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Good
evening
welcome
to
this
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Education.
This
meeting
is
being
televised,
live
on,
acps,
TV
and
streamed
on
acps
YouTube,
channel
information
and
protocols
for
this
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
please
pause
for
the
invocation.
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D
Have
consensus,
thank
you
and
before
we
proceed,
I
just
want
to
note
that
our
colleague,
Miss
Ellis
has
to
attend
to
some
Family
Matters
tonight
and
cannot
be
with
us,
and
we
wish
her
well
so
that
takes
us
to
item
2.05
recognitions,
Ms
shulheim.
Yes,.
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Very
excited
harajita
vestola,
a
senior
at
Severna
Park,
High
School
Miss
vestola
was
the
first
Nepali
American
and
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
School
student
to
compete
as
a
semi-finalist
on
the
voicing
and
competition
show.
She
recently
sang
The,
Star-Spangled
Banner
at
the
inauguration
of
Governor
Westmore
and
at
the
opening
day
of
the
Baltimore
Orioles
prior
to
their
first
game
of
the
season
and
I
might
also
add
just
a
moment
of
personal
privilege.
She
also
throws
out
a
pretty
fine
concert
which
I
attended
locally
last
weekend.
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The
requirements
to
become
an
eagle
scout
are
demonstrative
of
exceptional
leadership
and
service
characteristics
for
his
Eagle
Scout
service
project.
He
chose
to
restore
a
pollinator
Garden
at
Annapolis
High
School,
the
extensive
service
project
involved,
planning,
organizing
leading
and
managing
a
project.
Congratulations,
Mr,
Renee
and
please
come
forward.
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D
The
red
light
below
me
will
shine
and
you
will
hear
a
tone
when
your
time
has
expired.
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.
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H
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
your
help.
Earlier
Dr
Tobin
as
well
appreciate
it
good
evening
board
I'm
Carrie
Gillespie
I'm,
a
mama
bear
of
four
children.
I
want
to
first
thank
Miss
Dent
for
mentioning
a
parental
rights
policy
for
aacps
at
the
April
12th
meeting
securing
and
recognizing
the
basic
fundamental
rights
of
parents
to
direct
the
upbringing
of
our
children,
especially
in
their
education,
is
a
vital
issue
being
addressed
in
state
legislatures
and
Boards
of
Education
throughout
the
country.
During
this
legislative
session,
Senate
Bill
566
was
introduced,
which
attempted
to
secure
those
rights
in
Maryland.
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Parental
involvement
in
our
children's
education
has
been
shown
to
be
closely
associated
with
positive
outcomes,
though
this
bill
did
not
ultimately
pass
in
the
state
legislature.
Through
programs
like
Dr
bedell's,
be
present.
Initiative
combined
with
adopting
a
policy
regarding
parental
rights
would
make
aacps
stand
out
as
leaders
in
the
state
of
Maryland
in
recognizing
this
fact.
As
a
community
leader
for
parental
rights
and
our
education
in
our
state,
I've
had
many
parents
contact
me
to
express
their
concerns
regarding
teachers
and
students
interacting
across
technological
platforms.
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My
own
children
have
witnessed
teachers,
texting
students
and,
though,
in
their
case,
I'm,
not
alleging.
The
content
of
the
messaging
was
in
itself
inappropriate.
After
reviewing
the
policy
in
the
employee
handbook,
it
appears
any
communication
with
students
after
hours
and
regarding
personal
matters
in
itself
defies
the
policy
what
is
aacps
doing
to
thwart
this
contact?
What
will
the
response
be
if
allegations
are
made
and
found
to
be
accurate,
that
these
policies
aren't
being
followed?
I,
don't
find
this
information
outlined
within
the
employee
handbook.
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Furthermore,
on
the
subject
of
parental
rights,
parents
need
to
know
what
Avenues
to
take
should
they
find
evidence
that
this
is
occurring,
though
maintaining
the
privacy
of
staff
is
necessary.
How
are
parents
to
know
and
trust
that
our
children's
vital
right
to
safety
is
being
upheld
by
aacps
without
explanation
of
Investigations
and
finally,
I
noticed
the
employee
handbook
that
I
was
provided
when
asking
for
clarification
on
the
policy
hasn't
been
updated
since
2018
I'm
sure
we
can
all
agree.
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I
One
of
the
great
things
that
we
learn
is
auditory,
visual,
kinesthetic
and
and
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
is
an
example
of
this
and
that
we've
all
learned
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
that's
one
thing
that
unifies
us
as
a
nation
because
learning
the
same
body
of
knowledge
unifies
us
and
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
is
an
example
of
that,
and-
and
you
say
it
over
time,
so
it's
an
example
of
a
classical
approach
where,
if
you
think
about
Laura
Ingalls
Wilder
in
on
the
fourth
of
July,
they
would
recite
the
Preamble.
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So
one
lesson
from
The
Pledge
is
to
the
Republic
for
which
it
stands.
We
are
a
republic
which
means
that
we
support
All
Peoples,
it's
a
not
a
democracy
which
would
be
the
mob,
would
Rule,
and
so,
as
children
age
they
realize.
Oh,
they
can
write
an
essay
on
the
Republic.
That's
what
makes
America
unique.
So
we
all
learn
the
same
body
of
knowledge
which
unifies
US
and
the
flag
is
a
symbol
of
liberty
and
justice
for
all,
and
many
military
families
live
here.
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K
K
Since
the
last
report
cross
has
been
extremely
busy
over
30
students
from
Christ
attended
the
masc
convention
in
Ocean
City
from
March
22nd
to
March
24th?
It
was
an
exciting
three
days
as
we
were
able
to
showcase
our
regional
Pride,
attend
incredible
workshops
and
meet
students
from
all
over
the
states.
We
had
an
amazing
time,
made
great
memories
and,
most
importantly,
had
fun.
One
of
my
favorite
Parts
was
when
we
were
our
craft
teacher
that
said
peace,
love
and
full
voting
on
the
back.
K
K
K
Now
we
all
love
to
bury
our
face
and
a
very
good
book,
and
it
would
not
be
possible
with
our
school
and
local
libraries.
This
week
is
National
Library
week,
and
we
would
like
to
thank
our
schools
and
local
Librarians
for
helping
us
to
feel,
welcome
and
have
access
to
incredible
books
and
other
resources.
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And
Miss
Fidel
excellent
job,
moderating
for
some
of
the
form
very
good.
As
a
long
time,
moderator
myself,
I
picked
up
a
few
tips.
So
thank
you
all
right.
That
brings.
We
do
not
have
a
report
from
the
CAC
tonight,
so
that
brings
us
to
item
4.03
the
president's
report.
Okay,
it's
a
busy
time
again
buckle
up.
We
got
a
few
things
to
report.
D
Our
country
salutes
hosted
a
program
for
the
first
time
here
in
Anne
Arundel
County
honoring,
our
students
who
have
who
are
enlisting
in
the
armed
services,
including
the
three
winners
of
the
Candace
Antoine
Antoine
award,
whom
we
will
be
recognizing
later
at
a
later
board
meeting
I
want
to
congratulate
Ms
shulheim
for
her
tireless
work
here
and
for
bringing
our
country's
salutes
to
the
county
and
for
shedding
a
spotlight
on
our
incredible
students
who
are
enlisting.
D
It
is
one
of
the
hardest
things
to
do
to
get
accepted
into
the
Armed
Forces
these
days
and
I'm
very
grateful
to
to
all
of
our
students
who
have
taken
on
this
ex
this
great
responsibility,
Miss
corkito.
Let
me
also
ask
you:
you
had
an
event
you
wanted
to
mention
as
well.
G
Thank
you
very
much.
So
normally
I
attend
our
toy
awards
every
year,
and
this
year
I
was
absent,
but
I
was
absent
for
a
good
reason.
It
was
for
our
students,
and
so
I
wanted
just
to
give
a
heads
up.
G
We
have
in
our
County
started
to
participate
through
our
local
chamber,
the
national
Civics
fee-
something
you
may
have
all
heard
about,
and
this
is
a
local
event
and
the
finalists
then
go
to
State
and
then
go
to
National
and
it's
an
excellent
opportunity
for
our
students
to
display
and
in
a
challenging
tournament
environment.
G
Their
understanding
of
civics
and
so
I
was
honored
to
be
an
inaugural
judge
and
had
the
opportunity
to
review
the
essays
which
were
part
of
the
entry
they
narrowed
it
down
to
12
finalists,
based
on
those
essays
and
11
of
them
showed
up
to
compete.
We
narrowed
it
down
to
five
and
then
that's
where
the
judging
kicked
in
the
five
who
scored
the
best
on
their
Civics
multiple
choices
in
rounds.
G
B
G
I'll
just
encourage
you
by
saying
that
every
single
one
of
those
finalists
sat
on
that
that
sat
on
that
stage
to
participate
got
an
Amazon
or
is
it
a
fly
pad
I
think
it's
called
they.
They
got
a
new
brand
new
notepad
box
seats
to
the
Bay
socks,
among
other
things,
and
the
first
second
and
third
place
winner,
scored
respectively,
two
thousand
dollars,
one
thousand
dollars
and
five
hundred
dollars,
and
they
haven't
even
got
to
the
state
and
National
level.
G
If
there's
a
so
one
thing
I
do
know,
is
our
Chambers
are
very
enthusiastic
about
education
and
making
sure
our
children
get
that
support,
and
so
this
was
open
not
just
to
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
School
students,
but
each
and
every
student
in
the
county,
homeschooled
private
schooled
as
well
as
public,
and
we
came
of
course
Anne
Arundel
County
very
well
represented
taking
first
place,
is
Andrew
Stevens,
who
is
an
Arundel
Middle
School,
8th
grader?
He
took
first
place.
G
We
have
in
second
place
Gianna
San
Juan,
who
is
homeschool
student
in
the
seventh
grade,
and
our
third
in
third
place
was
Daniel
Kim
who's
in
Arundel,
Middle,
School
student.
Also
of
the
seventh
grade,
so
congratulations
to
all
of
them.
Every
single
one
of
them
have
an
opportunity
to
compete
again
next
year,
except
for
these
three
finalists,
and
in
the
coming
months
ahead
we
will
be
hearing
how
they
held
up
compared
to
our
other
neighboring
counties
at
the
state
level,
and
then
those
top
three
will
compete
at
the
national
level.
G
So,
with
a
little
luck,
we
may
see
Arundel,
Middle,
School
being
very
well
represented
at
the
state
and
possibly
even
at
the
national
level,
but
congratulations
to
all
three
of
them.
These
were
some
very
rigorous
questions
and
I
can
tell
you
that
over
80
percent,
the
adults
in
the
room
were
unable
to
answer
these
questions.
G
They
were
multiple
choice
and
they
were
all
based
on
our
constitution,
our
articles
and
preambles,
and
they
did
a
stellar
job,
and
so
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
the
chamber
and
extra
kudos
to
our
children
for
taking
advantage
of
this
opportunity
and
I
encourage
those
to
do
the
rest.
Thank.
E
Yeah
I
want
to
just
talk
just
slightly
more
about
the
our
community
salutes
event,
so
it
was
the
first.
It
was
the
first
of
its
kind
in
this
County
period.
They
do
events
all
across
the
nation.
I
think
there
was
like
this
year.
I
think
there
was
somewhere
in
the
midst
of
between
50
and
60.
in
the
50s.
H
E
And
it's
sort
of
akin
to
to
an
athlete's
signing
day.
It
was
a
very
it
was
just
such
a
moving
event,
I'm
grateful
to
Dr
Tobin
and
Mr
silkworth
for
being
there
and
it
went.
It
really
went
down
very,
very
well,
and
so
we're
already
looking
at
dates
for
for
next
year.
Just
the
the
joy
in
the
in
the
students
and
the
the
quality
of
the
speakers
was
just
really
incredible,
and
so
this
was
done
in
partnership
with
Anne
Arundel
County,
Public
Schools.
E
It
was
also
not
solely
for
Anne
Arundel
public
school
students.
There
were
kids
there
from
Howard.
They
were.
You
know
it's
going
to
turn
into
a
regional
event,
but
somewhere
in
the
midst
of
about
80,
students
were
recognized,
and
it
was
just
lovely
by
by
branch
and
yeah,
and
it's
really
and.
D
E
In
the
space
force,
including
one
Lucy
in
the
space
force,
yes-
and
they
took
the
oath
that.
D
You're,
my
son
I
can't
remember
to
be
perfectly
honest,
but
I
would
say:
I'm
sorry,
Glen,
Burnie,
okay,
I
I
will
tell
you
that
I
think
everyone's.
This
has
been
in
the
news.
The
armed
forces
are
having
trouble
finding
good
people
right
now.
