[F. Decision on Proposed New Board Policy 02-0055-000, Student Registered Sex Offenders-Entry on SchoolProperty , Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., General Counsel]

DISCUSSION AND PROPOSED NEW BOARD POLICY 02-005. STUDENT REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS, ENTRY

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AND SCHOOL PROPERTY. MISS KIMBERLY NEAL, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THIS? SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR A DECISION THIS EVENING ON MAY THE 16TH. YOU WILL RECALL. I PRESENTED THIS POLICY, UM TO THE BOARD. IT'S A NEW POLICY. ALTHOUGH I HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR EXISTING PRACTICE ESSENTIALLY IS IN ACCORD WITH THIS POLICY. UM THIS WAS PROMPTED BY THE MARYLAND GENERALISTS ASSEMBLY PASSED A BILL BACK ON MAY THE 18TH OF 2021. AND BECAME PART OF THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE. UM AND THEN WE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM MSD ON FEBRUARY 22ND OF 2021 REQUIRING US TO IMPLEMENT THIS TYPE OF POLICY. UM THIS THERE HAS BEEN THE 30 DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE MAY, THE 16TH AND ONE COMMENT WAS RECEIVED. UM THAT PROPOSED POLICY BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING HAS NO CHANGES FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 16. THANK YOU. DOING? YES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, PATRICE. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE AND THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. I JUST WANT TO DO REITERATE FOR THE PUBLIC. THAT'S HERE THAT THIS WAS A MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENT.

CORRECT. IT MATCHES PRETTY MUCH MATCHES OUR POLICY AS IT EXISTS, ANYWAY. POLICY IN PLACE, BUT THIS WAS THE PRACTICE. IT WAS A PRACTICE. THANK YOU. AND WE THERE WAS 30 DAYS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO NOW I NEED TO ASK WORD MEMBERS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PROVE THE PRESENTED NEW POLICY? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED NEW BOARD POLICY. AND THIS IS SONIA. I WILL SECOND THAT THANK YOU. MRS MORELLO. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR ME. YOUR BAUER? YES, DOCTOR, HAROLD. YES. KARWACKI? YES. MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILIP YES. MS REGARDING YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES, THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO

[G. Recommendation on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 02-0056-000 Homework , Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., GeneralCounsel, and Dr. Peter Carpenter, Director of Organizational Development and Continuous Learning]

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 02-0056 000 AND IT IS THE HOMEWORK POLICY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MISS MEAL AND DR CARPENTER FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. CARPENTER IS PARTICIPATING, VIRTUALLY VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S WITH US. IN CASE THERE'S CERTAIN QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS AN UPDATE AS YOU MENTIONED TO THE HOMEWORK POLICY. UM IT BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2021. WHEN DR SUSAN BROWN, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT. PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HOMEWORK POLICY AND TO COMPARE THAT TO BEST PRACTICES. UM THE THAT PARTICULAR TEAM MET WITH THE HCPS GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER OF 2021. AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. UM SO THAT WE WOULD ALIGN OUR POLICY WITH THOSE BEST PRACTICES. UM MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM MET AND WORKED ON THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR OVER YEAR, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING. PRINCIPLES AND OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. CENTRAL OFFICE SUPERVISORS, INCLUDING CURRICULUM AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY. PARENT AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MEMBERS OF THE APPROPRIATE BARGAINING UNIT. SO THEY MET OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR TO KRAFT DRAFT POLICY, UM, THAT REFLECT THE VALUES, BELIEFS, PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES. RESEARCHED, UM THE PROPOSED POLICY IS PROVIDED AS WELL AS A DRAFT PROCEDURE. IT IS FOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, AGAIN. DR CARPENTER IS ALSO HERE VIRTUALLY TOO. DR CARPENTER . CAN YOU GIVE US A CLIFF NOTES VERSION. SURE CAN YOU HEAR ME? EVERYBODY? YES. GOOD EVENING. UM WE WENT THROUGH THE POLICY AND WE'LL GET LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE LOOKED AT, UM OTHER POLICIES FROM AROUND THE STATE. WE ALSO RESEARCH OTHER BEST POLICIES, AND SO, UM, ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE A PURPOSE, SOME DEFINITIONS, A STATEMENT OF POLICY. WHICH IS OUR PURPOSE IN GENERAL FOR HOMEWORK. UM AND THEN A COUPLE OF, UM, STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT IT SHOULD, UM, BE CONTAINED IN AND THEN THE IDEA OF STAKEHOLDERS

