Mar 14, 2022 Board Meeting

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THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MEET YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALL UPON I CALLED THE ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON MARCH 14TH 2022 AT 6:30 P.M. EXACTLY. THIS. THIS IS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. THIS IS RALLO. PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL. DR BAUER. PRESENT. DR HAROLD PRESIDENT.

MISS CAR WAX. MISS KELLY. PRESIDENT. DR PHILLIPS HERE. MS RICCARDI. PRESIDENT. MR ROBINSON. PRESIDENT. MISS HOLCOMB AS A. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER HERE. PRESIDENT GAUTIER HERE. SUPERINTENDENT WILSON HERE. COMPLETE THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR MUELLER FOLLOWING PROCESSES WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. 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, MRS BOOTY CALL UPON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAMES BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR EMOTION, I ASK YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THANK YOU IN THE SECOND. THIS IS CAROL I SECOND THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. YES, YES. WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? GUESSING. THERE'S NOBODY CLOSE. SORRY. REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. BASED. A BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. START WITH MS KARWACKI. THANKS. JUST VERY

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THANK YOU. MISS KELLY. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DR BAUER.

THANK YOU. SO FIRST OFF HAPPY PI DAY, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY. PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA HAS ALL LONG HISTORY DATING BACK TO BEFORE OUR CONSTITUTION. HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY HISTORY AT TIMES FEELING MORE ASPIRATIONAL THAN INSPIRATIONAL, BUT IT STILL SHOWS THE VALUE WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE PLACED ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

NO THOUGH I SEE A LOT OF CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE GREAT RESIGNATION HAS HIT SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH SURVEYS SUGGESTING MUCH WORSE TO COME, ALTHOUGH PERFECT COUNTY APPEARS TO BE IN A BETTER SITUATION THAN MUCH OF THE COUNTY. SORRY, COUNTRY. WITH CURRENT TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF BEING STRESSED, AND ENROLLMENT IN TEACHING PROGRAMS GENERALLY DOWN. I WORRY FOR THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM THAT STANDPOINT ALONE. BUT THERE IS MORE. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MANY STATE LEGISLATURES HAVE DISCUSSED BILLS THAT LIMIT THE CLASSROOM TEACHING AND DISCUSSION. OPEN SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO MORE LAWSUITS AND MORE IN TENNESSEE, A CHURCH GROUP HELD AN ACTUAL BOOK BURNING THE REPORT REPORTED THAT HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT BOOKS WERE AMONG THOSE BURNED. RECENTLY IN THE NEWS. IS THE QUOTE. DON'T SAY GAY. LOVE THAT FLORIDA HAS JUST PASSED AND I SEEN DEBATES ABOUT THE I GUESS THE CONTENT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THE RESTRICTION THIS REALLY IS ON

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I'M NOT SO MUCH IN HARFORD. BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON.

COMMENTS. THANK YOU, DR HAROLD. WE'LL HEAR CLICKING. AND I'LL MOVE ALONG. OH, SURE. OKAY. I'LL COME UM, MR CARTY. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE RETIREMENT OF ONE OF OUR CUSTODIANS AT JARRETTSVILLE ELEMENTARY. CATCH YOU MADE HAS RETIRED AFTER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH OUR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. SHE WAS TRULY LOVED BY HER SCHOOL, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S A CELEBRATION FOR HER, WE ARE SAD TO SEE HER LEAVE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PATH THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UM, DR HAROLD, LET'S TRY YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. VERY CHALABI DID NOT OKAY? UM DR PHILLIPS.

GOOD EVENING. MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FALSE AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR CAPTURING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DOWN IN COLLEGE PARK ON ON SATURDAY. I THINK IT'S THE ONLY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT WE BROUGHT HOME DURING THE WINTER SEASON, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FALSE INCLUDING GIRLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS WELCOME. HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. YES, MA'AM. DOCTOR, REALLY? YOUR COMMENT. ME NEITHER. OKAY, HERE

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THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE, MRS RALLO WE HAVE DEBBIE POWERING, FOLLOWED BY MELISSA.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ. DR BULL SENATE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DEBBIE PAWLOWICZ, AND I'M A LITERACY SPECIALISTS AT MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND THOUGHTS ON UNITS OF STUDY. AS I UNDERSTAND. THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS TO THE PROGRAM. THIS IS MY 25TH YEAR OF TEACHING, AND I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE READING THE WORKSHOP UTILIZED WITH UNITS OF STUDY IS THE BEST OPTION FOR STUDENTS. NOT ONLY DOES IT ENSURE EXPOSURE TO ON GRADE LEVEL TEXT THROUGH READ ALOUD AND MANY LESSON FORMAT.

BUT ENSURE STUDENTS WORK WITH TEXTS AND RECEIVED DIRECT INSTRUCTION. AND COACHING AT THEIR READING LEVEL DURING THE HEART OF READING WORKSHOP. WHICH WAS THE INDEPENDENT, SMALL GROUP AND CONFERENCE TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING THE ONLY COMPONENT OF UNITS OF STUDY READING WORKSHOP THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN SCIENCE OF READING. WAS THE READ ALOUD. PLEASE BE CLEAR THE READ

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DURING REAL LOUD AND MANY LESSONS. TEACHERS MODEL THINK ALOUD. READING STRATEGIES DEMONSTRATE FLUENCY AND TEXT TALK. STUDENTS GET AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH PARTNERS ABOUT THE TEXT AND CONCEPTS BEING COVERED. AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO STRUGGLED IN SCHOOL. MY CHILD NEVER HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND IT WAS OBVIOUS WHEN SHE GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ALWAYS WAS IN THE LOW GROUP WHO READ FROM A BASIL AND HEAD WORKSHEETS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE DOES NOT HAVE THAT LOVE OF READING THAT UNITS OF STUDY CAN BRING THE HEART OF UNITS OF STUDY IS HONESTLY IN THE INDEPENDENT AND SMALL GROUP TIME. STUDENTS GET THE CHOOSE THE BOOKS THEY READ. CHAPTER BOOKS. THEY WERE IN A BASIL. OFTEN THEY'RE PUT IN BOOKS THAT ARE LEVELED BY COLOR. AND IT'S NOT THEIR CHOICE. CHOICE IS EXCUSE ME. CHOICE AND INTEREST IS MOTIVATING IN AND OF ITSELF. THEN TEACHERS WORK WITH STUDENTS WITHIN THEIR CHOSEN TEXT, WHETHER IT'S STRATEGY GROUPS GUIDED READING FLUENCY GROUPS, PHONICS OR CLUBS, STUDENTS ARE WORKING AT THEIR LEVEL. TEACHERS HAVE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM. CONSIDER WHAT STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH BETH THEIR LEVEL AND WHAT THE NEXT LEVEL REQUIRES TO MOVE UP. THIS IS EASILY DONE WITH THINGS CALLED THE TOOLS TO MOVE READERS THE PROGRESSIONS OF LEARNING AND TEXT COMPLEXITY RECENTLY RESOURCES. BECAUSE WE WERE COUNTING WITH DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH STAFF DEVELOPERS FROM TEACHER COLLEGE, WE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME OF THE BEST TRAINING AVAILABLE AND THEN SHARE OUR LEARNING WITH OTHERS. DON'T GET ME WRONG. TEACHING UNITS OF STUDY IS NOT EASY. IT TAKES TIME RESOURCES AND EFFORT TO BECOME STRONG AT THIS PROGRAM. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, TIME IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 2.5 YOURS. I COULD GO ON TO TALK ABOUT JUST TRUST THAT THIS IS THE PROGRAM TO PUT OUR STUDENTS IN. IT GIVES THEM CHOICE. IT GIVES THEM MOTIVATION. IT GIVES THEM THE LOVE OF READING. THAT WENT FAST. WHO.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GERTIE, A DOCTOR, BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MY NAME IS MELISSA WOULD AND I'M, CURRENTLY THE READING SPECIALIST AT MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE UNITS OF STUDY IN READING AND PHONICS AS A YOUNG CHILD. I HATED READING AT SCHOOL. IT WASN'T BECAUSE I COULDN'T READ OR DIDN'T WANT TO READ. IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD WHAT I HAD TO READ. AND NO SOONER HAD I STARTED READING. I WAS TOLD IT WAS TIME TO STOP AND PUT THE BOOK AWAY. FORTUNATELY THE READING UNITS OF STUDY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE UNINTERRUPTED CHUNKS OF TIME DAILY TO READ BOOKS OF THEIR CHOOSING FROM CLASSROOM LIBRARIES THAT ARE THE HEART OF THE CLASSROOM. WHEN CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE READING. THEY BUILT THEIR READING STAMINA AND BECOME MORE ENGAGED. THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH READING. STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TEXT THERE READ. READING AND ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THEIR TEXTS AND BOOK CLUBS WITH THEIR PEERS AND CONFERENCES WITH THEIR TEACHERS. STUDENTS BECOME BETTER READERS BY READING AND THE WORKSHOP MODEL ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE READING. THERE'S ALSO TIME FOR TEACHERS TO PULL SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM DIFFERENTIATED READING INSTRUCTION THAT IS BOTH TARGETED AND INTENTIONAL FOR THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS. A DIVERSE CLASSROOM LIBRARY EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME TO READ CONFERENCES AND SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION ARE NOT THE ONLY. THEY ALSO NEED A STRONG FAT PHONICS FOUNDATION. LUCY CAULKIN . SPANISH UNITS OF STUDY IS NOT ONLY ENGAGING FOR STUDENTS, IT PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW. HELP TO INTENTIONALLY TEACH PHONICS SO STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TRANSFER WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING DURING PHONICS TO BOTH THEIR READING AND WRITING. THE PHONICS UNITS OF STUDY HELPS TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING AND WHEN THEY ARE TEACHING THE SPECIFIC SKILL STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED WITH THE STORYLINES THAT ARE PART OF THE UNITS. AS THEY HELPED THE PHONICS MASCOTS MABEL RASHID AND GAS BECOME BETTER READERS AND WRITERS AS THEIR PHONICS KNOWLEDGE INCREASES. STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND PARTNERSHIPS AND BROAD CLUB.

BUT PHONICS DOESN'T END THERE. TEACHERS FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF SKILLS FROM PHONICS TO

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FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHILE PROVIDING INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL INSTRUCTION AND PHONICS, READING AND WRITING. IN MY POSITION. I HAVE THE ADDED BENEFIT OF SEEING THE IMPACT THE UNITS HAVE MADE. FROM BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY AND KNOWLEDGE OF FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND STRATEGIES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE TEACHER'S COLLEGE AND THE REAL OFFICE HAVE AMPLIFIED WHAT TEACHERS NEED. TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION TO GROW OUR STUDENTS INTO LIFELONG READERS. THE PHONICS UNIT OF STUDY ARE USED IN OUR K THROUGH SECOND GRADE CLASSROOMS AND ARE TAUGHT WITH EXCITEMENT AND RIGOR. ALONG WITH THE PHONICS INSTRUCTION. PRIMARY TEACHERS ALSO INCLUDE HAGERTY, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES DIRECT AND EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION AND PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS FOR OUR BEGINNING READERS. THE UNITS OF STUDY PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT DAILY SMALL GROUPS TO SEE WHO WAS HAVING SUCCESS AND WHO IS NOT. AND WHY. TEACHERS COMPLETE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE PHONICS RESOURCES TO SEE WHAT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE IN SMALL GROUPS IN ORDER TO MEET IN ORDER TO MOVE READERS UP LEVELS AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL FOR THE TEACHING OF READING. WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT INCLUDE FOUNDATIONS, SIPS LEVEL LITERACY AND ORTON GILLING HAM. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION IS GEARED FROM A STRIVING READERS AND HELPS WITH SKILL GAPS FROM THE CURRENT PANDEMIC. AND WHEN TIER ONE INSTRUCTION ISN'T ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. FOR THE KINDERGARTEN UNITS OF STUDY.

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN TO THE TEACHING OF THE ENTIRE ALPHABET INSTRUCTION MOVES FROM SIMPLE TO MORE COMPLEX SKILLS FROM PHRENOLOGY TO MORPHOLOGY, AND THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR EASY TRANSFER. TO THE READING AND WRITING THAT THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE DEVIL'S ASSESSMENT THAT OUR COUNTY IS USING AS A SCREENING TOOL IS JUST ONE ASSESSMENT THAT TEACHERS ANALYZE BOTH QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY . THESE SUB TESTS ARE TIMED, ALLOWING STUDENTS JUST ONE MINUTE TO RESPOND, WHICH OFTEN IMPACTS THEIR SCORES. ADDITIONAL MEASURES ARE USED LIKE RUNNING RECORDS TO SEE WHERE STUDENTS ARE READING AND IF SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT IS NEEDED, THE WORKSHOPS ALLOW FOR EASY PROGRESS MONITORING OF ALL THESE STUDENTS. TO CONCLUDE I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL AND IN THIS COUNTY WHO ARE DEDICATED TO TEACHING THE UNITS OF STUDY IN ORDER TO GIVE THE STUDENTS IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE BEST INSTRUCTION IN PHONICS, READING AND WRITING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND DR BOLSON. MY NAME IS VALERIE SHAFFER AND I TEACH SECOND GRADE AT CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I HAVE TAUGHT FOREVER 20 YEARS FOR HCPS. I HAVE SEEN EXPERIENCED MANY CHANGES SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HCPS TEACHER. AS WE ALL KNOW, CHANGE IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS CONSTANT, MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND EMBRACE. POSITIVE CHANGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PHILOSOPHY AND GROWTH MINDSET. CHURCH WILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND HAS BEEN SELECTED AS EARLY ADOPTERS OF THE UNITS OF STUDY FOR WRITING, READING AND FUNNY. SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS IN MY SCHOOL, WE HAVE OBSERVED INCREASED VOLUME OF WRITING AND READING STAMINA. THE FLOW OF THE LESSON OFFERS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, INDEPENDENCE , SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND PEER COLLABORATION. RESOURCE IS TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION AND UTILIZE THEM DAILY. I AM MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PHONICS UNIT OF STUDY BECAUSE IT CAN BE

