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Welcome
to
this
meeting
of
the
board
of
education,
this
meeting
is
being
televised,
live
on
aacps
tv
and
live
streamed
on
the
internet.
General
information
and
protocols
for
the
meeting
are
posted
on
the
sign
by
the
doorway
as
you
enter
the
room.
So
please
make
sure
you
read
those
if
you
have
not
already
and
now
we
will
call
the
meeting
to
order
with
the
invocation.
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All
those
in
favor,
okay,
item
2.04,
is
established
agenda
order
and
the
agenda
stands
as
written
item.
2.05
is
recognitions
and
we
have
a
presentation.
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E
We
started
working
with
the
school
system
in
2013
by
providing
grants
to
support
anti-bullying
initiatives
in
the
school
system
to
piggyback
those
efforts
we
created.
This
arts
contest
called
creating
change
the
arts.
Not
only
do
we
recognize
their
achievement
and
artistic
skills.
This
evening
we
gave
each
winner
a
cash
award
and
we
also
matched
that
award
to
a
charity
of
their
choice.
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We
have
great
kids
in
our
county
and
we
are
excited
tonight
to
unveil
the
winners
of
our
creating
change
to
the
arts
I'll
announce
the
winners
who
will
come
forward
as
their
names
are
called.
We
have
talia
van
nostrand
from
sally
elementary
school.
Her
artwork
is
titled,
be
the
change
and
her
charity
is
unicef.
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E
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F
Last
night
I
attended
the
mighty
miler
track
meet
at
annapolis.
High
school
there
were
over
300
participants
from
annapolis
from
11
elementary
schools,
annapolis,
davidsonville,
eastport,
georgetown,
east
germantown,
monarch,
academy,
miller's
mills,
parole,
rolling
knolls,
st
andrews
tyler
heights
in
west
annapolis.
It
was
really
an
exciting
event.
Two
of
my
grandchildren
were
in
it
and
they
they
were
so
excited,
and
it
I
just
want
to
thank
the
naval
academy.
The
marathon
team
came
out
in
force
when
the
bus
unloaded
my
granddaughter
goes.
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The
midshipmen
are
here
and
they
actually
ran
with
these
around
the
track.
Each
each
team,
each
eight
of
the
heats,
ran
the
mile
track
and
this
was
but
these
midshipmen
were
so
wonderful
and
encouraged
them,
and
it
was
just
a
great
event.
It
was
very
cold,
but
it
was
a
great
event.
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I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
the
performing
visual
arts
quarterly
showcase
at
brooklyn
park
middle
school
last
week
and
see
some
of
the
great
art
that's
being
produced
there
by
the
kids
and
then
yesterday
I
went
with
the
wellness
committee
to
tour
oak
hill
elementary
school,
which
is
one
of
our
wellness
schools
of
distinction,
and
they
were
showing
off
all
that
they're
doing
and
they're
doing
great
things
there.
So
that
was
a
nice
visit
to
have.
B
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
all
of
our
parent
advisory
committees
that
we
have.
I
attended
the
special
education
citizens
advisory
council
meeting
last
week
and
along
with
our
other
advisory
councils,
we
just
get
invaluable
information
from
all
of
our
families
that
come
back,
and
I
took
notes
and
learned
a
lot
and
we'll
be
following
up
with
things
from
there.
B
We
held
the
board
of
education
held
our
third
annual
legislative
breakfast
monday
and
we
invited
all
of
our
elected
officials
to
come
and
hear
what
our
priorities
are
for
the
coming
legislative
session,
for
instance,
some
added
calendar
flexibility
and
pre-k
expansion
funding
so
that
we
can
work
together
with
our
elected
officials
moving
forward
to
do
more
things
for
the
school
system
and
then
a
quick
shout
out.
We
had
three
state
champions
named
last
weekend:
chesapeake
and
south
river
field
hockey
won
their
state
championships
and
severna
park
cross
country
so
way
to
go.
Athletes.
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Good
evening
dr
alato,
president,
hummer
and
other
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
connor
curran
and
I'm
a
freshman
at
old
mill,
high
school
and
the
secretary
of
education
of
krask.
This
month,
our
president
has
had
the
privilege
to
sit
again
on
the
school
board
appointment
commission
where
she
will
have
a
direct
say
who
and
who
fills
the
vacancy.
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Thank
you,
connor
and
now
it's
time
for
public
comment.
So
anyone
wishing
to
speak
on
an
item
not
on
today's
agenda
may
offer
testimony
during
this
public
comment.
Portion
of
the
meeting
speakers
are
allotted
three
minutes
each
and
may
not
alloc
allocate
their
time
to
others.
A
tone
will
sound
when
time
has
expired.
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The
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing
this
meeting
student
specific
and
personnel
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
It
is
not
the
board's
general
practice
to
engage
in
question
and
answer
session
with
speakers,
for
the
record.
Please
give
your
name
before
speaking
and
handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant.
B
There
are
several
issues
that
are
currently
on
the
appeal
docket
for
the
board.
This
is
not
the
forum
to
present
the
case
for
a
specific
appeal
and
if
a
person
begins
to
make
that
argument,
I
will
ask
you
to
stop
and
save
the
argument
for
the
appropriate
appeal
forum.
The
public
may,
however,
speak
on
concerns
about
current
policies
and
issues
and.
H
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
greetings
president
homer
vice
president
gilliland
distinguished
board
members,
dr
alada
and
friends.
My
name
is
robert
silkworth,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
high
school
concerns
committee,
and
I'm
here
once
again
to
represent
the
high
school
concerns
committee
and
to
give
you
a
brief
report
or
summary
about
our
most
recent
meeting,
which
happened
to
take
place
just
a
few
hours
ago,
as
reported
earlier
this
school
year,
the
school
year
opened
smoothly
and
we
have
all
settled
down
quarter.
H
One
is
done,
a
round
of
assessments
have
been
given
and
parent
conferences
have
been
held.
From
my
perspective,
I
know
that
great
things,
in
fact,
fantastic
things
are
happening
each
and
every
day
in
our
high
schools.
I
can
report
to
you,
however,
that
stress
levels
have
been
high
among
students
and
staff,
and
everyone
is
dealing
with
that
as
best
as
they
can
they're
dealing
with
this
workload
issue.
That
seems
to
always
rear
its
face.
H
I
guess
it
always
comes
around
because
as
stakeholders,
we
all
do
care
our
job
on
the
high
school
concerns
committee
is
to
help
provide
information
and
recommendations
to
help
alleviate
some
of
the
pressures
of
workload
and
stress
in
our
schools.
And
so
let
me
just
give
you
a
few
issues
that
were
discussed
today,
one
the
recent
quarterlies.
We
have
some
new
assessments
with
some
new
curriculum
in
science,
particularly
and
we've
also
had
some
new
windows
for
testing,
which
were
very
helpful,
but
also
provided
a
few
bugs
that
need
to
be
fixed.
H
Last
time
we
talked
about
sub
coverage,
loss
of
planning
time
due
to
the
need
for
teacher
coverage.
Since
the
last
meeting,
we
have
provided
many
suggestions
to
dr
cubic,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
so
tomorrow
in
the
asi
tech
advisory
group.
We
also
did
touch
a
little
bit
about
some
professional
development
in
high
schools
and
how
things
seem
to
be
going
and
some
concerns
about
that,
and
we
will
also
share
that
information
with
dr
cubic
and
dr
mcmahon
in
the
asi
meeting
tomorrow.
H
We
did
have
a
few
other
things
that
we
talked
about,
but
the
the
things
that
I
mentioned
are
really
the
most
important.
I
generally
end
my
my
talk
with
some
kudos
and,
I
have
to
say
congratulations
to
josh
carroll,
south
river
high
school
maryland
teacher
of
the
year.
We
seem
to
be
on
a
roll.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
also
would
like
to
extend
a
very
warm
thank
you
to
terry
gilliland
a
few
weeks
ago
in
our
last
football
game.
H
Terry
was
our
honorary
captain
at
our
last
football
game,
and
I
have
to
tell
you:
we've
had
a
little
bit
of
a
challenging
year
in
football,
but
you
know
what
terry
on
the
sidelines-
and
you
know
what
kickoff
goes
to
one
of
our
players
and
he
runs
at
the
entire
length
of
the
field
for
a
touchdown
with
terry
on
the
sidelines,
terry,
you
need
to
be
there
every
game
also
in
light
of
what
is
coming
up
next
week
with
thanksgiving,
I
would
like
to
extend
a
sincere
thank
you
and
mercy
to
all
of
the
board
members,
all
of
the
board
staff,
all
teachers
and
staff,
and
all
parents
and
guardians
for
each
and
every
third
for
everything
you
do
each
and
every
day
or
every
day,
for
the
students
that
I'm
able
to
teach.
I
Good
evening
president
hummer,
dr
alato
members
of
the
board,
I'm
pam
bukowski,
vice
president
of
the
teachers
association
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
association
educators
in
anne
arundel
county
exemplify
the
highest
caliber
quality
and
commitment
student
centered.
They
give
the
very
best
and
do
not
settle
for
less,
but
with
only
one
marking
period
down
workload
is
an
issue.
I
I
I
wish
I
had
a
suggestion
for
making
it
better
there's
just
not
enough
staff
to
do
our
jobs.
Well,
it's
so
frustrating
and
discouraging
the
new
curriculum
in
grades.
Three
to
five
is
so
time
consuming.
It
is
ridiculous,
I'm
so
frustrated.
They
do
not
make
things
easier.
My
entire
team
is
working
hours
well
beyond
the
required
work
week
in
order
to
just
get
by
our
workload
is
relentlessly
increasing
and
our
salary
is
not
even
close.
I
It
is
sad
that
I'm
considering
switching
to
pg
or
howard
because
of
the
money
when
I
love
my
school
and
job,
allowing
teachers
to
have
more
work
days
or
planning
time,
the
average
teachers
working
at
least
three
to
five
extra
hours
each
day
and
one
full
day
on
the
weekend.
Teachers
teach
during
the
school
day
and
only
have
planning
three
days
a
week.
I
Please
address
working
conditions
for
teachers,
such
as
how
many
preps
we
have
to
teach
students
per
class
telephones
and
class
for
safety
and
convenience,
reducing
class
sizes.
The
way
the
county
estimates,
the
teacher
to
student
ratio
needs
to
be
revamped,
and
one
day
I
had
10
new
students
added
to
my
roster
after
school
had
started.
I
The
30-minute,
unpaid
lunch
needs
to
be
removed
and
teachers
should
only
be
at
work,
seven
and
a
half
hours,
not
eight,
to
compensate
for
a
30-minute
lunch.
We
still
are
not
getting.
When
will
all
elementary
teachers
receive
a
more
equitable
distribution
of
planning
times
compared
to
secondary
teachers.
The
majority
of
elementary
teachers
have
six
to
nine
preps,
which
includes
three
to
four
preps
for
guided
reading
groups
alone.
I
We
are
still
drowning
from
the
lack
of
planning
at
the
elementary
level
help.
The
number
one
need
for
me
professionally
has
always
been
smaller,
counselor
caseloads.
It
significantly
affects
quality
of
life
and
not
only
do
counselors
and
their
families
suffer,
but
students
suffer
due
to
the
unreasonable
demands
of
caseloads,
far
exceeding
national
recommendations.
I
J
Good
evening,
I'm
viviane
spencer,
due
to
a
prior
out-of-town
commitment,
alderwool
alderwoman,
sheila
finlayson,
could
not
attend
tonight's
meeting.
As
a
result,
she
asked
me
to
act
in
her
behalf
by
reading
this
letter,
which
he
has
electronically
submitted
to
the
board
president
hummer
representative
of
the
annapolis
area,
mrs
patty
nalley,
members
of
the
board
and
superintendent
arlano.