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AND WE WANTED TO KIND OF SPELL OUT EACH PERSON'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HOMEWORK PROCESS, SO YOU'LL SEE CENTRAL OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES. SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES, TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES. CAREGIVERS RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEN STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE PREVIOUS POLICY AS YOU LOOK AT IT, UM, REALLY JUST HAD A ONE SENTENCE KIND OF DEFINITION OF WHAT THE POLICY IS. WE WANTED TO KIND OF NARROW THAT DOWN, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY NARROW. I GUESS I SHOULD TAKE SPANNED IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT, UM, STAKEHOLDERS UNDERSTAND ITS PURPOSE, AND THEN THE PROCEDURES ARE UM, ALSO DRAFT, HOWEVER THEY WE DEVELOPED THEM HAND IN HAND BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME SHAPE. TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THE POLICY ACT MOVING FORWARD. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MS KELLY FOR BEING A MEMBER OF BOARD MEMBER OF THIS TEAM. SHE WAS ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO REPRESENTED NOT JUST THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO THE PARENT PERSPECTIVE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER THAT MAY ARISE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ONE. OKAY SONIA. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. ME SAY ON PAGE TWO. IN. NUMBER TWO UNDER STATEMENT OF POLICY. YOU HAVE HOMEWORK PROCEDURE I TELL SIZE, SO THAT IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THAT IS THE DOCUMENT? THAT BEGINS ON WELL, IS THAT THE END OF THIS? ENTIRE PACKET. AND WHAT I SUGGESTED TO THE PROCEDURE. YOU'LL VOTE ON THE POLICY WHEN THAT COMES BACK. THE POLICY IS FOR THE BOARD ABOUT IT, BUT PROCEDURES WE KNOW THAT KIND OF ADDS CONTEXT, MORE CLARITY. AND WE'LL, OF COURSE TAKE FEEDBACK ON THE PROCEDURES, BUT THAT THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES SO IT'S KIND OF A BALANCE, BUT YOU CAN BE AN S AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE ON THE ITALICIZED.

THEY SHOULD THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD AGREE SINCE THE TITLE HERE SAYS PROCEDURES SO YES, WE'RE SORRY. LANGUAGE ARTS. OKAY MR MCCURDY. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER ON PAGE. TWO OF THREE UNDER BE STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE TAKEN OUT THE WORD GRADING, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY IS IT BROADER? THE WAY WE SAY HOMEWORK PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETION. READ IN THAN SIMPLY GRADING. YOU'RE LOST. GO AHEAD, PETER. I'LL LET YOU DO THIS BETTER THAN I CAN. I'M SORRY, DR WILSON. UM THAT REFERENCES THE NEXT I BELIEVE POLICY. I'M SORRY . STRESSES SNYDER AHEAD. SORRY ABOUT THAT ALLOWS US TO MR CARDIA. QUESTION, DR PHILLIPS. FIRST ONE WAS THIS POLICY WAS IN EFFECT. 50 YEARS AGO. UM. AS FAR AS TIME IS CONCERNED A LOT OF TIME. THE UNDER PROCEDURES AND THE PAGE THAT'S GOT DRAFT WRITTEN ON IT. IT GIVES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME PER SUBJECT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE THE SAME. IT MAY TAKE ONE STUDENT 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE. ASSIGNMENT IT MAY TAKE ANOTHER STUDENT 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE AN ASSIGNMENT. SO WHEN CAN THAT STUDENTS SIMPLY SAY AFTER 25 MINUTES THAT I'M DONE AND WALK AWAY WITH ASSIGNMENT HAVE COMPLETED. HOW HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN YOU DIVIDED UP BY MINUTES AS OPPOSED TO COMPLETION. THAT'S A TERRIFIC QUESTION. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY TALKED. QUITE A BIT ABOUT IN OUR GROUP BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ESPECIALLY IN THE ELEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. STUDENTS RECEIVE HOMEWORK AND MATH AND READING EACH NIGHT, SO IT'S ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR OF COMPLETION TIME. UM BUT WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, THAT'S WHEN THEY MAY HAVE 6 TO 8 CLASSES PER DAY WHERE THEY NEED THEY MAY HAVE HOMEWORK IN EACH CLASS. AND SO WE REALLY TRIED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT? WHAT AN AVERAGE STUDENTS WHAT COULD THEY HANDLE COGNITIVELY? AND SO THESE ARE GENERAL AVERAGES BASED ON OTHER HOMEWORK POLICIES THAT WE REVIEWED AND SO, UM. IT'S A BALLPARK, WHAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

