[1. Opening Items]
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>> WELL, WELCOME, EVERYBODY TO THE FEBRUARY 7, 2023, REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
GREAT TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE HERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEETING.
WE NEED TO START BY JUST STARTING OUR MEETING, BUT WE NEED TO START WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION WHICH OCCURRED AT 4:30.
THE CLOSED SESSION WAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS AND ALSO, LOOKING AT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
THOSE WERE BOTH CLOSED-SESSION ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO THE OPEN SESSION.
>> WE ARE BACK IN AN OPEN SESSION.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TO HELP LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> WELCOME, MR. ANGELONEY. WELCOME, MR. LIST.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS, VERY MUCH.
WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT BESIDES, OF COURSE, MR. ANGELONEY AND MR. LIST?
>> THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FIFTH-GRADE BAND ORCHESTRA STUDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE ALREADY HAVE A PICTURE. MS. BARRY WILL ARRANGE YOU, BUT THE PRESTON BAND CONCERT DATE?
>> VERY GOOD. I'M SURE IT'S ON MY CALENDAR.
>> IT'S ON THE CALENDAR [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO, THAT'S AWESOME. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS DO AT THE CONCERT. WE KNOW THAT YOU-ALL [INAUDIBLE].
>> DO YOU? NOW WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE LONG SONG THAT YOU'RE PLAYING?
>> YES. THERE'S A EUROPEAN THING TO IT.
THE FASTEST SONG WE PLAY, THE LONGEST SONG WE PLAY PROBABLY?
>> AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS, FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
MS. BARRY WOULD LIKE YOU TO PICTURE SO YOU GUYS MIND COMING UP [OVERLAPPING] THIS WAY? AS THEY'RE GETTING READY, PARENTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THEM OUT AND SUPPORTING THEM WITH PLAYING INSTRUMENTS.
THOSE WITH DRUMMERS, GOD BLESS YOU, AND THE VIOLINIST.
I'M SURE IT'S BETTER NOW, BUT EARLIER, IT'S TOUGH.
[BACKGROUND] A COUPLE OF MORE THINGS TO DO HERE.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN APPROVAL, SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
[BACKGROUND] I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
>> GENTLEMEN NEED TO SPEAK UP.
>> HOPE TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED.
ME INCLUDED. WE DO LIKE TO READ OUR MISSION BEFORE EVERY MEETING OR AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.
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IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUS.OUR MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, WE PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READINESS THROUGH A CHALLENGING AND PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO A COUPLE OF RECOGNITIONS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
[2. Recognitions]
[OVERLAPPING] WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDER.FIRST, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE NORTH CAROLINE HIGH-SCHOOL LEO CLUB.
I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT I THINK DONNA WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL AND SHE CERTAINLY SHOULD.
>> WE'RE BOTH IN THE RIDGELY LIONS CLUB.
>> DID YOU SEE MR. DAVIS IS HERE?
>> I SEE. A LION CLUB MEMBER, DAVE DAVIS IS HERE.
>> YEAH. OF COURSE, DAKOTA IS THE VERY FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE LEO CLUB RATHER AT THE SCHOOL.
I CAN TELL A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE RIDGELY LIONS CLUB WENT TO THE NORTH CAROLINE HIGH-SCHOOL TO SEE IF THE SCHOOL WOULD SUPPORT THIS CLUB, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT A PROGRAM WITH THE LIONS CLUB HAS AND HAS HAD OVER THE WORLD.
RIGHT IN OUR OWN COUNTY IT WAS BEING DONE BY ANOTHER CLUB, ALSO AN EASTERN.
WE THOUGHT THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
THREE OF US WENT THERE TO PITCH THE IDEA TO THE STAFF, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, AND TO THE TEACHERS.
WE GOT A BUNCH OF STONE FACES.
NOBODY SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
WE LEFT THERE SAYING, WELL, UNLESS SOMEBODY STEPS UP TO BECOME THE ADVISOR, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, ONE OF THE TEACHERS STEPPED UP AND SAID, I'LL BE THE ADVISOR.
THAT TEACHER HAPPENS TO BE SITTING A FEW SEATS TO MY RIGHT.
DONNA STEPPED UP, BECAME THE FIRST ADVISOR FOR THAT CLUB.
DAKOTA BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT.
THAT'S THE RIGHT TERM. IT HAS TAKEN OFF.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT CLUBS, CERTAINLY, BUT THEY ARE PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE.
I'M NOT SURE IF MERIDEL IS PART, BUT I KNOW GREENSBORO, DENTIN, RIDGELY LIONS CLUBS ARE VERY CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH LEO CLUB.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THIS STUDENT CLUB AND VICE VERSA, AND THEY JUST DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE PUT ON IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES BY RIDGELY LIONS, SOMETIMES BY OTHERS THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF IT WASN'T FOR THE LEO CLUB.
JUST ABSOLUTELY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THEIR LABOR, THEIR EFFORT, THEIR BRAINPOWER MADE THE EVENT.
DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH THEM, AND MR. SPIKER CAN ATTEST.
WHEN I WAS DEBATING THE RETIREMENT, THAT WAS THE STICKLER MORE THAN ANYTHING.
ANNIE LIVINGSTONE, SHE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT OVER AND HAS REALLY KEPT RUNNING WITH IT.
I WENT TO THE MEETING YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE SITTING GOING, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY? THEY WERE BRAINSTORMING ON THINGS THEY COULD DO.
YOU WORK WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY, CORRECT?
>> THEY GET SHY. THIS IS THE PART THAT CRACKED ME UP.
YOU WORKED WITH RIGIDLY THE WINTER FEST, YOU DID THAT A COUPLE OF HELP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH LUMINARIES, YOU NAME IT.
THEY'RE IN CAROLINE COUNTY AND THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP, YOU CALL THE LEO CLUB.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM SAY NO TO ANYTHING.
>> ANNIE HAD TO CLEAN UP THAT MESS FROM THE PRIOR ADVISOR.
>> [LAUGHTER] THOSE WERE BIG SHOES TO FILL.
>> BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY, THE FIRST-YEAR DAKOTA AND I, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WE KNEW IT, BUT HE STUCK IT OUT, AND HE WAS AWESOME.
HE STARTED IT. HE GOT ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO STUDENTS?
>> [INAUDIBLE] BASICALLY, WE HAVE PROBABLY SIX OR 10 REALLY GOOD DEDICATED MEMBERS.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE 70 ON PAPER. THAT'S INSANE.
>> I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THESE KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TALKING.
THE KIDS IN THIS GENERATION DON'T DO THIS AND THEY DON'T DO THAT.
IN HERE YOU HAVE THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE LITERALLY PUT IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS EVERY YEAR.
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IT JUST TOUCHES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT I CAN SAY.I WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM YESTERDAY, PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK AND THEY WERE JUST LOOKING AT ME.
I DO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO OR I LIKE IT, AND THAT'S HOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE KIDS FEELS.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I DID FIND ANOTHER PROJECT FOR YOU. [LAUGHTER]
>> ONE MORE COMMENT. DAKOTA THEN APPROACHED THE RIDGELY LIONS CLUB TO SEEK TO BECOME A MEMBER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE VOTED THEM DOWN, RIGHT, DAVE?
>> WHAT A WONDERFUL CONNECTION ON HIS PART TO WANT TO COME BACK NOW AND JOIN THAT CLUB AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR LIONS CLUB.
LIONS CLUB IS THE LARGEST SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COUNTRIES, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT DOES GREAT THINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD, OF COURSE, ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY, AND CERTAINLY IN THIS COUNTY, A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS AND EFFORTS, INCLUDING A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIPS, PAY ATTENTION SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE DIFFERENT CLUBS.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE OUR PRESENTATION.
>> YES. MS. LIVINGSTONE AND IF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEO CLUB WOULD LIKE TO COME UP.
DAKOTA AS A GUEST, THE RATHER YOUNG GRANDFATHER IN THE CLUB. [BACKGROUND]
>> WHO IS THE ONE TO RECEIVE THIS?
>> I BELIEVE TO THE BANK OFFICERS [INAUDIBLE]
>> YEAH, WE NEED TO ROLL IT BACK.
>> WHEN I DO THAT IT'S LIKE FRANKENSTEIN [LAUGHTER].
>> [INAUDIBLE] WAS NOT NEW [LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME REARRANGING HERE GUYS [LAUGHTER] MRS JAPAUL COULD I GET YOU DOWN IN THE FRONT? [LAUGHTER] HOW ABOUT YOU IN THE BACK ROW?
BECAUSE YOU'RE TALL SO IF YOU COULD STEP UP ON [LAUGHTER] IT IS, WHAT IT IS [LAUGHTER].
MS. WAYMAN, IF YOU COULD STEP A LITTLE THIS WAY.
I CAN'T DO LEFT AND RIGHT NORMALLY MUCH LESS WHEN IT'S NOT MY LEFT AND MY RIGHT [NOISE]. THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATION GUYS. [APPLAUSE]
>> HEY RICK, I'M GOING TO MENTION SOME TEACHER BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
>> LESLIE BEFORE THEY LEAVE [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE THE LEO CLUB LEAVES, DO MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT LESLIE IS A FINALIST IN THE STATE STUDENT MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION? DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? [APPLAUSE] MOVING ON TO THE FINALISTS.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FINALISTS, CORRECT?
>> YES, I'M ONE OF FIVE FINALISTS.
>> WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE'RE EXCITED AND YOU KNOW WE'LL ROUTE FOR YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. WE REALLY ARE BECAUSE YOU TWO YOU AND SHELBY ARE ROCKING THIS.
>> THEY CANNOT MAKE A BETTER CHOICE SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THE OTHER FINALISTS ARE.
>> THAT'S OUR COMPOSITION THE ONLY ONE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE.
>> WE'LL BE AROUND THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT THURSDAY FOR A FEW HOURS SO MAYBE A FEW OF US WILL HAVE TO SAY A FEW THINGS HELP ENCOURAGE HIM TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
>> THE FACT THAT YOU ARE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE AND GOT PICKED IS AWESOME.
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET PICKED FOR A LOT OF STUFF.
WE REALLY DON'T SO THAT SAYS A LOT THAT YOU GOT PICKED WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE KNOW IT AND WE THINK IT'S GREAT.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION AND THAT IS FOR AN INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL LEADER MR. MCCORMICK,
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FOR HIS YEARS OF COACHING, I'M GOING TO ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT [OVERLAPPING].>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO CALL HIM MR. MARK SHADOW, A SUPERVISOR OF ATHLETICS TO COME FORWARD.
>> COACH MCCORMICK'S COME ON UP.
>> WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COACH MCCORMICK.
BASICALLY, HE'S BEEN COACHING SINCE 1995, 28 YEARS HAD A RECORD OF 144 WINS AND 87 LOSSES.
WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, HAVING COACHED AGAINST HIM AS WELL WHEN I WAS AT AT CANADA HIGH SCHOOL FOR 12 YEARS, YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING INTO BATTLE.
THEY ARE ALWAYS TOUGH IT ON THE FIELD AND YOU ALWAYS KNEW THAT CLASS AND INTEGRITY AND REFLECTION ON THEIR LEADER.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE BEING BRAND-NEW COMING INTO THIS COUNTY.
I WAS EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AND I ONLY GOT ONE SEASON WITH YOU [LAUGHTER] BUT I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. THANK YOU.
>> JAMES, I'LL JUST KEEP IT BRIEF AS WELL.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU REALLY LOVED THE ATTENTION [LAUGHTER].
YOUR CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN HUGE. NOT JUST ME.
THIS SPEAKS TO ITSELF FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGH-SCHOOL.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HERE PROBABLY KNOWS IN THE ROOM JAMES'S CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT BASE SIDE AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAD BEEN EXEMPLARY.
YOU HAVE BEEN A ROCK FOR MANY FOLKS, NOT JUST ON YOUR TEAM, BUT IN TERMS OF STUDENT-ATHLETES IN GENERAL AND STUDENTS SPORTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING I COULD COUNT ON AND MY TIME AS SUPERVISOR OF ATHLETICS, AND YOU HAVE TRULY BEEN A MODEL AND LEADERSHIP YOU'VE PROVIDED TO THE KIDS AND FOR HOW COACHES SHOULD HANDLE THEMSELVES ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S GOLF OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT FOLKS COULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE WAY YOU'VE WORKED WITH YOUR KIDS AND THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE GROWN THEM.
I THINK THAT'S EASY TO SEE WITH ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN PART OF YOUR PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS.
THEY'RE YOUR KIDS NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE MEN. NO MATTER WHAT.
A LOT OF KIDS WOULDN'T SEE IN GRADUATION IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU DRIVING THEM TO GET THERE.
WE HAVE KIDS WHO WOULD NOT BE PLAYING WHERE THEY ARE, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU.
I TRULY BELIEVE WE HAVE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE BECAUSE THE LESSONS THEY LEARNED, EVEN WHEN THEY HAD YOU IN POP WARNER, RADON UP.
AGAIN, THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAS BEEN HUGE.
YOU STEPPING ASIDE, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.
BUT IT'S A HUGE HOLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S A HUGE HOLE FOR THE SCHOOL ITSELF AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WISHING NOTHING BUT THE BEST AND YOUR TIME STEPPING AWAY, FROM COACHING.
MAYBE LINDSEY WOLF GET TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A FRIDAY NIGHT OFF [LAUGHTER] OR MAYBE YOU WILL, FOR THAT MATTER OR NOT BREAKING DOWN FILM ON THE WEEKENDS AND THOSE THINGS.
JAMES, IT'S BEEN AWESOME WATCHING YOU.
EVEN IN MY TIME AT KERNEL AND LET'S HOPE THE OUTCOMES TO TURN OUT DIFFERENT.
BUT JUST THE CLASS YOU'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT IS IMPRESSIVE AND I WISH AT TIMES MORE FOLKS WOULD SEE THAT AND WOULD EXEMPLIFY THAT THEMSELVES SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
>> A LITTLE BIT PEOPLE HERE KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AND YOU'VE SEEN ME ON THE SIDELINES DOING THE CHANGE.
I WOULD SAY ROPED INTO THAT BUT NO, YOU'RE CHAINED INTO THAT BY SOMEBODY THAT VOLUNTEERED ME FOR IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY A GREAT THING TO DO IN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
BECAUSE IT'S FUN TO DO AND BE AROUND THE STUDENTS, BUT I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE HOW YOU INTERACT WITH THOSE YOUNG MEN AND HOW YOUR STAFF INTERACTS WITH THEM.
IT'S FIRST-CLASS LIKE YOU SAID. ALL THE WAY.
THE WAY YOU INTERACT IT'S JUST A LESSON ON HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHAT'S THE WIN-LOSS RECORD OF YOUNG MEN? I THINK YOU'RE UNDEFEATED THERE.
WHAT I'VE SEEN A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THEM.
I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN THE PROGRAM NOW GRADUATED AND MOVED ON IN LIFE AND SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY DARN OLD SO THAT'S HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN AROUND [LAUGHTER].
BUT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW ARE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS WITH THEIR LIVES AND I KNOW YOU'D SAY IT'S NOT ALL YOU, BUT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
I SAW IT FIRSTHAND AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
>> WE'VE EMBARRASSED HIM ENOUGH?
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS JAMES.
WE DO HAVE, OF COURSE, THE WONDERFUL WORST GIFT THAT I'M SURE YOU'LL NOW ON THE WALL NEXT TO OTHER THINGS.
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>> I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A GAME BALL AND ALL [LAUGHTER]
>> WHATS GOING ON [INAUDIBLE].
>> I NEED SOME IN THE BACK, GUYS.
MICHELLE, I NEED A LITTLE MORE IN THE MIDDLE AND A LITTLE MORE THIS WAY.
THERE WE GO [NOISE]. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, NOW ALL THE FUN STUFF GONE.
[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] THERE'S STILL COOKIES OUT THERE.
I'M SURE THAT THEY REALLY ARE NEW.
>> ONCE THEY LEAVE, IF THERE'S LEFT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN. [LAUGHTER]
[3. Reports]
>> ONTO THE REPORTS AND WE START WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.
LET'S SEE. WE'RE GOING TO START ALL THE WAY TO MY RIGHT HERE WITH DONNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST?
>> I THINK THIS, THE NEXT-GENERATION SCHOLARS, I GUESS, WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO.
WE MET [INAUDIBLE], SHE TOOK OVER FROM MORGAN COX.
AT FIRST, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE SHE JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE AND SHE'S SO CLOSE IN AGE TO THE STUDENTS.
BUT IT BROUGHT A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR THE STUDENTS.
THEN SHE ASKED ME TO COME THERE.
WHAT IT IS IS THAT DAY IS ADULTS GIVE THEIR STORY ABOUT HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING FOR ME TO LISTEN [INAUDIBLE] POSITION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US BECAUSE ABBY WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN, STRAIGHT A STUDENT, THOUGHT SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE WITH HER LIFE AND DO, DO, DO, DO, DO, DO, DO.
THEN I GET UP THERE, I'M LIKE, YEAH, I HATE SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND DA, DA, DA, DA, DA.
SHE SAID, HOW SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR BUT THEN REALIZED THAT WASN'T IT AND EXPLAINED WHY.
THEN I EXPLAINED HOW I GOT THERE.
THE KIDS, THEY WERE GETTING IT.
IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT WE ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT TESTING, THAT WE TEST WAY TOO MUCH.
IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WERE BRINGING IT UP ABOUT THE STRESS OF TESTING AND THE STRESS OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP.
THIS ONE GIRL CAME UP TO US AND SHE'S LIKE, THANK YOU BECAUSE I REALIZED I REALLY DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT TODAY.
SHE WAS JUST LIKE, YOU SAID, MS. DIGIACOMO, I'VE GOT 80 MORE YEARS OF MY LIFE TO GO.
I GET WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO WITH THE CAREER PATHS AND ALL BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO DO MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER JOB TAKING SOME OF THAT PRESSURE OFF THE STUDENTS, LIKE ENJOY YOUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, ENJOY THE CLASSES, EVEN ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF APPLYING FOR COLLEGES OR SEEING WHAT THERE IS OUT THERE.
ONE OF THE STUDENT, HE WAS FUNNY.
HE JUST LOOKED AT ME, HE GOES, YOU SOUND LIKE I'M TALKING LIKE, I HATE SCHOOL AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
IF I CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, TO BE AROUND STUDENTS FOR TWO FULL DAYS WAS JUST AWESOME, THE HONESTY THAT STUDENTS HAVE.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CAREERS AND STUFF THAT THEY COULD DO.
