Oct 10, 2023 Board of Education Meeting

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[1. Opening Items]

GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE.

I'M HAPPY AND CONFIDENT THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE HERE FOR THE WHOLE AGENDA.

IS THAT CORRECT? KIDS GOING LIKE THIS? YEAH, MAYBE NOT.

THAT'S OKAY. WE DON'T MIND.

IT'S ALL FINE. THE PEOPLE AT HOME WILL WATCH THE WHOLE THING.

SO WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WE HAVE ALL FIVE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO OPEN OUR MEETING.

SOMEONE. THANK YOU.

WE MIGHT NOT HAVE STARTED.

SECOND. SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE OPEN.

AND I THINK NOW WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THAT MIGHT BE DENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

MRS. GREGSON HERE.

THANK YOU. EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. I THINK THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

. VERY NICE.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY YET.

YOU DON'T GET TO RUN AWAY YET.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING.

YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGE.

WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE THE DOLPHINS WITH US.

SO, WHO DO WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT? THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR BAND STUDENTS, AND THIS IS ALSO VERY AWESOME.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT. YOU MIGHT.

MAYBE. SO ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO NOT JUST YOUR NAME.

WHAT DO YOU PLAY IN THE BAND? I PLAY THE FLUTE, AND MY NAME IS MOLLY.

VERY GOOD. I ALSO PLAY THE FLUTE, SO I PLAY THE FLUTE.

I AM ABBY AND I PLAY THE CLARINET.

I'M ABBY, AND I PLAY THE TROMBONE.

I'M. I'M DUKE AND I PLAY SNARE DRUM AND I PLAY.

SO, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A JOKE.

OH, I'M WRITING.

I'M MRS. ASHLEY AND I PLAY ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS.

AWESOME. VERY GOOD.

WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

WHEN IS OUR FIRST CONCERT? DECEMBER 14TH. AWESOME.

VERY GOOD.

WE WILL BE EXCITED TO BE THERE, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE.

WE'RE GLAD YOU COULD COME OUT TONIGHT AND JOIN US.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY IF YOU WANT.

EITHER WAY, YOU STILL GET TO ENJOY THE COOKIES.

WE DIDN'T SUGAR THEM UP TOO MUCH.

WE'RE OVER THERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THEY DISAPPEARED. OH, YEAH.

THEY'RE OUT THERE. YEAH. NO.

WELL, YEAH. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO.

MISS BARRETT, DO YOU WANT THEM UP HERE ON THE.

WE REMAIN WHERE WE ARE.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

YOU GUYS WILL GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE STAFF AND FACE ME.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE, EVERYBODY.

YOU TOO.

JUST KIDDING. I KNOW.

I KNOW. SOME OLD FRIENDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GUYS. GREAT JOB.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

THANK YOU. YES, I.

WE NEED TO TAKE IT LIKE THERE'S NOISE IN INSTRUMENTS, BUT DRUMS DO THE FEELING.

I WAS WAITING FOR. OH, YES.

I CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DON'T ALWAYS TELL YOU.

NOT EMPTY AND QUIET.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BET THERE'S NO COOKIES LEFT.

CAN WE EAT THEM ALL? ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS.

NOW, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO READ OUR MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

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AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT BRIEFLY THAT WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, SOME EXPERIENCES I HAD, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT DURING MY BOARD REPORT, BUT WITH OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, OTHER BOARDS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO READ THIS MISSION.

I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION.

WHAT I HEARD FROM SOME OTHERS AROUND THE STATE, THEY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR MISSION.

NOW, THAT'S NOT CONDEMNING EVERYONE, BUT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE NOT QUITE AS ATTUNED TO THEIR MISSION AND THEY COME UP WITH OTHER AGENDAS, IF YOU WILL.

SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO.

IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY WHY WE'RE HERE AND NOW WHY WE'RE HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT RECOGNITION.

[2. Recognitions]

YES, WE DO.

SO, I AM ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.

DR. REBECCA WIVELL.

MRS. WIVELL HAS BEEN WITH US FOR MANY YEARS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER LITERACY SPECIALIST AND NOW DEAN OF STUDENTS AT CPTC.

DR. WIVELL, REBECCA, STARTED THIS PROCESS A FEW YEARS AGO WORKING ON HER DOCTORATE AT SALISBURY UNIVERSITY, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND IN MAY. I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

MR. HONER AT THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS AT, AT COLONEL MIDDLE.

MR. HONER HAD TO BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF THE STATE BOARD THAT DAY, OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN HECKLING HER IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WHILE SHE WAS DEFENDING ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE MRS. WIVELL DR. WIVELL TODAY IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR HER DEDICATION AND HER WORK FINISHING THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM.

CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW CHALLENGING IT IS.

YOU KNOW, SHE AND I HAVE TALKED MANY YEARS, ACTUALLY SOMETIMES IN THE DANCE STUDIO AT NIGHT OVER TOPICS AND WORKING THROUGH HER DEGREE AND HER COURSEWORK.

BUT IT TRULY IS, IT TAKES DEDICATION AND PERSISTENCE AND IT IS TRULY A BATTLE OF WILLS TO COMPLETE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE JOKINGLY SAID, THOUGH, ABOUT MYSELF, NOT YOU.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SMARTEST PERSON WHO FINISHES IT.

IT'S THE PERSON WHO CAN REALLY DEDICATE AND STAY WITH AND STICK WITH SOMETHING AND OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AND HURDLES THAT COME THEIR WAY.

AND I'LL GIVE DR.

WIVELL A SECOND TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER DISSERTATION, IF SHE'D LIKE TO.

YOU SPENT YEARS IMMERSED IN THE WORK, BUT IT REALLY WAS A FASCINATING READ AND INTERESTING STUDY THAT SHE DID ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WITH THEIR WRITING AND TAKING A VERY 21ST CENTURY APPROACH FOR A WAY TO DO THAT AND THEN DID SOME RESEARCH AROUND THAT.

SO, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO READ FOR ME AND I'M THRILLED THAT SHE IS HERE.

SO, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE AND ALL, MY FAMILY IS AT SOCCER RIGHT NOW. SOCCER, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO.

I GET IT. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.

CAN WE GET THE REST OF THIS CREW HER DOWN AS WELL? WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME AROUND HERE? AWESOME. AWESOME.

CAN I GET YOU TO COME SCARE ME IF I WAS A DOCTOR? YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU. YES.

THANK YOU.

DID YOU WANT TO SHARE ANY? I CAN. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

LOOK, YOU'VE SPENT TEN YEARS WORKING ON IT.

YEAH. SO, MY DISSERTATION WAS USING A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT WAS VERY GEARED TOWARDS EDUCATION.

SO, IT WAS SAFE FOR STUDENTS.

SO, I HAD AN EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENT THAT WROTE FOR NINE WEEKS.

THEY'RE ALL FRESHMEN NOW AT CARMEL HIGH, BUT I HAD THEM FOR NINE WEEKS AND WE DID NOTHING BUT WRITING.

AND IT WAS SUPER EXCITING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN EDUCATION A LOT OF TIMES WRITING IS PUSHED ASIDE FOR READING AND MATH, BUT OUR KIDS ENDED UP WRITING

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WE LEARNED HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK.

THEY LEARNED HOW TO SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT AREAS OF WRITING AND FOCUS ON HELPING THEIR PEERS TO IMPROVE WRITING.

NOT BY JUST SAYING GOOD JOB OR I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG OR CAPITALIZED, PERIOD, BUT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE CONTENT OF THEIR WRITING.

WE FOCUS ON THE STANDARDS, SO WE WROTE NARRATIVES AND THAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE ONE TO WRITE.

I HAD ONE STUDENT WHO WAS A SOCCER PLAYER AT KERNEL HIGH.

NOW HIS PAPER WAS SINGLE SPACED, AND IT WAS OVER EIGHT PAGES AND HE MADE SURE THAT I READ EVERY SINGLE LINE OF THAT.

BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO READ AND HEAR ALL HIS DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS AND ALL OF HIS CHARACTER'S DIALOG AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT KIDS TO KIND OF BE MASTERS OF.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, OR THE TIME GIVEN TO THEM TO DO THAT.

SO, IT WAS DURING FOCUS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAD THAT TIME, SO I WAS ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND THAT FREEDOM TO GIVE THEM THAT TIME.

AND I WAS JUST SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE GROUP THAT I HAD AND THANKFUL THAT THEY BOUGHT IN, BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED DAY ONE, I WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO GIVE THESE KIDS A WRITE FOR NINE WEEKS. PROBABLY NOT.

BUT I DID. SO, I WAS JUST BLESSED TO HAVE THEM AND BLESSED TO HAVE DR.

SIMMONS THAT I COULD CRY TOO SOMETIMES.

LIKE, I DON'T THINK I COULD DO THIS.

AND THEN DR.

WILLOUGHBY WENT THROUGH IT BEFORE THAT, AND I WAS LIKE CRYING TO HIM.

SO, AND THEN ACTUALLY, MRS. KREBS, SHE'LL BE DEFENDING MY PROGRAM, TOO, I THINK, IN NOVEMBER.

THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE HER BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE PROGRAM TOGETHER TOO.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT.

YEAH. I THINK SHE DOESN'T GET OUT OF ME NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE TO HECKLE HER FROM THE BACK.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN MSD MEETING THAT DAY, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE HOODED TOGETHER TOO.

OH, AWESOME. GOOD, GOOD.

VERY COOL. COOL. VERY COOL.

HOW DID YOU SELECT THAT TOPIC? AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, HONESTLY, IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE WHEN IT'S TIME TO PICK, I WAS LIKE, WHO CARES ABOUT LITERACY? UM, IT WAS REALLY HARD.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE CARE, RIGHT? LIKE, THERE WERE SO MANY AREAS I COULD GO TO, BUT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS CARED ABOUT.

AND I TALKED TO A LOT OF MY KIDS.

I TEACH DANCE AND I TALK TO MY DANCERS, AND I JUST WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO IMPACT KIDS.

SO THAT'S HOW I CAME TO THAT.

AND I WAS ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WORKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FIGHTING KIDS TO PUT CELL PHONES AWAY.

AND I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT ON THESE CELL PHONES? SO, THE PLATFORM WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT WASN'T SNAPCHAT, IT WASN'T FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS THE SAME.

I POST SOMETHING OR SOMETHING AND WE COMMENT, AND WE CAN ALL SEE IT.

WE CAN ALL REPLY. AND THAT'S WHAT GOT THEM EXCITED.

I MEAN, EIGHTH GRADE BOYS WERE EXCITED ABOUT CHANGING THEIR LITTLE EMOJI TO LIKE A SMILEY FACE.

I WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT THAT? OKAY? BUT I MEAN, EVERY DAY THEY'RE LIKE, LOOK AT THIS.

NOW LOOK AT MY EMOJI. I'M LIKE, COOL.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

THAT'S HOW I PICKED IT.

ALL RIGHT. FASCINATING TOPIC.

AND I THOUGHT I HAD TO FIGHT HARD FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE UNIVERSITY.

THEY SAW THE WORD SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY SAW ADOLESCENTS AND THEY SHUT ME DOWN.

THEY SHUT ME DOWN NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

SO, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SAFER.

SO THAT'S HOW I, DR.

SIMMONS RECOMMENDED THE PLATFORM THAT I USE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROTECTED.

SO, I WORKED OUT IN THE END.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HUNG IN THERE AND FOUGHT FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S SUPER TOPIC.

IT REALLY IS TIMELY AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

HEY, AND AS SHE SAID, SHE'S OFF TO WORKING ON HER ADMIN DEGREE, SO SHE'S STRAIGHT FROM ONE TO THE NEXT.

MY HUSBAND THOUGHT SCHOOL WAS OVER.

YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD MEMBERS REPORT.

[3. Reports]

YEAH. SO, THE I'LL SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIME THAT I SPENT AT THE MAY CONFERENCE, I THINK WAS ABLE TO ATTEND PRETTY INFORMATIVE CLASS AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT RICK SAYS.

BUT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, AND WHEN WE GO TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND YOU LISTEN TO WHAT SOME OF THE SOME LISTEN TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SPEAK AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW THINGS CAN DO BETTER.

AND WE SIT THERE AND LISTEN AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT NOT THAT THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE ARE DOING WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS, AND YOU HEAR OTHER PEOPLE SAY, OH, WOW, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

WELL, LITTLE OLD CAROLINE COUNTY, WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S NICE TO GO TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS, DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND TALK AND KIND OF TO HELP PUT IN PERSPECTIVE WHERE EVERYTHING IS AND WHERE WE FALL.

SO, IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE.

I WISH I COULD HAVE MADE A LITTLE MORE OF IT THAN WHAT I DID, BUT I'M GLAD I GOT TO SPEND THE TIME THAT I DID THERE.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

I HAVE TO ALSO SAY THAT ATTENDING THE MAY CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR ME BECAUSE LAST YEAR COVID INTERFERED WITH ATTENDING, BUT IT WAS SO WORTHWHILE AND SO REWARDING TO LEARN THAT CAROLINE COUNTY IS ON TOP OF A LOT THAT WE SET THROUGH LISTING OTHER COUNTIES TALKING ABOUT.

THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT I REALLY, REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO.

ONE WAS THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR STUDENTS ON THE BOARD, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME. BUT THERE WERE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT EITHER HAD A VOTE EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T COUNTED OR HAD FULL VOTING RIGHTS. AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR THE STUDENTS GIVE THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT REALLY, REALLY KIND OF TOUCHED ME WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER WHOSE SON IS AUTISTIC.

AND TALKED ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY DAD, WHO WAS A PROFESSOR, INITIATED CALLED 1% BETTER.

AND THE GOAL THAT HE AND HIS SON SET WAS TO RUN A MARATHON AND TO DO WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE 1% BETTER EVERY DAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE MARATHON.

AND IN SIX MONTHS, HE RAN A MARATHON.

AND THE KEY, I THINK THE KEY POINTS THAT THEY BOTH WERE THERE AND THEY BOTH SPOKE.

BUT THE KEY POINT THAT DAD MADE WAS THAT YOU MAKE A PLAN, YOU EXECUTE THE PLAN AND YOU CELEBRATE THAT 1% EVERY DAY.

