW SKILLS.

TYPICALLY, PROCESS GRADES ARE LIKE HOMEWORK, THEY MAY BE PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS . THEY ARE ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE LESSER POINT VALUE AND THEY ARE THERE TO HELP STUDENTS MASTER THE MATERIAL. WE HAVE OUR PRODUCT GRADES, THOSE ARE THE CULMINATING TYPES OF GRADES LIKE AN END OF COURSE TEST, END OF UNIT TEST, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF STUDENTS ' KNOWLEDGE OF THE STANDARDS THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MASTERED. THIS BALANCE BETWEEN PRODUCT AND PROCESS ALLOWS US TO ACHIEVE FAIR GRADES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ALSO PROVIDE LEARNERS WITH REASSESSMENT AND ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOMETIMES A STUDENT HAS A PARTICULAR POINT THAT THE ASSESSMENT WAS MINISTERED COMPLETELY MASTER THE MATERIAL BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF DOING SO. A REASSESSMENT CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ALWAYS TO FOLLOW RE-TEACHING. THE RE-TEACHING IS TO FILL IN GAPS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THE STUDENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE RE-ASSESSMENT DEMONSTRATES WITH A STUDENT AT THAT POINT KNOWS AND IS ABLE TO DO. THE THIRD STRATEGY IS THE ONE THAT I REALLY THINK HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT THE MOST RECENTLY. TE THIRD STRATEGY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GRADING SCALE IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE. WE CURRENTLY DO THIS VIA 50% -- AND THIS ASPECT IS WHAT HAS SPARKED MANY OF THE CALLS FOR REVIEWING. I WANT EVERYONE HERE TO UNDERSTAND

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THE GOAL IS TO COLLECT AS MANY DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TACKLE THIS. TO SEE WHAT RESEARCH SAYS AND WHAT IS GOOD PRACTICE AND THEN TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW MARCH SEEMS A LONG WAY OFF TO PEOPLE.

I CAN FEEL MARCH BREATHING DOWN MY NECK ALREADY. WHAT WE WILL BE DOING THIS SUMMER IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE THE WORK TO ORGANIZE THE , SO THAT WHEN WE BEGIN OUR WORK, WHICH WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE PREPARED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AS YOU WILL SEE THE SELECTION WILL HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE COME BACK. THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER WILL APPOINT PRINCIPALS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, OFFICE DIRECTORS WILL APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WILL INVITE EVERY TEACHER OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE. WE ACTUALLY EXPECT A LARGE RESPONSE TO THAT, WE WILL CHOOSE THOSE MEMBERS BY LOTTERY . I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TILTED TOWARDS TEACHERS .

ROUGHLY 60% OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE FROM THE TEACHER CEA BARGAINING UNIT AND ROUGHLY 40% OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPRISED OF ADMINISTRATORS OR THE -- . AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK IN SEPTEMBER, AUGUST THE AFTER WE ORIENT THE MEMBERS WE WILL MAKE

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WE WILL BEGIN A BASELINE REVIEW LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO GRADING PROCEDURES AND EVALUATING THE WORK WE HAVE ALREADY PUT INTO THE GRADING PROCEDURES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.

WITH THIS BASELINE DATA AND LITERATURE REVIEW AND STUDY OF THE GRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, OUR GOAL IS THAT BY MID-SCHOOL YEAR, BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY , THAT WILL BE WHERE WE WOULD BE IN POSITION TO DRAFT REVISIONS OF OUR GRADING PROCEDURES. WHICH GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEMESTER TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS . WITH THE REALIZATION THAT WE WOULD BRING OUR REVISED PROCEDURES BACK TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR REVIEW IN MARCH. AND IF ALL GOES WELL WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO IMPLEMENT AT THE START OF THE 2026 AND 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. ONE OTHER PIECE AND THAT I WILL PAUSE AND TAKE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ONE OTHER ELEMENT THAT IS PART OF OUR TIMELINE IS THAT IN WORKING WITH OUR I.T.

DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS SOMETHING I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH A FEW OF YOU , IF WE MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE GRADING PROCEDURES, IF WE GRADE ON A DIFFERENT SCALE, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON HOW THE GPAS CALCULATED? WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON HOW GRADES ARE REPORTED? WHAT IS THE NECESSARY REPROGRAMMING OF THE BACK END BEHIND THE SCENES PART? HOW DOES THIS LOOK DIFFERENT? IN THE PAST MIMI CHANGES, FOR INSTANCE A FEW YEARS BACK WE WENT FROM HAVING FIVE MARKING PERIODS, BEING A FINAL EXAM, TO FOUR MARKING PERIODS AND THAT MEANT WE HAD TO PAY THE VENDOR TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM AND AT THAT TIME , I BELIEVE THAT WAS A THREE OR FOUR MONTH PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END. WE HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE END OUR WORK EARLY ENOUGH THAT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU, TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE DOCUMENTATION PUT INTO PLACE AND ALSO THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE BACK END MATERIAL.

SO, THERE IS NOT A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE THIS IN PLACE BY THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT WE HAVE SOME HICCUPS THAT WILL PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> WHY ARE WE ONLY LOOKING AT GRADING PROCEDURES FROM MARYLAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

>> FIRST OF ALL WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRADING PROCEDURES FROM MARYLAND BECAUSE , REMEMBER, ALL MARYLAND SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH COMAR AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THERE GRADING PROCEDURES WILL BE COMPLIANT.

NOTICE I SAID WE ARE LOOKING AT MARYLAND, NOT THAT WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT MARYLAND. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD SCOUR THE COUNTRY FOR GRADING PROCEDURES PER SAY BUT THE GRADING PROCEDURES AT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED , THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR LITERATURE REVIEW.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT TEACHERS WILL BE SELECTED BY LOTTERY.

ADMINISTRATORS ARE BEING HAND SELECTED, WIRE ADMINISTRATORS

ALSO NOT SELECTED BY LOTTERY? >> THINK SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS COULD BE , I THINK HAND SELECTED IS , I THINK THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR PRINCIPALS, THAT WOULD BE A TO -- IF SHE WANTED TO DO THAT BY LOTTERY. I CAN TELL YOU THERE WILL BE A FEW INDIVIDUALS I WANT TO HAVE ON THIS AND WHEN IT COMES TO HAND SELECT, I THINK WE ARE SELECTING BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR RESULT BECAUSE I CAN SAY IN ALL HONESTY THAT I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR RESULT IN MIND, OTHER THAN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE PUT UP THERE ABOUT FAIR AND EQUITABE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH A SET OF PROCEDURES THAT DOES NOT JUST CONTINUE THE ANXIETY THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING. TO FINISH THAT ANSWER , WHEN I SAY THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE I WANT TO HAND IT, I WILL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES. OUT OF OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT, THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TECHNICAL CHANGES AND THE PERSON WHO CURRENTLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRADEBOOK PROGRAM , THEY NEED TO BE THERE, THEY BRING EXPERTISE THAT IS NOT RANDOM. WENT TO A RANDOM PROCESS AND SOME OF THE LOTTERY THEY WERE EXCLUDED, THAT WOULD BE A COST TO THE PROCESS. THERE WILL BE A FEW INDIVIDUALS HERE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT STUDENT SERVICES OR BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT I.T. AND THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR SKILL SET THAT NEEDS

TO BE INVOLVED. >> YOU EXPLAINED THE 10% INCREMENT AND THEN 50% HAVING 60% REALLY, THE ISSUE WITH THAT

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>> THE FIRST THING YOU SAID I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT , I AM NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND COLLECT THE 2008 TO , NOT SURE WHEN THOSE GRADING PROCEDURES FROM A 50% FOR, HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK BUT I HAVE NO INTENTION OF GOING BACK AND COLLECTING THAT AND HAVING THAT BE THE BASELINE.