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TO DO AND THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PIECE IS TO DO THEIR BEST TO GAUGE HOW MUCH TIME STUDENTS REALLY NEED AND TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME TEACHERS WOULD ASSIGN . SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AND THIS IS NOT TO BASH MATH OR ANYTHING, BUT SOMETIMES WITH MATHEMATICS. UM WE MIGHT GIVE STUDENTS A SHEET OF 20 PROBLEMS TO COMPLETE, HOWEVER. IS IT SUFFICIENT FOR THEM TO COMPLETE TWO OR THREE TO SHOW THAT THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING? AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HELP KIND OF GET PEOPLE TO SEE AN AVERAGE BUT ALSO TO HELP TEACHERS REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH THEY'RE ASSIGNING, UM AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S MEANINGFUL WORK. VERSUS BUSY WORK THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. MIX I GET. IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU'VE GOT A DEFINED TIMEFRAME THAT UM YOU'RE TELLING A STUDENT. OKAY, YOU HAVE 25 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS SUBJECT AND 25 MINUTES IS UP. MAYBE HE DOESN'T QUITE GET IT. WHEREAS SOMEONE ELSE HAD COMPLETED IT IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. WHO DOES GET IT? AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THAT TIME FOR HIM TO TRY TO FURTHER WORK THROUGH IT. THAT'S WHEN YOU DEFINE NUMBERS, THEN THEY'RE LOCKED INTO. THE MOM. I WON'T FINISH ONE THIRD OF MY ASSIGNMENT, BUT I SPENT 25 MINUTES ON IT. RIGHT? AND THIS IS A GUY TOO. SO UM, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS WORK WITH THE TEACHERS TO SAY, HEY, WE SPENT 45 MINUTES ON THIS AND WE DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE. OUR TEACHERS ARE QUITE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT. VERY, VERY HELPFUL WITH THAT, UM AND AGAIN, THIS IS MORE TO HELP SCHOOLS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TEAMS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS NOT PILING ON 34 HOURS OF HOMEWORK AT NIGHT. UM WITH STUDENTS HAVE OTHER INTERESTS, OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT. THAT WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DR PHILLIPS.

ADDS A PARAGRAPH ABOVE THE GUIDELINES DOES INDICATE THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS SHOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE STUDENTS TEACHER IF THERE'S ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERALL TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK. AND GOES ON, SO IT DOES SOMEWHAT ADDRESS THAT PIECE. DOES ANYONE ELSE HEAR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD GOING BACK TO WHAT DR PHILLIPS WAS SAYING. UM UNDER THE AP COURSEWORK. WE HAVE 30 OR MORE MINUTES AS NEEDED. MAYBE. THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. IN THE CELL ABOVE AS WELL. OKAY BECAUSE THE REALITY IS HAVING HAVING HIGH SCHOOLERS. AT HOME NOW. THERE'S NO WAY THEY GET DONE IN 20. TO 25 MINUTES. I MEAN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND IT GOES ACROSS MANY SUBJECT AREAS. SELL.

