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AT THIS TIME I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MEET YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON.
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I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN HARFORD COUNTY ON OCTOBER 10TH 2022 AT 6:30 P.M. THIS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION MISSES. RALLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. DR BAUER PRESENTS. DR HAROLD. SO SHE'S WAITING IN THE LOBBY. LET'S GET HER OUT OF THE LOBBY. UM I'LL CALL HER IN A SECOND, MISS KARWACKI. HERE.MISS KELLY. WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE ON. DR PHILIP. HERE MR RICCARDI. PRESENT. MR ROBINSON.
YEAH. MS BLANKEN. YEAH. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. PRESIDENT GAUTIER HERE. UM, DR HAROLD.
HERE. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS KELLY. OKAY FAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SUPERINTENDENT PERSON PRESIDENT. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, BROTHER. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON BOARD MEMBERS . PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, MRS GUTI WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAMES BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALLED ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR EMOTION. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH THE YES OR NO. ALREADY BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA SECOND, PLEASE. THIS IS PATRICIA CARDIO SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES, YES. YEAH YES, PLEASE SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. DR MUELLER. PLEASE. EVERYBODY STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAID ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND JUSTICE BROUGHT. ALRIGHT. BOARD
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MEMBER COMMENTS. DR BAUER. WE'RE GOING TO START DOWN ON YOUR END. OKAY? SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. AH I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS IN LIGHT OF THE PROPOSAL. FOR VIRTUAL INCLEMENT WEATHER. UM. AND ALSO GOOD. I LIKE THAT TO SCHOOL CALENDAR. RECENT DISCUSSIONS. SO WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT REMINDERS ABOUT HOW OUR RULES LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL BUT ALL PROTECT THE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. RATHER THAN TRYING TO OPTIMIZE FOR A GROUP AVERAGE. UM WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT CASES COME UP. IN THE AREAS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION DISABILITY IS ENTITLED NINE. THESE ARE ALL CASES WITH STUDENTS IN LEGALLY PROTECTED CLASSES. EXPANDING FROM THAT. IN THE PAST. THIS FOURTH HAS HEAVILY WEIGHED THE PROTECTION OF SMALL GROUPS OF STUDENTS. IN NON PROTECTED CLASSES AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE CITED THE MARYLAND STATE FAIR AS A PROMINENT REASON TO DELAY THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. UH WHEN IT WOULD IMPACT LESS THAN 1% OF OUR STUDENTS. IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE PREVIOUS BOARD EXTENSIVELY DEBATED A POLICY CHANGE FOR STUDENT ATHLETES AND GRADES THAT WOULD IMPACT EVEN FEWER STUDENTS. SO NOW IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VIRTUAL INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT INTERPRETING THIS ISSUE AS A SIMPLE POPULAR VOTE. YEAH, YOUR NECK. RATHER I WOULD LIKE US TO[00:05:07]
WEIGH MUCH MORE HEAVILY. THE SMALLER GROUPS. YOU HAVE REAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH VIRTUAL IMPLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. OVER ALLERGIC GROUP FOR WHOM IT IS MERELY A PREFERENCE. LIKE LIKEWISE FOR THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. I WOULD LIKE THIS FORWARD AND THE NEXT BOARD. TO WEIGH THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS ON STUDENTS. OF A PRAYER POST LABOR DAY START. MUCH MORE HEAVILY THAN THE GENERAL PREFERENCE OF FAMILIES FOR VACATIONS IN SEPTEMBER, ER, JUNE. WE HAVE WAY MORE STUDENTS TAKING AP TESTS AND OTHER FIXED STATE ASSESSMENT ASKS HAVE EVER BEEN IMPACTED BY THE STATE FAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS KARWACKI. JUST HAVE A GOOD EVENING. I HAVE NO COMMENTS ALREADY. MISS KELLY. ANY COMMENTS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MHM? YEP. OKAY SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE I FIND MAYBE A STATIN TURNED OFF. I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON. MY HUSBAND'S OUT OF TOWN ON A WORK. UM A WORK OF TRIPS, SO I WISH I WAS THERE. BUT I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANKS. DR HAROLD GOOD EVENING. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU, DR PHILLIPS. UH SAME AS MISS HAROLD GOOD EVENING, AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON. NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR BLINKEN.GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UM TODAY IS OCTOBER 10TH, WHICH IS ALSO WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, ALTHOUGH I WISH WE DIDN'T NEED A DAY TO CHERISH AND PROTECT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, I'LL TAKE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. UM TODAY. I JUST LIKE TO SEND MY LOVE TO THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING AND THOSE WHO FEEL ALONE ARE HELPLESS AND TO THOSE WHO ARE ALSO IN RECOVERY. YOU ARE LOVED AND YOUR FEELINGS ARE VALID. YESTERDAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE NEEDED HERE. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN A CRISIS. PLEASE CONTACT THE HARPER CRISIS CENTER AT 800 . NEXT STEP OR CALL OR TEXT. THE NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE AT 988 REMEMBER YOU ARE LOVED IN HERE FOR A REASON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR RICCARDI. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER AND THANK YOU, NOAH FOR MENTIONING WORLD MENTAL HEALTH.
UM THEY VERY IMPORTANT AND APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING IT. I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP THE SUBJECT OF THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES POLICY HAD SOME CALLS THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT POLICY AND JUST WANTED TO MENTIONED. I'M GOING TO READ IT IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CONCERNS AND, UM, BASICALLY THE POLICY BE SAFE, SPECIFICALLY NOTES. AND PROVIDING FOR THE STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF SUCH ISSUES. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST MAINTAIN A NON PARTISAN NEUTRAL POSITION. CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES SHALL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. HOWEVER SUCH STUDIES SHALL BE OBJECTIVE AND SCHOLARLY AND TEACHERS SHALL GUARD AGAINST GIVING THEIR PERSONAL OPINIONS UNTIL AFTER THE STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT ASSEMBLE FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT TO INTERPRET THE DATA WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO RECONSIDER. TO RECONSIDER ASSUMPTIONS AND CLAIMS AND TO REACH PERSONAL CONCLUSIONS. STUDENTS MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO SEARCH AFTER TRUTH AS WELL AS TO FORM EXPRESS IN JUSTIFY PERSONAL VIEWS ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. UM BUT THIS POLICY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT HAS NOT BEEN AMENDED SINCE 2002. BUT I DID WANT TO AT LEAST CALL ATTENTION TO THAT PART IN THE TEXT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THAT HAS COME UP IN PRIOR MEETINGS, AND PERSONALLY, I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME. UM SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD OF READING WHAT THE POLICY STATES TODAY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AFTER HILLARY NO
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COMMENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES. SO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED.FIRST THEY WILL BE CALLED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED NEXT. THEY WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING BY AN HTTPS STAFF MEMBER WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES AND TO SPEAK DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED. I MEAN GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT. SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR THREE MINUTE MARK. THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE. MISS RALLO, WHO DO WE HAVE? THIS EVENING. WE HAVE STELLA PETERS, FOLLOWED BY SUSIE SCOTT. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
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HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY. EVERY YEAR ON SEPTEMBER, 17TH REMARKED, CONSTITUTION DAY IN THE HONOR.OF THE BIRTHDAY OF THE U. S CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH 17 87 AND WAS RATIFIED IN 17 89. THIS MOST AMAZING DOCUMENT ESTABLISHED OUR NATION'S FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES TO ENSURE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION ALONE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF WRITING IN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT SETS UP THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUR COUNT COUNTRY. IT REACHED WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION ESTABLISHED JUSTICE.
INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY. DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND SHORTEST WRITTEN OF ANY MAJOR GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD AND LEAST AMENDED IT WAS WRITTEN BY OUR FOREFATHERS AND RATIFIED BY THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES FOR WE, THE PEOPLE.
IT DEFINES AND ESTABLISHES OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS. YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS RIGHTS THAT COME FROM GOD ALONE WITHOUT KNOWING THE CONSTITUTION. WE CANNOT REALLY KNOW OUR RIGHTS AND WE CANNOT PROTECT THEM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TEACH ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTY AND IN HCPS SCHOOLS, OUR CONSTITUTION AND THAT OUR RIGHTS COME FROM GOD. SINCE 2004 EVERY US EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS IS REQUIRED TO TEACH ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE KEY WORD HERE IS TEACH. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY SAY THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS AVAILABLE ON A WEBSITE. CHILDREN NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE CONSTITUTION. THE LAW STATES THAT IT MUST BE TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE LAW IS KNOWN AS H R 48 18, AND THE TEXT IS FOUND AT SECTION 111 B. WHY DO I SAY THIS? BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. RONALD REAGAN ONCE SAID. FREEDOM IS NEVER MORE THAN ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM EXTINCTION. WE DIDN'T PASS IT TO OUR CHILDREN IN THE BLOODSTREAM. IT MUST BE FOUGHT FOR PROTECTED AND HANDED ON FOR THEM TO DO THE SAME. OR ONE DAY WE WILL SPEND OUR SUNSET YEARS TELLING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WHAT IT WAS ONCE LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MEN WERE FREE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU A COPY. OF THE CONSTITUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES THANK YOU. I'M NOT. I'M NOT ALWAYS. THANK YOU. HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I STILL REMEMBER THE OCTOBER DAY MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN MY SON BROUGHT HOME THE SCHOOL MENU FROM BEL AIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. HALF THE PAGE WAS INFORMATION REGARDING THE MENU ITEMS OFFERED THAT WEEK AND HALF THE PAGE WAS A REPUDIATION OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. YOU KNOW THE NARRATIVE HOW TERRIBLE AND ROTTEN COLUMBUS WAS AND HOW HCPS WITH NO LONGER INVOKE HIS NAME ON HIS OWN FEDERAL HOLIDAYS. MY SON IS NOW IN HIS TWENTIES, SO HCPS HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF ERASING HISTORY THAT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. SO IS IT ANY WONDER THAT MARYLAND STUDENTS ARE FAILING? BY YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT TESTS ARE STUDENTS ARE FAILING. IN FACT, THE ONLY ASSESSMENT SCORES THAT MSD WOULD RELEASE FOR THE LATEST ASSESSMENTS WHERE THE SCIENCE SCORES AND THEY WERE ABYSMAL. ONLY 30% OF MARYLAND STUDENTS IN GRADE FIVE WERE PROFICIENT IN SCIENCE AND ONLY 35% OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE WERE PROFICIENT IN SCIENCE. THIS IS SHOCKING. READING AND MATH SCORES MUST BE REALLY STUNNING BECAUSE THOSE SCORES WON'T BE RELEASED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. I WAS TOLD BY THE STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE RAW DATA NEEDS TO BE MASSAGED. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS SYSTEMIC FAILURE. ALL THE PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY ARE GETTING IS EXCUSES.
