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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 5TH BOARD MEETING, CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GOOD EVENING TO THOSE WHO ARE
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WITH US VIRTUALLY AS WELL.WE NEED A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION PLEASE.
MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
OPPOSED? SO CARRIE, THANK YOU.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HAVING OUR RIDGELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SOME STAFF WITH THEM, PRINCIPAL AND SOME STAFF WHO WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT, SO LET US STAND.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST BACK THIS WAY FOR A MINUTE AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU'RE IN.
I'LL PLAY THE GERMAN ON THE COURSE.
YOU CERTAINLY ARE DOING A FINE JOB.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING TO BLACKERMAN BEFORE LONG, OKAY? BUT WE HOPE YOU KEEP UP WITH THE INSTRUMENTS AND SINGING BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY TALENTED AND WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING WITH US THIS EVENING AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN.
YOU JUST WANT TO TURN AROUND AND GET THAT RIDGELY SMILE UP THERE.
THANK YOU, AND THERE'S COOKIES IN THE LOBBY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONCERT NEXT WEEK.
THEY HAVE WRITTEN ON THE TABLE.
THIS TIME WE NEED THE APPROVAL OF OUR AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT OUR AGENDA BE ACCEPTED.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? SO CARRIED.
AND BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE MISSION AND VISION OF CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
OUR MISSION, WHAT WE DO, IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, WE PREPARE ALL STUDENTS.
TO ACHIEVE COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE READINESS THROUGH A CHALLENGING AND PROGRESSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
OUR VISION, WHAT WE WANT TO BE, IS THAT EDUCATION EVERY STUDENT WILL BE
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PREPARED, EMPOWERED, AND INSPIRED TO THRIVE IN AN EVER-CHANGING AND DIVERSE WORLD.[2. Public Recognitions / Comment]
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC RECOGNITIONS, BEGINNING WITH ASPIRING TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.
SIMMONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TONIGHT, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ASPIRING TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP.
THIS YEAR'S SELECTION PROCESS WAS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING, AS OUR COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICATIONS FROM MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
THE TALENT, LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND PASSION FOR EDUCATION DEMONSTRATED BY OUR STUDENTS MADE THIS A THOUGHTFUL BUT DIFFICULT DECISION.
THE ASPIRING TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY, SUPPORT, AND INVEST IN GRADUATES WHO ASPIRE TO ENTER THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.
THIS SCHOLARSHIP REFLECTS THE BOARD'S BELIEF THAT WE HAVE FUTURE EDUCATORS RIGHT HERE IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING THE TALENT, THAT WE SEE WHILE SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS, AND THE CONTINUED DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR STAFF.
AFTER A THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL REVIEW PROCESS, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
THE CLASS OF 2026 AWARDS GO TO KAYLA JENKINS.
SHE'S FROM COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANS TO MAJOR IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, AND ATTEND CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE.
KAYLA HERE TONIGHT WILL HOLD ON CERTIFICATE.
WE ALSO HAVE LAYLA BB CUNNINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
LAYLA PLANS ON ATTENDING CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE AND GRADUATING WITH THE SALISBURY COHORT, ALSO MAJORING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
BROOKLYN IS ALSO A NORTH CAROLINA GRADUATE.
SHE PLANS ON MAJORING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ATTENDING CHESTER.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK UP IN JUST A SECOND.
AND LOGAN MOODY, NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
LOGAN ALSO WILL MAJOR IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, I BELIEVE ATTENDS STEVENSON.
AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ALL HEAR...
LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND CONGRATULATIONS.
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IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW THAT FUTURE TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMING BACK TO CAROLINE, I KNOW THAT WE WELCOME YOU.DO WELL, AND THEN COME ON BACK.
THIS TIME WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US THIS YEAR, AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF SHARING INFORMATION.
I THINK WE'LL DO OUR RECOGNITION FIRST AND THEN WE WILL HAVE YOU SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE KADEEN BELL AND JEFF LIN WHO ARE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS.
CAN YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE? WE DID EMBARRASS YOU A LITTLE BIT.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW YOU GUYS OVER THE LAST, KADEEM, TWO YEARS.
THIS IS JEFFREY, JUST ONE WITH US, BUT IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR.
WE'VE APPRECIATED YOUR INPUT AND YOUR EFFORTS IN HELPING OUT WITH THE BOARD AND BEING HERE AND BEING COMMITTED.
OBVIOUSLY, WISHING NOTHING BUT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TOKEN WHICH WILL COME DOWN AND DO THE PICTURE ON THAT BUT YOU DO GET TO TAKE AN IPAD WITH YOU BUT WE WON'T MAKE YOU TAKE THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN USING YOU GET A NEW ONE TO TAKE WITH YOU.
IT DOES AS A TOKEN AND A THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO HELP US OUT.
DO YOU GUYS MIND SHARING WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER GRADUATION? VERY GOOD.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
I WILL COME DOWN WITH YOUR CERTIFICATES AND THEN YOUR IPADS.
TO GIVE US YOUR REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
DO YOU WANT TO FINISH RECOGNITIONS, MS. WINGER, OR DO YOU WANT TO JUMP TO? OH, OKAY.
WE HAVE ONE MORE RECORD SET OF RECOGNITION.
MAKES HIM SWEAT IT OUT A LITTLE LONGER.
TO OUR NATIONAL NURSING CERTIFICATION.
SO, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.
SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S VERY TIMELY AS TOMORROW IS NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES DAY.
SO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL OF OUR SCHOOL NURSES FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
SO AS THEY'RE CREEPING IN THE DOOR HERE, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL NURSES REFERS TO A PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL THAT VALIDATES ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN SCHOOL NURSING.
THE PRIMARY CERTIFICATION IS OFFERED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD, AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. LAURA BRITTINGHAM, PERFECT.
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RICHARDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL NURSE AND JENNIFER YOST WHO'S OUR CCPS SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR EARNING THIS RECOGNITION THIS INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT ADVANCED CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR SCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONS EXPERTISE IN MANAGING THE SCHOOL HEALTH NEEDS WITHIN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS BY REMOVING HEALTH RELATED BARRIERS SO LAUREN JENNER RECENTLY PASSED THIS THIS DOES REFLECT THEIR DEDICATION ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO OUR STUDENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS A HIGH LEVEL OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND REINFORCES THEIR ROLES AS LEADERS PROMOTING STUDENT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.SO, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO BOTH OF THEM.
AND BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE MORE RECOGNITION THAT IT IS NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND IN CAROLINE, WE DO STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, THE ADMIN STAFF.
BOTH AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND HERE AT THE BOARD LEVEL, OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, OUR TRANSPORTATION FOLKS, FOOD SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, COUNSELORS, COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATORS, OUR NURSES, AND EVEN OUR SUPERINTENDENTS.
AND SO, BOARD MEMBERS, I INVITE YOU TO, LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE CERTAINLY COULDN'T HAVE SCHOOL.
EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT ANY OF THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE SO WE THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND NOW WE WILL DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OKAY THANK YOU AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR STUDENT REPORTS BEGINNING WITH JEFF OH COME ON LAST ONE WE'LL TRY TO WE'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO EMOTIONAL AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS IS YOUR FINAL ONE.
STARTING WITH PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAST MONTH THEY HAD THEIR PTO SPRING FEST, FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES AND GAMES, BREAKFAST WITH BUDDIES EVENT, MCAP PREP AND TESTING, THE KIDS HEART CHALLENGE, WHERE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY RAISED OVER $7,600 IN SUPPORT OF HEART HEALTH INITIATIVES.
THE TOP FUNDRAISERS IN EACH GRADE WERE REWARDED WITH A SILLY STRING THE PRINCIPAL'S AWARD.
AND LASTLY, WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD CELEBRATION FILLED WITH ENGAGING ACTIVITIES AND IT ENDED IN A BUBBLE SHOW.
LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY, STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK, SCOUT SPIRIT DAY.
PEN SPORTS WEEK SPRING CONCERT, WHICH I WILL FIND THE DATE AND TIME OF.
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THEY HAD MCAT PREP AND TESTING.THE COASTAL WILDS, WHERE STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND SEE UNIQUE ANIMALS, INCLUDING SNAKES AND A KANGAROO.
THE Q3 PEP RALLY, WHERE THE FRIENDSHIP WAS IN MAY.
...PROGRAM, A BOOK FAIR, AND THE LAST HOUSE.
MCAP SPIRIT WEEK, MCAP SPIRIT WEEK, PEP RALLY, ELA TEST, AND TEACHER INCENTIVE, AND A...
COMING UP IS MCAP SOCIAL STUDIES WHICH MY BROTHER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL WEEK.
MCAP MATH AND MEDIEVAL TIMES FIELD TRIP AND ON 7TH YEAH FRIDAY THIS WEEK IS JOINT AGAIN THREE SHOWINGS OF DRAMA CLUB'S ANNIE, TRACTOR DAY, WHICH WAS VERY FUN, THE MERRILL MORGAN 5K, PROM.
SCOPE ART SHOWCASE IN DENTON AND THE SHOREBIRDS GAME INCENTIVE.
