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From YouTube: BOE 02-21-2018 General Session Meeting
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Welcome
to
this
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Education,
this
meeting
is
being
televised,
live
on
a
ACPs,
TV
and
live
streamed
on
the
Internet
general
information
and
protocols
for
the
meeting
are
posted
on
the
sign
by
the
doorway
as
you
enter
the
room.
So
please
make
sure
you
read
those
if
you
have
not
already
item
2.03
is
approval
of
the
minutes.
C
Madam
President,
my
name,
is
Victoria
Calhoun
I
rise
at
this
time
to
make
a
point
of
order.
Reference
in
the
last
board
minutes
as
agenda
item
5.03
strategic
plan,
2018,
2023
I,
believe
the
board
did
not
use
proper
procedure
to
conduct
its
business
for
this
agenda
item
and
therefore
I
believe
the
action
is
null
and
void
at
the
time
at
the
December
6
2017
meeting,
which
I
attended
the
board,
the
the
board
on
agenda
item
5.1
six
strategic
plan.
The
record
shows
the
board
voted
to
lie
on
the
table.
C
The
strategic
plan
until
7
February
2018
on
the
7th
of
February,
the
board
according
to
procedure,
should
have
removed
the
item
from
the
table
where
under
Robert's
Rules
of
Order,
the
motion
would
have
remained
unchanged.
Instead,
the
board
treated
it
as
if
it
was
a
new
agenda
item.
The
record
in
the
board
discussion
clearly
showed
that
the
document
had
been
modified.
It
seems
to
me
several
possible
violations
may
have
occurred
in
all
of
this.
C
But
of
most
concern
to
me
is
the
fact
that
the
board
members
input
actually
got
into
the
document,
but
no
apparent
public
input
did
specifically.
My
argument
to
this
board
on
6
December
was
was
that
this
was
not
a
strategic
plan
and
that
meaningful
public
input
was
not
solicited.
Subsequently,
I've
provided
significant
public
input,
both
on
the
feedback
form,
which
was
on
the
website
in
emails
which
I
sent
to
every
board
member
here,
except
for
the
new
board
member.
C
The
input
has
completely
unaccounted
for
in
the
public
record
of
this
action,
nor
is
it
contained
in
the
revised
material
under
Robert's
Rules
of
Order.
The
use
of
lie
on
the
table
itself
is
considered
a
violation
of
fairness
in
the
fact
that
it's
undebatable
in
this
case
I
feel
that,
because
the
board
violated
the
established
procedures
for
this
action,
I
believe
the
action
under
Robert's
Rules
of
Order
is
null
and
void.
A
Thank
you,
miss
Calhoun.
This
is
an
example
why
public
input
is
very
important.
It
forms
us
of
areas
that
we
may
need
to
review.
We
will
consult
our
board
counsel
on
this,
so
that
we
are
clear
on
this
point
for
going
forward
and
I
will
follow
up
with
you
after
we
consulted
with
our
council.
So
are
there
any
other
public
comments
or
board
comments?
So
all
those
in
favor
four
minutes
all
right
item
2.04
is
established
agenda
order
and
the
agenda
stands
as
written
item.
A
D
A
And
I
was
able
to
attend
our
all
County
Band
concert
and
also
cluster
concerts
for
the
mide
and
the
Glen
Burnie
clusters,
when
all
the
elementary
and
middle
and
high
school
students
play
together
and
they
were
all
wonderful.
We
just
have
amazing
talent
all
throughout
this
county
and
I,
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out
on
26
of
our
CTE
students
at
our
Kat
centers
finished
in
the
top
three
and
regional
skills,
USA
competition
and
we'll
be
going
to
the
state.
So
that
is
fabulous.
So
item
2.07
is
the
crash
report.
Mr.
Curran.
F
Good
evening
president
Hummer
members
aboard
dr.
lotto,
my
name
is
Connor
Kern
and
I'm,
the
Secretary
of
Education
of
Kraske.
We
are
quickly
approaching
the
student
number
board
of
election
season.
The
nomination
period
is
open.
We
have
already
hosted
information
nights.
Our
campaign
clinics
focus
on
campaigning
will
be
held
from
6:30
to
8:30
p.m.
next
Wednesday
mean
by
all
students
interested
to
attend
and
apply.
F
I
understand
that
the
office
of
school
security
has
worked
with
schools
to
conduct
armed
intruder,
drills,
it's
horrible
that
we
must
participate.
These
exercises,
but
again
I,
must
say
thank
you
to
mr.
Doyle
Patton,
administrators
and
faculty
members
who
have
collaborated
so
that
we
can
improve
our
ability
to
manage
crisis.
What
you
are
doing
is
important
and
deeply
appreciated.
Excuse
me
from
the
tragic
event
in
parkland
Florida
Oro's
many
heroes.
F
Many
of
these
survivors
have
banded
together
to
lead
the
hashtag,
never
again,
movement
that
focuses
on
the
issues
of
gun,
control,
school
safety
and
mental
illnesses
that
plague
our
society.
I'm
not
going
to
make
any
associations
regarding
an
official
cross
position
on
these
polarizing
topics.
Instead,
I
just
want
to
thank
our
teachers
and
everyone
else
for
everything
they
do
for
keeping
us
safe.
The
students
have
defied
death
are
using
their
power
for
good,
are
showing
the
strength
and
capacity
of
the
student
voice.
F
It's
important
that
they
as
well
as
we
keep
using
our
student
voice
to
speak
out
against
violence
at
our
schools.
Our
own
communities
have
not
been
immune
to
the
frightening
presence
of
firearms
and
schools
this
year.
With
that,
we
would
be
remiss
if
we
did
not
thank
the
administrators,
school
resource
officers
and
others
who
handled
those
instance.
No
one
was
hurt
and
the
entire
community
is
grateful.
F
Excuse
me,
I
am
thankful
to
attend
classes
in
a
school
system
that
take
numerous
precautions,
horses,
community
partners
and
strives
every
day
to
help
ensure
our
safety
and
well-being
during
school
hours
cross
would
like
to
also
thank
our
police
and
fire
departments,
as
well
as
school
staff
and
faculty
for
ensuring
our
safety.
Thank
you,
doctor
lotto,
for
your
letter,
which
articulated
school
safety
as
a
daily
discussion
item
for
your
team
and
working
to
improve
our
safety
with
each
school
renovation,
cross,
support
school
safety
measures
and
advocates
for
safe
learning
environments
for
offers
and
L.
F
The
Cross
official
platform
includes
several
articles
and
sections
that
supports
prevention
of
school
violence
and
support
for
mental
health
through
policy
and
funding.
Unfortunately,
prevention
of
mass
shootings
in
school
is
beyond
scope
for
advocacy.
We
look
to
the
adults
and
leaders
in
our
community
to
act
with
courage
and
responsibility,
and
to
do
something
bold
to
make
the
world
safer.
For
me
in
my
generation,
please,
for
the
past
two
years,
cross
is
focused
on
the
importance
of
mental
health
support
from
the
school
system.
F
F
Our
counselors
cannot
fall,
cannot
foster
close
relationships
with
their
overwhelming
student
caseloads,
not
to
mention
that
many
students
are
not
even
where
are
the
places
they
can
go
to
for
help
cross,
emphasizes
and
supports
all
initiatives
that
provide
mental
health
services
to
students.
Again,
I'd
like
to
reiterate
my
gratitude
towards
the
school
system.
I'm
very
thankful
every
morning,
I
get
to
go
to
a
high
school
where
I
know
my
Safety's
of
paramount
importance.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
G
A
H
Thank
you,
I
will
be
brief
and
and
just
say
thank
you.
I've
been
honored
and
humbled
for
the
past
four
years
to
serve
as
a
superintendent
for
the
past
twelve
to
work
in
this
wonderful
County.
When
I
came
in
four
years
ago,
I
talked
about
the
people
and
it's
people
that
make
a
difference
on
behalf
of
children
and
I
can
say
emphatically,
four
years
later,
that
the
people
we
have
are
amazing.
H
A
A
A
The
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing
this
meeting
student
specific
and
personnel
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
If,
if
someone
is
to
bring
up
student
specific
or
personnel
matters,
I
will
ask
that
you
ceased
speaking.
It
is
not
the
board's
general
practice
to
engage
in
question
answer
session
with
speakers.
For
the
record,
please
give
your
name
before
speaking.
Handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant.
I
Good
evening,
before
I
begin,
I
have
to
follow
Connor
again
what
a
great
job
and
then
doctor
a
lot
of
here
you
get
appointed
for
four
more
years
and
I
have
to
follow
that
I'll
do
my
best
good
evening,
president
Hummer
vice
president
Gilliland
other
distinguished
board
members.
Congratulations,
dr.
Elanna!
My
name
is
Robert
silkworth
and
I'm
here
this
evening,
once
again
representing
the
high
school
concerns
committee.
I
would
also
like
to
extend
a
very
warm
welcome
to
mr.
Sidney
butcher.
Mr.
butcher
welcome
to
Anne
Arundel
County,
the
Board
of
Ed.
We
appreciate
your
service.
I
Thank
you
so
much.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
our
February
meeting
was
held
on
the
14th
Valentine's
Day
and
we
discussed
corley
exams
the
alignment
of
these
exams
with
our
curriculum,
some
behavioral
issues
in
certain
schools
and
the
revised
strategic
plan
and
some
concerns
that
that
plan
might
have
on
the
budget
process.
I
We
also
did
meet
with
the
ASI
tech
advisory
group
on
January
the
18th,
and
we
had
some
great
discussions
again
about
testing
the
testing
windows,
CCR
readiness
and,
of
course,
some
initial
concerns
about
substitutes,
and
we
also
did
talk
at
that
meeting
about
the
strategic
plan
this
evening.
I
will
talk
about
one
item
which
I
believe
does
deserve
some
comment
and
that's
the
issue
of
collaborative
planning.
We
all
agree
that
it
is
essential
to
plan
collaboratively
in
our
schools
so
that
we
can
provide
our
students
with
the
best
possible
instruction.
I
Over
the
past
few
years,
great
efforts
have
been
made
by
admin
and
staff
to
promote
the
collaborative
process
in
all
of
our
schools.
Schedules
have
been
created
which
allow
us
to
maximize
the
potential
to
schedule
collaborative
planning
in
content
areas,
but
now
I
think
we
need
to
focus
on
helping
some
of
our
teams
plan
effectively
and
efficiently
in
order
to
minimize
their
workload
and
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
the
lessons
for
our
students.
I
Some
collaborative
teams
are
really
working
well,
but
we
do
believe
that
there
is
now
a
need
for
help
and
I
know
some
of
the
teachers
would
welcome
the
assistance
in
the
collaborative
planning
process.
This
is
the
conversation
we
intend
to
have
with
the
ASI
TAC
advisory
group
so
that
we
can
provide
insight
and
recommendations
about
where
we
are
and
where
think
we
need
to
go
now.
I
Ladies
I
usually
end
with
kudos
tonight,
we
would
like
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
up
there
for
your
time
and
your
efforts
regarding
the
budget
for
next
year.
We
all
know
that
this
is
a
very
difficult
and
a
time-consuming
task.
As
we
all
know,
a
large
portion
of
the
budget
is
always
devoted
to
fund
teachers
and
staff,
simply
because
the
greatness
within
the
school
system
lies
within
the
greatness
in
the
people
in
the
system,
this
County
continues
to
grow
and
there
will
be
more
students
next
year
than
we
have
ever
anticipated.
I
J
Hi
good
evening
my
name
is
dawn.
O'brien
I
have
five
children
four,
who
are
currently
attending
schools
and
Anne
Arundel
County
hello,
again
I've
been
here
several
times
before,
to
talk
about
disability
issues,
but
tonight
I'm
here
to
talk
about
weapons
out
now,
which
is
a
group
of
concerned
parents,
teachers,
students
who
are
advocating
for
sensible
security
technologies
such
as
metal
detectors
that
have
been
proven
to
keep
weapons
out
of
schools.
J
So
there
was
a
letter
received
last
week
from
dr.
our
lot.
Oh
thank
you
for
sending
that
it
did
help
shed
some
light
on
some
of
the
concerns
that
we
have,
as
parents
and
I
appreciated
how
you
outlined
the
lengths
to
which
the
school
system
has
gone
to
put
in
place,
precautionary
measures
and
increase
awareness
of
surroundings.
However,
I
was
a
little
bit
disappointed
that
it
seemed
that
not
one
of
the
15
noted
measures
specifically
work
toward
keeping
weapons
out
of
our
schools.
J
So,
for
example,
the
letter
indicates
that
buildings
are
equipped
with
audio-visual
systems
that
require
visitors
to
alert
staff
members
to
their
presence
when
they
arrive
so
I.
Imagine
this
look
something
like
the
individual
walks
up
to
the
door
and
rings
the
buzzer
or
the
doorbell.
How
does
this
measure
specifically
prevent
an
individual
who
might
be
hiding
a
weapon
in
his
or
her
backpack
from
accessing
the
building
it
does
not?
The
letter
also
went
on
to
say
that
visitors
should
expect
to
be
asked
about
the
purpose
of
their
visit
before
being
granted
entry
into
the
building.
J
I.
Imagine
this
means
something
like
saying
I'm
here,
to
pick
up
my
son
from
the
health
room
or
I'm
here
to
drop
off
my
daughter's
violin,
both
of
which
I've
done
on
multiple
occasions,
but
as
noted
a
doctor,
our
letters
letter
visitors
and
students
often
hold
the
door
open
for
other
individuals
in
an
effort
to
be
polite,
essentially
rendering
this
and
the
previous
measure
that
I
just
spoke
of
useless.
How
does
this
measure
prevent
an
individual
who
may
be
hiding
a
weapon
in
his
or
her
backpack
from
entering
the
building
it
just
doesn't?
J
The
letter
goes
on
to
say
that
once
in
the
building,
visitors
must
then
provide
a
government-issued
ID
card
to
be
scanned
through
a
system
that
checks
the
name
of
a
visitor
against
national
and
state
sex
offender
databases.
So,
let's
just
review
once
an
individual
has
first
alerted
a
staff
member
that
they
are
outside.
Then
they
provide
an
acceptable
purpose.
I'm
here
to
pick
up
my
kid
or
drop
off
the
violin,
then
they
gain
entry,
they're
expected
then
to
direct
him
or
herself
to
the
office
and
show
an
ID.
J
How
does
this
measure
prevent
a
person
who
has
a
weapon
hiding
in
their
backpack
from
gaining
access
to
the
school?
It
does
not.
Our
children
need
immediate
and
reliable
protection
against
intruders
with
weapons.
We
urge
the
board
to
appoint
a
special
task
force
and
focus
group
comprised
of
citizens.
Stakeholders
like
parents,
teachers,
students
and
law
enforcement
in
order
to
discuss
sensible
security
technologies
like
metal
detectors
and
I'll
wrap
it
up.
In
conjunction,
we
ask
the
board
to
initiate
an
independent
study
to
critically
evaluate
the
security
measures
that
are
currently
in
place.
K
Evening,
my
name
is
Shannon
Fletcher,
my
own
good.
Here
me,
okay,
I
too,
am
a
mother
of
five
children,
four
of
whom
are
school-age
children
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County
and
I
am
also
here
this
evening
in
support
of
weapons
out
now,
a
group
of
citizens
who
are
advocating
for
sensible
security
technologies
such
as
metal
detectors
to
keep
weapons
out
of
our
schools
right
now.
We
understand
that
there's
plenty
of
opposition
to
security
technology
like
metal
detectors,
in
fact,
in
last
week's
letter
set
by
dr.
K
or
lotto,
it's
suggested
that
our
greatest
asset
to
combat
weapon
violence
is
sharing
information
and
stating
that
for
all
that,
technology
has
to
offer.
However,
our
greatest
asset
is
you.
It
is
alert
and
attentive
student
parents,
staff
members
and
others
who
provide
the
greatest
information
we
could
receive
when
it
comes
to
issues
that
may
be
brewing
in
our
communities
or
schools.
I
implore
you
to
continue
those
conversations
at
home,
in
your
workplace
and
in
our
schools.
K
We
cannot
know
everything
and
we
depend
on
you
to
partner
with
us
put
simply
if
you
see
or
hear
something
say
something,
but
if
we
have
learned
anything
at
all
from
last
week's
horrific
shooting
its
just
how
vulnerable
our
children
are,
even
when
information
is
shared
and
all
the
proper
authorities
are
notified.
We
know
from
this
last
shooting
that
students,
staff
parents
and
even
the
FBI
were
made
aware
of
the
danger
posed
by
a
member
of
their
very
own
community.
K
Anne
Arundel
County
simply
cannot
count
on
information
sharing
as
being
our
so-called
greatest
asset
in
the
effort
to
keep
weapons
out
of
our
schools.
We
cannot
count
on
knowledge
without
action
to
be
the
things
saving
our
children
from
gun
violence.
The
measures
outlined
in
the
letter
sent
last
week
work
to
do
precisely
what
the
letter
stated
increase
awareness
of
our
surroundings.
But
how
does
this
measure
prevent
an
individual
who
may
be
hiding
a
weapon
from
accessing
the
building?
It
does
not.
K
We
strongly
urge
the
board
and
all
of
our
county
representatives
to
take
immediate,
concrete,
measurable
actions
by
appointing
a
special
task
force
and
focus
group
to
include
citizens.
