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C
Before
I
continue,
I
just
want
to
say
a
very
warm
welcome
to
our
three
new
board
members.
We
have
allison
frank
tom
and.
B
C
Everybody's
over
here,
I'm
sorry
teresa,
I'm
not
used
to
theresa
being
over
here
and
aisha
is
on
vacation
today,
which
would
have
been
her
last
day
in
tennessee.
So
she
so
we
will
have
our
new
student
member
when
we
get
together
again
in
july
item.
2.03
is
the
minutes
of
the
board
of
education
meeting?
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes?
C
C
E
I
just
quickly
want
to
wish
all
the
fathers
and
grandfathers
and
surrogate
fathers
and
placeholder
fathers
a
happy
father's
day
on
sunday.
A
It's
not
really
a
community
highlight
it's
just
one
two.
We
only
have
two
days
left
of
school.
A
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
jumping
up
and
down
for
joy
and
they're,
not
all
children,
so
just
to
say
to
our
teachers
and
to
all
our
employees
again,
another
thankful
great
year
that
we
had
thank
you
very
much
enjoy
your
very
brief
summer
because
it
will
seem
like
it
just
goes
by
in
no
time
at
all
and
to
all
the
children
to
stay
safe
and
have
a
good
summer,
but
continue
to
read.
F
I'm
used
to
sitting
out
there
in
the
audience,
and
I
would
like
to
remind
all
of
you
out
there
that
I'm
the
proud
father
of
two
children
that
graduated
from
arundel
high
school
and
not
only
arundel
high
school,
but
one
of
them
went
on
to
graduate
from
the
university
of
of
indiana.
Where
I
went
to
school,
my
daughter
decided
she
would
graduate
from
the
university
of
michigan.
F
F
G
Yes,
ma'am.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
congratulate
all
of
our
recent
graduates.
We
went
through
all
of
our
graduations
this
year
and
they
were
wonderfully
planned
and
executed
in
great
celebrations
of
all
the
hard
work
over
the
many
many
years
that
our
students
have
been
with
us.
So
they
were.
They
were
a
lot
of
fun
and
I
very
much
appreciate
each
of
our
board
members
taking
time
out
of
your
busy
schedules
to
join
us
for
those
celebrations.
G
Also-
and
lastly,
I
had
a
wonderful
opportunity,
this
past
friday
night,
to
join
a
group
at
mead
middle
school
on
friday
evening,
where
there
was
a
celebration
of
two
mentoring
programs
that
we
have
going
throughout
a
number
of
our
schools
and
that's
our
yes
mentoring
program
for
our
male
students
and
the
gems
and
jules,
which
is
a
mentoring
program
for
our
female
students
and
it's
coordinated
through
reverend
menendez
and
she
just
cheryl
menendez
and
she
just
does
a
fabulous
job.
G
H
H
We
would
like
to
thank
miss
chaudry
for
her
year
of
service,
having
been
an
extraordinary
representative
and
role
model
for
the
79
000
students
of
anne
arundel
county.
She
has
possessed
maturity,
intelligence,
integrity
and
poise
not
often
yet
found
in
high
school
seniors.
We
wish
her
luck
in
her
future
academic
pursuits.
H
Since
my
last
report,
we
have
had
the
opportunity
to
present
scholarships
to
two
gifted
seniors:
sarah
crisp
of
old
mill,
high
school
and
elizabeth
young
of
chesapeake
high
school.
Several
of
our
board
members
were
available
to
help
set
up
and
then
stay
to
enjoy
the
annual
volunteer
recognition.
T
last
night,
the
school
board
nominating
commission
met
to
listen
to
and
question
three
qualified
and
capable
candidates
for
the
district
30
seat,
including
incumbent
mr
webb.
Tonight.
H
The
commission
also
meets
to
begin
the
process
for
the
candidates
for
district
31
seat,
one
being
incumbent,
mrs
ritchie,
while
the
number
of
candidates
may
pale
in
comparison
to
the
combined
30-plus
candidates
interviewed
for
two
seats
this
winter.
The
responsibility
of
the
commission
to
act
with
due
diligence
is
in
no
way
diminished.
H
Looking
ahead,
pta
will
be
represented
at
the
2015
national
pta
convention
and
exhibition
in
charlotte
north
carolina
june
25th
to
28th.
The
theme
is
moving
pta
forward
and
featured
speakers
include
educator
and
author,
dr
steve
perry
and
the
2015
national
teacher
of
the
year
shawna
peoples.
The
convention
will
provide
a
variety
of
networking
and
learning
opportunities.
H
Maryland
pta
will
celebrate
100
years
of
service
to
the
children
and
youth
of
maryland
at
their
annual
convention,
beginning
with
the
pre-session
emerging
minority
leaders,
conference
scheduled
for
july
16th,
and
then
the
convention
on
july
17th
and
18th
at
the
crowne
plaza
hotel
in
rockville,
with
over
20
workshops
to
choose
from
there
will
be
many
sessions
consisting
of
leadership,
training
and
boardsmanship
for
our
anne
arundel
county
pta
leaders.
This
will
be
an
opportunity
to
enhance
skills
to
be
successful
in
the
respective
roles
of
their
ptas.
H
Throughout
the
summer
we
will
be
offering
additional
training
opportunities
at
the
council
level
to
address
leadership,
financial
responsibility,
audits
and
other
supports
as
necessary
as
a
board.
We
are
beginning
to
plan
and
setting
our
initiatives
for
the
2015-16
school
year.
Our
priority
is
parent
engagement
and
involvement.
H
C
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
public
comment.
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
on
an
item
not
on
today's
agenda
may
offer
testimony
during
this
public
comment.
Portion
of
the
meeting
speakers
will
be
allotted
three
minutes
each
and
the
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
viewing
or
watching
this
meeting
student,
specific
and
personnel
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
This
time
is
intended
for
speakers
to
voice
their
opinion
and
not
necessarily
as
a
question
and
answer
period.
C
C
I
My
name
is
christine
joswick
and
I'm
here
today,
speaking
on
behalf
of
concerned
parents
from
cape
saint
claire
elementary
school,
the
board
of
education's
recent
staffing
allocation
for
the
upcoming
school
year
reduces
the
number
of
fourth
grade
teachers
in
our
school.
From
four
down
to
three
based
on
current
enrollment.
That
means
we
will
have
a
student-teacher
ratio
of
at
least
32
to
1..
I
Before
I
go
back
to
the
speech
that
I
already
have
prepared,
I
want
to
speak
briefly
about
something
that
I
learned
very
late.
Last
night
or
early
this
morning
I
was
looking
at
the
board
of
education's
website
and
I
found
the
youtube
video
from
the
past
meeting,
where
the
parents
from
shadyside
elementary
came
to
you
speaking
about
the
same
subject.
I
Something
that
was
most
interesting
to
to
me
and
to
our
group
was
the
comments
that
you
all
made
to
those
parents,
and
it
seems
that
everyone
agrees
that
more
than
30
students
in
a
class
in
elementary
school
is
on
the
large
size
and
that
you
all
have
asked
the
county
council
for
33
additional
teachers
to
address
that
issue,
and
the
county
council
did
not
provide
the
funding
for
that.
When
we
first
started
talking
about
this
as
parents
and
what
we
should
do,
we
thought
we
should
go
to
the
county
council.
I
So
I
contacted
the
county
council.
The
county
council
told
me
that
their
hands
were
tied
and
that
they
give
you
52
percent
of
the
budget,
and
you
have
the
money
and
you
can
do
with
it.
What
you
want,
and
so
that
going
to
them,
wouldn't
get
us
anywhere.
They
said
that
you
would
pass
the
buck
and
they
were
interested
to
see
what
would
happen.
If
we
approached
you,
we
of
course
not
knowing
any
better
believe
them
chose
not
to
go
to
the
county
council
meeting
on
monday
and
decided
to
prepare
to
speak
to
you.
I
So
I
prepared
this
great
speech
to
ask
you
guys
for
funding,
and
then
I
saw
that
so
now
we
don't
know
what
to
believe.
We
don't
know
where
to
go,
and
we
don't
really
know
who
to
address
this
to
so
with
that
being
said,
let
me
go
back
to
the
speech
that
I
had
already
prepared,
and
maybe
you
can
help
us
figure
out
what
we
need
to
do.
I
The
curriculum
has
already
gotten
harder
with
common
core
and
park,
which
has
dramatically
increased
the
day-to-day
demands
on
our
teachers,
and
now
they
will
have
32
students
at
a
minimum
to
be
responsible,
for
this
puts
a
tremendous
burden
on
our
teachers.
They
will
have
to
grade
more
papers,
juggle
more
lesson,
plans,
work
even
harder
to
accommodate,
differentiated
learning
and
will
constantly
struggle
to
create
a
positive
learning
environment
for
all
of
our
children.
I
It
is
the
teacher's
responsibility
to
keep
their
students
focused
and
on
task.
They
provide
instructional
support
to
every
one
of
their
students,
with
the
increased
student-teacher
ratio
that
instructional
support
is
limited.
The
teacher's
ability
to
pinpoint
potential
problems
is
reduced
because
they
will
have
less
time
to
notice
being
a
teacher
is
one
of
the
hardest
jobs
out
there.
Yet
we
continue
to
expect
more
and
more
from
them
and
often
blame
them.
When
our
children
don't
succeed,
our
teachers
need
to
be
given
the
tools
they
need
to
teach
our
children
effectively.
I
Our
school
is
certainly
large
enough
to
accommodate
four
fourth
grade
classes.
Not
only
do
we
have
the
space,
but
we
also
have
classrooms
fully
outfitted
with
the
technology.
Our
teachers
need
to
be
effective,
yet
at
least
one
of
those
classrooms
will
stay
dark
next
year,
while
we
pack
32
students
into
each
classroom
and
ask
our
teachers
to
stretch
themselves
even
thinner
than
they
already
are.
I
We
are
here
today
to
present
a
petition
with
322
signatures
requesting
that
funds
be
approved
to
allow
for
an
additional
fourth
grade
teacher.
It
seems
that
we
are
all
on
the
same
page
with
class
size.
Now
we
just
need
to
know
what
we
should
do
to
get
that
accomplished
for
our
school.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
here's.
J
C
J
My
name
is
peter,
and
I
am
here
today
because
next
year
I
don't
want
my
classroom
to
be
total
chaos
on
monday
night.
I
thought
I
wouldn't
come
and
share
my
thoughts
with
you,
because
we
are
doing
lots
of
fun
things
during
the
last
week
in
school,
but
then
I
said
to
myself:
would
I
rather
miss
a
fun
activity,
or
would
I
rather
have
a
total
chaotic
year
next
year?
I
am
here
today
because
I'd
rather
miss
the
cool
project.
J
J
K
Good
morning
board
members,
my
name
is
gina
hunt,
I'm
the
parent
of
victoria
hunt
goes
to
school
with
peter
and
I
represent
victoria
and
the
third
grade
third
grade
parents
that
I've
talked
to
a
hundred
percent
of
which
are
opposed
to
losing
a
teacher.
K
I
think
it's
important
to
note
when
this
class
came
into
cape
saint
claire,
they
started
with
five
kindergarten
teachers,
and
then
they
went
down
to
four
when
they
went
to
first
grade.
Second
and
third
and
now
we're
talking
about
taking
them
down
to
three.
We
haven't
lost
students.
In
fact
I
mean,
as
you
know,
anne
arundel
county
is
growing.
There's
the
estimate
of
getting
you
know
another
50
students
or
something,
and
that
I
can't
remember
the
numbers.
K
As
you
said,
you
know
we
have
330
322
signatures
on
a
petition.
We
also
have
some
other
parents
here
in
the
audience.
If
I
could
ask
them
just
to
stand
up
because
not
everybody
is
speaking,
we
didn't
want
to
take
your
time
and
have
all
of
us
say
the
same
thing,
but
and
I'm
sure
we
would
have
had
more
parents
if
it
was
an
evening
meeting.
K
K
K
I
think,
with
you
know,
a
teacher
to
student
ratio
that
we're
talking
about
here
the
teacher's
only
going
to
be
able
to
focus
on
those
kids
that
struggle-
I
mean
you
know
the
struggling,
obviously
struggling
and
things
like
victoria
getting
b's
is
just
not
going
to
come
to
any
focus.
Victoria
doesn't
want
to
be
on
a
roll.
She
wants
to
be
principals
on
a
roll.
You
know.
K
I
know
you
have
these
budget
decisions
and
we're
not
really
clear
where
this
comes
into
your
purview
as
far
as
what
you
can
change
and
what
you
cannot
but
and
budget
decisions
are
hard.
I
understand
that
there's
a
give
and
take,
but
I
just
urge
you
to
reconsider
this
one,
because
this
is
a
class
that
went
from
five
to
four
to
three
and
the
kids
deserve
better.
Thank
you.
G
You
picked
the
right
venue,
so
I'm
glad
I'm
glad
you
came
in
to
talk
with
us.
You
picked
the
right
venue,
but
you
also
and
we'll
talk
in
a
second
about
the
county
council
and
their
involvement.
Peter
awesome
right.
So
that
was
awesome,
and
so
thanks
for
being
here
and
you
need
to
go
back
to
school,
so
you're
not
missing
all
the
fun
stuff.
Today.
Okay,
you
don't
need
to
be
here.
You
need
to
be
at
school
where
the
fun
stuff
is
okay,
but
this
is
important.
Isn't
it
absolutely
it's
important?
G
So
I'm
glad
you're
here
and-
and
this
is
an
important
topic,
so
you
you
watch
what
was
posted
from
the
last
meeting
and
my
explanation
to
to
the
shadyside
parents
in
that
stance.
So
let
me
sort
of
go
through
that
again,
so
that
everybody
here
and
and
watching
can
understand
that
it
is
a
long
process
of
trying
to
staff
the
schools
and
there
are
formulas
that
we
use
and
that's
where
we
have
to
sort
of
begin.
G
The
process
understand,
first
and
foremost,
that
the
board
doesn't
make
those
decisions
about
how
many
teachers
in
individual
buildings
that's
a
decision
that
the
superintendent
makes,
and
I
make
that
based
on
recommendations
from
staff.
So
the
board
doesn't
sit
around
and
debate
how
many
teachers
go
to
cape
sinclair
or
shady's
side,
that's
purely
up
to
the
superintendent
and
and
and
my
staff.
G
So
I
want
you
to
understand
that,
first
and
foremost
that
we're
at
a
time
period
right
now,
where
we
staff
schools
based
on
projections,
so
everything
for
cape
sinclair
and
all
of
our
schools.
We
staff
them
based
on
projections.
G
They
became
they
will
become
live
numbers
after
july,
one
because
we
have
to
roll
everybody
up
right.
We
have
to
roll
the
12th
graders
out
because
they
graduated
and
the
kindergartners
to
first
grade
and
first
grade
to
second
grade.
So
we
will
do
that
literally
we'll
we'll
do
that
roll
up
in
our
computer
system
after
july
1,
and
then
we
have
what
we
call
live
numbers
now.