UNFORTUNATE THAT THE SHOREBIRDS GOT BLOWN OUT, BUT IT WAS VERY FUN.
UPCOMING MAY 4TH, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY, WAS THE JOINT JAZZ PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CHORUS PERFORMANCE.
ON THE 8TH IS THE BAND AND ORCHESTRA CONCERT AS WELL AS ARTS AND ACADEMICS NIGHT.
MAY 18TH IS THE ATHLETIC AWARDS, SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT, THE SENIOR TRIP, AND LASTLY GRADUATION ON THE POINTE.
STARTING WITH DENTON ELEMENTARY, DR.
KREBS SAID, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE IN MAY AND MOVING INTO THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT MAY AND JUNE HAVE IN STORE.
LAST MONTH THEY HAD THEIR MCAT TESTING FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
THEY HAD THEIR EARTH DAY CELEBRATION.
THEN THEY HAD GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.
THEY PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION RESEARCH AT THE MUSEUM OF RURAL LIFE.
AND IT WAS, SHE SAID IT WAS BASED ON LIKE, BASICALLY LIKE ABOUT PEOPLE FROM LIKE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WITH STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND THEY HAD GUEST PRESENTERS ABOUT DIFFERENT CAREERS AND STUFF.
AND SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS, MAY 7TH, SO THURSDAY I THINK, IS THEIR SPRING CONCERT AT NORTH CAROLINA.
THEN MTAP IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY MID-MAY.
AND THEN MAY 22ND IS FIELD DAY.
I'M GOING TO GREENSBORO, SO SHE HAD A LOT, SO I JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE BECAUSE IT'S A LOT, LOT.
SO LAST MONTH THEY HAD THEIR ELA AND CAP TESTING FOR THIRD AND FIFTH GRADE TOO.
THEN THEY HAD A FIELD TRIP, THEY HAD BUDDY DAY, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND AN AFTER SCHOOL SOCCER PROGRAM.
THEN THEY HAD EARTH DAY, EVENING OF THE ARTS, AN AUTISM EVENT, AND THEN THEY HAD THEIR SHOREBIRDS GAME NIGHT.
THEY CAME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THEN THEY HAD PARTICIPATION WITH THEIR SGA SLASH THEIR STUDENT VOICE.
AND THEN TEACHER APPRECIATION.
AND THE FIFTH GRADERS, THEY TOOK A TRIP TO D.C.
AND SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH MATH MCAT THIS TIME FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
AND THEIR END OF THE YEAR I-READY DIAGNOSTICS.
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR STAFF AND APPRECIATION WEEK AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
A TURTLE RELEASE, A PRE-K PETTING ZOO, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THEN SENIORS ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE SCHOOL.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT DATE IS GOING TO BE ON THE 26TH.
I'M PRETTY SURE GREENSBORO WALK-THROUGH COMPARED TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST FOR SOME REASON.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FIELD DAY.
SIMMONS, YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT, I'M GUESSING.
WITH CONCERTS AND THEN THEY HAVE A FAMILY LEARNING CAMP AND A GOLDEN SHOWCASE NIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR SJ STUDENT VOICE AND MOVING ON TO RIDGELY SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS IS THIS WEEK IS TEACHER STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE CAREER DAY ON MAY
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8TH.MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 15TH IS BUY ONE GET ONE AT THE BOOK FAIR.
AND THEN MAY 15TH IS GRANDPARENTS DAY AND MAY 22ND IS FIELD DAY.
STUDENT CONNECTION DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
WE GOT TO DISCOVER ALL THE UNIQUE INTERESTS OF OUR STAFF AND MAKE POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT THEY DON'T USUALLY GET TO WORK WITH.
AND THEY ALSO HAD A A SUCCESSFUL WEEK OF MCAT AND ELA TESTING, AND THEN STUDENTS WORKED HARD TO SHOW WHAT THEY KNEW.
SEVERAL STUDENTS WERE FORMED AND HAD ART DISPLAYED IN THE DISTRICT KALEIDOSCOPE FINE ARTS EVENT.
SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS IS THE STATE U.S.
HISTORY ASSESSMENT, MCAT MATH TESTING, THERE'S SIXTH GRADERS AND SEVENTH GRADERS LAST DANCES A YEAR.
I FEEL LIKE LOUGHLIN HAS LIKE SEVEN DANCES A YEAR, LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE SIXTH GRADE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT FIELD TRIP TO BAYSTOWN. THEN SEVENTH GRADE FIELD TRIP TO ATKINS AUDITORIUM.
THE SEVENTH GRADE CAREER DAY AND THEN A SPRING CONCERT.
AND MOVING ON TO MY SCHOOL FOR THE LAST TIME.
MR. SPIKER SAID WHAT WE CELEBRATE IN MAY IS WHAT WE PRIORITIZE ALL YEAR.
AND LAST MONTH WE HAD ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION WEEK.
WE HAD OUR BLOOD DRIVE, THEN THE RHYTHM OF THE BRIDGE HAD THEIR ELITE INDUCTION.
AFTER THE SLIDE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PICTURES FROM IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN.
I PARTICIPATED IN THE NATURAL HAIR SHOW, AND THEN I ALSO HAD A TABLE THAT WAS REPRESENTING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
I HAD LITTLE SAMPLES, AND I KNOW, MS. WAYMAN, YOU TRIED SOMETHING THAT I HAD.
THEN DRAMA AND SPRING SHOW OF MEAN GIRLS.
SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEK AGAIN IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
MAY 6TH IS NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION.
THEN MAY 8TH IS ELA MCAP INCENTIVE.
MAY 13TH IS SPRING ADVANCED CONCERT.
AND THEN ALSO I JUST REMEMBERED MAY 15TH, IT'S LIKE JUST GOT ADDED.
IT'S GOING TO BE OUR SENIORS LIKE DECISION DAY AND SENIOR SUNSET.
AND THEN MAY 17TH IS A SENIOR, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT.
AND THEN MAY 18TH IS THE SPRING CHOIR CONCERT.
MAY 19TH IS SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT.
MAY 20TH IS SPRING SPORTS NIGHT.
MAY 20TH AND 21ST IS SENIOR FINALS.
MAY 21ST IS SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT.
MAY 22ND IS OUR SENIORS LAST DAY AND THEN WE'RE TAKING OUR SENIOR TRIP.
AND THEN MAY 28TH IS GRADUATION.
MOVING ON TO CCTC, SOME OF THEIR UPCOMING EVENTS IS THIS WEEK AGAIN IS TEACHER APPRECIATION.
THEN MAY 8TH, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH RIDGELY ELEMENTARY'S CAREER DAY.
MAY 14TH IS CTE PAC SHOWCASE NIGHT.
THEN MAY 15TH IS FES CAREER DAY.
AND THEN I'M GUESSING THAT'S...
AND THEN MAY 19TH IS SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT AT MY SCHOOL, NORTH CAROLINA.
MAY 20TH AT CARNAL IT'S AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT.
MAY 21ST IT'S AWARDS NIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THEN MAY 22ND IS PRESTON ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY.
MAY 27TH IS LOUGHLIN CAREER DAY.
COLONEL GRADUATION AND THEN MAY 28TH IS NORTH CAROLINA'S GRADUATION AND THEN MAY 29TH IS COLONEL MIDDLE SCHOOL'S GROUP AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PICTURES.
SO ON THE TOP, THE VERY TOP LEFT CORNER, THOSE STUDENTS THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE FASHION SHOW SO THEY WERE LIKE CULTURAL WEAR.
THEN THE PICTURE RIGHT BELOW IT IT'S ME WITH A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS WE ALL DID THE NATURAL HAIR SHOW.
AND THEN WE HAD A NATIVE AMERICAN SHOW.
AND THEN ALL OF THE DIVINE NINES WERE THERE, WELL, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST OF THEM.
THEY WERE THERE, SO THEY REPRESENTED THEIR SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES.
AND THE OTHER PICTURES ARE JUST OTHER CULTURES AND JUST PEOPLE HAVING FUN.
BUT IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY, IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF.
THANK YOU, JEFF AND KAZIM, WE'LL MISS YOU GUYS AND ALL THE SPIRIT THAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR REPORTS.
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OKAY, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA.[00:30:02]
PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT'S PERSONNEL AGENDA HAS THREE LEAVES OF ABSENCES AND FIVE RESIGNATIONS.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
THIS EVENING, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, A RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU TO UTILIZE APPLE INC.
CAROLINA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVICE REPLACEMENT PLAN.
THIS APPLE PROPOSAL SUPPORTS THE DISTRICT'S DEVICE REPLACEMENT PLAN BY COMPLETING STAFF LAPTOP REFRESHES, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE WITH NEEDED CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY, AND REPLACING AGING DESKTOP COMPUTERS WITH COST EFFECTIVE MAC MINIS DESKTOPS.
THE PURCHASE HAS FOUR BREAKDOWNS AS FOLLOWS.
NUMBER ONE, 225 13-INCH MACBOOK AIR MACBOOK AIR TOPS TO COMPLETE THE SECOND OF THE TEACHER AND STAFF LAPTOP REPLACEMENT CYCLE UNDER THE DISTRICT'S NEW SIX-YEAR LIFE CYCLE.
