Oct 27, 2025 Board Meeting

[Call to Order: Board President]

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I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 AT 6 P.M. THIS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION.

MISS RALLO, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. MRS. PERRY. I'LL COME BACK TO HER BECAUSE I'M NOT. IS SHE SHOWING ONLINE? ONLINE? MR. SEWELL HERE, DOCTOR MUELLER. MR. MCVICAR HERE. MR. KORN.

PRESENT. MRS. HAHN PRESENT. MISS BRUCE, I BELIEVE MISS BRUCE IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.

MRS. ALVAREZ, MRS. ALVAREZ IS ABSENT THIS EVENING. VICE PRESIDENT PAGE HERE. PRESIDENT BOYNTON HERE. SUPERINTENDENT PAULSEN HERE. I'LL TRY, MISS PERRY, I BELIEVE MRS. PERRY IS ABSENT THIS EVENING. AND DOCTOR MILLER IS ABSENT THIS EVENING. OKAY, SO PERRY, MUELLER AND BRUCE ARE ALL NOT ONLINE, CORRECT, MISS ALVAREZ? OKAY, BUT THEY WERE AT CLOSED SESSION, SO APPEARS TO BE ONLINE. DOCTOR MUELLER, ARE YOU THERE? I AM OKAY, WE GOT YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET THE RECORD SHOW DOCTOR MUELLER IS HERE AND THEN BRUCE AND PERRY ARE ABSENT. IF THEY JOIN, PLEASE LET US KNOW. OKAY. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE READ THIS EVENING'S STATEMENT AND PROCESS. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS. PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICE UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, DOCTOR BOYNTON WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DOCTOR BALSAM WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR A MOTION, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR NO. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A DISCUSSION ON AMENDING THE DRESS CODE POLICY. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS DRESS CODE POLICY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. THERE'S A SECOND. DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THIS IS TO ADD IT. AND IT WOULD BE THE LAST. WE WOULD ADD IT AS THE LAST ITEM WHICH WOULD THEN BE ITEM E. MR. SEWELL. YES, DOCTOR MUELLER. NO. MR. MCVICAR. YES.

MR. CORN. YES. MISS HAHN. YES. VICE PRESIDENT PAIGE. YES. PRESIDENT. BOYNTON. YES. THIS MOTION PASSES. OKAY. SO THAT'LL BE ADDED THEN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO REMOVE WIKIPEDIA AS AN ALLOWED SEARCH ENGINE OR SITE ON HTTPS LAPTOPS. SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. STAND BY. WHAT IS THAT ADDING ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM IS THAT ADJUSTING AGENDA. IT WAS ALREADY REMOVED RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS REMOVED. YES. WAS THAT REMOVED. IT'S CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT IS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL SITE. OKAY I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK THAT POINT OF ORDER. WELL I WOULD THEN ADD IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM IF YOU WANT.

IT'S ALREADY NOT. IT'S ALREADY NOT AVAILABLE. SO IT'S BEEN REMOVED TO CODIFY THAT DECISION.

I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S BEEN REMOVED, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD THAT IT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S ANOTHER MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADD ITEM WHICH WOULD BE ITEM F IF PASSED FOR DISCUSSION OF WIKIPEDIA AS A EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE. IS THAT RIGHT. IS IT IS IT. WELL IT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL SO OKAY. YEAH. IS THAT IS THAT A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE MOTION OKAY. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. SEWELL, CLARIFY. THIS IS SIMPLY TO DISCUSS IT. YES, YES. DOCTOR MUELLER. NO. MR. MCVICKER. NO. MR. CORN. YES.

MRS. HAHN. YES. VICE PRESIDENT. PAIGE. YES, PRESIDENT. BOYNTON. YES. THIS MOTION PASSES. OKAY.

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ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES AND PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[(Placeholder) Marigold Mosaic Teacher of the Year Presentation]

IF YOU GUYS COULD STAND UP. WELCOME. CAN WE GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THESE ARE ALL OF OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS. SO COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR QUENTIN AND DOCTOR BOLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE ARE THE MARIGOLD MOSAICS. AND AS YOU SAID, WE ARE THE TOP FIVE FINALISTS FOR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. AND EVERY YEAR WITH DOCTOR DAVIS, HE WORKS WITH ALL THE TOP FIVE FINALISTS TO PUT TOGETHER AN INITIATIVE. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT OUR INITIATIVE. WE'RE HOPING IT WILL SPREAD SOME POSITIVITY SURROUNDING THE COUNTY. SO GREAT. DO YOU GUYS MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELVES? SURE.

GO AHEAD. NICOLE, I'M NICOLE YOUNG, I'M A MATH TEACHER. SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WENDY FIGHT HEALTH TEACHER, NORTH HARFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHELBY HOPE PLACE, SPECIAL EDUCATOR AT HAVRE DE GRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KATE VEIT I'M THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT DARLINGTON ELEMENTARY. HEY, JOHN KIM, SCIENCE TEACHER AT JOPPATOWNE HIGH SCHOOL. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. SO OUR INSPIRATION FOR OUR NAME. THERE IS A STORY ABOUT MARIGOLDS AND HOW THEY ARE COMPANION PLANTS, SO IT STRENGTHENS THE THINGS AROUND THEM. SO MOSAIC EVERY PIECE IS DIFFERENT, BUT TOGETHER THEY FORM SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. WE WERE THINKING BEYOND JUST TEACHERS AND HTTPS, BUT ALL OF US THAT MAKE UP THE TOTAL HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY, AND THEN THE MARIGOLD PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS GROW NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME FROM. SO EVERY SPACE TEACHES, EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS, AND EVERY MOMENT MATTERS. SO WE WANT TO BUILD THE MORALS AND ALSO THE SENSE OF THE BELONGINGS. SO CELEBRATE EVERYONE EVERY DAY. EXCELLENCE AND CONNECTING THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE SCHOOL AND ROLES, AND ELEVATE QUIET LEADERS AND UNSUNG HEROES. SO EACH MONTH, WHAT WE'RE FIGURING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO SPOTLIGHT A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE, HIGHLIGHT THEIR PRACTICES AND THE SMALL MOMENTS THAT THEY ENABLE OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO GROW. WE'RE GOING TO SPOTLIGHT THESE PEOPLE THROUGH THE HC 411 FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. ALL RIGHT. SOME OF THE MONTHLY CONTENT WILL INCLUDE THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE SPOTLIGHT. WE'LL SPOTLIGHT TEACHERS, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, BUS DRIVERS, NURSES, FOOD SERVICE PEOPLE, EVERYONE WHO TOUCHES THE CHILDREN IN HARFORD COUNTY AND WORKS WITH THEM. AND ONCE WE HAVE NOMINATIONS AND WE'VE CHOSEN SOME OF OUR MARIGOLDS, WE WILL BE ASKING THEM SOME QUESTIONS AND DOING A LITTLE INTERVIEW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE SHOWING ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'LL ASK SOME QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY LOOK LIKE FOR YOU IN YOUR ROLE? HOW DO YOU HELP STUDENTS GROW ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY? WHAT'S ONE THING YOU WISH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNEW ABOUT YOUR ROLE? AND ANOTHER QUESTION WHAT'S THE MOST REWARDING MOMENT YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR POSITION? SO TO GO OFF OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE OUR INTRODUCTION, WHILE WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT WHO ARE MARIGOLDS ARE, WHICH ARE OUR ADMINISTRATORS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S JUST A TIMELINE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING EACH AREA WITHIN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW IT DOESN'T TAKE JUST TEACHERS AND THE STAFF WITHIN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING, BUT IT ALSO TAKES

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO NO NO NO, YOU'RE NOT DONE. YOU'RE NOT DONE. IT'S NOT THAT EASY. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF REALLY HARD QUESTIONS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS. RIGHT. SO ALL THE OTHER EDUCATORS CAN SEE THIS.

SO YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. YOU BUST YOUR BUTT, YOU GET NOMINATED FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND THEN DOCTOR BOLSON GIVES YOU MORE WORK TO DO. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

JUST MAKING SURE I GOT THAT. NO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE. SURE. BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST HANGING OUT FOR A SECOND, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I JUST I'M SO EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH NEEDED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THAT AND TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO TACKLE IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AGREE. GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. MAYBE THIS WAS EASIER FOR YOU BUT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. YOU GET THE MATCHING T SHIRTS. EVEN HAVE THE MATCHING

[Public Comment]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE RULES OF ORDER FOR THIS EVENING. 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.

AND 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. THE RULES OF ORDER REQUIRE COMMENTERS TO REFRAIN FROM IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DO NOT SIT ON THE BOARD. COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD, AND IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ADDRESS OR IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY NAME. IN THE CONTEXT OF A BOARD BUSINESS MEETING, THE PUBLIC INCLUDES SCHOOL STAFF OTHER THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT, ADDITIONALLY, DISPARAGING COMMENTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS, AND INFLAMMATORY REMARKS ABOUT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS PERSONNEL. ANY PERSON OR GROUP ARE NOT PERMITTED. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING A RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG IN OUR MEETINGS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER CONCERNS OR NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. SHOULD AN ATTENDEE ENGAGE IN ONE OF THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIORS, THUS DETRACTING FROM THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE MEETING, THE ATTENDEE WILL RECEIVE A WARNING TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR. IF THE ATTENDEE DOES NOT CEASE TO PROHIBIT A BEHAVIOR, THE ATTENDEE WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE BUSINESS MEETING BY SECURITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST TWO THINGS THAT ARE A BIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY TONIGHT. ONE IS FOR A

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HOW MANY VIRTUAL ATTENDEES DO WE HAVE? I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR. OKAY. WE HAVE FOUR. SO IF YOU COULD CUE THEM UP THEY'LL BE FIRST. AND THEN SECOND IS I DID TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT HE SAID, BUT MAYBE YOU GLOSSED OVER IT. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO SET UP THE RULES SO THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION WHILE STILL PROTECTING, WHILE STILL A HOLDING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DECORUM, BUT ALSO BE PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE RULES ARE SET UP FOR THESE REASONS. AND THIS IS WHY YOU'RE WELCOME TO NAME ALL OF US.

WE'RE ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS, OKAY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PEERS AND YOUR AND YOUR YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS THAT ARE SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TURNING AROUND AND POINTING FINGERS AND DOING ALL THAT. AND WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, A TEACHER MAY HAVE DONE SOMETHING, BUT THE RULES DON'T ALLOW YOU TO SAY A SPECIFIC TEACHER'S NAME. OR IF YOU'RE IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE SO SPECIFIC THAT YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY IDENTIFY THE PERSON BY SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THE TEACHER THAT LIKE THE PRINCIPAL AT THIS ONE SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE'S ONE PRINCIPAL THERE, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SKIRTING AROUND THE RULES, AND I'M GOING TO STOP YOU AS WELL.

