Nov 13, 2023 Board Meeting

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GOOD AT THIS TIME. I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MUTE YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 13TH 2023 AT SIX PM. THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MS. ROLLO PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL ALVAREZ PRESENT. MISS BRUCE HERE. LET'S COKER HERE. DR MILLER. MR PERRY HERE, MR SUBBARAO, BA MR SEWELL HERE. MISS STRAUSS VICE PRESIDENT HAN PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT POYNTON HERE. SUPERINTENDENT WILSON COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU WITH THIS EVENING SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE. PLEASE READ THE MEETING'S RULES OF ORDER.

SECURITY. EDUCATION. TO SEE IF THAT WILL BE ABLE. FORTUNATELY EVENING AT ALL.

WHY.

YES. WE APPRECIATE TRANSPIRED. THANK YOU MISS COINS. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT OF A PROCESS THAT WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON BOARD MEMBERS.

PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, DR POINTING WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, MEMBERS AND STAFF SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING DOCTOR BALSAMO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALLING THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR EMOTION. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR A NO. WRITE THEM SIX. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE AN AGENDA BEFORE YOU DO. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS DIANE EMOTIONAL, ADOPTED THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. IS THERE SECONDS TO ADOPT? VERY OFF SECOND THAT THANK YOU, MISS COKER. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES THE AGENDA PASSES. VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RISE AND JOIN ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YES. IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. OKAY THANK YOU. WE'LL START

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GREETINGS THANKS. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE HAVE A LOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, SO WE'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS REALLY SURE. GTA JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT TODAY. THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE , THE STATE LETTER LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MET TO LAY OUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VISIT MSD. AND MADE TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE LEGISLATORS THIS NEXT SESSION. ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE CAREER AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARD. UM THAT IS THAT IS BEING REVIEWED. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO GET YOUR COMMENTS IN, UM AND, UH, WE WERE ASKED TO AS WE ENGAGE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO REMIND THEM OF THE CLIFF THAT WE MAY FACE AS E S. AS OUR FUNDING. I THINK IT'S YES, THAT'S OUR FUNDING AND DIMINISHES. UM SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO

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PERHAPS OUR RETENTION POLICY NEEDS TO BE RELOOKED. IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY I'M MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSING PRIORITIES FOR HCPS EFFORTS. THIS IS BASED ON THE ROLES OF THE BOARD IN HCPS STAFF, THE BOARD ROLLERS OVERSIGHT. THE DIRECTIONS. THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STAFF IS MANAGEMENT AND TO IMPLEMENT BOARD DIRECTIONS, SO FOR DIRECTIONS AND PRIORITIES, SUCH AS KEEPING OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT INSTRUCTION ON BIASED AND AGE APPROPRIATE. THAT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES AND VERBIAGE HAVE NO PLACE IN SCHOOLS, REDUCING EDUCATOR, STRESS AND IMPROVING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. I'M HOPING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AND CODIFYING THESE AS PRIORITIES AND OF THE STAFF AND IMPLEMENTING THEM AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT THAT THESE ARE KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE WELFARE AND SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR EDUCATORS. AS ALWAYS, WE ASK PARENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOL AND LEARNING AND TREATING EVERYONE WITH RESPECT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MILLER. THANK YOU. UM THIS WEEK I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE ROUTE ROUTE 40 BUSINESSES ASSOCIATION. AND HERE, MR CASTELLI SPEAK ANY EXECUTIVE SCARCELY SPEAK ABOUT HIS PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR EDUCATION AND HIS REACTION TO WHAT HE REFERRED TO AS KERWIN. BUT MOST OF US KNOW IT IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE ALSO ATTENDED THE RECOGNITION DINNER PUT ON BY THE FOUNDATION, WHERE 42 TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THE SUPERIOR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. IT WAS COURSE A CELEBRATION DINNER, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE CELEBRATIONS ARE ALWAYS GOOD. UM I ALSO I AM ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR MAYB ALSO, AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD GO TO THE MADE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT WHAT THEIR POSITIONS ARE ON DIFFERENT LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING UP THE MADE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE LOOKS AT THINGS ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, SO MAYBE NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY WOULD BE BEST FOR US. BUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE SCHOOL'S OVERALL WHETHER IT'S A BIG DISTRICT OR SMALL DISTRICT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A BOARD COME UP WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SO THAT WE

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UM AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE MAKE GROUND ON THAT. BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON THE BUDGET. IT REALLY IT ALL COMES DOWN. TO COUNTY EXECUTIVE CASSILLY THAT IS IT. HE IS THE DECIDER. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT, SO PLEASE ADVOCATE TO HIM. BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT DETERMINES WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE. I ALSO ATTENDED THE VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY AT ROY WILLIAMS. THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENTS YOU CAN TELL WHEN, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. JUST IMAGINE THERE WERE YOU KNOW BOARD MEMBERS KIND OF EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENT. UH AND THEN AT SOME EDUCATORS, AND THEN THERE WERE AND I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SITTING IN FRONT OF US, BUT THEY WERE SITTING BEHIND US. THERE WERE VETERANS ON THE STAGE WITH US AND ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE ON THE STAGE HAD STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THE SCHOOL, RIGHT. IT'S ONE OF OUR ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE MOST VETERANS VETERANS. FAMILIES ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OUR NATION, SO IT WAS JUST SO WELL DONE. EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. EACH GRADE DID US A SPECIAL LIKE SONG. AND HAD SIGNS GOT UP AND SANG AND, UM, JUST SO NICE TO SEE THAT CONNECTION AND CELEBRATE THAT IN THIS IN THE SCHOOL. I WANTED TO THEN, LASTLY JUST MENTIONED I'M TRYING TO MENTION THIS EVERY TIME. BUT IF YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, TRY TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED IF THEY NEEDED VOLUNTEERS, OR ALSO IF YOU COULD JOIN YOUR P T A OR YOUR P. T S A PLEASE. PLEASE DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR AL. DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

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HOW MANY PARENTS GO IN AND SEE HOW MANY, JOHN? HOW MANY? CAN WE SEE THAT? THE INTEREST THAT OKAY, WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE TRANSITIONS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND CANVAS. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS ONLINE NOW AND SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO CHECK THE GRADES WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME OUT ON FRIDAY. UH BUT WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF COMMENTS HERE TONIGHT. UM YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS, UH, BOARD OFFICER IS OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT. IT IS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE FOCUS ON AND WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE. AND I THINK IT'S MY JOB TO EITHER ADVANCE CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, THE SUBJECT OF INTENSE PUBLIC DEBATE OR TO PUT IT TO REST. SO THIS EVENING. I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PETITION TO REVERSE THE NAMES OF THE TWO SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT TO THEIR ORIGINAL NAMES. WHICH AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND WE CONTINUE TO STILL GET EMAILS REGARDING THIS. FIRSTLY IT'S VITAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PETITION ORIGINATED FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WAS NOT INITIATED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. NO CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED TO ME THAT THIS IS A PRIMARY CONCERN ON THEIR AGENDA. WHILE I RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT ON THIS MATTER. I BELIEVE THAT REVISITING THIS DECISION WILL NOT SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AT THIS JUNCTURE. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF PROGRESS AND FORWARD THINKING, ADDRESSING THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD, MANY OF WHICH WERE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, SUCH AS ACADEMICS, MENTAL HEALTH SAFETY AND SECURITY SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS AND THE BUDGET. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS REALM. SO SHOULD THE SITUATION CHANGE IN THE BOARD OPTS TO VISIT THIS ISSUE, I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PROMPTLY INFORMED AND INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. OUR AIM IS TO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TOPIC. I AM VERY UPSET AS A VETERAN THAT I DID NOT GET TO ATTEND THE BOY WILLIAMS EVENT. I HAD A CONFLICT THAT DAY. I HEARD IT WAS AMAZING . I DID VISIT ROY WILLIAMS LAST WEEK WITH THE ASTRONAUT WHO WAS ALSO A VETERAN. AND THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. SO THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY MANY DIFFERENT, UM UH, GUEST SPEAKERS THAT I CAN BRING INTO THE COMMUNITY. UH AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, EACH WEEK I LIKE TO, YOU KNOW. LOOK AT WHO TO GIVE SOME GRATITUDE TO WITH VETERANS DAY THAT HAD RECENTLY PASSED AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE STARTED A J ROTC PROGRAM THIS YEAR WAS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT. I WAS, UM UH, I WAS IN ROTC PROGRAM MYSELF . I WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR 10 YEARS. THAT'S HOW I GOT MY COMMISSION, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE VALUES OF CITIZENSHIP. THE VALUES OF SERVING OUR COUNTRY. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND EARNING A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. THEIR MANTRA IS LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE. I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN THIS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE J. R T C PROGRAM. WE HAVE A SERGEANT JOEL SANTANA OVER THERE WHO'S RUNNING THAT PROGRAM? AND THIS EVENING I WANTED TO GET MY GRATITUDE FOR HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DOING TO KEEP THESE, UH THEY KEEP THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND CITIZENSHIP, SELFLESS SERVICE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THANK YOU. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON AT THIS POINT. THE PUBLIC COMMENTS

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HE LEFT HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR YEARS. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE COME INTO THIS JOB THINKING THE PROBLEM WAS SIMPLY MISALLOCATION OR MISUSE. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL NOW UNDERSTAND. THE PROBLEM.

REALLY IS HOW BADLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS UNDERFUNDED. IN BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS.

TO PUT A SOLID NUMBER ON IT IF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD THE SAME OPERATING BUDGET FUNDING PER STUDENT AS BALTIMORE COUNTY NEXT DOOR THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF AROUND $80 MILLION FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR COMPARED TO OUR ACTUAL BUDGET. AND LET'S BE CLEAR. WHOLE LOT OF OTHER ISSUES TIE INTO THE BUDGET. FOR EXAMPLE, CLASS SIZES BEING TOO LARGE. THAT'S A BUDGET ISSUE.

TEACHERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLANNING TIME THAT STAFFING LEVELS, WHICH IS AGAIN A BUDGET ISSUE. SHORTAGES IN VARIOUS POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY PARA EDUCATORS, INCLUSION HELPERS.

INCREASING THE PAY FOR THOSE POSITIONS WOULD AT LEAST HELP AND AGAIN. THAT'S A BUDGET ISSUE. NEXT TOPIC. THE PROPOSED POLICY ON FIDELITY AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU ALL DISCUSS THAT ITEM LATER THIS EVENING, YOU MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT PROBLEM? THIS POLICY IS MEANT TO ADDRESS AND WHAT CONCRETE CHANGES. YOU EXPECT THIS POLICY TO DELIVER? I SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE ADDING, CHECK THE BOX WORK THAT DON'T NECESSARILY ADD VALUE. AND AS A ENDING COMMENT. IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RAISE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVEN BY STATE LAW. THANK YOU ALL. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA, AN OSHA. YES WE DO NEED GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO BRING US BACK TO MENTALLY HEALTHY CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATION, CHILDREN WITH THREE OR MORE ACES , ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IN SEVERAL WAYS. I BELIEVE THAT HCPS CHILDREN ARE BEING EXPOSED TO SEVERAL OF THESE ACES CURRENTLY DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAY. THE FIRST IS THAT THEY'RE BEING EMOTIONALLY ABUSED BY THOSE PROMOTING THE GENDER IDEOLOGY LIES THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT TO THEM. FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME, HUMANITY HAS KNOWN THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS, MAN AND WOMAN WHO ARE CREATED BY GOD. TELLING OUR CHILDREN LIVES, ESPECIALLY REGARDING WHO THEY ARE IN THIS WORLD DISTORTS THEIR SENSE OF REALITY WILL CREATE DISTRUST OF ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE LIE AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT THE ACTUAL TRUTH. AND PROMOTES ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN THE MEANTIME, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SENSE INTERNALLY THAT WHAT IS BEING TOLD IS NOT TRUE. IN ADDITION, THESE LIES MAY LEAD TO SELF MUTILATION THROUGH GENDER BLOCKERS AND GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS, SUCH AS PERMANENT INFERTILITY, INABILITY TO BREASTFEED AS WELL AS DEEP PSYCHIATRIC SCARS. SECONDLY WHAT IS A NORMAL, DIFFICULT TRANSITIONAL TIME FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD HAS BEEN TURNED INTO SCHOOLS PROMOTING MENTAL ILLNESS INSTEAD OF COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLAINING THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES , AND MOST OF US HAS HAVE

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HAVING MY COMMENTS WITHOUT LONG TONIGHT, IF THAT'S OKAY. IS THAT A PROBLEM? WHICH IS THE QUESTION? IS IT OKAY WITH YOU? THREE MINUTES. OKAY THREE MINUTES. SHE'S SPEAKING AS YOU'RE SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO DR BOLSON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STAY LAST MEETING TO ISSUE THOSE ARE VERY PROUD OF FOR YOU. AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I DO BELIEVE IS A REFLECTION OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM. UM AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL COMMENTED BEFORE YOU'VE ALL SEEN HIS WORK AND THE WORK OF THE MANY DEDICATED TEACHERS AND STAFF AT HCPS AS YOU TRAVEL AROUND. AND THROUGH YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OVER THE YEARS. THAT'S WHY I HOPE THAT YOU WERE SEEING THAT EVERYONE IS BUSY WITH THE JOB OF TEACHING AND NURTURING OUR CHILDREN. THERE IS NO INDOCTRINATION AGENDA. WE TALKED ABOUT CHALLENGES WITH MENTAL HEALTH. AND THERE WERE COMMENTS AT THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENTS UM, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS OF THE LAST MEETING ABOUT NOT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT DISCUSSING ANY SENSITIVE PERSONAL TOPICS THAT ARE ONLY APPROPRIATE WITHIN FAMILIES THAT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO TEACH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OR WORDS OF ANY TYPE, AND I FOUND THIS VERY CONCERNING KIND. LEADERSHIP IS NOT BAD BEING NICE KIND. LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT BEING CLEAR, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR TO OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR BODY PARTS. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN ABOUT APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE TOUCH. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH THEM ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT THEIR OWN BODY AUTONOMY. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH THEM ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT FAMILIES AND THAT THEIR FRIENDS HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAMILIES AND PERHAPS MAY NOT HAVE A FAMILY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS OR CHILDREN WILL BE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT MAYBE SEXUAL ABUSE AND PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOMES, WHICH IS WHERE APPARENTLY THE ONLY PLACE ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND WHEN APPROPRIATE. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. YES EVEN MASTURBATION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BE CLEAR. THAT WE ACCEPT CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE. IN THEIR GROWTH AND IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL IDENTITY. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US REDUCE. INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARM WILL REDUCE BULLYING WILL PREVENT PREGNANCIES. SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PLEASE BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHLEEN. O BRIEN. PLEASE TAKE THEM THEIR MOVIE GROUP AND YOU WILL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. MY GROUP IS TOGETHER. WE WILL HMM. GOT SOME VISUAL AIDS. UM CAREFULLY AND O'BRIEN. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM