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THE TIME DEDICATED TO ARE REALLY CLASSES ALLOWS FOR EACH STUDENT TO HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS, MET WITH IN READING AND WRITING . THE MOST COMMON AND PRECIOUS REQUEST FROM SPECIAL EDUCATORS IS TIME AND DURING THE READING AND WRITING WORKSHOP. TIME IS OF ABUNDANCE. ALSO ALL STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT THE SKILLS TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE ■TOWARDS LEARNING READING AND WRITING AND PHONICS . STUDENTS ARE INTENTIONALLY TAUGHT SKILLS TO FOSTER SCAFFOLDING LEVELS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ORDER TO CREATE LIFELONG READERS AND WRITERS. BY PROVIDING EXPLICIT AND INTENTIONAL PHONICS INSTRUCTION . STUDENTS ARE BEING PROVIDED A STRONG FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON AS READERS AND WRITERS. THESE SKILLS VARY FROM DECODING STRATEGIES ADVOCATING FOR RESOURCES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. TO SELF SELECTING BOOKS AT THEIR LEVEL. OUR COMMON GOAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATORS IS TO FOSTER AS MUCH INDEPENDENCE AS POSSIBLE TO OUR STUDENTS, AND THROUGH THE UNITS OF STUDY, STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO GROW THEIR INDEPENDENCE. AND NO MATTER AT WHAT LEVEL THEY'RE EFFORTS ARE ALWAYS CELEBRATED. LASTLY SPECIFICALLY, OUR CBS SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION HAS DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT, INCREASED PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ARE ESPECIALLY EDUCATION POPULATION HAS ALSO SHOWN INCREASED LEVELS OF HAPPINESS, ENGAGEMENT AND PRIDE WITHIN THEIR READING AND WRITING THE POWER OF CHOICE, INTENTIONAL INDIVIDUALITY AND TRUE FOSTERING OF INDEPENDENCE HAS BRIDGED THE GAP OF CONFIDENCE FOR OUR MOST DRIVING LEARNERS. THIS MENTALITY IS EMBRACED AND INTENTIONALLY CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE LUCY CAULKINS UNITS OF STUDYING STUDENTS ARE CONFIDENT AND EXCITED BY THEIR EFFORTS AND FEEL SUPPORTED AS THEY GROW AS READERS AND WRITERS. AS A SPECIAL EDUCATOR. MY PRACTICES CENTERED AROUND SUPPORTING OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND BECOMING LIFELONG LEARNERS. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN PRACTICED WITH FIDELITY, BE INTENTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION AND THE SHARED BELIEF THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN THE LUCY CAULKINS UNITS OF STUDY ALLOWS SPECIAL EDUCATORS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS AND SUCCESSFULLY CULTIVATE LIFELONG READERS AND WRITERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LISA ANATOLY AND I STAND WITH THESE AMAZING EDUCATORS AS THEY'RE PROUD PRINCIPLE. WITH 20 YEARS IN EDUCATION IN THREE MARYLAND COUNTIES, THE UNITS OF STUDY IS BY FAR THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ENGAGING READING CURRICULUM I HAVE EXPERIENCED, HOWEVER, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT AS A PARENT OF 1/4 AND A FIRST GRADER IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY FOURTH GRADE SON HATED TO READ AND STRUGGLED TO LEARN TO READ IN HIS FIRST VIEW ELEMENTARY YEARS. TEARS AND FRUSTRATION WHERE THE NORM DURING OUR BEDTIME READING ROUTINE. THE EDUCATOR IN ME WAS CRUSHED, BUT I KEPT REMINDING MYSELF OF WHAT I ONCE HEARD, LUCY CAULKIN SAY AT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I ATTENDED. IF A CHILD DOESN'T LIKE TO READ, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THE RIGHT BOOK. YES. I HELD TRUE TO THAT WE HIRED AN OUTSIDE SHOOTER AND TRIED BOOK AFTER BOOK. IT WAS THAT SAME TIME THAT OUR SCHOOL ADOPTED THE READING UNITS OF STUDY AND PILOTED THE PHONICS UNITS OF STUDY. I BEGAN OBSERVING TRANSFORMATION OF READING INSTRUCTION RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES. THE STUDENTS WERE LEARNING PHONICS STRATEGIES IN A FUN HANDS ON ENGAGING WAY THEY WERE READING BOOKS, AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE READING UNITS OF STUDY TRANSFORMED MY SON AS A READER IN THIRD GRADE. HE IS THRIVING AND READING AND WRITING UNDER THE UNITS OF STUDY CURRICULUM SO MUCH SO THAT NOW IN THE EVENINGS WHEN HE'S NOT AT SPORTS, HE CAN BE FOUND ON HIS CHROMEBOOK REVISING HIS HISTORICAL FICTION WRITING PIECE. AND WE MUST FORCE HIM TO PUT DOWN HIS BOOK AND TURN OUT THE LIGHTS TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE UNITS OF STUDY READING PROGRAM INTRINSICALLY CAUSES STUDENTS TO LOVE TO READ. MY FIRST GRADER HAS HAD THE UNITS TO STUDY

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RING OFF MY LAPTOP HERE. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. MY NAME IS LINDSAY OMAR AND I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, UM, ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD ON THE TOPIC OF RENAMING A JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. WHILE I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH THE GPS POLICY AND POSITION REGARDING NAMING SCHOOLS, I DISAGREE WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE RENAMING OF JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL HAS A RICH HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY. PROVIDING A PLACE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE SUCCESS. STUDENTS WHO DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A VOICE THIS MORNING'S THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS POSTED, AND IT INCLUDED. WHAT WAS NEWS TO THE ENTIRE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATORS. DID SUPERINTENDENT WILSON WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THE INTENTION, A RENAMING THE SCHOOL AND OPENING A 60 DAY WINDOW FOR A NAME PROPOSALS TO BE SUBMITTED AGAIN WHILE I AGREE WITH THE NEED THAT THE NAMES OF OUR HCPS BUILDING SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES AS A COMMUNITY. THERE HAS BEEN A GRAVE COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN. THE WILLIAM PICK. A COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGE TO THEIR SCHOOL, NAMED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT FOR THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHO FOUND OUT THIS MORNING AFTER THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS, THIS LEAVES US ALL WITHOUT A VOICE FOR THE FAMILIES OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS MATTER SINCE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS ON THE TABLE. JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL IS CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE HAVE THE PROMISE ON THE HORIZON OF A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. CURRENTLY THE BUILDING ARE 130 AMAZING STUDENTS CALLED JOHN ARCHER IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. AND THE STUDENTS HAVE WAITED ENTIRELY TOO LONG FOR THE BUILDING THEY DESERVE. HAS ANYONE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WILL TAKE TO REBRAND THE SCHOOL. THE LETTERHEAD THE SIGN OUT FRONT, THE SPIRIT WHERE THAT OUR STUDENTS PROBABLY WEAR, COULDN'T THE NAME CHANGE? WITH THE NEW BUILDING, OR AT LEAST AFTER THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT IT CHANGES ON THE TABLE. TONIGHT I ASKED THE BOARDS TO THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THIS HASTY DECISION WILL AFFECT AND GO ABOUT THIS THE RIGHT WAY WITHOUT LEAVING OUR COMMUNITY FEELING THAT THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN NEED. LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. AND BE SURE THAT ANY POTENTIAL NEW NAME HAS TIME TO REFLECT THE MISSION OF THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL AND THE LEGACY AND IT ISN'T JUST A BAND AID TO COVER A PAPER CUT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS JULIAN MILLER AND I'M, A PARENT OF 1/5 GRADE STUDENT WITH THE SPECIFIED LEARNING DISABILITY. HERE TO DISCUSS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE LUCY CALKINS TEACHING METHOD ON BEHALF OF A FEW HCPS TEACHERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK PUBLICLY. THIS CURRICULUM IS THE THIRD MOST WIDELY USED CORE READING PROGRAM IN THE NATION. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONCERNS. THE UNITED STATES HAS LONG STRUGGLED WITH TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ. ONLY 27% OF STUDENTS ASSESSED THIRD GRADE AND ABOVE ARE CONSIDERED PROFICIENT READERS. AS OF THIS FALL, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 35% AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE LITERACY AVERAGE IS 86. THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR US. LAST YEAR, HARFORD WAS THE EIGHTH WORST COUNTY IN MARYLAND FOR KINDERGARTEN READING SCORES OUT OF 24 COUNTIES IN THE STATE 14% WORSE THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. CALKINS RELY ON A DISPROVEN THEORY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE READ THAT THEORY SAYS PEOPLE USE MEANING AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE TO PREDICT WORDS AS THEY READ WHEN IN FACT DECADES OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE RESEARCH SHOWED THAT SKILLED READING REQUIRES AN ABILITY TO DECODE MATCHING THE SOUNDS IN WORDS WITH THE LETTERS USED TO SPELL THEM. ARKANSAS COLORADO, ST LOUIS AND OAKLAND HAVE ALL STOPPED USING OR ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON REMOVING THIS PROGRAM FROM THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM. IN OCTOBER, 2020 CORKINS WROTE THAT HER GROUP, THE TEACHER'S COLLEGE READING AND WRITING PROJECT IS ADDING A YEAR LONG FINAL LOGICAL AWARENESS CURRICULUM THAT WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN AND WILL BE RELEASING A SET OF DECODE HERBAL BOOKS, WHICH HAVE GOTTEN SOME VERY BAD REVIEWS. IN ADDITION, SHE CONFIRMED THAT HER GROUP HAS REFINED AND AMENDED ITS THINKING ABOUT THE WAY TEACHERS SHOULD PROMPT BEGINNING READERS WHO COME TO WORDS THEY DON'T KNOW. I ASKED THAT THE BOARD TAKES A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT WILL HELP OUR CHILDREN IMPROVE IN THIS AREA. WE ALREADY HAVE ALL OF THE

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LET'S NOT CONTINUE TO FEEL OUR CHILDREN BY NOT GIVING THEM THE BEST CHANCE WITH READING EDUCATION. NEXT WE HAVE KATHLEEN CURRY BY JACOB BENNETT. HELLO. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN COREY. I AM A PROUD MOTHER OF TWO DOUBLE DEFICIT DYSLEXIC AND HIS GRAPHIC CHILDREN. I'M AN ART TEACHER IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE AND A MEMBER OF DECODING DYSLEXIA, HARTFORD COUNTY. BACK IN 2018 1 OF MY CHILDREN'S TEACHERS TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS THE EXPERT THAT I WAS JUST AN ART TEACHER AND MY CHILD WAS NOT DYSLEXIC. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE AND CAREER MARINE AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF READING, STRUCTURED LITERACY AND EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS THAT HELP ALL CHILDREN LEARN TO READ. IN SEPTEMBER. I WILL BE A DYSLEXIA, INTERVENTIONIST AND NOWHERE IN ANY OF MY WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS AND COURSES IS LUCY LUCY CAULKINS AND HER PROGRAMS REFERENCED IN A POSITIVE MANNER. IN 2012 CAULKINS TOTAL WORKSHOP THAT DYSLEXIA IS OVERDIAGNOSED AND BLAMED NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK CITY, READING FAILURES ON PARENTS NOT READING TO THEIR CHILDREN. STRUCTURED LITERACY IS EXPLICIT, SYSTEMATIC AND SEQUENTIAL. THIS IS WHY MY SECOND GRADER IS LEARNING TO READ. HE IS IN ORTON GUILLEN HAM PLUS BECAUSE THE BALANCED LITERACY APPROACH DOES NOT FOCUS ENOUGH ON ANEMIC AWARENESS, USING USERS, ROTE MEMORIZATION AND THE THREE QUEUING SYSTEM IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, I HAVE HAD FOUR FRIENDS REACH OUT FOR HELP FOR THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO LEARN TO READ AND WHAT MY HELP OR ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO. THE COFFINS WRITING PROGRAM AND ITS WORKSHOP APPROACH, PUSH KIDS TO WRITE MORE, BUT NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THIS GRAPHIC STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WITH OTHER LANGUAGE BASED LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH FORMING LETTERS, SPELLING WORDS AND ORGANIZING THEIR THOUGHTS. THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION IS NOT THERE, AND THERE IS NO WRITING INTERVENTION PROGRAM AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY. THERE ARE COUNTLESS STUDIES SHOWING THE INEFFICIENCIES OF THE LUCY CAULKINS READING AND WRITING PROGRAMS, WITH SOME STATES AND DISTRICTS BANNING THIS PROGRAM AND SWITCHING THEIR CURRICULUM TO BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS. MY CHILDREN ARE IN A WAY LUCKY TO HAVE DYSLEXIA IN THIS COUNTY BECAUSE THEY ARE RECEIVING EVIDENCE BASED, STRUCTURED, SEQUENTIAL, SYSTEMATIC, MULTI SENSORY INSTRUCTION. WHILE MOST STUDENTS ARE NOT I HOPE THAT HARFORD COUNTY CAN FOCUS ON FINDING APPROPRIATE READING AND WRITING PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. LAST WEEK. I SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS THAT GOES AGAINST OUR CURRENT READING PROGRAM. THE UNITS OF STUDY THE SAME DAY I SPOKE, THE ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RELEASED A REPORT STATING ALL THE SAME THINGS I SAID. SO TO BE CLEAR. THIS IS NOT JUST THE OPINION OF ME AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. THIS IS THE OPINION OF 20 PLUS YEARS OF RESEARCH. THE REPORT FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TALKS ABOUT THE USE OF BALANCE LITERACY INSTRUCTION BEYOND DINA VIOLATION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO LEARN HOW TO READ. ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO COME FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFERENCES. THE REPORT HAD OVER 150 DEMANDS FOR ONTARIO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THE END OF BALANCED LITERACY INSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS AN END TO LUCY CAULKINS AND ANTICIPATED L AND ONTARIO. YOU KNOW WHAT ENTIRE REPUBLIC SCHOOL SAID? OKAY NO BETTER DO BETTER BY 2023. THEY WILL HAVE NEWS. ALL SCHOOLS ADOPT NEW SCIENTIFICALLY ALIGNED CURRICULUM. GOOSE ROCK ELEMENTARY AND KENTUCKY HAS AN 85% FARMS RATE. THEY WERE A BOUNCE LATER SEE SCHOOL AND THEIR READING SCORES WERE AT 25% PROFICIENT IN 2015. THEY SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND THEY MOVED A SCIENTIFICALLY ALIGNED CURRICULUM AND THE VERY NEXT YEAR THEIR PROFICIENCY RATE WAS 78.1% IN 2019. IT WAS 89.7. WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, 95% OF ALL KIDS ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING TO READ. NICE DRUM ELEMENTARY WITH LUCY CALKIN SCHOOL UNTIL THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS SUED. THEY GOT AN INFLUX OF FUNDS TO REPLACE THEIR CURRICULUM THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THEY HAVE HAD AN IMMEDIATE DECREASE OF STUDENTS ON INTERVENTIONS IN AN INCREASE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SHOWING PROFICIENCY. CONVERSELY ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY IN DALLAS, TEXAS, ADOPTED THE UNITS OF STUDY THREE YEARS AGO AND HAS SEEN A 13 POINT DROP IN READING PROFICIENCY AND 18 POINT DROP IN WRITING PROFICIENCY. OVER THAT TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE. THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN OUR COUNTY. THE IMPLICIT RACISM THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL, STILL NAMED AFTER SLAVE OWNERS AS THE SAME IMPLICIT RACISM THAT ALLOWS US TO CELEBRATE IN 2019 WHEN 57% OF

