Sep 13, 2021 Board Meeting

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INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE

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PRESENT. MISS KELLY. PRESENT. DR PHILLIPS. HERE. WITH RICCARDI. HERE. MR ROBINSON HERE. CAN THEY ARE NOT BOARD MEMBER HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. SO VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER YEAH.

I JUST DIDN'T GAUTIER HERE. SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON. YEAH. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL.

THIS MEETING. DR MUELLER. TAKE IT AWAY. THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL FASHION WITH BOARD MEMBERS REQUIRED STAFF AND PRESENTERS IN ATTENDANCE VIA TELECONFERENCE.

THE AGENDA AND MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ON WWW DOT HCPS DOT BOARD. UNDER BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS. THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICE. THE AUDIO LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE ON HCPS .ORG. SLASH B O E SLASH LIVE STREET UH HUH. THE POWER IN PROCESS WILL BE USED TONIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, MISS GOODY A OR I WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN IT ROLLED CALLERS TAKEN FOR EMOTION. I ASK YOU, PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR NO. THANK YOU, DR MUELLER. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS DANCING AND EFFECT. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY UPSET THOSE PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN FIRST ITEM IS

[A. Request to Waive, In Part, Provisions of the Following Board Policy22-0008-000 Public Participation at Board OpenMeetings or Public Hearings]

THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE WAVE IN PART THE PROVISIONS OF THE POLICY AS DESCRIBED. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS DANCE, AND I THINK. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES.

YES. IT WAS OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NOW. READ. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. WHAT I DIDN'T BRING

[B. Board Comments]

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AND. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF THE BEHAVIOURS. THAT I HAVE WITNESSED. IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. UM SOME OF THE VOLATILE. BEHAVIOURS SOME OF THE THREATENING TEXTS THAT. ARE BEING SENT OUT. SOME OF THE HOSTILE COMMENTS. BEING MADE. UM, ON DIFFERENT. MEDIA SITES.

SO I. FEEL UNSAFE FOR MYSELF, ESPECIALLY FOR MY FAMILY WHO LIVE HERE WITH ME. AND. IT. I'M.

I'M IN A QUANDARY. I'M JUST. NOT SURE WE'RE ALL OF THE HATRED IS COMING FROM. WE CAN'T WE NEED TO LEARN TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME OPINION. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. THAT'S IT'S CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. AND WE NEED TO LEARN. THAT EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE TO. LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH THE SAME LENS. THAT WE DO. WHERE I DO PERSONALLY. I. I'M HOPING THAT THIS CHANGES. BUT THE CHANGES THAT I'VE WITNESSED OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE NOT IMPROVED. THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN QUITE WORSE. I ASK FOR CIVILITY. BE POLITE, IF NOTHING ELSE, BE KIND. UM WHEN. I SEE A GROUP. WE'RE ENTITLED TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY. BUT SOME OF THE PROTESTS THAT I'VE WITNESSED LATELY HAVE BEEN FAR FROM PEACEFUL. AND WHAT REALLY DISTRESSES ME. IS THAT AS I LOOK AMONG. THE CROWD. THERE ARE SMALL CHILDREN. BETTER PRESENT WITH THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY. AND THEY ARE WITNESSING THESE BEHAVIORS. CHILDREN LEARN. WHAT THEY LIVE. AND AS PARENTS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CHILDREN. TO MODEL THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR. THAT WE WANT THEM TO GROW UP.

EXHIBITING FOR THEMSELVES, IF NOTHING ELSE, I JUST ASKED THAT. WE FOLLOWED THE GOLDEN ROLE.

AND BE TOLERANT OF EACH OTHER. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR FOR WACKY DOCTOR PHILLIPS. RACHEL YOU GOTTA LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE A NEW ORDER. UM SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. GOOD EVENING. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. MAY SOUND LIKE A POLITICAL SPEECH, BUT I PROMISE YOU, I HAVE ZERO POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS. FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY THIS EVENING. IT FINALLY CAME TO ME AROUND NINE

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ENDED UP IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. AT NINE O'CLOCK THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WAS NEAR THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER ON TOLLGATE ROAD. FROM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS BEING PLAYED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE EQUESTRIAN EVENTS FOR THE DAY. I ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN MY IMMEDIATE SITE, CAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING AT THE TIME. AND THEN REMOVE THEIR HATS. WE ALL START STOOD AT ATTENTION. FOR THE 2 2.5 MINUTES OR SO DURING THE PLAYING OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. FOR THOSE FEW MINUTES, REFLECTING BACK. FOR A FEW WEEKS, MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS FOLLOWING 9 11. WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AS A NATION. WE WERE ALL PROUD TO BE AMERICANS. THIS REFERS TO BOTH CITIZENS AND NON CITIZENS RESIDING IN THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS. WHAT HAPPENED? HOW DO WE BECOME SO POLARIZED AS A NATION? I HAVE MY THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS ABOUT THAT, WHICH IS A MORE EXTENSIVE SUBJECT FOR A DIFFERENT DAY. WE NO LONGER RESPECT EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS.

WE NO LONGER HAVE CIVIL BUT INSTEAD CONTENTIOUS CONVERSATION. BECAUSE OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL MASK MANDATES. WHICH IS NOW ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT. THIS BOARD HAS BEEN COMPARED TO GERMANY. AND ACCUSED OF BEING CHILD ABUSERS AND SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. AS I'M TOLD, I DON'T PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL MEDIA. LET ME REMIND YOU THAT GERMANY EXTINGUISHED THE LIVES SIX MILLION INNOCENT PEOPLE. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CHILD ABUSERS. LET ME MENTION THE NAMES OF LARRY DARNELL O'NEILL, A THIRD AND JOSH LYNN MARIE JAMES JOHNSON. THE NAMES RING A BELL TO ANY OF YOU. PROBABLY NOT. THE DECOMPOSED BODIES OF THESE TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR HANDS, CAR AND ESSEX IN BALTIMORE COUNTY A FEW MONTHS AGO. THESE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN NEVER HAD A CHANCE. THEY WERE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. LET'S NOT FORGET THE HUNDREDS OF ABANDONED, HUNGRY AND BATTERED CHILDREN. BEING IN THE E. R S AND BY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES EVERY YEAR, JUST IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ALONE. THIS IS CHILD ABUSE.

MASKS. REALLY? INCIDENTALLY BY TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS WEAR MASKS SCHOOL EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE DOZENS OF THEM. DIFFERENT COLORS AND DESIGNS AND MATCH THEM WITH THE OUTFITS FOR THE DAY. THEY MAKE IT A FASHION STATEMENT AND THEY LOVE IT. WHEN I ACCEPTED THIS POSITION ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, I TOOK AN OATH TO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS STAFF ADMINISTRATION. BUT MOSTLY THE STUDENTS. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY DECISION I AND THIS BOARD HAVE MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE HAS BEEN WITH HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS IN MIND FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE DAY THAT PRIMARY FOCUS CHANGES FOR THE DAY. WE'RE MISINFORMATION DIRECTS OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. IS THE DAY I WALK AWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. PHILIP. DR HAROLD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM I JUST HAVE A QUICK UH, THANK YOU TO, UM TO THE PEOPLE THAT UM YOU KNOW, WORK. SO HARD TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL. UM I'M STILL ELATED, OVERJOYED EVEN AND CERTAINLY FILL WITH GRATITUDE. UM AS YOU KNOW, FIRST. UH, WEEK OF SCHOOL. NOT LAST WEEK. UM WE DID HAVE SOME BUMP, BUT IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE STUDENTS ON THE BUSES AND TO, UM. AS A PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER TO, UM TALK TO SUIT AND TALK TO PARENTS, AND, UM THE FEELING IS JUST BEYOND WORDS. UM. AND SO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THINK EVERY PARENT. EVERY STUDENT, EVERY MEMBER OF THE HARD WORKING TEAM AT EIGHT CPS MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD, BUT ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT, DR BOLSON. UM AND HIS TEAM. UM BUT THE VISION TO MOVE US FORWARD. I AM JUST BEYOND WORDS. I KNOW THEY WERE UP AGAINST A LOT. UM THE OBVIOUS IS IN FRONT OF US. UM THE BOARD MEMBERS AND I, UH YOU KNOW, WE'VE ENDURED QUITE A BIT AS VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ENDURED QUITE A BIT, UM

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I HAVE BEEN READING COMMENTS AND REPORTS FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR EARLIER THAN THIS, AND I HAVE CONCERNS. UM BUT THIS IS ALWAYS A BUSY TIME FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR LEVEL THE BOARD LEVEL WE HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER NEXT MEETING. I'M EXPECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR BALANCING INVOLVEMENT TO COME OUT SOON. WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THE INITIAL PROPOSALS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEARS CALENDAR NEXT THING AS WELL UH, ALSO, I MEAN, JUST LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED TWO EXECUTIVE ORDERS CONCERNING COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS. AND I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR DETAILS ABOUT HOW THOSE WILL IMPACT US BECAUSE WE ARE A LARGE EMPLOYER. AS A REMINDER. HCPS CURRENTLY HAS NO VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT THE STATE OF MARYLAND DOES THE STATE VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. EQUALLY. WE ARE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC SITUATION AND MOVING FORWARD AS BEST WE ALL CAME. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT OUR SOCIETY HAS CREATED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AT THE LAST MEETING. I MENTIONED OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OUR NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL. AFTER THE LAST MEETING. I SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE COVID RESPONSE PAGES OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OF OTHER STATES, INCLUDING SOME LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA, WHERE THE GOVERNORS HAVE BANNED MASK MANDATES IN SCHOOL. I WAS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR. WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT MASKS? DID THEY DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF PROBLEMS THAT VARIOUS COME INTEREST TALKED ABOUT? SOME COMMENTS OR SAID. FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY IN 95 MASKS WORK. SOME SAID, EVEN IN 95 MASKS DON'T WORK TO BLOCK COVID. I LOOKED FOR STATEMENTS ABOUT CAUSING BREATHING, DIFFICULTY INCREASING CO TWO LIMITING OXYGEN. I DID NOT FIND ANY SO.

MY TAKE ON THIS IS THE AGENCIES WE HAVE. BOTH LOCAL TO US NATIONAL PREVIOUSLY ACTUALLY LOOKED IN. SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND EVEN THE STATES THAT ARE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY. ARE STILL SAYING. YES YES, MASKS ARE USEFUL AND REDUCING THE SPREAD OF COVID.

UM WE'RE EXPECTING IN TWO DAYS OR SO. FOR THE STATEWIDE. UH REQUIREMENT THAT STUDENTS STAFF VISITORS ALL WEAR MASKS IN SCHOOL WHERE THIS HAS GONE BEYOND BEING A LOCAL REQUIREMENT TO A STATE LEVEL REQUIREMENT. SO WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER. THINGS GOING ON CONCERNS GOING ON. UH I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE PAST THIS ISSUE, AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANOTHER SURELY UNIQUE SCHOOL YEAR. ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE REMEMBER PATIENCE AND KINDNESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. BELLER POWER, MISS KELLY. THANK YOU, RACHEL. I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS SO FAR AND, YOU KNOW, CONCUR WITH A LOT OF YOUR SENTIMENTS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM. AND I KEEP KEEP IT SHORT. I JUST YOU KNOW WHEN I SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. I KNOW. IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL LAST YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BACK. UM IN THE BUILDING. UM AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING

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THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE MASK OFF AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE. THEY PROBABLY DID IT ULTIMATELY, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT. HOW ACCEPTING THEY WERE OF IT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A GREAT THING TO WEAR A MASK. I DON'T LIKE IT MYSELF, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE QUARANTINING OF THE STUDENTS AND TRYING TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE IN SCHOOL AS POSSIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO HIS CO AQI IS COMMENTS AND ASKED TO. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BOARD IS A POLITICAL. WE DO NOT HAVE ASPIRATIONS OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY POSITION THAT WE TAKE TO HEART AND A REALLY TRYING TO DO A GOOD JOB ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO READ ALL COMMENTS AND LISTEN TO EVERYBODY CIVILLY. AND ASK YOU ALL TO DO THE SAME, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT DISRESPECTFUL. WE CAN BE TO EACH OTHER SOMEHOW. IT'S A LICENSE WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN FRONT OF BUDDY, SOMEONE TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, AND I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE YOUR VIDEO TO REALIZE. WHEN WE HAVE THESE VIRTUAL FEELINGS, MEETINGS, WHICH AGAIN I AM NOT IN FAVOUR OF, BUT IT WAS DIRECTED FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY. THIS BOARD. PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT THIS WASN'T VETTED THROUGH HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF. FAILURE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HAVE THE MEETING VIRTUAL AND IT IS VIRTUAL AND WE ARE ON THIS FOR THE ENTIRE CALL. I'VE HEARD COMMENTS THAT WERE NOT ON THE CALL. WE ARE ON THE CALL. WE ARE CONCERNED AND REALLY TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. ON A POSITIVE NOTE VISIT THREE SCHOOLS THIS PAST WEEK. RING FACTORY ELEMENTARY, PATTERSON MILL HIGH SCHOOL. AND WELL, YOU PICK OLD POST AND THEY WERE.

