[B. Presentation and Decision of Superintendent Search Process, Mr. Milton Nagel, Executive Director, Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) and Dr. Kelly Griffith, MABE Superintendent Search Committee]

JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM B, THE PRESENTATION AND DECISION OF SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. I WILL CALL ON MR. MILTON. IS IT NIGEL? HOW IS IT? NIGEL? HOW DO YOU SAY IT? NAGEL. NAGEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MAEVE AND DOCTOR KELLY GRIFFITH, MAIB SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT PAGE.

VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND MEET WITH YOU. MAY IS STATES NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE MEMBERS OF OF MAEBH. MAEBH PROVIDES BOARD SERVICES TO BOARD MEMBERS LOCALLY, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER SERVICES TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR WHICH HARTFORD DOES PARTICIPATE. HARTFORD IS A MEMBER OF THE MAEBH GROUP INSURANCE POOL AND THE MAEBH WORKERS COMP FUND, IN WHICH WE BRING TOGETHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HELP LOWER THE COST OF TO PROCURE THOSE SERVICES, THOSE INSURANCE COVERAGES, SOME OF THOSE WE SELF-INSURE BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE, 19 OF THE 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN THE GROUP INSURANCE POOL AND 17 OF THE 24 IN THE WORKERS COMP FUND. AND WE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON IS THAT WE ARE MEMBER FOCUSED AND WE DO ALL CLAIMS IN HOUSE, SO WE HAVE IN-HOUSE CLAIMS STAFF. SO OUR CLAIMS ADJUSTERS WORK ONLY ON SCHOOL SYSTEM MATTERS. ON THE ASSOCIATION SIDE, WE PROVIDE AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE. WE PROVIDE BOARD RETREATS. AT YOUR REQUEST. WE FACILITATE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRAININGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING TRAININGS ON THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TRAININGS ON HIRING AND FIRING, HIRING AND SUPERVISING A SUPERINTENDENT. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A SERVICE WHEN REQUESTED. AND THAT'S TO HELP FACILITATE THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. AND THAT'S WHERE WHAT HOW WE WHY WE WERE REQUESTED HERE TONIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT WE WANT TO GO OVER QUICKLY HERE WITH YOU. WE TRY TO PROVIDE THIS AS A, AS A AS AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE BUDGET FOR. WE DON'T GO OUT AND SEEK THESE SERVICES. BUT WHEN REQUESTED WE DO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL. WE WILL, IF ASKED, PUT TOGETHER A SEARCH TEAM THAT IS COMPRISED OF RETIRED SENIOR LEVEL EXECUTIVES AND OR

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SUPERINTENDENTS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND. AND WITH ME TONIGHT, DOCTOR KELLY GRIFFITH, IF SO CHOSEN, WOULD BE THE LEAD SEARCH CONSULTANT FOR THE HARFORD COUNTY SEARCH. AND AND DOCTOR GRIFFITH BRINGS OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN MARYLAND, INCLUDING NINE YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT IN TALBOT COUNTY. AND THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ALSO BRING A WHOLE CAREER OF OF OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE IN MARYLAND. ONE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT IN CAROLINE COUNTY AND AND AN ENTIRE CAREER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRIOR TO THAT AS AND THEN A THIRD PERSON THAT ALSO WAS HEAD OF HR IN TALBOT COUNTY FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE TEAM BEFORE YOU IF YOU SO CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAB AS TO CONDUCT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PLANNING. THE SEARCH IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE'VE OUTLINED SOME OF THE THE KEY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS AS PART OF THAT, THAT SEARCH PROCESS IN PLANNING IT. AND I'LL LET DOCTOR GRIFFITH SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER SLIDES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO HELP IF YOU CHOOSE, JUST TO VERY QUICKLY GO OVER THE SEARCH, ESTABLISHING A TIMELINE FOR YOUR BOARD TO MEET AND BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK IN BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS. ESTABLISHING CONFIDENTIALITY PROTOCOLS. AND WHO WILL BE YOUR SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD FOR THE MAB SEARCH COMMITTEE TO TALK TO? DEVELOPING A PLAN TO GET STAKEHOLDER INPUT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO GET STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND ESTABLISHING A CANDIDATE CRITERIA. WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR NEXT LEADER TO HAVE AS FAR AS CHARACTERISTICS AND GETTING SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT AS WELL? ALSO REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE. DO YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE JUST IN MARYLAND? YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE NATIONALLY? HOW DO YOU WANT TO ADVERTISE FOR THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT? DESCRIBING YOUR YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND DESCRIBING YOUR COMMUNITY? I MEAN, IT REALLY IS YOUR IT'S YOUR HOME. IT'S YOUR PROCESS. IT'S WHERE EVERYONE LIVES AND AND IT'S GOING. AND REALLY THE SCHOOLS ARE THE HUB OF, OF THE, OF THE COUNTY. SO AND THEN TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR SELECTION CRITERIA AND A TIMELINE AND WHAT WILL YOU DO IS WE WOULD HAVE TO BACKWARD MAP FROM JUNE BACK TO MARCH. AND AS YOU SEE MARCH TO JUNE IS PRETTY SHORT TIMELINE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME CRUNCHING, BUT WE COULD GET IT DONE. DEFINITELY COULD GET IT DONE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE PHASE THREE. AND YOU WOULD THEN IDENTIFY WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS, WHAT QUESTIONS YOU WOULD ASK. YOU WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. EACH BOARD MEMBER WOULD SCORE EACH APPLICATION INDIVIDUALLY. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF YOU TO READ EVERY APPLICANT AND SCORE THEM. THEN WE WOULD COME TOGETHER, COME TO CONSENSUS ON WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW, THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ARE THOSE QUESTIONS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS TO REALLY THINK OF THE JOB OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AS BEING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THIS BUSINESS, AND THIS BUSINESS IS VERY INCLUSIVE. A LOT OF THINGS, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET, CAPITAL, PROJECTS, ACADEMICS, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY SUPPORT. SO THERE'D BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THE BLUEPRINT, OF COURSE, ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION, THEN IT WOULD BE WHO YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW AND WHAT WOULD THOSE INTERVIEWS TAKE A LOOK. WHAT WOULD THEY LOOK LIKE? THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS WOULD BE STRUCTURED. YOU WOULD DECIDE WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK. THEY WOULD. YOU WOULD THEN CALL IN THE CANDIDATES. YOU COULD EITHER DO IT VIRTUALLY OR YOU COULD DO IT IN PERSON, OR YOU COULD DO A HYBRID MODEL.

WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR THE CANDIDATES, INTERVIEWING THOSE CANDIDATES AND THEN DECIDING WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOCUS GROUPS OR NOT, HAVE FOCUS GROUPS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY DECIDING ON WHO YOUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT WOULD BE, AND MAKING SURE WE CONTACT THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE CANDIDATE WE DO HAVE. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APRIL, MAY, JUNE. SO THREE MONTHS TO PACK THAT IN THERE. BUT I AM READY AND EAGER. I AM RETIRED, BUT I AM ALSO WORKING PART TIME AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ESMC, WHICH IS THE EASTERN SHORE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM. SO RIGHT NOW I WORK PART TIME. I JUST WORK WITH THE NINE EASTERN SHORE SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE DO A LOT OF ALSO A LOT OF ASPIRING LEADERS WORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I WAS ALSO A PART OF THE MARYLAND ASPIRING SUPERINTENDENT ACADEMY. THE FORMATION OF THAT ACADEMY THROUGH ASM. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT ACTUALLY CAME TO FRUITION. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO KICK IT OFF IN 2020 AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020, SO WE PUT IT OFF FOR A COUPLE YEARS. BUT I HAVE STAYED INVOLVED AND I'VE DONE MOCK INTERVIEWS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES OUT THERE IN MARYLAND THAT ARE REALLY EAGER TO BE IN THE SUPERINTENDENCY JOB FOR, I WOULD SAY, FOR A LOT OF THE RIGHT REASONS. SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT YOU FEEL WE COULD HELP. AND AGAIN, THEN

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YOU WOULD NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THAT FINALIST AND AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. HOW MUCH.

YEAH. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL JUST YOU HIT ON A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I KNOW THAT THIS BOARD. SO WE NEED PROFESSIONALS TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. RIGHT. WE NEED STRUCTURE. AND I BELIEVE MAY BRINGS THAT THERE'S OTHER AVENUES WE CAN GO. BUT I BELIEVE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE THAT MAYBE IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THIS BOARD. STAKEHOLDER INPUT, COMMUNITY INPUT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP ON HOW WE DO THAT. HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE FROM STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS? SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU WALKING US THROUGH THAT. AND THEN WE ARE ON A COMPRESSED TIMELINE. SO THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. SO URGE BOARD MEMBERS TO LOOK AT THEIR CALENDARS AND BE DEDICATED TO THIS PROCESS AS WE HIRE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON, YOU KNOW, LEADING LEADING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS DOES COST. AND SO IT WE'RE LOOKING AT A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $38,000, 35,003 THOUSAND FOR TRAVEL. SO THAT THE BOARD KNOWS THAT. AND WITH THAT I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE USE OF MAB TO HELP US WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. I MOVE THAT WE HIRE MAB TO ASSIST US IN OUR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH.

SECOND, THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. TIME TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL BE IN TOUCH. GET YOUR CALENDARS READY, GET YOUR SNEAKERS ON BECAUSE WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS WILL TAKE ME OFF HERE. I DON'T WANT TO UNPLUG. I THINK YOU JUST UNPLUG.

I'M. JUST UNPLUG. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING TO CALL ON OUR SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE TO READ OUR MEETINGS. RULES OF ORDER. IN PERSON, SO I GUESS. OH, NO, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD MYSELF. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING. IN KEEPING WITH THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE UPDATED PRACTICES THAT WILL BE ENFORCED THIS EVENING AND FOR ALL FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING, ALL ATTENDEES ARE REMINDED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. GRANDSTANDING WHICH INCLUDES APPLAUSE, AUDIBLE COMMENTARY, EXCESSIVE GESTURES, STANDING OVATIONS, AND SIMILAR DISTRACTING BEHAVIORS IS NOT PERMITTED. LIKEWISE, THREATENING WORDS, GESTURES, OR BEHAVIORS ARE NOT PERMITTED.

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 THIS MEETING, THE ATTENDEE WILL RECEIVE A WARNING TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE TO PROHIBIT A BEHAVIOR IF THE ATTENDEE DOES NOT CEASE THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR, THE EXCUSE ME, THE ATTENDEE WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE BUSINESS MEETING BY SECURITY. ONCE THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED, ALL ATTENDEES SHOULD EXIT THE BOARD MEETING ROOM. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPECTFUL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AND LOOK FORWARD

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TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IN PERSON, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. ALL SPEAKERS WILL RECEIVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND FIVE MINUTES FOR INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING GROUPS. SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND BE GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30S LEFT. WHEN SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR 3 TO 5 MINUTE MARK, THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE.

MISS ROLOFF, YOU'LL BEGIN WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. PRESIDENT PAGE, THIS EVENING. WE HAVE EIGHT IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH NEIL THOMPSON, FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM MARTINO.

EVENING, PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SCHOOL DOCTOR MACH, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS NEIL THOMPSON, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A GRANDPARENT AND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO ME THAT YOU ALREADY TOOK YOUR VOTE ON WHETHER TO HIRE A

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CONSULTING FIRM PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO PROCEED ALONG THOSE LINES ANYWAY. AT THIS POINT, YOU STILL HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH MAB, AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THE EXTRA EXPENSE OF A SEARCH FIRM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF HOW TOUGH IT WAS FOR YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT MET THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HIRE A LOCAL PERSON, SOMEBODY FROM HARFORD COUNTY. AND YOU DO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME OF DOCTOR MACK, WHO'S PROVEN HER COMMITMENT TO THE JOB AND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD GO AHEAD WITH THIS, WITH THIS SEARCH FIRM, WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE WHO WOULD BE VERY CAPABLE OF DOING THE JOB. I URGE YOU TO RETHINK YOUR DECISION ON HIRING MAB AND TO THINK THAT OVER BEFORE YOU OFFICIALLY SIGNED THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. AND YOU WILL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. OH, BILL MARTINO, MOMS FOR LIBERTY, HARFORD COUNTY. GOD CREATED THE FAMILY UNIT FIRST AND ENTRUSTED CHILDREN TO PARENTS. SCRIPTURE PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARENTS REGARDING CHILD REARING, BUT NONE TO THE STATE, IMPLYING THE STATE SHOULD NEVER REPLACE THE PARENTS. THIS WEEK'S SUPREME COURT RULING OF MARIBEL VERSUS BONTA SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO ALL SCHOOL BOARDS IN LIBERAL BLUE STATES. THIS RULING STRUCK DOWN THE CALIFORNIA LAW THAT PREVENTED SCHOOLS FROM DISCLOSING THE PARENTS THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILD'S GENDER IDENTITY. ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND, SCHOOLS CANNOT KEEP CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT A CHILD FROM THE PARENTS. NO MORE SECRETS. PARENTS NEED ALL THE DATA TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS TO RAISE THEIR OFFSPRING. THE STATE NEVER HAS THE RIGHT TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM THE PARENTS. OF COURSE, THE DEMONIC CALIFORNIA LAW WAS SUPPORTED BY THE TEACHERS UNION. THIS UNION CONTINUES TO PROMOTE ANTI-PARENT LEGISLATION AND POLICIES. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BIBLE IS THAT THE AUTHORITY OVER CHILDREN PRIMARILY BELONGS TO THE PARENTS. SADLY, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA HAS A SIMILAR POLICY AS CALIFORNIA. I PRAY THAT THIS RULING EXTENDS TO THEM AS WELL. A FEMALE LEGISLATOR FROM WESTERN MARYLAND ONCE SAID, QUOTE, I DIDN'T CO CONCEIVE CO CARRY CO DELIVER CO BREASTFEED AND CO DIAPER CHANGE WITH THE STATE.

