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EVERYONE PLEASE MUTE YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON MARCH 13TH 2023 AT 6 31 PM THIS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MRS. ROLAND, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL ALVAREZ PRECEDENT. BRUCE HERE. MISS TIME, PRESIDENT. DR HAROLD DR HAROLD IS ABSENT THIS EVENING. MISS PERRY HERE. DR PHILLIPS RICCARDI. HERE AND I'M TRYING TO DO IS DOWN TAP. WE CAN HEAR YOU. MR BLINKEN, PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT SEWELL. PRESIDENT MUELLER, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT WILSON. HERE. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLE COME THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WE USE 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, DR MUELLER WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DR BOLSON RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER. TO DO SO. ROLL CALL IS TAKEN PROMOTION . I ASKED YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR NO. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADAPT THE AGENDA. MOTION TO ADOPT AGENDA. THIS IS NOAH SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. MOTION PASSES. CORRECT TO YOU. ALRIGHT EVERYONE WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE UNITED STATES. OKAY? REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. THAT IS FROM. THANK
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YOU. IT IS NOW TIME FOR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, MRS OVARIES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. UM, TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES A REVIEW OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ETHICS POLICY. IN GENERAL ETHICS IS BASED ON THE DILEMMA BETWEEN THE CAPABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AND QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE DONE. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ARGUABLY THE MOST. IMPORTANT INDUSTRY IN OUR COUNTRY. AND VERY COMPLEX. IT'S FILLED WITH MANY ETHICAL DILEMMAS. AS AN ENGINEER, TEST ENGINEERS SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE VERY THERE WERE A LOT OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS THAT WE WEREN'T TAUGHT AT IN COLLEGE. UM, YOU KNOW, UM WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS. SO UM, WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS, I GOT SCHOOLED BECAUSE I WAS, YOU KNOW, NEEDED DATA TO, UM, FILL MY DATA EXPERIMENT AND CREATE THE MODELS THAT WE WERE LEADING TO DEVELOP TO UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS BETTER. UM BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE COULD NOT DEVELOP THIS MODELS UNLESS THAT DATA WAS FROM EXPERIMENTS THAT WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED WITH ETHICAL INTEGRITY. I JUST BRING THIS FOR YOU BEFORE YOU BECAUSE TONIGHT'S POLICY DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ALL THE ETHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION AT TALKS ABOUT ONE PARTICULARLY FINANCES, AND IT'S VERY IT'S A THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ETHICAL ISSUE. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS. UM WE HAVE AN ETHICAL STATEMENT THAT COVERS OTHER AREAS OF ETHICS, BUT WE HAVE NO POLICY THAT COVERS THEM . UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO PUT IT OUT ABOUT ETHICS AND THOUGHTS ON ON ETHICS ARE, UM AND THEN I KIND OF WANT MORE UPBEAT NOTE. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HAVE DEGREES. HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY HAD THIS WEEKEND IN THE SOUND OF MUSIC THAT STUDENTS ARE THE TALENT WE HAVE. THERE WAS INCREDIBLE. AND WHY WAS THERE SO I WANTED TO ALSO MENTIONED SOME DATES? THIS TUESDAY. THEY'RE DOING A FUNDRAISER AT ABBEY BURGER, UM FOR THE HAVERTY GRACE TENNIS TEAM IF YOU GO INTO ABBEY BURGER AND PURCHASE SABEEL, UM AND MENTIONED THE HOWARD GRACE TENNIS TEAM, AS PART OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE TENNIS PROGRAM AT HAVERTY GRACE[00:05:04]
AND THEN ALSO WON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE LEGISLATURE.THE LEGISLATORS ARE IN SESSION. THERE'S A FEW IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP MARCH. 14TH IS THE DATE THAT THE LEGISLATORS, UM PRESENT ALL OF THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN BEING PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND MARCH 20TH IS THE CROSSOVER DATE. THAT'S THE DATE AT WHICH NO OTHER BILLS ARE ALLOWED, AND CHANGES ARE ALLOWED TO REALLY OCCUR SO THAT THESE DATES ARE IMPORTANT TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TO IF YOU WANT YOUR VOICE HEARD. UM AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. MRS BURST EVENING. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. WELCOME TO EVERYONE.
THIS IS AN PRETTY EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. UM ON THIS DAY ON MARCH 13TH 2023 YEARS AGO TODAY , HCPS CLOSED THE DOORS OF OUR SCHOOLS FOR TWO WEEKS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID 19. THE SHUTDOWN LED TO OVER A YEAR VIRTUAL SCHOOL. COUNTLESS MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. LOSS OF PROMS , ASSEMBLY SPORTS GRADUATIONS AND SO MANY DRASTIC AND IMMENSE LEARNING LOSSES AND SOCIALIZATION SKILLS. UM THAT MANY ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH TODAY. AS I REFLECT ON MY OWN STRUGGLES AS A MOM DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER TO KEEP MY FAMILY AFLOAT AND WATCHING MY CHILDREN STRUGGLE DAILY, UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT SPEAK UP. UM EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A DEVASTATING TIME, I CAN SAY THAT I MET SOME PRETTY AMAZING PEOPLE, AND I WAS A PART OF SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS. SO WHILE 2020 WAS THE WORST FOR MANY, IT TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT HOW THOSE MOMENTS THOSE DAYS AND YEARS HAVE CHANGED US AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM IT.
LET'S NEVER FORGET. UM ALSO THIS PAST WEEK ONE A LIGHTER NOTE. I WAS ABLE TO TOUR SOME OF THE AMAZING SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I MET SOME PRINCIPLES, THE STAFF AND I GOT TO INTERACT WITH MANY OF THE STUDENTS. IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE OUR CHILDREN SMILING, INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER AND LEARNING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TOURING SOME ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THIS WEEK AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK FOR. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MRS PERRY. HELLO, GOOD. I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY. UM I HAD A PRETTY AMAZINGLY, UM I GOT TO ATTEND PLAY IT. EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL CALLED MEAN GIRLS. AND THE PLAY WAS OUTSTANDING IT IT'S CELEBRATED DIVERSITY. I THINK EVERY STUDENT IN THIS UM AND HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD IDENTIFY WITH SOME CHARACTER IN THERE. AND THE. I THINK HIS NAME IS ROBERT TUCKER . HE'S A STAGE DIRECTOR TEACHER THERE. HE GAVE THEM ALL THE SPACE TO ACTUALLY SAY WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY. SOME THINGS WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW HARD TO TAKE. BUT IT GAVE THEM JUST YOU COULD FEEL THE VIBE IN THIS SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, AND EVERYBODY'S VOICE WAS HEARD. SO, UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT. BUT THEN AFTER THAT. DR BOSTON AND I WENT TO OLD POST ROAD SCHOOL AND WE GOT TO SEE. UM, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RUINING MILLER. SHE READ TO THE STUDENTS THERE, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER AWESOME THING, AND I MET THE PRINCIPAL THERE AND HE IS REALLY WORKING HARD.
TO MAKE THAT SCHOOL ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. DR. PHILLIPS DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TODAY. THANK YOU. MR CARTY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS. I HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OLD POST ROADS CURRICULUM PROGRAM WITH MR SEWELL. UM WE SAW THE READING PROGRAM IN ACTION. I VISITED THREE THROUGH FIVE AND MR SEWELL VISITED K THROUGH SECOND, AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN GOING FROM CLASS TO CLASS . THE CONSISTENCY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SEEN THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE STUDENTS. AND SEEING THE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES AND ACTION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. MR WOODEN. YOU KNOW, THE FACT WAS STAFF AND KUDOS TO MISS PERRY FOR A MINUTE SHOUTING OUT TO YOU AS WELL. PLANKTON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE APPLICATIONS FOR OUR MAKE IT REALLY QUICK THE APPLICATIONS TO HAVE MY POSITION NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ARE OPEN UNTIL THE 17TH THIS WEEK. IT'S COMING IN QUICK JUNIORS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING LISTED A MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EITHER CONTACT ME OR CONTACT YOUR S G. A TEACHER THAT'S IN CHARGE. UM AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE APPLICATIONS. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT. SOUL, UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE SO GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE AND ALSO FOR
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THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, CHECKING IN FROM FROM HOME. UM LAST COUPLE WEEKS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE WITH THE ELEMENTARY READING PROGRAM. UM AND, UH, STARTED HALLS. CROSSROADS ALSO VISITED OLD POST ROAD AND TODAY I WAS AT DEERFIELD AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. UM ALL THREE OF THOSE SCHOOLS I SAW REALLY ENGAGING EDUCATORS. UM, I SAW STUDENTS THAT WERE WELL DISCIPLINED, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING. UM AND I WAS JUST OVERALL IMPRESSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATORS AND THE STUDENTS, SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS . I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING QUITE A QUITE A FEW MORE. UM I'M GOING TO AS MANY AS I POSSIBLY CAN FIT INTO MY SCHEDULE OVER THE NEXT MONTH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. I ALSO WENT TO HOLES CROSSROAD IN. UM I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH DOCTOR JENNIFER PALMER, WHO IS THE READING SPECIALIST THERE AND THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING ALONG WITH THE PRINCIPAL THERE, SO JUST A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THEM.[B. Public Comments]
THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM NEXT. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THESE ARE THE RULES. IN PERSON. SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED FIRST WILL BE CALLED ON BY THE BOARD SECRETARY, REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL PROCEED NEXT. THEY WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING BY AN HTTPS STAFF MEMBER WHEN IT IS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO GROUPS IDENTIFIED TONIGHT WILL EACH RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. UM SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT WHEN SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR THREE MINUTE MARK , AND AGAIN THE GROUP FIVE MINUTE MARK, THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE. MRS RALLY, WILL YOU PLEASE BEGIN WITH IN PERSON REGISTERED SPEAKERS. YES THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 16 IN PERSON SPEAKERS. THE FIRST ONE IS MR BENJAMIN HEUSER.FOLLOWED BY JAMES RAMSEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN HEUSER. UM THE LATEST DECISION ON THE CONTRACT OR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. FOR $265,000 HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF DISGUSTING. THE ONLY BOARD MEMBER THAT READ THROUGH THE BOOK LIST WAS MELISSA HAN. EVEN WEIGHTS, WILL SAID THAT HE SAW IT BUT DIDN'T EVEN CARE TO LOOK THROUGH IT. YOUR VOTED ON BOOKS K THROUGH FIVE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. IF ANY ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE READ THE BOOK LIST, HE WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF RACIALLY DIVERSE IT AND SEXUALLY PROMISCUOUS BOOKS WITHIN THIS PURCHASE. WHY DO THESE NEED TO BE IN K THROUGH FIVE? WITH THE LATEST TEST SCORES. THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS FOR SOME LET'S TAKE A QUICK SMALL LOOK AT A SAMPLE OF THESE BOOKS. SO WE HAVE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT. WE HAVE EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. PROTESTS. COLIN KAEPERNICK. UH ATHLETES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THOUGH HE HASN'T BEEN ONE SINCE 2016. THE WITCH BOY. WHO IS RAND PAUL? PROTESTS PLACES TO PROTEST SIT IN A NON VIOLENT PROTEST FOR RACIAL EQUALITY. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM , UM I LIKE THE BOARD TO INFORM THE PARENTS TAXPAYERS VOTERS CONSTITUENTS. WHY THESE BOOKS ARE NECESSARY. FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. WHY MY FIRST GRADER NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO PROTEST. IF SOMEBODY CAN PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. WHY NOT TO MENTION WHY THEY THINK IT'S OK? MY DAUGHTERS TALKED THAT THE PRINCIPLE IS IN CHARGE. THE TEACHER IS IN CHARGE. AUTHORITY RESPECT, RESPECT, RESPECT, RESPECT, RESPECT. THE PRINCIPLE OF MILD MITRAL SCHOOL WILL TELL YOU I CALL HIM MR PRINCIPAL EVERY TIME SO MY DAUGHTER UNDERSTANDS RESPECT. THERE THERE'S NO PROTESTING BETWEEN K K THROUGH FIVE. AT LEAST THERE SHOULDN'T BE. AND IF THERE IS THEN WE THEN WE'RE ALL ALL AT FAULT. EVERY ONE OF US IF WE HAVE A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, DOING A SIT IN PROTEST, RIDICULOUS. UM. CAROL PRETTY PIT, BRUCE SAID. THE CHILDREN NEEDED CLASSROOM MATERIAL, BUT I FAILED TO SEE A MAJORITY THAT BEING CLASSROOM MATERIAL. IN FACT, I ONLY SAW 5% OF IT BEING CLASSROOM MATERIAL. UM. WITH ALL THAT TAKEN INTO
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CONSIDERATION, I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THE B O E. PLEASE PROVIDE US A REASONABLE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THESE KIND OF BOOKS ARE MADE. FOR KINDERGARTNERS THEIR FIRST THROUGH FIFTH GRADERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY? I'M JAMES RAMSEY. UM THERE WAS A STORY IN THE NEW YORK POST THAT'S RELEVANT TO SOME OF OUR OWN CONTROVERSIES ABOUT WHAT BOOKS SHOULD BE IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES, THE HEADLINE READS. 11 YEAR OLD READS ALOUD FROM QUOTE PORNOGRAPHIC UNQUOTE BOOK HE CHECKED OUT FROM LIBRARY AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. BOOK IN QUESTION WAS NICK AND CHARLIE ABOUT 2 14 YEAR OLD BOYS QUOTE, EXPERIMENTING UNQUOTE. AND THE KID WHO READ PASSAGE FROM IT WAS WITH HIS DAD WHO WENT ON TO PROTEST ANOTHER BOOK THAT MOST OF US HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF. BY NOW. GENDER QUEER. HERE'S THE ODD THING, THOUGH. BOTH FATHER AND SON DECRIED. THIS BOOK IS PORNOGRAPHIC. YET HE'S NOT ONLY WILLING TO HAVE IT READ AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. BUT TO LET HIS KID READ IT. THAT BOOK WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD RECOGNIZE PORNOGRAPHY LIKE, SAY. WHATEVER THEY'RE SELLING IN THOSE SKETCHY BOOKSTORES ON ROUTE 40, OR SIMILAR INTERESTING FAN FICTION ABOUT KIRK AND SPOCK'S YOU CAN FIND ON THE INTERNET. PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO. I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. THAT'S A SIGN THAT THE BOOK THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T QUITE THE DANGEROUS CORRUPTOR THAT THEY SAY IT. THIS CONTROVERSY. A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES THROW AROUND THE WORD PORNOGRAPHY THE WAY LIBERALS OFTEN THROW AROUND THE PHRASE WHITE SUPREMACY. IN A WAY THAT POLLUTES THE MEANING ADDS MORE HEAT THAN LIGHT AND MAKES A HASH IT ANY CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION ON THE TOP. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF MATERIAL WITH ADULT THEMES. MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO START TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE ADULTS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOSH COCKSURE, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP AND YOU WILL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES.UM GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSH COASTLINE. I REPRESENT WE, THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND. WE ARE ARE WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT TO CONTROL YOUR LIVELIHOOD, YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR DESTINY. OUR BUSINESS TO PROVIDE AN ORGANIZED OUTLET FOR AMERICANS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BY GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NO. THIS BUT YOU HAVE ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE AND THAT'S DOCTOR BOLSON. I STATE THIS BECAUSE WHEN WATCHING THESE MEETINGS, IT SEEMS TO BE THE OPPOSITE THAT HE CONTROLS YOU.
EACH OF YOU HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT PROTECTING DR BOLSON AND HIS EMPLOYEES. REPEATEDLY DOCTOR BOLSON, HIS ATTORNEYS AND STAFF COME BEFORE YOU TO DICTATE WHAT YOU WILL DO. THAT DOES NOT HELP THE SYSTEM WORKS. I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN VOCAL FOR YEARS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION THAT IS BEING CAUSED BY DR BOLSON AND HAVE ASKED FOR HIS REMOVAL MANY TIMES. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS CONTINUED DESTRUCTION TO THIS COUNTY. AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BY REGULATION. IT TAKES ONLY ONE OF YOU TO IDENTIFY OR RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
MISS ALVAREZ. MR SOUL, MISS PERRY, MISS BRUCE AND THIS BLANKET. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DISCUSS. BUT THE REST OF YOU MOST LIKELY ARE FROM SITTING ON THIS BOARD BOARD BOARD. WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WHEN APRIL 20TH 2022 I SENT THE FOLLOWING.O MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT TITLE FOR GENERAL PROVISIONS TO MARYLAND CODE. I'M REQUESTING THE DOCUMENT PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS RECEIVED AS A PDF EMAIL ATTACHMENT SPECIFICALLY. OCTOBER 14TH 2021 MEMORANDUM TO L T RE SEXUAL ORIENTATION INQUIRIES, INQUIRIES OF STUDENTS MADE BY SCHOOL STAFF REGARDING A STUDENT'S GENDER, IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON APRIL 28TH 2022 FROM THIS, NEIL STATING THAT THE MEMO I REQUESTED DOES EXIST BUT WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL.
