Agenda for Board of Education Meeting, 2/9/21

 The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. To maintain social distancing and safety guidelines, the Board will meet virtually. The meeting will stream live on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website, www.ccboe.com and air on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon Fios Channel 12. CCPS will rebroadcast the meeting as well as post it on CCPSTV under the Board meeting tab at ccboe.com.

The Board has opened virtual Public Forum for interested community members. Public Forum is at 6 p.m. Speakers must register in advance, have an active email and Zoom account. Speakers can register by completing the form linked here, or by calling 301-932-6610 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and asking for Natalie Willett. Registered speakers will receive a meeting invitation link the day of the Board meeting and should plan to join the meeting at 5:55 p.m. Speakers will be called on by name and given three minutes to provide comments. Deadline to register is 12 p.m., Feb. 9.

Board meetings are streamed live on the school system website at www.ccboe.com. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.

Executive session – 11:30 a.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 (EACC) update
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update
• Student Board Member update
• Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) update
  • Superintendent search
• Reopening of schools: Deputy Superintendent Amy Hollstein; Dr. Dianna Abney, health officer, Charles County Department of Health; and Amber Starn, epidemiologist, Charles County Department of Health
• Overview of student Board Member staff
• Project status update
• Facility funding task force
• FY 2022 operating budget
• Legislative update

Unfinished business

New business and future agenda items

• New business
  • Suspension of Board policies
• Future agenda items

Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

• Resolutions: Read Across Charles County; Women’s History Month; and Fine and Performing Arts Month.
• 2021 Legislative Pages
• 2020 Support Staff Award honorees: James Earl Swann, building service manager, La Plata High School; Richard Day, computer analyst III, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building and North Point High School; Dana Steffe, food service manager, Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School; and Gary Cook, building controls system technician, CCPS maintenance shop
• Students/Staff: La Plata High School; Piccowaxen Middle School; and Berry, Dr. Thomas L. Higdon and Eva Turner elementary schools

Public Forum – 6 p.m.

Action items

• Minutes
• Personnel
• FY2022 proposed operating budget
• Reopening of schools

Adjournment