ASSURES THE HECK AM NOT GOING TO CO-PARENT WITH IT. SHE NAILED IT. PARENTS MAKE THE DECISION REGARDING CHILDREN. I KNOW THAT THE GENERAL ASYLUM IN ANNAPOLIS WOULD PASS SIMILAR LEGISLATION AS CALIFORNIA. WHAT IF WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL POLICY FOR HC ON THIS ISSUE? WE NEED SOME CLARITY FROM THE BOARD. WILL THIS BOARD HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO THE STATE IF SIMILAR LAWS ARE IMPLEMENTED HERE? OR WERE THEY JUST BOW TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND WRITE A POLICY TO FORBID ANY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TO DECEIVE PARENTS. ON ANOTHER NOTE, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WHO PUBLICLY ADVOCATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF CONSERVATIVE VOICES LIKE CHARLIE KIRK, IS STILL ON THE HOOK. PAYROLL, RECEIVING SIX FIGURES WHILE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. HOW CAN SOMEBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE KIDS ENDORSE SUCH VIOLENCE? HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. THIS ADMINISTRATOR CHECKS MOST OF THE DYE BOXES AND THINKS HE'S UNTOUCHABLE. IT IS TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES TO KICK IN AND SEND HIM PACKING. WE DON'T NEED THIS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALSO, THAT ADMINISTRATOR SCHOOL WAS PLAYING THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE SCHOOL NEVER PLAYS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, WHICH IS THE ONE CERTIFIED BY CONGRESS AS THE NATION'S ANTHEM. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF

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PROMOTING DIVISION INSTEAD OF UNITY. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER IS FOR ALL AMERICANS, PROMOTE THINGS THAT BRING UNITY AND AVOID DIVISION. LET'S GET BACK TO TEACHING TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS AND REMOVE THESE DISTRACTIONS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE DAVID BAUER, J. EDWARDS, AND MARK HAMILTON. GOOD EVENING, I'M DAVID BAUER. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE MATH CURRICULUM CHANGES BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING. I'M AWARE THAT THEY'RE BEING DRIVEN BY STATE MANDATES, AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE. STILL, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM INDIRECTLY AND LOBBY THE STATE FOR A DIRECT FIX. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE TRACKS FOR MIDDLE GRADE MATH. THIS CHANGE WOULD COMPRESS THAT DOWN TO TWO. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS IN A SINGLE GRADE WHO REALLY ARE SPREAD BETWEEN FOUR AND EVEN FIVE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS OF ABILITY, ACCORDING TO I-READY, IN MATH INVENTORY SCORES, THEY ARE THAT SPREAD OUT. I SENT YOU ALL SOME GRAPHS TO TRY TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG THE SPREAD IS, AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAKING STUDENTS WITH THAT WIDE ABILITY SPREAD AND PUTTING THEM IN ONE OF JUST TWO TRACKS. WHAT WOULD HELP HANDLE THAT ABILITY? SPREAD SMALLER CLASS SIZES, MORE TEACHER PREP AND PLANNING TIME, MORE PARAEDUCATORS, ADEQUATE SUPPLY BUDGETS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ALL COST MONEY.

ANOTHER CONCERN THIS SHOULD BE DRIVING MORE STUDENTS BEING RETAINED HELD BACK AT LOWER GRADES. AFTER ALL, STATE LAW REQUIRES STUDENTS TO RECEIVE ON GRADE LEVEL INSTRUCTION. THIS PLAN PUSHES THE LOWEST TRACK STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANCED MATH EARLIER. THAT CASCADES ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH THE CURRICULUM. ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE RETENTION.

REGARDLESS, THE STATE IS PUSHING RETENTION IN THIRD GRADE FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT DEMONSTRATE ADEQUATE READING ABILITY, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A SIMILAR STANDARD FOR MATH TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA AND BEYOND. ADDRESS PROBLEMS. EARLIER, I SENT YOU ALL A GRAPH FROM A STATE PRESENTATION SHOWING ALGEBRA ONE SCORES BY GRADE LEVEL. ONE INTERPRETATION OF IT IS THAT STUDENTS WHO LEARN BASIC MATH EARLY DO FINE, AND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MASTERED THE BASICS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FOR YEARS. AND FINALLY, ENDING ON A NICER NOTE. WHILE THERE IS CERTAINLY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, REMEMBER THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING JUST FINE. THE PASSING SCORES ON MCAT TEST ARE ARBITRARY. THEY SET HIGH STANDARDS, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MEET THOSE. THANK YOU ALL. MR. EDWARDS, PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP AND YOU'LL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. I'M J. EDWARDS AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE HARFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION. FIRST, JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE FINALISTS THAT WILL BE CELEBRATED HERE LATER ON THIS SPRING. FROM OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ATTENDANTS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF, THE JOB THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS PHENOMENAL, AND THEY DO IT TO PROVIDE THE ABSOLUTE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN. SO THANKS TO THEM FOR FOR WHAT THEY DO. COLLECTIVELY, AS AN ASSOCIATION, WE OWN AND OPERATE CLOSE TO 450 GENERAL EDUCATION BUSSES HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. WE EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 500 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS IN THE COUNTY. OUR ASSOCIATION IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE GENERATIONAL HISTORY IN THIS COUNTY. IN REGARDS TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN PROVIDING THIS COUNTY WITH TOP TIER SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO. I'D HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE PUTTING OUR CONTRACTORS AND OUR DRIVERS AGAINST ANY OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY IN REGARDS TO SAFETY, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEPENDABILITY. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE OUR BEST TO WORK HAND IN

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HAND WITH THE BOARD TO BE AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE'RE HERE AND THAT WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS FUNDING CUTS. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT PRACTICAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS OF THIS COUNTY HAVE COME ACCUSTOMED TO. WE KNOW THAT THE BUDGET HAS BEEN SENT OVER TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE FULLY FUNDING OF THE BUDGET WOULD BE APPROVED. WE ARE AWARE THAT DISCUSSIONS AND MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TRY TO TRIM DOWN THE CURRENT BUDGET. WE FEEL THAT THE BUDGET CAN'T AFFORD REDUCTIONS WITHOUT HAVING MAJOR IMPACTS ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, AND ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS OBVIOUSLY BEING TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING OVERCROWDED BUSSES, WHICH LEADS TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. WE ARE FACING AN ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING. WE HAVE TO BRING IN COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATE DRIVERS. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP SEEING THESE REDUCTIONS WITHOUT US HINDERING THE HIRING PROCESS OF THE BEST INDIVIDUALS POSSIBLE TO HAUL THE COUNTY'S MOST PRECIOUS CARGO, WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS. ANOTHER IMPACT OF THE BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND CUTS POSSIBLY ARE ATTENDANCE. WE ALREADY SEE SCHOOLS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN ATTENDANCE ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE PILOT PROGRAMS IN PLACE CURRENTLY FOR SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE HAULING STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN NON SERVICE AREAS, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY OR WALKERS, TO GET THEM BACK IN THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

FUNDING CUTS COULD POTENTIALLY ELIMINATE THESE PROGRAMS. AS A COUNTY. IT CURRENTLY STANDS AT ALMOST 4000 STUDENTS LIVE IN NON SERVICE AREAS. WHICH ARE YOUR WALKERS? FUNDING CUTS COULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THESE NON SERVICE AREAS INCREASING IN SIZE, WHICH IN RELATION WOULD LIMIT YOU KNOW MORE ATTENDANCE ISSUES WITH STUDENTS NOT CHOOSING NOT TO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION. OTHER PROGRAMS, OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, OUR FIELD TRIPS, OUR EDUCATIONAL TRIMS, OUR MCKINNEY-VENTO PROGRAM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A PROGRAM THAT HELPS DISPLACED STUDENTS GET BACK INTO THEIR HOME SCHOOL. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH STUFF THAT'S DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY CUTTING BACK FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE AS AN ASSOCIATION AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THIS COUNTY. I COULD SAY THAT GIVEN THE BARE MINIMUM, WE WOULD STILL SUCCEED. WE TAKE TOO MUCH PRIDE IN BEING A FAILURE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ON THE NEWS. AND THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE OUR BUSSES RUN ON TIME EVERY DAY. GIVE US A WINDOW OF FIVE MINUTES. YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, OUR DRIVERS ARE SAFE. THEY CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE WEEKENDS OR HOW THEIR TEAMS ARE DOING. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO KEEP MAINTAINING THIS QUALITY, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M SCARED TO SEE WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD BE DOWN THE ROAD. YOU KNOW, US CONTRACTORS, OUR DRIVERS, WE LIVE IN THIS COUNTY. WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT GO TO SCHOOL IN THIS COUNTY. WE WANT NOTHING MORE FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE KNOW BUDGETARY ISSUES ARE EXTREMELY POLARIZING AND RIGHTFULLY SO AS TAXPAYERS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I, HOWEVER, DON'T THINK THERE IS A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. WE, HOWEVER, CANNOT BE BEING ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MR. MARK HAMILTON.

PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP AND YOU'LL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK HAMILTON. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HARFORD COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION. IT'S ALWAYS A BIT OF A QUIZ TO REMEMBER THAT ONE PRESIDENT POPE OR I'M SORRY, PAGE VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL, DOCTOR MAP AND DOCTOR MACK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M MARK HAMILTON, LIKE I SAID, PRINCIPAL OF RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT OF THE HARFORD COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION.

THERE YOU GO. OUR ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OF OUR MEMBERSHIP AND CELEBRATES THE OUR THE EFFORTS OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE STAFF ANNUALLY EVERY YEAR. THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL AND SYSTEMATIC LEARNING IS WHAT STANDS ME UP BEFORE YOU TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE DETERMINED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A LOCAL SEARCH FOR A SUPERINTENDENT. SO I'M GOING TO PIVOT MY PITCH TO SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT THE ACCORDING TO AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF MY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE TOLD ME IN NO UNCERTAIN WORDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE CANDIDATE, THE ONE CANDIDATE THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS DOCTOR DIANE MACK. OUR SYSTEM HAS

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EMBARKED ON DEEP, SYSTEMATIC, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND ON THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING, ON THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING AND READING, THE INTEGRATION OF SEVERAL NEW TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS AND INITIATIVE SYSTEMS, SAFETY, NEW SECURITY UPGRADES. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO US RIGHT NOW, NONE OF WHICH CAN AFFORD DISRUPTION AT THIS TIME. THERE'S A SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THIS COUNTY AT ALL LEVELS THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN IN THIS COUNTY FOR YEARS. THE QUALITY OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT I KNOW FIRSTHAND BY BEING IN THEM ARE EXCEPTIONAL, AND THEY MUST NOT BE DERAILED BY ANYBODY'S PET PROJECTS OR EXTERNAL THOUGHTS AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME. DOCTOR MACK IS THE CANDIDATE THAT MY ASSOCIATION WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVES IN TO DRIVE THIS WORK FORWARD, SHE'S DONE NOTHING BUT DEMONSTRATE HERSELF TO BE DEEPLY KNOWLEDGEABLE, SKILLED, INTELLIGENT, AND SERVICE ORIENTED. I'VE PERSONALLY WORKED WITH DOCTOR MACK FOR OVER 15 YEARS AS MY DIRECTOR.