I DIDN'T RESPONDED ASKING FOR THE AGENDA, THE MINUTES NOTES, EXHIBITS AND OR ATTACHMENTS. THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 3RD 2022 2021. WHEN MAY 10TH 2022 MISS NEIL RESPONDED, STATING THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT MY REQUEST FOR AN AGENDA, MINUTES EXHIBITS AND OR ATTACHMENTS. IN ADDITION, I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE ARE
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT MY REQUEST FOR ANY NOTES. BUT ONCE AGAIN, I WAS DENIED ACCESS. LONG STORY SHORT, I IMPLORE EACH ONE OF YOU. TO REVIEW THE MEMORANDUM SENT TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM. BY PATRICK P. SPICER ESQUIRE ON OCTOBER 14TH 2021 WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECT LINES. INQUIRIES OF STUDENTS MADE BY SCHOOL STAFF REGARDING A STUDENT'S GENDER, IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND TO DISCLOSURE BY SCHOOL STAFF TO PARENT AND OF A STUDENT'S GENDER , IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. THIS WILL BEGIN TO ILLUSTRATE THE ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL ACTIVITY ORCHESTRATED BY DR BOLSON AND HIS STAFF. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER SUPPORTING FACTS AND EXAMPLES LIKE THE PRESENTATIONS TEACHERS RECEIVED ON LGBT INSTRUCTION, WHICH ALEX SCHEMMEL OF THE NATIONAL DESK OBTAINED THROUGH AN EYE OR MP TO REQUEST. DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS, STAFF PLAYED OUT SCENARIOS FOR TEACHERS REGARDING THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENTS IDENTITY TO THEIR PARENTS. SECOND GETTING TO KNOW YOU SURVEYS IN THE CLASS WORK THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THIRD THE DIRECT DENIAL FROM SITTING BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS. UM TO LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THESE, UH, THIS MEMBER WENT OUT DENYING THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THIS PERSON STILL SITTING ON THIS BOARD TODAY. AND FINALLY SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT EXAMPLES OF IT HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS. IN CLOSING. I ASKED THAT THIS BE DONE WITH TRANSPARENCY AND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT ONLY ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION BUT ALSO YOUR DISCUSSION AND DECISIONS. IT CAN START TONIGHT . ONE OF YOU ASK HIM. UM WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. HAS HE BEEN INVOLVED OR IS HIS STAFF BEEN INVOLVED WITH ASKING GENDER IDEATION QUESTIONS BEYOND THE BIOLOGICAL REFERENCE, AND HAS IT BEEN DISCUSSED IN TRAINED ON HOW TO WITHHOLD FROM THE PARENTS? LASTLY WHAT DID THE LAST ATTORNEY FOR DR BOLSON MR SPICER STATE IN THIS MEMO, AND DID HE COMPLY? AS MENTIONED BEFORE IT ONLY TAKES ONE OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION AND INITIATED FORMAL REVIEW. AND HOPEFULLY THE REMOVAL OF DR BOLSON FROM HIS POWERFUL POSITION OVER SO MANY CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU. LINDSEY CREAMS BALMS, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER SELKIE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDSAY GREENBAUM AND I AM THE READING SPECIALIST AT JARRETTSVILLE ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS A PARENT IN HCPS. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WE NEED TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO READ AND NOT JUST TO LOVE READING. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE WORK WE DO IN THE CLASSROOM ACHIEVES BOTH. CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TO READ AND ENGAGING AND AUTHENTIC WAY. OUR CHILDREN ARE TASKED TO BECOME WORD DETECTIVES AND WORD BUILDERS BY RECEIVING MISSIONS TO PROMOTE PHONICS DISCOVERIES. THEY RECEIVED SLIDER POWER IN VOWEL POWER TO EMULATE THE SUPERPOWERS OF THEIR FAVORITE SUPERHEROES. AND YES, THESE CHANGES DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. OUR KINDERGARTENERS AND FIRST GRADERS ARE TALKING ABOUT BLENDS DIA GRAPHS, VOWEL TEAMS, AND, OF COURSE, THOSE RULE BREAKERS. DECODING TEXTS ARE IN HANDS AND CHILDREN ARE READING. OUR OLDER STUDENTS ARE TAKING CHARGE OF THEIR OWN READING AND LITERACY LIFE. THEY ARE ENGAGING IN DEBATE. THEY ARE ENGAGED IN DEBATING REAL WORLD ISSUES, RUNNING THEIR OWN BOOK CLUBS AND RESEARCH CLUBS AND ADVOCATING FOR POSSIBLE CHANGE. THEY'RE JOTS AND WRITINGS IN RESPONSE TO READING INCLUDE MAKING CLAIMS, SUPPORTING DETAILS WITH THEIR THINKING AND STATING THEMES. THEY ARE SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED IN ALARM. LARGE VALIUM OF SUSTAINED READING. OUR TEACHING IS STRUCTURED SO THAT THE TEACHER IS NOT DOING THE TWO FAMILIAR STAND AND DELIVER FORMAT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LOOKING AT WHAT INSTRUCTION IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT THIS TYPE OF LEARNING WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A WORKBOOK.INSTEAD TEACHERS ARE WORKING ENDLESSLY TO MAKE SURE THE NEEDS OF EVERY READER ARE ADDRESSED THROUGH INTENTIONAL SMALL GROUPS , EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION AND CAREFULLY SELECTED MATERIALS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH REPEATED PRACTICE WITHIN THEIR ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT. THE READING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OFFICE HAS STRATEGICALLY PLANNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE WE HAVE SHIFTED SOME OF OUR OLD PRACTICES AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE OF READING. THE READING. SPECIALISTS AT THE BUILDING LEVEL ARE ALSO ADDRESSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE WE ARE CONTINUING THOSE EFFORTS. OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL IS THAT WE ARE GROWING TEACHERS AS TEACHERS OF READING. AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS ASKED WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET TO 100% PROFICIENCY. TIME. WE NEED TIME TO BRING OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF THIS SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM. WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE DAMAGE DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC. TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE CONSIDERED HEROES. DURING VIRTUAL TEACHING, I PROMISE YOU THE HARDEST WORK WE HAVE PUT FORTH HAS BEEN THE WORK WE HAVE COMPLETED SINCE THE
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DOORS REOPENED. CONSISTENCY AND INSTRUCTION IS MOST IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO FILL THE GAPS CREATED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I CAN REPORT THAT AS THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 98% OF OUR KINDERGARTENERS AND 96% OF OUR FIRST GRADERS ARE PROFICIENT AND ADVANCED IN DOUBLES. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED OUR UNITS OF STUDY CURRICULUM WITH FIDELITY. EVERYONE HERE HAS A MUTUAL BELIEF THAT WE MUST DO WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS GIVE US THE TIME. WE NEED TO TEACH IN THE WAY THAT WE KNOW HOW. THANK YOU.GOOD EVENING, DR BALLSTON AND BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER PSAKI AND I'M, THE READING SPECIALIST AT EMERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE ABOUT THE LITERACY INSTRUCTION THAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR COUNTY. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR IMPLEMENTING UNITS OF STUDY AND READING AND SECOND YEAR IMPLEMENTING PHONICS UNITS OF STUDY. WELL THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. IT IS OUR FIRST YEAR WITHOUT COVID RESTRICTIONS, AND IT IS OUR FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTING THE UPDATED READING UNITS OF STUDY.
THE LAST TIME I ADDRESSED THE BOARD I SHARED ABOUT THE SHIFTS THAT ARE BEING MADE SO THAT OUR LITERACY INSTRUCTION ALIGNS WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. I SHARED ABOUT THE USE OF DECODE HERBAL TEXT. ORTHO GRAPHIC MAPPING THE ELIMINATION OF THE QUEUING SYSTEM THAT USE OF A PHONICS CONTINUUM AND THE ADDITION OF THE HAGERTY ANEMIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW MORE SHIFTS THAT ARE HAPPENING DURING LITERACY INSTRUCTION. BEFORE UNITS HAVE STUDIED THE NUMBER. ONE COMPLAINT I HEARD FROM TEACHERS IS THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THEIR STUDENTS TO APPLY AND TRANSFER WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE PHONICS BLOCK TO THEIR READING AND WRITING. SINCE IMPLEMENTING THE PHONIC STUDENTS OF STUDY. TEACHERS ARE NOW SEEING THIS TRANSFER, WHICH IS CRUCIAL. SINCE WE KNOW THAT PHONICS IS A BRIDGE TO BUILDING STRONGER READERS AND WRITERS. THE READING. WRITING IN FRONT OF STUDENTS OF STUDY ARE ALIGNED BEAUTIFULLY TO ALLOW THIS TRANSFER TO HAPPEN. THIS SHIFT IN ALIGNMENT HAS ALLOWED STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT HELPS THEM AS READERS ALSO HELPS THEM AS WRITERS, AND WHAT HELPS HIM AS WRITERS ALSO HELPS HIM AS READERS. AND MOST OF ALL, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY LEARN IN PHONICS MAKES THEM STRONGER. READERS AND WRITERS, NOT STRONGER PHONICS STUDENTS.
BEFORE UNITS OF STUDY. SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION LOOKED DIFFERENT. WE WOULD TEACH THE SAME SKILL OR STRATEGY TO ALL STUDENTS ONLY DIFFERENTIATING WITH THE TEXT THAT WE USED. WE ARE SHIFTING AWAY FROM THIS GUIDED READING APPROACH. NOW WE USE ASSESSMENTS TO CREATE EFFECTIVE AND INDIVIDUALIZED SMALL GROUPS THAT TARGET SPECIFIC NEEDS. TO MOVE STUDENTS FORWARD AS READERS AND WRITERS. THESE SHIFTS DO TAKE TIME, BUT THEY ARE HAPPENING. I RECENTLY HEARD ON A PODCAST THAT WE NEED TO GIVE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS GRACE AS WE BEGIN TO MAKE THESE SHIFTS THAT ARE MORE ALIGNED WITH SCIENCE AND READING. AS MENTIONED. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ANY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY IS IMPLEMENTING PHONICS WRITING AND THE UPDATED CATER TO READING UNITS OF STUDY. GIVING UP ON THIS CURRICULUM AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR IN HAVING TEACHERS LEARN A BRAND NEW PROGRAM DOESN'T FEEL LIKE GRACE TO ME. IN CONCLUSION. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS TO READ. WE ARE AS TEACHING STUDENTS TO READ WORDS USING THEIR PHONICS, KNOWLEDGE AND NO LONGER USING THE QUEUING SYSTEM AND WE ARE BUILDING A LOVE FOR READING. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE RECENTLY SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD TO LOVE TO READ. THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO LEARN TO READ. WELL, I HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD AT HOME. AND WHEN SHE GETS TO SCHOOL, I TRULY HOPE THAT SHE HAS A TEACHER THAT HELPS HER LEARN TO READ. BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO INSTILL HER LOVE FOR READING. IN MY OPINION, LEARNING TO READ AND LOVING TO READ, GO AHEAD AND HAND CAN'T WE? SHOULDN'T WE BE DOING BOTH? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE HAVE QUESTIONS. HARAKAH, FOLLOWED BY CHARLENE HOT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KRISTEN DRAGICA AND I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE READING PROGRAM AS HARFORD COUNTY RATE.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS READING SPECIALIST AND EDUCATOR OF 26 YEARS IN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS AND A PARENT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS HOW WE ARE INCORPORATING THE SIGNS OF READING INTO OUR CURRICULUM.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, ACCORDING TO DR TIMOTHY SHANAHAN, A LEADING RESEARCHER AND PROFESSOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO. THE SCIENCE OF READING INCORPORATES ANY PEDAL UP PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH THAT HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF IMPROVING ACHIEVEMENT OVER MULTIPLE STUDIES. NOT ONLY DOES THIS MEAN FINNEY MICK AWARENESS AND PHONICS INSTRUCTION BUT ALSO FLUENCY, VOCABULARY, DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSION AND RATING. ALL SIX OF THESE PRINCIPLES MUST BE INCLUDED INEQUALITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF READING, WHICH IS MAKING MEANING. THE FIRST TWO PRINCIPLES, ANEMIC AWARENESS AND PHONICS WERE DISCUSSED LAST WORD MEETING BY THE REAL OFFICE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO TO DWELL ON THOSE BUT GO INTO THE LESS COMMONLY DISCUSSED PARTS OF THE SCIENCE OF READING. FLUENCY
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RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT INSTRUCTION IN FLUENT READING STRATEGIES, IMPROVED DECODING AND READING COMPREHENSION. IN ADDITION TO FLUENCY. THIS IS BEST DONE THROUGH READING TEXTS ALOUD WITH FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK AND REPUTATION, IMPAIRED READINGS. REPEATED READINGS ECHO READINGS IN OTHER WAYS. BECAUSE WE HAVE TIME FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND PARTNER WORK IN OUR SCHEDULE. THIS TYPE OF PRACTICE CAN OCCUR. COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT. GO HAND AGAIN HAND IN HAND AGAIN THROUGH RESEARCH. THROUGH RESEARCH. IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT VOCABULARY BUILDING IS BEST DONE WITH CONNECTIONS TO TEXT. WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF READ ALOUD TIME WHERE STUDENTS CAN BUILD VOCABULARY USING GRADE LEVEL TEXT. RESEARCH HAS ALSO PROVEN THAT IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE TO TEACH COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES AND ISOLATION, BUT RATHER THROUGH A RICH TEXT AND USING MULTIPLE STRATEGIES AT ONCE. AGAIN WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS AND ANALYZE OUR STUDENT PROGRESS THROUGH SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. ANOTHER BEST PRACTICE OF COMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION IS TO HAVE A PROGRESSION OF SKILLS ARE CURRICULUM PROVIDES US A FRAMEWORK WITH WHICH TO DO THIS THROUGH PRE ASSESSMENT AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATA. WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE STUDENTS FALL ALONG A CONTINUUM AND THAT THE NEXT STEPS TO HAVE STUDENTS MAKE THE PROGRESS. WE ARE MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES. TO BE BAMBOO FORWARD MORE QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER FOR RATING NOW IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN ADDITION, WE FOLLOW RESEARCH BASED INTERVENTION PRACTICES WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOT MEETING GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS. THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO OUR CURRENT READING CURRICULUM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR ALL STUDENTS. WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THAT THERE IS MORE TO THE SCIENCE OF READING THAN JUST ANEMIC AWARENESS AND PHONICS AND THAT THE HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STRUCTURED READING, LANGUAGE AND ARTS PROGRAM IS FOLLOWING ALL OF THE SCIENCE OF READING. THANK YOU. I AM A FORMER TEACHER ALSO HAS A LIBRARIAN FOR TWO OF THOSE 37 YEARS, 18 OF THEM IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF OUR SCHOOL IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES. I'M REFERRING TO ALL LIBRARIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND SCHOOL BASED AS OUR CHILDREN USE THEM BOTH. A PROGRAM OF FBI INTERVENTION IN THE 19 SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES WAS A FALSE FLAG NAMED THE FBI LIBRARY AWARENESS PROGRAM. IT IS ABOUT CHOICE AND LACK OF IT AS WELL. THIS FAILED PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND ON ANY FACT BASED WEBSITE CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM. IT APPEARS THAT TODAY IN 2023, SOME ARE TAKING A PAGE OUT OF THE TACTICS OF THE FBI AND USING THEM FOR AN ASSAULT ON LIBRARIES, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL LIBRARIES ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY AND COUNTIES. ONE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN WHO LEARN FROM BOOKS OR BEING USED AS A FOIL TO MAKE CENSORSHIP DEFINING GOAL. THEY WILL TELL YOU. IT'S FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, THE CONFIDENCE THEY REQUIRED TO BELIEVE IN THE PROFESSIONALISM AND CREDIBILITY OF THEIR CHILD'S TEACHER. THEY ARE USING THIS ISSUE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES TO IDENTIFY SENSOR AND REMOVE ANY BOOKS OR MATERIALS. THEIR GROUP MAY SEE AS OBJECTIONABLE IN THEIR MINDS TO THEIR PARENTING, THEIR PATRIOTISM AND THEIR GOVERNMENT STANDARDS. IT'S A HARD THING TO PROVE THEY ARE WRONG OR THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE HURTING OUR CHILDREN, EVEN THOSE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.THE DAMAGE IS DONE BY BANNING ANY BOOK FROM ACCREDITED LIBRARIES, WHETHER IN SCHOOLS OR OUR TOWN LIBRARY FACILITIES ARE IRREDEEMABLE. CENSORSHIP OF THE WRITTEN WORD AND OUR EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL, BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AS A TOOL TO LIMIT KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES AGAINST THEIR GRAIN AND MEANS TO ESTABLISH A POWER HOLD ON OUR GOVERNMENTS. IT IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE FIRST STEP IN ELIMINATING IDEAS THEY ARE AGAINST. CENSORSHIP DEVALUES KNOWLEDGE ON LIMITED IDEOLOGY AND FREE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS.