AND IT WAS VERY MOVING AND MOTIVATIONAL TO KNOW THAT ONE LITTLE STEP EVERY DAY FOR IN OUR CASE, 180 DAYS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF EVERY CHILD.

AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOMECOMING PARADE HERE AT NORTH CAROLINA IN DENTON.

AND IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO SEE.

SO THAT'S. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. TROY.

FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CONFERENCE LIKE EVERYONE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE I MISSED HIM.

COULD CONFERENCE. SO, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE T FIND TIME TO DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

HERE'S A COUPLE VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS.

BUT ONE BIG ONE I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME FOR COLONEL.

PUT OUT A NICE, TREMENDOUS WIN.

GOOD JOB GUYS, ON THAT.

I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH SOME PARENTS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER BREEDING.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS AND JUST TALK ABOUT UPCOMING PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT COULD BE COMING.

THANK YOU, DONNA.

I THINK THE THING THAT I VALUE MOST AS A BOARD MEMBER IS THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS AND JUST THE PEOPLE AND JUST BEING ABLE WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, THEY'RE LIKE, HI, HOW ARE YOU? AND WE'RE TALKING.

AND I JUST, I'VE HAD SOME REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS THIS, THIS PAST MONTH ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, ABOUT BEING ON THE BOARD AND HOW ALL THE THINGS WORK.

AND TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS I'M HEARING POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT LOCKERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M HEARING VERY POSITIVE THINGS.

AND THAT THAT JUST WARMS MY HEART.

PARENTS ARE SAYING THEIR KIDS ARE COMING HOME SAYING IT'S NECESSARY, STRICT.

SHE'S NICE ABOUT IT.

AND I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S AWESOME.

THAT IS AWESOME.

AND SHE'S ENJOYING IT.

SO, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND THE STUDENTS THAT WERE HELPING AT THE CONCESSION STAND, THEY ROCKED IT.

USUALLY AT THE CONCESSION STANDS DURING HOMECOMING.

THE LINE IS OUT TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE, AND IT WAS DOABLE THIS YEAR, WHICH THANK GOD, BECAUSE I WAS AT THE WINDOW.

BUT IT WAS REALLY WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THOSE KIDS.

AND THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR REALLY SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF SPIRIT.

AND THAT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY THAT BEING ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND HEARING POSITIVE THINGS.

SO IT'S LIKE THEY SAID, WE'RE ON WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK RIGHT NOW, GOOD TRAJECTORY.

AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS COUNTY AND I'M PROUD TO BE HERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AS WELL.

AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF GETS A LITTLE REPETITIVE, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

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SO IT PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US.

ONE VERY SPECIFIC COMMENT THAT I GOT THAT WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF HERE.

ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM ANOTHER COUNTY SAID, WHY DON'T OUR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAVE A FREE MEMBERSHIP? I SAID, HOW DID YOU DO THAT? WAS AN EASTERN SHORE COUNTY.

HOW DID YOU GUYS DO THAT? WELL, GIVE US A CALL.

WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. BUT YEAH, WHY DIDN'T YOU? SO IT'S PRETTY NICE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT ONE OVER SOMEBODY ELSE.

BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT COMPETITION.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THINGS.

AND AS MICHELE MENTIONED, THE LAST PRESENTER, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THE END OF A CONFERENCE, THE LAST PRESENTER OH YEAH.

HO HUM. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND THERE USUALLY IS NOT AS MANY PEOPLE AT THAT ONE.

WELL, ANYBODY WHO LEFT BEFORE THAT MISSED AN AMAZING PRESENTATION WITH LESSONS FOR ALL OF US.

AND THAT INCREMENTAL LEARNING, THAT 1% A DAY LEARNING OR GETTING BETTER 1% AND HOW THAT ADDS UP.

ONE THING THAT MICHELE I KNOW HEARD THEM SAY TO THIS YOUNG MAN THE FIRST DAY COULD DO ONE PUSH UP, ONE SIT UP AND ONE SQUAT.

AND THEN HE NAMED HOW MANY CAN DO NOW? AND IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS. 500, 500.

JUST AMAZING. SO AND HIS FATHER GAVE THE RATIONALE AND REASONS FOR ALL HOW ALL THIS WORKS.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY THAT WE MAY WANT TO CALL UPON AT SOME POINT TO DO A PRESENTATION HERE.

HE'S THAT GOOD. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THE REPORTS.

AND APPRECIATE IT.

AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, DOCTOR SIMMONS, IF THAT YOUNG MAN WHO DID THE 1% BETTER TALK HAD JUST GIVEN HIS TALK, YOU'D HAVE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

AND I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION OR MISSED THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM.

SO FOR MY REPORT THIS MONTH, I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THIS.

THE BOARD APPROVED MY GOALS LAST MONTH WHEN WE MET, AND WE'LL BE GOING MORE PUBLIC WITH THE GOALS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HAVING LITTLE PRESENCE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT THERE, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, EACH YEAR THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DEVELOP GOALS FOR ME TO WORK ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THE GOALS FOR THIS YEAR ARE CLOSELY TIED TO LAST YEAR'S GOALS AND CONTINUING TO BUILD AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND NOT TO BELABOR AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE IN EXTREME DETAIL AND KEEP US HERE ALL NIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ORIOLES FANS IN THE AUDIENCE.

BUT GOAL ONE ULTIMATELY SHOULD BE IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC OUTCOME FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

THAT IS WHY SCHOOL SYSTEMS EXIST IS IMPROVING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS, AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR GROUPS DISAGGREGATED BY OUR STUDENT GROUPS.

SO ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT AREA AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.

WE PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE SO WE CAN BETTER MEASURE OUR STUDENT GROWTH AS THE YEAR MOVES FORWARD AND PROGRESSES.

GOAL TWO IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS FOR ONE ON ONE AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE KNEW WE WERE FACING PRIOR TO ME ASSUMING THIS ROLE WITH THE SYSTEM HAVING BEEN IN THE COUNTY FOR 23 YEARS NOW, I THINK IT IS.

THERE HAD BEEN A COMMUNICATION GAP.

THERE ALWAYS EXISTS, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMUNICATION GAP TO EXIST.

BUT THERE WAS A CLEAR COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITY.

CLEAR COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN US AND OUR PARENTS.

AND WE NEEDED TO WORK TO CLOSE THAT.

SO, WE'VE TRIED TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO CLOSE THOSE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE WAYS BY WHICH WE COMMUNICATE, AND WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO REFINE WAYS THAT WE ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN COMMUNICATION.

SCHOOL SYSTEMS LOVE TO PUSH INFORMATION OUT.

THAT'S NOT COMMUNICATION, THAT'S SENDING INFORMATION, IT'S NOT DIALOG.

AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REFINE, EVEN AT OUR SCHOOL LEVELS AND AT OUR LEVELS HERE, THAT WE ENGAGE MORE IN COMMUNICATION, AND WE CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOG THAT WE NEED TO SO WE ALL CAN GET BETTER.

GOAL THREE IS STRENGTHENING OUR CULTURE WITHIN CCPS.

AGAIN, WHEN I STARTED IN THIS ROLE, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A DISCONNECT BETWEEN CENTRAL OFFICE OR EXECUTIVE LEVEL LEADERSHIP AND STAFF.

THE FOLKS WHO WERE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE KIDS IN THE COUNTY.

AND WE'VE WORKED HARD TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO.

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YOU CAN. ONLY CLOSE GAPS BY BEING IN BUILDINGS.

AND IT STARTS WITH US REMEMBERING THAT THE CLASSROOM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE COUNTY.

IT'S NOT MY OFFICE. IT'S NOT ANYBODY'S OFFICE UP HERE.

IT'S NOT THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.

IT'S THE CLASSROOM. THAT'S WHERE THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AND WE'RE PRESENT AND WE'RE AROUND AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THINGS TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENING THAT.

ONE OF THOSE WE DO AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR.

YES, THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH YEAR WE'VE DONE THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

WE CONTRACT AN OUTSIDE VENDOR, A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR TO DO A SURVEY OF OUR STAFF AROUND STAFF ENGAGEMENT.

ALL THE RESULTS ARE ANONYMOUS AND WE GET THE FEEDBACK THE BOARD DOES.

AND I DO FOR US TO LOOK AT TO FIND AREAS OF STRENGTH AND AREAS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND GROW.

AND THEN WE WORK WITH OUR ADMINISTRATOR TEAMS, BUILDING LEVELS IN CENTRAL OFFICE AND DISTRICT LEVEL TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR STAFF.

THAT SURVEY WILL OPEN OCTOBER 30TH FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO GET THAT OUT TO STAFF.

IT OPENS FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND WE'VE HAD A RETURN RATE RIGHT AROUND 70% AND WE'RE ALWAYS SHOOTING FOR HIGHER.

70 IS GREAT FOR A SURVEY FROM WHAT I'M TOLD, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT I'D LOVE FOR IT TO BE 100%.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING TO GET TO A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE RESULTS ON THE SURVEY.

WE WANT OUR FOLKS TO TAKE IT.

WE WANT THEM TO BE HONEST BECAUSE WE DON'T IMPROVE IF WE DON'T HERE.

I'M NOT A MIND READER. I DON'T PRETEND TO BE ONE MY STAFF DOESN'T EITHER.

SO GETTING THAT FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT FROM OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

GOAL FOUR AND GOAL FIVE.

I TOLD THEM TOGETHER THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE.

BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS SITTING IN FRONT OF US IN ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS SUCCESSFUL.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT PLAN.

MARYLAND'S BLUEPRINT FOR FOR.

FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAVE TO EMBRACE.

WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT.

WE HAVE TO BUILD OUR SYSTEM AROUND THE REQUIREMENTS OF IT.

AND AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POSITIONED TO DO SO AND THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES, NOT JUST WORKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES THAT SIT IN FRONT OF US TODAY, BUT WORKING WITH MY TEAM AND WORKING WITH FOLKS WHO CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE NEED TO.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING A ONE YEAR PLAN IN.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING STRIDES AND WE'RE PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE BY WHICH WE'LL MEET THE TEN YEAR GOALS OF THE BLUEPRINT.

AND TIED TO THAT, OF COURSE, IS BUDGET.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING OUR BUDGET CORRECTLY, EFFICIENTLY, SO WE CAN SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BLUEPRINT AND WE CAN SUPPORT THE OTHER THINGS, THEREBY IMPROVING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. SO LAST YEAR WE DID THE SAME.

WE DID A VERY SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

FOR MY GOALS, IT REMAINED AN INTERNAL COMPONENT AND TO BE HONEST IT JUST FELT WEIRD.

WITH IT BEING AN INTERNAL COMPONENT, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE MORE PUBLIC AND OPEN AND TRANSPARENT FOR WHAT I'M WORKING ON, WHAT THE BOARD WANTS ME TO WORK ON.

WE DO WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE SHARING OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STRIVING TOWARDS OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND MAKING PROGRESS.

SO MORE TO COME AS INFORMATION COMES OUT ABOUT IT, AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD TOWARDS AND ALL OF OUR WORK SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ACTUALLY WILL BE GUIDED TO EACH ONE OF THE GOALS.

SO EACH MONTH WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSIONS, WE'RE CONNECTING TO AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT MORE GOALS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S IT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I THINK THEY WERE VERY CLEAR, VERY STATED, VERY CLEAR AND EASY FOR EACH OF US TO UNDERSTAND.

AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND HELP YOU WITH WORKING ON THOSE GOALS.

APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE.

I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IT THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY WILLING TO PUT THIS OUT THIS YEAR TO THE PUBLIC, THAT TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON AND.

JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA ON YOUR PART TO DO THIS.

SO, THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL ECHO THOSE COMMENTS AND EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS IS A LARGE PART OF HOW WE WILL EVALUATE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND SO, IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU PUT THESE IN YOUR REPORT AND REALLY A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WONDER WHAT'S EXPECTED, WHAT'S COMING.

THERE IT IS. YOU JUST DESCRIBED IT.

IT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT ARE RELATED TO SOME OF THESE GOAL AREAS, MAYBE ALL OF THE GOAL AREAS. AND SO THAT THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE JOB OF THIS BOARD IS TO SUPERVISE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND SO, THERE YOU ARE. IT'S AS MR.

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SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO MORE EXCITING RESEARCH.

YES. THAT'S NOT FAIR.

WELL, LESLIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? ABSOLUTELY. SO I HOPE EVERYONE'S HAD A WONDERFUL DAY.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WITH THE IS WHERE PRINCIPAL MISS KREBS WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER HAS JUST FLOWN BY, AND THAT THE US IS READY FOR WHAT OCTOBER BRINGS AND THAT SHE HOPES THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO LAST MONTH AT ES, THE PRE-K STUDENTS BEGAN SCHOOL.

THEY HAD THEIR FALL PICTURE DAY, AND THEY ALSO HAD THE MOST DREADED WEEK FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT WEEK, WHICH NOBODY REALLY LIKES IT, BUT IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NECESSARY.

SO AND THEN THAT'S COMING AT THIS MONTH.

THIS WEEK WE ARE CELEBRATING SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK AND OUR ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL LUNCH LADIES ON THE 27TH, THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR PTA TRUNK OR TREAT. AND THEN ON THE 31ST, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL PARADE THROUGHOUT TOWN OVER AT ARIAS PRINCIPAL SETS AND WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ARIAS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY WILD ABOUT LEARNING THIS MONTH.

THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE THEIR FALL BOOK FAIR.

WELL, HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE KID IS STILL BEING SOLD.

I KNOW THAT WAS MY FAVORITE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLER.

TOMORROW THEY WILL HAVE THEIR PJ STORY NIGHT FROM 6 TO 7 WHERE FAMILIES CAN ACTUALLY VISIT THE BOOK FAIR, LISTEN TO A LITTLE JUNGLE STORY AND PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF FUN CRAFTS AND GAMES.

AND ON THE 31ST THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THEIR ANNUAL PARADE THROUGH TOWN.

MEANWHILE, AT GREENSBORO, LAST MONTH WAS A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THEM.

THEY HAD THEIR WILD ABOUT LEARNING MONTH WHERE FAMILIES ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S TEACHERS AND MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO SIGN UP TO BE PART OF THE PTA.

AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD THE THEIR MULTILINGUAL LEARNER INFORMATION NIGHT WHERE HISPANIC FAMILIES AND SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES WERE INVITED IN FOR A DINNER AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM.

