[00:00:02]
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[1. Opening Items]
IT'S 6:06 AND JUST TRYING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND GRAB A BITE TO EAT AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.WE'LL GO AHEAD. WE STARTED OUR MEETING ACTUALLY AT 4:07 THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE BOARD COMING TOGETHER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON MOTION MADE BY MR. GIACOMO AND SECONDED BY MR. BARTON, AND A VOTE OF FIVE VOTE.
MISS MICHELLE LAYMAN HAD JOINED US VIA ZOOM WHICH WE CAN DO THESE DAYS, THAT WE LEARNED HOW TO DO ON THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND TO GO INTO OPEN SESSION.
THEN, LET'S SAY A MINUTE 4:07, MR. JONES [NOISE] MADE A MOTION, AND SECONDED BY MS. LAYMAN, A VOTE OF FIVE VOTE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONAL ISSUES RELATING TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, THAT WAS ONGOING, AND TO CONDUCT UPDATES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND OTHER CLOSED SESSION TOPICS.
THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE HERE AND IT'S NOW 6:07 TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION?
>> SECOND BY MR. JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> MS. LAYMAN WILL NOT BE JOINING US ON THE OPEN SESSION MEETING, SO WE APPRECIATE HER COMMENT HERE.
THIS IS VERY NICE TO HAVE A ROOM FULL OF STUDENTS AND FAMILY AND STAFF.
IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AND IT'S STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE LIKE NORMAL.
[NOISE] I'LL KNOCK ON THE WOOD SO WE'RE ALL HEALTHY AND SAFE MOVING FORWARD.
THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. WARD.
>>WE ARE HERE AS THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S CLUB OF GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TELL YOU [NOISE] A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUNG GENTLEMEN.
GENTLEMEN, LET'S LINE UP TO SAY THE PLEDGE, WALK AROUND PLEASE.
WALK AROUND CHRISTIAN, RIGHT HERE PLEASE, LINE UP.
SECOND LINE, IN FRONT, RIGHT DOWN HERE. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN HAVE OUR COACHES JOIN US AS WELL.
[NOISE] BYRON, WOULD YOU START US OFF, PLEASE?
>> COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE BOARD?
>> GOOD EVENING [INAUDIBLE], MY NAME IS BYRON JIMENEZ, WE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S CLUB OF GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> HEY, COME HERE BYRON. THANK YOU. AWESOME.
>> YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. OKAY.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I WOULD LIKE TO [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE]
>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WORK WITH OFFICER BRUCE, MR. TREVOR, CARL JOHNSON AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND DR. WARD.
WE HAD GUEST SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES [INAUDIBLE].
>> TODAY I PLEDGE TO BE THE BEST ME I CAN BE.
TODAY I PLEDGE TO TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT AND COURTESY.
TODAY I PLEDGE TO BE HELPFUL TO OTHERS AND A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THOSE I COME IN CONTACT WITH.
TODAY I WILL DEMONSTRATE I’M A GENTLEMAN!
>> ACTUALLY CHRISTIAN, WOULD YOU JUST CIRCLE AROUND RIGHT IN FRONT? EVERYBODY FOLLOW BEHIND CHRISTIAN RIGHT HERE.
PERFECT. AND THIS LINE, SIMPLY TURN AROUND, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THESE GUYS.
[00:05:03]
>> AND IF THE BOARD COULD JUST STAY STANDING, THAT'S PERFECT.
>> GET AROUND THIS WAY A LITTLE BETTER.
>> FEELS LIKE I HAVE PAPARAZZI BEHIND ME.
>> GUYS HAVE A SEAT FOR JUST A SECOND.
[BACKGROUND] JUST A VERY QUICK REMARK THAT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE PARENTS AS YOU CAN SEE, WHO HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT PICKING KIDS UP AND READING ALL OF THE LETTERS THAT GO HOME ABOUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
WE ARE VERY MUCH SUPPORTED BY MRS. LAUREN AT GREENSBORO AND IT TAKES HIS INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER SUPPORT AND OUR COACHES CERTAINLY.
SOME OF THESE COACHES HAVE BEEN COACHES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DESPITE COVID, WE'RE VERY LUCKY AND FORTUNATE TO HAVE MR. NICHOLAS DRAWING OUR CREW THIS YEAR AND ALL FINE UPSTANDING CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> KEEP WORKING ON BEING THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE, I'M STARTING WORKING AT IT.
[LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STARTED EARLY.
>> GENTLEMAN, AS MR. NEWCOMB IS MAKING HIS ROUNDS, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S REALLY IS OUR HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL BACK TO BE THE FIRST STUDENT GROUP TO COME BACK TO BRING THE PLEDGE AND FOR THAT, IN HONOR AND APPRECIATION OF THAT, NO PENCILS FOR YOU, I'M SORRY.
NOT THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
ACTUALLY FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE COACHES, IF YOU WANT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON, IF YOU'RE FREE.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WE WILL TREAT THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S CLUB ICE CREAM VIA THEIR STAY IN THE GREENSBORO CAFETERIAS.
FRIDAY ICE CREAM FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, COACHES AS WELL.
DR. WARD, I KNOW WHERE I'LL FIND YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON [LAUGHTER].
BUT JUST TO ECHO MR. NEWCOMB'S COMMENTS, REALLY THANK YOU TO ALL THE COACHES.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND GIVING BACK IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE CAN OPEN OUR DOORS TO HAVE COMMUNITY COME IN AND AGAIN, HELP US WITH OUR COLLECTIVE KIDS IS AWESOME.
PARENTS, THANK YOU ALSO FOR LETTING YOUR YOUNG MEN BE PART OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT EVERYBODY'S WORKING ON AND WORKING TOWARDS.
AND AGAIN, THIS ONE, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND ALWAYS BEING HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT THE GREEN GYM, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COOKIES SIR?
>> THERE ARE COOKIES, THEY'RE RIGHT BEHIND YOU DOCTOR WARD.
>> MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS. [OVERLAPPING] THAT IS GOOD GENTLEMEN.
>> DRIVE SAFE EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AROUND.
>> UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY. [OVERLAPPING] [BACKGROUND] YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. WE GOT A COUPLE MORE HOURS.
>> I KNOW. WE'RE GOOD. [LAUGHTER]
>> NOBODY SEEMS TO TAKE US UP ON THAT OFFER.
>> YOU GO HOME AND WATCH TELEVISION.
[OVERLAPPING] BETTER THINGS ON.
[00:10:15]
>> BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK IT'S QUITE ENOUGH, WE CAN MOVE ON TO 2.01 BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.
[BACKGROUND] THANK YOU. WE DIDN'T EVER DO THAT? THAT WAS STILL THE FLAGSHIP, THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR CAN WE APPROVE AS SUBMITTED?
>> HAVE THE MOTION APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.
>> HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.
>> SECOND BY MR. BARTON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU. BETH, WHAT IS THIS COOKIES ON THE APPROVED LIST? [LAUGHTER]
>> GOOD THING YOU WERE LATE. THANK YOU.
[BACKGROUND] MOVING ON TO THE BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.
[2. Reports]
BOARD MEMBERS, MICHELE WAS, LIKE I SAID AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WASN'T ABLE TO STAY BUT SHE'S HAD SOME ACTIVITIES THERE.[NOISE] SINCE MICHELE IS NOT HERE I HAD TO TAKE UP A MOMENT, I'LL JUST TAKE SEGMENT OF HER TIME BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS ANYWAY, BUT SHE DID MENTION ON AIR AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF WELCOMING THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW COMMITTEE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE HASN'T BEEN A STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HERE LATELY, BUT WE DID WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH FOR CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
MS. LAYMAN WAS THERE SATURDAY TO WELCOME A SMALL GROUP OF 11 COMMUNITY AND STAFF STAKEHOLDERS THAT [NOISE] GOT TO MEET WITH OUR FINAL THREE FINALISTS FOR SUPERINTENDENT.
THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CONTINUING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT IN THE SCHOOLS.
BY FAR, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB WE DO AS A BOARD, AND I'M HAPPY TO UPDATE STAFF AND COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON OUR PROGRESS.
EARLIER THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE BOARD THROUGH ITS SEARCH CONSULTANT, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION, CONDUCTED A SURVEY FOR THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY THAT INQUIRED ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS THEY DESIRED IN A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
ONCE THAT WAS COMPLETE, THE POSITION WAS ADVERTISED NATIONALLY AND THE BOARD REVIEWED A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM QUALITY CANDIDATES.
IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, THE BOARD INTERVIEWED SELECTED CANDIDATES AND DETERMINED THREE OUTSTANDING FINALISTS.
THESE FINALIST NAMES ARE BEING KEPT CONFIDENTIAL SO THEY'RE HELD POSITIONS ARE NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
HOWEVER, WE DID SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM A REPRESENTATIVE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED AND THEY MET ON SATURDAY.
THEIR FEEDBACK ALONG WITH OUR INFORMATION FROM INTERVIEWS WILL BE INTEGRAL TO OUR FINAL DECISION.
ONCE THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN A CANDIDATE, WE WILL SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE MARYLAND STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AS PER MARYLAND LAW, AS WELL AS HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT TO PROTECT BOTH OUR SYSTEM AND THE PERSPECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT NO LATER THAN THE END OF MARCH.
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT SOONER, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS OUTLINED AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
HAVEN'T HAD AN UPDATE LATELY, I FELT LIKE THIS NEEDED TO COME OUT TONIGHT AT THE MEETING AND ALSO IT WILL BE GOING OUT THROUGH OUR PRESS CHANNELS TOMORROW TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, LET ME SHARE THAT AND WE DO APPRECIATE MS. LAYMAN SHOWING UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO THANK THE GROUP WHO DID PARTICIPATE.
[NOISE] THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL JUST DROP DOWN HERE.
MR. BARTON, DO YOU HAVE A TAKEAWAY FOR THE MONTH?
>> I HAVE THREE THINGS THAT I'LL NOTE, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH THEM.
FIRST, WHICH IS NOT UP THERE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THE BOARD AND WELCOMING THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WHO VISITED CAROLINE COUNTY LAST WEEK.
PROBABLY, MORE OF THAT MENTIONED DURING THE MEETING HERE TONIGHT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY EASY DUTY.
I SHOWED UP, SHOOK HER HAND, AND GOT OUT OF THERE.
NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE AT GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY, IT'S INCREDIBLE THERE.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF THIS DAY VISITING CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEN.
THAT'S ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT.
ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT SHORE GOURMET MOBILE RIBBON CUTTING.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING'S ON THE MOVE AND YOU'RE CHASING DOWN THE RIBBON.
WHAT A GREAT EVENT. I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE IT ON HERE TOO.
[00:15:03]
I'LL JUST SAY THAT I CONSIDER TO BE A CELEBRATION OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM; FOOD SERVICES, SHORE GOURMET, ALL OF IT.WHAT A GREAT DAY RECOGNIZING WHAT EVERYBODY DID THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, AND THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
TODAY, I HAPPEN TO BE OVER AT THE FACILITY PICKING UP WEDNESDAY MEALS, WHICH WE GET PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEDNESDAY.
IF YOU DON'T DO IT, CHECK INTO IT.
SHORE GOURMET, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE, JUST AWESOME.
I TOLD HIM OVER THERE I WAS GOING TO GIVE MY SHOUT OUT TONIGHT.
WHATEVER I'M GOING TO SAY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
IT JUST ISN'T BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO INCREDIBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO IN ALL YOUR WORK, YOU STRETCH BUT DON'T STRAIN OR MAYBE YOU STRAIN WHILE YOU'RE STRETCHING, BUT YOU REALLY REACH OUT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND NEW, BETTER, DIFFERENT AND THAT CAME OUT WITH THE EVENT THAT DAY, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
TO TURNED OUT THERE WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLE.
I'M JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO. CAN'T SAY SAY ENOUGH.
LAST THING ON MY LIST WAS SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND, WHICH OF COURSE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I GOT THIS MUG FOR BEING A SUPER PLUNGER.
I WAS AT COOL SCHOOLS AND THEY MADE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING A MICROPHONE IN MY HAND, I WAS THE ANNOUNCER, WHICH MEANT I GOT TO TELL 3,000 STUDENTS TO GO INTO WATER.
AT 12:00 NOON ON MARCH 24TH, THEY WERE LUCKY IT WASN'T A BITTER COLD DAY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE WATER WAS STILL 40 DEGREES OR AT LEAST WAS THEN AND HAVE GONE IN IT 26 TIMES IN 24 HOURS, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S COLD.
THEY WERE A FEW DAYS LATER THAN THAT, BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT THAT I GOT THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO SHOUT OUT FOR CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RECOGNIZE NORTH CAROLINE HIGH AND ALSO COLONEL, AND GOT SOME REACTION FROM THEM.
THEY WERE SHIVERING PRETTY GOOD.
BUT FOR A GREAT CAUSE, I KNOW THEY HAD A REALLY LARGE CONTINGENT, WHICH IS TERRIFIC, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT AGAIN, VERY PROUD TO DO THAT.
I WILL FOLLOW THE SCRIPT. I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY THESE VARIOUS THINGS, IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ON THERE ABOUT CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY CAN FIRE ME OR CUT MY PAY IN HALF, WHICH WOULD BE 0 MINUS 0, WOULD BE 0.
THAT'S ENOUGH, I COULD TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER, BUT I'LL STOP.
>> IT WAS A BUSY ONE. ONE THING I LEFT THE OFFICE WITH MISS LAYMAN AND I WENT THROUGH RETIRED TEACHERS FUNCTION, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO SEE ALL OF THE TEACHERS.
THE MAIN THING IS I GOT TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS THIS PAST MONTH.
THE MARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE FOR EDUCATION AT A CAREER DAY AT COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND MOCK INTERVIEWS AT NORTH CAROLINA.
THAT WAS REALLY VERY INTERESTING TO DO THE MOCK INTERVIEWS WITH THE STUDENTS AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND YOU KIND OF THEM, GIVE THEM ADVICE.
TWO THINGS WAS HOW TO DO AN ANSWER.
BECAUSE WE HAVE FORGOTTEN OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE WHAT I CALL THE DEAD FISH AND CAKE.
[INAUDIBLE] NEVER DO THAT, BUT DON'T KILL YOU EITHER WITH THE SHAPING AND I'VE ALWAYS, WHEN YOU GO FOR AN INTERVIEW THEY ALWAYS SAY, "WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK HERE?" IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT THE JOB BUT YOU NEVER SAY THAT.
LOOKUP THE COMPANY, TELL US SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT THE COMPANY.
THEN THE LEO CLUB WHICH IS THE JUNIOR VERSION OF THE LIONS CLUB.
WE TOOK, I BELIEVE FIVE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE LEO CLUB RECEIVED LEADER GOLF AWARD REFERENCE PRESENTATION.
MOST OF YOU KNOW LIONS CLUB IS BIG ON VISION AND THEY ACTUALLY SUPPLY THE GUIDE DOGS TO PEOPLE AT NO COST TO THE PEOPLE.
[NOISE] THOSE DOGS ARE WORTH $42,000 WITH THE TRAINING AND THE VET, AND USED TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO TO THEM TO LEARN, BUT WE'VE CHOSE THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO TO THE PEOPLE.
EVERY YEAR, THEY HAVE [NOISE] A PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED A FULLY MILLION DOG TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THEM AND IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
THE WOMAN THIS YEAR WAS JUST SO FLABBERGASTED THAT THERE WERE STUDENTS THERE AND STUDENTS WHO CARE, AND STUDENTS THAT DO THE LEO CLUB AND RAISE MONEY FOR THOSE DOGS.
IT WAS REALLY FOR ME A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE JUST TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE KIDS AGAIN THIS MONTH.
MAYBE I WAS STRUCK A BIT. THANK YOU.
[00:20:01]
>> I ALSO ATTENDED THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS AND THE MEETINGS RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT HIRING PROCESS.
I DID ATTEND THE NSPA CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO, I GOT TO ATTEND VARIOUS SESSIONS.
SESSIONS ON STEM, WHICH IS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS BUT-
>> ENGINEERING AND MATH. BASICALLY THE KEY PRINCIPLE IN THAT SESSION WAS, WE SHOULD BE EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS FOR CAREERS THAT ARE NOT YET KNOWN.
WE HAD ATTENDED A SESSION ON A BOARD SELF-EVALUATION AND ON A SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION PROCESSES THAT ARE USED, SPECIFICALLY, CAPE KENNEDY [NOISE] SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESENTED ON THEIRS WHICH IS A HIGHLY RENOWNED OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT, WHICH WAS INTERESTING.
ATTENDED A SESSION ON BOARD COMMUNICATION.
SOME OF THAT WAS ABOUT COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR GENERATIONS.
THE FACT THAT OUR STUDENTS NOW ARE ONE OF THE FIRST-GENERATION'S TO GROW UP WITH ALL THE ANSWERS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS TO EVERY QUESTION.
VERY MUCH IMAGINABLE IN THEIR OWN FUNDS.
THE CHALLENGE IS COMMUNICATING ACROSS THE GENERATIONS FROM OUR GRANDPARENTS DOWN TO OUR STUDENTS.
I DID LEARN A LOT I CAN SAY THAT.
GOT TO THINK A LOT ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED AND TOOK A LOT OF NOTES AND I WAS HAPPY TO BRING BACK SOME THINGS PERSONALLY AND SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL.
IT WAS A USEFUL TRIP AT THE END OF IT, I WAS GLAD TO BE ON THE WAY BACK.
IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME I THINK [NOISE].
THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR SENDING ME OUT AND THANKS TO JIM BECAUSE HE WAS CALLING ME ON HIS WAY OUT TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO TO DO THINGS.
HE WENT AND SCOUTED OUT THE CONVENTION CENTER AHEAD OF TIMES.
THEN WE GOT TO GO OUT AND EAT BOTH NIGHTS.
I HAD COMPANIES THANKS TO HIM FOR GIVING HIS TIME AFTER THE CONVENTION TO KEEP ME OCCUPIED, I GUESS [LAUGHTER] AND SHOW ME THE ROUTES A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU, AND JIM I APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M JUST GLAD YOU WENT AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAD SOME CONFLICTS AND IT'S BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE I'LL JUST SEGUE WAY INTO THAT.
YOU SEE MY REPORT, NORMAL BOARD MEETINGS AND I DID NOT PUT IN THE SHORT WARM AID, BUT IT WAS THERE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THOUGH ON THAT AND IT STILL SHOCKS ME SOMETIMES.
BUT IF YOU JUST TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED AND YOU JUST ASSUME EVERYBODY'S PITCHING IN AND DOING THE BEST AND WE'VE HEARD HOW CAROLINE COUNTY GROUPS AND CLUBS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND CAFETERIA STAFF AND FOOD PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND FEED PEOPLE.
AM JUST FIGURING THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE, FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION SAY, ''WELL LOOK, I INTERACT WITH ALL THE SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY DOING WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING." I MEAN, IT DOES AND THAT'S RELATED TO FOOD SERVICE ON THAT DAY, BUT IT ALSO RELATES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT, WHETHER IT'S LEO CLUB, OR THE HR DEPARTMENTS OR WHATEVER IT IS IN OUR TEACHERS, IN OUR PRINCIPALS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO CAROLINE COUNTY, SO I JUST HAD TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK [NOISE] THE BOARD AND THE SYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING BOARD MEMBERS LIKE MYSELF TO GO TO A STATE IN NATIONAL TRAININGS ONCE IN A WHILE.
THIS NATIONAL TRAINING, IT DID FALL, IT'S CLOSE TO PHILADELPHIA.
I THINK NEXT YEAR IT'S ON ORLANDO SO AT LEAST ON THE EAST COAST, BUT AFTER NOT HAVING IT FOR TWO YEARS DUE TO COVID AND HAVING A COMPLETELY NEW BOARD OTHER THAN MYSELF, I WAS HAPPY THAT THIS SESSION WAS ON AND I WAS ADAMANT THAT WE NEEDED SOME BOARD MEMBERS TO GO TO SEE THAT AND I APPRECIATE MR. JONES, HAD BEEN MAKING TIME AND HIS EFFORT AND HIS SCHEDULED TO GO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SIT THROUGH IT AND YOU DO TAKE THINGS AWAY THAT HOPEFULLY BENEFIT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR BOARD AS A WHOLE.
YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID BRILLIANT, AND I ALSO WENT THERE AND SAT THROUGH BOARD SELF-EVALUATIONS, CREATING A WINNING BOARD CULTURE HABITAT, SEVEN HABITS OF PEAK PERFORMING SCHOOLS, AND THEN NAVIGATING LEGAL ISSUES.
IT'S A SAD ONE OF RELATING TO SCHOOLS, AND I SAT THERE AT THE END GOING THROUGH THE NAVIGATING LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE SCHOOLS.
[00:25:01]
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGING THING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.WHETHER IT'S IEPS OR A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT TOPICS.
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE, AND I'LL SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB IS GOING TO BE IN 20 YEARS BUT WE STILL NEED READING, WRITING ARITHMETIC.
I'M STILL GOING TO SAY THAT AND IT'S HARD FOR KEY OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR CENTRAL OFFICE PEOPLE AND PRINCIPLES TO STAY FOCUSED ON THAT WHEN THEY HAVE ALL THIS OTHER NOISE COMING FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES.
BUT YOU DO NEED TO GO TO THESE SESSIONS AS TEACHERS GO TO TRAINING, AS PRINCIPLES GO ON A TRAINING, AS SUPER ATTENDANTS GO ON A TRAINING AS BOARD MEMBERS GO TO TRAINING BECAUSE YOU SIT THROUGH A SESSION LIKE THAT AND YOU JUST SEE THE CHALLENGES, YOU STEP INTO THE NEXT SESSION AND YOU SEE A VERY DYNAMIC ENERGIZED EDUCATOR OR LEADER WHO PULLS YOU UP AND GIVES YOU THAT WARM, FUZZY THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP THE NEXT DAY.
>> HE LIKES DOING WHAT HE'S DOING.
>> I JUST HOPE THAT FUTURE BOARDS GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND GET AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS I HAVE OVER THE YEARS I'VE ATTENDED.
I JUST APPRECIATE YOU-ALL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SHARE IT WITH ANOTHER MEMBER AND TO HOPEFULLY APPLY THOSE THINGS TO THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TO MY LIFE PERSONALLY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU-ALL TO DO THE SAME.
DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS COMING. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. NEWCOMB. A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT IN MY REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.
FIRST AND FOREMOST EVENT THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS PARTICIPATING IN AT FIRST, AND THAT IS A FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEIR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, CHUCK BIELFIELD GOT A MESSAGE TO ME ON A MONDAY OF THE WEEK THAT THIS WAS TO HAPPEN AND JUST SAID, "HEY, I NEED A HAM WITH THE WATER CHALLENGE.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE THURSDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK?" I'VE KNOWN OFFICER BELLFIELD FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IT WAS WHEN HE ASKED ME IF I'M AVAILABLE THURSDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, I LITERALLY LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, I CAN BE AT FEDERALSBURG AT ONE O'CLOCK. WATER CHALLENGE.
WHAT AM I DOING? YOU CAN BE THERE? OKAY. I GOT YOU NOW. YEAH, WATER CHALLENGE.
BY THE TIME I SAID YES, I GOT AN EMAIL LATER IN THE DAY LETTING ME KNOW WHAT I HAD SIGNED UP FOR, COMPLETE WITH MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ON A BATHING SUIT.
DON'T FORGET A TOWEL. FAR I'VE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY THAT WE HAVE, AT THAT POINT, I BELIEVE IT WAS EIGHT BUCKETS AMONGST THE THREE OF US THAT'S GOING TO BE DUMPED ON US.
FOR THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE, OFFICER BELLFIELD IS AN AVID POLAR BEAR PLUNGER.
THIS YEAR HE WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT ON THE PLUNGE DAY, SO HE DID THE VIRTUAL PLUNGE AT THE SCHOOL.
I SHOWED UP AND WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF FUN.
THE HEAD CUSTODIAN AT THE BUILDING, MR. JAMES DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE EXACT FEELING THAT OUR KIDS PROBABLY DID IT AT SANDY POINT BY KEEPING THE BUCKETS OF WATER IN THE FREEZER FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY UNTIL WE STARTED.
BUT IT REALLY WAS A GREAT GRAND PRIX.
THE KIDS AT FEDERALSBURG DID A GREAT JOB.
EVERYBODY CAME OUT FRONT AND WASHED US AS WE LIVED THROUGH IT. THIS IS MYSELF, MR. HERRING IS IN THE MIDDLE, THE NEW PHYS-ED TEACHER AT FEDERALSBURG AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO CHUCK, OFFICER ULCER BELLFIELD ON THE LEFT. BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO, BUT THRILLED THAT I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
OTHER ITEM I JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUT.
THREE YEARS AGO, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THE BOARD RECOMMENDATION, STARTED AN ANNUAL STAFF SURVEY AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
WE'VE JUST COMPLETED THE THIRD OF THOSE SURVEYS, IT CLOSED ON MARCH 28TH.
WE HAD A 73 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE, 686 RESPONSES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WAS AT A 77 PERCENT I BELIEVE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE HITTING IN THE 70S, THAT'S STILL EXTREMELY HIGH FOR ANY ORGANIZATION AND ESPECIALLY ONE OF OUR SIZE WITH OVER WITH RIGHT AROUND 1,000 REGULAR EMPLOYEES.
WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THOSE SURVEY RESULTS AS THEY'RE BEING CALCULATED BY OUR THIRD-PARTY VENDOR TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO MYSELF AND THEN IT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD IN CLOSED SESSION IN APRIL AND THEN REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THAT INFORMATION TO HELP US
[00:30:02]
IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM GOING FORWARD.THEN THE LAST ITEM AND JUST TO TOUCH ON IS ONE MR. BARTON TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HOSTING STATE SUPERINTENDENT MR. MOHAMAD CHOUDHURY LAST WEEK.
MR. CHOUDHURY IS DOING AN INTERESTING THING AS THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, HE'S VISITING ALL 24 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SPENDING HALF A DAY SHADOWING A STUDENT AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY SHADOWING THE SUPERINTENDED.
HE DOES PLAN ON RETURNING BACK TO ALL 24 SCHOOL SYSTEMS NEXT TIME TO SHADOW PERHAPS A DIFFERENT STUDENT.
TO SHADOW A SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATOR FOR A DAY.
REALLY TRYING TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIVERSE LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE STATE.
THINGS IN CAROLINA OR NOT LIKE THEY ARE IN MONTGOMERY.
THERE'S DIFFERENCES ACROSS SCHOOL SYSTEMS, DIFFERENCES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.
HE'S TRYING TO GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR SYSTEMS TO HELP HIM IN LEADING THE STATE SYSTEM FORWARD.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU TO MR. SWANN FOR HOSTING.
HE LITERALLY SHADOWED A FOURTH-GRADE STUDENT AND WHEN I MEAN, SHADOWED THE STUDENT, HE WENT WITH THE STUDENT TO CLASS.
HE SAT DOWN ON THE CARPET WITH THE KIDS WHEN THEY WERE DOWN THERE.
IF THE STUDENT WAS DOING READING WORK, HE WAS DOING READING WORK WITH THE STUDENT.
NOT THE STUDENT'S WORK, HE WAS DOING THE WORK.
WHEN THEY WENT INTO ANOTHER CLASSROOM, HE WENT WITH THEM.
THEY WENT TO A LESSON BEING DONE BY THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ON CYBERBULLYING, HE LITERALLY WENT AND PARTICIPATED.
YES, HE WENT TO THE CAFETERIA.
HE LITERALLY SHADOWED THE STUDENTS, TALKED TO THE STUDENT, TALKED TO OTHER KIDS, REALLY ENGAGED, WHICH WAS GREAT.
THEN HE SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH MYSELF, HAD A COMMUNITY LEVEL MEETING THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE SHORT OF IT WITHOUT BORING THE ENTIRE GROUP HERE, REALLY IS THE MESSAGE MR. NEWCOMB TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT IN CAROLINE COUNTY, WE JUST TEND TO ALL WORK TOGETHER.
WE'RE TRYING TO HARNESS THAT IN A BIGGER CAPACITY TO REALLY GET OUTSIDE OF JUST US LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A SCHOOL LENS, TO REALLY WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES REALLY SPECIFICALLY ON THINGS TO IMPROVE OUR COUNTY SAY OVER THE NEXT 10, 15, 20 YEARS BEYOND ANYONE PERSONALITY SITTING IN THE ROOM.
HE GOT TO SIT WITH US AS WE'RE BRAINSTORMING AND BUILDING OUT A FRAMEWORK FROM THE GROUND LEVEL AND ITS THINGS THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED IN A DIFFERENT ROLE IN HIS CAREER SO IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED THAT LIFE IN AN URBAN SETTING.
BUT TO SHARE IDEAS AND ALSO TO BE HONEST.
EVEN AT ONE POINT, HE'S LIKE, "SORRY, I'M GEEKING OUT OVER HERE ON SOME THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT." BECAUSE HE REALLY ENGAGED AND, DIDN'T JUST SIT AND SHADOWED.
IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO IMPROVE THINGS HERE AS WELL.
THEN TOOK AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE SOMETIME TO REALIZE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS YOU DO HAVE ALSO, AND RECOGNIZING THAT.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL.
WE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AT GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH HIS VISIT AS WELL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM COMING BACK ANOTHER TIME AND SPENDING SOME MORE TIME WITH US.
IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT IN THIS COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY WE WERE LUCKY IN THAT THE PREVIOUS STATE SUPERINTENDENT STARTED HER CAREER IN CAROLINE COUNTY AND THEN WORKED NEXT DOOR FOR MOST OF HER CAREER.
SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH US AND HAD SOME ROOTS HERE.
IF SOMEONE LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOOD TO GET THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING CHANNELS AND TRUST.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT TO DR. SIMMONS' POINT UP THERE, THE STAFF SURVEY, 73 PERCENT IS GREAT.
IT'S A STEP-DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WE STARTED AT FIRST-TIME EVER.
THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME, I WANT TO STRESS.
WE ALL GET TIRED OF SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD TIME THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN DONE.
THIS IS FROM CAROLINE COUNTY SPECIFIC.
THIS IS FROM OUR BOARD. IT JUST STARTED TWO YEARS AGO, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME.
I STRONGLY ASK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT TO BYPASS THIS SURVEY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO MEAN MORE TO THIS BOARD MOVING FORWARD.
SEVENTY-THREE IS GREAT, 75 IS THE AVERAGE, AND I KNOW CAROLINE COUNTY CAN BEAT AN AVERAGE.
LET'S JUST TRY FOR SHOOT FOR THE HIGH 70S IF NOT 80S AND WE'LL SAY THAT I KNOW WHEN FIRST TWO WERE DONE THIS BOARD IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION.
SADLY, WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTRACTION IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, BUT HOPEFULLY, WE'RE GOING TO DIVE HEADFIRST INTO THIS INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN TWO WEEKS.
>> CAN I COMMENT ABOUT THAT QUICKLY? PEOPLE WILL FILL OUT A SURVEY AND THEN HERE IT COMES TOGETHER THE NEXT YEAR AND SAY, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.
I DON'T NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN AND THAT MIGHT CAUSE SOME OF THE DROP.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP DOING IT, BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW TRENDS, PATTERNS, AND SO FORTH.
HOW ABOUT 90 PERCENT? SHOOT FOR THAT? WHY DON'T I TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FILL IT OUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
[00:35:01]
LOOK AT IT AND LOOK AT IT CLOSER THAN IT REALLY IS.SORRY FOR THIS CLICHE REPORT CARD.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FILL IT OUT.
EVEN IF YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE, THAT'S A REASON TO KEEP GOING.
>> I DO APOLOGIZE BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM.
SOMETHING'S UP WITH THE WI-FI THAT KEEPS KICKING.
WE WILL LEAVE IT AS IT KEEPS GETTING RACHEL OFTEN GETTING BACK ONE, SO THAT'S WHY IT KEEPS ON DROPPING UP.
>> MOVING ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, THESE ARE OUR FIRST INSTRUCTIONS.
>> ANTHONY WILL BE SPEAKING FOR MRS. HORNBECK THAT WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
>> WHO WAS DEEPLY SADDENED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SHE DID ASK ME TO REPORT OUT THREE ITEMS FROM HER REPORT.
ONE BEING, A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO ABIGAIL MARSHALL, A THIRD-GRADER AT GES.
SHE WAS ONE OF THREE ELEMENTARY WINNERS IN THE GOVERNOR HOGAN HEALTHCARE HEROES POSTER CONTESTS.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HER POSTER, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
SECONDLY, SHE WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TESTING SEASON.
WE JUST FINISHED UP WITH A TESTING, WHICH IS OUR TEST THAT WE USE FOR OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
THAT WAS FINISHED UP IN MARCH.
THEN WE'VE MOVED ON NOW TO APRIL AND WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING WITH MCAP, WHICH IS FOR OUR THIRD GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN LASTLY, SHE WANTED ME TO SHARE ABOUT THIS SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION.
CURRENTLY, THIS IS FOR OUR PRE-K THROUGH 5TH GRADE AND IT IS NOW OPEN.
WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH REX AND PARK AGAIN, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, SAME FORMAT.
WE HAVE 590 KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION. THAT'S HUGE.
ALSO, THE CAMP IS GOING TO RUN FOR FIVE WEEKS, JUNE 27TH THROUGH JULY 28TH, AND APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING STAFF ARE GOING TO GO OUT THIS WEEK.
>> NOTICE THAT THE STAR DEMOCRAT, ABBIGAIL PICTURE AND A PICTURE OF HER.
I THINK SHE ACTUALLY IS HOLDING HER POSTER, I THINK.
BUT ANYWAY IT WAS ON THE STAR DEMOCRAT THIS MORNING.
>> I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF MY THREE ITEMS THAT I HAVE UP HERE.
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR INFANT AND TODDLER TEAM, WHICH IS HEADED UP BY MRS. ANGELA GILBERT.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED MET REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN, AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL REPORT CARD THAT YOU GET FOR PART C. WE'RE WAITING ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR PART B, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR 3-21 REPORT CARD FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. IT'S EIGHT INDICATORS AND THESE INDICATORS CAN RANGE FROM COMPLIANCE WHERE WE'RE MEETING TIMELINES TO THE PROGRESS THAT WE MAKE WITH OUR STUDENTS SO VERY EXCITING.
THE BIG EVENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP TO FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THE BOWLING EVENT TOOK PLACE FINALLY.
THE BOWLING EVENT WAS AT THE EASTERN BOWLING ALLEY IN LATE MARCH.
WE HAD OVER 40 STUDENTS' PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT DID ATTEND.
YOU CAN SEE THE SMILES ON THESE KIDS' FACES, VERY EXCITING.
THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVERY YEAR SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT SEACAT SPONSORS THIS EVERY YEAR FOR US.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]
>> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS NOT IN YOUR AGENDA AND ON A SNAPSHOT.
SOME THINGS HAPPENED PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE LAST 20 DAYS AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO BETH BREWSTER AND HER FOOD SERVICE STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW GO EVENT BACK ON MARCH 14TH.
ABOUT10 DAYS AFTER THAT, THEY DID MARYLAND DAY.
BETH TOOK THE SHOW GO AND HER CREW OVER THERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS ARE DOING THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
THE LAWMAKERS CAME UP, HAD A LOT OF ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AND HER STAFF.
IT ENDED UP TURNING NOT FROM MARYLAND DAY BUT ENDED UP BECOMING CAROLINE COUNTY DAY.
THE LAWMAKER WAS BLOWN AWAY BY ALL GREAT THINGS THAT HER AND HER STAFF ARE DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THEN THE OTHER IS THEY'VE JUST INVOLVED ON SATURDAY AT FAMILY FUND DAY OVER THE 4H GROUNDS.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE, I DROVE BY AND I TOLD BETH, I SAID THERE'S CARS EVERYWHERE.
SHE TOLD ME, YEAH, WE SERVE ABOUT 300 BAGGED MEALS THAT WE GAVE OUT TO PEOPLE.
I THINK IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THEM, ITS INNER SIDE.
I WANTED TO TIP MY HAT TO BETH AND HER CREW.
PRETTY AWESOME JOB AND KEEP ON DOING AND KEEP GOING AND KEEP LOOKING AT CAROLINE COUNTY LOOK GREAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS IT'S PROCUREMENT SEASON AND OPERATIONS AND WE'RE
[00:40:05]
GETTING READY TO PASS A LOT OF STUFF FOR A PROJECT THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS SUMMER.I THINK SOME PEOPLE QUESTIONING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUY THE STUFF? IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF IT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE CLIFF NOTE OF FLIP NOTE VERSIONS OF THIS POLICY OR THE PROCUREMENT MANUALS ARE THICK, LONG AND THERE'S MULTIPLE MANUALS OF IT AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND WRAP UP ABOUT FOUR STEPS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE NEED AND WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFICATION, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, THE PERFORMANCE OF WHATEVER SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.
WE NEED TO OUTLINE THAT IN ADVANCE SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE ALSO NEED TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SERVICES AND WHEN I SAY THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPETITION.
THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET INVOLVED THE BETTER DEAL, THE BETTER VALUE THAT WE GET BACK.
WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT WORD OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THE THIRD ONE IS GOING TO BE WE PROCURE COSTS IN DIFFERENT RANGES SO WE HAVE ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BUY THINGS.
ONE IS VERY EASY, ONE IS VERY COMPLICATED.
THE FIRST ONE IS KNOWN AS MICRO PURCHASING, WHICH IS BETWEEN ZERO DOLLARS AND $4,999.99.
[NOISE] THAT'S VERY EASY WE CAN JUST GO OUT AND WE JUST BUY WHATEVER WE NEED, WHEREVER WE WANT AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
THE NEXT ONE BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED IS THE INFORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS THE SMALL PROCUREMENT BETWEEN $5,000 UP TO $49,900.99.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND THE MICRO-PURCHASES IS I NEED TO GET THREE QUOTES FROM PEOPLE, FROM SERVICEABLE VENDORS.
THE LAST ONE IS VERY DETAILED AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT VERY MUCH IS THE FORMAL PROCUREMENT, THE LARGE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WE GO THROUGH GREATER THAN $50,000.
THAT'S A LARGE ASSET OBVIOUSLY.
IT COULD BE A SERVICE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET.
IT COULD BE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS THAT WERE TRYING TO SECURE.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'S THE MOST DETAIL WE HAVE TO PUT OUT AN RFP, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR A BID.
THAT BID PROCESS GOES OUT TO VENDORS.
WE USE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF COMMUNICATION AND OUTLETS TO GET THAT WORD OUT.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT ONE AND INFORMAL PROCESSES IS I DON'T NEED THREE QUOTES, I NEED TO GET THREE BIDS AND SO THE BIDS MAKE IT VERY COMPLICATED.
IT'S A VERY DETAILED PROCESS SO WE GO THROUGH THAT WITH THAT.
THE LAST ONE IS TO TRY AND DO AS WE FINALIZE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
THIS IS ONE THE BIDS ARE OPENED, THEY ARE SCRUTINIZED, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY MET THE NEEDS THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
NOW, IF WE NEED A TRUCK, WE GOT A TRUCK WE NEED A FULL DRIVE, IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL DRIVE TRUCK.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT THERE AND SAY I NEED A DODGE OR FORD OR CHEVROLET.
IT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND WE LET THE BIDS COMMAND AND DICTATE WHAT THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE LOWEST BID.
HOWEVER, THOSE BIDS THAT DON'T MEET THE RFP ARE GROUNDS FOR DISMISSING ANY AWARD-WINNING BID.
AGAIN, IT'S GOT TO MEET WHAT WE NEED.
ALSO, IF AN AWARD-WINNING BID DOES NOT MEET THE OUTLINE SPECIFICATIONS, FORMED STANDARDS, OR THE SCOPE OF WORK, IT IS JUSTIFIABLE THAT WE CAN SELECT THE NEXT HIGHER BIDDER.
AGAIN, WE NEED WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
THEN THE LAST THING IS THE EXCEPTION TO AN ALREADY EXISTING LEGAL BID OR A BID APPROVED BY ANOTHER DULY AUTHORIZED ENTITY VIA NATIONAL CONTRACT, A PIGGYBACK BID, A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.
IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE THREE, WE DON'T NEED BOARD APPROVAL NECESSARILY.
WOULD I COME TO YOU FOR SUCH THING? MOST LIKELY I WOULD, JUST TO KEEP YOU GUYS IN A LOOP.