SHE HELPED ME COMPLETELY RESHAPE MY SCHOOL'S ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCESSES BY HELPING COORDINATE LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY LEADERS, PARENTS, AND STAFF. WHILE THE SCHOOL YEAR WAS ALREADY STARTED AND WE DID IT SMOOTHLY AND PERFECTLY, SHE ROLLED UP HER SLEEVES WITH MY TEAM AS WE FACED THE FIRST WAVE OF THE OF THE YOUNGSTERS COMING IN THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE DYSREGULATED THAN THEY USED TO BE. SHE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH US, HELPING AS THEY ENTERED OUR SYSTEM. SHE SHOWED MY KIDS, SHE SHOWED MY STAFF HOW FAR A RIVERSIDE CHILD MIGHT RISE.

I'LL NEVER FORGET DOCTOR MACK HUGGING ONE OF MY PARAS, WHO USED TO BE ONE OF HER CLASSMATES. THESE SCHOOLS, YOUR SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALL HER FAMILY. DOCTOR MACK HAS SERVED THEM ALL NOW IN SO MANY ROLES, BUT ALWAYS FROM THE STANCE OF AN INVESTED, GENUINE AND OUTCOME ORIENTED LEADER. SHE'S REAL. SHE WILL BE REAL, AND SHE'S ALREADY OURS. TO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'M A I HAVE A BIT OF A REPUTATION AS A DISRUPTER AND SYSTEMS NEED DISRUPTION. JUST KEEPS THE METAL SHARP, RIGHT? IT TEMPERS THE STEEL. BUT YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY WELL, I'VE JUST MESSED UP THAT METAPHOR. SO I'LL JUST KEEP GOING IF WE NEEDED THAT RIGHT NOW, IF WE NEEDED OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ARSENAL TINKERED WITH RIGHT NOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. ADVOCATING FOR DOCTOR MACK'S LEADERSHIP. SHE'S SHOWN THIS COUNTRY FOR THIS COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS, WHAT IT MEANS TO LEAD FORWARD, TO IMPROVE SCORES AND TO TACKLE CHALLENGES. AS A TEAM DOCTOR. MACK IS THE SUPER WE NEED RIGHT NOW. HER LOVE, INTELLECT, LOYALTY AND OWNERSHIP ARE WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. SO TO DO ONE MORE METAPHOR BEFORE I GO AND NOTICE THIS, THIS THIS SPEECH WAS NOT BROUGHT TO YOU BY AI. I'D SAY DON'T LET HER HIT THE OPEN MARKET. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE CHRISTINA, LANOKA, DAVID FABI, AND DYLAN LEWIS. YES, WE DO NEED GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS. PSALM 95. OH COME, LET US WORSHIP GOD AND BOW LOW BEFORE THE GOD WHO MADE US, FOR HE IS THE LORD OUR GOD. WE NEED TO GO TO OUR GOD AND FOLLOW HIS WILL. PLEASE DO TURN TO HIM IN ALL OF YOUR DECISION MAKING ON THIS BOARD. THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE FOR OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL OR VERY HARMFUL TO THEM. YOU HAVE A VERY HEAVY LOAD AND GOD'S WISDOM IS REQUIRED. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PEDIATRICIANS HAVE ABSTRACT ON GENDER DYSPHORIA DATED NOVEMBER 2018, URGES HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, AND LEGISLATORS TO REJECT ALL POLICIES THAT CONDITION CHILDREN TO ACCEPT AS NORMAL A LIFE OF CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL IMPERSONATION OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. FACTS, NOT IDEOLOGY, DETERMINE REALITY, UNQUOTE. YOU WANT US TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERT? WELL, THESE ARE THE EXPERTS ON CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO THESE SAME EXPERTS. GENDER DYSPHORIA GD OF CHILDHOOD DESCRIBES A PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION IN WHICH CHILDREN EXPERIENCE A MARKED INCONGRUENCE BETWEEN THEIR EXPERIENCED GENDER AND THE GENDER ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX. WHEN THIS OCCURS IN THE PREPUBERTAL CHILD, GD RESOLVES IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF PATIENTS BY LATE ADOLESCENCE. THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT GIVING CROSS-SEX HORMONES RESULTS IN THE STERILITY OF MINORS, SO THAT THE CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IS STRIPPED FROM THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THIS PROTOCOL IS FOUNDED UPON AN UNSCIENTIFIC GENDER IDEOLOGY, LACKS AN EVIDENCE BASE, AND VIOLATES THE LONG STANDING ETHICAL PRINCIPLE OF FIRST DO NO HARM. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CURRICULUM WE NOW HAVE IN PLACE IS VERY HARMFUL TO OUR CHILDREN AND WE ARE CAUSING THIS HARM.

WE NEED TO REMOVE ALL GENDER IDEOLOGY TEACHINGS FROM THE CURRICULUM. THESE ARE NOT ONLY

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LIES BUT A BELIEF SYSTEM. JUST AS RELIGION IS A BELIEF SYSTEM, YOU DO NOT ALLOW CHRISTIANS TO TEACH THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM. YOU SHOULDN'T BE TEACHING YOURS. IN ADDITION, THESE LIES ARE PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMFUL AND CONFUSING TO CHILDREN WHO ARE ALREADY IN A CONFUSING PHASE OF THEIR YOUNG LIVES, TELLING THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN THAT THEY CAN CHANGE GENDER, SOCIALLY, TRANSITIONING, TRANSITIONING THEM, AND LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT HORMONE THERAPY AND MUTILATING SURGERIES ARE THE ANSWER TO THEIR CONFUSIONS, HAS ALREADY CAUSED MANY TO FIND OUT THAT IF THEY FOLLOW THROUGH AND THEN CHANGE THEIR MINDS, THEY CANNOT REVERSE THE PROCEDURES AND NOW ARE FOREVER UNHEALTHY AND INFERTILE. GOD HAS ASSIGNED EACH ONE OF US ONE OF TWO GENDERS AT CONCEPTION. WE NEED TO USE GENTLE COMPASSION AND LISTENING TO OUR CHILDREN AS THESE YOUTH GO THROUGH WHAT WE ALL HAD TO GO THROUGH DURING THIS DIFFICULT PHASE OF OUR LIVES. ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 14191 TITLED ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING, GENDER IDEOLOGY TEACHINGS ARE PROHIBITED, SO PLEASE REMOVE THIS FROM THE SCHOOL. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND GUIDE YOU IN YOUR DECISION MAKING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS AND ACTING SUPERINTENDENT. UNDER HARFORD COUNTY BOARD POLICY, THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FISCAL OVERSIGHT AND BUDGET APPROVAL. THE RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY AND SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. THEREFORE, MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS SIMPLE. WHO AMONG YOU WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REQUIRE A DETAILED LINE ITEM BUDGET BREAKDOWN TO BE PROVIDED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER BEFORE VOTING ON MAJOR BUDGET APPROVALS, AND WHO WILL SUPPORT IT. RECENTLY, DURING A DISCUSSION OF FURNITURE ALLOCATION, THE COST, TOTALING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, WAS MINIMIZED BY BREAKING IT DOWN TO PENNIES PER STUDENT. RESPECTFULLY, THAT FRAMING DOESN'T REPLACE DOCUMENTATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD WAS ASKED TO VOTE ON A VENDOR WITHOUT BEING PRESENTED WITH ALTERNATIVE VENDOR COMPARISONS. NO PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION WAS PROVIDED SHOWING SCHOOL BY SCHOOL FURNITURE REPLACEMENT NEEDS FROM PRINCIPALS, YET THE ALLOCATION CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE SEE OVER 700,000 IN CONSULTING FEES EACH YEAR. AT THE SAME TIME, THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2425 REPORT CARD SHOWS 92% GRADUATION RATE, 58% ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, 20% ENGLISH LEARNING PROFICIENCY PROGRESS. YES, GRADUATION RATES MATTER, BUT SO DOES DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY. AND IF NEARLY HALF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT MEETING ACADEMIC BENCHMARKS MARKS, THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING MUST BE DIRECTLY TIED TO MEASURABLE ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT. NOW, THE BOARD HAS REQUESTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2,715% INCREASE APPROXIMATELY 54 MILLION, INCLUDING 28 MILLION FOR SALARY INCREASES AND 91 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR PRE-K AND SECOND GRADE AND NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS. TAXPAYERS DESERVE CLARITY. WHAT SPECIFIC POSITIONS ARE BEING ADDED? WHAT ARE THE MEASURABLE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES ATTACHED TO THESE POSITIONS? WHAT PERFORMANCE METRICS WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE SUCCESS? HARFORD COUNTY TAXPAYERS EXPECT STEWARDSHIP, NOT ASSUMPTIONS.

BOARD POLICY ALLOWS MEMBERS TO REQUEST INFORMATION NECESSARY TO FULFILL THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY.

A LINE ITEM BUDGET DETAILING BREAKING DOWN BREAKDOWN IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST. IT'S STANDARD GOVERNANCE PRACTICE. TRANSPARENCY STRENGTHENS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. DETAILED BUDGETING PROTECTS BOTH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, RESPECTFULLY, WE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REQUIRE A FULL LINE ITEM BUDGET DETAILED BREAKDOWN FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW PRIOR TO APPROVAL AND WHO WILL SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO, MY NAME IS DYLAN LEWIS. I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBER AND TO OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH ISSUE. NO MATTER WHAT I THINK GENERALLY ABOUT HOW THE SITUATION WITH THE LAST SUPERINTENDENT WAS HANDLED, WHAT WAS HANDLED APPROPRIATELY WAS THE DECISION TO BUY OUT THE CONTRACT THAT WAS THE MOST FISCALLY SOUND DECISION COSTING THIS COUNTY THE LEAST OF ALL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT SEARCH, AND MY CONCERNS ONCE AGAIN ARE FISCAL. IS IT

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ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SPEND OVER 38,000 THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO OUR SERIOUS BUDGET DEFICIT? I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WILL APPARENTLY BE EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS. ADDING THAT ON TOP OF THE 700,000 WE ALREADY SPEND FOR OUTSIDE CONSULTING. PLEASE, I WOULD ASK, GIVEN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HEARD, THAT OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS WILL TAKE TO HEART THE LESSONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN ON CONFIDENTIALITY FOR THE PROCESS, AND PERHAPS TAKE THESE LESSONS AND APPLY THEM TO YOUR OTHER WORK. AS BOARD MEMBERS, I URGE YOU, AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER, TO USE YOUR POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY TO BE FULLY FUNDED. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL. WE DO NOT KNOW. ALL RIGHT, OLD BUSINESS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS

[A. Consent Agenda]

TO TAKE CARE OF. THIS ITEM THIS EVENING. ITEM A CONSENT AGENDA. IF YOU'LL READ THE ITEMS. SURE.

THANKS. CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF THE MONTHLY PERSONNEL REPORT FROM JANUARY 2026. THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MATH RESOURCES. THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES AND RELATED SOFTWARE SERVICES AND CLOUD SOLUTIONS, AND THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR AUTISM WAIVER SERVICE COORDINATION. RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. ALL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES, YES. ANY OF THOSE AND BOARD. MY

[Board Member Comments]

APOLOGIES. I'M STRUGGLING. THIS EVENING I SKIPPED OVER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. SO WITH THAT I WILL START WITH MISS PERRY SINCE SHE IS VIRTUAL. MISS PERRY, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS THIS EVENING? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO GET OVER THE FLU. MY GOODNESS. I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL BETTER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MISS NORCROSS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN PARTICULAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND, THE LEADING WOMEN'S AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE HARFORD COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN. THIS EVENT HONORS THE WOMEN OF TODAY, YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. THE WOMEN OF YESTERDAY WAS DOCTOR JACKIE HAAS, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE SUPERINTENDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND IN JUST IN CASE THAT'S IN DOCTOR MAC'S COMMENTS, I WON'T TAKE HER THUNDER SHARING ABOUT DOCTOR HAAS, BUT THERE WERE 19 DISTINGUISHED NOMINEES FROM HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT WERE HONORED FOR THEIR AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AS WOMEN OF TOMORROW. AND I THINK JUST AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, I JUST HAVE TO STOP AND CONGRATULATE OUR STUDENT LEADERS WHO HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE, VERY BRIGHT FUTURES AHEAD OF THEM, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THEM. ALSO, WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES, DOCTOR MUELLER AND DOCTOR MISS BRUCE, WE ATTENDED THE ATHENA AWARDS AT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO SO FAR IT'S BEEN A GOOD MONTH CELEBRATING WOMEN. SO A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS I WANTED TO MENTION AS WE GET INTO OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IF YOU WANT TO TRACK BILLS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE STATE AS FAR AS EDUCATION GOES, IF YOU GO TO THE MAIB WEBSITE, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND CLICK ON STATE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, THEY HAVE A LISTING OF THE BILLS THAT THEY ARE TRACKING. IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, THEY HAVE ALL TRACKED BILLS AND YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH INDIVIDUAL BILL. IT NOT ONLY SHOWS YOU WHERE MAIB IS STANDING ON THAT BILL, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BILL. SO IT'S REALLY A NICE INTERACTIVE WEBSITE AND IT GIVES YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ELSE WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. THE 38,000 FOR THE MAIB CONSULTING. THAT IS A MAXIMUM, NOT A MINIMUM. IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN GO OVER THAT. THAT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT IT CAN BE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE ADVERTISING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT'S NOT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, AND PEOPLE TELLING US HOW GREAT DOCTOR MAK IS, WE KNOW HOW GREAT DOCTOR MAK IS AND WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE BOARD WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU, BUT WE ALSO FEEL THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AND SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PERSON FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T LIKE HER OR WE WANT TO GET RID OF HER. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE ARE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