AND THEIR STUDENTS ALSO HAD THE DREADFUL BUT NECESSARY ASSESSMENTS.

AND THEN UPCOMING THIS MONTH ON THE 30TH, STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MISS KERR TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.

AND FROM WHAT SHE TOLD ME, IT'S ABSOLUTELY JUST WONDERFUL.

SHE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS, ESPECIALLY AT A SCHOOL LIKE GS, WHICH HAS SUCH A LARGE HISPANIC AND SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION.

AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE STRIVES TO, YOU KNOW, TEACHING STUDENTS TO BE PROUD OF THEIR DIVERSITY AND THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR FRIENDS.

LIKE IT'S JUST A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL STEP FORWARD.

AND THEN THERE ARE, ALSO HAVE THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADE THIS MONTH.

AND THEN OVER AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT LOCKERMAN, THEY ACTUALLY WELCOMED THE VERY WONDERFUL DOCTOR SIMMONS WHERE THEY HE GOT TO VISIT CLASSROOMS AND HE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

AND IF DOCTOR SIMMONS VISIT WASN'T THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH, THEY ALSO HAD 20 STUDENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED FOR SHOWING THEIR PRIDE AT THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH CELEBRATION. AND THEN SEVENTH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ENJOYED AN ALEX SPOIL ASSEMBLY WHERE THEY WERE REMINDED ABOUT THE POWER OF POSITIVE TALK AND HAVING POSITIVE SELF ESTEEM, WHICH I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT AGE GROUP, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU START TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF THINGS. UPCOMING THIS MONTH ON THE 19TH, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR PTA FALL TROT AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR FIRST DANCE OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THERE.

MEANWHILE, AT NCHS, MR. SPIKER WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT NCHS HAS JUST HAD A GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERYONE IS WORKING VERY HARD.

HE'S REALLY BEEN ABLE TO WALK THROUGH A LOT OF CLASSROOMS WHERE HE'S SEEN A LOT OF AMAZING LESSONS AND HE'S SEEING THE STAFF WITH ENGAGED STUDENTS.

LAST MONTH WAS ALSO VERY BUSY FOR US.

WE CELEBRATED OUR CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY AND THEN WE HAD A SUICIDE PREVENTION ASSEMBLY AND THEN OUR

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IT WAS VERY, VERY BUSY.

IT REALLY WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.

OUR SGA ADVISOR, UNFORTUNATELY, COULDN'T BE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF PERSONAL REASONS, BUT THE SGA OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS REALLY JUST BANDED TOGETHER AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.

I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE FINALLY WON A HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME AFTER THREE YEARS.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GRADUATE WITHOUT US EVER HAVING WON A HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME, BUT WE FINALLY DID.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT.

AND IT WAS A RESOUNDING YES, IT WAS.

IT WAS A HUGE WIN.

YEAH, I FORGOT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE 50, 67 OR SOMETHING, 50 SOMETHING TO 20 SOMETHING.

OKAY. IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME GAP, I THINK THAT.

BUT IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO FINALLY SEE IT HAPPEN.

YES. YES.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT CCTC, PRINCIPAL MS. HANSEN WANTS US TO KNOW THAT THE CAREER TECHNICAL SKILLS ORGANIZATION, FFA AND SKILLS USA ARE OFF TO A VERY STRONG START AT CCTC. LAST MONTH, THEIR STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR GUEST SPEAKERS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES REGARDING WHAT IT TAKES TO WORK IN A VARIETY OF CAREERS. AND THEN THE AMP PROGRAM THEY SOLD THEIR PRODUCTS THAT THEY MANUFACTURED AT THE GOLDSBORO FALL FESTIVAL.

MY FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES ACTUALLY HELD IN THE AMP CLASSROOM, SO I GOT A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT THEY BUILT AND JUST BLEW MY MIND.

LIKE I ONLY THINK I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY VERY SKILLED.

AND THEN THIS MONTH THEY JUST WANT TO MISS HANSEN JUST WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW TO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THEIR STUDENTS ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED AS WRITING STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS, AND THAT THE ACADEMY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ARE STUDYING THEIR CLINICAL ROTATIONS.

AND THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT MR. DIGIACOMO TALKED ABOUT AT LOCKERMAN AND HEARING LOCKERMAN REPORT, IT JUST RESOUNDS.

JUST REALLY GOOD NEWS TO HEAR AND NOT JUST SINGLING THEM OUT, BUT IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS TIES INTO YOUR REPORT SO NICELY.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO IT'S A DIFFICULT SUBJECT, BUT COMMENT ABOUT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION ASSEMBLY.

REALLY GREAT IDEA.

SUICIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IS THE RATES ARE VERY HIGH AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

WELL, NOT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER GOOD THINGS HERE THAT YOU PRESENTED ON.

OUTSTANDING. SO, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, LEVI, IT'S YOUR TURN.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY HAD A GREAT FIRST DAY.

PES IS NOW CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND THEY'RE MAKING A BIG DISPLAY BOARD WITH ALL THEIR HISPANIC HERITAGE FOR ALL THEIR STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT'S AN AWESOME THING.

COMING OFF OF WHAT LESLIE SAID.

PS IS ALSO HAVING THEIR BEGINNING BAND AND ORCHESTRA, AND I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF MR. LI'S FIRST BAND.

SO TO SEE THAT HE'S CONTINUING TO DO IT, IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM TO GET INTO.

THIS IS LIKE TREMENDOUS STUFF FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO DEFINITELY GET INTO IT.

IF THERE'S ANY KIDS OR PARENTS WATCHING, YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE PTO WILL BE HOLDING A MOVIE NIGHT.

I REMEMBER GOING TO THOSE AS WELL BEFORE THE RENOVATION AND EVERYTHING BUT CAN'T GO WRONG.

THERE IS POPCORN.

DEFINITELY WILL BE SNACKS, SO DEFINITELY GO CHECK THAT OUT.

AND THEN THE PARADE FOR THE HALLOWEEN.

AWESOME. ALL THOSE PICTURES OF EVERYONE DRESSED UP AS KIDS.

IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD TIME.

FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOOK, CHARACTER PUMPKIN DESIGN DECORATING CONTEST.

YOU KNOW, AWESOME FOR THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME.

TRUNK OR TREAT. IF YOU WANT TO LOAD UP ON CANDY, LIKE JUST GO THERE.

YOU FORGET ABOUT GOING AROUND ANYWHERE ELSE.

JUST GO TO TRUNK OR TREAT AND THEN YOU GET A TRUNK FULL.

OH, IT'S TERRIBLY JUST LIKE YOU ROBBED THE BANK.

RED RIBBON SPIRIT WEEK WILL BE CELEBRATED AT OCTOBER 23RD AS WELL.

SO OVER AT COLONEL RICHARDSON BACK TO SCHOOL DANCE MY YOUNGER SISTER ATTENDED.

SHE SAID IT WAS A A GOOD TIME.

THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR.

ALWAYS AWESOME.

YOU KNOW, PICK UP A NEW BOOK AND POSTERS AND WHATNOT.

THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, ALEX BOYER, I'M PRETTY SURE HE CAME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

YES. AWESOME.

VERY AWESOME. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF PRESENTATION.

PHENOMENAL. VERY GOOD, LIKE MESSAGE AND EVERYTHING.

AND HIS PRESENTATION WAS AWESOME TOO.

VERY LOUD. AND HE REALLY GOT LIKE, ALL THE STUDENTS INTO IT.

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WENT PURPLE AND WE HAD TO WEAR PURPLE BANDS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE GAMES.

IT WAS AWESOME. TIME AND SPREAD A LOT OF AWARENESS FOR THE FOOTBALL GAMES.

ON 922 WE HAD OUR FIRST FOOTBALL GAME HOME AND YEAH, EVERYONE WENT PURPLE WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT.

AND THEN WE HAD OUR HOMECOMING WEEK ENDING ON THE FRIDAY GAME AGAINST SNOW HILL, PULLED THROUGH, HAD A VERY STRONG WIN AGAINST THEM.

SO THAT WAS AWESOME.

AND THEN HOMECOMING, THE DJ WAS ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS GOOD MUSIC.

IT WAS A GOOD TIME. EVERYONE GOT HOME SAFE.

AND THEN THIS WEEK IS COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK, AND ALL OF OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ARE HELPING OUT WITH EVERYBODY.

SO I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.

THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MRS. NICOLE FISHER FOR HER HELP IN GETTING THE ALEX BOYER CONCERTS PRESENTATIONS TO GO TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER. SO ALEX BOYER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PRESENT AT THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, AND THEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE LAST ONE WE WENT TO THAT HE WAS DOING THESE SCHOOL TOURS AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TALBOT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FUNDING RESOURCES.

THREE COUNTIES COULD PULL TOGETHER TO PULL TOGETHER SOME FUNDING RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE FOLKS TO HELP GET HIM HERE.

VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE.

INTERESTING GUY.

HE WAS ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AND WENT FROM ONE NIGHT BEING HOWIE MANDEL SAYING IT'S THE BEST ACT, BEST MUSICAL ACT HE'S EVER SEEN ON THE SHOW. EVERYTHING'S GREAT.

I MEAN, INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE.

HE'S A GREAT SINGER.

AND THEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT LIVING HIGH THAT MOMENT.

AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WHEN HE PERFORMED, PIERCE MORGAN ENDED UP ASKING HIM IF HE WAS A COMEDIAN AND HE SAID NO.

HE SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THAT ACT WAS A JOKE.

OR YOU'RE SAYING IS A JOKE.

LIKE JUST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM CRUSHED HIM IN FRONT OF 60 MILLION PEOPLE, TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAN LITERALLY GO FROM FEELING LIKE A TEN TO A ONE OR A ZERO IN AN INSTANT.

AND HIS MESSAGE WAS REALLY AROUND BEING A TEN.

ALWAYS VIEW YOURSELF AS A TEN.

DON'T LET ANYBODY CRUMPLE YOU UP.

DON'T LET ANYBODY DO THOSE THINGS.

HE'S BRITISH, VERY THICK BRITISH ACCENT, VERY, VERY GREAT, TALENTED MUSICIAN, BUT REALLY DID A GREAT JOB, DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.

HECK, HE COULD HOLD THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AT LOCKERMAN ENGAGED IN A CAFETERIA.

JUST LIKE HE COULD AT KERNEL HIGH IN AN AUDITORIUM.

AND HE JUST BROUGHT SUCH A POWERFUL MESSAGE CONNECTED REALLY WELL WITH THE KIDS.

AND WE WERE THANKFUL.

AND NIKKI DID A GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY DID A GREAT JOB PULLING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND PULLING IT TOGETHER FROM ALL FOUR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY, VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY, NOW WE MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND I ASSUME WE HAVE SOME PERSONNEL THINGS TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE DR.

[4. Consent Agenda]

PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. SIMMONS, TONIGHT'S PERSONNEL AGENDA INCLUDES ONE LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ONE APPOINTMENT TO A REGULAR TEACHING CONTRACT, AND TWO APPOINTMENTS TO A PROVISIONAL TEACHING CONTRACT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH AND ALSO THE WORK SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.

SO I WILL SEEK A UNLESS THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES.

I'LL SEEK A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. A MOTION? WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

SECOND. OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

5-0. ALL RIGHT, CITIZEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THERE'S NONE. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE EATING COOKIES.

SPEAKING OF THAT, ARE THERE ANY. I'M JUST KIDDING.

I'LL HIT THOSE LATER.

THANK YOU, MRS. BARRY. ALL RIGHT.

[6. Individual Action Items]

WILLOUGHBY IS COMING FORWARD, AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, DR.

WILLOUGHBY OVERSEES OUR POLICY COMMITTEE AND OUR POLICY WORK AND PROVIDING STRUCTURE AS WE TALKED THIS PAST SUMMER.

NEED TO REVISE POLICY AND ALSO GET EVERY ONE OF OUR POLICIES BACK INTO A CYCLE OF BEING REVISED REVIEWED.

TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

YOU'LL HAVE SEVERAL POLICIES COMING TO YOU TONIGHT.

ONE IS A REVISION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.

ONE IS A NEW POLICY THAT THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OF NEEDING, AND THEN SEVERAL POLICIES THAT SIMPLY ARE IN NEED OF PROBABLE

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THEY'RE OUT OF DATE.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING ALL OF THAT TO YOU TONIGHT.

SO, I'LL DO THE ONE KIND OF THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF POLICY WORK AND THEN WE CAN JUST DIVE RIGHT IN AT THIS POINT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF WHY WE'RE SEEING IT EVERY MONTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

THIS PACE WILL CONTINUE FOR GETTING THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND WORKING THROUGH THEM.

SO, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

SIMMONS, AS WE STARTED THIS WORK, WE PRIORITIZED POLICIES THAT EITHER HAD LEGISLATIVE CHANGES OR REGULATION CHANGES OR THAT HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

AND SO, THERE IS A POLICY IN THE POLICY BOOK CURRENTLY CALLED FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY TO 2010 WAS LAST ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON JANUARY THE 2ND OF 1990 IS THE LAST TIME THAT ANYBODY HERE 1990? NO. I THINK WE HAVE.

WE WON'T WE WON'T TELL YOU WHERE WE WERE IN 1990.

SO IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION IN THE WAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT IN THE PAST 30, HOWEVER MANY YEARS THAT IS.

SO THIS POLICY SEEKS TO BRING THAT UP TO DATE.

IT STARTS WITH JUST SIMPLY RETITLING IT BECAUSE FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IS ONE UNIT IN HEALTH EDUCATION.

AND SO, RENAMING THIS TO BE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION BECAUSE INSTEAD OF JUST SINGLING OUT ONE UNIT AND ONE COURSE OF STUDY, WE KNOW THAT THE PURPOSE IS TO IMPLEMENT THIS AND IMPLEMENT THIS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM FOR ALL STUDENTS.

ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED BY MARYLAND LAW IN KUMAR TO RECEIVE EDUCATION AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH.

THE STANDARDS WOULD BE ALIGNED TO THE HEALTH FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS ALSO WRITTEN IN KUMAR.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO THEN TAKE AND DEVELOP OUR CURRICULUM FROM.