RUNNING AS A NORMAL SCHOOL DAY IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR, WITH THE STUDENTS HAVING MASKS ON AND THERE WAS NO INCIDENCE THAT I WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO WHERE EVERYBODY WHO IS IN SCHOOL AND HE WAS COOPERATING WITH THE MASS MANDATE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND TRYING TO KEEP THE STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON. NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, DR MUELLER. THE ONLY THING I LIKE TO ADD. BESIDES WHAT'S BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR. IS THAT WE DON'T OFTEN SHAKE TIME TO THANK THE CUSTODIANS. THE FOOD SERVICE WORKERS ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING AND KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. AND I DO WANT TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. AND ALL THEY DO FIRST STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ECHO A FEW COMMENTS THAT I HEARD DR DEALERS. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE BUT BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT ARE. DOING THEIR VERY BEST IN THE YEAR THAT IS, ADMITTEDLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WE STARTED WE STARTED ON THE DAY

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WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO ADDRESS US AND THEY'VE BEEN SENDING US EMAILS. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE. WE ALL ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE. HAVE YOU SPEAKING EVEN IN A SMALL VOICE? TO WHISPER. KEEP IT UP, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT KEEP US GOING, AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL. AND PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO SAY, IS WELCOME BACK TO OUR STUDENTS. IT IS EXCITING. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE BACK. WE WANT YOU TO DO WELL AND ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS. AND PLAY AND LEARN AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AT THIS POINT, OUR SENIORS WOW, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO OF IT. HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT WHAT WE PLANNED FOR ANY OF YOU. AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE BACK. AND YOU ARE IN YOUR BUILDINGS AND YOU'RE SEEING YOUR FRIENDS TOO, AND YOU'RE EXPERIENCING A SENIOR YEAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE THE LEFT COUPLE OF YEARS KIDS. PLEASE ENJOY IT. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE EXPERIENCES AS

[C. Public Comments]

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CONCERNS LIKE TIME SPENT ON THE BUS, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN ON THOSE BUSY ROADS AND HIGH SPEED. THE FACT THAT WHEN HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD BECOMES A, R CHILDREN WILL MOVE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, KNOWING ONLY THE KIDS FROM THE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS OF MHS STORE, WHICH IS BASICALLY ONLY 15 KIDS PER GRADE LEVEL. OR HOW ABOUT THAT? IF ANY OF OUR KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, IT WILL TAKE US ABOUT 35 MINUTES TO MAKE THE SCHOOL GROUNDS VERSUS ONLY 50.

14 MINUTES IF WE STAYED AT PATTERSON MILK. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I ATTEMPTED IT JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THE TECHNIQUE END WHILE ENJOYING THE WEATHER WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN IN OUR HOUSE IS PETER DAY, RESIDENTS DISCUSSED HOW WE COULD HEAR THE PATERSON MILL ANNOUNCER FROM THE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME. THAT IS HOW CLOSE OUR CURRENT SCHOOL IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IF THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF PETER DAY BELONGS AT PATTERSON MILK? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL. SO AGAIN. I HOPE THESE NEW BOUNDARY MAP THEIR TRUTH, AND I HOPE THE BOARD HAS REALIZED THAT THEATER DAY AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF MHS SPORT BELONG AT PATTERSON MILL. I HOPE THE BOARD HAS LOOKED AT OUR CHILDREN AND REALIZED THEY AREN'T JUST THE PERFECT NUMBERS TO FULFILL REDISTRICTING REQUIREMENT. OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN UPSET. NERVOUS AND WORRIED. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE MORE I CAN STAY TO THE BOARD OTHER THAN TO PLEASE PLEASE KEEP SATURDAY AT ITS COMMUNITY SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL OUR CHILDREN LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO PLEASE LET OUR KIDS BE EXCITED TO BE HUSKIES AND PLEASE KEEP OUR CHILDREN AT PATTERSON MEDAL. THANK YOU. ALARM. IT'S BETTER SYMBOL. I HOPE THAT. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THESE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY GET BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. WHY I AM HERE WITH STIR I'M 11 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN THE THEATER DAY COMMUNITY. I RECENTLY STARTED SIXTH GRADE OF PATERSON NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE THAT MOVEMENT TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT WILL BE ALMOST NINE MILES AWAY FROM MY HOME. SOME PATERSON MILK IS 1.5 MILES AWAY. JUST LIKE ME. I KNOW MANY OF MY FRIENDS CURRENTLY PLAYING SPORTS AND INVOLVED PRACTICE AFTER SCHOOL IF WE ATTENDED SCHOOL THAT IS ALMOST NINE MILES AWAY. THAT WILL MEAN THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GET UP EARLIER TO BE ON THE BUS IN THE MORNING AND BEYOND THE BUS LONGER AT THE END OF THE DAY, LEAVING ME VERY LITTLE TIME TO DO HOMEWORK AND GET THE PRACTICE SOMETIMES. PLEASE LET US STAY AT PATTERSON MILL. I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WITH HIM. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 7750. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE LOST THAT CALLER. I'M GOING TO ADMIT ANOTHER CALLER. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. I'M

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THAT'S YOUR HISTORIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT PATTERSON ENOUGH AND THE OTHER GRADUATED FROM PALESTINE. I JUST STARTED AT PATTERSON, NOW AS 1/6 GRADER AND ENJOYING THE SCHOOL AND HAVE MANY, MANY FRIENDS. I WAS VERY NERVOUS SELLING IN NEW SCHOOLS, BUT BECAUSE MY SISTERS WENT THERE, AND WE WENT TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL AND MADE IT EASIER START THE SCHOOL IS VERY KUSHNER HAS WHICH MAKES IT EASY FOR MY PARENTS TO TAKE ME TO ACT, THE SCHOOL ACTIVITY. I HEARD NEXT YEAR MAY NOT BE GOING TO PATTERSON UP AND THAT I MAY HAVE TO GET TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL FOR THE RACK, WHICH MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS TO START ALL OF IT. AND DON'T YOU GRADUATE AND PATERSON? NO, JUST LIKE MY SISTERS. DAY TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR ME TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP SO EARLY AND HAVE AND BE SO TIRED IN CLASSROOM AFTER SCHOOL AND I WANT TO BE IN THE BEST LONG GIVEN WHAT I AM NOW, BUT THERE IS BAD WEATHER OR TRAFFIC. IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH LONGER BEST RIDE AND I MIGHT MISS CLASS. I'M WRITING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT FOR ME TO SAY A PATERSON THEM. PLEASE KEEP SATURDAY AT PATTERSON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE. STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELDING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR MEANING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI MY NAME IS ALISON BARTON. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A PARENT, THE FIRST GRADER AND OF COURSE GRADER WHO JUST STARTED BACK AT YOU BENEFIT THIS WEEK, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. TO PUT IN OUR CHILDREN FIRST USING DATA AND SCIENCE, UH, IN MAKING DECISIONS, AND I KNOW. IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY. UM MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST BE A VOICE APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. AMONG SOME OF THE OTHER VOICES THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. PACE YOURSELF AND YOU NEED. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI MY NAME IS KELLY AND I LIVE IN SATURDAY. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT PATTERSON MILL, MIDDLE AND HIGH AND THE PROPOSED PLAN HAS WAS MOVING TO SOUTHAMPTON AND SEE NOTHING. SO

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IT IS OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL. LET ME REPEAT THAT WE WILL DRIVE PAST OUR COMMUNITY. FOUR STILL.

WE CAN HEAR THE ANNOUNCER FROM PATTERSON MILL SO BUMPY. LET ME REPEAT THAT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO PATTERSON KNOW THAT WE CAN HEAR THE FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER. MY KIDS CAN WALK AND RIDE A BIKE.

PATTERSON MILL. LET ME REPEAT THAT. WE ARE SO CLOSE TO PATTERSON MILL THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN WALK OR RIDE A BIKE. PATERSON MILK. PATTERSON MILL IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ROAD THAT PATTERSON MILL IS ON. LET ME REPEAT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM PATERSON. NO. UM ARE YOU DRIVERS WILL BE DRIVING FURTHER DISTANCES AND HIGHER SEEDS ON THE ROOF ROUTE TO SEE GNOMES THESE ROADS THAT WILL BE DRIVING TO SEE MILTON AND SOUTHAMPTON ARE DOCUMENTED AS MAJOR CONCERNS FOR SAFETY AND CONGESTED BY THE HARPER COUNTY GOVERNMENT. YOU ARE ESPECIALLY PUTTING NEW DRIVERS AT RISK WHEN THEY WOULD BE DRIVING DURING PEAK COMMUNITY. TIMES AT HYERES. ALL OF THIS IS NOT FAIR. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SO MUCH CHANGE THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID, AND THAT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF MENTAL ISSUES FOR KIDS, INCLUDING MY OWN AGE. TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HEY MY NAME IS JASON ROBERTSON. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE JOSEPH L. DAVIS. AMERICAN LEGION. POST NUMBER. 47 HAVE A GRACE WHERE I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE FIRST VICE COMMANDER. UM I EMAILED OUR, UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD, MS KARWACKI AND DR BOLSON EARLIER LAST WEEK. UM AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF. J R T C PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF HAVING DEGREES UM AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, OVER TIME. THE COUNTY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN A J. RTC PROGRAM WITHIN THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS THAT THE D O D HAS ON THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT, UH, THEY PUT FORWARD NATIONWIDE. UM HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH AN AIR FORCE CHAIR TO SEE PROGRAM OUT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY WHO ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE THEIR STAFF. AND SHARE THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR UNIFORMS, EVERYTHING. UM TWO THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED OUR NUMBER ONE. THE SPACE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HERE AN AVERAGE GRACE TO ALLOW THEM TO BEAT WITH THEIR CLASS TWICE A WEEK. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM THE COUNTY, HARFORD COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH BALTIMORE COUNTY SHARING AGREEMENT TO REIMBURSE. FOR THE TEACHER'S SALARY. THE WAY IS THE FOR THE TWO DAYS THAT THEY'RE UP HERE. SO THE WAY OF THE SALARY STRUCTURE THE D O. D PAYS HALF OF THE CHARITY TEAM. DOCTOR'S SALARY AND, UM, THE LOCAL SCHOOL WOULD PAY THE OTHER HALF, SO WE WOULD ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE OF 50% OF THEIR SALARY FOR THOSE TWO DAYS. SO I LOVE TO MEET WITH. ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO MEET WITH US, UM SOON TO GET THIS BALL ROLLING AND HOPEFULLY GET THIS SET UP.

I GUESS THAT WAS MY TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. MONEY BOX. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? I'M CALLING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY. I MY NEIGHBORHOOD UNITY. OBSCENE TODAY WITH THE UTMOST CONCERN ON REDISTRICTING. UH AFRICA AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN AT WAKEFIELD.

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STATE FROM HAVE ALL THEIR FRIENDS. MM. IS IT WITH ALL THEIR FRIENDS, AND THEY SEND THEM TO US ALL WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE CURRENTLY TWO MILES SPELL. BUT MUST HAVE SEEN, UM, BLOCK NECESSARY. WE WENT FROM SCHOOL AND TO SEND THEM PEOPLE. IT'S SPENT. RECENT HAVE HIGH SCHOOLERS DRIVE IT. 5 43 HAD A SIGNIFICANT GOOD BRENDA PATTERSON. JUST NOT RIGHT. UM YEAH, I THINK THERE DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PATERSON HIGHEST NUMBER FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY. UH PLEASE CONSIDER CREATING A LOOK AT THEM BEFORE. UM. SENDING MY STUDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS OUR COMMUNITY. UM ALRIGHT, SO PROUD AND EXCITED TO HAVE OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN A GREAT START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SECURED LAST A YEAR AND A HALF IN PRISON. LEARNING. SO THEM.

CYCLE QUICKLY AT FIRST TO THEIR WELLBEING. JUST YOU HAVE REACHED THE TWO MINUTE, MARK.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI. MY NAME IS KENNY ANSWER. GOOD EVENING. I'M A PARENT OF A SON ATTENDING BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ASKING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS TO RECONSIDER REINSTATING THE VIRTUAL OPTION THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE LAST SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. A VIRTUAL OPTION IS NEEDED, AT LEAST UNTIL MORE CHILDREN ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND ESTATE FOR SOCIALLY DISTANCED ENVIRONMENT CAN BE PROVIDED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SWAN SCRIPPS CREEK FALLS WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL OPTION. MY DAD WILL REACH CAPACITY WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND IT'S NOT AN OPTION. AT THIS TIME I FEEL THE CURRENT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS NOT SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN. CLASSES ARE TOO LARGE FORCING OUR CHILDREN TO SIT WITHIN INCHES OF EACH OTHER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. HALLWAYS ARE OVERCROWDED.

