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          YEAH EVENING. I CALL TO ORDER THIS OPEN SESSION ON MONDAY, AUGUST 22ND 2022 AT THIS TIME I 
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ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MUTE YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON . MISS RALLO, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? DR BAUER. PRESENT. DR HAROLD. PRESENT, MISS KARWACKI. PRESENT, MISS KELLY. PRESIDENT. DR PHILLIPS. DR. PHILLIPS IS ABSENT THIS EVENING, MR RICCARDI. PRESENT. MR ROBINSON. PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER PRESENT. 
          PRESIDENT CORY ER HERE. SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BOARD IS NOW AN OPEN SESSION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS OPEN SESSION IS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING A POTENTIAL CLOSED SESSION FOR THE BOARD CONSIDERS THIS ACTION IT NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ITS ENTIRETY IN LIGHT OF THE LIMITED NATURE OF THIS OPEN SESSION. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE WAIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ENTIRELY DURING THIS LIMITED OPEN SESSION. THANK YOU, MAN. HAVE A SECOND. THIS IS SONIA I SECOND. THANK YOU, SONYA. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SEE US. YES YES, YES. YES, OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. ESSENTIAL CLOSED SESSION IS BEFORE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE BASIS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION IS TO PRESERVE THE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION REGARDING NOMINEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3-305 B. ONE OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND CODE. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE SESSION. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED THAT WE CLOSED THE SESSION FOR THE GIVEN REASON. AND THE SECOND, PLEASE. A SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING. AT THIS TIME. I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MEET YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALLED TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARTFORD COUNTY ON AUGUST 22ND AT 6 32. PM THIS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MS. RALLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL DR BAUER PRESENT. DR HAROLD PRESENT. MS KARWACKI. PRESENT. MISS KELLY. PRESIDENT. DR PHILLIPS. PRESIDENT. MS RICCARDI. PRESIDENT. MR ROBINSON. HAS IT. MS BLANKEN. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER PRESENT. 
          PRESIDENT GAUTIER HERE. SUPERINTENDENT WILSON, PRESIDENT. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. DR MUELLER. 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 GOOD HERE 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 A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR EMOTION, I ASK YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH THE YES OR NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. DAVID I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS CAROL. I SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES, PLEASE SAY NO. ALRIGHT MOTION PASSES. DR MUELLER, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER DR 13. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, DR BOLTON. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S NICE TO HAVE A BIG CROWD FOR THIS. SO WE HAVE THE PLEASURE THIS EVENING OF SWEARING IN OUR NO, A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER NOAH BLANKEN, SO I'M GOING TO DO A SHE HAS THIS REALLY LONG BIO. BUT IT'S LONG FOR A REASON, BECAUSE SHE HAS SO MANY AMAZING THINGS OUT HERE. SO SO NOAH IS A SENIOR AT NORTH 
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HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S TAKING PART IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AND IS FOCUSING ON COMPANION ANIMALS IN THE SMALL ANIMAL STRAND. SHE ENJOYS TAKING ON LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN HER SCHOOL, INCLUDING SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT HARFORD COUNTY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL'S LIAISON FOR NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE NORTH HARFORD'S FF , A CHAPTER HARFORD COUNTY STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL HCPS BLUEPRINT COMMITTEE, THE NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOLS LIVESTOCK SHOW TEAM IN THE EMAIL . MARYLAND ASSOCIATION STUDENT COUNCILS HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS AND, UH, THE HCPS NETWORK TO HELP ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT'S NEEDS ARE MET. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL . NO PLANS ON ATTENDING A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN PRE VETERINARY MEDICINE AND EVENTUALLY CONTINUING TO VETERINARY SCHOOL. I KNOW YOU VISITED A LOT OF THEM. THAT'S SOME THANKS FOR SOME HELP FROM YOUR FAMILY. THAT'S VERY EXCITING. SO WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO MEET NOWHERE. SHE'S FANTASTIC. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FORMALITIES FIRST. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. FIRST TEST GOOD. DO YOU SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL AND BEAR JUST ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THEREOF AND THAT YOU WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR SKILL AND JUDGMENT DILIGENTLY AND FAITHFULLY WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR PREJUDICE EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF STUDENT MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE, AS WELL AS THE GUIDELINES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. HARFORD COUNTY. EXCELLENT CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD. 
          FIRST INVITE HER FAMILY UP TO TAKE PICTURES LIKE DONALD PICTURES. SORRY EVERYONE SIT UP AND TAKE SOME BOARD. ABSOLUTELY. SAVE YOUR COMMENTS FROM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU GET IF YOU GUYS ARE COMING UP FOR PICTURES OF YOUR TIME? SURE. 
          LOOK AT THIS HERE. YEAH, BUT IT WAIT. 
          [A. Board Member Comments]
ALRIGHT SO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS . WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR NEWEST MEMBER. UM FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY TO GET TO THIS POSITION ON THE BOARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT THIS YEAR HAS IN STORE WE'RE GOING TO. I MEAN, I HOPE THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD. SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR HAS IN STORE FOR US. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UM, DR BAUER. SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. SO LATER THIS EVENING, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SEVERAL UPDATES TO SOME OF OUR POLICIES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HELP MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF TODAY'S MEETING WERE PRODUCTIVE. 
          COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS AND THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN ON THOSE TO BEGIN. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. TO READ THROUGH THE PROPOSALS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THEM. IN GENERAL, THE MOST HELPFUL FEEDBACK IS SPECIFIC. WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED AND WHY. REFERRING TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE PROPOSED POLICY LANGUAGE IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS , SO THE REST OF MY COMMENTS WILL FOCUS ON THAT TOPIC. TO BEGIN THE POSTED FILE ACTUALLY HAD THE OLD WRITTEN POLICY FIRST. AND THEN THE PROPOSED NEW POLICY. SECOND SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED APPEARED TO BE DIRECTED AT THE OLD WRITTEN POLICY AND NOT THE NEW POLICY. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE READ THE OLD POLICY. PROBABLY NOTICE PRETTY QUICKLY THAT IT DOESN'T MATCH HER CURRENT PRACTICE. TO BE CLEAR WHEN I STARTED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS BACK IN 2017. THE ACTUAL COMMENT. 
          PRACTICE WAS ALREADY CLOSER TO WHAT IT IS NOW THAN TO THE ACTUAL WRITTEN POLICY. FOR 
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EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT WRITTEN POLICY ACTUALLY HAS PUBLIC COMMENTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. AND NOT ALL AT ONCE. UM WOULD YOU PREFER THAT OVER THE CURRENT PRACTICE? WE DO PUBLIC COMMENTS EARLY IN THE MEETING. THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOES PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE VERY END OF THEIR MEETINGS. WHICH WAY WOULD YOU PREFER? WE DO IT. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF VERY HELPFUL COMMENTS TO US. UM. QUITE A FEW COMMENTS SUGGESTED THAT WE DO NOT UPDATE THE POLICY AT ALL. 
          AND INSTEAD LET THE NEXT FLOOR DO IT. UH, I DO NOT SEE A REASON FOR US TO DELAY. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ABOUT HOW THIS BOARD OPERATES. IF THE NEXT BOARD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THEIR VERY FIRST MEETING. THEY CAN VOTE TO SUSPEND THE POLICY AND DO SOMETHING ELSE. UM RIGHT NOW, THE WRITTEN POLICY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO MATCH OR ACTUAL CURRENT PRACTICES. GETTING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS ON UM, CONCERNING ASKING FOR ADDRESSES. THE CURRENT WRITTEN POLICY SAYS THAT PUBLIC COMMENTERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR ADDRESS TWICE. WRITTEN ON THE FORUM. AND THEN VERBALLY WHEN THEY SPEAK. THE WORLD HAD ALREADY STOPPED ASKING. PARAMETERS THE STATE THEIR ADDRESS VERBALLY BY THE TIME I FIRST STARTED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS IN 2017 IT'S ONLY WITHIN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE STOPPED ASKING FOR IT ON THE FORM AS WELL. WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE SEND US COPIES OF THE SAME LONG COMMENT. WHICH CLAIMS THAT THE HARFORD COUNTY COUNCIL IS NO LONGER ASKING FOR ADDRESSES. UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE INCORRECT. WE HAD MANY, MANY COMMENTS, REFERRING TO FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. SO I AM NOT A LAWYER. PUT THE MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE PUTS OUT A MANUAL FOR THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO OBSERVE, BUT NOT TO COMMENT IN THESE MEETINGS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CHOOSES TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THESE MEETINGS. THAT IS NOT A RIGHT. 
          UH CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS A LIMIT OF 10 SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES EACH. DONE IN A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. CECIL COUNTY OR NEIGHBORS. OVER TO THE EAST HAS A GENERAL LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES. 
          THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. GOING THE OTHER WAY. BALTIMORE COUNTY HAS A LIMIT OF 10 SPEAKERS, THREE MINUTES EACH RANDOMLY SELECTED. BALTIMORE CITY HAS A LIMIT OF 10 SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES EACH. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE IN A VERY LIMITED TIME WINDOW FOR SIGN UP. SO, UM. SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN UNLIMITED TIME TO SPEAK. AND THAT WOULD BE AN INVITATION FOR EVEN A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL TO FILIBUSTER THESE MEETINGS, AND SO THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. AND THESE ARE BUSINESS MEETINGS. UM WE HAVE AN AGENDA WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH. WE OFTEN HAVE INVITED GUESTS. SOMETIMES IT'S MOSTLY JUST STAFF. 
          SOMETIMES WE HAVE OUTSIDE AGENCIES COMING TO TALK WITH US. WE DO NEED TO RESPECT TO THOSE PEOPLE SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UM I FIRST WANTED TO WELCOME NOAH. IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD, AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FELLOW NORTH HARFORD HAWK ON THE BOARD. I WAS ALSO IN THE FF WHEN I WAS IN NORTH DARFUR MANY YEARS AGO. UM I JUST WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY TOWN HALL. UM IT WAS IMPRESSIVE, VERY IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION AND FROM VERY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. FROM SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY , MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES. YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH IT. IT IS YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL WEBSITE AND I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE AN HOUR OUT OF YOUR DAY AND WATCH THAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION AND AS A PARENT, IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD AND VERY SAFE, YOU KNOW, TO SEND MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. UM I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND WISH ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS GREAT. 
          LAST WEEK OF SUMMER VACATION, I VISITED JARED'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH THE ■NEW PRINCIPAL, MR SLATTERY, UM AND IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE FACILITIES AND CUSTODIAL STAFF 
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ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB TO GET ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS READY TO GO FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE FLOORS WERE LITERALLY SPARKLING. I COULD SEE MY REFLECTION. UM AND THEN JUST A REMINDER FOR ANY OTHER ANXIOUS PARENTS OUT THERE JUST LIKE ME WHO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHO YOUR KIDS TEACHERS ARE THIS YEAR, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION FRIDAY. AT FIVE P.M. SO THIS FRIDAY THE 26TH ON THE HOME ACCESS CENTER HACK THINK THAT'S WHAT IT HOME ACCESS CENTER. RIGHT? OKAY. UM, AND THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DR PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING. 
          UM DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY THIS EVENING. I JUST WANT TO, UH, WELCOME NOAH TO THE BOARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AT OUR NEXT MEETING. I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE THIS EVENING. UH, DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER IN TOWN FOR A WEEK? TODAY IS HIS LAST DAY WITH ME, SO I DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND HAVE DINNER WITH HIM AND, UM SPEND SOME TIME HERE BUT I WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP MY STREAK INTACT OF NEVER HAVING MR BOARD MEETING SINCE, UH WAS SWORN IN BACK IN 2019 BOTH TO KEEP THAT GOING ANYWAY. 
          THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CARDI. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT PRODI. ER, UM I, TOO WANT TO WELCOME NOAH SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD WITH US AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE BOARD. UM I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT I WAS VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND WITH DR MURAL. THE RATE RAINBOW MUELLER THE RAINBOW GRADUATION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT WAS HELD THIS YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GRADUATION IS A CEREMONY FOR STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTY WHO WERE ABLE TO MEET THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS OVER THE SUMMER THROUGH THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A JOY TO SEE. THE STUDENTS WITH THEIR THRILLED WITH THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE SO PROUD OF THEM, AND THE RAINBOW COLORS IS BECAUSE OF THE COLORS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THEY REPRESENT. IT WAS REALLY VERY, VERY NICE. I HAD LAST WANTED TO MENTION THE, UH, REMINDER THAT REGARDING THE SPORTS PETITIONS, PARTICIPATION FEES THAT FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR THAT SPORTS PARTITION FEES SPORTS SPORTS PARTICIPATION FEES HAVE BEEN WAIVED, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. BUT WE REALLY FEEL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE CRITICAL AND ONE AS MANY STUDENTS GET TO TAKE IT. THE ENERGY THAT IS POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK WE GOT ON THE TRACK PROGRAM AND CHEERLEADING AND, UM, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STUDENT CAN HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. WITH REGARD TO MY ABSENCE THIS EVENING. I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE A MEDICAL ISSUE, AND I'M UNABLE TO BE THERE THIS EVENING. UM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ATTEND THESE BOARD MEETINGS AND HAVE SHOWN MY COMMITMENT TO BE IN PERSON. BUT I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FEEL I SHOULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND I APPRECIATE IT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENING'S MEETING AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR KARWACKI. THANK YOU. AND, UM AGAIN. I WILL. UM, ACTUALLY. APOLOGIZE AS WELL FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING. BUT IT IS FOR MEDICAL REASONS. AND I'M SURE THE BOARD WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE ME THERE AT THIS TIME. SO UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TONIGHT, THOUGH. IS, UM. 
          SOME INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSONNEL AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND AS WE BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR SAFETY IS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS. WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF FOR TEACHERS, ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED WITH STUDENTS. GETS A REFRESHER TRAINING EVERY YEAR. AND WE REMIND STUDENTS ABOUT BEING SAFE. BUT I'M I AM GOING TO BRING UP ONE THING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I OBSERVED AS WELL. PARENTS WHEN YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL TO VISIT PLEASE RING THE BELL. AND. WHEN SOMEONE SAYS MAY I HELP YOU? PLEASE GIVE THEM YOUR NAME AND THE REASON THAT YOU'RE COMING INTO THE BUILDING IF IT'S TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD OR 
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VISIT A TEACHER OR ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBER UM, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN ALL DO. TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. AND THE OTHER THING IS, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS. ABOUT THE IMPORTANCEF THE ENTRANCES TO THE SCHOOLS. I HAVE WALKED UP TO A SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE WAS A STUDENT INSIDE WHO JUST OPENED THE DOOR AND LET ME IN. UM STRESS TO YOUR CHILDREN, PLEASE? THAT OUR DOORS ARE LOCKED FOR THEIR SAFETY. AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE ENTERING ARE THOSE WHO ARE ADMITTED BY OFFICE STAFF. SO I KNOW SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE AN INCONVENIENCE. BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEONE THINK THAT I WAS BEING RUDE. THEN OPEN THE DOOR FOR SOMEONE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. COMING INTO THE BUILDING. SO I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY SCHOOL YEAR. AND I THANK OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM. FOR ALL THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY FOR OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR HAROLD. HI. GOOD EVENING. UM JUST WANTED TO WELCOME NOAH. UM SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD, AND I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR VOICE BEING ADDED AS YOU ADVOCATE FOR THE STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, ALSO WANT TO WISH OUR STUDENTS UM A GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THIS LAST, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DAYS THAT WE HAVE OF OUR SUMMER BREAK. UM I WISH YOU GUYS SPEED AND ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD . THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE, UM, SCHOOL SYSTEM OF WONDERFUL AMAZING PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARING FOR THEM. AND THAT IS ALL THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON. NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, DR MUELLER. SO THAT'S THE BAD PART ABOUT BEING SECOND TO THE END BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID TODAY I WAS ABLE TO GO OVER TO BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL AND GREET THE NEWS SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE DISTRICT AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO MEET ALL OF THEM AND TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE LAUNCHING THEIR CAREERS WITH HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED THE RAINBOW GRADUATION DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'D LIKE IT, BUT HOW SPECIAL IT IS WHEN THERE'S JUST 20 PEOPLE GRADUATING AND EACH ONE GETS TO COME UP WITH THEIR FAMILY AND GET PICTURES TAKEN AND STUFF. SO IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE. UM I ALSO AM A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE SPORTS HERE IN THE COUNTY. SO I WANTED TO SAY HOW EXCITED I WAS THAT WINTER CHEERLEADING IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON AND THAT WE ENDED THE PAY TO PLAY. UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT. AND I DO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE PUBLIC POLICY THE CHANGE ON PUBLIC COMMENT. UM IN THE POLICY AND I'LL TELL YOU I WENT TO THE BEL AIR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND I WAS ACTUALLY SHOCKED WHEN EVERYBODY HAD TO STAND THERE AND GIVE THEIR ADDRESSES OUT LOUD. UM I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS IN OUR POLICY BECAUSE, OF COURSE. THAT'S NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE TO CHECK THE POLICIES EVERY DAY, AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT'S IN OUR CURRENT POLICY. SO I REALLY WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO REMOVING THAT FROM THE POLICY THE WAY IT IS IN THE PROPOSED POLICIES JUST YOU WOULD FILL IT OUT ON A FORM. NOT THAT YOU WOULD SAY IT OUT LOUD. UM SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THAT AND ALSO TO CODIFY THE VIRTUAL COMMENT WE WERE PLANNING ON CONTINUING VIRTUAL COMMENTS, BUT UM, I REALLY I DON'T FEEL AT THIS TIME THAT I COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT, UM, HAVING A TIME LIMIT OR LIMITING THE NUMBERS SPEAKERS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES TONIGHT. BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME CHANGES IN THERE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH. BUT THERE ARE SOME REASONS FOR THE CHANGES THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT, AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MY DOCTOR, MUELLER SAID, BECAUSE, UM, THE PRESENTATION ABOUT ATHLETICS IS AT THE VERY END. I'M KIND OF STEALING THE THUNDER. UM WINTER CHILLING IS GOING TO REMAIN A VARSITY SPORT AND WE'RE ADDING INDOOR TRACK. SO ANYBODY WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE HEARD YOU. THEY HEARD YOU. SO THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING FROM THE CHEERLEADERS. I'M JUST SAYING. A LITTLE CHEER LITTLE CHEERS. ALRIGHT, SO. SORRY I STOLE YOUR THUNDER, MR O'BRIEN, BUT STILL GET THE DETAILS HERE. ALL THE DETAILS ARE COMING, AND IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO LISTEN 
          [B. Public Comments]
TO THEM. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED FIRST, 
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THEY WILL BE CALLED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED NEXT. THEY'LL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING BY AN HCPS STAFF MEMBER. WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 
          SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND BE GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT WHEN SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR THREE MINUTE MARK. THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE. JUST A REMINDER THAT PERSONNEL MATTERS PENDING APPEALS AND SPECIFIC STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS MAY NOT BE DISCUSSED. UM PERSONAL ATTACKS. INFLAMMATORY REMARKS ABOUT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS OR PERSONNEL ARE NOT PERMITTED. 
          THERE'S NO CAMPAIGNING FROM THE PODIUM, NO ENDORSEMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDACY AND NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE DURING THE MEETING. AND WITH THAT, MISS RALLO THIS EVENING. 
          WE HAVE JOSIE COST GROW, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN HEUSER. MEMBERS BY NOW, EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OR TWO FROM MYSELF AND OTHERS EXPLAINING THE NEED TO ADDRESS RECLASSIFICATION AND PROVIDE A SALARY INCREASE FOR THOSE PAIR EDUCATORS WHO WORK AT THE HARTFORD ACADEMY AND STRIVE AND IN THE CSP PROGRAMS. MY NAME IS JOSIE CARRASCO AND I'M UP HERE EDUCATED WILLIAM S. JAMES IN THEIR STRIDE PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON THIS JOB POSITION THAT IS NOT STATED AS ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS LISTED ON THE JOB LISTING PAGE. ONE COULD ARGUE THE PHRASE, QUOTE AND OTHER DUTIES AS A SIGN UNQUOTE. BUT PLEASE HEAR ME OUT ON THIS. ONE PAIR EDUCATORS ACCEPTED TO THE STRIVE PROGRAM. HE SHE HAS A FULL TWO DAYS OF BOOT CAMP. IN THIS BOOT CAMP. WE ARE TAUGHT APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, HOW TO APPLY AIRLESS TEACHING PROCEDURES AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION FOR STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM. WE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTED IN VERBAL BEHAVIOR METHOD AT MYTHOLOGIES AND ARE TESTED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ENSURE ITS APPLICATION IN THE CLASSROOM. EDUCATORS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DO NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF EXTENSIVE TRAINING. WE ARE ALSO MANDATED AND INSTRUCTED IN NON VIOLENT CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING THAT PROVIDES US WITH THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO SAFELY MANAGE AND PREVENT FREQUENT, SOMETIMES DAILY, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THIS TRAINING WILL BE ESPECIALLY CRITICAL THIS YEAR AS WE FOLLOW THE NEWLY PASSED HOUSE BILL 12 55 REGARDING SECLUSION ROOMS. CURRENTLY OTHERS ARE NOT MANDATED IN THIS PRACTICE. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. MANY OF US VOLUNTARILY COMPLETED THE 40 HOURS OF ONLINE REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TRAINING. THIS OPTIONAL TRAINING IMPROVED OUR SKILLS AS EDUCATORS IN THE CLASSROOM. NO, I'M SDA CREDITS WERE GIVEN, ALTHOUGH WE DID RECEIVE THE OPTION TO DOWNLOAD A CERTIFICATE. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WE IMPLEMENT I E P SERVICES AND INTENSE DATA COLLECTION FOR BEHAVIORS, SOCIAL SKILLS, ACADEMICS, DAILY SKILLS AND MORE. COLLECTING DATA, AND ONE OF THESE KILLS KEY SKILLS IS CHALLENGING IN ITSELF BUT COLLECTING CONSTANT DAILY DATA ON EACH STUDENT IN EACH OF THESE AREAS MAKES IT EVEN MORE SO. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING THAT ESTATE STRIVE PAIR EDUCATORS PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS EXCEEDS THAT, AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOB LISTING, POSTING, AND IT EXCEEDS THAT OF A GENERAL PARA EDUCATOR. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR. HTTPS IS ADDING ADDITIONAL STRIVE AND CSP PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. THE EXPECTATIONS FOR US AS SPECIALIZED EDUCATORS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. I, ALONG WITH OTHERS MEET AND EXCEED THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION IS SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 
          SPECIAL CONSIDERATION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE HIGH LEVEL NECESSARY TO DO OUR JOBS TO CORRESPOND WITH HIGHER WAGES. PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND MAKE A CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE FAIR WAGES AND A NEW TITLE FOR STRIVES CSP IN THE HARVARD ACADEMY STRAP. THANK YOU AND DON'T FORGET TO VISIT US. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN HEUSER. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. DR BAUER. GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. UM I WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT COMMENTED ABOUT THE COUNTY COUNCIL, NOT REQUEST AN ADDRESS. BUT I DO THINK I KNOW WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS THERE. I BELIEVE WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM NOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO OR NOT REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS. I BELIEVE YOU'RE ABLE TO SAY THAT IT IS ON FILE, SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY SAID WHAT THEY DID. I COULD BE WRONG. I WASN'T READING YOUR COMMENTS. 
          NOW I WENT THROUGH THE VIDEO, AND I SAW THE ATTORNEY PRESENTED THE BOARD NEW POLICY SHE LIKES TO DIP INTO POLICIES, AS SHE SAID. IT'S KIND OF A BUSY WORK, BUT THAT IS A HARFORD COUNTY 
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PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTORNEY. THAT'S NOT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HOW THE BOARD OPERATES. WHY IS A HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTORNEY? CHANGING THE POLICY. WHY THE HELL ISN'T THE BOARD CHANGING THE POLICY? WHERE'S YOUR ATTORNEY? YOU HAVE ONE. IS SHE OPERATING UNDER ASSUMED AUTHORITY DELEGATED AUTHORITY. WHAT AUTHORITIES SHE OPERATING UNDER. SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING. WHY THIS CAN'T BE KICKED DOWN THE ROAD JUST A LITTLE BIT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR ELECTION FROM THIS BOARD. THE OTHER ONES WHO REMAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR UNTIL APPOINTED BY NEXT, UM, COUNTY EXECUTIVE. SO THEY'LL BE HERE FOR 2023 THE APPOINTED ONES, SO WHY NOT JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOARD? THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE. WHY CAN'T I BE IDENTIFIED IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS? TWO MONTHS AWAY, THREE MONTHS AWAY. WHAT'S THE MATTER? I JUST TAKE A REALLY BIG ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND. UM IT DOESN'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO ME AS FAR AS STATING ADDRESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I AGREE WITH ALL THOSE BUT AS FAR AS LIVING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY. AND AROUND THE CANDIDATE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE. IT'S RANDOM. HOWEVER MONSTER LIBERTY HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY SHUT OUT. UM ALSO, THE TEACHERS UNION HAS UNIMPEDED ACCESS. THEY ARE CONSIDERED SPECIAL GROUP, AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE IN THERE EVERY SINGLE MEETING. NONSTOP. NO PROBLEMS. AND ENTER ON THE COUNTY NEWS A DIFFERENT PIECE. 
          THEY WORKED SIX YEAR TERMS, WHICH IS PROBABLY PRETTY ROUGH. BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS CONSEQUENCES HAPPEN HERE AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS PROPOSAL AT ALL. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO DOWN IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MHM. NEXT WE HAVE DEBORAH BROCADO, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL FLANNERY. HELLO I'M DEBORAH MERCADO FROM FALLSTON. AND, UH, I'M AGAINST THESE POLICY CHANGES FOR MANY REASONS . YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE REASONS FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU POSTED THE POLICY, IT WAS CONFUSING. SO YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE POLICY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE YOUR ROLE HERE IS TO WORK FOR THE PARENTS AND THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND THAT INCLUDES ENHANCING THEIR SCHOOL EDUCATION AND ALSO ENHANCING THE PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP POLICIES. DON'T DO THAT. THESE POLICIES RESTRICT THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES THAT SHOW WHEN THERE'S PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN SCHOOL. NOT ONLY IS THEIR ATTENDANCE BETTER AT SCHOOL, BUT ALSO THEIR TEST SCORES ARE HIGHER, AND THEIR OVERALL SUCCESS IN LIFE TENDS TO BE HIGHER. SO WHENEVER THERE'S A POLICY IN CHANGE, YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. AND YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE AS MANY COMMENTS AS POSSIBLE AND GIVE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS THEIR POLICY. NOW, IF THAT MEANS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN ONE MEETING, THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ONE MEETING IF THERE'S THAT MUCH PUBLIC INTEREST IN A POLICY CHANGE, IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT CONVENIENCE AND HURRYING THE POLICY THROUGH AND AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE, IT'S IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO ADDRESS THIS AFTER THE ELECTION SO THAT THE NEWER MEMBERS CAN, UM ALSO HAVE A SAY, BUT ALSO SO PARENTS HAVE MORE TIME TO READ ABOUT THIS POLICY. MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A POLICY TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME ABOUT POLICY CHANGES WHERE PARENTS CAN BE WELL INFORMED. AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE THE OTHER THING ABOUT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND LIMITING THE TIME IT'S DECEPTIVE. BECAUSE IF YOUR HAND PICKING THE NUMBER THE SPEAKERS AND YOU'RE LIMITING IT CAN LOOK LIKE THERE'S NOT MUCH INTEREST IN THAT POLICY CHANGE WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST, SO YOU SHOULD DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERY POLICY SHOULD BE ABOUT ENHANCING THE CHILD'S EDUCATION AND ENHANCING THE PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP. NOT CUTTING IT OFF. SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. AND I DO HOPE YOU WILL DELAY THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT'S NOT MUCH TIME. UM YOU SHOULDN'T RUSH IT THROUGH FOR CONVENIENCE, AND AS I SAID AGAIN, YOU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING PARENTAL AND VIA INVOLVEMENT, NOT RESTRICTING IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAN FLANNERY. UM I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH, UH, THE PROPOSED SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I IS BEING PUT FORTH. I BELIEVE THAT IS CONTROLLING AND LIMITED AND ITS INPUT PEOPLE 
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WITH GENERAL CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP BEFORE THIS BOARD. I FEEL THAT IT HINDERS THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK ON IT. REQUIRING PEOPLE TO FILL OUT DETAILED INFORMATION AND CARDS AND THEN SUBMITTING THEM WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. UH, I BELIEVE THAT BOTH, UH INTIMIDATES. AND UM, LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN RESPOND TO THIS. NOT EVERYBODY. I BELIEVE THIS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE INTERNET. THIS IS DONE ON YOUR WEBPAGE. AH THE ADVANCE SIGN UP. NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THAT. I HAVE ACCESS TO IT, BUT UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET ACCESS DURING WORK HOURS IN THAT TYPE OF THING TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. OR TO MAKE FILL OUT THE CARD FOR COMMENT. PARDON ME. UH, FURTHERMORE, I BELIEVE THAT. THERE IS THERE IS A PART OF THIS POLICY THAT CALLS FOR RANDOM SELECTION OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE COMMENT THAT IT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF THE BOARD TO DO THAT. AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT THAT LIMITS. UH THE INPUT. I BELIEVE THAT IT ALSO SUFFERS A CITIZEN FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH IS THE RIGHT TO DO I TAKE EXCEPTION WITH THE, UH MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMENT BELIEVE HIS WHO YOU SAID IT WAS AH! WE HAVE THE RIGHT AS CITIZENS TO MAKE COMMENTS. THIS IS A PUBLIC FORM. AND IN THIS PUBLIC FORM WERE GUARANTEED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. WHETHER THERE ARE CONTROVERSIAL OR NOT. I AGREE THAT THINGS NEED TO BE CIVIL. I THINK THERE'S NO PLACE FOR FOLKS TO BE, UM MEAN SPIRITED ABOUT THINGS. THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THAT. BUT JERMAINE COMMENTS THAT ARE TO THE POINT I THINK SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, WHETHER IT'S A POPULAR SUBJECT OR NOT. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS A BOARD. I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOUR POINTED NUMBER REVIEW OUR ELECTED BUT YOU SERVED THE CITIZENS OF OUR FOR COUNTY. AND, UM, AS SO. UH I BELIEVE THE SERVANTS WE CAN'T UH, ON RUNNING OVER TIME HERE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SHARON. THAT COLUMN FOLLOWED. BY TINA GRAPH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHARON MCCALLUM. AND I JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR. AND HTTPS AS A PAIR OF EDUCATOR IN THE STRIVE PRIMARY AT DARLINGTON ELEMENTARY. FOR THE PRAYER. FOR YEARS, I WORKED AS AN R B T. 
