[B. Presentation on Drug Prevention Programs, Mr. Erik Robey, Director of Legislative & Community Affairs and Sargeant Joe Sanchez, Harford County Sheriffs Office]

MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM B AND LIKE TO WELCOME ERIC ROBI, DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND SERGEANT JOE SANCHEZ, FROM THE HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR PRESIDENT. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US AND HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING, SUPER DENIM BOLSON. THANK YOU AS WELL. IT'S ALWAYS A ALWAYS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WHENEVER YOU CAN GET LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE SAME ROOM. WE CERTAINLY HAVE ENJOYED THE PARTNERSHIP. I KNOW. I SPEAK FOR SHERIFF GAYLOR AND SAYING THE LAST DECADE WE'VE ABSOLUTELY LOVED WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHETHER IT BE SUPERINTENDENT WILSON OR DOCTOR CAN EVEN BEFORE YOU. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. ERIC ROBI, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO MY RIGHT IS SERGEANT JOE SANCHEZ. HE'S IN CHARGE OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICE UNIT, ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING UNITS IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY DO THEY DO A GREAT JOB. JOE ALSO COMES FROM THE SCHOOL POLICE SIDE SO HE WAS AN S. R O AT A

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NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HERE IN HARVARD COUNTY. UM THE VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT HAN HAD MENTIONED TO MYSELF IN THE SHERIFF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE WANTED TO SEE MORE OF IN THE SCHOOLS WAS PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE PUTTING FORTH ON. HOW WE CAN KEEP OUR KIDS AWAY FROM ADDICTIONS. UM, AND THAT'S ONE THING, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SHERIFF KELLER AND THE FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON SINCE 2015 JUST WANTED TO START. JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHO WE ARE FIRST AGAIN, ERIC ROBI. I HANDLE ALL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE SHARE SOUTHEAST. AND CERTAIN SANCHEZ. HE TAKES CARE OF ALL THE COMMUNITY POLICE ISSUES. SO I WANT TO GO TO A THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CLICKING THROUGH GREATER WE DO THAT YOU GET SOME GOOD EITHER WAY. I WANT TO START OUT WITH THIS CHART. AND THIS IS A THIS IS AN INTERESTING CHART. AND AS YOU AS YOU HEAR US TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE PROACTIVE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS GO WITH THIS, BUT THESE ARE THE YELLOW LINE ON THE GRAPH. YOU SEE, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO 2015 ALL THE WAY TO 2013 . THAT'S A NUMBER OF OVERDOSE OVERDOSE NONFATAL. INSTANT INCIDENCES. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICERS RESPONDED TO, AND THEN THAT BLUE LINE THERE, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES WE'VE HAD IN HARFORD COUNTY. LOT OF FOLKS SEE THAT NUMBER AND THEY CERTAINLY THINK IT'S A IT'S A BIG NUMBER, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT IS ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT 2018 86 OVERDOSE FATALITIES. THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DIE. THAT DIED FROM FENTANYL AND HEROIN OVERDOSES THAN DIE IN CAR ACCIDENTS IN AN ENTIRE YEAR. UM THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT SIX TIMES THE AMOUNT THAT WE SEE FOR OTHER DEATHS THAT HAPPENED, SO IT'S CERTAINLY IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG HARTFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS IT HAS BEEN AND WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ASPIRING TO BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN. SO WHAT? THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DO YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT SHERIFF TAYLOR WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE, THE GOAL WAS HAS BEEN MORE PROACTIVE . WHEN YOU THINK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT YOU THINK OF THE TELEPHONE RINGING AND A 911 OPERATOR PICKING UP THE CALL AND A GUY LIKE JOE SANCHEZ, SHOWING UP AT AT YOUR HOUSE TO ASSIST WITH DOMESTIC SITUATION. A CAT IN A TREE, A LOST KID. UM BUT IT'S MORE OF A REACTIVE APPROACH . SO ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO IS BECOME MORE PROACTIVE. AND WE KNEW THAT THE ADDICTION PROBLEM. WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF IT. SO WE STARTED WITH THE HOPE WORKGROUP BACK IN 2015. AND A LOT OF THESE IDEAS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT TONIGHT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THAT GROUP. AND WE BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY BE RECOVERING ADDICTS, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY, THE FAITH BASED COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO THROW AS MANY IDEAS OUT THERE AS WE POSSIBLY COULD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, SO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW JUST BRIEFLY THAT THAT, UM THE GROUP CAME UP WITH THOSE HEROIN AWARENESS SIGNS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. THESE WERE MODELED AFTER THE STATE POLICE AND THE DRUNK DRIVING SIGNS THAT USED TO PUT UP THE SIGNS SHOWING HOW MANY DO YOU I? ARRESTS WERE MADE. HOW MANY, UM FATAL ACCIDENTS THAT INVOLVED ALCOHOL HAPPENED. WE ACTUALLY TOOK THAT ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAID, LET'S PUT HOW MANY OVERDOSES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS COMMUNITY. HOW MANY LIVES ARE LOST? AND THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS SAY FOR A WHILE THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AT HARFORD COUNTY. YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE LEADING THE STATE IN OVERDOSES. THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL. WE WERE THE ONLY JURISDICTION THAT WASN'T AFRAID TO SHOW YOU THE PROBLEM AND THE ISSUE THAT WAS OUT THERE. AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTIES. ACTUALLY, 12 OTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOLLOWED OUR LEAD ON THIS, AND THEY POSTED THEIR OVERDOSE NUMBERS FOR ALL TO SEE AS WELL. SO WHAT DID WE DO? EDUCATION WISE? WELL ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO BECAUSE THE DEER PROGRAM WENT AWAY BACK IN THE THINK IT WAS THE NINETIES. I THINK THAT'S THE LAST TIME NINETIES, TWO THOUSANDS. LAST TIME YOU SEEN THEIR PROGRAM STARTED TO LOSE FUNDING. A BIG THING THAT THEY ENDED UP MISSING WAS THEY DIDN'T ENGAGE HOW OUR TEENAGERS ADOLESCENTS ARE GONNA ACT, WHICH IS WHICH IS UNPLANNED, UNPLANNED BEHAVIOR THAT. THE TIMES WHEN THEY WERE COMING UP WITH THESE TOUGH DECISIONS, PEER PRESSURE, THEY THEY WERE GOING TO THE WRONG, YOU KNOW. THEY WERE GOING OFF TO THE WRONG SIDE. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY NEVER GOT EDUCATED ON. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE KIND OF PUT OUT PROGRAMMING IN A PLACE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO TEACH THE KIDS TO KIND OF GIVE THEM THAT, TOO. SO WE LOOKED AT IT IN THREE APPROACHES , AND IT STARTED BACK IN 2018 REMEMBER THAT. REMEMBER THAT PARAGRAPH? 2018 WAS R P KEIR FOR OVERDOSES, FATAL AND NONFATAL JULY OF 2018 IS WHEN WE OPENED OUR FIRST DRUG EDUCATION, PROACTIVE, UM, TOOL, AND THAT'S OUR HOPE TRAILER. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE HOOK TRAILER, IT'S MODELED AS A MARK TEENAGER'S BEDROOM. THERE'S OVER 50 LOCATIONS INSIDE THAT FACILITY. WHERE ARE DRUG INVESTIGATORS HAVE FOUND THAT KIDS ARE HIDING DRUGS OR DRUG PARAFFIN? MALIA. THE GOAL IS TO BRING PARENTS IN THERE. SO IF

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YOU'VE EVER WALKED THROUGH, AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT, UH , THE EDUCATORS BEHIND US IN THE AUDIENCE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT AS WELL. BUT THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO BRING THOSE PARENTS IN THERE WHILE THEN SHOCK THEM AND THEN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS A LIFE OF ADDICTION IS AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF HEROIN AND FENTANYL. MARIJUANA UM ANY OF THE DRUGS OUT THERE, SO WE UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT DO THAT WITH ALL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES . SO THANKFULLY, WE'VE GOT A LARGE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED AND NOW WORK WITH JOE SANCHEZ UNIT TO ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THOSE TOURS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE AND IN THE WHAT IS THAT FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THE HOPE TRAILER 140 DIFFERENT EVENTS AND OVER 4000 TOURS. WE DO TAKE THAT STATEWIDE KNEW A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ARE STARTING TO CREATE THEIR OWN HOPE TRAILERS. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THAT STATEWIDE TO THE EASTERN SHORE WESTERN MARYLAND. UM YOU KNOW, IT IS THE GOAL TO GET IT OUT THERE. THIS YEAR. I SEE A PICTURE THERE, SCROLL THROUGH THAT VIDEO. THAT'S THE HOW DO WE PLAY THE VIDEO? HERE'S WHY I'M HARFORD COUNTY SHERIFF JEFF GAYLOR. WELCOME TO THE HOPE HOUSE. THE HOPE HOUSE IS A COLLAB. YEAH, I DO THAT. MAYBE I DID. ANYWAY THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU THERE. IT'S SHERIFF GAYLOR, PROBABLY BACK IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS. HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE HAIR THERE. HE'S ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU HE'S ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THE INSIDE OF THE HOPE TRAILER. UM, THE OTHER THE PROGRAM THAT WE CAME UP WITH. AFTER THE HOPE TRAILER, A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER NOW SERGEANT AARON PENMAN WITH OUR COMMUNITY POLICE UNIT. THIS WAS HIS BRAIN TRUST IN HIS IDEA, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO TEACH DRUG REFUSAL SKILLS TO THOSE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SERGEANT SANCHEZ BECAUSE HE'S WORKING ON THIS ONE EVERY DAY. SO THIS PROGRAM I WISH WE COULD DO AT A TIME TO WHEN I CAME TO THIS UNIT, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET IN THE UNIT LIKE THIS MY WHOLE CAREER. IF YOU KIND OF GLANCE UP AT IT WAS EITHER IN PATROL OR I WAS IN A WAR YOU DID. I WAS KICKING IN DOORS, FINDING CRIMINALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. UM OVER THOSE YEARS OF LOCKING UP ALL THESE PEOPLE, YOU TEND TO LOCK UP THE SAME PEOPLE A LOT FROM THE SAME AND YOU KIND OF START TO THINK. WELL THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO KIND OF HELP EDUCATE THE KIDS COMING UP TO KIND OF CHANGE THAT TO KIND OF BREAK THAT SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT.

SO WHEN I CAME HERE WHEN I WAS TRAINED ON THIS PROGRAM, I COMPLETELY FELL. HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH IT. IT'S THAT WHOLE KIND OF TABOO OF LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT DRUGS FOR KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE. IF YOU DON'T MENTION IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT. LET'S WAIT WHEN THEY START ASKING QUESTIONS. WHICH SOCIAL MEDIA CELLPHONES. THEY KNOW A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE THINK. ONE OF MY FIRST PLEDGE PROGRAMS THAT HAD WAS OCTOBER 2022. AND IT WAS, UM CHURCH, UH, CHURCHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS ABOUT 32 KIDS AND WITHIN THAT PROGRAM WHEN THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED, SAID, WHO HERE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT DRUGS, AND THESE KIDS RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 YEARS OLD. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 75% CAN NAME SOME KIND OF DRUG WHETHER IT WAS AN EDIBLE OF MARIJUANA, COCAINE, HEROIN OPIATES. IT WAS KIND OF BLEW MY MIND A LITTLE BIT SO HERE'S WHERE WE KIND OF START BUILDING THAT BASE. HERE'S WHERE WE GIVE THEM THAT EARLY EDUCATION. OF WHAT ADDICTION IS WHAT DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS TO THEM. WHAT ALCOHOL IS HOW YOUR BRAIN IS STILL DEVELOPING OVER. IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL UP UNTIL YOU'RE 25. AND WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THESE OUTSIDE CHEMICALS IN YOUR BODY STUFF IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS STUFF THAT THEY NEVER KNEW. THEY JUST THOUGHT I'D JUST TAKE IT.

IF I FEEL DIFFERENT. I FEEL DIFFERENT WITH THAT. I'M GONNA BE BACK TO NORMAL. WE DO THIS WORK ALONGSIDE TARA LATHROP WITH THE OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY. THERE THERE ARE PARTNERED WITH THIS AND THIS PROGRAM WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM. THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO THIS PROGRAM IT'S A FOUR WEEKS ONE DAY A WEEK PROGRAM AND WE START OFF SLOW.

WE START OFF WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE . WE KIND OF GET WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND WE KEEP, AND WE JUST KIND OF BUILT IT ALONG. UM WE BRING IN DR PHILLIPS, WHO IS ON THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE MEDICAL BOARD. HE EXPLAINS WHAT DRUGS IS TO THE BODY. WE KIND OF KEEP EVERYTHING IN THAT AGE KIND OF RANGE. UM TRY TO MAKE IT INTERACTIVE WHERE THEY ARE OUR UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS IS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT GOES OVER THEIR HEAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPREHENDING THINGS. SO WE HAVE TEST WEEKLY. UH, REVIEWS.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WHEN WE BRING IN, LIKE OUTSIDE PEOPLE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE NO KIDS GONNA BE ABLE TO LEARN LIKE WONDER ABOUT THIS EDUCATION INJURES ONE WAY. LOOK, I MIGHT HAVE A GROUP OF KIDS THAT MAYBE TAKE TO ME IN THE WAY THAT I TEACH IT, BUT I MIGHT HAVE A GROUP THAT DOESN'T TAKE TO ME AND JUST DOESN'T COMPREHEND IT. THAT'S WHY I HAVE

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A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS KIND OF HELPING ME A LITTLE BIT. WE DO DIFFERENT APPROACHES. ONE OF THE APPROACHES IS WE ACTUALLY DO TESTIMONIALS, AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF IT BECAUSE KIDS SOMETIMES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT EMOTION. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DANGER. WHAT WE BRING SOMEBODY IN TO TALK TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT ABOUT LONG TERM RECOVERY. UM, THIS IS A PERSON THAT WAS AN ADDICT, AND IT HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR YEARS. AND THAT WAS WORKING IN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ALSO BRING IN A MOM WHO LOST THEIR CHILD TO DRUGS. WHEN THEY HEAR THIS. IT KIND OF MAKES THAT CONNECTION A LITTLE BIT LIKE OH, SO MY PARENTS, THEY THEY START TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE DANGER IS A LITTLE BIT. IF THEY WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, OR TAKING IT AS SERIOUSLY BEGINNING NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE KIND OF REAL THE MIDDLE OF IT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOW. WELL, HOW COME YOU DIDN'T KNOW AND WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT WERE THE SIGNS? SO HERE'S WHERE WE KIND OF GET THEM AND WE KIND OF GET THAT CONNECTION. UH FROM THERE WE BRING IN OUR CANINE OFFICER WHO DOES A LOT OF DRUGS UP WITH HIS DRUG DOG. HE EXPLAINS TO THE KIDS HOW WE FIND DRUGS AND WHAT IT IS. SO IT'S ALL JUST A BUILDING OF IT. AND JUST TO KIND OF GET THEIR BASE KNOWLEDGE LIKE THIS IS WHAT IT IS. THESE ARE THE DANGERS FOR IT. ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I THINK WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS A BIG I THINK A BIG OBSTACLE AND EVEN WITH MY KIDS IS EVERYTHING WOULD BE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYTHING BEING ONLINE. PEER PRESSURE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION. I THINK THEY ARE LEARNING LATER ON IN LIFE THAN WHEN WE ALL LEARNED AS KIDS. UM SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE NORMALLY GO TO A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S FALSE AND BUT IT HAD HARFORD TECH DO IT. UM WE HAVE THE DRAMA KIDS COME IN, AND WE DO SKITS FOR THEM AND PEER PRESSURE SCENARIOS WHERE IT SHOWS THEM CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT BECOME INVOLVED IF THEY'RE AT A PARTY. WHETHER IT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL OF THE STRENGTH HAD TO SAY NO AND HOW TO SAY NO BUT NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE LEFT OUT. UM A LOT OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE MAKING THESE WRONG, WRONG DECISIONS. IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FIT IN. THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT FEELING OF BEING A PART OF A GROUP AND FRIENDS AND MAKING THAT BAD DECISION, BUT IF IT PUTS THEM IN A GROUP IS A LOT STRONGER, SO THAT'S WHY WE BRING IN PEERS A LITTLE BIT OLDER SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK UP TO THEM. TO KIND OF HELP. GIVE HIM THAT, THAT THAT STRENGTH A LITTLE BIT.

THEY SEE THESE OLDER KIDS SAYING NOW THEY SEE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE. WHY, AND THEN WITH THAT, WE ALSO LET THE KIDS DOWN LIKE INTERACT WITH IT, AND THEN THEY GET TO KIND OF PLAY ALONG WITH THE SKIN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, CERTAIN SANCHEZ IS A BIG BELIEVER IN THAT PROGRAM. HE NORMALLY GETS THE HIGHEST RATINGS BELIEVE IT OR NOT EVEN HIGHER THAN THE CANINE SOMETIMES, UM, SO THE FINAL PIECE OF OUR DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARENTS. THAT'S CERTAINLY THE HOPE HOUSE. YOU CAN'T BE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND COME THROUGH THAT, AND THEN THE PLEDGE PROGRAM THAT'S FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. BUT THE FINAL PIECE WAS OUR CORE WAS OUR CORE PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED BACK IN 2002. SO IT'S ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OLD NOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD 19 EVENTS 700 TEENAGERS HAVE WENT THROUGH THE COURT TRAILER AND WHAT THE COURT TRAILER IS. IT'S A IT'S AN INTERACTIVE. WE DECIDED TO USE TECHNOLOGY. ALL THESE KIDS ARE ON THEIR CELL PHONES ARE ON THEIR TABLETS THERE ON YOUTUBE AND TWITTER X, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED NOW. AND WE HAD TO FIND SOMETHING THAT SPOKE TO THEM. SO WHAT WE DID IS REMEMBER THOSE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE BOOKS. I KNOW I DO.

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WE ACTUALLY MADE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE VIDEOS. SO WE PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL PRODUCER HERE AND HIRED SOME PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF THREE SHORT ABOUT 12 MINUTE VIDEOS. THAT ACTUALLY TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS GOING THROUGH A PROBLEM WITH ADDICTION , WHETHER THAT BE ALCOHOL, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR MARIJUANA, AND IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU AT EACH POINT WHERE THEY WHERE THEY WENT DOWN THE WRONG PATH OR WHERE THEY WENT DOWN THE WRONG ROAD. SO THEN, AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO, THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE DEPUTIES THAT ARE THERE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY MAY HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, AND WE DO AN ASSESSMENT TEST BEFOREHAND AND ASSESSMENT TEST AFTER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT MESSAGE CLEARLY. THAT WAS PLAY AUTOMATICALLY OR DO I HIT A BUTTON? THERE WE GO.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU A CLIP THAT JUST A SHORT LIKE A TRAILER INTRO OF WHAT THESE VIDEOS WERE ABOUT, AND THE TRAILER ITSELF IS DESIGNED KIND OF INTERESTING. VERY INTERESTINGLY, IT'S SOME OF

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THE SCENES IN THE MOVIE. THERE'S A SCENE WHERE THEY'RE ALL OUTSIDE SITTING ON TREE STUMPS.

ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THEIR WORKSTATION IS THIS TREE STUMPS. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER AREA INSIDE THE TRAILER. THAT'S A CLASSROOM. UM AND ANOTHER AREA THAT'S SET UP AS A SMALL BEDROOM WITH LIKE A FUTON AREA IN THERE, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REALLY TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE, PROACTIVE STANCE TO DEALING WITH ADDICTION IN THIS COUNTY AND TRYING TO TRYING TO STEM THE TIDE AND KEEP KIDS AND KEEP PARENTS INFORMED AND KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM THESE DANGEROUS DRUGS. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US OUT TONIGHT AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MISS RUBY AND SERGEANT SANCHEZ. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. SO HOW DO WE MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE? CHERVIL GOING FORTH. THE CORE VIDEOS I THINK ARE GOING TO BE WITH PLEDGE WE JUST WE GOING BACK TO BUILDING THAT BASE. THESE CORE VIDEOS THAT CAME OUT IN 2022. I'VE DONE AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WITH 300 STUDENTS THAT GOT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT. I HAD KIDS THAT WERE OPENING UP OF ALL SORTS OF FEELINGS. THEY ONES THAT WERE DOING SELF HARM ONES THAT WERE GOING THROUGH VERY, VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS. AS WHAT ONE OF THE THREE VIDEOS AND THEY WERE AND THEY WERE OPENING UP OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH IS THEY DON'T HAVE THAT TRUSTED DELTA GO TO OR THEY DON'T THINK THEY DO. UM SO WOULD BUILD AN OFFER THAT I JUST RECENTLY DID. HAS ANYBODY HERE HEARD OF THE FREE STATE ACADEMY ON ABERDEEN. SO THAT IS A PURSE A LIKE A LAST LAST CHANCE TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL BEFORE YOU START TO GO REALLY DOWN THE WRONG PATH. A LOT OF IT. WE DO HAVE SOME HEART MECHANIC KIDS IN THERE, BUT MOST OF IT IS, UM INNER CITY AND A LOT GOING TOWARDS THE CITY. SO I WAS VERY CURIOUS WHEN THEY REACHED OUT OF WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD USE. SO I DID AN OPEN FORM 77 KIDS AND WHAT I DID WAS REALLY KIND OF GET THE GAUGE MAKE IT A VERY TRUSTED KINDA. TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RANGERS AREAS IN LIFE THAT ARE BAD FOR YOU. WHERE DO THINGS GO WRONG CERTAIN CERTAIN SITUATIONS NOW IN A HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOL SETTING, I HAVE AN IDEA OF A PERFECT CLASSROOM SETTING OF HOW IT WOULD RUN. UM AND ALSO GET THE KIDS OPENING UP WITHOUT FEELING CAUGHT UP. FRIEND KNOWS THIS OR ANY TEACHER IS GOING TO NOTICE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY THE KIDS ARE GOING TO OPEN UP ITS BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE WITH YOUR PEERS AND YOUR WITH THE TEACHER. THESE KIDS HAD NO PROBLEM LIKE OPENING UP TO ME. WE DID ALL THREE VIDEOS. SO WHAT I DID WAS PRIOR TO THE VIDEOS WE TALKED ABOUT.

THE SUBSTANCE THAT WAS GOING TO GET ABUSED IN THAT. AND WHO HERE HAS USED THAT SUBSTANCE ALREADY? SO THE VIDEO PLAYS AND THEN AT THE END, I GET THEIR REACTION FROM IT. DID THEY GO? YOU KNOW, DID THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME THING? UM WHAT WERE THEIR FEELINGS OF IT WHEN THEY USED AND WHEN THEY ENDED UP IN THE SAME KIND OF SITUATIONS NOW, WHAT'S REALLY STRONG ABOUT THESE VIDEOS THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT OVERLOOKED? AND I'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE WITH SOME TEACHERS IS THESE KIDS ARE GONNA GO THROUGH CHANGES. THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE FRIENDS ARE GOING TO CHANGE LOOKS CAN CHANGE ATTITUDES. THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY. BUT THEY ACT IN SCHOOL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. MOST OF THE TIME, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THE FIRST SEE. THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO KNOW IF THEIR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DIGITAL TIMING RIGHT NOW, UH, LIKE MOM OR DAD, LIKE MAY EXECUTE IF THEY'RE STILL HANGING OUT WITH SO AND SO AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY YEAH, BUT THE REALITY IS THE TEACHER OR THE COUNSELOR. OR THE PRINCIPAL SEES THAT MAYBE JIMMY IS NOW HANGING OUT WITH THAT BAD CAREER OVER THERE. JIMMY'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION. HE YOU KNOW HE IS IN A GOOD STUDENT. THAT COULD JUST BE LIFE IN TEAM CHANGES, BUT MOST LIKELY SOMETHING'S GOING ON. UM AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE AS EDUCATORS POLICE THAT'S WHERE THAT TRUSTED ADULT COMES IN. AND MAYBE EXPOSE. ASK THOSE EXTRA QUESTIONS, AND YOU KNOW THAT'S WHEN THEY MIGHT OPEN UP TO YOU. MAYBE GET THAT EARLY PREVENTION. OR MAYBE THEY ALREADY MADE THAT BAD DECISION AND THEY ARE USING, BUT THEY'RE STILL EARLY ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN GET THEM BACK PRETTY QUICKLY. AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THESE VIDEOS IS YES. IT'S GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE SUBSTANCE AND ITS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO, YOU KNOW TO YOUR BODY. HOWEVER AND I'LL GO TO THE ALCOHOL ONE. IT'S ABOUT THIS KID WHO'S HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS PARENTS AT HOME. ONE PARENTS A DRINKER, AND THEY CONSTANTLY FIGHT OUT LOUD. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS WORK THE ROAD FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S A VERY FREQUENT CALL THAT ICE TO GO TO ALL BECAUSE IN THIS SCENARIO, HE WENT TO THE ALCOHOL. YES. SO WE'RE GONNA TEACH HIM ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT KID MIGHT GO STRAIGHT TO SUICIDE. THAT KID MIGHT GO INTO THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, SELF HARM AND OTHER DRUGS. I THINK BY SHOWING THESE KIDS, THE VIDEOS AND THE CERTAIN SITUATIONS YES, THEY'RE GOING TO GET EDUCATED ON THE SUBSTANCE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEIR BODY. BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE A KID THAT'S RESERVED. THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAYBE OPEN

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UP, BUT HE'S GOING THROUGH THAT. AND NOW HE'S LEARNING ABOUT THIS SITUATION. LIKE OKAY, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE. I CAN FIND THAT TRUST THAT BUILT. I CAN GO TO SOMEBODY. I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE THAT PATH. LIKE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE DEALING WITH THIS. UM THAT'S WHERE I THINK IF THEY START TO SEE THE SITUATIONS AND YES. THE GOAL IS TO TEACH HIM ABOUT THE DRUGS AND THE SUBSTANCE OF IT. BUT THIS IS ALSO CHEATING LIFE EXPERIENCES. THIS IS LIKE SHOWING THEM IN SITUATIONS IN LIFE. THESE ARE SITUATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT COME AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A SPORTS INJURY AND THEY MIGHT GET PRESCRIBED. UH MEDICATION THAT THEY MAY GET ADDICTED TO UM, AND THERE'S A NATURAL FLOW TO CERTAIN THINGS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ALWAYS GO DOWN THAT ONE PATH THEY MIGHT MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE, BUT IT MIGHT GO STRAIGHT TO THAT SELF FARMING AND SUICIDE. SEVEN. I'M BIG WITH THE PLEDGE PROGRAM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IS THE MARYLAND YOU SURVEY IF ANYBODY FOLLOWS THE MARYLAND, YOU SURVEY WE'VE BEEN ON THE STATE AVERAGE.

IT WAS PRETTY CONSISTENTLY KIND OF GOING UP JUST SLIGHTLY. WHEN WE HAD COVID YEARS IT SPIKED.

ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS ONCE THE SCHOOL STARTED OPENING UP IN THESE PROGRAMS STARTED TO START AGAIN. WE STARTED TO SEE A DECREASE AND BECAUSE KIDS NOW ARE LEARNING THEY ARE GETTING AN EDUCATION. UM HOWEVER, CERTAIN THINGS HAVE CONTINUED TO GO UP. THE SUICIDE THOUGHTS. UM, THE BULLYING AND IN A LOT OF IT CAN BE KIND OF TIED INTO THESE VIDEOS TO SHOW THEM THAT THAT A WAYS OF DEALING WITH IT AND GO INTO THAT TRUSTED YOU KNOW THAT TRUSTED ADULT MOTHER IS A TEACHER, COUNSELOR. SOMEBODY LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER. THAT'S WHY THESE VIDEOS I THINK ARE GREAT WITH THE CORE. AND WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FIT PERFECTLY WITHIN THEM. I DO HAVE A PLAN OF GETTING IT INTO A SCHOOL, UM, DOING LIKE A LITTLE TRIAL PROGRAM TO SEE KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE PLEDGE AND JUST TO SEE HOW A CLASSROOM TAKES TO IT, THAT'S ALL. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ON CHART FOR, UM, WHAT IS THE AS UPDATE FOR THE DATA THERE THAT I'M SURE THAT'S SO THAT'S A THAT'S A LITTLE DATED. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUNE? YEAH IT WILL UPDATE. WE CAN. I CAN SEND YOU UPDATED CHART ONCE WE HIT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE KIDS? OR UNDER 18. VERY FEW. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S UM AND I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATA. BUT YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR, MAYBE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE AROUND 1716 17 YEARS OLD, BUT THANKFULLY, THANKFULLY, KNOCK ON WOOD KNOCK ON THE DEPTHS DEFICIT. YEAH DEATHS DEATHS. WE'VE ONLY HAD A FEW THAT WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. UM AND THEN THE NON FATAL OVERDOSES I WOULD GATHER. I WOULD BET IT'S RIGHT NOW LESS THAN 3. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DO YOU TOUCH LIKE IN A YEAR? YOU TRY TO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE HCPS STUDENT MIGHT HAVE. WHAT IS THAT, LIKE? CENTER VARIES MY JOB TITLE. I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT DUTIES, SO THIS IS ALL SECONDARY STUFF WHEN WE WHEN I LOOK AT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, FOR INSTANCE, I DID AT, UM, YOUTH BENEFIT IN I BELIEVE IT WAS MADE, UM AND CERTAIN TIMES OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S VERY HARD TO RUN A PROGRAM, SCHOOL SPORTS AND DRAMA STUFF, AND THEY JUST HALF THE SCHOOL STUFF. THAT CLASS WAS VERY DIFFICULT. EVERY CLASS I HAD 5 TO 8 PEOPLE MISSING OR GETTING PICKED UP EARLY. UM THE BEST MONTH REALLY, TO RUN IT OR IN THE WINTER, WHERE THERE'S NOT MUCH ON THE CALENDAR, BUT WE DEAL WITH POTENTIAL WEATHER DAYS. SO THIS YEAR I HAVE IN JANUARY STARTS OUR NEXT ONE, WHICH IS A FOUNTAIN GREEN AND THEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER ONE IN FEBRUARY, AND THAT'S FOR THE PLEDGE PROGRAM PROGRAM. UM, THE COURT THAT COULD BE YOU REALLY CAN'T. I DID 300 STUDENTS AT HARVARD TECH, BUT WHEN WE BRING THESE TO THESE COUNTY UM, EVENT. I HAVE KIDS JUST CONSTANTLY COMING IN. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET BIG, BIG NUMBER, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT I HAD A QUESTION. UM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE EDWARD ABERDEEN ROUTE 40 CARD, OR ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THAT AREA? SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PLEDGED PROGRAMS DOWN THERE, AND IT'S A LITTLE YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE MUNICIPAL AGENCIES ABERDEEN AND HAVE A GRACE. THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT AS LARGE AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OR THE ABILITIES TO RUN, YOU KNOW, FIVE MEMBER COMMUNITY POLICE UNIT THAT CAN DEDICATE THAT KIND OF TIME AND EFFORT TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. BUT WE GO TO EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY WITH THE WITH THE PLEDGE PROGRAM, AND THAT'S ONE THING, TOO IS A LOT OF TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU MAY SAY THE PLEDGE PROGRAM MAYBE CHURCH CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, BUT THERE MAY BE ONLY 15 OR 16 KIDS FROM THAT SCHOOL, AND YOU MAY GET 10 FROM SOME OF THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS THAT COME, SO IT'S OPEN TO ANY STUDENTS IN THE COUNTY. HOW FAMILIAR ARE YOU WITH THE CLUBHOUSE? ASHLEY THAT HAS THESE PROGRAMS AT EVERYTHING IN MIDDLE AND ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL. I AM

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FAMILIAR WITH MARCUS WEBSTER. WE ARE. WE ARE ON A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ACTUALLY WITH WITH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE RUN THAT THAT'S GOING UP ON WEDNESDAY, SO ONE OF THE PLANS IS TO GET OUR PLEDGE IN THERE. UM, THAT'S STILL WORKING OUT AGES TIMEFRAMES BECAUSE THAT BEING IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TO KIND OF PLAN THERE TO GET. IT'S NOT LIKE A SCHOOL CALENDAR WHERE WE CAN GET THE SAME KIDS EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

THAT KIND OF FLUCTUATES SOMETIMES, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ME AND MARK IT'S GOING TO WORK WITH IN THE SPRING AND MAYBE TRY TO GET A SUMMER PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS. SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TO SUPPORT OUR YOUR WORK LIKE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU AND YOU SUPPORTING US. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR SAFETY. THANK YOU GUYS. SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT . THANKS FOR HAVING US HAVE A GREAT DAY TO MERRY CHRISTMAS REALITIES BROUGHT THE WAY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I LIKE TO SEE THAT.

NO YOU'RE NOT ONLY GAUGING WITH STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT AGE, BUT ALSO PARENTS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND I THINK SCHOOLS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO EDUCATE RIGHT ON ON DRUG USE AND PREVENT DRUG USE. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE PLEDGE PROGRAM IS AFTER SCHOOL. I'D LIKE TO SEE US WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A WAY TO DO SOMETHING DURING SCHOOL HOURS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OR IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT A WAY TO GET INTO ESPECIALLY ELEMENTS ELEMENTARY, RIGHT? UM SO THAT IT'S NOT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH AFTER SCHOOL, SO JUST MAYBE YOU CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THAT TURN. A BIG HICCUP IS THE JUST JUST GETTING IT APPROVED WITH THE USE OF FACILITIES. ALSO IT'S VERY BEEN DENIED A FEW TIMES. CERTAIN THINGS. UM BUT IT'S THAT'S THAT. THAT'S A FUTURE MEETING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO COME WITH, TOO NARROW DOWN. SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE KIND OF WANT TO DO. AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GOT THE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD OUTSIDE PRESENTERS COMING FORWARD FOR THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING FOR FUTURE. TALK FOR SURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU. MY QUESTION WAS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE IN THE EDGEWOOD JOPPATOWNE AREA? THIS IS ALL THERE. IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF, UM MISCONCEPTIONS THAT THEY'RE HEAVILY, I GUESS. BEING UM, SURVEYED BY THE POLICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THEY MAY NOT BE WILLING TO COME TO YOU FOR THESE PROGRAMS. NOW WE OFFER EVERYTHING THAT WE OFFER, ESPECIALLY ON MY END WITH THE EDUCATED. I OFFERED TO EVERYBODY I TRY TO MAKE ACTUALLY MOST OF OUR EVENTS THAT THE HOPE TRAIL IN THE COURT GOES THROUGH. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 40 CORD. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR OUR REQUEST, CONFIRM THAT'S SO THAT'S JUST NATURALLY HAPPENS. BUT WHEN I DO THE PLEDGE PROGRAM, I TRY TO KEEP IT LIKE NORTH, SOUTH OR CENTRAL THAT I TRY TO GET IT AS MUCH AS I CAN, AND WE DO A LOT WITH THE EDWARDS BOYS CLUB. UM SO WE'VE WE WE'VE DONE A LOT.

IT'S JUST DIDN'T GET ANY PARTICIPATION. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS JUST TO GET MORE PEOPLE.

WHO REPLACED MCGRUFF, THE CRIME DOG. HE'S STILL THERE. GOOD STILL HAVE IT AND WE HAVE A PLATFORM ALRIGHT, PRESCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTEN. IF YOU WANT TO COME AND WHERE TO SHOOT. LET ME KNOW WE HAVE A LOT. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY CUT IT OFF HERE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT WE WILL BE FOLLOWING BACK UP WITH YOU SEPARATELY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER MORE CLOSELY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU FORGOT. WAIT AND OH, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE SO I FORGET THEY'RE HERE. NO THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION. YEAH, EXPRESS THAT. I'M CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORTS BY THE HARVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND YOU KNOW THIS EFFORT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW HOW YOU ARE. YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY TRYING TO GET AFTER DRUG ABUSE. DRUG ABUSE IS NOT NEW IN MAY HAVE SHIFTED CHANGED. UM BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GENERATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE DEALT WITH THIS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. BUT THE EFFORTS THAT YOU WERE PUTTING FORTH WILL ALRIGHT, OR STUDENTS SEE THAT IN THE GRAPH IN HARFORD COUNTY, YOU ARE YOU'RE LEADING THE WAY AND I'M JUST I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT TO US. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANKS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

[C. Presentation on Swan Creek School, Mr. Mark Truszkowski, Principal, Swan Creek School, Ms. Lorien Covelly, Assistant Principal, Swan Creek School, and Ms. Becky Pensero, Coordinator of Supplemental Instruction]

THANK YOU. OKAY MOVING ON TO ITEM C PRESENTATION ON SWAN'S CREEK SCHOOL. SORRY TIME TWISTER . WELCOME MR MARK TURZANSKI PRINCIPLE AND PLEASE. UH PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POYNTON VICE PRESIDENT HAN SUPERINTENDENT BOLSON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I'M MARK TRICKOVSKI. THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE WAS THAT ASSISTED THE PRINCIPLE OF SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. AND I HAVE WITH ME TODAY. THE COORDINATOR OF SUPPLEMENTAL