OKAY. SO PLEASE BEAR THAT IN MIND THIS EVENING. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH VIRTUAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR POINTON. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WAITING IN THE VIRTUAL LOBBY. MAKE THAT THREE. SO WE WILL PROCEED THROUGH THOSE. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 6457. YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 6457. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, TRY PRESSING STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANNIE PAGLIA. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO REMIND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT THEIR POSITION IS ONE OF SERVICE. YOU SERVE EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN YOUR DISTRICT. YOU SERVE EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUALITY, OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. YOU DO NOT SERVE TO FURTHER YOUR OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS. YOU DO NOT SERVE TO FURTHER YOUR OWN POLITICAL AGENDAS. YOU SERVE TO PROTECT AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND VALUES OF EVERY CHILD IN THE DISTRICT. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THEIR VALUES IN A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL WAY. MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO GUIDE AND SERVE IN AN ENTIRELY UNBIASED WAY. YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO BRING THE SAME ENERGY TO PROTECTING VALUES BASED IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION THAT YOU BRING TO PROTECTING VALUES BASED IN CHRISTIANITY AND CONSERVATISM. IT'S SADDENING TO SEE SO MUCH HATRED AND DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY. I AM BOTH ALARMED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AND ALLOWING IT TO IMPACT OUR CHILDREN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND UTMOST RESPECT FOR TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS AT CPS. MY FAMILY IS IN OUR FIFTH YEAR IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OF A SINGLE TEACHER. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS OR OPINIONS BEYOND THINGS LIKE THEIR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM OR COFFEE SHOP. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN PROFESSIONAL. THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE ME DOUBT THAT THEY'RE ACTING IN MY CHILDREN'S BEST INTEREST WITH COMPLETE CARE, CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT. IT'S CONCERNING THAT I CANNOT SAY THE SAME ABOUT EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I DO HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE ME WRONG. THANK YOU. IF ANY OF THE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS ARE REPRESENTING GROUPS, WE'RE DOING THREE MINUTES ACROSS THE BOARD THIS EVENING DUE TO THE HIGHER NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BOYNTON, AND OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. HI, THIS IS BONNIE KNUTSON. I WAS PLANNING ON MY COMMENT BEING TOWARDS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPHRASE THINGS JUST A TINY BIT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THE MISINFORMATION, LIES, HATE AND IGNORANCE THAT ARE GOING TO BE SHOWN IN THESE COMMENTS ANY MINUTE NOW AGAINST TRANS KIDS IS EXACTLY WHY THIS

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. JILL FERRARO I'M STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THIS BOARD TO ADOPT A CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE POLICY OF NEUTRALITY WITHIN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SINCE 2022. THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES POLICY HAS FAILED OUR STUDENTS. IT HAS FAILED BECAUSE IT IS OUTDATED, VAGUE AND UNENFORCEABLE. BECAUSE OF THESE WEAKNESSES, TWO HARFORD COUNTY STUDENTS WERE HUMILIATED IN FRONT OF THEIR CLASSMATES FOR SIMPLY WEARING SHIRTS THAT SAID FREEDOM AND TP USA. THEIR TEACHER QUESTIONED THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR CLASSMATES, TURNING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ORDINARY SCHOOL DAY INTO PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT. THE FATHER REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL, AND AT FIRST THE ADMINISTRATION ADMITTED THAT HIS CHILDREN WERE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT JUST DAYS LATER, THE DISTRICT COMPLETELY CHANGED COURSE, CLAIMING THAT THE TEACHER WAS ACTUALLY SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS BY QUESTIONING THEM. ULTIMATELY, A CPS IS DISMISSING THE FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES OF THESE ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN AND FAILING TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ROLE IN THIS SITUATION, WHICH IS SHAMEFUL. THAT ENTIRE CHAIN OF EVENTS FLOWS DIRECTLY FROM A POLICY THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. LET'S LOOK AT WHY THE POLICY TALKS ABOUT NEUTRALITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCUSSING CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS. BUT IT NEVER DEFINES WHAT A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IS. IT GIVES TEACHERS THE RIGHT TO SHARE PERSONAL OPINIONS, BUT PROVIDES NO BOUNDARIES FOR WHEN THAT CROSSES INTO BIAS OR EMBARRASSMENT. IT SAYS STUDENTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, BUT GIVES NO PROTECTION WHEN THAT DIGNITY IS VIOLATED. THERE IS NO TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHERS, NO CLEAR PROCESS FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS, AND NO OBLIGATION FOR RESTORATIVE ACTION. BECAUSE THE POLICY IS SO VAGUE, ADMINISTRATORS CAN INTERPRET IT HOWEVER THEY WANT. THE SAME ACTION CAN BE CALLED INAPPROPRIATE ON MONDAY AND SUPPORTIVE BY FRIDAY, AND PARENTS ARE LEFT FEELING UNHEARD AND DISRESPECTFUL. SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING THIS BOARD TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE CONTROVERSIAL POLICY TO CLEARLY DEFINE TEACHER CONDUCT, STUDENTS RIGHTS AND INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES.

IMPLEMENT STAFF TRAINING ON NEUTRALITY, RESPECTFUL DIALOG, AND THE HANDLING OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TOPICS IN THE CLASSROOM. ESTABLISH A PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS SO WHEN VIOLATIONS OCCUR, PARENTS HAVE TO FIND RECOURSE TO REMEDY SUCH VIOLATIONS. ENSURE THAT TEACHERS AND FACULTY DO NOT DISPLAY DEMONSTRATIVE ITEMS EXPRESSING PERSONAL VIEWPOINTS ON CLASSROOM WALLS OR BULLETIN BOARDS, AS THESE AREAS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BELONG TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS, NOT THE EMPLOYEE HKPF MUST REMEMBER WHO IT SERVES. THE PARENTS ARE YOUR PARTNERS AND THE STUDENTS ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROVIDE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS WELCOMING, TRUSTWORTHY, AND FREE FROM POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BIAS. PLEASE DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND UPDATE THE CONTROVERSIAL POLICY TO INCLUDE A STRONG POSITION ON NEUTRALITY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. YOUR TIME WILL CONCLUDE IN THREE MINUTES. YOU WILL HEAR A BELL RING WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 1051. YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. AND YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MEGAN FITZGERALD AND I AM SORRY. LET ME GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF MY NOTES. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR BOLSON, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE HOW VERY GRATEFUL I AM TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY. MY TWO AUTISTIC CHILDREN ARE HAVING AN INCREDIBLE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND THEY ARE THRIVING. AND THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROUS, OPEN HEARTED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OPEN MINDED EDUCATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS FOR THE EVENING. DOCTOR POINTON THANK YOU. THANK YOU JILLIAN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WHEN WE CALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, PLEASE ALSO CALL THE NEXT PERSON BEHIND THEM SO THEY CAN PREPARE. PRESIDENT POINT. WE HAVE 17 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, STARTING WITH SHAWN RYAN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID BOWER AND MASON KECKLER. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SHAWN. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY AND FATHER OF TWO BOYS WHO LOVE THEIR SCHOOL, BUT WHO CAME HOME EMBARRASSED, HUMILIATED, AND HURT BY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, DURING DISMISSAL, A TEACHER CALLED OUT, MY SON'S IN FRONT! IN FRONT OF THEIR CLASSMATES SIMPLY FOR WEARING A SHIRT THAT SAID FREEDOM. THE TEACHER PRESSED THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SHIRT MEANS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? UNTIL THEY FELT CORNERED AND BULLIED BY AN ADULT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TRUST? IF SHE TRULY HAD A CONCERN, SHE COULD HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM PRIVATELY. INSTEAD, SHE MADE A SCENE THAT LEFT TWO CHILDREN ASHAMED FOR WEARING SOMETHING COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE. WHEN I REPORTED THIS, THE PRINCIPAL ADMITTED IN WRITING, HE SPOKE PRIVATELY WITH MY SON, AND MY SON CONFIRMED EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD HIM, THAT IT HAPPENED AND THAT IT MADE HIM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. YET LATER, IN THE SAME CHAIN OF EMAILS, HE COMPLETELY CONTRADICTED HIMSELF, CLAIMING THE TEACHER WAS SIMPLY SHOWING HER SUPPORT. THOSE TWO THINGS CANNOT BOTH BE TRUE. YOU CAN'T ACKNOWLEDGE A CHILD FELT EMBARRASSED AND THEN REWRITE THE STORY TO PROTECT STAFF THAT ISN'T LEADERSHIP, THAT'S DAMAGE CONTROL. TEACHERS ARE THERE TO TEACH, NOT TO EMBARRASS STUDENTS OR INJECT THEIR OPINIONS. IN CLASSROOMS. VALUES ARE LEARNED AT HOME. MY SON SHOULD NEVER FEEL ASHAMED FOR EXPRESSING A WORD LIKE FREEDOM.

I'M ASKING FOR ONE SIMPLE THING ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND A POLICY THAT ENSURES NO STUDENT IN THIS COUNTY IS EVER BULLIED OR HUMILIATED AGAIN BY A TEACHER FOR WHAT THEY WEAR.

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YOU ALL MAY HAVE SEEN THOSE REPORTS PREVIOUSLY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD. HOWEVER, NONE OF THOSE REPORTS COVER AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FACTOR. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF OUR FAMILIES. HC HAS NO SCHOOLS WITH LOW POVERTY AND LOW SCORES, AND IT HAS NO SCHOOLS WITH HIGH POVERTY AND HIGH SCORES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE. MCAT SCORES ARE HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH ECONOMIC STATUS. WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS WHO SIGNIFICANTLY BREAK THAT TREND, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO DO.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE HIGHEST SCORING STUDENTS IN OUR LOWEST SCORING SCHOOLS DO BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE SCORING STUDENTS IN OUR HIGHEST SCORING. ECONOMICS IS NOT FATE, BUT IT IS A HUGE INFLUENCE. AND MR. CORNERSTONE, HIS PHONE. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MASON KECKLER. I'M A 12 YEAR OLD SEVENTH GRADER AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE IN BEL AIR. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF ALLOWING TRANSGENDERED BOYS FULL ACCESS TO THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM, AND VICE VERSA. I UNDERSTAND THE TRANS COMMUNITY ARE BEING GRANTED FULL ACCESS TO THE LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS, WHICH THEY IDENTIFY. MY PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO WALK RIGHT PAST ME IN EVERY OTHER BIOLOGICAL MALE. CHANGING. LET'S NOT FORGET WE ARE 12. WE ARE GOING. WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH CHANGES. WE ARE ALL SELF-CONSCIOUS. I HAVE A HARD TIME ENOUGH TAKING MY SHIRT OFF AT A POOL, AND NOW MY SCHOOL IS FORCING ME TO STRIP DOWN IN FRONT OF GIRLS WHO HAVE FREE REIGN OF THE LOCKER ROOM. I FEEL COMPLETELY UNCOMFORTABLE AND VIOLATED WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO VOICE MY CONCERNS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I WAS TOLD SHE WASN'T COMFORTABLE HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH ME AND EVEN CHUCKLED AT THE THOUGHT OF MY CONCERNS, BRUSHING IT OFF AS IF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN MY LOCKER ROOM WAS NORMAL AND EVEN APPROPRIATE. IT WAS EVEN STATED THAT SHE WOULD RATHER RELOCATE ALL 50 PLUS BOYS TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN THE SCHOOL TO CHANGE CLOTHES, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE TWO FEMALE STUDENTS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU AS A STUDENT? WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN OUR WHAT ARE WE TO DO WHEN OUR RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ARE BEING VIOLATED AND THEN BEING MOCKED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS? ALL I'M ASKING TONIGHT IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE FEMALES ACCESS STILL TO THE CHANGING AREA AND THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM, THAT A PRIVATE DOOR OR SOME KIND OF PARTITION IS ADDED SO THEY CAN WALK THROUGH WHILE WE ARE CHANGING OUR CLOTHES. EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED FAIRLY REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL PAGAN, FOLLOWED BY TRACY THOMPSON AND NEIL THOMPSON. BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MICHAEL PAGAN, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED AND DISAPPOINTED PARENT. DID YOU

