Jun 13, 2022 Board Meeting

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EVENING AT THIS TIME, I ASKED EVERYONE, PLEASE MEET YOUR DEVICE TO WOULD INTERRUPTIONS

[Call to Order]

DR PHILLIPS, YOUR MS RICCARDI. MR ROBINSON. HERE. MS HOKUM. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER HERE.

PRESIDENT GAUTIER. SUPERINTENDENT PERSON. HERE. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MEET THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, MRS BOUVIER WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN IT ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR EMOTION. I ASKED YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR A NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO ADAPT THE AGENDA WITH AN AMENDMENT. OKAY AND THE AMENDMENT. AH I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM E UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. YOU MOVE THAT WE. TAKE OFF ITEM E UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY? DO I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS A CHANCE. JOHNSON, OKAY? THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON, UM, EVER MOTION TO TICK ITEMS E OFF THE CURRENT AGENDA. BUT TO OTHERWISE APPROVED THE AGENDA. ANY OTHER CHANGES. NOBODY'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA WITH ITEM E TAKEN OFF. PLEASE SAY YES. YES. DOWN TO THE GIRL? YES. YEAH. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. NO. THE EYES, HAVE IT. UM DR MUELLER. EVERYBODY, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SENT SOMEWHERE. STAND. NOT ALL. SO AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK ME AND DR MILLER CHIEF, PLEASE JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE DIET.

[A. Board Member Comments and Special Recognition]

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OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT. LET ME START WITH BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. UM. MR KARWACKI. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SOMETIMES YOU SAY YES. AND SOMETIMES NO, I WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN VERY EVENTFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATED SENIORS. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONIES FOR THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. AND HAVE A DEGREES HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT JOHN ARCHER. FOR THEIR PRESENTATION OF A LOVELY LUNCHEON PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY. THE STUDENTS WERE EXCELLENT TOASTS, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE CELEBRATION THAT WAS TO COME. PRINCIPLES, SPENCE. YOUR ABILITY TO STEP INTO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AT HARVARD DEGREES MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLABORATE WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF. TO ARRANGE OF FLAWLESS GRADUATION CEREMONY IS TO BE COMMENDED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT THE STADIUM FOR GETTING ME SAFELY ON AND OFF THE FIELD. AND IT TOOK SOME DOING THIS WAS FOLLOWED THE NEXT DAY. BY STUDENTS PRESENTATIONS OF YEARLONG RESEARCH PROJECTS.

MRS SCHMIDT. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THE PRESENTATIONS HELD BY YOUR AP GOVERNMENT CLASS AT HARVARD GRACE HIGH SCHOOL. I ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. AND HAVE THEM EXPLAIN THEIR CHOICE OF TOPIC. AND THE PROCESS IS THAT THEY APPLIED TO GATHER DATA WITH WHICH TO DERIVE A CONCLUSION. THE TOPICS WERE RELEVANT TO CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR ON THE NEWS TODAY. GREAT JOB. AND FINALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MY NEWBORN GRANDDAUGHTER, SOPHIA. WHO GRACED US WITH HER ARRIVAL ON JUNE 11TH 2022 AT 3:45 A.M. THANK YOU. RACHAEL ATIONS THERE MANY, HMM. YES. ALL RIGHT, DR HAROLD. THANK YOU, RACHEL. CONGRATULATIONS SONYA.

UM I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY BUT IN A HEARTFELT WAY. UM FIRST JUST THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR . I LOVE GRADUATION. I LOVE COMMENCEMENT. TRULY IS THE CULMINATION OF SO MUCH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. UM YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, AND, UM ARE AMAZING TEAM. YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE GRADUATES THIS YEAR. YOU DID IT. IT HAS BEEN, UM, AN UPHILL JOURNEY. BUT CERTAINLY WELL WORTH. UM ALL OF YOUR, UM ALL OF THE HARD WORK WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE YOU YOU DID IT. YOU GRADUATED AND I WANT TO SHARE MY CONGRATULATIONS WITH THEM. TO THEM. UM I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP. HAND OUT DIPLOMAS AT

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THANK YOU, MISS KELLY. YES. THANK YOU, RACHEL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. UM SO I DIDN'T WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE. UM TONIGHT IN PERSON, BUT I'M STILL DEALING WITH THIS ONGOING STUBBORN EYE INFECTION. I WOULD NOT WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY. UM, BUT I'M HOPING TO BE IN PERSON NEXT WEEK. UM ONE OF THEM EVENTS THAT I WAS LOOKING MOST FORWARD TO YOU, UM, THIS YEAR WAS BEING ABLE TO ATTEND GRADUATIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO CANCEL LAST MINUTE. UM TO MISS NORTH HER BIRTHDAY SCHOOL IN BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. BUT I DID LIKE ON THAT NOTE. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2022. IT'S REALLY IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH, UM, WITH KIDS THAT GRADUATED THIS YEAR. AND SO WISHING ALL OF OUR GRADUATES THE BEST AND, UM, T MINUS THREE DAYS. I WANTED TO THANK YOU. ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS. OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ARE CUSTODIAL STAFF, FOOD SERVICE STAFF, BUS DRIVERS, UM, AND EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW. MAKES HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TECH, UM, A WONDERFUL LAST FEW DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND A GREAT SUMMER. WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYBODY CAN FIND TIME TO RELAX AND UNWIND A LITTLE BIT. UM AND I ALSO DID WHEN IT'S A CONGRATULATIONS TO SONIA ON YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER AND TO THANK YOU TO CONNECT A, UM FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD AS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, AND I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND TO PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MS RICCARDI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. UM I, TOO WANTED TO GRADUATE.

CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2022. IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADUATIONS. I REALLY WOULD GO TO ALL OF THEM. I MEAN, I REALLY ENJOYED THEM THAT MUCH. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HANDING OUT DIPLOMAS THAT SWAN CREEK HER FOR TECH, BEL AIR AND C. MILTON WRIGHT, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A JOY, REALLY A LOT OF FUN AND THE WEATHER WAS GREAT FOR ALL OF MINE. UM UM YEAH. I DID WANT TO CONGRATULATE CONNECT, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GIVING KENNY HER DIPLOMA AND THAT WAS REALLY AN HONOR. AND I HOPE THAT I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU THIS PAST YEAR AND APPRECIATE YOU. AS A MENTOR TO ME. YOU'VE REALLY LEARNED A LOT AND I HOPE YOU CALLING US AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR FUTURE AS YOU GROW AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED. AND IT WAS A PLEASURE. UM I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE LASTMAN FOR HIS SUPPORT. UM HE'S ASKING THAT WE EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVE FORWARD ON THE HEART, UM HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT. UM ASKING CONSIDERATION THAT WE REMOVE THE PUBLIC ROAD REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SCHOOL. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK HIM, UM THAT HE'S DIRECTED SOME COVID RELIEF FUNDING TO PROVIDE EXTRA MONIES THAT WILL GO TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACTUALLY, 400 CUSTODIANS. WHICH INCLUDES FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE , SAFETY AND SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, WAREHOUSE, PRINT, SHOP, COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL ARE

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THANK YOU, DR PHIL. FIRST OF ALL. TO OUR SPORTS TEAMS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ONE COUNTY TITLES THIS YEAR. I MEAN STATE TITLES. WE CAME CLOSE IN A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. I THINK WE HAD A FEW INDIVIDUAL STATE WINNERS. CONGRATULATIONS ESPECIALLY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. MM. COMMENCEMENT. WE THINK ABOUT HIS GRADUATION. AND THE END OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE DEFINITION COMMENCEMENT IS THE BEGINNING.

AND IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS. AND I THINK THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS WELL PREPARED THEM FOR ALL THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD. THEY WILL BE WELL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH ADVERSITY. AND THE FACT THAT THEY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO CROSS THE STAGE AND RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMAS. THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN DEAL WITH SIX THERE WILL DEAL WITH SUCCESSES AS WELL. SO MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AS THEY MOVE ON TO THEIR TO THEIR FUTURES. AND I, TOO, WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS KARWACKI ON THE FOR NEW GRANDCHILD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MISS HOLT. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR TRUSTING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR STUDENT MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE BOARD. AND WHILE I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING GOING ON IN OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, YOU LIVE IN HARTFORD COUNTY, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT I SAID ON THE UM.

I WILL CONTINUE, UM TO WORKING HARD. IN MY COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE. I WILL NOT BE AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM I WAS ACCEPTED AS AN HONOR STUDENT IN THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START MY STUDIES EARLY THIS SUMMER, SO I'VE TAKEN THAT OPPORTUNITY WILL START. UNFORTUNATELY. QUITE AN EXPORT MEETING. UM AND THEN JUST KIND OF THE SAME THING. I'M GOING TO BE MAJORING IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A MINOR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ADVISING AND PRE LAW LIKE TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL AND BE A CORPORATE LAWYER. COLOR. SO EVERYBODY'S MENTIONED GRADUATION AND THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. I GOT TO BE AT BEL AIR AND C. MILTON WRIGHT, AND I TRULY ENJOYED IT. GAVEL SUNBURN, BUT THAT'S BETTER THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL. SO WE'LL JUST GO THERE. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT'S NOT THE ONLY END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAD. WE HAD PATRIOT PROGRAMS. WE HAD THE DIFFERENT AWARDS FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AT THE SCHOOLS, THE MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY. I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE, SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS AND END OF YOUR ACTIVITIES GOING ON. AND OF COURSE, JUST THE JOY THAT CHILDREN HAVE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THEY GET TO BE OFF FOR SUMMER, BREAKING THAT, AND, UM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD. TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL YEAR BASIC SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN EASY AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE ARE PEOPLE UPSET THAT WE HAD MASSIVE PEOPLE UPSET THAT WE TOOK THE MASK. MASKS OFF. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON THIS YEAR AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM. GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT EVOLVED ON THANK YOU.

OKAY SO, YES. LET ME JUST SHARE WITH ANYBODY WHO WASN'T AWARE I WAS THE ONE AT THE NORTH HARFORD GRADUATION GETTING RAINED UPON, BUT I HAD A REALLY BIG HAT SO I COULD STILL SEE AND APPARENTLY THE W B A L NEWS HELICOPTER COULD ALSO SEE ME FROM WHEREVER THEY WERE REPORTING ON THE NORTH HARFORD GRADUATION IN THE RAIN. SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND I GOT REALLY, REALLY WET. UM BUT IT WAS VERY FUN, AND I HAVE TO SAY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WAS GOING TO DOLL THAT CROWD. THE KIDS WERE EXCITED THAT PARENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WERE THERE WERE EXCITED. UM THERE'S SO MANY EXCITING THINGS ABOUT GRADUATION AND, YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE VALEDICTORIANS IN THE CLASS PRESIDENTS ARE GREAT, AND THE KIDS WHO WIN. I SWEAR, I THINK OF A JILLION DOLLARS IN

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TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN. I THINK THAT'S JUST REMARKABLE. UM BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE. THE KIDS WHO WERE ABLE TO PICK UP AND MOVE ON THE KIDS WHO WERE NOT NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO OR IN THE TOP 10. BUT WHO MADE IT THROUGH AND IN SOME OF THEIR PARENTS CASES JUST GUTTED IT OUT THE WHOLE WAY, WHO MAYBE AREN'T GOING TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE TECH SCHOOL? AND WHO ARE GOING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WHO ARE WORKING ON JUST GETTING A JOB AFTER SCHOOL OR AFTER. WELL, I GUESS AFTER SCHOOL, AND NOW THE SCHOOL'S OUT. UM, FOR THEM. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED AS WELL. UM BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT. NO MATTER HOW YOU APPROACHED IT, AND HOW YOU GOT THROUGH IT. YOU GOT THROUGH IT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED. UM I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE FUTURE LENGTH GRADUATION AND THE JOHN ARCHER GRADUATION BECAUSE THAT IS MY YEARLY THING, BUT. HOW TO SHOW MR GAYER. I WAS PRODUCING MY FIRST MUSICAL AND I COULDN'T BE SO I APOLOGIZE. I REALLY WANTED TO BE I WANT TO THANK ME FOR ALL OF HER SERVICE TO OUR BOARD AND FOR REALLY SPEAKING OUT AND BEING A VOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS, UM I THINK YOU HAVE SERIOUSLY.

I'M QUESTIONING MY OWN LIFE CHOICES BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT FUTURE AND SUCH. INSIGHT AND SO MANY THOUGHTFUL THINGS TO SAY. I HOPE THAT NOTHING EVER DULLS YOUR VOICE. UM WITH THAT

[B. Public Comments]

STARTER LIST. THIS EVENING. WE HAVE LAUREL HAN, FOLLOWED BY NO. ONE. MYERS. HELLO MY NAME IS LAUREL HAN AND I'M A SOPHOMORE FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR. I'M HERE TO IMPLORE THE BOARD TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WE DO NOT HEAR OF OUR HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS HEADLINES CONNECTED TO YET ANOTHER SHOOTING OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF VIOLENCE. I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH THE BOARD TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY AS WELL AS AS WELL AS SAY THAT WE CAN PREVENT ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS. I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT AMOUNT GUNS OR EVEN ADVOCATING THAT GUNS ARE THE ONLY REASON FOR ALL THE YOUNG, INNOCENT LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS. THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SHOOTINGS AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SOCIAL MEDIA BULLYING AND SO MUCH MORE. SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR LEARNING AND SHOULD PROVIDE A POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL STUDENTS. STATISTICS SHOW THAT SCHOOL VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL GUN VIOLENCE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE. AND WE NEED TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION NOW TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO NOT ONLY IMPLEMENT STRONGER SECURITY MEASURES, BUT WE NEED TO ALSO CHANGE THE CULTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS TO ESTABLISH A MORE POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. DETERRENTS SUCH AS INSTALLING METAL DETECTORS, INCREASING POLICE IN SORO PRESENCE AND INCREASING ENTRY AND EXIT SECURITY MEASURES WILL NOT ONLY PROTECT THAT THREATS FROM WITHIN THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY CAN PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL FROM COMMITTING VIOLENT ACTS ON OR NEAR SCHOOL GROUNDS.

TO TRY AND CHANGE THE CULTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO HELP TRAIN STUDENTS TO BE MORE SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE AND MORE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, WHICH EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO END SOCIAL ISOLATION. THERE ARE ALSO PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO HELP STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS OF SOMEONE AT RISK OF HURTING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS AND HOW TO SAY SOMETHING TO A TRUSTED ADULT TO GET HELP. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO LIKE ME. HAVE SO MANY GREAT IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER. SOME REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF STUDENTS, FACULTY ADMINISTRATORS AND EVEN PARENTS TO HELP THE BOARD

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HEARING THAT NEVER BECOMES ANY LESS HEARTBREAKING AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I COULD ONLY SIT THERE AND HUG THEM AS I HEARD THEIR VOICES BREAK AND WATCH THE TEARS FILL UP THEIR EYES AS THEY PREPARED TO GO HOME AND BOX THEMSELVES UP TO SEE THEIR PARENTS TERRIFIED. IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO FORCING YOUR CHILD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LOVING AND EMBRACING THEMSELVES OR YOUR LOVE. IT'S NOT RIGHT AND IT'S NOT FAIR. I HAD THE LUXURY OF ACCEPTING PARENTS. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT DON'T OR DIDN'T AND A LOT OF THE CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY I PRAY FOR THEM. ESTEEMED MEMORIES OF THE BOARD. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS COUNTY, THE COUNTRY AND THE CHILDREN. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CLAIM TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS ABUSE TO CONTINUE. DO WHAT'S RIGHT IN A LAB PRIOR TO BE EXPRESSED THEIR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT AND HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN CHAND FOLLOWED. BY TINA GRAPH.

GREETINGS TO EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. SO. UM AS DR BAUER MENTIONED IN HIS COMMENT BEFORE THE MEETING AND THE MEETING INTRODUCTION I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PRIDE MONTH AND THE ISSUE. OF BEING NON HETEROSEXUAL IN GENERAL. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS COMES FROM AN INCIDENT RECENTLY, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF. WHERE A TEACHER WAS GIVEN A GIFT PRIDE FLAG. BY A STUDENT. AND AS A RESULT. FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO THE SCHOOL AND I HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL. AND HAVE NO OTHER BETTER THINGS TO DO DECIDED TO HARASS AND DOCKS AND CYBER BULLY THIS TEACHER TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 20 YEARS MORE THAN 20 YEARS, ACTUALLY. A TEACHER WHO HAS HELPED CATALYST STUDENTS.

ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND MOST PEOPLE. IN FACT, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE SAY SINGLE BAD THING ABOUT HER. SO AND PREPARING THE COUNTRY THIS MEANING I. WELL I WAS PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, LIST OFF A BUNCH OF STATISTICS ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW THEY'RE INSTANCES OF HOMOSEXUAL PAIRINGS IN NATURE AND BIOLOGY, AND EVEN IN MATTERS OF FAITH. YOU KNOW I HAVE MYSELF. AND MYSELF. FOLLOW. AH! MONEY FROM REALLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT RELIGION YOU CALL IT.

GRANDFATHER OF CHRIST. AND SO WAS MY SISTER. AND INTERESTING THING IS THAT WHEN MY SISTER CAME OUT. AND SHE'S A YEAR OLDER THAN ME, RIGHT? AND YET SHE COULD NOT TAKE. THE AMOUNT OF HATRED AND VIOLENCE ON THE VERY PEOPLE WHO USED TO CALL HER FAMILY USED TO CALL HER HER

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SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO EVERYONE RIGHT NOW. BEING GAY. IT'S NOT A SIN. AND YOU NEED TO STOP. HATING PEOPLE ARE GAY AND STOP HITTING STUDENTS WHO ARE A GAY BECAUSE YOUR HATRED ONLY HURTS. YEAH.

FIRST I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HELPED AND ATTENDED OUR GRADUATION LAST WEEK. I HAD SO MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM OUR PARENTS WHO ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE AND BE IN PERSON. I DON'T THINK EVERYONE REALIZES HOW MUCH GOODS UNDER GRADUATION. IT'S A LOT WHEN A PARENT CALLS MY SCHOOL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR STUDENT BEING BULLIED OR HARASSED CONFIDENTLY TELL THEM THAT HCPS HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BULLYING POLICY. IF THE SITUATION IS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, WELL, TONIGHT, I'M BRINGING A SITUATION TO YOUR ATTENTION. LAST WEEK, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED A THREE SECOND CLIP OF A FALLSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WAVING A RAINBOW FLAG. IT WAS SHARED 152 TIMES AND VIEWED ALMOST 18,000 TIMES.

THE CAPTION READS, AND I QUOTE FALLSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL HEALTH TEACHER PARADING THE HALLS IN THE MORNING WITH HER PRIDE FLAG. POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS VIEWS ARE PERMITTED UNLESS THEY ARE RIGHT WING OR CHRISTIANITY. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THE COMMENTS WERE VILE AND THREATENING, ATTACKING HER PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. THE COMMENTS ON THE HCPS SITE, WHERE EQUALLY AS VULGAR I'M HOPEFUL THAT NONE OF OUR STUDENTS SAW THE AMOUNT OF HATRED, BIGOTRY AND HOMOPHOBIA DISPLAYED BY THEIR PARENTS. IF A STUDENT INITIATED THIS TYPE OF AN ATTACK, THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC OUTCRIES FOR SUSPENSION AND IT WOULD BE WARRANTED. WITH THE ADOPTED POSTED IT NEGLECTED TO SAY WAS THAT THE TEACHER WAS TAPED WITHOUT CONSENT, AND THERE WAS NO CONTEXT PROVIDED. I ALSO DON'T THINK THE POSTER REALIZED THE EMAIL THAT HCPS EMPLOYEES RECEIVED LAST WEEK ASKING US TO SEND IN ANY PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING A CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONAL HOLIDAY, INCLUDING PRIDE. JUDGING FROM HER CAPTION. I'M CERTAIN THAT SHE WAS NOT PUSHING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH. WE'VE SPOKEN ENDLESSLY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE IDEATIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR AT BOARDING COUNCIL MEETINGS SPECIFIC TO OUR STUDENTS. WHEN WILL YOU CONSIDER THE STAFF AS WELL? PEOPLE ARE ALSO QUICK TO FORGET THAT OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS ARE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE AS THEIR HETERO FRIEND, BUT WE ONLY HEAR FROM THESE FOLKS WHEN IT FITS THEIR AGENDA. PARENTS ARE CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS ON HOMOSEXUALITY, AND I RESPECT THEM, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS NO INDOCTRINATION GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. MY GOAL FOR YOUR STUDENTS IS A QUALITY EDUCATION WHERE THEY ALSO FEEL SAFE. I CANNOT MAKE YOUR CHILD GAY NO MORE THAN I CAN MAKE THEM GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME. OUR POLICY FOR STUDENTS, STATES, BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION OR SERIOUS AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. BULLYING AND HARASSMENT, INCLUDING ANY INTENTIONAL CONDUCT, INCLUDING VERBAL, PHYSICAL OR WRITTEN, CONDUCT OR AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNICATION THAT CREATES HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. AND BY SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERING WITH A STUDENT EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, OPPORTUNITIES OR PERFORMANCE OR THE STUDENTS PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING. PLEASE REVISE THIS POLICY IMMEDIATELY TO INCLUDE YOUR TEACHERS, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU.

YEAH. NEXT WE HAVE NO NEED SHAKA , FOLLOWED BY BRIANA BANGOR. HI. MY NAME IS NORI JACK. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS FAILING. HARTFORD COUNTY STUDENTS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. AS GENERATIONS MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE GROWING UNAWARE OF OUR COUNTRY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HISTORY AND CIVIC TRADITIONS. AND AS DR BEN CARSON SAID, AN EDUCATED CITIZENS ROUTE CITIZENRY IS ESSENTIAL TO GOVERNMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE RESTORATION OF A HEALTHY NON POLITICAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS IN HARTFORD COUNTY. IN RECENT YEARS. GENDER THEORY

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COMING FROM WHAT MOST WOULD CATEGORIZE A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN HOME. I WANTED TO CONTROL THE MESSAGES MY CHILDREN RECEIVED ABOUT THEMSELVES, THE WORLD THEIR PLACE AND PURPOSE IN THE WORLD. A PART OF THE MESSAGING MY HUSBAND AND I COMMUNICATED TO OUR KIDS WAS THAT GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN. TWO DISTINCT GENDERS. MARRIAGE WAS ORDAINED TO BE BETWEEN ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, AND THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS EVER PRESENTED TO MY KIDS. THIS WAS THEIR NORM. THIS WAS THE EXPECTATION AND IT WAS PERPETUATED BY ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE IN THEIR WORLD. IF ANYONE WAS INDOCTRINATED, IT WAS MY CHILDREN. AND YET, AS OF TODAY, 2 17 YEAR OLD TWIN BOYS AND A 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I HAVE ONE SON THAT IDENTIFIES AS GAY ONE AS NON BINARY QUEER. HOW DID I GET THERE? HOW DID MY FAMILY MY KIDS GET THERE? I'LL TELL YOU THIS. IT WASN'T A PUBLIC SCHOOL INDOCTRINATING THEM. THERE IS A PREVAILING POINT OF VIEW THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE AN AGENDA TO INDOCTRINATE OUR CHILDREN WITH LIES FROM THE PIT OF HELL TO DRAW THEM AWAY FROM GOD. AND ALL THAT IS HOLY IT'S NOT TRUE. THE TIME CAME WHEN MY CHILDREN DECIDED TO GO TO SCHOOL. MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH AGREED THAT IT WAS TIME MY SON, ONE OF MY SONS WENT IN AS A FRESHMAN. AND IN HIS FIRST YEAR AT PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE ONLY CLUB YOU WANTED TO JOIN WAS THE GAY AND STRAIGHT ALLIANCE, KNOWN AS GSC. MY HUSBAND AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN WALKING ALONGSIDE OF HIM FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN HIS DISCOVERY THAT HE WAS GAY, SO HIS PARTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CLUB WAS NOT SOME SORT OF DECLARATION TO HIMSELF OR TO US. OR OTHERS THAT HE WAS GAY. BUT AT THE TIME, I FEARED THAT JOINING THE CLUB WOULD ONLY FURTHER ENTRENCHED MY SON INTO WHAT I VIEWED AT THE TIME AS A SINFUL CHOICE. YEARS LATER, HOWEVER, I NOW SEE THE REALITY OF WHAT THIS CLUB DID AND DIDN'T DO. IT DID NOT FURTHER ENTRENCH MY SON IN HIS GAYNESS. NOTHING COULD DO THIS JUST LIKE I COULD NOT INDOCTRINATE THE GAY OUT OF MY SON. THE G S A COULD NOT FURTHER PERPETUATE MY SON'S GAYNESS. I NOW SIMPLY SEE THAT AS MISINFORMED POINT OF VIEW.

IT'S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS. WHAT GSA DID DO FOR MY SON. IS IT PROVIDED A SAFE SPACE FOR HIM? IT GAVE HIM PEOPLE HE COULD TRUST WOULDN'T MAKE FUN OF HIM. IT PROVIDED AN ADULT, THE TEACHER SPONSOR OF THE CLUB, WHO HE KNEW WOULD NEVER HOLD HIS GAYNESS OVER HIM IN ANY DETRIMENTAL WAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? MY SON REALLY, REALLY NEEDED THAT SUPPORT AT THE TIME

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I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, AND I RESPECT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY. PLEASE CONSIDER MY REQUEST. AS THE NEW NAME OF THIS BUILDING MUST BE A BRAND THAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY CAN STAND BEHIND AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING, DR BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. EFFORTS TO PURGE CHRISTIANITY FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN. THE SUPREME COURT CASE OF ANGLE VERSUS THE TALLY REMOVED PRAYER FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1962 AND IN 1963, THE SUPREME COURT RULED TO REMOVE MANDATORY BIBLE READING FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF NUMEROUS CASES THAT CREATED A CLEAR PRECEDENT FOR REMOVING ELEMENTS OF RELIGION FROM SCHOOLS. IN THESE AND OTHER DECISIONS. THE COURT HAS REPEATEDLY STRESSED THAT THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN IN RELIGION. IN THE 2005 LEGAL CASE, CITIZENS FOR A RESPONSIBLE CURRICULUM VERSUS MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MARYLAND CITIZENS GROUPS SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED TO HELP EDUCATION CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION. ORDINARILY OPPONENTS OF HOMOSEXUALITY COULD NOT CONFIDENTLY SITE THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE AS THE BASIS FOR A COMPLAINT BECAUSE THE CURRICULUM TYPICALLY WOULD NOT ADVANCE A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE. HOWEVER THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CURRICULUM AND CREW INCLUDED MATERIALS AND TEACHER GUIDES THAT DISPARAGE SOME RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS ON HOMOSEXUALITY AS THEOLOGICALLY FLAWED. AND CONTRAST, ID THESE TEACHINGS WITH WHAT THE GUIDE PORTRAYED AS THE MORE ACCEPTABLE AND TOLERANT VIEWS OF SOME OTHER FAITHS. THE DISTRICT COURT CONCLUDED THAT THE CURRICULUM HAD BOTH THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF ADVANCING CERTAIN FAITHS WHILE DENIGRATING THE BELIEFS OF OTHERS. THE COUNTY WAS FORCED TO REWORK. WE WRITE THEIR MATERIALS TO EXCLUDE ANY REFERENCE TO THE VIEWS OF PARTICULAR FAITHS. FAST FORWARD TO 2022 WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE ERA OF A NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT ATTEMPTING TO

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MY NAME IS CHUCK HICKS AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY FOR 66 YEARS. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD ENROLLED IN THE SYSTEM. AND FIVE MORE TO FOLLOW, AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY AFTER THAT. I'M ALSO A DEACON IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HAVE THE CHURCH IS CONCERNED FOR WHATEVER AFFECTS THE CHILDREN OF GOD. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE SHARES THAT CONCERN. AND I READ THE CVS OF THE BOARD, AND I'M IMPRESSED BY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOUR FULLY QUALIFIED TO MAKE DECISIONS. THAT REFLECT THE GOALS OF THE PARENTS OF THE KIDS INSTRUCTED OR ENTRUSTED TO YOU TO EDUCATE. YET DESPITE YOUR STERLING QUALIFICATIONS, THREE BASIC AREAS WHERE I THINK YOU HAVE MADE VERY POOR DECISIONS THAT CAN DO SERIOUS HARM TO THE MORAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHILDREN. IF YOU PERSIST IN THEM NOW I HAVE TO ADD A COMMENT AFTER HEARING ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE, MAYBE I MISJUDGE. MAYBE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA. BUT THAT'S MY POINT. MY FIRST CONCERN IS WITH I'VE SEEN MATERIAL. WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES, EVEN IN SOME CLASSROOMS HAVE SEEN MATERIAL IS TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE IN THE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. IN FACT, IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TO MAKE OBSCENE MATERIAL AVAILABLE. TWO KIDS UNDER 16 YEARS OLD. PARENTS EXPECT THEIR CHILDREN TO BE PROTECTED FROM SUCH POISON. ALL MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND USED IN THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE SQUEAKY CLEAN. OBSCENITY CAN WREAK HAVOC IN THE FERTILE MIND FIELD. OF INNOCENT KIDS. AND HIS EXPERTS IN EDUCATION. YOU KNOW THOSE DANGERS WAY BETTER THAN WE DO.

FIXING THE PROBLEM IS EASY. YOU JUST CLEAR IT OFF THE SHELVES. IF IT'S STUDENT NEEDS TO ACCESS THE BOOK WITH OBSCENE CONTENT, THEY ARE FREE AND I HOPE WITH PARENTAL CONSENT TO USE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL'S BUSINESS TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF THING TO KIDS. NEXT I'M CONCERNED WITH TWO SUBJECTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AIRED HERE TONIGHT. ALREADY THAT THE STATE IS MANDATING FOR US TO START IN THE FALL. AT LEAST I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CASES THESE ARE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CRT AND GENDER IDEOLOGY ISSUES. HERE'S THE PROBLEM. THESE ARE NOT FACT BASED TOPICS WHICH CAN BE TAUGHT THEIR FAITH BASED TOPICS. MAN MADE FALSE RELIGIONS THAT THE STUDENT WILL BE FORCED TO ACCEPT AS TRUE. BY A PROCESS CALLED INDOCTRINATION. WELL, IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR THE STATE TO INDOCTRINATE ANY FOREIGN TO ANY FORM OF RELIGION. SO ON THAT BASIS ALONE, THE BOARD MUST REJECT CRT AND ALL THAT GENDER STUFF. BUT THERE ARE EVEN MORE COMPELLING REASONS FOR REJECTING THESE STATE MANDATES. GENDER IDEOLOGY IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL PARENT CHILD ISSUE. THAT BELONGS IN THE HOME. IT'S OFF LIMITS FOR THE SCHOOL TO MEDDLE IN. OF

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THANK YOU. WE HAVE TINA KENOSHA, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINO. REGARDING THE DIVISIVENESS AND THE OBSCENE MATERIAL YOU APPROVED FOR THE USE OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION ILLEGALLY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE PARENTS HAVE SAID CHILDREN. YOUR GLORIOUS AND MORE MAJESTIC THAN THE EVERLASTING MOUNTAINS. OUR BOLDEST ENEMIES HAVE BEEN PLUNDERED. THEY LIE BEFORE US IN THE SLEEP OF DEATH WARRIOR CAN LIFT A HAND AGAINST US AT THE BLAST OF THE BREATH OF GOD OF JACOB, THEIR HORSES AND CHARIOTS LIGHT STILL NO WONDER YOU WERE GREATLY FEARED CAN STAND BEFORE YOU WHEN YOUR ANGER EXPLODES FROM HEAVEN, YOU SENTENCED YOUR ENEMIES. THE EARTH TREMBLED AND STOOD SILENT BEFORE YOU. YOU STAND UP TO JUDGE THOSE WHO DO EVIL OH, GOD AND TO RESCUE THE OPPRESSED OF THE EARTH. HUMAN DEFIANCE ONLY ENHANCES YOUR GLORY FOR YOU USE IT AS A WEAPON. MAKE VOWS TO THE LORD YOUR GOD AND KEEP THEM LET EVERYONE BRING TRIBUTE TO THE AWESOME ONE. FOR HE BREAKS THE PRIDE OF PRINCES AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH FEAR HIM. IT IS GOOD TO GIVE. THANKS TO THE LORD TO ST CRISIS TO THE MOST HIGH.

