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The
language
and
culture
of
germany,
however,
are
the
passion
of
north
county
high
school's
katrina
griffin
every
day
in
her
classes
and
beyond,
miss
griffin
seeks
to
expand
the
horizons
of
her
students,
both
in
terms
of
the
language
she
is
teaching
and
of
the
people
around
the
world
who
speak
it.
For
the
last
three
years,
ms
griffin
has
helped
to
plan
a
german
stem
immersion
day
where
all
activities
take
place.
In
german
students
have
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
variety
of
activities
designed
to
deepen
their
understanding
of
culture
and
language
last
spring.
C
For
example,
attendees
took
part
in
workshops
involving
making
cars
out
of
pasta
and
then
racing
them.
Ms
griffin
has
garnered
not
just
local
attention
for
her
work,
but
regional
and
national
attention
as
well
the
2016
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
teacher
of
the
year.
She
was
also
a
finalist
for
the
state
award.
She
was
named
the
maryland
foreign
language
teacher
of
the
year
in
october,
2015,
the
northeast
regional
foreign
language
teacher
of
the
year
in
february,
and
the
national
foreign
language
teacher
of
the
year
in
november.
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E
Today
we
honor
an
educator
in
our
school
system,
who
is
the
definition
of
her
school's
mission
statement
to
empower
students
to
achieve
rigorous
academic
goals,
to
become
college
and
career
ready
and
to
contribute
to
the
community
in
pursuit
of
a
better
quality
of
life
for
themselves
and
others.
The
school
glen
burnie
high
school,
the
agitator
pupil
personnel
worker
lynn,
weiss.
E
E
Seeing
when
worked
with
a
particular
student,
myself
included,
is
seeing
an
educator
connect
with
their
student
on
a
different
level,
a
level
beyond
what
is
happening
at
school.
Her
job
takes
her
to
her
job
takes
her
on
many
adventures.
She
is
in
and
out
of
classrooms
looking
to
help
in
any
way
possible.
She
reaches
out
to
her
students,
many
of
whom
are
homeless.
In
many
ways,
these
students
never
go
hungry,
thirsty
or
ill-prepared
for
school.
As
long
as
lynn
is
around
each
and
every
student
lynn,
wordsworth
is
a
better
person
because
of
her
influence.
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Lynn
weiss
builds
relationships
in
every
building
she
steps
into
and
she
relies
on
those
relationships
to
accomplish
the
amazing
things
she
does
every
day
in
support
of
her
students.
She
is
the
personification
of
the
superintendent's
message
be
nice.
She
has
a
job
that
takes
a
toll
on
her
emotionally,
but
she
is
never
seen
without
a
smile
on
her
face,
while
multitasking
10
different
projects
all
at
once.
E
If
her
school
needs
a
guest
speaker
or
an
outsized
source
of
any
kind,
lynn
is
willing
to
work
to
bring
in
that
person's
positive
influence
to
make
glen
burnie
high
a
better
place.
She
assists
in
a
number
of
programs
on
a
regular
basis,
including
the
suicide
prevention,
walk
jungle,
bell
jobs,
the
athletic
department,
blood
drive
and
breast
cancer
awareness
pink
out
football
games
just
to
name
a
few
lynn.
Weiss
is
at
every
event
supporting
every
teacher
spreading
all
the
positive
things
she
has
to
offer.
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E
Miss
weiss,
you
are
the
embodiment
of
what
every
teacher
educator
and
staff
member
should
be,
and
glen
burning
high
school
is
a
better
community
because
of
your
hard
work,
dedication
and
commitment
to
all
your
students
into
your
school
system.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
board
of
education
and
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools
and
as
one
of
your
students,
it
is
my
honor
to
recognize
you
as
educator
of
the
month
for
january
2017..
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F
We
have
rachel
mills
who's,
our
department,
chair
for
school
counseling,
superb,
the
ever
amazing
shelly
harford
who's,
our
ap
in
charge
of
esol
as
well,
who
does
an
amazing
job
and
debbie
peterson?
Who
is
our
school
psychologist
and,
I
think
other
words:
nancy
breslin
who's,
our
amazing.
Oh
there,
you
are
nancy
breslin.
Who
is
our
amazing
special
education,
facilitator,
extraordinaire,
glen,
burnie
high
school
is
a
diamond
in
the
rough
and
if
you
don't
get
a
chance
to
come
down
and
visit
us,
we
are
doing
amazing.
Amazing
work.
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D
Today
we
honor
an
employee
in
our
school
system,
who
has
been
described
by
her
colleagues
as
professional,
flexible,
team-oriented
and
affable.
We
have
also
learned
that,
due
to
her
knowledge
of
the
special
education
process
and
her
experience
in
her
profession,
she
has
developed
the
special
ability
of
making
anxious
and
concerned
parents
feel
at
ease
kim
harris.
D
Iap
clerk
and
technician
provides
many
valuable
services
in
special
education
child
find
office.
He
missed
the
first
point
of
contact
with
parents
who
suspect
their
child
may
be
may
have
a
disability
once
a
difficult
call
is
made
by
a
concerned.
Parent
kim
responds
with
her
calm
and
soothing
disposition.
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Explaining
the
special
education
process
in
a
lay
person's
terms
kim
is
highly
respected
and
is
an
integral
part
of
the
child.
Find
program
kim
never
hesitates
to
quickly
resolve
an
issue
for
parents
or
her
fellow
staff
members.
When
help
is
needed,
she
will
drop
everything
to
assist
the
person
in
need.
One
exceptional
example
is
when
she
provided
assistant
to
a
family
from
england
seeking
child
fine
services
kim
immediately
contacted
a
military
sponsor
to
help
get
the
special
education
process
moving
forward.
D
Countless
calls
were
made
in
advance
on
behalf
of
the
family
regarding
housing
and
day
care
kim,
then
hand
delivered
all
documents
to
the
appropriate
child.
Find
diagnostic
team
resulting
in
the
child's
seamless
transition
from
england
to
the
united
states
kim
understands
the
importance
of
confidentiality
when
working
with
parents
outside
agencies
and
colleagues.
If
a
request
comes
in
to
gather
historical
information
about
a
particular
student,
she
goes
above
and
beyond
to
research
and
seek
information
to
satisfy
the
request
to
improve
her
skills
in
the
workplace.
D
Kim
often
takes
classes
to
better
prepare
herself
as
a
child
find
team
member.
She
recently
took
a
class
on
boosting
the
electronic
operations
of
the
office,
which
resulted
in
an
overall
growth
of
the
program.
She
also
assisted
the
child,
find
offices
in
the
adoption
of
an
online
appointment
calendar
greatly.
D
C
L
D
B
Item
2.08
is
volunteer
of
the
month.
Principal
susan
chidham
speaks
for
the
entire
annapolis
high
school
community
when
she
describes
an
extraordinary
volunteer
she's.
Simply
an
amazing
ambassador
for
our
school,
the
go-to
person,
a
fully
engaged
ptsa
board
member,
an
advocate
for
the
performing
and
visual
arts,
magnet
a
precise,
enlightening
communicator
and
a
champion
for
all
anne
arundel
county
public
school
students
and
teachers.
B
The
board
of
education
is
pleased
to
honor
mrs
lisa
pline,
with
the
january
volunteer
of
the
month
award
during
her
six
years
at
annapolis,
high
lisa
has
served
as
ptsa
president
ptsa
vice
president
and
president
of
the
music
boosters
at
times
simultaneously
she's
a
unifying
force,
says
assistant,
principal
renee,
stout
during
meetings
and
on
social
media
lisa's,
a
calm
voice
of
reason.
She
often
reminds
parents
that
we
share
one
common
goal
to
help
our
students
to
be
the
best
they
can
be
by
providing
opportunities
to
learn
and
grow.
B
They
are
well
attended,
thanks
to
her
enthusiastic
encouragement
to
all
the
parents.
She
she
ensures
interpreters
are
available
for
immigrant
families
and
all
parent-involved
meetings.
Lisa
understands
the
importance
and
the
challenge
of
good
communication,
especially
in
a
large
school
with
three
magnet
programs
to
meet
the
need.
She
chose
to
devote
countless
hours
to
write
and
distribute
the
weekly
school
newsletter,
panther
update
for
all
faculty
and
annapolis
high
families.
It
contains
information
from
the
many
programs
and
stakeholders
of
the
entire
school
community
principal
chittim
writes.
B
B
Not
surprisingly,
mrs
klein
is
a
regular
at
meetings
at
the
board
of
education,
the
county
council,
the
annapolis
education
committee
and
many
public
forums
where
parents
voices
are
needed
to
share
ideas
and
advocate
for
students,
teachers
and
school
communities,
lisa
appliance,
passionate
activism
for
all
anne
arundel
county
students,
especially
those
at
annapolis.
High
school,
inspires
many,
including
mrs
chittim.
Lisa,
has
wonderful
ideas,
attends
parent
meetings
and
asks
great
questions.
She
inspires
me
to
be
the
best
school
principal
that
I
can
possibly
be
when
her
youngest
daughter
graduates
this
year.
B
B
F
It
I
would
follow
miss
chittim
off
a
clip.
I
would
because.
F
There
lots
of
parents
lots
of
teachers
of
some
of
the
great
parents
and
teachers
that
we
have
at
annapolis,
high
school
right
well,.
N
A
number
of
us
had
the
distinct
pleasure
of
going
to
this
verna
park.
High
school
ribbon
cutting
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
it
is
a
beautiful
new
facility,
and
hopefully
it
is
just
the
beginning
of
our
move
toward
replacing
and
adding
and
renovating
high
schools
as
it
is
gorgeous,
and
it
brings
home
very
clearly
how
much
all
the
students
in
our
county
deserve
to
have
the
most
up-to-date
and
gorgeous
facilities
for
them
to
learn.
So
I
hope
that
we
will
all
see
that
come
to
fruition
in
the
coming
years.
N
I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
this.
The
citizens
am,
I
saying
right,
the
cac
which
stands
for
citizens,
advisory,
council,
sorry
and
the
wellness
committee
that
you're
both
vital
parts
of
the
school
system
with
different
people,
and
it's
great
to
be
there
with
employees
and
with
parents
who
are
active
and
present
in
the
school
system.
So
I
enjoyed
all
of
those
things.
B
And
I
had
the
chance
to
go
to
the
what
36th
annual
martin
luther
king
breakfast
with
mrs
burge
and
carolyn
williams
and
dr
orlatto
on
monday,
and
the
keynote
speaker
was
the
other
westmore.
If
you've
read
his
book
and
he
was
just
very
inspirational,
if
you
had
a
chance
to
read
the
article
that
the
capital
wrote
about
that
event,
I
encourage
you
to
do
so
item.
2.10
is
the
kraske
report.
O
O
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
gina
davenport
and
dr
arlatto
for
handling
this
nightmare.
The
initial
petition
was
addressed
promptly
and
most
students
learned
about
it
through
the
letter
from
dr
alato,
miss
davenport
addressed
the
community
at
a
meeting,
and
students
were
allowed
to
discuss
the
incident
with
administrators
and
school
system
leaders.
This
successive
media
coverage
failed
to
praise
those
adults
who
work
tirelessly
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
schools
and
the
protection
of
the
students.
So
I'll
say
it
now.
O
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
swift
and
direct
handling
of
each
behavioral
incident
and
thank
you
for
honoring.
The
student
perspective
on
these
issues
at
the
teen
advisory
meeting
and
at
the
crash
meeting
last
wednesday,
ethnic
difference
and
racial
bias
were
discussed
at
length.
I
understand
that
similar
conversations
have
taken
place
within
community
leadership,
programs
and
aacps
staff.
O
O
We
are
living
in
a
difficult
time,
as
hateful
rhetoric
has
become
part
of
the
daily
news
cycle.
Marginalized
groups
calling
for
greater
cultural
sensitivity
are
dismissed
as
whiners
and
intolerance
is
justified
as
a
traditional
american
value.
Emotional
response
to
these
mounting
social
problems
might
be
the
most
appropriate
response.
How
can
anyone
not
be
upset
honestly?
Dr
alato?
I've
never
seen
you
as
upset
as
you
were
last
week,
but
that
made
me
feel
great
because
watching
you
turn
red
and
raise
your
tone
validated
my
own
feelings
of
outrage
and
disappointment.
O
Both
meanings
of
the
county
student
leadership
bodies
were
also
intense,
and
everyone
involved
came
to
the
same
conclusion.
So
at
this
time
I
need
to
share
with
you
the
things
that
I
am
taking
away
from
these
discussions.
We
do
in
fact
have
a
problem.
We
cannot
pretend
that
incidents
of
bias-motivated
behavior
or
are
all
isolated
or
are
not
reflected
of
a
larger
social
issue.
O
My
generation
does
not
consider
ourselves
racist,
but
ignorant
and
implicit
bias
does
exist.
Bias
is
demonstrated
when
a
school
is
categorized
as
ghetto
and
when
communities
fight
against
their
students
being
redistricted
to
a
title
one
school.
We
cannot
deny
its
impact
on
property,
value,
carrier,
projection
and
media
portrayal.
It
is
the
source
of
the
expectation
gap.
O
O
O
Although
the
media
failed
to
mention
the
courage
it
took
for
a
student
to
report
the
petition,
it's
easy
to
blame
them
for
publishing
the
headline.
Racist
petition
circulates
arundel
instead
of
responsible
students,
confront
petition
and
denounce
racism,
but
the
media
did
not
create
this
problem.
They
just
reported
it.
We
are
all
growing
together,
so
we
need
to
work
together.
It's
time
to
be.
O
Nice
all
means
all
on
behalf
of
the
students
of
anne
arundel
county,
I'm
asking
you
to
assist
us
and
facilitate
our
growth
so
that
we
can
learn
how
to
navigate
these
troubling
times
with
empathy,
open-mindedness,
patience
and
mutual
respect.
As
a
crash
president,
I'm
offering
the
resources
and
support
of
student
leadership
program
so
that
you
can
honor
the
requests
and
suggestions
of
those
who
have
courageously
shared
their
concerns.
O
B
P
P
We
are
the
council.
Ptas
is
excited
to
report
that
we
installed
crofton
middle
school
as
a
ptsa
last
week.
Thank
you
to
ray
leone
for
his
guidance
through
that
process.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
them
in
crofton
and
moving
them
into
the
new
crofton
high
school
and
making
that
pta
as
well.
P
The
council
of
pta's
legislative
breakfast
is
scheduled
for
thursday
february
2nd
at
the
house
of
delegates,
and
we
are
encouraging
all
pta
members.
The
board
I've
invited
you
this
morning.
You
don't
know
that
yet
to
join
us
as
we
discuss
our
legislative
platform
with
the
anne
arundel
county
delegation.
There's
a
lot
of
important
legislation
on
the
docket
this
spring,
so
we
hope
to
have
a
large
crowd
and
would
love
to
see
you
there
as
well.
P
The
pta
scholarship
applications
are
available
on
the
aacc
pta
website.
We've
extended
the
submission
deadline
to
january
31st.
The
council
of
pta's
awards
two
one
thousand
000
scholarships
to
aacps
seniors.
So
look
for
those
on
the
website
and
I
had
another
bullet,
but
I
don't
mean
didn't
write
anything
down.
So
thank
you.
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
All
right,
we'll
move
on
to
public
comment.
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
on
an
item
not
on
today's
agenda
may
offer
testimony
during
this
public
comment.
Portion
of
the
meeting
speakers
will
be
allotted
three
minutes
each
and
the
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing
the
meeting
student
specific
and
personnel
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
B
The
time
is
intended
for
speakers
to
voice
their
opinion
and
not
necessarily
as
a
question
and
answer
period.
Speakers
may
pose
questions,
but
answers
will
be
counted
toward
the
three-minute
allotment.
For
the
record,
please
give
your
name
before
speaking
and
handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant.
I
have
two
cards
deborah
morrison
and
lisa
van
buskart.
J
Good
morning
board
of
education,
dr
orlatto
lisa
van
buskirk,
with
start
school
later,
anne
arundel
county,
I'm
here
today
to
wish
you
happy
anniversary.
It
is
two
years
ago
that
I
first
appeared
before
you
before
you
to
testify.
At
that
time.
I
had
no
idea
that
six
months
later,
I
would
end
up
taking
ownership
and
leadership
of
star
school
later,
but
here
we
are
in
my
first
public
testimony.
J
Secondly,
I'm
here
to
discuss
the
2017-2018
plan
and,
more
specifically,
the
late
release
in
schools.
As
I
mentioned
in
my
october
19th
testimony,
you
have
at
your
disposal
to
approximately
475
000
for
no
longer
paying
fuel
taxes
which
is
enough
to
fund
about
seven
buses.
I'm
also
curious
about
what
the
10
buses
that
will
no
longer
be
transporting
students
to
private
placement.
What
will
they
be
doing
now?
That
they
have
one
last
bus
run.
J
Of
course
you
also
have
the
savings
from
cheaper
fuel
discussed
in
september
and
all
the
extra
general
fund
money
teresa
sutherland
pointed
out
last
week.