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INSTRUCTION FOR HARVARD CAME PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECKY PENSA ROW AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF SWAN CREEK SCHOOL, MR LAUREAN, COVELLI. UM WE BRING YOU AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT HOW HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS REIMAGINED AND REDESIGNED ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. FOR MANY OF YOU. THIS WILL BE A REVIEW. WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OF YOU OUT AT OUR SCHOOL TO SEE IT IN ACTION. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN, PLEASE KNOW THAT AN INVITATION IS FORTHCOMING. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU OUT BEFORE THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER. WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATION OUTCOMES THIS EVENING. IT'S AMBITIOUS FOR A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH THAT, BUT THEY ARE LISTED HERE FOR YOU. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO. BY THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW HCPS INTERPRETS AND DEFINES ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. LEARN HOW HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REIMAGINED AND REDESIGNED ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION . YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW SWAN CREEK SERVES VARIOUS UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS WITHIN HARFORD COUNTY. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. SO REALLY, TO START WE WANT TO GO WITH WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE USED NOW IN HARFORD COUNTY? IT'S BEFORE YOU THERE, BUT A PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR STUDENTS WHO DESIRE NEED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL SETTING. NOW, THIS INCLUDES STUDENTS THAT HAVE EXCELLED IN NONTRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, SOME THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CONCERNS. SOME THAT STRUGGLE WITH PEER RELATIONS OR THE SIZE JUST THE SHEER SIZE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL, SOME THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DISCIPLINE RELATED ISSUES, AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY , MANY MORE ARE STUDENTS AND THE REASONS THEY COME TO SWAN CREEK OR AS UNIQUE AS EACH OF THEM AS INDIVIDUALS. NOW TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE CERTAINLY DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAME FROM. AND TO DO THAT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS SPENCER. OH GREAT. THANK YOU, MARK. GOOD EVENING. MARK MENTIONED I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY KIND OF BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED IN THE CREATION OF SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. UM AND I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE MOST OF THE BOARD IS NEW, I'M GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2018 TO WHERE WE STARTED. SO THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WAS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL BACK IN 2018, AND I'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED DOWN AT MY COMPUTER BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A MOUTHFUL.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN 24,021 SCHOOL YEAR WE CAME BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST A NAME CHANGE TO WHAT IS NOW SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. UM SO A E P, WHICH IS SHORT FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM IN 2018 WAS A SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS, AGES OR STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12, AND AT THAT TIME, SOME STUDENTS CAME TO SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. SOME STUDENTS STUDENTS CAME TO SCHOOL IN THE EVENING FOR ABOUT ONE OR TWO HOURS PER WEEK. AND THEY WERE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS GET BACK ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION, AS WELL AS OVERCOME SOME OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS THAT THEY WERE MORE HURDLES THAT THEY WERE CHALLENGED IN THEIR LIFE AT THE TIME. EXCUSE ME. ALSO IN 2018, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP CHANGES NOT ONLY AT THE DISTRICT BUT ALSO AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH ALLOWED THE NEW VISION FOR WHAT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION COULD LOOK LIKE IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT TO THE SPRING OF 2019 LEADERSHIP SAT DOWN WEEK AFTER WEEK, THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED WITH THE PROGRAM WHERE WE WANTED TO SEE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, HARFORD COUNTY SO AS WE BEGAN LAYING OUT WHAT WAS EXISTING THEN AND WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A REALLY LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THAT ROAD WAS WINDY. SOME THAT THERE WAS HILLS AND DIPS AND VALLEYS. UM AND THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE OUR JOURNEY STARTED. SO THROUGHOUT THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE KNEW THAT NOT EVERYTHING AT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION WAS BROKEN. WE KNEW THAT SOME THINGS JUST NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED OR SHIFTED, BUT OTHER THINGS NEEDED TO BE TRANSFORMED COMPLETELY OR RECREATED TO MEET THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE WERE SERVING. SO ALONG THE WAY, WE IDENTIFIED THREE MAJOR AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON. THE FIRST ONE WAS PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF LEARNERS AND LEARNING. WE ALSO WANTED TO OFFER FLEXIBILITY AND WE ALSO WANTED TO SUPPORT A WIDER RANGE OF STUDENTS, THOSE WITH MAYBE SCHOOL ANXIETY AND ILLNESS. UM OUR SECOND AREA FOCUS WAS ON THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. SO IF YOU WALKED INTO A P IN 2018, THE BUILDING IS OLD. IT'S NO SECRET, BUT IT WAS GRAY. YOU KNOW, THE WALLS WERE GRAY. THERE WAS NO COLOR. THINGS WERE OUTDATED AND THERE WERE NO BULLETIN BOARDS IN THE HALLWAY. SO WE WERE REALLY WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS TO PRIDE IN THAT THAT WAS THEIR SCHOOL. UM AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS THE SCHOOL CULTURE. SO BACK IN 2018 90% OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION WHERE THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE PLACED THERE ADMINISTRATIVELY. MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE THERE BASED ON BEHAVIOR. BUT EVEN ALONG THE FIRST YEAR BEFORE MAJOR CHANGES TOOK PLACE, JUST A FEW MINOR CHANGES, WE INCREASE THAT TO 70% WHO ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE THERE.

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SO. THEY WERE SENT TO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. BUT WHEN WE GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AND STARTED MAKING THESE CHANGES, THEY STARTED WANTING TO STAY THERE, NOT EVEN GOING BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL IN 2018, AND BEFORE STUDENTS WERE UNIFORMS, BLACK SHIRTS AND KHAKI PANTS. THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY VIEWED AP IN A VERY NEGATIVE LIGHT, AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WERE JUST GETTING BY DAY TO DAY WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. SO THE BIG QUESTION HOW DID WE GET HERE? THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE VERY OVERWHELMING, AND I COULD PROBABLY TAKE AN HOUR ON EACH OF THEM. BUT I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME TONIGHT. SO OVER THE NEXT THAT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OF 2019 WE WENT ON VISITS TO OTHER SCHOOLS. WE WENT TO OTHER DISTRICTS, ALL THAT WERE OFFERING BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. WE ALSO MET WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EVERY SINGLE OFFICE WITH IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME LISTED HERE. UM ON THE SLIDE WE MET WITH TRANSPORTATION, HUMAN RESOURCES CURRICULUM, BUDGET OPERATIONS, STUDENT SERVICES. UM WE ACTUALLY MET SO OFTEN THAT A SWAN CREEK TASK FORCE WAS DEVELOPED THAT MET WEEKLY.

BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS BASICALLY TRANSFORMATION IS BASICALLY OPENING A BRAND NEW SCHOOL. SO AFTER NAILING DOWN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WANTED TO SEE IN OUR PROGRAM. WE ACTUALLY ALSO CREATED A NUMBER OF FOCUS GROUPS SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE. WE WANTED THEM TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC INSIGHT ON WHAT OUR PLAN WAS AND GET ALL OF THEIR INPUT. THESE FOCUS GROUPS ALSO ASSISTED US IN SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION WHICH WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. UM IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAM. AND AS THESE FOCUS GROUPS AND TASK FORCE MET, WE CAME UP WITH CONSIDERATION AFTER CONSIDERATION AFTER CONSIDERATION SO AGAIN, WE CAN'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. BUT I CIRCLED A FEW TO FOCUS ON AND I'M JUST GONNA PICK ONE BECAUSE OF TIME BUT CURRICULUM SO WE'RE THINKING BACK 2018 19. WE WEREN'T REALLY USING A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS WE ARE NOW IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, SO OUR CONCERN AND OUR CONSIDERATION WAS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS IN SWAN CREEK SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE SAME INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM? AS OUR STUDENTS IN BRICK AND MORTAR. AND WE ALSO WEREN'T USING AS MUCH WEB CONFERENCING LIKE TEAMS. UM SO SOME, YOU KNOW, COVID KIND OF SPED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR US, BUT THESE WERE KIND OF THE CONSIDERATIONS BACK IN 2018. AND THE LAST OF THESE OVERWHELMING SLIDE IS JUST SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. SO EVERY TIME WE MET THE CONSIDERATION JUST CAME UP AND CAME UP. SO I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THESE HERE TONIGHT, SO YOU COULD SEE ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT WENT INTO THE PLANNING. SO FROM THE WORK IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS, WE BEGAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT PROGRAM DESIGN. UM WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES THAT COULD SERVE STUDENTS WHERE THE TRADITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL WAS NOT WORKING FOR THEM. UM SO AT THIS POINT AGAIN, 2018 19. WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 THAT QUICKLY CHANGED AFTER AFTER THE PANDEMIC , BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS TAKING, UM, EXPLORING TIERED SCHEDULING. SO SOME STUDENTS COMING IN AT SEVEN, LIKE A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME COMING IN AT NINE. WE'RE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT REMOVING THE FULL YEAR COURSE SEQUENCE AND MOVING TO A SEMESTER RISED COURSE SEQUENCE.

SO STUDENTS CAN RECLAIM CREDITS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOST. WE ALSO LOOKED AT EXPANDING SOME COURSE OFFERINGS LIKE ART, WORLD LANGUAGE AND WORK EXPERIENCES. BUILDING IN PERSONALIZED LEARNING TIME FOR STUDENTS, WHICH WAS TIME FOR STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THEIR PEERS. WORK WITH THEIR TEACHERS, UM WORK WITH OR SEEK COUNSELING AND RESOURCES. WE ALSO WORKED ON ADDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE A NURSE PRACTITIONER, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST OUTSIDE COUNSELING AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPECIALIST AND FINALLY BUILDING IN SOCIAL TIME FOR KIDS. SO CREATING ELECTIVES AND CLUBS AGAIN THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG STUDENTS. THE NEXT AREA OF FOCUS WAS THE SCHOOL APPEARANCE. UM. AS A KIND OF DESCRIBED EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES HERE. THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO WELCOMING ENTRYWAY. IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THE TV AND ALL THIS STUFF MEMBERS AND THEIR BACKGROUNDS LISTED ON THERE. UM, THE COURTYARD WAS CLEANED UP. PICNIC TABLES WERE PURCHASED THE GYM FLOORS WAXED UP, THE HALLWAYS WERE BRIGHTENED UP. UM AND THE CAFETERIA, WHICH WAS ONCE USED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF AROUND HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE STUDENTS OF SWAN CREEK SCHOOL, SO THEY WERE THEY NOW HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR LEARNING SPACES AND GO AND SOCIALIZE AND HAVE LUNCH IN A CAFETERIA. SO OUR FINAL FOCUS WAS OUR SCHOOL CULTURE, SO AS LEADERSHIP WORK, DONE, GETTING TO KNOW THE STAFF AND STUDENTS, WE DID FIND THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF FELT ISOLATED AND NOT PART OF THE REST OF THE SYSTEM AT ALL TIMES. SO THE

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ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO KNOW THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS. THEY WERE VERY INTENTIONAL AND TRANSPARENT WITH THEM AS ALL THESE CHANGES WERE COMING ALONG. THEY ALSO MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE VISIBLE TO STAFF AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND CONDUCTED A NEEDS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO HELP SHAPE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAPPEN TO BENEFIT EACH GROUP. SO TO MELD THE NEW STAFF, WHICH WAS OUR E LEARNING SIDE TO THE EXISTING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION STAFF. WE KICKED OFF OUR FIRST WEEK OF FEEDING IN 2021. UM WITH ALL TEACHERS AND PER PERSON FOCUSING ON TEAM BUILDING SCHOOL SPIRIT, AND THEN TEACHERS AND STAFF SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME COMING UP WITH THE VISION, THE MISSION OF THE NEW SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. SO THIS TIME I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK OVER TO MARK SO HE CAN TAKE YOU ON THE JOURNEY OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

YES SO WE'RE IN YEAR THREE OF HIS EXISTENCE NOW AS SWAN CREEK SCHOOL, UM, WE OFFER TO BLENDED PROGRAMS. ONE IS AN E LEARNING PROGRAM. ONE IS A HYBRID PROGRAM. I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT AS BECKY REFERENCE WE DO USE HTTPS CURRICULUM WITH HCPS TEACHERS ARE CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS A LITTLE OVER 600 STUDENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. WE PUT 700 BY THE TIME WE GET TO SPRING WILL BE CLOSER TO 700 STUDENTS. AND RIGHT NOW THAT REPRESENTS 41 OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS, THOSE NUMBERS OF ACTUAL CURRENT ENROLLMENT WAS PROBABLY FROM A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SO THAT IS BEEN ADJUSTED NOW TO LOOK AT OUR TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AN E LEARNING E LEARNING PROGRAM , WHICH IS KATE. I'M SORRY, GRADES TWO THROUGH 12, SO WE SERVE AS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THAT IS SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION. FIVE DAYS A WEEK AGAIN, IT'S HCPS. TEACHERS USING HCPS CURRICULUM ARE HYBRID PROGRAM. UM THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN EXISTENCE OF THIS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE EMBARKED ON A NEW HYBRID MODEL IN WHICH IT'S GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, AND WE HAVE STUDENTS IN PERSON TWO DAYS A WEEK, AND THEY ARE TAKING SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION FROM THEIR TEACHERS THROUGH TEAMS TWO DAYS A WEEK. AND THEN THERE'S ONE DAY OF A SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION WHERE TEACHERS HAVE OFFICE HOURS. STUDENTS HAVE PERSONALIZED LEARNING TIME THEY CAN ACCESS THEIR TEACHERS. MANY OF OUR TEACHERS USED THAT TIME TO HAVE STUDENTS MAKE UP WORK OR MISSED CONTENT THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED. DURING THE WEEK AND AGAIN BOTH PROGRAMS UTILIZE HCPS CURRICULUM AND HCPS TEACHERS. I MEET MONTHLY WITH ALL ALTERNATIVE LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER HYBRID PROGRAM THAT IS LIKE OURS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MARYLAND WE RECENTLY PRESENTED AT A NATIONAL ALTERNATIVE CONFERENCE IN TAMPA, AND WE COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER PROGRAM. THAT SORT OF IS MODELED AFTER THAT HYBRID PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF INTEREST IN IT, THOUGH, SO WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING MANY OTHER ELIA'S FROM AROUND THE STATE TRYING TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND TO TALK ABOUT WHO ARE STUDENTS ARE ON ALL TURNED OVER TO MRS CAVALLO. OH NO, I'M NOT YET, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT AS SWAN CREEK. WE HAVE A FIT ASSESSMENT WHOSE MIND WAS IN THE ROOMS OVER HERE? UM WHO'S MAN? WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM EVALUATION THAT WAS DONE. BUT WHAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IS THAT, UM THERE IS A MODEL OF WHAT THE ATTRIBUTES OF AN EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL LEARNER ARE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THE ATTRIBUTES ARE TO MAKE THEM HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT FIT ASSESSMENT IS NOW PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS. UM IT IS A SELF SURVEY, BUT WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY TO USE HEAVY TUTORING. WE HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES. WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER PARTNERSHIPS. WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE RESOURCES THAT OTHER HCPS SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE. BUT WE DO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR SCHEDULES. SMALLER CLASS SIZES A LITTLE MORE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION FOR STUDENTS. WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BRIGHTER, STRONGER FOUNDATION, WHICH IS BRAND NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH US. WE'RE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY THAT HAS THAT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW THAT BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS. AND AGAIN PERSONAL LEARNING TIME, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS CAVALIER FOR WHO ARE STUDENTS ARE THANK YOU. SWAN CREEK STUDENTS REPRESENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SOME COME TO US THROUGH HOME AND HOSPITAL THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS THROUGH THE I E P PROCESS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS COME TO US THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY APPLICATION PROCESS. UM A LOT OF FAMILIES SEEK OUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN JUST MIGHT LEARN A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. THEY MIGHT NEED THAT. THAT DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT . UM THEY MAY BE SEEKING THAT SMALLER CLASS SIZE. THE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING ACCELERATED LEARNING FOR THEIR CHILD PERSONALIZED LEARNING TIME. THE CREDIT RECOVERY, THE CONTINUITY OF LEARNING FOR TRANSIENT STUDENTS THE WINDOW FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE APPLICATION TO SWAN CREEK OPENS NEXT MONTH. THIS WILL BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH HCPS COMMUNICATIONS AND THE APPLICATION WINDOW WILL REMAIN

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OPEN FOR SIX WEEKS. FAMILIES WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MARCH REGARDING THEIR ACCEPTANCE TO THE PROGRAM. FOR BOTH HYBRID AND THE LEARNING STUDENTS. WE OFFER A VARIETY OF IN PERSON CURRICULAR EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES STUDENT FAMILY ORIENTATION WELCOME MEETINGS. REQUIRED TESTING IN PERSON FIELD TRIPS AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. OPTIONAL FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING LEARN WITH ME AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A COMMUNITY CULTURE FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. BUILDING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND PROVIDING PERSONALIZED FAMILY AND STUDENT SUPPORT. WE HAVE A LOT OF UNIQUE ONBOARDING AND PROGRESS MONITORING SYSTEMS IN PLACE. FOR ON BOARDING. WE OFFER ORIENTATIONS FOR OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS THOSE WELCOME MEETINGS.

A STUDENT RECORD REVIEW IS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMING FOR THAT STUDENT. SCHEDULES CREATED INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS ARE PUT IN PLACE. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED AND TECHNOLOGY, NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. PROGRESS IN MONITORING. UM WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR CONTINUATION IN THE PROGRAM. THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY QUARTERLY, SO WE LOOK AT DAILY ATTENDANCE. ENGAGEMENT WORK COMPLETION, MASTERY OF SKILLS AND OUR FORMAL PROCESS FOR MONITORING MIRRORS THAT OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOL, INCLUDING STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM FIVE OF FOUR AND THE I. P TEAM. TURN IT BACK OVER TO MARK FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION. SO IN YEARS ONE AND TWO, WE DID CONDUCT A FORMAL PROGRAM EVALUATION LED BY USMAN AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED HIS SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP. IN THIS . IT WAS A MULTIYEAR MIXED METHODS, COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, AND WE THERE WERE NUMEROUS PROJECTS THAT WE EMBARKED ON. UH SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED THERE. WE DID HAVE SURVEY OF FAMILIES, TEACHERS, STUDENTS. IT CAN BIND BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH. WE LOOK AT TEACHER OBSERVATION REPORTS AND WHAT REALLY WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT AS WE WERE GATHERING THE DATA AND WHOSE MIND WOULD SHARE THAT DATA WITH OUR TEAM, AND WE CAN MAKE REAL TIME CHANGES TO WHAT WE LEARNED WE NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES. UM INVOLVING STUDENTS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE THAT FAMILIES WERE HAVING THAT REPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF YOU AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PAGE AND THAT CAPSTONE REPORT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT CAPSULE AND REPORT WAS WE WANTED TO CAPTURE STUDENT VOICE AND WE WANTED TO CAPTURE PARENTS EXPERIENCES WITH SWAN CREEK. SO WE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE. WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO STUDENTS, HOMES INTERVIEWED FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS OF WE TALK VIDEO OF THEIR THEIR WORKSPACE. WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AND WE CREATED ABOUT A SEVEN MINUTE WE CAUGHT AN INFOMERCIAL, WHICH WE DO ASK FAMILIES TO VIEW BEFORE THEY APPLY TO SWAN CREEK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW THE SEVEN MINUTE INFOMERCIAL, BUT ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW WHAT CAME OUT. ALSO OUT OF THAT WAS SORT OF A 92ND COMMERCIAL USED TO SNIPPET OF WHAT SWAN CREEK IS. AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO PRESS THE BUTTON OR NOT. THERE WE GO. WELCOME TO SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPTION. SWAN CREEK STUDENTS RECEIVE FLEXIBLE LEARNING OPTIONS THAT SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESS. SWAN CREEK SCHOOL OFFERS TO BLENDED VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS TO CHOOSE FROM. STUDENTS IN SECOND GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CAN JOIN OUR E LEARNING PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS 100% VIRTUAL. STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 CAN CHOOSE FROM A FULL TIME E LEARNING PROGRAM, WHICH IS 100% VIRTUAL OR A HYBRID PROGRAM. THE HYBRID PROGRAM INCLUDES BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON LEARNING EACH PROGRAM AT SWAN CREEK SCHOOL UNIQUELY ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN AN ACADEMIC AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN BOTH PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TO STUDENTS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND STAFF. WHO SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AT SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. THE ASSESSMENT HELPS DETERMINE WHETHER THE STUDENT HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS AND SUPPORTS THAT WILL LEAD TO A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE AT SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SWAN CREEK SCHOOL. VISIT HCPS DOT ORG OR SCAN THE Q R CODE FOR A FIT ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION. MY NAME IS RACHEL NELSON. I'M A TERM FIVE. WE ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK J. BURNS AND JILLIAN LATER, WHO REALLY HELPED TO MAKE THAT VIDEO AS