>> I AM JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH CURRENT RESEARCH THERE IS?

>> VERY CURRENT RESEARCH. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT RESEARCH , WE ARE LOOKING FOR RESEARCH FROM 2015 TO 2025, THE LAST 10 YEARS AND IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GO BACK FURTHER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS FAIR, OPEN, HONEST AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS WE WANT THE BEST ANSWERS. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR RESEARCH THAT SAYS WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE THING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY DONE. IF WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT STANCE I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH RIGHT NOW , THAT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS FOR ME TO COME BACK HERE IN MARCH AND SAY, WE STUDIED IT AND IT IS PERFECT, YOU KNOW? WE KNOW WE HAVE THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT. THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A STUDENT WHO GETS A ZERO AND YOU TALK ABOUT A STUDENT WHO STRUGGLES AND MAYBE GET THE 25 , IN BOTH INSTANCES , WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THAT BOTH OF THOSE DESCRIBED FAILURES AND THE GOAL IS THAT THE FAILURE IS REPRESENTED EQUALLY TO ANYTHING ELSE . I KNOW I SHARED , I AM NOT HERE TO DEFEND THE CURRENT, I'M HERE TO SAY WE ARE WORKING ON A DESIGN. BUT I DID SHARE WITH A FEW OF YOU THAT IF I PUT FIVE GRADES UP THERE AND FOUR WERE B'S, 86, 87 , 84 -0 UP THERE AND I DID THE MATH, IF I SAID JUST LOOK AT THESE FOUR 480% RANGE GRADES AND THE ZERO, TELL ME WHAT KIND OF STUDENT THIS IS? PEOPLE REASONABLY SAY THAT IS A B STUDENT. BUT IF I DO THE MATH I GET A D, I GET A 67 WITH THE NUMBERS I USED WITHOUT EXAMPLE. THE GOAL REALLY ISN'T, FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF THE CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH TALKS ABOUT A FAIR AND EQUABLE GRADING SYSTEM, WE WANT TO GRADE STUDENTS ON WHAT THEY PRODUCE. THEIR ABILITY TO EXHIBIT A CERTAIN SKILL SET, CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE, WE REALLY GET INTO TRICKY TERRITORY WHEN WE GREAT KIDS ON EFFORTS BECAUSE STATUS A SUBJECTIVE THING BUT WHAT A STUDENT PRODUCES IN TERMS OF A GRADE ON A TEST OR THE QUALITY OF A PROJECT BASED ON A RUBRIC, THAT IS TANGIBLE. I DON'T MEAN TO GO ON BUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER A REALLY IMPORTANT, WE WANT TO GRADE ON THINGS THAT ARE TANGIBLE AND ARE EVIDENCE-BASED. SECONDLY, EVEN WHEN THE STUDENT, SOMETIMES HER STUDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND AND DO NOT DO WELL AND SUPPOSED TO MAKE A BAD DECISION AND I'LL STUDY, SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T DO IT AND GET A ZERO. THEY NEED TO PAY CONSEQUENCE FOR THAT, THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THEY GET A D AND THE E DOES NOT DISCOUNT WHEN THEY GET FOUR OTHER BEES AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. %-Ú BUT GETS A ZERO, CALVERT COUNTY WITH OUR CURRENT ACADEMIC SUPPORTS, THEY ARE EXTENSIVE. STUDENTS ARE OFFERED RE-TEACHING RETEST OPPORTUNITIES, EXTENSIONS ON ASSIGNMENTS AND 24/7 ACCESS TO GRADE THE HOME ACCESS CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN SET UP ALERT NOTIFICATIONS WHEN GRADES FALL BELOW A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. OUR TEACHERS , THE TRUE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF GRADING CLEARLY WANT A DISTINCTION IN GRADING FOR STUDENTS WHO PUT FORTH NO EFFORT AND TURN IN NO WORK.

THEIR INSIGHT DRAWN FROM YEARS OF DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTING A 50% GRADING POLICY SHOULD CARRY MEANINGFUL WEIGHT IN THIS

DISCUSSION. >> AND I THINK THAT IS WHY I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY. THAT VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD, THE BOARD HAS ASKED THAT WE RE-CONSIDER OUR GRADING PROCEDURES. THAT IS

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>> I WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING BUT HE SEEMED VERY OPEN MINDED AND OPEN TO NEW IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS. I HOPE IT TAKES US TO A BETTER PLACE. THANK YOU.

>> I ECHO THE SENTIMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT AND IT WILL BE HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY WITH STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE HEARD, I THINK FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THEIR STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE 50% WEIGHT AND I CAN TELL YOU MY CHILDREN, COUPLE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY HAVE MADE THE EFFORT AND DID NOT DO WELL. SO , I THINK I'M ON A DIFFERENT , I SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT LENS AND MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE , I SEE BOTH REALLY BECAUSE I ALSO DO NOT WANT THEM TO GET A GRADE FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING THE GRADE. BUT TWO OF THEM HAVE ADHD AND HAVE STRUGGLED AND THAT HAS BEEN A CONSIDERATION FOR TEACHERS WITH THEM. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE IS ALSO , WHEN THIS INITIAL GRADING POLICY WAS IMPLEMENT IT IT WAS PROBABLY SOME TIME AGO AND PERHAPS THERE ARE NEW TEACHERS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR AS TO THE WHY , IS THERE A PLAN FOR SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR TRAINING PRIOR TO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? SINCE WE WILL BE USING THIS FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.

>> IT IS SOMETHING , WE HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR MINISTRY TO STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY OUR ADVISORY STAFF IN AUGUST. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER OPERATION BULLETIN, RESOURCES THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE MIGHT TACKLE OUR GRADING PROCEDURES, THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE 50% FOUR. THAT WAS A LONG-WINDED ANSWER, THE SHORT ONE IS THAT YES, WE NEED TO REVISIT OUR GRADING PROCEDURES AND MAKE SURE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHY THE 50% FOR EXISTS AND THAT IT IS NOT JUST TO GIVE AWAY, IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A GIVEAWAY BUT TO

BALANCE THE GRADING SCALE. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A FACT-FINDING OF SCHOOLS WHO HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE 50% RULE, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MARYLAND.