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WHEN ONE GROUP'S COMFORT MAY COME AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER, WHERE THE FEELINGS OF 1 OR 2 CHILDREN TRUMP AND INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE REST OF THE CHILDREN, THE STUDENT BODY. I'M SURE THE RESPONSE WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE, WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING STATE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES. WELL, LISTEN, I'M NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY LESSON ON THAT. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS POLICY DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE POLICY THAT'S BEING ENFORCED IS WRONG. LOOK AROUND YOU. EVERY PARENT HERE WANTS THE SAME THING FOR THEIR CHILD TO COME HOME SAFE, WHOLE AND RESPECTED. WE WILL NOT SIT QUIETLY WHILE OUR CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO CHANGE IN FRONT OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. SO TONIGHT I ASK, LET'S RAISE OUR VOICES, NOT IN ANGER TOWARDS ANY CHILD OR ANY GROUP, BUT IN FIRM DEFENSE OF OUR CHILDREN'S DIGNITY AND OUR PARENTAL RIGHT TO BE HEARD. LET'S INSIST ON POLICIES BORN IN THE OPEN, GUIDED BY RESPECT AND DRIVEN BY CLARITY AND PARTNERSHIP. BECAUSE WHEN A STUDENT SAYS, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN A PARENT SAYS I WASN'T CONSULTED, WHEN A COMMUNITY SAYS WE DESERVE BETTER, THAT'S OUR CALL TO ACTION. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER, OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER AND WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARCY THOMPSON, AND I'D LIKE TO START BY READING THE MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD OF ED PAGE, WHICH IS VERY BEAUTIFUL. IT SAYS EACH STUDENT WILL ATTAIN ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL SUCCESS IN A SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT THAT HONORS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND I THINK WHEN WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AND WE DO HONOR THAT, WE HAVE A CARING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE SHINE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A WONDERFUL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND PEOPLE COME TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND WE NEED THAT. PEOPLE COME HERE TO WORK IN THE HOSPITALS. WE NEED PROFESSIONALS IN EVERY AREA. WE NEED TRADES, TRADES, PEOPLE, AND WE NEED THEM TO WANT TO BE HERE IN SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS THAT PEOPLE COME TO A COMMUNITY. WE NEED POSITIVE NEWS. WE NEED POSITIVE COVERAGE. WE NEED TO BE A SHINING LIGHT, AND THEN PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING SOME NEGATIVE COVERAGE AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE BECOME A DISTRICT. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SAY BAND A BOOK, BUT REMOVE A BOOK IS BAN A BOOK. WE REMOVED A BOOK. WE BANNED A BOOK. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN MARYLAND, UNDER FREEDOM TO READ, IT PUTS US IN A BAD LIGHT. WE'RE GOING AGAINST WHAT THE STATE HAS ASKED US TO DO, WHICH IS TO ALLOW FREEDOM, FREEDOM TO READ. AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT FREEDOM HERE. AND I HATE SEEING HARFORD COUNTY GETTING COVERAGE, GETTING NATIONAL COVERAGE, GETTING STATE COVERAGE FOR SOMETHING SO NEGATIVE. WE HAD A PROCEDURE ALREADY WHERE PARENTS COULD STOP ANY OF THEIR CHILDREN FROM READING ANY BOOKS, JUST WITH A CALL TO THE LIBRARIAN. NOW WE'RE ALLOWING ANY PARENT TO DECIDE FOR EVERYBODY, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. WHEN BOOKS ARE BANNED, IT SHOWS THAT A DISTRICT IS OUT OF STEP WITH THEIR COMMUNITY INFRINGING ON RIGHTS. IT DOES NOT SHINE A POSITIVE LIGHT ON A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IN SO MANY WAYS, IS A DEFINITE PLUS FOR LIVING IN HARFORD COUNTY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEIL

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF ABERDEEN EDGEWOOD PROVING GROUND. MANY OF YOU FOLKS ARE INVOLVED WITH THE ARMY. IN SEPTEMBER 2023, MELISSA HAHN FROM DISTRICT D ASKED THE BOARD TO REMOVE THE FOLLOWING BOOKS IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE STUDENTS IN HER DISTRICT AND IN HARFORD COUNTY. THE BOOKS ARE GENDERQUEER, FLAMER, LAWNBOY ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE. A IS FOR ACTIVISM AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. PLEASE ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO SUBMIT BOOKS FOR REVIEW ON BEHALF OF PARENTS IN AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE UNFORESEEN RAMIFICATIONS AND BULLYING.

SPEAKING OF BULLYING, IF CHARLIE KIRK WAS ONLY CALLED A JERK OR AN IDIOT VERSUS A NAZI OR A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, HE MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. WITH REGARD TO THE PERFORMANCE

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EACH YEAR, WE DEVELOPED A SCHEDULE TO MAINTAIN A DAILY ROUTINE OF SCHOOLWORK TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GRADE. TO DO THIS, WE RESEARCHED THEIR GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS AND PURCHASED THE APPROPRIATE BOOKS. THIS SUMMER, THE CHILDREN WORKED AN AVERAGE OF TWO TO 2.5 HOURS EACH MORNING, FOR A TOTAL OF 95 TO 100 HOURS OVER A TWO MONTH TIME FRAME. BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, THE EIGHTH GRADER CONQUERED ALL ASPECTS OF MIXED NUMBERS AND IMPROPER FRACTIONS, LEARNED SIMPLE COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES, SQUARE ROOTS, GEOMETRIC FIGURES, SOME ALGEBRA PROBLEMS, AND TOUCHED ON SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST. THE FOURTH GRADER BECAME WELL GROUNDED IN MULTIPLICATION TABLES TO 12 LEARNED FRACTIONS CONQUERED, MULTIPLYING THREE NUMBERS BY TWO AND LONG DIVISION, IN ADDITION TO COMPLETING A 36 UNIT SPELLING BOOK AND ABLE TO SPELL WORDS SUCH AS ALLEGIANCE. PHONICS WAS THE KEY TO SPELLING AND READING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SHE LEARNED SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS, CONSONANT DIPHTHONGS, AND DIGRAPHS. BOTH CHILDREN LEARNED HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY FOR REFERENCE, AND BOTH BECAME FLUENT IN CURSIVE WRITING. THEIR FINAL ASSIGNMENT WAS TO WRITE AN ESSAY TELLING HOW THEY SPENT THEIR SUMMER. THE REQUIREMENTS WERE MINIMIZING THE USE OF I AT THE START OF EACH SENTENCE, AND IT HAD TO BE NEATLY WRITTEN, LEGIBLE, AND CURSIVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME. WITH US, THEY NEVER USED A COMPUTER, TABLET, OR PHONE FOR ASSISTANCE OR INFORMATION.

REMEMBER, ALL THIS WAS ACHIEVED IN 95 TO 100 HOURS OVER TWO MONTHS. ALSO, ONE DAY EACH WEEK WE WENT ON A FIELD TRIP. WE VISITED PLACES SUCH AS HERR'S CHIP FACTORY, TURKEY HILL EXPERIENCE, SIGHT AND SOUND THEATER, CHESAPEAKE CITY OR JUST TOOK A RIDE TO LANCASTER FOR LUNCH OR WENT TO PLAY MINI GOLF. I TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUALLY BEING TOLD TO LEAVE EDUCATION TO THE EXPERTS. WELL, IF TWO ELDERLY GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE NOT EXPERTS COULD GET A FOURTH AND EIGHTH GRADER OVER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY DID IN LESS THAN 100 HOURS OVER A TWO MONTH TIME FRAME, THEN THE EXPERTS WHO HAVE THE CHILDREN SIX HOURS A DAY FOR AN AVERAGE OF 1000 HOURS OVER TEN MONTHS, SHOULD HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES THAN 28% PROFICIENCY IN MATH AND 50% PROFICIENCY IN READING. GOOD EVENING. LOOKING FORWARD TO 2026. HARFORD COUNTY AND THIS SCHOOL BOARD HAVE SOME BIG DECISIONS TO ADDRESS. IN WHAT DIRECTION WILL THIS BOARD TAKE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM? AMERICA HAS DECIDED THAT THE FUTURE SHOULD NOT INCLUDE DEI AND OTHER ACTIVIST MATERIAL. WE NEED PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH CLASSICAL ACADEMICS AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS. IT IS TIME TO PURGE AND REBUKE ALL ACTIVISM EMBEDDED IN THE CURRICULUM. IN ORDER TO CLEANSE THE TEACHING MATERIAL, WE NEED BETTER TRANSPARENCY. JUST AS THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBER KEEPS CORRECTLY ADVOCATING FOR THE RECENTLY APPROVED HUMAN GEOGRAPHY COURSE IS ONE SUCH EXAMPLE. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE CURRICULUM IS BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE IF THE CLIMATE DATA WAS TAUGHT FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT IS ALWAYS PRESENTED IN AN OUTLANDISH, FUTURISTIC PREDICTIONS THAT NEVER COME CLOSE TO BEING INACCURATE. CLIMATE PROJECTIONS GOING BACK TO THE 60S HAVE INCLUDED THE WORLD RUNNING OUT OF CARBON FUELS AND IMPENDING ICE AGE, THE DESTRUCTION OF VEGETATION BY ACID RAIN AND GLOBAL FLOODING DUE TO RUNAWAY WARMING EFFECTS. THESE RIDICULOUS PREDICTIONS WERE WRONG, AND IN SOME CASES THE OPPOSITE OCCURRED. AT A RECENT SUMMIT I ATTENDED, THERE WAS A MOM WHO TESTIFIED A CHILD CONSIDERED SUICIDE BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT HER VERY EXISTENCE WAS DESTROYING THE PLANET. STOP THIS INDOCTRINATION. THE NEXT GENERATION WITH THESE LIES, THE TEACHERS UNIONS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF ACTIVISM. CARE ABS LEARNING TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS.

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THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT WAS BROUGHT HERE TO PROMOTE DEI. THIS BECAME APPARENT WHEN THE FIRST MEETING WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WAS ALL ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE COUNTY, AND ACADEMICS WAS NOT MENTIONED. THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE FROM HARFORD COUNTY, WHOSE FAMILY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THEIR POLICIES, NOT TO ESCAPE TO ANOTHER COUNTY AND NEVER FEEL THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR OWN MANDATES. LEARN FROM THE LAST ELECTION AND FOCUS ON PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ACADEMICS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE EMORY SPENCE, CINDY POPPER, AND ELLEN BUSKIN. I'M EMORY SPENCE, AND AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP WITHOUT EVER WORRYING ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T READ BY BANNING BOOKS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, THE BOARD WILL BE DIRECTLY GOING AGAINST MARYLAND'S FREEDOM TO READ ACT, PUT IN PLACE BY CURRENT GOVERNOR WESTMORE IN APRIL 2024. THIS ACT PREVENTS LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT RECEIVE FUNDING FROM BY THE STATE FROM REMOVING BOOKS DUE TO POLITICAL VIEWS, SYSTEMS OF BELIEFS, RELIGIOUS DISAGREEMENTS, OR THE AUTHOR'S BACKGROUND, VIEWS AND ORIGIN. THE BOOK FLAMER BY MIKE CORRADO WAS PREVIOUSLY BANNED IN HIGH, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN LATE JUNE OF 2025. BY BANNING THIS BOOK, THE BOARD HAS GONE AGAINST THE MARYLAND'S FREEDOM TO READ ACT. FLAMER INCLUDES THEMES OF LGBTQ+ IDENTITY, RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, BULLYING, SELF-ACCEPTANCE, TOXIC TOXIC MASCULINITY, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. FLAMER IS A HALF AUTOBIOGRAPHY THAT FOCUSES ON ISSUES THAT MANY PEOPLE FACE. THE BOOK PROVIDES A WAY FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND SAID ISSUES OR FEEL REPRESENTED WITHIN A BOOK. IF THE BOARD CONSIDERS CONTINUING TO BAN BOOKS THAT INCLUDE THEMES OF LGBTQ+ SUICIDE PREVENTION, BULLYING, IDENTITY, AND MICROAGGRESSION BECAUSE THEY DON'T SERVE AN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE, THEY WILL BE DEPRIVING STUDENTS AND FUTURE STUDENTS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT GENUINE ISSUES WITH TEENS, MENTAL HEALTH, REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES, AND DISCOVERY OF FINDING A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL YOU BELONG. THE BANNING OF BOOKS IS NOT ONLY A PROBLEM IN HTTPS, BUT IN MANY COUNTIES ACROSS MARYLAND. CLASSIC BOOKS. THE GENERATIONS BEFORE US READ HAVE BEEN DEBATED. BEING BANNED JUST BECAUSE WE ARE A NEWER GENERATION DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS TO READ.

OTHERWISE YOU ARE TAKING AWAY INFORMATION FROM OUR FUTURE TEACHERS, AUTHORS AND LAWYERS.

IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO BAN BOOKS WITH THESE TOPICS, OR ANY TOPICS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL OR INAPPROPRIATE, THEY WILL BE DENYING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, EXPERIENCES AND THREATENING STUDENTS RIGHTS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. DURING HIS MONTHLY MINUTE FOR OCTOBER, DOCTOR OLSON TOUCHED ON AN ISSUE THAT HAS BECOME A TRUE QUANDARY FOR ALL EDUCATORS THIS YEAR. WHY ARE WE ALL SO STRESSED, TIRED, AND JUST GENERALLY WORN OUT? HIS. IN HIS ANSWER, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL ITS AFTER EFFECTS. I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR MY ASSERTION.