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OH WAIT, NO, I DO HAVE ONE. THE BINGO IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE. IT'S NOT AT BELLAIRE, IT'S AT ABERDEEN. YES. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE WEBSITE SAID. DID IT REALLY. YEAH. IT SAID IT'S AT ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL I WILL IT WASN'T BELLAIRE. I BELIEVE IT WAS AT BELLAIRE ORIGINALLY. I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT YES, BINGO IS AT ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL ON FRIDAY. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON SCHOOL CASH ONLINE OR AT THE DOOR. THANK YOU ALL. MISS ALVAREZ. I'M SORRY. THE NEXT ONE. I THOUGHT I WAS LATE. YOU FIRST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KIND OF WANT TO ECHO WHAT DOCTOR MUELLER SAID ABOUT DOCTOR MACK. WE ALL HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH HER. BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN COME OUT OF THE SEARCH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESIDENT MENTIONED IS GETTING SOME COMMUNITY INPUT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ALL THE CANDIDATES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHOULD WE PUT IN THE THE CONTRACT GOING FORWARD. WHAT ARE YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT IN OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT? SO I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THAT CAN COME FROM JUST GOING THROUGH THE SEARCH PROCESS. THANK YOU. BRUCE. YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WHO WERE AT THE WOMEN'S EVENT AT HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND TO MORROW MORNING. DOCTOR MUELLER AND I WILL BE GOING FOR TO HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. WE HAVE HARFORD COUNTY STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE.

SUPREME COURT. MARYLAND JUDGES, WHO IS THE CHIEF OF SUPREME COURT, HAS INVITED US TO COME AND TO OBSERVE THAT EVENT. AND I WANT TO SAY TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN GOOD LUCK, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU DO A GOOD JOB. AND THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING. AND I ALSO ECHO THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE SUPERINTENDENT PROCESS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK DOCTOR MACK FOR STEPPING UP INTO, FIRST, THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT ROLE AND NOW THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ROLE. I BELIEVE THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ELSE. THAT IS ALSO IN THE SHUFFLING THAT HAS STEPPED UP AND TAKEN ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY, DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY, AND REALLY SEAMLESSLY, YOU KNOW, AS HAVE BEEN LEADING THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM SINCE JANUARY AND JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS FOR CONTINUING TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO EVERY DAY. AND THE CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN VERY CALM, AT LEAST FROM THE BOARD'S STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE SCHOOLS. SO WE KNOW THAT DOCTOR MACK IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU. GOOD

[Dr. Dyann Mack, Interim Superintendent's Report]

EVENING. I HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS EVENING OTHER THAN TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEINGH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. GOOD EVENING. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I'VE FOUND MYSELF REFLECTING ON THE STUDENT VOICE AND STEADY LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO MOVE OUR DISTRICT FORWARD. MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND AS MISS NARCOTICS MENTIONED, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF GOING TO THE HARFORD COUNTY LEADING WOMEN'S AWARD. AND IT WAS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE DOCTOR JACQUELINE HAAS WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE PAST, AND SHE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT. THAT BROUGHT ME INTO ADMINISTRATION.

AND SO ON THAT DAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THAT EXPERIENCE, TO HEAR FROM DOCTOR NANCY GRASMICK, WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND THEN TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER THREE WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THAT ROLE FOR HARFORD COUNTY. AND SO, AGAIN, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND FOR THE YOUNG LADIES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED THAT NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THAT RECOGNITION, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE IN VISIONARY AWARDS. MISS MELISSA SHAMARI ZACHERY AND TIM PISTOL WERE ALL

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HONORED IN THE MENTOR CATEGORY FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH CAREER PATHWAYS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THIS WEEK WAS ALSO NATIONAL BREAKFAST WEEK AND I WANT TO THANK OUR INCREDIBLE FOOD SERVICE, FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE MEMBERS THAT PROVIDE OUR HEALTHY MEALS TO OUR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BELLAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR INVITING US TO DINE WITH THEM DURING THIS NATIONAL BREAKFAST WEEK. ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE PATTERSON MILL FOR THE CTE FAMILY NIGHT THAT THEY HAD. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. THEY HAD A GREAT OUTPOURING, AND THEY'RE DOING AMAZING WORK TO GET OUR STUDENTS FOCUSED ON CTE. AND THAT'S OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. WE ALSO HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT PREPARING FOR THEIR SPRING THEATER PRODUCTIONS. AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME REALLY GOOD THEATER, PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SPRING. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, I VISITED MISS OLGA'S CLASSROOM AT MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS THEIR CAREER WEEK AND IT WAS ORGANIZED BY MISS JONES.

THE STUDENTS AND I PLAYED SUPERINTENDENT BINGO. THAT IS HOW THEY LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT SUPPORTED MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THEIR CAREER WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS LAST TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO PARENTS. I THANK MRS. STAPLETON FOR HER PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LISTENING TO THE PARENTS. AND AS I LISTEN TO THEIR HOPES AND THEIR DREAMS FOR THE SYSTEM LETS ME KNOW WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. FINALLY, HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENTED TO THE HARFORD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. WE HAD MANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS OWNERS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL OVER HARFORD COUNTY COME TO EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST WEEK, AND THEY LEARNED ABOUT ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT EXIST IN HARFORD COUNTY. THEY HEARD ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION WITH HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. THE ON DISPLAY WAS OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL'S FULL COMMITMENT TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AT EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND OUR EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE EXCEPTIONAL HOSTS. LOOKING AHEAD, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE STUDENT ART SHOW THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ARMORY ON APRIL THE 12TH. YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR PRE-K STUDENTS THROUGH OUR 12TH GRADE STUDENTS ARTWORK FEATURED AT THE ARMORY AND THEN TO OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. OUR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS OPEN RIGHT NOW, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE IF YOU KNOW A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT THAT A STUDENT THAT IS OF THE KINDERGARTEN AGE, THAT THEY'RE REGISTERED FOR KINDERGARTEN, AND THEN OUR PRE-K APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MAY THE 1ST. TEACHING AND LEARNING ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY SINGLE DAY. FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I WANT TO THANK THOSE OF YOU THAT WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT. WE WILL BE HAVING SOME WORK COMING FROM OUR CURRICULUM OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR FINANCE OFFICE. WHILE THE PRESENTATIONS MAY ONLY BE ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES, IT DOES REPRESENT WEEKS AND MONTHS OF THOUGHTFUL WORK AND COLLABORATION THAT OCCURS BY OUR OUR DEDICATED STAFF. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD. SINCE WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND SKIP THE BREAK FOR NOW AND GO

[C. Decision on Proposed Changes to 2025-2026 HCPS School Year Calendar - Inclement Weather Days, Ms. Lauren Paige, Board President]

TO ITEM C. THE DECISION ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR, THE INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. AND WHILE MISS RIDGEWAY COMES TO THE TABLE HERE, KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR WHY WE'RE HERE. SO WE HAVE USED SEVEN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, WITH THE ONLY RULE BUILT IN IS TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO IF WE WERE TO USE ALL SEVEN, I BELIEVE THE LAST DAY WOULD BE THE 24TH. IF I'M CORRECT, 25TH, 25TH, AND WE HAVE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN THERE. AND ALSO OUR SCHOOLS ARE USED FOR VOTING. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WANT TO PRESENT A WAIVER TO THE STATE FOR THREE DAYS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW TRYING TO MAKE UP THESE DAYS. SO, MISS RIDGEWAY, IF YOU JUST WANT TO KIND OF STEP THROUGH THE SLIDE AND THEN WE'LL SLIDESHOW AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MISS PAGE HAD ASKED US TO LOOK AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER. AND I KNOW THERE ARE PROBABLY FAMILIES AND TEACHERS AT HOME WAITING WITH BATED BREATH TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WHAT DAY WE'RE GOING TO END FOR SCHOOL. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHOW EVERYONE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED. WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO WITH GETTING APPROVALS FROM THE STATE, BUT THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD

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WOULD LIKE US TO GO AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE. BUT PRESIDENT PAGE DID MENTION SOME OF THIS OF JUST WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CALENDAR. WE HAVE CALENDAR REQUIREMENTS OF HOW WE PUT TOGETHER THE CALENDAR. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS. AND OUR CALENDARS, OUR CALENDAR THIS YEAR INCLUDED SIX INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. WE HAD OUR 180 STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, AND WE FAR EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE. WE HAD SEVEN INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSURES, AND THEN EACH DAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOSURE ON THE CALENDAR. THE LITTLE GRAPHIC THERE SHOWS IN BLUE WHAT THOSE INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS ARE. SO YOU SEE, AS OF THIS MOMENT, IF NOTHING WERE TO CHANGE, WE WOULD END ON JUNE 25TH. THE STATE DOES ALLOW DISTRICTS TO SEEK WAIVERS.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF COMAR THAT ALLOW US TO SEEK A WAIVER THAT IS HOPEFULLY GETTING US CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO. THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS OF IT. ONE IS FOR STATES OF EMERGENCY OR SEVERE WEATHER, AND THE OTHER IS WHEN YOUR FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL ENDS ON A MONDAY. BOTH OF THOSE MATTER FOR OUR WAIVER REQUEST ON WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING.

ULTIMATELY, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A WAIVER OF THREE DAYS FOR THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TO END ON JUNE 18TH. THAT MEANS WE WOULD USE FOUR OF OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS. AS PRESIDENT PAGE MENTIONED, THE STATE BOARD DOES EXPECT DISTRICTS TO DEMONSTRATE GOOD FAITH AT ENSURING THAT WE ARE INCREASING LEARNING TIME WHEN WE'RE REQUESTING WAIVERS.

SO THE IDEA IS WE DON'T JUST REQUEST A WAIVER BECAUSE WE WANT OVER DAYS, THEY WANT US TO SHOW THAT WE ARE REALLY RESPECTING AND HONORING THE AS MUCH LEARNING TIME AS WE CAN GET. AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DISTRICTS CAN DO THAT. RECENTLY, HOWARD COUNTY GOT APPROVED TO USE EASTER MONDAY AS A DAY WHERE THEY REMOVED IT FROM THEIR CALENDAR AND THEY MADE IT AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. THERE'S ALSO BEEN THE SUGGESTION THAT WE CAN CONVERT EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS TO FULL INSTRUCTION DAYS. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MET THE HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE ASKING A WAIVER OF THREE DAYS FOR THE IDEA OF ADDING TIME FOR EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS. WE ARE INCREASING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE WANT STUDENTS TO GET THAT EXTRA LEARNING. AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT GOOD FAITH THAT WE COULD INCREASE LEARNING WHILE ALSO ASKING THE STATE TO GIVE US SOME RELIEF. SO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS CONSIDERING CONVERTING APRIL 17TH AND MAY 22ND AS EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS TO FULL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS TO INCREASE LEARNING TIME. AND IN RECOGNITION OF THIS ADJUSTMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD ACTUALLY WAIVE THE FINAL TEACHER WORK DAY. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AND JUST A QUICK NUANCE, BECAUSE THAT FINAL TEACHER WORK DAY, IF WE WERE GRANTED THIS WAIVER, WOULD END ON A MONDAY, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN COMMON, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO END ON A MONDAY FOR STUDENTS. AND IT'S ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT THAT IN THOSE EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS, THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO MIGHT LOSE PLANNING TIME OR OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WERE VERY SACRED AND IMPORTANT TO THEIR WORK AND TO THEIR PROFESSION.