J
Excuse
me
arlato,
as
alderwoman
representing
ward
4
in
the
city
of
annapolis.
I
must
share
with
you
the
deep
community
concern
over
your
policy
to
eliminate
bus
service
for
students
attending
annapolis
middle
who
live
in
the
communities
of
annapolis,
walk
newtown,
20,
woodside,
gardens
and
other
communities
along
the
west
side
of
forest
drive.
J
Last
evening
I
hosted
a
community
meeting
and
we
were
joined
by
your
staff,
alex
kovnich
les
douglas
and
jolyn
davis.
I'd
like
to
thank
them
for
coming
out
to
our
meeting.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
give
the
community
an
opportunity
to
hear
and
understand
why
the
decision
was
made
to
eliminate
the
bus
service.
It
was
also
aimed
at
giving
the
community
an
opportunity
to
be
heard
which
had
not
occurred
prior
to
the
decision.
J
J
The
heavily
wooded
area
that
students
must
walk
excuse
me
must
walk
past
on
their
way
to
and
from
school
the
number
of
sexual
offenders
in
the
immediate
area.
The
recovery
station
located
along
the
route
previous
accidents
involving
students
who
walk
the
routes
around
the
school,
inadequate
crosswalks,
the
lack
of
crossing
guards,
which
I
know
is
a
city
function,
the
inability
of
the
city
to
hire
and
train
crossing
guards
in
a
timely
fashion
to
meet
the
school
system
need
had
this
request
been
made
in
the
spring.
J
J
J
Second,
I
ask
that
you
direct
staff
to
re-evaluate
this
decision,
taking
into
consideration
the
factors
listed
above,
as
well
as
the
human
factors
that
put
middle
school
children
in
danger,
as
they
walk
along
a
very
busy
stretch
of
highway
that
has
grown
prone
to
accidents.
Thank
you
in
advance
for
your
consideration.
J
K
But
my
main
concern
is
that,
once
I
receive
the
letter
indicating
that
my
children
will
be
actually
no
longer
having
bus
service,
it
stuns
me
to
know
that
they
was
not
able
to
have
it.
My
main
concern
was
that,
within
my
area
of
21401,
there
are
48
registered
sex
offender.
K
20
registered
sex
offender
is
walking
towards
annapolis
middle
school,
which
is
the
21403
ten
of
those
registered
sex
offender
within
the
area
code
21401
are
homeless,
and
I
can
also
indicate
to
you
in
the
in
the
direction
that
I
received
from
the
napa's
transportation
unit
indicated
that
the
way
that
they
wanted,
my
kids
to
go
the
14
1900
block
of
forced
drive.
You
got
a
sex
offender
there
in
yahweh
peter's
way.
You
got
a
sex
offender
day
royal
street.
You
got
a
sex
offender
there.
K
The
1700
block
of
bell
drive
is
a
sex
offender,
the
600
block
of
green
broad.
You
have
a
sex
offender,
so
that
was
one
of
my
main
concern
in
my
job
duties
that
I
have
as
office
supervisor
at
the
maryland
corrections
institute
in
jessup.
I've
been
working
there
for
33
years
and
you
can
imagine
what
I
have
seen
so
my
thing
is
to
have
safety,
not
just
for
my
children
for
all
the
kids.
K
You
never
know
when
a
sex
offender
is
going
to
attack
your
kid
because
they
prey
on
them
and
the
way
that
they
walk
to
school.
You
never
know
who's
going
to
jump
out
the
woods
on
them.
My
other
concern
is
that
as
they
on
their
way
down
to
force,
drive
they're
going
to
be
walking
past
the
first
step
recovery
program,
which
is
a
forced
service
for
substantive
abuse,
which
also
issue
out
suboxone.
L
Hi,
my
name
is
yasmin
jamison
and
I
don't
have
any
children
in
the
school
system
anymore,
but
I
care
about
all
children.
So
when
I
found
out
about
this,
I
was
shocked
and
I'm
here
to
just
object
to
the
discontinuation
of
the
school
bus
service
to
annapolis
middle
school
from
newtown
annapolis,
walk
in
greenbrier.
L
L
So
I
don't
really
write
anything
so
I
was
just
shocked
and
and
and
that
I
don't
think
there
was
a
public
forum
held
so
that
you
could
hear
their
concerns
before
these
decisions
were
made.
I
don't
even
know
who
makes
the
decisions,
so
I'm
just
asking
you
guys
to
please
listen
to
all
their
stories
and
all
the
all
the
concerns
they
have
because
their
children's
lives
matter
to
them.
L
M
How
you
doing
my.
A
Name
is
jonathan.
M
Hill,
I'm
a
I'm
a
community
activist
and
truck
driver,
and
I
also
came
to
speak
on
the
same
issues
that
we're
speaking
on
tonight
about
the
safety
rather
than
the
distance
and
and
and
how
it
was
determined
that
these
children
won't
receive
bus
services
anymore.
M
I
have
a
couple
of
things
quite
a
few
things
to
add
to
the
safety
issues
of
the
children,
just
as
much
as
the
the
issues
on
the
actual
forge
drive,
so
this
being
cold
weather
when,
when
children
go
out,
they're
less
prone
to
drink
water
because
they
don't
think
about
you
know
it's
it's
not
it's
not
hot,
outside
it's
cold,
but
people
tend
to
be
more
dehydrated
when
it's
cold
than
it's
hot
because
they
forget
to
drink
water.
But
these
are
children,
we're
talking
about!
M
So
you
as
a
parent.
You
can
say:
hey
go
drink,
some
water,
because
you
know
you
don't
want
to
get
dehydrated,
but
as
a
child,
it's
like
oh
yeah,
mom,
I
drink
water,
but
they
leave
out
the
house
and
they
have
a
long
distance
to
walk
before
they
get
to
their
destination
and
that's
in
hot
weather
too,
and
that
even
it's
also
accountable
to
the
five
to
seven
pounds
that
they
may
have
in
their
book
bag.
M
Taking
this
this
long
walk
that
also
plays
a
lot
on
their
frame
and
things
of
that
sort.
So
that
plays
a
lot
on
being
fatigued
and
that
in
itself
will
drastically
reduce
their
academic
production
in
school.
M
But
then
once
they
get
to
school,
they
have
to
go
to
gym
and
that
even
further
release
you
know,
has
to
do
with
the
fatigue
and
then
they
have.
Then
they
have
to
come
back
home,
walk
back
home
in
the
last
seven
years.
M
There's
been
three
situations
where
they
have
widened:
forged
drive
in
three
different
places,
and
it's
still
and
what
I'm
going
to
tell
you,
has
nothing
to
do
what
actually
happens
on
a
daily
basis,
but
in
two
incidents
there
were
two
people,
and
these
people
were
competent.
People
were
decapitated
because
of
hitting
being
hit
by
cars.
I
mean
literally
heads
they
had
to
actually
find
the
people
heads.
M
That
leads
me
to
my
next
issue
that
they
said
that
you
know
in
in
certain
situations
where
safety
was
concerned.
If
there
was
50
miles,
if
the
speed
was
more
than
50
miles
an
hour
or
50
miles
an
hour,
then
that
would
be
a
safety
issue.
There's
no
one
who
drives
on
ford's
drive
at
40
miles
an
hour,
no
one,
no
one
here,
no
one,
and
so
that's
a
a
big
issue
again
with
the
child
predators
and
then
the
immediate
medical
attention
that
probably
will
be
needed.
M
When
you
have
a
child
walking
back
and
forth
to
school,
that
has
asthma,
who's
gonna,
be
there
to
say:
oh
you
know,
I
know
what
to
do
so.
Let
me
help
this
child.
No,
they
may
die
on
the
spot
and
with
nobody,
helping
no,
no
bus
attendant,
no,
no,
no,
no
driver
or
anything
of
that
sort,
and
then
it's
also
open
to
more
more
gang
violence.
M
That's
going
on
in
these
neighborhoods
it
it
increases
dramatically
with
the
the
gang
violence
that
goes
on
and
make
them
totally
susceptible
to
it,
and
these
are
just
a
few
things
that
that
is
very,
very
unsafe
for
these
children
and
so
now.
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
hearing
me.
N
Hello,
my
name
is
william
rowell.
I
had
an
opportunity,
along
with
some
others,
to
walk
through
some
communities
and
find
out
from
actual
residents
which
issues
were
the
most
important
to
them,
and
one
of
the
issues
that
obviously
comes
up
and
and
is
actually
probably
in
every
community
and
every
household,
is
the
safety
of
their
children.
So
a
lot
of
our
conversations
right
now
citywide
at
least,
are
about
crime
and
drugs
and
within
that
inherently
is
the
safety
of
children
and,
of
course,
how
they
get
to
and
from
school.
N
So
again,
in
part
of
the
conversation
that
I
had
with
them,
and
some
of
my
dealings
with
you
all
as
a
body
before
again,
the
relevancy
of
having
diversity
in
policymakers
comes
up
and
in
particular
in
dealing
with
some
of
these
communities.
So
perhaps
it
was
an
oversight.
N
This
decision
that
we're
talking
about
we're,
hoping
that
it
was
just
an
oversight,
but
perhaps
it
wasn't
and
the
reason
why
I
say
that
is
because
fair
and
equitable
busteding
busing
in
the
past
has
been
considered
somewhat
of
an
experiment
of
how
you
move
children
from
specific
communities
into
other
communities
and
how
you
kind
of
balance,
social
economics
and
race
in
specific
schools,
and
some
would
call
that
desegregation
and
aspect
of
segregation.
N
Bussing
is
an
incredibly
important
variable
in
that
equation,
and
it
brings
it
up
right
now
for
me,
because
when
we
talk
about
equitable
busing,
we
all
we're
also
talking
about
who
makes
those
decisions
and
who's
impacted
by
those
decisions.
N
So
what
we
do
believe
is
that
this
decision
and
that
particular
policy
should
be
considered
from
a
kind
of
community
up
standpoint,
almost
a
grassroots
standpoint,
because
it
is
incredibly
impactful
when
you
talk
about
families
who
have
strategically
and
historically
been
resource
starved.
So
these
are
also
communities
that
are
food
deserts
and
that
don't
have
transportation
sources
in
terms
of
public
transportation
anyway
to
go
achieve
gainful
employment
and
that
all
feeds
into
what
goes
on
in
those
communities.
N
Mind
you,
the
people
that
live
in
these
communities
are
not
victims,
nor
are
they
powerless
and
what
we're
finding
out
right
now
with
the
recent
elections
in
annapolis
and
the
swing
vote
is
that
some
of
these
communities
actually
elected
the
mayor,
who
spoke
about
change
who's,
who
spoke
about
change
and
empowerment,
so
a
part
of
I
believe,
being
progressive
for
you
all
as
a
board
is
to
also
consider
some
of
the
implications
of
those
decisions.
N
B
Next
jaden
hill
allison
thompson,
alice,
kane,
dominique
gillis
and
dominique
scurry
and
jaden.
I
love
it
where
it
said
for
your
phone
number,
you
put
I'm
10,
which
means
you
don't
have
a
phone.
I
like
I
got
I
I
love
it.
So
isn't
that
good?
I
was
looking
at
going.
What
is
that
number?
I'm
10
yeah
so.
O
I
have
two
concerns
about
the
bus
taken
away
so
same
thing,
as
my
dad
said:
jonathan
hill,
that
if
they
have
asthma
and
they
have
an
asthma
attack,
they
can't
they
can't
get
help
from
anyone
because
they're
not
on
a
bus
and
they
may
die,
and
I
have
a
concern
about
forest
drive.
When
I
was
coming
from
my
house
today,
the
sign
was
bent
all
the
way
to
the
ground
because
of
a
recent
car
crash,
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
P
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
dr
alato
president
hummer,
my
name
is
allison
thompson
concerned
parent.