It
would
be
easier
to
answer
that
questions.
Of
course,
if
the
transportation
software
was
up
and
running
as
intended
speaking
of
the
transportation
budget,
what
is
the
status
of
the
report?
Reviewing
teresa
sutherland's
analysis
of
fixed
transportation
costs,
but
rising
budgets?
J
Ms
sasso
noted
the
october
19th
meeting
that
she'd
not
yet
received
a
copy,
and
the
public
would
like
one
too
for
transparency's
sake
if
the
board
waits
until
dr
alato
provides
his
report
in
march
regarding
what
can
be
done
for
the
late
schools
it'll
be
too
late
to
order
any
additional
buses
for
the
2017-2018
school
year.
If
the
board
opts
not
to
amend
the
fiscal
year,
18
budget
they'll
be
that
would
affect
2019
and
waits
until
at
least
fy
19,
then
we'll
be
halfway
into
my
10-year
deadline.
J
Speaking
of
the
fy18
budget,
since
I
attended
your
workshop
last
night,
I
can
offer
an
additional
revenue
stream.
That's
related
to
the
handout
before
you
specifically,
the
increased
revenue
acps.
Could
receive
by
lowering
its
chronic
absentee
rates,
I'm
providing
to
you
a
comparison
of
student,
absentee
rates,
graduation
rates
and
standardized
test
scores.
J
The
top
two
graphs
compare
anne
arundel
to
st
mary's
garrett
and
washington
county,
which
all
have
high
schools
that
start
after
8
am
and
have
students
performing
better
in
student
absentee
and
graduation
rates
in
charleston
washington
county,
which
have
both
early
and
late
starting
high
school
and
middle
schools
respectively.
There
is
a
significant
distance
difference
between
late
and
early
schools.
This
difference
extends
across
all
students,
minorities
and
those
receiving
free
and
reduced
meals.
J
Studies
that
have
been
provided
to
this
board
over
the
years
have
pointed
out
that
disadvantaged
students
benefit
more
from
healthy
school
hours
than
their
advantaged
peers.
Studies
also
presented
to
this
board
have
shown
that
the
trends
shown
with
the
chronic
absenteeism
are
a
nationwide
trend.
We
just
are
looking
at
the
maryland
numbers
if
aacps
is
truly
intent
on
closing
the
achievement
gap,
why
not
start
with
teens
that
are
awake
and
ready
to
learn,
but
not
at
the
expense
of
elementary
school
hours?
Thank
you.
Q
Hi
I'm
deborah
morrison,
I
actually
talked
a
while
ago,
and
I'm
I'm
here
also
about
the
school
start
time.
I
wanted
to
discuss
your
decision
about
shifting
all
the
schools
back
15
minutes
and
it's
it's
great.
It's
helping
the
high
school
students.
You
know
that
is
part
of
what
we
want
in
a
healthier
start
time.
However,
I
think
you're
neglecting
a
large
population
and
that's
the
elementary
school
kids
as
of
right
now
you
have
78
elementary
schools,
29
start
at
9
or
later
17
of
them
at
after
9..
Q
This
is
assuming
that
all
the
times
on
the
website
are
correct
because,
as
I
went
through
and
wrote
it
all
down,
my
my
children
go
to
hillsmere
their
hillsborough
time
was
not
corrected.
I
had
a
905
start.
Instead
of
a
910
start,
this
15-minute
shift
will
play
65
percent
of
your
elementary
school's
start
time
after
nine
o'clock.
Q
Q
Kids,
who
already
have
a
late
start
time,
so
I
would
love
for
the
board
to
at
least
look
at
the
possibility
of
these
18
elementary
schools
that
already
start
after
nine
and
possibly
try
to
at
least
keep
their
current
start
time,
and
I
don't
think
that
that's
an
unreasonable
request,
you're
talking
about
18
schools
in
your
total
county
that
you
could
look
at
keeping
at
least
keep
their
current
car
start
times.
You
know
these.
These
parents
have
worked
this
out,
but
an
additional
15
minutes
is
increasing.
Q
You
know
before
care
dealing,
you're
you're
affecting
medicaid,
kids,
your
you
know
lunch
times
and
and
and
free
breakfast
as
you're
affecting
all
of
those
things,
and
I
know
that
you
guys
have
been
inundated
with
letters
from
parents
saying
we
don't
want
this
shift
and
I'm
sure
you've
gotten
a
lot.
That
said,
this
is
a
great
idea,
but
if
you
know,
if
you
adapt,
maybe
this
take
these
18
schools
that
already
have
a
late
start
time
and
try
to
keep
them
at
their
current
time.
Q
These
letters
may
not
be
you
know,
overcoming
you
with
millions
of
them
or
whatever.
I
can
only
speak
for
hillsboro
right
now.
We
had
a
five-minute
shift
this
past
year,
the
year
before
that
they
had
a
five-minute
shift.
So
you're
talking
10
minutes
in
the
past
two
years,
you're
doing
a
third
year
we're
having
a
15-minute
shift
by
the
time
my
kindergarten
finishes
elementary
school.
Q
R
R
I
also
hope
you
have
had
a
chance
to
read.
Recent
articles
about
the
impact
later
school
times
had
had
on
elementary
schools
in
montgomery
county,
the
last
two
years,
including
some
kids
being
so
tired.
They
fall
asleep
on
the
bus
and
miss
their
stops,
and
so
I
implore
you
as
a
board
to
be
proactive
in
solving
this
problem
once
and
for
all.
So
we
do
not
see
the
same
issues
as
montgomery
county
in
two
years.
B
S
B
T
B
B
T
U
I'm
pleased
to
announce
that
the
negotiating
teams
for
the
board
of
education
and
the
secretaries
and
assistants
association
of
anne
arundel
county
have
reached
a
tentative
agreement
for
fy
2017.
for
the
record.
My
name
is
melissa
rawls
and
I
am
the
executive,
the
director
of
employee
relations
and
the
chief
negotiator
for
the
board.
U
U
all
unit
4
employees
will
receive
a
1.2
percent
cola
effective
july
1st
2016..
The
issue
of
prescription
drug
copay
modifications
will
continue
to
be
addressed.
I
would
like
to
thank
mr
bradley
darjon,
the
unicef
director
and
chief
negotiator
for
sayak
helen
wilkerson,
the
sac
president
and
the
negotiating
team
for
their
dedicated
efforts
during
fy
17
negotiations.
U
In
spite
of
the
many
challenges
experienced
during
fy
17
negotiations,
the
teams
ultimately
reached
an
agreement
which
supports
sayac
members
and
their
commitment
to
aacps
students,
staff
and
community
on
january
17,
2017
sayak
ratified
this
agreement.
As
such.
I
respectfully
request
your
approval
and
ratification
of
the
noted
summary
of
changes.
U
Yes,
so
the
approved
fy
17
budget
allocated
funding
for
a
step
increase
or
the
equivalent
of
a
step,
as
required
by
the
respective
negotiated
agreements
similar
to
the
other
bargaining
units.
Sayak
chose
to
redistribute
the
designated
funding
so
that
all
unit
4
employees
could
receive
a
salary
enhancement.
U
T
U
B
T
Yes,
ma'am,
as
we've
discussed
in
the
past,
I,
through
the
committee's
work,
I'm
recommending
the
committee's
option
b
for
school
year,
2017
2018.
V
V
The
board
must,
by
the
end
of
january,
take
action
on
the
superintendent's
recommendation
and
any
other
recommendations
that
they
deem
so
fit
to
bring
forward
to
a
series
of
public
briefings
and
public
hearings
on
the
matter.
So
that's
the
action
item
and
I
want
to
elaborate
that
the
board's
vote
tonight,
obviously
or
this
morning
does
not
in
fact
align
with
the
action
that
you
ultimately
have
to
take
no
longer
than
no
later
than
april.
So
the
action
today
is
to
move
the
recommendations
forward
to
a
hearing
process,
ultimately
by
state
law.
V
The
board
must,
by
the
end
of
april,
take
affirmative
action
to
undertake
any
redistricting
activities
should
they
wish
them
to
become
effective,
the
following
august.
So
for
the
members
of
the
board
and
members
of
the
public,
I
wanted
to
just
disaggregate
today's
action
from
that
that
ultimately
may
occur
in
april
with
that.
We're
prepared
to
undertake
or
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
Y
If
I
recall,
when
this
issue
was
first
brought
up
at
the
public
hearing
last
year,
there
was
there
were
some
data
presented
about
natural
demographic
changes
that
were
already
taking
place
within
these
schools.
Could
you
just
remind
us
of
what
the
effects
of
kind
of
the
demographic
trends
are
and
how
that
would
impact
enrollment
at
the
schools?
V
At
it
running
the
percentages,
then
broadneck
elementary
school
is
operating
at
about
115.3
capacity,
with
cape
sinclair
operating
at
a
74
rate
of
its
rated
capacity,
moving
that
forward
out
into
2020
as
you'll
see
from
the
chart.
If
no
actions
are
undertaken,
the
student
enrollment
at
both
broad
neck
and
a
cape
sinclair
will
decline
modestly,
but
not
enough
to
alleviate
the
over
enrollment
condition.
So
broadnick
elementary
school
would
decline
from
115.3
utilization
down
to
108.6
percent
utilization
in
the
pers.
V
V
V
And,
of
course,
that's
taking
into
account
today's
you
know
general
development
plan,
taking
into
account
the
projects
that
have
have
been
approved
to
progress
in
that
area,
etc.
So
you
know
over
the
course
of
the
next
x
number
of
years.
There
obviously
can
be
land
use
activities.
There
could
be
different
patterns
of
in
migration.
Now
migration
that
differ
from
today.
This
is
essentially
taken
into
account
of
the
knowns
that
we
have
at
the
time
that
these
projections
are
run.
D
V
It
could
again
the
you
know:
the
potential
for
development
exists
really
in
two
different
forms.
One
is
infill
lots,
so
the
county
county-wide
is
replete
with
individual
lots
that
are
in
fact
buildable
by
right.
They've
been
permitted
at
some
prior
point
in
time,
and
the
landowners
do
have
the
ability
to
do
that.
That's
that's
one
sort
of
development
activity
on
the
micro
scale
and
then
there's
a
second
development
activity
which
really
is
looking
at
subdivision
potential,
which,
in
anne
arundel
county,
really
begins
to
apply
at
something.
X
Mr
gilliland,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
could
just
turn
for
a
moment
to
the
current
and
and
projected
under
utilization
for
cape
sinclair
within
the
superintendent's
current
proposed
budget.
V
So
the
superintendent's
recommendation
recommended
budget.
That's
before
you
contains
a
number
of
of
staffing
positions,
both
in
the
regular
ed
arena
and
the
special
ed
arena,
etc,
so
that
that
opportunity
does
exist.
X
And
then,
as
as
follow-up
to
that
again,
examining
the
the
under
utilization
at
cape
sinclair,
would
it
be
possible
if
we
were
to
segment
secondary
phoenix
from
elementary
phoenix
to
have
elementary
phoenix
coexist
with
an
early
education
center
at
cape
sinclair.
A
V
From
our
perspective,
we
absolutely
believe
that
that
is,
that
is
feasible
and
the
budget
that's
been
recommended
by
the
superintendent
would
create
would
create
the
avenue
or
that
opportunity.
Should
you
and
your
colleagues
and
a
superintendent
wish
to
move
in
that
direction.
Thank
you.
B
D
V
Well,
there
there
was
is
no
net
additional
buses,
so
in
the
superintendent's
recommendation
it
would
be
the
repurposing
of
one
existing
bus
and
the
bus
simply
would
in
lieu
of
going
to
broadneck
elementary
school.
It
will
be
repurposed
to
go
to
okay
to
cape,
st
claire
and
his
superintendents,
but
there
is
no
additional
bus
routes
or
bus
contracts
that
would
have
to
be
left
to
support
the
activity.
Okay,.
N
V
That
absolutely
is
correct
right.
They,
they
unanimously
voted
to
put
it
forward
as
a
viable
option,
slash
plan,
but
that
was
not
a
vote
at
all
to
endorse
it
as
their
preferential
option.
The
committee
voted
in
fact
the
recommendation
was
to
take
no
action,
thus
not
redistricting
any
students.
That
is
the
vote
that
prevailed
into
committee
level.
B
M
Hi,
I'm
kim
finazzo
broadneck
elementary
deep
creek
village
good
morning
happy
new
year,
and
thank
you
for
listening
to
me
again
today.
I
spoke
before
the
the
end
of
the
year.
I
do
have
copies
for
everybody
after
I
speak
today.
I
just
want
to
continue
to
provide
statistics.
That's
where
I
left
off
last
time.
I
have
all
the
sources
documented
that
you'll
see
with
the
copies.
M
I
provide
option
a
projects,
a
seven
percent
decrease
if
we
do
nothing
but
keeps
the
school
closed,
option
b,
projects
a
decrease
as
well
but
opens
to
school
in
2020,
with
a
capacity
of
99
option
b,
does
not
solve
the
overcrowding
at
just
under
100
percent.
The
school
would
be
over
capacity
in
no
time
and
the
disruption
of
moving
a
few
kids
wouldn't
have
solved
anything
anne
arundel,
county
schools,
project,
two
kids
for
every
10
homes,
a
100
home
community
could
be
20
plus
kids,
as
we
speak.
M
M
M
I
think
we'd
all
agree
that
anne
arundel
county
is
booming.
Anne
arundel
county
is
ranked
fourth
out
of
the
23
counties
in
population
only
behind
baltimore,
pg
and
montgomery
county,
just
a
few
anne
arundel
county
census
trends,
1990
population,
427,
239,
2,
489,
656,
2010,
537
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty
four
twenty
twenty
projected
five
hundred
and
fifty
six
thousand
one
hundred
twenty
thirty
projected
five
hundred
and
seventy
two
thousand
eight
hundred
one,
the
arnold
population,
21012,
is
13.6
square
miles.
M
2010
census
shows
a
population
of
23
106
with
a
density
of
2136
per
square
mile,
2015
census
housing
info
shows
876,
8766
housing
units
of
them,
1269
are
renters,
that's
15
percent
or
renters
cape
population
21409,
it's
2.5
square
miles.
2010
census
shows
a
population
of
8747
with
a
density
of
4
366
per
square
mile
2015
census.
Housing
info
shows
3,
315,
housing,
units
of
them
550
or
renters.
M
That's
17.2
percent
of
renters
moving
a
few
kids
from
broad
neck
to
cape
is
not
going
to
solve
the
overcrowding
issue
on
the
broadneck
peninsula
and
certainly
not
broadneck
elementary.
The
numbers
and
percentages
that
census
can
provide
on
population,
housing,
education
and
demographics
are
endless,
but
they
all
show
continued
growth
in
the
arnold
cape
area.
I
have
both
all
the
sources
that
I
received
all
of
my
statistics
from
as
well
as
a
map
that
was
provided
at
a
count,
a
county
council
meeting
on
january.
M
Third,
I
was
not
in
attendance
of
that
meeting,
but
it
is
publicly
accessible
and
that
map
shows
in
anne
arundel
county
areas
where
development
is
discouraged
in
areas
where
development
is
encouraged.
Arnold
is
one
of
those
locations
where
development
is
being
encouraged,
so,
as
we
move,
kids
out
developers
will
be
moving.
Kids
in
I
have
copies,
if
I
not
quite
sure
where
to
provide
those.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
I
really
appreciate
it.
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
jennifer
judge,
I'm
a
parent
of
two
children
at
broadneck
elementary
school.
We
live
within
the
bell
river
loop,
but
I
was
also
the
committee
chair
of
the
broad
neck
and
cape
sinclair
redistricting
committee.
I
was
not
able
to
attend
the
meeting
that
you
all
had
on
december
7th,
as
my
son
had
a
function
at
school
that
I
felt
trump's
being
here,
but
I
did
have
a
chance
to
go
and
watch
the
video
of
the
school
board
meeting
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
addressed
this.
G
I
did
send
an
email
to
the
school
board.
Members,
as
I
felt
at
one
point,
the
words
and
the
work
that
the
committee
and
myself
had
put
in
was
a
little
bit
misconstrued
and
a
little
bit
misrepresented
the
proposal
that
the
committee
submitted
to
dr
alato
and
then
to
you.
The
school
board,
was
correct.
With
regards
to
the
work
that
was
done
by
the
committee.
As
a
committee,
we
came
up
with
four
options
for
redistricting.
G
Three
of
those
options
were
completely
rejected
and
did
not
even
appear
in
the
proposal
or
the
recommendation
that
the
committee
presented
to
dr
arlatto.
The
remaining
four
options
were
the
ones
that
the
committee
felt
were
the
strongest
options
from
there.
G
We
essentially
rank
those
options
in
chronological
or
in
order
that
we
felt
were
the
strongest
and
the
best
options
based
off,
and
this
is
all
based
off
of
the
criteria
that
the
committee
ourselves
established,
which
was
trying
to
look
between
75
and
100
students
to
redistrict,
however,
and
so
option
b,
actually
is
a
reasonable
one.
It
just
was
not
the
committee's
favorite
choice.
