Apr 29, 2024 Board Meeting

[Call to Order]

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ALRIGHTY. GOOD EVENING. AT THIS TIME I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE MUTE YOUR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD AT BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARTFORD COUNTY ON APRIL 29 2024 AT 6:01 P.M. THIS BUSINESS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION.

MISS ROLLO, PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL. MS ALVAREZ. PRESENT. MISS BRUCE. HERE. MISS COKER HERE.

DOCTOR MILLER. DEAR MISS PERRY HERE. A SAO, MR SEWELL, MISS STRAUSS. VICE PRESIDENT HAHN PRESENT. PRESIDENT CLAYTON HERE, SUPERINTENDENT WILSON HERE. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. PLEASE READ THIS EVENING'S RULES OF ORDER. GOOD EVENING. I'M DJ RAVAGE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING. IN KEEPING WITH THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE UPDATED PRACTICES THAT WILL BE ENFORCED THIS EVENING AND FOR ALL FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING, ALL ATTENDEES ARE REMINDED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. GRANDSTANDING WHICH INCLUDES APPLAUSE, AUDIBLE COMMENTARY, EXCESSIVE GESTURES, STANDING OVATIONS AND SIMILAR DISTRACTING BEHAVIORS IS NOT PERMITTED.

LIKEWISE THREATENING WORDS, GESTURES OR BEHAVIORS ARE NOT PERMITTED. SHOULD AN ATTENDEE ENGAGE IN ONE OF THE PROHIBITIVE BEHAVIORS, THUS ATTRACTING FROM THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING? THE ATTENDEE WILL RECEIVE A WARNING TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE TO PROHIBIT IT BEHAVIOR.

IF THE ATTENDEE DOES NOT CEASE TO PROHIBIT THE BEHAVIOR, THE ATTENDEE WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE BUSINESS MEETING BY SECURITY. WE ASK THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE REFRAIN FROM APPROACHING THE DAYS FOR ANY REASON DURING THE BOARD MEETING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MR VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE READ THE PROCESS FOR THIS EVENING. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICES UNTIL CALLED UPON BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, DOCTOR PONTON WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAMES. BEFORE SPEAKING DOCTOR. BOLTON WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO

[Adoption of Agenda]

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU MAY I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THIS IS CHERRY. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. MR MEDINA, A SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. IF THERE ARE ANY OPPOSED. PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. IP YOU HAVE TO SAY. CALLED FOR. WE JUST SAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND WORLD. OK TO START OUT THIS EVENING ITEM. A

[A. Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) Presentation , Mr. Milt Nagel, Executive Director for MABE]

GOOD EVENING, ERIN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, DOCTOR BALSON, UM MILTON NAGLE, UM, FROM FROM MABE . UH, SO I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX MONTHS AND, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TIME'S FLYING THE YEAR ROLLING RIGHT ALONG AND ONE OF THE ONE OF MY CHARGES TO MYSELF, UH, IN TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY, WAS TO GET OUT TO THE MEMBERS AND ATTEND A BOARD MEETING IN EVERY IN EVERY JURISDICTION. UM ON A ROTATING BASIS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, IF NOTHING ELSE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE, WHAT IT IS. WE DO ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST BOARDS OF EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A AS A WHOLE, AND SO I DO KNOW THAT MY TIME IS, UH, I DO HAVE 20 MINUTES. I I HAVE, UH, MY STOPWATCH GOING SO, I, I HAVE A LOT HERE THAT I WON'T COVER. BUT YOU'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS. YOU'RE ALL CAP. OF DIGESTING SOME OF THIS MATERIAL, SO I'M GONNA BREEZE THROUGH SOME OF IT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT IN PRINT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. AND UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE MY EMAIL IF YOU DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE MORE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET IT AND YOU CAN

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WHENEVER THE GENERAL SIMON IS IN SESSION, AND THEY'RE PUSHING, UH, NEW LEGISLATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL GOVER LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT THAT, UM, FOR HOW THEY BEST SEE FIT. WE DO A NUMBER OF OTHER SERVICES . THEY'RE HERE ON THIS PAGE, UM, WON'T NECESSARILY BORE YOU WITH THEM, BUT WE DO PROVIDE A LOT OF THE SERVICES. HARTFORD COUNTY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MANY OF THEM, UM, INSURANCE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A PROPERTY CASUALTY POOL, WHICH HARP HARFORD IS A MEMBER OF THE WORKERS COMP FUND. HARTFORD'S A MEMBER OF THAT AS WELL, UM, AND AN E FUND. UM HARFORD IS A MEMBER OF THAT. WE'VE CREATED SOME NEW INITIATIVES. UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THERE IS A NEW LAW COMING DOWN THE PATH CALLED THE MARYLAND TIME TO CARE ACT REQUIRES, UH, PAY TIME LEAVE OFF FOR CERTAIN QUALIFYING EVENTS PRETTY COMPARABLE TO FML A LEAVE, UH, THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY PUSHED THAT AND ENABLING DATE OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT WE CREATED A COLLABORATIVE ON THAT ALONG WITH MAO AND MML, UH, WE HAVE OVER 100 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THIS COLLABORATIVE ALL, UH, WITH THE WITH THE SINGLE GOAL TO, UM UM PULL OUT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE BEST IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS POSSIBLE FOR ALL AND I WILL SAY ALL 24 SCHOOL BOARDS ARE IN THE COLLABORATIVE HARTFORD INCLUDED, BUT, UM, IMPORTANT NOTES AS A RESULT OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED. SO BILL 45 HOUSE BILL 571 DID PUSH OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. UM SO IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT YOUR BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME UNTIL FY 27, BUT THERE WILL BE A COST. ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A TAX THAT HAS TO BE BORNE BY THE EMPLOYER AND A PORTION OF IT, POSSIBLY BY THE EMPLOYEE, AND THAT WON'T WILL HIT YOUR BUDGET AND FY 27 UNLESS THERE'S IN FUTURE. LET'S SAY SESSIONS. THERE IS ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION TO PUSH IT OUT FURTHER AND I'M OK WITH THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THE NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY UNDER DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO GET IT RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO ROLL OUT A PROGRAM FOR ALL EMPLOYERS AND ALL EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE STATE. THAT IS THAT DOESN'T WORK. AND SO WE WANT THEM TO GET IT RIGHT. AND WE'RE WE'RE OK. IF THEY, UM YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ASK FOR, UM SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. I'M GONNA SKIP OUR HEALTH CENTERS. I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THIS FOR A MINUTE. BECAUSE UH UH, THE CO-CHAIR OF THE CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE AS ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND THAT'S DR CAROL MUELLER. AND UH, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR, PLEASE GET THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR. OCTOBER 7TH THROUGH THE NINTH. I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN BOARD MEMBERS GET TO INTERACT IN A DIFFERENT SETTING, NOT ONLY WITH THEMSELVES BETWEEN THEMSELVES BUT ALSO WITH BOARD MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE STATE. THAT'S THAT'S THE GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, SETTING UP? UH A REALLY PACKED AGENDA OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SOME GREAT SPEAKERS. GREAT SESSIONS. UH, GREAT. UH, TABLETOP, UH, ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, AND, UH, LAST YEAR'S CONFERENCE WAS WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS IS IRAN AND, UH, DOCTOR , ERIC DAVIS AND I DID A GREAT JOB. UM AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM AGAIN AT AT THE CONFERENCE. UH, THIS THIS COMING FALL, SO IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS GREAT TO GET TO KNOW HIM AND HEAR ABOUT HIS HIS MESSAGE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT MAY DOES IS PROVIDE BOARD SERVICE ACADEMIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOARD MEMBERS. AND UM I WANNA HIGHLIGHT. UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT YOU MAY WANT TO FOCUS ON UM , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE

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AND, UM AGAIN. THE PRIORITY SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL AUTONOMY. I MEAN, THAT'S IMPORTANT. I CAN'T SAY THAT ENOUGH AND FULLY FUND THE BLUEPRINT. AT THE STATE LEVEL.

UM AND FULLY SUPPORT, UH, FULL FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND, UM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND AGAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS KEY. UM ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR ROLLING INTO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION WAS TO WE WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE IN HISTORICALLY, MAYBE HAS BEEN REACTIVE. WE WAITED FOR LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED AND THEN REACT TO IT. WE WENT ON A MISSION IN THE FALL OF PUTTING OUT A SURVEY TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS EVERY SUPERINTENDENT, EVERY BLUEPRINT COORDINATOR AND EVERY CFO IN CONJUNCTION WITH PAZ WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION.

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TWEAKED AS IT RELATES TO THE BLUEPRINT? HOW CAN THAT BE DONE? UM UH WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE FIX AND THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS DROVE OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BLUEPRINT AND WE SET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MEETING WITH KEY LEGISLATORS IN ANNAPOLIS TO TRY TO, UM, SELL THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE BLUEPRINT. UM GOING INTO THE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE OVERARCHING UM PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE BLUEPRINT OR OUTLINE THERE IN THOSE FIVE BULLETS. UM ADDING AN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT TO THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FORMULA AT LEAST IN MY KNOWLEDGE BASE, WHICH IS 34 PLUS YEARS HAS NEVER INCLUDED A MAINTENANCE, UH, INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.

MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. CALCULATION IS YOU GET MORE DOLLARS ON A PER CHILD BASIS NEXT YEAR THAN YOU DID THIS YEAR . BASED ON ENROLLMENT CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT, NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION. YET THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA HAS ALWAYS HAD A AN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT, SO WE PROPOSE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR LOCAL MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT CALCULATION BECAUSE COSTS GO UP EVEN IF YOUR ENROLLMENT DOESN'T CHANGE THE COST TO DO BUSINESS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT GOES UP. YOU HAVE SERVICE CONTRACTS. YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE THAT YOU MUST DO FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. THAT INCREASE IN COSTS JUST BECAUSE NORMAL INFLATION INCREASES THOSE LINE ITEMS. PRIOR TO THE BLUEPRINT GOING INTO EFFECT. WE HAD THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT ESCALATOR. UM WHICH WAS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAD, UH THEY WEREN'T PERFORMING AT STATE AVERAGE AS FAR AS FUNDING FROM THE FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAD, UH, A ADDITIONAL KICKER THAT WAS TAKEN OUT AS PART OF THE BLUEPRINT FUNDING. WE PROPOSE THAT THAT BE PUT BACK IN , UM, THE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLUEPRINT IS 75. PERCENT OF THE FUNDING OF THE VARIOUS FUNDING FORMULAS BE PUSHED DOWN TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL. FOLLOW THE CHILD. UM, THAT'S A DIFFICULT TASK FOR A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ACCOMPLISH. AND SO WE PROPOSED, UM UNBUNDLING THAT, AT LEAST FOR THE FOUNDATION PORTION OF THE FUNDING FORMULA, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY WASN'T. UH, THE TARGETED

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UM HOWEVER, ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE BLUEPRINT IS EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE. AND SO THERE HOUSE BILL 1441 DID DO SOME ALTERCATION ALTER ALTERATIONS TO THE PRE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMMING. AND ESTABLISHING PUSHING MORE MONEY TO PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO TRY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO COME ON BOARD AND BE PARTNERS WITH WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALSO SIGN A BILL 33. DID A LOT MORE TO REQUIRE BOARDS OF ED TO, UM UM MAKE MORE. MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE READY FOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. UM THROUGH THE, UM I THINK THE GUIDANCE SOFTWARE THE NAVI SOFTWARE THAT IS USED AT SECONDARY LEVEL. A, UM A BILL THAT WAS PASSED THAT THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS ALL OF YOU IS HOUSE BILL 1287, WHICH REQUIRES, UM SUPERINTENDENTS, BLUEPRINT. COORDINATORS. UM STATE SUPERINTENDENT, UM CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS OF, UH THE STATE BOARD THE LOCAL BOARD. UM AND HOPEFULLY I WOULD THINK ALL BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLUEPRINT AND, UM,