So
we
have
some
fabulous
students
who
are
taking
up
the
challenge
and
it
is
a
significant.
E
A
year
and
a
half
of
nagging
yeah,
but
now
they
they
really
like
us,
so
they'll
be
back.
This
will
be
an
annual
event
in
partnership
with
Anne
Arundel,
County,
Public,
Schools
and.
D
And
we're
not
done
yet
because
Dr
Bedell
will
speak
more,
but
on
April
20th
was
the
Excellence
in
education,
Awards
otherwise
known
as
the
Oscars
for
teachers,
and
there
were
incredible
honorees
and
finalists.
And
yes,
the
winner
is
from
Annapolis
High
School
so
and
finally,
on
April
22nd
Mr
silkworth
was
able
to
represent
us
at
a
celebration
of
the
130th
anniversary
of
Odenton
Elementary
School,
which
is
which
is
quite
a
history.
D
So
it
has
been
a
busy
couple
of
weeks
and
it
will
continue
to
be
a
busy
next
few
weeks.
But
thank
you
to
everyone
and
it
is
exciting,
always
to
see
the
many
incredible
things
that
are
going
on
for
our
students
here
in
the
county.
So
with
that
we
come
to
item
4.04.
A
budget
committee
report,
MS
schulheim.
E
Yes,
the
budget
committee
did
meet
on
April
24th,
just
this
past
Monday,
almost
all
of
us
were
present.
E
E
We
talked
about
just
going
down
my
list
here,
various
various
bills
that
that
impact
our
budget,
but
we
already
thought
ahead,
thankfully,
and
so
we're
in
good
stead
with
that,
including
the
minimum
wage.
We
talked
about
the
budget
calendar
going
forward,
so,
as
is
the
the
law
and
the
practice,
County
Executive
will
be
presenting
his
Budget
on
May
1st
in
the
County
council
chambers
at
11
A.M,
that
is
in
person
and
then
on.
May
4th,
the
Board
of
Ed
will
be
presenting
our
budget
specifically
to
them.
E
That'll
be
a
virtual
event
and
let's
see
here,
they're
doing
a
a
couple
hearings,
as
they
always
do:
May
11th
in
the
chambers
May
18th
at
Crafton,
High
School,
both
at
7
pm
and
they're,
aiming
to
strike
that
budget
by
the
14th.
We
also
talked
about
the
current
fiscal
year
that
we're
in
FY
23
and
the
upcoming
fourth
quarter
transfer.
E
Where,
generally
speaking,
monies
that
are
left
over
in
various
State
categories
are
moved
around
to
cover
and
fill
holes
and
elsewhere
in
the
budget
that
happens
every
single
year
and
I
think
that's
about
it
for
the
budget
committee.
Thank
you.
D
E
L
Right,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I'm
going
to
say,
greetings
to
all
who
are
in
attendance
in
person
today
and
those
who
have
logged
in
virtually
I
have
an
extensive
update
to
the
today
to
share
with
the
community.
Let
me
start
off
with
a
congratulations
to
Mary
Kay
Connerton
of
Annapolis
High
School,
our
2023
AC
aacps
teacher
of
the
year.
That
announcement
was
made
Thursday
night
at
the
Excellence
in
education
Awards,
which
was
a
fabulous
event,
honoring
amazing
Educators
and
those
who
support
them
in
their
critical
work.
L
Congratulations
are
also
in
order
for
Rodney
Walker
principal
at
Brooklyn,
Park
Elementary,
School,
Mr
Walker
has
been
named
National
Distinguished
Principal
by
the
Maryland
Association
of
elementary
school
principals,
as
that
that
group's
principal
of
the
year,
and
then
we
have
one
more
salute:
Charles
Whitaker,
our
2022
teacher
of
the
year
and
an
HVAC
instructor
at
cat
North
was
named
the
Washington
Post
teacher
of
the
year.
So
I
really
want
to
commend
all
of
these
people
for
their
hard
work
and
I.
L
Don't
want
to
I
may
be
messing
up
and
breaking
protocol
protocol
here,
Mr
Moser,
but
Matt
stansky
I,
know
he
was
just
announced,
and
that
is
public
right.
L
That
okay
I,
want
to
make
sure
like
he's
he's
our
inaugural
for
the
state
of
Maryland,
Chief
finance
officer
of
the
year,
is
that
the
proper
category
foreign
I
just
want
to
say
this,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
talent
in
this
County,
but
those
Educators
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
Those
administrators
on
the
work
that
Matt
stansky
has
done.
I'm,
not
surprised
by
him
being
named
to
receive
this
award
as
the
first
to
ever
receive
it.
L
He
is
highly
sought,
after
by
a
number
of
school
districts,
on
helping
to
advise
people,
whether
it's
through
the
budgeting
process
or
it's
through
helping
people
to
navigate
how
to
interface
with
blueprint,
which
we
know
there
are
significant
financial
implications
with
that
law.
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
personal
point
to
acknowledge
that
and
just
let
you
know,
I'm
proud
of
you,
man
and
I'm
I'm,
really
just
pleased
to
be
able
to
work
with
you
every
day.
G
G
This
is
pride
all
the
way
across
the
state
and
I
had
the
was
honored
to
be
accepting
many
many
congratulations
to
extend
to
Matt
forehead,
not
only
the
success
of
and
recognition
from
a
career
perspective,
but
just
at
a
level
to
understand
that
we're
talking
about
one
of
the
largest
Enterprise
educational
changes
ever
and
this
our
professional
has
gone
in
and
has
mentored
and
has
so
well
demonstrated
not
just
acumen
to
what
he
does,
but
also
to
guide
others
and
to
that
effort.
D
G
Him,
and
so
bottom
line
is
on
behalf
of,
at
least
from
our
perspective,
from
the
Maryland
Association
of
boards
of
Education.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
how
much
it
was
appreciated.
The
board
members
were
hearing
from
their
CFOs
and
our
board
of
directors
meeting
and
from
their
superintendents
of
the
stellar
and
outstanding
presentation
provided
the
thoroughness,
the
comprehensiveness,
not
wasting
everybody's
time
and
giving
them
relevant
information.
Our
legislative,
Services
Personnel
are
boarded
as
well
as
the
executives
and
staff
there.
G
They
had
nothing
but
praises
to
say
and
I
could
not
resist
the
urge
to
say
it
out
in
public
Matt.
I
hope
you
do
not
mind,
but
this
is
a
man
who
comes
with
complete
accolades
from
everyone
in
his
industry,
and
we
could
not
be
I
personally,
could
not
be
prouder.
L
L
It's
up
through
May,
16th
and
I
hope
you'll
go
and
see
that
show
as
well,
but
rather
than
me
telling
you
about
it.
Here's
a
clip
of
some
of
the
work
that
our
student
artists
have
done.
F
M
N
Programming
and
passion
of
my
teachers
have
elevated
me
as
an
artist.
I
am
at
a
place
where
I
truly
believe
in
my
talent
elevate
your
appreciation
of
art
by
witnessing
the
amazing
works
of
the
class
of
2023,
our
exhibit
at
Maryland
hall
for
the
creative
arts,
April
12th
through
May
16th,
come
see.
Our
elevation.
L
L
The
group
recently
hosted
its
second
legal
pipeline
event
to
allow
students
to
network
with
a
large,
diverse
group
of
local
attorneys
and
judges
about
60
students
from
Glen
Burnie
Old
Mill
in
South,
River,
High
School
took
part
in
that
event,
because
I
think
you
know,
chat,
GPT
and
other
artificial
intelligence
tools
have
captured
the
the
attention
of
the
world.
We
recently
held
our
first
Hands-On
AI
professional
development
Workshop
to
allow
staff
to
engage
in
the
exploration
of
AI
applications.
L
This
is
something
that
is
likely
here
to
stay,
and
we
want
to
harness
it
to
have
the
best
positive
impact
for
our
students
and
our
staff,
as
we
can
I
think.
Often
too
many
times
we
tend
to
have
a
lot
of
fear
of
the
advancements
of
technology,
and
one
of
the
things
I've
shared
with
our
staff
is
I.
Think
it's
our
responsibility
as
Educators.
Rather
than
saying.
We
need
to
ban
this.
The
students
can't
have
access
to
this.
L
These
are
things
that
are
here
and
we
just
have
to
do
our
part
and
so
I'm
excited
that
we're
moving
on
that
Continuum
of
doing
PE
I
mean
professional
development,
but
it's
also
important
that
I
make
this
announcement
too,
as
I've
shared
with
my
team.
L
Already
around
the
high
school
mcap
testing
adjustments
I
had
an
opportunity
to
spend
the
day
observing
the
s.a.t
administration
of
Assessments
at
multiple
high
schools
and
I
talked
to
a
number
of
testing
coordinators
building
administrators
and
even
some
of
the
Proctors
just
to
learn
about
what
needs
to
change
in
order
to
make
the
testing
environment
more
digestible,
but
also
help
us
capture
back
some
of
our
instructional
minutes
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
shared
with
you
all
the
decisions
that
were
made
recently.
We
are
just.
L
We
are
adjusting
high
school
schedules
on
May,
1st,
2nd,
8th
and
9th
to
better
accommodate
for
mcap
testing.
Students
who
are
taking
mcap,
AP
or
IB
exams
on
these
days
will
go
to
school
on
time.
There
will
be
a
double
bus,
run
three
hours
and
30
minutes
later
to
pick
up
other
students,
just
as
we
have
done
on
s.a.t
testing
days.
L
This
will
allow
for
better
staff
coverage
for
mcap
and
actually
provide
more
instructional
time
for
students
on
other
days,
because
we
will
be
able
to
condense
mcap
testing
into
fewer
days.
More
information
can
be
found
at
our
aacps
mcap
testing
site
and
also
you
know.
We
have
a
lot
of
students
that
do
require
us
to
provide
accommodations
and
by
doing
it
in
this
manner.
It
truly
allows
for
our
students
that
need
accommodations,
small
group
testing
Administration.
L
It
just
allows
for
us
to
do
this
and
to
do
it
right
and
to
do
it
and
and
to
do
our
full
due
diligence
with
testing.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
move
and
I
want
to
thank
our
transportation
department
for
working
with
us
on
that
matter
and
finally,
on
Monday
I
got
a
chance
to
go
out
on
a
skip
Jack
with
students
from
Magothy,
River,
Middle
School
and
take
part
in
the
Oyster
education
program,
sponsored
by
the
Annapolis
Maritime
Museum.
L
The
thing
I've
shared
with
people
is
I.
Think
for
me,
I
I'm
I
am
a
Hands-On
superintendent.
I
have
to
get
out.
I
am
very,
very
visible,
but
I
also
want
to
see
for
myself.
I
don't
want
to
depend
on
secondary
information.
I
want
to
be
the
primary
source
of
understanding
all
of
the
programs
we
have
in
this
school
district
and
how
well
they're
working
and
whether
these
are
programs.
L
We
need
to
continue
to
support
or
programs
that
we
need
to
expand
and
so
having
this
opportunity
to
get
out
and
engage
in
field
trips
go
and
participate
in
some
of
our
Fine
Arts
events
and
extracurricular.
Events
along
with
Athletics,
gives
me
a
first-hand
perspective
on
the
wonderful
things
that
are
happening
in
this
school
district
and
I'm
extremely
proud
to
have
had
this
opportunity
to
do
this.
My
daughter
who
attends
one
of
the
middle
schools
was
out
here
two
weeks
ago.
L
She
doesn't
know
that
I
went
with
another
middle
school
and
I
plan
on
not
sharing
with
her
that
I
did
this
field
trip
with
other
students
Madam
president.
That
concludes
the
superintendent's
update.
A
D
One
thing
you
can
guarantee
is
your
kid
does
not
want
to
watch
you
in
this
meeting
right
all
right.
Thank
you,
okay.
So
that
brings
us
to
section
five,
and
we
are
delighted
this
evening
to
welcome
a
group
from
the
Anne
Arundel
conflict
resolution
center,
one
of
our
partners
in
working
with
our
students,
who
are
here
to
give
us
an
update
on
their
work,
and
thank
you
for
being
here
and.
O
A
It
where
all.
Q
Think
I
know
you,
but
well
a
good
evening
and
I'm
Madam,
president
to
others
or
present.
My
name
is
Georgia
noon.
Sherrod
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Anne
Arundel
conflict
resolution
center
and
I
am
pleased
to
not
only
be
here
representing
the
conflict
resolution
center,
but
a
collaborative
networked
administrative
organization
we've
taken
a
completely
different
paradigm
shift
to
how
we
address
an
issue
and
we've
taken
a
collaborative
model.
Q
The
Anne
Arundel
conflict
resolution
center
is
the
lead
Network
organization,
meaning
the
funding
for
the
programming
comes
through
our
organization,
but
there
are
a
number
of
organizations
and
I'm
so
glad
to
see
you
Gloria
Dent.