IT IS GOOD TO PROCLAIM YOUR UNFAILING LOVE AND THE MORNING YOUR FAITHFULNESS IN THE EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY TENS, 10 STRING INSTRUMENT, A HEART AND THE MELODY OF A LIAR. YOU THROW ME LORD, WITH ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME, I SING FOR JOY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. OH LORD, WHAT GREAT WORKS YOU DO AND HOW DEEP ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ONLY A SIMPLETON WOULD NOT KNOW. AND ONLY A FOOL WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. THOUGH THE WICKED SPROUT LIGHTS, WEEDS AND EVILDOERS FLOURISH, THEY WILL BE DESTROYED FOREVER. BUT YOU O LORD WILL BE EXALTED FOREVER. YOUR ENEMIES THE LORD WILL SURELY PERISH. ALL EVILDOERS WILL BE SCATTERED. BUT YOU HAVE MADE ME STRONG AS A WILD AX. YOU YOU YOU HAVE ANOINTED ME WITH THE FINEST OIL MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE DOWNFALL OF MY ENEMIES. MY EARS HAVE HEARD THE DEFEAT OF MY WICKED OPPONENTS. SO I'M ONE OH, ONE I WILL SING OF YOUR LOVE AND JUSTICE LORD, I WILL PRAISE YOU WITH SONGS. I WILL BE CAREFUL TO LIVE A BLAMELESS LIFE. WHEN WILL YOU COME TO HELP ME? I WILL LIVE A LIFE OF INTEGRITY IN MY OWN HOME. I REVIEWS TO LOOK AT ANYTHING VILE AND VULGAR. I HATE ALL WHO DEAL CROOKED LI. I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. I WILL REJECT PERVERSE IDEAS AND STAY AWAY FROM EVERY EVIL. I WILL NOT TOLERATE PEOPLE WHO SLANDER THEIR NEIGHBORS. I WILL NOT ENDURE CONCEIT AND PRIDE. I WILL SEARCH FOR FAITHFUL PEOPLE TO BE MY COMPANIONS. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE ABOVE REPROACH WILL BE ALLOWED TO SERVE ME. I WILL NOT ALLOW HER DECEIVERS TO SERVE IN MY HOUSE AND LIARS WILL NOT STAY IN MY PRESENCE. MY DAILY TASK WILL BE TO FERRET OUT THE WICKED AND FREE THE CITY OF THE LORD FROM THEIR GRIP. MATTHEW 18. BUT IF YOU ANYONE CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES WHO BELIEVE IN ME TO STUMBLE, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO HAVE A LARGE MILLSTONE HUNG AROUND HIS NECK.

AND BE DROWNED IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. SO PLEASE DO RIGHT BY OUR CHILDREN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

GOOD EVENING. I WAS REVIEWING THE SCIENCE, TEXTBOOK, CULT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY USED IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN HARTFORD COUNTY. CHAPTER EIGHT ADDRESSES THE ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL LIFE. ST SIMPLE CHEMICALS IN THE OCEAN DEVELOPED LIFE. THIS IS KNOWN AS ABBA GENESIS. GENESIS IS A CONTRIVED . IMAGINE IDEA WITH NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE BACKING IT. IT'S TIME FOR SCIENCE LESSON. WALLS ARE ESTABLISHED FACTS BASED ON EMPIRICAL EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENTATION AND APPROVED BY THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. THERE WAS ONE SUCH LAW THAT ADDRESSES THE ORIGIN OF LIFE. THAT IS THE LAW OF BIOGENESIS. WHICH STATES LIVING THINGS CAN ONLY COME FROM OTHER LIVING THINGS BY MEANS OF REPRODUCTION. AND CANNOT. NOT COME FROM NON LIVING THINGS. NOW THIS IS COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THIS BOOK IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE TEACHING. IS IT THE POLICY OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH MADE UP SIGNS THAT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS PROVEN EMPIRICAL WALLS. I GUESS IT MUST BE. I WOULD THINK A GROUP OF EDUCATED PEOPLE WITH SOME HOLDING PHDS WOULD UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC LAWS. TRUMP CONTRIVED THEORIES. MAYBE YOU DO UNDERSTAND IT. BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO TEACH FAKE SCIENCE THAT ALLIES WITH YOUR MARXIST VIEWS. BY TEACHING THAT ALL LIFE EVOLVED BY ACCIDENT

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HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS THAT INFORMATION AND HUMAN BODY AROSE BY CHANCE. AND WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF INTELLIGENCE, THUS VIOLATING THE LAW OF INFORMATION. START TEACHING FAKE, CONTRIVED SCIENCE AND TEACH THE PROVEN LAWS OF SCIENCE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS. FOR IN PERSON. IN PERSON, OKAY? ALRIGHT MISS STAPLETON. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA BE HELPING US WITH OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. GOODY. I GUESS I AM. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN 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 ELAINE LEWIS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M TRULY HORRIFIED AT THE IGNORANT HEAT AND FEAR. THAT IS BEING DIRECTED AT THE L G T P Q YOUTH AND HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS TEACHERS. WHEN A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WITH 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHO IS A GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE SPONSOR IS VILIFIED.

FOR WALKING AROUND AND WAVING A RAINBOW COVERED FABRIC. AND SUPPORT. OF OUR L G T B Q YOUTH.

AND HAS ALSO BECOME THE TARGET OF CYBER BULLYING. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR YOUTH. FACULTY AND STAFF THAT THEY ARE SEEING VALUED AND WILL BE PROTECTED. IT STAYS IF THESE PEOPLE. WHO ARE PROTESTING THESE ACTIONS FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THIS AND MODELING THIS NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN THE HALLS IN THE BATHROOMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO OUR CHILDREN? WHAT KIND OF BULLYING AND ABUSE ARE THEY RECEIVING? WHEN DISCUSSING TERMS LIKE GROOMING ARE USED TO EQUATE TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT BODY AUTONOMY AND GENDER IDENTITY WITH CHILD ABUSE , PEDOPHILIA AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THEY HAVE CROSSED A LINE. AND, OF COURSE, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE VICTIMS OF GROOMING, PEDOPHILIA AND TRAFFICKING. AND THAT THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS DEFLECT ATTENTION FROM THESE SERIOUS ISSUES. I SUPPORT THIS PSA ADVISOR. I SUPPORT L G T B Q CHILDREN. AND I SUPPORT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF. WE WILL STAND WITH YOU AGAINST THIS IGNORANCE, HATE AND FEAR. THANK YOU. CHILDREN ABOUT BODY AUTONOMY AND GENDER. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. BEFORE YOU BEGIN. YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT ARM. IT'S A.

SPEAK CANADA WORDS AND ACTIONS. MHM. FAST SUPPORT GFMS. PRESIDENT GLORIA CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEAR YOU? YES, IT'S THE PERSON WHO IS WAITING IN THE LOBBY. UM BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW SECOND DELAY. THEY'RE JUST HEARING THIS STATEMENT. THEY JUST NEED TO TURN OFF WHATEVER

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OKAY? HELLO MY NAME IS ERICA BLEW IN, AND I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AND A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS IN FALLSTON. RECENTLY I LEARNED THAT CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE PRIDE FLAG FROM ALL CLASSROOM SETTING. AND WAS SADDENED TO THINK ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT SENDS TO ALL OF THE CHILDREN. THAT ATTEND SCHOOL IN THAT COUNTY SADDENED THAT SOME OF OUR LGBT Q CHILDREN SHOULD THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT LOVED AND VALUED FOR WHO THEY ARE SAT IN. FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING FROM THE ADULTS AROUND THEM THAT THEY THEY SHOULD BE INTOLERANT TOWARDS OTHERS DIFFERENCES INSTEAD OF ALLIES AND FRIENDS ALL AND ALSO SAT IN FOR THOSE ADULT. WHO HAS HATE IN THEIR HEARTS AND USE THEIR TIME FIGHTING ABOUT ISSUES THAT DO NOT EVEN DIRECTLY IMPACTS THEIR LIVES IN A NEGATIVE WAY. AFTER HEARING ABOUT CARROLL COUNTY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I'M SO GLAD I WORK IN THE COUNTY, WHERE PEOPLE'S DIFFERENCES ARE CELEBRATED. WE EVEN RECEIVED OUR OWN PRIDE FLAGS TO DISPLAY IN OUR CLASSROOMS IN ORDER TO LET ALL CHILDREN KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN A SAFE AND LOVING SPACE. I ALSO TOLD HIM HOW HAPPY I AM TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE OUR OWN CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TO BE TOLERANT, LOVING PEOPLE AND THAT THEIR SCHOOLS DO NOT IMPART HATEFUL BELIEFS. WHEN I HEARD THAT HE FOUR SECOND VIDEO OF A FALSE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAY WITH PRIDE FLAG WAS POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME RESPONSES WERE OF HATE, BULLYING AND HARASSMENT TOWARDS THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL. I FELT LIKE THE WIND HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF MAINE IN 2022. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD HAVE HATE IN THEIR HEARTS TOWARDS PEOPLE IN THE LGBT Q COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT WE ALL GET ALL OF US LOVE SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. IT SICKENS ME TO THINK THAT THIS TEACHER HAS BEEN MISTREATED FOR BEING AN ALLY AND AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL STUDENTS. WHO HAS SO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE A MOMENT'S THOUGHT TO A PEACEFUL AND LOVING GESTURE, SUCH AS CARRYING A FLAG AS A SIGN OF SUPPORT. I CAME HERE TO SPEAK TO TELL THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL THAT I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT LOVING AND OPEN MINDED VIEWS. I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT ANY OF MY STUDENTS WOULD EVEN FOR A MOMENT THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT PERFECT. JUST THE WAY THEY ARE. I HAVE LOVE IN MY HEART FOR ALL OF MY STUDENTS, AND I'M SO GLAD A TEACHER AT FALLSTON DOES TOO. I'M URGING HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THINK ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACT. FIGHTING FOR INCLUSIVITY EQUITY AND A POSITIVE FACE SAFE SPACE HAS ON ON ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS A PEACEFUL, DIVERSE COUNTY AND WE CANNOT HAVE TOLERANCE AND JUDGMENTS AND HATE IN OUR HEARTS. THANK YOU.

PROUD. AND. PERFECT THE WAY THEY ARE. I HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF

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HELLO UM, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. OKAY MY NAME IS CHRISTINE MACDONALD. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. BOSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL'S MOTTO IS ACHIEVING WITH PRIDE. I ASKED TO SPEAK TODAY TO URGE THE BOARD AND EVERYONE PRESENT TONIGHT TO FOLLOW THAT MOTTO BY FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OF INCLUSIVITY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COOL.

THEY'RE PLACES WHERE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. RECENT OUTRAGE OVER A TEACHER AND A PRIDE FLAG HAVE SHOWN THAT OUR SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS, AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTALLY TO BETTER ACADEMIC AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS. A 2019 STUDY BY THE GAY LESBIAN STRAIGHT EDUCATION NETWORK SURVEYED OVER 16,000 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THE STUDY REVEALED THAT EIGHT OUT OF 10 LGBTQ STUDENTS EXPERIENCED HARASSMENT AT SCHOOL AND THAT NEARLY A THIRD OF THEM REPORTED SKIPPING SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT LGBTQ YOUTH ATTEMPT SUICIDE AT A RATE BETWEEN 3 TO 4 TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT OF HETERONORMATIVE YOUTH. THESE RATES DROP SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO LGBT Q AFFIRMING SPACES SOMEWHERE THEY CAN SAFELY GROW AS A PERSON. MOREOVER LGBTQ YOUTH AND SUPPORTIVE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO MISS SCHOOL. THE BENEFITS OF AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OUR LGBTQ STUDENTS. INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS , INCLUDING YOUNG, STRAIGHT PEOPLE, THEY TEACH ALL STUDENTS TO RESPECT OTHERS AND TO APPRECIATE AND ACCEPT DIFFERENCES. EITHER SKILLS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ANY OCCUPATION. MY SON IS IN PRESCHOOL, BUT AS HE MOVES THROUGH THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, I HOPE HE HAS TEACHERS WHO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME REGARDLESS OF WHO HE IS AS A PERSON. I HOPE YOU HAVE TEACHERS LIKE THAT FALLS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER THAT MANY OF US ARE HERE SUPPORTING TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU HAVE TEACHERS LIKE HER THAT MAKE THEM FEEL PROUD OF WHO HE IS AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT HE NEEDS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH PRIDE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU WILL BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI MY NAME IS CLAIRE MCCARTHY. AND I'M A STUDENT AT BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE BULLYING OF THE TEACHER WHO RAISED THE PRICE IS RIGHT AROUND THE SCHOOL. I JUST I WANTED TO STRESS THAT AS NOT ONLY A MEMBER OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY MYSELF, BUT ALSO AS A PERSON. AS A SIBLING WHO IS A MEMBER. IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY AN ALLY FOR THEM, BUT SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP THEM WITH OTHERS MAY NOT LIKE OTHERS AT THAT SCHOOL ARE HORRIBLE TO THESE KIDS, AND SO THE MOST BREWED AND HORRIBLE THINGS, AND IT JUST THEY NEED THAT PERSON WHO'S THERE FOR THEM, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SHAMING ANYONE WHO IS THAT PERSON. SO I JUST WANTED TO BOARD TO HEAR ME OUT. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PRESIDENT GAUDIER. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS

[C. Consent Agenda]

OKAY? NUMBER ONE RESOLUTION ON MISS CANADIAN H. HOLCOMB HARTFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 2021. 2021 TO 2022, STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY. NUMBER TWO AFFIRMATION OF MONTHLY CONTRACTS MAY 2022. THREE CONTRACT AWARD DREAM BOX SEAT LICENSE SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL. NUMBER FOUR CONTRACT AWARD POWER SCHOOLS, RENEWAL'S. NUMBER FIVE CONTRACT AWARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AND MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FOR THE INFO FOR LARSON E R. P SYSTEM.

NUMBER SIX CONTRACT WORD CONVENTIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUS TYPE ONE. NUMBER SEVEN CONTRACT AWARD COMPACT CRAWLER BOOM LEFT. NUMBER EIGHT CONTRACT AWARD TV STUDIO UPGRADE AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. NUMBER NINE CONTRACT AWARD OFFICE SUPPLIES. NUMBER 10

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NUMBER 12 CONTRACT AWARD ENGLISH RESOURCE NUMBER 13 CONTRACT AWARD CLASSROOM AND OFFICE FURNITURE. NUMBER 14 CONTRACT AWARD MAINTENANCE WARRANTY FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. NUMBER 15 CONTRACT AWARD MYTH TEXTBOOKS. NUMBER 16 CONTRACT AWARD, EXPLORE LEARNING GIZMOS SITE LICENSE RENEWAL. NUMBER SEVEN OR 17 APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERSHIP TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S AUDIT COMMITTEE. NUMBER 18 OFFICE AND INTERNAL AUDITS FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT PLAN. NUMBER 19 OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDITS FISCAL YEAR 2022 ANNUAL UPDATE. NUMBER 20 SPECIAL EDUCATION CITIZEN ADVERSARY. ADVISER EXCUSE ME. COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT. AND NUMBER 21 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING MAY 16TH 2022. Q. THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. IT WAS MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU AND THE SECOND PATRICE I SECOND THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. ALRIGHT WITH THAT. THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND STARTED THIS AGAIN. UM CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME ONLINE?

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

ALRIGHT SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH UPDATE ON CONTINUITY OF LEARNING. AND DR BOLSON. I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CALL IN SOME OTHER PEOPLE IS MY GUEST. I WILL JUST CALL HIM MISS RIDGEWAY FOR A VERY BRIEF UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. TODAY HARPER COUNTY HAS A 9.21 POSITIVITY PERCENTAGE A 17 POINT 7/7 DAY AVERAGE CASE RATE PER 100,000 RESIDENTS. AND IT'S LISTED AS MEDIUM ON THE CDC COMMUNITY LEVELS TOOL. THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL STATUS THAT BEGAN APRIL 1ST IS STILL IN PLACE THROUGH THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. THANK YOU, AND I HOPE ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER. SO WE HAVE. THAT WAS QUICK. YOU SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MR RIDGEWAY? JUST CHECKING ALRIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE FOR CONTINUITY OF LEARNING. OR

[F. Decision on Proposed FY2023 Budget, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, and Mr. Eric Clark, Director of Budget]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTIER VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. DOCTOR BELSON. BOARD MEMBERS. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT SEEKING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL ON OUR UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED CAPITAL AND FOOD.

