[5. Reports and Presentations]
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AND I LOVED PRESIDENT WAYMAN WHEN YOU KICKED US OFF WITH THE READING OF THE MISSION FOR THE BOARD, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP US CENTERED. AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT OUR MISSION PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED WORDS LIKE CATALYST AND GLOBAL ECONOMY VERY DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS MEASURING OUR IMPACT.MARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE DRIVES MEANINGFUL, PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, AND EDUCATION THAT EMPOWER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TO MEET MARYLAND'S TALENT NEEDS.
BUT FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
IT'S REFLECTED IN OUR BOARD GOVERNANCE, OUR BOARD.
LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYERS REPRESENTED.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
OUR BOARD IS ABOUT A 50/50 SPLIT BETWEEN PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
WE ALSO HAVE EX OFFICIO OR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT PARTICIPATE THAT COME FROM GOVERNMENT.
AND WE'RE ADVISED BY GOVERNMENT AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE OUR CHAIR WAS THE JUST RETIRED FORMER OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER OF KPMG, CHRISTINA SPELL. WE ALSO HAVE THE DAILY RECORD, A PARTNER IN THROUGHOUT MARYLAND AND A PARTNER WHO HELPS US PRODUCE OUR MAGAZINE WAY TO BE EACH YEAR. SUZANNE FISCHER-HUETTNER FROM THE DAILY RECORD.
OUR BOARD TREASURER IS FROM BGE, MICHAEL CLOYD.
AND OF COURSE, I SERVE AS PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF OUR BOARD.
THIS PAST YEAR WE DID HAVE A TRANSITION AT NBRT.
AND MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER MISS NONA CARROLL, OUR FORMER CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, AS WELL AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WHO HELPED TO TRANSITION OUR FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TWO YEARS PRIOR WHEN I JOINED NBRT IN 2024.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE YOU IN THE FUTURE TO LATISHA COATES-YOUNG.
WE DIVIDE AND CONQUER OR SHE'D BE WITH ME TONIGHT.
SHE IS OUR NEW CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, AND LATISHA COMES TO US FROM THE BALTIMORE HOMECOMING ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH CARE CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE CARE AND COORDINATION OF SERVICES THAT THEY REQUIRE FROM COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS STEM EDUCATION AND SUMMER PROGRAMING.
SO I BELIEVE THAT EXPERIENCE WILL BE VERY RELEVANT HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY AS WELL.
NOW YOU GET TO MEET OUR STATEWIDE TEAM, OF WHICH ABBY, OF COURSE, IS A PART.
WE SERVE FIVE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITH THE NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS GRANT.
SO NINE YEARS IN CAROLINE COUNTY. NOW IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE MEANTIME IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WAS MOVED BY A LEGISLATIVE ACTION FROM MSDE TO MHEC IN THIS PRIOR YEAR, AND THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST OUTCOMES IS THE AVAILABILITY FOR NGS STUDENTS TO BECOME PREQUALIFIED AND ACCESS THE GUARANTEED ACCESS GRANT IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. SO WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON HELPING OUR STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR AND RECEIVE STATE AID, AS WELL AS OTHER SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
OUR CURRENT CORE PROGRAMS. AND THIS INCLUDES YOU'LL SEE NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS LEADING THAT OFF.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A THOUSAND MEMBER STRONG SPEAKERS BUREAU IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
IN THE COMMUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU MEMBERS, APPROXIMATELY 350 TO 400 EACH YEAR, ARE ACTIVE AND GOING INTO CLASSROOMS BESIDE YOUR EDUCATORS, HELPING TO CONNECT WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THE COMPLETION OF YOUR DEGREE. AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT WORKED FOR THEM AND ALSO WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? WHAT DID I LEARN? THEY ALSO REINFORCE DURABLE SKILLS. AND SO FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S A CONNECTION TO LEARNING.
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AMBASSADORS, MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR AND BECOME A LEADER AMONG THEIR PEERS, HELPING OTHER STUDENTS UNDERSTAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, MAKE CONNECTIONS FROM SCHOOL AGAIN TO REAL LIFE, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO NOT ONLY SUCCEED IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT TO CONSIDER THAT SUCCESS IN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NEXT IN COLLEGE.FINALLY, OUR CURRENT CORE PROGRAMS INCLUDE WAY TO BE.
I ALREADY MENTIONED OUR MAGAZINE, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF IT.
I KNOW ABBY AND I, WE CARRY IT IN EVERY BAG WE HAVE.
YES, PLEASE. AND THIS PAST YEAR, WAY TO BE. THIS IS A BANNER YEAR FOR US.
WE PUBLISHED BOTH THE SPANISH TRANSLATION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION IN ONE MAGAZINE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO REACH ALL CAREGIVERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, SIBLINGS, EVERYONE WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HANDLE.
IF YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR PRIOR, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT EDITIONS.
ONE WAS ONLY 7,000 COPIES, THE OTHER ONE WAS 55,000 COPIES.
FOR OTHER GROUPS, INCLUDING OUR OTHER NONPROFIT PROVIDERS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, THEY'RE ABLE TO ALSO GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW IF THEY'D LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS FREE PUBLIC RESOURCE. SO OUR STATEWIDE IMPACT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, WHICH ABBY IS ALL ABOUT. SHE'S GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS IN CAROLINE.
BUT OVERALL, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR OUR STATEWIDE SERVICE FOR THE FIVE DISTRICTS WE SERVE, INCLUDING ALLEGHANY, CAROLINE, DORCHESTER, KENT AND WICOMICO COUNTIES.
CAROLINE IS A LITTLE SPECIAL FOR US. WE SERVE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN CAROLINE.
WE DON'T GET THAT IN ALL OF OUR OTHER DISTRICTS, SO WE REALLY GET TO MAKE THAT BROAD IMPACT.
AND OF COURSE, THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERACTING ACROSS THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. OUR 10TH GRADE NGS STUDENTS NUMBERED 758 ACROSS THE STATE LAST YEAR. WE SERVED 682 11TH GRADERS AND 612 SENIORS.
OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU, THERE'S OUR STATS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT GROUP OF SPEAKERS LAST YEAR, THREE, 327 OF 1000 ACTIVE MEMBERS WERE ENGAGED IN 630 SESSIONS, LOGGING 21 693 ENGAGEMENTS IN ALL 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 50 SCHOOLS.
AND OF COURSE, IT CONTINUES ON WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO INVITING THEIR STUDENTS FOR SHADOW DAYS, MENTORING ALL KINDS OF EXPERIENCES, AGAIN LINKED TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
OUR STUDENT AMBASSADORS, WE HAVE 50 STUDENTS STATEWIDE.
THEY ARE MANAGED BY OUR ABBEY IN ALLEGANY COUNTY.
SO THAT WHEN HE SNOWED IN, HE GETS TO TALK TO THE WHOLE STATE, BECAUSE LATELY, THAT'S A THING.
AND SO THAT'S A VERY EXCITING GROUP. AGAIN, PEER TO PEER.
AND THESE ARE OUR FUTURE LEADERS. AND FINALLY, I JUST MENTIONED WAY TO BE 55,000 COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE EXPECT TO DO THAT AGAIN IN 2026. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ABBY, WHO AGAIN IS THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW HERE.
AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT HERE IN CAROLINE COUNTY.
AND BOTH ABBY AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, SHARON.
I THINK YOU GAVE A REALLY GREAT PRIMER ON ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE DO ON THE STATE LEVEL.
SO THIS FIRST SLIDE RIGHT HERE VERY BROAD OVERVIEW.
IT'S NOT A TYPO. A THIRD OF THEM ARE IN CAROLINE.
WE ARE BY FAR THE BIGGEST OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS THAT NBRT SERVES IN TERMS OF QUALIFYING STUDENTS.
IT'S A BLESSING AND A CURSE. SO IT IS DEFINITELY ALL ABOUT SCALE HERE AT CAROLINE COUNTY.
THERE'S SO MANY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.
BUT IT CAN BE IT CAN BE A LOT AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OTHER BIG NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
IT IS NOT A TYPO EITHER. LAST YEAR IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO REPORT OVER $2 MILLION OF FINANCIAL AID THAT WAS AWARDED TO OUR GRADUATING CAROLINE SENIORS IN THE NEXT GEN PROGRAM. THAT IS UP FROM IF YOU SEE THAT LITTLE ASTERISK DOWN THERE $691,000 THAT I WAS ABLE TO REPORT
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LAST SCHOOL YEAR AT THE BOARD MEETING. I WILL MENTION THAT THAT IS NOT AS MUCH OF A DRASTIC INCREASE IN STUDENT ABILITY OR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.THERE ARE AMAZING STUDENTS IN BOTH CLASSES. BUT IT'S JUST MUCH BETTER REPORTING, MUCH BETTER COLLABORATION, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE TO SHOUT OUT JEN REED, THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT COLONEL RICHARDSON.