Stakeholders,
like
parents,
teachers,
students
and
law
enforcement
in
order
to
discuss
sensible
security
technologies
like
metal
detectors,
which
are
proven
to
keep
guns
out
of
buildings.
In
conjunction,
we
ask
the
board
to
initiate
an
independent
study
to
critically
evaluate
the
security
measures
currently
in
place
in
Anne
Arundel
County
Schools.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
L
Good
evening
my
name's
Aaron
Irvine,
if
you
have
five
children,
four
who
are
currently
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County,
Schools
and
I'm
here
to
this
evening,
to
support
the
weapons
out
now,
a
group
of
citizens
who
are
advocating
for
sensible
security
technologies
such
as
metal
detectors.
We
agree,
there
are
more
questions
than
there
are
answers,
but
one
thing
we
know
for
sure
is
that
we
need
to
do
more,
a
lot
more
to
keep
weapons
out
of
our
schools
and
to
keep
our
students,
our
teachers
and
our
staff
safe.
L
We
know
from
other
school
shootings
that
resource
school
resource
officers
play
important
roles
in
our
school
environment,
but
are
not
adequate
in
keeping
weapons
out
of
our
school,
based
on
the
sheer
number
of
individuals
entering
a
school
building
on
a
given
day,
we
acknowledge
that
we
acknowledge
and
thank
law
enforcement
officers
for
their
for
the
instances
where
they
have
prevented
certain
issues
at
schools.
It's
difficult,
however,
to
speak
of
those
instances.
Since
the
letter,
the
recent
letter
sent
by
dr.
our
letter
did
not
clarify
whether
or
not
these
issues
were
WEP
and
related.
L
In
any
event,
school
resource
officers
may
indeed
allow
the
county
to
access
access
law
enforcement
resources
far
more
quickly
than
would
otherwise
be
the
case,
but
our
goal
is
to
prevent
instances
instances
where
quick
resources
in
a
crisis
situation
would
be
needed
in
the
first
place,
based
on
other
school
shootings.
We
also
know
that
having
staff
collaborate
with
police
on
a
variety
of
professional
development
and
training
exercises
that
both
reinforce
and
bring
about
improvements
to
our
safety
procedures
is
helpful
but
grossly
inadequate.
L
If
the
goal
is
to
keep
weapons
out
of
our
schools,
these
trainings
typically
focus
on
how
to
handle
an
active
shooter
situation
rather
than
focusing
on
how
to
keep
individuals
within
weapons
from
entering
the
building.
In
the
first
place.
We
appreciate
that
the
county
is
taking
part
in
discussions
with
school
systems
around
the
nation
regarding
the
prevention
of
incidences
of
school
violence
and
are
also
in
regular
contact
with
the
Maryland
Center
for
school
safety.
We
believe
in
research
and
inquiry,
but
we
are
coming
here
tonight
proactively.
L
Each
of
us
knows
that
if
the
horror
that
occurred
in
Florida
last
week
had
happened
here
in
this
county,
that
tonight's
conversation
would
be
very,
very
different.
Let's
not
wait
for
a
tragedy
to
take
meaningful
action.
We
urge
the
board
to
appoint
a
special
task
force
that
vote
and
focus
groups
to
include
citizen
stakeholders
in
order
to
discuss
sensible
security
technologies
such
as
metal
detectors,
which
are
proven
to
keep
guns
out
of
buildings.
In
conjunction,
we
ask
the
board
to
initiate
an
independent
study
to
critically
evaluate
the
security
measures
currently
in
place.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
Hi
and
Scouty
on
Smith
and
I
am
I'm
six
years
old
and
I
really
don't
want
you
guys
to
put
up
if
they
put
up
the
cell
phone
table,
it
will
be
very
really
bad
if
you
kept
it
up
all
the
ends
and
Chuck
peak
will
be
willing
and
all
the
animals
that
live
it
up.
Please
go
to
snakes,
frogs
rabbits,
that's
it.
O
My
name
is
Pilar
Al,
Smith
and
I
live
in
Shadyside
right
next
to
the
shady
side,
elementary
school
I
really
don't
want
you
to
put
a
cell
tower
at
the
school
I
love
playing
outside
and
finding
frogs
and
turtles.
Your
cell
tower
will
be
right
in
the
middle
of
the
wetlands
that
these
animals
live
in.
Please
don't
destroy
their
natural
habitat
I.
O
P
P
P
Cell
tower
radiation
is
the
next
thing.
Studies
haven't
even
begun
to
look
at
the
long-term
effects
to
children
to
the
exposures
at
the
levels
they're
experiencing
today.
These
are
levels
that
no
child
in
the
history
of
human
history
has
ever
been
exposed
to.
It's
only
been
11
years
since
the
smartphone
was
invented,
so
we
this
is.
This
is
new
territory,
and
this
is
something
that
just
like
bpas
and
plastics.
This
is
something
that
soon
industry
is
going
to
jump
on
board
and
say
these
are
bpa-free
bottles.
You
can
feel
safe
drinking
from
these.
P
This
is
a
safe
cellphone.
It's
going
to
happen,
and
these
are
the
early
days
sorry
I'm
kidding
as
public
servants.
I
really
believe
that
you
should
be
holding
the
public
interest
in
safety
as
priority
number
one,
and
vice
president
Terri
Gillian
I
was
shocked
to
see
that
you
actually
received
$500
from
milestone
last
year
as
a
political
contribution,
your
largest
single
political
contribution
that
you've
ever
received.
P
How
can
we
trust
the
board
to
continue
building
cell
towers
on
school
property
when
members
like
you,
mr.
Gillian,
are
accepting
money
from
that
industry.
This
is
whole.
This
whole
thing
has
been
a
failed
exercise
in
transparency
and
process.
Every
step
of
the
way
in
milestone
is
continuing
today
by
trying
to
take
shortcuts
through
Planning
and
Zoning
Thank.
Q
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
my
name,
is
Randy
Williams.
Today
of
the
burden
of
truth,
cell
towers
belong
at
funeral
homes,
not
at
schools
period.
There
is
no
evidence
that
cell
towers
are
safe
for
school
children.
No
evidence
today,
I
present
evidence
that
you
have
seen
in
the
past
and
hopefully
read
and
I
gave
some
more
copies
to
your
secretary.
Q
That
shows
the
evidence
that
cell
towers
are
dangerous
and
let
me
just
review
some
of
the
evidence
for
you.
The
International
firefighters
association
takes
on
the
position
that
they
do
not
let
cell
towers
at
fire
stations.
They
don't
believe
it's
going
to
be
safe
until
it's
proven
safe.
So
why
are
we
letting
the
children
be
exposed?
Why
is
it
that
you
don't
agree
with
the
International
firefighters
association,
I'm,
dr.
Q
Martha,
Herbert
she's,
an
assistant
professor
at
the
Harvard
School
of
Medicine,
wrote
recently
a
few
years
ago
on
Wi-Fi
and
cell
towers,
exert
a
disorganizing
effect
on
the
ability
to
learn
and
remember
can
also
be
disturbed
estate,
DS
destabilizing
to
the
immune
and
the
metabolic
functions.
When
you
de
stabilize
the
immune
system,
you
can
cause
cancer.
Q
Q
Let's
not
forget
the
dangers
to
the
teachers
and
to
the
unborn
children
and
I
presented
a
study
recently
that
talked
about
the
increasing
rates
of
electromagnetic
frequency.
Radiation
that
are
measured
on
a
pregnant
woman
were
directly
correlated
to
the
increasing
rates
of
miscarriage.
That
is
very
scary
to
the
teachers
of
Anne
Arundel
County.
Q
Q
A
R
With
regard
to
your
last
comment
about
stopping
towers
at
schools
going
forward,
I
think
that's
a
valid
and
helpful
comment
to
make.
I
guess
I
just
want
to
make
it
abundantly
clear
that
the
board
has
already
voted
on
this
matter.
I'm
sympathetic
to
your
cause,
I
voted
with
you,
I
lost
the
board
has
told
you
expressly
that
there's
no
further
opportunity
for
the
board,
at
least
to
address
this
particular
tower,
and
you
know,
I
understand,
wanted
to
be
heard,
but
it
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
petition
a
body
for
redress.
Q
I
just
wanted
to
make
one
more
comment
that
the
land,
the
Elise
agreement,
has
not
been
signed
as
I've
been
told
that
the
permits
all
have
to
be
registered
with
the
county
and
approved
before
you
would
sign
the
land.
The
lease
ground
lease
so
I
think
there
is
something
that
you
could
still
do
to
stop
this
tower.
Thank
You
mr.
S
Hi,
my
name
is
James
kitchen
I'm,
also
here
to
address
in
regards
to
cell
tower
processes
in
general
and
I'm
sympathetic,
and
understand
your
point
that
there
is
a
process.
The
board
does
have
regulations,
things
happen
in
this
case,
you
guys
have
voted.
In
my
opinion,
you
voted
poorly
and
I
appreciate
that
you
voted
in
the
interest
of
the
people
of
Shadyside.
Milestone,
does
have
a
history
of
showing
a
lack
of
respect
for
community
engagement
and
for
having
untransparent
processes.
I
think
that's
happened
here.
I
think
that's
abundantly
clear.
S
That's
happened
here
as
well
and
I
think
if
you
look
at
your
own
regulations
that,
like
it,
makes
sense
like
why
that
happens.
If
you
look
at
its
regulation,
FBR
a
c4d
is
the
actual
section,
but
the
vendor
gets
to
go
has
to
go
hold
a
community
meeting.
No
one
from
the
board
is
required
to
be
there.
They
are
told
ahead
of
time
that
the
date
and
location,
but
no
one,
has
to
be
there
and
then
it's
actually
the
vendor.
That
gets
to
come
back
and
report
to
the
board.
S
How
that
community
meeting
went
and
if
whether
or
not
any
changes
need
to
be
made
based
on
the
voice
of
the
community,
that
seems
bizarre,
that
the
person
financially
benefiting
from
the
project
and
holding
the
public
meeting
is
the
one
that
that's
responsible
for
summarizing,
that
public
meeting
and
reporting
back
to
the
board.
Again,
that's
that's
per
your
language,
so
I
guess
I
would
say
I
guess
my
request
would
be
I'm.
Mrs.
Sasso,
you
are
the
chair,
I
believe
of
the
policy
committee.
S
I
would
request
that
you
guys
aid
I,
think
you
there
is
still
ways
you
could
pass
a
resolution
to
let
your
voice
be
known
and
that
you
could
say
this
process
has
been
so
corrupted
that
you
want
Planning
and
Zoning
not
to
issue
like
a
single
variance,
a
single
modification,
if
there's
anything
wrong
with
that
permitting
process.
But
you
would
like
that
too,
you
would
like
them
to
kill
it
at
that
stage.
S
I
think
you
could
do
that
and
make
that
publicly
known,
and
it
would
help
a
lot
any
mrs.,
Sasso
I
would
really
like
for
you
to
bring
this
an
agenda
meeting
this
spring
with
the
policy
committee,
so
that
things
can
be
looked
at
and
that
these
policies
that
are
clearly
not
transparent
enough
become
more
so
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
T
Hi
I'm
Patricia,
Mathis
and
I
live
in
Annapolis
I'm,
a
retired
teacher
I'm
here
again
to
speak
against
the
building
of
the
cell
tower
at
Shadyside
elementary
school
on
all
score
and
on
all
school
grounds,
while
many
experts
with
knowledge
of
the
effects
of
the
EMFs
and
radiofrequency
radiation
on
animals
and
humans
recommend
that
cell
towers
should
be
placed
well
away
from
where
humans
are
frequenting
or
living
you're.
Choosing
to
allow
a
cell
tower
very
close
to
a
children's
playground
and
classrooms
and
family
homes.
T
Why
would
the
Anne,
Arundel,
County
school
administration
sense
spend
so
much
time
and
money
making
sure
that
the
school
playgrounds
are
absolutely
safe
and
that
no
child
could
ever
experience
an
injury
on
one
of
them?
And
then
you
agree
with
mal
stone
to
place
a
cell
tower
which
is
constantly
emitting
harmful
radiation
so
close
to
that
playground,
two
organizations,
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
and
the
Maryland
state,
children's
environmental,
health
and
protection
Advisory
Council,
have
both
issued
warnings
that
Wi-Fi
should
be
reduced
in
schools
because
of
the
possible
harmful
effects
to
students
and
staff.
T
So
why
would
the
board
agree
with
milestone
to
add
more
radiation
to
the
children's
environment
by
putting
up
a
cell
tower
on
their
school
grounds?
Just
recently,
I
was
shocked
too,
to
see
a
report
that
the
vice
president
of
this
board
took
$500
from
milestone,
while
the
citizens
were
testifying
and
bringing
evidence
against
the
Shadyside
cell
tower
I
think
the
school
board
is
supposed
to
listen
to
the
citizens
of
the
county
and
not
be
influenced
by
a
big
corporation.
In
my
opinion,
this
is
a
conflict-of-interest.
T
U
Good
evening,
dr.
alato
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Lisa
Taylor,
sir
arrow
from
Shadyside
Maryland.
As
you
know,
I'm
adamantly
opposed
to
the
building
of
cell
towers
on
school
grounds,
I'm,
disgusted
by
the
fact
that
you've
ignored
advice
from
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
and
hundreds
of
credible
doctors
and
scientists
and
you've
chosen
to
focus
on
the
on
sources
that
suit
the
agenda.
U
Do
nobody
read
this
lease
agreement
before
passing
this
on
through
I'm
concerned
and
disgusted
when
I
see
how
milestone
has
been
bought
and
paid
for
by
my
elected
officials
more
than
that
I'm
outraged
that
our
own
vice
president
of
the
Board
of
Education
months,
before
even
filing
to
run,
would
take
milestone
money,
his
largest
campaign
contribution
to
date,
I'm
calling
the
ethics
of
this
into
question.
Doctor
are
a
lot
of
you
have
totally
told
our
community
that
it's
up
to
the
county
permitting
and
out
of
your
hands,
but
this
is
not
true.
U
U
V
Good
evening,
I'm
Dennis,
crane
of
my
wife,
Donna
and
I,
are
new
residents
in
Shadyside
about
a
year.
We
moved
here
from
Baltimore
and
like
to
make
a
few
comments,
specifically
with
respect
to
the
environmental
impact.
I
think
that
probably
is
minimized
relative
to
the
impact
that
we've
heard
about
here
with
respect
to
children
and
teachers
and
pregnant
teachers
and
so
forth,
but
I'll
put
them
on
the
record
as
well.
V
You've
heard
them
before
I
respect
member
Kaur
blacks,
comment
about
taking
issues
like
this
to
a
source
or
a
venue
where
they
could
in
fact
be
resolved.
I.
Think
from
what
I'm
hearing
here
and
I'm
newcomer
to
this,
that
perhaps
you
still
do
have
some
options
so
I'm
going
to
consider
presenting
some
of
these
facts
along
with
the
rest
of
the
folks,
so
that
you
will
in
fact
take
some
of
those
options
to
heart.
V
I
advise
this
in
the
context
of
some
words,
I
have
wisdom
from
my
father,
who
was
a
man
of
very
few
words.
He
said.
Look
you
kids
have
the
right
to
do
anything.
You
want
make
any
choices.
You
want
take
money
from
anyone.
You
want,
however,
when
you
do
those
things
you
will
have
to
live
with
the
consequences
of
those
choices
that
you've
made
and
you
won't
get
to
determine
most
of
those
consequences.
V
So
I
advise
some
thought
about
that,
given
I,
confess
spotty
information
we're
all
dealing
with
spotty
information.
I
also
would
like
to
advise
that
on
this
environmental
aspect
that
in
particular
putting
cell
towers
in
areas
of
wetlands
and
areas
where
birds
and
migratory
birds
travel
is
advised
against
by
the
Department
of
Interior
by
the
Fish
and
Wildlife
US,
Fish
and
Wildlife
game
and
so
forth.
I
would
ask
you
to
take
that
into
account,
because
there's
no
question
that
this
location
that
you've
chosen
that
has
been
chosen
that
has
been
nominated
is
right.
V
Smack
dab
in
the
middle
of
that
kind
of
thing.
I
can
tell
you
that,
this
evening,
before
we
came
here,
there
were
30
migratory
tundra
swans
in
Jack
Creek,
which
is
less
than
a
mile
from
the
location
of
this
proposed
cell
tower.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you
for
your
service
and
please
consider
fully
and
thoroughly
some
options
that
you
may
not
have
felt.
V
W
W
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
voice
my
support
against
a
cell
phone
tower
anywhere
near
our
school
grounds,
I'm
talking
as
a
parent
and
if
it
was
near
Folger
McKenzie
elementary
I
would
be
just
as
vocal
for
just
as
long
and
be
just
as
persistent
as
all
the
wonderful
people
in
this
room
have
been
their
advocacy
on
this
issue
is
inspirational
I'm
also
talking
as
a
cancer
survivor,
myself,
I
don't
know.
If
any
of
you
know
that
no
it
was
not
brain
cancer.
W
No,
it
wasn't
caused
by
radiation,
but
not
knowing
all
of
the
science,
because
there
isn't
enough
data.
Isn't
that
enough?
Shouldn't
that
be
enough
not
to
pursue
this
I.
Think
it's
enough
and
I
just
I
encourage
you.
The
nothing
is
final
until
that,
until
that
construction
starts,
I
do
believe
you
have
some
options
and
I
really
suggest
that
you
take
them
and
I'll
be
watching.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Miss
often.
