Jun 01, 2026 Board Meeting

[Call to Order: Board President]

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YOUR DEVICE TO AVOID INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL CALLED UPON. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD OF BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY ON JUNE 1ST, 2026 AT 6:03 P.M.

THIS BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FASHION. MISS ROLLO, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. MRS. PERRY. MRS. PERRY'S ABSENT MISS NAKAI HERE. DOCTOR MUELLER, DOCTOR MUELLER ABSENT. MR. MCVICKER. MR. MCVICKER IS ABSENT. MRS. HAHN PRESENT. MISS. BRUCE HERE.

MRS. ALVAREZ. LET'S PRESENT. THANK YOU, MRS. MILLER. PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT SEWELL HERE.

PRESIDENT PAGE HERE. INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. MACK PRESENT. THIS COMPLETES THE ROLL CALL.

THANK YOU. THE FOLLOWING PROCESS WILL BE USED THIS EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL MUTE THEIR DEVICES UNTIL CALLED UPON. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, PRESIDENT PAGE WILL CALL ON EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD RESTATE THEIR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING. DOCTOR MACK WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR CALL ON THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER TO DO SO. WHEN A ROLL CALL IS TAKEN FOR A MOTION, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REPLY WITH A YES OR A NO. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES. YES, YES. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NO. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH

[A. Special Recognition by Harford County Board of Education:]

RIGHT THERE. WHEREAS, ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS MARYLAND PURPLE STAR SCHOOL DESIGNATION BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND WHEREAS, ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE FIRST SCHOOL WITHIN THE HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE THIS DISTINGUISHED RECOGNITION. AND WHEREAS THE MARYLAND PURPLE STAR SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2022 TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMENDS ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ITS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION, AND DEDICATION IN FOSTERING A WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS, THE MARYLAND PURPLE STAR SCHOOL DESIGNATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 THROUGH 2028 SCHOOL YEARS SERVING AS A TESTAMENT TO THE SCHOOL'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY HEREBY CONGRATULATES ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON EARNING THE MARYLAND PURPLE STAR SCHOOL DESIGNATION AND COMMENDS ITS ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS AND FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEIR

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE. ROSE MARTINO. I'M SORRY. YES, YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WANT TO CELEBRATE ROSE MARTINO AND HER STAFF AND MISS HARRIS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. THEY WENT THROUGH A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THIS YEAR, THAT WORK FINALLY PAID OFF. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT COMMITMENT THAT THIS TEAM PUTS TOWARDS ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY TO OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE MILITARY FAMILIES. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE YOU. I'M EXCITED. AND IT REALLY DOES SET THE BAR. WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE THAT ARE MILITARY CONNECTED, AND ROY WILLIAMS WILL BE JUST A MODEL SCHOOL, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE MANY MORE SCHOOLS TO SERVE UNDER THIS DESIGNATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. IT THIS REALLY MEANS A LOT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL YOU ALL HAVE DONE. I WAS A AS A CHILD IN OUR SCHOOLS WHEN MY DAD WENT OFF TO WAR AND I WAS A CHILD IN OUR SCHOOLS, MY BROTHER WENT OFF TO WAR AND I. MY CHILDREN WERE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN I WENT OFF TO IRAQ FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT WAR. AND THEN I WATCHED MY OWN SON, WHO WAS A GRADUATE OF CPS, GO OFF TO AFGHAN WAR. SO THIS ALL MEANS A LOT TO ME. I MEAN, REALLY PERSONALLY. AND I, I SAW THE DIFFERENCE THAT SCHOOL SUPPORT CAN MAKE OR NOT MAKE IN IN HELPING THE CHILDREN COPE. AND I'VE BEEN OVER TO YOUR SCHOOL AND SEEN THE. WHEN YOU SEE THESE MILITARY MOMS AND DADS FROM APG GETTING INVOLVED AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIKE THOSE SUPER PTA SUPPORTERS, IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC. AND, AND THE CHILDREN. AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY TO WORK WITH THE KIDS. WE GOT A PROCLAMATION OR CITATION ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT THANKING YOU ALL FOR FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR MILITARY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. AND CONGRATULATIONS. SO FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU. SO I TOO, AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE AND HONORED TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY COUNCIL, TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENTS. AND AS YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE SCHOOL A COUPLE OF TIMES ALL THROUGH THE RENOVATIONS. IT'S AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. YOU MISS HARRIS AS THE LEADERS AT THAT SCHOOL. THE CHILDREN ARE FANTASTIC. AND I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR COUNTY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON OUR MILITARY FAMILIES, CHILDREN. AS I ALWAYS SAY, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET. THEY REPRESENT OUR FUTURE. AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB PREPARING THEM AT THAT SCHOOL. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. EVERYBODY. I'M LIKE, I'M IN BETWEEN. SO ANYBODY JUST PICK A CAMERA AND KEEP ON.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS THAT SERVED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. SO THIS COUNCIL PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DIALOG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ENSURES THAT STUDENT VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES ARE HEARD IN DISTRICT DECISION MAKING. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MEET EIGHT TIMES A YEAR, INCLUDING FOUR SMALL GROUP SESSIONS WHERE THEY COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH DISCUSSION, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, AND TEAMWORK. THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS HELP IDENTIFY STUDENT NEEDS, SHARE IDEAS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO POSITIVE CHANGE ACROSS THE

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MADELINE LOFTUS. JOSE GOMEZ. ANGELINA NAGO.

OLO. FERANMI. OLUSOLA. AND GREGORY GARLAND.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM IN JANUARY AND WE WERE VIRTUAL AND THE CAMERAS WERE OFF. AND SO BY THE SECOND TIME WE MET, I SAID, I REALLY NEED THE CAMERAS ON SO I CAN SEE YOUR FACES. AND BY THE THIRD TIME WE MET, OH, CAMERAS WERE ON, THEY WERE ENGAGED AND THEY'VE HAD SOME OF THE BEST IDEAS. THEY CREATED PASSION PROJECTS THAT RANGED FROM FOCUSING IN ON MENTAL HEALTH TO SCHOOL SAFETY. THEY DID PASSION PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON CTE AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. AND SO I BROUGHT THEM TO OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEY WOWED THEM. AND SO OUR JOB NOW AS THE LEADERS OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO TAKE THEIR VISION AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN TURN IT INTO A YES AND LET THEIR WORK AND THEIR VOICE BE ELEVATED. IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AND THIS OUTWARD ENERGY TO MAKE IT COME ALIVE. A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO THEIR PROJECTS, AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF WONDERING HOW IT HAPPENED. AND IT WAS REALLY A BIG COMMITMENT OF MINE, OF MINE, MISS DOCTOR STANTON AND THIS TEAM AND MRS. HEALTH TO MAKE THESE THESE PASSION PROJECTS COME ALIVE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, COME INTO FULL FRUITION OF THE WORK THAT WILL SHOW UP IN OUR COUNTY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL APPLY TO BE A PART OF OUR COUNCIL AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO ITEM B IS A STUDENT PRESENTATION.

[B. Student Presentation: "Educators Rising - Today's Students Tomorrow's Educators", Ms. Audrey Vohs, Coordinator of TeachHCPS]

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SHE IS AN EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND IN THE TAM PROGRAM. ALSO JOINING US IN OUR AUDIENCE THIS EVENING IS THE TEACHERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS, WHO ARE REALLY THE HEARTBEAT OF THE EDUCATORS RISING PROGRAM. THEY ARE PAIGE MALINOWSKI, SAMMY BROWN, AND MICHELLE GOLDBERG.

IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND. THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO STAND. GOING TO TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO OUR STUDENTS WHO WILL REALLY BE LEADING IT THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ISLA MALINOWSKI. I'M A JUNIOR AT PATTERSON MILL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I'M IN THE CDA PROGRAM, AND I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF OUR EDUCATORS RISING CHAPTER.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EDUCATORS RISING AND WHERE WE COME FROM.

SO THE ROOTS OF THIS ORGANIZATION GO BACK FURTHER THAN MOST PEOPLE REALIZE. PDK INTERNATIONAL HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATORS SINCE 1906. IN 1937, THE NEA LAUNCHED FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, CREATING THE FIRST NATIONAL NETWORK OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN TEACHING. IN 1994 THAT BECAME THE FUTURE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA, OR FFA, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW IT. AND THAT SAME YEAR, PDK TOOK OVER AND RAN THE PROGRAM FOR OVER A DECADE. IN 2015, PDK MADE THE DECISION TO REBRAND IT AS EDUCATORS, RISING, MODERNIZING THE ORGANIZATION WITH NEW STANDARDS AND RESOURCES THAT SCHOOLS HAD BEEN ASKING FOR.

THEN, IN 2017, IN RESPONSE TO SCHOOLS WANTING THE PROGRAM CONNECTED TO REAL CAREER PATHWAYS, EDUCATORS RISING ALIGNED WITH CTE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MAKING IT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEM STUDENTS LIKE US ARE IN TODAY. BY 2020, GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS HAD BECOME PDC'S PRIMARY MISSION, WITH EDUCATORS RISING AT THE CENTER OF THAT WORK. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT SCHOOLS ARE FINDING GREAT SUCCESS STARTING AS EARLY AS MIDDLE SCHOOL, CATCHING STUDENTS EARLY AND GIVING THEM MORE TIME TO EXPLORE AND PREPARE FOR A CAREER IN EDUCATION. THAT'S THE FOUNDATION WE'RE BUILDING ON HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. SO WHO EXACTLY ARE EDUCATORS RISING STUDENTS IN HARFORD COUNTY? THESE ARE OUR TAM TEACHING AS A PROFESSION. STUDENTS, OUR CDA CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE STUDENTS, AND REALLY ANY STUDENT WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN EDUCATION OR WORKING WITH CHILDREN. EDUCATORS RISING AS A CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION, OR CTSO DESIGNED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE TEACHING PROFESSION. OUR MEMBERS COME FROM ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS, BUT WE SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON A PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN STUDENTS LIVES.

IN HARFORD COUNTY, STUDENTS LIKE US ARE ENROLLED IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING PATHWAYS AND EDUCATORS RISING IS THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS THAT COURSEWORK TO LIFE.