We
really
know
how
many
kids
will
actually
be
at
cape
sinclair
in
fourth
grade
or
third
grade
or
shadyside
in
the
kindergarten.
G
At
kindergarten
is
tricky
because
those
students,
many
of
those,
are
new
to
us
and
we're
just
getting
those
numbers.
So
once
we
get
the
live
numbers,
then
then
we'll
take
some
of
the
staffing
that
we
have
remaining
and
start
to
redistribute
that
and
distribute
that
out
to
schools.
So
in
the
past
years
we
have
not-
and
this
is
going
back
to
the
county
council-
we've
not
been
staffed
above
maintenance
of
effort,
which
is
what
the
legal
requirement
is,
and
so
last
year,
for
instance,
we
moved
from
we
had
11.
G
We've
got
1100
more
students
in
our
system
this
year
than
we
had
last
year,
and
we
got
zero
teachers
for
enrollment
none.
So
that
means
what
happens.
Class
sizes
go
up.
That's
just
the
statistics
of
it.
Class
sizes
are
going
up
this
year.
Luckily,
we
got
some
more
money
above
maintenance
of
effort,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
put
some
teachers
in
classrooms
and
into
some
of
our
and
build
some
more
of
our
programs
and
that's
really
exciting.
So
the
office
of
school
performance
meets
every
friday.
G
Those
are
all
the
regional
assistant
superintendents
and
they
meet
and
they
literally
put
up
on
the
screen
every
elementary
school
with
kindergarten.
First.
Second,
third,
fourth
and
fifth
grade.
I
did
that
work
for
a
number
of
years
as
the
associate
superintendent
and
chief
per
school
chief
school
performance
officer,
and
we
look
at
what
those
live
numbers
are
we
talk
to
the
principals
and
if
we
can
add
a
classroom,
we
can,
depending
on
the
the
the
data
that
we
have
in
hand
and
then
what
staffing
we
have
remaining.
G
We
can
contribute
additional
teachers,
so
the
instance
of
shadyside
those
numbers.
We
were
able
to
determine
what
those
numbers
were,
and
they
got
an
additional
fifth
grade
teacher
this
past
week
they
added
one.
The
office
of
school
performance
meets
every
friday
through
this
process
and
they
will
begin
to
then
distribute
the
staffing
that
we
have
now
that
becomes
official
after
the
board
votes
and
we've
now
got
the
money
from
the
county
council
and
we'll
begin
to
distribute
that
that
staffing.
I
can't
promise
you
that
cape
sinclair
is
going
to
get
an
additional
fourth
grade.
G
I
couldn't
make
that
promise.
I
just
want
you
to
know
the
process
that
goes
through
and
it
is
painstaking
and
they
literally
off
the
school
performance.
Those
folks
look
at
every
single
school
in
every
single
classroom.
We
have
some
some
numbers.
We
would
like
to
get
that
classroom
below
30
at
30
or
less.
G
If
we
can
in
the
fourth
grade
in
the
fifth
grade,
I
can't
promise
that
that's
going
to
happen
at
cape
sinclair,
but
I
wanted
you
to
know
the
process.
Let
me
finish
by
saying
you
need
to
continue
to
talk
to
the
county
council,
this
board
and
this
school
district.
We
don't
make
any
money
right.
We
have
to
spend
other
people's
money
the
tax
dollars,
so
we
get
money
from
the
federal
government.
We
get
money
from
the
state
government
and
we
get
money
from
our
county
government.
The
largest
chunk
of
that
comes
from
the
county
government.
G
So
you'll
need
to
continue
to
have
conversations
with
the
county
council
and
county
executive
to
fund
us
because
we
are,
our
enrollments
are
going
up,
which
is
a
wonderful
thing,
because
we've
got
awesome
schools
right.
We
got
awesome
schools
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
fund
them
appropriately
and
increase
staffing.
Last
year
was
a
difficult
year
for
us,
because
we
got
zero
teachers
for
enrollment.
We've
gotten
some
this
year
that
we're
going
to
use
then
begin
to
spread
out.
C
I
also
want
to
add
it
in
fairness
to
the
county
council.
If
they
say
it's,
we
gave
them
positions,
it's
not
our
problem.
They
did
this
year.
We
asked
them
specifically
like
say
we
wanted
one
teacher
or
we
wanted
to
register
at
this
school,
and
we
wanted
a
technology
teacher
at
that
school.
We
were
very
kind
of
specific.
They
said.
L
Good
morning,
president
core
black,
vice
president
ali
superintendent,
allotto
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
jonathan
bonifas
and
I'm
the
lead
organizer
of
bill
crofton
high
school
first
off.
I
would
like
to
congratulate
all
three
new
members
of
the
board,
at
least
two
of
which
have
heard
my
arguments
for
crofton
high
school
many
times
before
every
summer.
I
eagerly
await
the
newest
release
of
the
aacps
educational
facilities
master
plan.
L
I
know
that
may
sound
pretty
pitiful,
but
every
year
that
education
facilities,
master
plan
further
strengthens
the
case
for
a
13th
county
public
high
school
and
every
year,
the
case
for
crofton
being
the
location
for
that
school
grows.
This
year's
2015
facilities
master
plan
shows
a
significant
shift
in
future
capacities
and
utilization
projections.
L
This
is
partly
due
to
the
fast-paced
growth
of
west
and
north
county
and
the
booming
population
of
families
in
annapolis.
This
is
also
due
to
the
more
precise
data
and
more
accurate
to
more
accurately
predict
the
inexact
science
of
demographic
projections
like
a
hurricane's
five-day
cone
of
uncertainty.
You
know
fairly
accurately
where
the
hurricane
is
will
be
in
the
next
few
days,
but
the
range
widens
significantly
the
further
out
you
go
10-year
capacity.
Utilization
projections
are
much
the
same
one
to
five
years
out.
They
tend
to
be
much.
L
They
tend
to
be
fairly
accurate,
but
from
5
to
10
years
out,
the
range
becomes
much
wider
and
subject
to
significant
shifts.
We
saw
that
clearly
in
the
10-year
projections
made
by
mgt
in
2006.
this
week.
I
emailed
every
board
member
here
what
the
2015
10-year
predictions
look
like
overlaid
on
a
map
of
our
twelve
feeder
systems.
L
I
added
information
as
to
the
percent
of
utilization
each
high
school
had
in
those
projections
and
the
number
of
seats
over
or
under
capacity.
I
shaded
those
over
capacity
in
red.
This
graphic
illustration
gives
you
a
quick
look
big
picture
view
where
the
change
in
high
school
populations
is
occurring,
that's
hard
to
do
when
you're,
thumbing
through
the
451
page
2,
2015,
educational
facilities,
master
plan-
please,
if
you
have
not
done
so
already,
take
a
look
at
those
illustrations
and
ask
yourself
this.
L
If
I
place
a
1600
seat,
crofton
high
school
on
this
map
and
bring
the
1400
crofton
students
700
each
from
arundel
and
south
river
high
schools
to
fill
it,
will
it
solve
the
capacity
problem?
I
know
the
answer
and
a
little
over
two
months
from
now.
I
firmly
believe
mgt
of
america
will
give
you
the
same
answer
have
a
wonderful
summer
and
thank
you
for
all
you've
done
for
yet
another
great
school
year
for
our
great
school
system.
Thank
you.
C
C
M
M
So
in
terms
of
our
revenue,
do
we
receive
our
operating
revenue
unrestricted
that
we
receive
from
our
federal
government
as
we
predicted,
we
will
not
be
receiving
any
revenue
gains
and
that's
a
match
from
the
budget
that
was
approved
by
the
board
of
education
in
terms
of
unrestricted
funding
that
we
received
from
the
state
government.
M
Now
that
is
an
increase
of
approximately
4.1
million
over
what
was
contained
in
this
board's
original
budget
and
what
was
contained
when
the
budget
was
transmitted
to
the
county
executive
because,
as
the
board
knows,
the
governor
has
released
50
percent
of
the
gcei
funding.
So
the
increase
from
the
4.7
million
dollar
number
that
you
had
asked
for
that
was
in
fact
put
forward
in
county
executive
shoes
budget
and
now
translated
into
this
county
council
adopted
budget
is
entirely
tied
to
the
50
release
of
the
gci
funding.
M
As
of
this
date,
we
have
received
no
indication
and
no
word
whether
there
will
or
won't
be
any
additional
action
with
respect
to
the
remaining
50
percent
of
the
gci
should
that
come
to
fruition,
certainly
we'll
bring
that
to
the
board
and
to
the
county
government's
attention
on
the
county
government
side,
our
largest
funding
increase
side.
M
The
board
will
recall
that,
in
terms
of
the
maintenance
of
effort
requirement,
we
total
we
had
asked
in
total
from
the
county
government,
approximately
39.1
million
dollars
worth
of
funding.
M
When
the
county
council
took
up
our
budget
at
the
conclusion
of
the
county
executive's
recommendation,
the
county
council
took
actions
that
would
raise
the
funding
of
the
school
district
from
county
sources
from
the
approximately
12
million
dollar
level
that
the
county
executive
have
had
recommended
up
to
a
new
level
of
approximately
17.1
million
dollars
and
again
we'll
go
into
the
details
of
the
expense
side.
This
is
certainly
only
on
the
county
side.
M
The
county
council
concurred
with
our
utilization
of
fund
balance,
the
reduction
of
seven
and
a
half
million
dollars
from
the
former
level
of
20
million
dollars
down
to
12
and
a
half
million
dollars.
That's
as
expected,
and
then
the
rest
of
our
budget
in
a
restricted
category
transpired
exactly
in
a
manner
that
you
had
requested.
M
So
we
do
anticipate
about
a
1.2
million
dollar
increase
in
restricted
grant
funding
an
increase
of
2.4
million
dollars
in
our
internal
service
fund
for
health
care
and
an
increase
of
approximately
1.4
million
dollars
in
our
food
nutrition
services.
Special
revenue
fund.
So
that
gets
us
to
the
approximately
23.3
million
dollar
increase
on
the
revenue
side.
M
M
The
board
of
education
asked
for
approximately
14.6
million
dollars
in
the
area
of
compensation
increases,
and
this
would
have
facilitated
a
equivalent
of
either
a
step
increase
for
those
bargaining
units
eligible
for
one
or
a
two
percent
cola
for
the
non-represented
areas
and
again
that
would
have
been
on
the
order
of
about
14.6
million
dollars
in
terms
of
new
funding
requests.
M
When
the
county
executive
released
his
budget
on
may
the
first,
the
county
executive
did
in
fact
put
in
approximately
5.9
million
dollars
that
at
that
time
would
have
been
equivalent
to
about
a
one
percent
across
the
board
cola,
simply
the
mathematical
equivalent
of
that.
Certainly,
everybody
knows
that
the
county
executive,
nor
the
county
council
can
prescriptively
dictate
compensation.
Those
are
terms
of
employment
and
negotiation
issues
for
you.
M
So
as
it
stands
in
terms
of
that
compensation
element,
there's
approximately
7.2
million
dollars,
that's
available
for
this
board
of
education
and
its
superintendent
and
its
bargaining
units
to
decide
what
the
distribution
of
that
is
going
to
be.
Ultimately,
as
a
result
of
your
negotiations
and
decisions,
you
make
for
the
non-represented
areas
so
going
down
the
expense
side
of
the
budget.
M
The
additions
were
a
2.7
million
dollar,
almost
2.8
million
dollar
increase
for
the
state
mandated
teacher
pension
shift
that
was
fully
complied
with.
So
in
terms
of
the
mandate
for
teacher
pension
shift
and
the
mandate
for
the
maintenance
of
effort.
Again,
I
want
to
leave
no
question
unanswered
that
they
were
both
fully
complied
with.
So
there
is
no
discussion
with
respect
to
compliance
with
state
requirements,
as
this
budget
is
deliberated
going
down
the
expense
side.
M
Thankfully,
after
much
deliberation
and-
and
maybe
this
is
almost
a
point
to
sort
of
take
a
little
bit
of
a
side
note-
this
county
council
debated
and
deliberated
218
amendments
over
the
course
of
of
many
many
days
of
heavy
lifting.
So
you
think
the
task
before
you
today
is
tough.
They
waited
through
218
very
difficult
and
complicated
amendments,
but
one
of
those
was
to
add
the
full
funding
required
to
support
our
schools
of
choice
with
respect
to
our
contract
and
charter
schools.
M
So
the
3.7
million
dollar
funding
that
was
added
to
the
budget
through
an
amendment
by
the
county
council,
fully
funds,
the
expansion
of
the
monarch
contract
school
out
in
laurel,
so
they'll
be
able
to
increase,
add
their
new
sixth
grade,
plus
increase
the
total
head
count
within
their
school
and
then
it's
also
important
to
note
that
remember
that
as
our
budget
grows,
all
of
all
of
our
charter
and
contract
school
will
get
a
proportionate
or
commensurate
share
of
that
as
well.
M
So
this
demonstrates
a
tremendous
level
of
support
for
the
schools
of
choice
options.
Both
the
contract
and
charter
schools
going
down
when
the
county
executive
approved
his
budget,
he
had
included
a
recommendation
for
support
of
the
two
american
sign
language
interpreters.
Remember
that
was
at
no
cost,
because
that
was
simply
trading
contractual
services
for
fixed
positions.
M
The
county
council
concurred
with
that
there
was
a
similar
12
positions
tied
into
the
non-public
arena,
specific
with
our
hike,
high
roads,
academy
program
and
again
that
was
a
shift
from
an
external
contractual
method
of
delivering
those
instructional
services
to
self-performing
those
again
at
no
net
increase
to
the
public.
The
county
council
concurred
with
that
there
was
an
increase
associated
with
the
transportation,
routing
and
contractual
software
acquisition,
both
for
the
routing
and
the
payment
software.
M
The
county
council,
through
an
amendment
added
the
one
position
and
the
seven
hundred
and
thirty,
eight
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
for
funding
the
county
executive,
brought
down
a
supplemental
budget
request
and
recommended
the
approval
of
this.
The
county
council
concurred
with
that
action.
M
Then
the
county
council
did,
by
way
of
amendment,
add
in
602
200
to
facilitate
a
possible
school
start
time,
shift
on
a
moving
forward
basis
and
then,
finally,
as
as
I
believe
dr
lotto
and
ms
quarterburlak
alluded
to
earlier
in
today's
meeting,
the
county
council
did
in
fact
go
ahead
and
support
the
55
and
a
half
additional
positions
to
support
the
achievement
of
students
here
in
anne
arundel
county.
M
So
in
totality
on
a
position
side,
this
board
of
education
forwarded
a
budget
to
the
county
executive
that
ultimately
was
approved
by
the
county
council.
Just
on
the
12th
of
june,
your
budget
asked
for
133.8
positions
overall,
as
we
stand
today,
70
and
a
half
of
those
positions
have
been
accounted
for
and
at
the
bottom
line,
as
I
alluded
to
earlier,
your
official
request
was
for
a
3.8
percent
year-over-year
increase.
M
The
request
that
was
approved
just
late
last
week
was
for
2.19.