THEY ARE POLITICALLY ENTRENCHED IN THIS WITHOUT ACTUAL PROOF, THOSE CENSORED WRITTEN WORDS ARE HARMFUL. EVERY CHILD DESERVES AN EDUCATION. THEY WILL ARGUE IT SEEMS IT MUST ONLY BE THEIR IDEAS OF EDUCATION. SOME OF THE IDEAS THEY PROTEST ARE THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF OUR COUNTRY.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH EXPRESSION OF A KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT MAY GO BEYOND THE IDEAS OF SOME OF THEIR PEERS OR EVEN THEIR PARENTS. THOSE UNFAMILIAR IDEAS ARE SCARY TO SOME PARENTS AND CAUSE FOR ACTION, EVEN IF IT'S HARMFUL TO THEIR OWN CHILDREN. IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR CULTURE SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT AFFECTS ALL CULTURES, ETHNIC GROUPS AND ALL AGES. OUR CHILDREN WILL IN TIME , LEAVE THE COMFORT OVER THEIR HOMES AND REALIZE IT'S A SMALL FRACTION OF THE WIDE WORLD. THEY WILL ENTER AS THEY GROW OLDER. AND REMEMBER WHAT IS ON OUR COINAGE E PLURIBUS. YOU KNOW, OUT OF MANY ONE. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT IDEAS SUBMITTED TOWARDS CENSORING OUR TEACHER LIBRARIES AND USING FALSE INFORMATION THAT DEFIES REASON WOULD BE SADLY REFUSED BY
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OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE OPERATIVE WORD HERE BEING EDUCATION, NOT LACK OF IT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN NICE, FOLLOWED BY WENDY MORELLI. HI GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUE CANALS, AND I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY PRIDE AND PAST PRESIDENT I'M, A MEMBER OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF HARFORD COUNTY. I WORK FULL TIME FOR THE V. A. AND I'M A LESBIAN. BUT MY MOST IMPORTANT ROLE HIS MOTHER TO MY FIFTH GRADE SON AT HARBOR GRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHERE HE ATTENDS WHERE I LIVE, WHERE I OWN A HOME AND WHERE I PAY TAXES. AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RHETORIC AND THE LANGUAGE AND THE INFLAMMATORY. UH RHETORIC AROUND , UH, BANNING BOOKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AS THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE SEE YOU AND WE HAVE CHILDREN IN YOUR SCHOOLS. UH MY SON IS THE CHILD OF TWO MOTHERS. HE SHOULD NOT BE HARASSED OR BULLIED AS A RESULT OF THE RHETORIC THAT HE HEARS, OR THAT'S INFLUENCED THE BOARD OR MEMBERS. THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT SELF IDENTIFY. AS LGBT Q PLUS AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE HARASSED OR BULLIED. AS A RESULT OF THAT. THE NUMBER ONE JOB OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN. TO BE EDUCATED.THEY HEAR YOUR LANGUAGE. THEY FEEL YOUR DISCOMFORT WITH WHO THEY ARE. L G B T Q YOUTH ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE. L G B T Q. PEOPLE ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES. AND I'M PERSONALLY ASKING YOU. ON BEHALF OF MY SON. AND OTHER YOUTH THAT MAY IDENTIFY AS LGBT Q. TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE INFLAMMATORY AND MISINFORMED RHETORIC THAT YOU'RE HEARING THAT'S INFLUENCING. BANNING BOOKS TAKING INFORMATION AWAY FROM THEM. EVERY DAY I WALK MY SON TO SCHOOL. I KISSED HIM AS MUCH AS HELL. LET ME AS 1/5 GRADER. AND I TELL HIM I LOVE HIM. AND I TELL HIM BE GOOD KIND. BE COMPASSIONATE AND DO YOUR VERY BEST. SO TONIGHT. I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO BE GOOD. BE KIND, BE COMPASSIONATE. AND DO YOUR VERY BEST BECAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING YOU AND THEY'RE HEARING YOU. AND SO THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
HMM. GOOD EVENING DEDUCTIBLE SINA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR VOTING. YES TO PURCHASING THE DECODE HERBAL BOOKS. THOSE BOOKS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR READING SMALL GROUPS AND ARE READING WORKSHOP TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT ME SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE I PLACE ON THE TEACHING OF LITERACY. ELSE WELL, IS THE IMPORTANCE OF USING FACTS AND RESEARCH TO DETERMINE MY BEST PRACTICES. APPARENTLY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT EMERTON. I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION IN SOME WAY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND CERTIFIED TO TEACH GRADES K 25. I'M A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER IN THE AREA OF EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD LITERACY. I'M NOW WORKING TOWARDS A MASTERS IN TRANCE, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M FULLY IMMERSED IN EDUCATION AND BEST PRACTICES , ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF LITERACY. LAST TIME I SPOKE, I COMPARE WITH LITERACY LOOKS LIKE IN MY CLASSROOM USING THE UNITS OF STUDY TO THE RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY THE SCIENCE OF READING. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE COMPARISON I GAVE CLEARED UP THE CONFUSION THAT THE UNITS HAVE STUDIED. HE'S NOT ALIGNED WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. THE REVISED READING AND THE FINANCE UNIT OF STUDY DOES ALIGN WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING. MY PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO CHALLENGE THE BOARD. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, A BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITIES VOICE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES VOICE. YOU MUST HEAR BOTH SIDES OF ANY ISSUE TWO WEEKS AGO, THE REAL THE DEPARTMENT SHARED DATA WITH YOU THAT SHOWED PROMISE, THE GROUP THAT IS MOST FOLK VOCAL ABOUT THE UNITS HAVE STUDIED DID NOT EVEN STAY TO HEAR THE DATA. THEY HAD MADE UP THEIR MINDS WITHOUT HEARING ALL OF THE FACTS. IT IS YOUR JOB TO HEAR ALL THE FACTS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND COMING TO SEE THE UNITS OF STUDY
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IN CLASSROOMS. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING QUESTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE AT HAND. DOES THE UNITS OF STUDY REFLECT THE SCIENCE OF READING? AND WILL THE CURRICULUM INCREASE OUR STUDENTS CAPACITY AS READERS BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISIONS REGARDING PILOTING NEW READING AND FRANK'S CURRICULUM? PURCHASING NEW CURRICULUM. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST ASK QUESTIONS. YOU MUST SPEAK TO THE EDUCATORS AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CLASSROOMS. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. REACH OUT TO ALL TYPES OF SCHOOLS GO IN THE CLASSROOMS TO WITNESS THE SCIENCE OF READING THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO. YOU WERE ONLY HEARING ONE SIDE OF THE ISSUE, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED WITH AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. IN CLOSING. I ASKED THAT INSTEAD OF POURING MONEY INTO NEW CURRICULUM GIVE THE CURRENT CURRICULUM THE TIME NECESSARY TO SHOW GROWTH INSTEAD OF POURING MONEY INTO NEW CURRICULUM, USED THE MONEY TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE MORE THAN ONE READING SPECIALISTS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN THE AREA OF TEACHING LITERACY ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE INTERVENTIONISTS. TO SUPPORT THE STRUGGLING READERS PROVIDE FUNDING TO ADD MORE LITERACY COACHES AND LITERACY SPECIALISTS AND ENSURE THAT NEW TEACHERS HAVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO TEACH LITERACY EFFECTIVELY FINALLY REACH OUT TO TEACHERS TO SEE WHAT TEACHING LITERACY LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE STELLA PETERS, FOLLOWED BY BETSY STEINMAN.GOOD EVENING. THREE YEARS AGO TODAY ON MARCH 13TH ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH 2020 MY HUSBAND AND I SAT ON THE SCHOOL BLEACHERS, WATCHING MY THEN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PLAYED HIS FIRST AND WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW. THEN HIS LAST LACROSSE GAME. THE CLASS OF 2020 ARE VICTIMS OF WRONGDOING. AND UNJUST, UNFAIR AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT SYSTEM. THESE YOUNG STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE OR SENIOR YEAR FOR THE GREATER GOOD. THEY WERE SHAMED BY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA IF THEY COMPLAINED, OR EXPRESSED SADNESS WITH THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. PROM OR EVEN GRADUATE WITH YOUR PEERS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY HAD WORKED SO HARD FOR IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THEY DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR TEACHERS AND FRIENDS. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. WE KNOW THEIR SACRIFICE WAS ALL IN VAIN. ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. THEY STATED THAT LOCKDOWNS HAD LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS. THEY IMPOSED ENORMOUS ECONOMIC SOCIAL COST. JOB LOSSES IN MARCH AND APRIL OF 2020 EXCEEDED 22 MILLION AND HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY RECOVERED. CHILDREN LOST YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL AFFECT THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THE DISRUPTION, STRESS AND ISOLATION OF THE PANDEMIC RESULTED IN A SPIKE AND BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG STUDENTS NATIONALLY. DATA HAS PROVEN THAT ACADEMICS DECLINED AT A AT A VERY ALARMING RATE. A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS SWORD HERE IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT OUR SOCIETY. IT'S HARD TO DISAGREE WITH THE HOPKINS RESEARCHERS CAN CONCLUSION THAT LOCKDOWNS SHOULD BE REJECTED AS A PANDEMIC POLICY INSTRUMENT. WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT HARFORD COUNTY WAS 50TH IN THE COUNTRY TO REOPEN THEIR SCHOOLS. THOSE WHO VOTED AND CHOSE TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN LOCKDOWN CONTRIBUTED TO THE DAMAGE PLACED ON OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ARE GUILTY OF CHILD ABUSE. EVEN AS WE LEARN OF THESE HARMFUL EFFECTS, THE HCPS BOARD OF EDUCATION CONTINUES TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISIONS THAT ARE ENCOURAGING DIVISION VIOLENCE, DEPRESSION AND CONFUSION IN OUR SCHOOLS. BY BLINDLY VOTING FOR PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS. THEY ARE SEXUALIZING YOUNG, INNOCENT MINDS. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT THAT THEY ARE EITHER OPPRESSED OR THEY ARE THE OPPRESSORS. OUR YOUTH FEELS HOPELESS AND WITHOUT A FUTURE IF THIS BOARD SPENT MORE TIME RESEARCHING AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, INSTEAD OF DISRESPECTING FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE WE COULD JUST GET SOMETHING GOOD DONE. BUT TODAY I JUST WANT TO TELL THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN HARTFORD COUNTY THAT THERE IS HOPE THROUGH. JESUS CHRIST, HOLD ONTO JEREMIAH 29 11 FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU DECLARES THE LORD PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE NEVER FORGET. GOOD EVENING. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST BOARD
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MEETING. MY NAME IS BETSY STEINMAN, AND I'M, A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT EMERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR MORE BOOKS FOR OUR KIDDOS. MY LITTLE ONES LOVE WHEN I CAN EXCHANGE THEIR BOOKS IN THEIR BOOK BAGGIES, AND WE CAN CAN ONLY CONTINUE TO DO THIS WITH MORE BOOKS. BUYING MORE BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN NEED IN THIS COUNTY IN ANY COUNTY. SO FOR THIS, I THANK YOU. I'M ALSO HERE TO ADDRESS A DIFFERENT CONCERN. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. I'VE REALLY BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE COMMENTS AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE QUESTIONING OF HOW WE TEACH THERE'S A LOT OF TALK RIGHT NOW IN THE MEDIA REGARDING THE BEST READING PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS. PEOPLE ARE THROWING DATA AROUND FROM ALL SIDES AND HAVE THEIR OWN OPINIONS. WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN ALL FREELY EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS AND STILL GET ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. I MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU AND VICE VERSA, BUT WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDLY. I TEACH MY K BABIES LIST EVERY DAY. WHEN LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE BEST READING PROGRAM FOR KIDS, PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING TWO IMPORTANT FACTS. STUDENTS ARE MORE THAN NUMBERS AND TEACHERS ARE MORE THAN NUMBERS. WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO COME FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS WITH VARYING NEEDS. THE WAY PEOPLE ARE DISCUSSING THESE PROGRAMS MAKE IT SEEM LIKE ANYONE COULD STAND IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF KIDDOS AND DELIVER THE INFORMATION.THAT IS SIMPLY DEMORALIZING TO OUR PROFESSION. THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF TEACHERS IS TO MAKE SURE THERE KIDDOS FEEL SAFE, SECURED AND LOVED. NO CURRICULUM OR PROGRAM CAN BE DELIVERED IF THIS IS NOT SET IN PLACE. WE LOOK AT EACH CHILD AS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT AS A GROUP.
STUDENTS LEARN DIFFERENTLY, AND IT IS UP TO US THE TEACHERS TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO REACH EACH CHILD. PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUMS ARE IMPORTANT AS THEY HELP US REACH THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. BY THEMSELVES AREN'T AS EFFECTIVE AS WHEN THEY ARE DELIVERED BY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. US. THE TEACHERS I DON'T WALK INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND TELL THEM HOW I WANT MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED. IT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. I CAN READ ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OUT THERE. BUT ULTIMATELY THE DOCTOR IS THE PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERT IN THAT FIELD. FOR SOME REASON, TEACHERS ARE NOT GIVEN THE SAME RESPECT. I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS. WE MAY BE THE BEST TEACHERS AROUND , BUT WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM HOME. WE ARE NOT MIRACLE WORKERS. NO. ONE PROGRAM IS GOING TO FIX THE CHILD'S NEEDS. THIS COMES FROM TEACHERS WHO TRULY KNOW THERE KIDDOS AND WORKING WITH FAMILIES, NOT AGAINST THEM. ALL OF THIS IS BEING STATED TO REINFORCE THE FACT THAT TEACHERS ARE PROFESSIONALS. AND THE STUDENTS REAP THE BENEFITS OF WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH FAMILIES WITH COMMUNITIES AND WITH BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DELAINE LEWIS, WHO WILL RECEIVE BY MINUTES. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP? HELLO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. DELAINE LEWIS WITH TOGETHER WE WILL I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO THE THREAT ASSESSMENT POLICY. THE POLICY REFERENCES A MANUAL WHICH I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ, SO MY COMMENTS ARE JUST IN REFERENCE TO THE POLICY IS WRITTEN IN THE AGENDA. IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT ALL POLICIES BE EVALUATED WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING, OF ALL THOSE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED TEACHERS, STAFF STUDENTS, NON HP HCPS, INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE ON THE PREMISES, ETCETERA. AND BOTHERED BY THE CHANGE IN THE POLICY TO INCLUDE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ON THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. THE WAY THAT I READ THE POLICY MEANS THAT THE S R O COULD BE INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE THREAT ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING QUESTIONING WERE ONCE YOU BLINK, BRING A POLICE OFFICER INTO IT. THAT WOULD REALLY BE MORE LIKE INTERROGATION. UM. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME ONCE A POLICE OFFICER IS INVOLVED, WE ARE DEALING WITH QUESTIONS OF IS THIS PERSON OR CHILD IN CUSTODY. SHOULD THEY BE READ THEIR RIGHTS ARE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS BEING NOTIFIED BEFORE THE QUESTIONING? BY THE SRS. THERE'S ALREADY WELL DOCUMENTED DATA THAT STUDENTS OF COLOR LGBT Q I, A STUDENTS AND DISABLED STUDENTS ARE DISCIPLINED AT HIGHER RATES THAN THEIR WHITE, NON QUEER NON DISABLED COUNTERPARTS. AND THAT THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN BEING TARGETED FOR SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND INCARCERATION RATES. THIS IS WHY MANY ARE SKEPTICAL OF THE BENEFITS OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ON SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT MAKES IT TOO EASY TO TURN OVER WHAT SHOULD BE A SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY MATTER TO THE POLICE. PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR DELINEATION OF THE
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RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE S. R O. S THEMSELVES WERE FRUSTRATED THAT THEY WERE BEING ASKED INAPPROPRIATELY BECOME INVOLVED IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS. AND NOW HERE WE ARE. THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM MEMBERS, IT SAYS . I'M QUOTING FROM THE POLICY, UH THE THREAT ASSESSMENT MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE PERIODIC TRAINING REGARDING IMPLICIT BIAS, DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY TRAINING, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES. THIS LANGUAGE IS TACKED ON AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT AT THE END OF THE POLICY AND INSTEAD SHOULD BE INCLUDED, AND THEY REQUIRED TRAINING PROVISION UNDER THE TRIAGE SECTION. I MEAN , HOW PERIODIC ARE WE TALKING? IT'S VERY VAGUE. UM WHY AREN'T DE ESCALATION STRATEGIES MENTIONED? WHY AREN'T MEDIATION OF DISPUTES EITHER THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR BRINGING IN OUTSIDE COUNTY RESOURCES MENTIONED. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH THE THREAT ASSESSMENT POLICY.I'M A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH S. R O S BEING INCLUDED, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING AND HOW THAT MIGHT ESCALATE PROBLEMS AND DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THAT'S MY MAIN COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. I WILL ALSO JUST TACK ON SOMETHING ABOUT CURRICULUM. UM. I'M NEW CURRICULUM SPECIALIST. I'M NO TEACHER. I HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT FOR TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY DO. I THINK AS, UH, APPARENT AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS A TAXPAYER, WE'RE CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO ASK . THE QUESTION IS THE CURRICULUM THAT'S BEING USED THE BEST ONE AVAILABLE. IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT THERE ARE LAWSUITS INVOLVING THIS CURRICULUM. IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT MOST OF THE COMMENTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT UP HERE SAID THAT THE CURRICULUMS HAVE NOW BEEN CORRECTED. TO INCLUDE PHONETIC EDUCATION, AND NOW IT'S WORKING . SO WHY ARE WE DEALING WITH A CURRICULUM PROGRAM THAT NEEDS THAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENT? AND I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THAT ADJUSTMENT WAS SUFFICIENT. I CAN'T WEIGH IN. I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT I'M SURE ARE AMAZING TEACHERS, AS EVIDENCED BY THEIR DEVOTION AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COME TONIGHT AND SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEACHER, THEY CAN DO AMAZING THINGS. EVEN WITH CURRICULUMS THAT HAVE HOLES IN THEM. BUT ONCE AGAIN WE COME BACK TO THE QUESTION. YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE WELL SUPPORTED IN THEIR HOMES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN TO READ NO MATTER WHAT THE HOLES ARE IN THE CURRICULUM. THE QUESTION IS. WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT DON'T HAVE THAT? THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ASKING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS CURRICULUM, AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US A GOOD ANSWER ABOUT THAT, I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR IT. BUT TO ME, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS? IF THE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT TEACHER, AND YOU HAVE A CURRICULUM THAT HAS FLAWS THANK YOU. DELI PELLER, FOLLOWED BY NANI SZOKA. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ZOE PELLER, AND I'M, A HARVARD COUNTY RESIDENT THAT GRADUATED FROM C. MILTON WRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL IN 2020. DESPITE GOING AWAY FOR COLLEGE. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE BOARD OF ED MEETINGS FOR SOME TIME, AND I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT LGBTQ, PLUS STUDENTS. AS A QUEER PERSON WHO CAME OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY TEACHERS, MY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE EXPERIENCES I HAD AS A QUEER TEENAGER OR ONES THAT I DON'T WISH ON ANYONE ELSE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC. HEARD AT THESE MEETINGS CONTINUE THE SPREAD OF ANTI LGBTQ PLUS ATTACKS. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BAN CHILDREN FROM IDENTIFYING WITH THE DINNER THAT THEY ALIGN WITH.
SHARING THEIR PRONOUNS OR READING BOOKS THAT REPRESENT THEM. YOU ARE PUSHING THESE CHILDREN TO REPRESS THEMSELVES TO FIT INTO THE BOXES THAT YOU FIND MORE ACCEPTABLE. SHELTERING STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE EDUCATION ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES , THE IDENTITIES OF OTHERS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST AND STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN ONLY HARMS THEM.