          WHICH IS A REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN. A CERTIFIED PARA EDUCATOR FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY. 
          STRIVE. EDUCATORS SUPPORT A UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATION IN WHICH THERE IS A PHYSICAL HAZARD RISK. ON A DAILY BASIS, WE CAN BE EXPOSED TO MANY DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS SUCH AS SITTING FIGHTING HAIR PULLING PINCHING, SCREAMING, PUNCHING ELOPING, AND THEY ARE ALL MOSTLY NONVERBAL STUDENTS. WE ARE WITH OUR STUDENTS FROM THE TIME THEY GET OFF THE BUS AT NINE AM UNTIL THREE PM WE ALL LOVE AND HAVE A PASSION FOR OUR JOBS. SALARY IS A REALITY TO ANY POSITION. THE CURRENT SALARY IS A DETERRENT FOR QUALITY. CANDIDATES. AN INCREASE IN SALARY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. THE BOARD CONSIDERED CREATIVE OPTIONS, SUCH AS OFFERING MORE TO CANDIDATES THAT HAVE MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE. HOLDING OR OBTAINING CERTAIN CERTIFICATES CERTIFICATIONS. OR FOR THOSE PARA EDUCATORS THAT ARE IN STRIFE SETTING VERSUS THE ONE ON ONE IN THE GENERAL STUDENT POPULATION SETTING. I WOULD INVITE YOU TO SPEND A FOUR DAY AND STRIVE FOR CSP OR THE JOHN ARCHER SCHOOL. TO GET A REAL SENSE OF WHAT OUR DAY ENTAILS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. HI TINA. GRAPH FIRST I NEED TO JUST THANK SONIA BECAUSE IT WAS ME THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS THE SUPPORT 
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PERSONNEL PERSON. UM, JUST PLEASE REMIND YOUR KIDS WHEN IT COME WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, NOT TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR STRANGERS. AND IF THE PARENTS COME IN JUST JUST STATE WHEN I SAID, CAN I HELP YOU SAY YES, I'M SUCH AND SUCH. AND THIS IS WHY I AM HERE. REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BOARD MEETINGS. UM I MEAN , I'D AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE SAYS DURING THESE MEETINGS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. IT HELPS ME AS AN EDUCATOR, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKES ME MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT OUR PARENTS ARE FEELING. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK UNLESS IT IS PERSONALLY HARMFUL OR TUCKING IN NATURE. THEN I DO SUPPORT, CUTTING THEM OFF. CAME TO ALMOST EVERY BOARD MEETING LAST YEAR, AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS COME PREPARED TO SPEAK. NOR DID I ALWAYS SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM. FOR THIS REASON, I DON'T AGREE WITH FORCING PEOPLE TO CALL IN ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING TO REQUEST TIME AND STATE THEIR TOPIC. SOME MEETINGS. I SIMPLY SPOKE ON A TOPIC THAT WAS QUITE PERTINENT TO OUR SCHOOLS YET NOT ON THE AGENDA. I'M ALSO NOT SUPPORTIVE OF LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND A PARTICULAR TOPIC. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE MEETINGS CAN COME BECOME TOO LONG, WITH PEOPLE OFTEN READING FROM A SCRIPT THAT HAS BEEN SHARED AMONG A GROUP. BUT AS A BOARD I FEEL THAT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO ANYONE THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WANTS TO SHARE THEIR OPINION. AND AS AN EMPLOYEE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEIR OPINIONS. BUT I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT CHANGED TO THE END OF THE MEETINGS MANY TIMES AND I'M GUILTY OF THIS AS WELL. PEOPLE LEAVE AFTER COMMENTS AND DON'T HEAR WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING. I THINK OUR PARENTS MAY HAVE THEIR MINDS PUT IT EASED ON AN ISSUE IF THEY ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE MEETINGS. I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND YOUR VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS WHEN SOMETHING IS PROPOSED, ALSO LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU VOTE WHEN IT COMES TO AN ACTION ITEM. I, TOO, MAY END UP FEELING VERY CONFLICTED IF I DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS BOARDROOM AND INSTEAD RELIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OR EVEN THE NEWS. FINALLY AND OFF THE SUBJECT OF THESE MEETINGS. I GO BACK TO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY AND OUR KIDS STARTING SEPTEMBER 6TH. IT WASN'T A FAN OF THE 2022 2023 CALENDAR, BUT AFTER LOOKING AT IT MORE CLOSELY, I'M EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED. I CAN ONLY SPEAK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL. BUT A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE CHECKED OUT AFTER AP EXAMS IN MAY THE REST ARE SO MENTALLY EXHAUSTED THAT THEY SEEM TO START CARRYING AROUND THE SAME TIME. MANY PARENTS ALSO DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT PULLING OUT THEIR CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THE CALENDAR, WHICH MAKES MORE WORK FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. THIS YEAR WE USE OLIVER IMPLEMENT WHETHER DAYS OR LAST DAY WILL BE JUNE. 23RD MAKING MY LAST DAY JUNE 27TH AND ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED DAY OFF JUNE 19TH MANY WON'T RETURN AFTER THAT. WE HAVE ENOUGH HOLIDAYS BUILT INTO OUR CALENDAR THIS YEAR, AND BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT NOW HAS ACCESS TO A LAPTOP. THERE'S NO REASON FOR A SNOW DAY. WE WAITED PATIENTLY LAST YEAR FOR THE STATE TO MAKE A DECISION ON SNOW DAYS YET WE WERE NOT TOLD UNTIL THE SPRING AFTER WE USED THEM ALL. I REALIZED THAT THIS IS UP TO MSD AND NOT YOU, BUT PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS AND CHEF HAVING VIRTUAL IMPLEMENT WHETHER DAYS IF WE NEED THEM AND MAKING THESE SUGGESTIONS TO THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LOWER SHEETS, FOLLOWED BY NANI SZOKA. SOCCER. MY NAME IS LITTLE SHEETS. UM FIRST OF ALL. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. IT'S AWESOME. AND ALSO IRONIC THAT YOU HAD TO SIGN IN THIS WHERE THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE POLICIES. LIMITING THE SPEAKERS. LIMITING THEIR TIME AND HAND PICKING SPEAKERS IS REALLY I KNOW YOU FEEL YOUR MAGNANIMOUS DR BAUER AND LETTING THE PUBLIC ADDRESS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. BUT CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE IN THAT WAY IS JUST TRANSPARENTLY WRONG. UM, NEVER HAVE THOSE WHO ARE ISSUING MANDATES ARE THOSE WHO ARE STIFLING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE GOOD GUYS. NEVER IN HISTORY. UM. PARENTS ARE BASICALLY THEY'RE FIGHTING TO UH, FOR THE CORE VALUES OF FAMILY FAITH. AND FREEDOM. AND TO PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN. WHICH HAS DEFINITELY BEEN DAMAGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM THEIR VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD. AND US THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOULD REALLY WELCOME THEIR VOICES. THEY THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ALSO CARE ABOUT THEIR THEY OBVIOUSLY CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN'S. IT'S INSANE THAT TO BELIEVE THAT THEY DON'T AND WE KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING ON IN SCHOOL. THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE. THERE SHOULD NOT BE CERTAIN CURRICULA. 
          THERE SHOULD NOT BE CERTAIN BOOKS. WHEN BLACK WRITER SAID. IT'S NO SECRET RADICALS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM ARE BRAINWASHING YOUNG STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY MINORITY STUDENTS. TO EMBRACE SOCIALISM. HATE AMERICA , REJECT THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY AND PRINT AND REJECT HETEROSEXUALITY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WORST PART. THEY'RE ACTUALLY TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM. WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S THE TERM THEY USE OR NOT. WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THEY'RE TEACHING TO OTHER EVIL OBJECTIVES. ONE TEACHING STUDENTS THAT THEIR VICTIMS AND TO DIVIDING THE NUCLEAR FAMILY WE KNOW IT'S BEING PUSHED IN THE IN THE 
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CLASSROOM AND WE. WE AS PARENTS AND AS HARPER COMMUNITY AS A COMMUNITY IN HARTFORD COUNTY, REALLY OPPOSED THIS AND WE WANT THE WE NEED A CHANCE TO BRING THESE ISSUES TO LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL. YOU CAN'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR CHILD OR THEIR CHILD OR WHATEVER. AND BY THE WAY, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR. AND WE SUPPORT THEM. IT'S TOO BAD. YOU DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE THEY HAD ALL SHOW UP AND WASTE AN EVENING HERE AT THE HARFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR LISTENING. MY NAME IS NANI CHICA. THAT'S FORMER READING SPECIALIST TITLE ONE COORDINATOR AND FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. I'M SURPRISED AND APPALLED. BY THE WAY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TRYING TO STIFLE CITIZENS AND PARENTS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK AT BOARD MEETINGS. IN NEARBY BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. A LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST THE KINGSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THIS VERY SIMILAR POLICY. THE IMPACT OF THIS LAWSUIT SETTLED IN JULY. OVER RESIDENTS RIGHTS TO COMMENT AT BOARD MEETINGS COULD REACH FAR BEYOND BUCKS COUNTY. PUBLIC SPEECH AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND IS IN FACT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WROTE JUDGE JEAN CRATER IN US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 
          THE JUDGE ISSUED AN INJUNCTION STOPPING THE DISTRICT FROM ENFORCING REGULATIONS, WHICH THE COURT FOUND EXHIBITED FREE SPEECH AS WELL AS REQUIREMENTS THAT SPEAKER STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESSES AND ON ANOTHER TOPIC. THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENTS. 20 U. S C. 
          123 TO AGE IT'S IMPORTANT BUT UNTIL RECENTLY WAS RARELY USED. THIS IS A TOOL HOLDING ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS ACCOUNTABLE. IT WAS FIRST PASSED IN 1974 AND EXPANDED SEVERAL TIMES, MOST RECENTLY IN 2002. THE PPR A PROVIDES PARENTS LEGAL RIGHTS TO REVIEW CURRICULUM. AND IN SOME INSTANCES TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT ANY SCHOOL THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          FEDERAL LAW ALLOWS PARENTS TO REVIEW CURRICULUM AND PREVENT SCHOOLS FROM ASKING STUDENTS HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE THE PEW PURVIEW OF PARENTS. PPR A PROVIDES PARENTS WITH THE RIGHT TO REVIEW CURRICULUM USED TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MORE EXTENSIVE SET OF RIGHTS TO REVIEW AND OPT OUT OF SURVEYS THAT PROBE INTO CHILDREN'S LIVES AND ATTITUDES. PPR A GIVES PARENTS THE RIGHT TO INSPECT ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL USED AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM. PARENTS SHOULD DEMAND THAT SCHOOLS DISCLOSED TEACHER TRAINING MATERIALS DESIGNED OR DIRECTED AT STUDENT INSTRUCTION. WHY THEN , DOES THIS DISTRICT NOT OPENLY RELEASED CURRICULUM WHEN ASKED BY PARENTS OR CONCERNED CITIZENS? SOME PARENTS HAVE EVEN HAD TO FILE ON IT. FOIA REQUEST TO OBTAIN THESE MATERIALS. THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE THESE MATERIALS BEING HIDDEN? SUSIE SCOTT, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUSIE SCOTT. AND I'M THE CHAPTER CHAIR OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY, HARFORD COUNTY. WHY DO WE NEED MOMS FOR LIBERTY CHAPTER HERE? BECAUSE MOM'S FOR LIBERTY ACT AS WATCHDOGS OVER OUR LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION FOR TOO LONG . PARENTS HAVE TRUSTED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. COVID PULLED BACK THAT CURTAIN FOR MANY PARENTS TO SEE THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT BEING PROPERLY EDUCATED, BUT RATHER INDOCTRINATED. I SAW THESE PROBLEMS LONG BEFORE COVID BUT FOUND THAT SPEAKING OUT AS ONE PARENT WAS NEVER GOING TO AFFECT CHANGE. MY OLDEST CHILD, MY ONLY DAUGHTER ATTENDED FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY. SHE HAD A WONDERFUL KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER HER BELT. I WANTED TO BE AN INVOLVED PARENT, SO I TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST IN THE CLASS. MY OBSERVATIONS LET ME CONCERNED NOT FROM MY DAUGHTER, PARTICULARLY, BUT WITH THE BOYS IN THE CLASSROOM. YOU SEE, I HAD FOUR OTHER CHILDREN COMING UP BEHIND HER ALL BOYS AND WHAT I WAS OBSERVING IN THE CLASSROOM GAVE ME PAUSE EVERY TIME I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM. A DIFFERENT BOY WOULD BREAK DOWN IN FRUSTRATION. IF IT WAS THE SAME CHILD. I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT OFF AS A BEHAVIORAL ISSUE, BUT IT WAS NEVER THE SAME BOY AND IT WAS ALWAYS A BOY THAT WOULD BREAK DOWN AND BE SENT TO TIME OUT IN TEARS. AS I REFLECTED ON WHAT I WAS SEEING. I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A FEMINIZATION OF THE CLASSROOM TAKING PLACE AND THAT BOYS WHO WERE FALLING APART, FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING GROOMED TO ACT LIKE GIRLS, AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T THEY WERE PUNISHED. TIME CONSTRAINTS . KEEP ME FROM GETTING MORE INTO 
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WHAT WAS OCCURRING, BUT I DON'T BLAME THE TEACHER. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL TEACHER, BUT SHE WAS IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES IN THE CURRICULUM OF HER SCHOOL AT THAT TIME, JUST DOING HER JOB. AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS TEACHING FOURTH GRADE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. ALMOST ALL OF MY STUDENTS WERE NOT PROFICIENT READERS. THEY COULD NOT SPELL THE MOST BASIC WORDS THEY COULD NOT READ. AT GRADE LEVEL. IT WAS EYE OPENING , SO I QUESTIONED THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER ABOUT STRETCH SPELLING, WHICH THEY WERE IMPLEMENTING AND KINDERGARTEN. AT THAT TIME, THE TEACHER INFORMED ME THAT BY FOURTH GRADE, THE CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STRETCHED SPELLING ANY LONGER. YET HERE WE WERE. THESE CHILDREN WERE NOT BEING TAUGHT PHONICS AND WE'RE GUESSING AND HOW WORDS WERE SPELLED. THEY WERE THOROUGHLY CONFUSED, AND BY FOURTH GRADE, THEIR READING INSTRUCTION WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSITION FROM LEARNING TO READ READING TO LEARN, EXCEPT THEY WERE NEVER PROPERLY INSTRUCTED IN READING. THIS TREND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY WHEN MY YOUNGEST SON GRADUATED IN THE COVID YEAR FROM BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL, I WANTED TO DO A HAPPY DANCE AND SAY THAT THIS WAS ALL BEHIND ME FREE AT LAST, BUT AS I WATCHED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND SPOKE WITH FRUSTRATED PARENTS, I REALIZED IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GET OFF THE COUCH AND GET INVOLVED. PARENTS ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY FEAR THEIR CHILDREN WILL HAVE A TARGET ON THEIR BACKS. TEACHERS ARE ALSO FEARFUL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. THE INDOCTRINATION IS ALWAYS BEEN SUBTLE, AND MUCH OF IT IS SLIPPED BY UNNOTICED. 
          THAT COVID REALLY CHANGED SO MUCH IN OUR WORLD AND THE INDOCTRINATION IS NOW IN OUR FACES. IT IS BLATANT IS NOT GOING TO BE FORCED UPON US ANY LONGER. PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAVE BEGUN TO REALIZE AND IF WE REMAIN SILENT ANYMORE, WE ARE GOING TO LOSE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR REPUBLIC. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED MOMS FOR LIBERTY, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. 
          BILL MARTINO. LEAVE THE MORAL TEACHINGS AND FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISHING PRINCIPLES FOR UPRIGHT CITIZENS TO THE CHURCHES AND THE PARENTS. STOP THE STATE SPONSORED MORALITY PROGRAMS AND FOCUS ON ACADEMICS. IT SEEMS THAT ACADEMICS HAS TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO THE STATE SPONSORED INDOCTRINATION PROGRAMS AT SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE OR ADVOCATING LITERALLY. TANG WILLIAMS, WHO SURVIVED MAO'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA AFTER WORLD WAR, TWO STATED. 
          IDENTITY POLITICS IS THE HALLMARK OF MAOISM AND THE NEO MARXIST CULTURAL REVOLUTION IS BASED ON IDENTITY GROUPS MOLDED TOGETHER INTO A COALITION ON A OPPRESSION MATRIX. HMM. AND A PASSION MATRIX. WELL, THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. ISN'T CRITICAL RACE THEORY. AND TRANSGENDER POLITICS, DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. LITERALLY. TANG WILLIAMS GOES ON TO SAY THAT'S WHY THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KEEP THE KIDS CLOTHES AND GET THEM TO FEEL LIKE MY PARENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND ME. TAKE THE CHILDREN AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS SO THEY CAN RUN. AND RELY ON THE STATE. 
          TYPICAL COMMUNIST TACTIC. REALISM TAUGHT THAT OLD IDEAS, OLD CUSTOMS, OLD CULTURE, OLD HABITS AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS. WERE TO BE DESTROYED AND MARXIST INDOCTRINATION WAS TO REPLACE IT. ONCE AGAIN, THIS SOUNDS EERILY FAMILIAR FOLLOWING THE MARXIST RECIPE HAS IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RENAME SCHOOLS. ALTERNATE TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS. AND NOW PLANNING THE FEES OUT DECADE LONG, TRADITIONAL PARENTS SPEAKING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU WENT FROM ASKING US TO MUZZLING US. WE HAVE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AND THIS IS A JUICY TOPIC. THAT WILL SURELY GRAB THE ATTENTION OF VOTERS OF HARFORD COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US REMOVE YOU. WE HAVE A PUBLISHING COMPANIES ON STANDBY AFTER YOUR VOTE TODAY. LILY TANG WILLIAMS GOES ON TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD AND I COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT, SHE SAID. 
          COUNTRY THAT I HAVE COME TO LOVE IS THE COUNTRY. IS BECOMING THE COUNTRY I LEFT. OUCH! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO AMERICA? THIS IS A RESULT OF STATE SPONSORED MORALITY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. YOU KNOW ME PARK WHO DEFECTED FROM NORTH KOREA TO THE UNITED STATES ATTENDED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. PARKS MEMOIRS DISCUSS HER EXPERIENCES OF CANCEL CULTURE, CENSORING AND SUPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH. PROBLEM IS SHE WASN'T REFERRING TO NORTH KOREA'S. SHE WAS REFERRING TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. SHE STAYED IN THE COLLEGE CRACKDOWN. FRIGHTS FREE SPEECH IS WORSE THAN IN HER HOMELAND OF NORTH KOREA. ONCE AGAIN. OUCH IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, PRODUCED MOST OF THE JOURNALISTS AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. NO WONDER THEY PRODUCE A STEADY STREAM OF FAKE NEWS. IT IS THE JOB OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES ACADEMICS AND STEER CLEAR OF INDOCTRINATION PROGRAMS. LEAVE THE MORAL TEACHINGS THAT OUR CHURCHES AND THE PARENTS STAY OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE 
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HAVE MELISSA HAN, FOLLOWED BY KATIE YORK. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON AND CONGRATULATIONS, NOAH. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW POLICY THAT PUT CONSTRAINTS ON THE VOICES OF THE CONSTITUENTS FOR WHOM YOU WORK. FIRST LET ME ADDRESS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO 15 AND GIVING A 45 MINUTE A LOT OF TIME FRAME TO SPEAK. THIS EQUALS 2.5 VOICES PER DISTRICT THAT CAN SPEAK AT ANY GIVEN MEETING. EACH DISTRICT HAS IMPLEMENTED CONCERN. I'M SORRY. EACH DISTRICT HAS INDEPENDENT CONCERNS THAT UNDER THIS POLICY WILL NOT BE GIVEN AN ADEQUATE AND EQUITABLE VOICE. BY LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO 15. THE BOARD IS RESTRICTING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND MINIMIZING THE CONCERNS OF EACH CONSTITUENT. EACH PERSON HAS AN EQUAL RIGHT TO SPEAK OF THEIR CONCERNS, AND YOU HAVE TO. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO A TENTATIVELY LISTEN TO THOSE CONCERNS. ONE PERSON'S CONCERNS ARE NO MORE OR NO LESS VALID THAN OTHERS. SO EACH PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO DO SO, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME FRAME THAT IT TAKES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. YOU ENCOURAGE AND WELCOME PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE BY LIMITING THE TIME AND THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND ALSO CHOOSING WHO GETS TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 15 REGISTERED , YOU ARE CENSORING THE HCPS COMMUNITY. AS A PARENT OF AN HTTPS STUDENT. I FIND IT VERY ALARMING AND CONCERNING THAT IS ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY? YOU ARE FAILING TO REPRESENT MY VOICE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK RESPECTFULLY AND FREELY ABOUT ANY CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN HCPS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT IS YOUR JOB AS ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PUT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS OF HCPS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY DECISIONS BEING MADE AND TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF PARENTS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THIS POLICY ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT. PART OF THE DOCUMENT TITLED AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS LOCATED ON HCPSS WEBSITE UNDER GENERAL SUMMARY A NUMBER 10 AND BE NUMBER 11 THE POLICY STATES COMMUNICATING WITH CITIZENS, STREETS, SET STAFF STUDENTS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. BY IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY. YOU WILL BE FAILING TO FULFILL YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS. LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED IN OTHER STATES FOR TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SIMILAR POLICIES. 
          THIS POLICY IS SUPPRESSING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I URGE YOU TO NOT APPROVE OR IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY , AS EACH MEMBER OF THE HCPS COMMUNITY HAS AN EQUAL VOICE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATIE YORK. UM JUST LIKE AND I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING THE BOARD REALLY GRADUATIONS FROM ALL OF US. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU DO HERE IS NOT A MEMBER OF EFFORT. BUT I WAS A MEMBER FOR A CHINA. WE DID A LOT OF STUFF TOGETHER, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE FROM THAT AREA REPRESENTED. BUT ALSO JUST IN GENERAL. I LOVE SEEING STUDENTS ON THE BOARD AND HOW ACTIVE THEY ARE EITHER COMMUNITY. UM I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND ATTENDED THE SCHOOL SAFETY TOWN HALL IN PERSON LAST WEEK AND APPRECIATED HEARING THE MYRIAD OF PROGRAMS AND POLICIES IN PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WAS PROFESSIONALS ARE ACTUALLY THERE. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL TO MAKE IT A POLICY THAT EVERY SCHOOL TRAINS THEIR STAFF IN MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID OR QPR QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER OR SOME OTHER SIMILAR FIRST AID MEASURES FOR MENTAL HEALTH. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON POST CHANGES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS POLICY. I WOULD SAY MOST OF MY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY DR BAUER, MISS MUELLER AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO MY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN EMAILED PREVIOUSLY. I WOULD SUGGEST LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO 10 TO 15 SPEAKERS AND THEN OFFERING A SECOND TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT LATER IN THE MEETING IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ANOTHER OPTION THAT WAS MENTIONED NEW POLICY BUT SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IS TO HAVE REGULAR TOWN HALL FORUMS. OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS SPECIFICALLY DECIDED A DEDICATED TO ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T IMPEDE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. IT ALSO WOULDN'T PREVENT PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE COMING TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD FROM BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OR REASONABLE HOUR. I'M ALSO REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING TO CODIFY THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS OPTION. THIS ALLOWS FOLKS WITH LOCATION, TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS BARRIERS AND OPTION TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT WE HAVE RICK CHECK BY BRENDA PATRICK. ARE YOU THE BOARD PRESIDENT? 
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PRESIDENT YOU ARE OK, OKAY. MY NAME IS RICK CHECK I AM A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER. WERE YOU GOOD AT MATH. MY GOOD AT THAT. YEAH I COULD BE BETTER, NOT THE BEST. WELL. YOU SEEM TO BE VERY FINE. STABLE YOUNG LADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE DAY YOU'LL GET MARRIED. HAVE NINE KIDS AND LEAVE ON MY COURT LIVE IN MY COURT. YOU KNOW? BUT ANYWAY, UM. I AM CONCERNED AS MOVINGLY COLLEAGUES AND PEOPLE ARE I WANT TO A MEETING HEARD ABOUT 200 ANGRY PARENTS SPEAK. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME AND I HEARD THIS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. BUT I REALIZED SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE FIXED. THE COUNTY. I'M GONNA GET TO HOW TO FIX IT IN A BRIDGE. MAYBE SOMEONE HASN'T TALKED ABOUT YET , BUT AREAS OF THINGS LIKE OVERSEXUALIZED IN OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE IDEA OF PERVERTING THE IMAGINATIONS OF OUR YOUTH. BY SOME OF THE LITERATURE AND BOOKS. PAST THE STOP THAT HAS TO GO OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE BOOKS THAT I'M, REFERRING TO ALL RIGHT, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE REMOVED. UM THE OTHER THING WOULD BE, UM, THIS WHOLE THING THAT CRT WITH VICTIMS AND OPPRESSORS AND SO FORTH I WANT YOU KNOW THAT. BOTH OF MY CHILDREN ARE MARRIED TO WANTS TO AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND TO THE OTHER ONE IS TO HISPANIC. IMAGINE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO MY GRANDSON. THAT ONE IS THE VICTIM AND ONE IS THE OPPRESSOR. THERE'S A WHOLE WHOLE LOT OF HOLES THAT CRT DOCTRINE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED NEEDS TO BE MOVED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZE IS THAT THINGS LIKE TRANSGENDERISM AND NOT LEAVING PARENTS THE OPTION TO OPT OUT. AND THE PRIMARY GRADES NEEDS TO CHANGE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES HERE TO GET TO, YOU KNOW WHO MAKES UP THE COMMUNITY OF SCHOOLS AND WHO ARE OUR STAKEHOLDERS? I WILL TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE. THEY ARE THE PARENTS OF OUR SCHOOLCHILDREN. THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR THESE CHILDREN. THE PASTORS OF ALL LOCAL CHURCHES AND FACE AND ALSO SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. ALL THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY. 
          HOPEFULLY WELL QUALIFIED CHILDREN WITH HEALTHY PERSPECTIVES. THINK ABOUT THE LONG RUN AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THEM AND THEIR FUTURES. THE SOCIAL MORES IS REALLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOULD BE FOR THE BENEFIT. OF OUR CULTURE. WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IDEA ABOUT THINGS LIKE TRANSGENDERISM. HOW CAN THAT THAT'S JUST ONE ISSUE BECOME A FOCUS WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY DO NOT SUPPORT THE ISSUE, AND IT'S A VERY SMALL ADMIRING ISSUE AS FAR AS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? ADDRESS HOW TO BUILD A BRIDGE THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDERS. I LISTED. GOOD EVENING. BRENDA PATRICK, VICE CHAIR FOR MOMS FOR LIBERTY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKING PORTION OF FUTURE MEETINGS. I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IN LIGHT OF THE MANY CHANGES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE MANY PARENTS WILL BE UPSET DUE TO THE CHANGES. THERE. THERE ARE SOME OF US PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE OBVIOUSLY UPSET AND TRYING TO FIGHT FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR RIGHTS. THERE ARE STILL MANY PARENTS ARE LATE TO THE DANCE. EVEN MYSELF. I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE ALL THE CRAZY AND IRRATIONAL THINGS. THAT WERE GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM UNTIL THIS PAST MARCH. CLEARLY AFTER I WAS SEEING THE WRITING ON THE WALL. I STARTED FINDING WAYS TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP OUR KIDS. HENCE MOMS FOR LIBERTY. SADLY, THERE'S STILL SO MANY THAT HAVE THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND PARENTS THAT IS AND IN A WAY, I CAN'T BLAME THEM BECAUSE A DEGREE ONE WOULD THINK, AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY. MANY PARENTS HAVE SPOKEN TO MY SCHOOL LOOKS SO NICE. THE BUILDING IS NICE. THE TEACHERS ARE NICE. MY KIDS SEEM HAPPY. IT'S A SCHOOL SAFE PLACE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY SCHOOL. BUT THE MORE THAT THIS COUNTRY, THE STATE AND THIS BOARD OF ED KEEPS PUSHING THE WRONG CURRICULUMS. DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS AND DOCTORING THEM AND CRTS CL SEXUALIZATION, ETCETERA. MORE PARENTS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO TAKE NOTICE. AND 
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THEY'RE GOING TO THEN SAY, WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? AND THEN WHAT? DO YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF UNHAPPY PARENTS, AND WHEN THEY WANT TO, THEN COME OUT AND SPEAK. NOW THE PLAYING FIELD IS EVEN MORE LIMITED. IT'S FUNNY HOW THE CURRENT PUBLIC SPEAKING POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR SO LONG. AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, AT THE MOST PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS HISTORY, YOU PROPOSE MAKING CHANGES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ISN'T THIS CONVENIENT? WELL I SAY NO TO THE OBJECTIONS. 