THERE'S NO SOCIAL DISTANCING. SOME CLASSES ARE TAKEN OUTSIDE AND THE CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO REMOVE THEIR MASKS, BUT THERE'S NO SOCIAL DISTANCING ENFORCED. PROBABLY THE SPACE. BUT I'M ASKING FOR IS NOT TO STOP IN PERSON LEARNING THAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR SOME FAMILIES. BUT A VIRTUAL OPTION THROUGH EACH SCHOOL SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT NEED OR WANT VIRTUAL LEARNING DURING THESE STRESSFUL. CONFUSING AND UNCERTAIN TIMES. IT WAS AN OPTION ATTITUDE ERA AND WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR SOME. AS OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS. I AM ASKING YOU TO TAKE THE HOUSE BOTH EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE FACULTY SERIOUSLY BY GIVING OUR FAMILIES AND ALTERNATIVE. TO THE 100% IN PERSON LEARNING AND REINSTATING A VIRTUAL OPTION THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE BOTH THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, A BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING. AND THIS MEETING ARE BOTH VIRTUAL. WHY NOT OUR SOULS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA. BUT MY SON GOES TO JARED STILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I'M CALLING IN BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THAT WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE. THERESA AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THEY ARE BEING REQUIRED TO WEAR MASK. I WAS TOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN AT THE OPEN HOUSE AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST DAY OR TWO SCHOOL BY SUN

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YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI. MY NAME IS STACEY AND I AM A RESIDENT OF SATURDAY AT THIS POINT DIVISION PROCESS. I KNOW YOU HEARD MANY COMMENTS BACK. ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING FROM PATTERSON MILL. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO REITERATE POINTS THAT I FEEL ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY. ONE IS MOVING THE SATURDAY NEIGHBORHOOD OUT OF PATERSON MILLS. DOES THAT MAKE COMMON LOGISTICAL SENSE WIDE BUST THESE KIDS MILES AWAY WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL MINUTES AWAY? TWO IS MY FAMILY MOVED HERE A FEW YEARS BACK FROM NEW JERSEY. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE DECISION PROCESS SELECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE SELECTED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SOLELY BASED ON SCHOOL SELECTIONS. AND THE COMMUNITY. I FEEL LIKE IN ALL, HONESTLY, WE'VE BEEN DUPED. THREE NO REASONABLE JUSTIFICATIONS BLACK COMMUNITY TO THE VALUE TO BE EXECUTED. EXCLUDED FROM ATTENDING PATTERSON MILL WHEN ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG WHEEL ROAD WERE REDISTRICTED BACK TO PATERSON BILL. SOMETHING JUST DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE IF WE COULD REDISTRICT US BACK TO PATERSON, THOUGH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. I SEE YOU NOW. AND THAT'S YES, MA'AM. YOU MAY BE IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME IS I WAS IN THE MEMORY. YOU HAVE HAD TO MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING MANDATING MASKS AND HOLDING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY EVIDENCE FROM THE PAST YEAR THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY VERY CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MASKS SCHOOL, REDUCE TRANSMISSION AND SAVE LIVES AND ALONG WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING HELP. KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN. BY MAKING THESE DECISIONS YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE SAVED WHAT MISSISSIPPI WITH HIS CURRENTLY LEADING THE NATION IN DAILY COVID DEATHS AND HAS ONLY 40% OF THE POPULATION BELIEVE VACCINATED. SEVEN CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO COVID 19 SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHERE MASKS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY UP MORE. CHILDREN UNDER 12 CAN WEAR MASKS AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED, BUT THEY CANNOT CURRENTLY BE VACCINATED. THEY DEPEND ON THE REST OF US TO TAKE OVER PRECAUTIONS SERIOUSLY. THIS INCLUDES MASKS AND FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE VACCINATION. MY OWN TEENAGE CHILD IS MORE DILIGENT THAN I AM AND WEARING HER MASK, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE IS AROUND OLDER PEOPLE ARE THOSE TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED. I'VE SEEN VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WERE MASKED WHILE PLAYING DOING ARTWORK AND SCHOOL PROJECTS WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE THAT IT SERVED. THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT DOING THEIR PART, AND THAT OUTWEIGHS THE INCONVENIENCE. ALMOST EVERY DAY. WE'RE LEARNING OF ANOTHER PERSON WHO PUBLICLY RAILED AGAINST MASKS VACCINES AND HAS BECOME SICK WITH COVID. SOME HAVE EVEN RECORDED CAUTIONARY MESSAGES FROM THEIR DEATHBEDS. THIS IS HEARTBREAKING AND ALSO INFURIATING BECAUSE THE REASON THE PEOPLE DID NOT TAKE THE READILY AVAILABLE PRECAUTION THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED THEIR LIVES. IS DUE TO A RAMPANT MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO A CHARTERED COUNTY AND FORTUNATELY NOT IMMUNE. PEOPLE OFF HIS DAY. THAT MY MASK PROTECTS YOU AND YOUR MASK PROTECTS ME AND WEARING A MASK IS THAT'S AN ACTIVE EMPATHY.

THIS IS TRUE AND ALSO TRUE OF VACCINES. WHEN I TAKE MY VACCINE, IT IS LIKE I AM CONTRIBUTING SQUARE. TO A QUILT, NOT ONLY BOOSTING MY OWN IMMUNITY BUT ADDING TO THE LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY. REACHED THE TWO MINUTE MARK. THANK YOU. GOOD

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YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATIE OR EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL SPEAK BACK TO SCHOOL. MONTH BY THE DIVIDE IN PERT. I PLAN TO VOICE MY SUPPORT OF THE DECISIONS ARE FIRST MAP AND AGGRESSIVE, FALSE CONCERN BEING RAISED A COMMENT PERIOD TWEETING REGARDING FEAR T. TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOMS. LAST MONTH OLD I'VE BEEN MEETING I SAW SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE STARTS THAT CLEARLY IDENTITY. DAMAGE OF THIS. WHERE THERE IS NOT TRUE. TO ACCOMPLISH WERE DEAD. Q ERI I CAN'T AS A TERRORIST ENTITY. NO PLACE TO WORLD IN THE INSURRECTION OF US ON JANUARY 6TH. AT LEAST ONE MINUTE. OH, COOL GREETING PEOPLE. HARFORD COUNTY WITH POST WITH THE BOYS CAPTIONED THE PHOTO PROUD.

CREDIBLE. WHEN THE MEAT LAST MONTH I WAS NOT SURE THE BOARD WOULD ALLOW MEMBERS FABRICS RETURN TO MEET. I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MEANING OUTSIDE THE CROWD OF THE ATTENTION OF THE MEETING AS MICKEY MOUSE MEETING. THE CROWD IS INCREDIBLY HOSPITAL TO ME AND SOME OF MY FRIENDS. I AM GRATEFUL THROWING HAND TO SCORE TO STORE CARS. I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED AND HAVE. THE REPUBLIC CONDUCTED THEMSELVES THAT ASKING FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING. I WORRY THAT THIS IS WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING. AS A TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. THE BOOTY STEPS TO HELP KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. EVEN IF THEIR PARENTS THINGS ARE NOT THE ENTIRE CITY BENEFITS FROM YOUR VISION REGARDING HERE, AS YOU HAVE HIDDEN MEETING NOT BEING TAUGHT IN HER. TOUGH WEEK CLEARLY HAD TO DO I AM PLEASED. WAS TRYING TO RESCUE INEQUALITY INTO SCHOOLS. EFFORT HCPS ALL I'M ENGLISH HERE. IN WHAT DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE WHOLE PLACE TO AND WORK. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 0107. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH YES. SORRY I WAS ON YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEP YOU'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD. OK, GREAT. THANKS UM, SO MY NAME IS BEN JUDY. AND BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO JUST THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO MANDATE MAPS. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, AND I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS A GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY MY KIDS IS SO IMPORTANT. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM A RESIDENT OF PETER DAY, AND THE REASON I'M CALLING IS RELATED TO THE DISTRICT THING. SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR REDISTRICTING. HOWEVER UM, NOT BEING PART OF HOMESTEAD, WAKEFIELD AND PATTERSON MILL IS A BIG DEAL TO US, UM. PERSUADED SORT OF SOUTHAMPTON AND C.

MILTON WRIGHT. AND THESE ARE GREAT SCHOOLS. THEY'RE JUST NOT ART. OVER INSTANCE, THE OLDER BROTHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS FRIENDS, THEY SPLIT OFF THE PATERSON MILL. WE COULDN'T MAKE HIS GAME AND SO WE WAITED FOR HIM OUT BY THE FIRE PIT. WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE STATEMENT FROM THE CROWD. AND THE MARCHING BAND AND THE FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER, AND IT'S JUST IT'S OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING IS THE ISSUE OF COMMUNITY. WE WOULD CROSS PATHS WITH THE BUSES FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE STAYING AT PATTERSON MILL. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSUMED MINUTES, GETTING TO SCHOOL VERSUS AT 2030 MINUTES MUTE. THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS GETTING THEM TO AND FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECONSIDER THE REDISTRICTING OPTIONS AND TRY TO HEAR US, UM AND KEEP US IN PATERSON MILLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC

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ACTUALLY SPACE THAT THEY NEED AND IT PASSED MEETING. IT WAS STATED REALLOCATION IS FACEBOOK AND POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE OVERCROWDING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSFER INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL. I LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THIS SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE. THE NUMBERS IN THE HIGH SCORE MUCH LOWER JEEZ, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE NINTH GRADE. MY SON JUST RECEIVED HIS YEARBOOK FROM LAST YEAR AND ON PAGE 51.

MY POINT IS CONFIRMED. EVERY DAY OF THE 251 8TH GRADE STUDENTS 58 OR MOVING WHEN A MAGNET PROGRAM. SO THIS YEAR, 23% OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS DID NOT CONTINUE TO PATERSON, THEY'LL HIDE. I DON'T FEEL LIKE TO STRESS THAT THIS NUMBER DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE WHO LEFT TO GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS SUCH AS JOHN CARROLL. IN ADDITION, WHEN REFERENCING THE CAPACITY WHEN REFERENCING THE CAPACITY REPORTS ON THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC WEBSITE. THE NUMBERS ARE BEING PROJECTED HIGH IN 2019, THE PROJECTED 2020 ENROLLMENT NUMBER FOR PATTERSON MILL, MIDDLE OF 773 AND THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF OLD 742. LAST WHAT KIND OF INTRACTABLE PATTERSON? HI HAVE WHEN YOU REMOVE THE 70. PLUS STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN CEDAR DIE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WERE TAKING OUT OF THE SCHOOL THAT IS ALREADY UNDER CAPACITY.

NUMBER TWO. WHY IS THEATER DAY TO CLOSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THE OVER BEING REDISTRICTED? IT SHOULDN'T BE A ONE AND DONE DEAL. ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BORDER 5 43 THAT HAD BEEN ADDED BACK INTO PATERSON, EQUAL OR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE KIDS, YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM THE CLOSE PROXIMITY AND THE ABILITY TO WALK HOME AFTER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME OPTION AT SOUTH HAMPTON AND FEMALE, RIGHT. AFTER EVERYTHING THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH, PLEASE TAKE EVERYTHING. CHURCH TWO MINUTE, MARK. THANK YOU. THINK. ALREADY GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. MY NAME IS VICKI JONES. AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR STANDING UP FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR SHUTTING DOWN BULLYING BY ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOT LONG AGO, A YOUNG WOMAN CALLED REQUESTING CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE RENAMING OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S NAMED AFTER WILLIAM PACA. I KNOW THIS ISN'T A NEW DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT HER AND OTHERS WHO HAVE CALLED FOR THIS CHANGE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WILLIAM PACA? WILLIAM PACA IS ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. HE WAS MARYLAND'S THIRD GOVERNOR.

HE WAS ALSO A FEDERAL JUDGE. WILLIAM PACA IS DESCRIBED AS A WEALTHY PLANTER. A PLANTER WAS A FARMER WHO OWNED MANY SLAVES. WILL IMPACT OWNED AT LEAST 100 SLAVES WHEN HE DIED IN 17 99.

ACCORDING TO ADAM, DATA FROM 2019, WILLIAM PACA OLD CLOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS MADE UP OF 44.6% AFRICAN AMERICANS 24.3% WHITE. AN 18.3% HISPANICS. OVERWHELMINGLY THE STUDENT BODY OF 865 WAS MADE UP OF CHILDREN OF COLOR. WHY WOULD WE WANT OUR CHILDREN GOING TO A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A SLAVE OWNER? SHOULD WE BE CELEBRATING PEOPLE WHO ENSLAVED OTHER HUMAN BEINGS? JUST THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AT TOWSON UNIVERSITY LED A PROTEST WHICH RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL NAME CHANGE OF ALCOHOL. HOUSING UNIVERSITY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE SLAVE OWNERS NAME THE DOORMAN. NOT JUST THE NAME, AS SOME MAY SAY. IT'S WHAT THE NAME STANDS FOR.