A LOT OF GREAT COLLABORATION AND RECORD KEEPING TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THESE REALLY IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS THAT AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS GO INTO OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE, AND THE BETTER WE CAN REPORT FOR OUTCOMES HERE, THE BETTER WE CAN SERVE OUR STUDENTS THE NEXT GRANT YEAR.
SO A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT ARE YOUR CAROLINE YES. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. GOING INTO SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE DID LAST YEAR NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS REALLY FOCUSES ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
SO SOME OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO ARE OUR COLLEGE VISITS AND OUR CAREER TOURS.
SO FOR OUR CAREER TOURS WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
WE TOOK ALMOST A COMBINED 80 STUDENTS ON THOSE TWO TRIPS.
YOU CAN SEE WE TOOK CHEF IN THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT TO HYATT, AND THEY GAVE US A REALLY AMAZING TOUR OF THEIR LIKE COMMERCIAL KITCHENS BACK THERE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO ALL OF THE FOOD PREPARATION AND ALL THEIR RESTAURANTS.
AND HOW BIG OF A UNDERTAKING THAT IS. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WORKING WITH LIKE OUR MANUFACTURING, OUR AUTO CLASSES, ALL OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND CONNECTING THEM WITH BUSINESSES. SO THOSE ARE REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE MORE INTERESTED IN GOING RIGHT INTO CAREERS RATHER THAN GOING INTO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE. AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FOUR YEAR COLLEGE, GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE COLLEGE VISITS TOO. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR COLLEGE VISITS HERE FOR THE NEXT GEN PROGRAM IS WE FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON MARYLAND COLLEGES. SO AS SHARON MENTIONED, A BIG PART OF OUR MISSION IS CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH THAT GUARANTEED ACCESS GRANT, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS IN MARYLAND THAT QUALIFY FINANCIALLY.
AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO A SCHOOL IN MARYLAND, WHETHER THAT BE A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO.
FOR A LOT OF THESE KIDS WHO NEED THAT.
SO LAST YEAR WE WENT TO TOWSON UNIVERSITY WITH A GREAT GROUP THERE.
WE ALSO WENT TO SALISBURY. YES. THIS YEAR WE WILL SEE COLLEGE PARK LATER THIS SPRING. SO MORE OF OUR WE DO A LOT OF REALLY COOL MULTI-DISTRICT OR MULTI-COUNTY ACTIVITIES WHERE WE GET TO TEAM UP WITH SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER COUNTIES, OR WE ALL GET TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND DO KIND OF PROGRAM WIDE ACTIVITIES.
SO THE FIRST ONE LISTED IS COLLEGE BOOT CAMP THAT WE HOSTED AT WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
THAT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH OUR KENT COUNTY NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A GROUP OF CAROLINE STUDENTS.
AND THEY GOT TO GO TO WASHINGTON FOR TWO DAYS.
YOU KNOW, THE DINING HALL TALK WITH STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON, STAFF AT WASHINGTON.
WE DO WORKSHOPS ON ESSAY WRITING, SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE DO A FINANCIAL AID BINGO. VERY FUN, VERY FUN EXPERIENCE.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE GET TO PARTNER WITH KENT COUNTY AND TAKE THESE STUDENTS UP TO WASHINGTON COLLEGE, WHERE THEY HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE ON A FOUR YEAR CAMPUS.
NEXT GEN, NEXT LEVEL. WE HOLD THAT EVERY YEAR IN THE SUMMER.
IT IS OUR SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT WE HOLD FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS.
LAST YEAR WE TOOK FOUR CAROLINE STUDENTS, AND I ALSO HAVE OUR LOVELY SUMMER INTERN FROM LAST YEAR, TARYN WATERS, WHO IS A GRADUATE FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON IF ANY OF YOU KNOW HER.
BUT NEXT GEN NEXT LEVEL IS ANOTHER GREAT SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS GET TO GO.
WE WENT TO LOYOLA LAST YEAR. THEY GET TO GO ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
IT IS AN OVERNIGHT, SO THEY GET TO SLEEP IN THE DORMS. THEY GET TO EAT THE DINING HALLS. WE DO A LOT OF GREAT WORKSHOPS WITH STUDENT INTERNS, LOVE REALLY AMAZING WORKSHOPS ON TIME MANAGEMENT,
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FINANCIAL LITERACY, MENTAL HEALTH, ALL THIS GREAT STUFF.THEY GOT TO NETWORK WITH MEMBERS OF OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME CAROLINE STUDENTS TO.
AND THEN YOUTH CONGRESS DAY, WHICH IS COMING UP, THAT IS OUR FEBRUARY EVENT.
THIS YEAR WE WERE SHOOTING FOR TEN. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DOUBLE OUR NUMBERS.
AND THAT EVENT ACTUALLY IS A DOUBLE HEADER WITH OUR 24 AWARDS.
SO WE SPEND PART OF THE DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE.
IT WAS A LITTLE CHAOTIC, BUT STILL A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC POLICY, GOVERNMENT LAW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN THEY GET TO FINISH UP WITH THE 24 AWARDS, WHICH WE GET TO RECOGNIZE 24 OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN MARYLAND, WHICH OF COURSE [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE OUR RECIPIENT THIS YEAR.
I HAVE A REALLY GREAT ANECDOTE FROM LAST YEAR FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING THAT WE HOLD EVERY FALL.
SHE WAS THERE WITH A GROUP OF HER PEERS. THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD THE SPANISH TRANSLATED WAY TO BE, AND ACTUALLY HER AND A GROUP OF HER CLASSMATES AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING SPOKE TO A MEMBER OF THE DAILY RECORD AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION AND HOW COOL IT WAS.
AND THAT WAS JUST A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT, AND IT REALLY SHOWS THE KIND OF IMPACT THAT WE HAVE.
AND I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THE SPANISH EDITION OF WAY TO BE THIS YEAR.
I HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE ABOUT IT, I THINK COMING UP.
OH, THERE IT IS. SO OBVIOUSLY. SEE, THIS YEAR OUR WAY TO BE LAST YEAR WAS OUR INAUGURAL OH MY GOODNESS INAUGURAL SPANISH VERSION. BUT THEY WERE TWO SEPARATE COPIES THIS YEAR THEY ARE COMBINED.
SO THEY HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE FLIP ONE HALF ENGLISH, ONE HALF SPANISH.
WHEN WE HAD THE SPANISH EDITION, I WAS LIKE, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE KIDS MIGHT NOT BE COMFORTABLE ASKING FOR A SPANISH VERSION, OR ALSO MAYBE THEY'RE FINE WITH THE SPANISH VERSION, BUT MOM AND DAD AT HOME MIGHT NOT HAVE A STRONG ENGLISH.
NOW THEY CAN ACCESS THIS RESOURCE. SO I LOVED IT SO MUCH.
AND HONESTLY A BIG INSPIRATION AND COMPARISON THAT I HAD TO LIKE PUSH THIS IDEA.
THIS WAS NOT MY IDEA. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT, BUT A BIG INSPIRATION WAS HOW CCPS AND CAROLINE COUNTY HAS EVERYTHING TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH, SPANISH, HAITIAN CREOLE. IT IS SO COOL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT WORKING WITH CAROLINE COUNTY AND CCPS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S GETTING LATE, BUT I HAD A WHOLE LIKE CONVERSATION WITH A SENIOR AT NORTH TALKING ABOUT AN APPLICATION QUESTION ABOUT DIVERSITY. AND SHE'S LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DIVERSITY WHERE I AM LIKE, I'M IN A SMALL RURAL TOWN. I WAS LIKE, TALK ABOUT HOW WE TRANSLATE EVERYTHING IN THREE LANGUAGES. THAT IS SUCH A COOL EXAMPLE OF DIVERSITY AND ACCOMMODATION.
SO I'M GLAD WE GET TO DO IT HERE AT NBRT WITH OUR WAY TO BE MAGAZINE.
A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAD OUR INDUSTRY DAY, THE ENGINEERING CLUB IN BALTIMORE.
THIS WAS A SUPER COOL OPPORTUNITY. I WISH I INCLUDED PICTURES.
BEAUTIFUL VENUE. ALL PROPS TO SHARON FOR SECURING THAT.
THEY GOT TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT ENGINEERING FIRMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
WE HAD OUR ANNUAL MEETING. TON OF FUN. WE HAVE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THIS.
