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A
Good
morning,
president
Corps
black
vice
president
Hummer
members
of
the
Board
of
Education
elected
officials,
colleagues,
students,
parents
and
County
residents.
A
budget
message
for
obvious
reasons
contains
plenty
of
facts
and
figures
about
the
people
and
programs
of
a
given
agency
or
organization.
A
This
message
is
no
different,
but
first
I
want
to
talk
about
another
type
of
message.
One
delivered
in
four
simple
letters,
H
0,
p,
II
hope
hope,
is
indeed
a
very
powerful
message.
It's
one
that
speaks
very
loudly
to
and
about
our
children,
who
are
the
very
reason
we
wake
up
every
day
and
do
what
we
do.
A
Hope
in
fact,
is
exactly
the
message
that
we,
as
staff,
as
parents
and
as
government
and
community
partners,
must
instill
and
enhance
in
every
one
of
our
more
than
81,000
students
everyday
without
hope.
The
achievement
of
true
potential
for
any
child
is
not
just
difficult.
It
is
nearly
impossible
hope
to
be
clear,
is
not
wishing
for
some
magical
result.
Hope
is
at
its
core.
Our
children
not
only
seeing
themselves
as
successful
adults,
but
believing
in
their
abilities
and
seizing
their
opportunities
to
get
to
those
places.
Our
children.
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
must
expect
that
they
can
be
awesome.
One
of
educational
activists,
Diane
right
Diane
ravages
books
contains
a
thought
that
I
believe
holds
very
true
for
us.
As
we
carry
out
our
mission
every
day,
she
wrote
the
most
durable
way
to
improve.
Schools
is
to
improve
the
lives
of
children,
families
and
communities.
A
In
short,
we
have
to
give
our
children
every
one
of
them
hope
we
have
to
help
them
not
just
understand,
but
believe
believe
in
themselves
believe
in
each
other
believe
in
the
adults
around
them
and
most
importantly
believe
that
their
potential
has
no
boundaries.
A
budget,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
isn't
a
document.
It
is
investment
in
the
hopes
of
our
children
and
I
assure
you.
There
is
great
hope
inside
each
one
of
our
children.
A
You
have
seen
it
in
your
visits
to
schools
and
I,
see
it
every
day
our
children
hope
to
learn
rounding
hope
to
engage,
expand
their
music
skills
and
hope
to
engage
in
more
stem
lessons.
Ask
them
and
they'll
tell
you
that
they
hope
to
grow
up
to
be
a
soccer
player,
an
artist,
a
pharmacist
in
engineer,
a
chef,
a
computer
scientist,
a
teacher
or
a
plumber,
and
if
you
really
question
our
students,
you
will
almost
certainly
get
to
their
most
sincere
hope.
They
hope
to
make
their
family
proud.
A
Hope
like
potential
is
both
limitless
and
innate
artificial
constraints.
Biases
and
arbitrary
judgments
are
not
things
possessed
by
children
at
birth.
They
are
walls
imparted
by
a
society
that
too
often
oppresses
and
demeans
people
instead
of
focusing
on
curbing
poor
decisions
and
actions.
In
far
too
many
cases,
these
walls
subtly
predetermine
how
far
a
child
can
go
or
the
heights
to
which
they
can
soar
I
submit
to
you.
That
is
our
duty,
all
of
us
to
tear
down
those
walls
before
they
become
cemented.
A
A
We
must,
wherever
possible,
bring
parents
into
our
schools
and
put
programs
into
place
that
meet
them
where
they
are
and
enable
them
to
better
support
their
children.
That
is
exactly
the
idea
behind
the
Hispanic
moms
club
at
Tyler
Heights
Elementary
School,
which
has
been
meeting
for
the
last
three
years,
led
by
the
school's
bilingual
facilitator
and
school
counselor.
The
group
discusses
topics
such
as
homework
help
and
communication
skills.
It
also
provides
Hispanic
mothers
with
the
opportunity
to
build
relationships
with
each
other
and
expand
their
network
of
support.
A
Our
singular
goal
to
elevate
all
students
and
eliminate
all
gaps,
isn't
some
catchy
phrase.
It
is
and
must
be
the
underpinning
of
everything
we
do.
It
must
be
present
in
every
employee
we
hire
and
every
program
we
implement
our
children.
All
of
them
deserve
that
they
deserve
people
like
alvin
tally.
The
long
time
and
beloved
chief
custodian
at
bodkin
elementary
school
mr.
tallies
weekly
hip-hip-hooray
encouragement
to
scores
of
students
at
the
schools.
