Notes from Board of Education Work Session, 5/23/16

The Board of Education Work Session on Monday, May 23 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.

Call to order – 5 p.m.  - Pledge of Allegiance

Public Forum (names may be misspelled)

• Christa Falls - Transgender bathroom policy.  Against new policy.  Privacy and respect issues.
• Phyllis Lately - 4 daughters through CCPS.  Against new transgender policy
• Theresa Shutters - Against transgender policy
• Rose Age - 5 children; 2 @ LPHS.  Against transgender policy; daughter doesn't feel safe

Work Session

• FY 2017 operating budget - BOEapprovedbudget_report item.(3).pdf (418 KB)
• Kelly - requested information of teacher mentors and substitute buses.
• Lukas - 2015 audit, assigned and unassigned fund balance.  unassigned will be driven to 0 by 2018.
• Sotomeyer - assigned fund balance is for insurance etc. Gap basis = recognize expenditures of the entity during that fiscal year.
• Palko - purchasing 14 new buses because we are required by law.  (buses cannot be over 15 years old and in service)
• Crawford - risk of federal money on not following the federal transgender policy
• Policy 6000 revisions - Board Revisions_Policies6000.pdf (693 KB)
• Abell - Asked for the Chair to consider a consensus of the board to delay policy discussion until the next work session due to the needed executive session still this evening.  Approved.

Adjournment

Agenda for Board of Education Work Session, 5/23/16

The Board of Education of Charles County is holding a public work session at 5 p.m., Monday, May 23 in the boardroom at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The meeting will be televised live on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website at ccboe.com and broadcast on Comcast Channel 96/Verizon FiOS Channel 12.


The following is a meeting agenda and is subject to change.


Call to order – 5 p.m.  - Pledge of Allegiance


Public Forum


Work Session

• FY 2017 operating budget
• Policy 6000 revisions

Adjournment

Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 5/10/16

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, April 19 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.

 

With that being said, my most sincere apologies for not taking detailed notes during this session.  I was not feeling well and it took everything I had to concentrate on the meeting and ask questions but just could not keep up with the notes as well. 

 

Executive session– 12 p.m.

Call to order – 1 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance, Henry E. Lackey High School JROTC



Superintendent’s update - Superintendent’s Report 05-10-16[1].docx (15 KB)



Correspondence/Board Member updates



Education Association of Charles County update - 2016-05-10 Board of Ed report.pdf (42 KB)



Student Board Member update - SMOB report 11.pdf (120 KB)



Career Advancement Program partnership with College of Southern Maryland - Career Advancement PPT (2).pdf (521 KB)



Project status update - Copy of Construction status-April 2016.pdf (228 KB)



Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School transition update

Update on transportation study



Educational Facilities Master Plan - EFMP Report Item.pdf (827 KB)



Overview of summer opportunities - Summer Programs2016.pdf (343 KB)


Proposed financial literacy workshops - Proposed Financial Literacy.pdf (521 KB)



Plan for how state champions are recognized -

• Events by Month.pdf (86 KB)
• Combined_State_National Level Events.pdf (180 KB)

Unfinished business



New business



Future agenda items



Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

• Resolution: Washington Post Principal of the Year: Sonia B. Jones, Mattawoman Middle School
• Parent Involvement Matters Award (PIMA): Accepting: Thomas Gordon, volunteer, Indian Head Elementary School
• Students - Brady Keech, fifth grade, Academic Achievement, Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School, Principal: Sabrina Robinson-Taylor; Monet Fisette, fifth grade, Personal Responsibility, Mary B. Neal Elementary School, Principal: Deborah M. Brown; Aliah Brown, eighth grade, Academic Achievement, Mattawoman Middle School, Principal: Sonia Jones; Daphine Henderson, twelfth grade, Career Readiness, North Point High School, Principal: Michael Simms
• Employees - Martin Margolis, Jr. physical education teacher, Mitchell; Katrina Garvey, secretary to the principal, Neal; Margot Savoy, language arts teacher, Mattawoman; Joseph Greenawalt, computer science teacher, North Point; Kelley Clancy, instructional assistant, STAY, F.B. Gwynn Center, Principal: Daphne Burns Recognition of 2015-16 student liaisons

Public Forum – 6 p.m.



Action items

• Minutes

Motion to accept the Support Staff Forum minutes by Kelly; Second by Palko

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

Motion to accept the Town Hall Forum minutes by Lukas; Second by Marshall

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

Motion to accept the Work Session minutes by Kelly; Second by Marshall

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

Motion to accept the Board Meeting minutes by Crawford; Second by Abell

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

• Personnel

Motion to accept the Personnel by Abell; Second by Marshall

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

• New world language textbooks

Motion to accept the Textboks by Kelly; Second by Palko

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

• FY 2016 inter-category budget transfer request

Motion to accept the budget transfer request by Lukas; Second by Palko

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

Adjournment

Agenda from Board of Education Meeting, 5/10/16

The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, May 10 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata. The public portion of the meeting begins at 1 p.m. and student and staff recognition starts at 4:30 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 the live steaming image displayed in the center of the home page. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.

Executive session – 12 p.m.

Call to order – 1 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance, Henry E. Lackey High School JROTC

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
• Career Advancement Program partnership with College of Southern Maryland
• Project status update
• Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School transition update
• Update on transportation study
• Educational Facilities Master Plan
• Overview of summer opportunities
• Proposed financial literacy workshops
• Plan for how state champions are recognized

Unfinished business

New business and future agenda items

Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

• Resolution: Washington Post Principal of the Year: Sonia B. Jones, Mattawoman Middle School
• Students
• Employees
• Recognition of 2015-16 student liaisons

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes
• Personnel
• New world language textbooks
• FY 2016 inter-category budget transfer request

Adjournment