You
actually
were
on
the
phone
calls
with
us
when
we
originally
started
putting
the
network
together.
I
have
our
colleagues
the
person
who
actually
made
the
first
phone
call
and
started
this
Mr
Darius
Stanton
with
the
Stanton
group,
who
really
initiated
the
phone
call
really
around
this
idea
of
violence
in
schools.
Q
How
are
we
going
to
address
this
violence
in
communities
and,
of
course,
the
woman
who
you
probably
all
know
very
well
is
Tony
strong
Pratt,
who
is
the
founder
of
people
Keepers
and
My?
Sister's
Keeper
a
number
of
other
organizations,
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
the
presentation,
but
we
are
actually
known
as
the
network
so
Tony
you
click
I'll,.
R
Click:
okay,
okay,
so
good
evening,
Madam
president
Dr
Bedell,
as
Georgia
said,
my
name
is
Tony
strongcrat
and
I
am
the
owner
of
people
Builders,
Consulting
and
I'm
here
as
part
of
the
network,
and
what
we
want
you
to
know
is
that
we
utilize
a
truly
restorative
approach,
which
is
in
front
of
you.
R
It
is
easier
to
build
strong
children
than
to
repair
broken
adults,
and
that
is
absolutely
true,
because
I,
don't
know
whether
you
know
or
not,
but
I
help
to
repair
broken
adults,
so
both
of
my
programs
affectionately,
call
My,
Sister's
Keeper
that
deal
with
adult
women
and
MBK
that
just
launched
Last
Week
deals
with
men
before
they
get
to
me.
We
wanna
deal
with
them
as
children.
So
that's
how
this
network
has
came
about.
R
Why
do
we
need
the
network
effectively
communicate
and
bring
together
Frontline
organizations
to
positively
impact
the
trajectory
of
families
within
marginalized
communities?
Go
from
striving
to
thriving?
We
don't
want
them
to
just
strive,
but
we
want
them
to
thrive.
We
want
a
wrap
around
service
because
we
all
know
that
we
can't
fix
kids
and
get
them
healthy
and
get
them
the
services
they
need
and
then
put
a
healthy
child
back
into
a
dysfunctional,
unhealthy
environment.
R
So
that's
why
we've
come
together
as
a
unit
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
wraparound,
Services
mental
physical
educational,
emotional,
for
the
well-being
of
our
children
to
reduce
violence
and
increase
the
peace
in
our
homes
and
our
communities,
healthy
homes,
Healthy,
Communities,
healthy
world
foreign.
R
Pipeline,
isn't
everybody
trying
to
do
that
with
this
Network
that
we've
put
together?
This
will
address
conflict?
We
we
do
Conflict,
Management
training
with
Anne
Arundel
conflict
resolution
center
student
to
student
mediation,
where
we
actually
go
in
and
have
the
students
go
into
mediation,
willingly,
youth,
youth,
police
dialogue.
We
have
the
youth
dialogue
with
the
police
and
issues
that
they
have
so
that
they
don't
see
them
as
a
threat,
but
as
a
partner
attendance
mediation,
we
go
in
when
there's
a
mediation
problem
with
with
attendance.
R
We
mediate
with
the
parents
with
the
child
strategies
that
we
can
take
to
be
able
to
get
the
attendance
where
it
needs
to
be
and
the
barriers
that
are
are
causing
them
not
to
be
attentive.
Iep
facilitation,
I,
don't
know
if
you
know,
but
I
go
into
a
lot
of
IEP
facilitation
meetings
to
facilitate
to
help
the
parent
understand
what
is
being
asked,
what
they
need
to
best
advocate
for
their
children,
parenting
plan
and
mediation
mediation
between
parents.
R
Q
Thank
you
Tony,
so
we'll
stay
on
the
slide
here
for
just
one
more
moment,
because
I
heard
Dr
Bedell
mentioned
the
Maryland
the
blueprint
for
Maryland's
future
and
we
fit
directly
into
that,
because
your
concept
of
Community
Schools
means
that
you
have
to
work
with
organizations
community-based
organizations,
individuals
that
are
in
the
community.
In
many
cases
who
are
people
who
are
experts
in
particular
area.
Q
These
people
are
oftentimes,
not
paid
they're
volunteers
who
are
working
in
these
spaces,
but
specifically
to
the
conflict
resolution
center,
as
Tony
mentioned
earlier,
the
things
that
we
provide
in
dismantling
that
school
to
prison
pipeline.
It's
really
important
to
understand
that
these
are
trained
individuals
who
are
focused
on
any
number
of
media
of
disciplines
within
the
skills
of
mediation,
parenting
plan,
attendance,
mediation,
divorce,
mediation,
student
conflict,
Community
conferencing,
diversion
programs,
restorative
practices.
So
who
we
are
we've
started
in
1993
we
actually
turned
30
years
old
in
October.
So
thank
you
for
attending
our
event.
Q
Last
night,
with
many
of
our
partners,
we
service
all
people
who
live
all
residents
of
Anne
Arundel
County,
not
citizens,
but
all
residents.
Anyone
who
resides
in
the
county,
including
people
who
are
imprisoned,
we
actually
go
into
the
prisons,
to
do
re-entry
mediation.
We
go
into
detention,
centers
to
do
re,
re-entry
mediation,
and
so
what
that
means
is
that
we
have
both
a
preventative,
which
is
what
we're
talking
about
doing
working
with
our
younger
kids
as
well
as
interventions
we
as
a
as
an
organization
moving
kind
of
fast.
Q
Here
we
are
comprised
of
full-time
part-time
as
well
as
volunteers
contractors.
Q
Again
we're
trained
experts,
we're
a
very
diverse
organization.
We
look
like
the
community
that
we
serve.
We
have
people
who
are
Filipino,
we
have
people
who
are
Jewish,
we
have
people
who
are
old,
who
are
Young
Veterans.
We
have
young
people,
we
have
older
people,
we
have
retired
persons,
we
have
teachers,
lawyers,
retired
judges,
You,
Name,
It,
We,
have
the
Cadre
and,
of
course,
they're
people
who
live
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
who
are
doing
the
mediation.
Q
Our
mission
at
the
end
of
the
day,
are
planting
seeds
of
peace
and
building
peaceful
communities.
The
services
that
we
provide
as
I
mentioned
earlier
mediation,
and
they
run
the
gamut.
We
probably
have
about
17
specific
disciplines
within
mediation
that
we
serve
of
the
15
Community
mediation
centers
in
the
state
of
Maryland.
Ours
is
probably
the
most
diverse
as
far
as
the
services
that
we
provide
facilitations
peace,
education,
Community
conferencing,
again
diversion
type
programs,
restorative
programs,
such
as
dialogue,
circles,
restorative
circles
and
specific
youth
conflict
resolution
services.
Q
Mediation
is
voluntary.
First
and
foremost,
it
is
confidential.
So
the
one
thing
that
makes
our
partnership
amazing,
it's
more
than
just
us
three
organizations-
is
that
the
confidentiality
within
the
state
of
Maryland,
it's
under
the
code
of
maybe
of
professional
mediators
in
the
state
of
Maryland,
covers
all
the
work
that
we
do
so,
in
other
words,
when
we're
having
confidential
conversations
with
parents
and
with
kids,
they
are
confidential
and
they're
no
they're
non-judgmental.
Q
We
are
trained
specifically
to
be
neutrals
in
the
space,
and
so
we
practice
neutrality.
We
take
that
very
seriously.
Our
services
are
at
no
cost
to
our
residents
or
at
low
cost.
We
do
have
some,
for
example,
our
workplace
services
that
we
offer
to
non-profit
organizations,
but
other
than
that.
The
services
that
we
offer
are
not
of
no
cost
to
our
residents
and
I
mentioned
you.
The
various
types
of
services
that
we
have
but
specific
to
youth
I
wanted
to
mention.
Q
Right
now
we
are
working
through
the
network,
we're
providing
workshops
with
Phoenix
Academy,
Annapolis,
Middle
School,
there's
Sixth
and
eighth
grade
students
we're
at
Annapolis
High
School
with
the
pathways
to
peace
club.
We
are
with
DJs
Department
of
Juvenile
Services,
providing
specific
conflict
resolution
services
to
students
that
are
referred
through
them.
We
have
Conflict
Management
training
that
we're
doing
through
the
no
harm
program
which
is
through
the
mayor's
office.
The
violence
Interruption
program
through
the
Y
of
central
Maryland,
we're
working
with
them.
Q
As
you
met
last
night,
one
of
many
of
our
partners,
the
Girl
Scouts
of
central
Maryland,
we're
doing
circles
we
have
all
of
last
year
we
did
circles
at
Mills,
parole,
Elementary
School
through
the
community
schools
program,
Glen
Burnie,
High
School,
we've
done
quite
a
bit
of
work
with
them
as
well
as
for
me,
attendance
mediations.
They
kind
of
going
on
for
a
number
of
years
with
Georgetown
Elementary
East
Elementary,
with
a
principal
Dillard
there
and
through
the
charting
careers
we've
done
quite
a
bit
of
conflict
management
training.
Q
We
again
do
a
lot
of
IEP
facilitations
at
all
of
the
elementary
schools
in
the
area,
so
that
is,
we
don't
conduct
the
facilitation
we're
there
to
facilitate
the
meetings.
We're
not
Advocates,
we're
there
not
on
behalf
of
the
school,
not
on
behalf
of
the
parents,
but
to
facilitate
the
process,
and
so
that
brings
us
to
our
partnership.
Stairs.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
Georgia
good
evening
peace
and
love.
My
name
is
Darius
a
Stanton
I
am
a
excited
to
be
here
with
you,
president
tuben.
Vice
president
members
of
the
board
and
Dr
Bedell,
all
the
students
and
faculty
that
are
watching
or
participating,
and
our
parents,
of
course,
peace
and
love.
Thank
you.
Dr
Bedell
for
placing
Miss,
Dr
Ashworth
in
the
role
of
oversight
or
managing
and
leading
the
effort
to
be
present.
J
We've
worked
with
her
for
a
number
of
years
and
we
just
glad
I'm
glad
to
see
that
somebody
who's
so
passionate
and
talented
is
in
charge
of
that
program
because
it
is
going
to
be
reap
significant
benefits.
I
also
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
Miss,
tube
and
Miss
Dent
for
your
work
early
on,
as
Georgia
mentioned
when
we
started
the
network
and
we
were
on
the
phone
and
in
the
community
and
in
the
schools
working
to
stop
the
violence
at
Annapolis,
High,
School,
Old,
Mill
and
mead.
J
They
were
there
and
in
the
meetings,
long
meetings
daily
and
so
I
really
appreciate
that
commitment
from
the
school
board
and
represent
you
all
in
such
fine
fashion.
So
the
the
network
is
really
just
that
it's
the
healthy
family,
Community
Development
Network,
and
what
we
recognize
that
education
does
not
start
in
the
community.
It
does
not
start
in
the
street
or
the
school.
J
It
starts
at
home,
and
so
we
operate
under
the
mindset
that
love
people,
love
people
and
hurt
people
hurt
people,
and
so
the
violence
that
we
see
interjecting
in
our
school
systems
is
not
as
a
result
of
what's
transpiring
a
school
or
the
community.
It's
starting
at
home,
and
so
our
focus
is
to
not
just
work
with
students
and
not
just
work
with
the
parents,
but
to
work
with
the
entire
families.
J
Mr
strong
Pratt
has
been
working
with
parents
and
her
My
Sister's
Keeper,
and
now
my
brothers
Keepers
programs
and
we're
able
to
reach
parents
to
become
Advocates
to
reach
out
to
other
parents
as
their
peers
to
be
able
to
address
the
things
and
the
trauma
that's
been
taking
place
in
those
homes.
The
community
organizations
that
we're
working
with,
in
addition
to
the
conflict
resolution
center
alcabilan,
the
all
All
Stars,
just
a
variety
of
organizations
that
are
addressing
the
core
needs
of
our
families.
But
the
difference
has
been,
we've
always
been
doing
the
work.
J
The
difference
has
been,
we
haven't
worked
collectively.
Imagine
the
school
system
goes
in
Department
of
Social
Services
DJs,
but
where
is
the
collaborative
effort
somebody's
dealing
with
the
parents
somebody's
dealing
with
the
child?
But
how
do
we
know
how
it's
impacting
the
entire
family?
And
so
this
is
really
the
goal
of
the
network.
It's
comprised
of
government
agencies,
Community
organizations,
non-profit
schools,
as
well
as
businesses.