THE WEEK FORMERLY KNOWN AS IMPACT WEEK. OUR POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS CAMPAIGN WEEK, WHICH IS REALLY COLLABORATING, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR GUIDANCE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY FOCUSING ON GETTING OUR SENIORS, GETTING THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, GETTING THEIR APPLICATIONS STARTED, GETTING THEIR COLLEGE SEARCH STARTED GETTING ANY SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY'VE STARTED ON.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT OCTOBER CAMPAIGN, WE HAD OVER 400 SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AT NORTH CAROLINE AND OVER 200 SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AT COLONEL RICHARDSON.
THOSE ARE DONE AND SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY GREAT NUMBERS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT'S NOVEMBER 1ST. THAT IS EARLY ACTION.
WE HAD OUR [INAUDIBLE] COLLEGE FAIR AND OUR JOHNS HOPKINS TRIPS ALREADY IN THE FALL.
JEFF WENT TO JOHNS HOPKINS. WAS IT WAS IT FUN? IT WAS FUN. DON'T MENTION THE LUNCH FIASCO. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, BUT IT WAS STILL A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE TOOK ABOUT 20 STUDENTS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD GONE TO JOHNS HOPKINS AS NBRT.
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SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THESE STUDENTS WITH THAT CALIBER OF SCHOOL IS ALWAYS EXCITING.WE HAD THE SALISBURY UNIVERSITY ON SITE ADMISSION DAY.
I THINK THAT 33 NUMBER IS FROM THE NORTH HIGH DAY, BUT THEY DID IT AT BOTH SCHOOLS, AND BOTH SCHOOLS HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO GOT THAT AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE INTO SALISBURY. AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO CELEBRATE OUR FINANCIAL AID NIGHTS, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHESAPEAKE COME IN AND GIVE A GREAT PRESENTATION ON THE FAFSA, FINANCIAL AID IN GENERAL. SO WE HAD TWO OF THOSE NIGHTS IN DECEMBER, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT AT NORTH HAS SOME EXTRA FINANCIAL AID LIKE SESSIONS COMING UP. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONTINUOUS HELP WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, WITH FINANCIAL AID. I KNOW JEFF MENTIONED A WHILE AGO THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOLARSHIPS THING.
YEAH, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT JUST ME. IT WAS LESLIE PODLASZEWSKI FROM COLONEL TEAMED UP FOR THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE CLASS OF 2028 ARE INCOMING 10TH GRADERS.
WE DO RUN 10TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS IN THE NEXT GEN PROGRAM HERE IN CAROLINE.
SO WE HAVE 206 STUDENTS IN THAT COHORT. SO PLENTY OF STUDENTS TO HELP.
IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING. AND THAT IS IT FOR OUR UPDATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHARON OR I WE'D WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND HAVING US SPEAK ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR THE SUCCESSES OF OUR CAROLINE COUNTY STUDENTS AND THE NEXT GEN PROGRAM. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP.
SHOULD YOU HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH YOUR DELEGATION TO SUPPORT NEXT GENERATION FUNDING? I WILL SAY THAT IN THIS PAST YEAR, WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN BUDGET TO NS GRANTS ACROSS THE STATE TO ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY ADDED MORE SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO THEY FUNDED ADDITIONAL, WHICH REDUCED ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE CURRENT PROVIDERS.
SO MY ONLY ASK IS WE NEVER WANT TO UNDERMINE THE INTEGRITY OF PROGRAMING.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE SENSITIVE TO. WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL ASK FOR FUNDING. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S SUPPORT. OUR MESSAGE IS ALWAYS, LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING TO RUN AND RUN EFFICIENTLY AND WELL.
THANK YOU SHARON, I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS TO ADD AS WELL.
BEEN WITH THE NSS PROGRAM SINCE 2017 WHEN LEGISLATION WAS PASSED AND WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH, THIS IS NEAT. THIS IS PAST. OH, IT APPLIES TO CAROLINE.
AND WE'VE APPRECIATED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NBTY FROM THE BEGINNING.
TO GROW. I'M THANKFUL THE PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN TOGETHER TONIGHT WITH CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE AND TRIO, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PIECE AT THE END ABOUT FUNDING BECAUSE TRIO IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL.
WE ARE NEWER IN THE TRIO GAME THAN WE ARE IN THE NEXT GEN GAME.
WE GOT IN THE TRIO GAME BECAUSE OF THE NEXT GEN GAME, AND THEN HEARING ABOUT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS WERE DOING WITH THE TRIO PROGRAMS AND LIKE, HANG ON A SECOND, WHY ISN'T CAROLINE ENGAGED IN THAT? AND WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE. WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THAT OUT. BOTH PROGRAMS NEED FUNDING, NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY WERE DEVELOPED.
AND PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED. HOWEVER, I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE AS WELL WITH BOTH.
BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, AND IT'S GIVING STUDENTS THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, AND SOMETIMES THEY NEED IT IN A VOICE THAT'S NOT WHO THEY'RE SEEING TRADITIONALLY.
IT'S AN EXTRA HAND THEY NEED. AND BOTH PROGRAMS ARE PROVING THAT THAT EXTRA VOICE, THAT EXTRA HAND, THAT EXTRA LOVE AND ATTENTION IS OPENING DOORS FOR THEM THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN CONSISTENTLY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR POPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY OPENED WELL.
AND IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE IMPACT OF BOTH. ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS, HOWEVER THEY MAY GO A LITTLE EASIER ON THE STATE LEVEL THAN THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT IT STILL TAKES A VOICE NO MATTER WHAT WHERE WE CAN TO HELP MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND AGAIN, IT'LL TIE INTO MS.
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MCCORMICK'S PRESENTATION HERE NEXT. IT IS NOT THE THE MS. MCCORMICK NIGHT, BUT IT IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT. IT IS ALL ABOUT CAREER READINESS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS.COLLEGE IS A VEHICLE THAT SOME STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE FOR CAREERS.
AND SOME HAVE OTHER POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS THAT GO RIGHT INTO EMPLOYMENT.
BUT MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, IS VITAL.
I MEAN, SORRY, I'M SOAPBOXING THE LAST POINT.
THEY'RE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS THAT SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS DON'T THINK ABOUT AT 17 THAT LEAD THEM TO GETTING A REALLY NICE PAYCHECK AT 18, AS OPPOSED TO $100,000 OF DEBT BEFORE GETTING A PAYCHECK.
THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME SIZE. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU PAY OFF THE DEBT.
IT'S JUST SUCH A FANTASTIC BOTH PROGRAMS WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT AND JUST LOVE THE WORK AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MS. MCCORMICK'S TEAM AS WELL. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ONE OF ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH BLUEPRINT, WE ADDED IN CAREER COACHES WHICH IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALREADY DOING.
SO WE'VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AS OPPOSED TO OVERLAPPING IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS SHARE AN OFFICE AND AT COLONEL OFFICE. AND SO BUT THAT REALLY DOES HELP THAT COLLABORATION TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NOT OVERLAP OF SERVICE, BUT THAT WE ARE TRULY SERVICING ALL STUDENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AS A PARTNERSHIP.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
DON'T HAVE TO STAY. JEFFREY. JEFFREY, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEP. SAFE TRAVELS.
BACK TO TOWSON. OH, YEAH. YES. AND, MISS MCCORMICK.
I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'LL BE STANDING UP HERE THIS EVENING.
BUT AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT WAYMAN.
DOCTOR SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TONIGHT I COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
BUT TO SHARE SOME UPDATES ON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION BETTER KNOWN AS CTE.
AS I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE, THE GOAL IN THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE, THE BLUEPRINT IS TO HAVE 45% OF ALL OF OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS COMPLETE A REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP OR EARN AN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL AND IRC. THIS CHART SHOWS WHAT IS NOW ALLOWABLE AND WHAT IS NOT ALLOWABLE IN THAT 45%. SO YOU DO SEE THAT REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP WHICH IS THE 144 HOURS OF RELATED INSTRUCTION AND 250 HOURS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING BEFORE GRADUATION AS WELL AS INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS.
AND WE WILL GO INTO THOSE FURTHER YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP AS WELL, DOES COUNT AS LONG AS STUDENTS EARN AN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL WHILE DOING THE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP.
WE DO FEEL THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AND FIND OTHER WAYS TO MEET OUR 45% GOAL.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE AT ABOUT 30% ATTAINMENT OF MEETING THAT 45% GOAL.