THE BEAUTY OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE 100% SURE THEY WANT TO BE A TEACHER. IT'S FOR ANY STUDENT WHO IS CURIOUS ABOUT EDUCATION, LOVES WORKING WITH KIDS, OR WANTS TO EXPLORE WHAT A CAREER IN TEACHING REALLY LOOKS LIKE BEFORE THEY EVER SET FOOT IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM. AN EDUCATORS RISING CHAPTER IS BUILT AROUND FIVE KEY COMPONENTS CHAPTERS, CURRICULUM, COMMUNITY CONFERENCE, AND COMPETITIONS. TOGETHER, THESE GIVE STUDENTS A COMPLETE EXPERIENCE. A LOCAL HOME BASED IN OUR SCHOOL CHAPTER. REAL STANDARDS ALIGNED CURRICULUM TO LEARN FROM A NATIONAL COMMUNITY OF FUTURE EDUCATORS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AND SHOWCASE OUR TEACHING SKILLS AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE WE CONNECT WITH RISING EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THE DATA SHOWS IT'S WORKING OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATORS RISING 80% INDICATE AN INTEREST IN EDUCATION PROFESSIONS. 50% INTEND TO PURSUE TEACHING CREDENTIALS THROUGH A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND 12% OR MORE GO ON TO ACTUALLY ENTER THE TEACHING PROFESSION. THAT LAST NUMBER MIGHT SOUND SMALL, BUT CONSIDER THIS NATIONALLY, TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS ARE SEEING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. EVERY STUDENT WE CAN INSPIRE, DEVELOP, AND SEND INTO A CLASSROOM MATTERS. EDUCATORS RISING IS MOVING. THE NEEDLE IN HARFORD COUNTY IS NOW A PART OF THAT EFFORT. HELLO, MEMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M EVA ROBERTS. I'M IN TOWN AT NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL. I AM A STATE OFFICER FOR EDUCATORS RISING, AND I'M HERE TO

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THE RESUME BUILDERS AND REAL PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WHAT MAKES HARFORD COUNTY ESPECIALLY UNIQUE IS THAT WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY IN ALL OF MARYLAND THAT HAS AN EDITOR RISING CHAPTER AT EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WHICH HAS PROVIDED EXTRA FUNDING TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN OUR COUNTY TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN THESE CHAPTERS. EDITOR RISING IN HARFORD COUNTY IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY TEACH OUR DISTRICT'S OWN INITIATIVE TO GROW AND DEVELOP FUTURE EDUCATORS RIGHT HERE IN OUR HOME. TEACH CPS AND EDITOR RISING GO HAND IN HAND, CREATING A CLEAR AND SUPPORTED PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN EDUCATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY INTO THE CLASSROOM. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN HARFORD COUNTY HAS ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF WHICH SCHOOL THEY ATTEND. NO OTHER COUNTY IN MARYLAND CAN SAY THAT WE ARE PROUD TO BE SETTING THAT STANDARD, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD KNOWS THAT YOUR SUPPORT AND THE STRUCTURES THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE HAVE MADE THIS THE POSSIBILITY. FROM A PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE, STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EDITOR RISING PROGRAMS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTPERFORMED THEIR PEERS. ON AVERAGE, EDITOR RISING STUDENTS SCORED 14 POINTS HIGHER THAN STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. BLACK EDITOR RISING STUDENTS PERFORM EIGHT POINTS HIGHER ON THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND HISPANIC EDITOR RISING STUDENTS PERFORMED TEN POINTS HIGHER. THIS IS NOT JUST GOOD NEWS FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS PROGRAM IS ACTIVELY WORKING TO DIVERSIFY AND STRENGTHEN THE TEACHING PROFESSION. THE TEACHER PERSPECTIVE DATA IS EQUALLY COMPELLING. 82% OF TEACHERS BELIEVE THAT EDITOR RISING PROGRAMING HAS PREPARED STUDENTS TO ENTER THE PROFESSION UPON COMPLETION, AND 64% OF TEACHERS BELIEVE THAT THEIR STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED STRONG TEACHING SKILLS, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF EDUCATORS RISING. WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT EDITOR RISING IS NOT JUST A CLUB OR AN ELECTIVE. IT IS A PROVEN, DATA BACKED PROGRAM THAT PRODUCES BETTER PREPARED TEACHERS. WHEN HARFORD COUNTY INVESTS IN EDUCATORS RISING, IT IS ASSISTING IN A PIPELINE OF FUTURE EDUCATORS WHO WILL BE MORE QUALIFIED, MORE DIVERSE AND MORE COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY THAN EVER BEFORE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ELLIE MILLER.

I'M FROM HAVRE DE GRACE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WILL BE SHARING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GROWTH IN HARFORD COUNTY. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN ED RISING. LAST YEAR, MARYLAND HAD 84 HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAPTERS WITH 962 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MEMBERS RANKING SEVENTH IN THE NATION FOR TOTAL MEMBERSHIP. THAT'S ALREADY IMPRESSIVE, BUT HERE'S WHAT MAKES THIS YEAR SPECIAL FOR US. HARFORD COUNTY WENT FROM ZERO OFFICIAL CHAPTERS TO TEN HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS, WITH 125 STUDENT MEMBERS ALL IN A SINGLE YEAR. THIS IS REMARKABLE GROWTH, AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WENT FROM HAVING NO OFFICIAL EDUCATORS RISING CHAPTERS AT ALL TO HAVING THE LARGEST CHAPTERS AND STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF MARYLAND IN JUST ONE YEAR. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND DISTRICT LEADERS BELIEVED IN US AND INVESTED IN OUR FUTURE TEACHERS. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS ABOUT EDUCATORS RISING IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE. EDUCATORS. RISING COMPETITIONS ARE PERFORMANCE BASED EVENTS IN WHICH ASPIRING TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION. WITH A BLEND OF INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM EVENTS.

COMPETITIONS ARE AUTHENTIC, ENGAGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RISING EDUCATORS TO STRETCH THEIR CREATIVITY, COMMITMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM. COMPETITION CATEGORIES INCLUDE A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS SUCH AS CREATIVE LECTURE SIMILAR TO A TED TALK LESSON, PLANNING AND DELIVERY IN SUBJECTS LIKE ARTS, STEM HUMANITIES AND CTE. ETHICAL DILEMMA, PUBLIC SPEAKING, IMPROMPTU SPEAKING, JOB INTERVIEW INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCHING, LEARNING CHALLENGES, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, AND THE EDUCATORS

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WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO SHARE THAT HARFORD COUNTY HOSTED ITS VERY FIRST EDUCATORS RISING COMPETITION AT BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS THE LARGEST COMPETITION IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. HI, I'M ISABELLA HOUSLEY, I'M FROM EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A PART OF THE TAM PLUS PROGRAM, AND I'M GOING TO BE CONTINUING THIS PRESENTATION. AS WAS JUST SHARED, WE HAD 37 STUDENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED STATE STATEWIDE, PLACING IN THE TOP TEN MARYLAND. THESE STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND EDUCATORS RISING MARYLAND CONFERENCE. AT THAT CONFERENCE, TWO STUDENTS WERE NAMED AS RISING STATE OFFICERS. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD TO SHARE THAT HARFORD COUNTY HAS TWO STUDENTS SERVING AS MARYLAND STATE OFFICERS FOR EDUCATORS RISING FOR THE 2025 THROUGH 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. GIANNA CRISOSTOMO FROM PATTERSON MILL AND AVA ROBERTS FROM NORTH HARFORD, HE WAS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, HAVING STATE OFFICERS FROM HARFORD COUNTY AND ONLY OUR FIRST OFFICIAL YEAR SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR CHAPTERS. EDUCATORS, RISING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN LEARNING AND LEADING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. THE HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER OF RISING SPONSORED A HOLIDAY CRAFT NIGHT AND INVITED THEIR FEEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO COLLABORATE WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAVE PRESENTED TO HTTPS LOOTERS LEADERS AT MONTHLY LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, TAKING THIS LEAD ON RUNNING AND PARTICIPATING IN MEETINGS, THE POWERS OF MILL RISING CHAPTER HAD A READ ACROSS AMERICA SPIRIT WEEK AS A.

AS WELL AS A POP TAB COLLECTION. BEYOND OUR CHAPTERS AND COMPETITIONS, HARFORD COUNTY STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO SOMETHING TRULY UNIQUE AND THE MARYLAND EDUCATORS RISING INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS MERIT. MERIT, IS A HANDS ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DESIGNED TO GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REAL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS ARE PLACED IN A SCHOOL SETTING WHERE THEY OBSERVE, ASSIST, AND EVENTUALLY LEAD INSTRUCTION, PROGRESSING THROUGH FOUR STAGES PREPARING, OBSERVING, ASSESSING, AND INTERNING. THIS ISN'T JUST SHADOWING A TEACHER FOR A DAY. STUDENTS COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS IN A CLASSROOM, BUILD A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO AND DEVELOP SKILLS IN LESSON PLANNING, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS. WHAT MAKES MERIT ESPECIALLY POWERFUL FOR HARFORD COUNTY IS THAT IT IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE WORK OUR TAM TEACHING AS A PROFESSION AND A CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY DOING. MERIT IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THE COURSEWORK. OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN GIVING THEM A STRUCTURED AND SUPPORTED WAY TO TAKE WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND APPLY IT TO A REAL SCHOOL SETTING. IN MANY WAYS, MERIT IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR CTE PATHWAY COURSEWORK AND AN ACTUAL CAREER IN EDUCATION. THE PROGRAM IS FULLY ALIGNED TO THE SAME SEVEN EDUCATORS. RISING NATIONAL STANDARDS WE FOLLOW IN OUR COURSEWORK AND IS FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S TEACHER PATHWAY GRANT, THE SAME GRANT THAT SUPPORTS OUR CHAPTERS IN EVERY HARFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF MERIT IS THAT STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THEIR 30 HOURS AND SUBMIT THEIR PORTFOLIO EARN A $500 STIPEND, STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE A FULL YEAR OF INTERNSHIP HOURS, WHICH IS 60 HOURS TOTAL, CAN EARN UP TO $1,000. THIS IS A MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT IN STUDENTS WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PURSUING A CAREER IN EDUCATION. TO QUALIFY, STUDENTS MUST BE ACTIVE EDUCATION EDUCATORS, RISING MEMBERS BEING GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING AND DEMONSTRATE THE PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT EXPECTED OF SOMEONE ENTERING THE TEACHING PROFESSION. WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR TAM AND CDA PROGRAMS. MERIT ENHANCES AND STRENGTHENS OUR GROW YOUR OWN PIPELINE, CREATING A SEAMLESS PATHWAY FROM HIGH SCHOOL EXPLORATION ALL THE WAY TO A CAREER IN A CLASSROOM. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE WHAT TRUE GROW YOUR OWN PIPELINE LOOKS LIKE, AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY.