>> WE HAVE PULLED THE GRADING PROCEDURES FROM ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS , I CANNOT LITERALLY TELL YOU RIGHT THIS MOMENT BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE STILL MANY SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE A 50% FLOOR, OTHERS THAT DON'T BUT THEY HAVE A 40% FLOOR, THEY HAVE SOME VERSION OF THAT. ONE THING I HAVE TO WORK ON IS FINDING OUT IF THERE ARE ANY THAT HAD A 50% FLOOR AND MOVED AWAY FROM IT OR WENT FROM A 50% FLOOR OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT MODEL. I WILL DEFINITELY DO

THAT. >> MR. HARRISON?

>> MAYBE I WAS SLEEPING DURING THE LAST MEETING WE VOTED TO GET AWAY FROM THE 50, I DON'T KNOW BUT THE ZERO TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. I AM NOT FOLLOWING THE LOGIC THAT THERE IS ONLY 60 POINTS TO FAIL AND 10 POINTS TO SUCCEED, I AM NOT FOLLOWING THE LOGIC BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS HOW LONG DID IT TAKE US TO GO FROM THE ZERO POLICY WE HAD TO THE 50% POLICY? HOW LONG DID

THAT TAKE? >> CALVERT COUNTY SCHOOLS OF GRADED STUDENTS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, WE MOVED TO A 100 POINT SCALE IN THE EARLY TO MID-'90S AND THEN WE MOVED TO OUR 50% FLOOR , I WANT TO SAY SOMEWHERE IN THE 2008 TO 2010 RANGE, IS THAT ACCURATE? A LITTLE EARLIER A LITTLE LATE ON THAT, MAYBE A LITTLE EARLIER.

THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE FAILING RANGE , ACTUALLY THE SLIDE , WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY. THE SLIDE I WAS GOING TO PUT UP THERE PROVIDED FIVE GRADE, 88, 82, 81, A ZERO AND AN 86. THE SIMPLE MATHEMATICS OF A 100 POINT SCALE IS THAT IF ONE OF THOSE GRADES IS A ZERO THEN THE STUDENT WHO GOT AN 88, 82, 81 AND AN 86 BUT ALSO GOT A ZERO, THEIR GRADE IS A 67 AND THAT IS SIMPLE MATHEMATICS. THE REASON

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>> I JUST THINK, MY NUMBERS ALWAYS HAVE TO ADD UP AND I KNOW RAISING THREE KIDS ARE IN THE COUNTY, I KNOW THAT MY BOYS GAMED THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY WOULD GET AT LEAST A 50 IF THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING. SO, I SAY THAT YOU KNOWING THAT IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. THE ZERO TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME AND THAT B STUDENT IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO MISS THAT ASSIGNMENT.

>> I THINK WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE GENERALLY GOOD STUDENTS WHO HAVE FOR WHATEVER REASON A BAD DAY BUT AGAIN, I KNOW WE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT ADVOCATING AWAY FROM A 50% FLOOR AND THAT IS WHY I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. I REALIZE THAT IS SOMETHING YOU ARE ASKING US TO STUDY AND SEE IF THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT CAN BOTH BE FAIR AND AT THE SAME TIME MAYBE

TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MCCOMB . UP NEXT WE HAVE THE

[5.05 Budget Approval FY2026]

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I SERVE AS THE DISTRICT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE CEILING IS RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE INITIAL FY '26 BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH INCLUDES TWO FUNDS, THOSE BEING THE UNRESTRICTED FUND AND THE RESTRICTED FUND. ALSO THE FOOD SERVICE FUND AND FORTH, THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND. A SPREADSHEET IS INCLUDED IN THIS ELECTRONIC BOARD PACKET THAT RESENTS THE PROPOSED INITIAL FY '26 BUDGETS FOR EACH OF THESE FOREMENTIONED FUNDS. SUBSEQUENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED FY '26 BUDGET IS NOT SUBJECT TO EXTERNAL APPROVALS. AS OF 9:15 THIS MORNING THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD NOT YET RELEASED THE FY '26 STATE EIGHT AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MARYLAND, CONSEQUENTLY THE PROJECTIONS IN THAT CALVERT COUNTY REVENUE PROJECTIONS INCLUDED IN THE '26 BUDGET MAY REQUIRE SUBSEQUENT REVISION. THE RECOMMENDATION IS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED AS PRESENTED THE INITIAL FY '26 BUDGET FOR THE UNRESTRICTED FUND, THE RESTRICTED FUND, THE FOOD SERVICE FUND , AND THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND. I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

HAVE. >> CAN I GET A MOTION FIRST?

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AT A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

>> LOTS OF DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. MR. HARRISON, WOULD YOU

LIKE TO GO FIRST? >> HI, SCOTT, THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, SORRY. WE ARE KIND OF SHORT ON TIME ON THIS, WE JUST GOT IT YESTERDAY AND I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF MOVING PARTS BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS I MADE A PROMISE DURING THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SROS AT EVERY SCHOOL AND I DID NOT SEE THOSE BUILD IN HERE. THAT IS ONE ITEM. I THINK WE PUT THAT AT 875 , ONE OF THOSE ITERATIONS . THAT IS ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE COUNTY AMOUNT THAT WE HAD BEEN THINKING WAS GOING TO BE 164 SEVEN , IT IS NOW AT 163 AND I HEARD THE

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FROM THAT? >> THAT IS DUE IN PART TO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, I GUESS. THAT AMOUNT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED AND IT WILL BE FINALIZED ONCE THE STATE AID ALLOCATIONS ARE FINALIZED AND COMMUNICATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THAT NUMBER, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY BUDGET DOES INCLUDE AN AMOUNT BASED ON THE MOE, THE NUMBERS NOT FINALIZED

YET BY THE STATE. >> I THOUGHT THEY VOTED ON THEIR

BUDGET ON THE 10TH. >> THE COUNTY VOTED ON THEIR BUDGET BUT THE STATE HAS NOT FINALIZED THE MOE. IF THE STATE WERE TO INCREASE THE MOE THAN IT WOULD BE AN OBLIGATION TO

INCREASE . >> THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISE THEIR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT OUR MONEY AT

THAT LEVEL, CORRECT? >> THEY WOULD NEED TO INCREASE

THEIR ALLOCATION. >> OKAY. AND ONE OF THE OTHER MEETINGS I SUGGESTED WE GET AN M.O. YOU AND I KNOW THE FINANCE DIRECTOR JUST LEFT. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOMEBODY NEW THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD RAPPORT WITH BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN WORK ON THAT M.O. YOU FOR THE CASH TO MAKE SURE WE CAN RELY ON THE COUNTY TO BACKSTOP US FOR CASH BECAUSE THEY SEE IN THE RESULTS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH ABOUT 17 OR 18 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE, IS THAT STILL YOUR NUMBER?

>> THAT AMOUNT IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FY '25 BUDGET,

YES. >> OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> YES, I AM LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS , ACTUALLY , WE HAVE THE NUMBERS HERE WHAT WE APPROVED VERSUS WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING NOW, RIGHT? PAGE 2 AND 4 , MAYBE ? THE LAST NUMBER I HAD FOR LOCAL, FOR EXAMPLE, 2497 , 249-7328, THIS SAYS 3048 304-8426 . THAT IS GOING UP, WE KNEW THE LOCAL COUNTY APPROPRIATION WOULD GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATED THAT . WE ARE INCREASING FUND BALANCE USAGE. IS THAT TRUE?