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THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT THAT IS DONE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER LEADING INTO THE FALL, UM AND IN REGARDS TO POTENTIAL LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE PRE FILED FOR THE NEXT SESSION, AND SO OUR JOB IS TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND SEE, UM WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE BETTER EFFECTIVE IN RESPONDING TO MEMBERS NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO KEY ISSUES AND ONE OF WHICH, OBVIOUSLY IS THE BLUEPRINT. BE MORE BE CONTINUE TO BE FORWARD THINKING AND AGAIN THAT THAT'S PART OF WHY I'M HERE AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, OR AT THE BEGINNING , WE DID. THE UH, SENT A SURVEY OUT ON A PROACTIVE STANCE. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING IN ANOTHER SURVEY OUT TO A LOT OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UM OR IN EARLY FALL TO TRY TO SEE UM IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, IF NEEDS HAVE CHANGED, UM, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. WHAT CAN WE DO? UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE APPROACH. WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS? I DON'T THINK FOR ANY MOMENT OF TIME THAT THAT I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR ANYBODY ELSE IN MADE, UM, WE RELY EXCLUSIVELY ON ON WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FROM FOLKS LIKE YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO HELP GUIDE US AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER AND OPEN IT UP FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MILT. THANK YOU. GET YOUR NAME RIGHT THIS TIME. UM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNUSUAL FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PUT OUT THE OPENING QUESTION AND COMMENT BECAUSE I LIKE TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TOWARDS UM TOWARDS THE BLUEPRINT. UM YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN ANNAPOLIS THIS YEAR LOBBYING FOR CHANGES. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES. BUT LOOKING AT THE REPORT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I WOULD SAY THAT IN GENERAL, THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES TO BLUEPRINT. I KNOW THAT SOME BOARD MEMBERS MYSELF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SPEND TIME IN ANNAPOLIS LOBBYING . WELL WHAT DO YOU SAY LOBBYING? I WOULD SAY, TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE WHAT WE SEE IS FLAWS ARE WHAT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FIXES ARE ON BLUEPRINT. UM SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW AGGRESSIVE WILL MAY BE THIS YEAR. UM YOU KNOW, I. I THINK IT'S FINE IN THE SHORT TERM THAT WE CAN GET THE STATE TO OFFSET SOME OF THESE FUNDS. LIKE THE BLUEPRINT COORDINATOR IS A SMALL EXAMPLE. BUT THOSE FUNDS WILL EVENTUALLY RUN OUT AS WELL. I MEAN, THE STATE IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A $3 BILLION DEFICIT. BECAUSE OF BLUEPRINT. UM AND SO WE CAN ALL SEE THIS TRAIN WRECK COMING. RIGHT SO ARE WE JUST GONNA WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS BANKRUPT AND THEN THROW OUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAY THAT WE TRIED UM, AND THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT IS, UM I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO A SINGLE BOARD MEMBER AND ANY OTHER COUNTY THAT'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN. THAT THE STATE IS TELLING THEM HOW TO DO THEIR JOB. SO ARE THERE ANY OF YOUR MEMBERS. THAT UH, ARE PRO BLUEPRINT. MM. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THERE. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SURPRISED THAT THIS WAS NOT A YEAR THAT THAT THE LEGISLATION LEGISLATORS DID NOT WANT TO TACKLE THE REVENUE PIECE. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, A LOT OF, UM A LOT OF NEW LEGISLATORS LEARNING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR WAY AROUND ANNAPOLIS NOW HOW HOW IT WORKED, BUT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN. I FELT THE YEAR TO INTRODUCE THAT. I KNOW THE GOVERNOR WAS ADAMANTLY, UM OUTWARD SPOKEN THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTING ANY NEW REVENUE INCREASES AND THE BELIEVE THE HOUSE DID PUT A REVENUE PACKAGE TOGETHER. BUT YOU KNOW, THE SENATE DID NOT SUPPORT THAT, AND IT HAD TO GO TO RESOLVE THEY DID RESOLVE

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THANK YOU. UM WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. KEEP GOING.

UM I WANNA PASS ON REGARDS AND APPRECIATION TO MS MOLLY YOUNG WHO DID A GREAT RETREAT FOR US, UM CO COUPLE, UH WEEKS AGO, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE HER COME BACK AGAIN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR MALI. I INHERITED MOLLY, BUT SHE'S OUTSTANDING. SHE SHE REALLY IS. SO WE ENJOYED THAT. UM S. OK, THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS THERE ANY REALIZATION AT ANY LEVEL THAT THE COST ESTIMATION FOR BLUEPRINT IS THE FLAW AT THE BASE SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE FLAWS AT THE BASE OF IT, AND THAT REALLY IS, IS THERE ANY APPETITE FOR GOING BACK AND GETTING A BETTER ESTIMATE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE TRUE COSTS? UH, WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL THERE EITHER. I THINK THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME SOME NUMBERS SOME ESTIMATES USED ESPECIALLY IN PRE K THAT THAT, UM, THAT WERE FLAWED. THAT THEY NEED AND SOME REPORTS WHEN THEY WHEN THE ESTIMATES WERE ORIGINALLY DONE WHEN BLUEPRINT WAS PASSED, THAT HADN'T BEEN UPDATED THAT THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES TO UPDATE SOME OF THESE REVENUE, SOME OF THESE PROJECTED COSTS IN THE OUT YEARS. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. LIKE TO BE ON I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO DO THIS TO GO AROUND ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND LET THEM ASK QUESTIONS OF YOU. UM I KNOW YOU PRETTY WELL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR MABE. SO THANK YOU. IT'S DITTO, UH, CAROL. YES. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT BOARD MEMBER

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WE'VE HEARD THE WORD REALLOCATE A LOT WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE THE FUNDS. THEY JUST NEED TO REALLOCATE. I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD MANY COLLEAGUES ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? UM BUT IF YOU IF YOU'D KEEP ASKING FOR DETAIL ABOUT HOW REALLOCATION SHOULD LOOK, I'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATIONS AND I'VE HEARD YOU KNOW, COMMENTS MADE BY A I THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE THINGS THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS DO TODAY THAT THE BLUEPRINT DOESN'T CALL FOR. AND I JUST SIT THERE AND I'M LIKE OK? BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT MANY, IF NOT ALL, OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO A LOCAL JURISDICTION BECAUSE THEY WORK IN A LOCAL JURISDICTION. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SCHOOL NURSES, OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SS. I MEAN THINGS THAT AND I'M NOT. THOSE FUNDINGS FOR SOME OF THOSE ARE DIFFERENT IN EVERY JURISDICTION. SOME IN SOME JURISDICTIONS THE COUNTY PAYS FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES AND OTHERS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN WE START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I DID A SURVEY ON SCHOOL NURSES AND SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE HALF. THE JURISDICTIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCHOOL. THE COST OF ALL THE SCHOOL NURSES AND HALF ARE PICKED UP BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HOW FAIR IS THAT? WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLUEPRINT AND THE SAME WITH SOME ARE PICKED UP BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF IT SPLIT SOME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT SAFETY AND WHETHER IT BE HEALTH SAFETY OR PHYSICAL SAFETY. YOU CAN'T OPERATE A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT THOSE VITAL SERVICES. UM SO I. I HEAR YOU, DOC FOLSOM LOUD AND CLEAR ON THAT, UM AND,

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[Public Comments]

WE WILL START WITH MR DAVID BAUER, FOLLOWED BY MEGAN FITZGERALD. GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVID BAUER AND WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON. AND SADLY, IT APPEARS TO BE A PARTICULARLY UGLY ONE. IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL FUNDING CRISIS, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ATTACKING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SPREADING FALSE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION. A QUICK PERSONAL ANTIDOTE THIS WEEKEND. I SAW THE PLAY SHREK JU AT MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL, AND THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS SITTING BEHIND US WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE HIRING FREEZE AND EXPECTED CUTS. YOU WILL HAVE PUT THE QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE BALANCE SHOULD BE BETWEEN SPENDING FUND BALANCE AND MAKING CUTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. MY THOUGHT IS IT HAS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EXACTLY 5050, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK ON THE ONE HAND, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS USING THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS FUND BALANCE AS AN EXCUSE FOR HIM TO SHIRK HIS DUTY. TO FUND THE SYSTEM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMOVE THAT EXCUSE FOR NEXT YEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY KIND OF EXECUTIVE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE CLEARLY CANNOT BE TRUSTED. HE HAS BEEN USING HIS OFFICE TO ATTACK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION.

THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE HE WILL FUND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM NEXT YEAR. SO A YEAR FROM NOW YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE. OF COURSE, THIS FUNDING CRISIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT. WELL, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS IT. YOU DO NOT DESERVE ANY BLAME FOR IT. BUT FUNDING IS NOT THE ONLY CRISIS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS DEALING WITH. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE BOARD. THE BLAME FOR THAT FALLS SQUARELY ON ABOUT HALF OF YOU. YOU'VE SHOWN A LACK OF RESPECT AND TRUST FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF ACROSS A VARIETY OF VOTES. IN ADDITION TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES ACTIVITIES HOW MANY GOOD

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CREATES BLIND SPOTS WITH RESPECT TO STUDENTS THAT NEED MORE THAN JUST READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT NEED UNIVERSAL, PRE K. THAT NEED TO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN THEIR DIVERSE TEACHERS THAT NEED COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND ADDITIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. I SEE MANY, MANY STUDENTS STRUGGLING IN YOUR SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY. I SEE EXHAUSTED AND UNINSPIRED EDUCATORS. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE LACK OF YOUR SUPPORT CONTINUES. TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR CHALLENGES. IF YOU KNOW THAT THESE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING, WHY AREN'T YOU TRYING HARDER TO HELP? YOU COULD REACH OUT TO THE PACE LIAISONS IN THE SCHOOLS, THE TEACHER, THE TITLE ONE TEACHER SPECIALISTS, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEACHER SPECIALISTS AND CAPITALIZE ON WAYS TO MEET THESE FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO BE AT THOSE PLACES WHERE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD AND IMPORTANT AND IS FELT HCPS WANTS TO FOCUS ON THE HOPE MODEL FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. WOULD YOU PERSONALLY CONSIDER BEING PART OF CREATING HEALTHY OUTCOMES FROM POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS? WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAKING IMPACTFUL EFFORTS TOWARD BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY THROUGH INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITIES? WOULD YOU CONSIDER PRIORITIZING, SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND STABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIVING PLAYING AND LEARNING IN SOUTHERN HALFORD COUNTY, AT HOME AND IN SCHOOL? DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR BECAUSE THIS IS ALL THE HOPE STUFF? UM WOULD YOU AVAIL YOURSELF TO ENGAGING ON A SOCIAL AND CIVIC LEVEL IN HARTFORD COUNTY TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING AND CONNECTEDNESS TO THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS? I SENT YOU AN EMAIL INVITING YOU TO EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND, AND I HOPE YOU CONSIDER TAKING ME UP ON IT. WE'RE DOING BEAUTIFICATION, AND WE COULD REALLY USE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISS RACHEL JENKINS, FOLLOWED BY SUSIE SCOTT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RACHEL JENKINS. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF HARVARD COUNTY AND A PROUD MOTHER OF A HARVARD COUNTY STUDENT. AS A MOTHER OF A STUDENT WITH PROFOUND AUTISM, ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER. I REPRESENT A COMMUNITY OF PARENTS. WHO BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE LEARNING DISORDERS.

MANY CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES CAN'T RECEIVE INFORMATION UNLESS IT IS TAUGHT TO THEM ON A ONE ON ONE THE LARGE CLASS SIZES IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUME AND COMPLEX SOCIAL STIMULI. LEAVE THE CHILD ANXIOUS AND CLOSED OFF. THERE ARE SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND, HOWEVER, THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY EDUCATE CHILDREN WITH ADVANCED SPECIAL LEARNING NEEDS. THESE SCHOOLS OFFER INTENSIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. FOR

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A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW AND HAVE NEVER EVEN MET THE CHILD IN NEED. WHETHER FUNDING IS GRANTED OR DENIED. HARTFORD COUNTY WILL PAY EXORBITANT ATTORNEY FEES. THE AMOUNT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL SPEND FROM ITS BUDGET ON THEIR HIRED ATTORNEYS COULD HAVE PAID FOR PRECIOUS YEARS OF EDUCATION. I AM PLEADING FOR THE BOARD TO PLEASE USE FUNDING MORE APPROPRIATELY. WHY IS HARVARD COUNTY HIRING LAWYERS NOT ALREADY ON THEIR PAYROLL TO FIGHT AGAINST CHILDREN WHO ARE ALREADY AT A DISADVANTAGE? WE NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT INVESTING IN A CHILD'S EVENTUAL INDEPENDENCE IN THE WORKFORCE RATHER THAN SPENDING EXCESSIVE PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET TO DENY ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE EDUCATION. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. MISS SCOTT, CAN YOU STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP WHEN YOU RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SUSIE SCOTT AND I REPRESENT MOMS FOR LIBERTY. HARFORD COUNTY.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR BOLSON. WHILE I DO TRY TO SPEAK TO TOPICS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, I WILL DEVIATE FROM THAT AND SPEAK TO THE NEWLY UNVEILED AND EGREGIOUSLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL TITLE IX REGULATIONS SET TO TAKE EFFECT. AUGUST 1ST. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RELEASED THE FINAL TITLE IX REGULATIONS ON APRIL 19TH, TRIGGERING A WAVE OF PROTESTS AGAINST THIS POLICY, WHICH SEEKS TO TRANSFORM OUR SCHOOLS, RESHAPE THE FAMILY AND REDEFINE THE US CONSTITUTION. ACROSS AMERICA, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ARE CONDEMNING THE NEW TITLE IX REGULATION, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD, TOO. TODAY FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETES, PARENTS AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS GENERAL HAVE FILED A BLOCKBUSTER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR ILLEGAL TITLE IX REGULATIONS. WHY THE NEW REGULATION UPENDS THE ORIGINAL 1972 LAW, WHICH FORBIDS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE NEW REGULATIONS INCLUDE PROVIDING MALES ACCESS TO GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS AND REQUIRING SPEECH CODES THAT INDOCTRINATE YOUNG STUDENTS WITH GENDER IDEOLOGY.