M
So
the
next
important
matter
then
really
centers
around
the
recommended
distribution
of
those
positions,
and
so
there's
an
exhibit
before
you
that
depicts
the
recommendation
of
the
superintendent
which
essentially
centers
around
the
allocation
of
those
70
and
a
half
positions.
And
so
let
me
go
through
that
in
a
little
bit
of
a
detail.
M
So,
as
the
exhibit
before
you
depicts
the
county,
this
board
of
education,
it
asks
for
two
american
sign
language
interpreters.
As
I
mentioned
just
moments
ago,
the
county
executive
concurred
with
that,
and
so
has
the
county
council
and
dr
orlado
is
recommending
that
we
in
fact
do
exactly
that
and
move
to
bring
onto
to
american
sign
language
interpreters.
M
The
board
of
education
requested
three
bilingual
facilitators,
and
so
this
is
going
to
be
a
generic
statement
because
remember
both
the
county,
executive
and
county
council
took
took
a
very
bold
and
decisive
step
of
acknowledging
your
role
as
the
policy
setters
and
dr
alato's
role
as
the
chief
executive
of
this
organization
to
be
the
decision
makers.
With
respect
to
the
allocation
of
the
computers
of
these
positions,
I
meant
to
say
so,
where
you'll
see
there's
not
an
exact
number.
M
That
is
because
that
power
is
invested
in
you
so
going
down.
Then,
with
the
rest
of
the
positions,
the
superintendent
of
schools
is
recommending
that
of
the
three
pilot
by
lingual.
M
Facilitator
positions
originally
requested
that
at
this
time,
we
move
forward
with
zero
of
them
and
it
is,
however,
important
to
acknowledge
that
in
the
budget
that
was
adopted
this
prior
year
the
year
we're
currently
in
fy
15,
the
county
council
did
in
fact
put
in
funding
for
additional
bilingual
facilitators
and
this
board
of
education
when
it
adopted
its
budget
june
a
year
ago,
almost
to
the
day,
did
in
fact
add
to
three
additional
bilingual
facilitators.
So
the
number
of
bilingual
facilitators
is
already
up
this
year
over
what
it
had
been
in
prior
years.
M
This
simply
does
not
increase
that
number
again
in
the
year
ahead.
M
M
We
requested
one
position
to
support
our
ability
to
compliance
efforts
with
the
eeo
and
ada
regulations.
At
this
time,
the
superintendent
is
recommending
that
that
position
not
be
filled.
M
The
area
of
early
language
acquisition
instructors
and
our
staffing
at
our
international
student
services
office,
the
board
of
education's
budget,
recommended
that
10
positions
be
allocated.
M
The
superintendent
is
recommending
that
four
of
those
positions
be
allocated
at
this
time
with
with
those
positions
focusing
on
the
early
language
acquisition,
and
let
me
juxtapose
that
just
slightly
to
what
we
spoke
about
earlier-
the
bilingual
facilitators,
while
they
do
interact
with
our
youngsters
to
some
extent
each
and
every
day,
and
they
certainly
do
that
is
focused
if
not
as
much
but
possibly
more
on
the
family
unit,
the
parents,
the
guardians,
the
larger
community
as
a
whole.
M
M
M
From
that
require
the
services
of
the
isso
office,
so
four
to
ten
positions
will
be
allocated
in
that
manner
in
the
area
of
the
superintendent's
triple
e
initiative,
the
in
her
enhancing
elementary
excellence
you'll
see
on
the
left
side
of
the
column
that
the
board
had
asked
for
for
support
for
funding
and
positions
to
support
the
expansion
of
the
tripoli
initiative
to
four
feeder
zones
across
the
school
district.
M
At
this
time,
the
superintendent
is
recommending
that
this
board
of
education
support
his
initiative
to
fully
deploy
the
tripoli
initiative
to
the
meade
high
school
feeder
zone.
That
requires
13
positions
to
the
north
county
feeder
zone,
to
fill
that
out
at
three
and
a
half
positions
and
to
initiate
fully
that
initiative
in
the
southern
feeder
district
four
and
a
half
positions
so
of
the
four
feeder
districts
that
we
started
out.
M
Discussions
with
when
the
superintendent
delivered
his
budget
message
to
this
board
of
education
in
december
you'll
see
that
the
chesapeake
high
school
district
is
not
recommended
for
advancing
at
this
point
in
time.
Certainly,
I'm
not
being
bold
enough
to
speak
for
the
superintendent
he
remains
fully
committed
and
with
the
emphasis
on
fully
committed
to
rolling
out
the
tripoli
initiative,
county-wide
much
as
the
data
and
the
evidence
has
already
shown
in
north
county.
M
So
I
am
certain
that
the
chesapeake
district
will
be
part
and
parcel
of
discussions
that
he
will
have
with
this
board
of
education
in
the
year
ahead,
as
we
formulate
our
17
budget
continuing
on
then,
with
the
superintendent's
recommendation,
we'd
ask
for
one
position
to
augment
the
development
of
some
of
the
curriculum
elements
associated
with
our
elementary
education
offerings,
as
well
as
to
support
the
curricula
elements
of
our
triple
e
program.
Superintendents
recommended.
Do
we
not
move
forward
with
that
position
at
this
one
time?
M
Similarly,
in
recognition
of
the
high
student
mobility
rate,
much
of
it
attributed
to
not
only
the
growth
but
more
so
the
mobility
rate
of
the
student
population,
as
at
meade,
given
a
unique
characteristics
and
a
troop
rotations
at
meade,
we
had
sought
to
move
one
register
to
supply
one
additional
registrar
and
meet
high
school,
recommending
that
that
not
be
acted
upon
at
this
time.
M
Although
the
superintendent
has
indicated
that
he
will
continue
to
work
with
staff
here
at
central
office
to
identify
ways
to
continue
to
support
meet
high
school
in
that
recognition
of
their
higher
than
or
atypical
high
population
turnover
in
terms
of
their
student
body
in
the
area
of
pva
expansion,
we
had
requested
six
positions
to
support
our
middle
and
high
school
pva
offerings.
The
superintendent's
recommending
that
we
utilize
two
of
the
positions
to
support
that
endeavor
for
pyp
our
primary
year
program.
We
currently
have
eight
schools
that
have
pyp
offerings.
M
Our
strategic
plan
says
that
we
ultimately
want
to
have
12.,
so
we'd
ask
for
one
position
in
the
current
budget
year
to
expand
our
poip
offerings
from
eight
to
ten,
which
is
what
our
strategic
plan
calls
for
in
this
incremental
rollout
fashion,
and
this
one
position
that
is
recommending
will
in
fact
allow
us
to
roll
that
pyp
initiative
out
to
the
10th
school
with
the
eye
in
the
future,
finally
being
able
to
bring
it
out
to
the
12
that
our
strategic
plan
calls
for.
M
I
already
alluded
to
earlier,
so
this
is
just
a
radio
iteration
of
that
in
that
the
non-public
shift
of
12
positions
from
contract
funded
to
self-performance
the
12
positions
that
you
asked
for
were,
in
fact
favorably
recommended
by
the
county
executive
and
the
county
council,
and
the
superintendent
urges
you
to
acknowledge
that
as
well.
M
In
terms
of
special
ed
staffing,
the
special
education
office,
based
on
rising
enrollments
and
in
recognition
of
caseload,
had
asked
for
five
positions,
which
was
included
in
the
board
of
education's
request.
The
superintendent
is
recommending
one
of
those
positions
be
allocated
as
time
part
and
parcel
with
the
superintendent's
initiative
to
continue
to
focus
on
early
childhood
and
early
childhood
literacy.
M
In
particular,
we
had
requested
that
four
additional
staffing
positions
be
allocated
to
the
special
education
department's
early
childhood
literacy
in
early
childhood
initiatives,
and
the
superintendent's
recommendation
would
have
two
of
those
fulfilled.
M
This
board
of
education
will
remember
that
that
was
actually
part
of
your
requested
initiative
last
year
and
unfortunately,
we
were
able
to
move
forward
with
lindell.
We
had
to
put
central
middle
school
on
hold
for
one
year
with
the
adoption
of
the
superintendent's
recommendation,
we
will
now
be
able
to
support
central
middle
school
and
move
forward
with
that.
So
old
mill
to
recap
old
mill
in
the
year
ahead,
will
have
its
full
complement.
Oldman
will
have
a
sixth,
seventh
and
eighth
grade
lindell,
which
we
started
last
year
with
only
sixth
grade.
M
Will
be
operating
in
this
upcoming
school
year
with
the
sixth
and
seventh
grade,
and
central
middle
school
will
be
poised
to
bring
on
its
first
cohort
its
new
sixth
graders
for
its
program
and
hopefully,
in
the
years
ahead,
we'll
be
able
to
continue
filling
those
out
in
terms
of
teachers
for
enrollment,
in
order
to
mathematically
essentially
break
even
with
our
enrollment
growth.
M
M
M
We
have-
and
I
spoke
earlier
to
the
monarch
contract
school.
We
have
a
contract
with
not
only
monarch,
but
we
have
a
contract
with
our
other
charter
school
partners
of
schools,
of
choice
and
had
the
county
council
not
taking
the
actions
that
they
did
to
demonstrate
their
support
for
the
expansion
of
our
schools
of
choice.
M
We
would
be
having
a
markedly
different
discussion
here
today,
so
going
on
for
technology
support
technicians
in
recognition
of
our
over-expanding
footprint
in
the
areas
of
technology,
we'd
requested
three
school-based
technology
support
technicians.
The
superintendent
is
recommending
we
move
forward
with
one
I
alluded
to
earlier-
that
the
county
executive,
through
his
supplemental
and
through
adoption
of
the
budget
by
the
county
council,
they're
fully
funding
the
position
for
the
transportation
related
computer
analyst
soft
software
technician.
The
superintendent
is
recommending
we've
moved
forward
with
that.
M
The
superintendent
of
the
board
of
education
had
collaborated
on
requesting
two
additional
psychologists
so
that
each
and
every
one
of
our
12
high
schools
had
a
full-time
psychologist
available
added.
As
you
recall,
two
of
our
schools
do
not,
as
we
sit
here
today
through
actions
through
support
of
the
the
budget.
The
superintendent
is
recommending
that
we
move
forward
with
that
and
we
will
be
resolving
that
high
school
psychologist
shortfall
that
we've
had
for
many
many
years
and
finally,
through
actions
of
the
board
and
you'll
find
us
a
little
bit
odd.
M
But,
as
you
recall,
when
the
board
adopted
its
budget,
it
asked
for
two
additional
elementary
early
childhood
literacy,
pre-k
positions
and
the
superintendent's
recommending
that
we
not
move
forward
with
those.
However,
as
you
know
just
moments
ago,
I
spoke
to
the
eight
additional
staffing
positions
that
the
superintendent's
recommending
we
release.
So
we
can
open
up
those
pre-k
programs
at
four
of
our
schools,
so
in
totality
that
demons
that
goes
through
the
distribution
of
the
of
those
positions.
M
So,
in
summary,
where
we
began
with
our
request,
remember,
our
request
was
approximately
11.2
million
dollars
over
maintenance
of
effort,
and
the
county
executive
did
put
forward
a
budget
that
not
only
met
but
exceeded
the
state
requirement
for
maintenance
of
effort
and,
in
fact,
fully
complied
with.
The
state
mandated
teacher
pension
shift
through
actions
of
the
county
council
and
much
heavy
lifting,
remember.
I
said
218
amendments.
M
I
have
never
seen
the
council
do
as
much
work
as
difficult
work
as
they
have
this
year,
but
through
their
efforts
they
were
able
to
allocate
an
additional,
approximately
five
million
dollars
to
the
operating
budget.
Over
and
above
what
the
county
executive
had
already
recommended.
C
C
At
our
february
18th
board
meeting
this
year,
mr
czechnovich
indicated
that
a
contract
for
one
school
bus
with
fuel
costs
would
be
approximately
60
224
a
year
and
that
the
board
was
going
to
need
at
least
10
buses
for
non-public
placement.
If
we
were
to
shift
start
times
by
30
minutes,
he
also
shared
that
orders
for
buses
would
be
due
in
february
of
2016
for
an
august
2016
delivery
and
that
the
money
for
those
buses
had
to
be
on
the
books
at
the
time.
C
So,
in
other
words,
if
we
wanted
to
change
start
times
in
august
of
2015,
we
would
have
needed
to
place
an
order
for
those
buses.
Back
in
february
of
this
year,
we
multiplied
the
10
non-public
placement
buses
that
we
were
going
to
need
times
the
thousand
two
hundred
twenty
four
dollars
and
that's
how
we
came
up
with
six
hundred
and
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
forty
dollars.
C
C
The
motion
that
was
ultimately
passed
by
this
board
or
the
former
board,
I
guess,
was
to
add
602
240.
allocated
in
the
appropriate
state
categories
to
shift
current
school
hours
no
later
than
the
start
of
the
2016-17
school
year
and
it
passed
six
zero
one
being
an
abstention
again.
The
motion
did
not
lay
out
a
specific
plan.
In
fact,
there
was
much
discussion
to
first
use
the
routing
software
for
which
we
have
now
been
funded,
to
look
for
routing
efficiencies
and
better
inform
us
as
to
the
best
course
forward.
C
E
Thank
you,
mrs
corblak.
I
do
have
a
few
questions.
Some
are
some
more
simple
and
some
are
others
when
you
say
that
the
county
executive
did
exceed
the
maintenance
of
effort
that
was
with
his
supplemental
budget.
Is
that
correct
his
original
budget
exceeded
the
maintenance
of
effort
by
only
59?
Is
that
correct.
M
Almost
so
his
original
budget
exceeded
it
by
759
dollars,
plus
750
000,
and
that
was
associated
with
the
expansion.
Our
participation
in
the
expansion
of
the
county's
wide
area
network,
its
infrastructure,
okay,.
M
Connected
to
this
very
robust
and
sort
of
target
hardened
infrastructure
network
to
support
data,
and
so
it
is
of
tremendous
benefit,
especially
as
we
move
into
more
digital
content,
more
electronic
communiques,
etc
that
the
county
continue
to
expand
their
pipelines,
underground
pipelines
and
that
as
they
pass,
our
schools
on
the
way
to
other
county
facilities
like
a
fire
station
like
a
library,
etc.
Health
apartment
facility
aging
facility
that
our
schools
also
are
able
to
benefit
from
this.
M
M
Ma'am,
okay
and
then
I'm
sorry
and
then
to
finish
my
answer,
then:
yes
and
then
following
the
initial
release
of
the
county
executive's
budget.
During
the
budget
deliberation
process,
the
county
executive
brought
down
a
supplemental
budget
that
increased
the
funding
yet
again
by
an
additional,
approximately
738
thousand
dollars
to
address
the
transportation,
routing
and
analyst
position.
And
ms
corblak
just
mentioned.
E
M
Yes,
ma'am,
so
when
the
order,
when
the
law
was
first
passed
in
annapolis,
it
had
a
an
extremely
prescriptive
algorithm
that,
over
the
course
of
four
years
there
was
an
exact
number
that
the
county
had
to
contribute
to
the
to
a
local
board
of
education,
and
then
there
was
an
exact
number
that
a
local
board
of
education
had
to
send
to
the
maryland
state
pension
system.
