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B
B
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out
tonight
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
before
we
start
rolling
through
the
agenda,
that
we
definitely
appreciate
your
participation
in
public
comment
and
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
gets
heard.
So
please
exit
the
room
after
your
comment
so
that
others
can
come
in
because
we
have
some
folks
out
in
the
hall
that
we
have
to
be
mindful
of
the
fire
code.
So
if
you
wish
to
see
the
rest
of
the
meeting,
there
is
a
television
in
the
lobby
and
the
meeting
is
being
broadcast
live
stream.
B
B
C
Good
evening,
I'm
jody
rissie
the
supervisor
of
food
and
nutrition
services,
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
introducing
this
evening's
board
recognition.
Members
of
the
board
and
dr
alato
I'm
excited
to
talk
about
this
evening's
honoree.
The
students
staff
parents
and
the
partners
of
this
particular
school
are
a
shining
example
of
how
wellness
plays
a
key
role
in
the
success
of
our
students
and
the
larger
school
communities.
C
C
The
components
as
outlined
in
the
center
for
disease
control
include
health,
education,
physical
activity,
school
health
services,
nutrition,
mental
wellness,
school
environment
staff,
health
and
family
and
community
involvement
from
raising
funds
to
from
raising
funds
for
health
causes,
earning
green
school
status,
hosting
health
and
nutrition
presentations
and
conducting
several
physical
activities
that
improve
the
students,
staff
and
parents.
Pasadena
has
created
a
thriving
culture
of
wellness
as
principal
jennifer
carino
comes
forward
along
with
her
students
and
staff
representatives.
Please
join
me
in
congratulating
the
2005
wellness
school
of
distinction,
pasadena
elementary.
G
E
I
just
want
to
say
the
other
night
myself
miss
picard,
I'm
drawing
blank
hummer,
I'm
thinking
hitler,
I'm
thinking!
No,
that's
not
your
name.
Anyway.
It's
been
a
long
week
and
it's
only
wednesday
right.
Isn't
that
what
you
keep
saying
anyway,
we
had
an
opportunity
to
go
to
cat
north
and
I
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
go
to
their
open
houses
every
year
and
and
it's
just
phenomenal.
E
We
get
dinner
from
the
students
and
they
just
they
just
do
a
great
great
job,
and
so
we
were
wandering
through
and
we
were
at
the
hvac
part
and
deb
albert
came
up
and
said:
yeah
we
were
lucky
carrier
came
through
with
50
000
dollars
worth
of
equipment,
50
000
worth
of
equipment
they
put
in
for
a
grant
to
get
the
equipment
because
ours
was
so
antiquated.
E
I
was
just
absolutely
blown
away
that
they
came
through
with
this
and
then
that
money
was
able
to
then
upgrade
some
other
areas
within
the
cat
center
and
stuff
like
that.
But
it's
just
this
is
what's
happening
daily
in
our
in
our
schools
and
not
of
course,
at
fifty
thousand
dollars.
But
you
know
daily
there.
There's
their
businesses,
partners
and
community
members
are
are
impacting
our
schools,
the
students
at
the
cat
center.
E
E
When
we
talk
about
career
and
college
ready,
those
folks
right
there,
they
knew
what
they
they
were
ready
to
move
forward
and
the
one
was
talking
about
the
internship
and
then
he
was
going
to
be
able
to
get
the
the
business
that
he
was
going
to
be
working
for
to
pay
for
the
college.
You
know
the
parents
are,
of
course
very
happy
about
that,
and
so
you
know
it
was
just
a
phenomenal
evening
and
I
I
was
really
a
great
opportunity
to
attend.
I
They
did
a
fabulous
job,
showcasing
their
stem
magnet
program.
It
was
phenomenal,
I
think
both
of
us
had
daughters
who
were
a
little
wary
of
doing
a
stem
program
before
that
and
we
left
and
my
daughter
said
we
need
to
apply
as
soon
as
we
get
home.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
the
folks
at
lindale
for
such
a
wonderful
night
and
I'm
sure
all
the
other
pro
stem
or
magnet
information
nights
have
been
delightful
as
well.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
go
to
any
others.
I
My
annapolis
one
was
canceled
because
of
you
know
some
conflict
in
the
area,
hoping
that
one
gets
rescheduled
soon,
but
but
they
did
a
great
job
and
I
know
everyone's
putting
a
lot
of
work
into
that.
So.
J
J
I
also
went
to
cat
north
and
I
had
heard
for
years
about
the
baked
goods
at
cat
north
and
I'll.
Tell
you
that
the
next
day
we
had
apple
coffee
cake
for
breakfast,
we
had
a
loaf
of
bread
for
lunch,
and
then
we
ate
multiple
cookies.
All
day
long
and
my
kids
said
why
didn't
you
buy
more
of
this
bread
so
we're
going
back?
It
was
fabulous.
The
kids
there
were
so
impressive,
just
just
they.
They
know
what
they're
doing
they
were.
J
I
also
went
last
week
to
belvedere
elementary
if
they
had
a
reading
night
reaching
out
to
hispanic
families,
and
it
was
fabulous.
It
was
great.
It
was
working
with
families
about
reading
with
their
children
and
they
had
activities,
and
it
was
really
a
great
night
and
a
good
turnout.
I
went
for
the
second
night,
they
said
the
first
night.
They
had
100
people
there.
We
didn't
have
quite
as
many
the
second
night,
but
it
was
still
a
great
turnout
and
that
was
just
a
great
outreach
effort.
J
So
I
congratulate
the
folks
who
are
doing
that
kind
of
outreach
and
having
out
and
getting
out
in
that
area,
and
then
today
we
were
able
to
go
miss
corbin
ms
picker
and
I
were
able
to
go
to
odenton
elementary
for
the
ribbon
cutting
on
their
new
playground
and
it's
beautiful,
and
it
was
a
real
good
great
example
of
the
school
working
along
with
businesses
in
the
community
to
bring
that
about
in
with
some
help
too
from
our
county
county
council
and
the
board
of
ed
in
the
budget
as
well.
J
But
it
was
mainly
the
efforts
of
that
community,
a
one
little
girl,
a
second
grader
there
raised
a
thousand
dollars
for
the
playground
by
making
and
selling
potholders
I
mean
she's
going
to
be
she's,
going
to
be
something
because
she's
already
quite
the
philanthropist
entrepreneur
already
in
second
grade
so
she's
going
to
get
her
name
on
the
plaque
as
one
of
the
major
donors
for
the
playground.
So
that
was
fabulous,
but
it
was
beautiful.
So
I
thoroughly
enjoyed
getting
out
there
to
all
those
places.
The
last
couple
of
weeks.
L
Yeah
back
on
october,
8th,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
the
maryland
center
for
character
education
up
at
stevenson
to
see
oakwood
elementary
receive
the
national
school
of
character
award,
as
well
as
the
state
school
of
character
award
and
oakwood
has
worked
really
hard.
They
are
one
of
40
schools
this
year
to
be
awarded
the
national
school
of
character.
B
I
missed
cat
norse
pies.
I
really
could
have
used
a
few
of
those
in
the
room,
but
it's
just
been
a
great
opportunity
for
our
students
to
experience
another
culture
and
they
had
gone
out
earlier
in
the
summer
as
an
exchange
to
germany,
and
now
we
had
a
chance
to
have
the
germans
back.
So
I
wanted
to
thank
mr
parr
and
miss
lorenz
at
annapolis.
High
school
for
coordinating
such
an
awesome
adventure
for
the
students
at
annapolis.
M
Good
evening
mrs
corbalak,
dr
arlatto
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
michael
moore.
I
am
a
junior
at
sovereign
park
high
school
and
I
am
the
second
vice
president
of
the
chesapeake
regional
association
of
student
councils,
since
there
is
such
a
considerable
audience
tonight,
I'd
like
to
clarify
that
crasc
is
the
official
student
leadership
organization
of
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools
and
we
are
effectively
the
county
student
union.
M
M
M
N
In
the
time
since
our
last
report,
aacpta
has
convened
its
first
general
membership
meeting
for
the
2015-16
school
year,
sponsored
two
on-site
pta
officer,
trainings
and
one
county-wide
leadership,
training
opportunity
completed
a
workshop
for
990s
and
maryland
charitables
and
proceeded
over
one
more
audit
financial
review
session.
We
have
been
represented
on
the
calendar
committee
and
at
the
board
of
ed
workshop
on
school
start
and
dismissal
times.
Our
input,
as
well
as
other
parent
stakeholder
groups,
have
been
sought
to
comment
on
board
policies.
N
Chief
communication
officer,
bob
mosher
joined
us
at
our
october
board
meeting
and
spoke
about
communication
to
our
families
and
communities.
Next
month,
at
our
november
9th
board
meeting
lieutenant
doyle
batten
will
be
our
guest
for
a
presentation
about
school
security.
Finally,
on
saturday
november
14th,
we
will
be
either
attending
workshops
and
are
volunteering.
N
Our
services
at
the
annual
family
involvement
conference,
sponsored
by
the
aacps
office
of
school
and
family
partnerships
in
fulfilling
its
mission,
pta,
stands
ready
and
willing
to
support
our
teachers
and
schools,
engaging
and
empowering
families
and
communities
to
advocate
for
all
children
to
see
the
impact
of
our
presence
as
a
collaborative
partnership
with
teachers,
families
and
students
in
almost
90
of
our
county
schools.
I
call
your
attention
to
several
press
releases
sent
out
by
bob
mosia
over
the
last
30
days.
N
North
county
was
named
this
week
as
german
center
of
excellence
by
the
american
association
of
teachers
of
german.
This
is
the
first
school
in
maryland
for
this
distinction
of
one
of
just
nine
in
the
nation
to
earn
it.
Teacher
katrina
griffin
was
named
2015
maryland
foreign
language
teacher
of
the
year
teacher
cora
hofstetter
earned
one
of
three
german
embassy
teacher
of
excellence
awards.
N
N
We
read
that
the
following
teachers
were
among
acps
teachers
honored
by
the
maryland
association
of
health,
physical
education,
recreation
and
dance,
north
county
high
school
dance,
teacher
chase,
haglin
named
dance
teacher
of
the
year
marina
thompson,
southern
middle
and
jenny,
mossberg,
arundel
middle
dance,
teachers
and
recipients
of
the
simon
mcnealy
award
for
excellence
and
contributions
to
their
field
and
alyssa
mango
marley,
middle
and
jamie
millett
point
pleasant,
elementary
school
p.e
teachers
and
also
recipients
of
the
simon
mcneely
award.
We
read
that
shibley's
choice.
N
N
O
F
A
A
T
Z
F
F
AB
F
F
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F
F
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AB
AI
AJ
AH
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
note
just
the
amazing
talent
that
we
have
within
our
school
system,
so
these
students
choreographed
this
performance
on
their
own,
based
on
a
very
brief
conversation
that
we
had
with
them
with
emphasis
on
the
word
yet.
So
I
thank
them
very
much
for
all
of
their
hard
work.
AH
AH
That
focus,
I
believe,
was
voiced
loud
and
clear
by
our
students
that
you
just
saw
and
heard
through
one
simple,
yet
incredibly
powerful
word
yet
across
our
system.
We
are
challenging
the
notion
of
impossibility
by
changing
mindsets.
Is
that
not
that
a
student
is
failing
at
something
it's
that
he
or
she
can't
do
it.
Yet
it's
not
that
a
student
hasn't
completed
a
given
task
or
assignment
it's
just
not
done
yet,
as
we
present
to
you
key
data
related
to
our
work
and
closing
gaps
across
our
system.
AH
A
AH
A
AH
Of
hispanic
students
has
more
than
tripled
in
that
time,
as
has
the
number
of
our
english
language
learners.
The
number
of
pre-kindergarten
students
we
educate
has
nearly
doubled
and
the
number
of
students
receiving
free
and
reduced-priced
meals
is
up
75
and
we
added-
and
we
ended
last
year
with
more
than
1300
homeless
students.
AH
However,
I
want
you
to
know
clearly
that
it
reaches
every
single
corner
of
our
school
system,
from
the
obvious
direct
support
of
identified
schools
through
regular
meetings
of
our
executive
oversight
committee
to
the
variety
of
work
in
classrooms
and
schools
around
our
county.
We
are
doing
everything
we
possibly
can
to
unlock
the
potential
of
every
single
one
of
our
students
doing
so.
We
must
also
unlock
the
potential
of
our
employees,
and
our
division
of
human
resources
is
playing
a
key
role
in
that
this
year.
AH
AH
AH
AH
AM
AH
A
AD
AD
AD
The
good
news
is
that
by
the
end
of
the
year,
as
reflected
in
the
red
bars,
we
are
able
to
see
tremendous
growth,
utilizing
the
reading
diagnostic
tool
fontes
and
panel.
We
see
that
66
percent
of
our
students
are
meeting
expected
grade
level
level
reading
proficiency
by
the
end
of
their
kindergarten
year.
AD
AD
We
are
seeing
sizable
gains
across
the
board
as
we
pursue
our
goals
that
all
students
leave
second
grade
reading
on
grade
level,
I
want
to
highlight
our
hispanic,
english
language,
learners
and
special
education
students,
all
of
whom
are
showing
above
average
growth
in
the
absence
of
msa
and
parcc
data.
We
have
closely
examined
the
grades
of
our
middle
school
students.
AD
AD
AD
We
are
also
seeing
growth
in
middle
school
reading.
The
fall
reading
scores
provide
classroom
teachers,
a
snapshot
of
information
to
inform
planning
for
each
student's.
Instructional
needs
as
a
result
of
diagnostic
planning
on
the
part
of
classroom
teachers.
Spring
reading
scores,
as
represented
by
the
dark
blue
bars,
show
consistent
growth
over
the
last
five
years
across
all
student
groups.
AD
AL
The
percentage
of
students
in
these
groups
enrolled
in
our
avid
program
have
traditionally
exceeded
that
in
our
overall
student
population,
especially
when
it
comes
to
african-american
hispanic
and
farm
students.
Last
year,
over
90
percent
of
our
high
school
students
in
avid
took
an
honors
level
course.
82
percent
of
the
avid
seniors
were
accepted
to
at
least
one
four-year
college
and
avid
students
as
a
whole
earn
more
than
23
million
dollars
in
college
scholarship
offers.
AL
In
addition
to
our
centers
of
applied
technology,
we
offer
seven
magnet
middle
and
high
school
programs
in
16
schools.
They
provide
rigorous
student-centered
environments
that
give
students
a
chance
to
learn
with
others
who
are
passionate
about
the
same
topics.
These
programs
have
helped
our
school
system
close
the
access
or
opportunity
gap.
I
am
proud
to
share
that
the
ethnicity
representation
in
our
magnet
programs
closely
mirrors
that
for
our
school
system,
as
with
avid
these
students
are
also
meeting
with
success.
Last
year,
seniors
and
magnet
programs
earned
more
than
29.5
million
dollars
in
scholarship
offers.
AL
As
we
talk
about
preparing
students
for
college,
we
also
look
at
the
act
and
sat.
We
have
placed
an
intentional
focus
on
act
and
sat
participation
and
have
seen
participation
growth
across
student
groups
over
the
last
five
years.
However,
we
realize
that
we
still
must
do
more.
I
assure
you,
those
efforts
are
continuing
and
they
include
targeted
engagement
with
college
board,
the
organization
which
developed
and
leads
the
administration
of
the
sat.
AL
There
also
continues
to
be
a
significant
focus
on
student
enrollment
in
advanced
placement,
ib
and
honors
courses.
Our
dedication
to
the
promotion
of
rigorous
coursework
is
evident
in
our
most
recent
enrollment
numbers.
For
the
first
time.
In
five
years,
we
saw
enrollment
gains
in
every
student
group.
In
fact,
last
year
saw
94
percent
of
our
high
school
students
enrolled
in
at
least
one
ap,
ib
or
honors
course,
as
well
as
a
closing
of
enrollment
gaps
across
student
groups.
AL
We
also
continue
to
encourage
and
support
students
to
take
ap
and
ib
exams,
including
offering
financial
assistance
options.
Although
we
have
seen
growth
and
participation,
we
have
inconsistency
in
student
taking
exams
and
there
remains
some
variability
among
the
student
groups
with
regard
to
rigor.
Our
biggest
challenge
for
all
student
groups
is
increasing
ap
and
ib
exam
scores.
Although
we
have
seen
positive
movement,
we
have
not
met
our
targets
for
students
scoring
three
or
higher
on
the
ap
exam
or
four
or
higher,
on
the
ib
exam
consistently
across
all
student
groups.
AL
With
that
said,
we
are
testing
more
students,
and
our
scores
overall
have
remained
constant.
A
particular
highlight
to
note
is
the
success
of
our
english
language
learners,
where
the
percentage
of
those
meeting
the
standard
move
from
41.7
percent
to
52.4
percent
last
year,
we
are
targeting
our
actions
to
help
foster
more
success.
Those
efforts
include
offering
students
the
opportunity
to
take
mock,
exams,
utilize
online
tutorials
and
attend
saturday
practice
sessions.
We
are
also
helping
teachers
create
a
culture
of
academics
and
understand
the
apib
scoring
practices
with
instructional
strategies
that
focus
on
improving
student
performance.
AG
Disproportionality
is
one
of
the
most
significant
issues
in
education
today.
The
results
of
decades
of
research
consistently
show
that
students
of
color,
particularly
african
american
students,
and
especially
those
who
are
economically
disadvantaged
or
those
with
disabilities,
are
at
significantly
increased
risk
for
experiencing
exclusionary
discipline
practices,
including
office
referrals
and
suspensions.
AG
AG
This
is
very
exciting
and
encouraging
data,
as
we
are
successfully
reducing
the
discipline
gaps,
which
has
historically
deterred
us
from
achieving
our
overall
objective
of
positive
outcomes
for
students,
as
referrals
and
suspensions
have
decreased,
we
have
seen
graduation
rates
rise
for
all
students
by
five
percentage
points.
Again,
there
is
even
better
news
for
our
individual
student
groups.
AG
AG
Schools
have
maximized
the
use
of
evening
high
school
summer
school
and
twilight.
School
they've
also
developed
individualized
approaches
to
address
the
challenge
of
dropout
rates
by
implementing
programs
such
as
gap
programs
at
glen,
burnie
high
school,
the
mead,
stable
at
meade,
high
school
and
special
education
transition
support
facilitators
in
our
high
schools,
as
schools
incorporate
more
strategies
to
reduce
barriers
to
student
learning,
it
is
increasingly
less
likely
that
students
will
be
excluded
from
the
learning
environment.
AG
As
our
discipline
and
graduation
data
demonstrates
anne
arundel
county
public
school
students
in
all
student
groups
are
increasingly
in
class,
with
access
to
amazing
opportunities
for
engaging
in
rigorous
instruction,
while
we
have
not
eliminated
all
gaps
in
discipline
or
graduation
rates.
Yet
our
progress
is
promising
and
this
elusive
goal
is
within
reach.
AH
AB
AH
Of
our
successes
and
aware
of
our
challenges,
our
work,
however,
is
not
defined
by
a
single
set
of
data.
Rather,
it
is
a
journey
that
we
are
traveling
with
approximately
80
000
children,
and
we
are
not
afraid
to
say
that
we
are
not
where
we
want
to
be.
Yet,
as
we
continue
on
this
journey,
we
must
ask
ourselves:
what
will
it
take
to
get
us
where
we
want
to
go?
AH
What,
if
we
had
a
newcomer
center
to
address
the
needs
of
our
english
language
learners,
many
of
whom
come
to
us
with
interrupted
educations
and
may
not
be
literate
in
their
own
language?
We
don't
have
one
yet
one
of
every
four-year-old
in
our
county
had
access
to
a
pre-kindergarten
seat
in
one
of
our
schools.
AH
They
don't
not.
Yet
what?
If
the
demographics
of
our
workforce
mirrored
our
students
despite
herculean
efforts,
they
don't
not.
Yet
what?
If
we
could
expand
our
highly
successful
avid
program,
as
you
saw
on
that
data,
to
include
more
school-wide
programs
and
further
expand
our
reach
into
more
of
our
elementary
schools,
we
haven't
been
able
to
not
yet
what
if
we
could
allocate
more
funding
to
professional
development
to
further
support
our
educators,
so
they
could
be
in
a
better
position
to
support
and
enhance
achievement
for
all
of
our
learners.
AH
E
Thank
you
all
very
much,
and
I
think
when
I
look
at
the
data,
we
also
have
to
remember
that
we
had
a
change
in
the
common
core
coming
in
so
that
was
all
of
you
know
thing.
I
don't
think
we
lost
a
lot.
We
may
not
have
made
major
gains,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
the
whole
big
picture
of
what
was
going
on
and
and
so
to
be
able
to
maintain
in
the
challenge
of
that.
I
think,
says
something,
because
that
was
a
big.
E
There
was
a
lot
of
stuff
happening
with
common
core
and
so
forth.