A
Good
citizens
celebration
reinforces
their
belief
in
themselves,
not
only
while
they
are
in
classes
at
bodkin,
but
after
they've
moved
on
to
middle
school,
high
school
and
beyond.
Mr.
Talley
spirit
embodies
the
school
systems,
growth
mindset,
model
and
district
203
initiative
through
which
schools
cultivate
the
reality
that
every
single
classroom
in
office
is
a
place
where
children
can
feel
comfortable,
supported
and
encouraged.
A
That
encouragement
is
accompanied
by
a
philosophy
that
the
mastery
of
a
piece
of
content
is
not
always
instantaneous
endeavor.
Rather
it
is
a
student's.
This
pursuit
of
that
mastery,
the
not
yet
instead
of
the
I,
can't
mentality
reinforced
by
our
incredible
teachers,
counselors
administrators
and
other
school
staff
that
turns
adversity
into
achievement.
A
Our
intentional
focus
on
early
literacy
exemplifies
this
approach
perfectly
across
our
County
forty
seven
percent
of
second
graders
who
tested
below
grade
level.
Sometimes
multiple
levels
in
reading
last
fall,
had
reached
or
exceeded
grade
level
by
the
spring.
That
is
a
testament
not
only
to
our
incredible
reading
and
classroom
teachers,
but
to
every
person
in
our
system
who
interacts
with
students
on
a
regular
basis
as
a
result
of
their
efforts.
A
Nearly
1,000,
more
third
graders
began
this
school
year
at
or
above
grade
level
in
reading,
and
we're
focused
on
advancing
instead
of
catching
up,
not
just
in
that
subject,
but
others
as
well.
If
we,
as
a
school
system,
are
ever
to
eliminate
all
our
gaps,
one
class
at
a
time.
Excuse
me,
that
is
how
we
must
do
it.
A
This
program
and
ones
like
it,
are
crucial
additions
to
the
incredible
work
our
school-based
staffs
do
with
students
every
day.
In
addition
to
academic
support,
these
programs
provide
students
with
more
adult
role,
models
and
alternative
places.
To
turn
to
for
advice
and
discussion,
as
we
continue
to
focus
on
the
academic
needs
of
our
students,
we
must
pay
increasing
attention
to
their
social
and
emotional
wellness.
A
Well,
there
are
those
that
may
argue
that
such
efforts
are
not
for
school
system
to
undertake.
The
simple
fact
is
this:
our
students
are
coming
to
our
classrooms
with
more
diverse
and,
in
some
cases,
more
intense
needs
than
ever
before.
Their
lives
away
from
the
school
setting
are,
in
many
cases,
difficult
and
stressful,
to
say
the
least.
They
are
exposed
to
things
in
their
first
few
years
that
many
adults
don't
encounter
in
their
first
several
decades
and
the
ability
to
provide
both
coping
skills
and
stability
in
the
home
lives
of
students
is
challenging.
A
So
more
and
more
students
and
their
families
are
turning
to
our
schools
for
help.
We
could
adopt
the
not
our
job
philosophy,
but
the
failure
to
at
least
help
address
those
needs
would
only
compound
the
difficult
task.
Our
educators
face
every
day
as
a
society.
It's
easy
for
us
to
rally
around,
for
example,
efforts
to
stamp
out
hunger.
There
are
near
universal
understanding
about
in
compassion
for
a
child
who
worries
about
where
his
or
her
next
meal
is
coming
from
and
can't
fully
focus
on
schoolwork.
A
There
are
other
situations,
however,
for
which
our
need
to
support
students
Garner's
far
less
understanding
and
support.
We
have
students
who
are
homeless
or
whose
home
lives
are
unsettled.
Students
who
witness
violence
and
drug
activity
on
a
regular
basis
and
students
whose
family
situations
provide
little
emotional
or
academic
support.
We
have
students
whose
native
language
is
not
English,
students
with
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
issues
and
students
who
silently
attempt
to
cope
as
best
they
can
with
anxiety
or
depression.
A
Our
obligation
is
never
to
place
value
judgments
on
the
situations
children
encounter
on
their
way
to
our
school
house.
Doors
rather
is
do
everything
we
possibly
can
to
support
them
to
give
them
hope.
If
you
will
once
they
get
to
us
and
very
simply
to
be
nice,
all
must
mean
all,
and
we
must
firmly
very
firmly
reject
any
ocean
that
would
dictate
otherwise
a
severna
park
resident
betsy
gonzalez
wrote
in
an
email
to
me
recently.
It
is
comforting
to
know
that
our
schools
are
providing
the
students
with
a
safe,
supportive
and
inclusive
environment.
