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          GOOI ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MEET YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALLED THE ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON APRIL 11TH 2022 AT 6 31. PM BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE HYBRID FASHION MISSES RALLO, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL. DR BAUER. DR BAUER. 
          HAROLD YOUR HAIR IS ABSENT. WACKY. PRESENT. MISS KELLY. EARLIEST ABSENCE. ACTOR PHILIP YOU'RE THIS RECORDING. PRESIDENT. MR ROBINSON. HERE. MISS HOLCOMB. PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT MILLER PRESENT. RESIDENT COURIER PRESENT. GUYS, DR BAUER ONE MORE TIME. PRESENT AND SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MILLER. THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS 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 GAUTIER WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS IN STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FROM OCEAN. 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 PATRICE THEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS CAROL I SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1ST AND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. NOT REALLY. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. STATES OF AMERICA. SORRY SORRY. SORRY MAKE ANY 
          [A. Board Member Comments]
MOVE. CAN'T MOVE FAST. ALRIGHTY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS MS KARWACKI, WE'RE GONNA START WITH YOU TONIGHT. WHY NOT? UM. THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY TONIGHT IS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD. TO THIS WEEK. BECAUSE. A PERSONAL CELEBRATION. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEK. WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND THANK YOU MOTHER NATURE FOR FINALLY BRINGING THE SUN. THAT'S DR BAUER. THANK YOU. UH, ONE QUICK COMMITTEE REPORT. AH, I ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST MEETING. 
          OF THE BLUEPRINT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. AND IT WENT 12, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY THERE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR RICCARDI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. I JUST WONDERED A SHOUT OUT TO THE SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED 2022 TEACHER OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS TOMORROW NIGHT, I HOPE EVERYBODY TUNES IN. WE HAVE FIVE FABULOUS CANDIDATES. IT'S TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH AT SEVEN PM AND, UM, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION. EVERY YEAR AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHO WILL BE ANNOUNCED, BUT EVERYBODY WAS NOMINATED. CERTAINLY A WINNER AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR ROBINSON. NO COMMENTS. ALRIGHT. I HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS HOLCOMB. I HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. NOTHING. WE'RE NOT ANNOUNCING THE NEW IS 
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THAT LATER, OKAY? NEVER MIND. OH, YOU COULD. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS. SHE DOES HAVE ENOUGH LEFT OFF THE PAULSON DO IT BECAUSE HE'S IN PERSON. OKAY, THERE'S SOMEBODY ALRIGHT? DR MUELLER. NO 
          [B. Public Comments]
COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, NONE FOR ME, YOU'LL GET TO YOURS AND LIMIT. ALRIGHT HERE WE GO IN PERSON. 
          COMMENTS PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED FIRST, THEY WILL BE CALLED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY, REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL BE PROCESSED WILL PROCEED NEXT. THEY WILL BE ADMITTED TO MEETING BY AN F CPS STAFF MEMBER WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND BE GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT. AND SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR THREE MINUTE MARK. THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE, MISS RALLO THIS EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NINA GRAB FOLLOWED BY CINDY PROPER. GOOD EVENING. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD TODAY. SO I THANK YOU. MY NAME IS NINA GRAFTON, AND I AM A SENIOR AT BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL. I AM GAY. I'M A GAY STUDENT IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I HAVE BEEN THE LEADER OF FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOLS, GENDER AND SEXUALITY ALLIANCE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND I AM A MEMBER OF GLISTENED MARYLAND TO YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM, SO I SPEAK FOR LGBT Q. PLUS STUDENTS EVERYWHERE WHEN I SAY THAT INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IS INTEGRAL TO OUR SUCCESS. THE NEW MARYLAND HEALTHCARE ICAL, UM, HAS BEEN MET WITH SCRUTINY FROM PARENTS AND POLITICIANS ACROSS THE STATE , BUT ESPECIALLY IN HARFORD COUNTY. I BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A CLAUSE IN THE KINDERGARTEN SECTION OF THE CARIBBEAN. RECOGNIZE IT IS IMPORTANT TO TREAT PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES AND EXPRESSIONS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT THE CORE MESSAGE OF THE NEW HEALTH CURRICULUM FROM PRESCHOOL UP. IS RESPECT. RESPECT SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT, BUT WHEN PAIRED WITH THE WORDS, GENDER AND SEXUALITY, THERE'S AN UPROAR. I HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTED . I HAVE BEEN CALLED ANTI GAY SLURS IN THE HALL, AND I HAVE LISTENED TO THE HOMOPHOBIC JOKES AND MY PEERS, SOME EVEN SAID BY TEACHERS. LISTEN THE GAY LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUCATION NETWORK IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT I WORK CLOSELY. THEY FOUND THAT 59.5% OF LGBT Q. PLUS STUDENTS FEEL UNSAFE IN SCHOOL. IN A GROUP OF 100 YOUNG QUEER STUDENTS, NEARLY 60 OF THEM LIVE IN FEAR. IN FACT , AS REPORTED BY THE TREVOR PROJECT, LGBT Q. PLUS YOUTH ARE FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE THAN THEIR STRAIGHT PEERS. IMAGINE BEING SO AFRAID OF GOING TO SCHOOL SIMPLY BECAUSE OF YOUR IDENTITY. SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE. INCLUDING POSITIVE LGBT Q. PLUS EDUCATION IN CURRICULUM HURTS. NO ONE CAN ONLY BENEFIT LGBT Q PLUS STUDENTS AND THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHEN CHILDREN LEARN TO RESPECT THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR PEERS, A SAFER SCHOOL COMMUNITY FLOURISHES. THIS CAN START AS EARLY AS PRESCHOOL. TO THE BOARD. I URGE YOU TO PROTECT LGBT Q. PLUS STUDENTS AND SUPPORT POSITIVE LGBTQ PLUS EDUCATION. THANK YOU. AT WEEK, DR PHILLIPS AND MISS KARWACKI EACH PRODUCT INCIDENTS AND OR SITUATIONS AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT POLICY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN EACH OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY REFERENCED THE OUTCOMES AND INVOLVEMENT THAT WAS OR IS REQUIRED BY SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE QUITE DIFFERENT. THE EXISTING BOARD POLICY 06005 PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AS STATED IN THE PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK AND CALENDAR WAS ENFORCED. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES THAT ARE SPENT HANDLING ISSUES CREATED BY STEALTH CELLPHONES IS ASTONISHING. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DO NOT POSSESS THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE REPERCUSSIONS AND FUTURE IMPACTS TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS OF IMPROPER USE OF CELL PHONES. THE SITUATION THAT MRS KARWACKI REFERRED TO WAS EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT STUDENTS HAD THEIR CELLPHONES READILY AVAILABLE TO FILM THE INCIDENT AND POSTED TO VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. STUDENTS ARE USING PICTURE USING THEIR CELL PHONES TO TAKE PICTURES OF OTHER STUDENTS AND STAFF DURING CLASSES AND WITHOUT PERMISSION, POSTING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          STUDENTS ARE MAKING TIKTOK'S IN THE BATHROOM OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, VAPING. ARE VIDEOTAPING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN VANDALISM AS PART OF THE DEVIOUS LICKS. THEY'RE ALSO USING THEIR PHONES TO ACCESS PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITES AND USING IT AS A BULLYING AND HARASSMENT TOOLS. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IS ALSO RAN. PICTURES OF TESTS AND QUIZZES ARE PASSED AROUND. STUDENTS TEXT EACH OTHER 
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ANSWERS DURING THE TEST. STUDENTS ROUTINELY TEXT OR CALL PARENTS FROM BATHROOMS TO PICK THEM UP EARLY TO AVOID LATE PENALTIES FOR NOT HAVING WORK COMPLETED OR TO MISS TESTS AND QUIZZES. PARENTS ALSO TEXT AND CALL THEIR CHILDREN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND EXPECT THEIR STUDENTS TO ANSWER THE CALLS OR TEXT DURING CLASS. THEN THERE ARE THE HAPPENINGS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO BLEED INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS. EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS OF BULLYING AND HARASSMENT THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES , INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES INVARIABLY BECOME THE TOPIC OF MORE TEXTS AND POSTS DURING BUS RIDES AND PHONE USAGE DURING THE DAY. 
          VIDEOS MANY OF WHICH ARE TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION, MOST OF WHICH ARE MEANT TO BULLY HARASSED, MEAN OR OTHERWISE DESPAIRED. ANOTHER STUDENT ARE PASSED FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT AND END UP BEING THE SUBJECT OF MORE QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. AS DR PHILLIPS QUESTION LAST WEEK. YES THESE ISSUES BECOME OUR ISSUES BECAUSE IT AFFECTS CHILDREN DURING THE SCHOOL THERE. MANY OF THE ISSUES INVOLVING CELL PHONES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS COULD BE SOLVED BY THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY THAT IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. REQUIRE THAT THE POLICY WOULD NEED TO BE REITERATED TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP A NO TOLERANCE POLICY WITH APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE, WHICH IS ENFORCED SYSTEM ONE BACKING OF THE BOARD AND HCPS OVER LEVEL ADMINISTRATION. NEXT. WE HAVE MICHELLE WILLOUGHBY, FOLLOWED BY NEVER. GOOD EVENING. SHOW WILL BE. LET'S START THIS EVENING BY DISCUSSING AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, MISS CAROL MILLER MILLER. TO ACCUSE ME OF SEEKING ATTENTION AND GRANDSTANDING FOR READING THE PORNOGRAPHY BOOKS THAT ARE APPROVED. BY THIS WOULD HAVE EDUCATION. UNDER THE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES. THAT MR BOLSON HAS PUT IN PLACE. I FIND IT COMPLETELY DISTURBING THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK ME FOR THE LIST OF BOOKS AND WHAT SCHOOLS THERE IN WHEN I AS A PARENT CAN FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION THROUGH PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. YOU CAN WALK ACROSS THE HALL. UM I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT AFTER TWO YEARS OF BRINGING THIS YEAR ATTENTION, I AM JUST NOW GETTING AN EMAIL EVEN QUESTIONING WHERE THESE BOOKS ARE. IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND. JUST GO ON YOUR KID'S COMPUTER AND LOOK AT THE LIBRARY . GO IN THE LIBRARY FOR THE SCHOOLS OR FOLLOW PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, WHICH I DID. SECONDLY YOU ACCUSED ME OF, UM NUMEROUS THINGS, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS BRINGING UP MY EMAIL ABOUT THE CAPS AND GOWNS AND YOU GUYS TRYING TO ERASE THE IDENTITY, THE SEXUAL IDENTITY OF OUR CHILDREN. THERE ARE CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NO LONGER GOT THE BOY AND THE GIRL GRADUATION CAP AND GOWNS. YOU HAVE MADE IT, UM, GENDER NEUTRAL. BUT YOU'RE UNAWARE OF THAT, TOO. I GUESS BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, I ASKED. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW WHAT POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR RUBBER STAMPING WHEN IT COMES ACROSS YOUR DESK? YOU SAY, UM. YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THESE BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT DR BAUER WAS HE, HE COMMENTED. OR BOYS AREN'T BLUE. HOW WONDERFULLY WRITTEN IT WAS AND HOW HE HAD DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE. IN THE BOOK TALKS ABOUT TWO YOUNG COUSINS SUCKING EACH OTHER OFF. AND THAT'S PUTTING IT LIGHTLY. I DON'T HAVE TO USE THE TYPE OF LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S IN IT BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES. I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, MULTIPLE TIMES IF YOU WANT TO LIST OF SCHOOL BOOKS. WALK ACROSS THE HALL IN YOUR BUILDING. AND ASK FOR THEM. MOST OF THEM ARE HIDDEN UNDER SEEMINGLY INNOCENT NAMES LIKE LAWN BOY THAT IS USED IN THE CLASSROOMS. IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CLASSROOMS YOU GOT ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS THERE IS, UM GENDER QUEER. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STAMPED AND RACIAL, UH, RHETORIC. BLACK LIVES MATTERS RHETORIC. UM TRANSGENDER STUFF, YOU KNOW, RESPECT IS ONE THING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEX AND WAYS TO HAVE SEX WITHOUT GETTING PREGNANT. AND THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF THEM IS DISGUSTING. 