So
I
think
that
being
able
to
maintain
without
losing,
while
it's
not
great,
is
better
than
losing
and
then
having
to
gain
back
what
we
lost
so
and
a
lot
of
what
you
talked
about
in
your
closing
remarks,
mr
olsen
had
to
do
with
initiatives
seats
for
kids
and
in
pre-k.
E
E
There's
only
so
many
teachers
that
are
available
to
teach,
so
we
have
to
also
rely
on
community
as
a
whole,
and
we
have
to
rely
on
the
community
as
a
whole
to
step
up
and
say
that
education
is
important
and
it's
important
in
our
county,
we'll
hear
stuff
about
how
we
take
50
percent
of
the
budget.
Well,
the
fact
is
we're
educating
the
future
of
our
county.
E
If
we
want
people
to
come
here
and
work
and
we
want
people
to
come
here
and
live,
then
we
have
to
be
able
to
provide
the
education
and
the
opportunities
for
students
that
that
we
are
trying
to
provide.
But
every
time
we
only
get
maintenance
of
effort
and
we
don't
get
any
more,
but
we
keep
adding
more
students
in
we're
going
to
continue
to
not
be
able
to
close
the
achievement
gap,
because
this
becomes
a
societal
issue
as
well
as
an
educational
issue.
E
I
know
that
each
and
every
person
in
this
room,
all
the
people
in
our
schools,
are
working
as
fast
as
they
can
as
hard
as
they
can.
I
have
no
doubt
in
that.
In
all
the
times
we
go
through
schools
and
we
visit.
I
don't
doubt
that
at
all
would
we
be
able
to
give
all
the
things
we'd
like
to
be
able
to
give
absolutely.
J
I
have
a
question
for
the
data.
It
may
be
something
that
you
can
get
me
later.
The
kindergarten
readiness
test
we
have
the
large
percentage
who
are
not
ready
when
they
come
into
kindergarten.
Do
we
have
a
breakdown
for
how
many
of
our
children
who
went
through
our
pre-k
are
ready
when
they
come
to
kindergarten?
Can
we
yes.
J
Okay,
so
that
we
can
see
the
difference
that
that
pre-k
is
making
what
percentage
of
our
children
that
are
coming
in
not
ready
did
not
have
the
benefit
of
pre-k
so
that
we
can
see,
I
think,
we'll
see
a
big
big
difference
for
the
ones
who
were
given
the
quality
than
the
ones
who
weren't
able
to
I
want
to.
I
was
thrilled
to
see
that
the
stem
enrollment
so
closely
mirrors.
I
mean
it's
almost
exact.
J
It's
amazing
how
it
mirrors
the
breakdown
of
our
county
and
that's
great,
to
see
that
everyone
is
getting
access
of
that
and
one
other
just
kind
of
procedural
question
when
you
give
fontes
and
pinella
in
the
spring.
What
when
do
they
give?
That?
Is
it
like
in
june,
or
is
it
april?
It's
usually
a
four-week
window.
That
starts
in
may
sorry,
so
it's
at
the
very
end
of
the
year,
so
we're
really
getting
a
good
picture
from
the
beginning
of
the
year
to
the
end
of
the
year,
correct
as
to
where
they
are.
K
As
you
know,
there
are
many
assets
that
need
to
be
taken
into
account
to
have
children
do
well
in
school
and
we
certainly
have
a
good
superintendent.
Hopefully
a
good
school
board,
good
staff,
but
ultimately
I
think
it
goes
back
to
mom
and
dad
have
you
looked
at
any
data
to
find
out
of
the
kids
that
are
not
doing
well
in
school?
How
many
of
them
have
both
a
mom
and
a
dad
at
home?.
AH
K
Is
it
possible
that
you
could
gain
that
information
without
getting
into
privacy
of
of
people's
lives,
because
I
have
I've
looked
at
some
data
that
nationwide?
That's
the
primary
reason:
kids
don't
do
well
in
school
and
I'm
not
sure
what
we
can
do
about
that.
Except
get
the
word
out
that
for
kids
to
do
well
in
school,
you
need
to
have
a
mom
and
a
dad
at
home
and
I
think
that's
where
it
all
starts.
AN
So
if
I
could
just
jump
in
dr
frank,
I
appreciate
your
comments.
That's
not
data
that
that
we
collect.
Now.
I
don't
see
us
in
the
in
the
anytime
in
the
near
future,
going
after
that
data.
AN
And
so
well,
I
don't
think
anybody
in
this
room
would
disagree
with
you
the
importance
that
education
starts
at
home,
no
question
about
it.
We
really
have
to
take
continue
to
look
at
the
data
on
what
we
can
influence
on
a
day-to-day
basis
during
the
five
days
each
week
that
we
have
the
children.
B
AH
So
the
challenge
that
we
had
was
that
we
don't
have
complete
msa
data,
so
in
the
past,
you've
been
accustomed
to
seeing
our
msa
scores
and
doing
the
comparison
of
student
groups
from
over
the
series
of
years
and
combining
that
with
hsa
data.
So
with
the
switchover
as
we
have
the
state
has
done
to
park,
we
no
longer
have
msa
data,
so
we
didn't
administer
msa
last
year,
with
the
exception
of
msa
science
and
our
students
in
fifth
and
eighth
grade.
AH
So
we
don't
have
that
reading
and
math
msa
scores
that
traditionally
accustomed
to
seeing
to
draw
that
comparison
over
that
linear
period
of
time,
which
is
why
we
had
to
look
at
different
data
points,
because
the
other
data
were
in
a
quandary.
As
with
all
the
other
counties
within
the
state
of
not
having
that
data.
AO
AH
Long
as
we're
using
state
data
we're
depending
upon
the
state
in
the
nation
in
regards
to
the
data
that
we
have
and
when
it's
available
to
us
so
as
a
system,
we
thought,
as
with
other
systems
in
our
in
our
jurisdictions,
that
msa
was
the
assessment
that
we
were
using
for
quite
some
time,
and
so
we
have
that
msa
data
with
the
national
transition
to
park
and
the
pilot
and
how
we
administered
and
rolled
out
park.
We
don't
have
that,
so
we
will
continue
to
collect
park
debt
as
it
comes.
AO
Yeah,
I
know
at
some
point
I'd
like
to
delve
a
little
deeper
into
this
information.
Absolutely
because
right
now,
I
don't
feel
comfortable
explaining
to
the
concerned
population
in
our
community
that
we're
really
getting
to
where
we
want
to
be,
as
far
as
eliminating
the
opportunity,
slash
achievement
gap
also
on
on
the
front
of
discipline.
AG
Who
then
can
respond
to
the
student
without
a
referral
or
suspension
having
to
occur
where
you're
holding
that
student
accountable
for
the
behavior
that
they've
exhibited
but
more
in
an
instructive
way
where
we're
teaching
the
student
how
to
behave
more
appropriately
in
the
future?
And
we
could
see
that
this
effect.
This
is
working
effectively
in
our
recidivism
rates.
That's
the
six
or
more
referrals,
because
students
are
learning
to
change
their
behaviors
by
these
interventions
and
that's
why
we're
not
seeing
them
continually
reduce,
exhibit
the
same
behaviors.
AG
AO
B
I
just
had
a
question
also,
probably
something
you
can
get
us
later
on
the
pie
chart
where
you
have
the
overall
magnet
student
population
reflecting
the
aacps
student
population,
we're
just
curious
about
the
stem
group
like
the
male
female
breakdown
and
the
same
data
that
was
in
the
pie.
Chart
specifically
for
stem
just
wondering
if
we're
getting
some
of
these
lovely
young
women
too,.
AO
Thank
you
just
one
more
question:
are
we
still
using
that
four
four
section
form
for
referrals.
AG
AG
AO
AO
J
Also,
just
another
data
point
again:
can
I
a
later
time
get
the
breakdown
for
our
farm
population?
What
the
ethnic
breakdown
is
for
our
farm
population
just
to
see
that,
and
also
for
our
special
ed
population
with
the
ethnic
breakdown
is
for
that.
Thank
you.
H
Thank
you,
dr
arlato
president
core
black
in
the
board,
I'm
here
to
ask
for
your
tangible
action:
I'm
janet
norman
from
annapolis,
cluster
schools,
annapolis
high
in
annapolis,
middle
and
helsmeer
and
many
other
schools.
I
support
I'm
here
to
ask
for
your
tangible
action
to
close
the
achievement
gap
as
an
active
parent
in
the
annapolis
cluster.
I
see
every
day
and
every
year
the
huge
challenges
our
teachers
deal
with
to
help
our
low-income
and
non-native
speaker,
students,
succeed.
H
H
B
H
H
My
son
will
tell
you
how
great
mr
schmidt
miss
cephas,
mr
gandhi,
mr
milkovich
and
mr
chang,
miss
bowser
and
many
other
annapolis.
High
teachers
are
and
how
much
less
learning
would
occur
if
their
those
teachers
were
not
there,
we're
not
going
to
get
there
tweeting.
How
awesome
we
are.
We
need
to
pay
our
awesome
teachers
and
challenge
schools.
H
I
also
want
to
tell
you
some
things
that
some
of
the
teachers
and
guidance
counselors
in
our
middle
schools
are
telling
me
that
they
can't
say
to
you
for
fear
of
job
repercussions.
You
are
not
closing
the
achievement
gaps
by
eliminating
disciplinary
measures
that
they
need
to
use.
Our
demoralized
teachers
are
reporting
that
students
realize
there
is
no
consequence
to
disruptive
behavior
and
many
of
our
long-time
dedicated
teachers
are
strongly
considering
leaving
our
middle
schools
and
that
breaks
my
heart.
H
B
I
just
want
to
ask:
I
appreciate
your
enthusiasm,
but
we
have
three
hours
and
15
minutes
worth
of
public
comments
that
I
have
cards
on
and
every
time
we
applaud
you're
extending
the
evening
and
out
of
respect
for
our
students
who
are
here
to
speak,
I
would
ask
that
we
try
to
move
this
along.
Mrs
burge.
I
AQ
AP
One
child
at
central,
middle
and
one
at
south
river.
The
previous
agenda
item
was
an
update
on
closing
the
achievement
gap.
Missing
from
that
presentation
is
a
positive
impact.
Later
middle
and
high
school
start
times
would
have
the
brooking
institute's
hamilton
project
proposed
three
ways
to
reorganize
schools
that
could
reap
tremendous
benefits
for
student
achievement
later
start
times
was
the
first
of
three
proposals.
AP
AP
AP
AP
I
urged
a
board
of
education
to
set
clear
parameters
for
healthy
school
hours,
which
would
positively
reinforce
the
importance
of
closing
the
achievement
gap
and
academic
improvement.
These
these
could
include
an
8
30
a.m,
start
time
for
middle
and
high
school,
8
a.m,
for
start
or
8
a.m,
start
from
middle
or
for
elementary
schools.
Excuse
me:
7
a.m
as
the
earliest
bus
pick
up
and
3
30
is
the
latest
as
the
last
release.
B
Okay,
we
will
move
on
to
the
public
comment
portion
of
the
meeting.
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
on
an
item
that
is
not
on
today's
agenda
may
offer
testimony
during
this
public
comment.
Portion
of
the
meeting
speakers
will
be
allotted
three
minutes
each
and
the
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing
the
meeting
student
specific
and
personnel
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
B
This
time
is
intended
for
speakers
to
voice
their
opinion
and
not
necessarily
as
a
question
and
answer
period.
Speakers
may
pose
questions,
but
answers
will
be
counted
toward
the
three-minute
allotment.
For
the
record,
please
give
your
name
before
speaking
and
handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant.
AR
Good
evening
dr
arlatto,
president
korbelack
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
lisa
rodvian
and
I'm
a
secondary
teacher
in
aacps.
I
actually
grabbed
two
cards
tonight,
one
for
public
comment,
so
I
could
speak
about
school
start
times
and
so
another
about
the
teacher
contract.
AR
I
attended
last
night's
work
session
on
school
start
times
and
I'm
returning
tonight
to
urge
you
to
reject
option
a.
I
think
there
were
lots
of
issues
that
came
up
regarding
option.
A
that
a
30
minute
shift
a
is
insufficient.
The
benefits
to
students
in
terms
option,
a
is
the
30
minute
is
the
star.
Is
the
30
minute
shift?
I'm
sorry
option
c.
Is
the
30
minute
slide?
Thank
you
very
much.
The
benefits
for
option
c
are
not
what
they
should
be.
AR
The
the
organizations
that
have
weighed
in
recommend
8
30
as
the
earliest
start
time,
and
that
only
gets
high
school
students
to
7
47..
AR
AR
Many
families
with
high
school
students
do
fine,
but
the
families
that
suffer
because
of
high
school
start
times
being
what
they
are
suffer
tremendously
and
their
family
situations
are
extremely
strained,
and
I
don't
think
we
can
continue
to
underestimate
that
strain.
Those
families
are
dealing
with
depression,
they're
dealing
with
con
constant
sleep
deprivation.
AR
They
are
dealing
with
suffering
grades.
They
are
dealing
with
the
achievement
gap.
They
are
dealing
with
increased
illness
illness.
We
just
had
a
whole
presentation
on
the
county's
commitment
to
change
the
achievement
gap.
Yet
I
didn't
hear
one
mention
of
it
in
last
night's
work
session
that
school
start
times
can
be
an
important
step
in
closing
the
achievement
gap.
Yet
it
seems
absent
from
the
conversation
I'm
just
here
to
ask
for
real
leadership.
AR
I
don't
think
when
I
ask
my
students
to
do
a
task
and
they
give
me
back
a
million
excuses
of
why
it
can't
happen.
I
encourage
them
overcome
the
obstacles.
Do
what
you
know
is
right.
Do
what
you
need
to
do
you
have
you
have
been
given
a
charge,
two-thirds
of
survey
respondents
want
to
change.
The
unanimous
vote
of
our
elected
council
wants
change.
You
can
be
the
leaders
or
you
conduct
this
task.
I
urge
you
to
do
it
the
time
to
do
it
is
now.
Thank
you.
AS
Good
evening
president
corbilike,
dr
arlata
and
the
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
danielle
brooks
I
am
a
parent
of
two
current
elementary
students,
and
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
meeting
last
night.
As
you
heard
from
the
fairfax
county
representatives
last
night
in
your
workshop
community
outreach
is
a
vital
part
of
the
successful
implementation
of
later
start
times,
and
the
commitment
that
you've
shown
towards
later
start
times
is
important.
AS
Start
school
later
has
begun
an
education
campaign
via
middle
school
ptos
and
ptas,
but
we
of
course
lack
the
positional
authority
of
aacps
in
the
board
of
education
because
you
are
entrusted
with
the
education
and
care
of
our
children.
Hearing
the
same
message
regarding
the
health
benefits
of
sleep
and
the
positive
impacts
on
academic
performance
from
aacps
and
the
board
of
education
will
resonate
with
parents,
teachers
in
the
community
at
large,
so
demonstrating
a
little
bit.
AS
End
quote:
facilitating
this
change
depends
on
broad
communication
and
the
belief
in
your
good
faith.
Efforts.
Fairfax
county
set
the
standard
by
their
community
outreach
not
just
to
the
impacted
families,
but
to
the
community
at
large
to
help
them
understand
the
potential
impacts
of
traffic
use
of
sports
fields
by
non-school
organizations.
Before
and
after
after
care
operators,
business,
community
and
so
on.
I
don't
believe
that
aacps
and
the
board
need
to
reinvent
the
wheel
here.
AS
It
concerns
me
that
it
hasn't
happened
yet
because
we
are
talking
about
next
year's
school
calendar
start
school
later
looks
forward
to
partnering,
with
the
board
of
education
and
the
aacps
and
their
outreach
efforts
over
the
next
few
months,
explaining
the
new
safety
and
health
and
health
and
safety,
health
and
safe
school
hours
for
all
grades
in
the
2016-2017
school
year.
Thank
you.
AT
Good
evening
I'm
lisa
van
buskirk
of
edgewater
and
I'm
the
chapter
leader
of
the
start
school
later
anne
arundel
county.
I
would
like
to
ask
that
any
audience
member
who
supports
later
start
times
for
high
school
for
anne
arundel's,
middle
and
high
schools,
while
keeping
the
elementary
schools
early.
Please
stand
in
support
and,
unfortunately,
you
can't
see
all
the
teachers
outside
start
school
later
supports
our
teachers.
We
recognize
and
appreciate
their
momentous
efforts
every
day
improving
the
lives
of
students
across
anne
arundel.
AT
However,
our
teachers
can
only
make
their
positive
impacts
on
students
who
are
ready
to
learn.
Sleep-Deprived
teenage
students
are
not
ready
to
learn,
so
I
thank
you
for
holding
the
workshop
shop
last
night
on
later
school
start
time
to
discuss
the
issue.
Unfortunately,
I
was
unable
to
attend
in
person,
so
I
watched
it
stream
over
the
internet
later
school
start
times
is
not
just
about
the
cost
of
extra
buses.
AT
It's
also
about
tracking
down
fewer
truant
students
providing
less
remedial
instruction,
because
students
are
awake
and
cognizant
during
their
actual
lessons
better
homework
completion,
because
the
students
are
learning
more
in
class
which
improves
their
grades
and
graduation
rates,
closing
the
achievement
gap
and
most
of
all,
it's
about
valuing
sleep
as
a
society
for
puts
positive
impacts
on
our
health.
I
found
an
editorial
in
the
washington
post
from
august
1998.
Please
note:
that's
the
year
that
all
of
our
graduating
seniors
were
born.
AT
It
gives
the
same
justification
that
I
use
in
my
literacy
editor.
The
only
difference
is
now.
We
have
even
more
science
supporting
the
change
in
2006.
The
board
voted
on
this,
and
so
this
is
not
a
new
issue.
We
just
have
new
board
members,
so
we've
already
answered
the
question:
should
we
do
this?
You,
the
board,
has
said
we
will
now
it's
time
to
move
beyond
that
study
and
discuss
the
stage.
How
do
we
do
this?
As
you
learned
last
night
from
fairfax?
It
can
be
done
it's
much
like
eating
an
elephant.
AT
How
do
you
eat
an
elephant
one
bite
at
a
time?
The
first
bite
is
leadership
from
many
levels
of
aacps
in
the
board.
The
second
byte
is
clarifying
start
time
parameters.
The
third
byte
is
using
the
software
you
purchase
to
develop
scenarios.
The
fourth
byte
is
internal
stakeholder
meetings,
evaluating
your
scenarios
to
improve
them
for
the
student's
benefit.
The
fifth
bite
is
community
outreach.
The
sixth
bite
is
refining
your
scenarios.
Further,
the
seventh
bite
more
community
outreach
and
the
eighth
and
final
bite
is
later
start
times
next
year.
AT
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
you
receive
the
handouts
that
were
supposed
to
be
provided
to
you
last
night.
Did
you
receive
them
today?
All
right?
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
chart
that
shows
the
two
start
times
for
the
two
real
students
and
the
amount
of
sleep
that
they
get.
They
actually
happen
to
share
the
same
amount
of
school
time.
The
difference
is
anne
arundel's,
starting
at
7,
17
and
loudoun
county
counties,
starting
at
nine.
They
still
have
the
same
amount
of
sports
practice.
AT
They
still
eat
dinner
with
their
family,
but
the
difference
is
when
they
do
homework
and
then
go
to
bed.
The
annual
student
might
go
to
bed
at
nine
and
they
toss
and
turn
for
two
hours
and
fall
asleep
at
11..
The
laden
county
student
goes
to
bed
at
11
and
falls
asleep
at
11,
which
means
they
get
nearly
eight
hours
of
sleep.
AT
There's
also
solutions
for
thinking
outside
the
box.
Four
comments
posted
on
our
facebook
page
and
then
nine
of
the
very
very
many
experts
opinions
on
why
we
should
start
school
later.
AT
AE
AE
AE
Thank
you
for
helping
to
mold
me
into
the
educator
that
I
am
today
this
year
marked
my
14th
year
as
an
educator.
My
ninth
year
with
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
I
began
my
aacp's
career
as
a
special
educator
at
glendale,
then
continued
as
a
fifth
grade
teacher
at
maryland
city
and
am
currently
in
love
with
my
job
as
a
third
grade.
Math
teacher
best
job
ever
along
the
way.
You've
invested
time,
effort,
training
money
into
me,
but
you
can't
take
all
the
credit
for
that.
Much
of
it.
AE
AE
You
would
think
that
if
an
entity
such
as
acps
had
invested
so
much
into
someone
to
hone
her
into
the
educator
that
you
wanted
her
to
be,
it
would
protect
that
investment,
just
as
when
a
homeowner
makes
improvements
to
a
home
and
expects
to
increase
its
value
shows.
Should
aacps
value
me.
It's
unfathomable
to
me
that
next
year,
a
teacher
from
another
county
or
state
with,
let's
say,
two-thirds
of
the
experience
that
I
have
will
be
hired
at
a
salary.
