Notes from Board of Education Meeting 9/10/13

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 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 – JROTC unit from Thomas Stone High School

Superintendent’s update to the Board - See report

Correspondence/board member updates

• Bowie - Summer Reading Program - 1,175 children enrolled
• Pedersen - APFO meetings ongoing; biweekly meetings; slowly making progress
• Wade - Review of flags at each school and how they're posted and protocol
• Lukas - attended Inaugural 5k Race at Stone on Stone; well organized; about 100 people

Education Association of Charles County update - See report

• Abell - requested AFSME be added to the Board Agenda

Student board member’s update - See report

Opening of schools - See report

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) update - See report

FY 2014 Comprehensive Maintenance Plan - See report

Update on school improvement plans - See report

Proposed legislation

• salary & expenses of board members & student member scholarship - proposed bill for submission
• MABE legislation requiring parents to sign affidavits of residency for attendance

Unfinished business

• Personal Electronic Devices Committee - will meet on the 17th; Abell & Lukas

New business - None

Future agenda items

• Abell - Request committee to review the Health Education curriculum especially pertaining to sexuality pieces. Been 4-5 years at least since last reviewed.

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

• Georgeann Carter - Bus stop locations, Hawkins Gate and Highlands Farm Court; dangerous situation for all the 25+ children; handouts with pictures and plats.
• Ivan Cherad (sp?) - Dorchester; Westlake Advocates; liquor store near Westlake; not angry parents, do fact checking, hold officials accountable; transparent government; submitting study on alcohol dense communities affects the community; what is the position of the school board.
• Iyana Moore (sp?) - Westlake Advocates - liquor store proximity; BOE mission states environment safe and conducive to learning...a liquor store is not.
• Robert Harlan - Just discovered not doing Quarterly Assessments.  Parents should be notified and not have to wait until the end of the year.  BOE should speak boldly to oppose the liquor store next to Westlake

Action Items

• Minutes

Motion to approve the Minutes from August Board meeting by Cook; Second by Lukas

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

Motion to approve the Minutes from August Work Session by Cook; Second by Pedersen

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

• Personnel

Motion to approve the Personnel by Wade; Second by Abell

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

• FY 2015 CIP state and local CIP program

Motion to approve the FY 2015 CIP state and local CIP program by Lukas; Second by Cook

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

Amendment 1 to the motion to include the renovation survey funded by the DRRA funds by Lukas; Second by Cook

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

Amendment 2 to the motion to include HVAC installation at LaPlata HS Gym by Cook; Second by Pedersen

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

• Policies 6411.7 and 6411.8

Motion to approve the Policies 6411.7 and 6411.8 by Cook; Second by Pedersen

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

• FY2013 operating budget amendment

Motion to approve the FY13 Operating Budget Amendment by Lukas; Second by Cook

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

• Recurring resolutions: American Education Week; American Freedom Week; African-American History Month; Career and Technology Education Month; Gifted and Talented Education Month; National School Counseling Week; Read Across America; Women’s History Month; Fine and Performing Arts Month; Month of the Young Child; National Student Leadership Week; Teacher Appreciation Week; Administrative Professionals Week; Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week; National Physical Education and Sport Week; Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader; Charles County Teacher of the Year; Employees Retirement; and Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.

Motion to approve the Recurring Resolutions by Cook; Second by Lukas

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

Adjournment