>> IN FI '26, INCREASE FROM THE BOARD APPROVED FEBRUARY BUDGET,

YES. >> HAD INCREASED AFTER THAT OR YOU ARE SAYING THE FUND BALANCE IS THE SAME AMOUNT WE APPROVED?

>> INCREASED AFTER BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY'S REDUCTION IN THE APPROPRIATION FROM THE COUNTY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> OKAY. >> HOW MUCH EXACTLY DID IT INCREASE? I APOLOGIZE, I GOT THESE DOCUMENTS AS I WAS DRIVING OVER HERE. I HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO DIGEST ALL OF THIS.

TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION THIS EVENING BUT HOW MUCH OF THE FUND BALANCE, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL DOLLAR INCREASE.

>> ARE YOU ASKING HOW MUCH THE FUND BALANCE CHANGED OR THE

PROJECTED CHANGE ? >> UTILIZATION. HOW MUCH THE FUND BALANCE WE ARE USING, CORRECT?

>> I THINK WE ARE MISSING UP TWO FISCAL YEARS. AS FOR FY '25 WE PROJECT TO USE 17 MILLION INSTEAD OF $25 MILLION. AN $8 MILLION IMPROVEMENT IN THE USE OF FUND BALANCE. FOR FY IN 26 , WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE USED AND PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET FROM THE AMOUNT SHOWN IN PINK , IF WE CAN SCROLL DOWN. TWO OR THREE MORE PAGES.

>> THE INCREASE OF THE FUND BALANCE USES BY 1.1 BILLION.

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> I JUST HAVE TO SAY , I KNOW YOU ALREADY SAID IT BUT WE JUST GOT THESE DOCUMENTS AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN GO THROUGH IT, DIGEST IT, UNDERSTAND IT AND I JUST YEAH.

>> IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET , SO, WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION FAILS,

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0-5. THANK YOU , PAUL. >> SHASHEETA --

>> YES, RBC HAS TO BE BEFORE , THE COUNTY JUST APPROVED THEIR BUDGET ON JUNE 10TH , SO WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET OUR BUDGET APPROVED TO THEM . IF WE COULD TARGET MAYBE JUNE 30TH , IF OUR SOFTWARE IS STILL AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS GOING DOWN IN JULY AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT HAVING A MEETING. WE CAN MARK THAT IS A TENTATIVE DATE FIRST AND IF NOT THEN WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK FOR THAT. THAT WILL AT LEAST GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEN TALK TO MR. JOHNSON INDIVIDUALLY IF THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE A

QUESTION. >> DO WE HAVE A DATE ON THE MOE

DETERMINATION FOR THE STATE? >> SORRY, CAN I REQUEST IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, THAT WHAT WE , DOCUMENTS AND WE GET FOR YOU AS OUR APPROVED BUDGET AND THE PROPOSAL DOES IT IS REALLY UNCLEAR WHERE WE ARE MAKING THE CUTS AND CHANGES. IF WE COULD HAVE WHAT WE APPROVED AND NOW WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL, SIDE-BY-SIDE, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

>> DO YOU MEAN SOMETHING OTHER THAN --

>> YES. I NEED MORE DETAIL. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND ALL THE CHANGES.

>> WHERE WERE GOING TO ADD SROS AND MAYBE WE ARE NOT GOING TO OR WHERE WE WERE ADDING BEHAVIORAL TEXT AND WHERE WE ARE NOT GOING

TO AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> JUST TO THE LEFT OF THAT VERTICAL PINK AREA YOU WILL SEE A REFERENCE , ABBREVIATED, THAT REFERS TO THE CODE OR THE LETTER, THE NEXT PAGE, SORRY.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT. WE CAN

[5.06 Budget Amendment]

>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

>> THANK YOU, WITH THE FISCAL YEAR '25 SOON ENDING IS RECOMMENDING THE BOARD APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FUNDS. UNRESTRICTED FUND, RESTRICTED FUND, FOOD SERVICE FUND AND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND. THE SPREADSHEET IS INCLUDED HERE AND IT PRESENTS THE ORIGINAL FY '25 BUDGETS. THE CURRENT FY '25 BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED FINAL FY '25 BUDGETS. THE RECOMMENDED FY '25 YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENTS , INCLUDING THE TRANSFERS ATTACHED HERE ARE PRESENTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL FOR POLICY 5515 AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ARE AN ABUTMENT ARE SUBJECT TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AND FOR THESE BUDGET COUNCIL WAS AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET WAS INITIALLY ADAPTED ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL IS PRESENTED THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, INCLUDING BUDGET TRANSFERS FOR THE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS, FOOD SERVICE FUND AND THE SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTION FUND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE .

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD, MR. HARRISON.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES, MAYBE IT IS ABOUT YOUR DEFINITION. IS YOUR GOAL IN THE BUDGET TRANSFER TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH FUND , YOU DON'T HAVE A DEFICIT IN ANY FUND? IS THAT WHY YOU'RE MOVING

MONEY BACK AND FORTH? >> IT IS PRIMARILY TO UPDATE THE AMOUNTS IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET HAS SUFFICIENT

FUNDS FOR EACH ACCOUNT. >> OKAY.

>> AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET IS , IT FULLY FUNDS

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>> HAVE YOU MADE A DRAW ON THE FUND BALANCE ALREADY FOR JUNE?

>> WE DON'T MAKE A DRAW ON FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE IS AN ACCOUNTING CONCEPT AS YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT AN ACCOUNT THAT WE DRAW FUNDS FROM, EXCEPT WHEN WE -- DURING THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSEOUT PROCESS. ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT FUND BALANCE?

>> MAY BE ANY TO PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY. WE RAN OUT OF CASH , NO, I GUESS WE RAN OUT OF CASH , $17 MILLION AGO BECAUSE YOU ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO 17 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE TO GET

TO THE YEAR END. >> TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE NOT RUN OUT OF CASH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE TO RUN OUT OF CASH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE DISTRICT HAS SUFFICIENT CASH RESERVES TO

LEAVE THE FISCAL YEAR. >> OKAY. WHEN DO WE PULL THE 17 MILLION THAT YOU ARE ASKING HERE IN THE BUDGET?

>> 7 MILLION PLAN FOR FUND BALANCE YOU SHOULD STEERING FY '25 OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IT IS NOT ON ANY

SPECIFIC DAY. >> WAS STILL IN -- TERMS, MY BANK BALANCE WAS 49 MILLION IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, IS THAT

RIGHT? 49.6 I THINK IT WAS. >> I WAS OUR FUND BALANCE, 46.9 BUT THAT IS NOT ALL-CASH. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION ITS RECEIVABLES FROM THE STATE OR COUNTY.

>> OKAY. BUT THAT WAS THE SURPLUS THAT MADE IT TO THE

BANK? >> THAT WAS THE FUND BALANCE.

>> HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS CASH IN THE BANK?

>> I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE AUDIT REPORT.

