Notes from Board of Education Work Session, 9/25/17

The Board of Education Meeting on Monday, September 25 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 – 6 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance

Public Forum - None

Work session

• Policy series 1000 - Individual board members asked for clarification on some of the changes, nothing major changed.

• Billingsley Elementary School update
• Recommendation by staff to delay opening due to permitting delays and weather conditions.  Other two options not feasible.  
• Accelerated schedule = costs $5.9M must decide by 9/30
• Portable classrooms = costs $3.8M must decide by 11/1
• Lukas - delay in permitting
• Kelly - county and state is at fault; can we ask them to cover the cost
• no more funding available from the state

Motion to delay the opening until 2019 by McGraw; Second by Palko

Yes = Crawford, Lukas, McGraw, Palko; No = Abell, Kelly; Absent = Marshall

New Business

• Funding for the Center for Children training

Motion to accept the funding by Kelly; Second by Palko

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

Adjournment

Board of Education Meeting Agenda for 9/25/17

The Board of Education of Charles County is holding a public work session at 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 25 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 – 6 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Public Forum

Work session

• Policy series 1000
• Billingsley Elementary School update

New Business

• Funding for the Center for Children training

Adjournment

Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 9/12/17

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, September 12 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 - Report

Correspondence/Board Member updates

• McGraw - State Board Meeting updates
• Kelly - Eacc Social Media presentation on Tuesday 9/26 at 6:30 at McDonough; Synergy is great from a parent standpoint
• Abell - Leadership Institute, New Teacher Orientation, Sign making at Rucci's, NAACP meeting, and Thomas Stone on first day.
• Palko - Leadership Institute; Kyle Smith at State board meeting; retirement ceremony; commissioners for additional funding for training, NAACP meeting.
• Lukas - NAACP meeting panelist

Education Association of Charles County update - Report

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees update - Report

Student Board Member update - Report

Goals update - Report

• Marshall - Syllabus of entire year given to students on first day
• Several students relayed same expectation
• Marshall - Salary comparison to other counties
• Kelly - communications survey every other year?
• Looking at McDonough for Fine Arts Program, dance?
• Kelly - inequities amongst middle schools in elective courses

Staffing update - Report

Opening of schools

• 149 SAIL students at McDonough and Stone
• Immunizations is an ongoing issue
• working to make all dismissals smooth
• community organizations partnership is very much appreciated
• mentoring by organizations
• Synergy - all staff is in it and parentvue has been turned on.  Software update caused some glitches but we are working through it.  Studentvue will be coming soon.
• Abell - substitutes, gym teachers need Ipad, Help Button on home page, push notifications via text

Project status update

• Mudd renovations started
• Billingsley Site work started
• Lackey Bleacher Replacement & Track  & Field Goal post complete
• LaPlata locker refinishing complete
• Mt. Hope removal of underground storage tank and replacement in progress

FY 2018 Comprehensive maintenance plan - Report

• 16,781 work orders for last year, over 93% complete

Food and nutrition update – summer meals program, free breakfast, job fair - Report

• 25,455 meals served this summer, 600+ meals more than 2016, 26%
• 1.8 M breakfast 
• Oct 2 - 27th free breakfast to all students
• hot breakfasts every day
• online FARMS application
• hydroponic school gardens
• phasing out Styrofoam and plastic products
• September 25-29 Maryland homegrown lunch week

Policy 1000 series update - Presentation delayed until October

Unfinished business

• Discipline and eligibility - Oral report
• Policy 6431 - 2.5 GPA, no F's, cannot have failed a grade, fewer than 5 days of absence. 
• Code of Conduct states if a child is suspended they are ineligible during the suspension.  Of course if you were suspended for more than 5 days you would be ineligible.
• Athletic Handbook - student athletes who are suspended do not automatically return to eligibility.  Must be reinstated by the Principal and AD.  If a second suspension occurs, automatically ineligible for the remainder of the season.
• data collected from 2 high schools athletes.  
• one school - 307 students participate and of them 13 had been suspended 4.2%
• second school - 614 athletes and of them 18 had been suspended 3%
• Administrators feel extracurricular activities compliment the curriculum and helps getting the student to adult hood.
• Student board member - thinks charles county sets high standards for eligibility. agrees it is a privilege
• New Resolution for Honoring Outstanding Volunteers in the schools

New business and future agenda items

• New business
• MABE Committees - Budget/Abell; Legislative/Lukas; Conference/Kelly; Nominating/Kelly; Resolutions/Palko; Federal Relations/Marshall; Policies & Procedures/McGraw

• Future agenda items
• Abell - CSM Meeting; 50% grading policy
• Lukas - Teacher Town Hall and Supporting Staff; 1000 Policy at next work session
• Palko - Updated organizational Charts and Principal listing

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

• Phyllis Hutchinson - on behalf of all the substitutes.  minimum wage has increased and substitutes are making less.

Action items

• Minutes - Report

Motion to accept the Minutes by Abell; Second by Marshall

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

Amend motion to exclude Kelly by Kelly; Second by Abell

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

• Personnel

Motion to accept Personnel by Abell; Second by Marshall

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

• FY 2019 CIP State and Local Program - Report

Motion to accept the CIP by Abell; Second by McGraw

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

• 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; Be the Difference Volunteer Award; and Employees Retirement.

Motion to accept the Resolutions by McGraw; Second by Kelly

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

Adjournment  

Agenda for Board of Education Meeting, 9/12/17

The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 12 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. 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 streaming image posted on the front page to access the meeting. 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

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
• Goals update
• Staffing update
• Opening of schools
• Project status update
• FY 2018 Comprehensive maintenance plan
• Food and nutrition update – summer meals program, free breakfast, job fair
• Policy 1000 series update

Unfinished business

• Discipline and eligibility

New business and future agenda items

• New business

• Future agenda items

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes
• Personnel
• FY 2019 CIP State and Local Program

• 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; Be the Difference Volunteer Award; and Employees Retirement.

Adjournment