Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 8/11/15

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, August 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 – 11 a.m.

Call to order – 12 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Negotiated contract signing

• Negotiated Agreement FY 15_16 CCPS FINAL1.pdf (1,924 KB)
• Negotiated Agreement_July 24 2015 (2)..pdf (314 KB)

Superintendent’s update  Superintendent�s Report 8-11-15.pdf (11 KB)

Correspondence/Board Member updates

• Crawford  - Palko and him toured St. Charles HS this morning.  Impressed.
• Crawford - VFW Honors America's teachers
• Kelly - This Week is tax free.  Go shop
• Abell - Andrews Air Force Base, 9/18 visit

Education Association of Charles County update - 2015 08 11 EACC update pdf.pdf (37 KB)
 
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees update

Student Board Member update - August SMOB Report.pdf (28 KB)

Alternative Education Committee update - Alternative Education Committee Report to Board Final.(3).pdf (1,696 KB)

• True Alternative Education, not just discipline, Opt in or request in

Summer meals and breakfast program

• Lunch on Us - Summer meal program, 14 sites, hot meals
• 13,424 meals to children and 1,327 to adults
• 3,734 were cold meals; remainder was hot meals

Project status update

• Project Status_Supporting Serivces_Planning and Construction.pdf (211 KB)
• Portable Classroom List December 2 2014.pdf (62 KB)

FY 2016 CIP state and local program - BdAgendaReport FY 2017 CIP.pdf (996 KB)

Social media policy - Social media policy August 2015.pdf (16 KB)

• Abell - questioned some wording regarding prohibiting staff and student interaction; will be addressed in rules
• Abell - questioned about Cyberbullying; again will be addressed in rules
• Abell - Can we get proposed rules along with the policy prior to passing
• Kelly  what will be relaying or communicating via social media; just another tool in the toolbox
• Kelly - can we legally prohibit a staff from saying something on their personal page?

Recurring resolutions: American Education Week; American Freedom Week; African-American History Month; Gifted and Talented Education Month; Career and Technology 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; Employee’s Retirement; and Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.

Unfinished business

• Hill  - PAC with Board will be October 27th at Starkey at 7:00 p.m.
• Hill - Teacher Rep to Meet with Board at St. Charles/Starkey November 17th at 5:00 p.m.
• Hill - Town Hall Meeting at St. Charles High School in the evening on September 28th
• Palko - students worked on PT305 video; Dr. Hill will check

New business -

• Hill - Dr. Mudd community forum regarding renovations proposed; October 14th at 6:30 p.m.; March 9th at 6:30 p.m.

Future agenda items - None

Public Forum – 3:30 p.m. - None

Action items

• Minutes - Palko made an administrative correction

Motion to accept the Minutes by Abell; Second by Marshall

Yes=Abell, Crawford, Kelly, Lukas, Marshall, McGraw, Palko

• Personnel

Motion to accept Personnel by Abell; Second by Lukas

Yes=Abell, Crawford, Kelly, Lukas, Marshall, McGraw, Palko

Adjournment

Agenda for Board of Education Meeting, 8/11/15

The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, August 11 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata. The public portion of the meeting begins at 12 p.m. The meeting is televised live on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon FiOS Channel 12 and is rebroadcast throughout the week. Board meetings are also streamed live on the school system website at www.ccboe.com. Select CCPS TV and then choose the Live Broadcast tab. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.

Executive session – 11 a.m.

Call to order – 12 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Negotiated contract signing

Superintendent’s update

Reports of officers/boards/committees

• Correspondence/Board Member updates
• Education Association of Charles County update
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees update
• Student Board Member update
• Alternative Education Committee update
• Summer meals and breakfast program
• Project status update
• FY 2016 CIP state and local program
• Social media policy

Recurring resolutions: American Education Week; American Freedom Week; African-American History Month; Gifted and Talented Education Month; Career and Technology 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; Employee’s Retirement; and Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.

Unfinished business

New business

Future agenda items

Public Forum – 3:30 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes
• Personnel

Adjournment

Open Houses Planned for Schools

Charles County Public Schools has released its open house schedule for the 2015-­16 school year. Listed below are open house dates and times, and other activities for schools.

Elementary Schools

•C. Paul Barnhart, back-to-school night, Sept. 2, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Berry, open house, Sept. 3, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Dr. Gustavus Brown, back-to-school night, Sept. 3, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Dr. James Craik, back-to-school night, Sept. 10, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•William A. Diggs, open house for all grades, Sept. 9, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Gale-Bailey, open house, Sept. 15, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Dr. Thomas L. Higdon, open house for all grades, Sept. 10, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Indian Head, back-to-school night, Sept. 10, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, open house, Sept. 8, grades 3-5; and Sept. 9, prekindergarten-grade 2, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Malcolm, open house, Sept. 10, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•T.C. Martin, open house, Sept. 8, prekindergarten and kindergarten, 6 – 7 p.m.; grades 1-2, Sept. 8, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m.; and grades 3-5, Sept. 9, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Mary H. Matula, open house, Sept. 10, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•Arthur Middleton, open house, Sept. 3, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Walter J. Mitchell, open house, Sept. 10, prekindergarten-grade 2, 6 p.m.; and Sept. 10, grades 3-5, 7 p.m.;
•Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy, open house, Sept. 10, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, open house, Sept. 9, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•Mary B. Neal, open house, Sept. 10, 7 – 8 p.m.;
•J.C. Parks, open house, prekindergarten-grade 2, Sept. 9, 6:30 – 8 p.m.; and grades 3-5, Sept. 10, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•J.P. Ryon, open house, Oct. 6, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Eva Turner, open house/Title I parent night, Sept. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m.; and
•William B. Wade, primary open house/prekindergarten-grade 2, Sept. 2, 6 – 7:30 p.m.; and Sept. 3, intermediate open house/grades 3-5, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Middle Schools

•Theodore G. Davis, open house grades 6-8, Sept. 16, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•John Hanson, open house, Sept. 15, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Matthew Henson, open house, Sept. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Mattawoman, open house, Sept. 10, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Piccowaxen, open house, Sept. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•General Smallwood, open house, Sept. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Milton M. Somers, open house, Sept. 16, 6 – 8 p.m.; and
•Benjamin Stoddert, open house, Oct. 1, 6 – 8 p.m.

High Schools

•Henry E. Lackey, open house, Sept. 23, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•La Plata, open house, Sept. 22, 6 – 7:30 p.m.;
•Maurice J. McDonough, open house, Sept. 15, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•North Point, open house, Sept. 24, 6:30 – 8 p.m.;
•St. Charles, open house, Sept. 23, 6 – 8 p.m.;
•Thomas Stone, parent/student open house, Sept. 16, 6 – 7:30 p.m.; and
•Westlake, open house, Sept. 23, 6 – 8 p.m.