J
One
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
our
communities
is
that
our
non-profits
do
not
have
the
same
capacity
that
a
for-profit
business
with
a
front
loaded
budget
has,
when
you're
working
from
a
month
over
month
budget-
and
you
really
don't
know
how
you're
going
to
make
ends
meet
it's
really
hard
for
you
to
focus
on
the
business
at
hand,
and
so
the
network
is
really
focused
on
allowing
to
train
and
put
our
businesses
in
position
to
build
the
capacity
of
those
businesses
and
financial
management
in
their
Human
Resources
development
and
things
of
that
nature.
J
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
non-profits
are
just
as
strong
as
the
for-profit
businesses
are
in
our
community
and
co-funding
co-production
models
right
now,
you're,
seeing
an
example
of
that
we've
been
funded.
Fortunately,
our
first
major
funding
came
from
the
governor's
office
of
crime
and
control
and
prevention,
where
this
working
the
work.
You're
hearing
about
right
now
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County,
Public
Schools,
is
taking
place
as
a
result
of
that.
But
we
were
able
to
hire
someone
who
is
dedicated
and
focused.
Who
has
the
background?
J
Who
has
the
experience
trained
in
Mr,
strong
Pratt's
program
and
and
her
background
and
then
able
to
come
in
and
be
paid
a
livable
wage?
So
now
she
can
focus
on
one
job
working
and
dealing
with
these
schools
and
making
an
impact
that
that
is
unbelievable
ways
to
partner
so
we'll
either
have
referral
Partners
or
site
Partnerships.
The
referral
partners
are
folks
who
we
want
to
make
sure,
first
of
all
that
we
are
able
to
hold
accountable.
J
In
order
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
this,
we
really
have
to
take
that
Global,
a
holistic
approach,
and
so
you're
talking
about
schools,
community
centers,
churches,
businesses,
everybody
who's,
a
part
of
the
community
that
will
benefit
from
this.
You
know
our
potential
site
partners
for
us,
as
will
be
the
case
this
summer,
when
our
young
people
are
going
to
camp,
but
in
the
afternoon
they'll
actually
be
working
and
being
involved
in
school
in
in
other
economic
or
Business
Development
opportunities,
who
is
the
network?
J
The
healthy
family
development,
Network
I
shared,
is
a
collaboration
of
entities.
The
most
important
thing
here,
though,
is
to
be
able
to
learn
how
to
trust
and
work
in
collaboration
collaboration.
Whether
dollars
are
on
the
table
or
not
whether
our
brand
or
logo
is
on
the
table
or
not
really
focused
on
the
end
goal,
which
is
to
make
sure
that
our
families
are
healthy
and
just
because
you
work
with
children,
you
work
with
parents.
J
We
don't
work
with
each
other,
whatever
the
challenge
has
been
in
the
past,
but
to
be
able
to
put
those
things
aside
and
really
train
our
non-profits
and
our
for-profits
to
be
able
to
work
cohesively
understanding
that
our
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
our
support
systems
go
towards
our
children
and
not
focused
on
the
things
that
the
deficit
models
that
we've
been
training
in
our
society
to
focus
on
what
will
the
network
do
program
implementation,
expanding
healing
boots
on
the
ground?
J
So
I
mentioned
you
know
the
young
people
or
the
people
I
should
say
who
are
working
directly
with
our
families
right
now
that
are
going
in
and
doing
parenting
plans.
You
know
how
important
a
parenting
plan
is
how
valuable,
if
some
of
us
had
parenting
plans
where
we
started
out
with
children,
you
know
it
really
will
make.
It
really
makes
a
difference
and
so
having
that
boot
on
the
ground,
but
also
training
the
boots
on
the
ground.
J
We're
talking
about
putting
people
in
places
where
harm
is
happening
where
people
are
being
shot
and
stabbed
and
other
traumatic
events
are
taking
place.
So
you
have
to
train
people
how
to
deal
in
those
environments,
but
also
how
to
communicate
here
at
the
school
board.
City
Hall,
making
sure
that
they
have
the
training
that's
necessary
to
protect
them
and
to
protect
them
to
protect
other
people
strengthen
trauma,
infused
counseling,
as
I
mentioned,
the
core
of
what
we
do
has
to
be
in
releasing
and
having
people
manage
the
trauma.
J
Imagine
people
and
things
happening
in
your
home
and
I
really
want
to
applaud
the
school
system
for
taking
the
initiative
to
make
sure
that,
when
traumatic
incidents
take
place
in
our
communities,
the
school
system
alerts
that
particular
that
vicinity
and
sends
out
counselors
I've
seen
it
happen.
You
know
we
worked
on
that
for
several
years
and
where
it's
happening
more
in
the
county,
not
as
much
with
the
city
in
this
case
of
the
school
system.
You
all
have
been
consistent
with
that
and
we
really
appreciate
it.
J
It's
very
important
capacity
building
the
building
of
families
and
agencies.
I
mentioned
that
assessment
and
planning
identifying
existing
resources
so
that
we
know
who's
out
there.
Not
just
you
know,
working
with
people
because
we
are
connected
already,
but
making
sure
we
understand
what
is
the
network
of
organizations
providing
services
to
our
families,
develop
a
plan
for
two
to
three
years
and
Beyond
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
subject
matter:
experts
from
not
only
our
families,
because
we
have
to
look.
J
More
movement
is
a
foremost
accomplished
doctor
in
the
field
of
Health
mental
health
and
is
working
throughout
the
country
on
creating
initiatives
that
stop
violence
from
taking
place
in
schools,
even
during
the
pandemic
and
evaluations,
results-based
accountability,
long-term
evaluation
plans,
as
well
as
the
Coalition
action
Theory,
which
is
approved
by
samhsa
that
talks
about
the
effectiveness
of
the
network
and
the
one
to
five
year
planning
for
Crisis
Intervention.
J
Lastly,
the
education.
You
know
this
is
how
we'll
do
it
we'll
focus
on
education,
because
we
understand
that
once
we
create
a
dynamic
where
young
people
and
families
understand
critical
thinking
and
conflict
resolution
from
an
ancient
African
history
perspective
that
they
will
understand
the
value
of
themselves
and
once
you
understand
the
value
of
self-worth
through
our
emotional
intelligence
and
understanding
all
those
components,
then
you
start
to
build
your
own
network
internally.
So
we
want
to
work
from
the
inside
out.
J
It's
not
going
to
work
coming
to
your
house
and
talking
to
bringing
you
to
to
a
community
center.
But
how
do
you
handle
and
Challenge
and
manage
the
things
that
are
dealing
with
on
the
inside?
The
second
is
Wellness
Maslow's
hierarchy,
culturally
based
mental
health,
Theory
Youth
Development,
violence,
prevention
and
intervention
and
re-entry
planning.
We
know
that
there's
so
many
people
coming
home
from
institutions
but
they're
coming
directly
into
the
home
after
being
incarcerated
for
months
or
years
with
no
reconnection.
So
they
imagine
the
trauma
and
this
without
any
connection.
J
So
our
goal
is
to
be
able
to
work
with
those
families
as
they
bring
those
members
of
the
family
back
into
the
household,
so
that
there's
a
much
more
smoother
transition
and
there's
not
the
trauma,
is
being
absorbed
and
managed
and
worked
through
versus
just
being
left
alone
and
expecting
people
to
move
on
as
business
as
usual
economics.
We
understand
the
significance
of
teaching
people,
financial
literacy
and
the
work
that
needs
to
be
done
to
manage
your
finances.
And,
last
but
not
least,
we
understand
the
value
in
the
school
system
does
too
of
communications.
J
It's
Communications
that
strange
people
on
how
to
eat
how
to
sleep,
how
to
work,
what
they
buy,
and
so
we
want
to
use
those
same
levels
of
in
communication
and
information
technology
to
train
our
families,
who
are
watching
Instagram
and
Twitter,
and
all
those
things
and
using
those
tools
to
be
able
to
educate
our
parents
and
bring
them
into
the
fold.
And,
lastly,
who
do
we
want
to
serve?
We
looked
at
the
entire
County
and
the
areas
that
have
seen
this
significantly
most
violence
throughout
the
county,
and
that
represents
about
4746
households.
J
You
know
we're
looking
to
start
Community
X
Community,
but
we
do
plan
on
building
because
we
recognize
that
they're
all
intertwined
and
the
violence
that
happens
at
Annapolis,
High
School
ends
up
at
Old
Mill,
the
violence
that
happens
at
Old
Mill
inside
Glen,
Burnie
and
Mead
high
school,
and
even
now,
as
you
all
recognize
at
much
lower
levels,
it's
at
elementary
school,
where
they're
calling
out
each
other's
neighborhoods
and
confronting
each
other
based
on
where
they're
growing
up
and
being
more
aligned
to
a
neighborhood
call
than
their
success
and
understanding
the
value
of
moving
forward.
Q
R
So,
in
order
to
get
back
to
where
we
need
to
be,
we
have
to
think
outside
of
the
box
and
for
us
thinking
outside
of
the
box.
Not
only
includes
the
children,
but
the
parents
that
were
sending
the
children
back
to
I
can
be
changed
by
what
happens
to
me,
but
I
refuse
to
be
reduced
by
it.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
come
in
and
present
what
the
network
is
about.
Thank.
Q
You
very
much
we're
close
with.
There
is
one
very
valuable
member
of
the
network
that,
unfortunately,
we
didn't
mention
earlier,
but
many
of
you
probably
know
Miss
Evola
Peters,
who
has
probably
served
under
what
four
or
five
different
County
Executives.
Here
she
was
one
of
the
first
executive
directors
of
the
Community
Action
Agency.
She
was
a
founder
of
the
Anne
Arundel
conflict
resolution
center.
She
was
also
founder
of
Newtown
Community,
Development
Corporation,
which
is
a
core
member
of
the
network.
I
mentioned
Miss
Evola
Peters.
Q
She
recently
moved
to
Virginia
Beach
with
her
family,
but
I
mentioned
her
because
I
want
you
all
to
know
just
the
depth
of
the
organization
and
the
individuals
that
have
connected
through
the
network.
It's
vice
president
silkware
I
think
I
met
you
at
when
we
first
started
working
on
the
re-entry
County
program
and,
as
you
know,
we
have
a
number
of
Judges
that
are
members
of
the
conflict
resolution.
Q
Center
retired
judge,
Phil,
Croom,
Bev,
Nash
people
like
that
are
part
of
the
network.
We
are
a
very
diverse
organization,
but
people
who
are
passionate
about
the
work
that
we
do.
They
don't
pay
us
enough
money
to
do
the
work
that
we
do
it's
tireless,
but
we
do
it
because
we
believe
in
our
community,
we
believe
in
our
kids
and
we
are
here
to
serve
and
work
with
the
schools
in
Anne
Arundel
County.
Q
However,
we
can
to
make
this
the
best
possible
place
that
people
could
live
so,
please,
you
know
Avail
yourself
to
us
we're
here
to
work
with
you.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
we're
so
grateful
too.
For
being
here,
I
see
a
number
of
Lights
I
may
or
may
not
get
them
in
the
correct
order.
Mr
silkworth.
B
B
Anne
Arundel
County
conflict
resolution
center,
the
network
I'm,
going
to
tell
you.
We
need
the
network
I'm
going
to
change
the
name
just
temporarily,
because
I
think
you're
the
relationship,
Builders
yeah
and
so,
as
I
said,
I
I
took
some
notes
and
as
I'm
listening
to
this
wonderful
presentation,
I'm
thinking
to
myself.
Well,
let's
role
play
I'm
a
principal.
B
I'm
a
principal,
do
I
know
about
the
organization,
because
I
can
access
that
and
they're.
There
were
some
comments
that
I
wrote
down
the
key
work
collectively
and
collaboratively
all
built
on
trust
and
caring
boy.
That's
kind
of
right
up,
I,
think
my
alley
in
our
alley.
B
You
talked
about
restorative
practices,
I'm
just
thinking
about
some
situations,
I
know
recently
where
there
have
been
fights
that
have
taken
place.
Oftentimes.
The
fights
are
based
upon
issues
in
the
community
that
spill
over
into
the
school,
but
what
we
know
is
when
the
children,
the
students
are
brought
together,
and
that
means
sometimes
when
the
the
families
are
brought
together
in
a
restorative
way.
B
The
issues
can
be
fixed
and
I'm
going
to
end
it
with
I,
know,
judge
karoon,
he's
a
great
friend
of
my
brother
and
I
have
all
the
respect
in
the
world
for
him.
I
will
tell
you
that
our
our
families
often
do
not
know.
B
They
know
that
they
need
services,
but
they
don't
know
where
or
how
to
access
those
services.
So
this
has
been
a
marvelous
presentation,
I,
whatever
we
can
do
to
kind
of
work
collectively
and
collaboratively
for
our
kids
I'm
all
for
it.
Thank
you.
So
much
thank.