          AND I THINK YOU NEED SOME MORE. FREE ME. HEY TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW HISTORY IS 
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TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. OVER THE PAST. I'D SAY TWO YEARS SINCE SCHOOLS ARE REOPENED, WE HAVE HAD TO HEAR. JR. FLORIDA FROM OTHER STATES ABOUT HOW. WE MUST TEACH HISTORY APPROPRIATELY WILL FIND APPROPRIATE IN SOME STATES. BECAUSE WE FIND APPROPRIATE SOME PEOPLE SAY WE CAN'T TEACH THE BAD PARTS ABOUT, UM AMERICA'S HISTORY AND. WHY WHY CAN'T WE TEACH CHILDREN CERTAIN SUBJECTS THAT MAKE US UNCOMFORTABLE. SLAVERY, THE HOLOCAUST. THEY'RE ALL PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE TOPICS TO TEACH CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. HISTORY IS NOT TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD IS THE TEACH US. THE WRONGS AND THE RIGHT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A HUMAN, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT OTHER NUMEROUS THINGS. BUT TO TEACH CHILDREN RAINBOW. GIVEN THE REMOTE GLASSES AND CHIEFS OF EVERYTHING AMERICA HAS DONE AS GOOD EVERYTHING THAT WESTERN SOCIETY IS GOOD. BUT THERE'S DARK THINGS THAT AMERICAN SOCIETY IS DOWN. WE HAD SLAVERY. AND WE HAD WESTERN EXPANSION WHERE WE JUST BLINKING LI. KILLED NATIVE AMERICA. NATIVE AMERICANS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND LET THEM DETERIORATED AND SMALL PATCHES OF LAND. THAT. THEY'RE IN SITUATIONS THESE DAYS WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH RATES OF SUICIDE RATES OF GUN VIOLENCE. IN THAT'S A CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT WHITE EUROPEAN AMERICANS DID. I'M. WHAT EUROPEAN AMERICAN, MY PARENTS OR WHITE EUROPEAN AMERICANS. BUT THAT DOES NOT. I MEAN, I CAN'T. DO SOMETHING BETTER WITH. WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED. HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WANT TO BE A HISTORY. HENCE, IN SOME CASES, PARENTS BEING PUT OR PUTTING TEACHERS IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR KIDS FEEL GOOD. BUT HISTORY IS NOT ABOUT MAKING US FEEL GOOD. IT'S ABOUT TEACHING US DO BETTER. THANK YOU. EXTREME AND MELISSA HAN, FOLLOWED BY TANYA TANYA. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND PARENTS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEW CURRICULUM INTRODUCED BY THE M STE. ENTITLED FAMILY, LIFE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY. FIRST WE AS PARENTS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND WITHOUT QUESTION SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. THE CURRICULUM BEING USED IN EVERY HCPS CLASSROOMS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THE CURRICULUM NEEDS TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, AND PARENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF ANY ASSIGNMENT THAT THEY DECIDE IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN, AND HCPS SHOULD PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT. AT THE PARENTS' REQUESTS OR EXCUSE THE CHILD FROM COMPLETING THE ASSIGNMENT. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO TEACH THESE CHILDREN TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND RESPECT ALL OF THEIR CLASSMATES, THEIR DIFFERENCES AND THEIR INDIVIDUALITY, TEACHING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL ABOUT GENDERS AND SEXUAL PREFERENCES CROSSES THE LINE. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING SEXUAL PREFERENCES AND IDENTITIES WITH CHILDREN. TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCES AND SEXUAL IDENTITY WITH THE CHILDREN THEY'RE TEACHING. EACH AND EVERY CHILD. SHOULD ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT QUESTION, BE RESPECTED AND EMBRACED FOR THEIR INDIVIDUALITY , AND EACH CHILD SHOULD BE TAUGHT THAT EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND THEIR FAMILIESRE DIFFERENT. AND THOSE DIFFERENCES MAKE US WHO WE ARE. BUT ANYTHING FURTHER THAN THAT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE PARENTS TO EXPLAIN, AND TO GO INTO EVERY DETAIL THAT THEY SEE FIT. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BY NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH PARENTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL CURRICULUM HAS CROSSED THE LINE. PARENTS SHOULD, AT THE VERY LEAST BE ABLE TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF PARTICIPATING IN THESE LESSONS THAT ARE BASED ON FEELINGS AND PREFERENCES, NOT FACTS AND BIOLOGY. HCPS BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AS PARENTS IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD UNHAPPY PARENTS ABOUT MASKS, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TOPIC WILL CAUSE PARENTS TO BECOME MUCH MORE PASSIONATE THAN YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. IT FEELS AS THOUGH OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR INNOCENCE IS BEING ATTACKED. THERE ARE CHILDREN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND TEACHING THIS TO OUR MOST INNOCENT AND YOUNGEST CHILDREN WILL CORRUPT THEIR MINDS AND MAKE THEM QUESTION THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE QUESTIONING AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE. THE CHILDREN THIS CURRICULUM IS TARGETING BARELY COMPREHEND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS, ADDING THIS TO WHAT THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT, WILL SURELY CAUSE QUESTIONS AND CAUSE MORE CONFUSION INSTEAD OF CLARITY. IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR TEACHERS TO DISCUSS SEXUALITY AND GENDERS WITH CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE. IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. 
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I'M SORRY. PARENTS SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT. IF THEY FEEL SOMETHING IS INAPPROPRIATE. 