NUMBER TWO, 155 MACBOOKS, LAPTOPS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE LOSS OF THE COVID-FUNDED SERVICES AND PROVIDE IAS WITH RELIABLE CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND TO ACCESS DIGITAL RESOURCES.
NUMBER THREE, 75 MAC MINI DESKTOPS REPLACED THE AGING MAC DESKTOPS THAT WERE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE SERVICE, PROVIDING SIMILAR PERFORMANCE.
AT A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE PRICE.
AND FOURTH AND FINALLY IS APPLE WILL OFFER A FOUR-YEAR SUPPORT AND SERVICE FOR EACH DEVICE.
FORMALIZED BIDDING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PURCHASE.
SUPPORTS K-12 PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES THROUGH THEIR MEMBERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND, MARYLAND EDUCATION ENTERPRISE CONSORTIUM, KNOWN AS MEEC, M-E-E-C.
MEEC IS A PARTICIPATING STATE COOPERATIVE MEMBER OF OMNIA.
$940 IS FUNDED BY THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND A PURCHASE IS A BUDGETED EXPENSE FOR THEM THANK YOU MR. MINGLE SO CARRY.
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THANK YOU.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.
SIMMONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM EXCITED TO RECOMMEND MRS. BRITTANY BAKER FOR THE K-12 MATH SUPERVISOR POSITION.
BRITTANY BRINGS A STRONG COMBINATION OF CLASSROOM, COACHING, AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.
SHE HAS SERVED AS A SECONDARY MATH TEACHER, MATH COACH, AND MOST RECENTLY WITH FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A K-12 MATH SUPERVISOR.
SHE HOLDS BOTH ADMINISTRATOR ONE AND TWO CERTIFICATION, CERTIFIED IN SECONDARY MATH, AND HAS EARNED HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY.
SHE HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF MSDE'S INITIATIVES AS WELL AS THE NEW MATH POLICY.
IN ADDITION, SHE HAS SERVED IN HER DISTRICT AS THE BLUEPRINT PILLAR THREE CHAIR FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND SHE ALSO LEADS THE EASTERN SHORE NINE MATH COLLABORATIVE TEAM.
SEE MRS. MCCORMICK NODDING HER HEAD.
BRITTANY DEMONSTRATES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE, SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP, AND CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.
HER COLLEAGUES CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBE HER AS COLLABORATIVE, DEPENDABLE, HIGHLY ORGANIZED, AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADER WHO BUILDS TRUST AND DRIVES MEANINGFUL RESULTS.
I HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE BRITTANY MYSELF AS A COLLEAGUE IN OUR MATH K-12 SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP.
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HER KNOWLEDGE, HER PROFESSIONALISM, THE DEDICATION THAT SHE BRINGS TO WORK EVERY DAY.
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AND SOMEONE THAT I RECOMMEND WITH THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE.THEY'RE ALREADY NUMBERED? I ALREADY HAVE A COPY.
ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.
SIMMONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FOR YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOOK, THE BUSINESS OF YOU, BY MARNIE STOCKMAN AND NICK CONIGLIO.
THIS SLIDE HERE GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF THE BOOK, WHICH YOU DO HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF YOU.
ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS HERE WITH US.
AS YOU SEE FROM THE SUMMARY ON THIS, IT ALLOWS A TO BE THE SEAT OF THEMSELVES.
THE BOOK ALLOWS READERS TO LEARN TO RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESS, RUN THEIR OWN DECISIONS, HOW TO INVEST THEIR TIME.
WHO THEY SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE THEIR VALUE.
IT ENCOURAGES THE READER TO TRULY DEFINE THEIR OWN PATH.
I HAVE WORKED WITH JOHN MARCHETTO, SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTION, WHO OVERSEES OUR CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUIRED COURSE, FINANCIAL LITERACY.
AND AS YOU SEE HERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONNECTIONS TO THE STANDARDS, THE LEARNING TARGETS, AND THE SUCCESS.
CRITERIA IN THE FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE THAT ALL OF
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OUR CTE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED CPS STUDENTS TAKE.THE STANDARD TALKS ABOUT CHOICES REGARDING TO THEIR CHOICES REGARDING STUDENT EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHS TO EARN THEIR POTENTIAL.
DISCUSSES THEIR SELF-KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP PERSONAL LEARNING AND CAREER GOALS, ALL OF WHICH THE BUSINESS OF YOU SUPPORTS.
INCLUDING ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ONE'S ABILITIES, STRENGTHS, AND SKILLS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP IN THEIR CAREER.
THIS FALL, WE PILOTED THE USE OF THIS BOOK IN TWO OF OUR CLASSES, AND WE PICKED VERY DIFFERENT COURSES.
I CHOSE ENGINEERING AT COLONEL RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND FINANCIAL LITERACY AT THE CCTC BUILDING.
THE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER COACH, ROB GOWEN, ASSISTED THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IN IMPLEMENTING LESSONS THAT MARNIE AND I ACTUALLY CREATED.
AND THE STUDENT FEEDBACK, I DON'T KNOW WHY I CANNOT TALK TONIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.
THE FEEDBACK IS HERE ON THE SLIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I ASKED THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND OVER 80% OF THE STUDENTS SAID YES OR MAYBE THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS CHANGED AFTER PARTICIPATING IN LESSONS FROM THIS BOOK.
IN ADDITION, 84% OF THE STUDENTS SAID THIS BOOK HAD MADE THEM THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEPS.
YOU SEE TWO QUOTES FROM STUDENTS AS WELL, AND JUST IN SUMMARY, YEAH, KIDS DON'T LIKE TO READ ANYMORE.
THEY ALSO BARELY LIKE TO LISTEN, BUT THOSE AND THIS BOOK ALSO DOES COME IN AUDIO, SO WE ACTUALLY DID BOTH.
WE HAD SOME AUDIO VERSION CHAPTERS AND SOME THE STUDENTS READ, AND SOME WE READ OUT LOUD.
WE VARIED HOW WE DID THE LESSONS.
BUT THIS STUDENT, YEAH, KIDS DON'T LIKE TO READ AND BARELY LISTEN, BUT THOSE WHO WILL AND ARE, THEY CAN LEARN FROM IT AND GET A STARTING IDEA OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE READY FOR COLLEGE AND HAVE A CAREER IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE CHOOSING.
AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT, IT'S GOOD LESSONS ON HOW TO MAKE MATURE AND RELIABLE DECISIONS WHEN YOU'RE OLDER IN LIFE.
I THEN PULLED A BOOK COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SUPERVISORS, AND PARENTS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THEIR COMMENTS BELOW, EACH BELIEVES THAT THIS BOOK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE KEY WORDS FROM THE SUPERVISOR.
IT CREATES SUCCESS BY KNOWING WHO A STUDENT IS AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
THE TEACHER, STUDENTS RESPONDED WELL TO THE BOOK AND ENGAGED WITH THE STORY.
AND FROM THE PARENT, THERE WERE CHAPTERS THAT SHOWED HOW THE FOCUS WAS ON ADAPTABILITY AND HOW TO PIVOT WHEN THE BEST LAID PLANS GO OUT THE DOOR.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF EDUCATION THAT WILL STICK WITH STUDENTS.
AND HELP GUIDE THEM IN REAL-LIFE CHALLENGES, SOMETHING THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY FALL BACK ON WHEN THEY CAN'T SEE A PATH FORWARD.
SO WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TONIGHT, FIRST I ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY FOR ME, OR THE AUTHOR, AND THEN ULTIMATELY I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE BUSINESS OF YOU TO BE ADOPTED FOR THE USE IN THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS...
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A STUDENT, BUT I GUESS THE PARENTS LEFT THAT THIS IS A GROUP OF EDUCATION THAT WAS A STUDENT I THOUGHT PRETTY POWERFUL BECAUSE IT SAYS BASICALLY NO MATTER WHAT THEY FACE, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THIS GIVES THEM A PLAN TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF OUR VISION, THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO THRIVE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN.
AND THIS BOOK IS TRULY FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT.
IT IS FOR THE STUDENT WHO IS APPLYING FOR COLLEGE AND OF CAREER.
COLLEGE, IT IS FOR THAT STUDENT WHO IS GOING TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL ON MAY 28TH AND INTERVIEW FOR A JOB ON THE NEXT DAY.
THIS BOOK IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY STUDENT TO LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES,
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BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOT LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES BE ABLE TO LET OTHERS KNOW WHO THEY TRULY ARE OKAY I MEAN IT TRULY IS IF NOT, MAY WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? RECOMMENDATION TO, AS PART OF OUR...IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADOPT THE BUSINESS OF YOU AS A PART OF OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASS FOR EVERY STUDENT.
IT IS A CCPS GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF I WAS YOUR TEACHER.
OH, AM I ODYSSEY OF THE MIND COACH? ALSO JUST ME.
I LOOK A LITTLE EXTRA IN THERE.
MARNIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ALSO TO TRY IT AS A PILOT AND WORKING WITH LINDSAY ON CREATING THE LESSONS AND TO JUST GIVE IT A WHIRL.
FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE IS SUCH A GREAT FIT AND JUST ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
PRESIDENT WAYMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THE MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PASSED RESOLUTION 2601 IN MARCH OF 2026.
THEY PASSED THIS RESOLUTION THE SAME DAY THAT THEY APPROVED OUR WAIVER REQUEST.
AND THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WAIVER REQUESTS THAT CAME IN AT THIS MEETING.
SOME WERE APPROVED, SOME WERE PARTIALLY APPROVED, AND SOME WERE NOT APPROVED.
AND THE STATE BOARD WANTED TO PROVIDE...
KIND OF GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND ASK FOR A WAIVER WHEN WE HAVE ONE OF THESE REALLY BAD YEARS, THEY KIND OF SET NEW GROUND RULES FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT THEY COMPLY WITH IN THEIR CALENDARS STARTING NEXT YEAR.
THEY DID UNDERSTAND THAT ALL BOARDS HAD ALREADY APPROVED THEIR CALENDARS FOR THE 26-27 YEAR AND THEY ASKED THAT THE ADJUSTMENTS BE MADE WITHIN THE CALENDAR.
SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ACTUALLY IS A VERSION OF OUR CALENDAR THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE DID IN ACTION THIS YEAR.
THE RESOLUTION 2601 REQUIRED SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST THREE DAYS FOR ECONOMIC WEATHER DAYS IDENTIFIED NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR DAYS THAT WE ALL DO, THE SNOW DAYS.
AND THEY REQUIRED SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST THREE OTHER DAYS THAT COULD BE THE TAKE-BACK DAYS, IS WHAT I WOULD CALL THEM.
THAT IF THE WEATHER WAS SO BAD WE NEEDED TO MAKE OTHER CALENDAR ALTERATIONS, WE DO IT ON THE FRONT END.
WHAT THE STATE BOARD WAS GOING FOR WAS KIND OF THE FORWARD PLANNING THAT A SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD GO THROUGH IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
BUT THE UPFRONT PLANNING FOR, OKAY, IF IT GETS BAD ENOUGH AND WE HAVE TO TAKE OTHER DAYS, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE SHOWING AT LEAST THREE OTHERS.
INSTEAD OF DOING IT AS THE SNOW PILED IN ON US.
THIS YEAR'S CALENDAR REFLECTED CHANGES TO PRESIDENT'S DAY, INCLUDED TAKING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY IN MARCH, AND INCLUDED TAKING THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING BREAK.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD FOR THE 26-27 CALENDAR WOULD BE KEEPING OUR SAME START DATE, SAME END DATE, BUT PUTTING IN THE THREE WHAT-IF CRITICAL CRISIS DAYS THAT IF SNOW IS SO BAD, THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER UTILIZING PRESIDENT'S DAY.
THE PD DAY IN MARCH AND THE FIRST DAY IN SPRING BREAK.
IT WOULD STILL BE THE BOARD'S DECISION TO UTILIZE THOSE DAYS, BUT THEY'D BE IDENTIFIED UP FRONT FOR PARENTS.
NOT PART OF THIS AMENDED SCHOOL CALENDAR, BUT MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS EMBARKED
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ON A ROBUST COMMITTEE.WE'RE TO LOOK AT NOT JUST SCHOOL CALENDAR BUT LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, ALL REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH, AS WELL AS VIRTUAL, ALL ROLLED INTO ONE AND THEN THEY HAVE STARTED A WORK GROUP THAT BEGINS THIS MONTH.
YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND THEN YOU GET PUT ON THINGS.
I AM ONE OF TWO SUPERINTENDENTS WHO ARE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE BUT I'M GLAD TO BE.
I THINK CAROLINE OFFERS A REALLY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IN A SMALLER SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE'LL START THAT WORK THIS MONTH AND IT GOES THROUGH OCTOBER.
AND THE GOAL OF OUR GROUP IS TO PUT FORTH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HOPEFULLY THE LEGISLATURE WILL PICK UP NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE HEARD THE LEGISLATURE HAS AN APPETITE FOR DOING SOMETHING WITH SCHOOL CALENDARS NEXT YEAR.
THIS WAS A TOUGH YEAR NOT JUST FOR EASTERN SHORE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, BUT A TOUGH YEAR FOR MORE DIVERSE SYSTEMS LIKE MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RELIGIONS TO THINK ABOUT.
IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK THERE'S FINALLY AN APPETITE TO TRULY LOOK AT THINGS THAT A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR 20-PLUS YEARS.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT.
SO I WOULD EXPECT RESOLUTION 2601 TO GUIDE US FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHATEVER HAPPENS AT ANNAPOLIS NEXT YEAR OPENS UP SOME MORE DOORS.
FOR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR SCHEDULING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. BUT I DID WANT THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THAT HAPPENING AS WELL, SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES ON THAT FRONT.
BUT FOR THIS CALENDAR, ASKING TO ADD THE THREE MAJOR SNOWFALL WHAT-IF, OOPS DAYS IN THAT TELL PARENTS UP FRONT THESE ARE THE LIKELY THREE.
AND ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, WHICH WE WOULD, IF WE WERE TO HIT A SEVENTH DAY OF SNOW, IT WOULD QUALIFY FOR A WAIVER OR AN EIGHTH DAY OR A NINTH DAY.
IF WE HAD A REPEAT OF THIS YEAR, THESE WOULD BE THE ONLY SIX WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE NEXT YEAR.
THEN WE COULD APPLY FOR THE WAIVER AND WE WOULD RECEIVE IT.
I'M HOPING NOT, BUT WE DID HAVE THE ONE YEAR BACK-TO-BACK 10 PLUS DAYS.
I DON'T EVER WANT TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN.
SO THE WAY THAT THE CALENDAR IS NOW WITH THE THREE BUILT-IN DAYS, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL, AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT THE LAST DAY WOULD BE JUNE 11TH.
IF WE HAD TO TAKE THE OTHER THREE DAYS, THERE WOULD BE.
THERE WOULD BE CONSIDERATION TO NOT EXTEND THE SCHOOL YEAR PAST THE 11TH OF JUNE.
CORRECT? BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THE THREE BUILT-IN DAYS.
AND THEN THE THREE DAYS THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING WE ADD IS THE EXTRA DAYS.
SO JUST TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY, THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE THAT WE WOULD IT CANNOT BE WORSE THAN WHAT'S ON HERE.
THAT JUNE 11TH WOULD NOT BE JUNE 18TH.
OR 17TH, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE AT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT COMMENT.
ALSO SENT OUT THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION ALSO SENT OUT A REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION AND I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I WILL SAY THAT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL SPRING BREAK WE'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME.
I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, AS A PARENT, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL TEACHERS, LIKE THAT WAS NOT...
LOT OF TIME AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION SO THAT WE'RE NOT UP AGAINST A TWO-DAY SPRING BREAK ON A REGULAR BASIS IF WE START TO GET SNOW EVERY WINTER SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE AND A CONVERSATION HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL SO WITH THAT IF IT'S OKAY I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE THREE DAYS BUT JUST I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE ONE SUGGESTION DOWN WHERE THE INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS ARE LISTED I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TO MAYBE UNDERLINE THAT OR I SEE THAT IT'S BOLDED, BUT THAT REALLY NEEDS, YEAH, OR HIGHLIGHTED OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, WE CAN MAKE THAT STAND OUT.
TO MAKE IT REALLY STAND OUT SO PARENTS KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION, AND IF IT'S NOT, WE CAN JUST MOVE ON.
BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY THE GRADUATION DATES AREN'T ON THIS CALENDAR? ISN'T IT A REQUIREMENT THAT THE DATES BE? IT'S ON HERE.
I JUST, WE SHOULD CHECK, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN I DUG DEEP TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CALENDAR LANGUAGE.
IT SAID IT HAD TO BE ON THERE.
I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH WAITING, LIKE IF THERE'S A REASON TO WAIT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE WAITING TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, AND I DON'T WANT TO BREAK ANY RULES BY NOT HAVING THEM ON THERE.
AND WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT IN THE SPORTS.
THIS YEAR, IF IT'S STILL MR. SPIKER'S NOT.
AND I FOUND A BLAME STATEMENT FOR HIM NOT BEING HERE BECAUSE HE DID COMMENT, I WON'T LEAVE IF YOU NEED ME TO STAY, AND I DID NOT.
I KNOW THIS YEAR GRADUATION HAD TO BE OUTSIDE.
NEXT YEAR'S GRADUATION CLASS IS SMALLER I KNOW THE PLAN IS TO STILL HAVE THEM OUTSIDE IF IT'S OUTSIDE I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT SAYING NORTH HIGH'S GRADUATION WILL BE ON THURSDAY A KERNEL WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY BOTH AFTER MEMORIAL DAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE PATTERN WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A WHILE SO WE CAN CLARIFY THAT ON THE CALENDAR AND JUST DECLARE THEM AS SUCH AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I AM BUT I SWEAR SOMEWHERE I READ THAT THAT IT NEEDED IT HAD TO KIND OF BE THERE YEAH VERY WELL MAYBE BUT I KNOW WE CAN WE CAN FULLY DECLARE THAT AS 6-2.