>> I'M TRYING TO WORK BACKWARDS INTO THE TWO MONTHS OF CASH THAT THE GADSBY LITERATURE SUGGESTED EVERY SCHOOL BOARD HAVE.

>> IS A CLARIFICATION THE GF OA RECOMMENDS AT LEAST TWO MONTHS OF THE FUND BALANCE , NECESSARILY CASH.

>> OKAY. WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A FUND BALANCE OF 46.9 AND WHAT WILL WE END THE YEAR, JUNE 30TH , WITH IN FUND BALANCE?

SOME OF WHICH MAY BE CASH. >> WE WILL ROUNDED TO $47 MILLION , TO MAKE THE MATH EASY, -17, THAT WOULD BE 30 MILLION.

>> GIVEN THAT OUR BURN RATE IS 23 MILLION, WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 23 MILLION IN CASH ON THE FUND BALANCE, IS THAT FAIR?

>> THE RATE IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD BE

$17 MILLION . >> THE BURN RATE OF THE FUND BALANCE? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MONTH-TO-MONTH AMOUNT THAT WE GO THROUGH IN THE BUDGET. WE ARE STILL SITTING ON A $30 MILLION FUND BALANCE AFTER JUNE 30TH CLOSES .

>> THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING.

>> AND WE PAY THE -- BILLS, THOSE ARE ALL PAID?

>> THE AMOUNTS WE HAVE BEEN BUILT SO FAR, YES.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. GOSHORN? OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN

FAVOR? >> AYE .

>> ALL OPPOSED? >> NAY .

>> THE MOTION FAILS, 4-1. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTATION, THIS WILL HAVE TO GO ON TO THE TENTATIVE MEETING

OF JUNE 30TH. >> THANK YOU.

[5.07 Approve Meet and Confer MOU]

>> THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. UP NEXT WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MEET AND CONFIRM M.O. YOU UNDERSTANDING, DR. JOHNSON?

>> TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO THE SUCCESSOR FOR NON-CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTED BEFORE YOU. IT WOULD BE VALID JULY 25 THROUGH JUNE 29TH.

>> I NEED A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY

DISCUSSION? >> WHAT IS THE POPULATION OF

FOLKS IN THIS GROUP? >> I BELIEVE IT IS BETWEEN 18

AND 22. >> OKAY, ARE YOU A PART OF THAT

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GROUP? >> I AM NOT.

>> WHAT GROUP ARE YOU GUYS? >> JACKIE AND I ARE NOT PART OF ANY GROUP, MS. JACOBSON I ARE NOT PART OF ANY GROUP, THE CFO

IS PART OF THE MEET AND CONFER. >> OKAY.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. NEXT

[6.01 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-UP SHEET MAY NOT CONVEY, TRANSFER OR RELINQUISH ANY PART OF THEIR SPEAKING TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON OR GROUP. IF YOU HAVE HANDOUTS OR WRITTEN TESTIMONY, PLEASE GIVE THEM TO KAREN MAXEY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO BOARD MEMBERS. TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL CONFIDENTIALITY , PLEASE DO NOT MENTION SPECIFIC STUDENTS, OR STAFF MEMBERS IN YOUR REMARKS.

ALL COMMENTS ARE TO BE MADE IN A CIVIL MANNER. ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE ASKED TO STOP SPEAKING AND MAY FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK AT FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VALUES YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND THE BOARD CANNOT RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS OR ENTER INTO A DISCUSSION WITH YOU DURING THE MEETING. CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL RESPOND TO THE ISSUES YOU RAISED IF YOU PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WHEN YOU SIGN IN. WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE WELCOME AT ANY TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE BOARD.

>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS ASH ASHELMAN . SORRY.

>> I AM ASH ASHLEMAN AND I'M HERE IN REGARDS OF THE FLAG POLICY, STANDARD TODAY IS NEITHER FRIENDS NO FOE JUST ANOTHER VOICE IN THE CROWD. WHILE MY TIME SPEAKING PUBLICLY AT THESE HEARINGS HAS BEEN SHORT I HAVE LEARNED SOME VITAL INFORMATION AND SOME UNIVERSAL TRUTHS. REASONING AND EMPATHY REALLY TALK. RARELY CHANGE FROM PUBLIC FIGURES BUT MONEY DOES.

YOU ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A LAWSUIT. A BIG ONE. THIS IS NOT A THREAT, JUST A SIMPLE FACT. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE VERY CHAIRS YOU SAID ON IS BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION THAT YOU ARE BLATANTLY VIOLATING IF YOU GO ANY FURTHER WITH THIS POLICY. THIS IS A FORM OF CENSORSHIP, A VIOLATION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION YOU MAY THINK YOU ARE FREE TO DO AS YOU PLEASE, TO RESTRICT WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT SHOW ACTIVE SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS. HAVING EXCLUSIVE IN HOW YOU RUN THINGS. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR POWER ONLY GO SO FAR ON THE BASIS OF THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE, TINKER VERSUS DES MOINES'S, I HELPFULLY PROVIDED TO YOU, MS. POST. IF IT IS TOO LONG TO LOOK AT, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT STATES. FULLY SOURCED OF COURSE. THE MAJORITY RULED THAT NOT ONLY DO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS STILL HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION IN SCHOOLS BUT THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROHIBIT SPEECH OR EXPRESSION, ONLY ON THE SUSPICION THAT IT WOULD DISRUPT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. OTHER CASES BUILT UP A DECISION HAVE HELD THAT RULE FIRM. SPEECH AND EXPRESSIONS CAN ONLY BE RESTRICTED IF IT CAUSES ACTIVE DISRUPTION. ALSO ESTABLISHED BY -- , THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU LET -- SOME GOOD, ALTHOUGH IT IS BACK. LET'S HAVE A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS GERMANY DID WAS BAN THE ORIGINAL GERMAN EMPIRE FLAG DUE TO IT BEING SEEN AS REACTIONARY. A BAND THAT SOON BROACHED INTO A DISPLAY OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS MEMORABILIA AND ANYTHING ELSE SEEN AS REACTIONARY OR AGAINST THOSE IDEALS. WE CAN SEE THE SAME THING HAPPENING CURRENT DAY WITH THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA, IT IS A GENOCIDE EXPLICITLY STATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THE WAY YOU ARE LETTING YOURSELF IS NOW THE HEROES OF HISTORY, YOU ARE NOT HANDLING YOUR POSITION WITH GRACE OR NEUTRALITY, YOU ARE ALIGNING YOURSELF WITH VILLAINS AND LET ME TELL YOU, HISTORY WILL REMEMBER THAT, I SURELY

WILL. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHERRY TARDIO .

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>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POST, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. HAPPY, PRIDE MONTH. MY NAME IS SHERRY TARDIO AND I'M A PRINCE FREDERICK RESIDENT, JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH.