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MY FATHER WAS TAUGHT BY JESUIT PRIESTS FOR 13 YEARS AND THEN WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, WHICH IS ALSO A JESUIT COLLEGE. UM THEY CALL THE JESUITS, THE MARINE CORPS, THE CLERGY FOR A GOOD REASON. IT TAKES THEM 13 YEARS TO BECOME A PRIEST. THEY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. ST IGNATIUS LOYOLA IS THE ONE WHO PUT TOGETHER THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF STUDIES OF THE CLASSICS AND LIBERAL EDUCATION. SMALL ILL. YOU READ EVERYTHING PRO AND CON GOOD IN BED. AND THEN YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON YOUR OPINION. THAT'S WHAT LIBERAL EDUCATION IS. MY MOTHER WAS RAISED BY A WOMAN WHO WENT TO AN URSULINE CONVENT IN ONTARIO. SHE WAS ALSO TAUGHT FRENCH CLASSICS. BESIDES BEING TAUGHT AT THAT TIME, OF COURSE, TO BE A HOMEMAKER OR RUNNING A STATE. MY MOTHER'S GRANDMOTHER WAS THE FIRST POLICE MAJORING IN THE CITY OF DETROIT. SHE WAS ALSO POSSIBLY THE FIRST POLICE MATRON IN THE NATION. MY FATHER'S AUNT QUINN. THA. WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE ALSO WAS A SPY IN WORLD WAR ONE FOR THE ALLIES IN FRANCE. WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT SHE DID, SO WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS QUITE SENSITIVE. SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. THIS IS OUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH. HERE SHE IS. AND HOOP SKIRT WITH HER SISTER AGNES, DOWN HERE. HE USED TO WOMEN. SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR ONE TOOK A MODEL T FROM DETROIT. OUT. TO NEW MEXICO BY THEMSELVES. MY FAMILY HAS GONE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, NOTRE DAME, THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, FORDHAM BARRED BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, CLEMSON, MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AND THE NAVAL ACADEMY. MY BACKGROUND IS AN ART. I RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY OUT OF 45,000 STUDENTS. THERE WERE ONLY TWO OF US SELECTED. THE MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BOARDS. I RECEIVED A CHAIRMAN SCHOLARSHIP. I WAS ON THE DEAN'S COMMITTEE. I FOUND IT IN ARTS ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN'S STUDENTS PUT ON AN ART EXHIBITION OF 200 ARTISTS IN FIVE SITES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY. I WAS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EXHIBITIONS. I WORKED IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AS A STUDENT, AND THEN LATER AS A PROFESSIONAL. DOING RARE BOOK MANUSCRIPT CONSERVATORY FROM 1570 ON. I HAVE MY OWNER IN COLLECTIONS WITH THE MEYERHOFF, SO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN'S HISTORY AND CULTURAL MUSEUM AND CALEB BRENNAN, THE FORMER CHIEF CURATOR AT THE FRED MEYER SCULPTURE GARDEN IN GRAND RAPIDS , MICHIGAN, WHICH IS A VERY BIG ENTITY. I WORKED IN ACQUISITIONS AT JOHNS HOPKINS. THEY WORKED AT THE B M. A. I WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD FOR HEAVEN'S GRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . I WAS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CHESAPEAKE GALLERY CURATOR FOR MANY YEARS. HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE I FOUNDED THE ONLY UM. PUBLIC ART COLLECTION THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE. I HAVE TO THE PUBLIC. I HAVE MORE THAN 8000 BOOKS IN MY HOME. MY CURRENT. NEWS BOOK IS HERETICAL THE HISTORIES LIKE SON'S FAVORITE BOOK. IT'S HIM. SCROLL INGA BY SNORING, OESTERLE SEUIN OR THE LIVES OF THE NORWEGIAN THINGS. BEAR WOLF. BY SEAMUS HEANEY. WHICH HANDS DOWN IS ONE OF THE BEST. TRANSLATIONS YOU'LL FIND. THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS BY JIM UNDER AND GO SEE A DIETITIAN WHO I BELIEVE IS A NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS. MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT WE DON'T LET CHILDREN READ. WHAT THEY NEED TO READ. I HAD ACCESS TO THESE BOOKS AS A CHILD. I WANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE. I WANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO NOT HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN'T GO. AND THEY CAN'T BE LOVED AND CARED FOR. THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS. IF IT'S

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WHAT IF WE ALL JUST PAUSED AND THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING LOVERS OF LEARNING? WHAT IF WE FOUND A WAY TO MEASURE DATA NOT BASED ON TEST PERFORMANCE BASED ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. MY SON IS NO DIVERSE. IN KINDERGARTEN. HE WAS LITERALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT SIT STILL, AND HE DEFINITELY DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN REST TIME. IN FIRST GRADE. THEY HAD TO PUT COLORED TAPE ON THE FLOOR TO KEEP HIM IN THE SPACE AROUND HIS DESK AND NOT RUNNING AROUND THE ROOM IN KINDERGARTEN. HIS WRITING SAMPLES WERE LINES AND CURVES, OCCASIONALLY, NOT EVEN ACTUAL SHAPES. IN FIRST GRADE, HE COULD WRITE A WORD. OCCASIONAL THREE OR FOUR TOTALLY UNRELATED WORDS, BUT NOT EVEN A SENTENCE IN SECOND GRADE, HE WOULD REGULARLY HAVE MELTDOWNS TRYING TO WRITE ONE SENTENCE. I'M LUCKY. BECAUSE I HAD THE RESOURCES I HAD THE TIME AND I HAD EXPERIENCED SUPPORT TO HELP ME CREATE. AN EDUCATION PLAN. AND RESPECTFULLY ENSURE THAT IT WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THE REGULAR BASIS. AND AS A RESULT MY SON BECAME A LOVER OF LEARNING. I WAS ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR HIS NEEDS SO THAT EDUCATORS FOCUSED ON MAKING LEARNING ACCESSIBLE TO HIM, NOT ON HIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY HIS STORY IS NOT THE NORM. WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, WE FOCUSED ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. AND ACCORDINGLY COLLECTED DATA ON PSYCHOLOGICAL FINDINGS FOR AT RISK STUDENTS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER. THOUGHTFUL COMPASSIONATE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPORTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS. I'M SURE WE DO A LOT OF THAT ALREADY. BUT. WHAT IF ALL OF YOUR DECISION MAKING WAS DRIVEN. BY THOSE PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA POINTS AND NOT TEST POINTS. WHAT IF WE WERE ALL FOCUSED? ON ENSURING THAT STUDENTS FELT SAFE, SUPPORTED ENOUGH. TO BECOME LOVERS OF LEARNING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY POOPER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS CINDY PROBERT. AND I'M A PROUD EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS IN HCPS AS WEDNESDAY AS EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL DAY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ACKNOWLEDGING OUR SPS AND THE CRITICAL ROLE WE PLAY IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ARE ALL THE PEOPLE. THAT AREN'T CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN A SCHOOL BUILDING.

SCHOOL NURSES, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE, TECH POSITIONS, CLERIC ALS AND ON WE AREN'T JUST OTHER STAFF. WE ARE VITAL AND NECESSARY TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. E S. P S ARE THE FIRST DEGREE CHILDREN, THE BUS DRIVERS AND BUS ATTENDANTS WHEN THEY GET TO SCHOOL, THE HEAT AIR CONDITIONING LIGHTS UNLOCKED DOORS, CLEAN BUILDING, TRASH REMOVED, FLOOR SWEPT OR CUSTODIAL E S P S. BREAKFAST IS SERVED BY OUR FOOD SERVICES. SPS PHONES ARE ANSWERED AND CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS BY OUR CLERICAL STAFF AGAIN. YES, PIECE. EDUCATORS AND INCLUSION.

HELPERS GREETS STUDENTS AS THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR CLASSROOMS AND GET THEM READY FOR THE DAY. E S.

P S TEXT. MEDIA TEXT SS TAX ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY STAFF ARE ALL DOING THINGS THE SAME TIME

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THE CHILD WITH A BOO BOO UPSET TUMMY OR PE INJURY IS SEEN BY OUR SCHOOL NURSES AGAIN. YES PS.

OUR BUILDINGS ARE PATROLLED BY OUR SLS WHO MAINTAIN ORDER AND SAFETY IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS AGAIN. E S P S NOW CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THAT NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE. IS THERE. THIS SYSTEM WOULD GRIND TO A HALT. NOW THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE STARTING SALARY FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IS $21,000 A YEAR. AND MOST OTHERS ARE NOT THAT MUCH HIGHER. THE BASIC LIVING WAGE FOR A SINGLE ADULT IN THIS COUNTY IS ROUGHLY $37,000 A YEAR. WE AREN'T EVEN IN THE SAME ZIP CODE PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL EDUCATORS. WE ALL TEACH AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. WHEN YOU USE THE TERM TEACHER. YOU ARE EXCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO OUR SCHOOLS. I IMPLORE YOU. PLEASE USE THE TERM EDUCATOR. WHEN REFERRING TO SCHOOL SYSTEM STAFF. AND IF YOU MUST DELINEATE , USE CERTIFICATED STAFF OR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS OR SPS. HCPS MUST DO BETTER. THE SUCCESS OF MANY OF OUR STUDENTS IS DEPENDENT ON THESE PEOPLE BEING THERE FOR OUR KIDS EVERY DAY DAY AFTER DAY, AND THEY AREN'T IT IS A REVOLVING DOOR, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. WE NEED TO FIX IT. OR THAT VISION OF NO E S. P S BEING THERE ISN'T THAT FAR AWAY TO MY FELLOW E S. P S HAPPY E S P DAY. PRESIDENT POINTING. LET'S ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. SO THERE IS NO NEW SORRY. THERE IS NO OLD BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS EVENING, SO WE'RE GOING TO

[A. Consent Agenda]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE LIKE TO, UM, MOVED TO, UM MOVED THE. THREE I KNOW WE'VE RE NUMBER THREE NUMBER 34 AND FIVE OFF THE CONSENTED AND IS THIS THE PROPER TIED IN TO DO THAT? YEAH YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION REQUESTED. LIKE THE REQUEST 34 AND FIVE P REMOVED. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RECENT CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS PARTNERSHIPS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOR THREE AND FOUR AND EVALUATION AND SERVICES. CENTURY 21ST CENTURY GRAND FOR FIVE. YES THE PARTNERSHIP FOR OH POST ROAD ELEMENTARY AND THE PARTNERSHIP FOR BUT THE FIVE SCHOOLS AND ALSO THE EVALUATION SERVICE. OKAY SO WE WILL REMOVE 34 AND FIVE FOR DISCUSSION. CAN I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ONE AND TWO. THIS IS MELISSA. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO. 2ND 2ND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES THOSE OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.

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UM, SO WE'RE, UM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR AFTER SCHOOL. ROUGHLY THREE HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR STUDENTS, UM, AND TO HELP THEM WITH SCHOOLWORK. UM STEM PROGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THE MONEY IS BEING GIVEN TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THEN UNDER ITEM FOUR. IT'S BEING GIVEN TO THE WHY. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, UM. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. DO YOU? IS THERE SOMEONE THAOULD LIKE TO

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GREAT THANK YOU. JUST TO BE CLEAR IN MY EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, I THINK BOTH, UM THE STAFF AT THE Y AND THE STAFF OF THE BOYS AND GROWTH CLUB WOULD WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ISSUE WITH YOUR CHARACTERIZATION. MY VISITS TO THEM. I MEAN, I KNOW, PARTICULARLY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS VERY FOCUSED ON STEM. THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES IN ALL OF THEIR CENTERS, AND THEY DO QUITE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING AROUND STEM. SO THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, AND IT'S ONE OF THE CORE THINGS THEY PROMOTE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE CLOSE PARTNERS WITH US. WITH REGARD TO OUR AFTER SCHOOL WORK AND MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS SO THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PARTNER, AND IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMMING FOR OUR STUDENTS. DON'T MEAN I DID NOT MEAN TO CRITICIZE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, MY CHILDREN, UM, USE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SO MY INFORMATION, MAYBE A LITTLE.