NUTRITION BUDGETS FOR FY 23. SO WE ARE GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION. WE SHARED THIS IN SMALL GROUP MEETINGS. UM IT HAS NOT CHANGED OTHER SOME SOME TWEAKING OF ORGANIZATION OF THE SIDES. THERE ARE THREE AMENDMENTS. ONE RELATES TO OUR BASE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. THERE ARE NO DOLLAR CHANGES. THERE. THERE ARE FOUR FTE. AND THEN THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS RELATED TO OUR STATE FUNDING NUMBERS AND ADJUSTING WHAT WE NEED ON THE BUDGET. SO MR CLARK IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE SLIDES. SURE, THANK YOU. FIRST FOUR SLIDES ARE GOING TO GO OVER OUR BASE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. THESE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE YOU APPROVED YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET BACK IN FEBRUARY. SO THE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH FIVE OR SOME FTE ADJUSTMENTS YOUR NOTICE WHEN WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS NEXT SLIDE THAT THE TOTAL DOLLARS NET TO ZERO AND THE FTS THERE IS AN INCREASE OF 4.2. SO WE HAVE A COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST TRANSPORTATION CONVERSION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS, INTERNS TO FTE S . WE'RE ADDING A STAFFING SPECIALIST IN HR. TWO FLOATING 10 MONTH CLERICAL TO ED SERVICES AND CONVERTING THREE SWIM TECH.

NATIONS TO PE TEACHERS. NUMBER SIX IS A REORGANIZATION IN, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND

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THEY WILL GO INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. MM BELOW THAT ARE SOME NON SALARY EXPENSES. AND THEN SOME CONFERENCE RENTAL AND NEXT SLIDE, MISJUDGED AND THEN SOME SMALLER AMOUNTS. AND THIS IS JUST GIVING THE DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS FOR THAT ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE SUPPLIES HAPPY RENTAL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE. THE TOTAL IS ZERO FTE CHANGE AND $0 CHANGE. THESE TRANSFERS ARE TYPICAL THAT WHAT WE DO AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR AS WE'RE PREPARING THE BUDGET, SO WE DO MOVE THINGS BETWEEN LINE ITEMS, AND IT DOES TYPICALLY NET 20 FOR THE DOLLARS . OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE FT CHANGES BASED ON CHANGES THAT WE MADE DURING THE YEAR AND THESE WOULD ALL BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1 2022. UPON YOUR APPROVAL. SO THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD REQUEST TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS THE 4.2 FTE S. AND THAT'S ZERO CHANGE IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES NUMBER TWO. IS AN INCREASE IN THE STATE, MARYLAND REVENUE OF $4.9 MILLION THAT IS MOVING THE FULL DAY PRE K FROM RESTRICTED TO UNRESTRICTED. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER IN THE B O S PROPOSED BUDGET WE WERE SUGGESTING MOVING THE FOUR DAY FULL DAY PRE K FROM UNRESTRICTED TO RESTRICTED AFTER SOME CONSULTATION WITH MSD AND SOME OTHER LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES. WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S BEST ACCOUNTED FOR AN UNRESTRICTED SO IT'S A REVERSAL OF SOMETHING THAT WE PROPOSED. AND THEN NUMBER THREE IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. UM FROM MSD.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS MSD HAS HELD EACH OF THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES. HARMLESS FOR COMBAT FUNDING SO FARMS OR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS. STUDENT COUNTS ARE DOWN ACROSS THE STATE.

HOWEVER THE STATE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO HOLD EACH COUNTY HARMLESS. SO THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER THREE MILLION. THE OTHER 2.7, OR SO MILLION WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN SPECIAL ED LITTLE BIT MORE IN L, A P OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TRANSPORTATION. SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO DO WITH THAT FIRST LINE ITEM IS THAT INCREASE IN THE TEACHER'S RETIREMENT, THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS SHIFTING MORE OF THE BURDEN OR MORE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY I SHOULD SAY FOR THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT. TO EACH OF THE COUNTY'S. THAT'S ABOUT 3.2 MILLION WE'RE PROPOSING, ADDING 20 SAFETY LIAISONS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL.

THAT'S 20 F TO EASE FOR ALMOST 1.2 MILLION. TWO REGIONAL COORDINATORS OF SAFETY FOR 206,000. THREE SPECIAL ED PARA EDUCATORS FOR CLASSROOM SUPPORT PROGRAMS MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR THAT IS A TRANSFER FROM THE RESTRICTED BUDGET. UM. AND SOME OTHER FTS AND SMALL 50 SPECIAL EDUCATION INTERPRETER. SWAN CREEK 10 MONTH CLERICAL PARA EDUCATOR FOR JUDY CENTER EXPANSION AND A CONVERSION OF A PART TIME SLP TWO FULL TIME. THE OTHER. LINE ITEMS ARE NON FTE LINE ITEMS, AND THEY'RE JUST SOME INCREASES TO SOME OF THE LIME ITEMS WHERE WE NEEDED TO SHORE THOSE UP A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THE CONVERSION OF A FEW POSITIONS FROM 10 MONTHS TO 11 MONTH. AND THEN, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT CLERICAL FROM A GRADE SIX TO A GRADE EIGHT. AT THE VERY BOTTOM. YOU'LL SEE THAT UPON APPROVAL THAT WOULD GIVE THE UNRESTRICTED FY 23 BOARD OF EDUCATION'S BUDGET. 4995.7 FTE S FOR A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF 579,000,392. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE STAND IN FY 22 CURRENT YEAR AND WHERE WE WOULD

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OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH IS PART OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED BUDGET. THERE WERE NO CHANGES THERE OF 2.5 MILLION AND THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL CHANGE FROM CURRENT YEAR FY 22 TO FY 23 OF 59.8 MILLION OR 11.5. IN TERMS OF REVENUE. THE ONLY AMOUNT THAT CHANGED HERE WAS THE MARYLAND STATE WHERE WE'RE RECOGNIZING MORE REVENUE THAN WE DID IN THE BEOS PROPOSED BUDGET. THE 30.4 MILLION IS NOT A CHANGE FROM LOCAL AND THE OTHER THREE LINE ITEMS ALSO STAY THE SAME AGAIN. THAT'S AN 11.5 INCREASE FOR THE 579.4 MILLION. SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO NOW, UM SO WE CAN SEE AS WE GO ACROSS. WE HAD SOME TRANSFERS AND CURRENT YEAR WE HAD THE 4.2 FINAL BASED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. FINAL AMENDMENTS. TWO AND THREE THAT WE LISTED ABOVE THAT GIVES US THE FOURTH. 1009 195.7 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED FTS. AND THEN THEY RESTRICTED FTS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A REDUCTION FROM 383.8 TO 347.6. AND THEN FOOD SERVICE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AT 263.5. FT S FOR A TOTAL OF 5606.8 F. D. E SS ONLY A COUPLE CHANGES BETWEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS PROPOSED. AND THIS CURRENT OR EDITION. IS 7.6 MILLION OF THE MARYLAND LEADS GRANT. WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT ONE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. MAYBE 2.5 MONTHS AGO. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR THAT AMOUNT OF 7.6 MILLION. ON THE STATE WITH THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES WE REMOVED THE, UM BLUEPRINT PRE K FOUR YEAR OLD. WE MOVED THAT FROM RESTRICTED TO UNRESTRICTED AND THEN THE LAST ONE. THE TALENT PATHWAYS UNDER LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS.

THAT'S THE $5 MILLION OF FUN BALANCE THAT WAS ASSIGNED FOR DR OLSON'S TALENT PATHWAYS INITIATIVE. SO WE, WE WILL REFLECT THAT AS $5 MILLION IN LOCAL SLASH MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS. CAPITAL BUDGET. WE'RE LOOKING AT 85.8 MILLION THE STATE PORTION IS 29.7 LOCAL PORTION 50.8, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FUN BALANCE ASSIGNMENT OF 5.25 MILLION THE FIRST SLIDE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. AND YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE SEVERAL TIMES.

THESE ARE THE KIND OF ABOVE THE LINE OR STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD, HARPER TECH AND THE OTHER VARIOUS, UH PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY FOR STATE FUNDING WITH CERTAIN LOCAL FUNDING MATCH THAT TYPE OF THING. THE NEXT ONE. I KNOW THIS SLIDES A LITTLE BIT BUSY, BUT REALLY THE COLUMNS TO LOOK AT ARE THE LOCAL PROPOSED FUNDING, SO THOSE WOULD WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT ADD UP TO THE 50. $0.8 MILLION. THE CAPITAL.

TRANSFER THE 1.5. THAT'S WHAT WE DO EACH YEAR. WE LOOK IN THE SPRING AND SEE WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE GOING TO CLOSE OUT . IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING REMAINING IN THOSE PROJECTS, AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO WITH THOSE SO THAT IS THE LOCAL C I P CATEGORY TRANSFER THE 1.5 MILLION YOU CAN SEE ON THAT BOTTOM LINE. THERE'S A NEGATIVE 1.5. THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THEY'RE JUST WE'RE JUST MOVING THEM TO THE CORRECT PROJECT. AND THEN THE 5.25 MILLION. THAT IS THE OPERATING FUND BALANCE TRANSFER THAT WE WOULD ALSO SEEK APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT, AND THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS ON AND AGAIN THAT TOTALS TO THE $85.8 MILLION. FOOD AND NUTRITION.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S PROPOSED WE ARE BUDGETING $19.2 MILLION IN REVENUE AND ALSO $19.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES IN THE FOOD SERVICE FUND. SO UH, LET ME READ THIS FIRST AND THEN WE CAN GO OVER ANY QUESTIONS. THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED FOLLOWING BUDGETS WITH AMENDMENTS FOR FY 2023. THE UNRESTRICTED FUND 579,000,392. THE RESTRICTED FUND 49,791,006. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS 85,768,009. AND IN THE FOOD NUTRITION FUND, 19,203,003. OKAY? THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL YOU

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IT WILL BE BASED ON THE FREE AND REDUCED APPLICATION. WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED MILK INDIVIDUALLY THIS YEAR THAT WILL BE EXPIRING AS WELL. SO EVERYTHING WILL BE PURCHASED NEXT YEAR UNLESS YOU QUALIFY FOR THE COMPLETE MEAL. AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE STUDENTS WOULD RECEIVE THOSE MEALS AND JUST BECAUSE I'M A MOM OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO START PURCHASING SNACKS AGAIN, TOO? WHOLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SUPPLY AND DEMAND. WE ARE. WE ARE VERY, VERY TIGHT RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. IF WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND REALLY, THAT IS MORE OF A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE THAN A WERE UNWILLING ISSUE. IT IS NOT AN HCPS ISSUE. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT OUT THERE TOO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DAVID, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. IT WAS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. UM I HAD THOUGHT THAT PRE PANDEMIC WE HAD A FEW CERTAIN SCHOOLS THAT HAD AT LEAST FREE BREAKFAST FOR ALL STUDENTS. IS THAT NO LONGER THE CASE. THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT DO APPLY DO QUALIFY FOR THAT, SO THAT WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. OR MAYBE NOT. OKAY WE CAN GET YOU THE LIST OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT QUALIFY AND PROVIDE ANYTHING ELSE. IT IS NOT ONLY TITLE ONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

RIGHT WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM SOMEONE. UM REGARDING JUST VOTING ON THE FOOD, NUTRITION BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE ONE BY ONE. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE PROPOSED FOOD AND NUTRITION BUDGET. THIS IS CAROL I SECOND ALRIGHT. MISS RALLO, CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR EACH OF THESE BUDGETS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. DR BAUER. YES, DOCTOR, HAROLD. YES. MS KARWACKI? YES. MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. MR RICCARDI? YES, MR ROBINSON. YES, THANK YOU. MS. WELCOME, YES. VICE PRESIDENT MILLER. YES, PRESIDENT GLORIA.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, ONE DOWN CAPITAL, BUT YOU CAN PUT THAT SLIDE UP NEXT, PLEASE. WANTING TO GO BACKWARDS. PROBABLY GONE BACK TOO FAR. SEE IF IT CATCHES UP. MANY CLICKS LATER. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DETAILED ONE? WE FIND OUT.

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. COLUMN IS THE TOTAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH CAPITAL

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FRESH I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT FORWARDING, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THINK OF MY SISTER EVERY TIME AND HER BIG HEALTH AS HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS CAPITAL BUDGET. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU FEEL FREE. I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU TIME. EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN.

ELECTION OF ONE MOVES. YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT? IN MAY. SO EACH QUARTER WE LOOK AT PROJECTS AND WE TRANSFER THEM BETWEEN OTHER PROJECTS. SO IF A PROJECT IS CLOSING OUT, WE KNOW THAT THERE AREN'T CALLED WE MOVE THEM TO OTHER AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE'LL NEED THE FUNDS. SO THAT WAS THE 1.5 MILLION, POINTING OUT THAT I FORGOT. SURE THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT. I WANTED TO REASSURE YOU THAT YOU HAD SEEN THOSE IN THAT THE BOARD HAD VOTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAD TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THEIR AMENDMENTS FOR THE JULY ONE BUDGET BECAUSE THERE WERE DEFEATED THEN UM, I'M SORRY, COMPLETED AS A AS OF JULY ONE. THEY WILL BE IN THOSE CATTLE.

THANK YOU. 5,250,000 IS THE SAME THING. WE TOOK FUND BALANCE AND WE ASIDE, INCLUDING THOSE AMENDMENTS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET? ALRIGHT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A MOTION TO PAST THIS VOTE ON THIS I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THANK YOU AND THE SECOND THIS IS DAVID.

WE'LL TAKE EITHER ONE. I JUST NEED ONE OF YOU TO FINISH THE STATEMENT. I'M SORRY. THIS IS AREA. NICE SECOND. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT WITH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND, MISS ROLLO BECOMES YOURS. DR BAUER. YES. DR HAROLDS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. MR RICCARDI? YES. MR ROBINSON. YES, MISS HOLCOMB. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER YES, PRESIDENT GOODY. PERSPIRATION PASSES. ALRIGHT CAPITAL BUDGET. MOVING ON TO THE RESTRICTED YOU RESTRICTED BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESTRICTED BUDGET? RESTRICTED BUDGET AGAIN BEING JUST ONE MORE TIME. PLANE WITH THE RESTRICTED BUDGET IS VERSUS THE UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED BUDGET. TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER ONE MORE TIME. ERIC, YOU RESTRICTED. REALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE TERM GRANTS OR SAY IT'S THE GRANT BUDGET RESTRICTED BUDGET RESTRICTED FOR USE AND ALSO FOR TIME. SO WHOEVER GRANTS YOU OR GIVES YOU THE FUNDS COULD BE THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IT COULD BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY SAY YOU CAN USE IT FOR X Y AND Z AND FOR SUCH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AND IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR, THEN YOU NEED TO ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. THAT HAS ANYBODY GIVEN THAT EXPLANATION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESTRICTED BUDGET THAT IS BEING PROPOSED? PRINT MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR.

THAT'S A STATE ONE. REMEMBER THAT ONE? NON PUBLIC PLACEMENT. THAT'S STILL COME DOWN, THOUGH.

I FEEL LIKE STATE PORTION. WE HAVE OUR OKAY. OKAY. MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS MUCH. MIND. FLEXIBLE FUND. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOOD. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS STALLING. ALRIGHT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION, YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO

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MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. THIS REQUIRED E YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. MISS HOLCOMB.

VICE PRESIDENT MILLER. YES, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. YEP. MOTION PASSES. THINK THAT YOU'RE DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU WALK US THROUGH THIS. THEY'RE SO GOOD. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, MR BROWN AND TEAM OR ANDRABI.

PEOPLE NEED MORE CHAIRS, THOUGH. MM. ALSO BRINGING US AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE DECISION ON THE

[G. Decision on 2022 Educational Facilities Master Plan and Comprehensive Maintenance Plan, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent of Operations]

JOINING ME IS PATTY JOB ID OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FACILITIES, MR CHRISTOPHER MORE IN OUR SUPERVISOR PLAYING IN CONSTRUCTION. AND MISS MISSY VALENTINO, OUR FACILITY PLANNER.

EACH YEAR L E A S NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE. UM APPROVED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, MASTER PLANS AND THEIR COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. UM, AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE GAVE A PRESENTATION ON BOTH DOCUMENTS. AND TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THAT INFORMATION. AND AS YOU STATED, UM WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION AND APPROVED BOTH DOCUMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE STATE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR VALENTINO.

AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EVENING. MM MR BROWN SAID. WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL LAST WEEK, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY SLIDE. BUT REALLY THESE TWO DOCUMENTS ARE WHAT LEAD INTO OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. WE HAVE OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, WHICH DOCUMENTS ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND CONDITIONS, AND THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN, WHICH OUTLAYS THE MAINTENANCE CENTER FACILITIES OVER THE YEAR. AND THIS ALL LEADS INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THIS IS A PRECURSOR AND A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE FOR OUR CAPITAL, UM, IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND OUR REQUEST TO THE STATE. AND OUR 2022 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. MASTER PLAN INCLUDES ALL THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT COME OUT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. MASTER PLAN IS THE TIMELINE OF OUR MAJOR CAPITAL

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THIS IS DAVID MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. UM THAT WE ENDORSED THE 2022 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN THAN THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLANS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE SECOND, PLEASE. I'LL SECOND THANK YOU. UM. YES, IT'S GOING TO STATE.

LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. DR BAUER. YES. SELECT YOUR HAROLD YES. MS KARAKI? YES. MISS KELLY.

YES. DR PHILLIPS. YES. MS RICCARDI? YES. MR ROBINSON. YES, MISS HOLCOMB. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES PRESIDENT GAUTIER. YEP THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO YOU CONTINUE TO IMPRESS ME EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. WITH HOW FAST YOU GUYS GET BACK TO US . I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S DEFINITELY ALL GO AND YOUR TEAM'S ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND IT IS VERY APPRECIATED. AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. BUT WE KNOW.

[H. HCPS Safety and Security Presentation, Mr. Donoven Brooks, Coordinator of Safety and Security, Dr. Stacey Gerringer, Principal of Abingdon Elementary School, Dr. Peter Carpenter, Director of Organizational Development and Continuous Learning, Mr. Yakoubou Ousmanou, Manager of Research and Program Evaluation, and Ms. Faith Buxton, Teacher Specialist Special Education]

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MEMBERS AVOID DR PAULSON. UM SO WE WERE BEFORE THIS BOARD. SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THAT TIME AND SO PURPOSE FORCE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT. NICE TO SHARE

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OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WERE HELD IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND THESE GROUPS ARE DISPLAYED FOR YOUR REFERENCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A WIDE VARIETY. IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO IS NOTED EARLIER IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND INCLUDED OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

UM OUR TEACHER LEADERS AND YOU, OF COURSE. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GATHERED APPROPRIATE DATA.

THESE MEETINGS WERE ALL CONDUCTED IN THE MONTH OF MARCH AND THE SURVEY DATA WAS COLLECTED AND WE PROMISED TO RETURN TO YOU TO SHARE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YAKUBU'S MONOLOGUE. I GO BY USMAN I'M THE MANAGER OF RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. SO, AS DR STACEY SAID, THIS IS THE REPORT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. FOR YOU. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY ON THIS REPORT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS REPORT. KEY FINDINGS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF ALL THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, ALL THE MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, INCLUDING THE SURVEY. THAT THEY TOOK, SO I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 1000 COMMENTS. PLUS ALL THE MEETING NOTES. WE ANALYZE THAT AND COME UP WITH THE FUNDING. SO IN ADDITION TO THOSE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO ASKED US TO REVIEW THE 2021 2022 THREAT ASSESSMENT DATA IN OUR SCHOOL, SO THE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FROM THOSE TRADE ASSESSMENT DATA, AS WELL AS DISCIPLINED DATA FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE REVIEW THAT AND COME UP WITH SOME KEY FINDINGS AS WELL. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE REPORTS ARE BASICALLY ANSWERS TO FOUR. RESEARCH QUESTIONS NUMBER. WE ASKED ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL. WHAT WAS THEIR PERCEPTION AROUND SAFETY, SECURITY AND CRISIS PREPAREDNESS AT THE DISTRICT. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION. WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION? WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT PERCEPTION. AND THEN WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS YOU KNOW, AROUND. SAFETY BUT MENTALLY FOR IMPROVING SECURITY AND CRISIS PREPAREDNESS AND THAT THESE THINGS, SO WE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTIONS THAT WE ANSWER. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS I MENTIONED, WE ALSO REVIEW WHAT WERE THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF THREAT ASSESSMENTS. CONDUCTED DURING THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. CPS SO YOU WILL HAVE THAT IN THE REPORT, AND WE PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THAT. AND LASTLY, WE LOOK AT THE DISCIPLINE DATA LOOKING AT THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPE OF OFFENSE

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THIS WILL NOT TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS. WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IN THE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE REPORT THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT DURING THE MEETING SO AROUND PERCEPTION, AND SO AND WHAT WE NOTICED WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IS THAT THEY DO FEEL THAT WE'RE PREPARED. HOWEVER WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALWAYS PREPARED THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONDUCT MORE TRAINING, ESPECIALLY SINCE WITH COVID. MANY OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY WENT HOME AS AS 1/7 GRADER AND CAME BACK AS 1/9 GRADER IN A HIGH SCHOOL AND A BUILDING THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN. FAMILIAR WITH SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THEY DID REALLY TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND LOOKING AT A WAY THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE. GET THAT MESSAGE OUT QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY TO COMMUTE. GUESS COMBAT THE RUMOR MILL IF YOU WILL. UM THAT WE REALLY NOTICED THAT ONE THIRD OF OUR RESPONDENTS THEY GENERALLY FEEL SAFE, AND THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION TWO THIRDS OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE LEAVE THAT WE ARE PREPARED AS THAT WAS NOTED. AND THEY DO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR FREQUENT TRAINING. UM AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING MORE TRAINING, MORE FOCUSED TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREPARE OUR BUILDING.

WHICH IS WHY DR CARPENTER IS HERE WITH US TO SUPPORT THOSE PIECES. TRAINING WAS A BIG TOPIC. SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES, UM OF PROJECTS AND, UM THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A GROUP AS BOTH THE WORKGROUP OUR SAFETY WORK GROUP , AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING FOR THESE POSITIONS. NOW THE TWO REGIONAL SAFE LIAISON POSITIONS WHICH WERE POSTED AND INTERVIEWS. OUR FORTHCOMING NEXT WEEK FOR THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO HIGHER FLOATERS AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL BASED SCHOOL SAFE LIAISONS AS WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE MANPOWER IN THE AREA OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH, AS YOU LOOK AT THE UM, THE DIAGRAM OF ON THE SCREEN. IT WILL EFFECTIVELY TRIPLE THE SIZE OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. AS NOTED, PRIOR, OUR WORKGROUP FOCUSED ON RESOURCES FOR OUR SCHOOLING BASED ADMINISTRATORS CURRENTLY ARE QUICK GUIDE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED , THEY REVIEWED AND REVISED THAT RESOURCE THEY REALIZE THAT THE CONTENT WAS RELEVANT. HOWEVER, THE PRESENTATION OF THE CONTENT WAS NOT USER FRIENDLY. THE GROUP DEVELOPED A CONSISTENT VISUAL FRIENDLY STRUCTURE TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION SO ADMINISTRATORS CAN QUICKLY REFER TO AND RESPOND TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS. EACH PAGE OF THIS RESOURCE WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY SELECT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT ALL LEVELS. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH TO ENSURE THE RESOURCE WAS ACCURATE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO REPORT THAT. NOT ONLY IS IT REVISED IT IS IMPROVED, BUT OUR DISTRIBUTIONS PLANNED JULY ONE, ALONG WITH TRAINING. JUST TO GIVE A QUICK PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. AS YOU NOTICE. IT IS MORE OR LESS. A LIST OF THE CONTENT AS WE MENTIONED WAS FANTASTIC, HOWEVER , THE FORMAT THAT IT'S PRESENTED IT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER, WHICH MEANS THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS TO SLOW DOWN. AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST. AND WHEN THIS PRESENTATION IS ALSO HARD TO READ, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET A LITTLE OLDER, IT'S A LITTLE TINY , AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE USER IN VISUALLY FRIENDLY FOR ADMINISTRATORS SO THIS IS A BASIC LAYOUT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE TO GET IT TO POP A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE TITLE IS NICE AND LARGE AND THE REASON IT SAYS INDOOR EARTHQUAKE IS NOT BECAUSE EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN INDOORS. IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE POPULATION IS. SO IF YOUR POPULATION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR INDOOR THAT'S YOUR RESPONSE . IF THEY'RE OUTDOOR, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM IT DOES PREVENT THE INFORMATION IN A SEQUENTIAL ORDER. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FIRST STATEMENT TELLS THE ADMINISTRATOR EXACTLY WHAT TO DO . IF THAT'S HAPPENING, YOU NEED TO LOCK THE BUILDING DOWN. IT IS A DIRECTIVE. THE REVISED BOOKLET ALSO USES A CONSISTENT VISUAL STRUCTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU SEE THOSE THREE BOXES IN THIS RESOURCE WHENEVER YOU SEE THAT NOTIFY, AND THOSE BOXES THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT TO CALL THE S R O FACILITIES, ASO S LINES OF THOSE ARE ALL IN THOSE PIECES. ANY IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR MUCH MUST REMEMBER, WILL BE IN A BOX LIKE FORMAT DOWN LOWER IN THE PAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF THE POPULATION IS SHELTERING IN PLACE, MAKE SURE YOU STAY AWAY FROM GLASS, ETCETERA. IN THE REVISED BOOKLET PROVIDES

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SCHOOL BASED THREAT ASSESSMENT, 101, AND AS OF TODAY, WE ADDED A SESSION ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. WE HAVE BUS ISSUES AS WELL. THAT HAPPENED AND WE WANT TO PREPARE ADMINISTRATORS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE ONGOING TOPICS. THOSE ARE BROUGHT TO MONTHLY LEADERSHIP MEANS WHAT MR BOOKS THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN ONGOING, CONSISTENT, CONSTANT COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE OFFICES AS YOU CAN EVEN SEE HERE. FROM THE TEAM THAT STACY AND DONOVAN LEAD TO THESE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S A CONTINUAL WORK IN PROGRESS. IN ADDITION FROM THE FINDING SAFETY DRILLS AND TRAINING WAS ANOTHER PIECE AND SO ON GOING AGAIN THE REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGERS AS THEY'RE DEPLOYED INTO OUR SCHOOLS, MR BROOKE'S VISION IS THAT THEY WILL HELP TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATORS WITH THOSE SAFETY DRILL PRACTICES, SO GOING IN AND EVALUATING, PROVIDING SUPPORT, PROVIDING INSIGHTS AND FEEDBACK. WILL BE A PIECE OF THAT WE CONDUCT THE ACER TRAINING ANNUALLY. WE GET THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR STAFF HAS THAT AS NEW PEOPLE ARE ON BOARD. IT'S PART OF OUR NEW HIRES, ORIENTATION AND SUPPORT. AND WE ALSO REVISIT THOSE WITHDRAWALS IN PRACTICE IS THAT THE BUILDING BASED LEVEL AND THEN THE REUNIFICATION IN RESPONSE TEAMS MOVI AND SO PART OF OUR IN PROGRESS TRAINING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE TRAIN OUR BUILDING BASED STAFF IN THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS AND PROCEDURE AND CONDUCT A REUNIFICATION SIMULATION. THIS PAST WINTER. WE'VE TRAINED ALL OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF IN THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS. NOW THE NEXT STEP IS FOR OUR SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS TO BE TRAINED IN THAT PROCESS. PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS

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SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING NOW MORE THAN EVER. UM IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT, BUT OF COURSE NOT MORE THAN EVER. SO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, REITERATING THAT MESSAGE TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS AND NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING TO CHANCE. SO RECENTLY, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE IN THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE HAD THE DEPUTY STATE'S ATTORNEY , GAVIN PROTECTIONIST. WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS FROM THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER AGENCIES TO COME IN AND SPEND, UM, 90 MINUTES WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

UM AND ANSWER QUESTIONS WE HAD Q AND A. THEY PROVIDED LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION. THEY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE NEW LAWS THAT EDUCATION LAWS THAT IMPACT YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS, SO THEY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE LAWS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SIGNED SOME OF THOSE BILLS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW AND SOME OF THEM THAT ARE FORTHCOMING TO BUILD CAPACITY. UM AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HCPS SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE INFORMATION IS IN THE DUES AND DON'T. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN OUR LAST THE LAST TIME WE WERE BEFORE THIS BOARD WAS THE CREATION OF OUR STUDENTS SAFETY COUNCIL AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DR STANTON SO WE CAN START TO FORMULATE. WITH THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND BE ABLE TO RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS WHEN THERE'S SCHOOL STARTS IN THE FALL, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR MEETINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND HELP THEM CONNECT AND HELP THEM, YOU KNOW. COME TO THE TABLE WITH THEIR STRATEGIES AND IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SAFETY AND

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OKAY? BUT IT WILL BE THERE. OKAY THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING MANY MANY PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND DOING THAT. NOW I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A 20 MORE RESOURCE OFFICERS IS THAT CORRECT SCHOOL SAFE PLAYERS ON JUST OKAY. SORRY S L L S NOT. YES, SSL. YES. UM SO WE'LL EVERY SCHOOL HAVE ONE THEN OR HOW HOW ARE THEY DISTRIBUTED SO WE'LL HAVE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE FIVE FLOATER SLS, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY SCHOOLS THAT CAN REALLY UTILIZE OUR FLOATERS. FLOATERS ARE PRETTY MUCH REPORT TO THOSE SCHOOLS WHAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THEM IN ANOTHER AREA THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND TO THAT AREA, SO WE'LL HAVE 10 FLOATERS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 10 FLOATERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 10 ADDITIONAL WILL ACTUALLY BE PLACED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. OF THAT 20 SCHOOL WILL HAVE? YES OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, AND MISS KARWACKI HAS A QUESTION. HOW MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE? THANK YOU. 34 SO WE'LL HAVE 10 AMONGST THE 34 THE KIND OF FLOAT AROUND AND BUT IF DR GUARANTEE YOU NEEDED HIM AT HER SCHOOL, SHE COULD CALL HIM MR COOK NEEDED YES, WE CAN FLOAT MORE THAN ONE THERE. IF IT REQUIRES MORE YES, AND THAT THAT'S THE IDEA, MISS CARAWAY. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE PUT THE LINK ON THE MAIN PAGE. BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA. IT'S TOO MANY STEPS TO FOLLOW. MAKE IT SIMPLE. PUT IT RIGHT OUT FRONT WHERE THEY CAN SEE IT. THANK YOU. THINGS EVEN BETTER. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT'S. AND I'VE HEARD THE NEW KINDERGARTENERS COMING IN THAT THEIR PARENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT WHAT SAFETY PROTOCOLS WE HAVE. SO IT'S A REAL BIG CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AWESOME.

ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTION. PHILIPS ANYTHING MR CARDI, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS, TOO. UM DR BAUER. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS AT THE MOMENT. UM JUST I'M VERY HAPPY FOR ALL THE PREPARATION THAT WE HAVE HERE, CREATE WORK. THANK YOU, KELLY. UM I HAD A I GUESS.

MAYBE ONE QUESTION IF YOU COULD JUST GO OVER HOW MANY SA ROSE WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY SA ROSE ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT WE DO HAVE THREE SORROWS THAT OUR ROVING SORROWS IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA FOR THEIR CLUSTER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL RESPOND TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OKAY AND IS THERE ONE IN LIKE THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY KNOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS. YES AND THEY'RE CORRUPT AND THEIR CLUSTERS THEY DO HAVE SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE COVERED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEN WE COULD OBVIOUSLY SEND SOMEBODY FROM HIGH SCHOOL OVER REQUIRED THAT IT'S NOT THERE WITHOUT A

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BASICALLY YOUR GUYS ARE COMING UP WITH A MODEL PROGRAM AND HE'S BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG TIME AND DOES SAFETY SECURITY THINGS AND HE THINKS IT'S AWESOME. SURE THE S R. O S ARE ARMED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THERE ARE IN FACT, POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE I DON'T WANT TO, LIKE WE HAVE THE CITY OF ABERDEEN AND THE CITY OF HAVE THE FORGERS FORCED LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS HERE IN THE COUNTY, ABERDEEN HAVE ANY GRACE BEL AIR AND THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OUR SORROWS COMING TO US VIA MOU FROM EACH OF THOSE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THOSE SORROWS AND SO THEY'RE FULLY SWORN. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE PROVIDED TO US FOR YOUR MOU. UM ALRIGHT. AND DR HAROLD ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS, UM I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS. UM THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR RICCARDI. AND A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. REFRESH MY MEMBER ON WHAT THE S S L IS SCHOOL SAFETY LIAISON. SCHOOL SAFETY LIAISON. ARE HCPS EMPLOYEES? YES, MA'AM 20. YES WE SAID THERE'D BE 10 FLOATING AMONG THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY FIVE A MONTH, SECOND SECONDARY AND TIM WILL BE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO AN ADDITIONAL WILL BE ASSIGNED TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND WHERE ARE THE SORROWS RIGHT NOW IS RIGHT NOW, IN TERMS OF DIRECTLY ASSIGNED OR IN ALL OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THREE FLOATERS THAT COVER OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND HOW MANY SORROWS ARE THERE? 25. 25 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STAFF OF LIKE 45 PLUS MANAGEMENT, CORRECT. MM OKAY. I SUPPORT WHAT MR. KARAKI WAS SAYING, MAYBE A BAN OR SOMETHING ON THE HOMEPAGE INITIALLY SO THAT PARENTS CAN SEE THAT PRETTY EASILY AND IT'S JUST FOLLOW UP SUGGESTION. FOR THE REPORT. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH MOM AND THEN, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT PRACTICE BEING IMPORTANT AND WE WERE GOING TO INCREASE IT. WHAT IS THE GOAL TO HAVE IN EACH SCHOOL? HOW MANY PRACTICE SO THEY WILL BE THE SO ACCORDING TO THE MARYLAND SAFE TO LEARN AT OUR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ALL DRILLS? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC PRACTICE STRIPS ALL DRILLS, BUT I'M THINKING OF FIRE DRILLS. I'M THINKING OF JUST BALL DRILLS. YES, ALL OF THE TIN MANDATED DRILLS. ALL THE SCHOOLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THOSE DRILLS MANDATED, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE A YEAR. NO. ONE OF MY ONE A MONTH, SO THERE'S 10 DRILLS THAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND THOSE ARE YEAH, AND THOSE ARE MIXED IN SO EVACUATION, AVERT REVERSE EVACUATION. DROP COVER HOLD ACTIVIST SAILLANT DRILLS, FIRE DRILLS 10, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FOR CLARIFICATION. IF THERE'S 10 REQUIRED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 10 DRILLS EACH MONTH AND EACH SCHOOL NO, MA'AM. THAT'S 10 REQUIRED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY WAS TRYING TO ASK.