I
have
a
student
that
just
started
middle
school.
I'm
very
proud
of
that.
Well,
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
the
fact
that,
throughout
his
academic
career,
he's
never
walked
to
school
he's
had
the
privilege
of
utilizing
the
school
bus
service,
and
I
thank
you
for
that.
P
I
mean
you
know
walkers
I
mean
you
know
usually
when
they
start
out
in
kindergarten,
they
had
their
parents
that
could
probably
walk
them
to
school,
but
you
know
middle
school.
They
really
don't
want
their
parents
aiding
them
in
the
process,
but
I
would
feel
more
comfortable
if
we
cannot
discontinue
the
walk
transition,
those
students
to
walkers,
if
we
could
have
crossing
guards
at
key
areas
where
they
can
be
visibly
seen
as
they
as
they
move
through
the
areas
that
are
heavily
congested
with
traffic.
P
Q
Hello,
my
name
is
dominic.
I
am
a
conservative.
My
son
has
just
started
middle
school
he's
in
the
sixth
grade,
as
you
know,
he's
11.
all
11
years,
12
years,
13
years
they
don't
listen.
You
could
talk
to
him,
so
your
face
is
blue,
as
they
tell
us
talk
to
your
talk
to
your
children,
train
them
to
walk
in
the
order
that
they're
supposed
to
enforce
drive.
As
we
know,
children
are
not
going
to
listen
me
as
a
concerned
parent
it.
It
has
already
affected
our
community.
Q
A
child
was
already
hit
in
our
community
in
the
decision
making
of
this
process
and
now
you're
telling
us
that
you're
going
to
take
the
bus
from
them.
It's
not
right.
I
mean
we
have
children
that
just
don't
listen,
I'm
one
parent
who
stands
at
the
bus
stop
every
morning
until
kids
get
off
the
street
every
morning
they
don't
listen.
I
mean
I
I'm
asking
that
you
guys
take
this.
In
effect,
you
were
talking
about
little
kids
that
still
think
as
younger
than
what
their
asia
really
are.
Please
take
it
into
consideration.
Thank
you.
R
Hello
good
evening,
my
name
is
dominique
scary
and
I'm
one
of
the
concerned.
Parents
that
wants
you
not
to
take
the
bus
away.
I
just
have
some
little
short
things
that
I
want
you
to
hear.
First,
I
feel
that
it
wasn't
enough
notice
given
to
the
parents
about
the
issue.
Second
games,
neighborhood
rivalry,
sidewalks
walking
with
the
traffic
and
not
against
the
traffic,
whereas
though
they're
walking
and
if
a
car
do
jump,
the
curb
they're
unable
to
see
it
it's
behind
them.
R
Do
not
have
coats,
maybe
not
ready
for
your
thermals.
You
know
they
might
not
have
thermals
to
walk
in
this
weather.
What
else
children
first
time
walking
to
school,
just
like
you
taking
your
kids
to
the
pool
and
just
throwing
them
and
say:
go
ahead
and
swim.
R
Parents
that
depend
on
the
bus
transportation
because
of
work,
work,
accident
and
speed
that
occur
on
forced
drive
and
most
of
all,
the
overcrowded
7-eleven.
That's
there.
Every
morning
it's
truck
drivers,
drivers
that
go
into
work
and
everything,
and
that
is
just
an
accident
waiting
to
happen
because
for
them
to
walk
across
it's
going
to
be
traffic
going
in
and
out,
my
biological
kids
attend
annapolis
high
school,
but
I
have
nieces,
nephews
and
children
that
I
look
out
for,
and
I
love
and
I
hate
to
see
something
happen
to
them.
Thank
you.
S
Hi,
I'm
alice
kane,
I'm
here
as
an
annapolis,
middle
school
parent
and
also
a
commissioner
on
the
annapolis
education
commission
which,
as
you
know,
works
to
promote
equity
in
annapolis
city
schools.
I'm
here
tonight,
because
I
attended
the
community
meeting
last
night
and
what
I
heard
really
shook
me
to
my
core.
S
The
lack
of
judgment
makes
me
question
judgment
on
all
kinds
of
other
decisions
as
well.
It
was
deeply
deeply
disturbing.
We
heard
about
the
48
sex
offenders
that
these
children
can
encounter.
We
heard
about
the
addiction
outpatient
treatment
center,
with
opioid
addicts
coming
and
going
as
the
kids
are
walking
by.
S
We
heard
about
the
extended
stretch
of
forest
drive
where
everyone
in
this
room
drives
50
55
miles
an
hour
and
where
one
of
my
son's
friends
was
hit
by
a
car
when
he
was
riding
his
bike
home
last
year
and
another
student
was
hit
earlier
this
month
by
a
car
we
heard
about
spa
road.
I've
walked
that
stretch
of
spa
road.
After
a
pta
meeting
to
7-11
on
a
nice
day,
I
thought
oh
I'll,
walk
and
get
some
exercise
and
get
a
cup
of
coffee.
S
S
We've
we've
heard
about
the
bad
weather,
it's
getting
darker
earlier,
we've
we've,
we
I
heard
from
parents
last
night
who
said
they
would
keep
their
kids
home
during
bad
weather.
I
don't
know
how
much
snow
and
ice
we're
going
to
have
this
winter.
I
do
know
the
snow
plows
shovel
it
up
on
the
sidewalk.
So
then
the
kids
have
to
walk
in
the
street
and
I
would
keep
my
kids
home
in
that
situation
too.
That's
not
going
to
help
with
the
attendance
rate.
S
That's
not
going
to
help
with
the
with
with
achievement
and
student
performance
if
kids
aren't
even
in
class.
So
you
know
I.
I
understand
that
the
goal
your
goal
is
elevating
all
students
and
closing
all
gaps,
and
I
think
this
is
just
shooting
that
goal
in
the
foot
and
causing
a
lot
of
unnecessary
harm
and
anguish
that
that
that
could
so
easily
be
alleviated.
S
If
you
could
just
take
a
step
back,
look
at
this
decision,
maybe
the
policy
made
perfect
sense
when
it
was
was
first
made.
You
know
we
heard
last
night,
you
know
policy
policy
policy.
This
is
the
policy
we
have
to
implement
the
policy.
Well,
policies
are
made
to
be
revisited
and
if
I've
ever
heard
a
policy
that
needs
to
be
revisited,
this
is
it.
S
T
T
You
know
when
we
talk
about
the
whole
debate
over
the
black
lives
matter.
Movement.
There's
no
different
here!
You
know
it.
It
really
raises
the
concern.
Do
you
care
about
your
minority
children
the
same
way
that
you
care
about
white
children
if
there
were
a
whole
bunch
of
white
parents
here
talking
about
the
sex
offenders,
the
drug
addicts?
And
you
know
the
the
the
safety
issues
the
decapitations
would?
Would
we
be
having
this
conversation?
T
I
don't
think
that
we
would
you
know,
so
I
implore
the
board
to
show
leadership
and
and
and
send
the
clear
message
that
you
care
about
all
of
the
children
in
your
school
system.
The
same
way
you
know
you
want
them
to
be
safe.
You
want
them
to
be
out
of
harm's
way.
You
know
you
want
them
to
be.
Have
the
same
access
to
resources,
we're
also
concerned
about
the
whole.
T
It's
my
understanding
that
there
was
some
software
or
something
that
was
bought
and
that
there
was
some
effort.
I
could
be
wrong,
but
that's
what
I
I
I
heard
that
there
was
a
software
that
there
was
some
effort
to
you
know
to
to
to
make
up
the
financial
gap.
You
have
to
send
a
message
to
your
constituents
in
anne
arundel
county
that
all
children
matter
and
that
you're
not
going
to
sacrifice
the
lives
of
people
in
underserved
communities
to
to
make
up
a
monetary
gap.
T
So
I
I
would
implore
that
you
not
just
postpone
the
decision
that
you,
you
know
completely
reverse
the
decision
for
this
school
year
until
it
can
be
properly
vetted
and
evaluated
and
that
the
appropriate
safeguards
can
be
put
in
place
if,
in
fact,
it's
determined
that
a
change
should
occur
and,
in
my
personal
opinion,
based
on
all
the
issues
that
were
raised,
it's
it's.
It's
utterly
irresponsible.
T
To
make
these
children
take
to
walk
to
school.
You
know
with
drug
addicts,
you
know
a
sex
offenders.
Decapitations
really
thank.
U
Hi,
my
name
is
tommy's
holiday
and
I
am
a
parent
of
a
seventh
grader
at
a
nepalese
middle
school
who
will
lose
transportation
because
of
the
board's
decision.
U
U
V
V
Given
the
hundreds
of
children
and
dozens
of
women
of
child
bearing
age
that
frequent
hell
smear
along
with
the
daily
activity
across
the
street
at
pal
park.
We
believe
the
installation
of
the
mini
cell
without
any
valid
research
proving
it
is
safe,
brings
great
danger
to
the
hill
smear
elementary
community,
and
so
we
are
asking
the
board
to
reconsider
its
decision
and
rescind
its
approval
of
the
easement
with
verizon
wireless.
V
We
are
aware
of
the
updates
being
made
with
the
new
transportation
software,
along
with
some
improvements
to
sidewalks,
but
the
reality
is.
Forest
drive
remains
a
dangerous
road
with
almost
37
000
cars
driving
along
that
specific
corridor
each
day
at
high
speeds,
and
we
should
not
force
students
to
be
placed
in
such
dangerous
condition.
V
C
Hi,
I'm
I'm
robin
schmidt.
I
a
teacher
in
this
county
for
25
years.
I
went
to
school
in
this
county,
I'm
alumni.
I
love
this
county
but,
as
miss
van
kukowski
said
earlier,
I've
never
seen
teachers
so
stressed
they
come
in
the
beginning
of
the
year.
They're
still
stressed
about
the
pay
and
everything
they're
getting,
but
now
they're
stressed
about
the
workload
because
it
seems
to
be
getting
more
and
more
and
more.
C
But
what
upsets
me
more
and
why
I'm
here
is.
I
had
two
who
have
gone
through
this
system.
My
last
one
graduated
last
year
and
one
graduated
year
before
they're,
both
in
college,
my
oldest
daughter
rooms,
with
five
other
girls,
three,
who
are
education,
majors,
one
which
will
come
out
this
year
and
two
come
out
next
year.
C
We
sat
at
dinner
and
I
talked
to
them
about.
Would
you
ever
consider
anne
arundel
county?
And
this
is
what
they
told
me?
First
things
out
of
the
mouth.
Mr
schmidt,
we're
sorry,
but
no!
My
question
was:
why
one
you
don't
pay
your
teachers,
two,
you
overwork
your
teachers.
Three,
it
seems
like
your
county.
Doesn't
care
about
your
teachers?
C
That's
the
perception
at
one
end,
my
other
daughter
who
started
school
this
year
and
is
in
a
group
to
help
her
down
there.
She
found
four
education
majors
there.
She
was
at
the
dinner
table
with
us.
She
talked
to
these
girls
and
she
said,
would
you
she
called
me
and
said
dad?
They
basically
said
the
same
thing:
anne
arundel
county
has
a
bad
reputation
outside
our
walls,
we're
a
county
that
doesn't
want
to
pay
their
teachers
and
we
have
more
and
more
teachers
leaving
every
year.
C
This
is
my
fourth
year
at
annapolis,
high
school,
I'm
going
to
tell
you
right
now,
60
of
the
teachers
I
was
with
four
years
ago.
Aren't
there
today,
my
daughter,
who
was
a
senior
last
year,
dropped
out
of
two
ap
courses
because
those
teachers
had
left.
They
had
been
there
eight
years,
we're
losing
teachers
from
seven
to
ten
years,
they're
going
other
places
because
they
want
more
money.