WHAT PHILOSOPHIES AND IDEOLOGIES ARE. WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHEN WE HOLD ON TO THIS TYPE OF HISTORY. WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD INTO THIS COUNTY. ISN'T IT TIME WE CELEBRATE THAT? IN AN ARTICLE IN THE ATLANTIC NOVEMBER 7TH, 2000 AND 17. PROFESSOR ASHLEY WOODSON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SERIES. MARK. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME

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PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. INHERITED THE PROPOSED FOR DISTRICTING NHS FOR STUDENTS. MY NAME IS STEPHEN RADKA. I GREW UP IN HARFORD COUNTY AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. MY KIDS ARE IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE CURRENTLY OWN A HOME THAT WE GOT SPECIFICALLY TO BE IN PATERSON MILL OFF OF WHEEL TO WHEEL ROAD OFF CEDAR LANE. RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CEDAR DAY. UM. IT IS TWO MILES AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL, AND WE GOT THAT. WE DID THAT FOR A REASON. MY SON'S BUS RIDE IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES THERE, AND IT'S THE STAIN FROM MY TRAVEL TIME THERE DURING RUSH HOUR. I KNOW YOU FIND A BUS TRAVEL TIME OF 45 MINUTES TO BE OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT MINE AND SEVERAL OTHER STUDENTS TIMES WOULD GO TO ONE WAY TO A SCHOOL THAT IS THE THIRD CLOSEST TO OUR HOME. BUT IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ME. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH AN EXTRA HOUR A DAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR KIDS ARE LOSING JUST AN ADDITIONAL BUS TRAVEL TIME. MY KIDS COULD USE THAT FOR HOMEWORK, NOT TO MENTION THE ADDITIONAL TIME I'LL BE IN THE CAR GOING BACK AND FORTH AT OUR SCHOOLS FOR PEETA AND THEIR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ALL DURING BEL AIR RUSH HOUR. TAKING MY CAR RIDE FROM FIVE MINUTES TO A HALF HOUR EACH WAY. MY TIME IS VALUABLE ISN'T YOURS. IT WAS DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TAKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM A TWO THEATER SCHOOL TO A THREE THEATER SCHOOL. GROUPING STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE TO HIGH ARE KNOWN AS COHORTS AND HAVE BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THAT HAS LED TO DECISIONS TO KEEP AS MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SINGLE THEATERS AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN FOR ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL. SINGLE THEATERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE'S A RECOGNITION AMONG HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE ADVANTAGE OF KEEPING HORSE TOGETHER FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS. PLEASE RETHINK THE REDISTRICTING FOR UM M H S FOUR STUDENTS AND KEEP THEM AT PATTERSON, THOUGH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. MY NAME'S MATT SHELF OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MASKED MAN. THEY REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT UP TO THE TO THE PARENTS. THE LAST MEETING I HEARD. ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAY WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE DECISION UP TO THE PARENTS. WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME? WHAT CAN I PLAY? SO MY CHILD AND HE LEARNED TODAY ABOUT THE 90 DEGREE WEATHER AND THEY MUST WEAR BUT. RAGES ME OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU GOT, WHO ARE TO BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR CHILDREN? WE SHOULD ALL PULL ALL THE KIDS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS. ANOTHER OPINION, JUST A SEPARATE TEACHER START CHILDREN. THEY'RE BECOMING ROBOT. THEY LEARN FIND EXPRESSION THEY LEARNED BY FACES. I THINK THIS IS SLAVERY. YOU'RE TEACHING THEM TO BE ROBOTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL THE SCIENTISTS THIS THAT'S NOT THERE'S NOT. IT'S DOORMAN'S THEIR SONS AGAINST, BUT WE CHOOSE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PAID FOR. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THERE'S SALARY. DO THEY TAKE MORE THAN THE TEACHERS DO? WHY WAS THAT? BECAUSE THERE ARE NO AND UNDERSTAND IF THEY MAKE A DECISION THAT'S AGAINST THE HIGHER UPS THEIR JOBS IN TROUBLE. BUT THIS IS OUR CHILDREN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO SEE FACES. THEY NEED TO SEE EXPRESSION AND ITS AND THE SCREENING IS VIRTUAL. I FEEL BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED TO FACE THE PUBLIC. YOU SHOULDN'T DO ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THE PUMP. YOU WERE THERE TO ANSWER TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU SHOULD DO THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME. IF YOU HAVE A DECISION, WHAT'S THE METRIC FOR THE MAN? HOW MANY? WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE WHEN THE KIDS TAKE IT OFF? WHERE IS IT? BREAST DEBT. PUT THAT OUT THERE, BABY. THERE WON'T BE ANY REASON IF THAT'S PUT OUT THERE, BABY IF THE EXACT NUMBERS ARE PLACED, THIS IS WHERE WE GOT TO GO IN. THE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.

THEN WE'LL WANT TO GET THERE AND YOU WON'T FACE THIS KIND OF BACKLIT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS. IT'S ALL CONFUSING. YOU CAN'T CAN'T CHANGED ON IT TOOK WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE TWO MINUTE, MARK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME

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WHY WOULD THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OUR SCHOOL IS RIGHT THERE. I CAN JUST BLOCK BECAUSE I'D RATHER DO THAT AND I WALKED. HOW LONG WILL THIS BUS RIDE DAY? I WON'T HAVE TIME TO DO HOMEWORK AND HAVE DINNER BEFORE I HAVE TO GET THE PRACTICE. AFTER THE YEAR WE JUST HAD. WHY

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HEY GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI. MY NAME IS TOM CLEMENS. I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING PROPOSALS AND IN THE PREVIOUS PROPOSAL, UH, SECTIONS E. SEVEN E EIGHT, WHICH IMPACTED CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PRETTY GOOD FOR BEING CERTAIN STUDENTS TO DARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S EVERY EVOLVING AND AT THE CURRENT MOMENT. UH I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE REDISTRICTING PROPOSALS ARE. BUT LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE 78, THE PROPOSED IMPACT IS TO ROUGHLY 15 20 KIDS AND WAS INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN WITH THEIR NOTICE OR WARNING, AND THERE'S BEEN ZERO TRANSPARENCY WITH THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY. THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE TO SCHOOL. WE CURRENTLY LIVE 2.5 MILES FROM CHURCH. THE WHOLE UM ENTRY SCHOOL, WHICH IS CLOSER THAN ROUGHLY 90% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION OF CHURCHILL. IN THIS CASE, GEOGRAPHIC AND BEING FULLY CONSIDERED OR UNDERSTOOD.

WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2013 WITH THE EXACT PLAN OF HAVING OUR KIDS CAN CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY. IT'S HARD TO MOVE ANY CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL. BOTH PARENTS WORK AND TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES SCHEDULES. WE DROP OUR CHILDREN OFFICE SCHOOL ON THE WAY TO WORK. BECOMES UNFEASIBLE IF OUR CHILDREN MOVED TO DARLINGTON, WHICH IS A BACKTRACK QUITE FAR NORTH INTO THE COUNT. OUR LIVE DURING GREEN IN CHURCH FILM OUR CHILDREN HAVE ATTENDED CHURCHILL PRESBYTERIANS FOR BEFORE AND AFTER CARE SINCE 2017. AND ARE INVOLVED AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS CAR PULLING THAT. OUR CHILDREN ARE MINORITIES AND HAVE MADE GREAT CONNECTIONS THAT CHURCH BELL ELEMENTARY WITH PEERS AND FACULTY AND STAFF. THERE. THERE ARE LIMITS THAT ARE NO AMOUNTS OF MINORITY STUDENTS AT DARLINGTON. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO ALLOW OUR KIDS TO GAIN CONFIDENCE AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A FOCAL POINT IN THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HELLO MY NAME IS JAMES CARMEL. I'M CALLING TODAY. AS THE FATHER OF 1/6 GRADER AND ALSO TO OTHER KIDS WHO BOTH GRADUATED FROM HARVARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I WANT TO FIRST THANK DR BOLTON AND. MISS GOODY AND DR MUELLER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD SPORT COURAGEOUSLY STANDING UP.

THROUGH THE MOB. UH LAST AUGUST MEETING AND ACTUALLY APPROVING A MASK MANDATE FOR OUR KIDS, UM, AND THE SCHOOL AHEAD OF AIRLINE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S VOTE. SO I THINK THAT WAS VERY COURAGEOUS MOVE AND YOU DID THE RIGHT THING FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY IN. BARBARA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH STRONGLY COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO, UH, PUT A LIGHT COMMENTING ABOUT REDISTRICTING, ALTHOUGH MY DAUGHTER WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BY THE PLANS ON THE TABLE. I DO STRONGLY SUPPORT REDISTRICTING PROCESS. I THINK THAT IT IS LONG OVERDUE FROM THE MATCHING KIDS WITH THE SCHOOL CAPACITY AND REDUCING PROBLEMS OF OVERCROWDING IN SOME SPORTS AND UNDER. UTILIZATION AND OTHER SCHOOLS. IT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH THREE KIDS. IN THE SYSTEM DO CAST ONE CURRENT THAT, UH, VERY HIGH QUALITY. STAFF TEACHERS. AND STAFF. ALL HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STAFF. THAT DOESN'T JUST BE A START THEIR JOB EDUCATION OR

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AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE IN HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. ALL YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO IS GO TO PALP. HINTON. ABERDEEN MIDDLE REACH THE TWO MINUTE WORK. THANK YOU. THERE. YOU'LL SEE THE. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBIN LEAN AND I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SATURDAY. AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR CEDAR DAY, INCLUDING THIS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE DISTANCE WITH POST SCHOOLS. SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENT COHORTS MOVING TO PATTERSON MILL AND C. MILTON WRIGHT. AND BOUNDARIES WHERE STUDENTS WILL CRISSCROSS ONE ANOTHER TO GET THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY TEAM COMMITTEE FOR THE BOUNDARY ENROLLMENT PROCESS REPRESENTING PATERSON MOON. WE HAD A GOAL TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT, ESPECIALLY COULD KEEPING STUDENTS NEEDS AT THE FOREFRONT, HOWEVER, BY THE END OF THE TIME WITH THE ADVISORY TEAM. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HITTING NUMBER TARGETS THE MOST IMPERATIVE GOAL. THE ISSUE WITH THAT NUMBER OF TARGETS THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING AND SEEMINGLY ARBITRARY. FIRST THE PROCESS STARTED BY USING DATA BASED ON ENROLLMENT FROM 2019 PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, AND THAT TIME MANY CHANGE THAT OCCURRED WITH STUDENTS SHIFTING TO PRIVATE IN HOME SCHOOL OPTIONS PERSONALLY FOUND CREEK OPTIONS AVAILABLE, WHICH IS REDUCING FROM AN ACROSS THE BOARD BY APPROXIMATELY 750 STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY IN 2019 CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE BOUNDARY EXCEPTION PROCESS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER BEING GIVEN. IN 2019 30 STUDENTS ATTENDED PATTERSON MILL MIDDLE IT TO A BOUNDARY EXCEPTION REPRESENTING 7% OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT. AND HAD IMPACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE

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YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TO WORRY ABOUT. UM WE ARE PART OF ME JUST. STICKS AND WE HAVE CALLED IN EVERY SINGLE TIME. IN REGARDS TO THE REDISTRICTING. I CURRENTLY AM LOOKING AT THE MAP, AND IT HAS SHIFTED AGAIN AND THE ONLY FOUR AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE REDISTRICTING FROM MIDDLE AND HIGH INCLUDE MHS SIX. LET ME JUST 14. I MAY JUST SEVEN AND ANOTHER AREA IN HAVERTY GRACE. WHICH IS BEING MOVED TO ABERDEEN. HAVE A DEGREES JUST GOT A NEW SCHOOL BUILT NOT MAKE SENSE WHY THEY'RE MOVING. BUT IN ANY CASE, MY CONCERN IS JUST SIX. WHY IS THIS FOOL THIS? THIS AREA BEING MOVED? EVERY SINGLE TIME. THERE IS A REDISTRICTING. IT IS NOT FAIR TO THESE FAMILIES. THAT EVERY TIME EVERY FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS WE AREN'T PULLED TO MOVE. WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM BOSTON CHILDREN WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE MILTON AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM BELLAIRE HIGH. CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE 2020 SENSES OR ENROLLMENT CAPACITY.

YOU ARE UNDER BY 2% FOR TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT'S AT 86. AND 2019. IT WAS 88% YOU KNOW. ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN. YOU SHOULD STOP THE REDISTRICTING FOR THE TIME BEING AND. LOOK TO DO IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, 2 TO 3 YEARS WHEN YOU HAVE THE ACCURATE NUMBERS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE BLONDE CREASE DIDN'T HAVE SIGNED UP. AND THOSE BRUTES NUMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTED ON THIS. BUT THEY WILL BE OUT SEPTEMBER 30TH AGAIN ALONG WITH THAT WE ARE IN THE PHASE WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING MEETINGS WITH US AND HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THIS. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET, AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE HIS OPINION TO THE BOARD BY OCTOBER. WHERE IS THAT MEETING? WHY ARE WE NOT ON THE AGENDA? WHY ARE WE NOT BEING MINUTE? MARK? THANK YOU. THE COUNTY AND. GOOD EVENING YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL KEEP FOOD IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HELLO MY NAME IS RYAN NAG LAMA APPARENT REPRESENTED THE IMAGE OR NSW NHS 13 C W ONE AND W 10 NEIGHBORHOODS. IN THE LAST ROUND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT CHANGE WERE ESSENTIALLY GERRYMANDERED OUT OF OUR FALSE AND DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE JARRETTSVILLE NORTH HARFORD DISTRICT. WE ARE NOT AN AG COMMUNITY NOR WEAK PART OF NORTH HARFORD COMMUNITY. OUR KIDS PLAY FALSE AND SPORTS. WE GO TO CHURCH AND FALSE THEM. WE GOT A FALSE AND SWIM CLUB. THEIR FRIENDS ARE IN FALSE AND EVERYTHING IS LITERALLY 10 MINUTES AWAY. FRANCE SCHOOL FIRST LEG IS CURRENTLY THREE MILES AWAY, AND ABOUT 40 TO 45 MINUTE ARRIVAL FROM THE SCHOOL. DEPARTURE TO MY KIDS ARRIVE OFF THE BUS. AGAIN THREE MILES 40 TO 45 MINUTES. THE NEW SCHOOLS ARE NINE MILES AND 20 MILES AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMMENTS THAT TRANSFER SAYS TRANSPORTATION SAID THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK, HOWEVER. WE HAVE HAD A 40 TO 45 MINUTE COMMUTE IN THE EVENING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT IS FROM THE TOP FROM THE THAT IS THE TIME FROM THE END OF THE SCHOOL TO THE CHILD ARRIVES. AT THE BUS STOP. WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT ALL CLOSER THAN GERITOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JARED STILL MAY NOT LOOK FOR ON PAPER, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE ROOT. THE LEFT ON 23 FROM HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH BUSES. I AM NOT SURE IF THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THIS. THIS ALONE TRIPLES THE COMMUTE TO JEREMY

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THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HELLO, EVERYONE MY NAME IS DENNIS REED. I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR STRENGTH OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, UM. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND I UNDERSTAND. I KNOW IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE KIDS. BUT IT'S OBVIOUS YOU DO CARE ABOUT THE KIDS AND MADE THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU COULD SO I APPRECIATE THAT. TO ME AND MY WIFE LIVE IN THE SATURDAY COMMUNITY WITH OUR THREE CHILDREN THAT WERE CHOOSING TO RAISE IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO REDISTRICTING TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY FARTHER FROM OUR SCHOOL NOW. THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITH THE SAME CHILDREN THAT ARE THAT THEY GO TO SCHOOL WITH NOW, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY, UM AT PATTERSON MILL AND NOT DOUBLE OUR COMMUTE, AND THESE ARE ALSO THE AIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL. THIS IS WHERE ALL THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS ARE GOING, WHERE EVERYBODY HER NEIGHBORS GOING, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AS SOME OF THE EARLIER CALL CALLS, HER SAID. SITUATIONS HAVE CHANGED AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO MAKE THIS DECISION USING ALL DATA. WE NEED TO GET A NEW BASELINE AND FIGURE OUT MOVING FORWARD THE BEST PATH FORWARD. BUT RIGHT NOW WE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING ANY CHANGES LIKE THIS.