YOU HAVE LOST YOUR FOCUS ON THE MISSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. YOU WERE INSTEAD CAUGHT UP IN YOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGNS FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. YOU HAVE ADOPTED AN IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA THAT DOES NOT SERVE OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ACADEMICS AND THE MASTERY OF BASIC SKILLS IN READING, MATH AND SCIENCE HAVE TAKEN A BACK SEAT IN YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR
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EDUCATION. INSTEAD YOU'RE FOCUSED ON SOCIAL ENGINEERING OUR STUDENTS AND TURNING OUR SCHOOLS INTO COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH CLINICS AND REEDUCATION CAMPS. A MAINSTAY OF CHILDREN'S EDUCATION THAN A BYGONE ERA WHERE FOLK TALES AND FABLES THESE PITHY STORIES TAUGHT UNIVERSAL LIFE LESSONS TO US AND I SURE HOPE THAT THEY'RE BEING UTILIZED IN OUR CLASSROOMS TODAY. THE TAIL THAT COMES TO MY MIND WOULD BE THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY TO SWINDLERS POOL OF MASSIVE FRAUD ON THE EMPEROR WHO IS OBSESSED WITH THE LATEST FASHION FRAUDSTERS? TELL THE VEIN KING AND HIS OBSEQUIOUS COURT THAT THEY WILL TAILOR AN OUTFIT THAT ONLY THE WISE CAN SEE AND APPRECIATE. NOBODY IN THE KING'S COURT WILL TELL HIM HE IS IN FACT NAKED. IT TAKES AN INNOCENT BOY TO SHOUT OUT THE TRUTH. THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES. THE VEIL HAS FALLEN OFF THE ILLUSION THAT THIS BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH THE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THIS BLUEPRINT YOU TOUT AND PROCLAIM AS THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION IS A DECEPTION. WE DON'T NEED A FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BEN HEUSER, FOLLOWED BY MELISSA ON. MHM. GOOD EVENING, BEN HEUSER AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS IS KIND OF TECHNICAL. SO IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT, IT MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU ALL TO FOLLOW. UM ON SECTION TWO UNDER DISRUPTED COMMENT. THERE ARE THREE SUBSECTIONS. THERE'S A B AND C A REFERENCES. UM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, BE REFERENCES , REFERENCES. A PRESIDING OFFICER BUT THEN SEE SPEAKS ABOUT WHO THE PRESIDING OFFICER IS AND THEIR AUTHORITY. I WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING C TO A SINCE WE'RE REFERENCING SOMETHING. WE NEED THE DEFINITION OF WHO WERE REFERENCING BEFORE WE BEGAN REFERENCING THEM. IT ONLY MAKES SENSE IN ANY TYPE OF POLICY. UM, POLICY. A NUMBER FOUR SECTION B STATES. ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEARING SHOULD ADDRESS ONLY THE TOPIC, WHICH IS SUBJECT FOR THE HEARING. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE REMOVED. ANY PARENT GUARDIAN OR CITIZENS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT PUBLICLY WHEN ALL OTHER AVENUES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, AND THEY WANT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, WHICH PROTECTS THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. AND IT ALSO PROHIBITS ANY LAWS THAT ESTABLISHED NATIONAL RELIGION IMPEDE OR FREE TO EXERCISE RELIGION. THE BRIDGE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, INFRINGE UPON THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS OR INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY. PROHIBIT PERCENTAGE PROHIBITS CITIZENS FROM PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT OF REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. THAT'S KIND OF THE STICKLER THERE. NOW AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT WITH REGARD TO HUMAN ATTEND, SPEAK, SHOULD BE MORE OUTSIDE DEFINITIVELY WHETHER, UM.GUARDIAN CITIZEN TAXPAYER IS PROHIBITED, LIKE SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY WHO HAS NO REASON BEING HERE TAKING UP EVERYBODY'S TIME. IF THAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND HAVING TO PUT DOWN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON AND SO FORTH, THEN I WOULD TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING VIRTUAL COMMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SOMEONE THAT'S EITHER FROM THE STATE.
THEY HAVE BASICALLY A DOG IN THE FIGHT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PARENT PORTAL. SO THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY. NOT LIKE LET'S SAY FLORIDA. UM, HAS A STUDENT IN THERE. UM BASICALLY HAS SOME REASON TO SPEAK BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE VIRTUAL ON BOTH SIDES OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT DON'T EVEN RESIDE. UH AND EVEN IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. AND THEY WEIGHED IN ON BOTH SIDES, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF SLICE THAT OUT. UM AND THAT IS IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. SAFETY SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ATHLETES WHEN PRACTICING OR PLAYING ON THE FIELD. THE STUDENTS AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL ARE BEING PUT AT RISK EVERY DAY, THEY STEP FOOT INTO THE FIELDS TO PRACTICE TO PLAY IN ANY SPORT. ON MAY 7TH 2014 80. I WAS AWARDED A ZERO COST UM TO YOUR TERM THAT HAS BEEN RENEWED EVERY TWO YEARS SINCE THE CONTRACT STATES. 80 WILL PROVIDE ONE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER EACH TO 10 HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND THAT THE TRAINER WILL PERFORM DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARE PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION OF STUDENT INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC TEAMS
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AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS. RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO PROVIDE ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES TO APPLY TAPE, BANDAGES AND BRACES TO PREVENT TO PROTECT AND TO PREVENT INJURIES. TO RECOGNIZE AND EVALUATE INJURIES AND TO PROVIDE FIRST AID TO DEVELOP INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND TO PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS SUCH AS WRITING REPORTS ON INJURIES AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. ATHLETIC TRAINERS ARE ONE OF THE FIRST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ON SCENE WHEN INJURIES OCCUR ON THE FIELD AND ATHLETIC TRAINER IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN AN EMERGENCY. NOT HAVING AN ATHLETIC TRAINER ALREADY IS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN IN RURAL AND INNER CITY SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETES ARE 50% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A SPORTS RELATED CONCUSSIONS THAT GOES AND IDENTIFIED OR MISMANAGED. IN 2016, A 14 YEAR OLD STUDENT NAMED LOGAN WOULD WAS A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT NORTH ARE I'M SORRY AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING A FOOTBALL GAME WHERE AN ATHLETIC TRAINER WAS NOT PROVIDED. LOGAN WAS CONTINUALLY HIT. AND DESPITE SIGNS OF THE OF THE PROBLEM, HE WAS NEVER PULLED FROM THE GAME, RESULTING IN A PERMANENT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND $900,000 PAYOFF FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO HIS FAMILY. THIS INJURY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THERE BEEN AN ATHLETIC TRAINER ON STAFF AT THE SCHOOL DURING THE TIME OF LOGAN'S INJURIES TO EVALUATE HIS CONDITION AND REMOVE HIM FROM THE GAME. CURRENTLY NORTH HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL STILL DOES NOT HAVE AN ATHLETIC TRAINER ON STAFF. THE LAST TIME NORTH HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL. HOW DOES HOW DOES HAD AN ASSIGNED FULL TIME TRAINER WAS DURING THE 18 4019 SCHOOL YEAR TO MY KNOWLEDGE , EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN HCPS HAS A FULL TIME 80 TRAINER ON SITE. THE STUDENTS AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL BEING NEGLECTED AND HAVE BEEN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THE LACK OF IMMEDIATE EVALUATION AND CARE PUT STUDENTS WELL BEING IN RECOVERY AT RISK. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INJURIES WITHOUT A TRAINER PRESENT, WHICH INCLUDE MOST RECENTLY A BROKEN ANKLE AND A TORN A C L A MENISCUS LAST YEAR DURING FIELD HOCKEY. THERE WAS A STUDENT THAT BROKE HER NOSE IN TWO PLACES AND A STUDENT THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE FIELD DURING TRYOUTS FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION. AGAIN WITHOUT A TRAINER TO ACCESS THE OR TREAT THE STUDENTS. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD NUMEROUS TIMES. AND WHILE SPORADIC COVERAGE IS SOMETIMES PROVIDED 80, I IS NOT FULFILLING THEIR CONTRACT, AND HCPS IS FAILING TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS OF NORTH HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL. TO PROTECT THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT IS BOTH NEGLIGENT AND IRRESPONSIBLE THAT THE LAST FOUR YEARS THE STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE BEEN PUT AT RISK, AND NO ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. NOT ONLY DO THE STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER THE PARENTS, TEACHERS, COACHES AND STAFF AT NORTH HARFORD ALSO THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE WILLIAM MARTINA, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS PITTING TONIGHT.GOOD EVENING. I KNOW THE U. S CONSTITUTION WAS DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE TO THE PARTY. THE NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE REQUIRED TO TEACH THE U. S CONSTITUTION AND HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TOOK LITTLE TO NO ACTION AND FULFILLING THIS REQUIREMENT.
STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE WASHINGTON POST REVEALED THE FOLLOWING ONLY 37% OF AMERICANS COULD NAME A SINGLE RIGHT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GRADUATED FROM HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LET ME INFORM YOU THERE ARE FIVE SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS, RIGHT PETITION AND ASSEMBLE. ONLY 30% COULD NAME ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. AND 33% CAN'T NAME A SINGLE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS DISGUSTING, AND HCPS IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM. OUR CITIZENS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THE LONGEST LASTING GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD AND HAS PERSEVERED THAT HAS PERSEVERED FOR 235 YEARS WHEN THE AVERAGE GOVERNMENT LAST LESS THAN 20 YEARS ACROSS THE WORLD. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION AND BLESSED BY GOD. PRIOR TO THE 19 TWENTIES, STUDENTS HAD TO PASS A WRITTEN EXAM THAT INVOLVED THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . THE US CONSTITUTION GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS AND THEIR STATE CONSTITUTION.
THE OLDER SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WAS CALLED SPIRALING. BECAUSE STUDENTS WOULD REVISIT THE SAME TOPICS WHILE EXPANDING ON EACH OF THEM. SORT OF MUSCLE MEMORY FOR THE BRAIN. FOUNDATION FOR TEACHING THE CONSTITUTION IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY WAS STAND BERRIES, ELEMENTARY CATECHISM OF THE CONSTITUTION, USING THE SPIRALING METHOD FOR QUIZZING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TODAY. TODAY GRADUATING LAW STUDENTS FROM IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES CANNOT PASS THE QUIZZES THAT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PASSED A CENTURY AGO. THIS REVEALS A SIGNIFICANT DEGRADING OF OUR CIVICS EDUCATION AND HCPS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. TODAY'S STUDENTS LEARN HISTORY AND
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DISCRETE CHUNKS WITH A TRY DIVISION METHOD. STUDYING CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN ONE GRADE, THE CIVIL WAR AND THE NEXT AND SO ON. THIS LEARNING PIECE BY PIECE NEVER DEVELOPS A MUSCLE MEMORY AND PUT STUDENT NEVER PUTS THE STUDENT ABLE TO PUT THE BIG PICTURE TOGETHER. IS THIS PART DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE A GENERATION OF CITIZENS THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM? THIS WAY IF THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED, SUCH AS UNLAWFUL LOCKDOWNS AND MANDATES. THE CITIZENS ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE AND ASSUME THEY MUST COMPLY. THIS SOUNDS LIKE MARXISM HAS INFILTRATED OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. RETURN TO TRADITIONAL CIVICS LESSONS AND TEACH THE CONSTITUTION WHICH IS THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT TO OUR ENTIRE LEGAL SYSTEM. THANK YOU. EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM PITTING TONIGHT AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.I AM A PRODUCT OF GPS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FOR A WHILE. BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SEXUAL AGENT SEXUALIZATION AND GROOMING OF OUR CHILDREN FOR THE PLEASURES OF PEDOPHILES, AND I CAN'T SAY IT ANY PLAINER THAN THAT. YOU KNOW IF I HAD A CREEPY NEIGHBOR WHO I FOUND OUT WAS SHOWING BOOKS LIKE THE LAWN BOY OR ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE OR MY PERSONAL FAVORITE GENDER QUEER, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS CARTOON DEPICTIONS OF A YOUNG BOY ON HIS KNEES, DOING SOMETHING UNSPEAKABLE TO AN ADULT MAN. IF I FOUND OUT A CREEPY NEIGHBOR WAS DOING THAT WITH MY CHILD WE WOULD HAVE VERY CLOSE AND PERSONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. AND THEN I'LL CALL THE POLICE ON WHAT WAS LEFT OF HIM BECAUSE I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THIS CREEPY NEIGHBOR IS DOING IT WITH OTHER OTHER CHILDREN AROUND THE BLOCK. HOW DID WE GET HERE? HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME INTO OUR CULTURE? IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN, WHEN A NONPROFIT GROUP WHO MEANS ONLY THE BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FOR THE SCHOOLS, LIKE MONTHS WERE LITERALLY TRIES TO GIVE OUT CONSTITUTIONS.
POCKET CONSTITUTIONS. YOU TURN IT DOWN, BUT YOU ENRICH THE PEDOPHILES THAT WRITE THIS GARBAGE BY GIVING THEM MONEY, SO THEY PUT IT IN YOUR SCHOOLS. IT'S INSANE. MS BLANKEN, YOU'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT. YOUR VIRTUAL. I UNDERSTAND. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU DIRECTLY. I IMPLORE YOU.