THE REGULATION ALSO ENDS BASIC DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OWED EVERY STUDENT BY LIMITING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT FROM DEFENDING THEMSELVES. A LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY PARENTS DEFENDING EDUCATION, INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM SPEECH FIRST AND THE STATES OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ALSO FILED A LAWSUIT TODAY. BUT WHAT OF MARYLAND? WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO CRAFT AND IMPLEMENT GUIDANCE AND POLICIES IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT THE BIDEN REGIME HAS DUMPED ON US ARE DEEP BLUE PROGRESSIVE STATE WORKS IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE THEIR RADICAL AGENDA. MS D HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK ISSUING GUIDANCE IN OUR STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN IN A FREE FEEDING FRENZY, PASSING LAWS TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM EDUCATION. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS BY DESIGN IS A MAOIST STYLE CULTURAL REVOLUTION AIMED AT UNDERMINING THE FAMILY AND CAPTURING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN TO TOW THE PARTY LINE. BY BRINGING SO CALLED CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING ARE EUPHEMISM FOR MARXIST C RT INTO HCPS. WE'VE TURNED EDUCATION INTO POWER POLITICS. EVERYTHING MUST BE VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY. WE'RE TOLD IT'S ALL ABOUT DIVIDING OUR CHILDREN INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES OPPRESSED OR OPPRESSOR. HCPS ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY IS NOW TEACHING KIDS THAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT POWER. OPPRESSION IS DECIDED. BASED ON

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THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE FLAG POLICY UP. IT'S HIGH TIME YOU VOTE ON THIS POLICY SO THAT THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD COUNTY CAN SEE WHICH SIDE YOU STAND ON. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LUCILLE. SO CHASSON, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINO. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND PARENTS. MY NAME IS LUCILLE SICKEN AFTER HAVING COMPLETED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I SPENT 40 PLUS YEARS, PROVIDING THERAPY TO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN IN A TOTAL OF 10 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATES OF NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT AND MARYLAND. MY LAST 23 YEARS BEFORE RETIREMENT. WE'RE AT PROSPECT MALONE ENTRY SCHOOL IN HARTFORD COUNTY. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY BACKGROUND. I CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT CHILDREN.

THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

AND HAVE YOU CONSIDERED JOINING ME WITH ME IN FIGHTING THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT TO THE WELL BEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN? APRIL 20TH 1999 WAS A TRAGIC DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT WAS THE DAY THE 12 STUDENTS WERE KILLED IN COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, COLORADO. IN THE 25 YEARS SINCE THAT DATE 394 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE OCCURRED. OF THESE 304 WERE FATAL. WITH 554 STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF KILLED OR INJURED.

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MOST DEADLY DECEMBER 2012 SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY, SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT 26 KILLED FEBRUARY 2018 MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL PARKLAND, FLORIDA 17 KILLED. MAY 2020 ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UVALDE TEXAS 19 KILLED MARCH 2023 COVENANT SCHOOL.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. SEVEN KILLED. A MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT GUN WAS USED FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE KILLINGS. IF WE ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, WE MIGHT CONSIDER PUTTING OUR ENERGY INTO GETTING MILITARY STYLE GUNS BANNED. NOT LIBRARY BOOKS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO CHILD HAS EVER BEEN KILLED BY READING A BOOK. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION CONVERT THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS TO AN ADVISORY VOTE. INSTEAD OF COUNTING TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN HARTFORD COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF COUNTIES IN THIS STATE. DO IT THIS WAY.

SO WHY DOESN'T HARTFORD COUNTY IT SHOULD BE A TOKEN POSITION. TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCE ON GOVERNING. TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING SO. IT SEEMS COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL TO ME.

THAT A MINER THAT IS STILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE. CAN ACTUALLY BE THE REPRESENTATIVE. THIS IS TOTALLY ILLOGICAL. WE NEED MEMBERS WHO HAVE ADULT EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES IN LIFE. MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. NOT ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES. PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROL DECISION

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THAT ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH PUSHBACK FOR THEIR DECISIONS. IT IS TIME FOR HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FIX THIS INJUSTICE. LET'S HAVE A BOARD OF ADULTS MAKING ADULT DECISIONS.

OR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA LA NOCHE. HELLO JACOB BENNETT. UM, TONIGHT JUST SPEAKING AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, UH, WANTED TO SHARE FIRST, UH, THAT LAST WEEK WE WERE VERY LUCKY AT MY SCHOOL TO HAVE THE MARYLAND INITIATIVE FOR LITERACY AND EQUITY. COME AND VISIT US AND CHECK OUT OUR LITERACY. UH, INSTRUCTION. I IT WAS VERY NICE OF THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED BY AND WATCHED ME TEACH MY PHONICS LESSON. WHO SAID THAT ? WHAT I WAS DOING WAS THE CROWN JEWEL OF STRUCTURED LITERACY, WHICH IN MY WORK MEANT A LOT. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING AT AN UPCOMING FILM SCREENING AT HARTFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THEY'RE SCREENING THE FILM THE RIGHT TO READ ON MAY 18TH AS A SATURDAY, UM AND I'LL I'LL BE SPEAKING WHEN THE FILM IS DONE, SO I RECOMMEND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM, IT'S ABOUT HOW THE N A AC P TOOK ACTION IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA TO GET LUCY CALKINS UNITS OF STUDY REMOVED FROM THEIR SCHOOLS. UM AND ALSO ABOUT JUST THE NATIONAL IMPACT ON LITERACY THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. UM THIS WEEK IS THE OPENING FOR THE SPRING ASSESSMENT FOR DIBBLES. SO IT'S THE WINDOW STARTS. I KNOW I'VE BEEN COUNTING DOWN TO THE DAY WITH MY STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, BIAS SHARE BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND YOU KNOW, WE TALK AND THINGS MOVE ON. AND TIME MOVES FAST. WE'RE STILL NOT ASSESSING ALL KINDERGARTNERS IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THREE TIMES A YEAR USING DIVIS. A UNIVERSAL SCREENER SHOULD BE USED UNIVERSALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE READY TO REACT. CALLS FOR IT IN 22 HOUR. 24 JURISDICTIONS AGREE WITH ME ON THAT MATTER, UM SO I REALLY OUGHT AS BOARD MEMBERS THINK YOU SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOLS YOUR DISTRICTS ARE USING THE DIPPLE ASSESSMENT FOR FALL WINTER AND SPRING. WHEN WE DO UNIVERSAL SCREENING. WE DON'T JUST CATCH THOSE KIDS WHO NEED INTERVENTION, BUT WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHEN WE'RE ASSESSING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE, WE CAN HAVE PREVENTION SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY CHILDREN WHO NEED INTERVENTION. UM IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

IT'S A VERY BASIC THING. DIBELS TAKES US ABOUT SIX MINUTES PER CHILD OVER THE COURSE OF, UH UH, LESS THAN A WEEK OF MY CENTER TIME I CAN GET EVERY CHILD IN MY CLASS DONE, SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COST US VERY LITTLE TIME OR VERY LITTLE MONEY . AND IF WE DO IT, WE CAN GET GOOD INFORMATION TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE. NO ACTION HAS COME SINCE OUR OUR LITERACY SPECIALISTS ARE STILL BEING ADVISED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

I'M THANKFUL THAT MY SCHOOL WE ARE GONNA DO ALL OF OUR KINDERGARTENERS, BUT I MEAN THE READY TO READ ACT IS A LAW AND IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ONE. TO UNDERSTAND DIBBLES IS A GREAT ASSESSMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE USING FONTS AND CANAL IS NOT SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION . SO OUR CHILDREN ARE TAKING CARE OF MOVING INTO FIRST GRADE.

THANK YOU. FOR THOU SHALT WORSHIP. NO OTHER GOD. FOR THE LORD WHOSE NAME IS JEALOUS IS A JEALOUS GOD. OUR CREATOR. GOD IS DEFINITELY A JEALOUS GOD, AND HE DEMANDS THAT HE BE THE ONLY ONE IN OUR LIVES. NOT MONEY, NOT CAREER, NOT EDUCATION, NOT STATUS OR ANY OTHER ASPIRATION. HE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE. WE DO NEED GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS. BRINGING HIM

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WE ARE HARMING OUR CHILDREN WITH THESE TEACHINGS WHEN WE AGREE WITH CONFUSED CHILDREN, THAT THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE NOT. WE ARE TELLING THEM THAT GOD MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH THE WAY THEY ARE. WE NEED TO REASSURE THEM. THAT DIFFICULTY GOING THROUGH ADOLESCENCE IS A NORMAL THING. MOST CHILDREN WHO FEEL THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT GENDER HAVE THESE FEELINGS RESOLVED JUST BY GETTING THROUGH PUBERTY, AS LONG AS WE LOVE AND NURTURE THEM ALONG THE WAY, WE CAN HAVE HEALTHY ADULTS. AT THE OTHER END , WE MUST TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND THAT EVERY HUMAN CREATION WAS BORN FOR A PURPOSE WITH WHICH HE WAS MADE TO SERVE GOD AND HIS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. JESUS SAID. IT IS WRITTEN MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEED OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD. MATTHEW FOUR. IF WE GIVE OUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED, WHICH IS OUR GOD, AND THEY WILL BE HAPPY AT PEACE AND FULFILLING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE MADE. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY, BUT HAVING GOT ALONGSIDE THEM BRINGS THEM TO AN AWARENESS OF HOW MUCH THERE IS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. DESPITE THOSE DIFFICULTIES, LET'S TELL OUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES, JESUS SAID. I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. JOHN 14 6 THIS MEANS THAT ONLY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, CAN WE COME TO BE WITH GOD, OUR FATHER AND BECAUSE HE IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE WE ARE RISKING OUR SALVATION BY NOT FOLLOWING HIM AND LIVING IN TRUTH, MOST, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN. REJECTING THE TRUTH IS TO REJECT JESUS, OUR SAVIOR. I PRAY THAT GOD BLESS AND GUIDE YOU ALL IN YOUR DECISION MAKING OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TINA GRAF, FOLLOWED BY ALEXA SHO. UM FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE SENIOR DEPUTY BRIAN BRANDAU, OUR SRO AT FALTA MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO WAS AWARDED DEPUTY OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK. UM DEPUTY BROWNE IS A HUGE ASSET TO BOTH FOSTER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT ALL HE ALL HE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE WORKED OR ATTENDED ALL BUT THE LAST ALL BUT TWO OF THE LISTENING SESSIONS. AND TONIGHT MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS SIMPLE. ARE YOU LISTENING? WE'VE ASKED YOU REPEATEDLY TO ADVOCATE FOR US AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE'VE TOLD YOU WHAT WE NEEDED AND HAVE BEGGED YOU TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ON OUR BEHALF AND YOU'VE CHOSEN TO REMAIN SILENT AND INSTEAD FOCUSING YOUR EFFORTS ON UNNECESSARY POLICIES, YOUR PUBLIC SUPPORT COULD IMPACT DECISIONS BY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND YET SOME OF YOU FAIL US. INSTEAD WE OPEN THE AEGIS AND A LETTER TO THE EDITOR WRITTEN BY OUR BOARD PRESIDENT TITLED EDUCATION MANDATE IS A BLUEPRINT FOR DISASTER. HOW ABOUT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR SAYING NOT FULLY FUNDING OUR BUDGET WILL BE A DISASTER TO HARTFORD COUNTY. WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLUEPRINT. AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF YOUR CLAIMS MAY BE VALID, WE NEED YOU TO BE OUR VOICE. ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS AT THE LAST LISTENING SESSION REGARDING DISCIPLINE. WHILE MANY OF US HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES REGARDING DISCIPLINE, WE MUST WORK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF MST E AND THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING STUDENT DISCIPLINE. SO LISTENING EMAILS TO THE BOARD OF ED MEMBERS WILL NOT ASSIST IN REMOVING STUDENTS. PERHAPS TAKE SOME TIME TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE IN STUDENT SERVICES AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT ALL WORKS. KNOW YOUR FACTS BEFORE SPOUTING OFF ANYTHING ABOUT REMOVING THE BAD APPLES? YOU'VE WASTED COUNTLESS HOURS, SOLICITING FEEDBACK FOR UNNECESSARY POLICIES AND CREATED DRAMA WHERE NONE EXISTED. FLAGS ARE NOT THE DISTRACTION IN CLASSROOMS. BUT THE WRITING OF THESE POLICIES ARE DISTRACTING YOU FROM WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WHY SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON ANY POLICY WHEN YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN YOU'LL LISTEN. IT'S CONCERNING THAT THE FEEDBACK ON THE FLAG POLICY WAS MENTIONED AS AN ARGUMENT FOR ADOPTING IT, EVEN CITING NUMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS CLAIMING TO HAVE READ EACH COMMENT YET THE SAME METHODS OF COLLECTING FEEDBACK ON THE 2024 2025 CALENDAR WERE DEEMED SO FLAWED THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN USE IT TO MAKE A DECISION TO WHAT I CONSIDER THE MOST DISASTROUS CALENDAR WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. FINALLY FINALLY, SOME OF YOU QUOTED TIMOTHY SHRIVER WITHOUT CONTEXT, USING IT TO SOMEHOW SUPPORT STUDENTS BEING AFRAID TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS.

DOCTOR SHRIVER DOES DISCUSS THE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FREELY. HOWEVER THAT'S WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE FACT THAT HE HAS A HUGE PROPONENT FOR CREATING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE SAFE AND INCLUSIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND IN WHICH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED AND RESPECTED. HE HAS A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMS AND THAT WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR KIDS HOW TO ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISCOURSE WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO AGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE. KIDS FEEL SAFE TEST SCORES GO UP AND OTHER INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT GO UP.

