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Good
evening
mrs
corbilak,
mrs
hammer,
dr
arlotto
members
of
the
board,
I
am
regional
assistant
superintendent,
chris
truffer,
and
I
have
the
distinct
pleasure
of
introducing
this
evening's
board
recognition.
But
before
I
begin,
I
would
like
to
ask
members
of
the
board
and
dr
arlatto
to
please
come
forward.
C
Their
efforts
go
far
beyond
the
classroom
and
uplift
each
other,
not
just
in
the
pursuit
of
academic
excellence
for
students,
but
in
the
relationship
building
that
extends
well
beyond
the
school
walls.
When
times
are
tough
and
there
are
tough
times
our
school
staff
members
know
they
can
rely
on
each
other.
C
Behavioral,
specialist
lassie
belt
was
first
on
the
scene
and
began
cpr
with
assistant
principal
mike
ballard,
close
behind
to
help
language
arts
department
chair
mike
mccann
retrieved,
a
defibrillator
with
science,
teacher
dawn,
cayton
and
school
nurse
sue
danielson,
providing
critical
care
until
paramedics
arrived
stacy
canuel,
a
bates
parent
volunteer,
who
is
also
a
registered
nurse
assisted
ms
danielson.
In
this
work.
C
All
of
this
occurred,
I
might
add,
with
500
additional
people
in
the
building,
due
to
an
end-of-year
eighth
grade
ceremony,
principal
paul
deru
to
his
credit,
directed
a
school-wide
lockdown,
so
that
nothing
interrupted
the
first
eight
efforts
and
sixth
grade
team
leader
taylor
grimail,
monitored
the
hallway
where
the
emergency
occurred,
their
collective
efforts,
along
with
those
of
others,
that
day
allowed
mr
bielski
to
receive
the
care
he
needed.
I
am
thrilled
to
tell
you
that
when
classes
resumed
this
past
august
22nd,
mr
bielski
was
right
where
he
belonged
in
his
classroom
teaching
his
students.
C
D
It
was
a
remarkable
bit
of
teamwork
that
that
saved
me
there's
quite
a
narrative.
He
put
that
together
there,
but
the
amazing
part
was
afterward
when
I
came
back
to
school
and
a
little
a
little
exchange
between
mr
belt
and
myself
really
exemplified
what
happened.
Mr
belt
is
known
for
his
his
stern
handshake
and
his
way
to
teach
kids
how
to
have
a
nice
firm
and
assertive
type
of
greeting
well.
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When
he
saw
me
he
came
at
me
with
with
his
customary
handshake
and
we've
shaken
hands,
probably
a
hundred
times
over
two
years,
but
this
time
a
handshake
wasn't
enough.
He
needed
a
hug
and-
and
he
gave
me
a
hug
and
it
was
kind
of
a
confirmation
that
wow
you're
you're
really
here
and
it's
great
to
have
you
and
I
saved
your
life.
D
And
and
and
it's
true,
he
saved
my
life
along
with
the
others,
but
it
was
very
symbolic
of
it
and
there's
a
connection
between
us
now
that
can
never
be
never
be
broken,
and
you
know
he.
He
often
tells
me
the
story.
I
said
how
bad
was
it.
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He
goes
nah,
it
was
bad,
you
looked
gray
and
it's
same
goes
with
dawn
and
the
others
that
were
there
to
save
me
and
I'm
really
grateful
and
and
I'm
lucky
and
I'm
fortunate
and
each
day
I
I
I
do
say
I
have
some
blessings,
but
the
connection
between
mr
belt
and
myself
and
the
others
there
is
is
inseparable
at
this
point
and
I'm
thankful
for
their
for
their
emergency
they're,
calm
under
pressure,
their
teamwork
and,
of
course,
their
willingness
to
not
give
up,
even
when
it
looked
pretty
bad.
C
Thanks
pete,
it's
an
understatement
to
say
that
we
are
glad
to
have
you
here
with
us,
along
with
the
other
members
of
the
bates
family,
as
the
members
of
the
bates
family,
who
were
so
helpful
to
pete
come
forward.
Please
join
me
in
thanking
them
for
their
more
than
heroic
acts
way
to
go.
Bates
team.
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B
No
highlights
I
do
want
to
mention
that
on
saturday
I
had
the
opportunity
to
join
the
other
judges
in
judging
the
maryland
teacher
of
the
year,
and
there
were
seven
finalists,
including
our
own
katrina,
griffith
and
we'll
find
out
the
big
reveal
on
october
7th,
but
they
were
all
just
amazing,
fantastic
teachers.
So,
no
matter
who
wins
it's
going
to
be
an
awesome
night.
H
Good
evening
president
corbilike
dr
alato
and
board
members,
my
name
is
josuraya.
I
am
a
sophomore
at
severna
park,
high
school
and
a
member
of
the
chesapeake
regional
association
of
student
councils.
It
feels
like
crass,
has
been
extremely
busy
this
year
since
school
has
started,
and
our
organization
meets
every
wednesday
when
there
is
not
a
conflicting
board
meeting.
Our
meetings
are
late,
are
located
here
at
the
carol
parham
building
at
6
30
and
usually
wrap
around
8
30.
H
we've
been
lucky
this
year,
as
new
students
have
joined
in
our
conversations
and
brought
new
topics
up
for
discussion.
These
weekly
meetings
are
open
to
all
secondary
students,
not
just
officers.
Many
students
intend
as
school,
liaisons
or
students
at
large.
We
are
choosing
to
clarify
this
in
our
report
because
we
have
been
approached
by
so
many
students
over
the
last
few
weeks
who
would
like
to
become
involved.
H
We
want
everyone
to
have
access
to
the
student
leadership
programs,
because
we
are
a
stronger
organization
when
more
students
are
involved
and
vocal
information
and
reminders
are
available
on
our
website
and
social
media
feeds.
Students
wishing
to
bring
an
issue
to
our
attention
can
contact
us
and
we
will
add
their
item
to
our
agenda.
H
Historically.
Cresc
has
been
linked
with
sga,
but
since
we
deal
with
issues
that
appeal
to
a
broader
audience
of
students,
we
look
beyond
student
government
to
find
our
next
leaders.
Students
do
not
need
to
be
involved
in
sga
or
any
other
school
organization
to
be
a
part
of
our
work.
We
are
always
actively
recruit
recruiting
new
students,
especially
younger
kids,
who
can
be
a
part
of
the
organization
for
a
longer
period
of
time.
Another
way
that
students
can
be
involved
in
the
aacps
student
leadership
program.
It's
a
is
to
participate
in
the
superintendent's
teen
advisory.
H
This
is
dr
orlatto
student
advisory
panel
that
meets
once
a
month.
There
are
representatives
from
all
high
schools
for
nomination.
Please
see
your
principals
this
year,
I
will
be
the
laser
liaison
between
crass
and
the
teen
advisory
to
make
sure
that
important
student
issues
are
discussed
by
more
than
one
audience.
Dr
arlatta,
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
first
meeting
in
october.
H
In
closing,
I
would
like
to
review
revisit
an
issue
that
crash
tackled
in
our
general
assembly.
Last
december.
This
the
students
of
anne
arundel
county
have
been
discussing
school
start
times
since
2010..
We
have
been
asked
to
give
statements,
write
position,
letters
engage
in
conversations
and
sit
on
the
school
start
times.
Committee
officially
crossroads
supports
a
vote
to
make
no
changes
to
this
current
school
start
time
and
schedule
with
all
the
money,
resources
and
time
that
it
will
require
to
make
a
meaningful
change.
H
H
B
Next,
we'll
have
the
public
comment
portion
of
the
meeting.
Anyone
wishing
to
speak
on
an
item
not
on
today's
agenda
may
offer
testimony
during
the
public
comment
portion
of
the
meeting.
Speakers
will
be
allotted
three
minutes
each
and
the
board
asks
that
comments
remain
civil
and
appropriate
for
the
various
audiences
that
may
be
watching
or
viewing
the
meeting
student
specific
and
personal
matters
are
confidential
and
cannot
be
discussed
in
this
forum.
This
time
is
intended
for
speakers
to
voice
their
opinion
and
not
necessarily
as
a
question
and
answer
period.
B
Speakers
may
pose
questions,
but
answers
will
be
counted
toward
the
three-minute
allotment.
For
the
record,
please
give
your
name
before
speaking
and
handouts
should
be
given
to
the
board
assistant.
I
have
five
cards:
robert
silkworth
sebastian,
serrano,
lisa,
radvion,
odessa,
ellis
and
lisa
van
buskirk.
J
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
good
evening,
president
corbella
vice
president
humber,
dr
aladda
and
distinguished
board
members.
My
name
is
robert
silkworth
and
I'm
one
of
your
veteran
teachers
here
in
anne
arundel
county.
I
am
also
once
again
the
chairperson
of
the
high
school
concerns
committee,
and
we
will
come
to
you
almost
every
month
to
give
you
an
update.
Our
first
meeting
was
held
on
september,
the
14th,
and
I
can
report
to
you
that
there
have
been
many
reports
of
a
very
positive
nature
for
the
new
school
year.
J
As
you
know,
the
tac
asi
committee
is
also
up
and
running
again
this
year
and
we
will
continue
to
collaborate
with
them
in
order
to
discuss
concerns
and
recommendations
for
our
students
in
the
school
system
at
the
high
school
level.
As
you
know,
I
usually
focus
on
a
few
items.
A
recent
poll
of
many
of
our
high
schools
at
the
meeting
indicated
that
our
faculty
councils
and
high
schools
are
up
in
operation,
and
all
reports
also
were
very
positive.
J
We
view
the
faculty
council
as
one
of
the
most
important
means
by
which
collaboration
can
occur
for
the
good
of
our
students.
Teachers
and
staff,
and
with
the
help
of
many
people,
it
appears
as
if
faculty
councils
are
operating
as
they
should.
Also,
there
were
some
concerns
raised
about
the
new
grading
regulations
and
those
concerns
will
be
shared
with
attack
asi
committee,
we're
always
concerned
about
consistent
implementation
of
grading
regulations,
and
some
concerns
were
raised
about
some
interpretation
of
some
of
the
regulations
which
will
require
some
clarification
from
dr
mcmahon
and
her
staff.
J
There
was
discussion
also
about
the
calendar
for
the
next
school
year
as
a
result
of
the
proclamation.
I
know
you
are
all
working
on
that
it
might
be
a
good
idea
to
reach
out
to
teachers
in
the
form
of
a
survey
or
whatever,
in
order
to
get
some
recommendations
from
them.
I
usually
end
with
some
kudos,
and
I
really
have
two
one
is
also
for
katrina
griffin
who,
on
october
7,
we
will
be
going
to
the
dinner
with
some
of
you
and
they're
all
great
folks
and
you're
right.
Whoever
wins
is
great.
J
J
Oh
our
meeting
next
meeting
is
on
october
19th,
not
october
12,
because
october
12th
does
fall
on
a
holiday
and
you're
all
invited.
Thank
you.
K
Good
evening,
everyone
I
am
sebastian
serrano
and
my
job
is
to
teach
ap
physics
and
esau
matter
and
energy
at
annapolis,
high
school
as
an
american.
I
look
for
two
things
in
a
job,
an
occupation
where
I
believe
I
can
truly
excel
and
one
in
which
I
can
make
a
reasonable
living.
My
inspirations
are
the
true
leaders
of
our
past.
K
I
hold
similar
convictions
toward
teaching
as
general
douglas
macarthur
did
toward
the
service
when
he
stood
before
the
graduates
of
west
point
and
said
duty,
honor
country,
those
three
hallowed
words
reverently
dictate
what
you
ought
to
be,
what
you
can
be
and
what
you
will
be.
The
five-star
general
understood
from
experience
that
true
success
came
from
an
unyielding
desire
to
succeed,
a
thorough
and
efficient
work
ethic
and
a
genuine
support
from
his
fellow
americans.
K
K
When
I
leave
the
work
site
for
the
day,
I
reflect
how
did
today
contribute
to
those
noble
objectives.
Unfortunately,
additional
matters
of
significance
occupy
my
time.
What,
if
my
car
engine
fails
for
the
third
time,
the
past
12
months?
How
will
I
tell
my
students
that
I
have
to
resign
without
them
thinking?
I've
turned
my
back
on
them.
What,
if
officials
attempt
to
remove
language
regarding
step,
increases
from
our
contract?
Yet
again?
K
What
if
they
finally
succeed
this
year,
is
the
20
million
dollar
health
care
shortfall,
a
failure
to
pay
or
another
tactic
to
freeze
steps.
Will
I
be
able
to
remain
an
anne
arundel
county
taxpayer?
Will
I
be
part
of
the
very
real
teacher
exodus
so
that
my
taxes
go
to
a
county
that
is
able
to
fund
me
as
I
need?