          THESE CHILDREN BELONG TO THEIR PARENTS. AND IT'S NOT THE JOB OF EDUCATORS TO DISCUSS SEXUAL TOPICS WITH OUR CHILDREN WITHOUT PERMISSION. AND WITHOUT COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. LET'S LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE WITHOUT NOTICE OR DISCUSSION. THE MSD DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THIS NUCLEAR RICK CURRICULUM. EXCUSE ME. WE AS PARENTS SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHAT ABOUT OUR PARENTAL RIGHTS? LET OUR CHILDREN BE CHILDREN LET THEIR PARENTS BE PARENTS, OUR COUNTRY, OUR STATE AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT. TO INFRINGE ON OUR RIGHTS AS PARENTS AND THEY MUST RESPECT US AS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR UPBRINGING, HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STATE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST RESPECT OUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE. FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. SHORT AND SWEET. UM. I KNOW THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT SOME OF THE BOOKS. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE LAWN BOY IS AT HARVARD TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN NINTH GRADE HONORS CLASSES. MY CHILDREN DIDN'T PERSONALLY READ THAT. BUT I KNOW FRIENDS OF THEIRS DID AND THE PARENTS THAT I KNOW SENT ME PAGES OF THE FILTH. SO THAT IS A THING. OKAY, AND IT'S NOT OKAY. UM AND THEN THIS IS FROM A TEACHER. I KNOW SEVERAL TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE BEING BULLIED FOR THINGS THAT THEY FEEL BETTER GOING ONE THAT ISN'T RIGHT. UM IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW TEACHERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILD IS IDENTIFYING AS A DIFFERENT ORIENTATION WHEN COMMUNICATING TO A PARENT ONLY USE THE NAME AND GENDER AS SPECIFIED BY PARENTS OR ELSE UM, THEY GET FIRED. STELLA PETERS, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINA. GOOD EVENING. AS WE ENTER HOLY WEEK. YESTERDAY WAS PALM SUNDAY. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SHARE. WITH THE BOARD OF THAT TODAY. IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. HE CREATED MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THE ANIMALS HE CREATED DEFICIENT A C AND HE CREATED EVERYTHING PERFECTLY AND BEAUTIFUL. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT THAT HE GAVE US WAS FOR US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF IT. BUT BECAUSE OF SIN. WE ALL FELL SHORT. AND. HAVE DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO OUR CHILDREN IN THE PROCESS. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS NOT ONLY OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN, BUT OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR CHILDREN ARE A GIFT FROM GOD. AND WHEN WE INTRODUCED THEM TO PERVERSION AND PORNOGRAPHY THAT IS DAMAGING TO THEIR FUTURE IS DAMAGING TO THEIR LIVES, AND THEY JUST CONFUSING. I TOOK A FEW NOTES AND I DIDN'T REALLY PREPARE ANYTHING. BUT I WANTED TO IMPRESSED ON YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WHAT WE'RE DOING TO OUR CHILDREN AND INTRODUCING THEM TO PORNOGRAPHY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, AND THE CONFUSION AND GENDER IDENTITY IS NOT ONLY EVIL, IT IS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN THE LAST DAYS PEOPLE WOULD CALL GOOD EVIL AND EVIL. GOOD. GOD LOVES ALL OF US, REGARDLESS OF WHO WE ARE. WHERE WE COME FROM WHAT ETHNIC GROUP WERE WITH. BE CURIOUS ABOUT ALL OF US, AND HE WANTS US TO BE SAVED. BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT WHEN WE'RE LIVING IN STAND. AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS A AS A WOMAN AS A MOTHER AND A GRANT. GRANDMOTHER IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CHILDREN. DON'T LET THIS COME TO OUR SCHOOLS DO NOT ALLOW THIS EVIL. TO PENETRATE OR PERMEATE THE EDUCATION. OF OUR CHILDREN. TEACH THEM. WHAT'S RIGHT. TEACH THEM TO LOVE AMERICA. TEACH THEM TO LOVE OUR COUNTRY. TEACH THEM TO BE GOOD. UPRIGHT CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. AND YOU WILL SEE PROSPERITY AND YOU WILL SEE GOODNESS OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. 
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GOOD EVENING. PRESENTLY LIVE IN CHAOTIC TIMES OF CANCEL CULTURE IN OUR SOCIETY. THE YOUNGER GENERATION LACKS THE WISDOM AND MATURITY TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ENVIRONMENT. INSTEAD OF BEING THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM AND PROVIDING WISDOM TO THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS BOARD HAS CHOSEN THE POUR GAS ON THE FIRE AND PERPETUATE THIS FOOLISHNESS. 
          THE LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. WE HEARD EXCELLENT TESTIMONIES AS TO WHY WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE THE NAMES OF TWO HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS WILLIAM PACA AND JOHN ARCHER. SO WE DON'T NEED TO REVISIT THE HISTORICAL LIVES OF THESE MEN. HOWEVER, I WILL ADD THAT 48 OF THE. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS WERE BORN IN AMERICA. THERE ARE PRESENTLY 3140 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ONLY 48 OF THEM CAN CLAIM TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THESE MEN. 
          THIS IS A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE HISTORICAL BUT EVENT THAT THIS BOARD IS TRYING TO CANCEL THE NEXT GENERATION NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND. YOU CAN'T JUDGE MEN . BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, ONLY THE STANDARDS IN WHICH THEY LIVE FOR EXAMPLE, THE PILGRIMS JUSTICE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED NEARLY A DOZEN OFFENSES THAT REQUIRE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. WE WOULD JUDGE JUST AS HARSHLY AND EXCESSIVE TODAY. HOWEVER THE PILGRIMS CAME FROM A EUROPEAN WORLD THAT HAD OVER 220 OFFENSES. THAT LED TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. THEY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL OFFENSES AND THUS SHOWED MERCY AND COMPASSION. YET TODAY'S CULTURE JUDGES THEM HARSHLY. 