C
C
C
73
percent
of
them
are
gone.
Now
I
will
say
I
figured
15
or
20
of
them
moved
or
retired,
but
the
others
are
still
teaching
in
the
state
of
maryland
and
they're.
Not
here
and
to
me,
it's
a
really
sad
point
and
I
hope
we
can
take
inspiration
and
I
think
this
board,
the
union
and
the
politicians
all
have
to
come
together
and
stop
fighting
and
say
what
can
we
do
to
make
it
better
for
everybody?
C
W
Good
evening
my
name
is
judy
loftus,
my
youngest
child
is
nine
and
he
used
to
love
to
go
to
school.
He
now
dreads
going
to
school,
and
he
recently
asked
me
if
I've
ever
heard
of
something
called
homeschooling,
a
statistically
valid
survey
of
the
parents
of
the
64
fourth
grades.
At
fourth
grade
parents
of
the
arnold
elementary
school
children
housed
in
two
trailers
in
the
rear
of
severn
river
middle
school,
found
his
reluctance
to
go
to
school
as
shared
by
34
percent
of
his
classmates
and
50
percent
of
the
children
feel
uncomfortable
in
their
classroom.
W
They
have
to
be
in
that
classroom
for
nearly
seven
hours
every
day.
We
understand
that
there
are
classrooms
across
the
county
with
larger
class
sizes
because
of
the
county
council's
failure
to
properly
value
and
fund
fund
the
education
of
our
children.
We
get
that,
however,
you
need
to
understand
the
uniqueness
of
our
children's
circumstances
and
act
immediately
to
restore
an
acceptable
learning
environment
for
our
children.
W
The
following
circumstances
are
preventing
our
children
from
learning
and
our
amazing
teachers
from
teaching
effectively.
First,
the
trailers
are
loud
so
loud
that
the
kids
can't
think
the
trailers
are
overcrowded.
We've
got
64
children
and
the
staff
in
that
in
those
two
trailers,
the
classroom
space
doesn't
even
have
room
for
them
to
do
small
group
pull-outs.
W
Second,
this
particular
class.
It
contains
an
unused
unusual,
high
proportion
of
high
energy
kids
and
is
67
percent
boys.
We
have
adhd
anxiety,
stress
and
some
other
issues.
These
issues
have
contributed
to
behavioral
concerns
for
these
children
from
kindergarten
through
now,
historically,
a
class
of
20
has
been
difficult
to
manage
third
we're
about
to
get
more
children,
because
a
lot
more
houses
are
being
built.
Most
importantly,
there
are
special
education
regulations.
W
How
can
a
child
get
accommodation
of
a
reduced
distraction
in
a
trailer
that
is
full
of
distractions
and
overcrowded?
How
can
I
get
preferential
seating
when
they
push
their
chairs
back
and
they
hit
another
chair?
They
hit
another
student.
My
son
has
an
iep
and
during
a
recent
county
test,
he
sat
in
a
classroom
with
31
other
kids.
W
W
X
Hello,
I'm
jennifer
arnold.
I
am
a
teacher
here
in
anne
arundel
county
and
I'm
a
mom
of
four
children
at
arnold.
Yes,
that's
four
elementary
school
kids.
So
out
of
the
four,
it
is
my
fourth
grader
that
comes
home
with
the
complaints
of
the
noise
he's
the
one
that
I've
noticed
the
drastic
drop
in
grades,
whereas
before
he
was
principal's
honor
roll.
He
now
brings
home
more
failing
grades
than
any
of
my
other
three
combined.
X
X
Unfortunately,
my
experience,
the
ta-
is
non-certified
and
not
adequately
prepared
to
teach
the
common
core
math
curriculum,
which
is
what
my
son
seems
to
be
struggling
in.
He
is
in
the
remediation
program.
He
does
stay
after
school
that
doesn't
even
seem
to
be
working.
They
have
called
in
mids
the
midshipmen
come
in.
My
son
tells
me
that
he's
often
instructed
by
the
mid
or
the
ta.
X
Perhaps
maybe
this
is
not
working
for
him.
Furthermore,
in
regard
to
student
testing
data,
this
is
one
of
my
concerns.
X
Fourth
grade
is
often
looked
at
when
placing
children
in
middle
schools.
So
you
know,
looking
at
my
son's
testing
data
from
fourth
grade,
obviously,
is
not
going
to
be
a
true
reflection
on
his
abilities
for
when
placing
him
in
fifth
and
sixth
grade.
This
is
a
concern
for
me.
I
don't.
I
don't
see
that
that
you
know.
Ultimately,
you
know
that
problem
is
is
going
to
have
lasting
results.
X
Finally,
I'll
just
finish
up,
my
husband
is
a
builder
in
anne
arundel
county,
so
he
does
have
a
lot
of
information,
also
on
to
the
three
communities
that
are
being
built
in
arnold
admirals
ridge.
There's
42
lots.
Arnold
overlook,
there's
24
homes
there
and
there's
a
new
town
home
across
east
joyce
lane
that
is
so
new
that
they
don't
even
have
a
name
for
the
community.
Yet,
however,
they
are
going
to
be
building
46
townhomes
there.
X
This
is
during
the
years
that
our
children
are
going
to
be
housed
in
the
portables.
They
are
up
for
sale
now
and
ready
for
delivery
over
the
next
two
years.
Looking
at
the
marketing
trend,
the
seller's
top
feature
is
the
school
district
and
obviously
the
vicinity
of
the
to
the
blue
ribbon
arnold
elementary
school,
the
population
increase,
will
undoubtedly
increase
the
fourth
grade
population
at
arnold,
and
that
is
a
concern
of
mine.
Y
Good
evening
my
name
is
travis
ritchie.
We
we
have
three
children
at
arnold,
a
fifth
grader,
a
fourth
grader
and
a
second
grader
just
moved
here
this
summer
after
being
stationed
overseas.
So
I
was
excited
to
get
the
kids
back
in
in
the
us
school
system.
Y
The
the
fifth
grader
and
the
second
grader
are
doing
just
fine
as
the
fourth
grader
that
we
noticed
would
come
home.
None
of
the
paperwork
had
been
looked
at.
She
wasn't
sure
what
she
was
supposed
to
be
doing,
etc.
That's
when
talking
with
all
the
parents
at
the
school
had
the
same
concerns.
Y
I
understand
when,
when
these
policies
you're
looking
at
a
huge
district,
many
many
schools,
and
so
certain
things
like
like
the
buses,
it
looks
like
maybe
on
paper.
They
should
be
able
to
walk.
But
that's
why
I
appreciate
you
having
us
here
so
we
can.
We
can
talk
to
you
and
give
you
the
mitigating
circumstances
and
much
like
that.
Y
If
you,
if
you
look
at
the
circumstances
that
arnold
with
the
temporary
facilities,
my
my
daughter
is
on
her
third
teacher
in
three
months,
so
the
first
teacher
went
on
maternity
leave
a
month
in
a
school
and
then
for
some
reason,
thus
the
substitute
that
they
had
left
so
now,
she's
on
our
third
teacher
in
three
months
about
above
average
number
of
boys
in
the
classroom
and
then
temporary
facilities
with
thinner
walls,
tighter
spaces.
Y
So
it's
very
loud
and
just
ask
that
the
board
correct
this
issue
so
that
a
half
class
at
arnold
doesn't
get
left
behind.
Thank
you.
Z
Z
Although
I'll
tell
you
honestly
that
this
year
has
given
me
great
pause,
we've
never
experienced
like
something
like
this
in
the
time
that
we've
had
our
kids
in
the
in
the
county
school
system.
This
has
been
a
unique
year,
and
my
son,
like
the
other
stories
you've
heard
so
far,
has
had
different
experiences
here
and
has
come
home
in
a
much
different,
much
different
way
than
he
has
in
the
past,
and
it's
largely
attributable
from
my
perspective
from
my
wife's
perspective.
Z
We
have
65
kids
in
the
fourth
grade,
among
two
teachers,
when
I
first
learned
that
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
and
I
saw
that
there
was
going
to
be
32
kids
in
my
son's
class,
I
thought
what
are
we?
What
are
we
doing
to
our
teacher?
I
mean
how
is
somebody
I
don't
know
how
the
most
experienced
most
competent
teacher
could
possibly
handle
32
or
33
nine
year
olds
in
an
effective
way.
Z
That's
a
big
ask
when
I
fast
forward
a
week
later,
when
I
walked
in
for
the
back
to
school
night
and
saw
that
she
was
eight
months
pregnant.
I
thought
now
really
what
in
the
world
are
we
doing
now
we're
going
to
transition
three
to
four
weeks
into
the
school
year
to
a
new
substitute
teacher
hand
off
33
kids
and
expect
her
to
pick
it
up
and
keep
running
with
it
when
that
time
came,
there
was
clearly
some
indications
that
it
wasn't
working.
Z
Z
I
was
told
how
the
school
ratio
is
ideally
one
to
28
for
fourth
grade
and
that
four
students
over
that
ratio
was
not
enough
to
justify
another
teacher.
So,
in
my
mind,
the
ratio
suggested
ratio
or
recommended
ratio
is
not
28
to
one
and
it's
not
32
32-1,
it's
something
above
32-1,
so
I'm
not
sure
what
it
is.
Z
But
I
can
I
think,
coming
into
this
meeting,
we
were
told
it's
not
about
the
number,
if
it's
just
about
the
number
then
get
in
line,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
those
problems
across
the
county.
When
I
looked
at
the
2016
report
by
the
maryland
state
board
to
the
general
assembly
about
class
school
sizes
in
anne
arundel,
county
and
elementary
schools,
I
saw
one
percent
of
all
of
our
classes
had
sizes
larger
than
30
and
elementary
and
middle
schools
combined.
I
saw
zero
percent.
What
that
tells
me
is
number
one.
Z
This
is
an
important
enough
issue
that
we're
giving
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
every
year
and
number
two,
this
board
and
our
system
recognizes
that
a
school
size
over
30
is
unacceptable.
You
hear
a
lot
of
issues.
I
appreciate
all
your
time
and
the
things
that
you
have
on
your
plate.
We
implore
you
to
take
this
issue
to
heart
and
take
it
seriously.
Our
students
can't
continue
to
struggle
with
class
sizes
of
33
and
32
people.
Z
With
one
teacher
on
our
third
teacher
this
year,
we've
lost
our
first
substitute,
we're
on
our
second
substitute,
we're
going
to
transition
back
to
our
primary
teacher
in
a
couple
months.
I
guess
so.
They'll
have
three
transitions
in
one
school
year
and
we're
not
even
past
the
first
marking
period.
So
I
ask
you,
I
beg
you,
please
take
this
seriously
and
allocate
the
resources
needed
for
a
third
fourth
grade
teacher
at
arnold
elementary.
AA
Good
evening
my
name
is
peggy
ullman.
I
am
a
parent
at
arnold
elementary.
I
have
boy
girl
twins,
I
have
one
in
each
class
and
so
the
you
know
I'm
seeing
it
on
both
sides.
I
have
the
the
well
experienced
teacher,
who
knows
what
she's
doing
who
is
busting
her
butt
and
is
still
having
a
hard
time.
You
know
just
keeping
up
with
it
all
and
trying
to
help
out
the
less
experienced
substitutes
and-
and
then
you
know
this
consistent
issue
of
you
know.
Three
teachers
in
three
months
is
ridiculous.
AA
My
children
are
very
very
different
from
each
other.
I
have
a
daughter
who's,
a
rock
star
who's.
You
know
school
comes
easy
to
her
she's
struggling
she
hates
school.