It
was
not
our
top
choice,
however.
Option
a
which
was
our
top
choice,
is
the
most
logical
one
for
the
broadneck
peninsula,
as
it
continues
to
expand.
G
If
we
step
back
and
look
at
the
broadneck
school
system
as
a
whole,
arnold
is
at
84
utilization
and
is
rebuilding
to
accommodate
the
needs
of
their
students
and
we'll
also
have
students
from
the
peninsula
that
are
currently
going
to
west
annapolis.
Elementary
windsor
farm
is
close
with
being
over
their
80
utilization.
Cape
sinclair,
yes,
is
grotesquely
under
their
utilization.
Both
broad
neck
at
115.6
and
belvedere
at
105
percent
are
both
over
capacity
each
school
with
three
different
portable
classrooms
outside.
G
If
you
look
at
the
map
of
the
entire
peninsula,
there
are
several
areas
that
do
not
make
logical
sense
with
regards
to
the
boundaries
which
was
part
of
the
requirements
that
we
had
as
a
committee
that
the
redistricting
had
to
make
sense.
When
you
looked
at
it.
If
you
look
at
half
of
east
college
parkway,
which
goes
down
towards
sandy
point
state
park,
that
is
a
checkerboard
between
windsor
farm
and
cape
saint
claire
elementary
being
able
to
go
and
unify
that
would
be
a
better
option.
G
Neighborhoods
down
greenberry
point
are
the
ones
that
currently
go
to
west
annapolis
elementary,
but
will
be
attending
arnold
once
the
new
school
is
built
as
we
continue
to
grow.
We
need
to
look
at
the
big
picture
and
try
not
to
use
a
band-aid
for
this
issue.
The
school
board
should
vote
in
favor
of
option.
A
move,
the
pre-k
program
to
cape
saint-claire
elementary
relieve
some
of
the
overcrowding
at
belvedere
for
the
2017-18
school
year,
then,
prior
to
the
completion
of
arnold
elementary
complete.
The
redistricting
of
all
five
elementary
schools:
why
disrupt
children?
Z
Good
morning
my
name
is
lauren
burrows
and
I'm
a
broad
neck
elementary
school
parent
and
my
neighbors
did
a
great
job
of
what
I
was
planning
on
doing
as
well.
But
I
just
wanted
to
bring
up
two
other
points
in
support
of
option,
a
which
is
no
change.
So
the
option
b
that
is
up
for
vote
today
moves
69
of
the
827
kids
that
are
currently
at
broad
neck,
elementary
school,
which
is
eight
percent
of
the
current
bes
population.
Z
Z
So
you're
talking
about
moving
eight
percent
of
the
kids,
but
22
percent
of
the
african-american
population,
which
greatly
changes
the
diversity
of
broad
neck
elementary
school
and
one
of
the
other
committee
members
who
is
african-american,
expressed
a
lot
of
concern
about
this
at
the
very
first
committee
meeting
on
september
27th.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
B
Is
there
anyone
else
that
would
like
to
address
the
board
on
this
issue
all
right
just
to
clarify?
We
are
not
voting
to
redistricting
school
today,
we're
voting
to
take
an
option
to
public
hearing,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
for
the
superintendent's
recommendation
to
take
option
b
to
public
hearing.
Do
I,
oh
all,
those
in
favor
to
take
option
b
to
public
hearing.
D
B
N
X
Mr
gilliland,
thank
you
again.
Madam
president.
I
guess
this
is
just
a
clarification
question
and
I
I
had
before
that
vote.
I
wanted
to
come
back
to
my
my
days
in
the
the
house
of
delegates
and
we
would
say,
can
we
explain
our
vote?
I
was
going
to
to
try
to
do
that,
but
and
as
part
of
that,
I
really
wanted
to
extend
a
heartfelt
thank
you
to
to
mr
shaknovich.
As
we
were
deliberating
some
of
this,
we
had
a
an
early
morning.
X
I
guess
it
was
about
two
weeks
ago
now
that
mr
shaknovich
took
mrs
hummer
and
and
me
on
a
trip
to
to
see
some
of
the
impact
and-
and
it
happened
during
the
morning
hours
when,
when
buses
were
in
motion,
so
we
could
see
what
the
bus
route
change
would
be.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
that.
X
Having
said
that,
I
I
still
have
some
concerns
and,
as
I'm
looking
at
option
d
now,
I
guess
it's
just
a
clarification
question
based
on
the
bus
routes
that
we
saw
it
would
now
look
like
603
would
need
to
cross
the
street.
They
would
not
be
on
the
left
side.
I'm
sorry
on
the
right
side
for
easy
bus
access.
If
I'm
not
mistaken-
and
I
was
just
going
to
ask
that
clarification
question-
would
that
disrupt.
V
Again,
alex
shack
knew
it
for
the
record,
so
you're
right
option
d
would
would
entail
two
buses
being
utilized
to
facilitate
that
the
first
bus
would
continue
along
the
same
path
as
we
had
discussed
earlier,
taking
section
605
and
606
along
the
outside
loop
and
then
making
the
right-hand
turn
on
dorado
and
then
the
left-hand
turn
on
bay
green
to
ultimately
arrive
at
the
traffic
light
at
baydale.
But
now
we
would
have
a
second
bus
that
would
go
in
the
opposite
direction:
picking
up
the
youngsters
and
in
section
603
as
well.
V
So
it
does
complicate
things
to
the
extent
that
we
always
prefer
to
pick
up
students
on
the
passenger
side
or
right
hand,
side
door
of
the
bus,
it's
the
safest
mechanism,
where
it's
available
and
eliminates
the
need
of
having
students
cross
buses.
Again,
that's
the
across
the
road.
That's
the
desired
state
of
many
of
our
bus
planning,
routing
activities.
X
Thank
you
for
that.
Just
then,
as
a
follow-up
comment,
I.
X
I'm
still
going
to
vote
in
opposition
to
to
option
d,
at
least
to
move
forward
to
public
hearing
and
again
aside
from
some
of
the
logistical
concerns
here,
I
I
really
do
think
that
within
the
budget
workshop
last
night,
we
we
had
some
discussion
and
then
you
know
just
hearing
some
of
the
earlier
questions.
I
I
do
think
there
are
other
options
for
cape
saint,
claire
and
the
under
utilization
there.
I
just
would
hate
to
see
the
smoke
and
mirror
aspect
of
moving
to
public
hearing.
X
Only
then
to
not
do
anything,
and
I
I
I
don't
want
to
waste
the
public's
time.
I
I
think
it
would
be
clear
if,
if
we
did
go
to
public
hearing
with
option
d
same
as
it
would
have
been
with
with
the
prior
option
that
there
would
be
a
large
outcry
of
of
opposition,
probably
exponentially
greater
than
what
we've
seen
in
in
the
past
couple
of
meetings
here.
X
So
I
do
think
we've
got
some
other
options
for
cape
sinclair
elementary
to
fill
that
excess
space
and
and
do
it
in
such
a
way
that's
going
to
benefit
not
just
the
community,
but
the
larger
school
system
as
a
whole
as
it
relates
to
broad
neck
elementary.
I
I'm
looking
at
the
decline.
X
You
know
and
the
short
answer
is
yes:
the
school
will
still
be
over
capacity
in
in
the
next
five
or
so
years,
but
those
numbers
are
are
dwindling
and
I
I
think
that
decline
is
putting
us
in
a
position
that
I'll
use
a
quote
that
I
I
had
last
time
and
I
I
really
think
the
juice
isn't
worth
the
squeeze
now.
X
One
of
the
the
members
of
the
public
who
just
spoke
had
referenced
the
need
for
a
what
will
likely
be
a
larger
redistricting
effort
to
occur
at
another
time,
and
I
really
do
think
that
that
is
the
best
avenue
for
this
board
to
pursue
when
we're
ready
to
do
that
as
part
of
a
broader,
potentially
even
a
a
greater
county-wide,
comprehensive
redistricting
effort.
X
I'm
going
to
say
something
else
I
probably
shouldn't,
but
I
will-
and
you
know
it's
the
elephant
in
the
room.
X
No
political
pun
intended,
but
the
proverbial
winds
are
shifting
based
on
you,
know
the
potential
three
or
four
bills
that
are
going
to
emerge
in
the
general
assembly
this
session-
and
I
don't
know
what
ultimately
is
going
to
happen
relative
to
this
becoming
an
elected
board.
X
I
don't
know
that
it
will
happen
this
year,
but
I
I
think
it's
going
to
happen
and
of
the
bills
that
are
being
considered
I've
I've
just
you
know
the
the
little
whispers
I've
I've
heard
from
from
members
of
the
delegation
in
both
parties.
X
X
So
for
that
reason,
and
for
the
other
reasons
that
I
expressed
earlier,
I
am
going
to
vote
no
today
to
proceed
forward
to
public
hearing,
because
I
think,
inevitably,
that's
the
right
thing
to
do,
based
on
the
other
options
that
are
available
for
cape
saint
claire
at
this
time.
Thank
you,
mrs
burch.
S
Thank
you,
I
think.
At
the
last
meeting
we
had
some
more
numbers
that
went
further
out
and
the
decline
at
broad
neck.
Definitely
leveled
off
and
may
have
even
gone
back
up
a
little
bit
in
the
the
out
years.
It
was
not
a
continuous
decline
after
2020,
if
I
remember
correctly
from
those
numbers.
V
Right
so
looking
out,
if
you
were
to
carry
the
projections
forward,
and
the
question
mr
grant
had
earlier
was
after
the
2020
time
frame
at
the
request
of
the
board,
we
extended
those
projections
out
to
2025
and
so
at
the
end
of
the
2020
time
frame.
Broadneck
would
be
at
108.6
which
references
that
steeper
rate
of
decline,
but,
as
you
indicated,
it
would
level
out
so
by
2025.
V
It
would
have
only
declined
from
108.6
to
107.0,
so
very
modest.
S
S
Right
right-
and
you
know,
I
know
that
there
was
discussion
earlier
about
statistics
of
growth
and
things
like
that
and
that
if
we
redistrict
and
we
are
not
in
charge
of
growth
and
development,
sometimes
when
we
redress
district
growth
can
happen
sooner
than
it
might
otherwise.
But
growth
will
happen
regardless
of
whether
we
redistrict,
because
if
a
school
is
not
open,
that
doesn't
mean
houses
can't
be
built.
Houses
will
eventually
be
built,
whether
we
redistrict
or
not.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,.
V
V
So
if
capacity
opens
up,
if
the
capacity
is
open
today,
they
can
essentially
immediately
proceed
if
any
time
during
time,
zero
through
six
capacity
opens
up,
they
can
come
off
the
waiting
list
and
proceed,
but
ultimately,
at
the
conclusion
of
year,
six,
even
if
capacity
doesn't
exist.
In
fact,
even
if
the
situation
is
far
worse
than
it
is
today,
they
can
simply
proceed,
because
that
is
the
maximum
holding
period
permissible
under
county
law.
S
So
so
discussion
of
increased
development
then
that'll
happen,
regardless
of
whether
we
redistrict
or
not,
and
yet
the
school
will
still
be
substantially
over
capacity
causing.
Now
I
know
that
it
was
said
that
there
wouldn't
be
much
impact
on
class
size,
but
aren't
there
other
factors
that
over
capacity
has
on
a
school
say
on
restrooms
and
cafeteria,
and
things
like
that.
S
V
Are
the
support
spaces,
like
the
the
library
slash
media
center,
the
gymnasium,
the
cafeteria
parking
is
always
certainly
an
issue,
but
simply
just
being
able
to
to
have
that
number
of
students
rotate
through,
for
example,
either
instrumental
or
choral
music,
because
there's
typically
only
a
space
dedicated
each
of
those.
But
you've
got
a
far
larger
number
of
students
that
have
to
still
have
access
to
those
specials,
as
I
call
them.
S
I
will
be
voting
for
this
option
and
any
other
option
that
comes
up,
because
I
think
that
we
only
benefit
from
having
more
options
go
to
public
hearing
so
that
they
can
be
fully
discussed
at
public
hearing,
because
if
we
send
nothing,
we
can
make
no
decision,
and
I
think
that
that
is
unwise
to
not
have
any
options
to
provide
relief
for
this
school.
So
I
will
be
voting
for
this.
D
I
want
to
make
a
statement
that
my
choice
is
option
a
and
the
reason
why
I
look
at
option
a
is
because
I
believe
in
long
range
planning
and
not
solving
a
present
problem
and
if
we
look
at
basically
what
is
happening
in
that
peninsula
and
if
we
look
at
option
d,
which
is
basically
two
additional
buses.
When
we
have
an
issue
right
now
of
starting
school
late
and
we
need
buses
for
starting
school
late.
D
I
think
we
are
just
dismissing
a
long-range
planning
of
an
entire
school
system
to
just
solve
one
micro
problem,
and
it's
not
that
we
are
solving
the
problem
of
broadneck
and
sinclair
because
within
years
with
the
land
development,
it's
going
to
be
the
same.
So
maybe
what
we
need
is
basically
the
pre-k
programs
to
move.
Maybe
what
we
need
is
to
really
look
at
a
new
elementary
school
for
the
whole
area,
but
just
to
shift
people
back
and
forth
does
not
solve
a
long
range
planning.
AA
I
fully
appreciate
mrs
burge's
remarks
as
a
former
principal
at
one
point
in
davidsonville
elementary,
I
had
seven
portables
and-
and
it
was
during
some
huge
crisis
times,
so
I
understand
the
pressures.
However,
I
was
also
an
assistant
principal
at
broadneck.
I
will
be
voting
for
option
a
because
I
really
I
really
believe.
AA
I
really
believe
that
the
I
didn't
hear
one
thing
I
have
not
heard
one
parent
or
had
one
email
that
speaks
to
parents
complaining
about
the
scheduling
the
bathrooms
I
just
haven't,
heard
it
and-
and
I
I
haven't-
and
I've
listened
and
I've
talked
in
my
neighborhood
and
I've
talked
in
the
broadneck
community
and
I've
just
not
heard
those
the
concerns.
I've
heard
the
diversity
concern
is
is
big
to
me.
I
was
an
ap
at
broadneck.
AA
I
know
exactly
what
she's
talking
about
that
it
will
change
the
broad
neck
population
and
I
also
appreciate
what
mr
gilliland
said.
I
think
we
have
some
real
needs
in
that
area
that
could
be
addressed
by
utilizing
cape
saint,
clear
space.
I
really
do
and
so
for
that
reason,
I'm
going
to
vote
for
option
a.
Y
Yeah
I'll
just
state
briefly
that
I
have
no
intention
or
appetite
of
voting
for
redistricting
between
broadband
and
king
sinclair.
I
think
I'm
the
fourth
board
member
today.
Y
Say
that
I
suspect
there's
at
least
a
fifth
that
holds
that
view
and
for
the
reasons
more
eloquently
stated
by
mr
gilliland.
I
actually
think
it
would
be
doing
a
disservice
to
the
public
to
take
options
forward
that
there's
really
no
appetite
for
considering
and
would
actually
distract
from
the
consideration
of
other
alternatives
for
utilizing
space
at
camp
sinclair.
That
would
be
better
and
just
more
appealing
to
a
majority
of
the
board.
So
I'm
going
to
be
voting
that
I
I'm
not
even
voting
for
any
option.
T
Excuse
me,
if
I
could
jump
in
real,
quick,
there's
been
now
several
comments
that
I
think
need
to.
We
need
to
address
both
from
the
board
and
from
the
public
redistricting
and
the
suggestions
for
redistricting
having
the
committee
do
all
this
wonderful
work
that
they
did
was
not
to.
How
can
we
better
occupy
the
space
at
cape
sinclair?
It
was.
T
How
can
we
alleviate
the
overcrowding
at
broadback
right,
so
I've
heard
some
options
about
what
else
we
could
do
at
cape
sinclair
and
we
certainly
could
there
are
options
possibly
of
of
of
early
childhood
or
other
programs.
But
that's
not
the
point
of
redistricting.
It's
not.
What
can
we
do
with
that?
30
percent
extra
space
that
is,
is
there
and
underutilized
it's?
T
What
can
we
do
for
the
school
at,
and
you
know
what
an
overcrowded
school
is
like
mrs
nelly
at
broad
neck
elementary,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
clear
that
the
purpose
is
not
to
how
can
we,
how
can
we
deliver
services
or
do
something
different
at
cape,
saint
clair?
It's?
T
What
can
we
do
for
broad
neck
elementary,
and
we
do
in
fact
have
an
obligation
before
we
talk
about
additions
and
more
portables
portable
classrooms
learning
cottages,
if
you
will,
or
building
another
elementary
school
out
in
that
part
of
the
cape
before
we
can
consider?
Any
of
that
we
have.
We
myself
included,
and
this
board
are
obligated
to
think
about
redistricting,
because
it's
something
the
state
is
going
to
take
into
account.
We
will
not
get
funding
if
they
can
see
that
there
is
an
adjoining
school
that
has
open
space
and
we
have
not
redistricted.
T
So
I
don't
know
that
we
and
we
in
fact
do
have
a
10-year
cip.