WE HOPE TODAY THAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU NOT JUST WHAT EDUCATORS RISING IS, BUT WHAT IT MEANS TO US. THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED US DISCOVER A PASSION FOR EDUCATION, DEVELOP REAL SKILLS, AND BUILD A COMMUNITY. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN GROW THIS PROGRAM, BRING IN MORE STUDENTS, AND KEEP BUILDING THE PIPELINE OF FUTURE EDUCATORS RIGHT HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. THANKS FOR YOUR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK. YOU. ANY

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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THIS TEAM UNDER AUDREY'S LEADERSHIP. FOR THE EDUCATOR RISING AS THE FIRST RECRUITER IN 2005 FOR THE DISTRICT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE VISION THEN WAS TO GROW OUR OWN. AND YOU'VE EMBODIED THAT TODAY. AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT WE WILL GRANT CONTRACTS TO ALL OF YOU TO TEACH IN THE VERY DISTRICTS THAT PREPARED YOU.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS IT'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEACHER RETENTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALREADY HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN AND GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. SO I APPLAUD EVERYONE FOR BEING PART OF TAM AND TO HELP FULFILL THE TEACHER SHORTAGE OF THIS COUNTY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU. DITTO, DITTO, DITTO. AND I'LL FURTHER DITTO MISS MILLER'S COMMENTS. PLEASE COME BACK ONCE. ONCE YOU'RE READY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS EDUCATORS. YEAH. DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THE RULES OF ORDER.

[Public Comment]

SPEAKERS MAY BE INTERRUPTED AND GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THEY HAVE 30S LEFT. WHEN SPEAKERS HAVE REACHED THEIR 3 OR 5 MINUTE MARK, THEIR TIME WILL EXPIRE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN TONIGHT'S BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING AND WORK SESSION TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE MEETING REMAINS FOCUSED, RESPECTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THE EXPECTATIONS THAT GUIDE OUR TIME TOGETHER THIS EVENING AND AT ALL FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS. WE ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND CONSIDERATE MANNER TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS PURPOSE OF THE MEETING.

BEHAVIORS SUCH AS APPLAUSE, AUDIBLE COMMENTARY, EXCESSIVE GESTURES, STANDING OVATIONS OR OTHER ACTIONS THAT MAY DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS ARE DISCOURAGED. ADDITIONALLY, ANY LANGUAGE OR BEHAVIOR THAT COULD BE PERCEIVED AS THREATENING IS NOT APPROPRIATE. IF A DISRUPTION DOES OCCUR, A REMINDER WILL BE GIVEN SO THAT THE MEETING CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

IF THE BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, ASSISTANCE FROM SECURITY MAY BE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE MEETING. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, WE ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES EXIT THE BOARD MEETING ROOM IMMEDIATELY AND IN AN ORDERLY MANNER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND YOUR ROLE IN HELPING US MAINTAIN A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE MEETING. THANK YOU. ALL OF YOU WILL BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST SPEAKER, PRESIDENT PAGE. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SEVEN IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WE WILL BEGIN WITH HANNAH COSENTINO, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW HOFFMAN AND DAVID BAUER. SARAH HANNAH COSENTINO. OKAY. ANDREW HOFFMAN. I GUESS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANDREW HOFFMAN AND I AM A SCOUT IN HARFORD COUNTY, AND I AM A LIFE SCOUT FROM TROOP 811, CHARTERED TO SAINT MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION CHURCH. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SCOUTING PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN HARFORD COUNTY? WE WANTED TO

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FOR MY PROJECT, I MADE A FIRST RESPONDER BRICK WALKWAY AT THE DELTA BOROUGH PARK IN PENNSYLVANIA. WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT CARD ON SCOUTING TO SHARE A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SCOUTS IN HARFORD COUNTY. LAST YEAR, 1100 COED YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN THE SCOUTING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF 44 PACKS AND TROOPS CHARTERED BY LOCAL CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, 550 SCOUTING ADULT LEADERS SERVED THE YOUTH OF HARFORD COUNTY, PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY SCOUTING PROGRAM EVERY WEEK. SCOUTING'S ANNUAL SCOUTING FOR FOOD DRIVE COLLECTED OVER 14,000 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT STAYED HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY, DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES.

BETWEEN THE FALL. BETWEEN THE SCOUTING OF FOOD DRIVE AND THE OTHER GOOD TURNS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SCOUTS PARTICIPATED IN OVER 10,000 DOCUMENTED HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE LAST YEAR.

FURTHER. FURTHER, SCOUTING EARNED OVER 2000 MERIT BADGES, HELPING THEM LEARN NEW AND VALUABLE LIFELONG SKILLS THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. IN 2025, 40 SCOUTS EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TO YOUTH AND CONTRIBUTING AN IMPRESSIVE $45,000 WORTH OF MATERIALS ADDED TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEIR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS, BENEFITING LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SCOUTING HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING ME INTO A MORE EFFECTIVE LEADER, EQUIPPING ME WITH VALUABLE SKILLS AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE SCOUTING PROGRAM IN HARFORD COUNTY. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS PARTNERSHIP CONTINUE FOR HARFORD COUNTY YOUTH. THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND CONSIDERATION. GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVID BAUER. THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION THIS EVENING LOOKS INTERESTING, BUT I DO HAVE A COMPLAINT WITH IT.

IT DOESN'T GO BACK FAR ENOUGH IN TIME TO SHOW YOU A MORE COMPLETE HISTORY OF HOW THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION HAS SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERFUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO. I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH DETAILS. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT SCHOOL REPLACEMENTS. I STARTED ATTENDING THESE BOARD MEETINGS BACK IN 2017. THE 2017 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN CALLED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF HARFORD ACADEMY. IT CALLED FOR THE REPLACEMENT HARFORD ACADEMY BUILDING TO BE USED THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. NOW, YOUR PLAN SAYS IT WON'T BE IN USE UNTIL FY 2030. OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY WAS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. NOW YOU ARE EXPECTING IT WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL FY 2031. AND IF YOU LOOK BACK FURTHER, IN 2008 AND 2009, MODERNIZING OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY WAS ON THE LIST FOR RIGHT AFTER YOUTH'S BENEFIT ELEMENTARY IN 2010. THAT GOT CHANGED FROM A MODERNIZATION TO A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. IN 2012, IT RANKED AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST PRIORITY. BUT THEN THE BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS MOSTLY STALLED, AND OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY IS STILL WAITING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT BLAME YOUR STAFF FOR ANY OF THESE DELAYS.

I BLAME THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS DRAMATICALLY UNDERFUNDED THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF. 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO, IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE THE COUNTY WAS

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THEY HAVE TRIED TO DEFAME GROUP DEFAME GROUPS SUCH AS MOMS FOR LIBERTY AND THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL BY LABELING THEM AS HATE GROUPS. THE SPLC, LIKE THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM, THAT DISAGREEMENT CONSTITUTES HATE. WELL, THINK OF IT. WHY? WHY DO WE? WHY DO WE HAVE CRITICAL THINKING AT ALL? WHY ENGAGE IN DEBATE OVER IDEAS WHEN YOU CAN SIMPLY ELIMINATE YOUR OPPOSITION BY SLANDER? THIS BOARD NEEDS TO WAKE UP. I SAY THAT EVERY TRAINING PROGRAM AND EVERY CLASS THAT HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER SHOULD BE RIPPED OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, ROOT AND BRANCH. THAT INCLUDES ATTENDING MARYLAND'S ANTI-BIAS TRAINING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OFFERING OFFERING THE COLLEGE BOARD'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM. HYPHENATED PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE HYPHEN MORE THAN THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS IT. IF AMERICA IS TO ADVANCE YOUR HEART AND YOUR DEVOTION NEEDS TO BE HERE TO AMERICA, NOT ELSEWHERE, THIS COUNTRY NEEDS US TO BE A UNITED PEOPLE, NOT A HYPHENATED PEOPLE. HYPHEN BEGINS WITH AN H JUST LIKE HATE. PLEASE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN TEACHER. MR. MARTINEZ, PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP AND YOU WILL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTES. MOMS FOR LIBERTY HARFORD COUNTY CHAPTER. LAST MONDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY. MOMS FOR LIBERTY WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AND PRESERVED OUR FREEDOMS DURING WARTIME AND OVERSEAS CONFLICTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL THOSE TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS THAT SERVED MILLIONS OF PAST AMERICAN STUDENTS THAT ALSO DIED IN THE WAR WITH WOKE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THE TEACHERS UNION. LET'S HONOR TRADITIONAL GEOGRAPHY THAT AT ONE TIME TAUGHT PUPILS TO FILL IN BLANK MAPS OF WHERE THE STATES, THEIR CAPITALS, NATIONS, CONTINENTS AND MAJOR BODIES OF

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SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS. EXPULSIONS OF THE UNRULY. FORGET WHEN. FORGET WHAT MSD SAYS. WE HAVE A CRISIS BREWING IN CPS. WE NEED ACTION NOW. I SAW THIS QUOTE FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDRESSING THE CHAOS SHE DEALS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS IN HER CLASSROOM. QUOTE, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAS SPENT THE PAST DECADE DEFINING DISCIPLINE AS INEQUITY, REMOVING DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS AS CRIMINALIZING KIDS, AND DROPPING DETENTION, SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION IN FAVOR OF RESTORATIVE CIRCLES THAT TAKE AN HOUR OUT OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND ACCOMPLISH NOTHING, END QUOTE. ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS TEACHER'S CLASSROOM BROUGHT A SACK OF ROTTEN CHERRIES AND THREW THEM ALL OVER THE CLASSROOM, HITTING THE OTHER STUDENTS AND CREATING A MESS. THE KID WAS BACK IN THEIR SEAT. THE VERY NEXT MORNING, THIS TEACHER WENT ON TO POST QUOTE, 27 OTHER STUDENTS AT PERIOD FEELING UNSAFE. THAT IS THE MATH. NOBODY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE IS WILLING TO DO THE COST OF LEAVING ONE DISRUPTIVE STUDENT IN THE ROOM, CAUSING 27 OTHER STUDENTS WHO DO NOT LEARN THAT HOUR, AND A TEACHER WHO WILL NOT BE BACK NEXT YEAR, END QUOTE. PARENTS, SAVE YOUR CHILDREN. GET THEM OUT OF GOVERNMENT, RUN SCHOOLS, PUT THEM IN SCHOOLS THAT IMPLEMENT DISCIPLINE AND ORDER AND TEACH TRADITIONAL ACADEMICS.

