Notes from the Board of Education Meeting, 4/5/11

The Board Meeting on Tuesday, April 5th will be re-broadcast on Comcast Channel 96, Verizon FIOS Channel 12 and is available via webstream at http://www.ccboe.com/ . To view the full agenda and the various reports, please visit BoardDocs.

The below notes are my personal notes and are not intended to be all-inclusive or official minutes for the Board of Education meetings and are provided as a request from my supporters and the general public in a personal effort to be more transparent. Although I have diligently tried to make these notes as unbiased and accurate as possible, I am only human and do make mistakes.

Executive session - 12 p.m.



Call to order - 1 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance, Westlake High School's JROTC unit


Recognition - La Plata High School, 3A/4A state wrestling champions, and Unified Sports Bocce ball champions; North Point High School, 4A state boys' basketball champions

Superintendent's update - Read report


Correspondence/Board Member updates

• Cook - attended Blue Ribbon Committee on Diversity
• Wade - Kudos to the atheletes that came before us today
• Wise - MABE is looking for people to run for Board of Directors
• Pedersen - Educational Showcase - kudos to Westlake HS presentation
• Bowie - thank you to Ms. Estep and the schools, staff and students for an excellent educational showcase
• Pedersen - EXTRA article on Algebra II
• Richmond - students art projects to be placed on the shuttle

Education Association of Charles County update - Read report


Student Board Member update - Read report

Deputy Superintendent - Discipline procedures report will be coming next month

Concussion procedures - Phylis Reinard

• CDC guidelines have been updated.; see report for procedures

CIP update - see report

Students Targeting Academic Rigor with Success (STARS) program

• See report
• Discussion

SpringBoard English language arts -See report

School calendar 2012-2013 - See report

Budget update

• retirement system not passed down yet
• waiver for maintenance of effort not filed by county
• See report

Legislative update - See report

Unfinished business

• Pedersen - Goals meeting
• Wise - after budget

New business - None

Future agenda items

• Abell - report on students attending schools out of zone; especially those that receive legitimate waivers.

Recognition - 4:30 p.m

• Students - Brianna Morris Indian Head Elementary; Hayley Tanner, Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary; Emma Morgan, JC Parks Elementary; Mary Kate Cooper, Wade Elementary, Kathryn Newsome, Davis Elementary
• Employees - Diane Laco, pre-kindergarten teacher, William B. Wade Elementary School; Kathleen Adkisson, instructional specialist, Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School; Deanna Wheeler, science teacher, J. C. Parks Elementary School; Patricia Gray, mathematics teacher, Theodore G. Davis Middle School; Randell Braithwaite, mathematics teacher, Westlake High School; Jaime Wright, physical education teacher, Indian Head Elementary School
• Resolutions: Teacher Appreciation Week; Administrative Professionals Week; Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week; National Physical Education and Sports Week; Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award; and Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader Award

Public Forum - 6 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes
Motion to accept the board minutes by Cook; Second by Pedersen
Yes = Unanimous
Motion to accept executive minutes by Cook; Second by Pedersen
Yes = Unanimous

Adjournment