DATED UM, BUT THEY'RE THE PROGRAM THAT THEY PROVIDED WITH THE SCHOOLS WAS PRIMARILY PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HAD A PLACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO GO. UNTIL THE UNTIL THEIR PARENTS WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK DAY. AND THAT WAS THE PRIMARY FOCUS. UM, NOW THEY MAY HAVE YOU KNOW, I'M YOU KNOW, ADD IT STEM. ACTIVITIES AND THEIR PROGRAM, BUT I AM I KNOW WHEN MY

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BECAUSE CLEAR BECAUSE IT IS MORE THAN JUST OUT HERE. IT IS ACTUAL PROGRAMMING AND LIKE I SAID THE UAE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE NOW SPECIFICALLY 21ST CENTURY PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THEIR NEW SORT OF 21ST CENTURY, BUT THEY'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE WORK, WHICH IS THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND THE COMPONENTS OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. DOCTOR WHITE AND THIS IS THREE YEAR GRANT MONEY. UM, IS THERE IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH. THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE WIFE FOR A WHOLE THREE YEAR TERM, OR CAN WE MAKE IT LIKE A SHORTER TERM? SO TRADITIONALLY THE WITH THE WAY THE GRANT WORKS IS WE ARE REAUTHORIZED EACH YEAR. SO EACH YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MSD LOOKS AT WHAT WE'VE SPENT IN WHAT WE'VE USED THE MONEY FOR, AND THEY RE AUTHORIZE US TO SPEND ANOTHER YEAR. SO INITIALLY WHEN WE BROUGHT THE IDEA OF BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD FOR THE CONTRACT PURPOSES, WE WANTED TO SHARE THE WHOLE AMOUNT THAT WAS DUE FOR THE GRANT AND NOT JUST YEAR BY YEAR BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE CONTRACTS EACH YEAR. SO EVEN IF WE DON'T DO THE CONTRACTS, IT WAS THE E IS GOING TO ASK US FOR THOSE INFECTED INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY ARE OF THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH THE SAME PARTNERS EACH YEAR , AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE PARTNERS THE LIFE OF THE GRANT. SO WHOEVER WE START WITH THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT US TO WORK WITH THEM NEXT YEAR AND ALSO YOUR THREE. ALSO THEY WANT US TO HAVE THE SAME PARTNERS SO WE CAN TRACK THE TRAJECTORY OF THE WORK SO WE COULD SEE HOW THEY WORK IS

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THE REAUTHORIZATION HAPPENS WITH MSD. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN HERE AT THIS LEVEL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS RIGHT NOW, AS THIS IS PART OF OUR ENTIRE GRANT APPLICATION, SO WE DON'T APPLY FOR THE GRANT ON THE YEAR BY YEAR BASIS. WE JUST GET REAUTHORIZED EACH YEAR, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY BASED ON OUR ENTIRE PLANS FOR THE THREE YEARS AND THERE IS NOT THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD BE CHANGING OUR PLANS MID GRANT CYCLE. OKAY? AND THAT BEING THE CASE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH MY MOTION. UM BUT I DO WANT TO. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

UM QUICKLY SO I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT IT BE PUT ON NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA. OKAY UM, JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS THAT THE FEDERAL GRANT SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MONEY. IT'S MORE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN VETTED AND THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO WHAT HAS BEEN SELECTED. THAT IS CORRECT. BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO NAIL, UM, AS DR WEITZ SAID, THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT I MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THAT. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY OPENED ON THE DISCOVERY CENTER. WHAT ARE WHAT IS EDGE? THAT IS THERE THAT THAT IS THEIR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STEM EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T KNOW. UM, IF THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN AND THIS CONTRACT AND WITHIN THIS GRANT, UM SO THAT THAT COULD THERE COULD BE SOME COOPERATION. WITH THEM AS WELL. UM PERHAPS BETWEEN ALL THREE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE Y AND DISCOVERY CENTER BECAUSE DISCOVERY CENTERS THAT IS THEIR MISSION IS TO BRING STEM EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

MISS ALVAREZ. I LOVE THAT IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH THE DISCOVERY CENTER, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, AND I KNOW THAT OUR GRANT WORK WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO WORK WITH THEM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY JUST HAVE SUCH EXCITING THINGS FOR OUR COUNTY AND OUR DISTRICT. UM, BUT THAT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS GRANT. AND IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, UM THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS FEDERAL GRANT AND THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE. TO ADDRESS WITH THE MISTY ON WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.

I'M NOT SURE THAT DELAY BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, BUT I CERTAINLY AGREE AND SUPPORT THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH THE DISCOVERY CENTER IN THE FUTURE. I AND THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE START THE DISCUSSIONS FOR SUCH ENGAGEMENTS THAT THEY BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION RATHER THAN AT THE END OF THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MS. ALVAREZ YOU HAD SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS ARE THERE BEFORE I SOLICIT? UH SECOND. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THESE THREE CONTRACTS? YEAH, I HAD A FEW, UM SOME OF THE EMAIL QUESTIONS I HAD WERE OKAY, SO IT'S ABOUT 160 OR 182 FOR EACH SCHOOL PER YEAR. HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THAT REPRESENT? OVER THAT 21 WEEKS OF PROGRAMMING? IS IT LIKE TO PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL OR THEY ROTATE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE 160 IS BROKEN UP OVER SEVERAL CATEGORIES, SO PART OF IT IS THEIR CURRICULUM AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, AND THE OTHER BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS THEIR STAFFING SO THAT WOULD HELP PAY FOR SOMEONE TO BE LIKE A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PEACE WILL ALSO WOULD BRING A SITE COORDINATORS. SO SOME OF THIS KIND OF HELPING THEIR STAFF WITH PD AND TRAININGS TO PREPARE THEM TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL STAFF. THEN AT THE ACTUAL SCHOOL LEVEL, EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS, SO THERE WILL BE TWO STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH THE TEACHERS. AND THEN THOSE WILL BE THE SAME SHOE STAFF PEOPLE WHO WILL TRANSITION TO THE ENRICHMENT COMPONENTS, SO THERE WILL BE FOUR CLASSES THAT TEACH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE EIGHT AND WITH THE ENRICHMENT COMPONENTS, THE RATIO WAS 15 TO 1. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO STAFF PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE ACADEMICS AS WELL AS THE ENRICHMENT COMPONENT. SIMILARLY FOR THE Y THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT. SPORTS STAFFING. THEIR STAFFING STRUCTURE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SO PORTION OF IT WILL BE USED FOR MATERIALS. ALSO THE

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I MEAN TRANSPORTATION HOME AFTER THE IN THE PROGRAM, EVERYTHING SO NOTHING IS COMING FROM A CPS EVERYTHING THAT IS OUTLINED AS FAR AS THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAMS ARE PAID FOR THROUGH THE GRANT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS COKER AND MS ALVAREZ. THANK YOU, DR WHITE AND MISS RIDGEWAY. SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO I'M SORRY. THERE WAS A MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE TO TABLE ITEMS THREE THROUGH FIVE. IS THERE A SECOND? UM DR POYNTON. THAT'S JUST THREE AND THREE AND FOUR.

UM 55 IS JUST THE EVALUATION PORTION, WHICH I'M SORRY. IS THERE SUBSEQUENT? IS THERE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION IS NEEDED FOR FIVE. OR DID THAT ANSWER? ACTUALLY, THE ONLY QUESTION I REALLY HAD IT. IT'S IT WAS JUST, UM WOULD IT'S A FOR AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION. UM AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT. TRANSPARENCY IS THERE INTO THE EVALUATION WOULD HOW MUCH INPUT DOES THE BOARD IF ANY, DO WE HAVE INTO WHAT THE EVALUATORS ARE LOOKING AT? UM SO THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD ON THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN ISSUE. I SUPPORT AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION. UM I JUST, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE SOMEWHAT INVOLVED AND ENGAGED WITH THAT. PROCESS WAS YOUR WAS YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED. NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPHRASE YOUR QUESTION TO SOMEONE WITH INSIGHT? DO WE HAVE INTO THE EVALUATION AND THE DATA THAT'S USED FOR THE EVALUATION THAT SHAPER WILL BE DOING AS AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR. WITH YOU.

EXTERNALS ARE YOU WAITER? IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL FEDERAL GRANTS, AND WE WILL BE SAFER WAS ONE OF THE IF I WAITERS THAT WE WORKED WITH PREVIOUSLY MOVIES WHEN WE HAVE DONE 21ST CENTURY GRANTS IN THE DISTRICT, A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT THERE WILL BE EVALUATING ARE OUTLINED IN THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FROM THE GRANT. SO MANY OF THE THINGS SUCH AS THEY'RE GONNA ROUTE THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT PARENT ENGAGEMENTS. DATA REPORT. ARDS ATTENDANCE DATA IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION DATA. ALL OF THOSE ARE KIND OF REQUIREMENTS. THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO INVITE WITH THE PROGRAM ON UM. YEAH, I MADE A REQUEST. I KNOW IT WAS JUST RECENTLY. SO YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHORT SUSPENSE TO GET A COPY OF THE GRANT IS THAT AVAILABLE PUBLICLY? OR CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE GRANT? YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS YOUR IS YOUR MOTION STILL VALID? UM YEAH, THE MOTION TO TABLE THREE AND FOUR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. YOU DON'T WANT TO TABLE FIVE THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED, OR IS THERE GOING TO

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MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, UM I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK. RIGHT SO WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK IF? UP THERE? ALRIGHT PRESENTATIONS. ALRIGHT WE'RE JUST WAITING ON ONE BOARD MEMBER TO COME BACK. IF HE'S NOT HERE IN 30 SECONDS, I'LL SEND THE POLICE TO COME GET HIM. AH WHILE

[B. Presentation on Harford County Public Schools Mental Health Supports, Mr. Bernard Hennigan, Executive Director of Student Support Services.]

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PERSONNEL WORKERS ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF ARE OUR SCHOOL NURSES, WHICH MANY, MANY BAIT MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT UP THERE, BUT ACTUALLY OUR SCHOOL NURSES DO A LOT OF WORK WITH MENTAL HEALTH WITH OUR STUDENTS AND ONE OFFICE THAT I REALLY THINK WE'RE NEEDING TO HIGHLIGHT MOST RECENTLY AS OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD OFFICE. THE AMOUNT OF WORK COMING OUT OF THAT OFFICE TO REALLY HELP OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARED TO ENTER INTO KINDERGARTEN AND BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL ALL THE WAY THROUGH GRADUATION. ON THE SCREEN. I PUT UP OUR STAFFING, UM, CURRENTLY WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THIS UP THERE IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BUILDINGS AND TO SHOW THE RATIOS UM THAT ARE UM, I GUESS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO BY THE, UM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT THEM NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT MANY DISTRICTS IN THE ENTIRE NATION WHO MEET THESE RATIOS. THESE ARE IDEAL IN A PERFECT WORLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY MORE OF EVERYTHING AND BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS HEALTH IN THE LAST COLUMN. YOU SEE SCHOOL NURSES AND THAT REALLY THERE'S NOT A DIRECT RATIO BECAUSE IT REALLY IS BASED ON ACUITY. SO IF WE THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL LIKE THE HARTFORD ACADEMY AND THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE NURSES PER STUDENT THAN WE WOULD IN A IN A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, SO IT'S HARD TO GIVE A RATIO AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE HIGHER NEEDS THAN OTHERS. UM, SO IT VARIES GREATLY. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. IT'S REALLY TEMPORARY, AND THERE ARE REALLY RELATED TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE ISSUES AND NOT NECESSARILY WERE, UM RESULT OF TRAUMA OR ACES. IT'S NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ADVERSE CHILD EXPERIENCES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. IT'S THINGS THAT THEY CAN GET HELP WITH AND GET THROUGH, UM AT THAT POINT, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE COMMON. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY IN THE LAST SORT OF 5 TO 10 YEARS. IT'S REALLY BEEN AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO ADVERTISE AND TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. IT'S REALLY BEEN IMPORTANT FOR US TO SORT OF REDUCE THAT STIGMA AND TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH ON THE SAME LEVEL, PLAYING FOR FIELD AS MUCH AS PHYSICAL HEALTH. UM AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS OFTENTIMES THEY SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE DIAGNOSED UNTIL ADULTHOOD START TO SHOW IN ADOLESCENCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN AGE OF CERTAIN DIAGNOSES, I THINK ABOUT DEPRESSION. THE MEETING NEEDS FOR DEPRESSION IS LATER THAN MANY BECAUSE OF THE LIFE ISSUES THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE, ELDERLY FOLKS MAY EXPERIENCE.

BUT YET EVEN THOUGH THE MEDIAN AGES LATER, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE SEE WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE DIAGNOSES LATER IN LIFE HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT WE'RE SHOWING TOWARD THE DURING THEIR ADOLESCENCE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE SOONER THE STUDENT GETS OR A CHILD GETS HELPED THE BETTER AND THE MORE MORE MORE POSITIVE OUTCOME WE CAN HAVE. WHICH IS WHY OUR STEPHENS REALLY DEVOTED TO HELPING STUDENTS, UM AND HELP THEM GET THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES NOW AND NOT WAIT UNTIL LATER IN LIFE TO GET HELP. SO OUR STAFF IS REALLY FOCUSING ON IDENTIFYING THE SIGNS SYMPTOMS EARLY. AND AGAIN, IT'S REDUCING THAT STIGMA SO THAT STUDENTS DO FEEL COMFORTABLE SEEKING OUT HELP, AND I'D SAY WE REALLY HAVE SEEN GREAT GROWTH IN THE AREA WHERE STUDENTS FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE REACHING OUT GETTING HELP SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP IF NEEDED THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS , BUT WE ALSO EXISTED EARLIER TEAM TO REACH OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD REALLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS MUCH OF A FOCUS ON TRAUMA, MUCH OF FOCUS ON ADVERSE CHILD EXPERIENCES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF ARE BEING AWARE OF SOME OF THE TRIALS THAT OUR STUDENTS GO THROUGH OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SHIFT THAT FOCUS TO SAY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE CHILD. WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE ACES OR THE TRAUMA WITH A NEGATIVE LIFE EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO THE POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WITH MR HARBOR.

WE'LL TALK HERE ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES AND REALLY HAVING MORE OF A STRENGTH BASED MODEL.

BECAUSE THE REALITY IS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS GOING

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SO WE WANT TO BE REALLY AWARE OF THE ACES. WE DO NOT ASK STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR RACES, BUT WE'RE AWARE OF THEM THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS OF THE STUDENTS. UM UM DISCLOSED THEM TO OUR COUNSELORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND BE ABLE TO HELP THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. AND MR HARPER IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT A FEW OF OUR OTHER INITIATIVES, STARTING WITH HOPE. THANKS, BUCK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HEARING ABOUT ACES AND BEING A PART OF TRAINING. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. OFTENTIMES YOU WOULD WALK AWAY FROM THOSE JUST REALLY? STRUGGLING TO FIND THE SUPPORT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED WITH TRAUMA. AND WHEN WE WOULD DO, UM, TRAININGS WITH STAFF.