Can
I
look
leadership
in
the
eye
and
truly
believe
that
I
can
fulfill
general
macarthur's
call
for
duty,
honor
and
country.
K
My
state
leadership
applied
a
blanket
to
my
profession
called
me
a
thug.
My
county
leadership
said
they
didn't
know
how
the
budget
timeline
worked.
This
body
last
year
ratified
a
contract
that
took
away
challenge
stipend
retention
bonuses.
If
I'm
simply
a
thorn
in
your
side,
our
kids
have
truly
lost
their
names
become
meaningless
when
they
are
but
pawns
in
a
political
chess
match.
I
will
continue
to
follow
through
and
ensure
on
my
end
that
my
students
are
the
ones
being
accepted
into
engineering,
medical
teaching,
law
and
business
programs.
K
L
Good
evening
board
of
education
for
the
record
lisa
van
buskirk
of
edgewater
as
part
of
my
role
of
start
school
later
chapter
leader
and
more
about
that
later.
In
addition
to
emailing
all
of
you
frequently,
I
occasionally
ask
for
meetings
so
that
I
can
better
understand
the
board's
concerns
about
shifting
school
hours.
As
part
of
that
outreach
effort.
This
summer
I
emailed
ms
williams
and
mr
grant
several
times
to
welcome
the
board
and
ask
them
to
meet
mr
grant,
never
replied,
which
is
fine.
L
I'm
used
to
silence
from
most
of
my
emails,
but
more
concerning
was
a
response
on
behalf
of
mrs
williams
from
an
aacps
staffer
and
that
email
has
been
provided
to
you
most
concerning
was
a
certain
paragraph,
the
third
one,
which
said
I
want
to.
Let
you
also
know
that
it's
not
the
practice
for
individual
board
members
to
meet
with
specific
stakeholders,
as
personal
meetings
have
the
potential
of
putting
a
board
member
at
an
advantage
of
getting
new
information
that
other
board
members
may
not
have.
L
So
I
ask:
has
the
board
recently
adopted
a
policy
of
which
the
public
is
not
aware,
or
is
your
executive
assistant
mistaken?
If
the
board
has
adopted
such
a
policy,
does
it
apply
to
meetings
between
board
members
and
dr
orlando
so
that
no
individual
board
meeting
that
board
member
has
an
advantage
not
offered
to
all
board
members?
L
Why
would
the
a
cps
staff
member
advise
mrs
williams
that
she
does
not
need
to
meet
with
the
public?
Why
would
the
aacps
staff
imply
that
the
board
does
not
want
all
the
information
on
the
subject
that
would
inform
the
discussion,
no
matter
how
it
is
provided
to
the
board?
Will
miss
williams
similarly
be
refraining
from
participating
in
all
crafts
activities
and
discussing
issues
with
other
students,
as
that
could
put
her
in
advantage
of
getting
new
information
that
other
board
members
may
not
have?
L
So
I
sincerely
hope
that
you
welcome
meetings
and
interactions
with
students,
parents,
taxpayers
and
other
stakeholders,
knowing
that
such
meetings
can
be
vitally
important
to
gaining
an
understanding
of
the
concerns
and
viewpoints
of
those
you
serve,
and
I
hope
your
assistant's
response
is
not
an
attempt
to
limit
the
public's
access
to
the
board,
including
the
student
member,
who
holds
the
unique
position
in
our
state
and
country
as
having
full
voting
rights.
Thank
you.
M
Good
evening,
president
korbilak
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
lisa
rodvian
and
I'm
a
secondary
teacher
in
anne
arundel
county
public
schools.
I'd
like
to
start
by
saying
thank
you
for
the
role
that
you
played
in
ensuring
that
teachers
received
their
promise
step
increases
for
this
year.
This
will
provide
some
needed
financial
relief
for
many
of
my
colleagues,
and
it
will
also
help
boost
teacher
morale,
which
has
been
very
low
in
recent
years.
M
M
A
teacher
with
an
identical
education
and
experience
to
mine,
for
example,
is
being
hired
at
a
a
salary
10
percent
higher
than
my
current
salary.
This
is
pretty
typical
across
the
salary
scales.
Needless
to
say,
this
is
causing
current
teachers
in
the
county
to
feel
resentful
and
in
some
cases,
teachers
are
considering
leaving
the
county
altogether.
M
In
fact,
I've
heard
of
teachers
leaving
and
returning
in
order
to
make
up
some
of
their
lost
steps
spending
another
year
in
a
a
year
in
another
county
and
then
coming
back
to
make
matters
worse.
The
teachers
who
have
been
here
often
work
hard
to
help
our
fellow
new
colleagues
orient
to
all
the
policies
and
practices
unique
to
aacps.
M
In
my
hallway
of
seven
teachers,
there
are
five
new
teachers.
I
have
already
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
this
year
teaching
my
colleagues
how
to
use
our
grading
system
attendance
system,
teaching
them
about
our
discipline
policies
and
other
things.
Teachers
new
to
our
county
need
to
know
out
of
respect
and
fairness
to
teachers
who
have
stuck
with
aacps
through
the
rough
years.
I
hope
the
board
will
push
for
a
budget
that
works
to
remedy
these
substantial
inequities
between
long-time
teachers
and
new
hires.
Thank
you.
M
N
Good
evening,
I'm
odessa
ellis
chairperson
of
concerned
citizens
for
successful
students.
It's
good
to
see
you
again
and
I'm
happy
to
know
that
you
all
had
a
safe
summer.
Some
of
us
didn't
there
were
nine
killings
this
year
and
numerous
shootings
in
some
of
the
annapolis
communities,
most
of
them
in
public
housing
and
low-income
areas.
N
I
would
like
to
share
something
personal
about
me.
The
early
years
of
my
life.
I
lived
at
one-on-one
calves
street
also
known
as
the
fourth
ward.
Today,
the
state
and
government,
the
state
and
county
government
buildings
are
located
there.
We
were
low
to
moderate
income
families,
but
the
famines
were
strong.
Then,
and
education
was
important.
N
N
N
All
the
businesses,
the
black
professionals,
new
neighborhoods,
sprang
up,
such
as
robin
wood,
newtown,
19
and
20,
annapolis,
gardens
and
others
then
came
the
drugs
into
those
neighborhoods
first
and
then
later
the
guns.
Now
our
neighborhoods
are
infested
with
crime
and
they
are
in
a
crisis
situation.
N
N
During
this
past
year
and
summer,
our
community
ambassadors
attended
funerals
of
a
lot
of
our
young
people,
their
ages
range
from
15
to
30.
many
of
these
young
people.
I
remember
also
from
annapolis
high
school,
our
community
ambassadors,
their
only
four
now
are
a
comforting
source
for
these
families
who
are
living
in
these
crime-ridden
neighborhoods.
N
And
the
sad
thing
about
this
is
that
the
majority
of
the
families
living
there
are
good,
hard-working
people
who
are
just
trying
to
survive
and
raise
a
family.
Many
are
just
stuck
there.
The
community
ambassadors
services
are
invaluable,
so
I
am
asking
the
board
once
again
once
more
that
that
you
would
increase
their
pay
from
ten
dollars
to
fifteen
dollars
per
hour
in
this
upcoming
school
budget
and
for
them
to
also
to
receive
benefits,
because
they
do
not
receive
any
pay
when
the
schools
are
closed
or
the
kids
are
having
school
during
the
summer.
Great.
B
Okay,
we
will
move
on
to
the
public
hearing
for
the
superintendent's
recommended
fy,
2018,
cip
and
capital
budget.
This
is
a
public
hearing
and
those
individuals
wishing
to
testify
have
signed
the
sheet
that
I
have
before
me.
Three
minutes
will
be
allotted
to
each
speaker
and,
if
you're
here
with
a
group
wanting
to
speak
on
the
same
subject,
I
ask
to
appoint
a
spokesperson
to
deliver
the
testimony
and
other
members
of
the
group
are
welcome
to
stand.
B
While
that
testimony
is
given
the
light
in
front
of
me,
will
flash
yellow
when
you
have
30
seconds
remaining
and
a
tone
will
be
heard
when
your
time
is
up
for
the
record?
Please
give
your
name
and
the
spelling
of
your
name
and
the
group
you
represent.
If
any
copies
of
comments
are
welcome
and
may
be
given
to
the
board
assistant,
please
come
up
front
and
have
a
seat
at
the
witness
tables
when
you're
called,
and
you
may
speak
from
the
podium
or
from
the
tables,
whichever
you
find
more
comfortable.
B
This
hearing
is
designed,
so
the
board
can
obtain
public
input
on
the
budget
recommendation
as
opposed
to
a
back
and
forth
discussion
board.
Members
will
take
what
they
hear
tonight,
as
well
as
other
input
received
prior
to
this
hearing
and
formulate
their
thoughts
and
questions
about
the
budget
which
will
come
up
for
for
adoption
later.
This
meeting.
B
I
have
four
names:
kristen
etzel,
howard,
rolicky,
laura
blankenship
and
mallory
lafond.
O
Good
evening
dr
arlatto,
president
corbilike
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
kristen
etzel,
I'm
the
parent
of
two
children
who
attend
ripling,
woods
elementary
school
and
I'm
the
organizer
of
the
fun
old
mill
school
construction
group.
Tonight
we
have
a
group
of
parents,
pta
members
and
others
representing
many
of
the
schools
included
in
the
old
mill
complex
master
plan
released
earlier
this
month.
O
The
board's
projected
six-year
plan
presented
last
year
included
kicking
off
the
old
mill,
complex
master
plan
work
in
fiscal
year,
18
with
design
funding
for
quarter
field
elementary
rippling
woods
elementary
and
old
mill
west
high
school.
We
are
here
tonight
to
ask
that
you
return
to
last
year's
projected
schedule
and
restore
funding
to
the
fiscal
year
18
budget
for
the
three
schools
mentioned.
O
We
would
also
ask
that
the
board
study
all
options
for
any
possibility
of
accelerating
the
nine-year
overall
schedule
for
the
project,
as
was
detailed
in
the
master
plan,
old
middle
schools
have
had
funding,
promised
and
then
delayed
in
previous
years
due
to
the
recession
and
other
factors,
we've
waited
for
many
years
and
we
have
our
place
in
line.
According
to
the
2015
mgt
study
priority
list.
O
Last
year,
the
county
included
funding
in
their
fiscal
year
17
budget
for
land
acquisition
for
this
project.
You
now
also
have
a
detailed
master
plan
document
to
use
as
a
guide
to
move
forward.
Why
the
delay
in
beginning
the
design
phase
for
the
first
schools
in
the
complex
our
goal
is
to
see
the
funding
for
these
projects
stay
on
course,
so
that
the
design
work
can
begin
as
soon
as
possible.
We
don't
want
to
see
the
funding
for
this
project
delayed
again.
O
P
Good
evening
I
just
kind
of
want
to
reiterate
the
same
thing.
Oh
I'm
sorry!
Oh
I'm
sorry,
howard
rolicky
out
of
millersville,
I
have
a
son
that
goes
to
riplingwood,
so
I've
been
involved
with
school
a
little
bit
and
it
when
you
can
walk
around
the
school
and
see
it's
I
mean
I
can't
speak
for
the
other
schools,
but
I've
been
in
and
out
of
rippling
woods
a
bunch
of
times
over
the
last
three
years
and
the
open
air
classrooms.
It
makes
it
tough.
P
H
P
The
others
do
as
well
so
and
like
we
were
talking
about
before
it's
not
about
bumping
any
other
schools
out
of
the
way
or
anything
just
trying
to
stay.
On
course
I
mean
it's
it's
on
the
budget.
We
don't
know
why.
I
got
pumped
off
last
year,
we're
just
hoping
coming
here
today
and
speaking
to
you
making
this
plea
that
we
just
stay
on
budget
just
keep
it
on
the
boards
on
the
books
this
year.
That's
our
our
main
goal,
so
we're
just
trying
to
represent
the
school
all
the
schools
really.
P
I
know
the
plan
won't
really
affect
my
son,
but
I
do
have
a
daughter,
that's
too
so
I
mean
this
it's
home
for
me.
So
that's
all
I'd
like
to
say.
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
laura
blankenship,
I'm
a
parent
and
a
grandparent
from
ripley
woods
elementary
school.
I
have
experienced
the
school
at
its
lowest
when
it
had
400
children
going
to
that
school.
Now
it
has
about
700
and
some
odd
children
going
there.
The
school
is
overcrowded.
We
have
new
communities
being
built
every
day
in
the
area.
Q
You
see
a
new
housing
unit
popping
up
here
down
here,
but
there's
no
reconstruction
to
the
schools,
there's
nothing
being
added,
there's
nothing
being
taken
and
our
kids
need
the
best
they
can
have,
but
with
overcrowding
you
can't
give
them
the
best
that
they
deserve.