MS. AMY TOWERS IS OUR SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTION FOR SCIENCE, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY.

IS THAT IT? OKAY, THAT'S IT.

AND SO, SHE'S HERE TO TALK.

IF YOU HAVE CURRICULAR QUESTIONS, SHE'S REALLY THE EXPERT.

AND THEN AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT AND FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT IN A POLICY STATEMENT TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS FRONT AND CENTER.

REMEMBER, POLICY STATEMENTS ARE BROAD IDEAS OF WHAT THE BOARD BELIEVES ON A CERTAIN TOPIC.

THERE IS THE ABILITY THROUGH KUMAR FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO RECOGNIZE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND ALSO GIVE PARENTS THE OPTION TO OPT OUT, OPT THEIR STUDENTS OUT OF CERTAIN INSTRUCTION, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THAT UNIT WITHIN.

AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT AS A BOARD, WE ALREADY DO THAT.

THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT OCCURS.

THERE'S NOTIFICATION THAT GOES OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

ALL LEVELS THERE IS OPT OUT THAT IS ALREADY THERE, BUT JUST SORT OF ENSHRINING THAT IN POLICY BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN POLARIZING.

AND SO JUST KIND OF PUTTING THAT OUT FRONT AND CENTER IN THERE.

SO THAT IS THE POLICY POLICIES ARE THEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGH REGULATION.

REGULATION IS NOT WHAT THE BOARD IS PASSING, BUT THE REGULATION IS ALSO ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE UNITS ARE, THAT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL THROUGH ANOTHER POLICY THAT WE HAVE AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH OPT OUT AND FAMILY NOTIFICATION.

SO THIS IS TECHNICALLY A REVISION TO A CURRENT POLICY.

SO UNDER YOUR POLICY ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT, YOU COULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT AS FIRST READING IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO A DIFFERENT COURSE.

I'VE OUTLINED ON THE ACTION ITEM THAT WHAT WE COULD DO IS INTRODUCE THIS THIS EVENING FOR FIRST READ.

PUBLISH IT STARTING TOMORROW FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT.

HAVE THAT RUN THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND.

READ ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

THAT DECISION IS YOURS BECAUSE IT IS A REVISION.

YOU COULD TAKE ACTION TONIGHT OR YOU COULD HAVE A SECOND READING.

WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE OTHER THAN THE.

IT'S A PRETTY COMPLETE CHANGE.

THE CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE, THE BLAST POLICY, IF YOU PULL UP THE OLD ONE, STATED THAT IT WAS BEING TAUGHT IN SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE THAT WE HAD TWO SEPARATE COURSES.

SO, YOU'VE TAKEN IT AND MADE IT VERY MODERN OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

AND IT'S STATED IN THE REGULATION OF LIKE WHERE THINGS ARE TAUGHT WHAT THE OPT OUTS ARE, AND IT'S KIND OF MIRRORING WHAT OUR CO MA CURRENTLY SAYS AND OUR

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WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.

AND SO A LOT OF DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HAD ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK AND SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE IN IT.

AND SO WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY IN CAROLINE COUNTY TO MAKE IT CAROLINE COUNTY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.

AND SO, PARENTS CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE, THEY CAN LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY LESSONS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT FOR FAMILY LIFE.

EVERYTHING IS VERY TRANSPARENT FOR THAT.

MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT ON THE WEBSITE AS THEY SIT RIGHT THIS MINUTE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE FINALIZING SOME OF THOSE.

BUT PARENTS ARE ABLE TO ASK TO SEE ANY AND ALL OF THE THINGS IN FAMILY LIFE.

SO, IT'S BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT, JUST MAYBE NOT KNOWN TO BE TRANSPARENT.

SO, THIS IS CALLING IT OUT THAT HERE ARE THE OPTIONS AND HERE ARE THE PARENTS RIGHTS AND HERE IS EVERYTHING.

SO, IF A PARENT DECIDES TO OPT OUT, A LOT OF THE TEACHERS ARE SENDING HOME A SYLLABUS.

AND THEN THE SYLLABUS WILL SAY, HERE ARE THE TOPICS.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET CLOSE TO FAMILY LIFE, THEY'RE SENDING THE FAMILY LIFE PARENT OPT OUT LETTER.

SO THEN IF A PARENT CONTACTS THEM AND SAYS, OKAY, I WANT TO OPT OUT, THERE IS ANOTHER LETTER THAT GOES HOME WITH THE INDICATORS THAT WILL BE TAUGHT BECAUSE SOME PARENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT A BLANKET OPT OUT.

YOU CAN OPT OUT OF INDIVIDUAL LESSONS.

THERE MIGHT BE ONE LESSON THAT YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, BUT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE REST.

SO THEN THE PARENT HAS THE OPTION OF FILTERING THROUGH AND OPTING OUT OF THAT LESSON AND NOT THE OTHERS.

SO, IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE.

THE POLICY JUST HASN'T MATCHED WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

SO MORE OR LESS WE JUST CHANGED AND MADE OUR POLICY MIRROR WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

YES. OKAY. WHAT IF A PARENT OPTS OUT? WHAT IS THE STUDENT DOING WHILE THE LESSON IS BEING TAUGHT? SO THEY'RE GIVEN AN ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT DEPENDING UPON THE LEVEL AND WHAT LESSON IT IS.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE PARENTS THAT HAVE OPTED OUT OF ADMINISTRATION AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

KOMAR STATES THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE AN ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT THAT MIRRORS THAT.

SO WE HAVE CREATED AN ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT FOR THAT THAT IS SENT HOME TO THE PARENTS, FOR THE PARENTS TO DO WITH THE CHILD WHEN THEY FEEL THE NEED FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL THAT FOURTH GRADE IS THE TIME.

SO THAT'S GIVEN THE PARENT A LITTLE MORE AUTONOMY OF WHEN THEY WANT TO DO IT AND IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, OR IF IT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC THEY'RE DOING, THEY HAVE ANOTHER IT'S A CHOICE BOARD AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, DIFFERENT TOPICS, AND IT'S SKILL BASED.

SO IF IT'S ADVOCACY OR IT IS DECISION MAKING, SO THEY'RE DOING DECISION MAKING AND THEY GET TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT TOPICS, NOT FAMILY LIFE TOPICS.

SO IT MIGHT BE NUTRITION, IT MIGHT BE FAMILY OR RELATIONSHIPS OR SOMETHING OTHER THAN.

SO THE STUDENT WILL BE WORKING ON THE ALTERNATIVE WHILE THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM.

YES. IN AN ALTERNATE LOCATION, RIGHT? YES. AND PARENTS HAVE THE OPTION TO THEY CAN OPT OUT OF MORE THAN ONE LESSON IF THEY CHOOSE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THEY CAN OPT OUT.

NOW, FAMILY LIFE IS THE ONLY UNIT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO OPT OUT OF.

OKAY. AND THAT'S PER KUMAR.

KUMAR? KUMAR? YES.

I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THIS AND BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THIS SO THAT WE HAVE A SECOND READ AND THE PARENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY IF PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT.

MY NUMBER MY CONTACT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

PLEASE DON'T STEW AND HAVE YOUR CONVERSATIONS.

REACH OUT. PLEASE REACH OUT.

I'LL BE GLAD TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

I'LL BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN WITH THE LESSONS YOUR TEACHER, THE PE AND HEALTH TEACHER WILL SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN MAYBE SHOOT OUT? YEAH, WE SEND EMAILS TO PARENTS.

CAN WE SEND THAT KIND OF.

YEAH, MAYBE WITH, LIKE HER CONTACT EMAIL IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR BAD WEATHER OR SOMETHING.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS IT.

WE'LL GET AHEAD IT. JUST TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE STUFF THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT HOW TO GET THAT OUT.

YEAH, IT MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY THAN EMAIL, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE MY SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD THAT WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT DR.

WILLOUGHBY HAD AND GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.

THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT WHEN YOU READ IT, IT GETS TO TROY'S QUESTION.

SO, WHAT'S CHANGED? I THINK YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION AND SO THEY COULD KIND OF GET.

I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.

IF I WAS READING THAT, I MIGHT GET LOST IN THE DETAIL, A LITTLE CONFUSED.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO SUMMARIZE IT THAT THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

I'M NOT SURE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK.

DON'T LISTEN TO THE RUMORS.

I MEAN, THEY CAN, BUT THEN DO RUMOR CONTROL.

GET THE FACTS AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW SOME COMMENT.

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO VOTE TO DO THAT.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DO.

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I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FOLLOW THE TIMELINE THAT DR.

WILLOUGHBY CAME UP WITH A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES 5 TO 0.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE WILL PUT IT OUT. VERY GOOD.

VERY HELPFUL ON THE WEBSITE.

IT'LL GO OUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO THE BLOG OR SANDY.

YOU ALWAYS GET MAD AT ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

BUT. BUT WE CAN PUT IT OUT SO THAT IT GETS DELIVERED OUT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A GOOGLE FORM THAT YOU CAN DROP LEAFLETS FROM THE SKY.

NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE A GOOGLE FORM TO COLLECT AND WE WILL CRAFT A SUMMARY SO THAT FOLKS KNOW.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHETHER THIS WAS A HOT BUTTON ISSUE OR NOT RIGHT NOW, A POLICY WRITTEN IN 1990 NEEDS TO BE REVISED AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED.

AND SO JUST TRYING TO HONOR THAT AS WELL AS HONORING THAT THERE IS A BELIEF IN PARENTAL RIGHT AND OPT OUT, WHICH WE KNOW HAS BEEN CONVERSATION.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO, WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. AND PLEASE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK AS IT'S PUBLISHED.

SO THAT. OKAY, SO TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM.

AS PART OF OUR REVIEW OF POLICY EACH YEAR, THERE ARE SOME POLICIES THAT WE LOOK AT AND WE GO, MAN, THIS DOESN'T MATCH ANYTHING OR THIS JUST IS COMPLETELY SORT OF SET OFF.

SO THERE ARE SEVEN HERE THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TO CONSIDER RETIRING ALTOGETHER.

AND YOU CAN HAVE YOU HAVE THE YEARS THERE THAT ARE NEXT TO THEM OF WHEN THEY WERE PUT INTO THE POLICY BOOK.

SO, THE FIRST IS AND MOST OF THESE POLICIES, I WILL SAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JUST A COUPLE, IF YOU WERE TO CLICK ON THEM, THEY ARE 1 OR 2 LINE POLICIES.

THEY LITERALLY THEY ARE ONE SENTENCE AND THEN THEY GO ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO, THE FIRST POLICY IS THE SCHOOL DAY.

A POLICY THAT WAS PASSED IN 1989 GIVES THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO SET THE HOURS OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

AND THAT'S ALREADY DONE IN.

KUMAR. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S A REDUNDANT AND IT ALSO DEFINES THE NUMBER OF DAYS AND HOURS THAT TEACHERS WORK.

AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH OUR NEGOTIATING NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS SAY THAT IF AT ANY TIME THEY GO AGAINST BOARD POLICY, THEY TRUMP THE BOARD POLICY BECAUSE THEY'RE NEGOTIATED. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SEPARATE POLICY, A POLICY THAT SAYS WHAT KUMAR SAYS.

EXACTLY. ALSO, IN 1989, POLICY ONE 1240 INCLEMENT WEATHER WORK CONDITIONS.

THIS IS A ONE LINE POLICY THAT SIMPLY SAYS IT'S THE POLICY OF THE BOARD OF ED TO BE OPEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND OUR WORK, OUR 12 MONTH FOLKS HAVE WORK CALENDARS.

LIKE I KNOW THAT I'M WORKING EVERY DAY THAT I GET UP, UNLESS IT'S SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR A HOLIDAY.

AND IF IT'S UNSAFE, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IT'LL SAY OFFICES ARE CLOSED.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF OUR NEGOTIATED AGREEMENTS AND OUR WORKDAY CALENDARS.

SO ANOTHER REDUNDANT POLICY.

WE HAVE THREE POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH SAFETY.

AND I AM BRINGING TO YOU TWO OF THEM THAT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT RETIRING BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE KIND OF IN ONE POLICY ABOUT SAFETY.

AND WE WE HAVE THREE POLICIES.

WE HAVE CIVIL DEFENSE, STUDENT SAFETY, AND THEN JUST PLAIN SAFETY.

AND WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THAT WE JUST HAVE A SAFETY POLICY WHICH WILL BE REVISED THIS YEAR.

IT'LL COME TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR.

MR. GOSTELI RICO, OUR SCHOOL SAFETY COORDINATOR, IS WORKING ON THAT REVISION.

BUT STUDENT SAFETY AS A POLICY.

THREE 3490 IT AGAIN IS A ONE LINE POLICY.

IT SAYS THAT OR IT'S NOT.

I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT A ONE LINE, IT'S A ONE TOPIC POLICY.

AND IT SAYS THAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION.

WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE A NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY.

WE HAVE A EQUITABLE EDUCATION POLICY.

WE HAVE OTHER POLICIES THAT SPEAK TO THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL THAN JUST A COUPLE OF LINES.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS A REPETITIVE POLICY THAT REALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I DON'T THINK IN THE 2023 DEFINITION OF STUDENT SAFETY, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY.

AND IT MIGHT BE, BUT IT REALLY IS IN SOME OF THESE OTHER POLICIES.

CIVIL DEFENSE, THERE IS NO DATE ON THAT.

THAT'S POLICY. FIVE 5110 THIS IS WHAT TO DO.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT.

IT'S A VERY REAL POINT IN OUR HISTORY.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN CASE OF A MISSILE STRIKE.

AND IN REALITY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WE DO ON ANY OTHER NATIONAL NATURAL DISASTER, NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER

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AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WITH THE 911 CENTER, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND SO, AGAIN, THIS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT LARGER SAFETY POLICY RATHER THAN HAVING A CALL OUT FOR THIS.

THIS POLICY TALKS ABOUT THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEND THE KIDS HOME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THAT SITUATION AT ALL.

AND SO, THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT SOME OTHER LANGUAGE THAT REALLY DATES ITSELF THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S REALLY MORE OF A A BIGGER PIECE.

I THINK I REMEMBER THIS ONE FROM WHEN I WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

THIS IS WHEN YOU HIDE UNDER YOUR DESK.