That's
above
my
current
step
level
of
pay
does
aacps
not
value
its
investment.
AE
AE
Please
consider
me
and
the
amazing
teachers
throughout
the
anne
arundel
county
when
you
make
decisions
in
the
future.
We
love
our
jobs,
but
we
hate
being
made
to
feel
unvalued,
especially
when
we
have
gone
above
and
beyond.
What
you
have
asked
us
to
do.
Please
begin
treating
us
as
a
valued
investment
and
consider
that
we
are
professionals
that
deserve
to
be
properly
compensated
for
our
effort
and
expertise.
AE
AU
AU
I'm
really
encouraged
to
seeing
the
board
digging
into
the
details
on
how
to
build
a
healthy
school
schedule
for
all
kids
last
night.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we've
done
a
lot
of
the
work
already
as
the
task
members
task
force.
Members
can
attest,
so
we
have
already
begun,
which
is
a
good
thing.
Last
night
we
heard
ms
ritchie
bring
up
an
option,
a
schedule
option
that
hadn't
been
raised
before
we
heard
mins,
nally
question
the
costs,
which
is
also
clearly
an
important
step.
AU
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
I
think
the
30-minute
slide
is
not
going
to
work.
Let's
just
stop
talking
about
it.
Bringing
the
outlying
elementary
schools
and
middle
schools
in
line
is
costly
and
the
extra
buses
needed
could
be
used
more
effectively
in
a
more
comprehensive
solution.
We
don't
need
to
grasp
at
the
cheapest
solution.
AU
Right
now,
we're
harming
our
kids,
maybe
not
the
elementary
school
kids,
but
the
older
kids,
the
14
year
olds,
the
15
year
olds.
They
are
our
responsibility
too.
They
are
our
families.
There's
too
much
depression
too
many
dropouts
too
many
kids
walking
to
school
in
the
in
the
dark
later
school
start
times,
as
we've
heard
tonight
can
help
close
the
achievement
gap
later
school
start
times
can
help
teachers
teach
later
school
start
times
can
help
students
learn.
AU
I
was
concerned
to
find
out
last
night
that
the
estimate,
the
estimate
for
the
software
to
be
up
and
running
is
two
years.
We
don't
have
that
time,
we're
harming
our
kids
every
day
and
we
have
a
solution
before
us.
A
public
health
solution
that
not
only
improves
academic
improves
health
but
academic
performance.
AU
We
need
your
leadership
on
this.
We
need
you.
We
need
to
be
working
together,
new
board
members
and
long-term
board
members,
the
transportation
department,
the
I.t,
I'm
just
going
to
start
reading,
I'm
sorry,
the
I.t
department,
the
community,
the
volunteers
who
want
to
help
last
night.
There
were
lots
of
concerns
raised
for
every
concern.
There
is
a
workable
solution
that
we
can
learn
from
neighboring
counties.
Let's
set
parameters
like
civil
twilight,
you
have
the
software
at
this
point.
It's
not
rocket
science,
it's
a
lot
of
data
entry.
AU
We
need
to
sit
down
together
and
talk
about
ideas,
solutions
and
transportation
details,
look
at
creative
solutions
and
use
the
software
to
run
scenarios
once
you
have
the
data
plugged
in
it
will
take
a
day
not
a
month,
not
a
year.
We
don't
have
the
time
to
waste.
We
need
to
move
forward.
This
can
be
done.
H
Good
evening,
janet
norman,
I
really
appreciate
you,
organizing
the
workshop
last
night
and
having
the
expertise
of
fairfax
and
montgomery
county
here
to
help
show
you
a
path
forward.
I
think
their
experiences
were
really
valuable
to
listen
to
and-
and
I
appreciate
your
time
taken
to
to
gain
that
that
knowledge,
it's
it's
clear
that
that
they
had
tremendous
leadership
to
help
them
get
through
difficult
times.
H
It
took
leadership
from
their
board
of
ed
to
pass
a
resolution
outlining
the
expectations
for
safe
and
healthy
hours,
the
superintendent
karen
garza
of
fairfax
to
accept
the
board's
decree
of
healthier
and
safe
hours.
It
took
leadership
from
the
transportation
official
to
coordinate
the
issues
and
communicate
and
communicate
and
communicate
like
he
said
last
night.
H
What
I'm
asking
you
is
to
show
us
that
that
you
can
have
the
same
amount
of
leadership
here
that
we
need
that
we
need
to
see
from
you,
and
we
know
you
are
capable
of
change,
is
the
new
normal
for
the
students
we
are
teaching.
They
will
never
have
one
job
for
their
entire
career.
H
H
You
must-
and
he
focused
mainly
on
it's
your
duty-
to
carry
out
the
mission
that
you
are
not
seeking
consensus
from
the
anne
arundel
county.
You
are
seeking
grudging
consent
to
go
forward
with
the
duty
to
carry
out
the
mission
and
the
mission
is
safe
and
healthy
start
times
for
our
students.
H
H
You
have
the
whole
budget.
In
order
to
do
this,
you
don't
just
have
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
You
have
the
whole
budget
of
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
To
do
this,
you've
got
gasoline
saving
diesel
diesel
fuel
cost
savings.
Of
I
don't
know:
1.2
million
there
there's
savings
all
throughout
your
budget
that
you
can
use
to
prioritize
this.
Just
like
the
seven
county
council
members
voted
unanimously.
Have
you
ever
seen
them
vote
unanimously
on
anything?
AV
Good
evening
my
name
is
laura
booth.
I
am
a
parent
of
a
student
at
annapolis,
middle
school
and
a
parent
of
a
kindergartner
at
georgetown
east
elementary,
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
first
of
all.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
this
evening,
and
also
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
amazing
teachers
that
we
have
that
are
especially
the
ones
that
are
working
in
struggling
schools
like
georgetown
east
is
a
90.
It's
a
title
one
school.
Ninety
percent
of
our
kids
get
free
or
reduced
cost
lunches.
AV
AV
And
we
don't
have
the
pta
to
do
these
sorts
of
things,
so
it's
our
teachers
who
stay
late
to
make
these
activities
possible
for
our
kids.
So
I
just
want
you
to
remember
them
when
you
think
about
things
like
taking
away
the
bonus
that
they
get
for
serving
at
these
schools.
It's
not
a
bonus,
it's
paying
them
for
the
time
that
they
put
in
above
and
beyond
our
teachers
at
other
schools,
all
right,
but
I'm
actually
here.
I
wanted
to
speak
tonight
about
start
times,
because
I
do
have
a
middle
schooler
who's
in
seventh
grade.
AV
He
loves
math,
loves
science
he's
in
annapolis
middle,
and
I
would
love
him
to
consider
the
stem
program
at
south
river
and
the
biggest
stumbling
block
is
the
school
start
time
because
he
would
have
to
get
up
so
early
and
it
would
require
a
parent
who
is
at
his
disposal
to
drive
him
to
a
bus
stop
at
that
time
of
day-
and
I
am
fortunate
you
mentioned
earlier
about
our
single
foul,
our
single
parent
households.
I
am
fortunate-
I
have
a
spouse
who
is
willing.
My
husband
is
willing
to
get
up
and
drive.
AV
My
son,
to
places
when
he
needs
to
be
early,
but
with
a
kindergartener,
I
don't
have
that
flexibility
of
getting
myself
up
and
my
son
up
and
my
daughter
up
at
5
30
in
the
morning
to
drive
my
son
somewhere.
My
son
right
now
is
in
the
middle
school
in
the
strings
program.
They
have
practice
before
school.
At
7.
00
am
on
tuesday
mornings,
my
family
hates
tuesday,
it's
awful
because
we
have
to
get
when
my
husband
is
away
on
business.
AV
AV
There
is
no
greater
sign
of
trust
that
I
can
show
you
than
by
giving
you
my
kids,
so
I
trust
you.
I
trust
you
to
do
what's
right.
I
trust
you
to
use
the
current
science.
You've
heard
all
the
recommendations
from
the
academy
of
pediatricians
you've
heard
from
the
cdc.
I
trust
you
to
follow
their
guidelines.
B
AW
My
name
is
deborah
wood
and
my
husband
and
I
have
a
child
at
broadneck
high
school,
I'm
also
a
child
development
specialist
with
a
doctorate
in
human
development,
the
executive
director
of
chesapeake
children's
museum
and
a
county
appointee
on
the
early
childhood
coalition.
I'm
disappointed
to
have
to
be
here
tonight.
AW
You
may
not
be
up
to
speed
on
the
long
history
of
trying
to
change
start
times
in
anne
arundel
county,
nor
the
updates
from
sleep
science
that
should
make
any
education
system
expedite
a
change
in
start
times
to
avoid
any
further
risk
and
harm
to
our
students.
These
include
obesity,
heart
disease,
depression,
poor
decision
making
weakened
immunities
and
slower
reflexes.
AW
AW
By
about
three
hours,
from
a
former
ideal
bedtime
of
about
8
pm
to
11
pm,
you
may
not
yet
have
come
to
understand
that
the
typical
teenage
brain
is
not
ready
to
wake
up
until
8
in
the
morning
being
at
school
at
7
17
a.m,
because
the
bus
schedule
works
best
that
way
waste
the
time
that
students
should
be
processing.
Yesterday's
lessons
during
rem,
sleep
and
waste
the
time
they
are
sitting
in
class
in
a
fog.
AW
This
puts
me
in
mind
of
dysfunctional
families.
A
functional
school
system
provides
an
environment
to
support
optimal
learning
for
each
and
every
student.
Much
like
the
parents
in
the
family
are
supposed
to
take
care
of
their
children,
staffing,
curriculum
material
scheduling,
transportation,
the
facility
family
and
community
support
and
a
positive
atmosphere
are
all
in
place
to
give
every
child
great
learning
experiences
every
day.
The
school
years
are
not
only
satisfying,
they
lay
the
foundation
for
lifelong
learning
and
develop
a
clear
path
toward
each
child's
chosen
career
and
good
citizenship.
AW
A
malfunctional
school
system
needs
some
tweaks
in
it
to
make
it
work
properly.
One
or
more
issues
with
staffing,
curriculum
materials,
scheduling,
transportation,
the
facility
family
or
community
support
and
or
the
school
atmosphere
needs
to
be
fixed,
because
not
all
the
students
are
getting
the
benefits.
The
system
is
designed
to
provide
a
dysfunctional
school
system
like
a
dysfunctional
family
pits
the
needs
of
the
adults
against
the
needs
of
the
children.
Children
are
expected
to
be
more
responsible
than
their
ages
would
suggest.
AW
Children
are
left
to
behave
and
be
in
ways
that
are
not
developmentally
healthy
or
appropriate.
While,
yes,
some
children
in
dysfunctional
families
are
able
to
adequately
meet
their
needs
themselves
or
they
may
get
taken
care
of
by
other
families.
Children
in
a
dysfunctional
school
system
lose
out
on
getting
the
most
of
what
a
school
experience
should
provide
and
go
into
their
futures
less
prepared
and
capable
than
they
might
have
been.
AW
The
time
and
effort
it
will
take
to
input
student
addresses
the
possible
cost
of
additional
buses
and
adjustments
to
sports
child
care
after
school
jobs
and
various
other
potential
impacts
on
students
and
adults
alike
will
all
be
worth
the
extra
morning
sleep
for
high
school
students.
We
may
even
find
that
staff,
parents
and
yes
bus
drivers
will
have
better
sleep
too.
Thank
you.
AX
Good
evening,
miss
gore
black
dr
alato
and
distinguished
members
of
the
board.
My
name
is
marie
kovac.
I'm
an
anne
arundel
county
parent.
My
daughter
survived
the
717
start
time,
she's
a
freshman
in
college,
my
middle
school
son,
I'd
like
to
see
school
start
times
well
in
place
before
he
hits
high
school.
AX
The
cost
estimates
for
implementing
new
busing
schemes
in
anne
arundel
county
are
not
trivial.
Neither
is
the
cost
of
paying
and
retaining
quality
teachers
in
anne
arundel
county
and
yet
under
a
1.1
billion
education
budget
they
should
not
be
mutually
exclusive.
Start
school
later
is
not
proposing
that
changing
school
start
times
should
come
at
the
expense
of
teachers.
Salaries.
AX
AX
Few
educational
programs
can
be
said
to
have
a
better
return
on
investment
than
implementing
later
school
start
times,
as
reported
as
a
nine
to
one
ratio
from
the
brookings
institute.
Fairfax
county
continuously
reworked
their
transportation
solutions.
Estimates
for
change
using
a
given
set
of
parameters
started
at
14
million,
then
were
reduced
to
4
million
and
then
to
0.,
while
they
ultimately
did
not
select
that
particular
zero
cost
start
time
option.
It
indicates
how
much
variation
there
can
be
for
a
given
set
of
parameters.
AX
School
start
times
is
not
just
a
transportation
software
issue.
It
requires
input
from
all
of
aacps's
off
offices
to
successfully
influence
with
strong
leadership,
effective
oversight
and
a
clear
goal
of
healthy
and
safe
school
hours
for
all
students.
This
project
can
develop
solutions
that
meet
the
board's
set
start
time
parameters
the
board
of
education
resolve
to
implement
safe
and
healthy
start
times
for
next
year.
What
is
the
project
timeline?
Is
the
board
receiving
regular
updates
on
the
status
of
the
software
implementation
start
school
later
looks
forward
to
hearing
more
from
aacps's
board
of
ed.
AX
AY
Hi,
I
am
ethan
willanski
good
evening,
I'll,
be
a
really
short
comment
here.
It's
about
starting
school
later
in
a
slightly
different
angle,
I
have
a
high
a
a
daughter
in
high
school
and
a
daughter
in
middle
school.
However,
I
live
very
close
to
the
high
school,
so
the
early
start
time
right
now
doesn't
have
a
huge
impact
on
us.
AY
AC
Hello,
my
name
is
kayla
and
I'm
a
freshman
in
high
school.
I've
always
gotten
straight
a's
and
love
school.
This
year.
I've
gotten
100s
on
all
my
projects
in
english,
but
I
got
an
eon,
reading
comprehension
for
the
book
we
were
reading
because
I
kept
falling
asleep
while
I
was
reading
it,
so
I
didn't
comprehend
it
as
well.
I
have
to
get
up
at
5
30
in
the
morning
and
then
catch
the
bus
while
it's
pitch
black
outside.
AC
AZ
AZ
I
started
coming
here
as
a
health
care
worker,
a
physical
therapist,
but
some
of
my
patients
had
friends
who
had
committed
suicide
and
some
of
my
patients
looked
awful
and
I
told
their
mom
I'm
like.
Oh
I'm
really
worried
about
her,
which
is
why
I
started
coming
a
couple
of
years
ago.
But
now
I
have
a
freshman
she
her
fifth
grade
teacher
said.
AZ
I
can
only
wish
that
my
daughter's
like
her,
but
you
can't
imagine
the
dramatic
change
in
just
two
months
and
somebody
can
say
well
it's
hormonal,
but
I've
known
her
friend
since
kindergarten.
They
didn't
get
all
hormonal
the
second
week
into
high
school,
they're,
great
kids
and
they're
devastated,
and
I
came
in
with
actually
different
comments.
AZ
I
I
went
to
the
the
fair
well,
the
people
from
the
other
county
and
afterwards-
and
I
said
what
do
you
think
and
they
said
one:
you
need
people
who
are
solution.
Oriented
two.
You
need
leadership.
AZ
Oh,
he
said
actually
two.
He
said
people
need
to
accept
it's
not
if
it's
when
and
you
need
leadership,
and
I
said
so.
What
do
you
think
he
identified?
Only
one
of
you,
the
one
that's
smiling,
I
might
add,
yeah
he
identified
only
one
of
you,
you
know
you,
the
thing
is
that
and
maybe
it's
just
a
communication
thing,
but
when
you
make
the
comment
about
not
having
people
applaud,
you
have
to
know
that
we
sit
out
here
watching
some
of
your
board
members
roll
their
eyes
and.
AZ
And
so
it's
great
to
hear
the
positive
stuff
about
the
magnet
schools
and
it's
great
to
hear
that
in
the
beginning.
But
when
I
talk
to
the
teachers
in
the
hallway-
and
I
hear
my
daughter
so
devastate
it's
devastating
and
to
come
back
and
basically
end
with
the
comment
that
was
made
about
not
wanting
to
rush
this-
it's
really
hard
because
it's
not
my
personality,
but
my
comment
is:
where
have
you
been
no
one's
ever
going
to
accuse
you
of
having
rushed
this?
AZ
This
has
been
going
on
for
years
and
these
teachers,
possibly
when
you
see
the
kids
that
were
so
well
behaved,
their
their
changes
isn't
is
unbelievable.
A
woman,
if
you
are
unaware,
did
do
a
study
and
used
part
of
our
community
and
that
part
of
our
community
on
average
as
a
norm
should
have
one
suicide.
In
10
years
we
exceed
state
levels,
we
exceed
national
levels.
AZ
BA
Hi
good
evening,
I'm
jeff
mcrees,
I'm
the
proud
parent
of
five
public
school
students,
two
at
annapolis,
high
school
two
at
bates
and
one
at
west
annapolis.
Elementary,
I'm
also
a
member
and
former
chair
of
the
annapolis
education
commission
and
as
well
this
year,
I'm
co-chairing
along
with
the
acting
school
superintendent
of
the
state
of
maryland,
the
state
of
maryland's
parent
parent
engagement
council.
BA
So,
first
from
all
the
members
of
the
annapolis
education
commission,
please
accept
our
gracious
thanks
for
the
board
support
over
the
past
decade
of
the
cluster
of
annapolis
schools.
BA
So
thanks
to
all
the
members
of
the
board
for
your
support
over
the
past
decade,
second,
the
annapolis
education
commission
has
voted
unanimously
several
times
in
support
of
later
high
school
start
times.
We
all
know
the
science
supports
this,
our
kids
are
healthier
and
they
learn
more
when
they're
well
rested,
but
what's
less
well
known,
is
that
later
start
times
have
a
disproportionately
greater
positive
impact
in
schools
of
poverty.
You
know.
BA
Families
with
economic
challenges,
for
example,
are
less
likely
to
have
extra
cars
and
be
less
likely
to
have
an
extra
parent
there
to
allow
high
schoolers
to
sleep
in
and
to
drive
themselves.
So
if
we're
really
concerned
about
closing
the
achievement
gap-
and
we
are-
we
all
recognize
we
are-
this
is
one
way
to
do
it.
BA
We
should
support
later
school
start
times
for
the
high
schoolers
now
and
third
and
finally,
you
know,
I
urge
the
board
to
find
funding
to
restore
incentive
pay
for
teachers
in
economically
challenged
high
schools
almost
10
years
ago,
in
the
zero
basing
of
annapolis
high
staff,
our
faculty
received
special
incentives
to
teach
in
high
needs
high
burnout
school
settings.
You
know
this
year,
however,
those
incentives
disappeared.
BA
Our
teachers
experienced
some
of
them
an
actual
pay
cut
and
we
all
recognize
that's
not
right.
Some
of
annapolis
high's
best
teachers
have
voiced
a
desire
to
go
elsewhere,
and
if
they
do,
it
will
be
a
tragedy
because
it
would
undo
some
of
the
great
achievements
that
we've
made.
I
recognize
that
there's
a
ratified
contract
with
the
teachers
unions.
I
acknowledge
that,
but
we've
got
to
find
a
way
to
find
some
money
to
fund
continued
incentive
pay
for
teachers
in
high
challenge
schools.
BA
Z
Hi,
my
name
is
missy
kozlowski.
I
am
a
parent
of
two
girls,
my
eldest
graduated
from
south
river
in
2011..
My
youngest
is
a
student
at
baltimore
lab
school,
her
home
school
would
be
crofton
middle,
but
she's
been
privately
placed.
It
baltimore
lab.
Actually
you
guys
placed
her
now
so
kind
of
got
a
cornucopia
of
delights
for
you
all
tonight.
Z
Z
You
know
I
got
stuck
with
a
really
bad
teacher
for
my
kid
for
three
years
with
no
oversight
and
nobody
stepping
in
and
helping
and
looking
at
what
was
happening
and
that's
why
she's
at
a
private
school
now
and-
and
you
know
it's
not
just
her,
though
I
mean
you
look
at
you
know,
there's
a
maximum
of
two
percent
of
special
education
students
who
are
allowed
to
take
an
alternative
assessment
based
upon
alternate
achievement
standards
right.
Z
The
other
98
are
supposed
to
be
able
to
close
that
gap
in
some
way,
shape
or
form
and
not
be
that
lower
that
20
number
we
saw
right,
I
mean
in
2013
like
57.3,
you
know:
50
53.7,
sorry
percent
of
special
education
students
graduated
in
four
years
and
and
sixty
percent
graduated.
In
five
I
mean
we
can't
be
satisfied
with
those
numbers.
Can
we.
Z
You
know
I
mean
you
see
things
like.