When
you
walk
through
the
halls,
this
class
could
be
over
here.
Learning
math,
but
this
class
over
here
is
trying
to
learn,
reading
and
hear
them.
Reading
math
you
it's
just
too
confusing
for
the
kids
to
be
functioning
and
when
you're
doing
gym.
Q
Okay,
you
hear
the
kids
down
the
hall
in
the
gym,
even
though
the
door's
shut
you're
in
the
library
you're.
Still
the
kids
in
the
gym,
hey
yeah,
we're
playing
basketball,
but
you
know
it's
it's
really!
It's
frustrating
for
the
kids,
because
I'm
there
a
lot,
I
volunteer
there
a
lot
when
I'm
not
working,
and
you
see
the
kids
struggling
every
day
just
to
do
reading,
because
this
kid
over
here
in
this
classroom
being
disruptive
or
this
kid
just
needs
a
little
bit
more
time
and
the
teachers
are
getting
frustrated
as
well
as
the
kids.
R
Good
evening
corvlade
vice
president
hummer,
my
name
is
mallory
lafon
and
I'm
a
parent
of
a
third
grader
and
kindergartner
at
brockbridge
elementary
school.
I'm
also
the
current
president
of
the
pta
first.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
the
building
improvements
at
brock
bridge
elementary.
R
The
school
community
is
both
happy
and
excited
about
the
possibility
of
walls
in
the
classroom
which
may
help
decrease
distraction
and
increase
student
productivity.
In
addition
to
the
walls
the
school
is
in
need
of
additional
repair.
I
know
the
budget
is
tight,
but
our
school
has
not
had
a
major
renovation.
In
years,
I'm
asking
the
board
to
consider
adding
money
to
improve
the
existing
restrooms
in
the
school.
The
restrooms
are
extremely
outdated
and,
while
our
custodial
staff
does
a
fantastic
job,
maintaining
the
restrooms.
R
The
toilets,
fixtures,
tiles
and
even
doors
could
use
replacing
one
example
are
the
outdated
sinks,
making
it
almost
impossible
to
wash
both
hands
at
the
same
time
increasing
the
transfer
of
germs
on
students
hands
this
in
addition
to
the
missing
tiles,
broken
toilets,
outdated
fixtures
are
needed.
Improvements
of
the
building
not
only
are
the
bathrooms
outdated
in
desperate
need
of
repair.
The
school
population
is
growing
right
now
there
are
around
540
students
enrolled
at
brock
bridge
about
100
more
than
there
were
this
time.
R
B
T
Yes
good
evening
mrs
corblak
miss
hummer,
dr
alato
and
members
of
the
board
for
the
record.
My
name
is
melissa
rawls
and
I
am
the
director
of
employee
relations.
I
am
pleased
to
announce
that
the
negotiating
teams
for
the
board
of
education
and
the
teachers
association
of
anne
arundel
county
have
reached
a
tentative
agreement
for
fy
2017.
T
in
brief
the
chain.
The
summary
of
changes,
as
agreed
upon
by
both
parties,
include
the
following
all
eligible
unit.
1
employees
will
receive
a
one-step
increase
for
fiscal
year,
2017
effective
on
their
second
pay
period
in
accordance
with
the
fy
2017
payroll
cycles.
In
addition,
all
unit
1
employees
located
on
step
25
of
june
on
june
30th
2016
and
remaining
active
on
step
25
at
the
date
of
board
ratification
will
receive
a
one-time
payment
of
926
dollars
and
31
cents.
T
Ultimately,
the
teams
were
able
to
reach
an
agreement
which
supports
tac
members
and
their
commitment
to
aacps
students,
staff
and
community.
On
september,
7
2016
tac
ratified
this
agreement.
As
such,
I
am
respectfully
requesting
your
approval
and
ratification
of
the
noted
summary
of
changes.
Thank
you.
A
U
U
U
We
understand
the
budget
constraints
and
lack
of
adequate
funding
have
played
a
large
role
in
the
deep
hole
in
which
we
still
find
ourselves.
The
past
eight
years
have
been
difficult
at
best
when
stretching
the
dollars
that
are
allotted
to
anne
arundel,
county
schools
in
terms
of
programs
and
human
resources.
U
At
the
same
time,
educators
have
made
many
sacrifices
in
order
to
keep
the
operation
going.
Educators
across
the
county
have
maintained
a
high
standard
of
delivery
of
instruction
for
our
students
throughout
this
turbulent
time.
With
the
notion
that
economy
is
improving
and
enhancements
will
be
made,
we
spent
over
10
months
working
through
the
bargaining
process.
U
Once
again,
this
year,
we've
had
a
successful
ratification
for
this
contract
on
september
7th,
following
the
second
consecutive
year
of
mandatory
mediation
moving
forward,
there
is
still
much
work
to
do
to
ensure
that
we
are
not
in
that
same
position
again.
Next
year,
anne
arundel
county
educators
have
lost
five
and
a
half
years
of
experience,
steps
on
average
in
the
salary
scale
having
lost
so
many
steps
in
payer.
U
Educators
are
finding
greener
pastures
elsewhere,
while
understanding
the
need
to
recruit
candidates
to
fill
positions,
we
need
to
respect
the
work
for
those
who
have
remained
loyal
to
the
system.
Our
educators
have
been
feeling
the
workload
rise
each
year,
not
having
proper
enhancements,
makes
their
efforts
seem
less
respected.
U
Baltimore
county
reached
a
settlement
agreement
providing
a
three-year
term
with
step
increase
each
year
and
a
two
percent
cola.
Each
year,
baltimore
county
has
been
the
only
urban
local
that
pays
less
than
anne
arundel.
Their
new
three-year
contract
will
leave
anne
arundel
as
the
lowest
paid
urban
local
in
maryland.
U
U
U
There
has
been
a
groundswell
of
activists
ready
to
organize
and
take
back.
Our
county
tac
has
engaged
these
folks
on
a
grassroots
level
through
our
raise
anne
arundel
campaign,
raise
anne
arundel,
looks
at
raise
student
achievement,
raise
awareness
in
the
community
of
the
need
for
more
resources
for
educators
in
our
county
and
to
raise
the
level
of
understanding
of
how
a
desirable
school
system
is
a
win
for
the
local
economy.
U
U
V
I
do
thank
you.
I
will
speak
probably
for
less
amount
of
time
than
my
friend
and
employer
richard
benford
did,
but
I
do
have
a
couple,
but
I
do
have
a
couple
comments
to
make.
I
think
miss
rawls
shortchanged
herself
and
her
own
team
when
she
congratulated
tac
and
tax
team.
V
It
took
a
lot
of
perseverance
and
a
lot
of
conscientious
effort
to
get
through
10
months
worth
of
negotiations
and
then
20
hours
of
mediation
stuffed
in
a
two-day
period,
a
lot
of
effort
on
both
teams
and
unlike
a
lot
of
different
negotiations
in
other
areas
in
other
industries.
Every
member
of
the
team
on
both
teams
contributed
and
but
scarce
resources
make
voluntary
voluntary
agreements
tough
to
come
by
and
resources
are
scarce
yet
again
this
year,
as
they
were
the
last
few
years
as
they
were
since
2009.
V
At
the
end
of
that
three-year
period,
we
were
among
the
best
paid
districts
in
the
state
of
maryland.
We
didn't
match
montgomery
county,
but
they're
kind
of
the
state's
flagship
when
it
comes
to
salary
and
benefits
for
public
employees,
but
we're
on
par
with
prince
george's.
We
are
on
par
with
calvert,
we're
even
on
par
with
howard.
In
fact,
while
howard's
salary
scale
ended
a
little
higher
than
ours
did
over
a
30-year
projected
career.
V
We
we
had
a
higher
lifetimes
earning
in
lifetime
earnings,
and
that
was
when
fiscal
year
2010
arrived
with
furloughs,
with
no
steps
with
no
raise
2011.
A
temporary
one
percent
was
a
labor's
last
and
best
offer.
V
We
went
to
impasse
for
the
first
time
in
a
few
years
and
made
that
a
1.25
permanent
step
or
permanent
raise,
but
with
no
step
increase
and
it's
been
a
struggle
every
year
since
all
that
ground
we
gained
between
2005
and
2009,
we
lost
and,
as
you
heard
richard
say,
that
for
the
last
several
years,
baltimore
county
public
schools
has
been
the
only
district,
keeping
us
off.
The
bottom
pay
wrong
of
the
urban
districts.
V
Well,
now
we
are
on
the
verge
of
being
overtaken
by
baltimore
county
and
within
the
next
two
years
we
will
probably
be
if
we
are
not
already
the
lowest
paid
urban
district
in
the
state
of
maryland.
If
we're
going
to
retain,
recruit
and
retain
highly
qualified
teachers.
That
cannot
continue
again.
I
ask
for
your
support
of
this
contract.
V
You
find
when
you're
in
a
negotiating
table
you
get
to
know
each
other
pretty
well,
sometimes
more
well
than
you
would
like
to,
and
we
experienced
some
of
that,
but
we
we
have
a
pretty
good
working
relationship
not
only
between
your
chief
negotiator
in
ours,
but
I
mean
between
the
teams
in
general
right.
B
W
Y'all
know
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
so
looking
at
the
schematics
for
shadyside
and
brock
bridge,
which
are
scheduled
to
get
walls,
they
are
scheduled
to
add
ada
bathrooms
to
each
of
the
pod
areas.
Will
those
bathrooms
be
limited
to
disabled
children
or
will
they
be
open
for
any
student.
X
Election
chief
operating
officer,
that
is,
a
building
management
decision,
so
the
administrators
at
each
and
every
building
tailor
all
of
their
assets,
including
the
restrooms
to
the
population
they
serve.
So
we,
a
central
office,
do
not
dictate
how
they
use
a
specific
bathroom
any
differently
than
we
would
ever
dictate
how
they
would
use
the
third
grade,
classroom.
W
And
so
that
would
also
be
a
building
decision,
for
instance,
if
they
wanted
to
make
it
a
a
unisex
bathroom
that
anybody
could
go
in
and
out
for
that,
ada
bathroom
or
it
wouldn't
be
designated
necessarily
a
boys,
bathroom
or
girl's
breathing.
X
Again,
we
I
mean
each
and
every
one
of
our
schools
is
quite
different
and
therefore
the
administrator,
those
buildings
need
the
flexibility
to
make
those
decisions
and
those
decisions
can
change
over
the
course
of
a
five
year
period,
etc.
So,
from
a
central
office
perspective
again,
we
try
not
to
essentially
interfere
with
that
local
management,
so
the
building
administrator,
their
faculty
council
etc.
They're
charged
with
you
know,
conversing
and
arriving
at
a
plan,
that's
the
best
for
their
school,
their
community,
their
instructional
programs,
etc.
Okay,.
X
Because
the
building
previously
didn't
have
walls,
essentially
it
just
had
a
little
pass-through
area,
so
they're
going
to
be
integrated
into
the
overall
design.
So
some
modest
modifications
of
the
the
wall
that
separates
those
bathrooms
away
from
the
rest
of
the
building
would
have
to
occur
to
accommodate
both
the
door
and
that
ada
bathroom,
but
we're
not
making
renovations
inside
of
the
existing
bathrooms.
W
X
As
we
get
into
it
a
little
bit
further
the
ideal
in
order
to
keep
costs
down,
we
want
to
do
as
the
least
amount
of
disruption
to
the
existing
infrastructure
as
possible,
both
from
a
cost
perspective,
and
we
need
to
maintain
operations
mission
continuity
for
the
building.
So
we
want
to
do
that
as
cost
effectively
and
time
effectively
as
possible.
W
Looking
at
the
schematics,
so
brock
bridge
currently
has
six
portables
in
the
prepared.
The
the
perspective
for
the
renovations,
the
portables
are
not
shown
with
the
school.
Does
that
mean
they
will
be
removed
or
is
this
they
weren't
just
they
just
weren't
included
in
that
drawing.
X
I
do
not
have
any
intentions
for
his
portables
to
remain
at
that
that
building
mathematically
the
building
will
have
a
a
fairly
robust
state,
rated
capacity.
So,
ideally
at
all
of
our
schools,
we
want
all
of
the
children
inside
of
the
four
walls
to
the
building,
so
unless
demography
requires
that
they
retain
or
program
requires
that
they
remain
there.
W
Because
one
of
the
reasons
I
asked
that
is,
unless
I
was
reading
it
incorrectly
with
brock
bridge,
there
still
wasn't
listed
for
one
of
the
rooms
like
a
music
room
or
something
like
that
which
currently
are
housed
in
portables.
But
with
the
even
with
the
new
configuration
there
wasn't
a
music
room
listed.