IT IS BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A NUCLEAR STRIKE AND THAT WILL PROTECT YOU.

BUT OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REAL IN THE MOMENT.

BUT WE'VE KIND OF HAD OUR CHUCKLES.

LIKE IF YOU'RE IN A LARGE SCHOOL, THE SECRETARY WILL TURN THE RADIO ON AT A LOW VOLUME.

NOT TO DISTURB. IF YOU'RE IN A SMALL SCHOOL, YOU GET WITH A NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES DOWN THE STREET WHO WILL TELL YOU WHEN AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED AND WILL COME TELL THE SCHOOL. THAT'S LAST, WHAT, THURSDAY WE ALL OF OUR CELL PHONES BUZZED LIKE WE HAVE BETTER WAYS OF DOING THAT NOW WITHIN A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY POLICY.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. WE HAVE.

SO, WE DON'T NEED FARMER JOHN DOWN THE STREET.

INTO THIS SCHOOL TO SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, THE JUST SAID SOMETHING'S COMING.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT POLICY.

771 IS LOAN OF SCHOOL AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT.

1989. THIS IS A POLICY WHICH TALKS ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN COME AND BORROW OUR COMPUTERS AND OUR SLIDE PROJECTORS AND OUR OVERHEAD PROJECTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

VERY DETAILED PROCESS FOR THAT.

LOAN TECHNOLOGY HAS COME SUCH A LONG WAY.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE REQUESTS ANYMORE.

POLICY THREE 3220 IS ELEMENTARY PLACEMENT AND PROMOTION.

THAT IS A SINGLE LINE POLICY.

IT SAYS THAT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL BE APPROPRIATELY PLACED IN APPROPRIATE GRADE BUT POLICY 33210 THE POLICY JUST BEFORE THAT IN THE THING COVERS THIS PROCESS WITH ACTUAL PROCEDURES INSTEAD OF JUST ONE LINE.

SO AND THEN POLICY 33261 AND I ADDED THE R I BELIEVE THIS IS A REGULATION, IT'S KIND OF IN THE POLICY BOOK, BUT I THINK IT'S A REGULATION.

BUT JUST THREE-YEAR-OLD CAROLINE INCLUSION PROGRAM FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AS WE KNOW THREE-YEAR-OLDS ARE NOW PART OF PRE-K AND WE HAVE A POLICY THAT GOVERNS PRE-K ENROLLMENT SO WE DON'T NEED THIS ANYMORE.

SO, THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE'VE TALKED WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR POLICIES CURRENTLY IN OUR POLICY BOOK THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND RETIREMENT.

DO WE NEED THE MEET? VERY GOOD. SO, WE COULD.

SO, IF WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, I BELIEVE WE CAN VOTE ON THEM AS A BODY.

BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD.

IF THERE'S ANY OF THESE ACTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON OR DISAGREE WITH SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS AND VOTE SEPARATELY ON ANY OR ALL OF THOSE.

CHUCKLING AT THE LOSS OF THE LOAN OF AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT.

SOME OF THESE POLICIES ARE OLDER THAN ME, BUT IT WAS YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE WHOLE THING.

BUT IT WAS A VERY REAL THING.

IT WAS A VERY REAL THING.

WHEN THE SCHOOL HAD ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY RIGHT AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDED I MEAN, IT WAS A REAL DEAL.

AND SO IT'S JUST POWERPOINT PROJECTORS.

WE'VE ADVANCED. YEAH.

WHAT HAVE YOU. YOU SAID THEY PUT YOU UNDER A DESK? YEAH. THEY SAY HIDE UNDER YOUR DESK.

THEY USED TO HAVE US GO IN THE GYMNASIUM AND STAND AGAINST THE WALL FACING THE WALL.

AND YOU KNOW HOW THE GYMNASIUM HAS ALL THOSE WINDOWS? I'M JUST A LITTLE KID THINKING.

YEAH, I'M IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

WELL, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

AND SO, MICHELE, YOU SUGGESTED WE DO IT, THAT WE JUST GO AHEAD.

SO, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO.

TO TAKE ALL OF THE ACTIONS OF DR.

WILLOUGHBY SUGGESTED. HERE, I MOVE THAT.

OH, GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

GO ON. I'LL MAKE THEM.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE RETIRE.

WHAT ARE OUR POLICIES AT DR.

WILLOUGHBY HAS BROUGHT TO US TONIGHT? AND I SAY SECOND.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. CALL VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THAT PASSES 5-0.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH US.

YOU GOT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE'LL PUT WE'LL PUT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH OUT FOR REVIEW.

WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH.

THESE WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR POLICY.

AND THEN I'LL BE BACK LATER THIS SUMMER WITH A NEW POLICY THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON TONIGHT.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL DONE. AND NOW WE HAVE A SHORT STORY HERE.

COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

MR. MANGAL, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE READ.

I DO. I'M JOKING BECAUSE IT'S A 50 PAGE.

WELL, MR. BARTON'S COMMENT, I WASN'T SURE.

SHORT STORY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE, THOUGH? HE USUALLY NARROWS IT DOWN.

YES, HE DOES. MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH COPY AND PASTE FROM THE YEAR PRIOR? WE DON'T GIVE AWAY TRADE SECRETS.

WELL, THE TRUTH IS, THERE ARE SHORT STORIES THAT ARE THIS LONG.

SO HOW ABOUT THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF WORK.

OKAY, LET'S LET HIM GET GOING.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR.

SIMMONS. TONIGHT, I COME BEFORE YOU TO SEEK APPROVAL OF THE FY 24 COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN KNOWN AS THE CMP AS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ITS SUBMITTAL FOR THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION KNOWN AS THE IAC.

THE IAC REQUIRES AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN.

THIS PLAN REPRESENTS ONE OF SEVERAL ACTIVITIES ENABLING THE IAC TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE HOW WELL MARYLAND'S SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY PROTECTING THE STATE'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

CAROLINE COUNTY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE CMP ARE ABOUT FIVE.

I'M GOING TO LIST FIVE AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT ONE OF THEM.

SO THIS 547 PAGE DOCUMENT, WE'RE GOING TO CUT DOWN TO ONE PAGE.

FIRST IS TO PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POSSIBLE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, TO PRESERVE PROTECT THE ASSET VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES, TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF FACILITY FUNCTIONS AND SYSTEMS, AND TO PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.

SO, I COME BEFORE YOU AT LEAST THREE TIMES A YEAR TO DISCUSS THESE DOCUMENTS GOING FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO CMP AND ENDING IN LATE SPRING WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

THEY'RE ALL LINKED, AND THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED.

AND IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER ONE DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE AND IT BUILDS OFF OF THAT.

SO THIS IS THE THE SECOND OF THREE AND THIS IS ONLY 47 PAGES.

SO I'LL FOREWARN YOU THE ONE IN SPRING WILL BE OVER 100 PAGES.

AND AGAIN, I WILL I COULD PROBABLY TALK TILL THREE HOURS A NIGHT ABOUT ALL THESE, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL OUT JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK FACTS AS TO KIND OF WHAT WENT INTO THIS OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND AS I UPDATED.

AND THIS YEAR IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT.

I WANT TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE THIRD OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ASSET VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.

YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT THE IAC THIS YEAR RAISED THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, SO GO FIGURE WITH THE COST OF EVERYTHING ELSE GOING UP.

SO IT'S THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? SO LAST YEAR IT WAS $358 PER SQUARE FOOT WAS THE AVERAGE COST OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEY'VE RAISED THE $404 THIS YEAR FOR PER SQUARE FOOT FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT.

IT'S 12%.

IT'S $46.

AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU START SCROLLING DOWN ON THE VERY LAST PAGE OF YOUR DOCUMENT AND YOU GET TO THE TOTAL CURRENT REPLACEMENT COSTS, THE VALUES. SO LAST YEAR, IF IF WE HAD TO REPLACE EVERYTHING IN CAROLINE COUNTY, IT WOULD COST US APPROXIMATELY $490 MILLION.

NOW WITH THIS YEAR, WITH THE INCREASE, WE JUMPED TO $551 MILLION.

THESE ARE HUGE NUMBERS FOR CAROLINE COUNTY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND IF I WAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR PG COUNTY, I THINK THOSE NUMBERS MIGHT BE MORE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH LARGER GIVEN THE SIZE OF THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO WHAT'S THAT 12% MEAN, THE INCREASE THAT THE IAC PUT INTO IT? IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF $60 MILLION.

THAT'S $60 MILLION EXTRA THAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO BUILD OR TO REPLACE OR TO ADD ON.

AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT HONESTLY TO GO UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY IT WOULDN'T GO UP ANYMORE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, $60 MILLION IN ONE YEAR IS A HUGE JUMP.

SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO THAT, THAT WHEN WE START BRINGING SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY BIG NUMBERS.

AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBER IS DRASTICALLY INCREASING.

I THINK INFLATION IS AROUND, WHAT, 7.5%? THEY INCREASED. THEY INCREASED THE VALUE 12%.

SO, IT'S NEARLY DOUBLED.

SO THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR THE CMP.

BEFORE I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, I HOPE YOU HAD TIME TO READ THIS MASSIVE DOCUMENT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES COMPARED TO THE STATE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE

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YES. AND THAT'S AN INCREASE OVER WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT LOOK AT THAT.

BUT OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF KEEPING EVERYTHING GOING.

YES. MR. [INAUDIBLE] DOES HIGHLIGHT IN HERE, WON'T BOTHER TELLING YOU THE PAGE NUMBER, BUT HE DOES HIGHLIGHT IT HERE.

OUR SHIFT TO AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, AN EXTERNAL ONE, AN OUTSIDE VENDOR PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE CALLED ASSET ESSENTIALS THAT WILL HELP US BETTER TRACK MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND GET MORE ON THE FRONT END OF THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PIECE AND SHOULD HELP STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR US.

WE'VE BEEN USING AN IN-HOUSE CREATED PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT SERVED US WELL, BUT AS SOME CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED AT THE IAC, THE INTERAGENCY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL SYSTEMS GET RATED ON HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING ON PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

1 P.M. OUR SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED TO DO THAT.

OUR SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO BE A RESPONSIVE SYSTEM BASED OFF OF WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE NEED.

YOU PUT IN A REQUEST.

IT GOES TO THE MAINTENANCE GUYS, THEY COME FIX IT.

THEY WANT US TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM TO THE PART OF BEFORE WE GET A REQUEST TO SOMETHING BEING BROKEN.

ARE WE GETTING OUT AND DOING THE THINGS ON THE FRONT END AND MOVING THIS DIRECTION, WHICH MR. MANGO IS WORKING TOWARDS AND HIS TEAM IS THEY ARE FULLY, FULLY MOVING FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WILL HELP THEM TREMENDOUSLY AND HELP THE GUYS WITH SCHEDULING THEIR TIME AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I APPRECIATE SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE GUYS ARE DOING.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY DO.

IT'S INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY GIVE TO MAKE THE BUILDING SHINE OR CUSTODIANS.

WE'RE MUCH CLOSER WITH OUR NUMBERS.

YEAH, WE'RE ABOUT 90% THERE, WHICH I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT THAT.

BUT MR. MORTON HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.

THE PLANT SUPERVISOR OF GETTING GOOD QUALITY APPLICANTS.

COME IN, GET THEM HIRED, GET THEM ON BOARD, GET THEM GOING.

YEAH. WE ARE STILL ABOUT 47% OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE WITH OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROW TO HOE GOING UP TO TRY AND GET THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE HIGHER.

WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

WHEN I DEVELOPED THIS, THE CMP AT THE TIME, THE ASSET ESSENTIALS MAINTENANCE COMPUTER MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, I DIDN'T SIGN ON YET.

I JUST SIGNED ON ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

SO, WE'RE OFFICIALLY INTO THERE.

BUT IT TAKES ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS OF TRAINING TO GO THROUGH THIS AND INTERVALS.

AND SO IT'S THERE.

IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN BOTH BOTH SYSTEMS AT THE SAME TIME IN PARALLEL UNTIL WE FEEL TOTALLY CONFIDENT THAT ASSET ESSENTIALS IS GOING TO SERVE OUR NEED.

WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR NEED, BUT THAT WE DON'T GET LOST AND WE DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THERE'S SO MUCH INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S INCREDIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, HEARING SOME OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS THEY HAVE AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, IT'S ALL RELATIVE TERMS BASED ON THE POPULATION, NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND SO FORTH.

SO IT'S JUST A LOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A LOT OF PIECES.

SO WHEN SOMEONE PUTS IN A WORK ORDER, THEY SEE A PROBLEM THEY WANT TO TAKEN CARE OF.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SEE WHERE THAT FITS IN THE PRIORITIES.

THE THINGS YOU HAVE THAT YOUR STAFF HAVE BEFORE THEM IMMEDIATELY.

BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING TO THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM TO THEM AND THEY WANT IT TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY.

SO THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST AND YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AT THAT.

SO, I WAS AT A MEETING LAST WEEK AND SEVERAL COUNTIES WERE REPRESENTED.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, WHICH IS NOT A MEMBER OF MAB, WAS REPRESENTED AND THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE 128 SCHOOLS AND SO THEY HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT UNDER THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, SPECIALIZED IN DOING CERTAIN TASKS.

RIGHT HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, WE ALL WEAR 15 HATS AND PROBABLY DOING 20 DIFFERENT TASKS EVERY DAY.

AND SO IT'S YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU GOT TO PRIORITIZE WHERE THE YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE LIKE THREE MAJOR CALLS AND WE CAN'T GET TO THE THIRD ONE UNTIL 5:00 AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IT, BUT WE JUST CAN'T GET TO IT RIGHT AWAY.

THEY'LL HAVE RESOURCES THAT IF SOMETHING'S A SERIOUS ENOUGH PROBLEM, THEY CAN DRAW ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO IT.

YEAH, EXACTLY. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY, IF YOU WILL.

CORRECT. AND WE ENDED UP HAVING A CALL FOR CONTRACTORS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, SO.

CORRECT. CHALLENGING.

WE NEED AN APPROVAL. COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? WE JUST ALL IN FAVOR.

LOOKS LIKE WE NEED. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WE JUST COME IN AT LAST WEEK ABOUT CAROLINE COUNTY.