LAST WEEK, THE BEL AIR MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA. YES. P AS IN PARENT SPONSORED A FUNDRAISER. THE PANTHER PROWL. THE STUDENTS PICKED A THEME FOR THEIR ACADEMIC TEAM. THEY DRESS UP AND WALK A ROUTE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM. STAFF ALSO DRESS UP AND WEAR COSTUMES TO ENHANCE THE STUDENTS ENTHUSIASM. STUDENTS COLLECT PLEDGES AND THE PTA COLLECTS SPONSORS FOR THE EVENT. THAT IS THE PRIMARY MONEY MAKER FOR PTA THIS YEAR.

THEIR EFFORTS RAISED ALMOST $26,000 FOR OUR SCHOOL. OUR PTA IS AMAZING. THEY SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE STUDENTS, STAFF AND OUR SCHOOL IN GENERAL IS PHENOMENAL. THE PANTHER PROWL IS AN EVENT THAT THE STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR. TOP MONEY MAKERS GETS PRIZES AND RECOGNITION. PIZZA PARTIES, PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AND TOP EARNING HOMEROOMS. GET DONUTS TO START THEIR DAY. JUST GENERAL GOOD FUN FOR ALL WHILE SUPPORTING OUR PTA.

UNFORTUNATELY, GENUINE FUN SCHOOL SPIRIT AND SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT SOME PEOPLE TURNING IT INTO A HEINOUS PLOT AGAINST CHILDREN.

OUR PTA, PROUDLY AND DESERVEDLY SO, POSTED PICTURES OF THE DAY'S EVENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

KIDS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATION. ALL INTERACTING. HAVING FUN. ONE OF OUR EIGHTH GRADE TEAMS HAD SELECTED PINK OUT IN SUPPORT OF A BREAST OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AS THEIR THEME.

PS WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN AFFLICTED BY THIS AND IS NOW BACK TEACHING AGAIN.

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BUT I WENT TO MIT. I'M NOT STUPID, BUT IF YOU SEE ME IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY TREAT ME THAT WAY. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY STUDENT. YOU NEED TO FIND THEIR STRENGTHS. AND WE ALL HAVE OUR STRENGTHS. I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE AUTISTIC. THEIR BLIND, THEY'RE DEATH. THEY'RE HANDICAPPED IN A WHEELCHAIR. EVERYONE HAS THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR PURPOSE, AND WE NEED

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RATHER, IT REINFORCES PARENTAL RIGHTS, ENSURING FAMILIES CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH SPECIFIC CONTENT PRESENTED TO THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN. I URGE THE DISTRICT TO SWIFTLY ALIGN ITS POLICIES WITH THIS DECISION, ENSURING TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT AND BALANCE MOVING FORWARD.

MOMS FOR LIBERTY HAS PUT TOGETHER A GUIDE FOR PARENTS TO KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, AND THEY CAN FIND THIS GUIDE AT MOMS FOR LIBERTY. ORG AND THERE'S A SAMPLE TEMPLATE ON THE WEBSITE FOR PARENTS TO SUBMIT. IT SAYS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I'M WRITING AS A PARENT WITH DEEPLY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION. MAHMOOD V TAYLOR. I'M CHOOSING TO OPT MY CHILDREN OUT. INSERT YOUR CHILDREN'S NAMES AND OUT OF THE ACTIVITY AND ASSIGNMENT. ALONG WITH THAT, I'M ALSO ASKING THAT MY KIDS NOT BE REQUIRED TO USE PREFERRED PRONOUNS OR TAKE PART IN POLICIES THAT ALLOW MIXED SEX BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, OR OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS. THESE THINGS GO AGAINST WHAT WE BELIEVE, AND ACCORDING TO THE RULING, WE NOW HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY NO. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE DISTRICT PLANS TO FOLLOW THE COURT'S DECISION. DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE A CURRENT OPT OUT POLICY? YOU DON'T. WILL THERE BE CHANGES TO THE CURRENT POLICIES? HOW FAR IN ADVANCE WILL PARENTS BE INFORMED BEFORE ANY LESSONS RELATED TO LGBTQ PLUS OR SEXUALITY ARE TAUGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. PARENTS CAN FIND THIS ON MOMS FOR LIBERTY ORG AND I URGE THEM TO SEND IT IN. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TAMMY SHULER, FOLLOWED BY RONNIE DAVIS. I AM TAMMY SHULER.

OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING POISONED BY DIVISION AND MISINFORMATION. WE HEAR ACCUSATIONS FROM MELISSA HAHN THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE INDOCTRINATING AND TEACHING WOKE. THERE IS A PROFOUND HYPOCRISY IN CLAIMING TO FIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN WHILE ACTIVELY SPREADING HATE FOR CERTAIN GROUPS. WE SEE THE ATTACKS ON DEDICATED STAFF AND PARENTS WHO DISAGREE WITH HAHN. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING KIDS. THIS IS A PERSONAL AGENDA. DOCTOR, YOU REALLY NEED TO MONITOR YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN THREATENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON YOUR PAGE. ONE THING THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY ARE FRIENDS OF MELISSA'S. WE ARE TIRED OF THE LIES AND FAKE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED, NOT ATTACKED. OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING TORN APART BY MELISSA'S CRUSADE. MELISSA A LIFE LIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IS A MORE POWERFUL STATEMENT THAN ONE THAT IS MERELY PROCLAIMED. OH, AND CONGRATS AND BEST WISHES TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOW IDENTIFYING AS CHARLIE. I HOPE YOUR TRANSITIONS GO WELL. AMEN. RONNIE DAVIS. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR OLSON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG AND FREE NATION. IT IS THROUGH EDUCATION THAT OUR CHILDREN LEARN TO THINK CRITICALLY, TO QUESTION, TO REASON, AND TO DISCERN TRUTH FROM FALSEHOOD. WITHOUT A WELL-EDUCATED CITIZENRY, LIBERTY CANNOT

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HOWEVER, ONE PERSON'S BELIEFS AND VALUES SHOULD NEVER INFRINGE UPON ANOTHER'S.

RESPECTING THAT BALANCE IS HOW WE PRESERVE BOTH FREEDOM OF BELIEF AND MUTUAL RESPECT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS SORELY LACKING TODAY. EDUCATION IS NOT A TOOL OF CONTROL. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP AMONG FAMILIES, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITIES. WHEN WE HONOR THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE STRENGTHEN OUR REPUBLIC. WHEN WE SILENCE OPEN THOUGHT OR IMPOSE OUR WORLDVIEW OVER ANOTHER, WE RISK RAISING GENERATIONS WITH KNOWLEDGE BUT NO WISDOM. LET US STAND BEHIND OUR TEACHERS, SUPPORT THEIR MISSION, AND DEFEND AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES CRITICAL THINKING, RESPECT, AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. BECAUSE IN THE END, THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION WILL BE SHAPED NOT NOT ONLY BY WHAT OUR CHILDREN KNOW, BUT ALSO BY HOW THEY USE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD A JUST AND RESPECTFUL SOCIETY. THANK YOU,

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ONLINE. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET MISSUS PERRY IS HERE ALSO. OH SHE IS OKAY. SHE HAS BEEN SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE ROLL CALL, BUT I FIRST WANT TO COMMEND THE JOHNSONS FOR SPENDING THEIR SUMMER HELPING THEIR TWO GRANDCHILDREN LEARN. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. A ONE ON ONE EDUCATION IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER YOUR CHILDREN. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 1 TO 25, 1 TO 30. AND I THINK THE TEACHERS DO A TREMENDOUS JOB, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME AS A ONE ON ONE EDUCATION, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH PROGRESS WHEN YOU'RE TEACHING TO A WHOLE CLASS AS OPPOSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO RAISING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAD THERE TONIGHT FROM THE MARY GOLD MOSAIC. WHAT A WONDERFUL PROJECT YOU'RE STARTING AND MAKING ALL THE NEW TEACHERS FEEL WELCOME AND FEELING PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I ALSO DO WANT TO MENTION THE ONLY REASON I VOTED AGAINST ADDING THE TWO AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE HAD TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE DISCUSSION, RATHER THAN ONLY SOME PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP. I THINK THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THEM.

I JUST QUESTION THE TIMING ON IT, AND WAS HOPING THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE FULLY INVOLVED. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERY SPEAKER WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. MISTER,

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THANK YOU, MR. MCVICKER. EVERYBODY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. I'M NOT GOING TO READ LIST, BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO HELPS KEEP US RUNNING EVERY SINGLE DAY. I RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE MABE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THIS. IT WAS THIS WEEK, BEGINNING THIS WEEK. I GOT TO SEE ALL OF OUR AMAZING STUDENT MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. ALMOST ALL OF THEM. AND I ALSO GOT TO SIT ON THE STUDENT MEMBER PANEL AT THE VERY END, WHICH WAS AWESOME. AND I GOT TO HEAR AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

I AM STILL CONTINUING MY SMALL MONTHLY MINUTE. OCTOBER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, SO IF YOU GET THE MOMENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THEY'RE PRETTY. I, I LIKE TO THINK THEY'RE PRETTY INFORMATIVE AND IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE STUDENT MEMBERS POSITION ON THIS BOARD. SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I HAVE CONTINUED MY MY SCHOOL VISITS FOR ACROSS THE COUNTY. I HAVE VISITED FOUNTAIN GREEN ELEMENTARY, THE SWANS CREEK SCHOOL, BELLAIRE HIGH, BELLAIRE MIDDLE AND ABERDEEN NO.

BELLAIRE HIGH, ABERDEEN MIDDLE, AND ABERDEEN HIGH. I HAD AN AMAZING TIME DURING ALL THESE VISITS. THEY LAST ABOUT AN HOUR AND A STUDENT NORMALLY LEADS ME AROUND, SO IT'S DEFINITELY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR NATURAL DAILY RHYTHM. AND I'M CONTINUING MY VISITS UNTIL THE END OF MY TERM. SO I PLAN ON VISITING ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE AMAZING TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO THE FIVE K RUN. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STUDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE TONIGHT. I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO GET UP, AND ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS COMING UP HERE AND TALKING, I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY A GREAT THING. AND I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO COME OUT AND TALK AND, AND GIVE COMMENT BECAUSE WE ALL, WE ALL DO LISTEN AND TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MR. CURRIN. YES. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO WHO EXERCISED THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THE FATHER OF THE TWO YOUNG BOYS, MR. RYAN, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE, I CAN'T I'M SORRY. SOMEONE WAS MUTED OR UNMUTED. OKAY. I JUST I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, HAVING TAUGHT KIDS MYSELF, I WOULD SAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN THEY ACCUSE CHILDREN OR OTHERS OF LYING. KIDS ARE UNIQUELY. INNOCENT, AND THAT INNOCENCE GIVES THEM A SENSE OF JUSTICE THAT IS VERY STRONG. THERE WAS A PUBLIC AND WHEN YOU ACCUSE SOMEBODY OF OF OF LYING, THAT SENSE OF, OF JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE CAN TURN INTO REALLY SOME RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW. MAYBE MISDIRECTED SOME ALLEGATIONS OF FALSEHOOD TOWARDS THOSE KIDS TO TO KIND OF TEMPER WHAT THEY SAY.

I DON'T I'M NOT QUESTIONING ANYTHING THAT WAS NECESSARILY SAID PRIVATELY. AS MUCH AS I HAVE SEEN THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO, YOU KNOW, SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH GIVE THE IMPLICATION THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAD SOME SORT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS INCIDENT AND HAD CONDUCTED SOME SORT OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOBODY HERE ON THE BOARD HAS, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. AND AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT I JUST WOULD SAY IT'S CERTAINLY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ANYBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REPRESENT THAT FACT. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND TO WEAR THE SHIRTS THAT THEY WANT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT VIOLATIVE OF THE VIOLATIVE OF THE DRESS CODE. SO A LOT OF A LOT. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING MORE ELOQUENT THAN HE EXPRESSED HIMSELF. AND I'M GLAD HE CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED AND GAVE HIS VIEWPOINT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MISS HAHN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT AND FOR SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENT SPEAKERS. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH GETTING UP IN FRONT OF A LARGE CROWD AND SPEAKING. SO KUDOS TO YOU. MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS HAVE REACHED OUT WITH CONCERNS HAPPENING IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS. FIRST, IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT, LET ME SAY YES.