So
I
thought
they
would
need
to
keep
the
portables
to
help
for
music
and.
A
A
X
W
Have
that
and
I've
asked
you
this
before:
it's
still,
I
still
don't
understand
it.
Shadyside
and
brock
ridge,
exact
same
square
footage,
exact
same
building
shadyside's,
getting
an
addition.
That's
going
to
add
close
to
7000
square
feet,
but
brock
bridge
will
still
have
a
higher
capacity
rating
than
shadyside
does.
W
Even
though
she
side
will
have
7
000
more
square
feet,
and
I
know
that's
a
state
formula
and-
and
so
we
can't
really
do
it,
but
I
just
got
to
tell
you
that
that
one
still
blows
my
mind
of
how
they
come
up
with
that
rating.
If
you
have
a
school
so
significantly
larger,
that
is
going
to
have
a
lower
rated
capacity.
W
X
Let
me
just
give
you
one
tangible
example:
it's
the
one
we
we
typically
use
so
the
for
the
same
classroom
if
it's
in
an
elementary
school
environment,
for
example,
if
it's
used
for
a
fourth
grade
class,
it
can
be
rated
for.
You
know
23
students,
but
if
the
building
administrator
puts
a
special,
a
self-contained
special
ed
class,
that
rooms
now
were
only
rated
for
10
children,
nothing
changed
nothing
changed
other
than
it's
now:
a
self-contained
special
ed
versus
a
third
or
fourth
grade
class.
W
It
that
makes
it
hard
to
tell
if
a
school
is
over
capacity
or
not
if
it's
based
on
I
mean
if
it
can
be
that
that
use
rather
than
I
don't
know,
that's
that's
a
different,
that's
different,
a
different
debate.
I
just
you
know,
and
I
know
that's
a
state
formula.
I
have
to
argue
that
with
the
state.
I
guess
so.
Thank
you.
B
B
B
Y
I
believe
it's
because
of
how
we
were
funded
in
fiscal
2017
and
since
we
keep
things
in
order-
and
we
don't
move
things
ahead
of
other
things
on
our
end,
regardless
of
what
the
county
does,
we
tend
to
keep
things
in
the
order
that
we
had
them
in
that
we
had
to
continue
funding
the
things
in
the
order
that
we
had
them
in,
and
so
because
of
that,
if
we
had
funded
them,
it
would
have
been
a
ridiculously
huge
amount
of
money.
Probably
more
than
would
have
been
acceptable
to
ask
for
in
any
one
year.
X
Yes,
ma'am
again
for
the
record,
alex
czech
news
chief
operating
officer:
that's
that's
essentially
exactly
correct.
So
when
we
put
forward
the
fy
17
budget,
all
the
schools
that
we
referenced,
the
quarterfields
the
rippling
woods,
the
old
mill
high
school,
both
oldman
middles,
they
were
completely
not
funded.
They
were
zeroed
out
completely
within
the
six-year
plan,
with
the
exception
of
old
mill
high
school.
What
would
be
the
new
old
mill
high
school?
X
It
had
planning
money
in
fy
21,
but
all
the
other
schools
were
completely
zeroed
out
as
a
result
of
the
final
deliberations
of
the
county
council
and
then
the
schools,
above
it
and
I'll
just
rattle
off
three
but
of
schools
like
edgewater
and
tyler,
and
richard
henry
lead
and
we
were
asking
for
full
funding
were
partially
funded.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
issues
that
essentially
left.
X
We
created
a
backlog
of
projects
that
were
ahead
of
the
ones
that
I
referenced
and
they
were
not
fully
funded
and
therefore,
essentially,
those
liabilities
then
cause
a
shift
of
of
things
across
the
board.
It's
not
uncommon,
unfortunately,
that
you
know
an
item
not
funded
in
one
year.
You
know
creates
a
little
bit
of
a
domino
effect,
but
the
the
first,
the
I
will
just
close
with
the
superintendent's
recommendation,
in
spite
of
those
projects
being
completely
zeroed
out
in
the
in
the
adopted
fy
17
budget.
Y
Y
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
all
get
this,
so
the
mgt
study
was
what
we
had
all
agreed.
We
were
going
to
plan
our
next
10
years
on,
and
so
the
first
budget
already
were
behind,
even
though
the
county
executive
and
the
county
council
and
superintendent,
the
board
all
agreed
that
this
was
our
plan
for
the
next
10
years.
Y
Y
So
so
there
will
probably
be
more
brock
bridges
in
this
plan
who
waited
patiently
for
10
years
and
then
now
are
getting
walls
and
no
bathrooms.
Instead
of
getting
a
renovation
at
the
end
of
this
10-year
plan,
because
already
in
the
first
year,
we're
already
behind
schedule
because
we
weren't
funded
in
the
way
that
we
all
agreed
that
we
would
fund
the
mgt
study.
So
I'm
just
I'm
just
pointing
that
out
to
everyone.
B
I'll
pick
you
back
on
the
brockbridge
question
and
the
pta
president,
who
was
here
where,
in
our
priority
list,
would
a
bathroom
renovation
fall?
Is
that
a
a
maintenance
backlog
area
or
a
building
systems
renovation?
If
we
were
going
to
remodel
bathrooms.
X
We
really
don't
have
a
category
of
work
for
bathroom
remodeling
in
terms
of
a
discrete
line
item.
So,
for
example,
we
have
a
line
item
for
ada
upgrades,
so
that
would
do
exactly
that.
It
would
bring
a
bathroom
up
to
ada
compliance,
but
it
doesn't
do
anything
for
the
aesthetics
of
the
bathroom.
We
would
not
be
changing
out
the
the
tile
and
if
the
sink
was
at
the
proper
height,
we're
not
going
to
replace
the
sink
that's
already
at
the
proper
height.
X
X
That,
or
if
one
of
the
partitions
rusted
out,
we
replace
it
as
a
regular
maintenance
supply
item,
but
under
a
maintenance
program,
maintenance
is
maintaining
what's
already
existing.
We
wouldn't
go
in
and
renovate
all
six
or
eight
bathrooms
in
a
building
as
a
renovation
project.
Again
we
don't
really
have
a
program
called
restroom,
bathroom
improvements
or
renovations,
or
something
like
that,
so
we're
maintaining
our
existing
stock.
B
E
Wash
both
hands
in
the
sink
at
the
same
time
is
that
is
that
what
we
said
I
mean
that
that's
that's
I
mean
tile
is
one
thing.
Obviously,
if
maintenance
can
capture
fixing
tile,
we
should
be
doing
that,
but
students
can't
wash
both
their
hands.
That's
not
a
properly
operating
thing.
So
do
we
know
I
mean,
what's
the
the
petition
process
to
get
that
covered
under
maintenance?
Has
that
been
addressed?
The.
E
E
B
B
S
E
I
I
have
a
I
have
a
question.
I
know
this
is
obviously
a
subject
that
has
gotten
a
lot
of
attention
from
a
lot
of
different
constituents
and
it's
something
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
but
I
just
wonder
under
option
one.
If
I'm
understanding
this
correctly,
the
elementary
school
start
times
would
get
pushed
back
15
minutes,
but
there's
there
would
be
two
kind
of
outlier
schools.
That
would
finish
after
four
o'clock
is.
E
S
So
the
the
the
short
answer
is
no
without
additional
funds
and
changing
the
routing
on
the
front
end
in
in
your
suggestion,
or
additional
funds
to
have
additional
equipment
on
the
back
end
in
order
to
bring
those
schools
closer
to
or
beyond
or
within
four
o'clock.
So
with
this.
So
under
this
current
configuration
and
the
routing
that
we've
looked
at
for
these
schools
because
we've
looked
at,
is
there
a
way
to
bring
that
that
was
one
of
the
recommendations?
S
One
of
the
requests
of
the
board
last
spring
was
for
us
to
take
a
look
at
the
routes
for
each
of
these
schools,
and
where
can
we
make
some
changes
and
best
on
and
based
on,
transportation's
work?
This
was
the
best
we're
able
to
do
in
with
the
confines
of
this
amount
of
money.
E
E
S
E
Okay,
so
then
I
guess
my
question
is
this
shifts
all
schools
by
15
minutes,
but
there's
maybe
it's
the
same
question
I'm
really
asking
just
because
I'm
kind
of
struggling
with
the
logistics
of
this,
but
there's
nothing
that
can
be
done
for
the
I
just
thinking
about
you
know
410
as
we
get
later
in
the
year.
That's
you
know.
I
Z
AA
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
I've
got
a
statement
I'll
make
a
probably
as
public
testimony
closes,
but
I
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions
that
that
I
would
like
to
ask
and
dr
arlato,
if
it's
okay,
I
think
mr
shekanovich
would
would
probably
be
the
the
person
that
we
would
direct
these
questions
to
if
it's,
okay
with
him.
AA
You
I
I
want
to
ask
just
a
couple
of
questions
that
that
are
a
little
bit
broader
in
nature
and-
and
I
know
we'll
we'll-
probably
have
some
feedback
on
this
as
well
from
the
public
who's
here
tonight
to
testify
in
some
of
these
areas.
But
one
question
I
want
to
ask:
we
we've
heard
a
lot.
You
know
the
the
seven
or
so
months
that
I've
been
here.
There's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
around
this
bus
routing
software
and
the
efficiencies
we
hope
to
gain
from
that.
X
Sure
so
heretofore
we
we
have
been
routing
buses
manually,
we've
got
subject
matter,
experts
that
use
their
institutional
knowledge
and
other
areas
in
the
county
and
the
traffic
patterns
and
the
school
geometries
of
how
to
get
in
and
out
so
we've
been
routing
those
on
a
manual
basis
for
many
many
many
years.
X
Automated
routing
software
has
increasingly
become
better.
It
started
out
sort
of
sort
of
a
little
bit
unreliable,
but
over
time
the
technology
has
clearly
advanced
to
a
place
that
it's
much
more
prevalently
used.
It
can
be
trusted
a
lot
better.
Obviously,
it's
wholly
reliant
upon
the
data
that
you
put
in
there.
X
So
the
routing
I
mean
the
maps
underlying
maps,
the
student
data,
so
you
have
to
have
a
robust
data
set,
but
the
technology
has
really
advanced
here
in
anne
arundel
county,
we're
inarguably,
a
fiscally
conservative
county,
so
we're
essentially
charged
with
running
the
school
system
as
effectively
and
as
efficiently
as
we
can
transportation
being
one
of
the
same.
So
we're
not
really
often
in
a
position
where
we
can
readily
access
additional
funds
to
take
on
initiatives
or
expansions.
X
So
we're
always
looking
at
our
processes
internally
to
see
if
we
can
continue
to
identify
efficiencies,
realign
resources,
internally
etc.
So
a
system
such
as
the
routing
software
will
certainly
aid
in
that
as
well
in
terms
of
finding
more
efficient
routes,
possibly
eliminating
bus
stops
where
the
routing
system
identifies
a
bus,
stop
doesn't
need
to
be,
for
example,
if
we
have
a
bus
stop
within
0.7
or
0.8
miles
from
an
elementary
school
youngster.
The
policy
says
a
elementary
school
student
can
walk
a
mile.
X
The
route
automated
routing
system
will
eliminate
that
bus
stop
because
it's
only
0.7
miles
to
the
end
of
that
street.
Instead
of
you
know
over
one
mile,
so
by
eliminating
a
lot
of
bus
stops
by
rerouting
buses,
you
can
gain
some
operational
efficiencies
out
of
that,
and
then
it's
critical
that
we
do
that.
X
One
of
the
reasons
that
it's
critical
that
we
do,
that
is
we're
growing
school
system.
I
mean,
on
average,
we've
been
gaining
seven
eight
to
upwards
of
1100
new
students
a
year
as
well
as
continuing
to
increase,
for
example,
our
programs
of
choice.
All
of
those
put
additional
strains
on
our
transportation
resources
about
50
now
about
59
000
of
our
81
000
youngsters
are
eligible
for
transportation
services,
so,
ideally,
the
software
system
again
will
identify
opportunities
where
we
can
continue
to
become
more
efficient,
maybe
find
cost-saving
opportunities.
X
AA
As
as
we
start
to
mr
grannon
made
some
comments,
certainly
for
some
needs
here
that
I
think
you
know
consider
some
of
the
adjustments
potentially
to
these
options,
perhaps
not
even
tonight,
but
but
beyond.
Tonight
it
seems
like
budget's
going
to
be
the
concern.
AA
And
remain
concerning,
but
I
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
unknowns
and-
and
perhaps
I
know
you
have
a
dialogue.
Dr
arlatto
has
dialogue
with
with
other
area
superintendents
and
your
equivalent
in
in
some
of
these
school
systems,
and
we've
heard
a
lot
about
montgomery,
county,
fairfax,
virginia
and
and
and
many
others
who
are
my
opinion,
taking
the
step
in
the
right
direction
relative
to
to
starting
school
later.