We
have
a
long-range
plan
for
our
buildings
and,
and
that
is
in
place
and
and
it
is
moving
forward,
but
we
do
in
fact
have
a
long-range
strategic
plan
for
our
facilities.
Thank
you.
N
Several
things
that
I
want
to
address,
I
think
it's
wonderful
that
not
that
we
haven't
heard
from
any
parents
at
brawneck
complaining
about
the
overcrowding
or
things
there.
That
to
me
says
that
that
staff
is
an
administration,
is
doing
a
wonderful
job
of
serving
their
kids
just
because
the
parents
do
not
see
it
does
not
mean
that
the
staff
is
not
feeling
it
when
you
have
multiple
portables
and
the
logistics
of
managing
that
many
children.
It
is
a
stress
on
your
staff.
N
N
This
was
a.
This
is
a
small
issue.
This
is
two
schools,
it's
a
huge
impact
on
those
communities
and
I'm
not
trying
to
downplay
that
at
all.
But
this
is
small
in
the
grand
scheme
of
our
school
system
and
we
in
a
couple
of
years
are
looking
at
massive
redistricting
when
it
comes
time
for
crofton
high
school
to
open.
That
is
going
to
impact
a
huge
portion
of
the
county
and
if
we
think
we've
heard
some
outcry
now.
That
is
nothing
to
what
we're
going
to
hear
when
that
comes
about.
N
Right
now,
we
are
not
an
elected
board
we
are
appointed
to
represent
and
to
do
the
best
for
the
students
of
all
of
anne
arundel
county
across
the
board,
regardless
of
where
we
live
or
what
we
do,
and
I
think
we
have
to
keep
that
in
mind
and
I'm
not
saying
that
that
that
has
that
influence.
But
I
think
we
all
have
to
be
very
careful
of
that,
not
to
look
at
it
at
just
our
neighborhood
or
how
we
would
feel
if
that
was
our
house.
X
You
know
first,
I
I
I
don't
even
want
to
go
there,
because
I
I
think
I
I
said
it
as
well
as
I
could
have
the
first
time,
and
that
is
when
the
dynamics
of
a
board
change-
and
this
is
an
issue
the
general
assembly
needs
to
consider
the
nine
of
us
don't
vote
on
elected
versus,
not
elected
anymore,
so
that
that's
that's
their
their
thing.
To
figure
out.
I
have
not
once
given
them
a
republican
democrat
for
against
I've.
X
I
intentionally
have
not
been
there
whether
a
delegation
meeting
ways
and
means
committee
wherever,
because
I
I
think
it's
just
in
it-
it's
something
that
I
have
to
to
live
with,
and
that
is
that
I
want
to
respect
their
roles
and
I
don't
want
to
be
there
as
a
former
legislator,
because
in
that
building,
I'm
seen
in
that
light,
not
necessarily
as
a
board
member
here,
I'm
still
seen
as
a
former
legislator,
and
for
that
reason
I
want
to
be
respectful
to
them
so
that
I'm
not
there
telling
them
what's
right.
X
X
Now,
mrs
hummer,
you
are
absolutely
right.
We
are
not
elected
yet,
but
I
still
represent
a
district
there
and
that
district
still
has
a
now.
I
should
say
that
district
has
a
special
place
in
my
heart
and
and
I
I
believe
in
putting
that
district
first.
So,
even
though
we
we
do
represent
a
district,
I
I
I
I
think
it's
disingenuous
to
say
that
that
we
would
put
the
county.
X
X
We're
going
to
have
to
to
work
out,
but
to
that
end
I
I
want
to
just
make
a
a
second
comment,
and
it's
really
on
on
something
else
that
mrs
hummer
said,
but
then
also
something
that
dr
arlatto
said
and
yes,
redistricting
is
not
about
what
we're
going
to
do
with
the
excess
space
at
cape,
saint
claire,
and
what
those
other
options
are.
X
I
think
we've
got
some
great
options
to
pursue
and
I
I
hope
this
board
you
know
in
in
collaboration
with
dr
arlatto
and
his
great
staff
can
can
do
that.
But
you
know
yeah
broadneck
is
over
capacity.
What
I
don't
like
is
shifting
and
then
having
to
do
it
again.
Now
I
was
on
this
board
in
miss
williams
seat
in
1994,
1995
and
unless
somebody
else
knows
and
can
tell
me
this,
we
did
comprehensive,
redistricting
county
wide
redistricting.
That
year
I
I
sat
through
probably
eight
public
hearings
in
january
and
february
of
1995.
X
When
we
did
this,
we
were
all
over
the
county.
At
that
point,
I
don't
believe
that's
been
done
since,
unless
anybody
knows
knows
different,
I'm
sorry.
If,
if
I
don't
know
if
it
happened,
you
know
in
the
last
22
years,
but
it
happened
in
1994
1994-1995
and
it
was
huge.
It
was.
I
shouldn't
say
that
word
anymore:
it
was.
It
was
a
a
huge
undertaking
that
this
board
had
to
take.
X
It
was
painful,
it
was
arduous,
and
yet
I
do
think
it
was
the
right
way
to
do
it
because
it
was
comprehensive.
It
was
county-wide.
What
I
don't
like
doing
is
nickel
and
diming
the
residents
of
this
county,
putting
them
through
the
strain
and
the
emotions
that
we're
seeing
from
one
community
here
only
then
to
come
back
and
say
we're
going
to
do
it
again,
that's
wrong!
X
So
if
we're
going
to
do
redistricting,
let's
do
it.
You
know
I
know,
we've
got.
You
know
the
clocks
ticking
on
on
on
crofton,
and
we've
got
to
wait
for
for
some
of
that
to
transpire,
but
I
think
that's
the
right
time
to
look
at
this
with
a
macro
view
rather
than
nickel
and
diming
neighborhoods
and
communities
and
and
putting
people
under
stress,
let's
resolve
it,
then
thank
you.
Y
Yeah
I'll
just
say
briefly
that
I
agree
completely
with
what
mr
gilland
is
saying.
I
actually
I
I
I
don't
feel
conflicted
at
all
about
how
I
would
carry
out
my
duties
on
this
board,
whether
I
were
elected
or
appointed.
Y
B
I
just
have
a
question
and
a
couple
comments:
the
if
we
were
to
bring
elementary
phoenix
or
a
program
like
that
to
cape
sinclair.
My
understanding
was
that
it
would
still
not
fill
the
space
that
there
was
room
to
do
option
b
or
d
or
c
and
then
also
move
a
program.
Is
that
correct.
T
That's
correct,
you're,
talking
about
with
an
early
childhood
program
or
or
even
moving.
It's
been
mentioned.
The
phoenix
elementary
program
we're
talking,
maybe
20
students,
so
maybe
two
classrooms
tops
so
no
there's
still
space
to
do
redistricting
and
add
early
childhood
programs.
Okay,.
B
You
know
I
totally
understand
this,
this
county
and
this
board
are
averse
to
redistricting.
It's
been
clear
in
my
five
years
on
the
board
four
and
a
half
years
that
that's
the
case.
It's
unfortunate
that
we're
here
today
after
the
committee
has
done
all
this
work
and
also
the
fact
that
we
have
another
committee,
that's
at
work
on
the
annapolis
peninsula.
If
we
were
looking
at
doing
comprehensive
redistricting
of
the
entire
county
or
the
cluster
of
broad
neck,
that
should
have
been
brought
up
at
the
time
before
we
formed
a
committee.
B
I
don't
know
about
the
rest
of
the
board,
but
I've
personally
heard
pretty
much
100
from
a
group
of
vocal
parents
from
deep
creek
village.
I
was
really
hoping
we
could
bring
an
option
to
public
hearing
so
that
I
could
hear
from
the
rest
of
the
folks
who
are
affected
by
this.
B
B
These
people
are
your
neighbors
and
it's
a
school
that
is
nearly
identical
in
test
scores
and
results,
and
it's
right
down
the
street.
I
was
there.
I
toured
the
area
as
well,
and
I
put
on
my
waze
app
and
I
said,
send
me
to
broadneck,
send
me
to
cape
st
claire
and
they
were
equally
distant.
Apart
from
the
neighborhood
that
I
sat
in,
these
people
are
our
neighbors
and
we
have
to
stop
this
in
anne
arundel
county.
B
So
we
have
your
motion
on
the
table
for
option
d.
Is
there
anyone
in
the
audience
who
would
like
to
comment
on
julie's
motion
to
bring
option
d
to
public
hearing?
B
Y
B
V
Yes,
ma'am
so
for
the
record
alec
check
now
the
chief
operating
officer.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
lease
arrangement
with
maryland
hall.
The
board
of
education
owns
the
property.
Maryland
hall
is
a
tenant
of
ours.
They
are
undergoing
a
rather
extensive
multi-year
capital
improvement
program,
they're
at
the
property,
both
internal
to
the
shell
of
the
building,
as
well
as
additions.
V
It's
the
latter
part
of
of
their
capital
improvement
program
that
this
applies
to
so
they
will
be.
They
are
under
designed
currently
to
put
an
addition
and
expansion
on
to
the
backside
of
maryland
hall.
As
a
result
of
that,
they
will
be
increasing
the
amount
of
impervious
area.
The
area-
that's
not
subject
to
drainage,
because
they
will
have
hard
surfacing
over
that
as
a
result
of
that.
V
B
V
I
I
I
AB
Hi
for
the
record
jessica,
kutches,
executive,
director
of
human
resources,
I'm
sorry.
AB
Council
we
made
that
change
to
this
policy,
because
there
was
an
issue
between
the
job
descriptions
and
the
two
employees
that
work
out
of
the
board
office.
So
just
to
have
the
allowance
that
you
do
have
two
staff
members
that
work
in
that
office
and
if
anything
were
to
ever
change.
So
the
parentheses
has
the
allowance
for
you
to
have
two
staff
members.
B
AB
Right
so
in
that
chain
of
command,
it
still
goes
through
the
board.
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
clarify
that
language
in
some
way,
but
it's
just
the
intent
of
the
change
was
to
clarify
that
the
reporting
structure
is
such
that
it
goes
to
the
board,
not
the
superintendent,
as
other
all
other
staff
in
the
building
minus
the
auditing
office
reports
to
the
superintendent.
AB
I
Y
AB
So
I'm
not
exactly
sure
what
you're
adding,
but
essentially
as
the
policy
states.
Now
you
have
authority
as
a
board
to
employ
one
executive
assistant.
The
intent
of
the
change
was
to
provide
an
allowance
for
more
assistance,
mindful
of
what
ms
corblak
just
mentioned,
that
we
probably
maybe
could
be
a
little
more
explicit
in
in
that
language.
T
And
make
a
recommendation:
why
don't
the
the
board
policy
committee
get
together
and
decide
on
the
language?
It's
certainly
it's.
This
is
your
policy.
You
tell
us
what
language
works
best
for
you.
We
thought
we
were
moving
in
that
direction.
So
if
you'd,
like
the
policy
committee
to
get
together
and
work
on
some
language
and
submit
that
through
jeanette
and
the
policy
committee,
I
think
that's
the
best
way
to
go.
I
Scheduled
for
the
25th,
so
I
can
make
a
and
you
know,
take
a
first
stab
at
language
and
send
it
to
you
within
the
next
24
hours
so
that
you
can
review.
AC
I
T
T
Works
best
for
them
and
then
we
can
help
massage
it
and
work
it
through
the
policy
committee.
If
that's.
T
So
I
would
ask
about
policy
committee,
if
that's
okay,
madam
president,
to
craft
some
language
and
submit
that
through
us,
that
we
can
add
that
for
consideration
by
the
policy
committee.
I
The
division
of
human
resources
in
the
division
of
curriculum
and
instruction
bring
policy
gbo
tutoring
for
pay
two
for
first
reading.
This
policy
was
the
last
revised
on
november
7
1990..
The
updated
policy
provides
guidance
regarding
educators
who
tutor
students
for
compensation.
I
P
P
S
It
says
that
educators
shall
avoid
any
conflicts
of
interest.
It's
already
said
that
you
can't
tutor
someone
who
goes
to
your
own
school
correct.
Yes,
so
just
enlighten
me
as
to
what
other
conflicts
of
interest
there
could
be,
because
I
thought
that
was
like
the
biggest
one
like
they're,
your
student.
AB
All
right,
jessica,
kochus,
executive,
director
of
human
resources.
There
was
a
very
robust
discussion
about
this
at
the
policy
committee
meeting.
As
our
policy
committee
members
can
attest
to,
and
essentially
the
the
intent
of
that
language
to
it
was
to
address
siblings
and
other
unusual
relationships
that
may
occur,
especially
in
our
era
of
school.
Choice
of
you
know,
choosing
to
go
to
magnet
schools
and
on
different
things.
S
AD
AD
County
library
and
I
found
that
there
are
a
number
of
tutors
there,
along
with
some
children,
and
I
just
wondered
if
they
were
part
if
they
were
somehow
supervised
or
had
anything
to
do
with
the
anne
arundel
county
school
system
or
not.
AE
AD
B
I
The
communications
office
brings
policy
ki
procedures
for
responding
to
maryland
public
records.
Request
to
you
for
first
reading.
This
policy
was
last
revised
december
16
2009.
The
updated
policy
provides
guidance
on
regarding
guidance
regarding
timely
and
lawful
responses
to
public
records
requests.
The
policy
will
be
posted
on
our
website
for
30
days
for
public
comment,
and
we
can
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
B
I
don't
have
any
board
questions.
Do
we
have
any
public
comment
all
right,
so
those
three
policies
will
go
on
the
internet
for
a
30-day
comment
period.
Yes,
correct!
Thank
you.
The
next
three
are
policy
revisions
that
are
up
for
third
reading
or
action
item.
4.11
is
policy
ii
for
grading.
Dr
olado,
your
recommendation.
T
I
I
Durham
is
in
their
first
year,
where
current
seniors
will
have
the
opportunity
to
earn
honors
recognition
through
the
latin
honor
system,
as
well
as
val
cell
honors,
durham
shared
that
they
have
a
similar
philosophy
philosophy.
Excuse
me
to
aacps
philosophy
regarding
the
desire
for
students
to
have
their
achievements.
Viewed
against
a
standard
of
excellence.
When
students
reach
a
recognized
standard
of
excellence,
then
we
as
educational
institutions,
should
honor
their
hard
work
and
successes
similar
to
our
situation.
I
I
I
Even
when
those
courses
are
at
the
standard
and
not
honors
or
advanced
level,
they
should
be
recognized
and
honored
students
in
standard
classes
who
earn
mostly
a's
and
b's,
can
earn
this
designation,
but
they
may
struggle
to
earn
a
designation
that
requires
a
weighted
gpa
that
may
be
higher
as
the
classes
they
take
often
do
not
carry
the
honors
or
advanced.
Waiving
we
are
open
to
take
any
questions
you
may
have.
Y
I
I
appreciate
your
you're
looking
into
those
and
and
following
up,
I
think,
obviously
in
the
third
reading,
we've
had
lots
of
opportunity
for
questions,
so
I'm
gonna
make
a
comment
a
rather
emotion.
I
I
move
to
amend
section
c7
of
the
proposed
policy
revision
I'll.
Y
This
amendment
is
consistent
with
the
large
majority
of
public
comments
received
that
latin
honors
are
a
good
idea
and
will
enable
a
broader
swath
of
our
hardest
working
students
to
be
appropriately
recognized
for
many
of
the
reasons
that
you've
addressed
the
three-tiered
latin
honors.
That
system
also
mirror
the
customs
of
most
colleges.
Y
The
public
comments
that
we
received
also
strongly
supported,
maintaining
valedictorian
and
salutatorian.
However,
like
the
majority
of
public
commenters,
I
don't
believe
we
need
to
throw
out
the
baby
with
the
bath
water.
We
can
have
latin
honors
and
keep
valedictorian
and
salutatorian,
as
you
all
have
just
answered
in
addressing
the
policy
change
made
by
durham
north
carolina,
another
large
school
system.
Just
this
year,
they
adopted
latin
honors,
but
kept
valedictorian
and
salutatorian.
Y
Presumably
for
reasons
similar
to
the
majority
of
public
comments
that
we
received
during
the
30-day
period,
we
could
easily
also
take
a
very
similar
watch
and
listen
approach,
maintain
valedictorian
and
salutatorian,
and
they
revisit
that
issue.
However
many
years
we
need
to
in
the
future.
I
have
two
specific
observations
about
why
I
think
this
amendment
makes
sense,
and
it's
not
just
my
personal
feeling.
Y
First,
if
we
abandon
valedictorian
and
salutatorian,
I
believe
would
we
would
be
one
of
only
two
counties
in
the
state
to
have
done
so,
meaning
that
we
will
be
sending
26
of
our
best
and
brightest
graduates
off
to
their
academic
and
professional
careers
without
a
distinction
they
would
otherwise
carry
for
the
rest
of
their
lives,
the
distinction
that
would
be
read
when
they
go
off
and
become
a
superintendent
of
a
school
one
day
or
when
they
graduate
from
college
or
when
they
retire
from
their
job.