HOWEVER, ALL WORDS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 50,000 ARE GOING TO BE BOARD-APPROVED ANYWAYS.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE JUST DON'T GO AND BUY STUFF JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE, THERE'S A CERTAIN PROCESS, THE LAWS ARE THERE, THE PROCEDURES ARE THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THIS PROCUREMENT SEASON I WILL BE COMING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE EVENING WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BE OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN $50,000.
>> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOU HERE IN THE NEXT COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> NEXT FEW MONTHS SHOULD BE SEEN A LOT OF YOU.
>> QUICK QUESTION. IF THE DIGITAL AGE, HAS A BID PROCESS GOTTEN INTO THE DIGITAL AGE?
>> THE DAYS WITH A SEALED-BID SLEEP WAX ON THERE.
>> THEY STILL COME IN SEALED BUT THEY GO OUT DIGITALLY.
>> RIGHT, BECAUSE IF THEY GO OUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEAL BECAUSE THAT PEOPLE WON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IT.
BECAUSE AND TELL ME IF I GET THIS WRONG, IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENT TESTING SEE IF I GET IT RIGHT.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, SOMEBODY COULD TAMPER WITH IT WHEN YOU SEAL THAT ENVELOPE NOBODY CAN TAMPER WITH IT.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT IS THAT WHEN THAT PROCESS OCCURS AT THE BID OPENING DATE AND TIME, THE VENDORS WHO ARE BIDDING ARE ALLOWED TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY WATCH THE PROCESS OF US GO THROUGH IT PHYSICALLY OPEN THAT GO THROUGH IT, RECORD IT, EVALUATE IT.
>> EXACTLY GOOD BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE OUTSIDE WITNESSES.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO FINANCE REPORT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] LET'S DO THE REPS.
[00:45:01]
>> MY GOODNESS. WHERE AM I GOING TONIGHT? [LAUGHTER] DIRECTOR STAFF/STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORT.
THANK YOU, KEEPING ME STRAIGHT.
>> BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
>> YES [LAUGHTER] ZACH, DO YOU WANT TO DO TO FINANCE REPORT OR AN UPDATE ON NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I'LL UPDATE ON NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW FINANCES TOO MUCH.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, DR. SIMMONS, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I COME TONIGHT WITH THE FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTY.
TO BEGIN AT DENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAST MONTH THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE OPTIONAL CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE STUDY GROUP, WHICH MEETS EVERY OTHER THURSDAY TO SHARE IDEAS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS USING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
ON APRIL 1ST, THE DOLPHINS HELD A BUDDY DAY IN AN AUTISM AWARENESS DAY SCHOOL-WIDE AND ON APRIL 8TH, THE PTA SPRING FLING FAMILY EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6:00 PM, AND LASTLY, ON APRIL 27TH, THE BAND AND CHOIR WILL HOLD THEIR CONCERTS AT 6:30 IN THE NCHS AUDITORIUM.
MOVING ALONG TO RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ADMINISTRATION WILL BEGIN MCAP ASSESSMENTS THIS MONTH TO GRADES 3 AND 4.
PRE-K STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A FIELD TRIP TO ADKINS ARBORETUM.
THAT'S A TOUGH WORD. ON APRIL 6TH AS WELL, THE FOURTH GRADERS ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO THEIR TRIP TO THE SULTANA ON 19TH OF APRIL.
THIS MONTH, THE TERRIERS WILL BE HOLDING MULTIPLE SPIRIT DAYS IN WHICH SOME INCLUDE PJ SPIRIT DAY, DRESS LIKE A PE TEACHER DAY, AND SUPERHERO DAY.
ALL OF THE TERRIERS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS WISH EVERYONE, A SAFE AND RESTFUL SPRING BREAK.
NOW TO GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THERE IS PRIDE IN THE HIVE, AS SAID BY MISS SWAN.
THE HORNETS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME STUDENTS SOME SHOUT OUTS AND FACULTY TONIGHT.
FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO ABIGAIL MARSHALL FOR EARNING THIRD PLACE IN THE STATEWIDE HEALTHCARE HEROES POSTER COMPETITION.
ABIGAIL WAS RECOGNIZED BY GOVERNOR HOGAN AND STATE SUPERINTENDENT ON APRIL 1ST, AT THE STATE HOUSE.
SECOND SHOUT-OUT GOES TO BYRON DOMINGO MENDEZ FOR BEING THE WEATHER KID ON WCEI ON APRIL 1ST.
BYRON IS A FIFTH GRADER WHO LIKES SOCCER AND ENJOYS GES YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S CLUB.
LASTLY, SHOUT OUT TO FOURTH-GRADE TEACHERS, MS. SIMPSON AND MS. RICHERSON FOR HOSTING THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT AT GES ON MARCH 31ST.
IT WAS A GREAT MONTH FOR GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NOW TO LOCKERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL; LMS, MARCH HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL, AND HAS INCLUDED MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN WHICH SOME INCLUDE SYNETIC THEATER EXPERIENCES, AN ARTIST VISIT VIA ZOOM, AND A FIELD TRIP FOR THE EIGHTH GRADERS.
THE WILDCATS LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE MCAP TESTING, SPRING BREAK, AND QUARTER FOR OUR CLASSES.
AT NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL, THE BULLDOGS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AS WELL.
SAT AND PSAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE FIELD TRIP FOR SOME STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND.
THE SGA HOSTED A SUCCESSFUL VOLLEYBALL POWDER PUFF, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH, THE FDLA WILL BE HOSTING AN EGG HUNT FOR ALL YOUNG KIDS TO ATTEND, AND WE WELCOME ANY BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN US THAT AFTERNOON.
STUDENTS AND STAFF LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING BREAK ON APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 19TH, AND THE DRAMA CLUB WILL BE HOSTING A PLAY AT NCHS, WHICH IS THE SOUND OF MUSIC ON MAY 6TH, MAY 7TH, MAY 13TH, AND MAY 14TH.
BULLDOGS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN BUSY.
LASTLY, AT CCTC, THE VIRTUAL CTE NIGHT IN MARCH WAS A SUCCESS WITH OVER 50 PARTICIPANTS.
CTE MEETINGS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT HAVE JUST BEGUN FOR THE NEWS CORNER, WHICH HAS TO BE COLLEGE.
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS HAVE CONTINUED TO COME TO CCTC TO DISCUSS THEIR WORKPLACE WITH THE STUDENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE MAJORS, AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO THE EGG HUNT THIS SATURDAY AS WELL, AS THERE WILL BE FOOD AND A PETTING ZOO.
IN CLOSING, ALL THE SCHOOLS IN WHICH I REPORT FOR ARE HAVING A VERY BUSY SPRING SEASON, ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MUCH-DESERVED SPRING BREAK. THANK YOU.
>> CAN I ASK TWO QUICK QUESTIONS?
>> WHEN I DID, IT WAS LIKE A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR AND HE TAUGHT US HOW TO ACT, SO I GOT TAUGHT HOW TO RIDE A HORSE AND STUFF AND ACT AS IF I WAS RIDING A HORSE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT IS COOL.
>> THEN YOU PERFORM IT IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] THAT WAS A BIG THING.
>> YEAH. I BELIEVE IT'S NOON. I THINK IT'S AT NOON, BUT YOU CAN CHECK.
[BACKGROUND] IT'S THE PETTING ZOO THEY HAD ME [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN SEE THE [NOISE]
>> WHAT'S AGRICULTURE EDUCATION DAY? THAT'S THREE QUESTIONS I LIKE. I HAD THREE NOT TWO.
>> WHEN WE GET MORE INFO, I'LL GET IT TO YOU.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS. BECAUSE THAT'S ON A SATURDAY.
>> IT'S ON A SATURDAY. I SAW THE FLYER TODAY COMING BUT I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT FOR YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE HAD IT BEFORE, BUT IT'S ON SATURDAY, MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THEY ANNOUNCE IT TO THE COMMUNITY SO PARENTS CAN COME OUT, BRING THEIR KIDS, GET THEIR YOUNGER KIDS INTERESTED IN THE PETTING ASPECT OF IT, BUT NOW, THERE'S AN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THROUGH CCTC.
[00:50:02]
IT'S GOOD EVENT IF YOU CAN GO.MOVING ON TO THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY.
ZAHID, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON?
>> YES. GOOD EVENING, DR. SIMMONS, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, AND TO ALL MEMBERS OF BOARD.
TO BEGIN WITH, FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LAST MONTH, FES FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN AN IN-PERSON ACADEMIC NIGHT.
STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5 HAVE BEGUN THEIR MARYLAND STATE TESTING AND THE STAFF PARTICIPATED IN MARCH MADNESS, WELLNESS CHALLENGE LOGGING THE MILES THEY HAD WALKED.
THE FALCONS DOESN'T HAVE ANY UPCOMING EVENTS THIS MONTH.
NOW MOVING ON TO PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE PANTHERS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, JACKELINE MURRAY FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK.
OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF LOVE HER, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, MS. MURRAY.
FOR THE LAST MONTH OF ACTIVITIES, IT INCLUDES SPRING PICTURES AND FOR THE UPCOMING EVENTS IT INCLUDES, ON APRIL 16TH, FIRST, WE'LL HAVE A VISIT FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM TO LEARN ABOUT OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY AND PES.
ON APRIL 21ST, FOURTH GRADE WILL VISIT THE PRESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL HISTORY AND REVIEW THIS LONGSTANDING PES TRANSITION.
ON APRIL 28TH, THE ZOOMOBILE WILL VISIT PRE-K STUDENTS TO PRESENT A FUN LESSON ON EXOTIC ANIMALS.
NOW, MOVING ON TO COLONEL RICHARDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, LAST MONTH, CRMS 7TH AND 8TH GRADE BAND PERFORMANCE WILL [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. CHRISTINA ATCHISON FOR WINNING CRMS MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT.
FOR THEIR UPCOMING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE APRIL 1ST, LIGHT IT UP, BLUE FOR AUTISM SPIRIT, AND APRIL 4TH, THEY BEGIN THEIR ELA AND MCAP TESTING.
FINALLY, MOVING ON TO COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, THE UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE 12TH ANNUAL CRHS TRACTOR DAY, WHICH WILL BE IN APRIL 8TH, AND THE PROM ON APRIL 30TH FROM 8:00 TO 11:00. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT TONIGHT.
NOW, BACK ON MY SCHEDULE, BACK FROM FINANCE [LAUGHTER] REPORT, MS. THORNTON?
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE FINANCE REPORT.
HERE IT COMES. THE WI-FI IS NOT COOPERATING TONIGHT.
[LAUGHTER] THE FINANCE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31ST.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE MADE IT THROUGH MARCH WITHOUT ANY MORE SNOW DAYS.
[OVERLAPPING] THE PREDICTION CAME TRUE, THAT HELPED OUR BUDGET OUT.
>> YES, WE DID ON THE WEEKEND, [NOISE] BUT IT BUDGET OUT.
>> SHE ALLOWED IT ON SATURDAY.
>> VERY NICE OF YOU, MS. THORNTON.
>> IT WAS SUNDAY TOO WHERE I LIVE.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BUT NO SNOW CLASS.
>> HOPEFULLY, WE'RE IN THE CLEAR NOW.
WE'RE THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WRAP UP SPENDING SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT YEAR-END PROJECTIONS AND GAUGE WHERE WE ARE, AS FAR AS FISCAL YEAR-END.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $76 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET SO IT'S VERY TOUGH TO TRY TO WRAP UP SPENDING, GET ALL OF THE YEAR-END ORDERS IN FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF OUR MONEY ON THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF THE SYSTEM, BUT DON'T OVERSPEND.
SO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ALWAYS MAKES ME NERVOUS, I'M WATCHING THE NUMBERS, CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS EMERGENCIES THAT POP-UP.
WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE NINE MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE ARE RIGHT ON TRACK WITH WHERE WE SHOULD BE AS FAR AS SPENDING.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> MOVING ON. WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING
[3. Consent Agenda]
OF PERSONNEL AND MINUTES FROM THREE MEETINGS IN MARCH; MARCH 1ST, MARCH 11TH, AND MARCH 15TH.>> GOOD EVENING, MR. NEWCOMB, DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE PERSONNEL AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CONSENT.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BEHIND, I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT, THERE ARE TWO LEAVES OF ABSENCES, THREE SICK LEAVE WAIVERS, SEVEN RESIGNATIONS, ONE APPOINTMENT TO REGULAR CONTRACT,
[00:55:01]
AND ONE APPOINTMENT TO PROVISIONAL CONTRACT FROM REGULAR CONTRACT.[BACKGROUND] I KNOW WHICH ONE.
THE LIST IS ONE RETIREMENT PUBLIC CONTENT. [INAUDIBLE].
BUT WE DO OR DON'T? WE DO NOT.
IT'S A MATTER OF HOW WE DO OUR RETIREMENTS HERE, BUT THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A RESIGNATION [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S ON THE AGENDA LIST ON BOARD DOCS, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE PERSONAL AGENDA THAT WE [INAUDIBLE].
JUST TO FOLLOW UP COMMENT OR PUBLIC CONTENT. [LAUGHTER] THEN WE HAVE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 1ST, 11TH, AND 15TH.
BOARD MEMBERS, THERE WEREN'T ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THOSE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.
SECOND BY MR. BARTON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[4. Recognitions]
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO SOME RECOGNITIONS.WE HAVE STATE OF MARYLAND LITERACY ASSOCIATION HIGH-SCHOOL YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST STATE WINNERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD MEMBERS FOR ISSUING THESE RECOGNITIONS FOR THESE VERY DESERVING STUDENTS.
WE ARE JOINED HERE BY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT, BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT AND ENERGY TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE ARE JUST THRILLED THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING RECOGNIZED IN THESE WAYS, PARTICULARLY FOR WRITING.
I [NOISE] ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO SHARE ANECDOTALLY WITH MRS. DIGIACOMO BECAUSE ONE OF THESE STUDENTS IS ONE OF YOUR FORMER NINTH GRADERS.
OLIVIA, WHAT DID YOU TELL ME? [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU.
I SAID, YOU HAVE GOT TO SHARE THAT.
SHE DID A RESEARCH PAPER ON WHAT WAS IT? [BACKGROUND] SHE UNDERSTOOD IT.
[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE ALL TEACHERS AND LEARNERS HERE.
I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY ALSO SAYING THAT WE HAVE RECOGNITIONS AT BOTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THIS HONOR.
FIRST, PLEASE, FOR 11TH GRADE SHORT STORY, FOR THE LEPER FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO JOINING US IS HER PARENTS, IS JOANNA [INAUDIBLE].
COME ON UP, JOANNA. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.
DO YOU WANT TO DO INDIVIDUALS.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL DR. [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU WOULD JOIN US, AS WELL AS LITERACY COACH, MR. SUSA.
A COUPLE MORE IN BACK. THERE WE GO.
MR. GIACOMO, IF YOU JUST JUG MORE PEOPLE COULD SCOOT OVER SO I CAN, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THERE YOU GO. [NOISE] THANK YOU.
JUST TO REITERATE WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THIS IS, JUST IMAGINE ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND HOW MANY FOLKS HAD TO READ AND THEN ALSO SELECT THESE PIECES.
THAT'S 24 LEAS OR 24 DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OLIVIA [INAUDIBLE]. SHE IS A SENIOR.
SHE'S WON FIRST PLACE FOR 12TH GRADE SHORT STORY, THE CURSE OF THE PHANTOM HEARTS.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] HERE YOU GO.
[01:00:02]
SHE'S ALSO JOINED BY TWO NORTH CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.WE HAVE MS. LIVINGSTONE AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND PRINCIPAL, MR. SPIKER.
OLIVIA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEO CLUB.
MY GOODNESS! THAT'S HOW I ALSO KNOW YOU.
[OVERLAPPING] SHE WORKS SO HARD.
IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING HERE.
[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] IT IS ALSO A RARITY TO BE ABLE TO AWARD A RECOGNITION FOR POETRY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST.
THERE ARE MORE POEMS THAT ARE NATURALLY SUBMITTED.
IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE MS. BROOKLYN LINDSAY TAYLOR FOR SECOND PLACE POETRY FOR JANE DOE.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] SHE IS ALSO JOINED BY MR. BRADNER AND MR. SPIKER.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATIONS.
>> REALLY HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT.
I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EDUCATORS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
[NOISE] NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE SPRING 2022, MARYLAND FIRST LADIES ART EXHIBIT RECOGNITION.
THAT'S OKAY BOARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY WE ALSO HAVE TWO RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENT, ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND THAT IS SENIOR EVA CARL'S FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.
HER ARTWORK WAS CHOSEN TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE FIRST LADIES EXHIBIT IN ANNAPOLIS.
[APPLAUSE] AND DO WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF EVA'S ARTWORK? DOESN'T IT LOOK NICE [LAUGHTER] AND SHE IS ALSO JOINED BY DR. [INAUDIBLE] OH, THERE IT IS.
[NOISE] HER MOM WENT TO SEE IT.
>> I SAW IT WHEN IT WASN'T PAINT YET.
>> SHE IS ONE OF OUR FIRST ENTRY THAT WAS A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTWORK THE CERAMIC PIECE, I'LL PRINT THE TEAPOT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT [LAUGHTER].
>> WE'VE GOT AN ENGLISH TEACHER TO HELP CHOOSE IN THE EARLY WRITING AND I'M NO ARTIST BUT I HAD TO COME UP HERE [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] [NOISE] GREAT TO SEE HER GET ACKNOWLEDGE BY THE BOARD [NOISE].
>> IF YOU SEE I SAW HER ACTUALLY WRESTLING WITH CLAY [LAUGHTER] ON THE MACHINE AND IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
AND EVEN THOUGH REBECCA MITCHELL OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US, I DIDN'T WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE HER ALSO FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF BEING DISPLAYED IN THAT FIRST LADIES EXHIBIT AS WELL AND DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE AS WELL?
>> BECAUSE THAT ONE IS GORGEOUS [LAUGHTER].
THIS IS THE SUNFLOWERS, HIS, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
[01:05:03]
>> SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE AT THE STATE HOUSE.
>> THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I KNOW WAS IN MARYLAND HALL LAST NIGHT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THEY HAD STUDENTS.
>> YES.JUST DROPPED IT OFF YESTERDAY.
>> BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE AN AMAZING.
>> YES I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT BE THERE TO BE THERE NORTH CAROLINA.
>> NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US EVERYWHERE ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ARTS.
>> THANK'S ALL. THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
>> FEEL FREE TO STAY, IF NOT, SEE IF THERE'S ANY COOKIES LEFT.
>> THERE MIGHT BE SOME COOKIES OUT THERE FOR GREENSBURG ELEMENTARY KIDS I GOT THEM.
>> THANK YOU [NOISE] [LAUGHTER].
>> DID YOU GET AARON'S BLESSING TO COME UP HERE ON THESE TWO ITEMS? SHE SAID WE'RE GOING TO SLOW DOWN SPENDING [LAUGHTER].
>> SIR, SHE'S HOPING TO GET OFF THE BOOKS [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE].
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, WELL, I STILL CAN'T KEEP TRACK AND I DON'T WANT TO APOLOGIZE WE MIGHT BE DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> YES I WAS WONDERING, WE DID NOT.
>> NO. SO I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION FIRST BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY SIGNED. MR. MANGO YOU'RE UP.
[6. Individual Action Items]
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MEETING WITH ME AGAIN, I BRING IN FRONT OF YOU TWO CONTRACTS FOR YOUR APPROVAL CONTRACT, 22013 FOOD AND FOOD-RELATED ITEMS THERE ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
SO RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT YOU ACCEPT AN AWARD A CONTRACT TO SYSCO EASTERN MARYLAND LLC, THE TOTAL OF $4,101,884.55 TO ESTABLISH CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING AND DELIVERING OF FOOD AND FOOD RELATED ITEMS TO THE CHILD NUTRITION FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS IN MARYLAND'S SHORT IF SEVEN SO LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THAT SHORT SEVEN IS.
THAT'S NOT US, THAT'S A COMBINATION OF SEVEN COUNTIES, INCLUDING CECIL, CAROLINE, DORCHESTER, KENT, SOMERSET, WICOMICO AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT OF BETH PRODUCERS FOR AWHILE, LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS IN FOOD SERVICE WE WERE TOO SHORT FOR AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE MORE YOU HAVE THE LARGE ACCOUNTS WE HAVE, IT GIVES US MORE VOLUME, MORE PURCHASING POWER AND SO WE WERE OKAY AT SHORT FOUR, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE AND IT'S TAKEN?