SOME THERE. THE TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS THAT HARD PIECE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE HOPE TRAINING THROUGH TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND HOPE STANDS FOR HEALTHY OUTCOMES FROM POSITIVE EXPERIENCES, AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE POWER OF THAT SUPPORT. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, AND THEY ARE I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE COUNTER TWO ACES, BUT THEY'RE THE SUPPORTIVE MECHANISMS THAT CAN HELP. STUDENTS WHO HAVE MAYBE EXPERIENCED FOR OR FIVE ACES. THAT'S HOW THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THESE THESE PCS RIGHT HERE. SO THESE SKILL QUESTIONS? UH, WERE PRESENTED IN WISCONSIN BEHAVIOR RISK FACTOR SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND IF YOU GO THROUGH THESE QUESTIONS YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD? DID YOU FEEL YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT YOUR FILLINGS? DID YOU FEEL YOUR FAMILY STOOD BY YOU DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. THE NEXT FOUR. THE ONES THAT I THINK WE AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN IMPACT AS A TEACHER AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM REPRESENTATIVE THOSE FIRST TWO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT IMPACT, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT ENJOYING PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY TRADITIONS THAT CAN BE VOLUNTEERING THAT COULD BE PART OF THE TEAM PART OF THE CLUB. THE NEXT ONE TO ME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT YOU FELT A SENSE OF BELONGING THIS SAYS HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IN MY OPINION, IT'S IN SCHOOL IN GENERAL, THAT CONNECTION IF WE DON'T FEEL A SENSE OF CONNECTION IN SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ATTENDANCE ISSUES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. SO HOW DO WE GET THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AND CONNECTEDNESS AND SCHOOL? THE NEXT IMPORTANT PIECE? DO WE FEEL SUPPORTED BY FRIENDS? IS THERE A GROUP THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH ITS SCHOOL? IN THE THIS NEXT PIECE HERE, TOO. I THINK IT'S HUGE HAVE AT LEAST TWO NON PARENT ADULTS WHO TOOK A GENUINE INTEREST IN YOU. I THINK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, THAT IS EVERYBODY. THE STORY I TELL IN KATHY BENDIS LOVES IT WHEN WE DID A PRESENTATION TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I

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I HAD A CHANCE TO WALK AROUND THE CAFETERIA. GET TO KNOW MY STUDENTS GET TO KNOW ME. WE MADE A CONNECTION. THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. NOW. THE LAST ONE AGAIN IS FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED BY AN ADULT IN YOUR HOME AGAIN. THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. BUT I THINK THOSE FOUR IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE IMPORTANT PIECES AS WELL SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT OUR ADULT MENTAL HEALTH? AS YOU CAN SEE HER ON THE SLIDE. ADULTS REPORTING 0 TO 2 POSITIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES SO ANYWHERE ON THAT SKILL.

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

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IS IN SPANISH. BUT I WILL SAY, UM WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 14 STAFF MEMBERS TRAINED. SO SEEING THIS TRAINING, SEEING THE IMPACT OF IT, UM 14 STAFF MEMBERS, SOME BEHIND ME AND OTHERS REPRESENTATIVE THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. UM WE'RE SO TAKEN IN AND MOVED BY THIS THAT THEY WANTED TO BE TRAINERS. SO MYSELF . THE 14. OTHERS ARE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS AND DOING THESE TRAININGS WERE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THIS THURSDAY AT THE ABERDEEN EPICENTER, WORKING WITH A PARENT WORKSHOP OVER PRESENTING A HOPE TRAINING TO THEM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE MS ALMA MATER WHO IS GOING TO WORK WITH OUR SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILIES. I WOULD LOVE IF SHE WAS HERE TO BE ABLE TO DECIPHER THIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS. SO THESE ARE THE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS OF HOPE. THE FIRST ONE IS RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN AND WITH OTHER ADULTS THROUGH INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITIES. THE NEXT ONE IS ENVIRONMENT, A SAFE, EQUITABLE, STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR LIVING, PLAYING AND LEARNING AT HOME AND IN SCHOOL. THE THIRD ONE IS ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL AND SAVING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. DEVELOPING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AGAIN AGAIN, THAT CONNECTEDNESS PIECE AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS EMOTIONAL GROWTH THROUGH PLAYING AND INTERACTING WITH PEERS AND BRINGING ALONG THAT SELF AWARENESS AND SELF REGULATION. AND YOU HEARD BUCK TALK ABOUT RESILIENCY. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE THAT WE WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS THAT GO. NOT SO WELL. WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH CHALLENGES. BUT WE HAVE TO TEACH RESILIENCY AND HOW WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. SO MORE IN LINE OF SOME OF THE OTHER SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN 2018 REINTEGRATION MEETINGS WERE CREATED AND THIS WAS REALLY USED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE RETURNING TO SCHOOL FROM A MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE PROCESS BEHIND THIS OR THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS REALLY TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. PREPARE FOR THAT RETURN TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF IS STRESSFUL AND ANXIETY CREATION, CREATING AS WELL, UM, AND IT'S NOT A STAND ALONE. THERE'S A TEAM THAT WORKS ON THAT. SO IT'S A PSYCHOLOGIST, A COUNSELOR, THE PARENTS, THE ADMIN TEAM, AND THEY WORK ON DEVELOPING A PLAN THAT THE STUDENTS COMFORTABLE WITH ON THE RETURN, AND IT REALLY DOES HELP ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE STRESS. UH IN THE STIGMA THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MISSED WORK. HANDLE WITH CARE. I WOULD SAY AND BUCK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE WERE THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. SO OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLE WITH CARE IS JUST THAT. SO IF YOU IT'S HARD TO SEE THEIR IN IN THAT TAB, BUT IF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT I HAD A ROUTINE CALL, AND THEY HAD TO GO OUT TO A HOUSE AND IN SOMEWHERE, UH, THEY CAME IN CONTACT WITH A STUDENT. UM THEY WOULD SIMPLY LET THE SCHOOL KNOW HANDLE WITH CARE. STUDENT NAME HANDLE WITH CARE. WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE

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WE'RE JUST THERE TO BE SUPPORTIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE HAVE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY SORT OF STARTED THEIR OWN HANDLE WITH CARE WITH PARENTS, SO PARENTS HAVE SLIPS AND THEY COULD SEND A NOTE IN SO I CAN SEND MY DAUGHTER IN TOMORROW WITH A NOTE THAT WITH THE SLIP THAT SAYS HANDLE WITH CARE, I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING PRIVATE ABOUT MY FAMILY. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THERE'S SOMETHING'S GOING ON, AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME EMPATHY AROUND THAT AND CAN CAN UNDERSTAND. THIS STARTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, AND IT WENT STATEWIDE PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS THERE. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS, IT REALLY WAS, UM SEEMS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF OUR STAFF. BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. IT COULD BE THAT IN ELDERLY GRANDPARENTS PASSED AWAY IN THE HOME OR COULD BE THAT SOMETHING EGREGIOUS HAPPENED. WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE DETAILS. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN THAT CHILD COMES IN, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA CARE THAT DAY. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING ALSO TO A Q R CODE TO GIVE OUT TO OUR FIERY MESS AND POLICE SO THAT THEY CAN VERY EASILY AND QUICKLY SEND US THAT I JUST GOT TODAY SEVEN HANDED WITH CARES THAT I WAS ABLE TO PUT INTO THE SYSTEM. SO TOMORROW MORNING, THERE'S TEACHERS WILL KNOW WHEN THOSE CHILDREN COME THROUGH THE DOOR. JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE, AND I THINK THE QR CODE IS A GREAT ADDITION. I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A HANDLE WITH CARE CONFERENCE IN WEST VIRGINIA LAST YEAR, AND THE FEEDBACK FROM M S FROM LOS LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE AND PUT THE INFORMATION TO SEND IT IF YOU CAN GO RIGHT ON YOUR DASH CAN THAT CURE CART Q R CODE AND IT'S SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE SCHOOL AND THEN IT'S DISTRIBUTED SO THAT I THINK THAT'S THAT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. ANOTHER PIECE WE HAVE IS OUR SERVED. REPORTS ARE SUICIDAL IDEATION REPORT. THIS PLATFORM WAS CREATED IN 2019 PART OF THIS. THIS WAS A PAPER COPY THAT WAS KEPT INDIVIDUALLY AND WAS REALLY THERE WAS NO WAY OF HONESTLY TRACKING THAT INFORMATION OTHER THAN AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT CENTRALLY, UM, DREW MORE AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM ARE AMAZING. YOU TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THEY'RE ABLE TO CREATE THIS. SO THIS IS A PLATFORM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO INFORMATION IS INPUT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL WHEN THERE'S A SUICIDAL IDEATION REPORT. AND IT CAN BE FOR VARIOUS REASONS MS. BROWN ACTUALLY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH ONE OF THOSE REPORTS AS THEY COME IN DAILY PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED ABOUT EVERY REPORT. THERE'S COMMUNICATION THAT IS MADE WITH THE PARENT THERE AND JUST A BULLET THERE. MANY STUDENTS WHO MAKE SELF HARM STATEMENTS, UH MANY OF THEM HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSELORS IF THEY DON'T WE WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE FAMILY TO HELP SUPPORT THEM. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR SCHOOL STAFF TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. SO WE HAVE. MANY OF THESE REPORTS ARE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE USING WHAT WE CALL REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE. THEY FAIL A TEST AND THEY SAY, I JUST WANT TO DIE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST BRUSH IT OFF. WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. MEET WITH YOU DISCUSS IT AND WE MIGHT REALIZE OKAY, YOU WERE JUST UPSET. WE'RE STILL GOING TO TELL THE PARENT BUT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY OTHER ACTION TAKEN VERSUS WE HAVE OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE VERY SERIOUS PLANS VERY DETAILED PLANS OF HOW THEY PLAN TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE. IN WHICH CASE THEN WE'RE GOING TO INTERVENE.

SO IT REALLY RAINS RUN THE GAMUT WITH WHAT THE COUNSELOR SEE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY MISS BROWN LOOKS AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE FEELS THE STAFF TOOK THE APPROPRIATE ACTION. IN THE LAST PIECE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ONENESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THIS WAS CREATED IN SUMMER OF 2021. ONE IS NEEDS ASSESSMENTS HAVE OCCURRED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL FOR YEARS AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENT. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. SO WITH FIDELITY, WE CREATED A DISTRICT WIDE IMPLEMENTATION THAT ALLOWS US TO COLLECT THAT DATA AND AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THE ONENESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. OUR COUNSELORS ARE ABLE TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS RESPONSES BUT AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WIDE. WE SEE JUST A TOTAL RESPONSE IS NOT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. WE DID REVISE THIS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR TO ADD THAT PHYSICAL COMPONENT AS WELL, SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT SLEEP. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . UM SCREEN TIMES, A HUGE PIECE AT SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT AS WELL AND PERSONAL CARE. SO SOME OF THOSE WERE REFLECTED IN THIS YEAR'S WELLNESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS WELL. THE WELLNESS NEEDS

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OF SUICIDE, SO SATELLITE AVIATION AND WAYS TO RECOGNIZE THAT MISS ALTON BACK HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE TRAININGS FOR STAFF AND HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF TRAININGS FOR STUDENTS AS WELL. WE'VE HAD ENTIRE SCHOOL BUILDINGS TRAINED ON THIS, BUT ALSO FOR GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. DO THESE TRAININGS WITH US? THE HOPE TRAINING IS MR HARVARD SPOKE TO. WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPANDING THAT OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. WE'VE DONE UH, PLACES LIKE THE GODDARD SCHOOL. MISTER HARPER DID IT AT A HOMELESS SHELTER WERE MEETING WITH PARENT GROUPS, BECAUSE REALLY THE IDEA OF THESE SEVEN QUESTIONS IN THESE FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS CAN REALLY IMPACT THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILD INTO ADULTHOOD. THAT CAN'T BE INFORMATION WE JUST SHARED WITH STAFF. WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT OUT TO PARENTS. AND THE LAST LAST OF THE BRAIN ARCHITECTURE GAME, WHICH IS REALLY INTERACTIVE TABLETOP EXERCISE TAKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES WHERE YOU BUILD A BRAIN BASED ON CARS THAT YOU'RE GIVEN. SO YOU'RE GIVING CARDS FOR EACH YEAR OF YOUR LIFE ONE THROUGH 51 THROUGH EIGHT. I BELIEVE, UM AND YOU'RE GIVEN CARDS. YOU MIGHT GET A CAR THAT SAYS EXCELLENT NUTRITION. YOU MAKE IT A CAR THAT SAYS UM, YOU SUFFERED ABUSE AND YOU GET DIFFERENT. UM MANIPULATIVE IS BASED ON YOUR CARDS, AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY BUILDING A BRAIN AND IT HELPS PEOPLE TO SORT OF SEE THE IMPACT THAT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES CAN HAVE ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE DONE ALL OF THEIR BUS DRIVERS, AND WE'VE ALSO TRAINED ALL OF OUR POWERS AND I AGES AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL BASEMENT TO HEALTH. WE COOPERATE WITH SEVERAL PARTNERS AROUND OUR COUNTY TO DELIVER SCHOOL BASEMENT TO HEALTH, SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH. THOSE ARE AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTY THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PRACTICES. THEY COME INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE THERAPY TO STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THIS IS ALL. UH THIS HAS TO INVOLVE THE PARENTS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, SOME PARENTS COME TO US AND SAY, I WANT MY CHILD TO GET THERAPY DOING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND SOMETIMES IT'S US GOING TO THE PARENT, BUT THE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND IS THIS IS A PARENT THERAPIST RELATIONSHIP, SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY DAUGHTER IS SEEING THE UPPER BASE THERAPIST IN THEIR OFFICE AND MY DAUGHTER SEEING A THERAPIST DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS WHERE THEY SEE THEM. I STILL HAVE AS A PARENT HAVE TO DO THE INTAKE. I HAVE TO SORT OF THE FORMS HAVE TO PROVIDE MY INSURANCE WERE MERELY JUST GIVING A PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, AND WE REALLY WORKED HARD AND I'LL SAY WELL, WE MISS ALTON IS REALLY WORKED HARD TO HELP OUR STAFF. REALLY, JUST TO US THIS FOR STUDENTS WHO CAN'T GET THE THERAPY AFTER SCHOOL. WE'RE HAVING A REAL ISSUE WITH THIS PAST YEAR, WITH ENOUGH THERAPISTS PROVIDE SERVICE. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST, UM, USING THE SERVICE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT GET THE THERAPY AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY, BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO CAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO BE PULLED FROM CLASS FOR THAT. UM SO WE HAD ABOUT 1000 ABOUT 1100 REFERRALS LAST YEAR FOR THIS WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TAKEN ON A SECOND PARTNER, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SCHOOL, MAYBE EVEN TAKEN ON A THIRD PARTNER. UH JUST REAL QUICKLY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THERAPY DOGS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO HAVE THERAPY DOGS. THEY HAVE COME TO THE SEARCH TRAINING. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE THEM COME IN FOR ASSEMBLIES THEY MIGHT COME IN. WE JUST HAD A LOSS LAST WEEK OF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE THERAPY DOG CAME TO THE SCHOOL TO BE THERE WITH THE STAFF AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY, SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES, BUT WE'VE SEEN GREAT IMPACT FROM THIS. AND YOU

