The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, January 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, Henry E. Lackey High School
Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman
Motion to elect Virginia McGraw for Chair by Marshall; Second by Palko
Motion to elect Lukas by McGraw; Second by Marshall
Ms. McGraw declined her nomination
Vote for Lukas was unanimous
Motion to elect Palko for Vice-Chair by McGraw; Second by Marshall
Vote was unanimous
Superintendent’s update - Superintendents report 1-10-17.pdf (277 KB)
- Crawford - Visit Transportation Dept., toured maintenance shop and television studio. Visited Malcolm Elementary. sat through 4 hour public forum on Watershed Conservation District. Will resume this Thursday at 6:00. 15 people in favor; 53 against.
- Marshall - Attended Jaycees infant and toddler celebration; visited Middleton Art class
- McGraw - Thank you to EACC for the legislative reception; Wade staff thank you for pre-holiday activities. Remind Seniors for scholarship applications.
- Kelly - enjoyed orchestra, choir, and band holiday concerts; water safety course for 5th grade students and was rescued over 100 times.
- Palko - Gale-Bailey visit, received a tshirt and participated in morning announcements; visited Indian Head to view flash cards for next generation science cards.
Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update - 2017-01-10 EACC update.pdf (41 KB)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update
- Still two steps behind, health care insurance went up, last cola was 8 years ago, heavy workload.
- Requests another town hall meeting for employees and board
Student Board member update
- General assembly on the 20th
- college apps are due
Making a Difference: Non-traditional high school completion programs
- About 290 students
- Alternative Education - recognition at national level at conference
- Opt in program start last year for alternative non-traditional education. Application process.
- Only open to high school students but piloting a middle school program.
- Evening High School program entrance through hearing process
- Virtual Academy students by application process; use APEX software; complete 2 classes per quarter
- student and parent testimonials were given
- New behavioral Specialist hired fro elementary school
CIP update
Elementary school #22 update
- out to bid for about 40 days with a pre-qualification process; 5 contractors prequalified; received 3 bids all over budget. Have received one full year from state. did value engineering with architecture to try and reduce cost. Took out $1.3M. need to resolve funding issues
Superintendent’s proposed FY 2018 operating budget
School naming committee update
Legislative update
- state budget not in great shape $400M deficit. will affect education. state funding is formula driven. many cuts will come in local funding
- commission on excellence in education is looking at funding; consultants recommendation is to increase funding for education by $2.9M and changing formula for special ed and pre k; also recalculate the wealth formula for counties
- Session starts tomorrow and ends early April
- Bills could include burden of proof and an hourly school requirement vs the 180 days
Unfinished business
- Policy #5117: Bullying, Harassment and Intimidation -
New business - None
Future agenda items - None
Recognition – 4:30 p.m.
- Resolutions
- Black History Month: Accepting: Taylor Fly, Senior, Thomas Stone High School and Ishaq Abdul-Rahim, Senior, Thomas Stone High School
- Career and Technical Education Month: Accepting: Students of CTE programs at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center: Jonathan Corbett, senior, Media; Ann Marie York, junior, TAM; Joseph Childress, junior, Auto; Shawn Gayle, junior, HVAC; Shyanne Lee, junior, Pharmacy
- Gifted and Talented Education Month: Accepting: Lynn Hopkins, 6th grade Language Arts teacher, Milton Somers Middle School; Christian Gomez, 8th grade student, Somer
- National School Counseling Week: Accepting: Ronnie Richmond and Megan English, counselors, General Smallwood Middle School
- Students
- Laniya Faulk; fifth-grade; Academic Achievement; C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School; Principal: Ben Kohlhorst
- Edenilson Velasquez-Orellana; fourth-grade; Personal Responsibility; Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School; Principal: Christienne Warren
- Hope Treadway; fifth-grade; Personal Responsibility; Gale-Bailey Elementary School; Principal: Verniece Rorie
- MacKenna Zopelis; fifth-grade; Career Readiness; T.C. Martin Elementary School: Principal: Robert Opiekun
- Yachi Madaan; eighth-grade; Academic Achievement; John Hanson Middle School; Principal: Susan McCormick
- Shaun Hange; twelfth-grade; Personal Responsibility; Henry E. Lackey High School; Principal: Kathy Perriello
- Staff
- Pamela Gill, teacher, Barnhart
- Donna Rhoades, kindergarten instructional assistant, Brown
- Toni Adams, special education instructional assistant, Gale-Bailey
- Melody Philpotts, library media specialist, Martin
- Diane Fisher, science teacher, Hanson
- Jonathan Liston, math teacher, H.E. Lackey
Public Forum – 6 p.m. (name spelling is to the best of my knowledge)
- Leon Thornton - School naming, all names are worthy, son of Margaret Jamieson Thornton. Wants school named after her. Reiterated her history in education and the community.
- Patricia Jamieson Hart - Sister to Margaret Jamieson Thornton. Spoke on behalf of naming the school after her. Believed in respecting the student and they would respect you.
- Lydia Thornton Johnson - Daughter of Margaret Jamieson Thornton. Wants school named after her mother. devoted, passionate and always there for the students
- Tanja Carter - Margaret Jamieson Thornton was her Aunt. Her name should be on the side of the next elementary school as inspiration to other teachers to aspire.
Action items
Motion to accept the minutes by Abell; Second by Marshall
Yes = Abell, Crawford, Kelly, Lukas, Marshall, McGraw, Palko
Motion to accept personnel by Abell; Second by Palko
Yes = Abell, Crawford, Kelly, Lukas, Marshall, McGraw, Palko
- Policy #5117: Bullying, Harassment and Intimidation
Motion to accept Policy #5117 with additions (see below) by Abell; Second by Kelly
Yes = Abell, Crawford, Kelly, Lukas, Marshall; No = McGraw, Palko
Adjournment
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