THANK YOU. WHO SPOKE AT THE NORTH HARFORD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION LAST WEEK, IS TO BE R COURAGE TO SPEAK FREELY OF HER LOVE FOR GOD AND HER TRUST IN JESUS. SHE SPOKE FROM HER HEART, WHICH IS TRULY FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT SHOWED ON HER FACE AND WAS HEARD IN HER VOICE.

THIS YOUNG LADY OBVIOUSLY CAME FROM A LOVING CHRISTIAN HOME WITH PARENTS WHO HAVE TAUGHT HER WELL TO SERVE THE LORD WITH ALL HER HEART. THIS TEACHING DID NOT COME FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO LAUGH AT AND MOCK THOSE WHO EVEN MENTIONED THE NAME OF GOD. THERE WAS A GROWING THREAT OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT CPS WHO ARE BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN BIBLE STUDIES, EITHER WITH THEIR CHURCHES OR OTHER VARIOUS YOUTH GROUPS. THESE STUDENTS ARE HUNGRY FOR THE TRUTH, GOD'S TRUTH. MANY OLDER STUDENTS ARE DONE WITH THE WOKENESS AND DIE. THEY'VE BEEN FED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND TURNING TO BIBLICAL TRUTH, MAYBE THAT WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED TO BRING THESE STUDENTS TO THE TRUTH ON THEIR OWN. SEVERAL LOCAL CHURCHES ARE FILLING UP WITH THE YOUTH AND YOUNG FAMILIES. THEY ARE JOINING PRAISE TEAMS, SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND SERVING IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THE TREND IS GROWING. THEY ARE DEVELOPING A STRONG

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAVID FABI. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR MAC WITH THE MARYLAND TEACHERS UNION UNION URGING ITS MEMBERS TO TRANSITION TO REPUBLICAN OR FLIP THEIR VOTE BY REGISTERING AS A REPUBLICAN FOR A FEW WEEKS, ATTEMPTING TO IMPACT THE UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTION. THE OPTICS OF THIS IS ACTIVISM, WITH ACTIONS TAKEN BY HC TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. THIS SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS. TEACHING ACTIVISM VERSUS ACADEMICS LEADS TO CONTINUED LACK OF PERFORMANCE AT GRADE LEVEL. PARENTS ARE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY PAID FOR THIS PARTY REGISTRATION TRANSITION MAY BE TEMPORARY. HOWEVER, THE RADICAL GENDER TRANSITION IS NOT.

DAMAGE DONE CANNOT BE UNDONE. EXECUTIVE ORDER 141168 SIGNED IN JANUARY OF 2025, TITLED DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY, EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS ORDER MANDATES THAT FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS DEFINE GENDER AS A STRICT MALE AND FEMALE BINARY BASED ON SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, THAT DIRECTS AGENCIES TO RESTRICT INSTRUCTION RELATED TO GENDER IDENTITY AND K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE THE REMOVAL OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE GENDER IDEOLOGY. RESCINDING TITLE NINE PROTECTIONS IN APRIL OF 2026, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICIALLY RESCINDED THE RESOLUTION AGREEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, REMOVING FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HONOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS PREFERRED NAMES, PRONOUNS, OR ACCESS TO SEX SEGREGATED FACILITIES LIKE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. WHEN A SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT STOOD RIGHT HERE AT THIS MICROPHONE ASKING, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? I ASKED, WHEN WILL IT STOP? REMEMBER, HARFORD COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WITH ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND AND EDGEWOOD ARSENAL. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONTINUES TO JEOPARDIZE FEDERAL FUNDING AND CONSIDERING THE STATE'S LOSING ITS TRIPLE A BOND RATING AND THE NEED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THIS STATE NEEDS A KEY BRIDGE OVER A TROUBLED BLUEPRINT. FUNDING. PLEASE WORK WITH COUNTY EXECUTIVE BOB CASSILLY AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ON BUDGET LIMITATIONS TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL HARFORD. PRESIDENT PAGE. THAT'S ALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WE DO HAVE ONE REGISTERED VIRTUAL SPEAKER. MISS SLATER WOULD CALL ON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU ARE NOW IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. AND YOUR TIME BEGINS NOW. GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS FORMER SUPERINTENDENT SUPERVISOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY PHIL SNYDER. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING OUR

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I DO APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES AND SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE MY COMMENTS TONIGHT. IT'S REGARDING THE BUDGET I HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH ABOUT THE LAST 30 MINUTES.

CONFERENCES ALONE, $379,361. IF ALL CONFERENCES ARE ELIMINATED, THAT IS ABOUT FOUR TEACHING POSITION. EVERY TEACHING POSITION MATTERS. 397, 333, $379,361. I'M NOT SAYING LIMITING EVERY SINGLE CONFERENCE, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONED. I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERY SINGLE PURCHASE, EVERY SINGLE APPOINTMENT BE QUESTIONED. SOME OF YOU I REACHED OUT TO AND YOU CHOSE TO IGNORE ME. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. HOWEVER, IF YOU NEED BOARD MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO EMAIL YOU DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW MONEY CAN BE SAVED. WE ARE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS. THAT MONEY BELONGS IN THE HANDS OF OUR SCHOOLS. OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE SERVICED. CENTRAL OFFICE DOES NOT NEED TO BE SERVICED. MONEY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN FROM CENTRAL OFFICE AND MOVED INTO SCHOOLS. IF YOU ASK ANY PRINCIPAL, THEY WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS. SALARIES ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION.

I'M GOING TO NOT GO THROUGH ANY NAMES, NOT GOING THROUGH ANY TITLES. HOWEVER, I LOOKED AT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OF DATA AVERAGE, USUALLY ABOUT A 40% INCREASE. SOME OF THESE ARE DUE TO SALARIES OF PROMOTIONS, AND THAT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE. IF YOU LOOK AT SALARIES FROM 2025 COMPARED TO 2018, I'M SEEING A 30% INCREASE, A 36, A 58% INCREASE, A 52% INCREASE, THE 27% INCREASE. THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES, 35% INCREASE. MINE WAS 34%. I HAD ONE MEMBER, 96% INCREASE, 82% 36%, 57% 58%. THESE ARE ALL CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, 82% THAT WERE DUE TO A BIG PROMOTION, 56% I COULD GO ON. YOU GET THE IDEA. ONE MEMBER ON THE SECOND FLOOR, 116% INCREASE. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE SALARIES OF SOME OF OUR PARAEDUCATORS WHO WORK HARDER THAN PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SHOW UP TO WORK, BECAUSE THAT TELEWORK POLICY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESCINDED. ENDED. I SPOKE TO THAT. I SPOKE TO THAT MESSAGE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND MAC, I SAID, IT NEEDS TO BE RESCINDED. I WAS NOT LISTENED TO. I HAVE A FRIEND. I HAVEN'T MET HIM FACE TO FACE. HE MAKES $14 AN HOUR. STARBUCKS COFFEE, $23 AN HOUR. ARE YOU SAYING A PARAEDUCATOR IS WORTH LESS THAN COFFEE? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. YOU HAVE REACHED THE THREE MINUTE MARK. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL THE

[Board Member Comments]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST GRADUATES AND WE WISH YOU ALL WELL IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

AS FOR SEEING SOME OF HC S PROPERTIES, I HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING OUR OPERATIONS FACILITY, THE FOOD AND NUTRITION FACILITY, AND THE FLEET MANAGEMENT FACILITY, LEARNING ABOUT THE COST SAVING MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE RUNNING SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. I ALSO TOURED WILLIAM S JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. STEPPING INTO A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM WILL ABSOLUTELY BOOST YOUR MOOD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THEY HAD SO MANY FUNNY QUESTIONS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED THE TOUR. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO END MY COMMENTS. JUST SORT OF AN ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY. MANY OF EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FACE CHALLENGES THAT ONLY WORSEN IN THE SUMMER, FROM FOOD INSECURITY TO HOUSING INSECURITY. SOME HAVE LITTLE MONEY TO AFFORD BOOKS OF THEIR OWN TO READ. THIS SUMMER, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE TEACHER AT EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO IS ORGANIZED A SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR FOR HER. STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS OF THEIR OWN THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE, PLEASE GO TO SCHOLASTIC.COM TO FIND THE EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAIR AND SELECT SHARE THE FAIR. AND YOU CAN DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS THIS SUMMER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL ME, LILIANA@HTTPS.ORG. I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK DIRECTLY. AND WITH YOUR HELP, I KNOW WE CAN GIVE EVERY CHILD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THIS SUMMER. SO THANK YOU AND LET'S FINISH THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG. FIRST. YOU REALLY

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AS YOU. AS THEY WALK THROUGH AND YOU SHAKE THEIR HAND SAYING, GREAT JOB, CONGRATULATIONS.

LIKE, IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S SO AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND AND, AND TELL THEM THAT I THINK IT'S THE BEST PART OF THE JOB, HONESTLY. I LOOK FORWARD TO. THERE'S A FEW MORE THIS WEEK. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND STUDENT, BEST WISHES, MUCH LUCK AND MANY PRAYERS AS THEY NAVIGATE THIS NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2026 AND TO ALL OF OUR OTHER STUDENTS AND STAFF. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE, FUN, AND REJUVENATING SUMMER AND BE READY TO RETURN IN THE FALL. WILLING TO TEACH AND TO LEARN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL IN ATTENDANCE, IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR MY SECOND WEEK PARTICIPATING THAT IT'S A TRULY A PRIVILEGE FOR ME, AN HONOR. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF HARFORD COUNTY, THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONCE MORE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2026 FOR COMPLETING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. AND I USED TO SHARE EVERY PART IN CLASSROOM YEAR WITH DOCTOR SEUSS BOOK, OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS PREPARED THEM TO PURSUE WHATEVER IN THEIR HEARTS THAT THEY DESIRE.