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IT'S REALLY BEEN AN AMAZING RESOURCE, AND THE MOST AMAZING PART ABOUT IT IS THAT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 100% FUNDED IT. SO THEY IMAGINE YOU'RE WANTING TO FIND A PSYCHIATRIST FOR YOUR CHILD OR YOURSELF OR THEIR UNCLE WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER, SO THEY WILL TAKE ALL THAT WORK OUT OF YOU AND THEN GET BACK TO YOU AND SAY WE FOUND SOMEBODY FOR YOU GET YOU IN THAT PSYCHIATRIST ON THE PHONE SET UP YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT, AND THEN THEY STEP OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP. UM THIS IS THE DASHBOARD. THAT SHOWS HOW MANY CASES WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS. UM AND THE AMOUNT OF HOURS IS AMAZING. RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, I PULLED UP THE DASHBOARD TO SEE AND THEY ESTIMATE THE F SAVED OUR STAFF STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 497 HOURS OF TIME TRYING TO FIND HELP SINCE JULY, 1ST. IN THE LAST FEW PIECES, AND THIS IS REALLY FOR MAYBE ANY PARENTS THAT ARE WATCHING TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THERAPY FOR A CHILD, IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING, AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP, SOME BASIC THINGS CAN BE DONE TO HELP YOUR CHILD REGULATE THEIR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR EMOTIONS AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN. EXERCISE SLEEP, I THINK 9 TO 10 HOURS. A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THAT'S HOW MUCH TIME THE CHILD SHOULD BE SLEEPING, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE WHERE THEIR BRAIN IS LITERALLY GROWING, AND THEY NEEDED TIME TO SLEEP, AND THAT'S WHEN THE BRAIN IS GOING TO BE GROWING. THEIR NUTRITION AND THE PREDICTABILITY PEACE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE STABLE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THEY COME TO OUR BUILDING A STABLE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THEY GO HOME. AND OBVIOUSLY REMOVING AS MUCH NEGATIVE STRESS AS POSSIBLE. WE DO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ZONE ON OUR WEB PAGE. SO IF PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR HELP, WHERE WE WANT TO DIRECT SOMEBODY TO HELP, WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TENTS AND THEN 10 DIFFERENT PLACES THEY CAN GO HERE, FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN OUR COUNTY VERY EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE. AND WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN THE FLORIDA ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. UM I ASKED YOU TO SPEAK THIS EVENING TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I'M DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. I THINK THAT THIS IS, UM WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN FOUNDATIONAL THINGS WHERE IF IT'S NOT THERE, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA REACH ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RIGHT? THINGS LIKE MENTAL WELL BEING SAFETY AND SECURITY. IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. HOW GOOD THE INSTRUCTION IS RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT'S VERY SERIOUS ONE. CAN THE BOARD GET A THERAPY DOG? I BELIEVE SO WE HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS WHO WANT TO BRING THEM TO WORK EVERY DAY. BUT MY DAUGHTER WAS AT THE SCHOOL WERE THE THERAPY DOG WAS WAS BROUGHT RECENTLY AND IT WAS TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL AS WELL AS THE COUNSELORS THAT HELPED MY DAUGHTER THROUGH THAT SITUATION.

UM I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP. UM FOR QUESTION. I WOULD KINDLY ASK THE BOARD GIVEN THIS EVENING'S PACKED AGENDA. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT, IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP IT TO ONE, PLEASE. SO I'LL IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL START WITH JUST A QUICK ONE. YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. YES UM KIDS DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, BUT THEY ALSO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THEIR TEACHERS. SO AND THEY'RE EDUCATORS AND THEIR EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION STAFF AND SUPPORT NO MATTER WHO IT IS WHETHER IT'S THE LUNCH LADY OR THE BUS DRIVER, WHOEVER SO WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE IDENTIFIED, CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU ENGAGE WITH THE PARENTS? BECAUSE IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. SURE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF OUR STUDENTS SUPPORT STAFF ARE NOT CLINICIANS, SO THEY'RE GOING

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SEWELL. YES SO I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE OFFERING. UM AND KIND OF GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT A THERAPY DOG. UM WHEN WE GOT TO THE SLIDE 12 BY THE P C E SCALE QUESTIONS. I KIND OF CHANGED THE QUESTIONS AROUND A LITTLE BIT, TOO. UM YEAH. DO YOU DO YOU FEEL ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR TO YOUR BOARD ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS? AH DO YOU FEEL YOUR BOARD STOOD BY YOU DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. DO YOU ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN BOARD TRADITIONS? MAYBE USE HIS GAVEL. KEEP GOING ON. DO YOU FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING WHEN YOU'RE BORED? BETTER HAVE A GOOD ENDING . PUT THAT ROLL CALL VOTE. YEAH, BUT YOU GET THE POINT, BUT I MEAN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THOUGH THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE. SO YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH RECENTLY AND THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AND ITS ACTUALLY ITS IMPACT ON OUR PHYSIOLOGICALLY AS WELL AS MENTALLY AND THAT FEELING OF ISOLATION AND FEELING OF LONELINESS THAT ADULTS ARE STUDENTS MAY FEEL ACTUALLY, UM, ACTUALLY, IMPACTS ARE PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS MENTALLY. SO UM, WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING HARD THIS YEAR AND OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LONELY AND FEEL ISOLATED OR BUILDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HOUSE. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS VERY RELEVANT. I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU KNOW THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, PEACE AND PARENTS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE SURVEY AFTER THE FACT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A CONCERN. UM SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT, SO I MIGHT NOT KNOW. RIGHT? AND SO IF MY KIDS ANSWERING SOMETHING I NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO HELP FIX IT. AND SO BRINGING PARENTS IN AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. UM AND SO I JUST ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, I ALSO I I'VE HEARD MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE QUESTIONING AND THE LINES OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE WELLNESS SURVEY. UM CAN PARENTS VIEW THE WELLNESS SURVEY BEFORE IT IS TAKEN BY THEIR STUDENTS? AND THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED? YES SO WE DEFINITELY, UM GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER METHOD FOR THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS SET UP THIS YEAR, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO SHARE IT IF YOU HAD AN HCPS EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE COULD SHARE THE SURVEY LINK THAT WAY. WE DID HAVE ONE PARENT THAT CAME IN AND WE OFFERED TO PARENTS IF THEY WANT TO COME IN. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT CONVENIENT. SO WE DID HAVE A PARENT COME IN AND GO THROUGH THE SURVEY WITH THEM BEING ABLE TO EXTRACT THE QUESTIONS OUT IN LIKE A WORD DOCUMENT AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THEM. WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING OUT THE WAY TO DO THAT. BECAUSE HONESTLY, I THINK IF MOST PEOPLE SAW THESE QUESTIONS WE'RE NOT ASKING ABOUT DIAGNOSIS. WE'RE NOT TALKING, ASKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY THINK WE ARE ASKING ABOUT. IT'S MORE ABOUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG IN YOUR SCHOOL DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS BULLYING? DO YOU KNOW YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS THESE ARE THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS WE ASKED THEM, SO I DEFINITELY THINK WE WILL FIND A WAY AND MAYBE EVEN FINDING A WAY OF SHARING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AFTER THE FACT WHAT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL SPUR CONVERSATION. SO, FOR INSTANCE, MR HARPER TALKED ABOUT WE ASKED ABOUT SLEEP SCREEN TIME NUTRITION THAT MAY SPARK A PARENT TO GO. HOW MUCH SHOULD MY EIGHT YEAR OLD BE SLEEPING? AND SO WE DEFINITELY WE CAN. IT'S JUST WELL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT THAT WAY. IF WE COULD. IF WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE IT. JUST DECLARE THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES THAT THE SURVEY BRANCHES SO YOU ANSWER ONE WAY IT COULD TAKE YOU TO THESE QUESTIONS. YOU ANSWER ANOTHER WAY. I COULD TAKE YOU TO THESE QUESTIONS AND WITHOUT BRANCHING. IT JUST MAKES IT HARD TO PRINT IT OUT IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE AND THAT WAS REALLY THE TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT WE GET CAUGHT ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE IT. VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE BRANCHING JUST MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT IT IN A LINEAR FASHION. GOTCHA THANK YOU. AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THE REINTEGRATION MEETINGS. UM AS EVERYBODY KNOWS CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOR ISSUES. A LOT OF THOSE BEHAVIOR ISSUES STEM FROM MENTAL HEALTH. UM WHEN CHILDREN ARE SUSPENDED OR REMOVED OR PUT IN IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR MANY DAYS, WHATEVER SITUATION UM ARE WE USING THE REINTEGRATION METHODS

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UM ARE THERE POSTERS HANGING AROUND THE BUILDING IN BATHROOMS IN LOCATIONS THAT STUDENTS CAN LOOK UP AND SEE THE SUICIDE HOTLINE? OR RESOURCES. JUST A QUICK GLANCE LIKE IF YOU NEED THIS. THIS AND THIS, YOU KNOW, TOP THREE RESOURCES. UM ARE THOSE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS IN A VISIBLE LIKE JUST WALKING IN THE BATHROOM AND SAYING THAT THEY'RE HAVING A BAD DAY LIKE I JUST NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW ANOTHER REALLY GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT CAME UP A FEW YEARS AGO. UM AND WE WERE THINKING, OK, SO THAT'S A STATIC ENVIRONMENT. SO WHEN I GO HOME, I CAN'T SEE THAT POSTER IN THE THIRD GRADE HALLWAY. SO WHAT WE DID, AND I REALLY NEED TO CHECK THE STATUS OF THIS, SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE. FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN THEY LOGGED ONTO THEIR COMPUTER, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS, AT LEAST A POP UP CAME ON THEIR SCREEN, WHICH THEY CAN CLOSE OUT OF THAT SAID IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING, BUT THEY CAN CLICK ON THIS AND IT TOOK HIM RIGHT TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH ZONE, WHICH YOU WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LAST SLIDES, SO THIS WAY WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR LAPTOP AT HOME, THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR COMPUTER AT HOME. THEY CAN GO IN AND THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY. WE DON'T SHOW ALL THE RESOURCES EVERY DAY. IT WAS JUST A LINK THAT CAN CLOSE OUT OR THEY CAN GO INTO IT. BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT EVERYWHERE THEY WENT AND FOR THE MOST PART ARE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE TAKING THEIR DEVICES WITH THEM HOME EVERY DAY. I DO NEED TO CHECK ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT, WHETHER THAT'S STILL OCCURRING OR NOT.

THE ONLY THING WITH THAT IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT ARE POPPING UP IN YOUR FACE WHEN YOU'RE OPENING A COMPUTER. SO UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS MENTIONED AT THE UM, CONFERENCE IN ANNAPOLIS THAT JUST HAVING A SIMPLE POSTER HANGING IN THE BATHROOM OR JUST IN THE HALLWAY WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A SCREENSHOT REAL QUICK, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN CALL LATER WHEN YOU GET HOME OR WHATEVER THAT KIND OF THING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, TOO. AND INACCESSIBILITY. THREE YEAH, AND IT ADVERTISES THAT IT'S A NORMAL THING, SO I THINK IT KIND OF REDUCES THAT STIGMA AS WELL. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THAT WAS GREAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GUYS ARE INVALUABLE PART TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT'S LIKELY I'LL HAVE YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR AS WELL TO GIVE AN UPDATE, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET THE SERVICE. THE AGGREGATED SURVEY RESULTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM C PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED BOARD POLICY.