X
X
When
our
son
expressed
an
interest
in
the
STEM
program
back
in
fifth
grade,
we
did
our
research
and
felt
that
stem
would
be
a
good
fit
for
him
for
many
reasons,
but
especially
because
there
were
supposedly
strict
criteria
in
place
for
students
grade
and
behavior
expectations,
we
immediately
began
to
regret
our
decision
when,
in
sixth
grade
a
fellow
stem
student
began
to
bully
our
son
relentlessly
buy
the
same
child.
Our
son
experienced
multiple
physical,
verbal
and
property
assaults.
X
Do
you
know
that
the
solution
that
lyndale
offered
was
to
force
a
friendship
between
my
son
and
his
bully
to
me,
that
is
the
equivalent
of
asking
an
abuse
spouse
to
remain
in
an
abusive
relationship
for
the
first
time
in
his
life,
my
son
began
to
express
that
he
hated
school
in
seventh
grade.
There
were
similar
incidents,
but
perhaps
the
most
repulsive
was
the
vandalization
of
one
of
my
son's
uniform
shirts.
X
X
He
hasn't
worn
a
white
shirt
since
my
smart
kind.
Caring
kid
also
hated
seventh
grade
this
year,
seemed
better.
Until
recently,
when
my
son,
who
had
finished
his
classwork
early,
put
his
head
down
in
math
class,
a
classmate
got
up
out
of
his
seat,
made
his
way
to
my
son,
picked
up
my
son's
lunchbox
and
slammed
it
into
my
son's
head
completely
unprovoked.
No
one
intervened.
My
son
had
his
head
down
I
immediately
completed
an
online
bully
forum
and
I
am
still
waiting
to
hear
from
someone
guess
my
boy
hates
eighth
grade
too.
X
Did
you
know
that
this
year,
one
of
my
son's
teachers
at
lyndale
was
physically
assaulted
by
a
student
I.
Invite
you
to
pop
in
during
class
transitions.
The
language
in
the
hallways
and
often
in
the
classrooms,
is
the
most
vulgar
you'll
likely
ever
hear
in
your
life.
This
goes
on
no
matter
who
is
present.
I
recently
came
to
school.
To
pick
up,
my
son
from
the
health
room
I
was
standing
outside
of
the
school
attempting
to
make
a
call
before
entering
the
building.
I
began
hearing
vulgar
language
and
realized
quickly.
X
It
was
being
yelled
from
a
window
and
was
directed
at
me
when
I
got
inside
I
reported
the
incident
to
the
office
staff,
because
I
was
concerned
that
the
students
must
have
been
left
unsupervised
for
such
a
thing
to
occur.
Do
you
want
to
know
what
I
was
told?
I
was
told:
oh
there
with
a
teacher,
they
just
can't
be
controlled,
I,
invite
you
to
pop
into
the
classrooms
at
Lindo
and
see
for
yourself
the
blatant
disrespect,
the
problem.
X
Kids
know
they
won't
face
any
consequences,
they're
ruling
the
school
and
nobody
is
doing
anything
to
stop
it
and
in
closing
I'm
wondering
if
maybe
you
can
help
me
answer
a
question.
Our
son
asks
us
repeatedly
how
am
I
supposed
to
learn
when
everyone
is
out
of
control.
I
don't
have
an
answer.
What
do
you
suggest
I
tell
him.
Z
Y
Y
My
daughter
has
a
permanent
mouth,
traumatic,
brain
injury.
Sorry
I
made
this.
She
has
a
permanent
brain
injury.
My
own
son
was
assaulted
two
times
in
2014
two
times
in
2015
two
times
in
2016.
My
daughter
was
assaulted.
After
returning
to
school
after
being
out
of
school
for
an
entire
year
twice
in
2015
five
times
in
2016,
no
repercussions
for
any
of
the
offender's,
they
were
all
handled
by
internal
County.
Police
I
am
requesting
an
audit
investigation
of
lyndale
middle
school
for
all
referrals,
going
back
to
2015
to
compare
them
to
student
files.
Y
I
am
requesting
a
policy
change
for
the
online
bullying
reports
to
have
a
parent
response
within
24
hours
of
that
online
bullying.
When
that
online
bullying
report
hits
the
Board
of
Education
I
am
requesting
a
board
the
board,
you
guys
to
have
a
policy
that
a
parent
is
followed
up
on
that,
and
they
are
continuously
followed
up
on
that
online
bullying
report,
because
no
one
is
being
followed
up
on
this
like
no
one
is
following
up
on
them:
I.
Y
Am
also
requesting
that
all
schools
follow
the
Student
Code
of
Conduct
and
not
be
made
to
make
their
own
rules
for
punishment.
I'll.
All
schools
in
internal
County
are
supposed
to
technically
follow
the
Student
Code
of
Conduct.
I
am
learning
that
the
schools
are
allowed
to
make
their
own
rules
for
punishment
and
play
judge
and
jury
which
they
the
school
system
principal
sorry,
principals.
They
should
not
be
permitted
to
have
that
authority.
Y
Y
AA
Good
evening,
dr.
alotta,
president
Hummer
vice
president
Gilliland
and
board
members.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
Rob
emmenecker
I
live
in
Linthicum
for
those
of
you
that
know
me.
You
know
that
both
myself
and
I
work
in
higher
education.
The
value
of
a
good
education
is
not
lost
on
either
of
us.
My
son
is
currently
a
sixth
grader
lyndale
middle
school
I'm
here
tonight,
because
I'm
deeply
concerned
about
my
son
and
all
the
other
children
that
go
to
lyndale
each
day
to
learn.
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
a
brief
exchange.
AA
I
had
with
my
son
last
Wednesday
morning
during
breakfast
I
asked
him.
How
are
things
going
at
school?
He
looked
at
me
with
a
bit
of
a
frown
and
just
gave
me
a
thumbs
down
without
saying
anything.
I
asked
him.
What
does
the
phone
down
thumb
down
indicate?
Acting
pretty
flip
about
it?
He
is
11
years
old.
He
responded
with.
Oh,
you
know
the
usual
day-to-day
stuff.
There,
I
pressed
him
about
this
I
said
help
me
out
because
I'm
not
there
during
the
day.
What
is
this
usual
stuff?
AA
He
grew
a
bit
exasperated
and
grown.
Let's
see
every
day,
there
are
fights
kids
using
bad
language,
really
bad
language
with
everyone,
even
teachers
and
kids
disrupting
classes
all
day,
and
this
was
the
part
that
I
loved
and
I'm
not
trying
to
be
glib,
and
then
he
said
it
is
a
crappy
place
to
learn
that
just
plain
sucks.
AA
What
I
found
most
telling
was
that
he
was
not
complaining
about
a
teacher.
He
was
not
complaining
about
being
bullied
personally.
He
was
not
even
complaining
about
other
kids
teasing
him,
but
what
he
said
spoke
spoke
volumes
to
the
atmosphere
at
lyndale
middle
school
and
going
there
every
day
and
attempting
to
learn
in
all
my
years
and
jobs
that
I've
had
I
have
never
worked
in
a
disruptive,
antagonistic
work
environment
as
I
hear,
lyndale
middle
school
arrived
not
just
to
me
by
my
son,
but
by
other
children
and
other
parents.
AA
AA
There
are
many
disruptive
children
at
Lynn,
Dale
and
I
would
guess.
Many
of
them
are
regular,
repeat
offenders.
There
are
also
students
who
bully,
intimidate
and
physically
harm
other
students.
These
are
not
a
string
of
one-off
individual
incidents
and
they
must
not
be
tolerated
or
treated
as
such.
This
is
a
systemic
school-wide
issue
for
the
2016-2017
school
year
there
were
336
suspensions
and
expulsions
at
lyndale
that
is
32%
of
the
enrollments
of
that
school.
AA
A
third,
a
third
of
the
enrollments
Lindale
lyndale
in
brief
lyndale
middle
school,
cannot
should
not
be
a
glorified
day
care
for
children
with
being
habitual
behavior
issues,
but
that
seems
to
be
the
reality
and
the
ones
who
suffer
are
my
son
and
the
other
children's
that
go
there
to
learn.
The
situation
must
be
corrected.
AA
I
need
accountability,
any
greater
transparency
from
the
school,
both
good
and
bad
I,
need
far
less
tolerance
of
unacceptable
behavior.
I
need
effective
leadership.
Our
children
must
have
a
safe,
healthy
learning.
Environment,
lyndale,
middle
school
and
I
am
challenging
you,
the
board,
no
I'm.
Sorry
I
expect
you
to
take
action
and
correct
the
situation.
Thank
you.
Mister.
B
H
AC
Yes,
go
ahead
evening,
my
friends,
thank
you
for
the
wonderful
education
that
my
children,
all
three
of
them,
have
enjoyed
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County,
each
and
every
one
of
you
do
a
great
job
and
I
appreciate
it.
Tonight.
We've
heard
about
some
risk
to
our
kids.
We've
heard
about
guns.
We've
heard
about
bullying
we've
heard
about
cell
phone
towers.
I
have
another
issue
that
I
want
to
share
with
everyone.
It's
come
to
my
attention
that
the
Department
of
Health
of
the
state
of
Maryland
has
issued
an
order
to
every
superintendent
in
the
county.
AC
Excuse
me
in
the
entire
state,
every
superintendent
in
the
state
has
been
instructed
to
data-mine
their
schools
and
provide
information
to
move
the
sale
of
HPV
vaccinations
in
our
schools.
Now
I
personally,
don't
care
if
people
get
an
HPV
shot
or
don't
their
business
is
not
mine.
I
want
my
kids
when
they're
sitting
at
school
to
be
safe,
I,
don't
want
them
to
be
data
mined
and
I.
Don't
want
information
about
my
kids
to
be
sold
to
pharmaceutical
companies
as
prospects
for
marketing.
AC
This
is
the
letter
on
the
Department
of
Health
letterhead,
which
I
sent
to
every
board
member
every
member
of
the
State
House
every
member
of
the
Senate
every
school
board
in
the
state
and
every
PTA
in
the
state.
This
letter
specifically
counts
up
the
number
of
kids
by
gender
and
sex
in
Montgomery
County,
and
it
exhorts
them
to
go
out
and
get
their
HPV
shot.
The
problem
with
this
letter
is
that
it's
not
about
avoiding
STDs.
If
we
want
to
have
a
conversation
about
avoiding
HPV,
we
want
to
talk
about
avoid
risky
behavior.
AC
We
want
to
talk
about,
don't
smoke.
We
want
to
talk
about
the
known
proven
strategies.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
this
letter
that
was
sent
to
every
superintendent
in
the
state
is
not
about
preventing
STDs
in
schools
or
HPVs.
This
is
a
naked
unabashed
unvarnished
sales
pitch
to
drive
our
kids
to
buy
a
pharma
funded
product
in
our
schools.
My
question
for
the
school
board.
AC
Excuse
me,
my
request
of
the
school
board
is
that
you
immediately
contact
the
governor's
office
and
ask:
why
is
there
a
stealth
marketing
program
initiated
by
the
Department
of
Health
to
sell
our
kids
pharmaceutical
for
product
products
in
our
schools?
I?
Don't
want
that
to
happen.
Our
schools
I
want
my
kid
to
be
safe
from
a
sales
pitch
when
they're
in
school,
because
if
we
allow
farmers
companies
to
capture
the
Department
of
Health,
what's
going
to
come
next,
are
we
selling
on
Burger
King
over
McDonald's
or
Ford's
over
Chevrolet's?
AC
This
effort
on
the
part
of
the
Department
of
Health
is
a
shameful
shameful
thing.
Our
kids
are
not
fodder
to
be
sold
down
the
river
to
Big
Pharma
in
exchange
for
three
one,
seven
federal
vaccine
grants.
I
would
really
appreciate
it
if
the
school
board
would
stand
up
to
the
interests
that
want
to
sell
medical
products
to
my
kids
without
my
consent
and
knowledge.
Pardon
eight
on
that
last
point.
If
this
was
publicly
discussed
before
it
happened,
I
wouldn't
be
standing
here.
AC
AD
Good
evening
my
name
is
Claire
Miller
I
live
in
Annapolis
and
I
wanted
to
talk
tonight
about
transparency
and
decisions
being
made
by
this
board.
I
have
sat
here
tonight
and
listened
to
a
number
of
instances
where
it
seems
as
though
parents
are
not
really
being
informed
of
what's
happening
and
what
the
risks
are.
Their
children
are
facing
when
they're
in
school,
and
we
started
tonight
with
a
prayer.
AD
We
start
with
a
prayer
to
be
thinking
about
the
children
in
parkland
and
also
a
prayer
about
the
work
that
you
all
do
to
keep
kids
safe
and
there's
lots
of
risks
that
kids
face.
They
really
shouldn't
face
them
in
school
and
I'm
here
to
ask
how
many
parents
were
really
aware
that
you
were
signing
an
agreement
with
milestone,
two
to
put
cell
phone
towers
near
and
on
school
property
and
how
many
parents
are
really
fully
aware
of
the
risks
that
their
children
are
going
to
face
with
that
and
as
board
members
I
know.
AD
You've
already
made
your
decision
in
this
one
school
Shadyside,
but
I
understand
that
there's
up
to
40
towers
that
can
be
placed
in
Anne,
Arundel
County.
So
will
you
stand
with
the
parents
and
the
rest
of
those
communities
and
engage
parents
in
a
transparent
dialogue
about
the
pros
and
cons
of
this
decision?
Thank
you.
AE
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Jennifer
sours
and
my
daughter
attends
Chesapeake
high
school.
My
son
attends
bodkin
Elementary
I'm
here
today
to
express
my
concerns
for
the
safety
of
my
child
and
others
at
our
schools.
For
the
past
four
years,
my
daughter
has
been
sexually
harassed,
tormented,
mentally
abused
at
school
when
it
started
I
had
her
tell
the
administration
and
talked
to
the
school
counselor
every
time
gradually
she
started
telling
me
mom
they're
not
going
to
do
anything.
I've
done
it
too
many
times,
they're,
not
helping
me.
AE
When
we
became
aware
of
the
online
bullying
report
I
submitted
it,
nothing
was
done
to
stop
it
gradually.
It
escalated.
The
boy
would
follow
her,
calling
her
a
name
that
I
can't
say,
because
we
have
children
here
that
insinuated
she
was
promiscuous
telling
her
daily,
that
she
was
worthless
and
she
killed
herself.
He
even
threatened
her
that
if
she
did
not
apologize
for
being
this
way
that
he
would
make
sure
that
she
had
no
friends
at
the
school
she
apologized
and
it
broke.
AE
My
heart
I
finally
went
to
the
boy's
house
because
I
could
not
get
any
anybody
to
help
me
as
far
as
the
principal
and
the
assistant,
superintendent,
I
emailed
everyone,
I
included
dr.
alato,
I
included,
delegate,
Kip
key
I
felt
very
alone,
and
no
one
was
helping
us
sorry.
I
finally
went
to
the
boy's
house,
and
the
parent
informed
me
that
at
no
point
over
the
years
had
they
been
informed
of
any
issues
at
first
I
thought
that
can't
be
true.
AE
AE
Last
February,
with
no
end
in
sight,
my
sweet
girl
attempted
suicide
because
she
could
not
take
it
anymore.
My
girl
is
not
the
same
girl.
She
was
in
elementary
school.
She
wears
sweat
Sanel
to
cover
herself
and
is
on
medication
for
depression.
I
now
keep
all
of
our
medication
in
a
lockbox
is
collected.
The
situation
as
high
as
I
could,
and
now
there
are
more
victims
by
the
exact
same
bully.
AE
My
family
moved
to
Pasadena
six
years
ago,
and
the
decision
was
made
based
on
the
schools
in
the
community.
Since
then,
the
school
ratings
have
plummeted,
so
much
that
as
a
realtor
buyers
don't
want
to
move
to
our
area
any
longer.
They
are
asking
for
broad
neck
and
Severna
Park,
not
Chesapeake
schools
anymore.
AE
Not
only
does
this
scar,
our
children
and
change
them
going
forward,
it
affects
our
property
values
as
well.
In
closing,
we
have
provided
each
of
you
with
a
packet
that
includes
areas
of
concern,
immediate
action
items
that
include
an
independent
audit
of
title,
9,
adherence
bullying
and
intimidation,
reporting
and
following
practices
to
be
audited,
Climate,
Survey
reporting
and
subsequent
equitable
disciplinary
actions
to
be
audited.
You
also
have
testimonials
from
citizens
across
the
county.
AE
A
AF
Good
evening
my
name
is
Corrine,
franc
and
I'm.
The
PTA
president,
back
in
elementary
school
I,
also
wanted
to
come
here
tonight
to
discuss
the
bully
personally.
I
have
found
bodkin
to
be
a
wonderful
school
and
I
have
nothing
but
praise
for
all
of
his
teachers
and
administrators,
but
someday
my
son
Cullen
and
my
daughter
Colette
will
move
one
from
bodkin
and
they
will
be
attending
these
same
schools
where
these
children
are
bullied
so
tragically.
I
do
not
want
to
face
with
many
of
these
parents
here
tonight
have
faced.
AF
I
know
that
bullying
happens
at
every
age,
but
I
also
know
that
it
is
so
much
more
prevalent
as
they
grow.
Older
I
know
many
of
our
teachers.
They
are
not
working
in
our
schools,
just
for
a
paycheck
I
know
that
they
too
are
concerned
for
our
children
and
want
to
do
anything
to
keep
our
kids
safe.