Okay,
that
four-year
specificity
period
concludes
with
fy16,
beginning
fy17.
M
M
That
certainly
is
a
possibility.
There
is.
There
are
quite
honestly
more
unknowns
than
our
knowns
okay,
because,
but.
E
M
Was
going
to
happen
for
four
years
and
now
we're
transitioning
into
this
land
that
we've
never
set
foot
on
yet
so
it's
going
to
be
a
learning
experience
for
all
of
us.
I
will
say
at
at
best
miss
burns,
there's
probably
going
to
be
a
lag
of
a
year
right.
E
M
You
know
just
because
of
the
mechanics
of
of
when
these
numbers
are
generated
when
boards
adopt
their
budgets
when
county
council
county
executives,
county
councils
pass
the
budget.
You
know,
I
think.
Certainly
one
of
the
issues
is
there's
going
to
be
a
lag
between
this
funding
and
again,
that's
yet
again
another
certainty
in
them.
I
wish
I
could
give
you
a
better
answer
right,
but
I
could
keep
coming
back
to
the
word.
Uncertainty
right.
E
I
mean-
and
I
can't
say
I
mean
I'm
so
pleased
that
for
the
first
time
in
the
seven
years
that
I've
been
on
the
board,
we've
been
funded
above
maintenance
of
effort.
I
mean
this
it
thrills
me.
I
mean
I.
I
was
kind
of
disappointed
that
the
cape,
st
claire
folks,
aren't
here
anymore
because
they
were
just
told.
Oh
well,
you
know
we
pay
more
than
50
of
the
budget,
but
I
I
I
think
what
what
they
miss
is
that
the
county
has
essentially
been
giving
us
the
same
amount
of
money
per
student.
E
Now
that
he's
in
seventh
grade
seven
years
has
gone
by
and
the
county
still
get
was
giving
us
the
same
exact
amount
of
money
per
kid
and
while
the
total
dollars
went
up,
you
know
it
costs
more,
and
I
think
people
don't
realize
that
they're,
like
oh,
it's
more
money
every
year
yeah,
but
we
got
a
lot
more
kids
and
everything
costs
more.
I
did
a
quick
back
of
the
envelope
calculation
and
while
it's
a
lot
of
dollars,
it's
about
63.75,
a
kid
that
we
got
as
an
increase.
E
Much
would
we
have
gotten
had
we
been
fully
funded
on
gci?
How
much
did
we
lose
by
not
getting
the
full
amount
of
gcei
which,
for
those
who
don't
know,
is
the
geographic
cost
of
education
index,
which
is
part
of
the
state
thornton
formula
for
education,
which
certain
counties
get
because
it
just
costs
more
to
educate
kids
in
certain
counties
in
maryland,.
M
Right
so
our
in
terms
of
total
funding
from
the
state
we
would
have,
whereas
currently
we
stand
at
about
8.7
million
year-over-year
increase
from
state
funding,
unrestricted
state
funding,
we
would
have
had
gci
been
fully
implemented.
We
would
have
been
just
north
of
13
million.
So
there's
a
little
bit
of
about
a
four
just
a
little
bit
over
a
four
million
dollar
delta
between
the
two
of
them.
E
M
Well
right
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
I
mean
certainly
the
when
the
legislature
adopted
their
budget.
The
funding
for
the
for
the
full
funding
for
gci
is
available
as
in
terms
of
an
appropriation,
so
we
will
need
to
see
what
the
executive
branch
of
state
government
does
and
whether
they
elect
to
release
the
remaining
balance.
They
certainly
can
at
any
time
between
now
and
the
end
of
the
16
fiscal
year.
So
it's
a
it's.
A
weight
gain
right
now,
right.
E
They
really
fought
valiantly
and
they're
just
sitting
there,
because
they
cannot
be
spent
on
anything
else,
they're
not
being
spent
on
anything
else,
they're
just
sitting
there
and
nothing
is
happening
with
them
right
now
and
we
have
kids
who
could
could
benefit
from
them
and
instead
the
money
is
just
sitting
there
and
nothing's
happening
with
it.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
say
that.
A
First,
I
wanted
to
say
that
you
know
miss
burj
brought
up
a
good
point
about.
You
know
how
it
costs
more
and
every
year
I
have
the
opportunity
to
go
to
graduations,
and
sometimes
I
get
to
speak
and,
and
I
try
to
look
back
at
what
was
happening
in
kindergarten
when
those
seniors
were
in
kindergarten,
and
one
of
the
things
I
do
is
look
at
the
cost
of
things
and
the
cost
of
gas
12
years
ago
for
this
senior
class
was
like
a
dollar
74..
A
A
I
want
to
express
publicly
a
very
public
thank
you
to
the
county
council
and
the
county
executive
for
all
the
hard
work
that
they've
done
of
the
218
amendments,
I'm
hoping
that
not
all
of
them
were
ours,
I'm
hoping
that
that
some
of
them,
you
know,
did
lend
themselves
to
the
police
department
and
fire
department,
and
I
say
that
in
jess,
because
this
is
you
know,
when
you
talk
about
half
the
budget,
that's
a
lot
of
money,
but
we
also
have.
A
We
are
the
second
largest
employer
in
the
state
of
in
in
the
county,
so
you
know
we
have
a
large
group
of
people
that
we
have
to
take
care
of
and
make
sure
that
we
have
adequate
staffing
for
and
so
forth.
So
I'm
very
thankful
for
that,
and-
and
I
debated
because
you
know
we
did
get
5.9
million
5.1.
Excuse
me
5.1
above
maintenance
of
effort,
and
so
it
kind
of
is.
A
If
an
employee
who
has
contributed
their
money
to
that,
and
then
we
by
contract
have
contributed
because
part
of
our
negotiated
agreement
is
that
we're
going
to
pay
this
much
for
each
employee.
When
we've
contributed
that
amount
as
money,
then
I
as
the
employee
expect
that
if
I
should
go
to
the
doctors
and
have
to
have
brain
surgery
that
I'll
be
covered
and
that
we
will
be
able
to
pay
our
bills.
So
I'm
very
appreciative
of
the
fact
that
they
did
that.
A
I
believe
it
was
mentioned
last
year
by
the
county
zone
auditor
that
this
money
should
never
be
used
for
reoccurring
fees,
funds
and
it
should
try
to
because
last
year
they
took
16
million
dollars.
Out
of
that,
and
so
I
would
caution
as
we
move
forward,
that
we,
this
is
not
a
savings
account,
it's
not
a
it's,
not
an
account
where
we
saved
money
and
now
we
get
to
spend
it
on
a
on
a
fun
vacation
to
disneyland.
A
This
is
a
this
is
amount
of
money
that
is
placed
there
to
ensure
that
our
employees,
who
have
contributed
also
are
protected
and
their
bills
are
paid,
and
so
I
just
want
us
to
remember
that
as
we
move
forward.
This
is
not
a
savings
account.
We
do
have
a
fund
balance
where
we
have
made
savings
and
that
money
then
gets
rolled
back
into
the
budget.
A
So
you
know
some
of
it
is
we're
we're
funding
ourselves
again
with
some
of
the
monies
that
we've
been
able
to
do
through
cost
savings,
whether
it's
through
rolling
hiring
freezes
and
so
forth,
like
that,
so
I'm
also
concerned
that
we
didn't
put
any
money
for
the
bilingual
facilitators,
but
I
I
fully
understand
why
we
did
add
three
last
year,
which
was
much
needed
and
hopefully,
as
we
move
forward,
we'll
be
able
to
to
get
some
more
in
there
for
that.
A
But
the
ins,
the
money,
was
then
moved
to
an
area
that
impacts
children
directly,
especially
coming
into
our
system
and
being
able
to
be
appropriately
placed,
and
you
know
as
we
as
we
grow
and
gain
more
people
in
our
our
county.
That's
extremely
important,
so
we
can't
do
it
all
as
much
as
we
would
like
to
so
we
have
to
make
hard
decisions,
and
that
is
a
tough
decision
and-
and
I
support
that
decision
I
have
to
mention
that
I
am
disappointed
about
chesapeake
but
I'ma.
A
Let
it
go
because
you
know
we
only
have
again
so
much
and
being
able
to
do
three
is
is
better
than
not
being
able
to
do
any
so
whether
I
sit
here
next
year
or
not,
I
will
watch
and
make
sure
that
chesapeake
is
number
one
on
that
list
next
year,
because
that's
the
district
I
live
in.
So
I
have
to
to
do
that
and.
A
You
know
we
talk
about
in
special
ed
schools
and
not
schools,
but
in
special
circumst
in
schools,
of
like
the
phoenix
academy
and
albert
adams
and
and
we
talk
about
it
in
special,
having
wrap
around
services
and
for
me
this
is
almost
like
a
wrap
around
service,
because
all
the
teachers
in
that
building
are
able
to
come
together
at
you
know
like
not
all
of
them,
they're,
not
all
sitting
down,
but
like
fourth
grade
teachers
can
sit
down
with
the
special
ed
teacher,
with
the
math
resource
teacher.
A
With
the
stem
teacher,
that's
in
the
school
system,
the
whole
people
can
come
around
and
now
everybody
focuses
on
this
group
of
children
and
they
can
get
really
down
into
specifically
each
individual
child
and
really
work
to
ensure
that
they
have
the
whatever
they
need
to
be
able
to
be
successful
and
that
we're
we're
addressing
those
needs.
And
I
I
have
to
believe
in
my
heart
of
hearts
that
that
will
cause
us
to
have
a
dramatic
shift
in
the
achievement
gap.
A
And
it
won't
be
something
you're
going
to
see
tomorrow
because
it
takes
12
years
for
us
to
to
grow
this
this
child.
And
so,
but
I
think
you
will
start
to
see
that
in
the
years
to
come,
when
you
start
looking
at
the
assessments-
and
you
start
seeing
the
close
and
closing
of
that
gap,
because
that's
where
you're
gonna,
that's
where
you're
gonna
have
a
major
problem,
and
I
didn't
think
I
was
going
to
do
that.
So
I'm
sorry.
But
that's
all!
I
have.
N
Thank
you,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
again
to
the
county
council
and
the
county
executive
for
all
the
hard
work
and
collaboration
that
went
on
between
everyone
to
get
this
as
a
new
board
member
to
have
this
be
the
first
budget.
I
I'm
feeling
spoiled
and
I'm
gonna
have
really
high
expectations
for
next
year
to
go
along
with
it,
so
I
hope
they
follow
through
and
future
times.
I
have
just
a
couple
of
questions
that
for
clarification,
so
the
the
pre-k
half
day
expansion
they
originally
wanted
12
positions.
M
The
additional
12
positions
we
convert
that
to
how
many
students
that
would
have
supported
240
students.
Okay,
the
board
then
amended
that
request
and
added
two
two
additional
positions
that
would
have
allowed
us
to
open
up
200.
M
So
those
14
seats
together
would
have
allowed
us
to
open
up
200
14
positions
would
allow
us
to
have
260
seats
available
to
youngsters.
M
Ma'am
dr
lotto's
also
already
worked
with
office
school
performance
and
our
anthony
alston
in
his
office
and
our
facilities
and
transportation
divisions
to
identify
those
four
schools
that
would
best
benefit
from
this
expansion.
So
we'll.
G
So,
thank
you
we'll
be
adding
the
pre-k
seats
at
odenton
overlook
rivera
beach
and
severan
elementary
schools,
so
those
are
half-day
pre-k
programs,
so
it's
approximately
about
140
seats
added
to
our
expansion.
Okay,
thank
you.
N
N
M
So
let
me
define
the
answer.
Is
yes,
but
let
me
define
what
what
gaps
are
I
mean?
Obviously,
this
does
not
mean
that
we're
going
to
have
classrooms
uncovered
or
curricula,
that's
not
being
developed,
etc.
So
we
will
have
to
use
some
of
the
faculty.
M
That's
the
you
know
conventional
sort
of
faculty
inside
of
the
building
to
augment
some
of
the
courses
and
instructional
delivery
that
the
the
magnets
that
the
instructors
that
are
really
supposed
to
have
the
magnet
programs
be
their
essentially
core
and
only
mission,
we're
going
to
have
to
be
a
little
creative
to
augment
that
instruction.
But
what
we
are
not
saying
is
that
we
are
going
to
be
reducing
the
number
of
seats
in
the
pva
programs.
What
we
are
not
saying
is
that
we
will
not
be
delivering
the
academic
offerings
that
are
required.
M
N
M
No
ma'am,
it's
absolutely
school-based,
so
we
have
we
in
tus.
We
experience
an
enrollment
growth
of
approximately
1100
students
this
year.
We
know
here
in
the
school
district
that
some
pro
rata
share
and
I
believe
it's
on
the
order
of
about.
Maybe
nine
percent
of
our
student
population
does
receive
special
education
services
of
of
one
sort
of
or
another.
So
much
like
the
33
teachers
for
enrollment
corresponded
to
the
eleven
hundred.
M
The
five
special
educators
also
corresponded
to
that
eleven
hundred,
but
these
are
all
classroom
direct
in
direct
instruction
and
direct
support,
delivery.
Individuals,
all
right.
F
Mr
shaknovic
again
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
and
your
willingness
and
ability
to
follow
this
budget
as
a
new
school
board
member
I've
got
a
couple
of
really
general
questions
for
you.
I
guess
the
first
one
is
apparently,
we've
been
funded
beyond
the
maintenance
of
effort.
Do
you
have
any
concerns
about
the
budget
that
we
have
been
funded
for.
F
M
M
My
answer
to
that
is
that
this
board
of
education
does
not
take
its
decisions
lightly,
nor
does
the
superintendent
this
board
put
forward
a
budget
upon
a
recommendation
of
the
superintendent
and
the
augmented
elements
of
this
board
of
ed
added
to
that
very
purposely,
and
very
deliberately
this
board,
in
my
personal
estimation,
put
forward
an
extremely
reasonable
budget.
It
was
very
well
honed
and
crafted
to
support
very
key
strategic
areas.
This
was
not
a
shotgun
budget
of,
let's
fix
all
the
ills
of
the
school
district
and
make
all
everybody
happy
and
one
fell
swooped.
M
F
M
Well
again,
as
exhibit
that's
before
you
depicts
we,
we
had
requested
133.8
positions,
70
and
a
half
of
those
ultimately
have
been
for
lack
of
a
better
word
funded
and
authorized.
So
there
is
a
gap
between
there,
but
again
not
at
the
risk
of
of
speaking
for
the
superintendent,
and
I
won't
I
won't
endeavor
to
do
that.
I
think
that
he
has
put
together
a
very
thoughtful
distribution
of
those
positions.
We
only
have
the
cards
that
we've
been
dealt,
no
matter
how
much
I
wish
I
had
a
better
hand.
M
This
is
the
card
the
hand
that
I
have
it's
decidedly
better
than
the
hand
that
I've
had
for
the
last
seven
years,
so
I
am
not
going
to
snatch
defeat
from
from
victory.
