Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 3/11/14

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, March 11 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, Thomas Stone High School JROTC

Superintendent’s update

• Superintendent report 3 11 2014.pdf (12 KB)

Correspondence/Board Member updates

• Bowie - attended cluster recognition ceremony and Bunkyo Syanora party
• Lukas - County Chess tournament
• Cook - Spelling Bee; Years of Service; Science Fair
• Wise - 4.0 Students Assembly
• Pedersen - Annapolis Middleton Spoken Wheel fresh produce FARMS students

Education Association of Charles County update

• EACC BOE Report March 2014 1.pdf (62 KB)

Student Board Member update

• March Student Member of the Board Update.pdf (27 KB)

School Administration Update - Charles County's bring-your-own devices pilot program

• BYOD PP presentation (2).pdf (861 KB)
• BYOD Acceptable Use Policy and Usage Agreement FINAL2 (3).pdf (500 KB)

CIP update

• CIP_March 11 2014.pdf (281 KB)

Fine and performing arts opportunities for students

• Fine and Performing Arts.pdf (119 KB)

Ninth-grade Earth science textbook

• 9thEarthScienceText_InformationItem.pdf (37 KB)
• not proposing purchase as of yet; not sure of complete alignment with common core
• teachers liked

Middle school health textbooks

• HealthTextBooks_infoItem.pdf (13 KB)
• 8 separate workbooks; will they hold up
• not proposing purchase as of yet; not sure of complete alignment with common core
• Health curriculum update - gaps will be updated in the 14-15 school year.

High school government textbook

• GovtText_InformationItem.pdf (70 KB)

 2015-16 school calendar

• RptItem2015-2016Calendar 0314BdMtg.pdf (167 KB)

Board policy on student discipline

• Board Policy 5150.pdf (37 KB) - Recommend delete; no longer needed
• Board Policy 5157 draft March 2014.pdf (61 KB)
• Board policy 5157.1.pdf (26 KB) - Language added
• Board policy 5157.2.pdf (7 KB) - Language added
• Board policy 5157.3.pdf (7 KB) - Language added
• Board policy 5157.4.pdf (18 KB) - Recommend delete; no longer needed
• Board policy 5157.41.pdf (7 KB) - Language to be added to rules
• Board policy 5157.42.pdf (26 KB) - Language to be added to rules
• Board policy 5157.43.pdf (26 KB) - Language to be added to rules
• Board policy 5157.5.pdf (8 KB) - Language to be added to rules
• Board policy 5157.6.pdf (7 KB) - Language to be added to rules
• Board Policy 9350 draft March 2014.pdf (30 KB)
• Board Policy 9351 draft March 2014.pdf (34 KB)

Legislative update

• HB300 - Alcohol beverage license in Charles County - bill has passed out of committee in the house and moving to senate
• SB332 - grants for local boards to expand PK programs - Gov has already put money in budget. Senate has passed and moved to house; not facilities just teachers; not recurring funds
• SB203/HB209 - Board of Education Salary in Charles County has passed in both committees and going to other houses. expected to pass and go to Gov.
• SB779/HB1198 - Burden of Proof Special Education - being watched
• HB571 - increase # of school counselors & require boe to have a plan; passed in house moving to senate
• SB204 - increase prevailing wage law (increase 2015 CIP); watching, send a letter to delegation

 Unfinished business - None

Future agenda items

• Wise - Athletic GPA scores

Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

• Students - Elizabeth Gerstman, 5th grade, Career Readiness, William A. Diggs Elementary School; Mya Carter, 5th grade, Academic Achievement, J.P. Ryon Elementary School; Michael McPhereson, 8th grade, Personal Responsibility, John Hanson Middle School; Andrew Wright, 8th grade, Personal Responsibility, General Smallwood Middle School; Kaitlyn Crook, 12th grade, Academic Achievement, Thomas Stone High School
• Staff - Leigha M. Phelivan, art teacher, Ryon; Michael E. Hoffman, teacher, Diggs; Jason P. Mackey, administrative assistant, Smallwood; Charlotte M. Kelton, reading instructional assistant, Hanson; Karen A. Elliot, instructional assistant, Stone
• Resolutions: Month of the Young Child and National Student Leadership Week

Public Forum – 6 p.m. - none

Action items

• Personnel

Motion to accept the personnel by Cook; Second by Pedersen

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

• Minutes

Motion to accept the minutes from 2/11/14 by Pedersen; Second by Cook

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

Motion to accept the minutes from 2/24/14 by Pedersen; Second by Lukas
Yes=Abell, Lukas, Pedersen, Wise; Absent = Cook, Bowie


Technology Upgrades
Motion to accept the technology upgrades by Cook; Second by Pedersen
Yes=Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wise
 
Intercategory Transfers
Motion to accept the transfers by Pedersen; Second by Abell
Yes=Abell, Bowie, Cook, Lukas, Pedersen, Wise

Adjournment