Notes from Board of Education Meeting 6/12/12

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, June 12 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

• Swearing-in of new Student Board member

Superintendent's update - See update

Correspondence/Board member updates

• Wade - Picnic Building Service Workers
• Bowie - Graduate congratulations; Thank you to teachers & staff; Library in Waldorf opening
• Pedersen - Congratulations to graduates
• Lukas - Thank you to all who support Project Graduation

Education Association of Charles County update

Student Board Member update - See report

Adult Independence Program staff recognition

• Wise - & Cook attended the AIP graduation.  Largest class in history (16)
• Cook - Spoke of how moving the program was and has attended it for many years.  Thank you to staff

CIP update - See report

JROTC - See report

LifeStyles of Charles County - See report; summer meals; bring children to the meals

Budget update - Governor's proposals on budget and county retirement obligations.  On target to reach fund balance.  Funding OPEB is still an issue.

Breakfast participation program - See report; grab & go breakfast; second chance breakfast

Unfinished business - None

New business - None

Future agenda items

• Abell - Research high school start times and see if delaying them based on teenage sleep studies and study habits would be more beneficial to our students

Recognition - 4:30 p.m.

• Students - Hunter Youngblood, 7th grade, Piccowaxen Middle School, first place winner in Major League Baseball's Breaking Barriers essay contest
• Outstanding vice principal award - Caroline Timmons, Vice Principal: T.C. Martin Elementary School
• Outstanding support staff awards - Donald "Bruce" Elliott, food service manager, Westlake High School; LaVerne Hicks, special education instructional assistant, Berry Elementary School; Michael Mickey, network engineer, Jessie L. Starkey Administration Building; Hubert Robey, HVAC mechanic II, Radio Station Road Annex; Connie Bannister, secretary, Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School
• Resolution – Charles County Teacher of the Year – Kerrie Seberg, third-grade teacher, William A. Diggs Elementary School
• Employee retirement resolution

Reappointment of Eric Schwartz

Motion to accept the reappointment by Cook; Second by Lukas

Yes = Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wade, Wise

Public Forum – 6 p.m.  - None
Action items

• Minutes
Motion to accept Minutes by Cook; Second by Pedersen
Yes = Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wade, Wise
• Personnel
Motion to accept Personnel by Pedersen; Second by Wade
Yes = Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wade, Wise
• Educational facilities master plan
Motion to accept Educational Facilities Master Plan by Cook; Second by Pedersen
Yes = Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wade, Wise

Adjournment