THAT IS INCLUDING THE INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS THAT OUR CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND EARN, AS WELL AS OUR APPRENTICESHIP. WE ARE LOOKING INTO WAYS TO INCREASE OUR OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH WITH APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO COLLABORATIVELY WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
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TO CHECK IN ON WHAT ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES SHE, AS THE NAVIGATOR, HAS CONTACTED IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM, BECOME AN APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS.IT IS THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO ACTUALLY RECRUIT AND BRING ON THOSE BUSINESSES.
THAT IS NOT AN EDUCATION ROLE. ALTHOUGH WHEN WE ARE SPEAKING TO BUSINESSES ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH US, THAT IS OUR GOLD STANDARD. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS WELL, WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GOLD STANDARD OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP, ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH APPRENTICESHIP IN OUR RURAL AREA.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS OF MEETING THAT 45% GOAL OF THE STATE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS INTO ALL CTE PROGRAMS. THAT IS NOT HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER CONTENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ADDING AN ADOBE CREDENTIAL INTO SOME OF OUR ART CLASSES, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ADDING SOME OTHER INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS INTO SCIENCES AND PE CLASSES.
TO REALLY GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE FOR STUDENTS TO EARN AN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL, THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO GET TO 45% OR HIGHER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, AS DOCTOR SIMMONS JUST SHARED, A STUDENT WHO HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY AT 17 HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A SALARY AT 18.
AND SO THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN OFFER, THE BETTER.
IN ADDITION TO THE 45% INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL GOAL, ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND ARE TO HAVE A SIX YEAR PLAN THAT IS TO BE CREATED AT THE END OF EIGHTH GRADE, CONTINUE FOR THE FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TWO YEARS POST HIGH SCHOOL.
AT THIS POINT, THIS CHART SHOWS MSDE'S PROPOSED PORTIONS AND SECTIONS FOR WHAT THE SIX YEAR PLAN IS TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU SEE, THAT THERE ARE AREAS JUST OF A STUDENT PROFILE OF STUDENTS SELF-AWARENESS AND STUDENTS GOALS.
WE ALREADY ARE USING A PLATFORM CALLED NAVIANCE FOR SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
WE DO CAREER ASSESSMENTS NOT ONLY SCHOOL COUNSELORS, BUT CAREER COACHES AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT YOU JUST SAW HERE TODAY ARE ACCESSING NAVIANCE. AND STUDENTS ARE DOING CAREER ASSESSMENTS.
WE'RE USING THAT DATA TO INFORM OUR CAREER COACHING AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS.
BUT THESE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED CURRENTLY.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL NAVIANCE ITEMS NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS CREATE THEIR ENTIRE FOUR YEAR COURSE SELECTION WITHIN NAVIANCE IN EIGHTH GRADE SO THAT NOT ONLY CAN THEY PLAN OUT WHAT THEIR NEXT FOUR YEARS LOOK LIKE, THEY CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS WITHIN NAVIANCE.
SO IF THEY SAY, I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO DO ALL DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES OR IF I WANT TO BE A CCTC STUDENT, THEY CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PLANS WITHIN NAVIANCE TO SEE HOW THEIR SCHEDULE COULD ACTUALLY SHAKE OUT FOR THOSE FOUR YEARS.
WE ARE I'M GOING TO SAY JUST THIS CLOSE, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT AT THE FEBRUARY MARCH TIME FRAME, WHEN STUDENTS BEGIN TO CHOOSE THEIR CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS ROLLED OUT.
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SO THAT IS A FEATURE THAT WE WILL LOOK TO INCLUDE.MSDE IS HOSTING A VERY LARGE CONVENING AT THE END OF JANUARY, WHERE WE HOPE TO GAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SIX YEAR PLAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE NOT ONLY ACCURATE AND THOROUGH, BUT MEANINGFUL TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO STAY TUNED. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THIS MORE TO COME.
SO NOW TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY INTO THE UPDATES AND CHANGES WITH CTE IN GENERAL.
CURRENTLY, CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS 14 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE SHOWN HERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE. THESE ARE NOT ONLY AT OUR CCTC TECH CENTER BUILDING, BUT THERE ARE PROGRAMS AT BOTH OF THE HOMESCHOOLS COLONEL RICHARDSON AND NORTH CAROLINA.
SO THIS SCHOOL YEAR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTED NEW CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF STUDIES FOR ALL CTE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME STANDARDS.
SO IF I AM IN AN AUTOMOTIVE CLASS IN CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I GO TO AN AUTOMOTIVE TRANSFER SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND I GO TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OUR STANDARDS WILL BE THE SAME. THAT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ENGLISH TEN FROM CAROLINE COUNTY TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THOSE STANDARDS REMAIN THE SAME. SO THEY REALLY HAVE FOCUSED THEM TO BE STATEWIDE STANDARDS.
WITH THIS NEW ADOPTION, THERE DOES COME A MULTITUDE OF CHANGES.
YOU SEE THAT THE STATE BOARD DID ADOPT THESE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, AND THESE NEW STANDARDS WILL BE EFFECTIVE THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR. SO THE FIRST CHANGE IS THAT MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS ROLLED OUT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A FLEX MODEL.
THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS KIND OF AND MSDE IS CALLING THIS THIS.
AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TO COMPLETE A CTE PATHWAY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EXAMPLE ON THE SCREEN OR IN FRONT OF YOU, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE FIRST TWO COURSES IN CTE SEQUENCE AND THEN CHOOSE WHAT THEY DO FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS.
THE OPTIONS THAT STUDENTS HAVE ARE TO CONTINUE AND TAKE THE THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS IN THE PATHWAY, OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES THAT ALIGN TO THEIR PATHWAY.
OR THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO AN APPRENTICESHIP. SO AGAIN, TAKE THE FIRST TWO CLASSES OF A PATHWAY AND THEN TAKE AND COMPLETE AN APPRENTICESHIP THAT ALIGNS. AND THEN IN ADDITION, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
CURRENTLY IN CAROLINE COUNTY WE CALL THAT CAREER INTERNSHIP.
WE HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THAT THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AS WE GO MORE TOWARDS THE STATE STANDARDS OF WORK BASED LEARNING CAREER INTERNSHIP.
CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.
WE WORK WITH THEM FOR NUMEROUS THINGS. BUT ONE THING IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ARTICULATION AGREEMENT AS TO IF OUR STUDENTS COMPLETE THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM. THEY CAN HAVE CERTAIN CLASSES AT CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE WAIVED AND GO INTO ANOTHER LEVEL CLASS. SO WITH THIS NEW MODEL OF STUDENTS ONLY HAVING TO DO COURSE ONE AND THEN COURSE TWO, WE ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT EACH OF OUR ARTICULATED AGREEMENTS WITH CHESAPEAKE FOR EVERY PROGRAM, BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT ROUTE.
IT IS ALSO TO SAY IT COULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR AG, OUR CASE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.
IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THE FIRST TWO CLASSES THERE, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT BIOLOGY, BECAUSE THERE IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE AND THE PATHWAY.
WE ARE STILL AWAITING GUIDANCE TO SEE WHO MAKES THAT FINAL DECISION AS TO WHAT ALIGNS.
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AGAIN, JANUARY 30TH IS A VERY LARGE CONVENING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.WE HAVE THROUGH THIS FLEX MODEL, THE CAREER INTERNSHIP WILL BE VERY COURSE ORIENTED, SO STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE COURSE WORK ALONG WITH THEIR HOURS AT A BUSINESS THAT MUST TIE TO THEIR CAREER INTEREST OR PATHWAY. SO WE HAVE MADE A SLIGHT SHIFT IN THIS 2526 SCHOOL YEAR THAT THAT IS A SIMILAR MODEL TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR CURRENT 11TH GRADE, SO THAT WE WILL ROLL THAT NEXT YEAR INTO 11TH AND 12TH GRADE.
SO SMALL STEPS TO GET TO THAT LARGE GOAL FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR.
ANOTHER OPTION THAT IS NOT REALLY ON THIS CHART RIGHT NOW.
BUT IS SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE A SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE IS TRULY A STUDENT RUN BUSINESS THAT WOULD OPERATE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL PROVIDING GOODS OR SERVICES. WE IN CAROLINE COUNTY ALREADY DO A SMALL VERSION OF THIS, BUT THE VERSION THAT TRULY WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE FLEX MODEL IS AN ESCALATED VERSION.
SO RIGHT NOW, EXCUSE ME. RIGHT NOW, OUR CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS, THEY DO BUILD SHEDS, THEY DO BUILD BENCHES AND CHICKEN COOPS, ETC. AND THEY SELL THEM.
