Notes from Board of Education Work Session, 6/27/22

The Board of Education Work Session on Monday, June 27, 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 – 4:30 p.m.

Call to order – 6 p.m.

Public forum  

• Shirley Washington - bus driver many years.  Contractor closed one day after school ended.  Facing losing job.
• Kent Vines - President Bus Drivers for Charles County.  See a lot of unfairness.  Plead for consideration.
• Vontosha Simms - Mental health awareness.  Support bus drivers.  Need a livable wage.  Buses are out of date.  Electrification of school buses.  Get rid of contractors and government should own.
• Crystal Stunning - bus driver.  CCBOE should give the drivers who lost jobs first priority.
• Marvin Mosby - bus driver.  Support for drivers who lost jobs.
• Jerome Ned - Need clear direction on if CCPS is going to take drivers and routes.
• Carlita Burke - bus driver. concerned about routes, children.  Ms Savoy lost 28 years of service.
• Mashawn Hines - Dislocated bus drivers.  We care for the kids.  We know them, our routes, etc.
• Earl beatty - Local 689 organizer.  Pooled money to have picnic.  Everyone invited to picnic.  Contract for $4M & contractor cannot stay in business?
• McKayla Wilkes - Community member supporting bus drivers.
• Shawna Mars - parent; support bus drivers.
• Karen Dresser - Consider one failing grade for eligibility on extra curricular activities.  Quotes and research of support.  attend band competition.
• Yolanda Stinnett - Varsity Cheerleading Coach at Westlake; extracurricular policy, get rid of absence requirement.

Action item

• Eligibility Policy 6431
• McGraw - supports inclusion not seclusion.  Wants to include one "F".
• Herd - Agree strongly with Ms. McGraw.  Can support it.  Thinks we need to remove the absence requirement.
• Hancock - against any amendments

Motion to accept Policy 6431 by Hancock; Second by None

Motion fails

Motion to accept Policy 6431 to include one "F" by Brown; Second by McGraw

Yes = Brown, Herd, McGraw, Wilson; No = Abell, Hancock; Absent Battle-Lockhart, Lukas

• Personnel

Motion to accept Personnel by Abell; Second by McGraw

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

Work session

• Swearing in of new Student Member of the Board

Adjournment