PRIDE MONTH COMMEMORATES THE STONEWALL RIOTS, A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE LGBTQ RIGHTS MOVEMENT , IT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE STRUGGLES AND SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE AND ENCOURAGES CONTINUED EFFORTS FOR EQUALITY, INCLUSIVENESS AND REPRESENTATION . WHY IS PRIDE MONTH STILL NEEDED IN 25? PRIDE IS STILL NEEDED BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A RISE IN HATE CRIMES TOWARDS THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, SAME SEX COUPLES CANNOT HOLD HANDS IN PUBLIC WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY ATTACKED. LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR ALLIES ARE OSTRACIZED AND ACCUSED OF BEING POTENTIAL GROOMERS. PRIDE IS NEEDED BECAUSE LGBTQ CHILDREN ARE STILL AFRAID OF COMING OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF BEING DISOWNED, BECOMING UNHOUSED, BEING ABUSED AND COMMITTING SUICIDE. DUE TO LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT. PRIDE IS NEEDED BECAUSE THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS ERODING THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHTS TO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW. EVEN GOING AS FAR AS CRIMINALIZING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. PRIDE IS NEEDED BECAUSE BULLYING AND SLURS IN SCHOOLS CONTINUE , DESPITE ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES. IT IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE TRYING TO ERASE LGBTQAI+ VISIBILITY AND REPRESENTATION , BY CREATING FLAG POLICIES UNDER THE GUISE OF POLITICAL NEUTRALITY. THIS BOARD HAS ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF SAFE SPACE STICKERS UNDER THE GUISE OF STUDENT PROTECTION. PRIDE MONTH IS STILL NEEDED IN 2025 BECAUSE EQUALITY , INCLUSIVENESS AND REPRESENTATION OF THE LGBTQAI+ COMMUNITY IS STILL LACKING AND IS BEING SYSTEMATICALLY ERODED BY OUR GOVERNMENT. THIS BOARD'S POLICIES ARE WHY PRIDE MONTH IS STILL NEEDED. THIS BOARD NEEDS TO PAUSE AND THINK CRITICALLY BEFORE CREATING POLICIES THAT CLAIM TO PROTECT STUDENTS , WHEN THOSE POLICIES ACTUALLY DO HARM TO THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LGBTQAI+ HISTORY AND TO SPEAK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS. LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS WITH AN OPEN MIND AND HEART. DO BETTER. HAPPY, PRIDE. AND WHILE I STILL HAVE 10 SECONDS I WILL ADD THAT SEEING FIVE WHITE BOARD MEMBERS JUST VOTE TO REMOVE AN ANTI-RACISM POLICY SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER AND NONE OF IT IS

GOOD. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELOISE MARVEL .

>> GOOD EVENING, DR. TOWNSEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M ELOISE MARVEL AND I'M IN THIRD GRADE AND THIS YEAR IS A PART OF MY SCHOOL'S DESTINATION IMAGINATION TRIP WE HAD THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD. IF YOU'VE NOT HEARD OF DESTINATION IMAGINATION IT IS A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WORK IN TEAMS TO SOLVE S.T.E.M. CHALLENGES WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM ADULTS. ADULTS. ADULTS. THERE WAS AN AWESOME DEMONSTRATION TO EXPLAIN THE -- PHENOMENON, WITHOUT THE CHEMICAL REACTION AND WROTE A WHOLE SCRIPT . WE HAD TO TEST AND CHANGE IDEAS AGAIN AND AGAIN WHICH TAUGHT US PERSEVERANCE AND FLEXIBILITY. WE PICKED UP REAL LIFE SKILLS USING A SEWING MACHINE, DRILL IN A CIRCULAR SAW. ONE OF MY TEAM MATES AND I -- AND IT HELPED US MAKE FRIENDS AND FEEL LIKE WE TRULY BELONG. WE PUSHED OURSELVES AND TRY TO RAISE THE BAR A LITTLE HIGHER. WE WON FIRST PLACE AT THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND MADE OUR PROJECT EVEN BETTER AND WON FIRST PLACE IN STATE. AND THEN IN GLOBALS WE PLACED 12TH IN THE WORLD. WE MADE FRIENDS FROM NEW COUNTRIES LIKE UKRAINE. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, THIS YEAR -- MADE IT TO REGIONALS -- GLOBAL FINALS. CALVERT COUNTY HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR GROUP OF

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YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RON

EDWARDS. >> ALL RIGHT, DOES THIS WORK? ALL RIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD , MY NAME IS RONALD EDWARD , I GO BY SHORTY, I'M 6'10" , I DO NOT PLAY BASKETBALL, DO NOT ASK.

EITHER WAY. I'M A PARENT OF FIVE DAUGHTERS , I HAVE BEEN A FOSTER PARENT TO 14 CHILDREN , I HAVE BEEN A SOFTBALL PARENT FOR GOING ON 12 YEARS , I HAVE BEEN A MENTOR TO 50 + CHILDREN, ADULTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND PEERS. I ASK YOU , AND MANY OF US SEATED HERE TO IDENTIFY, HELP ME IDENTIFY, WHICH OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BULLIED? WHICH ONES KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ABUSED ? OR ADOPTED? WHO HAS BEEN NEGLECTED BUT AT THE SAME TIME HUA BEEN LOVED AND APPRECIATED , CAN WE SPOT THOSE CHILDREN? JUST LOOKING AT THEM OR BASED ON HOW THEY LOOK? WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED OR ABANDONED? ON ANOTHER VIEW, WHICH CHILD BY LOOKING AT THEM SMOKES OR VAPES , OR HAS DRINKING PROBLEMS OR DRUG PROBLEMS? WHICH ONES STEAL OR ARE BULLIES THEMSELVES? DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE LOST A SIBLING OR A PARENT? CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONES ARE DEPRESSED OR CURRENTLY IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM OR THE JUVENILE SYSTEM FOR THAT MATTER? CAN YOU TELL BY LOOKING AT THEM WHICH ONES ARE STRAIGHT OR WILL GROW UP TO BE STRAIGHT? CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONES WILL GROW UP TO BE QUEER ? I CANNOT , WHICH WILL BE MEAN OR KIND? AUTISTIC OR LEARNING-DISABLED? I DID NOT KNOW WHEN MINE WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS AUTISTIC , I NEVER KNEW. WHAT WILL THE CHILD GROW UP TO BE ? MAYBE A LAWYER, A PILOT OR A NURSE, A VETERINARIAN , AN ATHLETE, AN ARTIST, HAIRSTYLIST , A PARENT, A TEACHER, A VETERAN. WHAT WILL THEY GROW UP TO BE? WHAT ARE WE MOLDING THEM TO BE? WHICH CHILD WILL GROW UP TO BE ON WELFARE? OR HOMELESS OR IN PRISON? WHICH ONES MAY GROW UP TO BE DEAD ? I CANNOT PREDICT THAT . I DO KNOW THAT EACH CHILD NEEDS SOMEONE TO TRUST OR A SAFE PLACE IN THE WORLD FULL OF TROUBLE. IN MY HOME I HAVE SEEN LOTS OF CHILDREN, WHEN OR IF THEY NEED HELP OR ARE SCARED, I TOLD MY KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL ADULTS AND TEACHERS, I COUNT ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BE THERE WHEN I'M NOT.