MY CONCERN IS THE SAME. IT'S PUTTING, SAYING THAT PARAGRAPH OF PARAGRAPH ABOVE HIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AS OBVIOUS. AS WHAT'S IN THE CHART. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YES, PATRICE. UM THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. I HAVE A QUESTION HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON THE COMMITTEE? THIS ENTIRE GROUP. WHAT WAS APPROXIMATE NUMBER IN THIS ENTIRE GROUP THAT DEVELOPED PROCEDURES. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. UM I BELIEVE IT WAS BETWEEN 20 AND 25. THANK YOU. AND, UM, JUST A COMMENT. AND CERTAINLY THIS GROUP IS MORE APT DECIDING WHAT THAT PROCEDURE SHOULD BE. BUT 25 MINUTES PER SUBJECT, PLUS 20 MINUTES MINIMUM. AND IF THERE'S FIVE SUBJECTS I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING HOME AND DOING ANOTHER 33 TO 4 HOURS OF HOMEWORK, AND THAT'S JUST A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND THAT'S WHAT KIDS ARE DOING. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT. IT'S NOT UP TO. IT'S THE REQUIREMENTS, SO IT'S JUST SEEMS VERY BURDENSOME FOR A CHILD WHO MIGHT BE IN SPORTS. NOT THAT SPORTS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACADEMICS. BUT UM, WE'RE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CHILDREN BE CHILDREN. BUT AGAIN , I'M ASSUMING THIS GROUP THOUGHT THROUGH THAT, SO JUST SOUNDS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF HOMEWORK. AND IN THE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR CLASSES A DAY. SO AND IN SOME OF THOSE COURSES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN PHYSICAL

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EDUCATION OR SOME OTHER COURSES , AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE WERE REALLY WRAPPING OUR HEAD AROUND . THAT 25 MINUTE MARKER FOR THEM IS 33. CLASSES 25 MINUTES 75 MINUTES, SO FELT A LITTLE BIT MANAGEABLE FOR US AS GUIDELINES AND THESE ARE GUIDELINES SO AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO DISCUSS, UM, WITH AND WITH GCC SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MIN MAX IS OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF HOMEWORK. THAT'S JUST MY EDITORIAL COMMENT STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE IT REMAINS IN GUIDELINES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES AT PLAY HERE. WHEN YOU THINK OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WORKLOAD. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE. SIX OF THE EIGHT COURSES ARE HONORS COURSES, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO CONSUME DON'T HAVE THAT THE ASSIGNMENT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ACROSS THOSE, SO YOU KNOW, STICKING TO A GUIDELINE. IT'S A REMINDER FOR STUDENTS THAT THIS IS SORT OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE. IF YOU HAVE A CLASS IS GIVING YOU AN HOUR AND A HALF OF HOMEWORK EVERY NIGHT.

BEST WHEN IT'S TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT. WELL, THIS IS A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY AGAIN. IT'S GUIDANCE. I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW THERE'S NO SENSE OF YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK A STUDENT WHO SAID WELL, I STOPPED THE 20 AND I ALWAYS HAVE DONE. I SHOULD GET FULL CREDIT. THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK. UM IT'S MORE A CONVERSATION STARTERS, SO EVERYONE GETS THAT WE'RE KIND OF FRAMING THE FACT THAT STUDENTS HAVE MULTIPLE CLASSES. UM YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A JUNIOR OR SENIOR WHO SIGNED UP FOR AP COURSES OR YOU LOOK AT AN I B STUDENT WAS IN THE I B DIPLOMA PROGRAM. WHO HAS, YOU KNOW? FIVE I B CLASSES IN IN A YEAR. UM THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME ON HOMEWORK MORE THAN HIS ON THIS SHEET BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO GET THROUGH THAT CURRICULUM AND NOT DO MORE HOMEWORK. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES SO IT REALLY IS A GUIDE AND ALSO THE REASON FOR PUTTING IN THE GRADE LEVELS. IS YOU KNOW, TRYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO ASSIGN? YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN AGES? UM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT WHAT CAN BE A FIVE MINUTE ASSIGNMENT FOR SOME KIDS IS A TWO HOURS AND IT'S PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE. IT COULD BE TWO HOURS OF REAL UNHAPPINESS.