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN A QUEER CHILD. SUCCESS IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING PARENTS CAN PROVIDE, TEACHERS SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR STEPPING UP AND SUPPORTING THEM . I SAID YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT YOUR HP HAS ON OUR LGBT COUPLES, KIDS AND WHAT MESSAGE YOU'RE SENDING CHILDREN WHO JUST WANT TO BE WHO THEY REALLY ARE. THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO DO SHOW AND TELL TONIGHT. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE BOOKS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION BOARD APPROVED TO BE PURCHASED. SOMEONE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO GET AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY WERE CHECKED OUT. LOVE VIOLET, A SO CALLED CHILD FRIENDLY ROMANCE
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ABOUT TO FIRST GRADE STUDENTS. PRIDE PUPPY. WHO IS RUPAUL, AN INTRODUCTION TO DRAG QUEENS AND MY FAVORITE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER IS A IS FOR ACTIVISTS. TEACHING A BCS ELIGIBLE FOR BEACHY L G B T Q. PLUS T IS FOR TRANSGENDER AND Z IS FOR ZAPPA. TEESTA. WHO IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER, IS A FAR LEFT MEXICAN TERRORIST GROUP. K ONE.STUDENTS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. WHAT HAPPENED TO AIDS FOR APPLE AND B IS FOR BOY? THE NEXT TWO BOOKS. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ARE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. THEY'RE VERY GRAPHIC. SO PLEASE DO NOT HAVE ME REMOVED FOR READING THESE BECAUSE IF YOU WANT OUR CHILDREN TO READ THEM, WHY CAN'T THEY BE READ AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING? FLAMER. BOYS WATCHING PORN AT CAMP BOYS . M A. S T U R B A T I N G TOGETHER AND EJACULATING IN THE BOTTLE. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. I WILL READ FROM THIS BOOK, AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT EXPLICITLY EXPLAINS HOW MALE AND FEMALES M A S T U R B A T E IT GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO CHILDREN HOW TO TEXT? I'M EMBARRASSED TO READ THESE, BUT YOU HAVE FORCED US TO BRING THIS TO THE LIGHT OF DAY. I KNOW IT'S SEX WHEN A PENIS GOES INSIDE. A VAGINA. BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER STUFF LIKE ORAL SEX OR HAND JOBS AND FINGERLING? DO THESE THINGS COUNT AS SEX OR ARE THEY? I DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE ONLY A SUBCATEGORY. WHAT IF YOU'RE RUBBING SOMEONE'S JUNK THROUGH THEIR PANTS AND THEY GET OFF, BUT YOU NEVER ACTUALLY TOUCHED THEIR SKIN. IS THAT SEX OR NOT? AND THERE ARE SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES IN THIS BOOK THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS. TEACHING BOYS. HOW TO M A. S T U R B A T E STROKE THE SHAFT WITH DIFFERENT PRESSURES AND SPEEDS. TRY MIXING UP YOUR GRIP OR SWITCH HANDS RACKET AGAINST YOUR PALM OR GIVE IT SOME BENDING PRESSURE. I'M EMBARRASSED TO READ ANYMORE. BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD REJECTED TIM SCOTT'S BOOK. A BLACK MAN WHO CAME FROM NOTHING.
A SINGLE PARENT, BUT I GUESS YOU REJECTED IT BECAUSE IT HAD NO SEX, GENDER IDEOLOGY. OR SCL.
NEXT WE HAVE WILLIAM MARTINO, FOLLOWED BY JANINE, CANADA. I WISH I HAD THAT KIND OF COURAGE. MHM. GOOD EVENING IN DECEMBER OF 2022 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE GIVEN THE OMNIBUS BILL. THAT CONTAINS THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF LEGISLATION AND BUDGETARY ISSUES. THEY WERE TOLD. IF YOU DON'T SIGN IT BY MIDNIGHT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SHUT DOWN. SO MANY MEMBERS SIGNED IT WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO READ IT. TWO WEEKS AGO, I WITNESSED THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SYSTEMS VERSION OF THIS BY SENDING A LIST OF BOOKS FOR PURCHASE. TO THE BOARD MEMBERS A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE VOTE. THIS WAS DELIBERATE AND UNETHICAL. THE EXPRESSION. DIRTY UNDERHANDED, SNEAKY TRICK COMES TO MIND. SPEAKING OF CONGRESS IN 2019. NANCY PELOSI AND THE DEMOCRATS RAISED THE LEGAL AGE FOR SALE OF ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS , INCLUDING VAPE, SNUFF AND CHEW FROM 18 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO 21 LAWS. THE DEMOCRATS JUSTIFIED IT BY CLAIMING THAT THE HUMAN BRAIN IS NOT MATURE ENOUGH AT THE AGE OF 18 TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH. HOWEVER, THE SAME GROUP OF DEMOCRATS ADVOCATE FOR A PRE TEEN CHILD, SOME AS YOUNG AS NINE YEARS OLD TO MAKE THE DECISION TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER. JOE BIDEN SAID THAT EIGHT YEAR OLDS CAN BE TRANSGENDER. THIS IS THE LOGIC OF THE LOONY LEFT. SO LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT. THE 20 YEAR OLD WHO RETURNED FROM AFGHANISTAN CAN'T CONSUME A PINCH OF TUBE BECAUSE HE IS MENTALLY IMMATURE. BUT A PRETEEN CAN DECIDE TO HAVE GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY THAT CARVES
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UP THEIR LITTLE BODIES AND PERMANENTLY DESTROYS THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FROM EVER REPRODUCING. THEN TAKE PUBERTY, BLOCKERS AND HORMONE THERAPY. DRUGS THAT WILL BREAK WILL WREAK HAVOC ON THEIR KIDNEYS AND LIVER. LOGIC OF THE LOONY LEFT. DR BRAIN. OH, THE CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER, AS REPORTED THAT PRE TEENS AND TEENAGERS OR CONSTANTLY PERFORMING RISKY BEHAVIORS SUCH AS THE CHOKING GAME, THE CINNAMON CHALLENGE THE SALT AND ICE CHALLENGE. CHUBBY BUNNY. AND THE CAR SURFING CHALLENGE. HOW ABOUT HANGING OVER THE EDGE OF A CLIFF? WE'RE BUILDING TO CAPTURE THAT PERFECT SELFIE. OR FACEBOOK , LIVE IN YOURSELF DRIVING OVER 100 MPH, WEAVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. WE'RE FILMING YOURSELF FROM FALLING FROM A HIGH ELEVATION. DOES THIS SOUND INSANE? WELL, YES, IT IS.BECAUSE THESE ACTS ARE DONE BY A BRAIN THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE MENTAL MATURITY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. WHAT IS DRIVEN BY EMOTIONS. CHILDREN OR UNABLE TO MAKE LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS.
HTTPS SHOULD REJECT ALL POLICIES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL THAT PROMOTES TRANSGENDER ISM.
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU . GOOD EVENING. UM UM JANINE CANEDO. I LIVE IN FOREST HILL. UM I AM THE MOTHER OF A TRANS SON, WHO WAS IN COLLEGE AND LOVED BY OUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND SUPPORTED SO, UM, YOU CAN COME AT ME WITH THE TRANS RHETORIC ALL YOU WANT, I'LL DEBATE YOU TO THE COWS COME HOME. IN THE NEXT THREE MINUTES. I WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST HOW CRAZY OUR WORLD HAS BECOME. MANY OF YOU VISITED SCHOOLS AS YOU TALKED ABOUT. I DIDN'T HEAR ONE OF YOU SAY YOU VISITED SCHOOL LIBRARIES TO SEE . WHAT WAS IN THERE? WHAT WE ARE ALL SO CONCERNED ABOUT UM I ALSO HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM READING SPECIALISTS. Y'ALL ARE OUT IN FORCE TONIGHT. UM I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM ANY OF YOU AT A BOARD MEETING IN THE PAST, AND I FIND YOUR, UH, RECENT ZEAL IN PARTICIPATION VERY CURIOUS, MUCH LIKE THE ATTENDANCE OF OTHER GROUPS WHO HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY ATTENDED BOARD OF ED MEETINGS WHEN THE BOARD OF ED IS UNDER FIRE FOR VARIOUS ISSUES. UM. SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IS , UM I RECENTLY WATCHED A MOM TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS AND SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT PARENTAL BUILT. CURRENT PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL. THIS MAN WAS THREATENED BY LOCAL TEACHERS UNION AND HER LIFE HAS BEEN MADE HELL. THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE. WHAT ARE FOLKS HIDING BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT CURRICULUM HER KINDERGARTEN WAS BEING TAUGHT. ANOTHER THING IS, CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE USING INTIMIDATION TAXES. TACTICS AGAINST THOSE WHO DIFFERENT POLITICAL OPINIONS. THEY INCLUDE CYBER STALKING OF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. I WAS PERSONALLY THREATENED BY A FACEBOOK USER. SAYING SHE WOULD REPORT ME TO THE BOARD OF NURSING FOR ETHICAL MISCONDUCT OR VIOLATIONS OR SOMETHING, AND I'M SURE SHE'S LISTENING. I'M SOCIAL CHIME IN AFTER THIS, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. UM THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS AWARE ANOTHER THING. CRT PROPONENTS INSIST IT'S NECESSARY OPPONENTS. IT TEACHES RACISM.
NOT THAT LONG AGO I REACHED OUT TO THE ACP PRESIDENT, UH, TO INVITE TO DISCUSS MUTUAL INTERESTS AND AGENDA AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS WE'RE BUSY. WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN BECOMING ANTI RACIST. I TOLD THEM AT BEST . IT WAS PRESUMPTIVE AT WORST.
THAT WAS A REALLY RACIST COMMENT TO MAKE TO ME YOUR TYPE OF STUFF. HMM. PRESIDENT MILLER.
THAT'S ALL THE PERSONAL COMMENT . HMM JUST LATER. WOULD YOU PLEASE BEGIN ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? YES, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
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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'M DAVID BAUER TONIGHT. TALK ABOUT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN READING. AND MAYBE SOME OTHER STUFF AT THE END. AH, SO LATE LAST WEEK. STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASED UPDATED INFORMATION UNDER MARATHON SCHOOL REPORT CARD WEBSITE IN PARTICULAR THEY RELEASE UPDATED STAR RAISING WHERE SCHOOLS ARE RATED ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 5. ACROSS THE STATE ON AVERAGE SCHOOLS WITH DOWN COMPARED TO THE RATINGS FROM THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN YOU AVERAGE THE RATINGS FROM ALL SCHOOLS IN EACH DISTRICT, ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE NOT BEEN READING QUEEN AND SECURITY.LOOKING AT HOW HEARD IS DOING OVERALL. IN THE 2019 READINGS. HARTFORD, RANKED 11 IN THE STATE ON AVERAGE STAR RATINGS ACROSS ALL LEVELS. IN THE NEWS RATINGS BASED ON 2022 DATA, HERFORD RANKS NIGHT STATES. SO OVERALL, IT'S DOING WELL. LOOKING DUDE, WE HAD SEVEN SCHOOLS GO UP ONE IN READING. WELL, IT WASN'T SCHOOLS WENT DOWN. AS CONCERNS SIX OF THE 11 SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE DOWN. WE'RE HIGH SCHOOL. ALL THAT ONE OF THOSE RATING OF 5 TO 4. OTHER FIVE SO COOL NOVEL IS CONCERNED. BUT AT BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WENT UP ON AVERAGE, ALTHOUGH MINIMALLY AGAIN. STATE AVERAGE WAS FOR SCHOOLS TO GO DOWN AND RATINGS AT ALL. WELL.
OH, TO CAVIAR. FIRST I ACTUALLY GOT MY DATA FROM THE BALTIMORE BANNERS WEBSITE BECAUSE THE STATE DEAL WE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE ADDED THE STAR RANKING DATA TO THE DOMINANT PITCH UP. SECOND I AM DOUBLE COUNTING SCHOOLS ARE LISTED AS COMBINED MIDDLE SCHOOL. UH MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. UM. SO ANOTHER TOPIC BECAUSE THE CAPITAL BUDGET ON THE AGENDA AGAIN. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WITH RESPECT TO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. OUR SCHOOLS ARE AGING FASTER THAN WE ARE RENOVATING, REPLACING THEM. WE ARE BUILDING UP A DEPTH OF OVERDUE RENOVATION. AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR COUNTY LEADERSHIP IS CELEBRATING LOW TAXES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. GOOD EVENING . I AM CRYSTAL DON PARK. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT AND SHOWTIME IN WITH MY OPINION. IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. IT IS VITAL THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THAT A WOMAN'S PLACE. IS ANYWHERE THEY DESIRE. IN MY LIFETIME WOMEN REQUIRED PERMISSION FROM A MAN TO EXERCISE BASIC DAILY ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES OF LIFE. SERVITUDE. PROPERTY. CERTAINLY NOT LIBERTY. AND EDUCATION, WOMEN OF HEALTH POSITIONS HISTORICALLY IN GREATER NUMBERS. IT WAS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HIRE DIVERSE POPULATIONS. THE WORK CHILDREN WITNESSED NOT ONLY REPRESENTATION OF THEMSELVES, BUT WOMEN DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT MAY BE IN THEIR HOMES.
CONTINUE TO BUILD CURRICULUMS THAT ARE DIVERSE. LIBRARIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT REFLECT AND REPRESENT ALL GIRLS AND WOMEN THAT ARE LABELED AS AGGRESSIVE OR ASSERTIVE IF THEY'RE LABELED BOSSY THEIR LEADERS IF THEY'RE DIFFICULT, THEY'RE SPEAKING TRUTH IF THEY'RE TOO MUCH THEIR VISIONARY. AWKWARD ASKING HARD QUESTIONS. AND IF THEY'RE WELL BEHAVED WELL, THOSE AREN'T THE ONES CHANGING HISTORY. DO NOT DIM YOUR LIGHT FOR ANYONE. ILLUMINATE. WE SEE YOU. WE HEAR YOU. WE VALUE YOU AND WE NEED YOU SHINE ON AND LET THE FOOLS WHERE THEIR SUNGLASSES. THERE
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ARE RULES FOR ATTENDANCE AND PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME. PLEASE ENFORCE YOUR RULES. LASTLY PLEASE NOTIFY THE PUBLIC IF YOU CHANGE A SCHEDULED MEETING OR CANCEL IT WITHOUT NOTICE. YOU'RE WASTING OUR TIME. HARFORD STANDS AGAINST HATE BLACK LIVES MATTER THAT LOVE IS LOVE. GOOD NIGHT. DR MUELLER THAT CONCLUDES THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS[C. Consent Agenda]
EVENING. YOU VERY MUCH. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEMS SEE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR SEWELL, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? SO. THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ONE CONTRACT AWARD TO IMAGE ASPHALT MEAN IT'S INCORPORATED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS. UM. DO WE NOT GET MULTIPLE BITS WHEN IT GOES OUT FOR UM, BED. UM, I YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE CONTRACT. USED FOR THIS, BUT IT WAS THERE A LIKE IT'S SOME KIND OF SOURCE SELECTION. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR? I'M GOING TO CALL ON MR CORNELL BROWN TO ANSWER. CORNELL BROWN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OPERATIONS. YES WE DO WHEN WE PUT OUT A SOLICITATION FOR BIDS GET MULTIPLE UM, RESPONDENTS. BUT IN THIS CASE, THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE UTILIZING. WE'RE RIDING ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES CONTRACT THAT WAS SOLICITED. AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS AWARDED THAT CONTRACT IS WHAT'S BEING USED FOR THIS CONTRACT HERE. SO, UM, WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING. IS RIDING A CONTRACT. FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY. THAT CONTRACT WAS SOLICITED. VARIOUS, UM CONTRACTORS WHO DID RESPOND. AND AFTER OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE DID AN EVALUATION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE TYPE OF WORK. UM THE DECISION WAS MADE TO UTILIZE THAT CONTRACT IN LIEU OF PUTTING OUT DAISY SOLICITATION TO DEAD. AND WHEN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, UM SUBMITTED THEIR SOLICITATION AND 2019 THERE WERE. SEVEN CONTRACTORS WHO RESPONDED. AN IMAGE ASPHALT MAINTENANCE WAS THE SUCCESSFUL VENDOR. AND THAT'S THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE UTILIZING TO DO THE WORK. SO THERE WERE THERE WERE SEVEN CONTRACTORS THAT BID ON THIS AND WERE ANY OF THOSE CONTRACTORS, LOCAL OR. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE THESE CONTRACTORS ARE LOCATED. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. BUT I CAN GET THAT TO THE CRITERIA. WAS IT LOW? UM, MOVE. IT WAS. IT WAS A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT THAT WAS ISSUED AND THE. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THEY HAD SEVERAL FACTORS THAT THEY USED TO DETERMINE WHO THEY WERE GONNA YOU KNOW, THERE, TOO. PRICE WAS ONE OF THEM. BUT THERE WERE OTHER FACTORS AS WELL. YES. UM COULD I ASK THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE TYPES OF INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION THAT COMES FORWARD FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, AND WE WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? THIS IS NOAH EMOTIONALLY TO ACCEPT. I SUCK AT THE MOTION. THANK YOU FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING[D. Harford County Public Schools Celebrates Women's History Month , Dr. Paula Stanton, Supervisor of Equity and Cultural Proficiency]
AYE OPPOSED. MOTION. CURIOUS. THANK YOU. I M D. ON THE AGENDA IS HYPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CELEBRATES WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH DR PAULA STANTON.[01:15:12]
GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MUELLER , VICE PRESIDENT SUE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON. IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT HARFORD COUNTY IS CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING IN SOME OF OUR OFFICES. I'M GOING TO MENTION ONE OFFICE IN PARTICULAR A LITTLE BIT LATER. I WANT TO JUST START BY SAYING AGAIN THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AND PALESTINIANS AND BY THE WAY, I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY MY NAME. ALWAYS FORGET THAT. UM AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE A SCHOOL MENTIONED TONIGHT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT CELEBRATING. AND ALSO THIS IS NOT ALL THE WAYS THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT I THINK IT'S POWERFUL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR HISTORY. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH AVERAGE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS A WONDERFUL DISPLAY WHITE IN THEIR MAIN HALLWAY. THIS BULLETIN BOARD WAS CREATED BY ONE OF THEIR SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS, MISS ULICH. ADDINGTON ELEMENTARY ALSO HAS A DISPLAY WITH SOME STUDENT ARTWORK. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT SALLY RIDE AND DR PATRICIA AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ALSO HAVE SOME MEDIA CENTER DISPLAYS AS WELL. SOME STUDENT WRITING.ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL. HAS, UM. IS ENGAGING IN SEVERAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MAKING POSTERS DEPART MENTALLY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN WITHIN THE CONTENT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ENGLISH THEY'RE CELEBRATING JANE AUSTEN'S OR NO HURSTON AND MATH LOVELACE. UM IN SCIENCE MADE JEMISON AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ALSO HAVE A GUEST THE WOMAN GAME THEY HAVE BOOKS SELECTED FOR THEIR LIBRARY SHOWCASE. THEY HAVE A FEMALE CHAMPION CHAINS AND POSTERS AND OTHER IN CLASS LESSONS TO COMMEMORATE. WOMEN WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US. BAKERSFIELD ELEMENTARY IS USING WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW TO CREATE FLIP BOOKS FOR THEIR THIRD GRADE CLASSROOMS. IN ADDITION, BELLAIRE ELEMENTARY. THEIR MEDIA CENTER IS POPPING WITH STUDENTS EAGER TO READ ABOUT FEMALE CHANGEMAKERS. SO THERE THERE ARE A FEW OF THEIR DISPLAYS UP THERE. THEY'RE ALSO COMBINING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WITH READ ACROSS AMERICA AND SOME CASES BY READING BOOKS SET IN STATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT FOCUSED ON WOMEN. SOME OF THE TITLES THAT THEY ARE READING OUR MAY AMONG THE STARS ABOUT MAJOR MISSON, THE OLDEST STUDENT ABOUT MARY WALKER, A FORMER ENSLAVED PERSON WHO LEARNED TO READ AT 1 616. COUNTING ON CATHERINE HOW KATHERINE JOHNSON SAVED APOLLO 13 AND ALSO CUBS IN A TUB. HELEN MARTINI, THE BRONX ZOO'S FIRST WOMAN, ZOOKEEPER.
SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS HAVE ALSO CHOSEN TO RESEARCH WOMEN DURING THEIR RESEARCH UNIT. THEIR RESEARCH UNIT IS ABOUT CHANGE MAKERS. BEL AIR. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN HISTORY, AND THEY HAVE CREATED THIS WALL RECOGNIZING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AT CHURCH BUILDING DURING READ ALOUD. THIS ONE IS AMELIA AND ELEANOR. GO FOR A RIDE. I BELIEVE. AT FALLSTON HIGH SCHOOL. THEIR MEDIA CENTER ALSO ABUZZ WITH LOTS OF DISPLAYS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE TEXTS THAT ARE ON DISPLAY THIS MONTH. AND ALSO ON THEIR WALLS. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. FOUNTAIN GREEN ALSO HAS A SUPER WOMEN DISPLAY ON THEIR WALLS. STUDENTS AND AN INCLUSIVE STUDENT ARTWORK AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN IN HISTORY. HARTFORD ACADEMIES SORT OF COMBINED, CONTINUING THE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY AND ALSO MUSIC HISTORY. SO THIS IS THEIR DISPLAY. HAVE A GREAT ELEMENTARY. SO THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THEIR SHOWCASE IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY. MONTH ONE OF THEIR PARENTS CREATED THIS DISPLAY, IN ADDITION TO THE SHOWCASE THEIR R Q. R CODES DISPLAYED NEXT TO THE CASE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE WOMEN SHOWCASED. AND A JOPPATOWNE ELEMENTARY. THIS IS THE START OF THEIR WOMEN MAKING HISTORY AT JOPPATOWNE ELEMENTARY BULLETIN BOARD THERE, HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO WORK AT AND SUPPORT THEIR
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SCHOOL. THE SECOND PHOTO, THOUGH, IS THEIR MEDIA CENTER DISPLAY HIGHLIGHTING WORKS OF WOMEN AUTHORS. THIS. NEXT ONE IS NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON PROFILE OF A FEMALE ARTIST. AND IN THIS PROJECT, THE STUDENTS GET TO CHOOSE AN ARTIST, AND THEN THEY DO A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH THEY TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE, THEIR CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK. AND THEY ALSO GET TO SKETCH THEIR FAVORITE PIECE OF ARTWORK BY THE ARTIST. AND AT NORTH HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LAP BOOK BIOGRAPHIES, WHICH IS A CELEBRATORY COMBINATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WOMEN'S HISTORY STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO RESEARCH INNOVATORS FROM DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS SUCH AS MEDICINE, SCIENCE LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, MATHEMATICS, LITERATURE , ENTERTAINMENT, ETCETERA, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A GALLERY WALK SHARING. AND LEARNING FROM THEIR PEERS. AT OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY DURING MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, WOMEN AND YOUNG LADIES, THE STUDENTS ARE CELEBRATED FOR THE WORK THEY DO FOR THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE EFFORTS THE YOUNG LADIES PUT FORTH TO BE ACHIEVERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. THEIR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS TO READ A BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN OR A GIRL WHO HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON OUR WORLD. THIS NEXT ONE IS RING FACTORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE FOURTH GRADERS ARE LEARNING TO SHARE AND REFLECT ON EXPERIENCES THROUGH POETRY. THEIR ENRICHMENT READING GROUP ANALYZED AMANDA GORMAN PERSPECTIVE OF POETRY AS BEING THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE, SO THEY DID A DEEP DIVE OF HER POEM THE HILL WE CLIMB.STUDENTS THEN WROTE SEVERAL POEMS OF THEIR OWN ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR OWN SUCCESSES, STRUGGLES AND THEIR FUTURE DREAMS. THEY'VE ALSO LOOKED AT AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING THROUGH THE POEMS OF MY ANGELOU. THEY RESEARCHED SEVERAL OF HER QUOTES, EVALUATED THEIR MEANING. AND THEN THEY COMPOSE SEVERAL AUTHENTIC QUOTES, WHICH RANGE FROM MOTIVATION TO ENCOURAGEMENT. AND SOUTHAMPTON.
THEY STILL HAVE THEIR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM DISPLAY UP RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH DISPLAY. AND THEY ARE EXTENDING THE CELEBRATION. OF WOMEN. IN THAT SECOND VERSION WITH STUDENT ARTWORK. AND INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN IN HISTORY. AND FINALLY AT CHURCH, GREEK THEY ARE DOING A FACT OF THE DAY OR IMPORTANT INFORMATION EACH MORNING DURING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THEIR TEACHERS ARE LEADING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WOMEN IN HISTORY DURING MORNING MEETING AND THEY'RE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN, AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS DURING THEIR READING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS BLOCK. BEFORE I FINISH THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT TO MENTION UH, I CAN AGAINST OFFICE. THEY HAVE A PICTURE OUT THERE OF ALL OF THE WOMEN IN THEIR OFFICE. UM THEY'RE MAKING HISTORY RIGHT NOW TODAY JUST BY WORKING IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I COULDN'T FIND THE PICTURE IN TIME FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION AND CELEBRATE THEM FOR ALSO CELEBRATING WOMEN THIS MONTH. SO THANKS FOR THAT BOOK. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UM, AS I SAID, THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE A FEW THINGS IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2023. SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS FOR SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. I GUESS YOU LEFT THEM ALL SPEECHLESS.
ALRIGHT, SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. NEXT WE HAVE TO MEET DECISION AND FISCAL
[E. Decision on 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 Presentation to Board of FY 2024 CIP]
YEAR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE, MR. CORNELL BROWN. MS. PETTY JOE BEARD, MR CHRIS MORTON AND MISS MISSY VALENTINO FOR DISCUSSION. I WOULD SAY YOU WERE THE FUN GROUP . BUT I GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE TECH PEOPLE WHEN I SAY THAT GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MUELLER VICE PRESIDENT, SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON. MY NAME IS CORNELL BROWN. I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS JOINING ME THIS EVENING. WE HAVE MISS PATTY JO BAER. SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. MR CHRISTOPHER MOORE , AND HE'S OUR SUPERVISOR, PLANNING CONSTRUCTION AND MISS MISSY VALENTINO. SHE'S OUR[01:25:02]
FACILITY. PLANNER WE'RE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. UM TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO OUR FY 24 CAPITAL BUDGET. UM WE'RE HERE. MEMORIES AREN'T R M V SPONSORS, TOO.ESTIMATED UM INCREASES IN OUR COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND VARIOUS POLICIES, DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL. THAT'S RESULTING IN, UM US NEEDING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR FY 24 CAPITAL BUDGET THAT THE BOARD, UM APPROVED IN THE FALL. OF 2022. UM BUT BEFORE I TURN THINGS OVER TO MS VALENTINO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT LAST WEEK WE DID RECEIVE UH, BIDS FOR HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT. UM ON LAST THURSDAY, AND OUR TEAM, MR MOORE AND MR MILLER AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT CURRENTLY EVALUATING THOSE BIDS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE PRELIMINARY, UM EVALUATION IS SHOWING THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME FAVORABLE RESULTS THERE FROM OUR CONTRACT AND COMMUNITY. UM SO WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AT THE 20 MARCH THE 27TH MEETING RIGHT. THE MARCH 27TH MEETING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO AWARD SOME CONTRACTS AND SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE , YOU KNOW, GOING TO NEED TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD, SO, UM, THAT'S TO COME, SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM BUT WE HAVE A COMPLICATED DISCUSSION TO HAVE HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO START OFF WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS VALENTINO. THEN AFTERWARDS, WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR UP INTO SOME QUESTIONS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE ASKING WHAT THE SUPER THIS EVENING EVENING. I ALWAYS START OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND HOW WE GOT HERE FOR THE FY 24 C I P. THE ORIGINAL STATE SUBMISSION WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER AFTER WE RECEIVED SOME BUDGET UPDATES. WE CAME BACK AND THE BOARD APPROVED SOME AMENDMENTS IN NOVEMBER THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE. UM WE'VE ALSO BEEN UPDATED ON THE ONGOING UM HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT AND THAT LITIGATION AND THIS IS KIND OF MORE FOLLOW UP TO ALL OF THAT. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS REASONS WE'RE HERE TODAY IS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AT THE STATE. UM MOST OF THEM ARE POSITIVE ON IN FAVOR OF US, SO THE FIRST WAS AN INCREASE IN THE STATE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. UM WHEN THE NEW GOVERNOR CAME IN OFFICE HE DID RELEASE IN JANUARY, HIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. TYPICALLY WE ANTICIPATE STATEWIDE 280 MILLION IN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING WITH HIS RELEASE BUDGET THAT INCREASED TO $485 MILLION, WHICH IS 200. MILLION DOLLARS MORE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US. UM THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER $100 MILLION. THEY'RE THEY'RE WAITING FOR ANOTHER PROJECT. UM IF THAT PROJECT GOES FORWARD, AND UM OUR STATE IS SELECTED THAT MONEY WILL GO TO THAT PROJECT. UM, IF OUR STATE IS NOT THE SELECTED LOCATION AND THAT MONEY WILL BE ALLOCATED TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SO THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO INCREASE EVEN MORE. UM, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS FOR US IS A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT LOOKING AT NUMBERS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THEM, RIGHT. UM, BETWEEN. SEVEN MILLION AND ALMOST $11 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR INITIAL SEE IP, WE HAD HEARD SOME INFORMATION FROM THE STATE THAT THEY WERE ANTICIPATING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE DID, UM, GO IN WITH A HIGHER NUMBER THAN WE TYPICALLY DO. UM, AND WITH THIS CHANGE, WE WOULD NOT NEED ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR SIP REQUEST. HOWEVER UM THEY DID REALLY LOOK, THEY DID A RECALCULATION OF WHAT THEY CALL THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND RELOCATE HERBAL CLASSROOM PROGRAM. UM THIS IS BESIDES ITS NAME. ITS NAME CAN BE MISLEADING . IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY GO TO FUNDING FOR RELOCATE HERBAL CLASSROOMS. UM IT ACTUALLY JUST LEADS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ADDED TO OUR C I P PROGRAM AND THAT IS DETERMINED BASED ON ENROLLMENT GROWTH EXCEEDING 150% OF THE AVERAGE GROWTH OVER ALL OF THE ELIA'S OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. AND OR HAVING MORE THAN 300 RELOCATED. WELL, SO WE DO NOT HAVE MORE THAN 300 REALLY? OKAY DOBLE. SO WE FOUND THAT OTHER CATEGORY UM THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 2016. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HARVEY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS EVER. UM THEN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. UM THAT ADDED AN
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ADDITIONAL $2.2 MILLION TO OUR OVER OVERALL ANTICIPATED BUDGET , WHICH WE DID NOT MEET WITH OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR, GOING IN FOR THEIR FLIGHT 21ST CI PIECE. OF COURSE WE WANTED TO MAXIMIZE THE STATE FUNDING TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. AND ADDITIONALLY, IN 2022, THERE WAS LEGISLATION PASSED AND ONE OF THE ITEMS IN THAT LEGISLATION BASICALLY ADDED FUNDING TO SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY. UM AND SPECIFICALLY FOR US, IT WAS POVERTY LESS THAN 80% GREATER THAN 55% WOULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 5% INCREASE IN MISTAKE CONTRIBUTION, SO TYPICALLY, THE STATE CONTRIBUTES TO 63% TO OUR PROJECTS. UM THAT'S ELIGIBLE COST NEW THAT CAN BE A CONFUSING MATTER, BUT THEY AND THIS WOULD RAISE THAT TO 68% FOR TWO OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IN OUR C I P AND THAT'S THE HABIT, AGREES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE AVERAGE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYSTEMIC RENOVATION PROJECT. SO JUST FOR FY 24 THAT IS, UM WHAT IMPACT THEY HAVE A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT, THE ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYSTEMIC RENOVATION PROJECT IS A MULTIYEAR FUNDED PROJECTS SO WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN AND OUT HERE WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF BUDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO IMPACTING OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR WOULD BE THAT HABIT DEGREES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $112,000 113,000 DOLLARS, UM, LESS LOCALLY NEEDED AND, UM MORE CONTRIBUTED BY THE STATE. WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $1,463,000 DIFFERENCE IN THAT, UM ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYSTEMIC RENOVATION. THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING A LOT OF THE MARKET CONDITIONS. UM THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE TO YOUR RIGHT SHOWS THE INCREASE IN COST PER SQUARE FOOT , UM, FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVER THE STATE OF MARYLAND OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE IT'S BEEN GOING UP. THIS IS AN AVERAGE STATEWIDE COST PER SQUARE FOOT SO THAT CAN BE FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR CAN BE FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. UM AND THERE'S TYPES OF PROJECTS DO VERY SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ON THE EASTERN SHORE OR IN WESTERN MARYLAND, WHO MAY NOT RECEIVE AS AS KIND OF BID RESULTS OF SOMEONE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MANY, UM CONTRACTORS THAT ARE TRAVELING OUT THAT WAY, SO THESE THINGS CAN IMPACT THE BUDGET BUDGETS AND THEIR ESTIMATES MOVING FORWARD, DEPENDING ON WHICH PROJECTS BID THE PRIOR YEAR. SO THIS IS AN AVERAGE UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S GONE UP. UM OVER. IT'S GONE FROM 200 TO $250, A SQUARE FOOT 2 $458 A SQUARE FOOT. UM SINCE JULY OF 2014. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TELL, UM ADD ARE THE COVID 19 IMPACTS. WE ARE STILL SEEING THIS. UM IN A LOT OF OUR AREAS. OF COURSE, WE HAVE LABOR SHORTAGES, WAGE INCREASES ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES WITH INFLATION BEING WHAT IT IS. EMPLOYERS ARE TRYING TO ALSO PROVIDERS INCREASES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM AND ALSO TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN, UM TO THEIR LOCAL BUSINESS. UM WE ALSO ARE SEEING A LOT OF DELAYS DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS. AND THEN, OF COURSE , THE COST OF OIL AND GASOLINE, WHICH IMPACT MANY AREAS. MASONRY H V A. C REALLY ANYTHING THAT HAS A MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS, UM, PLUMBING PIPING AND ANY RAW MATERIALS. WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS FOR US. UM FIRST WE HAVE THE HARFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED RENOVATION PROJECT, AND WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING BUDGET ESTIMATES THROUGHOUT EACH DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT. UM BY OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. THIS IS A MULTI YEAR FUNDED PROJECT 23 24 25. WE DID RECEIVE 10 MILLION LOCALLY AND 10 MILLION FROM THE STATE AND FY 23. TYPICALLY WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT KIND OF LOCKS THEM IN FOR THEIR MAXIMUM ALLOCATION FOR THAT PROJECT, SO WHATEVER BUDGET WE GO IN, AND THEY GIVE US THAT FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING THAT TYPICALLY WOULD LOCK THEM IN UM , BUT WE AS WE'VE BEEN GETTING THESE UPDATES. WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE STATE. WE DID COME BACK AND THE BOARD DID APPROVE. UM US TO GO IN AND HAVE THAT AMENDED REQUEST TO THE STATE. UM THE STATE HAS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE MARKET CONDITIONS WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES SEEING THESE MARKET CONDITIONS, AND THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ACTUALLY[01:35:02]
RESCIND THE CURRENT APPROVAL AND GOING IN FY 24 RE REQUEST THAT FUNDING SO WE CAN LOCK IN AT THE HIGHER AMOUNT BASED ON OUR UPDATED BUDGET ESTIMATES AND UM , SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LAST CM ESTIMATE, A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ESTIMATE I'M SORRY. UM THAT IT WAS ABOUT 69,271,002 SEE REALLY ? WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE THERE IS , UM, IF WE LOCKED IN IF WE STAYED AT OUR, UM FY 23 CALCULATION, THE STATES CONTRIBUTION WILL BE ABOUT 24,121,000. HOWEVER AND THEN THE REST WOULD THEN FALL LOCALLY. UM HOWEVER, IF WE REASONED AND RESUBMIT, BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE WE WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT $41,052,000, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS ON THE LOCAL SIDE. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $16,931,000. UM. BUT WHEN I SAY SAVINGS ON THE LOCAL SIDE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE'RE COMPLETELY SAVING BECAUSE THEIR NEED IS ALSO GOING TO GO UP WHEN WE INITIALLY WERE APPROVED BY THE LOCALS FOR FUNDING, THAT WAS THEIR PORTION WAS 21,847,000. SO BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE, THERE'S WOULD GO UP TO 28 MILLION. $219,000 WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 6,000,371 SO GIVEN THESE BUDGETS , AND THESE ESTIMATES THEY WOULD STILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO FUND IT. NEXT IS THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD PROJECT. UM WE DID RECEIVE A CONSENT ORDER.UM FROM THE JUDGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT SEPARATE FROM THE LITIGATION TAKING PLACE IN REGARDS TO THE ROAD, SO WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE DID RECEIVE UPDATED BUDGETS FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND FEBRUARY 2ND. WE DID PUT THE PROJECT OUT. ADVERTISE IT FORBID. ON FEBRUARY, 7TH. UM AND WE DID RECEIVE BEDS ON MARCH 9TH . WE ARE STILL REVIEWING THOSE AS MR BROWN SAID, AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE RESULTS TO YOU SHORTLY. THE OTHER ITEM THAT I WANTED TO UPDATE ON THIS WAS THE BILL TO LEARN FUNDING. THAT'S THAT ONE TIME SOURCE OF FUNDING THROUGH THE MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY, THEIR BONDS TURNED OUT. UH UM, LESS THAN ANTICIPATED, SO THAT DIFFERENCE WILL ALSO NEED TO BE COVERED IN OUR STATE CAPITAL, SO WE'LL STILL GET THE SAME STATE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION FOR THE PROJECT, HOWEVER, WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT 482,917 IN OUR STATE SIP REQUEST. UM I DO HAVE HERE THE DIFFERENCE AND ANTICIPATED DIFFERENCE OF ALMOST 15 MILLION BY DUE TO THE DELAY IN THE PROJECT. UM BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR THAT. AND THIS HERE IS JUST A QUICK SNIP SNAPSHOT OF THE TIMELINE JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE EXACTLY ONE YEAR BEHIND IN OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL, SO IT'S JUST PUSHING IT BACK SLIGHTLY. SO TONIGHT. GOING BACK TO THE FY 24 C I P AND WHAT ALL THIS MEANS TO US. UM THE STATE DID REOPEN. THERE'S A C I P REQUESTS PROCESS JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES. THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT FOR THAT BY MARCH, 17TH WE NEED TO SUBMIT AND, UM, ARE INTENDED AMOUNTS FOR OUR STATE SIP REQUEST. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY APRIL, 13TH FOR THAT. SO THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT ARE TO ADJUST THE STATE AND LOCAL COST SHARE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS AND HIGH POVERTY AREAS. THAT'S THEY HAVE A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND THE ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL H V. A C SYSTEMIC PROJECT. UM TO RESCIND HARTFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, IMMINENT RENOVATION AND REQUEST. THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT FOR THE FY 24 TO MAXIMIZE STATE FUNDING. AND TO ADD THE STATE SHARE OF THE HOMESTEAD WEEK. BUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT NOT COVERED BY THE BILL TO LEARN FUNDING TO THE FY 24 STATES. THE I P WHAT THAT MEANS IN NUMBERS.