          I'M SORRY, SAYING NO, AND I OBJECT. TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT ALL THINGS AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT AGAIN LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIMITING THE TOPICS WE CAN SPEAK ON THE GROUPS THAT ARE ABLE TO SPEAK. HAVING TO SIGN IN BY CERTAIN TIME. I ALMOST DIDN'T SPEAK TONIGHT AND THANK GOD THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT IN PLACE TONIGHT BECAUSE I MADE A LAST MINUTE DECISION. AND I DID THIS BECAUSE I WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE SUPPORT. FOR THESE TOPICS AND FOR ALL TOPICS OF OUR KIDS EDUCATION SYSTEM. AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THE INVOLVEMENT. BUT MARK MY WORDS AS MORE AND MORE THINGS UNRAVEL AS THIS TRAIN KEEPS COMING DOWN THE PIKE MORE AND MORE PARENTS WILL BE ANGRY AND THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO COME IN AND TALK AND IT IS THEIR RIGHT TO TALK. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE WENDY LEE, FOLLOWED BY SAMANTHA BEYONC. SO WE MY NAME IS WENDY LEE. I'M THE CHEER COACH FOR HARPER TECH AND A PARENT OF TWO OF THE CHEERLEADERS. THANK YOU. FOR MAKING THE DECISION TO HAVE OUR KIDS PARTICIPATE IN WINTER CHEER EVERY DAY SINCE THE WINTER SEASON ENDED, I GET A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF THE GIRLS TELLING ME THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD CHEER PRACTICE TODAY. THIS HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPRING THROUGH THE SUMMER UNTIL WE STARTED PRACTICE ON THE 10TH. IT MEANS A LOT TO THE COACHES. THE GIRLS AND THE PARENTS ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE PROGRAM REMAINS. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THEY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT SPEECHES PREPARED, AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY WRITTEN THEM AND YOU WON'T GET TO HEAR THEM ALL. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI MY NAME IS SAM BIANCHI. I'M A HEARTBEAT TECH CHEERLEADER. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND WINTER CHEER THIS SEASON. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A FEW REASONS WHY I WANT TO CHOOSE IMPORTANT TO ME. THE GIRLS ARE KIND AND PATIENT AND I INSTANTLY BECAME SUPER CLOSE WITH THEM. CHEERS ALSO ONE THING THAT I'VE TRIED THAT I HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE AND FELT IMMEDIATELY INCLUDED. WHEN DID YOU WILL HELP ME STAY INVOLVED DURING THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT CAN OFTEN BE HARD TO THE WEATHER AND CHANGE OF SEASONS. IT TAUGHT ME CONFIDENCE WORK WITH A TEAM TO TRY SOMETHING NEW CYCLES AND ACHIEVE THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND DECISION. NEXT WE HAVE JONAH LEE, FOLLOWED BY JOSH CAUSAL. HI MY NAME IS JOHN. I'M ALSO HARTFORD TECH CHEERLEADER. AND MY SOPHOMORE YEAR WAS, UM, OUR FIRST YEAR TECHNICALLY IN SEASON AND EVER SINCE THEN, MY LOVE FOR THIS SPORT HAS GROWN EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING WINTER SEASON AND BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THIS AFTER SCHOOL, WE GET TO GO TO CHEER AND WE GET TO SEE OUR BEST FRIENDS AND WE NEVER GET TO SEE THAT LIKE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THESE GIRLS ANY OTHER TIME BECAUSE I NEVER SAW THEM IN SCHOOL AND DURING CHEER, WE GET TO WORK ON THINGS LIKE GREAT WORK ETHIC. UM RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK, TRUST, ATHLETICISM AND MOST IMPORTANT HAPPINESS BECAUSE IN OUR CHAIR THIS YEARS, AND SO FAR WE'VE WORKED ON GOALKEEPING AND THIS REALLY HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP AS A TEAM AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I'LL ALWAYS CHERISH THESE MEMORIES I'VE MADE WITH THESE GIRLS AND THESE ARE THE MY BEST FRIENDS AND I SEE THEM EVERY DAY NOW. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSH COASTAL. THE SPORT IS CONTINUOUSLY VIOLATED THE POLICY IN WHICH IT LOOKS TO CHANGE HERE TONIGHT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE POLICY IT STATES. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED AND WELCOMED. THIS SHOULD BE CHANGED, DISCOURAGED AND UNWELCOMING. AND IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR MANY YEARS. YOU? YES, EACH OF YOU ON THIS BOARD. 
          HAVE AND CONTINUE TO FAIL OUR STUDENTS. WHICH IS OUR ABSOLUTE FUTURE. THAT MUST BE MADE CLEAR. 
          YOU HAVE FAILED THE HARDWORKING TEACHERS THAT STRUGGLED THROUGH THE LOCKDOWNS. WE HAVE LOST MANY GREAT PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD. AND NOW YOU WANT TO RESTRICT THE PEOPLE THAT HELD EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE'RE ALMOST YOUR ENTIRE TERM HERE IN OFFICE. THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HAVE COME HERE PHONED IN WRITTEN IN AND RALLIED OUTSIDE. WE HAVE CHANGED 
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OUR WORK HOURS LIVES AND EXISTENCE TO BETTER OUR CHILDREN. THAT IS WHAT A PARENT DOES. APPARENT ALSO PRAISES WHEN DESERVED, CORRECT WHEN NEEDED DISCIPLINES AS NECESSARY AND PROTECTS THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AT ALL COSTS. YOU HAVE LIMITED OUR ACCESS FOR FAR TOO LONG WE HAVE DONE OUR RESEARCH PROVIDED THE FACTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ALL WHILE YOU RESTRICT OUR SPEECH, TAKE US OUT HIDE BEHIND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND FALSELY CONSIDER YOUR NEIGHBOR DOMESTIC TERRORIST BECAUSE WE PLACE GOOD OVER EVIL AND RIGHT OVER WRONG. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO IS EVIL AND WRONG. AS TAXPAYERS FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO US. AND YOU HAVE BUT ONE EMPLOYEE DOCTOR BOLSON. INSTEAD OF PRAISING HIM, RENEWING HIS CONTRACT FOR AN UNWARRANTED AMOUNT OF MONEY. YOU SHOULD HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AND AT THE VERY LEAST, ENSURE THAT HE IS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ARE ALLOWING HIM AND HIS STAFF TO DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS AT YOUR MEETING. SINCE THIS WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY HIM AND HIS ATTORNEY. ALSO WHY? AFTER 15 PLUS YEARS MUST THIS POLICY BE CHANGED RIGHT NOW. IT WORKED UP UNTIL YOU LOST CONTROL OF THE SYSTEM. AND AS IT SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL, SO DOES THIS BOARD. I IMPLORE YOU TO IMPROVE OR REMOVE ANY CONSIDERATION TO THIS POLICY CHANGE IMMEDIATELY. IN ADDITION, I INSIST THAT ANY CHANGE TO THIS CURRENT BOARD TO A CURRENT POLICY PROCEDURE OR ANY OTHER OVERSIGHT, INCLUDING THE CURRICULUM BE DELAYED UNTIL THE NEW BEAUTY IS IN PLACE. YOU'VE HAD YOUR CHANCE TO RIGHT THIS SHIP AND FAILED TO DO SO ANY FURTHER ACTION WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ACT OF BETRAYAL AND DESTRUCTION TO OUR CHILDREN. YOU AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION. GET A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE KALEB AMERICANAS, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS BERRY. 
          HELLO CALEB MAYOR SPANISH. UM I WON'T TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. YOU ALL RECEIVED MY LETTER. YOU KNOW MY STANCE ON THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION POLICY . I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION. UM THAT YOU SERVE THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU DO NOT SERVE DR OLSEN AND WHEN YOU DECIDED TO SIT IN THOSE SEATS, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS, THE IDEAS AND THE CONCERNS. OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHETHER YOU LIKE OR AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT. THE REASON WE HAVE THE PROCESS OF THESE OPEN MEETINGS IS SO THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR OUR CHILDREN. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THESE MEETINGS AS STATES IN YOUR CURRENT POLICY IS ENCOURAGED, WELCOMED AND REQUESTED. NOW THIS POLICY THAT DR BOLTON WANTS YOU TO APPROVE IS NONE OF THESE THINGS. IT'S DISCOURAGING. IT'S DESTRUCTIVE TO AN ALREADY TENUOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE BOT. AND REALLY, IT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH AND REDRESS. AND IT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG. DR BOLSON IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS BOARD. YOU CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE TO STEAMROLL YOU AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PARENTS. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND A PUBLIC OPEN BOARD MEETING AND DO YOUR JOB, WHICH IS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS FROM EVERY CONSTITUENT BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY, THEN REALLY, YOU ALL NEED TO GO AND ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO PUT THE EFFORT INTO DOING IT CORRECTLY. HAVE YOUR SEATS. GOOD EVENING, DENNIS BERRY. I, UH. I CAME HERE WITH A BUNCH OF NOTES. UM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD POSSIBLY SAY IT ANY BETTER THAN IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID NUMBER FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME. UMD INCREDIBLY CONCERNED. FATHER. I AM A BOTHER. OF A SOPHOMORE AT BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FATHER OF A DAUGHTER. ENTERING SEVENTH GRADE. BELLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN WORKING CERN ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. THEN I AM TODAY. THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I NEED TO HAVE WITH MY DAUGHTERS. ARE FAR BEYOND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ANY FATHER SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE 
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WITH THEIR CHILD. I STAND BEFORE YOU. AN INDIVIDUAL THAT. IS HERE BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE HERE. I HAVE TO BE HERE. WHAT'S BEING DONE NOW AND WHAT'S BEING SAID NOW AND WHAT'S BEING PUSHED NOW IS NOT GOING TO BE REALIZED. UNTIL OUR CHILDREN YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVE CHILDREN. YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PART OF IT. THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE ALL OF IT. BUT WE STAND IN FRONT OF YOU. WE PLEAD WITH YOU TO LISTEN. DON'T ENACT A POLICY. YOU GOT THE LETTER THAT I WAS A PART OF AND THAT I SIGNED OFF ON AS WELL. DON'T ENACT A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO RESTRICT US FROM HAVING OUR SAY. YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THE OUTRAGE THAT YOU'RE FEELING HERE. OWN IT. ACCEPTED. LET'S HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, DR. BAUER. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOU. AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES HERE ON THE BOARD. BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I'M I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR POSITION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I BEG YOU, PLEASE. 
          ALLOW US TO TALK WITH YOU. ALLOW US TO HAVE OUR SAY. ALLOW THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR KIDS. A LOT OF THOSE TO MOVE DOWN THE ROAD. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID IT HERE. DON'T DO THIS. DON'T ENACT THIS POLICY. YOU KNOW MY BIG QUESTION WHEN I CAME HERE WAS WHY. WHY NOW? I THINK EVERYBODY, INCLUDING YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHY NOW. ASKING HOW TO DO IT. THANK YOU. MM HMM. NEXT WE HAVE MIA ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY PAULA HARPO. 
          HI MY NAME IS MIA. AND I'M A CHEERLEADER, HARFORD TECH. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS TEXTURE TEAM FOR JUST OVER A WEEK NOW AND I CAME HERE EXPECTING TO FIGHT FOR IT TO CONTINUE DURING THE WINTER. I DID NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT WITH DEATHS. THIS YEAR, I DECIDED TO GIVE UP DANCE SO I COULD CHEER TWO SEASONS WITH TECH. WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT WINTER CHAIR WAS POTENTIALLY BEING CANCELED. IT WAS REALLY SAD FOR ME. WHEN I WAS BORN. I WAS EXPECTED TO NOT BE ABLE TO WALK, LET ALONE DANCER CHEER. THESE PEOPLE ON THIS TEAM HAVE ACCEPTED ME AND MADE ME FEEL LIKE A WHOLE NEW PERSON. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR, CAN FIND THEIR HAPPINESS IN A SPORT LIKE I DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR GREAT DECISION. 
          HELLO MY NAME IS CARLA HAPPENED AND I'M FROM HAVING TO GRACE. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CURRENT POLICY OF OPEN AND UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THESE MEETINGS. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST YOU HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. UM I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE SENDING A VERY BAD MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOLS TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH THIS PROPOSED CHANGE. 
          HISTORICALLY HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD HAS. ON RECORD STATED THAT IT ENCOURAGES WELCOMES AND REQUESTS. PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOUR ROLE IS TO BASICALLY FORM A BRIDGE AND A COMMUNITY AND INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS, ALL OF WHOM CARE DEEPLY. ABOUT THE WELL BEING OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS. UM. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THAT OPEN POLICY. IT HELPS YOU TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY BETTER. IT HELPS YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO MEET THEM. IT HELPS YOU TO ENSURE A DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR TRANSPARENCY, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IN THIS TIME OF A LOT OF SUSPICION. FOR AUTHORITY THAT I THINK IS VERY JUSTLY EXPRESSED BY THE MANY PEOPLE'S BEFORE ME. UM IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A GREATER AND MORE EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS, WHICH IS 
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ESSENTIAL FOR A FLOURISHING SCHOOL COMMUNITY. PROCESS MATTERS. IF YOU CREATE A PROCESS OR PUT INTO A INTO OPERATION PROCESS, WHICH UNDERMINES TRANSPARENCY. IT WILL UNDERMINE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE IN THE DECISIONS WHICH YOU MAKE. AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THAT. DON'T MAKE IT WORSE. 
          UM YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PROCESS WHICH COMES ACROSS AS UNFAIR. WHICH COMES ACROSS AS BIASED. CERTAINLY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. UM I WANT TO END MY COMMENT BY LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE POLICIES WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN THIS STATE. HAVE BEEN VERY HURTFUL TO A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. UM IN FACT, MY TWO YOUNGEST GRADUATES HAVE DECIDED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR OLDER SIBLINGS REALLY ENJOYED THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GO OUT OF STATE FOR THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION. BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DICTATORSHIP THAT FORCES THEM TO BASICALLY ABIDE BY A MEDICAL REGIME AND FORCING UNPROVEN PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER PANDEMIC ABATEMENT TECHNIQUES ON THEM, AND SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR FUTURE AS WELL. NEXT WE HAVE DIANE ALVAREZ, FOLLOWED BY KELSEY TAYLOR. HELLO DR PAULSON, UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I'M DIANE ALVAREZ HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE AND TODAY I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON TRANSPARENCY IN CURRICULUM AND, UM AND ON SOME OF THE UM, I'D LIKE TO START BY, UM TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S AND UP, UM, VISIT THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT IN THE GOVERNANCE AND OPERATION MANUAL. UM I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE VISION IS LOOKING AT. I'M TRYING TO COLLECT CREATE A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM IN MARYLAND. UM THAT CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE PARENTS, UM, IN THE MISSION STATEMENT. IT SAYS THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THE STUDENT REALIZES AND ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL. THE PARENTS ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW WITH THEIR GIFTS ARE WITH THEIR POTENTIAL IS WHERE THEY'RE GIFTED. HOW THEY CAN WORK WITH THE STUDENT. BEST. TO HELP THE EDUCATORS AND THE PARENTS, UM HAVE THE STUDENT REALIZED AND ACHIEVE THAT ALSO THE LAST, UM, FULLY IN THE MISSION STATEMENT SAYS, UM THAT YOU DESIRE TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. STAKEHOLDERS ARE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE PARENTS. I COME AT YOU AS A GRANDPARENT. UM. THAT HAD TWO CHILDREN GO THROUGH PERFECT COUNTY. PUBLIC EDUCATION. UM. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL THE SENIOR YEAR. UM THAT MIGHT SON BELIEVED AND SOCIALISM, AND I ASKED HIM WHY HE BELIEVED IN SOCIALISM. AND HE SAID HE GOT THAT FROM SCHOOL. SO UM, AND MY HUSBAND COMES FROM COMMUNIST CUBA. SO UM, IT WAS A LITTLE DISTURBING TO US TO FIND OUT THAT HE WAS BEING INDOCTRINATED INTO A BELIEVE THAT SOCIALISM IS THE RIGHT IDEOLOGY FOR OUR COUNTRY. UM, I ALSO WANT TO UM. I'M A LITTLE DISTURBED AND THAT THE STATE AND THE LEGISLATORS HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE CAN REQUEST UM, INFORMATION. ONE. 
          CURRICULUM THAT THERE IS TRANSPARENCY. I MADE A REQUEST JULY 26TH. FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE BLUEPRINT. I ALSO REQUESTED A READING LIST AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK. ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE REQUEST. UM AND SO I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN COMING TO THE BOARD MEETINGS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS CAN GET THIS INFORMATION . THERE'S A LOT OF SECRECY AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO, UM CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE YOUR VISION OR ANY OF YOUR MISSION STATEMENTS. SO I SUGGEST THAT THERE BE MORE OPENNESS AND MORE TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS KELSEY AND I'M A CHEERLEADER AT HARFORD TECH. I CAME IN HERE EXPECTING TO FIGHT FOR THE SPORT THAT HAS MY HEART 
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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEPS ME GOING DAILY. NOW THAT I KNOW IT'S STAYING AS A VARSITY SPORT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. CHEERLEADING HAS TAUGHT ME SO MANY THINGS ASIDE FROM PHYSICAL SKILLS OF JUMPS, TUMBLING AND STUNTS BEING A CHEERLEADER, YOU EVERYDAY SKILLS THAT HELP YOU BOTHER YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE. THESE ARE THINGS SUCH AS DISCIPLINE. 
          TEAMWORK GOAL SETTING, AND THE BIGGEST OF ALL OF THEM IS CONFIDENCE, BUT NOT JUST CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF, CONFIDENCES, OTHERS AS WELL AS WELL. CHILLING HAS HELPED ME CREATE FRIENDS AND MEMBERS THAT WILL HAVE FOR A LIFETIME. AND NOW I CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE MEMORIES AND FRIENDS AS WELL AS GROSS ATHLETE AND A PERSON. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO KEEP US ALL VERY QUIET FOR LONGER THAN 30 SECONDS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. NEXT. WE HAVE JOSHUA BERRY, FOLLOWED BY PAUL SCOTT. 
          COMING IN CLEAR. GOOD. JOSHUA VERY. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TONIGHT? UM, SO I WAS JUST SCRIBBLING NOTES. AS THE BOARD WAS MAKING THEIR COMMENTS. I KNEW I WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. HEARD DR BAUER REFERENCE. YEAH, IN FRAMING OUT HIS JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS POLICY. MENTIONED ATTORNEY GENERAL PUTTING OUT A MANUAL TO MARINATE FOR A MINUTE. AS IF THE. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ABSORB ANY CONFUSION OR OPPOSITION IN OUR MINDS, YOU KNOW? LAST TIME I CHECKED IN 17 76. WE GOT A MANUAL, DIDN'T WE? UNDERSTAND. AND. IT WAS ALSO I GOT TO THINK IT SINCE WHEN IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE TRUSTED ORDAINED INTERPRETER CONSTITUTION ANYWAY? RIGHT? JUST JUST A STRONG MAN'S ARGUMENT. UM SO. LAST TIME I DID CHECK THE JOB OF INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION IS EXPRESSLY RESERVED JUDICIAL BRAINS OF THE GOVERNMENT. AND RECENTLY AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PARENTS OF A CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SUED ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE FEDERAL JUDGE. YOU KNOW YOU HEARD HIM. YOU HEARD WHAT WAS SAID THAT FEDERAL JUDGE SAID THAT IT'S NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T LIMIT THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID. UNDERSTAND THAT NOW THAT THERE'S BEEN JUDICIAL PRECEDENT UM, IN THE COURTS WITH THIS, YOU KNOW. THE COUNTY HERE , THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BE POSSIBLY FACING A LAWSUIT. YOU GUYS WANT TO SPEND THE TAX DOLLARS DEFENDING THAT SO UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST I KNOW IT WAS SAID EARLIER. THE GLARING IRONIES THE SHEER VISUAL OF SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WATCHING YOU SWEAR SOMEBODY IN YOU KNOW, TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION ON A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT? I JUST I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE JUSTIFICATION. QUOTING OTHER SCHOOL POLICIES, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED OTHER PILOTS, YOU KNOW FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BUT JUST BECAUSE MANY OF YOU ARE INCORRECT DOESN'T MAKE IT. OKAY, UM YOU KNOW, YOU INVOKE THE COUNTY COUNCIL, RIGHT ? BUT THEY SIT THERE. LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM. THEY SIT THERE UNTIL WE'RE DONE. THEY DON'T LIMIT US. YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN IT'S. SOMETIMES IT'S SUFFERING BLE OR INSUFFERABLE. EXCUSE ME TO SIT THERE FOR A HALF HOUR TO EXCUSE ME. 3.5 HOURS AT A TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE PUT YOU GUYS ON THIS BORDER. THAT'S WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR IS TO BE CRITICIZED. THAT IS THE FUNCTION . ONE OF THE MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PARENTS TO LOOK AT YOU AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. THIS IS WHAT WE DON'T LIKE WHEN WE EXPRESS WHAT WE DON'T LIKE THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF CRITICISM. AND WHEN YOU LIMIT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU TO SEND TO US OTHER THAN YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU ENOUGH TO LISTEN TO US. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF BOARD. MY NAME IS PAUL SCOTT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION POLICY. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, A YOUNGER MAN, I READ FRANZ KAFKA'S NOVEL TO TRIAL. WHAT STRUCK ME WAS HIS VISION OF A LABYRINTH AND BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEM. DESIGNED TO CRUSH THE WILL OF THE INDIVIDUAL. WHEN I READ IT. I KNEW THIS WAS POSSIBLE IN THE UNITED STATES BUT MIGHT BE IMPROBABLE BECAUSE OF PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE FOUNDERS. A MAJOR THREAT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE RIGHT NOW. IS HE UNACCOUNTABLE? OFFICIAL, THE EXPERT AND THE BUREAUCRATS. MAKING DECISIONS WITHIN COMPLEX , INSCRUTABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS CURTAIL THE FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. APPEARS KAFKA'S GRIM VISION IS TAKING HOLD EVERYWHERE. HERE AND NOW THIS BOARD IS CHANNELING THE SAME 
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VISION TO LIMIT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. REDUCE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHY. THE REASON GIVEN IN YOUR INFORMATION REPORT ON YOUR NEW POLICY IS WORTHY AND HARD TO FOLLOW. BUT I TRIED TO DISTILL IT, AND IT SAYS WORKGROUPS EXAMINED BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER NON EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF REVISIONS TO INCLUDE THOSE THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS REQUIRED ALL BOARDS AND COUNCILS TO ADOPT. 
          WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE ACCOUNTS. RATIONALE GIVEN IS FLAWED AND MULTIPLE WAYS BUT PRIMARILY PANDEMIC IS OVER. IT IS NOT A VALID REASON TO RETAIL PARTICIPATION IN ANY MEETING. 
          AND THE REASON GIVEN. THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO IT. SO WHY DON'T WE HEAR IS A BAD ONE, TOO, BECAUSE OF THE IDEAS ARE BAD, JUST BECAUSE MANY OTHER FOLKS DO. IT DOESN'T MAKE IT. A PATH YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. AFTER COMPARING THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED POLICIES ARE FOLLOWING OUR APPEARANCE. YOU LIMIT THE PEOPLE TO 45 MINUTES, BUT MAY GIVE MORE TIME TO PREFER GROUPS LIKE UNIONS. INSTEAD OF WHOEVER SHOWS UP AND FILLS IN A CAR GETTING TO SPEAK TO YOU. NOW THERE IS A PROCESS. FIRST WE MUST PROVIDE A LIST OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. IF SOMETHING IS MISSING, YOU CAN DENY ACCESS ON THE TECHNICALITY. MORE THAN 15. PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COORDINATOR WILL DECIDE WHO IT SHALL BE. ITEM 32 OF THE POLICY SAYS THIS WILL BE A RANDOM SELECTION BUT ALSO SAYS THAT RANDOMNESS CAN BE MODIFIED. 
          BASED ON THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR EACH TOPIC. APPARENTLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COORDINATOR WILL DECIDE HOW TO EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE RANDOMNESS. YOU REALIZE THAT PEOPLE THAT COME HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU MAY SPEND DAYS AHEAD OF A MEETING ON THEIR COMMENTS. AND NOW AT TWO PM ON THE DAY OF THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED WHETHER YOU THINK TO HEAR THEM BASED ON THE EQUIVALENT OF WEIGHTED BALLS POPPING OUT OF A BINGO BLOWER. IT SEEMS ABSURD AND RIPE FOR ABUSE. I URGE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS NEW POLICY. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN PUNT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT GLORIA THAT'S THE END THAT WE'RE IN PERSON SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT, MISS. LATER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. 
          THANKS. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING. I AM CRYSTAL DUNN PARKS. SPEAKING REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY. FIRST THANK YOU FOR THE VIRTUAL OPTIONS STREAMING PLATFORM WITH CAPTIONING AND RECORDING FOR LATER VIEWING ARE VITAL TO THOSE CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES CHALLENGED THE BOARD AND GREATER COMMUNITY TO DELIVER ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS WITH INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY. AS A DISABLED, PARENT AND PROFESSIONAL. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO BE HEARD. I WOULD LOVE TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU BUT AN UBER COST IN EXCESS OF $50 AND THE LAST BUS LEFT TO STOP THREE BLOCKS FROM YOU AT 7 15 TONIGHT. 
          THE COST OF DIRECT CARE PROFESSIONALS ALSO IS A FINANCIAL BARRIER. MY FAMILY IS AT GREAT RISK OF COVID AND OTHER VIRUSES. FOR THREE MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. THAT'S A LOT OF ENERGY AND MONEY. THE COST OF SILENCE IS FAR GREATER. ACCOMMODATIONS OR CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACCESSIBILITY IS RARELY ON THE AGENDA. COULD YOU PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS MANDATED BY FEDERAL LAW TO ME IF I NOTIFY DUE AT TWO P.M. THE DAY OF THE MEETING. IF THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TIME EXPAND TIME. DECREASE AGENDA ITEMS HOLD TOWN HALLS SCHEDULE MORE MEETINGS. IF THIS IS ABOUT MISINFORMATION OR TO ENCOURAGE CIVILITY. EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD, AND THIS INFORMATION TO BE CHALLENGED. THE GREATEST THREAT, ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATION IS THE ABSENCE OF CRITICAL THINKING. CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE NO WRONG QUESTIONS. ONLY TEACHABLE MOMENTS. EXPAND SECURITY DEVELOPED CLEAR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND EXECUTE THOSE WITHOUT HESITATION. IN JUNE. AN EDUCATOR AND HER FAMILY WERE TARGETED ONLINE. HER CHILD'S IMAGE AND DETAILS WERE PUBLISHED. ANOTHER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WAS ALSO ATTACKED WITH FALSE STATEMENTS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, ANOTHER EDUCATOR AND POLITICAL CANDIDATE WAS ATTACKED ONLINE WITH FALSE STATEMENTS. THEN THEY CAME FOR ME, MY FAMILY 
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, THE MARGINALIZED THAT DEPEND ON MY VOICE AND ADVOCACY DAILY. DISABLED VETERANS INCLUDED. 
          THESE ATTACKS WERE ALL FROM THE MATT WHITLOCK CAMPAIGN FOR COUNTY COUNCIL. HARFORD STANDS AGAINST HATE. AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. SO NO VOICE IS SILENT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. DETAILS WERE PUBLISHED. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. CHILL, FERRARO. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CURRENT BOARD ATTEMPTS TO FURTHER CENSOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RIGHT TO REDRESS THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE HARPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BEFORE VOTING TO MAKE CHANGES. 