For
the
first
time
I
have
a
son
who
has
always
hated
school,
has
always
had
a
rough
time
and
he's
drowning
and
he's
really
he's
drowning
and
we
are
having
a
really
really
really
tough
time
and
the
you
know
as
much
as
responsive
as
the
school
has
been.
AA
It's
been
very
challenging
because
they're
getting
it
on
all
sides,
they're
hearing
it
from
almost
every
single
parent
in
the
fourth
grade
about
how
overwhelmed
their
kids
are.
I
want
to
be
absolutely
clear
that
this
has
nothing
at
all
to
do
with
the
administration
or
the
teaching
confidence
of
of
arnold
elementary.
They
have
been
fantastic,
they
have
done
yeoman's
work.
They
are
trying
everything
they
can
to
make
this
work.
They
have
brought
in.
You
know
temporary
solution
after
temporary
solution,
the
mids
and
the
the
teaching
assistants
and
all
that
stuff.
AA
They
are
trying
everything
and
it
is
a
not
working
and
b
they're,
adding
more
people.
You,
you
have
three
mids
and
a
ta
on
top
of
the
32
kids
and
the
teacher
and
whatever,
whoever
else
they
pull
in
they're
pulling
in
the
reading
teacher
the
the
special
ed
teacher
to
help
with
math
it's
physically.
Those
rooms
are
just
way
too
crowded
the
the
hall.
AA
AA
You
know,
you're
hearing
a
consistent
theme
tonight
from
everybody,
there's
just
not
enough
resources
in
the
county,
dedicated
to
the
schools
and
it's
hurting
our
reputation,
and
you
know
with
a
hundred
new
buildings
coming
in
specifically
to
arnold
elementary.
If
we
don't
do
something
we're
gonna
lose
people,
we're
gonna,
lose
the
teachers,
we're
gonna
lose
the
tax
revenue,
we're
going
to
lose
the
administrative
support.
We
need
nothing
short
for
this
particular
situation
because
of
the
uniqueness,
nothing
short
of
a
third
qualified
teacher
and
a
third
portable
works.
Nothing
everything
else
has
just
been
band-aids.
AA
AB
Thank
you
all
for
coming
in
and
continuing
to
advocate
for
your
children
and
and
the
arnold
community.
If
there
are
a
couple
of
you
that
would
like
to
take
the
time
to
meet
with
dr
cubic,
I
know
you've
been
in
communication
with
her,
so
you've
got
a
name
and
a
face,
and
and
somebody
to
communicate
with
directly
here
with
central
office
as
we
we
want
to
work
with
you
to
try
and
solve
the
problem.
AB
I
do
not
have
a
teacher
to
send
to
arnold
tomorrow
and
I
do
not
have
a
trailer,
a
portable
classroom
to
send
up
to
arnold
tomorrow,
and
I
want
to
make
that
really
clear.
So,
in
the
meantime,
if
we're
even
able
to
get
another
teacher
which
right
now,
we
don't
have
the
allocation
for
it
is,
we
need
to
try
and
work
with
you,
the
teachers
and
the
students
to
try
and
come
up
with
some
solutions.
AB
So
there's
a
team
with
dr
cubic
and
some
facilities,
folks
that
were
out
walking
the
building
today,
maybe
there's
a
possibility
of
moving
the
two
fourth,
the
large
fourth
grade
classes
out
of
the
little
portable
classrooms
and
into
the
main
building,
and
that
could
assist
bringing
in
a
co-teacher
to
work
with
the
long-term
sub.
That's
there
to
help
with
the
classroom
and
bring
somebody
in
over
a
long
several
month
period
to
help
co-teach
in
that
classroom
to
assist
so
it's
sort
of
a
perfect
storm.
AB
We've
got
some
issues
going
on
with
moving
out
of
your
building,
because
it's
under
construction
and
having
to
move
into
trailers
and
having
a
large
class.
So
that's
a
large
class
size
fifth
grade
doesn't
have
that.
Your
second
third
grades,
don't
have
those
large
class
sizes
as
big
as
the
fourth.
So
there
are
several
issues
that
we
have
recognized
will
continue
to
meet
and
look
the
problem
solved.
AB
B
The
the
bus,
the
bus
situation
is
under
appeal,
and
so
it's
not
something
that
we
can
address
directly
from
the
dais,
because
it's
now
under
appeal,
but
I
can
promise
you
that
that
is
something
that
is
and
the
and
the
parents
that
have
appealed
will
have
a
full
opportunity
to
hear
that.
And
we
will
be
getting
back
to
you
on
that.
But
we
cannot
an
issue
under
appeal.
We
cannot
discuss
the
details
or
or
things
in
a
in
the
public
forum.
B
So
our
next
batch
alex
dulle
craig.
I'm
sorry.
I
can't
read
the
last
name:
it's
about
south
river
high
school,
so
craig
from
south
river
high
school
maura,
buttner,
schindler,
lisa,
taylor,
sorriero
and
mike
shay
go
ahead.
AC
Good
evening
board
members,
my
name
is
alex
duell
and
I'm
currently
a
senior
at
south
river
high
school.
I'm
here
this
evening
to
bring
attention
to
the
unresolved
issues
regarding
senior
graduation
ceremony
protocol,
specifically
the
recognition
of
valedictorian
salutatorian
and
top
five
percent
earlier
this
year,
with
a
seven
to
two
votes,
supporting
the
continuing
acknowledgement
of
these
positions,
the
board
of
education
adopted
an
amendment
to
employ
both
systems
of
the
traditional
valedictorian
salutatorian
and
the
latin
honor
system
of
recognitions
at
graduation.
AC
Despite
this
decision,
we
are
a
quarter
of
the
way
into
the
school
year
without
any
clear
resolution
to
the
matter.
The
traditional
practice
of
valedictorian
and
salutatorian
delivering
speeches
at
graduation
is
a
practice
I
believe,
should
be
continued
as
current
ranking
valedictorian
at
south
river.
I
feel
the
elimination
of
this
honor,
especially
only
a
few
months
away
from
graduation,
is
an
injustice
I
have
worked
tirelessly
for
years
pursuing
academics
as
it
is
my
passion
I
don't
play
sports
and
I'm
not
in
the
arts.
AC
So
I
find
my
joy
in
learning,
though
I
can
understand
the
perspectives
of
those
who
oppose
these
recognitions.
I
believe
the
transition
from
the
traditional
system
to
latin
honors
should
be
introduced
gradually
or
with
an
incoming
freshman
class.
The
students
who
have
worked
hard
to
achieve
academic
great
greatness
over
the
last
three
years,
including
the
top
five
percent
salutatorian
and
myself,
have
done
so
with
the
promise
of
receiving
recognition
at
graduation.
AC
Personally,
I
remember
at
my
older
brother's
graduation.
I
was
told
if
you
work
hard
enough,
you'll
be
in
that
front
row
and
if
you
work
even
harder,
you
might
even
give
that
valedictorian
speech.
But
now
this
honor
is
in
jeopardy.
So
I
respectfully
request
the
board
of
education
to
maintain
the
recognition
of
valedictorian
salutatorian
through
the
respective
commencement
speeches
of
graduation,
as
well
as
the
recognition
of
the
ranking
top
five
percent
at
graduation.
AD
Hi,
my
name
is
craig
kozalek
I've
been
in
the
acps
school
system,
all
my
life,
so
thank
you.
I've
had
a
great
experience.
I
know
some
others
might
have
had
some
concerns,
but
I've
had
a
general
good
experience.
I'm
currently
the
saluda
victorian
at
south
river
high
school
and
right
now,
I'm
a
little.
I
didn't
think
I'd
have
to
be
here
tonight.
I
went
to
my
brother's
graduation
two
years
ago
and
they
combined
the
latin
honor
society
or
latin
member
recognitions
with
the
top
five
percent
and
everything
seemed
to
work
very
well.
AD
I
don't
understand
why
we
would
phase
out
one
over
the
other
and
then
I,
on
the
other
hand,
did
try
to
play
sports.
I
tried
to
play
varsity
soccer
and
I
got
cut.
I
was
on
that
baseline.
The
coach
pulled
me
into
the
office
and
he
said,
look
you're
the
last
guy.
We
can't
have
you
on
the
team,
but
instead
of
I
tried
to
move,
I
learned
to
move
on.
I
wasn't
in
so
for
this
example.
AD
I'm
sorry,
it's
a
bit
time
a
bit
nerve-wracking
speaking
from
a
bunch
of
adults,
so
I'm
a
little
disappointed
because
this
was
kind
of
in
a
haze.
I
haven't
really
seen
anything
about
this.
I
just
learned
that
two
days
ago,
our
principal,
let
alex
stuart,
know
that
this
would
be
happening
when
I'm
pretty
sure
that
they're
voted
a
couple
years
ago
that
we'd
have
what
we've
always
had,
which
is
to
make
a
speech.
AD
So
some
friends
that
wanted
to
be
here
tonight,
my
friend
dylan
cyphers,
alexa
anderson,
katie
sullivan
xander
calmer,
would
have
liked
to
come
and
speak,
but
they
were
tied
up
at
a
cross-country
banquet,
but
they
would
also
support
keeping
the
five
percent.
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
why
this
would
be
a
county
issue
when
it's
our
graduation
at
a
at
a
school.
So
I
was
hoping
that
you
guys
would
let
our
principal
and
our
school
decide
how
our
graduation
would
run.
Thank
you.
AE
Hi
there
my
name
is
moira
buttner
schneer,
I'm
a
parent
at
severn
park
elementary
school
and
it
sounds
like
you
have
quite
a
few
issues
to
deal
with,
but
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
commend
anne
arundel
county
public
schools
and
superintendent,
dr
arlato,
for
convening
a
committee
to
study
the
issue
of
recess
and
review
the
current
practices
in
aacps
under
the
leadership
of
miss
jackson,
deputy
superintendent
of
students
and
school
services.
I
understand
that
best
practices
from
maryland
and
around
the
county
are
country.
AE
You
I'm
sure,
are
all
aware,
but
there
is
a
large
body
of
evidence
pointing
to
the
importance
of
recess
for
the
development
of
children,
while
most
of
us
are
familiar
with
the
physical
benefits
of
recess,
including
helping
children
to
achieve
the
recommended
60
minutes
of
moderate
to
vigorous
activity
per
day.
The
research
shows
that
unstructured
breaks
that
resets
provides
is
necessary
for
optimal
cognitive
processing
in
children.
A
period
of
interruption
after
a
period
of
concentrated
instruction
allows
the
brain
to
process
what
was
learned
contrary
to
what
some
of
us
might
have
thought.
AE
Research
shows
that
unstructured
breaks
are
more
beneficial
than
shifting
structured
activities.
Interestingly,
the
benefits
of
these
breaks
applies
equally
to
adolescents
and
to
younger
children,
and,
I
would
say,
I'm
sure,
we've
all
had
the
experience
around
the
water
cooler
to
adults,
also
right
in
the
elementary
schools
in
the
surrounding
park
area,
which
were
the
ones
I
had
talked
to.
Children
are
given
a
single
20
minute
recess,
usually
following
the
lunch
break.
AE
Research
suggests
that
allocating
several
recess
breaks
during
the
day,
for
example,
one
shorter
morning
recess,
a
longer
midday
recess
and
another
shorter
afternoon
recess
results
in
children
who
are
more
attentive
and
more
productive
in
academic
tasks.
Additionally,
scheduling
recess
before
lunch
has
been
shown
to
reduce
food
waste,
improve
children's
behavior
during
lunch
time
and
in
class
following
lunch.
AE
I
know
that
aacbs
has
tried
to
address
the
need
for
children
to
move
more
frequently
throughout
the
day
by
introducing
structured
movement
modules
throughout
the
day,
called
move,
move,
move
and
healthy
minds,
healthy
bodies,
and
while
this
is
commendable
and
she
be
continued
as
another
valuable
teaching
approach,
the
research
shows
that
unstructured
breaks
are
more
beneficial
for
cognitive
processing.