Some
of
these
parents
tonight
may
seem
angry
and
upset,
but
many
of
them
are
stemming
from
feelings
of
anger
and
frustration
and
feeling
some
helplessness
and
they're
all
afraid
for
their
children.
Tonight.
AF
I
also
want
to
say
that
I'm
not
here
to
just
complain
about
a
problem
that
just
seems
to
affect
every
school
I,
would
like
to
offer
some
solutions.
I
want
to
bring
this
issue
to
your
attention
and
I
want
to
tell
you
that
this
problem
is
getting
worse.
I
was
bullied
in
Chesapeake
High,
School,
myself
and
I
can
see
it
escalating.
I
want
to
encourage
you
to
find
new
ways
to
support
our
schools.
Our
teachers
are
trying
their
best,
but
clearly
there
needs
to
be
some
more
help.
AF
The
suggestions
that
I
have
stem
with
mental
health.
Mental
health
is
a
serious,
serious
issue
in
our
County.
We're
tackling
at
all
levels
and
I
really
want
to
see
it
tackled
more
in
a
school
setting.
Happy
kids
do
not
delight
in
tormenting
other
children.
Some
of
the
mental
health
suggestions
that
I
have
would
be
a
teen
screen
or
tween
screen
screening
process.
AF
We
would
give
a
standard
questionnaire
given
by
the
health
room,
and/or
guidance
counselor's.
It
would
just
be
an
optional
screening.
Just
like
your
vision
or
hearing
screenings
and
school
health
services
already
screens
for
vision
and
hearing,
many
states
have
mandated
these
additional
screenings.
If
the
child
screens
positive
for
mental
health
issues,
their
parents
are
simply
notified
and
resources
are
given,
it
is
a
very
cost.
Effective
preventative
measure
identifying
at-risk
students
is
a
very,
very
serious
concern
that
we
have
and
another
way
to
do.
AF
That
would
be
to
use
the
health
room
to
list
students
with
one
going
health
problems
or
disabilities
and
cross-reference
those
students
with
the
school
lunch
programs.
This
will
give
you
a
manageable
list
of
students
that
are
more
likely
to
be
at
risk.
We
are
also
requesting
an
SRO
for
CBMs
one
of
the
problems
that
we
notice
is
that,
every
time
an
issue
happens
in
CBMs,
the
SRO
from
Chesapeake
has
to
come
down
and
to
attend
it,
which
leaves
him
spread
very
thin.
AF
If
there
happens
to
be
an
issue
at
bodkin
that
same
SRO
would
have
to
go
to
bodkin,
we
love
our
SRO,
we
want
more
SROs,
they
are
fantastic,
they
are
dedicated
individuals
and
we
would
really
love
to
see
these
male
role
models
in
these
schools,
giving
these
students
somebody
that
they
can
look
up
to.
Thank
you.
H
AG
My
name
is
Raymond
Holden
and
I
attend
lyndale,
since
my
start,
at
lyndale,
in
September
of
2017
I
have
multiple
issues
of
bullies.
I've
been
stabbed
with
pencils,
kicked
repeatedly
by
class
members.
Well,
I'm
trying
to
learn,
push
townhall's
push
down
the
steps,
repeated
name-calling
directed
towards
me,
for
example,
mr.
lonely
that
they
sing
to
me
on
the
bus
that
and
the
snitch
to
name
a
few
there
there
was
bully
reports
filled
out
and
not
one
time
has
anyone
talked
to
me
about
it.
AG
AG
AG
H
AH
This
is
my
first
time
ever
public
speaking,
so
forgive
me,
I
have
three
children,
my
oldest
is
Robert,
he's
thirteen
and
he
attends
Chesapeake
Bay
middle
school.
He
is
the
best
student
I,
think
I
could
ever
imagine
and
the
best
son.
You
just
say
that
and
I'm
I'm
here,
because
I'm
very
concerned
for
his
and
my
younger
son's
safety.
AH
AH
There's
a
perfect
storm
brewing
and
Chesapeake
district
and
immediate
measures
need
to
be
taken.
I
don't
want
us
to
be
standing
here,
saying
what
could
we
have
done
or
what
should
we
have
done
and
also
just
let
you
know
the
anti-bullying
link
on
the
website
results
in
a
error
code.
You
can't
access
it.
Thank
you,
the
anti-bullying
link
on
the
website.
It's
it's
an
error
code.
When
you
click
on
it,
you
can't
get
to
the
page.
I,
don't
know
if
that
was
a
temporary
issue,
but
I
tried.
Okay.
Thank
you.
AH
AI
AI
AI
I
feel,
like
students
are
in
danger
at
the
school,
because
many
people
that
have
mental
problems
or
they
just
feel
like
there's
no
place
to
go
and
I,
don't
blame
them,
because
the
school
has
some
very,
very
dangerous
things
and
I
feel
like
the
innocent
kids.
There
can't
learn
right
and
they
can't
have
a
full
experience
of
a
middle
school.
Our
resource
officer
is
shared
by
the
high
school.
A
AJ
AH
AJ
AJ
I
know
my
testimony
two
years
ago
made
some
of
you
uncomfortable
and
upset,
because
I
mentioned
that
Dylan
Klebold
Columbine
was
a
depressed
kid
under
the
influence
of
Eric
Harris.
Well,
unfortunately,
parkland
has
reminded
us
that
there's
a
lot
of
depressed
kids
out
there
and
that
you
need
to
do
what's
under
your
purview
to
help
our
schools
and
especially
our
high
school
level,
where
a
lot
of
trouble
is
happening.
AJ
It's
you,
don't
have
the
purview
over
gun
laws,
but
what
you
do
have
is
over
mental
health
and
adequate
sleep
for
our
children.
One
sixteenth
of
my
son's
high-school
career.
After
all,
the
grades
and
test
scores
have
been
submitted,
he's
finally,
getting
the
sleep
his
body
and
mind
need
when
he
goes
in
at
the
same
time
as
Loudoun
County
students
have
for
their
entire
careers.
He
goes
in
at
the
same
time.
That's
a
two-hour
dismissal
to
our
early
up
to
our
late
arrival
time
that
you
give
kids
during
snow
days.
AJ
Okay,
that's
what
every
child
needs
to
be
less
irritable,
be
less
under
the
influence
of
risky
behavior
that
you
know
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
and
the
CDC
have
told
you
that
if
that's
what
kids
high
school
kids
need
for
the
amount
of
sleep
their
body
needs.
So
why
aren't
we
making
high
schoolers
less
irritable?
Why
do
we
put
them
in
a
situation
that
just
exacerbates
bullying
problems
risk
behavior?
AJ
So
we
need
to
have
these
uncomfortable
conversations.
We
need
to
talk
about
it
in
public.
The
the
I've
been
a
board
watcher
for
about
eight
to
ten
years
now
participated
in
a
lot
of
meetings
and
the
longest
I've
seen
you
discuss.
High
school
issues
was
the
hour
and
a
half
you
spent
on
Latin,
honors
and
valedictorian
salutatorian.
AJ
You
need
to
talk
about
high
school
issues
and
what
we
can
do
for
high
schoolers
every
class,
and
we
need
to
do
it
in
public,
so
our
so
our
parents
and
community
can
help
you
solve
problems.
I
ask
for
the
resources
that
Annapolis
middle
needs
going
through
the
redistricting,
where
we
have
similar
problems
as
lyndale
middle.
So
thank
you
for
taking
care
of
and
asking
in
the
budget
what
we
all
need.
Thank
you.
AB
Honorable
commissioners,
thank
you
for
your
time,
commitment
and
service
to
our
community
I
come
you
I,
come
before
you
today.
As
a
former
student
parent
and
community
member,
it
is
the
commitment
to
do
what
is
right
for
all
children,
even
in
opposition.
That
brings
me
to
you
today,
upon
entering
high
school
I
quickly
became
the
target
for
particular
programs
of
students
who
were
afforded
opportunity
to
attend
the
school
I
was
required
to
attend
after
many
failed
attempts
of
repeated
harassment.
AB
AB
AB
Recently
there
was
an
altercation
in
one
of
the
stairwells
of
the
high
school
that
same
stairwell
is
the
stairwell
where
I
lost
my
innocence
at
the
age
of
14.
That
same
stairwell
is
the
stairwell
where
I
had
obtained
a
concussion
that
was
so
bad
that
I
was
out
of
school
for
three
weeks
upon
returning
to
the
school.
AB
After
my
suicide
attempts,
I
would
continue
to
be
targeted
and
was
expected
to
I
was
expected
to
accept
the
fact
that
the
students
that
were
a
part
of
the
specialty
program
at
the
school
were
not
held
to
the
same
standards.
I
refused
to
allow
the
county
and
the
schools
choice
to
overlook
my
safety
to
define
my
success.
AB
I
enrolled
in
the
external
diploma
program
and
completed
it
was
in
three
months
affording
me
the
opportunity
to
attend
in
Toronto
Community
College,
where
I'm
on
track
to
graduate
summa
laude
I,
feared
the
most
while
attending
Chesapeake,
High
School
went
on
to
accomplish
very
little
to
have
overdosed
one
has
recently
been
released
from
prison
and
one
is
currently
incarcerated.
All
four
of
these
offenders
during
my
time
in
high
school
were
participants
and
pupils
of
the
Regional
Education
two
program.
AB
It
is
completely
disheartening
to
see
that
all
these
years
later,
administration
is
still
failing
to
provide
proper
safety
to
the
students
at
CHS.
Students
are
exposed
to
peers,
who
are
high
risk
for
violent
behaviors
and
left
with
no
choice
but
to
take
action
to
protect
themselves
because
the
county
and
the
school
has
failed
to
do
so.
They
are
faced
with
harsher
consequences
than
the
student
who
has
been
given
ample
opportunity
to
end
endless
resources
to
correct
their
behavior.
AB
It
is
my
hope,
and
that
the
social
and
behavior
issues
that
come
with
the
county's
decision
to
place
the
regional
IDI
program
at
Chesapeake
High
School,
do
not
continue
to
tarnish
the
future
of
CHS
students.
One
could
undoubtedly
argue
the
consequences
face
to
the
comprehensive
students
are
too
harsh.
The
students
are
not
given
the
opportunity
to
choose
another
school
without
going
through
a
lottery
system.
They
are
not
given
the
option
to
attend
to
the
school
that
doesn't
put
them
at
risk
of
encountering
students
with
violent
tendencies.
Thank.
AK
Hello,
my
name
is
Haley
Boone
and
I.
Go
to
Chesapeake
and
I
am
reaching
out
to
you
to
talk
about
the
program
that
was
spoken
before
and
how
it
has
impacted.
My
life
I
agree
that
this
program
is
to
benefit
the
kids
with
the
special
behavior,
develop
this
disorders
and
they
have
the
right
to
an
education,
but
is
not
to
sacrifice
for
my
safety
when
I
first
came
to
Chesapeake
as
a
freshman.
I
wanted
to
get
involved
this
as
possible,
so
I
ran
fresh
way
and
I
became
the
secretary
I
wanted
to
help
plan.
AK
My
prom,
so
I
went
on
to
Student,
Council
and
planning
my
graduation
I
loved
it
I
loved
school
I.
Was
that
kid
who
stood
up
when
they
said
who
likes
to
be
here
today?
But
after
these,
these
incidents
that
have
happened,
I've
changed
that
I
don't
want
to
go
to
school,
I
fight
my
mom
to
go
to
school.
She
has
to
bribe
me
but
being
involved
in
the
child
development
of
development
program
that
has
really
made
me
want
to
go
into
teaching
into
my
future,
but
not
anymore.
I,
don't
want
to
be
in
a
classroom.
AK
Just
want
to
get
out
of
this
environment
and
not
go
back
to
it.
Not
only
has
this
program
turned
good
kids,
who
have
never
fought
before
into
scared
kids,
who
just
have
to
fight
to
walk
through
the
halls
and
to
get
to
class.
This
program
has
taken
a
future
teacher
that
could
have
inspired
so
many
and
shaped
our
future
generation.
AK
I
am
not
writing
to
you
to
pick
on
these
kids
in
this
program,
I'm
calling
them
out
for
what
they
have
done,
but
I
can't
just
keep
going
to
school
and
allowing
these
things
to
happen
and
them
having
no
responsibility
for
their
actions
because
of
that
they
have
behavioral
issues.
I
agree
that
they
have
a
right
to
an
education.
However,
I
have
a
right
to
a
safe
learning.
Environment
I,
don't
feel
safe
anymore.
AK
These
children
that
are
placed
in
my
in
my
school
for
this
program
because
they
are
a
threat
at
their
home
school
and
have
been
put
in
a
special
program.
But
why
do
they
sit
next
to
me
in
class
and
have
gym
class
with
me?
I,
don't
understand!
This
program
is
not
allowing
me
to
get
an
education
because
I'm
too
nervous
to
take
a
test.
AK
Next
to
these
kids
and
they're
picking
one,
a
specific
group
of
kids
like
I,
wanted
to
wear
a
flannel
to
school
one
day,
and
my
mom
told
me
to
take
it
off
because
she
just
didn't
want
anything
to
happen
to
me
and
I.
Just
don't
want
that
to
happen
because
I
was
breaking
know
a
ACPs
code
of
conducts,
but
just
simply
because
they
pick
on
this
specific
group
of
people,
because
they
don't
like
the
way
they
act
or
what
the
way
they
look.
Also.
AK
I
would
like
to
know
how
US
such
as
speak
are
supposed
to
get
to
tech,
ed,
which
is
a
required
course
in
order
to
graduate
from
high
school,
but
you
have
to
go
down
their
hallway
because
we
have
construction
going
on.
This
hallway
is
the
biggest
anxiety
attack
that
could
ever
happen
to
a
kid
at
Chesapeake
I'm,
not
the
only
one
who
feels
this
way.
AK
I
could
I
could
name
several
people
who
want
this
to
stop
and
just
they
hate
going
to
those
required
classes
and
some
classes
that
are
fun
to
them,
because
they
don't
want
to
go
down
that
hallway.
This
program
is
not
the
problem,
however,
at
this
program
is
not
the
problem,
but,
however,
years
after
years
it
has
been
more
unrestricted.
AK
Chesapeake
is
getting
special
funding
to
run
this
program
and
is
not
managed
properly.
Respect
is
earned.
These
kids
should
be
separate
until
they
are
proven
to
be
able
to
ready
to
socialize.
There
should
be
a
level
of
security
staff
to
be
monitoring
these
kids,
in
addition
to
proper
security
and
behavioral
monitoring
and
the
licensed
therapist,
they
have
put
their
funding
over
my
safety,
which
is
not
right
as
a
member
of
Best,
Buddies
I
know
to
stand
up
for
those
who
cannot
stand
up
for
themselves,
but
that
is
not
the
case
in
this
situation.
Thank.
A
AL
Good
evening
my
name
is
Jerry
Janek
and
my
son's
will
be
going
to
Chesapeake
in
the
next
year
and
the
year
after
that
and
I'm
not
overly
concerned
about
their
safety
I'm
concerned
about
safety
of
all
students.
Now
I
come
at
it
from
a
unique
perspective
and
then
I
have
a
really
good
understanding.
Bullying,
and
you
know
that,
when
you
think
about
it,
bullying
is
bullying.
AL
Is
bullying
doesn't
matter
whether
you're
a
girl,
bullying,
another
girl,
even
a
girl,
bullying,
a
guy
or
vice
versa,
doesn't
matter
the
ethnicity
of
that
child
that
is
being
the
bully.
A
bully
is
a
bully
as
a
bully,
and
you
have
to
punish
the
bullies.
What
we've
heard
here
tonight
is
actually
that
what
ends
up
happening
is
you
end
up
victimizing
the
victims,
if
you
victimize
the
victims
that
empowers
the
bully
it
also
deep
hours
to
teachers,
you
have
to
then
have
a
program,
not
a
program.
You
have
to
have
a
policy
in
place.
AL
You
say
it.
We
are
not
going
to
tolerate
bullying.
Now
there
are
thousands
of
hours
of
ads
running
all
over
this
country
about
anti-bullying.
You
have
to
take
it
seriously.
Now,
bullying
is
a
little
bit
different
than
a
physical
assault.
Bullying
is
actually
takes
place
over
a
period
of
time.
Generally
speaking
starts
with
usually
a
group
of
kids,
but
then,
after
a
while,
when
that
kid
it
feels
threatened.
Just
one
kid
is
enough
to
bully.
AL
You
have
to
sit
there
and
say:
okay,
we've
got
to
find
the
bullies
and
we
got
to
deal
with
them.
If
you
can
deal
with
the
bullies,
the
kids
will
feel
safer,
they'll
learn
more,
which
is
what
really
the
Board
of
Education
is
supposed
to
be
doing
and,
to
you
know,
you'll
give
back
some
of
the
power
to
the
teachers
who
needed
to
control
the
students
right
now.
I've,
you
know
heard
testimony
and
I've
seen
it
myself
the
powers
in
bully's
hands.
You
have
to
have
the
guts
and
ability
to
take
it
back.
AL
That
takes
action,
but
we
heard
tonight,
20
years
of
inaction,
has
left
a
lot
of
people
scarred
and
hurt.
Now
it's
up
to
you
what
I
suspect
is
it
really?
Nothing
is
going
to
happen,
but
I
can
promise
you
that
myself
and
the
cohorts
that
met
the
other
night.