          OR DECISIONS ON POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND CURRICULUM THAT'S IMPACT EACH CPS STUDENTS THE POLICY ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS OR PUBLIC HEARINGS. HEARINGS HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR 17 YEARS AND HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY AND WORKS WELL, I M PETITIONING THE SPORT TO EITHER VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OR POSTPONED THE VOTE AS NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING HCPS WILL BE VOTED IN DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT'S ELECTING REPRESENTATIVES. THEY TUNED TO MANAGE MATTERS SUCH AS THESE MOVING FORWARD. PRESENTLY TO COORDINATE EMBERS ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING REELECTION, WHEREAS THE CPF BOARD WILL BE RESTRUCTURED AND THIS DECISION OUGHT TO BE VOTED ON BY THE NEW BOARD TO REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AT LARGE. UH DR MONA DEALER. I APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S KNOWLEDGE E AND THE DOCTRINE PROCEDURE AND MONEY THAT REMOVED AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TARGETED AT MY HOME THREE TIMES. I WOULD NEVER WISH THAT FEAR ESPECIALLY THE FEAR FOR YOUR CHILDREN ON ANYONE. FINALLY I WILL REITERATE ASKING OR SERVING ABOUT STUDENTS, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OR ATTITUDES IS PROHIBITED BY THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE RIGHTS AMENDMENT, A FEDERAL LAW THAT HAVE WORKED CERTAIN RIGHTS TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING NOT ASKING ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. THERE IS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO IMPLY SERVING THE STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR WAS A HIGHLY COORDINATED ACTIVITIES THAT OCCURRED IN OUR MIDDLE HIGH AND RECENTLY DISCUSSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED ORGANICALLY, AS DR BOLDEN SUGGESTED IN HIS COMMENTS. PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO A PUBLIC STATEMENT AND APOLOGY FROM DR COLSON, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT STUDENT PRIVACY WAS IN FACT VIOLATED UNDER PPR, A AFFIRMING TEACHERS AND STUFF VIOLATED THEIR CHILD'S PRIVACY WHEN SURVEYING REGARDING THEIR GENDER , IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AS WELL INFORMED PARENTS WHAT ACTIONS THEY MAY TAKE. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PPR A FOR PARENTAL UNDERSTANDING, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS HCPS LEADERSHIP HAS TAKEN AND WILL TAKE IN THE FUTURE STATUS OF THE PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT WAS ILLEGALLY OBTAINED AND WHERE IT IS BEING HELD WHEN TEACHERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO DESTROY THESE SURVEYS AND CLASS WORK AND WHAT ASSURANCES HTTPS WILL GIVE TO PARENTS THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS WILL BE CONFIDENTIALLY MANAGED SO THAT STUDENTS SEXUAL PREFERENCE IS NOT EXPOSED. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. MICHAEL SCHAEFFER. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES UM, HI. I WAS RECENTLY MADE AWARE THAT AT SOME HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY'RE NOT POLICE OFFICERS IN EVERY SCHOOL. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT AGAINST IN TEXAS AND OTHER PLACES. I WAS WONDERING WHY THERE WAS THAT POLICY WHETHER OR NOT POLICE OFFICERS, AT LEAST ONE POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY SCHOOL. DOES THAT? CONCLUDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? YES. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU HAVE A LOVELY EVENING. THANKS. AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. PRESIDENT GAUTIER THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF FIVE MINUTE BREAK. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TO RESTART THE MEETING GAVE YOU AN EXTRA FIVE OR SIX MINUTES. APOLOGIES 
          [C. Consent Agenda]
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AND YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. DR. MUELLER, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, THANK YOU. NUMBER ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS A MONTHLY PERSONALITY REPORT. JULY 2022. NUMBER TWO IS THE CONTRACT AWARD, CUSTODIAL CLEANING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. THREE CONTRACT AWARD VX RAIL SERVERS PURCHASE. NUMBER FOUR CONTRACT ABOARD HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING FILTERS. NUMBER FIVE CONTRACT AWARD AMENDMENT FOR COPIERS. NUMBER SIX CONTRACT AWARD ATHLETIC UNIFORMS AND APPAREL. NUMBER SEVEN COUNTRY TOWARD REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS AT BEL AIR, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FOUNTAIN GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NUMBER EIGHT CONTRACT AWARD. FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL STUDENTS SEAT LICENSES. NUMBER SEVEN CONTRACT AWARD HEALTH AND SAFETY, MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND FIRST AID RELATED EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, ACCESSORIES AND SERVICES. NUMBER 10 CONTRACT AWARD NEAR POD SUBSCRIPTION. NUMBER 11 CONTRACT AWARD NEW BUS CONTRACTOR NUMBER 12 FOOD SERVICES PRICE CHANGES FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. NUMBER 13 APPOINTMENT OF NEGOTIATION TEAMS FOR 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. NUMBER 14 APPOINTMENT OF 2023 2024 CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. NUMBER 15 APPOINTMENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HARTFORD CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NUMBER 16 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING. JULY 18TH 2022. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU IN A SECOND. THIS IS ARIANNA SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES. ANY OPPOSED. I WAS FASTER. SORRY, OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALRIGHT PASSES. D MR RICHARDSON DECISION 
          [D. Decision on Administrative and Supervisory Appointments, Mr. Ben Richardson, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources]
ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY APPOINTMENTS ACTION ITEM. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GORDON, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THEN RICHARDSON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. I BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL DECISIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS EVENING. THE FIRST POSITION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS THE COORDINATOR OF APPRENTICESHIP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS LEADERSHIP POSITION WILL ASSIST THE SUPERVISOR OF MAGNET AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ADMINISTERING AND ENHANCING ALL ASPECTS OF THE HCPS CTE PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON APPRENTICESHIP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CTE PROGRAMMING. THE CANDIDATE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPOINTMENT INTO THIS POSITION IS MATTHEW JAY JOHNSTONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT. REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO BECAUSE IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF DISAPPOINTMENT. AND A SECOND. 
          THIS IS AREA ON A SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. YES. 
          ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALRIGHT THAT PASSES. PRESIDENT GAUTIER THE NEXT POSITION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS THE COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR COMPLIANCE. THE COMPLIANCE POSITION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP DIRECTION AND SUPPORT IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPLIANCE FOR ALL OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE CANDIDATE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPOINTMENT INTO THIS POSITION. IS STEPHANIE AND SCHMID. SWISHER SUPERINTENDENT. REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, AND AGAIN. NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF DISAPPOINTMENT. THIS IS AREA IN A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, AND AGAIN ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. YEAH. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALREADY AND THAT PASSES AS WELL. MR RICHARDSON. I THINK YOU'RE DONE. IT WAS JUST THE TWO CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT 
          [E. Decision on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 02-0056-000, Homework, John E. Burke, Esq., Deputy General Counsel, and Dr. Peter Carpenter, Director of Organizational Development and Continuous Learning]
. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALRIGHT ITEM E. MR. BURKE 
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DECISION ON PROPOSED REVISION TO BOARD POLICY 02-009-00 HOMEWORK. IN PRESENT. RODIER VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON ATTENDING WITH ME TONIGHT VIRTUALLY IS DR PETER CARPENTER , DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING. THIS PROPOSED REVISED POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION AT THE PUBLIC BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 20TH 2022. IT WAS PRESENTED BY MS KIMBERLY NEAL, GENERAL COUNSEL. AND DR CARPENTER. THIS PROPOSED REVISED POLICY IS THE RESULT OF WORK THAT BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2021. 
          DR SUSAN BROWN, WHO WAS AT THE TIME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT ASSEMBLED A TEAM TO REVIEW THE CURRENT HCPS HOMEWORK POLICY. THAT TEAM ULTIMATELY SHARED A DRAFT OF THE REVISED POLICY WITH THE GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE ON MAY 24TH. 2022. THE COMMITTEE THEN APPROVED THE REVISED POLICY AND THE POLICY WAS THEN PRESENTED TO YOU AS I SAID AT THE JUNE 20TH 2022 BUSINESS MEETING. FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WAS THE 30 DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WERE THREE COMMENTS RECEIVED, WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. THIS PROPOSED POLICY IS NOW BEFORE YOU FOR A DECISION THIS EVENING. HOWEVER I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A SMALL CLERICAL ERROR IN THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. IN SECTION THREE, A TWO THERE IS THE PHRASE HOMEWORK PROCEDURE. THAT FREES SHOULD READ HOMEWORK PROCEDURES. WITH PROCEDURES BEING PLURAL. THIS WAS ACTUALLY NOTED DURING THE JUNE 20TH 2022 MEETING. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT CORRECTED IN THE DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THEREFORE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF THE BOARD WAS OF THE MIND TO APPROVE THIS REVISED POLICY YOU ALSO APPROVED THE CHANGE OF THE WORD PROCEDURE TO PROCEDURES IN SECTION THREE, A TWO SINCE IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. AND I HANDED BACK OVER TO YOU FOR A DECISION. 
          OKAY, UM MM. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. CAN I JUST ADD? UM YES. CONFIRM NEWS, MR. BERT. THE POLICY WHERE. ADJUSTING 0 TO 0056 HOMEWORK. ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THE NOTES THAT MS CARDIO IS READING FROM 600. NOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD HAS THE RIGHT POLICY NUMBER. JUST SO WHEN WE DO THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER IN THERE THE POLICY HAS CHANGED NUMBERS. POLICY EXPLAINS IT ORIGINALLY NUMBER 04002. THE NEW REVISED POLICY IS NUMBERED 0 TO 0056000 . THE REVISED POLICY NUMBER REFLECTS THE MOVE OF THE POLICY FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL SECTION TO THE STUDENT SECTION OF THE BOARD POLICY MANUAL. OKAY? SO GOOD TO KNOW, BUT ALSO ONE OR THE OTHER. I MADE MISTAKES. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS POLICY 02-0056-000 HOMEWORK. WHICH GOT MOVED ACCURATE. OKAY, ALRIGHT. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CHANGE OF THE WORDS HOMEWORK PROCEDURE TO HOMEWORK PROCEDURES WITH AN S IN SECTION THREE. A TWO OF THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY AND TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY AS AMENDED. THIS IS DAVID BELIEVE THE MOTION. TO CHANGE. THE POLICY SHOULD COME FIRST, SO I MOVED. TO I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE UPDATED POLICY PROPOSAL WITH POTENTIAL AMENDMENT. OKAY? THAT'S PERMISSIBLE. OF COURSE, YOU CAN DO IT IN TWO STAGES. AND THE SECOND AND THIS IS SONIA I SECOND ALL RIGHT. SINCE THIS IS A POLICY ONE. LET'S DO A. 
          AMENDMENTS. DAVID I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AMENDMENTS TO CHANGE THE WORD JOURNEY TO PROCEDURES, AS DESCRIBED. OKAY AND THE SECOND FOR THAT. I'LL SECOND THIS IS SONIA. I WILL ALSO SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT? MR ALI, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. YES, DR. BAUER? YES. DR HAROLD. SHE'S BEEN HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. OKAY, MS KARWACKI. YES. KELLY. YEAH. DR 
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PHILLIPS. YES. THAT'S RECORDING. YES. MR ROBINSON. MS BLANKEN? YES. PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES. 
          PRESIDENT GAUTIER. YES. I'LL TRY DOCTOR HAROLD. THAT'S A YES FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND MR ROBINSON. THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS ALSO MR BURKE DECISION ON 
          [F. Decision on Proposed, Revised, Renaming of Board Policy 04-023-000, Report Cards and Marking Systems, John E. Burke, Esq., Deputy General Counsel and Mr. Phil Snyder, Supervisor of Accountability]
PROPOSED REVISED RENAMING ABOARD POLICY. I'M JUST DOUBLE CHECKING AGAINST WHAT I HAVE. 04-023-00 REPORT CARDS AND MARKING SYSTEMS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. PRESIDENT GAUTIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT POLSON. ATTENDING WITH ME TONIGHT VIRTUALLY IS MR PHIL SNYDER, SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS PROPOSED REVISED AND RENAMED POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PUBLIC BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 20TH 2022. IT WAS PRESENTED BY MS KIMBERLY NEAL, GENERAL COUNSEL AND MR SNYDER THIS PROPOSED REVISED AND RENAMED POLICY IS THE RESULT OF WORK THAT BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2021. AT THAT TIME AND AS AN EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES IN KUMAR. MR SNYDER INITIATED A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT HTTPS POLICY, WHICH WAS ENTITLED REPORT CARDS AND MARKING SYSTEMS. ULTIMATELY THE POLICY WAS REVISED TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIRED CHANGES. NAMELY THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS THAT LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICY ADDRESS HOW ATTENDANCE IMPACTS GRADING PRACTICES. HOW FINAL COURSE GRADES ARE DETERMINED AT EACH LEVEL. AND HOW GREAT CHANGES OCCUR, INCLUDING THAT NO GRADE MAYBE CHANGED 45 DAYS. AFTER THE END OF A MARKING PERIOD. ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXISTING POLICY THAT MR SNYDER WAS REVIEWING WAS NAMED REPORT CARDS AND MARKING SYSTEMS . AND AS PART OF THIS REVIEW, IT WAS RENAMED TO FINAL EXAMINATIONS, REPORT CARDS AND CALCULATION OF FINAL GRADES. WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE POLICY THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. AS I MENTIONED THAT PROPOSED REVISED RENAMED POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE JUNE 20TH 2022 PUBLIC BOARD MEETING. FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A 30 DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS RECEIVED, WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. THE PROPOSED POLICY BEFORE YOU HAS NO CHANGES, AND IT IS NOW BEFORE YOU FOR A DECISION THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THAT ONE. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO. CORRECT IN TERMS OF LIKE THERE'S NO PUNCTUATION OR SOMETHING WE MISSED. THAT IS CORRECT. FABULOUS ALRIGHT. SO WITH THAT, THEN I NEED A IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. I NEED EMOTION IN A SECOND. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THIS UPDATED POLICY. OKAY? THIS IS CAROL I SECOND THANK YOU. MISERABLE. OH, COULD YOU PLEASE ROLL CALL? MOVE IT. YES. DR BAUER. YES. DR HAROLD YES. MS KARWACKI. YES. 
          MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. YES. MR RICCARDI. YES. MR ROBINSON. MS BLANKEN? YES. VICE PRESIDENT MILLER. YES. PRESIDENT GAUTIER. SUSPICION PASSIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ANOTHER 
          [G. Decision on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 22-0008-000, Public Participation at Board Open Meetings or Public Hearings, John E. Burke, Esq., Deputy General Counsel]
ACTION ITEM OR LAST. ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE DECISION ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY. SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE HERE. 22-0. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD, OPEN MEETINGS OR PUBLIC HEARINGS. MR BURKE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. PRESIDENT DIRTIER VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT PAULSON. THIS PROPOSED REVISED POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION AT THE PUBLIC BOARD MEETING ON JULY 18TH 2022. 
          IT WAS PRESENTED BY MS KIMBERLY NEAL, GENERAL COUNSEL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN AN OPEN AND PUBLIC MANNER, KEEPING AS A PRIORITY, THE FOCUS OF THE BUSINESS MEETING AND ITS AGENDA. THE POLICY WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1992. THE POLICY WAS LAST AMENDED IN JANUARY OF 2005. AS PART OF THE WORK, MS NEAL ESTABLISHED WORK GROUPS IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE POLICY IN LIGHT OF THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE THE LAST AMENDMENT. THE IMPACT OF 
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THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS INCLUDED THE PRACTICE OF BOTH VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND HYBRID MEETINGS. AND EVOLVING PRACTICES AT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE WAY THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF PARTICIPANTS. THE WORK GROUPS ALSO EXAMINED THE BEST PRACTICES, POLICIES AND AMENDMENTS OF OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS WITHIN MARYLAND. SPECIFIC GIGOLOS AND ARRUNDELL COUNTY, BALTIMORE CITY, BALTIMORE COUNTY. FREDERICK COUNTY, HOWARD COUNTY, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE WORK GROUPS ALSO EXAMINED THE PRACTICES OF OTHER NON EDUCATIONAL BOARD AND COUNCIL MEETINGS. AS I MENTIONED THE NEW PROPOSED POLICY WAS PRESENTED TO YOU BY MS NEAL AT THE JULY 18TH 2022 PUBLIC BOARD MEETING. FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION, THERE WAS THE 30 DAY PERIOD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 71 COMMENTS RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. THIS COUNT INCLUDES DUPLICATE AND SIMILAR COMMENTS IN SOME INSTANCES FROM THE SAME SENATOR. THESE COMMENTS WERE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW. THIS PROPOSED POLICY IS NOW BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR A DECISION. ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. YES OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS RIGHT. ALRIGHT WITH ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THIS POLICY. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE UPDATED POLICY WITH POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. WITH POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, OKAY? ANYONE WANT A SECOND THOUGHT? WITHOUT IT BEING SECONDED. WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I'LL SECOND FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, DR PHILLIPS. ALL RIGHT. UM DR BAUER SINCE YOU MENTIONED POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, I'M GONNA LET YOU SPEAK FIRST. WELL ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK KIND OF IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THIS PROPOSAL TOGETHER. UM. I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS. ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC INPUT. ON THIS TOPIC. WE GOT OVER 70 WRITTEN COMMENTS. 
          WE'VE ONLY HAD 29. PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS MEETING. INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WERE ABOUT CHEERLEADING ABOUT. SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA EDUCATORS. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FEEDBACK ON THIS TOPIC. IN WRITTEN COMMENTS. REVENUE IS ALWAYS OPEN AND, FRANKLY ENCOURAGED. UM. WE ALSO DO HOLD SPECIALIZED. MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC INPUT. ON SPECIFIC TOPICS SUCH AS THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. REDISTRICTING WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT BIG EFFORT. THERE ARE A LOT OF AVENUES FOR PUBLIC INPUT. SEPARATE FROM OUR BUSINESS, REALLY? NOW I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IS WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO THE PROCESS. IN TERMS OF. WHEN DURING THE MEETING SHOULD WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMPANY? I LIKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE START OF THE MEETING. TO BE MORE OPEN TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS. UM YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY UP. REAL LATE. AS HAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING WITH LEAD TO THERE WAS A SUGGESTION ABOUT HAVING AN OVERFLOW OR AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AS OPPOSED TO THE START OF THE MEETING. UM SO BACK IN 2019. WE'D ALSO GONE THROUGH A PERIOD OF DISCUSSION. ABOUT HAVING COMMITTEES. AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE ONE THING THAT REALLY FUNK THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION. WAS THAT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ONE MEETING A MONTH. AS PART OF THAT SAME STRUCTURE. BASICALLY TO ALLOW TIME FOR THAT. I. I RECOGNIZE THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE MEETING. 
          MONTHLY MEETINGS. FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS SO THAT WHEN THINGS WRONG LONG 
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IT DOESN'T DELAY THE OTHER BUSINESS OF THE BULLET. UM. I DO NOT REMEMBER. WE HAVE POSTPONED TOPICS BECAUSE OF THE MEETING GOING PLATE. BUT I THINK THE LAST BOARD DID IF WE DIDN'T SO. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IT, SUSPICION OF AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW. BUT A LOT OF LOGICAL THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER AREAS. I DO NOT SEE THIS AS A FREE SPEECH ISSUE. WE HAVE LOTS OF. CONSTRAINTS EFFECTIVELY. COUNTRY SPEECH. IT'S A LOT MORE THAN JUST YOU CAN'T YELL FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A PRIMARY. THE PRIMARY PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND TALK AND TALK. IT IS MEANT FOR US TO DO OUR BUSINESS. UM I WOULD GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. WHERE. WE HAD BILLS THAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN. UM ASHLEY. TALK TO PEOPLE THERE ABOUT GIVING COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE HOUSE BILLS, THEY SAID. IT'S A LOCAL BILL. WE DO NOT EVEN ALLOW ORAL PRESENTATION. WRITTEN COMMENTS ONLY. SO WHEN WE WERE HAVING ARE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS WE TALKED ABOUT 35 MINUTES WAS ALREADY LONGER THAN THE OTHER COMPARABLE ONES. ABOUT DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND EXPANDING THAT I'M FINE. I DIDN'T TIME HOW LONG IT TOOK TONIGHT. I DIDN'T DO IT. UM. BEFORE WE HAD KIND OF SET TWO HOURS AS A LIMIT. UM WE WERE CUTTING TIME FROM THREE MINUTES DOWN TO TWO MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND WE DEFINITELY GOT COMPLAINTS WHERE PEOPLE SAY I HAVE PREPARED A WRITTEN THREE MINUTE SPEECH AND NOW I HAVE TO GIVE IT IN TWO MINUTES. SO. I SEE A LOT OF DISCUSSION STILL TO BE HAD ON THIS. UM. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY OKAY? ALRIGHT, MISS KELLY GONNA GO DOWN MY LIST. ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS CONCERNS. GENERAL STATEMENTS. UM, I THINK JUST GENERAL STATEMENT. I. I LISTENED TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THIS EVENING, AND I AGREE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT I KNOW THAT MY ROLE. IN THE YOU KNOW. IN THIS POSITION IS TOO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY. LISTEN TO OUR PARENTS. UM, LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS. I'M A PARENT AND I WOULD HOPE TO BE AFFORDED THE SAME. UM THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. THAT'S FINE. UM DR PHILLIPS. UM. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH DAVID'S LAST STATEMENT THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THIS. AND MAYBE THIS IS ULTIMATELY THIS MAY NOT COME TO A VOTE THIS EVENING. BUT I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING VIRTUAL TONIGHT TO, UM WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. LOOKING UP SOME ARTICLES AND, UM. POLICIES OF OTHER AREAS. AND FIRST OF ALL, SOMEONE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A LAWSUIT IN BUCKS COUNTY AND I DID HAPPEN TO REFERENCE THAT THIS IS FROM THE BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES. FROM JULY 1920 22. THIS HAD TO DO NOT WITH TIME OF SPEAKING, UM BUT IT HAD TO DEAL WITH THERE ARE CITIZENS RIGHT TO COMMENT ON VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BUDGET AND EQUITY AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LIMITED PUBLIC SPEAKING IN TERMS OF TIME, WHO COULD SPEAK? IT WAS STRICTLY ABOUT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          LIMITING WHAT WAS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT, SO THAT THAT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH OUR POLICY TONIGHT. UM. THE ARLINGTON SCHOOL BOARD. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. UM FIRST QUESTION THAT THEY HAVE HERE IS AS FAR AS TIME EACH SPEAKER MAY SPEAK UP TO TWO MINUTES. OUR CLERK WILL START THE TIME WHEN THE SPEAKER BEGINS AND SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THE REMARKS FROM THE BUZZER SOUNDS. THE BOARD GENERALLY ALLOWS UP TO 30 MINUTES FOR A CITIZEN COMMENT. 
          UM IF LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ARE EXPECTING A PARTICULAR COMMENT. THE BOARD MADE LIMIT TOTAL TIME FOR COMMENT AND MAY REDUCE THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR EACH SPEAKER. UM SPEAKERS ARE 
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ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE THE REMARKS TO FIT WITHIN THE TWO MINUTE LEFT TO MINUTE LIMIT. NOT THREE, BUT TWO MINUTES. UM OHIO. THE SPORTS OF EDUCATION REQUIRED TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT THEIR MEETINGS. NO I DON'T WANT TO READ THE REST OF IT, BUT NO IS THE ANSWER TO THAT CAN SCHOOL BOARDS IMPOSED LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE FLEXIBILITY AND HOW THEY CAN STRUCTURE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS. BOARDS OF EDUCATION CAN REGULATE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. FOR EXAMPLE, BOARDS OF EDUCATION MAY LIMIT INDIVIDUALS. COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES MAY LIMIT TOTAL TIME OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATE IN 30 MINUTES, AND THEY REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS ADDRESSING THE BOARD TO PROVIDE THEIR NAMES. ADDRESS. NEW YORK. UM BOARDS MY LIMIT THAT TIME ALLOCATION TO EACH SPEAKER IF SO TIME ROTATION TO BE IDENTIFIED AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING AND APPLIED UNIFORMLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOARD MAY INDICATE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES WITH THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. SIMILAR, UM POLICIES IN NEW JERSEY. UH AND MASSACHUSETTS. I COULDN'T FIND THE SPECIFIC POLICY FOR PENNSYLVANIA. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT. THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, STIFLE SPEECH AS SOMEONE EARLIER HAD MENTIONED. UM AS AS DAVID SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT CHEERLEADING. UM THAT YOU KNOW, THE DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT YOU KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE CHEERLEADERS WHO DID SHOW UP TONIGHT AND SPEAK. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU APPRECIATE WHAT WE DID. UM BUT ALL THAT WAS DONE THROUGH, UM, EMAILS. WE READ EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR EMAILS FROM START TO FINISH QUITE ON. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT LEAST I DO. UM AND THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW THAT THAT DECISION WAS MADE THROUGH THAT CHANNEL. IT DIDN'T REQUIRE. UM LARGE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HEARD YOUR VOICES. UM AND THIS THAT WAS TO ME. IT WAS QUITE HONESTLY. IT WAS A NO BRAINER. NO ONE IS TRYING TO SILENCE ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. KNOW, I WAS, UH, MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL. I HAVE GRANDKIDS IN SCHOOL NOW. COURSE WE WANT TO STAY INVOLVED. WE WANT TO BE ACTIVE AND WHAT AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING. BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT THROUGH, UM, DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEACHER. AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, UM, GOING TO THE PRINCIPAL, AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN YOU HAVE UM, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO COME, TOO, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE FIND OURSELVES THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE RATHER THAN THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE, AND I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING STARTING AT STARTING AT ONE LEVEL AND HAVING TO ESCALATE UP TO VARIOUS LEVELS TO FINALLY GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND I DON'T MEAN TO KEEP GOING ON AND ON. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. UM I HAVE A HARD TIME VOTING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SILENCING PEOPLE'S VOICE. BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THAT WE'RE NOT SILENCING THEIR VOICE WE'RE GIVING. THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. AS WAS MENTIONED, UM AND, UM, WE STILL NEED TIME TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ACCORDINGLY. AND, UM. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN THESE MEETINGS GO ON INDEFINITELY WITH NUMEROUS COMMENTS, IT DOES LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS THAT WE CAN CONDUCT AND I WILL. STIFEL MYSELF RIGHT NOW AND LET OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR RICCARDI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. UM. I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT MY OTHER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID THE INTENT ON MODIFYING THIS. POLICY WAS TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING. UM. AND WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THIS PAST YEAR WAS GOING INTO LIKE NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE BOARDS BUSINESS COMPLETED. REMEMBER GOING TO MEETINGS PAST ONE A.M. AND THAT'S WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. I THINK SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY MENTIONED IT, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD OF EDUCATION. UM I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE GREAT CONCERNS. OF THE PERCEPTION OF THIS BOARD WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, ALTHOUGH A PROPONENT OF CHANGING. UM. 
          THAT'S THE WAY WE HANDLE ARE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL SAY THAT MANY OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE NEED TO BE MADE. THE CURRENT POLICY DOES NOT REALLY OUTLINE THE WAY WE ARE HANDLING BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS IN HARTFORD COUNTY TODAY, SO THERE IS A NEED FOR CHANGE. HOWEVER I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE TABLE THE TIME LIMITS. UM THE WAY PROPOSED THE WAY IT'S BEEN PROPOSED BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S COME IN IN PERSON AND IN WRITING, AND , UM, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF. I KNOW THE INTENT WAS THERE AND IT WAS, UH, A GOOD 
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INTENT. ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE PUBLIC MAY FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. 
          BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO THE BOARD MEETING. SO, UM, THAT'S THAT'S ALL. I'M GONNA SAY IT RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE WERE GONNA MAKE A MODIFICATION, MY MODIFICATION WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE LIMITS ON THE TIME AND THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND THE SIGN UP POLICY, UM, TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. AND THAT'S WHERE I LEAVE IT. THANK YOU. UM, MISS KARWACKI. YES. SORRY. I HAVE THE LET ME PULL THE POLICY BACK UP IN FRONT OF ME. ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE PRECEDED ME. HAVE BASICALLY ALREADY EXPRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE BUT ADDITIONALLY. MY CONCERN. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE SECTION OF THIS POWER. THAT, UM MAY INCONVENIENCE. SOME OF OUR PARENTS. AND THAT WOULD BE IN. THE IN NUMBER THREE. COMING DOWN TO UM. REQUEST. FOR YEAH, I THINK THE REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE NUMBERED AND A TRACKING SYSTEM. IS CONFUSING TO SOME PEOPLE. AH IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT RANDOM, BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THERE IS A FUNCTION WITHIN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ENTER NAMES ANY NUMBER OF NAMES , AND IT WAS SIGN A RANDOM NUMBER. AND THEN YOU SIMPLY, UM NUMERICALLY ORDER THOSE BY DOING A SORT. SO THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. BUT. MAKING THE SELECTIONS ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW BY TWO. I THINK IT'S INCONVENIENT, AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, HAVE CHILDREN. AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH CHILD CARE. AND TRANSPORTATION AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT COULD THEN PROHIBIT THEM FROM BEING PARTICIPANTS. SO BUT I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO CUT A FI, THE VIRTUAL COMMENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR HAROLD. THANK YOU. UM AS I CONSIDER THE POLICY AS PRESENTED UM MY VIEW WOULD ECHO SONIA. UM IT'S SHE SAID. EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I THINK THAT, UM. 
          NOTIFYING, FOLKS. UM THE TWO THE TWO O'CLOCK TIMEFRAME. I THINK THAT IS INCONVENIENT. I THINK, UM UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CONSIDER UM. COURTESY TO THE PUBLIC IN THAT REGARD, AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. FOR A CHANGE. UM OTHERWISE. I CAN SEE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REMAINING PIECES. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR ROBINSON. THANK YOU, RACHEL. 