          THIS IS UNFAIR. NO ONE TODAY CAN LIVE BY TOMORROW STANDARDS. THIS INSANE MINDSET CAN QUICKLY BOOMERANG RIGHT BACK ON YOU IF YOU DON'T SLAM THE BRAKES ON IT NOW, DOCTOR BOLSON. I UNDERSTAND YOU DROVE A VEHICLE THAT WAS POWERED BY GASOLINE. WELL, ACCORDING TO GRETA THORNBURG, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MASS EXTINCTION. YOU'RE CANCELED. DR BOWERS. HE DIDN'T ALWAYS RECYCLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S POISON THE DRINKING WATER. WELL, YOUR CANCEL. BE CAREFUL. THE PRESIDENT YOU ESTABLISHED TODAY CAN BE USED TO DESTROY YOU TOMORROW. NO ONE TODAY CAN LIVE BY TOMORROW'S STANDARDS. PSALMS TELLS US HOW LONG WILL YOU JUDGE UNJUSTLY AND SHOW PARTIALITY TO THE WICKED? DON'T DESTROY HARFORD COUNTY'S HERITAGE AND LEAVE WILLIAM PACA AND JOHN ARCHER, AS IS THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOSH COCHELL BY TINA GRAB. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. YOU KNOW , I DID PUT MY KIDS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS PAST YEAR. AND THE LITTLE GOING TO READ YOU TONIGHT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY DID YOU KNOW THAT I DO SUPPORT PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AMONG MANY THINGS, IT MEANS I DO NOT CO PARENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. IN THIS BODY HERE IS THE GOVERNMENT. WE COULD EVEN CHANGE THE NAME OF THEIR FROM HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HARFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. LONG AS MY TAX DOLLARS ARE COMING TO THIS ORGANIZATION IN THIS GROUP. AND THERE ISN'T A PROPER SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM AVAILABLE. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE SPEAKING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WROTE THE LETTER. I'M ABOUT TO REACH YOU WITH A GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS. LAST WEEK, AND SINCE I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU, I WANTED TO READ IT TO YOU PUBLICLY. AS CONCERNED PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE WRITING THIS LETTER REQUESTING A PROMPT THROUGH AN ACCURATE RESPONSE TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS BOARD IN SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CURRICULA. IN ADDITION, WHAT CHANGES HAVE OUR AND OR WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE GPS SYSTEM, AS NOTED BELOW WE HAVE REVIEWED THE MARYLAND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION FRAMEWORK, PRE K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY THE FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY STANDARDS IN OUR REVIEW. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT AS EARLY AS FIVE YEARS OLD OR PRE K A STUDENT WILL BE INSTRUCTED ABOUT GENDER IDENTIFICATION. IN ADDITION THAT PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS AGAIN. THIS PERTAINS TO SEXUALITY. NOT ONLY ARE FAMILIES CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CHANGES, BUT WE ARE ALSO VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS NOT AN OPT OUT OPTION UNTIL THIRD GRADE. TO BE CLEAR. THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY BE AN OPT IN SCENARIO AT THE VERY LEAST, AND THAT SHOULD BE FOR ALL GRADES. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS RECENTLY VOTED TO ATTACK PARENTAL RIGHTS DURING THEIR MARCH 23 OR 23RD 2022 MEETING. AS SHARED AT A PRESS RELEASE FROM CONCERNED PARENTS FROM THAT COUNTY. THESE DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS MUST REMAIN WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES , NOT FOR A GOVERNMENT RUN 
          [00:30:05]
ENTITY THAT USES OUR TAX PAYING DOLLARS TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN AGENDA. FOUNDATION OF OUR SOCIETY MUST REMAIN LOCAL AND CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS OVER OVER EACH OF THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL NOT ALLOW FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION TO THRIVE. THESE TOPICS ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS AT THE VERY LEAST, AND SHOULD BE INTRODUCED BY IN SHOULD NOT BE INTRODUCED BY THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION OR HCPS. ALL OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE FURTHER PROTECTED FROM THIS AND I IMPLORE YOU TO JUST, UH, TO DO THAT BY JUST REMOVING THE EXISTING CURRICULUM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS GUIDANCE. RATHER INITIATED PARTICULAR PROTECTION NEEDED SO THAT THIS INVASIVES INTO OUR PARENTAL RIGHTS IS NOT IMPLEMENTED IN OUR SCHOOLS IN CLOSING AND AS WE ASKED ABOVE, WELL, HCPS IN HARFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, ADOPT THESE INVASIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE REVISIONS TO THE CURRICULUM. IF SO, WILL THERE BE AN OPT OUT OR AN OPT IN OPTION FOR CONCERNED STUDENTS, PARENTS AND FAMILIES? THANK YOU. HI, TINA. GRAPH. I JUST NEED TO START OFF BY SAYING SOMEBODY HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR POLICIES WITH OUR GENDER AND BECAUSE I OFTEN AM INPUTTING NEW STUDENTS. IT'S A PARENT'S DECISION. THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF MSD. IT'S APPARENT IF PARENTS DECISION IS DIFFERENT THAN BIRTH CERTIFICATE. WE USE PARENTS DECISION. SO JUST AROUND CLEAR ABOUT THAT, AND WE NEVER PUT SOMETHING IN JUST BASED ON A STUDENT. MY INDOCTRINATION INTO SEX EDUCATION BEGAN IN 1974 BY MARLO THOMAS AS A SECOND GRADER IN BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE GATHERED AROUND THE TELEVISION AND WATCH THE GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM CALLED FREE TO BE YOU AND ME. I STILL CAN REMEMBER THAT CATCHY TUNE. WILLIAM WANTS A DOLL AND THE SKIP WITH TWO NEWBORNS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY WERE A BOY OR A GIRL. MARLO THOMAS TAUGHT US TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH GENDER NEUTRALITY WITHOUT CALLING IT SEXUAL EDUCATION. MY FOURTH GRADE. MY INDOCTRINATION CONTINUED. AS I READ EVERY BOOK AVAILABLE BY JUDY BLUME. ARE YOU THERE? GOD, IT'S ME, MARGARET. 
          HELP ME UNDERSTAND MENSTRUATION BEFORE WE LEARNED THE REAL DEAL IN SCHOOL. JUDY BLUME EMBLEM EXPOSED US TO CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS LIKE RACISM, HOMOSEXUALITY, TEEN PREGNANCY AND SUICIDE. BY SIXTH GRADE. I WAS MORTIFIED TO LEARN THAT MY OWN FATHER WOULD BE COMING TO MY SCHOOL TO SPEAK WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT OUR SEX ED CURRICULUM. MY GREEK BORN CONSERVATIVE OBI JU, I AM FATHER WAS INVESTED IN MY EDUCATION AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CONTENT WAS AGE APPROPRIATE AND ANATOMICALLY CORRECT. A COWARD UNDER MY DUST. WHEN MY TEACHER THANK DR WILL TEXAS AS SHE HANDED OUT THE MAXI PADS MY FATHER DONATED I TOOK THAT AS A SIGN OF HIS APPROVAL. THIS REALLY WASN'T INDOCTRINATION. IT WAS PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE 19 SEVENTIES, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR IT. OVER THE PAST WEEK. WE'VE HAD AGAIN ONCE AGAIN, OUR SCHOOLS COME UNDER ATTACK BY PARENTS, POLITICIANS. AND PERSPECTIVE. BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING MSD S PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR HEALTH CURRICULUM. THE MARYLAND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION FRAMEWORK ADDRESSES. MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCH A HOT TOPIC VOICED AT ALMOST EVERY BOARD MEETING AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING HIT. THE SAME PARENTS WILL BLAME PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILD'S DEPRESSION. SUICIDE IDEATIONS AND INCREASED DISCIPLINE AND LOOKED AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FIX IT OR NOW SAYING TO LEAVE THIS EDUCATION UP TO THEM. I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS FRAMEWORK. AND SINCE THERE ISN'T EVEN A CURRICULUM TO DISCUSS, I WILL USE A PHRASE THAT IS FAMILIAR TO ALMOST ALL OF THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING. 