AA
Are
you
aware
of
any
unknowns
that
those
schools
have
have
raised?
You
know
when
they've
implemented
this
and
then
something
happens
in
essence,
you
know
we're
peeling
the
onion
a
little
bit
and
you
know
there's
something
that
wasn't
budgeted
and
you
know
it
it
sort
of
blew
up
in
in
the
face
of
the
school
system
in
a
subsequent
year,
thereby
constraining
or
handcuffing
the
school
system
because
they
had
to
adapt
their
budget
for
for
the
unintended
consequences
that
they
may
not
have
necessarily
known
at
the
time.
X
X
So
when
you
eliminate
a
bus,
stop
that's
been
in
a
community
since
1977
or
or
however
long
there
might
be
some
opposition
to
that.
So
that's
certainly
one
caveat
that
that
you
need
to
be.
You
know,
aware
of.
I
think
the
biggest
concern
is
really
with
the
traffic
patterns.
X
Parts
of
our
county
really
are
challenged
with
traffic
and
and,
quite
frankly,
I'm
speaking
more
of
of
the
route
50
as
well
as
sort
of
the
bw
parkway,
the
north,
the
western
parts
of
the
county.
A
good
example
of
that
is
our
ford
meat
nsa
complex.
We
know
pretty
much
through
years
of
observation.
We
know
when
the
big
rushes
are
to
get
in
and
off
of
the
post
because
they've,
while
they
have
traffic
going
all
day,
there's
a
couple
windows
that
there's
just
this
big.
X
You
know
tied
surge
that
comes
in
tide
surge
comes
out
and
we
try
to
avoid
those
by
shifting
start
times
you
may
be
taking
a
school
in
a
route
that
previously
wasn't
commingled
with
a
big
surge
and
push
it
into
that.
So
you
either
have
to
take
that
school
out
of
its
tier.
That
would
require
the
acquisition
of
additional
buses,
or
instead
of
just
moving
the
school
15
minutes,
you
actually
may
need
to
move
it,
for
example,
35
minutes
to
get
it
on
the
other
side
of
that
surge.
X
Those
are
things
that
a
software
package
will
never
be
able
to
tell
you.
I
mean
software
package
knows
you
know
how
many
cars,
the
road
is
or
buses
the
road
is
designed
for.
It
knows
what
the
posted
speed
limit
is.
It
knows
if
there's
a
traffic
control
device
there
or
not,
it
does
not
know
just
like,
like
you
do.
I
know
miss
hammer
miss
core
black.
A
couple
of
you
live
out
in
western
county,
miss
burge.
X
You
know
a
large
part
of
your
life
if
you
ever
travel
on
the
vw
parkway
or
you
travel
in
198
or
you
travel
175.
It's
almost
like
a
life
controlling
and
if
you're
late
by
five
minutes,
it's
the
old
adage
late
by
five
minutes
means
I'm
going
to
be
late
there
40
minutes.
The
software
doesn't
know
that
our
transportation
specialists
that
have
lived
and
breathed
and
are
out
there
boots
underground
every
day.
They
actually
do
know
that.
X
So
you
can
never
completely
just
believe
that
the
software
package
hands-free
is
going
to
be
able
to
flip
a
switch
and
give
you
an
answer.
That's
going
to
have
to
be
reality,
checked,
and
so
things
like
traffic
flows,
etc.
Specific
times
a
day,
specific
directions
are
going
to
have
to
be
manually
massaged
even
after
you
get
the
results
from
that.
X
Those
are
some
of
the
a
lot
of
the
feedback
that
we
heard
from
example,
through
dialogue
with
our
counterpart
parts
of
montgomery
county,
because
we
went
and
visited
montgomery
we
visited
howard,
we
visited
prince
george's,
etc.
When
we
were
in
the
in
the
learning
and
acquisition
phase,
and
that's
some
of
the
things
they
counseled
us
on
is
that
you
know
to
begin
with.
The
the
solution
set
usually
is
too
constraining
and
it's
not
publicly
acceptable
again.
Mass
elimination
of
bus
stops,
etc.
So
you
have
to
do
that
a
little
bit
of
sensitivity.
X
AA
And
and
then
I
guess
as
follow-up
to
that
and
and
for
better
clarity,
you
know
not
just
for
me
but
for
the
public.
We
won't
know
all
of
the
answers
until
the
routing
software
does
its
thing,
but
is
it
conceivable
or
even
in
some
cases
possible
that
if
we
move
forward
tonight
with
a
13-15
minute
shift
that
some
bus
stops
would
still
have
close
to
the
same
time
that
they
have
today.
X
That
is
likely
not
that's,
likely
not
feasible
more
likely
to
not,
while
the
vast
majority
of
schools
will
have
this
universal
shift
of
whatever
minutes.
On
the
front
end
on
the
backside,
there
are
some
schools
again
where
a
universal
shift
is
going
to
push
that
specific
school
into
an
untenable
condition,
and
then
something
unique
and
possibly
more
drastic
is
going
to
have
to
happen
with
one
school.
The
ideal
situation
would
be
to
find
a
way
out
of
it
without
having
any
additional
public
expenditures.
For
that.
AA
One
one
final
question,
if
I
may,
that
is,
is
just
a
little
bit
more
specific
to
to
our
budget
and
transportation
costs
in
general,
and
I'm
sure
some
of
this
will
come
up
later
as
well,
but
our
expense
line
for
for
transportation,
for
gas
in
particular,
is
remain
relatively
flat.
AA
I
want
to
say
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
we've
experienced,
I
think
at
least
over
the
last
couple
of
years-
decreased
fuel
fuel
costs,
but
yet
we're
still
allocating
you
know
what
seems
to
be
a
relatively
flat
line
within
the
budget.
You
know
we're
not
realizing,
at
least
in
the
budget
that
we're
approving
here
those
cost
savings,
and
I
I
know
there's
rationale
or
reasoning
behind
that.
I
wanted
to
to
get
your
thoughts
publicly
on
on.
Why
that
that's
the
case
sure.
X
Because
we're
absorbing
additional
student
transports
and
additional
programs,
so
when
we've
been
going,
you
know
we
do
not
have
a
a
commence
with
every
school
year.
Opening
we've
not
had
a
request
in
a
superintendent's
budget,
like
you
have
teachers
for
classroom,
room,
enrollment,
there's
sort
of
this
correlation
that
goes
with
you
know,
growing
enrollment
or
opening
programs.
X
You
also
have
a
corresponding
budget
line
item
that
accounts,
for
that
we've
been
essentially
absorbing
those
additional
student
trips,
be
they
generated
by
program
or
generated
by
enrollment
rises
within
the
budgets
that
we've
been
allocated,
largely
by
taking
things
like
the
fuel
savings
and
redeploying
them
towards
paying
for
those
routes.
We
also
have
a
lot
of
increase.
X
There's
a
driver
shortage
as
well,
and,
as
contractors
are
re-bidding
these
routes
they
have
to
just
like
we
do.
You
heard
earlier,
provide
compensation
levels
that
allow
them
to
retr
both
attract
and
retain
drivers,
so
that
helps
eat
a
part
of
the
savings
and,
finally,
the
buses
are
capitalized.
The
vendors
that
are
providing
the
services
are
capitalizing
these
buses
over
a
12-year
period
due
to
environmental
regulations,
the
catalytic
converters,
the
safety
enhancements
to
the
buses,
etc.
The
buses
are
themselves
the
actual
capital
expenditure
that
they
then
spread
over.
X
AA
Thank
you
for
this
and,
madam
president,
if
it's
okay,
I
stop
my
questions
now,
but
I
do
have
a
couple
of
comments.
I'll
make
a
little
bit
later.
F
Alex
donnelly,
okay,
how
far
advanced
are
we
in
the
software?
By
this
I
mean,
do
you
think
the
software
and
the
reality
part?
When
will
it
be
terminated
or
completed
so
that
the
board
will
know
exactly
you
know?
The
discipline
that
we're
voting
on
is
exactly
what
is
going
to
happen
and
then
nothing
will
shift
drastically
or
we
can
move
something
back
like
the
elementary
schools.
X
X
There's
going
to
be
a
couple
select
cases
in
there
that
we
know
that
that
shift
of
13
or
15
minutes
under
13
minutes
is
not
going
to
cause
an
issue
at
the
high
school.
It's
at
the
elementary
middle.
We
know
that
there's
probably
going
to
be
a
couple
hot
spots.
Let's
just
call
those
that
may
have
to
be
massaged.
We
want
to
keep
those
on
absolute
minimum.
X
I
mean
the
board's
directing
a
universal
shift,
but
each
and
every
year,
if
you
go
over,
if
you
take
a
look
at
the
school
start
times
and
I'll,
just
use
mead
the
starting
time
of
many
of
those
schools
is
not
the
same
as
it
was
five
years
ago.
So
as
traffic
and
congestion,
because
of
the
employment,
the
number
of
people
that
are
coming
on
the
post,
the
growth
around
the
area
each
and
every
year,
we
make
incremental
adjustments
to
those
start
and
end
times
anyway.
X
So
the
software
won't
be
implemented
this
year
or
affect
this
plan,
but
we're
continuing
to
work
that
system
so
that
we
can
begin
to
run
parallel
models.
It
would
not
be
for
the
august
17
year,
which
is
the
plan
before
you.
We
would
hope
that
the
information
from
that
would
enable
us
to
to
drive
those
benefits.
Those
economies
I
spoke
about
for
the
august
18
school
year.
F
X
F
F
X
Have
this
new
student
cohort
enrollment
pretty
much
stabilizes
by
around
september
30th,
so
we
will
overwrite
the
student
database
with
the
new
student
cohort
that
we
have
here
we're
continuing
to
put
in
the
the
stops
the
times
the
equipment
etc.
And
then
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
incrementally
begin.
Modeling
individual
feeder
districts
we'll
take
one
feeder
district
and
we'll
model
that
and
we'll
compare
the
output
of
that
versus
the
reality
and
sort
of.
S
If
I
could,
if
I
could
jump
in,
I
think
it's
important
to
to
state
and
certainly
alex
you
can
you
can
finish
your
thought.
The
software
was
not
purchased
to
change
start
times
right.
That
was
not
the
purpose.
The
purpose
of
purchasing
a
software
was
to
make
us
a
more
efficient
and
effective
school
system
in
terms
of
transportation.
S
Certainly
one
of
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
start
times
task
force
was
for
us
to
automate
our
processes
in
transportation
and
that
this
board
took
that
to
heart,
and
we
moved
forward
with
the
budget
in
order
to
in
order
to
purchase
the
software
so
right
now
the
software
is
being
used
to
see
how
it
will
route.
What
we
currently
do
we'll
then
use
it
to
explore
what
it
can
do
into
the
future.
S
When
you
use
the
term
reality,
we
don't
have
a
date
set
where
we
flip
the
switch
and
say
we
are
now
transporting
we're
now
creating
all
our
routes
using
this
software,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
it's
working
right,
we're
not
going
to
impose
a
a
start
date
for
the
use
of
the
software.
Until
we
know
it's
working,
a
hundred
percent,
so
what
mr
sheknovich
is
talking
about
is
that
we
will
start
small.
S
X
And
that's
actually,
and
and
that's
exactly
the
cases
we
want
to
then
run
parallel,
so
we're
going
to
do
it.
You
know
discretely
a
segment
at
a
time.
Sanity
check
that
move
on
to
the
next
segment
and
sanity
check
that
until
we
have
all
12
feeder
districts
completely
built
out
for
the
feeder
districts,
and
then
we
have
to
overlaid
a
special
ed.
We
have
to
overlaid
the
magnet,
runs,
etc.
Those
other
midday
runs.
X
We
have
like
the
cat
center,
so
there's
multiple
layers
to
it
again
we're
hoping
to
have
everything
up
and
running
again,
not
for
the
upcoming
school
year,
but
use
the
upcoming
school
year
as
a
year.
To
basically
do
those
side-by-side
comparisons
gain
that
level
of
refinement
gain
that
level
of
of
trust
in
the
outputs
of
the
system,
so
that
for
the
year
after
that,
we'd
be
in
a
position
that
inform
the
routing
much
better
than
it
does
today.
Okay,.
B
I
had
a
question
that
you
answered
already,
but
I
just
want
to
reiterate
so
that
everybody
understood
our
school
start
times,
especially
at
the
elementary
level,
are
never
guaranteed
because
you're
making
these
tweaks
every
year
that
neither
this
board
nor
the
public
really
gets
to
weigh
in
on
it's
based
on
transportation
and
traffic
and
other
factors
that
the
parents
open
up
the
bus
schedule
or
get
it
online
and
realize.