UM SO OUR HARVARD TECHNICAL, UM , HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED RENOVATION . WE DID MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE STATE FUNDING HAVE A DEGREES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT SHIFTED THAT $112,000 OVER TO THE STATESIDE, DECREASING THE AMOUNT
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NEEDED LOCALLY. UM THE ABERDEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HV SYSTEMIC. THERE WILL NOT BE NO CHANGE IN THE REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR AGAIN THAT WOULD BE MADE NEXT YEAR. WE STILL HAVE THE HARTFORD ACADEMY CAMPUS HILLS NEW SCHOOL, UM AND THEN THE HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT'S JUST ADDING THAT 482. UM. $1000 TO THAT STATE REQUEST FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. AND UM, LOCALLY. WE DID DECIDE TO DEFER THAT REQUEST UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER RESULTS IN AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT EQUALS THAT 21,000,317 $123 THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SO THAT BRINGS US UP TO THAT MAXIMUM ALLOCATION. THIS HERE IS IT'S ALL BASED ON HOW OUR BIDS COME IN, BUT IT IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE WILL ALREADY BE IN OUR SIP FOR NEXT YEAR FOR A SECOND YEAR OF FUNDING FOR A REQUEST. SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN START WITH THE DECISIONS. WE START WITH MRS OVER REZ. UM, YEAH, I JUST SO THE GOING BACK TO SLIDE RE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE RELOCATE A BLES. SO THAT'S MENTIONED IN THERE. UM AND LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'VE RECEIVED DATED JANUARY 2023. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. UM AND I GUESS IT'S KIND OF NOT TALKED ABOUT IN THE SUMMARY. UM IS THERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE INCREASES PRIMARILY AT THE STATE LEVEL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT UM WHAT THE NEW FUNDING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE RELOCATE A BLES SO IT'S NOT FOR RELOCATED BECAUSE I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SO THE FUNDING IT'S CALLED THE, UM IN ROMA GROWTH AND RELOCATE HERBAL CLASSROOM PROGRAM AND IT IT WAS PUT IN FOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHO ARE SEEING A LARGE GROWTH IN THEIR SYSTEM COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH. OF COURSE , YOU KNOW. CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TAKE TIME TO IMPLEMENT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO GET RELOCATED BOLS IN AND AFFORDING THAT WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THEY CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM TO HELP WITH THAT GROWTH TO HELP ADD TO THEIR CAPITAL SO THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE UM. THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH, SO YOU HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE GROWING A LOT MORE RAPID THAN OTHER AREAS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT THE WESTERN MYLAN, THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT GROWING AS RAPIDLY SO THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE EXTRA FUNDING, SO THEY TOOK THE HIGHEST AREAS OF GROWTH. AND THEY SAID, OK, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THIS MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THIS. JURISDICTION THERE'S NOTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR NOTHING ADDITIONAL. THAT WAS A CALCULATION THAT WAS DONE ON THE STATE LEVEL. THAT WAS NOTHING THAT WE DID. THAT IS LITERALLY APPLIED TOTALLY TO OUR OVERALL ALLOCATION. WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING AND WHAT I'M WHAT I HAVE RECEIVED CORRECTLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE RECEIVED IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE GOT BACK DATED JANUARY, 2023 WENT INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET SECTION AND TRIED TO DO A COMPARISON OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING. I FOUND SOME DISCREPANCIES, BUT YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY YOU KNOW THAT WE GOT A NEW DOCUMENT TONIGHT, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THAT AND TRY TO RECONCILE THAT AS WELL. UM BUT I GUESS THE RELOCATE HERBAL KIND OF GOT DROPPED FROM THE SUMMARY CHART BECAUSE IT LOOKS IF YOU LOOK ON THE PAGE 94 THE SUMMARY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY 11. 11 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR THAT. PARTICULAR AREA. I DON'T I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THIS IS ALL STATE EVERY LOCATED ALL YOU IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR LOCAL SIPPY. WE HAVE A RELOCATED PORTION IN OUR LOCAL C I P THAT IS A DIFFERENT SO IF THEY'RE NOT SOUND LOOKING AT THE WRONG TIME, DOING THE WRONG COMPARISONS, NOT IT'S NICE BECAUSE THE NAME OF THIS PROGRAM IS VERY CONFUSING, CAN PROVIDE.SO, UM. AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED. AND SINCE WE'VE COME BACK, WE'VE SEEN A GROWTH IN OUR ENROLLMENT SINCE WE'VE COME BACK. UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PANDEMIC RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE STATE INTRODUCED THIS PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING GROWTH. AND THEY
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JUST NAMED THE PROGRAM. WHAT WE SEE HERE AND IT REALLY IS JUST, UM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE GROWING AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAVE TO BUY RELOCATED BALS TO MANAGE THAT GROWTH. SO IT'S A STATE PROGRAM AND THAT'S THE NAME OF IT. WE'RE NOT BUYING RELOCATED BALS WITH THE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE GIVING US. WE'RE GONNA USE THE FUNDING TO ADD TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE SO THAT WE CAN USE THE STATE FUNDS AND LESS LOCAL FUNDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CAPITAL. CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND WE DO HAVE A RELOCATE HERBAL . I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S A CONFUSION. WE DO HAVE A RELIEF RELOCATED CATEGORY IN OUR LOCAL ONLY REQUEST, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. UM BUT THIS DOES NOT GO INTO THAT ACCOUNT AT ALL. SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WHAT YOUR WHAT YOU SAW ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES WAS A LINE ITEM FOR RELOCATE A BLES AND WE PURCHASE RELOCATED BALS. FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS TO, UM, DEAL WITH SHIFTING STUDENTS AROUND WHILE WE'RE RENOVATING, OR IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GETTING TO RELOCATE HERBAL FOR, UM, ONE OF OUR DRIVE PROGRAMS RIGHT ONE OF OUR STRIDE PROGRAM, SO WE WERE ASKING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO GIVE US SOME FUNDING SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THE CAPACITY ISSUES AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM. SO IN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS BRUCE. MRS HUNT. NO, I RECKON IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. VERY MANY QUESTIONS. DR PHILLIPS UM JUST A COUPLE. FIRST OF ALL. THANKS YOU GUYS ALWAYS PREVETTE PRESENTS SUCH ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DATA IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.EXCITING TO WATCH. IN THE SLIDE, ENTITLED MARKET CONDITIONS, WHERE NO. THE, UH, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FOR SQUARE FOOT IS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM JULY OF 14 TO ANTICIPATED JULY 23RD. HAS THAT GENERALLY COMPARED TO THE OVERALL CPI I DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IN GENERAL? THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE GENERAL MARKETPLACE WHERE JUST HAS CONSTRUCTION JUST KIND OF TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HIT THAN OVERALL CONSUMER PRICES . I DON'T KNOW THE CORRELATION, DOCTOR FELLAS, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT IS I MEAN FOR WATCHING THE NEWS AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHY IS WHY ARE THE FEDS STILL RAISING INTEREST RATES WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A STRONG JOB MARKET AND WAGES ARE UP, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY FILL THEY NEED WE HAVE TWO JOB OPENINGS FOR EVERY ONE PERSON AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ALL THIS. YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE. UH, ACTUALLY IN ALL THESE COMPANIES TO DO THE WORK. THAT THAT IS TRULY, UM ONE OF OUR VENDORS THAT IRONICALLY RELOCATED. BALS WENT TO TENNESSEE. THEY SAID THEY WENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT FACTORIES AND THAT TO RUN THE FACTORY TAKES ABOUT 170 PEOPLE THEY HAVE ABOUT 150 AT EACH FACTORY. AND THEY SPEND LIKE FOUR HOURS A DAY OF EVERY DAY, TRYING TO HIRE PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE GAPS. AND THAT'S UM LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW THE DELAYS ON EQUIPMENT AND THE CHILLERS. IT'S NOT THE CHILLER ITSELF. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRODUCING THEM LIKE, UH , MICROCHIPS AND THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT THEY CAN'T SHIP THE CHILLER WITHOUT THE CONTROLS AND THE MICROPROCESSOR , SO WE'VE JUST SEEN IT ACROSS THE SWITCH GEAR AND THE LEAD TIME ON THIS STUFF IS ABSOLUTELY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN MY LIFETIME. SWITCH GEARS OVER A YEAR. CHILLERS ARE ALMOST A YEAR . AIR HANDLING EQUIPMENT ARE 40 SOME WEEKS AND IT'S LABOR. I'M JUST OKAY. THANKS AND YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, UM BUT I DON'T WHAT SPECIFICALLY DETERMINES WHAT UM, REQUESTS COME FROM THE STATE AND WHAT COMES FROM FROM THE LOCAL, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS EVERY YEAR, THE STATE PUTS OUT THEIR ANTICIPATED AMOUNT, WHICH BEFORE WAS ALWAYS THAT $280 MILLION. SO EVEN AS YOU SEE THAT THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING HAS BEEN FLAT THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE TIME, UM AND EACH JURISDICTION TYPICALLY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE BASING IT ON A 10 YEAR AVERAGE FOR THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING SO WE COULD KIND OF USE THAT TO DEVELOP. HOW MUCH WE COULD REQUEST THAT HOW MUCH WE CAN ANTICIPATE. ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A PROJECT TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING. IT HAS TO BE A 15 YEAR SYSTEM. UM TYPICALLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THRESHOLDS AT THREE MILLION FIRST SYSTEMIC. THERE. THERE THERE'S A UM YEAH, I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT REPAIRING NOW,
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BUT THERE IS A MINIMAL AMOUNT THAT A PROJECT COULD COST BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE MAKE THAT REQUEST.UM AND YOU, YOU CAN'T REQUEST FOR THE SAME SCHOOL OR NOT NECESSARILY SCHOOL THE SAME.
ITEM IN A SCHOOL WITHIN 15 YEARS. SO IF YOU PUT A CHILLER IN A BRAND NEW SCHOOL AND 10 YEARS IT FAILS THIS STATE IS NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT CHILLER. SO THE STATE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR PROJECTS SYSTEMIC. ROOFING LTD. RENOVATION NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THOSE BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE STATE ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE THE PRICE TAG THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS THEY REALLY DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO. UNDER THIS PROGRAM, THEY DO HAVE AGING SCHOOLS AND SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, UM LIKE GRANT TYPE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER FOR THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT UNDER THIS CAPITOL PROGRAM IS USUALLY THOSE H V. A. C ROOFING LTD. RENOVATION PROJECTS. NEW SCHOOL RENOVATIONS. THOSE HUGE PROJECTS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UM UNDER THE STATE PROGRAM, AND IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU'VE ONLY SEEN US, UM ANNUALLY GO TO THE STATE ASKING FOR LIKE 15,000,014 MILLION BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT OUR SHARE WAS OUT OF THE 280 MILLION. THAT'S 280 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. FOR 24 L E. H TO SHARE. BUT THIS YEAR WITH THE 4 85. THAT'S A HUGE JUMP. IT'S BEEN 280 MILLION SINCE 1990. 1995 HAS AN INCREASED BUT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS CONTINUED TO RISE. UM SO THIS WAS THE WHAT WE SEE. NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THE STATE DO ANY OF THIS, UM LARGE AMOUNTS OF INCREASES, ALLOWING US TO BE SENT AND RESUBMIT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO UM, IT'S JUST THE GOVERNOR'S RESPONSE TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS, EVEN THOUGH IN HARPER COUNTY, WE SEE THAT WE'RE FARING BETTER THAN YOU KNOW OUR COUNTERPARTS OUT THE STATE IN TERMS OF, UM YOU KNOW THE RESPONSES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY . SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL COME BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AND I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING. GREAT. THANK YOU. MRS RICCARDI. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. MISS BLANKENSHIP QUESTION. THANK YOU QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T ASK YOU. AND I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO NEXT. WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TWO. APPROVED. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. EVERY SECOND. THIS IS MELISSA I SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES, YES, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, I'M GOING TO GIVE A 10 MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE NEED BIO BREAKS.T ON SAYING NOBODY WAS LISTENING. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU OUT. MAYBE
[F. (Placeholder) Presentation on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 12-0001-000 Ethics, John E. Burke, Esq., Deputy General Counsel]
WISHING QUESTIONS. WHAT THANK YOU. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM AFTER PRESENTATION AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 12 DISH ZERO ETHICS. MR JOHN BURKE WILL BE GIVING THIS PRESENTATION. YES THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MUELLER , VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOMMEND UPDATED LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED INTO THE ETHICS POLICY. THIS PRESENTATION IS ONLY TO PROPOSE THE DRAFT. FOLLOWING TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THEN THE DRAFT WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR A VOTE. THE REASON THAT WE NEED TO ADD THIS UPDATED LANGUAGE INTO OUR EXISTING ETHICS POLICY. BECAUSE THE MARYLAND STATE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS INSTRUCTED ALL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO ADD THIS EXACT LANGUAGE INTO THE POLICY. IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH UPDATES TO THE MARYLAND ETHICS LAW. IN FACT, OUR CURRENT ETHICS POLICY WAS FORMED IN THE SAME MANNER. IT'S IN THE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ETHICS POLICY, AND THE ETHICS[01:55:03]
COMMISSION HAS PROVIDED A SAMPLE POLICY. SO OUR POLICY MIRRORS THE SAMPLE POLICY FROM THE STATE. SO NOW IN TERMS OF THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO ADD INTO THE POLICY. AGAIN THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS ONCE AGAIN PROVIDED WORD FOR WORD EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE POLICY? IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR POLICY COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT IS PRESENTED IN THAT DRAFT IS FAIRLY LIMITED IN SCOPE. IT DOESN'T ADD ANY BROAD NEW SECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT RATHER IT'S MORE LIKE SMALL ADD ONS TO EXISTING SUBSECTIONS THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE POLICY. I DON'T NEED TO READ THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM THIS EVENING. THERE ARE ABOUT 12 TO 15 PLACES IN THE POLICY WHERE YOU WILL SEE THAT NEW UPDATED LANGUAGE THAT IS REQUIRED. SO THIS IS A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS TO APPROVE THAT LANGUAGE. BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLICY. THE EDITS ARE CONTAINED IN THREE SECTIONS. FIRST IN THE DEFINITION SECTION.WE NEED TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR TERMS SUCH AS DESIGNATED SECOND HOME. HOME ADDRESS AND QUASI GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. SECOND THERE IS A SECTION FOUR IN THE ETHICS POLICY ENTITLED PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND INTERESTS. THIS SECTION OUTLINES THE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND PARAMETERS FOR AN OFFICIAL'S ACTIVITIES AND EMPLOYMENT. AN OFFICIAL IS DEFINED AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND EMPLOYEE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO IN THIS SECTION PER THE LAW, WE NEED TO ADD EDITS ADDRESSING THINGS, SUCH AS FORMER LOBBYISTS PROHIBITION OF THE RECEIPT OF GIFTS FROM CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS. AND PROHIBITING FORMER OFFICIALS FROM DISCLOSING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. THIRD IN SECTION FIVE. SECTION FIVE IS ENTITLED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. IT SAYS GENERALLY THAT BOARD MEMBERS CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES MUST FILE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS . SO IN THIS SECTION TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW, WE NEED TO ADD THINGS, SUCH AS A TIMELINE FOR CANDIDATE SUBMISSIONS, THE DISCLOSURE OF GIFTS FROM CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS. AND THE DISCLOSURE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM, OR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AGAIN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND IT'S CONTAINED IN THE MARYLAND STATE ETHICS LAWS. I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT YOU MIGHT SEE A SMALL FORMATTING EDIT IN THE POLICY. IN SECTION FIVE OF THE EXISTING POLICY. IT'S LETTERED ABC, AND THEN IT SKIPS TWO E. SO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A MISTAKE AND THERE WAS NO D SO WE'RE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THAT ERROR. BUT NOW IT FLOWS FROM CNDD, BUT IT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT ANYTHING HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT'S JUST THE FORMATTING CORRECTION. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE POLICY THAT IS BEING SHARED WITH YOU, AND THAT HAS BEEN UPLOADED AND IDENTIFIES ALL THOSE CERTAIN. EDITS. THESE EDITS ARE REQUIRED FOR HCPS AND FOR ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. WE'VE TAKEN THE LANGUAGE WORD FROM WORD FOR THE MARYLAND STATE ETHICS COMMISSION , AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE INSERTED INTO THE POLICY FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THIS ENDS MY FAIRLY SHORT PRESENTATION. IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS. LIKE I SAID. THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE DRAFT POLICY TO BE PUT OUT FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND THEN IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A VOTE AFTER THAT PERIOD. SO WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I. I JUST HAVE NO , WE SPOKE BEFORE BEFORE THE MEETING. IF AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE OF THE MARYLAND CODE THAT YOU REFERENCED AND I TRIED TO LOOK AT IT, AND IT WAS ALL BLURRY. SO IF YOU COULD SEND ME A COPY OF THE LAW THAT REQUIRES THE LANGUAGE TO BE PUT IN THERE.