AE
Teachers
in
our
district
also
use
a
digital
service
called
go
noodle
in
which
a
short
televised
song,
dance
or
skit
is
projected
in
class
to
promote
desk
side
movement
and
obviously,
while
the
need
for
movement
and
breaks
in
the
classroom
is
great.
As
parents,
we
have
been
recommended
to
place
strict
limits
on
the
use
of
screens
and
media
for
our
children.
AE
So
I'm
eager
to
hear
about
aacps's
recess
committee's
recommendations
and
I'm
very
hopeful
that
we
will
be
on
the
forefront
of
what
is
sure
to
be
the
next
wave
of
educational
innovation,
which
is
ensuring
that
our
children
have
sufficient
recess
to
reach
their
cognitive,
physical
and
socio-emotional
potential.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
AF
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
lisa
taylor
cerrero,
I'm
from
shadyside
maryland.
As
you
know,
I'm
very
deeply
concerned
about
the
proposed
cell
tower
at
shadyside
and
other
schools
in
our
county.
I'm
really
disturbed
by
the
process
that
is
currently
in
place
which
allows
the
community
to
speak,
but
it
does
not
give
weight
to
the
community
input
if,
when
the
master
lease
agreement
was
renewed
by
the
board.
AF
At
that
time,
you
determined
that
all
sites
were
an
approved
target
for
cell
towers
and
therefore
don't
need
to
be
considered
for
a
vote
on
the
individual
sites
and
president
homer.
You
kind
of
explained
that
to
mr
grant,
then
you're
essentially
admitting
that
there's
no
purpose
of
holding
the
community
meetings
or
taking
the
community
input,
because
it's
already
been
voted
on
over
the
master
agreements.
So
there's
I
mean
that
really
shows
a
problem
with
the
process.
AF
In
addition,
we
were
told
at
the
community
meeting
by
a
board
representative
that
our
input
would
be
considered
and
that
it
would
come
up
for
a
vote.
There
was
no
consideration
since
99
of
the
people
at
the
community
meeting,
which
is
recorded
on
tape.
Adamantly
oppose
a
tower
and
there
was
no
vote.
AF
We
were
told
by
milestone
that
they
held
full
insurance
on
the
site,
but
the
identification
clause
in
the
master
lease
agreement
clearly
states.
Otherwise
we
were
told
that
it's
out
of
your
hands
at
this
point
there's
nothing
more
you
can
do
and
that
we
should
take
it
up
with
the
county
and
permitting,
but
according
to
the
master
lease
agreement,
that's
not
true.
It
comes
back
to
the
board
for
final
approval
after
they
get
their
permits,
so
you
can
still
say
no
to
this.
AF
I
just
I
don't
understand
why
you're
doing
this,
you
claim
the
process
is
transparent.
However,
how
was
the
public
informed
about
the
identification
clause?
How
are
we
informed
that,
once
the
tower
is
approved,
they
can
build
another
tower
on
the
site
or
had
add
height
to
an
existing
tower
without
further
approval.
AF
We
we
just
weren't,
told
about
it.
We
were
asking
questions
and
we
weren't
getting
those
answers.
How
much
time
are
you
willing
to
spend
on
this
issue
as
a
board?
We're
just
one
school
and
we've
been
here
a
million
times
and
sent
out
a
million
emails.
I
mean
we're
not
going
anywhere
until
this
issue
goes
away.
You
know
you're
going
to
be
seeing
a
lot
of
me
in
my
nervous
speeches.
AF
I
of
all
people
understand
and
I'm
asking
for
your
understanding
that
sometimes
people
get
emotional
when
it
comes
to
the
health
and
safety
of
their
children,
and
I
really
do
offer
my
apologies
to
anyone
who's
been
offended
by
anyone
who,
including
myself,
who
you
know,
might
might
have
said
something
that
offended
you
I
mean
I
I
just
I
I
need
to
just
do
whatever
I
can
to
protect
my
kid,
and
I
hope
that
you
don't
dismiss
what
we're
saying
and
and
all
the
facts
and
studies
based
on
mannerisms
we're
supposed
to
be
on
the
same
side,
protecting
our
kids,
we're
on
the
same
team,
and
I
just
I.
AF
AB
AB
B
AG
Good
evening,
mike
shea
from
shadyside
red
top
farm
first
of
all,
I
speak
in
solidarity
with
hills,
mayor
pta.
AG
Last
board
meeting
member
grannon
asked
what
the
policy
is
on
discrimination
and
what
the
relationship
between
the
pto
and
the
pta
and
the
school
system
is.
AG
Last
wednesday
I
went
to
the
policy
committee
and
the
policy
specifically
is
no
discrimination,
that's
clear,
but
on
the
relationship
between
the
pto
and
the
pta
and
the
school
system,
I
think
they've
stumbled
in
an
honest
attempt:
the
use
of
facilities
manual
right
here,
which,
which
was
used
talks
about
ten
classifications
of
users
of
our
schools.
AG
The
number
one
classification
is
ptos
and
ptas.
They
are
labeled
as
a
school-sponsored
group,
the
policy
on
handouts
to
the
pto
pta
and
inserts
to
the
student
folders.
There's
policy
on
this
I
could
go
on,
but
the
written
and
implied
relationship
is
clear
and
that
a
school-sponsored
organization
carries
with
it
responsibilities
not
to
participate
in
discrimination,
there's
a
relationship.
AG
Also,
the
concept
of
it's
no
longer
in
our
hands.
This
milestone
agreement
targeting
shadyside
elementary,
is
no
longer
in
our
hands.
It's
in
the
hands
of
the
planning
and
zoning
people.
Let's
be
clear.
The
amendment
to
the
master
agreement
to
the
milestone
agreement
makes
clear
that
this
targeting
and
approvals
have
never
left
the
school
board
in
this
administration.
AG
AH
AH
AH
AH
AH
It's
not
happening.
Sidewalks
were
proposed
for
jumpers
hole,
they
haven't
they're,
not
there.
Yet,
when
they're
there,
maybe
eliminating
the
bus
at
that
point
might
be
up
for
discussion.
I
don't
think
it
should
be
our
children's
safety
matters.
Their
lives
are
at
risk
with
the
traffic
that
goes
through.
That
neighborhood.
AH
AH
A
AI
B
AI
AI
Okay
to
piggyback
on
what
kathy
said,
my
name
is
alana
schwartz.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
take
a
moment.
We
both
have
children
at
oak
hill,
elementary,
I'm
also
a
parent
at
severna
park,
middle
school
and
the
bus.
Stop
that
kathy
is
talking
about
is
at
early
heights
in
sabrina
park
or
sabrina
lane,
and
it's
a
spot
where
our
kids
actually
have
to
jump
out
of
the
road.
With
cars
coming
walking
down
those
streets.
We've
had
my
husband.
AI
I've
had
to
jump
they're
very
narrow
streets,
no
sidewalks
at
all,
so
with
concerns
already
with
elementary
school
children
and
then
possibilities.
I've
been
really
thankful
that
my
son
has
had
a
bus
for
the
middle
school
to
be
able
to
go
middle
school's
hard.
It's
hard,
it's
mentally,
it's
emotional,
it's
physically
draining
and
for
kids
to
be
walking
and
worrying
about
dodging
cars.
When
they're
worrying
about
trying
to
juggle
a
class,
it's
crazy,
but
please
take
into
consideration
that
we've
got
a
lot
of
safety
stuff
in
our
neighborhood.
AI
While
it
might
look
really
safe
with
25
miles
an
hour,
people
don't
drive
25
miles
an
hour.
That's
why
there's
extra
barriers
that
are
around
and
dents
and
all
sorts
of
things
and
people
have
gone
into
people's
like
front
yards,
and
it's
just
it's
nuts
yeah.
So
it's
only
getting
bigger
and
no
changes
have
been
made.
There's
no
structural
changes
that
have
been
made.
So
please
take
that
into
consideration
the
safety
of
our
kids.
AJ
Who's
next,
okay,
my
name
is
janet
norman
and
I
have
a
handout
that
I'd
like
you
to
have.
While
I'm
talking
please,
if
that
can
be
handed
out,
I'm
asking
you
to.
Please
provide
the
parents
of
the
county
accountability
in
how
your
transportation
department
serves
the
students
of
the
annapolis
cluster
and
other
clusters.
AJ
It's
been
a
constant
concern
of
the
annapolis
education
commission,
where
I
serve
as
ward
7
representative,
I'm
also
a
parent
of
students
who've
gone
through
annapolis
middle
school.
If
our
outgoing
mayor,
the
annapolis,
education,
commission
and
parents
were
not
informed
prior
to
your
published
decision,
perhaps
you
should
reconsider
your
ways
of
collaboration,
function
or
dysfunction
within
transportation.
Is
your
purview
and
the
buck
stops
with
you,
as
as
members
of
the
board,
when
my
neighborhood
off
of
forest
drive
was
annexed
into
the
city
from
the
county
traffic
studies
were
done
for
the
annexation.
AJ
The
city
has
those
data
speeds
of
54
miles
an
hour
routinely
recorded
along
forest
drive,
a
three-fourths
of
a
mile
south
of
south
and
east
of
annapolis
middle
school.
AJ
So
the
city
has
data
on
exactly
how
fast
cars
are
going
on
forest
drive,
and
I
I
can't
imagine
that
you
would
consider
crossing
a
forest
drive
at
spa
road
where
the
711
is
safe
in
any
means,
if
even
if
you're,
you
know
a
great
athlete
adult
with
good
judgment
which
the
frontal
lobes
of
our
middle
schoolers
have
not
developed
into
that.
AJ
So
that's
very,
very
unsafe,
and
also
by
your
decision,
you
are
pushing
the
burden,
the
economic
burden
onto
the
city
of
annapolis,
to
provide
crossing
guards
in
and
and
pushing
that
on
to
us
one
in
a
short
short
time
frame
and
two
that
we
take
on
that
burden
of
you
should
who
should
have
provided
the
transportation
for
those
students.
AJ
The
school
system
makes
seven
seventy
six
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
per
year
from
the
cell
tower
at
annapolis
middle,
but
because
the
policy
was
enacted
a
couple
months
after
it
was
constructed.
Your
policy
of
cost
sharing
annapolis
middle
got
none
of
that
money
for
any
cost
share
on
that,
but
you're
making
quite
a
bit
from
the
cell
tower.
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
AK
Good
evening
president
hummer
vice
president
gilliland,
dr
lotto
and
board
members,
my
name
is
holly
clyderline
and
I
am
the
school
counselor
for
694
students
at
oak
hill
elementary
in
severna
park.
Thank
you,
mrs
hummer,
for
your
visit
yesterday,
I'm
here
tonight
to
advocate
for
more
elementary
school
counseling
positions.
I
plan
to
speak
last
month,
but
I
was
exhausted,
30
minutes
before
the
end
of
that
early
dismissal
day,
I
was
needed
for
a
student
in
crisis
while
helping
to
de-escalate
the
situation.
I
forgot
to
place
the
weekend.
AK
So
after
my
duty,
I
loaded
the
food
bags
into
my
car
and
delivered
them
to
the
houses,
then
continued
on
my
way
here
to
the
board
to
drop
off
oak
hill's,
pbis
trifold,
which
provided
highlights
of
the
only
pbis
system
in
my
cluster.
I
couldn't
stay
because
I
needed
to
get
to
carver
at
carver.
I
was
trained
to
provide
effective
and
ethical
support
for
my
current
cohort
of
national
board
candidates
that
lasted
until
7pm.
So
I
arrived
back
here
around
7
30.