I
have
more
than
one
friend
whose
child
is
in
a
private
place,
but
now
because
this
behavior
supports
that
were
on
their
ieps
weren't,
provided
we
do
not
have
the
behavior.
The
people
who
understand
behavioral
supports
staffing,
our
schools
and
it
all
goes
back
to.
We
have
to
respect
our
teachers.
We
have
to
respect
our
educators
and
and
miss
ritchie.
Z
What
you
said
earlier
about
the
funding
and
the
lack
of
support
from
the
tax
base
is
hugely
hugely
important,
and-
and
we
hear
you
all-
I
don't
think
that's
just
you
right.
It's
the
whole
council,
you
don't
have
the
money,
but
nevertheless
we're
failing
these
kids,
it's
our
most
vulnerable
population.
Z
Z
So
we
drive
her
privately
and
you
guys
do
reimburse
us,
but
you
know
we
just
we
have
to
take
care
of
our
kids.
We
have
to
close
these
gaps.
Thank
you.
AT
BB
Greetings
president
corbilik
vice
president
natalie
superintendent,
arlato
excuse
me
and
members
of
the
board
for
the
record.
My
name
is
mickey
emanuel.
I
have
three
grandchildren
in
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
Madam
president,
you
are
aware
that
I've
testified
before
this
board
several
times
in
the
last
year,
urging
its
support
of
the
ocr
agreement.
BB
BB
Madam
president,
as
the
longest
serving
member
of
the
ocr
advisory
committee,
I
have
experienced
first
hand
all
of
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
committee
over
the
last
eight
years
because
of
the
hard
work
of
dr
alato,
his
executive
leadership
team
and
a
lot
of
other
acps
staff.
The
interests
of
the
students
and
parents,
most
impacted
by
the
achievement
gap
are
in
the
best
place
we
have
been
since
the
ocr
game
was
signed
in
september
of
2005..
BB
If
we
took
excuse
me,
if
we
look
30
miles
to
our
south,
we
can
see
that
two
people
or
two
groups
can
say
very
different
things
and
both
be
telling
the
truth
as
they
know
it.
The
hope
is
that,
in
the
interest
of
those
whose
who
we
serve,
we
will
always
work
through
distractions
to
minimize
the
lose
lose
that
comes
with
gridlock.
BB
I
believe
the
culture
within
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
has
begun
to
improve
under
dr
alato's
leadership,
which
is
allowing
more
transparency
than
has
ever
existed
in
the
past.
Anyone
who
has
been
engaged
for
even
the
last
six
months
has
heard
me
express
how
excited
I
am
about
the
triple
e
initiative,
as
well
as
k1
curriculum.
BB
I
believe
these
initiatives
are
the
foundation
we
have
needed
for
a
long
time
upon
which
to
build
the
capacity
to
elevate
all
students
and
eliminate
all
gaps,
but
as
any
organization
improves
there
will
be,
there
will
still
be
throwback
issues.
I
encourage
everyone,
every
acps
employee,
to
continue
the
heavy
lifting
behind
the
scenes
to
remove
the
barriers
to
a
complete
breakthrough
for
the
students
affected
by
the
achievement
gap.
BB
B
Thank
you.
I
don't
have
any
additional
public
comment
cards
so
we'll
move
on
to
the
action
items.
AN
B
BC
Yes,
hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
melissa,
rawls
and
I'm
the
director
of
employee
relations,
I'm
also
the
chief
negotiator
for
the
board
of
education
to
ms
corbilak,
ms
nalley
and
the
members
of
the
board,
and
also
to
dr
arlatto,
the
negotiating
teams
for
the
board
of
education
and
the
teachers.
Association
of
anne
arundel
county
reached
a
tentative
agreement
as
a
result
of
a
mediated
settlement.
BC
BC
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
the
tireless
efforts
of
the
negotiating
teams
and
their
willingness
to
confront
extremely
difficult
issues
in
the
midst
of
fiscal
challenges.
This
year,
despite
the
board
and
tax
respective
positions,
the
teams
collectively
work
to
reach
a
settlement
that
they
believed
demonstrates
everyone's
commitment
to
supporting
staff
and
students
of
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
BC
BD
BD
BD
Educators
across
this
county
have
maintained
a
high
standard
for
delivery
of
instruction
throughout
this
turbulent
time,
with
the
notion
that
the
economy
is
improving
and
enhancements
will
be
made,
we
spent
over
11
months
working
on
in
during
the
through
the
bargaining
process,
although
there
there
are
many
who
believe
the
settlement
does
not
meet
their
needs
and,
in
some
cases,
penalizes
them.
I
believe
this
settlement
is
the
absolute
best
that
we
could
do
and
accomplish
under
the
restraints
placed
on
the
team.
BD
The
expectation
moving
forward
as
it
should
be
is
that
we
will
work
to
improve
the
fy
17
settlement
when
it
comes
before
you
late
next
time.
Around
anne
arundel,
county
educators
have
lost
five
and
a
half
years
in
experienced
steps
on
a
salary
scale.
Having
lost
so
many
steps
in
pay.
Our
educators
are
finding
greener
pastures
elsewhere.
BD
BD
Every
county
around
us
are
seeing
steps
restored,
including
allegheny,
caroline
cecil,
charles
dorchester,
frederick
garrett,
harford,
howard,
kent,
montgomery
and
prince
george's,
st
mary's,
somerset,
talbot,
washington,
wycomico
and
worcester,
and
baltimore
county
never
lost
their
steps.
I
almost
went
into
my
maryland
county's
rap
because
it's
almost
every
single
one,
if
you're
wondering
if
you
heard
right-
yes,
garrett
county
is
getting
steps
and
they
spend
a
huge
proportion
of
their
budget
on
snow
removal.
BD
BD
BD
There's
been
a
ground
swell
of
activists.
Ready
to
organize
and
take
back.
Our
county
tac
will
be
working
to
engage
these
folks
on
a
grassroots
level.
Tac
will
continue
to
be
vocal
at
the
local
and
state
level
to
help
structure
or
secure
this.
The
funding
needed
the
board
members
can
help
us
well
by
continuing
their
lobby.
Efforts
as
well
with
the
members
of
the
county
council
and
the
office
of
the
county
executive.
BD
BD
The
school
system
must
continue
to
be
transparent,
with
the
budget
process
to
gain
more
support.
Our
children
are
the
ones
who
suffer
when
we
don't
speak
up
for
adequate
funding.
Our
educators
in
amarillo
county
part
of
the
state
has
been
that
has
been
ranked
number
one
in
the
country.
Many
years
in
a
row
also
suffer
when
we
allow
the
budget
to
be
balanced
on
the
on
their
back.
BD
Something
further
must
be
done
to
take
care
of
this
problem.
I
don't
have
all
the
answers,
but
I
do
know
that
this
education
business
we
are
in
is
all
about
human
resources
as
educators,
their
dedication,
perseverance,
resilience,
effort,
determination
and
motivation
to
make
every
child
receive
the
best
education
they're
entitled
to
cannot
be
boxed
and
put
on
a
shelf.
BD
We
need
to
take
the
steps
to
ensure
that
we
are
climbing
out
of
the
hole
and
not
slipping
back
into
it.
I
am
confident
that
we
can
do
this
through
mutual
collaboration
on
topics
that
we
both
have
interest.
We
will
undoubtedly
disagree
on
points
along
the
way,
but
we
are
allies
in
the
quest
to
provide
great
public
schools
for
every
child
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
traveling
down
the
road
together
to
make
it
happen.
BD
P
Good
evening,
president
gorblak,
dr
a
lot
of
members
of
the
board,
I'm
bill
jones,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
teachers
association
and
I
also
serve
as
their
chief
negotiator
and
I'm
not
going
to
speak
long.
There's
a
couple
of
comments
that
I
feel
obligated
to
make
the
first
one
is.
I
have
to
let
you
know
and
the
audience
known
anybody
who's
watching
on
a
television
know
that
this
was
not
an
easy
agreement
to
get
to
took
10
months
of
work
at
the
bargaining
table.
P
We
finally
threw
in
the
towel
and
decided
we
were
at
impasse.
We
had
10
items
that
we
just
couldn't
come
to
an
agreement
on.
We
lacked
the
middle
ground
to
do
it
on
any
one
of
the
10..
So
we
made
a
joint
request.
Even
our
request
for
impasse
was
collaborative
public
school
labor
relations
board
recognized
the
impasse
mediation
under
the
relatively
new
law.
Since
2011
is
mandatory,
we
went
to
mediation,
and
this
tentative
agreement
resulted
during
mediation.
A
P
We
can't
continue
on
this
road
you're
going
to
hear
speakers
after
miss
rawls
and
mr
benford
and
I
am
finished,
some
will
speak
in
favor
of
the
agreement.
Some
will
talk
about
the
challenges
they
still
face
in
their
personal
and
professional
life.
Some
may
speak
against
the
agreement,
but
they're
going
to
give
you
real
issues
and
all
of
them
are
significant
and
all
of
them
need
to
be
addressed.
P
P
So,
as
you
hear,
some
of
tax
owned
members
stand
up
and
possibly
ask
you
not
to
ratify
this
contract.
I
want
to
remind
you
of
something
you
already
heard
at
least
twice
earlier
tonight.
The
attack,
the
lawfully
exclusive
bargaining
agent,
has
already
ratified
this
contract
and
has
ratified
it
by
about
a
three
to
one
percentage.
P
B
B
B
B
B
I
Thank
you.
I
I
want
to
clarify
or
ask
a
couple
things
about
the
funding
that
was
given
to
us
from
our
funding
authority,
the
original
money
that
was
put
into
the
county
executive's
budget.
That
was
part
of
our
maintenance
of
effort.
Is
that
correct,
yeah,
so
really
that
money
is
supposed
to
be
used
to
account
for
our
additional
students
not
for
salary
increases,
but
but
we
were
so
they
didn't.
He
didn't
actually
give
us
extra
money
for
pay
increases.
I
We
really
should
have
used
that
money
to
pay
for
new
teachers
so
that
you
wouldn't
have
such
big
classes
and
then,
when
the
county
council
added
money,
they
didn't
give
us
new
money
either.
Did
they?
No?
No.
They
they
took
money
from
our
health
care
fund
balance.
I
The
message
needs
to
go
out,
and
we've
been
trying
to
do
this
for
several
years
now,
with
economic
development,
economic
impact
studies
and
talking
to
our
our
our
elected
officials
and
to
the
community
about
the
impact
that
you
all
and
the
school
system
have
on
the
entire
community
and
on
the
businesses
and
on
everyone,
and
why
our
school
system
is
so
important
because
a
lot
of
people
still
don't
get
it
and
you
need
to
make
sure
they
get
it
because
they're
not
giving
us
any
new
money
and
it's
hard
to
give
you
steps.
I
If
we
don't
get
any
new
money,
we
asked
for
steps
we
wanted
to
give
you
steps,
they
didn't
give
us
any
unless
you
count
the
maintenance
of
effort
money,
which
is
what
you
get
because
you
have
an
increase
in
students
which
isn't
really
supposed
to
go
for
pay
increases.
Really.
We
should
be
using
that
to
deal
with
the
additional
students
we
have
in
our
county.
I
So
I
know
everyone
is
frustrated.
Believe
me,
this
is
my
eighth
year
on
the
school
board,
I'm
frustrated
too,
because
I
want
to
do
right
by
you,
but
there's
another
step
to
this,
and
it's
getting
the
citizens
of
this
county
to
understand
the
value
of
our
school
system
and
of
you
which
we're
trying-
and
you
need
to
do
that
as
well
and
and
making
sure
that
our
elected
officials
understand
that
they
can't
just
keep
giving
us
maintenance
of
effort.
They
have
to
give
us
new
money
for
salary
increases.
J
I
want
to
echo
what
miss
burge
said
that
if
I
had
the
money
I
I
was
a
teacher.
I
promise
you
that
I'd
give
it
to
you,
and
I
hear
it
from
everyone,
and
I
understand
your
frustration
when
I
went
into
teaching
I
switched
to
teaching
from
banking,
and
I
took
a
50
pay
cut
to
go
to
the
classroom
for
a
much
harder
job
than
what
I
had.
So
I
know
what
you're
going
through.
J
Unfortunately,
the
funds
are
limited
and
we
don't
have
it
and
there's
many
good
things
that
we
have
that
we
want
to
do
in
the
county.
We
hear
school
start
times
and
we
hear
all
the
programs
for
closing
the
achievement
gap
and
I
hear
the
cries
from
special
education
for
more
teachers,
and
I
hear
y'all
wanting
more
money
and
I
we
wish
we
could
do
them
all.
We
have
to
make
hard
decisions.
J
We've
we
asked
for
a
step,
we
didn't
receive
it
we've,
given
what
we
can
and
I
promise
that
I'll
keep
fighting
to
try
to
speak
up
for
you,
teachers.
I
know
it.
I
know
it's
hard,
but
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
with
what
we're
given
and
we
encourage
you
to,
along
with
us,
speak
out
to
the
community,
to
the
families,
to
the
taxpayers,
to
our
elected
officials.
And
let
them
know
that
everything
in
the
success
of
our
county,
it
all
is
tied
to
the
quality
of
our
schools
and
the
quality
of
our
teachers.
E
E
E
Maybe
what
we
need
to
do
is
let
them
understand
the
impact
that
you
have
every
single
day
on
a
child
in
your
classroom.
Maybe
that's
the
story.
They
need
to
hear
because
then
the
parents
start
coming
behind
that
because
it
becomes
real.
But
when
you
go
out
there
and
talk
about
I'm
not
being
paid
enough
after
a
while
people
get
tired
of
hearing
it.
E
Sorry,
I'm
just
telling
you
what
I
hear
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
that
we
have
got
to
start
changing
the
conversation
and
stop
being
about
give
give
give
but
invest,
invest,
invest
and
unless
we
can
do
that
and
make
people
understand
what
you
do
in
the
classroom
and
how
it
impacts
the
child.
We
will
never
get
the
money.
I
sat
out
in
that
seat
for
four
years
working
towards
doing
that,
and
now
I've
sat
up
here
for
six
years
and
you
know
what
nothing's
changed.
So
maybe
we
need
to
start
changing
the
conversation.
BE
BE
BE
Through
the
election
of
the
student
board
member
we
are
allowed
to
act
actively
participate
in
collective
bargaining.
This
is
one
of
the
areas
where
we,
even
the
most
progressive
systems,
usually
don't
allow
student
input
in
honor.
Of
that
special
voting
right,
crass
will
not
be
taking
an
official
position
on
the
ratification
of
union
contracts.
BE
Instead,
we
are
here
to
share
a
bit
about
what
it's
like
for
students
to
experience
this
in
anne
arundel
county
today,
students
can
take
26
advanced
placement
courses.
We
have
close
to
600
students
duly
enrolled
in
college
level
courses
working
towards
their
diploma.
We
have
had
eight
gates
millennium
students,
millennium
scholars.
Over
the
past
four
years,
our
students
fly
drones
and
create
smartphone
apps.
They
engineer
algae
into
biofilters,
compose
symphonies,
raise
money
for
the
for
causes
in
developing
countries,
patent
cancer,
detection
methods,
lead
environmental
change
and
champion
political
causes.
BE
Our
students
demonstrate
exemplary
talents,
including
the
understanding
of
world
issues
and
the
ability
to
clearly
articulate
youth
perspectives
before
an
otherwise
all-adult
board.
We
are
able
to
do
all
of
this,
because
we
have
been
gifted
with
superlative
education
that
education
has
been
precariously
balanced
on
the
goodwill
of
the
entire
and
tireless
dedication
of
our
teachers.
BE
BE
The
success
of
our
system
and
quality
of
our
community
rests
the
bulk
of
its
weight
on
the
back
of
our
teachers.
Without
them,
the
whole
thing
will
crumble
as
we
enter
the
season
of
budget.
I
ask
the
members
of
this
board
and
elected
officials
to
take
a
hard
look
at
the
way
we
spend
money.
The
school
system
will
not
fail
for
lack
of
chromebooks
or
smart
boards.
BE
We
won't
struggle
with
the
absence
of
phys,
ed
textbooks
and
everyone
can
suck
it
up
and
wear
the
same
sports
uniforms
for
a
few
more
years,
but
when
the
inevitable
mass
exodus
of
our
faculty
leaves
us
without
teachers,
what
happens?
The
whole
thing
goes
sideways.
I'm
asking
you
all
us
all
not
to
let
that
happen,
I'm
so
proud
to
represent
my
peers,
but
when
I
come
back
to
visit
in
seven
years
and
talk
to
the
2022
crash
officers,
I
want
to
be
blown
away
by
them
in
their
amazing
education.
BE
BF
Thank
you,
scott
one
of
my
coaches
and
mentors
for
that
matter.
Once
pointed
to
my
school
and
said,
while
the
things
you
learn
in
there
are
important.
What
you're
going
to
remember,
20
years
from
now
is
what
happens
on
this
field
good
evening,
anne
arundel
county.
My
name
is
jacob
bomkart
playing
left
field
at
arundel
high,
the
most
decorated
baseball
program
in
the
state.
BF
BF
As
a
matter
of
fact,
the
university
of
washington
orthopedics
department
suggests
that
exercise
with
aforementioned
qualities
will
decrease
the
likelihood
of
stress
and
overuse
related
injuries
when
it
comes
time
for
game
action.
Without
the
expertise
of
these
teachers
and
coaches
of
alike
and
athletic
directors,
student
athletes
will
have
an
increased
risk
for
injury
due
to
improper
training.
BF
Following
a
decreased
amount
of
assistance
from
teacher
coaches,
the
quality
of
play
of
sports
in
annual
academy
is
bound
to
be
lowered,
as
level
of
play
is
minimized.
So
is
the
significance
of
the
games
that
we
play
in.
For
example,
senior
nights
are
large
events
that
draw
crowds
from
varying
backgrounds
across
the
community
uniting
us
all.
This
past
year,
arundel
baseball's
senior
night
drew
the
largest
crowd
that
I've
ever
seen
for
a
regular
season
baseball
game.
BF
We
sold
plenty
of
different
specialty
foods
and
that
increased
a
whole
bunch
of
revenue
for
us
personally.
Furthermore,
on
that
night,
we
dedicated
our
field
to
a
coaching
legend,
bernie
walters,
with
a
framed
jersey,
an
unveiling
of
a
scoreboard
in
his
name.
BF
S
There
are
some
lessons
that
can
be
taught
in
a
classroom
things
like
trigonometry
and
chemistry,
and
then
there
are
things
learned
along
the
way
through
your
experiences,
some
of
the
most
memorable
high
school
experiences
are
through
clubs
with
the
effect
of
the
salary
situation
such
as
work
to
rule.
These
enriching
clubs
will
be
jeopardized.
S
S
An
example
of
how
individuals
will
suffer
if
clubs
are
hindered
is
the
club
best
buddies.
Best
buddies
is
a
program
where
we
match
individuals
with
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities
and
one-to-one
friendships
to
promote
social
interactions.
Without
these
social
interactions,
individuals
with
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities
may
not
have
the
opportunity
to
make
friends,
thus
isolating
them.
S
In
another
example,
with
work
to
rule,
there
will
be
no
schools
to
raise
money,
promote
or
organize
the
polar
bear
plunge.
This
means
money
raised
during
this
event,
which
goes
to
special
olympics,
will
not
exist
in
the
year
2012
anne
arundel
county
raised
146
465
dollars
for
the
polar
bear
plunge.
This
money
could
now
be
deprived
of
special
olympics,
which
could
have
a
snowball
effect
of
its
own
clubs
affect
a
larger
scale
of
people
than
one
would
think.
S
The
polar
bear
plunge
is
only
one
example:
clutch
clubs
such
as
interact
and
honor
societies,
which
students
dedicate
their
whole
high
school
careers
to.
I
can
vouch
for
that
reach
out
to
help
the
community,
but
will
not
be
able
to
do
that
if
they
cannot
run
among
these
positive
outcomes
of
clubs
is
the
idea
that
clubs
provide
a
school
with
culture
and
diversity.
S
S
I
can
personally
attest
to
this
saying
the
people
I've
met
through
my
clubs
and
activities
are
individuals
I
may
have
never
spoken
to
before
and
could
not
imagine
not
knowing
now.
This
affects
all
types
of
students
and
having
this
opportunity
decreased
is
damaging
to
them
and
could
affect
their
entire
future.
Thank
you.
I
Good
evening
I
can
hold,
I
just
have
a
quick
question.
I'm
wondering.
Did
you
read
about
the
work
to
rule
in
the
newspaper.
I
BF
Before
we
start,
could
I
add
something
to
that.
Furthermore,
there's
actually
a
lot
of
students
who
are
getting
behind
this
at
our
school,
we,
I
personally,
we
have
a
lot
of
arundel
students
here
tonight,
backing
us
and,
like
students
are
actually
taking
notice
to
this,
not
just
the
teachers.