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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT DEFINITELY CONTINUE, DO WHAT WE CAN TO TAKE SOME OF THESE UNNECESSARY PRESSURE OFF.BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT AND NOT ALWAYS BEING WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING NEXT.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE ALL FORGET TO DO THAT.
WE GET IN THESE MEETINGS AND THEN THERE ARE ALL THIS GROWN-UP STUFF.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN A NEGATIVE WAY BECAUSE I DO IT TOO.
BUT SOMETIMES I THINK WE FORGET ABOUT THE FOCUS AND THE FOCUS IS THE STUDENTS.
SOMETIMES EVEN I HAVE TO SAY, IS THIS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS? THAT BROUGHT THAT BACK FOR ME.
IT'S FOR THE STUDENTS AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.
IT WAS JUST FOR ME VERY INCREDIBLE AND A VERY MOVING TWO DAYS I SPENT WITH THEM.
>> TROY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT?
>> SURE. I HAD A BUSY MONTH, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS VERY BUSY UP THERE.
[LAUGHTER] I STARTED OUT THE MONTH WITH THE FUNERAL THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].
THEN I WAS ABLE TO, WITH RACHEL'S HELP, TO BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE A MEET WITH ALL 10 PRINCIPALS AND SEE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AND BE IN SOUTH COUNTY BASED.
IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S UP NORTH.
MR. SPIKER GOT TO SEE THE CHAOS HE CALLED IT OF CLASS CHANGE.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT COMING FROM COLONEL.
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THERE, BUT IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO.
EVERYBODY WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS AND THEY WERE VERY NICE AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TOUR THINGS AND SEE WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE GO TO MICHELE NEXT.
>> I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER AND UNFORTUNATELY HAD A LITTLE BURN AND COULD NOT GO.
BUT I WAS GLAD TO AT LEAST TO SUPPORT IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BOWL OF SOUP ON THE PICKUP DAY.
BUT I ATTENDED THE MLK PROGRAM IN MARCH.
I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THERE.
I THINK THEY SAID LIKE 200 IN ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.
I KNOW WE HAD AT LEAST FIVE SCHOOLS REPRESENTED AND THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
WE HAD STUDENT PARTICIPATION ON THE PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE HOW THAT EVENT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
THEN JUST ABOUT EVERYONE PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH AS WELL FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE COURTHOUSE WHERE MR. SAMMY SCOTT DID THE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AND HE'S DONE IT EVERY YEAR BY HEART MEMORIZATION, DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
IT WAS VERY GOOD. MARK AND I BOTH PARTICIPATED IN THAT. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE INSIDE PART AND THE MARCH.
BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE.
THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WERE THERE.
IT WAS JUST REALLY GOOD TO SEE AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY, BASICALLY THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON DR. KING AND JUST OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I MEAN, IT WAS A WELL A WELL-ORGANIZED EVENT AND AT LEAST A GOOD TURNOUT ON A COOL DAY.
IT WAS A NICE WORK UP THERE AND A GREAT EVENT.
>> GREAT TO HEAR. THAT'S THE THING THAT KEEPS THE WORK OF A GREAT MAN ALIVE AND THAT ULTIMATELY MATTERS MOST.
FOR ME, A BUSY MONTH IN SOME WAYS, BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME AND THAT IS SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND.
IT'S NICE TO SEE WHEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE THAT CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY WITH MARYLAND.
AT THE COOL SCHOOLS EVENT, SPECIAL OLYMPICS ASKED ME TO BE THE ANNOUNCER.
THAT MEANS ON THIS PLATFORM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BEACH, WHICH IS JUST MAYBE ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING HERE.
I GET TO BE THE ANNOUNCER FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THERE AND TELL THEM WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO RUN INTO COLD WATER AND HOW TO BEHAVE AND HOW TO HANDLE THIS.
MOSTLY THEY ARE NOT WEARING ENOUGH CLOTHS, NOT LONG ENOUGH.
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THEY'RE IN THEIR BATHING SUITS A HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE TIME AND I'M SAYING PUT SOMETHING ON, YOU'RE GOING TO BE COLD.THEY'RE BAREFOOT AND THEY GO IN THE WATER LOOKING NORMAL, THEY COME OUT LOOKING LIKE LOBSTERS.
NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOBSTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE COLD.
BUT WHAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND WHY I'M MENTIONING THIS IS, BOTH CAROL RICHARDSON AND NORTH CAROLINA HAD VERY SIZABLE CONTINGENTS.
AS THE ANNOUNCER, I HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO CALL OUT OUR SCHOOLS.
OTHER SCHOOLS CAME OVER, CALL THEM OUT IN THE BEST WAY.
OTHER SCHOOLS CAME OVER AFTER I DID THAT AND ASKED ME TO SHOUT OUT FOR THEM TOO.
BUT I GAVE A LOT OF EXTRA SPECIAL AND OUR TWO SCHOOLS CHEERED LOUDLY, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL WHEN I CALLED THEIR NAMES.
I EVEN GOT TO CALL ONE STUDENT'S NAME IN PARTICULAR, WHO I HAPPENED TO KNOW VERY WELL.
I JUST TODAY SAW A VIDEO OF THAT PARTICULARLY THE PLUGS, THAT PARTICULAR PART OF IT, YOU CAN HEAR ME ANNOUNCING THEIR NAME.
JUST AFTER WE SAT DOWN HERE, I SAW MY PHONE LIGHT UP THAT I NOW HAVE THAT VIDEO SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.
BUT HERE'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT JUST A FUN EVENT, IT'S NOT JUST A FIELD TRIP.
THIS IS ABOUT THE UNIFICATION, IF YOU WILL, OF MAINSTREAM STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL [INAUDIBLE].
SPECIAL OLYMPICS CALLS IT THE UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM.
WHAT THAT DOES IS, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT INCLUSION.
IT REALLY IS A WAY OF INCLUDING THE SPECIAL NEEDS PEOPLE AS PART OF THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
THAT PROGRAM HAD TRULY WORKED.
THE STUDENTS COME OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
BUT I BELIEVE FOR THE MOST PART MAYBE A 100 PERCENT OF THEM, ALL OF THEM, GET IT THAT THEY ARE THERE TO HELP THOSE SPECIAL OLYMPICS QUALIFIED ATHLETE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THAT JUST TOUCHES YOUR HEART.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLD.
IT HAS ALL TO DO WITH THAT WORK OF THE STUDENTS TO EMBRACE EACH OTHER.
IT'S NICE TO SEE IT EMBODIED THERE.
A BIG PART OF WHY I VOLUNTEER FOR THAT EVENT, I GET STUCK WITH ALL THE OTHERS TOO, BUT THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
I DID GET THE CHANCE TO GET MR. SPIKER, IT'S TOO BAD HE LEFT.
BUT I CARE FOR THEM ALL THE STUDENTS, MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR HAIR WET, MEANING YOU GO ALL THE WAY IN.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT FOR YOU.
I ANNOUNCED IF YOU DON'T HAVE HAIR, FIGURE IT OUT, [LAUGHTER].
COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN.
AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT THAT MEANS A LOT.
THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE 6,000 STUDENTS THERE OR SOME LEVEL OF PLUNGING THAT DAY. THAT'S IT.
ONTO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> AS YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP, RACHEL AND MR. BARTON, I WILL SAY THE ONE COMMENT I DID HEAR BACK FROM SOME OF THEM.
NOT JUST DID THEY NOT WEAR ENOUGH CLOTHES, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THEY DID NOT REALIZE HOW COLD THE SAND WAS GOING TO BE WHILE WAITING TO GO IN.
THAT IT WAS THE COLD COMING UP FROM UNDERNEATH THAT PROBABLY GOT THEM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
>> WHILE YOU'RE BACK HERE, WEAR SOMETHING ON YOUR FEET.
>> YES. BUT THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME.
THERE'S JUST TWO THINGS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IN SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
ONE IS A PRECURSOR FOR THE WORK SESSION COMING UP THIS MONTH IN FEBRUARY, WHERE WE WILL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO THE AIB BY MARCH 15TH.
WE'LL BE GOING INTO IT IN DEPTH WITH THE BOARD.
BUT TONIGHT'S INCLUSION IN MY REPORT REALLY ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SPEND TIME ON FEBRUARY 21ST, BUT I REALLY DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PILLAR LEADERS AND THE FOLKS WHO HAD BEEN PART OF LIFTING THIS EFFORT.
THERE ARE FIVE PILLARS IN BLUEPRINT AND DR. DOWNS IS OUR BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATOR.
PILLAR 1 IS MRS. LEWIS SARAH, PILLAR 2 DR.
ROB WILLOUGHBY, PILLAR 3 MS. LINDSEY MCCORMICK, PILLAR 4 MRS. ELIZABETH ANTHONY.
I DREW THE SHORT STRAW PILLAR 5 IS THE SHORTEST I WILL SAY.
SO I WILL NOT SHOW UP MYSELF OUT OF THAT MUCH.
I'LL BE HONEST. IT WASN'T THE BIGGEST.
THESE FOLKS LITERALLY HAVE PUT IN OVER 300 HOURS OF WORK SINCE DECEMBER 1.
IF YOU COMBINE THE HOURS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN SINCE DECEMBER 1, SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CAME OUT, THEY WERE OVER 300 HOURS OF MEETINGS OF WORK THAT THEY'RE EITHER DOING ON THEIR OWN WITH OTHERS TO COMPLETE THIS THING THAT NEEDED TO BE TURNED IN ON TIME.
WE HAVE A DRAFT SUBMITTED TO MSDE.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY ARE PROVIDING FEEDBACK, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
BUT THEY LITERALLY HAD IT TOGETHER BY JANUARY 31ST.
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THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF IT WASN'T FOR THE EFFORT THAT THESE GUYS HAVE PUT IN, AND THE TWO WHO AREN'T HERE AS WELL.BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLE LIFT ON TOP OF THEIR NORMAL JOBS, ON TOP OF THEIR NORMAL WORK WHEN THE AIB PLANS STARTED COMING OUT AND THEY STARTED COMING FORWARD, WHAT THE EFFORT WAS THAT WAS GOING TO GO INTO IT, AND THE SHORT TIMELINE LITERALLY.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS THINKING THERE IS NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND GOING TO HAPPEN WITH QUALITY. IT DID.
WE'RE AWAITING FEEDBACK AND THAT'LL HELP US HAVE A BETTER PLAN, MAKE SURE [NOISE] IT'LL BE WELL ON THE 21ST.
BUT I DID REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHOUT OUT THE INCREDIBLE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT FORWARD REALLY OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS TO LIFT THIS.
BECAUSE IF THERE IS ONE COMMON THREAD THAT HAS COME UP ABOUT THE WORK WITH THE AIB, AND AS WE'RE TRYING TO ARTICULATE TO THEM, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ASK.
I UNDERSTAND BIG SYSTEMS. THEY HAVE JUST AS MANY THINGS TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND BURDENS.
SYSTEMS OF OUR SIZE, WE DO NOT.
I THINK THAT'S JUST THE POINT THAT IF IT COMES UP IN MEETINGS, I KNOW I WILL, I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL AS WELL, IF IT COMES UP IN A CONVERSATION YOU'RE PART OF WITH ME OR WHOEVER ELSE OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, AS THE BLUEPRINT DOES CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS COME OUT, THE MORE THEY CAN BE MINDFUL OF JUST SAYING, HERE'S A MEETING, JOIN IT.
IN A WEEK OR A FEW DAYS, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, IT KILLS THESE GUYS.
BECAUSE THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO BE ON IT TO PUT FORWARD A QUALITY PLAN.
BUT IT ABSOLUTELY MEANS PIVOTING ON THE SPOT EVERYTHING YOU PLAN ON GETTING DONE.
THEY'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND THE HUGE LIFT THAT EVERYBODY HAS PUT INTO THIS THING.
>> DR. SIMMONS, IF I MAY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE 300 HOURS SINCE DECEMBER 1ST.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DO EVERY DAY.
I'M JUST APPRECIATING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND THE CHILDREN WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT WORK. THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE [INAUDIBLE] DIVIDENDS LATER. I'M SORRY.
>> THANK YOU ISN'T ENOUGH, BUT WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. WE'LL FILL YOU IN MUCH MORE DETAIL.
THE BOARD GOT THEIR COPY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TONIGHT.
[NOISE] THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FROM THE AIB AND NICE GLOSSY COPY.
THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THAT, THAT THEY WILL DIG INTO, I HAVE NO DOUBT.
>> HAVE PICTURES IN IT SO THAT [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT HELPED GUIDE OUR WORK IN THE PLAN THAT COULD NOT EXCEED 199 PAGES THAT WAS SUBMITTED. ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, DID YOU TELL DR. DOWNS THAT IT WAS HER JOB TO READ IT AND TELL US?
>> WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. YES.
SO THE LAST THING I DID WANT TO MENTION, IS THAT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, THIS IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR WEEK.
IF YOU SEE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR, PLEASE THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY ARE DOING AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE.
SCHOOL COUNSELING AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
IT REALLY STARTED CHANGING ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS TRULY ARE SUPERHEROES.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SCHEDULING CLASSES, IT'S ABOUT KNOWING KIDS, KNOWING THEIR FAMILIES, CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES, KNOWING COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
IT'S ABOUT BEING AVAILABLE MORE THAN THEY REALLY CAN BE IN THE AFTER HOURS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND HELP OUR FAMILIES.
WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW WE HAVE MORE NEEDS NOW THAN WE DID PRE-PANDEMIC.
OUR COUNSELORS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY TRYING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
REALIZING THAT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE A RATIO WITH THE STUDENT POPULATION IN MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS GREATER THAN 250 PER ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, WHICH IS WHAT ASCA RECOMMENDS, THE AMERICANS SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION.
MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS IS OVER THEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS, WE HAVE OTHER SUPPORTS THAT HELP, BUT OUR COUNSELORS ARE REALLY SITTING THERE RIGHT AT THE PIVOT POINT TO HELP PROVIDE WHATEVER SERVICES THEY CAN AND THEY'RE JUST PHENOMENAL FOLKS.
PLEASE LOVE ON A SCHOOL COUNSELOR THIS WEEK AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE APPRECIATED BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD OF THEM.
>> THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE ON TO THE DIRECTORS SNAPSHOT.
[NOISE] IT LOOKS LIKE MR. MANGOLD IS FIRST.
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>> YOU WON. NOW THAT YOU'VE WON FIRST, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO NEXT? I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY SAY THAT THE SUPER BOWL WEATHER IS VERY APPROPRIATE.
>> I'LL KEEP YOU IN SUSPENSE UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. SIMMONS.
THE OPERATION SNAPSHOT CONSISTS OF TWO HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS MONTH.
THE FIRST ONE IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN OCTOBER, WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE $200,000 SCHOOL SAFETY GRANT FOR THE HUNDRED MEGAHERTZ RADIOS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
IN EARLY JANUARY, THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER RECEIVED 61 APX 900 MOTOROLA RADIOS ALONG WITH BATTERIES AND BATTERY CLIPS.
CURRENTLY, THESE RADIOS ARE AT THE CAROLINE COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTER, WHICH IS THE 91 DISPATCH CENTER, BEING PROGRAMMED BEFORE THEY'RE PLACED INTO CIRCULATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE BLUE CHECK HAS EITHER A PERSONAL HAND IN DOING THAT PROGRAMMING OR HIS STUFF IS DOING.
>> THEY ARE TOGETHER. I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTUALLY WAS ON THE FRAME WITH MR. CASTLE WILLIAM.
ACTUALLY BEFORE I WALKED IN THE BUILDING, THE STATUS APPROVED OUR CHANNELS EACH SCHOOL HAVE A SEPARATE CHANNEL OPERATE ON.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT STRAIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OFF.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> I WAS WAITING ON CHARGERS HE SENT.
>> YEAH, SO ONCE THE PROGRAM, THE RADIOS IS GOING TO BE HANDED OFF TO 10 SCHOOLS.
>> NO, BUT I MEAN, WHO IN THE SCHOOLS? I'M SORRY.
>> I'M GETTING THERE. [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S ACTUALLY MY NEXT COUPLE OF WORDS HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED FOR DAILY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE STAFF.
THE RADIOS ARE GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE ALSO WITH THE SROS AND THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOLS, IF THEY LOSE A LANDLINE OR INTERNET OR A CELLULAR SERVICE, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WILL STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CONTACT 911 AND BEING CONTACTED IN CASES OF BUILDING EMERGENCY OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
AS WELL AS 991 CENTER THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTACT SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL STATES SECURITY COORDINATOR AT ANYTIME AS WELL.
THESE RADIOS HAVE BEEN TESTED.
AS I SPOKE ABOUT BACK IN OCTOBER, WE DID DO A DRY RUN BETWEEN FEDERALSBURG AND GREENSBORO, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK AND HEAR JUST FINE.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU MENTIONED, YEAH, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW BATTERIES AND A FEW BATTERY CHARGERS.
WE'RE NOT COMPLETE, WE ARE ON BACKORDER.
THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN UP ALMOST MY ENTIRE JANUARY AND IT'S SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
WHEN I RETURNED BACK FROM WINTER BREAK, AFTER A VERY DISMAL SCHOOL ROOFING ISSUES OF DECEMBER, I DECIDED TO TAKE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON CHANGING THE WAY WE'RE DOING OUR ROOFS AND HOW WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING.
I WAS ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED TO GET IT DONE SOONER THAN LATER AS YOU KNOW, I PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS THE CIP PLAN THAT OUTLAYS 8,9,10 YEARS IN ADVANCE.
WE CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG FOR SOME OF OUR ROOFS.
OUTSIDE OF THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE CIP.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MARYLAND INTERAGENCY COMMISSION, WHICH THE IAC.
THERE'S A BIG PUSH RIGHT NOW FOR A LOT OF EXTRA FUNDING THAT'S OUT THERE.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU JUST REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT THREE ROOFING PROJECTS AND EXPLAIN TO YOU THE VARIOUS FUNDING COMING FROM THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THE SUMMER.
IT'S A 53,000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT ROOF.
PROJECT IS GOING TO CAUSE 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE IAC.
THEY'LL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CIP AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE FALL.
THAT'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF THIS SUMMER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FULL ROOF REPLACEMENT AT 103,000 SQUARE FEET, $4.4 MILLION IS THE PROJECTED COST OF THAT ROOF.