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GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR MAKING THESE SMART CHOICE TO VOTE DOWN THE NOW DULY FAILED FLAG POLICY. SINCE SOME MEMBERS PLAN TO BRING THIS POLICY BACK AT A LATER TIME I AM READING THE SPEECH I WOULD HAVE READ AT THE LAST MEETING. IN THE PREVIOUS SESSIONS. THE DETRIMENTS TO STUDENTS BROUGHT ON BY SHUTDOWNS DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS HIGHLIGHTED AND I AGREE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE SHUTDOWNS AND THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE TO COME BACK FROM THAT. THERE IS A MYRIAD OF DATA TO SHOW THAT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION SUPPORT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THERE IS NO DATA TO BACK THE CLAIM THAT THOSE PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES SOMEHOW DISTRACT FOR THAT. FROM THAT. WHILE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS NOW FAILED POLICY. THE MOMS FOR LIBERTY CHAPTER CHAIR OF HARTFORD COUNTY CLEVERLY POINTED OUT THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR SAID THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO THINK INTENSIVELY AND TO THINK CRITICALLY. INTELLIGENCE PLUS CHARACTER THAT IS THE GOAL OF TRUE EDUCATION. YOU ARE BANNING THE CHARACTER PART AND THAT IS LUDICROUS. IF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CAN BE DISRUPTED BY A FLAG OR ANY SYMBOL THAT REPRESENTS THE INCLUSION OF ALL PEOPLE THAT IS AN INSTITUTION THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS DISRUPTION. IF YOU TRULY VALUE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND IT ISN'T JUST A THIN VEIL ATTEMPTING TO HIDE A POLITICAL AGENDA, INVEST IN SC AND INVEST IN THE E I, AS THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWN BY EXPERTS TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING OF ALL STUDENTS. WHY WOULD YOU BAN SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS YOUR OBJECTIVE? IS THERE SOME OTHER REASON IT BOTHERS YOU. SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD CONTINUOUSLY REMIND THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THEY SEE TEACHERS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE WHILE WE'RE REMINDING ONE ANOTHER OF OUR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. LET'S REMEMBER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS DON'T OVERSEE PERSONNEL MATTERS, AND IT'S QUITE A BOLD WAY TO ACT TOWARD TENURED PROFESSIONALS. IT'S ALMOST LIKE PERHAPS YOU THINK THAT TEACHERS ARE THE ONES WHO RELY ON RE-ELECTION TO RETAIN THEIR POSITIONS. I'M GONNA GO OFF SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT. I AM SO SORRY. YOU JUST HAD TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY PATRONIZE YOU FOR THREE MINUTES. YOU DO A GREAT JOB. YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND, UM ANY STUDENTS WATCHING. DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHILD. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I. I GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PEDAGOGY. I KNOW ABOUT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. UM IT IS TRUE THAT THE BRAIN FINISHES DEVELOPING AT 25, BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT A PERSON IS INCAPABLE OF RATIONAL THOUGHT. UNTIL THAT POINT AND IF THAT IS THE CASE WHY BIG TAKEAWAY IS HALF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE, THEN, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT'S THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE OTHER THREE OF YOU. PRESIDENT POINT AND THAT'S

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WELL AT THE OUTSET. THAT MATH ISN'T MAPPING. BEYOND THAT. WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN SAFELY USE? WITHOUT RISKING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE DON'T HAVE A LINE OF CREDIT. WE CAN ONLY INVEST. AND THE PEOPLE AND MATERIALS THAT WE'VE BEEN FORWARD. FUNDED FOR. WHEN OUR BUDGETS GET TIGHT. WE CAN'T MOVE. WE CAN'T MAKE NEW INVESTMENTS. WE CAN'T TRY THINGS TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE. SO I'M ASKING THAT AS A BOARD WE PUT TOGETHER AN ADVISORY GROUP WHOSE GOAL IS TO CREATE A GUIDELINE OF WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE NEEDS TO BE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE FACTORS WHY AC PS NEEDS A FUND BALANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. REGARDING THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD'S VOTING RIGHTS. THERE IS AN INJUSTICE. THE INJUSTICE. IS THAT THE STUDENT MEMBER ON THIS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE FULL VOTING RIGHTS. THE MEMBER OF A COUNTY I BELIEVE IS STILL THE ONLY MEMBER STUDENT MEMBER THAT HAS FULL VOTING RIGHTS. I BELIEVE IN THE COUNTRY. I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENT MEMBER HAVING FULL VOTING RIGHTS. I TRUST THE BROADER STUDENT GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. THAT'S THE HARPER COUNTY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCILS, AND I TRUST THE STUDENT'S VOICE. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. IT IS HEARD AND WE LISTEN TO IT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTER NOTE HERE.

I HAVE THE AEGIS IF EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE AEGIS SO THESE ACTUALLY IS TECHNICALLY STILL UH, AN ENTITY. ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK WE JUST ACTUALLY HAS IN PRINT, BUT THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY FROM JANUARY OF 2005. AND THE ARTICLE. IS ABOUT ALL DAY LONG KINDERGARTEN. SO I'M JUST GONNA READ SOME THINGS FROM THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE BACK IN 2000 STARTING IN LIKE 2003. UM SCHOOL SYSTEMS AROUND MARYLAND. HAD TO START LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS THAT. NOT THAT I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS LONGER AGO THAT WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED A FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN, BUT, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN IT HAPPENED, SO HERE. IT GOES WORKING TO MEET A STATE REQUIREMENT THAT KINDERGARTEN BE EXPANDED TO THE LENGTH OF A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY BY THE 2007 2008 ACADEMIC YEAR. HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE PHASED IN FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN FOR HALF OF THE COUNTY'S KINDERGARTEN AGE STUDENTS. SO THIS IS 2005, SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND THE HARVARD COUNTY SYSTEM IS ON TRACK TO HAVE FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN IN ALL, 32 COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY 2006 2007. SO A YEAR AHEAD LOOK AT THAT 20 YEARS AGO, WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE, IMPLEMENTING FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. HAD A SCHEDULE. UNTIL THE 2003 2004 SCHOOL YEAR. KINDERGARTEN CLASSES IN HARVARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LASTED 2.5 HOURS AND RAN IN MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS. I WAS A PART OF THAT I WENT TO THE HUT AT YOUTH BENEFIT I HAD EARLY THE MORNING SESSION. UM JUST THINK WHERE I COULD BE IF I HAD FULL FULL DAY. UM WITH

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RIGHT? A LONGER DAY FOR FIVE YEAR OLDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAME A PENDING REALITY. THE MARYLAND LAW REQUIRES ALL STATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT THE LONGER DAY BY 2007 2008. UNDER HARPER SCHEDULE, EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED THE PROGRAM IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND AT THAT TIME, THERE'S 32. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. UM LOTS OF DETAILS HERE. I'M NOT GONNA GO TOO MUCH LONGER, BUT JUST I THINK A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS INTERESTING. WHILE GRANT MONEY HAS BEEN USED TO BUY SOME MATERIALS, SOUNDS FAMILIAR. AND FURNITURE. THERE'S CONCERN WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE GRANT MONEY WILL SOON RUN OUT. SOMEHOW WE MADE IT THROUGH FULL DAY. KINDERGARTEN IS JUST FINE NOW. SO THAT IS KIND OF MY BROADER. WE KEEP TALKING, THROWING OUT NUMBERS HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A $3 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT OR WHATEVER IN THE STATE, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS AS A STATE. OK, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS. THIS IS INTERESTING. HARVARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUEST DISCRETIONARY NEW TEACHING POSITION POSITIONS EVERY YEAR. AS WELL AS REQUIRED NEW POSITIONS UNDER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS LYING IN THE BUDGET. SO THAT WAS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. NOT THAT MUCH MORE, I PROMISE. PRETTY INTERESTING. YEAH. OVERALL IN KEEPING KINDERGARTEN CLASSES AROUND 16 TO 17 STUDENTS. OUR CURRENT GOAL IS TWENTYISH, RIGHT? THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS HIRED 24 NEW TEACHERS. FOR THE 16 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN CURRENTLY. THE TIME. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM STARTED THE FULL DAY PROGRAM FIRST AT SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF STUDENTS FROM POOR FAMILIES. SCHOOLS MOST OF WHICH ARE ON THE ROUTE. 40 CORRIDOR HAVE MORE AVAILABLE SPACE IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THIS YEAR, THE SYSTEM ADDED THREE TRAILERS TO DEERFIELD. IN ONE NORTH HARFORD ELEMENTARY. BECAUSE MOST MOST OF THE RECENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UH AROUND DEERFIELD, UM MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST CROWDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ON PARAPHRASING UM THE RAINING TWO YEARS THE FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL LIKELY NEED 20 MORE RELOC. PORTABLES.

AS A START FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. SO ANYWAY, THAT THOSE PRETTY INTERESTING FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. PUTS PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, UH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. I'M SORRY. FULL DAY PRE K. UH, ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UM, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND WE ALREADY DID IT SUCCESSFULLY WITH KINDERGARTEN. I THINK EVERYBODY LOVES, UH THAT WE HAVE FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN. UH, WE GOT THROUGH IT. WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS. WE JUST GOT TO WORK TOGETHER. MR SOUL. HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING 19 YEARS WITH THAT NEWSPAPER JUST TO READ THAT TONIGHT OR HOW? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S A GREAT BACK STORY. SO I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME OF OUR PAPERWORK AT HOME, AND WE HAD SAVED THIS. FROM 20 YEARS AGO, BASICALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE AND HAD THE LISTING SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY TRANSFER AND STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SHE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT. I KNOW. IT'S LIKE EVERYONE IS EXPECTING ME TO TOO BUT I DON'T. I THINK, MR SOUL AND EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PERRY. I WANTED TO TELL M SI REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. I MEAN, YOU'RE ACTUALLY A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE, UM I GUESS KNOW HOW THEN WE DO SO. THANK YOU. DR MILLER. SO I WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR. UM PRESENTATION THIS LAST WEEK, AND, UH, CRYSTAL RYAN. WAS UM, THE AWARDEE FOR THE BEST GENERAL EDUCATION BUS DRIVER IN THE DISTRICT. SPECIAL NEEDS BUS DRIVER WAS HOLLY. PLASTIC. AND THE ATTENDANT SPECIAL NEEDS ATTENDANT WAS STEVEN ARBAUGH, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED QUITE A FEW TIMES IS BUS DRIVERS ARE THE FIRST PERSON THAT THE KIDS SEE DURING THE DAY AND THE LAST PERSON THEY SEE BEFORE THEY GO HOME AND HOW THOSE BUS DRIVERS TREAT THEM AND HOW THE TRIP ON THE BUS GOES, HAS A BIG INFLUENCE OVER THEIR DAY, SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO LET THE BUS DRIVERS KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. SOME OF THEM ARE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. SPECIAL NEEDS ONES ARE THE OTHERS ARE CONTRACTED. UM THEY'RE ALL GREAT AND THEY ALL TRULY LOVE THEIR CHILDREN.

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DIFFERENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE. UM SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT HOW WE TREAT OUR STUD STUDENT BOARD MEMBER HAVING VOTING, PARTIAL VOTING RIGHTS AND UNTIL YOU WERE CORRECT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS FULL VOTING RIGHTS AND OTHERS HAVE A SPECTRUM IN BETWEEN, SO THE STATE IS LIKE THAT THE STATE MARYLAND IS LIKE THAT. EVERYBODY IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OK WELCOME. AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE LISTENING IN. UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN THE GRATA TOUR. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE NOT ONLY HOW MUCH THE TEACHERS LOVE THE KIDS, BUT HOW THE STUDENTS LOVE SCHOOL AND JUST BEAMING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT WAS A GREAT TOUR. UM SO THANKS EVERYONE FOR HOSTING US AT CHURCH CREEK, MEADOW VALE, PATTERSON MILL AND HARTFORD ACADEMY, UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE CHURCHVILLE PATRIOTS CEREMONY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF THE, UM FIFTH GRADERS DOING PATRIOT CEREMONIES AND THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR AND SO THAT WAS VERY UPLIFTING. THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT CEREMONY THAT THEY PUT ON UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL BUDGET RELATED TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU WENT TO AND I ATTENDED THE ONE AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL DOCTOR BOLSON AND MS JUDD DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THE PRESENTATION AND HANDLING THE COMMUNITY QUESTIONS WHICH WERE RIGHT ON 0.1 KEY TAKEAWAY FOR ME, WAS THE COMMUNITY CONCERN OVER CLASS SIZES. THERE WERE ALSO SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATIONS AS WE REFINE THE FY 25 BUDGET. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR CONDUCTING THOSE AND PARTICIPATING IN THOSE ONE AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED AS PART OF THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE FY 25 BUDGET IS A MULTIYEAR.