          UM. I CANNOT SUPPORT THE POLICY AS WRITTEN. BOB'S LIBRARIES, BUT UM. UM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PERCEPTION AND. AND IN THIS BUSINESS PERCEPTION IS REALITY. WHETHER THE INTENT WAS TO JUST UPDATE THE POLICY TO MAKE IT MORE CURRENT OR TWO TO MAKE THE POLITICS FIT WITH WITH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. OR SOMETHING ELSE IT THAT IT THAT PEACE DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS AND SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT PIECE. I THINK THAT WE COULD. WE COULD, UM ONE I LIKE TO ASSOCIATE. MY COMMENTS WITH PATRICE IS I THINK THAT CABLING THIS POLICY. SO 
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THAT WE CAN DO SOME SO THAT THERE CAN BE SOME MORE DISCUSSION. UM ABOUT IT DOWN DOWN DOWN THE ROAD. IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION. THE OTHER THING . I THINK THAT WE AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN IS WE GOT IT. WE WANT TO, UM TAKE WE WANTED TO DO, UH, HANDLE A BUSINESS MEETING. WELL LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO DO THAT. WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT REARRANGED THE AGENDA. WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENTER. UM UM. MENTION THAT TONIGHT AND ALL WE WE'D BE DOING IS REALLY FOLLOWING THE, UH THEY ACCEPT THE PUBLIC POLICY OR THE AGENDA OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. THEY HAVE PUBLIC COMING AT THE END OF THE SESSION. AND THERE ARE NO AND I'M NOT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT CERTAIN, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LIMITS ON THE ON THE TIME THAT MAYBE I DON'T THINK SO. BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING FROM WHERE WE ARE. TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO, IS SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE. ON THIS COMMUNITY AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THAT WOULD TRYING TO MIRROR TRYING TO THINK THAT AND WHERE WE ARE AND LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM SOMEBODY, YOU GOTTA YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN HIS PLACE OR OR OR SOMETHING ELSE? CROPS UP THAT THAT THAT'S UNDESIRABLE. AND I JUST I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO WE CAN WE CAN TABLE THE POLICY, REARRANGEMENT GENDER AND LOOK AT HOW THAT YOU KNOW. GIVE IT GET LOOK AT GIVING THAT SOMETIME. UM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS BUSINESS. OUR BUSINESS MEETING AND I AND I WOULD SAY THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS WHO MAY PARTICIPATE MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. UM IN THE MEETINGS IF YOU IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE OVER THE LAST YEAR OF HAVING MEETINGS, THE REASON WHY THE MEDIA WENT SO LONG BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SO PUBLIC COMMENTS TOOK UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR TIME AND BY THE TIME THIS PART OF IT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAD HAD HAD LEFT AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT IF WE MOVED IT TO THE END OF THE MEETING, UM WHAT HAPPENED? WELL WE'LL SEE SOME SOME SOME SOME BENEFITS FROM THAT AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE HAD BOARD MEMBERS? I WISH THAT PUBLIC COMMUNIST HAS STAYED AROUND UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING. TO HEAR SOME OF THE CONCERNS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS HAVING BEEN BEEN ADDRESSED, AND I JUST THINK THAT IF WE JUST LOOK AT AGAIN THAT CHANGE IN THE AGENDA AND STUDIED THE POLICY FOR LATER. BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY ACCOUNT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM THIS LINCOLN YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY I AGREE WITH WHAT MISS KELLY SAID EARLIER. UM REGARDING THE PARENTAL CONCERN FOR THEIR STUDENTS. UM. AND THEN TO ALL OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING YOUR VOICE AND TELLING US HOW YOU FEEL. UM. LET ME JUST ONE SECOND, UM. I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE SPEAKING OR NOT. BY TWO PM, UM AND THAT'S ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THAT. UM BUT YES, INTRODUCING MORE TIME TO THIS BILL, LETTING US THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND DISCUSS MORE DISCUSSION. MORE COMMENTS. WOULD NOT BE, UM, A BAD THING AT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DR MUELLER. I THINK TWO THINGS. I COUPLE OF THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I FEEL LIKE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT SAYING EVERYTHING. I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A FEW ONE IS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, YOU COULDN'T IT DOES SAY OR A PHONE CALL. IT DOES SAY OR PHONE CALL, SO WE WERE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SORRY WE WOULD LOSE BY NOT DOING THIS IS THE VIRTUAL COMMENT BECAUSE THE VIRTUAL COMMENT IS NOT PART OF OUR POLICY NOW, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT PART OF OUR POLICY FOR THE REASONS PEOPLE SAID, GETTING A BABY SITTER FOR SOMEBODY WITH A DISABILITY. IT CAN MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO COME HERE AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO LEAVE THAT VIRTUAL OPTION OPEN FOR THEM. UM I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND I STILL STAND BY IT. I DON'T THINK I THINK THE THREE MINUTE TIME IS FAIR FOR EACH PERSON TO HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF OVERALL COMMENTS IN MOST MEETINGS. THERE AREN'T THAT MANY COMMENTS, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S AN ISSUE. I THINK THE 
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ONLY THING ANY OF HIS MIND IS WHEN PEOPLE READ OUT OF THE SCRIPT, AND WE HAVE 40 PEOPLE READING THE SAME SCRIPT, AND IT GOES ON ALL NIGHT. BUT I GUESS IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO READ THE SAME SCRIPT. LET THEM READ THE SAME SCRIPT. I MEAN, I CAN LIVE THROUGH IT. I HAVE FOR QUITE A FEW MEETINGS. I DO LIKE WHEN PEOPLE EMAIL US BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WRITE BACK TO THEM. WE CAN ANSWER THEIR CONCERNS. WE CAN DO IT ONE ON ONE, AND THAT GIVES ME A BETTER IDEA. BETTER CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONCERNS REALLY ARE. SO I CANNOT SUPPORT . UM THIS CHANGE IN POLICY AT THIS TIME WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. OKAY? ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS. I HAVE ONE MORE COMMON . I WANTED TO MAKE. UH RACHEL, IF THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS PATRICIA BACARDI. THANK YOU. UM THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT SAID THAT UH, OUR ATTORNEY AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT WAS PUSHING THIS AGENDA AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THAT THIS POLICY WAS VERY OUTDATED AND AS A BOARD WE WANTED THE POLICY TO BE REVIEWED TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE, BUT WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING TODAY VERSUS WHAT THE POLICY STATED, AND AS I SAID IN MY COMMENTS EARLIER, MANY OF THESE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INITIATED. BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GARVEY. OKAY, SO THE WAY. DR BAUER PHRASED HIS MOTION WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION. WITH POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. DOES ANYONE AT THIS TIME WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT? TO THIS POLICY. IF NOT THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST VOTE ON IT AS IT STANDS. CAN CAN WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO TABLE. FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. NO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WE HAVE THE MOTION. THIS IS DAVID. I WOULD CLARIFY. I THINK THAT TABLE ENGLISH TAKE PRECEDENT OVER VOTING YES OR NO ON THE POLICY. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER, UM. ONE THING REGARD WITH REGARD TO ADJUSTING POLICIES IS, IF WE MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, WE SHOULD PUT IT BACK OUT MORE TIME. SO RATHER THAN STABLING. A STRATEGY THAT MIGHT BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IS TO DISCUSS WHICH CHANGES THE BOARD'S INTERESTED IN, INCLUDING AND ESSENTIALLY ANY CHANGE. ANYTHING BEYOND. PUNCTUATION AND YOU KNOW, GRAMMAR BECOMES ESSENTIALLY. 
          I'LL TURN TO MY ATTORNEY TO REINFORCE THAT HE'S NODDING HIS HEAD THAT ANYTHING BEYOND GRAMMAR OR PUNCTUATION, OR, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE WORD. ANYTHING THAT REALLY CHANGES HOW THE POLICY READ. THE IMPACT OF THE POLICY WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE. WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT SHOULD WE PROPOSE AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT PERIOD. AND THAT WOULD BE YOU CAN GO A COUPLE OF WAYS YOU CAN VOTE ON IT AS IT IS UP OR DOWN, AND THEN THE CONVERSATION COULD BE OVER. YOU CAN SUGGEST CHANGES, WHICH WOULD MEAN IT COMES BACK FOR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AGAIN. THAT CAN KEEP HAPPENING IF IT NEEDS TO. UH UM. IN THROUGH FUTURE MEETINGS. UH UM. BUT. AND I WON'T GET INTO ANY OF THE COMMENT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. 
          LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, THIS REALLY HAS BEEN DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPINIONS AMONG YOU AND YOU REPRESENT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO ALL OF YOU. BUT THE DIFFERENT I THINK THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES APPROACHES FOR HOW TO MOVE THROUGH THIS POLICY. WHETHER WE WANT TO SUGGEST AMENDMENTS LET PEOPLE COMMENT ON THAT. THAT MIGHT BE MORE CLEAR FOR FOLKS THAN JUST TABLING. THEN WE START OVER IF WE TABLE BUT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD MEAN JUST 30 DAYS. PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT PUBLIC? YES ANYTHING THAT WE AMEND IF WE JUST IF SOMEBODY INTRODUCES AN AMENDMENT, SO SOMEBODY MENTIONED DOCTOR MILLER MENTIONED LEAVING VIRTUAL COMMENTS AND THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WOULD PUT IN, UM, NOTIFICATION ON THE DAY OF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT THAT BE DROPPED OR CHANGED OR WHATEVER THOSE ARE ALL SENSITIVE. CHANGES AND WHILE WE COULD VOTE ON THEM, IT JUST GOES BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY. TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE A COMMENT PERIOD. YES THAT THAT THAT'S CORRECT. SO DR WILSON SAID IT CORRECTLY, SO THE INTENTION OF THE EVENING INITIALLY WAS TO COME AND VOTE ON THE POLICY AS PRESENTED BY MS NEAL ON JULY 18TH. NOW YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER OPTIONS. UM, PERHAPS THERE IS A CHANGE OR AN AMENDMENT THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IN THE POLICY AND 
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AS DISCUSSED IF IT'S NON SUBSTANTIVE. YOU CAN VOTE. TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AND THEN HAVE A VOTE ON THE POLICY AS AMENDED. BUT IF IT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT IS SUBSTANTIVE THEN. THAT. FIRST OF ALL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO VOTE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AND YOU'D HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT AMENDMENT IS BEING MADE TO THE POLICY. THE REMOVAL OF SUCH AND SUCH SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICY LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE MEETING ENDS TONIGHT, AND THEN IF IT'S SUBSTANTIVE, IT DOES NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD. UM AND AS DR BOLSON MENTIONED, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS FOR AMENDMENTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE AND EACH ONE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS. WE NEED TO BE VOTED ON. SO THAT AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE POLICY THAT MS NEAL PRESENTED WITH THESE AMENDMENTS. THE OTHER OPTION IF THERE'S AMENDMENTS CANNOT BE DECIDED UPON TONIGHT IS THE TABLING OPTION. NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD ALSO NEED TO DO VOTE. TO ESSENTIALLY NOT VOTE ON THIS YEA OR NAY TONIGHT BUT TO RETURN IT TO THE WORKGROUPS. AND TO TABLE IT. AND THEN THOSE NEW DISCUSSIONS IN NEW AMENDMENTS THAT WERE WORKED ON OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR WEEKS WITHIN IT TO BE BROUGHT BACK AND RECOMMENDED AGAIN. I'M GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. OKAY? MR KERR. WELL YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND UP. YES I DO. I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO TABLE IT BECAUSE UM, THE AMENDMENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR SUBSTANTIVE AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DIDN'T REWRITE THE PART THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CHANGED. SO. I THINK THAT, UM I WOULD NEED TIME. TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT IN A REASONABLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER. OKAY? MR CARDI, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. YES, I DO. THANK YOU. UM I GUESS I'M REITERATING WHAT MS KAWASAKI SAID, BECAUSE. SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE PUBLIC WHERE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. UM AND I THINK THIS BLANKET REFERRED TO IT TOO. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE, UM COLLINS. VIRTUAL CALLERS MENTIONED IT TO. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO CHANGE THOSE SECTIONS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PARENTS TO YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK THAT DAY. IS IT OKAY? IS THAT A GOOD TIME? IS IT A BAD TIME? I JUST THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH INVOLVED IN MODIFYING. THIS THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT AND IF WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD FROM 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS, OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. THAT MAY BE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING FROM, UH. TO ALMOST AN UNKNOWN BASED ON PUBLIC REQUEST ALMOST COMPLETE NIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENT , WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED THUS FAR. SO UM, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC IS SAYING, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M PREPARED TO MAKE THE MODIFICATION TONIGHT, AS MR KARWACKI SAID, AND THANK YOU. OKAY? DAVID SORRY, DOCTOR, MOM. 
          OKAY, SO WHY DID TO CLARIFY. READING THROUGH MY NOTES, UM. THE LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WAS THE MAIN CONCERN. THE SIGN UP WITH THE SECOND CONCERN. IF WE AH, ELIMINATE THE LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. THEN THAT VERY EASILY RETURNS US TO THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF SIGN UPS. AH! UP UNTIL THE START OF THE MEETING OR SO. SO ARE THERE. OTHER AREAS OF THE POLICY THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS BESIDES THOSE TWO UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICY DOES NOT SPECIFY WHEN IN THE MEETINGS. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE. SO THAT MOVING PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE END OF THE MEETING. WOULD NOT BE COVERED HERE. OR OTHER DECISIONS LIKE THAT. SO IS YOUR QUESTION DOES ANYONE ELSE SO ARE THERE OTHER THINGS IN THE POLICY THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? OTHER 
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THAN REMOVING THE LIMIT ON SPEAKERS AND OPENING UP, SIGN UP TO INCLUDE DAY OF IN PERSON. SO MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING WAS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT LEAVING THE VIRTUAL COMMENT. PEACE OPEN AS WELL, GIVING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY I WILL SEE. YEP. CLEAR IF I THAT NOPE. IT'S NOT IN THE POLICY CYBER OPTION COLLINS OR NOT. PART OF THIS POLICY AS I MAYBE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE WRONG END OF IT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THERE, THOUGH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES. THAT MISS NEIL PUT IN THERE. WE READ A LOT OF THINGS, AND SOMETIMES EVERYBODY'S MEMORY ISN'T AS PERFECT AS YOURS MIGHT BE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THERE. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US COMMENT. IT IS IN THERE. I WAS READING THE WRONG END. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT DAVID'S PROPOSED. THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES THAT I SEE. THAT I'VE IF DAVID WERE TO MAKE. A MODIFICATION TO THE AMENDMENT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. OKAY SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AMENDMENT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. THIS CROAKY MR ROBINSON. OTHER COMMENTS ON WOULD THAT BE SUFFICIENT OR IS THERE OTHER TOPICS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITHIN THIS. YES DAVID, THIS IS SONIA. UM SECTION THREE. SECTION THREE IS THE ENTIRETY OF PUBLIC COMMENT ABOARD BUSINESS MEETINGS. CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? I WAS SPECIFIC IN THE COMMENTS THAT I GAVE EARLIER. I DO NOT THINK THAT IT NOTIFYING PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELECTED. IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK IT'S. SO INSENSITIVE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IF WE HAVE NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, THEN THERE'S NO SELECTION. THEN THERE'S NO TWO O'CLOCK TIME LIMIT. AM I WRONG ON THAT? THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. ALSO. THAT'S CORRECT. SO AND THEN AND DAVID TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME. OKAY SO I'M LOOKING AT THE LEADING SECTION THREE DOT A DOT TWO. AND THEN THREE DOT A DOT THREE. BYE. 
          THINK. COVERS IT. WE WOULDN'T NEED TO THEN DO THE SAME IN SECTION FOUR SO FORWARD THAT A THAT 24.8 DOT THREE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. IN THOSE SECTIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO KEEP. RIGHT CAN I ASK A QUESTION AND SUPPORT OF WHAT DAVID IS SAYING? I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, IF WE. I'M ASSUMING THAT IF WE VOTE ON THIS, THE CHANGES ARE SUBSTANTIVE. SO HOW DOES IT GO BACK TO THE PUB REVIEW SO WE WOULD MAKE THE AMENDMENT HE WOULD HE WOULD HE WOULD MOVE ON THIS AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE DELETING THESE SECTIONS. IT WOULD THEN BE VOTED ON. AND THEN AFTER WE VOTE ON IT, IT GOES BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC. LIKE YES, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY. IT GOES BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR 30 DAYS FOR THEM TO COMMENT ON IT AGAIN WITH THOSE CHANGES. AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO US IN ANOTHER MEETING TO VOTE ON IT AS YES, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PUT IT INTO POLICY. OR NO, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME OTHER CHANGES. THANK YOU. MEANTIME FOR THOSE 30 DAYS IS THAT IS IT AN ACTION THEN? SO IF THERE'S A BOARD MEETING IN BETWEEN THAT 30 DAYS CONTINUE ON AS WE HAVE, OKAY, SO THANK YOU TO BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE WITHIN THAT 30 DAY WINDOW. YES. AND THEY'LL REMAIN AS HOW WE'RE DOING THEM NOW, AS WE'VE DONE IT, THANK YOU. AND THIS IS SONIA AGAIN. WE ALSO NEED TO REMOVE SECTION FOUR. THE ENTIRETY. I ASSUME YOU MEAN 4.3 ARABIC NUMBER FOUR? YES. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? 
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SHERIFF. CAN WE ASK DAVID TO MAYBE WITHDRAW HIS MOTION AND JUST BRING THIS BACK AND CLEAN IT UP AND TABLE IT AND BRING IT BACK AND CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A LOT GOING ON HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND IT'S CHILDREN. REMOVING CAN ASK HIM TO DO THAT , BUT WE WOULD STILL NEED TO MAKE A VOTE TO TABLE. IT. UNDERSTOOD BACK TO THE WORK GROUPS SO WE CAN TABLE THAT ONE. BUT WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON THAT TRYING TO JERRY RIG A POLICY UM THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. I THINK IT'S BEST JUST TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. TABLE AND GO BACK. CLEAN IT UP. WE ALL WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. SEND THOSE COMMENTS TO, UM, JOHN AND KIMBERLY AND LET THEM TIDY IT UP A BIT. SO YOUR REQUEST IS THAT DR BAUER? RETRACT HIS MOTION. AND THEN I'LL NEED ANOTHER MOTION. TO TABLE IT AND SEND IT BACK TO THE WORK GROUPS. YES. YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, OKAY. DR BAUER. YOU WILLING TO DO THAT, ACTUALLY LIKE THAT, ASK QUESTIONS. UM. 
          GET. SO THIS IS DAVID AH. SO WE HAVE TWO MORE BOARD MEETINGS LESS THAN 30 DAYS FROM TODAY. SO IF WE BASICALLY PUT THIS OUT, I GUESS TODAY AS HERE'S THE NEXT VERSION THAT WE WON'T COMMENT OY WITHDRAW THAT AND REISSUE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER THAT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SO. I'M LOOKING FOR THE POLICY AND THE SECTIONS TO ME. LOOK TO BE PRETTY. CLEANLY DONE SUCH THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELETE THE FOUR PARAGRAPHS AND THAT'S IT. 
          HMM. BUT IF WE FIND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO CHANGE. WE CAN, BASICALLY AT THE NEXT MEETING. SAY OKAY, WE WANT TO CANCEL THAT VERSION AND PUT OUT THE NEW VERSION. IT WOULD RESET THE 30 DAY. OH WINDOW. I ASSUME I ASSUME THERE'S NO PROBLEMS WITH US BASICALLY CANCELING THE PROPOSAL. WELL, I BELIEVE YOU COULD DO THAT TO GET TO THAT POINT TONIGHT. AS MENTIONED, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE VOTES. ON EVERY AMENDMENT THAT YOU WISH TO PUT INTO THE POLICY. TO CLOSE UP THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING AND SEND IT OUT. SO IF THE BOARD COULD HAVE VOTES ON EACH ITEM, AND THEN. THERE'S AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED BY A TWO THIRDS VOTE. 
          THEN YES, YOU COULD LEAVE THIS EVENING WITH A AMENDED POLICY THAT GOES OUT FOR 30 DAYS. TO DO SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT WORK BEFORE THEN. TO VOTE ON EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT. AND HAVE IT PASSED. BY TWO THIRDS VOTE. OKAY TO CLARIFY. UH I CAN SPECIFY ONE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST DELETES THE FOUR PARAGRAPHS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOUR DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS. CORRECT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY BALL'S IN YOUR COURT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RETRACT YOUR PROMOTION? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE ON AND MAKE YOUR AMENDMENT WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT? I WOULD LIKE. 
          PROPOSED THAT WE DELETE PARAGRAPHS. 3.82. THREE THAT 83. OR DOT A DOT TO 4.8 DOT. THREE ALL RIGHT. LET ME JUST READ IT BACK TO YOU. AND MAKE SURE THAT MR BURKE HAS THESE AS WELL. SO YOUR AMENDMENT. IT IS. YOU WOULD LIKE US TO VOTE ON IT WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE DELETING FROM THE POLICY IS WRITTEN. THREE A. THREE DOT TWO WHICH IS THE SCROLL UP. ORDER OF BUSINESS OF ANY REGULAR MEETINGS WILL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THROUGH UTILIZATION OF THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SUBSECTIONS 12 AND THREE TO BEING THE ONE THAT SAYS THAT SAYS REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE NUMBERED IN ATTRACTING SYSTEM IN THE EVENT, MORE THAN 15 REQUESTS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED. THE WORDS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COORDINATOR WILL PROVIDE PRIORITY TO REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM AND MORE RANDOMLY SELECTED 15 REQUESTS TO BE GRANTED USING THE 
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NUMBER TRACKING SYSTEM. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON A TOPIC WHEN MAKING THE RANDOM SELECTION IN AN EFFORT TO FAIRLY AND PROPORTIONATELY GRANT COMMENT ON AS MANY TOPICS REQUESTED AS POSSIBLE. THE BOARD ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SELECT UP TO FIVE ALTERNATES WHO MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE EVENT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SELECTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DECLINES. THE OPPORTUNITY OR FAILS, FAILS TO APPEAR IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY AT THE BOARD MEETING. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE PIECES. WE THE FIRST PIECE THAT WE DELETE. THE SECOND PIECE WOULD BE INDIVIDUALS. SAME THING. 3.8 DOT THREE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SELECTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR SELECTED AS AN ALTERNATE, WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND PHONE CALL BY TWO PM ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING, IN WHICH PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE OFFERED. INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SELECTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WHICH MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BUT SHALL INCLUDE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME IN WHICH EACH SPEAKER MAY PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENT. PROHIBITED TOPICS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PROHIBITED BEHAVIORS WHEN OFFERING PUBLIC COMMENT OTHER HELPFUL GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD DELETE THAT AS WELL. AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO DELETE. FOR A TWO WHICH IS FOR A IS THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THROUGH UTILIZATION OF THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED AND SUBSECTIONS 12 AND THREE BELOW TWO IS REQUESTS. INTERRUPT OKAY. UM, MY WRONG NO, I MADE A MISTAKE, OKAY? I MEAN, THE REASONS TO JUST TABLE AND COME BACK WHEN WE CLEAN IT UP. SORRY. 
          CONTINUE PLEASE CONTINUE OKAY FOR A TWO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE NUMBERED IN A TRACKING SYSTEM IN THE EVENT MORE THAN 15 REQUESTS PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTARY RECEIVED. THE BIRDS ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORT COORDINATOR WILL RANDOMLY SELECT 15 REQUESTS TO BE GRANTED USING THE NUMBER TRACKING SYSTEM. THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BOARD HEARING AND TO ALLOW MORE THAN 15 REQUESTS TO BE GRANTED. THE BOARD ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SELECT 25 ALTERNATES WHO MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE EVENT THAN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SELECTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO CLEANSE THE OPPORTUNITY OR FAILS TO APPEAR. PERSON OR VIRTUALLY AT THE BOARD MEETING. BASICALLY JUST MIRRORING WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID. AND THEN FOR A THREE, WHICH ALSO MIRRORS WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THREE, WHICH IS INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SELECTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR SELECTIVE AND ALTERNATE WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND PHONE CALL BY TWO PM ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING, IN WHICH PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE OFFERED INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SELECTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. BUT SHALL INCLUDE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME IN WHICH EACH SPEAKER MAY PRESENT. PUBLIC COMMENT. PROHIBITED TOPICS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PROHIBITED BEHAVIORS, ONE OFFERING PUBLIC COMMENT AND OTHER HELPFUL GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THOSE ARE THE FOUR PIECES ESSENTIALLY JUST MIRRORING EACH OTHER IN THREE AND FOUR. CORRECT WE SHOULD GET RID OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AS WELL BE. YEAH DAVID WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT IN HIS AMENDMENT. THAT IS FINE WITH ME. PUBLIC COMMENT BY FOR FOUR FT OR PHOEBE. THAT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT AT A BOARD. PUBLIC HEARINGS SHOULD ADDRESS ONLY THE TOPIC, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE HEARING. THAT'S VERY HEARING NOT FOR THE BOARD MEETING. THAT'S NOT FOR A BOARD MEETING. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE DOING HEARING ABOUT WE JUST RATING REDISTRICTING PASSING. 
          WHATEVER LIKE A PUBLIC INTEREST TOPIC THAT COMES UP BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE WHAT ABOUT JANSEN'S COMMENT ABOUT MOVING PUBLIC COMMENT AND TO THE END OF THE MEETING IS THAT IS THAT ADDRESSED? ANYWHERE IN THE AMENDMENTS. NO, IT'S NOT. 
          NOWHERE IN THE POLICY. DOES IT TALK ABOUT WHERE THE COMMENT IS , AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER BIG DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK INPUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BEFORE WE DISCUSS TOPICS IS IMPORTANT. OTHERWISE, THINK ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY . WE WOULDN'T GET THEIR INPUT TILL AFTER WE VOTED ON IT. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR INPUT BY EMAILS. WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE SAID. IT WAS JUST THEY JUST CONFIRM WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING FOR THE PAST 30 DAYS. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IF WE MOVE IT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. PRIOR TO A VOTE. I THINK THAT THIS IS JOYCE. I THINK THAT KEEPING OUT THE ORDER NOT PUTTING THAT IN THE POLICY ALLOWS US TO FLEX THE FLEXIBILITY TO MODIFY THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. UM, AS WE SEE FIT. AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TIMES 
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WHERE, UM YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUPERINTENDENT UM AH. SOMETHING. 
          THE PRESENTATION THAT DR WILSON GIVES ABOUT CONTINENTS, CONTINUITY OF LEARNING, WHICH SHIFTED BECAUSE WE CAN MODIFY. THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, SO I DON'T THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE POLICY WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA COME AT 6 30 EXPECTING TO SPEAK AT 6 45. AND THEY DON'T GET TO SPEAK TILL 9 30 OR 10 O'CLOCK. THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE THEY MAY NOT QUITE HONESTLY, THEY MAY NOT WANT TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. THEY MIGHT WANT TO JUST COME THERE. PEACE AND MOVE ON AND THIS WAY, RIGHT? WE STILL THINK THAT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE. UM, PRESENTED IN THE POLICY. YEAH I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE CONVERSATION. WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT TIME. OKAY? SO. THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IT IS DAVID'S MOTION IS TO VOTE ON THE POLICY AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE DELETING. 3.8 DOT 23.8 DOT 34.8 DOT 24.8 DOT THREE IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS SEPARATE FROM THE WHOLE POLICY. A GREEN PRETTY SURE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. FIRST MADAM PRESIDENT THAT THAT IS CORRECT, SO JUST SORT OF TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT. IF WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD OF AMENDING THE POLICY THAT MS NEAL PRESENTED SUCH AS DR BAUER HAS SUGGESTED. THEN WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT. WITH TWO THIRDS YEA OR NAY. AND IF IT'S YES THEN THOSE AMENDMENTS PRESENTED BY DR BAUER BECOME PART OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF US. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THEN IF WE DO GO DOWN THIS ROAD THAT EVERY BOARD MEMBER BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING. SIMILAR AND SAY , WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO SOMETHING TO SECTION X WHATEVER IT BE. THE INTENT OF THIS STRATEGY WOULD BE TO ARRIVE AT A DOCUMENT AT THE END OF THE EVENING. THAT EVERYONE HAS VOTED ON AND IT'S GOING UP AND IT'S GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO THERE IS THAT METHOD SO THAT YOU CREATE A DOCUMENT BASED ON THE EDITS, SUGGESTED AND VOTED UPON. WHERE THERE IS THE PATH OF TABLING. AND I THINK YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU EITHER. OF THOSE TWO CHOICES. OKAY. ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS DO OKAY? SINCE HE IS CONTINUING ON WITH HIS MOTION. THEN I AM HONORING THAT MOTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT AND ASKING BASICALLY, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON IT. AS ONE WHOLE, LIKE WE'RE VOTING ON HIS AMENDMENT AND HER AMENDMENT THAT AMENDMENT IN THIS AMENDMENT. I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS INDIVIDUALLY. SO DAVID'S FIRST AND THEN SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANOTHER AMENDMENT. YES THE AMENDED POLICY. THAT'S RIGHT, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT LET ME SAY ALSO, IF DAVID'S DR BOWERS AMENDMENTS DON'T PASS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ALSO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. OKAY? BUT THEY WOULD ALSO AT THAT TIME HAVE A HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT AND SEND IT BACK TO THE WORKGROUP. YES BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IN THE EVENING, WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF THIS CONVERSATION AND DO SOMETHING. FORWARD, SO IT'S EITHER UH, YOU KNOW, COME TO A CONCLUSION ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE POLICY SO IT COULD BE A VOTE SIMPLY YEA OR NAY WILL GO BACK TO WHAT MISS NEIL PRESENTED OR IT COULD BE A TABLING. METHOD, OKAY? FIRST WE'RE GOING WITH THIS GOT IT. FOLKS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON DR BOWERS. MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT OF THESE DELETIONS. YEAH CAN I JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT FOR THE PUBLIC. THAT'S HERE, AND IT'S LISTENING. 