IT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE IAC'S BUILT THE LEARN PROGRAM.
IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO-PHASE PROJECT DUE TO THE SIZE.
IT'S GOING TO BE THIS SUMMER, WE DO ABOUT HALF OF IT AND WE'LL FINISH UP THE NEXT HALF, THE FOLLOWING SUMMER AFTER THAT.
>> AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE JOINT WORK SESSION WITH COMMISSIONERS, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY MAY HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO USE AS PART OF THAT.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE NORTH HIGH PROJECT WAS A LOT MORE.
>> MODIFIED PROJECT IS COMING IN LESS THAN THAT.
WE PLAN ON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TALKED ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR THE LOCAL SUPPLEMENT ON THAT PIECE PENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT MR. MANGOLD WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT BECAUSE THAT ONE CAME IN LESS, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
>> WHICH IS WHAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH.
>> OKAY. MR. ANDREW, ARE YOU STILL HERE? GOOD. THE FINAL ONE IS THE PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ROOF.
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THAT'S GOING TO BE A PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT.AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, BACK IN 2016, THE SCHOOL CAME OUT OF RENOVATION AND THEY DID DO TWO ROOFING SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING THAT RHONDA NORTHWEST SIDE.
THEY DID NOT TOUCH THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OR WHAT I CALL THE CENTER CAP PORTION OF THE ROOF THAT'S DEAD CENTER MIDDLE OF THAT ROOF.
WE HAVE BASICALLY TWO PARTIALS THAT ARE ABOUT 12 TO 14 YEARS APART FROM EACH OTHER.
THIS ACTUALLY JUST CAME ONTO MY RADAR ABOUT SEVEN DAYS AGO.
I'D BEEN ON THAT ROOF A LOT LATELY.
I'M JUST GETTING A LITTLE WATERLOGGED BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WATER UP THERE.
I JUST HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
THE PARTIAL PROJECT IS GOING TO BE PROJECTED AT $1.4 MILLION.
PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOLAR CELLS UP THERE.
WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE PANELS OFF.
WE NEED TO TAKE THE STAND THAT THEY STAND ON AND GET THOSE OFF SO THEY CAN DO THE ROOF AND THEN THEY'LL PUT THEM ALL BACK ON.
THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST BEYOND JUST THE ROOFING.
WE GOT TO GET THOSE SOLAR PANELS OFF AND THEN WE WILL RE HOOK THEM UP AGAIN AS PART OF THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.
>> IS THAT THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT?
>> AS MATTER OF FACT, IT IS, YES.
THIS PROJECT THAT PRESTON ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO BE FUNDED BY THE IAC, THE HEALTHY SCHOOL BACKUP OF FACILITY FUND.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO PRESTON NEXT SUMMER, 2024.
I KNOW THIS ROOF IS DRIVING ME NUTS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE WERE NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH FEDERALSBURG.
JUST GIVE ME ANOTHER 10, 12 MONTHS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE RIPPING APART AND GET A FRESH ROOF ON IT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE VERY CLOSE WITHIN PRESTON.
WHY AM I WAITING ANOTHER YEAR AS OPPOSED TO GETTING OUT OF IN THE SUMMER? BECAUSE THE ROOF OF FEDERALSBURG IS GOING TO BE GOING ON DURING SUMMER SCHOOL AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE HOUSED IN PRESTON.
NEXT YEAR WE WILL FLIP-FLOP THAT, REVERSE THAT AND PRESTON KIDS WOULD GO TO FEDERALSBURG.
THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TACKLE THAT ROOF ON 100.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THIS JANUARY. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE DOING IT IN THE SUMMERTIME.
BECAUSE I KNOW 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY GO ON TO CAROLINE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY, A WORKER FELL THROUGH THE ROOF.
>> I REMEMBER ABOUT THIS, YES.
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING YOUR VERSION OF A COLD WATER CLIMB ON THOSE ROOFS?
>> YEAH, I WAS JUST UP THERE ABOUT 4 HOURS AGO AT ANOTHER PROBLEM.
>> YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE.
WELL-EXPLAINED. MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> QUESTION. PRESTON ROOF LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FLAT ROOF.
ARE WE PUTTING A FLAT ROOF BACK ON?
>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FLAT ROOF. THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SIDES THAT'S GOING TO BE RENOVATED AND THAT SECTION OF THAT ROOF IS VERY, VERY FLAT.
WE ARE GOING TO RAISE IT, PIVOT UP ABOUT TWO INCHES TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF SLOPE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A FLAT ROOF AND LIKE ANY DRAIN THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BASEMENT OR A FLOOR, THE HIGHEST SPOT IS ALWAYS A DRAIN AND WATER NEVER EVER GETS THERE.
OKAY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT TODAY ACTUALLY. YES.
>> SAME THING WITH NORTH CAROLINA.
>> YES, THAT ACTUALLY DRAINS PRETTY WELL.
IT'S JUST IT'S AN OLD ROOF, HAS BEEN WEATHERED AND IT HASN'T WEATHERED VERY WELL.
>> YEAH, IT STILL DRAINS THERE AND SOME OTHER ROOMS.
>> WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT FIXED. ALL RIGHT.
>> I'M SO SORRY, BUT MY MOM JUST TEXTED ME AND SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT JUST CAME UP AND I HAVE TO GO.
>> IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY SISTER.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WANTED TO START OFF BY HIGHLIGHTING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS THROUGH OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR JUDY CENTER EARLY LEARNING HUBS.
EACH PRE-K3 AND PRE-K4 PARENT RECEIVED AN ACTIVITY AND A BOOK AT THEIR PARENT CONFERENCE.
WHAT THEY DID WAS OUR TEACHERS WORK WITH OUR PARENTS IN MODELING SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY COULD DO WITH THE CHILDREN, AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE BOOK AND THE ACTIVITY HOME AND WORK WITH THEIR CHILD AT HOME.
YOU CAN SEE UP THERE THE PICTURE THAT WE HAVE IS A PICTURE OF THE JACKET I WEAR IN THE SNOW.
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IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE.WE RECEIVED THIS BOOK RIGHT AFTER WE GOT TO DUSTING.
THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE STORY AND IMAGINE IT WITH THE DUSTING OF SNOW THAT WE HAD OUTSIDE.
PRETTY EXCITING. OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS.
WE HAD AN ENGLISH LEARNER FAMILY ENGAGEMENT NIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
WE PROVIDED CHILDCARE TO ENSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT, SUCH AS WE HAD INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMICS, AND RECEIVING GEDS, WHAT THE PTA WAS, AND HOW THEY COULD BE A PART OF THE PTA.
SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY CHOPTANK COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND THEN ALSO RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD ACCESS TO FROM CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.
WE DO WANT TO SEND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MR. ROSARIO, THE TEACHERS, AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF AT LMS FOR SUCH A WELL ORGANIZED AND WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
THEN THAT LEADS INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
EVERY JANUARY WE HAVE A BIG FAMILY BOWLING EVENT.
THIS TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF JANUARY.
ALL OF OUR SPECIAL ED STAFF IS INVITED, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM LEADS THIS ALONG WITH OUR FAMILY SUPPORT PROVIDER.
THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 40 PARTICIPANTS.
OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES LOVE IT, AND IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR NETWORKING, SO THE FAMILIES CAN INTERACT WITH OTHER FAMILIES.
>> IN EASTON AT THE BOWLING ALLEY.
>> THEN WE MOVE ON TO STUDENTS SERVICES.
THIS IS FINANCIAL AID AWARENESS MONTH.
THE TWO FLIERS THAT WE HAVE UP HERE OUTLINE MULTIPLE IN SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL OR AFTER SCHOOL, EXTENDED THE EXTENDED HOURS ONCE FOR FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE.
BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DOLLARS OUT THERE THROUGH GRANTS, AND THEN ALSO THE FINANCIAL AID THAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES ARE NOT AWARE OF.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PROVIDE THIS ASSISTANCE AND WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THESE RESOURCES.
THE LAST THING I DO WANT TO SHARE, AND DR. SIMMONS ACTUALLY STARTED THIS WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, PLEASE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
BUT THERE'S ONE POSTER THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER AND I REMEMBER IT AS A SMALL CHILD MYSELF BEING THAT IT WOULD HANG ON THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR'S DOOR BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER THAT.
BUT IT SAID, TO THE WORLD YOU MAY BE ONE PERSON, BUT TO ONE PERSON YOU MAY BE THE WORLD.
THAT IS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU SEE THEM, THAT YOU GIVE THEM A BIG THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SAY THAT AGAIN, THAT SIGN. READ IT AGAIN.
>> TO THE WORLD, YOU ARE ONE PERSON.
TO ONE PERSON, YOU ARE THE WORLD.
>> THAT'S GREAT. I PROBABLY JUST STEAMED RIGHT BY THAT ONE. I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY HAD A PICTURE OF A WORLD, AND THE WORLD WENT AROUND IT.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, DR. SIMMONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO START BY HIGHLIGHTING INFORMATION FROM OUR MARYLAND LEADS GRANT THROUGH OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM IN THE LEADS GRANT.
IT HAS GIVEN ASPIRING LEADERS IN OUR ASPIRING LEADERS COHORT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE A SCHOOL-BASED PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT CAROL GAMBONE AT COLONEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO ORGANIZED AN EL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER FAMILY NIGHT.
ALTHOUGH WE HAD WISHED FOR MORE FAMILIES TO ATTEND, A LOT WAS LEARNED THAT EVENING BY HER AND THE FAMILIES THAT DID ATTEND.
THOSE THAT WERE THERE RECEIVED INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN WITH GRADES AND ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT WIDA SCORES AND OTHER TEST SCORES.
THEY ALSO RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WERE PRESENT.
ALSO IN MARYLAND LEADS OUR NINTH-GRADE ACADEMY CONTINUES TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS, AND WE WILL BE WORKING THIS SPRING TO EXPAND THE ACADEMY MODEL THROUGH BARR INTO LOCKERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'RE WORKING ON WILL THAT BE EIGHTH GRADE, SIXTH GRADE? WHERE IS IT BEST SUITED? BUT STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT.
ON JANUARY 25TH, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, WHILE THE HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS HAD THEIR TRANSITION DAY.
MANY ELEMENTARY TEACHERS CONTINUED THEIR LETTERS TRAINING FOR THE SCIENCE OF READING,
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WHICH IS BEING DONE THROUGH THE MARYLAND LEADS GRANT.ART TEACHERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE MATERIALS FROM LINKAGES, WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BUILD AND CREATE CHALLENGES.
THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT STUDENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO WATCH A SHORT, AND I MEAN LIKE FIVE SECONDS, SO DON'T BLINK, SHORT VIDEO SHOWING HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS AT NORTH CAROLINA THAT ARE SHOWING IN THIS VIDEO HOW THEY ENDED THEIR UNIT ON IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRACK ITEMS AS THEY DROP THEM, AND VIDEOTAPE THEM AS THEY WENT DOWN.
JUST A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THEIR LEARNING IN THE SCIENCE UNIT OF IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? THE NINTH-GRADE ACADEMY?
>> WHY ARE [INAUDIBLE] AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE LEADS GRANT AND NORTH CAROLINA BEING THE LARGER SCHOOL, AND LOOKING AT THE DATA SHOWING FAILURE RATES AS WELL AS ATTENDANCE RATES, WE DECIDED TO PUT THE PRIORITY THERE.
>> DO YOU THINK WHOEVER PUT THAT [INAUDIBLE] TOO?
>> POTENTIALLY, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS SHOWING GREAT SUCCESS, AND IS SOMETHING THAT I DO BELIEVE ONCE WE RECEIVE THE YEAR, AND SECOND YEAR OF TRAINING AT NORTH CAROLINA, AND THEN IF WE BUILD LOCKERMEN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO A TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
HOWEVER, IT IS VERY WORTHWHILE, SO IF THAT'S WHERE WE CHOOSE TO PUT OUR FUNDING, ABSOLUTELY.
>> SOME OF THE SKILL SET AND STRUCTURES THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE MODEL ITSELF, OR I'M GOING TO MESS UP THE WORK, SO I WON'T EVEN TRY.
THEY'RE ABLE TO BE REPLICATED IN OTHER GRADE LEVELS.
>> WITH MINIMAL EFFORT, I THINK.
>> YES, THEY'RE ABLE TO BE REPLICATED IN OTHER GRADE LEVELS AS STUDENTS MOVE UP WITH TRAINING TEAMS OF TEACHERS FOR NINTH GRADE AT NORTH, THE ACADEMY HELPS TO GET THAT SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL MODEL, AND THERE'S OTHER SUPPORTS THEY HAVE WITH THE ADDITIONAL COUNSELOR WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH LEADS.
THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF KERNEL BEING A LOT SMALLER.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH KIDS AND ABOUT KIDS THAT WITH MORE TRAINING, AND THAT'S REALLY AND, IT'S CORNER IT'S BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
THAT HAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT UP FOR HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORTS FOR ALL KIDS.
THAT CAN REALLY GROW AT EITHER BUILDING.
I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BE BENEFICIAL WITH LOCKERMEN, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE THROUGH THIS AS WELL.
>> I'M GOING TO SAY TWO FOLD PIECE.
SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S FULLY TRAINED MIGHT SAY THERE'S MULTIPLE FACETS.
BUT I'M GOING TO SAY TWO FOLD; ONE BEING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS TO STUDENTS.
THERE IS A BIG SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PIECE TO THIS.
THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS REALLY TEACHING THE TEACHERS HOW TO LOOK AT DATA, AND MOVE STUDENTS FORWARD.
WHEN I SAY DATA, I DON'T JUST MEAN TEST SCORES.
I MEAN THEIR ATTENDANCE, THEIR GRADES, THEIR BEHAVIOR, THEIR ONE-OFF COMMENTS THAT MIGHT BE SAID TO A TEACHER, AND REALLY HAVE A TRACKING MECHANISM IN ORDER FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT TEACHER TEAM TO FOCUS, AND MAKE A PLAN AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN A CLASSROOM, AND IN A SCHOOL BUILDING BEFORE, AS OPPOSED TO A GROUP OF TEACHERS SITTING AROUND HAVING A CONVERSATION THAT IS NOT DIRECTED AND GUIDED AROUND STUDENTS.
THIS MODEL REALLY GUIDES THE CONVERSATION AND DIRECTS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CHILD, WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO MOVE THAT CHILD, AND EVERY CHILD THAT IS ON THAT TEAM IS DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
EVEN IF YOU ARE A HIGH FLYING STUDENT, YOU ARE DISCUSSED DURING THIS TEAM MEETING TO KEEP THAT RELATIONSHIP ASPECT.
>> CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE LINKAGES PROGRAM, ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY?
>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, MR. BARTON, I DO NOT HAVE A TON OF INFORMATION.
I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WHERE THEY SENT A LARGE NUMBER OF MATERIALS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
>> I'M JUST THINKING WHAT CHALLENGES ARE CREATED LIKE COUNSELING IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I WOULD BET THAT I HAVE A TEXT COMING RIGHT NOW FROM [LAUGHTER].
I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
>> SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
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>> IT'S JUST PIQUED MY CURIOSITY.
>> I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION FOR SURE.
>> YEAH, THAT'S FINE. IT'S NOT AN URGENT THING, JUST CURIOUS.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, IT'S KIND OF OFF THE POINT A LITTLE BIT.
>> THEN A COMMENT. WHEN WE REFER TO THE GROW YOUR OWN, IT TOOK ME BACK TO THE TEACHER ACADEMY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW'S THAT GOING AT OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOLS?
>> THE TEACHER ACADEMY, IT'S ACTUALLY GROWING.
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THEM ALREADY THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL.
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOM IN.
I'LL PRESENT, HAVE MY WHOLE TRAJECTORY OF HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM TODAY.
GREAT QUESTIONS FROM THE KIDS. AWESOME [INAUDIBLE] .
THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE PROGRAM. I WAS AT-
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
>> -WHERE WE AS CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH THIS GRANT CAN FUND UP TO TWO YEARS OF THEIR EDUCATION-
>> -WITH THEM ATTENDING CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.
>> THERE WERE SEVERAL KIDS THAT WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT.
>> THEN I JUST MET WITH THE GROUP AT CORNELL HIGH.
I WAS INVITED IN AND MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK WITH ALL THE SENIORS ABOUT THE BOARD SCHOLARSHIP.
>> GREAT. THEN MY COMMENTS TO MS. MCCORMICK AND MS. ANTHONY, THE FAMILY NIGHTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING OR HOSTING, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S LIKE A MISSING LINK THAT SOMETIMES CAN OCCUR BETWEEN EITHER PARENTS AND SCHOOL SO I THINK THE MORE OF THOSE WE DO.
>> CORRECT. I THINK WE GOT OUT OF PRACTICE OF THEM WITH COVID AND SO GETTING BACK INTO PRACTICE, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT AT LOCKERMAN.
WE AT CORNELL DID NOT HAVE AS LARGE OF A GATHERING, BUT WE LEARNED FROM THAT AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
>> THE ONE THAT WE HAD AT DENTON RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AS WELL.
>> THE CHRISTMAS EVENT IT'S A SENSORY HOLIDAY PARTY AND IT'S FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT HAD A STRUGGLE WITH BEING OVERSTIMULATED LIKE GOING TO SEE SANTA CLAUS AT THE MALL OR GOING TO FESTIVE PARTIES WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF MUSIC, A LOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND.
IT'S MUCH MORE CALM, BUT IT GIVES THEM THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
>> I REALLY ENJOYED ATTENDING THAT.
THAT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING. THANK YOU.
MUCH APPRECIATED. WELL, FINANCE REPORT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
>> SHAWN COULDN'T BE WITH US [INAUDIBLE]
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PARK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
>> BECAUSE IT COULD GIVE VERY IMPORTANT [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE FINANCE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST.
WE'RE AT SEVEN MONTHS INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR AND WE'VE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED 80% OF OUR BUDGET.
COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEARS, WE ARE UNDERSPENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS OUR MID-YEAR SALARY INCREASE WHICH JUST TOOK EFFECT FEBRUARY 1ST, AND WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR EMPLOYEES' FEBRUARY 15TH PAYCHECKS.
NEXT MONTH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REPORT, IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE BALANCES IN EVERY SALARY LINE ITEM.
NEXT MONTH THOSE BALANCES WILL NOT BE THERE.