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THANK YOU ALL. JUST LISTENING TO SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK BIGGER OR SOME FOLKS THINK BIGGER IS ALWAYS BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT.

NOT ALWAYS. I'LL PASS THE WORD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMPLIMENT.

YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ALL RIGHT.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT WORK. CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

DR. DOWNS HAS THIS.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

SIMMONS. I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOMINATION OR THE NOMINEES FOR THE CAC.

MEMBERS THIS YEAR IS THE PRINCIPAL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO ONCE YOU APPROVE THESE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE OUR NEXT MEETING AND GET GOING WITH THE EXCITING WORK THAT WE DO.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.

DO WE DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE? THAT IS WHAT WE PUSH OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS AND WE ASK THEM TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THEY'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

DO THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER? THEY JUST SEND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN.

SO, OKAY, HOW HOW DIVERSE IS THIS GROUP? VERY. IT'S VERY DIVERSE, MORE SO THAN WE'VE HAD A CAC PROBABLY IN MY TENURE IN THE COUNTY.

OKAY. THIS IS GOING TO SOUND SILLY.

DEFINE YOUR DEFINITION OF DIVERSE.

MY DIVERSE WOULD MEAN THAT THE POPULATION REPRESENTS IS REPRESENTED IN THE IN THE MEMBERS THAT ARE OF THE CAC COMMITTEE AND MINE WOULD BE BASED OFF OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK FOR IN HIRING.

SO RACE AND ETHNICITY AND GENDER.

AND THIS IS HALF OF THE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS THE THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE'S ALSO THE BOARD MEMBERS RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.

THIS IS HALF OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE OTHER HALF. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

RIGHT. AND THAT COMMITTEE, THAT HALF IS ALSO DIVERSE AS WELL.

OKAY, THANKS. SURE.

I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THESE FOLKS ARE.

ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE ROOM EARLIER BECAUSE THEIR CHILD WAS HELPING DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

JUST AS A SIDE COMMENT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

YEP. AND THEN NEXT YEAR, IT'LL BE THE BOARD'S OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE.

THAT'S RIGHT, PEOPLE.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

RIGHT. HAVING NONE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? THE SUGGESTIONS ON MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE SUGGESTIONS FOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY DOCTOR DOWNS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SOME PRESENTATIONS.

[7. Reports and Presentations]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR SIMMONS, WELCOME.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

I AM GOING TO START AND BILL ALLEN FASHION WITH THE NICE REMINDER.

THIS IS UNOFFICIAL DATA.

OKAY. SO WE ARE HAPPY TO KIND OF SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNT THAT WE HAVE THUS FAR SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THE NUMBERS AND HOW WE'RE TRENDING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THIS MONTH WAS A VERY SHORT MONTH, AND THE LAST DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS WAS ACTUALLY THURSDAY THE 28TH.

AND AS I SAID, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR NUMBERS AS OF THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH.

AND THERE WILL BE SOME MOVEMENT IN DR.

SIMMONS WILL BE SIGNING OFF OFFICIALLY IN ABOUT NOVEMBER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

YES. ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THE COUNT THAT LAST YEAR, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT WRONG, THERE WERE ONLY TWO PRE K THREES THIS YEAR.

WE GOT FOUR OUT OF FIVE SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE PRE-K THREES.

YES. LAST YEAR THERE WERE TWO TWO SCHOOLS OF PRE-K THREE, BUT BOTH WERE HALF TIME.

GOTCHA. THIS YEAR THERE ARE FOUR PRE-K THREES BUT THEY'RE FULL DAY.

THE PRE K THREE GRANT REQUIRED THE PRE K EXPANSION GRANT REQUIRED US TO DO FULL DAY IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDING.

SO WITH THAT SAID, HE SHARED ONE OF MY BULLET POINTS FOR OUT OF OUR FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOW DO HAVE PRE-K, ALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DENTON.

AND ALL OF FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS DO HAVE PRE-K FOUR.

SO OUR NUMBERS AS OF THIS TIME ARE 5674.

AND ONCE YOU.

ADVANCE. AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE INFORMATION ACROSS THE BOARD ON HOW THAT'S TRENDED OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS

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SEVERAL SCHOOLS, THEIR NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED.

AND WE DO AT THIS POINT HAVE AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 63.

SO, AND WHAT I'LL CALL OUT MS. FISHER. SO, THERE'S DIFFERENT SLIDES.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BOARD.

AS YOU ALL RECALL, TYPICAL FUNDING IS BASED OFF K-12 ENROLLMENT.

PRE-K IS A SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

IF YOU INCLUDE OUR PRE-K NUMBERS, WE ACTUALLY ARE UP BY SEVEN KIDS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE KIDS IN OUR BUILDINGS THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT K TO 12 POPULATION, WE ARE DOWN, AS MISS FISHER POINTED OUT, 63 STUDENTS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.

I'LL JUMP TO ONE PIECE, THOUGH.

THIS IS THE UNOFFICIAL NUMBER SCHOOL SYSTEM FUNDING IN THE POST COVID WORLD, IN THE BLUEPRINT WORLD IS BASED OFF OF A THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE OF YOUR ENROLLMENT OVER THE THREE YEARS, NOT YEAR OVER YEAR LIKE IT USED TO BE, ONE YEAR TO ONE YEAR.

NOW IT'S A THREE YEAR.

THE YEAR THAT IS FALLING OFF IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SYSTEM FUNDING IS THE YEAR THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE COVID CLOSURE.

SO, IT'S A GOOD YEAR TO BE FALLING OFF FOR US.

AND WE WOULD HOPE TO START TO SEE SOME MORE ENROLLMENT REBOUNDS GOING INTO FUTURE YEARS.

AND I'LL HOLD COMMENT UNTIL YOU GET DONE GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS, YOU'RE FINE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT LITERALLY DOES SHOW OUR INCREASE WITH OUR PRE-K THREE.

SO AGAIN, AS DR.

SIMMONS STATED, WE ARE ACTUALLY SETTING UP AND JUST IN ANTICIPATION, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HOME INSTRUCTION NUMBERS BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK THAT QUESTION.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A PEEK THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALSO UP AT THIS TIME.

LOTS OF PAPERS ARE COMING THROUGH, AND THAT IS A TREND ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

MISS RACHEL. AND THEN WE DID WANT TO JUST PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRENDS BY LEVEL WITH OUR ELEMENTARY INFO AND GREENSBORO HAVING THEIR HIGHEST NUMBERS.

SO DEFINITELY ON THAT END OF THE COUNTY, IT IS CONTINUING TO TREND UP NO MATTER WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER THEY'VE HAD IN TEN YEARS ACROSS THE BOARD.

OTHER NUMBERS HAVE DEFINITELY FLUCTUATED A BIT.

AS WE MOVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBERS, AGAIN, TRENDING A BIT DOWN.

AND I DO BELIEVE AT THIS POINT WE DO HAVE A FEW STUDENTS IN BVP AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHOICES THAT FAMILIES MAY BE MAKING.

THERE'S LOTS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CAROLINE COUNTY AT LARGE.

AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS, NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL IS CONTINUING TO TREND UP.

BUT THAT ALSO MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE AS WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT GREENSBORO WAS ALSO HAVING AN INCREASE IN THEIR NUMBERS.

AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE DID ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS WITH MR. RYAN BACK IN MAY, WE ANTICIPATED NORTH HIGH WOULD SEE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR IN LOCKERMAN WOULD DECREASE BECAUSE LOCKERMAN HAD THAT REALLY BIG BUBBLE OF KIDS THAT HAS NOW MADE IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE ANTICIPATED LOCKERMAN WOULD GO DOWN IN SIZE BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE.

I WENT AHEAD AND RAN TODAY FOR MY OWN BECAUSE MS. FISHER AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY LONG.

WE EXPECTED LOCKERMAN TO HAVE.

DOING THE MATH REAL QUICK IN MY HEAD FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TO WHERE LOCKERMAN WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE.

WE ANTICIPATED LOCKERMAN WOULD HAVE HAD ABOUT FIVE MORE KIDS THAN IT DOES BASED OFF OF OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED BACK IN MAY.

SO IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMING.

COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL IS ALMOST HITTING WHERE WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO BE WITH THE NUMBER OF NINTH GRADERS COMING IN.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHERE WE ANTICIPATED IT TO BE.

THE ANOMALY WE'RE SEEING IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S DEFINITELY LESS IS RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RIDGELY HAD A DECREASE IN KINDERGARTEN SIZE THIS YEAR THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE BASED OFF OF OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.

KEEP IN MIND THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS THAT WE REVIEW IN MAY COME TO US FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING BASED OFF OF BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES AND THOSE SORTS OF FACTORS. SO, IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS EITHER.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION.

I KNOW WE HAVE AS A BOARD AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND WE HAVE THROUGH SOME OTHER COMMUNITY VENTURES THAT SOME OF US ARE PART OF, ONE OF WHICH BEING THE CAROLINA COLLECTIVE

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WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF FAMILIES MOVING INTO CAROLINE.

I WOULD PROBABLY VENTURE TO SAY NOT A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE MOVING WHEN MORTGAGE RATES BEST RATES RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT 7.5.

AND I DID A QUICK, VERY INFORMAL ASSESSMENT OF HOUSES THAT HAVE SOLD IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IN CAROLINE COUNTY, LOWBALLED THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE, ASSUMING A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER FAMILY IS PROBABLY WALKING IN, IF THEY'RE LUCKY, AT ABOUT A $250,000 HOUSE.

$250,000 HOME WITH NO MONEY DOWN, WHICH IS HOW MOST PEOPLE WALK INTO THEIR FIRST HOME.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $2,300 A MONTH MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND RENTALS ARE NOT.

RENTALS ARE VERY SCARCE.

OUR DEPARTMENT IS DEFINITELY WORKING WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

SO IT CREATES SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT THE COST OF RENTALS.

NOT AS CHEAP AS IT WAS WHEN I WAS GROWING.

NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL.

IT USED TO BE RENTING WAS AFFORDABLE.

NOW IT'S ALMOST THE SAME.

RIGHT? SO THERE'S AND, AND THERE'S A REAL AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING ON THE AFFORDABLE END FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING.

THE WAIT LISTS ARE EXTREMELY LONG EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN THE COUNTY.

SO THE FACTORS THAT TEND TO HELP FAMILIES MOVE ARE REALLY LIMITED FOR MOVEMENT, MOBILITY OF FAMILIES.

MRS FISHERS DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN MORE SHARED AFFIDAVITS OF HOUSING, SO FAMILIES WHO ARE DOUBLING UP WHEN THEY RUN INTO HOUSING CONCERNS.

WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT THAN WE HAVE IN A WHILE.

SO I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT SOME OF OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN AND THAT THE EXPECTED GROWTH OF FAMILIES COMING INTO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING 2 TO 3% GROWTH THAT THE MDP PLANNING PROJECTIONS ARE BASED OFF OF FOR ENROLLMENTS.

IT'S JUST WHERE THE ECONOMY IS, JUST WHERE IT IS.

AND THEN JUST THAT LAST SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERALL TREND PERIOD OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO DEFINITELY TOOK THE DIP, BUT IT IS MOVING.

UPWARD. AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN FASCINATING.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS WITH DR.

SIMMONS, HE HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, SO USELESS KNOWLEDGE AS AS THE YEARS PROGRESS.

YOU KNOW, I'LL DEFINITELY BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE REPORTS AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? REFERRING BACK TO THE VERY FIRST PAGE WITH THE PRE K? DOES DENTON NOT HAVE PRE K THREE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF SPACE, SPACE, SPACE.

SO SOME OF DENTON STUDENTS ARE GOING TO RIDGELY AND PRESTON.

OKAY. YEAH. ORIGINALLY AND PRESTON AND LIZ TAYLOR WILL GO THROUGH ALL THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN AND SHE MAKES THE DECISIONS AS THEIR WE TRY TO FIND WHAT'S THE SHORTEST BUS ROUTE TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE. BUT IT'S A SPACE ISSUE THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU HAVE EXTRA SPACE.

YEP. YEAH. RIDGELY WAS ABLE TO ORIGINALLY HAD SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING AND FEDERALSBURG HAD SPACE IN THE JUDY CENTER WHERE THE EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMING WAS TAKING PLACE.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD IT THERE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW GREENSBORO WAS ABLE TO ADD IT TO THEIR USING THE GREENSBORO JUDY CENTER FOR ONE CLASSROOM.

THE LITTLES ARE IN.

THE LITTLES ARE BY THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE GETTING ON A BUS WITH A BUS ASSISTANT AND WE'RE DOING JUST THREE-YEAR-OLDS ON THE BUS.

OH, YEAH.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON SCHOOL VISITS TO GO SEE THE VERY LITTLE, MR. JOHNSON SAID THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

IT'S A CHALLENGE. IT IS A REAL I WOULD THINK THIS IS A PART OF BLUEPRINT THAT HAS IT'S JUST A CHALLENGE.

THERE'S A DIFFERENT PIECE OF THE THREE-YEAR-OLD THAN WITH PRE-K FOUR IS TOUGH, BUT THAT'S LIKE DAYCARE.

IT'S TOUGH. IT'S TOUGH.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING, IF I HAD A KID, MY THREE-YEAR OLD'S NOT GETTING ON THE BUS BY HIM OR HERSELF SAYING, I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T FORESEE US SEEKING TO EXPAND PRE-K THREE BEYOND WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS FOR A WHILE JUST BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.

YEAH, IT'S TOUGH FOR THE KIDS.

AND IT'S A FULL DAY; RIGHT? THEY DO HAVE NAP TIME BUT IT'S FULL DAY.

IT'S, BUT IT'S NOT.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT. NOT AT ALL. IT'S 100% OPTIONAL AND THAT'S ALL GOOD.

AND THE QUALITY IS THERE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I'M SURE THE QUALITY IS FINE.

CERTIFIED TEACHER I HAVE NO DOUBT.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WELL.

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AND THAT'S NOT A COMMENTARY ABOUT HOW ANYBODY'S DOING.

THERE'S NOT AS MANY DAYCARE PROVIDERS.