A
There
is
so
much
more
to
an
education
beyond
common
core
and
language
arts.
My
husband
was
born
in
Mexico
and
both
our
children
are
adopted
from
Mexican
birth
parents.
So
we
gladly
welcome
the
conversation
in
the
classroom
about
diversity
and
appreciation
of
the
acceptance
of
those
with
differing
views.
We
must
also,
wherever
possible,
do
what
we
can
to
help
students
make
positive
choices
that
best
suit
their
career
aspirations.
A
That's
one
of
the
main
factors
in
our
proposal
now
before
this
board,
to
eliminate
the
all
too
often
unhealthy
course,
selections
high
school
students
make
in
the
quest
to
ranked
first
in
their
class
by
replacing
the
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
system
with
a
Latin
honor
system.
This
system
rewards
students
for
success
while
simultaneously
encourage
them
to
seek
expanded,
academic
and
extracurricular
paths.
Our
efforts
to
support
the
academic,
social
and
emotional
needs
of
our
students
must
be
met
with
equal
efforts
to
support
our
hard-working
and
dedicated
employees.
A
The
work
we
do
on
behalf
of
our
children
is
done
efficiently
very
efficiently
when
it
comes
to
the
ratio
of
non
instructional
staff
to
students,
for
example,
we
are
the
third
leanest
school
system
in
the
state
of
Maryland
that
lean
administrative
overhead
ratio
is
a
result
of
focusing
our
funding
on
people
who
have
contact
with
students
every
day,
I
repeat
to
everyone.
Listening
today
what
I
said
a
year
ago,
my
colleagues
are
the
backbone
of
our
success.
We
must
to
the
very
best
of
our
ability
advocate
for
their
needs.
A
A
We
must
recognize
the
efforts
of
County
government,
particularly
in
the
last
two
years,
to
assist
in
meeting
our
needs
as
best
it
can.
A
year
ago,
for
example,
county
executive
Steve
shoe
worked
with
us
to
secure
approval
from
the
Maryland
State
Department
of
Education
to
allocate
ten
million
dollars
outside
of
the
maintenance
of
effort
provisions
to
assist
with
serious
structural
issues
and
our
healthcare
fund.
A
Those
discussions
must
include
a
collaborative
approach
from
all
of
our
bargaining
units
to
identify
more
than
20
million
dollars
in
cost
avoidances
or
revenue
enhancements
to
support
health
care
costs.
If
we
are
to
be
successful
in
returning
that
fund
to
solid
footing
and
avoiding
more
drastic
actions
such
as
furloughs
or
reductions
in
force,
we
are
continuing
to
examine
all
of
our
budget
line
items
and
wherever
possible,
directing
resources
to
the
health
care
fund
to
help
ensure
its
solvency.
A
Well,
the
health
care
plans
offer
to
our
employees
are
rarely
discussed
pub.
They
are
an
important
and
integral
part
of
compensation
packages.
Keeping
our
health
care
fund
on
sound
footing
affords
our
employees
not
only
access
to
excellent
medical
services,
but
an
array
of
preventative
care
options
to
help
them
maintain
a
high
quality
of
life.
A
We
also
must
continue
to
focus
on
our
instructional
needs,
and
my
request
includes
6.8
million
dollars
to
open
the
monarch.
Academy
Annapolis
public
contract
School
in
September
monarch,
will
ease
overcrowding
in
Annapolis
schools
and
provide
a
program
of
choice
that
does
not
currently
exist
for
elementary
students
in
the
Annapolis
cluster.
It
will
also
provide
a
pathway
to
our
international
baccalaureate
middle
years
program
at
Annapolis,
middle
school
and
our
Performing
and
visual
arts
program
at
Bates
middle
school.
A
This
has
been
a
logistical,
II,
difficult
road
to
navigate
and
I,
want
to
thank
county
executive,
shoe
the
children's
guild
and
developer
Steve
Shaw
for
their
continued
commitment
and
tireless
efforts
to
clear
the
obstacles
that
presented
themselves
in
this
process.
I
spoke
earlier
about
the
needs
to
address
increasing
issues
related
to
social
and
emotional
wellness
of
our
students.
This,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
not
an
issue
isolated
to
our
County,
and
it
is
far
more
than
a
school
issue.
It
is
a
public
health
issue
and
we
must
do
our
part
to
address
it.
A
This
request
contains
3.3
million
dollars
for
35.4
positions
to
assist
in
achieving
this
goal.