>> 10 YEARS TO GET THESE OTHER ONES ON AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE DONE.
WE BELIEVE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTRACT A COUPLE OF COUNTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAY TO HELP AND JOIN US WITH THIS RESOURCING AND MORE SO.
THE CONTRACT RUNS JULY FIRST, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023 AND THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONAL ROLLOVER YEARS AFTER THAT.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IT'S GOING TO COST CCPS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023 $1.1 MILLION AND THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED THE PROJECT ARE PROVIDED BY THE FOOD SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET.
SO BEFORE I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON HIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WE ARE OKAY AT SHORT FOUR WERE TRYING TO GET MORE IN.
>> I SEE THAT ONE COMPANY DIDN'T WANT TO BID?
WE PUT WERE FOUR I BELIEVE IT CAME BACK WITH SOME MESSAGING OR BID ONLY ONE GAVE US AN ACTUAL BID AND THAT WAS SYSCO.
THE OTHERS WERE LISTED DOWN BELOW IS WHAT THE REASONS WERE WHY THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN BIDDING OR THEY JUST DIDN'T FIT DIRECTLY OR THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE THEIR LOCATION DO THE FREQUENCY OF DELIVERIES TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET A BUYING CONSORTIUM WITH THIS SIZE, THAT COMPANY, THESE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND DELIVER TO ALL THE COUNTIES ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK AND SO YOU NEED A FAIRLY LARGE COMPANY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> WHO ARE THE OTHERS MILL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SEND BACK?
>> ONE WAS GOLDSTAR, ANOTHER ONE WAS US FOODS, [INAUDIBLE] ITS OKAY.
SO TWO SMALLER ONES AND TWO LARGER ONES AND FOR SOME REASON US FOODS WAS NOT INTERESTED IN PUTTING IN A FULL-SCALE BID, SYSCO JUST LET YOU KNOW IS THE INCUMBENT CONTRACT REASON FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.
>> WHAT'S USDA FOODS TOTAL, I'M JUST CURIOUS, THAT'S $12,096
[01:10:04]
WHAT'S THAT?>> CORRECT ME I'M WRONG THAT'S COMMODITY?
>> IS THAT COMMODITY ITEM THAT USDA SO WE PURCHASED FOOD THROUGH USDA AS WELL IT'S CALLED A COMMODITY AND IT'S LITERALLY PENNIES FOR DOLLAR.
WHAT WE CAN ONLY BY ABOUT 10% OF HER FOOD COSTS IS MADE UP OF USDA COMMODITY PROGRAM BUYING.
>> WELL THAT'S GOOD AT THE COMPANIES THAT COULDN'T HANDLE IT WE'RE HONEST.
>> THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMODITY THAT THEY WOULD SUPPLY.
>> IT'S NICKNAME BROWN BOX. IF YOU DON'T MIND, TURKEY.
>> TURKEY MY FAVORITE IS BROCCOLI FROM USA [INAUDIBLE].
DEPARTMENT DEFENSE, WE GET OUR FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM THAT TOO, WHICH ISN'T THAT COMBINED LIKE WE GET A $170,000 IN COMMODITY EQUIVALENT.
SO WE COME TO THE DOD, TO BROWN BOX WHICH BILL WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THEN I'LL SEND 30,000 POUNDS OF CHICKEN TO LET'S SAY TYSON'S AND THEN FOR EVERY CASE WE GET MONEY OFF OF THAT CASE WHEN THEY COMES TOO IT TOOK REALLY LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE COMMODITY GAME, WE USE IT PRETTY WELL AND WE TAKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S STATE LIKE I COME AND SAY, HEY I NEED 10,000 POUNDS MORE [LAUGHTER] ML STATE, YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER COLLEAGUE EOQ JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T USED YET.
SO WE PROBABLY GO DOWN TO 250,280 A YEAR [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> BOARD HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THIS ONLY SOLD [LAUGHTER] THE CISCO BID [NOISE] AS PRESENTED?
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> WE JUST BOUGHT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR US AT [OVERLAPPING] 1.1.
>> THE SECOND CONTRACT I PRESENT TO YOU IS 22-019.
YOUR PACKET DOOR LOCKS AND HARDWARE.
IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF ED THAT WE AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SELMA DOING BUSINESS AS SALISBURY DOOR AND HARDWARE AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,280 TO FURNISH, INSTALL ALL MATERIALS FOR DOOR LOCKS AND HARDWARE IN EIGHT SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING CLASSROOM BLOCKS TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO LOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
AS A SAFETY ISSUE, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'LL BE A SUMMERTIME PROJECT WHEN WE START THIS AROUND JUNE 20TH, AND HAVE TO BE FINISHED BY AUGUST 18TH.
THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS COMING FROM MR. GESTALLI'S SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT FUNDING AS THE FUNDING SOURCE.
>> YEAH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> DO WE NOT LOCK THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE NOW OR?
>> THEY LOCK WITH THE KEY FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> IT WILL BE ABLE TO UNLOCK THEM, AND LOCK THEM UP ON A CODE RED OR WHATEVER IT IS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] DOORS AND RISKS SAFETY OF ANYBODY IN THOSE CLASSROOMS.
THE HARDWARE COST FOR THE SALISBURY DOOR AND HARDWARE, IT'S ABOUT $20,000 LESS THAN ANYBODY ELSE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE TO THE NEXT HIGHEST COMPETITOR.
>> ARE WE GOING TO GIVE UP SOMETHING IN QUALITY FROM THAT $20,000?
>> NO. WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE LIKE COMPETITION AND COMPETITION BRINGS A BETTER VALUE TO US.
IF YOU ALSO SCAN OVER, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ALSO AN ALT AD THAT WAS ADDED FOR $6,600 THAT WE HAD TO PUT IN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THEIR MATHEMATICS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WORKED THROUGH THEIR BIDS AND DEALS.
MAYBE SOMEBODY'S OTHER ONES THAT ARE 94, 91, MAYBE $6-7,000.
THAT'S ALT AD, MAYBE THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT ORIGINAL PRICE.
THAT MIGHT BRING THE HARDWARE TOTAL UP A LITTLE CLOSER SO THEY PLAY NICE IN THE SANDBOX.
BUT THEY'RE BREAKING IT DOWN A LOT LESS.
WE'RE NOT GETTING TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ANYTHING THAT'S LESS QUALITY FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, WE HAD SEVEN CONTRACTS WITH BID ON IT AND THAT'S THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMPETITION.
[01:15:04]
>> THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BID AND DIFFERENCE IN HARDWARE ESTIMATE.
>> I'M GOING TO ASSUME THEY'RE A REPUTABLE COMPANY.
>> YEAH. THEY CAN HANDLE THE VOLUME THAT WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO SUMMER.
JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GES THAT'S JUST FINISHED THIS LAST YEAR AND EXPRESS ELEMENTARY WHO'S ALREADY SET UP WITH THAT.
NOW WE'RE GETTING, SO EVERYBODY WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THEIR LOCKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> BOARD MEMBERS DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SELMA INC. FOR BUSINESS AS SALISBURY DOOR AND HARDWARE FOR THIS BID BOARD?
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. MATHEMATICS.
[7. Reports and Presentations]
>> MS. MULLIGAN, CONSIDERING YOUR PATIENTLY.
>> [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING DR. SIMMONS [NOISE] BOARD.
I SUPERVISE [NOISE] MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION, TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL BOARDS OR PATIENTS.
I THINK MAKING FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING MATHEMATICS.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE HOW, THE WHAT, THE WHY, THE WHEN.
I GIVE YOU A LITTLE PEEK AT SOME DATA AND YOU LOOK AT IT FOR MY EYES AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE VETTING PROCESS.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOUR EYES LOOK LIKE [LAUGHTER]
COMPARING OUR BEGINNING OF YEAR TO OUR MID-YEAR, WE SEE LOTS OF RED WHEN I'M HERRING EACH GRADE LEVEL FOR ME.
WHAT I SEE IS THAT OUR WORD SHRINKING ARE RED ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRAINING THE RED.
YOU DON'T HAVE RED IN KINDERGARTEN BECAUSE KINDERGARTNERS CAN'T BE TOO [INAUDIBLE].
I DON'T SEE, THAT I WANT TO SEE IS MORE GREEN.
WHAT THIS TELLS ME IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL WITH NARROWING THE GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF DECREASING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE FRAMEWORK GRADE LEVELS BELOW.
BUT THEY'RE HAVING LESS SUCCESS AT THE UPPER END, MOVING STUDENTS FROM THAT YELLOW TO GREEN.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE SAME DATA.
ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH IS THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR STUDENTS.
EACH POINT REPRESENTS A GRADE LEVEL.
IDEALLY, WE WOULD WANT ALL OF OUR DATA POINTS UP IN QUADRANT 1.
I HAVE HIGH PERFORMANCE AND HIGH GROWTH EQUIPMENT ON QUADRANT 1.
WHAT WE HAVE IS MOVING FROM QUADRANT 3, WHICH IS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE TO QUADRANT 2.
WE ARE MOVING UPWARD, BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING UP AND OVER.
AGAIN, THAT TELLS ME THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MOVING KIDS, IS HELPING KIDS GROW.
IT'S HELPING THEM IMPROVE THEIR MATHEMATICS, IT'S NARROWING THEIR MISSED LEARNING, BUT IT'S NOT MOVING THEM QUICKLY ENOUGH TO ON GRADE LEVEL.
THE BIG CHALLENGE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN CLOSING GAPS AND REMEDIATING STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING TO OFFER GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH IF I HAVE A THIRD GRADER TO DELAY, BUT THEY MISSED IN FIRST GRADE, I ALSO NEED TO GIVE THEM ALL THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVING SECOND GRADE, SO THEY GO INTO THIRD GRADE GRAY.
THERE ARE FACTORS HERE, AND THIS IS A GRAY LEVEL PICTURE.
SOME INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS MIGHT HAVE HIGH PERFORMANCE, SO IT'S NOT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IT'S NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SOME OF THE BIG FACTORS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN ATTENDANCE.
EITHER BECAUSE OF QUARANTINE, STUDENTS ABSENCE, IT'S ABSENTEEISM TEACHERS ABSENTEEISM, STUDENT BEHAVIORS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES PROVIDED US WITH THIS GRAPH.
[01:20:06]
THEY SHADED THERE THE DOTTED LINE AT 60.TODAY WOULD EXPECT THAT MAYBE ARE BASED ON WHERE WE GAVE DIAGNOSTIC, THE STUDENTS TO HAVE 60 PERCENT OF THE YEAR'S GROWTH.
WE REALLY LOOK AT THE SHADED PART IN ITS FIFTH YEAR.
WE MISSED THOSE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL.
WE WERE DOING SO MUCH WITH STUDENTS, STUDENT EMOTIONAL WORRYING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF WORK, WE'RE NOT TRULY ACADEMIC.
THEY WERE MORE ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SO THAT PLAYED INTO THIS.
THE OTHER PIECE IS TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS.
A HIGH CONCERN FOR ME ARE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN A SECOND, BUT FIRST SECOND GRADE ARE TRULY WHERE I HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCERN.
THOSE WERE THE GRADES WHERE WE HAD LESS THAN AVERAGE GROWTH.
THAT'S WHERE WE SEE, I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS TO KEEP THE BAR HIGH AS FAR AS GETTING GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.
ONE REMEDY OR AT LEAST A VARIABLE I WANT TO REMOVE IS, IS IT THE TIER 1 INSTRUCTION? IS IT OUR CORE CURRICULUM THAT'S HINDERING TEACHERS? THEY'VE GOT THE PLAN, THE TIER 2 AND TIER 3, THOSE SPORTS AND THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN EASY BUTTON FOR THEIR TIER 1 SO THAT THEY CAN PUSH THE GROWTH SO THAT WE GET THE KIDS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THAT'S JUST TECHNICAL SOMEDAY.
>> YOUR CURRICULUM FOR ALL KIDS?
>> WHEN YOU CONSIDER THEY LOST TWO YEARS, IS THAT UNREASONABLE? IT'S NOT WHAT THE PERFECT WORLD IS, BUT IS IT?
>> IT'S NOT OKAY FOR ME TO SAY, DR. SIMMONS, I'M GOING TO LET YOUR DAUGHTER GO TO HIGH SCHOOL TWO YEARS FROM HER GRADE LEVEL.
>> I GET THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC TOO.
>> THEY'RE MOVING. I TALKED TO A TEACHER YESTERDAY.
HER MEDIAN GROWTH WAS 71 PERCENT AT A YEAR AND SHE HAD STUDENTS WHO WENT UP THREE STANDARD DEVIATIONS, SO THREE YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH IN HALF A YEAR.
WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO CAN DO IT.
WE HAVE SOME VERY SKILLED TEACHERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALSO HAVE TURNOVER AND WE HAVE LESS THAN SKILLED.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO PLAN CORE INSTRUCTION, PLAN TIER 2, PLAN SEL SUPPORTS.
>> THERE'S MORE DISTRACTIONS NOW. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY JUST HAVE TO BE A MASTER OF EVERYTHING.
IF I GIVE THEM A GOOD CURRICULUM, THAT'S ONE LESS THING THAT'S A VARIABLE TO HELP THEM MOVE THIS.
>> I THINK THERE'S A VALID POINT AND IT CONNECTS TO MS. DIGIACOMO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ALSO AS WELL IS, WE KNOW OUR KIDS ARE STARTING AT A LOWER SPOT NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'VE HAD BECAUSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT REALLY WARRANTS US TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE HANDS OF ALL OF OUR TEACHERS FOR WHAT DAILY INSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THE STANDARDS HAVEN'T CHANGED.
BUT WE NEED TO FIND A BETTER VEHICLE THAT HELPS RECOGNIZE WHERE THEY ARE AND MOVE ALL KIDS AT A BETTER CURRICULUM THAT'S MATCHED TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TO GET THEM TO THE STANDARD.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORKING REALLY HARD, BUT MAINTAINING THAT PACE OVER SEVERAL YEARS IS GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE IF WE DON'T LOOK AT THE TOOLKIT WE'RE GIVING THEM ON DAILY BASIS TO HELP GET THEM THERE.
WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND LOOK AT IT IN THE SAME WAY WE'RE DOING WITH ELEMENTARY READING.
WE'VE REALLY GOT TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK TO SEE, WHERE ARE OUR KIDS? AN HONEST CONVERSATION OF WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT'S THE BEST MATCH TO HELP MOVE ALL OF OUR KIDS FORWARD?
>> THE OTHER THING, THE REASON I HESITATED WITH YOUR QUESTION, IN MATHEMATICS, UNLIKE READING, A CHILD CAN READ INDEPENDENTLY AND TEACH THEMSELVES.
THEY CAN LEARN VOCABULARY THROUGH READING INDEPENDENTLY, THEY CAN BORROW TOO, COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
THEY CAN LEARN THINGS THROUGH READING ON THEIR OWN.
WITH MATHEMATICS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE DIRECT INSTRUCTION, YOU CAN'T INTUIT MATHEMATICS BECAUSE WE USE DIFFERENT SYMBOLS,
[01:25:01]
WE HAVE OUR OWN SET OF VOCABULARY.WITHOUT THAT INSTRUCTION, KIDS DON'T GROW.
WE NEED TO MAKE UP FOR MISSED INSTRUCTION.
I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE FLIP SIDE IS IT COMES AROUND IN FULL CIRCLE SOMETIMES.
I UNDERSTAND CONCEPTS, MANIPULATES, GROUPS.
ONCE YOU CAN COUNT TO 10, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
I'M PARAPHRASING A LITTLE BIT HERE.
BUT I WATCHED KIDS TAKE FIVE MINUTES TO FIGURE OUT, AGAIN I'LL GO BACK TO, 3X EQUALS 21 VERSUS ONCE YOU KNOW HOW TO COUNT TO 10.
THEM JUST EVENTUALLY KNOWING 3X EQUALS 21 AND X IS SEVEN.
THIS NEW CURRICULUM WE'RE GOING TO, THEN WHEN THEY GO HOME TO PRACTICE AND THEIR PARENTS ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM AND THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE, BUT THEN WE TAUGHT THEM A WAY AND TOLD THEM YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
THE PARENTS ARE, I CAN'T HELP YOU.
I KNOW I JUST THREW A LOT OUT THERE AT YOU.
I SEE THIS PRESENTATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE SHIFTING GEARS GOING TO A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM, I GUESS.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING THAT DIRECTION TO GET A BETTER CURRICULUM FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE SECOND TO STAFF IS TIME.
WE CAN'T CREATE ANY MORE TIME.
ARE WE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE PROCESSES AND HAVE A CURRICULUM AND A MATH PROCESS MAYBE THAT'S AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT PARENTS CAN HELP THEIR STUDENTS WITH?
>> LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE CRITERIA BECAUSE IT CAN BE PICKY.
I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BUT I WANT TO STICK TO MY 15 MINUTES OF ALLOTTED TIME. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT DOESN'T COUNT. I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.
>> NEXT SLIDE. IN MARYLAND, DR. SIMMONS WILL SIGN OFF THAT OUR CURRICULUM NEEDS THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS.
MSDE HAS PUT ALL DISTRICTS THROUGH FOR CURRICULUM VETTING, SO WE ARE DOING 2023.
WHEN WE ADOPTED THE COMMON CORE IN '16, '17 THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE, SO I DIDN'T TAKE JUST ANYTHING, WE OPTED TO BUILD OUR OWN.
I'M PRETTY PROUD OF OUR CURRICULUM.
WE'VE TAKEN 22 VETTED RESOURCES AND WE'VE EMBEDDED THEM AND THEN PUT THEM IN A PACING GUIDE, AND IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF YOU'RE A NEW TEACHER, IT IS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE TO UNPACK IT AND USE IT.
THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE GAPS, OUR MATH RESOURCE TEACHERS, THE MRTS OF THE ELEMENTARY, THEY ARE PUSHING IN AND THEY'RE TEACHING INTERVENTIONS.
THE COACHING THAT THEY DO IS AROUND DATA AND HELPING TEACHERS PLAN SMALL INSTRUCTION, IT'S NOT ABOUT UNPACKING AND WRITING FIRST OUR CORE LESSONS.
I WANT TO FREE UP THEIR TIME TO BE WITH KIDS AND MOVE THAT BOTTOM-UP AND GIVE TEACHERS THE TOOLS TO MAKE MORE KIDS GREEN.
I HAVE THREE OPTIONS; I CAN BUY SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ALIGNED, I CAN HAVE MSDE COME IN AND GET WHAT WE'VE DONE, OR WE CAN PAY SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR US.
I DON'T THINK NUMBER 2 IS AN OPTION.
I WANT TO LOOK AT NUMBER 3 TO SEE IF TEACHERS ARE OPEN TO WHAT IS OUT THERE.
THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT I NEED TO CONSIDER IN VETTING A CURRICULUM.
OUR CURRICULUM FOR ELEMENTARY HAS NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2.
IT HAS FOCUS AND RIGOR, IT HAS COHERENCE.
WE DON'T OFFER A WHOLE LOT WITH SCAFFOLDS AND DIFFERENTIATION AND THAT COMMON ERRORS AND MISCONCEPTIONS, THAT'S WHAT HELPS A TEACHER, ESPECIALLY A NOVICE TEACHER.
THEY LOOK AT STUDENTS' WORK, IT HELPS THEM TO DIAGNOSE WHAT'S THE MISUNDERSTANDING IN MATHEMATICS.
THAT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL TO PARENTS BECAUSE IF YOUR CHILD SAYS THIS AND IT SAYS THAT, THEN YOU CAN SAY BUT THE TEACHER THAT'S WHAT HE SAID AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, SO GO FIX THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND I WANT THAT FOR TEACHERS.
THE OTHER THING ARE THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY.
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT.
IT'S LEFT UP TO THE GENERAL AID TEACHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CO-TEACHERS.
[01:30:01]
WE HAVE EXPANDING EL POPULATION AND TEACHERS THEY JUST NEED SUPPORT.IT'S NOT EVERYBODY'S AREA OF EXPERTISE AND THEY NEED SUPPORT.
FOR ME IT'S ABOUT EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY KID HAS ACCESS TO A GOOD STANDARDS-ALIGNED CURRICULUM.
IT MEETS ALL OF THESE CRITERIA.
MOVING ON. THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING.