          FEARMONGERING. WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF THIS ENTIRE NEED OF TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURSELVES, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT HTTPS WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH PARENTS TO RAISE HAPPY AND HEALTHY CHILDREN BY EDUCATING THEM ON OUR DIFFERENCES. ONE LAST THING WOMAN BEHIND ME ASKED IF THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB SPEAKING SHE IS NOT MY DAUGHTER, BUT SHE DOES REPRESENT PROUDLY. THE ONE OUT OF 10 STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS GAY. SO UH, TOUGH AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE 100. THANK YOU. WE HAVE LORI SAPPINGTON FALL BY DIANE ALBERT. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. HI MY NAME IS LAURIE SAPPINGTON. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM IN HARTFORD COUNTY. UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST EDUCATE YOU WITH EACH BOARD MEETING THAT I ATTEND OR THAT I SPEAK AT SO TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COMPARISON OF TWO WRITING TASKS AND SUBSEQUENT WRITING SAMPLES FROM MY DAUGHTER. IS CURRENTLY IN FOURTH GRADE AT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT ONE OF THE TASKS FROM HER HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM WAS FROM LAST YEAR WHEN SHE WAS SCHOOLED AT HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO NOTICE AND WONDER. 
          OKAY AS I READ EACH ONE ALOUD AND JUST THINK ABOUT THEM, UM WHAT DO YOU NOTICE AND WONDER 
          [00:35:01]
AND ALSO THINK ABOUT WHICH HAD TEXT AND TASKS PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY WRITING THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER. OKAY? SO THIS FIRST TASK IS MIDDLE OF FOURTH GRADE, LOW QUALITY MATERIALS TASK AND WRITING SAMPLE. SO THIS TASK IS , UM, A PIECE HOME SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT'S A PERSONAL OPINION PIECE. THE STUDENT HAD TO MAKE IT CLEAN, WITH THREE SUPPORTING REASONS, WHICH BECAME EACH SUBSEQUENT PARAGRAPH. I'M NOT SURE OF THE TEXTS THAT WERE READ IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THIS PIECE. NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO READ THE WHOLE THING, SO I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT. THE TITLE IS HOME SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL. WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT HOME SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE LUNCH TIMES ARE FLEXIBLE. YOU CAN SLEEP IN AND TIME GOES TO YOUR FAMILY. HAVE YOU BEEN HOME SCHOOLED BEFORE? THE FIRST REASON THAT HOME SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH EARLY OR WHENEVER YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE GRUMPY. YOU MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO FOCUS TO ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. I WAS STARVING AND COULD NOT FOCUS. YOU MAY NOT NOTICE, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T EAT, YOU NORMALLY DO GET GRUMPY. WHEN YOU'RE GRUMPY, YOU GET TOO FOCUSED ON FOOD AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE SO YOU SHOULD HAVE LUNCH WHENEVER YOU'RE HUNGRY. AND HER LOVELY PIECE WENT ON. IN THAT FASHION. THE NEXT TASK IS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIRD GRADE WITH, UM, NINE DIFFERENT TEXTS, WHICH INCLUDE DEEP STUDY OF PALMS, VIDEOS, INFORMATIONAL TEST TEXTS AND MORE. THIS TASK WILL ALLOW YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THE TEXT READ DURING THIS MODULE. AS YOU ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION OF WHY PEOPLE EXPLORE THE SEA. YOU WILL EXPLAIN YOUR THINKING AND A TWO PARAGRAPH EXPLANATORY ESSAY. THE VARIOUS TEXTS THAT WE'VE STUDIED SHOW WHY DIFFERENT PEOPLE SUCH AS AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS EXPLORE THE SEA. 
          CHOOSE ONE TEXT FROM THE LIST AND EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE EXPLORE THE SEA. THIS TASK IS FOR AN AUDIENCE WHO'S READ AND STUDIED THESE TEXTS THE WAY YOU HAVE, AND IT'S TWO PARAGRAPHS. WHERE IN THIRD GRADE WHERE WE EXPLAIN WHY AN AUTHOR ARTISTS OR SCIENTISTS EXPLORED THE SEAT. 
          AND IT GOES LIKE THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF COOL INFORMATION ABOUT SHARKS. A GREAT WHITE SHARK IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLIEST SHARKS. A GREAT WHITE SHARK HAS 300 TEETH. ALSO, THE SHARK IS MOST LIKELY TO ATTACK HUMANS. AND TIGER SHARK IS ANOTHER OF THE MOST DEADLIEST SHARKS AROUND TIGER SHARK'S TEETH CAN BITE THROUGH A TURTLE SHELL. IN FACT, A TIGER SHARK WILL EAT ANYTHING AND SO ON. THANKS SO MUCH. DR PAULSON. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DIANA ALVAREZ, A RESIDENT OF HARVARD DEGREES FOR 34 YEARS. I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. MY COMMENTS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CRITICIZE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. BY THE BOARD, THE SCHOOL OR THE TEACHERS AS A WHOLE. I TRUST THAT WE ALL WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN AND APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EDUCATION? I BELIEVE IT IS TO IDENTIFY A VOCATION IN LIFE. THROUGH EXPOSURE TO WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER. LET ME DRAW ATTENTION TO THE VOCABULARY. SELECTED IN MY STATEMENT, VOCATION, NOT JOB. I AM A MOTHER OF TWO ADULT BOYS, BOTH GRADUATES OF HARVARD GRACE HIGH SCHOOL. WHY I'M NOT DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR EDUCATION. BOTH MY SONS WERE ACCEPTED AT UNIVERSITIES. INTELLECTUALLY THEY WERE COLLEGE MATERIAL. UNFORTUNATELY EMOTIONALLY, THEY WERE. WELL, WE'RE NOT. THEY WERE ILL EQUIPPED. LIFE. WHERE WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY? SCHOOL PARENT? CHURCH, FRANCE. I HAVE MY INSIGHTS, ALBEIT LIMITED. MY CURIOSITY LED ME TO LOOK INTO HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORKS. I WATCHED THE BOARD MEETINGS IN HOPES OF COMING TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS. I DO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND I WILL CONTINUE MY JOURNEY OF CONTRIBUTION. WHAT IS THE PATH OF CONTRIBUTION? I THOUGHT IT APPEARS IT'S A TASK FORCE WITH PARENT REPRESENTATION. 