S
So
let
me
just
first
of
all
say
thank
you
all
for
commenting.
Yes,
the
presentation
was
amazing.
I
just
have
one
thing
that
I
think
that
was
very
valuable.
For
me,
in
all
the
sessions
was
talked
about
the
student
to
student.
We
really
have
to
emphasize
that
when
student
on
student
conflict
occurs,
it
not
only
happens
at
home,
but
it's
played
out
on
the
playground
or
on
the
or
I
always
call
the
school,
the
Battleground.
S
G
Thank
you
so
I
had
the
opportunity
and
Fortune
of
working
with
Miss
Peters
when
I
worked
with
the
county,
as
well
as
working
with
the
conflict
resolution
center
at
well
over
100,
probably
closer
to
150
200
cases,
I've
referred
over
and
the
ones
who
took
advantage
of
that
opportunity
usually
landed
better
and
it
was
not
uncommon
for
the
police
who
were
doing
the
follow-ups
to
reach
out
to
me
to
say:
hey.
It
worked.
G
The
Miss
Peters
was
my
even
more
importantly,
a
mentor
because
she
understood
this
and
it
wasn't
it
I
mean
it
was.
It
was
built
into
her
to
be
that
person
to
be
that
Beacon
of
opportunity
to
find
common
ground
and
to
not
just
find
common
ground
to
get
through
that
instance,
but
also
encourage
the
new
relationship
and
the
new
opportunity
it
provides.
I
was
so
sad
when
she
left
she
was
my
go-to
I
was
on,
even
though
we
were
on
different
floors.
G
I
was
down
in
her
office
a
lot
and
she
taught
me
so
much
it
absolutely
amazing,
but
the
work
that
you
guys
continue
to
do
and
to
now
see
that
even
more
so
present
in
our
schools
just
is
something
to
embrace
and
the
community
should
be
very
thankful
for
everything.
You're
doing
I
mean
this
is
about
volunteers.
It's
about
people
who
have
the
heart
I'm.
Looking
at
the
three
of
you
and
I
know
every
all
three
of
you
have
the
heart
of
your
community
and
your
family
interests.
G
So
thank
you
guys
so
much
once
again
and
I
still
continue
to
suggest
to
people
when
they
have
conflicts.
Please,
let's
take
it
over
here
and
even
once
or
twice
with
folks
who
I
was
not
agreeing
on
and
although
we
were
able
to
resolve
without
and
one
it
just
wasn't,
did
not
have
an
interest
in
following
through
I
do
know
it
works,
and
so
that's
I
think
the
biggest
hesitation.
It's
that
stigma
thing
all
over
again
and
we
see
that
stigma
come
up,
but
I'm.
G
Confident
we've
got
some
great
Advocates
sitting
right
here
from
ones
you've
worked
with
and
ones
you
may
work
with
in
the
future,
so
keep
up
the
work
and
whatever
we
can
continue
to
do
to
be
supportive.
Most
certainly
thank
you
for
all
you.
D
Do
thank
you.
Yes,
I
remember
what
seems
like
a
long
time
ago,
standing
in
a
parking
lot
at
Newtown,
one
night
sort
of
just
trying
to
figure
out
what
next
and
just
standing
there
letting
people
come
talk
to
us
and
tell
us
what
they
thought
and
learning
a
lot
in
that
night
and
I'm
so
grateful
that
you're
here.
D
Thank
you,
Miss
Georgia,
for
taking
up
our
offer.
I
I
would
like
to
talk
about
sort
of
next
steps.
I
know
that
we've
been
in.
D
Reactive
mode,
to
some
extent,
given
what's
been
going
on
with
coming
out
of
the
pandemic
and
lots
of
other
things,
but
I
do
think
we
want
to
move
forward
as
best
we
can
to
get
as
much
as
we
can
into
proactive
mode
in
our
schools
and
and
as
Mr
silkworth
raised,
making
sure
that
those
connections
are
there
and
I.
Don't
know
Dr
Bedell.
D
If
you
have
anything
you
want
to
add
I
know
it's
it's
one
of
your
goals
to
have
staff
members
who
are
kind
of
in
a
position
to
coordinate
between
the
schools
and
a
lot
of
organizations
that
work
with
us
so
that
we
to
Mr
Stanton's
point
are
working
collaboratively
not
having
people
sort
of
out
in
different
Corners
doing
things
that
don't
know
about
each
other,
and
it
seems
to
me
that's
that's
a
path
to
continue
to
go
down
because
the
need
isn't
going
anywhere
as
far
as
I
can
tell,
and
by
the
way,
congratulations
on
your
30th
Anniversary.
L
Yeah,
thank
you
for
asking.
You
know
I'm
sitting
here
and
I'm
processing,
there's
a
lot
for
me
to
process
what
I
what
I've
heard
today.
It
reminds
me
of
a
communities
and
school
Model,
2.0
or
communities
in
school
and
steroids,
because
the
difference
is
and
if
anybody
doesn't
know
a
lot
about
CIS,
it
was
founded
in
Virginia
and
it
was
designed
to
come
into
schools
and
really
help
support
students
and
families
to
really
tap
into
all
of
the
Community
Resources.
What
I
heard
here
today
is,
in
addition
to
doing
that.
L
I
tell
people
that
if
you
don't
know
how
to
advocate
for
yourself,
there's
no
way
that
you
can
advocate
for
your
children,
and
so
you
have
to
be
equipped
to
understand
how
to
navigate
as
you've
all
said,
the
IEP
process
or
being
able
to
go
in
and
articulate
in
a
way
what
needs
to
happen
for
your
child
and
then
it's
the
restorative
aspect,
like
we
had
a
huge
partnership
in
my
previous
School
District
with
the
center
for
conflict
resolution
there,
and
we
received
a
3.2
million
dollar
Voca
Grant
victims
of
crime
act.
L
L
By
what
I
heard
today
and
I
know
you're
working
in
some
schools-
and
you
all
know
how
I
am
I'm
a
data
oriented
person
I'm
going
to
be
interested
in
wanting
to
know
what
is
the
return
on
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing
and
if
it's
showing
promise,
then
I
think
it
warrants
further
conversation
and
but
I
think
it's
a
necessity
and
it's
something
that's
definitely
needed.
L
Q
I'm
talking
about,
we
have
data
that
will
make
you
sick
in
the
sense
that
it
will
can.
Q
From
the
standpoint
of
you
know
the
the
efficacy
of
mediation
when
it
works
the
reduction
in
violence
in
schools,
reduction,
violence
in
communities,
the
building
of
confidence,
it's
taking
all
of
the
different
disciplines
that
all
of
us
bring
to
the
table
as
a
community
and
making
it
work.
Q
You
know
that's
just
the
when
you
ask
the
question
all
of
you
have
asked
like
what
are
next
steps.
How
do
we
do
this?
How
do
we
make
it
work?
We
work
collaboratively
with
the
Department
of
Juvenile
services
with
Anne
Arundel,
County,
Police,
Department
But,
ultimately
in
the
schools
is
where
you
see
a
lot
of
the
violence
manifesting.
We
talked
about
that
earlier
right.
We
have
to
understand
normal
human
development
where
conflict
is
normal,
so
we're
not
saying
that
conflict
will
not
happen.
Q
We're
talking
about
how
you
handle
conflict,
how
you
learn
to
de-escalate
right,
and
so
those
are
skills
that
as
adults
we
don't
have,
but
has
anybody
ever
bothered
to
teach
us
how
to
handle
conflict
right
conflict
with
a
co-worker
that
sort
of
thing
with
young
people?
We
can
take
a
very
preventative
approach,
early
on
when
they're
in
Elementary
School
teaching
them
how
to
have
positive,
constructive
conversations
and
as
they
get
older
doing
that.
But
the
thing
that's
interesting.
We
also
have
to
remove
the
punitive
ideas
that
we've
had
around
children
disagreeing
with
adults.
Q
So
I'm
saying
all
that
to
say
the
way
that
we
do
it
is
we
work
together.
Collectively
we
work
with
DJs
to
say
instead
of
penalize
this
kid
and
teachers
and
principals.
Instead
of
suspending
the
student,
what
programs
are
there
available
to
help
us
wrap
around
that
child
to
wrap
around
the
community
and
as
the
collective
as
the
network,
we're
working
collaboratively
to
figure
out
how
we
can
do
that
best
and
to
and
to
service
you
in
in
the
schools
where
the
conflict
is
happening?.
J
Yeah
I
I
think
that
it's
critically
important
to
understand
the
value,
as
you
said,
Mr
silkworth,
with
regard
to
relationships,
because
really
it's
you
know
the
Crux
of
what
we
talked
about
in
terms
of
families.
It's
relationships,
it's
a
relationship
in
the
family
where
whomever's
raising
the
child,
Mom,
Aunt,
grandmother,
boyfriend,
husbands,
stepdad
whomever
it
is
it's
the
relationship
and
underscoring
that
with
our
leadership
first,
because
children
model
what
they
see
and
as
I
walk
the
hallways
of
Annapolis
High
about
three
or
four
days
a
week.
At
a
minimum.
J
Three
days
a
week
last
year,
I
learned
how
our
children
today
are
engaging
with
staff
and
the
mentality
and
how
they
treat
one
staff
person
versus
another
and
the
reality
of
them.
J
The
second
is,
we
have
large
chunks
of
this
network
that
need
to
be
built,
the
capacity
building
of
organizations,
the
the
compensation
of
people
who
are
phenomenal
at
what
they
do,
but
cannot
afford
to
make
35
40
45
000
and
take
care
of
a
family
and
expect
it
to
be
on
a
job.
That
really
is
a
12-hour
job.
When
you're
in
the
community
you're
at
meetings
like
this
at
night,
you
got
to
be
somewhere
at
the
school
first
thing
in
the
morning.
J
So
how
can
you
expect
someone
to
work
at
a
forty
thousand
dollar
job
to
do
something
like
that
and
take
care
of
their
families
and
so
being
able
to
identify
those
talented
and
skilled
people?
Who
can
do
that
but
find
ways
to
compensate
them?
J
The
training
to
make
sure
that
the
organizations
that
are
involved
are
really
tied
to
models
that
have
worked.
The
evidence
is
there
nationally
modeled,
but
also
we
have
a
situation
where
those
entities
are
being
held
accountable
and
the
evaluation
systems
and
tools
in
place
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
numbers
that
they
understand,
not
just
the
financial
numbers,
but
that's
incredibly
important,
but
also
how
to
use
data,
as
Dr
Bedell
said,
to
guide
the
work.
You
know.
J
One
of
the
strongest
things
about
Ms,
strong
press
program
is
the
fact
that
she
uses
data
to
drive
it
she's
research
based
and
we're
teaching
our
young
people
and
our
parents
to
be
research
based,
so
I
think
we
sit
down
and
we
look
at
the
different
components
and
we're
at
intersects
with
the
school
system
and
I,
don't
know,
I
know:
Anne
Arundel,
County,
pretty
good
I
was
born
here.
I
live
in
Prince,
George's
now,
but
obviously
still
very
tied
to
the
community.
I,
don't
know
a
better
organizational
entity.
J
Currently
that
can
help
you
fuse
what
you're
working
to
do
in
the
schools
as
well
as
the
community,
because
that's
the
bridge,
it's
that
bridge,
that
we
need
to
really
erect
so
that
we
have
that
Duality
and
the
open
system
and
I'm
just
really
thankful
that
I
don't
want
to
County
public
school
system
is
now
an
open
system
and
not
an
island.
Thank
you,
amen.
D
Well,
thank
you
all
we're
very
grateful
for
your
time.
We're
very
grateful
for
the
work
that
you
do.
I'm
sure
there
will
be
further
conversations
and
I
hope
we
see
you
I
know
I'll
see
all
of
you
soon
at
various
different
things,
but
thank
you
for
coming
out
tonight.
Thank
you
for
having
us
thank
you
giving
us
the
benefit
of
all
of
this
I'd.
J
Be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
thank
you
to
Georgia
and
the
board
for
taking
on
the
fiscal
responsibility
to
burden
this,
because
that
is
not
a
light
task
and
for
the
board
to
accept
the
responsibility
of
his
current
Mission,
but
also
understand
the
duality
of
of
this
humongous
work
is,
is
significant,
so
your
organization
and
yourself
should
should
be
proud.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
L
E
C
P
Mr
silkworth
aye
Mr
Frank
aye
Miss,
shoheim
aye
Dr
Tobin
aye
motion
passes
6-0.
Thank.
P
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
this
presentation
we
will
bring
Grace
Wilson
up
our
legislative
and
policy
Specialists
to
give
an
overview
of
the
General
Assembly
that
officially
adjourned.