AND CERTAINLY WE OPPOSE MOVING, UM, SATURDAY COMMUNITY FROM PATTERSON MILL. THANK YOU.

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WE CANNOT STAND IDLY BY A LOT BY WELL, CONSTANT MISINFORMATION IS BEING SPREAD AROUND OUR COMMUNITY BY ALLOWED ANTI SCIENCE MINORITY OF BULLYING. TONIGHT I WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS A VARIETY OF COMMENTS I HAVE HEARD FROM THESE GROUPS. WE DID.

SCIENTISTS HAVE STONE THAT THE MASK THIRD TOOL THAT ARE NOT MEANT TO PROTECT THE USERS SO MUCH AS THEY ARE MEANT TO PROTECT EVERYBODY ELSE FROM THE USER. ONE MASK IS ENOUGH. THE CONCEPT OF DOUBLE MASKING IS FOR ADDED PROTECTION TO THE USER. BELIEVE THE SCIENTISTS HAVE SHOWN THAT CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN ARE SMALL GAS MOLECULES THAT ARE 100,000 TIMES SMALLER THAN THE HOLDING OF MASKS, ALLOWING ONE TO EASILY BREATHE. WE THE SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND THAT THE RISK TO CHILDREN OF COVID IS MUCH LESS THAN IT IS TO ADULT.

THE MAIN REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT CHILDREN TO CATCH COVID IS THAT THEY CAN SPREAD IT FROM FAMILY TO FAMILY, CAUSING SEVERE DISEASE TO THE VULNERABLE. WE THE SCIENTISTS HAVE SHOWN THAT VACCINES PREVENT NEARLY 90% OF SEVERE COVID ILLNESS, AND THEY PREVENT NEARLY 80% OF ALL INFECTIONS FROM EVER HAPPENING. BEING VACCINATED PERSONS ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO SPREAD IT. 96% OF DOCTORS, 100% OF LIVING PRESIDENTS AND 100% OF CURRENT GOVERNORS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. YES PEOPLE CLAIM THE UNTESTED VACCINE SENATOR RAND, PAUL SAID THE VACCINE WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF SCIENCES GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT, AND I AGREE. MATHS AND VACCINES ARE NOT ABOUT YOUR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS BUT INSTEAD ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE WILLING TO PROTECT OTHERS. IF THIS IS ONLY ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, THEN IT WOULD NOT MATTER. EACH PERSON ACTUALLY WAS MASKED OR VACCINATED, BUT THIS IS INSTEAD ABOUT HOW A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS LETHAL DISEASE CAN BE PREVENTED. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO USE THESE SCHOOLS, YOU ARE SELFISH, AMORAL AND DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE EXCEPT YOURSELF. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR GENERATIONS AND 9 11 MOMENT WHERE WE'VE SEEN TOGETHER AND FOUGHT AGAINST THE GREATEST ENEMY OF OUR TIME SERVICES. COVID IS INVISIBLE. WE CAN'T PUT A FACE TO IT. MANY JUST WANT TO GIVE UP BECAUSE THIS IS YOU HAVE REACHED THE TWO MINUTE MARK. THANK YOU TEACHING OUR KIDS. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HELLO. MY NAME IS ROGER BOOK. I LIVE IN KELLI GLYNN BEL AIR. PART OF THE IMAGE S SIX. UM I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE. I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT REDISTRICTING. THREE KIDS, ONE IN ELEMENTARY, THE OTHER ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND MY OLDEST IS IN HIGH SCHOOL. BEL AIR MEDAL BEL BEL AIR HIGH. AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY AND A LOT OF CLOSE FRIENDS THAT I KNOW OF. SO PLEASE, UH, RECONSIDER THE REDISTRICTING OF MY KIDS. MY KIDS ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE FRIENDS THAT THEY HAVE NOW ARE NOT GOING TO BE WITH THEM NEXT YEAR, AND I ACTUALLY. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MY, UM, MIDDLE CHILD WITH A THERAPIST NEXT WEEK, I THINK MAYBE THIS WEEK SHE'S GOING THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES. AND I REQUEST PEOPLE DO NOT CONSIDER THESE CHILDREN AS NUMBERS AND PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED. DON'T TAKE THE SHOT THAT OF. JUST REDISTRICTING PEOPLE RANDOMLY.

I HAVE PEOPLE FROM NORTH OF WHERE I LIVE GOING. INTO BEL AIR, MIDDLE AND BEL AIR HIGH VERSUS WE LIVE IN THE MIDDLE. WHERE HAVING FIRED OUT AND THAT BASICALLY SHOWS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT OR JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS THEY DON'T. LOOK AT HOW THIS IMPACT INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES. I'M AGAIN REQUESTING. THAT MHS SIX. NOT BE REDISTRICTED, PLEASE. I HAVE UM. SIGNS SIGNATURES OF CLOSE TO 200 OR 250 FAMILIES. NEXT TIME WE HOPEFULLY MEETING

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SIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING.

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA CARTA NUDO. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING THE CW ONE CW CHANGE REDISTRICTING CHANGE. I AM CALLING AGAIN, AS I HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY TO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED. THIS PROPOSED CHANGE THEIR CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO IT, UH OF COURSE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD TEND TO SEE JARRETTSVILLE, WHICH IS TWICE THAT FAR. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT FALSE. THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS UNDER SIX MILES FROM OUR HOME AND THE PROPOSAL WOULD CHANGE US TO NORTH HARFORD, MIDDLE AND HIGH, WHICH IS 13.5 MILES FROM OUR HOME. THESE CHANGES WOULD LIMIT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. IT WOULD LIMIT THE INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE GO TO THE FALSE AND LIBRARY TO CHECK OUT BOOKS. WE JOINED THE BOSTON SWIM CLUB, THIS ONE WITH FRIENDS AND WE PLAY FALSE IN REC SPORTS. THESE PROPOSED CHANGES PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD DRASTICALLY LIMIT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

ADDITIONALLY WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTREMELY LENGTHY BUS RIDE ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT YOU HAVE SET FORTH AS A 45 MINUTE OR LESS BUS RIDE, WHICH WE FEEL WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. GIVEN THIS PROPOSED CHANGE. ADDITIONALLY WE FEEL THAT THE BUS WOULD TAKE SOME DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND THEY TURNS ON ROADS THAT SHOULD NOT BE MAKING LEFT TURNS ON. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND ALLOW US TO STATE OUR CURRENT SCHOOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI MY NAME IS RAMON. DID GORDON AND WE LIVE IN AREA MHS FORUM CEDAR HILL COURT. OUR KIDS ARE CURRENTLY AT PATTERSON MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE PROPOSED REDISTRICTING OF THE MHS FOUR STUDENTS. AND THEY, JUST FOUR IS LOCATED ALONG RAILROAD AND INCLUDES MY COMMUNITY HERE. PETER DENG. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SHIFT MHS FOUR STUDENTS OUT OF OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY OF PATTERSON MILL.

AND MOVES US TO SOUTHAMPTON AND C. MILTON WRIGHT. THESE TYPES OF PROPOSED CHANGES ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF SEVERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES FORTH BY THE HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IN PRINCIPLE NUMBER FIVE MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THAT OPTIMIST PROXIMITY TO HOME PRIORITIZED SAFE, WALKABLE PASSAGES TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE BOUNDARIES OF EXISTING. AND PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THE RESIDENTS OF THEM IN JUST FOUR ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT REMOVE US FROM PATTERSON MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, PATTERSON MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 2000 AND SEVEN AND HAS BEEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, THEN.

THESE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOLS THAT OUR CHILDREN NO. AND THEY ARE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION THIS PAST WEEKEND WE COULD HEAR THE BAND PLAYING AT THE FOOTBALL GAME FROM OUR BACKYARD. THAT'S HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL. THE LONGER DISTANCE WILL INCREASE THE TIME THEY SPEND ON THE BUS AND CREATE A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY. DO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON WEALTH BY 43 ABOUT 22, WHICH WILL DEFINITELY MAKE THE COMMUTE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER. IN CONCLUSION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN. AND WE REALLY TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAVE OUR KIDS AT THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY AND BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN TWO MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. SALUTE I'M MELISSA BELL SINGER. I AM MOM OF MARIANA FIRST GRADER AND BRENDAN, A THIRD GRADER. FIRST.

I JUST WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MANY PARENTS KNOW YOUR VOLUNTEERS,

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[D. Consent Agenda]

NUMBER TWO CONTRACT AWARD YOUTH BENEFIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISOLATED MASON ERI FLASHING AND MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS. NUMBER THREE CONTRACT AWARD CHILL A REPLACEMENT FORCED HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NUMBER FOUR COUNTRY ACT WARD STUDENT FROM BOOK PURCHASE. NUMBER FIVE COUNTRY TOWARD PURCHASE OF GROUNDS EQUIPMENT. NUMBER SIX COUNTRY TOWARD INTERACTIVE PANELS. NUMBER SEVEN CONTRARY TO WARD GROUNDS EQUIPMENT. AND NUMBER EIGHT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING AUGUST 16TH 2021. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO IMPROVE THE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS CAROL IS SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. YES. YES. YES, FOR ME, TOO. IT WAS OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALREADY AND WITH THAT WERE

[E. Update on Continuity of Learning, Dr. Sean Bulson, Superintendent of Schools]