Those
positions
include
23
teachers
and
aides
for
special
education
students,
5
assistant
principals,
for
elementary
schools,
allowing
counselors
and
reading
specialists
to
concentrate
on
their
areas
of
expertise
instead
of
administrative
functions,
3
school
psychologists,
one
social
worker
and
3.4
counselors
to
provide
full-time
counselors
at
three
additional
elementary
schools
and
one
early
education.
A
Let's
be
clear
better
addressing
the
needs
of
our
children
in
this
way
is
not
lowering
expectations
for
our
students.
Rather,
it
is
raising
the
ability
of
children
to
appropriately
cope
with
the
many
stressors
in
their
lives
and
react
accordingly.
It
is
also
clearly
an
emotional
benefit
to
our
great
teachers,
who
can
focus
more
on
instruction
with
fewer
distractions
and
less
stress.
A
I've
also
included
two
hundred
and
sixteen
thousand
dollars
for
for
community
ambassadors
to
serve
as
additional
supports
and
resources
and
to
provide
critical
links
between
schools
and
communities
they
serve.
We
have
refined
these
positions
to
formalize
the
structure
and
ensure
that
the
community
ambassadors
are
present
both
in
schools
and
communities,
so
that
they
can
help
forge
strong
bonds
for
our
students.
A
The
number
of
English
language
learners
our
school
system
is
educating
continues
to
surge
with
570
more
students
this
year
than
a
year
ago.
That's
a
fourteen
percent
increase
and
we
simply
have
to
add
staff
to
continue
to
try
to
meet
the
needs
of
these
students
and
their
families.
My
request
includes
763
thousand
dollars
for
10
english
language
acquisition,
classroom
teachers
and
125
thousand
dollars
for
two
additional
bilingual
facilitators
to
undertake
the
critical
work
of
collaborating
with
families
of
these
students.
A
Approximately
1
million
dollars
is
allocated
to
funding
10.5
positions
to
expand
the
triple-e
program
to
the
seven
elementary
schools
in
the
old
mill.
Cluster
old
mill
will
be
the
six
cluster
our
system
with
Triple
E,
which
not
only
provides
students
with
an
additional
subject
of
study,
but
affords
elementary
school
teachers
with
crucial
additional
planning
time.
Another
one
hundred
and
thirty
four
thousand
dollars
is
allocated
for
1.5
positions
to
address
to
address.
A
Enrollment
growth
at
existing
Tripoli
schools
and
152
thousand
dollars
will
fund
two
positions
to
expand
the
central
middle
school
STEM
program
to
the
8th
grade
for
our
students
to
excel.
In
all
the
ways
we
envision,
we
need
to
continue
to
update,
upgrade
and
update
the
environments
in
which
they
learn
in
the
next
month
or
so
two
of
the
schools.
We
have
long
worked
on
a
severna
park.
I
and
a
modernized
benfield
elementary
will
be
complete
funding
of
the
238
point.
A
In
addition,
this
request
includes
7.5
million
dollars
for
pre-kindergarten
and
kindergarten
additions
at
park
and
shadyside
Elementary's
and
1.1
million
dollars
to
renovate
the
Carrie
Whedon
Science
Center
building
in
galesville
as
we
prepare
to
open
an
early
education
center.
There
I've
also
included
seven
million
dollars
for
open
space
enclosures
at
Brock,
bridge
and
shady
side
elementary
schools
and
six
million
dollars
for
classroom
editions
at
marley
and
Solly
elementary
schools
in
both
the
operating
capital
budgets.
I
truly
would
have
liked
to
do
more.
A
However,
as
I
said
earlier,
we
must
develop
responsible
budget
requests
that
fund
core
priorities,
while
recognizing
the
fiscal
out
school
realities
in
which
we
operate
more
than
50
1.7
million
dollars
in
requests
from
department
heads
every
penny
of
them
worthwhile
and
justified
had
to
be
eliminated
as
we
crafted
this
budget.
This
board,
County
Executive
shoe
and
the
County
Council
will
have
some
difficult
decisions
to
make
between
now
and
June
when
our
final
budget
for
the
coming
year
is
adopted.
A
Every
block
of
stone
has
a
statue
inside
it
and
it
is
the
task
of
the
sculptor
to
discover
it.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
across
our
county
every
day
in
more
ways
than
you
and
I
could
ever
count,
we
are
discovering
the
great
masterpieces
that
exist
in
our
children
to
be
content,
however,
which
simple
discovery
would
be
to
fail
our
children.
Instead,
we
must
unceasingly
believe,
in
the
greatness
of
every
child
and
relentlessly
endeavor
to
sculpt
refine,
enhance
and
empower
the
hope
in
all
of
our
children
that
will
help
them
reach
their
full
potential.
I.