UM AND WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT, UM AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A GUIDE. IT'S A IT'S A CONVERSATION STARTED TO HELP PARENTS HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE IN BUT ALSO REMINDER FOR TEACHERS. OF THE WORKLOAD THAT THE KIDS HAVE ANOTHER PLACES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I WOULD SAY WITH THEM AND THAT THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF THE FEEDBACK. AGAIN. REMEMBER THIS IS THE PROCEDURE PART WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE SOME MORE CONTEXT. AND SO IT'S LESS BINDING POLICY IS THE VOTING. THAT'S THE MEANT TO BE THE KIND OF MORE BINDING PART WHICH IS SENSORY, WIDESPREAD, MORE GENERAL AND THE PROCEDURES.

HERE'S WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT'S WHY WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE PROCEDURE AND THE POLICY, BUT FEEDBACK IN BOTH IS HELPFUL. IF WE CAN MAKE IT CLEAR AND MAKE IT MORE USEFUL FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS NEAL. AND THANK YOU, DR CARPENTER. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE MOVING INTO THE

[H. Recommendation on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 04-023-000 Report Cards and Marking Systems , KimberlyH. Neal, Esq., General Counsel and Mr. Phil Snyder, Supervisor of Accountability]

NEXT ONE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 04 DISH 0 TO 3 DISH 000.

REPORT CARDS AND MARKING SYSTEMS. MS NEAL, YOU DON'T GET OUT OF ANY OF THESE. AND MR SCHNEIDER. YES IT FEELS SNYDER IS ALSO JOINING VIRTUALLY TO ASSIST WITH QUESTIONS. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE RENAMING A POLICY. THIS WAS SPURRED ON IN THE FALL OF 2021, AS A RESULT OF CHANGES TO COMB ARE SO SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD GOVERN. THE GRADING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM AND IT AFFECTED WOULD AFFECT THE CURRENT POLICY REPORT CARDS AND MARKING SYSTEMS. SO MR SNYDER REVIEWED THAT POLICY IN LIGHT OF THE NEW QAMAR REGULATIONS. ALONG WITH SCHOOL BASED PERSONNEL, WHICH INCLUDED PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS , REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNION, UM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, CONTENT, SUPERVISORS AND COORDINATORS. AS WELL AS THE OFFENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY. UM THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY DOES COMPLY WITH THE COMB OUR REGULATIONS, WHICH SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICY. NOW ADDRESS HOW ATTENDANCE IMPACTS GRADING PRACTICES. HOW FINAL COURSE GRADES ARE DETERMINED AT EACH LEVEL AND HAVE GREAT CHANGES OCCUR, INCLUDING THAT NO GRADE MAYBE CHANGED 45 DAYS AFTER THE END OF A MARKING PERIOD. AND WE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL POLICY AS WELL AS A MARKED UP VERSION OF THE PROPOSED NEW POLICY, SO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE AND AGAIN THEY DO ALIGN WITH THE COMB OUR REQUIREMENT. MR

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SCHNEIDER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AT THIS POINT? I DO NOT. I THINK THIS SNOW COVERED AT ALL, AS INDICATED IT DID REQUIREMENT. THAT WILL BE THESE CHANGES. IT'S REALLY JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE HAD IN OUR CURRENT POLICY AND REALLY ENHANCING IT. TO COMPLY WITH THE COLMAR REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