SITUATION THAT ALL L ARE FACING. UM ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CURRENTLY HAVE THIS SITUATION WITH THE EXPIRING FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS, AND I THINK IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HISTORICALLY, AS MR SEWELL WAS POINTING OUT. UM, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COVID GRANTS AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE EXPIRING. THEY WERE MEANT FOR TEMPORARY OR TERM LIMITED EFFORTS. IT'S A GRANT THEY EXPIRE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, HCPS HAS CONVERTED MANY OF THESE POSITIONS TO HIRING PEOPLE BASED ON THE GRANTS AND CONVERTING THEM TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

AND OUR PRESENT BUDGET INCLUDES MORE OF THESE PROPOSED CONVERSIONS. NOW THE GRANT SUPPORT MANY VALUABLE EFFORTS. HOWEVER IT CANNOT BE ASSUMED THAT OUR OPERATING BUDGET CAN OR SHOULD KEEP GROWING TO ACCOMMODATE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AS WE DEAL WITH THE BUDGET AND ALL LE A ARE ARE DEALING WITH THAT. UM YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUES AND THE STATE SITUATION AND SO FORTH AND THE AND THE REVENUES ARE FLAT, WHEREAS TAKING ALL THE GRANT FUNDED MONEY AND ASSUMING THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET IS JUST NOT A SUSTAINABLE SITUATION. SO IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUDGET AND COMMITMENTS TO FY 25 PROGRAMS OR ADJUSTMENTS ARE VERY PREMATURE AT THIS POINT. THE BOARD APPROVED A TOP LINE BUDGET TO GO TO THE COUNTY. BUT WE ARE NOW IN PROCESS OF GETTING DETAILED INFORMATION TO DETERMINE HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING. GIVEN THE EXPECTED FUNDING SHORTFALL, AND IT'LL IT'LL BE TOUGH, BUT I DO AGREE WITH, UH, MR SOUL ON HAVING MULTIPLE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT INPUT. UH, WHAT WE DO ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION. WE CERTAINLY COULD USE SOME GOOD INPUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER AGAIN MULTIPLE YEARS. WHAT HAS

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PRAYERS AND GET WELL WISHES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT MY WAY. UM I'VE HAD SOME OBSTACLES, BUT I'M SURE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK AND BE THERE WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME. UM, MY HUSBAND. IS STILL IN HOSPICE, AND IT'S AND ONLY THE LORD KNOWS THE TIME AND WHEN. SO I JUST ASKED FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND FOR MY STRENGTH TO DEAL WITH BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS, SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MS ALVAREZ. YEAH UM, YEAH. I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT THERE AGAIN TONIGHT. UM I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A FLIGHT BACK UNTIL WEDNESDAY. UM SO I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE LOOP FOR SOME PERSONAL REASONS FOR A MONTH, ONE OF WHICH WAS TO, UM, WELCOME MY NEW MY THIRD GRANDSON, UM, WHICH ARRIVED? UM, THREE DAYS AGO. UM SO I HOPE TO BE BACK AND GET TO SOME OF THE PRODUCTIONS THAT ARE STILL LEFT IN, UM, IN THE CA IN THE COUNTY. UH UM AND SO, OUR STUDENTS UP ON STAGE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. M. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND WELCOME. UM I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO GO ON THE GRA TO A TOUR. UM IT'S REALLY AWESOME. THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO, UM AND OUR STAFF. I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR HOSTING US AND ALLOWING US TO COME INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS AND SEE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION. THEY REALLY DO A GOOD JOB. UM I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE CHURCHVILLE PATRIOT PROGRAM AND THE DARLINGTON PATRIOT PROGRAM. UM IT'S AN HONOR TO ATTEND AND CELEBRATE EVERY ONE OF OUR PATRIOTS. THE PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT IN FOSTERING A LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FLAG AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN. UH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PATRIOT. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR STAFF, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES THAT HELPED OUR PATRIOTS LEARN ALL THE REQUIRED ITEMS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR PATRIOTS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING A FEW MORE, UM, COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE ALSO HAD OUR STAFF LISTENING SESSION AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS OK TO DISAGREE ON MULTIPLE TOPICS. BUT LET'S KEEP IN MIND ADULTS IN THE ROOM AND THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE AND SHOW RESPECT TO EVERYONE. EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE ON THINGS. WE WANT YOU TO COME AND SPEAK AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, BUT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. UM I ALSO ATTENDED THE BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION. UH WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO FREEDOM, FEDERAL CREDIT UNION FOR SPONSORING AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE NOMINEES. UM, AND OUR WINNERS AND THANK YOU TO KATHY BENDIS IN OUR ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE BUS CONTRACTORS, DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS THAT DO SUCH A GOOD JOB TRANSPORTING OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL SPORTS AND FIELD TRIPS. UM, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND CARE OF THAT. YOU SHOW EACH OF OUR STUDENTS AS CAROL SAID THERE ARE THE FIRST FACES THAT YOU SEE IN THE MORNING. THE LAST PHASES THAT YOU SEE IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE KNOW UM HOW THAT STARTS THE DAY AND ENDS THE DAY AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SRO AT FOSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL SENIOR DEPUTY BRIAN BRANDAU FOR BEING AWARDED THE DEPUTY OF THE YEAR AND HTPS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS . MOST OF MY COMMENTS WERE ALREADY TOUCHED ON. SO JUST I THINK THREE FINAL POINTS IN CONCLUSION HERE SO FIRST, OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE'S, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS. TODAY WAS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE BUDGET. UM, ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BUDGET TEAM. UH, I BRIEFED THE COUNTY COUNCIL. UM THIS MORNING ON OUR BUDGET, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE ON ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITES, BUT I'VE ALSO DID MY COMMENTS TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE? IF YOU WOULD WANNA CHECK THAT OUT? SECOND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT LISTENING SESSIONS. IT WAS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR. WE'VE HELD MANY OF THEM SOME FOR STUDENTS, ONLY SOME FOR STAFF ONLY SOME FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC. I CAN SAY THAT THE YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH EVERY IDEA WE MAY NOT HAVE IMPLEMENTED , EVERYTHING WAS HEARD AND SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION. WE WILL BE DOING OUR FINAL ONE FOR THE YEAR ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 5:30 P.M. AT BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S YOUR FINAL OPPORTUNITY IN THAT FORUM TO COME. MEET SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN BE DISCUSSING BUDGET THERE AS WELL. OR JUST ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT YOU WISH. AND THEN

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[1. Decision on Previously Tabled: Approval of English Digital License Renewal]

DIGITAL LICENSE RENEWAL. UH, AT THIS POINT, WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. OK? UM THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF RESPONDING TO A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. I STILL HAVE THE ONE CONCERN.

UM, THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE H MH O, OK? YOU SORRY YOU YOU WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA, BUT WELCOME UP. COME ON UP. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT, AND HERE NEXT TO ME IS AND MARIE STELZER, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR READING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. GOOD EVENING. CHRIS SCARRY, SUPERVISOR OF READING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE. OK? THANKS FOR, UM YOU KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED, UM I STILL HAVE THE CONCERN THAT YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE OR THE LINKS THAT THAT STUDENTS CAN GO TO WILL LEAD TO UNVETTED AND UN AGE APPROPRIATE. SITES THAT ARE NOT SPONSORED EITHER BY HMH AND HAVE NOT BEEN VETTED BY HCPS. AND HERE'S HERE'S WHY I'M CONCERNED. THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE A PARENT. AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE REASONABLY DILIGENT. YOU WATCH WHAT YOU'RE YOUR KID IS DOING ON INTERNET AND SO FORTH, AND THEY CAN GO ON AND DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH. ABSOLUTELY. THEY CAN UM, BUT WHEN A SCHOOL BOOK COMES HOME OR SCHOOL SENDS A LINK TO A WEBSITE, YOU THINK OK, THAT'S OK. I DON'T HAVE TO WATCH AS MUCH BECAUSE THE SCHOOL VETTED IT. WELL IN THIS CASE, THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T VET IT, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF FINDING OUT NOW THAT THESE LINKS GO TO PLACES THAT WE MAY NOT WANT TO. SO I. I JUST YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE. AND YOU. YOU DID ANSWER THE QUESTION. COULD IT BE FIREWALL? THE ANSWER WAS NO. BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE TOO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT. UM SO THAT THAT'S MY CONCERN ON THAT. THANK YOU, UH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE THE VERY SAME CONCERNS. UH, THAT TERRY HAS. UM SOME OF THE ARTICLES ARE UM AND YOU HEARD ME LAST TIME. SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARTICLE THAT TELLS SIXTH GRADERS THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BREAK THE LAW IN ORDER TO, UM YOU KNOW, PROTEST OR TO, UM THERE'S SOME QUESTIONABLE THINGS IN THERE THAT I DON'T FEEL AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE SHOULD BE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE KIDS OR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE KIDS. UM SO YEAH, I HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERNS. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ARTICLE. THERE ARE OTHER ARTICLES AS WELL. UM AND AGAIN AS TERRY MENTIONED THE HM MH WEBSITE OR ON THERE. WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE ARTICLES, IT TELLS YOU THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT IS OBTAINED BY CLICKING ON THE OTHER LINKS, SO THAT TO ME IS A IS A HUGE RED FLAG THAT THEY'RE NOT BETTING THE SITES THAT THEY'RE USING ON THEIR WEBSITES AS WELL. SO I WILL SAY ONE OF THE FIRST THING THAT CAME INTO MIND WHEN YOU SAID THAT WAS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY ARE WE STILL ALLOWED TO TEACH THAT IN HISTORY? THEY BROKE THE LAW. THEY WERE PROTESTING. THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE WHAT? WHO'S SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T TEACH THAT? WELL YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT TEACHING STUDENTS TO BREAK THE LAW IN ORDER TO MAKE A CHANGE IS WRONG. IT IS WRONG. SO WHY DO WE TEACH ABOUT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY? BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. IT'S A DIFFERENT SCENARIO, AND IT'S PART OF HISTORY. SO THAT WASN'T BREAKING THE LAW TO MAKE A CHANGE. THIS ARTICLE ISN'T A HISTORY ARTICLE IT'S AN ACTIVISM ARTICLE RIGHT? IT'S NOT A HISTORY ARTICLE. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BETWEEN TEACHING HISTORY AND WHAT THIS ARTICLE TEACHES. ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU CAN'T LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPINIONS. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS. IT'S TELLING CHILDREN THAT IT'S OK TO BREAK THE LAW IF YOU ARE DOING IT AS A FORM OF PROTEST, AND THEN YOU RUN INTO ISSUES LIKE

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ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES. ANY IDEA HOW MUCH OF THE USE OF THIS IS, UM HARD CODED INTO THE CURRICULUM VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPLEMENTAL AND MORE OPTIONAL. IT'S NOT SUPPLEMENTAL, UM THERE ARE SOME TEXTS THAT ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE ON THE DASHBOARD. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DASHBOARD THERE WILL BE, UM, NO ACCESS TO THE CLOSE. READ SCREENCAST, UM, NO ACCESS TO THE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM. TEXT ENLARGEMENT AUDIO UM EVEN EMBEDDED GLOSSARIES. SO ALL OF THOSE FEATURES WOULD BE GONE. CAN I CLARIFY, UM, DOCTOR POINT WERE YOU ASKING? A NUMBER OF SELECTIONS. THAT ARE ON THE FYI SITE. REMEMBER THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE NUMBER OF SELECTIONS, SO OUR ENTIRE TEXTBOOK SERIES ALL OF THE PIECES OF TEXT THAT WOULD BE IN A GRADE LEVEL TEXTBOOK. AS WELL AS THE RESOURCES. NO STELTZER SHARED OUR WHOLE CLOSE READING TEXT. ALL OF THOSE ARE USED CONSISTENTLY. THAT'S OUR CURRICULUM. THE FYI SITE IS A SUPPLEMENTAL SITE. THAT IF THE STUDENTS OR TEACHER ARE DOING

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UM THE CORE. THE, UM THE CORE OF IT IS THE SAME. SO THERE'S BEEN NO UPDATES TO. SO WE'RE PAYING FOR THE SAME CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SINCE 2017. THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED IS PRESUMABLY THE EXTERNAL LINKS AS THOSE CHANGE. OR THAT ONE PORTAL INTO THE FY. I, UM ANY OTHER LINKS IN THERE LIKE EMBEDDED IN LIKE THOSE CLOSE READ SCREENCAST THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT, OK? SO HERE'S THE TEXT. IT SAYS SOME APPROACHES TO ACTIVISM INVOLVE CHALLENGING POWER STRUCTURES AND BREAKING LAWS, WHILE OTHERS INVOLVE WORKING WITHIN EXISTING SYSTEMS AND FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED RULES. UM THE STUDENTS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE TEXTBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOMS. CORRECT. A SET OF 25 TO 30 TEXTBOOKS WOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND A TEACHER HAS MORE THAN 25 TO 30 STUDENTS. AND IF THE SCHOOL HAS DEPLETED THEIR, UH MOST READERS THEN THEY'VE LOST ALL THOSE TEXTS, AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY? SOLID COMPLEX TEXT IN THAT CLOSE READER THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO AND THAT THAT ARTICLE AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FY I SITE IT IS A PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO DO RESEARCH SO THEY WILL SEE OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS. THESE ARE NOT ASSIGNED TEXTS WHERE WE'RE ANALYZING THE THEME OR USING THAT TO TEACH LESSONS. IT'S TO LOOK ACROSS A TOPIC AND FIND DIFFERING OPINIONS. SO THAT MIGHT SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO TEACH CHILDREN. THIS IS THE CORRECT WAY. IT'S TO ANALYZE THAT PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT, PERHAPS TO ADD TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH. AND OFTENTIMES TEACHERS BECAUSE IT IS SHORT FOCUSED RESEARCH. IT'S NOT RESEARCH LIKE LIKE I MAY HAVE DONE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WHERE IT WAS WEEKS AND WEEKS IT TAKES PLACE IN ABOUT 4 TO 5 DAYS. SO WHAT IS A COMMON PRACTICE IS THAT TEACHERS WILL CURATE. THE LIST OF LINKS OR RESOURCES AHEAD OF TIME, AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. SO THE LAST TIME UM WE WERE HERE. I SPOKE ABOUT THE SEVENTH GRADE CURRICULUM AND THAT, UH, THEY HAVE SOME RESEARCH THAT THEY DO WHETHER THE OCEAN OR SPACE. UM IS THE BEST BET, UH, LIKE THE NEW FRONTIER. TEACHERS WILL OFTEN CURATE A LIST ON BOTH SIDES, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE STUDENTS ARE LEANING, THEY'VE CURATED THAT AND IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS AND THE PACING AND THE TIME SO STUDENTS AREN'T GOING INTO THAT FY I SITE UM, AS FREQUENTLY AS YOU MAY BE CONCERNED THAT THEY ARE THEY FREQUENTLY GO IN THERE WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE. UM AND OFTEN THOSE LISTS OF RESOURCES ARE ARE CURRIED AHEAD OF TIME, NOT JUST FROM FY I BUT FROM GAIL , OR DISCOVERY OR OTHER SOURCES AS WELL. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH UM, DOCTOR POINT. THIS IS DIANE.