OKAY, GOOD AND IT'S GONNA ALTERNATE. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. THANKS SO MUCH, DR.

PHILLIPS, UM AND, UM. IN THE PRESENTATION. I NOTICED THAT THE BEFORE AND AFTER IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT SIMPLER. AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS ON EARTHQUAKES. SO. WELL. YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAW . IT WASN'T NOT WAS YES. SO IS THERE A, UM A BOOK OR A FORMAT THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS ON ALL OF THE PRACTICES AND THE WHAT'S CRITICAL AND WHAT EACH ADMINISTRATOR NEEDS TO BE. AWARE OF IN THAT PRACTICE RUNS THE GAMUT IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE WOULD BE A ASSERT IT COULD BE A SEXUAL ASSAULT. IT COULD BE TRESPASSING THEIR RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT OR WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT TO TAKE A LOOK AT BEYOND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY REPORT. I'M JUST CURIOUS. WHAT IS IT? NO, NO, I'M I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT NOW . WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS AVAILABLE

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WHAT'S OUR THOUGHT AND METAL DETECTORS. WE'VE NOT HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON THE METAL DETECTOR PIECE. AND DR WILSON. YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT, OR DO YOU JUST WE'RE JUST DEFER TO MR BROOKS. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE REALLY CONSIDERED UP. OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I'M GONNA ASK MY QUESTIONS. THEY DIDN'T GET ASKED I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT CHLOE MCCARTHY FROM FALLSTON WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF YOUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT GIVING STUDENTS AND PARENTS ON THE COMMITTEE. SO I'M JUST THROWING HER NAME OUT AGAIN.

OKAY? ANYBODY WANTS TO DROP THAT ONE DOWN? UM AND THEN I ALSO JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT. I AM ASKED AS PART OF MY DAY JOB TO PRINT OUT QUARTERLY. WE CALL IT A DEMOGRAPHIC SHEET THAT IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION. FOR EACH STUDENT. IN MY SCHOOL. IT'S A PAIN AND IT'S REALLY LONG LOT OF PAPER, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S WORTH IT AND WE KEEP IT IN OUR IN OUR JUMP BACK IN OUR GO BACK.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED? IF NOT, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT WANT TO, BECAUSE IT'S COME IN HANDY FOR US A FEW TIMES. UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS. AT MY OTHER JOB WHERE COMPUTERS DON'T EXACTLY WORK. AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS FOR THOSE STRANGE LITTLE EMERGENCIES THAT ARISE. I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT ONE THERE. UM AND THEN YOU WERE MENTIONING THE NEW LAWS THAT ARE COMING INTO EFFECT THAT IMPACT OUR S R O S YES. ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE TWO THAT I HAVE PARTICULARLY IN MIND OR GOING TO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO CHARGE EVEN IF PARENTS ASK FOR IT, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SHARED WITH PARENTS.

RELATIVELY SOON. UM AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE THE ONE ABOUT SORT OF THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER REGARDING INTERROGATION INVESTIGATIONS. WILL OUR ADMINISTRATORS B TRAINED, RETRAINED AND HOW TO KIND OF WORK WITH THAT? YES, SO AS A PRODUCT, SO WE ALREADY STARTED THAT WORK BECAUSE WHEN WE INVITED THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE DEPUTY STATE'S ATTORNEY, SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THOSE BILLS AND REALLY BROKE THEM DOWN FOR ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE. HOWEVER WE HAVE TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE SAFETY SYMPOSIUM THIS SUMMER WHERE WE WILL COVER BECAUSE WE HAVE ALSO INVITED OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO COME IN. TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ADMINISTRATORS. WONDERFUL IS THAT JUST JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY IS HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING GUESS, MAYBE LIKE AN OPEN FORM. INFORMATION SAFETY NIGHT FOR I MEAN, MAYBE INCOMING KINDERGARTEN PARENTS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT MY KIDS SCHOOLS AND JUST LIKE, HEY, HERE'S OUR PLAN.

AND IF WE HAD TO DO A REUNIFICATION WITH YOU IN THE HORRIBLE EVENTS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, AND LET'S PRAY IT NEVER DOES. HERE'S WHERE WE WOULD GO. SO WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF PUTTING TOGETHER A TOWN HALL MEETING TO ANSWER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. SO WE'RE IN A VERY PRELIMINARY STAGES OF WORKING ON THAT. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING TO US. WHAT MR BUSH TO YOUR QUESTION ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE REPORT AND THIS ACTUALLY CAME. FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO PACKED SO WHAT WE DID WITH THE REPORT. WE DIDN'T INVENT ANY RECOMMENDATION . WE JUST TOOK WHAT THEY SAID, SYNTHESIZE THAT INFORMATION. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IN THE REPORT. SEE IS TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF. OLD SCHOOL AND THIS SPECIFIC. PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR INCREASING THOSE TRAINING.

NOT THAT BUT THEY WANT MORE OF THAT IS THE FIRST. TOTALLY AGREE . I'M GONNA LAUGH SOME MORE ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE THING, THOUGH. JUST BECAUSE JUST FUNNY TO ME. UM I THINK THAT'S IT UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. NO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS WAS

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[I. Discussion on Renaming of Schools]

PHONE. THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE. BUT I APPRECIATE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GAUTIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER BOARD MEMBERS AND DR BALLSTON ON MARCH 14TH 2022. THE BOARD MADE A DECISION TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF WILLIAM PACA AND JOHN ARCHER , BECAUSE WE BECAME AWARE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS OWNED ENSLAVED PEOPLE. AT THAT MARCH MEETING. I SHARED SOME OF THE RATIONALE FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES SPECIFICALLY, I TALKED ABOUT OUR EQUITY POLICY THAT STATES THAT ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT LEARNING, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SCHOOL SPONSORED ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DESIGNED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO AS TO BE EQUITABLE, SPARE, SAFE, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE. SO DURING THAT DISCUSSION IN THAT LAST MEETING. WE ASSERTED AND WE CONTINUE TO ASSERT TONIGHT. THAT THE OWNING OF ANOTHER HUMAN DOES NOT ALIGN WITH OUR EQUITY POLICY . OUR BOYS STRATEGIC MISSION DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM TODAY. I WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER AND SAY THAT HAVING THOSE NAMES ON THE SCHOOL'S CONTRADICTS OUR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE EQUITY IN ADDITION TO OUR HCPS EQUITY POLICY UM, WELL, IN OUR POLICY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO USE AN EQUITY LENS AND ALL DECISION MAKING THAT MEANS THAT FOR EVERY POLICY PRACTICE DECISION PROGRAM. WE CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. ESPECIALLY ARE MARGINALIZED STUDENT GROUPS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING CONCEPT FOR PEOPLE AS WE OFTEN REVERT TO WHAT IMPACTS US PERSONALLY. WHAT IMPACTS THE MAJORITY. WHAT'S COMFORTABLE WHAT'S BEEN TRADITIONAL. USING AN EQUITY LENS, HOWEVER, MEANS A SHIFT IN THINKING NOT ABOUT OURSELVES ALL THE TIME. BUT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHOSE VOICES ARE GENERALLY UNHEARD. THE VOICES THAT ARE LEFT OUT. WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO OPPOSED THE NAME CHANGE BECAUSE IT IS TRADITION AND HISTORY, AND WE KNOW THAT CHANGE IS HARD. BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM COMMUNITY STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HAVING THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO OWNED OTHER PEOPLE ON OUR SCHOOLS. IT IMPACTS THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING AND SAFETY. THE SAFETY WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO. SO AS YOU CONSIDER OR AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF MAKING THESE CHANGES , I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT OUR BOARD WILL FULFILL THE PROMISE THAT WE MADE THROUGHOUT EQUITY POLICY. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EQUITY POLICY PROCEDURES. WE MADE THAT COMMITMENT. WELL OVER A YEAR AGO. AND WE'VE ALREADY REALLY MADE SOME POWERFUL CHANGES THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT WE WANT TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE AND THAT COMMITMENT THROUGH ACCESS TWO REPRESENTATION. TO CELEBRATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS. WE HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US DOING THAT.

SO AS DR STANTON HAS HAS EXPLAINED KIND OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DECISION THAT YOU ALREADY MADE TO CHANGE THE NAMES. UM I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE DO

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WHERE, IN FACT, THE POST WAS TAKEN CARE. WHEN THEY USED TO DELIVER. I LOOKED INTO IT. SHE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M FUN. I LOOKED ALRIGHT. I'M GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME LIST THAT I HAD EARLIER. SO DR HAROLD ANY COMMENTS REGARDING WILLIAM PICKLE OLD OLD POST ROAD? UM. I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD ECHO UM, SONYA'S THOUGHTS. UM WE HAD A BIT OF DISCUSSION BEFOREHAND ABOUT THIS. UM IN OUR SMALL GROUPS. UM AND ALSO, I THINK IN PUBLIC WHERE, UM, WE EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OLD POST ROAD UM AND SO I MY COMMENT IS THAT I WOULD FAVOR THAT ONE. BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORY THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR ROBINSON. I BELIEVE THAT. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT MS KARWACKI MATING IS IN LINE WITH OUR CURRENT POLICY. AND FOR THAT REASON, I WELL, THAT REASON IN OTHERS I AM. I THINK I CAN SUPPORT THAT. SUPPORT THE NAME OF THE OLD POST ROAD. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. MY SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH. ARE YOU? CAN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE? OKAY? OKAY, I OKAY, SO I BELIEVE THAT THE. BETTER PROPOSAL OR RECOMMENDATION MADE BY MS KARWACKI. IS IN LINE WITH OUR WITHOUT CURRENT POLICY. AND AS SUCH, I CAN SUPPORT THAT. READY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DOCTOR BAUER COMMENTS QUESTIONS DISCUSSION ABOUT WILLIAM PICKLE OLD POST ROAD RENAMING. I ALSO LIKE CALLING THE ENTIRE SCHOOLS TRUST ROAD. UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I HAVE NO OTHER

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QUESTION IS. DO WE, AT SOME POINT, WANT TO DISCUSS THE POLICY? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BORED FOURTH THAT WERE LOOKED AT AND CONSIDERING OR NAMING AFTER A PERSON. AND SO. CORRECT BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT. DO WE HAVE THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AS WE ALL SEEM TO BE IN CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE NAME, BUT MOVING FORWARD. I'M JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE ALSO TOPIC SO I DEFINITELY THINK IT SHOULD BE. BUT UM NO, THAT'S THIS. DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THAT AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE BASICALLY AND I DON'T AND THAT AND THAT IS SOMETHING. YOU CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT POLICY? MAYBE A COUPLE OF OTHERS, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE DISCUSS THIS SUMMER? UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PUT THINGS OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT ONE OF OUR SUMMER MEETINGS, JULY OR AUGUST, POSSIBLY WILLING TO COME BACK AND TALK TO US ABOUT CHANGING THAT POLICY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOTH OF YOUR OPINIONS ON THE YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE CONSIDERING CHANGE. RAIN IS YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON SO THAT'S MAIN QUESTION. UM DR MUELLER. SORRY, DR PHIL. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. SORRY. MY FINGERS IN THE WAY. I LIKE THE NAME OR POST ROAD FIRST, IT WAS INDEED THE FULL NAME OF THE SCHOOL TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK SO CALLED BACK TO THE FUTURE. IT ALSO MAINTAINS THE LINK. TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WHETHER THEIR IDENTITY IS NOT BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. COMPLETELY SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER WE WANT TO AFFORD THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ITSELF TO COMMENT ABOUT IT BEFORE ACTUALLY TAKING A VOTE. I THINK IT WOULD BE I THINK A COURTEOUS MOVE ON OUR PART TO CONSIDER THAT. THIS IS AREA AND I AGREE WITH DR PHILLIPS. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR MILLER, YOUR TURN. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ON THE OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY. UM, I DO THINK THAT'S A GOOD CHOICE OF NAMES.

UM AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO RENAME THE SCHOOL FROM THE ASPECT THAT YOU SAID THEY HAD TO HAVE, UM, OUTSTANDING MORALS AND ETHICS AND SO FOR MANY PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT NOW WE'RE JUDGING THEM THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS THAN THEY HAD BEEN JUDGED THROUGH IN THE PAST. SO I DO FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS NAME CHANGE TAKES PLACE, NOT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANCE OF WILLIAM PAGA BECAUSE HE WAS AN IMPORTANT PERSON. BUT IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE MORAL AND ETHICAL ONES THAT WE HAVE TODAY. UM AS FAR AS I MEAN. HE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR COMMENT FOR 60 DAYS. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS. AND UM THERE WERE NOT A NOT A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM THE SCHOOL

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WOULD SAY WE SHOULD RESIST DECISION TODAY. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS SCHOOL IS BECAUSE WHAT PROPOSING REALLY IS NOT AN ENTIRELY NEW NAME FOR THE SCHOOL , AND I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY BASED UPON I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WENT TO OLD POST ROAD AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS, YEAH. JUST TAKE THE NAME OFF. I DON'T THINK WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW NAME, NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE'RE JUST REMOVING PART OF THE NAME. AND SO FAR WE RECEIVED THREE SUGGESTIONS OVER THE 60 DAY, PLUS PERIOD OF NEW NAMES, SO I WOULD LIKE US TO REACH A DECISION TODAY. UM. SURE AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF NAMES BELOW THAT ARE NOT SCHOOL SPECIFIC. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAS WHICH, LIKE THE ALFRED B. HILTON SCHOOL, AND THERE'S RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THOSE RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY BUT IN REGARD TO IT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE EXACT SUGGESTION THAT WE DID RECEIVE FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I DO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND REALLY I THINK IT WILL BE THOUGHTFUL. UM AND NEIGHBORLY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. TO SAY. THIS IS THE NAME THAT WE'RE

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UNDERWATER KARAKI. COME BACK TO ME, PLEASE MISS KELLY. NO BASED ON. I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A DECIDING FACTOR. DR PHILLIPS. NO. THIS RECORDING? NO. MR ROBINSON. YES. MS HOKUM? YES. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. NO. PRESIDENT COURIER. BUT YES, HAVE IT. UM, COME BACK IN THIS CAR.