We
are
going
to
keep
up
on
this
and
we're
going
to
chase
this
down
as
long
and
as
hard
as
we
can.
We've
gotta
find
the
bullies.
There
was
an
incident
of
the
high
school
which
actually
brought
me
to
that
meeting
the
other
night.
AL
Where
is
this
kid?
There's
a
group
of
kids
that
are
bullying
another
group
of
kids
and
the
kid
invaded
his
space
got
right
up
into
his
face
Spit
atom,
and
then
the
kid
responded
by
pushing
him
away
that
kid
is
the
victim.
The
other
kid
was
the
aggressor,
the
victim
got
45-day
suspension
and
the
and
the
aggressor
got
10
days,
in-school
detention.
Now
that's
the
kind
of
stuff
that
has
to
stop.
AL
AM
Hello
board
members:
my
name
is
Elizabeth
Karl
I,
don't
have
anything
prepared.
I
came
at
the
advice
of
my
daughter
who
is
in
conformation
class
tonight,
but
she
was
very
outspoken
before
I
left
and
it
and
told
me
I
should
come
I.
She
currently
attends
lyndale
middle
school
she's,
a
stem
student
who
is
thriving
in
that
program,
she's
in
the
National
Junior
Honor
Society
I,
don't
hear
her
have
a
lot
of
complaints,
but
my
ears
are
very
open
to
the
community
between
my
husband
and
I,
but
in
the
schools
and
in
the
local
youth
programs.
AM
We
volunteer
at
least
40
hours
a
week
and
I
am
a
lacrosse
coach
to
twenty
one
girls
that
went
to
Linthicum
Elementary
School,
a
national
Blue
Ribbon
School
just
a
couple
years
ago,
and
many
of
them
none
of
them
are
in
the
stem
program,
their
own,
the
gen-pop
general
population
of
lyndale
middle
school.
So
I
keep
my
ears
open,
I
talked
to
the
girls,
they
feel
very
safe.
Talking
to
me
and
I've
had
a
few
I
keep
asking
I
keep
checking
in
based
off
of
other
parents.
That
I've
heard
a
few
of
these
parents.
AM
Also
went
to
Linthicum
elementary
school,
three
of
them
had
issues
last
year
with
bullies
repeatedly
met
with
the
administration
did
not
get
a
satisfactory
response.
All
three
of
them
have
gone
to
private
schools
think
they
have
had
found
the
resources
to
send
their
children
to
private
school,
but
I
will
put
their
names
on
records.
In
case
you
want
to
check
on
that.
It's
Mason
Jones
was
in
general
population
last
year,
went
to
st.
Philip
Neri.
You.
AM
There
are
three
you
can
speak
with
me
afterwards
if
you
would
like
to
verify
that
those
are
only
the
three
that
I
am
aware
of
and
still
in
circles
are
discussing
how
awful
their
experiences
were
with
dealing
with
these
harassment
issues,
all
of
them
were
great
honor
roll
students
when
they
were
in
Linthicum
elementary
school.
The
thing
that
concerned
me
recently
my
daughter
mentioned
there
was
an
issue
with
a
child
that
had
bags
of
marijuana
for
distribution.
There
was
no
letter,
there
was
no
communication
to
any
of
the
parents
about
this
incident.
AM
AI
AM
Are
you
guys
talking
about?
They
said
we
fear,
that's
the
mantra
at
school
and
I've
not
mentioned
this
to
any
other
parent
at
Lindale
I.
My
daughter
said
you
should
come
and
tell
them
that
the
students
that
are
disruptive
she
only
has
two
or
three
core
classes.
She
loves
Spanish.
She
cannot
get
an
education
because
they're
so
dis,
truly
in
the
general
population
classes,
the
two
or
three
that
she
has
not
a
problem
with
stem.
AM
There
are
some
issues
with
some
stem
students
that
have
ADHD
or
have
issues
but
she's
also
frustrated,
because
when
there's
an
issue
with
one
of
them,
they're
told
we're
aware
of
that.
You
have
to
go
deal
with
finding
a
way
to
get
through
your
learning
and
she
said
that
just
shouldn't
be
mom.
We
shouldn't
be
the
ones
punished,
because
other
people
have
behavioral
problems.
So
thank
you.
Mister.
AE
AO
AO
He
served
27
years,
he's
been
retired
for
two
and
a
half
years,
and
one
of
the
things
that
compelled
him
to
become
a
substitute
teacher
in
Anne
Arundel
County
is
the
horrific
reports
he
would
read
from
his
officers
and
he
was
took
pride
in
that
he
has
a
master's
degree
from
Johns
Hopkins
University
and
he
started
substituting
in
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools.
He
refuses
to
teach
in
high
schools
any
high
school
in
this
county
because
of
the
way
that
things
are
handled,
the
behavior,
the
limitations
on
teachers.
AO
Recently
my
husband
inquired
he
is
a
legally
authorized
to
carry
a
weapon.
He
inquired
with
somebody
at
the
board
about
that
and
was
told
that
he
is
not
allowed
to
carry
his
weapon.
Walkie
is
a
substitute
teacher,
okay,
but
he
could
wear
be
wearing
his
weapon
if
he
came
into
school
as
a
parent
to
visit
our
son's
classroom
or
in
an
IEP
meeting
he
could
be
carrying.
Does
that
even
make
sense?
AO
AO
He's
legally
authorized
to
carry
in
the
state
of
Maryland,
retired,
Baltimore,
City,
police
officer
I
tell
him
it
that
moment.
He
looks
at
another
adult
says:
I
quit
and
he
responds
you've
got
to
do
something
about
the
schools
about
the
bullying
about
the
teachers
hands
that
are
tied
in
the
classrooms.
These
kids
are
not
able
to
get
an
education.
AO
What
would
you
do
in
their
classroom
where
somebody
is
constantly
badgering,
you
a
14
or
eighteen
year
old,
and
you
cannot
teach
the
rest
of
your
class
because
you
have
to
deal
with
one
person
I
say
holding
parents
accountable,
but
you
know
that's
never
going
to
happen.
You
guys
have
a
big
job.
I
wish
you
well
in
it
and
I
certainly
hope
something
gets
done
before
somebody
gets
hurt.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Welcome.
AQ
My
name
is
William
Snell,
my
wife
and
I
are
new
residents
of
Annapolis
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
we
have
two
daughters
and
their
families,
including
six
grandkids
in
the
public
schools.
Here
and
again,
I
also
didn't
prepare
any
comments,
but
I
I,
don't
know
a
lot
about
what's
going
on
in
the
community,
but
it
does
seem
like
there
are
lots
of
serious
problems
and
I
know
you.
Folks
are
all
working
hard
on
them,
but
it
does
seem
to
me
just
from
a
big
picture
point
of
view.
AQ
There
are
some
failures
of
leadership
that
are
going
on
both
in
the
school
level,
possibly
at
the
board
level.
There
are
some
problems
with
policy,
and
one
comment
I'd
like
to
make
is
that
we
have
to
remember
this
is
in
a
backdrop
in
a
county
that
is
21st
in
the
United
States
of
all
counties
and
household
income.
Just
want
to
say
we
have
the
resources
here.
I
think
solve
a
lot
of
these
problems
where
money
can
help
and
that's
all
I
have.
AR
V
AS
School
for
since
sixth
grade
since
he
started
Glendale,
he
has
been
nothing
but
tormented
from
anywhere
from
two
kids
to
ten
kids.
He
has
had
been
punched
in
the
face
three
times
before
first
period.
In
the
first
marking
period
of
sixth
grade,
my
son
has
been
almost
jumped
on
a
field
trip
that
we
had
to
pull
him
off
of
because
there
was
no
male
chaperone
to
go
in
the
bathroom
with
him.
So
therefore
we
had
to
get
the
facility
staff
to
go
into
the
bathroom
with
him.
AS
My
son
has
also
been
called
names
by
a
teacher
that
were
very
racially
slurred
talk,
just
because
he
was
a
smart
byte
in
class,
so
we
actually
begged
the
school
for
two
years
to
fix
this.
We
have
filed
bully
reports.
We
have
done
meetings,
I
have
done
everything
I,
possibly
could
to
get
this
school
to
do
something
for
my
son.
AS
It
took
an
outside
person
that
owns
a
jujitsu
studio
in
Glen
Burnie,
to
offer
my
son
two
months
of
free
classes
to
learn
some
self-discipline,
how
to
fight
back
and
so
that
he
had
a
little
bit
of
self-confidence.
My
son
went
through
this
for
sixth
grade
seventh
grade.
It's
still
a
little
bit
now,
but
the
end
of
seventh
grade.
My
son
was
in
jujitsu
and
finally
learned
some
skills,
a
kid
poured
water
on
him.
AS
While
he
was
in
the
lunchroom,
nobody
did
anything
to
them,
so
he
picked
the
kid
up
and
he
threw
him
on
the
ground.
My
son
was
suspended
for
defending
himself,
which
we
accepted.
My
son
has
been
suspended
three
times
this
year
for
defending
himself,
and
so
as
according
to
your
rules,
my
son
was
supposed
to
be
in
the
RET
program
or
whatever
it
is
never
heard
from
them,
even
though
the
school
told
me
that
I
would
and
I
even
told
them.
AS
That
I
would
never
send
my
kid
to
a
program
that
teaches
that
you
cannot
defend
yourself,
especially
dealing
with
what
he
has.
He
doesn't
want
to
go
to
school
he's
not
in
stem
he's
in
gen-pop,
and
he
will
be
in
high
school
next
year,
but
he's
not
my
concern
as
much
as
my
daughter
he's
very
strong.
My
son
lets
everything
roll
off
of
his
back
and
he
acts
like
nothing
matters
and
it
doesn't
even
faze
him.
My
daughter,
on
the
other
hand,
she's
a
very
sensitive
person.
AS
Anybody
even
looks
at
her
wrong
and
she's
in
tears,
so
I
highly
worry
about
her
safety
when
it
comes
to
LenDale
and
I
really
encourage
you
guys
to
take
a
look
into
these
schools,
because
I
can't
imagine
what
half
these
parents
have
gone
through
with
their
kids,
knowing
what
I've
gone
through
with
mine.
Thank
you.
A
AT
Hi,
my
name
is
Terry
docker
I'm,
the
mother
of
Nick,
Dockery
I'm,
not
even
know
I,
don't
know
if
I'm
stalk
about
this
tonight,
because
my
case
is
so
fresh
doctor
a
lot.
Oh,
you
might
see
this
case
come
across
your
desk
this
week
that
I,
my
son
and
his
friends
were
the
ones
involved
in
the
spitting
incident
in
the
stairwell
Chesapeake
High
School
julia
has
given
me
the
strength
to
come
up
here
and
express
my
concern.
This
bullying
incident
has
been
going
on
for
so
long.
AT
AT
AU
Hi
there
I
just
wanted
to
to
challenge
the
board.
My
name
is
don
Pollak
I
have
a
student
at
a
Chesapeake,
Bay
middle
and
Chesapeake
high
school
I
have
a
different
solution.
The
board
wouldn't
like
it
so
I'm
not
going
to
mention
it
for
some
of
these
incidents,
but
I
want
to
challenge
the
board.
If
you
have
children
of
school
age,
send
them
to
these
schools
and
I
promise
you
you
won't
have
this
crowd
ever
again,
because
I
know
think
will
be
done.
That's
my
challenge
to
you.
AU
If
you
have
school-aged
kids
and
they're,
not
in
these
high
schools,
it's
a
good
move
on
your
part,
but
if
you
put
them
in
these
schools,
I
promise
you
you
will
take
action
and
that's
what
we
need
talking
boiling
reports,
that's
all
great
stuff
to
kick
the
can
down
the
road.
Something
serious
is
going
to
happen
in
one
of
these
schools
and
the
ante
is
next
election.
It's
going
to
be
a
it's
going
to
be
a
different
group
of
faces
up
here.
AV
AV
It
came
across
our
Facebook
page
and
I
was
asked
if
I
would
be
here
tonight,
because
I
was
speaking
with
some
some
of
the
other
people
that
have
been
involved,
and
they
said
that
the
boys
that
are
being
bullied
really
wanted
to
meet
me
because
we're
a
second
step
that
these
children
male/female
both
if
they
have
a
problem,
they
can't
sleep
they're.
More
than
welcome
to
call
my
telephone
three
o'clock
in
the
morning.
I
won't
have
a
problem
with
it
whatsoever.
AV
This
stuff
needs
to
stop
it's
plain
and
sane
and
simple:
there's
no
need
for
kids
to
be
bullied,
be
called
names
because
of
the
way
they
dress
and
to
fight
back
and
get
in
trouble
for
defending
yourself.
That's
even
worse,
because
that's
saying
that
the
bullies
have
total
control
of
everything
as
to
when
they
shouldn't
have
any
control
of
anything.
B
AW
Melissa
Ellis
I
didn't
I,
wasn't
prepared
to
speak
tonight,
but
I
feel
very
moved,
I'm
very
concerned
as
a
parent
and
a
citizen
of
Anne
Arundel
County
to
know
how
this
bullying
problem
is
not
known
by
you.
Where
is
the
breakdown
in
communication?
I,
think
everyone
deserves
an
answer
on
that
I
for
one
have
for
a
very
long
time
now
been
concerned
about
the
mental
health
of
all
of
our
students.
The
incidence
of
depression,
anxiety,
substance
abuse
are
greatly
on
the
rise.
I've
seen
how
many
of
the
stresses
have
impacted
my
children
and
their
friends.
AW
It's
something
I
feel
very
deeply
about,
and
obviously
many
people
do
so
I'm
asking
you
tonight
to
please
focus
your
attention.
All
of
your
policies
and
dollars
focus
them
on
the
well-being
of
our
students.
You
need
to
adequately
staff
our
schools
and
provide
the
resources
they
need
for
a
safe
environment
and
a
meaningful
education,
and
please,
please
figure
out
the
breakdown
that
makes
this
issue
news
to
you
tonight.
It
should
never
have
gotten
this
far
I'm
sure
you're
very
concerned,
but
it
reflects
on
your
leadership
that
this
is
happening
in
our
schools.
Thank
you.
AW
AX
I'm
sorry
I
wasn't
planning
on
speaking
tonight.
I
have
twins
that
are
sophomores
at
Chesapeake
High
School.
We
came
from
one
hundred
and
first
Airborne
Division
we're
a
military
family,
we're
very
structured.
The
first
day
they
went
to
school
mom.
They
do
weed
I
said
avoid
that
well,
I
have
to
go
to
the
bathroom
there,
because
it's
next
to
this
classroom
or
I
won't
be
able
to
go.
AX
They
at
this
point
have
given
up.
They
watch
other
kids
being
bullied.
They
see
the
teachers
do
nothing
and
they
don't
want
to
do
anything.
They
don't
they're,
not
empowered
themselves.
So,
even
if
they're,
not
bullying
or
being
bullied,
they're
still
a
part
of
the
system,
and
so
are
your
educators.
If
they're
allowing
this
to
go
on.
A
N
N
N
N
N
N
A
B
AY
AY
So
consequently,
as
we
have
done
in
years
past
that
we
have
increased
the
state
revenue
number
from
approximately
nine
point,
three
million
dollars
up
to
nine
point,
five
million
dollars,
and
then
we
have
done
a
dollar-for-dollar
offset.
So
the
request
from
the
county
has
gone
down
by
that
exact
same
two
hundred
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighty
eight
dollars
from
approximately
forty
point:
1
million
down
to
thirty
nine
point,
nine
million-
and
with
that
we
stand
prepared
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
A
A
AZ
A
A
And
I
make
a
motion
to
amend
the
budget
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
school
counselor
positions
in
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
from
five
point.
Four
to
fourteen
point:
four:
this
would
be
an
increase
of
eight
hundred
and
sixty
seven
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
dollars.
AR
A
And
now
I
have
bear
with
me
as
parents,
educators
and
simply
caring
people.
Everyone
is
horrified
by
the
tragedy
at
Stoneman,
Douglas
High
School
last
week,
there's
been
extensive
discussion
about
what
can
be
done
to
prevent
future
attacks
and
how
we
can
protect
our
children.
I
have
heard
again
and
again
that
you
can't
put
a
price
tag
on
the
safety
of
children
and
there
is
always
the
need
to
evaluate
and
improve
our
physical
safety
protocols.
A
However,
if
we
really
want
to
change
the
trajectory
of
a
child's
life,
we
can't
simply
focus
on
stopping
an
event
that
may
or
may
not
happen.
One
day.
We
need
to
focus
on
the
very
real
events
that
happen
every
single
day
and
every
one
of
our
schools
with
every
one
of
our
students,
the
future
high
school
dropout
or
opioid
user
or
unemployed,
twenty-something
or
heaven
forbid.
Perpetrator
of
mass
violence
is
not
created
in
one
day.
What
will
make
the
difference
and
what
does
make
the
difference
or
relationships
built
over
weeks
and
months
and
years?
A
Children
that
come
to
school,
anxious,
depressed
lonely
and
neglected
are
changed
and
given
hope
when
they
find
relationship
when
a
child
knows
that
someone
cares
for
them
supports
them
and
loves
them.
It
can
and
does
change
the
course
of
their
lives,
people
in
our
education,
because
they
care
about
children
and
want
to
build
relationships
that
will
change
children's
lives
by
igniting
their
intellectual
curiosity
by
teaching
them
career
skills
by
loving
and
caring
for
them
as
the
amazing
individuals
they
are.