I
think
this
is
a
very
good
budget.
I
think
the
elected
officials
took
some
courageous
steps
to
move
this
school
district
and
this
county
forward
from
where
we
have
been
for
a
number
of
years,
and
I
think,
while
not
giving
us
everything
that
we
had
asked
for.
F
There
are
two
other
items
that
I'd
like
you
to
comment
on
as
briefly
and
succinctly
as
you
can.
F
You
know,
and
I
think
other
folks
in
the
county
know
that
I
live
in
crofton
and
there's
been
a
long
time
push
for
a
croft
in
high
school,
and
I
want
everyone
to
know
that
is
not
high
on
my
agenda.
That's
not
why
I'm
here,
I'd
like
you
to
talk
about
where
in
the
budget
is
plans
or
are
there
any
plans
for
a
croft
in
high
school
and
also
the
subject
of
school
start
times
and
the
budgetary
impact
of
those
two
items.
M
M
It
makes
that
discussion.
I
think
better
for
all
of
us
in
this
room
today
and
I
think
possibly
better
for
those
watching
us
out
there
in
the
audience.
F
I
understand,
and
I
particularly
appreciate
your
clarification.
Thank
you.
C
I
just
had
one
question:
how
many
positions
would
we
have
needed
for
monarch?
Had
the
county
council
not
funded
that
as
a
separate
line
item
approximately.
M
I
don't
have
that.
What
I
can
do
is
tell
you
this,
you
know,
monarch
is
expanding
its
student
body
and
through
that
expansion
I
mean
monarch
will
be
servicing.
I
believe
on
the
order
of
about
119
additional
students,
no
196
additional
students
and
the
reason
I
can't
answer
that
is
the
following:
we
as
a
contract
score
as
a
charter
school.
M
M
We
provide
them
funding
for
the
number
of
students,
so
at
the
at
the
contract
school
in
laurel,
they
will
have
196
more
youngsters
there,
this
upcoming
school
year
than
they
had
at
september
30th
of
the
prior
year.
Those
staffing
decisions
are
up
to
the
principal
of
that
school
and
the
board
that
governs
the
contract.
So
we
will
provide
them
the
funding,
but
the
hiring
is
of
their
decision
making.
C
Right
so
I
mean
just
a
rough
estimate,
maybe
nine
or
ten
positions
if
we're
going
to
keep
ratios
in
the
20
to
120s
to
one
range
so
that
item
33
positions,
we're
going
to
have
seven
and
a
half
would
have
certainly
been
zero,
and
we
probably
would
have
needed
to
take
a
couple.
Other
positions
away
from
this.
M
Yeah
decidedly
so-
and
I
think-
and
I
think
thank
you
for
for
you
know-
maybe
bolstering
the
comments
I
said
today.
It
had
it
not
been
so
I'll,
repeat
them,
because
they're
very
important
had
it
not
been
for
some
very
decisive
and
supportive
actions
on
the
part
of
the
the
county
council.
M
C
C
P
Something
before
I
start,
you
asked
about
croft
in
high
school
and
the
start
times
issue
and
the
staff
said
that
they
would
be
taken
up
during
the
capital
budget.
F
P
So
you're
in
the
right
order.
Okay,
thank
you
good
morning,
which
it
still
is,
I'm
happy
to
see.
I'm
jane
andrew
and
I'm
here
primarily
to
thank
you
for
including
the
start
school
later
money
in
your
budget
request
and
to
congratulate
you
in
having
had
the
county
executive
and
the
county
council
go
to
extraordinary
lengths
to
grant
your
request.
P
P
I
believe
school
start
times
were
first
discussed
at
this
level
in
about
two
thousand
in
about
two
thousand
six,
as
I
remember
board,
member
eugene
robinson
responded
to
a
presentation
with
something
like.
Oh
don't
tell
us
anymore
the
science.
We
know
all
that
we
accept
it.
We
don't
dispute
it,
but
we
don't
have
the
money,
find
us
the
money
and
we'll
do
it.
Well,
we
and
you
have
found
the
money
and
I'm
sorry
to
have
to
tell
you
this,
but
your
work
is
not
yet
finished.
P
First,
please
make
sure
that
the
money
to
start
school
later
stays
in
the
transportation
category
and
that
the
funds
are
used
as
intended
for
this
purpose.
Only
and
next
please
make
clear
to
dr
arlatto,
so
he
in
turn
can
make
clear
to
the
staff
how
high
a
priority
starting
schools
later
is
to
you
and
apparently
to
the
county.
P
P
We
are
one
of
the
50th
largest
school
dist
systems
in
the
nation,
so
we
move
more
slowly
than
the
smaller
districts.
After
all,
it
takes
a
lot
longer
to
turn
a
battleship
than
it
does
a
dinghy.
I
think
it's
going
to
be
up
to
you
and
the
new
board
members
to
take
the
helm
and
steer
this
ship
to
a
healthier
harbor.
P
Q
Good
morning,
dr
alato
president,
core
black
and
distinguished
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
marie
kovac,
I'm
here
to
implore
the
superintendent
and
the
board
of
education
to
keep
and
use
the
county
funds
as
they
were
intended
to
start
school
later.
We
need
superintendent,
our
lotto
to
act
quickly
to
purchase
the
software
with
the
help
of
the
right
consultant.
Q
Current
bus
routes
and
load
counts
can
be
analyzed
for
potential
efficiencies.
Given
the
money
needed
for
more
buses
shift
to
later
school
start
times
is
now
possible
and
additional
healthy
changes
could
be
made
to
account
for
winter
months,
when
body,
clocks
and
winter
weather
make
the
early
pre-dawn
morning,
bus
schedules
even
more
dangerous.
You've
heard
the
science
thanks
to
the
work
of
the
task
force,
you're
aware
of
the
harm,
and
now,
thanks
to
the
county
council,
you
have
the
money.
The
time
to
act
is
now.
B
O
Good
morning
dr
arlatto,
president
corbilek
and
members
of
the
board,
I'm
dr
tara
snyder,
I'm
a
severna
park
resident
and
the
mother
of
three
aacps
graduates,
two
of
whom
sat
up
there
once
as
the
student
member
of
the
board.
O
O
When
I
moved
to
this
county
in
2000
as
you've,
some
of
you
have
heard
me
say
before
superintendent,
dr
carol,
cheffy
parham
was
already
working
to
start
school
later
back,
then
the
evidence
was
already
clear
that
starting
high
school
at
7
17
a.m
was
unhealthy
and
counterproductive.
That's
why
the
board
approved
a
pilot
program
to
start
annapolis.
High
school
at
9
am
beginning
in
2001
at
the
last
minute.
The
plug
got
pulled
on
that
pilot,
but
the
evidence
only
got
stronger
and
calls
for
change
continued.
O
When
I
joined
my
local
cac
in
2002,
I
was
told
that
later
start
times
were
our
number
one
issue.
When
my
daughters
were
in
high
school
in
the
mid-2000s,
there
was
an
all-out
campaign
on
the
part
of
the
county-wide
cac
to
fix
this
situation.
As
dr
frank
well
knows,
and
last
fall.
The
american
academy
of
pediatrics
joined
many
other
health
and
education
experts
by
recommending
that
middle
and
high
schools
start
no
earlier
than
8
30
a.m,
but
still
nothing
changed.
O
We
were
told
that
even
if
kids
were
being
hurt,
change
was
too
complicated
and
too
expensive.
Well
now
my
kids
are
grown,
but
I
still
remember
the
nightmare
of
getting
them
to
school
by
7
17
and
it
was
a
nightmare
for
our
entire
family.
It
made
school
miserable,
it
made
life
miserable
and
it
made
all
three
of
my
kids
sick
literally,
and
these
were
top
students
highly
motivated.
O
C
R
Let
me
just
thank
you,
madam
president,
to
dr
alato
previous
members
of
the
board
and
new
members
for
those
who
don't
know
me:
I'm
an
annapolis
high,
ptsa
parent
annapolis,
middle
ptsa,
parent
appointed
member
of
the
annapolis
education
commission,
founder
of
the
hillsmore
robotics
club,
but
I'm
speaking
for
myself,
not
any
of
those
organizations,
perhaps
I'm
speaking
for
the
seven
to
zero
resolution
of
the
county
council,
who
represents
nearly
five:
the
nearly
556
thousand
residents
of
anne
arundel
county
I've,
given
a
testimony
sheet
to
the
to
the
board
secretary
to
give
to
you,
which
outlines
some
of
the
things
that
were
said
in
the
county
council
hearing
last
friday
on
the
12th.
R
But
you
need
to
understand
the
challenges
the
county
council
is
on
they're
still
fuming
about
the
4.5
million
dollars
you
lost
in
the
software
debacle.
They
know
which
roofs
are
leaking
and
not
maintained,
so
I
would.
I
would
urge
you
not
to
do
any
moaning
and
groaning
about
the
health
care
fund
balance
charges,
because
you
had
29
million
dollars
in
that
fund
at
the
end
of
the
year.
R
If
you
keep
complaining
about
it,
no
one
is
going
to
you.
You
will
damage
your
credibility
and
no
one
is
going
to
believe
you
that
you
need
money.
Mr
pruske
said
in
the
council
meeting.
If
we
give
them
this
602
000
and
they
don't
do
start
times,
that's
on
them,
the
board
of
the
council
has
funded
it.
So
I
agree
with
the
speaker
who
says
you
need
to
get
on
a
timeline,
pronto
and
and
roll
this
out
vet.
It
make
it
right.
This
can't
be
a
botched
rollout.
R
It
has
to
be
perfect
and
ready
to
go
for
the
december
superintendent's
budget.
My
son's
words
in
eighth
grade.
I
was
really
diligently
diligent,
diligent
about
my
homework,
but
now
I'm
too
tired
to
care
that
haunts
me.
Every
day,
anne
arundel
county's
10
percent,
higher
than
state
average
teen
substance
abuse
haunts
me
every
day.
R
R
A
staggering
amount
of
them
are
all
exhausted
and
depressed
the
pva
students
who
have
to
come
from
even
farther
for
the
magnet
programs
excessively
excessively
harmed
by
this
you're
harming
people
every
day
without
acting.
Mr
mosher
said
that
the
huge
virgin
burden
is
the
daily
is
if
we
change
start
times
three
times
within
a
school
student's
career.
Actually,
the
huge
burden
is
the
daily
interaction
with
a
depressed,
exhausted
teams.
Your
start
times
led
you
to
bad
decision
makings
this
with
this
winter.
C
Thank
you
I
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
as
soon
as
I
touched
down
from
a
week
vacation,
I
turned
on
the
county
council's
link
and
watched
that
entire
video
thanks
to
your
county
auditor,
who
sent
me
the
link-
and
I
hope
all
of
you
and
we
do-
have
a
timeline,
and
we
went
through
that
earlier.
You
might
have
missed
it
when
you
came
in
okay.
Thank
you.
I
have
one
more
card,
deborah
wood.
S
S
S
Here's
the
history,
sleep,
science,
research
findings
in
the
late
1990s
put
forth
the
suggestion
that
we
had
school
schedules
backward
up
until
about
age,
11
children
get
sleepy
around
8
pm
and
awaken
refreshed
10
hours
later,
with
the
onset
of
adolescent
hormones,
children
get
sleepy
more
like
11
pm
with
an
8
am
internal
alarm
across
the
country.
People
were
waking
up
to
the
idea
that
we
needed
to
fix
the
schedule
locally.
Strides
and
setbacks
have
come
with
steadfast
advocates
and
changes
in
leadership.
S
Here's
the
science
during
sleep,
the
body
fights
germs,
builds
and
repairs
cells
and
clears
away
toxin
built
up
from
a
day
of
thinking.
If
your
thinking
is
fuzzy
in
the
morning,
you
didn't
have
your
toxins
cleared
during
dreams,
the
brain
reviews
and
sorts.
The
prior
day's
experiences
thoughts
and
emotions.
New
information
gets
stored
away
for
later.
Retrieval
yesterday's
biology
lesson
processed
over
a
good
night's
sleep,
readies
the
brain
to
receive
tomorrow's
biology
lesson
staying
asleep
until
the
brain
has
finished
that
last
stream,
around
8
am
for
teenagers
optimizes
high
school
learning.
S
Here's
the
sociology,
some
students
have
the
economic
advantage
to
drive
themselves
to
school
later
than
they'd
have
to
leave
home
for
a
bus
stop
or
they
have
a
parent
available
to
drive
them
to
school.
Others
less
financially.
Fortunate
are
limited
to
those
early
bus
times
unless
they
further
stretch
the
family's
already
thin
budget
to
catch
an
annapolis,
transit,
bus
or
private
cab.
If
they
miss
the
school
bus
and
don't
have
the
fair
money,
they
miss
a
whole
day
of
school.
S
Here's
the
math,
the
county
council,
approved
seven
hundred
thirty,
eight
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
support
later
start
times.
The
software
package
and
the
person
to
run
it
will
likely
result
in
reduced
ride
times,
optimal
bus
capacity
and,
overall,
a
more
efficient
use
of
drivers
and
buses.
Such
software
in
other
school
districts
has
proven
to
more
than
pay
for
itself.
S
D
I
moved
as
as
part
of
this
operating
budget
approval
the
board
direct,
the
superintendent
to
reserve
the
six
hundred
and
two
thousand
two
hundred
forty
dollars
already
allocated
in
this
budget
for
the
express
purpose
of
using
it
towards
shifting
start
times
in
the
2016-17
school
year.
I
further
move
that
the
board
direct
the
superintendent
to
provide
a
report
at
the
february
3rd
2016
meeting
regarding
efficiencies
determined
by
utilization
of
the
bus
routing
software,
so
that
this
board
can
determine
the
exact
nature
of
the
start.
Time
shift
to
be
implemented
in
the
2016-17
school
year.
T
G
Yes,
yes,
there'll
be
a
there'll,
be
you
will
finalize
my
recommendations,
the
budget
at
the
final
board
meeting
in
february,
so
that
will
give
you
time
if
you
hear
the
date
in
the
early
meeting,
then
you'll
have
two
weeks
to
then
make
decisions
to
alter
the
budget.
If
you
need
to
change
funds
around
in
order
to
support
changing
start
times
for
the
16-17
school
year,
which
is
what
I
think
the
intention
of
your
motion
is
exactly.
D
M
M
The
way
that
buses
work
is
a
little
bit
differently
than
automobiles,
whereas
I
can
go
down
to
my
local
chevy
or
ford
dealership
and
and
pick
up
a
ready-made
card.
That's
traditionally
not
the
model
that
that
the
bus
construction
industry
uses
so
they
they
are
built
to
suit
in
terms
of
exacting
to
our
specifications
to
state
of
maryland
requirements,
etc.
So
we
would
put
a
bid
out.
We
would
work
with
our
contractors
to
award
those
bids.