AK
Fifteen
percent
need
the
further
interventions
available
in
tier
two
and
tier
three
interventions
are
needed
for
about
five
percent
of
the
student
population
you'll
see
on
that
handout,
I'm
very
involved
in
all
tiers
of
behavioral
support,
but
I'd
like
to
focus
on
tier
two
at
the
elementary
level
I
am
and
school
counselors
are
the
only
tier
two
intervention.
I
am
either
the
point
of
contact
the
coach
or
the
leader
for
everything
available
as
a
targeted
intervention
with
a
school
of
my
size.
AK
That's
105
students,
that's
about
the
same
number
as
the
people
who
were
in
this
room
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting.
Imagine
that
every
adult
that
was
in
this
chair,
these
chairs
represents
a
child
experiencing
anxiety,
depression,
homelessness,
hunger,
poverty,
family
addiction,
abuse
neglect,
a
chronic
health
problem,
grief
over
the
death
of
a
loved
one
social
isolation
or
another
emotional
condition
that
is
interfering
with
their
ability
to
perform
their
best.
I
have
intervened
with
each
of
these
concerns
so
far
this
year.
AK
AK
B
AL
Good
evening
my
name
is
linda
nguyen.
I
live
in
shadyside
and
I'm
the
mother
of
two
future
shadyside
elementary
school
students,
and
I
am
proud
to
be
one
of
those
people
who
keeps
coming
back
to
talk
about
this
bad
milestone,
deal
I'm
trained
in
policy
analysis
and
picking
apart
what
I
have
been
able
to
gather
through
public
information
about
this
deal
with
milestone
communications.
AL
It
is
bad
policy
plain
and
simple,
from
a
public
health
standpoint,
a
legal
standpoint,
a
public
relations
standpoint
and
from
an
economic
standpoint,
I'm
curious.
How
much
time
are
you
and
your
staff
spending
on
this
one
bad
deal
as
each
school
is
put
on
the
milestone,
chopping
block
time
and
money
is
spent
by
individuals
even
at
the
highest
level
of
your
administration?
AL
To
defend
this
bad
deal?
Has
anyone
besides
milestone
done
an
up-to-date
benefit
cost
analysis?
Even
since
you
renewed
the
mass
release
earlier
this
summer,
things
have
changed.
There
are
more
facts
out
there
about
the
health
effects
of
cell
tower
radiation.
Prince
george's
county
has
ended
their
agreement
with
milestone.
AL
AL
I
hope
people
have
not
forgotten
that
that
those
appointed
in
our
case
to
represent
us
should
answer
to
us
and
be
accountable
to
us
when
an
overwhelming
majority
of
a
community
comes
out
in
opposition
to
the
construction
of
a
cell
tower
on
their
elementary
school
who
is
listening.
I
was
here
last
meeting
when
about
400
signatures
were
presented,
stating
opposition
to
the
cell
tower
on
the
elementary
school
campus
in
shadyside.
AL
Where
is
the
accountability?
Where
is
the
representation?
Public
school
systems
are
not
for-profit
entities,
whether
directly
or
indirectly,
public
schools
should
never
produce
a
profit
for
anyone
when
you
allow
for-profit
companies
like
milestone
to
make
these
deals
with,
you
allow
them
to
engage
in
advocacy
on
their
own
behalf
to
sponsor
your
conferences,
rub
elbows
and
eat
panna
cotta
with
you,
you
diminish
what
you
should
stand
for
and
who
you
ultimately
serve.
You
diminish
the
foundational
principles
of
a
public
school
system.
B
Thank
you,
alexis
vegas
and
lisa
radbian.
AM
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
alexis
villegas.
I
am
here
because
of
an
issue
that
actually
came
up
today.
This
afternoon,
we
received
notice
that,
as
of
tomorrow
morning,
my
daughter's
bus
stop
for
monarch
academy,
which
in
annapolis,
which
often
these
lines
are
blurred,
but
I
understand
that
the
people
who
make
these
decisions
are
the
same
ones
who
are
making
the
decisions
for
schools
like
annapolis,
middle
the
bus,
stop
was
moved
further
west
and
it
is
now
on
average,
over
a
mile
from
each
student's
home.
AM
So
we
have
five
six,
seven
and
eight-year-olds
walking
now
they're
going
to
be
walking
a
mile
to
a
bus
stop
in
the
morning
and
a
mile
from
the
bus
stop
home
in
the
afternoon
today.
What
I
did
was
I
found
out
early
on
because
the
parent
was
at
school
this
morning
and
sent
the
notice
to
my
husband.
I
have
a
petition
from
parents
that
we
would
like
this
reviewed.
I
contacted
the
school
who
referred
me
to
a
miss
ackers
who
did
not
return?
AM
AM
Yeah,
okay,
sorry,
sorry!
So,
basically
what
we
did
was
we
went
through
each
channel
and
we
were.
I
was
pushed
off
or
I
wasn't
answered,
and
so
what
I'm
trying
to
do
is
catch
this
early
on
and
speak
with
you
to
just
bring
it
to
your
attention
because,
as
we
went
through
this
issue
today,
it's
very
short
notice.
So
I
haven't
fully
analyzed
it.
I
don't
have
copies
for
everyone,
but
I
do
have
some
information.
AM
But
from
what
I
saw
in
the
requirements,
we
are
required
to
have
suitable
walkways.
There's
no
crosswalk
across
edgewood
road
that
these
kids
have
to
and
there's
a
it's
a
blind
curve.
It's
25
miles
per
hour,
but
people
go
40
kind
of
like
all
roads
in
annapolis,
right
and
then
they're
they're,
walking
very
far
through
a
neighborhood
and
potentially
crossing
another
semi-busy
road
which
is
georgetown.
But
it
is
a
more
residential
road
and
then
we
wanted
to
you
know
also
bring
up
the
we
found
out.
AM
The
reason
that
this
was
moved
was
because
a
homeowner
across
the
street
who
does
not
have
any
children,
was
complaining
about
the
children
being
out
there.
It
wasn't
that
they
were
in
her
yard
or
that
they
were
bothering
her.
We
gave
power
to
a
homeowner
to
complain.
Every
day
we
gave
her
the
power
to
move
that
bus
stop.
So
my
question
is:
is
it
our
policy
that
if
parents
complain
we
do
move
bus
stops
and
inconvenience
our
children's,
our
children,
our
parents
and
you
know,
decrease
safety,
and
you
know
it
just.
AM
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
me,
and
I'm
wondering
if
these
are
policy
concerns
that
maybe
I
should
bring
to
the
board
and,
like
I
said,
very
short
notice,
but
I
will
put
something
together:
that's
more
comprehensive
and
email
it
to
all
of
you
and
again
I'll
be
working
with
the
school
to
hopefully
change
it
through
them,
because
it
does
go
into
effect.
Like
I
said
we
got
noticed
this
afternoon.
It
goes
into
effect
tomorrow
morning.
AM
So
hopefully
all
the
kids
will
know
that,
but
otherwise
we
will
hopefully
be
changing
it
that
way,
but
I
want
to
bring
it
to
your
attention,
because
I
think
that
there's
something
that
could
be
done
at
the
school
board
level
as
well.
So
that's
all
I
just
say
thank
you.
AM
AN
AN
I
realize
that
you
are
only
one
step
in
the
budget
process
and
there
are
significant
obstacles
that
you
have
faced,
particularly
from
the
county
executive,
but
I
am
telling
you
or
I'm
asking
you
to
please
please
ask
for
100
of
what
you
need
do
not
shy
away,
because
you
think
you
might
not
get
it.
You
have
advocates
who
will
step
up
and
stand
up
to
the
county
executive,
stand
up
to
the
county
council
and
say
this
is
important
and
we
need
it.
AN
AN
AN
AN
AN
When
I
first
came
to
the
county,
I
maybe
had
to
cover
one
or
two
classes
in
on
a
friday
in
the
spring
when,
when
people's
travel
plans
start
to
take
over
people
need
to
go
to
weddings
and
graduations
at
whatnot,
I
have
already
covered
classes
three
times
this
year,
including
once
in
the
month
of
september,
because
there
are
inadequate
numbers
of
substitutes.
AN
In
some
cases,
multiple
classes
are
being
combined,
meaning
two
classes
of
30
students
now
becomes
a
class
of
60
something
students.
The
last
thing
I
want
you
to-
I
I
hope
you
will
ask
for
is
to
bring
all
teachers
back
to
their
appropriate
step.
I
think
at
some
point
folks
thought
that
this
problem
was
just
going
to
disappear,
go
away
over
time.
It
gets
worse
over
time.
More
and
more
people
leave
the
county
because
they
can
make
they
can
make
ten
thousand
fifteen
thousand.
I
did
some
research
I
found
a
place.
AN
I'm
not
going
to
lie
I'm
tempted
to
to
do
that,
but
I
love
it
here.
I'm
committed
to
anne
arundel
county
and
I'm
committed
to
the
kids
here
and
I
beg
of
you,
please
ask
please
ask
please
ask
we
will
advocate
every
step
of
the
way
against
all
of
the
challenges
that
we
face.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Miss
robin.
AO
AO
I
can
I
can
possibly
believe
that
it
is
more
than
40
miles
an
hour
and
that
sidewalk
is
very
skinny
and
the
idea
of
60
students
of
my
students
that
I
see
when
I've
come
and
volunteer
walking
that
every
day
in
what
other
weather
conditions
makes
me
very
nervous,
makes
my
board
very
nervous.
So
I'm
here
to
here
to
speak
on
their
behalf
that
we
do
support
them.
We
do
want
them
to
continue
to
get
at
best
service.
So
please
I
support
the
stay
and
I
do
support
that.
Hopefully
they
win
their
appeal.
AO
AP
Hi
randy
williams,
resident
of
shadyside
maryland,
and
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
safety
of
the
children.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
the
health
and
safety
of
children
on
the
streets
and
how
dangerous
it
is
for
children
to
be
exposed
to
a
a
clinic
such
as
a
substance
abuse
clinic
when
they're
walking
down
the
street
in
annapolis.
If
they
had
known
that
they
were
going
to
lose
their
buses,
you
can
bet
the
community
would
have
fought
that
substance
abuse
clinic.
AP
AP
We
are
going
to
be
in
a
horrible
position
in
the
next
couple
of
years,
as
children
continue
to
use
cell
phones
as
parents.
Let
them
have
wireless
technology
in
their
homes
and
more
at
schools
and
cell
towers
at
school
properties
are
going
to
increase.
The
number
of
children
who
are
affected
by
radio
frequency
radiation
and
those
children
will
cost
the
school
board
millions
of
dollars
over
the
next
many
years.
AP
AQ
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
major
jason
maine
united
states
army
currently
stationed
at
fort
meade.
I
moved
here
in
2014
summer
2014
ended
up
in
carrollton
manor
in
severna
park
and
my
son
had
to
walk
to
school
from
from
there,
and
I
was
okay
with
that
for
a
little
while,
until
he
told
me
about
dodging
cars
and
people
stopping
and
asking
him
for
cigarettes,
you
know
these
were.
AQ
These
were
adults,
and
I
thought
you
know
I
actually
moved
to
severna
park
because
I
was
told
that's
the
best
school
in
the
system,
and
I
agree
and
it's
funny
because
I
you
know,
I
get
a
phone
call
when
my
child
sneezes
at
school.
You
know,
have
you
guys
ever
heard.
O
AQ
Parents,
this
is
in
our
verona
county
school
board
with
an
important
announcement
about
lido
pizza
night.
You
know
I
mean
I,
I
get
an
email
and
a
phone
call
for
for
every
little
thing
that
happens
so
they're
gonna
take
his
bus
away
and
they
hand
my
son
who's
got
edd
a
piece
of
paper
that
says
in
three
days
or
four
days:
you're
not
gonna
have
a
bus
anymore,
and
only
because
I'm
vigilant
and
I
go
through
his
backpack
every
day
to
help
him
with
his
stuff.