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WE THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT ANY REAL. BUT ANY OF THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TOGETHER ANY OF THAT CREDIT WE'RE GOING TO USE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE FEEL REALLY SHOULD BE USED ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE MINIMISING IN OTHER PLACES AS ONE SMALL WAY TO MITIGATE ANY OTHER TRANSMISSION. THAT COULD BE OCCURRING. AS I SAID, WE HAD A VERY SMOOTH, SUCCESSFUL OPENING. AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD, UM YOU KNOW, I CHECK IN REGULARLY WITH. BY PARTICULARLY THE PRINCIPLES WHERE I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS LAST WEEK, A NUMBER OF THEM THIS MORNING AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE SAYING THAT WELL, NOBODY LIKES WEARING MASKS, UM, THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. WE HEARD A COUPLE COMMENTS TONIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DRESS. WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT DON'T SEEM CONSISTENT WITH WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE WE'RE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN ADDRESS. BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IN SOME CASES WE MAY HAVE PEOPLE MISINTERPRETING THINGS AND WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TREMENDOUSLY HARD AND THE CONDITIONS WERE UNDER NOW. WE REALLY NEVER EXPECTED WE WERE ALSO. HOPEFUL IN JULY, WHEN THINGS REALLY LOOK BETTER TO END OF JUNE, GOING IN JULY, WHEN YOU KNOW WE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE TO MASKS BEING OPTIONAL. AND. WE ACTUALLY STARTED THINKING ABOUT SUN, SETTING SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAD IN PLACE DURING COVID A NUMBER OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR PLANNING AND CHECKING IN. WE MOVED TO EITHER LONGER INTERVALS BETWEEN THE MEETINGS OR, YOU KNOW, SUNSET AND THE WORK OF SOME OF THE COMMITTEE'S ALTOGETHER AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH THIS RESURGENT OF THE. OF THE VIRUS. WE'VE HAD TO REALLY GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN A LITTLE IN IN SOME WAYS WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING AND READJUSTING THINGS SO QUICKLY, BUT THE TEAM REALLY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. AND WITH THAT I HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO CALL ON TO PROVIDE JUST A FEW. UPDATES THIS EVENING A LITTLE CHECKING IN AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN, BUT I GUESS I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO CAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY HEROES IN THIS IN THIS DISTRICT. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER GOOD TO CALL OUT ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER BECAUSE EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WORK HAPPEN. BUT OF COURSE, THE TEACHERS. I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE CLASSROOMS WHEN I'M GOING THERE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS FEEL WELCOMED, FEEL EXCITED TO BE IN SCHOOL TO BE ENGAGED. UM YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS THOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW SO MUCH OF WHAT WE LOST LAST YEAR WHEN PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE TOGETHER. SO UM, WITH EVERYONE ELSE, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY. THANK YOU'S THAT ARE DUE TO OUR TEAM THAT'S COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS OPENING. UH, QUITE SMOOTH. ESPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THOSE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS. WHO YOU KNOW WHEN WE DID THE KICK OFF RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. I ASKED FOR VERY SUPPORT SOUNDS LIKE SIMPLE THINGS, BUT VERY SORT OF GENERAL THINGS. WHEN IT IS SMOOTH OPENING AND A SAFE OPENING, WHICH MEANS OLIVER OPERATIONAL TEAMS COMING TOGETHER TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO GET SCHOOL OPENED. UH, THE SECOND ONE IS WHEN YOU DO A START OBSESSING WHERE? ASSESSING WHERE STUDENTS ARE SO WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM THIS YEAR AND INCLUDES BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. BUT THE THIRD REQUEST AGAIN WAS THE BASICS. WE NEED TO START TEACHING OUR STUDENTS RIGHT AWAY. WE WANT TO SEE THAT INSTRUCTION HAPPENED FROM THE FIRST MINUTE AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS GOING ON AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING WHEN I'M VISITING SCHOOLS EACH DAY RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO HAND. UM IT'S OFF TO FOR SOME UPDATES. I WILL START WITH MARY MASSOUDA TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH REGARD TO THE VIRUS. UM YOU KNOW, SHE BRINGS SOME OF THE I GUESS. SOBERING. YOU KNOW, UNHAPPY NEWS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING WITH THE VIRUS. UM BUT THAT SAID SHE BRINGS GREAT INSIGHT. SO, MR SEAGA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE FOR FOUR DAYS INTO OUR 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR, AND I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL NURSES FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND KEEPING THE COMMUNITY HEALTHY AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE HIGH TRANSMISSION OF COVID AND OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW, OUR POSITIVITY IS 6.89 AND OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE RATE OF 18.2 900,000. AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT OUR DATA SHARE IT WITH LEADERSHIP AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DAILY. OUR DASHBOARD WILL BE UP SOMETIME THIS WEEK ON OUR WEBSITE IN OUR SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES SECTION. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 184 STUDENTS IN ISOLATION AND 268 STUDENTS IN QUARANTINE. YOU WILL NOTE THAT PROPORTIONALLY WE'RE QUARANTINING LESS STUDENTS THAN WE DID IN THE SPRING. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF OUR UNIVERSAL MASKING AND THE K TO 12 EXCEPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS YOU KNOW, INDICATED 12 INDOOR CLASSROOMS. CLOSE CONTACTS EXCLUDE THOSE WITHIN 3 TO 6 FT OF AN INFECTED STUDENT.

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THEY'RE TRULY MAGIC HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THE DOCTOR BOLSON BACK TO YOU.

PROBLEM, MR REBELLION. NEXT UP IS YOU KNOW, I WENT OUT OF ORDER. I SENT EVERYONE IN ORDER THAT THEY GOT IT WRONG. NEXT UP IS MISS VILLARREAL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. BOLSON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE COME. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE WELCOMED BACK OUR STUDENTS WITH OPEN ARMS REALLY ARE BUILDINGS LOOK AMAZING. OUR CLASSROOMS ARE INCREDIBLE, AND OUR TEACHERS AND CHILDREN ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK. WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS OPEN HOUSES AND SNEAKING PEEKS AND, UM, OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS ARE WELL UNDERWAY. OUR FOCUS AREAS HAVE REALLY BEEN ON SAFETY AND HEALTH. UM ONE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELLBEING FOR CHILDREN AND FOR HER ADULTS AND ON ACADEMIC RECOVERY. TEACHERS ARE BUSY TESTING STUDENTS IN READING AND MATH ON BOTH FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS STRENGTHS, UM, TO DETERMINE GAPS AND LEARNING, AND THEY'RE SELECTING APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS OR ENRICHMENT SO THAT WE CAN BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERY CHILD. UM I CAN SAY IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DOCTOR BROWN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WAS SAID IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING BEGINNING TO THE SCHOOL YEAR

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YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING YEAR, BUT I THINK WE ARE POISONED, READY TO ACCEPT OUR STUDENTS BACK AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AS THEY PRESENT NEEDS.

I THINK AS OUR STUDENTS RETURN OUR FIRST OUR FIRST LITTLE OF INTERVENTION, OBVIOUSLY, IS OUR TEACHERS THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY BUILD WITH THEIR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THAT TRUST. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THESE STUDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND, IN SOME CASES ON A DAILY BASIS. UM WHEN THAT INCREASED LEVEL OF INTERVENTION IS NEEDED, ARE SUPER STAFF KNOW TO REFER OUR STUDENTS OUT TO THE STUDENT SERVICES STAFF OR STUDENTS, OFTENTIMES, WELL, SULFUR FOR OR PARENTS WILL REFER. THEM TO GET KIDS SOME ASSISTANCE FROM OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH EXPERTS IN THE BUILDING WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 250 COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS PP, WS NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTY. I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF INCREASED STAFFING. THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME STAFFING, WHICH IS, UM, DECREASE SOME OF OUR CASELOADS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE WORK THAT WE DO THIS YEAR AS WELL. UM THESE STAFF AS THEY WORK WITH STUDENTS, UH, THERE YOU KNOW THAT THEY USE A MIRROR OF APPROACHES IN IN THERE. IT IN THEIR IN THEIR WORK TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, UH IN THIS COMES IN MANY WAYS A PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, RPP WS AND SOCIAL WORKERS DOING HOME VISITS TO MEET WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. UM NURSES WHO ARE USING A POLITICS. COM STUDY TO HELP STUDENTS WORK THROUGH THEIR ANXIETY. UM AND THERE'S JUST THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING ON OUR BUILDINGS TO ADDRESS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED EVERY DAY. WITH THE WORK THAT ARE SCHOOL BASED STAFF FOR DOING, UH, AND THE SUPERVISORS OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE THAT GUIDE THEIR WORK.

YOU'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WILL HELP US BETTER IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. AND BETTER BETTER, YOU KNOW, POINT THOSE RESOURCES. UM AT THIS STUDENTS ARE GROUPS OF STUDENTS AS NEEDED. IN ADDITION, WE'VE ALSO USED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF R S R FUNDS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR PROGRAMMING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. I REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO INCREASED EFFORTS. THAT THERE'S A GRANT PHONES, UH, WON'T ALLOW US TO EMPLOY AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION HER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF. THEY REALLY PROVIDED VAST ARRAY OF RESOURCES TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS. ALL 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. IT DOES NOT STOP WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDS, AND IN SOME CASES, THE WORK JUST BEGINS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WE RAMP UP FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENT SERVICES ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF IS INCLUDING THAT AS WELL. BECAUSE THEY JUST DO SOME REALLY AMAZING WORK, AND SOME PARENTS HEAVILY RELY ON THE RESOURCES THEY PROVIDE TO THEM. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUR STUDENTS BACK ON TRACK THIS YEAR WITH OBVIOUSLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL. IS TO MAKE THEM THE BEST.

ACADEMICALLY SOUND STUDENTS THEY CAN BE IN, UM. I THINK I THINK AGAIN. WE'RE POISED AND READY TO DO THAT WORK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR HENNIGAN. UM BOARD ANY ANY QUESTIONS? I

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NOT SO MUCH HYBRID IS PROBABLY BETTER TERM FOR THAT IS THE CONCURRENT LEARNING WHERE WE HAD STUDENTS GOING IN BOTH. I WOULD SAY WHAT? UM IF WE HAD TO RANK THEM IN PERSON WAS FAR AWAY. THE BEST MODEL FOR STUDENTS. THE VIRTUAL THEN ACTUALLY WAS NEXT. AND THEN THE CONCURRENT, I THINK CAME IN THIRD, BECAUSE I MEAN THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONCURRENT LEARNING IS. SORT OF TIED THE TEACHERS TO THEIR DESKS. IT TOOK ALL OF THE ABILITY REALLY, TO INTERACT NATURALLY, THE STUDENTS OUT AND SO IT WAS. THE DECISION AND AGAIN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING WHICH WAY THIS THIS, UH, VIRUS IS GOING TO TURN ON US AND. YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE RELEASING CLASS LISTS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW THAT ALL GETS DONE AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT DELTA WAS PICKING UP AND SO. WE HAD THE WE HAD THE VIRTUAL OPTION IN PLACE WE ACTUALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE SUMMER QUITE A LOT OF CAPACITY AT SWAN CREEK AND THE IDEA OF RETURNING TO THE CONCURRENT LEARNING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. AND NOT IN SUPPORT OF, UM. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING THE TUTORING IN PLACE TO BE A BRIDGE FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAD TO EXPERIENCE ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME FLIPPING TO A VIRTUAL OPTION WOULD MEAN SHUFFLING AGAIN. CLASSES YOU KNOW, RE ASSIGNING STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT TEACHERS BECAUSE. UM YOU KNOW, ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET DONE ON THE FLY HERE, NOT KNOWING HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO LAST, SO WOULD CREATE QUITE A LOT OF DISRUPTION. ANY TIME WHEN THAT'S UH. YOU KNOW BEEN THE HARDEST THING WE'VE CONFRONTED IS JUST RECURRING DISRUPTION. AND SO. YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE TUTORING IN PLACE. WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT WORK HAS POSTED REGULARLY FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE OUT. WE WANT TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE VIRTUAL OPTION WOULD MEAN YOU KNOW, REASSIGNING. ALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS, AND THAT'S THAT'S HARD EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING JUST A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BUT IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY DISRUPTIVE TO DO IT NOW. SO NOT AN EASY DECISION. UM BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S AT LEAST THE BASIS FOR THE DECISION MAKING THERE. THANK YOU. THANKS. DR BAUER. THANK YOU. SO IF I HEARD, UH, WE HAVE 939 STUDENTS AT SWAN CREEK. UH, THINK THE WEBSITE WAS. LISTING THE AH ENROLLMENT. 1000 IS THE DIFFERENCE. JUST 1000 WASN'T ESTIMATE AND. 9 39 IS WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH OR DO WE HAVE, UM, EMPTY SPOTS THERE? UM I HAVE TO GO TO MR BRIAN MR VILLARREAL FOR THE SPECIFIC DAY TO DAY WE WENT. WE BEGIN THE

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FEW DAYS LEADING UP TO SCHOOL OPENING. THEY INDICATED THAT SOME FAMILIES HAD ACTUALLY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO BACK IN PERSON. UM. AND SO THEY HAD A FEW STUDENTS WITHDRAWING.

FROM ENROLLMENT TO RETURN TO THE IN PERSON SCHOOL. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE CAPACITY. I MEAN, WE'RE ANYONE CAN DO THAT, UM. BUT WE STILL HAVE STUDENTS ON THE WAITING LIST AT BOTH LEVELS.

UM MR O'BRIEN IS STILL A REAL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SORT OF ROUND NUMBERS FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH FULL AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. WITH BUT AGAIN CHANGES BY DAY BASED ON A ROMAN IS SOME ALWAYS HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE BACK TO AN IN PERSON SETTING. AND UM, I'M IN THEN WE'RE GOING TO THE WAIT LIST. MR. O'BRIEN WAS STILL A REAL. THIS IS MIKE O'BRIEN. SO I THINK YOU COVERED IT. I MEAN, EVEN THE WEEKEND. AND THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. WE HAD REQUESTS, UM, FOR STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. SO THE SECONDARY WAIT LIST IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ELEMENTARY BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDED ON THE COURSE LOAD SO ALL. YOU KNOW, CLASS SIZES ARE NOT ALIKE. WE HAVE CLASS SIZES, UM, UPWARDS OF 35 IN SOME COURSES MORE OUR GENERAL COURSES. BUT AS YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, KIDS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC COURSES THAT THEY NEED.