Y
These
are
things
badges
of
honor
of
merit
that
people
carry
for
their
entire
lives
by
the
way
I
was
neither
valedictorian
or
salutatorian.
So
it's
not
like
I'm
personally
vested
in
this
badge
for
myself,
but
that
is
a
distinction
that
their
fellow
students
throughout
maryland
in
other
counties
will
continue
to
receive
all
but
one
other
county.
Y
Second,
abandoning
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
will
not
achieve
the
hope
for
reduction
in
so-called
unhealthy
competition.
Numerical
class
rankings
will
remain
discernible
to
students,
so
the
students
that
have
that
personal
drive
to
be
number
one
will
have
every
reason
to
continue
in
that
goal,
even
under
the
proposed
policy
revision.
Y
Now,
I've
thought
a
lot
about
why
the
proposed
revision
seeks
to
maintain
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
for
only
one
additional
school
year.
What
other
purportedly
or
what
other
purportedly
unhealthy
activity?
Would
we
ever
encourage
students
to
engage
in
for
just
one
more
year?
There's
nothing!
We
wouldn't
there's
nothing
else,
unhealthy
that
we
want
our
stewards
students
doing
for
just
one
more
year.
The
proposal
to
maintain
valedictorian
and
saluting
salutatorian
for
another
year
implicitly
recognizes
that
it
would
be
entirely
unfair
to
deprive
our
hardest
working.
Y
Juniors
of
this
opportunity
for
their
senior
year,
what
about
the
sophomores?
What
about
the
freshmen?
What
about
all
the
students
coming
up
behind
them?
Now,
I'll
close
I've
made
my
views
on
this
public.
I
did
give
a
lot
of
thought
to
try
to
keep
an
open
mind
I'll,
just
close
by
saying
that
maintaining
the
numerical
class
rank
as
discernible
to
students
defeats
any
logical
argument
for
abandoning
valedictorian
and
salutatorian.
So
for
these
reasons,
I
move
consistent
with
the
majority
of
public
comments
that
we
received
during
the
30-day
period
to
maintain
the
tr.
Y
The
traditional
distinctions
of
valedictorian
and
salutatorian,
so
26
of
the
best
and
brightest
from
anne
arundel
can
continue
receiving
these
hard-earned
distinctions
throughout
their
careers
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.
B
D
X
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
I
had
a
possible
amendment
that
I
was
going
to
offer,
but
if
I
may
just
on
on
mr
grannon's
amendment,
which
is
on
maintaining
the
valsal
distinction,
then
for
clarity
you
referenced,
and
you
know
first
and
foremost
thank
you
for
for
the
follow-up
on.
W
W
They
range
from
very,
very
small
additional
amounts
of
money
to
sizable
amounts
of
money,
but
what
we
overwhelmingly
witnessed
from
our
work
is
is
that
colleges
are
giving
merit
scholarships
and
those
merit
scholarships
involve
more
than
just
being
a
valsal,
so
even
for
the
most
selective
scholarships
I'll
I'll
bring
one
up
at
the
university
of
southern
california.
The
presidential
scholarship
there,
the
region,
scholarship
there
to
the
top
one
or
two
percent
of
the
high
school
class
also
has
other
components
with
it.
W
So
if
you
took
into
the
top
one
or
two
percent
of
any
of
our
classes
well,
that
would
be
the
top
four
to
eight
to
ten
students
and
so
moving
on
even
many
of
the
universities
that
are
offering
the
large
full-ride
scholarships
that
are
still
doing
that.
Many
of
them
have
it
down
to
the
top
one
or
two
percent,
or
sometimes
the
top
five
percent
of
the
class,
along
with
its
standardized
test
score
and
and
leadership
opportunities.
W
Things
like
have
you
served
as
a
president
of
your
class
or
are
you
an
eagle
scout
or
various
other
things
that
we
would
recognize
as
a
society
as
being
worthy
of
consideration?
And
so
overall
we're
not
necessarily
seeing
the
val
sao,
come
up
and
being
a
win
or
a
loss
for
a
student.
W
Or
it
wins,
a
targeted
scholarship
doesn't
win,
they
have
other
scholarships
that
are
merit
offerings
that
a
non-valedictorian
associatorian
may
be
able
to
compete
for,
but
they
have
in
these
few
schools
that
we're
talking
about
they
have
acknowledged
well,
the
university
of
south
carolina
is
a
good
one.
They
offer
many
many
merit
scholarships
and
many
of
our
students
from
anne
arundel
county
actually
attend
there.
They
offer
many
different
levels
of
merit,
scholarship
and
then,
on
top
of
that
they
offer.
If
you
are
a
valedictorian,
you
can
earn
an
another
three
thousand
dollars.
X
N
So
so,
actually,
since
the
last
meeting,
I
had
learned
that
it's
not
just
one
or
two
one
other
county
in
the
state,
so
montgomery,
county,
howard,
county
and
wycomaco
do
not
have
valsall.
Is
that
correct,
and
nor
do
they
have
class
rank?
Is
that
correct.
W
So
what
we've
been
able
to
ascertain
is
montgomery
county
long
standing
has
gone
away
from
it
wycomico
10
years
ago,
moved
away
from
valsall
howard
county
recently
moved
in
that
direction
their
website
and
their
their
actual
staff.
Don't
actually
for
us.
I
don't
want
to
comment
too
heavily
on
howard
county
because
we're
not
actually
in
alignment
with
understanding
totally
what
howard
county
is
doing
right
at
the
moment.
Okay
tyson,
madam.
AF
AF
Y
AF
N
Thank
you
also.
I
do
want
to
say
that,
while
we
did
receive
public
comment
that
that
was
overwhelmingly
for
latin
honors,
there
were
some
that
were
for
keeping
valsall,
but
that
was
50.
Some
odd
comments
out
of
81
000
students
that
we
have
so
it
wasn't
necessarily
representative
of
the
entire
county.
It's
a
segment
of
the
county.
We've
also
reached
out
to
a
number
of
our
parent
and
student
groups
and
received
their
feedback,
and
they
were
in
support
of
discontinuing
valsalla.
Am
I
correct
with
that?
N
So
that
was
additional
public
comment
that
we
have
also
received
to
have
that
I'm
I'm
in
agreement
with
mr
grannon
that
maintaining
class
rank
while
doing
wave
without
kind
of
defeats,
the
purpose
that
it's
you're
not
eliminate
if
they
can
still
get
their
class
rank
there.
The
added
pressure
of
trying
to
be
number
one
would
be
there.
I
would
as
an
additional
amendment
after
we
vote
on
this
one.
I
would
say
that
we
would
eliminate
class
rank
altogether
if
we're
going
to
make
this
move
that
we
move
all
the
way
toward
it.
N
That
montgomery
county
no
longer
has
class
rank
howard
county,
we're
not
certain
on
fairfax
county
no
longer
has
class
rank.
Fairfax
montgomery
county
are
normally
listed
as
some
of
the
top
school
systems
in
the
country.
I
feel
certain
that
then
fairfax
county
is
the
home
of
thomas
jefferson,
high
school,
which
is
normally
ranked
as
the
number
one
high
school
in
the
country,
and
they
do
not
do
class
rank
nor
valedictorian
salutatorian,
and
I
feel
very
certain
that
their
students
are
getting
into
colleges
and
service
academies
and
winning
scholarships
all
over.
N
W
So
we
talked
to
counties,
but
not
only
that
we
talked
to
admissions
counselors
and
admissions
directors
at
universities.
So
we
recently
spoke
to
the
former
head
of
admissions
for
the
naval
academy,
who
now
actually
sits
on
the
admissions
council
for
johns
hopkins,
and
his
comment
is:
is
that
we
have
many
many
students
applying
from
all
over
the
country
who
come
from
non-ranked
schools,
so
ranking
ranking,
no
ranking,
no
problem,
we're
looking
at
everything,
a
combination.
W
What
he
says
is
it's
a
complex
set
of
variables
that
goes
into
looking
at
a
child
and
what
we're
looking
is
for
the
well-rounded
student
who
is
an
excellent
academic
student,
but
who
has
shown
leadership
in
their
school,
who
has
shown
leadership
in
their
community
or
volunteerism
in
their
community
and
who
has
a
a
nice
balance
between
a
a
work
ethic
and
a
personal
life.
They
want
somebody
who
is
going
to
contribute
to
their
university
while
has
already
shown
the
ability
to
contribute
to
a
community
that
they're
in.
N
So
they
have
hundreds
of
valedictorians
and
no
offense
to
my
colleagues
to
the
south.
But
I
don't
quite
see
the
point
of
that
because
talking
about
diluting
an
honor
if
every
single
student,
so
they
a
college,
could
say
that
they
have
five
valedictorians
from
one
school
in
arlington
county
and
that
kind
of
that
that
to
me
dilutes
the
the
honor
that
would
go
with
that
title.
That
comes
up
there.
So
I
think
we,
the
evidence,
is
showing
that
school
systems
are
gradually
moving
away
from
this.
N
My
personal
feel
is
that
part
of
our
job
as
educators
is
not
is
to
encourage
the
love
of
learning
and
continue
learning
and
children,
and
so
that
it
wouldn't
be
just
pursuit
of
a
hundredth
of
a
point
to
to
win
one
specific
honor,
but
rather
the
joy
of
learning
something
new
and
pursuing
something
they
want
to,
and
if
this
would,
if
eliminating
val
style
and
class
rank,
all
together
would
help
foster
that
and
give
relieve
children
somewhat
of
the
effect
and
give
them
some
freedom
to
pursue
more
variety
of
intellectual
pursuits.
I'm
all
for
that.
S
Thank
you
I
at
our
last
meeting
I
actually
reviewed
all
the
comments,
and
I
know
this
isn't
a
vote
of
the
public.
S
It's
a
vote
of
the
board
to
do
what
we
think
is
best,
but
in
my
my
quick
back
of
the
envelope
numbers,
I
believe
that
it
was
about
the
same
number
of
people
who
thought
we
should
move
forward
and
keep
val
cell
and
move
forward
and
not
keep
valsall.
It
was
maybe
slightly
more.
That
said,
don't
keep
it,
but
it
was
within
one
or
two
and
then
slightly
fewer
people
said.
Don't
do
anything
at
all,
and
there
were
few
that
I
couldn't
put
into
a
category.
I'm
not.
I
couldn't
decide
what
it
was.
S
They
were
saying.
I
have
been
concerned
about
this
since
I
got
on
the
school
board
and
things
are
very
different
now
than
when
I
was
in
high
school.
I
mean
I
did
really
well.
I
was
pretty
high
up
in
class
rank,
but
I
was
really
far
away
in
rank
from
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
in
terms
of
grade
point
average
I
mean
now.
These
kids
are
so
close
to
each
other
and
I
see
it
as
a
very
destructive
thing
if
there
were
concerns
about
the
sophomores.
S
S
S
But
personally,
I
kind
of
agree
with
mrs
hummer's
way
of
solving
part
of
our
dilemma
of
rank.
You
know
rather
than
saying
well,
since
we're
going
to
still
have
class
rank
somewhere,
we
should
still
have
valsall.
I
think
it's
better
to
say
no,
let's
get
rid
of
valsall,
whether
it
be
you
know
for
this
year's
sophomores
or
this
year's
freshmen.
But
let's
get
rid
of
class
rank
all
together
and
I
think
that's
probably
the
best
way
to
go.
AD
AD
AG
T
We
are
indeed
wanting
to
recognize
excellence,
so
I
don't
want
that.
I
don't
want
to
that,
go
out
into
the
public
airways
that
we
are
somehow
trying
to
circumvent
or
change
recognizing
excellence.
In
fact,
one
of
the
things
that
is
part
of
this
conversation
is
how
can
we
recognize
more
excellence,
so
as
opposed
to
a
val
and
sal,
where
there
are
12
comprehensive,
high
schools
means
24.
Students
are
recognized
for
their
excellence.
T
With
a
with
a
laude
with
a
the
laude
system,
we
can
recognize
hundreds
of
students
for
their
excellence
as
they
fit
into
gpa
bands,
so
we
can
recognize
more
excellence.
T
T
We
are
and-
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
colleges
and
universities
don't
have
a
val
cell,
because
you
could
have
somebody
that
was
outstanding
in
the
in
the
communications
major
and
somebody
that
was
outstanding
in
the
medical,
major
and,
and
so
their
programs
of
study
are
very
different.
Our
programs
of
study
are
very
different.
T
The
val
cell
concept
is
one
that
I
believe
is
outdated
and
that's
the
reason
this
conversation,
this
robust
conversation
is
happening
today
is
happening
in
school
boards
around
the
country
because
we're
offering
our
children
so
many
different
programs
10
15
20
years
ago.
Much
longer
when
I
was
in
a
long
when
I
was
coming
along
there
weren't
choices
you
followed
in
lockstep
about
the
kind
of
program
of
study
you
were
going
to
go
into
and
many
times
it
was
one
way
or
the
other
right.
T
It
was
you're
going
into
the
college
track
or
you're
going
into
the
technical
track,
and
that
was
in.
We
have
so
many
choices
for
our
students
that
we
are
in
a
in
the
val
cell
system.
We
are
not
recognized
as
students
again
that
have
excellence
that
are
going
off
to
our
technical
programs
in
the
cat
centers.
We
are
not
doing
them
a
service
by
recognizing
students
that
are
going
into
the
community
college,
because
those
courses,
the
community
college,
don't
play
a
role
in
their
gpa.
T
Therefore,
don't
impact
whether
they
can
be
a
number
one
or
number
two,
but
those
grades
earned
there
at
the
cat.
Centers
can
and
will
contribute
to
their
overall
gpa.
So
there
we
offer
so
many
different
programs.
There
is.
There
are
many
many
tentacles
to
this,
dr
frank,
and
it
is
partly
recognizing
excellence.
T
It
is
partly
coming
to
the
understanding
that
we
are
offering
so
many
programs
of
study
for
our
students
that
they
are
not
the
same
from
north
to
south
and
east
to
west
in
our
county
and
it's
a
beauty
of
choice
and
that's
a
good
thing.
We
also
want
to
recognize
the
fact
that,
in
recognizing
excellence,
we're
talking
about
excellence
to
a
standard
as
opposed
excellence,
to
me
competing
against
you
for
number
one
or
number
two.
B
Y
So
everything
dr
alado
just
said
about
measurement
against
the
standard,
would
apply
to
the
amendment
that
I'm
making,
because
the
valedictorian
presumably
would
be
some
looking
left.
So
we
would
have
all
three
of
those
traditional
latinos
matching
what
happens
in
colleges
and
we
would
maintain
valedictorians
and
second
part
of
my
point
of
information-
is
that
in
discussing
this
amendment,
if
we're
going
to
be
injecting
other
notions
about,
you
know
doing
away
with
class
rank,
I'm
going
to
say
at
least
as
in
my
capacity
as
one
vote.
Y
That
is
not
something
that
was
put
before
the
public
every
meeting
so
far
that
has
addressed
this
policy
say
class
where
rank
would
be
maintained,
and
it's
you
know,
notwithstanding
the
comments
that
were
made,
that
some
of
the
service
academies
don't
rely
expressly
on
that.
Given
the
large
number
of
graduates
that
we
had
from
this
county
applying
to
service
academies,
we
would
absolutely
be
doing
a
disservice
to
all
of
our
constituents
and
the
entire
county.
Y
If
we
were
today
on
a
whim
to
abandon
numerical
class
rankings
after
three
hearings
addressing
this
issue,
we
said
we
would
maintain
it.
So
I'm
gonna
say
right
now
that
if
I'm
the
only
person
that
votes
for
that,
if
that's
what
comes
to
pass,
I'm
going
to
vote
that
that
has
to
go
against
a
30-day
comment,
because
that's
entirely
a
different
issue
that
was
never
put
before
the
public.
And
I
would
request,
as
a
point
of
information,
point
of
order
that
my.
B
D
D
I
basically
agree
completely
with
keeping
the
val
and
the
cell,
because
I
think
this
nation
and
every
nation
in
the
world
is
a
competitive
nation
with
competitive
individualism,
and
I
cannot
see
basically
having
been
at
one
time,
a
soccer
mom
that
everybody
has
to
get
a
trophy.
There
is
one
person
that
is
a
good
person
that
in
the
mva
and
every
other
place,
basically
gets
a
trophy
or
gets
recognized
as
the
best
player,
the
best
basketball,
the
best
whatever
it
is.
So
why
are
we
in
academics?
D
Taking
away
that?
You
know,
I
agree
completely
with
the
latin,
because
it
makes
a
well-rounded
academic,
individual
and
human
person,
but
to
take
away
that
when
every
nation
in
the
world-
and
especially
this
nation,
is
the
first
nation
in
the
world
and
to
take
away
and
in
individualism,
I
really
cannot
see
it.
So
I
agree
with
the
amendment
also
when
julie
stated
that
the
public
comment
was
mostly
to
get
rid
of
it.
We
had
crass
state
here
and
the
students
were
asked
and
he
said
the
students
are
divided.