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DOESN'T SEEM TO SHOW UP. I WONDER IF THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT CAN ACTUALLY GET HIM TO COME HERE. LITERALLY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO HARD. SPECIALLY WHEN HE WANTS TO DECIDE TO POLITICIZE EDUCATION WHEN IT FITS IN BEST. UM, KIND OF SMACK IN THE FACE ON FLORIDA, WHICH HAS THE BEST GOVERNOR IN THE UNITED STATES. IT STRIKES ME A LITTLE BIT ROUGH. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ACTUALLY SCHOOL SAFE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE LOCKING OF BATHROOMS. I KNOW THIS SEEMS KIND OF ARBITRARY, RIGHT? WE'RE LOCKED IN BATHROOMS. WHY ARE WE DOING SO I DID A DEEP DIVE. I KNOW WHY WE DO IT HERE. WE DO IT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE SMOKING IN THE BATHROOM. THERE'S BAIT AND IN THE BATHROOM. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF STUFF THAT SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THAT HAPPENS IN THE BATHROOM. I TOTALLY GET IT ALL RIGHT, BUT I DID A DEEP DIVE AS FAR AS THE SEEKING BALL. UM SO FOUR SHOOTINGS. FOUR SCHOOL SHOOTINGS TO WHICH MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT BUT THERE'S STILL THERE'S STILL RANKED 3RD AND 4TH. TO SANDY HOOK, BROWARD COUNTY SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL, RED LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALL HEADS ALL HAD SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS WERE SHOT. THE AMOUNT OF FATALITY WHERE WERE THEY? ALL IN FRONT OF THE BLOCK. SCHOOL BACK. TAKE A LOOK. IS TRUE. IT'S BECAUSE IT GOES TOWARD ALL ALL THE TEACHERS . THEY SHUT THEIR DOORS. THEY BLOCKED THE DOORS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THEIR KIDS THAT ARE OUT IN THE HALLWAYS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEY GO TOWARDS THE BATHROOM. DOOR STUCK FOOD OR AN EMPTY TARGET. THERE ARE AN OPEN TARGET, AND UNFORTUNATELY BAD THINGS HAVE IT'S PLAIN TO SEE THERE IS A VERY, VERY HEAVY REPORT ABOUT BROWARD COUNTY'S INTO EXACTLY HOW THAT HAS HOW THE SCHOOL WOULD ACTUALLY DENIED MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO OPEN UP THE BACK. SO I MEAN, WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THEM TO BE OPEN. WE SHOULD OPEN THEM. UM I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE REALLY CAN IN A LOT OF THE SHOOTINGS, IT WAS PROVEN THAT IF THEY ONLY TOOK ONE OF THOSE ISSUES OUT OF THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT THE EVENT MADE OF NOT TAKING PLACE NOW, SOME OF THEM ARGUED THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH DISCIPLINE. IN SOME ARGUE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS, BUT REALLY, WE COULD GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT DISCIPLINE AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS, BUT REALLY, TO ME, THE EASIEST THING FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST UNLOCKED THE BATH.

RATHER THAN DEEP DIVING INTO DISCIPLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT . I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK INTO THIS. GREETINGS BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT GAUTIER AND SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON. MY NAME IS KATIE FORD AND I HAVE BEEN A MUSIC TEACHER AT JOHN ARCHER FOR 11 YEARS. I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON YOUR PLAN TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. I MUST CONFESS. I MUST SAY THAT I CAN'T BE FOR OR AGAINST THIS PLAN. BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME. YOU DIDN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO RESEARCH TO ASK COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS OR TO TRULY PROCESS THE ENORMITY OF THIS CONCERN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THIS YEAR IS JOHN ARCHERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND WE ARE A SCHOOL WHO LOVES TO CELEBRATE. AS IT STANDS, YOUR PLAN WOULD CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S NAME JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE BIG CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR. 60 DAYS WOULD PUT US JUST MAYBE, LIKE, THREE DAYS BEFORE OUR BIG 50TH CELEBRATION FOR CUSE ME ARE BIG 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. PLEASE ALLOW US TO REMAIN HASHTAG JS STRONG FOR OUR 50TH. AND DELAY YOUR TIMELINE. OUR SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE TO A NEW BUILDING. IN JUST A FEW YEARS.

THAT BUILDING WILL BE CONNECTED WITH ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE IT'S A TOTALLY NEW BUILDING. IT'S A TOTALLY NEW LIFE FOR US. THAT SEEMS THE IDEAL TIME TO REBRAND JF. FOR BOTH THE TRANSITION AND THE FINANCIAL PURPOSES. FOR THE TIME BEING, WE COULD SHORTEN THE NAME TO ARCHER AND CELEBRATE HOW

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JUSTIN FRANCHISE THIS POPULATION. PEOPLE WITH EXCEPTIONAL. NEEDS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCEPTIONAL. WHAT HE'S ARGUING. THINK, UM, SO SORRY. I DON'T SPEAK WELL. MIGHT HELP IF I HAD NOTES, BUT AND. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE ARGUING WITH CHANGING THE NAME JUST GIVE OUR POPULATION. SEXY. OKAY? GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS CHLOE GO TO I MAY 10TH GRADE STUDENT AND HAVING A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL AND TODAY I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BANNING BOOKS. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PROPOSED THIS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF OUR THAT HAT. BANNING BOOKS HARMS OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CHILDREN. WHEN I SAY BANNING BOOKS, I IMAGINE MOST OF YOU ARE GOING TO START THINKING ABOUT THE IN GERMANY. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS THE DID WAS BAD AND BURNED BOOKS. THEY BANNED BOOKS THEY SAW ON GERMAN, WHICH WERE OFTEN BOOKS INVOLVING JEWISH PEOPLE WRITTEN BY JEWISH PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT CONSIDERED COMMUNISTS FOREIGN INFLUENCES LIKE AMERICAN AUTHORS. AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. THESE BANNED BOOKS WERE BURNED SO AS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM READING THEM AS THE WERE AFRAID HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO RESIST THEIR REGIME. NOW LET'S GO MANY DECADES INTO THE FUTURE . LET'S SAY THE 20 TWENTIES, MAYBE EVEN MARCH. 14TH 2022. WE HAVE PARENTS AND POLITICIANS THAT WANT TO LABEL BOXES UNPATRIOTIC AND UN AMERICAN. THEY WANT TO BAN THESE BOOKS AND IN SOME CASES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BANNED BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS. INDIGENOUS AUTHORS, JEWISH AUTHORS LGBTQ AUTHORS WITH BLACK CHARACTERS, INDIGENOUS CHARACTERS, JEWISH CHARACTERS IN LGBTQ CHARACTERS. MOST BANNED BOOKS, ACCORDING TO A LIST FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES DISCUSSED RACISM, GLOBAL COLONIALISM, MASS DEATH, TORTURE , GENOCIDE, POLICE FILES, THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST, LGBTQ CONTENT AND ISSUES. ANTI RACISM, ANTI POLICE MESSAGES, PROFANITY AND ANTI RAPE. SOME HCPS PARENTS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLAIM IT IS CHILD ABUSE TO HAVE THESE BOOKS IN THEIR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD. THEY NEED TO BE CHALLENGED. I DO AGREE THAT NOT ALL TOPICS ARE AGE APPROPRIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLER SHOULDN'T BE READING BOOKS LIKE 50 SHADES OF GRAY. THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN NOT APPROPRIATE AND CENSORSHIP. PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY , HCPS. PARENTS WANT TO BAN BOOKS, THEY SAY ARE NOT AGE APPROPRIATE, HOWEVER, THEIR DEFINITION OF NOT AGE APPROPRIATE INVOLVES SAYING THINGS LIKE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND QUEER PEOPLE ARE NOT AGE APPROPRIATE. MEANWHILE, CHILDREN OF COLOR ARE BORN EVERY DAY. ARE THEY NOT AGE APPROPRIATE? QUEER KIDS OF ALL AGES EXIST AND YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THEM THEY ARE NOT AGE APPROPRIATE. THE WORLD ISN'T EVER CHANGING PLACE BROWN CHILDREN, BLACK CHILDREN, INDIGENOUS CHILDREN, HISPANIC CHILDREN WERE CHILDREN AND TRANS CHILDREN GROW UP BEING TOLD THE WORLD IS NOT FOR THEM, AND THAT IS NOT THE WORLD WE NEED TO BE MAKING. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP BOOKS ON SENSORS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE KIDS FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL. AFTER ALL, IF YOU ARE AS WORRIED AS YOU SAY, YOU ARE ABOUT KIDS HAVING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS, YOU SHOULD BE MAKING SURE EACH AND EVERY KID FEELS ACCEPTED. PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH BANNING BOOKS MIGHT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW NOT ALL CONTENTS AGE APPROPRIATE. THAT IS A FAIR ASSUMPTION. NOT ALL CONTENT IS AGE APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT ADULTS ONLY SHOULD READ. BUT THE BOOKS BEING BANNED AREN'T THAT SORT OF BOOKS THEY SET OF BOOKS THAT ARE BANNED CONTAIN SEXUAL CONTENT. BUT WE'RE PEOPLE SIMPLY EXISTING ISN'T SEXUAL. ANOTHER COMMON PLAIN COMPLAINT IS THAT THE BOOKS DO NOT ACCURATELY INFLECT AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT BY

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KEEPING BOOKS IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES UNCENSORED IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. KIDS NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AND HOW BLACK PEOPLE AROUND PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. HISPANIC PEOPLE, CAREER PEOPLE AND TRANS PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN CHAN FELL BY LAWRENCE STUFF.

HELLO. LORD THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. MOMENT MYSELF. BUT EVEN BEFORE I ADDRESS THE BOARD DIRECTLY, I AM AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY PROFESSIONAL.

BUT. I UM, WANTED TO FIRST SAY THAT TO DR DAVID BAUER IF IT IS COMING IF IT IS COMFORTABLE FOR HIM. TO REMAIN AT A DISTANCE. AND HE BELIEVES THAT HE'S DOING THE BEST FOR THE SAKE OF THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THE REASON WHY I SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT'S BECAUSE ANOTHER SPEAKER TODAY SPOKEN OUT DIRECTLY. AND SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT WHAT DR DAVID BAUER SAID ABOUT THE. NO SAY CABLE DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW IN FLORIDA IS CURRENTLY BEING FUND FOR ITS OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN WELL, DR DAVID BAUER DIDN'T SAY THAT. COMMENTER TODAY. YOU DID. TALK ABOUT DAVID BAUER SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THAT WAS A GOOD LAW. THAT THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA OF THE BEST THERE IS. I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OF FLOOR. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT MY OWN SISTER. THIS GUY AND THAT KIND OF LAW. WAS MADE TO ERASE HER EXISTENCE. PUT HER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. KEEP HER FROM LIVING HER BEST LIFE OR ANY GOOD LIFE AT ALL. AND SO I WANT TO SAY TO THE COMMENTER. THAT SPOKE IN FAVOR OF A LAW LIKE THAT. DON'T SAY GAY LAW. THAT HE SHOULD BE EVALUATED, ALSO SAYIND TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE RENAMING OF SCHOOLS. I ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND LONG STORY SHORT IS THAT ONE OF THEIR DORMITORY HALLS WAS NAMED AFTER PROMINENT CATHOLIC JESUIT AUTHOR AND IT RECENTLY CAME OUT THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN SOME FRANKLY XENOPHOBIC AND RACIST COMMENTS AND HER LOOKS ABOUT THEOLOGY AND WHO IS ACCEPTED INTO THE FAITH AND ALL THAT. AND LOYAL, REACTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THEY DIDN'T THROW A CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER. THE BACHELOR THEY DID NOT ANNOUNCER AS A WHOLE CHARACTER. AND RESPECTIVELY. THEY SIMPLY REMOVED HER NAME FROM THE BUILDING AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO SOMETHING ELSE. HER NAME IS DANIEL O'CONNOR. THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO THE CIA. BOWMAN ALL IT WAS THAT SIMPLE. BECAUSE SIMPLY PUT. PEOPLE THAT LOYAL TO COME FROM ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL DIFFERENT RACES AND BACKGROUNDS. AND NO ONE WHO IS A PERSON OF COLOR WANTS TO GO TO A SCHOOL OR DORMITORY. WHO WAS NAMED AFTER A PERSON WHO DOESN'T VALUE THEIR EXISTENCE. AT THE SAME WAY OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE, WHETHER IT'S JOHN HARKER SCHOOL OR THE WILLIAM PRACTICE SCHOOL. I SPEAK AND CAREFULLY RENAMED THEIR SCHOOLS AND GIVING THE COMMUNITY INPUT IN TIME. BUT I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT RENAMING THEM AS SOON AS HUMANELY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU . GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I'M LAWRENCE STANTON AND I AM REPRESENTING THE DECODING DYSLEXIA PARKER COUNTY AS WELL AS THE MARYLAND CHAPTER. COMING DYSLEXIA REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY OF PARENTS, EDUCATORS ADMINISTRATORS IN AFRICA. IT'S WHO ARE REQUESTING THAT THE HARFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IN OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT REEVALUATE THE ADOPTION OF UNITS TO STUDY PROGRAM BY LUCY CAULKINS, AND THEY CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN BALANCED LITERACY. READY TO REACT WITH PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN 2019 CREATED AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK FOR RATING DIFFICULTIES SO THEY CAN RECEIVE EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WHEN THE INTERVENTION IS MOST EFFECTIVE AND LEAST EXPENSIVE. THE DEVIL SCREENER IS BASED ON SCIENCE. THE LUCY CAULKINS UNIT OF STUDY, UNFORTUNATELY, DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WAS SET FORTH IN

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SUPPORT CURRICULUM DECISIONS WERE READING AND WRITING ARE EXPLICITLY TAUGHT, REALIZING THESE SKILLS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO MANY LIFE ACTIVITIES AND THAT READING IS AN EQUITY CONCERNS.

THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE VICKI JONES, FOLLOWED BY EMMA PELLER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DO THAT IS RIGHT. FAIR AND GOOD. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS VICKI JONES, AND I'M, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HARFORD COUNTY NAACP. YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE. IN FACT, AT THE LAST MEETING, I TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME OF WILLIAM PACA TO ANOTHER NAME MORE SUITABLE AND REFLECTION OF THE COUNTY. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE NOR RESPECTFUL TO HAVE PUBLIC STREETS. BUILDINGS ARE MONUMENTS NAMED AFTER TRADERS OR ANY NAME THAT DOESN'T REFLECT THE BEST OF OUR COUNTY'S HISTORY. WHAT WOULD CHANGING THE NAMES OF THESE SCHOOLS ACCOMPLISH? IMAGINE YOU WERE JEWISH AND YOU WERE TOLD NOT A PROBLEM OR NO BIG DEAL IF YOU GO TO A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER ADOLF HITLER. SOUNDS ABSURD, DOESN'T IT? SO WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT THAT LABEL ON BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN WHO ATTEND WILLIAM PACA? OR JOHN ARCHER. BY THE WAY, ENSLAVED 117 BLACK PEOPLE. THESE MEN WEREN'T NOBLE. THERE'S NOTHING NOBLE ABOUT MAKING MONEY. FROM FREE LABOR. THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF THESE MEN TO HAVE A LEGACY OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN HARFORD COUNTY. I HOPE THAT BY RAISING AWARENESS AND DEMANDING CHANGE WE SHINE A LIGHT ON HOW EMBEDDED RACISM IS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. INCLUDING OURS. RECENTLY SOMEONE ASKED ME HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND EDUCATION WITHOUT IT BEING A POLITICAL ISSUE? AND I ASKED IS TREATING EACH OTHER FAIRLY AND WITH CIVILITY, POLITICAL KINDNESS AND EMPATHY MAKE YOU A GOOD HUMAN BEING. BEING A GOOD PERSON ISN'T POLITICAL. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND CHANGING THE NAMES OF THESE SCHOOLS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU. FELLOW BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. AS WELL AS ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS A WELCOMING PLACE. I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS BY RENAMING WILLIAM PICKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. THESE MEN OWNED OVER 100 SLAVES. THAT IS OVER 100 MEN THAT THEY USED AND ABUSED AS FREE LABOR TO GET THEMSELVES INTO THE POSITIONS OF WEALTH AND POWER THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM FOR. SOME WILL ARGUE THAT WE CAN'T JUDGE THESE MEN FOR THE FLAWS OF THEIR TIME. BUT OWNING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS IS NOT A CHARACTER FLAW. IT'S AN

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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 THREE 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 4377. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I

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I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT. WE'RE NAMING TWO SCHOOLS DONE. ARTHUR WILLIAMS TAKE UP I'M ASKING AT THE BORDER, SO SPORT BOTH THE SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. CHILDREN DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND CONFIDENT SCHOOLS THERE IN AND THAT INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS WE'VE SEEN THE END OF THE LOCAL FIGURES PASSED OUT AMONG GENERATIONS, THE ACTUAL HISTORICAL VALUE OTHER NAMES BECOME MEETING. THIS ALLOWS US TO KEEP THE PEOPLE THAT USE FORCED LABOR AND FOR THE CONTINUOUS SUPPRESSION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, BECOME A BACKGROUND IN OUR LIVES WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING IT. IF WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME A SCHOOL ON A HISTORICAL FIGURE, WHY NOT NAME IT AFTER SOMEONE WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THE ACT OF SLAVERY AND WHITE SUPREMACY, ACCORDING TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING. COM 45.2% OF WHAT STUDENTS? I WOULDN'T TAKE OUR BLACK AND AT JOHN ARCHER 30% OF STUDENTS ARE BLACK. WITH HIGH MINORITY POPULATIONS. IT SEEMS INSENSITIVE AND DISCUSSING FOR THE BLACK STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS. THE NAMES OF OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD REPRESENT THE ACCEPTING DIVERSE COMMUNITY . HARPER COUNTY INTENSIVE FOSTER , I THINK HTTPS STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IT CLAIMS TO QUOTE CREATE SIMPLE RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILIES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY END QUOTE. IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, HARPER COUNTY AND MUST BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND NERVOUS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND ACTUALLY PARTAKE IN A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A PERSON THAT HAS SUCH A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON MANY OF THEIR ANCESTORS.

REMOVING THE NAME OF THESE PEOPLE FROM OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S THROWING THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR RACISM. BUT BY KEEPING THE NAME AS A STUDENT, IT WOULD SHOW ME A LACK OF CARE ABOUT THE COMFORT OF STUDENT. LOOK AT THE PEOPLE OF COLOR EDUCATORS IN HARFORD COUNTY WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR TIMES TEACHING OUR FUTURE GENERATION, IT CAN CREATE UNCOMFORTABLE ANSWERS ON FACE SITUATIONS THAT I'M TEACHING IN THESE SCHOOLS STUDY CARRIED OUT MIGRATIONS IN FERGUSON AND EDUCATOR IN THE SOUTH. ILLUSTRATED DETENTION BY BLACK EDUCATORS IN REGARDS TO WHITE SUPREMACY HIDDEN AS NOSTALGIA IN PUBLIC SCHOOL NAMED FIX. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT BLACK EDUCATORS WERE DISTURBED BY SCHOOLS NAMED FOR CONFEDERATE ONCE SAID QUOTE. I THINK IT'S COOL AND AFTER A CONFEDERATE COULD ONLY BE USED AS A NEGATIVE ROLE MODEL FOR BLACK STUDENTS, OR ANYTHING OF THAT MATTER OF WHAT NOT TO DO AND QUOTE WE COULDN'T SAID NAME IS COOL AFTER A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD DO. AS WELL AS LIFELONG AFFILIATION EDUCATORS MAKE WITH THEIR SCHOOLS. ONE NOTICE. QUOTE I DON'T WANT MY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD HAVE MY NAME'S HIGH WITH THE WHITE SUPREMACIST. JUST THINK OF ALL THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT DIPLOMAS UNDER THE BANNER OF A CONFEDERATE FOR A LIFETIME END QUOTE. SYMBOL OF AMERICAN TOLERANCE SHOULD NOT BE PRESENT IN OUR SOCIETY. WE HAVE GROWN AND CHANGED AS PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE STILL UPHOLD. THE PEOPLE WITH IDEALS ARE ACCEPTING AND DON'T REFLECT OUR BELIEF. I'M GOING. THE RENAMING OF THE HARPER COUNTY SCHOOLS DONE.

ARCHER AND WILLIAM PICCA. NEVER MORALS AT HARVARD COUNTY HAS I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE BY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR QUOTE. CHANGES NOT ROLLING ON WHEELS, INEVITABILITY BECOMES THE CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE AND QUOTE THE BOARD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND JUST ONE OF THE MANY TROUBLES OF OPPRESSION, PEOPLE OF COLOR STILL BASED IN MODERN DAY SOCIETY, AND I ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF A NAME CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 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 THREE 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 DENNIS JOHNSON IS A PLEASURE TO BE SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT THAT EVENING PRESIDENT GAUDIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM MY NAME LIKE YOU HAVE ALREADY STANDARD JOHNSON. I'M A SENIOR HAVING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT. I'M INVOLVED IN MANY COMMUNITY. I MEAN, INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY BY BEING A MEMBER OF MANY. OF MY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES , CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO NAME A FEW. I AM A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION IN CEREBRAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR FOR A CRAFT. TONIGHT I AM HERE TO SO MY SUPPORT FOR NAMING THE TWO SCHOOLS WILLIAM PECA AND JOHN HARSHER DUE TO BOTH OF THEM BEING SLAVE OWNERS. I AM ASKING THE BOARDS OF SUPPORT THIS BOAT AS WELL. BY HAVING SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER THE OWNER'S COMMUNITY ARE NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROMOTE RACIAL EQUALITY AND EQUITY. PARVATI IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED IN 18 65. THE YEAR ONLY SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED, BEGINNING A PERIOD IN WHICH THE MAJORITY DID NOT ALLOW SOMEONE LIKE ME AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE TO BE IN THE SAME SCHOOL AS A PERSON WHO WAS WHITE. PUBLIC COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DID NOT BEGIN TO DIFFERENTIATE UNTIL 1955 11 YEARS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF BROWN VERSUS BOARD. WHAT'S ORDERED THE DESEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS WILL IMPACT THE ELEMENTARY AND JOHN ARCHER. FOOD WERE BOTH BUILT IN THIS 1954 AND 1971, WHICH WAS BOTH POST

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HELLO MY NAME IS STRONG. I'M 1/12 GRADER AT JUMPED ON HIGH SCHOOL. I'M THE FIRST RIGHT OF FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF HARPER TINY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE MEMBERS. AND I'M ALSO THE JOBS TO HIGH SCHOOLS ARE SHAPE. PRESIDENT I AM HERE TO ANSWER THE BOARD. TO VOTE TOWARDS CHANGING WILLIAM SPEAKER AND JOHN ARCHER. SIMPLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE A VOTE AGAINST THAT VISION PROMOTES RACISM AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THE BOARD CHANGES. I'VE LIVED IN THE COUNTY FOR THAT 18 YEARS. AND ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE IMAGE THAT COMES WITH BEING IN THE COUNTY.

AND I FEEL AS. IMAGE THAT REPRESENTED FROM WILLIAM PEKKA IS AN IMAGE THAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY. AS YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT WHATEVER WE LEARN WHETHER IT BE OUTSIDE WORLD BEING PLAYED IN OUR CURRICULUM, AND IT'S TO BETTER OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN MOST OF THEMSELVES. IF YOU GO ON THAT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A COMMENT, IT SAYS, LIKE OTHER SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MUST CONTINUALLY ENSURE DO CURRICULUM THAT WHAT IS TAUGHT CONTINUES AND CONTINUES TO REFLECT THE VERY BEST KNOWLEDGE AND PROCESS AND ALL SUBJECT AREAS. A STRONG, RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM CONVEY THAT POWERFUL POSITIVE VISION CONNECTING STUDENTS TO THE FUTURE. YOU DON'T SEE HOW A FORMER SLAVE OWNER CONNECT TO A POWERFUL AND POSITIVE VISIT. AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT OVER 60 YEARS ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED OVER DECEMBER, 2020. SITE. THIS IS UP FOR US. AND DISCUSSION. I HONESTLY YOU STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S MORE OF A IMAGE. MORE. THEN HISTORY.

I DO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF GETTING RID OF THE NAME. HOWEVER I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ALREADY COMPLETELY . I WANTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR CURRICULUM TO BE TAUGHT BACK. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE PAST. AND THIS IS HOW WE OVERCOME IT. THIS IS HOW WE CHANGE FROM IT. AND IT'S MORE OF JUST AN EXAMPLE. I MEAN, WE HAVE CHILD LEFT AND RIGHT. WHAT'S HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAME INTO GREAT ATTENDANCE MARK, AND HE CARRIES THE NAME OF HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WE HAVE OTHERS. THE WHITE YOU WERE HUGE, WOULD WAIT TO AVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL. ONE WENT OUT WENT TO COLLEGE, AND HE BECAME A LAWYER THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HOLD HIGH VISION. I FEEL LIKE THE THREE MINUTE MARK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE. STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME

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PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HEALTHY CLAYTON.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, DOCTOR BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD . MY NAME IS HEALTHY. CLAYTON AND I AM A PROUD TITLE. ONE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER IN HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK REGARDING THE UNITS OF STUDY AND PHONICS, READING AND WRITING CURRICULUM THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY CLASS AND FAMILY IS A DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT IS COMPRISED OF FIVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 59% OF MY STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. I'VE SEEN GREAT GROWTH IN MY STUDENTS UTILIZING THE UNITS OF STUDY AND PHONICS, READING AND WRITING.

THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT WORK TOGETHER THAT I CAN CONTRIBUTE THAT SUCCESS TO EVERY DAY.

STUDENTS ARE ACCESSING A MINI LESSON IN EACH OF THE THREE SUBJECTS. BUT THEN THE LESSON ALLIANCES SEVERAL COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. THE MINI LESSON IS AN INVITATION TO TRY THE STRATEGY OR THE SKILL THAT IS BEING INTRODUCED THE STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL WORK. EVERY MINI LESSON IS FOLLOWED UP WITH A SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION OR INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES. TEACHERS MUST KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASS TO PLAN EFFECTIVELY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS. SEEM TO STUDY PROMOTES A BALANCED LITERACY APPROACH. STUDENTS ARE THE BURST AND LITERACY PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY, BUILDING UPON ONE ANOTHER PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, SONIC READING WORKSHOP, SMALL GROUPS. CONFERENCING INTERACTIVE WRITING WRITING WORKSHOP, CHAIRED READING AND READ ALOUD. NONE OF THESE COMPONENTS CAN WORK IN SOLIDARITY. GREAT SUCCESS IS FOUND WHEN ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE COME TOGETHER. YOU ARE A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN DETERMINING A CHILD'S EVENTUAL SUCCESS IN LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE. THIS IS A QUOTE THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE GUIDE TO THE CHRONIC UNITS OF STUDY. AS PERPETUAL LEARNERS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR CRAFT TO BETTER SERVE THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF US. THIS MEANS DIVING INTO THE CURRICULUM AND THE WAYS WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS MEANS COLLABORATING WITH THOSE AROUND US TO BUILD OUR CAPACITY TO DELIVER INSTRUCTION. THIS MEANS UTILIZING THE PLUCKER OF TOOLS THAT THE UNIVERSE STUDY PROVIDES. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK ALONGSIDE MANY STAFF DEVELOPERS FROM THE TEACHER'S COLLEGE TEACHERS, SPECIALISTS AND COACHES TO BUILD MY TOOLBOX.