          AGAIN LET ME GO DRAW YOU TO THE ATTENTION OF THE VOCABULARY REPRESENTATION. EDUCATORS MUST REMEMBER. PARENTS ARE THE PRIMARY TEACHERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THE THOUGHTS OF A TRANSPARENT MODEL TO ALLOW PARENTS TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL TIME DIALOGUE WITH THE CHILDREN APPEARED TO IT'S STILL COUNTERATTACK CAT TO STRUCK BY ZING. BY SUCH A THOUGHT. AND ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MINDS. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY CLOSING THOUGHTS. EACH CHILD IS A UNIQUE AND EACH CHILD IS UNIQUE, AND EACH FAMILY HAS A UNIQUE CULTURE, THE GROUPING OF CULTURES BY CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS ETHNICITY. GENDER PERSUASION ONLY CREATES BOXES FOR SCIENTISTS TO STUDY. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT LAB RATS. I IMPLORE YOU AS A SCIENTIST MYSELF TO STOP WITH THE LABELING. I AM DIANA ALVAREZ. I HEREBY DENOUNCE ALL THE LABELS EVER ATTACHED TO ME. AND I WILL OWN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ME AND WANT TO KNOW WHY. I WILL LEAVE 
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YOU WITH A FINAL THOUGHT. DOES BULLYING HAVE UTILITY. WHERE ARE THE TEACHABLE MOMENTS AND ARE REALLY LETTING THEM GO BY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. PRESIDENT GAUTIER. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. WOW. MONTHS LATER. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. THERE IS NO ONE WAITING IN THE LOBBY TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY THIS EVENING. OKAY WITH THAT, THEN? MOVING ON 
          [C. Consent Agenda]
DR. HAMLER CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. THANK YOU BECAUSE SENT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER ONE IS AFFIRMATION AND MONTHLY CONTRACTS MARCH 2022. NUMBER TWO IS NON RENEWAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          NUMBER THREE IS CONTRACT AWARD PROCESSING AND DELIVERY OF POTATO PRODUCTS AND NUMBER FOUR IS MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS FROM FEBRUARY. 28TH. 2022 MARCH 14TH 2022 MARCH 28TH 2022. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. THIS IS SONIA I SECOND THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. GREAT. ITEM D UPDATE ON 
          [D. Update on Continuity of Learning, Dr. Sean Bulson, Superintendent of Schools]
CONTINUITY OF LEARNING STRUCTURE, BELSON. ALL RIGHT. BE BRIEF TONIGHT. UM I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER AS USUAL TO MR SUDER AND MISS RIDGEWAY. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH MR MATSUDA. THANK YOU, DR TOLSON. TODAY HARPER COUNTIES. POSITIVITY IS 2.86% IN OUR DAILY CASE COUNT IS 5.2 PER 100,000. CASES ACCORDING TO THE CDC, COVID 19 COMMUNITY LEVELS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST OR CONSIDERED TO BE LOW AND TRANSMISSION LEVELS, AS YOU REMEMBER DETERMINE EACH THURSDAY EVENING, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS BEING USED HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW COVID 19 CASES IN AN AREA WHEN WE ARE IN LOW TRANSMISSION, THE COMMUNITY IS REMINDED TO PLEASE STAY UP TO DATE WITH COVID 19 VACCINES THAT GET TESTED IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS. OUR DISTRICT DASHBOARDS IS 512 STUDENTS AND ISOLATION. 3 77 IN QUARANTINE 130 ONE'S STAFF IN ISOLATION 43 STAFF IN QUARANTINE LAST WEEK WE TESTED 38 PERSONS FOR COVID 19 AND OUR DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, A PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND FOUR TESTS POSITIVE. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30TH, THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED NO CLASS OR SCHOOL OUTBREAKS IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AGAIN ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID 19. THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. I TURN IT OVER TO MR RIDGEWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MERRY GOOD EVENING. I HAVE A SHORT UPDATE SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING WE UPDATED OUR OPERATIONAL STATUS ON APRIL 1ST TO REMOVE CAPACITY RESTRICTION FOR EVENTS. SINCE THEN, ALL SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF COVID 19 AT HOME TEST KITS FOR STUDENTS, WHICH WERE SENT BY THE HARPER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IN THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. R COVID. TEAMS DO CONTINUE TO MEET IN ORDER TO STAY UP TO DATE AND ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES, BUT OUR ACTION ITEMS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED. I KNOW WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE STABILITY THAT THIS PROVIDES. I HOPE ALL HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING SPRING BREAK. THANK YOU. NO QUESTION DOING ANYONE. NO. ANYONE UP THERE HAVE QUESTIONS. RIGHT? I WANT TO 
          [E. Recommendation on Proposed New Board Policy 02-0054-000, Pregnant and Parenting Students , Kimberly H. Neal,Esq., General Counsel]
INTRODUCE MEAL. YES, PLEASE. OUR NEXT AGENDA IS. AGENDA ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW PROPOSED POLICY, BUT JUST ALSO REFLECTS OUR NEW GENERAL COUNSEL, MS NEAL, SHE WAS INTRODUCED AT THE LAST MEETING. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU KNOW ON THE JOB. AND SO SHE IS BEFORE US WITH THE POLICY THAT WE WORKED ON THE LAST, UH, A LITTLE BIT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. WHAT YOU INTRODUCED. HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE A NEW POLICY THAT IS BEING REQUIRED BY MSD. UM AND IT IS RELATING TO PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN YOUR MATERIALS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT. BUT THE BACKGROUND IS THAT THIS WAS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY AND BIRTH BEING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS TO HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES AND , UM, DATA THAT LESS THAN 2% OF TEEN MOTHERS WILL ULTIMATELY OBTAIN THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE BY AGE 30. ALSO CHILDREN BORN TO TEEN MOTHERS. UM ONLY TWO THIRDS OF THEM WILL WILL EVENTUALLY EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, SO THE POLICY IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS PUNITIVE ABSENCE POLICIES. THE NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS IN SCHOOL HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION POLICIES 