SO THE LAST COMMENT I ADDED, AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND APPLAUD ANDREW HOFFMAN FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO I'VE HEARD ALL THE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EAGLE SCOUT. AND SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU AND YOUR COMMITMENT. I WANT TO THANK THE TROOP LEADERS FOR SUPPORTING AND SUSTAINING THAT SCOUT PROGRAM, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE TROOP LEADERS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SCOUT PROGRAM. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE INSTILLING A SENSE OF SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY FROM AN EARLY AGE. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE EDGEWOOD AMERICAN LEGION POST 17, WE JUST ESTABLISHED OUR NEWEST TROOP.

THAT'S 1724. AND OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT HELP GATHER SOME FUNDING FOR ALL THE START UP PINS AND BELTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUSTAINING THAT PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU. MISS ALVAREZ, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS THIS EVENING? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M SORRY I'M NOT ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON. THERE WERE SOME AMAZING PRESENTATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SO PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL AND THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE THAMES PROGRAM. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE A MESSAGE TO THE 2026 GRADUATING CLASS. CONGRATULATIONS. I AM PRAYING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, FOR THE BRIGHT FUTURES THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE OUT OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS THIS YEAR. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING EIGHT OF THE GRADUATIONS THIS YEAR. THAT WAS A REAL HONOR, PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS IS MY LAST. THIS WILL BE MY LAST GRADUATION FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK DEEPLY ALL THE EDUCATORS THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, ON ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS IS TRULY BEEN AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS. THE DATA COME BACK NEXT YEAR WHEN WE CAN SEE HOW WELL WE'VE DONE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. SO MY COMMENTS ECHO MOST OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY, SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE SCHOOLS OFFICIALLY OUT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE WHO MAKES CPS SO SPECIAL TO EVERY TEACHER, STAFF MEMBER, AND ADMINISTRATOR. YOUR DEDICATION THIS YEAR HAS

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

THANK YOU. I, TOO, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING ALL OF OUR GRADUATIONS THIS SEASON, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2026. AS WE WERE AT THE GRADUATIONS, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE GRATITUDE THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE EDUCATORS THAT HAVE CHANGED THEIR LIVES AND HAD AN IMPACT ON THEM. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE EDUCATORS, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE SUPPORTED OUR STUDENTS. FOR ME PERSONALLY, THIS WAS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS CROSSED THE STAGE, AND SO WAS MY FIRST KINDERGARTEN CLASS. AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING. AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS SUPERINTENDENT OF HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS INDEED REWARDING. AS AN ADDED BONUS, I ALSO HAD A GRADUATE. MY SON GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE. PARTICIPATING IN THE GRADUATIONS, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING OFF TO SERVE OUR MILITARY. AND SO THAT WAS A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR US, AS WELL AS THOSE STUDENTS WHO EARNED THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AS WELL AS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WHILE THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT THAT IS JUST WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE SETTING OUR STUDENTS UP FOR. WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY HERE, THE TALENTS OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAD THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYED BY A VIOLIST AS WELL AS A GUITARIST.

AND SO THAT WAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE STUDENT MUSICIANS AND THE VOCALISTS THAT SANG THROUGHOUT THE CELEBRATIONS, CHANGING GEARS JUST SLIGHTLY, WE EXPERIENCED THE SITUATION AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND, WHERE THE EXTERIOR FACADE FELL OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSE AND FOR OUR STAFF, FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSE, AND FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY OVER THE WEEKEND TO ADDRESS THIS. TEAMS WORK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEKEND TO ASSESS THE SITUATION, TO SECURE THE AREA, AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE WERE OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS COULD RETURN SAFELY THIS WEEK. AS I SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, WHAT HAPPENS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING HAPPENS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT OCCURS.

WHILE NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT SERVES AS A REMINDER TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, MODERNIZATION EFFORTS, AND ROUTINE UPKEEP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PRESERVING OUR SAFE AND LEARNING OUR SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. THIS IS WHY OUR CAPITAL FUNDING REQUESTS ARE SO IMPORTANT, AND WHY TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ON THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS CRITICAL TO HEAR AND TO UNDERSTAND. TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE ROY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS THAT SERVED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IMANI. TO STAND, PLEASE. SHE HAD BACK TO BACK MINUTES BUT COMMITMENTS TONIGHT. BUT SHE DID SERVE ON MY SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. SO IF WE COULD GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THESE RECOGNITIONS REFLECT THE SERVICE AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT STRENGTHENED OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I'M ENCOURAGED EVERY TIME I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR EDITOR, RISING STUDENTS, TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING IS INSPIRING, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK TO SERVE HTTPS. NOW I AM. I AM PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS OUTPERFORMED SIMILAR DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND NATIONAL AVERAGES. THIS INFORMATION WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE 2026 EDUCATION REPORT CARD, COMPILED BY RESEARCHERS FROM HARVARD, STANFORD AND DARTMOUTH.

HARFORD COUNTY WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF MARYLAND'S DISTRICTS ON THE RISE FOR THE STRONG GAINS IN BOTH READING AND MATH ACHIEVEMENT. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF THAT HELP US SHINE EACH AND EVERY DAY. IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PROCESS.

I COULD FEEL YOUR SUPPORT FROM DAY ONE AND I CONTINUE TO FEEL IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR HELPING US TO SHINE BRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, OLD BUSINESS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS

[D. Presentation of the 2026 Educational Facilities Master Plan (EFMP), Ms. Cathy Bendis, Assistant Superintendent for Operations, Mr. Colin Carr, Director of Facilities, Mr. Chris Morton, Supervisor of Planning and Construction, and Ms. Missy Valentino, Facilities Planner]

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PRESIDENT, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, MAC AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, I AM KATHY BENDIS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS FOR HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND AGAIN WITH ME THIS EVENING IS MR. COLIN CARR. WE'LL START OVER HERE. OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, MISS MISSY VALENTINO, OUR FACILITIES PLANNER, AND MR. CHRIS MORTON, OUR SUPERVISOR OF PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION. WE WILL BE GOING OVER OUR 2026 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. THIS IS GOING TO BE DRIVING OUR WORK AS WE GO THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROCESS AND OUR PLANNING TIMELINE. OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT OF US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S JUNE 1ST, AND WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE DRIVING THE WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING A PLAN THIS EVENING. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO VOTE. THIS WILL BE AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT THIS EVENING. YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU WILL BE VOTING ON THAT, HOPEFULLY ON THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM. WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING SOME INFORMATION REGARDING OUR BUILDING SYSTEMS. SO OUR MAJOR HVAC, WHAT IS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT OUR ROOFS. AND WE WILL BE GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT RELATES TO STATE RATED FACILITY CONDITIONS. WE WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT. MISSY'S GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ABOUT THAT AND OUR CAPACITY AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE OUR WORK AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THIS MASTER PLAN MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM NEEDS THAT ARE EVER EVOLVING. WE'LL GO THROUGH WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE SEE THIS MOVING TO THE FUTURE. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF OUR MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING OUT ALL THE WAY TO 2038, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. SO I THINK THOSE STUDENTS MIGHT BE IN FIRST GRADE. SO THAT'S HOW FAR OUT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING. WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN, WHICH IS A GOOD YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PART OF OUR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN PROCESS THAT IS ALSO DUE TO THE STATE. THE ACTUAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN IS DUE IN JULY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TONIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ASK US QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION IN SEPTEMBER.

WE'LL ALSO BE GOING THROUGH IN SEPTEMBER WITH YOU, OUR STATE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING, AND THEN OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE LOCALLY FUNDED PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING, AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THAT. BUT AGAIN, THIS TIMELINE AND THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT REALLY DRIVES THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. SO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM WITH THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT PRIORITIES WE HAVE BASED ON THE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. AGAIN, FACILITY CONDITIONS AND CAPACITY. SO AGAIN, THE STATE REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE SUBMIT THIS TO THEM BY JULY 1ST. WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD, AS I SAID, TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS PLAN AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH HOW WE DO ANALYZE OUR FACILITY CONDITIONS, REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, HOW WE DETERMINE CAPACITY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A STATE RATED CAPACITY, AND THEN KIND OF LOOK AT OUR TRENDS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF FUNDING ON THIS. YOU'LL GO THROUGH SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS REALLY DOES DRIVE THE WORK FOR WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME FUNDING INFORMATION, AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.

SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISSY AS OUR FACILITIES PLANNER. SHE'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON OUR CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT. SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, MISSY. GOOD EVENING. SO WE KNOW OUR ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT, SLIGHTLY INCREASING. ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE ENROLLMENT, WE'RE STILL ONE THAT IS GROWING FASTER THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER LEAS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUR ELEMENTARY CAPACITY IS AT 89% MIDDLE 79 AND 81 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. REALLY, WE'RE SEEING MOST OF THE CAPACITY CONCERNS AT THAT ELEMENTARY LEVEL, A LOT OF THE CAPACITY THAT YOU SEE. SO WE HAVE CAPACITY IN THE OUTER AREAS OF OUR COUNTY. SO THE MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE OPEN SEATS AND THAT CAPACITY IN THE CLASSROOM. WHEN YOU GET MORE TOWARDS THE BEL AIR AREA AND THE ROUTE 40 CORRIDOR, THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU START TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP AND THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY GO DOWN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME OLDER BUILDINGS IN, IN OUR INVENTORY, AND THEY REALLY WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR TODAY'S EDUCATION. SO SOME OF

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IT'S A LOWER NUMBER. IT'S, YOU KNOW, 25% SPENT. SO THAT'S KIND OF AN EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO SINCE 2022, WE WERE GOING UP. HOWEVER, WE DID OPEN HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD LAST YEAR. SO OUR NUMBER DID DECREASE SLIGHTLY IN THE OVERALL AGE OF, OF ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND THE OVERALL CONDITION. WE ALSO COMPLETED A FEW OTHER SYSTEMIC RENOVATIONS. THE STATE DID NOT DO EVALUATIONS ON THOSE BUILDINGS.

SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT WILL IMPACT OUR SCORES GOING FORWARD AS WELL. ONCE THEY COME BACK AND DO THOSE EVALUATIONS, THEY DO ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR SCHOOLS EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S NOT EVERY SCHOOL THAT GETS HIT EVERY YEAR. IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THAT DATA TO CATCH UP. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOL FACILITY INDEX, MOST OF OUR BUILDINGS FALL WITHIN THAT VISIBLY NEED OF REPAIR OR UNRELIABLE. THERE ARE WE HAVE FIVE THAT ARE IN THAT SATISFACTORY AREA, AND THEN TWO THAT FEEL LIKE NEW, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD BE OUR NEWER FACILITIES, AND THEN TWO, THAT ARE GOOD AND COMFORTABLE. AGAIN, THEY WOULD BE OUR NEWER FACILITIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REDONE. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SYSTEMS WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS, YOU CAN SEE HERE ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT STAND OUT IS THE PLUMBING, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT GO IN WHEN WE DO SOMETHING SUCH AS AN HVAC SYSTEMIC, WE CAN UPGRADE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, WE CHANGE OUT THE HVAC. WE MIGHT GO INTO A RESTROOM AND CHANGE OUT THE FIXTURES, BUT THE OVERALL MAIN PLUMBING IN THE FACILITY IS NOT FULLY REPLACED. THAT'S A LOT LARGER PROJECT THAN THAT'S USUALLY DONE WITH FULL RENOVATION PROJECTS OR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE OUR PROGRAM SUPPORT, SO THAT CAN BE CASE WORKING IN A CLASSROOM, TECHNOLOGY IN A CLASSROOM THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY THAT FURNITURE OR ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE IN THAT CLASSROOM.

THE CONDITION OF THAT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT AS A MAJOR THING. THEY'RE REALLY, WHEN YOU WALK INTO A CLASSROOM, WHAT THEY'RE USING AND WHAT THOSE CLASSROOMS LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL AND THEN THE ROOFING, WHICH IS AT, WHAT IS THAT 62% THAT IS FALLS WITHIN THAT UNRELIABLE. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS ALSO IMPACTS OUR OPERATING BUDGETS AND OUR OPERATING AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF RUNNING AROUND TO BUILDINGS TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ISSUES AS THESE SYSTEMS AGE. THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE HARFORD COUNTY IS ALONE IN THIS BECAUSE I COME IN HERE AND I TELL YOU ALL THIS DATA, WE ARE AVERAGE IN THE STATE. WE ARE NO MORE, NO MORE, NO WORSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, NO BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE A LITTLE WORSE THAN THAN THE MOST, BUT PRETTY MUCH WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I DID PROVIDE THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO AND ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THE DATA, YOU CAN PULL IT OUT. YOU CAN LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL SCORES FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, COMPARE US TO THE LOCAL DISTRICTS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISUNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT I'M SAYING THAT WE'RE WAY WORSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL, WE HAVE TWO MAIN FUNDING SOURCES. WE HAVE THE STATE AVERAGE. WE GET ABOUT 15 MILLION FROM THE STATE FROM THAT. BASICALLY, THEY HAVE A BUDGET THAT THEY ALLOCATE BETWEEN THE 24 DISTRICTS EVERY YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COUNTY, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE $50 MILLION ALLOCATION INDICATION THAT WE CAN PLAN TO THAT FOR EACH YEAR. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR BASELINE WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PAST FIVE YEARS OF FUNDING, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN WE GET ABOUT 32% FROM STATES. SOME OF THAT IS THROUGH

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AND EVERY YEAR WE GET FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND. AND THAT'S WHEN WE SAY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. SO OVER TIME, WE'RE REALLY HAVING A BACKLOG OF ISSUES AND A BACKLOG OF MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. BUT IT PUTS US SO FAR BEHIND WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR BUDGETS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT SPIKE AS WE GO FORWARD AND START ASKING FOR REQUESTS EVERY YEAR. THERE'S NEW NEEDS, EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT. SO PRIORITIZING OR KEEPING SOMETHING THE SAME IS PRETTY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE INFLATION LEVELS THAT WE ARE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT HAS NOT INCREASED THEIR FUNDING, AND THEN THAT PUTS A BURDEN ON THE LOCAL. SO LIKE I SAID, THE FUNDING CHALLENGES, WE HAVE NUMEROUS CAPITAL NEEDS. THAT LIST IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING, AND OUR FACILITIES AND ALL OF THEIR SYSTEMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY AGING. WE HAVE THAT LIMITED STATE FUNDING. I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING ANYTIME SOON, BUT WE CAN HOPE THAT RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN TIMELINES, WE WOULD REQUIRE FORWARD FUNDING FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEIR THEN PUTS STRAIN ON THE LOCAL FUNDING CAPACITY. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE KIND OF COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR BUILDINGS? INDUSTRY STANDARDS SAY THAT AN AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A BUILDING IS 50 YEARS NEW CONSTRUCTION. 25 YEARS LATER, YOU REPLACE THOSE SYSTEMS THE HVAC, THE PLUMBING, THE ROOF, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT NOBODY LIKES TO DO. AND THEN BACK AGAIN, 25 YEARS, NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION MIGHT NOT BE A BRAND NEW BUILDING. MAYBE IT'S A FULL RENOVATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT KIND OF KEEPS THE CYCLE GOING. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GIVING THIS PRESENTATION, IT WAS ONE PROJECT EVERY TWO YEARS. NOW WE'RE AT ONE PROJECT EVERY 3 TO 4 YEARS. SO THAT'S MAJOR PROJECTS. THAT'S ALSO LIMITED RENOVATIONS. HARFORD TECHNICAL IS LIMITED RENOVATION. AND THEN SEE MILTON WRIGHT IS A LIMITED RENOVATION. THESE PROJECTS

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THAT GIVES US A LIFE CYCLE OF 165 YEARS. SO THAT MEANS BUILDINGS WILL BE REPLACED EVERY 165 YEARS. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING BUDGETS AND OVER TIME, WHAT THE COST IS WITH INFLATION GOING UP IN THOSE REPLACEMENTS. SO I COME HERE EVERY YEAR AND I GIVE THIS DATA AND WE TALK ABOUT WHY DOES THIS MATTER? AND I DO TALK A LOT ABOUT THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE BUDGETS AND HOW IT IMPACTS THAT. BUT THERE'S NUMEROUS STUDIES THAT LINK ACTUALLY THE CONDITION OF OUR FACILITIES TO ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. AND IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE IF YOU SIT THERE AND THINK OF A STUDENT SITTING IN A CLASSROOM AND THEY HAVE A TRASH CAN WITH A DRIP, DRIP, DRIP, OR IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE COLD BECAUSE THE HEAT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE OUTSIDE CONDITIONS, WHICH WE HAVE HAD ISSUES LIKE THAT. OR ALSO IF THE AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT KEEPING UP, THE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE NOT THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THIS LEADS TO BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ACTUALLY LINK THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITIES TO THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE THE TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND, YOU KNOW, THROW THESE NUMBERS UP THERE. BUT THERE IS A REASON THAT ALL OF THIS MATTERS TO STUDENTS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY. WITH THAT, I WILL GO INTO OUR CAPITAL NEEDS. THE MAJOR THING THAT THE BOARD IS APPROVING WHEN THEY ARE APPROVING OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ARE THESE PROJECTS. THIS IS WHAT THE STATE USES WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR FUNDING. SO IF WE WERE TO COME UP AND THROW A SCHOOL AND ASK FOR STATE FUNDING THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE, THEY WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK AND NEED TO KNOW WHY. WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? SO THEY WOULD GIVE SOME PUSHBACK ON THAT. THESE SCHOOLS HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN IN OUR QUEUE FOR A WHILE. HARTFORD ACADEMY, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. C MILTON WRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S A LIMITED RENOVATION. AGAIN, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SYSTEMIC.

THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMIC NEEDS IN THE BUILDING, BUT WHILE WE ARE THERE, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE EDUCATIONAL SHORTFALLS. AND THEN WE HAVE OLD POST ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE TIMELINES AND WHY THEY ARE BUMPING OUT. SO HARTFORD ACADEMY IS TAKING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR STATE FUNDING. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR STATE FUNDING FOR CLINTON WRIGHT OR OLD POST ROAD. THAT'S KIND OF PUSHING OUR TIMELINE OUT BECAUSE OUR COUNTY LIKES TO FUND THE MATCH TO THE STATE FUNDING. AND THIS IS WHERE I TALK ABOUT REALLY, THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND THAT WOULD BE TO HAVE THE COUNTY FORWARD FUND PROJECTS AND THEN US GET THE STATE MONEY AS A REIMBURSEMENT, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO THIS IS KEEPING US MOVING FORWARD.

HARTFORD ACADEMY AND MILTON, RIGHT, WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OLD POST ROAD. WE WOULD BEGIN OUR ED SPEC PROCESS AND THEN MOVE INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS SO WE CAN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN 2030. AND THEN BEL AIR MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVING A GRACE ELEMENTARY AND BAKERSFIELD ELEMENTARY. SO THE SCOPE FOR THOSE LAST THREE HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET.