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WELL AS THE SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO COME TO LIFE. WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT IN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST PROUD OF. IS. SET UP SO WELL, THAT'S THE WRONG WAY. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE GRADUATED MORE THAN 120 STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM WITHOUT THAT CHANGE OF THEIR PROGRAMMING MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH FAMILIES. HOW WE HAVE WORKED WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE OFFICE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. TOOK THE ADVICE FROM FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND HAVE REALLY JUST MADE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMEROUS KIDS LIVES. SO WITH THAT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING SWAN CREEK ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO AND WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW THERE, WHICH WAS PART OF THE REASON I WANTED YOU TO BRIEF THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD AS WELL. MELISSA WAS WAS WITH ME, TOO. I THINK THERE'S THIS PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS SORT OF A LEFTOVER COVID SCHOOL RIGHT A VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND IT'S FAR FAR FROM THAT. AND WE'RE SERVICING A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST NEED FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SO REALLY PROUD OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. WE ARE A BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE SO WE COULD JUST KINDLY ASK THAT WE KEEP THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS SHORT, PLEASE. CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? DO STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM GET PRIORITY TO KEEP THEIR SPOTS VERSUS NEW STUDENTS COMING IN? YES, A CURRENTLY OUR STUDENTS OUR FAMILIES HAVE ARE SURVEYED RIGHT NOW, AND WE ASKED FOR THEIR INTENT. UM LAUREAN MENTIONED THAT MARYLAND LAW REQUIRES US THAT WE MONITOR THEIR PROGRESS, SO THEY DO HAVE TO BE MEETING WITH SUCCESS, WHICH, AT EACH LEVEL, THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF WHAT SUCCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO WE TAKE THEIR INPUT. WE THEN LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING. BUT YES, IF STUDENTS ARE MAKING PROGRESS, AND THEY WANT TO STAY, THEY CAN STAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND AS YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ABSOLUTELY WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME AS WELL. WE LOVE THE HOST. MR SEWELL, MS COOKER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO I JUST SAY THAT I LOVE YOU GUYS LIKE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK UP THERE. UM I ENJOYED MY TOUR AND I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE CAPABILITY THAT YOUR SCHOOL CAN DO FOR US, SO JUST KEEP KEEP WORKING HARD AND DON'T DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN, YOU GUYS. OKAY IT'S 8 38 14 ALRIGHT JUST MISSING DR MUELLER.

PAGING DR MILLER. THERE WE GO. OKAY, ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE GOING TO

[D. Presentation on Proposed Inclement Weather Plan, Dr. Eric Davis, Chief of Administration, and Mr. Yakoubou Ousmanou, Manager of North Star Research and Program Evaluation]

MOVE ON TO ITEM D PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN. WELCOME DR DAVIS, CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION AND MR HUGHESMEN. WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU A LOT TONIGHT. I THINK DIRECTOR OF, UH , OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THE INCLEMENT WEATHER VIRTUAL DAY INSTRUCTION FOR 2023 2024. NOW I AM VERY FORTUNATE TODAY TO HAVE THE FAMOUS WAS YEAH, WITH ME TODAY AND HE IS HEAD OF THE GPS RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF HIS WORK. TONIGHT AND THE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO JUST FOR A LITTLE CONTEXT, UM MSD ABOUT A YEAR AGO. OPENED UP A PATHWAY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONVERT.

SOME OF THEIR IMPLEMENT WEATHER DAYS THAT THEY ALREADY HAD BLOCKED IN, UH, TO THEIR SCHEDULE THEIR CALENDARS INTO REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT OUR PLAN TO THE BOARD. IT WAS APPROVED. WE GOT IT APPROVED BY MSD. AND WHEN YOU KNOW IT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO RATHER RATHER THAN RATHER THAN BRINGING THAT PLAYING BACK TO YOU. AS IT WAS AND JUST ASSUMING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN. WE PUT A SURVEY OUT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS, AND IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY. THAT WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. TONIGHT AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU THAT THE RESULTS CAME BACK WITH OVER OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PARENTS. AND STAFF

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MEMBERS FAVORING ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. SO TONIGHT. UM TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART.

I'M GOING TO HAVE MR EASTMAN AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE SURVEY. RESULTS AND THEN THE SECOND PART VERY BRIEFLY, OLOGISTS KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR PLAN. NOW WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION. TONIGHT THE DECISION WILL ACTUALLY BE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 8TH STUDENT AS THIS WARD MEANING IS OVER WITH, WE WILL POST OUR PLAN ON THE WEBSITE. AND PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK UP UNTIL ABOUT JANUARY THE SECOND BECAUSE WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK OBVIOUSLY SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT THEN WE'LL BRING OUR PLAN BACK ON JANUARY 8TH FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR IT. SO TONIGHT IS JUST DISCUSSION WITH THAT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR TO MR MANU FOR A VERY BRIEF, YES. DATA I WILL DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY. AH SO YEAH, SO NOT HERE, RIGHT? SO I'M LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE ON MY BIRTHDAY. YEAH UM SO WE SURVEY AND YOU CAN SEE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THEM. PARENTS AND COMMUNITY AND STAFF, SO BASICALLY, WE ASKED THEM IF THEY WANT HCPS TO CLOSE ALL SCHOOL AND OFFICES OR OPTION TWO WAS IF THEY WANT TO. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO CONDUCT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION AND THAT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PARTS. SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT TIME YEAH. YEAH SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDES FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE WHO SELECTED THE OPTION FOR VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. THEN WE ASKED THEM DO THEY WANT ASYNCHRONOUS SYNCHRONOUS, BUT ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS OR OTHERS, AND WE ARE ALLOWED THEM TO COME AND AS ERIC WAS MENTIONING THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF TEACHERS AH, AND A GREAT MAJORITY OF PARENTS. DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED A SYNCHRONOUS FUTURE DAYS. HMM SO THIS IS THE AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF. WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY 2353 IS A GREAT RESPONSE RATE. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SO FORTH, AND , UH, IF YOU GO BACK ONE SMALL SO AS A TOTAL OF 75% OF RESPONDENTS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WANTED TO HAVE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. ON FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK PARENTS AND WE DID VERIFY THAT I DID WERE OUR PARENTS BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE STUDENT ID FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH EMAIL SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN 4000. 48 PARENTS ON GUARDIAN OF CURRENT CPS STUDENTS. OF 4149. 54% OF PARENTS ALSO CHOOSE. THE OPTION OF VIRTUAL INSTRUCTIONS CAN GO TO THE NEXT. SO WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, TYPICALLY FOR DATA SURVEY DATA WE REALLY USUALLY UNLESS WE HAVE TO, WE ONLY ASKED ONE QUESTION BECAUSE IF YOU ASK MULTIPLE QUESTIONS, THEY TEND TO SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. SO YOU MAKE IT BROAD SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND DIGESTER DATA. SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE PROCESS THAT WE USE. YOU CAN SEE FOR THE COMMENTS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 6000, KNOWN FOR THE TOTAL SURVEY RESPONSE FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS, 6501 BUT THEN FOR THE OPEN ENDED COMMENTS WE RECEIVED 522. FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF AND THEN OVER 1000 COMMENTS FROM PARENTS, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL OF 1532. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE CLEAN THE DATA BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST SAY THANK YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. SO WHEN WE DO THE ANALYSIS, WE REMOVE THOSE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW UH, WE CLEAN DATA THAT THE SAMPLE THAT WE USE WE USE 20% THAT WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE GROUPS. SO NEXT TIME. THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS. YOU CAN SEE THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF GAVE THEIR PREFERENCE FOR SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING. SO THIS ALIGN WITH WHAT YOU SAW FOR THE CLOSE ENDED QUESTIONS. THE COMMENTS ALIGNED VERY WELL. THERE WERE ALSO SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TEACHERS CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS WHO HAVE, UH INCONSISTENT AND UNRELIABLE

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ACCESS TO INTERNET SO THE CONCERN ABOUT AND THEN ALSO SOME TEACHERS JUST ONE STUDENT TO ENJOY THE SNOW DAYS. SO PEOPLE SAID THAT IN THE COMMENT IT CAME OVER AND OVER FOR GO TO THE NEXT. I BELIEVE THE SAME THING. ALSO FOOT BEARING BETTER AND WHY I BELIEVE THAT TRADITIONAL SCHOOL DAYS REALLY ALLOWED FOR MENTAL BREAK HEALTH NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS BUT ALSO FOR STAFF. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE SAMPLE COMMON PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED SOME CHALLENGE MANAGING CHILDREN.

ONLINE LEARNING. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO DURING COVID I HAD A FIRST GRADER ON A KINDERGARTEN AT HOME WHILE I WAS DOING MY WORK SO IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. SO PEOPLE SAID THAT YEAH. NEXT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT WAS PRETTY AGREE. THANK YOU. SO MSD THROUGH THEIR ATTESTATION PROTOCOL AND PROCESSES THEY PROVIDE. GOD WANTS TO THIS NOW AGAIN, WE SENT A SURVEY OUT AND OVERWHELMINGLY COMMUNITY WANTED TO DO A SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. AND SO NOW, AS WE LOOK AT FORMULATING OUR PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES? THE GUIDELINES ARE THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR UP TO EIGHT VIRTUAL DAYS OF INSTRUCTION. THE CAVEAT IS ONLY THREE OF THOSE DAYS CAN BE A SYNCHRONOUS. SO WITHOUT PLAN WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION. HTTPS WILL ONLY SUBMIT THREE ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS. NOW HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THE SCHOOL YEAR IS SLATED TO END ON I BELIEVED YOU. SO IF WE WERE TO USE ALL OF OUR SIXTH INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, I THINK WE WOULD END ON JUNE THE 13TH UTILIZING THESE THREE ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS OUR SCHOOL YEAR WOULD END ON MONDAY, JUNE 10TH SO AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING. NOW ANOTHER ATTESTATION THAT WE HAVE TO APPLY FORMS THE ATTENDANTS. WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT ATTENDANCE WILL BE TAKEN FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ARE WONDERFUL CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER A PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE DID LAST YEAR THAT LINKS OUR ATTENDANCE WITH ASSIGNMENTS SO NOW FROM THE OUTSET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE COUNTED PRESENT. OKAY? BUT WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WOULD BE ON CAMPUS TEACHERS WOULD UPLOAD THE ASSIGNMENTS AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE A KINDLE A GRACE PERIOD. TO COMPLETE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS. AND IF THIS ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT COMPLETED OR NOT SUBMITTED, THEN THEY WOULD BE MARKED NOT PRESENT . NOW THAT 10 DAY WINDOW OBVIOUSLY GIVES STUDENTS A LOT OF GRACE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT ALSO ADDRESSES A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. AND SO GIVING THEM THAT GRACE AND THAT 10 DAYS TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW? UM IN SOME CAPACITY. GET THE WORK DONE, WHETHER AT SCHOOL OR IN SOME OTHER CAPACITY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THAT 10 DAY WINDOW. PRE K WILL HAVE THEIR SNOW DAY BACKPACKS. THOSE ARE THE RESOURCE PACKETS AND MATERIALS SENT HOME WHERE PARENTS CAN WORK WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME. OBVIOUSLY I PS WILL BE FOLLOWED. THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE LESSONS THAT ARE UPDATED ARE ALIGNED WITH THOSE I PS. GRADES ANOTHER ATTESTATION, VIRTUAL DAYS WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENTS, GRADES AND OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE GRACE PERIOD THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, THERE WILL BE MEANINGFUL OPTIONS FOR MAKEUP WORK. ANOTHER ATTESTATION IS EMPLOYEES. NO EMPLOYEES PAY WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.

WHEN WE DO THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAVE TO CHECK OFF ON THAT, UM CUSTODIANS, FOOD, NUTRITION AND SO FORTH. NOW, THE BIGGEST ATTESTATION, THOUGH THAT MST IS LOOKING FOR IS COMMUNICATION, HOW WE WILL COMMUNICATE IF THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE IN A SYNCHRONOUS DAY, AND I MEAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL UTILIZE OUR NEW MASS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. WE HAVE OUR APP. THINGS WILL BE POSTED ON HTTPS .ORG.

PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS, BUT ONE THING THAT WE PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS AN IMPLEMENT WEATHER PAGE. IF YOU GO TO OUR HOMEPAGE NOW YOU'LL SEE THE BUTTON. ON THE HOME PAGE WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS, AND YOU WILL SEE THINGS

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ON THE PAGE. ALL THINGS IMPLEMENT WEATHER. OBVIOUSLY NOTHING IS ON THE PAGE RIGHT NOW FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING BECAUSE THE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET, BUT AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL PLACE THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEB PAGE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO DO A VIDEO STEP BY STEP FOR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BETTER. WE WILL ALSO BE CREATING A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SHEET FOR PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION UM IS ESSENTIAL IN THIS HOLE. ENDEAVOR AND AGAIN, ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON CANVAS, SO THAT'S OUR VIRTUAL DAY PLAYING IN A NUTSHELL, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING TONIGHT IS JUST A DISCUSSION. WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ON THE EIGHTH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND YOU JANUARY 2ND, WE'LL GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND PARENTS. TO HOPEFULLY GOD OR, YOU KNOW, INFORM OUR PLAN TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, MOVING FORWARD. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A BIRTHDAY. SO ONCE WE ONCE WE PRESUMABLY APPROVED THIS IN THE FIRST SUPPORTED MEETING IN JANUARY, HOW LONG BEFORE THE STATE APPROVES IT? LAST YEAR. IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. OKAY SO ANY INCLEMENT DAYS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WILL BE TRADITIONAL ADDITIONS. OKAY YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SYNCHRONOUS DAYS? NO JUST THREE ASYNCHRONOUS. SYNCHRONOUS. OKAY GREAT. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO REVIEW IT AS WELL. WE'RE NOT 30 DAYS WE HAVE, I GUESS, IN THIS CASE NEXT BOARD MEETING THREE WEEKS? YES I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ALREADY ANSWERED BY MR DOCTOR POINT IN. UM WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE THOSE ADDITIONAL FIVE VIRTUAL DATE THE SYNCHRONOUS DAYS FOR OKAY. THANK YOU. DR MILLER. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF CLOSING THE SURVEY OPPORTUNITY ON JANUARY 2ND WAS THE BEST TIMING. I MEAN, LIKE, RIGHT OVER THE HOLIDAYS. I KNOW YOU NEED TO GET IT BACK, BUT MAYBE GO LIKE A DAY LONGER, SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE OVER THE HOLIDAYS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SAYING SOMETHING WILL FORGET ABOUT IT. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. WE CAN MAKE IT ANOTHER DAY. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE EIGHTH. I GET THAT, BUT MAYBE THE THIRD LEAVING. YEAH AND THE PLANE WOULD BE ONCE WE GET THAT FEEDBACK TO MEET WITH YOU ALL IN SMALL GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN THEY TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN SO THAT ON THE EIGHTH WE REALLY MADE IT. CAPTURE WHAT WHAT WE HEARD FROM FOLKS. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A PAIN. YOU'RE NOT GOOD. SO WE'LL ADD THIS TO SMALL GROUP AS WELL. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IN SMALL GROUP IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS MEANINGFUL WORK THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED. YEAH BUT IT'S FOR ALL DIFFERENT CLASSES, ALL DIFFERENT AGES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S I MEAN, LOOK, I KNOW IT'S A SNOW DAY. I MEAN, I KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS FOR LIKE, I WANT A DAY, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S COUNTING AS AN ACADEMIC DAY, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE. WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING, YOU KNOW? IS IT 15 MINUTES WORTH OF WORK, OR IS IT HOURS WORTH OF WORK? AND I JUST AN IDEA. YEAH, SURE WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DO. ARE WE ALSO IN THE SURVEY, AND I'M NOT SURE THE ANSWER TO THIS, YOU KNOW? ARE WE ASKING WHAT PARENTS PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO HAVE THREE DAYS KIND OF SNOW DAY, ASYNCHRONOUS DAY, SNOW DAY, ASYNCHRONOUS DAY OR THREE SNOW DAYS AND THEN THREE ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS ARE WE KIND OF ASK YOUR PARENTS INPUT ON THAT? YEAH NO, WE'RE NOT. ACTUALLY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED. IT'LL JUST BE POSTED ON THE SITE WITH DIRECTION TO GET FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ABOUT IT NOW, IF THAT'S A COMMENT OR FEEDBACK THAT THEY GIVE CERTAINLY THAT'S THAT'S GREAT, BUT OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO SUBMIT IT AND WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO DICTATE WHEN THOSE PARTICULAR DAYS ARE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO ROLL OUT OF THE GATE AND JUST SAY HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE, AS DR POINT MENTIONED UM FROM THE OUTSET IF WE WOULD HAVE AN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY RIGHT AWAY , WE WOULD DO A TRADITIONAL SNOW DAY. AND ACTUALLY, AS I WAS MENTIONING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LOGISTICAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT THE VIRTUAL PROCESS. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU KNOW PEOPLE LIKE SNOW DAYS TOO. SO THAT'S WHY MAKES SURE I LIKE PLAYING IN THE SNOW. YEAH NO, AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET PLENTY OF THAT IN THE FEEDBACKS. ANYONE ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

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OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL SEE IN A FEW WEEKS. ALRIGHT. OKAY MOVING

[E. Decision on Proposed 2024-2025 Harford County Public Schools Calendar, Ms. Jillian Lader, Manager of Communications and Dr. Peter Carpenter, Director of Organizational Development]

ON TO ITEM E. THANK YOU. DECISION ON PROPOSED 2024 25 SCHOOL COUNTER. WELCOME MS. GILLIAN LATER, DIRECTOR MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND DR PETER CARPENTER, DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POYNTON. VICE PRESIDENT HAN BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU. I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MEET DR POINTERS CHALLENGE TO GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION QUICKLY. SO MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROCESS. YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A CALENDAR COMMITTEE THAT COMES TOGETHER AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PROPOSED CALENDAR. THAT GOES THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROCESS THAT STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

WE DEVELOPED THAT INITIAL PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO YOU THEN PUT IT OUT FOR 60 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THAT, THE EVENTS OF THE COMMENTS. THE FEEDBACK IS EVALUATED BY THE COMMITTEE, WHICH MANY OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF , AND THEN WE BRING THAT TO YOU WITH THOSE THAT STAKEHOLDER INPUT, EVALUATED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE UPDATES TO THE CALENDAR FOR YOU THAT TO THEN MAKE HIM TAKE A VOTE. SO JUST A REMINDER. IT STARTED ALL IN SEPTEMBER. ACTUALLY IT STARTED BEFORE THAT IN AUGUST, WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDED 37 INDIVIDUALS THIS YEAR FOR BOARD MEMBERS. 14 STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE FOR BARGAINING UNIT LEADER LEADERS AND 15 MEMBERS OF OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY. SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SPENT THE TIME DISCUSSING A TOPIC THAT WE I ALWAYS SAY WE'LL NEVER MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY BECAUSE THERE IS NO GRAY AREA WHEN IT COMES TO THE CALENDAR. THERE IS IN THE COLOR CODING, BUT NOT WHEN IT COMES TO OPENED OR CLOSED. THOSE CALENDAR REQUIREMENTS. I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM. AT THIS POINT, I INCLUDED THAT IN THE PRESENTATION FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS CONVERSATION, BUT WE DO HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF 180 STUDENT DAYS 190 TEACHER DAYS, WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS HERE AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE PAST PRACTICES, WHICH CAN BE DISCUSSED AND NEGOTIATED EACH YEAR, WHICH ARE ALSO LISTED UP THERE. AND THEN JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE INCLEMENT WEATHER CONVERSATION. THE BOARD POLICY REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE THOSE SIX DAYS BUILT INTO THAT CALENDAR.