YOU. OR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT YOU PLAN ON TEACHING SIMPLY BY THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD IN THE BOARD. BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN BE INFLUENTIAL. YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE LEAST CORRUPTED CONSCIENCE ON THIS BOARD, AND I ASKED YOU TO KEEP THE PURITY AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. RIGHT AND WRONG. ANY NORMAL PERSON CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT, YOU KNOW THIS. THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S CROPPED UP IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF THIS AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE HISTORY IS, SO I'LL SHARE IT WITH THE AUDIENCE AS I'M TALKING IN THE EARLY 2000 , OUR SON, WE WENT TO A MEETING WHEN THE TEACHER WANTED TO, OR THE SCHOOL WANTED TO PUT ON A CLASSES, TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO IDENTIFY ABUSE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, ABUSE LIKE LOOKING AT HOMEWORK, PORNOGRAPHY, THINGS LIKE THAT. IN MY WHOLE TIME'S HAVE CHANGED. THAT'S JUST INSANE TO ME. IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO WE WENT AND WE TALK AND WE WANTED TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT IT, AND HE SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO US AND HE SAID SOMETHING VERY TALENTED. I ASKED, WHY DON'T YOU WORK WITH THE PARENTS? TO BRING THE CHILDREN IN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS WELL . IF THE PARENTS ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING THEM IN ON THIS. HE LITERALLY TOLD US THAT WE WERE THE ENEMY. WE WERE THE ONES TO BE OSTRACIZED. HERE'S THE PROBLEM. BY DOING THIS, YOU ARE MAKING ENEMIES OF THE PARENTS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN THIS. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN THE FIGHT TO SEXUALIZE AND PERVERT THE MINDS OF OUR STUDENTS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO AND THE LITTLE TIME I HAVE. I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR DAUGHTER IN THE EARLY 1919 NINETIES IN BILLER MIDDLE SCHOOL , SHE BROUGHT HOME A BOOK THAT SHOWED HER HOW TO DRAW A PENTAGRAM AND DO A CHANCE TO COME INTO THE TO BRING SPIRITS INTO THE ROOM. MY TIME IS UP, BUT I COULD SPEND THE NEXT 15 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT LITTLE THINGS THAT HCPS HAS DONE. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TINA LYNN OSHA. YES WE DO NEED GUARD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOLBOOKS SOUND 73 26 TO 28. MY HEALTH MAY FAIL AND MY SPIRIT MAY GROW WEAK, BUT GOD REMAINS THE STRENGTH OF MY HEART IS MINE FOREVER. THOSE WHO DESSERT HIM WILL PERISH FOR YOU DESTROY THOSE WHO ABANDON YOU. BUT AS FOR ME HOW GOOD IT IS TO BE NEAR GOD, I HAD MADE THE SOVEREIGN LORD MY SHELTER, AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU DO. AS WE SAY IN OUR
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PLEDGE. WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD. REGARDING BANNING BOOKS. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BAN BOOKS.THE BOOKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE READILY AVAILABLE IN ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKSTORE OR AMAZON. THE BIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS NOT TAUGHT EVEN IN LITERATURE CLASS ANYMORE, THOUGH IT IS AT THE VERY LEAST GREAT LITERATURE. IT'S NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. YET IT'S NOT CONSIDERED BAND. PARENTS ONLY WANT TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO MAINTAIN OUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN. IT'S INCORRECT TO SAY WE GIVE OVER OUR POWERS PARENTS TO THE SCHOOL JUST BECAUSE WE SEND THEM TO PUBLIC SCHOOL.
REGARDING THE SCHOOLBOOKS YOU THE SCHOOL BOARD BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALLOWING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CHILDREN THROUGH OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND CLASSROOMS. YOU THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALLOWING PORNOGRAPHY AND GRAPHIC ART FORM TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND CLASSROOMS. YOU THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALLOWING PERSONAL SURVEYS TO BE GIVEN OUT TO OUR CHILDREN. THESE SURVEYS ARE ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING SEXUAL IDENTITY PREFERENCE, AS WELL AS OTHER INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS FOR SCHOOL.
THE PARENTS ARE NOT BEING GIVEN COPIES OF THESE SURVEYS AHEAD OF TIME NOR THE PARENTS GIVEN EXPLICIT, GIVING EXPLICIT PERMISSION FOR THESE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED. IN ADDITION, THE QUESTIONS THE ANSWERS TO THESE SURVEYS ARE NOT BEING GIVEN TO THE PARENTS. PERSONAL QUESTIONS TO A CHILD SHOULD BE LEFT TO BE ASKED BY THE PARENTS. THESE ARE PARENT CHILD DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE NO PLACE IN SCHOOLS WHERE WE EXPECT THEM TO BE TAUGHT READING, WRITING AND MATH. AT LEAST TWO OF WHICH SHOWED VERY LOW PROFICIENCY SCORES FOR OUR COUNTY DESPITE BEING HIGHER THAN OTHER COUNTIES. THE BOOKS SUCH AS LONG BOY AND THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN WITH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENES AND THEMES AND THE ONES WITH PORNOGRAPHY. AS I SAID BEFORE, SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR SCHOOLS. MOST PARENTS WANT TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN AND A SENSE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND NOT EXPOSE THEM TO SEX AND PORN. AS SOON AS THEY GET TO SCHOOL. EVEN MOVIE THEATERS HAVE RATINGS SO PARENTS CAN DECIDE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILD. IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL. CHILDREN'S PARENTS DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILD. THE BOARD BELIEVES THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS OVERRIDING THE PARENTS' WISHES. THESE CHILDREN ARE THE PARENTS, CHILDREN, NOT THE BOARDS, CHILDREN. THE BOARD HAS BEEN ELECTED BY OTHER PARENTS, AND THAT MEANS WE DO EXPECT THAT YOU WILL BE LISTENING TO US AND TAKING US VERY SERIOUSLY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL WITH WISDOM AND COURAGE.
THANKS ALL THAT IN PERSON SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. OKAY? MS WALL CAN YOU BEGIN OUR VIRTUAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS? YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. GO TA. NEVER MIND. PARENTS WISHES. GOOD EVENING.
YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR ME. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. NO. GOOD EVENING. I AM CRYSTAL DON PARKS. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. TODAY. COMMON GROUND. HARFORD COUNTY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY MUST BE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL. WELL, THIS ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD HAD EXPANDED ACCESS WITH THE VIRTUAL OPTION AND CAPTIONING. THE PLATFORM DOES NOT UTILIZE EXISTING MULTI LINGUAL OPTIONS. THE DISTRICT WEBSITE IS COATED WITH GOOGLE TRANSLATE, BUT IT DOES NOT CONVERT ALL CONTENT. INCLUDING THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS NOT FLUENT IN ENGLISH SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY SCHOOL DOCUMENTS. COMMUNICATE WITH ANY SCHOOL. ATTEND AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THESE MEETINGS. EVEN RECEIVED THE EARLY MORNING PHONE CALL HONEST SNOW DAY. THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE. HOPKINS AND OTHER PEOPLE CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS UTILIZE REAL TIME PLATFORMS WITH AN IPAD SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE. SO PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND HOSPITAL STAFF CAN COMMUNICATE IN CLINICS WITH ENCRYPTED SAFETY MEASURES.
THAT SAME TRANSLATION. TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY COULD BE IN EVERY EDUCATIONAL SETTING.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING RECRUITMENT OF A DIVERSE EDUCATOR AND STAFF COMMUNITY. IT IS VITAL THAT OUR CHILDREN SEE THEMSELVES IN THESE CRITICAL ROLES. L G B T Q COMING OUT DAY.