AND WE DO HAVE 48 SENIORS THAT WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST GRANT GRADUATING CLASS. UM YOU KNOW WHAT PRETTY PRETTY HIGH. AND THEN YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON YOU KNOW, SPACE AND EACH TEAM. WHEN WE TRIED TO DO IS AND WHAT WE TELL THE COMMUNITY IS PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT MR DI LEVA IF YOU HAVE, TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. SOMETIMES KIDS ON THE WAITING LIST. OUR KIDS, UM. YOU KNOW WHO'S WHO'S NEEDS. WE CAN'T MEET BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CLASS SIZES A CERTAINLY ABOVE WHAT ARE OUR AVERAGE EVEN IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS, SO YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, WE TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN. WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW A PARTIAL IN PERSON? UM A PROGRAM THAT WAS THE FORMER KIND OF ALL TED WHICH WE KEEP UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SWAN CREEK, AND WE'VE OFFERED THAT TOO SMALL VAR SECONDARY. FAMILIES WHO WHO DON'T WANT THE FULL, COMPREHENSIVE FIVE DAYS A WEEK BUT DIDN'T MIND COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK AND THEN HAVING A COUPLE DAYS OF VIRTUAL AS WELL, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYBODY THAT WE CAN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE DO HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES IN TERMS OF OUR STAFF. AND I'LL ADD FOR ELEMENTARY. THIS IS RENEE VILLARREAL. UM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WAIT LIST OF 151 STUDENTS FOR ELEMENTARY FOR SWAN CREEK. UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 23. PER CLASS AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL. SO THAT'S KEITA, TOO. WE HAVE 28 IN THE INTERMEDIATE CLASSES ARE CAPS ARE 25 30, BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP A SMALL BUFFER FOR PEOPLE TRANSFERRING IN AND JUST SOME OF THE CASE BY CASE, UM. YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THAT COME UP, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE DO HAVE, UM, A WAIT LIST RIGHT NOW, AND WE DO HAVE AND JUST AS A REMINDER AT ELEMENTARY WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS FOR GRADE LEVEL. THANK YOU. ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO ALL THIS. THANK YOU, MR O'BRIEN. AND THANKS, MR LARREAL. UM. RELATED TO THIS IS THE PREMISE OF STAFFING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE WANTED TO GROW THE CAPACITY AT THE SCHOOL. AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB HIRING THIS SUMMER. IN FACT, UM THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES WE HAD WAS DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AS SCHOOL WAS OPENING, AND IF YOU'VE READ THE NEWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE PLACES REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING TO HIRE FOLKS TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHILE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, GETTING DOWN TO VERY, VERY FEW VACANCIES, YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO CONSIDER AS WE SAW THIS WEIGHTLESS GROWING FOR SWAN CREEK WAS WOULD BE TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM OUR. IN PERSON SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THE STAFFING THERE, WHICH, UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, VERY DISRUPTIVE VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO REWORK ALL OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS OR COULD WE HIRE NEW STAFF? TO STEP IN, BUT THE FEAR WAS, WE

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DUCK OF OUR YOUR HANDS BACK UP. I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YES AH, YOU ACTUALLY REMINDED ME SO WE DID VERY WELL AND VACANCIES FOR TEACHERS. WHAT ABOUT BUS DRIVERS? UM AGAIN. I THINK WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF THE REST. MAYBE I CAN HAVE THIS BENDIS. I SEE. SHE'S ON THE CALL. MAYBE SHE CAN RESPOND ON THAT ONE WHERE WE STAND, BUT I THINK AGAIN, COMPARED TO MOST FOR HIM REALLY GOOD SHAPE. BUT THAT'S BEEN A HARD IT'S BEEN HARD POSITION TO FILL AS WELL AS BENDIS. GOOD EVENING. CATHY DENNIS, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, SO WE DO STILL HAVE CURRENT VACANCIES FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS BUS DRIVERS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN TRAINING AND WE HOPE TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION ONCE THEY ARE THROUGH THE TRAINING PROCESS. OUR CONTRACTORS ARE REPORTING ABOUT NUMBER AROUND 30, WHICH IS ABOUT 10% ON VACANCIES. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COVER ALL BOSS DRONES WITH OUR UNCLE, SUBS AND OTHER SUB DRIVERS. SO WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN MOST. AND WE CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE, UM, FOR THOSE VACANCIES, AND WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN OUR APPLICANT POOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BENDIX. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR. OKAY, MISS GOODY. I THINK I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU. WELL ALREADY, THEN,

[F. Presentation Regarding Request to Delete Board Policy 02-0037-000 Student Backpack Use , Patrick P. Spicer, Esq.]

02-0037 STUDENT BACKPACK USE MINISTER SPICER EUROPE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. GOODY, A VICE PRESIDENT OR BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT OLSON. LAST MONTH. MR BRIAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE WE'VE HEARD FROM ALREADY THIS EVENING.

DISCUSS WITH ME ISSUES THAT ADMINISTRATORS WERE HAVING WITH REGARD TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BACKPACK POLICY. SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATED TO CARRYING CASES AND STRING. THAT'S THAT WOULD STUDENTS WOULD TYPICALLY USED TO CARRY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SUCH AS LAPTOPS FROM BOOKS, TABLETS AND IPADS. AND THE WAY THE CURRENT POLICY IS WRITTEN. UM. IT READS AND CAN IS INTERPRETED TO LIMIT STUDENT IN THE USE OF BACKPACKS BECAUSE. THE POLICY USES THE TERM BACKPACKS FOR SIMILAR ITEMS TO THE CONCERN IS THAT THE KAREN CASES AND SPRING BAGS WOULD BE CONSIDERED SIMILAR ITEMS. UM, AS A RESULT. UM IN THE MEANTIME. STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO, UM AND CARRY. THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WHICH IN TURN HAS RESULTED IN STUDENTS DROPPING THEIR DEVICES BANGING THE DEVICES AGAINST, UH OTHER AGAINST WALLS, LOCKERS AND BIKE SO IN REVIEWING THE. AT LEAST IT BACK TO THE SECOND SINISTER. BRIAN ASKED THAT I ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE BACKPACKS AND THE. ELGIN TO THE STRING BAGS AND THEIR CARRYING CASES. AND REVIEWING BACKPACK POLICY. IT OCCURRED TO ME AND I BEGAN TO CONCLUDE. THAT THE POLICY ITSELF. WAS FLAWED IN A WAY. IT'S MUCH MORE OPERATIONAL IN NATURE THAN SOMETHING THAT A POLICY. UM WOULD ORDINARILY BE, UM THAT THAT THIS POLICY WOULD NOT REALLY REQUIRE THE INVENTION THE BOARD BECAUSE IT REALLY RELATES TO AN OPERATIONAL MATTER AT THE SCHOOL. AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. SO AS A RESULT OF MY REVIEW. UM SUPERINTENDENT REQUESTED BRIAN'S REQUEST TO I'M FIVE. THE APPLICATION OF THE POLICY, TOO. UM BIG BAGS AND THE CURRENT CASES. AS A RESULT OF THAT. WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD BACKPACK POLICY THE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM THE BOARD POLICY, MAN. INSTEAD THE MATTER OF USE OF BACKPACKS BY STUDENTS WOULD BE ADDRESSED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. SO IT AS THE BOARD REPORT REFLECTS. WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS TWO THINGS TONIGHT. FIRST THAT THE BOARD SIMPLY CONSIDER. FOR

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THE POTENTIAL TO LEASH IN OF THE BACKPACK POLICY FROM THE BOARD THE MANUAL. BUT ALSO TONIGHT. WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT IN THE INTEREST OF PROVIDING RELIEF TO STUDENTS AND ME. UH UM. INABILITY DUE TO THE POLICY TO CARRY, UM, TRYING TO VOTE IS IN CARRYING CASES OR STRING BAGS THAT THE BOARD TONIGHT TO WAIVE APPLICATION OF THE BACKPACK POLICY. AS IT PERTAINS TO STRING BAGS AND CARRYING CASES FOR EDUCATIONAL, HIS USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES SO WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER BUT AND VOTE TONIGHT. BY THE BOARD TO WAIVE APPLICATION OF THE POLICY. UM AS TO THE STRING BAGS AND THE CARRYING CASES AND THEN. LATER THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION REGARDING THE DELETION OF THE BOARD PACKED PAUL BOARD BACKPACK POLICY GENERALLY FROM POLICY MANUAL. SO THOSE ARE THE REQUESTS? UM THAT WE'RE MAKING TONIGHT, UH, OF THE BOARD. ONE IS CONSIDERATION. APPRECIATE IN THE FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE POLICY, AND THE OTHER IS AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT VOTE ON A WAIVER AS I DESCRIBED. UM, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, SIR. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BACKPACK POLICY THAT MR SPICER JUST DESCRIBED IN THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THERE IN I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS DAVID. UM SO YEAH. WOULD IT BE EASIER RIGHT NOW, TOO? WAVE THE POLICY MORE BROADLY. FOR THE MEANTIME, WHILE WE DISCUSS. BUM THE DELETION AND REPLACEMENT WITH THE PROCEDURES. OH, WELL, UH, MY ANSWER MY ANSWER THAT DR BAUER IS IT. IT COULD BE SOMEWHAT EASIER, BUT I'M I'M LOW TO, UM, HAVE THE BOARD WAVE. APPLICATION OF A POLICY.

EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED ON SORT OF A QUASI DON'T YOU KNOW, URGENT OR NECESSARY BASIS, AND IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME THAT THE MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW REGARDING A WAIVER REQUEST WOULD BE. TO WAIVE ABOLITION OF THE POLICY AS IT RELATES TO THE STRING BAGS AND CARRYING CASES FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVICES. SON RELUCTANT TO WORD ACT ON A MORE GENERALIZED WAIVER, UH, APPLICATION OF THE POLICY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT HEARING. NONE THING THEN, MR SPICER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US WHAT IT IS EXACTLY. YOU LIKE US TO ACT ON. WHILE THE BOARD MAY NOT ACT AT ALL PROPOSAL TO DELETE THE POLICY, AND IT'S ENTIRETY, UM. WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT THE BOARD VOTE TO WAIVE APPLICATION OF THE POLICY OF THE BACKPACK. SEE UM. AS IT, UH, APPLIES. TO THE. I HAVE IT WRITTEN HERE, UM. IT COULD SIMPLY ADOPT THE BOARD BUT SIMPLY ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. BUT THE BOARD HEREBY WAVES APPLICATION OF BOARD POLICY 02 TO 37.0 STUDENT BACKPACK USE. INSOFAR AS IT PROHIBITS THE USE OF STRING BAGS AND FITTED CARRYING CASES BY STUDENTS TO CARRY ELECTRONIC DEVICES. AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS WAY, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION CELL SHALL APPLY. STRING BAG MEANS A CONTAINER WHICH IS OPEN NETTED CARRYING H MEANS OF FITTED CONTAINER USED TO TRANSPORT AN ITEM ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEANS A LAPTOP PEWTER. ROOM BOOK, IPAD OR TABLET FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES, SO THAT SECOND PART OF THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE BOARD ACT ON TONIGHT. I SEE MR BRIANS AND IS UP SO I. I JUST POINT THAT OUT FOR YOU, PRESIDENT CARRIER TO IS CALLING MR BRYANT. SURE, MR O'BRIEN. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR SPICER, AS WELL. UM SO JUST JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, NONE OF OUR PRINCIPLES ARE INTERESTED IN ALLOWING BACKPACKS. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ALL OF OUR PRINCIPLES BELIEVE IN THE BACKPACK POLICY. BUT THEY'RE ALSO RULE FOLLOWER. UM. SO WE'VE NEVER ASKED CARRY DEVICES BEFORE FROM CLASS TO CLASS. UM

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WATCHED FOR LAPTOP, UM, SLIP OUT OF THE KIDS HAND AND GO DOWN TWO FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. UM SO WHAT? WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME SOME FLEXIBILITY. UM, THAT PRINCIPLES CAN WORK IN IN SOME BUILDINGS, THEY REPORT. BUT THE KIDS DON'T EVEN TRAVELED FAR ENOUGH THAT IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE, BUT IN ABOUT HALF OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE PRINCIPLES REPORT THAT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE DEVICES THAT WE BELIEVE THE STRING BANKS BUT WOULD PROVIDE.

FOR IN THIS IN AT A SCHOOL LIKE JOPPATOWNE HIGH WHO IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH LOCKERS FOR KIDS WHILE THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO IT ALSO PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY WHEN THINGS LIKE THE JOPPATOWNE HIGH, UM SITUATION COMES UP ALLOWS REFLECTS ABILITY FOR, UM. YOU KNOW INSTANCES WHERE, LIKE THE TOP OF TOWN REALLY COULD HAVE THE LOCKERS FOR THEIR ENTIRE WORLD. SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERING THIS TO SEE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE FOR STATEMENT? THIS IS DAVID. I'M WONDERING ABOUT A SITUATION LIKE JOEPA. WHETHER BACKPACKS MIGHT BE THE BETTER SOLUTION. I UNDERSTAND NOT WANTING GENERALLY ACROSS THE SYSTEM TO, UH, LISTEN, THAT RESTRICTION.