[C. Presentation of Proposed New Board Policy, Fidelity in Student Achievement, Dr. Aaron Poynton, Board President and Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., General Counsel]

OKAY, SO I'LL HAVE THESE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM FOR LATER. BUT THIS IS SORT OF A HISTORY OVER

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GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO PREPARE EVERY STUDENT FOR SUCCESS AND POST SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OR CAREER. SO. I THINK, UM, THE POINT OF THIS PROPOSED POLICY, WHICH HAS BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER THE BOARD AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR 30 DAYS AND WE'LL EXPLAIN IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. WHAT WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO GET TO THIS POLICY. IT'S NOT TO SAY NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE HEADED DOWN THE WRONG TRACK. OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE SETBACKS BECAUSE OF COVID. SINCE THEN, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE QUITE A BIT TO REVERSE THOSE. WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS AT PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS. AND WHEN I JOINED THIS BOARD, I LET EVERYONE KNOW INCLUDING THE PUBLIC. THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, UM THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO TO SET PRIORITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. SO I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU READ THIS IS THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS POLICY HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTED. SO THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY GOT REALLY JUMP START ON MANY OF THESE THINGS. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TRANSPARENCY. NO. HAVING THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

HOW THEY HAVE PERFORMED OVER TIME AND HOW WE PERFORM AGAINST OUR PEERS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND A FEW WEEKS AGO OR MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO. THE SUPERINTENDENT LAUNCHED THE DASHBOARD. WHICH IS FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE, AND WE'RE STILL MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO RIGHT. UM AND SO THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT THIS POLICY DOES IS IT'S SIGNALS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SIGNALS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SIGNALS TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHY WE'RE HERE AS I MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT SET BELOW THIS POLICY THAT SUPPORTED SO I'M NOT DISCOUNTING ANY OF THAT THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. LIKEWISE THERE'S AN OVERARCHING DOCUMENT, WHICH SITS ABOVE THIS POLICY, WHICH IS REALLY AN ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT TO THIS POLICY. WHEN THIS POLICY WAS FIRST WRITTEN THAT ACTUALLY HAD A LOT MORE DETAIL IN IT. AND WHAT WE FIGURED OUT WAS WE COULD REALLY DISTILL THIS POLICY DOWN AND LINK IT TO THE STRATEGIC DOCUMENT. OKAY NOW THE BOARD SET STRATEGY ADMINISTRATION IMPLEMENTS THE STRATEGY. SOME COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHTFULLY SO BY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STRATEGY AND WE NEED TO REVISE IT AND REFRESH IT, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT FORTH ADVANCING THIS BOARD'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES BASED ON THE BOARD'S STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT EXISTS TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S IN THERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. BUT THESE TWO DOCUMENTS REALLY GO TOGETHER. SO THIS IS ABOUT FIDELITY. IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT AMONG ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT WE'RE HERE TO EDUCATE KIDS AND PREPARE THEM FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER. SO WITH THAT PREAMBLE TURNED OVER SO WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF WHAT GOT US HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WELCOME, ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE INTRO BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS IN THAT WE DID HAVE THE BOARD CREATING A BRAND NEW POLICY AND SO HISTORICALLY A LOT OF OUR POLICIES, EVEN THOUGH THEIR BOARD POLICIES THEY COME FROM SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL FOLKS ASSESSING WHAT'S GOING ON AND BRINGING SOME SUGGESTIONS TO THE BOARD, AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INTERACTIVE PROCESS. WE DO, OF COURSE, HAVE THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THEY? THAT

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SO AFTER THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MADE, YOU KNOW MARK UPS, AND WE CHANGED THE DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT. WE THEN HAD THE SMALL GROUP BOARD MEETINGS TO TRY TO SHARE THAT. SO THAT TONIGHT WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST NIGHT THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING A VERSION OF THIS. UM WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT SOME OF YOU WERE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED. WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCORPORATED IN THIS VERSION, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE OFF THE TABLE. SO WHAT THE PROCESS IS NOW IS THAT EVERYONE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS POLICY. IT WILL BE POSTED FOR ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 30 DAYS, SO IT'LL BE RIGHT FOR A REVIEW BY THE BOARD AND A DECISION ON DECEMBER THE 18TH AT THAT MEETING. SO IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 30 ISH DAYS, YOU BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THIS AND WEIGH IN. UM ANY NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. SO IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME, YOU KNOW, MINOR WORDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT CHANGING. WE COULD DO THAT AT THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING. YOU KNOW, ON THE SPOT, WE WILL BE COLLECTING THE PUBLIC COMMENT . UM WE'RE ANTICIPATING MAYBE MORE THAN WE NORMALLY GET FOR SOME OF OUR POLICIES BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS BRAND NEW BRAND NEW POLICY, AND THAT'S GREAT. SO WE'LL TRY TO ORGANIZE THOSE, MAYBE BY THEMES. UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THOSE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WE MIGHT WANT TO IMPLEMENT UM, IF THERE ARE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE, BECAUSE WE REALIZED THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE INCLUDED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LENGTHY PROCESS HAVEN'T QUITE BEEN INCORPORATED YET THEN THAT'S FINE. AND WE WILL DO THAT TO GET IT RIGHT. AND SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THEN REPOST FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS. UM SO THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR FOR THIS ONE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS HAPPY TO TURN OVER TO THE BOARD. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT TIME TO REVIEW THIS AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW IT AS WELL. I DID. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FIRST. I WANT TO APPLAUD THE POLICY GROUP AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS POLICY TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A MUCH NEEDED POLICY. IT'S WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. BUT THAT SAID, I DID WANT TO IT'S JUST THAT WE ADD, UM, SO SOME GRANULARITY TO THE TO THE POLICY. UM, THAT GIVES THE BOARD LEADERSHIP. UM INSIGHT INTO THE DEFICIT AREAS. UM, YOU KNOW THAT WE EXPLICITLY UM PUT VERB THERE THAT, UM, IDENTIFIES THE DEFICITS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF OUR TESTING. UM FROM THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ARE THE ARE THE STUDENTS, UM, STRUGGLING IN AND

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SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE PRIORITIES OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE POLICY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CATCH, ALL TO LIKE, KIND OF REMIND THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THAT DATA, BUT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF YOU WANT TO SEND PROPOSED LANGUAGE OR GIVE US MORE. YEAH I CAN. I'LL TRY. I HAVE SOMETHING POINT HERE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S EXACTLY IT'S NOT PERFECT, LIKE TO, YES, OR AND MAYBE PASS IT ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR INPUT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR BRUCE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, COKER. IN PARAGRAPH. LET'S SEE. UM ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN AT THE TOP OF PAGE FOR ADMINISTRATION WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC MEDIUMS FOR ACCESS. COULD YOU JUST DELETE THE WORD FRAMEWORKS AND JUST SAY CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS. I THINK WE HAD SOME COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM. AND MATERIALS. OKAY? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. BUT AGAIN IF YOU COULD MAKE IT NOW, BEFORE IT GOES OUT FURTHER TALKING ABOUT THE I. IT'S AT THE TOP OF PAGE FOR IT SAYS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, DELETE THE WORD FRAMEWORKS AND YOU SAY ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS.

SO, UM. I WOULD SAY THAT IT BEGS THE QUESTION THEN OF WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM. UM WHICH IS THERE ARE LEGAL PIECES OF THAT AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME OTHER POLICIES THAT SPEAK TO CURRICULUM, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

UM FOR SURE, AND DID HAVE THAT COMMENT FROM YOU, MISS COCO PREVIOUSLY, WHICH I THINK WAS FROM FRIDAY. UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN SHARED, AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT IS A DELICIOUS I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO DELETION OF THAT WORD. YEAH. AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO ADD A DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM TO DEFINE THAT CORRECTLY. AND MATERIALS. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST BELOW THAT. REMNANTS OF 12.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE STAFF EVALUATIONS. UM AD IMPLEMENTATION OF HCPS POLICY. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT NOT ONLY TO BE CONSISTENT AND REFLECTIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT OF THE POLICY ALSO THANKS SENSE. YES I KIND OF READ IT AS IMPLIED IN THERE. UM, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY CLARIFY THAT LANGUAGE. YES. BECAUSE THE POLICY IS LINKED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND HANDBOOKS AS WELL. WE CAN'T VIOLATE POLICIES. OKAY THAT WAS MY TWO COMMENTS

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THANK YOU. UH, MISS PERRY. I WAS LOOKING AT WORST HCPS SHOW PRIORITIZE RESOURCES AND DECISION MAKING BASED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA. UM SO WHO DO WE HAVE THAT DATA IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS? I THINK WE DO HAVE THE DATA PROBABLY COULD BE PRESENTED IN OTHER WAYS THAT GIVE US MORE INSIGHT LIKE LONGITUDINAL, FOR EXAMPLE. UM. BUT I THINK THE DATA IS THERE WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE AGGREGATED AND MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE BOARD, I THINK IS PART OF WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE COULD GET THE DATA SO WE NEEDED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING TO MAKE A DECISION. WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU REPEAT THAT IF WE WERE IF WE HAD THE DATA, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. YES, YES. WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? YES. BEFORE WE NEED A DECISION FIRST. SO IS IT AVAILABLE NOW? WELL AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE. WHILE THE POLICY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED LIKE THE DASHBOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, UM I DO THINK MUCH OF IT IS AVAILABLE NOW. UM MUCH OF IT IS, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE IT BEFORE NEXT. MEANING TO VOTE. I'M SORRY, HAVE THE DATA SO WE COULD VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS. NOT THE

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MR SEWELL. YES SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE GROUP THAT WORKED ON THIS? LIKE HOW MANY TEACHERS WERE INVOLVED? HOW MANY PRINCIPLES THEY WERE NOT TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS THAT ARE PART OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE. UM THE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FROM ED SERVICES WERE PART OF THIS AND CERTAINLY DID WEIGH IN AND UM, HAD ADVANCED REVIEW AS WELL AS UM, CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENTS. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, STUDENT SERVICES, EQUITY AND CULTURAL PROFICIENCY, SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. HOW MANY TEACHERS WERE INVOLVED? THERE WERE UNLESS I'M NOT I DON'T. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SHARED THIS WITH TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS IN ADVANCE TO GET THEIR INPUT. THEY SPOKE IN THE MEETING PRETTY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THEM, THOUGH IT WAS A THERE WAS QUITE A GOOD DISCUSSION. PRINCIPLES. NO TEACHERS. HOW ABOUT STUDENTS? YES. WE'RE PART OF THIS. OKAY, WELL, THIS IS A NO GO FOR ME. IF WE HAVE TO GET. INPUT. FROM PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WE NEED, I WOULD SAY WHEN HE PRINCIPLES FROM EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPLE. NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. IT'S THE PRINCIPLES OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM THEM. WE'VE GOT TO GET PRINCIPLES. WE'VE GOT TO GET TEACHERS FROM EVERY SCHOOLS. AND WE NEED TO GET STUDENTS. IT'S MY COMMENT. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THAT'S THE POINT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, RIGHT? AND SO THE TABLE THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND ACTUALLY WRITE THIS THING. THAT'S FINE. I'M NOT ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE. THIS WORD. THE BOARD IS LIMITED TO THREE. I THINK ON THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, RIGHT AND WE HAVE THREE AND WE HAVE THREE, RIGHT AND SO IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE MEMBERS. THAT ARE ON THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE SELECTED. I KNOW HOW THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE SELECTED, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT BY CHARTER, SO IT'S EITHER THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT. SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN TWO MEMBERS AND TWO MEMBERS, AND THE REST OF THE COMPOSITION IS DETERMINED HOW IT WAS PUT TOGETHER, ACTUALLY, BY ME. I THINK THAT'S IN THE CHARTER TO BUT TO TRY TO BE A CROSS SECTION NOW FOR CERTAIN POLICIES. WE WILL, UM, ASK MEMBERS OF THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE IF THEY WANT TO INVITE OTHERS. SO WE HAVE HAD A UNION REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDED MEETING BECAUSE THEY ARE OPEN AS WELL. SO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAN ATTEND. MISS COKER HAD ATTENDED THE MEETING. AND SHE DOESN'T ACTUALLY SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.

UM SO THAT IS THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE WEIGHING IN AT THAT COMMITTEE POINT IN IF I MAY, UM SO EVEN THOUGH THE TEACHERS WERE NOT INVOLVED, THE SPA PLANS ARE GENERATED AS I UNDERSTAND AND TALKING WITH SARAH BY THE PRINCIPALS AND THE

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DESIGNING AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THE NEED IN THE SCHOOL. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS THAT SHE'S REFERENCING. UM SEE TWO ON PAGE TWO. NUMBER SIX. TO OP 62. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IS A FORMALLY, UH, INCLUDING ALL PRINCIPLES. AND ALL S G A AND THEN THE SCHOOL LEVEL. THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. MEDINA COULD PROBABLY HELP US FIGURE THAT OUT. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T HAVE A POLICY. WE CAN'T INTRODUCE A POLICY. THAT IS SO OVERARCHING.

AND NOT INCLUDE THESE FOLKS ARE DISABLED. THEY SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS. THERE ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. IT SHOULDN'T BE US TELLING THEM IT'S THEM, TELLING US. WELL THEY HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT, SO WE'VE WRITTEN IT AND I THINK YOUR POINT IS VALID. BUT I THINK THAT THAT POINT GOES OVER AND ABOVE THIS POLICY THAT WOULD BE FOR ANY POLICY. SO I THINK IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR POINT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER THEN AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE. AH TO REPRESENT ALL THE VARIOUS GROUPS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS PRACTICAL. TO BE HONEST, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH GROUP. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE INPUT ON YOU KNOW FROM 7000 PEOPLE. OKAY SURE YOU CAN. BUT THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? RIGHT SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GROUPS IDENTIFY REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND IT'S MY 50.

WHAT 54 PRINCIPLES, 53 PRINCIPLES AND THEN BUT THEN OUR PRINCIPLES THAT ARE PRINCIPLES BEST 1 1010 10, HIGH SCHOOLERS, 10 HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND I THINK THE THRESHOLD QUESTION IS REALLY WAS THEIR PROPER REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEE WHERE VOICES WERE HEARD. TO BE ABLE TO GET A DIVERSITY OF INPUT. OKAY SO OKAY , THAT'S FINE, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A PROCESS WITH POLICY THAT INCLUDES THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF AH! LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT TOGETHER AND OPEN FORUM RIGHT VERSUS SMALL GROUPS. UM. AND UH, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT? WE GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT. THESE ARE THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SPECIFIC TO THIS POLICY. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WOULD APPLY TO EVERY SINGLE POLICY AND THAT'S THE POINT OF THE 30 DAY. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WELL. RIGHT SO THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS IF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE POLICY NEED TO BE MADE. THEN WE WOULD REWRITE THE POLICY WITH THAT INPUT AND PUSH IT OUT THROUGH ANOTHER 30 DAY PERIOD, IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES DON'T NEED TO BE MADE, THEN IT CAN MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE. SO. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WANT FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN WE CAN ADJUST AS NEEDED. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS AND I TALKED ABOUT IN MY OPENING COMMENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE READING THROUGH IT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WE AREN'T DOING ALREADY. I THINK IT'S JUST COMPILING IT AND PUTTING IT IN A POLICY. I READ THROUGH IT, AND I SEE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS. UM SO I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT INPUTS IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S HEARING US THAT 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD IS CRITICAL, UM THE TOTAL TO GETTING THIS RIGHT. AFFORD TO SEE WHAT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. MISS HAN. I AGREE WITH LAUREN. I DO FEEL

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WHILE IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY IT IN HERE, IT IS IMPLIED IN ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS ON PAGE FOUR, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT. AH WHAT IS IT? X I 11. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH SCHOOL STAFF AND SUPPORT TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT I THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. OKAY? AND I'M SORRY, BUT IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES, THEN YOU DON'T SUPPORT EDUCATION. SO I CAN GO THROUGH THIS AND LINE BY LINE. ALL OF THESE, IF THAT'S HELPFUL, SO THAT'S MY FINAL COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM D DECISION ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN CAPITAL

[D. Decision on Transfer of Funds Between Capital Projects, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services and Mr. Eric Clark Director of Budget, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, and Mr. Chris Morton, Supervisor of Planning and Construction.]