A
All
of
our
educators
want
to
be
that
safe
place
and
that
relationship,
but
when
our
middle
school
teachers
are
teaching
multiple
sections
of
35
or
40
kids
relationship
building
is
limited.
When
a
guidance
counselor
has
800
students
to
serve,
she
will
not
be
able
to
connect
with
every
child
who
comes
to
school.
Only
when
a
psychologist
must
split
his
time
between
multiple
schools.
He
cannot
provide
mental
health
support
to
all
the
students
in
need
by
not
providing
the
funding
for
the
staff
we
truly
need.
Our
County
is
shortchanging
our
children.
A
We
are
missing
the
chance
to
change
students,
lives
and
we
will
pay
even
more
forward
in
the
future.
When
those
children
we
weren't
able
to
connect
with
become
unemployed,
addicted
or
worse,
we
can't
keep
treading
water
with
the
bare
minimum
year
after
year,
eventually
sooner
rather
than
later,
we
will
start
to
sink
and
lose
more
of
our
children.
So
when
I
hear
people
say,
no
price
is
too
high
for
the
safety
of
our
children.
I
say:
I
agree,
let's
start
paying
that
price.
The
price
of
investing
in
relationships
that
truly
change
lives.
A
Let's
provide
funds
for
the
positions
necessary
to
truly
meet
the
needs
of
our
children.
My
hope
is
that
every
child
finds
that
support
on
multiple
fronts
in
our
schools,
from
the
custodian
to
the
classroom,
teacher
to
the
guidance
counselor
to
the
coach
research
and
our
own
life
experience
tell
us
that
even
just
one
caring
trusted
adult
in
a
child's
life
can
make
the
difference
between
dropout
and
success
between
violence
and
purpose.
We
must
do
everything
possible
to
provide
that
caring
adult
and
make
that
difference.
This
amendment
is
a
start.
A
It
is
to
add
9
additional
guidance
counselors
to
doctoral
Ladas
request,
so
that
every
Elementary
School
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
with
650
students
or
more
can
have
two
guidance
counselors.
It's
still
not
enough,
but
I
believe
it's
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
Is
there
any
other
comments
on
from
board
comments
on
this
amendment?
Mr.
grant.
A
A
BA
Is
not
your
amendment
in
particular,
but
it's
all
the
amendments
that
we're
about
to
see
our
administration
believes
the
superintendence
budget
is
thoughtful
and
well
constructed.
It
advances
many
of
our
shared
priorities
and
represents
an
appropriate
framework
for
helping
the
counties
help
develop
the
county's
budget
like
year.
We
are
concerned
with
mental
health,
English
language,
learners,
class,
size
workload
and
compensation
for
our
dedicated
educators.
His
budget
proposal
is
aggressive,
yet
reasonable.
We
will
do
our
best
to
fulfill
that
request
to
the
extent
possible.
BA
AN
Just
wanted
to
say
good
evening,
everyone,
but
I
also
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
amendment
I
feel
like
this
is
needed
and
much
much
more,
but
I
think
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
I
I
want
us,
I
mean
just
feeling
this
here
tonight
and
I've
been
feeling
it
in
Annapolis
cluster
and
feeling
it
everywhere
that
we
are
ready.
Our
community
is
ready
for
more
and
I've
heard.
You
all
speak
on
behalf
of
our
students.
I
know
that
you
are
passionate
and
caring
as
well.
AN
So
it
is
time
for
us
to
step
up
our
game
and
we
need
to
ask
for
what
our
kids
need
and
I
know
that
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
but
we
need
this
is
not.
Okay
and
I
know
it's
not
okay
to
you
either
and
we
need
something
dramatic.
So
if
our
budget
needs
to
be
dramatic
and
the
county
needs
to
respond,
then
it's
their
fault.
AN
AJ
Jana
Norman,
thank
you
very
much
for
for
adding
more
counselors.
As
we
all
know,
they
are
desperately
needed
and
we
appreciate
that
effort
I'm
questioning,
maybe
why
we
are
not
adding
more
and
why
you
are
choosing
the
elementary
level
in
addition
to
where
they're
needed
at
the
high
school
level,
and
perhaps
you
could
solve
a
lot
of
the
problems
that
you've
that
you've
listed
drug
drug
abuse,
ain't,
just
depressed
lonely
with
something
for
our
22,000
high
school
students
like
more
mentally
appropriate
start
and
sleep
regimes
that
the
nation's
doctors
are
telling.
AJ
You
would
be
helpful,
so
we
have
nine
counselors.
We
would
love
to
have
12
more
counselors
for
the
high
school
level.
I
know,
Annapolis
high
is
overwhelmed
with
with
student
needs
and
and
we
could
severely
really
benefit
our
students
would
very
much
benefit
from
having
additional
counselors.
So
please
consider
that
and
please
ask
for
the
full
and
resources
that
our
students
need.
If
you
don't
ask
for
it,
the
county
cannot
provide
it.
A
Thank
you
just
to
clarify
miss
Norman.
The
amendment
is
just
to
add
the
the
additional
counselor
positions.
It
doesn't
necessarily
sign
them
to
elementary
schools.
That
would
be
a
decision
made
by
the
superintendent
and
his
staff
if
they
were
added
as
to
where
they
would
go.
Okay.
Well,
your
description.
My
description
was
that's
how
I
came
up
with
that
number,
but
that.
H
AJ
BB
Good
evening
my
name
is
Jessica
Snell,
Jones,
I'm,
a
local
psychologist
and
a
parent
of
children
in
the
schools.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
want
to
express
my
full
support
of
the
direction
that
this
is
going,
but
I
want
to
reiterate.
It
is
simply
not
enough
and
that
we
have
to
ask
for
what
we
believe
that
we
need
and
I
really
believe
the
county
could
come
to
understand
that
we're
going
to
save
money.
If
we're
smart
about
meeting
our
kids
needs
and
it's
not
just
academic,
it's
social-emotional
and
it
impacts
us
all.
BB
So,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
step
in
this
direction,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
that
this
is.
This
is
from
hearing
what
we
were
hearing
about,
the
high
school
level
and
our
opportunities
to
meet
the
needs
of
not
just
the
victims,
but
the
bullies.
This
is
this
is
too
small.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr.
Gilliland.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
just
want
to
say:
I
was
just
scrolling
through
a
few
emails
during
the
break
and
because
they've
been
getting
a
lot
of
them
in
the
last
24
hours,
and
just
today,
I've
had
emails
from
parents
of
students
at
broad
neck,
elementary
school
and
Oak
Hill
elementary
school,
requesting
additional
guidance
counselor's
because
of
the
support
that
they
see
the
counselors
providing
and
they
just
think
they're
being
spread
too
thin
and
I.
Think
this
is
an
amendment
that
moves
us
in
the
right
direction
and
it's
it's
necessary.
R
Okay,
I
guess
I
want
to
take
a
brief
opportunity
to
address
this
I
fully
agree
with
the
substance
of
what
you're
saying
and
the
spirit
of
what
you're
saying
the
concern
that
I
have
and
I'm
just
going
to
announce
now,
I'm
going
to
vote
against
this
amendment
and
I'm
going
to
vote
against
all
the
amendments
tonight
that
seek
to
add
to
the
budget.
I
think
that
when
a
representative
from
the
county
government
says
you
know,
this
is
a
good
budget,
but
it's
aggressive
and
we're
going
to
try
to
fund.
R
I,
don't
think
the
County
Executive
should
be
the
decider
of
the
budget
and
I,
don't
think
the
County
Council
should
be
the
decider
of
the
budget
and
when
we
take
the
attitude
or
the
philosophy
of
just
ask
for
it
as
much
as
you
need
without
taking
to
account
with
actually
available
to
fund
these
things.
We
take
our
position.
We
take
ourselves
out
of
the
role
of
being
the
deciders
of
the
budget
and
we
become
just
requesters
and
I.
That's
not
what
I
want
to
do
and
that's
what
I
hope
the
future
boards
won't
do.
R
I
think
this
board
should
be
the
decider
the
budget
not
doctor
or
lotto,
not
the
county
executive,
not
the
County
Council,
and
there
are
many
other
priorities
that
we
can
have
I'm,
not
saying
that
this
one
isn't
important,
but
you
start
adding
eight
hundred
sixty-eight
thousand
dollars
here,
another
million
there
another
million
there
and
the
money
is
not
going
to
be
there
to
do
it
and
I'm.
Basing
this
on
the
very
real
experience
of
last
budget
cycle,
dr.
R
Otto
requested
forty
three
million
dollars
in
additional
funds
and
as
part
of
that,
there
was
a
request
for
a
hundred
and
twenty
new
FTEs.
We
got
29
million,
so
14
million
less
and
we
got
zero
new
it
new
FTEs
I
voted
against
the
request
when
I
went
out
and
I
think
I
was
the
only
one
that
voted
against
the
budget
when
it
came
back
from
the
county
council,
every
single
one
that
was
on
the
board
at
the
time.
Mr.
R
butcher,
you
weren't
here
every
said,
miss
Cole,
you
weren't
here
every
single
other
board
member,
sat
and
said
when
the
budget
went
out.
We
must
have
this
amount
of
money.
We
cannot
run
the
school
system
without
having
all
of
these
positions
filled.
It
came
back
from
the
County
Council
with
zero
FTEs
and
you
all
voted
for
it.
That
is
abdicating
this
board's
responsibility
and
is
put
into
the
hands
of
the
other
political
branches.
I.
Don't
think
we
should
do
that
now
and
I
certainly
don't
think
we
should
do
that
when
this
board
becomes
elected.
R
So
I
just
want
to
articulate
this
once
I'm
voting
against
this
amendment,
not
because
I
don't
think
we
need
more
school
counselors,
but
we
need
as
many
school
counselors
as
we
can
possibly
afford
and
when
you
just
add
on
nine
and
say
here's
another
eight
hundred
seventy
thousand
dollars
all
you're
doing
is
saying
Jerry
Walker,
you
decide
how
many
County
counts,
how
many
school
counselors
we
should
have
this
councilman.
You
should
decide
how
many
school
councils
we
should
have
we
closer
to
these
issues.
We
work
harder
on
these
issues.
A
AP
Your
and
my
fiduciary
responsibility
is
to
the
children
not
to
the
county
and,
and
literally,
do
you
know
what
is
needed
in
this
county
was
reflected
tonight
here.
That's
what
we
have
to
look
at.
That's
why
you
should
go
and
visit
the
schools,
that's
why
you
should
be
completely
involved
with
what
is
really
happening
and
not
just
a
board
decision
about
numbers,
because
what
is
really
needed
is
what
is
happening
in
the
county.
Not
numbers
I
am
responsible
to
the
children
and
basically
the
children
will
get
from
me
every
quest
that
is
needed.
AP
AP
I,
like
our
county
executive
I
belong
to
his
party,
but
I
know
what
the
children
need,
not
what
the
party
might
want
to
do
or
whatever
it
is
because
it
is
the
children
who
basically
put
me
here
and
that's
what
they
need,
because
I
think
it's
very
pitiful
to
look
at
all
of
these
people
here
talking
about
the
needs
in
their
school
and
for
us
to
sit
here
and
say:
no,
we're
not
going
to
vote
for
counselors
come
on.
It's
your
fiduciary
responsibility
to
protect
the
children.
R
R
All
I'm
going
to
say,
then,
is
what
you're
saying
your
words
are
not
matched
by
your
actions,
because
you
voted
for
a
budget
last
year
to
send
it
out
that
requested
forty
three
million
dollars
and
120
new
FTEs,
and
then,
when
it
came
back
through
the
political
branches,
with
only
29
million
and
zero
NOAA
FTEs,
you
voted
for
that
budget.
You
should
have
voted
against
it
if
you
didn't
believe
it
was
sufficient
for
the
school's
needs.
R
C
Vicky
Calhoun
again
I'm,
going
to
tell
you
I,
submitted
to
the
curling
Commission
how
the
army
does
institutional
training
modeling
so
that
we
could
get
rid
of
that
stupid
funding
model.
What
I
would
tell
you
is,
you
are
both
right.
You
are
both
right
and
that
funding
formula
has
to
be
gone.
I
will
give
you
the
information.
I
talked
to
some
people
with
the
staff
today
and
I'll.
Give
it
to
you
that,
but
right
now
you
you've
got
a
follow
axe.
C
You
just
got
to
live
with
it
and
we
need
to
go
after
the
funding
formula
when
he
just
subtracted
that
money,
everybody.
That
was
the
problem.
That
was
the
problem
that
funding
formula
it's
a
fixed
amount
of
money
and
all
you
guys
are
trying
to
do
is
allocate
it
and
I
appreciate
all
your
effort
in
your.
In
your
words,
thank
you.
C
BC
E
Just
want
to
echo
what
mrs.
Astor
had
to
say.
Last
week,
president
Hummel
forwarded
all
of
us
a
letter
from
County
Executive
Shue,
requesting
that
this
board
not
amend
doctor
or
letõs
budget
in
a
manner
that
increases
his
overall
funding
request
and,
while
I
agree
wholeheartedly
with
our
county
executive,
that
dr.
or
latus
budget
is
a
measured
and
reasonable
and
sensible
one.
We
were
all
appointed
to
ask
for
more
of
what
our
system
needs
and
that's
what
I
will
be
doing
this
evening.
I.
E
Happen
to
believe
our
County
revenue
may
increase
beyond
predictions
based
on
the
new
federal
tax
law
and
the
lockbox
legislation
proposal.
So
I'm
optimistic
that
we'll
have
more
money
to
spend
on
education
than
is
currently
anticipated.
I
would
like
to
offer
the
following
package
of
changes
to
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
I'd
like
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
school
psychologist
positions
from
two
to
five
point:
eight,
and
that
increases
the
recommended
operating
budget
by
four
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
five
hundred
and
twenty
dollars.
E
E
Our
superintendent
would
place
the
school
psychologists
where
he
and
his
staff
determined.
We
have
the
greatest
need,
but
right
now
he
doesn't
even
have
enough
positions
to
even
begin
to
approach
the
recommended
ratio
of
one
psychologist
for
every
500
to
700
students,
as
recommended
by
the
National
Association
of
School
Psychologists.
These
school
psychologists
provide
assessments,
special
education
support
and
they're
clinically
trained
to
deal
with
issues.
Our
guidance
counselors
may
not
be
prepared
to
deal
with
for
the
social
worker.
The
additional
social
workers
provide
would
provide
valuable
support
to
our
families.
E
They
help
connect
our
families
in
need
with
important
county
and
state
services.
Right
now
we
have
20
2.8
social
workers
across
the
entire
county,
and
five
of
them
are
dedicated
just
to
the
Phoenix
Academy
alone.
Only
four
of
our
high
schools
have
a
full-time
social
worker
and,
while
I
realize
adding
six
more
isn't
going
to
take
care
of
the
issue,
it
helps.
BB
AJ
A
A
Second,
just
reiterating,
when
I
said
before,
I
believe
that
the
way
we
make
a
difference-
and
we
save
our
children
is
through
relationships
and
our
special
education
to
students
are
often
those
that
are
feel
most
vulnerable
and
are
most
in
need
of
connections
with
an
trusted
adult,
and
this
will
give
us
more
options
for
our
ever-increasing
enrollment
to
have
that.
Mr.
Rhinehart
thank.
D
D
A
AP
AP
My
reason
behind
it
is
since
I
work
with
the
Hispanic
community.
The
relationship
with
the
parents
and
the
school
is
very,
very
important
so
that
they
do
get
involved
and
basically
learn
what
their
children
are
doing
and
can
really
assist
them
in
the
school
system,
and
this
is
very,
very
important,
especially
in
the
middle
school,
and
we
do
have
a
problem
over
here
in
this
county
and
it
goes
all
the
way
back
to
the
90s,
because
I
have
dealt
with
it
and
that
has
to
do
with
the
gang
issue
of
the
ms-13.
AP
We
cannot
ignore
it.
I
have
dealt
with
it
in
high
school
three
kids
this
year.
Basically
their
parents
removed
them
from
the
school
because
they
were
involved
in
the
gang.
So
if
the
parents
basically
don't
know
that
the
child
is
not
in
school,
has
skipped
school
and
basically
it's
not
going
over
there
and
that's.
What
basically
did
bilingual
facilitators
will
do,
is
basically
keep
complete
connection
with
the
parents,
and
the
budget
impact
increases.
AP
A
AJ
They
are
desperately
needed.
We've
had
difficulty
at
Annapolis
middle
after
the
redistricting
when,
when
sufficient
bilingual
facilitators
did
not
come
over
with
the
number
of
students
that
were
transferred
to
the
school
and
we're
having
a
serious
issue
of
flight
from
the
school
and
problems
in
the
school.
So
we
need
these
resources
and
we
appreciate
you
voting
for
them.
Thank
you.
AN
Bilingual
facilitators,
I've
heard
a
students
say
when
my
teacher
calls
and
speaks
in
English
and
I'm
supposed
to
be
translating
I
lie
because
I
don't
want
my
parents
to
know
what's
happening,
I,
don't
want
them
to
hear
bad
things,
and
so
this
hearing,
firsthand
from
these
students
and
hearing
how
their
friends
and
their
parents
can't
communicate
the
way
they
want
with
the
school
I
just
wanted
to
put
my
support
for
this
and
an
express
what
these
students
have
shared.
And
so
thank
you
very
much
for
this
amendment.