A CLASSROOM TEACHER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THAT, MR. [INAUDIBLE] THE SECOND ROW ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, THAT BUILDING PROCEDURE OF FLUENCY FROM CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHY WE BUILD UP THE BLOCKS FIRST.
WE DON'T WANT TO STAY IN BLOCKS, THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL.
BUT MOVING FROM THESE DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIONS TO GET THE KIDS TO A STANDARD ALGORITHM, THAT'S THE GOAL.
TEACHERS DO A GOOD JOB OF TEACHING WITH THE BLOCKS, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT NOR HAVE A SEQUENCE INSTRUCTION TO GET THEM TO THE ALGORITHM.
AGAIN, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO HELP THEM SEE WHAT THIS IS, OUR MORE NOVICE TEACHERS.
MR. JONES WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STEM PRESENTATION.
>> PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IS WHAT MAKES KIDS READY TO BE PROBLEM THINKERS.
WE WANT A PROBLEM-BASED CURRICULUM, WE WANT RICH TASKS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS AND GIVE THE KIDS SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT THIS HAS JUST IN TIME LEARNING FOR TEACHERS.
I LOOKED AT EIGHT DIFFERENT CURRICULUM, SOME OF THEM HAVE EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THEM, INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS FOR THE TEACHER TO SEE WHAT THE TEACHER MOVES LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S ENOUGH COMPETITION OUT THERE TO MAKE THE VENDORS REALLY HAVE TO PRODUCE GOOD PRODUCTS.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING ABOUT THAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MS. DIGIACOMO?
ACTUALLY, YOU MADE ME THINK OF THE ONE THING.
IT'S LIKE YOU TEACH THEM HOW TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT JUST LIKE IN ENGLISH, YOU CAN INTERPRET SOMETHING.
TEN PEOPLE CAN READ ONE THING, YOU HAVE 10 INTERPRETATIONS.
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO GET A CORRECT ANSWER.
>> BUT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MARKED WRONG BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO IT THE WAY THEY WERE TAUGHT.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BOGGLED MY MIND.
>> I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF THAT HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY.
>> HAS IT CHANGED THOUGH? [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT MINDSET HAS FINALLY CHANGED?
[OVERLAPPING] I'VE NOT SAID A NAME, JUST DON'T KNOW [OVERLAPPING] CAN YOU GIVE ME NAMES? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WOULD WALK THROUGH AND I THROW MY OWN POOR MATH EXPERIENCES OUT THERE.
I DOUBT ANY OF MY FORMER MATH TEACHERS ARE WATCHING A CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD MEETING TONIGHT [BACKGROUND].
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE ON CAMERA PROBABLY THE WAY I LEARNED WAS HERE'S THE FORMULA YOU BETTER APPLY IT IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE WRONG, PERIOD.
CAN I HONESTLY TELL YOU, I COULD WORK FORMULAS LEFT AND RIGHT HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT APPLICATION.
I GOT SCHOOLED ONE DAY SITTING IN HOME DEPOT ON APPLICATIONS LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? NO, I KNOW THE FORMULAS. THIS IS WHY YOU ACTUALLY LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
LITERALLY THE GUY USING GEOMETRY, SHOW ME HOW MUCH PLYWOOD I NEEDED. WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S THE WAY I LEARNED MATH.
IT TOOK ME A SECOND AS A CULTURE SHOCK, I'LL BE HONEST, WALKING THROUGH SOME OF OUR MATH CLASSROOMS, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, AND SEEING THE PROCESSING GOING ON BY KIDS USING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWER, AND THE CRAZY THING IS, TO ME, HAVING LEARNED A VERY DIFFERENT WAY, THERE'S ONE WAY, AND LITERALLY THERE WAS ONE SIMPLE PROBLEM.
THERE WERE PROBABLY SEVEN DIFFERENT CORRECT ANSWERS AND WAYS TO GET THERE.
THE KIDS ALL GOT THE ANSWER IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT IT WAS HOW THEY GOT THERE AND THEN EXPLAINING HOW THEY GOT THERE.
USE THE STRATEGY TO SHOW WHERE THEY GOT THERE.[OVERLAPPING].
>> THE STUDENTS START WITH CONCRETE.
THEY STARTED WITH [OVERLAPPING] MANIPULATE OF THE SAME MOVE.
PICTURES OF THOSE OBJECTS, THEN MORE ABSTRACT PICTURES LIKE A NUMBER LINE, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO TO A NUMERICAL.
THEY WOULD WANT TO WORK TO THAT ABSTRACT AND WOULD BE ABLE TO LINK ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
IF THIS CHILD TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE QUADRATIC FORMULA,
[01:35:02]
THEY CAN DRAW A BOX MODEL, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE AREA MODEL THAT THEY LEARNED IN THIRD GRADE, TO REPRESENT THE FACTORING OF THAT QUADRATIC.THEY CAN CONNECT ALL THOSE PIECES.
WE WANT TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT STUDENT WORK.
IF MR. DR. SIMMONS IS STILL USING HIS BLOCKS TO DO THIS WORK, AND I NEED TO HELP HIM AS A TEACHER TO MOVE TO THE NEXT REPRESENTATION TO SOMETHING LESS MORE EFFICIENT.
LOOKING AT HIS STUDENT WORK WOULD HELP ME DO THAT.
A GOOD CURRICULUM GUIDES TEACHERS INTO HOW TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS [NOISE].
THE TEACHERS ALL HAVE RESOURCES TO DO THOSE CONNECTIONS, TO KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE [NOISE] ONCE IN A VAN DER WALL, AND ONCE IN MATH AND PRACTICE AND ONCE IN THE COMIC BOOK [INAUDIBLE], UNLESS THEY HAVE ALL THOSE RESOURCES IN FRONT OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING, THEY'LL MISS SOMETHING.
I WANT THEM TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY GO TO CAPTURE.
WHERE SHOULD I BE IN THIS POINT IN THE YEAR? IN THIS POINT IN MY INSTRUCTION? WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR MY AVERAGE STUDENTS? THEN IF I HAVE TO ADD MORE SCAFFOLDING, THIS IS WHAT I SHOULD LOOK AT, AND I MIGHT GO BACK TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER RESOURCES BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON IT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
THEY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PLANNING TIME AND WE WANTED TO OPTIMIZE IT.
>> RIGHT. BUT I GUESS JUST [OVERLAPPING] THERE WAS MORE OF AN EXPLAINING AND IT WAS MORE THAN I WAS REALLY ASKING.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] WHEN YOU START TALKING WITH ALL THESE MATTERS I'M LIKE, YOU SEE MY EYES GLAZING OVER NO DISRESPECT.
[OVERLAPPING] I'M ENGLISH HISTORY.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE NO LONGER, IF A STUDENT GETS THE ANSWER CORRECTLY, AND THEY CAN PROVE THEY DID THE WORK AND DIDN'T CHEAT, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GET POINTS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE ANSWER.
>> I THINK, WELL, YOU GOT DEEP INTO QUADRATIC EQUATION OR WHATEVER BUT [OVERLAPPING] PRE-ALGEBRA [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> I DIDN'T PUT IT IN MY NOTES, YOU'RE MAKING ME.[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN FORMAT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
BUT PRE, IF YOU'RE DOING A HOUSES AND YOU USE THE VISIONING THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU GET THE ANSWER, YOU GET THE ANSWER.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, I GUESS I'M FOUNDATIONAL. BECAUSE AGAIN.
WE WANT KIDS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY [NOISE] CAN DO THINGS NOT FAST, LIKE FLOWING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ISN'T THAT I SPEAK QUICKLY, IT'S THAT I SPEAK IT UNFOLDINGLY.
I CAN MOVE FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST CHALLENGES WAS TO GET TEACHERS TO ALLOW KIDS TO PRACTICE.
WHEN THEY WERE TEACHING TO BLANK SCREENS, THEY FELT THE NEED TO FILL THE SCREEN TIME.
WE GET WHEN THE KIDS CAME TO SCHOOL, MANY OF THEM THEY COULDN'T HOLD A PENCIL.
IT WAS AWKWARD TO WATCH THEM WRITING.
[OVERLAPPING] IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO PRACTICE.
I SEE MORE CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE'RE JUST PENCIL, PAPER PRACTICING AND [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE WANT.
>> ITS LIKE GROWING UP. YOU HAD TO MEMORIZE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE.
>> WELL, THAT'S BEEN MEMORIZATION THEY SAY IS A BAD WORD.
IT'S BEEN A BAD WORD FOR TEN OR 15 YEARS.
>> IT'S NOT. YOU CAN SAY IT ALL YOU WANT.
>> MY QUESTION IS, IS FLUENCY MEMORIZATION IN MATH FACTS THEN?
>> [OVERLAPPING] SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE IT.
I HAVE TO MEMORIZE THAT 7 TIMES 8 IS 56.
I JUST HAVE TO BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE YOU [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT AS LONG AS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE IT, YOU UNDERSTAND IT SEVEN GROUPS OF EIGHT EQUALS 56.
>> YES. YOU CONCEPTUALLY UNDERSTAND THEM.
>> YOU CAN SAY SEVEN GROUPS OF EIGHT [OVERLAPPING].
YOU CAN SAY EIGHT GROUPS OF SEVEN AND YOU KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS.
OR THREE GROUPS OF EIGHT FORWARD TODAY. [LAUGHTER]
>> I HEAR THE QUESTIONS, MR. JACQUEMO SAYING I'VE HEARD IT TOO.
KIDS IF YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THIS PROCESS, THIS LATTICE TREATMENT, [OVERLAPPING] THAT I PUT UNDER MY DECK.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU DON'T DO IT THIS WAY, IT'S WRONG.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE KIDS WHO WERE TRYING TO DO THE LATTICE METHOD IN ALGEBRA ONE IN SIX SEVENTH GRADE WHENEVER WE BRING IT IN.
[OVERLAPPING] THIS IS A WHILE AGO.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND FIND OUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE STAY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
[01:40:04]
THIS IS INTERESTING AND NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S NOT TO COME OUT OF YOUR 15 MINUTES.[LAUGHTER] HAVE YOU HEARD THIS? HAS ANYBODY HERE HEARD THIS? BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY APPROPRIATE.
MY WIFE'S A SPEECH THERAPIST AND SHE SENT ME AN ARTICLE LINK.
EVIDENCE INFORMED MILESTONES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL FOR SURVEILLANCE TOOLS, SO THAT YOU ALL SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS MORE THAN I DO.
BUT APPARENTLY, THE BASELINE EXPECTATIONS FOR INFANT TO TODDLERS AS WE PREPARE ARE GOING DOWN.
BECAUSE THE AVERAGE, THEY'RE NOT GOING UP.
EVERYTHING I'M HEARING ABOUT IS WHEN YOU START PUMPING INFORMATION INTO YOUNG MINDS, THEY EACH JUST LIKE SPONGES, THEY'LL TAKE IT AND THEY'LL GO.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN 2006 AND EXPECTATIONS.
BUT BECAUSE OF DYNAMICS IN THE WORLD TODAY, I GUESS IS THE WAY THIS ARTICLE BREEDS, THE MILESTONE EXPECTATIONS PEDIATRIC.
[OVERLAPPING] WELL, FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ACROSS THE BOARD ARE GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE HOME LIFE.
THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GOING DOWN BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR BABYSITTERS.
NOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE FOR PEDIATRICS FOR BASELINES.
AND I'M SORRY TO TAKE UP TIME.
BUT SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THIS.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KRA ASSESSMENTS.
KINDERGARTEN RACISTS IN THE ASSESSMENTS.
IF PEDIATRICIANS ARE SAYING, "WELL, IT'S OKAY, THEY CAN BE BELOW THIS LINE NOW BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS." BUT IN OUR [NOISE] KIRWAN COMMISSIONS SAYING, "WELL, KIDS GOT TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL BY 10TH GRADE NOW." [OVERLAPPING] KIRWAN [LAUGHTER] AS OUR WORLD K-12 IS GOING TO K-10, BUT PRE-K, THEY'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I'M GOING TO SEND THIS ARTICLE TO [OVERLAPPING] DR. SIMMONS, AND YOU PLEASE SHARE.
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING COMPONENT, AND THIS IS NOT A VERY GOOD TIME.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING PRIMARY STATE ASSESSMENTS.
>> TESTING INSTEAD OF TEACHING.
>> IT'S POINTED TO MR. NEWCOMB'S [LAUGHTER] ARTICLE WE GOT TO READ HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO SAW, AND IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF, AGAIN, NOT TO GET OFF ON SOMETHING LIKE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.
WE DID SEE AN IMPACT, AND THAT'S WHERE THESE DO TOO WHEN THESE BECOME THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT WE GIVE YOUNG CHILDREN.
WE ARE. WE MAKE MEANING OUT OF LIFE THROUGH BEING SOCIAL.
IF WE GO BACK, WHAT THE FIRST CAVEMAN LOOKED FOR ANOTHER CAVEMAN TO GRUNT AT.
WE ARE SOCIAL PEOPLE. IT'S HOW WE LEARN.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S HOW WE LEARN HOW TO HANDLE OUR EMOTIONS.
WE THINK BETTER WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER WITH OTHER PEOPLE, BOUNCING IDEAS OFF.
KIDS ARE NO DIFFERENT, AND AT YOUNG AGES, THAT'S HOW THEY LEARN AS WELL.
THE MORE THAT WE ISOLATE OURSELVES, WE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY SLIDE THE WRONG DIRECTION IF WE ISOLATE OURSELVES TOO MUCH.
>> THEN TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE BOXES, THEY STILL TAKE MEANINGFUL MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSE.
>> WAY TO BRING IT BACK IN. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU WALK INTO A MATH CLASSROOM, SO THAT PROCEDURAL FLUENCY, THAT'S A PART OF IT.
IT'S NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE ABOUT THAT MUCH OF THE TIME IF THEY'RE JUST WORKING, THEY'RE JUST PRACTICING, BUT THERE'S MORE OF THE TIME THEY SHOULD BE TALKING AND EXPLORING IDEAS.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.
WE'VE BEEN USING A FIVE-DAY MODULE, GOT IT THAT LONGER THIS YEAR.
BUILDING A MATHEMATICAL COMMUNITY.
THE TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAN ONE ANSWER.
I LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT IS MORE EFFICIENT AS I LEARN MORE STRATEGIES.
A RICH TASK MEANS THAT YOU CAN SOLVE IT FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS AND GET TO THE SAME SOLUTION AND THEN COMPARE SOLUTIONS WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.
YES, I WANT KIDS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THEY DON'T TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM.
I'VE BEEN SUBSTITUTED IN ALGEBRA 2 [LAUGHTER] THIS YEAR AND THEY JUST SIT QUIETLY AND IT'S BIZARRE.
IT'S JUST REALLY BIZARRE TO GO INTO A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND IF THEY TALK TO YOU IT'S JUST ODD.
>> CAN I GO BACK TO A POINT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
[01:45:01]
HOW SOME TEACHERS GOT THEM HERE AND OTHERS DIDN'T.I THINK SOMETHING PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW IS ALL KIDS ARE DIFFERENT.
SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT TEACHERS [INAUDIBLE]
>> I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE'RE SAYING TEACHERS ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
>> THEY WERE HAMSTRING BY THEIR OWN ILLNESSES, THEIR FAMILY ILLNESSES, SOME HAVING MULTIPLE QUARANTINE.
THE KIDS HAD TO QUARANTINE THE KIDS HAD THE MULTIPLE QUARANTINE.
>> IT WAS CRAZY AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TEACHER EFFICACY.
HOWEVER, IF THE TEACHER IS OUT AND WE WANT SOMEBODY TO JUMP IN, IT HAS GOT SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD CURRICULUM THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUMP IN AND TEACH A LESSON HOW MUCH BETTER THAN WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH INSTRUCTION.
>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] GOOD POINT.
>> TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST.
ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS IS AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE.
I KNOW IN ELA THAT'S NOT SO GREAT, BUT IN MATH IT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR US.
ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS WAS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHORS OF THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS.
THEY STARTED WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY WROTE A VERY GOOD PROBLEM-BASED MATH CURRICULUM.
WE LOOKED AT IT IN 2017 SOME PRINCIPALS REACHED OUT TO ME.
WE HAVE SOME STRUGGLING TEACHERS, WE PILOTED IT IN SPRING OF 2018.
I SENT SOME TEACHERS TO WORCESTER COUNTY.
COLLABORATED WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN WORCESTER AND WE SENT SOME TEACHERS FOR TRAINING IN THE CLASS IN CAROLINE COUNTY.
WE DID THE FULL PILOT IN 18-19.
HEAVENS ABOVE WE DID BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT TO VIRTUAL, THE TEACHERS HAD A CURRICULUM TO WORK FROM.
IT WAS REALLY VERY WELL TIMED.
THE DESMOS IS AN APPLICATION THAT IT CREATE A DIGITAL ONLINE CALCULATOR.
THE CALCULATOR IS EMBEDDED IN MARYLAND'S ASSESSMENTS.
I WAS LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO HELP TEACHERS AT DESMOS LESSON OR SUPPORT TO HELP MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCEPT, AND I STUMBLED UPON THAT DESMOS WAS WRITING ITS OWN CURRICULUM.
THEY TOOK THE ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS THAT OER AND THEY ADAPTED AND BUILT THEIR OWN CURRICULUM.
I ASKED TEACHERS, HEY, HERE'S AN ILLUSTRATIVE MATH LESSON THAT DESMOS WROTE FOR THIS CONCEPT THAT THE KIDS ARE STRUGGLING WITH. GIVE IT A TRY.
THIS YEAR THE TEACHERS ASKED ME TO PILOT IT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THAT THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] THEY LOVED IT.
THEY HAVE 95 PERCENT FIDELITY WITH THE PROGRAM.
YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ONE TEACHER, I JUST RECENTLY SURVEYED THEM.
I DIDN'T GET ALL OF THEIR RESPONSES BACK BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE LESSONS START WITH SOMETHING CONCEPTUAL.
THEN YOU DO ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD AND THEN YOU GO TO AN ACTIVITY SYNTHESIS.
YOU DO AN ACTIVITY THAT KIDS EXPLORE, THEN THE TEACHER WRAPS IT UP.
THEN YOU MIGHT DO A SERIES OF THIS ACTIVITY SYNTHESIS, AND THEN THE LESSON SYNTHESIS DRAWS IT ALL TOGETHER.
WISH WE HAD TIME TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE STUFF IT DOES.
IT'S VERY ENGAGING FOR THE KIDS.
THIS IS ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS THROUGH THE DESMOS PLATFORM.
THAT'S WHAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS USING.
THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT IT WITH THE ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS THROUGH THE OPEN UP OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS CURRICULUM BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY OFTEN EDUCATIONAL.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ADAPT IT AND USE IT.
THEY GO ON FACEBOOK, OR IN GROUPS, THEY GET EMAILS FROM STUDY GROUPS WITH HOW TO UNPACK THE NEXT LESSON.
YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE BASIC APPROACH IS THE TEACHER GIVES THE KIDS A QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE IDEA.
THEN THE KIDS, THEY WORK IN GROUPS TO SHARE
[01:50:04]
IDEAS OR EXPLORE THEIR THINKING TEACHER MONITORS AS THEY'RE DOING IT AND THEN THEY SHARE THEIR THINKING BACK WITH THE TEACHER AND SHE HELPS SYNTHESIZE THEIR LEARNING.THEY LOVE THE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS.
I'VE SEEN LESSONS THAT THEY CAN DO IN ONE DAY.
THAT WOULD'VE TAKEN ME THREE DAYS TO DO IS NOW TO ONE TEACHER BECAUSE OF THE THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY DID THIS DIGITAL MANIPULATION AND THEY CAN SEE THE MATH.
ONE CRITICISM IS THAT IT'S A 172 DAYS CURRICULUM AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PRACTICE IN IT, BUT WITH 180 DAYS IF WE DON'T HAVE SNOW, THAT'S USUALLY ENOUGH TO BUILD ENOUGH PRACTICE.
>> IS HOMEWORK PRACTICE CONSIDERED HOME PRACTICE?
>> TEACHERS DO ASSIGN HOMEWORK.
THAT'S USUALLY LEFT UP TO THE DISTRACTION OF THE TEACHER OR THE GRADE LEVEL OF THE SCHOOL.
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVE A SAY IN THAT I GUESS.
BUT I USUALLY COUNT THE PRACTICE IN FRONT OF THE TEACHER [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH AN IN-CLASS IN-PRACTICE, BUT WE DO HAVE A HOMEWORK POLICY.
