Notes from Board of Education Teleconference Meeting, 4/21/20

The Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, April 21 was conducted via teleconference and 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.

Agenda 

Executive Session – 12 p.m.

Call to Order – 1 p.m.

Superintendent’s update to the Board - Report

Correspondence/Board members’ updates 

• All members relayed thanks and appreciation for Dr. Hill and all staff including the tireless food service workers.  Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding.  All have and are doing a great job!

Education Association of Charles County update: Linda McLaughlin, president - Report

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

Student Board member’s update - Report

Review of instructional policies that may need to be suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic - Report

Grading options - Option 1, Option 2, Option 3, Diagram

• work is graded on completion not content. 
• seniors without technology will work with a counselor via phone for verification of work.

 Intercategory budget change - Report

Review of non-instructional policies that may need to be suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic - Report

Unfinished Business

• Budget submission to commissioners.  Due to pandemic, county revenues will be down.  Consideration for changing our budget request.  Recommendations for reduction in three areas.
• K-2 Reading program $700,000; therapeutic intervention program $1.2M; additional school psychologist $300,000; alternative education ???
• Healthcare cost estimate
• dont budget for 100% employment; reduce to 98%

New Business

Motion to suspend board policies relating to instruction as specified in presentation by Wilson; Second by Abell

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

Motion to approve grading option #1 by Abell; Second by Wilson

Motion to amend the motion to include middle school for quality points by Battle-Lockhart; Second by Wilson

Vote on Amendment = No = Abell, Brown, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson; Yes = Battle-Lockhart; Abstain = Hancock

Vote on Amendment = Yes = Abell,  Brown, Hancock, Lukas, McGraw, Wilson; Abstain = Battle-Lockhart

Motion to approve intercategory budget transfer Wilson; Second by Lukas

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

Motion to amend budget submission of option 1 by Abell; Second by Wildon

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

Motion to amend budget submission of option 2 by Lukas; Second by Abell

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

Motion to amend budget submission of option 3 to deny & stay at 100% by Abell; Second by Lukas

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

Motion to suspend board policies relating to non-instruction as specified in presentation by Wilson; Second by Brown

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

Future Agenda Items

Action Items

• Minutes

Motion to approve the board meeting minutes from 3/10/20 by Abell; Second by Wilson

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

Motion to approve the board meeting minutes from 4/3/20 by Abell; Second by Wilson

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

• Personnel

Motion to approve personnel by Abell; Second by Brown

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

Adjournment

Agenda for Board of Education Teleconference Board Meeting, 4/21/20

The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, April 21. The Board is observing social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will conduct the meeting entirely via teleconference. There will be no public access to the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata; however, the meeting will stream live on ccboe.com and air live on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon FiOs Channel 12. Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) will rebroadcast the meeting as well as post it on CCPSTV under the Board Meeting tab.

Executive session begins at noon, and the public portion of the meeting starts at 1 p.m. Agenda items have been condensed to include updates and issues that require Board attention at this time. Although the Board is unable to make Public Forum live, it is encouraging the public to email comments to boardmail@ccboe.com. Board members will read all comments as well as post them on ccboe.com. There will not be any recognitions during this meeting.

Board meetings are streamed live on the school system website at www.ccboe.com. Select the live stream image displayed in the center of the home page. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.

Agenda 

Executive Session –[Pursuant to 3-305 and 3-103 of the General Provisions Article] – 12 p.m.

Call to Order – 1 p.m.

Superintendent’s update to the Board, Kimberly A. Hill, Ed.D., superintendent of schools

Reports of Officers/Boards/Committees

·         Correspondence/Board members’ updates 

·         Education Association of Charles County update: Linda McLaughlin, president

·         American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees update: Sarah Burch, president

·         Student Board member’s update: DeJuan Woods, Jr., Thomas Stone High School 

Information item

o    Eric Schwartz, staff attorney

§  Review of instructional policies that may need to be suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic

o    Amy Hollstein, deputy superintendent

§  Grading options

Information item

o    Sherri Fisher Davis, budget manager

§  Intercategory budget change

Information item

o    Eric Schwartz, staff attorney

§  Review of non-instructional policies that may need to be suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic

V. Unfinished Business

VI. New Business and Future Agenda Items

·         New Business

o    Vote on suspension of Board policies

o    Vote on grading options

·         Future agenda items

VII. Action Items

·         Minutes

·         Personnel

VIII. Adjournment

Board of Education to Hold WebEx Meeting Today

The Board of Education of Charles County is hosting a virtual meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 3 through WebEx. The public can watch the meeting at https://ccboe.webex.com/ccboe/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3831ee46db511c73f541c375c50322e7. 

The agenda is as follows and is subject to change.

Call to order – 1:30 p.m.

Agenda –

• Discussion of 2019-2020 school calendar

Adjournment