THEY'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE TO ZERO.
ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS MONTH, THERE IS A PRETTY BIG NEGATIVE NUMBER THAT APPEARED ON HERE.
RACHEL, IF YOU'LL FLIP TO PAGE 2.
IT'S THE VERY LAST LINE ITEM UNDER CAPITAL OUTLAY EQUIPMENT.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAYGROUND.
AT THE POINT WHEN THIS BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BACK IN JUNE WE DID NOT KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED A NEW PLAYGROUND ORIGINALLY.
THANKS TO MR. NAGEL, HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE SOME GRANT MONEY TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THIS PLAYGROUND.
WE HAVE SOME AGING SCHOOLS MONEY THAT'S PAYING FOR PART OF IT.
WE ALSO HAD A PORTION THAT LOCAL HAD TO PICK UP.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE BALANCES IN OTHER LINE ITEMS THAT WILL COVER THIS AVERAGE SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND THERE'S NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
>> SINCE A LOT OF THE BUDGET MANAGEMENT, BUT THERE WERE SOME MONEY AVAILABLE TO PICK THAT UP AND, MR. NAGEL'S GREAT JOB SECURING SOME GRANTS MONEY AND JUST TELLS ME HOW OLD I AM BECAUSE MY CHILDREN WERE SMALL IN THAT PLAYGROUND OR MAYBE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN THAT PLAYGROUND WAS BUILT [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE].
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THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?>> THANK GOODNESS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SNOW.
WHY DID YOU CALL IT LAST YEAR [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT'S GOING TO BE 16 DEGREES TOMORROW.
>> THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO GET SOME SNOW DURING THE BREAK.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT.
>> NOT THAT WE'RE NOT [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT WE'RE MOVING OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[4. Consent Agenda]
PERSONNEL WOULD BE FIRST UP.I THINK DR. SIMMONS IS GOING TO FILL IN FOR DR. WILLOUGHBY.
ON BEHALF OF DR. ROB WILLOUGHBY.
FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION ON THE PERSONNEL CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR RETIREMENTS INTO VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE RETIREMENTS AS WELL.
>> ANY QUESTION? OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JANUARY 3RD AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JANUARY 17TH.
NOW, THE CONSENT AGENDA, ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTION, CHANGES, NOTATIONS IN REVIEWING THE MINUTES? OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA HAS PASSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF CITIZENS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
NONE IT LOOKS LIKE. WE HAVE NONE.
OKAY. NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED THEY ARE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS, PRELIMINARY BUDGET REQUEST.
[6. Individual Action Items]
>> HISTORICALLY, THIS WILL BE MS. THORNTON.
I KIND OF WORKING THROUGH IT TOGETHER WITH THE BOARD.
HISTORICALLY TONIGHT, THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING IS WHEN WE COME WITH AN ACTION ITEM TO PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET TO THE BOARD, FOR THEM TO BECOME THE BOARD BUDGET TO WORK THROUGH.
THAT TIMELINE WORKED REALLY WELL WHEN WE USED TO GET ACCURATE NUMBERS EARLIER.
AND THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE SINCE THE BLUEPRINT STARTED COMING INTO EFFECT.
AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT CHANGES THE FOUNDATION AND CHANGES A LOT OF THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THE FORMULA IN TERMS OF WHERE WE DERIVE OUR REVENUES FROM.
SO I REALLY WANT TO CAUTION THE BOARD AND ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING AT HOME.
THEIR REVENUE NUMBERS ARE EXTREMELY FLUID AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I AM CAUTIOUS.
MS. THORNTON IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT ACCEPTING THEM AS THEY ARE.
WE ARE IN A VERY SIMILAR POSITION THAT WE WERE LAST YEAR WHERE THE REVENUE NUMBERS CAME IN ONE THING, IN FEBRUARY AND THEY KEPT GETTING SMALLER EACH MONTH UNTIL THE BUDGET WAS STRUCK IN JUNE.
I'M LOOKING AT THEM WITH JUST CAUTION AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I'LL JUST ASK THE BOARD TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS TONIGHT AND IN FUTURE MONTHS AND WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BOARD AS THOSE REVENUE NUMBERS GET SHOWED UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO PRELIMINARY REVENUE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, AND WE'LL JUST WALK DOWN WITHOUT GOING TRULY LINE BY LINE.
THE LOCAL COUNTY APPROPRIATION AND BASICALLY THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION INCREASE THIS YEAR LOOKS TO BE BASED ON PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, ABOUT A $580,000 INCREASE FOR THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION LOCALLY.
THE STATE REVENUE PIECE, THE PRELIMINARY STATE AID NUMBER IS $8,600,000 INCREASE IN WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR FOLKS TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT BREAKS DOWN AND BLUEPRINT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL BUCKETS THAT THE MONEY FALLS INTO.
OFF THE TOP, ABOUT A MILLION OF THAT IS IN CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY FUNDING THAT GOES THROUGH THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT QUALIFY FOR CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY, SO THE REVENUE REALLY ISN'T THAT HIGH.
THERE'S MONEY THAT COMES OFF OF THAT.
AS WE'LL SEE WHEN WE WORKED DOWN HERE, THERE'S A NEW COMPONENT, THE FACTORS IN THIS YEAR ABOUT THROUGH BLUEPRINT, WE PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO ALLOCATE FUNDING TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD OUT OF OUR BLUEPRINT FUNDING WE GET FOR THEM TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO US FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING, AND WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT FUNDING.
WE'RE ALSO FUNDING DUAL ENROLLMENT AS A PART OF BLUEPRINT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FUNDING DUAL ENROLLMENT AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN WE PROBABLY WILL BE WHEN
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DUAL ENROLLMENT FULLY COMES INTO EFFECT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COLLEGE CAREER READY BEFORE WE FUND TO ENROLLMENT.SO WE FUND ALL THE ONE AS IT RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S A BLUEPRINT PIECE WHERE IT SPECIFIC MONEY WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
HAS IN WHERE BUCKETS GO, IN THE REVENUE PIECE, WE'RE COMING DOWN.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE TOP COST OF DOING BUSINESS, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FROM THE LAST MONTH.
WE DO HAVE THE ACTUAL COSTS IN HERE AND AARON IS AS REFERENCE, THOSE IN TERMS OF OUR MID-YEAR SALARY INCREASE.
SO THROUGH MEDIATION, WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR WAS ONE SALARY INCREASE AND WHAT WE AGREED TO IT MEDIATION WAS THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WE'RE CURRENTLY IN GIVEN AT A HALF YEAR.
SO GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE HAD ONLY FUNDED HALF OF THAT SALARY INCREASE SO WE HAD TO MAKE UP THAT OTHER HALF.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT COMPONENT THAT'S IN THIS PIECE, AND WE ARE STILL HOLDING AND AARON, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
WE ARE STILL HOLDING RIGHT NOW AT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE RATE INCREASE, A PROJECTED RATE OF 8% THAT MAY GO DOWN.
BUT WE LITERALLY ARE SITTING IN FEBRUARY.
>> FOUR OF YOU, IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO.
ONE OF YOU IS YOUR FIRST RODEO.
BUT HEALTH INSURANCE WILL KEEP CHANGING RAPIDLY, SO WE DON'T WANT TO.
>> UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL PERCENTAGE IN APRIL.
BUT I YEAH, EIGHT PERCENT IS THE HIGH.
IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY DROP-DOWN.
IT'S NOT FORECAST TO GO ABOVE EIGHT PERCENT AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE.
>> YEAH, IT'S TOO EARLY FOR US TO TRIM IT BACK AND THEN TRIM TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT.
MS. THORNTON DID A GREAT JOB OF BREAKING OUT THE BLUEPRINT COMPONENTS, WHICH IS LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
LOOK FOR THE BOARD AND THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN BLUEPRINT, WHETHER IT'S THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE DOLLAR FIGURE WE HAVE TO GIVE $162 TIMES OUR ENROLLMENT OF K TO 12 KIDS BASED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH ENROLLMENT.
THEY WILL PROVIDE SERVICES 6-12.
WITH FUNDING IS BASED OFF YOUR K TO 12 ENROLLED.
WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AS ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL BE $332,000 AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM FOR HOW THAT WILL COME BACK TO US IN SERVICES.
MS. MCCORMICK AND DR. DOWNS HAVE BEEN ON MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE SERVICES.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES [NOISE] AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC PIECE AND BLUEPRINT ABOUT FUNDING FOR ELL STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THAT IS WHY YOU'LL SEE THE ELL TEACHERS PIECES UNDER BLUEPRINT.
BECAUSE BLUEPRINT CALLS OUT SPECIFICALLY DOING MORE TO INCREASE AND ON THE ELL FRONT JUST FOR THE BOARD'S UNDERSTANDING, OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE OUR FASTEST-GROWING POPULATION, THEY CONTINUE TO BE AS GROUP AS AN ENTITY.
WE HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF GROWTH IN THE STATE FOR ELL LEARNERS, WE HAVE CONTINUED DOWN THE SAME PATH.
OUR ELL STUDENTS OUTNUMBER OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
OUR SPECIAL ED POPULATION IS UNDER 10%, OUR ELL, POPULATION IS OVER 12%.
IT'S NICE THAT BLUEPRINT CALLS OUT AND FUNDING IS COMING TO HELP SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BECAUSE OUR BOARD HAS HAD A HISTORY I'M LOOKING AT MRS. ANTHONY PROBABLY AT LEAST THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF TRYING TO ADD MORE POSITIONS WHEN POSSIBLE OUT OF LOCAL.
WITH IT BEING CALLED OUT IN BLUEPRINT, THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, A HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT COMING IN FOR EACH EL KID YOU HAVE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO THROW SOME SUPPORT THAT WAY TO HELP US.
THEN THE BOTTOM COMPONENT OF THIS SHEET ARE THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS.
THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS DOWN BOTTOM, FROM 25-34 ARE THE SAME PROPOSED POSITIONS THAT WERE THERE LAST MONTH.
WE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE MANY CHANGES UNTIL WE GET A MUCH FIRMER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REVENUE PICTURE.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS VERSION TO THE BOARD LINE ITEM 24 IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR OUR NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALARY AND BENEFIT ENHANCEMENTS.
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AS THE BOARD IS FULLY AWARE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS, OR WE STARTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS.THIS JUST REPRESENTS A PLACEHOLDER OF MONEY THAT WE COULD USE TOWARDS THAT.
ASSUMING THE REVENUE PICTURE IS ACCURATE.
IT'S AS ACCURATE AS AARON CAN GET IT RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE FULL FAITH, BUT WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THE STATE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT.
AGAIN AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, US GETTING A CLEARER REVENUE PICTURE, WE CAN HOPE IT COMES SOONER, BUT PAST PRACTICE CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT UNTIL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS EITHER DONE OR JUST ABOUT DONE IS USUALLY WHEN WE GET THAT CLEAR PICTURE.
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A HIGHLY ACCURATE DOWN TO THE DOLLAR NUMBER UNTIL MID APRIL OR MAY.
BUT WE'LL OBVIOUSLY KEEP THE BOARD VERY INFORMED OF THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR AARON AND I, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY ON THIS TO PULL IT TOGETHER SO EITHER ONE OF US CAN HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE. ANYBODY ELSE? JUST A COMMENT, A QUESTION THAT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT FORMULA CONTRIBUTION.
TO ME, THERE'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY THERE.
WHAT DO WE GET THERE AT? [NOISE]
>> WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GOES AS OUR CENTER.
>> WHERE'S IT GOING? WHAT DO WE GET?
>> DR. DOWNS OR MS. MCCORMICK, EITHER ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING, AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF FUNDS IN ENERGY SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I'M GETTING CLARITY ON THAT WHEN DID WE [INAUDIBLE].
>> THERE'S LANGUAGE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AND THE ELLS.
IT IS A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE AIB AND THE LEGISLATION.
THE PURPOSE OF IT IS SPECIFIC COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING ESSENTIALLY, THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT.
TO LASER-FOCUS ON GETTING KIDS TO EXPLORE HOW YOU GREW READINESS, NOT GREATEST BUT COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING.
THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND IT'S A GOOD THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT KIDS GET ACTUALLY COUNSELING ON CAREER EXPLORATION, THINKING ABOUT THEIR LIKES OR DISLIKES AND GOING THROUGH THAT, WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN MY COMMUNITY, WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US.
THE REASON I BELIEVE WITH THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD RELATIONSHIP IS THAT THEY HAVE THAT COMMUNITY ASPECT TO IT.
EACH LEA EACH COUNTY HAS TO COME INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT WITH THEIR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD, AND EVERY TOWN MUTUALLY, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SOME COUNTIES ARE GOING TO APPROACH IT ONE WAY SOME WILL ANOTHER WAY.
WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AND ON LOCAL SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO CREATIVELY, TRUSTING COLLEGES PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT THE NEEDS, WE'RE GOING TO TAILOR TO ONLY THINGS BEST FOR US.
AGAIN, THIS IS A THREE YEAR PROCESS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FOURTH YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE TALKING JUST RECENTLY ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER ACTUALLY IT WAS IN THAT MEETING IS LIKE A FOUR-HOUR MARATHON MEETING ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BUILDING THAT PLANE AS WE'RE FLYING IT AND PEOPLE ARE THROWING OUT IDEAS.
ONE OF THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WHEN THIS THREE-YEAR PROCESS IS OVER, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IT'S MORE STAFFING, IT'S MORE FACE-TO-FACE COUNSELING AS WELL AS THE CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM SORT, IT'S MORE OF LIKE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE OTHER OFFERS TAKE COUNSELING PROCESSES.
WHICH DOES ALLEVIATE THE ACTUAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR, THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO AND TAKE THIS CORRECT EQUATION OUT OF EQUATION INTO THIS AREA.
WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE THINKING LONG-TERM.
MAYBE WHEN WE TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AS A RESOURCE RATHER THAN CONTRACT IT OUT AND THEN WHAT WE GET THREE YEARS, WE HAVE TO HIRE THAT PERSON BACK.
A LOT OF THINKING AHEAD WHAT THAT'S GOING LOOK LIKE AND SO THAT MEMORANDUM STANDING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED FROM EACH COUNTY.
DOES THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> I JUST GOT A LITTLE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
THEY WOULD BE HIRING THOSE PEOPLE PROVIDING THEIR COUNSELING NOT WE'RE HIRING THERE?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SOME COUNTIES WANT TO HAVE OF COURSE INVESTMENT WILL HANDLE IT.
WE HOLD OTHER COUNTIES ARE THINKING WE'RE ALL BRAINSTORMING TOGETHER AS
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A GROUP LIZZY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THINKING ABOUT THEM BEING OUR CONSULATE?>> WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE THREE-YEAR PROCESS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THINKING AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN THE STRATEGIC ROLE THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I KNOW 10% HAS TO GO TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD.
WE ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT SPENT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
IT'S NOT JUST THEY TELL US OR WE TELL THEM.
>> GOOD. THANK YOU THAT HELPS.
[OVERLAPPING] IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND THIS COULD BECOME LIKE A CONCRETE WALL?
>> CORRECT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE TOO IS WRAP DOWN HERE, LIZ AND LEXXI HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE BLUEPRINT WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE AN ONION FOR US, IT'S TIMING I THINK WE HAVE A LAYER OUT OF THE WAY.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE WRITING THIS AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM MSBE AND THE AIIB, WHICH IS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS ONION.
>> WITH AN ONION, THE MORE LAYERED PEEL, THE MORE STINKY IT GETS.
>> THEN YOU'RE CRYING. [LAUGHTER] BUT THE SPIRIT BLUEPRINT I BELIEVE IN AND WE'VE TALK ABOUT A LOT AND WE HAVE MEETINGS THAT IT'S REALLY WHAT IS THE INTEGRITIES IS ABOUT KIDS.
WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE LEGISLATION AND WE'VE TRIED TO FOCUS ON THAT?
>> I LIKE THAT. GOOD. THANK YOU.
THAT $62, IS THAT USED IN EVERY COUNTY?
>> IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE WALL.
>> THROUGH THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE BIG POPULATION THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHAT IS?
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT FUNDING IS FROM K TO 12 BUT THE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED FROM 6-12.
REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL.YOU HAVE TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE $62, WHO CAME UP WITH THAT?
>> THEN IT GETS ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> IT'S ALL RELATIVE TERMS FEES FOR COUNTIES [OVERLAPPING], BUT YOU WOULD IF YOU THINK OF HARTFORD COUNTY, THAT'S LIKE TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS PER HOUR.
>> OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD WORKS WITH US, TALL BIT DORCHESTER, QUEEN HANDS AND KENT SO THEY GOT FIVE COUNTIES CONTRIBUTING THE $62 PER KID PER COUNTY AS WELL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S POLARIZATION. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SAME ACROSS THE STATE AS FAR AS THEIR WORKFORCE.
WE DON'T WANT IT THERE [INAUDIBLE].
THINKING ABOUT WE'RE TRYING REALLY HARD TO WORK WITH THE OTHER FOUR COUNTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BEING SERVICED BY JUST BE FOUND IN THE WITH.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAXIMIZE THIS DOLLARS? WE CAN HAVE FIVE COUNTY EXPO LIKE WE'RE REALLY THINKING STRATEGICALLY HERE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
>> I LIKE ALL THAT YOU'VE WORKING THE RIGHT WAY AND NOT JUST SOME MONEY THAT GOES INTO THIS BOARD.
I LIKE YOU'RE SAYING GREAT ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> THIS IS LIKE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
>> IT'S COMING IN AS PART OF THE FOUNDATION DOLLARS THE STATE FOUNDATION AID.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THEY WERE GIVING US MORE MONEY?
>> YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
THEY'RE SAYING IT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT FORMULA TO BE SPENT ON THIS PURPOSE.
>> WE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION OF THAT, [LAUGHTER] BUT THEY SAY IT'S BAKED IN.
THE FORMULA IS PERFECT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.
>> IT'S LIKE I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU TO DINNER, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EAT.
>> IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING BEYOND THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE OTHER WOULD RECORD YEARS AND SHARES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY BE THINKING AHEAD THAT WE ALL JUST SLOP SOMETHING ON BREAK. IT DOESN'T REALLY. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY?
>> THE ONE STRESSOR, I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER IS PLEASE NO ONE RUN OUT OF HERE AND THINK, I'M NOT TALKING TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PEOPLE WATCHING AS WELL.