The
students
are
actually
getting
behind
this
and
seeing
the
effects
that
it
has
on
the
clubs,
the
sports
and
everything,
and
it
does
have
an
effect
outside
of
just
the
teacher,
the
just
outside
of
the
teacher's
salaries
it
can
affect.
It
will
affect
our
everyday
life.
I
E
I
just
want
to
clarify
a
little
bit
about
that
and
it
has
to
do
with
the
stipends,
because
I
hear
that
about
the
stipends
but
and
dr
arlatta.
Maybe
you
can
help
me
to
understand
this.
I
I
believe
that
for
authorized
clubs,
teachers
sign
a
contract
to
participate
in
that
and
they're
paid
a
stipend
to
to
do.
That
is
that
correct.
AN
The
the
the
short
answer
is
that's
correct.
There
are,
of
course,
through
the
negotiated
agreement.
There
are
activities
and
sports
that
teachers,
coach
and
or
monitor
and
manage,
and
then
what
some
I
think
the
students
are
talking
about
or
will
continue
to
talk
about
in
their
passionate
way
is
there
are
things
that
are
not
part
of
that
negotiated
agreement,
and
there
are
things
that
don't
have
a
salary
attached
to
them
right
and
I
think
that's
part
of
what
the
students
are
referring
to
so
you're
absolutely
right.
E
Well
recognized
certainly
yesterday,
but
I
just
wanted
to
understand,
because
there
are
certain
ones
now,
some
of
the
ones
that
are
like
the
polar
bear
plunge
that
that
is
not
something
that
would
definitely
be
one
of
those
that
are
kind
of
affected,
but
there
may
be
a
robotics
club
that
is
that's
contracted
or
you
know
something
like
that.
So
those
main
those
should
not
be
affected
it,
but
some
of
the,
I
guess,
the
more
social
ones
I'm
you
know,
which
is
not
to
not
to
well.
AN
It
is,
it
really
depends
on
school
again.
The
school
has
a
certain
number
that
they
are
able
to
is
the
number
10
yeah.
The
number
is
10
at
each
of
the
comprehensive
high
schools
and
different
schools
have
one
might
have
a
step
team
and
the
other
school
might
not
have
a
step.
Okay,
a
robotics
club
or
not
a
robotics
club,
and
then
beyond
that
again.
AN
E
And
it
would
be
interesting-
and
I
don't
know
whether
we
have
that
information
or
we
can
obtain
that
information,
how
many?
What
other
kind
of
programs
are
going
on
in
those
schools?
That's
one
of
the
stories
we
need
to
tell
so
that
people
understand
you
know,
because
a
lot
of
the
the
programs
you
know
that
are
being
done
that
are
beyond
the
10
that
are
allowed
in
the
in
the
school
are
things
that
we
need
to
have
a
better
understanding
about.
O
Oh,
no,
it's
fine!
My
name
is
sarah
smith.
I
wanted
to
expand
on
what
miss
ritchie
talked
about
earlier
with
the
student
impact
and
what
teachers
were
doing,
I'm
a
senior
at
annapolis,
high
school
and
I'm
in
the
international
baccalaureate
program
and
as
a
student
in
such
a
rigorous
program
as
well
as
a
senior
I
could
go
on
about
how
I
feel
about
teachers
rejecting
requests
for
letters
or
recommendations.
Given
the
hard
work
I
put
into
my
studies
for
the
past
four
years.
O
However,
my
piece
in
this
panel
is
not
about
that.
Instead,
I'm
going
to
backtrack
to
the
reason
that
we're
all
here
really
to
begin
with
is
I
will
begin
by
asking
the
simplest
question
of
all.
Is
why,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
did
we
become
teachers?
My
mother
is
a
professor.
She
could
go
on
for
days
about
why
she
chose
education
of
all
past
laid
before
her.
However,
notably,
she
will
say
that
she
did
it,
because
she
feels
a
drive
to
make
a
difference
in
people's
lives.
O
Many
of
my
teachers
have
said
that
they
teach
because
they
love
it.
The
recent
events,
however,
showed
a
displacement
in
that
claim.
As
a
result,
students
are
being
affected
more
within
one
way
like.
We
all
think
my
brother
recently
inquired
on
obtaining
an
internship
at
the
nsa.
In
order
to
do
this,
he
had
to
obtain
letters
of
recommendations
and
he
asked
his
teachers.
Every
single
teacher
that
he
asked
said
no.
O
My
brother
described
this
experience
as
not
upsetting
or
infuriating,
but
rather
is
heartbreaking
and
disappointing.
He
approached
his
teachers,
not
because
he
thought
that
they
could
write
a
fantastic
recommendation.
That
landon
was
spot
as
an
intern
at
the
nsa,
but
also
because
he
trusted
them
enough
to
write
about
him.
When
a
teacher
said
no,
he
described
this
as
knocking
over
a
deck
of
cards.
O
Teachers
spent
a
year,
perhaps
even
more,
creating
bonds
with
their
students.
Many
of
these
students
come
to
the
school
as
a
safe
haven
to
enlighten
their
minds
and
interact
with
adults
who
believe
in
their
success.
O
O
To
conclude
this,
I
believe
that
what
has
happened
between
the
board
of
education
and
the
teachers
union
is
polarizing.
I
can
only
describe
it
as
a
multi-variable
equation
that,
when
it
began
involves
students
in
no
way,
however,
somewhere
along
the
way
it
suddenly
did.
When
such
an
occurrence
happens,
it
can
either
lead
to
a
euphoric
discovery
or
a
spaghetti
code
of
syntax.
I
firmly
believe
that
is
the
latter.
O
I
think
everyone
should
rethink
and
rediscover
the
reason
that
we
became
teachers.
Perhaps
it
is
a
drive
to
make
a
difference
or
to
inspire
others,
but
I
strongly
encourage
teachers
to
reevaluate
whether
or
not
bringing
an
undesired
variable
into
the
equation
is
truly
the
best
way
to
solve
it.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AF
AK
AF
For
the
record,
my
name
is
molly
fitzpatrick
and
I'm
16
year
old,
junior
at
broadneck
high
school,
I'm
currently
taking
three
ap
classes.
Last
year
I
only
took
one
ap
gov,
and
it
was
my
first
one
and
I
loved
it,
but
the
workload
was
overwhelming,
but
still
bearable,
and
then
this
year
I'm
taking
ap
stat
world
and
environmental
science
world
is
really
difficult.
Lots
of
work
and
but
still
manageable,
but
taking
three.
These
classes
are
just
piling
up
and
piling
up
and
piling
up.
AF
So
when
I've
met
kids
in
my
grade,
who
take
five
six
or
even
eight
ap
classes,
that's
a
full
schedule
of
ap
classes
and
really
I
can't
handle
that,
and
neither
can
the
average
student
without
some
help.
Obviously,
it's
important
for
me
that
I
have
a
balanced
life
and
that
I
get
and
I
get
it's
important
for
us
to
achieve
and
do
our
best,
but
the
culture
of
overachievement
has
put
us
in
this
position
to
where
we
are
expected
to
do
these
amazing
things
and
that's
cool,
but
I
need
help.
AF
I
need
more
teachers
to
tutor
me
and
to
go
over
my
notes
and
I'm
also
a
cross
leader.
So
I
miss
days
occasionally-
and
I
have
to
make
up
this
work
after
school,
and
this
is
more
important
at
my
school,
unlike
south
river,
southern
and
arundel,
because
I
don't
have
a
pride
hour
or
a
pride
period
and
so
with
my
eighth
eighth,
with
my
three
ap
classes.
AF
Even
though
it's
just
three
aps,
I
need
my
teachers
and
I
need
them
to
make
more
time
more
than
just
the
hour
and
a
half,
I
have
them
every
other
day
under
work
to
rule
I
lose
my
tutors,
my
rudes,
my
makeup
work
and
frankly
my
ap
classes.
I'm
not
completely
sure
what
brought
us
to
this
point
in
the
tax
negotiations
or
the
county
council
bargaining.
But
let's
just
say
that
if
this
was
an
ap
course
in
negotiating
contracts,
no
one
here
would
be
getting
a
five
on
that
ap
assessment.
AF
I
am
willing
to
allow
I'm
not
willing
a
lot.
I
am
not
willing
to
allow
my
education
to
be
a
sacrificial
lamb
in
this
battle,
regardless
of
where
the
money
come
from
and
where
it
goes.
We
need
to
reach
an
agreement
that
appropriately
acknowledges
and
compensates
our
educators
for
what
they
do
every
day
they
go
above
and
beyond
so
much
of
what
they're
called
for,
and
I
just
think
that
they
really
deserve
that
recognition.
D
Good
evening,
everyone
I'm
carolyn
williams
and
I'm
a
junior
at
glen,
burnie,
high
school
and
a
proud
member
of
the
biomedical
allied
health
program
have
a
good
look
at
team
anne
arundel.
While
we
are
all
coming
at
this
thing
from
different
angles.
We
are
all
here
with
a
message
that
is
in
support
of
education,
children,
schools
and
teachers.
D
D
My
understanding
is
that
these
programs
are
ultimately
intended
to
close
the
achievement
gap.
I
commend
your
vision,
it's
a
great
game
plan,
but
my
question
is:
how
much
sense
does
it
make
for
us
to
load
the
program
with
a
message
that
students
truly
need
to
value
their
education
and
invest
in
their
futures
when
we
don't
appear
to
value
their
teachers.
D
Dr
arlatto,
I
heard
you
speak
in
public
several
times
where
you
made
a
big
deal
about
the
school
system,
not
being
the
brick
or
mortar
buildings,
but
it's
about
the
people
yeah.
You
said
that
and
I
was
paying
attention
I
loved
it.
I
loved
it
because
you
were
right.
We
don't
learn
from
the
building.
We
learn
from
the
lessons
and
the
experiences
that
we
get
from
none
other
than
our
teachers.
D
BG
Hi,
my
name
is
ben
colbert
and
I
go
to
chesapeake
high
school
and
I'm
a
senior,
and
this
feels
a
little
bit
like
deja
vu
you
see.
Last
may
I
spoke
at
the
county
budget
hearing
advocating
for
the
funding
of
your
budget
that
included
allocating
a
more
appropriate
pay
raise
for
my
teachers
at
the
time.
I
was
also
trying
to
get
some
public
speaking
experience
because
I
was
running
for
crass
president,
since
you
already
heard
from
scott.
You
turned
you
heard
how
that
turned
out,
but.
BG
But
during
the
process
my
sga
advisor
spent
endless
hours,
helping
me
to
craft
my
message
and
refine
my
speech,
I'm
a
feeder
kid,
so
I
kind
of
need
a
script
and
I
definitely
need
to
rehearse
in
the
end.
Scott
got
me
by
two
two
votes.
It
was
tragic:
okay,
but
it's
cool,
because
his
first
act
as
president
was
to
appoint
me
as
his
chief
of
staff,
and
I
found
that
my
capacity
to
affect
change
and
to
be
a
positive
force
has
not
been
diminished.
BG
Just
because
I
didn't
win
an
election,
all
those
additional
after
school
volunteer
hours
that
my
advisor
spent
did
not
go
to
waste.
The
reason
why
I'm
telling
you
this
is
simple.
Aside
from
the
fact
that
I
wouldn't
have
been
able
to
get
those
votes
that
I
didn't
without
the
extra
hours
of
my
advisor
the
point
is
you
win
some
and
you
lose
some.
BG
BG
BG
BG
BG
If
you
are
skeptical
about
the
power
of
social
media.
Remember
about
a
year
ago,
when
dr
elato
dumped
a
bucket
of
ice
on
his
head
to
raise
awareness
for
als
for
everyone
behind
me,
we're
watching
in
the
community.
Krask
is
eager
to
hear
more
from
the
students
about
how
they
feel
in
regard
to
the
teacher
pay,
the
budget
and
everything
else
so
join
the
dozen
or
so
students
who
follow
us
at
crask
underscore
online.
BG
The
people
can
be
heard
so,
if
you
feel
passionate
about
it,
don't
just
troll
facebook
or
pick
on
mr
measure
on
twitter,
use
your
data
plan
and
email,
our
elected
leaders,
to
make
them
aware
of
your
concerns.
That
includes
your
board
members,
county
council
members,
bargaining
unit
representative
or
whoever
else,
use
a
little
data
and
be
heard
like
scott
said.
Look
what
a
team
of
snowflakes
can
do.
B
A
AM
Thank
you,
president
corbilek
and
dr
arlotto
for
the
opportunity
to
make
remarks
on
behalf
of
the
county
executive.
Our
county
loves
and
supports
our
teachers.
The
county
executive
is
cognizant
of
the
hard
work
and
sacrifices
our
teachers
make
on
a
daily
basis.
The
importance
of
their
job,
educating
our
future
generations
cannot
be
emphasized
enough.
AM
It
is
important
to
review
historic
tax
compensation
increases,
as
well
as
additional
compensation
elements
not
acknowledged
by
union
leadership,
since
2008
tech
will
have
received
10.5
percent
in
colas,
as
well
as
three
steps,
which
is
a
combined
compound,
compounded
equivalent
of
20
percent
during
one
of
the
worst
recessions
in
this
nation's
history.
Although
attack
did
not
receive
steps
from
2009
to
2012,
not
a
single
teacher
lost
his
or
her
job.
AM
171
dollars
by
the
tax
members
is
contributing
one
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ninety
six
less
than
a
third
of
americans
now
have
a
defined
benefit
retirement
plan.
The
public
taxpayer
in
anne
arundel
county
is
contributing
93
percent
to
tac
members
defined
benefit
plan
with
tax
member
employees,
contributing
just
seven
percent.
AM
AM
AM
We
consistently
hear
from
tac
leadership
that
they
are
behind
on
steps
that
they
lost
for
and
technically
it
is
four,
not
the
five
and
a
half
we
keep
hearing
tonight.
Four
steps
of
step
increases
during
the
recession.
The
reality
situation
is
tac.
Leadership
agreed
and
signed
the
negotiated
agreement
between
the
teachers,
association
of
anne
arundel
county
and
the
board
of
education
of
anne
arundel
county
each
and
every
year
that
a
step
was
not
received,
as
well
as
every
agreement
in
which
included
a
step.
AM
Nowhere
in
the
agreement
is
there
a
footnote
or
caveat
that
suggests
that
we
can
use
revisionist
history.
The
county
does
not
offer
steps
not
paid
during
the
recession.
They
are
not
coming
back,
they
are
gone.
They
are
a
victim
of
the
reception,
mr
bill
jones
called
our
county
executive,
a
villain-
and
I
quote:
if
there
is
a
villain
in
this
he's
it.
If
steve,
she
was
less
interested
in
cutting
tax
revenue.
We
would
not
have
been
in
this
situation.
AM
Our
administration
believes
a
historic
increase
of
17
million
in
education
spending
or
51
percent
of
our
total
gender
general
fund
budget
shows
the
county
executive's
unwavering
commitment
to
public
education
in
anne
arundel
county.
The
county
executive
also
made
a
promise
to
the
citizens
that
elected
him
by
an
overwhelming
majority
that
we
will
not
be
increasing
taxes
during
his
administration.
AI
Thank
you
and
I
thought
that
it
might
be
better,
especially
because
of
what
I've
heard
this
evening
from
miss
ritchie
that
perhaps
you
should
hear
from
one
of
my
students
who
has
absolutely
no
idea
about
any
of
this,
because
she's
been
studying
in
costa
rica
and
she
wrote
me
this
email
saying
without
asking
hola
senora.
I
had
a
fantastic
time
in
costa
rica,
and
I
thought
of
you
often
the
course
I
was
taking
was
focused
on
teaching
english
as
a
second
language,
but
I
recognized
a
lot
of
their
methods
from
spanish
classes.
AI
I
became
so
much
more
aware
of
all
the
effort,
time
and
creativity
that
go
into
all
of
your
classes
and
how
hard
you
work
to
make
learning
spanish,
effective
and
fun
for
all
of
your
students.
For
that
I
want
to
thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
for
being
such
a
fantastic
teacher
and
for
aspiring
all
of
us
to
love
learning.
AI
So
I
urge
you,
when
you
look
at
this
new
funding
for
next
year,
that
we
take
that
into
account
it's
not
about
the
money.
Otherwise,
none
of
us
would
be
teachers,
let's
be
honest,
okay,
so
let's
make
sure
that
we
do
what's
right
for
our
students
and
that
we're
still
there
for
them
that
we
make
those
creative
lessons
that
we
turn
their
minds
on
to
learning
and
that
therefore
they
can
be
the
next
generation
of
teachers.
AI
BH
Good
evening,
everyone
I
started
working
in
this
county
in
2000
15
years
ago.
At
that
time
I
was
a
new
graduate
and
my
pre-med
peers
literally
rolled
their
eyes.
When
I
told
them
I
wanted
to
teach
high
school,
they
asked
if
I
was
planning
on
being
poor,
all
my
life
I
expressed
to
them
that
I
may
not
make
as
much
as
they
were
going
to
make,
but
I
would
be
fine
because
I
had
passion
for
what
I
was
going
to
do
and
I
would
make
enough
to
survive
now.
BH
I
currently
work
at
glen
burnie
high
school
and
I
love
working
there.
I
work
with
great
adults
and
I
work
with
exceptional
teenagers.
A
lot
of
our
student
population,
however,
are
minorities,
and
unfortunately,
in
this
county,
the
percentage
of
minority
students
far
outweighs
the
percentage
of
minority
educators.
I
therefore
see
myself
as
valuable.
BH
I
see
myself
as
hope
for
black
and
hispanic
students
and,
let's
face
it,
they're
the
ones
we
primarily
target
to
close
at
achievement
gap,
one
of
my
students
who
graduated
actually
even
said
on
facebook,
that
I
didn't
just
teach
them
about
science-
I
I
told
them
about
life
and
again,
as
was
mentioned
before,
I'm
sure,
there's
a
lot
of
teachers
who
experience
the
same
thing
well,
unfortunately,
recently
I
had
to
share
with
some
of
my
students
that
possibly
I
may
not
be
here
next
year,
and
some
of
them
of
course
call
me
mom,
so
they
said
well.
BH
Why
mom
and
I
had
to
tell
them
that.
Well,
I
rent
my
home.
I
can't
afford
to
buy
one
here.
I
will.
I
have
a
good
husband
and
thank
god
for
it,
because
I
couldn't
live
by
myself
and
afford
my
bills.
Okay,
and
as
much
as
I
love
them,
I
told
them
that
I
would
either
have
to
leave
this
county
or
leave
the
profession.
BH
Unfortunately,
when
I
started
to
work
here,
I
was
told
that
at
stage
15
after
working
for
15
years
in
this
journey,
I
would
be
making
15
to
20
000
more
than
where
I
am
right
now
and
it's
a
little
devastating,
because,
unfortunately,
the
workload
keeps
increasing
more
and
more
each
year,
bills
go
up
more
and
more
each
year,
tuition
for
my
kids.
They
rise
more
and
more
each
year,
but
my
salary
has
only
increased
two
percent.
BH
BH
My
county
does
not
think
highly
enough
of
me
to
give
me
a
salary
where
I
can
survive
in
this
county,
so
unfortunately,
my
friends
were
a
little
right.
15
years
later,
I
am
living
as
a
poor
person,
but
I'm
going
to
end
on
a
positive
note,
as
the
student
said
earlier,
that
I
have
not
received
my
steps
yet.
BI
I'm
tiny
good
evening.
My
name
is
megan
davis,
I'm
a
social
studies
teacher
at
chesapeake,
high
school,
I'm
also
the
thespian
honor
society
and
cappy's
advisor,
as
well
as
the
drama
director
and
mock
trial
coach
all
while
currently
working
on
my
master's
in
education
over
the
years.
I've
spent
countless
time
and
money
on
my
students
and
things
that
I
have
no
problem
with
doing
putting
my
students
first
and
making
personal
sacrifices
for
their
benefit.
In
addition
to
a
workload
that
seems
to
be
getting
heavier
as
each
year
passes.
BI
BI
Many
of
us
take
on
rent
and
mortgages
with
the
assumption
that,
with
our
steps
we'll
be
able
to
live
comfortably,
shame
on
us
for
looking
at
a
pay
scale,
assuming
that
we
can
advance
just
like
in
any
other
profession,
as
our
experience
grows
and
finding
out
that
that
is
not
the
case.
BI
BI
I
ask
you
to
put
yourselves
in
our
shoes
with
crippling
student
loans,
a
mortgage,
a
baby
on
the
way
being
passed
over
for
several
times
for
a
raise
that
you've
earned
a
workload
that
keeps
getting
heavier
and
required
to
sacrifice
more
of
your
family
time
with
little
to
no
compensation.
Would
you
continue?
BI
Would
you
sit
silently
and
hope
for
the
future
hope
for
the
better
in
the
future?
I
think
not.
In
fact
you
may
liken
your
experience
of
of
this
to
working
in
a
sweatshop.
Well
definition,
the
definition
is
where
workers
suffer
from
lower
wages,
long
hours
and
harsh
working
conditions.