THE QUESTION. DR PHILLIPS. SOAP NUMBER F NUMBER HALF LETTER F UM, APPROPRIATE. UM. SO STUDENTS IN SIX STUDENTS GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT WHO TAKE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THOSE CLASSES, THOSE GRADES WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GPA. EVEN THOUGH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES. CORRECT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, OUR PRACTICE AND, UH THE STUDENTS. THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THIS, THIS REITERATION OF THE POLICY. THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT WAS DETERMINED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN THE POLICY WAS REVISED TO THE POINT. JUST BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THEIR FEET WET INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM, AND THE PRINCIPLES FELT IT'S ENOUGH STUDENTS BEST INTEREST TO HOLD OFF ON G P A INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER ASPECT TO THAT. IS HOW OUR GREETING SYSTEM WORKS TECHNICALLY. SO THE DECISION WAS MADE JUST TO LEAVE THAT, AS AS IS SO ONE STANDARD. THAT'S THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS AND ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY COUNTER INTUITIVE. UM IN MY EXPERIENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CALCULATE THAT FACTORS IN HERE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS COURSES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT OFFERED AT THE HONORS LEVEL. SO AT THE VERY TOP WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT VALEDICTORIAN AND THE CALCULATION FOR THE HIGHEST G P A IF YOU HAD ON THESE ON LEVEL COURSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, EVEN IF YOU HAD A ACTUALLY BRING DOWN JUST BY THE SLIMMEST MARGIN, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE A STUDENT WHO CALCULATED IN AND ON LEVEL QUESTION MIDDLE SCHOOL GOT A COULD POSSIBLY LOSE OUT TO A STUDENT WHO DIDN'T HAVE THAT CALCULATED. I MEAN, IT'S A CRAZY LITTLE DETAIL. BUT FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE SHOOTING TO BE VALEDICTORIAN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN COME INTO PLAY IN THE PAST BECAUSE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND 3RD. AND SOME OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CALCULATIONS IS, UM IT'S VERY CLOSE. AND SO THIS SO THIS ACTUALLY NOW, BUT THAT ALSO IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR SNYDER SAID, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO US CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS TAKING HIGH SCHOOL COURSES. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. USUALLY YOU SEE THAT BEFORE, IN LANGUAGE OR IN MATH. AGAIN IF STUDENTS ARE TAKING A COURSE THAT ISN'T OFFERED AT THE HONORS LEVEL DOESN'T GET THE WEIGHTED CREDIT. WOULD IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT'S JUST IT'S A NUANCED THING, BUT THAT'S ONE OF ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S EASIER TO LEAVE IT OUT OF THE OVERALL CALCULATION AT THE END BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY COULD DISADVANTAGES TOPS, TOO. TURN UP ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFER. THE COURSES SHOW ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BECAUSE GENERALLY THERE CANADA WOULD GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MATH WOULD BE TOWARDS GRADUATION REQUIREMENT OF PEOPLE IN THE YEARS OF MATH. THE GRADE COUNTS. IT JUST DOESN'T GET CALCULATED INTO THE CUMULATIVE THE CREDIT COUNTS, TOO. MR CURTI. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON GRADE CHANGES ON NUMBER L MM. THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THE MEDIA ABOUT GREEN CHANGES. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD. BE A PROCEDURE THAT WOULD ENSURE. THE GREAT GIVEN IS THE GREAT GIVEN IN ANY APPROPRIATE CHANGES OR ANY, UH, THERE. THERE'S A THERE'S A REASONING BEHIND IT. AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF WHAT. MR SNYDER. YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE NEWER PARTS OF THE POLICY. BUT GREAT CHANGING HAS HAD A LOT OF ATTENTION. THE WHOLE SECTIONS ARE THE COMA. I REQUIRE THANK YOU. JUST TO CONFIRM THAT WAS THE MAJOR DR THREATENED FORCE. I WILL SAY THE COMB IRISH GARMENTS TO REALLY