SO CAN WE JUST BUY THE TEXT PART AND NOT THE FY I PART? AND WHAT IS WHAT IS THE TRANSITION PLAN FOR MOVING AWAY FROM? UM THE, UM HH? I THEY ARE NO LONGER PUBLISHING THE VERSION THAT WE HAVE, SO IT WOULD BE. PURCHASE A TEXTBOOK FOR EVERY CHILD TO BE A GREAT EXPENSE. UM, AND WE WOULD STILL ONLY BE ABLE TO WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ACTUALLY A WHOLE VETTING PROCESS TO CHOOSE A NEW PROGRAM BECAUSE AND PURCHASE THE TEXTBOOK. WE ALREADY HAVE. NO LONGER BEING PUBLISHED, AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN UNWISE EXPENDITURE. CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S REALLY

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ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS OF ALL OF THE CURRICULUMS THAT ARE CREATED BY, UM VENDORS. UM THEY WOULD REQUIRE TO BET ONLY TO MEET THE PURPOSE STANDARDS. UM OR, UM, SIP A THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, FOR BLOCKING INTERNET. UM YOU COULD GO BEYOND THAT. BUT AS I SHARED, UM LAST WEEK THAT AS AND AS YOU RIGHTLY SAID, 100,000 LINKS A DAY IT WOULD TAKE A TEAM. OF AT LEAST 10. SECURITY ENGINEERS TO CAUSE OF THE BETTING THE BETTING EACH LINK AND THEN PUTTING IT INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO DO IT ON A LINK BY LINK BASIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, SO, UH AND I GUESS THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADS THAT COME UP. THERE'S UM BUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE IN LINE ADS LIKE THERE'S AN ARTICLE AND THEN MAYBE IT, MAYBE IT IT JUST IT JUST INSIDE THE ARTICLE ITSELF.

YEAH. UM I MEAN, WE COULD POSSIBLY TELL HMH OR WHOEVER IS MANAGING THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, POINT POINTED OUT, MAYBE MAYBE IT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO ON THEIR END

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YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WILL READ LESS IF WE DON'T HAVE ONLINE ACCESS TO THE H MH PLATFORM.

BECAUSE THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO READ DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A LARGER COMPLAINT. UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UM OTHER THAN MISS HANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. UM FOR THIS SITE. I HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS AROUND NOVELS IN THE PAST, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY THE FY I SITE. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE HIM TO YOU.

I'VE HEARD OF A COUPLE ALSO THAT THEY SURELY THEY CAN TAKE TEXTBOOKS OR BOOKS OUT FROM THE LIBRARY TO TAKE HOME AND READ. THEY CAN, BUT THEY'RE NOT LINKED TO THEIR SCHOOL WORK. RIGHT IT WOULD BE ANOTHER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE LIBRARIES. YEAH, I GET IT. EVERY STUDENT. YEAH. HAVE THAT ABILITY, I. I JUST THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT THE SCHOOL SPONSORS. YOU KNOW? WITH THE STUDENT TAKES A BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY. REMEMBER AGAIN? THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE TEXT THAT THE STUDENTS ARE READING.

IT'S ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS. SO THE LESSONS THAT OUR TEACHERS, UM USE CAN COME FROM THE ACTUAL TEACHER'S EDITION THAT GO ALONG WITH UM THE STUDENT BOOK. SO YES, THE STUDENTS COULD FIND A BOOK IN THE LIBRARY TO READ, BUT OUR TEACHERS NEED THE RESOURCES AND AGAIN WE HAVE 277 ENGLISH TEACHERS AND I HAVE 77 THAT ARE NONTENURED. SO THESE ARE TEACHERS IN THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREER THAT RELY ON HAVING , UM, RESOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR ENGLISH INSTRUCTION. SO ON THE, UM UH, A PIECE. I THINK I SAW THAT ONE POTENTIAL OPTION WAS TO JUST TO FIREWALL EVERYTHING RIGHT? THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION. I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING INTO RIGHT. THE TECHNICALLY IT'S POSSIBLE BUT THE AMOUNT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IT WOULD TAKE IT WOULD WE WOULD NEED TO HIRE YEAH, I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MONITORING AND CURATING EACH LEG VERSUS JUST A COMPLETE FIREWALL TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW NOTHING. AND I DON'T THINK MR SEWELL THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS A REALLY STALE PIECE OF CURRICULUM. THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY UPDATES TO THIS, RIGHT. AND SO, UM, I, I THINK IF YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM TO TRY TO SUGGEST CHANGES, THEY WOULD JUST IGNORE US AS MY GUESS. I MEAN, DID WE? DID WE EVEN LOOK AT THAT OR NO? OR DO WE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO MAKING LIKE CHANGES JUST FOR US? THEIR SUNSETTING THIS PLATFORM SO THEY HAVE NO INCENTIVE. THEY'RE MOVING ON TO OTHER THINGS. SO UH, PERHAPS WHAT WE COULD DO? UM IS JUST LET PARENTS KNOW. UM BUT PARENTS KNOW THAT AND YOU KNOW STUDENTS THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, 6 TO 10TH GRADE, UM, THAT WE'RE USING A CURRICULUM. THAT USES ONLINE RESOURCES THAT, UH, SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD PHRASE IT. UH, BUT WE COULD JUST NOT LIKE WE NOTIFY PARENTS OF OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? AND YOU CLICK ON THE LINKS TO THE ARTICLES. IT DOES TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY'RE READING. ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINKS. THE INTERNET IS THE WILD WEST. STUDENTS WILL FIND WHATEVER THEY WANT. I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY FIND ON THEIR OWN WHAT THEY FIND THAT'S SCHOOL SPONSORED. UM AND IS THERE SOME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS STEWARDS OF STUDENTS SAFETY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT SAYING THINGS THAT YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CONCERN, WHICH IS THE COST? I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO START A BUSINESS WHERE I COULD JUST KEEP PUMPING OUT THE SAME CURRICULUM AND USE OTHER PEOPLE'S THIRD PARTY LINKS AND CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR $1000

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SUGGESTIONS IN IT. IT HAS A MULTITUDE OF SUPPORTS. IT'S STILL RELEVANT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2000 UPDATING THEIR UM YOU KNOW THEIR THEIR PLATFORM AND THEIR THEIR CURRICULUM. THEIR PROGRAM. UM, IF WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DASHBOARD FOR THIS ONE REMAINING YEAR. UM WE WILL LOSE ACCESS TO TEXT IN THE CURRICULUM , AND WE WILL LOSE ACCESS TO ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, AND A MULTITUDE OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR NEW TEACHERS. UM. UM ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM VIRTUAL ATTENDEES, MISS BRUCE OR MS ALVAREZ? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. UM YOU GET THE RIGHT FOR THE UM, VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF ENGLISH DIGITAL LICENSE, RENEWAL, EMOTION AND A SECOND PLACE. IS MOVE I SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. VOTE, PLEASE. ALSO CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER THE, UM UH MEDINA IS PREFERENTIAL ON THIS OR YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. BUT I JUST WANNA VERIFY UM M ALVAREZ. I'M SORRY. SHE'S PREFERENTIAL. RIGHT. THIS, UM, SEVERAL? YES. OK, THANK YOU. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MISS BRUCE.

YES. MISS COKER. NO. DR MILLER. YES. MISS PERRY? YES. SARO? YES. MR SEWELL? YES. MISS STRAUSS.

NO. VICE PRESIDENT. HA NO. PRESIDENT CLINTON. YES. THIS MOTION PASSES. I MOVE THAT WE ASK YOU TO COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS YEAR. TO SEND OUT AS MR STEWELL SAID INSTRUCTIONS TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS REGARDING THE SITUATION AND HOW TO MITIGATE IT. BECAUSE IT'S PERTINENT NOW, TOO, NOT JUST NEXT YEAR. I MOVE THAT I SECOND THAT CAN YOU? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ASK THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO US ON HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THE SITUATION NOW FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR BY SENDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO INFORM THEM THAT THESE SITES LEAD TO LINKS THAT MAY BE NOT AGE, APPROPRIATE AND NOT SPONSORED OR VETTED BY THE SCHOOLS, UNVETTED TEACHERS AND PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ANYTHING OR ASSUME THAT THE SCHOOLS VETTED IT WHEN WE HAVE NOT SO THAT SO WOULD THAT BE A MOTION? ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? I KNOW THAT YOU COME BACK AND REPORT TO US ON HOW YOU'RE MITIGATED. WE JUST MAKE A REQUEST. UH, THE BOARD WILL MAKE A REQUEST. WE'LL SUMMARIZE THAT IN THE EMAIL AND MAKE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST TO COME BACK TO

[B. Consent Agenda]

PROJECT HARRIS FIELD IMPROVEMENTS NUMBER NINE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MOVE TO IMPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES, YES. AND OPPOSED.

[C. Contract Award: Renewal of College and Career Software]

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NOT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT CONFUSED WITH OUR COUNSELORS, WHICH PERFORM AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FUNCTION. IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. AND IN FACT, WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN AND WE SAW THAT THIS MONEY WAS COMING AND THEN GOING BACK OUT THE DOOR AS TO WHAT THE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR. AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE A. I WAS THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CAREER COACHING WORK, AND AT THE TIME, UH, WHEN THIS FIRST ROLLED OUT IT WASN'T TO BE USED EVEN FOR HELPING RUN PROGRAMS LIKE OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THEY WERE MEANT STRICTLY TO BE SUPPORT TO STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS. AND ONE BIG THING WAS, THEY WERE TRYING TO KIND OF WALL IT OFF FROM USING THOSE FUNDS FOR THINGS LIKE COLLEGE SEARCHES, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY USE, I THINK IN OUR SCHOOLS CURRENTLY FOR THE NAVIENT SOFTWARE TO PARTICULARLY TO IT HELPS. STUDENTS NAVIGATE THE ENTIRE COLLEGE SEARCH RIGHT UP TO THE POINT THAT MS STRAUSS, UH, DESCRIBED WHERE IT'S ALSO, UM, A TOOL FOR SUBMITTING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. AND SO THERE IS SOME KIND OF SPECIFIC GUIDANCE WE HAVE ABOUT THE SUSPENDED WORKFORCE NETWORK AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS MEANT TO BE, UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT GUIDANCE. UM BUT IT IS THE CONDITION OF THE FUNDS AGAIN THAT WERE SENT TO THEM AND THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM, AND IN FACT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR ENDEAVORS RELATED TO CAREER READINESS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SUGGESTING THAT YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME OUR STUDENTS ARE USING IT. UM IS REALLY MORE FOR THE COLLEGE SEARCH PROCESS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF IT. FOR, UM A CAREER READINESS AND CAREER EXPLORATION. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN AN UNDERUTILIZED ELEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE. UM, BUT THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF CORE TO OUR WORK, PARTICULARLY OUR COUNSELORS WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND INCREASINGLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. ANSWER THE QUESTION. UM SHOULD WE LOOK AT THIS, AND IT'S IN THE

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IT WAS PILOTED AT BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN IN 2012, IT WAS PURCHASED DISTRICT WIDE. AND IT IS A TOOL THAT WE USE WITH ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND NOW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT IS A MECHANISM THAT IS USED TO FOR STUDENTS TO DO COLLEGE SEARCHES AND FOR THEM TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SENT TO THEIR SPECIFIC COLLEGES. SO WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION. THIS SOFTWARE VERSION. SINCE 2012 NO LONGER MAILING DOCUMENTS. YOU NO LONGER HAVING DOCUMENTS BEING LOST IN THE MAIL. SO WE ACTUALLY USE THIS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO DO SEARCHES. AND WHEN WE THINK OF, UM C HANNA WORKFORCE NETWORK.

THEY CAME ALONGSIDE US. TO DO MORE OF THE CAREER EXPLORATION WITH THE MAIN FOCUS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN MOVING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO CONSULTING HOURS YEARS AGO WAS A PART OF A PACKAGE THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE BUT NOW UM, IT IS BECAUSE THE COMPANY NAVIAS WAS PURCHASED BY POWER SCHOOL. CONSULTING HOURS IS SOMETHING THAT ISD SEPARATELY. IT IS NO LONGER BUNDLED TOGETHER. AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING. UM THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE USE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO HELP OUR SENIORS TO GET THEM READY FOR THOSE COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR THE REMAINING GRADES. AND WE HEAVILY USE IT WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL INNOVATION THAT IS JUST ABOUT TO HAPPEN. SO WHILE SUSQUEHANNA WORKFORCE NETWORK UM, HAS A PART OF THIS. THE MAJORITY OF IT REALLY FALLS TO OUR COUNSELORS WHO UTILIZE IT IN COLLEGE PREPARATION. THANK YOU. I HOPE I HOPE THAT HELPS THAT IS HELPFUL AND NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS. IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO TABLE IT, IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT IN A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. UH, MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT MEETING. UM I SEE THIS AS A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE STARTING 1 JULY. SO IS THERE ANY COMPELLING REASON THE BOARD NEEDS TO KNOW BEFORE THERE'S POTENTIALLY A MOTION TO TABLE IT AS TO WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON TONIGHT. IS THERE LIKE A QUOTE THAT'S GOING TO EXPIRE OR ARE WE JUST GETTING AHEAD OF THIS? BY DOING IT A BIT EARLY.