A
B
AP
Once
again,
the
proposal
of
this
amendment
is
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
English
language
acquisition
teacher
position
in
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
from
25
to
30,
so
we
are
increasing
it.
Five
more.
The
budgetary
impact
in
this
increase
for
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
is
three
hundred.
Seventy
seven
thousand
three
hundred
fifty
hours.
AP
Even
I
will
yeah
I
would
like
to
make
the
comment,
especially
to
a
foreign
student,
a
Latin,
American
student
or
from
any
nation
that
is
not
the
United
States
when
they
grow
up,
they
basically
outside
of
the
United
States.
Their
culture
is
not
the
same
as
what
the
American
culture
is,
and
we
must
bring
these
children
into
the
u.s.
a
way
of
life.
AP
If
you
look
at
a
child
that
comes
from
a
Salvador
or
from
Mexico,
you
need
to
understand
that
some
of
them
just
slept
on
the
floor,
so
they
have
absolutely
no
idea
what
it
is
to
sleep
on
a
bed
or
to
cook
in
a
stove.
We
must
basically
make
this
children
learn
the
English
language
so
that
they
can
basically
become
part
of
the
American
Way
of
life
and
the
workload
right
now
of
these
teachers
is
very
unfathomable.
We
really
need
to
have
the
proportion
or
the
student
ratio
to
be
easy
to
handle.
AJ
The
members
of
the
Annapolis
Education
Commission,
who
are
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
city
council,
support
this
amendment
as
desperately
needed
for
Annapolis
cluster.
We
personally
Annapolis
Education
Commission
members,
have
driven
English
language
learners
to
the
South
River
Power
Hawks
robotics
camp
during
the
summer,
and
we
know
a
number
of
striving
students
whose
whose
parents
cannot
help
them
their
children,
achieve
what
these
children
are
capable
of
achieving
and
we
we
need
these
teachers
Thank
You.
D
A
AZ
Well,
this
amendment
is
one
that
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
is
meant.
Most
of
you
know,
I
was
in
the
classroom.
I
was
a
teacher
for
over
30
years
before
becoming
an
administrator.
I
had
40
kids
one
year
in
my
class
in
my
fourth-grade
class
and
I've
had
to
deal
with
the
large
classes.
So
my
amendment
is
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
teachers
to
reduce
class
sizes
in
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
from
30
to
45.
This
will
increase
the
budget
by
1
million
one
hundred
thirty
thousand
five
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
AZ
Feel
strongly
about
this
and
I've
also
had
many
many
emails
from
parents
who
want
their
who
are
concerned
about
class
sizes
over
and
over,
and
when
we
hear
tonight
about
everybody
talking
about
the
problems
at
schools,
I
will
tell
you
our
middle
schools
and
especially,
are
having
a
terrible
time
with
high
class
sizes.
So
that's
my
reasoning
and
I
can't
imagine
I
agree
with
hardly
what
mrs.
Sasso
says.
We
are
here
for
the
children
and
this
amendment
is
for
the
children.
Mr.
G
Gilliland,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
I
just
wanted
to
and
I
think
mrs.
Nally
echoed
I
think
sentiment
that
many
of
us
may
share
I
believe
throughout
this
entire
school
year.
Thus
far
the
most
emails
we've
received
on
any
one
topic
have
been
about
class
sizes,
and
it's
it's
not
just
one
part
of
the
county
that
that
has
felt
the
impact
of
us
increasing
our
student
population
by
roughly
1500
I
might
be
off
by.
A
G
B
G
I
I
can't
think
of
it
and
again
you
know,
I
know,
there's
there's
some
more
amendments
and
you
know
what
will
address
compensation
and
some
other
things
momentarily.
But
this
to
me
just
hits
home
because
the
needs
are
on
every
corner
of
this
county
with
regard
to
class
sizes
and
certainly
that
impacts
teacher
workload
and
that
impacts
the
student
learning
experience
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
the
amendment.
M
AP
So
that
the
public
knows
we
had
asked
the
board
had
asked
dr.
alluro
to
provide
us
with
teachers
needed
to
upset
class
sizes.
So
when
the
board
looked
at
it,
yes,
maybe
we
could
ask
for
400,
but
the
fact
is
we're
not
going
to
get
400
not
from
the
budget,
but
to
find
400
teachers
to
come
into
the
school
system
next
year.
AP
You
know,
so
we
are
being
very
realistic
and
basically
trying
to
put
our
sizes
in
the
classrooms
between
30
to
35,
which
is
more
manageable
than
over
40
that
we
have
it
now
nowadays,
so
the
board
when
they
have
made
all
of
these
amendments
is
because
we
asked
for
data
so
that
we
could
be
realistic
in
what
we
can
ask
for
what
we
can
get
and
what
is
really
realistic.
You
know
like
to
serve
400
teachers
I
agree,
but
we
can't
find
them
anyplace.
We
won't
be
able
to
find
400
teachers.
B
AQ
Know
two
things:
I
would
like
to
ask:
I'll
start
with
one
thing,
because
I
won't
be
able
to
maybe
to
remember
that
the
second
one,
but
one
of
the
problems
that
I've
heard
tonight
about
why
it
might
be
difficult
to
get
more
teachers
is
because
teachers
don't
want
to
come
here
because
of
all
the
problems
that
they
have,
and
so
it's
a
it's
a
vicious
cycle,
I
think
and
I
guess
the
other
question
that
I
would
ask,
maybe
directing
it
to
mr.
mr.
mr.
granite,
is
what-
and
this
is
an
honest.
AQ
This
is
not
a
I.
Just
wonder.
What's
the
harm
with
effort
with
asking
the
right
for
what
we
think
truly
is
the
correct
amount?
It
maybe
that's
a
bad
strategy,
but
I
don't
understand
I,
guess
the
other
part
of
the
question
is:
how
does
the
board
send
a
message
to
the
tis,
a
County?
That's
not
enough
that
we
do
need
more
because
it
sounds
like
you
feel
mr.
Gannon
Grandin
that
that's
that,
that's
just
not
going
to
the
message
is
going
to
go
unheard.
So
I
guess.
AQ
The
other
part
of
the
question,
then,
is
the
issue
is
how
do
we
ask?
How
do
we
let
the
county
commissioners
know
or
the
county
counsel
know?
This
is
not
enough
and
go
public
with
that
kind
of
a
statement.
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
that,
but
it
seems
that's
a
really
critical
question
that
needs
to
be
addressed.
That
I
haven't
heard
discussed
yet.
AJ
What
number
of
students
in
a
classroom
is
acceptable
to
us
as
County
taxpayers,
tell
us
what
what
the
number
of
FTEs
and
how
that
will
affect
class
sizes,
but
but
respect
us
enough
to
have
these
conversations
in
public,
not
just
among
yourselves,
so
that
you
see
the
numbers
and
we
don't.
We
can't.
We
can't
advocate
on
the
county
level,
if
we
don't
have
the
same
information
that
you
have
so
so.
Please
share
that.
AJ
I
would
also
I'm
here
tonight,
because
our
Annapolis
high
school
IB,
IB
physics,
chemistry
teacher,
could
not
be
here
he's
at
his
second
job
teaching
as
a
swimming
coach
in
order
to
pay
his
bills.
If
you
look
at
the
starting
salaries
of
our
teachers,
they're
extremely
low
and
he's
going
to
be
leaving
as
many
of
our
other
20
of
our
other
Annapolis
high
teachers
have
to
the
other
jurisdictions.
AJ
We
cannot
replace
those
skills
of
someone
who's
qualified
enough
to
teach
calculus,
IB
physics
you're,
not
getting
someone
in
you're,
just
you're,
just
leaving
them
to
Montgomery
County
in
Howard
County.
That's
why
we
can't
get
the
teachers
we
need,
so
you
have
to
address
systemically
the
teacher
pay
the
lost
steps,
the
whole
reasons
why
why
we're
suffering
in
this
county
so
I
appreciate
you
bringing
that
discussion
into
the
public
realm.
D
D
Currently,
the
state
of
Maryland
as
a
whole
imports
50%
of
new
teachers,
so
it's
more
than
just
other
jurisdictions,
hiring
before
us
or
offering
better
pay.
It's
finding
folks
right
here
in
Maryland,
who
want
to
embrace
education
as
a
career
and
and
then
decide
to
come
here
to
Anne
Arundel
County,
but
as
it
is
where
we're
an
importer
of
almost
half
of
the
teachers,
because
we
just
simply
can't
produce
enough
here.
Certainly,
as
we
heard
at
the
last
board
meeting,
we
can
step
up
our
recruitment
efforts.
We
can
do
more
for
diversity
fairs.
D
We
can
do
more
to
move
our
hiring
up
into
the
fall
for
a
lot
of
our
for
a
lot
of
our
winter
grads,
but
simply
finding
that
many
highly
qualified
hireable
individuals
is
going
to
be
a
challenge.
Now,
if
we're
willing
to
take
on
150
folks
with
a
temporary
certification,
with
a
promise
that
they're
going
to
go
ahead
and
do
everything
that
they
need
to
do,
I've
hired
those
folks
and.
D
D
Now
we
did
have
a
request
from
the
board
to
see
how
many
open
positions
we're
currently
currently
here
in
the
county
and
I'm,
proud
to
report
that
it's
it's
in
the
teens
and
most
of
those
most
of
those
positions
are
newly
vacated
or
recently
vacated.
So
we
don't
have
this.
This
huge
crunch
of
open
positions
out
there,
but
when
we're
looking
at
those
new
folks
who
are
coming
into
education
for
the
first
time,
we
simply
aren't
producing
them
here
in
Maryland
and
that's
a
whole
other
discussion.
Thank
you.
A
A
G
Without
getting
into
the
debate
of
the
overall
budget,
you
know
some
of
what
mr.
Grandin
had
said
initially
about
last
year.
I
have
to
echo,
because
I
I
did
vote
for
the
budget
on
final
passage
after
it
came
back
from
from
County
Executive
shoe
and
and
the
County
Council,
and
you
know
it
addressed
many
of
the
needs
that
we
had
last
year
relative
to
health
care
and
compensation.
G
But
the
initial
budget,
I
I,
did
vote
with
mr.
Grandin
against
it,
because
I
felt
as
though
the
board
was
not
able
to
make
what
I
believed
and
again
I
never
questioned
anyone's
motive,
but
that
that's
very
improper.
But
what
I
felt
to
be?
You
know
a
cut
to
show
that
we
were
making
sacrifices
and
I've
got
two
amendments
tonight
that
I
will
make
and
both
are
near
and
dear
to
me.
The
first
one
impacts
workforce
development.
G
This
one
impacts
workforce
development,
which
is
where
I've
been
working
for
the
last
year
and
I
think
these
are
critical
positions
that
are
needed.
Internship
teachers
provide
hands-on
experience
for
students
to
make
them
not
just
college
ready,
as
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
discussing
but
also
career
ready,
and
you
know
certainly
both
are
integral
to
the
success
of
of
Education.
G
D
AP
AP
E
H
No,
it's
not
directly
related
to
that.
This
is
really
about
because
we
are,
we
built
our
magnet
programs,
and
we
built
our
signature
programs
much
around
accessing
getting
students
to
access
internships
that
internships
many
many
years
ago
were
things
that
teachers
had
to
manage
themselves.
They
would
go
out
and
help
a
student
find
an
internship
and
they
would
have
to
manage
themselves,
and
it
just
is,
with
the
number
we've
had
40%
of
hours
of
last
year,
seniors
engaged
in
an
internship
we'd
like
to
get
to
a
hundred
percent.
H
What
an
internship
teacher
does
something
that
goes
out
and
helps
a
student
find
an
internship
makes
those
connections
with
local
businesses
and
then
also
has
to
check
out
to
make
sure
we're
not
sending
students
into
that
a
place
where
student,
where
people
have
been
fingerprinted,
it's
an
appropriate
place
to
send
a
student
they
check
in
with
that
student.
They
work
on
some
other
soft
skills
in
terms
of
building
the
resume
communicating
and
they
are
the
liaison
between
the
school
and
the
student
and
the
internship
itself.
So
that's
the
work
that
they're
doing.
Okay.
H
H
BD
M
W
Don't
understand
how
that
would
impact
taxpayers
all
that
much
and
why
we
can't
support
something
like
this
and
miss
a
so
yeah
I
understand
your
passion
from
the
last
one
and
I'm
just
trying
to
get
up
to
speed
here,
but
to
me
and
I
know
that
we're
not
importer
of
teachers
but
I
still
think
that
if
we
don't
ask
for,
we
don't
receive
and
then
we
can
also
work
on
recruitment
efforts
and
relationships
there
and
bonuses
or
whatever
it
takes
to
get
the
teachers
we
need.
So
I
do
respect
your
opinion.
T
A
M
G
R
A
AP
G
E
H
We
have
will
be
no
surprise
to
this
board
and
our
community
that
we
are
significantly
increasing
the
amount
of
digital
learning.
That's
going
on
right,
the
content
that
we're
getting
we're
buying
we're
spending
fewer
millions
of
dollars
on
textbooks
that
we
are
holding
in
hand
and
there's
more
happening
on
smart
boards,
more
happening
on
on
laptops
and
devices
and
schools,
and
so
with
that
there
has
to
be
some
training
for
teachers
as
a
professional
development
for
teachers
on
how
to
teach
with
that
style.
H
Many
of
our
teachers
have
not
been
brought
up
with
that
style
of
learning,
and
so
a
21st
century
learning
specialist
is
somebody
that
is
going
to
be
a
professional
developer.
That's
going
to
be
working
with
teachers
to
implement
the
new
digital
curriculum
that
is
really
mounting
in
our
curriculum
each
and
every
and
we're
writing
curriculum
to
that.
We're
writing
more
iike
Rick
ulam.
W
W
A
E
I'd
like
to
increase
the
cost
of
living
adjustment
for
all
employees
and
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
by
one
percent,
bringing
the
cola
for
all
employees
to
two
percent.
This
would
increase
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
by
six
million
five
hundred
and
four
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
E
Although
this
placeholder
is
for
all
employees,
I
wanted
to
speak
to
my
motion,
specifically
regarding
our
teachers.
Tonight,
Anne
Arundel
County
starting
teacher's
salary
for
a
bachelor's
degree.
Candidate
is
currently
four
hundred
forty
five
thousand
eight
hundred
and
ninety
one
dollars.
This
is
the
lowest
starting
salary
in
the
baltimore-washington
corridor.
Montgomery
County
is
paying
their
brand-new
bachelor's
degree
teachers.
Forty
nine
thousand
thirteen
dollars
baltimore
city's
48
four
thirty
PG
is
forty.
Seven
781
Howard's
forty
seven
588
in
Baltimore
County
is
forty
six
974.
E
E
How
do
we
expect
to
hire
the
best
and
the
brightest
teachers
if
our
pay
is
in
sixth
place
out
of
six?
Our
benefits
more
generous,
perhaps
but
as
a
22
year
old
concerned,
about
the
cost
of
health
insurance
when
they
could
remain
on
their
parents
policy
for
four
more
years?
I
think
not,
let's
face
it.
We
paid
teachers
across
this
nation,
a
wage
that
assumes
a
teacher's
salary
is
just
supplementing
their
spouse
or
partner's
income.
They
certainly
can't
support
a
traditional
family
of
four
on
their
salary
alone.
E
The
united
way's
alice
report
shows
that
anyone
trying
to
support
a
family
of
four
and
simply
survive
in
Anne
Arundel
County
has
to
earn
at
least
seventy
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twenty
dollars.
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
steps
and
a
lot
of
colas
over
many
years
before
an
entry-level
teacher
in
Anne,
Arundel
County
will
earn
a
survival
salary.
So
let's
do
what
we
can
this
year
subject
to
negotiation,
to
increase
our
salary
scales.
W
Down
at
the
mic
tonight,
I
think
this
is
a
great
step.
I
think
that
our
teachers,
it's
gross,
how
little
they're
paid
in
this
district,
especially
relative
to
neighboring
districts
and
I,
also
believe
that
the
secretaries
and
assistants
I've
been
ignored
far
too
long
and
they
do
not
make
a
living
wage
either.
W
And
although
this
is
a
nice
start,
they
those
salaries
for
teachers,
secretaries
assistants,
all
those
wonderful
people
who
have
the
awesome
job
of
running
our
schools
and
teaching
our
kids
every
day
should
be
paid
at
least
the
middle
of
what
the
surrounding
districts
are
paying
their
their
teachers,
their
secretaries
and
their
assistants.
So
I
applaud
this
first
step,
but
I
wish
we
I
really
think
it
needs
to
be
way
way
higher.
W
BB
Just
wanted
to
second
the
appreciation
and
also
the
sense
that
is
just
the
beginning.
I
hope
we
can
pick
a
framework
of
making
it
that
we
asked
for
what
we
believe.
We
need
and
I
think
if
we
could
be
consistent
about
that,
that
would
be
powerful,
I.
Don't
think
we
have
to
show
our
ability
to
prioritize
among
things
that
we
believe
are
essential.
You
don't
prioritize
among
food
or
water.
BB
AJ
On
behalf
of
the
napa
liz
high,
where
we
have
a
number
of
very
sharp
young
teachers
who
have
lost
salary
over
the
past
five
years
by
a
reduction
in
number
of
teaching
days,
I
want
to
tell
you
that
this
difference
between
a
1%,
Cola
and
a
2%
Cola
is
meaningful.
It's
meaningful
to
them
for
the
extra
thousand
or
whatever,
to
get
back
in
salary
what
they
have
lost.