SO THAT'S WHY EVEN IN THE CONSEQUENCE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH YOU'LL HAVE TO DECIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE VIRTUAL, UM, INSTRUCTION APPLICATION AGAIN FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S AN ANNUAL PROCESS WITH MSD, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THOSE INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS BUILT INTO EACH CALENDAR EACH SCHOOL YEAR IN ORDER TO STAY, UM STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE POLICY. SO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THIS YEAR WE DID DEVELOP A SURVEY AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. IF AND WHEN WE HAVE DONE A SURVEY. USUALLY OUR COMMUNITY HAS JUST ASKED FOR OPEN ENDED COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK. AND THEN THAT'S MANUALLY. UM ANALYZED THIS YEAR. WE HAD THE SURVEY THAT WAY IT COULD BE MORE QUICKLY ANALYZED AND ALSO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS BE CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANYONE COULD ACCESS THEY'RE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY. AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING THAT 60 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE 60 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, THE BOARD DID COME TO US, UM AND REQUEST A BOARD LEADERSHIP CAME TO US AND REQUESTED THAT WE REINSTATE THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS, SO THAT HAS OUR THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SURVEY RESULTS. SO THE SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT SEEM TO COME TO THE SURFACE WORRY REQUIREMENT OR REQUEST FROM STAFF TO ADD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I APPRECIATE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING SOMEONE SAY WE SAW THAT YOU ADDED ADDED THOSE DAYS, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR. THERE WAS ALSO REQUEST TO ADD EARLY DISMISSALS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE PULL UP THE CALENDAR. AND THEN THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND REMOVING DAYS FROM WINTER BREAK. WE HAD ADDED SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS. JUNE JUNE, JANUARY, JANUARY, 2ND AND THIRD. I BELIEVE THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED, SO THOSE WILL BE OPEN FOR SCHOOL, AND THOSE DAYS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SPRING BREAK IN ORDER TO EXTEND THAT SPRING BREAK, WHICH AGAIN WE HEARD DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU ARE STAKEHOLDERS WERE HOPING YOU WOULD CONSIDER SO YOU'LL SEE HERE A SNAPSHOT FROM THE SURVEY CONSIDERATIONS EVALUATION, THE OFFICIAL EVALUATION THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ON THE WEBSITE THAT MR USMAN WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT FOR US TAKING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THE SAME. THE SAME KEY FINDINGS CAME TO THE SURFACE VIA BAT, AS DID THOSE OF US WHO MANUALLY READ 2000 COMMENTS, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT THOSE SAME THINGS SURFACED. THE ONE THING THAT HAS ALSO BEEN MENTIONED IS A DESIRE FROM OUR

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COMMUNITY THAT WE PICK ONE START BEFORE LABOR DAY START AFTER LABOR DAY AND THEN STAY CONSISTENT WHENEVER I GET THAT INQUIRY DIRECTLY TO ME, I ALWAYS SHARE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE DO HAVE A CHANGING BOARD. AND SO EACH BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED AND DESIRED BY THE COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME, WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT STUDENT SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT. SO WE DISCUSSED ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING. WE DID ENSURE THAT THOSE NINE EARLY DISMISSALS FOR STUDENTS ONLY ARE INCORPORATED HEARING THE FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL TEACHER PLANNING TIME. NOT UM, NOT ORCHESTRATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE EDITED DECEMBER 20TH FROM AN EARLY DISMISSAL JUST FOR STUDENTS TO AN EARLY DISMISSAL FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. AND THEN ANOTHER CONVERSATION. THAT WAS WELL WE SAW THROUGHOUT BOTH CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS THE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND IT WAS EXTREMELY NICE TO HAVE SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CLOSURE.

BUT HOW CAN WE HELP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SEE AND RECOGNIZE AND AN AWARENESS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OTHER RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS, SO WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW WE CAN DO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK THE BOARD FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THIS EVENING, WHICH NOT AN OFFICIAL VOTE, BUT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT SUPPORT IS ADDING SOME OF THOSE HOLIDAYS TO OUR HANDBOOK CALENDAR IN THE SAME VEIN THAT THE PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN LISTED ON THERE. WE COULD ALSO DO THIS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ANDIZED AND ACKNOWLEDGD THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND THOSE EARLY DISMISSALS. UM THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I'LL USE MISS HANDS, TERMINOLOGY FROM THE MEETING. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DR MAC, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, WHO IS PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO MAKE SURE THAT EXISTING WORK GROUP THAT'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS HAVE MORE TIME WOULD INCORPORATE INTO THEIR CONVERSATIONS AS WELL FOR, UM, CONSEQUENT CALENDAR YEARS. BEFORE YOU IS THE PRE LABOR DAY START CALENDAR. THIS IS WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE SURVEY OF OVER 21,000 RESPONDENTS. THE MAJORITY DID REQUEST THAT WE START PRIOR TO LABOR DAY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CALENDAR TOOK ALL OF THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO ACCOUNT. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE PITS. I KNOW THAT THAT IS A LOT OF LITTLE BOXES SO I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THAT, UM, JUST TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PINK DAYS OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEAL. IS FOR STAFF, SO THOSE ARE DAYS THAT WOULD BE CLOSED TO STUDENTS OPENED A STAFF. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BEING MONDAY, THE 26TH OF AUGUST FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS. PRE K JOINS US TWO DAYS LATER SO AND THOSE PURPLE DAYS ARE PRE K DAYS AND THEN THOSE GREEN DAYS ARE HOLIDAYS WHERE THERE ARE CLOSURES. OBVIOUSLY SEPTEMBER 2ND BEING THAT LABOR DAY CLOSURE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE DARK GRAYER, EARLY DISMISSALS FOR STUDENTS ONLY SO THE AFTERNOONS AND I WILL LET DR CARPENTER SPEAK TO THOSE A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE AFTERNOONS OF THAT WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR AS WELL. WHAT DR CARPENTERS TEAM HAS INSTILLED THIS YEAR AND WILL PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE SOME TIME IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT NOW? OKAY, SO THIS YEAR WE SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF OUR RELIGIOUS MISSILES AWAY FROM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO TEACHER PLANNING FOR SIX OF OUR EARLY DISMISSALS AND SCHOOL LED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THREE.

WE REALIZED THE NEED FOR OUR PRINCIPLES TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEIR TEAMS AROUND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT INITIATIVES. SO THREE OF THOSE EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS WHERE AROUND THOSE WHICH IS MORE SCHOOL WE CALL IT SCHOOL LED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THE OTHER SIX THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. OUR TEACHER LED, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN PLAN OR MEETING TEAMS OR DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. BUT ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOT DIRECTING THE WORK OF THEIR TEACHERS DURING THOSE SIX EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS THIS YEAR. AND WE PLAN NEXT YEAR TO HAVE A SIMILAR STRUCTURE AS WELL. THANK YOU, SO YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES FROM THE INITIAL DRAFTS THAT WERE PUT OUT BEFORE THE SURVEY. THOSE JANUARY 2ND AND THIRD. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THOSE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO APRIL SO THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE A LONGER SPRING BREAK. STAFF WILL HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE 16TH AND 17TH WITH THIS CALENDAR. THE LAST DAY FOR PRE K WOULD BE JUNE 3RD. FOR MOST OTHER STUDENTS, JUNE 5TH, UNLESS WE HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LAST DAY WITH THOSE SIX INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS BUILT IN THAT WOULD BE IF IT WAS A FORECLOSURE WOULD BE JUNE 13TH FRIDAY. THE JUNE 13TH WOULD WOULD BE THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH ALL SIX INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS USED. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ASK FOR A VOTE ON THAT PROPOSAL OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. UM I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PRESENT THE POST LABOR DAY START CALENDAR AS WELL, PLEASE. YES MA'AM, SO I HAD THE

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ADDITIONAL OPTION OFFERED BY DR POINTING MISHAN AND MISS COKER AND I'M GOING TO HAND THE REINS OVER TO YOU GUYS JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO FLIP THE FLIP THE SLIDE ONE OF INFORMATION ON THAT WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH TWO. TO I MEAN, YOU'RE GIVING US SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE. SO MY QUESTION IS. HOW DO WE VOTE ON? ONE OR THE OTHER. WELL WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND TEAR YOURS AND THEN WE MOVED, MOVED AND JUST ASKING FOR THE PROCESS PRESENTED. BUT MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WE KNOW IF THERE'S A WE DO A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE A VOTE, AND THEN WE VOTE ON ONE OR THE OTHER. GO AHEAD. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME CALENDAR, UM, THAT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE PUT FORTH EXCEPT, UM, THE NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION DAYS WOULD BE FROM THE 21ST TO THE 23RD OF AUGUST AND THEN UM, THERE WOULD BE SORRY. DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE TO THE CALENDAR IMAGE FOR YOU? OR DO YOU WANT IT ON THIS SLIDE? OH, YEAH, THAT THAT IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME. THERE'S ONLY VERY FEW MINUTE CHANGES. UM. SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THE POST LABOR DAY START. SO IT WILL BE THE 21ST 22ND 23RD WOULD BE THE NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION. THE 2627, 28TH AND 29TH OF AUGUST WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHERS. UM . AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER DAY THAT WAS DIFFERENT. BESIDES THE END, I THINK IT WAS THE 20TH OF DECEMBER. IT'S IN APRIL. BECAUSE I THINK YOU ADDED A DAY TO AUGUST. THIS ONE TOGETHER IN APRIL AROUND SPRING BREAK. YES LIKE YOU ADDED TUESDAY. THE 22ND . YES WE DID. ADD TUESDAY THE 22ND. BUT DECEMBER 20TH WE ALSO MADE THAT THREE HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL FOR STUDENTS ONLY THAT WAY. THE TEACHERS HAD THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. FOR GRADING PURPOSES. AND THEN YES, WE ADDED APRIL THE 22ND FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY TO ADD AN EXTRA DAY TO SPRING BREAK FOR STUDENTS. AND THEN THE FINAL DAY FOR, UM, CLASS WOULD BE WITH NO IMPLEMENT WHETHER DAYS WOULD BE DURING THE 12TH. AND IF WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT WHETHER DAYS THE 23RD SO I APOLOGIZE. I'M REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THAT CLEARLY. UM BECAUSE THE COLORS ARE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT. SO THERE'S ONLY THREE DAYS OF PRE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S THREE FOR THE NEW TEACHERS. AND THAT WOULD BE FROM THE 21ST 22ND TO THE 23RD OF AUGUST AND THEN THE PINK DAYS WOULD BE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS FOR THE TEACHERS. AND THERE GOES OKAY, SO THEN THE FIRST RIGHT SO THAT THAT'S THE FIVE DAYS? YES, CORRECT. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, UM, PROBABLY NOT READY TO ADD ANYTHING. TERRY MISS COKER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I DO? UM AS I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONSIDER ALL THE RELEVANT AND VALID INFORMATION. UM IT'S VERY NOT ONLY MISLEADING BUT INACCURATE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE 21,000 REPLIES IN THIS SURVEY. UM SINCE THERE WAS NO IP ADDRESS IDENTIFICATION PUT IN EACH RESPONSE. WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN THIS WAS ADMITTED. AND MR GROSSMAN'S REPORT HE COULDN'T USE THE SURVEY COUNTS. HE GOT SOME GOOD COMMENTS, AND IT'S A GOOD REPORT. UM BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE VALID INFORMATION IF EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A I AND CHATBOTS ARE, AND I DON'T REALLY EITHER. UM, BUT WHEN THOSE ARE SEEN IN YOUR SURVEY, WHICH THEY WERE IN THE OPENING OF COMMENTS, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CLEANING. IT HAD TO BE DONE, SO IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THOSE WERE IN THE SURVEY. UM CLOSED ENDED QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO THE LAST VALID DATA FOR STAKEHOLDER SURVEY PREFERENCE IS 68% IN FAVOR OF A POST LABOR DAY SCHOOL START FROM LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT I'VE HEARD AND SEEN. UM MANY, UM TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID, PLEASE, PLEASE. WE NEED A POST LABOR DAY START. UM THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET FUNDED THING. UH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WROTE LETTERS TO THE BOARD IN 2022 AND RECENTLY REQUESTING A POST LABOR DAY START. THE DISCUSSION ALSO REFERENCED COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AS WELL AS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON MARYLAND TOURISM AND STATE REVENUES, WHICH MAKES SENSE. IF STATE REVENUES ARE HEALTHIER. WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF HAVING

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MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION AND A STAKEHOLDER PREFERENCE IS REALLY KEY, AND THAT WAS IGNORED. LAST YEAR TOTALLY IGNORED. IT WAS THE NUMBERS WERE ON A SLIDE THAT WAS GLOSSED OVER AND TOTALLY IGNORED. SOME OTHER COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMMENTED ABOUT THE DISCOMFORT OF STARTING EARLIER IN SCHOOL. UM MORE TIME NEEDED TO PREPARE DEVICES AND PREPARE FOR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR IN 2024. LABOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER 2ND. AND THE NEXT YEAR 2025 LABOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER 1ST BOTH VERY EARLY, SO THIS MAKES THE DECISION EASIER. WE CAN EASILY HAVE TWO CONSISTENT YEARS FOR FAMILIES TO PLAN ON WHEN LABOR DAY IS EARLY LIKE THAT. YOU REALLY DO THINK ABOUT THAT NUTS? WHAT CHANGES NOW 2026 LABOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER 8TH. IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, SO THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT DECISION, BUT FOR THE EARLY EARLY LABOR DAYS, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

REGARDING THE EXTRA FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE UNCAPPED EXAMS AND AP EXAMS. DR PHILLIPS DISCUSSED LAST YEAR AT THE MEETING THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING TO THE TEST. IT IS BETTER FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE END OF SCHOOL. WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, NOT JUST THEIR TEST SCORES. WE MUST NOT ONLY FOCUS ON GETTING KIDS THROUGH THE TESTS HE ALSO AND OTHERS HAVE NOTED TO ME THAT FIVE DAYS OUT OF TOTAL 180 SCHOOL DAYS LESS THAN 3% WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE FACTS THAT CHANGE THE FACT THAT TESTS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, COVID IMPACTS AND JUST LACK OF DATA IN THIS AREA DO NOT PERMIT A DIRECT COMPARISON OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE BY EARLIER POST LABOR DAY START LOOKING ACROSS SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SOME START EARLY, SOME START LATE. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. THEY WOULD ALL START EARLY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE FIVE DAYS WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UM, IT'S A MIX SO REGARDING ALIGNMENT WITH THE HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FALL SEMESTER START THIS YEAR, DR WILSON IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, YOU NOTED THE OVERWHELMING 21,000 RESPONSES, WHICH AGAIN ARE NOT VALID BECAUSE THEY HAD A I AND CHATBOTS IN THEIR LAST YEAR, YOU NOTICE THE DESIRE TO HAVE OUR CALENDAR ALIGN WITH THE HARPER COMMUNITY COLLEGE START AND TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS CERTIFIED TO TEACH H CC CLASSES IN OUR SCHOOLS. HAVING DYLAN ROMAN IS PART OF THE NORTHEASTERN ISSUE NORTH STAR INITIATIVE. THAT'S FINE. WE CAN OFFER THAT TO AS MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS ARE INTERESTED, AND IT'S STILL A ROMAN SO THEY GO TO THE COLLEGE AND TAKE THEIR COURSES. WE NEED TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND THE ONES MOST IN NEED NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE ADVANCED STUDENTS. I DO NOT SUPPORT HAVING OUR DECISIONS BASED ON ALIGNING WITH HDC SCHEDULE, NOR THE VALUE OF THIS AS IT PERTAINS TO ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATOR. POST LABOR DAY CALENDAR IS INSTRUCTIONAL E SOUND. IT HAS BASICALLY THE SAME. AMOUNT OF EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS. WE COULD TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU PREFER OTHERS, AND I SAT DOWN WITH MR CARPENTER AND MISS LATER TO DO THAT. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM I THINK WE GOT IT. RIGHT UM AND THE DAYS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. EXCEPT FOR THAT DECEMBER 20TH. THE POST LABOR DAY START COUNTER GIVES A LONGER SPRING BREAK. IT ALSO ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE SAW AT THE LISTENING SESSION OF HAVING FIVE PD DAYS AND TEACHER PLANNING BEFORE SCHOOL.

SO WE INSPIRE TRUST WHEN WE LISTEN TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEY HAVE SAID WE NEED A POST LABOR DAY START FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 24 TO 25. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS COKER. I ASKED YOU TO SPEAK ON NEXT TO YOU HAD A HEAVY HAND CREATING THAT AND ALSO WORK WITH THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE AND OTHERS ON THAT, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR GENERAL BOARD COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN JUST ONE SECOND , BUT BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT TONE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THIS IS NOT YOUR PRIMARY JOB I WILL GO WITH THE RABBI SAID THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. OBVIOUSLY YOU BRING ALL THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER. EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION, AND YOU WARNED ME AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. I SAID HOW IT'S A CALENDAR. HOW CONTROVERSIAL COULD IT BE? UM I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT WE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK BECAUSE IN THE VERY BEGINNING, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALENDARS. EVERYBODY HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS KIND OF CAME DOWN. THE TWO COUNTERS THAT LOOK VERY DIFFERENT AND THROUGH THE COUNTER COMMITTEE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH WE ENDED UP WITH TWO CALENDARS, WHICH WILL TAKE A VOTE ON WHICH ARE REALLY SORT OF A PRE AND A POST COVID START. ALMOST EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF THE CALENDAR ALIGNS WITH EACH OTHER, SO THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR OTHER THAN THE PRAYER POST START. UM THE ONE THING THAT WE DID HEAR A LOT OF WAS CONSISTENCY. AND WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR? I'LL JUST NOTE THAT OBVIOUSLY, IT FALLS ON A DIFFERENT DAY. EVERY YEAR.

SOMETIMES IT'S THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. SOMETIMES IT'S THE SEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER. WE'VE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY EACH YEAR, SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON WHEN IT FELL. 2017 WE DID IT AFTER 2018.