I'M SO SORRY. AND FOR MY COMMUNITY, I HAVE TO SAY NO, OKAY. SURE THAT WE'RE AT IT. WE CAN HAVE A TIE. CAN EMOTIONAL OKAY, HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT, SO THAT MOTION FAILED. SO THEN WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION. BACK TO MY MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THE NAME ALL POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND. PUT IT OUT TO THE OLD POST ROAD COMMUNITY AND BRING IT BACK HERE NEXT WEEK FOR ABOUT SOME POLICY DEPARTMENT POLICY POLICY. THE WHOLE LET ME JUST BEFORE WE 1ST 2ND, ETCETERA THAT. TELL ME ABOUT THE LEGAL PIECE OF THAT IS THAT SUFFICIENT? IS THAT. SO AT THE FIRST REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF THE 60 DAY PERIOD, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PRESENT TO THE BOARD THE LIST OF NAMES SUBMITTED TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC AND SHOW INCLUDE THE NAME WHICH THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDS. THIS CASE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THE DISCUSSION AND A VOTE. THE NAME RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY BE EITHER TAKEN FROM THE LIST OF NAMES SUGGESTED BY THE PUBLIC, OR IT MAY BE A NAME, WHICH THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SELECTED INDEPENDENT OF THE PUBLIC LIST. IN THE LATTER EVENT SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF REASONS WHY A NAME WAS SELECTED THAT WAS NOT SUGGESTED BY THE PUBLIC.

SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE BORDER LIST OF THE NAMES SUGGESTED BY THE PUBLIC IN ANY OF IT. QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE. ONE IS PROBABLY TWO APPROACHES HERE. YES. THE BOARD. CAN. MAKE A MOTION TO GO OUTSIDE OF HIS POLICY. NOT MISTAKEN TO PRINT THRESHOLD FOR THE VOTE. THERE'S

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UM WHAT IS THE BASIS OF US DELAYING, HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST A DELAY SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE EXTRA TIME TO COMMENTS AND DISCUSS AND MULLET OVER. WHAT IS THE BASIS OF OUR DELAY? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD HEARD ANYTHING. HAS ANYBODY ELSE PRIVY TO A HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THAT END? YES, I HAVE ALSO, JOYCE. SONIA AND PATRICE BOTH RESPONDED TO THAT.

THE SURGERY. SANYA AND PATRICE ARE BOTH SAYING THAT THEY HAVE PERSONALLY HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. OKAY THEY'VE HEARD PERSONALLY TO SAY THAT THE PUBLIC SAYING CAN WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION OR CAN WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NAMES? YOU KNOW, PROPOSED NAMES BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A DISCUSSION UM , PUBLICLY, SONIA WAS SHARING THAT OLD POST ROAD WAS HER RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAD SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH HER, SO WE'RE DELAYING MORE CONFUSED AND I BELIEVE THAT OLD POST ROAD WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. BUT RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS TO THEM, NOT WITH THEM. BUT AGAIN, MY QUESTION STILL STANDS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, FOLKS HAVE SHARED THAT THIS IS OLD POST ROAD IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY NAMES THAT THEY WOULD WANT 1 35 WERE DELAYING FURTHER. BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS. IF THE BOARD AGREES THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO NAME THE SCHOOL. THE OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WE ADVISE THE COMMUNITY THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE OFFICIALLY. RENAMING THE SCHOOL OLD POST ROAD. SO THEY DON'T FIND OUT AFTER THE FACT THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE. MM THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PROPOSED LIKE. ROY HAD SHARED. UM HE MADE A MOTION CONTINGENT UPON THE COMMUNITIES APPROVAL. BUT WHAT DOES THAT APPROVAL LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY ARE PEOPLE GOING TO VOTE? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO VOTE? HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH US WHO'S GONNA VOTE? I'M JUST KIND OF THOROUGHLY CONFUSED AT THIS. WE HAVEN'T ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SCHOOL WHO COULD CERTAINLY GET IN TOUCH WITH HIS COMMUNITY AND GET FEEDBACK. WE KEEP WE DO. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR JOB TO HAVE HIM DO THAT. THAT'S THE THING. BUT ALL RIGHT. ARE PRIVY TO ASK HIM. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL ONCE I GUESS THAT CAN I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YEAH. DAVID HAS HIS HAND UP. SORRY, DAVID, GO FIRST. DAVID, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. SURE. OKAY SO MY THINKING ON THIS IS WE HAVE A POLICY OF HOW THIS SHOULD BE DONE. UM. THE POLICY IS BASICALLY WE GET INPUT AHEAD OF TIME WE GET A RECOMMENDATION. UM, WE MAKE A DECISION. IN THIS KIND OF IT. AH I HEAR THAT TO FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID THEY'VE HAD THEY HAVE HEARD A REQUEST FOR I GUESS. PUBLIC APPROVAL OF THE NAME OR MORE INPUT. UM OKAY? TO ME. THIS IS NOT LIKE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL WHERE WE'VE HAD A SPECIFIC PUBLIC REQUEST BY THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FIGURE ON BEHALF OF HIS COMMUNITY. FOR SUCH A DELAY. UM. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHO IS REQUESTING IT.

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LET ME LET ME SEE IN THE NEW JUMP IN IS CARRIED OVER THE MOTION, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE ARE EXCEPT. AND APPROVED THE NAME OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONTINGENT UPON SUPPORT FROM THE OLD POST ROAD COMMUNITY. WHAT WE VOTED ON. TWO MONTHS AGO WAS TO CHANGE THE NAME. NOW WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH. WE GOT SOME NAMES. NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, SAYING THIS IS THE NAME THAT WE CHOSE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE WAITING A WEEK. WE'RE WAITING FIVE YEARS. I GUESS I GO BACK TO THE QUESTION I HAD BEFORE THE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PEOPLE COMING BACK TO US AND SAYS WE'VE HAD NO CONCERNS OR RESERVATIONS OR ANYBODY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IT. IS THAT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR ME UNDER THIS POLICY, UM, THAT IT MIGHT SUGGEST, SO THE BOARD HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE NAME IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT ANY TIME. SO IF YOU CHANGE IF YOU VOTE TO CHANGE THE NAME TONIGHT, I BELIEVE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN, IF IT'S CONTINGENT IF THEY CAME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT NAME. YOU WOULD THEN BE VOTING ON A DIFFERENT NAME. THE NEXT YOU KNOW, SO IT WOULD BE A WHOLE ANOTHER. SO I THINK IT WOULD THAN REQUIRE ANOTHER 60 DAY PERIOD UNDER THIS POLICY, SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY CAME BACK, AND THEY SAID DR PHILLIPS, WE DON'T LIKE THAT NAME WE WANT THIS OTHER NAME. EMAIL CAME AND BROUGHT IT UP. YOU KNOW TO THAT, THEN IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 60 DAYS. ON THAT ANYBODY FORESEES THAT? I'M JUST SAYING UNDER STRICTLY STRICTLY UNDER THIS POLICY, BUT REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY UNIFORM. ACCEPTANCE. OF THAT NAME. YOU GOT PRETTY MUCH UNIFORM ACCEPTANCE UP HERE, AND I THINK YOU GET UNIFORM ACCEPTANCE. THAT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I'M CALLING IT THAT ALREADY. IT'S A COMMON COURTESY. TO TELL. THE SCHOOL OR TO ASK THE SCHOOL. HOW DO YOU THIS IS WHAT WE COME UP WITH. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH IT? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? AND ASSUMING THERE ARE NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS OR RESERVATIONS ABOUT IT. THEN. WE WILL VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY PROBABLY 100% APPROVAL NEXT WEEK. SO IF THERE IS A NEW NAME PRESENTED BY SCHOOL COMMUNITY, WHICH THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. THEN WE'D HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 60 DAYS. IF WE APPLY THIS POLICY AND SO IF THERE WAS A NEW NAME AFTER THAT PERIOD, WE'D HAVE TO WAIT. ANOTHER 64 CAN ALWAYS SAY THAT WOULD BE UP TO ACCEPT. IT WILL BE UP TO US TO ACCEPT IT OR NOT. THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME UNDER THIS POLICY THAT THE BOARD, CAN YOU COULD CHANGE THE NAME EVERY WEEK, BASICALLY, UNDER UNDER THIS POLICY. CITED BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE PLEASE, LET'S NOT SUBJECT TO THE 60 DAYS. REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTS A PROBLEM WITH THIS NAME. I THINK, SINCE WE DON'T EXPECT IT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTING, COURTESY TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHILE SCHOOLS AND STILL IN SESSION. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? PLEASE RACHEL, DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE A GO AHEAD? NONE JANSON, JANSON. I SEE YOU, I PROMISE. UM WE HAD A FORMAL REQUEST FROM JOHN ARCHER. AND I JUST THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO THIS COMMUNITY . WE DON'T KNOW HOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH JOHN ARCHER. I JUST THINK IN FAIRNESS WE NEED IT'S A BRANDING OF A SCHOOL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I THINK IT'S A COURTESY TO THE COMMUNITY TO JUST GET A CONFIRMATION. THIS IS THE NAME.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

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WELL I THINK WE'RE OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS BY SAYING THAT CONTINGENT UPON THEIR APPROVAL WITH NO CONCRETE MEASURE OF WHAT CONSTITUTES THEIR APPROVAL. I AGREE. I AGREE THIS IS DUE. IT'S AND THAT'S AND THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT. I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. INDIVIDUALLY AND IN A PUBLIC FORUM. THEY ARE FAVORABLE TO MAINTAINING ALL PRO STROLL ELEMENTARY. THERE IT SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO BE LABOR. AND MODIFY AND MEND. AH, BYPASS OUR POLICY. THAT IS SOUND AND HAS WORKED IN THIS PROCESS. I THINK WE'VE HAD TWO VOTES FOR A POST ON THERE. IS THAT CORRECT ? WHEN I LOOK AT THAT ONE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW I HAVE. SONJA HAS AND OTHERS.

SHARING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF OLD POST ROAD AND ALL OF US ARE SAYING THE SAME THING TO SAY WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD UH, YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, A GOOD WAY FORWARD. IS YOU KNOW, ABIDING BY OUR POLICY AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH OUR VOTE PREVIOUSLY. THERE'S NO REASON TO BE LABOR. IT REALLY ISN'T AGREE. SO LET ME LET ME JUST JUMP IN WITH THIS ONE QUESTION. AND THEN I SEE JOHNSON AND DAVID HAVE THEIR HANDS UP AGAIN. HAS ANYBODY HEARD FROM MR WOODEN? WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL? TODAY TONIGHT. CURRENTLY MR WOODEN. IF YOU'RE LISTENING, AND YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO READ YOUR EMAIL. MR WOODEN HAS INDEED. RECENTLY. THAT YOU KNOW HE AND HIS STAFF AGAIN. THERE'S NO UNIVERSAL.

OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE AGREES. WE HEARD BUT I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

AND MR WOULDN'T INDICATED THAT TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD CHANGE IN A MESSAGE GOING AT THAT. AS WE'VE HEARD, THAT'S NOT THE SAME STORY. DIFFERENCE HAVING HAD COMMUNICATION. AND IF YOU RECALL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH. PARTICULARLY WITH HIS STAFF, AND HE PUT SOMETHING OUT TO HIS COMMUNITY. PRIOR YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS COMING ON OUR AGENDA THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE MADE THE CHANGE, SO THEY HAVE HAD A LITTLE LONGER TO GIVE THEM PUT INTO THIS AND ENGAGE WITH THIS, SO HE HAS SHARED RESULTS OF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING AT LEAST AGAIN WITH THOSE WHO SPEAKING TO WE KNOW THIS IS JUST NOT UNIVERSAL FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS WEEK FOR DEPTH THROUGHOUT THE COMMENT PROCESS. IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD ALSO SAY FROM JUST FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THE AGENDA NOTING A DECISION WAS MADE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. UM THE PRIOR DECISION AND ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING THE POLICY, UM, WAS POSTED DURING THAT 60 DAY PERIOD AS WELL. UM AND AGAIN WAS PART OF THAT SO JUST AGAIN FROM THAT FROM THE OPEN MEETINGS PERSPECTIVE FROM WHAT OUR POLICY SAYS. THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO MAKE A VOTE AND DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR ANY PARTICULAR CONDITIONS EXCEPTION. SEND SOME COMMENT. THEY SINCE UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T HEARD. WITH DR BOLSON HAD SAID ABOUT HIS HIS INTERACTION WITH MR WOODEN. THAT IS INDEED THE CASE. THEN UM I

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PRESIDENT COURIER. I AM GOING TO GO WITH WHAT MR WOULDN'T JUST EMAILED ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH . WE ARE OLD POST ROAD. SO YES, THIS MOTION PASSES. THERE WE GO. GOD. THANK YOU, MR WOODEN. I APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. BUSY, IS HE. SURE HOW WAS EASY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE, HOWEVER. DECISION ON PROPOSED NAME FOR JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. HERE WE GO.

SO SAME CONVERSATION, SAME THINGS. I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AGAIN AND LET ME GO LEFT. AND THIS TIME, MISS KARWACKI IS ASKED TO GO LAST. MISS MISS HOLCOMB, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? YOU WANT JUST SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE LAST OH, MY LORD. OKAY. DR. BAUER, YOU'RE GOING FIRST. OKAY? UM SO I WILL START OFF BY SAYING OF THE SUGGESTED NAMES. I THINK I HAVE A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT CAMPUS HILLS. UM HOWEVER, I DON'T HAVE A STRONGER FOR PREFERENCE ON THE SCHOOL AND I'M ALSO OPEN. TO AH, POSTPONING THE DECISION ON THIS ONE, UH, AFTER WE'VE DISCUSSED NAMES MORE AS REQUESTED BY THE PRINCIPAL EARLIER. OKAY? I HEAR THE GIGGLING ALREADY. DR HAROLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT? DON'T SOUND SO HAPPY ABOUT IT, RACHEL. I'M TRYING NOT TO LAUGH BECAUSE SONIA'S GIGGLING AND IT'S JUST IT'S ABOUT TO GET UGLY HERE. OKAY I THINK IT'S TIME, OKAY? UM. ALL RIGHT. A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. UM I THINK THAT CENTER WELL, LORD, HELP ME. UM. I THINK CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. CAMPUS HILLS IS A MOUTHFUL. I THINK IT'S A BIT TOO LONG. UM I DO LIKE CAMPUS HILLS SCHOOL. I REALLY DO. UM I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. UM I WOULD LIKE THE ARCHER SCHOOL TO BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. I THINK THAT IS A DEPARTURE FOR WHAT WE VOTED ON. UM AH TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE NAME CHANGE. UM AND I HAD A QUESTION. UM DO WE DO WE KNOW, UM, WHICH OF THESE ON THE LIST? UM SO HARTFORD SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ROD EWING SCHOOL, THOMAS RUN ROAD SCHOOL, CAMPUS HILL SCHOOL, RANDY GEIR. OKAY, PRINCIPLE. OH MY GOODNESS . GREAT, RANDY! OH HEART SCHOOL, JACKIE HA! CENTER. SLASH SCHOOL SLASH ACADEMY, THE ARCHER SCHOOL SLASH ACADEMY ALFRED B. HILTON. THE AXIS ACADEMY AND THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT

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IF THAT'S ALRIGHT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF SUGGESTIONS. GO RIGHT AHEAD. I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL. UM AND I WISH THE PRINCIPLE IS HERE RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THE SCHOOLS SUGGESTIONS FROM THE, UM THE STAFF WAS HARFORD SCHOOLS, SPECIAL EDUCATION. UM THE. MHM OH, GOD.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE HARVARD SCHOOL INVEST REAL EDUCATION. THERE WAS TWO INDIVIDUALS.