Many
of
you
attended
the
award
ceremony
for
the
Milken
foundation
prize
for
our
award-winning
calculus
and
algebra
teacher
in
her
fifth
year
of
teaching
at
Annapolis
high.
AJ
AJ
She's,
making
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
her
fifth
year
and
only
through
the
award
of
$25,000,
is
she
able
to
contemplate
buying
a
house
and
staying
in
our
district?
So
please
do
everything
you
can
to
increase
the
teacher
pay
so
that
we
can
retain
these
high
quality
teachers
that
our
students
need.
Thank
you.
D
You,
madam
president,
so
what
it's
important
for
the
for
the
public
to
know
is
that
the
cola
affects
all
folks,
regardless
of
step
and
just
as
we're
talking
about
helping
to
recruit
our
young
teachers
and
bring
them
here
to
the
county.
We
also
have
our
more
seasoned
staff
that,
based
on
their
bargaining
unit,
has
a
maximum
step.
D
So
what
this
Cola
allows
is
for
those
those
senior
members
of
our
staff
to
continue
to
see
an
increase
in
wage,
which
has
a
greater
impact
just
beyond
that
that
year's
salary,
but
also
affects
their
their
longer-term
retirement,
because
that
is
a
cumulation
of
the
last
three
years
of
their
teaching
here
in
the
state.
So
this
this
is
not
only
good
for
our
young
folks
are
in
the
middle
folks,
but
also
our
senior
folks
too.
Hopefully
we
can
keep
them
for
a
few
more
years.
A
D
If
there's,
if
there's
one
group
of
people
that
I
respect
more
that
more
than
anyone,
is
those
people
behind
the
scenes,
the
folks
you
never
have
to
hear
about
and
those
are
our
preventative
maintenance
staff.
I
was
quite
surprised
when
going
through
the
budget
to
find
that
we
had
zero
increased
positions
for
our
preventative
maintenance
team.
Yet
we're
continuing
to
add
classroom
space,
we're
continuing
to
add
new
buildings
to
the
district.
D
So
it
was
important
to
add
those
preventative
maintenance
technicians
to
our
request
to
the
county,
so
I
moved
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
preventative
maintenance,
technician
positions
and
the
superintendent's
recommended
operating
budget
from
zero
to
two.
What
that'll
have
a
net
budgetary
impact
of
an
increase
of
one
hundred?
Seventy
three
thousand
one
hundred
seventy
four
dollars.
AP
AV
A
AP
One
of
the
things
that
I
would
like
to
say
is
that
if
you
look
at
all
of
the
amendments
and
what
is
asked
for,
you
have
to
remember
that
what
this
board
has
done
and
for
those
that
have
voted
yes,
we
are
looking
at
what
their
needs
are,
and
we
can
probably
you
know,
come
back
with
figures
from
everybody.
We
can
just
show
you
the
figures
back.
What
we
are
asking
for.
You
know
we
are
not
doing
pie
in
the
sky
and
dreaming
about
you
know
having
all
of
these
extra
things.
AP
AG
BD
Amendment
I'm
presenting
today
is
to
increase
the
number
of
additional
custodian
positions
in
the
superintendence
recommended
operating
budget
from
zero
to
two
that
has
a
net
budgetary
budgetary
impact
of
one
hundred
and
one
thousand
four
hundred
dollars
in
July
of
2008,
a
CPS
had
12
million
three
hundred
667
thousand
four
hundred
eighty
two
square
feet:
a
permanent
building
space
under
the
roof.
As
of
July
2017.
BD
A
CPS
now
has
13
million
seven
hundred
thousand
nine
hundred
and
ninety-six
square
feet
of
space
in
July,
2008
ia,
CPS,
I'm,
sorry
over
those
over
those
ten
years
for
nine
years,
we
only
had
a
net
increase
of
one
custodial
position.
The
reason
I
want
to
add
one
is
because
I
believe
our
custodian
staff
is
doing
a
great
job,
but
I
do
not
want
to
stretch
them
out
too
thin
and
I
think
clean
schools
is
everything
is
what
everybody
would
like
to
see.
D
B
B
D
As
well
as
long
as
there's
no
natural
law,
we'll
be
all
right
so
with
with
the
math
joke
so
with
with
ten
million
dollars,
just
with
with
some
back
of
the
envelope
calculator
calculations
with
about
half
a
million
residents
here
in
the
county.
What
we're
asking
for
folks
is
a
nickel,
an
egg.
That's
it
it's
a
nickel
a
day
to
give
our
students
the
wraparound
services.
They
need
lower
class
sizes
or
reward
all
our
fabulous
staff
here
in
the
county
five
cents
a
day
and
with
the
change
in
the
tax
structure
in
this
county.
D
R
A
B
A
All
those
in
favor
to
postpone
consideration
of
the
budget
so
that
the
budget
team
can
go
and
add
the
numbers
up
and
we
will
vote
after
the
dish
after
the
other,
but
agenda
items
are
complete
getting
tongue-tied
all
those
in
favor
opposed
abstain,
okay,
so
eight
one
all
right.
We
will
now
move
on
to
the
next
item,
while
the
budget
gurus
get
to
work
all
right.
Oh
now,.
A
H
AP
A
A
A
AG
A
AG
H
AP
A
A
AW
D
B
D
A
Z
A
Z
A
H
A
M
We
have
a
presentation:
it's
a
little
brief
history
of
Meade
High
School
in
2010,
the
Department
of
Defense
Office
of
Economic
adjustment
surveyed.
All
the
schools
located
on
military
installations
worldwide
site
visits
were
conducted
to
review
physical
and
programmatic
conditions
for
all
a
ACPs
schools
located
on
Fort
Meade
in
March
2011,
an
assessment
report
for
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools
facilities
was
issued,
meet
high
schools
were
the
lowest
of
all
of
our
schools
on
Fort
Meade
and
was
placed
number
30
on
the
DoD
priority
list
in
August
of
2015.
Dr.
M
alato
and
Alex
check
knowbut
attended
a
meeting
to
review
the
DoD
program,
which
included
information
on
federal
funding
for
renovation
additions
or
replacement
of
schools
in
the
top
33
spots
on
the
DoD
priority
list.
With
the
caveat
that,
in
order
to
receive
funding,
the
local
agency
is
required
to
provide
a
20%
match
in
December
2015,
we
submitted
a
proposal
to
the
DoD
Office
of
Economic
adjustment.
That
indicated
our
funding
match
had
already
been
met
by
work
already
completed
through
the
projects
that
specifically
address
the
issues
in
the
assessment
report.
M
These
projects
included
the
open
space
enclosure,
the
HVAC
replacement.
The
12
classroom
edition
and
stadium
upgrades
at
that
time
the
DoD
indicated
the
projects
above
Meade
High
School
on
the
priority
list
were
experiencing
cost
increases
and
that
they
didn't
know
how
this
would
affect.
Funding
of
our
project
in
April
of
2016
federal
team
visited
meet
high
school
to
discuss
the
project
with
AAC,
PSF
and
design
team.
Based
on
that
meeting
and
subsequent
conversations,
an
updated
project
proposal
was
submitted,
April
of
2017.
M
We
met
with
the
garrison
commander
and
David
Jones
from
DoD,
and
they
informed
us
that
funding
for
design
only
was
available
at
this
time
fast
forward
to
now
in
January
in
2018,
we
received
an
invitation
to
submit
a
draft
application
for
design
funds
based
on
our
preliminary
report.
The
good
news
is,
the
draft
application
was
uploaded,
February,
2nd
as
a
requirement
of
the
design
process.
A
A
AZ
AZ
I
first
heard
about
it,
I
was
so
excited
and
then
I
followed
the
fan
that
we
were
able
to
use
what
we
had
already
done
as
instead
of
having
a
match
fun-
oh
I
cheered.
Then
that's
been
a
few
years
ago,
so,
each
time
so
now
I'm
cheering
again
now
I
go
off
the
board.
Next
December
second
I'd
like
to
see
this
thing
done,
or
at
least
underway,
so
I'm
hoping
thank.
You
are.
C
When
I
looked
at
this
plan
and
I
looked
at
where
that
Magna
love
trains
going
through,
that
is
very
close
to
this
school
and
it
is
also
going
through
a
number
of
the
housing
areas
that
are
feeder
to
this
school.
So
I
know
we're
just
talking
about
improvement
and
stuff,
but
I
wanted
to
make
the
board
aware
that
we
need
to
take
a
look
at
that,
because
it's
going
right,
pretty
darn
close
to
that
building.
Just
miss.
AP
A
Z
Evening
for
the
record
again:
jeanette
ortiz,
legislative
and
policy
council,
I
have
one
well
technically,
two
bills:
it's
the
same
bill,
they're
cross
files,
hospital
677
and
Senate
bill
477
before
you
for
a
vote,
and
essentially
these
are
emergency
bills.
That
would
require
a
custodian
of
Records
to
deny
under
the
Maryland
Public
Information
Act,
any
request
for
the
inspection
of
a
distribution
list
or
a
request
to
be
added
to
distribution
lists.
Z
There's
been
at
least
one
court
in
the
state
of
Maryland
that
has
held
that
that
information,
that
personal
information
would
have
to
be
shared.
These
emergency
bills
would
prohibit
that,
and
so
we
are
requesting
for
the
board
to
support
this
legislation
because
it
doesn't
fall
under
our
legislative
program.
However,
we
feel
that
that
personal
information
should
be
team.
Private,
miss
corbelling.
E
Z
A
Z
A
B
A
AY
AY
AY
Bringing
our
final
request
that
the
superintendent
has
before
you
for
a
operating
budget
that
accounts
that
adds
up
to
1
billion
208
million
nine
hundred
sixty
nine
thousand
two
hundred
and
twelve
and
I
will
repeat
that
1
billion
two
hundred
and
eight
million
nine
hundred
sixty
nine
thousand
two
hundred
and
twelve
dollars,
which
is
a
year
over
year,
percentage
increase
of
four
point.
Seven,
eight.
AP
AY
AP
G
Mr.
Gilliland,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
use
my
time
and
I
know
the
know
that
clock
is
wrong.
The
hours
getting
late
and
I
just
wanted
to
say.
You
know,
as
my
closing
comments,
thank
you
to
you,
mr.
Chuck
Novick,
mr.
stansky,
for
all
of
your
work,
certainly
for
the
staff
that
was
providing
the
inputs
in
into
the
budget
and
dr.
Earle
Otto
as
well,
but
I
also
want
to
thank
the
board.
G
I
think
this
was
the
first
year
at
least
Eunice
is
my
third
budget
now,
but
this
was
the
first
year
that
I
think
collaboratively.
We
had
all
of
the
amendments
before
the
Budget
Committee.
We
were
able
to
prepare
with
staff.
You
know
to
have
a
visual
in
advance
of
what
the
amendments
were
and
the
net
increase,
or
in
my
case
the
two
decreases
for
the
amendments,
but
I
I
also
want
to
just
say
too
that
I
thought
this
year's
budget
workshop
was
was
awesome.
G
BC
This
was
a
very
interesting
meeting
for
me,
got
an
opportunity
to
hear
a
lot
of
comments.
I
was
sworn
in
of
this
past
Friday
and
I've
gone
over
the
budget,
the
recommendations
as
much
as
I
could,
and
you
you
heard
a
very
interesting
debate
in
terms
of
philosophy,
about
what
type
of
message
this
board
should
try
to
send.
BC
The
thing
that
troubles
me
is
that
it
sounds
like
year
after
year
there's
a
recommendation
that
is
sent
and
essentially
there's
something
else
that
comes
back,
which
is
much
less,
and
we
have
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
do
more
with
less
and
so
I.
Don't
think
anybody
is
wrong.
I
abstain
from
the
amendments,
whether
they
were
going
to
increase
or
decrease,
because
I
really
think
we
have
to
figure
out
a
different
way
to
try
to
handle
this,
whether
it's
teachers
or
kids
or
custodians
in
general.
BC
The
systems
is
kind
of
messed
up
right
now,
so
I
think
the
real
work
is
going
to
probably
come
June.
Once
we
find
out
what
how
much
money
we
actually
have
to
work
with,
but
I
hope
we
can
figure
out
some
type
of
way
to
move
past
this,
because
what
we've
heard
from
many
people
that
have
been
here,
whether
there
are
teachers
or
kids
or
otherwise,
was
that
they
need
more
than
what
even
some
of
the
amendments
that
were
put
out
there
and
so
on.
BC
R
Want
to
say
that
I
welcome
mr.
butchers
very
thoughtful
observations
as
as
a
new
member,
and
maybe
next
year,
we'll
see
what
happens
this
year,
but
maybe
next
year
we
could
be
in
a
position
where
this
board
is
truly
the
decider
of
the
budget,
and
then
the
County
Council
ends
up
rubber-stamping
what
we
decide
rather
than
us
doing
that
when
they
send
a
budget
back
to
us.
I
would
like
to
see
that.
AP
What
I
was
thinking
about
was,
is
you
know
it
is
our
financial,
legislative
and
executive
responsibility
as
a
board
to
look
at
what
the
Board
of
Education
needs
for
its
students,
its
teachers,
its
administration
and
I.
Think
that,
yes,
we
basically
have
to
put
up
with
what
the
county
tell
us,
but
looking
at
what
we
have
done
tonight
and
what
we
have
asked,
what
we
now
need
to
do
is
to
recruit
the
public
to
go
with
us
to
those
County
hearings
and
just
make
sure
that
the
politicians
hear
what
is
necessary
in
this
county.
AP
AP
D
Think
I'm
well
established
now
that
I
like
back
of
the
envelope
calculations.
So
if
we
look
at
the,
if
we
look
at
the
overall
value
of
this
year's
budget-
and
we
look
at
every
single
citizen
here
in
Anne,
Arundel
County
we're
talking
six
dollars
a
day,
six
dollars
a
day,
I
sound
like
those
old
commercials
in
the
80s
for
pennies
for
pennies
a
day
so
for
six
dollars
a
day,
we're
funding
our
County
Schools
for
five
cents
more
per
day.
We
could
give
step
increases
for
ten
cents
more.
D
We
could
give
two
steps
for
fifteen
cents
more.
We
could
add
those
hundreds
of
FTEs
that
we
need
we're
talking
pennies
a
day
for
each
citizen
here
and,
as
mr.
butcher
said
in
mr.
granite.
So
what
what
is
it
going
to
take
to
change
our
tax
structure
to
take
to
change
our
funding
formula
and
our
funding
processes?
I,
don't
think
any
citizen
here
in
our
county
is
going
to
disagree
with
spending
five
cents
more
to
improve
the
lives
of
our
children,
five
cents
a
day
just
think
about
it.
A
I,
think
budgets
and
checkbooks
are
moral
documents
and
you
look
at
them
and
you
see
what
a
person
and
a
community
values
we
are,
the
third
wealthiest
County
in
Maryland,
yet
our
County
income
tax
rate
is
third
lowest
in
the
state.
If
we
were
to
tax
at
the
maximum
County
income
tax
rate
of
3.2
percent,
like
Howard,
Montgomery
and
Prince
George's
County,
do
our
County
revenue
would
increase
by
over
a
hundred
and
twenty
six
million
dollars
a
year.
A
That
increase
could
easily
fund
the
entire
school
budget,
plus
additional
amendments
that
we
could
make,
as
well
as
the
fire,
police
and
other
public
safety
needs
and
the
cost
per
resident.
I
did
my
back
of
the
envelope.
It
would
be
66
cents
per
day
in
additional
income
tax,
and
that's
all
most
people
spend
more
than
that
at
the
vending
machine
each
day,
I
feel
fairly
certain
that
if
you
ask
parents,
if
they
were
willing
to
spend
66
cents
per
day
to
have
their
child's
class
have
less
than
40
students,
they
would
say.
A
It
would
be
four
dollars
and
sixty-two
cents
a
day
about
the
cost
of
my
Starbucks
hot
chocolate
and
I
gladly
give
up
my
hot
chocolate
so
that
a
trouble
child
would
have
more
access
to
a
guidance
counselor
or
so
that
the
teachers
who
are
expected
to
put
their
lives
on
the
line
for
our
children
can
receive
a
raise.
So
for
pennies
a
day
we
can
have
budgets
that
better
reflect
what
I
believe
are
the
real
values
we
want
to
project
and
I
think
this
budget
begins
to
show
that
way.
Mr.
Graham
I
would.
R
Just
say
that,
obviously
we
had
an
election
in
the
county
and
I
think
it's
pretty
clear
that
a
majority
of
the
residents
don't
feel
in
support
of
what
you're
saying
and
the
point
that
you're
making
is
a
political
point
and
sounds
like
you
should
run
for
County
Executive,
the
County
Council,
so
that
you
can
advocate
for
all
these
tax
increases.
That's
not
our
job
to
do
that.
It's
our
job
to
work
within
the
fiscal
restraints
that
exist,
and
you
know
we'll
see
what
happens
with
this
election,
but
I
I.
A
We'll
see
so,
are
there
any
other
board
questions
or
comments
or
public
comment?
You
know
no
public
comment.
I'm.
Sorry,
no
public
comment.
There's
no
public
comment
on
the
final
vote,
so
all
those
in
favor
of
the
newly
amended
fiscal
fiscal
year
2019
operating
budget.
All
those
opposed
abstain,
7,
1,
1
budget
passes.
That
is
the
end
of
our
meeting.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
are
at
your
motion.