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THANK YOU.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN WE NEED A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR 6-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THOSE THREE DAYS.
OPPOSED? SO CARRIE, THANK YOU.
WILLOUGHBY, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME BACK FOR A COUPLE OF POLICIES.
SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FOUR POLICIES FOR YOU THIS EVENING FOR SOME REVISIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE NEW BOARD DOCS.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WHEN WE DO POLICIES.
THIS FIRST ONE IS 11-1-10-10, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF REFORMATTING.
RACHEL, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SLIDING.
TOOK OFF EARLY HEAD START AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER THE GRANT HOLDER FOR THAT.
CHANGED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TO MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS BECAUSE THAT IS THE NEW NOMENCLATURE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
EVERYTHING ELSE, I BELIEVE, STAYED THE SAME.
AND ADOPT DATE JUST GOES UP BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NEW.
SO THAT'S THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY.
SO JUST A LITTLE REFRESH, A LITTLE REFORMATTING WAS LAST LOOKED AT IN 2003.
QUESTIONS ABOUT, I GUESS, THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS? YEAH, THEY ARE.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY 110.10.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POLICY.
WILLOUGHBY IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE.
SO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT WAS MY FIRST TEST WITH THE NEW SYSTEM SO THE REST OF THEM I GOT A LITTLE BETTER AS I WENT ALONG.
CONCERNING FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS, WHICH IS 11-110-20.
THIS POLICY WOULD BE CONTINUED WITH AN UPDATED REVISION DATE.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO EDITS THAT AFFECT THE ACTUAL STILL REPRESENTS OUR CURRENT PRACTICE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO...
FAVOR OPPOSED SO CARRIED THANK YOU ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ONE IS 333 20 GRADUATION EXERCISES AGAIN REFORMATTED TO MATCH WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO NO TEXT EDITS AT ALL LAST LOOKED AT IN 2003 SO WE WILL PUT THE REVISED DATE ON AND IT'LL GO INTO OUR FOUR-YEAR ROTATION STILL REPRESENTS CURRENT PRACTICE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 333 20 GRADUATION SECOND.
AND FOURTH AND FINALLY, 10-110, WHICH IS HIGH SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.
THE ACTUAL TITLE CURRENTLY IS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.
SO BRINGING THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT UP TO DATE.
RACHEL, IF YOU WOULD SCROLL JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THIS ONE, FROM THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS LOOKED AT, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS 05, HAD A PHASE IN.
FROM A 1.5 GPA TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SPORTS TO A 2.0, SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM REMEMBER WHEN THAT OCCURRED AND ALL OF THE CONTROVERSY.
YES, AND THE STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND IT.
WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE THE PHASE-IN LANGUAGE OUT.
SO WE STRIKE THE PHASE-IN LANGUAGE, WE RENUMBER.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY UPDATE THERE.
SORT OF OUR CURRENT FORMATTING STRIKE THE PHASE IN AND CONTINUE THE REST OF IT IS OUR CURRENT WITH A RENAME OF HIGH SCHOOL INSTEAD OF SENIOR ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED SO CARRIED I THINK OUR MOTIONS ARE GETTING WEAKER.
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TIME.IS THAT RIGHT? 10-110, IT WAS ON IT.
ITEM NUMBER 4.08, DESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEE, WHOA, YOU CHANGED THAT ON ME, REAL QUICK.
DESIGNATION OF EMPLOYEE, SPONSOR, TSA PROVIDER, AND INVESTMENT MANAGER.
GOT A MEMORANDUM FOR THE BOARD THAT YOU'VE SEEN PRIOR TO THIS TO JUST SORT OF SUMMARIZE.
CURRENTLY CCPS HAS TAX-SHELTERED ANNUITIES AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY 403 AND 457 PLANS.
OUR CURRENT PLAN IS GOVERNED THROUGH AN ACTUAL, IT'S ACTUALLY GOVERNED THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR HOW AN ENTITY CAN BE APPROVED TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE ABOUT TEN CURRENT ENTITIES THAT EMPLOYEES CAN CHOOSE FROM TO ENGAGE AND CREATE THESE ACCOUNTS.
THIS IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO IF WE WERE A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE MULTIPLES.
WE WOULD PICK ONE, BUT PUBLIC SECTOR DOES.
WHAT HAS BEEN A TREND AND HAS STARTED TO HAVE ATTENTION BROUGHT TO IT IS WHEN YOU HAVE SORT OF THIS MULTI-VENDOR ATMOSPHERE.
NO VENDOR IS GUARANTEED BUSINESS, AND SO THEREFORE, WHEN AN EMPLOYEE STARTS AN ACCOUNT, THE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED ON A MONTHLY BASIS ARE QUITE HIGH, BECAUSE THE VENDOR NEEDS TO GET PAID, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU BID THIS OUT, IF YOU SELECT A SINGLE VENDOR, AND THAT VENDOR KNOWS WE'RE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, THE FEES DROP, AND THEY DROP EXPONENTIALLY.
THERE'S MY MATH WORD FOR THE NIGHT.
WE STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS OVER THE SUMMER.
WE ENGAGED WITH CCEA AND ASAC WITH OUR UNION PARTNERS.
WE CREATED A COMMITTEE AND REACHED OUT TO BOLTON INVESTMENT, WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE THIS WORK WITH OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS HERE ON THE SHORE.
ONE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT STARTED THIS OR DID THIS LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT WENT LIVE THIS YEAR.
IT WAS A FORMAL BID PROCESS, BUT THERE'S NO BOARD MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS.
WE HAD FIVE BIDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
WE NARROWED THAT TO TWO FINALISTS.
AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ASSOCIATION AND FROM ASAC, AS WELL AS FINANCE OFFICE, MYSELF.
WE ENDED UP, AFTER HAVING INTERVIEWS WITH EACH OF THE FINALISTS, RECOMMENDING THAT COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL BE OUR DESIGNATED TSA PROVIDER.
THE NEW NAME AFTER A COUPLE MERGERS, IT'S VALIC, THAT MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR TO YOU, IS ONE OF OUR CURRENT PROVIDERS.
THEY DO HOLD ABOUT 65% OF OUR PLANS, SO THEY ARE BY FAR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
REALLY MADE A NICE PRESENTATION TO US THAT INCLUDED EMPLOYEE EDUCATION, INCLUDED EASE OF USE, SOME OF THE ONLINE PORTALS AND THINGS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
AND THEIR FEES, WHICH THEY QUOTED TO US, I WILL SAY, EACH TIME THAT THEY CAME TO A MEETING, THE FEES GOT LOWER.
THEY REALLY WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR FEES AND WERE THE BEST CHOICE.
SO JUST TO SAY IT OUT LOUD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THERE WERE A COUPLE CAVEATS THAT I TOLD BOLTON WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WOULD HAPPEN.
NUMBER ONE WE HAVE MANY LOCAL FIRMS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES RIGHT NOW.
I SAID, WHEN YOU GO TO BID, I WANT A PRE-BID MEETING.
I NEED THESE FOLKS TO BE REACHED OUT TO.
DON'T JUST POST THE BID AND HOPE THEY SEE IT.
WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THESE FOLKS, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.
A COUPLE OF THEM, THEIR UMBRELLA FIRM MADE A BID, OR A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY RULED THEMSELVES OUT.
THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE AT THAT SCALE.
BUT WE DID MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU ARE NOT A CORBRIDGE CUSTOMER NOW AND YOU WANT TO ROLL YOUR INVESTMENT OVER INTO THE NEW,
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YOU PROBABLY HAVE IN YOUR...AND I SAID, WHOEVER IS THE WINNING BIDDER, THEY NEED TO KNOW IT BEFORE THEY MAKE THE BID.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET ASIDE A POT OF MONEY TO EAT THOSE SURRENDER FEES.
NO EMPLOYEE THAT DECIDES TO MAKE A MOVE TO THE NEW PLAN IS GOING TO LOSE MONEY BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE PLAN.
AND SO, CORBRIDGE HAS CALCULATED WHAT THOSE SURRENDER FEES WOULD BE, AND THERE IS A POT OF MONEY THAT IS THERE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE EQUITABLE AND YOU MOVE, YES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A SURRENDER FEE CHARGED, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE ACCREDITED BACK WHEN YOUR MONEY COMES INTO CORPORATE.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THERE.
FOR 65% OF THE FOLKS THAT ENGAGE CURRENTLY, THEY WILL SEE VERY LITTLE CHANGE.
THEIR MONEY WILL TRANSFER OVER INTO A NEW PLAN THAT IS GOVERNED.
BY A NEW PLAN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS A DESIGNATED SPONSOR.
BOLTON WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US AND CORBRIDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUND LINEUP IS COMPETITIVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE PLANS RIGHT NOW, YOU MIGHT GET A PROSPECTUS AND AN OPTION FOR LIKE 300 TO 400 FUNDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET NOW ABOUT 20 THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND VETTED AND MADE SURE HAVE GOOD PERFORMANCE.