IF I CAN PUT THIS ONLINE, NEXT PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS.[OVERLAPPING] I AM CAUTIOUS THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND THAT NUMBER KEPT DECREASING EVERY MONTH.
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>> WE JUST COME TO YOU WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING SO WE CAN MEET THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS DEADLINE FOR THEIR BUDGET PURPOSES.
>> WELL, IT'S NECESSARY TO PLAN TO DISCERN TO HAVE THAT NUMBER.
THAT'S PROFESSIONAL ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.
BUT NOBODY SHOULD BE COUNTED ON.
>> STANDBY. IT ACTUALLY ISN'T ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR ME AND ACTUALLY I DIDN'T WANT IT BEING PRELIMINARY AND DRAFT.
BUT IT ACTUALLY ISN'T ACTION ITEMS THROUGH THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DO NEED BOARD'S BLESSING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU DID MOTION OF THE LUMINARY BUDGET REQUEST?
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD?
>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? WE'LL VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR.?
>> LUMINARY IN ALL CAPS. [LAUGHTER].
>> JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE WE DO PLAN TO LOOK INTO ANY LOCAL STATUTE TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THIS DATE BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IF WE CAN GET IT MORE TO A MARCH, ADJUSTING.
THE WORLD IS JUST SO DIFFERENT NOW WITH THE FUNDING PIECE THAT YOU HATE GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT FIRM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
IF WE CAN DO WITH THE MARCH, I'M JUST GOING TO BE EXPLORING IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
>> WELL, THE WAY THE STATE BUDGET IS NOW OPERATING, WE'RE FUNCTIONING BASED ON THE NEW LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATORS CAN ACTUALLY ADD MONEY.
LEGISLATURE WANTED THE BUDGET VANTAGE JUST CHANGING THE WHOLE DYNAMIC THAT DELAYED THINGS EVEN FURTHER TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
I'D WANT SAY IT'S FUN TO WATCH, BUT IT'S NOT FUN.
INTERESTING TO WATCH? LIKE WATCHING THE EVENING NEWS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INTERESTING, FUN OR WHAT MOSTLY DEPRESSING.
LET'S HOPE THIS DOESN'T BE TOO DEPRESSING.
ANYWAY, THAT'S A GOOD EFFORT AT THIS POINT.
LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES. NOW WE'RE ONTO THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
DR. SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT THE CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS WE WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND FAMILIES TO START OUR DRAFTING PROCESS.
WE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO SAY, WHAT THE TEACHERS HAD TO SAY AND BASICALLY USE THAT AS OUR PLATFORM.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CREATING THE CALENDAR.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONCE YOU MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, THE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOR OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE STATE, AND THEN YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE TEACHERS HAVE TO SAY, IT LEAVES VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR ANY FLEXIBILITY.
BUT IT'S FUN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE.
I LIKE SCHEDULING, SO IT'S LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE ALL THESE PARAMETERS, YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER.
WHAT CAN YOU DO BE CREATIVE IN THAT WAY? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT, I THINK I'LL WAIT, HIT THE SURVEY, BUT I'LL I'LL STOP HERE.
ONCE WE GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER, WE THEN GOT TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND STARTED LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS.
ONE THING REVEALED ITSELF RIGHT AWAY WAS THAT WE WERE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS REALLY EASY, AND SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S LIKE A UNICORN, ONE-YEAR EVERYTHING FITS AND FALLS IN THE PLACE.
I CAN'T PROMISE IT'LL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, BUT TWO OPTIONS REVEAL THEMSELVES AND THEY WERE VERY CLOSE.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CLOSE.
WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT JUST HAPPENED TO WORK WITH THE WAY THE HOLIDAYS LAND AND ENTER THE MARKET PERIODS LAND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, WOW, THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE WHEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY, TO REALLY FOLLOW VIABLE, GOOD OPTIONS THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE FROM.
WE MET WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, OUR PARENT COMMITTEE AND OUR TEACHER COMMITTEE, AND THEY LOOKED AT THOSE OPTIONS, THEY ASKED QUESTIONS, THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM AN THE MOMENT.
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THEY TOO, HAD A HARD TIME DECIDING WHICH ONE BECAUSE THEY BOTH WERE SO GOOD.THAT WAS A FUN TIME, ACTUALLY, THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, SSIAC AND CAC REALLY ENJOYED THE PROCESS.
THEY LOVED BEING INTEGRAL PARTS OF DECISION-MAKING.
THEY LOVED HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT.
THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THEY WERE PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEY FELT ENGAGED IN THE WORK, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THEN JANUARY, THE STAFF AND FAMILIES SURVEY WENT BACK OUT AND WE GAVE THEM THE TWO OPTIONS.
WE DIDN'T SHARE WHICH ONE THE SSIAC AND THE CAC CHOSE.
WE ONLY DID WHAT THE COMMUNITY, HAD TO SAY.
WE THEN PRESENTED IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF GOOD ENGAGEMENTS SO THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
OVERWHELMINGLY, ALL THREE GROUPS CHOSE THE SAME ONE.
THAT WAS EXCITING TO SEE AS WELL. HERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.
I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER REALLY QUICKLY WHAT THE CONTRACTUAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN CREATING IT.
FIRST THING WE DID WAS LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, MARK THE DAYS THAT WERE NON-NEGOTIABLE AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACT AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS WHAT WE USE AS OUR FRAMEWORK.
THEN WE STARTED PUTTING IN FEEDBACK FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS AT THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SO MANY DAYS REQUIRED FROM THE STATE.
WE HAVE HOLIDAYS, IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED AND THEN INCLUDE WHERE THOSE DAYS MUST BE EMBEDDED IN THERE AS WELL.
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE OUTLINED HERE FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THOSE DAYS, WHERE THEY HAPPEN, WHERE THEY FALL, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S STRATEGIC FOR KIDS AND FOR TEACHERS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE REAL QUICK? PRETTY STANDARD. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO REFERENCE IT AGAIN.
THIS ONE'S FIRST ALREADY OVER THIS ONE TOO.
THE INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS COMPONENT.
WE HAVE TO EMBED INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS.
IF WE DO NOT EMBED INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, JUST THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DAYS IN ANY PLAN TO ADJUST IF WE NEED TO IF WE HAVE SNOW, WE GETTING LIKE THOSE 10 YEARS WHERE WE HAD 10 SNOW DAYS, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AND HAVE A PLAN FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK FOR A WAIVER OF DAYS.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'VE HAD FORETHOUGHT AND PLANNING IN ORDER TO ASK THE STATE FOR A WAIVER OF THE 180 DAYS.
IF WE WERE TO END UP WITH THE 10 OR 11 IN WHICH WE HAD THOSE TWO YEARS IN A ROW, 10 SNOW DAYS AND 11 SNOW DAYS.
HAD WE NOT PUT A SNOW DAY ON, WE COULD NOT APPLY.
WE WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO TACK ALL THOSE DAYS ON AT THE END AND WE'D BE GOING INTO ALMOST JUNE 3RD.
THAT DOES COME UP SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WONDERING INCLEMENT WEATHER LIKE REALLY I MEAN, BECAUSE IT IS JUST A SHELVING, SNOW DAYS OR A SHELL GAME IN THE CALENDAR BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T USE THEM, YOU JUST BACK THEM OUT.
BUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO, BY LAW HAVE THEM IN THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
>> I MADE MY COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE THINK, OH, I'M SO BAD WE GOT IT FROM ONE BIG SNOW FALL FALL ON THE COAST, DELAWARE COAST, THE MARYLAND COAST.
IT WAS LIKE 20 INCHES OF SNOW.
IF THAT HAD HAPPENED HERE, YOU WOULD HAVE USED ALL THE SNOW DAY.
ERIN WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH MONEY FOR PLOWING.
YOU WOULD HAVE MORE THAN YOU WOULD JUST NOTICE.
>> WE WERE PLUS ONE LAST YEAR SO WE GOT LUCKY IN THIS COUNTY WITH THAT STORM.
>> I SEE ONE CALENDAR HAS FOUR DAYS AND ONE HAS THREE.
>> CORRECT. I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL START OFF WITH THE FIRST SURVEY.
THIS IS HOW WE DID UTILIZE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALENDAR.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD THEIR INPUT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD OVER 1,100 RESPONSES, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY GREAT, PRETTY GREAT WEIGHTS, I TELL YOU WHAT THE POST ONE WAS.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE HERE, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT THE 65, OR 64 PERCENT OF THE FEEDBACK CAME FROM PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.
WE LOVED THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE GET ACCESS TO SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY RESPONDED SO ROBUSTLY.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE QUESTIONS, YOU'LL START TO SEE WHAT WE USE TO START THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OVERDRAFT.
MANY, MANY, PEOPLE WANTED TO START AFTER LABOR DAY.
I KNOW WE'VE GONE ON BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING POINT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AFTER LABOR DAY AS AN OPTION.
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WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT PREPARED.AFTER LABOR DAY WAS ONE CONSIDERATION OVERWHELMINGLY.
>> WHICH IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT USED TO BE THE OPPOSITE.
THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHY.
I CAN SHARE WITH THE FEEDBACK CAME WITH THE SOCIETY AND THE CAC, WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WAS LIKE THEN TOO.
WE ALSO ASKED THEM WHAT START WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A THREE-DAY WEEK, FOUR DAY WEEK OR A FIVE-DAY WEEK? OVERWHELMINGLY, EVERYBODY WANTED TO EASE INTO THE YEAR WITH A THREE-DAY WEEK, SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
THEN HOW MANY DAYS WOULD YOU PREFER FOR SPRING BREAK? OVERWHELMINGLY, EVERYBODY SAID FOUR DAYS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO START.
AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HAVE LIMITATIONS.
WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THESE NEEDS, WE'LL BE REALLY DOING SOMETHING.
WE'LL BE COOKING WITH SOME PEANUT OIL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WE STARTED DEVELOPING THE CALENDAR, AND WE CAN GO TO THAT NOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MR. POOJAK.
IT GOES BACK TO WHAT DR. SIMON SAYS ABOUT THE EMBEDDED DAYS.
IF WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND YOU CAN LOOK AT BOTH CALENDARS ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW.
IF WE WERE TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE DAYS EMBEDDED.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT BEFORE LABOR DAY.
LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS IS THE 11TH THEN TEACHERS FULL DAY WOULD BE THE 12TH.
WE BACK THOSE OUT THAT PUTS EVERYBODY BACK AT THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
IF WE LOOK AT THE AFTER LABOR DAY, TEACHERS END ON THE 14TH, IF WE BACK THOSE DAYS OUT, TEACHERS HAVE TO COME BACK ON THE 10TH.
WE WERE TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR. DOES THAT HELP?
>> ONLY AFTER CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN FOR THE AFTER.
>> ON THE AFTER LABOR DAY START, IF WE BACK OUT THE DAYS THAT WE WOULD HAVE EMBEDDED, IF IT HAD BEEN FOUR, THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME BACK ON THE 10TH THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE KIDS WOULD COME BACK AND STILL HAVE A HALF-DAY 7TH, AND THEN THE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK ON THE 10TH.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING].
>> REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE VIRTUAL DAYS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD LIKE A PLAN IN PLACE IF THAT WERE TO TAKE EFFECT.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BUGGED ME WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AND JUST SEPTEMBER, YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL WEEK.
YOU HAVE ONE FULL WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
YOU START SCHOOL AND BOOM, YOU START GOING INTO PD DAYS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS.
TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO GET STUDENTS IN A ROUTINE AND IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SEPTEMBER WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL WEEK.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS SO EARLY IN THE YEAR? WHY CAN'T THEY MOVE THEM?
>> THAT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SSIC, THEY WERE WANTING TO HAVE THAT TIME IN THERE.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT MAYBE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS OR LOOKING AT HAVING AN AFTERNOON PDE TO GET THIS INTENTION FOR THE YEAR.
THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT AND I WILL BRING UP AT THE SSIC THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A MEETING.
WOULD YOUR WISH BE TO HAVE FOUR WEEKS? [OVERLAPPING] NO ASKING THE SSIC, THE COMMITTEE.
>> I CAN SEE THE LOGIC, BUT LOOKING AT THE LOGIC FROM THE SIDE OF THE STUDENTS, IT'S JUST LIKE ANOTHER DAY OFF.
YOU'RE HALFWAY THROUGH OCTOBER BEFORE YOU CAN GO, HERE'S THE THE ROUTINE.
>> I REMEMBER WE WANTED TO WHEN WE HAVE THESE MANDATORY ACCORDING TO THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT, THE MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT THEY ARE UTILIZED APPROPRIATELY.
SOME OF THE TIMES WE'RE THINKING WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TWO IN ONE MONTH.
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WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.>> WHICH IS FUNNY COMING FROM ME BECAUSE, I'M ALLERGIC TO ROUTINE BUT STUDENTS NEED ROUTINES.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING THEY'D ONE MORE DAY IN DECEMBER TO TRAVEL BEFORE CHRISTMAS TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW TEACHERS ARE EARLY IN FROM TRAVELING AND SUDDENLY THEY'RE LEAVING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
>> ON THE DECEMBER, [OVERLAPPING] BEFORE BREAK?
>> THE ONE THING I'LL SHARE WITH THE BOARD HAVING WORKED ON CALENDERS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WANT TO ADMIT, FIRST OFF THERE NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD CALENDAR.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING].
>> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CALENDAR EVERYBODY LOVES.
I'LL SAY THAT. YOU'RE JUST NOT.
>> I HAVE TO STAND UP FOR MY LIKE, BUT KEEP TALKING. [LAUGHTER]
>> NO SUCH THING AS A CALENDAR EVERYBODY LOVES.
NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, IT'S 180.
WHAT WE HEAR FROM STAFF AT TIMES AS WELL AND I'M SURE DR. DOWNS HEARD THIS IN SSICCAC, AS WELL AS ITS 180.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE DAYS OFF AT CERTAIN PLACES WHEN YOU DO, YOU JUST EXPAND THE START OR THE END.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN PRE-PANDEMIC, WE HAVE MORE STAFF ENGAGED IN SUMMER PROGRAMMING WITH KIDS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD STAFF INVOLVED IN SUMMER PD.
SUMMER WORKING WITH KIDS IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S WORTH DEMANDING IN TERMS OF ENERGIES.
WHEN WE STRETCH THAT SCHOOL YEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WHERE BEFORE WE COULD A LITTLE BIT.
OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING BEGINS, IN ESSENCE, EITHER THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE OR FIRST WEEK OF JULY, DEPENDING ON HOW THE CALENDAR FALLS, AND THEN IT WILL RUN THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS RIGHT AROUND THAT.
JULY 30 TO AUGUST 1, 2 WINDOW DEPENDING ON THE CALENDAR.
FOR THE TEACHERS WHO WERE WORKING SUMMER PROGRAMMING, THEY WILL GO FROM THE LAST DAY KIDS ARE OUT TO START PLANNING OR TRAINING FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
THE LAST LITTLE BIT OF JUNE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF, JUMP RIGHT INTO ALL OF JULY WITH KIDS FOR SIX HOURS A DAY INTO AUGUST WITH ABOUT TWO WEEKS OFF, MAYBE THREE BEFORE THEY SHOW BACK UP FOR ALL TEACHERS.
IF THERE MENTORING NEW TEACHERS, THEY'RE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING ABOUT TWO WEEKS OPPORTUNITY.
TEACHERS DO NOT HAVE PAID VACATIONS.
THEY DON'T HAVE VACATION DAYS.
FOR THOSE AND WE HAVE MORE STAFF WORKING IN THAT REGARD NOW WE HAVE MORE NURSES WORKING IN THAT REGARD, WE HAVE MORE IAS WORKING IN THAT REGARD NOW.
THEIR BLOCK OF TIME TO REALLY RE-ENERGIZE ENDS UP BEING THOSE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST, MAYBE THREE, DEPENDING ON THEIR POSITION.
THAT'S JUST THE ONE CAUTION I WOULD HAVE THE BOARD CONSIDER OR TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR OPTIONS TONIGHT.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S A VERY BECOME MORE OF A REAL REALITY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT LED TO A LITTLE BIT OF THE POST LABOR DAY STARTED IS JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CUSHION IN THE BEGINNING TO JUST BREATHE.
THIS CALENDAR IS A LITTLE MORE OF A UNICORN BECAUSE LABOR DAY'S EARLY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO IT JUST LINES UP THAT WAY.
>> IT FITS SO WELL THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DAYS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF YOU NOTICED, LAST DAY FOR KIDS IS A 13TH AFTER LABOR DAY AND THE LAST DAY FOR KIDS IS THE 11TH ON THE BEFORE.
THIS IS GIVING US SUCH A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
>> THIS CALENDAR B HAS FOUR DAYS FOR SPRING BREAK AND THE FIRST ONE HAS FIVE, I BELIEVE.
>> WHICH ONE ARE YOU LOOKING AT, DR. CHRISTEN?
>> IF YOU LOOK CALENDAR 1 BEFORE LABOR DAY.
>> THEY HAD FIVE DAYS FOR SPRING BREAK.
>> THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT ONE OF THOSE DAYS FROM.
>> CORRECT AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR REQUEST ON THE PRELIMINARY DRAFTS THEY WANTED FOUR.
>> WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED IT STRATEGICALLY PLACED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW INTO QUARTER GRADES THERE'S HALF A DAY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THERE WAS ANOTHER HALF A DAY FOR FOR PD.
WE WANTED TO JUST BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE
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SPREADING IT OUT EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WE'RE USING IT WHEN WE NEED IT.
I'M SURE THAT MR. GIACOMO, YOU REMEMBER DAYS IN MAY WHEN THERE WAS NO DAY OFF.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] THE AFTER LABOR DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME HALF DAYS IN THERE FOR KIDS AND FOR ADULTS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I KNOW. TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME SMALL BREAKS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO RESET AS TEACHERS AND THEN KIDS CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET AS WELL.
WE MADE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR INTO THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE HALF DAYS AS WELL AS FULL DAYS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL THOSE AS WELL.
>> THESE ARE GREAT, PROCESSES IS TERRIFIC, I THINK.
THE INPUT IS REALLY BEST TO BE APPLAUDED.
THE ONLY THING AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN RAISED IS THAT IN DECEMBER, THAT HALF DAY ON FRIDAY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY SEE YOU AFTER THURSDAY.