THIS IS IN YOUR PURVIEW, BUT I'VE HEARD HOMEWORK IS NOT GIVEN BECAUSE NOT ALL THE KIDS DO IT.
WELL, ONE IT'S ABOUT PRACTICE, THEN TWO, IT'S ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF YOU CAN'T DO SOME THINGS AT HOME, EVEN 5-10 MINUTES, THAT AFFECTS YOU IN YOUR LONG-TERM LIVELIHOOD TOO.
I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE NOT FOR MATH, BUT FOR THIS BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE-
>> IT IS DEFINITELY A STRUGGLE.
>> BEING ABLE TO PRACTICE AND MANAGE YOUR TIME A LITTLE BIT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE.
>> AS A TEACHER, THERE WERE TIMES I HAD TO JUST BOOM ONE AT A TIME, REVAMP MY WHOLE LESSON.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING.
>> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO READ THE CHAPTER. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON WHAT THEY DID FOR HOMEWORK TO DRIVE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN CLASS THAT DAY.
>> WELL, THAT'S PRACTICE. IT COULD BE PRACTICE.
>> IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU HAVE TIME. [OVERLAPPING]
>>YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS OKAY.
I STILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND I STILL GAVE THEM HOMEWORK.
BUT MY LESSON WASN'T GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON, DID THEY DO THE HOMEWORK? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> IF THEY DIDN'T DO THE HOMEWORK YOU COULDN'T GO FORWARD WITH THE LESSON AS PLANNED.
>> RIGHT. SO I HAD TO FIGURE OUT [NOISE] DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE.
IF YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR HOMEWORK, DIDN'T MATTER AS FAR AS THE LESSON WAS CONCERNED.
YOU'RE STILL HELD ACCOUNTABLE, YOU DO IT.
BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO MAKE ME SIT THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES GOING AH.
>> BUT HOMEWORK IS NEVER ANYTHING THAT'S NEW.
>> SHOULD BE CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE FEEDBACK THAT I GAVE MY TEACHERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN A STUDENT FEEDBACK ON IT, DON'T SEND THEM HOME.
IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A NEW MATH MODEL, WHAT WOULD BE NEW TO PARENTS, WASN'T HOW THEY WERE TAUGHT, DON'T SEND THEM HOME.
>> DON'T SEND THEM. SEND HOME TELLING TIME, SEND HOME COUNTING MONEY, SEND HOME A PROBLEM THAT PARENTS CAN DIG INTO AND HELP.
>> CORRECT. HIGH SCHOOL READING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I WOULD SAY THERE SHOULD BE THIS.
THEN ALSO THE PARENT WANTS TO BE ENGAGED AND FEEL LIKE REAL.
>> WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE IN PRIMARY FOR GAME-BASED HOMEWORK BECAUSE THAT WILL ENFORCE THE SKILLS AND THINGS THAT ARE PRACTICAL, LIKE MONEY OR TIME.
>> READY. [NOISE] YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE.
WE HAD STARTED. [LAUGHTER] WE WERE IN A GOOD WAY IN 19-20 AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
>> NINETEEN TWENTY. [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT 21-22 WE PILOTED DESMOS, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA.
WE HAD COMMON ASSESSMENTS IN 18-19 THAT WE WROTE FOR OUR CURRICULUM THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO USE IN 19-20.
WE'RE USING THOSE ASSESSMENTS IN OUR CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION SO WE CAN COMPARE THEN AND NOW.
THE KIDS THEY'RE DOING WELL WITH CURRENT CONTENT.
IN ELEMENTARY, I'VE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'VE GOT ALL GRADES AND ALL SCHOOLS REPRESENTED.
I'M STILL LOOKING FOR AN EL TEACHER.
TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS HAVE STEPPED UP, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND AN EL TEACHER.
I'M GOING TO BE ASKING PRINCIPLES FOR PARENTS TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE TO HELP US LOOK AT THE OPTIONS.
[01:55:02]
COMMITTEE WILL MEET, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN GET THIS UP AND RUNNING IN MAY.BY MAY, THAT THEY WOULD PICK SOMETHING AND PILOT A UNIT OF STUDY.
GEOMETRY IS USUALLY AT THE END OF THE BOTH THE CURRICULA THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AND IT CAN BE A STAND-ALONE UNIT IN MATHEMATICS, SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE FOR TEACHERS TO TRY OUT.
I HAD SOME TEACHERS INFORMALLY HAD ASKED ME IF THEY COULD TRY SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE LEG UP ONE, FEW VAST TO TRY THINGS.
I'M QUITE SURE WE CAN TRY THIS.
I'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK FOR THE THINGS FROM THE FIELD.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO PILOT IT AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT IN 23-24.
I'VE JUST TALKED TO KATIE ALICE FISCHER, WENT THROUGH HEAD REPORTS THE CURRICULUM RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MARYLAND HAS THIS PARTICULAR REVIEW.
I'VE LOOKED AT EVIDENCE FOR SAS.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE WHATEVER RESEARCH IS OUT THERE.
THERE WERE A CURRICULA THAT MET THAT CRITERIA FOR THE EVIDENCE.
I'VE ELIMINATED SOME PROGRAMS, TALKED TO COLLEAGUES AROUND THE STATE.
IF THEY HAVE POOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IF THEY HAVE A CLUNKY PLATFORM, DON'T WANT IT.
IF IT'S LOW RIGOR, DON'T WANT IT.
THE OTHER THING WAS SCHOOLOGY.
I'M ALSO SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE LAUNCHING SCHOOLOGY NEXT YEAR AND I REALLY WANT A NICE EASY LIFT FOR US.
IF THEY HAVE TO DO BOTH THESE THINGS, I DON'T WANT MUTINY.
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL INTEGRATE WITH SCHOOLOGY SO THAT TEACHERS DON'T NOTICE.
THEY DON'T FEEL IT'S TWO THINGS, IT'S JUST ONE THING EMBEDDED IN ANOTHER.
[NOISE] ILLUSTRATIVE MATH K-5, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE MY FAVORITE PROGRAM THAT I WANTED, IS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
THEN I SAW I-READY CLASSROOM AND I LIKE THAT ONE TOO.
THEY BOTH HAVE SOME BENEFITS. NEXT ONE.
WITH THE IM, [NOISE] IT'S BEING PILOTED OR USED IN DORCHESTER AND KENT.
WE'VE GOT TWO EASTERN SHORT COUNTIES, SO I CAN PICK IT BACK WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
IT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE USING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME NICE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
THE KIDS WOULD LEARN THE LANGUAGE ROUTINES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN IT AND THEY WOULD TAKE THEM INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT.
IT'S AN OER, SO THAT MEANS IT'S OPEN AND WE CAN FIND RESOURCES IN LOTS OF PLACES.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA BEHIND THIS IS REALLY NEAT.
IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO WATCH.
THERE'S FACEBOOK GROUPS, AND TWITTER FEEDS, ALL ABOUT IM.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS I WOULD LIKE TEACHERS TO LOOK AT.
I ALSO LOOKED AT I-READY CLASSROOM, AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH I LIKE IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
QUEEN ANNE'S, WORCESTER ARE USING IT.
I SPOKE WITH THE SUPERVISOR IN WORCESTER AND SUPERVISOR IN QUEEN ANNE'S.
IF THAT'S HIS PARTNER WAS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FOR.
CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES IS A TRUSTED PARTNER, THEY ARE I-READY DIAGNOSTIC.
WE ALREADY USE TEACHER TOOLBOX, I-READY PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION, AND I-READY ASSESSMENT.
WE ARE ALREADY USING THOSE PIECES.
IT'S A PLATFORM THAT TEACHERS KNOW VERY WELL.
IF I PUT IT IN SCHOOLOGY, IT WOULD JUST SLIP IT IN. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT.
[LAUGHTER] I LIKE BOTH OF THE PROGRAMS, I THINK I-READY WOULD BE A REALLY EASY LIFT FOR TEACHERS.
I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THEM AND MAKE THAT DECISION.
CONTENT-WISE, THEY'RE BOTH DISCUSSION-BASED, PROBLEM-BASED CURRICULUM, SO THEY DO THOSE TEACHING PRACTICES THAT I WANT.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR A WIN FOR TEACHERS.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT. [LAUGHTER] THE REASON, YOU CAN GO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'RE ALREADY USING ALREADY PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW SOME MORE DATA.
THIS IS HOW MUCH THE FIDELITY OF USAGE FOR I-READY PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION IS 30-49 MINUTES PER WEEK.
[02:00:01]
SO THAT'S THE GREEN BAR.IN KINDERGARTEN, WE INTENTIONALLY DON'T USE IT, BUT WE DON'T USE IT WITH FIDELITY ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIMIT SCREEN TIME, AND THERE ARE JUST FEWER LESSONS, AND WE DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO GET AHEAD OF THE TEACHER.
OUR TEACHERS ARE USING IT WITH FIDELITY.
WHEN STUDENTS USE IT MORE THAN 50 MINUTES PER WEEK, THEY WERE AT MEDIAN, THEY'RE MEETING GROWTH AND MID YEAR WAS 77 PERCENT.
THE STUDENTS WHO PRACTICE GREW MORE THAN THE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT.
ONE TO NINE MINUTES, FOR SOME STUDENTS I-READY ISN'T THE RIGHT TOOL.
SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE USING OTHER PLATFORMS LIKE I-EXCEL INSTEAD OF, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T QUITE WHEN THE STUDENT IS IN A KINDERGARTEN RANGE, SOMETIMES IT JUST DOESN'T GO LOW ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING.
THE CIRCLE GRAPH IS THE PASSING RATE.
THE PASSING RATE OF MAJORITY OF STUDENTS RATE IS 95 PERCENT WHICH YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
I'VE GOT THAT 90 PERCENT OF TEACHERS USING IT TO FIDELITY.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVEN'T ASKED ME? [LAUGHTER]
>> WHEREVER HAPPENED TO AGILE MINDS?
>> PERFECT ON TIME 15 SLIDES, 15 MINUTES TOO PERFECT.
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A CURRICULUM.
YOU NARROWED IT DOWN TO, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
>> MY NEXT STEPS ARE A CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, PULL THEM TOGETHER, YOU GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER, BUT THERE WAS A PANDEMIC AND I COULD NOT HAVE [LAUGHTER] IT MY FIRST PANDEMIC.
I DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYBODY.
>> YOU'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT.
>> SOMEBODY ELSE WILL BE READY FOR NEXT.
>> SO WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE [OVERLAPPING] LIKE WE DID WITH READING, IDENTIFY A CURRICULUM, WORK THROUGH IT WITH A GROUP OF STAFF WHO WILL BE THE ONES IMPLEMENTING IT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO WE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AHEAD, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDING WE HAVE THROUGH OUR BESSER AGAIN, WITH A CLEARER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE MELISSA'S WORK.
MS. MELISSA'S WORK TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING ALSO THAT MASHES SEAMLESSLY WITH OUR MOVE TO SCHOOLOGY. THERE IS ONE LIFT.
>> I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE WITH K TO 12, SINCE '15 AND '16.
THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY PRODUCTS THAT I WAS, I'VE LOOKED AT LOTS OF PRODUCTS.
VENDORS ARE ALWAYS CALLING US.
I'VE NEVER FOUND ONE THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOOD ENOUGH, OR BETTER THAN LOVELY WERE ALREADY DOING.
I'M COMING TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD OPTIONS.
MOSTLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE OUR TEACHERS, THEY NEED A WIN. THEY NEED ANOTHER TOOL.
>> PART OF THAT IS IT SOUNDS LIKE KEVIN NOW OUR STUDENTS HAVE THESE GIVEN THE YOUNGER ONES.
THIS IS THE CURRICULUM, BUT ITS PROGRAM. IT'S SOFTWARE.
THE STUDENTS, AND WE CAN CHOOSE TO PRINT, AND THIS WOULD BE A DECISION FOR A COMMITTEE AND A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY WOULD MAKE.
THERE ARE STUDENT WORKBOOKS THAT ACCOMPANY THE PROGRAM.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO WORKBOOKS IN PRIMARY BECAUSE THEY'RE LEARNING TO WRITE NUMBERS.
>> GETTING THEM OUT OF THE SCREEN ISN'T A BAD THING, DEFINITELY.
BUT I ALSO PICKED UP ON SOMETHING I HEARD YOU SAY IS GET THEM OUT OF THE SCREEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM PASSING THE TEACHER.
NOW, IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASS OF EVEN 10 KIDS.
SOME ARE GOING TO MOVE FASTER THAN OTHERS LEVEL 20 OR 30.
>> WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU'RE A KINDERGARTENER AND YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON NUMBERS THAT MAKE 10.
YOU GET IN YOUR ONLINE PROGRAM HOW TO DO ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION EQUATIONS.
WE'VE HAVEN'T EVEN WORKED WITH IT.
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A MINUS SIGN BEFORE, AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN AN EQUAL SIGN BEFORE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU WORKING ON FIRST GRADE WORK
[02:05:01]
BEFORE WE'VE FINISHED YOUR KINDERGARTEN WORK.SOME CONTENT IT MATTERS AND OTHERS IT DOESN'T.
I HAVE TOLD TEACHERS YOU CAN LET THE KIDS MOVE FORWARD IN GEOMETRY.
IT'S HARD TO MESS UP YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF GEOMETRY.
BUT IF YOU MISSLEARN YOUR MATHEMATICS, FOUNDATIONAL MATHEMATICS, AND I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN, THE NEXT YEAR'S TEACHER HAS TO UNRAVEL IT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MISCONCEPTION COMES FROM.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO UNLEARN, QUARTERLY LEARN MATHEMATICS.
>> MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
BUT IF A STUDENT REALLY CAUGHT ON TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WANTS TO PASSED WHERE THE CLASS IS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD RATHER THEY WERE WORKING ON ENRICHMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOES DIFFERENTIATE.
I-READY HAS DIFFERENTIATED PRACTICE, SO I CAN HAVE A GOOD MY LESSON AND I HAVE MORE SCAFFOLDING ON GRADE LEVEL ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
I CAN GIVE MY LITTLE [OVERLAPPING] WORKERS SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
MEANING WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT READY TO GO.
THEY NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE ENRICHMENT, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T KNOW. [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORK. [OVERLAPPING]
>> MISS. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR PATIENCE OF OUR QUESTIONS.
BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN HIS MATH THING, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE PITFALLS WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE TRANSITIONED OUT OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALK WHATEVER IT IS.
WE MOVE INTO THIS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
THAT DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGES.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS FAR AS THE LOCAL LEVEL IN YOUR OPINION, AND I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT THIS BOARD OR THE SYSTEM YOU FEEL SHOULD DO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AS TIMES CHANGE AS ASSESSMENTS CHANGE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DON'T ALLOW OUR STUDENTS, EVEN IN A PANDEMIC TO SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS OR GET TO EIGHTH GRADE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO USING THEIR HANDS AND THEIR FINGERS AND MARK.
>> THEY STILL ARE. I THINK THAT THE STANDARD YOU SAID IT, YOU SAID NO. [OVERLAPPING] THE STANDARD.
>> FOR ME. I THINK THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF A K TO 12 MATH FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
MY EYE IS ALWAYS ON GRADUATION.
IF YOU WANT TO STEM CAREER, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE HAMSTRUNG BECAUSE CAROLINE COUNTY DIDN'T GIVE YOU OUR VERSION OF ALGEBRA 2 ARE OUR VERSION OF CALCULUS WASN'T AT THE SAME RIGOR AS A STATE.
WELL, IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO THAT, IN ORDER FOR ME TO KEEP THAT BORE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE OUR KIDS DESERVE THE SAME VALUE AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT STUDENTS ESCAPE DESERVES ANYBODY TO KEEP THAT THERE.
I'VE GOT TO KEEP IT HIGH FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
NOT ALWAYS MY DANCE CARD SOMETIMES EMPTY BECAUSE I'M PUSHING PRETTY HARD WHILE STILL BEING IMAGINED TO BE TRYING TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND UNDERSTANDING.
IF YOUR TEACHER TELLS YOU THAT YOUR CHILD IS TO BREAK DOWN BELOW, THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOUR CHILD IS STUPID.
THEY'RE TELLING YOU [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY NEED MORE PRACTICE OR THEY NEED [OVERLAPPING]
>> OR THEY HAD MISSED MISSED INSTRUCTION.
BIGGER THING AND THAT'S THE THING WITH ALL THE ABSENTEEISM.
THEY MAY HAVE MISSED INSTRUCTION AND YOU CAN'T YOU HAVE TO FILL IN THE GAPS BEFORE YOU CAN GET A STUDENT GRADE LEVEL.
WE WENT THERE ALL AT THE SAME.
WE WANT THEM ALL TO BE ABLE TO REACH THAT SAME STANDARD.
IT'S ABOUT LEARNING, IT'S NOT ABOUT GRADES AND TEST SCORES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. CANDID RESPONSE.
>> THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY OR ANYTHING, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND BE PATIENT WITH US BECAUSE AGAIN, COMING FROM SBA, 80 PERCENT OF OUR TIME SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION,
[02:10:03]
AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AT ALL.I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE NICE INSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD AND I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THAT [LAUGHTER].
>> MR. JONES AND I LL BE PRETTY QUICK.
>> WE'LL TRY TO BE RATHER QUICK.
WE TRY TO GET ON THE LITTLE ALIGNMENT FOR TONIGHT FOR A FEW BILLS JUST MAKE SURE BY THIS WE'RE AWARE OF.
>> SINGING DYE IS COMING UP ON THE 11TH.
IT'S COMING TO AN END HERE SOON.
WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD HOUSE BILL 1450, WHICH IS THE BLUEPRINT BILL, IT PASSED AND IT'S OFF TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR SIGNATURE.
THIS IS THE BILL THAT ADJUSTS ALL THE TIMELINES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHICH DELAYS THE PLAN, DELAYS ALMOST EVERY COMPONENT.
THE CCR TIMELINE WAS NOT ADJUSTED.
BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT IN THE FALL AS THEY'RE CREATING WHAT THE PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE IF THEY NEED TO, THEY'RE STILL TIME THEY COULD CHANGE IT.
THE COLLEGE CAREER READINESS TIMELINE.
BASICALLY, WHEN STUDENTS NEED TO BE COLLEGE OR CAREER READY BY THE END OF 10TH GRADE AND THEN ALSO THE COLLEGE CAREER READY PATHWAYS AND THE KIDS NOT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? AIB MAY MAKE A DECISION ON THEIR OWN TO DELAY, BUT THEY SAID THAT BREAK NOW THEY DON'T NEED TO, THEY HAVE TIME AND THEY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN PUT PLANS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS IT.
THAT'S DOING DIDN'T CHANGE THE INTERESTING PIECE OF THIS ONE.
MR. HORTON, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT OFFICIAL TILL THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT, WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BUDGET DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING STILL.
THE SENATE ATTACHED AN AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL THAT ACTUALLY PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT FOR THIS YEAR ONLY SINCE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AND MSD IS STILL COULDN'T DECIDE OVER WHO'S RIGHT.
THEY LITERALLY WROTE IN THE SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT AS AN AMENDMENT AND IT WAS PASSED.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT OFFICIAL TO THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT, SO WE STILL DO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT NUMBERS, BUT I THINK FOUR MORE DAYS? YES, HE'S EXPECTED TO SIGN IT.
FOUR MORE DAYS, WE'LL HAVE AN OFFICIAL NUMBER, MR. JONES DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT ONE.
>> SENATE BILL 362 IS A VIRTUAL BILL.
I KNOW MR. JONES HAS TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
SO BY THIS IS THE BILL ABOUT VIRTUAL EDUCATION.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT AS AN EASTERN SHORE GROUP WE'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT REGARDING THE STANCE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL, AND IT WOULD HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM, AT EAST SHOW THE ESMEC BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAM AS A CONSORTIUM MODEL.
IT WOULD END IT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
DUE TO SOME COMPONENTS OF THE BILL.
THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS WE FELT WERE COMING.
THEY DID NOT OR THEY DID NOT LAST.
BUT AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, THE BILL WAS STILL IN COMMITTEE WITH NO ASSIGNED DATE OF HEARING FROM THE HOUSE SIDE, IT DID PASS THE SENATE, IT'S CENTERED OR PRENSKY'S BILL, BUT THERE IS NO CONFIRMED DATE ON WHEN THE HEARING WOULD BE IN THE HOUSE TO GET OUT OF COMMITTEE, AND THEN TO BE VOTED ON MULTIPLE TIMES IF THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE, WHICH I'M OKAY WITH.