GOOD EVENING. PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT EACH YEAR. OUR CAPITAL CREW, MR MORTON, MR BROWN AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGETED AND COMPLETED PROJECTS AND MANY TIMES WE HAVE SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER IN EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS LINES. NORMALLY THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE SPRING, AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, INCORPORATING THAT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. UM SO THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY NEED TO ASK FOR A TRANSFER DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE HAVE A PROJECT CALLED THE JAB. BATON HIGH SCHOOL COLUMN STRUCTURE PROJECT THAT REQUIRED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WORK THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED AND BUDGETED. WE HAVE A PROJECT. THE OLD HABIT AGREES HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, WHICH IS A WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND HAS A BALANCE REMAINING BALANCE OF $71,614. WE HAVE A PROJECT CALLED THE JAP

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I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THIS WAS A STRUCTURAL ISSUE WITH THE BUILDING THAT IF WE DID NOT FIX THIS COLUMN, THE CAFETERIA COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN THE BASEMENT.

WAS IT OKAY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND SO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTINGENCY, SO ACTUALLY, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE. CREATED BUDGETS REQUESTED AND THEN GOT FUNDING FOR UM ONE OF THEM AND IT WAS JUST A STRUCTURAL PAIR WENT MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SEE EVERYTHING BEHIND.

IT WAS THIRD AND EVERYTHING AND WHAT YOU GOT INTO THE REPAIR. IT GREW JUST THE REPAIR WORK, NOT THE ELECTRICAL, NOT MECHANICAL THAT STAYED THE SAME, BUT JUST THE ACTUAL REPAIR GROUP TREMENDOUSLY. THANK YOU. MISS BRUCE? YES MR PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SORRY ONE MORE. ONE MORE QUESTION. PLEASE YOU CAN DO THAT. CAN'T WE DO THAT WHEN WE GET THE DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION SECONDED. IF NOT, THEN GO AHEAD.

SORRY QUESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION ON CAPITAL PROJECTS TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $177,922 IS THERE A 2ND 2ND THE MOTION. THANK YOU, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES YES. ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. I THINK MR SEWELL HAD QUESTIONS I WANT TO DISCUSS, DID AH. I MEAN, WHETHER ANYBODY ELSE YOU SAID YOUR RETRACTED YOUR QUESTION. NO I WELL, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WELL, MY POINT HERE IS THE POINT. WHY DON'T WE GO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO GIVE US THIS MONEY SEPARATELY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T ARE OUR CAPITAL BUDGET SO TIGHT, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CUTS IT SO TIGHT THAT WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY REPAIR . THEY SHOULD KNOW IT. WE SHOULD GO TO THEM AND SAY, LOOK, THERE'S A PROBLEM IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. IT'S GOING TO COST THIS MUCH MONEY INSTEAD OF BORROWING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. YOU NEED TO ALLOCATE THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T GIVE US ENOUGH MONEY EITHER. WHAT DO THEY FUND US LIKE 20% OF OUR CAPITAL ASSETS YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS THEY FUNDED 13% OF THE CAPITAL. ASK I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE MY POINT. LIKE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP ON THE BOARD LIKE WE NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY LOOK, GUYS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT

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YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR US FOR THIS. THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU . SO THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MOTION BASED ON THIS FOOL'S COMMENTS. YES, MA'AM . I FEEL THAT BECAUSE THIS IS EXCESS MONEY FROM A PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED. THAT WE SHOULD BE IMPRUDENT STEWARDS OF THE MONEY AND USE IT FOR THIS TO MEET THIS EMERGENCY. OPERATION. THANK YOU COMMENT. I'M SORRY. THEY DID STATE THAT THE JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL STORMWATER PROJECT HAD NOT STARTED YET, SO THEY'RE BORROWING 106,000. OR THEY'RE ASKING US TO TRANSFER THE 106,000 WITHOUT KNOWING 100% THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO COST 750,000 OR IN EXCESS OF WHAT'S IN THE ACCOUNT, SO IT'S NOT COMPLETED PROJECT ADDRESS SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT'S A TIMING THING FOR START. UM WE HAD A STRUCTURAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS NOW. SO UM, WE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK. AND WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW? GO OUT TO BED AS WE GO, SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE NOW. SO THAT'S SO TO ANSWER THAT ONE QUESTION, THEN THE OTHER PIECE AND WHEN THIS PROBLEM PRESENTED ITSELF, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL. UM YOU KNOW, BUDGETS AND WHAT WE HAVE, AND I JUST PULLED UP THE REPORT BECAUSE I DON'T, YOU KNOW, MEMORIZE THE NUMBERS. WHERE IN THE STORM, WATER EROSION AND SEDIMENT, UM, CATEGORY WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BALANCE OF 489,000 HAVE TO TAKE OFF MY GLASSES. I'M GETTING OLD. OR $489,091. SO WHAT? WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS USE THE BALANCE OF THE JOPPATOWNE STORMWATER PROJECT AND A STORM WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF ROADS IN THE SEDIMENT CONTROL, UM, TO DO THAT SITE WORK. BECAUSE THAT CATEGORY AS IT WAS SET UP BY THE COUNTY UNDER THE SITE IMPROVEMENT. 312 ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO DO SIGN IMPROVEMENT WORK, SO THERE'S SOME WORK ALREADY IDENTIFIED UNDER THE STORM. WATER EROSION CONTROL WHEN IT'S SEDIMENT CATEGORY, BUT THEN THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING. THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR. AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND DO OUR EVALUATION AS WE ALWAYS DO FOR, UM, BALANCES IN THE SPRING IN THE SPRING. THAT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'LL BE CLOSING OUT PROJECTS THERE AS WELL. SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOME FUN BALANCES AND OTHER PROJECTS AND WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN THE SPRING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. THEN THERE'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY. IF WE FIND WITHIN OUR CURRENT CAPITAL BALANCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO DO SOMETHING, BUT WE HAVE THE YOU KNOW AUTHORITY. WITH BALANCE NOW WITH LIVE PROJECTS OF 29,000,495. SO WE THINK THAT 100 AND $77,000 OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MANAGE RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS IT. YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL ISSUE. AND THEN . LATER ON, IF WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES, UM, SITE BASED RELATED WE'LL SEE AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS COME BACK TO THE BOARD. AND IF AT THAT POINT WE NEED TO GO TO THE COUNTY. WE WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SORRY I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN EASY ONE. SO THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND, HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN INCOMPLETE VOTE AND SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION. SO UM AGAIN, THE MOTION IN THE SECOND IS TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR CAPITAL PROJECT TRANSFERS FOR $177,922. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. AND I THINK YOU'RE ALSO

[E. Decision on Transfer between State Categories for the FY2024 Budget, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services and Mr. Eric Clark Director of Budget.]

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CORRECT. YOU HAVE AN MOU WITH THEM. YEAH, WHICH. I THINK A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO GETTING THAT IN PLACE, BUT, UM THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY. RECOURSE WE HAVE IS THE MOU, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS ONE

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BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,153,300. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5-105 OF THE EDUCATION.

ARTICLE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND. I'M SORRY. IT WAS MATTERS. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MAKE THAT I DIDN'T MAKE THAT. I DIDN'T MAKE THAT RULE EITHER. YEAH SO, UH SECOND. THANK YOU, MR MR SOLL. SECONDED SO THERE I WON'T REREAD IT. BUT THE SAME MOTION AND SECOND IS ON THE TABLE. THAT WAS A LONG ONE. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY YES. YES ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. WE GET TO SEE MORE OF YOU? YES, I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER PRESENTATION. I

[F. Presentation of Quarterly Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2023, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services.]

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UH YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT HIS EYE ON DIFFERENT THINGS HE CAN FUND WITH ALL THE SURPLUS MONEY THAT HE HAS. IS THERE ANY LIKE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE COULD ASK? FORWARD TO TRY TO HELP OUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S I THINK THOSE DECISIONS WOULD PROBABLY BE MADE AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE YEAR AND HAD PROJECTED EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING AND IF THERE WERE ANY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS SO AGAIN IF, FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE OVER IN ONE PARTICULAR CATEGORY BY A MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE HAVE INTEREST INCOME THAT COMES IN AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AND IT CAN COVER THAT MILLION. WE WOULD THEN COME BEFORE THE BOARD

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THAT SOUNDS SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOPICS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS CURRENT PRESENTATION NOT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TOPICS. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PRESENTER? THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM G. MR BROWN

[G. Presentation of FY2025 Capital Improvement Program - Local Priorities, Mr. Cornell Brown, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, Ms. Patti Jo Beard, Executive Director of Facilities Management, Mr. Chris Morton, Supervisor of Planning and Construction, and Ms. Missy Valentino, Facilities Planner.]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. CORNELL BROWN, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS, JOINING ME NOW WE HAVE THIS PATTY JO BAER. SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAUDIS MANAGEMENT, MR CHRISTOPHER MORTON AGAIN. HE'S OUR SUPERVISOR OF PLANNING CONSTRUCTION AND MISS MISSY VALENTINO OR FACILITY PLANNER. WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO DISCUSS CAPITAL BUDGETS. THIS IS OUR FIFTH MEETING. SO UM AUGUST UM 24TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH SEPTEMBER, THE 18TH. THE BOARD APPROVED OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT SUBMIT TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. AND AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, THEN WE'VE BEEN BACK TO THE BOARD AND OCTOBER AND NOW TODAY TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCALLY FUNDED, SO WE'VE BEEN PEELING BACK THE ONION A BIT. I'M GETTING MORE AND MORE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. OUR GOAL IS TO UM, COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER TO ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AND MR VALENTINO. SHE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY, UM, ON OUR CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZING OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMS. PROJECTS AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU. AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO TODAY IS AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU. UM AND AGAIN IN DECEMBER WHERE WE'D BE BACK ASKING THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS VALENTINO.

SHE'LL TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. SO WE. BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES NOW DISCUSSING SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM BUT REALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE NEEDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPUTING NEEDS TO SERVE THE STUDENTS TRANSPORTATION, HV, A SEA AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. THE SIMPLE DAILY THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE SCHOOL EVERYDAY LOCKERS, THINGS LIKE THAT ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED ON AND REPAIRED ON A REGULAR CYCLE.

WE HAVE TRACKS FIELDS AND THINGS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN. SO WITH ALL OF THESE NEEDS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE? UM SO WE DEVELOPED THE METHOD TO KIND OF PROVIDE A SCORING AND AN END AND MATRIX OF PRIORITIES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT. THE FIRST THING WE LOOK AT ARE THE FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT ARE CAPITAL NEEDS FALL IN WE HAVE THOSE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS NOW YOU TALKED

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THERE ARE SOME CATEGORIES THAT SOME ITEMS THAT MAY BE IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE AN IMPACT BEFORE. WE ALSO LOOK AT STATE ELIGIBILITY. WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR STATE REQUESTS THIS YEAR. THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. MOST ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AS WELL AND PROVIDE A SCORE WHEN THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING. AND THEN LAST AND MANY WAYS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE LEVEL OF NEED. WE HAVE THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED CURRENTLY CRITICAL.

THAT MEANS THE SYSTEM HAS GONE DOWN. WE NEED IT NOW. IF WE DON'T THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO REPLACE IT. THAT HIGH. UM WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT. WE'RE REPAIRING IT OFTEN.

THERE'S A POTENTIAL THIS COULD END UP GOING OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GET IT BACK UP AND RUNNING NECESSARY. THERE'S THINGS THAT WE FEEL ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM GOING. AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS. I RECOMMEND YOU REPLACE THIS EVERY SO MANY YEARS. WITH THAT.

EVERY ONE OF OUR NEEDS ARE SCORED. THAT SCORE IS ADDED TOGETHER. THE PROJECTS ARE THEN GROUPED BY THAT LEVEL OF NEED, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF OUR PROJECTS DO NOT GET A HIGH SCORE AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT A HIGH LEVEL OF NEED. UM SO WE'RE ABLE TO GROUP THOSE BY LEVEL OF NEED. SO WE HAVE OUR CURRENTLY CRITICAL ETCETERA GOING DOWN AND THEN THEY ARE PRIORITIZED WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE LEVEL OF NEEDS BY THEIR SCORE. WITH THAT THIS YEAR AND HAVE THE RESULTS OF OUR PRIORITIES, AND I BROKE IT OUT BY THAT LEVEL OF NEED SCORE. THIS HERE'S THE CURRENTLY CRITICAL I WILL NOT READ THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. WE DID PROVIDE ALL OF THE WORKSHEETS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEM WITH ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GET THE ANSWERS TO YOU IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE THIS EVENING. UM THE NEXT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY CRITICAL LEVEL OF NEED SCORE OF THREE. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS SECTION USED TO BE BIGGER, BUT APPARENTLY THEY MOVE UP INTO THE HIGHER SECTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO THE SCORING SYSTEM IS WORKING.

