Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 9/13/16

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, September 13 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

Superintendent’s update - Superintendents Report Sept. 2016.pdf (139 KB)

Correspondence/Board Member updates

Education Association of Charles County update - 2016-09-13 EACC BOE report.pdf (47 KB)

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees update

• oral update on school opening regarding maintenance and operations of schools.

Student Board Member update - student update.pdf (127 KB)

Opening of schools

• great, uneventful first day
• Matula and Jenifer Elem opened their full day kindergarten additions
• 350 Ipads purchased for pre-k students at Title 1 schools.
• all middle schools (6th grade) have incorporated digital textbooks.  rollout still happening.  loaner equipment available for students.
• 26,214 students

Nondiscrimination/gender identity policy

• federal non discrimination policy read.  Letter from federal government regarding schools and bathrooms.
• 11-12 states challenged the federal law.  Texas has overturned the federal letter.
• Maryland cannot do this because we had an appellant legal case already in place requiring us to adhere to federal law.  Currently appealed to supreme court.  4th circuit
• Talbot County recently denied use to a male transgender student to use locker room.  Student has filed a law suit and it's on hold waiting for the Supreme Court decision.
• Current ways we are handling transgender students and issues that may arise which is not new and we have been doing this for years.
• Discussion between staff, board members and students
• approx. 15 students county wide have identified as transgender.  Only 3 have asked to use the bathroom they have identified with.  not an issue for the students

2017-18 Calendar

• Draft201718CalendarOPTION1.pdf (234 KB)
• Draft1718LABORDAYSTARTOPTION2.pdf (427 KB)
• Waiver process and guidelines have not been released by the state as of yet
• Survey will be done to the community

FY2017 Comprehensive maintenance plan - cmp v2017 draft 9-1-16.pdf (3,462 KB)

Project updates - Construction status-2016-09.pdf (217 KB)

Food and nutrition update - FNS Board presention 2016_2.pdf (1,580 KB)

Staffing update

• 35 long term subs
• recruiting fairs have been scheduled already for the fall

Unfinished business - None

New business

• FY 2016 Intercategory budget transfer request - BOARD-ACTION-ITEM-Intercategory_Request_2.pdf (268 KB)

Motion to accept the intercategory budget transfer by Abell; Second by Lukas

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

Future agenda items - None

Recognition 

• 2016 James E. Richmond Leadership Excellence Award 
• Paul T. Balides, assistant superintendent of finance and business (retired)
• Keith A. Hettel, assistant superintendent of supporting services (retired)

Mr. Lukas and myself left at this time in order to attend the Commissioners Public Forum on School Allocations and therefore I could not record the details of the public forum and action items.

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes - 080916 brdmin GOOD.pdf (170 KB)

• Personnel

• FY 2018 CIP State and Local Program - BdAgenda_Action Item FY 2018 CIP_package.pdf (1,902 KB)

• Recurring resolutions: American Education Week; American Freedom Week; Black 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 Principal of the Year awards program; Charles County Teacher of the Year; Washington Post Teacher of the Year awards program; Parent Involvement Matters Award; and Employees Retirement

All action items passed but since i was not in attendance during this time i couldn't record the votes.

Adjournment