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ON EQUAL ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, SUPPORT FOR CHILDCARE AND TRANSPORTATION, WHICH CREATES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR TEEN MOTHERS. THE POLICY DOES REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO EXCUSE AS A LAWFUL ABSENCE ANY PREGNANCY OR PARENTING RELATED CONDITIONS AND TO ALLOW PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS TO MAKE UP WORK. IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DEVELOP A WRITTEN ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS, AND THAT EACH HIGH SCHOOL DESIGNATE A PRIVATE LACTATION SPACE IN THE SCHOOL WITH SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS AND EXCUSE ABSENCES FROM A CLASS DUE TO THE USE OF A LACTATION SPACE TO NURSE OR EXPRESS EXPRESS BREAST MILK. UM THE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO NEED TO DESIGNATE AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER TO CONNECT, UM, WITH THE PREGNANT THE PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS WITH RESOURCES SO THEY CAN FIND SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE CHILD CARE. EARLY EDUCATION SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM MSD DID PROVIDE A MODEL POLICY WHICH HAS BEEN SHARED AND THEN, UM, MY STAFF ATTORNEY JOHN BURKE AND I HAVE CREATED A DRAFT POLICY. UM FOR YOUR REVIEW, WHICH DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MSD A HAS STATED THIS POLICY WOULD GO WOULD NEED TO GO INTO EFFECT BY JUNE 1ST AND WOULD ALSO HAVE SOME TRAINING FOR THE TEACHERS INVOLVED INVOLVED IN THIS. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS IS A VERY SHORT THREE PAGER. 2.5 8 AND WE LIKE THAT. RIGHT. THERE'S ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MISS KARWACKI. OKAY? I KNOW WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT IN ADVANCE. DR BAUER. MR ROBINSON. NO QUESTIONS, MISS HOLCOMB. NEW QUESTIONS FOR ME. NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          [F. Superintendent's Report]
JUNE 1ST. THEN AT LEAST SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. ALRIGHT JUST TO, UM FEW THINGS. SO WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF MS NEAL UO CONGRATULATE HER. ALSO, SHE CAME TO US. SHE STARTED ON MARCH 28TH SO JUST OVER A WEEK AGO. AND SHE HAD THIS BIG AWARD IN THE PIPELINE. HENCE, SO. IN FACT, LAST WEEK, SHE WAS ANNOUNCED, AND IT WAS A JOY ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE DAILY REVIEW . THEY DO A YEARLY RECOGNITION OF LEADERS IN LAW. AND SO SHE WAS. SHE KNEW SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN LAW. BUT SHE WENT TO THE AWARDS CEREMONY AND LEARNED THAT SHE WAS THE WHAT WAS IT THAT I HAVE IT HERE. THE TOP WINNER IS WHAT THEY CALL IT , SO SHE WAS THE TOP WINNER OF THE LEADERS IN LAW. SO AGAIN, THE TOP WINNER FOR THIS YEAR'S RECOGNITION BY THE MARYLAND BAR ASSOCIATION FOR HER WORK, SO I FEEL LIKE UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO HIRE HER AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE WORK SHOULD BE DOING FOR US GOING FORWARD. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          MISSIONS APPRECIATION. SO ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER THIS EVENING, RIGHT WAS UM AND I SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER CONNECT. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE NO BLANKET. HE'S CURRENTLY IN JUNIOR AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAS BEEN NAMED BY, WROTE IT DOWN HARFORD COUNTY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL. 
          SO ARE OUR DISTRICT WIDE SCOOP STUDENT COUNCIL GROUP, ALSO KNOWN AS H. KRESS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SELECT THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. THEY DO A LOT VOTE AMONG THEIR MEMBERSHIP, AND THEY ELECTED NO A BLANKET FROM NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL TO BE NEXT YEAR'S STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER JOIN US. WILL BE SWORN IN. THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY, SO VERY EXCITING. UM. AND I STILL WANT TO NOTE IN THE AWARDS CATEGORY TOMORROW EVENING WILL BE ANNOUNCING OUR HCPS, TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD SCENARIO CEREMONY IS VIRTUAL TOMORROW AT SEVEN PM AND YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR WE HAVE OUR FIVE FINALISTS AND PANEL WON'T TELL ME WHO THEY'VE CHOSEN. SO I FIND OUT WHEN EVERYONE ELSE DOES TOMORROW NIGHT. UM BUT PLEASE TUNE INTO THAT RECOGNIZES TEACHERS. A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING. PRE KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN. REGISTRATION OPENS THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY. SO IF YOU EITHER HAVE CHILDREN GETTING READY TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN OR IF YOU KNOW OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN READY TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN. WE'D LOVE TO SEE THEM COME OUT FOR REGISTRATION THAT FIRST WEEK IN MAY. WE DO FIND THAT THOSE REGISTRATIONS ROLLING OVER THE SUMMER, BUT YOU 
          [00:50:06]
KNOW, KINDERGARTEN IS THE ONE WHERE WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE KIDS RISING FROM ONE GRADE TO THE NEXT ALL THE TIME. THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ARE. HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE GOING TO HAVE SO THE EARLIER PEOPLE CAN DO THAT? THE BETTER THAT HELPS US WITH STAFFING AND PLANNING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO UM, THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. THIS MONTH. 
          WE RECOGNIZE CHURCH CREEK ELEMENTARY AS THE FAMILY FRIENDLY SCHOOL FOR THE MONTH, AND SO WE HAD OUR AWARDS CEREMONY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS AGO TOMORROW WE USUALLY DO IT ON TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN A MONTH, SO IT WAS NICE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT. A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM THERE, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM RECOGNIZED. HAND. MM ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT. OH, WHAT? I CAN'T FORGET. IS THAT WE HAVE THAT HALF DAY ON WEDNESDAY ARE SPRING BREAK IS WEDNESDAY TO TUESDAY FOR STUDENTS WELL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY OF TUESDAY OFF THE STUDENTS OR TEACHERS DO COME BACK TUESDAY FOR IN SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. UM BUT SO SPRING BREAK STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE ONE. LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR THOSE GOLFERS IN THE CROWD. THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THEIR MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR EACH YEAR, IS THERE GOLF OUTING THAT WILL BE THIS YEAR ON MAY 2ND AT MARYLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, SO I KNOW WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE MIX AND BOTH SPONSORS AND GOLFERS PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE GREAT, SO THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT FOR SO WITH THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS 
          [Future Meetings Review]
FOR THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT WORD, ACTUALLY
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