MAYBE NOT, BUT IT'D BE GREAT IF THAT COULD BE A DAY OFF. WHERE DO YOU GET THAT DAY?
>> [OVERLAPPING] FROM THE CALENDAR PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE OF A WAY TOO MUCH DOING THIS. I LOVE PUZZLES TOO.
IT'S A 180 BUT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE, THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF 90.
WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR SEMESTER TO FALL? IF YOU TAKE IT ON THE FIRST HALF, YOU GOT TO PUT IT IN FIRST HALF BECAUSE IT WILL THROW OFF.
>> THE SWEET SPOT AND NOT JUST A SEMESTERS BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS SECONDARY.
YOU WANT TO REMEMBER MARKING PERIODS.
IF YOU HAVE A HALF DAY ON A FRIDAY, YOU WANT THE MARKING PERIOD TO END ON A WEDNESDAY OR COULD IT POSSIBLY END.
THE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING AT GOING, WE WOULD COUNT LIKE 45.
GO, LOOK, IT'S A FRIDAY, HALF-DAY OR THIS WORKS OUT PERFECT SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAYS.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO, IS WHEN YOU TAKE A DAY OUT OF ONE MARKING PERIOD, IT ADDS TO ANOTHER MARKING PERIOD.
YOU WANT MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAYS WITHIN EACH MARKING PERIODS.
AGAIN, I DON'T THINK NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE THIS ENTERTAINING AND FUN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGING, BUT I'LL TAKE THIS YEAR.
WE WANTED TO ALSO SHARE THE FINAL RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT IN JANUARY, 1400 RESPONSES.
OVERWHELMINGLY, 60 PERCENT OF THE SURVEY TAKERS CHOSE THE AFTER LABOR DAY.
SSIC CHOSE AFTER LABOR DAY CAC THERE WAS NO TIE.
THERE WAS NO HEMMING AND HAULING.
THEY WERE LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
WE LIKE THE AFTER LABOR DAY ONE BETTER AS WELL.
>> ONE THING I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU IS ACTUALLY USING THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
BECAUSE IN THE PAST, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CHECK OFF THE BOX.
>> YEAH. THEY WERE A BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION THEY GAVE INPUT.
>> I DO SPEAK FOR THE BOARD THAT WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE BEING USED AND THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO.
BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS AND THE COMMUNITY.
>> A LOT OF GREAT INPUT FROM BOTH OF THE GROUPS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD, BUT WE HAD THEM ALL MEET TOGETHER LAST MONTH AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEET AGAIN OVER THE BLUEPRINT.
THEY LOVED BEING ABLE TO ALL MEET TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT AND THEY HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALENDAR.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT WOULD HELP CLEAR SOME THINGS UP AND MAYBE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND I'M NOT SURE, BUT YOU'VE SEEN THE UPDATES? WE DO MINUTES AND HAVE OUR OWN MISSION FOR SSIC AND CAC, AND WE SHARE THAT OUT AFTER EACH MEETING.
YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE, CORRECT? THE MINUTES FROM OUR CAC AND SSIC?
>> DID I MISS THAT. [NOISE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SHARE YOU HOW FAR THIS YEAR.
THE CAC MINUTES AND SUMMARIES ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
>> SHE'S TALKING TECHNOLOGY TOO.
>> I KNOW AND THEN THE SSIC IS AN INTERNAL COMMUNICATION BUT YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THAT AS WELL.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SOUNDS GREAT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MR. JONES HAS COME AND JUST SAID HELLO [OVERLAPPING]
>> ANYTIME, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DATES THAT YOU KNOW,
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SO YOU CAN COME AND SAY HI TO THE GROUP.THEY'RE REALLY A FUN GROUP. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE EXCITED.
>> YES. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU.
>> OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AFTER WORKING WITH SSIC, CAC AND THE FEEDBACK WAS CALENDAR 2 OR CALENDAR B.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS ACCEPTING CALENDAR B AFTER LABOR DAY FOR THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR. SORRY.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CALENDAR NUMBER 2, THE AFTER LABOR DAY START.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AMONG THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THIS MOTION? VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> IT'S UNANIMOUS. GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU AND THE PROCESS IS JUST TERRIFIC.
I SAID THAT, WELL, I INTERRUPTED YOU AND SAID THAT.
BUT WHAT A GREAT PROCESS, REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
[BACKGROUND] THE SECOND SURVEY HAD MORE PEOPLE THAN THE FIRST.
YOU COULD DO A STUDY AS TO WHY THAT IS, BUT DON'T DO IT.
>> NO, I THINK WITH THE COMMITTEE [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THINK IT'S NOTED TOO THAT THIS IS NOT THE PERFECT SCHEDULE.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE YEAR WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE TO SAM'S LIKING THAT IT WAS A LONG PROCESS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT.
IT WASN'T JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT IT, BUT WE REALLY DID TRY TO TAKE EVERYONE'S IDEAS AND WHAT PARAMETERS YOU HAD TO WORK WITH, THEN PUT THEM INTO WHAT WORKS THE BEST AND THANK YOU.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SO, I CAN PREDICT RIGHT NOW, THAT, AARON TAKE NOTE, IT'S GOING TO SNOW VERY HARD IN DECEMBER 21ST [LAUGHTER] TWO DAYS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO PLOW THEN GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>>IF THERE'S ANYTHING I APPRECIATE IS THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WHAT WAS VOTED ON?
>> EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED? YEAH.
>> BECAUSE THE THING IS I WAS THERE NUMEROUS YEARS BUT WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS NOT WHAT GOT VOTED ON, BUT WE DECIDED WE WANTED THE OTHER ONE.
GUYS KNOW ME ENOUGH. I'M LIKE, WHY DID YOU EVEN ASK?
IF YOU WENT WITH THE OTHER ONE THEN 60 PRECENT WERE IN FAVOR OF THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE.
THEY ASKED ME AND I VOTED AND A MAJORITY VOTED FOR THAT AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT ANYWAY.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUEST FROM THE PULMONARY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A BIG WIN.
IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL EXPLAIN THE WHY.
THERE ARE REASONS AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE FACT THAT YOU LISTEN.
>> VERY GOOD. SCHOOL CALENDAR CHECK.
REVISIONS TO THE POLICY FOR THE INSPIRING TEACHERS SCHOLARSHIP.
>> ON BEHALF OF DR. WILLOUGHBY, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE BOARD'S POLICY.
THIS ONE'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE.
[NOISE] BOARD AS POLICY FOR THE INSPIRING TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE BOARD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THREE TO FOUR.
OUR POLICY NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED TO STATE INSTEAD OF THREE SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR. THAT IS THE AMENDMENT.
I'M ALL FOR THE AMENDMENT OBVIOUSLY.
MY QUESTION AND I DID TRY TO BRING THIS UP LAST YEAR AND IT WENT NOWHERE.
TWO OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FOR APPLICANTS FOR DIVERSITY PURPOSES.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT'S DIVERSITY AND HOW DOES A PERSON INDICATE THAT THEY DO MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA? SOME OF THEM IS OBVIOUS.
IF YOU'RE WHITE, HISPANIC, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THAT'S QUITE OBVIOUS.
BUT IF IT'S A GAY STUDENT, YOU DON'T KNOW.
SINCE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT YOU WANT IT TO MATCH WHAT THE STUDENTS REPRESENT.
YOU DO HAVE GAY STUDENTS SO THAT'S A MINORITY. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT?
>> THIS IS THE BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS, IF THE BOARD WISHES US TO, WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
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WE CURRENTLY WOULD UTILIZE THE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED.WE HAVE ALWAYS DETERMINED DIVERSIFICATION OF STAFF OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR ONE, I'M REPORTING TO THE STATE FROM THE HR METRICS THAT THEY USE AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY DO NOT LOOK AT SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
THEY IDENTIFY DIVERSIFICATION.
THEY LOOK AT RACE AND THAT RACE AND ETHNICITY AND THEY LOOK AT GENDER IN UNDER REPRESENTED AREAS LIKE CTE.
>> YEAH. MALES IN ELEMENTARY, FEMALES IN CARPENTRY, THOSE THINGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS USED HAS BEEN WHAT WE REPORT ON TO MSD IN TERMS OF HR.
THIS IS THE BOARD'S SCHOLARSHIP.
THE CHALLENGE FOR US WOULD BE AS HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASCERTAIN.
MORE INFORMATION AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER TO THINK ABOUT.
>> COULD YOU JUST HAVE IT WHERE THERE'S ONE MORE THING ASKING YOUR STUDENTS LIKE DO YOU FIT INTO ANY OF THESE DIVERSE CLASSIFICATION?
>> I DON'T KNOW. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE SCHOLARSHIP? WHAT WAS THE GOAL BEHIND IT?
>> VERY ORIGINAL MRS. WAYMAN, YOU WERE ACTUALLY ON YOUR COMMITTEE THAT DEVELOP THIS.
>> IF YOU LOOK UNDER ROMAN NUMBER III, RATIONALE.
THE ACCOUNTING RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO HAVE A HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND DIVERSE TEACHING STAFF.
THAT BASICALLY WAS OUR REASONING FOR MAKING IT CLEAR THAT, 2-4, WE WOULD LOOK AT AWARDING STUDENTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND CONSIDERING THE TIMING FOR THIS YEAR IT MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTERESTS TO FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTORS THAT WE USE FOR THE STATE WITH THE IDEA THAT THE UPCOMING YEAR AS A BOARD, WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE WANT TO INCLUDE WORDING SO THAT GENDER PREFERENCES ALSO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
>> YOU GO TO NUMBER 4, THAT'S WHERE I WAS LOOKING FOR 4B.
IT SAYS PROVIDING AN INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RACE, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A BOARD, WE WOULD NEED TO WORK ON.
>> INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO.
I THINK THAT THE WORDS I PICK UP IN HERE ARE RATIONALE, THE RATIONALE SECTION.
THE DISTRICT HAS STRUGGLED WITH ATTRACTING DIVERSE CANDIDATES.
IT COMES DOWN TO THE MEASURING OF THE MAKEUP OF THE WORKFORCE.
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO TELL US THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORKFORCE.
THAT'S WHAT LEVEL OF THAT DIVERSITY.
IT'S A SEXUAL PREFERENCE, SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT MAKEUP THE NEW WORKFORCE, OR DO WE NOT KNOW IT?
>> I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD REFERENCE.
>> WELL, WHATEVER THE RIGHT WORD IS, GENDER IDENTITY, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT DATA.
HOW DO YOU THEN DETERMINE IF YOU'RE LACKING THERE? WE DON'T KNOW.
>> BUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT?
>> MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE. I DON'T KNOW THAT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WORK CONSULT WITH COUNSEL.
>> YES. HAVING BEEN ON THIS ROOM WE MADE UP THIS POLICY IN NUMBER 4B, WHEN WE SAID RACE, GENDER, AND ETHNICITY.
BUT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WHEN WE USE THE WORD GENDER, WE WERE THINKING OF ATTRACTING MORE MALE TEACHERS,.
>> THAT'S WHAT THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO AT THE TIME.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A BOARD, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT.
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>> WITH THE POLICY AS WE ASKED FOR IT TO CHANGE TO GO TO FOR SCHOLARSHIP. THAT'S REFLECTED.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT DISCUSSION AND SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE.
BUT I DO THINK IN ORDER FOR US TO DECIDE WHERE THE NEEDS ARE, I THINK PRETTY CLEAR THAT THERE STILL AREN'T A LOT OF MALE TEACHERS.
>> A NEED THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT IS BEING POINTED OUT HERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT. HOW YOU DETERMINE THAT?
>> YEAH, I THINK WE NEED COUNSEL HONOR.
>> THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT AS A TALKING POINT AS WELL AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
BUT THE POLICY, AS WE HAVE BEFORE US HERE, IS THE ADDRESSING WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
THEY GOT ACTUALLY A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, OR NOT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS POLICY?
>> ONLY A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY AS WRITTEN.
>> ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER? ALL IN FAVOR?
>> IS THAT ALL? GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE ACTION TO CHANGE THE POLICY AS THEY ASK FOR.
RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE IS NEXT IN THE IMPORTANT PRESENTATIONS.
[7. Reports and Presentations]
>> I'M STILL PLAYING DR. WILLOUGHBY.
>> THE DR. WILLOUGHBY WAS HERE.
WHAT THE BOARD HAS BEFORE THEM TONIGHT TO SHARE IS OUR RECRUITING SCHEDULE THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN WE TYPICALLY SHARE OUR SCHEDULE AND WE ARE ABOUT TO BE IN FULL SWING FOR OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT OF RECRUITING.
WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR REACH FOR OUR TRIPS.
WE HAVE SOME TYPICAL PLACES WE'VE BEEN GOING ON HERE REPRESENTED, AND YOU SEE WHO'S GOING ON THOSE TRIPS RIGHT NOW, WHO'S AGREED TO.
ONE ADDITION, AND MS. WAYMAN TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER.
WE WILL BE TAKING A TRIP DOWN SOUTH IN MARCH.
WE'VE COUPLED TOGETHER A COUPLE OF UNIVERSITIES WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO FOR RECRUITING AS WELL ON CAMPUS ON SITE THAT'S REFERENCED IN THE MARCH 21ST THROUGH MARCH 24TH TIME PERIOD.
THERE WILL BE CRUISING OVER INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND THEN UP BACK INTO WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA AND COMING BACK OVER.
WE'RE GOING TO SOME AREAS WE HAVEN'T GONE BEFORE AND IN AREAS WHERE THERE TENDS TO BE MORE DIVERSE CANDIDATES COMPLETING COLLEGE DEGREES IN THOSE ARRAS.
THERE ARE ALSO AREAS THAT TYPICALLY PAY LESS FOR THEIR TEACHERS AND HAVE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES TO THE EASTERN SHORE JUST NOT FLAT.
NOT A LOT OF OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS SIMILARITIES.
WE ARE EXPANDING OUR HORIZON THIS YEAR TO HEAD THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.
WE WILL BE OUT POUNDING THE PAVEMENT.
HR HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO GET OUT THERE TO DO IT.
I WANT TO THANK DR. WILLOUGHBY, MS. CORNELL, AND EVEN OTHERS IN THIS ROOM WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE CONNECTIONS FOR THE COLLEGE RECRUITING PEACE TO TAKE PLACE.
CRITICAL SHORTAGE IS LEGIT ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, AND WILL BE DOING OUR PART TO RECRUIT AND CONVINCE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE BEST PLACE TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY AND COUNTRY, SO WE CAN DO TO GET THEM HERE.
>> JUST THAT CURIOSITY DID THE MONEY THAT IT COSTS.
HOW COME TOWSON'S 550 AND UMES IS 150?
>> TYPICALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO COME, OR THE SIZE OF OUR SPACE.
TOWSON MAY HAVE OTHER COLLEGES THEY'RE [OVERLAPPING].
YEAH YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR TABLE SPACE.
>> I BELIEVE UMES REALLY SOLVED DO THEIRS TOGETHER.
THEY BOUNCED BETWEEN THE ROTATIONS.
IT'S A SMALLER SUBSET, NOT AS BIG A POPULATION.
>> YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE REGISTRATION COSTS. YES.
>> I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO INTERVIEWS ON SLEEP, OR ANYTHING IN THAT NATURE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR BECAUSE USED TO BE ONLY THE BIG COUNTIES WOULD DO THAT, BUT IF YOU GET A FIRM YES THAT DAY, IT PUTS US IN A LOT BETTER SPOT.IF YOU DON'T STRIKE IN THIS MARKET.
IF YOU DON'T STRIKE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE WITHIN DAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR WHICH AGAIN, IT'S A SHIFT.
THAT IS A REAL SHIFT FOR NOT JUST US, BUT A LOT OF SMALLER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE A LOT OF PROCEDURES IN PLACE.
>> WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR FURTHER DISTANCE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS YOU'RE RECRUITING ARE FURTHER AWAY FROM HERE.
YOU'VE GOT THEM THERE WITH, WHY NOT TAKE THAT STEP.
>> BECAUSE YOU GET TO FACE TO FACE. IT HELPS.
BUT I'LL BE HONEST IN THIS MARKET, I THINK EVEN IF WE WERE AT ASSAULTS, VERY UMES, JOB FAIR AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO OFFER ON THE SPOT, I DO IT.
BECAUSE SALISBURY, I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN THE EDUCATION TRACK AT SALISBURY UNIVERSITY RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF A KERNEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS.
>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF KIDS AND GO IN AND EDUCATION RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU CAN GET THEM TOGETHER, SALISBURY UMES DO IT TOGETHER.
>> QUESTION. I DON'T RECOGNIZE ALL THE NAMES HERE, BUT ARE THERE TEACHERS GOING?
>> WE HAVE, I'M LOOKING JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FILLED IN FOR DR. WILLOUGHBY.
>> THEN DO WE HAVE MINORITIES LIKE HISPANIC, AFRICAN-AMERICAN?
>> YOLANDA HOLLOWAY [OVERLAPPING].
>> MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE USE ADMINISTRATORS.
THOSE WE DO NOT NEED SUBSTITUTES FOR AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT PULLING AWAY FROM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO DO A LOT OF OUR RECRUITING BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH GETTING THOSE FOLKS THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FURTHER DISTANCE ONES.
>> WHEN WE'RE RECRUITING TEACHERS, I JUST THINK THERE'S A PLUS IN BEING ABLE TO TALK TO A TEACHER.
>> I'LL SHOW YOU THAT WITH DR. WOLF.
>> EVEN IF THEY BE RETIRED TEACHERS THAT TAUGHT HERE MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE THE TEACHER OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
>> AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE SAY THAT A LOT OF PLACES THAT'S GOOD.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS TO BE HONEST THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN-PERSON.
>> BECAUSE VIRTUAL RECRUITING FAIR IS THAT WE HAD TO DO THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YOU'RE GETTING A ZOOM ROOM AND YOU'RE HOPING SOMEBODY COMES INTO A ZOOM ROOM AND I LOVE CAROLINE COUNTY AND WE ALL LOVE CAROLINE COUNTY BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW CAROLINE COUNTY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SELECT TO GO TO A ZOOM ROOM FOR CAROLINE COUNTY.
WHEN YOU WERE IN A HALL AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR DISPLAY BOARD UP AND YOU CAN GO TALK TO KIDS AND YOU CAN FIND KIDS WHO MIGHT BE IN LINE FOR SYSTEMS THAT ARE LIKE OURS AND ANOTHER STATE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT, YOU CAN REALLY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT BUT THE ZOOM THING WAS JUST TERRIBLE FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> I'M GOING TO UP BREAKING SNARE DRUM. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYBE JOHN [NOISE] WANT'S THE ZOOM ROOM?