UM CERTAINLY, I'LL SEND THAT TO THE TO THE BOARD. WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE. THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO PROVISIONS IN QOM ARE IN THE STATE ETHICS SECTION CHAPTER. 19. YES, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO. THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED TO DO FOR THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS JUST THE PRESENTATION OF THE EDITS, AND
[G. Presentation on Proposed Revisions to Board Policy 08-0010-000 Threat Assessment Team , Mr. Bernard Hennigan,Executive Director of Student Services, Mr. Donoven Brooks, Supervisor of Safety and Security, Mr. Steve Richards,Supervisor of Student Services, and John E. Burke, Esq., Deputy General Counsel]
WE'LL RETURN THIS FOR A VOTE AFTER THE 30 DAY, PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM G PRESENTATION AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY 08-0010. THREAT ASSESSMENT. SO NOW WE HAVE MR BUCK KENNINGTON. DONOVAN BROOKS, MR STEVE[02:00:03]
RICHARDS AND MR JOHN BURKE, PRESENTING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, AGAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON. TONIGHT YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR CERTAIN EDITS TO THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM POLICY. AFTER THIS EVENING. THE RECOMMENDED REVISED POLICY WILL GO OUT FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND THEN IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN FOR A BOARD VOTE. THE TEAM SEATED TO MY LEFT LED THIS INITIATIVE SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM. LET ME INTRODUCE MR BUCK HENNIGAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. AND MR STEVE RICHARDS , SUPERVISOR OF STUDENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. SO UM, WE WANTED TO BRING BEFORE TONIGHT IS SOME MINOR EDITS TO THIS POLICY THAT REALLY CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF JUST SOME SOME CONTINUED DISCUSSION BETWEEN US, UM AND, UM, MR BROOKS AND OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, SO IN 2019 YOU SEE, WE HAVE A POLICY THROWS THAT SOME TEAMS WHICH WAS RESERVED, REVISED BASED ON THE 2018 SAFE TO LEARN ACT, WHICH REALLY MANDATED THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DID A MUCH MORE ROBUST JOB. OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR TRAINING STAFF MEMBERS ON THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AWARENESS OF THREATS AND THAT TEAMS WERE PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS ANY THREATS WITHIN THE BUILDING. MR RICHARDS DID AMAZING JOB OF TRAINING OUR STAFF AND BRINGING IN SOME EXPERTS TO TRAIN ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS SERVICES STAFF IN THE SUMMER THAT SUMMER, 2019 RIGHT SUMMER OF 2019, AND THEN THIS THIS POLICY RIGHT WHEN THIS POLICY WAS DRAFTED, SO, UM IN SHORT, THERE'S THREE EDITS WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO IN MORE DETAIL. ONE IS THAT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IS BECOMES A PART OF THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. UM AND THAT'S THAT'S AGAIN SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE SAFE TO LEARN ACT. THE SECOND PIECE ON PAGE THREE IS THAT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHALL NOTICE THAT NOTIFY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OF THE THREAT AND THEIR DECISION TO COMPLETE A THREAT ASSESSMENT. SO PRIOR TO THIS CHANGE OUR THREAT ASSESSMENTS TEAMS DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT ANY TIME THERE'S A THREAT MADE BY A STUDENT, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THREAT TO BE TRANSIENT OR SUBSTANTIVE. AH OR SERIOUS OR NOT SERIOUS? UM AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS NOTIFY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. IF THAT THREAT WAS FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIVE, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO RESPOND TO LOOK INTO DEEPER AND REALLY THE SCHOOL AND THE SA ROSE OPERATE. UM THEY OPERATE IN COLLABORATION. BUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AS OBVIOUSLY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS SCHOOL STAFF. UM BUT WHAT WE'VE JUST WHAT WE REALIZED IS THAT SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT FAMILIES THAT WE DO NOT HAVE. SO WE MAY HAVE A THREAT THAT WE DEEM TO BE TRANSIENT AND NOT SERIOUS. BUT MAYBE THAT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY THAT HE IS NOW DETERMINED. HE FEELS HE'S WANTS TO GO TO THAT HOME TO MAKE A CHECK FOR WEAPONS. ON THE SECURITY WEAPONS SO AND SO FORTH , SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TAKING ACTION AGAINST A STUDENT, AS IS THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, MAKING A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER HE'S GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE FAMILY. MAYBE DO A SAFETY CHECK IN A WELL CHECK SO NOW, INSTEAD OF LETTING SCHOOL RESOURCE SOURCES KNOW THAT WE HAD A THREAT ASSESSMENT DONE, AND THAT IT WAS JUST STAND TO OUR STAFF IS GOING TO TELL THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ANY TIME THEY DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT. AND AT THAT TIME THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MAY SAY OKAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW. UH AND LET THEM DO THE PROCESS. OR YOU MAY SAY OKAY, I HAVE INFORMATION. I'M AWARE OF THAT FAMILY MAY WANT TO TAKE SOME EXTRA STEPS.AND THEN THE LAST PIECES THAT THE SCHOOL THE THREAT ASSESSMENT WILL BE DONE IN AN EXPEDITED MANNER. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF A STUDENT MAKES A THREAT, THAT'S THAT THREAT ASSESSMENT HAS DONE THAT SAME DAY, SO WE JUST WANT TO EXPLICITLY STATE THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE EDITIONS. ONE IS ADDING THE SCHOOL RESOURCES SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHICH AGAIN COMES FROM THE SAFE TO LEARN ACT TO TELL THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WHENEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT, NOT AFTER THE FACT AND BASED ON A SUBSTANTIVE DECISION, BUT JUST THAT ANY TIME WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE, AND THAT WE WANT OUR THREAT ASSESSMENTS DONE IN A EXPEDITED MANNER. ANYTHING LIKE THAT, MR RICHARDS. NO YOU DID A GREAT JOB JUST WANTED TO HAVE IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMENTS FROM ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THIS EVENING. AS TO WHY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS. I'LL READ IT VERBATIM. THAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS SHALL INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WITH EXPERTISE AND STUDENT COUNSELING . EDUCATION INSTRUCTION, SCHOOLED, MISSED ADMINISTRATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL POLICY COMPLIES WITH WHAT THE REAL AND SAFE TO LEARN ACT STIPULATES BY LAW THAT IT'S NOT A DEBATABLE ISSUE. WE NEED TO INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXCELLENT EXPERTISE AND HELPING US TO
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FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DEALING WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY SITUATION, AND THEREFORE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO WITH IT? OR THERE MAY BE INFORMATION THAT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS BY HIS OR HER INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HELP US FURTHER MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A REQUIREMENT NOW. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I NOTICED THE TYPE OUT. SURE TO, UM. RECOGNITION IS YES. I THINK THERE'S A ONE IN THERE THIS AFTERNOON SUMMIT TO THANK YOU. YES I DID. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM ABOUT JUST THE SORROWS ROLE AND HOW A THREAT ASSESSMENT IS DONE. UM, IF YOU COULD MAYBE DESCRIBED LIKE KIND OF HOW YOU GO THROUGH THE FRONT ASSESSMENT. UM, A LITTLE BIT. SURE GREAT QUESTION. IT STARTS WITH THE THREAT. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN AN ARTICULATED OR VERBALIZED THAT THREAT CAN COUNT BE CONSTITUTED BY ANY BEHAVIORS OR COMMUNICATIONS OF CONCERN. THEY WOULD WARRANT THAT WE TAKE A FURTHER LOOK AT BECAUSE IT MAY REPRESENT A STUDENT WHO'S POSING A THREAT TO EITHER HARM HIMSELF OR HARM OTHERS. SO WHEN THAT GETS REPORTED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WORK COULD BE REPORTED THROUGH, UM, MARYLAND BE SAFE HOTLINE OR THE APP.
THAT'S ON MARYLAND. BE SAFE. HOWEVER, WE GET WIND OF A SERIOUS THREAT TOWARDS SELF HARMING OR OTHER HARMING BEHAVIOR. THEN IT SETS ABOUT A COURSE OF ACTION WHERE THE ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO BE ALERTED. THE ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO GET TOGETHER WITH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN HIS OR HER BUILDING MOST TYPICALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST OR SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR BOTH. THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A, UM, A TRIAGE PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY , UM, THERE'S A TOOL THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD USE CALLED THE THREAT INVESTIGATION TOOL WHEREIN HE OR SHE WOULD GATHER THE FACTS FROM EITHER THE REPORTER OR THE REPORT ITSELF IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED WHAT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE THREAT? WHERE DID IT WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? AND KIND OF CONDUCTING MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRY IN TERMS OF THE NATURE OF THE THREAT, WHAT IT MAY CONSTITUTE, AND THE LIKE. THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY. TYPICALLY A THREAT EMANATES FROM SOME KIND OF A GRIEVANCE OR FRUSTRATION. SO THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE ARE THERE TO INTERVIEW WITNESSES. INTERVIEW THE STUDENT, PERHAPS THE INFORMANT IF IT'S A TEACHER, TO PUT TO TRY TO GET AT THE ROOT CAUSES TO WHY THERE ARE COMMUNITIES CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOW RAISING THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF OUR NECK THAT WE NEED TO MEET WERE OBLIGED TO FALL THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SO THEY'RE GONNA GET GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH MAYBE THE STUDENT WHO'S MADE THE THREAT OR MADE THE CONCERNING COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR. TRY TO GET THE WHY BEHIND THAT STORY. TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC PLAUSIBLE PLAN THAT THAT PERSON HAS CONCOCTED TO ACCESS THE MEANS AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO EXECUTE A THREAT OF HARM TOWARDS EITHER HIM OR HERSELF OR OTHERS. AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO IN YOU GET INTO THE TALL WEEDS. YOU FIND OUT THAT PERHAPS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A THREAT OF HARM TOWARDS OTHERS ACTUALLY IS A THREAT OF SELF ARM AND WE MAY HAVE TO PUT OUR OUR MENTAL HEALTH HATS ON AND CONDUCTED SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT STUDENTS SAFE. SO THAT GETS BACK TO MR HENNIGAN'S POINT ABOUT WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED BECAUSE JUST AS MUCH AS WE WOULD NOT SAY TO A STUDENT WHO'S THREATENING SUICIDE, WE'LL WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A CASE OF A THREAT OF HARM TOWARDS OTHERS IN THE BUILDING OR OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT HAS TO BE DONE CORRECTLY EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE THEIR SAFETY AT RISK SO IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A TWO PART INTERVIEW PROCESS INVESTIGATORS DOING HIS OR HER INVESTIGATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR MORE MENTAL HEALTH APPRAISAL. THE TWO PARTIES GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A DETERMINATION. WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH? IS IT A SERIOUS THREAT OR NON SERIOUS? BUT IF IT'S A TRANSIENT OR NON SERIOUS THREAT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DEAL WITH IT THROUGH LESS INVOLVED MEANS WE MAY SUGGEST A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN INTERVENTION COUNSELING MEDIATION. UH RESTORATIVE PRACTICES OF THE YOUNG LEE MENTIONED DIDN'T SEE ELEMENTS OF THAT IN THE POLICY, BUT IT'S INFERRED BY THE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT FOLLOW UP INTERVENTIONS. IF IT'S A SERIOUS, IMMINENT THREAT. ALL HANDS ON DECK WERE CONTACTING OUR SORROW. LAW ENFORCEMENT WE MAY HAVE TO GET, UM IT IF THE STUDENT HAS A WEAPON ON HIS HER PERSON IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO SEARCH THE STUDENTS SEARCHES BELONGINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WEAPON IF IN THE BUILDING IS DISCOVERED AND SAFEGUARDED AH OR SA RUE MAY COME IN HANDY. IF THE STUDENTS WE GET WIND THAT THERE ARE WEAPONS IN THE HOME THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SECURED, OR S R O IS GOING TO GO TO THE HOME AND DO A SAFETY CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WEAPONS ARE PROPERLY SECURED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OR THE WHEREWITHAL TO CARRY OUT OR EXECUTE WHATEVER THE THREAT THAT'S BEEN STATED OR
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ARTICULATED, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WHEELS TO START TURNING WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY THREAT. BECAUSE THE WHOLE THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS SAFETY. IT'S NOT DISCIPLINED. IT'S SAFETY. THERE MAY BE A PARALLEL DISCIPLINE PROCESS THAT SPENDS ITS ITS COURSE ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY INTO A SAFE SITUATION , AND AN ADMINISTRATOR MAY SAY, WELL. THIS ALSO CONSTITUTES A DISCIPLINARY VIOLATION AND THEREFORE I'M GOING TO DO A PROPER INVESTIGATION TO HOLD THIS CHILD ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UH, A VIOLATION OF OUR STUDENT DISCIPLINE CODE, BUT THE FIRST AND FOREMOST PURPOSE FOR A RISK ASSESSMENT. UM THREAT ASSESSMENT IS TO, UM MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THE SAFETY. THICKLY WOULD, UM IF I COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT CONSTITUTES . HEY SUBSTANTIVE THREAT. I MEAN, WE TALK A LOT OF WEAPONS OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE. WHAT MAKES IT SUBSTANTIVE? WHAT IN IN THE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WOULD SAY, OKAY, THIS IS SUBSTANTIVE.SERIOUS PLAUSIBLE MOTIVE MEANS ACCESS TO NOT ONLY PLANNING BUT ALSO ACCESS TO THE MEANS TO CARRY OUT THE SERIOUSLY IF THERE WAS AN ACTUAL PLAN IN PLACE. THERE COULD BE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED DANCE SUBSTANTIVE. WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FURTHER INVESTIGATE IF A STUDENT IS SAYING I HAVE A I HAVE A PLAN IN TERMS OF DATE TIME PLACE THAT I'M GOING TO CARRY OUT A THREAT OF HARM TARGETS TO TARGET SPECIFIC TARGETS. UH YOU CAN BET WE'RE GOING TO FALL THROUGH WITHOUT FIGURE OUT. IS THIS SERIOUS? IS IT BLUSTER? AH WE WANT TO BRING IN PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE STUDENT BECAUSE SOMETIMES STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MAY HAVE CERTAIN BEHAVIORS THAT MAY BE CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME OTHER ISSUE OTHER THAN THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THAT LENS BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING SERIOUSLY AND TREAT ALL THREATS THAT ARE OF THAT NATURE SUBSTANTIVE UNTIL WE CAN DIAL IT BACK DOWN INTO A LESSER LEVEL. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HERE ON THE SIDE OF TAKING THINGS LIGHTLY HERE. MEANS MOTIVE. WHEREWITHAL PLAN ACTIVE PLANNING ATTACK BEHAVIORS, UH, DOING RUN THROUGHS TRIALS HAVING HAVING SCHEMATICS OF THE BUILDING. ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS WITHIN START TO SAY, WELL, THIS IS GETTING PRETTY DOGGONE SERIOUS. THIS ISN'T JUST SOMEBODY JUST KIND OF DOING SOME DRAWINGS AND THEIR BOOK BASED UPON CREATIVITY THREAT. IS THERE AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW TO JUST LOOK AT THE PROCESS OR UM, YOU KNOW WHEN THREATS TO COME IN UM AND YES, WE ENCOURAGE ALL THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAMS. AFTER ALL THAT SAID, AND DONE TO GO BACK AND TO UM. KIND OF REVISIT WHAT THEY DID. AND DID WE DO THINGS CORRECTLY? WHAT WENT RIGHT. WHAT WENT WRONG? UM THANK YOU. YEAH SURE. LOTS OF TIME ALREADY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA DETAIL. THIS IS DONOVAN BROOKS. ALSO, I LIKED IT. ADD IF THE THREAT UH IF WE RECEIVE A THREAT AND IT DISRUPTS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES, THEN CART OF COLMAR UNDER THE MARYLAND SENATOR. SCHOOL SAFETY ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE SUBMIT AN AFTER ACTION REPORT, UM TO THE MARYLAND CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY TO BE LOGGED WITH THE STATE. ANYTIME WE HAVE TO ACTIVATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS A RESULT OF A SUBSTANTIVE THREAT. WHICH. TO PIGGYBACK VERY QUICKLY ON MR RICHARD RICHARDS, IS IT? IF THE STUDENT SHOWS THE INTENT THE CAPABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAS EXPRESSED THE WILLINGNESS TO COMMIT HARM, THEN THAT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY FALL INTO SUBSTANTIVE AS WELL. THERE'S AN ACRONYM THAT WE USE CALLED SIP S I P P AND THAT STANDS FOR SERIOUS INTENT. PLANNING AND PREPARATION. IF ANY ROLE THOSE ARE EVIDENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, DOES. YOU KNOW, THREATS OF OR LIKE BULLYING FIT INTO THIS CATEGORY AS WELL. LIKE IF YOU KNOW IF IT'S CHILD'S MAKING SPECIFIC THREATS SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS YOU KNOW, AS AN ONGOING PROCESS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BULLYING ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS ALSO IS ENTAILED IN THAT AS WELL. IT COULD BE IT BULLYING. IF THE NATURE OF THE BULLYING IS MAKING THREATS OF HARM TOWARDS ANOTHER STUDENT. WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE ACTIVE STEPS TO DETER THAT FROM OCCURRING. BULLYING CAN RANGE A WHOLE GAMUT FROM PUT DOWNS TO BE HAVING CRITICAL COMMENTS WHICH ARE NOT APPROPRIATE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE LIFE THREATENING OR HARMFUL IN THE PHYSICAL SENSE. BUT NONETHELESS. THEY WOULD REQUIRE SOME FORM OF INTERVENTION. WE DON'T TOLERATE BULLYING IN OUR SCHOOLS, EITHER. SO MY QUESTION
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WAS BASICALLY IF A CHILD IS THREATENING ANOTHER CHILD SAYING , YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO COME TO SCHOOL TOMORROW AND I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU UP ABSOLUTELY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE THREAT OF HARM TOWARDS OTHERS. I HAD A QUESTION. I KNOW I MY CONCERN IS WHERE YOU HAVE IN AN EXPEDITED MANNER. AND YOU KNOW TO ME AND TO SOMEBODY ELSE EXPEDITIOUSLY IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON A FRIDAY, AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET IT ALL TOGETHER, THEN IT GOES OVER TO MONDAY IS THAT IS THAT EXPEDITIOUSLY? I MEAN TO ME IN MY MIND, I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME TIME FRAME. IN THERE THAT IT WOULD BE ACTED UPON. SO LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE MIGHT STAY WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL DAY. YEAH. YEAH BUT THEN THE SAME SCHOOL DAY WOULD AT LEAST MAKE IT YEAH, WE NEED WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME MINDSET WITH THIS PROCESS AS WE DO WITH SUICIDE THREATS. WE'RE LIKE LIKE COUNSELOR PSYCHOLOGIST ISN'T GOING TO SAY HEY, HONEY, I'LL GET TO YOU IN THREE HOURS. WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT STUDENT ASAP. AND THE SAME SHOULD HOLD TRUE WITH THIS PROCESS AS WELL. NOW, PART OF OUR TRAINING IS TO TRAIN THAT MINDSET. THAT YOU JUST CAN'T DELAY OR PUT THIS OFF AT INFINITUM BECAUSE LIVES ARE AT RISK. SO WE WANT TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY EVALUATED. IN A IN A VERY RAPID FASHION. FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND THEN TAKE THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES AND MITIGATING MEASURES TO DIALECT DOWN. BUT I'M JUST THINKING EXPEDITIOUSLY EXPEDITED AND WHAT MAY BE CRIED A FOR SOMEBODY IN MONDAY FOR ANOTHER.THE OTHER OTHER THING I HAVE ON THE SAME PAGE ON THREE NUMBER FOUR. IF THE T 80 DETERMINES THAT THE THREAT I THINK IS TRANSIT. IS THAT ANOTHER TYPE OF 11? YEAH. PROOF READER IN YOUR BLOOD OR SOMETHING THAT WAS BY ANY WAS STARTED. THAT SHE STARTED. AND I WAS JUST READING THAT PART EXPEDITED. I KNOW WHAT ONE MEANS TO SOMEBODY ELSE. I THINK MY ONLY CONCERN IS IN AND MR BROOKS CAN SPEAK TO THIS. THESE THESE THREATS COME IN ALL DIFFERENT WAYS. THERE COULD BE AN EMAIL SENT AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO THE SAFETY WEBSITE. UM AND SO I THINK, IN ALMOST ALL CASES IT'S DONE WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL DAY. I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT SAYING WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT COULD HAVE COME IN AT SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ON A FRIDAY AND DOES THAT MEAN SOMEONE EXPECTS THAT THREAT ASSESSMENT TO HAPPEN BEFORE FRIDAY'S OVER THE SCHOOL TIMEFRAME? YEAH. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF THE BOURBONS THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN EXPEDITED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW I ALREADY WENT, BUT I MISSED ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT I HAD ON MY LIST. UM AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE IN THE POLICY LIKE WHEN ARE THE PARENTS CONTACTED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS? THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE THREAT ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED AND WE DETERMINE IF IT'S TRANSGENDER, SUBSTANTIVE. SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW. WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE SITUATION. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF IT WAS TRANSIENT, YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD NEED TO COMMENT AT SCHOOL TODAY . UM YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED INTO IT. WE'VE DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT A SERIOUS THREAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE MAY WANT TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT OR HER ABOUT THE CHURCH.