Oh
this
year
my
student
school's
starting
10
minutes
later
than
it
did.
X
That's
going
to
absolutely
create
a
change
in
routes
and
possibly
start
times
for
that
school,
and
we
do
that
until
that
bridge
project's
completed
and
then
we'll
move
it
back.
So,
each
and
every
year
a
handful
of
our
schools.
It's
usually
like
you
know,
maybe
half
a
dozen
or
less
of
our
120.
Some
of
the
schools
have
to
get
adjusted
and
we
try
to
make
them
as
small
as
possible,
usually
like
five
minute
increments,
or
something
like
that,
but
they're
because
of
of
real
circumstances,
either
traffic
or
construction
or
something
that's
causing
an
adjustment.
X
We
try
to
make
it
a
short-term
adjustment
if
it's
something
that
is
going
to
abate
in
one
or
two
years,
we'll
bring
the
school
back,
but
sometimes
it's
a
longer
term
issue
that
that
would
become
the
new
start
time.
So
we've
had
schools
around
the
mead
area
that
have
now
changed
three
times.
Their
start
time
has
changed.
Three
times
in
the
last,
you
know
six
or
seven
years
as
the
fort
continues
to
grow
as
all
the
construction
activity
continues
to
occur
around
there
and
we
try
to
stay
on
top
of
it.
X
We're
in
communication
with
the
state
and
the
county
transportation
officials
were
in
communications
with
the
officials
at
the
fort,
and
we
make
those
incremental
adjustments.
We
put
out
a
proposed
start
time
to
schools,
ask
for
their
feedback,
the
administrators,
etc.
A
X
B
The
other
question
that
I
had
is,
I
know,
we're
getting
ready
to
redistrict
annapolis
and
we
also
have
a
proposal
on
the
table
to
have
monarch
come
into
the
annapolis
area.
If
that
all
works
out
when,
when
and
if
monarch
opens
in
annapolis,
they're
a
charter
school,
so
they're
then
required
to
provide
transportation
themselves
correct.
So
our
bus
contracts
wouldn't
be
used
to
transport.
Those
children
to
monarch.
X
Right,
the
as
with
everything
else,
the
charter
operators
are
at
their
liberty
to
arrive
at
any
contractual
agreements
that
they
can
for
any
for
any
service,
be
it
transportation
or
air
conditioning
maintenance.
X
X
Then
they
maybe
can
get
better
preferential
pricing
than
them
going
out
on
the
market,
but
in
no
way
shape
or
form.
Are
they
obligated
at
all
to
use
any
of
our
contractors?
You
know
they're
operating
their
own
business
and
their
liberty
to
go
and
contract
for
as
little
or
much
bus
servicing
as
they
want.
B
X
Remember
we're
paying
a
per
pupil
allowance:
that's
98
cents
of
the
dollar,
so
the
charter
school
operator
is
getting
funding
for
busing
as
well,
so
they
you
know
part
of
their
formula.
Is
they
get
a
certain
percentage
of
all
of
the
different
line
items
of
our
budget?
We
get
to
keep
about
two
percent
for
overhead,
so
they
are
receiving
money
for
transportation.
So
unless
that's
backfilled
by
money
from
the
from
the
government,
there
usually
is
some
offsets
more
so
into
teacher
ranks
than
elsewhere.
X
A
Y
Yeah,
just
on
your
on
your
thought,
that's
the
first
time
I've
really
heard
about
something
like
this:
I'm
thinking
that
that
would
be
even
worse
than
than
trying
to
backfill
with
teachers,
because
we're
talking
how
many
elementary
schools
are
eligible
to
go
to
monarch
nine.
So
if
you're
pulling
kids
from
nine
different
elementary
schools,
the
number
of
kids
per
bus
route
would
probably
be
so
minimal
that
there's
no
way
I
mean,
I
can't
imagine
that
you'd
be
even
if
they
have
three
busloads
of
kids
going
to
monarch.
Y
I
can't
imagine
that
we
have
three
fewer
busloads
of
kids
going
to
nine
schools.
If
that
makes
sense,
because
it's
yeah
it's,
I
mean
kind
of
like
just
how
people
always
tell
us.
Well,
you
don't
need
the
ten
thousand
dollars
a
kid
anymore.
Now
that
you
have
them
at
a
charter
school
it
does.
It
just
doesn't
work
that
way.
L
Good
evening
board
of
education
and
dr
olado
lisa
van
buskirk
with
start
school
later,
anne
arundel
county.
Thank
you
for
your
multiple
discussions
over
the
past
few
years.
Thank
you
for
your
multiple
votes
in
2015
and
2016
to
include
funding
for
the
bud
in
the
budget
to
shift
school
hours.
Thank
you
for
considering
all
aspects
of
the
justification
and
implications
of
adjusting
school
hours
to
ones
developmentally
appropriate
and
safe.
If
this
were
easy,
it
would
have
been
20.
L
It
would
have
been
done
20
years
ago,
10
years
ago
or
last
year,
but
the
benefits
are
real
and
undeniable
for
those
in
the
audience
or
at
home.
I'd
like
to
remind
the
public
of
some
history
regarding
start
times
in
this
county
20
years
ago,
in
1996,
the
board
of
education
added
eight
minutes
to
the
school
day,
moving
high
school
store
times
from
7
25
to
7
17,
where
they
remain
for
the
past
two
decades.
L
The
purpose
of
those
eight
minutes
was
to
meet
state
requirements
for
minimum
school
hours
for
testing
and
to
make
up
time
for
winter
closures.
In
an
interview
with
the
washington
post,
a
copy
which
has
been
provided
to
you,
then
board
member
marine
york
wished
that
high
schools
could
have
started
later
because
it
was
well
known
then
that
teens
do
better
with
later
school
hours
in
1996
it
was
a
money
and
transportation
transportation
issue,
stopping
that
in
2006.
L
The
scientific
justification
is
even
clear,
but
money
in
buses
remains
the
stumbling
block
in
2006
when
the
board
last
seriously
considered
start
time
proposals
a
13-minute
shift
was
part
of
those
options.
At
that
time
it
was
a
no-cost
option.
It
failed
with
a
4-4
vote.
The
reason
for
the
votes
against
largely
the
negative
impacts
to
the
already
late
starting
schools.
13
men
still
go
far
enough
for
the
high
schools
and
an
unwillingness
to
spend
money
to
address
that
late
releases
in
the
winter
of
2013.
L
2014
aacps
conducted
a
survey
on
behalf
of
this
board,
gauging
community
reaction
to
a
13
minute
slide.
Overall,
it
was
51
against
49
in
favor,
which,
given
the
limited
number
of
participants,
I'll
call
that
statistically
even
but
if
you
actually
break
it
down
by
school
level,
elementary
was
against
that
58,
but
both
middle
at
54
and
high
school
at
62
percent
were
in
favor
of
that
small
slide.
L
If
you
were
to
review
the
7
000
comments,
they
generally
fall
into
three
categories:
keep
it
status
quo,
some
schools
get
out
too
late
as
is,
and
13
minutes
isn't
enough.
Last
winter's
single
proposal
then
take
it
or
leave.
It
survey
revealed
that
the
public
didn't
like
the
presented
they
weren't
against
healthy
and
safe
hours
per
se,
but
they
didn't
like
what
they
perceived
as
arbitrary
time
changes.
L
So
after
you
vote
for
the
maximum
slide
together
possible
with
all
of
the
transportation
money
you
have
available
to
you,
I
want
you
to
start
thinking
about
2018-2019
and
I'd
like
to
think
of
it
in
the
context
of
one
small
step
for
man,
one
giant
leap
for
mankind:
if
we
don't
take
the
small
step
tonight
and
we
then
we
do
not
make
the
giant
leaf
for
mankind
and
teen
health
and
safety,
you
stand
on
the
letter
ladder
poised
for
the
small
step.
Will
you
take
it.
AB
Good
evening
I'm
theresa
sutherland,
I
was
unable
to
attend
the
last
meeting,
but
I
watched
it
on
live
stream
and
miss
sasso.
I
heard
your
impassioned
comments
about
advocating
for
funding
to
shift
start
times.
I
can
assure
you
that
the
parents
involved
in
the
local
chapter
start
school
later
have
done
just
that
we
have
advocated.
AB
This
is
good
coming
on
following
your
previous
testimony
from
mr
shaknovich,
so
the
first
chart
shows
the
change
in
diesel
fuel
prices
over
the
last
five
years,
so
you
can
see
that
fuel
prices
increase
significantly
in
2010,
stayed
high
through
2014
and
have
come
down
dramatically
since
today
the
price
of
diesel
is
a
dollar
forty
per
gallon
less
than
it
was
five
years
ago.
AB
The
second
graph
shows
my
calculation
of
fuel
savings
that
aacps
should
be
realizing
at
the
bottom.
You'll
see
the
mileage
that
aacps
drives,
and
this
comes
from
the
msde
factbook
that
gets
published
and
while
mr
shaknovich
said,
the
mileage
is
going
up
because
of
additional
students
and
program
changes.
In
fact,
the
mileage
has
been
decreasing
from
a
high
of
10.3
million
in
2013
to
9.978
in
2015,
and
I
estimate,
based
on
10
million
miles
in
2016,
that
you'll
spend
about
3.2
million
dollars
on
fuel
this
year.
AB
AB
The
third
graph
shows
the
transportation
budget,
which
is
driven
largely
by
the
cost
of
private
contractors.
You
can
see
it
increased
significantly
in
13,
consistent
with
the
increase
in
fuel
prices,
but
when
fuel
prices
decline,
the
budget
didn't
so.
The
result
is
the
fourth
graft
it
shows
budget
to
actual
in
the
transportation
category,
actual
expenditures
were
1.7
million
to
3.6
million
dollars
less
than
the
original
budget
in
fy,
13,
14
and
15,
and
in
10
days
we'll
find
out
exactly
how
much
less
fy
16
expenditures
are
compared
to
the
original
budget.
AB
Based
on
this
data,
I
believe
you
have
at
least
1.5
million
dollars
of
fuel
savings
in
addition
to
450
000
of
fuel
tax
savings
as
a
result
of
senate
bill
560..
This
2
million
has
not
been
acknowledged
or
recognized
in
the
budget
and
it's
enough
to
buy
33
more
buses
in
addition
to
the
10
that
are
funded.
AB
G
Good
evening,
thanks
for
listening
to
this
important
discussion,
my
name
is
heather
mcintosh,
I
was
a
member
of
the
aacps
school
start
time
task
force.
I'd
like
to
talk
to
you
about
an
email
that
I
sent
to
you
yesterday.
It's
a
forward-looking
plan
for
school
start
time
improvement.
I
want
to
put
this
in
a
positive
light.
G
G
If
you
move
from
7
17
now
you
will
help
high
school
students
and
you
will
help
open
opportunities
for
the
future.
When
a
13
to
15
minute
slide
was
first
proposed
in
2016,
as
lisa
reminded
us,
there
was
no
cost
attached.
The
cost
of
ten
years
of
inaction
is
now
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
some
change
for
the
non-public
busing
requirement.
G
So
here's
the
opportunity
moving
from
717
now
provides
more
scheduling
options,
for
example
a
flip
the
following
year.
With
this,
as
your
stated
plan,
you
could
have
each
level
of
students
starting
at
an
option
optimal
time
for
their
development
and
age
by
the
end
of
2019,
given
that
it's
not
safe
for
any
student
to
be
at
the
bus.
Stop
in
the
dark.
Moving
closer
to
daylight
is
a
critical
first
step
step.
Two
might
look
something
like
what
montgomery
county
teachers
union
has
recently
proposed
in
the
email.
G
Montgomery
county
did
this
20
minute
and
15
minute
shift
two
years
ago,
20
minutes
for
their
I'm
sorry,
20
and
10.
20
minutes
for
their
high
schoolers
a
slide
just
like
what
we're
talking
about
and
10
minutes
only
for
their
elementary
school
students.
G
If
we
do
something
similar,
it
would
get
us
away
from
the
717,
which
I
think
we
all
agree
is
too
early.
It's
not
safe
for
any
child
and
what
the
teachers
union
in
montgomery
county
is
proposing
is
a
way
to
bring
the
elementary
school
students
a
little
earlier
in
the
day
and
that's
basically
a
flip
between
high
school
and
elementary,
which
brings
the
elementary
students,
starting,
let's
see.
Currently
they
start
high
school
at
7
45
middle
school
at
8,
15
elementary
school
in
two
tiers
at
9
and
9
15.
G
I
guess
what
I
wanted
to
just
say
before
I
need
to
wrap
up
is
please
vote
for
the
largest
shift
for
high
school
that
we
can
manage
for
the
2017-2018
school
year
with
no
elementary
school
dismissing
later
than
410
or
415,
whatever
you
deem
and
using
the
transportation
software
to
optimize
optimize
this
schedule
for
all,
and
just
as
a
reminder,
this
board
promised
to
fix
start
times
two
years
in
a
row.