D
So
unless
I
heard
wrong,
when
crass
made
the
presentation
he
said
the
students
are
divided,
so
unless
I
am
told
otherwise
now
I
don't
think
the
public
comments
are
to
get
rid
of
it.
I
think
we're
sitting
right
now
in
whether
we
should
or
we
shouldn't.
I
agree
with
the
latin
system,
and
I
think
we
should
keep
the
versa
and
basically
see
how
the
educational
system
develops
throughout
this
nation.
D
X
Mr
gilliland,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
be
on
on
the
amendment
and
and
to
be
very
clear
with
my
position
on
on
this.
I
initially
supported
this
because
I
didn't
want
our
students,
especially
those
pursuing
music.
You
know
some
of
the
other
categories
to
be
at
a
disadvantage
and
I
think
they
are.
X
There
are
a
bunch
of
students
who
want
to
take
music
classes,
and
I
I
even
jokingly
said
this
to
someone
previously
that
had
I
not
been
appointed
to
the
board,
I
was
going
to
take
organ
lessons
and
there
are
probably
a
bunch
of
people
thanking
me
that
they
can't
hear
that
disaster
now.
But
but
you
know
the
truth,
is
you
know
I?
I
that's
a
passion
area
of
mine
as
a
former
piano
student
and
I
wanted
other
students
with
a
pva
program.
X
Dr
arlatto
referenced
a
few
moments
ago,
some
of
the
technology
space,
and
I
I
really
think
that,
ultimately,
this
is
the
right
direction
for
us
to
pursue
my
concern,
and-
and
again
I
I
feel
like
the
last
30
40
minutes
or
so
have
has
changed
my
prerogative
on
this,
and,
and
that
is
that,
while
we
are
pioneers
and
would
be
pioneers,
I
think
we
ought
to
be
in
this
area
because
you
know
I'm
biased.
X
I
think
that
the
valsal
distinction
remaining
in
place-
at
least
you
know
for
for
the
next
couple
of
years,
is,
is,
is
probably
still
the
most
viable
option
for
us
until
those
scholarships
that
were
mentioned,
the
institutions
that
offer
those
scholarships
specifically
or
solely
for
valedictorians
start
to
fade
them
away.
AH
Mr
gillin,
in
reference
to
that
point
in
the
scholarships
that
were
mentioned
by
ms
ortiz
provided
and
assuming
that
the
board
keeps
class
rank.
I
know
there's
been
some
discussion
around
that,
but
provided
that
we
keep
with
our
current
system,
those
students
still
have
access
to
those
scholarships
right.
So
as
dr
alato
articulated
at
the
last
reading,
if
a
student
needs
to
know
or
needs
their
class
rank
as
part
of
the
college
or
university
application
process,
we
provide
that.
AH
The
the
difference
is
we're
not
recognizing
the
policy
is
currently
written
is
to
remove
the
recognition
of
that
the
valedictorian
name
and
the
salutatorian
name.
So
no
students
from
our
advantage
point
would
be
disadvantaged
from
scholarship
opportunities
because
they
still
would
be
able
to
apply
to
any
university.
That
would
offer
a
scholarship
for
the
number
one
student
or
the
number
two
student,
so
that
opportunity
would
still
exist,
regardless
of
whether
we
recognize
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
at
our
graduation
ceremonies
as
part
of
our
research.
AH
Going
back
after
second
reading,
we
reviewed
a
leading
expert
and
author
named
thomas
guskey,
and
it
was
there
was
an
interesting
part
of
one
of
the
articles
in
reference
to
how
do
universities
and
colleges
treat
valedictorians,
and
he
addressed
that
in
one
of
his
paragraphs.
AH
Some
might
object
to
a
policy
that
allows
multiple
valedictorians,
arguing
that
colleges
and
universities
give
preference
to
students
who
attain
that
singular
distinction.
But
current
evidence
indicates
that
this
is
not
the
case
at
most.
Selective
institutions
duke
university,
for
example,
rejected
recently
rejected
58
percent
of
the
valedictorians
who
applied
the
university
of
pennsylvania,
rebuffed
62
percent.
AH
So
as
dr
mcmahon
articulated
earlier
colleges
and
universities,
almost
at
any
level,
is
really
looking
at
a
much
more
comprehensive
picture
of
an
applicant,
including
scholarships
than
just
how
you
did
academically
with
regards
to
class
rank
and
they're
really
really
taking
a
look
at.
What
is
this?
What's
that
well-rounded
student?
Doing
who?
Yes,
is
academically
inclined
pretty
much
to
a
very
high
degree,
but
those
scholarships
that
you
referenced
would
be
available
to
anne
arundel
county
public
students
as
well,
and
I
think
dr
cubic
had
a
thought
as
well.
Y
X
Yeah,
if
I
may
just
just
to
finish,
I
I
value
what
what
you've
said.
I
I
guess,
then
I
come
back
to
the
point.
You
know
look
I
I
was
a
well-rounded
student.
I
I
got
you
know,
I
was
an
a
student,
but
I
wasn't
top
tier
a
you
know
for
what
it's
worth
back
in
high
school
college,
different
story.
X
I
just
don't
want
them
to
be
disadvantaged
in
the
instances
that
we've
just
referenced,
val,
sal,
et
cetera
and
and
I'll
just
close
by
saying,
if
that
ranking
still
exists,
absent
the
distinction
of
valsall
we're
still
going
to
have
ap
students
awake
23
hours
a
day
because
they
want
to
get
that
extra
100th
of
a
point
so
that
they
can
be
number
one,
regardless
of
whether
we
call
it
valedictorian
and
and
they
get
their
they
get.
You
know
their
special
medal
graduation
or
they
they
get
a
cord.
X
Whatever
the
distinction
may
be,
there's
still
going
to
be
an
awareness
of
whether
I'm
number
one
and
I'm
number
two,
and
when
I'm
going
into
that
final
semester
of
my
senior
year
and
I'm
number
two
or
three
I've
got
to
do
whatever
it
takes
to
edge
someone
else
out
and
quite
honestly,
we
start
to
lose
that
well-roundedness,
even
if
that
class
ranking
still
exists
because
some
student
needs
to
get
that
edge
over
another
and
I'm
all
for
competition.
I
I'm
not
saying
that.
That's
that's
wrong.
X
There's
part
of
me,
though,
that
I
want
our
students
to
be
kids,
because
once
they
turn
18
and
then
once
they
turn
22,
there's
no
time
to
be
a
kid
anymore.
You
know
and
and
it's
the
serious
stuff
that
that
takes
over.
So
having
said
all
of
that,
this
is
ultimately
the
right
way
for
us
to
go.
My
concern
is
right.
Now
is
not
that
time
with
the
val
distinction,
given
what
I
just
heard
relative
to
scholarships
that
still
ask
for
that
distinction,
regardless
of
number
one
or
someone
with
that
distinction
noted
as
valedictorian.
D
Sasso
tend
to
agree
because
I'm
gonna
repeat
it:
this
is
an
individualistic
nation
where
people
basically
aim
to
be
the
best
that
they
can.
You
know,
and
competitiveness
basically
exists
in
this
nation,
no
matter
what
we
are,
not
a
nation
that
basically
follows
the
rule.
We
are
a
nation
that
creates
and
to
take
away
that
instinct
from
a
person
to
basically
be
competitive,
to
try
to
be
number
one
individualistic,
no
matter
what
you
cannot
take
that
away
from
an
individual.
D
Yes,
I
agree
with
the
latin
honors.
I
think
it's
a
well-rounded
program.
It
recognizes,
but
I
think
that
a
trophy
belongs
to
that
individual.
That
wants
to
be
number
one
or
number
two
and
you
will
not
take
it
away
from
that
individual,
like
mr
gail
gillian,
said
no
matter
what
that
individual
is
gonna,
go
and
seek
it.
B
I
have
to
to
say
that
I
was
personally
hopeful
that
we
could
get
rid
of
class
rank
all
together.
I
did
my
did
my
own
research
and
looked
into
some
admissions
offices
and,
for
example,
in
penn
state.
The
admissions
officer
back
in
october
of
2016
was
saying
that
more
often
than
not
ranking
systems
are
hurting
students
rather
than
helping
them,
and
another
group
up
in
chicago
was
explaining
that
saying:
we're
not
doing
kids
a
service
by
pitting
them
against
each
other.
B
For
ten
thousandths
of
a
point,
and
so
colleges
can
then
reject
number
ten
student
number
ten,
because
those
ten
thousands
of
a
point
kept
them
from
being
student
number
one.
So
if
we
got
rid
of
class
rank
all
together
and
nobody
was
able
to
determine
whether
they
were
first
or
tenth,
then
getting
rid
of
the
valsalla
makes
sense.
B
Yes,
the
student
is
number
one
and
I
don't
want
to
take
money
away
from
our
kids.
If
that's
really
something
that's
still
going
on
out
there.
I
would
like
to
you
know,
revisit
this
policy
in
a
couple
of
years
as
a
dual
policy,
whether
it
still
needs
to
be
a
dual
policy,
but
I
think
after
hearing
what
you
all
had
to
say
today
that
I'm
concerned
about
getting
rid
of
val,
sell
myself
at
this
point
in
time,
or
at
least
a
class
ranking,
dr
alato.
T
The
as
I
said
earlier,
there
are
many
tentacles
to
this,
but
it
boils
down
to
we
wanted
to,
and
we
brought
this
policy
forward
for
consideration
to
this
board
to
make
a
decision
and
now
the
decision
we
made
today
on.
There
were
two
main
purpose
for
this,
and
this
was
one:
how
can
we
recognize
more
students
in
the
excellence
that
they're
pursuing
because
of
the
diversity
of
programs
that
are
offered,
and
how
can
we?
T
It
does
allow
us
to
recognize
more
students
on
one
end,
but
it
does
not
get
to
a
place
where
we
want
our
students
to
be
making
more
healthy
decisions
and
enjoying
themselves
more
in
the
time
that
they
are
in
high
school
again
moving
towards
competing
against
a
standard,
as
opposed
to
impeding
competing
against
my
neighbor.
Thank
you.
B
B
If
I'm
doing
this
right,
parliamentary
parliamentary
lee
wright,
mr
grannon
would
like
to
strike
through
the
2017-18
school
year
so
that
it
would
say
high
school
shall
annually
designate
a
graduating,
valedictorian
and
salutatorian.
B
I
would
like
it
to
say:
high
schools
shall
designate
a
graduating,
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
through
the
2017-18
school
year
before
revisiting
this
policy
for
2018-19.
I
don't
want
to
put
this
to
bed
forever,
I'd
like
to
have
something
in
the
policy
that
says
we're
going
to
pull
it
back
up
and
look
at
it
in
a
couple
years,
so
we
can
see
what's
happening
out
there
in
the
admissions
world.
B
AF
You
first
of
all,
your
motion
has
to
be
seconded.
If
your
emotion,
okay,
your
motion
is
now
seconded
you
first
vote
for
you.
You
can
take
discussion
on
only
your
motion
that
was
just
made
and
then,
when
all
the
discussion
has
been
completed
on
your
motion,
then
you
take
a
vote.
If
the
vote.
If
the
motion
fails,
you
move
back.
AC
Y
Y
Let's
just
vote
to
maintain
it
take
out
that
language
have
it
clean
and
then
we
as
a
board
can
always
ask
dr
erlatto
to
report
on
things.
For
example,
are
you
actually
seeing
any
reduction
in
unhealthy
competition
or
did
the
class
rank?
Is
that
what's
driving
it?
Y
Maybe
at
that
point
we
won't
want
to
get
rid
of
val
cell,
we'll
just
want
to
get
rid
of
class
rank,
but
I
think
there's
been
a
lot
of
ventilation
of
this
issue
and
to
say
that
we
have
kind
of
a
one-year
clock
before
it
has
to
be
before
we
have
to
kick
that
that
that
can
of
worms.
Again,
I
think,
might
be
a
little
bit
too
soon.
Y
I'd
I'd
like
to
have
the
I'd
like
this
board,
to
have
the
flexibility
to
seek
whatever
information
we
want
of
dr
alato
in
the
administration
and
that
for
now,
the
more
appropriate
thing
to
do
or
not
the
more
appropriate,
because
it's
not
that
your
amendment
is
inappropriate.
So
I
didn't
mean
to
use
that
word,
but
the
more
efficacious
thing
to
do
would
be
simply
to
maintain
valedictorian,
salutatorian
and
then
frankly,
also
not
saddle
future
boards
with.
They
must
do
this
in
one
year.
D
I
agree
with
mr
gannon's
presentation
that
not
to
put
any
date
limit
on
it,
because
the
policy
committee
is
a
standing
committee
of
the
board,
so
we
can
at
any
moment
basically
you
know
we
don't
have
to
wait
one
year
two
years
I
mean
the
board
next
year
might
decide
that
hey.
We
want
to
get
rid
of
the
valetorian
saludatorium,
so
there
is
no.
D
You
know
I
would
not
like
to,
but
you
know,
let's
make
it
clean.
You
know
here.
It
is.
This
is
the
policy
that
this
board
stands
under
at
this
moment
I
mean,
if
that's
what
we
vote
and
then
maybe
next
year
the
policy
committee
would
like
to
take
it
up
again
and
get
rid
of
the
vasa.
You
know
we
don't
know
what
it
is,
but.
B
So
then,
so
we
would
be
taking
public
comment
on
c7
stating
beginning
in
the
2016-17
school
year.
Each
high
school
shall
annually
honor
graduating
students
who
qualify
for
the
aacps
com,
recognition
and
high
school
shall
annually
designate
a
graduating,
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
through
the
2017-18
school
year
before
revisiting
this
policy
for
20
18
19..
That's
what
we're
taking
comment
on.
AI
Janet
norman
annapolis,
high
school
parent,
thank
you
for
focusing
on
our
high
schools
and
we
appreciate
you
recognizing
lisa
pline,
as
our
volunteer
of
the
month.
We
at
annapolis,
not
high,
know
her
as
our
volunteer
of
the
decade,
and
we
will
be
extremely
sad
when
she
graduates
with
her
daughter
this
year
will
leave
a
gaping
hole.
AI
My
mom
was
was
valedictorian
of
her
high
school
and
it
helped
her
get
a
full
ride
to
university
of
rochester
rochester,
which
helped
change
the
trajectory
of
our
family.
Much
better.
My
brother
was
co-valedictorian
at
princeton
and
you
know
a
third
of
the
entire
school
was
valedictorians
and
they
turned
down
valedictorians,
but
while
valedictorian
of
salutatorian
may
be
important,
it
only
affects
you
know:
15
to
20
students
at
each
school
out
of
a
population
of
2
000
students
say
at
annapolis.
High
15
to
20
are
in
competition
for
that.
AI
AI
I'm
not
opposed
to
increasing
attendance.
I'm
not
opposed
to
closing
the
achievement
gap.
I'm
not
opposed
to
decreasing
chronic
absenteeism
education
week,
ranked
maryland's
achievement
gap
at
42nd
out
of
50
estates.
Mr.
AI
B
AI
He
he
you
know,
could
potentially
have
a
shot
for
it,
but
he's
too
tired
to
even
go
to
tyler
heights
elementary
and
do
after
school
tutoring
because
of
the
early
high
school
start
times
so
you're
talking
about
you're,
talking
about
well-rounded
students
and
broadening
people's
interests
and
having
them
take
things
and
you're
talking
about
making
this
healthy
for
our
high
school
students
and
you're,
ignoring
the
entire
unhealthy
situation,
you're
putting
our
high
school
students
in
every
day,
if
you're,
a
depressed
student
like
many
of
our
early
risers
you're,
not
going
to
be
going
the
best
and
brightest
toward
valedictorian,
okay,
so
I'll
I'll
continue.
AI
Other
comments
on
the
on
your
final
vote.
If
you
prefer
that.
AI
I
support
amendment
to
the
amendment
I
support
the
amendment
to
I
support
continuing
valedictorian
salatorian
beyond
2017.
2018.
B
B
B
The
amendment
would
make
item
section:
c7
state
that,
beginning
in
2016-17
school
year,
each
high
school
shall
annually
honor
graduating
students
who
qualify
for
the
aacps
laude
recognition.
High
school
shall
annually
designate
a
graduating,
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
period,
and
we
have
already
motioned
and
seconded
that.
Is
there
any
public
comment
on
that
item
to
maintain
valedictorian
and
salutatorian.
AJ
AJ
Good
morning,
dr
orlando,
ms
corbilik
members
of
the
board,
I'm
lisa
shore,
parent
of
two
students
who
graduated
from
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
because
of
our
magnet
programs.
Our
family
brings
the
perspective
from
two
different
high
schools.
Neither
one
of
my
sons
were
valedictorian
salutatorian,
yet
they
both
received
scholarships
to
excellent
colleges.
AJ
AJ
One
of
the
big
benefits
I
see
with
the
latin
honors
system
is
the
issue
of
equity.
It
allows
a
broader
range
of
students
to
receive
recognition,
including
students
who
choose
to
participate
in
out-of-school,
internships
or
cat
north
and
cat
south
programs
in
the
race
to
become
valsall.