JACQUELINE HAAS. THERE WAS HARRIET TUBMAN, WHICH IS NOT ON THIS LIST. AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER SCHOOL THAT CAME FROM THE STAFF. AND YOU CAN SEE THE JACQUELINE HAAS CENTER. UM THERE WAS 18 FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUT THERE WAS 1/4. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET MR GEIR TO TEXT YOU, RACHEL ON WHAT? THAT FOURTH SCHOOL WAS. MR GEIR, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, MAYBE HOPEFULLY, IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME AN EMAIL, I'D BE HAPPY TO READ IT. OKAY JUST FINISH WITH MY COMMENTS. SURE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOL. AND UM, I APPRECIATE WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE NAME AND I THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME BUT THIS IS WITH THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. IT'S MORE ABOUT BRANDING, AND THEY REALLY FELT THAT UM, CENTER AND CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS A MOUTHFUL. JOYCE TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THE THOUGHT OF BEING CAMPUS HILL SCHOOL WITH THE CAMPUS HILL SCHOOL REALLY DOESN'T GIVE THEM ANY DIFFERENTIATION OR BRANDING , AND I BELIEVE THEY WANTED TO BE KNOWN AS SOMETHING. AT CAMPUS HILLS, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAMPUS SALES, SO I THINK THAT WAS THE LOGIC FROM WHAT I HEARD AND WHY THEY WERE REALLY STRONG TENDENCIES TOWARDS THE JACQUELINE HAAS CENTER. UM. AND I THINK IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THAT AGAIN. I'M GOING TO ASK MR GEIR TO TELL ME WHAT THAT WAS. BECAUSE BUT THEY REALLY WANTED SOME BRANDING, AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NAMING ON THIS, SO I KNOW THEY'VE HAD 60 DAYS, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A STRONG PLEA THAT HE MADE WHEN HE CAME AND SPOKE ON BEHALF OF HIS STAFF. SO THANK YOU. I'M GONNA JUMP IN AND I DON'T USUALLY BECAUSE I LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY ELSE'S STATEMENT, BUT JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT PATRICE IS SAYING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KEEP IN MIND. WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS AND THAT IDENTITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. TWO. NOT JUST THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT JOHN ARCHER. UM BUT THE FAMILIES BECAUSE THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT IS AND CAN BE NOT NECESSARILY FOR ALL. BUT IT CERTAINLY CAN BE A LIFETIME SCHOOL. THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT SOME KIDS START AT FIVE AND THEY DON'T REALLY LEAVE UNTIL 21. UM THIS IS PART OF WHO THEY ARE. THIS IS HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES. UM. AND AGAIN, IT'S THE FAMILIES. IT'S THE COMMUNITY. IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT COMES FROM ALL OVER. THERE IS NO OTHER SCHOOL IN OUR COUNTY LIKE JOHN ARCHER, UM THE WORK THEY DO IS IMMENSE AND MEANINGFUL AND. YOU KNOW, THEY CELEBRATE TOGETHER. THEY WEEP TOGETHER. THEY IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST PLACES YOU'LL EVER SPEND TIME. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE ALREADY. UM BUT THIS FOR THEM AND BRANDING SOUNDS SO COMMERCIAL, BUT IT IS MEANINGFUL TO THEM. IT'S NOT. IT'S MORE THAN A NAME. THEY NEED MORE THAN A NAME. IT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND WHO THEY SEE THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES. AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE THAT PART SERIOUSLY AND HONOR THAT WHILE STILL HONORING OUR COMMITMENT. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS. A CURRENT EQUITY LENS AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING. I GET IT. I GET IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON BRANDING. BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT? I'M ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN. INTERJECT TO THOUGH JUST UNDER THE POLICY, SO THE EXISTING POLICY FOR NAMING RENAMING? MM HMM. IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T SO MUCH INCLUDE A BRANDING TYPE ASPECT IS REALLY THE IT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS SHALL BE THAT OF THE COMMUNITY, LOCATION, ROAD OR STREET. WHERE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING IS LOCATED. A SIGNIFICANT AND DISTINGUISHABLE LANDMARK, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY THE SCHOOL'S LOCATION FOR THE PERSON LIVING OR DEAD HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS. OKAY I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO THAT. SO YOU'RE SAYING A PERSON WHICH WE HAVE KIND OF SAID, BUT HAVE NOT. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE POLICY PART LATER. UM, WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING

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OKAY. DAVID. THANK YOU, UM. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SORT OF MOTIONED TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT OFF IF WE'RE CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION. UM I AM FINE WITH. SAYING YEAH, LET'S PUT OFF THE DECISION ON THE SCHOOL. I DO THINK THAT THAT DOES CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT BECAUSE THEN MAYBE IT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE NARROWING THIS DOWN TO TOP TWO. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO AGREE ON ONE. OKAY FOR AN EASIER DISCUSSION. I THINK SO. THEN LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION OF YOU, KIMBERLY. THINK HOW SAME AS COULD WE. COULD WE COME UP WITH? TWO NAMES. FOR INSTANCE, TONIGHT. VOTE ON YES, THESE ARE THE TWO NAMES THAT ARE FINALISTS WERE GOING TO VOTE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THE OPINION OF THE ARCHER COMMUNITY. WE WILL VOTE ON WHICH OF THOSE NAMES. WE ARE GOING TO USE NEXT MONDAY AND THAT MIGHT COUNT. SO. I KNOW. I WILL SAY LEGALLY, YES. SO IN READING THIS FOR ABOUT THE 100TH TIME NOW, UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE SHIP WE DID. YOU SHALL HAVE THE 60 DAY PERIOD. YOU SHALL PRESENT THE NAMES ACTUS MEETING AND YOU SHALL THE THEN IT SAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NAMES ON THE LIST SUGGESTED BY THE PUBLIC. THE BOARD SHALL VOTE REGARDING THE NAME TO BE SELECTED FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING IN QUESTION. UM, IT DOESN'T THAT PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH D DOES NOT SAY ON THAT 60TH. ON THE MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE 60 DAY PERIOD. PARAGRAPH C DOES, BUT PARAGRAPH D DOES NOT. IT DOES SAY THE BOARD MAY AND TAKING SUCH A VOTE. SELECT ANY NAME PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR ANY OTHER NAME IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY. DOES HER NAME SINGULAR. ALL RIGHT. SO. MY LITTLE PEA BRAIN IS VERY TIRED RIGHT NOW. UM SO WE. YOU'RE GONNA VERY GOOD GIRL YOU WANT TO GO AROUND? JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE. MM. THE DRAWING ARCHER. COMMUNITY IS A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTY. AS AS YOU SAID EARLIER. MHM. I HAVE. PATIENTS WHO ARE WHO WORKED THERE. THEY WOULD LIKE HIM PUT. I HAVE PATIENTS WHO HAVE HAD CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. OR COUSINS OR NIECES OR NEPHEWS THAT HAVE GONE THERE. UM WHO I'VE SEEN WITHIN THE PAST 60 DAYS, AND THEY MADE VARIOUS COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE NEW NAME OF THEIR SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE. UM I THINK I WOULD LIKE THE IDEA OF GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY. TWO. HERE TWO OR THREE. HOPEFULLY JUST TWO NAMES THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THEM. AND COME BACK WITH A, YOU KNOW, POLICY. I'M SURE THERE'S. LEGAL WAYS AROUND IT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE POLICY SAYS. UM WE'RE NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS. I DON'T THINK IF WE DELAY THIS BY ONE WEEK, I THINK I THINK THEY DESERVE. WE'RE ALL THE EFFORT AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT COMMUNITY DOES. FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR FOR THEIR STUDENTS . I THINK THEY TRULY DESERVE TO HEAR WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL NAME IS GOING TO BE IN TO COMMENT ON THEM. SO GET BACK TO US IN THE NEXT WEEK. WE CAN MR GEIR. GOD LOVE HIM IS ACTUALLY LISTENING

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THEREBY GIVING MR GEIR TIME TO PUT ON MICROSOFT FORM THAT HE'S ONLY SENDING OUT TO HIS PEOPLE.

HIS FAMILY'S HIS STAFF. SO THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC FOR JUST THIS. COMMUNITY. TO WEIGH IN. AND THEN HE SENDS US THOSE RESULTS OR HE COMES IN PERSON AND TELLS US THOSE RESULTS BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S LISTENING. I'M PUSHING THE IN PERSON THING.

UM AND WE HAVE THAT VOTE AFTER WE KIND OF HEAR FROM THEM. WOULD THAT BE LEGAL ENOUGH. I BELIEVE SO BECAUSE PARAGRAPH C SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT AT THE FIRST REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF THE SIX DAY PERIOD IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE LIST. OKAY, BEGIN WITH THAT SAME LANGUAGE. IT JUST SAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NAMES ON THE LIST DID NOT SPECIFICALLY TIE IT TO THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AFTER THE 60 DAYS. SO I WOULD SAY ANYTIME AFTER RECEIVING THE NAMES ON THE LIST SUGGESTED OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE IT. I KNOW. LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME. ALL RIGHT? SO WHAT MR GEIR JUST SENT ME WAS THE HARTFORD SCHOOL OR ACADEMY. ALL OF THESE ARE ON THE LIST THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THE ONES THAT HIS COMMUNITY CAME UP WITH THEMSELVES WAS THE HARTFORD SCHOOL OR ACADEMY. SO EITHER THE HARTFORD SCHOOL OR THE HARTFORD ACADEMY UM, WHICH WE COULD ALWAYS PARLAY INTO THE HARTFORD ACADEMY AT CAMPUS HILLS . BUT THEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THING. AND CAMPUS HILLS WOULD BE A DIFFERENT THING. THE ARCHER SCHOOL, THE HARRIET TUBMAN SCHOOL OR THE JACKAL IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF WE WOULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION. WE CAN COME UP. WE CAN VOTE ON. THESE ARE THE TWO NAMES THAT WE ACCEPT. AND WE'RE GONNA TABLE THAT DECISION AND LET MR GEIR COME BACK, OF COURSE, WOULD NEED A MOTION THAT DIDN'T COME FROM ME FOR ALL OF THAT. BUT LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL. HOW ABOUT THAT? HEY, RACHEL, THIS IS JOYCE. YES, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO WRITE DOWN THOSE THOSE WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

SO THE HARTFORD ACADEMY I LIKE THE HARTFORD ACADEMY. I WOULD VOTE ON THAT RIGHT NOW. YEAH ACADEMY BETTER THAN THE HARTFORD SCHOOL ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HARTFORD DAY SCHOOL. AND I WOULD I WOULD GOODMAN, JUST HARD FORGETTING MISTER HARPER. HARFORD ACADEMY CAMPUS CELLS. MR FREAKING VOTE ON THAT RIGHT NOW . DOES HE WANT US TO WAIT? I'M SORRY. I'M JUST A LITTLE GIGGLY AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE NIGHT. YOU FEEL OUR PAIN. HARFORD ACADEMY. IT LOOKS WHEN YOU WRITE IT THE HEART, ADDING THE LOOKS BETTER ANYWAY. ALRIGHT WITH THE HARTFORD ACADEMY. WHAT ARE THE OTHER ONES? ARCHER SCHOOL. UM I NEED THAT OFF THE TABLE, MR GEIR . OKAY. GO AHEAD. THE HARRIET TUBMAN SCHOOL, NOT THE JUST HARRIET TUBMAN SCHOOL. OKAY WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING PEOPLE GO AHEAD, JACQUELINE HIGH SCHOOL. OH, ALL THESE TECHNIQUES. OKAY SO WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. SO HERE'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES, OKAY? AND I'M SURE I'M TRYING. I'M LISTENING TO EVERYBODY. AND I THINK THAT AS A BOARD WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO SAYING WE'RE NOT. WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK AS TO WHERE MOVING FORWARD. WE DON'T NAME SCHOOLS AFTER PEOPLE SO THE ONLY ONE ON THAT LIST THAT, UM, THAT IS IN THAT DIRECTION IN THAT VEIN IS HARD FOR THE ACADEMY. UM WHAT DO WE DO NOW? DO WE VOTE ON THAT? OR DO WE GIVE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SOMETIMES YOU SHARED? UM AND THEN IF WE DO REALLY HAVE ONE THAT WOULD MEET THAT CRITERIA.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM THAT POINT? THEY'VE SEEN AS THE SCHOOL SEEN THE SAME THING ENTIRE LIST BECAUSE MAYBE THEY HAD AWARE OF SOME OF THE NAMES THAT THEY HAVE. JUST MR GEIR JUST EMAILED ME AGAIN AND SAID VOTE ON HARFORD ACADEMY NOW, WITH LOTS OF LITTLE SMILEY FACES. OKAY, HE'S LISTENING. OKAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE. THAT WE CHANGED THE NAME OF THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL TO HARTFORD ACADEMY. A 2ND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A SECOND OR THIRD, I'M OPEN TO FOURTH CAMPUS HILLS AND JUST HEARTBREAK CAN DO THAT. I CAN'T PROTECT. YOU KNOW , I KIND OF LIKE CAMPUS HILLS HILLS. HOW TO GET YEAH. HARFORD ACADEMY AT CAMPUS HILLS. AND I

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MANY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEAL, MISS RALLO. ALL EYES ON YOU. DR. BAUER? YES. FLAP YOUR HAROLD.

YES MISS KARWACKI? YES. MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. YES. MS RICCARDI? YES. MR ROBINSON. YES.

MISS HOLCOMB? YES. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES PRESIDENT GAUTIER. ABSOLUTELY THIS MISSION PASSES. THERE WE GO. MR. GREINER, YOU'VE GOT YOUR NEW NAME. SOMEWHERE PATRICK SPICER IS SAYING THIS IS WHY I GAVE YOU ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER KIMBROUGH AND THEN HE'S ALSO SAYING, BUT WE LEFT YOU WITH MISS GAUTIER AS THE PRESIDENT. SO GOD BLESS YOU ALL LIKE CONTRACT INTERPRETATIONS. SUPER FUN. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PATIENTS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

[J. Superintendent's Report]

HE DID RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE $2000 RETENTION BONUS FOR MANY OF IT FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE ASKED ME BARGAINING UNIT, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CUSTODIANS ARE MAINTENANCE FOLKS. THIS IS ACTUALLY IN ADDITION TO THAT THIS IS THAT WAS A GROUP. THAT HE VIEWED WISH THAT HE HAD SORT OF INCLUDED IN THE FIRST ROUND. WE DID THEM IN JANUARY, SO HE'S GOING BACK AND DONE THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR SUPPORT OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THAT BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT. OF THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE MOVE THAT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND HEARING YOU KNOW THAT ARE CANDY ADMINISTRATION WITH A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SUPPORTING THAT. UM ANOTHER THANK YOU TO OUR COUNTY COUNCIL. SO, UM, THE LAST TIME UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE FOUND THANK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET, BUT ALSO REQUIRED THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL.

AND SO, WITH THEIR AFFIRMATION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES PROPOSAL IN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT VINCENTI, YOU KNOW, THEY DID PUT THIS BUDGET GOT THIS BUDGET TO US THIS EVENING. WE HAVE APPROVED THE ADJUSTMENTS WE NEEDED TO MAKE. TO GET EVERYTHING TO RECONCILE. SO I DO APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT AS WELL. UM A COUPLE OTHER QUICK THINGS EACH SPRING, THE MARYLAND COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION HONORS STUDENT WINNERS AND THEIR TEACHERS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE SPONSOR THIS CASE THAT STOCK MARKET GAME. INVEST RIGHT AND PERSONAL FINANCE CHALLENGE, BEACON CHALLENGE THE ECONOMICS

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KATHLEEN THOMPSON AND SUE WILLFUL ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY'S CLOTHES AND OTHER REGIONAL WINNERS AND STOCK MARKET GAME. THEIR TEACHER IS SARAH CYCLES. HOSTED WAKEFIELD ALSO RECOGNIZED THE STOCK MARKET GAME. THE TEACHER WAS MEGAN STOMP. MITCHELLVILLE ELEMENTARY HAD A POSTER CONTEST WINNER, AND THAT WAS A STUDENT LISA STYRON. UM. QUICKLY A COUPLE OTHERS CONGRATULATIONS TO REBECCA GOT THE NINTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER AT BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE OF OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST WHO IS RECIPIENT OF ONE OF THREE NATIONAL EDUCATION AMBASSADOR AWARDS FROM THE PEGASUS. SPRINGS EDUCATION. COLLECTIVE DOCTOR CALDWELL ENJOY AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD AS PART OF THE HONOR. UM JUST ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE TO FORGET PRE KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS OPEN AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE LOOKING TO REGISTER FOR THOSE GRADE LEVELS, PASS IT ALONG, UM BE SURE TO CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE HOME SCHOOL TO ENSURE THE CHILD IS READY TO START SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER. AND ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE. I MEAN, IF WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IN THE A COUPLE OF MEDIA OUTLETS. BUT THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE SUN I HAD HAD CHEST C LONGTIME HCPS EDUCATOR ALBERT SEYMOUR WAS 38 YEAR EMPLOYEE. HE I THINK HE RETIRED IN 1997 AS FROM THE POSITION OF DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO HE PASSED ON JUNE SEVEN. UM. AND SO WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS AGAIN A LONG TIME. SERVICE.

EMPLOYEE FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO WITH THAT SAID, AS EVERYONE'S HEARD MANY TIMES TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. UM. FOR WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA THEN AS WELL. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THAT THANK ALRIGHT, SO JUST CAPITOLA GRADUATIONS ARE OVER. WE'VE GRADUATED SENIORS YE TODAY IS LEAVING US TO GO. YOU KNOW THE VIEW FABULOUS THINGS AND CHANGE THE WORLD. AND WE HAVE TO NEWLY NAMED SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO GET SWAG, RIGHT? I'M LOOKING AT YOU, DR DAVIS SWAG. WE'RE GOING TO SET THEM UP. ALRIGHT BECAUSE THEY NEED SOME NEW BRANDING STUFF, MR WOOD AND MR GEIR, HE SAID, YOU GOT IT. STAND.

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