This
analogy
was
actually
given
to
me
by
a
student
a
couple
years
ago
when
we
were
learning
about
the
industrial
revolution.
Thank
you.
BI
V
V
V
I
don't
pretend
that
we're
ever
going
to
get
that
back
and
that's
not
why
I
bring
it
up,
but
the
two
percent
that
we
are
being
offered
right
now
is
good
enough
for
me
right
now.
I
know
you
have
confidence
in
your
teachers
and
I
believe
you're
going
to
do
the
right
thing
for
us.
V
V
I
have
other
written
dynamics
which
I
will
share
with
the
board
assistant
for
you
to
read
later,
but
all
of
these
types
of
activities
take
time
and
that
time
is
at
the
expense
of
the
teachers,
own
families.
I
personally
used
to
visit
my
mom
three
days
a
week
many
times
after
school.
There
are
now
some
weeks
that
I
no
longer
see
her
at
all
somewhere
about
halfway
through
my
teaching
career
we've
gone
from
showing
educators
that
they
are
valued
to
saying
it,
but
with
a
little
less
action
to
back
it
up.
V
I
know
you
have
confidence
in
your
teachers,
and
I
know
this
is
truly
not
the
best
contract
for
all
of
our
educators.
But
I
ask
you
to
please
ratify
the
contract
that
was
reached
through
mediation
and
give
the
teachers
at
least
a
small
token.
Now,
and
I
know
from
now
forward,
we
will
move
to
really
improve
the
conditions
for
our
teachers
later.
So
thank
you
very
much.
U
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
keith
enriquez
and
I
have
the
privilege
to
teach
with
the
world
language
team
at
annapolis,
high
school
with
stephanie
gerholt
here,
and
I
stand
before
you
as
a
hometown
supporter,
I'm
a
faithful
product
of
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools.
I
graduated
as
a
gopher
from
glen
burnie
high
in
2003
to
age
myself,
but
I
started
teaching
in
annapolis
high
in
2007
and
pay
freezes
has
been
a
norm
in
my
world.
U
However,
pay
is
not
my
biggest
concern
as
a
hometown
supporter,
I
fear
for
the
talent
pool
of
aacps
teachers.
I
have
witnessed
much
turnover
first
hand
in
my
tenure,
but
what
I
have
not
witnessed
before
is
the
level
of
unrest.
Among
my
colleagues,
the
hundreds
of
teachers
that
showed
up
today
as
an
example.
U
U
B
BJ
Victoria
katona
from
chesapeake
high
school
people
are
often
quick
to
vilify
our
profession
without
understanding
exactly
what
we
do.
Every
day.
Our
days
aren't
filled
with
photocopying
papers,
lecturing
to
students
and
behaving
as
glorified
babysitters.
BJ
Every
day
we
go
to
weekly
professional
development
meetings
during
our
planning
periods
on
two
hour
early
dismissal
days
the
week
before
school
starts
and
after
school
we
attend
leadership,
meetings,
content
meetings,
department
meetings,
sit
meetings,
avid
site
team
meetings,
ap
meetings
and
pbis
meetings.
We
serve
as
club
advisors,
class
advisors,
coaches,
mentors
and
confidants.
BJ
We
plan
execute
and
chaperone
field
trips,
pep,
rallies,
talent
shows,
science
fairs,
lunch
bunches
and
school
dances.
We
mentor
parents
on
topics
such
as
development,
health,
sleep
nourishment
and
behavior.
We
monitor
lunch
and
recess
your
child
stays
safe.
We
monitor
drop
off
and
pick
up
to
make
sure
your
child
goes
home
with
only
approved
adults
and
we
provide
regular
feedback
to
parents.
Regarding
your
child's
behavior,
we
administer
document
and
maintain
running
records,
student
performance
and
growth
and
class
data.
BJ
We
collect
and
analyze
data
on
every
student
and
then
tweak
our
lessons
to
do
our
best
to
differentiate
for
individual
student
needs.
We
plan
and
execute
multi-dimensional
project-based
lessons
and
grade
papers
based
on
standardized
rubrics,
sometimes
having
to
read
each
of
our
150
plus
student
papers.
Up
to
four
times
each
we
write,
slos,
attend
parent
teacher
conferences,
maintain
contact
with
parents
and
students
through
email,
edmodo,
blackboard
and
twitter.
We
document
every
contact
we
have
with
parents
as
well
as
student
attendance,
tardies
and
class
cuts
with
a
separate
form
for
each
thing.
BJ
We
give
up
part
of
our
planning
time
to
do
intervention
instruction
for
those
students
that
are
so
close
to
passing
their
test
this
time
around
and
we
take
work
home.
So
the
students
have
quality
lessons
and
graded
papers
with
meaningful
feedback.
Every
day
we
wipe
noses,
tie
shoes
and
dry
tears.
We
change
diapers
and
do
home
visits.
We
notice
when
your
child
is
struggling
physically
academically
and
emotionally
we
offer
an
ear
for
listening
and
a
shoulder
to
cry
on.
BJ
We
write
college
recommendations
and
we
go
out
of
our
way
on
our
own
time
to
make
sure
the
students
in
our
classes
have
what
they
need
when
the
equipment
or
materials
aren't
available
in
our
building.
We
sacrifice
time
with
our
families,
for
yours,
we
being
with
pride
when
our
students
make
progress
just
like
we
do
for
our
own
children
and
we
feel
pain
when
our
students
are
hurting.
We
feed
children
that
come
to
school
without
lunch
and
we
invest
in
their
fundraisers,
usually
giving
up
money
put
aside
for
our
own
families
to
do
so.
BJ
BK
Good
evening
my
name
is
nicole
fitzgerald,
I'm
an
eighth
grade
language
arts
teacher
at
southern
middle
school.
I
am
also
a
cross-country
coach
at
southern
high
school.
I'm
here
tonight
to
talk
about
teacher
recertification
teachers
in
anne
arundel
county
are
some
of
the
hardest
working
teachers
in
the
country.
We
have
persevered
through.
Budget
cuts
decreased
planning,
time
and
rigorous
testing
schedules
through
it
all.
We
have
managed
to
provide
superior
classroom
instruction
as
our
days
grow
longer
due
to
increased
workload
and
expectations.
BK
BK
Teachers
are
losing
their
homes,
choosing
between
filling
their
gas
tanks
or
filling
their
bellies,
and
yet
aacps
requires
teachers
to
shell
out
money
from
their
already
meek
or
salaries
to
pay
for
mandatory
continuing
education
credits.
In
order
to
maintain
certification,
the
only
incentive
for
teachers
to
recertify
is
to
avoid
punitive
action
in
a
garnered
paycheck.
This
is
outrageous.
Teachers
are
being
forced
to
pay
to
professionalize
and
if
they
don't,
they
face
immediate
financial
consequences.
BK
Recertification
is
challenging
for
teachers.
Many
teachers
work
second
jobs
to
make
ends
meet,
they
face
difficulties,
finding
child
care
or
taking
care
of
elderly
parents.
Even
when
teachers
do
manage
to
re-certify,
they
continue
to
work
in
a
den
and
career
with
no
hope
for
promotion
unless
they
pay
out
even
more
money
to
achieve
their
masters
or
masters
plus
30
pay
bump.
Even
these
promotions
are
not
cost
effective,
since
the
county
only
pays
for
half
of
the
tuition.
This
is
a
financial
return
on.
There
is
no
financial
return
on
their
educational
investment.
BK
This
frustrates
many
teachers,
because
teachers
by
nature
are
lifelong
learners.
Learning
is
how
we
hone
our
craft.
From
my
own
experience,
reach
certifying,
I
can
attest
to
the
stress
that
is
cost
trying
to
find
free
classes
on
ero
is
time
consuming
the
classes
offered
only
award
point
one
to
point
four
credits
for
two
hours
work.
There
are
very
few
one
credit
classes
and
teachers
need
six
graduate
level
classes
in
order
to
re-certify.
BK
BK
BK
eight
years
later,
and
I'm
still
stuck
on
step
three,
even
though
I
have
done
everything
required
received,
outstanding
and
highly
effective
ratings,
attended
all
required
professional
development
and
deliver
quality
instruction
to
my
students.
I've
been
sentenced
to
poverty
for
the
love
of
teaching
and
I'm
still
required
to
professionalize
out
of
my
own
pocket
change
needs
to
happen.
Otherwise
aacps
will
continue
to
lose
its
best
teachers.
BK
Wisdom
is
leaving
this
county
for
better
financial
prospects.
Student
impact
is
great
as
the
workforce
grows
younger
the
experience
level
decreases.
Aacps
will
make
critical
gains
in
maintaining
its
master
teacher
workforce
if
they
would
consider
fronting
the
cost
of
recertification
doing
this
would
ease
the
financial
burdens
faced
by
many
teachers
in
the
county.
Thank
you.
BL
My
name
is
rebecca
mchugh,
I'm
a
mustang,
and
I
had
never
really
said
this
story
out
loud
before
I
grew
up
the
hard
way
and
at
age
18
I
was
already
a
mother.
I
held
odd
jobs
until
I
was
old
enough
to
bartend,
and
then
I
picked
up
more
work
in
the
prison
system
because
I
had
to
get
through
college.
I
came
from
a
hard-working
family
where
my
mom
was
the
first
to
go
to
college.
We
never
had
money,
but
I
always
always
determined
to
make
a
better
life.
BL
For
my
daughter,
you
see
more
than
seeing
what
a
good
education
can
get
you
I've
witnessed
where
not
having
an
education
can
make
you
end
up,
and
I
wanted
to
teach
so
at
26.
You
can't
imagine
how
excited
I
was
to
get
my
dream
job
and
that
salary
scale.
Well,
I
was
promised
to
raise
every
year
and
although
I
made
more
money
at
the
bar,
this
was
just
so
much
better
long
term
see
when
you're
a
single
parent.
You
have
exponentially
more
to
worry
about,
and
everything
becomes
before
you.
This
was
my
career
fast
forward.
BL
Some
time
I
met
a
guy.
We
decided
to
get
married
now,
please
try
to
understand.
I
got
married
because
I
couldn't
afford
to
be
working
two
jobs
with
a
young
child.
My
teaching
salary
did
not
keep
a
roof
over
our
head
and
food
and
on
the
table
all
at
the
same
time,
but
I
just
knew
that
someday.
It
would
be
okay
because,
after
all,
that's
what
I
was
sold
on.
BL
I
hoped
with
all
my
hope
that
my
marriage
would
be
just
great
and
my
daughter
would
not
have
to
worry
about
money,
and
I
would
have
time
with
her
see
when
you
work
two
jobs.
You
don't
get
a
lot
of
time
with
your
kids,
their
babysitters
do
their
babysitters
get
to
find
their
first
tooth
and
potty
train
them
and
teach
them
to
tie
their
shoes
and
all
the
other
things
a
mother
should
be
able
to
do.
But
everything
was
the
opposite
of
great
and
I'll
spare
you
the
details,
but
trust
me.
BL
It
was
an
ever
increasing
nightmare
and
the
moment
I
began
formulating
a
plan
to
leave
aacps
broke
their
promise.
To
me
my
step
ceased.
I
was
trapped
and
he
knew
it
too.
So
I
endured-
and
I
endured-
and
I
adored
and
I
endured
until
he
got
so
brazen
that
he
did
it
in
front
of
my
daughter
and
at
that
point
I
didn't
care
where
we
had
to
go
so
one
february
day
I
packed
us
up
and
left
fast
forward.
Some
more.
I
found
a
second
job.
I
met
a
great
guy.
BL
I
had
a
baby,
we
still
struggle.
We
both
have
to
work
two
jobs
and
I
have
to
leave
at
night
while
my
three-year-old
screams
mommy
don't
leave-
and
I
wish
I
didn't
have
to
I'm
41
and
I'm
tired
personally,
I'm
angry,
because
I've
upheld
my
end
of
the
bargain.
In
the
14
years,
I've
been
at
aacps,
I've
earned
a
highly
qualified
in
two
critical
shortage
areas,
got
a
master's
in
math
and
been
a
leader
in
my
school,
which
is
one
of
the
toughest
in
the
county.
BL
I've
spent
countless
hours
trying
to
make
it
great
for
other
people's
kids.
Well,
ironically,
mine
have
suffered
in
14
years,
I'm
on
step
eight
and
I'm
angry,
because
after
my
14
years
of
dedication,
new
hires
are
being
treated
better.
But
this
isn't
about
me.
My
story
is
a
drop
in
the
bucket
and
sadly
it's
not
unique
or
even
the
worst.
I
am
lucky
in
a
way
that
we're
about
four
paychecks
from
losing
everything.
BL
There
are
too
many
teachers
right
now
struggling
to
survive,
families
of
educated
women
who
are
losing
their
homes
forced
to
endure
the
unbearable,
whose
babies
cry
because
they're
missing
their
mommies,
because
she
has
to
work
another
job,
because
she
is
only
one
paycheck
from
losing
everything.
What
I
see
is
an
organization
that
is
80
percent
women
and
I
cannot
help
but
the
wonder
if
it
were
80
men
would
it
be
different
data
and
research
suggest
it
would
just
look
at
unit
2..
Is
this
because
this
county
is
comfortable
in
holding
the
historical
status
quo?
BL
The
treatment
of
women
is
this
county?
Okay,
with
being
complicit
with
the
systematic
def
disenfranchisement
of
professionally
educated
women
cloaked
in
budget
issues
we
are
told
we
are
valued
yet
actions
speak
volumes
over
words.
This
county
is
culpable,
whether
unwittingly
or
by
design
in
the
war
on
women,
while
the
unfortunate
minority
of
male
teachers
just
end
up
as
collateral
damage.
This
is
more
than
a
salary
issue.
This
is
a
women's
equity
issue.
X
Hello,
my
name
is
christina
corona
and
I'm
an
ib
coordinator
at
meade
high
school.
First,
I
want
to
commend
the
board
on
its
progressive
educational
efforts.
The
moves
we've
made
to
foster
cultural
proficiency,
utilize
restorative
justice
practices,
incorporate
differentiated
instruction
and
promote
a
standards-aligned
approach
to
grading
are
all
vital
means
of
making
our
educational
system
more
inclusive
for
all
students.
Additionally,
we
offer
excellent
programs
such
as
the
ib
middle
years,
which
aims
to
foster
more
inquiry
and
concept-based
approach
to
learning
giving
students
opportunities
to
take
authentic
action.
X
Unfortunately,
there
are
major
obstacles
to
fully
implementing
these
and
the
many
other
worthwhile
initiatives
that
our
county
has
embraced.
Teachers
have
not
been
given
the
time
and
space
to
fully
incorporate
them
into
their
instruction.
Instead,
one
initiative
is
piled
upon.
Another
class
sizes
are
also
increasing.
Many
of
my
colleagues
have
class
sizes
of
over
35
students
with
six
classes.
That
means
that
there
are
some
high
school
academic
teachers
teaching
over
200
students
in
a
semester.
Imagine
assigning
an
essay
taking
five
minutes
to
grade
it.
X
That's
16
and
a
half
hours
of
grading
for
a
single
assignment.
Unfortunately,
these
initiatives
and
increasing
class
sizes
are
not
the
only
demands
that
teachers
face.
We
are
an
age
of
heightened
scrutiny
as
we
face
more
public
pressure
to
be
held
more
accountable,
based
on
the
results
of
highly
rigorous
state
standardized
assessments
as
well.
This
leads
me
to
the
reason
for
my
presence
tonight
in
the
presence
of
all
my
colleagues
in
the
room
and
those
in
the
lobby.
X
X
X
X
We
don't
feel
valued,
and
someone
used
the
great
word
that
there's
an
unrest
amongst
teachers
and,
of
course
it
is
not
in
students
best
interest
to
have
teachers
who
are
not
only
burned
out
but
also
demoralized.
I
want
to
echo
that
I
agree
with
the
suggestions
that
we
need
to
work
together.
I
urge
the
board
to
work
with
tac
and
to
communicate
to
the
public
about
whether
or
not
county
executive
shoes.
Tax
cuts
are
worth
the
strain
on
our
education
budget.
X
AR
AR
Yet
I
often
hear
the
complaint
from
various
places
and
tonight
from
the
county
executive
office
that
the
cost
for
the
schools
is
a
huge
part
of
our
budget.
Well,
what
can
we
expect?
I
mean
what
is
county
government?
It's
schools,
it's
police!
Why
is
this
shocking?
This
shouldn't
be
a
surprise
and
what
are
our
schools?
If
we
don't
have
teachers,
they
are
buildings
that
are
empty
with
nothing.
The
teachers
are
our
schools,
so
making
an
investment
in
teachers
is
making
an
investment
in
the
schools.
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
I
have
350
students
in
the
middle
school.
Where
I
teach
I
teach
12
classes.
I
teach.
I
have
six
periods
a
day,
and
what
do
I
do
when
that
day
is
over
I'll?
Tell
you
about
a
student
I
met
last
fall.
I
learned
pretty
shortly
after
I
met
him
that
his
mother
was
very
sick
and
then
his
mother's
sickness
went
pretty
quickly
to
he's
not
she's
not
going
to
live
very
much
longer.
She
died
last
october,
I
went
to
his
mother's
funeral.
AR
He
cried
on
my
shoulder,
as
did
many
of
my
colleagues
attended
this
child's
mother's
funeral.
He
comes
to
my
classroom
every
day
he
was
in
chorus.
I
don't
even
think
he
likes
to
sing,
but
he
comes
to
my
classroom
every
day,
because
he
knows
that
it's
a
safe
place.
He
knows
that
the
teachers
in
my
school
will
give
him
a
safe
place
and
will
comfort
him
he's.
Lucky
he's
got
great
brothers
and
sisters
that
are
older
and
that
are
taking
good
care
of
him.
AR
But
right
now
we
need
to
be
taken
care
of
too
we're
doing
a
lot,
we're
giving
a
lot
for
free
and
that's
not
going
to
last
forever.
If
that
doesn't
come
back
to
us.
I
know
that
you
are
not
the
only
people
in
this
equation,
so
please
don't
feel
like
I'm
yelling
at
you,
I'm
yelling,
because
I
need
a
place
to
yell
the
place
to
yell
happened
to
be
here
tonight.
AA
AA
It
breaks
my
heart
that
at
this
juncture,
we
find
ourselves
on
opposite
sides
of
the
table,
literally
because
I
know
we
are
on
the
same
side
of
the
issue,
which
is
a
better
future
for
our
children
and
our
county,
but
that
future
will
be
worse
instead
of
better
if
the
present
situation
remains
the
same.
The
present
and
ongoing
situation
of
overworked
and
underappreciated
teachers
hurting
our
students,
your
children,
my
children,
teachers,
have
been
doing
too
much
for
too
long.
AA
We
have
responsibility
to
our
jobs
and
our
students,
but
we
also
have
a
responsibility
to
ourselves
and
our
families.
It
is
gut-wrenching
and
heartbreaking
to
make
someone
choose
between
what
they
love
and
who
they
love
any
suggestions
or
implications
or
unvoiced
thoughts
that
teachers
are
not
absolutely
dedicated
is
a
profound
insult.
AA
Working
to
rule
is
simply
honoring
the
provisions
of
the
existing
contract
that
established
pay
and
benefits
in
exchange
for
hours
of
work
and
stipulated
job
requirements.
All
those
extras
that
teachers
provide
to
meet
the
needs
of
students
are
never
rewarded
with
surprise
christmas
bonuses
or
envelopes,
stuffed
with
extra
money
to
recognize
and
compensate
those
teachers.
AA
The
teachers
have
been
providing
so
much
more
above
and
beyond
the
contract.
For
so
long
should
inspire
the
deepest
gratitude
rather
than
accusations
of
neglect
when
they
cannot
continue
to
do
so
through
sheer
exhaustion
and
despair,
and
the
fact
that
every
one
of
us
here
dragged
ourselves
away
from
essential
second
or
third
jobs
routinely
neglected
families
and
mountains
of
ungraded
papers.
To
draw
attention
to
this
issue
shows
just
how
dedicated
we
are.
As
we
stand
here
tonight,
desperately
trying
to
be
hurt.
Don't
you
dare
say
we
don't
know
our
duty?
BM
Good
evening,
president
corblak
at
distinguished
board
of
ed
members,
dr
alado,
my
name
is
robert
silkworth,
chairperson
of
the
high
school
concerns
committee,
and
I
have
to
tell
you
that
I
choose
to
remain
seated.
Instead
of
going
over
there
and
jacob
I'd
like
to
tell
you
also,
I
didn't
get
the
applause
that
you
got
when
you
came
out
good
job
jacob,
I'm
wearing
several
hats.
First
of
all,
my
high
school
concerns
hat.
I
want
to
thank
president
corblak
for
being
with
us
in
our
last
meeting
this
past
week.
I
hope
you
enjoyed
it.
BM
We
did
have
a
a
lot
of
interesting
discussions
about
many
issues
and
you
will
be
getting
minutes
in
the
next
few
days.