Students
often
drop
these
programs,
along
with
courses
in
the
arts
or
other
courses
that
interest
them
in
favor
of
courses
that
only
offer
the
extra
points
of
ap
or
ib
courses.
AJ
This
workshop
was
very
informative,
since
parents
and
students
heard
directly
from
admissions
counselors
what
they
look
for
when
they
review
college
applications
and
several
questions
about
this
came
up
about
class
rank
and
whether
students
should
load
up
on
ap
classes
or
follow
their
passions
by
taking
elective
courses
such
as
music
or
art.
The
admissions
counselors
said
that
they
look
for
students
who
are
passionate
about
something
who
find
something
they
love
stick
with
it
and
bring
their
unique
talents
to
the
college.
AJ
AJ
AJ
Y
And
I
think
now
that
we
have
a
concrete
thing
to
go
down,
I
I
would
hope
we
could
kind
of
speak
together
as
one
voice
and
move
forward
with
the
policy
as
amended
and
determine
you
know
the
best
steps
for
our
students
going
forward
after
that.
But
if
we
could
speak
as
one
body
and
adopt
the
language
as
amended,
I
I
think
that
would
send
the
right.
AI
AI
The
second
main
purpose
was:
how
can
we
get
students
to
make
more
healthy
choices
in
the
courses
they
take
and
the
time
they
are
with
us
in
high
school
and
mr
gillen
rightly
said:
how
do
we?
How
do
we
develop
a
more
rounded,
more
well-rounded
student
who
can
enjoy
being
young
being
with
their
friends
having
time
to
go
to
games
and-
and
you
know
just
hang
around
as
a
kid.
AI
I
think
I
appreciate
you
looking
at
the
stresses
our
high
school
students
are
under
because
I
think
that's
not
been
taken
taken
account
of
for
too
long.
I
think
you
should
look
at
all
the
courses
in
the
high
school
curriculum
and
decide
if
they
are
appropriately
weighted
with
honors
or
not
too
many.
AI
We
had
the
benefit
of
hosting
a
student,
an
ib
student
from
denmark,
this
fall
and
they
were
18
and
19
years
old,
but
it
was
surprising
they
all
spoke
english
and
had
better
critical
reasoning,
skills
than
our
students
here
at
annapolis,
high
in
the
ib
program,
pretty
much
their
english
was
impeccable
and
their
knowledge
of
world
events
was
was
astounding
and
they
worked
in
call
centers.
They
had
jobs
speaking
in
english,
so
we're
not
just
competing
against
anne
arundel
county.
AI
Our
students
are
not
just
competing
within
maryland,
they're
competing
with
not
just
across
the
nation
like
we
all
did.
Perhaps
when
we
went
to
college
they're
competing
against
a
global
economy.
If
you
look
december,
21st
washington,
post
article
about
the
amount
of
foreign
students
now
in
college
slots
has
risen,
has
doubled.
In
the
last
decade,
carnegie
mellon
went
from
11
to
19
percent,
my
alma
mater
colgate
doubled
from
four
to
ten
percent.
AI
So
everything
you
do
here
as
a
board
needs
to
be
able
to
help
our
students
compete
in
that
global
economy
just
renaming.
The
honors
is
not
necessarily
going
to
do
that.
Having
them
have
a
healthy
high
school
experience
and
having
them
get
through
high
school,
more
rested
not
as
sick,
not
as
disadvantaged
in
their
in
their
course.
Work
compared
to
other
students
is
very
important,
so
I'm
hoping
that
you
will
put
money
in
the
2018
budget
to
to
make
your
students
have
more
healthy
choices
in
high
school
and
and
have
a
healthier
start
time.
B
S
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
first
say
you
know.
I
appreciate
mr
grannon's
earlier
thoughts,
but
this
is
the
place
for
us
to
express
our
opinions
and
our
thoughts
about
the
policies
that
are
going
forward
once
the
vote
is
taken,
then
it's
the
board's
decision
and
we
will
be
unified
and
we
will
go
forward
with
whatever
comes
out
of
here,
but
right
now
on
this
dais.
S
I'm
very
disappointed
as
I've
been
hoping
for
the
last
eight
and
a
half
years
that
I
have
served
on
this
board
that
we
would
eliminate
valsall
from
our
school
system,
because
I
think
it's
destructive
to
our
children.
But
of
course,
if
that's
what
we
do
adopt,
I
will
be
supporting
it.
While
I'm
here,
I
will
of
course
be
encouraging
the
board
to
revisit
it.
S
N
N
I
will
be
fully
supportive
of
this
policy
in
all
ways,
but
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear
that
I
think
that
the
elimination
of
valsal
is
a
crucial
part
of
this
entire
change
and
moving
forward
for
healthy
things
for
our
students,
and
so
I'm
going
to
have
to
vote
no
for
the
whole
package
for
that.
But
I
want
to
state
very
clearly
that
I'm
very
much
in
favor
of
the
latin
honor
system,
ms
williams,.
E
I
don't
have
much
to
say.
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
I
second
everything
that
miss
hummer
just
said
I
am
in
full.
Support
of
latin
honors
have
been
since
this
policy
has
touched
this
dais,
but
I
am
opposed
to
the
valsal
system.
I
have
seen
students
who
have
gone
through
it,
who
have
had
such
unhealthy
lifestyles
trying
to
achieve
this
one
spot,
and
I
I
can't
support
that.
So
thank
you,
but
if
the
policy
passes
with
how
it
is,
I
will
support
it
as
a
board
member.
D
D
B
I
just
like
to
say
that
I
do
not
want
our
students
ranked
from
number
one
to
2000
in
any
way
shape
or
form,
but
until
our
higher
education
institutions
catch
up
to
what's
going
on
in
k-12.
I
cannot
take
away
scholarship
opportunities
for
anybody,
so
I'm
going
to
vote
for
this
policy
as
amended
so
that
we
can
at
least
start
to
honor,
more
students
and
more
excellence
at
aacps,
especially
for
the
students
who
are
not
enrolled
in
our
ib
and
ap
diploma
programs.
B
D
B
Motion
passes:
nine
zero,
zero
item;
four
point:
one:
three
policy:
jcl
student
organizations;
third
reading,
dr
alado,
your
recommendation;
yes,.
B
D
B
I
Good
afternoon
for
the
record
jeanette
ortiz
legislative
and
policy
council,
the
general
assembly
convened
last
wednesday,
wednesday
for
the
2017
legislative
session.
Many
bills
have
already
been
introduced,
several
that
affect
aacps
and
before
you
are
three
bills
requiring
board
action.
The
first
bill
is
house
bill,
23
vehicle
laws,
school
vehicles
definition.
I
I
S
I
don't
know
if
you've
had
time
to
talk
to
anyone
or
find
out
about
this.
Usually
these
kind
of
bills
come
from
western
maryland
and
this
sponsors
from
baltimore
and
howard
counties,
which
seems
very
odd
to
me,
I
mean
I
understand
why
folks
from
garrett
and
allegheny
county
would
want
to
be
able
to
buy
buses
from
other
states
because
they're
surrounded
by
other
states.
But
do
you
know
what
the
sponsors.
I
I
As
for
public
business
to
the
maryland
state
archives
in
the
bill,
the
term
records
is
defined
as
any
documentary
materials
in
any
form
created
or
received
by
any
agency
in
connection
with
the
transaction
of
public
business.
This
definition
is
overly
broad
and
would
require
aacps
to
preserve
and
transfer
an
immeasurable
amount
of
records
conducted
in
the
normal
course
of
business.
The
requirements
set
forth
would
be
overly
burdensome.
I
X
Thank
you
just
one
question
anything
that
that's
what's
the
word
here:
a
transaction
of
public
business
is
already
publicly
available
in
most
general
terms,
correct.
I
Yes,
and
this
bill,
however,
would
require
preservation
of
this
and
the
transfer
of
that
information
for
the
maryland
state
archives
to
be,
you
know,
maintained
in
perpetuity.
We
have
different
state
laws
concerning
human
resources,
records
and
other
information
that
have
other
sort
of
dates
and
time
frames
in
which
information
must
be
maintained.
X
B
I
Okay
in
the
final
bill
is
senate
bill,
90
public
and
non-public
schools,
classwork
an
assessment
involving
live
and
dead
animal
student
right
of
refusal
senate
bill
90
is
also
reintroduction
of
a
2016
bill.
This
bill
would
provide
a
student
the
right
to
refuse
to
participate
in
or
observe
in
whole
or
impart
classwork,
or
an
assessment
that
includes
the
dissection
of
dead
animals.
I
This
bill
is
an
unnecessary
intrusion
on
the
decisions
of
local
schools,
which
already
have
the
ability
to,
and
they
actually
do,
accommodate
students
who
refuse
to
participate
in
the
dissection
of
animals.
Aacps
has
alternative
methods
for
these
students
already
in
place,
and
as
such,
we
respectfully
request
and
recommend
that
the
board
vote
to
oppose
this
legislation
so
move.
B
S
I
Us
yes
and
great
question:
absolutely
you
will
get
so
bills
that
for
action,
those
that
we
recommend
not
taking
a
position,
but
we
are
monitoring
and
also
those
bills
which
we
may
support
or
oppose
based
on
our
legislative
program.
These
bills
were
kind
of
just
introduced
in
the
last
couple
of
days,
so
we
just
wanted
to
be
sure
to
get
them
before
you,
because
the
bill
hearings
will
be
will
take
place
before
the
next
board
meeting
at
the
next
board
meeting,
you
will
see
a
lot
more
bills
and
the
three
different
sections.
Okay.
B
AB
We
are
in
front
of
you
today
to
discuss
the
efforts
around
recruitment
and
retention
of
our
educators
in
the
school
system.
As
you
are
likely
aware,
there
is
a
reported
teacher
shortages
nation.
There
are
reported
teacher
shortages
nationwide,
particularly
in
the
areas
of
special
education,
mathematics,
science,
computer
science,
english
language,
learners,
technology
and
world
and
classical
language.
Our
school
system
has
not
been
immune
to
this
trend
and,
as
a
state
maryland
continues
to
be
an
import
state
for
teachers,
as
our
in-state
colleges
and
universities
do
not
produce
sufficient
candidates
to
staff
maryland
schools.
AB
In
this
way.
For
this
current
school
year,
we
hired
educators
from
198
colleges
in
38
states,
puerto
rico,
the
u.s
virgin
islands
and
five
countries
outside
of
the
united
states.
Overcoming
the
teacher
shortage
trend
has
not
been
easy.
However,
we
do
not
allow
that
challenge
to
compromise
the
quality
we
expect
from
our
educators
or
the
diversity
we
strive
for
in
our
workforce
through
our
recruitment
and
retention
efforts.
We
are
ever
mindful
of
the
value
of
diversity
in
educators
for
our
students,
we
value
diversity
because
of
the
positive
impact
a
diverse
workforce
has
for
our
students.
AB
You
will
hear
further
in
this
presentation
about
our
efforts
to
have
schools
with
diverse
staff
that
reflects
differing
backgrounds
and
experiences
similar
similar
to
the
differing
backgrounds
and
experiences
of
our
students.
We
will
continue
to
strive
and
put
our
efforts
around
the
goal
of
a
truly
diverse
workforce
to
best
meet
our
students
needs
as
we
work
towards
employing
and
keeping
quality
educators
for
our
students.
We
must
continue
our
collective
efforts
around
retaining
our
excellent
teachers,
as
mr
goodman
will
discuss
shortly
throughout
the
system.
AB
AK
Good
afternoon,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
shanika
mckenzie,
workforce
diversity,
specialist
for
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools.
Aacps
continues
to
strive
to
build
a
workforce
that
is
reflective
of
the
students
we
serve
as
we
have
shared
in
the
past.
This
is
no
easy
task
and
many
challenges
remain.
AK
AK
AK
AK
25
of
these
events
were
diversity,
focused
job
fairs
or
visits
to
colleges
and
universities
with
higher
proportions
of
students
from
underrepresented
groups.
We
extended
154
open
contracts
to
strong
candidates
in
order
to
secure
their
employment
with
our
district
top
diverse
candidates
and
high
performing
student
interns
were
specifically
targeted.
AK
101
of
the
candidates
who
were
offered
open
contracts
accepted
positions
with
aacps.
This
represents
65
of
the
total
offers.
26
of
the
teacher
candidates
who
accepted
our
open
offers
were
diverse
applicants
we
proactively
reached
out
to
our
current
diverse
employees
and
encourage
them
to
recommend
teacher
applicants
for
our
district.
AK
All
recommendations
were
personally
contacted
and
encouraged
to
apply.
Three
of
these
recommendations
were
ultimately
hired.
Aacps
once
again
held
our
annual
teacher
diversity
recruitment
weekend,
which
invites
candidates
from
across
the
country
to
our
district.
The
teacher
diversity
recruitment
weekend
remains
one
of
our
strongest
initiatives
in
bringing
diverse
educators
into
aacps
in
its
seventh
year.
Over
230
teachers
have
attended
our
diversity
weekends
and,
with
the
job
acceptance
rate
of
70
percent.
AK
This
exciting
four-day
event
allows
prospective
teacher
candidates
to
tour
our
schools
meet
with
administrators
and
learn
about
our
community
candidates,
attend
a
community
fair
where
they
can
connect
with
resources
vital
to
those
considering
relocation,
as
well
as
mingle,
with
aacps
senior
leadership
at
various
events.
Throughout
the
weekend,
our
principals
have
the
opportunity
to
interview
these
candidates
during
an
invitation-only
job
fair
and
can
provide
our
recruitment
staff
with
immediate
feedback
on
the
candidates
they
wish
to
hire
for
their
buildings.
AK
A
review
of
teacher
applicant
pools
shows
that
aacps
received
1200
fewer
applicants
for
the
16-17
hiring
season
than
for
the
previous
year.
Despite
a
smaller
applicant
pool.
As
of
october,
8th
aacps
hired
668
teachers
for
vacant
positions,
which
represents
79
percent
of
employees
hired
since
july
1st,
these
numbers
represent
a
5
increase
in
the
number
of
teachers
hired
versus
this
time
last
year.
AK
AK
AK
AK
After
the
success
of
our
diversity
weekend,
several
other
local
districts
have
attempted
to
duplicate
our
efforts
by
holding
their
own
diversity
events.
While
we
are
still
the
only
county
that
hosts
a
multi-day
event.
Some
districts
have
attempted
to
hold
diversity
fares
earlier,
to
try
and
lock
down
applicants
prior
to
our
event.
AK
To
combat
these
efforts,
aacps
has
added
a
second
diversity:
recruitment
job
fair
to
our
calendar
teachers
eligible
to
attend
our
diversity.
Job
fair
must
meet
the
same
criteria
as
those
who
attend
our
weekend
event
planned
for
april
1st,
our
diversity
job
fair,
will
be
advertised
in
multiple
ways,
including
radio
and
social
media.
In
order
to
attract
a
much
larger
audience,
hr
staff
will
offer
open
contracts
to
top
candidates
who
attend
this
job.
Fair,
based
on
recommendations
from
principals
and
assistant
principals
hr
will
continue
to
host
our
diversity
weekend
in
late
may.
AK
AK
We
are
revamping
the
aacps
recruitment
website
to
make
information
easier,
to
find
and
to
provide
more
pertinent
information
to
teacher
applicants.
This
website
revamp
was
initially
discussed
during
last
year's
presentation,
but
was
put
on
hold
as
part
of
a
larger
system-wide
website
update
the
new
aacps
website
is
scheduled
to
launch
this
spring.
AK
The
aacps
hr
navigator
will
also
allow
applicants
to
news
technology
mobile
technology
to
complete
an
application
and
not
solely
rely
on
traditional
computers
or
laptops.
The
enhanced
reporting
capability
of
our
new
system
will
also
provide
better
data
to
track
our
applicants
through
the
hiring
process.
AK
AK
On
november
30th
aacps
hosted
its
annual
information
session
for
career
changers
entitled,
so
you
think
you
can
teach.
This
event
was
heavily
advertised
to
diverse
communities,
as
we
aim
to
identify
more
diverse
applicants
for
our
resident
teaching,
certification,
rtc
programs.
The
event
was
attended
by
approximately
100
individuals,
of
which
nearly
40
percent
were
diverse.
K
When
many
refer
to
this
program,
they
use
the
term
career
changer.
For
me,
it
was
more
of
a
career
discovery.
The
year
I
decided
to
explore
the
rtc
program
as
an
option.
I
was
22
years
old.
I
just
earned
my
baccalaureate
degree
in
english
and
language
arts
at
morgan,
state
university.
It
hired
me
as
a
research
associate
and
project
coordinator
of
the
school
of
public
health
prevention
sciences,
research
center
and
after
a
series
of
internships
work
on
the
2004
carey
campaign
and
the
2006
56
strategy
initiative.
K
The
democratic
national
committee
had
flown
me
out
to
colorado
where
I
helped
coordinate
pages
for
the
2008
democratic
national
convention.
So,
as
you
might
imagine,
I
was
all
over
the
place.