>> NO THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID US.
>> THE ONES WITH A BLANK THEY DON'T CHARGE EITHER?
>> CORRECT. THOSE ARE COLLEGE VISITS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCITE.
WE WANT TO NOTICE WERE GOING TO INCITE TO THEM.
>> I AGREE THAT IT IS GREAT IF YOU CAN HAVE TEACHERS GO IT ALSO SAYS A LOT THAT THE HR DIRECTOR IS GOING.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND SAY WELL I CAN HIRE HIM ON THE SPOT I'M THE HR DIRECTOR YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN IT THROUGH THE DILBERT CHARACTER.
>> MR. BARTON HILLS OUR RECRUITER THAT WE HIRED HE'S FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL AND HE'LL BE AGREEING TO GO OUTSIDE.
>> THAT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH BUT I YIELD TO THAT IT'S A GOOD ONE THAT WE CAN HAVE A TEACHER THAT LOOK A LOT.
>> FOR VIRGINIA STATE THAT'S GOT YOLANDA AND MATT CAN THEY OFFER? THEY CAN ALSO OFFER?
>> OUR ADMINISTRATORS, ANYBODY WHO'S GOING ON A RECRUITING TRIPS WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE PREPPED AND
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PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE OFFERS IF THEY'RE THERE AND IF THE OFFERS POP UP.>> THAT'S GREAT PERFECT THANKS.
>> GREAT THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THIS POINT?
>> THE SEVENTH, TODAY IS THURSDAY.
>> WE DON'T GO TO ANY OF THE DELAWARE TO THE UNIVERSITIES.
>> YEAH EVERY WHERE IS THE DELAWARE.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING ON DELAWARE [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'S A DELAWARE VALLEY HEAD [OVERLAPPING]
>> MAYBE PENNSYLVANIA PROBABILITY.
>> DELAWARE VALLEY FROM THAT WAY.
>> WELL IT SAYS DELAWARE VALLEY.
>> IT DOES HAVE DELAWARE COLLEGES.
>> WHAT WE'VE ALSO GOING DOWN SOUTH WAS INTERESTING WE COULD NOT GET INTO A NORTH CAROLINA JOB EVER FOR TEACHERS BECAUSE THE NORTH CAROLINA JOB FAIRS WOULD ONLY ALLOW NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICTS INTO THEM.
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IN COLLEGE [LAUGHTER] WHEN WE HAD DOWN THERE, WE'LL GO INTO THE ACTUAL COLLEGES BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT LET AT NO COST OR AT COLLEGES ARE NEW COST BUT WE WERE GOING TO PAY MORE WE DON'T ALLOW OUT-OF-STATE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO RECRUITS, TOO TOUGH.
>> THAT'S GREAT FOR THEIR SCHOOL [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT NOT SO GREAT FOR THEIR CANDIDATES?
>> THAT'D BE ENOUGH INCENTIVE FOR ME TO LEAVE THE STATE I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL ME WHO I CAN TALK TO ABOUT A JOB.
>> THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE IT.
>> THEY PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE.
>> YEAH THEY CAN JOB HUNT BUT YEAH REALLY I DON'T LIKE IT.
>> I CAN APPRECIATE THEY'RE DOING EFFORT.
>> ANYBODY GOING INTO TEACHING RIGHT NOW [NOISE] SHOULD KNOW.
>> LEAVE WORK IS THE SAME WAY RIGHT NOW.
>> FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET A JOB THERE.
>> EXACTLY AND IF YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY WANT AND JUST THE VIRUS, IT'S A FIRE OR SO FIRES MARK I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER IT IS.
>> I THINK THE ONLY [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE ONLY THING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT IN CRITICAL NEED IS PHYSIC THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY [OVERLAPPING] THE ONLY THING NOT CRITICAL.
>> IS PHYSIC, ELEMENTARY ED IS ACTUALLY IN THE SHORTAGE EVERYTHING BUT PHYSIC.
>> IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT AND WE CAN'T JUST ASSUME THAT WE HAD GREAT RESULTS THIS YEAR AND WHERE ALL THESE OTHER PLACES WERE VERY SHORT OF TEACHERS WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO US THIS TIME SO IT HAS TO BE AN ADDRESS FOR THAT.
>> I THINK WE DO HAVE TO REALLY ADDRESS PULLING MINORITY PROFESSIONALS IN THIS SCHOOL CLASSROOM.
WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE SCHOOLS WITH LITTLE TO KNOW BUT MINORITY TEACHERS AND THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY OF THE STUDENTS AT ALL.
I REALLY THINK WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THAT AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE EFFORT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE DETERMINATION BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
>> THIS IS LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID THE EL POPULATIONS OF WHAT 12 PERCENT I BELIEVE YOU SAID?
>> WE KNOW WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR.
>> WELL THAT'S PART OF THE MINORITY.
>> RIGHT BUT I'M SAYING FOR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MIRROR TO GO.
>> IT'S MULTIPLE YEARS SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE.
>> SHE'S GOING TO TO TALK IT [LAUGHTER] BUT THAT'S A VALUABLE POINT THERE.
>> OKAY THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
THIS WILL BE IN MR. JONES AND I [NOISE], MR. JONES AND ME SOLVE [LAUGHTER].
IN CONVERSATION MARK AND I FELT MOVING THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MEATIER RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND I'LL LET MARK TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD ON SOME OF THIS AS WE WALK THROUGH.
HE IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR ME I SERVE ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND'S LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AS WELL SO WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT LEGISLATION AND WHAT HE'S HEARING AND I'M HEARING AND TRY TO HELP NAVIGATE AS BEST WE CAN.
>> TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR CAROLINE COUNTY.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO DIG THROUGH AND THIS HERE IS PROBABLY UNLIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT BILLS AND
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WE NARROWED IT TO DOWN TO FIVE THAT WE REALLY FEEL THAT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED THEY CAN LOOK AT THEY CAN GO, HOW DID THEY GET TO?>> THESE ARE HYPERLINKED IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEXT OF THE BILL BUT IF YOU GO TO THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS A WEBSITE, BE HAPPY TO SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BEAST TO SEARCH FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE DOES SOMETHING CALLED THE GREEN SHEET.
AT ONE POINT IT MAY HAVE BEEN GREEN BUT IT'S CALLED THE GREEN SHEET AND IT TRACKS ALL THE LEGISLATION AND WHAT MAYBE POSITIONS ARE THEM.
IT IS DONE REALLY WELL AND IT'S UPDATED VERY REGULARLY.
IT'S BEEN A GO TO FOR ME IN PREVIOUS POSITIONS BECAUSE MAYBE JUST STAYS ON TOP OF IT REALLY WELL SO I'D RECOMMEND REALLY CHECKING THAT PROBABLY ONCE A WEEK DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DROPPING BILLS LEFT AND RIGHT.
IT STARTED SLOW WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR AND SOME OF THE NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT IT HAS PICKED UP THE PACE RAPIDLY.
>> YES AND WE CAN SEND IT TO THE BOARD AS WELL JUST WHERE IT IS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
MARK DO YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO ANY OF THE BILLS FIRST OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO?
>> I GUESS WE'LL JUST START AT THE TOP AND GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
THE HOUSE BILL 85 SENATE BILL 206.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING THAT WE OPEN CLASS SIZE UP TO NEGOTIATION THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AROUND THIS.
IMMEDIATELY YOU WOULD SAY OH THAT'S GREAT BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DEALING WITH A BLUEPRINT WHERE WE'RE PAYING MORE, WE'RE TAKING CLASS TIME THAT TEACHERS ARE IN FRONT OF STUDENTS AND WE'RE REDUCING THAT OR CHANGING IN WHICH IF WE DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY ON THE TITERS WE ALREADY HAVE HOW DO WE MAKE CLASSES SMALLER WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE? IN MY OPINION THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS BESIDES THIS LEGISLATION BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON IT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A BAD THING I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE TIMING OF IT MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST BUT.
>> ONE OF THE MAYB'S POSITION [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S WHAT MAYB IS SAYING IS THAT ONE OF THE MAIN KEY POINTS IS THE TIMING OF THIS IS NOT, THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THIS AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT AS FAR AS THE WAY THE BLUEPRINT IS WRITTEN THE CLASS SIZE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE THE DECIDING IS NOT REALLY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD USE THE TERM DECIDING FACTOR BUT.
>> IT ACTUALLY IT CAME UP IN AS I WATCHED THE TESTIMONY ON THIS BILL WHEN IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO PRETENDS TO ROTATION OF MARYLAND PER SEM HAD A COMMENT AS WELL THAT WAS RAISED, OUR PRESIDENT AS WELL AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE AND ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT WAS DONE IN THE BLUEPRINT LEGISLATION WHERE THEY SPENT TIME STUDYING WORLD-CLASS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, THE KERWIN COMMISSION IT FEELS ONE OF THE ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY DID NOT MAKE WAS REDUCING CLASS SIZE SO THE BLUEPRINT WAS SILENT.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PERHAPS THE AIB SHOULD CONSIDER.
IF IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT OR NOT THE CURRENT COMMISSION WAS SILENT ON IT WHEN IT RESEARCHED ALL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST, IN ALL HONESTY, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE RIGHT THAT SMALLER CLASS SIZES MEANS HIGHER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE CORRECT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE MAJOR RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE AROUND EFFECTS OF CLASS SIZE, IT'S REALLY SMALL FOR IMPACTS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE CORRECT.
BUT RESEARCH HAS BEEN REPLICATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND THINGS THAT THE CAROLINE COMMISSION SPENT TIME LOOKING AT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT PROBABLY WAS SILENT ON CLASS SIZE.
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FROM MY SEAT, AND I UNDERSTAND MARK'S PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT'S COMING AT A TIME WHERE THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.WE JUST SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S COMING AT A TIME WHERE BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO PAY TEACHERS MORE.
DEPENDING ON IF CLASS SIZE CAN BE BARGAINED, THAT MEANS IT'S NEGOTIATED WITH WHAT THE CLASS SIZE IS NOT TO EXCEED.
IT COULD END UP PUTTING US IN A JAM IF WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL UNIVERSITY PUTTING OUT LESS TEACHERS THAN THEY'VE EVER HAVE PROBABLY SINCE THE HISTORY OF THEM BEING IN EXISTENCE, AT LEAST PER CAPITA.
THE TIMING OF IT IS PROBABLY THE MORE REAL STRUGGLE.
BUT IF I CAN ON ONE THING, RACHEL, CAN I GET YOU TO CLICK ON THE BILL? JUST FOR THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU'VE NOT SPENT TIME LOOKING AT LEGISLATION BEFORE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BILL AND SAY, WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY CHANGING? TYPICALLY IT'S IN BOLD.
IF IT'S NEW WORDS, THE WORDS ARE IN BOLD.
IN THIS ONE, IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL DOWN, IT'S TWO BRACKETS. THAT'S IT.
THERE ARE TWO BRACKETS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S A DELETION.
THE CHANGE IS JUST A DELETION OF THAT LAW.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WHAT DOES IT SAY? WHAT ARE THOSE WORDS?
>> A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER MAY NOT NEGOTIATE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO A CLASS OR ANY MATTER THAT IS PRECLUDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTORY LAW.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT LEGISLATION, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE DORKY AS I AM AND LOOK AT THIS STUFF AND REDO IT, AND IF I'M DOING IT AT A TIME, TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, THIS IS ONE LITTLE WAY I'LL GET WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE CHANGE? I WILL BE LIKE, THERE, THE BRACKETS.
THAT LITERALLY IS THE ONLY CHANGE TO IT.
THE STATE IS SUPPOSED TO, I BELIEVE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES REVISING THEIR FISCAL LAW, A CASE OF INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, A TESTIMONY TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS COULD BE FROM A PHYSICAL STAND POINT.
>> JUST SAYING THAT THE EMPLOYER MAY NOT NEGOTIATE.
>> YEAH. THEN THE ONLY NON-NEGOTIABLES WOULD BE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND ANYTHING ELSE UNDER WALL THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.
>> YOU COULD HAVE MAXIMUM SIZE OF A CLASS BECAUSE YOU HAD NEGOTIATED THAT?
>> YEAH. IT WOULD JUST BE REMOVING THAT SO THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE.
>> DOESN'T [NOISE] SAY YOU HAVE TO, IT'S JUST IT'S PERMISSIBLE. [NOISE]
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT.
>> WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MATERIALS THAT WAS PRINT OUT, THAT WAS NOT A SUBJECT.
I FEEL THAT LOOKING AT THE BLUEPRINT REGARDING ACROSS ALL PILLARS, THE EMPHASIS IS REALLY ON YOU IMAGINING TIME, AND USING THE TIME THE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING AND ACCESS MY STUDENTS AND SUPPORT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LEVERAGING STRATEGIC TIME, INSTRUCTION TIME, SPORTS INSTRUCTION AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE LEVERAGING A LOT OF THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPATIAL BLUEPRINTS.
BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S NOT THERE AND BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT A EDUCATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY WHERE YOU'RE ONLY WRITING MORAL SUPPORT AND [INAUDIBLE]
>>THERE'S THIS BILL, IT IS TRACKING. THEY'VE HAD ONE HEARING.
I DO EXPECT THIS BILL AND I'M SURE MAYBE THE SAME WAY THAT THIS IS A BILL THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED A LOT.
GOVERNOR MOORE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN HIS CAMPAIGN.
I WOULD EXPECT THERE TO BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THIS AMENDMENT PROCESSES, ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON FOR THE BOARD AS WELL SO THAT'S IT'S.
>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT SMALLER CLASS SIZES.
>> YEAH. THAT'S THE HARD PART AND IF YOU GET UP AGAINST IT, IF YOU CAN'T MEET IT AND THEN IT'S AGREEABLE.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH CHANGE GOING ON.
[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE HAPPENING DRIVEN LARGELY BY BLUEPRINT THAT THIS IS TICKERS AND IT COULD BE THAT TIME, BUT IT JUST COULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. [INAUDIBLE]
>> MARK YOU WANT TO TAKE THE NEXT ONE?
>> DO YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON THIS? BECAUSE I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> BUT THIS IS LIKE OUR ROOF PROJECTS, I GUESS THAT.
>> THE BILL THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
WAS IT $4 MILLION THAT WE HAD TO FALL INTO?
>> TWO MILLION DOLLARS OR OVER.
>> OR OVER AND IF THIS GO PAST, IT WOULD LOWER THAT TO $100,000.
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>> ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. YEAH.[OVERLAPPING] RIGHT NOW WHEN THE BILL TO LEARN ACT WAS WRITTEN, THE LANGUAGE IN IT, THAT AND BILL SPOT WHILE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE BILL TO LEARN ACT FUNDING UNTIL WE HAD SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH, THAT WAS A FOUR MILLION OR MORE DOLLAR PROJECT.
BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE A PACKAGE THAT WAS FOUR MILLION OR MORE ON ONE LOCATION.
ORIGINALLY, RUTH, WE COULDN'T DO UNDER IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T FOUR MILLION.
YOU COULDN'T PUT REGIONAL ROOF PLUS PRESTON ROOF BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.
THIS BILL SEEKS TO CHANGE IT TOO.
BECAUSE WE WERE GUARANTEED OUT OF THAT BILL FOR FOUR POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS, WE'RE GUARANTEED.
WE HAD TO IN ONE SWOOP SPEND IT.
THIS BILL WOULD CHANGE THAT FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT YOUR PACKAGE DB A MINIMUM OF $100,000.
YOUR BILL TO LEARN ACT MONEY, YOUR BTL MONEY COULD THEN BE USED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, MULTIPLE PROJECTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 100 GRAND UP.
IF YOU NEEDED A BATHROOM RENO AT A SCHOOL OF A COUPLE AREAS. YOU CAN DO THAT.
IF YOU NEEDED A ROOF AT ONE SCHOOL, SMALLER ROOF, YOU COULD DO THAT.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT TO HAVE A LARGER WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A WAY NOW BECAUSE OF THE NORTH HIGH ROOF, WE'VE GOT A WAY TO DO IT.
BUT IF THEY EVER FUNDED BUILT TO LEARN AGAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT $100,000 THRESHOLD WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
THIS HAS HAD A LOT OF LOAD COMING FROM SCHOOL SYSTEMS ON THIS BILL.
>> I THINK THE GUY WHO USED TO BE OVER HERE, I SEE HE RETIRED.
>> IT DROVE HIM TO THE [LAUGHTER].
>> [OVERLAPPING] LARGELY I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE LITERALLY GOING, BIG SYSTEMS IT'S EASY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY MORE SCHOOLS.
WE DO HAVE NEEDS THAT AREN'T MASSIVE.
AGING SCHOOLS GIVES US LIKE 50 GRAND A YEAR.
GO SO QUICK, WE CAN USE OTHER POTS TO DO CAPITAL, REALLY EASY.
BUT IF WE LITERALLY HAD A COUPLE OF CLASSROOMS NEEDED TO BE FIXED, OR IF WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] OR IF WE HAD THOSE SMALLER THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T EAT EASILY OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY LANDED ON FOUR MILLION, TO BE HONEST.
IT JUST SEEMS STRANGE, ESPECIALLY FOR A DISTRICT LIKE US, THAT WAS ONLY A WORD FOUR POINTS ON.
BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T, THAT WAS ALWAYS THE QUESTION WE HAD.
>> I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE'S SOME COUNTIES THAT ACTUALLY GOT THEIR MAX IS LESS THAN FOUR, SO I THINK BY DEFINITION YOU CAN'T EVEN QUALIFY.
>> WE HAD EVEN ASKED, SO IF WE WERE TO PROJECT FOR FOUR MILLION AND WE HAVE 800,000 LEFT, HOW DO WE ACCESS IT?
>> WE ACTUALLY NEVER GOT A GOOD ANSWER, BUT WE'RE GOOD NOW.
>> THE FIRST LINE OF THE BILLS SHOULD BE THIS IS ABOUT TIME, SO OVERDUE.
BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
>> MARK, I'LL TAKE THE NEXT ONE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK THE BOARD IS PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING MY UPDATES ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM, ONE COORDINATED SCHOOL SUPPORTS, AND ALL THOSE MEETINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
HOUSE BILL 82, SENATE BILL 201 ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMITTEE THAT I'M ONE, AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT GOT THIS TASK.