A GOVERNING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF CCPS PERSONNEL WILL, AGAIN, WITH UNION INPUT AND EVERYTHING, WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE FUNDS WITH OUR INVESTMENT MANAGER'S ADVICE AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENT CORBRIDGE CUSTOMERS, YOU WILL SEE A ROLLOVER.
HOWEVER, VERY LITTLE WILL CHANGE.
FOR NON-CORBRIDGE CUSTOMERS, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO ROLLOVER AGAIN AND BE MADE WHOLE SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO...
WHAT THIS WILL MEAN IS MUCH LOWER FEES ON A MONTHLY BASIS COMING OUT OF YOUR RETIREMENT FUNDS, SO THAT'S MORE MONEY THAT THEN IS BUILDING WITH THE MAGIC OF COMPOUND INTEREST AND INVESTMENT, AND HOPEFULLY A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE THAT IS INVOLVED.
TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE AS THE EMPLOYER, APPROVE CORBRIDGE AS THE DESIGNATED PLAN SPONSOR.
AND ALSO TO APPROVE BOLTON INVESTMENT AS THE PLAN MANAGER, BOTH CONTRACTS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
SO AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE WILL BID THIS OUT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RATES ARE STILL COMPETITIVE, AND WE'LL GET ON THAT CYCLE.
IF APPROVED, WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO LIVE JULY 1 WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, AND WE WILL UTILIZE OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO HAVE ADAM GRACE, WHO IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR CORE BRIDGE PEOPLE THAT IS ON THE GROUND NOW THAT A LOT OF OUR FOLKS KNOW, HE'LL BE TAKING THE LEAD IN MEETING WITH EMPLOYEES, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, EXECUTING PLAN DOCUMENTS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE DONE, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
VAN BOSCH HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE.
MS. HIGNAUT'S BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE REALLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE LONG RUN.
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STARTING TO GO THIS WAY JUST BECAUSE THE FEES ARE...
IT'S CRAZY WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY QUOTE VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE PAYING NOW ON AVERAGE.
SO ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 12 TIME REDUCTION IN FEES.
THERE'S JUST MORE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THOSE TWO APPROVALS THIS EVENING.
QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME IN THIS, AND THAT'S GOOD.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT OUR PEOPLE WON'T.
SUFFER WITH ROLLOVER EXPENSES BECAUSE THAT CAN BE QUITE A LOSS AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU FOUGHT FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S MAJOR.
SO WE'VE HEARD ALL THE INFORMATION CAN I PLEASE GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT A CORE BRIDGE FINANCIAL AS THE EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLAN PROVIDER AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR THE NEW...
FOR AS THE INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WORK.
WHERE'D YOU ALL GET MINTS FROM? WHERE'D WE GET WHAT? MINTS.
THEY DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS END.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE HONEST.
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OKAY, LET US MOVE ON, DR.OH, WE'VE GOT PRO LONG, WE HAVE ONE MORE ACTION ITEM.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD NINE ACTION ITEMS IN A NIGHT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
409, PRO LONG STATE OF EMERGENCY.
WE HOPE TO NEVER HAVE TO USE THIS, SO IT'S OKAY.
SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SENATE BILL 610 REQUIRES PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY VIRTUAL EDUCATION PLAN FOR SITUATIONS WHERE SCHOOLS CANNOT OPERATE IN PERSON FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS CAROLINE COUNTY PROLONGED STATE OF EMERGENCY PLAN WAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
EACH YEAR IT HAS TO BE, EVERY TWO YEARS I BELIEVE, IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED.
WE RECENTLY REVIEWED THE PLAN.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PLAN WHERE IT SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, GOOGLE CALENDAR.
WE CHANGED IT TO DIGITAL CALENDAR.
THIS PLAN ENSURES CONTINUITY OF LEARNING DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES, THAT WE PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY VIRTUAL, ASYNCHRONOUS, AND SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING.
THE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING WOULD BE THE LIVE LEARNING AND ASYNCHRONOUS WOULD BE ASSIGNMENTS WHERE THEN TEACHERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP STUDENTS.
CURRICULUM AND GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS STAY THE SAME.
ATTENDANCE, ENGAGEMENT, GRADING EXPECTATIONS ARE DEFINED IN THE PLAN.
PAPER MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE INTERNET.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR DEVICE DISTRIBUTION, INTERNET ACCESS SUPPORT.
PROGRESS MONITORING, TARGET INTERVENTIONS, SUPPORT LIKE COUNSELING AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND THEN THE PHASED REENTRY PLAN.
THIS DOCUMENT SERVES AS A ROADMAP FOR NAVIGATING AND MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION DURING A PROLONGED STATE OF EMERGENCY.
WE HOPE TO NEVER, EVER HAVE TO USE IT, BUT DEFINITELY HAVE THE PLANS IN PLACE IF NEEDED.
THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE NEVER THOUGHT WE NEED ONE A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND WE DID, SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PLAN.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? JUST TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL WEATHER PLAN, THAT THIS IS A PROLONGED STATE OF EMERGENCY PLAN, WHICH I WAS LOOKING FOR A DEFINITION OF PROLONGED STATE OF EMERGENCY, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S SET BY THE...
STATE GOVERNOR STATE FOR MEDITATION SO JUST WANTED TO BE REALLY CLEAR BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT THAT THERE'S NO EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS A PIVOTAL PLAN OR SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE I WANT TO HURT THE STATE EMERGENCY YES JUST BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR PUTS A STATE AN EMERGENCY IN FOR SNOW OR SOME OTHER TYPE THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS THIS IS THE WAY THEY DESCRIBE IT NOT ONLY AS ANOTHER PANDEMIC, WHICH AGAIN, HOPEFULLY NEVER.
NOT JOKING BY THIS AT ALL, IF THE TORNADO THAT HIT OUTSIDE OF NORTH HIGH WAS ANOTHER HALF MILE OVER, NORTH HIGH IS CLOSED FOR A MONTH OR TWO.
THIS BECOMES HOW STUDENTS AT NORTH HIGH GET EDUCATED.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE...
THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE PROLONGED STATE OF EMERGENCY PLAN.
[5. Reports and Presentations]
SO CARRIED.SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M HERE AS THE PREVIOUS MATH SUPERVISOR.
TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE DATA SCIENCE COURSE, WHICH IS A COURSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PILOT IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR AND THEN FULLY IMPLEMENT AS LONG AS THE PILOT GOES AS INTENDED THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS IS AN MSDE APPROVED COURSE AND WE WOULD ADD IT TO OUR EXISTING OFFERING.
BLUEPRINT, WE KNOW WITH OUR BLUEPRINT INITIATIVE WE WANT TO INCREASE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS.
TWO OF THE MATH POLICY PATHWAYS INCLUDE DATA SCIENCE AS A THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR OPTION.
AND STUDENTS CAN ONLY, ONCE THE MATH POLICY IS FULLY IN PLACE WITH THE PATHWAYS, ONLY, STUDENTS CAN ONLY RECEIVE MATH CREDITS FOR COURSES THAT ARE ON THE PATHWAYS AND DATA SCIENCE IS ON THAT.
MSDE DEFINES DATA SCIENCE AS A COURSE THAT WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE MAIN IDEAS AND TOOLS OF DATA SCIENCE.
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DISPLAY, AND ANALYZE DATA.THERE'S A PROJECT-BASED CLASS.
STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF DATA ANALYSIS, SAMPLING, CORRELATION AND CAUSATION, BIAS AND UNCERTAINTY, PROBABILITY, MODELING WITH DATA, MAKING AND EVALUATING DATA-BASED ARGUMENTS, THE POWER OF DATA IN SOCIETY, AND MORE.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF ALL OF THEIR WORK.
AND THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS OF DATA ANALYSIS THROUGH VIDEOS THAT CONNECT THE COURSE TO CAREERS IN MARYLAND-BASED BUSINESSES.
AGAIN, THIS COURSE IS ON TWO OF THE PATHWAYS, QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND STATISTICAL REASONING.
THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE COURSE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALGEBRA I AND II.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A THIRD- OR FOURTH-YEAR MATH COURSE.
NCAA RECOGNIZES DATA SCIENCE AS AN ADVANCED MATH COURSE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING INTO COLLEGE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TRANSCRIPTS ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS NEEDED.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ALSO RECOGNIZES IT AS A FOURTH YEAR MATH CREDIT.
THESE ARE THE UNITS IN THE DATA SCIENCE COURSE.
DATA TELLS A STORY, THE DATA OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UNIVARIATE DATA, THAT'S DATA THAT LOOKS AT ONE VARIABLE, SO YOUR AVERAGE BAR GRAPH WHERE YOU'RE FINDING MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BIVARIATE DATA, TWO VARIABLES, SO WHERE YOU'RE, THERE'S SOME CORRELATION AND CAUSATION.
YOU MIGHT LOOK AT A SCATTER PLOT OR A TWO-WAY TABLE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IF STUDENTS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOURS THEY STUDY, THEN DOES THAT EFFECT.