A STUDENT DID SEE INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT ON HIS CONTENT ON HIS LAPTOP BECAUSE HE HAD ACCESS TO WIKIPEDIA. YES, TWO STUDENTS WERE QUESTIONED AND MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEY

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THESE TYPES OF ISSUES LEAVE OUR CHILDREN, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WITH DIFFERING OPINIONS, FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE NO VOICE AND THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO SPEAK. I HEAR FROM MANY PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF THAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE REPERCUSSIONS OF SPEAKING, AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, VALUES, AND WE ARE VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD FEEL SAFE, VALUED AND RESPECTED NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM, THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION AND THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS. WE ALSO NEED TO RESPECT THAT PARENTS DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND WHEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MISS ALVAREZ DIDN'T JOIN, DID SHE? I DON'T IN THE IN THE DURING THE COMMENT. OKAY, MISS PAGE YEAH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT. IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY. ENGAGEMENT MATTERS. YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND IT HELPS GUIDE US IN SERVING STUDENTS BETTER. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CONVERSATIONS REMAIN GROUNDED IN FACTS, RESPECT, AND A SHARED FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU TO THE PARENT WHO CAME FORWARD REGARDING HER CHILD ACCESSING VERY INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. PLEASE KNOW THAT WIKIPEDIA HAS NOW BEEN BLOCKED FROM ALL HC DEVICES, AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF REMOVING LAPTOPS FROM ALL K THROUGH THREE STUDENTS TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MANY OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND FEDERAL WORKFORCE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THOSE CHALLENGES AFFECT NOT ONLY PARENTS, BUT STUDENTS WELL-BEING AND READINESS TO LEARN. WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THESE FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGH COMPASSION, RESOURCES AND UNDERSTANDING. WE HAVE A PLANNED MESSAGE GOING OUT TOMORROW THAT WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE FAMILIES CAN TURN FOR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT DURING THIS SHUTDOWN.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR FOCUS HAS TO REMAIN ON WHAT UNITES US OUR STUDENTS. THEIR SUCCESS, SAFETY AND GROWTH ARE WHY WE'RE HERE. THAT IS THE MISSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE I REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE, FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.

SOME OF THEM WILL FALL NATURALLY INTO THE AGENDA LATER. LIKE I'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS ON WIKIPEDIA, BUT I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES THIS EVENING, BOTH FROM DOCTOR PAULSON AND HIS MEETING TO SOME BOARD MEMBERS, MISTER KORN, SOME SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN DRIVING A LOT OF THE NARRATIVE RECENTLY. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IN A NOISY WORLD FULL OF DISTRACTIONS, WHERE THE BOARD AND ALL OF US AS INDIVIDUALS REALLY NEED TO PUT OUR ATTENTION AND OUR FOCUS. BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBERS AND JUST AS PEOPLE LIVING IN SOCIETY, RUNNING OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY PRESSED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES AND YOU CAN'T ADDRESS EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME. YOU REALLY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS. OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD IS TO FOCUS OUR TIME AND ENERGY ON THE THINGS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER THE GREATEST IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND IN A WAY THAT IS GROUNDED IN THE FACTS AND NOT FICTION. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF FICTION IS DRIVING THE NARRATIVES, AND I'M BY NO MEANS AM I SPEAKING ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC TOPIC THAT WAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT IN PUBLIC COMMENT OR ON THE AGENDA. THESE ARE GENERAL COMMENTS, BUT IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, IT'S BECOMING REALLY HARD TO SEPARATE THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE. MISINFORMATION SPREADS INSTANTLY. OUTRAGE IS

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THEY'VE REALLY DEGRADED ADULT CONVERSATION, AND IT CAUSES HARM TO OUR STUDENTS. THAT'S THE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME ABOUT ALL OF THIS. THIS IS IN PART WHY THE BOARD'S TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD CASE THERE. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME BEGGING TO US LOOKING FOR A SETTLEMENT. IT'S GOT A VERY STRONG CASE THERE. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW ISSUES NEED TO BE HANDLED. IF YOU HAVE A LEGITIMATE INTEREST ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THAT IS TO BRING IT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, WE'VE GOT ESTABLISHED CHANNELS THAT YOU CAN BRING IT TO, EITHER TO THE ADMINISTRATION OR TO THE BOARD. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU DO THIS, IT GETS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. EVERYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO US GETS INVESTIGATED. BUT HERE'S THE THING YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE THE RESULTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS OR PERSONNEL MATTERS. YOU NEED TO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT IF YOU BRING US AN ISSUE THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, NOT ANONYMOUSLY THROUGH FACEBOOK, THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND HANDLED. WE WON'T BE GOVERNED MOVING FORWARD BY THE DRAMA OF THE DAY. SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE FOR PROFIT SITES ARE MANUFACTURING PROPAGANDA AND PEOPLE ARE POSTING CLAIMS ANONYMOUSLY. THE BOARD WILL BE FOCUSED ON REAL ISSUES, REAL PEOPLE AND REAL SOLUTIONS, AND NOT THE ONLINE NONSENSE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE NOT PERFECT. COMPLAINTS NEED TO BE RISEN TO THE BOARD. DO SO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND LOOKED AT WITH THE UTMOST SERIOUSNESS. SPEAKING OF THE PROCESS, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOOK, THE THE THE BOOK BANNING STILL STILL AN ISSUE APPARENTLY. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE. BUT THERE WERE SOME, SOME WIDELY SPREAD CLAIMS THAT THE BOARD DID NOT FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCESS AND THAT WE MET IN SECRET TO BAN THIS BOOK. THERE WAS AN ETHICS COMPLAINT THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, ONE OF MANY. WE'VE WON ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS, AND THERE WAS JUST A RECENT RULING FROM THE STATE ETHICS COMMITTEE ON ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY DID FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCESS WHEN IT CONSIDERED THE APPEAL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, AND IT WAS ACTING FULLY WITHIN ITS QUASI QUASI JUDICIAL CAPACITY. IF WE CAN I DON'T KNOW IF KIMBERLY'S HERE, WE CAN RELEASE THAT TO THE PUBLIC. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. THANK YOU. KNOW, YOU COME TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS AND YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS, AND YOU WOULD THERE'S ALMOST LIKE THERE'S A DARK CLOUD, YOU KNOW, OVER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. NOT SAYING AGAIN THAT WE'RE PERFECT. BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TONIGHT WHO SPOKE ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOMS AND ON THE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND THROUGHOUT OUR

[A. Consent Agenda]

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NUMBER ONE, MONTHLY PERSONNEL REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2025. NUMBER TWO, CONTRACT AWARD, AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLATIONS. NUMBER THREE CONTRACT AWARD. GROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE FOR RETIREES. OKAY, COULD I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THIS IS MELISSA, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES YES.

ANY ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEW

[B. Presentation of Proposed New Board Policy: Administration of Stock Bronchodilators in School, Mr. Joseph Harbert, Director of Health and Wellness 1. MD. Code Ann., Edu. 7-426.6 2. Proposed New Policy: Administation of Stock Bronchodilators in School]

DOING GOOD. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BOYNTON. VICE PRESIDENT PAIGE, SUPERINTENDENT OLSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JOE HAUBERT. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE PROPOSED BOARD POLICY, ADMINISTRATION OF STOCK BRONCHODILATORS IN SCHOOL. BEFORE I GO OVER THIS POLICY, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR HEALTH SERVICES STAFF, ALL OF OUR NURSES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS MARIAN YASUDA, THE SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, OUR HEALTH SERVICES SPECIALIST, MISS LINDA HICKS, AND MISS TRISH SCHOEN, WHO MAKES SURE

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THE POLICY AUTHORIZES THE SCHOOL NURSE OR DESIGNATED SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SPECIFIC TRAINING TO ADMINISTER BRONCHODILATOR TO A STUDENT WHO IS DETERMINED TO BE, OR PERCEIVED TO BE EXPERIENCING ASTHMA RELATED SYMPTOMS, OR IS PERCEIVED TO BE IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRE-KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THE POLICY SHALL AUTHORIZE ADMINISTRATION OF A BRONCHODILATOR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE STUDENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA OR REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE, OR HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED BRONCHODILATOR NURSE PRACTICE GUIDELINES. CREATED AND SIGNED BY MISS MARY NASUTA, THE SUPERVISOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, ALONG WITH THE MEDICAL DEPUTY HEALTH OFFICER, DOCTOR JAMIE SABEL, WITH THE HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY USED THE GUIDANCE FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ALGORITHM AND AFTERCARE INCLUDES NOTIFYING PARENT OR GUARDIAN. TRAINING FROM MSD WAS COMPLETED FOR ALL SCHOOL NURSES ON AUGUST 22ND, 2025. TRAINING FROM MSD WAS COMPLETED FOR ALL SUBSTITUTE NURSES ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2025. ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY STOCKED WITH ONE METERED DOSE INHALER OF ALBUTEROL SULFATE AND A DISPOSABLE MOUTHPIECE. WITH THE EXPIRATION OF JANUARY OF 2027, DATA COLLECTION IS ONGOING REGARDING THE USE OF INHALERS AND TRACKING THROUGH A NEW SCHOOL TREATMENT CODE. INHALERS HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED SUCCESSFULLY SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY THIS YEAR, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PRE-K STUDENTS, FOR PRE-K STUDENTS, A BRONCHODILATOR SHOULD ONLY BE ADMINISTERED IF THEY HAVE A PHYSICIAN'S DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA OR REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE.

THIS RESTRICTION IS PRIMARILY A SAFETY MEASURE BASED ON MEDICAL AND LEGAL STANDARDS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO ARE MORE EXPOSED TO HEALTH RISKS AND LESS ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. YEP, NO.

AND THAT DURING AN EMERGENCY, WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENT HAS A VALID MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION TO RECEIVE IT OR. WELL, ALL OF OUR NURSES HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO ANY STUDENT ON FILE WHO HAS A PRESCRIPTION, THERE'S A SCHOOL WITH 1200 STUDENTS. AND THE NURSES KNOW THAT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY. YES. AND IF IT'S A STUDENT WHO HAS THAT PRESCRIPTION, THEY WOULD HAVE AN INHALER AT THE HEALTH SUITE. THIS ALLOWS NURSES TO NOW USE BRONCHODILATORS FOR ALL STUDENTS, WHERE BEFORE THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHECK IT'S REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSIS. NO, IT'S REGARDLESS NOW IT'S REGARDLESS BEFORE BEFORE THEY COULD ONLY ADMINISTER IT IF THE STUDENT HAD A PRESCRIPTION FROM A DOCTOR. OKAY. AND THIS IS OPEN FOR 30 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. BUT LARGELY STATUTORY DRIVEN. SO YES. ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ON HERE WHERE IT SAYS THAT PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED. AT WHAT POINT ARE PARENTS NOTIFIED. AND CAN WE ADD THAT TO THIS? IT IS I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT THAT IT IS ON THERE. BUT THAT IS PART OF THE THE TRAINING. PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY, IF THEY'RE NOTIFIED RIGHT AWAY, WE'RE TREATING THE STUDENT AND THEN NOTIFYING THE PARENT OR STAFF IS NOTIFYING THE PARENT WHILE THE NURSE IS TREATING THE STUDENT. OKAY. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THERE BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IS THERE. TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS? BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGLIGENT ADMINISTRATION? HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANYBODY? THE STEPS ARE PRETTY CLEAR. THERE'S A GUIDANCE WITH A FLOW CHART FOR STAFF TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE ADMINISTERING THE BRONCHODILATOR. YOU HAVE THE INHALER, YOU HAVE THE I APOLOGIZE, I MEANT LIKE MISADMINISTRATION OR WRONGFUL ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT, OR WITH CONTRAINDICATIONS LIKE HEART ISSUES. RIGHT? I MEAN, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ALBUTEROL? IS THAT. YES. YES. I MEAN, ARE THERE IS SOMEBODY REVIEWED THIS FOR LIABILITY ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO CONTRAINDICATIONS, LIKE IF SOMEBODY HAS A HEART ISSUE, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH HEALTH SERVICES ON THAT AND SEE THIS RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE FOLLOWING A DIRECTION FROM MSD THAT CAME OUT WITH THIS GUIDANCE. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK

[C. Presentation of HCPS Academic Performance: State Assessments, Ms. Katie Ridgway, Chief of Staff, Mr. Phillip Snyder, Supervisor of Accountability, and Mr. Andy Wachter, Assistant Supervisor of Accountability MCAP 2024 - 2025 Performance Presentation 2024-25 HCPS MCAP Performance Report]

WE'VE GOT MR. PHILIP SNYDER SUPERVISOR OF. NO. HE'S ABSENT OKAY. DOESN'T SAY I DIDN'T SEE

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WELCOME, BOTH OF YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR RESULTS FROM OUR 2024 2025 ASSESSMENTS. MY NAME IS KATIE RIDGEWAY. I AM CHIEF OF STAFF AND I AM ACCOMPANIED BY THE ESTEEMED ANDY WACHTER, WHO IS ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY, PHIL SNYDER, IS ABSENT THIS EVENING DUE TO ILLNESS. WHAT? BEFORE WE GET INTO SORT OF THE MEAT OF IT AND BEFORE ANDY TAKES IT AWAY TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THE THE REASON AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND PROVIDING YOU THE REPORT THIS YEAR, RATHER THAN JUST SENDING OUT A SLIDE DECK. SO WE PROVIDED AN EXTENSIVE REPORT THAT IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY FOR EVERYONE, AS WELL AS FOR THE BOARD THAT GOES THROUGH IN DETAIL OUR PERFORMANCE AS A WHOLE DISTRICT. IN THIS REPORT, WE COVER THE NUANCES OF ADMINISTRATION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MCAT TEST COUNTS AS A STUDENT'S GRADE OR IF AN MCAT TEST DOES NOT, HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF VARIATIONS THEREOF. AND THEN ALSO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS HOW THE DATA IS IMPACTING CURRICULAR DECISIONS AND DECISIONS AT THE SCHOOL. NOW, OF COURSE, THIS IS A BIG PICTURE REPORT. IT IS NOT A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL REPORT. OUR SCHOOLS DO HAVE DASHBOARDS WHERE THEY CAN LOOK AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION, AND THEY USE THAT IN THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AND SO THE DATA DOES FLOW IN THAT DIRECTION. WE ARE PROVIDING AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ENTIRE REPORT TONIGHT, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT INFORMATION IS IN IT. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON, A DEEP DIVE ON A SPECIFIC AREA WOULD BE HAPPY TO SET UP MEETINGS AND PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MR. WACHTER TO GIVE US THAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. HOPING TO GO THROUGH AND JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT REPORT, EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO TAKE. AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE ELA.

AND EVERY ASSESSMENT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SIMILAR CHART THAT'S GOING TO SHOW FOR YEAR.

AND THIS IS THESE ARE PROFICIENCY LEVELS. SO THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE 750 OR HIGHER AND MET THAT PROFICIENCY LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT WHAT OUR GOAL IS OVERALL FOR OUR STUDENTS, OF COURSE WE WANT 100%. WE'RE PUSHING TOWARDS IT. SO AS YOU LOOK ON HERE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WE HAVE A FOUR YEAR CHANGE. AND AND WE PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FROM 2122 THAT OF COURSE THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE COMING OUT OF COVID. AND ALSO FOR SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS THERE ARE NEWER ASSESSMENTS. SO THIS IS A SPAN THAT THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SHOWED THE BIGGEST GROWTH OVER THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AT SEVENTH GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE AND SIXTH GRADE. SO IT'S SHOWING THAT OUR LITERACY AND OUR, OUR, OUR STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING WITH STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM ARE IMPROVING. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE SHARED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT MISS RIDGEWAY TALKED ABOUT. THE FOUNDATIONAL FOCUS PAYS OFF. SO AS YOU SEE THOSE SCORES RISING, THAT MEANS WE'RE FOCUSING ON EARLY LITERACY AND THE SCIENCE OF READING AT THE EARLIER GRADES, USING EARLY SCREENING AND MTSS SUPPORTS TO ENSURE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS, IMPROVING INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR USING IREADY. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE HAVE THE SAME THING WITH IREADY USING THAT TEST TO SHOW GROWTH AND IDENTIFY AREAS OF NEEDS FOR STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. WE ALSO HAVE DOUBLE PERIODS FOR ELA PROJECT BASED LEARNING, WHICH IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE USED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND IS IN BOOSTING ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENTS. THE INTEREST LEVEL OF THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE LEARNING, AND IT'S SPREADING LITERACY THROUGH ALL CONTENTS.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE HAVE THE SHOWN THE HIGHEST PROFICIENCY RATE SINCE READING SINCE THE NEW STANDARDS STARTED, WHICH IS EMPOWERING, WHICH IS THROUGH EMPOWERING OUR LEADERS AND USING DATA AT THAT LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING THE CONTENT. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE OVERALL PROFICIENCY ROSE TO 62 60.2%, A 3.5 GAIN OVER 2324. SO THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT. THAT MEANS WE'VE ADVANCED FROM SEVENTH TO SIXTH PLACE IN THE STATE FOR PROFICIENCY AVERAGES FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. GRADE TEN POSTED ITS LARGEST INCREASE, AND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA RESULTS REACHED THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL

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IN ALGEBRA ONE, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON GROWING THOSE FIRST TIME TEST TAKERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL THE FIRST TIME THEY TAKE THE TEST, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT THE TEST, WHICH INEVITABLY INCREASE OUR PROFICIENCY NUMBERS THROUGH THE ENVISION ALGEBRA ONE. TARGETED PD AND COGNITIVE DEMAND WORK. SO HOPEFULLY ALL OF THOSE FOCUSES AND THERE'S THIS EFFORT OF ALIGNMENT THROUGH ALL GRADE LEVELS IN THE MATH TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING AS THEY GO THROUGH ALL LEVELS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW STANDARDS AT THE STATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A NEW ASSESSMENT IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TESTING STUDENTS FOR WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW. DESPITE THE STATEWIDE CONCERNS WE HAVE ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT ALIGNMENT, HC DID IMPROVE TO A 43% PROFICIENCY RATE, WHICH IS ITS BEST SINCE 2122, AND WE HAD A 2.4. GAIN IN ALGEBRA ONE. THE DISTRICT OUT OUTPERFORMED THE STATE BY 7.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE, WE OUTPERFORMED SIMILAR COUNTIES LISTED THERE, AND ALSO AT GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. IN ALGEBRA ONE, WE DID THE SAME WITH BALTIMORE AND CECIL COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN MATH IN THE FUTURE IS THE STATE IS DOING SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL OVER THE MATH SEQUENCING, AND SO THE DATA THAT WE'RE PRESENTING NOW, BOTH IN THE THE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE ACTUAL TEST, AS WELL AS IN THE SEQUENCING OF MATH STUDIES, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A COMPLETE CHANGE IN KIND OF DISRUPTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MATH. AND SO SOON WHEN WHEN THAT ALL OF THAT OCCURS, WE WON'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO DO THE LONGITUDINAL LOOK AT AT OUR PAST PERFORMANCE. BUT THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE STATEWIDE EFFORT OF NEEDING IMPROVED MATH SCORES.

AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED THAT DETAIL IN THE REPORT AND EXPLAIN WHAT'S COMING AHEAD FOR MATHEMATICS. AND WE HAVE A NEW SUPERVISOR OF MATH WHO'S FANTASTIC, WHO IS ALREADY MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE IN THIS AREA. AND THIS NOW LISTS OUR SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS, WHICH HAPPEN IN FIFTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LHS MISA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN GRADES FIVE AND EIGHT. THE THE CONTENT IS RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS THREE GRADES. SO IN FIFTH GRADE IT'S THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CONTENT. AND FOR EIGHTH GRADE IT'S SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CONTENT. WHICH MAKES IT A CHALLENGE BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THE TEST IS SORT OF REFLECTS A RANDOM ASSORTMENT OF THE CONTENT THROUGH ALL THOSE GRADE GRADES. SO IT SORT OF IT CAUSES A CHALLENGE FOR THE SCHOOLS TO TO HONE IN ON EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT TEST. BUT THE TRENDS HAVE GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, 4 OR 5 AND EIGHT, BUT THAT'S BEEN THE TREND FOR THE STATE LEVEL. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE AT ALL LEVELS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE'VE SEEN INCREASED PERFORMANCE A LOT DUE TO OF COURSE, IT'S SPECIFICALLY ONE CONTENT BIOLOGY, BUT IT'S ALSO NOW AN END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO THAT MEANS IT'S 20% OF THE STUDENT'S FINAL GRADE IN BIOLOGY. SO THAT SORT OF GIVES SOME VALUE TO THE STUDENT TO PERFORM WELL ON THIS

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ONE THING THAT WE SEE IS THAT OUR WE'RE GOING IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO, AND WE'RE PROUD OF OUR GROWTH. WE JUST RECENTLY SAW A MSDE PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED THAT OUR GROWTH IN ELA IS ONLY OUTPACED BY DISTRICTS WHO WERE STARTING AT 30% IN THEIR PROFICIENCY, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THE STATE IN OUR GROWTH. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OF COURSE, WE WILL ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO, AND WE ARE DEDICATING OUR TIME AND RESOURCES FOR THAT. LOOKING DEEPLY INTO THE DATA, OUR CURRICULUM, CONTENT EXPERTS, THEY GO INTO THE STANDARD BY STANDARD LEVEL ON WHICH STANDARDS WE ARE EXCELLING AT AND WHICH STANDARDS WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT ON. AND THAT IS DONE BY CONTENT, BY SCHOOL, BY GRADE LEVEL, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN DISAGGREGATE THAT DATA. OUR SCHOOLS HAVE DASHBOARDS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND AS WELL AS THIS KIND OF BIG PICTURE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPEN IT TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I HAVE A QUESTION. I, I HEARD ENHANCED TESTING A BUNCH OF TIMES. WELL, I HEARD ADVANCED AT IN MY MIND. I CHANGED IT TO WHERE CHANGED. SO HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE TEST CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? AND HOW HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES AND ORANGES TO ORANGES? IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TEST THIS YEAR AND YOU'RE SHOWING AN INCREASE, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME TEST, HOW DOES THAT HOW HOW IS THAT EVEN A METRIC BY WHICH YOU CAN RELY ON WHAT YOU CAN RELY THE FOR, FOR MATH? IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY DID CHANGE THE WAY THE TEST IS DONE BECAUSE IT'S BECOME COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTS.

BUT I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY. THE THE TEST FOR MATH. MOST OF THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT'S WHY WE SHOWED YOU THOSE FOUR YEARS. SO WE CAN COMPARE TO THAT. WE WE DO EXPECT CHANGES IN THE TEST. SO YOU'RE RIGHT THAT STARTING NOT THIS YEAR BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME COMPARING TO PREVIOUS YEAR DATA.