IT IS A SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE. IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED AS A SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE IN THIS FLEX MODEL, IT CANNOT BE DONE DURING THE STUDENT'S ACTUAL CLASS TIME.
SO IT CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN ONE OF THEIR FOUR COURSES.
IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION. SO AGAIN WE'RE GAINING MORE INFORMATION.
MSDE I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. OUR DIVISION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT MSDE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KEEPING US ABREAST OF WHAT IS GOING ON, THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND ONE UPPER SHORE SCHOOL SYSTEM TALBOT COUNTY WILL BE IN THAT PILOT.
AND I TALKED TO MSDE TODAY AND THEY SAID, DON'T BE SAD THAT YOU'RE NOT THE PILOT.
I SAID, ACTUALLY, I'M VERY GLAD, BUT THE FIVE OF US UPPER SHORE WORK EXTREMELY WELL TOGETHER, THAT IF THEY ARE THE PILOT, WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION AND JUST NOT BE A PART OF THE PILOT.
SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO WITH ALL OF THESE UPCOMING CHANGES, I'VE CREATED A PLAN WITH GOALS AND ACTIVITIES AND TASKS SO THAT WE ARE TRULY PREPARED FOR THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR.
HEFTY GOAL BUT BY THE END OF THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL BE 100% PREPARED TO LAUNCH THE NEWLY APPROVED CTE PROGRAMS IN THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR. ALL CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY WILL BE SHIFTING TO NEW COURSES WITH NEW STANDARDS. SO SOME OF THE KEY ACTION STEPS ARE HERE.
AND I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW OF THEM. IN THE NEW PROGRAMS OF STUDY EACH COURSE IS A PREREQUISITE TO THE NEXT COURSE. SO WITH THAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU CANNOT TAKE COURSE TWO UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED COURSE ONE. SO WITH OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE OF COURSES AT CCTC.
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MULTIPLE COURSES. IF THEY ARE PREREQUISITE COURSES WE CANNOT GROUP THOSE COURSES TOGETHER.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID THERE, BELIEVE ME AND YOU, YOU EACH KNOW MY BRAIN AND I HAVE IDEAS AND WE'VE BEEN A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT OUR CCTC SCHEDULE WILL NEED TO CHANGE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A BIG TASK TO CHANGE THE MASTER SCHEDULE.
HOWEVER, THAT IS ONE KEY ACTION THAT MAY NEED, MAY NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
WE ALSO HAVE MANY PROGRAMS WHERE OUR STANDARDS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
SO I MENTIONED AUTOMOTIVE EARLIER. AUTOMOTIVE.
THE STANDARDS ARE NOT CHANGING. SOME OF THE SEQUENCE AND THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE THAT WE TEACH THEM IN MIGHT CHANGE, BUT THE TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN A NEW CURRICULUM.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE IS CURRENTLY A SEMI GENERIC COMPUTER SCIENCE PATHWAY.
THAT IS NOT AN OPTION IN THE NEW PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
SO WE AS A DISTRICT NEED TO DECIDE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PATHWAY OF PROGRAMING, A PATHWAY OF NETWORKING, OR A PATHWAY OF CYBER SECURITY, NO LONGER A GENERIC.
SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS THAT WILL HAPPEN.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM IS A LOCALLY DESIGNED PROGRAM.
AND THEY ARE MSDE IS NO LONGER GOING TO ALLOW LOCALLY DEVELOPED PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM THE STATE PROGRAMS. AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WOOD MANUFACTURING STATE APPROVED PROGRAM. THERE IS A METAL MANUFACTURING HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED IN OUR AREA NOT NECESSARILY WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN, ETCETERA.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE DATA TO SEE WHAT PROGRAM WE CAN TRANSITION TO.
I HAVE DONE FOCUS GROUPS WITH STUDENTS AS IT RELATES TO COMPUTER SCIENCE.
I'VE PULLED THE COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS FROM BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS GAVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE THREE PROGRAMS ALONG WITH OUR CAREER COACH, HIGH SCHOOL CAREER COACH, MR. GOWAN, AND GAVE THEM A SURVEY JUST TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST.
IT MIGHT NOT IMPACT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM, BUT I WANTED STUDENT INPUT AS WELL AS BUSINESS AND STAFF INPUT. SO WITH EACH OF THESE EXAMPLES, YOU SEE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE NEW MATERIALS, NEW TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING, A LOT THAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE 27-28 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT LATER MY IDEA OF THAT.
WITH ANY CHANGE COMES A FINANCIAL IMPACT. AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT KNOW EXACT COSTS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED WOULD BE TEXTBOOKS, MARKETING MATERIALS, POTENTIALLY NEW EQUIPMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR STAFF.
ADDITIONALLY, ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS.
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AND I DID NOT ACTUALLY EVEN MENTION IT IN HERE.INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SO I CAN'T JUST SAY THIS IS A GOOD CREDENTIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE.
IT HAS TO BE ON AN APPROVED LIST BY MSDE. THESE CREDENTIALS CAN COST ANYWHERE FROM $20 TO $300 PER STUDENT. AND THERE IS TO BE NO COST TO THE STUDENTS.
WE DO HAVE OUR PERKINS FIVE GRANT. AND I HAVE TO SAY, THANKFULLY, MSDE DID INCREASE SEVERAL DISTRICTS FUNDING TWO YEARS AGO TO A BASE OF NOBODY IN THE STATE CAN BE LOWER THAN THIS AMOUNT.
COMMUNICATION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL AS COLLABORATION.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M GOING TO BE STARTING A WORK GROUP TO HELP GUIDE THESE CHANGES.
I REALLY DID WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU BEFORE I BEGAN THIS WORK GROUP, BUT I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE ALREADY INVITED THE PARTICIPANTS ON THIS LIST TO BE A PART OF THE WORK GROUP, AND TO DATE, 100% HAVE SAID, ABSOLUTELY, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART.
THIS WORK GROUP, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LARGE WHICH IT IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY WILL HELP WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE CTE TRANSITION, INCLUDING CURRICULUM SCHEDULES PARTNERSHIPS.
SO MY PLAN IS TO MEET AS A WHOLE GROUP IN JANUARY TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW SIMILAR TO THIS, TO THIS WORK GROUP, AND THEN TO CONTINUE WITH MORE FOCUSED SMALLER GROUPS THROUGH THE SPRING.
TO REALLY I DON'T KNOW THAT A BUSINESS PARTNER NEEDS TO BE A PART OF OUR CCTC BUS SCHEDULE.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART IN WHICH DO WE GO PROGRAMING CYBER OR NETWORKING BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD CURRENTLY. SO THIS IS THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.
I HAVE A REPRESENTATION FROM THE PRINCIPAL OF EACH HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING CCTC.
AND THAT IS DUE TO, OBVIOUSLY THE POTENTIAL SCHEDULE CHANGES.
COORDINATOR OF CAREER READINESS. I HAVE A SUPERVISOR OF CONTENT.
SO. NIKKI VONDENBOSCH MATH, I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE, HAS SOME INTENSE CHANGES OCCURRING AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO BE VERY COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE AS WELL.
AND SHE HAS BEEN A PAST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
I THOUGHT A COUNSELOR REPRESENTATION FROM NOT ONLY EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AS I SAID, EIGHTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND AS I SHARED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE CTE PROGRAMS IN THREE BUILDINGS.
SO I WANTED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE BUILDINGS.
I WOULD LIKE A CCTC PARENT TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK GROUP.
AND THEN FROM THE BUSINESS ASPECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THEN OUR PARTNER, CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE. SO THAT IS WHO I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK GROUP.
THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY WERE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN GOOGLE FORM, NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT TO MSDE AS WELL.
AND WE DID SEE SOME CHANGES OCCUR FROM DRAFT ONE TO WHAT WAS APPROVED.
THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AS WELL, DOCTOR SIMMONS.
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I HAD QUITE A BIT. BUT WE HAVE I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING.I HAVE GIVEN CCTC, ACTUALLY, CTE TEACHERS IN GENERAL, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON SCHEDULES.
EXCUSE ME. BACK IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT ONE OF OUR PD DAYS.
WE GAVE THREE SCHEDULE OPTIONS. EXPLORED EACH ONE WITH THEM AND THEN ASKED THEM FOR THEIR INPUT POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, AND THEN GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE ONE OF THESE THREE, YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK BETTER.
PLEASE SHARE. SO WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING FROM THAT THIS WORK GROUP WILL CONTINUE WITH IF I HAVE YOUR BLESSING TO DO THIS WORK GROUP. YEAH. SO A BIG PART OF MS. MCCORMICK'S PRESENTATION I'VE ASKED HER TO COME TONIGHT.