UNIT 4, SHUFFLING SONGS, THAT'S ABOUT PROGRAMMING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED FROM THE MATH DEPARTMENT GETTING INTO THIS COURSE IS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE FRIENDS FOR THE CODING PIECE OF THAT.
MRS. FRANCIS NODDING HER HEAD BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAD THEM HELP US.
UNIT 5, WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR ME? THIS USES DATA AND RANKING MODELS, LIKE WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO SOMETHING, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO SOMETHING.
PREDICTING PREFERENCES, MACHINE LEARNING.
SO IF YOU, EVERYBODY I'M SURE HAS A NETFLIX OR AN AMAZON ACCOUNT.
WHEN YOU PULL UP YOUR ACCOUNT, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN MY ACCOUNT BECAUSE A MACHINE TELLS YOU, TELLS.
NETFLIX, WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT DID YOU WATCH THE LONGEST, WHAT DID YOU TURN OFF, WHAT DID YOU RATE, WHAT KINDS OF SHOWS, THAT'S MACHINE LEARNING.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A NEAT REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHY PEOPLE'S DASHBOARDS.
AND THEN BEING A DATA SCIENTIST.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND WHEN WE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS COURSE, ESPECIALLY...
SOME PARENTS SAY, WELL, AI CAN DO ALL THIS.
WHY DO MY KIDS NEED TO LEARN? SO AI DOESN'T REPLACE PEOPLE, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND IT ONLY INCREASES THE NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN UNDERSTAND THE DATA.
AI CANNOT MAKE JUDGMENTS, BUT PEOPLE CAN.
AND WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN INTERPRET ALL OF THAT DATA.
AGAIN, THE COURSE IS DESIGNED BY MSDE.
IT'S HOUSED ON THEIR CANVAS SITE.
WE HAVE DOWNLOADED IT AND INTEGRATED IT INTO OUR LOCAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS SCHOOLOGY.
SO THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK REQUIRED.
IT DOES NOT IMPACT STAFFING OR SCHEDULING.
OUR MATH TEACHERS AND POSSIBLY SOME TEAM TEACHING WITH OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS CAN PILOT THE COURSE, AGAIN, AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND IT WILL SUPPORT STATISTICS AND AP STATISTICS.
WE SURVEYED PARENTS ABOUT THE COURSE.
80% SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER ENROLLING THEIR STUDENT IN DATA SCIENCE AND THAT INTERPRETING AND ANALYZING REAL-WORLD DATA IS A SKILL WORTH LEARNING.
WE ALSO SURVEYED THE STUDENTS.
100% SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER ENROLLING IN DATA SCIENCE AND THAT INTERPRETING AND ANALYZING REAL-WORLD DATA IS A SKILL WORTH LEARNING.
94% OF RESPONDENTS AGREED THAT THE INCLUSION OF DATA IN THE COURSE CATALOG WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
AND HERE'S JUST A QUOTE FROM A PARENT WHO WORKS FOR A LOCAL MANUFACTURER.
THEY SAY THAT THE DEMAND FOR PLANNING AND DATA ANALYSIS WITH VISUALIZATION IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THEY COULD FIND EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZING AND DISPLAYING DATA,
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AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS TO ADD TO IT.SO AGAIN, THE MATH DEPARTMENT, MRS. FRANCE, MRS. ELLIE, NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL, AND OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS, AS WELL AS OUR STATISTICS TEACHERS, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS COURSE.
WHILE MSDE HAS GIVEN US THE MATERIALS, IT CERTAINLY TAKES US TIME TO GO THROUGH THOSE MATERIALS, ALIGN LEARNING TARGETS AND SUCCESS CRITERIA, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT BEFORE WE PRESENT IT TO THE STUDENTS.
SO THAT WORK WE ARE DOING AND FINALIZING AND WE WILL BE READY FOR A PILOT THE SPRING SEMESTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IF APPROVED.
IT IS NOT A PREREQUISITE IT CAN BE A STANDALONE COURSE BUT IT COULD PREPARE THEM.
YEAH, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE CERTAINLY STUDENTS MAY NOT WANT TO GO THE FULL AP STATS ROUTE.
THEY MAY WANT TO JUST DO THE DATA SCIENCE COURSE, AND THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.
I TOLD DOC TO TAKE IT WITH HIM.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BOARD MEMBERS? IT'S A HEAVY COURSE, I MEAN, BECAUSE I ASKED DR.
SIMMONS, IS THIS ONE SEMESTER? YES.
YES, AND IT'S ONE, IT IS A LOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S GOOD TO CHALLENGE OUR KIDS AND SEE THEM RISE TO THE CHALLENGE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT ONCE THEY ARE IN THAT CLASS AND WITH THE PROJECTS AND ALL THEY'LL BE DOING, THEY WILL RISE.
AND WE'RE PART OF A COHORT OF A CADRE, THEY CALL IT, OF MSDE OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING THE COURSE.
SO WE ARE LEARNING FROM THEM AS WELL, AND THAT CADRE WILL CONTINUE.
MRS. BAKER WILL JUST STEP IN MY SPOT.
YES, SO WITH IT BEING A PILOT COURSE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE THAT WE WERE PILING IT AND SEE IF THE BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
VANDENBOSCH, WELL, MRS. BAKER WILL BE COLLECTING DATA ON HOW THE STUDENTS DO WITH IT AND THEN IT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD FOR FULL APPROVAL IN THE SPRING FOR INCLUSION GOING FORWARD IN THE COURSE CATALOG.
BUT I APPRECIATE ALSO THE WORK THAT'S GONE IN FROM THE MATH TEAM AS WELL TO REALLY BUILD OUT A STRONG PILOT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO FULL BOARD WITH IT ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT IT'LL BE EXCITING TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FEEDBACK.
WE'LL CERTAINLY LEAVE THAT CHARGE.
SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HELPING ME OVER THE YEARS PILOTING CLASSES.
OKAY, AND WE WILL HAVE MS. IGNAT WITH OUR BUDGET SUMMARY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WAYMAN, DR.
SIMMONS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE DRAFT BUDGET SUMMARY FOR FY27.
WE'VE MADE A FEW CHANGES SINCE YOU LAST SAW IT A FEW WEEKS AGO AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION.
ALL OF THE CHANGES ARE DOWN UNDER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS PART THREE.
WE'VE REMOVED THE LINE ITEM FOR BUSES.
WE DETERMINED THAT THE BUSES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AND PURCHASING WILL BE ABLE TO COVER OUT OF THE AMOUNT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THAT LINE ITEM.
SO WITH REMOVING THAT, WE HAVE INCREASED THE COST ALLOCATED TO PLANT OPERATIONS, PROPANE COSTS INCREASES AND FUEL COST INCREASES.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS HAVE HAD HIGHER COSTS THIS YEAR SO WE THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO INCREASE THESE LINE ITEMS TO REFLECT THOSE COSTS AND BE ABLE TO COVER IT BETTER NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AGAIN THE STATE AID LINE ITEM IS STILL AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WE GOT BACK IN JANUARY.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR FINAL NUMBERS FROM THE STATE BUT ONCE WE HAVE THOSE IN A FEW WEEKS WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE FINAL BUDGET TO YOU.
MOVING ON TO THE FINANCE REPORT.
OUR FINANCE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH.
THERE'S A FEW INCREASES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MONTH GOING DOWN TO TRANSPORTATION
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ON THE SECOND PAGE.THERE'S AN OVERAGE UNDER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS THAT IS DUE TO THE INCREASED COST OF FUEL FOR OUR BUSES AND VEHICLES.
OPERATION OF PLANT, THERE'S OVERAGES UNDER CONTRACTED SERVICES AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, WHICH IS ALSO DUE TO INCREASED COST IN THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN UNDER MAINTENANCE OF PLANT, THERE'S AN OVERAGE UNDER EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS DUE TO THE TRUCK THAT WE PURCHASED, I BELIEVE WAS DISCUSSED LAST MONTH AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION.
THAT OUR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WILL BE ABLE TO USE GOING FORWARD.
SO GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE SPENT OR ENCUMBERED ABOUT 90% OF OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE REACHING THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO NOW WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING TOGETHER ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BUY WITH YEAR-END FUNDS, WITH THE ABOUT $9.4 MILLION THAT IS LEFT AVAILABLE.
AND INCLUDING ANY EXPENSES THAT ARE NOT ENCUMBERED YET, SUCH AS UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY, CONTINUING FUEL COSTS, AND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT NEXT MONTH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK MS. HIGNETT FOR THE WORK ON THE BUDGET AND MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT.
THE THING THAT WE IF WE END UP FINDING SAVINGS SOMEWHERE ELSE THERE IT'S GOING TO EVERY TIME WE THINK IT'S WELL I'M NOT THINKING WHERE KEEP RESPONDING TO WHEREVER THANK YOU CONTENDANT TO REPORT OH OKAY SO MY UH MY REPORT THIS MONTH IS GOING TO CONNECT KIND OF WHERE MS. WAYMAN WENT WITH HER OPENING COMMENTS.
AND IT IS STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WE KIND OF SHOW SOME LOVE TO OUR STAFF, TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING TODAY.