SO SO THE TEST HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT DOES DEPEND ON THE TEST. SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE REPORT WE DO GO BACK EVEN FURTHER IN YEARS. BUT WE DISTINGUISH THE CHANGE IN THE TEST. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ELA, WE'LL DISTINGUISH IN YEARS WHAT THE TEST WAS AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS FOR 2017 TO 2019 AND THEN 22 TO 2025 THE MCAT. SO TWO YEARS OF NO TESTING AND TWO YEARS OF NO TESTING AND FOR COVID. SO WE DO PROVIDE THAT DETAIL ABOUT WHEN THE TEST IS CHANGED AND SHOW WHEN IT'S COMPARABLE AND WHEN IT'S NOT. WE ARE ANTICIPATING CHANGES TO THE TEST, ESPECIALLY IN MATH MOVING FORWARD. BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S SOLELY DEPENDENT ON THE STATE. AND I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO ANTICIPATE WHEN THE STATE RELEASES ANYTHING.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, WE DO SPECIFY WHEN A STATE, WHEN SOMETHING IS CHANGED, THE ONES THAT WE FIND KIND OF MOST DIFFICULT TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES TO ARE THE SCIENCE TEST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY DO A RANDOM SAMPLING OF STANDARDS OVER THREE GRADE LEVELS THAT REALLY MAKE THOSE TESTS VERY

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I DON'T KNOW IF DO YOU HAVE THE POLICY WHERE YOU PULL IT UP OR IS IT NOT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PULL IT UP HERE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND JUST TELL US AND WE'LL. SO IN SECTION H, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NUMBER. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO STATE AN ACCOMMODATION IS TO BE MADE IF A STUDENT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE OR COMFORTABLE CHANGING INTO THEIR GYM UNIFORM, AND IF AN ACCOMMODATION CANNOT BE MADE, THAT THE STUDENT WILL NOT BE MADE TO CHANGE AND MUST NOT BE PENALIZED FOR NOT CHANGING INTO THEIR GYM UNIFORM, DRESS CODE POLICY. YES, IT'S UNDER IT'S UNDER PHYSICAL EDUCATION. LIKE ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOLD ON. THIS IS SO THIS WILL BE SO WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT TONIGHT BECAUSE TO PUT IT OUT FOR 30 DAYS PUBLIC. YEAH. THIS IS MORE OF A DISCUSSION. SO IT REALLY DOESN'T NEED A SECOND. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO JUST INTERJECT HERE FOR A MOMENT, INJECT THIS INTO THE CONVERSATION THAT CURRENTLY I THINK THIS IS KUMAR. DOCTOR MAC, I THINK YOU SENT IT TO THE BOARD OR STATE GUIDANCE DOES SAY ALREADY THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL PROVIDE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANY STUDENT WHO EXPRESSES A NEED OR DESIRE FOR INCREASED PRIVACY. ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THIS SPECIFIC ONE, SAYS THE TRANSGENDER STUDENT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING GENERALLY ABOUT ANY STUDENT, ANY STUDENT, OKAY. THE ABILITY TO KEEP HIS OR HER STATUS CONFIDENTIAL. AND THERE'S SOME OTHER PIECES IN HERE TOO. SO BUT THAT THAT REFERS TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. YEAH.

WELL, NO, THE FIRST PHRASE IS UNCLEAR. PROVIDE REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANY STUDENT WHO EXPRESSES A NEED OR DESIRE FOR INCREASED PRIVACY. SO I THINK THAT STATEMENT STANDS ON ITS OWN. YEAH. THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS, WHICH ONE? THE REGULATIONS FOR FOR PE, IT'S IN THAT EMAIL. IN THE EMAIL. DID YOU JUST SHE JUST SAID, OH OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT OKAY. HOLD ON. YEAH. JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. GO AHEAD. 13 A .04.13. AND SO IT DOES SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT BEING DRESSED FOR PE AND ATTENDANCE IS NOT A PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. SO SO IF A STUDENT SO LET LET'S JUST SAY A STUDENT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, UNCOMFORTABLE GETTING UNDRESSED IN SCHOOL GENERALLY REGARDLESS OF ANY OTHER SITUATION. THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO PLAY DODGEBALL TODAY. AND THE SWEAT CLOTHES THAT I CAME INTO SCHOOL WITH, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THEY'RE NOT PENALIZED. IF IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THEY SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR BEING GRADED. AND THEN IF THEY MAKE THEIR CONCERN KNOWN TO THE SCHOOL, THEN THE SCHOOL WILL MAKE THOSE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. IF THEY STILL WANT TO CHANGE INTO THEIR PE UNIFORMS. THE FIRST COURSE OF ACTION IS PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. AND THAT'S PART OF KUMAR. YES. SO WHAT SO WHAT WOULD THIS BE ON TOP OF WHAT KUMAR ALREADY PROVIDES. OUR POLICY DOESN'T DICTATE THAT KUMAR SUPERSEDES THE POLICY. THE POLICY. SO OUR POLICY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO STATE THAT. I'M LOOKING FOR THE KUMAR. IF IT'S IN YOUR IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOX. BUT AGAIN WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. SO IF ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORTH, PLEASE DO SO. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO CONFIRM THAT YOU DON'T LOSE POINTS FOR NOT FOR CHANGING. RIGHT. BECAUSE I HAD MY DAUGHTER JUST NOT WANT TO CHANGE AND LOST POINTS. SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS? DO I HAVE TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW? CAN I

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YOU'RE GOING TO BE STINKING IN SCHOOL ALL DAY. SO I THINK KIDS NEED TO WEAR A STUDENTS NEED TO WEAR IT. AND SO IF WE'RE PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE PLACES FOR THEM TO GET CHANGED, IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, WHICH, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE AS A LITTLE KID GETTING CHANGED IN THE LOCKER ROOM EITHER. RIGHT. BUT IF WE'RE PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS, I THINK SHOULD BE GETTING DRESSED PROPERLY FOR GYM. DOES ANYBODY ELSE DISAGREE WITH THAT? DO WE STILL PLAY DODGEBALL? WE CAN'T PLAY. YOU DON'T PLAY. I'M DATING MYSELF. WE DON'T WE DON'T PLAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING DODGEBALL BACK. I SECOND, I THINK, I THINK THAT THE ISSUE JUST LIES WITH IF A STUDENT IS COMFORTABLE OR IF THEY FEEL SAFE. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SURELY NO ONE SHOULD BE PENALIZED, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. IT SHOULDN'T BE A BIG DEAL. RIGHT? LIKE YOU JUST KIND OF. THERE YOU GO. I THINK THIS IS A I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CLARIFY AND DOCTOR MATT CAN HELP WITH THAT.

AND KIND OF I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A BIG PRESENTATION OUT OF IT, BUT KIND OF BRING BACK SOME CLARITY ABOUT THAT PRACTICE AND ENSURING THAT THESE STANDARDS THAT SHE SHARED WITH YOU ARE, IN FACT, IN EFFECT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT APPLIES TO ALL STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING, THEN THEY AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT DOCTOR POINTON TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION. I SAID EARLIER, THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS YOUR CHILD'S ADMINISTRATOR, THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, THE SCHOOL. THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD NEEDS. AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU GO THROUGH THOSE CHANNELS AND THINGS AREN'T BEING RESOLVED, THEN THERE'S OTHER DIRECTIONS THAT YOU CAN GO AS WELL TO ELEVATE THAT CONCERN. BUT OUR SCHOOLS ARE REALLY GOOD AT MAKING SURE THEY'RE MEETING THE NEEDS WHEN THEY KNOW ABOUT THEM, IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARENTS, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, THEY JUST NEED TIME AND SPACE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ALL SUPPORTIVE IN GENERAL OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AND HOW'S IT INTERACT WITH COMAR? WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ALL RIGHT. SO IF I IF I MAY, RATHER THAN I THINK PUTTING THIS IN HERE AND PUTTING IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE GIVE THEM TIME TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND COME BACK TO US IN SMALL GROUP OR SOME OTHER FORUM AND BRIEF IT. AND IF YOU'RE STILL NOT HAPPY WITH HOW ALL OF THIS INTERSECTS AND COMA AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN YOU COULD THEN WE COULD PUT IT BACK OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M OKAY WITH THAT, AS LONG AS THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ACCOMMODATED OR GIVEN THE OPTION NOT TO CHANGE, AND THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE WITH THEIR GRADING BEING, YOU KNOW, DEDUCTED FOR NOT CHANGING. SO THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT THAT THAT IS THE CURRENT THAT IS OUR EXPECTATION. SO THAT EXPECTATION WILL BE COMMUNICATED. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DEVIATES FROM THAT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S RECTIFIED.

BUT THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THAT'S OUR EXPECTATION. AND AND MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN CLARIFY THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATIONS WITH, WITH SOME, SOME GUIDANCE FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE BOARD SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT IS WHAT IS EXPECTED. OKAY. WITH THAT LOOK LIKE THE POLICY I THINK IS WE NEED WE DEFINITELY NEED TO UPDATE THE POLICY TO REFLECT THAT AS WELL. EVEN THOUGH THAT YOU SAID THAT'S WHAT KUMAR SAYS. I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT. A LOT OF OUR POLICIES GET OUTDATED AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE TO BE, YOU KNOW, UPDATED FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, KUMAR. AND WE'RE ALSO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S AN OPTION WE CAN CONSIDER.

GENERALLY, THOUGH, THERE'S NO NEED TO RESTATE LAW IN POLICY BECAUSE LAW WILL ALWAYS SUPERSEDE POLICY IN THE HIERARCHY. BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS TO EMPHASIZE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BY SOLIDIFYING IT THROUGH A BOARD VOTE IN POLICY THAT ALIGNS WITH STATE

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AND SO, SO, SO, SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, I HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH IT ABOUT WHAT WE ALLOW AND WHAT WE DON'T ALLOW. WE DO HAVE PROPER PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE FIREWALLS. WE DO HAVE SOFTWARE LAID OVER TOP OF WHAT WE'RE USING SO THAT IF A STUDENT GOES TO CLICK ON A WEBSITE THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE, IT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE BLOCKED.

WE BLOCK PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF SITES, BUT THE INTERNET IS THE WILD, WILD WEST. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE 100% FOOLPROOF. PREVIOUSLY, WIKIPEDIA WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WASN'T BLOCKED. YOU COULD GO IN THERE. I'M SURE FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS, IT WAS A GREAT TOOL AND A GREAT RESOURCE. UNFORTUNATELY. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CAN'T USE THAT. SEE THAT ANYMORE FROM A SCHOOL COMPUTER. BUT I WOULD ARGUE IT'S NOT A PRIMARY SOURCE ANYWAY. SO THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER BETTER SOURCES. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, ALSO TALK TO YOUR STUDENTS. TALK TO YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TALK TO YOUR NOT YOUR STUDENTS. TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING TECHNOLOGY. OKAY.

IT IS MAYBE ONE THING THAT THEY SEE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING ABOUT WHY THEY'RE GOING THERE. AND THAT'S SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A CONVERSATION THAT PARENTS AND KIDS NEED TO HAVE. THE SECOND THING IS THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR COMPUTERS AT HC ARE FAR SUPERIOR THAN PROBABLY WHAT YOU HAVE AT HOME. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE NOTHING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 100% FOOLPROOF ALL THE TIME. SO THE SPECIFIC WIKIPEDIA WIKIPEDIA ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND ARE THERE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESSING VARIOUS SITES ON THE INTERNET FROM SCHOOL COMPUTERS THAT BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO DISCUSS? I I'M SORRY. NO, YOU GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I MEAN AND PRESIDENT POINT IS CORRECT WHEN HE SAID THAT WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A PRIMARY SOURCE. I MEAN, PEOPLE THERE ARE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. I. CAMPAIGNS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LITERALLY, PUBLICLY AND OPENLY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE A NARRATIVE BY SPENDING A WHOLE CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, WE'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT WIKIPEDIA DAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE A NARRATIVE ON, ON ANY GIVEN TOPIC TO MOVE IT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. SO IT IS NOT A PUBLIC SOURCE, I THINK. I THINK THE CONCERN REALLY AROSE OUT OF EIGHT YEAR OLDS, EIGHT EIGHT YEAR OLDS TYPING IN SEXUALIZED NUMBER THAT ENDED UP COMING RETURNING, YOU KNOW, PICTURES THAT WERE MOST DEFINITELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN EIGHT YEAR OLD. SO I MEAN, NO, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, TO THE TO SOME EXTENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THAT FROM ALL KIDS. BUT IF IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, MAYBE THE YOUNGER KIDS DON'T NEED I MEAN, IT'S THE YOUNGER KIDS DON'T NEED A LAPTOP NECESSARILY, WHERE THEIR ACCESS. I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU'RE GIVING A KID UNFETTERED ACCESS IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T BLOCK OFF THE ENTIRE INTERNET, AS YOU SAID. THERE'S I MEAN, I

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WE HAD TALKED ABOUT K, SO I THINK THE REST IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO SORRY THE MICROPHONE THERE. I MEAN THERE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT WOULD BE LOST THERE TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH TECHNOLOGIES AROUND ASSESSING STUDENTS, I MEAN, WE'RE ABLE TO ASSESS THINGS IN A WAY THAT A TAKES SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF TEACHERS. BUT B MIGHT GIVE US INSIGHTS INTO HOW TO INDIVIDUALIZE WORK FOR STUDENTS MUCH STRONGER. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE LOST THERE. I, I THINK ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, I'VE HEARD THIS MANY TIMES IN MY SCHOOL VISITS THIS YEAR THAT PARTICULARLY A YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS ARE, YOU KNOW, DELIBERATELY FOCUSING ON FINDING WAYS TO USE SCREENS LESS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT I THINK AN OUTRIGHT REMOVAL OF THOSE ISN'T ISN'T NECESSARILY BENEFICIAL OR MAYBE A BETTER BALANCE. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION. BUT I DO THINK I THINK, I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DIMINISH THE USE OF SCREENS, AND I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. BUT I ALSO THINK THERE ARE THINGS RELATED TO USING SCREENS THAT ARE THAT ARE BENEFICIAL THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE SOME OF THESE INNOVATIONS CAN REALLY HELP US PROGRAM IN A MORE TARGETED WAY. OUR STUDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY ASKING ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT.