WE ARE ENTERING INTO A TIME OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AS MSDE IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SHIFTS.
WE PUT A PROCEDURE IN PLACE BY WHICH OUR TEAM LEADS, WOULD SKETCH OUT THEIR STEP BY STEP APPROACH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE TAKE THE VERY LARGE AUDACIOUS TASK OF WHAT'S COMING THROUGH THIS IN 27-28 AND BREAK IT DOWN INTO MEANINGFUL TASKS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF KIND OF EAT THE WHOLE PIE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE APPROACH.
WE WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSPIRING WITH THE BOARD'S SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY, IN MOVING THAT WORK FORWARD. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR, AS MS. MCCORMICK MENTIONED, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES. PROGRAM CHANGES, THAT THE CTE LEVEL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
THEY WOULD WORK THROUGH THE NUTS AND BOLTS PIECES OF THAT, GATHERING THE INFORMATION OF WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, NOT ONLY IN PROGRAMING ANY NEW COURSES.
IF THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF ADDING NEW PROGRAMS, NEW PROGRAMS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
NEW COURSES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
EVENTUALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUDGETARY IMPACT.
THE BUDGETARY IMPACT WILL DEFINITELY BE HERE BY FISCAL YEAR 28, BUT POTENTIALLY COULD RUN INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 AS WE'RE WORKING TO SCALE UP IF THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO TRAIN PEOPLE ON AHEAD OF TIME.
SO WE HAVE THOSE THINGS THAT WILL COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
THIS LIKELY IS FOR OUR BOARD. THIS IS LIKELY THE BIGGEST TASK THAT OUR BOARD HAS WORKED THROUGH.
AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT MISS MCCORMICK HAS PUT IN TO REALLY SKETCH THIS OUT AND WORK THROUGH IT, BECAUSE IT IS BIG. THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS GOING TO GO BEFORE THE STATE BOARD WAS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED A YEAR SOONER.
I APPRECIATE HER ADVOCACY AND ADVOCACY OF SOME OTHERS.
WHEN SHE CAME TO ME MANY OF US ADVOCATED THAT WE NEED MORE TIME.
WE'RE GRATEFUL THEY GAVE US ANOTHER YEAR. I WAS HOPING FOR SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE AT LEAST GOT AN EXTRA YEAR TO WORK THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT IS BIG.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING IT COULD BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT TO THE WAY WE'VE DONE CTE.
NOT SAYING IT'S GOOD, BAD OR WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO IT.
THERE'S A LOT THAT CAUSES PAINS IN PEOPLE'S STOMACH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT.
MINE INCLUDED, BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT. BUT WE NEED A WORK GROUP TO DIG THROUGH THAT, TO BRING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE DO THIS IN THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAY FOR CAROLINE COUNTY. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE KIDS THAT ARE IN AND THEY START IT, AND THEN WE GO TO TRANSITION BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
OR CARPENTRY WOULD STILL BE THERE. CARPENTRY, CONSTRUCTION WHAT YOU SAID.
SO I HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT I'M NOT QUITE READY TO SHARE PUBLICLY, IF THAT'S OKAY.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IDEAS. I DON'T WANT TO, BUT. BUT YES.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO SHARE, I CAN. BUT THE BIG PART IS TO NOT HARM ANY STUDENTS AS WE TRANSITION.
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BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE STARTING FRESH INTO A CTE PROGRAM OF STUDY.JANUARY 30TH OR FEBRUARY 2ND WHENEVER THE SECOND SEMESTER STARTS, FEBRUARY 2ND.
THOSE STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE STARTING.
I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT. IT'LL BE THAT THAT'S THE WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT WINDING DOWN, ONE. SUNSETTING ONE TO SUNRISE COULD BE JUST MINOR TWEAKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE PROGRAM BY PROGRAM. YEAH.
IS THIS GOING TO WE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE OR.
WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE DON'T KNOW YET. AND WE WE DON'T KNOW YET. AND SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLEX MODEL, THE INTERESTING THING THAT COMES IN TO IF WE TAKE A PROGRAM AND I'LL JUST PLAY HYPOTHETICAL FOR A QUICK SECOND, IF WE TAKE A PROGRAM LIKE WE'LL TAKE AUTO BECAUSE AUTO PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES.
YOU START WITH 20 STUDENTS. YES. IS THIS THE EXAMPLE? YEAH. SO 20 WILL TAKE OPTION. TAKE COURSE 1, 20 WILL TAKE COURSE TWO BECAUSE THEY.
AND MAYBE 19. OKAY. YOU MIGHT LOSE ONE. ONE SAYS WHOA.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO COURSE THREE THERE'S 4 OR 5 OPTIONS THAT THOSE 20 MAY DIVIDE UP OVER TO A GROUP WITH THE SAME TEACHER? NO, NO. WELL, IT WOULD BE. REMEMBER, THOSE OPTIONS ARE I GO TO DUAL ENROLLMENT.
I GO TO APPRENTICESHIP I GO TO INTERNSHIP WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
OR I STAY FOR THE COURSE. OR I STAY FOR THE COURSE.
SO WE COULD GO FROM A CLASS OF 20 AT COURSE ONE TO.
EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU SCHEDULE. AND HONESTLY THINGS LIKE CAREER INTERNSHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP AS WE ARE SCALING THOSE UP, ONE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE SUGGESTION IS INSTEAD OF HIRING, IF WE'RE SCALING APPRENTICESHIP AND ERIC COOK IS ONE PERSON FOLLOWING X NUMBER OF STUDENTS, IF WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DO THAT WELL, IS THERE A WAY THAT IF AN AUTOMOTIVE TEACHER, FOR EXAMPLE, IS NOW DOWN TO SIX STUDENTS AND THE OTHER 14 HAPPEN TO BE OUT DOING OTHER THINGS THAT THEY TRULY ARE STILL THE TEACHER OF RECORD FOR THOSE 14, BUT THEY ARE MONITORING THEIR CAREER INTERNSHIP AND THEY'RE MONITORING THEIR APPRENTICESHIP.
IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. AND IT'S WHY WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER A GROUP OF THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IT AND GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE IT TO HELP FIND THE MOST MEANINGFUL SOLUTION FOR CAROLINE. SO MY BRAIN WAS ONE SLIDE AHEAD OF YOU THIS ENTIRE TIME.
[LAUGHTER] SO LIKE, I MEAN, I FEEL THAT THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I FELT LIKE AS THE AS YOU WENT, AS YOU KEPT MOVING FORWARD, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE I MEAN, I WAS LIKE, WHO'S TEACHING THIS? YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED? LIKE, HOW ARE WE PAYING FOR IT? BUT LIKE EVERY SLIDE REALLY BUILD ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR ME.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST CLARITY.
AND SO THOSE GET THE CRICKET. THAT'S OKAY. [LAUGHTER] MY BACKGROUND NOISE MY ACCOMPANIMENT.
NOT AT ALL. THIS IS A STUDENT WHO HAS DECIDED THAT FOR THEM, THEY WOULD WANT TO TAKE ONE OF THE CTE PROGRAMS. EXACTLY. BUT THEN WHEN IT GETS INTERESTING, AS DOCTOR SIMMONS STARTED TO DISCUSS, IS THAT THESE OPTIONS FOR CONTINUING AND COMPLETING THAT COURSE THAT OVERALL PIECE IS THAT THEY COULD GO A COUPLE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. CORRECT.
CORRECT. AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IN 27-28 ROLL OUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY ARE TAKING COURSES THAT ARE REQUISITE CLASSES TO ONE ANOTHER.
YEAH. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO COURSE THREE OR COURSE FOUR UNTIL POTENTIALLY.
WELL, IN 30, 31 ROUGHLY. YEAH. AND IT WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY START THIS IN 27-29.
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CORRECT. AND SO WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT BEING INCREMENTAL CHANGES AS WELL.BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS ONLY THIS FLEX MODEL IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS WHO IN THEIR COURSE OF STUDY, DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO COMPLETE A CTE. I THOUGHT SO, I JUST NEEDED I NEEDED THAT CLARITY.
IF YOU THOUGHT IT, OTHERS DID AS WELL. WELL, YEAH.
THANK YOU. AND YEAH. AND IT WASN'T LOST. YOU KNOW, THE PIECE ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE KIND OF COURSES IN, IN LIKE AT THE SAME TIME WAS NOT LOST ON ME. SO I WAS NOT SURPRISED WHEN THE SCHEDULE PIECE CAME UP AT THE BEGINNING.