M
C
T
M
Knowing
that
the
funding
is
available
because
we're
not
going
to
be
buying
the
buses,
the
contractors
are
going
to
have
to
get
lines
of
credit
they'll
have
to
work
with
their
financial
institutions
and
those
manufacturers,
but
knowing
that
the
money
perspectively
depending
upon
how
this
board
of
education
handles
the
the
motion
that
ms
nelly
just
made,
that
contracting
community
the
bus,
construction,
community
etc.
M
Would
all
know
that
the
funding
is
there
essentially
ready
to
back
up
their
orders,
which
will
make
their
ability
to
get
financing
much
easier?
It
will
ease
the
concerns
of
the
bus
manufacturing
community.
They
will
be
able
to
place
those
orders.
We
are
in
a
little
bit
of
a
credit
type
environment
right
now,
as
you
probably
know
so.
M
This
funding
from
the
county
government
and
this
motion
from
the
board
would
certainly
solidify
any
angst
that
a
lending
institution,
a
bus
manufacturer
or
a
bus
contractor,
would
have
with
respect
to
placing
orders
and
bringing
on
staffing
and
spending
money
on
training
and
licensuring.
Those
individuals.
C
J
D
And
I
want
to
clarify,
I
want
to
thank
each
of
you
and
I
want
to
clarify
for
my
new
for
the
new
board
members
and
and
for
I
am
in
favor
of
starting
school
later.
D
But
you
all
know
I
am
a
former
elementary
school
principal
and
I
am
just
I
would
never
vote
for
for
anything
that
would
hurt
or
harm
our
elementary
students
on
the
and
and
I'm
I
understand-
and
I
hear
from
you
and
I
hear
from
my
friends,
but
I
also
hear
from
my
fellow
principals:
there
are
what
is
the
latest
start
time
for
elementary
school
9
15.,
my
grandchildren
start
at
9
15..
D
I
think
that's
late
for
elementary
school
personally,
if
we
automatically,
as
we
said
in
one
of
our
options
with
with
the
current
funding,
moved
30
minutes
up
summarily
that
would
mean
those
children
would
not
start
school
would
not
arrive
until
9
45
if
you've
ever
done
an
elementary
school
principal
schedule.
You
know
that
they
have
to
have
art,
music
and
pe
and
they've
got
to
eat
lunch
and
somebody's
got
to
have
it
first
thing
in
the
morning,
so
you
bring
a
fifth
grader.
D
D
I
cannot
support
that,
so
I
think
I'm
so
thankful
to
the
county
council
who
have
given
us
this
opportunity
to
to
start
schools
later,
but
not
on
the
back
of
of
some
30
elementary
schools.
We
just
can't
do
that
and
I
I
would
love
to
jump
here
right
now
and
say
we'll
do
it
we'll
do
it
in
august.
I
can't
do
that
in
good
conscience,
because
I
have
talked
until
I
was
blue
in
the
face.
D
We've
tried
to
figure
a
way
out
to
do
it
and-
and
we
can't
do
it
without
harming
elementary
kids,
that
is,
that
would
be
a
terrible
schedule.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
just
thankful
that
we
for
the
county
council,
that
we
have
this
money
and
that
we
will
be
starting
school
later,
but
maybe
not
in
the
timeline
you'd
like
thanks.
Q
They
appreciate
the
board
support
and
I've
spent
20
years
in
software,
and
I've
talked
to
some
of
the
software
companies
that
that
do
this
kind
of
work.
They
have
the
consultants,
they
analyze
the
as-is
routes.
They
look
at
your
geography
and
they
help
you
figure
out
where
you
are
where
you
can
go
and
how
to
get
there.
A
When
we
did
the
school
start
time
survey,
there
were
three
options
that
came
forward
and
none
of
them
were
clear.
I
mean
there
was
not
a
clear
one
on
there.
You
know
dr
schneider.
I've
been
around
quite
as
long
as
you
and-
and
I
remember
sitting
there
when
they
voted
on
the
thing
thinking.
Thank
god.
A
That's
not
me,
and
you
know
see
what
karma
does,
but
but
the
thing
is
is
that
there
was
no
clear
consensus
so
part
of
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do
in
this
is
find
a
clear
consensus
and-
and
we
may
not,
but
we've
we've
got
to
really
because
you
know
they
had
the
options
and
then
there's
people
who
took
a
and
b
and
c
and
d
and
none
of
the
above
and
you
know
so
we're
going
to
have
to
get
those
people
and
they're
going
to
have
to
make
a
choice
and
then
we're
also
going
to
have
to
delve
out
further,
because
I
can't
remember
correctly,
but
I
believe
there
was
only
like
about
2
000
people
who
took
that
survey,
which
is
a
large
amount
of
people.
A
But
we
have
80
000
students
in
our
schools,
so
we
have
to
we're
going
from
our
perspective.
We're
going
to
have
to
do
a
big
push
to
ensure
that
people
come
back
and
whether
they,
whether
they
take
it
or
not,
to
be
able
to
understand
so
there's
a
lot
of
work.
That
still
has
to
be
done.
I
understand
where
you
think.
Maybe
we
can
do
it
in
august
when
we've
already
talked
about
the
bus
things
which
may
or
may
not
be
an
issue.
A
I
also
understand
about
starting
mid-year,
but
the
problem
is
we
really
have
you
want?
We
don't
want
to
be
switching
times
two
and
three
times,
because
that
just
becomes
it
be.
What
happens
is
then
people
get
irritated?
I
actually
had
somebody
who
this
weekend
said
to
me.
You
know,
I
don't
want
you
switching
around
and
I'm
gonna
have
to
go
to
my
employer
and
keep
asking
to
change
my
time
of
work.
So
you
know
that's
that's
an
issue
and
the
the
role
that
I
have
to
play
here
is
being
in
healthcare.
A
A
Well,
that
speaks
to
the
fact
that
now
we're
talking
about
the
achievement
gap,
which
is
a
huge
problem
in
our
county
and
monuments,
are
huge.
It's
it's
a
it's
an
issue
of
our
county.
Well,
are
we
going
to
sacrifice
that
for
this?
So
it's
so
there's
a
lot
of
questions
that
have
to
be
asked
asking
them
doesn't
mean
that
I
don't
appreciate
that
high
school
students
have
to
get
up
early.
I
remember
getting
up
early
walking
with
a
flashlight
and
going
to
the
thing.
A
So
I
understand
that,
but
I
also
understand
that
as
a
big
picture
person,
I
have
to
look
at
the
entire
perspective.
I
also
have
to
take
into
account
people
that
doesn't
mean
they're
not
willing
to
change.
We
have
to
be
willing
to
figure
out
how
to
make
that
change
with
the
business
community
with
the
sports
and
athletics
with
the
you
know,
with
all
of
these
other
things,
that
doesn't
mean
it
can't
happen.
A
A
O
That's
miss
ritchie,
since
you
brought
me
up
I'd
just
like
to
respond.
I
totally
agree
that
it
is
very
complicated
and
that
in
solving
this
we
have
to
look
at
the
big
picture.
C
E
And-
and
it's
not
really
supposed
to
be
a
back
and
forth
anyway,
it's
I
think
public
comment
is
actually
over.
Well,
oh,
okay.
Okay!
I
actually
I
wanted
to
to
piggyback
on
what
mrs
nally
had
said,
because
my
my
children's
elementary
school
used
to
be
one
of
those
9
9
or
9.
15
schools
and
my
children
didn't
get
home
until
four
o'clock
and
if
they
didn't
get
home
until
4
30,
they
were
seven
o'clock,
bedtime.
Kids.
E
I
can't
imagine
how
we
would
have
lived
life.
I
mean
it
was
bad
enough
when
they
only
had
three
hours
in
the
evening
of
life
if
they
only
had
two
and
a
half
hours
between
getting
home
from
school,
trying
to
get
in
homework
and
dinner
was
hard
enough.
I
can't
imagine
you
know
we.
We
also
tried
to
do
soccer
practice
and
other
things,
and
they
only
had
two
and
a
half
hours
before
it
was
bedtime.
So
just
the
straight
30
minute
thing,
I've
said
for
several
years.
E
It's
not,
and
I've
had
folks
from
the
public
say
we
shouldn't
let
our
transportation
system
run
our
education
system,
but
from
this
perspective
you
have
to
look
at
whether
or
not
it
works,
and
if
you
can't
hire
people
to
do
a
job,
then
it
doesn't
work.
So
if
you
don't
have
enough
bus
drivers
to
get
your
kids
where
they
need
to
go,
then
you
can't
get
them
to
school,
so
it
doesn't
work.
E
I
hear
the
stories.
I
have
a
kid
who
rides
a
bus,
it's
just
something
that
concerns
me
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
we're
doing
the
studies
we're
talking
to
the
actual
contracted
bus
drivers
about
what
they
will
do,
will
they
continue
to
work
or
will
they
have
to
get
some
other
job
to
make
ends
meet
that's
going
to
make
this
not
possible
for
them,
because
that's
something
we
have
to
take
into
consideration.
E
How
are
we
getting
our
kids
to
school
because
if
you're
now
doing
four
routes
and
the
future,
because
if
we
do
this
so
that
everyone's
in
a
more
compact
time-
because
we
know
we
don't
want
it
to
be
from
you-
know-
seven
if
we
just
move
everyone,
it's
not
gonna,
be
a
good
time.
So
we
want
everybody
to
be
in
a
more
compact
time,
like
you
know,
eight
to
eight
to
nine.
E
E
So
that
means
each
bus
driver
can
only
do
maybe
two
routes
instead
of
four
or
one
instead
of
three
or
two.
Instead
of
three,
so
how
many
more
bus
drivers
do
you
need
and
how
many
fewer
routes
they
do,
it's
just
something
we
really
need
to
pay
attention
to
and
whether
or
not
there
are
available
people
to
do
those
jobs.
C
T
I
think
we're
being
a
bit
presumptuous
here.
We
should
wait
and
see
what
the
software
tells
us.
Let
us
analyze
this
see
what
the
software
tells
us.
My
only
concern
is
if
we,
if
it
does,
tell
us
that
we
need
more
buses
or
there
are
other
things
that
are
needed,
are
we
going
to
have
enough
time
to
make
a
cogent
decision?
T
G
Man,
so
I
think
you
you,
you
bring
up
a
couple,
really
important
points,
mr
webb,
the
ant.
The
short
answer
is
we
don't
know,
I
don't
know
exactly
what
the
software
is
going
to
be
able
to
deliver
between
when
we
turn
it
on
or
or
when
we
get
it
up
and
running
in
january
or
february,
because
we've
not
done
this
before
so
we
have
gone
through
the
process.
G
I've
heard
from
the
public
and
and
and
our
speakers
here
today
that
that
they're
emphatic
that
that
the
superintendent
get
this
moving
as
soon
as
the
money
becomes
available.
Well,
it's
been
moving
since
february
right,
so
we're
we've,
we've
put
the
rfp
out
there.
G
We've
got
contractors
that
are
lined
up
they'll,
be
here
next
tuesday
for
their
final
interviews
and
the
the
contracting
office
will
go
through
that
process
of
selecting
one
of
those
bids
so
for
july
1,
when
the
money
is
available,
we'll
have
somebody
ready
to
go
a
contractor
to
get
the
software
up
and
running.
We
have
to
then
advertise
hire
an
analyst.
But
to
answer
your
question
so
by
january
february:
next
year
will
we
know
everything
we
can
know
from
these
software?
G
The
answers,
I
don't
think
so
because
keeping
in
mind
we're
going
to
be
running
this
software.
Parallel
to
what
we're
doing
now,
you
don't
want
to
run
the
software
by
itself
now,
because
students
won't
get
to
school,
so
we're
going
to
continue
doing
what
we're
doing
and
run
the
software
parallel
next
year.
It
won't
be
standing
on
its
own
next
year.
G
Does
that
make
sense?
So
by
february
next
year
the
software
won't
be
operating
on
its
own,
so
we
won't
have
its
full
capabilities
known.
That's
just
the
nature
of
getting
this
up
and
running
and
software,
and
so
we'll
know
something
I
don't
know
exactly
what's
going
to
know,
we're
glad
to
come
back
to
the
board
in
february
to
to
give
you
what
we
know
and
what
we
think
we
can
then
build
into
the
budget.
G
I
say
all
that
to
say
in
changing
start
times:
it
might
not
be
everything
that
the
board
wants
for
the
16-17
school
year.
Maybe
we
learn
some
things
and
we
change
some
things
in
one
year
and
then
the
next,
the
next,
because
we're
going
to
have
to
buy
routes,
we're
going
to
have
to
make
sure
the
contractors
get
the
buses
we
have
to
make
sure
they
can
hire
with
now
these
condensed
routes,
one
bus
driver,
might
not
want
to
work
for
just
a
small
part
of
they
like
to
do
number
of
runs.
G
G
We
hope
again,
I
don't.
I
don't
know
exactly
what
it's
going
to
be
tell
us.
I
am
no,
I'm
not
an
expert
in
this
area
at
all
or
in
many
areas,
but
that's
a
different
story,
and
so
I
I
don't
know
exactly
what's
going
to
tell
us,
but
we
believe,
as
I've
talked
to
my
team
alex
and
the
team,
that
we
should
have
a
pretty
good
understanding
we
should
have.
We
should
have
some
knowledge
about
what
it's
going
to
be
able
to
do
for
us
where
it
might
see.
G
Some
efficiencies
where
we
might
be
able
to
reduce,
runs
ad
stops
those
kinds
of
things
and
so
it'll
give
us
an
idea
to
give
some
information.
The
board
say:
okay,
this
is
what
we
think
we
can
do.
30
minutes
next
school
year,
16
17
may
or
may
not
be
the
best
option
that
it
delivers
to
us.
Based
on
the
information.
I
just
don't
know
that
okay.
T
Do
you
think
so,
maybe
by
september
we
can
get
some
indication
of
what
the
system
is
supposed
to
be
able
to
do
for
us?
Whichever
system
is,
is
selected
for
this
well.
G
G
Yes,
I
think
I
I
would
assume
I'm
looking
out
so
I'm
assuming
that
the
contractors
can
tell
us
what
it
is
that
they
they're
working,
the
the
the
two
that
I
believe
are
coming
in
that
have
been
selected
to
go
through
this
now
final
process,
for
the
bid
are
doing
this
in
jurisdictions,
much
our
size
and
larger.
So
I
think
they
could
tell
us
now
they
could
probably
sit
down
with
you
right
now
and
say
this
is
what
we've
been
able
to
do
with
other
jurisdictions.
C
Okay,
just
to
reiterate
mrs
nelly's
motion
to
amend
the
original
motion
to
approve
the
operating
budget.
She
has
added
that
as
part
of
this
operating
budget
approval,
the
board
direct
the
superintendent
to
reserve
the
602
240
already
allocated
in
this
budget
for
the
express
purpose
of
using
it
towards
shifting
start
times
in
the
2016-17
school
year.
C
C
G
S
My
experience-
and
maybe
this
is
just
for
special
needs
child.
We
would
get
a
phone
call
from
the
driver
saying
as
of
monday
I'll
be
10
minutes
later
earlier,
and
I
know
other
people
who
also
have
special
needs.