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[D. Contract Award: iReady Online Assessment]

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ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS THE BLUEPRINT, TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION GRANT AND THE COST SHARING BETWEEN THAT AND THE OPERATING BUDGET. THIS IS AN ITEM. IT'S 288 K, SO WE WOULD BE UM, SPENDING 188 K IN THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THEN 99 K IN BLUEPRINT. GRANT IS ALL THAT CORRECT. WHAT THE ENTIRE COST. THERE'S NO OTHER COSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOU KNOW ANY ANY OTHER DETAILED INFORMATION? UM AND THAT'S AMOUNT IS IN THE BUDGET. OR F 24. WE ARE PAYING FOR PART OF THIS PRODUCT THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION GRANT. PAY FOR THOSE GREAT BANDS . THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE IN THE 24 OPERATING BUDGET. THE CURRENT BUDGET, OKAY? HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE USE OF THE REBELS AND ALL THE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT TEACHERS DO? SO DEFENSE IS A UNIVERSAL LITERACY SCREENER ALREADY HAS SPECIFIC MATH AND LITERACY ASSESSMENTS, DIAGNOSTICS AND ASSESSMENTS THAT TEACHERS CAN USE IN THOSE CONTENT AREAS, GRADES ONE OR GRADES ONE THROUGH 12 AND MR SNYDER, A SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS ALSO ON THE LINE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. BUT THESE WE ARE ACTUALLY PILOTING SOME OF THE I READY TOOLS THIS SPRING, UM, TO SEE HOW THEY MIGHT WORK AS A LITERACY SCREEN OF FORESTS AS WELL, BUT THEY ARE INTENDED TO GIVE THAT REALLY DISCRETE INFORMATION TO TEACHERS SO THEY CAN DIAGNOSE LEARNING GAPS WITH THEIR WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT KINDS OF INSTRUCTION OR INTERVENTIONS MIGHT BE NECESSARY . WE DO REPORT THE DEVILS IS THE SCREENER. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE DEAL THAT'S REPORTED TO THE STATE. SO THAT'S STILL EXIST SEPARATELY BECAUSE OF THAT, READY TO READ ACT OF THESE WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS FOR TEACHERS TO USE OR OR A TEAM AT THE SCHOOL TO USE TO MEASURE ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS THE SCHOOL. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. SO WE PILOTED IT IN NOVEMBER, 23 DO WE HAVE THOSE? THE PILOT RESULTS? THERE WERE RIGHT STILL IN IT. STOP IT, OKAY? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S STILL ALMOST 200 K AND R 24 OPERATING BUDGET. IT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT. PART OF IT IS THAT WE'VE USED THE READING INVENTORY IN MATHEMATICS INVENTORY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. AND THOSE WERE THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE USED. WINTER AND SPRING TO MEASURE STUDENT GROWTH. THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE SUNSETTING SO THEY WILL NO LONGER EXIST. SO MR SNYDER AND HIS TEAM MUCH LIKE WE'VE GOT CURRICULUM. PULLED A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS IN I THINK THAT MISS BRUCE WAS A PART OF THAT PROCESS AND HAVE VENDORS COME OUT I READY IS AN ASSESSMENT PLATFORM THAT'S USED EXTENSIVELY IN OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL. AND SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE CURRICULUM THROUGH THOSE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS. THEY DID DETERMINE THAT THAT WAS THE BEST PRODUCT. WE WERE ABLE TO PILOT IT AT REALLY NO CHARGE TO US THIS SPRING. SO FAR, TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NORMAL QUITE YET, AND THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. WE DO NEED AN ASSESSMENT TO USE MATH AND LITERACY MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE AM I IN R? I WILL NO LONGER EXIST. SO THIS IS REPLACING SOMETHING ELSE. THAT IS SUNSETTING CORRECT. AND IT'S FOR ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWS, WHICH MEANS THEN THE NEXT YEAR WOULD THE BLUEPRINT.

TRANSITIONAL GRANTS STILL BE IN EFFECT? OR WE ASSUME THE FORECAST IN FY, 25 AND 26. WE MAY HAVE TO ASSUME THE FORECAST. OKAY, SO THIS IS LIKE ALMOST 300 K THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE FY 25 BUDGET, CORRECT COUNTY FIVE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. PLANNED FOR MY MR SNYDER IN THE OFFICE OF

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WE'RE COMING BACK. FOR WHAT? THE RENEWAL. WE PROBABLY APPROVED THE WHOLE CONTRACT WAY BACK WHEN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WOULD APPROVE THIS CONTRACT VEHICLE WHERE APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. AND IT 20 24 AND IT WOULD COME BACK TO US, BUT YOU DON'T APPROVE FUNDING PIECE OVER OR NO. THE BUDGET. SEE YOU APPROVED THE CONTRACT. YOU APPROVED THE COMPANY. THAT WE SPEND MORE THAN $100,000 ON. YOU DON'T APPROVE THE INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURES WE SPEND YOU KNOW, OVER $600 MILLION A YEAR. EVERY TIME WE SPENT $100,000 BECAME, TOO. YOU WOULD HAVE MEETINGS EVERY NIGHT. UM SO THE REASON WE BRING THINGS OVER $100,000 TO THE BOARD. UH, AGAIN. I NOT AN ATTORNEY DESCRIBING THIS. SO KIMBERLY, IF I IF I IF I SAY THIS INCORRECTLY, BUT I'M SORT OF INTERPRETING THAT. IT'S MORE ABOUT THAT THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT YOU'RE APPROVING THE VENDOR APPROVING THIS CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR, BUT IT'S NOT AGREEING TO SPEND THIS MONEY BECAUSE YOU APPROVE A BUDGET ALREADY APPROVED, YOU KNOW, EXPENDITURES

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AND THOSE TOOLS, WHICH WE'VE NOW USED FOR MANY YEARS WILL NO LONGER THE IN PLACE AFTER JUNE 30TH. THEY'RE GOING AWAY. THAT COMPANY WAS PURCHASED. AND SO THIS WAS THE TOOL THAT, UM, THE TEAM THAT MET AGREED, WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE ONE WE HAD. AND SO THIS IS SO WE BRING ESSENTIALLY THIS COMPANY BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL. SAW MISS JUDD HAD HER HAND UP. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? YES, I WANTED TO JUST GO BACK. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DEBORAH JOHN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS SERVICES. MISS STRAUSS. YOUR COMMENT RELATED TO MH CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, MISS HORNER. I'LL ASK YOU TO JUMP IN IF I MISTAKE ANYTHING HERE, UM THEY ARE COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS, SO WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR EXEMPT FROM A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SO THAT IS WHY WE BRING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IF THERE ARE OVER $100,000, BECAUSE REALLY, THAT IS THE CONTRACT AT THAT POINT. SO IT IS DIFFERENT THAN ITEMS THAT ACTUALLY GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS OR PIGGYBACK PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THEN TO PULL OUT THE ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS RENEWAL AND JUST AT THIS POINT APPROVED THE ONE YEAR SO THAT AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, WE CAN ASSESS THAT THIS PRODUCT ACTUALLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF HCPS. AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS RENEW AT THAT POINT. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THE CONTRACT STRUCTURE CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY? I WOULD DEFER TO MISS HORNER ON THAT QUESTION. AGAIN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU. OKAY. AND MISS BRUCE, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. YES I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I OBSERVED THE STAFF. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WORRY EVALUATING A NUMBER OF THESE PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT TOOLS. AND IT'S A LONG, ARDUOUS PROCESS. AND I THINK, MISS HAN WHEN YOU SAID IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT TRUST IN BACON, HIS STAFF THAT SPENT DAYS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE RUBRICS AND I, MR SNYDER, AND THEN I WATCHED IT AND I OBSERVED IT.

AND MY THING IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY ONE YEAR FOR THE CONTRACT, AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND UP THE PRICE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT YES, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY. BUT IF WE NOW HAVE THIS CONTRACT AND THEY CAN GIVE IT TO US AT THIS PRICE, WE SHOULD DO WHAT DO I DO? DILIGENCE AND ACCEPTED. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO BY UM COMMITTING TO A FOUR YEAR TERM IF YOU WILL FOR A CONTRACT AT $288,000 PER YEAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO AND REALLY MY TENT. PULLING THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS THAT I THOUGHT THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS. THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS COST. IT'S NOT THAT IT INTERESTS THE STAFF FOR THE EVALUATION PROCESS. AND MISS BRUCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AGREED THAT IT WAS THOROUGH AND I DIDN'T QUESTION THAT AT ALL. BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, I JUST THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW AND BE VERY AWARE HOW MUCH THINGS COST 288 K AGAIN, AS DR POINT SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO.

THAT'S ABOUT WHAT, UM FOR TEACHERS THAT WE COULD HIRE, AND SO IT JUST HAS TO BE A VERY DELIBERATE DECISION. AND I'M ALSO NOT QUESTIONING AND I'M JUST SAYING WHY WILL BE PUT OURSELVES INTO A CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS? CONSIDERING WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS ASSESSMENT MEETS THE NEEDS OF HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM IF WE RE EVALUATE IN A YEAR THAN WE ARE SURE AT THAT POINT THAT IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS.

IF WE'VE NEVER USED THIS PRODUCT, HOW CAN WE BE SURE? THAT THIS MEETS THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. YOU KNOW, TO REPLACE WHAT? WHAT WE NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO YOU KNOW IT'S

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DOUBLES IS A, YOU KNOW, 65 10 MINUTE TEST THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WITH PHONICS AND ANEMIC AWARENESS. THIS ASSESSMENT WILL GO MUCH FURTHER, SO IT IS A LIGHT LENGTHIER FOR STUDENTS. UM AND WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNED BOARD OUR CALENDAR TESTING CALENDAR COMING UP FOR NEXT YEAR. IS THAT YOUR STUDENTS MEET CERTAIN BENCHMARKS ON THE DOUBLES ASSESSMENT. THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO IF THEY ARE USING THEIR SIGHT. WORDS THEY WILL, UH WE WILL BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN IN THE FORWARD THIS SPRING WINDOW OF THIS PROGRAM AS EARLY AS KINDERGARTEN, AND IT IS COMPLETELY AN ONLINE ASSESSMENT. WE PILOTED A NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN GRADES THAT WAS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR SCHOOLS JUST TO SEE HOW KINDERGARTENERS WITH HANDLE THIS ASSESSMENT, UM AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS INTO THIS AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SCREEN STUDENTS FOR DOUBLES NEXT YEAR. AS WE CAN DO NOW. UM AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY. BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THIS. THIS WILL PREVENT THIS WILL PROVIDE US A LOT MORE DATA IN DETAIL ABOUT A STUDENT'S READING ABILITY. THANK YOU.

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UM, SOME VENDORS MAY OR MAY NOT ACCEPT THOSE TERMS. THE CONCERN IS ON THIS MULTI YEAR CONTRACTS THAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT OR SOMETHING CHANGES, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A FINANCIAL PENALTY OR WE START BY THE HOOK, RIGHT? AND SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CONTRACT THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT STATES AS FAR AS THEIR CANCELATION CLAUSE. I'M DIGGING AROUND RIGHT NOW. HANG TIGHT. AND WHILE SHE'S LOOKING THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

SINCE THE QUOTE ITSELF IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR AND ONLY ONLY REFERS TO THIS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DIG IN DEEPER TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IF THERE IS A CANCELATION, IF WHEN, WHEN THE RENEWAL TIME COMES TO SEE WHAT THAT TIME PERIOD IS, AND IF THERE IS ANY CANCELATION, UM, FEES TYPICALLY, I DON'T SEE ANY FEES. A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU HIT THAT 90 DAY. UM, NOTIFICATION 60 DAY NOTIFICATION. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF CONTRACT IT IS, UM IT. WILL THEY ALLOW YOU OUT OF THE CONTRACT JUST AS LONG AS YOU HAD THE TERMS THAT THEY SAY OF THOSE 9060 DAYS, ETCETERA. I WANT TO HAVE ONE COMMENT. UM IS IT? IS IT TYPICAL? THAT LETS US TRY OUT. UH, PROGRAM SOFTWARE, WHATEVER, UM THIS EXTENSIVELY. AT ZERO COST. TO FIND THAT THIS IS THIS IS PHIL SNYDER, SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY IT SOMETIMES IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON THE VENDOR. IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE ALREADY IS USED QUITE ACCEPTABLY ACROSS THE STATEMENT ACROSS THE NATION. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW THEY WANTED THEIR BUSINESS. UM AND YOU KNOW IN TALKING TO THEM, AND WE WORKED OUT A DEAL THAT WE HAD TO PAY $5600 FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. FOR THIS YEAR, AND AT THAT POINT, WE PRETTY MUCH HAD UNLIMITED LICENSES. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE COULD ASSESS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE DID START IN THE WINTER AND AGAIN ADDING ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS IN MAY. OKAY YES. SO WE JUST PAID THEM A NOMINAL FEE TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO US. UM AND THEN THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR SOFTWARE QUITE EXTENSIVELY WHILE WE EVALUATED AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY HONORABLE.

MR COMMENT. OKAY IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION AND A SECOND. I THOUGHT SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T MISS WARNER. DID YOU? WERE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR THAT? NO, I WAS I READ A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

MAYBE IT SAYS FOR ANY NON PRINT PRODUCTS. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MAY BE TERMINATED AND YOU MAY BE REQUESTED PRO RATED REFUND WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE LICENSE START DATE. AFTER 90 DAYS, SO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE USING IT, THEY'LL PRO RATE IT. BUT YOU DO HAVE 90 DAYS TO RECEIVE A REFUND, BUT IT WILL BE PRO RATED ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK? ONE MORE QUESTION. IS THERE ADDITIONAL, UM TRAINING THAT NEEDS TO GO ALONG WITH THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS CONTRACT. AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT ADDITIONAL? UH, TRAINING.