O
Thank
you
so
much
Dr
Bedell
good
evening,
president
Obin
and
members
of
the
board
for
the
reckon
I'm
Grace,
Wilson
I'm,
the
legislative
and
policy
specialist
for
the
school
system,
as
Dr
Bedell
said
I'm
here
this
evening
to
provide
a
summary
of
the
2023
Maryland
general
assembly
session.
You
all
should
have
received
my
2023
legislative
session
memo.
This
memo
contains
details
of
the
39
bills
that
were
passed
by
the
Maryland
general
assembly
that
impact
aacps
in
some
capacity
tonight.
O
I'll
walk
you
through
the
key
information
contained
within
that
document,
including
10
major
pieces
of
education,
related
legislation
that
passed
this
session.
So
let's
dig
in
this
was
the
445th
legislative
session
of
the
Maryland
general
assembly.
It
adjourned
April
10th
at
midnight,
there's
another
busy
session
for
the
general
assembly.
They
considered
approximately
2
275
bills
and
780
legislative
Bond
initiatives.
Once
again,
there
were
a
number
of
educated,
related
bills,
considered
this
session
I
tracked
approximately
300
bills
and
engaged
the
Maryland
general
assembly
on
30
pieces
of
legislation.
O
The
fiscal
year
2024
budget,
passed
by
the
general
assembly
and
signed
by
the
governor,
includes
an
additional
705
million
dollars
for
public
schools
and
8.9
percent
increase
over
fiscal
year.
2023.
Ste
directly
to
local
Boards
of
Education
will
increase
by
661
million
dollars
a
9.1
increase
over
fiscal
year
23..
O
This
additional
funding
for
Education
includes
an
additional
9
million
dollar
investment
in
future
funding
for
the
blueprint
for
Maryland's
future,
while
State
operating
funds
for
public
education
increase
in
fiscal
year,
2024
state
capital
funding
decreases
state
aid
for
public
school
construction
decreases
by
112.4
million
dollars
or
15
percent
from
fiscal
year
2023
to
fiscal
year.
2024.
O
next
I'll
discuss
the
key
legislation
that
passed
this
session,
but
before
I
do
it's
important
to
note
that
the
legislative
process
is
still
ongoing
at
this
time,
the
bills
passed
by
the
Maryland
general
assembly
have
been
sent
for
the
governor
for
his
action.
The
governor
can
either
sign
a
bill
veto
a
bill
or
allow
it
to
become
law
without
his
signature.
So
it
is
feasible
that
the
bills
contained
in
my
memo
could
be
vetoed
by
the
governor
and
will
not
become
law.
O
O
O
House
Bill
770,
the
blue,
entitled
the
blueprint
for
Maryland's
future
various
policies
and
pre-kindergarten
enrollment
and
funding
alterations.
This
bill
makes
various
changes
to
policies
and
pre-kindergarten
enrollment
and
funding
Provisions
established
under
the
blueprint
for
Maryland's
future
I'll
highlight
the
three
provisions
of
this
bill
which
impact
aacps.
First,
the
bill
makes
changes
to
publicly
funded
pre-kindergarten
enrollment
and
funding.
Local
school
systems
are
currently
required
to
provide
pre-kindergarten
services
to
children
with
disabilities,
children
who
are
homeless
and
children
from
homes
in
which
English
is
not
the
primary
spoken
language.
O
However,
these
students
were
not
included
in
the
definition
of
tier
one.
Children
for
the
purpose
of
public
pre-kindergarten
funding
under
the
blueprint,
aacps
and
other
local
school
systems
are
not
receiving
appropriate
reimbursement
for
serving
these
children
as
introduced.
The
bill
would
have
correctly
identified
these
students
as
tier
one
children.
However,
given
this
fiscal
forecast
for
the
state
was
not
as
strong
as
initially
anticipated,
the
bill
was
amended
to
reduce
costs.
O
As
amended.
The
bill
includes
children
who
are
homeless
as
tier
one
children
for
the
purpose
of
publicly
funded
pre-kindergarten
in
the
2023-2024
school
year.
The
bill
includes
children
with
disabilities
and
children
who
are
from
homes
in
which
English
is
not
the
primary
spoken
language
as
tier
one
children
in
the
2024-2025
school
year,
these
children,
children
with
disabilities
and
children
who
are
from
homes
in
which
English
is
not
the
primary
spoken
language
will
be
counted
as
two
tier
two
children
for
the
purposes
of
funding
in
the
blue
for
Maryland's
future.
O
Next,
the
bill
Alters
the
requirements
for
assistant
principals
on
the
career
ladder
that
must
be
established
by
each
local
Board
of
Education,
as
required
by
the
blueprint
the
bill
states
that
assistant
principles
are
required
to
participate
rather
than
teach
in
classroom
activities
for
for
20
of
their
working
hours.
The
bill
also
states
that
assistant
principals
cannot
be
a
teacher
to
a
record.
Finally,
the
bill
adds
a
school
counselor
to
the
members
of
the
Maryland
Consortium
uncoordinated
community
supports
this
is
an
emergency
bill
that
has
been
signed
by
the
governor
and
is
effective.
O
Now
the
next
next
I'd
like
to
call
your
attention
to
five
bills
that
have
to
do
with
labor
and
employment,
the
first
one
being
House
Bill
448
entitled
non-public
education,
placement
of
children
with
disabilities,
teacher
salaries
or
the
teacher
pay
parity
Act.
This
bill
requires
that
non-public
schools
which
serve
children
with
disabilities
to
receive
special
education
services
pay
their
teachers,
a
salary
that
is
equivalent
to
the
salaries
of
public
school
teachers,
of
similar
training
and
experience
in
the
county
in
which
the
non-public
school
is
located.
O
The
pay
parity
must
be
achieved
within
the
next
three
years
and
the
phase-in
must
begin
in
fiscal
year
2024.
if
the
cost
to
make
the
pay
parity
are
not
met
by
existing
state
and
County
resources.
The
local
school
board
must
include
additional
funding
in
its
budget.
The
additional
funding
is
to
be
paid
for
the
state
and
the
county
and
the
same
proportion
as
other
costs
paid
for
non-public.
Schools
that
is
70
will
be
paid
by
the
state
and
30
percent
will
be
paid
by
the
county.
O
Non-Public
schools
cannot
reduce
other
costs
to
make
the
pay
salaries
to
their
teachers
and
finally,
I'm
at
the
Maryland
state
department
of
education
is
required
to
adopt
regulations
to
carry
out
this
provision
of
the
law.
This
bill
will
take
effect,
July
1
2023.,
the
next
well
I'd
like
to
call
your
attention
to
is
House
Bill
984.
This
is
the
public
employees
Relations
Act.
Luckily,
this
bill
passed
in
a
much
better
posture
than
which
it
was
introduced.
We
originally
opposed
it.
O
Specifically,
the
bill
consolidates
the
different
collective
bargaining
laws
that
apply
to
different
employees
into
one
set
of
rules
and
procedures,
and
it
repeals
the
public
school
Labor,
Relations
Board
and
instead
establishes
the
Public
Employee
Relations
Board
to
oversee
collective
bargaining
for
all
public
employees.
It's
important
to
note
that
the
bill
is
passed,
does
not
include
class
size
or
the
school
calendar
as
permissible
subjects
of
bargaining
and
the
bill
preserves
the
value
of
Precedence
set
in
Prior
Public
School
Labor,
Relations,
Board
opinions
and
school
systems.
Cases
House
Bill
984
will
take
effect.
July
1
2023.
O
next
I'd
like
to
discuss
House,
Bill,
998
and
Senate
Bill
828,
the
family,
medical
leave,
insurance
program,
modifications
Bill,
the
Family
and
Medical
Leave
insurance
program
or
family
was
established
by
the
Maryland
general
assembly
in
2022.
Generally,
this
program
provides
up
to
12
weeks
of
benefits
to
covered
individuals
who
are
taking
leave
from
employment
due
to
caring
for
a
family
member,
the
individual's
own,
serious
health
concerns
or
other
qualifying
circumstances.
O
O
next
I'd
like
to
discuss
House
Bill
1219,
the
Maryland
educator
shortage
act.
We
supported
this
bill.
It
was
an
initiative
of
the
governor
in
general,
the
bill
establishes
and
Alters
various
programs
and
policies
to
encourage
individuals
to
pursue
or
retain
a
career
in
the
educational
field.
The
first
thing
this
bill
does
is
establish
a
teacher
development
and
retention
program.
O
If
they
commit
to
participating
in
a
teacher
internship
and
to
fulfill
a
service
obligation
into
high
need
school
grade
level
or
content
area
in
the
state
where
there's
a
shortage
of
teachers.
Currently
the
Maryland
higher
education
commission
is
tasked
with
evaluating
the
program
and
the
fiscal
year.
2024
budget
includes
10
million
dollars
to
set
up
this
program.
O
Furthermore,
the
bill
significantly
modifies
eligibility
requirements
for
the
teaching
fellow
for
Maryland
scholarship
program.
Specifically,
the
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
recipients
of
the
scholarship
be
a
Maryland
resident
or
a
graduate
of
a
Maryland
high
school.
It
also
removes
the
GPA
and
test
store
requirements
for
this
program
and
instead
requires
that
a
recipient
of
the
scholarship
continue
to
make
satisfactory
progress
towards
a
degree
and
maintain
the
standards
of
the
institution
of
higher
education.
O
Finally,
the
bill
delays
the
implementation
of
standards
for
high
quality
pre
kindergarten
teachers
from
the
2025-2026
school
year
to
the
2027-2028
school
year.
This
bill
takes
effect,
June
1st
2023.
O
O
This
bill
has
been
signed
by
the
governor
and
takes
effect
July
1
2023..
The
next
spell
I'd
like
to
call
to
your
attention
is
not
an
educational
Bill
per
se,
but
it
will
have
an
impact
on
our
operations.
This
is
House
Bill,
535
and
Senate
Bill
379
entitled
election
law
ballot,
issuance
processing
and
reporting
procedures
in
the
2024
primary
date.
This
bill
makes
various
changes
to
state
election
law,
but,
most
importantly,
for
our
purposes,
it
moves
the
primary
date
for
the
2024
Statewide
election
to
be
the
second
Tuesday
in
May.
O
The
next
bill
I'd
like
to
highlight
for
you
is
House
Bill
one
and
Senate
Bill
868.
This
bill
is
entitled
civil
actions,
child
sexual
abuse,
definitions,
damages
and
statute
of
limitations,
otherwise
known
as
the
child
victims
act
of
2023.
O
This
bill
removes
the
statute
of
limitations
for
actions
for
damages
arising
out
of
alleged
incidents
of
sex
sexual
abuse
that
occurred
while
the
victim
was
a
minor.
With
respect
to
these
claims,
the
bill
raises
the
liability
cap
and
minimum
comprehensive
liability
coverage
for
a
local
school
board
to
890
000.
O
This
the
governor
has
signed
this
bill
and
it
takes
effect
July
1
of
this
year
next
I'd
like
to
mention
House
Bill
1237.
This
bill
is
entitled
special
education,
judicial
actions,
attorneys
fees
and
related
costs.
This
bill
authorizes
a
court
to
award
expert
witness
fees
and
costs,
in
addition
to
attorneys
fees
to
the
parent
of
a
child
with
a
disability,
who's
the
prevailing
party
and
a
proceeding
that
is
held
to
resolve
disputes
about
the
provision
of
free
and
appropriate
public
education
to
the
child.
This
bill
is
also
effective.
O
July
1st
of
2023
next
I'll
discuss
House
Bill,
492,
Anne,
Arundel,
County,
School,
vehicle
duration
of
operation.
Delegate
Chisholm
was
kind
enough
to
introduce
our
bill
on
the
bill
on
our
behalf
this
year,
as
well
as
last
year,
I'd
like
to
thank
delegate
Chisholm
for
working
with
me
to
get
it
passed
this
year.
This
bill
allows
aacps
to
operate
School
vehicles
for
15
years
rather
than
12,
unless
the
vehicle
fails
to
meet
applicable
school
bus
and
Motor
Vehicle
Safety
standards.
O
The
last
bill
I
have
for
you
this
evening
is
Senate
Bill,
610,
primary
and
secondary
education
virtual
education.
This
bill
does
a
number
of
things,
including
establishing
requirements
for
virtual
education
days
in
the
case
of
inclement
weather
altering
requirements
for
virtual
schools,
requiring
County
Boards
of
Education
to
adopt
virtual
education
plans
for
operation
of
public
schools
in
a
prolonged
state
of
emergency
and
establishes
requirements
regarding
teacher
training
related
to
virtual
education,
I'll
start
by
discussing
the
requirements
for
virtual
education
days
and
cases
of
inclement
weather.
O
O
The
bill
permits
employee
organizations
to
negotiate
with
local
school
systems.