AND THIS GIVES SOMETHING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS RELIEF FOR WHAT THEY MIGHT BE MISSING BY TAKING AWAY THOSE TWO EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, HCPS WILL MEET THE HOURS REQUIREMENTS. AND ULTIMATELY WE ARE SEEKING AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND THE STATE BOARD TO HAVE THOSE THREE DAYS WAIVE TO END ON JUNE 18TH. WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF TWO EARLY DISMISSAL DAYS MADE INTO FULL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I WANT US AS BEST WE CAN TO STAY AWAY FROM TAKING AWAY EASTER MONDAY, A DAY OF SPRING BREAK. THAT IS THE OTHER OPTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE OUR GOOD FAITH EFFORT IN SHOWING THESE HALF DAYS GOING TO FULL WILL HOPEFULLY SATISFY THAT NEED.

AND WE WON'T HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM SPRING BREAK. SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND I WANTED TO MAKE A PRIORITY, MAYBE AS EARLY AS NEXT MEETING, IS TALKING ABOUT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR STUDENTS, SHOULD WE FIND OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN, SO WE AREN'T HAVING TO PUSH TO THE END OF OF JUNE. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I JUST HAD A QUESTION BASED ON THE STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER VIRTUAL LEARNING. I KNOW LAST THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, AND ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WAS THE EXPENSE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR HOTSPOTS. AND IF

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WE IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION AGAIN, PERHAPS WE COULD LOOK AT AN OPTION THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK AT LIKE HAVING PACKAGES SENT HOME AND DO SOMETHING ON THE PHONE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAYBE CUT DOWN ON THE EXPENSE OF HOTSPOTS. WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK AND FORWARD, WE WILL CERTAINLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS AGAIN AND EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS NATURES OF EACH ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS. AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. ANOTHER CONCERN WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING WAS THE INABILITY TO COVER ALL OF THE STUDENTS WITHIN CPS. ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU WILL ALSO BE BRINGING BACK TO THE TABLE TO BE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT COVERAGE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WE WILL BRING BACK ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SO FAR, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS WE COULD CONTINUE TO CONSIDER. BUT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ASPECT OF THIS WOULD BE A SEPARATE MEETING AND A SEPARATE DISCUSSION. SO WE ARE NOT PROMISING ANYTHING ABOUT VIRTUAL LEARNING IN THIS WAIVER REQUEST. THE WAIVER REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THIS CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN END ON JUNE 18TH, WHICH AS A PARENT IS VERY EXCITING. SO I JUST WANT TO TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN CURRENTLY. YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE'RE USING SEVEN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, WHICH IS AN OUTLIER. OUR AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE YOU KNOW, FROM NOT FROM NOT TOO DISTANT PAST, MAYBE THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO HAS BEEN ABOUT FOUR DAYS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, DAYS PER YEAR. SO SEVEN IS DEFINITELY AN OUTLIER. SO WE WE YOU KNOW, DON'T EXPECT THAT TO TO BE THE CASE, YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR. BUT THIS BOARD ACTUALLY HAS SET US OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS FOR NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE WHEN WE APPROVE THE THE NEW CALENDAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING SCHOOL TWO DAYS EARLIER, STARTING ON AUGUST 31ST INSTEAD OF THIS YEAR WAS SEPTEMBER 2ND. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY TWO MORE DAYS BUILT IN, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS COMING YEAR. AND THEN IF WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PIECE AND ADD THAT TO, TO OUR, YOU KNOW, ARSENAL OF HOW WE CAN ADDRESS INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS GOING FORWARD, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND NOT HAVING TO FACE THIS IN THE FUTURE. SO I'M HOPING THAT THE STATE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS NOT NEEDING A WAIVER IN THE FUTURE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BOARD, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE END SCHOOL ON JUNE 18TH, THAT WE CONVERT APRIL 17TH AND MAY 22ND TO FULL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, AND THAT THE LAST DAY OF, I GUESS, WORK FOR TEACHERS WILL ALSO BE ON THE 18TH, PENDING APPROVAL, PENDING APPROVAL BY THE STATE BOARD OF THREE DAYS. YES.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[D. Decision on Advanced Placement Business with Personal Finance Course, Ms. Heather Kutcher, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. Andrew Renzulli, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, and Mr. Joe Connolly, Supervisor of Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Magnet Program]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM D DECISION ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE COURSE. IF I COULD HAVE MISS HEATHER KUTCHER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, MR. ANDREW RENZULLI, DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. AND MR. JOE CONNELLY, SUPERVISOR OF CTE AND MAGNET PROGRAMS, FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I THINK WE'RE SO AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. JOE IS POPPING UP DOWN FROM UPSTAIRS. SO IF YOU WILL GIVE US JUST A MOMENT TO GET STARTED, I WILL BE JOINED AT THE TABLE WITH MR. ANDREW RENZULLI, OF COURSE, AND MR. JOE CONNOLLY, WHO IS OUR SUPERVISOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. SO THE PRESENTATION THAT MR. CONNOLLY WILL BE GOING THROUGH TONIGHT IS A NEW COURSE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS AP BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FINANCE. WE APPRECIATE THAT THE BOARD HAS REALLY COLLABORATED AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS COURSE, SO THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO GET THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER THE 7TH, AND THEN THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ONE ON ONE WITH MR. CONNELLY, OUR SUPERVISOR HERE, AND ALSO TO HAVE SMALL GROUP BOARD MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. AS USUAL, THE BOARD HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ONGOING QUESTIONS AS THEY REVIEW THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS THROUGH A SHARED SPREADSHEET THAT MR. CONNELLY AND TEAM WAS ABLE TO CHECK IN ON AND RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE ONGOING OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND COLLABORATE ON THIS CURRICULUM. AND TONIGHT, MR. CONNELLY WILL PRESENT THE DETAILS OF THIS AND

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SEEK APPROVAL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PAGE. VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL, DOCTOR MACK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO I'M JOE CONNELLY, SUPERVISOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND MAGNET PROGRAMS. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION. SO A BACKGROUND ON AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE. CURRENTLY, CTE HAS ONLY ONE AP CONTENT COURSE OFFERED, WHICH IS AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES. WITH THIS NEW COURSE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE, IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW BUSINESS OPERATES IN ORDER TO GAIN WORKFORCE READINESS SKILLS. IT COVERS TOPICS SUCH AS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MARKETING, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH THESE REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING. A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND. CURRENTLY, OUR MENU OF COURSES INCLUDES PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THEN PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE, ADVANCED ACCOUNTING, ADVANCED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING, THEN BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CAPSTONE AND DUAL ENROLLMENT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH EACH PATHWAY. AND THEN ADVANCED MARKETING OR BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPSTONE OR DUAL ENROLLMENT. THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE ADDING ANOTHER COURSE OFFERING FOR BUSINESS. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND. THE DESIGN INCLUDES BUSINESS DISCIPLINES SUCH AS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MARKETING, ACCOUNTING, MANAGEMENT PLUS PERSONAL FINANCE TOPICS SUCH AS SAVINGS, BORROWING, BUDGETING, INVESTING AND PLANNING. THE COURSE FRAMEWORK IS ALIGNED WITH THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PERSONAL FINANCE EDUCATION, WHICH ARE WIDELY ACCEPTED BENCHMARKS FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY. WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS OFFERING FROM COLLEGE BOARD IS THAT STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE REAL WORLD PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE BUSINESS CANVAS PROJECT, WHICH REALLY WORKS WELL FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL DESIGN, AND A FINANCIAL ADVISOR PROJECT, WHICH IS MAKING FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO A FICTIONAL HOUSEHOLD. TO BE CONSIDERED A FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE, A CURRICULUM WHICH MUST TEACH KEY DOMAINS SUCH AS EARNING INCOME, SPENDING AND BUDGETING, SAVINGS AND INVESTING, CREDIT AND DEBIT, MANAGING RISK AND INSURANCE, AND FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING. AND THIS AP COURSE COVERS ALL OF THOSE SIX AREAS AND IT'S PERSONAL FINANCE UNITS, AS WELL AS THOSE APPLICATION AND PROJECTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED. SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE UNITS. UNIT ONE STARTS WITH BUSINESS COMPETITION AND NEW IDEAS. THE FOCUS IS UNDERSTANDING HOW NEW BUSINESS IDEAS DEVELOP AND SUCCEED. IT EXPLORES TOPICS SUCH AS HOW BUSINESS IDENTIFIES IT, MEETS CUSTOMER NEEDS, COVERS MARKET STRUCTURE, COMPETITION, AND VALUE CREATION. IT LOOKS AT THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS WHICH SHAPE MARKETS. IT EMPHASIZES ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, ETHICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES. AND THAT'S IN UNIT ONE. WHEN WE GO TO UNIT TWO, THAT COVERS MARKETING. THE GOAL IS TO FOR STUDENTS TO BUILD EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT ALIGN WITH BUSINESS GOALS AND CUSTOMER NEEDS. REALLY TO SEE HOW BUSINESSES ATTRACT AND RETAIN CUSTOMERS WITH KEY AREAS SUCH AS MARKET RESEARCH, SEGMENTATION, CONSUMER BEHAVIOR, AND BRANDING, AND STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT PRODUCT PRICE, PLACE AND PROMOTION OR THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE. AND THEN STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE DATA AND ADAPT A STRATEGIES ACROSS MARKETS. WHEN WE GET TO UNIT THREE, PERSONAL SAVINGS, BORROWING AND BUSINESS FINANCE, YOU HAVE PERSONAL FINANCE, WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, GOES OVER SAVINGS, BORROWING CREDIT AND DEBT MANAGEMENT. FACTORS INFLUENCING SAVINGS CHOICES AND CREDIT WORTHINESS. YOU HAVE BUSINESS FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, INCOME STATEMENTS, BALANCE SHEETS, CASH FLOW, BUSINESS EXPENSES, CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL ETHICS. AND THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS UNIT IS TO DEVELOP LITERACY IN PERSONAL AND BUSINESS FINANCIAL

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MANAGEMENT. WHEN WE GET TO UNIT FOUR MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY, IT EXAMINES MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, PLANNING, ORGANIZING, LEADING AND EVALUATING A BUSINESS LEADING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS. GOING OVER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, LOOKING AT STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORKS, AND THEN BUILDING AND EXECUTING STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE BUSINESS GOALS. AND THEN UNIT FIVE GOES OVER PERSONAL GOALS BUDGETING, INVESTING. SO IT TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO MANAGE PERSONAL FINANCES FOR LONG TERM, LONG TERM SUCCESS. TOPICS SUCH AS TAXES, BUDGETING, INSURANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT PLANNING. STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO ALIGN FINANCIAL DECISIONS WITH LIFE GOALS, EDUCATION, PAYING FOR THEIR HOUSING, LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR RETIREMENT AND PLANNING THAT OUT, AND THEN EMPHASIZING RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR AND LIFE LONG MONEY MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

AND THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS UNIT IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO MAKE INFORMED, INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL DECISIONS. SO THEN WHEN WE GET HOW THIS FITS INTO THE NEW PROGRAM OF STUDY AND FOR ALL CTE SUBJECT AREAS, AS WE GET LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE FOR 2728, IT REALLY FOCUSES ON A CORE ONE AND TWO CLASS. SO PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS IS THE CURRENT PRACTICE. AND THEN PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE. THE NEW PROGRAM GUIDES OF STUDY HAVE FINANCIAL SERVICES IN ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL SERVICES AND ACCOUNTING TO. YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AP BUSINESS AS AN 11TH OR 12TH GRADE COURSE. AND THAT GOES ALONG VERY NICELY IN THE BUSINESS PATHWAY. THIS CAN ALSO BE A CLASS THAT STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF CTE CAN TAKE AS WELL.