A
two-step
shift
can
make
this
happen.
Please
consider.
AC
I
want
to
continue
to
support
them
in
their
choice,
but
as
their
parent.
I
struggle,
as
I
see
the
impact
these
early
hours
have
on
my
kids
and
really
our
entire
family.
Their
health
has
been
affected,
they're
tired
most
of
the
time,
and
I'm
certain
that
not
only
do
these
hours
make
academics
harder.
AC
AC
AC
AD
Good
evening,
janet
norman
annapolis,
high
parent,
I
hope
that
that
all
of
you
will
take
the
opportunity
to
look
at
some
of
the
really
great
resources
we
have
on
our
data
and
resource
reports
on
our
county
health
county
health
website,
because
they're
they're,
very
illuminating,
and
I
want
to
say
something
about
our
bus
transportation.
AD
To
start
off,
with
the
reason
why,
hopefully
you
you
move
to
the
software
package
use
was
because
the
maryland
state
department
of
education
did
transportation
audits
on
you
in
2007
and
2014,
and
both
times
recommended
that
you
should
be.
You
should
be
replacing
the
manually
conducted
transportation
with
an
automated
transportation
system.
So
that's
been
quite
a
long
time
that
that's
been
recommended
to
you
more
data
from
the
maryland
pupil
transportation
report.
The
2013-14
school
year
take
a
guess
at
where
anne
arundel
county
ranks
in
per-pupil
spending
on
transportation
in
2013-2014.
AD
We're
the
fourth
third
or
fourth
most
high
income
county
in
the
state,
and
we
rank
in
the
at
the
lowest
18th
out
of
24
in
per
pupil
transportation
spending
according
to
the
msde
fact
sheet,
18th
out
of
24.
AD
Some
some
really
good
research
lately
from
the
washington
post,
highlighted
the
powerful
thing
that
happens
when
school
starts
in
the
afternoon,
and
they
showed
that
a
school
that
was
studied
that
flipped
sometimes
started
in
the
morning
at
7,
30
and
sometimes
started
in
the
afternoon.
They
flipped
their
high
school
in
the
middle
school.
AD
AD
If
you
look
at
the
county's
really
great
substance,
use
and
overdoses
in
anne
arundel,
county
december
2014
report,
if
you
look
at
their
number
of
adolescents
in
treatment,
it's
75
percent
boys,
75
percent
males.
So
we
are
not
taking
care
of
the
needs
of
biologically
of
males
who
they
said
are
not
that
girls
perform
better
when
sleep
deprived
girls
run
on
a
slightly
different
schedule
than
boys.
Girls
are
more
likely
to
be
mourning
people
and
more
likely
to
go
to
bed
earlier
and
get
up
earlier.
AD
So
what
are
we
doing
for
the
boys
that
need
you
to
make
them
successful
as
adults?
This
this
substance,
abuse
data
is,
is
very
troubling
and
I'll.
Tell
you
my
son,
who
got
a
100
percent
in
health
class
when
he
was
facing
a
third
soccer
season,
crippled
by
injuries
as
a
possibility.
He
said
in
his
exhaustion
and
frustration.
AD
Maybe
I
just
need
to
take
more
powerful
painkillers.
Is
that
what
any
mother
wants
to
hear
from
your
kid?
Who
knows
all
the
all
the
lessons
you're
not
going
to
get
him
with
a
powerpoint
you're,
going
to
get
him
by
getting
him
sleep
so
that
he
doesn't
make
bad
decisions
like
so
many
of
our
kids
are
being
forced
into
making
bad
decisions
from
sleep
exhaustion.
AD
M
Good
evening
president
corbilike,
dr
arlatto
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
lisa
rodvian.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
continuing
to
press
for
healthy
school
start
times
for
our
middle
and
high
school
students
for
the
new
board
members.
If
you're
not
familiar
with
the
research,
we
have
reached
a
point
where
every
major
health
organization
is
recommending
school
start
no
earlier
than
8
30
a.m.
M
The
research
is
clear
and
has
been
acknowledged
through
the
recommendations
of
the
nih,
the
national
institutes
of
health,
the
american
medical
association,
the
centers
for
disease
control,
the
and
the
american
academy
of
pediatrics
and
many
others.
While
the
proposal
before
the
board
to
move
start
times,
18
minutes
does
not
fully
reach
the
830
goal.
It
still
represents
an
important
step
towards
improving
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
teenagers.
M
Retired
superintendent
of
adena,
minnesota
public
schools,
kenneth
dragseth
phd,
says
starting
school
later
was
the
most
beneficial
decision
I
made
in
all
the
years.
I
was
an
educator.
He
is
not
alone
in
his
assessment
of
the
benefits
of
healthy
start
times.
Since
my
la
time
is
limited.
I
will
just
mention
two
of
many
studies.
A
massive
university
of
minnesota
study
that
examined
eight
high
schools
in
five
school
districts
in
three
different
states
collected
data
on
9,
000
students,
and
it
revealed
amazing
improvements
in
all
of
these
schools.
M
The
study
found
declines
in
rates
of
teen
depression
decreases
in
rates
of
substance
abuse,
which
should
be
especially
noteworthy
in
our
county.
That
is,
fighting
a
huge
substance,
abuse
crisis,
significant
reductions
in
local
car
crash
rates,
less
tardiness,
less
absenteeism
and
higher
scores
on
national
tests.
M
I
have
heard
your
concerns
about
the
costs
of
this
move,
but
I
ask
you
to
look
at
the
costs
of
our
early
start
times
now,
while
it
may
be
impossible
to
put
a
dollar
figure
on
these
current
costs.
Think
about
the
financial
and
human
resources
we
must
use
when
we
push
more
students
into
depression
and
substance
abuse
through
early
start
times.
How
much
are
we
losing
on
early
car
crashes
by
sleepy
teen
drivers?
How
much
could
be
saved
on
remediation
that
is
needed
because
of
tardiness
and
absenteeism?
M
M
M
S
AE
You
all
for
your
comments.
I
I
must
say
that
this
is
been
one
of
the
most
controversial
subjects
that
that
I
can
remember
with
a
scientific
background
and
hearing
much
from
a
number
of
physicians,
it
seems
difficult
for
me
to
go
against
the
science.
AE
Y
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
too,
and
I
want
to
reiterate
something
that
I've
said
many
times
before.
No
one
is
debating
the
facts
on
this.
No
one.
We
we
all
know
what
the
science
says.
There's
no
question
about
that.
Last
spring
we
had
an
eight
million
dollar
proposal,
or
last
winter
we
had
an
eight
million
dollar
proposal
that
was
discussed
by
many
and
you've
closed
public
comment.
Y
Haven't
you,
we
had
an
eight
million
dollar
proposal
on
on
the
table
and
this
board
made
a
decision
to
only
ask
for
an
additional
1.4
million
due
to
public
dissension
over
over
what
the
plan
was,
and
also
this
board
does
have
to
put
a
cost
on
the
move
as
much
as
everyone
would
like
us
not
to
put
a
cost
on
them
on
any
kind
of
shift.
We
do
have
to
put
a
cost
on
the
shift
because
it
costs
money
and
we
have
to
put
a
price
tag
on
it,
because
it's
not
going
to
happen.
Y
Y
When
my
children
were
in
elementary
school,
they
were
at
a
3
45
school
that
dismissed
at
3
45,
and
they
did
not
get
home
until
4
30..
They
went
to
bed
at
7..
It
is
not
okay
for
an
elementary
school
child
to
have
two
and
a
half
hours.
We
have
a
problem,
we
do.
Our
problem
is
bigger
than
school
start
times.
Y
We
don't
have
money
to
do
everything
that
everyone
wants
and
I'm
not
willing
to
do
this
on
the
cheap
on
the
backs
of
our
elementary
school
students.
Until
we
can
do
this
right
and
not
harm
some
students
to
help
other
students,
I'm
going
to
be
voting.
No,
I
may
have
to
leave
shortly
because
my
children
are
home
alone
in
bed.
My
ninth
grader
already
texted
me
and
he's
already
gone
to
bed,
but
I
feel
uncomfortable
that
my
sixth
grader
and
ninth
grader
are
sleeping,
but
I
I
think.
Y
You
can't
not
put
a
price
tag
on
this
and
I
do
I
do
understand
the
science
you
can
tell
me
about
the
science
over
and
over
again
I
understand
it,
I
get
it.
Y
AF
Well,
it
will
come
as
as
a
long
time
elementary
school
educator.
I
have
heard
many
many
I've
had
many
emails
and
many
calls
because
I've
been
around
a
while
and
a
lot
of
people
know
me
and
call
me
from
the
elementary
I
said
from
the
beginning
of
this
discussion.
AF
I
would
never
vote
for
any
solution
that
took
our
elementary
schools
past
four
o'clock.
I
just
won't.
No,
we
are
not.
I
agree,
a
hundred
percent
with
the
science.
I
agree
that
we
need
to
do
something
about
high
school
start
times,
but
I
agree
with
my
colleague,
mrs
burge.
It
is
about
money,
but
it
is
not
about
our
elementary
schools,
not
only
as
she
said
with
the
late
times
for
these
schools.
AF
By
the
time
they
get
settled
teacher
takes
roll.
They
do
everything,
they
don't
start
school.
It's
it's
about
20,
minutes
to
30
minutes,
let's
just
face
it
before
they
have.
Every
child
has
art,
music
and
pe
that
lasts
an
hour
now
as
a
school
principal.
When
I
did
the
schedule,
the
fifth
graders
got
that
first
hour,
because
you
don't
want
your
babies,
your
first
and
second
graders,
to
wait
to
go.
You
they're,
tired
at
the
end
of
the
day,
so
you
want
to
schedule
their
specials
if
possible
at
the
end
of
the
day.
AF
AF
AF
B
Mrs
hummer,
we
are
doing
the
board
discussion
at
this
point.
Is
this
hummer.
W
I
do
not
disagree
with
anything
that
my
colleagues
have
said.
I
agree
with
the
science.
I
also
agree
that
this
puts
a
large
burden
on
some
of
our
elementary
schools,
but
as
a
parent
of
an
elementary
school
student
and
as
high
schoolers,
I
also
see
the
burdens
putting
on
my
high
school
students
as
well.
I
believe
that
we
have
talked
about
this
ad
nauseam
for
quite
some
time,
and
we've
debated
and
we've
tried
to
find
the
best
solution.
W
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
we
have
not
found
the
best
solution
and
as
long
as
money
is
tight,
we're
not
going
to
we,
we
have
to
work
with
what
we
have
and
while
it
is
not
perfect,
I
think
that
we
need
to
start
making
make
an
incremental
change
and
to
move
forward.
W
But
I
believe
that
we've
seen
from
all
the
feedback
from
everyone
that
this
county
is
very
divided
on
this
about
50
50,
both
ways,
no
matter
which
way
we
go
we're
going
to
have
unhappy
people,
and
it's
it's.
Never
it's
never
going
to
be
perfect.
I
think,
though,
that
we
need
to
go
ahead
and
make
a
move
and
move
forward
and
continue
looking
for
ways
that
have
on
so
I
will
be
supporting
option
one.
W
AA
Thank
you.
I
again
I
want
to
echo.
I
appreciate
the
discussion
here
and
and
then
certainly
the
the
continued
testimony,
and
probably
you
know
I
I
can't
even
guess
the
number
of
emails
we've
received
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
especially
the
last
week.
AA
AA
I
I'm
probably
going
to
get
in
trouble
for
saying
that
too,
but
no,
no,
not
the
science
part,
but
I
I
I
believe,
there's
been
credible
evidence
shared
with
us
and
I
I've
got
to
echo
really
not
just
what
dr
frank
said,
but
mrs
hummer,
that
you
know
this
is
a
step
in
in
the
right
direction.
AA
I
was
prepared,
as
of
this
morning,
to
vote
against
both
of
these
options.
I
I
share
many
of
the
concerns
that
we've
heard
tonight.
I
I
I
think
it's
unfair,
that
the
burden
is
placed
on
the
elementary
schools,
the
the
impact
on
high
school
students
who
need
to
get
to
work
after
school.
AA
You
know
I've
been
in
schools
where
I've
talked
with
students
who
have
shared
with
me,
sometimes
even
with
tears,
even
from
me
when
they
talk
about
they
being
the
contributor
and
helping
the
providers
of
their
family,
their
families,
depending
on
their
incomes
and-
and
I
I've
been
wrestling
with
that,
the
the
impact
that
this
will
have
on
athletic
and
extracurricular
schedules
is
a
little
concerning.