THAT WOULD TAKE A SCOPE STUDY TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST THING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

IF WE NEED TO DO A RENOVATION AND ADDITION, OR IF IT'S A FULL REPLACEMENT. AND REALLY THAT'S JUST A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT WOULD BE COMPLETE THERE. THE OTHER THING, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ABERDEEN AREA. THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THE WETLANDS GOLF COURSE. IF CAPACITY CONCERNS RISE TO THE TOP, THAT WOULD IMPACT THIS LIST BECAUSE THEY WOULD RISE ABOVE SOME OF THESE OTHER NEEDS AND PUSH THEM DOWN IN THAT PRIORITY ORDER. JUST BECAUSE WE NEED SEATS FOR THE STUDENTS TO SIT IN, THAT'S KIND OF THE PRIORITY OF THE SYSTEM. THEN WE HAVE OUR SYSTEMIC NEEDS. WE HAVE OUR HVAC. THIS IS KIND OF JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS ONE MAJOR SYSTEM AT A TIME. HONESTLY. ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CURRENT NEEDS. I'M TRYING TO TO SOFTEN IT A LITTLE BIT ON THE COUNTY.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, BUT WE NEED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AND THEN OUR ROOF REPLACEMENTS AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO ONE A YEAR. WE HAVE 55 BUILDINGS. THAT'S A 55 YEAR LIFE CYCLE FOR ROOF, WHICH REALLY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND AS WE GO INTO THE CAPITAL SEASON, I THINK MY BIGGEST THING IS DETERMINING A

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OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SORRY. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. PROGRAM SUPPORT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT PROGRAM SUPPORT IS? SO PROGRAM SUPPORT IS REALLY THE EQUIPMENT IN THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS, THE TEACHERS, THE IT COULD BE CASE WORK IN A IN A CLASSROOM. I KNOW THAT WE ALL SEE WALK INTO THE 70S CLASSROOMS WITH THE ORANGE AND YELLOW CASEWORK OR THE GREEN. THAT'S ALWAYS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE. THERE'S ALSO TECHNOLOGY THAT'S IN THE CLASSROOMS. IF THEY'RE NOT BROUGHT UP TO DATE, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN AGE THING. SO IT'S REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THEY SEE. THAT'S NOT REALLY A SYSTEM. SO WHEN THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE KIND OF GIVING THEM AN AGE. OUR FURNITURE IN OUR BUILDINGS.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE THEY ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST PIECES THAT THEY'VE SEEN.

I ACTUALLY BELIEVE I'VE SEEN SOME ANTIQUES IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEY'RE QUITE INTERESTING. BUT YES, OUR FURNITURE IS SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT. YES, IT WOULD BE PROGRAM SUPPORT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ANDREW CASSILLY HAD A PROGRAM WHERE THEY WERE REFURBISHING THE DESKS. ARE WE STILL CURRENTLY DOING THAT WHERE THEY WOULD REFURBISH THEM AND RETURN THEM BACK TO US, LIKE BRAND NEW LOOKING, RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

YEAH. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE AND BUT IT'S STILL COST MONEY TO DO IT. SO IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE THAN, YOU KNOW, NEW FURNITURE REPLACEMENT. BUT THERE'S STILL A COST TO REFURBISH. AND THE OTHER THING TOO IS I THINK THERE'S JUST A LACK OF FURNITURE TOO. LIKE NOT NOT JUST THAT IT'S OLD, BUT THERE'S ALSO AREAS WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL THIS, THAT, OR THE OTHER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. JUST OVER TIME, THINGS BREAK IN IN GOING OUT. SO OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION FOR IT'S ON PAGE 19. I'M REALLY REGRETTING THIS SLIDE NOW. I DON'T THINK SO. YOU'RE NOT DOING IT OR THEY ARE DOING IT. THE REFURBISHING THEY'RE NOT. NO, WE ARE NOT. IT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS REMOVED FOR COST SAVINGS. YEAH.

OKAY. NUMBER SIX FOR SOUTH HAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HVAC SYSTEMIC. THAT I SEE IS THAT TAKES A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN THE OTHER ONES THAT SEEM TO BE HVAC RELATED. IS THAT SO? I AM TRYING HERE TO SPREAD OUT THE COST. IF ANYBODY I MEAN THIS THAT IS FOR A FULL HVAC SYSTEMIC. THE OTHERS ARE CENTRAL PLANTS. SO YOU'RE JUST GOING IN AND REPLACING A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM, NOT THE FULL SYSTEM. SO THERE ARE SHORTER PROJECTS. THE FUNDING FOR THEM WOULD BE UP FRONT. WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TYPICALLY WITH OUR LARGER SYSTEMIC, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MIDDLE AND HIGH. WE GET FUNDING FOR THAT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, AND THE PROJECT IS STAGED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. WE ALSO HAVE TO PHASE THEM TOO, BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDING. SO WE CAN'T MOVE EVERY STUDENT OUT THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING AND THEN MOVE THEM BACK IN. SO USUALLY WE'LL DO A WING, A WING AND PLAN IT THAT WAY SO THAT IF WE HAVE TEMPORARY PORTABLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT MORE OF THE CENTRAL PLANT, WE'RE TYPICALLY NOT RELOCATING ANYBODY THAT WORKS TAKING PLACE OVER THE SUMMER. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. I NOTICED THIS MORNING AS I WAS DRIVING ON LEVEL ROAD AND

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COLIN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KEEPING THAT ONE UP AND RUNNING? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, ACTUALLY IN A LONG TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE BOTH UNITS RUNNING IN THE SYSTEM.

THE OTHER ONE IS AT EDGEWOOD MIDDLE. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED. SO IF ANOTHER BUILDING WAS TO GO DOWN, WE'D BE NOT LEFT WITH A LOT OF OPTIONS. JUST APPRECIATE THE, YOU KNOW, INNOVATION THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE BUILDINGS OPERATIONAL UNTIL WE CAN REPLACE, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE REPLACEMENTS. AND I KNOW IT TAKES QUITE A LONG LEAD TIME ON PLANNING TO DO A REPLACEMENT, NOT JUST FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT. IT'S LITERALLY JUST THE ACTUAL LIKE ACQUIRING THE EQUIPMENT. CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE. YEAH, THESE, THESE SYSTEMS ARE NOT ON THE HOME DEPOT SHOW.

NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE FACILITIES. AND THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU COLIN. THANK YOU, KATHY, FOR THAT. I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SORT OF MORE INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT I SAW. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD, OLD, OLD FACILITIES, OLD, OLD PARTS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND. BUT 3D PRINTING HAPPENS TO BE PRETTY CHEAP AS LONG AS SOMEONE KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR, AGAIN, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, FINDING WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, CUT DOWN ON THE TIME OF SHIPPING, BUT ALSO JUST THE COST OF EVEN GETTING THE PART MADE. WHILE WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T 3D PRINT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL, THERE ARE, I THINK NOT YET. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS. I THINK THAT'S SUCH SUCH A GOOD, INNOVATIVE WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, PLANS WITHOUT MAJOR, MAJOR. CAUSE I DO THINK OUR FACILITIES FOLKS ARE VERY CREATIVE, INVENTIVE AND PROBLEM SOLVERS. YEAH, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THAT. I THINK OUR ENTIRE OPERATION SIDE, WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN SAVE GOES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE. AND WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO STRETCH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, FROM THE OPERATING SIDE OF THINGS, NOT INCLUDING SALARY. OUR LINE ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED FOR PROBABLY SEVERAL DECADES. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING IS TRULY BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLING MR. CURTIS. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH DEDICATED STAFF WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH. AND I KNOW THE DRAFT PLAN IS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO AND LOOK AT IT? SO IS ON OUR WEBSITE. IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. YES, I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ON LIKE PAGE 19, HOW DIFFICULT OR HOW COULD YOU PUT THE DATE THAT THE SCHOOL BY THE BY THE, BY THE SCHOOL NAME? SURE. YEAH. WE HAVE A WHOLE SUMMARY. I KNOW YOU'VE YOU'VE SENT IT TO ME BEFORE, BUT WHEN I GO BACK, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. AND IF YOU WANT ANY INFORMATION ON ANY SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITE, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED TO ANY RENOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. AND WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION CAPACITY AND EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD THAT TO YOU TO GET IT TO ME. IF YOU PUT IT HERE, THEN I CAN SEE THAT AS WE'RE GOING. YEAH, YEAH YEAH. NO PROBLEM. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR

[E. Discussion of Proposed New Board: "Policy for Establishing Board Policy", Mrs. Diane Alvarez, Board Member ]

THIS IS MISSUS DIANE ALVAREZ HAS SENT THIS POLICY OUT. BOARD. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT THIS WEEK. AND, MISS ALVAREZ, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAGE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. I LEARNED A LOT IN PUTTING THIS POLICY TOGETHER. AND A SLIDE SHOULD BE PRESENTED, WHICH BASICALLY SHOWS THE PROCESS THAT I WENT THROUGH TO DEVELOP THIS POLICY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS, I DID NOT THINK THAT WE HAD A POLICY ON POLICY, BUT I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE A POLICY. IT'S REFERRED TO AS AN AMENDMENT TO POLICY, NOT ACTUALLY A POLICY ON POLICY. SO

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE THE APPROVED HAVE APPROVED HANDBOOK.

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CORRECT. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I CAN MAKE THAT MODIFICATION. AND LET ME JUST JUST STATE THAT THE REASON WHY THE BOARD HANDBOOK WAS REFERRED TO WAS BASICALLY TO TO CALL TO MIND THE VOTING PROCEDURE FOR POLICY. SO THE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND THE BOARD HANDBOOK AND THE VOTING PROCEDURES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANOTHER ACTION TO CHANGE ANY VOTING PROCEDURES. SO THIS POLICY IS REALLY AN EFFORT TO OPEN UP THE ABILITY TO BRING POLICY BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND TO HAVE A ABILITY FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DONE KIND OF BY A COMMITTEE AND AND A FEW MEMBERS WOULD WOULD SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. AND IT, IT KIND OF CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT, I BELIEVE, WHERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN A CONVERSATION OVER THE POLICY. THE THE COMMENTS THAT I GOT BACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISCUSSION AND LOOKING AT THE POLICY THAT IS IN PLACE. AND SHE REQUESTED.

AND KATIE, THAT WAS BASICALLY KATIE RIDGEWAY. WE HAD A MEETING. SHE. SHE SUGGESTED THAT I MAKE SOME OF THE AREAS OF THIS POLICY MORE CLEAR AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY WANT TO ADD TO THIS IS BASICALLY HAVING A, A CLOSED SESSION TO DO A LEGAL REVIEW, BUT EACH PERSON THAT BRINGS A POLICY WOULD BASICALLY BE THE ADVOCATE AND THE CHAIR FOR THAT POLICY. THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS POLICY IS ENVISIONED, THAT THE PERSON WHO IS THE ADVOCATE FOR THE POLICY WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF THE POLICY FROM FRUITION TO END, AND THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING IT THROUGH THE WICKETS OF COORDINATION AS WELL AS LEGAL REVIEW. CAN I PAUSE FOR COMMENT? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, DIANE. UNDER THE EXCEPTIONS SECTION WHERE IT SAYS THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY. HOWEVER, THE BOARD MAY TEMPORARILY SUSPEND ALL OR PART OF THIS POLICY IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH VOTING PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THE BOARD HANDBOOK. WHAT SCENARIO DO YOU SEE IN WHICH WE WOULD BE SUSPENDING ALL OR PART OF THIS POLICY? IF IT'S OUTLINING THE WAY IN WHICH I THINK WE WOULD, WE WOULD OPERATE TO EVEN DO THE VOTING ON ON A POLICY. THIS IS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR THE ABILITY TO SUSPEND THE THE PROCEDURE FOR POLICY. I DO NOT ENVISION A SCENARIO WHERE IT WOULD NEED TO BE SUSPENDED, BUT I HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ALLOWANCE FOR THAT POSSIBILITY.