PLEASE SAVE THEM WHEN I CANNOT BE THERE . THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA

RACER . >> OKAY. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND I AM INSPIRED BY ALL OF

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SO, I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT I GREW UP HERE AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT I GOT. MY TEACHERS CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR ME TO BE MYSELF , TO ASK FOR MY INTERESTS AND TO REACH HIGHER THAN I EVER THOUGHT I DESERVED.

I CANNOT WAIT TO LEAVE THOUGH GOING UP HERE, I JUST WANTED TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE THE WORLD, I DID, I'VE LIVED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALL OVER THE U.S. WHEN I HAD KIDS I CANNOT WAIT TO COME BACK HERE BECAUSE I COULD NOT THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO RAISE THEM. THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS. MY CHILDREN ARE HALF PUERTO RICAN AND HALF HISPANIC AND I JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE LIKE I DID. I WANT THEM TO FEEL INCLUDED, I WANT THEM TO FEEL SEEN AND SO, WHEN I COME BACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND I HEAR ABOUT SAFE SPACE STICKERS BEING REMOVED , PEOPLE FEELING UNDER THREAT , THAT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT MY CHILDREN. MY SON WILL START KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR AND I'M SO EXCITED BUT I'M ALSO NERVOUS BECAUSE WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE SETTING FOR MY CHILD, WHO IS DIFFERENT THAN ME. SO, I THINK ONE THING WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IS WHAT CREATES A PLACE FOR IDEAS TO FLOURISH AND THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE SCHOOL OR ANY SPACE. WE CANNOT LEARN AND LEAD WITH FEAR AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SHARED VALUES OF EMPATHY AND RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNITY , AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS PLACE GREAT, AND NOT IN OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS. COMING HERE TODAY AND SEEING THE ANTI-RACISM RESOLUTION ACT JUST WIPED, UNEVENLY KNOW THIS MEANS BUT I'M INTERESTED , I AM GOING TO LEARN, IT MAKES ME WORRIED. IT IS JUST SAD , WHAT I WANT TO BE SO EXCITED FOR MY CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT I HAD , POTENTIALLY NOT GET WHAT I HAD.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC IS VERY DIVERSE, THAT CAN BE DIFFERENT AND UNCOMFORTABLE BUT WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION GAVE ME WAS KNOWING HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO EMPATHIZE WITH MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVEN IF WE DISAGREE. I ASK THAT WE JUST THINK ABOUT THOSE VALUES AND CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL STUDENTS ARE SEEN AND PROTECTED.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONNA STENZO .

>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DONNA STENZO AND I AM A RETIRED CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SHOOL EDUCATOR. SOME STUDENTS PRIDE MOTHER WANT TO READDRESS THE PROPOSED POLICY AROUND FLAGS.

THE RAINBOW FLAG HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SYMBOL OF THE LGBTQ PLUS IDENTITY AND RIGHTS. THE MEANING OF THE RAINBOW COLORS ON THE FLAG ARE THE FOLLOWING. READ, LIFE AND PASSION. ORANGE , HEALING AND HOPE. YELLOW, SUNLIGHT AND HAPPINESS. GREEN , NATURE AND GROWTH. BLUE , SERENITY AND PEACE. PURPLE, SPIRIT AND CREATIVITY. ALL FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT ARE COMMUNITY, COUNTRY AND WORLD COULD BENEFIT FROM AT THIS TIME. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE DIVERSE STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES OF THE STUDENTS YOU SERVE. EARLIER THIS WEEK THE CALVERT COUNTY GOVERNMENT AFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

THEY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY , WHOSE RESILIENCE, COURAGE AND CREATIVITY CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR NATION. I AM ASKING THAT WE, TOGETHER BUILD A WORLD WHERE EVERY PERSON AND FAMILY FEELS LOVED AND RESPECTED FOR WHO THEY ARE. PLEASE RETURN SAFE SPACE STICKERS TO OUR SCHOOLS AND INCLUDE THE RAINBOW FLAG IN YOUR NEW FLAG POLICY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS

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THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU, WE WILL NOW MOVE

INTO FUTURE BUSINESS . >> CAN I START?

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>> YOU MAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE UNRESOLVED, SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ACTION ITEMS THAT REQUIRE UPDATES , FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY. I'M GOING TO START LISTING THEM OUT. DR. TOWNSEL, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE . I BROUGHT UP A VIRTUAL OPTION AFTER HEARING ST. MARY'S UTILIZES THEIR VIRTUAL OPTION FOR LEARNING FOR THEIR HOME HOSPITAL PROGRAM , FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPELLED , FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION.

THEIR BASIC IDEA IS IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE WITH YOUR BEHAVIOR THEN YOU WILL GET IN TROUBLE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING WITH THAT SAME BEHAVIOR. TO SET OUR STUDENTS UP WITH SUCCESS, AS THEY MOVE ON. I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO HOW ST. MARY'S IS UTILIZING A VIRTUAL OPTION AND SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US HERE. WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST OPERATIONS MANUAL, MAYBE AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT IS GOING. WE HAVE HIRED SOME MORE GAIT TEACHERS AND THAT IS EXCITING, IF WE COULD JUST LOOK FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE GATE PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND TEACHER EXPECTATIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THAT PROGRAM. A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE BASED ON BOARD FEEDBACK.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT CODE OF CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, VAPING HAS LANGUAGE ABOUT REASONABLE SEARCH , YET MANY STAFF FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM TO SEARCH STUDENTS. DRESS CODE SAYS VERY CLEARLY THE SHIRT MUST COVER THE NAVAL BUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO ANY HIGH SCHOOL OR MOST MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THERE IS A LOT OF STOMACH. I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTING STANDARD MASTER SCHEDULES. I KNOW THE I.T.

DEPARTMENT JUST DID A FOUR SESSION LEARNING SESSION ON MASTER SCHEDULING AND I'M INTERESTED IN, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THOSE LEARNINGS INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR? I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A STUDENT, I THINK TWO DIFFERENT STUDENTS AROUND THEIR CONCERNS ON THE A.I. ADDITIONS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR STAFF.

ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BULLYING. WE'VE ALREADY HAD INSTANCES OF BULLYING, USING A.I. , THE STUDENTS WILL MAKE SURE THE STAFF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE AROUND ENFORCING OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, SPECIFICALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO A.I. RELATED BULLYING. I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SUPPOSE DECIDE HOW MUCH PLANNING TIME AND WHAT THE SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO JUST STANDARDIZING OPERATIONS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATORS. THEY REQUIRE MORE PLANNING TIME THAN TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TEACHER. WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THERE ARE CONCERNED AROUND COLLABORATIVE PLANNING AND NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS COLLABORATE WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS. IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WHOLE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATORS ARE GETTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. THERE WAS ALSO A COMMON ABOUT REDUCING STAFF SHUFFLING, THERE IS A LOT OF SHUFFLING THAT HAPPENS. OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THRIVE ON CONSISTENCY. THE MOST WE CAN ENSURE CONSISTENCY FOR THOSE STUDENTS IS THE BETTER.