Folks
and
everyone
is
invited
to
our
next
one
and
in
a
minute,
you'll
find
out
when
that'll
be
in
november.
BM
With
that
hat,
there
are
two
things
I
want
to
talk
about.
First
thing
is
stress:
folks,
the
stress
amongst
teachers
is
real.
It
is
there.
It
concerns
me
greatly.
There
are
many
reasons
for
the
stress:
the
contract
issues,
of
course,
but
here's
the
issue
we
can
eliminate
a
large
amount
of
educator
stress
by
working
together
collaboratively
that
word
collaboration.
I've
heard
it
so
many
times
tonight.
BM
I
truly
believe
that
stress
has
and
will
always
be
in
the
teaching
profession.
However,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
as
high
as
it
is
today
and
it
won't
take
money
to
to
eliminate
the
stress.
I
challenge
everyone
in
this
room
tonight
at
all
levels
to
make
a
commitment
to
our
students
to
work
together
to
find
ways
to
decrease
workload
and
eliminate
this
unneeded
stress,
and
now
I'm
going
to
put
on
my
north
county
tech
hat.
BM
BM
These
are
many
of
the
people
who
work
their
magic
each
and
every
day
in
challenging
circumstances.
One
of
them
is
katrina,
griffin
katrina
raise
your
hand
over
there.
Dear.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
in
recent
weeks
and
days
you
have
probably
heard
about
katrina.
She
is
the
d.c
in
our
wcl
department.
She
has
been
named
maryland
wcl
teacher
of
the
year
quite
an
award.
BM
We
also
have,
I
don't
think
cora
is
with
us.
She
was,
but
she
had
the
leave.
Ladies
and
gentlemen
cora
another
one
of
our
german
teachers
was
recently
named
a
teacher
of
excellence
by
the
german
embassy
and
north
county.
The
german
program
has
been
named
a
center
of
excellence,
one
of
only
a
few
schools
in
the
country
to
receive
such
recognition.
So,
my
dear
katrina,
I
publicly
applaud
you,
my
dear.
BM
I
am
very
proud
to
represent
all
of
these
north
county
teachers,
and
I
I
don't
want
to
also
leave
out
chase.
Hagelin
is
chase
with
us
this
evening
chase
also
she's
one
of
our
dance
teachers.
I
think
she's
been
with
us
for
about
five
years.
She
was
named
maryland
association
of
health,
physical
education,
dance
teacher
of
the
year
so
applaud
for
her.
BM
One
final
thing
in
my
mind,
all
of
my
colleagues
are
award-winning
teachers.
These
are
the
faces
of
the
teachers
I
represent.
When
I
volunteer
my
time
either
attack
or
here
all
of
them
are
going
to
be
taking
a
pay
cut.
I
do
ask
you
to
ratify
the
contract,
but
they
all
are
going
to
be
taking
a
pay
cut.
These
are
the
people
I
would
want
to
teach
my
grandchildren.
BM
My
greatest
fear
is
is
that
we
will
lose
so
many
of
them
in
the
years
to
come
times
are
tough,
but
so
are
we
let's
work
together
to
eliminate
distress
to
collaborate
on
all
issues
so
that
the
journey
to
greatness
is
realized
for
all
of
our
young
people
and
all
of
our
teachers?
They
have
dreams
too.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
BF
A
AK
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
president
korbulak
superintendent
orlotto
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
akshay
gandhi.
I
am
a
teacher
at
annapolis,
high
school
next
door.
I've
been
teaching
there
for
about
two
and
a
half.
Since
my
third
year,
I'm
untenured,
I
took
a
pay
cut
this
year,
not
too
pleased
with
that.
Obviously
I
had
a
nice
little
sob
story
here
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
it
because
we've
heard
plenty
and
I
think
they're
all
very
important.
AK
What
I
really
wanted
to
stress
is
the
message
to
all
of
you
and
to
everyone
here
is
that
we
need
more
direct
lines
of
communication.
I've
been
reading
a
lot
like
I'm
late
to
the
game.
With
this
you
know
contract
negotiations
and
I'm
jumping
in
I'm
trying
to
figure
it
out.
You
know,
but
there's
a
lot
of
misinformation
out
there
when
I'm
going
on
facebook
and
I'm
reading
what
other
teachers
post
or
what
I'm
seeing
on
this
message
board
what
I'm
seeing
in
the
paper.
AK
Whatever
it
be,
you
know
I'm
reading
a
lot
of
misinformation
when
I,
when
miss
corblak,
spoke
earlier
and
tried
to
clarify
how
the
budget
got
to
where
it
was.
That
was
the
most
clear
and
concise
statement.
I've
heard
thus
far-
and
I
think
that's
very
important.
I
like
hearing
it
from
you
guys
so
as
a
young
teacher
myself.
Please
do
that
more
often,
and
I
would
like
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
more
directly
other
than
that
without
giving
my
saab
story.
I
agree.
AK
I
think
that
I
I
feel
that
you
guys
have
done
your
best.
You
tried
and
you
asked
for
certain
budget
requests
right
and
I
believe
that
tac
tried
their
best
to
negotiate
on
our
behalf
and
again,
I
really
think
it
comes
down
to
our
county
politicians
and
I
think
that
we
as
teachers
need
to
get
the
message
out
to
our
parents
of
our
students
and
to
anybody
else.
AK
We
know
so
that
we
can
hopefully
make
a
better
change
there,
so
that
we
all
benefit
not
just
us
teachers
but
our
students,
because
they
are
the
ones
who
are
suffering.
When
we
talk
about
trying
to,
you
know,
do
work
to
rule
or
what
have
you?
It's
been
tough
for
me,
trying
to
decide
whether
or
not
to
participate
or
what
I
want
to
do
there,
because
I
love
what
I
do.
I
love
my
students.
I
really
do,
and
it's
just
really
stressful
for
me
to
think.
AK
AB
Good
evening
board
dr
arlatto
president
curbelock
vice
president
natalie.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here
tonight
and
I
know
everybody's
tired
I'll
try
to
be
quick.
My
name
is
laura
carter.
I
teach
6th
grade
language
arts
at
southern
middle
school
and
I
support
the
board
of
education
to
please
ratify
the
contract
before
us
tonight,
because
I
believe
it
is
the
best
option
available.
AB
Last
weekend
I
was
at
the
maryland
state
educators,
association
convention
in
ocean
city,
where
I
was
a
first-time
delegate
and
again
being
surrounded
by
the
members
of
my
profession
have
never
been
more
proud
to
be
a
teacher
for
the
past
13
years.
I've
invested
my
time,
talent
and
a
considerable
amount
of
my
own
treasure
500.
AB
So
far
this
year
in
becoming
the
best
teacher
I
possibly
can
be,
and
my
students
would
tell
you
it's
paid
off.
They
love
me.
I
love
them.
It's
a
win-win
and
I'm
grateful
for
the
fabulous
arts
integration
training
that
I've
had
here
in
anne
arundel,
county,
the
professional
development,
and
I
applaud
the
many
creative
and
educational
initiatives
such
as
triple
e
and
pva,
which
we
saw
blossoming
before
us
tonight.
AB
Over
the
past
13
years,
I
earned
my
apc
a
post-baccalaureate
certificate
in
arts
integration
from
towson
university,
where
I
am
now
teaching
the
introductory
course
for
that
program,
and
I
have
worked
tirelessly
to
perfect
my
craft.
I've
taught
dozens
of
workshops
in
arts
integration,
mostly
without
pay,
and
for
countless
times.
AB
I
have
mentored
the
teachers
around
me
and
provided
my
expertise,
time
and
talent
for
them,
because
we're
only
as
good
as
the
teacher
next
door,
so
we
all
need
to
be
working
together
and
collaborating,
and
it's
my
joy
to
do
that.
After
thirteen
years
I
make
ten
thousand
dollars
a
year
more
than
I
made
when
I
began.
That
is
less
than
eight
hundred
dollars
a
year
more
than
I
made
then
800
a
year
per
year
raised,
and
I
spend
more
than
that
on
my
classroom
supplies
myself,
it's
demoralizing
and
disrespectful.
AB
I
don't
believe
that
the
board
of
education
is
responsible,
you're,
not
across
the
table.
From
with
from
us,
you
are
our
leaders,
you
are
our
partners
and
I
ask
you
now
to
go
out
there
and
be
our
leaders
and
be
our
partners
and
advocate
for
us
and
stand
up
for
us.
What
would
it
be
if
we
treated
our
teachers,
our
students,
the
same
way
with
treated
teachers?
Sorry,
kids,
we
don't
have
the
money,
energy
time
or
passion
to
meet
your
educational
needs.
AB
Q
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name
is
sebastian
serrano
and
I
am
a
science
teacher
at
annapolis
high
school.
I
stand
here
tonight
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
students.
I
speak
for
the
children
who
attend
every
ap
physics
class
and
want
nothing
more
than
to
become
the
most
scientifically
literate
and
innovative
thinkers
possible.
I
speak
on
behalf
of
the
students
in
my
esau
class,
many
of
whom
come
to
class,
to
learn
science,
even
though
they
work
full
shifts
downtown
earning
minimum
wage,
sometimes
without
their
families.
Q
These
kids
know
that
their
future
depends
on
the
work
they
do
now
and
they
deserve
teachers
who
provide
them
with
the
best
opportunities
to
learn.
Those
teachers
in
turn
need
to
have
societal
and
economic
structures
in
place
that
will
support
them.
I
compared
our
contract
to
that
of
my
hometown
of
wilmington
massachusetts.
Q
Massachusetts
is
always
maryland's
competition
for
best
state
when
it
comes
to
education,
and
you
know
what
looking
at
the
two
contracts
massachusetts
has
the
better
deal
here
in
anne
arundel.
I've
taught
four
preps
in
a
year,
while
colleagues
in
the
same
department
have
taught
two
in
wilmington.
It
is
a
violation
of
the
contract
to
have
more
than
three
preps
unless
all
other
teachers
in
the
department
also
have
three.
That's
not
my
department's
fault.
Q
That's
the
contract's
fault
here
in
anne
arundel
step
increases
can
be
frozen,
apparently
whenever
our
state
leaders
feel
like
freezing
them
without
a
shame
in
the
world.
In
wilmington,
step
increases
have
been
secured
through
the
2017
school
year
and
even
indexed
for
inflation
in
anne
arundel.
Economic
constraints
can
push
some
teachers
so
far
that
they
consider
work
to
rule
cutting
extra
help
as
soon
as
the
contract
allows
and
blocking
letters
of
recommendation
for
college
and
scholarships
continuing
down
this
destructive
divisive
path
will
only
harm
the
children
of
this
county.
Q
Nobody
wins,
the
elected
officials
cannot
unite
people,
teachers,
move
away
and
children
lose
the
equal
part
of
equal
opportunity.
Personally,
between
the
reduction
of
workdays
at
annapolis,
high
school
faux
raise
and
rising
rent.
I
lost
an
entire
paycheck
this
year.
If
the
board
continues
to
cut
my
salary
through
the
state
elected
officials,
I
will
run
out
of
money
and
have
to
leave
if
work
to
rule
becomes
the
law
of
the
land.
I
will
run
out
of
dignity
and
have
to
leave
either
way.
Q
Ap
physics
and
esol
science
will
be
in
need
of
new
teachers,
I'm
here
for
my
kids,
because
they
need
more
than
a
teacher.
They
need
a
champion,
and
I
want
to
be
that
champion
for
them
until
circumstances
force
me
to
leave,
I
will
stand
with
the
kids.
The
question
remains:
will
our
elected
officials
do
the
same.
AQ
Good
evening
I'm
bill
hort,
I
teach
world
history
and
humanities
of
chesapeake
high
school.
AQ
Unfortunately,
mrs
richie
isn't
here
right
now,
there's
a
sort
of
story.
I
I
share
with
her.
I
guess
she
can
hear
that's.
That's
terrific
she's
spoken
at
chesapeake
high
school's
graduation,
the
last
couple
of
years
and
both
times
she
references
a
dr
seuss
book.
Oh
the
places,
you'll
go,
I
always
grin
when
she
quotes
it.
She
gets
the
end.
It's
will
you
succeed?
Yes,
you
will
99
and
three-quarters
percent
guaranteed.
I
love
it.
I
gave
that
book
to
my
sister
when
she
graduated
college,
so
I
kind
of
grin.
AQ
I
can
look
forward
to
that
when
I
teach
non-sequitur
here,
but
when
I
teach
world
history,
I
teach
world
history
and
I
love
it.
When
I
teach
humanities,
I
really
love
it.
My
students
interact
with
plato
with
laozi
with
descartes
with
jefferson.
AQ
AQ
AQ
AQ
AQ
AW
AJ
Good
evening
my
name
is
robin
schmidt.
I
teach
at
annapolis
high
school,
I
have
taught
at
glen,
bernie
I've
taught
napa's
middle
school.
Mr
webb
loved
your
questions,
miss
richie.
You
remember
me
because
we
in
the
pta
miss
corblax
nice
to
see
you
again.
That's
exactly
right,
see
you
remembered
me.
Hopefully
it
was
good.
AJ
So
have
I
now.
Why
am
I
here
I'm
at
the
end
of
my
career?
I
am.
I
have
three
four
years
at
most
before
I
can
retire,
but
I
love
teaching
my
kids
are
going
to
school.
I
have
one
to
graduate
this
year,
one
to
graduate
next
year
and
all
these
fabulous
teachers
in
here
today
are
what
taught
my
kids
and
they
are
worth
everything
I'm
here
because
of
them.
They
deserve
better.
My
wife's,
a
teacher
we
have
lost.
AJ
We
have
figured
between
fifteen
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
retirement
because
of
how
we
get
paid.
That's
sad!
That's
really
sad!
Now
do
you
fight
for
us?
I
really
believe
you
do
do
his
tac
fight.
I
really
believe
do,
but
I
think
why
can
do
better
gentlemen
set
up
here
about
stress
doctor
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
things.
AJ
AJ
And
now,
if
you
that's
kind
of
school
system,
you
want
we're
going
to
be
in
sad
shape.
We
get
annapolis
high
school
to
where
we
want
to
be.
Then
we
take
everything
away
that
got
it.
There
can't
do
that.
Well,
it's
got
it.
You
got
to
keep
it
there,
but
we're
not
doing
that
same
thing
happened
to
annapolis
middle
school.
You
got
to
where
you
wanted
to
be,
then,
let's
change
it.
AJ
You
have
to
keep
things
in
place.
What
we
don't
realize
is-
and
some
people
say
this-
that's
an
inner
city
school
down
the
street
here
an
inner
city
school,
and
we
have
to
remember
that
and
keep
it
in
that
context.
It's
working
right
now,
because
it
has
a
great
administration
who
has
built
a
wonderful,
wonderful
faculty.
AJ
AJ
It
said
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
this
afternoon
that
teachers
have
a
special
duty
to
care
for
their
students.
They
do,
I
honestly
agree,
agree
with
that
they
do
and
they
want
to.
You
said
we
have
to
get
a
better
thing
out
to
the
you
know,
not
the
bad
things
what's
happening
when
we
work
the
rule.
Well,
wait
a
minute:
everybody
stopped
and
listened
everybody.
You
heard
those
students
they
took,
stop
to
it
now
the
parents
do.
Our
pta
at
annapolis
is
backing
us
on
this
work
to
rule
they
understand
it.
AJ
B
BN
BN
So
a
lot
of
things
have
sort
of
come
to
light
tonight
and
I'm
going
to
have
to
sort
of
ad-lib
my
prepared
notes
here,
but
I
understand
the
complications
that
you
all
on
the
board
are
facing
and
I'm
not
going
to
demonize
you
and
I'm
not
going
to
ask
blood
from
stone.
You
don't
have
the
money
for
a
step,
increase
we're
not
going
to
get
it.
BN
BN
BN
We
need
that
money
to
keep
our
teachers
and
those
challenge.
Schools.
I've
heard
talk
my
colleagues,
my
former
teachers,
talking
about
leaving
annapolis
high
school.
I
was
there
in
2008
when
we
were
zero
based
I'm
there.
Now
it's
been
there
since
2012,
and
we've
made
so
much
progress
at
that
school
and,
like
mr
schmidt
said,
think
of
it
as
an
inner
city.
School
aacps
are
minorities
they're
at
that
school
they're
at
annapolis,
high
school,
we
don't
have
a
voice
as
a
community.
BN
We
are
a
minority
if
you
want
to
stir
the
public
of
anne
arundel
county
agitate,
the
two-thirds
of
the
voters
agitate
the
schools,
not
challenge
schools,
agitate
those
teachers.
I'm
sorry.
I
do
sympathize
with
everybody
in
this
room
and
I
wish
we
had
the
money,
but
next
year
we
could
really
work
to
get
a
step
increase,
but
this
year
I
want
us
to
maintain
our
teachers
at
our
challenge.
Schools,
because
those
teachers
have
the
experience
to
deal
with
our
minority
population.
Y
Good
evening
my
name
is
craven
ingles
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
annapolis
high
school
ptsa,
dr
arlato,
president
korbilak.
Y
A
motion
was
made
at
our
meeting
on
october
14th,
the
annapolis
high
school
ptsa
unanimously
passed
a
resolution
to
support
the
reinstatement
of
the
challenged
school
stipends
step
increases
and
retention
bonuses
for
high
poverty
schools.
We
believe
that
these
measures
are
imperative
to
supporting
the
excellent
and
passionate
teachers
at
annapolis.
High
school,
who
work
tirelessly
to
close
the
achievement
gap.
Y
Annapolis
high
school
is
designated
by
the
superintendent
as
a
challenged
school
based
upon
amo
status,
title
1
eligibility
in
the
farm
population,
which
is
approaching
55
percent
at
annapolis,
high
school.
Now
the
teachers
they
have
such
an
additional
heavy
workload
every
day
they
provide
differentiated
instruction,
surrogate
parenting
discipline,
extra
help,
tutoring
extracurricular
club
support
help
days,
assisting
first-generation
college-bound
students,
and
now
our
children
are
being
are
suffering
because
they
can't
provide
the
recommendations.
Y
I
have
a
daughter
that
wants
to
apply
for
the
national
honor
society
she's
not
going
to
be
able
to
get
recommendations
for
that,
so
the
children
are
suffering
and
the
parent
organization
is
standing
behind
our
teachers
and
we
have
to
all
work
together
to
get
them
the
money
that
they
deserve.
Thank
you.
BO
BO
BO
BO
BO
I
get
to
see
him
24,
7.,
okay,
I'm
I'm
gonna
ad-lib
a
little
bit
here
as
well,
and
it's
because
we're
all
saying
the
same
sentiment,
but
I
want
to
give
you,
I
guess
just
a
little
background
about
me
and
why
I
decided
to
become
a
teacher
and
and
bring
all
of
my
years
of
experience
into
the
classroom.
BO
I
love
teaching
these
children
about
what
it's
like
out
there.
Okay,
that's
probably
one
of
my
biggest
goals.
Right
now
is
to
get
my
kids
to
understand
that
they
don't
they
can
still
live
out
their
dreams.
I
came
from
a
small
town
in
connecticut,
okay,
not
much,
and
I
still
lived
out
my
dream
to
become
a
dolphin
trainer.
BO
BP
Hi
I'm
sheriff
cephas
and
I
would
love
an
update
on
how
those
cards
are
pulled
because
I've
been
here
for
a
while,
just
like
you
guys
have
so.
This
is
really
now.
I
know
who
to
focus
my
attention
on
is
the
lady.
With
the
cell
phone
back,
there
was
spoken
for
the
county
executive.
I
want
to
thank
her
and
everybody
else
that
made
bad
decisions
for
the
inspiration.
BP
I
thought
I
would
retire
a
teacher
because
I
spent
my
first
teaching
years
learning
from
some
of
the
best
seasoned
educators
at
annapolis
middle
school.
While
I
have
well
a
few,
have
retired
many
still
work
there
or
within
our
other
schools,
while
their
dedication
and
passion
for
the
craft
inspired
me
to
continue
and
thrive
as
a
teacher
for
11
years.
BP
I
didn't
get
the
pay
increase
I
needed
anyway.
Moving
on
I
I
have
spent
years
sacrificing
my
financial
stability,
and
I
can't
anymore
I'm
inspired
to
take
time
off
of
my
second
job,
which
I
had
to
get
due
to
the
fact
that
I'm
not
being
paid
what
I'm
worth
and
I'm
heading
to
the
capitol
building
to
lobby
for
laws
to
change
the
way
that
teachers
ca,
the
teachers
can
speak
their
voices
so
that
maybe
we
can
strike
and
not
losing
our
lose
our
collective
bargaining
rights.
BP
BP
BQ
BQ
I
love
mr
elliott.
I
love
mr
castle
and
I
love
mrs
moses.
The
fact
that
you
guys
put
these
people
in
charge
of
that
organization
means
that
you
are
forward
thinking
and
that
you
are
pragmatic,
and
I
love
that.