Regarding
the
period
of
time
that's
Public,
School
Employees
require
for
preparation
for
virtual
education,
as
well
as
the
time
at
which
synchronous
learning
shall
start
on
these
virtual
education
days,
and
if
the
County
Board
provides
a
day
of
virtual
education
to
public
school
students
in
this
in
the
school
system,
they're
required
to
make
work
available
to
student
to
employees
who
did
not
have
work
on
that
day
within
the
school
before
the
beginning
of
the
next
school
year.
O
As
far
as
this
bill
relates
to
Virtual
schools,
it
significantly
Alters
the
approval
process
and
standards
required
for
establishing
a
virtual
school
within
the
state.
Each
County
Board
of
Education
is
authorized
to
develop
one
virtual
school
for
their
elementary
middle
and
high
school
grade
bands.
However,
the
bill
is
specific
and
that
virtual
schools
may
not
start
pre-kindergarten
or
kindergarten
students
Additionally.
The
State
Department
of
Education
is
authorized
to
allow
each
jurisdiction
to
have
one
additional
Virtual
School
outside
of
the
one
for
each
of
their
grade.
Bands.
O
Local
school
systems
are
prohibited
from
Contracting
with
for-profit
entities
to
operate
or
administer
their
virtual
school
and
County
Boards
of
Education
are
required
to
provide
students
in
Virtual
schools
with
access
to
extracurricular
activities
at
the
public
school.
They
would
be
required
to
attend
in
person
to
the
extent
practical.
This
includes
Athletics
wraparound,
Services
food
and
nutrition
services
and
health
care
services.
The
State
Department
of
Education
will
promulgate
regulations
establishing
standards
for
virtual
schools.
O
O
Lastly,
the
bill
provides
that
virtual
schools
operating
the
state
before
this
bill
was
passed,
have
until
the
2024-2025
year
to
come
into
compliance
or
to
cease
their
operations.
Finally,
the
bill
requires
that
by
June
1
of
2024,
each
local
Board
of
local
Board
of
Education
adopt
a
virtual
education
plan
for
use
in
the
case
of
a
prolonged
State
of
Emergency.
O
The
plan
must
be
based
on
the
continuity
of
learning
plan
that
was
in
effect
during
the
2020-2021
school
year
and
must
be
updated
every
two
years
thereafter
that
bill
takes
effect,
July,
1,
2023
and
lastly,
in
my
summary,
I
would
just
like
to
highlight
several
legislative
Bond
initiatives
that
were
passed
by
the
general
assembly
this
session
and
will
benefit
aacps
we'll
receive
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
a
marquee
at
Brooklyn,
Park,
Elementary,
School,
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
a
field
house
at
Chesapeake,
High,
School
and
2.2
million
dollars
for
a
turf
field
at
Southern,
High
School
and
with
that
I'd,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
about
the
2023
Maryland
general
assembly
session.
D
I
hope
you've
had
a
couple
of
days
to
rest
between
that
session
and
now
and
you
you
you're,
giving
Mr
silkworth
a
run
for
his
money
and
getting
through
quick
reading
of
things.
So
you
know
so.
I
have
a
couple
of
Lights
MS
shulheim.
E
First
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work.
This
session
I
want
to
thank
you
for
this
very
thorough
memo,
more
than
16
Pages
I've
well
about
16
pages,
and
just
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work,
of
course,
and
and
for
the
summary
tonight.
So
a
few
things
I
had
a
question
on
the
first.
E
It
doesn't
seem
as
though,
and
please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
I
did
not
see
it
in
the
memo
that
our
the
holes
for
the
mbct
extra
stipend
amount
for
school
counselors
that
didn't
find
its
way
through
the
MJ
I
didn't
think
so,
but
I
wanted
to
get
that
on
the
record.
E
Point
I'd
have
to
look
into
it
in
terms
of
Senate,
Bill,
610
and
and
the
sweeping
changes
it
makes
to
Virtual
schools,
as
well
as
our
inclement
weather
policy
for
virtual
schools.
Well,
we
have
to
go
back
and
readdress
that
we
took
board
action
on
having
virtual
I
mean
virtual
days
on
inclement
weather
days,
I
think
that
it
all
kind
of
wrapped
together
in
this
bill,
we
have
to
go
back
and
I
assume
we're.
Gonna
have
to
go
back
and
readdress
our
our
stance
on
this
and.
O
E
Yeah
sad
that
we're
again
that
we
have
to
blow
through
our
three
days
before
we
can
make
use
of
the
I
mean
it
kind
of
defeats
the
purpose
a
little
bit.
E
That's
sad
with
regard
to
being
getting
ourselves
in
compliance
with
our
Virtual
Academy
students
and
extracurricular
and
sports
at
home
schools.
How
much
remind
me
how
much
time
do
we
have
to
get
into
compliance
with
that?
Do
we
have
to
wait
for
msde
to
to
to
give
us
rights.
O
E
Yeah
I
mean
it's
something
that
I
think
all
of
us
at
some
level
or
another
wanted,
but
you
know
being
told
we
have
to
do.
It
is
somewhat
different
than
us
coming
to
that
realization
on
our
own
timeline,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record.
Lastly,
House
Bill
492
the
buses
for
15
years.
Finally,
some
common
sense,
good
grief
and
I
would
be
interested
in
knowing
and
I.
E
U
Yes,
thank
you.
I
just
really
appreciate
the
update.
Some
of
my
questions
were
answered
by
some
of
Mr
shalheim's
questions.
Great
update.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
think
that
we
had
requested
this
previously
and
it
got
a
little
derailed,
so
I'm
thrilled
to
kind
of
be
able
to
dig
through
some
of
the
the
postmortem
essentially.
U
So,
as
far
as
far
Athletics
says
in
in
the
bill
may
be
more
specific
and
I
hadn't
read
it
in
its
in
its
final
iteration
participation
in
organized
Athletics
and
on
athletic
teams
at
the
public
school,
the
student
would
otherwise
be
required
to
attend
a
person
to
the
extent
practical.
So
does
that
just
mean
like
because
our
virtual
school
is
much
smaller?
It's
a
much
smaller
student
got
it.
So
in
some
of
our
schools
we
have
several
athletic
teams,
JV
Varsity,
you
know
Etc.
U
O
I
think
staff
is
trying
to
currently
work
through.
What
that
looks
like
the
problem.
We're
running
into
at
the
moment
is,
as
I
mentioned,
the
Maryland
Public
School
Secondary
School
Athletic
Association.
Their
regulations
prohibit
a
student
from
participating
in
any
Athletic
program
in
a
school
they're
not
enrolled
in
so,
for
example,
our
Virtual
Academy
students
are
not
enrolled
at
an
equivalent
school
that
they
would
otherwise
attend
in
person.
O
L
Me
tag
in
on
this
one,
because
this
Dynamic
is
one
that
is
much
more
complicated
than
just
a
kid
being
homeschooled
or
you
know
in
another
entity,
because
our
virtual
school
has
its
own
campus
code.
So
you
cannot
have
kid
like.
We
have
to
have
enrollment
strong
enough
in
that
school
for
them
to
be
able
to
build
their
own
team
because
of
that
campus
code.
It
is
a
separate
School
under
our
Lea
we're.
You
know,
educational
agency,
but
it
is
a
separate
individual
campus.
L
So
that
means
we
have
to
have
enrollment
large
enough
within
that
program,
the
field
and
athletic
team.
We
can
do
all
of
the
other
extracurricular
things
that
we
do
at
all
of
our
other
schools.
They
they
have
the
ability
to
do
all
of
that,
but
that
athletic
piece
I,
don't
know
how
you
even
get
around
that
with
the
state.
But
that's
going
to
be
a
piece.
That's
that's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
difficult
with
this
one
because
of
that
campus
code.
So.
U
Hopefully
our
funding
Cliff
gets
funded
and
we
can
certainly
expand
this
Virtual
Academy
at
some
point.
I.
U
The
the
other
comment,
question
request
is
slightly
flippant,
but
I'm
a
little
bit
realistic
too
I've
had
a
delegate.
Ask
me:
where
does
all
of
our
money
go
and
my
response
to
that
is
always
well.
It's
a
lot
of
your
unfunded
mandates
so.
U
I
would
really
like
to
know,
and
and
I,
don't
know
how
much
of
a
request
this
is
and
I'm
not
going
to
burden
you
if
it's
a
huge
lift
at
the
end
of
the
year.
If
there
could
be
an
outline
of
this
is
how
much
money
these
unfunded
mandates
from
this
year
are
going
to
cost
our
school
system.
I
would
like
to
know.
U
Do
we
have
that
information
and
could
I
I
would
love
to
use
that
in
some
of
my
conversations
and
I
I
know
the
bus
savings
that
we're
going
to
have
is
going
to
be
completely
offset
by
the
the
electric
buses
that
we're
going
to
be
getting
in
a
few
years?
So
you
know
we
two
steps
forward.
One
step
back:
it.
O
U
I
will
take
a
loose
talking
point
for,
for
any
any
conversation
in
the
future.
I
would
appreciate
it
if
it's
a
huge
lift,
don't
worry
about
it,
but
if,
if
you
can
put
something
together,
that's
generalized
I
would
appreciate
having
it
sure,
I'll
see
what
I
can.
Thank
you
and
I
I
do
love
this.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
work
on
this.
G
So,
on
a
side
note
for
us,
my
question:
I'll
just
say
that
I
believe
Mr
Moser,
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
I
start
when,
as
president
my
legislative
breakfast
speech
was
started
off
with
please
no
more
unfunded
mandates
to
the
entire
delegation
and
that
sentiment
still
continues
to
ring
true
today,
I
just
wanted
just
to
take
a
moment
to
Express
gratitude
to
Senator,
Alfred
and
delegate
Howard
and
hanging
in
support
of
advocacy,
of
course,
councilwoman
Ledbetter
teaming
up
to
well
support
along
with
their
County
Executive,
and
so
many
others
for
the
Southern
High
School
turf
field.
G
This
is
the
very
last
second
turf
field
before
we
have
to
start
the
maintenance
rounds.
We're
Gonna
Roll
right
on
back
of
course,
and
I
understand
that
the
state
is
moving
in
a
different
direction
with
a
lot
of
the
bonds,
so
I
greatly
appreciate
how
creative
they
had
to
get
to
get
these
through
and,
of
course,
Chesapeake
High,
School's
field
house
and
Brooklyn
Parks,
Elementary,
School
Marquis
also
greatly
appreciated,
but
as
a
representative
of
South
County.
G
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
are
very,
very
thrilled,
excited
humbled
and
appreciative
of
all
the
efforts
put
forth
and
we're
talking
about
in
this
particular
case
to
we
don't
have
access
to
the
other
fields
down
there
and
our
kids
are
already
driving
45
minutes
to
an
hour
each
way
for
just
the
opportunity
provided
that
they
even
have
transportation
so
to
have
this
opportunity
to
keep
art
for
our
children
to
be
as
safe
as
all
the
other
children
in
the
county.
G
We
do
not
take
for
granted
and
are
very
appreciative
of
it,
and
so
thank
you
very
much
and
I
know
that,
in
the
background
we
had
staff
and
others
working
to
advocate
for
it.
Well,
so
thank
you
all
very
much.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
again.
Ms
Wilson,
it
was
quite
the
session
and
and
I
have
to
say
personally
I'm
very
grateful
for
your
your
constant
update
for
us
I
felt.
We
were
very
well
informed,
I'm,
very
grateful
for
your
help
when
I
went
and
testified
against
the
infamous
hb-119.
M
D
So,
thank
you
for
everything.
Thank
you
to
all
the
staff
as
well,
who
I
know
were
part
of
this,
but
I
hope
you
get
a
break,
Ms,
Wilson
and
before
it
all
starts
all
over
again,
so
you
know
they'll
be
cross-filing
next
week
or
something
I
can't
keep
up
so
anyway.
Thank
you.
So
much
of
course.
D
So
that
brings
us
to
item
7.03,
opening
and
patriotic
exercises
code.
I
k
a
Dr
Patel.
L
Madam
President:
we
will
we're
here
prepared
to
go
through
this
process,
so
we'll
have
Miss
Wilson.
Take
us
through
this
first
reading.
Thank.
O
You
Dr
Bedell
again
for
the
record
Grace
Wilson
legislative
and
policy,
specialist
policy,
Ika
opening
and
patriotic
exercises
before
the
board
on
first
reading.
The
office
of
school
performance
in
the
division
of
curricular
and
instruction
are
revising
this
policy,
which
provides
guidance
to
schools
on
opening
and
patriotic
exercises.
O
Specifically,
the
policy
has
been
revised
to
explicitly
state
that
the
American
flag
shall
be
displayed
at
every
school
building
and
in
each
school
classroom,
while
schools
are
in
session,
the
languages
also
contained
in
our
corresponding
regulation
ikra.