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY. EACH OF US SHOULD FEEL SAFE. ACCEPTED AND LOVED. OFTEN ARE YOU STILL
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SAFEST IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING? WITH THE TRUSTED AND BELOVED EDUCATOR. THIS IS WHY THE MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER SCREENINGS AND SURVEYS ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THOSE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEED. TRAGICALLY WE HAVE LOST YOUTH WHEN THE WORLD WAS SIMPLY TOO CHALLENGING AND DARK. THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THOSE CHILDREN. YOUR CHILDREN IS TO HAVE THE LIFELINE IN PLACE. OFTEN BEFORE THEY WILL SAY ANYTHING TO APPEAR. TO A PARENT OR ANYONE ELSE. THEY WILL CHECK A BOX THAT LEADS TO HELP. THERE IS UNIVERSAL. WE ARE HARDWIRED AS HUMANS FOR BOTH IDENTITY AND CONNECTION. OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.PLEASE REACH OUT TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER. YOUR SPIRITUAL NETWORK. A TRUSTED FRIEND SOMEONE AT YOUR SCHOOL. FIND COMMON GROUND. HOLD ON. WE NEED ALL OF US IN THIS VILLAGE.
HARPER STANDS AGAINST HATE. GOOD NIGHT.
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. MY NAME IS KATIE YORK IN THE 19 THIRTIES CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY WITH DESIGNATED BY FDR. IT WAS DESIGNED OF CELEBRATION OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS 1942 VOYAGE, AND THEY CELEBRATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
HOWEVER FOR MANY TODAY, MANY AMERICANS TODAY IS NOT A CELEBRATION, THE STARK REMINDERS EXTREMELY VIOLENT. INVASION HISTORY RIGHT FOR THE PRESSURE IN THE HANDS OF EUROPEAN COLONIZERS. HISTORY HAS RAMIFICATIONS ARE STILL FELT TODAY. COLUMBUS IS OFTEN CREDITED AN EXPLORER DISCOVERED THE AMERICAS. YOU NEVER ACTUALLY EVEN STEPPED FOOT THERE THE ISLANDS WHERE HE AND HIS CREW ACTUALLY DID VISIT. THEY COMMITTED HORRIBLE ATROCITIES AGAINST PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING IN THIS PLACE IS THEIR ACTIONS ARE NOT SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. THIS IS WHY MANY STATES AND CITIES ACROSS THE U. S. ARE NOW CHOOSING TO OBSERVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE SAY SERVES TECHNOLOGY, NOT JUST A SINGLE NARRATIVE TO TELL THE ENTIRE STORY. AND LOCAL INFORMATION. AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE TODAY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED IN MARYLAND. IT WAS FRIDAY FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S OFTEN OVERLOOKED DEAR TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SHOPPING OR BLACK FRIDAY SALES. HARPER COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS REPORTEDLY AT THE EIGHTH LARGEST NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION IN THE STATE , ACCORDING TO MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE FROM THE MARYLAND COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
PERFECT COUNTY IS LOCATED ON SUSQUEHANNA AND GOT AWAY CONAWAY LAND. MANY LOCAL PLACES HAVE NAMES ORIGINATE FROM A WORD OR PHRASE THAT PEOPLE WHO INHABIT LAND PRIOR TO COLONIZATION. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED TO COLONIZERS LANDED IN AMERICA AND ALSO TECHNOLOGY IMPACT OF THOSE ACTION. JAMES LOW END WROTE SCOPE TO FEEL GOOD HISTORY IS NOT FEEL BAD HISTORY BUT INCLUSIVE HISTORY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GAUTIER. THIS CONCLUDES THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC
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COMMENT YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR MUELLER. COULD YOU READ THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO NUMBER ONE CONTRACT AWARD HEATING OIL. NUMBER TWO CONTRACT AWARD KETTLES. NUMBER THREE CONTRACT AWARD OUTDOOR WALK IN COOLER AND FREEZER COMBINATION REPLACEMENT AT MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NUMBER FOUR CONTRACT AWARD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES , HARPER TECHNICAL, HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED RENOVATION. NUMBER FIVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS. AUGUST 22ND 2022 SEPTEMBER 12TH 2022 SEPTEMBER 19TH. 2022. ALL RIGHT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE? THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS SONIA. I SECOND. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND[D. Decision on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 22-0008-000 Public Participation at Board Open Meetings or Public Hearings, Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., General Counsel]
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PARTICIPATION BOARD, OPEN MEETINGS OR PUBLIC HEARINGS, MISS NEIL YES. FOR THE DECISION ON THIS POLICY. YOU ALL WILL RECALL BACK IN JULY. THE 18TH IS WHEN THE INITIAL DRAFT WAS FIRST PRESENTED BY ME TO THIS BOARD, WHICH WAS THE PRODUCT OF SEVERAL WORK GROUPS OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS. UM THE POLICY, THEN WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND RECEIVED QUITE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 50. UM SOMEWHERE DUPLICATE OR SIMILAR SOMEWHERE FROM THE SAME SUBMIT ER, BUT THOSE WERE ALL PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. THE POLICY CAME BACK UP FOR A DECISION AT THE AUGUST 22ND MEETING MY COLLEAGUE JOHN BURKE PRESENTED TO YOU THAT EVENING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOARD MADE REVISIONS DURING THE MEETING TO THAT DRAFT. SO THE NEXT DAY ON AUGUST 23RD, THE POLICY WENT BACK OUT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY WINDOW. PUBLIC COMMENT. UM AN ADDITIONAL 17 PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED ON THE POLICY FOR THAT TIME WINDOW APPROXIMATELY OR ACTUALLY, EIGHT OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE SPECIFIC TO THE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS, AND THEN SOME COMMENTS WERE FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAFT. WE'VE ALSO HEARD SPEAKERS COME IN TO BOARD MEETINGS SINCE JULY TWO ALSO PRESENT COMMENTS REGARDING THE POLICY. UM AT THIS STAGE, WE DO HAVE THE VERSION. UM THAT INCLUDES THE REVISIONS FROM THE AUGUST 22ND MEETING. AND IN ADDITION, THERE'S BEEN A FEW NON SUBSTANTIVE ADDITIONS, AS WELL AS A RESULT OF THE COMMENTS, WHICH I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THESE ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE. UM, THIS VERSION OF THE POLICY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THOSE CHANGES ARE IN THE PURPOSE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, UM, THE BOARD THE MEMBER OPINIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS FOR DESIGNATED NATIVE MEETINGS ON EDUCATION IN GENERAL , AND THEN THE LANGUAGE IS ADDED , AND IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.THAT SAME POINT IS REITERATED. IN PARAGRAPH TWO, WHICH IS DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT JUST TO ADD TO THE END OF THE SENTENCE. IT SAYS A PUBLIC BODY MAY REMOVE OR CAUSE REMOVAL OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS FROM AN OPEN SESSION UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC BODY THAT THE PERSON'S BEHAVIOR IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE SESSION THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES AND INTERFERES WITH THE PUBLIC ABILITIES THE PUBLIC BODY'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. UM THE OTHER MINOR CHANGES WERE BASICALLY TYPOS. UM PARAGRAPH THREE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT AT BOARD BUSINESS MEETINGS. UM SUB PARAGRAPH A REFERENCED SOME ADDITIONAL SUBSECTIONS 12 AND THREE THOSE WERE STRICKEN. SO INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING OUT THIS 12 AND THREE REFERENCE AND INSTEAD JUST SAY UTILIZATION OF THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED BELOW, UM, THAT SAME EXACT MINOR SORT OF TYPO CHANGE WOULD ALSO BE FOR PARAGRAPH FOUR, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT BOARD PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO AGAIN, TAKING OUT A REFERENCE TO SUBSECTIONS THAT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. AND THAT IS THE THOSE ARE THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES FROM THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS. AS I SAID, THOSE ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE, BUT RATHER JUST CLARIFYING WORDS. UM SO AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD FOR A DECISION FOR THIS BOARD. ALREADY. SO DISCUSSION. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA SAY DR BAUER. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES WE'VE RECEIVED. SO FIRST THE OVERALL TIME LIMIT. UH THIS POLICY DOES NOT SPECIFYING OVERALL TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW. THAT LEAVES THAT OPEN TO BE DECIDED FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS AS REMINDER BOARD CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TABLE A TOPIC IN THE MIDDLE, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. THE SECOND, THE INDIVIDUAL TIME LIMITS. WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS CLAIM THAT THE LISTED THREE MINUTE TIME ON THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THAT CLAIM ISN'T EVEN MADE IN ANY OF THE COURT CASES. I'VE LOOKED AT ON THIS TOPIC.
THIRD WE HAVE A SUGGESTION TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT TYPES OF GROUPS UH, AND THE MEMBERSHIP AND SO ON. THE BOARD MAY GRANT EXTRA TIME TO I BELIEVE THAT NO CHANGE SHOULD BE DONE HERE. THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IS CORRECT. THIS IS A TOOL FOR THE BOARD. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE POLICY TO SPELL OUT EXACTLY WHEN AND HOW TO USE IT. THE NEXT. WE HAD A TECHNICAL COMMENT ABOUT MOVING THE PRESIDING OFFICER AUTHORITIES SECTION EARLIER. BECAUSE OF WHEN THINGS ARE DEFINED. THIS COMMENT SEEMED TO COME OUT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE THE TERM PRESIDING OFFICER
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IS DIFFERENT. THE TERM COMES TO US FROM ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. WE ASSIGNED THE DUTIES IN A SEPARATE POLICY 0006. THERE'S ZERO DUTIES OF FOREIGN OFFICERS , SO THE CURRENT ORDERING IS CORRECT. FIFTH WE HAD A COMMENT , CLAIMING THAT RESTRICTING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT A SPECIAL HEARING TO THE TOPIC OF THAT SPECIAL HEARING IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. WE HAVE LEGAL PRECEDENT THAT SAYS THE OPPOSITE. SO WE SHOULD KEEP THAT STATEMENT. SIXTH WE SIMILARLY HAD A COMMENT, CLAIMING THAT RESTRICTIONS AGAINST PERSONAL TAX WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THAT ONE IS MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE DIFFERENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURTS HAVE REACHED CONFLICTING. AH, INTERPRETATIONS CONCLUSIONS. HOWEVER WITHIN OUR CIRCUIT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT SAYS THAT THE ISSUE. STRICT SHINS ARE ACCEPTABLE, SO WE SHOULD KEEP THE LANGUAGE. LASTLY WE HAD TO REQUEST CONCERNING FILLING OUT CARDS IN PERSON. AS IS THE CURRENT PRACTICE. THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, AND SO THAT HAS BEEN ADDED. OVERALL I AM GOOD WITH THIS VERSION OF THE PROPOSED POLICY. ALREADY. ANYONE ELSE, MISS KARWACKI ANY COMMENT? I'M SURE BASICALLY, DR BAUER YOU HIT EVERYTHING. YOU ANYTHING THAT I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT YOU HAD ALREADY INCLUDED. IN YOUR OFFICE SURVEY SHINS, SO I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. ALRIGHT. MISS KELLY. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS CONCERNS. UM NO, THANK YOU, DAVID. FOR YOUR THOROUGH ANALYSIS, I APPRECIATE IT. I DO, YOU KNOW, AGREE WITH YOU KNOW, MR KARR, BECKY AND MR BAUER. DR BAUER ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR COMMENTS. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UM. MAKE THE CHANGES BY LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND CONCERNS AND I'M JUST HAPPY WE'RE NOT LIMITING. UM OUR PUBLIC VOICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DR HAROLD ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS CONCERNS. WELL ECO SHAME. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC. UM YOU KNOW, ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. WE WERE PART OF THE PUBLIC. UM AND WE STILL ARE. I FEEL LIKE I STILL AM. UM AND, UM I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO. UM THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU KNOW WE LISTEN AND RESPOND. UM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM WERE PART OF THE BRAIN REPUBLIC ANYWAY. UM AND REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR PHILLIPS. UM ALL THAT, I WOULD SAY HAS BEEN SAID SO. I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR ROBINSON. NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS BLANKEN. I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PUBLIC COMMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW WE HAVE IT LAID OUT IN THIS STYLE, AND, UM, WITHOUT IT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOU HAVE TO SAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR CARNEY. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GAUTIER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE INTENT WAS NEVER TO LIMIT. THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC. THE INTENT WAS INITIALLY TO GET TO THE POINT OF A BUSINESS MEETING, AND, UM BUT THE PUBLIC IS INSTRUMENTAL IN ANY WAY IN LIMITING ANY OF THE SPEECH FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD JUST WAS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR THAT FROM THE PUBLIC AND REALLY APPRECIATE MS NEAL AND EVERYTHING YOU PUT INTO THE POLICY WHERE REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INITIALLY BASED ON FEEDBACK, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STEPPING UP AND REALLY MODIFYING THIS AND I REALLY DO HOPE THE PUBLIC IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE'VE FORMALLY UPDATED THIS POLICY AND MODIFIED IT TO ALLOW, UM PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT POLICY.