I'M THIS IS MR SPICER. I'M NOT SURE I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. I'M CERTAIN I CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT WITH THE KIND WITH ACCURACY THAT MR BRIAN MAY BE ABLE TO SEE. AND THIS IS MIKE O'BRIEN AGAIN. SO. YOU KNOW TO BE TO BE HONEST AT JOPPATOWNE, UM THEY ARE USING, UM, BACKPACKS BECAUSE THE KIDS HAVE REALLY KNOW WHERE TO PLACE THEM BECAUSE THE RULE STATES IT SHOULD BE IN A LOCKER. IN A NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE. BECAUSE THE IMPLEMENT STATION OF THE POLICY WAS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY PURPOSES, AND WE STILL BELIEVE THAT BACKPACK SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE LOCKER. BUT JUST AN EASY WAY FOR KIDS TO SECURE THEIR DEVICES AS THEY GO FROM CLASS TO CLASS AND TAKE THEM HOME. UM TAKE THEM HOME CARRY HIM ONTO THE BUS AT DISMISSAL AND SUCH SO, UM. YOU KNOW, BESIDES JOPPATOWNE HIGH, YOU KNOW, NONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ALLOW FOR, UM REGULAR BACKPACK USE AT THIS POINT, AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE NONE OF THE PRINCIPALS WOULD WOULD WANT EVEN WHEN WE REWRITE A PROCEDURE TO INCLUDE BACKPACKS. BECAUSE THEY DO SEE THAT AS MUCH MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE, THEN YOU KNOW A STRING BAD BAG, MOST OF WHOM ARE REALLY SEE THROUGH AND CAN'T HOLD MUCH MATERIAL, EITHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT AND I THINK MR O'BRIEN WOULD AGREE. THERE ARE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT NEVER USED LOCKERS AND REALLY JUST CARRY THEIR BINDERS WITH THEM AND THEIR THEIR STUFF WITH THEM. THE NEW EDITION OF THE OF THE COMPUTERS AND JUST KEEPING THEM SAFE AND YOU KNOW, HAVING. HAVING THE KIDS ABLE TO DO THAT, WITHOUT THEM SLIPPING FROM THEIR HANDS ARE GETTING BUMPED IN THE HALL. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, CORRECT. YES I THINK IN A NUTSHELL. I'M SORRY. THIS IS MIKE O'BRIEN AGAIN. UM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE AFTER. MAKES COMPLETE SENSE TO ME. ALL RIGHT, SO. MR SPICER. WE BASICALLY NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU JUST READ. CORRECT WELL, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST PRESIDENT GUARDIA IS THAT THE BOARD COULD. UH THE MOTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT AND APPROVE. I SHOULD SAY THAT TO PRETENDS RECOMMENDATION CONTAINED. IN THE BOARD REPORT ENTITLED REQUEST TO WAIT AND PART LOCATION. OF THE FOLLOWING OF THE STUDENT BACKPACK USE POLICY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. MAY I HEAR A MOTION FOR THAT? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO THE BOARD EXCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION OR REQUEST TO WAIVE IN PART THE APPLICATION OF THE BOARD POLICY ON BACKPACK USE AS DESCRIBED IN THE LARGE REPORT. THIS IS SONIA ON SECOND. WONDERFUL MR. SPICER WOULD YOU PREFER A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS OR A SIMPLE UH OR NAY IS OKAY? I THINK YEAH, OR NAY IS FINE. ALL RIGHT. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE SIGNIFY WITH THE YES. YES YEAH, FOR ME. ALRIGHT. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. ALREADY. DAD HAS PASSED. MR SPICER. I BELIEVE YOU ARE NEXT IN THE NEXT ONE DECISION ON PROPOSED REQUEST TO

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[H. Presentation of FY 2023 Capital Improvement Program, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent of Operations, Ms. Patti Jo Beard, Executive Director of Facilities Management, Mr. Chris Morton, Supervisor of Planning and Construction, Ms. Missy Valentino, Facilities Planner]

WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY TO DISCUSS THE 23 THAT FLIGHT 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, UM WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL. OUR SUBMISSION THAT WERE PREPARING TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE THIS COMING OCTOBER AND WE'LL BE BACK TO THE BOARD AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, I BELIEVE IS SEPTEMBER 27TH. TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND TO REQUEST UM THE BOYS APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE AND MAKE THAT SUBMISSION TO THE STATE. SO TONIGHT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD. EXCEPT AS INFORMATIONAL REPORT AND SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS VALENTINO, AND SHE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. HI. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MISSY VALENTINO. UM. PATIENTS NETWORKING CAN YOU SEE MY SLIDES? YEAH, YES, SORRY. UM.

AS MR BROWN DISCUSS YOU ARE FOCUSING THIS PRESENTATION ON THE STATE'S SUBMISSION FOR APPROVAL, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR OUR LOCAL SUBMISSION. UM AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT GO INTO OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS TO WHAT IS THE NEXT PRIORITY IN THE C I P. I'M OF COURSE, STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. AND WE THE BOARD GOALS. COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS ANY OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES. AND, UM, PROGRAM NEEDS. THIS YEAR. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE STATE FUNDING SOURCES. EACH YEAR. WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SIP WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION A YEAR UM, BUT THIS YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE THE BOTH LEARN AT. AND THAT'S THROUGH THE MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY, AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 35.6 MILLION. AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE HEALTHY SCHOOLS. GRANT. UM, WHICH IS. BASICALLY FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS IS FOR ITEMS SUCH AS TREATING LEAD IN WATER H B A C INDOOR AIR QUALITY. UM. TYPICALLY WE LIKE TO KEEP THESE ITEMS IN THEIR OWN CATEGORIES, HOWEVER, THIS YEAR THERE'S A LOT MORE OVERLAPPING THEM SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THIS, UM. BASICALLY EACH YEAR WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SIP HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LIAISONS AT THE STATE AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING AND REQUESTING US TO INCLUDE ALL OF THESE ITEMS IN OUR SIP. AND AS THE ITEMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING THROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND BUILT TO LEARN THAT COME OUT OF THE SIPPY, UM, BUT IT'S JUST THE WAY TO TRACK AND KEEP THEM ON MOVING FORWARD. ANOTHER THING IS THAT THEY ALL REQUIRE THAT 37% LOCAL MATCH, SO WE'LL BE REQUESTING THAT 30% 37% LOCAL MATCH FROM OUR LOCAL FUNDING AUTHORITIES. THIS YEAR. UM IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LARGER FOR OUR STATE REQUESTS THAN TYPICAL JUST BASED ON THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. WE HAVE THE FIRST YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BAKER FIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS GOING BOTH AS A HEALTHY SCHOOLS, GRANT FUNDING AND THE C I P REQUEST. OR HARVARD TECK LIM RENOVATION, WHICH WE COVERED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN. REPLACEMENT PROJECTS WANT TO BAKERSFIELD AND WHEN IT MEADOWVALE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HEALTHY SCHOOLS GRANT, WHICH IS ADDRESSING SCHOOLS WITH ELEVATED LEAD TESTING RESULTS. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE, UH ONE

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AND BEFORE WE GO GO INTO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, MISS VALENTINO, MR. MORTON AND I WE MET WITH THE COUNTIES PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD LAST LAST WEEK. AND WE, UH YOU KNOW, GAVE THEM A PRESENTATION OF OUR. YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET SUBMISSION AND WE ALSO, UM BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY. RIGHT MISS? UM VALENTINO. WE MET WITH THE COUNTY BUDGET OFFICE TO DISCUSS. YOU KNOW THIS THIS YEAR SUBMISSION AND THE NEED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE COUNTY SUPPORT FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE BUILD TO LEARN ACT IN THE STATE HEALTHY SCHOOLS, SO WE'VE ENGAGED THE COUNTY TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED ON THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM. UM YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME THERE. SO THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS. ALREADY ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS DAVID. HER AND LOOKING AT THIS PRESENTATION AND THE ONE FROM, I GUESS THE LAST MEETING. UH HUH. UM TRYING TO MATCH UP THE FUNDING FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCES. UM. COULD YOU PROVIDE? I GUESS NOT TONIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW IT LATER. UM A CHURCH SHOWING THE FUNDING FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCES, UH, AND ALSO CLARIFIED, I GUESS WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR VERSUS FUTURE YEARS. WE COULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE HOW MUCH WILL BE ALLOCATED HEALTHY SCHOOLS. THEY DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATED AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR EACH ELIA IS JUST BASED ON THE SUBMISSIONS. UM THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL MATCH OR SOME ELIA'S HAVE DIFFICULTY HAVING THAT LOCAL MATCH. UM AND MEETING THAT LOCAL MATCHING REQUIREMENT, SO, UM, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS AND, UM. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT. WILL HAVE MOVING FORWARD ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S. ANNUALLY IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WHEN HE HAD HEARD THAT, UM, THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT SO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CAN BE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR. OKAY SO WHAT? I'M LOOKING AT TWO CLEAR FOR ME. MY REQUEST IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ANNUAL THERAPY REQUIRES 37% LOCAL MATCH. I'M LOOKING AT, LIKE BAKERSFIELD ELEMENTARY TO EVERY PLACEMENT AND THE METAL FILLS. WELL THEY'RE ONLY FUNDED BY THE SIPPY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR LOCAL MATCH. IS ABOUT HALF THE TOTAL ABOUT THE SAME AS THE STATE AS OPPOSED TO LIKE 37% SO THE WAY THE FUNDING FORMULA WORKS BASED ON AND I, WE USED THE TERM STICKS AND BRICKS BUT BASICALLY THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, NOT THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT GOES INTO THAT THAT'S ALL LOCALLY FUNDED. SO THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING, WHICH MAKES THAT FORMULA NOT QUITE ADD UP AND WE COULD GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR STATE'S SUBMISSION WORKSHEETS. AND WE COULD PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THAT BREAKDOWN WORKS AND HOW IT'S NOT. REALLY COMING OUT AS 37 63, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SURE. IT IS KARWACKI. YES. THANK YOU, UM.

ADDRESSING SCHOOLS WITH ELEVATED LEAD TESTING RESULTS. WILL THAT BRING US UP TO. UM 100% IN TERMS OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BEING TESTED AND UM, ANY. NECESSARY CORRECTIONS BEING MADE. I'LL LET MS FEARED RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION. SHE COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO A BETTER THAN I THANK YOU. TO THE PALESTINIANS BEEN DYING. AND THIS FIRST BLUSH JUST FOR THE PRIMARY TYPES OF CONSUMPTION. SO THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF THAT WILL BE WE'RE

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I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WEIRD SCHOOLS WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT KIND OF INTERVENTIONS OR REPLACEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE. SURE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR BROWN. WELCOME. GREAT ANYONE ELSE WITH SOME QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, MR BROWN AND MR VALENTINO HAS SEEN OTHER HANDS.

I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH AS ALWAYS, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS WORK, AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON THE 27TH. AND THEN WE WILL BE ACTUALLY VOTING ON THIS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

[I. Superintendent's Report]

UM. HIS SO GREAT AT THE STUDENTS BACK IN PLACE. WE'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. UM, AGAIN, ONE MORE. THANK YOU TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE STAFF WHO'S CONTRIBUTED, BUT ALSO TO THE PARENTS. I MEAN, GETTING SCHOOL STARTED REQUIRES A LOT OF HELP, A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND AT TIMES A LOT OF GRACE AND PATIENCE AND, UM, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT HERE. UM. THAT SAID THE ENTHUSIASM TO BRING STUDENTS BACK IN PLACE HAS REALLY BEEN THE PREVAILING SENTIMENT. AND SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THAT UM YOU ALSO HEARD MISS BENDIS TALK ABOUT THE. KIND OF THE STAFFING ISSUES. WE HAD THAT QUESTION THIS EVENING. THAT SAID. I MEAN, HER TEAM IS JUST AMAZING AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO OVERCOME SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL IN THE GAPS AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SCHOOL. SO THAT'S BEEN SO IMPORTANT. I DO WANT TO MENTION THIS IS. SOMETHING I SHARED IN MY COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING OUT MY. FIRST RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD ABOUT BALANCING ENROLLMENT.

WILL BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC TOMORROW DURING THE DAY WILL BE SITTING OUT A REPORT CONNECTED TO THAT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE. WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS TONIGHT. SO THOSE WHO WE KNOW ARE SO YOU KNOW. EITHER CONCERNED OR JUST GENERALLY INTERESTED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF PASSION AROUND THIS. WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT REPORT. UM I HOPE WHAT PEOPLE SEE IS THAT WE REALLY REFLECTED. A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU KNOW, SEEING A LOT OF PLACES AGAIN MOVING STUDENTS TO HELP BALANCE OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP YOU KNOW, AND ENSURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS AREN'T DRAMATICALLY OVER CAPACITY IS ALWAYS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TASK. BUT PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION OUT AGAIN IT WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW. AND WE WILL BE SURE

[02:45:02]

A COUPLE OF SHORT CONGRATULATIONS. THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM, UH, RECOGNIZED CHRISTIE RENZULLI, WHO'S A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN NORTHVILLE ELEMENTARY? UH, THEY ART.

OFFERING IT THAT STUDENT SERVICES STAND OUT AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE AND STUDENT CENTERED WORK. AND FOR HER. THAT WAS A WORD FOR THE 2020 21 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY ARE NOW ACCEPTING NOMINEES FOR THE NEXT AWARD IN DECEMBER. SO IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT SERVICES PERSON WHO. YOU FEEL REALLY DESERVED RECOGNITION. PLEASE MAKE THOSE NOMINATIONS ON AUGUST 19TH ATTENDEES GATHERED TO HONOR ALICIA KABUL AND CHEWY WEBSTER ASKED A GRAND PRIZE WORSHIP DANCE OF THE FREEDOM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. 2021 GOLDEN APPLE ANNUAL EDUCATOR REWARD GRANT COMPETITION. MISS COVILI ENDS WEBSTER EMPLOYEES THAT EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL WON THE TOP $2000.

GRANT FOR PLANTS TO START A SCHOOL BASED PANTRY CALLED BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK WHERE STUDENTS CAN STOCK UP ON NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND CLOTHING BEFORE WEEKENDS AND LONG BREAKS. SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE GREAT WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT.

WE UM OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN TWO WEEKS ON THE 27TH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLOSE WITH ONE REMINDER. THAT WITH THE YOUNG FOR, UH, HOLIDAY THIS THURSDAY, OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED, BUT WE ARE BACK ON FRIDAYS. SO UM, EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR BOLSON. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR

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