Kids,
that
the
bus
stop
pick
up
time,
changes
or
drop-off
time
changes
as
their
students
change.
G
And
and
those
are
on
much
and
again
for
the
specialty
students
on
a
on
a
sort
of
a
different
system,
and
we
do
most
of
that
ourselves-
we
have
we
own
about
50
55
buses.
That
does
that
that
does
the
work
for
our
special
needs-
students
versus
the
19
contractors
that
do
the
other
56
000
students
that
are
traveling
on
our
buses.
So
it's
a
little
different
in
that
case,
but
system-wide
would
we
announce
a
10-minute
or
30-minute
change
at
some
point
during
the
school
year?
U
May
I
make
a
comment,
I
think
I'd
just
like
to
echo
my
name's
mike
harris
and
I'm
actually
sophie's
husband,
I'm
sitting
in
the
back
watch
this
first
time.
I've
ever
been
here
interesting.
I've
been
on
union
boards
and
all
it
reminds
me
a
lot
of
resolutions
and
seconds
and
all
that
I'd
like
to
just
try
to
echo.
U
I
think
what
mr
webb
was
saying,
and
that
is
that,
if
we
don't
know
by
february,
then
we
can't
make
a
decision
in
february
and
therefore
we
push
it
yet
another
year
and
I'm
afraid,
though,
if
you're
not
careful
that
every
february
will
be
pushing
it
the
next
year,
because
there's
more
information
I
mean.
So
I
think
that
idea
of
having
a
finite
timeline
that
one
of
the
speakers
mentioned
is
really
important.
U
Otherwise
we're
going
to
spend
wheels
here
and
it
could
be
for
decades
right
is
that
I
guess
I'm
not
allowed
to
ask
a
question,
so
I
will
say
then
that
I
think
I
might
be
echoing
what
mr
webb
says,
because
I
think
he's
thinking
february
february
right
well,
maybe
not
february.
Maybe
it's
february
of
16,
maybe
17,
maybe
18..
U
So
if
you
guys
are,
you
know,
respectfully
can
maybe
come
up
with
a
finite
timeline,
because
it
sounds
like,
as
we
talk
more
and
more
here,
there's
more
information
to
be
gathered,
there's
more
in
there
even
more
after
that.
This
could
go
on,
I
mean
literally
could
go
on.
Well,
it
has
right.
So
just
as
a
concerned,
you
know
citizen
and
parent
listening
from
behind
I
and
and
being
sometimes
on
these
type
of
boards.
U
In
my
past,
I've
seen
this
type
of
thing
happen,
and
I
can
almost
see
that
it
can
happen
again
and
maybe
the
the
board
members
have
been
here
understand
and
maybe
the
new
board
members
are
maybe
going
yeah.
I
see
what
he
means.
So
that's
that's
my
comment.
Maybe
the
finite
timeline
and
try
to
make
it
in
february
to
at
least
there's
a
decision
point
not
just
another
information
gathering
see.
T
C
U
U
C
F
I've
heard
several
things
here
that
talk
about
a
timeline
and,
as
an
engineer,
that's
important
to
me.
I
want
to
know
what
is
the
timeline
and
I'd
like
the
public
to
know
what
is
the
timeline
at
some
point?
We're
either
going
to
do
this
or
we're
not
going
to
do
this.
What
is
the
timeline-
and
I
I
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
I
want
to
know-
and
I
want
you
to
know.
C
C
That's
on
track
to
bit
to
happen,
hire
the
analyst
run
the
analysis
and
have
dr
alato
deliver
that
analysis
and
recommendation
to
us
before
we
have
to
adopt
a
20,
an
fy
17
budget,
which
is
mid
february
of
this
next
year.
So
that
is
our
timeline
and
then
the
start
school.
The
schools
would
start
later
in
august
of
2016.
T
T
R
Yes,
please.
I
was
also
a
member
of
the
tyler
heights
parent
redistricting
committee,
and
we
had
a
timeline
there.
I
don't
know
if
some
of
you
knew
board
members
know
what
a
complete
cluster
bomb
that
turned
into
so
I
I've
I've
been
scarred
by
the
process
of
waiting
for
good
things
to
happen
further
down
the
line,
and
I
know
that
if
dod
encounters
a
safety
problem,
they
do
a
complete
shutdown
and
they
do
a
daily
reporting
of
how
they're
working
to
fix
the
problem.
R
G
G
Has
been
working
really
hard
right
and
I've
tried
to
work
one-on-one
with
the
board
and
it
one-on-one
and
in
conjunction
with
the
board,
to
try
and
begin
to
make
some
of
this
happen.
Okay,
so
it
starts,
and
it
was
very
clear
that
we
need
to
do
this
in
a
linear
process.
Let's
get
the
software,
let's
find
out
what
we
can
learn
from
it
and
then
let's
look
to
move
to
change
start
times.
This
board
appears
to
be
committed
to
changing
start
times
right.
R
R
That
that
I
I
think
the
tyler
heights
process
is,
is
illustrative
and
we
we
can't
let
that
happen.
I
we
can't
let
that
happen
again.
You
know
we're
doing
harm
every
single
day
to
our
students.
I
feel
the
alzheimer's
plaques
building
in
my
brain
and
my
son's
brain
every
day
from
this,
this
process
of
sleep
deprivation.
R
So
so
I
I
hope
that
we
can
all
see
the
proposals
in
the
december
to
january
budget
proposal
that
comes
out
of
the
superintendent.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
Would
trust
and
and
wish
that
the
update
we
receive,
which
has
to
be
no
later
than
february
3rd,
is
accurate
and
as
accurate
and
as
complete
as
it
can
be.
I
don't
think
we're
going
to
have
an
accurate
and
complete
interim
an
assessment
in
december
if
we're
already
being
told
that
it
might
not
be
accurate
and
complete
for
ever
on
february
3rd.
C
O
Just
have
a
brief
comment.
I
hope
it's
pertinent
to
the
motion
on
the
table.
I
I'm
really
pleased
that
the
board
is
committed
to
making
this
change,
and
in
that
light
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
friendly
suggestion,
based
on
what
I've
seen
happening
in
other
districts
around
the
country
that
have
tried
to
make
this
change.
If
this
change
is
really
going
to
be
done
successfully,
you're
doing
the
right
thing
right
now,
you
know
looking
at
the
software
looking
at
efficiencies,
giving
it
time.
O
Do
this,
and
if
you're
not,
I
highly
recommend
that
you
look
at
it,
but
one
of
the
points
that
comes
out
of
that
report
very
clearly
is
that
you've
got
to
get
the
community
on
board
with
the
change
and
part
of
this
whole
process
is
not
just
finding
efficient
routes,
but
also
addressing
the
kinds
of
concerns
that
you've
raised,
bringing
people
together,
bringing
the
teachers
together,
the
parents,
the
bus
drivers,
the
sports
people
and
talking
to
them
about
what
they're
worried
about
and
seeing
how
they
can
be
addressed
to
see
how
many
of
these
concerns
really
aren't
real,
how
they
can
be
addressed
and
you're
right,
dr
erlatto,
that
we
might
not
solve
it
all
in
one
fell
swoop.
O
You
know
it's,
it
has
to
be
worked
on,
but
in
other
words
the
community
has
to
be
educated
about
why
this
change
is
happening.
Why
it's
so
important,
why
sleep
matters
why
kids
can't
get
sleep
and
how
much
hurt
and
harm
and
costs
we're
doing
right
now,
by
not
changing
when
the
community
understands
that
all
the
stakeholders
do,
then
this
can
be
done
successfully.
O
C
C
I
know
you
are.
Thank
you
all
right.
Any
other
public
comment
on
the
amended
motion,
so
I,
if
I,
if
I
have
this
right
on
the
amendment,
the
amendment
or
we're
ready
to
vote
on
the
amendment
all
those
in
favor
of
mrs
nelly's
amendment
okay,
the
amendment
passes
eight
zero
zero.
Now
we
can
vote
on
the
overall
motion
to
approve
the
fy
2016
operating
budget.
C
M
So
the
budget
before
you
essentially
represents
151.7
million
dollar
commitment
towards
the
capital
improvement
needs
of
this
county,
and
it
has
changed
very
little
since
it
was
last
presented
to
you
as
a
result
of
the
county
executive's
recommendation.
That
change,
however,
is
important
if
you
take
a
look
at
priority.
Number
29
on
the
exhibit
before
you
you'll,
see
a
line
item
called
playground,
equipment
improvements
and
so
through
actions
at
the
county,
exec
county
council.
M
When
they
debated
and
deliberated
the
final
budget
on
the
12th
of
june,
one
of
those
218
amendments
was
to
amend
the
already
very
well
constructed
capital
budget
for
of
the
county
executive
and
add
an
additional
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
capital
budget
to
for
the
first
time
since
that
category
existed
support
the
acquisition
of
playground,
improvements,
the
rest
of
the
budget
then
remains
unchained,
so
you'll
see
those
items
listed
in
blue
are
items
that
we
requested.
M
Funding
for
the
value
that
was
adopted
by
the
county
council
is
slightly
less
than
that,
but,
as
I
stated
back
when
we
met
a
month
ago,
those
reductions
won't
truly
impede
the
progress
of
the
school
district,
because
we
do
have
some
funds
in
prior
years
that
we
can
roll
forward
as
well
as
some
of
these
projects
are
in
the
design
and
permitting
phase
and
may
not
be
fully
ready
to
break
ground,
etc
within
the
current
year.
So
we
are
not
so
there's
no
cause
for
concern
with
the
items
banded
in
blue.
M
Similarly,
there
are
now
only
two
or
formulated
or
three
items
banded
in
red
and
those
are
items
that
were
not
recommended
for
funding
in
the
current
year,
one
of
it
being
the
additions.
M
M
M
That
is,
however,
for
the
benefit
of
the
school
district,
in
that
it
is
furnished
to
the
county's
department
of
public
works
and
the
county
department
of
public
works,
then
in
turn
works
collaboratively
with
our
transportation
division
and
the
and
the
police
department
to
identify
intersections
along
throughout
the
county
and
or
sidewalk
elements
that
should
be
installed
to
enhance
pedestrian
safety,
facilitate
walking
routes
to
school
that
are
appropriate
and
efficient
as
well,
so
that
was
also
funded.
M
So
those
are
the
two
items
that
is
a
compilation
of
those
items
that
were
direct
funded
to
us,
as
well
as
the
school
off
site.
M
There
were
two
other
elements
to
the
capital
budget
that
were
off
book
and
so
I'll
circle
back
to
to
the
areas
that
mr
frank
gave
me
a
prompt
for,
and
that
is
the
following:
the
county
government
in
their
budget,
the
county
executive,
when
he
put
forward
his
budget,
did
have
money
in
to
do
a
viability
study
for
a
future
school
to
be
constructed
in
the
crofton
area
and
monies
to
begin
the
analysis
of
the
old
mill,
complex
solution.
M
So
if
I
can
comment
on
both
independently,
the
board
is
aware
that
we
do
in
fact
own
property
in
the
crafton
area,
it's
immediately
adjacent
to
crofton
middle
school
and
when
that
property
was
acquired
and
developed
for
the
purposes
of
a
middle
school
many
many
years
ago,
four
plus
decades.
Now
at
that
time
the
designers
did
a
very
rudimentary
outline
of
how
that
property
someday
in
the
future
could
be
utilized
for
the
construction
of
a
high
school
facility
that
that
time
is
approaching
more
now
than
it
did
back
when
the
property
was
still
developed.
M
But
the
one
thing
is
certain:
the
regulatory
environment
that
we
find
ourselves
in
today
is
much
different
than
the
regulatory
environment
that
we
found
ourselves
in
four
decades
ago.
So
what
this
viability
study
will
allow
us
to
do
will
be
to
take
a
look
at
that
property
that
we
own
in
light
of
today's
educational
needs
in
light
of
today's
environmental
needs
in
terms
of
tree
conservation,
ordinances,
storm,
water
quality,
storm
water,
quantity
in
terms
of
today's
traffic
regulations,
etc
for
ingress
and
egress
to
the
site,
etc.
M
Similarly,
we
have
a
very
complex
issue
before
us,
and
that
is
the
redevelopment
of
the
old
mill
property.
The
old
mill,
complex
properties,
this
board
of
education
knows
that
property
in
and
of
itself,
as
it
sits
today,
actually
supports
not
just
old
mill
high
school,
but
it
supports
the
two
old
mill
middle
schools.
That
piece
of
property
also
has
rippling
woods
elementary
school
on
it.
M
That's
in
your
six-year
capital
plan,
as
well
as
the
ruth
eason
facility,
and
so
taking
a
look
at
that
level
of
complexity
alone,
with
five
schools
sitting
on
one
piece
of
property
and
now
layered
on
top
of
it.
Those
very
same
regulatory
elements
that
I
spoke
to
earlier
and
now
add
two
new,
very
complicated
pieces
of
the
puzzle
at
old
mill.
One
bg
e
has
has
transmission
interstate
transmission
lines
that
run
through
that
property.
M
There
are
constraints
on
the
development
or
redevelopment
of
that
property.
Today,
because
again,
we
are
in
a
flight
path
for
bwi,
so
the
500
000
that
the
county
executive
put
into
his
budget
and
the
county
council
concurred
with,
would
allow
us
much
like
the
crofton
site
to
bring
on
a
professional
team
of
consultants,
cite
civil
engineers,
environmental
engineers,
acoustic
engineers,
etc.
M
We
will
be
taking
the
output
of
this
viability
study
and
that
would
form
part
of
the
basis
on
a
future
formal
feasibility
study
and
then
ultimately,
efforts.
That
would
lead
to
the
design
and
construction
of
schools.
So
with
that,
I
believe
we've
concluded
our
comments.
That
would
turn
it
over.
Madam
president,
to
you
and
your
colleagues
and
the
superintendent.
A
I
can't
tell
you
how
beyond
happy,
I
am
that
item
29
is
there
for
many
of
you
know
how
hard
I
fought
years
and
years
and
years
to
have
people
not
put
in
the
playgrounds
and
and
try
to
because
that's
part
of
you
know
what
the
school
construction
and
part
of
what
I
felt
that
the
county
government
owed
in
terms
of
putting
in
schools
and
so
once
they
were,
they
weren't
being
repaired.
A
You
know,
falling
apart
and
needs
to
be
replaced
and,
and
some
schools
have
very
robust
parent
groups
who
were
able
to
raise
40,
50
000
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
there
were
others
who
were
not
and
for
those
who
are
not
they
just
kind
of
sat
there
and
didn't
get
to
really
necessarily
always
get
to
have
what
they
did.
The
equipment
as
well.
A
So
I'm
very
thrilled
that
that
the
money
is
there
and
will
be
able
to
be
used
to
help
to
upgrade
those
things,
and
maybe
now
the
parents
can,
instead
of
trying
to
raise
all
that
money
to
to
buy
playground
equipment,
can
maybe
expend
some
of
their
energy
in
terms
of
helping
us
to
increase
public
awareness
of
public
education
and
and
how
important
it
is.
So
maybe
they
can
take
some
of
that
time.