MY KINDERGARTEN. STUDENTS ARE QUICK IT HERE WHEN THEY HEAR THAT IT'S TIME FOR ONE OF THE THREE WORKSHOP TIME. SINS ARE EMPOWERED, ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENGAGED. STUDENTS HAVE HAD MORE TIME TO APPLY THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY ARE LEARNING FROM THE MANY LESSONS AND THE SMALL GROUPS TO THEIR WORK AS READERS AND WRITERS. EVERY DAY I SEE READERS AND WRITERS CONFIDENTLY DEVELOPING RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES. THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GAUTIER THAT COMPLETES THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. VERY MUCH. MUELLER CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK

[C. Consent Agenda]

PLEASE SAY NO. RIGHT MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT FIRST THING UPDATE ON CONTINUITY LEARNING

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

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FIRST AS DR PHILLIPS ALREADY MENTIONED CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WONDERFUL FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR THRILLING DOUBLE OVERTIME VICTORY IN THE STATE FINALS ON SATURDAY AT COLLEGE PARK. WELL DONE. DESPITE OUR RECENT SNOWFALL WERE UNDERWAY IN SPRING ATHLETICS WITH MANY TEAMS BEGINNING GAMES THIS WEEK. A CALL WENT OUT TO FAMILIES THAT WE WILL BE USING GO FAN FOR ONLINE TICKETING OR ATHLETIC CONTEST FOR WHICH WE CHARGE. THE STATE HAS BEEN USING GO FAN FOR PLAYOFFS FOR THE LAST YEAR. AND WE'VE HEAR HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE NOW USED TO USING THIS PLATFORM. WE ARE ON OUR SECOND YEAR OF USING ONLINE PLATFORM FOR DRAMA EVENTS . WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THAT. CHRONIC COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS A QUESTION ABOUT GO FANS. SINCE IT IS A CHANGE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND THEY CAN ASSIST YOU WITH A WALKTHROUGH AND HOW TO GET ONTO THE PROCESS. OUR PROBLEMS BEGINNING JUST SHORT OR. FOUR SHORT WEEKS WITH ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL'S PROM ON APRIL 8TH AT WATER'S EDGE EVENT CENTER. ALSO OUR GRADUATIONS ARE ONLY THREE MONTHS AWAY AT RIPKEN STADIUM. AS IS CURRENTLY PLANNED. EACH SENIOR WILL RECEIVE SEVEN TICKETS WITH THE ABILITY TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL TICKETS FROM THEIR SCHOOL. ONE EDITION FROM LAST YEAR. WE WILL HAVE A GIANT TENT TO KEEP OUR SENIORS OUT OF THE SUN PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH OF OUR COMMENCEMENT. THANK YOU. AND NOW TO MR BROOKS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTHIER, VICE PRESIDENT MILLER. DR BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DONOVAN BROOKS, CHIEF OF SAFETY SECURITY FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SURROUNDING SAFETY AND SECURITY. SINCE WE'VE COME BACK INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND FOCAL PASS ITTY FOR OPERATION.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE PICKED UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF WHEN SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE MANDATES THAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SO WE ARE BACK TO PRACTICING ARE MANDATORY DRILLS. IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES OUR ACTIVIST CEILING DRILLS, WHICH WERE ADDED THROUGH THE MARYLAND SAFE TO LEARN ACT. FOR AN ASSESSMENT TEAMS ARE OPERATIONAL . UM AS WE HAVE COME BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR BOTH THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS WORK TOGETHER AND AT OUR SCHOOL LEVELS, ALONG WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHO ALSO SOMETIMES I'LL CONDUCT THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AND WE ALSO ARE KEEPING IN MIND THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME TYPE OF TRAUMAS , AND THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION, BUT MAY NEED MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION, AND THAT'S PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTIES OF ARTHRITIS ASSESSMENT TEAMS. SO WE'VE CREATED AS A SCHOOL SAFETY WORKGROUP MYSELF, ALONG WITH THE PRINCIPAL, HAVING DONE ELEMENTARY, STACY GUARANTEED, WHO IS MY CO CHAIR? FOR THAT, UM, WORKGROUP, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WORKING ON REVISIONS TO OUR CRITICAL RESPONSE INCIDENT INCIDENT GUIDE , AND IT'S BASICALLY A QUICK RESPONSE GUIDE ON WHAT WE DO AND TO BUILD CAPACITY AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS OUT IN THE SCHOOLS. ON THAT GROUP. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTED SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT IN THE VACUUM, AND WE CAN SEE THAT THROUGH THE LENS OF EVERYBODY WHO WAS IMPACTED. SO WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER, UM, WORKGROUP. WHAT WE DECIDED TO HOLD SOME FOCUS GROUPS AND SO WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE DOING PRESENTATIONS WITH OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND FOCUS GROUPS ARE LISTED UP ON THE BOARD NOW. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY ASKING OUR STAKEHOLDERS. UM WHAT SAFETY LOOKS LIKE TO THEM AS WE RETURN TO OUR BUILDINGS, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ONE OF SAFETY AND

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BUT BASICALLY WE WANT TO DO IS OFFER TIPS AND STRATEGIES FOR PARENTS. UM POST PANDEMIC WITH OUR WITH OUR CHILDREN REENTERING IN OUR BUILDINGS AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND STRUGGLES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT. SO WE'VE INVITED IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, UM, TO GIVE PARENTS TIPS AND STRATEGIES AND STUDENTS, TIPS AND STRATEGIES AND, OF COURSE, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO SEE SOMETHING. SAY SOMETHING. UM AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE OTHER GOALS, BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PREVENTION. ALSO WE ALSO HAD A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE COME IN, ALONG WITH MYSELF, AND WE DID A TIPS AND STRATEGY SESSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR OUR STUDENTS AS THEY RE ENTER THE BUILDING. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE BACK FOCUSING ON AGAIN AND WE'RE PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF IS OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BASICALLY IN OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. UM WE ARE BUILDING CAPACITY IN TERMS OF OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE. AT OUR SCHOOL LEVEL AND HOW WE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN THE IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A CRITICAL INCIDENT AGAIN. I THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS, WHICH WERE TRAINED BY THE FOREMOST EXPERT IN THREAT ASSESSMENT. DR DEWEY CORNELL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND WE HAD TEAMS TRAINED AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TWO YEARS AGO. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REVISITING THAT AND DOING REFRESHERS FOR OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS. AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL BASED TEAMS, AND WE HAVE DISTRICT WIDE TEAMS ALSO OUR SORROWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND WE HAVE SCHOOL SAFE LIAISONS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON OUR REUNIFICATION PLAN. WHAT WE DO HOW WE RE UNIFY STUDENTS WITH FAMILIES IN THE EVENT. WE HAVE A CRITICAL INCIDENT. AND LASTLY, AGAIN, AS REQUIRED BY THE MARYLAND SAFE TO LEARN ACT, REVISITING ACTIVIST SAILLANT CRITICAL RESPONSE TRAINING.

SCHOOL SAFE LIAISON PROGRAM, WHICH WE PILOTED TWO YEARS AGO HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.

RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SCHOOL SAFE LIAISONS WHO SERVICE IN THEIR CAPACITY, AND EIGHT OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THOSE SCHOOLS ARE LISTED ABOVE AND BASICALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SAFE LIAISONS IS BUILDING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE AND SUPPORTING THAT THAT CULTURE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND CREATING SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND SUPPORTING THAT. WITH OUR STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION AND OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN WHEN OUR NEW SAFETY AND SECURITY WEB PAGE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED, IT WILL BE LARGE. SOON WE'LL HAVE FOUR CONTENT AREAS FOR PEOPLE, THEY CAN GO THROUGH OUR WEBPAGE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND WHATEVER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BROOKS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE COMMENTS IN THIS AREA. UM YOU KNOW, WE ADDED THIS TO CAMBODIA AND I WOULD LIKE TO A COUPLE MONTHS COME BACK TO YOU WITH A BIGGER PRESENTATION. BECAUSE YOU HEARD MR BROOKS TALK ABOUT THAT THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE ACTUAL THAT THE EVALUATION WE'RE DOING AND. YOU KNOW, WE NEVER STOPPED THINKING SAFETY AND SECURITY.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SAFETY FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IS SORT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. UM AND YOU KNOW ALL THAT WORK WE DID IN 2018 19 ON CRITICAL RESPONSE. I MEAN, THAT WAS A HUGE EFFORT. BUT AGAIN AS WE WERE CLOSED, AND WE HAD ALL THESE OTHERS DISRUPTIONS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET BACK TO THAT. BUT WITH THAT SAID I DON'T THINK IT'S NEWS FOR ANYBODY THAT SOME OF THE DISRUPTIONS WE'RE SEEING THERE WAS A DAY LAST WEEK. CAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE REALITIES OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. THERE'S A DAY LAST WEEK WHERE OUR MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS SENDS ME. LINKS TO ARTICLES EARLY IN THE MORNING. THE POP UP AND BALTIMORE SUN HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT A FIGHT IN A SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY. ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT A FIGHT TO SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. AND OF COURSE, THE THIRD LINK SHE SENT ME WAS ABOUT A FIGHT AND ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

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[E. Decision on Change of Name for William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School , Patrick P. Spicer, Esq.]

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NOTE THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY UM PARTICULARLY COMMUNITY AROUND AT THAT SCHOOL. SUBMITTED A PETITION IN JUNE OF 2020. WHICH CONTAINED ABOUT 1500 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF THE RENAMING OF THE SCHOOL SO AS TO REMOVE THE NAME WILLIAM PICO. AND YOU SEE A COPY OF THAT PETITION AS WELL AS AN EMAIL FROM HIS ANDY BERBICE, WHO WAS A HOME, ONE OF THE ADVOCATES LEADING ADVOCATES FOR THAT FOR THIS UNDERTAKING. THEY'RE ATTACHED TO YOUR BOARD REPORT. PUBLIC SPEAKERS RECENTLY HAVE COME FORWARD. SINCE COVID HAS, UM ABATED TO SOME DEGREE.

AND SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF THE REMOVAL OF THE NAME. WILLIAM PICKLE FROM THE SCHOOL. THE BOARD'S NAMING AND RENAMING POLICY ALLOWS OR WOULD PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD CAN RENAME A SCHOOL AND BOARD WOULD ANNOUNCE ITS ATTENTION TO RENAME THE SCHOOL. AND ALLOW A 60 DAY PERIOD AT LEAST A SIX DAY PERIOD BEFORE THE BOARD WOULD AGAIN ACT ON A PROPOSED NEW NAME THAT WOULD COME FORWARD, EITHER FROM THE COMMUNITY. TOM. THE SUPERINTENDENT. OR THE BOARD ITSELF. THE BOARD DECIDES IT WANTS TO RENAME THE SCHOOL WAS A NAME, NOT AMONGST THE NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR THE SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS FREE TO DO THAT. SO AT THIS JUNCTURE BASED ON. THE BOARD REPORT AND THE COMMENTS WERE MAKING TODAY. THIS EVENING.

UM. WE ASKED. THE BOARD ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO RENAME WILLIAM PICO POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO AS IT TO AT LEAST DELETE THE NAME WILLIAM PACA. AND REQUESTED. THE SUPERINTENDENT POSTED ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE SCHOOL WILL BE RENAMED WITHIN THAT THE POLICY PARAMETERS AND PROCEDURES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED. I'M NOT GO ON TO THE CHANGE OF NAME FOR JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. CERTAINLY. MM BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT JOHN ARCHER, BECAUSE I AM VERY INTERESTED. HEARING THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND APOLOGIZED TO THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY. JOHN ARCHER HEARD THE COMMENTS THIS EVENING. I DON'T WAIVER FROM MY BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS AS I RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE BOARD REPORT, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THIS THE WAY YOU DID. I AM. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY PART I MAY HAVE PLAYED IN LETTING THAT COMMUNICATION NOT GET TO YOU AND HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE MANNER BECAUSE WE KNOW I THINK VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY. AND THE CONNECTION. BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL I MEAN, I DON'T CONNECTED TO THE PERSON WHO WAS JOHN ARCHER. I CONNECTED TO A BUILDING. THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING PLACES I'VE EVER SEEN IN TERMS OF TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN. AND IT IS A PLACE TO GO TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN FOR KIDS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO WORK FOR KIDS, AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT AND SO, TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU DIDN'T GET THE RESPECT YOU DESERVED AND GOING INTO THIS PROCESS, I TRULY APOLOGIZE. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT BEFORE WE KEEP GOING IT IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL. HOWEVER I WOULD AND I THINK THERE IS TIME TO DISCUSS. I MEAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS, NOT THE END OF ONE. AND SO I LIKE SO IF WE CAN MOVE BACK TO THE PROCESS THAT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT JOHN ARCHER WAS AS I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY THIS EVENING. UM OPENED IN 1971, AND IT WAS NAMED AFTER DR JOHN ARCHER, WHO WAS A HARFORD COUNTY NATIVE. THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED ON THOMAS RUN ROAD. I THINK ALMOST EVERYBODY HERE PROBABLY KNOWS WHERE IT IS. TOM. DR ARCHER WAS BORN IN CHURCHVILLE IN 17 41 AND DIED IN 18 10, HE PRACTICED MEDICINE WAS A FOREMOST AND WELL KNOWN POSITION IN THE AREA.

ACCORDING TO SOURCES. HE ALSO WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN NORTH AMERICA.