          IS THIS WOULD REMOVE THE TIME LIMIT. OF THE TOTAL NUMBER SPEAKERS. THIS WOULD REMOVE THE RESTRICTION ON THE TOTAL NUMBER SPEAKERS, EITHER AT A BOARD MEETING OR AT A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WHAT IT DOESN'T TAKE OUT IS THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE VIRTUAL COMMENTS THAT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS COULD BE FILLED OUT ON A FORM ON THE INTERNET OR CALLED IN SO THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 
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PEOPLE TO DOCKS YOU WOULD BE REDUCED. ELIMINATED UNLESS YOU FILL OUT THE FORM WHEN YOU'RE HERE THAN SOMEBODY COULD LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING. THAT'S SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW TO REMOVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE A QUESTION. CAN I ANSWER IT? NO I'M NOT GOING TO START. OKAY VOTE ON THIS FIRST AND NOT INTRODUCE ANOTHER QUESTION JUST YET, DAVID. THAT'S ONE I'M GOING TO HAVE A SECOND MINOR AMENDMENT AFTER THIS. OKAY? MADAM PRESIDENT IF I MAY JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD JUST TO REMIND US THAT ONCE WE TAKE THIS VOTE, AND LET'S SAY DR BOWERS AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED AND PUT INTO THE POLICY, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIVE, CORRECT STEP. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SENDING IT BACK TO THE PUBLIC FOR 30 DAY PERIOD, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. 
          THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. THAT'S CORRECT, OK? HMM. OKAY. IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THIS AMENDMENT? DR BAUER? I GUESS SO. OKAY? SO I'M LOOKING SORRY. SECTION 3.8 TO 1. 
          CURRENTLY DOES SPECIFIED BY NOON ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. UM SO WE WOULD NEED TO EXPAND THAT. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS CLEAN AS JUST DELETING PARAGRAPHS. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE ALREADY DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THEY HAVE UNTIL NOON OF THE DAY. OF MEANING. SO THEY HAD, FOR INSTANCE, UNTIL NOON TODAY TO SIGN UP. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ADDED TO THAT. WAS THE LOCAL ADDRESS. OKAY. AGENDA ITEM. AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE IT WILL. NO, THAT'S NOT IT WHETHER THE SPEAKER SEEKS TO PROVIDE IMPERSONAL VIRTUAL BECAUSE ALL THE ONES THAT WE GET ONLINE ARE CURRENTLY VIRTUAL. SO I GUESS WE WOULD NEED TO ADD. A NEW SECTION OR, UM, OR COMMENT TO THIS THAT SPECIFIES AN IN PERSON SIGNED UP OPTION. DO YOU MEAN FOR SOMEBODY TO WALK IN THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING AND MAKING IN PERSON COMMENT? OKAY? I'M CHECKING THE OLD POLICY FOR THE LANGUAGE THEY USE. ALRIGHT, LET'S SINCE THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME WORDS, SOMETHING FOR SURE. LET'S GOING ON. WHAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF DELETIONS WILL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD IN. WHAT'S THE VOTE ON THE MOTION AS IT STANDS, WHICH IS TO APPROVED. THE POLICY AS WRITTEN WITH THE DELETION OF 38.238 POINT 348.2 AND 48.3. MADAM PRESIDENT. I DON'T LIKE THE LANGUAGE THERE. I THINK. I THINK TO AMEND THE PROPOSAL BY DOING WHATEVER NOT TO ACCEPT THE POLICY. SO THE MOTION, IN EFFECT NOW IS TO AMEND THE POLICY IN FRONT OF US. NOT TO ACCEPT IT. OKAY? GO AHEAD AND SAY IT, HOWEVER, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT. OKAY GOING TO WRITE IT DOWN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EMOTIONAL, JUST OFFERING AMENDMENT. HMM. THE CHARGE BEFORE TO DELAY THE FOUR PARAGRAPH. I NEED TO SAY MORE THAN THAT. THAT COVERS IT IN THE SENSE THAT YOU YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE POLICY THAT IS BEFORE US THIS EVENING AND THEN AND YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE SO MOTION IS TO AMEND THE POLICY BEFORE US BY DELETING PARAGRAPHS 3.8 DOT 23.83. 4.824 DOT 8.3. 
          OKAY? ALRIGHT WITH THAT. MR ALI, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU DO A REAL CLAVELL. I'M SORRY. I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT SECOND. RACHEL ARE WE FINISHED WITH THE DISCUSSION? YES WE'RE SONIA WITH THIS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT. OKAY, BECAUSE ALL RIGHT. SO I NEED A SECOND FOR DAVID'S MOTION 
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OF AMENDING THE POLICY. BY DELETING 3.8 POINT 23.8 POINT 34.8 POINT 24.8 POINT. THREE AND THERE ARE PORTIONS, THOUGH, OF THREE A DOUBT. 3.8 DOT ONE THAT ALSO NEED TO BE REVISED. OKAY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HIS MOTION IS RIGHT NOW WE CAN ONLY VOTE ON THE MOTION BEFORE US. BUT FIRST I NEED A SECOND FOR THIS MOTION BEFORE WE CAN EVEN VOTE ON IT. AND I DON'T THINK SONYA'S UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT LATER. SONIA THIS IS JUST A FIRST PAST WITH WHAT DAVID IS PROPOSING CORRECT. THIS IS JACKSON AND I SECOND. WHAT? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DR BOWERS MOTION. MR ROBINSON SECOND, MISS RALLO. ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE. DR BAUER. YES. DR HAROLD YES. MS KARAKI. YES, BUT I'LL BE BACK. MISS KELLY. YES I AGREE WITH SONIA. I THINK YEAH, THEY'RE MORE DISCUSSION. DR PHILLIPS. I'M NOT SURE. PHILLIPS. I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON ME. YEAH, I'M BACK. IT'S MY TURN. YES, YES, YES. LET'S RICCARDI YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. HIS BLANKET. YES. 
          VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES. PRESIDENT KOREA YES. MOTION PASSED, OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT THAT PART. STRICKEN. ALRIGHT, NEXT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. AND WE'LL GO IN ORDER AGAIN. SO MISS KELLY DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS? AT THIS TIME, OR WOULD YOU PREFER SOMEONE ELSE TO GO? I JUST THINK WE NEED I DON'T KNOW. HOW TO BREATHE THAT, UM BUT I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD TABLE IN SEND IT BACK TO THE WORKING GROUP. OKAY? SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? TO TABLE IT AS IT HAS BEEN VOTED ON AN AMENDED TO GO BACK TO THE WORKGROUPS TO CONTINUE TO REFINE IT. WE ASKED FOR ANY OTHER AND WE ASK FOR ANY OTHER CHANGES FIRST BEFORE WE TABLE IT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO GO BACK. BUT I'D LIKE TO GET ALL OUR THOUGHTS CAPTURED BEFORE WE JUST TABLE IT AT THIS POINT. SURE. I AGREE THIS CHOICE. I AGREE WITH THAT. ALRIGHT MADAM PRESIDENT IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT, AND I THINK YOU HIT ON IT CORRECTLY, I WANTED TO SET FOR THE RECORD WHAT IS NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IS THE AMENDED POLICY THAT WOULD JUST VOTED ON AS SUGGESTED BY DR BAUER. ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT THE BOARD MIGHT FURTHER DISCUSSES, EDITS OR MIGHT SEND FOR TABLING NOW HAS PIECES. 
          THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN STRICKEN. BECAUSE OF THE VOTE THAT JUST PASSED, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD. OKAY? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. SO THE AMENDED POLICY THAT WAS JUST VOTED ON IS WHAT WE'RE NOW DISCUSSING. SO ALL OF THE PIECES IN TERMS OF LIMITING SPEAKERS. 15 REQUESTS UM. TIME DATE, ETCETERA. OH, LOOK ON YOURS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST IN TERMS OF MAKING OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR ACTUALLY, AT THIS POINT, IT'S GOING TO BE MOTIONS TO AMEND. DR BAUER. THANK YOU. OKAY? SO FOR REFERENCE AND BORROWING THE LANGUAGE FROM THE OLD POLICY. HERE TO SIMPLIFY THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND. PARAGRAPH 3.8 DOT ONE UM. AND. 
          OTHER PEOPLE CAN SUGGEST BETTER WORDSMITHING, BUT. AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE. THAT STARTS INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED GROUPS AND WITH BY NOON ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. 
          I WANT THE SECONDS SENTENCE. UM BUT I DON'T. OR THEY MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR 
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OF INFORMATION IN COMPLETING A QUOTE REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AND QUOTE CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. REFERENCE EXCEPT FOR THE. STIR THE SENTENCE THAT IS FROM PARAGRAPH 3.8 DOT TWO OF THE OLD POLICY. OKAY SO IN THE OLD POLICY, IT'S A CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. SO BASICALLY FILLING OUT YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE CARDS. IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO SIGN UP ONLINE EMAIL OR PHONE CALL. OKAY? AND THEN THE SAME LANGUAGE CHANGE. WOULD BE DONE TO PARAGRAPH 4.8 DOT ONE. OKAY HOLD ON. I'M TRYING TO WRITE THIS ALL. THREE POINT. OKAY? ALRIGHT, SO. AND THE SECOND SENTENCE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST PART OF 3.2 IN THE OLD POLICY. CORRECT. YES OKAY. AND WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND THING? SAME THING. OH, FOR SO IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE HEARINGS. UM, I SCROLLED PAST IT TO FIVE. OKAY, SO THEN IT WOULD ALSO BE FOUR POINT FOR POINT A QUITE ONE. MIRROR. 
          LANGUAGE. ADDED. FOUR. THREE POINT A 3.0.1. WHICH WOULD BE. SURE THERE IS. OKAY SO THE SECOND SENTENCE IN THAT PART WOULD THEN BECOME CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. CORRECT. MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS NOT INTENDING TO COPY THE FIRST PART OF THAT SENTENCE. RACHEL COULD YOU READ THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. 
          SO IT'S ON. PAGE TWO OF THE OLD POLICY. THREE POINT. SHOOT TO 3.8 POINT TWO SORRY. THOSE CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION. AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. OKAY? AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A COMMENT? FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING VIRTUALLY. HE JUST WANTS TO ADD THIS. IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK VIRTUALLY IT'S TOO I I'M PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, DR BAUER. IT'S TO ENABLE THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SIGN UP AS THEY HAVE BEFORE. YES OKAY, SO THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. AND THE UM THE NEWLY WRITTEN POLICY. THREE A ONE. 
          SAYS INDIVIDUALS ARE RECOGNIZED GROUPS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM. OR COMMENT ON EDUCATION RELATED MATTER, NOT ON THE AGENDA. MAY REQUEST TO DO SO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR CALLING BY NOON ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING, BUT IS THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REQUESTING TO CALL VIRTUALLY YES , BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK UNDER THAT, IT ALSO SAYS UM. UNDER SIX ROMAN NUMERAL SIX WHETHER THE SPEAKER SEEKS TO PROVIDE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, UM. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN PERSON WOULDN'T THEY JUST FILL OUT THE CARD WHEN 
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THEY COME? YES THE CURRENT THE CURRENT POLICY AS WE JUST VOTED ON IT. DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          SO DAVID IS DAVID IS TRYING TO REINTRODUCE THAT BACK INTO IT SO THAT PEOPLE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF COMING AND FILLING OUT THE CARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT. IF I'M COMING TO THE BOARD MEETINGL AND TELL YOU I'M COMING AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK. YES, MA'AM. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE'S ABOUT THIS. YES, SIR. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE OF MY AMENDMENT. MY INTENT WAS TO PICK UP STARTING AT THE WORD MAY IN THAT SENTENCE. MAY REQUEST TO DO SO. MADE YOU SO. BY SENDING AN EMAIL. APOLOGIES THE LANGUAGE AND COPYING FROM THE OLD POLICY. 
          UM, I WAS NOT INTENDING TO REPEAT. THE PART. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR THE COMMENT ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THAT PART IS ALREADY COVERED. BY THE LANGUAGE AND THE NEW POLICY. I AM SIMPLY TRYING TO ADD THE. ABILITY TO DO SO. 
          OKAY, HOLD UP. SO. YOU JUST WANT TO ADD. MADE YOU SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD BUSINESS BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. YOU'D HAVE TO ADD SOMETHING ALONG TH , YES. SO OKAY? I THINK I KNOW WHAT I SAID BEFORE THERE WAS THEY ALSO SO THEY ALSO MADE YOUD TRAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION DOT DOT DOT. ALL RIGHT. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE? TO ADD ANOTHER LETTER IN PERHAPS SAYING THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE INDIVIDUALS OR RECOGNIZED GROUPS MAY ALSO MAKE IT A NEW FOR THAT A DOT. TO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO KEEP THE REST OF THE UH, LANGUAGE THERE. UM BASICALLY THE. IF FORMACION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONTAINED ON THE SIGN UP. NO I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE KEEP EVERYTHING THE WAY IT IS. FOR ONE. AND THEN JUST ADD AS A TWO. CITIZENS MAY ALSO LITERALLY JUST LIFT OUT THAT PIECE AND SAY THEY CAN ALSO FILL OUT A CARD. I'M FINE WITH THAT WAY TO DO IT. I WOULD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE. SHOULD BE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE RECOGNIZED GROUPS TO MATCH THE NEW POLICIES, LANGUAGE. MADAM MADAM PRESIDENT MAY ASK A QUESTION. DR BAUER. THE WAY THAT I READ CURRENTLY 3.8 DOT ONE THE FIRST SENTENCE. IS ESSENTIALLY THAT THERE ARE TWO METHODS TO CONTACT . THERE'S THE EMAIL AND THERE'S THE PHONE NUMBER. AND I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE CARD AS A THIRD METHOD. YES, YES, WE COULD SIMPLY ADD. REFERENCE TO THE CARD IN THAT SENTENCE. IT WOULD BE 123. BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU WHEN REFERRING TO THE ORIGINAL POLICY. THE ORIGINAL POLICY, SAID THAT THE CARD CAN BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. BUT THE OTHER TWO METHODS IN THE NEW POLICY SAY THAT IT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY NOON. SO WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU COULD JUST ADD THE CARD. INTO THAT LIST. 
          CURRENTLY THAT LIST IN SECTION ONE HAS TWO METHODS OF COMMUNICATION. BUT THAT SENTENCE NUMBER ONE ALSO STATES BY NOON. SO YOUR INTENSITY AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE TO AVOID THE TIME RESTRICTION. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CARD AS THE OPTION I THINK YOU ADDED AS A 
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SECOND SENTENCE. INCLUDING YOUR NO TIME RESTRICTION. LIMIT. BECAUSE YOU DON'T. IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, YOU DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A TIME RESTRICTION ON THE CARD THE WAY THERE IS FOR THE EMAIL AND THE PHONE NUMBER, THE TIME RESTRICTIONS SKIRTED. CORRECT. 
          SO IT SO IF THAT'S YOUR INTENT, THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO ADD A SECOND SENTENCE. AFTER THE WORD BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING TO DISCUSS YOUR CARD OPTION. THAT YOU'RE TAKING FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE CLEANEST WAY TO GO, OKAY? OKAY? SO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS WE'RE JUST ADDING THE SECOND STATEMENT. 23.8 DOT. ONE CORRECT. ANYONE. SO I CAN. I HAVE TO CHECK THE RECORDING TOMORROW, BUT I THINK MY ORIGINAL AMENDMENT IS STILL WHAT I WANT. PROPOSAL HERE. UM SO TO REPEAT THE LANGUAGE. SO AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE WHERE ENDS YOU KNOW BY NOON ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION READING PERIOD THEY ALSO MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. THERE HAVE BEEN CONTINUE. THE REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST CONTAIN LIST. COME WITH US. 
          JUST TRYING TO GET IT ALL WRITTEN DOWN. BE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THE ONLY INFORMATION THE CARD WOULD NOT HAVE DONE AS WHETHER THEY SEEK TO VARIETY IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL BECAUSE THEY'D BE HERE. OKAY? THEY COULD POTENTIALLY FILL THE CARD MUCH EARLIER, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS IN THE BUILDING THEY COULD FILL THE CARD BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR THE DAY AND THEN CALLING FROM HOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO JUST LEAVE IT. TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP. 
          WHERE AGAIN? SO THAT IS YOUR AMENDMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE SECOND SENTENCE THAT WILL READ. THEY ALSO MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. THAT'S GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO YOUR EMOTION IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON. DELETED THOSE PIECES. AND ADD UNDER THREE POINT A 0.0.1. IT WOULD THEN READ. INDIVIDUALS WERE RECOGNIZED GROUPS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR TO COMMENT ON AN EDUCATION RELATED MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA MAY REQUEST TO DO SO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO GHANA CALLING BY NOON ON THE DAY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. THEY ALSO THIS WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL SENTENCE. THEY ALSO MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. AND THEN WE GO ON TO READ THE REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT MUST CONTAIN AND THEN IT WOULD BE ROMAN NUMERAL 12345 AND SIX YES, MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY IDENTICAL CHANGES TO SECTION FOUR. SHOULD THERE BE A TIME LIMIT? AT WHAT TIME THAT PART CAN BE TURNED IN. BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SO LIKE GET THE MEETING STARTS AT SIX. SOMEONE CAN TURN ONE IN 5 59. YEP. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN DO NOW. YEP, OKAY. OKAY SO IT ALSO BE ADDED TO. FOR POINT A 0.0.1. MIRROR THE SAME LANGUAGE. OKAY? SO THAT IS YOUR MOTION. YES WE NEED A SECOND ON THAT MOTION. YES. ALRIGHT LET ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND, ADDING SOUNDS GOOD, OKAY? ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND, ADDING IN TO BOTH 3.8 POINT TWO I'M SORRY. 3.8 POINT 112 OTHER 
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THOUGHTS HERE. ADD YOU 3.8 POINT ONE AND 4.8 POINT ONE THEY ALSO MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. THIS IS CAROLINE. SECOND WE BOTH SONIA, I'M GOOD WITH YOU THERE EITHER ONE. SONIA. I DON'T CARE. WORKS FOR ME, ALL RIGHT? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED HERE OR VIRTUALLY ALRIGHT. SO MISS RALLO ROLL CALL VOTE. FOR DR BOWERS MOTION. TO CHANGE. I'M SORRY NOT TO CHANGE TO ADD TO 3.8 POINT ONE AND 4.8 POINT ONE AS THE SECOND SENTENCE. THEY ALSO MAY DO SO BY OBTAINING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND COMPLETING REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD CARD. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, FOLKS. DR BAUER. YES. DR HAROLD YES. MS KARAKI. YES. MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. DR PHILLIPS. I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON ME. WELCOME BACK TO MS RICCARDI. EXCELLENT. YES. YES. 
          SORRY. THANK YOU. MR ROBINSON. YES. YES. MS BLANKEN? YES. VICE PRESIDENT MILLER. YES. PRESIDENT GAUTIER. YES, THIS MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. I THINK, PERHAPS IN THE NEXT THING SO. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THIS AMENDED POLICY AMENDED AMENDED POLICY IS GOING TO GO OUT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS. IS THERE ANY OTHER PIECE OF THIS? ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND. DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T AMEND IT AGAIN AFTER THE 30 DAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION AGAIN. SO YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IS THERE MORE TO THIS SUBSTANTIVELY? WE SEEM TO HAVE ADDRESSED ALL THE THINGS THE TIMING OF THE COMMENTS. MAKING SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN SPEAK. TABLED OKAY, THAT PART WE DIDN'T TABLE THAT CHANGE THE NOTIFICATION. AND THE VIRTUAL COMMUNIST STILL THERE. 
          AND THEN WE TOOK OUT THE TIME LIMITS. SO ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED AS CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EITHER ELIMINATED. OR ADDED IN SO THAT THEY WERE A POSSIBILITY AGAIN. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING AROUND. DR BAUER. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. MISS KELLY. NO, THANK YOU. DR PHILLIPS. ANYTHING ELSE? I CAN COME BACK TO DR PHILLIPS, MISS. NO NO, NO, NO, NO, THANK YOU. MR RICCARDI. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS KARWACKI. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU, DOCTOR, HAROLD. JUST LIKE ROY? NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. MR ROBINSON. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, SUBTRACT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW NOPE. NOPE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO ADD, MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE IS AN OPTION, YOU KNOW, MARRIED TO A MATH TEACHER AND NOT A MATH TEACHER, MR BLINKEN. ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE? NO FOR ACTIONS. I'M OKAY. THANK YOU, DR MUELLER. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO, MR BURKE. WHAT WE HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH. WE ARE TAKING AWAY FROM ADDING TO THAT IS GOING TO GET AMENDED IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO YOU'LL REWRITE IT. FIX IT. TAKE IT OUT. MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY AND THEN IT WILL BE OUT ON THE WEBSITE HTTPS WEBSITE TO GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN AS IT HAS BEEN AMENDED. THAT'S CORRECT . SO WHAT HAS PASSED TONIGHT IS AN AMENDED VERSION OF THE POLICY THAT MS NEAL ORIGINALLY PRESENTED. THERE'S AMENDMENTS ARE SUBSTANTIVE, SO THEY NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE POLICY FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND THAT WILL WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS MEETING. SO WE'RE GETTING A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THEN AFTER THAT IS UP, WE WILL COME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. YOU WERE MISS NEIL WILL COME BEFORE US AGAIN. WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN IN TERMS OF VOTING ON IT AFTER WE HAVE SEEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT. THE EDITS THAT WERE MADE WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THERE CAN BE IN A FORMAT THAT GOES OUT ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY WE'LL COMMENCE THE 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ALRIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD WITH THAT. 
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I BELIEVE YOU'RE PART OF THIS IS OVER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I WILL. I HAVE EVERYTHING WRITTEN DOWN TOO. SO MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING YOU AND I CAN GET TOGETHER AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAVE IT ALSO HAVE MR ELLOS NOTES AND THE RECORDING 
          [H. Presentation of FY 2024 Capital Improvement Program, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, Ms. Patti Jo Beard, Executive Director of Facilities Management, Mr. Chris Morton, Supervisor of Planning and Construction, Ms. Missy Valentino, Facilities Planner]
TOMORROW? YES THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON ITEM H PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, MR CORNELL AND TEAM TEAM. SO WE RENAME THEM. I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO SAY LIKE THE FABULOUS SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T FEEL I CAN REALLY RHYME ANYTHING WITH THREE FABULOUS FOUR FABULOUS SPORT, INCLUDING MR BROWN. THE DREAM TEAM WORKS FOR ME. 
          ALRIGHT. DREAM TEAM. WHAT YOU GOT. GOOD EVENING. UM. PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON. MY NAME IS QUINNELL BROWN. I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS. JOINING ME WE HAVE MISS PATTY JO BAER. SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, MR CHRISTOPHER MOORE, AND HE'S OUR SUPERVISOR FACILITIES OVER PLANNING CONSTRUCTION. AND THE FABULOUS MR VALENTINO, OUR MASTER PLAN UBER FABULOUS, FABULOUS. AS YOU RECALL, UM JULY 18TH WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ARE 2024 C I P WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE UM EVERY YEAR, ELIA'S ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR CAPITAL PLAN TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE'S SUBMISSION. AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE KIND OF CHANGED THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT WHERE OUR LOCAL REQUEST THAT IS DUE TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE WILL COME BACK TO YOU LATER ON IN THE FALL TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR SUBMISSION THAT WOULD GO WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO A LOT OF BOARD TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE 2024 CAPITAL PROGRAM AND THEN ASKING QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU LIKE. WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS VALENTINO, AND SHE'LL GET A STARTED EVENING. MR BROWN SAID. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. FOCUSED ON THIS STATE. WE HAVE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT IS THE STATE AND LOCAL SIDE . THE STATE PROJECTS ARE THOSE LARGER MAJOR RENOVATION AND SYSTEMIC TYPE PROJECTS OVER $200,000 IN REQUESTS. UM AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MEET FOR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT STATE FUNDING. JUST TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE TIMELINE FOR OUR STATE. C I P. UM WE WILL BE REQUESTING THE BOARD TO APPROVE OUR SUBMISSION TO THE STATE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH 2022 FROM THERE, WE WILL ALSO BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GET THEIR SUPPORT . UM ON THOSE PRIORITIES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD TO THE STATE. 
          ON SEPTEMBER 22ND 2022. WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DESIGNEES AT THE HARKER ACADEMY TO DISCUSS OUR SUBMISSION. THAT'S MISSION IS DUE OCTOBER. ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY FOURTH THIS YEAR. 
          TYPICALLY, IT'S THE FIFTH, UM TO THE STATE. AT THAT TIME. UM WE HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THAT PROCESS. AND THEN THE I C WILL START RELEASING THEIR 90% PROJECTED FUNDING, UM, IN FEBRUARY, AND THE FINAL WILL COME OUT IN MAY AND THOSE FUNDS WILL BECOME A VALUABLE AVAILABLE JULY 23. UM. THIS YEAR. OUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE THE SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THE HARVARD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED RENOVATION PROJECT. THEY HAVE DEGREES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THE ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYSTEMIC RENOVATION. AND THE HARTFORD ACADEMY. WE WILL BE REQUESTING LOCAL PLANNING APPROVAL FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL LOCK THEM INTO A COMMITMENT FOR FUNDING OF THEIR PORTION OF THE PROJECT. AND WE WILL ALSO BE REQUESTING THE LOCAL PLANNING AND DESIGN FUNDING REQUIRED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. ANOTHER ITEM. I WILL LET MR MARTIN DISCUSSES THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD PROJECT. THANKS MISSY. SO, UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED LOCAL AND FOR THE BILL TO LEARN ACT STATE SUPPORT FOR THE HOMESTEAD. WAIT TILL PROJECT. AH! YOU KNOW? THE 
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PRODUCT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BIDDING AWARDED THIS SUMMER. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, LEGAL, BUT CURRENTLY THAT IS GETTING PUSHED. WE KNOW WE GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION SEPTEMBER FOR A FINAL DECISION FROM THERE WERE DECIDE. BUT AH! THE BUDGET WAS BASED ON BID AND AWARD AND TWO YEARS TO BE OPEN. 24 25 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WE'RE ASKING THE CME TO UPDATE THE ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT INFLATION IS, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. LEAVE THE BUDGET ALONE AND WE COULD ALWAYS GO TO AN OUT HERE IF WE NEED TO. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION . ALSO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AT LEAST PAYMENTS ON THE RELOCATED THAT WAS ONLY PUT IN PLACE FOR A TWO YEAR LEASE AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BEYOND THAT LEAST PERIOD. SO JUST TO GIVE THE BOARD UH YOU KNOW THE IMPACTS AND THEN ALSO, WE ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH THE PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO IN OUR UNDER DESIGN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ALRIGHT QUESTIONS. DIDN'T REALIZE ABSOLUTELY EDITORIALIZE AWAY. I WAS GOING TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, BUT I THINK IT FITS HERE. UM, I GUESS WE WOULD LIKE TO STATE FROM THE DAIS. IN THE CLEAREST TERMS POSSIBLE. THERE IS EXACTLY ONE THING. CAUSING A DELAY TO THIS PROJECT. AND IT IS THE CONNECTOR ROAD REQUIREMENT PUT IN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE TOWN OF BEL AIR. THEY'VE LISTED. THEY'VE WRITTEN LETTERS. THEY'VE THEY'VE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS I BELIEVE SOLELY IN AN EFFORT TO OBVIOUS, KATE. EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS TEAM SITTING IN FRONT OF US KNOWS HOW TO BUILD SCHOOLS. AND THINGS LIKE PERMITS AND PLANS. WE DO THAT REALLY WELL. AND WE DO IT ON TIME. UM, SO THE ONLY REASON ANY OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT UP AS EXCUSES FOR WHY THIS IS DELAYED AGAIN. JUST OBFUSCATION. ON THE PART. UM. 
          THE TOWN PLANNERS. I WOULD ARGUE MORE SO THAN THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE STAFF. UM WE ATTENDED. NUMBER WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS. I KNOW DR MUELLER SPOKE AND, UH DR HAROLD SPOKE AND THERE ARE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THERE. WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE ATTENDED A MEETING OF JULY 28TH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHERE THEY HEARD FROM MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN A CONNECTOR ROAD FOR PUBLIC USE. ACROSS THAT SCHOOL CAMPUS, NOT BEHIND THE SCHOOL, NOT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS, AND NOT BETWEEN WAKEFIELD AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THREE ROUTES THAT ARE POSSIBLE ON PAPER. BUT ALL PROBLEMATIC AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT EVENING. UD THEN WE JUST WE GOT A LETTER FOLLOWING THAT THEY THEY PUSHED THE MEETING TO SEPTEMBER. WE GOT A LETTER FOLLOWING THAT, IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE LETTER BASICALLY SAID, AS WE CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THIS ROAD WILL GO. 
          BASICALLY LEAVING IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC CONNECTOR ROAD. UM AND AGAIN. THAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE DELAY. THE MONEY. WE'RE ASKING YOU. UM. TO RECOGNIZE WILL ADD TO THE COST. 