THE WORDS ARE CHOOSING VERSUS THIS IS SUBSTANTIVE AND THERE COULD BE A SERIOUS LIST OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO CORRECT AFTER THAT. ALL THE WAY LEADING UP TO THE POLICE GOING TO THE HOME. IT'S ON PAGE FIVE NUMBER G. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION. WHERE WITH THREATS THAT OCCUR. OFF OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. BUT IT'S FOUND OUT BY A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR EMPLOYEE. WHATEVER. WHERE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. START AND STOP AT THAT POINT, UM, THREATS ARE MADE OFF PROPERTY. UM. THE ACTION. WHATEVER IS BEING PLANNED AS OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY, BUT WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT. WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SITUATION. SO WE IF WE GET INFORMATION IF THE INFORMATION COMES TO US, WHETHER IT OCCURS IN SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO ACTIVATE WHAT WE NEED TO ACTIVATE ON OUR END IN TERMS OF THREAT ASSESSMENT, BUT NOW, UM AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF RISK AND THREAT ASSESSMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THEY WILL VISIT THE HOME. AND THEY WANT TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE FAMILY. UM THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF AVAILABLE TO TALK TO THE STUDENT AT THE CENTER OF IT WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WEAPONS OR
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ACCESS TO WEAPONS IN THE HOME. UM OFTENTIMES THEY RECEIVED CONSENT. IF NOT, THEN THEY COULD GO, UH, TO A JUDGE TO GET THAT CONSENT. UM AND THEN UPON, UM GETTING THAT INFORMATION. UM MR HENNIGAN. MR. RICHARDS COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT TO REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY REGARDING THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY RETURNED BACK TO THE BUILDING, IF THAT THE PLAN IS TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING, BUT IT WOULD BE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO INITIATE THAT THREAT ASSESSMENT.BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN DIRECT COLLABORATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THAT TIME, IF IT'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT KIND OF UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE SRO INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE HE'S OUR LIAISON TO THOSE EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT MAY SPILL OVER INTO THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT MAY NOT BUT THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER MAY BE APPLIED IN SCHOOL. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN OUR BUILDING. THE PERSON WHO FINDS OUT ABOUT THE THREAT TEACHER, UM STUDY IN YOU KNOW WHATEVER. WHO ARE THEY TO REPORT THAT TO THE SORROW, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION BASICALLY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL? YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS WILL GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BIG DAYS IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THAT'S CORRECT. I DO JUST WANT TO MENTION ONE THING SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THE POLICY THAT IS GOING OUT FOR 30 DAY PERIOD IS EXACTLY THE POLICY THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL EDITS THOSE COULD BE MADE AT ANY POINT, EVEN NEXT TIME WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR A VOTE. UM IF YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND DELIBERATED A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AN EDIT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THERE WOULD BE A VOTE AT THAT TIME, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT FOR 30 DAYS AGAIN. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS EVENING. WHAT IS GOING OUT FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS THE EXACT POLICY THAT WAS PRESENTED UM, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALTER THAT IN ANY SORT OF WAY YOU COULD DO IT NOW OR YOU COULD DO IT AT A FUTURE MEETING. BUT THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER 30 DAY. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SUBSTANTIVE FOR SUBSTANCE.
THERE'S SOME. YEAH EXACTLY. AND WE WERE SORT OF DISCUSSING IT AS MUCH AS WE COULD OFFLINE WITH SOME OF THE NOTIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE TIMING FACTOR, IF THERE WOULD BE A CHANGE TO THAT IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE, WHEREAS SOME OF THE CLERICAL MISTAKES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED WOULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIVE. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHAT I'VE ASKED YOU TO DO THIS SUBSTANTIVELY AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO US, OR YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CHANGE BEFORE NOW WE WILL KNOW THAT YOU GO OUT. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A CHANGE TO THE TIMING AS WE TALKED ABOUT IF YOU WANTED TO FURTHER REFINE THAT LANGUAGE. WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE SO WE COULD DO IT THIS EVENING AND TAKE A VOTE ON WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE VERSION OF THE POLICY THAT GOES OUT FOR 30 DAYS. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO DO IT THIS EVENING, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'VE MISSED YOUR CHANCE. YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN WHEN IT COMES FOR A VOTE IS JUST THAT. WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR 30 DAYS AT THAT TIME AS WELL. THAT WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND WE VOTE ON IT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO DO IT AGAIN, BRUCE JUST THINKING THROUGH THIS IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, I'M THINKING YOU THE TIMING OF RECEIVING THE REPORT AND STAFF WORKING, I THINK IS THE BIGGEST BARRIER SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE GOOD LANGUAGE TO SAY SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM THE TIME WE GET TO THREAT THAT THE STAFF IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND AS SOON AS THEY GET THE THREAT, BUT AS I SAID THE THREAT COULD COME IN AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO THE MARYLAND SCHOOL SAFETY WEBSITE, SO I DON'T WANT TO LOCK THEM INTO GETTING IT DONE IN THE TIME THAT'S NOT PLAUSIBLE. WHAT ABOUT IMMEDIATELY. WELL AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. FROM WHAT POINT BECAUSE AGAIN SOME OF THESE AND I'M JUST I'M JUST TELLING YOU HOW THESE WORK SOMETIMES, UM, AGAIN. MR BROOKS COULD GET THIS AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A SATURDAY AND THE STAFF WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THERE TO DO ANYTHING TILL MONDAY. I WOULD ALSO SAY IN TERMS OF, I THINK, WITH THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED I WOULD SAY, UM, IMMEDIATELY UPON BECOMING AWARE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. I GET I GET THOSE MESSAGES FROM THE MARYLAND CENTER FROM SCHOOL SAFETY AT 3 30 IN THE MORNING. I'M SLEEP. I DO HAVE THE MESSAGE ON MY PHONE, BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL I WAKE UP AT SIX O'CLOCK AND SEE IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M AWARE. THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT. I MEAN, BUT I'M MAKING FOLKS I'M MAKING FOLKS. I'M MAKING IT KNOWN TO FOLKS IMMEDIATELY AT THE TIME THAT I'M AWARE, AND SOMETIMES IT IT, UM IT DOESN'T COME TO THE PHONE. SOMETIMES IT'LL GO INTO EMAIL.
WELL MAYBE THE LANGUAGE IS WE'RE WORDSMITHING. IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN IN THE FLOW CHART.
THE PARALLELS THIS PROCESS AND I'LL JUST READ ALOUD THE LANGUAGE. AND MAYBE THAT WOULD
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SUFFICE, AND SAYS THE PERSON THAT RECEIVED THE INFORMATION SHARES IT IMMEDIATELY WITH SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION SHARES AND CONSULTS WITH RESOURCE OFFICER AND BEGINS THE THIRD ASSESSMENT PROCESS. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU GET THE REPORT. IMMEDIATELY CONSULT WITH THE SORROW AND YOU AND YOU INITIATE THE THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. SO I COULD FINISH THAT SENTENCE TO SAY USING THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TOOL FOUND IN THE TRM THAT T 83 ASSISTANT TEAM SHALL DETERMINE. IMMEDIATELY UPON BEING INFORMED OF THE THREAT. OKAY? SO THIS WAY , YOU KNOW DONOVAN MAY GET THE EMAIL. THREE IN THE MORNING. THE PRINCIPLE MAY NOT GET UNTIL EIGHT IN THE MORNING, SO IT'S IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THAT EMAIL. THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO ACTION THAT WE MAKE THAT CHANGE. EXACTLY CONTAMINATION. THAT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT? SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT THREAT IS HEARD. ON THE TWO O'CLOCK 2 30 BUS GOING HOME ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON BY THE BUS DRIVER. WHEN I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. WELL WELL, WE MAY BEGIN A PROCESS OF SAYING FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING UNLESS THIS IS SUCH A THREAT.THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME ACTION AT 2 35 CONTACTING YES OR OH, UM, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S A THREAT WITH THE STUDENTS STATEMENT STATED THAT I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND OVER THE WEEKEND.
I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER I'M INTENDING TO DO TO NEIGHBORHOOD BOY WHO'S A CLASSMATE? WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT TILL MONDAY MORNING TO EVALUATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTACT THE SORROW AND AS MR BROOKS WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO INITIATE MORE COMMUNITY BASED RESPONSES TO THAT THREAT.
IF INDEED, THAT APPEARS TO BE THE SITE AND THE TARGET FOR THE THREATENING. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IMMEDIATELY MEANS. THE STUDENT SAYS THAT I'M GOING TO COME IN MONDAY MORNING AND IMMEDIATELY DO A BEELINE TO JOHNNY AND TAKE HIM OUT. WELL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE. OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ALL PARTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT JOHNNY IS AWARE THAT HE IS THE TARGET. AND TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT WITH THAT STUDENT AND THEIR PARENTS AND PERHAPS HAVING TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION WITH THEM OVER THE WEEKEND TO MAKE SURE THAT HE OR SHE DOESN'T COME INTO SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING LOADED FOR BEAR DRIVER TO RELATE THAT TO MINISTRATIONS. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD SEE IT. YES AND ALL AHEAD, MR BROOKS. AND REALLY, UM, THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS JUST GIVEN, UM , IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL WE'VE HAD THOSE SITUATIONS. WE'VE HAD THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE BUS ON THE WAY HOME AND WE HAD ACTIVATED THREAT ASSESSMENT WITH THE COLLABORATION OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, BECAUSE IF THAT'S WHEN THE STUDENT MAKES THAT STATEMENT, AND THE BUS DRIVER OR A BUS ATTENDANT BECOMES AWARE BECAUSE ANOTHER STUDENT MAY SAY THIS PERSON SAID WHATEVER THEY MAY HAVE SAID IT WAS THREATENING. UM THEN WE'RE CONTACTING LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF PREVENTION AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATING WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL. AND AT 3 30 ON A FRIDAY WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL IS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFYING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. UM WELL, WE ASKED MR HENNIGAN TO READ MORE TIME. THANK YOU. LANGUAGE WOULD WOULD STATE STARTING WITH THE WORD USING USING THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TOOL FOUND IN THE T.
R. M C. 80 SHALL DETERMINE COMMA IMMEDIATELY UPON BEING INFORMED OF THE THREAT COMER IF THE THREAT IS THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING YES, YES, YES, OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP YOU GUYS. SO
[H. Superintendent's Report]
LAST BUT NOT LEAST. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM AGED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BOULTON, DR PAULSON. ALL RIGHT.SO JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUMMER PROGRAMS. THAT WILL BE POSTED SOON ON OUR WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION FOR SOME OF HER FRIENDS WILL OPEN IN MAY. AH AND MISS BLANKET ALREADY ANNOUNCED THIS, BUT WE'LL PUT IT UP HERE ONE MORE TIME. STUDENTS INTERESTED IN BEING THE NEXT STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO ARE IN GRADE 11 THIS YEAR, WHO WILL BE IN GRADE 12 NEXT YEAR SHOULD VISIT THE HARFORD COUNTY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS. IT'S THE H CRAFTS PAGE AND HCPS .ORG FOR DETAILS AND APPLIED TODAY. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS MARCH 17TH. SO THAT'S COMING UP THE END OF THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD FIVE AND UNDER, BE SURE TO REGISTER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR YOUR COPY OF THIS MONTH'S LITTLE'S UNIVERSITY BOOK. THE BOOK IS THE PIGEON HAS TO GO TO SCHOOL BY MO WILLEMS. AND THIS ONE MAKES ME PARTICULARLY HAPPY
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BECAUSE I LIKE ALL THE PITCHING BOOKS KNOWN THAT I'M A FAN OF MMA WILLEMS WORK SO GREAT CHOICE . UM, MISS LATER, AND LITTLE UNIVERSITIES PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UM, SAY SOMETHING. I DO. MISS PERRY MENTIONED EARLIER WE HAD A VISIT TO OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY, AND, UM , THAT WAS TO RECOGNIZE A DONATION BY, UM MSC A, UM.MARYLAND STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND WITH PARTNERSHIP FROM HCEA, OR HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, DONATED BOOKS TO OLD POST ROAD FOR THEIR LIBRARIES. AND IT WAS IT LOOKED LIKE A FANTASTIC, UH, SELECTION OF BOOKS AND SO. TOO CELEBRATE THAT DONATION, BUT ALSO TO BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THE READING GOING ON THE GREAT WORK GOING ON. IT WILL PUSH ROAD WE HAD AS YOU HEARD THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THERE TODAY AND SHE READ TO A CLASS OF STUDENTS AND SHE WAS SHE WAS FANTASTIC. UM SHE SPOKE ACTUALLY ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AS A TRAINED ENGINEER AND TALK TO OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THE CAREER OF ENGINEERING IN ADDITION TO THE BOOK THAT SHE WAS READING, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE, AND WE ALSO HAD THE AUTHOR OF ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT WAS DONATED. HER NAME IS JORDAN NOLAN AND SHE WAS PRESENT THE BOOK THAT SHE WROTE THAT WAS IN THE COLLECTION THAT WAS DONATED WAS A BOOK CALLED ON HER WINGS, WHICH IS A BIOGRAPHY OF TONI MORRISON. AND SO ALL AROUND, IT WAS A NICE EVENT. IT WAS GREAT TO CELEBRATE THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF AT OLD POST ROAD AND THANK OUR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PARTNERS FOR SUPPORTING OUR
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STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.OKAY, SO THE OTHER THING I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW IS THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS ON MONDAY, MARCH 27TH 2023
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.