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HE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. AND AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS , DR ARCHER WAS ALSO KNOWN URBAN SLAVE PERSONS. FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT I MENTIONED WITH REGARD TO WILLIAM PACA SUPERINTENDENT BELIEVES AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BELIEVES THAT MAINTAINING THE NAME OF AN OWNER OF ENSLAVED PERSONS AS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF HARVARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE BOARDS AND MISSION STATEMENT. REGARDING. SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENTS AND HONORS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE EQUITY EDUCATIONAL EQUITY POLICY, WHICH MENTIONS. SCHOOLS SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE EQUITABLE, FAIR, SAFE, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE, AND THEN THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOL'S POLICY, WHICH STATES THAT NAMING OF A SCHOOL FOR A PERSON. MM OR A NAME FOR THAT MATTER THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE OR IN CONFLICT WITH THE BOARD'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION IS PROHIBITED. SO AGAIN, WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF DR JOHN ARCHER, FROM 18TH CENTURY AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY HARVARD COUNTY. HIS OWNERSHIP OF ENSLAVED PERSONS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE BOARD'S MISSION. THE EQUITY POLICY AND THE BOARDS. TRAGIC PLAN. I WOULD NOTICE DR BOLSON MENTIONED THAT , UM WILLIAM PECKER WAS KNOWN STATEWIDE. AND PROBABLY NATIONALLY IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, DURING COLONIAL PERIOD IN THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, DR ARCHER WAS PRETTY MUCH KNOWN IN THE HARVARD COUNTY AREA AND NOT A STATEWIDE FIGURE. SAME PROCESS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH RESPECT TO THE WINNIPEG OPENS ROAD SCHOOL WOULD BE FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO THE RENAMING OF JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. SO WE WOULD AGAIN ASK THAT THE SUPER INTENSE RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH AT THE ON PAGE THREE OF YOUR BOARD REPORT BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR STANTON. FOR FURTHER CUMMINGS. VICE PRESIDENT, NEW YORK BOTH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. LATER TO THIS ISSUE. ALREADY REMINDED US TWICE. I BELIEVE OF OUR POLICY AND THE FIRST POWERS AGREED. HERBAL SAFE. THEY'RE INTROVERTS EMPIRE. AND SO, AS WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS IS YOU. THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS NO. WHEN WE BECAME AWARE THAT WHEN HE CUT AND THEN CHARGE ARCHER WERE OWNERS OF ENSLAVED AMERICANS MY FIRST QUESTION TO MYSELF, WHY DIDN'T OUR IN HARTFORD COUNTY FOR HERE. WHY WHY DON'T GO. WHY DON'T THE STAFF INSIDE? ACTUALLY, THAT THEY DID IT, BUT THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO MYSELF. SO YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. HEARING PEOPLE COME BOARD AND HAVING YOU ASKING OURSELVES LOTS OF. THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, HONORING THESE INDIVIDUALS CONSISTENT WITH OUR. WE'VE ASKED OURSELVES PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN THE OWNING OF HUMANS. LAST OURSELVES IS THIS. AND SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMP OUT TO US IN OUR POLICY. IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OURSELVES.

WE'RE ALWAYS REFLECTING ON WHAT WE DO, HOW WE CAN THAT INCLUDES MODIFYING THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT WE HAVE A REAL EFFORT. AND. TO BE CONTINUOUSLY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE AND CHANGES WHERE FROM WE LEFT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.

WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP. THERE WAS A PETITION AS MR SPICER MENTIONED. I READ THAT PETITION AND SEVERAL OTHERS ABOUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR NAMES. KIND OF THE UNIVERSITY WAS DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. WANTING TO REMOVE HIS NAME FROM ONE OF THEIR RESIDENTS HALLS AND I THINK THEY MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE LIBRARY CHANGE AND ULTIMATE CHANGE. THAT IS WELL, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HOUSE AND SAID WAS WAITING PACKAGES DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES.

LINE WITH OUR AND SO WE DID SOME THE SPICES. MINDS THAT ARE. AREN'T YOU ALSO A PERSON WHO OWNED ENSLAVED AMERICANS, AND SO YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST THINK ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME OF

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AND DIDN'T REALIZE. UM A LOT OF THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION. I KNEW WILLIAM PACA. AS A SIGNER.

OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND NEVER REALIZED. THAT HE OWNED SLAVES.

I HAD REALLY? NO KNOWLEDGE OF DR ARCHER. AT ALL. AND. I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HAVING LIVED HERE. FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BUT I THINK THAT, UM. CHANGING THE NAMES OF THE SCHOOLS AND MOVING FORWARD BEING SURE. THAT WE PRACTICE. WHAT WE BELIEVE. IN NAMING FUTURE SCHOOLS. IS REALLY IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GETM EMBARRASSED TO ALSO ADMIT THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOHN ARCHER LIKE GREW UP HERE. UM I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS, ARE WE DO WE KNOW THAT'S IT LIKE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. OKAY, THAT'S ALL. FAMILY QUESTION. ALREADY. DR BAUER. AND QUESTION. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR ROBINSON. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. QUESTION, BUT TO COMMENT. WITH WHEN I LISTENED TO WHEN I HEAR PAPERS FROM ON THIS BOARD AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY. TALKED ABOUT UH OH. BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW. OF THE HISTORY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW. AND I AND I AND I HEAR OTHER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITIES TALK ABOUT NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY. AND I'M I'M WE HAD A STUDENT. ONE OF A YOUNG MAN FROM JOPPATOWNE. SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IT WRONG, HE SAID. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THE NAME ALTOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I WANT THAT TO BE AND I'M PARAPHRASING. I WANTED TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM. TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM AND I THINK ABOUN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW DO WE HOW DO WE NOT? HOW DO WE MAKE THE CASE FOR NOT TEACHING? IN LIGHT OF THE FACT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW. THAT WE OUGHT TO KNOW. HOW DO WE MAKE THE CASE FOR THAT? BUT NOT BUT NOT FINDING OUT WE'RE NOT LEARNING ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND SO, WOW, I SUPPORT UM. I SUPPORT THE RENAMING OF THE SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE THAT THAT WE THAT DOING SO WE ARE WE'RE TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT RENAMING THE

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I THINK THAT IF WE JUST RENAMED THE SCHOOL RENAME THOSE SCHOOLS WE WE'VE LOST SOMETHING. WE MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE THAT THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO KNOW ABOUT HIS YOU KNOW WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO. WE WANT THEM TO LEARN SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUR ILLUSTRATED THAT WE NEED TO UM, WE NEED TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LIKE THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY COUNTRY. THANK YOU, SIR. DR HAROLD. THANK YOU, RACHEL. UM, NOTHING. JANSEN HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN HERE. GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO. TO SUPPORT THIS SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION. THE ONLY THING THAT I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOLS. ARE NAMED AND MORE NAMED BY DESIGN. TO ENSHRINE INTO HONOR. CHARACTER AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. OF GREAT PEOPLE, RIGHT? UM AND I AM PROUD. UM THAT THE NAMES OF THESE TWO SCHOOLS. WILL BE CHANGED. BY DESIGN. TO REFLECT THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD NOW. UM AND CERTAINLY AH HOPE THAT MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM. WE'LL HOLD THOSE SAME VALUES AS WE PROGRESS TOWARDS EQUITY. UM AND DEMONSTRATING THAT WE HOLD VALUABLE. ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM. DON'T AH, LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, MR CARTY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.

GAUTIER. UM I DO APPRECIATE WHAT DR BOLTON SAID INITIALLY AND UM , REALLY APPRECIATE HIS ACKNOWLEDGING THE WAY THAT COMMUNICATION WAS DELIVERED TO THE JOHN ARCHER STAFF, AND I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT MOVING FORWARD. I THINK WHAT OUR MOST ESTEEMED PAST PRESIDENT JENSEN ROBINSON MENTIONS ABOUT A TEACHABLE MOMENT IS CRITICAL. AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THAT EVERY SCHOOL IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE NAMES WERE CHANGED AND WHY THEY WERE CHANGED BECAUSE CHANGING THE NAMES DOESN'T ERASE THE HISTORY. AND THE HISTORY SHOULDN'T BE REWRITTEN. IT SHOULDN'T BE ERASED, BUT IT SHOULD BE EXPLAINED, SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT THESE CHANGES AND WHY THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. UM AND I APPRECIATE HIS COMMENTS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR PHILLIPS. THE. WILLIAM PICKLE OLD POST ROAD ISSUE HAS BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR OVER A YEAR. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM. AND I THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONG ALL OF US. PROBABLY THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN ON. AND PROBABLY SHOULD BE MOVED FORWARD. UM I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THIS PART OF THE O TO THE FOLKS AT JOHN ARCHER, WHO HAD THIS SPRUNG ON THEM. JUST SO RECENTLY THAT THEY JUST NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO ABSORB IT. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REBUILDING THAT SCHOOL SHORTLY. I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LADIES MADE THE COMMENT. OF MAYBE DOVETAILING ANY NAME CHANGE TO A BRAND NEW BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, SINCE IT'S NOT THAT I THINK WILLIAM PECK WAS GOING TO BE REDESIGNED, BUT I SPOKE TO DR PAULSON LAST WEEK. SOMETHING LIKE 2028. AND I THINK

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IT IS NOT THE END. UM WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF 60 DAYS AND THEN WHENEVER THE BOARD MEETING NEXT BOARD MEETING AFTER THAT IS I WOULD RATHER THAT WE DELAY THIS DECISION. THEN IF WE THINK WE NEED TO, RATHER THAN NOW, SO SINCE THIS IS JUST KICKING OFF THE PROCESS, I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT FOR BOTH SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT? ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I SAY MY PART. ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE ACTUALLY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. UM I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF CHANGING THE NAMES. HOWEVER, I DO. I JUST NEED TO SAY THIS, JOHN AREN'T YOUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT PLACE. IT IS MY FAVORITE. I KNOW. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FAVORITES. I LOVE IT THERE. AND NO NAME CHANGE IS GOING TO CHANGE THE LOVE THAT THOSE KIDS FEEL FOR YOU ALL YOU DO AMAZING WORK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU, PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID. WHAT IS THE PROCESS BEFORE WE EVEN VOTE ON IT? WHAT IS THE PROCESS GOING TO BE? HOW ARE YOU ENVISIONING THIS? MOVING FORWARD. WE BUILD ON IT. WE SAY YES. ASSUMING WE DO. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE VERY

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AT THE POINT THAT YOU AS A BOARD. DECIDE ON A NEW NAME, BUT THAT JOHN ARCHER NAME WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL A NEW NAME CAME INTO WAS VOTED IN. SAYING WITH WILLIAM PIG. AND THAT IS AT A MINIMUM. 60 DAYS AWAY. RIGHT IT'S THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AFTER THE 60 DAY PERIOD FOR COMMENT. SO WE GET SOME COMMENT. ARE WE PLANNING ON HAVING FOCUS? PLANNING ON GOING TO THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AND MEETING WITH PTS AND TALKING TO STUDENTS AND TALKING TO PARENTS AND TALKING TO STAFF. THAT PART OF THE PLAN. NOTHING. I'M AWARE. THAT WOULD BE UP THAT WOULD NOT BE UP TO MAKE OKAY. DR WILSON WILL PUT YOU ON THE HOT SEAT, THEN CAN THAT BE PART OF THE PLAN? WE CAN LOOK OTHER DATA GATHERING METHODS. LIST OR THROUGH WHAT DO WORKING BEST. I MEAN, WE JUST DID. THE NAMING PROCESS WAS FINE GREEK. OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS LESS EMOTIONAL, LESS EMOTIONAL. SO THERE IS ROOM FOR I MEAN, A MINIMUM SURVEY. TROOPS. WE CAN MANAGE THAT. AND SO IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO MAKE THIS A MORE INTERACTIVE PROCESS. SO WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT. BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC INTERESTS, YOU KNOW WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE PERHAPS DR STANTON COULD. I KNOW AS A BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD GLADLY GO TO THE SCHOOLS WITH YOU. AND SUPPORT.

WHAT WE ARE. PROPOSING. AND PROVIDE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. ABSOLUTELY. PEOPLE WHO MY. LIKEF I MAY? ABSOLUTELY DO YOU WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IF YOU ACCEPT SUPER INTENSE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT THAT EVENTUALLY, 60 DAYS PLUS THE NAME JOHN ARCHER. AND THE NAME OF WILLIAM PICKER WILL WELL, NO LONGER BE THE NAMES OF THOSE SCHOOLS. ONCE YOU ADOPT THE NEW NAME CORRECT, BUT LET ME HAVE TO CHOOSE, I WOULD SAY, LET'S SAY IN IN 60 DAYS, WE STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED. WE STILL HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT COMING IN.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO DECIDE. IN 60 DAYS WE COULD PUT IT OFF ANOTHER 30 AND TAKE THREE MONTHS. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. YES. OKAY, SO IT MINIMUM OF 60 DAYS. MAXIMUM IS AT OUR DISCRETION. YES, OKAY. JUST CAN'T DO IT ANY SUITABLE 60 DAYS, NOT A PROBLEM. NONE OF US REALLY READY TO JUMP OFF THAT CLIFF 60 DAYS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR COMMUNITY AND TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THE OPPORTUNITY. TWO. BE FACE TO FACE AND ASK QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS EXPRESSED FEELINGS FROM ALL ABOUT THAT QUESTION. SURE. ONCE A MOTION IS MADE, CAN WE DO SO? SO THAT SEE JOHN ARCHER NAME WOULD BE DOVETAILED TO THE NEW BUILDING.

TO SAY THAT THAT'S A WAYS OUT TWO YEARS THREE. MILLION YEARS. AT LEAST SCHOOL. I MEAN, THE CURRENT SCHEDULES OF SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2026. MM MM. WE ALSO WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE NAMING OF THE SCHOOLS ATTACHED TO, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT ONE NAME TWO NAMES.

WE STILL HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT AS WELL. BUT AT LEAST MY POSITION WOULD BE THAT FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO SUSTAIN THIS NAME. AND, UM BUT UM AND SD WAKEFIELD. TWO YEARS AFTER THAT , ALL 26. WE OPENED THE SCHOOL AT THE SIDE OF CAMPUS HILLS, WHICH IS THE NEW BUILDING. WE APPROVED ALONG WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL. AND THEN IN 2028 WOULD BE WE EXPECT THE REBUILT WE IMPACT ALL THOSE ROAD TO COME ONLINE WITH ITS NEW NAME. SO WITHIN THE NEXT. SOON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A NAME FOR WHATEVER WE ULTIMATELY CALL THE CAMPUS HILLSIDE AND WHAT THE

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A FIRST IN THE SECOND. THIS RAIL. OH, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS. DR BAUER. YES. DR HAROLD YES. MS KARWACKI? YES. MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. YES. THIS RECORDING. YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. MISS HOLCOMB? YES. VICE PRESIDENT REALER YES. PRESIDENT GLORIA. ABSOLUTELY SUSPICION PASS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR ITEM ON

[F. Decision on Change of Name for John Archer School , Patrick P. Spicer, Esq.]