          IS. 100% THE RESULT OF THAT PUBLIC CONNECTOR ROAD REQUIREMENT. THAT THIS COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE YOU KNOW, THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD COMMUNITY WE HEARD FROM OTHERS WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL WHO LIVE ON THE FIELD ROAD, WHO AGAIN ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC CONNECTOR. UM SO AGAIN. I KNOW I'M EDITORIALIZING A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT PROJECT , AND THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING VERY LONG TIME. FOR THAT SCHOOL AND THE AND THE POLITICS ARE PROBLEMATIC. SO I MEAN, I FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THIS AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE I DON'T SEE THEM SHIFTING. BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY SENT A NEW LETTER THEY JUST CHANGED THE WORDS. AND LEAVE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CONNECTOR REVENUE TRIED TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THEY MADE THAT EVENING IS THAT WE COULD BUILD THE ROAD, BUT WE COULD STILL KEEP THE PROPERTY WHICH IS AMONG THE MOST ABSURD SUGGESTIONS I'VE EVER HEARD THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE LIABILITY FOR PUBLIC ROAD BUT NOT TURN THAT ROAD OVER TO THE TOWN OR TO THE COUNTY. SO AGAIN, I'LL STOP THERE. JUST WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR. UM AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO GET THIS SCHOOL BUILT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I TRUST 
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HIS TEAM. TO DO THAT. UM, BUT WE ARE WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE POLITICS HERE, SO OKAY. AND WITH THAT. UM. I'M GOING TO KEEP SOME OF MY WORDS AND FEELINGS TO MYSELF AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE SAY SOMETHING. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? MR CARDI, YOUR HAND IS UP. THANK YOU SO. DR BOLSON. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? YOU'VE BEEN KIND IN UPDATING US ALL ON THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS OF RECOURSE? UM. WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT ONCE. WE WILL BE UM, WEARING TO SEE THE RESOLUTION. FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THEY BRING THIS UP AGAIN. IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WHICH THEY'VE SCHEDULED, UM BUT AGAIN, THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD FROM STAFF LEADING UP TO THAT. ISN'T SUGGESTING TO US THAT UH UM. WE'RE GOING TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE FOR THAT MEETING, SO THAT ESSENTIALLY JUST CREATED AN ADDITIONAL DELAY. UM FRANKLY, THE NEXT STEPS ARE ENTIRELY LEGAL. UM AND SO WE'LL BE PURSUING. THE LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. OKAY? AGAIN KEEPING MY WORDS TO MYSELF , DR. BAUER. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? JUST GONNA ASK FOR QUESTIONS. SO. EXTENDING THE RELOCATE HERBAL CLASSROOMS AT LEAST BY YEAR. DO YOU KNOW THE COST JUST OF THAT PART? IT'S ROUGHLY A MILLION A YEAR. THANK YOU. WELL. MILLION A YEAR. SO THE LONGER THEY PUT OFF PERMISSION. THE LONGER WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO GET THE SCHOOL THAT THEY DESERVE AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS AND JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. I AM KEEPING MY WORDS NICE. MISS KELLY. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. LET'S BLANKET. I WENT TO BELLAIRE MIDDLE. UM SO IT'S UM NEAR AND DEAR, BUT I MEAN, SENDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS ACROSS 24. OR ROAD SIMILAR TO 24, OR LET'S EVEN SAY IDLE WHILE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE BEST IDEA. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WOULD SEND YOUR 56 YEAR OLD ACROSS THAT ROAD. EVEN I WOULDN'T WALK ACROSS IT ALONE. THAT'S JUST ME. 
          JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. DOCTOR MILLER. I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE MEETING. I APPRECIATE YOU GOING TO THE MEETING. I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY CAN THINK THAT PUTTING A ROAD THROUGH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE A VERY BUSY ROAD IS A GOOD IDEA WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD PUT A SPEED REDUCTION DEVICE EVERY 10 FT. I'M LIKE, REALLY, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A ROAD OF SPEED BUMPS. AND YOU STILL HAVE TO RUN THE ROAD THROUGH THERE, SO I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF LUDICROUS AND I LOVED WHEN THEY SAID TO MOVE IT TO THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHOSE BACKYARDS THEY WERE IN OUR NOT RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF BEL AIR, SO THEY'RE PUSHING THE PROBLEM AND COUNTY RESIDENTS AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRECIOUS. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. REAL QUICK. I'M SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS COME UP IN OTHER PLACES. AND THEY'VE INTRODUCED SOMETHING LIKE A YOU KNOW A TIME WHERE THIS ROAD CAN'T BE IN USE OR WHATEVER PRODUCED SPEED LIMITS. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. SPEED BUMPS, TRAFFIC CAMERAS, NOTHING . THERE'S NOT A SOLUTION TO THIS THAT INVOLVES A ROAD. GOING IN FRONT OF FIVE YEAR OLDS. YEAH SO I'M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE THAT I'M SORRY. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY THAT THE TOWN OF BEL AIR IS CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIVES OF OUR TEACHERS AND THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE TAKING THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS TO CROSS THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS LIVES IN THEIR HANDS TO CROSS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND THAT'S TALKING ABOUT LIKE WE'RE ASSUMING THAT NO DRUNK DRIVERS WILL GO DOWN THAT ROAD. NOBODY WHO'S IMPAIRED WILL GO DOWN THAT ROAD. YOU KNOW EVEN THAT HIGH SCHOOLERS LEAVING BELLER HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, WHEN I WAS IN DRIVER'S ED, WE TOOK A CLASS AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS A GUY LEFT, UH, SELLER HIGH SCHOOL AND SPENT JUST FOR FUN AND GOT SEVEN POINTS ON HIS LICENSE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LIKE 80 IN A 45 OR SOMETHING IN A SCHOOL ZONE. 100% IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF FIVE YEAR OLDS. LIKE WHAT? WHY WOULDN'T IT SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE BEST IDEA? MISS CAR WALK. YOU NEED COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I'M JUST 
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FLABBERGASTED THAT THE TOWN. COMMISSIONERS. UM I THINK THAT THIS IS A SOLUTION. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. AND DR BOLSON AND OUR LEGAL STAFF. AND CORNELL AND YOUR STAFF. PLEASE KEEP FIGHTING . OUR BABIES DESERVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. AND. THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE CHANGES IN THE ROAD THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR. SO YES, THIS IS ABSURD. FIGHT THISY COMMENTS QUESTIONS? I, IT'S YOUR YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL. WELL, I'M I KNOW YOU HAVE COMMENTS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO LISTEN TO THE COMMISSIONER'S EMPHATICALLY STATED THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT A ROAD THROUGH THIS SCHOOL ON THE CAMPUS THAT IS NEEDED TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. IT'S A IT'S AN OLD, UH, PLANNING, UH, PLANNING GOAL. THAT CAN BE CHANGED. TO HAVE A SERVICE ROAD, A CONNECTOR ROAD. ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS WAS A PART OF AN OLD PLAN THAT CAN BE CHANGED. YEAH I JUST CANNOT BE AND THEY WILL NOT BUDGE. THEY THEY, THEY SAY JUST LIKE DR BOLSON SAID. EVERY SINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. IT IS. 
          LITERALLY STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION. SAYING WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ROAD. AH, ON THIS CAMPUS. BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO SO BASED ON AN OLD OUTDATED POLICY, I MEAN PLAN. AND THERE WERE THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING FOR ANSWERS AS TO HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY. HAVE A SAY IN HOW TO CHANGE THAT PLAN BECAUSE PLANS CAN CHANGE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT THEY WOULD PLACE AN OLD OUTDATED PLAN. AHEAD OF THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. THE NEEDS AND. THE DENISE LIVES, EVEN IF. THE ABSOLUTELY IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN. NO DOUBT. BUT WHY WOULD YOU STOP? ON NEXT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WHEN WE CAN ONLY DO ONE AT A TIME. WE CAN ONLY BUILD ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME. AND YOU STOPPING THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OUR COMMUNITY? THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OUR COUNTY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OUR FUTURE? FOR CONNECTOR ROAD REALLY? OUTRAGEOUS AND THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED. AND THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU , DOCTOR. HAROLD THIS IS SONIA. 
          I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SEND EVERY MEMBER A SHOVEL. WITH A RED BOW ON IT AND TELL THEM TO START DIG DIGGING THE TUNNEL. THANK YOU ONLY WAY IT SHOULD HAPPEN. MR MR ROBINSON. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE. YES I GUESS THE QUESTION AT WHAT POINT OF THIS PROCESS WITH A RISK ASSESSMENT. BE UM, PERFORM IF AT ALL. AT WHAT POINT WOULD A RISK ASSESSMENT BE DONE FOR THE ROAD? WHAT FOR? WHAT SO IS THAT FOR THE ROAD FOR WHAT? THE FOR THIS ENTIRE PROJECT AND WHAT HAVE THIS ROAD WOULD PRESENT. I'M NOT EVEN CLEAR OF THE QUESTION. SO I'M NOT SURE THEY DO RISK ASSESSMENTS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY DO RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT. AND THEN DOES THE ARE YOU SAYING? BASICALLY WHAT POINT DO THEY WAY DOES THE CHANGE NO, NO . WHAT POINT AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION THAT THEY PROBABLY DON'T WE DON'T DO THAT IS NOT DONE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT COULD BE AT THE UM. 
          PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION WHEN YOU IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD IN. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE CONDUCTED RISK ASSESSMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT HAZARDS UM. STRUCTURE SO I 
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WE DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY RIGHT TO LAY OUT. YOU KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL PROJECT AND THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS WE'VE EVALUATED. UM YOU KNOW, TRACK TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. TO IDENTIFY THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL PROJECT IN THE SCHOOL PROJECT, UM, ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. MOVING FORWARD IF THE TOWN WHICH IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD, THEY WOULD, UM, CONTRACT WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT WOULD DO FURTHER STUDIES TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE YOU KNOW. CONNECT THE ROAD WOULD BE ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND IN A SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S NOT I'M SORRY COULD GO DOWN. MR ROBINSON. IF I COULD ADD TO THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED AH CORNELL MED. AND OFFERED TO ASSIST WITH UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR PURVIEW TO REQUIRE US TO DO FOR OUR PARTICULAR PROJECT. WE DID WHAT WAS REQUIRED. WE MET WITH THEM. THEY ASKED US TO DO ADDITIONAL AH! TO EXPAND OUR TRAFFIC STUDY. WHICH WE DID FULL COOPERATION, AND WE DO THE TRADITIONALLY WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. IT WAS REASONABLE. AH THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULDN'T ASK US TO DO THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR. AND WITHOUT HAVING DONE THAT REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY THE IMPACT TO ATWOOD THE IMPACT TO ROUTE 2040 IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES AND PEAK. AH I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THAT REALLY WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE TOWN. OKAY, AND SO THAT'S A TRAFFIC FORCES, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THERE OTHER IMPACTS THE OTHER RISK THAT PLACING. OF ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCHOOL WITH WOULD PRESENT AND WE HAVE WE HAVE. WE HAD A GENTLEMAN ASKED THE QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT PLACING POLICE IN SCHOOLS AND SO ON. MY CONCERN IS CENTERS AROUND AND NOT JUST THE TRAFFIC PIECE. 
          BUT THE BUT BUT WHAT? WHAT WE BRING THROUGH THAT CAMPUS? WHAT WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT OTHER RISKS? UM UH, GO THROUGH THAT CAMPUS AS A RESULT OF THAT THAT PUBLIC HAND WAVE COMING THROUGH THERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND NOTHING BUT ANOTHER POINT. I DON'T WANT TO BE LABOR. THE POINT TONIGHT. OKAY? MR CARDI. THANK YOU. YES THANK YOU. THERE'S ONE MORE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED AND OF COURSE, THE STUDENT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT . BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC IS THAT BY DEALING THAT LANDOVER SHOULD WE AGREE IT REALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR VIRTUAL FUTURE GROWTH OF THIS, UH, SCHOOL AREA AS A CAMPUS. IMPACTING ANY FURTHER. UM ENHANCEMENTS WE MIGHT MAKE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO ON THE TABLE. BEYOND THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS. YOUR CORRECT THAT IS TRUE. ALRIGHT WITH THAT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE. GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT YOU DO YOU APPRECIATE YOU ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER. FABULOUS TEAM COMING FORWARD 
          [I. Presentation of Academic Summer Learning Programs 2022, Ms. Heather Kutcher, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment]
PRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS, MYTHS, HEATHER CULTURE AND HER FABULOUS TEAM. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE ON YOUR TEAM. I GOT FOUR. IT'S ANOTHER FOR. AWESOME GOT NOTHING ON US. THAT'S MY SISTER'S THINKING. IT'S TRUE. JUST TOLD WE ARE. OTHERS. SORRY. EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTIER , VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT BELSON. 
          HEATHER CUT YOUR DIRECTOR FOR CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. AND I HAVE, UM, CURRICULUM MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO GIVE SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF OUR ACADEMIC SUMMER PROGRAMMING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SHARE UPDATES FROM SEVERAL OF OUR ACADEMIC SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT AND 
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STRUCTURE OF EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SOME STUDENT PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS OUTCOME DATA. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING ABOUT FOUR OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL SHARE ABOUT ACADEMIC TUTORING WILL ALSO SHARE ABOUT OUR STARS THIS SUMMER PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR ENGLISH LEARNER CAMP . WHILE THESE ARE NOT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT FOCUSED ON READING, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. LEARNING AND MITIGATING LEARNING LOSS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO START US OFF BECKY PONSERO, OUR COORDINATOR OF SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS. THANK YOU MUST CAPTURE GOOD EVENING, AS HEATHER MENTIONED, I WILL BE REVIEWING FOUR OF OUR PROGRAMS TONIGHT. THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE ACADEMIC TUTORING PROGRAM THAT WE HELD THIS SUMMER, SO ELEMENTARY SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM HAD A TOTAL OF 824 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS FIVE OF OUR LOCATIONS THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE HAD OUR SITE THAT EMERSON ELEMENTARY FOREST LAKES, RIGHT, WILLIAMS GEORGE LISSY AND MAGNOLIA. AND WITH OUR HIGHEST PARTICIPATION BEING AT OUR PRIMARY GRADES. AN ADDITIONAL 120 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THE PROGRAM BUT DID NOT END UP ATTENDING. ON TOP OF THAT, 824. SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES REPORTED CHANGING THEIR MINDS GOING ON VACATION. SIGNING UP FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, OR JUST SIMPLY WERE NO SHOWS. OF THE 824 STUDENTS WHO DID ATTEND THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE RATE. AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE IS ABOUT 80. UM THIS YEAR WE HIRED SEVEN SITE COORDINATORS FOR ELEMENTARY SUMMER PROGRAM. WE HAD TO SITE COORDINATORS AT OUR TWO TITLE, ONE SIDES. AND THEN ONE COORDINATOR AT THE THREE OTHER SITES. WE ALSO HIRED 46 TEACHERS, FIVE COUNCILORS AND 20 PARA EDUCATORS. THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM RAN FOR THREE WEEKS ON A MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BASIS FROM 8 30 AM TO 2:30 P.M. WE'RE TRANSPORTATION MEALS, MATERIALS IN CHROMEBOOKS WERE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT NO CHARGE. UM THIS YEAR AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, WE DID IMPLEMENT A NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WHO MET THE CRITERIA WERE ABLE TO PREREGISTER BEFORE THE PROGRAM OPENED UP TO THE, UM TO ALL STUDENTS, SO TEACHER AND STUDENT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BASED ON STUDENT SUCCESS IN CURRENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS STUDENT REPORT CARD GRADES. 
          THIS CRITERIA WAS DEVELOPED WITH ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES MYSELF AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROVIDED THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILIES WHO ATTEND THOSE BUILDINGS. STUDENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, WHO ATTENDED A TITLE ONE SCHOOL WERE ABLE TO REGISTER AND ACCESS THE REGISTRATION LINK TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO OPENING UP TO EVERYONE ELSE. AND IDENTIFIED STUDENTS FROM NON TITLE ONE SITES WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THE REGISTRATION LINK ONE WEEK BEFORE IT OPENED TO OTHERS TO THE REST OF THE STUDENTS. THIS YEAR, THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM WAS STRUCTURED AROUND READING, WRITING, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING. FOR LANGUAGE ARTS STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE UNITS OF STUDY PROGRAM THROUGH HYNEMAN. WHERE THEY FOCUSED ON REINFORCING THEIR CURRENT GRADE LEVELS OF THE CONTENT THAT THEY WERE EXPOSED TO IN THE 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS ALIGNED TO THE MAJOR IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. AS WELL AS TO REDUCE THOSE POSSIBLE INSTANCES OF THAT SUMMER SLIDE. WITHIN THE READING SECTION OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DAILY READING AND MATHEMATICS ARE IN WRITING ACTIVITIES. I'M SORRY. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL FOR MATHEMATICS STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE DO THE MATH CURRICULUM. UM THOSE MODULES ARE ALIGNED TO MAJOR CONTENT AT EACH GRADE LEVEL AND FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS THAT SUPPORT LEARNING FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. SO AGAIN, REDUCING THAT SUMMER SLIDE AND GETTING THEM READY FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. SO THE LAST PART OF THAT WAS OUR SCL OR OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING TIME, AND WE HAD HIRED COUNSELORS AT EACH OF THE FIVE ELEMENTARY SITES, THESE COUNSELORS DEVELOPED A THREE WEEK SCL SUMMER PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSED ON GRADE LEVEL APPROPRIATE LESSONS AROUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. OUR TEACHERS ALSO JUMPED ON BOARD WITH THAT, UM, AND PLANT CAMP LIKE ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY WERE THERE. SUCH AS CRAFTS IN NATURE HUNTS AND PROJECTS. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. WE DID ADMINISTER A SURVEY TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM, AND I JUST HAVE A FEW FINDINGS FROM THAT 86% OF STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING FUN AT THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, AND 80% OF OUR STUDENTS AGREE THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT MADE THEM FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM HAD A TOTAL OF 167 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THREE SITES. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE ARE SITES WERE AT EDGEWOOD MIDDLE, HAVE DEGREES AND NORTH HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. AGAIN WE DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 72 STUDENTS WHO REGISTERED BUT 
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DID NOT ATTEND AND REPORTED THIS NAME REASONS THAT THEY DID AT ELEMENTARY OTHER 167 STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED UM, THE ATTENDANCE RATE ACROSS ALL THREE OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL SITES WAS ABOUT 84. CRIMINAL SCHOOL PROGRAM RAN FOR FOUR WEEKS ON A MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BASIS FROM 7 45 UNTIL 11 A.M. AND AGAIN TRANSPORTATION MEALS. MATERIALS CHROMEBOOKS WERE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT NO CHARGE. WE HIRED THREE SITE COORDINATORS, 21 TEACHERS AND THREE COUNCILORS. 
          AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A NEW IDENTIFICATION PROCESS VERY MUCH LIKE THE ELEMENTARY PROCESS. TEACHER ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BASED ON REPORT CARD GRADES. BUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE ALSO FOLDED IN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING INDICATORS. A FEW OF THOSE EXAMPLES INCLUDE SHOWING MOTIVATION TOWARDS SCHOOL. IT HAS DIFFICULTIES SHOWING MOTIVATION TOWARDS SCHOOL, HAVING DIFFICULTY INTERACTING AND COMMUNICATING WITH PEERS INTERACTING AND COMMUNICATING, WITH STAFF, EXPRESSING THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, MAKING DECISIONS AND MAKING FRIENDS. THE CRITERIA FOR THIS WAS DEVELOPED BY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE. 
          SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AGAIN MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROVIDED THOSE REGISTRATION LINKS DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES WHO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOLS. UM AND STUDENTS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED, WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO REGISTRATION ONE WEEK PRIOR TO REGISTRATION, OPENING UP TO STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTY. THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS PROGRAM WAS ALSO STRUCTURE AROUND A READING, WRITING, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL NOTIONAL LEARNING. THE LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM WAS CENTERED AROUND THE TRACK SERIES BY JASON REYNOLDS. UM WE'RE DAILY INSTRUCTION FOCUSED ON GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS THROUGH ENGAGING IN COMMON LIKE TEXT THAT CONNECTED TO GRADE LEVEL TO THE GRADE LEVEL NOVEL. WE CHOSE THREE OF THE SERIES THERE IS FOR BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE DID 1/6 7TH AND EIGHTH UM, AND STUDENTS AGAIN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO READ, WRITE AND DISCUSS THE TEXT EACH DAY. THE MATH CURRICULUM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WAS DEVELOPED BY HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOCUSED ON BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING NUMERICAL REASONING. THE MATH LESSONS FOCUSED ON UM, MAKING THAT VISUAL THROUGH THE USE OF NEBULAS, DIAGRAMS AND DRAWINGS. 
          AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO THINK REASON MAKES SENSE OF AND COMMUNICATE MATHEMATICAL IDEAS DURING CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND COLLABORATIVE GAMES MATH GAMES. STUDENTS ALSO HAD ACCESS TO DREAM BOX TO REINFORCE THE DAILY MATH SKILLS AND CONCEPTS. THE SCL CONNECTION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LITTLE BIT WE KIND OF THOUGHT OUT OF THE BOX AND UNIQUE. WE BASED THE TRACK SERIES. AROUND THERE'S ISSUES THAT EACH OF THE BOOKS STUDENTS FACE IN EACH OF THOSE BOOKS THAT ARE STUDENTS IN HARTFORD COUNTY ALSO FACE. SOME OF THOSE TOPICS INCLUDE FITTING IN AT A NEW SCHOOL, PARENT, CHILD RELATIONSHIPS COMMUNITY, UM, VARIOUS FAMILY DYNAMICS DEATH. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD OUR COUNSELORS CREATE TWO DAYS OF LESSONS AROUND THOSE TOPICS. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER TWO DAYS OF THE WEEK, STUDENTS WERE FOCUSING ON READING THE NOVEL AND DISCUSSING WITH THEIR PEERS AND THEIR TEACHERS. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION QUESTIONS THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT. UM AND THROUGH THOSE LESSONS AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR TEACHERS THEY HAD TIME TO PICK A TOPIC WHERE THEY CAME UP WITH PROJECTS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UM AND THEY DISPLAY THESE PROJECTS AT THE END TO HELP THEIR PEERS. MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THEIR LIFE DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES OR EVEN THEMSELVES. 
          AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AS YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SCREEN, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER THERE. 
          ALSO GUEST SPEAKERS. SO UM, THAT IS FORMER HCPS STUDENT. N B A PLAYER EMMANUEL QUICKLY FOR THE NEW YORK KNICKS CAME AND GIVE A GREAT MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER OR SPEECH TO THE STUDENTS ENCOURAGE THEM TO WORK HARD. UM, FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS, AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS A FABULOUS EVENT. UM WE ALSO DID A SURVEY AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM. 73% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AGREE THAT PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN READING AND MATH, HELP THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THAT THEY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. 70% OF OUR STUDENTS FELT MORE PREPARED ABOUT STARTING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. NEXT UP IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE HAD, UM, A TOTAL OF 526 PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS BEING AT THE 10TH AND 11TH GRADE. OUR HOST SITES. THIS YEAR. WE'RE ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL IN PATERSON MILL HIGH SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE ONE PE CLASS AT BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 120 STUDENTS REGISTER OUTSIDE OF THAT OR ON TOP OF THAT 526 BUT DID NOT ATTEND AND AGAIN, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IN REPORTING. THE REASONS FOR THIS ONE WAS THAT THE STUDENT ACTUALLY PASSED THE CLASS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AT THIS POINT NO LONGER NEEDED TO ATTEND. THIS PROGRAM RAN FOR FOUR WEEKS ON A MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BASIS FROM 7 30 AM TO 7 30 AM TO 11:30, A.M. AND AGAIN TRANSPORTATION, MEALS, MATERIALS AND LAPTOPS ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT NO CHARGE. WE HAD TO SITE COORDINATORS, 38 TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS. THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, AND THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. EACH OF THE 11 HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A 
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DESIGNATED SUMMER SITE COORDINATOR THAT WE HIRE IN FEBRUARY. AND THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF FAILING AFTER THE THIRD MARKING PERIOD, THEY WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES, STUDENTS TO GET THEM INFORMATION THEY NEED FOR REGISTRATION. THE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDED STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN CREDIT RECOVERY IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS , SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN ORDER TO REMAIN ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION. WE ALSO OFFER GEOMETRY AND ORIGINAL CREDIT PE UM, I'M SORRY. GEOMETRY P FOUR ORIGINAL CREDIT. UM SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. UM STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ACCESS CONTENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF STRUCTURES. SO OUR ORIGINAL CREDIT COURSES SUCH AS THE GEOMETRY, PE AND ANY COURSE THAT IS A TESTED AREA COURSE, WHICH WOULD BE ALGEBRA ONE ENGLISH 10, GOVERNMENT AND BIOLOGY WERE TAUGHT IN THE TRUE FACE TO FACE FASHION. AMUSING HCPS CREATED CURRICULUM. THE REMAINDER OF THE CLASSES FOR CREDIT RECOVERY WERE OFFERED AN 80 20 MODEL 20 MODEL COMES FROM THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHERE 80% OF THE INTERACTION WITH THE CONTENT IS DONE INDEPENDENTLY BY THE STUDENT IN A DIGITAL FORMAT, AND 20% IS DIRECT INSTRUCTION BY THE TEACHER. THOSE ARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 80% AND 20% AND BECAUSE WE REQUIRE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO COME IN CLASS OR IN SCHOOL FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY DID RECEIVE WAY MORE THAN THAT MINIMUM OF 20% WITH DIRECT INSTRUCTION FROM A TEACHER. UM AS YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SCREEN 94% OF THE STUDENTS, UM, THAT CAME TO SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR EARNED AT LEAST ONE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          AND 100% OF THE ELIGIBLE SENIORS WALKED AWAY WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. FEW STATS FROM THE END OF SURVEY. FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 85% OF STUDENTS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE THEY ARE SOMEWHAT OR COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRAM. 75% OF STUDENTS REPORTED THAT THE SUPPORT FROM THEIR TEACHER HELPED THEM EARN THE CREDIT AND 72% OF THE STUDENTS REPORTED FEELING MORE PREPARED ABOUT STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR. LAST BUT NOT LEAST ACADEMIC TUTORING. SO THE HCPS ACADEMIC SUMMER TUTORING PROGRAM OFFERED ONE ON ONE AND SMALL GROUP TUTORING SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 12 . THE FOCUS FOR GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT WERE LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATHEMATICS AND THE FOCUS FOR NINE THROUGH 12 WERE ENGLISH, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. ACADEMIC PROGRAM ACADEMIC TUTORING PROGRAM RAN FOR FOUR WEEKS WHERE STUDENTS ATTENDED TO 40 MINUTE SESSIONS, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, THEY HAD ONE SESSION A WEEK. THIS YEAR, WE OPTED TO TWO SESSIONS A WEEK WHERE THEY ATTENDED THE SESSIONS, VIRTUALLY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM WERE ALSO GIVEN AN HTTPS DEVICE TO ACCESS TO DURING THE TUTORING SESSION. STUDENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM. UM THOSE SAME STUDENTS WERE ALSO GIVEN EARLY ACCESS TO REGISTER FOR THE ACADEMIC TUTORING PROGRAM. AND LAST, BUT AT LEAST WE HAD 169 TUTORS AND WE SERVICE 597 KIDS. ANDY. SINCERELY AND EVEN SILLIER SUPERVISOR OF SCIENCE HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING ARE STARS OF SUMMER PROGRAM SINCE THE PANDEMIC, AND SO HE WILL SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING. THE STARS OF SUMMER PROGRAM IS AN ENTIRELY ONLINE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR RISING FIRST THROUGH NINTH GRADE STUDENTS. THIS SUMMER. THE PROGRAM RAN FOR A TOTAL OF THREE WEEKS BETWEEN JULY 18TH IN AUGUST, 5TH. WORKSHOPS WHICH ALL HCPS TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO CREATE AND TEACH VARIED FROM 1 TO 3 HOURS IN LENGTH. BECAUSE WE INVITE ALL TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE, WERE ULTIMATELY ABLE TO OFFER A VIBRANT AND DIVERSE SET OF WORKSHOPS TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER FOR UP TO THREE. AS YOU CAN SEE. THIS YEAR WE HAD 34 PARTICIPATING TEACHERS WITH 45 DIVERSE WORKSHOPS OFFERED RESULTING IN 832 REGISTERED STUDENTS. THE START OF SUMMER PROGRAM IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR AND CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE THE ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. MOST IMPORTANTLY, INSTRUCTION IS PREDOMINANTLY LIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING STUDENTS AND MEANINGFUL AND INTERACTIVE CONTENT, ALL IN A DYNAMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE, WHICH RESULTS IN A PROGRAM SCHEDULE THAT AFFORDS STUDENTS MAY DATE AND TIME CHOICES. WITH 45 WORKSHOPS CREATED BY OUR TEACHERS. MANY WERE AVAILABLE. THE MULTIPLE GRADE BANDS AND MANY WERE REPEATED AT VARIOUS TIMES ACROSS THE THREE WEEK PROGRAM. THAT THE TABLE DISPLAYED HIGHLIGHTS THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE THREE MAJOR GREAT BANDS. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 34 HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS , TEACHERS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS SUMMER'S PROGRAM. THEIR INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE IDEAS RESULTED IN MANY OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO CHOOSE FROM. ON THE SCREEN, OR SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF WORKSHOPS THAT WERE OFFERED. WE 
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ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE SO MANY CONTENT AREAS REPRESENTED IN THE START OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 22 WORKSHOPS RELATED TO MATH, READING SCIENCE, THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND WRITING AND 23 RELATED TO FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE, FINE ARTS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND WORLD LANGUAGE. TO WRAP THIS UP. WE HAVE SHONDA KRANTZ, OUR SUPERVISOR OF WORLD LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LEARNERS TO TALK ABOUT AN ENGLISH LEARNER CAMP THAT WE PARTNER WITH GLASSES TO CREEP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. UM THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF PARTNERING WITH LOSSES TO RUN OUR EEL SUMMER CAMP LAWSUITS, IS A WONDERFUL BUSINESS PARTNER THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH LEARNING HAS AND WE VALUE VERY MUCH THEIR SUPPORT. AND, UM. DEDICATION TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR REAL STUDENTS FOR CAMP THIS YEAR, WE HAD 189 STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED. 165 OF THOSE ATTENDED. THE 24 THAT DID NOT ATTEND CITED REASONS OF CHANGES AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS. 