WE DID IT BEFORE AND JUST SORT OF BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A

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DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD YOU KNOW, UH, ASKED BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IT FALLS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL ON THE EIGHTH, FOR EXAMPLE OF SEPTEMBER . IT'S TOO LATE. I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT. SO THAT'S WHY IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. IT'S BECAUSE IT VARIES AND WHEN IT FALLS YES, SIR. THOUGHT TODAY AND I WOULD PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. UM THAT MAYBE INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT IT BEING PRE OR POST LABOR DAY THAT WE SAY SEPTEMBER. 1ST IS OUR TARGET DATE. AND NO MATTER WHERE IT FALLS. IF SEPTEMBER 1ST IS ON A WEDNESDAY THAT WE BACKWARD, MET FIVE DAYS FOR TEACHERS FROM THERE AND THEN AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALWAYS KIND OF AIMS. OBVIOUSLY SEPTEMBER VERSUS ON A FRIDAY. WE'RE NOT STARTING SCHOOL FOR KIDS ON A FRIDAY AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK ALSO START THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LABOR DAY ON MONDAY, WHICH IS BEING SO INSTEAD OF MAKING LABOR DAY. THE THING LET'S LOOK AT MAYBE THAT AND IT'S A THOUGHT. I JUST SHARED IT WITH MISS LATER THIS MORNING AND SAID, WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WOULD ALSO I WOULD ALSO, UM, SAY THAT WE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT WHEN LEARNING BEST TAKES PLACE FOR STUDENTS. AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR EDUCATORS IN THE ROOM WOULD SAY THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS THE BEST TIME TO CATCH OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE FRESH. AND DR MUELLER'S NODDING HER HEAD AS WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, AS WE GET DEEPER INTO JUNE, IT'S MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. KIDS ARE LONGING FOR THE POOL. THEIR LONGING FOR VACATIONS ARE LONGING FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS. AND SO THERE IS THAT CONSIDERATION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING BEST. AND SO WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE CALENDARS AND THESE DECISIONS. I LIKE YOUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM AND MY ONLY OTHER FINAL POINT IS. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHATBOTS BECAUSE WHEN THE CHAT BOTS ENTER THE SURVEY, KIND OF LOSE YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THAT, BUT BUT I THINK HOPEFULLY WE GATHERED ENOUGH INPUT FROM A VARIETY OF OTHER SOURCES. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR SPIRITED DEBATE. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN HOPE DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES, SIR.

SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU OVER THERE. I WANT TO THAT BUG THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF SURVEY BECAUSE SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE SO. WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, RIGHT? IT HAS BEEN A COMMON PRACTICE IN MARYLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MARYLAND, MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR ANONYMITY IN TURKEY. WHEN IMPLEMENTING SURVEY FOR PARENTS. WE TYPICALLY DO NOT ASK PARENTS TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST AND STILL THE PRACTICE. WE EVEN HAVE. WE WORKED WITH AN EXTERNAL RESEARCH COMPANY, HANOVER RESEARCH. I ASKED THEM IF THEY ARE AWARE OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. INDONESIAN THAT IS DOING SURVEY WHERE THEY'RE ASKING PARENTS TO PROVIDE VERIFIABLE INFORMATION. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE NOT AWARE AND ONE MEMBER OF THE HANDOVER TENNIS ON THE CALL. HE CAN ANSWER THAT. SO WE DO THAT TO PROVIDE TO ENSURE THAT THE SURVEY WOULD REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL . SO WHEN WE DID THIS SURVEY THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR US FOR PARENT TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. OKAY SO WHEN WE TALK, THAT'S THE ONE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE HER. WE KNOWN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WE COULD HAVE REQUIRED PARENTS. TO PROVIDE US IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, THEN WE WILL NOT BE DEALING WITH THOSE ISSUES OF MULTIPLE OF MULTIPLE SUBMISSION BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO AN ANIMAL'S WRIST ARTERIES HOWEVER, WE HAVE. MITIGATING STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH DUPLICATE ENTRIES, AND WE SHARE THOSE STRATEGIES WITH BOARD MEMBER WHAT WE DID SO ONE THING THAT WAS SAID THAT IT'S NOT ACCURATE IS THAT WE ONLY CLEAN THE DATA FOR OPEN AND INDUSTRIAL CORRECT. WE CLAIMED THE DATA FOR OPEN ENDED AS WELL AS CLOSE AND THAT COMMENT BECAUSE, IN FACT, THE COMMENTS A PART OF THE CLOTHES AND DECKED SURVEY. SO YOU CANNOT JUST LOOK AT THE COMMENTS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE ARREST SURVEY ENTRY. THAT'S ONE POINT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VALIDITY ABILITY, IT MEANS THAT THE SURVEY IS ASKING WHAT WE INTEND TO US. AND THAT WE ARE REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT WE ARE GETTING ACCURATE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMUNITY. ON THE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED SO IN THIS CASE, THE SURVEY IS VALID. UNRELIABLE FELICITY. RELIABILITY MEANS THAT IF WE ASK THE SAME SURVEY AGAIN, OVER AND OVER, WE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE THE SAME RESULT. OKAY SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.

THERE'S THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT DESERVE A IS NOT VALID OR IT'S NOT RELIABLE. NO, WE DID CLAIM

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THE DATA. FOR CLOTHES ENDED OPEN ENDED AND WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. TO TELL US THAT THOSE WHO SUBMITTED MULTIPLE ENTRY THAT IMPACTED THE TREND THAT WE WERE SEEING. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAYING THAT I HAVE HANOVER RESEARCH ON THE CALL. I WALKED WITH THEM. THEIR PARTNERS ASKED THEM TO DO AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE DATA, AND THEY DID IF YOU WILL ALLOW US CAN HAVE MUCH. DRAGON, WHO IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR WHO CAN COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE SURVEY. MARK IS IN THE CORE ON THE CALL. HE CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT AS WELL. SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS SERVICE RELIABLE AND VALID MY THANK YOU. OH SORRY. I JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS I WAS ASKING MAN TODAY TO GONE FROM HANOVER RESEARCH DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. OKAY I JUST WONDER WHY THE REPORT ONLY USED THE OPEN ENDED QUESTION COMMENTS, THEN I'M SORRY OVER. NOT. THE REPORT HAS BOUGHT THE ANALYSIS OF THE OPEN ENDED UNCLOS AND THOSE RESULTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, AND IF THEY ARE NOT VICTIMS UPDATE TO THAT FEW QUESTIONS. WE'LL JUST SEE IF THIS GUY IS ON THE CALL, THEN. WELL, I AM HERE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. I SO YEAH. JUST TO REITERATE WHAT USMAN SAID. WE WORKED WITH THIS MAN AND HIS SURVEYS QUITE FREQUENTLY . IN THIS SITUATION WE ANALYZED THE OPEN ENDED RESPONSES AND AH, ANALYZE THE PROCESS FOR CLEANING THAT DATA. UM THE WAS NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE DIDN'T DO THE CLOSE ENDED CLEANING CORRECT. WE THAT'S THAT WAS HARFORD COUNTY THAT DID THE CLOSED ENDED CLEANING, CORRECT THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON OF WITHIN AND WORKING WITH HARTFORD ON THIS SURVEY AND IN PREVIOUS SURVEYS. WAS FINED FREQUENTLY ASKS US TO VALIDATE AND CLARIFY WHETHER HIS SURVEY PRACTICES MEET BEST PRACTICE INDUSTRY STANDARDS. AND THEY DO A FEW TIMES WE GIVE ADVICE ON BEST PRACTICES TO YOUR TEAM, BUT MAINLY THE SURVEYS ARE HIGH QUALITY SURVEYS THEIR DAILY CLEANING PRACTICES MEET INDUSTRY STANDARDS, AND WE HAVE WE HAVE CONFIDENCE AND YOU KNOW, NOT SEEING ALL EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE LEADS US TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS QUALITY ADMINISTRATIVE SURVEY. AND THE ONE YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER POINT ON FORGETTING WHAT IT WAS, UM, ABOUT YOU HAVE MENTIONED. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ELSE. LET ME KNOW IF I'M IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. LISTEN, YOU DO GREAT WORK, AND I JUST THINK THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I DON'T SEE WHAT SUPERSENSITIVE IN HERE THAT REQUIRES IT TO BE ANONYMOUS. WHEN WE JUST GOT TO SURVEY UH, ABOUT THE INCLEMENT DAYS WHERE THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PUT THEIR INFORMATION IN JUST BECAUSE MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS DOING IT SOME WAY WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR TREND. WE CAN DO WHATEVER MAKES SENSE FOR US. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT. HAVE YOU SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS TRYING TO SCRUB A ROBOT THAT'S PUTTING IN THOUSANDS OF FAKE RESULTS. SO I THINK NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT LET'S MOVE ON WITH BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND WE DID THAT WITH THE IMPLEMENT WAY TO HMM. YES. UM YEAH, UM BASICALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS AND I DO WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT DOCTOR POINTING HAD SAID WITH DR CARPENTER SUGGESTION. I THINK IT'S A MAYBE A GOOD METHOD GOING FORWARD TO LOOK AT A TARGET DATE RATHER THAN A PRE IMPOSED LABOR DAY. UM BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION. I'M NOT SURE WHY WE ARE UM NOT USING THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THEIR INFORMATION MULTIPLE TIMES WHY WE'RE NOT USING A CHECKBOOK. CHECK CHECK, BUT, UM PRIOR TO THE FACT. I DON'T BELIEVE I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER BE CONVINCED THAT YOU CAN SCRUB THE DATA. I THINK THAT YOU DID AND GREAT EFFORT AND TRYING TO CLEAN THE DATA. BUT THAT'S.

INEFFICIENT FIRST OFF, PROBABLY MORE COSTLY TO DO IT THAT WAY WHEN THERE'S TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE WHERE WE CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. UM YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T INFORMATION SUFFICIENT INFORMATION COLLECTED, UM, FROM AN IT STANDPOINT TO DO A BALLOTS SCRUB. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS AN EFFORT DONE. UM YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE

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CONDITIONS THAT YOU HAD, BUT, UM, TO MAKE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS THAT ALL THE DUPLICATES WERE REMOVED. YOU CAN'T DO IT AFTER THE FACT YOU HAVE TO DO IT UP FRONT. SO UM, GOING FORWARD. I'D LIKE TO SEE A TECHNOLOGY THAT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM ENTERING MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND ALSO WE DO, UM, A CHECK FOR BUT ENTRIES. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. WE DID THAT FOR THE IMPLEMENT. WHERE IT SURVEY WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE , ASKING FOR AN EMAIL ADDRESS UNLESS YOU'RE CHECKING EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT'S INEFFICIENT AS WELL. UM I BELIEVE THERE'S SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT WILL CHECK FOR MAC ADDRESSES IP ADDRESSES THAT WILL JUST SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT FROM THE GET GO. UM SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT WE'RE USING MICROSOFT FORMS AND I THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT CAPABILITY. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE THAT I THINK SHOULD BE EXPLORED. THANK YOU, MR ALVAREZ, MISS BRUCE. I'M JUST AMAZED. THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF. WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY. TO PROVIDE US WITH SOMETHING AND WE SIT HERE AS BOARD MEMBERS PRETENDING THAT WE KNOW ALL OF THIS. I'M JUST AMAZED WHY NOT JUST DO THE CALENDAR? WHY DIDN'T THE THREE OF YOU JUST DO THE CALENDAR AND LET THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE WITH THEIR JOB? I MEAN, THEY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS AND WE APPOINTED THEM TO DO THIS. AND NOW AND IF THE SURVEY CAME BACK YOU KNOW, WITH TAG NUMBERS ARE CLOSE NUMBERS, THEN WE'D HAVE A POINT. BUT IT DIDN'T . SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE NOT GONNA HONOR WHAT THE PUBLIC AND THE PARENTS SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHAT THREE PEOPLE DID GO OVER THIS OR I COULD TAKE THIS CALENDAR AND MASSAGE IT AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU ALSO. RIGHT I MEAN, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. THANK YOU, MISS COKER. YOU ALREADY SPOKE WITH YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? DR MUELLER. YES I'M SORRY. UM IN THE IN THE PROCEDURE FOR THE COUNTER COMMITTEE. WHAT IT SAYS IS THE BOARD PROVIDES PARAMETERS. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS PROVIDE PARAMETERS. WE WANT TO LOOK AT BOTH, UM FREE LABOR A START AND OPPOSED LABOR DAY START, SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE WERE OUT OF LINE AT ALL IN DOING THAT. NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTER COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED. UM TO THE BOARD. UM THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. IT DID HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON IT AND SO FORTH. SO UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT PLAYED IN THIS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S YOU KNOW? THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MILLER. SO THE ANSWER LAST QUESTION. IF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE FOR OF THE PRESENTATION, THE JILLIAN PUT UP . IT SHOWS CALENDAR ELEMENTS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON AND WHAT THE BOARD HAS DONE IN THE PAST. AND THOSE ARE THE BOARD REQUIREMENTS. I THINK THAT I AGREE. 100% WITH CAROL BURRIS. THAT WHY DID WE HAVE A CALENDAR COMMITTEE? WHY DID WE GO THROUGH MEETING? WHY DID WE HAVE A SURVEY? IF EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE THROWN OUT BECAUSE THREE PEOPLE DECIDED THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE VOTES. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR CALENDAR RAMP THROUGH.

HOWEVER YOU WANT IT. MEDINA WAS ON THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, SHE SAID. THE STUDENT VOICE WAS THAT THEY WANTED PRE LABOR DAY BUT THAT WAS THROWN OUT THE STUDENT VOICES NOT BEING HEARD IN THIS COMMUNITY VOICES AND BEING HERE YOU SAY YOU CARE ABOUT THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS VOICE ISN'T BEING HEARD IN THIS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN THROWN ASIDE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH WHAT BOB ONES. IT DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH WHAT BOB WANTS. AND WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. WE'VE HEARD IT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT MR CASTLE HE WANTS, AND I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A KID IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. I DID. I HAD ALREADY COME UP WITH THE SAME IDEA. YOU DID. IN FACT, I SHARED IT WITH JILLIAN EARLIER TODAY THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONSISTENT START DATE, WE NEED TO THROW OUT LABOR DAY ALTOGETHER AND JUST SAY I SAID START THE FIRST WORK DAY AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO WE WERE VERY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE. WE COULD START IT EARLIER IF WE WANTED TO, WHATEVER, BUT JUST PICK A CONSISTENT DATE AND STAY WITH IT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I ADDRESSED ALL THE THINGS THAT MRS COKER HAD BROUGHT UP BEFORE. UM THAT A LONG LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR FAMILY TIME COURSE.

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DO YOU HAVE TIME IN JUNE THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OTHERWISE? SO YOU GET THE SAME 180 DAYS OF SCHOOL ANYWAY, YOU CUT IT. SHE ALSO SAID THE KIDS FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL FIRST WEEK BACK TO SCHOOL IS FOUR DAYS, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TIME TO EASE. BET WE CAN START WHATEVER DAY OF THE WEEK. WE WANT TO DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S PER YEAR POST LABOR DATE. WE CAN DO A FOUR DAY WEEK WE CAN DO A THREE DAY WEEK. WE CAN DO A TWO DAY WEEK. WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO SHE ALSO MENTIONED A HIGH HEAT INDEX IN AUGUST THAT WOULD PUT A STRAIN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING NEEDS.

JUST SAYING HI TO SUSIE. OVER THERE. UM MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS SHE WILL MAKE SURE THAT SHE I FILMING UM. JUST DON'T WE HAVE THE RIGHT, SO IT'S THE SAME SAME AMOUNT OF TIME ANYWAY. YOU CUT IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 180 DAYS SHE TALKED ABOUT HAVING PREP TIME TO GET TECHNOLOGY READY. SAME NUMBER OF DAYS TO GET TECHNOLOGY READY, NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU DO IT, AND THEN SHE MENTIONED THAT SOME PERSONNEL FROM HCPS WORKED SUMMER JOBS. WELL YOU'RE RIGHT.

THEY NEED TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK SUMMER JOBS, BUT IF THEY DO AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS AVAILABLE. WHETHER YOU DO PRE OR POST LABOR DAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. SO ON THE COMMITTEE AS YOU MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE ALREADY HAD THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD. UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T VOTE ON THIS 10 CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF FOR SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS. THREE P T A FOR UNION REPRESENTATIVES. ONE PERSON FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUP SIX BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR DAYCARE PARTNERS. THEY ALL CAME UP WITH THE PRE LABOR DAY. SURVEY SAID PRE LABOR DAY BUT THREE BOARD MEMBERS SAY POST AND BOB SAYS POST THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PERRY. THIS IS JUST CRAZY. JUST. I MEAN, WE HAD A SURVEY. WE HAD THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY . AND SINCE THE SURVEY DIDN'T FIT WHAT YOU WANTED NOW WE WANT TO CHANGE IT. I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO EVEN ADDRESS THE SURVEY? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FEEL THAT THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD? AND JUST. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THANK YOU, SEVERAL OF IT. UM. FORGIVE ME IF MY THOUGHTS AREN'T CONCISE , BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROWN IN FOR A LOOP. REALLY UM ALL I COULD REALLY DO IS JUST REITERATE WHAT MANY OF STUDENTS AND A LOT OF STAFF HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED ABOUT THE PRE LABOR DAY START AND HOW THAT'S BENEFICIAL TOWARDS STUDENTS.