BUT I REALLY DO. AND YOU GOT YOU GOT A GROUP.
MAYBE THE NEXT TIME I COME, I SHARE SOME OF THOSE ACTUAL LIKE THIS IS THE OVERARCHING I'VE GOT SOME MEAT AND POTATOES THAT I CAN SHARE, WHICH I'LL BE SHARING WITH THE WORK GROUP. SO I'M WILLING TO COME BACK AND SHARE ANY AND ALL INFORMATION.
YEAH. THANK YOU. ONCE WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN, PULL ANOTHER WORK SESSION AND YEAH.
NO. THANK YOU, MR. JONES. MY QUESTION, THE YOU HAVE ONE PARENT FOR THE THING.
WOULD IT SERVE YOU BETTER TO HAVE ONE PARENT FROM EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS JUST BECAUSE OF THE JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING. I HAD THAT DOWN TO THE SAME THING. YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH THAT'S IT. MORE DEFINITELY TO COME ON THIS A LOT MORE TO COME AS WE WORK THROUGH LIKE THIS.
IT JUST IS. IT IMPACTS THE MOST STUDENTS AND THE MOST THINGS TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND AGAIN IT WAS NOT A LINDSAY MCCORMICK SHOW TONIGHT YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, HAD A NIGHT.
SO. YEAH. YOU BROUGHT IT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER? WE APPRECIATE IT. YES. THANK YOU.
YEAH. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GO ON TO OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
CERTAINLY. SO, MISS WAYMAN, I HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND.
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SORT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS PARTICIPATED IN AN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, RACHEL, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT IT MEASURES IS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE USE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR CALLED NEW MEASURES.
WE HAVE USED THE SAME SURVEY SINCE IT STARTED.
THE ONLY CHANGES THAT HAVE COME ON QUESTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD PANDEMIC RELATED QUESTIONS AND WE DROPPED THOSE AFTERWARDS, OBVIOUSLY. BUT IT'S BEEN THE SAME QUESTIONS. AND THE INTENTIONALITY OF THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO DRAW, DRAW TRENDS AND THEMES ACROSS THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION FROM WHEN WE FIRST DID IT.
[INAUDIBLE] PROVIDES REALLY USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF OF AFFAIRS, SORT OF IN THE COUNTY AND PROVIDES VERY USEFUL INFORMATION FOR LEADERSHIP AND FOR FOLKS TO TO WORK TO MAKE CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS A BETTER PLACE TO WORK.
SO IT GIVES US GOOD RELIABILITY AMONGST THE SCORES.
SO WHAT I TRY TO DO FOR EVERYONE IS WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY IN YEARS.
AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, OVERALL, OUR ENGAGEMENT IS STILL TRENDING UPWARDS.
WE'VE BEEN ON AN UPWARD TICK IN ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE STILL HAVE ROOM TO GROW, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT COMING BACK FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.
ONE OF THE THEMES THAT JUMPED OUT IN THE SURVEY AS A STRENGTH WAS THE NUMBER OR THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO PLAN TO STAY AT CCPS WAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE HIGHER THAN INDUSTRY AVERAGE.
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AND WITHIN THAT, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED TO FOLLOW UP IF THEY PLAN TO STAY.THE FEELING OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GETTING TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST EVERY DAY.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RATED ITEMS ACROSS THE SURVEY WAS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT THEIR CLEAR JOB EXPECTATIONS AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR BIGGER PICTURE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES MENTIONED THEY FELT VERY RESPECTED BY THEIR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS, AND THAT WAS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. AND THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE OF TEAMWORK WITHIN THEIR IMMEDIATE WORK TEAM.
AS A THEME WE SAW IN THE SURVEY. AND THIS IS INDICATIVE ACROSS SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. BUT SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THE WAY THAT THEY ARE SET UP, WE TEND TO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITIES, THE PEOPLE WHO YOU'RE WITH THE CLOSEST ALL THE TIME, YOU FEEL THE MOST CONNECTED WITH. AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT FROM THAT CIRCLE, YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL AS CONNECTED WITHIN IT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE CONNECTION THAT FOLKS FEEL OUR EMPLOYEES DEMONSTRATE IN THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY IS THAT THEY FEEL MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH, SAY, THEIR TEAM, THEIR GRADE LEVEL TEAM.
PEOPLE THEY SEE ON A DAILY BASIS. WHERE IT STARTS TO DIMINISH IS WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND FINDING THAT CONNECTION AMONGST THE BUILDING TO OTHER BUILDINGS OR THE BUILDINGS TO DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICES AND WORKING THROUGH THAT.
BUT FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THAT. SO WHILE THERE'S A GREAT, STRONG SENSE OF TEAM IN THEIR IMMEDIATE TEAM, THEY LOVE WHO THEY'RE WORKING WITH. WE'VE GOT TO BUILD A STRONGER CONNECTION ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE FOUND WITHIN THAT SURVEY INTENTIONALLY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF INPUT BEING MORE MEANINGFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK FOR CHANGES THAT ARE COMING.
PART OF THAT IS INDICATIVE IN MRS. MCCORMICK'S PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND TALKING ABOUT THE CTE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING, THE INTENTIONALITY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING IN WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES, THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT, AND NOT GETTING FEEDBACK AFTER THE CAKE IS BAKED.
BUT LITERALLY GETTING PEOPLE IN AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RECIPE WILL BE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT BAKING THIS CAKE BUT BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD A CLEAR CONNECTION TO OUR CCPS BRANDING, WHICH IS THE ONE FAMILY, ONE VISION. AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS THE FAMILY FEEL SEEMS TO BE THERE AND RESONATE, BUT IT'S MAKING SURE WE'RE CONNECTING EVERYTHING BACK TO THE VISION AND THE WHY. THE WHY BEHIND DECISIONS IS IMPORTANT, AND WE NEED TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ALL THE TIME ABOUT PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
WHAT CAME ACROSS IN THE SURVEY, THE FEELING OF WHY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AT THE BUILDING LEVEL WHERE YOU WORK, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY GET THE WHY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
SO WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING THE WHY AND PUSHING THAT DOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL BE IMPLEMENTING STARTING REALLY THIS MONTH, IS WORKING ON A SUPERINTENDENT VIDEO MESSAGE THAT WILL GO ON A ROUTINE BASIS TO STAFF SORT OF UPDATES THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, AND TRYING TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH MYSELF, WITH MAKING SURE THAT I'M PUTTING THAT WHY OUT THERE AND OPENING UP THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY HERE IS THE WHY WHAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING, BUT THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN I'M IN BUILDINGS TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THAT DIALOG THAT'S THERE, I WANT TO TRY TO ANYTHING I CAN DO TO TO BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER AND TAKE AWAY ANY AMBIGUITY OVER WHY WE MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING OR WHY WE MIGHT BE MAKING A CHANGE.
WE MADE GAINS IN THIS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR SUPPORT STAFF AGREEMENT LAST YEAR WITH THE SUPPORT WE PUT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE GROW YOUR OWN INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES GETTING ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALING.
WE MADE STRIDES THERE. BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO HOW DO WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEACHING STAFF TO ACHIEVE THEIR CAREER GOALS AND OTHERS WHO DON'T FIT IN THOSE MORE TRADITIONAL CATEGORIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. STEPS GOING FORWARD, I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS ALREADY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION AND OUR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
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I TAKE THIS ONE VERY PERSONAL TO MAKE SURE THAT MY MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT THERE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT MY MESSAGE IS UNDERSTOOD THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OUR FOCUS ON OUR VISION, MISSION AND CORE VALUES AND GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN WE DO MAKE DECISIONS. AND WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR FOLKS IN LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S MYSELF OR LIKE DOCTOR DOWNES' FOLKS, REPORT TO HER, MR. MENGEL, WE WILL WALK THROUGH MEETING WITH EVERYBODY AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR RESULTS, ABOUT WHAT ARE WE EXCITED ABOUT? BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GROW A LITTLE BIT ON? I CHALLENGED SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND LOOKING AT THEIR DATA, IF THERE'S THINGS THAT SPEAK TO YOU THAT ARE SITTING IN YOUR DATA.
IT'S RESONATING WITH YOU THAT STAFF ARE SAYING, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING THIS OR I.
I HAVE CONCERNS OVER X. ASK THEM, TALK. THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO BUILD THE MODEL.
THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY APPRECIATE LINDSEY SHARING THAT CONCEPT EARLIER.
THEY BECOME A BETTER OPTION THAN THE THREE THAT WERE PRESENTED.