SINCE 2013, STATES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BILL MEDICAID FOR SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
MARYLAND NEVER CHANGED THEIR MEDICAID PLAN, SO MARYLAND ONLY ALLOWS US TO BILL FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN IEP WHO HAVE THOSE SERVICES WRITTEN INTO THEIR IEP.
WE DO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO UPDATE THEIR MEDICAID PLAN TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO BUILD FOR MEDICAID SERVICES.
IT GOES IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
I THINK IT'LL BE AMENDED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SERVICES CAN BE BILLED FOR OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BILLS THAT IS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COULD CHANGE THEIR MEDICAID PLAN ANYTIME THEY WANT.
THEY HAVEN'T. THE TWO SENATORS WHO ARE PART OF THIS AND THE DELEGATES ARE WRITING THIS TO REQUIRE THEM TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THEM TO DO IT IN ANY OTHER WAY.
TO BE HONEST, SITTING IN RC AND EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE.
WE HAVE FOLKS PROVIDING THESE SERVICES AND WE GET NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE AN IMP.
>> IF IT PASSES, THEN THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THEM ALL.
>> ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE MEDICAID.
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WE THEN WOULD BE ABLE TO BILL MEDICAID FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES WE PROVIDE, WHICH IS MOST STATES, ACTUALLY, IT'S OVER HALF THE STATES HAVE ALREADY MADE THE CHANGE.WE'VE BEEN LOOKING CLOSELY AT MICHIGAN AND COLORADO IS TWO STATES WHO MOST RECENTLY DID TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO NADH AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
MAYBE ACTUALLY IS SUPPORTIVE [OVERLAPPING] YES.
IT'S A GOOD REVENUE GENERATOR FOR SCHOOLS IN SO MUCH AS IT HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO FUND MORE FOLKS TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE NEED FOR KIDS IN THE AREA OF MEDICAL SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, IT WOULD REALLY OPEN THAT BACKUP.
>> IF OUR LEVEL OF POVERTY, IF WE MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> YES. WITH A NUMBER OF MEDICAIDS STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, YES, VERY MUCH SO.
>> WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WORKING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, TO THE CABINET AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT CABINET.
DEPARTMENT DOESN'T DO WHAT THEY REALLY OUGHT TO BE DOING.
EXERCISING THEIR JUDGMENT IN A WAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T AGREE WITH.
OFTENTIMES THESE CABINET DEPARTMENT, FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL EXCEED REALLY WHAT THEIR AUTHORITY AND THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD REIGN THEM IN CONGRESS OR LEGISLATION.
BUT THAT'S WHAT LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE, AND DELEGATES DOING WHAT THEY REALLY ARE ELECTED TO DO TO FIX WRONG THAT THE APARTMENT IS NOT FIXING.
>> THIS WAS ODDLY ENOUGH, IT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDING BLUEPRINTS THAT JUST GET EXPLORED AND THAT THE CONSORTING WITH COORDINATING SCHOOL, SUPPORT MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
BUT THAT THROUGH THEIR WORK THAT THEY ARE REALLY PUSHING THIS POLICY CHANGE, SO THANKFUL THAT HOPEFULLY, IT WILL HAPPEN.
[OVERLAPPING] NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THEY HAVE A YEAR TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO PROVE THE MEDICAID PLAN CHANGE.
IT TOOK MICHIGAN, I THINK TWO YEARS BEFORE IT FINALLY GOT ALL THE PROCESS DONE.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE DENTAL FOR THEM?
WE DON'T PROVIDE THE DENTAL, SO A CHOP TANK DOES, SO THEY CAN REIMBURSE.
ANY COMMUNITY PROVIDER ARE THEY CAN REIMBURSE.
CHOP TANK CAN ALREADY REIMBURSE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS CAN.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SPEECH PAD, SCHOOL NURSES.
>> NEXT ONE, MR. JONES OR YOU WANT ME TO?
>> I WILL LET YOU DO THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE BILL THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED YET.
>> NO PROBLEM. THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY MRS. ANTHONY [NOISE] PRESENTED ON THIS ONE TO OUR BOARD, FOUR YEARS NOW IN A ROW. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
>> THIS IS LOOKING TO SHIFT THE BURDEN OF PROOF AWAY FROM THE PERSON WHO IS SAYING THERE'S A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION TO THE BURDEN OF PROOF BURDEN ALWAYS BEING ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, DUE PROCESS HEARINGS, DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT.
RIGHT NOW IN MARYLAND, THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH A PARENT FEELS THAT, OR EVEN IF WE DO, IF WE FEEL THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION, WE CAN ASK FOR MEDIATION, WHICH IS A STEP BEFORE YOU GET TO THE HEARING AND YOU TRY TO RESOLVE THINGS AT THAT LEVEL.
BURDEN OF PROOF RIGHT NOW IS ON THE PERSON WHO IS CLAIMING THE DUE PROCESS VIOLATION.
IF WE'RE SAYING THEY VIOLATED DUE PROCESS, WE'RE PROVING THAT THEY DID, VICE VERSA, IF SOMEONE SAYS WE DO, THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT WE DID.
THIS WOULD CHANGE IT, SO IT ALWAYS FALLS ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
IF A PARENT WERE TO ACCUSE US OF A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION AT ANY POINT IN TIME, IT'S UP TO US TO SAY WE DID NOT VIOLATE DUE PROCESSES.
IT'S A MAJOR SHIFT. FEDERAL CASE LAW.
I FORGET THE EXACT YEAR, BUT FEDERAL CASE LAW, ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT IS THAT BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S BRINGING THE COMPLAINT.
IN THE FISCAL NOTE FROM THE BILL THAT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, WE CAN EXPECT MORE DUE PROCESS COMPLAINTS.
THERE'S NO NEED TO MEDIATE ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU CAN PUSH IT TO THE HEARING AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON US.
THE BURDEN OF PROOF SO LEGAL EXPENSES ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE, THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS WHERE YOU HAVE ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE, THE NUMBER OF IEP MEETINGS AND DROPOUT RULES THAT INVOLVE LEGAL, WHICH THEN TAKE AWAY TEACHER'S CLASS TIME, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS VERY MUCH LIKELY TO INCREASE IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS.
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>> HOW DOES IT LOOK AS FAR AS BEING PASSED? OBVIOUSLY, MSDA IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, CORRECT?
>> NO. I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF [OVERLAPPING]
>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WAY.
THIS IS ONE THAT I'M GOING TO ASK [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE PAST.
EXAM WILL NOT BE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE.
I THINK MOST OF US SITTING ON THE FISCAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHO HAVE TO HANDLE THE REALITY OF THIS ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE PART OF IT.
IT TAKES AWAY SOME LOCAL CONTROL AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS. IT REALLY STARTS TO IMPACT YOUR BUDGET, AND IN SOME WAYS, IT'S UNFUNDED MANDATE.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY, BUT IT OPENS UP THE COFFERS.
BUT THIS IS ONE, IT'S ADVOCATES WHO BRINGS THIS UP.
I'M SURE THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN UNSAVORY THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE DONE.
IT'S INTERESTING AND IT'S ON ITS FOURTH TIME AND NOT PASSING OR NOT PASSING IN THE LAST THREE.
IT IS ONE THAT I THINK I WILL BE WEIGHING IN ON IT.
I'LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON, AND SEE HOW IT MOVES THROUGH COMMITTEE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD A COMMITTEE HEARING ON IT YET.
I KNOW IT'S IN COMMITTEE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE HAD A HEARING ON IT.
>> IT SHOULD BE THE WAYS AND MEANS.
THE HOUSE BILLS IN WAYS AND MEANS.
IT'S NOT BEEN [OVERLAPPING] PROFOUND YET.
>> NOT A GOOD MOVE ON THEIR PART.
>> WHICH IS SLIGHTLY PROMISING IF IT'S NOT CROSS [INAUDIBLE]. WE CAN BE HOPEFUL.
>> SORRY. LET ME GIVE A PHONE BUZZING UP HERE.
IT'S PRETTY ODD BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ADMINISTRATIVE [NOISE] HEARINGS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS, IS THE PLAINTIFF'S BURDEN OF PROOF.
WHEN THEY FILE A CLAIM, THEIR BURDEN [NOISE] OF PROVE THAT THEY WERE WRONGED, IF YOU WILL, AND THE DEFENDANT HAD TO DEFEND THAT.
THIS WOULD FLIP THAT, IF YOU WILL.
AT LEAST IN THIS CASE WHERE THE COMPLAINANT IS TELLING YOU PROVE THAT YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERTISE WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, BUT IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, THE PLAINTIFF HAS TO PROVE THEIR CASE, NOT REASONABLE DOUBT, BUT TO A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.
THAT'S PRETTY ODD. I WILL BE SURPRISED IF THAT PASSES.
>> SUPREME COURT CASE WAS ACTUALLY ONE IN IEP DUE PROCESS HEARING.
IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS A SUPREME COURT CASE ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND THEY PULLED IT IN SAY MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THIS TOPIC.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT ONE.
MARK THE LAST BILL AND YOU WERE ON THE CALL FOR THIS ONE AS WELL.
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS HB119 SENATE BILL 199.
WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IF PASSED, WOULD ESTABLISH A RIGIDNESS, I WOULD CALL WITH OUR HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM.
IT WOULD ALLOW FOR OPT-OUTS OF CERTAIN SUBJECT MATERIAL.
THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON BY THE COMMITTEE AS FAR AS FOR SUPPORT OR TO NOT SUPPORT, AND IT WAS VOTED TO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS HISTORICALLY AGAINST MANDATED CURRICULUM.
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS THEN WHO'S TO SAY A MATH CURRICULUM ISN'T PASSED OR ANY SUBJECT.
AMONGST CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE, JUST LISTENING ON THE CALL, THERE WERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM WESTERN MARYLAND, CENTRAL MARYLAND, SOUTHERN MARYLAND, ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS BILL REALLY IS, THEY USED ONE OF THEIR TERMS, A TINDERBOX, BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECT MATERIAL BEHIND IT FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT THEY JUST USED THE TERM A TINDERBOX BECAUSE OF THE MATERIAL DISCUSSED.
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I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN A BAD BILL.>> THE ODD PART WITH THIS, SO MARYLAND'S BOARD OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE ONLY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY THAT CAN REGULATE AND PASS LAW.
THEY DO THAT AND PUT IT IN COMAR.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A PECKING ORDER, COMAR IS LIKE HERE IN TERMS OF AUTHORITY.
WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SOMETHING, IT GOES INTO THE ANNOTATED CODE, WHICH IS LIKE UP HERE.
IT'S MORE AUTHORITY, MORE POWER THAN COMAR.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS BASICALLY TAKING A FRAMEWORK, THOUGH I THINK OUR BOARD IS VERSED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT TYPICALLY WHEN MSDE SAYS FRAMEWORK, IT REALLY IS A CURRICULUM.
IT MIGHT NOT BE BRANDED CURRICULUM, BUT IT'S PRETTY DETAILED, AND HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
IT'S TAKING WHAT THE STATE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PASS AND REPEAL, BY THE WAY, AND PUTS IT IN THE ANNOTATED CODE SO THE STATE BOARD WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PASS OR REPEAL.
SO IT'S TAKING A CURRICULUM, A FRAMEWORK, AND REALLY PUTTING AT A HIGHER AUTHORITY THAT THE EDUCATION FOLKS, EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, CAN'T OBJECT WITHOUT THERE BEING LEGISLATION.
SO IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE, IT TOTALLY IS OF TRULY MANDATING A FRAMEWORK, WE'LL USE THEIR WORD, AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE BODY ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL VERSUS STATE BOARD.
JUST A REALLY DIFFERENT LOOK AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS ONE'S GOING TO GO, I REALLY DON'T.
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S A TINDERBOX [INAUDIBLE]
>> TO GO A STEP FURTHER WITH WHAT DR. SIMMONS WAS SAYING, THE WAY IT IS NOW, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE COMAR, THAT IS THE STATE BOARD.
IS THAT CORRECT, DR. SIMMONS? THAT WOULD COME IN AND, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY PUNISH US, BUT WOULD COME IN AND ENFORCE WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING.
IF THIS PASSES THROUGH THE LEGISLATION, THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE A SEPARATE COURT WOULD HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE]
>> YES, IT CHANGES THE THRESHOLD BY WHO WOULD STEP IN.
>> BECAUSE NOW IT'S IN CODE AS OPPOSED TO COMAR.
>> COMAR IS CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS AND REGULATION LAW SUPERCEDES [INAUDIBLE] SO THEY'RE GOING TO TURN IT INTO AN ANNOTATED CODE STATUTE.
>> THERE'S NO FLEXIBILITY THERE.
>> THERE'S THE TINDERBOX OF THE CONTENT.
>> THERE IS THAT. BUT I WOULD CAUTION EVERYBODY ON THE BIGGER COMPONENT AS WELL, IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
IF THEY DO THIS WITH ONE, THEY COULD DO IT WITH ANY, AND THAT REALLY DOES USURP LOCAL CONTROL, REALLY EVEN EDUCATION CONTROL WITH THAT.
WE MIGHT NOT LOVE THE STATE BOARD BUT I'D RATHER HAVE AT LEAST PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATION WORKING WITH US ON FRAMEWORKS AND CURRICULUM.
>> NOW I THINK CHANGING THE REGULATION WHILE IT'S A PROCESS, IT'S A LOT, I DON'T WANT TO SAY QUICKER, BUT JUST A EASIER PROCESS OF CHANGING UP INTO THE LEGISLATURE.
>> YES. VERY RARELY WE SEE THEM REPEALING.
>> NOT OFTEN THEY HAVE A BILL THAT SAYS, DONE, GET RID OF THAT.
>> WHAT WAS THAT BEFORE? OUT IT GOES.
>> THOSE ARE THE THE MAIN BILLS RIGHT NOW THAT SEEM TO BE DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
A LOT OF BILLS DROPPED VERY RECENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO.
THEY'RE PICKING UP PACE NOW THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING THEIR FEET WET.
MR. JONES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU GUYS ABREAST OF THOSE THINGS AS THEY COME OUT AND WE WILL SEND THE BOARD THE MAIN READ SHEET, OR AT LEAST THE LINK TO IT.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN, TROY, WITH YOU BEING KNEW.
JOHN WILLIAMS AT [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS LEGISLATIVE PERSON FOR THEM, DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.
A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OF STAYING ON TOP OF IT AND REALLY ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF BOARDS.
FROM MY EXPERIENCE, USUALLY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, DOES HIS BEST TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.
>> WELL, WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU TRACKING THESE THINGS THROUGH THE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BILLS AND THERE ARE JUST FIVE THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS. LIKE YOU SAID [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN.
>> YOU HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO FIVE.
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT 20 PROBABLY [OVERLAPPING].THANK YOU FOR NARROWED
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IT DOWN AND TRACKING THESE THINGS, MUCH APPRECIATE IT.MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE, WE HAVE NO ADDITON, NO NEW ITEMS, NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS, WE HAVE [OVERLAPPING]
[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
>> THIS IS AN ION CHART. [LAUGHTER]
>> CAN I? THE GES TALENT SHOW IS IN TWO DAYS. DO YOU HAVE ONE?
>> NOT YET, BUT I'LL GIVE THEM MINE.
>> IS IT GOING TO BE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY?
>> I THINK SO. I'LL LET YOU KNOW MORE.
>> THEN WE HAVE THE MSDE DATA WALK [OVERLAPPING]
EMAIL, I THINK ALL OF US TODAY, I BELIEVE, THAT HAD A LINK 176 PAGE FLAGSHIP [LAUGHTER]
>> WHICH DO WE DO WE DO FIRST? THE LINK OR WALK?
>> [LAUGHTER] THE LINK OF 176 SLIDES, BUT A LOT OF THOSE ARE WHAT'S GOING TO BE ACTUALLY DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS.
THE DATA WALK THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN JUNE, IT'S UPDATED AND A LOT MORE ROBUST.
IT REALLY DOES LOOK INTERESTING, I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM THE DATA POINTS WE'RE PULLING.
IT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF TALKING, ABOUT AN HOUR TO LOOK AT, GIVE FEEDBACK, SUGGESTIONS AND THEN CLOSE WITH ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
>> IS THIS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT DID AT MABE?
>> THERE WAS A SESSION THERE THAT SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE THIS.
BUT HE ALSO, IN HIS PRELIMINARY COMMENTS BEFORE HE TURNED EVERYBODY LOSE TO GO LOOK AT THE CHARTS, HE USED CAROLINE COUNTY AS AN EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF THE TIMES OF HOW THE FUNDING FORMULA OF TRAFFIC WORKED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A IT WITH DR. [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT AN ERRAND CERTAINLY HAD ABOUT HOW MAYBE THIS WILL CHANGE AND IT'S BEGINNING TO CHANGE AND SOME OF THIS.
IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT HE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DISPARITIES AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE, AND THE DATA IS DRIVING HIM THERE.
HE'S A DATA GUY. THANK GOODNESS.
IN THIS CASE IT'S WORKING OUT FOR US.
>> BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
HE DID A GREAT JOB. I CAN TELL YOU THE DATA LOST ME PRETTY QUICKLY [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S IN VERY DIGESTIBLE[OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S THIS FAR OVER MY HEAD.
>> I'D SAY HE'S HITTING HIS TARGET VERY WELL AND THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS.
>> NOT JUST BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHERS.
[OVERLAPPING] IT'S CERTAINLY INTERESTING.
>> HE DOES A GOOD JOB, I WON'T SAY DUMBING IT DOWN, BUT HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF INTERPRETING, WHICH I APPRECIATE IT A LOT. IT'S OVERWHELMING.
THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, IT'S CHALLENGING TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT, BUT HE REALLY DOES HELP DIRECT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW VERSION OF IT ON THURSDAY. GOOD.
>> WHAT ELSE IS UP THERE THAT WE WANT TO CHAT ABOUT? NOTHING [INAUDIBLE]
>> LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS OUR WORK SESSION.
DID I FORGET THE DATE OF THAT?
>> MAKE SURE YOU READ. [LAUGHTER] DON'T COME UNPREPARED.
>> ONCE WE GET THE FEEDBACK, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT PLAN TOO AS SOON AS WE GET MNCS FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT PRIOR TO.
>> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> YOU'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
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