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Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 10/13/20
The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, October 13 was streamed live on ccboe.com and aired live on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon FiOs Channel 12. The meeting 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. Individual names are spelled to the best of my ability.
Executive session – 11:30 a.m.
Call to order – 1 p.m.
Superintendent’s update to the Board - Report
Board Member correspondence- Battle-Lockhart - Received emails and your voice has been heard.
- Hancock - Thank you to technology department, kinks from last month has been addressed. Right to protests but every one needs to move forward together with whatever decision is made.
- Brown - Virtual arts for granddaughter
- Wilson - Work together to move forward. Stone named School of Excellence. Thank you for all the emals sharing your concerns
- Lukas - Staff has done a great job. MSDE fine arts council with virtual competitions and awards; legislative committee for MABE proposed a waiver for Life Skills students to extend past 21.
- McGraw - LaPlata and Matula Learning Center visits. Congrats to Mr. ball for Charles County Teacher of the Year. Thank you for all the emails with your concerns.
Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update - Report
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update - Report
Student Board Member update - Report
- Battle-Lockhart - October is now at 3 cases. Learning centers are not wearing masks, social distancing, and washing hands. How are we holding people accountable? Hollstein - it will take the whole school and administrators and teachers are being held accountable. Mask policy has changed to mask are required throughout the day. No leniency. Everyone needs to follow the rules. Masks are mandatory inside unless eating or drinking with the exception of medical exemptions or disability.
- Abell - Requested Dr. Abney to speak. Dr. Abney is in support of our plan and the return. notifications of positives and isolation room?; Hollstein - all buildings have isolation rooms. Hill - currently dont have a policy to report daily for positives in buildings. I pushed for reconsideration before approving back to school. She is willing to reconsider.
- Wilson - Contact Tracing and reporting. Dr. Abney explained the process and the need for people to be transparent if contacted. Teacher anxiety about being in the classroom. Foggers? Yes we own 50 and use them at schools with special chemical for extra sanitation regularly.
- Brown - Parents and teachers are going to have to work together and respect other individuals level of comfort.
- Hancock - Staff leave if they have to quarantine? Majors - FFCRA states if they have to quarantine they can use up to 80 hours of coronavirus leave. Students in classroom during Phase 2 will be learning live NOT from a device.
- Lukas - Leave clarification. Clarification on tests vs person stats. Requests additional stats on # of students without connectivity. Reporting, glad you are willing to reconsider. Choice to parents and students but no choice for staff. They should have the option to work from home during Phase 2. Hill - Staff can continue to apply for accommodations. 370 total staff have applied for accommodations. Only 33 have been denied.
- Herd - Staff has taken initiative. Recovery Stakeholder Group. They should be commended. Students deserve a quality education. Thank you Dr. Hill and staff.
- McGraw - need to keep equity in mind when deciding.
- Battle-Lockhart - Daughter just got an email from her teacher saying she has been near someone with COVID and will be teaching from schools. Pre-screening of students should be done by parents at home and it will not be done at school.
- Abell - Specials teachers going to classrooms not kids going to them. Hollstein says that is not the case as of right now.SOAR and EA use of restraints and masks. Hollstein says guidance is limited and if they have to be restrained they will go back to virtual learning. More policies and guidance will be put into place. ANS confirmed cases and what constitutes a building shut down. Hill - one case will not shut down a building, if there is an outbreak or a pattern we will work with the health department and follow their guidelines.
- Abell - reporting is so important to me, i cannot vote to send our students back to school unless our reporting changes and people or notified of positive cases. Hill - i will change the reporting to your suggestion.
Motion to move forward to Phase 2 by Hancock; Second by Wilson
Motion to amend to include reporting of positive cases by building by Abell; Second by Hancock
Amendment Vote; Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson
Motion Vote; Yes = Abell, Brown, Hancock, McGraw, Wilson; No = Battle-Lockhart; Lukas
- McGraw - wants to give Superintendent authority to move to next Phase without board approval.
- Abell - believe it should be a board decision
- Hancock - disagrees and wants to leave to Superintendent
- Wilson - Believes it should be left to Superintendent
- Lukas - It should be a board decision
- Battle-Lockhart - we should have work sessions and discuss
- Abell - wants to see results of movement into Phase 2 first
- Brown - Table discussion until after Phase 2 starts
FY 2020 Independent Financial Audit - Report
School resource officers update - Report
- Wilson - movement in the community to remove SRO's from schools
- Lukas - program is 20 years old and is extremely valuable
- Hancock - In support of program, first line of defense, thank you
SY 2021-2022 calendar - Report
Project Status Report - Report
Eva Turner Elementary School renovations - Report
Middle school redistricting update - Report
Unfinished business - None
New business
- Suspension of Board Policies - Report
Motion to continue the suspension by Abell; Second by Wilson
Yes = Abell, Brown, Hancock, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson; Absent = Battle-Lockhart
Future agenda items - None
Virtual Recognition – 4:30 p.m. (I HAD TO LEAVE AT THIS POINT OF THE MEETING)
- Resolutions
- American Education Week - Student Liasions
- American Freedom Week - ROTC Instructor Gunny Sgt. Clive Bailey, La Plata High School
- Students
- Hudson Wright, Grade 12, Personal Responsibility, Robert D. Stethem Educational Center, (La Plata High School); Principal: Curry Werkheiser
- Carsyn Martin, Grade 8, Academic Achievement, Matthew Henson Middle School, Principal: Christina Caballero
- Molly Sibley, Grade 5, Academic Achievement, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School, Principal: Kevin Jackson, Sr.
- Elanza Rorie, Grade 5, Academic Achievement, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, Principal: Orlena Whatley
- Callie Toye, Grade 5, Career Readiness, William B. Wade Elementary School, Principal: William Miller
- Employees
- Ronald Douglas II., math teacher, Stethem
- Alexandra Eichel, school counselor, Henson
- Stephanie Lloyd, kindergarten instructional assistant, Jenifer
- Renee Hamilton, food service manager, Mudd
- Traci Blakeley, third-grade teacher, Wade
Public forum
- Email written comments to boardmail@ccboe.com.
Action items
- Personnel
Adjournment
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