THEY CAN'T MEET THE STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THEM BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND SO WHAT'S A PARENT TO DO WITH THAT THREE YEAR OLD IF THEY'RE A SINGLE PARENT AND THEY NEED TO WORK OR IF IT'S TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD, THEY BOTH NEED TO WORK, WHERE'S THE THREE YEAR OLD GOING TO GO? DO YOU HAVE NO FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF HIM? IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU NEED TO PUT THEM IN SCHOOL OR DAYCARE.

VERY LITTLE DAYCARE OUT THERE.

SO I GET THE POINT ABOUT PUTTING A KID, A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD ON THE BUS.

AND I'M SURE OUR DRIVERS AND THE STAFF ON THE BUS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THEM.

IT'S JUST THE THREE YEAR OLD.

WOW. THAT'S THE STAFF ON THAT BUS ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP HERE GETTING AN AWARD OR RECOGNITION ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THOSE THREE YEAR OLDS INTO THE SCHOOL, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

BUT FROM THE PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE, THEIR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.

IF THEY DON'T, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE QUALITY IF THEY DON'T HAVE FAMILY OR SOME OTHER WAY OF TAKING CARE OF THAT CHILD, THEY KNOW THE QUALITY IS GOING TO BE THERE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE DAYCARE OPTION THAT THEY USED TO HAVE.

YEAH, AND IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.

SO HOW MANY HOW MANY THREE YEAR OLDS ON THE BUS? I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S ONLY THREE YEAR OLDS.

THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER IN SOME CASES.

HOW MANY? I WOULD ASSUME, DONNA, IF WE COULD MAKE IT WORK WHERE WE'RE PICKING EVERY KID UP.

NO CLASS IS GREATER RIGHT NOW, I THINK, THAN 15 KIDS.

CLASS CAN BE AS FULL AS 20.

WE DON'T PUSH IT TO THE 20 FOR ONE.

WITH THE PRE K THREE PROGRAM, THERE ARE CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT ARE AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE.

SO, IF WE CAP AT 20 TO START WITH, I HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT THEM IF THEY COME AND WANT TO GO.

SO, WE KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM IF WE HAVE FAMILIES MOVE IN.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TALKING NO MORE THAN PROBABLY 15, 14, 15, WE HAVE 14 AND 15 RESPECTIVELY AT 215, 214.

MORE POWER TO THE STAFF.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE 15 THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I GET IT.

BUT I CALL IT EMOTIONAL LEVEL OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.

IT'S JUST LIKE OMG.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TRIP.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT TRIP, RIGHT? I AGREE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT GETS ME? I JUST, I GUESS I NEVER REALLY HIT ME.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER UNTIL WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND I'M JUST LIKE, YEAH, I ADMIRE WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE THREE YEARS OLD, ONE WAS ENOUGH FOR ME.

SO THEY'RE HANDLING 15 IN A CLASSROOM OR.

YEAH. 13, 14.

15 ON A BUS.

WOW. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP HERE AND GETTING A RECOGNITION.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. SIMMONS, AND THIS COMES FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD ABOUT A WEEK AGO SITTING SOMEWHERE AND A PARENT CAME UP, WAS TALKING TO ME.

THEY HAVE SOME STUDENTS IN AND I THINK ABOUT IN EVERY LEVEL OF OF OF OF OUR CLASSES BUT THEY THE SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS ABOUT GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THIS PARENT HAD SAID THAT THEY HAD HEARD THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD HAD ABOUT I THINK IT WAS IN THE 20S NEW STUDENTS THAT CAME IN TO GREENSBORO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO TO NOW.

SO STUDENTS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE COMING IN AND THEY WERE JUST THEY WERE KIND OF WONDERING, IS THAT IS THAT NORMAL TO SEE THAT KIND OF A BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY ABOUT A CLASSROOM WHEN THEY SAID I SAID, OH, THAT'S ABOUT A THAT'S ABOUT AN ENTIRE CLASSROOM.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NORMAL? AND THEN IF IT IS, OR DO WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE OR IS IT TYPICALLY THEY DON'T SHOW UP IN A NICE PACKAGE OF A CLASSROOM, WHICH IS HELPFUL WHEN I'M SURE WE HAD THAT ONE TIME AT FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

AND WE HAD A TEACHER REAL FAST AT THE START OF A SCHOOL YEAR AND THEY DISMANTLED THE COMPUTER LAB TO MAKE IT WORK.

THANKFULLY, THEY DID NOT COME AND WE DON'T DO WELL, THANKFULLY.

NO, WE'RE A LITTLE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGAN.

FOR TYPICAL FOR GREENSBORO, GREENSBORO HAS A STEADY GROWTH.

TYPICALLY WE'VE JUST SEEN A LITTLE BIT QUICKER PACE.

IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE THEY HAD FIVE KINDERGARTNERS STARTING TODAY, I THINK OR MAYBE MONDAY.

WHEN I MET WITH MS. CURL LAST WEEK.

GREENSBORO TYPICALLY DOES SEE GROWTH AND HAS, GREENSBORO IS PROJECTED TO SEE THAT GROWTH OF ANY SCHOOL IN OUR COUNTY.

SO IT'S NOT ATYPICAL FOR THEIR SOUTHERN END SLATED FOR ZERO GROWTH.

YOU CAN DO A TEN YEAR, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO A 20-YEAR PROJECTION UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES IN THE COMP PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR THE COUNTY FOR ZONING, THE SOUTHERN END WILL SEE ZERO GROWTH BECAUSE IT'S ALL EVERYTHING AROUND THE TOWNS IS IN PRESS AND THEY CAN'T DO ANY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE SOUTHERN END IS PRETTY STABLE RIGHT NOW.

THE GROWTH ZONE IS BASICALLY DENTON INTO GREENSBORO.

SO YOU COULD SEE GROWTH THERE.

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BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING GROWTH IN OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE EXPECTED IT.

WE DEFINITELY EXPECTED IT.

AND I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY.

IT TENDS TO DRIVE WHERE WE SEE OUR GROWTH.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING, THOUGH NOT GROWTH RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE'RE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH WITH OUR HAITIAN CREOLE POPULATION FEDERALSBURG WITH THE CONTINUED UNREST IN HAITI.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING THAT AS WELL.

BUT THE TREND HAS BEEN COMING.

WE WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING IT.

WE ADDED A PRE-K CLASSROOM AT GREENSBORO TO.

THREE WEEKS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

MS. KERR SAID SHE HAD A SPACE SHE COULD USE.

SHE HAD A CLASSROOM, SO WE ADDED IT THERE.

BUT GREENSBORO IS SLATED TO KEEP.

GROWING. THANK YOU.

YES. YEAH, THE SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL IS NOT AT CAPACITY.

IT IS ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD IS FOLK SAYING IT IS OVER FILLED.

IT'S NOT. IT IS NOT.

IF THAT GROWTH RATE CONTINUES ON THE SLIDE FOR GREENSBORO AT THAT RATE.

YES. WE WILL.

AND THE STATE AND THIS WILL BE FOR CONVERSATION FOR OUR BOARD AS WE DISCUSS LATER ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS AND BUILDING PROJECTS.

THE STATE WILL FUND BASED OFF OF YOUR TEN YEAR PROJECTIONS.

THE TEN YEAR PROJECTIONS ARE THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.

TEN YEAR PROJECTIONS.

IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SCHOOL BIGGER THAN WHAT YOUR PROJECTIONS SHOW, THAT HAS TO COME FROM THE COUNTY'S COFFERS.

CAROLINE COUNTY TYPICALLY DOES NOT OVERBUILD SCHOOLS.

SO, COULD WE SEE A SCENARIO WHERE GREENSBORO IS AT CAPACITY BEFORE ITS 40-YEAR LIFESPAN? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

DO I THINK IT'LL BE IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS? NO. WITHIN THE NEXT TEN.

GOOD CHANCE. IF CURRENT CONDITIONS CONTINUE.

GOOD CHANCE.

AND THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AS A BOARD OF HOW WE RESPOND TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND.

I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH THEY ARE STILL SELECTING OR ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THEIR SURVEY FOR THE COMP PLAN FOR THE COUNTY.

BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT TO CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. GOOD.

VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND SO MID NOVEMBER, ROUGHLY, WE WILL HAVE OFFICIAL NUMBERS BACK WITH US CLASS SIZE REPORT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BARTON, BOARD MEMBERS.

AND DR. SIMMONS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE SNAPSHOT FOR THE ELEMENTARY K TO FIVE.

THIS IS NOT INCLUDE PRE K THREES AND FOURS AND DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SELF-CONTAINED INTENSIVE SUPPORT CLASSROOMS. AND THESE ARE THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZES FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE TOTAL TOTALS ARE OVER THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND IN GRAY.

THEY'RE PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY.

THEY HAVEN'T MOVED TOO MUCH SINCE LAST YEAR.

THE AVERAGE CLASS SIZES ARE BEFORE YOU.

WE HAVE MAINTAINED AND STAYED WITHIN OUR CAPACITY AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND CHECK TO SEE HOW OUR RATIOS ARE GROWING.

AND DR.

SIMMONS REFERENCED THAT SOME SCHOOLS HAVE HAD CLASSROOMS CREATED BASED ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THEIR NUMBERS.

SO IT IS CONSISTENTLY BEING LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.

NOW WE'LL LOOK AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THIS, AGAIN, IS A SNAPSHOT FOR SEMESTER ONE.

THESE ARE CORE COURSES AND YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND THEN THE MAXIMUM MINIMUM.

THESE ARE SUBJECT AREAS.

THEY DO. THEY INCLUDE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO HIGHLIGHT AND TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, AT COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S ONE AT WORLD LANGUAGE THAT IS MOST LIKELY FRENCH THREE, AND THAT PERSON HAS ACCEPTED THAT CHALLENGE TO GO INTO FRENCH THREE.

THAT STUDENT IS NOT IN A 1 TO 1 SITUATION.

THAT STUDENT IS BEING ABSORBED INTO ANOTHER CLASSROOM WHERE THEY'RE GETTING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE TEACHER, BUT IT IS NOT TAKING AWAY FROM STAFFING.

SO IT'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO MANEUVER OUR KIDS TO GET GUIDANCE AND THEIR TEACHER IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT NOT MINIMIZE OUR RATIOS.

SAME GOES FOR SOME OF THE OTHER WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSES AT COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND AT NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS DR.

SIMMONS SHARED, COLONEL RICHARDSON AND COLONEL MIDDLE SCHOOL MAINTAIN A PRETTY STABLE LEVEL OF ENROLLMENT.

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR I DID WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND LOCKERMAN OR NORTH CAROLINA AND COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD A CONFERENCE AND A MEETING TO KIND OF DISCUSS WHERE COULD WE BE STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFFING BASED ON WHAT WE LOOKED AT FOR OUR NUMBERS, IT'S EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK OUT PRETTY WELL. WE JUST NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SAME OFFERINGS AT BOTH BUILDINGS SO THAT OUR KIDS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO TWO OFFERINGS IN BOTH BUILDINGS.

I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.

I WOULD LOOKING AT FEDERALSBURG.

I WOULD BE A BIT CONCERNED WITH.

FOR TEACHERS IN THIRD GRADE WITH AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 15 AND THREE TEACHERS IN FIFTH GRADE WITH AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 24.

THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE NUMBER.

THE SCHOOL WORKED TOGETHER ACTUALLY WITH MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM AND LEADERSHIP TEAM.

THEY'VE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION WITH THEIR ESPECIALLY THEIR GRADE THREE.

THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS HAS DEMONSTRATED SOME CHALLENGES AT TIMES WITH ACADEMICS AND AS WELL AS JUST SOME SOCIAL EMOTIONAL.

AND THE DECISION WAS TO KEEP THOSE CLASS SIZES LOW, TO TRY TO MAKE UP GAINS IN THOSE AREAS.

AND SHE WORKED WITH THE FIFTH GRADE TEAM, AND THEY WERE GOOD WITH HOLDING THEIR NUMBERS THERE.

THE THING WITH FEDERALSBURG FIFTH GRADE IS THEIR LARGEST GROUP.

SO WHEN THAT BUBBLE KIND OF COMES OUT, THEY'LL SETTLE BACK DOWN.

BUT BUT HER THOUGHT IS SHE'LL GO BACK TO THREE PER GRADE LEVEL PROVIDED THEY SEE THE RESULTS.

THEY'RE HOPING WITH THEIR THIRD GRADE GROUP THIS YEAR.

THE SAME GROUP HAD FOUR TEACHERS IN SECOND GRADE.

THAT GROUP, AS THEY MOVED ALONG, THEY'VE KEPT THEM.

SO CHANCES ARE FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR TEACHERS.

WE HOPE THEY GO BACK TO THREE BECAUSE THINGS WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACADEMICALLY FOR THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS.

BUT IF NOT, SHE VERY WELL COULD CONSIDER HOLDING IT AT 3 OR 4 IF SHE NEEDS TO.

YEAH. OKAY.

YEP. BUT NO, GREAT QUESTION.

GOOD CATCH. ANY QUESTIONS? FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE CONSIDERATION THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

SO BEFORE YOU.

YEAH, I'LL DO THIS ONE MORE AMBITIOUS.

AND TO BE HONEST, THIS IS KIND OF THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

IT'S JUST LETTING THE BOARD KNOW SORT OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PIECE.

OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD AROUND THE BUDGET WILL BE AT THE DECEMBER MEETING AND THAT WILL BE MY VERY INITIAL KIND OF SALVO OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN MY BUDGET THAT I PRESENT TO YOU.

WE TYPICALLY DO THAT AT DECEMBER MEETING.

IT IS VERY, VERY LOOSE AND VERY FLUID.

WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT OUR REQUESTS HERE SOON FOR OUR TEAM, OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THEY'RE SUBMITTED TO ME AND TO ERIN AND THE BUDGET TEAM BY MID NOVEMBER.

WE TEND TO LOOK AT THEM RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK AND TRY TO START PRIORITIZING.

OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE THEY HELP NARROW DOWN BUDGET PRIORITIES AND THEN THAT WILL COME TO THE BOARD TO HELP KIND OF GUIDE MY WORK OF WE WON'T HAVE DOLLARS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET, BUT IT WILL START AT LEAST FROM THE PIECE OF THE PRIORITY ORDER OF NEEDS FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN TERMS OF INCREASES IN COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND THOSE THINGS, THAT'LL COME IN DECEMBER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE MY BUDGET IS DUE TO YOU ALL IN FEBRUARY.