AWARDS FOR GRANT EMPLOYEES WE RECOGNIZE, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE SERVICE AWARDS BUT WE DO NOT DO IT FOR GRANT EMPLOYEES, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT SO THAT THE GRANT EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED. I AM ALMOST DONE. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF CURRICULUM. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT REDUCING HOW MUCH TIME STUDENTS SPEND ON THE COMPUTER, PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER AND MAYBE WE PUT SOME GUIDELINES, SO CLASSROOM TEACHERS KNOW THAT AT THIS AGE GROUP WE WILL REDUCE , A MAXIMUM

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I WILL SEND YOU THE LIST, -- >> I MISS THE FIRST WORD?

>> CHART WELLS , THE FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU. >> I'M GOING TO TAG ON A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THAT. BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE TRACKING REFERRALS , THOSE THAT ARE BEING PROCESSED AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING RETURNED. WE WERE TOLD THERE WILL BE A BUTTON WHERE ADMINISTRATORS CAN RETURN THEM BUT I WAS TOLD THAT BUNN WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE USED AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE ARE TRACKING ALL REFERRALS? I AM WAITING ON A FOLLOW-UP ON WHETHER THE LESSON PLANS THAT WERE TAKING 30 TO 40 PAGES ARE TRULY REQUIRED.

ANOTHER THING THAT I SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WAS THAT THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO HEARWHERE REGIONAL PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE GOING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THEY FELT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL STUDENTS ' PARENTS WHAT SCHOOL THE CHILDREN GOING TO NEXT YEAR, HOLD ARTICULATION MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY ARE CONCERNED THEY ARE NOT SETTING THEIR STUDENTS , STAFF AND PARENTS UP FOR SUCCESS. THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, IMMEDIATELY. AND I THINK YOU COVERED A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I HAVE ON HERE, I'M

GOING TO STOP THERE. THANK YOU. >> ANY FUTURE BUSINESS? JOE? ANY FUTURE BUSINESS? OKAY. I DO HAVE ONE ITEM . AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKING TIME FROM THREE MINUTES TO TWO MINUTES. THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW PUBLIC SPEAKERS, EXCUSE ME , THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO BE INCREASED FROM 20 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS TO 30 PEOPLE. WHEN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SORRY, SECOND.

>> A MOTION ON A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.

>> CELEK A GOOD IDEA. >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. WHEN THE MOTION PASSES, 5-0.

>> I DID NOT SAY AYE. >> SORRY. 4-1. THIS WILL TAKE

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COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED? >> NO COMMENTS TONIGHT , I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE AT PUBLIC COMMENT. AND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS , I REALLY ENJOY ABSORBING ALL THE INFORMATION AND SEEING HIM EVERYTHING IS

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WORKING, FOR MY FIRST TIME HERE. >> JUST LIKE JERKING FROM A FIRE

HOSE. MR. MARCHIO? >> THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS FROM LAST WEEK GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMENCEMENT, THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING THAT FROM UP ON THE STAGE AND IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. I HAD FUN TALKING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND HANDING OUT DIPLOMAS, IT WAS A GREAT TIME. LAST NIGHT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CALVERT HIGH SCHOOL UNDERCLASSMEN AWARD CEREMONY, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED AND REWARDED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

LASTLY, JUST BACK TO THE BUDGET VOTE, I APOLOGIZE BUT I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIOUS VOTE APPROVAL AND I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO ABSORB YET. NOTHING PERSONAL, SCOTT, I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION ENOUGH TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION AND I APOLOGIZE. THAT IS ALL I GOT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON? >> THANK YOU. THE GRADUATIONS WERE VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND RUN , DR. JOHNSON , I KNEW YOU WERE THERE COMMANDING THE SHIP , IT WORKED REALLY WELL. DR. TOWNSEL , THAT WAS A GREAT SPEECH HE GAVE. WE HAD ABOUT 1300 STUDENTS WENT ON TO THE REAL WORLD AND YOU KNOW, I TRY TO CLAP FOR EVERYBODY, OF COURSE THAT IS LIKE NINE CLAPS FOR STUDENT, LIKE 12,000 CLASS, MY HAND IS STILL NUMB BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE ABOUT 18 STUDENTS THAT DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE CLAPPED FOR THEM AND I WANTED TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT.

I'M GLAD I COULD DO THAT. THE RETIREMENT DINNER WAS TUESDAY , THAT WAS A GREAT TIME , -- IS MY FRIEND WAS THERE AND THEY ARE GOOD LADIES AND GOOD PEOPLE AND WE HAD 50 PEOPLE ON THE LIST, THINK ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE COULD NOT BE THERE BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT , AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 30 YEARS PER PERSON AND THAT WAS 1500 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT JUST LEFT US. HOPEFULLY THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM THAT WILL FILL IN. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT SPEND THEIR TIME TO HELP US AND HELP OUR STUDENTS, THAT IS INCREDIBLE . THE SUBSTITUTES, I KNOW THAT IS A TOUGH THING, I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT MYSELF BUT I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE SUBSTITUTES AS WELL. AND I WILL SAY, HAPPY , FATHER'S DAY, COMING UP ON SUNDAY. I WILL FINALLY GET SOME NEW UNDERWEAR, THAT WILL BE GREAT. THAT IS IT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON. YOUR NAME BECAUSE OF ALL THAT.

>> THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO SAY WELCOME, ALLISON. I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE HERE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU.

SECOND, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TALKING ALL ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. YOU WERE VERY, VERY BRAVE, YOU SPOKE LIKE YOU WERE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED. I DID DI AS A KID AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE TOO, SO, YOU BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. GRADUATIONS WERE AWESOME , I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE PUT IN TO THOSE GRADUATIONS , THE FIFTH-GRADE GRADUATIONS, THE AWARDS, THE KINDERGARTEN GRADUATIONS, ALL OF THE EVENTS , WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO, IT WILL REALLY JUST WARM YOUR HEART. IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AND BEHIND ALL OF IT IS A LOT OF STAFF AND A LOT OF FAMILIES AND JUST A LOT OF LOVE AND IT WAS GREAT AND I HOPE EVERYONE THAT WORKS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TAKES A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR HR TEAM, WHO HAS DONE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD. WE HAVE HIRED FOUR ROTC INSTRUCTORS, THREE COUNSELORS , TWO SLPS, TWO WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS, ADDITIONAL G.A.T.E. TEACHERS AND A DOZEN PLUS MORE OTHER LICENSED CERTIFICATE EMPLOYEES . THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND , OH, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, 70 PEOPLE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR HR TEAM AND I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU.

>> I LOVE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE IT IS A TIME WHERE

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YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE FROM HOME, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CHILD'S ACADEMIC JOURNEY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO OUR DEDICATED STAFF, YOUR TIRELESS COMMITMENT, CARE AND HARD WORK ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. GRENIS. I CERTAINLY ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU TO OUR YOUNG FOLKS THAT COME AND SPEAK. IT IS HARD TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC AND I APPLAUD THE BRAVERY OF THOSE YOUNG FOLKS THAT DO COME TO SPEAK AT THESE TYPE OF MEETINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE GRADUATING SENIORS AND TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HELP THEM GET THERE AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A PHENOMENAL SUMMER, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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