I JUST HAVE A COMMENT UNDER REPORTS. I KNOW IT'S NOT A BIG THING, BUT THE TEASE IN SOME OF THE WORDING ARE SEVENS. SO WHERE LIKE IT SAYS CONSIDERATION, IT SAYS CONSIDERATION. AND THEN SEVEN OH N IT'S IN THERE. IT'S IN THAT WHOLE SECTION. THERE'S A LOT OF TEAS THAT ARE REPLACED BY THE LETTER OR BY THE NUMBER T WAS A CONVERSION FROM FROM WORD TO PDF. IT, YOU KNOW, DID SOME KOOKY THINGS. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU TO FIX IT.

YEAH, YEAH. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT ON MY VERSION BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE ONE THAT WAS SENT. SO IT WAS SOMETHING GOT CORRUPT. SO YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CLEAN THAT UP.

THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE WHERE REPORTS THE BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN A CENTRALIZED POLICY TRACKING SYSTEM. I MEAN SPREADSHEET IS THIS A FUNCTION THAT WE'RE TAKING OVER FROM THE REGULAR POLICY COMMITTEE THAT IS IN HTK WHERE THE BOARD HAD MEMBERS ON IT? YES. SO MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, THAT WAS WASN'T A POLICY ON THAT. THAT WAS WHAT WE CALLED A CHART ITS OWN CHARTER. IT'S A IT'S A PERMISSIVE CHARTER. THE CURRENT BOARD HANDBOOK LISTS BOTH

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YEAH, AND TO APPROVE THE POLICIES. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE DID AND THEN PRESENTED IT AFTER ALL THE WICKETS WERE DONE. IS THAT ISN'T THAT CORRECT. BUT YOU'RE SAYING NOW THIS BOARD WAS GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT. THAT IS THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO MAKE THE POLICY APPROVAL OF A FULL BOARD MEMBERSHIP INVOLVEMENT, BECAUSE POLICY IS ONE OF OUR MAIN FUNCTIONS AS A BOARD. SO IT WOULD TAKE IT OUT OF A COMMITTEE WHERE THERE'S ONLY A FEW BOARD MEMBERS HEADED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, AND IT WOULD PUT IT IN THE BOARD'S HANDS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE WICKETS WOULD NOT STILL GO THROUGH THE SAME WAY THAT THEY WENT WITH THE COMMITTEE, BUT NOW THE FULL BOARD WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE POLICY MAKING PROCEDURES. AND SO THE WAY THAT I WITH THE REPORT WAS WHEN A WHEN A POLICY IS SUGGESTED OR ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR, OR EVEN A STAFF MEMBER, BECAUSE THERE IS THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR A STAFF FOR ADMINISTRATOR TO, TO SUGGEST A BOARD POLICY OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD BE. AND THEN ENTERED INTO A TRACKING SPREADSHEET. AND THEN THIS WOULD GIVE US A HISTORICAL RECORD SHOWING THAT THE WHEN THE POLICY WAS INTRODUCED, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WICKETS IT WENT THROUGH WITH ITS. WITH THE WITH THE STATUS ENTRY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ENACTED OR A B WITHDRAWAL WITHDRAWN BASED ON WHATEVER THE POLICY ADVOCATE DETERMINES. SO IT GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY FOR POLICY TO BE INTRODUCED BY ANY BOARD MEMBER AND TO GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS INVOLVED. SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS? NOTHING. SO THIS SO THIS WOULD TAKE EFFECT FROM WHENEVER IF IT IF IT IF IT GETS APPROVED FORWARD, IT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE THE OLD POLICIES. BUT WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE AS A MEMBER, I DID GO THROUGH ALL OF THE POLICIES. I CAME IN AND SAT AND WENT THROUGH ALL THE ONES THAT NEEDED TO BE REVISED AND NEEDED TO BE REWORKED. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY GOT NEW POLICIES, THEY KEPT WORKING ON NEW POLICIES AND NEVER WENT BACK TO LOOK AT THOSE THAT WERE NO LONGER UP TO DATE. SO MY THING IS, IS THIS THIS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY FROM HC STAFF BECAUSE AND THE LEGAL STAFF AND PUT IT ON THE BOARD. SO THIS THIS SPREADSHEET WOULD HAVE METADATA THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, COULD FOR PROPOSE A DATE AS TO WHEN THE POLICY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED. AND SO WITH THE SPREADSHEET, ANY BOARD MEMBER COULD GO AND SAY, THIS POLICY IS DUE FOR REVIEW. AND, AND IF THE PROPONENT IS STILL THERE, THEN THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOR THE POLICY THAT THEY INTRODUCED. IF THAT POLICY, IF THE PROPONENT WAS NO LONGER THERE AND IT WAS NOT A POLICY THAT NEEDED TO BE CONTINUED, IT COULD BE REMOVED OR IT COULD BE UPDATED BY ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS JOINED THE BOARD SINCE. SO THIS THIS, THIS SPREADSHEET, THE I THE SPREADSHEET IS TO GIVE A HISTORICAL RECORD FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO. AND WE COULD BASELINE A SPREADSHEET THAT HAS ALL THE EXISTING.

POLICIES WITH. WHEN THEY NEED NEED TO BE UPDATED, OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE STILL ACTIVE,

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SO. AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE OUTDATED. BUT WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS CREATING NEW POLICIES AND NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE OLD ONE. SO IF MY MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A BOARD RESPONSIBILITY, WE NEED A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S GOING TO WORK THAT INITIATIVE. AND IT IS NOT JUST IT'S A LOT OF WORK, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. NO. NOT ME. MY TIME IS COMING UP. I'M YOU KNOW, I TRIED BEFORE, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? WE CONTINUED TO GET ALL THESE REQUESTS FOR NEW POLICIES. AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT WROTE NEW POLICIES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS CONSUMING A LOT OF LEGAL TIME AND STAFF TIME BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT ONE OF THEM THROUGH. JUST LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THIS THROUGH. I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THE WORKLOAD FOR THIS, BECAUSE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL POLICIES AND I CAN I CAN GO HOME AND SEND THE EMAIL OUT TO THE BOARD HOW MANY POLICIES WE HAVE. THERE'S AN APPENDIX THAT HAS THEM IN THERE THAT YOU CAN GO AND LOOK AT. CAROL AND CAROL, I APPLAUD YOUR WORK, AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND AND I BELIEVE IT

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IS THE THE ACTUAL MAINTAINING OF THE WORK MOVING FORWARD. SO IF WE'RE DATA DRIVEN, WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT IS DRIVING THE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY REVISITED, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T TACKLE ALL OF THEM. SO DO WE DEFINE IF IT'S POLICIES THAT MIGHT BE MORE THAN TEN YEARS OLD OR WHATEVER, SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE THAT WORK, MUCH LIKE THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A WAY TO DECIDE THAT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE POLICY. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS WHO'S GOING TO BE, I GUESS, MANAGING THAT ACTUAL FILE THAT CREATES THIS DOCUMENT.

BECAUSE YES, WE CAN SIT UP HERE AND GENERATE CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE THOSE UPDATES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS BOOK OF ALL THE POLICIES.

SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE INITIAL BASELINE SPREADSHEET TOGETHER WILL BE. SOME EFFORT.

I BELIEVE THAT. MISS BURRIS HAS HAS DONE A LOT OF THAT WORK. AND IT COULD BE PUT INTO AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. OUR PREVIOUS LEGAL COUNSEL CREATED A TEAMS FOLDER FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND MY VISION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE PLACED ON THAT TEAM'S SPACE AND THAT THAT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD THEN HAVE ACCESS TO IT, AND IT WOULD BECOME A DOCUMENT, A BOARD DOCUMENT THAT HAD THAT WOULD BE UPDATED AS APPROPRIATE. YEAH. IF I MAY CHIME IN REAL QUICK, I THINK FROM THIS DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE STILL NEED SOME FORM OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE. MAYBE MAYBE WORK OUT WHAT THE THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE PROCEDURE OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE WOULD BE. BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE NEED SOME SOME BODY TO REGULATE THIS, THIS SPREADSHEET JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE. BUT JUST AS SORT OF AN IDEA, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHY NOT TRY ANNUALLY JUST TO HAVE A POLICY WORK SESSION WHERE THE BOARD GOES THROUGH, IDENTIFIES WHAT POLICIES DO WE AS A BOARD WANT TO TACKLE TO CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR SO? JUST JUST TO GET OUR OWN, OUR, OUR OWN PRIORITIES ON BOARD ABOUT WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO AMEND BECAUSE THIS IS IT IS A BOARD, IT'S A BOARD RESPONSIBILITY. AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVING THAT CONVERSATION TOGETHER WOULD HELP US MOVE FORWARD IN, IN ACTUALLY CHANGING AND AMENDING SOME OF THESE POLICIES TO, TO BE UPDATED TO WHAT THEY NEED TO BE IN, IN THE YEAR 2026. LILIANA. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I THINK A WORK SESSION IS, IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN A COMMITTEE BECAUSE A COMMITTEE WOULD BASICALLY TAKE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY INTO, INTO SOME INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HANDS. AND THE IDEA OF THIS POLICY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN UPDATING POLICIES. SO I THINK A WORK GROUP SESSION IS, IS THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT TO DO POLICY REVIEW. AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, DONE IN A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, REVIEW WHAT POLICIES NEED TO BE UPDATED. I WAS NOT VOLUNTEERING TO PLAN THAT. I JUST WANT THAT ON THE RECORD. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,

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