AND THEN IT ALSO SETS UP STUDENTS FOR CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING, WHICH IS COMING IN 2728. AS FAR AS THE MATERIAL COST, THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED BY COLLEGE BOARD FREE OF COST. AS FAR AS A TIMELINE, WE HAD GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE APPROVAL BACK IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE PRINCIPALS. COUNSELORS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE POTENTIAL COURSE AVAILABILITY AND OFFERING. WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING TEACHERS FOR THIS CLASS AND THAT'S ONGOING. WE PLACE THIS CLASS IN OUR STUDENT EDUCATION GUIDE FOR STUDENTS TO POTENTIALLY TAKE AN 11TH AND 12TH GRADE. WE'RE AWAITING BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL, WHICH WE'RE SEEKING THIS EVENING. AND THEN THE PLAN WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE 26 AND 27 SCHOOL YEAR. SO OUR REQUESTED ACTION IS THE OFFICE OF CTE IS REQUESTING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED CTE COURSE AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE BEGINNING IN THE 26 AND 27 SCHOOL YEAR. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS I DID. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS COURSE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT GETS APPROVED TONIGHT. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE IDENTIFYING TEACHERS TO, YOU KNOW, TEACH THE COURSE. I'M JUST CURIOUS JUST FROM MY OWN BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? SURE. SO ONCE THAT IS ONCE THIS CLASS IS PUT AS A COURSE, A COURSE OFFERING TO PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELORS, GENERALLY IN DECEMBER JANUARY, THEY MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS. AND AT THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS. PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION ALONG WITH COUNSELORS AS TO WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TEACHING THE COURSE. AND THEY THE TEACHERS UNIDENTIFIED CAN THEN ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, PUT IN FOR A COLLEGE BOARD REQUEST TO GET SOME TRAINING IF NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARY, BUT THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR TEACHERS TO GET EXTRA TRAINING TO TEACH THE COURSE. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. I GUESS IN THE I GUESS, THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED TO US, NOT IN THE SLIDES, BUT THE. ACTUAL REQUEST DATED MARCH 9TH, 2026, INFORMATION PAPER THAT YOU PROVIDED HAS THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ROLLOUT OF THE COURSE OF

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2627 AND YOU HAVE NOVEMBER THE 25TH, THE APPROVAL, AND DECEMBER THE 25TH. COUNCIL COMMUNICATION. IS THAT THE DATE TO ACTUALLY INTENDED ON THAT? SO THAT IS ALERTING COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THIS COURSE, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE THEN, YOU KNOW, ROLLED OUT FOR STUDENTS TO MAKE CHOICES. IF I'M INTERPRETING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, IT MAY BE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DECEMBER 5TH. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TYPO. I DON'T THINK MR. CONNELLY REACHED OUT TO THEM ON THAT HOLIDAY. THAT'S. YES. BUT WE THAT BEING MY BIRTHDAY, IT IT CAME UP QUITE EVIDENT TO ME. YES, THAT'S SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THAT'S CHRISTMAS DAY. SO NOVEMBER. SO NOVEMBER 25TH WAS OUR GCC MEETING. SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT MAKES SENSE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. SO APOLOGIES FOR THE TYPO ON THAT. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY CORRECT THAT IN YOUR INFORMATION REPORT. PLEASE TAKE THAT DAY OFF IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU I WILL I JUST I HAD A QUESTION AND IT COULD APPLY TO A LOT OF THE AP AND AND AND CLASSES THAT ARE OFFERED TO THE STUDENTS. HOW MUCH INTEREST DO YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT CLASS OFFERED? YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT CLASS BEFORE YOU WOULD YOU WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, OFFER IT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THE CLASS IS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE TO BE OFFERED AT ALL SCHOOLS. THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS REGISTER OR THE POTENTIAL TO REGISTER. RIGHT NOW, THOSE SCHEDULES HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED. IT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE AS A POTENTIAL OFFERING. AND AT THIS TIME, 328 STUDENTS ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS HAVE REQUESTED THAT CLASS. SO THEN IT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD INTEREST. YES. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU THAT I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS. WOULD YOU BE USING ANY COMMUNITY BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE LIKE INSURANCE AND SOME OF THE SPECIALTY AREAS THAT WOULD COME IN AND ASSIST WITH THAT? SURE. IF IF DEFINITELY IF THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT IT ALIGNS CLOSELY. AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE MARYLAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS WILLING TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO OUR STUDENTS, AND THEY'VE DONE THAT FREQUENTLY. SO IF A TEACHER WANTS TO REACH OUT OR AFTER BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, ARE EXPOSED TO THIS CLASS BECAUSE IT IS A NEW COURSE FROM COLLEGE BOARD, AND THEY SEE A POTENTIAL FIT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO COME IN AND SPEAK. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO BOARD, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CTE COURSE AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE BEGINNING 2026.

CAROL BRUCE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED?

[E. Decision on Advanced Placement Pre-Calculus and Middle School Mathematics Curriculum, Ms. Heather Kutcher, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. Andrew Renzulli, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Ms. Laura Potter, Supervisor of Mathematics and Mr. Brett Parker, Assistant Supervisor of Mathematics]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE MISS CRUTCHER, YOU GET TO STAY RIGHT THERE FOR ITEM E, DECISION ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT, PRE-CALCULUS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS. AND MR. WELL BACK THERE, MISS LAURA POTTER SUPERVISOR OF MATHEMATICS AND MR. PARKER ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF MATHEMATICS. WE WELCOME YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AGAIN LIKE THE AP BUSINESS WITH PERSONAL FINANCE COURSE. WE DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR TO COLLABORATE EVEN MORE CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SO THIS STARTED BACK ON DECEMBER THE 5TH WHEN OUR MATHEMATICS OFFICE DID GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW BOTH THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WAS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, AS WELL AS THE AP PRE-CALCULUS, WHICH THIS TEAM WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE PREVIOUS CURRICULUM AS WELL, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS GIVEN FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET ONE ON ONE WITH OUR MATH OFFICE SITTING HERE TO JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT CURRICULUM. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SMALL GROUP BOARD MEETINGS AROUND THAT CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING DIALOG THROUGH A SHARED SPREADSHEET. SO WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT ONGOING DIALOG AND ARE EXCITED TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AND TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE CURRICULUM AND THE NEW COURSE BEING PROPOSED. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PAGE, VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL, DOCTOR MACK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. PARKER AND I ARE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADOPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND PURCHASE OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS. MY NAME IS LAURA POTTER, AND I

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SERVE AS THE SUPERVISOR OF MATHEMATICS HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN TONIGHT BY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE SHIFTS THAT PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AROUND WHY WE ARE REQUESTING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THIS INFORMATION HAS INFORMED BOTH OUR PROCESS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. FIRST, WE WANT TO CLARIFY MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCELERATION. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE COVERAGE OF ALL THE STANDARDS, BUT ALSO CAREFULLY COMPACT THE CONTENT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO SKIP ANYTHING FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR LEARNING TRAJECTORY. BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO CRAM TOO MUCH CONTENT IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING STUDENTS FOR ACCELERATION IN MATHEMATICS, THAT WE'RE USING A CONSISTENT DATA PROTOCOL, AND WE'RE PROVIDING LOTS OF ON RAMPS FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS THAT ACCELERATED COURSEWORK.

AND THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S MATH POLICY, PARTICULARLY THEIR ACCELERATION PRACTICES, WHICH ARE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT BEGINNING THE 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR. THE SECOND THING THAT IS SHIFTING IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND IS THE SHIFT TOWARDS INTEGRATED ALGEBRA, AND THAT IS A SHIFT FROM OUR TRADITIONAL SEQUENCE OF ALGEBRA ONE GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA TWO, TO A SHIFT TOWARDS INTEGRATED ALGEBRA ONE AND INTEGRATED ALGEBRA TWO. THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL BEGIN DURING THE 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE COMPACTING THREE YEARS OF CONTENT INTO TWO YEARS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE STATE HAS IDENTIFIED THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTENT FROM THOSE THREE COURSES ALGEBRA ONE, GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA TWO, AND IS COMPACTING THOSE CONTENT STANDARDS INTO TWO COURSES. TO ALIGN WITH THE MSDE MATH POLICY AND THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS THAT I JUST REFERENCED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE REVISED OUR MATH SEQUENCE TO. SO TO ILLUSTRATE THAT REVISION, FIRST YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN THE REMOVAL OF THE GEOMETRY COURSE. THEN WE WILL MOVE BACK COURSES TO FILL IN THAT GAP. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST SEQUENCE, WHICH IS OUR MOST ACCELERATED SEQUENCE, WE ARE MOVING THAT SEQUENCE, THAT SEQUENCE FORWARD TO SPLIT THE PRE-ALGEBRA ALGEBRA ONE SEQUENCE INTO THREE YEARS RATHER THAN TWO. SO RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY LEARNING FOR GRADES WORTH OF MATHEMATICS IN TWO YEARS, WHICH IS OVER COMPACTION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHANGE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T SKIPPING ANY STANDARDS IN THAT PROCESS, AND THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE GRADE LEVEL CONTENT ON THE SCREEN. YOU'LL SEE OUR REVISED COURSE SEQUENCE FOR MATHEMATICS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S AN ON GRADE LEVEL MATH SEQUENCE AT THE TOP, AND AN ACCELERATED MATH SEQUENCE UNDERNEATH. THE REASON WE ONLY HAVE ONE ACCELERATED MATH SEQUENCE IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ACCELERATE ACCELERATION GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT COME FORWARD THROUGH MSDE. WE'RE ALSO RENAMING OUR COURSES SO IT'S CLEAR TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE GRADE LEVEL CONTENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ADDRESSED WITHIN THOSE COURSES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, MATH SIX SEVEN MEANS WE'RE COVERING ALL OF THE SIXTH GRADE STANDARDS AND ABOUT HALF OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STANDARDS IN OUR COURSE SEQUENCE. WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED ON RAMPS THAT STUDENTS CAN USE TO ACCESS ACCELERATED COURSEWORK, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS CONTENT MASTERY ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ON RAMPS. THE LAST PIECE OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS ABOUT OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN MATHEMATICS. OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS VARY ACROSS GRADE LEVELS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, TO SUPPORT A COHESIVE SEQUENCE, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT ONE PROGRAM THAT WILL BE FOR ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH COURSES AND ALLOW FOR EASY TRANSITION BETWEEN ON RAMPS FOR ACCELERATED COURSEWORK, BUT JUST YEAR TO YEAR TRANSITIONS FOR STUDENTS.

LAST YEAR, MSDE CREATED A RUBRIC AND GUIDANCE FOR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

AND WITH THIS NEW LENS AND OUR REVISED STANDARDS, IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE OUR CURRENT CURRICULAR MATERIALS. SO MSD CREATED THAT RUBRIC AND DEFINES HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS A PROGRAM OF STUDY INCLUDING TASKS, TEXTS, TOOLS, AND GUIDANCE THAT TEACHERS USE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN RIGOROUS THINKING AND LEARNING. THOSE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE SHOULD BE GRADE LEVEL AND STANDARDS ALIGNED. THEY SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO AFFIRM STUDENTS BY BUILDING ON STUDENT STRENGTHS AND FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE, AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. THEY SHOULD HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN THAT HAS ROUTINES TO HELP STUDENTS FOCUS ON REASONING AND MATH, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE EDUCATOR SUPPORTS TO SUPPORT HELP TO HELP WITH TEACHER IMPLEMENTATION. THESE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ALIGN WITH A LOT OF INITIATIVES

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THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, INCLUDING PILLAR THREE. IN THE BLUEPRINT FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE, MSD FRAMEWORKS AND RUBRICS, THE MSD MATHEMATICS POLICY AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS INCREASES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

OUR BACKGROUND FOR OUR PROCESS. WE COLLABORATED WITH THE MSD OFFICE TO DESIGN THIS PROCESS, AND IT'S A THREE STAGE PROCESS PREPARING, STUDYING, AND THEN DECIDING AND LAUNCHING. AND WE'LL GO INTO EACH OF THOSE STEPS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. FIRST, WE HAD TO ESTABLISH THE PROCESS BY STARTING WITH OUR VISION. SO OUR VISION IS THAT EVERY DAY STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN REASONING, MODELING, SENSE MAKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND COMMUNICATION SO THAT THEY CAN SEE, USE AND ENJOY MATHEMATICS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. WE ALSO EXAMINED RECENT MCAT PROFICIENCY TRENDS, AND WITH THOSE TWO THINGS IN MIND, BROUGHT SOME PRIORITIES TO WHAT THIS PROCESS SHOULD BRING. HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR HTTPS SHOULD HAVE BALANCED RIGOR. THAT MEANS THEY SHOULD DISCUSS PROCEDURES, BUT CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS AS WELL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO BE DOING REASONING AND MODELING. USE VISUAL MODELS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCOURSE AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT MATERIALS FOR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, AND SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. THE COMPREHENSIVE MATH PLAN AND THE MATH POLICY REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE MCAT PROFICIENCY BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS EACH YEAR, AND PART OF OUR STRATEGY IS ADOPTING HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PARAMETERS. WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF EDUCATORS TO EXAMINE THE MATERIALS. WE WANTED TO INVOLVE THE BUDGET OFFICE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A TIMELINE AND SOME MILESTONES, AND WE ALSO WANTED TO DECIDE ON WHAT THE SELECTION, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE SELECTION PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR TIMELINE.

SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT STARTS MONTHS OF WORK. SO IT STARTED BACK IN JULY. WE MET WITH MSD TO DESIGN THE PROCESS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK. IN AUGUST, WE GOT THE MATERIALS READY AND CONTACTED VENDORS. IN SEPTEMBER. WE PLAN FOR THOSE REVIEW SESSIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. IN OCTOBER. WE EXECUTED THOSE REVIEW COMMITTEES, MADE A DECISION TO MOVE TO GENERAL COUNSEL GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, WHICH HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. THEY APPROVED. WE STARTED PLANNING FOR TRAINING AND COURSE SEQUENCE ADJUSTMENTS, AND HERE WE ARE TONIGHT SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING UNDERWAY AND GET MATERIALS READY FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 2026, WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE OUR ONGOING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. WE ALSO NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE LENS BY WHICH WE WOULD EVALUATE WHAT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WILL LOOK LIKE IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE DID THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EDUCATION SERVICES, CIA LEADERSHIP AND PRINCIPALS. WE ALSO WANTED TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY RUBRIC CRITERIA. MSD HAS A RUBRIC. IT IS PRETTY LENGTHY, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS USABLE AND CONCISE AND REFLECTED HC PRIORITIES, AND THEN PLAN FOR THAT REVIEW PROCESS. WE WANTED TO WINNOW THE CHOICES. THERE ARE A LOT OF CURRICULA OUT THERE. WE REVIEWED A SMALL SET OF CURRICULA. THESE ARE THE THREE CURRICULA THAT ARE PRIMARILY BEING USED IN MARYLAND RIGHT NOW, AND MSD IS DOING SOME WORK TO HELP US ADOPT THE CURRENT CURRICULA TO THE REVISED STANDARDS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN 26, 27. AND SO THOSE INCLUDE ENVISION MATHEMATICS, ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS AND REVEAL MATHEMATICS. SO THOSE CURRICULA HAVE ALL BEEN REVIEWED BY ED REPORTS, WHICH IS A NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION. THAT'S THE BASELINE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THEY ALL RATED HIGHLY ON ED REPORTS. YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES THERE. ILLUSTRATIVE MATH IS ONE OF THE THREE THAT IS AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE, WHICH MEANS THAT A LOT OF THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND A USERNAME AND PASSWORD, SUCH AS ANSWER KEYS AND ASSESSMENTS. AND ED REPORTS. ALSO SUGGESTS FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DISTRICTS CAN INSPECT HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO SEE IF IT WILL MEET THAT DISTRICT'S NEEDS. WE CHOSE TO DO A MATERIAL STUDY BECAUSE IT ALLOWED US TO USE THE RUBRIC THAT'S THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. WE ALSO, TO GET REALLY ROBUST EVIDENCE, DECIDED TO LOOK AT ONE SPECIFIC UNIT FOR EACH OF THOSE CURRICULA SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT THE DEPTH OF OUR EVIDENCE WAS SUFFICIENT. AND THE WORKING

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THEORY IS THAT IF WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THAT EXISTS IN ONE UNIT, THAT IT WILL LIKELY EXIST IN ALL OF THE UNITS FOR THAT CURRICULUM. SO HERE IS THE RUBRIC. IT HAS 14 CRITERIA, AND IT IS BASED ON THE MSD RUBRIC THAT HAS 34 CRITERIA. THE FIRST FOUR ARE ABOUT DESIGN AND MATH CONTENT. THE NEXT SIX ARE ABOUT EDUCATOR SUPPORTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE LAST FOUR ARE ABOUT ACCESS FOR STUDENTS THAT RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. AND THOSE FOUR WERE EVALUATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OUR OFFICE OF MULTILINGUAL INSTRUCTION. THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. AND SO IN THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY REVIEWED THE MATERIAL, THEY RECORDED THEIR RATINGS AND EVIDENCE. WE CAME TO A CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT RATING AND EVIDENCE. AND THEN WE DID A HOLISTIC EXAMINATION OF THE STRENGTHS, THE GAPS AND POTENTIAL GAPS SOLUTIONS. AND THEN EACH MEMBER RANKED THEIR THE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FROM THE MOST TO LEAST VIABLE. WE THEN BROUGHT IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO ANALYZE THOSE RANKINGS THE STRENGTHS, THE GAPS, THE COSTS, AND MAKE A FINAL DECISION. HERE'S THE DATA.

NOT THAT I EXPECT ANYBODY TO READ THAT, BUT THE COLOR CODING IS HELPFUL. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, GREEN MEANS THAT THERE WAS STRONG OR VERY STRONG EVIDENCE. AND THAT MIDDLE COLUMN IS ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS. THAT WAS ALSO REFLECTED BY THE COMMITTEE. 90% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHOSE ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS AS THE MOST VIABLE CURRICULUM FOR US. THE GAPS THAT EXISTED IN IM WERE SPECIFIC AND TARGETED. THE GAPS THAT EXISTED IN ENVISION AND REVEAL WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD AND SYSTEMATIC, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE CONSENSUS SCORES. FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE, ENVISION AND REVEAL. BOTH WOULD BE OVER $1 MILLION FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS IS $115,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND $40,000 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL YEAR, FOR A TOTAL FIVE YEAR OF AROUND $275,000. AND WITH THAT, THE DECISION BY THE GENERAL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE WAS TO GO WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS. WE DO ALSO HAVE A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN FOR BOTH TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT THIS CURRICULUM SUCCESSFULLY, AND FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY SO THAT IT CAN IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THE WAY THAT WE'RE HOPING. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE ADOPTION, PURCHASE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS.

VERSION 360 FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NONCREDIT BEARING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COURSES BEGINNING WITH 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. OTHER QUESTIONS I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WITH OUR INCREASING CLASS SIZES, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE STRUGGLING STUDENTS WITH THIS BEING AN ACCELERATED, YOU KNOW, COMBINING THREE CLASSES INTO TWO, HOW WILL INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS BE IMPLEMENTED FOR NON-SPECIAL EDUCATION OR NON MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, LIKE WHAT SUPPORTS WILL WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ASSIST THEM? IF WE HAVE STRUGGLING STUDENTS, THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS THEMSELVES HAVE BUILT IN ACCESS SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS IS THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE POINT OF USE. SO IT WILL SAY WITHIN THIS LESSON, HERE ARE SOME STRATEGIES THAT YOU CAN USE.

THAT'S ALSO IN CONNECTION WITH WHAT THE TEACHER WOULD DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS BASED ON THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THEM. MISS HAHN, JUST TO KIND OF ADD TO THAT, IT MAY BE THAT, WELL, IT IT'S JUST TRUE THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTS TO HELP A STUDENT THAT IS STRUGGLING, THAT HAS AN IEP OR IS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, THOSE SUPPORTS WOULD ALSO BENEFIT A NON A CHILD THAT IS NOT SPECIAL ED. AND SO THROUGH THE USE OF HOW THE TEACHER IS STRUCTURING THEIR MATH LESSON THROUGH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE USING AS IT RELATES TO INTERVENTION OR ENRICHMENT, AND THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE MIGHT DESIGN THE LESSON IN TERMS OF SMALL GROUPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT'S HOW THOSE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE HIT. OUR TEACHERS, THEY HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HIT SOME STANDARDS AND SOME TEACHERS, SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HIT THEIR STANDARDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT THEY CAN USE THAT ARE GOING TO BE JUST IN THEIR TOOLKIT. BUT THEN ALSO, I WOULD IMAGINE IN THIS CURRICULUM TO HELP THEM, REGARDLESS OF THEIR DESIGNATION.

I JUST I WANTED TO THANK THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT FOR GIVING THE BOARD ACCESS TO THE MATERIALS SO THAT WE COULD WE COULD LOOK AT THEM AND REVIEW THEM IN ADVANCE TO THIS

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PRESENTATION. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE REVIEWS FOR THE SELECTED CURRICULUM, AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT GOT PRETTY GOOD REVIEWS. BUT THE ONE AREA AND I THINK IT MAYBE TOUCHES A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MELISSA WAS BRINGING UP, THAT THERE WERE SOME EDUCATORS THAT FELT LIKE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PRACTICE FOR STUDENTS THAT MAYBE DON'T CATCH ON AS QUICKLY, OR MAYBE NOT UP TO, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW, OR A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO SUPPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIALS TO GIVE THEM MORE PRACTICE. WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL INNOVATION WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO. EACH SCHOOL OR EACH STUDENT DURING THEIR ADVISORY, EACH STUDENT DURING THEIR ADVISORY BLOCK RECEIVES 45 MINUTES OF PERSONALIZED MATH INSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN PARTNER THAT WORK WITH IREADY PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION, ALONG WITH THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS DEVELOP BOTH THE PROCEDURES AND THE CONCEPTS THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN THE MATHEMATICS. QUESTION. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION, MISS ALVAREZ, I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACCESS POINT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER TIME. AND THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT PUBLICLY, BECAUSE OUR TEAM IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGING IT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING FURTHER. I WILL MOVE THAT. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPT, PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENT. HOW DO I SAY THAT ILLUSTRATIVE MATHEMATICS I, I LIKED HOW HE SAID I AM. THAT TAKES IT. ACRONYMS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NONCREDIT BEARING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS COURSES BEGINNING WITH 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO IS IT FOR ONE YEAR THAT WE ARE APPROVING, OR IS THIS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE? SO THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE DON'T NEED A CONTRACT BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN ENDED RESOURCE. SO WE ARE SEEKING PERMISSION TO USE IT AND WE WILL STUDY IT AND EVALUATE IT AND MAKE A CHANGE IF NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE GIVEN OUR DATA AND WHEN IF THERE IS A CHANGE THAT'S NEEDED THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES YES YES. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU. STAYING IN PLACE FOR PRE-CALCULUS? GOOD EVENING. MR. PARKER AND I ARE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU FOR ADOPTION, PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AP PRE-CALCULUS. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN AGAIN BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SHIFTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MATHEMATICS AS BACKGROUND INFORMATION. SO AS I SHARED BEFORE, WE ARE PREPARING FOR A SHIFT TO INTEGRATED ALGEBRA, WHICH IS A SHIFT FROM THE TRADITIONAL ALGEBRA ONE GEOMETRY ALGEBRA TWO SEQUENCE TO INTEGRATED ALGEBRA ONE AND INTEGRATED ALGEBRA TWO, WHICH WILL BEGIN DURING THE 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE'RE ALSO PREPARING FOR SOME SHIFTS IN SECONDARY MATH PATHWAY COURSES.

AND THESE ARE COURSES THAT STUDENTS TAKE AFTER ALGEBRA TWO OR AFTER INTEGRATED ALGEBRA TWO.

THE STATE HAS DEFINED THREE SECONDARY MATH PATHWAYS DATA AND STATISTICAL REASONING, QUANTITATIVE REASONING, AND CALCULUS. AND THEY WILL DEFINE THE FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS FOR THOSE COURSES. WE ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF SECONDARY MATH PATHWAY COURSES IN THE 2027 2028 SCHOOL YEAR. TO START THIS WORK, WE'RE BEGINNING WITH THE CALCULUS PATHWAY AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PRE-CALCULUS COURSES. WITHIN OUR CURRENT COURSE SEQUENCE. THERE ARE TWO COURSES HONORS TRIGONOMETRY OR TRIG AND HONORS PRE-CALCULUS OR PRE-CALC THAT STUDENTS TAKE. THESE COURSES HAVE MINIMALLY CHANGED IN THE PAST DECADE.

THEY INCLUDE OVERLAPPING CONTENT BETWEEN THE TWO COURSES THEY REQUIRE. THEY ARE BOTH REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT IN AP CALCULUS AND INCLUDE CONTENT NOT REQUIRED BY AP CALCULUS.

AND FINALLY, DON'T AWARD STUDENTS WITH ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT. AP.