AQ
I
see
the
letter
that
says:
oh
we're,
taking
away
bus
one
five,
five,
okay!
Well,
you
know
I
lived
in
carrollton
manor
for
two
years
and
I
swore
that
when
I
was
able
to
afford
a
house,
we
were
renting
that
I
would
buy
a
house
that
had
a
bus
that
my
kids,
I
have
four
kids
and
my
son's
going
to
high
school
next
year
and
then
the
next
three
are
coming
up.
AQ
So
I
I
purposely
overpaid
for
the
privilege,
for
you
know
440
000,
for
a
house
in
sabrina
park
because
it
had
a
bus
stop
and
it
had
a
bus
that
picked
up.
My
children
and
dropped
them
off
safely
every
day.
Okay,
that's
why
I
bought
that
house.
I
could
have
gone
to
arnold.
I
could
have
gone
somewhere
else
for
much
much
cheaper,
but
I
chose
not
to
because
I
love
savannah
park.
I
really
do
it's.
You
know.
AQ
I'm
from
boston
and
for
me
to
like
anywhere
else
is
is
an
anomaly:
okay,
you
ravens
fans
and
stuff,
it's
ridiculous,
but
I
love
you
right
and
you
know
what
I
I
don't
want
to
make
make
light
of
anything.
I
see
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
roger
that
we
you
know,
we
have
a
lot
of
issues
going
on
here
and
a
bus
seems
insignificant.
AQ
Okay,
you
know
hey
we're
taking
away
a
bus,
it's
no
big
deal.
You
know
we,
we
all
right.
Anyone
is
over
50
here
right.
We
walk
to
school
two
miles
in
the
snow,
both
ways
with
bare
feet
all
right.
I
get
that
but
but
but
for
me,
sir,
for
me,
mr
arletto,
that
was
38
years
ago
right.
It
was
38
years
ago.
I
did
that
times
have
changed
right,
but
my
my
28
years
in
the
army,
I've
had
a
lot
of
bosses.
AQ
You
know
give
me
last
minute,
you
know
fragos
and
orders
and
stuff
that
were
uninformed
and
and
I
go
back
to
people
not
with
a
problem
but
with
a
solution
all
right-
and
this
is
the
current
route
that
they
want.
My
my
kids
to
walk
it's
1.44
miles
and
they
have
to
go
through
a
path.
AQ
So
it's
not
even
like
staying
on
the
road,
so
here's
the
burner
park,
here's
where
I
live
and
here's
the
middle
school
1.44
miles
right
on
the
fringe,
all
right,
but
didn't
we
I'm
sorry,
but
didn't
we
start
the
school
year
a
little
bit
later,
so
our
kids
could
get
a
little
extra
sleep.
Well,
I
have
to
get
my
son
up
45
minutes
early,
so
he
can
walk
that
extra,
a
mile
and
a
half
which
is
again
right
on
the
fringe
and
then
very
last.
AQ
Second,
here's
my
solution
right
down
the
street
from
from
all
of
us
from
our
neighborhood
is
a
silas
baptist
church
and
it's
right.
Next
to
early
heights,
connector
seven
buses
go
by
there
every
single
day,
going
to
the
middle
school,
so
don't
make
my
son
walk
or
my
kids
walk
a
mile
and
a
half
to
get
to
school.
Let
them
walk
a
quarter
mile
and
let
the
bus
pick
them
up
there.
That's
my
solution.
B
All
right
next
is
consent
items.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
bundle
items
4.01
to
4.15?
A
W
AB
B
B
AR
B
B
B
AS
AT
AT
We
were
seeking
to
find
out
what
the
members
of
the
greater
school
community
valued
in
a
public
school
system,
the
information
we
learned
from
our
students,
our
employees,
families
and
partners
laid
a
strong
foundation
for
our
strategic
plan,
conversations
that
were
yet
to
come
through
focus
groups,
surveys,
community
forums
and
regular
planning
meetings
throughout
the
next
18
months.
Both
our
internal
and
external
stakeholders
communicated
the
qualities
and
attributes
of
our
school
system
that
they
value.
AU
Our
school
systems,
leadership
and
resource
teams
reviewed
discussed
even
challenged.
What
the
proposed
values
looked
like
in
our
classrooms
and
offices
throughout
the
school
system,
smaller
working
groups
had
opportunities
to
provide
input
about
the
final
five
driving
values
and
the
potential
impact
they
could
have
if
we
were
to
embrace
them
fully
within
our
school
system.
AS
So
because
of
this
unique
process,
this
plan
is
indeed
unique
to
anne
arundel
county.
The
five
values
identified
by
our
stakeholders
have
been
contemplated,
reviewed
and
discussed,
pruned
and
debated
by
the
superintendent,
his
executive
team,
our
many
offices
and
school-based
teams,
teachers,
employees,
students
from
every
corner
of
the
school
system,
as
well
as
our
community
members.
AS
AU
Yes,
learning
is
the
key,
and
we
heard
this
loud
and
clear
from
our
many
stakeholders,
but
they
were
clear
that
they
wanted
us
to
concentrate
on
student
learning,
not
only
in
the
classroom
but
also
before
and
after
school,
during
summers
and
weekends
and
even
in
the
virtual
world,
transcending
the
natural
geographic
barriers
of
this
county
will
be
important
so
that
all
students
can
access
the
wealth
of
co-curricular
activities,
sports
events
and
clubs.
We
will
be
offering
in
our
schools,
at
anne
arundel,
community
college
and
throughout
the
county.
AS
AS
AS
Z
And
that's
something
that
took
me
a
little
bit
of
time
to
learn
as
a
teacher
was
the
power
of
relationships,
and
sometimes
I
think
I
got
too
caught
up
in
a
test
score
or
a
grade,
and
not
thinking
about
that.
The
most
important
thing
that
I
could
do
to
help
a
student
achieve
was
help
that
student
understand
that
they
had
somebody
caring
about
them.
Z
AT
AT
AT
AS
So
this
plan
is
novel
in
yet
one
other
additional
way
it
lives
in
a
web.
In
a
web-based
non-linear
dynamic
space,
it's
meant
to
be
a
living
document.
That's
returned
to
regularly
by
stakeholders
throughout
the
life
of
the
plan,
and
here
you
see
the
front
page
of
our
strategic
plan
and
yes
right
in
the
middle
of
it
and
purposefully
in
the
middle
of
it
are
our
students.
AS
There
are
eight
clickable
like
icons
that
surround
the
circle
that
will
allow
you
to
dive
deeply
into
all
sections
of
the
plan.
As
you
see
fit
kind
of
in
the
learning
and
demand
kind
of
way
in
the
bottom
left
corner,
you
will
see
the
about
button
and
you'll
find
our
planning
process
there.
Our
mission,
our
vision,
are
highlighted
historical
successes,
the
data
on
which
we
built
this
plan
and
our
imagined
future,
where
our
youth
will
live
and
learn
and
lead.
There
are
riches
housed
behind
that
red
button.
AS
So
that's
where
you'll
find
our
indicators
and
our
tools
and
our
measures
you're
going
to
learn
how
to
we
intend
how
we
intend
to
measure
our
progress
toward
elevating
all
students
and
eliminating
all
gaps.
You
will
see
that
we
have
indicators
focused
on
relationship
building
and
those
focused
on
academics
and
those
focused
where
academics
and
relationships
actually
overlap
or
intersect.
AS
Then
our
timelines
show
up
where
we
showcase
stories.
We
spoke
of
the
importance
of
relationships
earlier
well.
Relationships
are
built
when
people
get
to
know
one
another,
and
in
this
plan
we
believe
in
the
power
of
story
as
a
means
to
nurture
relationships
that
we
seek
to
grow
in
our
schools
and
our
offices.
AS
We
know
on
those
kinds
of
strong
foundations,
students
will
soar
academically
as
well.
The
report
section
will
house
our
strategic
plan,
the
annual
reports,
including
questions
and
answers
and
comment
opportunities
for
communities
to
engage,
and
then
the
references
and
the
resources
in
the
blue
green
area.
Here
you
will
find
research
and
popular
press
articles,
digital
media,
video
for
educators
and
the
community
and,
finally,
all
the
way
around
the
circle
to
the
green
button,
titled
how
we
are
doing.
AS
AS
It's
important
to
us
that
the
members
of
our
aacps
community
employees
and
students
and
families
and
partners
are
offered
time
to
review
and
contemplate
this
strategic
plan
you
see
now.
This
is
the
plan
on
our
website,
as
we
have
during
every
step
of
the
strategic
planning
process.
We
encourage
input
from
all
stakeholders.
AS
We
are
stronger
and
better
equipped
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
students
when
we
listen
and
consider
community
input,
we
invite
you
to
review
the
strategic
plan
website
and
complete
the
feedback
form
available
on
the
site
through
november
30th
links
to
the
plan
this
plan.
This
website
will
be
on
a
link
on
our
aacps
home
page,
and
at
this
time
we
entertain
any
questions
you
may
have.
B
I'll
say
I
know
we
had
a
one
of
those
community
sessions
with
the
board
where
we
provided
our
input
for
the
plan
that
I
appreciated
being
part
of
that
as
we
went
along
with
it.
So
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work.
AB
So
if
I
could
add
that
this
is
so,
this
is
still
really
in
draft
form.
We
haven't
finalized
it,
because
now
that
we
want
to
present
it
to
the
board
first
and
let
you
take
a
quick
look
at
it,
we
want
you
now
to
dig
dive
and
you
know
dive
deeply
into
it
and
get
to
know
it
and
provide
some
feedback
both
online
and
certainly
as
you're
meeting
with
me.
Please
provide
that
feedback.
AB
We
will
now
release
this
as
of
tomorrow
to
the
public,
so
the
public
can
and
we'll
put
messages
out
to
the
public
for
them
to
give
us
sort
of
some
crowdsourcing
on
tell
us
what
they
think
and
is
this
match,
what
they
the
information
they
fed
us
as
we
went
through
this
process
and
then
we'll
finalize
it
and
we'll
come
back
to
the
board
for
final
vote,
because
this
is
in
fact
your
five-year
strategic
plan.
This
has
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
work.
AB
Mr
dykstra
and
mrs
jackson
and
much
of
the
team
have
put
a
lot
of
heart
and
soul
into
this.
We
very
much
appreciate
the
public
input.
AB
There
are
many
people
behind
the
scenes
like
carolyn
mccurdy
and
miss
mcewen
back
there,
who's
hiding
in
the
corner,
sheila
who's
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,
but
it
has
all
been
rallied
around
dr
mcmahon
and
your
fabulous
work.
This
this
plan
does
not
look
like
other
school
system
strategic
plans
and
that's
a
direct
result
is
because
it's
dr
mcmahon
has
her
fingerprints
all
over
we're
really
trying
to
respond
to
what
the
public
sees
as
the
most
important
things,
what
they
value
in
a
public
school
system.
So
we
we
are
looking
forward
to
your
input.
AB
I
Thank
you,
pam
bukowski,
southern
high
school
middle
school,
phoenix
tech
vice
president,
as
part
of
the
collaborative
between
tac
and
asi,
I
also
was
privileged,
as
were
probably
about
15
or
20
of
us,
to
be
part
of
the
discussion,
and
it
was
extremely
productive
and
fruitful,
and
I
even
you
know
even
tonight
saw
some
of
the
things
that
we
had
talked
about
implemented
within
the
presentation.
So
I
am
very
pleased
to
to
be
part
of
this
as
well,
and
I
do
certainly
commend
them.
B
So
next
is
item
6.01,
which
is
a
review
item,
monthly
financial
status
report
and
fy
2018
revenue
and
expenditures
projections:
this
is
a
review
item.