They
spent
doing
fundraising
and
doing
some
advocacy
for
public
education.
A
E
I
want
to
echo
mrs
richie's
comments
about
the
playground
money.
I
was
so
ecstatic
when
I
saw
that
there
I'm
sorry
that
it
wasn't
there
for
poor
odenton
elementary
who
wasn't
just
trying
to
upgrade
their
playground.
E
They
yeah
they
had
no
playground
because
we
took
it
out
so
because
it
was
no
longer
met
the
safety
requirements,
so
they
had
to
completely
replace
their
playground.
E
E
They
did
a
fantastic
job
but
yeah,
I'm
so
thrilled
and
thankful
to
the
county
council
for
seeing
the
the
the
wisdom
and
and
really
the
responsibility
of
of
our
government
to
be
providing
playgrounds
at
schools
for
children
and
how
it
benefits
the
county
through
the
rec
and
parks
program
as
well
for
having
playgrounds
at
our
schools.
It's
not
just
the
school
system
that
benefits
it's
the
county
as
a
whole.
So
I
am
very
pleased
at
seeing
that
and
overall
I
am
very
happy
with
this
year's
capital
budget.
E
I
am
quite
pleased
I
I
do
want
to
ask
a
question
about
the
so
the
old
mill
study
we
are
getting
the
money
and
we
are
performing
the
study.
Is
that
correct,
as
the
school
system.
M
M
E
M
Yes
ma'am,
so
what
happens?
Is
a
budget
is
adopted
formerly
adopted
for
one
fiscal
year
at
a
time
by
state
requirements?
We
are
also
required
to
telegraph,
essentially
a
six-year
plan
and
they
work
concurrently,
because
in
capital
budget,
budgeting,
they're
multi-year
projects
and
you're
selling
bonds
across
you
know
a
span
of
time,
etc.
So,
while
they
both
inform
each
other,
the
official
action
is
the
adoption
of
the
current
year
budget.
E
They
were
next
and
yet
money
isn't
being
invested
in
something
that
was
further
down
our
list
of
priorities
and
I'm
assuming
that
that
happened,
because
we're
waiting
for
the
mgt
study
and
that
just
I
don't
know
that
bothers
me,
because
I
think
we're
getting
an
inconsistent
message
from
the
county
government
that
we're
waiting
for
the
mgt
study.
But
yet
on
certain
projects.
E
We're
not
gonna,
and
I
know
that's
not
really
a
question
for
you
to
answer,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there,
because
I
think
that
it's
a
policy
question
that
very
much
concerns
me
and
I
think
that
people
should
should
be
aware
that
that's
a
policy
question.
That
is
an
issue
that
we've
been
told.
There
was
agreement
by
this
board,
the
superintendent,
the
county
council
and
the
county
executive
that
we
would
be
waiting
for
the
results
of
the
mgt
study
and
yet
we're
not
waiting
for
the
results
of
the
mgt
study.
E
A
And
I
understand
exactly
what
miss
burns
is
saying
about
that,
because
it
does.
It
looks
like
there's,
you
know,
there's
it
looks
political
more
than
it
does
based
on
need
and
so
forth.
So,
but
the
fact
is
that
they
can
do
a
study
and
when
the
mgt
study
comes
back,
which
is
coming
back
to
us
within
months,
that
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
it's
a
go
this.
A
Basically,
what
we're
doing
with
that
right
now
is
we're
looking
at
the
whether
that
land
that
we
have
already
purchased
is
actually
going
to
be
viable
for
us
to
be
able
to
do,
because
when
we
purchased
it
at
the
time,
as
you
said,
I
think
I
think
I
heard
you
say
40
years
ago
that
the
the
regulations
were
were
different
and
the
same
thing
with
old
mill
with
the
bge
whatever.
That
is
that
you
that
was
there.
A
Evidently,
it
sounds
important,
though,
so
that's
me,
so
we're
basically
looking
at
whether
it's
not
whether
to
construct
it,
but
whether
even
we
can
even
entertain
the
idea
of
being
able
to
construct
on
those
two
areas,
because
we
make
the
decision
when
we,
when
we
do
our
budget
later
on
whether
we're
going
to
even
put
those
schools
in
there
I
mean
we
could
decide
based
on
mgt
who
says:
no,
you
don't
need
it
here.
You
need
it
here
that
we
then
need
to
shift
the
money
to
start
looking
at
other
areas.
M
Yes,
ma'am,
including
the
important
something
on
the
old
mill
property,
so
so
the
answer,
so
the
answer
to
your
question
directly
is
is
absolutely
we
in
in
your
six
year
plan
and
and
maybe
I
can
sort
of
loop.
You
know
the
the
comments
from
spurgeon
and
you
back
together,
miss
richie,
for
example.
Well,
let
me
just
tell
you
point
blank
this
ms
crawford
and
I
and
this
board
will
probably
never
have
a
more
challenging
project
in
our
collective
lifetime
than
old
mill.
It
is.
M
It
is
going
to
be
the
biggest
thing
that
any
of
us
are
ever
going
to
undertake.
So
when
I
was
testifying
before
the
county
council,
I
used
the
term
smart
money.
This
is
smart
money
and
I
don't
for
those
you
don't
know
me.
I
don't
take
spending
of
money
lightly,
but
this
is
smart
money.
We
have
in
our
official
request
in
the
out
year
a
request
for
14
million
dollars
for
property
acquisition
for
old
mill.
We
already
know
we
believe
that
the
property
can't
adequately
support
five,
those
five
buildings.
M
We
you
know,
we
already
know
that
to
some
degree
a
certainty,
but
we
want
it
with
an
engineer's
degree
of
certainty
to
find
out
what
parts
of
that
property
are
buildable
and
not
buildable,
to
take
a
look
at
adjacent
properties.
M
Some
of
them
are
in
the
public
portfolio
already,
maybe
not
owned
by
the
board,
but
may
be
owned
by
other
governmental
entities
and
take
a
look
at
privately
held
properties
around
the
old
mill
complex
to
see
what
we
might
need
to
support
the
school,
and
we
can't
wait
until
we
have
to
start
the
construction
of
the
school
to
buy
the
land.
That's
that
same
year.
M
So
all
of
this
work
up
front
will
help
us
identify
help
shape
what
the
ultimate
budgets
for
those
projects
will
have
to
be,
what
land
we
do
or
don't
need
to
buy
sooner
rather
than
later,
so
that
by
the
time
we
get
there
we're
ready.
You
know
and
poised
to
do
that.
Similarly,
we
are
very
casually
under
the
operating
assumption
that
oh
great,
we
own
property
in
crofton.
Should
we
build
a
high
school
wow?
We
can
just
go,
build
it
right
there,
maybe
not
so
fast.
M
So
there's
no
wasted
expenditure
of
public
resources.
This
is
a
very
good
expenditure
very
early
on
that,
I
think,
will
set
all
of
us
up
to
be
able
to
make
good
informed
decisions
on
a
going
forward
basis
for
this
next
half
decade
or
decade,
plus
the
ultimate
timing
or
the
equis
execution
of
these
projects
is
entirely
up
to
you
in
terms
of
setting
the
priorities.
M
As
ms
byrd
said,
you
set
the
priorities
and
then
the
funding
authorities
also
have
a
say
with
the
state
and
the
county
in
the
funding
mechanisms
of
it,
but
I
think
the
information
that
we
get
out
of
these
viability
studies
will
put
everybody
on
for
firmer
footing
as
we
look
towards
making
these
multi-hundred
million
dollar
investments
between
the
old
mill
complex
and
the
prospective
high
school
the
14th
high
school,
because
we
have
chesapeake
science
point
up
in
the
crofton
area.
Well,
that's
true.
A
And
two
things
one
I'd
like
to
clip
of
that
ish
statement,
because
I
believe
I
mentioned
that
one
time
before
and
he
said
I
don't
do
ish
so.
A
So
now
I've
got
that
but
anyway,
and
but
I
think
you
you
raised
an
important
thing
that
I
never
really
contemplated
when
you,
when
you
mentioned
that
you
mentioned
the
old
mill
complex
and
typically
when,
when
we
think
of
that,
it's
the
high
school
and
the
two
middle
schools.
A
A
And
well-
and
I
think
about
when
I
look
at
when
I
you
know-
had
the
opportunity
to
visit
ruth
easton.
They
are
doing
amazing.
Amazing
work
in
that
building.
That
and
I've
said
it
before.
You
know
kids
can
learn
in
a
cardboard
box
if
you've
got
a
great
educator
in
front
of
them,
that
doesn't
they
don't
need
a
great
environment.
A
But
a
great
environment
makes
education
a
lot
easier
and
when
I
think
about
the
students
who
are
educated
at
ruth
parker
easton
and
what
they
don't
have
in
that
building
and
when
you
go
in
there
and
see
equipment
piled
over
in
corners
because
they
don't
have
any
storage
or
they
had
to
use
that
storage
space
to
be
able
to
make
it
a
classroom
and
and
what
they
what
they
need.
Beyond
what
a
normal.
A
I
don't
say
normal.
What
a
typical
elementary
school
would
need
so
to
know
that
they're
included
in
that
is
really
great,
because
that's
one
of
those
schools
that
we
don't
necessarily
have
a
lot
of
people
jumping
up
and
down,
saying
we
need
to
to
revitalize
it
and
having
gone
there
and
been
able
to
see
what
amazing
things
are
doing
in
that
antiquated
building.
C
C
The
next
five
items
are
budget
related
items,
terms
of
employment
for
our
different
bargaining
units.
The
first
one
is
item
4.03
terms
of
employment
for
unit
1
employees
for
fiscal
year
2016,
which
is
our
attack
unit,
and
this
is
an
action
item,
dr
alato,
your
recommendation,
please.
G
V
Yes,
good
morning,
miss
corbilak
dr
alato
members
of
the
board.
My
name
is
melisa
rawls
and
I
am
the
director
of
employee
relations.
I
am
here
today
to
request
your
approval
of
terms
of
employment
for
fy
2016
for
tac
in
employees
that
are
represented
by
the
teachers
association
of
anne
arundel
county.
V
V
The
terms
of
employment
will
continue
to
be,
in
effect
until
such
time
as
a
successor,
negotiated
agreement
is
approved
and
ratified.
In
brief,
the
terms
of
employment
for
the
individuals
in
tac
will
continue
the
provisions
of
the
current
negotiated
agreement
as
amended,
except
for
the
following
areas.
V
V
V
Upon
approval
of
the
terms
of
employment,
the
board
will
continue
to
negotiate
the
terms
of
the
negotiated
agreement
that
will
become
effective
on
july
1st
2015,
which
will
also
include
compensation
enhancements,
as
well
as
the
other
provisions
that
we
have
been
unable
to
reach
an
agreement
with.
Excuse
me
with
thus
far,
and
I
ask
that
you
support
the
terms
of
employment.
A
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
people,
because
when
you
first
said
no
steps
or
longevity
increases,
that's
going
to
be
the
thing
that
people
are
going
to
hear
and
now
they're
going
to
be
running
off,
saying
they're
not
going
to
give
us
a
step
they're
not
going
to
give
an
increase.
This
means
that
until
we
reach
the
agreement,
we
the
compensation
piece
is
not
going
to
be
to
be
negotiated.
A
V
Correct
there
had
been
an
initial
placeholder
in
the
board's
budget
for
a
step
increase
and
based
upon
the
budget
recommended
by
the
county
executive
and
then
subsequently
by
the
county
council.
There
has,
as
we've
had
many
an
extensive
conversation
today
about
the
additional
funding
that
has
been
recommended
for
employment,
employee
enhancements.
V
The
board
has
not
had
an
opportunity
to
negotiate
those
funds
and
how
that
would
be
allocated
for
unit
1
employees
thus
far,
and
so
that
conversation
still
needs
to
take
place.
So
as
it
relates
to
the
terms
of
employment,
there
will
not
be
an
immediate
enhancement
placed
for
that
will
take
effect.
On
july
1st,
however,
once
negotiations
have
been
completed,
that
funding
will
then
be
retroactively
effective
for
july
1..
A
C
G
V
V
I
would
also
like
to
thank
mr
covalent,
mr
harin
and
mr
myers,
along
with
the
bargaining
team,
for
their
participation
in
in
trying
to
work
through
these
difficult
issues
that
we
have
had
this
year
and
we'll
continue
to
negotiate
the
terms
of
an
agreement
to
take
effect
on
july
1
2015,
which
will
also
include
compensation
enhancements,
as
well
as
other
provisions
that
have
yet
not
been
determined
and
any
enhancement
will
become
retroactive
july
1
2015.
C
G
V
V
I
do
want
to
take
time
to
acknowledge
mr
blake
and
mr
johnson
for
and
the
rest
of
the
bargaining
team
for
their
great
work
that
we've
been
doing
thus
far
in
in
working
towards
reaching
a
tentative
agreement
for
the
fy
2016
year.
C
G
V
Yes,
the
board
and
the
secretaries
and
assistants
association
of
anne
arundel
county
have
actually
reached
a
tentative
agreement
for
the
fy
16
year.
However,
it
has
not
been
ratified
and
for
those
reasons
we
would
like
to
issue
terms
of
employment
as
well.
V
V
There
have
also
been
an
initial
approved
provision
that
is
included
in
the
terms
of
employee
employment,
which
is
specified
within
that
document,
which
will
take
effect
on
july
1
2015.,
the
sac
team
members
and
the
board
will
continue
to
negotiate,
as
it
specifically
relates
to
compensation,
and
at
such
time
in
which
an
agreement
is
reached,
those
provisions
which
would
relate
to
a
compensation
enhancement
will
take
effect
on
july,
1
2015..
V
I
want
to
thank
mr
darjean
and
miss
dotson,
along
with
the
remaining
team
members
for
their
hard
work
that
we
have
done
this
year.
I
believe
that
we
reached
a
tentative
agreement
that
includes
provisions
that
are
beneficial
to
the
members
which
are
employees
of
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools
as
well.
F
V
I
have
been
in
consultation
with
mr
darjon.
I
know
that
we
have
a
meeting
scheduled
on
june
24th
to
discuss
compensation,
and
hopefully
we
will
be
able
to
reach
an
agreement
related
to
that
provision.
It
is
my
understanding
that,
once
the
compensation
component
of
the
negotiated
agreement
has
been
finalized,
that
the
entire
tentative
agree
well,
the
tentative
agreement
will
be
presented
to
sayak
for
a
vote
by
their
membership,
and
so
that
will
be
ratified
at
that
time.
V
C
G
V
Yes,
current
terms
of
employment
will
continue
in
effect
for
the
2015
2016
school
year
for
unit
5
and
unit
6
employees
as
a
result
of
ongoing
budgetary
consideration.
No
step
or
longevity
increases
are
provided
at
this
time.
However,
any
compensation
enhancement
that
is
decided
at
a
later
date
will
be
awarded
retroactively
to
employees
in
units
5
and
6
effective
july
1,
2015.
C
C
C
I
don't
have
we
don't
have
a
presentation,
I
don't
have
any
board
questions.
Is
there
any
public
comment
on
this
item?