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PRE-CALCULUS WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE COLLEGE BOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE ASKED A COMMITTEE OF EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS IF WE WERE TO ADOPT AP PRE-CALCULUS. HOW SHOULD WE REVISE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MATH SEQUENCE? THE TWO THEMES THAT BUBBLED UP WERE REMOVE TRIG AND PRE-CALC AND ADD AP, PRE-CALCULUS OR ANOTHER SOLUTION. SEVEN OF NINE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAID THAT THEY WOULD PREFER THAT WE REMOVE TRIG AND PRE-CALCULUS AND ADD PRE-AP PRE-CALCULUS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TWO OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO RECOMMENDED A DIFFERENT SEQUENCE, WHICH WERE TO TRACK STUDENTS INTO TWO PATHS AND TO INCLUDE A TRIGONOMETRY PREREQUISITE. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE HONORS TRIGONOMETRY AND HONORS PRE-CALCULUS AND OFFER ONE COURSE, AP PRE-CALCULUS. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT COURSE INCLUDE THAT IT HAS AN ALGEBRA TWO PREREQUISITE, MEANING THAT IT IS AN ACCESS COURSE THAT SHOULD BE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED ALGEBRA TWO CREDIT. THIS CAN SERVE AS THE STUDENT'S PREREQUISITE FOR AP CALCULUS, BUT IT CAN ALSO SERVE AS A STUDENT'S SENIOR OPTION IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT BEFORE MOVING ON TO INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AP PRE-CALCULUS IS ALIGNED WITH MSDE SECONDARY MATH PATHWAY DRAFT GUIDANCE, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF AP PRE-CALCULUS AS THE STATE STANDARDS AND OUR CURRENT TRIG AND PRE-CALCULUS COURSE COVER 65% AND 35%, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE AP PRE-CALCULUS CONTENT, MAKING IT AN EXCELLENT FIT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OFFERING STUDENTS ANOTHER ADVANCED PLACEMENT OPTION PROVIDES THEM WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE AWARDED THE AP SCHOLAR AWARD. THE AP SCHOLAR AWARD RECOGNIZES STUDENTS FOR DEMONSTRATING EXEMPLARY COLLEGE LEVEL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND THIS AWARD IS REFLECTED ON ALL SCORE REPORTS THAT ARE SENT TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AND FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS OF ITS ADMINISTRATION, AP PRE-CALCULUS IS SHOWING A PASS RATE OF THREE OR BETTER ON THE EXAM AT 75 AND 80%. AND WE ARE THRILLED THAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE WORLD. BUT KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY CAN MEET OR EXCEED THOSE PASS RATES. OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR HONORS TRIGONOMETRY AND HONORS PRE-CALCULUS ARE NOT APPROVED. COLLEGE BOARD COLLEGE BOARD RESOURCES FOR AP PRE-CALCULUS AND GIVEN THE MSDE RUBRIC THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, WE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR US TO REEVALUATE OUR CURRENT CURRICULUM MATERIALS WITH THE INCLUSION OF AP PRE-CALCULUS AS PART OF OUR COURSE SEQUENCE. OUR PROCESS WAS VERY SIMILAR, SO I'M GOING TO GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY THROUGH THESE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ALIGNED TO THE STATE LEVEL STANDARDS DESIGNED TO AFFIRM. STUDENTS HAVE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN OF ROUTINES TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN THE MATH, AND HAVE SUPPORTS FOR EDUCATORS TO IMPLEMENT. THEY'RE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ALIGN TO OUR MAJOR INITIATIVES, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE DOUBLE DIPPED AND DID OUR COLLABORATION WITH MSD ABOUT THE RUBRIC ONE TIME FOR BOTH OF THESE INSTANCES, AND USE THE SAME PROCESS IN BOTH CASES. THERE IS A LITTLE NUANCE HERE, THOUGH. THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THE AP PRE-CALCULUS LOOK LOOKING FOR AP PRE-CALCULUS, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WAS DIRECTLY TIED TO PRE-CALCULUS. SO WE LOOKED AT AP CALCULUS AB TRENDS FOR THE AP EXAM. AND SO WITH THOSE IN MIND, WITH THAT DATA IN MIND, WE'RE LOOKING FOR MUCH OF THE SAME THINGS. USE OF VISUAL MODELS INCLUDES THE RULE OF FOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCOURSE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, MATERIALS AND SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SERVICES AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. AND OUR THEORY OF CHANGE IS THAT WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE EACH YEAR OF FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS ON AP CALCULUS SCORES, BUT WE ALSO ANTICIPATE TO SEE MANY MORE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE AP CALCULUS EXAM AND SUCCESS WITH AP PRE-CALCULUS EXAM AS WELL, SO WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN TWO YEARS AN IMPACT ON AP PRE-CALCULUS AND IN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AN IMPACT ON AP PRE-CALCULUS SCORES. THE PARAMETERS WERE THE SAME. THE TIMELINE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME. WE ALTERNATED BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM,

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CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE AP PRE-CALCULUS REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND ESTABLISHED THE SAME CRITERIA DIFFERENT FOLKS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LENSES. SO WE LEANED ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS FOR THIS REVIEW, AND THEN WE GOT TO WINNOW THE THE PROCESS, AND WE LOOKED FOR AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIALS OUT THERE. WE WERE LOOKING FOR TEXTBOOKS THAT WERE APPROVED BY COLLEGE BOARD THAT HAD ADVANCED PLACEMENT IN THE TITLE, AND THAT WERE PUBLISHED AFTER 2023 TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH THE RECENTLY ADOPTED STANDARDS BY COLLEGE BOARD. AND WHEN WE DID THAT, THERE WERE TWO PRODUCTS THAT CAME UP, WHICH WERE PEARSON AND MATHEMATIC. THERE WAS A THIRD PRODUCT, CENGAGE, BUT IT WAS IN MANUSCRIPT FORM. THE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THE MANUSCRIPT AND DECIDED NOT TO DO A FULL REVIEW, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH IT BEING POTENTIALLY READY FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THESE TWO. SO WE DID A MATERIAL STUDY USING THAT RUBRIC AGAIN, USED ONE UNIT TO DO A DEEP DIVE, GET A LOT OF ROBUST EVIDENCE, AND USE THAT SAME RUBRIC THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CONTENT THE EDUCATOR SUPPORTS AND THEN THE STUDENT SUPPORTS, AGAIN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OFFICE OF MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. AND THEN MADE A DECISION. SO EACH PERSON RATED IT CAME TO CONSENSUS ON THAT, LOOKED AT STRENGTHS, GAPS, GAPS, SOLUTIONS, AND RANKED THOSE TWO FROM MOST VALUABLE TO LEAST VIABLE. WE PASS THAT ON TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE FINAL DECISION. AND HERE IS THE DATA. ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE YELLOWS AND GREENS, WHICH IS STRONG TO MODERATELY STRONG EVIDENCE. AND THE RED AND ORANGE ARE EITHER NO EVIDENCE OR NOT AS STRONG EVIDENCE. 75% OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHOSE MATHEMATIC AS THE CHOICE, AS THE MOST VIABLE, I SHOULD SAY. AND AGAIN, THOSE GAPS IN MATHEMATIC WERE TARGETED AND SPECIFIC, AND IN PEARSON WERE MORE BROAD AND SYSTEMATIC. FROM A COST STANDPOINT, PEARSON IS $444,000 FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, AND I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN $114,000 FOR MATHEMATIC FOR ASSESSMENTS, HOMEWORK AND SOME VIDEO ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THOSE, THE DECISION WAS FOR MATHEMATIC AP PRECALCULUS TO BE RECOMMENDED. WE ALSO HAVE A ROBUST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, AGAIN FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ALIKE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF ED FOR THE ADOPTION, PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MATHEMATICS. AP PRE-CALCULUS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP PRE-CALCULUS BEGINNING IN THE 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I SEE THAT IT IT INCLUDES HOMEWORK. WHAT DOES THE HOMEWORK LOOK LIKE FOR THIS PROGRAM? IT SETS IT THE HOMEWORK IS SETS OF PROBLEMS THAT STUDENTS WOULD COMPLETE. AND SO MATHEMATIC IS AN OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE. IT INCLUDES LESSON PLANS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS. BUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER FEATURES LIKE THE VIDEOS AND THE HOMEWORK ARE AN ADDITIONAL COST. SO THE HOMEWORK FOR STUDENTS WOULD BE THOSE PROBLEM SETS THAT THEY WOULD COMPLETE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

WOULD THAT BE LIKE IN A LIKE A PRINTOUT FORMAT? IS THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. I'M SORRY. NO THAT'S OKAY. WOULD IT BE LIKE A WORKBOOK THAT THEY SEND HOME THAT THIS IS YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR TONIGHT, THAT KIND OF THING WHERE THEY WOULD COMPLETE IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK IN, OR WOULD IT BE ALL LIKE VIRTUAL, NOT VIRTUAL LIKE ONLINE. SO THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS. WE CAN EITHER PRINT THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS OR THE TEACHER CAN SHARE THE PROBLEM SETS WITH THE STUDENTS VIA CANVAS DIGITALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I HAVE A QUESTION WAY BACK UNDER ESTABLISH THE PROCESS WHERE YOU HAD THE AP CALCULUS AB TRENDS BACK FROM 21 THROUGH 25. DO YOU HAVE A REASON WHY YOU THINK THE SCORES WENT DOWN IN 25? OKAY. YOU HAD THE PERCENT PROFICIENT AND YOU HAD 24. IT WAS 62.2%. AND IN 25 IT WAS ONLY 54.5%. GOT A LOT OF CLICKING TO DO TO GO BACK. NO, I DON'T HAVE IT'S RIGHT THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I'VE PREPARED THIS EVENING AROUND THE DECLINE, JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT MORE STUDENTS WERE TAKING THE TEST AND THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON. BUT I WASN'T SURE. JUST SO THAT WE CAN I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THAT WE CAN DIVE INTO AND COME UP WITH SOME THEORIES AND THAT CAN ONLY FURTHER SUPPORT THE THE CHANGES FOR NEXT. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR MY DECISION TONIGHT, BUT I JUST

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WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. THANK YOU. WE'LL DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU. YEAH, I KNOW YOU WILL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT BOARD, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ED ADOPT PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENT MATHEMATIC EIGHT AP PRE-CALCULUS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN AP PRE-CALCULUS BEGINNING WITH THE 2026. I SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. OPPOSED PASSES. THANK YOU SO

[F. Presentation of Quarterly Financials Report for the Period Ending December 31, 2025, Ms. Deborah Judd, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services]

MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE NIGHT, ITEM F, PRESENTATION OF QUARTERLY FINANCIALS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. MISS DEBORAH JUDD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS SERVICES, WELCOME YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THIS REPORT IS AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. SO WE ARE A LITTLE BIT AWAYS FROM THAT. AT THIS POINT. WE'LL BE GETTING READY TO DO OUR THIRD QUARTER AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND I'LL BE BACK IN MAY TO SHARE THOSE RESULTS.

THIS DOES INCLUDE PROJECTIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31ST. AND WE DID INCLUDE SOME THINGS THAT WE KNEW AT THAT TIME. SO I WILL GO THROUGH THIS AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO OUR REVENUES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET OUR BUDGET. WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OTHER REVENUE. THE 2.4 MILLION, 3 MILLION OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT SOME OTHER ITEMS, BUT 3 MILLION OF THAT IS RELATED TO THE HEALTH CARE SETTLEMENT THAT WE HAD. AND THE COUNTY SENT OVER THE $3 MILLION EXCESS THAT WAS IN OUR RATE STABILIZATION FUND. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT AS REVENUE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR INTEREST REVENUE IS STILL HIGHER THAN BUDGET GIVEN THE CURRENT RATES. AND WE'RE ESTIMATING AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 IN THAT. FOR EXPENDITURES. WE ARE EXTREMELY TIGHT AGAIN. AGAIN, THE PERCENTAGE WE'RE AT 100% OF OUR BUDGET, LEAVING US LESS THAN $1 MILLION WITH WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. AGAIN, DECEMBER IS STILL VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR. WE DID INCLUDE SNOW REMOVAL FROM THE STORMS THAT WE HAD. SO THAT IS IN HERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE'RE PROJECTING NOW. THE LARGEST ONE BY FAR IS SPECIAL EDUCATION OF $5 MILLION. THAT REALLY IS RELATED TO OUR NONPUBLIC PLACEMENT. WE DO HAVE OVER $1 MILLION VARIANCE IN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S REALLY RELATED TO SAVINGS IN FUEL COSTS. HOWEVER, WITH THE PRICE OF FUEL GOING UP AGAIN, WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE EAT INTO THAT BY JUNE 30TH. SO OPERATION OF PLAN, THE 485 THAT INCLUDES $300,000 IN SNOW REMOVAL COSTS AND FIXED CHARGES. THE 4 MILLION IS REALLY HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT INCOME. SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH AMOUNTS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED OVER, CHARGES THAT WERE TRANSFERRED OVER TO GRANTS, AND ALSO CHANGES IN PLANS AND SO FORTH WITH STAFF. SO STAFF WHO COME IN AND REPLACE STAFF WHO WERE MORE HIGHLY PAID OR MAYBE WHO DON'T TAKE BENEFITS. WE DO HAVE THOSE SURPLUSES IN THERE.

WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE PREPARED. WE DID PULL SOME MONEY OUT OF THERE KNOWING BASED ON THE RATE INCREASES AND WHAT WE PROJECTED. WE WILL LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CAPACITY HERE TO REMOVE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, OUR PROJECTED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS 26 MILLION. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ASSIGNMENT THE BOARD APPROVED FOR FY 27. SO THE PROJECTED UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW WOULD BE ABOUT $16 MILLION. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BOARD THIS

[Future Meetings Review]

CONCLUDES THAT MEETING. OUR

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Mar 09, 2026 Board Meeting

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