AND THAT'S A TOOL THAT I THINK WILL BENEFIT US THERE. AND ON THE TEST AS WELL. OUR COMPUTERIZED NOW IN FIFTH GRADE. SO YOU WOULD NEED AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF COMPUTERIZED FAMILIARITY STARTING THIRD GRADE. THIRD GRADE. SORRY. SO RIGHT OKAY. SO YOU WOULD AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH TEST SCORES PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE STUDENTS TOOK THE TEST ON COMPUTERS WHEN THEY WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY USING COMPUTERS, THERE WAS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE. RIGHT. SO SO YOU SO I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE HERE BETWEEN USING SCREENS FOR EVERYTHING AND, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE STONE AGE. AND SO I THINK I THINK WE'RE ALL AGREEING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER BALANCE. SO LET'S OPEN THAT DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE BOARD, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC AND PARENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT RIGHT BALANCE IS. SO I HAVE HAD MY HAND UP AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DON'T. WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION ONLINE. GO AHEAD, DOCTOR MUELLER. IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT WAS MY FIRST POINT IS I DID KNOW THEY STARTED THE COMPUTERIZED TESTING EARLY. AND IF THEY AREN'T PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMPUTER, THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR TEST SCORES. BUT THE OTHER THING, I THINK AS WE APPROACH MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS, HAVING AN AI COMPONENT, IT'S INDIVIDUALIZING TESTING. IT'S INDIVIDUALIZING LEARNING. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THE JOHNSONS AND THEIR COMMENT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW THEY, ONE ON ONE WITH THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, WERE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMER. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. ONE ON ONE INSTRUCTION IS EXACTLY WHAT AI IS OFFERING. SO WHEN A STUDENT, IT'S AN ADAPTIVE PROGRAM. SO WHEN STUDENTS DON'T GET SOMETHING RIGHT, THEY GET MORE LESSONS ON THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED THE ASSISTANCE WITH. SO WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT IT AS A TOOL IN A WAY TO IMPROVE OUR INSTRUCTION. YOU ALL WANT HIGHER TEST SCORES. THAT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS TO HELP

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I GUESS I DID MY AGE AGAIN. I'M PLAYING DODGEBALL JUST FOR. ALL RIGHT. I DID MAKE TWO MOTIONS.

WHAT WAS THE SECOND ONE? WELL, THE FIRST ONE WAS TO AT THE DISCUSSION, WHICH WE WE DID, BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS TO REMOVE WIKIPEDIA. SO IT'S ALREADY REMOVED. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A YOU STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON I MEAN I MEAN IT'S IT'S A MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MOTION THAT STANDS BY ITSELF, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PART OF AN EXISTING FRAMEWORK OR, OR DOCUMENT. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT'S KIND OF A MOOT POINT. IT'S ALREADY DONE.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THAT PROBABLY GETS MORE INTO OPERATIONAL VERSUS GOVERNANCE.

BUT LET ME LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, THOUGH. WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT POLICY PROCEDURE.

WHAT'S THE VEHICLE HERE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION UNDER. IS THERE LIKE AN IT POLICY? I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE'S AN IT POLICY. IT'S AN IT PROCEDURE. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS FITS INTO THE BOARD'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, I GUESS CURRICULUM. BECAUSE AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM, IT'S IT'S A TOOL THAT'S USED WITH THE CURRICULUM. WE'RE NORMALLY DISCOURAGED FROM USING WIKIPEDIA IN SCHOOLS. I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T QUITE CATEGORIZE IT UNDER A TOOL NECESSARILY. I MEAN, I JUST KNOW THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, I JUST I KIND OF DID THIS A FEW YEARS AGO. WE'RE DISCOURAGED FROM USING I MEAN, WE'RE TAUGHT NOT PRETTY MUCH NOT TO USE WIKIPEDIA AT ALL. YOU CAN'T USE IT. YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. MISS NEIL, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE. SO IF THIS MOTION WANTED TO BE BROUGHT FORTH, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPER WAY TO BRING IT FORWARD? IF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING ASKED. SO IF THERE IS YOU'RE CORRECT. IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR POLICY. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES ONLINE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO BE ATTACHED TO. I GUESS IT COULD BE AMENDING A POLICY BECAUSE THAT IS THESE ARE BOARD POLICIES. SO THAT IS STATEMENTS OF THE BOARD. SO WE COULD CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHICH WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO GO. IT COULD I MEAN THAT'S I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY PLACE THE BOARD WOULD SPEAK. THE

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THAT WAS SO JUST THE PROCESS, JUST THE PROCESS OF IT. THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING. IT WASN'T THAT IT HAS TO BE ATTACHED TO SOMETHING. IT HAS TO BE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED. IT'S AN ACTION ITEM AT THAT POINT. IT WAS SO IN THEORY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN SO IT'S IN THEORY SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED. THE ANSWER, THE VOTE MIGHT BE NO BECAUSE THAT WOULD CLOSE OUT THE MOTION. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE MOTION. OR WE COULD TABLE IT INDEFINITELY. WHY AM I LISTEN, I HONESTLY, I WOULD BE A BIG ABSTAIN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS DOCTOR MUELLER SAID, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD DIDN'T THIS WASN'T ON THE AGENDA. THE BOARD DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT. I DON'T EVEN I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED OVER THE IT POLICY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A POLICY, IF IT'S A PROCEDURE, IF IT'S GENERIC OR IF IT'S SPECIFIC. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BRING THIS FORTH RIGHT NOW TO THE FLOOR. WHO? OH, DREW. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANKS, DOCTOR. QUENTIN. SO THERE IS NOT AN IT POLICY, BUT WE ARE MANDATED SINCE WE RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE FILTER BASED ON CIPA CHILDREN. CHILDREN INTERNET PROTECTION ACT, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT YOU MUST FILTER AGAINST ALL PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES. IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT BEYOND IMAGES, WORDS OR OR SUCH. SO WE DO FILTER BEYOND THAT. WE FILTER BASED ON THE INTERRUPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. WE WE ALSO FILTER AGAINST THINGS THAT COULD IMPACT OUR BANDWIDTH, SUCH AS STREAMING MEDIA AND SUCH. SO ALL OF THAT IS BROUGHT FORTH TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR APPROVAL. BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS CODIFIED IN A POLICY PER SE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I MEAN, THE ONLY WAY I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE TO BRING TO THE FLOOR WOULD PROBABLY BE UNDER ANYTHING THAT'S UNSTRUCTURED, PROBABLY LIKE A RESOLUTION. I WOULD PROBABLY CAUTION AGAINST THAT. OF COURSE. THAT'S YOUR MOTION. I'M JUST SAYING WHEN THERE'S A MOTION AND IT'S SECONDED, THE MOTION CAN ALSO BE WITHDRAWN IF NEED BE. YOU KNOW, IF IF THE ISSUE IS IS EFFECTIVELY RESOLVED, CERTAINLY THE MAKER OF THE MOTION COULD WITHDRAW THE MOTION. WHAT'S I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBJECTION IS TO MAKING A VOTE TO THE RESOLUTION. I MEAN, IF IF IT WASN'T A THERE WAS NEVER A RESOLUTION, BUT YOU'RE ASKING HER TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION. I MEAN, UNLESS SHE DOES.

NO. MY APOLOGIES. I WASN'T ASKING HER TO DO ANYTHING. IT'S AN OPTION. HER MOTION TO DECIDE.

YEAH. CORRECT. SO. SO WHEN YOU MADE THE MOTION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT WIKIPEDIA WAS ALREADY REMOVED. SO YOU. SO HERE ARE THE OPTIONS NOW. SO I DID. BUT IT WAS IN AN EFFORT TO CODIFY OKAY THAT REMOVAL THAT. SO I THINK HERE ARE THE OPTIONS NOW. SO YOU CAN EITHER IT'S YOUR CHOICE BECAUSE YOUR MOTION YOU CAN EITHER NOW THAT YOU KNOW IT'S REMOVED. AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. YOU CAN EITHER WITHDRAW THE MOTION THAT'S YOUR RIGHT OKAY. BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WITHDRAW IT, I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE COULD BRING THIS FORTH TO VOTE ON WOULD BE A RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THERE'S NO POLICY TO CHANGE, AND THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE PURVIEW OVER PROCEDURES. SO I WOULD WORD IT AS A RESOLUTION. THEN WE CAN BRING IT TO A VOTE. DOES THAT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT, MISS NEIL? KIMBERLY. NO, OTHER THAN I THINK SHE MIGHT NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION. I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE EXACT WORDS OF THE MOTION WERE, BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ACCESS TO WIKIPEDIA. YES, EXACTLY. SO SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVISE THE MOTION SO THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SORT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ATTACH IT TO. AND THE ONLY THING I CAN COME UP WITH RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY TO VOTE ON IT AS A RESOLUTION, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PATRIOT PROGRAM.

SO I GUESS THEN I WILL EDIT THE MOTION TO VOTE AS A RESOLUTION TO REMOVE WIKIPEDIA AS AN

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NO! HELP! HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON. I MEAN, ANY MOTION TO PASS AT THE BOARD REQUIRES A MAJORITY OF THE SEATS OF THE BOARD. THERE WERE FOUR YESES, SO THAT WOULD BE A NO. AND IT WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST SIX TO PASS. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT THAT DID NOT PASS. I'M SORRY. YEAH. I'M SORRY. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SORRY. LET ME JUST STEP BACK. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ON THE VOTING BECAUSE ON CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE THE INITIAL MOTION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ADJUST THE AGENDA, THAT MOTION IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT. OTHER THINGS ARE BASED ON THE TOTAL COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD. A RESOLUTION WOULD BE BASED ON THE TOTAL COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD AND THE STUDENT MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. SO THERE WERE FOUR, AND YOU NEEDED SIX. THERE WERE THREE YESES. SORRY. HOW MANY YESES? HOW MANY YESES? I'M SORRY. THERE WAS FOUR. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR YESES. AND YOU NEEDED SIX FOUR TO PASS ONE ABSTENTION. THERE WERE TWO ABSTENTIONS. ABSTENTIONS TWO.

TWO ABSTENTIONS. OKAY, SO ON THIS PARTICULAR MOTION, WE NEEDED SIX OF TEN TO PASS. AND WE. IT WAS FOUR, SO IT DID NOT PASS. IS THAT RIGHT, KIMBERLY? YES. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HEAR FOUR VOTES. I THOUGHT I HEARD THREE, BUT BUT YES, YOU'RE CORRECT IN TERMS OF YES, THERE WERE THREE IN PERSON YESES. AND AND MISS PERRY WAS A VIRTUAL YES. IS THERE A DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AT ALL? WELL, HOLD ON, JUST TO TERMINATE THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN TERMINATED. IT DID NOT PASS. YES. I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY I VOTED. NO. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS A PROCEDURAL THING. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE.

THIS THIS DOES NOT FALL UNDER BOARD PURVIEW. WIKIPEDIA COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW THEY DO THINGS IN A COUPLE DAYS FROM NOW. AND IT COULD BE BECOME PERFECTLY VALID RESOURCE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE WE'RE DELVING INTO ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION HERE AND NOT BOARD. BOARD DUTIES. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. FINAL ITEM FOR THIS

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