SO, BY FEBRUARY YOU GET MY BUDGET AND THEN AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES THE BOARD'S BUDGET THAT WE WORK THROUGH.

WE DO HAVE OUR JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON JANUARY 16TH.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AGAIN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND THEN LITERALLY EVERY MONTH WE CONTINUE TO REFINE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE SITTING IN THE SAME POSITION WE WERE LAST YEAR, THAT AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING WE WILL BE IN A POSITION FOR FINAL BUDGET APPROVAL.

THE FINAL BUDGET APPROVAL AT THE JUNE MEETING IS CONTINGENT UPON NEGOTIATIONS BEING COMPLETE WITH OUR TEACHER ASSOCIATION AS WE HAVE OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM, WHICH WILL START IN JANUARY AND AGAIN, PROVIDED WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REACH REACH AN AGREEMENT, WE COULD BE AT THE POINT OF FINALIZING THE BUDGET IN JUNE.

THAT JUNE WORK SESSION STILL HANGS OUT THERE AS TENTATIVE WITH NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, JUST SO WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER IF WE NEED IT, FOR THAT LATE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AND A CONTRACT. AND LAST YEAR, DIDN'T WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR FINAL NUMBERS FROM.

WE DID. THE STATE JAMMED US UP.

YEP. THEY SENT US NUMBERS AND THEN THEY REALIZED THEY WEREN'T.

SO IT'S A COMBO.

YES. YES.

THIS WAS A DECK OF CARDS.

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YES. THAT YOU HAVE TO JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT MONEY THE STATE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE.

AND GIVEN SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY FORECASTS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THERE.

BUT TOO SOON TO JUDGE THAT.

YES. AND BY YEAH, JOKERS ARE WILD.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. BACK.

WE HAVE ANOTHER.

[8. Discussion of Items for Future Board Action]

SO, DR. WILLOUGHBY, YOU HAVE COME BACK.

WELCOME BACK. IT'S ME AGAIN, PRESIDENT BARTON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. SIMMONS, BEFORE YOU FOR INTRODUCTION TONIGHT FOR FIRST READING IS A RECOMMENDED NEW POLICY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE TITLE OF THE POLICY IS DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS AND ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

POLICY REFERENCE IS 11 ONE 1040.

SECTION 11 OF OUR POLICY MANUAL IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THERE.

THERE'S THREE CURRENT POLICIES, WHICH IS WHY THIS WOULD HAVE NUMBER 40 NEXT TO IT.

THIS POLICY CAME ABOUT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT AND MISS SANDY BERRY IS OVER THERE WHO CAN PROVIDE SOME OTHER INPUT MAYBE TO COME BAIL ME OUT AT SOME POINT IF SHE NEEDS TO.

BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ACCESS OF WHO IS ABLE TO ACCESS OUR STUDENTS TO GIVE OUT MATERIALS AND TO UTILIZE WHAT IS REALLY A A CONTAINED AUDIENCE AT ANY TIME, WE WANT TO BE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE WANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE.

WE DO HAVE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS.

WE HAVE JOINT PROGRAMING THAT WE DO WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE NOT JUST A WE'RE NOT EVERYBODY'S DISTRIBUTION METHOD TO TO BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUT FLIERS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL, WE GET THAT.

WE GET EMAILS FROM THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THAT SAYS, HERE'S A FLIER, COULD YOU PRINT THAT AND GIVE THAT TO EVERY ONE OF YOUR KIDS? OH, WOW. LIKE PRINT IT AT SCHOOL SYSTEM EXPENSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR WITH A STACK AND SAYS, HERE YOU GO.

CAN YOU GIVE THESE OUT AT LUNCH? WELL, WHAT IS IT? WHO APPROVES IT? YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WANT TO BE PARTICIPATING IN AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER? AND SO AS I TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NO ONE NO ONE CALLS HR JUST TO TALK.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CALL, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE.

NO ONE LOOKS IN YOUR POLICY MANUAL JUST TO READ.

WHEN YOU FLIP THAT BINDER OPEN OR YOU GO ON TO THE WEBSITE, IT'S SORT OF THE EQUIVALENT OF CALLING 911.

YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION AND YOU NEED TO FIND SOME GUIDANCE FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT GUIDANCE.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THAT GUIDANCE IN PLACE.

AND SO AS WE KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS POLICY, CERTAINLY OUR PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH WHAT THESE PROCEDURES WOULD BE.

AND WE STATE IN THIS POLICY STATEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT AN OPEN FORUM.

YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, BUT WE'RE NOT AN OPEN FORUM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO JUST SORT OF PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE DEFINE DIRECT DISTRIBUTION BEING THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTE TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE DEFINE THAT A DIRECT EXTENSION IS A PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR MISSION.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE GOING TO PUSH SATURDAY SIGN UP DATES.

WE ARE GOING TO PUSH WHEN THE AP EXAM IS OR WHEN YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BUY YOUR YEARBOOK OR GET YOUR STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

IT'S A DIRECT EXTENSION OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND THEN OUR JOINT PROGRAMS, OUR PTAS, OUR PARKS AND REC, WHICH USE OUR BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP.

AND SO WHAT THIS POLICY REALLY SAYS IS THAT DIRECT DISTRIBUTION WILL BE LIMITED TO ENTITIES THAT HAVE A JOINT PROGRAM WITH KPS.

THOSE WILL BE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT ACCESS TO HAVE DIRECT DISTRIBUTION TO OUR STUDENTS.

THEY WILL ALSO BE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS, EVENTS AND TO THE PROPERTY AND IF THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THEY CAN BE THEY CAN HAVE MATERIALS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED ONLINE. AND WE DO HAVE AN ONLINE FLIER PROGRAM CURRENTLY THAT VENDOR IS PEACH JAR THAT THESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN GO.

THEY CAN CREATE AN ACCOUNT, THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR FLIER.

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AND IF IT'S APPROVED, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT.

PARENTS OPT IN AND THEY SIGN UP FOR THAT.

AND A DIGEST COMES, I BELIEVE IT'S ONCE A WEEK.

SANDY, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU CAN OPT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

YES. SO YOU GET THAT RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL, BUT NOT THE FLY, THE TRUE FLIERS BEING SENT OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THEN WE DO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DEFINE AS PROHIBITED MATERIALS, THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS, AND THAT IF THEY WERE SUBMITTED VIA THIS ONLINE PROGRAM, WE WOULD NOT APPROVE THAT.

AND WE OUTLINE THAT CERTAINLY THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE LIKE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ANYTHING THAT'S DEFAMATORY OR PLAIN OLD FALSE STATEMENTS THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY AND POLITICALLY PARTIZAN MATERIALS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO HAVING CAMPAIGNS BE PLAYED OUT WITHIN OUR FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU COME TO THE POLICY BOOK, AS AS A PRINCIPAL OR AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT DOING LIGHT READING.

YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S PRESENTED ITSELF THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME SOME PROCEDURES AND SOME ADVICE.

THIS CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST.

AND SO TO BE ABLE TO SAY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE A JOINT VENTURE WITH, WE HONOR THAT AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO TO JOINTLY ADVERTISE YOUR EVENTS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A JOINT VENTURE WITH.

THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE WITH APPROVAL, BUT NOT DIRECTLY IN OUR BUILDINGS, AND THEN TO DEFINE THINGS THAT WE JUST WOULD NOT PUT IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL VENUE.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE.

SO AS ALL POLICIES THAT ARE NEW, THIS IS PROPOSED FOR A FIRST READING.

THIS WILL GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK IN NOVEMBER, AT WHICH TIME YOU COULD LOOK AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TAKE ACTION, OR WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND WE COULD SCHEDULE FURTHER READINGS.

AND AGAIN, THAT TIMELINE IS ON THE ACTION ITEM FOR WHAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE.

DID I DO? OKAY, SANDY. OKAY.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBERS DEFINITELY NEEDED.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.

SCHOOL BASED EVENTS SUCH AS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT IS THAT SPORTING EVENTS LIKE DRAMA PLAYS.

BASICALLY, ANY EVENT HELD ON, ANY EVENT IN SCHOOL SPONSORED THAT'S LED BY US AND WE'RE IN PARTICIPATION OR PARTNERSHIP WITH US? YES. AND THAT'S A GOOD WE COULD SPELL THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BESIDES JUST BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS.

BUT DRAMA PRODUCTIONS OR SPORTING EVENTS COULD ALSO BE GOOD EXAMPLES TO PUT IN THERE AS WELL.

IN REFERENCING THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WHEN WE READ THE MISSION STATEMENT OR I READ THE MISSION STATEMENT PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT WE'RE NOT HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PROMOTE OR ALLOW SOMEBODY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES OR THEIR PARTICULAR POSITIONS OR THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO PROMOTE. IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION.

SO WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THE SAT TESTS ARE OR WHEN PLAYS OR OTHER SCHOOL FUNCTIONS ARE HAPPENING, IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.

BUT SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS SOME OTHER SOMETHING ELSE THEY WANT TO PROMOTE, IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL'S JOB AND MAYBE NOT EVEN RELEVANT OR APPROPRIATE.

SO BUT FIRST READING TONIGHT AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY OR ADJUST AS NEEDED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I THINK IT IS.

I LOOK BACK, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN GOOD SUPPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT SECOND GOAL AS WELL, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE.

VERY GOOD POINT. COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU ALL. OUTSTANDING.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

SO NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

LOOK, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

[10. Upcoming Meetings and Events]

YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY SCANT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

YEAH, BUT A LOT OF THOSE.

A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY.

YES, THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE GIVEN THEM TO ME, SO I'VE PUT THEM ON THERE BECAUSE IF I DON'T, I'LL FORGET.

SO. SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN GO ON TO THE SPREADSHEET AND INDICATE, YES, PLEASE DO.

DOING THAT IS HELPFUL.

YEAH, THAT'S HELPFUL.

NOW, THE TRUMP RETREATS.

ARE THEY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? NOT ALL ARE DOING TRUMP RETREATS, BUT THE ONES THAT I KNOW ABOUT ARE IN THERE AND I HAVE TO REACH BACK OUT ANYWAY BECAUSE.

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I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE KICK OUT OF THE CHARACTER PARADES.

IT'S GOOD THAT THE WORD BOOK IS IN THERE BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE FULL OF CHARACTERS.

THE ONE EVENT NOT ON THERE, I'LL JUST SHARE.

AND MR. PLUTCHIK WILL BE STANDING IN FOR MR. BARTON, WHO CANNOT ATTEND THIS FRIDAY BECAUSE HE WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.

IS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

GALA IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE PRE-COVID AT MARTIN'S WEST IN BALTIMORE.

SO MR. PLUTCHIK WILL BE JOINING ME AS WE GO IN.

MISS POWERS WILL BE JOINING AS WELL AS WE GO CELEBRATE MR. HOHNER AT A VERY NICE EVENT.

AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THEY'VE LAST HAD IT.

IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM BRING IT BACK.

WE DID EXTEND AN INVITATION TO OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR WHO DID NOT GET THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SOME ARE ABLE TO JOIN US, SO IT'LL BE IT'LL BE A NICE EVENT AND GLAD WE'RE GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND BE PART OF IT.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION, TOO, SPECIFICALLY TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK IT WAS TODAY'S EMAIL THAT THERE IS [INAUDIBLE] IS SPONSORING A RURAL SCHOOL ONLINE CONFERENCE.

I THINK IT'S DECEMBER 13TH FROM 1 TO 4, JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CUBE, WHICH IS FOR URBAN SCHOOLS, AND THIS IS RURAL SCHOOLS.

IT'S VIRTUAL ONLY.

SO, IF ANYONE SIGNED UP, IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED, CAN YOU SAY WHAT THAT IS? AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S DECEMBER 13TH, BUT WE GOT IT IN TODAY'S EMAIL.

OKAY. RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT.

THE AS DR.

TIMMONS MENTIONED, THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

ME, TOO. YOU DIDN'T GET IT? NO. YOU CAN FORWARD IT.

I DIDN'T DREAM THIS. I KNOW BECAUSE I SIGNED UP TO ATTEND IT.

OKAY. CHECK UNDER NOT PRIMARY, BUT THE SPAM.

SPAM? NO, NOT SPAM.

WE GET PRIMARY EMAILS AND THEN WE GET THE OTHER WORD STARTS WITH PROMOTIONAL.

PROMOTIONAL? YEAH, I JUST GET THEM ALL.

YEAH, BUT IT'S FOR ME AND THE DATES.

DECEMBER 13TH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. DR.

SIMMONS MENTIONED THAT I WON'T BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY.

I'M HEADING OUT OF TOWN ON THURSDAY, SO I'M GOING TO MISS NEXT WEEK'S WORK SESSION.

THIS MONTH WE KIND OF COMPRESSED OUR MEETINGS BECAUSE OF THE NAME CONFERENCE LAST WEEK.

SO. MARK JONES.

MR. JONES WILL SIT IN FOR ME NEXT TUESDAY AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY BE IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEER SUPPORT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT IT'S PEER SUPPORT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THAT'S THE WORK I DO IN MY WORK LIFE.

AND SO I'D RATHER BE HERE IN TERMS OF WHERE MY BODY WANTS TO BE, BUT THAT'S WHERE I REALLY NEED TO BE SO HAPPY TO DO THAT.

IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO GO AND PROVIDE SOME HELP THERE AND SOME COLLABORATION, BUT I REGRET MISSING ANY OF THESE MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, EVERYBODY.

SO WITH THAT, ONE MORE THING.

YEAH. WOULD YOU JUST GIVE SOME THOUGHT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT STUDENT PARTICIPATION? ON LAKE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TONIGHT.

YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND SHARE IT NEXT MONTH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. OKAY. I SPENT TIME CHATTING WITH THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE.

I'M FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF THEM.

IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO JUST SEE HOW VARIES COUNTY BY COUNTY ACROSS THE STATE.

RIGHT? YEAH, THEY WERE TERRIFIC.

THEIR PANEL, THEY WERE EXCELLENT.

AND THEY WERE GOOD PARTICIPANTS THERE.

REALLY, REALLY EXCELLENT.

OKAY. WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT OR STAY HERE LONGER IF YOU WANT.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

I DID NOT THINK THAT WAS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.