I
had
variables
of
higher
education,
public
health,
research
and
politics
as
a
part
of
my
career,
but
through
it
all,
there
was
one
constant,
my
love
for
people
and
the
rush
that
I
got
when
I
was
able
to
say
something
or
do
something
to
help
someone
else.
K
It
was
right
after
the
2008
convention
had
ended
and
morgan
states
prevention
sciences,
research
center
had
put
me
in
charge
of
training
and
managing
their
undergraduate
employees
that
this
light
bulb
came
on
in
flashing
fluorescent
colors.
I
needed
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
young
people.
I
needed
to
be
a
teacher
upon
this
realization.
I
did
some
research
to
find
out
that
maryland
offered
several
alternative
means
of
certification.
K
That
would
not
require
me
to
go
back
and
pay
for
18
more
undergraduate
credits,
as
my
honors
scholarship
at
my
beloved
hbcu,
was
nearing
an
end.
The
alternative
certification
option
offered
by
rtc
and
similar
programs
provided
an
opportunity
to
overcome
a
potential
financial
barrier
that
could
have
been
a
huge
deterrent
to
my
goal
of
becoming
a
teacher.
In
short,
I
wasn't
born
with
a
silver
spoon
and
paying
for
another
18
education
courses
and
credits
was
not
an
ideal
option
for
me.
Thankfully,
programs
like
rtc,
provide
alternative
options
for
career
discoverers.
K
The
rotc
program
here
boasted
full
payment,
of
course,
tuition
a
much
smaller
cohort
size
and
a
hands-on
student
teaching
internship.
That
would
allow
me
to
place
all
the
theory
that
I
was
learning
and
to
practice,
and
then
there
was
pat
gronkowicz
she's,
the
coordinator
of
the
aacps
rtc
program.
She
was
definitely
one
of
the
major
reasons
why
I
chose
to
be
a
part
of
the
program
in
2009.
I
began
jokingly
calling
her
my
education
mother,
but
it
really
does
have
a
great
deal
of
truth
value.
K
K
One
of
our
own
outstanding
leaders
and
principals
of
north
glenn
elementary
school
kelly,
thomas,
has
said
everyone
needs
a
space
simply
showing
and
telling
people
we
have
a
space
for
you
has
the
power
to
break
down
barriers
and
provide
opportunities
for
learners
of
all
ages
as
an
african-american
and
a
woman
and
a
member
of
a
number
of
historically
marginalized
communities.
I'm
grateful
to
report
that
the
rtc
program,
in
conjunction
with
a
number
of
supportive
leaders
at
aecps,
has
created
that
space.
K
I
must
report,
however,
that
my
rtc
journey
journey
entire
was
not
entirely
comprised
of
fuzzy
and
feel-good
moments.
I
was
pleased
by
the
rigor
and
dynamism
of
the
program,
but
whoever
coined
the
term
baptism
by
fire,
surely
had
this
rtc
internship
in
mind,
I
did
my
student
teaching
at
south
river
high
school
summer
program
for
about
a
week
and
a
half
and
then
my
mentor,
a
phenomenal
english
teacher
and
now
she's,
an
english
teacher
specialist
by
the
name
of
susan
corby,
says
something
I
shall
never
forget.
K
Okay,
I
think
it's
time
for
you
to
start
teaching
now
and
with
those
11
words,
she
relinquished
all
the
planning,
differentiation
and
classroom
management
over
to
me,
and
while
at
the
time
I
thought
she
surely
had
some
secret
desire
to
cause
my
untimely
demise.
This
was
actually
one
of
the
best
things
that
she
could
have
ever
done.
For
me.
In
those
five
weeks,
I
was
in
the
trenches
of
differentiation,
which
was
the
buzzword
back
in
2009.
K
For
some
times
the
classes
had
students
in
multiple
grade
levels,
with
multiple
learning
styles,
and
I
had
my
first
experience
with
student
accommodations.
There
were
a
number
of
students
with
ieps
and
504
plans,
and
I
had
to
become
a
master
of
lesson
engagements.
Do
you
know
that
those
classes
are
two
hours
and
45
minutes
you
have
to
do.
K
I
met
the
dynamic
and
admirable
william
myers,
who
currently
is
still
the
principal
at
south
river
high
school,
and
he
found
it
in
his
heart.
To
give
me
a
job,
I
became
closer
to
ronnie
jablonski
the
evening
and
summer
high
school
principal
at
south
river,
high
school
and
she's
become
another
one
of
my
education
mothers
and
she
allowed
me
to
continue
to
hone
my
craft
in
their
summer
high
school
programs
in
the
years
to
come.
I
continue
my
relationship
with
sue
corby,
who
actually
recommended
me
to
be
a
part
of
the
stem
magnet
program.
K
You
heard
that
correctly,
an
english
teacher
teaching
in
a
stem
magnet
program,
that's
interesting,
another
story
for
another
day,
but
that
opened
the
door
to
relationships
with
countless
aacps
and
community
leaders
and,
as
the
adage
goes,
the
rest
is
history.
I'm
now
poised
to
begin
my
eighth
year
of
serving
aacps
I've
taught
english
public
speaking
professional
etiquette,
project
management,
project-based
learning
and
research
within
the
stem
magnet
program
and
beyond.
K
In
other
schools,
I've
been
given
the
creative
liberty
to
establish
a
9th
grade,
support
program
to
help
freshman
students,
transition,
academically
and
socially
into
the
rigor
of
a
magnet
program
and
in
high
school
in
general,
and
that
program
has
been
utilized
at
south
river
north
county
and
glen
burnie
high
school.
Since
the
2013-2014
school
year,
I've
presented
at
several
aacps
conferences.
K
I
was
inspired
to
support
other
leaders
through
rotc
and
I
was
also
inspired
to
complete
several
degrees
since
I've
been
here,
so
I
got
a
masters
from
johns
hopkins
university
and
gifted
education
and
administration,
and
now
I've
been
crazy
enough
to
pursue
a
doctoral
degree
from
the
university
of
southern
california
and
organizational
change
and
leadership,
and,
most
recently
and
dear
to
my
heart,
is
the
fact
that,
because
of
the
seeds
planted
by
rtc
and
the
leaders
in
aacps,
I
currently
serve
in
my
position
as
manager
of
service
learning
and
mentorships.
Here
at
the
district
level.
K
At
this
point,
I
have
no
idea
what
my
next
steps
are
going
to
be,
but
I
can
easily
look
down
at
the
gravel
and
brick
of
this
pathway
and
know
what
and
who
has
ordered
my
steps.
Thus
far,
you
see,
as
I
said
before,
I
truly
am
honored
to
sit
before
you
today,
but
it
wasn't
really
because
I
wanted
to
share
my
accomplishments
or
tout
those.
It
was
because
I'm
grateful
that
I
can
utilize
this
platform
to
publicly
and
poignantly
say
thank
you,
representatives
of
the
rtc
program
and
leadership
of
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
K
I
appreciate
you
beyond
measure,
for
you
thought
it
not
robbery
to
give
opportunities
to
a
young
brown
girl
like
me
with
wide
eyes
and
even
broader
dreams,
but
you
also
consistently
practice
the
supportive
transformative
leadership
that
has
kept
me
here
in
this
district
and
yearning
for
more.
If
I
ever
humbly
accomplish
anything
that
someone
someday
might
deem
great,
please
know
that
it
was
largely
because
of
the
opportunities
and
the
space
that
you
created
for
a
career
discoverer
like
me.
Thank
you.
K
A
AL
Clearly
a
bad
idea
to
go
after
jasmine,
but
that's
okay
see
what
we
can
do.
Okay
in
2015-16,
overall
turnover
in
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
was
10
verse
9.3
last
year.
Teacher
turnover
was
also
slightly
higher
at
11
percent
when
compared
to
10
percent
last
year,
and
the
top
five
reasons
for
separation.
AL
The
late
ratification
of
an
agreement
between
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools
and
the
teachers
association
may
have
also
impacted
some
employees
decision
to
leave
the
county.
However,
our
data
on
retention
of
conditionally
certified
teachers
for
that
same
period
shows
that
75
percent
of
conditionally
certified
minority
educators
and
85
percent
of
conditionally
certified
non-minority
educators
remain
with
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
for
a
second
school
year.
These
numbers
have
increased
greatly
from
the
previous
year
when
retention
for
conditionally
certified
teachers
with
65
percent
and
69
percent.
AL
We
believe
our
additional
efforts
to
support
conditionally
certified
teachers,
who
typically
have
not
completed
traditional
teacher
education
programs,
contributed
to
this
increase
in
retention.
We
are
also
using
a
number
of
other
strategies
to
help
improve
the
overall
retention
of
our
teachers.
We
are
continuing
to
host
our
conditional
teacher
workshop,
which
began
last
year
as
an
opportunity
to
provide
additional
assistance
to
teachers
who
most
likely
did
not
complete
a
teacher
education
program
and
may
be
stepping
into
the
classroom.
AL
Our
new
teachers,
facebook
page,
continues
to
provide
teachers
new
to
our
district
with
a
way
to
connect,
even
before
they
begin
employment
with
our
county.
Currently,
there
are
over
400
employees
who
have
liked
this
page,
which
has
doubled
from
this
time.
Last
year
we
are
holding
networking
and
professional
development
events
to
bring
together
diverse
educators
from
across
the
county.
AL
We
believe
that,
by
helping
our
diverse
educators
navigate
pathways
to
leadership
as
well
as
providing
opportunities
to
build
relationships
with
co-workers
from
similar
backgrounds,
we
can
better
retain
these
employees,
which
is
critical
in
our
efforts
to
increase
diversity.
Our
goal
today
has
been
to
share
with
you
some
strategies
aacps
uses
to
recruit
and
retain
our
employees.
Our
efforts
to
increase
diversity
within
our
system
helps
to
ensure
that
every
student
can
see
themselves
in
the
teachers
and
staff
members
they
interact
with
every
day.
AL
In
closing,
we
would
like
to
leave
you
with
some
comments
from
our
students
on
why
diversity
in
our
schools
is
important
to
them.
This
video
may
also
be
used
in
future
marketing
materials
as
we
promote
our
desire
for
a
diverse
workforce
to
potential
employees,
and
after
this
short
video
clip,
we
will
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
AC
AM
AN
You
can
trust
them,
you
know
they
are
going
through.
They
went
through
the
same
thing
and
it's
just
easier.
In
my
perspective,
I
think
that's
what
a
lot
of
students
would
like.
I
think
it
is
important
to
have
different
teachers
from
different
backgrounds,
so
we
can
have
different
role
models
in
school.
L
H
And
our
students
be
reflected
by
diversity
in
our
teachers.
I
think
it's
important
to
have
different
teachers
from
different
backgrounds
so
that
if
they
hear
if
they
have
a
different
background
from
you,
you
can
learn
new
stuff
about
their
backgrounds.
Diversity
in
schools
is
important
because
different
diversity
brings
different
ideas
to
the
table,
having
teachers.
AO
AI
AP
X
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
offer
this
and
I
really
do
appreciate
the
the
onboarding
session
the
other
day.
Miss
coleman.
You
are
amazing,
thank
you
and
I
I
just
have
to
tell
you
when
you
were
at
the
dnc
convention.
I
was
at
the
other
one
that
summer.
So
I'm
sorry
we
missed,
but.
X
I
I
do
think,
though
your
story-
I
I
wrote
your
words,
not
career
changer
book
career
discovery.
I
think
it's
impactful,
it's
very
powerful
and
I
hope
when
the
time
is
right,
we
can
get
her
in
a
a
two-minute
video
on
on
our
website
or
on
the
facebook
page.
You
know
for
recruiting,
because
it's
awesome.
X
So
thank
you
for
for
that
two
questions
that
I
I
had
one
is
you
know
in
in
the
presentation,
and
certainly
here
I
I
see
the
tracking
of
of
minority
versus
non-minority,
and
then
I
see
the
tracking
of
male
versus
female,
which
is
great
that
we're
tracking
that
the
the
one
area-
and
you
may
not
have
it
today
but
but
at
some
point
to
get
it
would
be
helpful
in
particular
minority
males.
X
X
I
I
think
that
would
just
be
you
know,
helpful
to
see
and
and
then,
if
possible,
and
I'm
asking
for
a
lot
now
and
it's
getting
late,
but
if
we're
trending
up
or
trending
down
in
in
those
categories
for
for
important
reasons,
I
I
think
we
all
know
know
why
and
and
then
mr
goodman
we're
talking
about
the
the
retention
aspects.
I
I've
not
made
a
formal
request
of
this.
X
You
know
I
I
somehow
alluded
to
it
a
couple
of
months
ago,
but
I
think
when
we
get
these
monthly
reports
of
of
who's
coming
who's
going.
You
know
we
get
a
a
great
summary
report
at
the
end
based
on
race
and
and
ethnicity,
and
that's
extremely
helpful
to
see
by
way
of
appointments,
and
then
we've
got
the
cumulative
numbers
below
that.
X
X
If,
aside
from
you
know
collecting
all
of
these
and
sitting
here
and
counting
them
up
month
after
month
after
month,
if
there's
some
way,
we
can
start
to
get
a
cumulative
summary
report
of
that,
so
that
we
can
get
you
know
to
march
april
may
and
then
look
at
that
and
say:
okay,
69
teachers
have
left
because
of
this
72
left
because
of
that
and
three
left.
Because
of
that,
I
think
that's
just
going
to
be
helpful
data
for
the
board
in
general
and
and
certainly
for
the
the
public
overall
so
again
for
everything.
AL
AA
AL
D
And
another
thing
is
just
because
I
know
my
son-in-law,
even
though
he
is
high-tech
and
he
works
for
a
high-tech
company.
He
has
decided.
I
mean
he
does
teaching,
because
his
mother
also
has
done
teaching
but
he's
teaching
at
the
university
level.
Can
we
go
into
these
high-tech
companies
too
and
basically
see
if
they
would
like
to
do
any
teaching
for
us,
like
northrop
grundman.
AB
So,
under
the
sports
leadership
and
miss
corvillex
leadership,
we
have
been
trying
to
get
the
adjunct,
profession,
professor
or
address
instructor
program.
That
would
do
exactly
what
you're
saying
we're
very
excited
that
the
report
that
came
out
from
msde
included
our
recommendations
through
the
work
of
ms
talar.
She
sits
on
a
statewide
committee,
where
we
really
advocate
advocated
for
that
change,
and
so
we
are
hopeful
that
msd
will
be
coming
out
with
regulations
in
coming
years.
D
AL
AB
Right,
the
the
specific
work
group
that
I
was
speaking
of
their
final
report
is
due
next
year,
so
I
would
not
foresee
it
happening
prior
to
that,
although.
Q
AB
I'm
not
up
to
date
on
any
legislative
efforts
to
move
that
forward
as
a
bill
as
it
came
last
year.
So
I'm
just
not
clear
on
you
know
where
that
would
be.
So.
How
long
is
the
rtc.
AK
Program,
so
the
rtc
program
is,
is
kind
of
something
for
someone
looking
to
come
out
of
a
career
and
move
into
it.
So
if
someone
from
the
north
of
grumman
was
looking
to
leave
their
job
permanently,
they
could
come
into
the
program,
but
it's
not
really
something
they
can
do
while
still
working
another
job.
That's
why
we're
looking
at
other
alternative
ways
in
order
to
allow
people
who
maybe
want
to
use
their
expertise
in
the
classroom
but
maintain
their
career
to
also
have
an
opportunity
to
teach
in
our
schools.
S
Yeah,
actually
just
a
clarification
question
at
the
towards
the
beginning.
You
had
mentioned
that
nationally
african-american
teachers
had
dropped
from
eight
percent
to
seven
percent.
Now
is
that
eight
percent
of
all
teachers
are
african-american
to
seven
percent
or
africa.
AK
AK
For
african-american
teachers
we're
actually
right
at
the
national
average,
seven
percent
of
our
teachers
are
actually
african-american
we're
lower
for
hispanic
than
the.
AK
That's
actually
growing
where
our
percentage
is
about
three
percent:
okay,.
S
And
do
you
know
how
maryland
as
a
state
ranks
or
what
the
percentage
is
for
maryland
as
a
state
just
wondering
how
we
compare
to
our
neighbors?
Not
just
each
of
our.
AK
Each
of
our
neighbors
kind
of
has
a
different
percentage,
so
I
could
provide
you
that
data
we
did
not
bring
it
yeah.
S
N
Thank
you.
This
is
great
and
I
think
y'all
are
trying
to
think
outside
of
the
box
and
trying
new
things
and
and
doing
that,
and
I
appreciate
all
your
efforts.
I
know
this
is
a
year-round,
constant
challenge,
so
I
appreciate
all
your
work.
U
B
D
B
All
right
with
that,
I
have
a
couple
of
announcements
and
then
we'll
move
into
closed
session.
The
first
is
that
the
board
budget
committee
meeting
that
was
planned
for
today
has
been
cancelled.
B
The
next
board
policy
committee
meeting
is
wednesday
january
25th
at
1
pm,
and
the
next
board
of
education
meeting
is
here
on
february.
1St
at
10
am
mrs
hummer.