SOMETIMES THEY RAISE UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. UM THESE ARE THE NECESSARY THINGS. AND THEN LAST, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF NEED SCORE. AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE WORKED IN IT DOWN JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL REQUEST ANNOUNCED THAT FALL WITHIN EACH ONE OF THE CRITICAL IS 20,721,000 POTENTIALLY CRITICAL 20,149,000 NECESSARY 7,828,500 RECOMMEND IT 798,000. BUT THAT WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. MR BROWN KIND OF OPENED US UP WITH WHAT'S NEXT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE INPUT FROM ANY STAKEHOLDERS AND OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSIONS AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK IN DECEMBER REQUESTING APPROVAL, AND THIS WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH OUR OPERATING BUDGET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN IT UP THE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AND I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH HOPEFULLY AN EASY ONE ARE EACH OF THESE LINE ITEMS BROKEN DOWN TO THE LOWEST DIVISIBLE UNITS. SO SOME OF THESE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HMX SYSTEM LIKE IT'S ONE OR NOTHING RIGHT? BUT LIKE RELOCATED BOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE COULD THAT LINE ITEM B B BE BROKEN DOWN, OR IS IT ALREADY AT AS LOW AS DIVISIBLE UNITS? THERE ARE PROJECTS WITHIN OVER ARCHING PROJECT CATEGORIES, SO WE DO HAVE UM, IN THE BUDGET WORKSHEETS. YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF SPECIFIC SCHOOL PROJECTS WHERE THEY WHERE THEY EXIST THERE, SO AND I HAVE, UM,

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YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO CALL 911 WITHOUT ANY OTHER PREFIX IN FRONT OF IT. SO THE PHONE SYSTEM IS BOTH SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING UPGRADING WITH THE COUNTY. AND AS WE'RE UPGRADING THOSE PHONES TO THE VOICE OVER IP, THEY CAN ADDRESS THE CARRY LAW ISSUE, SO IT'S ABOUT IT ALL, SO TO INCLUDE THAT THE HARDWARE AS WELL AS THE SERVICE. OKAY ALRIGHT. SORRY AND THEN, UM, SO THAT WAS ONE PROJECT THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ON. THE OTHER PROJECT WAS, UM. THAT LIFE, HEALTH SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE MEASURES. UM. AND THIS MAY NOT. IT MIGHT JUST BE ANYWAY. LET ME JUST GET IT OUT THERE, SO WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN EDGEWOOD. UM WE'RE GOING TO BE UPGRADING, YOU KNOW, UM, THINGS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, LOCKERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS? I GUESS WE UPGRADE LOCKERS. CAN WE PUT IN? UM YOU KNOW, LOCKER, SEE THROUGH LOCKERS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN YOU GO INTO BIG EVENTS YOU NOW ARE REQUIRED AND SOME STADIUMS TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PURSES THAT ARE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S THEY'RE PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE FOR SAFETY. ARE WE CONSIDERING ANY OF THAT WHEN WE DO OUR UPGRADES? THE ANSWER IS. UNEQUIVOCABLY? YES. EVERY SINGLE PROJECT WE WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. ACTUALLY WE WENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER TRAINING THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING, WHICH IS, UH, CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, SO ALL THOSE THINGS GO INTO EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT WE LOOK AT SAFETY IS AT THE CORE. SO. IN TERMS OF LOCKERS THAT THAT'S I'VE NEVER AH! HURT ANYBODY. BRING UP A TOPIC ABOUT SEE THROUGH LOCKERS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT CAN'T BE OR IT WON'T GO THERE. I'M JUST I'M JUST SHARING LIKE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. I MEAN , WE'RE REALLY SEEING A BIG UPTICK IN ART, THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOL, SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND SEE. HOW CAN WE BRING? UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY INTO OUR SCHOOLS. UM YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, YOU

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DURING THE LAST WHEN WADE SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNTY EXACT PROVIDE FUNDING. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT YOU KNOW WE AS AN IMMEDIATE NEED THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SAFETY UM, IN OUR SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND THEN THE LAST ONE LAST QUESTION I HAD IS. ON THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING BUSSES.

AND THOSE BUSSES. ARE THEY GOING TO BE ELECTRIC OR HYBRID BUSSES? ARE ARE WE OKAY. SO IN THE BUDGET HERE, NO, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FUNDING TO MOVE TO ELECTRIC BUSSES. AS YOU KNOW, WE MOVE FUNDING INTO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET SO WE CAN DO OUR ASSESSMENT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, TOO. UM ENGAGE THE CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR SOURCE. WELL UM YOU KNOW, COOP AND WE'LL BE DOING AN EVALUATION TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD THAT WILL INFLUENCE NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET SUBMISSION , SO THE CONSULTANT WILL HELP US LOOK AT OUR INVENTORY. LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UM YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR, UM UTILITY COMPANIES TO MEET ALL OF MSD S BOXES ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WHERE ELECTRIFICATION OF OUR BUSSES SO WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE PLAN THAT WE LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU AND THEN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL INCORPORATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING . SO WE LIKE TO EVALUATE IT AND COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN THAT WILL INFORM OUR CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS RELEVANT TO THE PRESENTATION AT HAND? IT HAS TO BE ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION. I'M JUST KIDDING YOU, ERIN. YES, IT IS. OKAY. $50 MILLION WERE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NEXT YEAR.

TOTAL FOR THE LOCAL PEACE. YEAH, YEAH. UM. OKAY SO WE'VE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION THIS SIZE WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING REMIND ME HOW MANY SQUARE FEATURES SIX POINT 2,000,006 0.2 MILLION AND YOU HAD GIVEN THERE'S A INDUSTRY STANDARD, BASICALLY FOR WHAT IT COSTS TO MAINTAIN THAT THAT MUCH SQUARE FEET IN A YEAR AND WHAT? WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? RIGHT SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN WHERE THEY UM THE BENCHMARK IS A COUPLE OF PERCENT FOR, UM, REPLACING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAN IT'S ANOTHER COUPLE PERCENT FOR, UM, RENOVATIONS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FOR SOME COMPONENT UPGRADES. SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT AROUND 6 7% OF YOUR REPLACEMENT VALUE OF YOUR UM, ASSETS, OKAY, NOT SQUARE FOOTAGE, ITS REPLACEMENT VALUE REPLACEMENT VALUE IS WHAT AGAIN? SO I DID THE MATH AND IT'S REALLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING FOR CATHOLIC PLACEMENT IS AROUND 119 MILLION A YEAR ABOUT 100 AND $19 MILLION WOULD BE LIKE AN AVERAGE LIKE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AT 50 MILLION FROM LOCAL AND HOW MUCH WERE WE FROM STATE WAS THAT IN THERE SOMEWHERE, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT. NEXT WEEK. LOCAL PORTION IS 44,598,000. THE STATE IS THE 23 9 10. SO WE'RE ROUGHLY AT WHAT IS THAT 60? 68 69,016 MILLION, SO THE STATE ELIGIBLE CRP REQUEST WAS 68.5, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS FOR LOCAL. STARTING YOU WERE COMBINED TO FOR THE REQUESTED HALF THAT'S COOL. SO IT WAS THAT 68 PLUS THE 49. HER NAME. SO UH, FAIRLY CLOSE. UH YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 119 WOULD BE THE TYPICAL AND THEN YOU'RE GRASPING FOR 107. TOTAL. BUT IT'S ALSO COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEVER HAVING ENOUGH FUNDING TO ACTUALLY DO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO DO AHEAD OF TIME. SO LIKE ALL THESE ARE JUST KICK DOWN. THE LOT OF HAS BEEN

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BUT THEY I'VE NEVER WITNESSED THEM. CHANGING ANY BUDGET MATTER THAT COMES TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SINCE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT. ANYTHING COMES FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. I HAVE NOT WITNESSED THEM CHANGING. ANY OF IT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO REALLY, IT'S THE KIND EXECUTIVE THAT DETERMINES HOW WE ARE FUNDED WITH REGARDS TO THIS ENTIRE THING ON THE LOCAL PEACE. YES THAT'S ALL I GOT. PICTURES FOR SOME OTHER. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. PRESENTATION LOTS OF DETAIL. APPRECIATE IT. I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, AND I SEE RELOCATED BOLS AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURAL THINGS ON CURRENT FACILITIES, BUT TO WHAT EXTENT AND WHERE IN THE RANKING PROCESS DO, SAY SCHOOLS BEING AT OVERCAPACITY ALREADY OR EXPECTED ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS? IS THAT FACTORED IN INTO THESE NEEDS AT ALL CAPACITY IS THE BOARDS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. UM HARFORD ACADEMY IS THAT CAPACITY PROJECT . THAT'S UP NEXT. AH, OKAY, BUT I MEAN, ALL THE SCHOOLS WILL NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE HAVING CAPACITY ISSUES. SO ARE UM, DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD. WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR REDISTRICTING WAS THE HEART OF ACADEMY PROJECT WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMPONENT, AND THEN WE WOULD DO OUR BALANCING ENROLLMENT INITIATIVE TO BALANCE AND THEN IDENTIFY WHERE WE MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITH ADDITIONS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. IF WE FIND DURING THAT EVALUATION IF THAT'S NEEDED , OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE RANKING. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN HERE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT HE GETS A SCORE. I WOULD SAY EVEN LIKE A SPECIAL EDUCATION WHEN WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOL THAT IMPACTS THE CAPACITY TO SCHOOL, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT IS IN THE SCORING SYSTEM, BUT FOR THE LARGER PROJECTS, THERE'S UM STATE ELIGIBLE TYPE PROJECTS THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT LARGER ADDITION IN THIS YOU KNOW, UM, CAPITAL BUDGET PLAN NOW. BUT THERE COULD BE THE ONLY THING IN HERE THAT'S ADDRESSING ANY CAPACITY WOULD BE THE RELATED RELOCATED BALS, UM, THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AT THE SCHOOLS, WHICH , UM, BROKEN OUT FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND THOSE CAPACITY NEEDS COULD TAKE DIFFERENT FORMS . SO YOU KNOW, WITH BLUEPRINT AND WE'RE ADDING ALL DAY PRE K AT SCHOOLS. ORDER SCHOOLS THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH AT THE TIME. HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF CONSTRICTED. WE'RE ADDING CAPACITY FOR ALL DAY PRE K, BUT WE'RE NOT PUTTING PRE K STUDENTS AND RELOCATED BALS WERE BRINGING THEM IN REMOVING FIFTH GRADE OR FOURTH GRADE AT THE PORTABLES. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THOSE CAPACITY, THINGS COULD COME AND GO STRAIGHT UP THE SCHOOL'S OVER CAPACITY. WE NEED MORE SPACE WORK COULD BE BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DRIVING THAT RIGHT? SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE GOT THE PROGRAMS COVERED. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT CLASS SIZES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT COULD BE DRIVEN BY LACK OF TEACHERS BUT ALSO COULD BE DRIVEN BY LACK OF CLASSROOMS. CORRECT I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY SOAPBOX JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD RELOCATED STOOL SCHOOL. DOESN'T

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ANYWAY SPORTS FOR MORE BECAUSE DOUBLE THAT DAY. FOR DIFFERENT SIDES TO THE THAT'S WHY OKAY, THAT TWICE TWO DIFFERENT DOORS, OKAY? YES YES, YES, CAPACITY IS A BIG ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW NEW SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND NEW SCHOOLS AND THINGS WOULDN'T FALL UNDER THIS. SO THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED. MOVE. THE STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND AGAIN. OUR NEXT, UM, PROJECT THAT IS TARGETING CAPACITY IS HARTFORD ACADEMY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUGHLY 600 SEATS, AND THEN WE WOULD BALANCE ENROLLMENT. AND THEN WE WILL IDENTIFY WHAT ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S SPECIAL, ADD OR OR CAPACITY, AND WE'VE ALSO, UM ENGAGED TO COUNTY TO LOOK AT PROPERTY TO, YOU KNOW, SECURE BECAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT THE ANNEXATION IS GOING ON IN THE ABERDEEN AREA IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO WE KNOW WE WILL WE FEEL BASED ON THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PLANNED THAT WILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANOTHER, UM, ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. UM AND IN THEIR FUTURE. SO UM, WE'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE COUNTY AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SECURING ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES SO WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. SO YOU'LL BE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD AT THAT FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER. YES, SIR.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. MR. SO ARE YOU SURE I'M TOTALLY DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT

[H. Superintendent's Report.]

YES, GRADES ARE. ARE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS THERE IN OUR HOME ACCESS CENTER, WHICH IS THE APP THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE TO PARENTS WERE IN THE TRENDS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CANVAS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK ON OUR DATA DASHBOARD, YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY PARENTS HAVE ACCESSED. INFORMATION THROUGH CANVAS. THAT'S STILL AT ZERO, BECAUSE, UM, I THINK WE HAVE STUDENT ACCOUNTS BUT TRANSITION THOSE TWO PARENT ACCOUNTS, SO THAT'S COMING. BUT YES, PARENTS CAN SEE THEIR STUDENTS GRADES IN THE HOME ACCESS CENTER. SO THIS HAS BEEN REFERENCED A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO PUT IT BACK OUT THERE FOR THE WORLD THIS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH IS EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY TO DAY WHERE WE TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE ALL THE SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO PLAY SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SOME AREAS THAT FALL UNDER THE ESP UMBRELLA INCLUDE PARAPROFESSIONALS. INCLUSION HELPERS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, CUSTODIAL FACILITIES, FOOD, ATTRITION, TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, SKILLED TRADES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. NOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY SPONSOR A PG FEDERAL CREDIT UNION MEMBERS OF THE HCPS HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM ALONG WITH MEMBERS FROM A P G F C, YOU WILL BE OUT AT SCHOOLS AND OTHER VARIOUS WORK LOCATIONS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S 15 SUPPORT SERVICES SUPERSTAR AWARD WINNERS EACH RECIPIENT WILL

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