I LOVE THE DATA IT PROVIDES. I LOVE THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS, BUT I HATE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS GOING TO SAY. RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GET THE FEEDBACK AND YOU'RE REALLY NOT SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU SEE.
BUT IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT THERE'S ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS TO WORK TO IMPROVE, ESPECIALLY ALONG COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTEDNESS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS. I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE THAT YOU EVER HAVE COMPLETELY DONE IN THE MINUTE YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT COMPLETELY DONE, YOU'RE WRONG. YOU GOTTA KIND OF GOTTA KEEP WORKING AT IT.
I HAVE A. YES, SIR. YOUR MESSAGE TO THAT YOUR LIKE YOUR LEADERS ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT REACHES OUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT OPENING THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TOWARDS LIKE THE SUCCESS OF THIS WHOLE JUST, JUST THE SUCCESS IN LIKE, GETTING INCREASE IF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING SEE THAT THROUGH THIS SURVEY, THEY'RE AT LEAST GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEIR LEADERS ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS.
I MEAN, I JUST KNOW, LIKE IN MY IN LIKE, PERSONALLY.
YEAH. WHEN THERE'S LIKE IF YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH AN ORGANIZATION AND IT COULD BE ANYTHING, IT COULD BE A SPORTS ORGANIZATION, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. BUT WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING, THERE'S A TOTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS REALLY CLOSED DOORS WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATION AND ONE THAT HAS LIKE OPEN AND HONEST DOORS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY LIKE SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NOT PLEASANT, BUT LIKE IF YOU CAN DO THEM AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, AND AT LEAST BOTH SIDES LISTEN, THAT IT JUST MAKES I FEEL LIKE BOTH PARTIES, WHETHER YOU CAN'T ALWAYS ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, PERFECTION OR THE GOAL, YOU KNOW THE GOAL AT HAND. BUT AT LEAST WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THAT OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, IT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GOING HOME ANGRY AND LOOKING FOR OTHER.
YOU KNOW, REALLY. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, THEMSELVES.
WHAT CAN I DO? WHERE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AT IT.
SO I JUST THINK BACK TO WHAT I WAS BASICALLY MY MAIN POINT IS THE SUCCESS OF, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THIS, SURVEY AND EVEN YOU KNOW, LIKE GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION IN IT IF PEOPLE SEE THE RESULTS OF IT OR AT LEAST THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION. TRANSPARENCY. IT'S TRANSPARENCY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S MY. NO I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S MY COMMENT ON ON THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE, THE ONE OF THE WORST THINGS WE CAN DO IS ASK PEOPLE FOR FEEDBACK.
AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. RIGHT. SO I COMPLETELY AGREE.
AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS I THINK ARE ARE VITAL.
YEAH. THANK YOU DOCTOR SIMMONS I APPRECIATE THAT.
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AND WE'LL GET NOW OUR FINANCIAL REPORT FROM MISS HIGNUTT.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WAS HIRED 2025. WE ARE OFFICIALLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
TONIGHT ON THE FINANCE REPORT, THERE'S ONLY A FEW OVERAGES TO REPORT, AND THEY ARE SMALL OVERAGES.
THERE IS AN OVERAGE IN THE HEALTH SERVICES CATEGORY UNDER OTHER CHARGES THAT IS COST ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVEL AND MEETINGS AND THEN UNDER TRANSPORTATION THERE'S A SLIGHT OVERAGE IN SALARIES AND WAGES AND THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO BUS DRIVER SALARIES.
SO ALL THOSE COSTS TO JUST SLIGHTLY OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR THOSE COSTS ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL EXPENSES AND ENCUMBRANCES, SO THEY'VE NOT BEEN FULLY SPENT YET. BUT JUST BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR, THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE SPENT BY THE YEAR END. SO AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, WE HAVE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED 79% OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS ON TRACK FOR THIS POINT IN THE YEAR AND IS ABOUT $79 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MONTHLY UPDATES AND THE ACCURACY AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR SIMMONS, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SURE. I'LL KEEP MINE BRIEF. AS WE'VE HAD A LONGER MEETING TONIGHT.
HOLIDAY CONCERT SEASON WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE ARTS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AND IF I COULDN'T ATTEND, DOCTOR DOWNES WAS AT THEM AS WELL. MR. MARCHETTO DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING INTO SEVERAL CONCERTS, AS WELL AS THE SUPERVISOR FOR FINE ARTS. DID WANT TO SHOUT OUT ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR, AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE LIKE THE LAST CONCERT FOR ME FOR THE SEASON. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIDGELY CONCERT JUST FELT SO SPECIAL AND FUN THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.
THEY'VE GOT GREAT THANK YOU'S. EVERY KID ON THAT STAGE GETS TO TALK.
AND OF COURSE, THEY SOUNDED WONDERFUL, WHICH WAS FUN. THEY HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE. ENDED UP BEING, LOOK, WHEN YOU GO TO LIKE SEVEN CONCERTS, YOU GO TO SEVEN CONCERTS OR EIGHT CONCERTS, WHATEVER IT IS.
THE FEEL AND THE AUDIENCE AND THE KIDS WERE JUST IT WAS AWESOME.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK DONE AT RIDGELY ALL THE SCHOOLS REALLY THEY ALL DID A GREAT JOB PREPARING OUR STUDENTS AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SPRING CONCERTS TO SEE HOW THE BAND KIDS AT ELEMENTARY IMPROVE. YES. AND IN LIEU OF TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU'LL SHARE JUST ONE ITEM AS WE GO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T OFFEND ANYONE.
SO, FRIENDS, WASH YOUR HANDS BECAUSE GERMS ARE BAD.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE BASICALLY IT WAS A SICK MONTH.
I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY I HAD OF COURSE, SICKNESS IN MY HOUSE AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY DAUGHTER HAD A ORGAN, DECIDED IT DIDN'T WANTED TO BE EVICTED, BUT SO [LAUGHTER] SO WE HAD DEALT WITH THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, BUT POOR THING. BUT SHE'S BACK 100% NOW, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO WITH THAT, BUT I DID.
I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT TO GO TO FEDERALSBURG ELEMENTARY TO THEIR CONCERT STANDING ROOM ONLY.
WOW. IT WAS PACKED. AND IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO SEE.
SO KIDS DID WELL. GOOD. VERY GOOD, MR. JONES.
OH, ME. IT WAS A NICE, NICE CHRISTMAS BREAK AND SEEMED LIKE IT WENT BY REALLY FAST.
SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT LONGER, THAT'D BE GREAT.
FEBRUARY THE BOARD DOES GET THE CALENDARS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITHOUT GOING TO SCHOOL WE REALLY DO HAVE TO GET JULY, I DON'T KNOW THE CALENDAR.
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OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN FEBRUARY? YES.FEBRUARY, IS WHEN IT WILL COME TO YOU. OH, MAN.
AND I CAN VERY WELL REMEMBER THAT. OH YES. SO IT WAS LIKE 25 INCHES.
SO. YEAH. WOW. HEY, BILL. I ENJOY THE 60 DEGREE WEATHER.
YES, 100%. YOU AND I BOTH. MISS JOHNSON. I WILL SAY I ENJOYED SOME CONCERTS, BUT THE COOL THING FOR ME WAS WE GOT HIS HOPE MINISTRIES, GOT TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GETTING ONE OF A CAREER INTERN FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON.
THAT'S GREAT. GREAT. AND I ATTENDED NORTH CAROLINE'S, I THINK THEIR FIRST COMMUNITY SING ALONG.
SO IT WAS REALLY NICE AND WE ENCOURAGED THEM TO KEEP IT UP.
SO THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION FOR FUTURE BOARD ACTIONS? UNFINISHED BUSINESS BOARD MEMBERS. UPCOMING MEETINGS.
[8. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR. I DON'T WANT TO SCARE YOU, BUT I DID HAVE THE MAY CONFERENCE AS WELL BUT WE HAVE TIME.BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. [LAUGHTER] WE'RE ALMOST GRADUATION'S ALMOST MADE THE LIST.
OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, RACHEL.
THANK YOU, RACHEL. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT MEETING.
DID WE REACH [INAUDIBLE]? YES. YEAH. 14. YES.
OUR WORK SESSION IS ON JANUARY 14TH, 8:30 A.M.
HERE AT THE BOARD OFFICE. AND OF COURSE, RACHEL JUST SHARED LOTS OF EVENTS FOR US TO PUT ON OUR CALENDAR. SO IF THERE'LL BE NOTHING ELSE WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADJOURN OUR BOARD MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SO CARRIED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.