          VACATION SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE DO OFFER THIS CAMP FOR PRE K THROUGH 12TH GRADE. WE RUN FROM JUNE 27TH TO JULY 22ND FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOSSES WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER OUR CAMP TO STUDENTS ON DAYS WHEN SCHOOL THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ITSELF IS CLOSED. SO WE ARE OFF SITE. WE GO TO CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON FRIDAYS. WHEN WE WERE CLOSED FOR WEATHER. WE ENDED UP GOING TO CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH AS WELL WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOSSES AND REALLY STRUCTURING THE TRANSPORTATION. EFFORTS AS WELL. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, AND WE DO OFFER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR OUR STUDENTS. STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR ONE WEEK OR FOR ALL FOUR WEEKS. PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH DIVERSE RIGHT DIVERSIFIED LESSONS ROOTED IN MATH, READING SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. EXAMPLES OF WORK INCLUDE READING NOVELS, BUOYANCY LABS, GROWING PLANTS, POLYMER DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE. VIRTUAL NATIONAL PARK VISITS, MATHEMATICS, ESCAPE ROOMS VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT ROLE PLAYING. AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES. ADDITIONAL LEARNING CENTERED AROUND CARING FOR ONESELF, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. CULMINATING ACTIVITY THIS YEAR WAS A REGATTA RAIN GUTTER RACE IN WHICH STUDENTS DESIGNED THEIR OWN WOODEN BOATS AND RACED WITH FELLOW CAMPERS TO MOVE THEIR BOATS DOWN A RAIN GUTTER BY BLOWING THROUGH A STRAW. IT WAS A GREAT HIT. UM STUDENTS WITH LOWER ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVELS , OR THOSE WHO ARE NEWLY ARRIVED ARE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LESSONS WITH AN ENGLISH TUTOR. STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO EXPLORE THEIR COMMUNITY AND ITS RESOURCES AS WELL AS BUILD LASTING CONNECTIONS WITH FELLOW E L STUDENTS. WE HAD THE ABILITY TO HIRE 10 TEACHERS. ALL HCPS TEACHERS FOR TUTORS TO HIGH SCHOOL HELPERS, AND WE HAD EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST ON THE RIGHT OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH TO MAKE THIS CAMPUS SUCCESS AND IT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE. BUT. WITH THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE PROVIDED STUDENTS WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE 85.81% OF GROWTH FROM A PRE ASSESSMENT TO POST ASSESSMENT WITH OUR STUDENTS. THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GAVE STUDENTS WERE AGE APPROPRIATE. 
          RANGING FROM WORD ASSESSMENTS TO COUNTING TWO BASIC MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS AND ORAL COMMUNICATION. BECAUSE THE L CAMPERS RANGE IN AGE PRE K THROUGH 12. OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE GROWTH IN THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. THE VEHICLE BY WHICH WE ENCOURAGE GROWTH WAS LINKED TO WELL DEVELOPED PROJECT BASED LESSONS. CAMPERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK ONLY ENGLISH DURING OUR STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES , BUT OF COURSE, WE ALSO ALSO AFFORD THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THEIR NATIVE TONGUE AS WELL. THE PARTNERSHIPS LISTED ALLOWED HCPS AND LOSSES AGAIN TO PROVIDE A RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT KEPT STUDENTS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF CAMP. THANK YOU, SANDRA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PARTICIPANTS DATA THROUGH THE FALL SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THESE PROGRAMS AND MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS MOVING FORWARDS, BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS PROGRAMMING ALLOWED OUR STUDENTS TO BE PREPARED FOR THEIR NEXT GRADE LEVEL AND START TO MITIGATE ANY LEARNING LOSS THAT THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED. I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. THIS TIME. CHANGEABLE 
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LIKE ROLL BACK TO THAT HCPS AND LASSOS ONE ONE MORE. THAT LITTLE ONE IN THE CORNER. I WANT TO TAKE HOME. OH MY GOD. SO FREAKING CUTE. OKAY THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR RIGHT NOW. MR CARDI ACTUALLY HAS A SERIOUS QUESTIONS. WE'LL LET HER GO. IT'S REGARDING. OKAY? I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN BE SERIOUS AND 10 OF 11. BUT ANYWAY, UM SO HERE'S HERE'S A QUESTION THAT I HAVE AND SOMETHING THAT I HAD HEARD. UM INITIALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS SPEAKING FIRST. HE WAS SPEAKING FIRST. I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'M RITUAL AND I CAN ONLY YOUR VOICE IS HEATHER. AT THIS POINT, WE ALL HEAR VOICES. BUT ANYWAY, HEATHER IF YOU GAVE THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT, UM FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ENROLLED VERSUS THE NUMBER. THE STUDENTS SEPARATIST HATED BECAUSE THE NUMBER HAD CONFLICTS. UM WAS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WANTED TO TAKE SUMMER SCHOOL THAT WANTED TO RUIN SUMMER SCHOOL THAT COULDN'T BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY FULL? I COULD CHOOSE ITS BECKY. UM WE WERE STILL ABLE TO STILL, UM SOME OF THOSE SPOTS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE, NOT ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WERE ABLE TO GET IN THERE IS ABOUT A DOZEN OR TWO WHO IT WAS JUST ONCE WE FIGURED OUT WHO WAS COMING IN. WHO WASN'T WE WEREN'T ABLE BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET IT AND BEFORE THE PROGRAM IS OVER, BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS REALLY QUICK. UM BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THERE WERE A FEW THAT WE COULDN'T GET IN IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO GET IN GET IN. AS THE NUMBERS WERE SO LOW SO MY SUGGESTION. IS THERE ANY WAY SOME WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS INTO OUR PLAN NEXT YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO ENROLL AND THEN THEY DON'T. BUT I HATE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AND NOT BE ABLE TO, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE IN YOUR PLANS NEXT YEAR TO TRY BETI CANNOT LOSE THOSE STUDENTS. YEP. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS YET, BUT ONCE I HAVE IT, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. YEAH. NO IT'S OK. 
          I HAD HEARD I'VE GOTTEN SOME PARENTAL FEEDBACK. THEY WERE UPSET. THEY WANTED THEIR STUDENTS TO GET IN. AND THEY COULDN'T AND SO I KNOW YOU. DID A GREAT JOB OF ARTICULATING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED DOES THAT NUMBER INCLUDE THE ONES THAT COULDN'T PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ACCEPTED OR IS THAT ONLY OF THE ONES THAT WERE ACCEPTED? WHO PARTICIPATED? THAT WAS THAT NUMBER IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO GET IN AND PARTICIPATED. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED SEPARATELY. IF YOU COULD SHARE THE NUMBERS AS IN ITS ENTIRETY. UM STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T OKAY? YEP YES, AND IT'S JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING FORMAL. I'M SURE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALSO, BUT JUST HAVE THE REAL CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO SERVICE. ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO AND I KNOW YOUR TIMELINE AND I'M NOT 20 FINGERS AT ALL THAT I'M JUST SAYING. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN BUILD THIS GOING FORWARD TO AVOID THIS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE FROM HAPPENING? SO PATRICE. ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO THIS AND THIS IS MORE OF A THINK ABOUT FOR THE BOARD. UM WE HAD SOME MUCH OF PRE PANDEMIC. WE HAD A VERY SMALL SUMMER OFFERINGS, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF FUNDING. UM HAVE A YOU MAY HAVE AN ANSWER THIS WITH THE HOW MUCH OF THESE SUMMER PROGRAMS WAS PAID FOR WITH FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE PART OF A GRANT THAT'S GOING TO EXPIRE. UP NEARLY 100% OF STAFFING WAS PAID FOR THROUGH GRANTS. OKAY SO SOME OF THE SUPPLIES THAT WE KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RECOVERY. WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, BUT STUDENTS HAD TO PAY A PORTION, SO IT DIDN'T I MEAN, THAT WAS LESS OF A COST US, BUT THAT PARTICIPATION WAS SO MUCH GREATER. UM AND SO THIS IS AMONG THE MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN THE FEDERAL FUNDING. I MEAN THE MONEY WAS DESIGNED AS TO HELP WITH ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSS AND THE LONG TERM RECOVERY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFRONT. IN PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. YOU HEARD ABOUT YOU KNOW SOME KIND OF A BUDGET IMPACT. QUESTION ABOUT THAT STRIVE IN THIS YEAR, T PARA EDUCATOR AND OUR, UM SORRY. UM. 
          THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT. DON'T SAY THAT, SIR. MIXING MY ACRONYMS UP LATE AT NIGHT CSP PERIOD. 
          EDUCATORS THANKS, RACHEL. BUT THE POINT IS, I MEAN, I MEAN, WE'RE EARLY IN THE YEAR AND WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I MEAN, THIS WAS A GREAT OUTGROWTH. 
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WE'VE HAD SUCH AMAZINGLY INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. I MEAN, WE DID START THIS SUMMER THAT FIRST YEAR OF COVID, AND WE'VE BUILT ON THAT AND IT'S REALLY BEEN COOL STUFF, AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE ENGLISH. LEARNERS STUFF. I MEAN, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. THAT'S WHERE I STARTED MY CAREER. SO THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. UM SO THESE ARE GREAT THINGS. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE SUSTAIN EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING? WHEN THE FEDERAL FUNDS DISAPPEAR, SO WE HAVE SOME HARD CONVERSATIONS AHEAD. THIS IS SORT OF A CAUTIONARY THING, BUT SO PATRICE THE THOUGHT ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPROVING THIS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOME REALLY CHALLENGING BUDGET CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. DR BAUER. THANK YOU. UM. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I WANTED TO CLARIFY ABOUT THE CREDIT RECOVERY. SO. YOU DESCRIBED AS BASICALLY TWO TRACKS. UM CERTAIN TESTED CLASSES. WERE. MOSTLY OR ENTIRELY FACE TO FACE AND THEN OTHERS WERE 80 20 MODEL EVEN IF WE EXCEEDED THE 20. SO FOCUSING ON THE TESTED CLASSES. WAS THAT STILL SOME I GUESS COMBINATION OF FACE TO FACE PLUS HOMEWORK OR OUT OF CLASS TIME. SO MY NEXT PROJECT IS REALLY TO GET ALL OF OUR RECOVERY COURSES IN A FASHION WHERE IT'S ALL HCPS CURRICULUM AND NOT USING A VENDOR. SO WE ALREADY HAD THE THOSE TESTED AREA COURSES BUILT. 
          UM AND THAT'S ALWAYS OUR FIRST CHOICE IS TO USE OUR HCPS CONTENT. UM, BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THAT WAS JUST AS A DAILY CLASSROOM WOULD RUN EXCEPT INSTEAD OF CHANGING CLASSES TO GO TO DIFFERENT CLASSES FOR THE FOUR HOURS THEY WERE IN ONE CLASS THE WHOLE TIME. UM SO THERE WAS A CURRICULUM SET FOR THE 15 DAYS OR 16 DAYS. UM AND STUDENTS FOLLOWED ALONG THAT WAY WITH WITH LIVE LESSONS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK MOST OF IT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UM ABOUT 80 HOURS FOR ONE CREDIT FOR VERY COVERAGE. SO IT'S. 16 DAYS OF THIS YEAR WAS 15, AND IT'S FOUR HOURS A DAY. SO IT'S ABOUT 60. HOURS. WITHIN THE HAITI 20 MODEL. STUDENTS ARE REALLY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT FREEDOM OF MOVING FORWARD. UM BECAUSE IT'S A DIGITAL CONTENT THAT THEY CAN WORK ON FRIDAYS WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE IN THE EVENINGS. I THINK HE HAD A QUESTION. ANOTHER TIME THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. THIS WAS HOW CAN STUDENTS TAKE MORE THAN ONE? AND THAT IS THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE MORE THAN ONE. I CAN'T TALK IS LATE. HOW THEY CAN COMPLETE MORE THAN ONE COURSES THAT IN THE 80 20 MODEL . THEY HAD THAT FREEDOM OF WORKING WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT MISS KELLY ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO, UM. SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW WE ARE. WHAT PLANS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MITIGATE LEARNING LOSS, SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT START, AND IT'S IT REALLY? MIRRORS, BUT WE'RE DOING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. UM BUT TRYING TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMS OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN IN THE FALL WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE LAST TWO YEARS BEING POTENTIALLY TAUGHT VIRTUALLY SO WE'RE SEEING IT AT THAT LEVEL, TOO, AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IS REALLY MIRRORING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT YOU'RE DOING EVEN MORE SO THAT'S AMAZING. UM AND I PERSONALLY LIKE MY THEY DIDN'T. UM, MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T ATTEND THIS SUMMER. BUT IN PREVIOUS AND HE WAS LAST SUMMER, SHE DID THE STARS OF SUMMER, WHICH IS AWESOME. UM, SHE HAD AN ACADEMIC TUTOR, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL, SO I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AS A PARENT. AND I'D BE INTERESTED. YOU KNOW, TO HEAR HOW EFFECTIVE YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR STUDENTS AS THEY GO INTO THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, SO THANK YOU. MS KARWACKI ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST THAT . I THINK THE PROGRAMS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THOSE. INITIAL ASSESSMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT SHOULD GIVE US UH, REALLY A CLEAR PICTURE. 
          OF THE IMPACT OF THE SUMMER PROGRAMS ON STUDENTS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO 
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OUR KIDS AND I KNOW THAT. I WISH WHEN I WAS A KID. THAT THEY HAD DLL PROGRAMS. BE BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THOSE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. TO MOVE CHILDREN FORWARD IS AMAZING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UM DR HAROLD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. JUST TO ECHO WHAT I SAID. AND OUR SMALL GROUP MEETINGS. UM LOVE THE WORK. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR ROBINSON. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT. THIS BLANKET FROM THE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS I MEAN, I COULD SAY A LOT, BUT IT'S LATE. UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO TALK, I 100% CANNON WILL, BUT NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS JUST THANK YOU AGAIN. EXACTLY REALER. THEY'RE AWESOME. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY. I HEARD TONS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS , ESPECIALLY ABOUT STARS OF SUMMER. PARENTS REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT IT. SUMMER SCHOOL. MAYBE NOT AS MUCH. THAT'S OKAY. I DO IT TOO. UM BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE KIDS THIS SUMMER. 
          HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME GRANTS AND FUND SOME THINGS OUT AND GET SOME MORE DONE NEXT SUMMER, BUT THE CONTINUITY IS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPEARHEADING ALL OF THAT, AND I REALLY DO WANT TO TAKE THAT KID HOME. OH, MY GOD. SO CUTE. A LITTLE PUNCHY HERE, SO TIRED MY FIRST DAY BACK WITH TEACHERS, SO ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS ARE OFF THE HOOK, BUT THERE'S MORE. MR 
          [J. Presentation on Proposed Athletic Changes, Mr. Mike O'Brien, Executive Director of Middle & High School Performance - Secondary, and Ms. Deborah Basler, Supervisor of Physical Education and Health - Secondary]
O'BRIEN AND MR BACHELOR. COME ON DOWN. PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED ATHLETIC CHANGES. WHICH I ALREADY KIND OF. DID THE SPOILER FOR YOU GOTTA HURRY UP. YOU'RE LOSING THE AUDIENCE OLOGY. WE'LL BE REALLY FAST, OKAY? ALREADY SPOILED THE END. YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT. I'LL ACT SURPRISED WE WILL RISE. THE HEROES OF THE HOUR. WELL GOOD EVENING, 11 O'CLOCK, COMPLETE THE HEROES OF THE HOUR FAST. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GAUTIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER , SUPERINTENDENT POULSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE WITH WITH ME IS MY COLLEAGUE DEBBIE BASEL, ER SHE'S OUR SUPERVISOR OF INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU DID HEAR OPENING COMMENTS ABOUT THE IDEA ABOUT THE WINTER CHEER AND WINTER TRACKS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE GOT THERE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. UM MEANS RUNNING. WE'LL KEEP GOING BETWEEN EVERYBODY AND THEIR BED. 
          YEAH. THE MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE CALL MPS S A WORK FOR THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND ARE 24 LOCAL ELIA'S TO PROVIDE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS TO OUR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND . THE MPS S A PROVIDES BYLAWS, ROLES AND INTERPRETATION THAT ARE FOLLOWED BY ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND. WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE M P S S A OUR LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, UTILIZED LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES IN IMPLEMENTING AND MAKING CHANGES TO INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS. EACH YEAR. WE HAVE OUR OWN. WE CALLED R A L. C R ATHLETIC LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH COMES TOGETHER TO REVIEW AND STUDY THE REGULATIONS FOR GOVERNING AND THE PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATING INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS HERE LOCALLY. THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP INCLUDE PRINCIPLES, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, COACHES, UM, MISS, POSSIBLY THE SUPERVISOR OF ATHLETICS AND MYSELF, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. WELL MOST OF THE TIME, THE ALCS E HANDLES VERY MINOR CHANGES THAT YOU'LL NEVER SEE. UM AT TIMES, LARGER DECISIONS ARE BROUGHT FORTH. YOU CAN MOVE THE SLIDE AGAIN. OH, I DO IT. NO, I DON'T. SO THIS PAST SPRING, A PROPOSAL CAME BEFORE A LSI TO ELIMINATE A WINTER SPORT AND ADD A WINTER SPORT IN ITS PLACE. THE PROCESS FOR ADDING OR ELIMINATING SPORTS ARE PART OF OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS AND POSTED UP ON THE SCREEN. ONCE A MEMBER OF SCHOOL MAKES A PROPOSAL TO ADD OR DELETE OF SPORT IN HARTFORD COUNTY, THE L. C CONSIDERS THIS REQUEST AND ULTIMATELY VOTES ON IT. IF THE DECIDES TO ADD OR ELIMINATED SPORT IN HARFORD COUNTY. THE PROPOSAL, THEN GOES TO OUR GCC, OUR GENERAL 
          [04:20:01]
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE. OUR GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF ADDITIONAL MEMBER SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPERVISORS AND TEACHERS. THE GCC VOTES TO SUPPORT, ADDING OR ELIMINATING A SPORT IN HARTFORD COUNTY, AND IT GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR IS DESIGNATED FOR THE FINAL DECISION. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO MS PUZZLER. SO THIS YEAR, AS MR O'BRIEN STATED, WE HAD TWO PROPOSALS ONE TO REMOVE WINTER CHEERLEADING AS A SPORTS PROGRAM, UM IN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND ADD INDOOR TRACK. UM THERE WERE FOUR POINTS OF DISCUSSION FOR CHEERLEADING. THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH THE CHART THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN, AND IT SHOWS A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SECOND POINT WAS THAT CHEERLEADING IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY OUR STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. THE M P S S A OUT OF OUR 24 ELIA'S IN MARYLAND, ONLY NINE PROVIDE WINTER CHEERLEADING AS A SPORTS PROGRAM. AND THE FOURTH POINT IS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY SPORTS PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE TWO SEASONS OF EXACTLY THE SAME SPORT, SO WE HAVE IT IN THE FALL , AND WE HAVE IT IN THE WINTER AS WELL. AND THAT IS THE ONLY SPORT THAT WE OFFER THAT WAY. 
          THE SECOND PROPOSAL, THE ADDITION OF INDOOR TRACK AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PARTICIPATION NUMBERS UP ON THE SCREEN, THIS PROGRAM HAS REMAINED STEADY OR INCREASED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION THIS IS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY OUR STATES WHERE ASSOCIATION WHICH IS THE M. P S S A UM ALL OF OUR ELIA'S IN MARYLAND DO COMPETE IN INDOOR TRACK. RIGHT NOW WE OFFER INDOOR TRACK OR IT IS CONSIDERED A CLUB SPORT, MEANING THAT WE DO NOT FINANCIALLY SUPPORT IT. SO ALL OF OUR COACHES ARE VOLUNTEER. ANY OF THE ENTRY FEES FOR THE KIDS IS HANDLED BY THE PARENTS OR FUNDRAISING BY THE TEAM. UM AND THE ONLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE IS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO OUR REGIONAL AND STATE MEET. THE FOURTH POINT OF DISCUSSION IS THAT FINANCIALLY THAT HOPEFULLY BY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THIS FROM HCPS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION EVEN FURTHER, AND THE TWO SCHOOLS YOU KNOW THAT YOU SEE UP THERE THAT DID NOT PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR KIDS WILL HOPEFULLY OFFER A TEAM BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL BACKING. UM, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DID OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 30 DAYS OVER THE MONTH OF JULY, AND ONE OF THE POINTS WAS, YOU KNOW, CHEERLEADING IS PROVIDED IN TWO DIFFERENT SEASONS AND IT'S THE EXACTLY SAME SPORT AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS WELL ISN'T INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK. THE SAME EXACT SPORT, AND IT IS NOT . UM BUT MANY DO NOT REALIZE THAT SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR, AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE COMMENT, UM, THROUGH THE 30 DAYS IN JULY AND FOR CHEERLEADING. WE HAD 100 OF OUR RESPONDERS WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO REMOVE TO YOUR LEADING AS A VARSITY SPORT. WE HAD 31 THAT DID AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE SPORT. 
          61 OF THE RESPONDENTS DIDN'T EVEN REPLY TO THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS FINE. FOR INDOOR TRACK. WE HAD ONE THAT SUPPORTED BUT ONE THAT DID NOT SUPPORT. I'M SORRY, UM, ADDING INDOOR TRACK AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING IT, AND THEN WE HAD 100 AND SEVEN THAT DID SUPPORT, ADDING IT. 79 DID NOT RESPOND TO THAT PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE RESULTS OF THIS AS WE ALL KNOW. WINTER CHEERLEADING IS GOING TO REMAIN AS A VARSITY SPORT AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH INCLUDING INDOOR TRACK IN OUR WINTER. UM REPERTOIRE FOR OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM. ONE OF THE FACTORS TO IS THE M P. S S A IS STILL CONSIDERING ADDING IT AS A SPORT AND SO THAT THE TIMING OF REMOVING IT WHEN IT COULD BE ADDED. WE DON'T WANT TO FLIP FLOP ON THE DECISION, EITHER. SO WE FELT LIKE THE TIMING ALSO WASN'T PERFECT FOR REMOVING IT AS A SPORT AT THIS TIME. OTHER CELL WERE WE WANT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO GET INVOLVED. WE HEARD WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY ALOUD AND CLEAR. OR ANY. QUESTIONS CONCERNS. YEAH, UNDER A TRACK CHEERLEADING. I'M SO GLAD WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHEERLEADERS COME IN TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE CUTE. IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR SUBVERTING THE WHOLE ISSUE AND ENDING IN DAR CHEERLEADING. APPRECIATE IT. 
          CARRYING A LOT OF YEARS, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TEARS. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ROUGH THERE. REALLY IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD, CUTE LITTLE GIRLS CRYING. AND NOW WE FOUND ALL THE INDOORS, SO THERE'S NO JAVELIN THROW HERE. I LITERALLY JUST ASKED. NO, REALLY. WE HAVE THAT 
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PROGRAM, BUT ALRIGHT, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. I THINK IT MUST BE LIKE A LIABILITY, THROWING A SHARP OBJECT INTO THE DIRT. I CAN'T IMAGINE LIABILITY THAT AND. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S THROWING ONE HEAVY BALL. THAT'S THE SHOT. PUT THAT YEAH, WE DO THAT. THAT ONE'S NOT AT PUBLIC SCHOOL, EITHER. I DON'T THINK THAT IS THAT'S OURS IS A LARGE HEAVY BOWLING BALLS STOP HAVE TO SIGN UP TRIAL. YOU JUST RECRUITED. LOOK AT THAT SPORTS HERE, ALL RIGHT? ALRIGHT WITH THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY. I'M NOT GOING AROUND THROUGH PATRICE TREES, TREES WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. 
          THANK YOU. UM I DIDN'T WANT TO. JUST THANK YOU ALL I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU LISTENED TO BOARD COMMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARD WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR IN THE DECISION THAT YOU'VE COME TO. AND UM, I JUST, UH DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY A COMMENT LIKE WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF JOKING EARLIER, BUT AND I KNOW IT'S LATE IN IT. UM BUT WINTER. CHEERLEADING IS A SERIOUS SPORT . THESE GIRLS ARE AMAZING AND THEIR CAPABILITIES AND THEIR ATHLETICS AND, UM THEY DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BOTH SPORTS BECAUSE BOTH ARE AS IMPORTANT AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT BOYS CAN BE CHEERLEADERS, TOO. I SAY THAT BECAUSE MY DAD WAS AND I DIDN'T MENTION EITHER OF THE YEAH. ANYBODY YES, AND IT'S JUST WE MENTIONED CUTE LITTLE GIRLS, AND I JUST THINK THAT GUYS I WAS JOKING, ADORABLE THAT THEY WERE. YOU WEREN'T HERE TO SEE THEM THAT THEY WERE CUTE. AND I AM I TRYING TO CALL ANYBODY OUT. I APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT IS A SERIOUS SPORT, AS IS INDOOR TRACK, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE MUTUAL RESPECT FOR THE BOTH, REGARDLESS OF THE SEX THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS CONCERNS ABOUT TRACK OR CHEERLEADING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK RUN. THANK YOU GUYS. UNINTENDED ACTUALLY JUST THOUGHT THAT THROUGH. SORRY APOLOGIES. ALRIGHT, DOCTOR BOLSON. YOUR 
          [K. Superintendent's Report]
LAST. THANK YOU. SO. THIS IS OUR LAST BOARD MEETING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. YES AND SO FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVEN'T ALREADY VISITED THE HCPS .ORG BACK TO SCHOOL WEB PAGE THAT LINKS TO REQUIRE DOCUMENTARY THE SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS THE HCPS HANDBOOK, CALENDAR AND MORE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. SO PLEASE GO SEE, I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE FOR PEOPLE. PREPARING TO HEAD BACK, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. UM ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT. BUT THANKS TO THOSE WHO JOINED US AND TUNED IN FOR THE SAFETY SECURITY TOWN HALL, IT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 17TH. IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE HARFORD TV WEBSITE. THEY DID THE RECORDING, AND SO I SUPPOSED TO ON THEIR SITE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. UM WE HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENT. I HOPE TO SEE MANY PEOPLE AT THE END OF SUMMER FEST AT LAGOS FIELD RIPKEN STADIUM ON AUGUST 25TH. WE'LL HAVE TABLES WILL PROBABLY BE ARRIVING SOMETIME IN THE 55 30 RANGE, BUT I THINK THE FIRST PITCH GET THROWN OUT AT 705. SO WE'LL BE CHEERING FOR THE IRONBIRDS THAT EVENING. SO MANY FOLKS THERE UM, DIFFERENT AMOUNTS, BUT FIRST I WILL. 
          THAT'S RIGHT CONCERNING. YOU ONLY HAVE TO GO HAVE THIS PART. NO WE THERE'LL BE A FEW OF US. 
          PROBABLY AND I'M GLAD YOU HAVE HAD AN EPIC FAIL. LAST TIME I DID IT, SO I HAVE TO REDEEM MYSELF. UM SO, THANKS TO THE NEW SERVICE TRAINING EMPLOYEES PROGRAM AND STEP WITH FUNDING FROM THE U. S. SORRY MY GOSH, FUNDING FROM THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND. WHO OFFERED ACT PROGRAM CALLED LITTLE MEDICAL SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAM IN EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS SUMMER LITTLE MEDICAL SCHOOL PROGRAM CONSISTED OF FOUR DAYS OF MEDICAL TRAINING WHERE THE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE FIELD OF MEDICINE THROUGH FUN AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES AND ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. UM, OUR FANTASTIC OUTGOING DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. THIS IS MR THATCHER'S LAST BOARD MEETING. I DON'T KNOW IF HE MADE IT TO THIS LATE IN THE EVENING BECAUSE HE WASN'T ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT HE IS RETIRING. THERE THERE DID ALRIGHT, MR THATCHER? FANTASTIC YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB HE TOOK OVER A FEW YEARS AGO FOR US IN THIS ROLE, AND HIS WORK WAS UM, EXTRAORDINARY AND CHANGING IN MANY WAYS SOME OF THE CULTURE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WORKED WITH FAMILIES IN THE IN THE REALM OF 
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SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE WE'VE HIRED MR STELLY TO COME IN BEHIND HIM, AND SHE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH OVERLAP WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT. BUT MR THATCHER, YOU'VE WORKED IN NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL IN THIS SYSTEM, EVERY CORNER OF THE DISTRICT. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE MANY OF THE 5000 EMPLOYEES YOU HAVEN'T MET. AND UM YOU'RE JUST A JUST A FANTASTIC REPRESENTATIVE OF HCPS. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. WITH THAT, MR THATCHER, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. ALRIGHT MR THATCHER. YOU'RE AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US BOTH AS LONG AS YOU HAVE. AND AS LATE AS YOU HAVE TONIGHT. OUR NEXT 
          [Future Meetings Review]
MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 12TH HERE 6:30 P.M. AT
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