THEY DID A PROCLAMATION THIS WEEK FOR STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK.
THEY HAD LOVELY COMMENTS FOR OUR FOLKS.
THE ROLE OF EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GREAT.
I HAD THE JOY OF SERVING COFFEE TODAY AT GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH MS. BARKS.
SHE TOOK MY PLACE AND THEN PASSED IT TO MR. PLOCHEK, WHO GOT TO SERVE COFFEE WITH MR. HOWEY.
I WAS THERE SERVING WITH RACHEL AND CRAFT BAKERY.
THANKFULLY, THEY WERE THERE TO HELP DO THE DIFFICULT DRINKS.
TOMORROW WE'LL BE SERVING AT FEVELSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE'VE JUST GOT VARIOUS THINGS HAPPENING THIS WEEK TO SHOW SOME LOVE TO OUR STAFF.
APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY THAT OUR BUILDING ADMIN ARE SHOWING AS WELL FOR THEIR SCHOOLS.
TRULY DOES TAKE EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE TO DO WHAT WE DO TO REALLY MAKE THE MAGIC WORK AND I WILL ECHO MS. BARF'S COMMENT EARLIER THAT WHAT WAS A SHORT SPRING BREAK.
THE FLIP SIDE OF A SHORT SPRING BREAK MEANS IT'S A REALLY LONG APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE IT WILL BE, WITH THE ONLY DAY REALLY BEING OFF IS MEMORIAL DAY.
MAKES FOR A LONG STRETCH, SO STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK IS DEFINITELY GETTING SOME EXTRA ATTENTION THIS WEEK TO TRY TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP, BECAUSE IT IS A LONG STRETCH, BUT IT'S GOOD.
THE STAFF HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL, AND IT'S BEEN COOL, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THEM.
BOARD MEMBERS AND SINCE WE STARTED AT BOTH ENDS, I'LL START THIS TIME SINCE I'M IN THE MIDDLE.
AND I'LL JUST START OFF BY SAYING THAT UNITY DAY, BECAUSE WE ALL POINT OUT SOMETHING, BUT THE UNITY FAIR AT NORTH CAROLINA WAS JUST EXCEPTIONAL.
THE COMMUNITY WAS OUT, THE CARS WERE EVERYWHERE.
IT TOOK ME FIVE MINUTES TO GET A PARKING SPOT.
IT WAS JUST GOOD TO SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT, THE CHILDREN, THE YOUNG CHILDREN WERE OUT PLAYING GAMES.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL AFFAIR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AGAIN.
I WENT LAST YEAR, WENT BACK THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS, I THINK, EVEN BETTER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
AND YOU CAN JUST TAKE YOUR TURN.
SO I WENT TO THE RHYTHM OF THE RIDGE INDUCTIONS AND JUST TO HEAR THE STORIES THAT THOSE YOUNG LADIES SHARED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT MUSIC MEANS TO THEM WAS JUST VERY POWERFUL.
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IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S THEIR HOME, THAT'S WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH BEING THEMSELVES.AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HEAR THOSE LADIES EXPRESS THAT WHEN THEY WERE INDUCTED.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN I DID STOP BY THE UNITY FAIR, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL.
AND THEN I VISITED AT DENTON ELEMENTARY WITH DR.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO GO THERE AFTER MY KIDS AREN'T THERE ANYMORE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON A FEW SESSIONS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING SESSIONS THAT I LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT ALWAYS KIND OF CAN REFLECT AFTER THAT.
THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORK THERE.
I FEEL REALLY GOOD WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO LISTEN TO OTHER PERSPECTIVES AND WHAT OTHER FOLKS KIND OF BRING TO THE CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, NOT, DIDN'T TAKE MUCH BACK THAT I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO WORK ON.
SAT IN ON AN AI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND I DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT SPACE.
AND I'M NOT SURE I WILL SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO WALKING THAT PATH, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PATH FOR US TO WALK SOONER THAN LATER.
ACTUALLY, THE THE SESSION THAT TROY AND I SAT ON WAS REALLY MORE OF AN ENCOURAGING SESSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE IT AND HOW WE CAN HELP US TO DEVELOP THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, COMMUNICATION, LETTING IT LEARN YOU.
AND SO WE TOOK A LOT AWAY FROM THAT, BUT I THINK IT ALL...
JUST THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI.
YEAH, DIFFERENT BRAINS, DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
NOT JUST LIKE JET, THERE'S OTHERS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK, AGAIN, TOOK AWAY FROM THAT THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO THAT SPACE AND START TO FEEL COMFORTABLE BECAUSE OUR KIDS NEED US TO.
SO EXCITED, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, YEAH, UNITY FAIR WAS AMAZING.
ONE OF THE STRONGEST COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, KIND OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION EVENTS THAT YOU GET TO GO TO.
SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE LOTS OF FOLKS THERE.
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD, I GUESS, WITH A LOT OF HATS ON THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU TO DEREK FOR HOSTING SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS.
IT WAS NICE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH THEM, HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS AFTERWARDS, THANKING THEM FOR INTERNSHIP SUPPORT.
DAUGHTERS SO THAT WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTED AND ECHOED THE WORK THAT LINDSAY MCCORMICK AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE THERE.
AND THEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARTNER EVENT.
YOU CAN REALLY START TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PUTTING THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NOT JUST SORT OF SAYING WHAT THEY NEED, BUT SAYING HOW THEY'RE DOING.
ONE, I KNEW THEY WERE SWEATING IT OUT, BUT ALSO, THE KIDS WERE BEING.
THE DATE IS? THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
THEY HAD A COMPLETE CHILLER REPLACEMENT.
IT DID NOT COME AS FAST AS WE HAD.
YES I WAS GOING TO HIT IT ON THE...
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TO REACT.SPRINGFEST ACROSS THE TABLE TO THE CAKE WHEEL UP ALWAYS.
I WAS HOPING FOR SOME MISS PHELPS'S PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE, BUT I TOOK HOME HER PEANUT BUTTER CAKE, WHICH WAS NICE.
IT WAS A GOOD TIME, BUT THEY COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER ONE.
SOME PEOPLE SAID IT WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT BACK OUT THERE AND NOT IN.
I WAS IN LINE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I SKIPPED THAT.
MIGHT HAVE TO SLIDE BY THERE ONE DAY.
WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT HAD BEEN PICKING THAT WORK UP.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY'VE KIND OF PIVOTED TWICE.
BECAUSE IT'S MOVING SO FAST, TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING OUT THERE.
SO WE'VE HAD A GROUP WORKING, AND WE JUST NEED TO GET IT TO THAT POLICY STAGE TO GET IT CONNECTED IN TO START GIVING SOME MORE SUPPORT.
AND I MEAN, I THINK EVEN IF WE COULD JUST START TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH OUR STAFF.
HOW CAN OUR STAFF? IT'S A TIME SAVER.
I MEAN, IT'S HUGE, AND I THINK IF WE WANT TO BE EFFICIENT AND MAXIMIZE TIME, WE NEED TO GET THERE FOR THE KIDS TOO, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGE, RECOGNIZE, ACCEPT, PUT PARAMETERS ON. EXCUSE ME, MR. PLOCHEK DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT HE HAD QUITE AN ADVENTURE COMING BACK. MR. PLOCHEK HAD A LOT OF ADVENTURES. YEAH. IT'S RIGHT BACK. WITH HIS FIRST RESPONDER SKILLS AND MOTION SEVERAL TIMES. THE DAY BEFORE WE LEFT, I KNOW WE HAD TO MY...
OKAY, WE'RE GOING. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
FOR THE HOURS. YEAH. TOOK THAT 5 A.M. FLIGHT. I WASN'T WITH HIM. I THINK THAT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN.
IT WAS ONE OF THEM THINGS I LOOKED AT HAYDEN, I'M LIKE, I'M GOING TO... WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT AN OFFLINE TIME. HE'S NEXT YEAR'S IN D.C. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY UNFINISHED?
[8. Upcoming Meetings and Events]
OKAY, THAT'S FOR FUTURE BOARD ACTION AND WE'VE SEEN OUR LIST. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE SHEET, AND IT IS CONCERT SEASON, IT IS PLAYOFF SEASON, IT IS AWARDS SEASON. YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO EVERY NIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY.AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE CONCERT IN JUNE. ELLSBERG DECIDED, I GUESS, I APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE IN SCHOOL TILL JUNE 17TH. LET'S PUT OUR CONCERT IN JUNE. I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU AND ME BOTH. THEY DO HAVE IT. YES, THEY DO. THEY SAW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE'S TIME LEFT. THERE'S STILL TIME LEFT IN THE BALLGAME. AND OUR NEXT... THE ACTION WILL BE MAY 18TH AT 8.30 A.M. THAT WOULD BE THE TUESDAY. THAT WOULD BE THE 19TH. YEP, THE 19TH. ACTION ON THAT. MAY 19TH, BOARD MEMBERS AT 8.30 A.M. RIGHT HERE
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IN THE BOARD OFFICE. AND THEN JUNE 2ND IS OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AND NOW, MS. BARTSCH, YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND.TWO SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SO CARRIED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.