Notes from Board of Education Work Session, 3/28/22

The Board of Education Work Session on Monday, March 28, 2022 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/ .  CCPS also will post the meeting on its YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ccpsmd.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 – 5:30 p.m.

Call to order – 6 p.m.

Public forum – 6 p.m.

• Deron Tross - Citizen Waldorf; FOIA request for information was not an easy process and was met with resistance.  

School construction update - Presentation

• McGraw - last page second bullet refers to P3's managing and operating the school.  This is concerning.
• Wilson - feasibility study to begin regarding public private partnerships.  Legislation reads like pushing for privatization.

COVID-19 staff leave update

• Lukas - If employee was not vacinated and stayed home while awaiting test results, they were charged leave.  If they were vaccinated and exposed, they weren't required to stay home.  Can request additional leave if they have exhausted leave.

Legislative update

• SB and HB on P3's Partnerships
• SB640/HB1426 - decrease in enrollment would not affect maintenance of effort.
• SB617/HB547 - Access for digital tools for students
• SB136/HB299 - Seizure action plan requirements
• SB119/HB84 - Criminal offense to disrupt educational setting; would remove students from this 
• Hancock - Bill introduced for 0 emissions school buses by 2024

Action items

• Policy series 2000 and 7000; Policies 5116.5, 5117 and 9123

Motion to accept Policy 2000 revisions by Wilson; Second by Herd

Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Herd, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson

Motion to accept Policy 7000 revisions by Hancock; Second by Brown

Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Herd, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson

Motion to accept Policy 5116.5 revisions by Brown; Second by Wilson

Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Herd, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson

Motion to accept Policy 5117 revisions by McGraw; Second by Hancock

Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Herd, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson

Motion to accept Policy 9123 revisions by Herd; Second by Brown

Yes = Abell, Battle-Lockhart, Brown, Hancock, Herd, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson

Adjournment