WE DO WE DID PURCHASE ABOUT 12 DAYS, I BELIEVE IS ON THE QUOTE. AND THAT WILL BE BY THE COMPANY.

UM OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TRAIN WE HAVE ADMINISTRATORS WILL BE DOWN THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY EDUCATORS. UM WE HAVE A WHOLE GAME OF THE PEOPLE TO TRAIN ON THIS. A LOT OF THE TRAINING WILL BE DONE IN THE HOUSE. IN FACT, WE JUST HAD OUR SECOND MEETING

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[E. Presentation on Family Life Education Citizens Advisory Committee , Mr. Kilo Mack, Supervisor of Physical Education, Health, and Adaptive Physical PreK-12, Ms. Brittany Pettus, Health Curriculum Specialist PreK-12, and Ms. Jennifer Joseph, Committee Chairperson]

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WHAT'S THE WINDOW HASN'T CLOSED YET, OKAY? WHAT WHAT AGE LEVEL? IS THIS STILL BEING TAUGHT UP THE FIRST THE FIRST LEVEL DUE TO THE INDICATORS IN THE STATE FRAMEWORK WOULD BE GREAT EIGHT.

HOW MANY PARENTS HAVE WE HAD OPT OUT? OF THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE HAVE. IT IS LESS THAN ONE PERSON ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO KNOW THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. AND SO THAT'S THE POINT OF MY COMMENTS TILL SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW SO OH, NO, I WASN'T SAYING IT WASN'T I DIDN'T MEAN TO INSINUATE THAT AT ALL. I JUST ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE ADOPTED OUT MISS HAN. SO MY CONCERN COULD WE REMOVE THAT SECTION FROM THE PROPOSED LESSON? UPDATE UM IN IN NUMBER THREE, THE ADDITION OF THE A PILL AS A CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT FORMS OF BIRTH CONTROL AND DISEASE PREVENTION METHODS, AND I FEEL THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO BE AWARE OF MEDICATION THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE TAKING. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO, UM YOU KNOW, MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS TO TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS. IF KIDS TAKE ANTIBIOTICS, FOR INSTANCE, IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE BIRTH CONTROL. UM, I FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. TO UM YOU KNOW, RESPECT PARENTAL OVERSIGHT HERE AND NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION. IF WE TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CONTRACEPTIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER, WE ARE STILL PROVIDING THAT NECESSARY NECESSITY THAT YOU KNOW THE INFORMATION WITHOUT UM, I MEAN, THERE'S NO AGE LIMIT ON THIS. A 10 YEAR OLD COULD GO INTO THE PHARMACY AND SAY I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOU KNOW CONTRACEPTIVES. THIS THIS AND IT'S $20. I DON'T THINK AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING. YOU KNOW, YOUNG CHILDREN, UH, ANYONE WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT AND WITHOUT THE OVERSIGHT OF A DOCTOR OR PHYSICIAN TO UM YOU KNOW, GIVE THIS INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS REMOVED FROM THE PROPOSED UPDATE. THE INTENTION OF THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST AN INFORMATION REPORT FROM THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT IF ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH US ABOUT THE CURRICULUM, WE CERTAINLY CAN WORK WITH MS HEATHER BUTCHER, MR AND EVEN ZOLI AND SET THAT UP. MR. GENERAL QUESTION. THE OPE HILLS NEW, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST RECENTLY GOT FDA APPROVAL, RIGHT? WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR OPEL ITSELF. YES BUT IT'S A PROGESTIN ONLY PILL, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE MINI PILL, WHICH IS A PRESCRIPTION THAT HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET BUT THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE IT OVER THE COUNTER WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION IS NEW. RIGHT? SO IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS IS COMING DOWN ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM STATE TO STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE THE OVER THE COUNTER OPAL IN OUR CURRICULUM. THEY DO NOT STATE SPECIFICS OF WHAT TO INCLUDE. IT JUST SAYS TO COMPARE THE TWO INDICATORS THAT I SHARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH IN GRADE EIGHT, SO COMPARE AND CONTRAST CONTRACEPTIVE AND DISEASE PREVENTION METHODS. GREEN ONE. I DON'T REMEMBER AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD. UM BUT I THINK IT WAS WASTE FOR SEXUALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE TO PREVENT PREGNANCY, I THINK WAS A GREAT INDICATOR. THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS BEFORE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED AND TAKEN INTO THE CLASSROOM. WILL THIS BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL? SO THIS WILL GO TO THE FAMILY LIFE, UM, CURRICULUM COMMITTEE WITH THE INPUT FROM

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WHAT TYPE OF LIABILITY DOES THAT CAUSE FOR HCPS IF THERE IS AN ALLERGIC REACTION, OR IF THIS CHILD GETS PREGNANT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE THEY TOOK ANTIBIOTICS OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DIDN'T. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO HCPS ON THE LIABILITY THAT IT CAUSES? PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.

MAYBE I WOULD JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT TEXT LIKE THIS FOR A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT OR TO ENCOURAGE THAT SET UP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT TEACHERS WOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO THE ISSUE WOULD BE LOOKING AT DID THAT TEACHER ACT APPROPRIATELY IN ACCORD WITH THE CURRICULUM, BUT ALSO WITH WHATEVER GUIDANCE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING, SO PROBABLY MORE OF A PERSONNEL. YOU KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ACTING IF THEY'RE NOT BEING SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO TEACH THAT IN THAT WAY, UM YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE STANDARD, THE STANDARD THAT THIS PART IS ALIGNED TO WHAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION, SUMMARIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING WITH PARENTS AND OTHER TRUSTED ADULTS ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO RELATIONSHIPS, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. SEXUAL DECISION MAKING AND SEXUAL HEALTH. SO YOU KNOW THE PREMISE OF THE STANDARD IS TO TELL OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY NEED TO TALK TO ADULTS ABOUT THESE TYPES OF ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IT STARTS WITH THEIR PARENTS. SO THIS ISN'T YOU KNOW US. EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS. UM, BUT I THINK AGAIN. OTHERS HAVE SEEN YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS GET BAD INFORMATION AND ALL SORTS OF PLACES AND IF THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT, THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER. AND SO AGAIN.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTING PARTICULAR PARTICULAR PRODUCT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS ARMED WITH THE PRACTICE OF STILL GETTING ADVICE FROM ADULTS. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE STANDARD ABSOLUTELY TEACH THEM ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS. STEPHEN THAT PARTICULAR UNIT, BUT A LOT OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION. THERE

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I THINK THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT IN ONE BREATH WE'RE TELLING STUDENTS THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TALK TO YOUR PARENTS AND TRUSTED ADULTS ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUAL. UM YOU KNOW, DECISION MAKING, BUT THEN IN ANOTHER HAND, WE'RE PROVIDING THEM INFORMATION, SAYING YOU CAN GO TO THE PHARMACY AND GET THIS ON YOUR OWN. YOU DON'T NEED PARENTAL CONSENT. YOU CAN JUST GO GET IT THIS BY YOURSELF AND YOU CAN BE 10 YEARS OLD AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY SAYING THOSE WORDS BUT I'M SAYING IT'S A CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT. AND I AM NOT COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACEPTIVES AND DISEASE PREVENTION METHODS AND PREVENTING PREGNANCY. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THOSE, AND I ABSOLUTELY 100% AGREE. BUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC CONTRACEPTIVE THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. I FEEL LIKE IT IS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUSTED ADULTS ABOUT THESE ISSUES, AND I FEEL THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PARENT TO BE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN IN THAT PART OF A CHILD'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IF WE HAVE KIDS JUST GOING AROUND, TAKING OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE. I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PARENT TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF WHAT THEIR CHILD IS TAKING FOR. MULTIPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. SO DOES IT AFFECT US? AND WHAT WE'RE TEACHING OR IS THAT A PROBLEM WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DRUG.

THERE'S AN OVER THE COUNTER DRUG . I THINK IT IS WHAT WE'RE TEACHING, BECAUSE IF WE'RE PROVIDING SPECIFICS ON THAT PILL INSTEAD OF AN OVERSIGHT, SAYING COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTRACEPTIVE AND DISEASE PREVENTING METHODS. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S IT ENCOMPASSES MULTIPLE DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT PINPOINTING ONE AND SPECIFICALLY SAYING, HEY, THIS ONE IS AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER. THIS IS HOW THIS PILL WORKS. THIS IS HOW EFFECTIVE THIS PILL IS. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THIS PILL, GIVING THOSE SPECIFICS. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PILL IN UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICS IS THAT THE WAY IT'S TIGHT? DON'T KNOW YET. WELL THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS PROPOSED LESS AN UPDATE IT SAYS ADDITION OF THE OPIATES OH PILL AS A CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HOW THE PILL WORKS. EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UPHILL AVAILABILITY OF THE UPHILL AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING SIDE EFFECTS, NO PROTECTION FOR STD'S AND DOCTORS AS RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION FOR THIS MEDICATION. SO UM, WHAT I WOULD COMMENT. HERE IS A COUPLE POINTS. SO I BELIEVE THAT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. UM THE USE OF CONDOMS. HAS BEEN TAUGHT OR THAT THAT AS A CONCEPT HAS BEEN IN THE CURRICULUM FOR DECADES. RIGHT SO YES. OKAY SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT

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THEY BELIEVE IT. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT LITTLE BIT BETTER PROBLEM. CAN I JUST SAY WHY DOESN'T FULFILL THE STANDARD JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE BIRTH CONTROL METHOD CONDOMS? BIRTH CONTROL PILLS IN GENERAL ABSTINENCE. THERE'S THESE ARE THE RANGE OF BIRTH CONTROL METHODS. WHY IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND A BRAND OF CONDOM OR WHATEVER. WHY SHOULD YOU RECOMMEND A PARTICULAR PILL? YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF UM, A BIRTH CONTROL PILL. WOULDN'T THAT SATISFY THE STATE STANDARD, SO THIS ISN'T UPDATE TO AN EXISTING LESSON? AND SO THIS IS WHERE THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT OF WHAT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND COMMENTED ON THERE HAS BEEN AN EXISTING LESSON ON CONTRACEPTIVES IN THESE THREE HEALTH EDUCATION COURSES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP MAY ALREADY BE INCLUDED AND ARE INCLUDED IN THAT LESSON. AND THAT'S WHERE, IF THEIR CURRICULAR QUESTIONS OUR OFFICE IS HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU. WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH. SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT CONTEXT THAT'S TAUGHT IN. UM AND HOW THAT GOES IN THE HOSPITAL OF HEALTH EDUCATION BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE UNIT OF INSTRUCTION WITHIN HEALTH EDUCATION. THAT'S MY QUESTION. WHY IS THIS UPDATE NEEDED IF YOU ALREADY TALK ABOUT CONDOMS VERSUS BIRTH CONTROL PILLS? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC HELP. YEAH, THIS IS THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH IT'S NEW. IT'S ON THE MARKET.

IT'S AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION. AND IT WAS, UM BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS, SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE INFORMATION UM WAS PROVIDED TO US WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS SPECIFIC CONFERENCE CONTRACEPTIVE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMITTEE AND GOT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR FAMILY FAMILY LIFE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CIA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WHEN YOU SAY IT WAS BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS. HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? STUDENTS WERE ASKING QUESTIONS IN CLASS. ABOUT SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'D HEARD IN THE NEWS. I'M NOT SURE REALLY HAD HEARD IT. BUT TEACHERS STARTED ASKING. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR CURRICULUM? IT'S NOT IN OUR CURRICULUM RIGHT NOW. SO TEACHERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS COMMERCIALS RIGHT? AND, UH, TELEVISION, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT ANY MISC. MIS INFORMATION. MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD BE. FOR KIDS. OKAY, THANK YOU. ONE FINAL QUESTION REGARDING OPT OUT. CAN SOMEONE OPT OUT OF A PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE CURRICULUM? NOT JUST THE ENTIRE THING. WHAT'S THAT FAMILY LIFE UNIT OF INSTRUCTION IF THEY CHOSE ONE LESSON IN THE FEMALE LIFE UNIT, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN COULD UP THEIR CHILD OUT, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR THAT UNIT OF INSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK

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PM MAY 9TH FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED AND THERE'S NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY. I

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HELP GROW THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL TEACHERS RIGHT HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING. THIS IS PART OF OUR TALENT PATHWAYS WORK. THE FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE HIGH QUALITY. UM PIPELINE OF FEATURES COMING INTO OUR DISTRICT AND IDEALLY, MOSTLY FROM OUR DISTRICT. SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THIS COHORT ARE ACTUALLY FROM OUTSIDE OF HARTFORD COUNTY. BUT WE, UH WE WELCOME THEM ANYWAY, AND THEY WERE ALSO EQUALLY FANTASTIC.

WE'RE HOPING TO HANG ON TO AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE. AND FINALLY, THE LAST DAY AS OF NOW OF SCHOOL, BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL UNEXPECTED CLOSURES. LET'S HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

YOU'RE USUALLY NOT SEE TOO MANY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

UM JUNE 11TH IS OUR LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 11TH GRADE. IT'S AN EARLY DISMISSAL. PRE K WILL END ON JUNE 7TH. AND THAT IS A REGULAR FULL DAY. AND OF COURSE, OUR SENIORS ALSO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO JUNE. 11TH PUT IT IN THE BOOKS LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR

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