THAT'S HELPFUL FOR STUDENT UM ARE EDUCATORS AND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE WITH THOSE EXTRA FIVE DAYS CAN DO. BUT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE BOTH A PRE IMPOSED LABOR STATE LABOR DAY START CALENDAR AND HOW THAT IMPACTED TESTING IN MAY HOW THAT IMPACTED DUEL AND ROMANCE AT EACH CPS OR HTC AND I SEE THE FIVE DAYS AND HOW THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND I KNOW THAT OUR EDUCATORS HAVE UM, EXPRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES HOW THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR PLANNING AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW, ALL I COULD DO IS JUST REPEAT THE SAME COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHARING THAT I CAN SEE AREN'T BEING CONSIDERED ONCE AGAIN. UM AND I AGREE. WITH A LOT OF COMMENTS ALREADY SAID, YOU KNOW, AND SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE EDUCATORS THERE ARE STUDENTS WILLING TO SHARE THEIR VOICE AND THEIR CONTINUOUSLY GIVING THEIR INPUT BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU WANT THEM, BUT THEN YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S EVER BEING USED AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE DR MILLER MENTIONED I CAN'T VOTE ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR, YOU KNOW, AND STUDENT OR RESTRICTED VOTING RIGHTS AS A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER IS AN ISSUE WITHIN ITSELF. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROPOSED CALENDAR AND ME AS A STUDENT, AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ME AS A STUDENT UM AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS DIRECTLY YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE MY PREFERENTIAL VOTE FOR THE PRE LABOR DAY START . SO YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UM . WHERE HE WAIT. SORRY. UM, MR SEWELL. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH, I'M STILL HERE. KIDDING YOU GOT ME HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY GOOD. SO UM, THANK YOU, UM I SUPPORT. UM. FULL VOTING RIGHTS FOR THE STUDENT MEMBER, INCLUDING THE CALENDAR, BUT, UM SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ONLY ARGUMENTS. FOR A POST LABOR DAY START IS ECONOMIC AND TO ME. A PRE LABOR DAY START IS ACTUALLY MUCH

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STRONGER FOR OUR MARYLAND ECONOMY THAN A POST LABOR RESTART. SO FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW ME HERE. WE KNOW THAT THE YEAR IS THE SAME WAY, RIGHT? WE CAN'T CHANGE THE LENGTH OF THE YEAR 365 DAYS. WE HAVE. A SCHOOL CALENDAR. THAT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS WE HAVE WE'VE BUILT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS OFF FOR HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, BREAKS THAT TYPE OF THING. SO OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR IS A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME IN A 365 DAYS. SO THEREFORE , THIS SUMMER BREAK IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. REGARDLESS IF IT IS IF WE START BEFORE OR AFTER LABOR DAY. IF WE START BEFORE LABOR DAY THAT PUSHES SUMMER DEEP CLOSER TO MAY. THAT MEANS FAMILIES CAN START THEIR VACATIONS EARLIER. WE GET ALL OF SUMMER IN AND THEN WE STILL HAVE THAT THREE DAY WEEKEND OF LABOR DAY BONUS FOR PEOPLE TO GO DOWN TO OCEAN CITY AND SPEND SOME MONEY OR DEEP CREEK OR WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING TO GO. OR I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE TOURISM HERE IN HARPER COUNTY. WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THAT MAYBE WE'LL TRACK SOME PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE TO COME TO HARTFORD COUNTY AND STAY POSSIBLE. UM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ANYBODY LOGICALLY CAN THINK. THAT. A POST LABOR DAY START. IN HARTFORD COUNTY IS GOING TO IMPACT. MARYLAND REVENUES AND CERTAINLY THE HARBOR COUNTY WRITERS. RIGHT IF. IF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO. WELL, LET'S LET'S JUST SAY THAT FOR SOME REASON, THE SUMMARIES SHORTER BECAUSE WE DO THAT. THEN THE PEOPLE ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY HERE SO THAT THAT THAT DOESN'T IF WE WANT TO GO WITH THAT FALSE ASSUMPTION, THEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT ALSO THROWS OUT A THE BENEFICIAL ASPECTS OF A POST LITERALLY START. SO I HOPE YOU'RE ALL FOLLOW ME HERE. THAT SUMMER IS THE SAME LENGTH. YOU PUSH IT CLOSER TO. MAY YOU GOT MORAL DAY. YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE WEEKS OF SUMMER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS BONUS LONG WEEKEND.

RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR FOLKS TO GO ON ANOTHER LITTLE JUMP SOMEWHERE IN THE STATE. REALLY COOL. THINK ABOUT THAT THAT WEEK THAT MAYBE OUR STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE NOT FAMILIES ARE TAKING VACATIONS DOWN THERE IS THE CITY WILL MAYBE THEN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE WILL COME TO OCEAN CITY THAT WEEK AND SPEND THEIR MONEY BECAUSE THE VACANCIES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, AND WE'RE GETTING ACTUAL FRESH MONEY INTO THE STATE. RIGHT I DON'T PUT ANY WEIGHT IN THAT STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY MAKO OR WHOEVER. TO SHOW THAT IT'S IF THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO STARTING AFTER LABOR DAY, SO I MEAN, IT WAS WAS THAT THE DR POINT WAS THAT THE IS THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT WE ACTUALLY THINK OF A POST LABOR DAY STAR CALENDAR IS BENEFICIAL. ARE YOU ASKING ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BORDER? WHAT I MEAN I HAVEN'T. I HAVEN'T VOTED ON THIS YET. SO I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WAS ONE OF THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS THAT WERE MADE . BUT THAT STUDY, I THINK MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH WEIGHT PEOPLE ACTUALLY PUT INTO THAT HONEST. OKAY, SO THEN WHAT? I MEAN, WE WANT TO GO LIKE A POST LIBERTY START. THEN EARLY. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SQUEEZE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR TO MAKE IT SHORTER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, LIKE, SQUEEZE OUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS. SQUEEZE THE TEACHERS HARDER. MAKE THEM WORK MORE ON THEIR OWN TIME. WHAT? WHAT? WHAT'S THE ANGLE? WELL, I THINK MISS COKER HAS ENUMERATED LIKE THE VARIOUS POINTS. BUT IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN WITH ANYTHING THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID, PLEASE DO SO. IT WAS COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AT LAST YEAR WAS IGNORED. YEAH, THANKS. I CAN GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS FOR WHAT MS MS. COOKER IS REFERRING TO SO LAST YEAR FOR THE YOU'RE REFERRING FOR THE 2324 CALENDAR.

CORRECT, MISS COKER. I BELIEVE. YES OKAY, SO THE BOARD RECEIVED 793 COMMENTS TOTAL LAST YEAR.

AND SO 400 OF THOSE ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT ACTUALLY ADDRESSED. PRE VERSUS POST LABOR DAY STARTS SO MISS COOKERS, NOTING THAT THERE WERE 466, WHO NOTED THEY WANTED TO START AFTER LABOR DAY 220 OF THOSE WRITTEN IN COMMENTS SAID THEY WANTED TO START PRE LABOR DAY. UM SO WITH ABOUT 700 A LITTLE OVER 700 COMMENTS, THE BOARD HAD STILL DETERMINED TO START PRE LABOR DAY LAST YEAR. I THINK, AND I'M LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC QUESTION. WAS THERE. A SPECIFIC QUESTION

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ASKED. PREFERENCE ON THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T AN A SURVEY, IT WAS OPEN ENDED COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PEOPLE CHOSE TO IT WAS. IT WASN'T THAT WOULD BE FLAWED USE RIGHT, SO IT WOULD BE FLAWED USE OF THAT. BASICALLY FLAWED USE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE PURPOSE WASN'T DESIGNED THAT WAY. WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET THAT ANSWER, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNITY. THERE WERE THE TWO DIFFERENT CALENDAR VERSION, SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS PROBABLY IMPLIED THAT THE BOARD WANTED THAT OPINION. BUT NO, IT WASN'T PRESCRIBED QUESTION AND ANSWER.

ANSWER OPTIONS, LIABILITY AND VILLAGE ANYWHERE. YES QUESTIONABLE SO BY MY FINAL POINTS ARE YOU KNOW? MOST OF THE WAR DOESN'T HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AT THIS POINT, UM AND AH, BUT. IF YOU DID, OR OR IF YOU GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAD KIDS THAT WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU AND IF THEY WERE IN SPORTS OR IMPRISONING THE OTHER ACTIVITIES, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT BYE. OR IF THEY'RE PLAYING ON, UH, JUST RECREATIONAL TEAMS BY MED EARLY MID AUGUST. YOUR HOME.

UH YOU ARE. YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO PRACTICE EVERY DAY. UH OR UH, SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK MINIMUM, DEPENDING ON THE TEAMS, SO THEY'RE VACATIONING. LIKE THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST IS IT'S DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES, SO YOU KNOW, MOST FAMILIES ARE BACKED BY THEN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF SETTLING BACK IN. UM YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GET YOUR OCCASIONAL, YOU KNOW, JOHN'S HERE HERE AND THERE, BUT, UM YOU KNOW THAT? THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW THIS THIS FOUGHT OF. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS 19 FIFTIES VERSION OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR WHERE EVERYTHING SHOULD START POST LABOR DAY. THAT'S THAT'S GONE. RIGHT. WE'RE WERE EXTREMELY BUSY NOW, LIKE KIDS ARE JUST INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU KNOW? THEY'RE NOT JUST THIS FREE ROAMING, YOU KNOW, FROM DAWN TO DUSK WITH NO STRUCTURE. UM YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, I JUST HOPE THE HOPE THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT HOME THAT AH! IT'S JUST THAT NOT LIKE IT WAS THANKS. THANK YOU, MR CHARLES. THANK YOU. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE SUCH SUCH LIVELY DEBATE, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. I DO AGREE. CONSISTENCY IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE PLAN WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN SCHOOL IS STARTING SO BEING CONSISTENT. EVERY YEAR IS IMPORTANT. UM. I LOOK AT YOU KNOW THE 21,000 RESPONSES. AND YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY THAT YOU DID WHERE PARENTS ARE. YOU HAD TO PUT A STUDENT I D AND WE GOT ABOUT SIX OR 7000. SO SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP, RIGHT? AND LAST YEAR IT WAS 1000. I THINK WE DO HAVE TO QUESTION THE DATA. I'LL TELL YOU PERSONALLY AS A FAMILY. I'M MOVING A KID INTO COLLEGE THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST THAT AFTER LATE LABOR DAY START IS BETTER FOR US. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT TO CONSIDER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE RIGHT ANSWER OR NOT, UM, I DON'T APPRECIATE BEING TOLD THAT MY DECISION THAT I'M MAKING IS BECAUSE SOMETHING ACCOUNTING EXECUTIVE WANTS CAPABLE OF MAKING MY OWN DECISION AND I'LL MAKE IT FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITIES. I REPRESENT THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO, AND IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY AND AFTER LABOR DAY START THANK YOU. UM, I WILL SAY, I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD DO A YEAR ROUND SCHOOLING, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WHOLE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, SO I'LL JUST I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT SHE SAID. I HAVE A ACTUALLY HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. ONCE ON THIS TOPIC. I READ HIS LETTER, AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT, SO I WILL CAST MY OWN VOTE BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE HEARD SO FAR, BUT I THINK THE SMARTEST THING SAID TONIGHT WAS WHAT YOU SAID. AND WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED AS WELL. WHICH IS, UH, DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY WHERE I SAID ON THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. UH YOU KNOW, IF IT'S EARLY IN THE YEAR, WE'LL DO IT BEFORE, IF IT'S UH AFTER VICE VERSA, RIGHT, SO JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN IT FALLS SO THIS YEAR, IT FALLS EARLY. WHAT'S THAT? YOU DIDN'T GO FUNDING SO ANYWAY, SO WE'LL PULL UP FOR A VOTE HERE IN JUST ONE SECOND. THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING A BOARD IN THE DEMOCRACY. BUT GO AHEAD.

SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. UM LAST YEAR, UM TWO B AND HEARING THE CONCERNS OF MANY CONSTITUENTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT I'VE HAD CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT. I'VE READ COMMENTS ONLINE. THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FORMS WHERE I'VE SEEN, UM, THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING A POST LABOR DAY START AS WELL AS THE

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COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. THE SURVEY THAT WE, UM, OBTAINED THIS YEAR AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP THE VALIDITY AT THE MEETING WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO, UM , HAVE A SURVEY WITHOUT HAVING ANY KIND OF WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR WHO WAS TAKING THE SURVEY BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT AS BEING AN ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM TRUSTING THE VALIDITY OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHO'S EVEN TAKING THE SURVEY. SO THE ONLY WAY TO ACCOUNT 100% IF A SURVEY IS ACCURATE IS TO HAVE DATA THAT PROVES THAT WHICH HAVING THE STUDENT I D AS A WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE STUDENT ID FOR ONE STUDENT. YOU CAN ONLY TAKE ONE STARVE A SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY FORM OF DATA THAT WOULD BE 100% ACCURATE. UM CAN I ASK WHEN THE LAST CALENDAR COMMITTEE WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD? BECAUSE THE LAST AUGUST YOU APPROVED CALENDAR COMMITTEE. YEAH. NOT YEAH. BECAUSE THE ONLY THE ONLY ONE THAT I CAN FIND WAS FROM AUGUST OF 2022. NOW. EACH YEAR YOU APPROVE A CALENDAR COMMITTEE, OKAY? UM I ALSO WITH THE SPORTS YES. SPORTS ACTUALLY START THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST AS WELL FOR ANYBODY. IF WE HAVE A PRE LIBERTY OR POST LABOR DAY START, EVERYBODY STILL GOING BACK FOR SPORTS. UM THE LET'S SEE. I AM VOTING BASED ON WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE SPOKEN WITH ME, AND I AM NOT VOTING FOR ANYONE IN PARTICULAR. I'M GOING BASED ON WHAT I FEEL IS THE PROPER THING TO DO. BASED ON THE INFO INFORMATION AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW IT WAS A IT WAS A STRUGGLE BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS A LOT. IT WAS A LOT. I GET IT. AND I REALLY DO.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. WE'RE DONE. YOU CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR TWO. FOR YOU CAN CALL IT COUNTER ONE OR COUNTER TO OR SHOULD WE JUST CALL IT PRE OR POST? WHICH IS WHAT IT IS PRAYER POST LABOR DAY START. THE MOTION SHOULD BE MADE FOR ONE OR FOR THE OTHER. SO LET'S DO. MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CALENDAR PRESENTED BY THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S THE START BEFORE THEY AGREED. YES. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON THE 2425 CALENDAR YEAR . THANK YOU, SIR. SECOND. OKAY THANK YOU. PLEASE IMPLEMENT A ROLL CALL VOTE. MISS ALVAREZ. UPSTAIRS. MISS BRUCE? YES. MS COKER. NO. DOCTOR MILLER? YES. MISS PERRY? YES. MR BRO. OVA? YES. WALKING IN MR SEWELL. YES.

MISS STRAUSS. VICE PRESIDENT HAN NO. PRESIDENT POYNTON ABSTAIN. REPORTER. THREE YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OKAY? SO THIS MOTION FAILS. BECAUSE THANK YOU CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO VOTE ON? MY CALL POST LABOR DAY START. KEEP IT EASY. THIS IS MELISSA AND I MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THE POST LABOR DAY START. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS LAUREN I SECOND THANK YOU, MISS. UH PLEASE IMPLEMENT A ROLL CALL VOTE PALABRAS. YES. MISS BRUCE? NO.

MS COKER. YES. DOCTOR MILLER. NO. MISS PERRY. NO. MS ABAROA, MR SEWELL NOW. MISS STRAUSS? YES VICE PRESIDENT HAN. AND THEN PRESIDENT CLINTON. YES. 54 AGAIN. LUXURY SO STUDENTS SECOND . I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN. BUT WE DO HER VOTE DIDN'T COUNT. IT'S A PREFERENTIAL FOR THE STUDENT. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THE VERDICT? FIVE YESES AND FOR NOSE. FOR THE MOTION CARRIES MOTION PASSES. MAJORITY OKAY, SUPERMAJORITY. I'M SORRY. YOU DO NOT SAY THAT

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DOES THAT? FIVE OR MORE DRINKS MAJORITY ONLY FOR POLICIES. OKAY, BECAUSE THE FIRST VOTE WAS 4 TO 3. YEAH YOU NEED FIVE. OKAY GOT IT. SORRY ALRIGHT. SO THEN WE HAVE 54 POST LABOR DAY. OKAY, SO THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY UH, MOVING ON TO

[F. Decision on Proposed New Board Policy, Fidelity in Student Achievement, Dr. Aaron Poynton, Board President and Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., General Counsel]

ITEM. F DECISION ON PROPOSED BOARD POLICY FIDELITY IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. KIMBERLY NEAL.

RIGHT GOOD EVENING. UM CAN REALLY NEIL GENERAL COUNSEL AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE FIDELITY AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT POLICY WAS PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH. IT WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. STARTING ON NOVEMBER. THE 14TH. UM THERE WERE 13 COMMENTS RECEIVED, UM, A COUPLE OF THEM WERE FROM BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND, UM, THE POLICY IS RIGHT FOR A VOTE THIS EVENING. UM I'M NOT SURE IF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM. THE BOARD NOW IS TO CONTINUE, OR I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATION. BASED ON WHAT I SAW IN THE COMMENTS. I THINK THAT ANY CHANGES WE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL FEEDBACK NOT ONLY THROUGH THE 13 COMMENTS BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALLY AS BOARD MEMBERS AT TOWN HALLS, ETCETERA, SO MY SENSE IS THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD NEED SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. WHICH WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS TODAY, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND TO TABLE THIS FOR THE TIME BEING. ACTUALLY, AARON, I'D LIKE TO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUGGEST A DIFFERENT MOTION. ABSOLUTELY. I UH I SUGGEST THAT WE WROTE TO APPROVE THIS POLICY. OKAY, UM I, UH. YES I FEEL MOTION THAT THAT THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EMOTION, BUT, UM, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN TO HEAR DETERMINE IF THEY WERE SUBSTANTIVE, SUBSTANTIVE OR NOT. UM MY SENSE IN LOOKING AT THAT IS THAT THEY WERE UM, SO I THINK EITHER WAY, THIS POLICY IS GOING TO NEED TO GO BACK TO COMMITTEE AND TO GET FURTHER STAKEHOLDER IMPACT. SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN MANY POLICIES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE BOARD WHERE THERE WAS, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS NOT INCORPORATED OR WHERE AGAIN IF THE BOARD DECIDED TO COMPROMISE LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIVE, BUT I CAN SAY I HAVE BEFORE ME THE, UM THE COMMENTS THAT 13 COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, I WENT THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHTED AND EACH OF THEM DID SUGGEST SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. SO IF THE BOARD WANTED TO INCORPORATE THOSE WE WILL BE HERE VERY LONG. OR YOU CAN DO THAT AT A LATER DATE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE THIS EVENING, BUT IT IS RIPE FOR A VOTE. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU NEED TO GO FOR 30 MORE DAYS ISN'T THE NEED TO GO FOR 30 MORE DAYS. IS ONLY IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO INCORPORATE ANY OF THOSE SETTINGS CHANGES. UM SO BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTIONS WERE RECEIVED IT'S STILL UP TO YOU TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO INCORPORATE THEM. AND SO I MEAN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE. UM, AND SO IF YOU DO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, TOO AS TO WHETHER TO INCORPORATE THEM. SO IF IN THE END YOU MAKE A MOTION TO SUGGEST DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

THEN I WOULD SUGGEST YOU PROBABLY NEED TO GIVE IT 30 MORE DAYS. YEAH I MEAN, IF IT GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE, WE GET MORE STAKEHOLDER INPUT RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE I GUESS CRITICISMS OF POLICY CREATION IN GENERAL RIGHT WAS THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS BOARD HAS PUT TOGETHER DOES NOT HAVE A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TEACHER AS WELL. RIGHT. SO WE'RE AN EDUCATOR, SO I THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT AFTER REVIEWING THE COMMENTS, I THINK THERE I THINK THAT THEY DO NEED TO GO BACK THAT THEY ARE SUBSTANTIAL, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS. AT SOME POINT, SO I'M AWARE OF THAT. AND JUST HISTORICALLY, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS IT'S UP. IT'S THE BOARD'S POLICY. UM A POLICY ONCE IT GETS TO THIS STAGE WOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE UP TO THE BOARD. IT WOULD BE IT'S NOW IN THE BOARD'S HANDS AND SO THE BOOK, SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO EVALUATE THE COMMENTS AND DECIDE WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL

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CHANGES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. ANOTHER OPTION IS, UM, BASICALLY TO START OVER IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE UM, THERE COULD BE A VOTE TO NOT ADOPTED THIS VERSION AND THEN AND THEN GO BACK AND ADD IN ADDITIONAL VOICES AT THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE LEVEL. UM OKAY, WE HAVEN'T DONE. WE HAVEN'T DONE EITHER OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE. SO DO WE? WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. CORRECT? CORRECT. IT IS RIGHT FOR A VOTE THIS EVENING. SO WE'VE MADE A MOTION.