But
it's
now
been
highlighted
in
our
policy
as
well.
Following
tonight's
meeting
the
policy
we
will
be
posted
for
a
30-day
public
comment
period
and
we'll
be
back
before
the
board
on
second
reading
at
the
June
7th
meeting,
and
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
take
any
questions
you
have
on
this
policy.
D
I
see
no
lights,
I
just
want
to
actually
raise
a
question,
perhaps
better
directed
to
Dr
Bedell.
We
heard
testimony
at
the
beginning
of
the
evening
suggesting
that
the
pledge
is
not
being
taken
at
our
schools.
Do
we
have
evidence
of
that?
That.
L
Was
the
first
time
I'm
hearing
of
that
and
I
think
as
a
new
superintendent
coming
in
my
assumption
is
this
is
a
common
practice
in
that
everybody
does
in
every
single
school.
So
for
me
to
hear
this
I
started
texting.
My
folks
like
hey,
is
this
true,
so
we're
looking
into
it
and
and
it
will
be
addressed-
that's
all
I
can
say:
I,
don't
know
I.
O
Will
add
that
state
law
requires
that
we
make
the
pledge
available
in
our
opening
and
patriotic
exercises
that
language
is
stated
verbatim
in
our
regulation.
It
states
that
we
require
teachers
and
students
to
stand
and
face
the
flag
and
give
an
approved
salute
to
the
flag
and
recite
in
unison,
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
It
also
states
that
participation
in
the
flag,
salute
or
other
patriotic
exercises
should
not
be
required
of
any
student
who
objects
to
such
exercise
on
the
grounds
of
conscious
or
religious
belief
and
again,
that
is
in
accordance
with
state
law.
L
D
D
L
P
Miss
Den
aye
Mr
McGrath
aye
Mr
silkworth
aye
Miss
Frank
aye
Ms
corkito
aye
Michelle,
Hein
aye
Dr
Tobin
aye
motion
passes
7-0.
Thank
you.
D
L
V
Yes
good
evening,
Dr
Tobin,
Dr,
Bedell
and
members
of
the
board
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Melissa
Rawls
and
I.
Am
the
director
of
employee
relations,
the
negotiating
teams
for
the
Board
of
Education
and
the
secretaries
and
assistance
association
of
Anne
Arundel
County
have
reached
a
tentative
agreement
for
fiscal
year,
2024
subject
to
your
approval.
In
brief,
the
summary
of
changes,
as
agreed
upon
by
both
parties
include
that
all
eligible
unit,
4
employees,
will
advance
one
step
on
the
salary
scale
and
all
unifor
employees
will
receive
a
six
percent
cost
of
living
adjustment.
V
V
The
teams
diligently
worked
to
reach
an
agreement
that
served
the
best
interest
of
aacps,
say,
act
members
and
represents
a
continued
commitment
to
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
School
students,
staff
and
Community
I
would
like
to
thank
Mr
Bradley
darjean,
the
uniserve
director
Carmen
Lida
McHale,
who
is
the
president
of
sayak
and
the
sayak
negotiating
team
for
their
dedicated
efforts
during
fy24
negotiations
on
April
19
2023
sayak,
finalized
the
ratification
vote
for
this
agreement
and
I
respectfully
request
your
approval
and
ratification
of
the
noted
summary
of
changes
this
evening.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
C
P
D
D
Okay,
so
that
brings
us
to
section
nine
public
comments
on
non-agenda
items
again
for
the
record,
let
me
read
the
instructions
with
regard
to
public
comment.
Speakers
will
be
allotted
two
minutes
each
and
may
not
allocate
their
time
to
others.
The
yellow
light
below
me
will
shine
when
you
have
30
seconds
remaining.
The
red
light
below
me
will
shine
and
you
will
hear
a
tone
when
your
time
has
expired.
D
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.
Please
speak
only
on
the
topic
which
you
assigned
up
to
speak
on.
It
is
not
the
board's
general
practice
to
engage
in
question
and
answer
session
with
speakers.
For
the
record.
Please
give
your
name
before
speaking.
Handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant
with
that.
I
would
like
to
call
up
Ms
Carrie
Gillespie,
miss
Catherine,
Davis
and
Miss
Christy
Dillon.
H
I'm
Terry
Gillespie,
both
parents
and
Boards
of
Education
around
Maryland,
were
alarmed
this
legislative
session
when
reading
House
Bill
119
a
bill
that
would
have
forced
All,
County
Boards
of
Ed
to
adopt
the
health
education
framework
and
would
have
ultimately
given
control
of
curriculum
decisions
to
the
State
Department
of
Education.
We
thank
the
members
of
this
board
who
also
expressed
your
concerns
with
this
proposal
and
like
many
parents
pushed
back
against
the
attempted
overreach
by
our
non-elected
State
Department
of
Education.
H
Unfortunately,
parents
now
have
further
concerns
and
questions
about
the
conduct
of
msde.
After
reviewing
the
recent
reports
from
Fox
45
news
regarding
allegations
of
mcap
test
score
alterations,
though
we
recognize
the
aacps
board
doesn't
bear
responsibility
for
the
alleged
alterations.
We
would
support
our
board
requesting
answers
and
Clarity
into
this
matter
on
behalf
of
both
parents
and
students.
The
combination
of
the
allegations
of
these
alterations
with
the
initial
delay
and
refusal
by
msde
to
release
the
scores
last
fall
is
alarming
to
parents.
H
H
Transparency,
And,
Timely,
release
of
test
scores
is
the
minimum
expectation,
parent
staff
and
our
board
should
demand
on
these
results,
which
takes
valuable
time
away
from
our
Educators
and
children.
I
was
really
shocked
actually
to
see
the
announcement
that
we're
continuing
with
the
testing
in
the
spring,
when
we
don't
even
have
results
that
are
clear
and
concise
from
from
the
testing
that
children
had
to
go
through
a
year
ago.
Delays
and
releasing
test
results
are
unacceptable.
H
We
need
to
have
real
conversations
regarding
the
deficit
our
children
experienced
in
their
education
and
determine
how
to
best,
assist
them
and
Educators
with,
as
aacps
strives,
to
do
eliminating
all
gaps.
Lowering
standards
is
not
the
acceptable
way
to
do
this.
We
must
encourage
each
child
to
reach
their
full
potential
and
assist
Educators
in
doing
so,
please
demand
answers
and
accountability
from
msde
regarding
these
testing
discrepancies.
Thank
you
all.
Thank.
W
Good
evening
president
Tobin
Board
of
Ed
Dr
Bedell,
thanks
for
allowing
this
new
period
of
time
where
we
can
speak
on
that
agenda
items.
My
name
is
Katie
Davis
I,
attended,
aacps
schools
a
long
time
ago
and
I
have
children
in
the
system.
Right
now,
the
current
parents,
Rights
Movement,
promotes
the
false
narrative
that
parents
don't
have
rights.
Parents
have
rights
the
right
to
choose
religious
activities
and
beliefs
for
their
children,
the
right
to
teach
their
children,
moral
and
cultural
values,
the
right
to
Medical
decision
making
for
their
children.
W
The
right
select
schooling
for
their
children,
public,
private
or
homeschool.
This
movement
is
not
about
empowering
parents,
it
is
about
imposing
some
parents
views
on
other
parents.
This
movement
is
also
about
shirking
parental
responsibility.
A
Texas
father
is
suing
the
government
because
he
doesn't
want
birth
control
to
be
available
for
free
for
his
daughters.
Take
responsibility
as
a
parent
and
teach
your
children,
your
values,
don't
limit
access
to
all
for
all.
W
Scores
of
books
were
banned
in
Florida
County
school
system,
because
one
person
complained
take
responsibility
as
a
parent
and
teach
your
children,
your
values,
don't
limit
access
for
all
people
in
this
movement
have
the
idea
that
they
are
not
only
the
experts
of
their
own
kids
but
all
kids
without
medical
training.
You
cannot
be
considered
a
health
expert
for
my
children
without
teacher's
certificate.
You
cannot
be
considered
an
expert
on
early
childhood
education
for
my
children
without
a
degree
in
library
and
information
science.
You
cannot
be
considered
an
expert
in
curating
appropriate
books.
W
W
Today
they
are
wringing
their
hands
over
Flags
book
sex
education,
trans
kids,
in
the
history
of
racism
in
the
U.S
sex,
educations
health,
education,
trans
kids
exists
and
have
the
right
to
exist.
Students
need
and
deserve
an
accurate
telling
of
U.S
history.
I
appreciate
that
the
board
has
not
been
fooled
by
the
rhetoric
and
actions
of
the
parental
parents.
Rights
Movement
I
implore
you
to
ensure
it
stays
that
way.
W
T
Good
evening,
hello,
my
name
is
Christy
Dillon
and
I'm,
a
CHS
parent,
please
consider
from
moving
forward
with
the
redistrict
planning
plan,
removing
students
from
their
feeder
school
and
friends.
This
is
the
best
way
to
handle.
This
aacps
needs
to
start
Staffing
schools
better
when
this
was
done
in
1990,
students
that
were
transferred
into
Glen
Burnie
High
created
so
much
violence.
Some
of
the
students
from
Glen
Burnie
High
had
to
be
transferred
to
Old
Mill
High,
because
the
Glen
Burnie
High
Principal
couldn't
provide
a
safe
environment.
T
Every
time
you
think
you're
fixing
a
problem.
Another
one
is
created.
Therefore,
parents
get
so
upset
with
their
decisions.
Safety
for
our
children
is
the
most
important
thing
we
need
every
school
with
metal
detectors
security,
canines
starting
in
high
school.
This
would
prevent
drugs
and
weapons
in
our
schools.
Do
you
really
think
that
fentanyl
laced
on
drugs
is
going
to
go
away?
No,
it's
just
going
to
get
worse.
Narcan
is
being
used
in
our
high
schools
and
why
isn't
anything
being
being
done?
All
it
takes
is
dusting
of
fentanyl
to
take
a
life.
T
Please
help
protect
our
precious
children.
There
are
individuals
in
our
school
that
are
having
inappropriate
behavior
and
actions
with
students
in
and
out
of
school
buildings.
Why
is
this
Behavior
tolerated?
This
is
sick,
hypothetically,
removing
a
person
from
indefinitely
from
a
school
and
the
same
person
being
reassigned
to
another
school
happened.
What
happened
to
the
full
investigation?
You
owe
parents
and
students
the
details
of
an
investigation.
Why
is
the
policy?
What
is
the
policy
to
notify
parents
after
an
investigation?
D
Thank
you.
I
also
want
to
note
for
the
public
we
will
be
having.
As
we
have
said
publicly,
we
will
be
having
hearings
specifically
on
redistricting
moving
forward,
so
we
will
not
be
taking
comments
here
in
the
non-agenda
items
on
redistricting,
because
there
will
be
specific
public
hearings
for
that
issue.
So
I
just
want
the
public
to
know
that
going
forward,
just
as
we
we
have
budget
hearings
in
January
and
we
don't
take
a
commentary
on
the
budget
here.
So
I
just
want
everybody
to
know
that
moving
forward
as
we
go
on.
P
B
Ahead,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
are
now
at
the
virtual
portion
of
our
public
testimony.
Speakers
will
be
allotted
two
minutes
each
and
may
not
allocate
their
time
to
others.
Miss
Howe
will
indicate
when
your
time
has
expired.
The
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing.
This
meeting
student-specific
and
personal
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
form.
It
is
not
the
Boar's
general
practice
to
engage
in
question
and
answer
sessions
with
speakers
for
the
record.
Please
give
your
name
before
speaking.
B
First
of
all,
we
have,
or
our
speaker
is
Jamie
Herman
cunier
good
evening.
X
X
There
are
emergency
action
plans
for
every
school
for
the
event
of
a
medical
emergency
on
campus,
but
there
is
no
guidance
other
than
other
than
to
follow
school
plans
for
an
emergency
event.
Indoor
protocol
does
not
adequately
adequately
protect
students
in
the
event
of
an
outdoor
emergency.
Aacps
spent
Millions
on
Transportation
studies.
Campus
security
should
warrant
the
same.
X
Emergency.
Drills
are
performed
in
school,
but
drills
for
after-school
emergencies
are
not.
Many
of
our
campuses
are
open
and
have
open
Sports
Fields,
where
multiple
groups
of
students
could
be
injured
within
seconds.
There
are
ways
to
make
our
kids
safer
on
our
Fields
I
implore
you
to
find
them.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
Michelle,
Heim
and
Mrs
Frank
for
listening
to
me
over
the
past
few
weeks
on
this
subject.
I
appreciate
it
and
thank
you.