THERE WAS ORIGINALLY CONVERSATION ABOUT EVEN PUTTING IT TO THE END OF THE MEETING, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DO IN THIS COUNTY, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HERE WITH THE PUBLIC SAY BEFORE WE VOTE ON A POLICY FROM THRILLED WITH THE WAY WE'VE, UH , CAME BACK WITH THIS EDITION. THIS REVISED POLICY. THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION DO IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON PUBLIC BOARD PUBLIC HEARINGS? SECTION FOR, UM, SUB NOTE BE WHERE IT SAYS ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AT A BOARD PUBLIC HEARING, SHE ADDRESSED ONLY THE TOPIC, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE HEARING THAT IS NOT RELATED TO BOARD
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MEETINGS THAT IS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. ONLY WE DO NOT WANT TO LIMIT THE VOICE OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. AND THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE. SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT'S WRITTEN, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT ALSO, AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR ALL THE TIME IN REVIEWING THE POLICY AND COMING IN WITH SUGGESTED VERSIONS, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB TO TRY TO CAPTURE ALL THE CONCERNS IN THIS FINAL POLICY THAT WILL BE BUILT VOTING ON THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU DOCUMENT. WELL THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD THAT NOBODY'S REALLY SAID IS THAT THIS IS UM, WE HAD DONE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN EMERGENCY STOPGAP DURING COVID FOR PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T COMFORTABLE AND COMING IN, AND NOW WE ARE MODIFYING IT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IT'S NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. IT'S A MEASURE THAT WILL BE HERE FROM NOW ON SO PEOPLE THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH BABYSITTING PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.THAT WE'RE OPENING THIS UP FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT, NOT TRYING TO CUT THE COMMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE, SO THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS. THIS IS DAVID. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED REVISIONS. TO THIS POLICY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND A SECOND. THIS IS CAROL I SECOND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MR L'OREAL CALL BOOK, PLEASE. DR POWER? YES. DR HAROLD. YES MISS KARWACKI? YES.
MISS KELLY. YES. DR PHILLIPS. YES. MS RICCARDI? YES. MR ROBINSON. YES. MISS BLANKEN.
YES. VICE PRESIDENT MUELLER. YES. PRESIDENT GLORIA YES. THIS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS NEIL. THIS WILL BECOME PART OF THE REAL POLICY. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
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DAYS. I MEAN THAT WE WILL TAKE OUT ALL THE CROSS OUTS AND MAKE IT PRETTY, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING LEFT IS DR WILSON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS PAST THURSDAY, WE WATCHED THE MARYLAND STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT. WE DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE BARREL DETAINEE WHO IS THE STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FROM BALTIMORE CITY. THEY WON THIS YEAR. OF COURSE, THE STATE ALWAYS IDENTIFY SEVEN FINALISTS , AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT ACTUALLY GENERALLY HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS WAS RECOGNIZED VERY DESERVING OF AS ONE OF THE STATE'S FINALISTS. SO AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AS WELL. UM. A COUPLE OF MORE BUSINESS THAN HOW MUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS THE OPTION TO PURCHASE A DEVICE PROTECTION PLAN THROUGH A CPS IS STILL AVAILABLE. THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR $20 THROUGH OCTOBER. 31 2022 DETAILS ARE ON THE WEBSITE. UM THERE'S ALSO TIME STILL TO NOMINATE YOUR SCHOOL FOR THE OCTOBER FAMILY FRIENDLY AWARD. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET IN FOR THE OCTOBER ONE, YOU KNOW THOSE NOMINATIONS AND VOTING IS ALWAYS ROLLING. SO JUST CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THE FAMILY FRIENDLY. MAGNET AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. INFO SESSIONS WERE HELD OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS. TOMORROW WE START WITH OPEN HOUSES. AND THEY BEGIN EXPLORING THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND MORE DEPTH. SO TOMORROW THEY STARTED JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL TO EXPLORE THE PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL OR P TECH AND THEN BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE DATES AND TIMES FOR ALL MAGNET AND TEXTUAL PROGRAM. TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. OPEN HOUSES ON HCPS .ORG. HARFORD GLENN IS ACCEPTING VOLUNTEER COUNSELOR APPLICATIONS . HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.YOU CAN FIND DETAILS IN HCPS .ORG. UM HR STILL HAS OPEN POSITIONS POSTED ON HCPS DIDN'T WORK. ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY LOOK AT THE WAY SUPPORT BECOME A PART OF HCPS STAFF AND JUST EDITORIAL ON IT EDITORIALLY ON THIS. I WAS IN ANOTHER SCHOOL TODAY. THAT SAID, I THINK THEY'VE HIRED AS MANY AS SEVEN PARENTS FOR VARIOUS SUPPORT ROLES IN THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL, YOU KNOW? IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COMING IN. AND YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE SUPPORT POSITIONS. AND I THINK PARENTS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT. UM REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION , UM, THAT THAT SORT OF NEWEST INITIATIVE FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EMAILING ASK HCPS .ORG. UM IT'S ACTUALLY ASK HTTPS AT HCPS .ORG AND, UM, STAFF WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT OR STAFF MEMBER TO BEST ASSIST YOU. UM THIS FRIDAY
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IS THE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION BREAKFAST PUT ON BY THE HARPER COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. UM, IT WILL BE. UH WATER'S EDGE EVENT CENTER, AND IT AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY SHOWCASES NOT ONLY OUR MAGNET AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO WE'LL HAVE PERFORMANCES OF. BOTH ARE AND MUSIC. THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. AND IT'S JUST GENERALLY NICE CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND THEN FINALLY, OCTOBER IS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH THIS MONTH, AND EVERY MONTH WE ON OUR SCHOOL LEADERS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, BUT OCTOBER IS WHEN WE SEND THAT EXTRA SPECIAL. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPLES. SO WITH THAT[Future Meetings Review]
CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. UM AND YES* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.