>> WHAT I CAN ADD IS INITIALLY OUR LEGISLATIVE MEETING.
I'VE VOTED IN SUPPORT FOR CAROLINE COUNTY OF THIS BILL WITH AMENDMENTS THAT AS LONG AS THE BILL WAS WRITTEN, AMENDMENTS WERE MADE TO ALLOW PROGRAMMED TO EXIST, THAT HAS NOT CAME TO FRUITION.
I'M TESTIFIED AND OUR MEETING THAT IF IT DID NOT COME TO FRUITION, I WANTED MY VOTE, IN FACT BEING CHANGED TO NON-SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
>> TRYING TO MAKE A BILL IS A GOOD THING.
>> YEAH, WE'RE WATCHING THIS ONE REALLY HEAVILY AS ESMK HAS WEIGHED IN MULTIPLE TIMES WITH LETTERS ASKING FOR AMENDMENT OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND PRESENTING PROVIDED TESTIMONY.
SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT ONE ENDS UP.
ONE, SOMETIMES AMENDMENTS DO HELP, AND THAT'S SENATE BILL 528, WHICH IS THE BIG PROBABLY SEEN IT ON THE NEWS.
IT'S CALLED THE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS NOW ACT OF 2022.
IT'S A BIG OMNIBUS BILL THAT TOUCHES SEVERAL ASPECTS OF LIFE IN MARYLAND.
TO MAKE THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WE CARBON NEUTRAL, I THINK IS WHAT IT IS BY 2045 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS THE BILL THAT ORIGINALLY HAD A LOT OF CHEMICALS ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REQUIRING ALL NEW BUILDS TO HAVE SOLAR INSTALLATIONS ON THE ROOF.
ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS THINGS IN HERE.
SCHOOLS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE OIL FIRE BOILERS.
[02:15:05]
IF ONE WENT UP, YOU COULDN'T REPLACE IT, YOU HAD TO USE GRILL TECHNOLOGY.THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN AMENDED OUT OF IT AND WHERE THE BILL FINALLY LANDED WITH SCHOOLS.
THERE'S BIGGER PARTS FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.
I'LL JUST STICK TO THE SCHOOL PIECE FOR SCHOOLS, FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
IF WE WERE TO GO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR RENOVATE A NEW SCHOOL, OUR COUNTY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING IF THE PROJECT WAS A NET ZERO CARBON EMISSION SCHOOL.
IF YOU DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE, YOU GET FIVE PERCENT MORE IN STATE FUNDING.
CAN LIVE WITH THAT FROM WHERE IT WAS REQUIRING SOLAR AND REQUIRING A LOT OF OTHER PIECES THAT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> SOLAR ENERGY AND GEOTHERMAL.
>> YES. THIS WAS A BILL THAT ALSO WAS PUSHING VERY HARD ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES OR ZERO EMISSION SCHOOL BUSES.
IT HAS BEEN AMENDED DOWN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CAVEATS AND I WON'T BORE THE BOARD WITH ALL THE CAVEATS, BUT BEGINNING IN FY25, THEY WISH ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL BE IN A POSITION TO PURCHASE ZERO EMISSION BUSES FOR ALL NEW BUSES.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROVISIONS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN YOUR AREA TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE BUSES AND EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW I'VE HEARD AND I BELIEVE MR. JONES HAS HEARD IT'S NOT LIKELY RURAL COUNTIES.
>> NO, I'VE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM OTHER COUNTIES, EASTERN AND WESTERN SHORE RURAL COUNTIES, THAT THE IN TESTIMONY THIS IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US, WHICH I GUESS WE WOULD SAY NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S SUCH A LARGE LIFT OF TO DO FOR MANY REASONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TESTIMONY THAT BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?
>> IT'S NOT REALISTIC. IS THAT BETTER WAY TO INFORM IT?
IT'S NOT REALISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> YEAH, IT DOES REQUIRE A STATE AGENCIES TO WORK WITH LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS UTILIZING FEDERAL DOLLAR OR THEIR STATE DOLLARS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
REALISTICALLY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE QUITE A WHILE.
I WAS ON MEETING TODAY AND THE CHOP-TANK ELECTRIC WAS THE ONE THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIBER PROGRAM AND THEY'RE DOING WELL AT GETTING IT OUT.
IT'S A 10 YEAR PLAN TO GET FIBER ACROSS THE CHOP-TANK ELECTRIC AREA.
THAT'S ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED PROGRAM, BUT ALONE TRYING TO STAND UP ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES ACROSS THE VERY DIVERSE RURAL COUNTY LIKE US.
I JUST SEE THAT TAKING WHILE TO GET THERE.
BUT THAT IS ONE WHERE IT GOT AMENDED DOWN VERY WELL.
I THINK FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES.
LAST BILL IS ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT.
FRANKLY, I KNOW WE WERE NOT LOOKING AT IT COLLECTIVELY AS A PRESENT GROUP AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES, AND ACTUALLY IT'S ONE THAT IMPACTS EVERY EMPLOYER IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IF THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT INTO LAW.
IT HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES AS WAITING AT THE GOVERNOR.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT GOT TO THE GOVERNOR IN TIME THAT THERE'LL BE A VETO OVERRIDE THIS YEAR.
BUT I'M NOT 100 PERCENT SURE AND CERTAIN ON THAT ONE.
THAT IS SENATE BILL 275, I BELIEVE.
IT IS A LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BILL.
IT ESTABLISHES THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM.
IT'S CALLED THE TIME TO CARE ACT, THE 2022.
ALL EMPLOYERS WITH 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES STARTING IN OCTOBER OF 2023 MUST CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM FUND.
IT'S FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO BE ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE INSURANCE OF THE 12 WEEKS, 24 WEEKS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT'S A STATE FUND THAT'S CONTROLLED BY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND IT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST.
IT'S A COST SHARE STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE SET BY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY CODIFIED, AMENDED DOWN TO BE SET BY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DOING THEIR RESEARCH TO BE ADJUSTED EVERY TWO YEARS.
BUT IT COULD RANGE BETWEEN A 25 PERCENT OF 75 PERCENT CONTRIBUTION BY EMPLOYERS, WITH THE BALANCE OF THAT BEING SHARED BY THE EMPLOYEE OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK.
>> I HAVE GIVEN THEM AN OPTION OF PEOPLE DOING IT OR JUST SAYING, HEY, LISTEN USE THAT FLAG.
>> THIS IS A STATE MANDATED PROGRAM FOR ALL EMPLOYERS OF 15 EMPLOYEES OR MORE.
>> THAT'S CALLED AN UNFUNDED MANDATE?
>> THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THEM ARE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK ALL THE BUSINESSES THERE.
>> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT THIS WILL BE VETOED.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE GOVERNOR.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON EMPLOYERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL,
[02:20:02]
THAT THIS VERY WELL COULD END UP BEING VETOED.>> IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS WITH 60 EMPLOYEES TWO PEOPLE WILL TRY LEAVING THEIR JOBS.
>> [LAUGHTER] THAT WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIME WITH AS.
>> WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT TO SEE IF IT MAKES IT OUT BY THE 11TH WITH A VETO OR NOT AND THEN WHERE IT LANDS AND THEN EVERY EMPLOYER WILL BE [INAUDIBLE].
>> WILL THAT COST US, ANY IDEA?
>> WE'VE NOT CLOSED IT OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT SAID WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ONCE THEY ACCEPT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THEN WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 25 PERCENT, 75 PERCENT OF WHATEVER THE STATE TELLS US WE ARE.
>> TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, 75 PERCENT OF THAT AMOUNT AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE BEARS THE OTHER PART OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HURT TWO TO A CERTAIN DEGREE [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, JOHN, GET BLOOD OUT OF STONE.
>> WE WANT THE PRICE OF THINGS TO GO DOWN AND [OVERLAPPING] WE TRYING IN ALL COST MAKE THEM.
>> SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT AND SO WE ENDED BEING POSITIVE [LAUGHTER].
>> NO, [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE IT'S LUDICROUS.
>> WE'LL SEE WHERE IT ENDS. I'LL KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED OF HOW IT MAKES IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE CHANNELS.
>> FIFTEEN EMPLOYEES WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> IS IT ONE OF THEM READY TO RETIRE? [LAUGHTER]
>> MR. JONES, DR. SIMMONS, ANYTHING ELSE ON LEGISLATIVE UPDATE?
>> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO MARYLAND LEADS GRANT, DR. SIMMONS IS GOING TO SUMMARIZE.
>> CERTAINLY I WILL TRY TO SUMMARIZE THIS AS WELL AND THEN I DID PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE IN OUR WEEKLY EMAIL AND THIS INCLUDES THE SAME UPDATE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
STATE OF MARYLAND IS USING THEIR STATE DOLLARS AS THEIR DOLLARS, STATE ART DOLLARS, AND THEY'VE CREATED A GRANT PROGRAM TO FUNNEL THAT MONEY TO THE STATES.
IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT, TO BE HONEST, THAT THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS NOT USED TO FOR THE WAY THE GRANT STRUCTURE IS SET UP.
IT'S A TWO-YEAR GRANT, IT'S ART MONEY, SO WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDING.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVEN HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES THAT IF A SCHOOL SYSTEM WISHES TO GO AFTER THESE GRANT FUNDS, YOU MUST PICK AT LEAST TWO HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FROM THEIR LIST.
THERE'S SEVEN THERE AND I WON'T BORE YOU READING MORE TO YOU BUT THERE'S SEVEN AND YOU MUST CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS.
WITHIN THE GRANT STRUCTURE, EACH ONE OF THOSE SEVEN STRATEGIES HAVE FOCUS AREAS WITHIN EACH ONE OF THEM.
IN SOME OF THE AREAS YOU MUST WORK TOWARDS ALL FOCUS AREAS AND IN SOME OF THEM, YOU SELECT FROM THE FOCUS AREAS WITHIN EACH ONE.
IF WE SAY SCIENCE OF READING, THERE'S THREE FOCUS AREAS, SO YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE ALL THREE; YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
YOU'VE GOT TO PICK AT LEAST ONE THAT'S IN THEIR LIST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS IT, BUT THEY SET THE STRUCTURE.
THE OTHER INTERESTING COMPONENT OF THIS GRANT WHICH WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BAD, IT JUST MEANS IT'S DIFFERENT.
USUALLY WHEN WE PUT A GRANT AND WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO END UP, WE'RE JUST GOING TO WRITE IT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET IT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE ASKED FOR, IT'S THERE.
WE WORKING HARD, WE THINK WE WILL.
BUT LITERALLY, THERE IS NO RUBRIC, THERE'S NO PROCESS, THERE'S NO PRE-MEETINGS CONVERSATIONS AHEAD OF TIME THAT REALLY LET YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING AND ALL 24 SYSTEMS ARE STRESSING OVER THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFERENT.
THE STATE IS ALSO COLLECTING RFPS FOR PARTNERS.
WE DON'T GET TO PICK OUR PARTNERS FOR WHO WE ARE GOING TO WORK FOR IN EACH ONE OF THESE SEVEN CATEGORIES.
THE STATE IS REVIEWING PARTNERS THAT WE WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTNER WITH WITHIN THESE SEVEN AREAS PROVIDED THEY MEET THE STATE'S CRITERIA.
THEY'RE THE CLEARING HOUSE FOR WHO WE WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTNER WITH, WHICH IS ALSO DIFFERENT BECAUSE USUALLY YOU PICK YOUR PARTNER, YOU WRITE YOUR GRANT WITH YOUR PARTNER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WRITING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE HELPING YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT. WE WRITE AND THEN THE MATCH WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE FACT.
WHICH AGAIN, JUST MAKES IT VERY DIFFERENT AND I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR US THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO GET THIS SETUP.
RACHEL, YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS CRAMP VERY CLOSELY SINCE IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY AND DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS.
[02:25:03]
BEING A SYSTEM OF OUR SIZE AND REALIZING IT'S TWO YEARS WORTH OF FUNDING, WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A FUNDING CLIFF AND HIRE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS.US TRYING TO GO AFTER ALL SEVEN WOULD BE REAL UNREALISTIC FOR DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE.
THE OTHER COMPONENT IS WHETHER YOU PICK TWO OR SEVEN YOUR BASE FUNDING STILL THE SAME.
WHY PICK SEVEN TO WATER DOWN YOUR FUNDS TO DO SEVEN THINGS WHEN YOU CAN NARROW THE FOCUS? THE AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IS GROW YOUR OWN STAFF SUPPORT AND RETENTION, BOTH AREAS ARE OF HIGH NEED AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND EVEN THE BOARDS DISCUSSED THESE AS WELL.
SCIENCE OF READING IS WHAT WE HAD OUR WORK SESSION ON BACK IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS THE DIRECTION WE'RE MOVING WITH OUR READING PILOT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE WERE ALREADY DOING THAT WORK, SO THIS FUNDING WOULD HELP US ENHANCE THAT WORK AND THEN RE-IMAGINING THE USE OF TIME WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RE-EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS WE'VE HAD AND EFFICIENCY WE'VE HAD AT ALL THREE LEVELS TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
RACHEL, IF YOU CAN, IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL LOOK OVER FUNDING AND HOW IT'S SET UP.
THE BASE ALLOTMENT IS WHAT WE WOULD GET NO MATTER WHAT WE CHOSE.
THE BASE ALLOTMENT FOR CAROLINE COUNTY IS A $2 MILLION BASE ALLOTMENT.
THERE IS A FORMULA BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FREE REDUCED MEAL STUDENTS WE HAVE.
IN THE DISTRICT THAT'S WHERE THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE OF THEM COMES IN, 265,845.
THE NEXT TWO LINES ARE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN A GRANT LIKE THIS BEFORE.
THE STATE IS INCENTIVIZING THAT IF YOU PICK THESE TWO AREAS OF THE SEVEN, YOU GET IN THEIR WORDING IT WAS, BONUS FUNDING.
IF YOU CHOOSE SCIENCE OF READING, WHICH WE WERE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS, WE GET 2 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
THE 2 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE USED IN THAT STRATEGY.
IT CAN BE USED ACROSS ANY OF THEM.
PICK THIS, YOU GET $2 MILLION.
MELISSA WHAT ARE THE STRONGEST MATH STUDENT, BUT THAT'S MATH I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. OKAY.
>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING AT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING IT.
>> DO YOU HAVE TO USE SOME OF IT TOWARDS IT OR YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY [OVERLAPPING]?
>> WE HAVE TO DO IT, WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT.
BUT OUT OF THAT 2 MILLION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALLOCATE ANY OF THAT 2 MILLION IN THAT AREA.
WE'LL BE ALLOCATING SOME ANYWAY BY CHOOSING THAT, BUT WE OPEN THAT UP TO USE ANYWHERE ELSE WITHIN THOSE SEVEN.
>> SO YOU'D BE AN IDIOT NOT TO.
>> A 100 PERCENT. AT LEAST THAT'S OUR VIEW.
THE NEXT ONE, TO GROW YOUR OWN BONUS.
>> YEAH, GROW YOUR OWN AS WELL HAS A BONUS OF $1 MILLION.
THE BONUS ATTACHED TO GROW YOUR OWN.
THE STATE REALLY DOES RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SPECIALISTS, AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT THIS FUNDING HELPS SCHOOL SYSTEMS CREATE PIPELINES THAT HELP BUILD THESE RESOURCES OUT.
REMIND YOU, THIS IS A TWO-YEAR GRANT PROGRAM.
THE MONEY IS REALLY TO HELP GET YOU MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, TO HELP PLANT SEEDS OR TO HELP PROP THINGS UP AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN GET TO A DOWN PAYMENT ON BLUEPRINT A LITTLE BIT TO KICK-START SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I'LL DEFINE THAT HERE IN A SECOND, BUT THERE'S A LOCAL MATCH OR COMPONENT THAT IF OUT OF YOUR LOCAL BUDGETING YOU ALLOCATE UP TO 1.5 MILLION, THEY WILL GIVE YOU THAT MUCH BACK.
WE HAVE ASKED AND I HAVE IT IN WRITING AND I'VE SAVED THE E-MAIL.
[LAUGHTER] THE ANSWER WE ASKED WAS DOES ART FUNDING QUALIFY AS A LOCAL MATCH? THE ANSWER WE GOT BACK WAS YES.
WELL, WE'RE USING ART MONEY ALREADY IN SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS.
OUR MATH IN OUR GRANT APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE WRITTEN TO LITERALLY GRAB AS MUCH OF THIS MONEY AS WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR TOTAL THAT WE CAN WRITE TOWARDS THIS, A LITTLE OVER $6.7 MILLION OF FUNDING TO OUR COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WHAT ARE WE YET? I'LL BE HONEST, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FINGER CROSSING BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN HOW WELL WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT NONE OF US HAVE LIVED THROUGH BEFORE, SO WE'LL BE ANTICIPATING AND EAGERLY AWAITING RESPONSES.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WITH THE FUNDING.
[02:30:02]
WE'LL JUMP THROUGH EACH OF THE AREAS A LITTLE BIT TO JUST POINT OUT WHAT WE'RE JUMPING INTO.UNDER GROW YOUR OWN, THE BULLETED AREAS ARE WHAT THE FOCUS AREAS ARE WITHIN THAT THAT WE'VE CHOSEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A YEAR-LONG PAID RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. ONE OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR TWO IS LOOKING AT SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS WHO WERE IN THEIR CLINICAL.
THEY'RE NOT FULLY DONE YET, BUT THEY'RE ALMOST THERE, THEY JUST NEED THEIR TIME IN THE SEAT IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT USING THIS FUNDING TO HELP ESTABLISH A WAY TO COMPENSATE THEM, TO PAY THEM TO BE HERE IN OUR COUNTY AND PUT THEM ON THE TEACHER SCALE, WHICH IS WHERE THEY WOULD BE.
FOR US TO PILOT THIS IS THE ARTWORKS AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY TO SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO HIRE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH HIGHER EDUCATION TO SUPPORT OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO WISH TO BECOME TEACHERS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT MODELS, TALKING CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE AND SALISBURY UNIVERSITY AND OTHER PLACES, TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN USE THIS FUNDING TO HELP MOVE FOLKS ALONG TO PAY FOR COURSEWORK.
FOR BOTH THE AA, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT COMING THROUGH BLUEPRINT THAT ALL FOLKS IN THE PRE-K CLASSROOMS ARE HAVING AA OR A CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING FUNDING TO HELP COVER THE COST OF THEIR CERTIFICATE SO THEY WOULD MEET THE NEW CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS DOES OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONSIDER A WAY TO PAY FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING TEACHERS RIGHT NOW DURING THEIR STUDENT TEACHING.
THEY HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THEIR POSITION IN ORDER TO STUDENT TEACH.
THIS COULD BE A FUNDING VEHICLE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO PAY THEM WHILE THEY'RE STUDENT TEACHING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, FOLLOW RIGHT INTO A TEACHING POSITION WITH US.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL TO BE A TEACHER?
>> THEY GOT TO RESIGN TO TEACH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT'S THE DILEMMA WE RUN INTO.
BECAUSE WE NEED THAT JOB FILLED, SO THIS ALLOWS US TO BASICALLY USE SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY AND ALSO SEE, IS THAT A MODEL WE NEED TO LOOK AT GOING INTO THE FUTURE OF BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR INTERNSHIP YEAR WHILE THEIR STUDENT TEACHING? BECAUSE THAT DOES BECOME A CHALLENGE FOR OUR FOLKS WHO ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, FOR OUR IAS WHO DO GO BACK.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE DETRIMENT.
>> HOW LONG HAS THAT LAW BEEN AROUND?
>> THAT'S TRUE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.
>> WHY AREN'T WE LOBBYING TO GET RID OF THAT? THAT JUST SOUNDS STUPID.
>> WORKING AND THEN STUDENT TEACHING.
>> BUT THEY GOT TO RESIGNED FROM THE POSITION THEY'RE SITTING IN.
>> THEY CAN'T TAKE LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR IS THE WHAT?
>> THE COLLEGE OF THEIR ATTENDANCE.
THE FUNDS ARE GOOD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT.
BUT IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOBBYING AGAINST THAT, AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY INTERNS.
YOU CAN'T GET A PLACED WITHOUT A MASTERS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SAME THING WITH SPEECH.
>> IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. MORE UNFUNDED MANDATES, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE WITH A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY TO COME HERE AND WORK UNDER A MENTOR AND CONTINUE THEIR CLASSES.
>> WELL THEY CAN WORK TO LIVE HERE IF THEY ARE COMING FROM [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY HAD TO LIVE DOWN HERE IN ORDER TO DO THE JOB BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY ARE DOING THE JOB.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTIES OFFERS STATEMENT.
THIS IS TYPICALLY AROUND $20,000 OR $30,000.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN LIVE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
WHERE IF WE OFFER THEM A SALARY, THERE'S MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE AT THE SAME TIME PERFORM THE DUTIES AS ASSIGNED, COMPLETE THE INTERNSHIP UNDER ONE OF OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS OR SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AROUND AND DO THE JOB [INAUDIBLE].
>> BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS TO HAVING TO PAY THE COLLEGE, I JUST LOVE STUDENT TEACHING.
YOU'RE DOING WORK, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING, AND YOU'RE PAYING THE SCHOOL.
>> WE'VE HAD SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE PAST THAT ACTUALLY THEIR FAMILIES HAVE PAID FOR THEM.
SOME TYPE OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS DOWN HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY RECEIVING THEY AFFORD TO STAY DOWN HERE.
>> GIVE THEM BASICALLY WHERE THEY WOULD START
[02:35:01]
AND PUT THEM ON THE TEACHER CONTRACT OR TEACHER SALARY, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP.WE'VE RESTARTED THE ASPIRING LEADERS PROGRAM AS WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETED IT LAST WEEK.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE BUILD OUT AND STRENGTHEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMMINGS TO GROW LEADERS WITHIN OUR COUNTY, USE FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.
THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD OUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHER ED PROGRAM.
AGAIN, TO GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND BUILD THAT PIPELINE OUT SO WE HAVE A BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THOSE, NOT ONLY THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP, BUT THOSE WHO WERE IN THE PROGRAM BECOME TEACHERS.
RACHEL CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UNDER STAFF SUPPORT AND RETENTION, I WANT TO STRESS THE SECOND PART OF THE SENTENCE UNDER THE FIRST BULLET.
ONE OF THE ITEM THAT'S UNDER STAFF SUPPORT AND RETENTION IS LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT OF RETENTION INCENTIVES FOR KEY GROUPS OF STAFF.
WE ARE EXPLORING THIS POSSIBILITY WITHIN THE GRANT AND THE PARAMETERS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE FUNDED BY THE STATE.
THIS IS AN AVENUE WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING AT, TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE BOLTS OF STEPS IN PROGRAM SUPPORT EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
ESTABLISHING A WELLNESS PROGRAM, EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT ARE EXTRA INCENTIVE FEES FOR STAFF MEMBERS.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH, SAY, LOCAL YMCA, AND THOSE THINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND SOME BENEFIT TYPE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY PROVIDE WITH THIS FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE DO WANT TO REDESIGN WHAT WE DO FOR INDUCTION EXPERIENCES, WHICH IS NEW TEACHER EXPERIENCES.
[NOISE] WE WANT TO REALLY LOOK AT AND PUT MORE SUPPORTS IN PLACE TO HELP THOSE WHO WERE IN THEIR FIRST FEW YEARS OF THEIR CAREER, AND REALLY HOLD ONE OF THOSE NEW FOLKS.
THEN WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS AROUND NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.
IT'S A MAJOR COMPONENT OF BLUEPRINT AND WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR NBC.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS WHO DO AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK.
MELISSA, BEING ONE OF THEM, FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.
BUT AS BLUEPRINT DOES GEAR UP, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AMOUNT OF TEACHERS GO IN FOR NBC AND REALLY WILL NEED THAT SUPPORT, IT'S MORE SUPPORT THAN MELISSA CAN [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] REALLY DO BY HERSELF.
>> I THINK WE HAVE 20 FEATURES.
THAT'S WEIRD THAT WE ARE ENTERTAINING IT.
>> COME ON, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT?
>>ONE? [LAUGHTER] I THINK THE YEAR THAT I WENT THROUGH THEY WERE THREE AND THAT WAS A BIG YEAR.
TO HAVE 20-25, PEOPLE GO THOUGH IS A LOT.
NOT FOR ME. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE JUST [LAUGHTER].
>> HOW MANY TEACHERS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED?
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S SEVEN TOTAL IF YOU INCLUDE TWO ADMINISTRATORS.
IT'S FIVE ON THE TEACHER CONTRACT AND TWO ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE NBC AS TEACHERS.
>> IT'S HARD BUT THEY DON'T GET IT.
>> BUT IS THAT LIKE OUR USUAL NUMBER? UP, DOWN OR?
>> SYSTEMS OF OUR SIZE IS ABOUT WHERE IT IS FOLLOWING PRE BLUEPRINT.
THE BLUEPRINT, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE IT.
IT'S JUST TAKE OFF BECAUSE THERE IS PREFERENCE FOR THAT OVER THE MASTERS.
>> BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S A LAW YOU HAVE TO GET THE MASTERS, CORRECT? EXTRA AMOUNT OF YEARS?
>> YOU'VE GOT TO AT LEAST IT [OVERLAPPING] FOR CERTIFICATION.
MASTERS WERE 30 CREDITS, IS IT?
>> THAT'S GOING TO GO [INAUDIBLE] OR IS IT GOING TO BE BURNED.
>> THEY HAVEN'T ANSWERED THAT YET.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING IS FOR TEACHERS TO ADVANCE.
ON THE CAREER LADDER YOU MUST HAVE THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE IN YOUR CAREER LADDER.
>> UNLESS THERE ISN'T A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION IN YOUR AREA.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE LESS TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREE, POSSIBLY?
>> I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH BLUEPRINT FULLY GOING IN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE TO MATRICULATE TO THERE, BUT THAT IS CLEARLY THE DIRECTION THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO.
I'M WAITING TO SEE HOW COLLEGES WILL DECIDED TO RESPOND TO THAT.
>> BECAUSE THEY'LL LOSE MONEY?
>> YEAH, THEY'LL START DOING NBCS OR SOMETHING, I'M SURE.
>> THAT'S WHERE THIS ONE LANDS SCIENCE OF READING WE'VE TALKED AN AWFUL A LOT ABOUT AND I'LL JUST KEEP IT SHORT.
LITERALLY, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND UPON WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN SCIENCE OF READING.
[02:40:04]
WE'LL BUILD OUT THE TRAININGS THAT WE NEED TO.WE ALREADY HAD SOME OF IT IN IN THIS GRANT.
IT TALKS ABOUT EXPANDING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO INTERACTS WITH KIDS AT ELEMENTARY ALL GET BACKGROUND IN SCIENCE OR READING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPONENTS OF READING AND ROUND READING THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THE TRAINED STAFF OUT.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT STIPENDS, SUBSTITUTE CALL SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PDPS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'VE ADDED, THE SCIENCE OF READING THAT WE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE AN RPS OR WE'RE LOOKING TO PICK IT UP OUT OF HERE.
WE DO WANT TO PARTNER WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER.
MSD WILL GIVE US THE LIST OF PROVIDERS.
WE DO REALLY WANT TO EVALUATE OUR SCHEDULING MODELS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH.
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND BEST SCHEDULING FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR THE ACADEMIC NEEDS.
WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AND EXPAND UPON THAT.
WE DO WANT TO DEVELOP THE SECOND BULLET EXPLAINED IT.
LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE AND HOW DO YOU FIND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY OR WITHIN THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUE INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE WHOLE YEAR.
BUT HOW DO YOU SET UP A MODEL THAT PERHAPS DOES SAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR REAL CAREER EXPLORATION WHERE YOU TAKE A WEEK, WHERE YOU TAKE A SECTION OF TIME WHERE KIDS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXPERIENCE CAREER PATHWAY OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE.
RIGHT NOW WE DO A GREAT JOB OF RUNNING THEM THROUGH THE TEXTS ON OR OVER A DAY AND WE TRY TO TALK TO THEM.
BUT IS THERE A BETTER MODEL THAT REALLY GETS THE KIDS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS AT A BETTER WAY? THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT AND PILOT SCHOOL SCHEDULING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE DO HAVE ONE OUR HIGH-SCHOOL NORTH CAROLINA HIGH-SCHOOL IS LOOKING AT A NINTH GRADE ACADEMY MODEL STRENGTHEN TRANSITION TO KIDS FROM MIDDLE HIGH.
THAT EIGHTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE TRANSITION IS A CHALLENGE.
THERE CAN BE GREAT BENEFIT IN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO STAFF AND THEN THE STUDENTS TO A TARGETED GROUP OF KIDS.
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THESE GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO WORK JUST WITH NINTH GRADERS TO BUILD UP THOSE SUPPORTS NOT ONLY FOR ATTENDANCE, ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIOR, AND REALLY TRANSITION THEM IN A MODEL THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN DIVERSIFYING YOUR KIDS ACROSS THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
LOOKING AT SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT THAT MODEL GOING FORWARD.
[NOISE] OUR GRANT APPLICATION IS DUE.
WE DID SEEK AN EXTENSION WHEN IT WAS OFFERED.
PRETTY MUCH ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS DID.
OUR GRANT IS DUE THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE IT IN PRIOR THURSDAY NEXT WEEK WE'RE WORKING TO FINALIZE THE APPLICATION.
WE'LL HAVE THAT AND WE EXPECT TO NOTICE SOMETHING HERE, SOMETHING BACK FOR MSD.
I WON'T SAY QUICK BUT A RELATIVELY QUICK TURNAROUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RELATIVELY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.
ONCE THEY APPROVE THE GRANT, THEY CAN EITHER APPROVE FLAT OUT, THEY CAN SEND BACK WITH QUESTIONS.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THERE'S A REJECT OPTION, BUT THERE IS A YES. BUT GO FIX SOME THINGS, AND THEN ONCE THAT IS ACCEPTED, THEN THERE BECOMES THE PARTNER MATCH.
THAT LIST OF PARTNERS MSD SAYS THAT THEY WILL APPROVE THAT WE USE.
WE THEN GO TO THAT TO MATCH UP WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND THEN THE MONEY COULD BE HERE OR A FULL GRANT APPROVAL COULD BE DONE BY JUNE WITH PARTNER MATCH AND READY TO IMPLEMENT.
THAT'S THE OVERALL NUTSHELL ON THE LEADS GRANT.
>> WHEN YOU SUBMIT THIS GRANT AND THEY'RE GOING TO EVALUATE IT AND JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, RE-IMAGINING USED TIME, ARE YOU GOING TO SPECIFICALLY HAVE DETAILS [OVERLAPPING] AT EACH LEVEL OF SCHOOLING, OR YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THIS WITH A CONSULTANT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SCHEDULE IS BEST?
>> WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT, AND WHAT WE WILL WRITE INTO IT WITH IS WE WILL BASICALLY, WHAT IS OUR DATA SHOWING US THAT ARE CAUSING US SOME CONCERN? WHAT CONCERNS DO WE HAVE, WHAT'S OUR CURRENT STATE, AND THEN WHAT ARE OUR OUTCOMES THAT WE HOPE TO COME UP WITH? FOR SOMETHING LIKE LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT SCHEDULING, WE WILL EXPLAIN THEM THE GRANT BASICALLY, WHAT ARE CURRENT SCHEDULING IS, WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE WITH IT, AND THAT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY, FIND A BETTER SCHEDULE AT EACH LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO MEET THESE DEMANDS THAT WE'RE SEEING.
THEN BY USE OF A PARTNER, THE PARTNER WILL HELP US COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION.
WE WON'T WALK IN WITH HERE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE FRANKLY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S A BETTER OPTION.
>> I'VE BEEN WAITING 15 YEARS.
LET'S MAKE HIGH-SCHOOL GREAT AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER] THE BAND OF BLUE WAS SOMETHING.
[02:45:05]
>> IT ENDS AFTER SOPHOMORE YEAR.
>> YEAH, IT ENDS AFTER SOPHOMORE YEAR.
BUT I STILL SAY FOR MENTORING AND TUTORING SERVICES, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND TIME FOR 90 MINUTE TO PERIODS WHERE THE KIDS ARE COMING HOME WITH THEIR CELL PHONE BATTERIES DEAD BECAUSE THEY GOT THEIR WORK DONE, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PRACTICE TO DO, AND SO THEY'RE KILLING TIME.
BUT WHETHER IT'S BAND OF BLUE OR KERNEL RICHARDSON'S BAND OR EXTRA ACTIVITIES OR ACQUIRE OR WHATEVER IT IS OR EXTRA MENTORING ACTIVITIES, I'LL JUST THROW IT IN THERE.
THOSE ASPECTS OF HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN LOST.
THE JOYS OF THOSE FBLA, LEO CLUB, WHATEVER IT IS, SOME OF THOSE JOYS HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE.
>> IT HAS IT'S PROS. IT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE MID [INAUDIBLE].
>> BUT ANYWAY, I THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THAT.
>> UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, TWO GUYS, KENNEDY AND REDDY CAME UP WITH A MODEL OF IT.
I'LL SAY THAT FIRST SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHEN FUNDING WAS AN ISSUE, IT WAS A GREAT FISCAL MOVE.
BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE GREAT CHALLENGES.
MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DEMANDS ON WHAT STUDENTS WERE SUPPOSED TO EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU TRULY SIT DOWN AND TRY TO FIT IT INTO HOW MANY PERIODS THEY CAN GET IN A DAY, AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO EXPERIENCE EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND SET IT ACROSS, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT IN.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY.
WE JUST NEED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH A BETTER LENS.
IF WE GO DOWN TO EVEN UP TO ELEMENTARY, THERE'S ALSO GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO ADDRESS LEARNING FOR ALL KIDS THERE.
SO YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> MORE TO COME AS WE GET ANSWERS BACK TO THE GRANT.
>> INTERESTING PROCESS, SEE HOW IT WORKED.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND DISCUSSION.
[8. Discussion of Items for Future Board Action]
MOVING ON, SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, MS. NORDIN, CURTAIN A OR CURTAIN B?>> [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT NEWCOMB AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS DR. SIMON HAS MENTIONED EARLIER, MSD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT CALCULATION.
SO AS A RESULT, IT'S APRIL 6TH AND WE STILL HAVE TWO SCENARIOS. [LAUGHTER]
>> UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR EFFORT IS GOING TO BE.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SCENARIO 1 IS GOING TO BE THE WINNER BECAUSE HOUSE BILL 1450 HAS PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, AND IT'S JUST WAITING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO ACT.
ASSUMING THE GOVERNOR DOES SIGN THIS LEGISLATION, THIS BILL WILL ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THE FY23 MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT LEVEL IN STATUTE.
THE NUMBER THAT IS HARD-CODED IN THIS LEGISLATION FOR CAROLINE COUNTY IS $16,080,832, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY OVER $100,000 INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
SO THE BLUEPRINT BILL THAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BRING US ALL THIS NEW MONEY IN YEAR 1, WE'RE TALKING $100,000 COMING FROM THE COUNTY.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IT BRINGS IN YEARS TO COME, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, NOT MUCH NEW MONEY.
MOVING ALONG, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED [NOISE] THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE WORK SESSION A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE SECOND NUMBER THAT HAS CHANGED IS OUR OTHER REVENUE.
AT THE WORK SESSION, I WAS PROJECTING TO REDUCE THIS LINE ITEM BY 20,000 BASED ON THE INTEREST REVENUE DECREASING.
BUT THE MORE I LOOKED AT IT AND DID SOME ANALYSIS BETWEEN FY21 ACTUALS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FY22, WE NEED TO REDUCE THIS LINE ITEM EVEN MORE BECAUSE THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS NOT COMING IN LIKE IT USED TO BE.
SO WE NEED TO TRUE THINGS UP, OTHERWISE, WE WON'T BE IN A GOOD PHYSICAL SITUATION NEXT YEAR.
NOW, THE NEXT ITEM IS A POSITIVE.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME MORE POSITIONS WHERE WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS.
THESE ARE AREAS WHERE WE ARE OVERSTAFFED, AND DUE TO RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO REALIGN AND REDESIGN.
[02:50:01]
MOVING FARTHER ON DOWN THE LIST.AT THE WORK SESSION, I LABELED WHAT WE NEED TO INCREASE [NOISE] FOR BUS AND VEHICLE FUEL.
IT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE, BUT ALSO FUEL OIL, WE DO HAVE FUEL OIL IN OUR SCHOOLS.
SO I BUMP THIS UP, AND THANK YOU, MR. JONES, FOR YOUR SUGGESTION.
SO THAT'S NOW AT A $125,000 OF LINE ITEM.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS, SINCE THEY PAY US THE TAX WAIVER FOR A MONTH BECAUSE OF THE SUPER-HIGH GAS PRICES, AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, DO WE PAY SALES TAX ON OUR FUEL?
>> NO, WE DO NOT PAY SALES TAX.
BUT THERE ARE FEDERAL LUST TAX.
THERE ARE FEDERAL TAXES THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY.
>> BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING STATE FUEL TAX?
>> THERE ARE FEDERAL TAXES THAT WE CAN'T GET OUT OF [OVERLAPPING] I DID QUESTION THAT AWHILE BACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED SIGNING OFF ON THOSE BILLS.
I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WE'RE TAX-EXEMPT.
BUT THEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH [OVERLAPPING]
>> NOT FROM THE FED, BUT FROM THE STATE?
>> THAT'S GOOD. I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
>> ALSO THE STATE, THIS ISN'T JUST A SIDEBAR, BUT THE STATE ON BUS FUEL, WE ACTUALLY GET THAT REFUNDED.
WE SUBMIT A REPORT EVERY MONTH TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND WE GET THE STATE SALES TAX REFUNDED TO US.
THERE WAS A BILL SEVERAL YEARS BACK THAT WORKS ON FROM THAT.
SALARY ENHANCEMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS STILL OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY.
THIS NUMBER AT THE WORK SESSION WAS 1,350,000.
THE REASON WHY I GOT BUMPED UP TO $1,355,625, THIS IS SIMPLY A PLUG.
THE ADDITIONAL $5,625 [NOISE] IS TO JUST PLUG IT TO GET THE WHOLE BUDGET TO BALANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE $3,066,245 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO WE NEEDED TO GET THE ADDITIONS TO BALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND $5,000 ISN'T GOING TO GET US A TEACHING POSITION.
THE NEXT ITEM THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IS BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE WORK SESSION, THE BOARD ASPIRING TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN BUMPED UP THE LIST, AND NOW APPEARS ABOVE THE LINE, SO IT WILL GET FUNDED.
IF THIS CURRENT BUDGET SUMMARY REMAINS THE SAME, THAT ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE FUNDED.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR NOW.
I'M SURE WE'RE STARTING [NOISE] TO GET FIRM COST OF DOING BUSINESS NUMBERS.
HEALTH INSURANCE, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS, WE SHOULD HAVE A FIRM OFFICIAL [NOISE] FINAL HEALTH INSURANCE NUMBER, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE EVERY PERCENTAGE THERE, [NOISE] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $90,000.
SO IF IT DROPS BY ONE PERCENT, THERE'S ANOTHER 90,000.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL GO DOWN, AND THEREFORE WE CAN USE THAT MONEY ELSEWHERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BEFORE YOU SEE THIS AGAIN NEXT MONTH?
>> [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. KEEP US POSTED [NOISE] IF THE BILL IS GETTING SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
>> WE GOT FOUR MORE DAYS FOR HIM TO SIGN IT.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, MOVING ON, UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
OUR LIST IS CONTINUAL AND UPDATED THERE AND I'LL JUST PUT ONE, NOT REALLY AN ADDITION, BUT IF IT RAINS ON FRIDAY, THE TRACTOR DAY, RAIN DAY WILL BE, I BELIEVE, APRIL 22ND.>> BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING FORWARD TO RAINING.
>> APRIL 22ND WHEN THEY'LL OPEN AND MOVE INTO IT.
NEXT BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE WORK SESSION.
SO IF WE CAN NOTE THAT OUR BOARD MEETING IS GOING BE WEDNESDAY THE 20TH.
WELL, THE BOARD WILL START AT 4:00 AND A WORK SESSION STARTS AT 6:00.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COURSE?
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. MARK, THANK YOU
[02:55:01]
FOR THAT. THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> MOTION BY MR. JONES, SECOND BY MS. JACQUELINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.