HE DIDN'T MAKE A SUGGESTION. I MOVE EVERY QUESTION ABOUT HOW SO ? SO IF IT GOES BACK TO THE BOARD, WE WOULD GET ALL OF THE COMMENTS. AND WOULD WE REVIEW THE COMMENTS AND SMALL GROUP OR WOULD THAT BE DONE AND IN A PUBLIC BUSINESS MEETING RECEIVED ALL OF THE COMMENTS, AND I KNOW THAT THE BOARD SECRETARY HAS BEEN KEEPING THEM IN A SPREADSHEET. UM BASED ON WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED THE NAME OF THE COMMENTER AND THEN JUST THE DETAILS OF IT, UM, SO IT WILL BE UP TO HOW THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ANALYZE THAT AND CONSIDER WHAT I MEAN. SOME OF THEM ARE QUESTIONS TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS INCLUDED QUESTIONS AS WELL THAT THE BOARD COULD ASK ITSELF RELATING TO THE POLICY. MOVED TO TABLE. THIS UM, POLICY UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING WHEN THE BORDERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OF THE COMMENTS STUCK IN THAT. THANK YOU. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MISS BRUCE? YES. COOPER. YES. DOCTOR MILLER. NO. MISS PERRY? YES. MISS A BARODA? YES. MR SEWELL. THIS VOTE IS FOR TABLING IT. YES. YES. MISS STRAUSS? YES. VICE PRESIDENT HAN YES, PRESIDENT POYNTON. YES, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVING

[G. Presentation on Proposed Changes to Board Policy 04-0020-000, Controversial Issues, Dr. Aaron Poynton, Board President and Kimberly H. Neal, Esq., General Counsel]

ON THE ITEM G REMAIN SEATED PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXISTING BOARD POLICY 04-00 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. UM SO. THE BOARD CURRENTLY HAS A POLICY TITLED CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES. UM THAT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2002, AND, UM, SOMETIME IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, A FEW BOARD MEMBERS REVIEWED THAT POLICY AND DECIDED THAT, UM, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT CONTENT AND WANTED TO CHANGE THE POLICY SUCH THAT WHAT IS WHAT'S UPLOADED NOW ONLINE. IS THE OLD POLICY FROM 2002 AND THEN A NEW VERSION. THAT WOULD BE THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOW BEFORE THE BOARD THEY IT'S KIND OF A REWRITE, I GUESS IS WHAT SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU WOULD SEE A MARKUP. BUT THIS THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT POLICY. SO THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MET THREE TIMES TO GO OVER AND FOR MANY HOURS TO LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES POLICY THAT WAS INITIALLY PRODUCED BY SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN TO TRY TO ACHIEVE CONSENSUS AS TO CERTAIN ISSUES SO THAT WE COULD BRING IN A NEW VERSION TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE POLICY OF YOUR COMMITTEE DID WAS TO PUT THE NEW VERSION OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES INTO THE FORMAT THAT WE USE NOW FOR POLICIES, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE A STATED PURPOSE. SOME DEFINITIONS IN A STATEMENT OF POLICY. AND SO THE STATED PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR POLICY IS TO SET FORTH THE POSITION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REGARDING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS IN MANAGING THOSE ISSUES. UM WE THEN WENT THROUGH A GREAT LENGTH , SOME POTENTIAL DEFINITIONS, UM , AND SETTLED ON FOUR DEFINITIONS, WHICH WE'VE DEFINED CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, BIAS, NEUTRAL AND AGE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THIS POLICY. UM THE STATEMENT OF POLICY IS MORE STREAMLINED. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO TO GO LINE BY LINE AND READ. IT IS AVAILABLE, BUT I WILL SAY THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM BACK AND FORTH VERY QUALITY. OPINIONS THAT WERE SHARED ABOUT THIS POLICY, OBVIOUSLY, EVEN THE NAME ALONE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IS GOING TO SPARK DEBATE. AND SO THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TRUE CONSENSUS ON OTHER I WAS PROUD THAT THERE WERE MANY SECTIONS OF AN ORIGINAL VERSION THAT WERE DECIDED TO TAKE OUT THAT PERHAPS THOSE SECTIONS WERE BETTER, UM, SUITED FOR OTHER POLICIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM TWO THINGS THAT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM WE'RE NOT REALLY FINALIZED WITH THE POLICY

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REVIEW COMMITTEE BUT WERE DISCUSSED IN SMALL GROUPS BY THE BOARD IS IN A STATEMENT OF POLICY. THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT EDUCATORS WILL GUARD AGAINST SHARING PERSONAL OPINIONS. UM AND WE'LL USE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT TO DECIDE WHEN AN OPINION CAN BE USED AND WHEN STAYING NEW DRUG CAN HELP TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO MAKE JUDGMENTS ON THEIR OWN THE LANGUAGE ABOUT GUARDING AGAINST SHARING PERSONAL OPINIONS GENERATED A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE. UM AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE WAS INTERESTED IN, INCLUDING IN THE POLICY, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THAT HAD INVOLVEMENT IN CREATING THE POLICY FELT IT SHOULD STAY IN. SO IT IS IN THIS VERSION. AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS THAT AT THE END, THERE'S A SECTION ABOUT TRAINING ON THE POLICY. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DEBATE ON UM IF THE TRAINING WAS NECESSARY. AND IF SO, HOW OFTEN SO THERE WAS ONE PROPOSAL OF IT BEING AN ANNUAL TRAINING AND I BELIEVE WHERE WE LANDED WITH THAT, UM, THE TRAINING WOULD BE PROVIDED TO STAFF MEMBERS UPON HIGHER WITH BIANNUAL UPDATES, PROVIDED SO THAT SOME OTHER LANGUAGE SO JUST I GUESS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS THIS WOULD GO OUT FOR 30 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM AND I IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE NEW VERSION OR DECLARE SOMETHING UP BEFORE WE GET INTO Q AND A, UM BECAUSE THERE'S EITHER DOCTORED VERSION OUT THERE FLOATING AROUND OR EARLY DRAFT, BUT EVEN SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT WE'RE REFERENCING. NOT WHAT IS POSTED PUBLICLY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO READ THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WEBSITE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE IN 30 DAYS. CORRECT? YEAH, I HEARD THE COMMENTS AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM PRIO VERSIONS. SO OKAY. OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION ON A DATE. NOW YOU, UM IN AND WHEN YOU MADE THIS POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT. IT'S MOST RECENTLY REAFFIRMED ITS MADE THE 6 2020 AS I WAS SITTING HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THAT WAS NOT SURE IF THAT WAS LIKE A COPY PASTE JOB FROM A PRIOR, BUT NO IT, UM SO THE ACTUAL DATE THAT IT WAS MOST RECENTLY REAFFIRMED WAS MAY THE SIXTH OF 2002 NOT 22. OKAY, SO WE LEAVING THAT DATE OR WE'RE GOING TO USE THE DATE THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE USING NOW. IT WOULD BE WHATEVER SO THAT WOULD ALL CHANGE ANYWAY. WHENEVER THIS GETS VOTED ON, AND IF IT'S ADOPTED, THEN THERE WOULD BE A NEW DATE THERE. UM, BECAUSE THE CURRENT UM, POLICY WAS FROM MAY 6TH 2002. I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S EITHER A TYPO OR SOMETHING WITH A COPY PASTE JOB. BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT WAS IN THE 2002 CORRECT.

MOST OF THE LANGUAGES A COMPLETE OVERHAUL FROM THAT VERSION POSTED. UM THAT'S WHY THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH POSTED FOR COMPARISON SAKE, BECAUSE IT REALLY WASN'T AN AMENDMENT THE WAY NORMALLY YOU WOULD GO IN AND YOU MIGHT CHANGE A FEW LINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THERE WOULD BE A MARKUP. THIS WAS SORT OF A REWORK OF THE POLICY. WELL, THAT THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT ONE HERE. THAT'S 56 2002 LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. SO SHOULD WE NOT DO SOMETHING WITH THE DATE WITH THE ONE WE'RE WORKING ON. YES I MEAN, THAT'S THAT THAT DATE IS THAT DAY WOULD NOT BE THERE SHOULD NOT BE THAT SHOULD READ MAY 6, 2000 AND 0202 . CORRECT YEAH POLICY HASN'T BEEN UPDATED OVER TWO DECADES. SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE. YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU COULD KILL THE OLD ONE. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK IF WE USE BUT WHETHER THESE DATES ARE ON THE SAME ONE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO USE THE CURRENT DATE THAT WE'VE UPDATED THIS. YES. SO SHE'S SUGGESTING THAT IF WE DID KILL THE OLD ONE, THE NEW ONE THAT ALL THE PREVIOUS REVISIONS WOULD DISAPPEAR BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A NEW POLICY. YES OKAY, SO IT SHOULD BE NOW. 2023 IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVEN'T PASSED. IT MIGHT BE 2024, ACTUALLY. YEAH YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN WE PASS IT, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT OUT FOR 30 DAYS. CORRECT CHANGE THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT DATA. THAT'S THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO TWEAK THAT. DIDN'T WE DO A LEGAL UPDATE ON THIS RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS PROCEEDED? WE DID, UM, THERE WAS A GOOD BAD OF TIME SPENT AT THAT POINT AS WELL. BUT THE BOARD DID NOT WANT IT BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE IN SMALL GROUPS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR THAT VERSION, SO THAT VERSION DOESN'T EXIST AND HAS NEVER BEEN PRESENTED. SO UM, GO ON THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD OVER PARAGRAPH. I BELIEVE IT'S THREE. SEE WHERE IT SAYS EDUCATORS MAY EXPRESSIVE, PINION, UM.

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IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE SAYING. UM. OR ENCOURAGING FOR EDUCATORS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS BECAUSE EDUCATORS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING AND IT DOES GO AND IT SAYS IT AFTERWARDS. THAT, UM, THEY SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN. STUDENTS, TOO. FORMULATE THEIR OWN. UM POSITIONS BASED ON FACTS AND RESEARCH. SO IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY THAT FIRST AND KIND OF FLIPPED THE PARAGRAPH. SO THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S WORDED RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IN ALMOST ENCOURAGING THE EDUCATORS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS WHERE WE REALLY WANT AND YOU KNOW, DR MUELLER CAN TALK TO THIS PROBABLY BETTER THAN I AM HAVE.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT WE WOULD WANT THE CHILDREN CHILDREN, TOO. FORM THEIR OWN.

POSITION ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES PRIOR TO ANY EDUCATOR EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS. UM SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE OUT FRONT. MAKES IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE ENCOURAGING EDUCATORS, TOO. EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS COMMUNITY. YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO HER? THAT'S THAT'S I DO HAVE.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. THE VERSION THE NEW UPDATED VERSION THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT NOW, WHEN WAS THERE WHEN EXACTLY WAS THAT POSTED? UM, I THINK IT WAS POSTED TODAY TODAY.

YOU KNOW WHEN. AFTERNOON MORNING AFTERNOON. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S AN OLD VERSION OUT THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT WAS WHERE THEY FOUND IT, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY THEY WERE SEEING AN OLD VERSION AND NOT THE CURRENT VERSION. THAT'S ALL I'M NOT, BUT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS VERSION THAT WAS POSTED WHEN THIS WAS POSTED THIS AFTERNOON WAS THE FIRST TIME RIGHT OKAY. YEAH BUT YOU SAID I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SAW A DIFFERENT VERSION. THIS VERSION WASN'T EVEN FINAL UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SO AFTER AFTER THE SMALL GROUP CORRECT, UM, AND TO MS ALVAREZ COMMENTS, SO IF YOU READ THE POLICY REALLY HAS TO BE READ IN TOTALITY. AND SO THE STATEMENT OF POLICY, WHICH IS SECTION THREE, HAS AN A B, C D AND E. AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO I'M NOT. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY POLICY, BUT THE A AND THE B CERTAINLY SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS TO, UM TO FORM THEIR OWN OPINIONS, AND THEN ALSO THE END OF THAT PARAGRAPH SEAT AS INDICATE THAT EDUCATORS SHALL WELCOME IN RESPECT, DIFFERING OPINIONS. SO THAT THE IDEA WAS IS THERE BUT ABSOLUTELY YOU ALL CAN CAN CONTINUE TOWARDS SMITH. IF YOU WOULD MIND YOU WEREN'T SUGGESTING IT BE REMOVED. YOU WERE SUGGESTING IT BE REPOSITIONED REPOSITIONED SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE OF THIS BASE UP FRONT. I THINK IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE SAY IN THAT PARAGRAPH. UM I THINK THAT THAT PARAGRAPH SHOULD EMPHASIZE THE EDUCATOR'S ROLE AND LEADING THE STUDENT. THROUGH UM, RESEARCH AND FACT FINDING, UM AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND THE PARAGRAPH WITH, UM, THE EDUCATOR. HAVING THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION. PROVIDED IT. IT MEETS WITH THE, UM THE POLICIES INTENT AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, ENVIRONMENT THAT SHE IS THAT HE OR SHE IS EDUCATING IT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WHEN, WHEN IT'S PUT UP FRONT, THE STUFF THAT THAT IS , I THINK THE FOCUS OF THAT PARAGRAPH OF LEADING THE STUDENT TO THE FACT FINDING MISSION KIND OF GETS SECOND HAND AND YOU KNOW , SO IT'S SO MAYBE MAYBE THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE FIRST SENTENCE. AND THEN THE SECOND SENTENCE IS THE SECOND SENTENCE AND THE FIRST LIKE JUST FLIP FLOPPING IT WHERE IT WOULD READ. EDUCATORS SHALL WELCOME AND RESPECT DIFFERING OPINIONS, WHILE THE EDUCATOR HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS OPINIONS REGARDING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, THE EDUCATOR SHALL ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PERMITTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS FACTS AND DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS. EDUCATORS MAY EXPRESS OPINIONS REGARDING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.

PROVIDED THE EDUCATOR PRESENTS SUCH VIEWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY AND PROVIDED THE EDUCATOR MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE TEACHERS STATEMENTS REPRESENT HIS OR HER OPINION. ONLY YEAH, EXACTLY. I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF, UM PROVIDES THE ANTENNA THAT PARAGRAPH IN A IN A MUCH BETTER FLOW. I THINK YOU CAPTURE THAT DISTANT, NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, RIGHT? SO NO, THAT'S NOT A

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SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE AT ALL. SO I MEAN, IF YOU ALL WANT ME TO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE CHANGE THE SENTENCE IS THE ORDER OF THE SENTENCES. WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE IT IS POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TOMORROW. THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THE NEXT UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT WHAT SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING OF IS ALSO LISTED IN A IT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT KIMBERLY KIMBERLY SAID IT SO IT'S AN A COMES ON TOP OF THIS IS THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN IT. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE CAN. NO, WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, MISS COKER OR MR SOUL? ANY QUESTIONS? OR COMMENTS ON THIS. ONE MORE QUICK THING THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT AND IN SMALL GROUPS, BUT JUST THE PARAGRAPH D ADHERENCE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE THAT AT THE END OF THE POLICY. THERE'S A PLACE FOR LEGAL REFERENCES, WHICH IS WHAT OUR STANDARD FORMAT IS. THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS POLICY FORWARD WANTED TO HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION AND NUMEROUS DID WITHIN THE POLICY ITSELF TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ADHERENCE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. AND WANTED SPECIFICALLY FOR PAPA AND THE PPR A TO BE LISTED IN THE COMMITTEE. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT IF WE'RE LEAVING OUT OTHER LAWS THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT, SUCH AS TITLE NINE OR ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS, AND SO WE DID ADD IN THE LANGUAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AND THEN REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU AND THE PPR. A. BUT, UM THERE MAY BE COMMENTS OR THERE MAY BE A DESIRE TO INCLUDE IF WE'RE GOING TO LIST SOME LAWS, MAYBE LIST MORE THAT THIS THAT MIGHT BE IMPLICATED HERE, GET RID OF IT AND ASSUME THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING ON THE CALLS, RIGHT? AND STILL PUT IT IN THE LEGAL RECORDS WITH SECTIONS. ALL RIGHT, SO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING COMMENTS ON THIS 111 MINOR POINT OF VERIFICATION. HERE, UM THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT YOU KNOW THIS VERSION OF THE POLICY THAT WAS CIRCULATED. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE WASN'T THAT DISCOVERED IN A MARYLAND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST IT WAS MADE TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW. SO UM, I I'M THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OFFICER FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO THIS POLICY OR VERSIONS OF THIS POLICY. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF A PRIOR RESPONSE, EITHER, BECAUSE THE M P A. THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS INCLUDED. I THINK THE DATES DON'T LINE UP BECAUSE I DON'T THE FIRST THAT I EVER LEARNED OF THIS POLICY OF A NEW DRAFT WAS IN OCTOBER AND THE DATES THAT WERE SOUGHT BY THAT PARTICULAR MP I REQUEST ONLY WENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER. UM YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE STUFF. I SAW THE MINE. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS. UM JUST TRYING TO JUST TRYING TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR FOLKS. OKAY IT COULD HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE DATES, BUT IT WAS I MEAN, LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THIS. SO I WOULD SAY, FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD NOW, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. 100, YOU'RE RIGHT.

[H. (Placeholder) Presentation on the MSDE Report Card Framework, Ms. Heather Kutcher, Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment]

OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY UM, ITEM H PRESENTATION ON THE MARYLAND REPORT CARD FRAMEWORK. 2022 2023 WELCOME MS COOPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION IN MR FILSON STEINER, SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND MISS ROSE, MARK MARTINO PRINCIPLE OF ROLLS ROYCE ROLLS VOICE VOICE, WALES. IT'S 10 O'CLOCK. I'M THINKING ROLLS ROYCE. I WAS JUST AT YOUR SCHOOL TO, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY BOARD OF ED SUPERINTENDENT BELSON. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT ON PIECES OF THE MARYLAND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES THE REPORT CARD FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT AND OUR SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY WILL WALK THROUGH WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT FRAMEWORK. GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE PERFORMED IN HARTFORD COUNTY, AND THEN MRS MARTINA WILL SHARE SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT SHE TOOK TO HELP HER SCHOOL IMPROVE ON SOME OF THOSE MEASURES. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S A GOOD THING. THE MARYLAND REPORT CARD FRAMEWORK IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL AT ALL IN A LINE WITH BUT WE DO HAVE SOME A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN THE MODEL HAS CHANGED VERSUS SLIGHTLY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NUANCES THIS EVENING. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF POINT IN TIME WITH HISTORY, YOU MAY REMEMBER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.

AND THAT WAS TO GET OUR STUDENTS PROFICIENT BY 100 BY 2014 100% PROFICIENCY UNDER THE EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT THAT WAS REVISED AND SO WHAT YOU SEE, BEFORE YOU HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE 1718 SCHOOL YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD REVISIONS THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR OR FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, I SHOULD SAY UM BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE

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