I
I
also
love
our
department.
The
math
department
is
unbelievable.
These
people
are
so
focused,
so
intense
and
so
pushing
the
progressive
educational
boundaries.
It's
it's
incredible
and
the
man
who
is
leading
that
charge
is
josh
kobe
right
here,
you're
gonna
hear
from
this.
This
guy
is
sharp.
BQ
I
love
dr
programs.
This
is
again
forward.
Thinking,
pragmatic,
it's
inspirational.
I
love
that
I
can
develop
my
skills
as
a
teacher
and,
most
importantly,
I
love
these
kids.
We
saw
it
today
with
the
pva
program.
I
see
it
every
day
on
the
front
lines.
It's
inspiring
it's
connecting
it
moves
me.
It
moved
me
here
tonight.
BQ
BQ
BQ
BQ
Let's
be
pragmatic
and
be
and
be
thoughtful
and
have
some
foresight
into
this
problem.
You're
not
going
to
have
the
ability
not
to
give
steps
and
colas
and
increases
you're
not
going
to
have
that
option.
It's
off
the
table,
there's
a
million
job
openings.
Actually,
it's
a
million
five
because
they
think
by
2018.
BQ
W
I'm
a
first
by
saying
that
I
love
that
guy
right
there.
My
name
is
josh
kirby,
I'm
the
department
chair
of
math
at
annapolis,
high
school
I've
taught
in
annapolis
for
five
years.
My
whole
teaching
career-
I,
my
mom,
has
taught
here
for
30
years,
she
retired
two
years
ago,
she's
still
substitute
teaching.
My
grandmother
taught
her
15
years.
She
was
a
principal
for
17
years.
I
live
here.
I've
graduated
from
here.
W
I
love
this
county
and
I
want
to
stay
here,
but
it's
making
it's
very,
very
difficult
for
me
to
do
since
I've
started
here.
I've
had
one
step
which
was
one
thousand
dollars
in
a
matter
of
five
years
next
year,
I'm
losing
ten
thousand
six
hundred
and
forty
three
dollars,
which
is
over
17
percent
of
my
income.
That
is,
with
the
challenge,
pay
and
the
mou
bonus
being
gone.
I
have
lost
that
money
and
I
have
not
been
being
able
to
increase.
W
Basically
what
I'm
trying
to
say
is
that
what
is
their
incentive
to
stay
in
this
county?
I
will
be
going
for
from
12
months
to
196
days,
meaning
I
have
one
day
to
get
my
entire
department
ready
for
school.
I
work
from
5
30
a.m,
to
about
6
30
p.m,
every
night,
not
in
counting
accounting
for
the
work
that
I
do
at
home.
W
I
am
here
for
the
students
and
for
my
teachers,
nothing
else.
This
doesn't
change
where
you're
going.
My
teachers
are
asking
me
what
they
should
do
if
they
should
stay
in
this
county
or
if
they
should
leave-
and
I
am
having
a
very
hard
time
telling
them
what
to
do,
because
on
one
end
they
should
go
to
another
county
and
go
get
more
money.
Why
not?
But
I
don't
want
to
lose
my
great
teachers
and
I
have
the
best
teachers
in
the
county
by
far
in
my
math
department.
I
love
them
to
death.
W
They
are
absolutely
amazing
and
I
will
fight
for
them
till
the
end,
but
I
don't
know
how
much
fighting
I
can
do
when
they
are
not
getting
a
step
increase,
you're,
going
to
start
to
lose
a
massive
amount
of
teachers
quickly.
I
can
only
speak
for
the
teachers
that
I've
heard
from
annapolis
high
school,
and
I
know
there
is
a
massive
amount
of
teachers.
W
Looking
for
new
jobs,
I
can
speak
for
one
teacher
who
has
three
jobs
currently
right
now,
she's
in
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
debt
for
going
to
school,
she
has
based
her
income
of
her
loans
off
of
decreased
amounts,
for
which
was
five
thousand
dollars
which
she
will
be
losing
this
year.
She
does
not
have
enough
money
to
cover
those
payments
and
again,
like
I
said,
she's
working,
two
extra
jobs
to
make
ends
meet,
which
is
not
going
to
be
enough.
W
She
is
one
of
the
best
teachers
I
have
ever
seen
in
my
entire
life
and
I
will
be
very,
very,
very
upset
if
I
have
to
lose
her
over
something
like
a
step
increase.
I'm
gonna
end
by
saying
this.
I
encourage
you
to
listen
to
all
the
voices
that
have
been
said
tonight,
because
these
are
great
voices
and
teachers
that
you
will
no
longer
be
able
to
keep
here
if
you
do
not
listen
and
give
us
a
step
increase.
Thank
you.
G
Josh
josh,
I
just
have
to
tell
you
hello,
I
taught
with
your
mother
for
many
years.
I
know
your
grandmother
and,
and
I
went
to
the
baby
shower
and
rocked
you.
I
know.
B
Okay,
the
next
seven
dennis
sullivan.
BR
BR
I'm
sorry
county
executive,
I
apologize
and
she
continues
to
read
it.
It
is.
It
is
one
of
these
things
when
so
many
teachers
are
coming
up
here,
spilling
their
guts
and
you
don't
pay
attention.
Well,
I'm
paying
attention
right
now,
I'm
paying
attention-
and
I
had
this
great
little
speech
for
you
and
I
was
going
to
bring
up
our
last
meeting,
dr
orlando,
and
but
I
can't
bring
it
up
to.
I
can't
bring
it
up
anymore,
because
I'm
not
mad
at
you
guys
anymore.
BR
BR
We
will
not
stop
we.
We
are
going
to
be
at
every
meeting,
dr
arlotto.
You
know
that
we're
going
to
ask
the
questions.
Dr
alato,
you
know
that
and
I
promise
you
we
will
be
in
front
of
the
in
front
in
in
the
media.
Although
jack
andreica
did
make
60
minutes,
I
think
that
was
a
pretty
good
one,
but
anyway
that
should
warrant
a
pay
raise
right
there,
but
we
will
be
there.
BR
I
and-
and
I
I
have
to
bring
up
one
thing
I
I
I
know
I
got
to
just
bring
this
up
because
I'm
a
little
angry
about
this,
I'm
taking
a
500
bite
today,
but
by
you
guys
voting
on
this.
I
know
you
guys
are
going
to
vote
for
it.
I
wish
you
didn't
and
the
money
came
from
us,
the
the
management
at
the
school
district
you're
allotted
91
million
dollars.
BR
T
Hi,
my
name
is
chris
leach.
I
apologize
for
not
preparing
my
remarks,
but
there
were
just
a
couple
of
comments
that
came
in
and
a
theme
that
came
in
deborah.
You
did
say
and
I
do
agree.
You
know
that
to
the
teachers
need
to
tell
a
story,
but
if
the
story
that
they
choose
to
teach
and
it's
their
call
is
to
work
to
rule,
I
mean
I
do
support
that.
I
was
going
to
say.
T
Hopefully
mr
gandhi's
already
got
my
daughter's
recommendation
done,
I'm
kidding,
but
if
that,
if
that
is
what
they
choose
to
do,
that's
what
they
choose
to
do
and
and
then
you
know
the
one
thing
that
just
I
really
took
exception
to
is.
You
know
I
have
email
from
one
of
one
of
the
teachers
at
annapolis
high
school
last
night.
You
know
my
through
my
own
running
around
and
not
being
prepared.
You
know
she
got
me
out
of
a
bind
at
six
o'clock
at
night
and
you
know
responded
to
me
immediately.
T
I
mean
she
probably
hates
that
I
have
her
cell
phone
number,
but
you
know
she
did
give
me
her
cell
phone
number.
I
texted
her
and
she
helped
me
out
of
a
bind.
You
know.
Mr
gandhi
was
at
my
daughter's
senior
night
last
night
I
mean
he'd
already
been
at
school,
you
know
for
12
hours
and
you
know
and
thank
him
that
he
stayed
there
until
8
30..
You
know,
and
you
know
we
have
such
high.
Yes,
we
have
such
high.
Oh
sorry,.
BJ
T
I
was
kidding
about
it,
you
know,
and
they
said
you
know
we
have
such
high
achieving
children
that
you
know
that
that
are
you
know
into
athletics
too.
You
know
that
you
have
to
admit
some
of
the
kids.
Bios
were
very
long.
You
know
between
being
a
5.0
student
and
all
the
rest
of
it,
but
I
think
the
biggest
thing
I
take
exception
to
was
the
idea
that
they've
forgotten
what
they
started.
You
know,
as
for
teaching,
you
know
my
whole
thing
is
they
haven't?
T
You
know
that
you
know,
as
far
as
you
know,
if
they
did
decide
to
work
to
rule,
but
couldn't
they
also
go
to
prince
george's
county
and
get
that
same
love
of
teaching
and
get
ten
thousand
dollars
more.
I
mean
that's.
You
know
that
I
I
know
that
you
all
agree
with
this,
but
just
you
know
to
even
insinuate
that
any
of
them
have
forgotten
what
they
got
into
teaching.
For
I
mean
all
you
have
to
do
is
just
anybody.
BS
BS
BS
Our
teachers
have
gone
above
and
beyond
the
call
of
duty
to
work
overtime.
To
make
sure
each
student
has
the
opportunity
to
learn
and
excel
to
the
best
of
their
abilities.
Teachers
arrive
and
stay
late
to
prepare
lessons
grade
papers,
work
one-on-one
with
the
students
needing
help
outside
of
class
time.
BS
BS
BS
BT
I
grew
up
in
davidsonville
and
miss
natalie.
You
were
my
principal
and
I
went
into
bates
middle
school
because
of
the
pva
program
and
even
though
it's
become
such
a
much
better
school,
since
all
of
these
programs
are
being
involved
still
at
the
same
time,
I
almost
got
a
concussion
from
a
guy
who
got
really
freaked
out
for
some
reason.
I'm
not
really
sure-
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
they're
not
super
good
still
but,
like
my
teachers
have
always
been
there
for
me,
100
and
beyond
we're
learning
about
limits
in
math.
BT
So
I
felt
like
saying
something
about
that,
but
I
forget
now,
but
my
math
teacher
was
here:
she
got
tired,
but
teachers
arrive
at
school
at
like
six
o'clock
or
6
30,
and
I
was
helping
my
best
friend
with
a
birthday
party
and
I
came
in
super
early
and
all
these
teachers
were
here
and
mr
enriquez
said
help
me
set
up
his
classroom
to
make
it
say:
happy
birthday,
jordan,
on
all
the
walls.
BT
So
that's
pretty
above
beyond,
so
to
see
that
they're
not
getting
paid
for
they're,
not
getting
paid
for
help
day
well,
because
their
health
day
is
every
single
day
for
me,
because
I'm
in
pba
and
I
stay
after
until
4
30
anyways.
So
I
asked
them
to
stay
after
until
like
six,
I'm
sorry,
but
they
don't
get
paid
for
that
and
to
cut
them
even
more
from
their
normal
pay
is
just
it
hurt
me
too.
BT
R
R
I'm
actually
here
tonight
for
my
wife,
who
is
actually
a
graduate
from
anne
arundel
county
at
this
point
in
time,
who's
losing
her
fire
and
desire
to
be
a
teacher
in
a
classroom.
She
is
going
to
the
dark
side
because
she
is
getting
frustrated
by
watching
everything.
That's
going
on,
I'm
working
three
jobs,
now
my
primary
job.
R
In
my
spare
time
I
have
been
looking
in
other
counties
going
through
on
an
average
going
through
right
now.
At
this
point
in
time,
I
could
be
making
four
to
eight
thousand
dollars
difference
in
pay.
Just
for
my
experience
working
less
time
and
at
this
point
in
time.
What
I'm
hearing
this
evening
right
now
is
that
all
of
you
are
on
our
side,
or
at
least
that's
the
way.
R
R
So
just
if
there
was
a
question
that
was
asked,
I
figured
I
I
I'm
someone
who
can
speak
as
a
source
on
that
right
now
going
through.
I
originally
went
to
the
tac
meeting
last
week
a
few
weeks
ago
with
pitchforks
trying
to
crucify
them,
and
I
was
ready
to
crucify
you
guys
this
evening,
but
I
wanted
to
thank
you
guys
so
much
for
taking
the
time
to
explain
your
position
on
what
was
going
on
and
all
the
work
that
you've
been
doing.
And
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
need
to
work
together.
A
B
Get
to
vote,
I
just
wanted
to
to
reiterate
kind
of
what
I
had
said
earlier.
We
can't
vote
to
amend
the
negotiated
agreement.
That's
before
us
tonight,
we
can
only
say
vote
yes
for
what
it's,
how
it
is
now
or
no,
and
if
we
vote
no,
we
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
the
last
drawing
board
took
us
11
months.
B
I
don't
think
anybody
here
tonight
from
what
I've
heard
wants
us
to
vote
no
and
go
back
to
the
drawing
board,
because
that
means
a
zero
percent
increase
until
something's
resolved.
I
think
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
we
need
to
work
together
to
do
better
next
time,
and
next
time
is
already
going
to
start
because
it's
time
to
negotiate
the
next
contract
on
friday,
so
I
think
we
we
have
to
move
on.
So
with
that,
I
can.
I
have
a
motion
on
the
floor.
B
B
B
We
got
a
copy,
I
know
they're
on
the
internet
and
we
got
a
copy
of
of
the
comments
and
they
seem
to
be
overwhelmingly
positive.
Some
families
had
concerns
about
college
and
career
readiness,
but
we've
talked
about
that
during
first
reading.
BU
B
I
think
it
was
really
really
helpful
you,
you
were
kind
of
on
24
7
there
when
everybody
posted
a
comment.
You
were
right
back
with
a
response
and
it
was
really
helpful.
So
thank
you
for
doing
that.
I
don't
have
any
other
board
questions.
Do
we
have
any
public
comment
on
this
item?
Okay,
so
it'll
come
back
in
a
month
for
third.
BU
It'll
next
meeting
I
mean.
BU
B
You
have
to
stay
for
this
and
one
more
okay,
this
this
is
also
a
second
reading
and
there
were
no
public
comments
on
this
one.
I
I
actually
have
a
comment
or
a
question
or
a
concern.
I
guess.
As
mr
silkworth
said,
I
went
to
the
high
school
concerns
committee
meeting
and
I
heard
from
some
teachers
that
on
under
the
high
school,
let
me
see
what
page
we
are
three
and
four.
I
guess.
B
BU
BU
I
foresee
this
board
seeing
this
regulation
come
back
again
in
the
very
near
future
to
resolve
that
issue
along
with
some
others
that
we've
identified
so
we're
very
much
aware
of
the
issue
and
working
on
both
an
education
piece
so
that
the
current
language
is
implemented
appropriately
and
consistently
across
the
system,
as
well
as
making
sure
that
any
language
that
needs
to
be
clarified
to
resolve
issues
such
as
the
one
that
you
spoke
of
will
happen.
So
we
do
recognize
that
and
we
are
working
on
it.
B
Jessica,
don't
leave
so
this
will
come
back
at
the
next
party
board
meeting
as
well,
yes
and
then
maybe
again,
item
4.05
policy
revision.
Second,
reading
high
school
courses
taken
by
middle
school
students-
and
this
was
the
second
reading
with
no
public
comments
either,
and
I
don't
have
any
board
questions
any
public
comments
or
questions.
BU
B
You're
dismissed,
thank
you.
We
have
three
review
items:
item
5.01
fiscal
year;
2015
operating
budget
closeout.
B
And
we
don't,
I
don't
have
any
board
questions.
Is
there
any
public
comment
about
this
item?
B
B
B
AA
BV
What
we're
doing
right
is
that
we've
not
to
date
bid
any
projects
under
the
prevailing
wage
criteria.
BV
Do
has
been
tracking
projects.
Dr
liver
executive,
director
of
the
public
school
construction
program
tracked
approximately
264
side-by-side
bids
from
other
leas,
and
those
264
bids
have
demonstrated
that
other
jurisdictions
around
us
are
experiencing
about
11.6
percent
cost
increase
directly
directly
attributable
to
prevailing
wage.
Far
in
excess
of
the
negligible
to
two
percent
cost
increase
that
the
department
of
legislative
services
had
come
up
with.
BV
We
were
very
aggressive.
There
was
a
july
1
strike
date.
We
accelerated
the
pace
of
our
design
and
bidding
activities
to
get
as
many
projects
out
the
door
ahead
of
that
strike
date,
which
sort
of
put
many
of
our
projects
in
that
hold
harmless
category.
BV
Unfortunately,
this
next
cohort
of
projects,
the
ones
that
you've
been
seeing
the
schematic
designs.
You
will
soon
be
seen
to
design
development
documents
those
are
going
to
to
potentially
be
in
that
escalated
price,
environment,
okay,.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
mrs
ritchie.
E
I
actually
had
a
question
that
has
to
do
with,
and-
and
this
is
some
information
as
we
go
further-
we've
heard
that
there
are
some
people
want
to
build
still
buildings
and
not
the
concrete
like
we
build,
and
so
is
it
possible
for
us
to
get
sort
of
like
a
a
side-by-side
kind
of
comparison.
You
know
in
terms
of
how
easy
they
are
to
maintain
how
hard
they
are
to
maintain
how
long
they
last
you
know,
I
mean
you
could
tell
us
those
things,
but
it's
kind
of
late
now
and
so.
BV
Being
one
tonight
being
one
to
not
want
to
reinvent
the
wheel,
there
is
a
report
being
conducted
currently
by
the
state.
It's
got
a
deliverable
date
of,
I
believe
on
december
1..
Oh.
A
BV
When
that
is
published,
I
will
gladly
share
that
with
you
and
your
colleagues.
I
think
we'll
do
a
much
more
thorough
job
than
I
can
do
at
this
late
hour
tonight.
E
Well,
yeah,
I
didn't
want
any
information
like
just
just
thinking
of
the
construction,
and
then
you
know
listening
to
them
talk
about
how
they
want
to
change
the
way,
we're
building
schools.
They
don't
want
them
to
last
as
long
and
we'll
have
to
build
them
more
frequently,
and
I'm
not
really
sure.
I
understand
that
whole
concept,
but
okay.
BW
Yes,
it's
been
a
long
day
good
evening,
dr
arlato
president
corblak
and
board
members.
My
name
is
holly
clyderline
and
I
am
the
school
counselor
at
oak
hill,
elementary
in
severna
park,
the
school
utilization
study
that
was
just
completed
identified
the
recommended
size
for
elementary
schools
as
600.
BW
BW
BW
Okay,
so
that's,
including
19
single
family
homes,
to
be
built
in
my
area.
Somehow,
you've
adopted
a
formula
that
estimates
that
three
students
will
be
added
to
our
enrollment.
Three
students
from
19
homes
doesn't
seem
accurate
to
me.
What
concerns
me
even
more
is
that
there
seems
to
be
no
limit
to
the
size
of
elementary
schools.
We
keep
adding
classrooms,
then
defining
schools
is
open,
filling
all
of
those
seats,
changing
the
definition
of
closed
and
then
adding
more
classrooms.
BW
We
have
several
elementary
schools
that
are
larger
than
our
middle
schools.
Middle
schools
have
three
counselors
elementary
schools
have
one
counselors
with
caseloads
of
700
800.
Students
cannot
advocate,
challenge,
encourage
support,
teach
and
provide
services
to
that
many
students
and
their
families
the
way
they
can
for
a
more
reasonable
number.
BW
I
ask
you
to
do
a
couple
things
investigate
the
formula
you're
using
to
predict
enrollment.
I
ask
you
to
investigate
and
alter
the
policy
that
defines
schools
as
open
or
closed,
so
there's
a
limit
to
the
size
of
elementary
schools.
Maybe
when
you
get
to
the
recommended
level
of
600,
it's
no
longer
a
case
of
well.
If
we
have
capacity
three
years
from
now,
let's
define
it
as
open
at
county
council.
There
was
an
argument
over
what
does
zero
mean
if
we
have
zero
seats?
Does
that
mean
that
a
school
should
be
open
or
closed?
BW
BW
E
AK
E
I
The
the
adequate
public
facilities
law
is
passed
by
the
county
council.
So
that's
that's
a
county
law
that
says
when
things
are
open
and
when
things
what
I
mean
we
we
give
them
the
numbers,
but
they
just
use
our
numbers
and
fit
it
into
their
law.
BW
I
The
way
the
county
law
is
written,
it's
not
our
law.
It's
that
it's
a
county,
ordinance
law
is
that
if
there's
one
seat
open
a
developer
can
build.
So
that's
not
our
policy.
B
Okay,
the
next
board
of
education
meeting
is
wednesday
november
4th
at
10
am
the
next
board
policy
committee
meeting
is
wednesday
november
11th
at
1
pm
in
the
board
room
and
the
next
board
budget
committee
meeting
is
wednesday
november
18th
at
4
30
pm
in
the
board
room.
The
meeting
is
now
the
meeting's
adjourned.