DR BAUER. YES. AFTER HAROLD YES. MS KARWACKI? YES. MISS KELLY. YES. FOR PHILLIPS? YES. MS RICCARDI. YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. LET'S HOPE COME, YES. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES.

PRESIDENT GAUTIER. YES, THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU, MR SPICER AND DR STANTON. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LOTS OF ENERGY THAT WENT INTO THAT. CERTAINLY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON ALONG. NEXT UP, MR RICHARDSON. AND HOLD ON MISS HAGEN AND MISS

[G. Presentation on Recruitment and Retention , Mr. Ben Richardson, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Ms.Shannon Hagan, Supervisor of Staff Management, Ms. Sherron Foster-Moore, Diversity Retention & RecruitmentSpecialist, Ms. Alissa Thomas, Teacher Specialist Academy of Maryland 2020- 2021 Board Report]

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AS AN IMPORT STATE. THAT MEANS THAT WE MUST FILL THE REMAINING TEACHER NEEDS BY RECRUITING AND BRINGING CANDIDATES IN FROM NEIGHBORING STATES AS WELL AS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

REGRETFULLY THIS SURROUNDING STATES ARE ALSO SEEING SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THESE MAJOR CHALLENGES EXIST, OUR TEAM HAS A MISSION TO IT TO FULFILL AND CONTINUE AND WE CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR POSITIONS CONTINUE TO BE FILLED WITH HIGH QUALITY CANDIDATES FOR THE STUDENTS OF HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUED TO MAKE GAINS IN THE AREA OF DIVERSITY, HIRING THE PAST FEW YEARS WE RANK WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THIS OBJECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR WORKFORCE REFLECTS THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. OUR SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER IN EACH OF OUR CLASSROOMS. THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY THIS OBJECTIVE REMAINS A TARGET AND FOCUS FOR OUR TEAM. I WILL NOT PASS THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MISS HAGEN, WHO WILL SHARE OUT SOME SOME KEY DATA POINTS FOR THIS PAST REPORTING YEAR IN RELATION TO OUR OBJECTIVES. TWO OF OUR STAFFING FOR THE PAST REPORTING PERIOD AND RELATION TO OUR GOALS. IN TOTAL, WE HIRED 623 STAFF 321 OF THOSE BEING TEACHERS. IN REGARDS TO OUR GOAL OF HIRING A DIVERSE STAFF. 102 OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE PERSONS OF COLOR 45 TEACHERS, 57 OTHER SUPPORT STAFF. AND WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH THREE TEACHER VACANCIES TO BEING IN A CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREA. IF YOU COMPARE THIS DATA TO THE MSD REPORT THAT WAS PUT OUT IN REGARDS TO VACANCIES. YOU WILL SEE THIS AS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THEY HAD US LOOK AT DATA DIFFERENTLY AS THEY HAD US. REPORT ANYONE WITH A CONDITIONAL TEACHING CERTIFICATE. THOSE ARE TEACHERS GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATE WHILE THEY'RE TEACHING THOSE ON AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATES THAT WERE ISSUED DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT GAVE TEACHERS A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS. AS WELL AS ANY CERTIFICATIONS THAT WERE PENDING THAT WE WERE WORKING ON VERIFYING THEY HAD US REPORT THOSE AS VACANCIES AS WELL. WE LOOKED AT OUR TEACHER VACANCIES AS THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT DID NOT HAVE A PERMANENT TEACHER IN PLACE IN FRONT OF THEM FOR THE FIRST ACTUAL DAY. IN REGARDS TO OUR CRITICAL SHORTAGE VACANCIES . YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE REALLY PUT A FOCUS ON GETTING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS TREND DATA. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO. AND IN A FEW SIDES WILL SHARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE HAVE. IN REGARDS TO OUR DIVERSITY AND OUR NEW TEACHER HIRES LOOKING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. OVERALL WE'VE HAD A 17% INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS THAT WE'VE HIRED. SO WE'VE GONE FROM 274 UP TO 321 SO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVERALL,

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BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO RETAIN OUR GROWTH, SO SHE'S PUTTING A FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.

I FEEL PROUD TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP OR SIT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHARE THIS DATA, AND I'M PROUD OF A VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM AND THE EFFORTS THAT THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH TO STAFF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FACES THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS IS OUR STAFF. THESE ARE STAFFING SPECIALISTS AS WELL AS OUR SUPPORT SPECIALIST, UM, THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES, HELPING REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS DOING THE RECRUITMENT DOING THE HIRING, AND WE LOVE OUR TEAM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THEM TO YOU AS WELL. WHERE IT ALL STARTS . RECRUITMENT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR RECRUITMENT SEASON NOW, BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD A FULL VIRTUAL RECRUITMENT SEASON. WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND 59 VIRTUAL EVENTS REACHING NATIONAL AUDIENCE AS WELL AS REGIONAL EVENTS. EIGHT OF THESE EVENTS WERE SPONSORED BY HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OR BY A DIVERSITY OVER SO DIVERSITY CENTER AT EVENTS. WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT VIRTUAL RECRUITMENT. IT SOUNDS APPEALING AT FIRST, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO GEORGIA. YOU CAN GO TO TEXAS, CALIFORNIA ALL FROM YOUR SEAT, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS PROVED TO BE FRUITFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS ATTRACT PEOPLE TO YOUR BOOTH. NOT A WAY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AHEAD OF TIME. YOU CAN EMAIL THEM. BUT ALL THE OTHER COLLEGES ARE SPAMMING THESE PEOPLE BY EMAIL TO WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF IN PERSON EVENT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT YOU. SO WE DO PREFER THE PERSON RECRUITMENT. BUT OF COURSE WE WERE LIMITED. OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE USE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT OUR STAFF AS VIDEO INTERVIEWING WHERE WE SEND A LINK, AND THEY COMPLETE THEIR VIDEO INTERVIEW OR EVEN VIDEO OR EVEN 12 WAY INTERVIEWS USING MICROSOFT TEAMS. WE ALSO HAD A VIRTUAL JOB FAIR OURSELVES CALLED THE HCPS EXPO. WE DID SMALL GROUP PRESENTATIONS OVER MICROSOFT TEAMS AS WELL AS CONTINUED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH. SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE DID USE IN ORDER TO GET OUR VACANCIES DOWN TO WHERE THEY WERE. WE UTILIZED ALL CANDIDATES , SOURCES AND RECRUITMENT TERMS. WE CALL THAT SOURCING. WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR SUBSTITUTE POLES AND SEEING OKAY, WHO CAN BE A TEACHER OUT OF HERE OR WE HAD A RETIRED TEACHER, OR WE HAD SUBSTITUTES WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR WE HAD AN EXTRA AN OVERFLOW OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND WE'VE REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO TEACH SPECIAL AD AND IT PROVED TO BE VERY FRUITFUL? WE ALSO PROMOTED THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE BY H. HCPS AND THE CULTURE OF HCPS. PEOPLE LOVE HEARING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM . WE LIKE TO SAY ON THE RECRUITMENT TRAIL THAT IT'S PERFECT SIZE HERE IN HCPS. WE OFFER A LOT OF DIVERSITY AND LOCATION AND STAFF. AND STUDENTS , BUT WE'RE NOT SO LARGE THAT WE CAN'T STAY CONNECTED. THEY'D LIKE THAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE THAT WE GO AND SELL ON THE RECRUITMENT TRAIL. WE ALSO ARE QUICK ON OUR HIRING PRACTICE TO REDUCE THOSE VACANT, THE VACANCY DURATIONS WERE REACHING OUT THE CANDIDATES ANY TIME ON THE WEEKEND AT NIGHT JUST TO GET TO THEM BEFORE OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS CAN WE ALSO ALSO OFFER OPEN CONTRACTS THAT GUARANTEE A CANDIDATE A POSITION WITH US AND THEN WE WORKED LATER WITH THAT CANDIDATE TO FIND A GOOD MATCH FOR THEM. WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER. SO IN THE PAST, WE HAD 47 COMING UP TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD 81 ALREADY TO GO WHEN SCHOOLS WERE READY TO HIRE THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE FROM THAT HAVE ALREADY AGREED THAT THEY WANTED TO BE PART OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE ALSO OFFER CONDITIONAL CONTRACTS I'M LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE TEACHERS SIGN ON, AND WE HELPED THEM GET CERTIFIED WHILE THEY'RE TEACHING. DURING THE SHORTAGE, WE HAVE HAD TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONDITIONAL CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE, BUT IT DOES DO A GOOD THING FOR US. WE ARE NOT SEEING AS MANY TEACHERS OF COLOR COME OUT OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GROW OUR OWN AS YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR CONDITIONAL TEACHERS ARE TEACHERS OF COLOR. AS WELL AS ACTING ASSIGNMENTS WHERE WE ARE PUTTING SUPPORT STAFF WITH DEGREES IN TEACHING VACANCIES JUST FOR SHORT TERM UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THAT VACANCY. RETAINING THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IS THE NUMBER ONE STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE, ACCORDING TO FRONTLINE EDUCATION SURVEY 69% OF DISTRICTS WITHOUT TEACHER SHORTAGES REPORTED HAVING HIGH OR VERY HIGH RETENTION RATES. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE OVERALL RETENTION RATE FOR THIS PAST REPORTING PERIOD WAS 94.8% FOR

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SCHOOLS WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON A SET OF CRITERIA. THAT WE LOOKED AT TURNOVER DATA FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF CONDITIONAL TEACHERS THAT THEY HAD STAFFING DIFFICULTIES WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. AND VACANCIES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AMONGST OTHER THINGS, AND HAVE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THESE SCHOOLS. THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS SPECIALISTS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE EVEN MORE PROACTIVE WITH THEIR HIRING TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES EARLY ON REDUCED CLASS SIZE, AS WELL AS RETENTION SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT PUT THEM IN THE CATEGORY OF A PRIORITY SCHOOL. WE'VE ALSO ENHANCED OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM TO GET MORE PROGRAMS THEY GET MORE PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO ENCOURAGE OUR SUPPORT STAFF. TO BECOME TEACHERS. I'M CURRENTLY THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT RATE OF A TEACHER AS WELL AS KEEP THEIR BENEFITS.

BUT THIS YEAR, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PAID INTERNSHIP. SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO LEAVE EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO DO THEIR INTERNSHIP, WHICH WAS ALSO OFTEN A DETERRENT BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. AS OF NOW, LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE WE HAVE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS OUR OPEN CONTRACTS AS OF 37, WHICH I GUESS WAS LAST WEEK. WE ALREADY HAVE 54 CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SIGNED ON TO TEACH WITH US FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. NOT EVEN KNOWING THEIR LOCATION. THEY JUST KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO BE WITH US, AND WE'LL WORK TO FIND THEIR FIT. MANY OF THOSE ARE OUR INTERNS WHERE WE ARE GROWING THEM RIGHT HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND, WHICH ELISA WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE. GOOD EVENING. THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND IS A FOUR YEAR MSD CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN EDUCATION. THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND. PLUS IS AN EARLY COLLEGE NORTH STAR INITIATIVE, STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE COURSEWORK TO RECEIVE TAM COMPLETION AND ASSOCIATES OF ARTS AND TEACHING FROM HARVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE FOUR COURSES THE STUDENTS TAKE IN THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND ARE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, TEACHING AS A PROFESSION, FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND INTERNSHIP. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. 19 2020 20, THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND BECAME THE FIRST WE EXCUSE ME. WE BEGAN THE FIRST COHORT AT HARVARD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HIRED A TEACHER SPECIALIST TO OVERSEE THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND. AT THAT TIME, OUR ENROLLMENT IN THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND WAS 17 STUDENTS, THREE OF WHICH WERE STUDENTS OF COLOR. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. 2020 2021. WE ADDED THE SECOND COHORT AT HARVARD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SITE AND THE FIRST COHORT AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THIS EDITION AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT TRIPLE

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DURING THAT TIME 28 STUDENTS WHO ARE SENIORS WILL BE INTERNING IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH A MASTER TEACHER FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THE FIRST TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARILYN GRADUATING CLASS, WHICH IS MADE UP OF A TOTAL OF 28 STUDENTS WHO WILL GRADUATE FROM EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND HARVARD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. THIS YEAR. I HAD 17 72 STUDENTS WHO APPLIED TO THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND. I WAS ABLE TO OFFER 72 SEATS FOR NEXT YEAR. OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IS 179 STUDENTS. 59 STUDENTS OF COLOR. IF I COULD.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY OFFER MY PERSONAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE.

DOCTOR BOLSON, MS SARAH SACKS. NORTHSTAR MR. ROB LIMPERT, SUPERVISOR MAGNET AND CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. DR SUSAN BROWN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. MR CAR, MR. O'BRIEN DR MAC AND MR VILLARREAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS PRINCIPAL KILO MACK AND PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL JIM REYNOLDS. WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS , IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THE GREAT STRIDES THAT WE'VE MADE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS ONGOING SUPPORT WILL ALLOW US TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY IN FUTURE YEARS.

THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE ARE THE STUDENTS OF THE TEACHER ACADEMY OF MARYLAND AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. CR EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TAM STUDENTS ON THE SCREEN THIS EVENING IMAGES LIKE THIS, THAT REALLY REMIND US ALL OF WHY WE DO WHAT ELSON MANDELA ONCE SAID, OUR CHILDREN ARE THE ROCK ON WHICH OUR FUTURE WILL BE BUILT OUR GREATEST ASSET AS A NATION. STUDENTS ON THE SCREEN AND ALL STUDENTS IN HARTFORD COUNTY. PROBABLY SCHOOLS ARE INDEED OUR FUTURE AND MUST CONTINUE TO BE OUR BEACON OF LIGHT MOVING FORWARD. THE STUDENTS OF PS WILL REMAIN OUR FOCUS IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND WILL DRIVE US TO DO WHAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR WORK AS IT RELATES TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF A HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE WITH OR WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF A TEACHER SHORTAGE OR, REGARDLESS OF A PANDEMIC. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM IS COMMITTED TO THE WORK AHEAD. AND ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WERE. THE BOARD MAY HAVE ARE ALREADY WELL. FIRST OF ALL, DR. BOLSON HAS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SAY. YES THE FIRST THANK YOU ALL. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING BOARD. I DON'T THINK THIS GROUP BEFORE YOU COULD WORK ANY HARDER. THAT BEING SAID. I SUSPECT THEY STILL WILL, BECAUSE THEY THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO.

THEY'VE DONE AMAZING WORK. AND DESPITE THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS TEACHER SHORTAGES AMONG THE THINGS I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS. THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION BECAUSE, AS YOU HEARD OUR STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM DOES NOT PRODUCE ANYWHERE NEAR THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WE NEED. RECENTLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SUPERINTENDENT FROM PENNSYLVANIA. WHO REVEALED TO ME AND YOU HEARD MR RICHARDSON SAY THAT WE IMPORTANT TEACHERS FROM OTHER STATES, PENNSYLVANIA, PROBABLY BEING THE LARGEST. WHAT I HEARD, AND THAT MEETING WAS SO CONCERNING BECAUSE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA HAD JUST CONSOLIDATED SIX OF ITS TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS INTO TWO SITES. SO WHERE WE'VE BEEN RECRUITING FROM THEM NEEDING MORE TEACHERS. THEY'RE SHRINKING ALSO AT THE SAME RATE. THAT OUR STATE IS AND SO THIS IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING AND YOU DID SEE YOU KNOW AN INCREASED RELIANCE ON. THAT CONDITIONAL TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT FULLY CERTIFIED, AND YOU SEE SO MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS AND HELPING THEM BECOME SUCCESSFUL. CONNECTED TO THIS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE AMAZING DEAN OF THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, DR LESLIE FENWICK. AND SHE CONFIRMED SOMETHING FOR ME THAT I SUSPECTED FOR YEARS, WHICH IS THEIR GRADUATES. BY AND LARGE, VERY MISSION FOCUSED. AND.

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THEY GO TO PHILADELPHIA. THEY DON'T LOOK AT DISTRICTS LIKE OURS BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE SAME MISSION THAT THEY'VE SET THEMSELVES ON. WHICH IS WHY THE WORK HAPPENING, PARTICULARLY AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZINGLY DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS IN OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM THERE. UM, THAT WILL BE THE ANSWER THAT HELPS US ACTUALLY CHANGED THE DIRECTION.

OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR TEACHING STAFF. BECAUSE WHILE IT'S HARD TO IMPORT DIVERSE EDUCATORS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OUR STUDENTS WHO GREW UP HERE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THAT PROGRAM. WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL HARFORD COUNTY TO THEM. THEY ALREADY LOVE AND CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S THE ANSWER. THAT'S THE VISION WE'VE HAD. THE FOCUS SITTING BEFORE ME. NO. I HAVE A TARGET THAT WE ARE GRADUATING 100. THAT WE'RE HIRING EVERY YEAR AT LEAST 100 TEACHERS THAT WE'VE GRADUATED. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE HAS BEEN AMAZING. BUT THAT IS THAT IS THE TARGET THAT EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT. UM AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE WILL GET THERE. I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU. I SAID, I'M COMING BACK TO YOU FOR PRESENTATION ON SAFETY THAT'S COMING IN A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT I ALSO NEED I NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ACCELERATE. THE THIS PIPELINE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. YOU NEED TO GROW MORE INTERNALLY BECAUSE I THINK THE PRESSURES OF THE SHORTAGE THE PRESSURES OF THE GREAT RESIGNATION. ARE BEING FELT AND IF WE ARE NOT AHEAD OF THIS, SO WE DO HAVE THE MARYLAND LEADS CREATE. YOU HEARD THAT REFERENCE TONIGHT WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR EVERY PENNY WE CAN POSSIBLY APPLY FOR UNDERWEAR IN LEEDS PIPELINE IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN APPLY FOR, SO WE WILL BE WILL WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING AND BOARD. THIS IS THIS IS YOUR WORK. THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WE PUT FORWARD THIS YEAR. FOCUSED PARTICULARLY ON SALARY. I SUSPECT. OUR COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN HARFORD COUNTY WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE COST OF LIVING INCREASE OFFERED TO TEACHERS IN THE STATE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A DISTRICT THAT WILL BRING A MORE GENEROUS PACKAGE TO THE TABLE. NOW THAT TYPE OF BUDGET MEANS WE'RE NOT HIRING AS MANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AS WE'D LIKE TO DO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT. BUT IN TERMS OF RETAINING AND ATTRACTING NEW TEACHERS, I DO BELIEVE KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION AND HAVING THAT REALLY STRONG COST OF LIVING INCREASE. IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL BOARD. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT FORWARD AS A REQUEST AND FOR SUPPORTING THAT THROUGHOUT SO THINK WE'VE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION THERE. I THINK THE TEAM FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE NOW I'LL GET OFF STAGE AND LET'S ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

GREAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. QUESTIONS THAT I'M HAPPY WITH THAT OTHER PEOPLE GO FIRST. MS KARWACKI. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT AS USUAL. YOUR PRESENTATION. WAS VERY THOROUGH.

VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY WELL PRESENTED. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS THAT YOU MAKE ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS. TO BE SURE. THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE HIGHLY QUALIFIED BUT HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. MISS KELLY. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT. I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND LOTS OF TRAVEL. AND I MEAN THE DATA. I MEAN, THE DATA. IT'S AMAZING. SO UM, THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TAM PROGRAM. SO YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO GROW MORE. WOULD THAT MEAN EXPANDING TO OTHER SCHOOL SITES OR WHAT IS THAT GROWTH MEANS? I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS OFF THE TABLE. I THINK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WE ARE VERY YOUNG . THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR, SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING AS WE GO. I THINK THAT THE MORE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THE MORE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HOUSE THEM. UM AND THE MORE WORK WE NEED TO DO SO MY GOAL WAS TO MOVE THAT 17 STUDENTS. TO OVER 100. THAT'S HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY. SO I THINK WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT HELPING ME AND IT HAD SUPPORTING ME. UM AND THE PRINCIPLES AS WELL. SO AND I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT ANSWER WOULD SO A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT. WE HAD TO PRETTY ACTIVE FUTURE TEACHERS CLUBS. ONE WAS THAT EDWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE OTHER ONES IN NORTH HARVARD MIDDLE AND STRATEGICALLY , IT MADE A LOT MORE SENSE

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GOOD CHARMING. I WANT TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT TO THAT. YOU WERE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON WITH TAM. BUT I BELIEVE IN ELISSA, CORRECT ME. IF I'M WRONG. WE KNOW IT STARTS MUCH YOUNGER THAN JUST HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT TO GET THE INTEREST GARNERED REALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO ED RISING USED TO BE A FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA. ED RISING IS THE PROGRAM NOW AND I BELIEVE OUR GOAL. IT'S CURRENTLY AND SEVERAL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT I BELIEVE MOVING FORWARD IS TO HAVE AN ED RISING PROGRAM IN A FLUENT ED RISING PROGRAM ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAVE THAT, IN ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WILL ONLY HELP CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CAMP PROGRAM. I ALSO THINK THAT AS STUDENTS AS OUR STUDENTS ARE INTERNING AND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT IT GIVES THOSE STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR TAM STUDENTS. AND IN TURN, I CAN SEE THAT TURNING INTO LIKE I WANT TO DO THAT WHEN I GET BIGGER, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND I'M UM, OVERSEEING ALL THE INTERNSHIP, SO I'LL BE THERE TO SEE THAT INTEREST TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS STUDENT, THIS STUDENTS, THIS STUDENT AND THIS STUDENT BECAUSE THE REALLY THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR IS TO MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND TO KEEP THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE KEEP THEM MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE ENCOURAGE THEM THROUGH THAT. I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DR BAUER. THANK YOU.

MHM. LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK HERE WE'RE DOING ON THIS. I SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH TANGENT QUESTION. SO THE PRESENTATION WAS FOCUSED ON TEACHERS. UM. POWER THINGS DOING FOR SOME OF THE OTHER SUPPORT STAFF IN TERMS OF VACANCY IS AND RECRUITMENT PARA EDUCATORS, INCLUSION HELPERS IN PARTICULAR. WHAT I CAN SHARE. DR BAUER IS IT RELATES TO REAL TIME DATA BELIEVE WE HAD SHARED IT. ROUGHLY 40 40 OR 41 TEACHERS HAD LEFT US BETWEEN THAT SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY TIME FRAME AS IT RELATES TO THE GREAT RESIGNATION . IF I RECALL, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA RIGHT IN FRONT ME, BUT I BELIEVE THE NUMBER AS IT RELATES TO SUPPORT STAFF MEETING ALL OF OUR OTHER NON CERTIFICATED POSITIONS. THAT NUMBER WAS ROUGHLY AROUND 70 DURING THAT SAME SAME TIME PERIOD. CERTAINLY SUPPORT STAFF AS IT RELATES TO PARIS BUS DRIVERS, JUST SUPPORT STAFF AND DRUNK GENERAL. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, UH, FILL ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE CONTINUED TO HAVE GAPS MISSING, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN ADDITION YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. KING ELSE, DR BARON. HOW DOES THAT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS? AS FAR AS HOW THAT NUMBER 70 COMPARES AS FAR AS THAT, SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY. TIMEFRAME DR BAUER YES, AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF SHORTAGES. AS FAR AS THAT COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. WE'VE NOT COMPARED THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL AND GET TO THE BOARD LATER THIS WEEK FOR REVIEW. THANK YOU. NO THEY'RE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON. THANK YOU. FIRST LET ME JUST COMMENT. UM. WHAT I'VE HEARD. WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT WAS A DATA DRIVEN. STRATEGY BOY DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIC PLAN. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HAVE. ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND WHAT WOULD MY TENURE HERE? WE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. WE JUST LET US GET

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NOT JUST THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THE COUNTY AT LARGE. AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY KIND ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR, HAROLD. I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS STRATEGY WITH US SHARING YOUR WORK WITH US. ARTICULATING THE PLAN AHEAD. AS WE ENDEAVOR TO, UM I GOTTA QUIT LEAVE. STAFF ARE SCHOOLS ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN. AT PRESENT. UP. AGAIN.

SENT. IT DIDN'T SAY FOR MOM. IN A SHARING WITH THE LARGEST THOUGHT. YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITY. CERTAINLY. OF SIX CHILDREN. AND, UM. MIGHT BECOME MORE OF OUR LARGER COMMUNITY, AND SO ALRIGHT, LET'S GO WITH JANSEN SHARED OBVIOUSLY, BY SHARE THOSE THINGS AND YET AGAIN . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LENGTH IS OUT FOR US. UM SO, BUT AWESOME. IN FACT, TODAY HAVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MR CARDI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. UM AND THANK YOU FOR

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WHERE I'M WORKING. BUT THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AWAY. THANKS FOR THE TRAVEL. THANKS FOR THE TIME AWAY FROM THE FAMILIES. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY BUSY SEASON. IT'S LIKE TAX SEASON FOR ACCOUNTANTS AND PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT ARE HIRING SEASON IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IN ONE OF THEM IS KIND OF SILLY, BUT DO WE PAY FOR FINGERPRINTING FOR PEOPLE LIKE IS THAT LIKE AN INCENTIVE WE HAVE LIKE WE PAY FOR THAT OURSELVES, RIGHT? WE DON'T ASK THEM FOR IT. SO HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT YEAR, OKAY, WE DID REQUIRE THAT CANDIDATES WOULD PAY FOR THEIR OWN FINGERPRINTING FEET. WE HAVE WAIVED THAT IT'S BEEN WAY FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR . IT WAS A BARRIER THAT WE FELT IT WAS JUST AN EASY ONE TO DO IF YOU WILL, SO THE SUPERINTENDENT . WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH AS WELL AS THE BUDGET TEAM. WE WERE DOING IT ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS AND THEN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. WE JUST MADE THE RECOMMENDATION. LET'S DO IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. UM AND SO YES, NO FINGER PRINTING FEED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, 80 $85 AND YOU KNOW FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT IS COST PROHIBITIVE. AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD MOVIE. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT HOW MANY POSITIONS WERE LOOKING TO HIRE? LIKE HOW MANY TEACHERS WERE LOOKING TO HIRE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR? I'VE LIVED TODAY. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO AS OF 37 WE HAD FOR YEAR END SEPARATIONS. WE HAVE 31 TEACHER RETIREMENTS AND 21 TEACHER RESIGNATIONS AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT WE'RE TALKING 100 PLUS. HISTORICALLY ON AVERAGE. I MEAN, YOU SAW LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT YEAR WE HIRED 321 TEACHERS DURING THAT REPORTING PERIOD. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TREND DATA OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD TYPICALLY HOVERS BETWEEN 202 120. WE'RE ROUGHLY AT ABOUT 100. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WOULDN'T DISSIPATE THAT THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP, HOPEFULLY NOT SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENT. AND WE ADDED STAFF LAST YEAR, SO I MEAN THERE WAS 321 PARTLY BECAUSE WE ADDED SOME NEW POSITIONS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE ADDED SOME CONCRETE PREVIOUS BUDGET. SO WE YOU KNOW WE HAD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT NUMBER WENT OVER. TRAINING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEY SUDDENLY. LET THESE FOLKS GO HOME THEN. ALRIGHT HEY, CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING? SURE WE'RE ALL RECRUITERS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW LISTENING IN OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL COMMUNITY WE ARE ALL RECRUITERS EACH AND EVERY DAY, SO, YOU KNOW YOU GUYS BY WORD OF MOUTH REALLY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN SEND MORE FOLKS ARE WAY. SO IF YOU COME ACROSS SOMEBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN SERVING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE US GIVE US A CALL FOR STUDENTS LIKE SEND HIM EMAILS GOING. HEY, WHAT I'M OUT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO

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