AA
You
know
the
last
meeting
in
particular
mrs
shaw,
caught
out.
You
know
the
the
impact
to
mary
moss.
You
know
others
have
talked
tonight
about
hebron,
harmon's
and
and
meat
heights.
You
know
and
and
we're
talking
about,
you
know
harman's
not
too
far
from
arundel
mills
and
elementary
school
students
walking.
You
know,
post
4
p.m.
When
we've
got
christmas
shopping
and
everything
else
happening
in
in
the
the
dark
fall
months,
you
know
so
I've
you
know
been
grappling
with
that.
AA
It's
it's
it's
different.
When
you
get
up
in
the
morning
and
you're
active,
you
know.
If
you've
got
time
to
to
run,
I
don't
but
it
shows.
But
if,
if
you've
got
time
to
be
active
in
the
morning,
you
can
be
energized
and
get
to
work
and
I'm
in
corporate
america.
So
I
I
there's
no
way
I
could
sit
at
my
desk
at
at
7
17
and
be
productive.
AA
I
can't
sit
in
a
chair,
and
god
forbid,
do
chemistry
or
physics
or
or
french
sorry
and-
and
I
I've
I've
got
away
that
and
I
I
don't
think
any
of
these
options
are
perfect,
they're,
not
and-
and
my
hope
I
I
really
want
to
echo
something
that
mrs
hummer
said
that
I
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
fix
the
elementary
school
dismissal
times
and
I'm
hopeful
that
some
of
the
efficiencies
that
that
we
gained
from
the
system.
AA
That
was
really
the
the
reason
I
I
was
having
that
that
dialogue
and
I
really
appreciate
not
just
dr
alato
but
but
mr
shaknovich,
you
know
sharing
that
detail
with
me,
because
I
I
think
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
gain
from
these
efficiencies,
and
I
really
I'm
just
one
board
member,
I'm
only
one
vote,
but
I
I
really
hope
dr
arlatto.
AA
This
is
the
a
step
that
that
we
can
continue
to
to
gain
from
the
efficiencies.
I
I
sat
on
this
board
during
the
1994
95
school
year.
When
I
was
the
student
member
and
the
discussion,
the
whoever
handed
this
washington
post
article.
AA
You
know
it
rings
a
bell
for
me
because
some
of
the
discussion
even
began
the
year
I
was
on
my
my
successor
was
on
the
board
at
the
time
when,
when
this
passed
and
yeah
this
is
focusing
a
lot
on
the
transportation
costs
cutting
at
at
that
time,
and-
and
you
know
mrs
carl
york's
comments
here-
I
I
think
are
well
stated,
but
we
were
also
grappling
with
the
fact
that
there
was
the
additional
need
for
assessment
at
that
time,
and
you
know
assessment
was
you
know,
mspap
back
then
for
my
colleagues
that
remember
that-
and
you
know
that
was
taking
the
tremendous
amount
of
testing-
was
taking
away
from
teaching
time
and
learning
time,
and
so
we
wanted
additional
time
a
lot
to
the
day
and
and
dr
parham,
you
know
her
quote
here
is
great.
AA
AA
And
assessments
decreasing
and
as
it
should-
and
I
think
another
part
of
this
continued
conversation
needs
to
include
discussion
around
the
length
of
the
school
day.
Can
we
shave
time?
I
I
think,
that's
something
that
we
need
to
to
consider
as
well
as
part
of
these
efficiencies,
because
testing
is
decreasing.
Can
we
recoup
the
time
that
that
we
added
back
then?
So
I
am
going
to
vote
for
option
one
tonight,
but
I
really
want
to.
AA
B
AA
F
F
Okay,
nevertheless,
sitting
here
on
the
board
and
having
received
this
report
from
one
of
our
taxpayers
on
the
diesel
and
having
received
to
what
alex
has
reported,
I
basically
feel
that
without
any
doubt
to
come
onto
this
board
or
onto
the
anne
arundel
county
public
school,
I
would
like
to
ask
for
alex
and
the
administration
of
aacp
for
the
next
board.
If
they
could,
please
give
a
report
to
either
rebuttal
this
or
present
these
facts,
whether
they
are
true
false
or
basically
there
is
a
reason
for
them.
F
I
really
question
any
report
that
is
given
to
me.
That
is
basically
against
what
is
being
stated
by
the
people
that
I
work
for
or
work
with.
So
I
am
going
to
ahead
and
vote
yes,
but
I
would
like
to
see
a
rebuttal
from
this
administration,
and
the
next
thing
is
that
I
know
that
it's
very
hard
for
everybody
to
basically
have
an
answer
that
will
be
satisfactory
for
everybody,
but
we
have
to
start
somewhere.
So
my
vote
will
be
yes.
AG
AG
B
B
B
While
the
citizens
who
weighed
in
on
our
13-minute
slide
option
in
2013-14
we're
split
nearly
50
50.,
I'm
confident
with
the
transportation
software,
the
gas
tax
savings,
redistricting
and
other
considerations
that
we
can
work
together
to
bring
those
two
outlier
elementary
schools
back
to
a
4
pm
end
time.
And
I
really
believe
it's
time
to
stop
kicking
the
can
down
the
road.
E
Yeah,
I
think,
there's
been
a
lot
of
eloquent
comments
made
on
this
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
this
room.
Have
thought
about
this
issue
a
lot
more
than
I
have
in
a
lot
longer
than
I
have.
So.
I'm
just
going
to
say
briefly
that
I'm
going
to
be
voting
in
favor
of
option
one,
but
along
the
lines
of
what
you
were
saying.
Madam
president,
I
just
can't.
E
I
can't
belie
I'm
sure
that
the
staff
has
done
the
best
that
they
possibly
could
to
come
up
with
the
the
least
impact
to
the
fewest
number
of
elementary
schools.
But
I
can't
believe,
with
all
of
the
complexities
that
the
chief
operating
officer
was
addressing
and
and
the
public
testimony.
We
heard
on
some
potential
budgetary
discrepancies
in
terms
of
how
those
numbers
are
are
being
viewed,
that
we
can't
reassess
that
along
the
lines
of
what
you're
saying.
AH
This
now
I've
got
a
handout.
I
don't
know
if
it's
been
passed
around
these
are
you
you've
heard
a
lot
about
national
studies?
I
had
a
look
at
what
happens
in
the
state
of
maryland.
As
far
as
start
times
go
I've
gone
through
the
maryland
report
card
website.
I
looked
at
absentee
rates.
Graduation
rates
test
scores
compared
those
against
school
start
times.
AH
There
are
three
counties
in
maryland
that
start
all
their
high
schools
at
eight
o'clock
or
later,
all
three
of
them
have
higher
graduation
rates.
91
are
higher.
It's
a
three
to
six
percent
increase
in
graduation
rates,
which
means
basically
200
or
more
high
school
students.
Every
year
could
be
graduating
in
our
high
schools.
AH
If
they
only
got
a
good
night's
sleep,
they're,
exhausted
and
200
kids
a
year
could
be
getting
diplomas
right
now
and
they're
not,
and
this
is
the
first
step
in
making
sure
that
those
kids
get
what
they
need,
which
is
a
good
night's
sleep,
and
I
can't
thank
you
enough
for
that,
and
it
holds
true
when
you
look
at
charles
county
high
schools,
where
they
have
both
early
and
late
starting
schools.
It
holds
true
for
washington,
county
middle
schools,
and
you
can
see
the
last
two
charts
are
schooled
by
school.
AH
It
holds
true
for
every
school
I've
looked
at
and
you're
going
to
see
results
in
as
little
as
15
minutes,
and
when
you
get
you
know
when
you
get
options
working
when
you
look
at
that,
how
many
hours
the
kids
are
in
school
and
start
tweaking
the
system
and
getting
more
time,
you're
going
to
see
much
better
results
as
you
shift
high
school
and
middle
school
start
times
later.
Thank
you.
AH
My
name
is
claudia
o'keefe,
I'm
a
parent
and
former
student
in
arnold
county
and
my
my
daughter
is
in
sleep
asleep.
Now
I
woke
up
at
5
30
with
her,
but
I
I
honestly
I
didn't
see
her.
My
husband
drives
her
to
school
every
day
because
it
saves
us
a
half
hour
if
it
weren't
for
him
driving
she'd
be
waking
up
at
five
o'clock
every
morning,
and
I
can't
do
that
to
her.
I
feel
bad
enough
about
5
30..
AH
J
J
J
They
would
absolutely
not
be
happy
for
any
shift
to
8
30.
now.
That
may
not
be
a
popular
thing
for
me
to
say,
but
I
am
telling
you
what
I
know
and
what
my
students
share
with
me
each
and
every
day,
so
I
I
know
that
for
sure
I
don't
have
the
magic
answer.
I
know
mr
saknivitz,
I
found
it
very
interesting
this
evening
when
he
talked
about
the
fact
that
there
is
the
ability
to
make
adjustments
for
specific
schools
that
have
really
late
starting
times,
and
I
think
that
is
wonderful.
J
E
F
B
F
E
F
E
I'm
moving
that
we
amend
the
recommendation
of
the
superintendent
to
keep
the
proposed
time
shift,
but
have
a
report
back
to
the
board
not
later
than
march.
2017.
Z
AE
Voting
dr
alato.
AE
F
S
I
have
a
concern:
yes,
no,
I
work
for
you
so
dr
frank
and
the
and
and
if
the
board
wants
us
to
reevaluate
what
I
we're
glad
to
re-evaluate
and
bring
something
back
to
the
board.
What
I
do
want
to
say,
however,
though,
is
this:
has
the
team
has
looked
at
this
all
right?
Rest
assured,
mr
grannon,
that
we've
looked
at
these
schools
very
very
carefully.
We
have
no
desire
to
bring
these
schools
beyond
four
o'clock.
S
It
was
very
clear
from
the
board
a
year
ago,
miss
nelly
and
miss
burge
that
they
wanted
us
to
work
very
hard
to
get
schools
under
four
o'clock,
and
so
the
team
has
worked
very
hard
to
do
that.
Unfortunately,
we
have
two
elementary
schools
and
has
been
said
there
are
we're
not
just
elementary
schools.
There
are
four
special
schools
that
will
be
beyond
four
o'clock
and
I'm
worried
about
you.
This
team
has
worked
tirelessly
to
try
and.
S
Change
I'm
telling
you
in
march
or
june.
There
won't
be
any
change,
however,
as
we
will
continue
to
look
at
it.
You
have
my
guarantee
I've
spoken
to
mrs
corbilak
in
the
past
two
weeks
on
this
very
subject
and
said
and
gave
her
my
assurance
that
we
would
continue
to
look
at
it
if
we
can
find
a
way
to
bring
them
in
without
spending
any
more
of
this
budget,
then
we're
going
to
glad
we're
going
to
do
that.
We
have
no
desire
to
to
have
those
schools
be
on
4
o'clock.
S
We
would
like
to
we'd
like
to
have
them
maintain
the
times
that
they're
at
right
now,
so
we
have
looked
at
it.
We'll
continue.
You've
got
my
word
that
we'll
continue
to
look
at
it
unless
we're
we,
the
the
software,
tells
us
something,
but
I
don't
think
by
march
we're
going
to
have
run
enough
scenarios
with
the
software.
S
That's
going
to
find
some
kind
of
savings
regarding
the
savings
in
diesel
fuel
that's
been
brought
forward,
certainly
we'll
bring
to
the
board
and
we're
glad
to
sit
down
with
the
board
and
go
over
those
numbers
with
you.
I
don't
know
what
mrs
sutherland's
numbers
are.
I
I
had
she
didn't
share
those
with
me
in
advance
north,
mr
noticed
that
I'm
aware
of,
and
so
we're
certainly
glad
to
bring
those
to
you
but
understand
that
when
you
save
something
in
one
year,
it
doesn't
mean
you
have
it
in
the
next.
S
So
you
can
save
money,
because
the
fuel
is
a
little
cheaper
this
year
or
last
year
and
last
couple
of
years,
but
if
you
then
put
money
into
the
to
to
the
transportation
you
have
to
have
that
money
year
in
and
year
out
from
that
point
forward,
and
I
don't
have
a
guarantee
that
those
fuel
prices
will
remain
at
that
level
through
the
future
years
and
still
I
get
that
money
into
maintenance
of
effort.
I
can't
make
that
guarantee.
S
So
I
understand
that
there
may
be
some
fuel
savings
and
I
I'm
sure
her
numbers.
Well,
I'm
not
sure
her
numbers
are
right,
but
they
may
very
well
be
right
and
that's
great,
but
I
can't
guarantee
neither
can
she
that
the
fuel
prices
will
remain
the
same
next
year
and
the
year
after,
and
we
can
use
that
same
savings
to
pay
for
those
extra
buses
to
bring
those
schools
back
and
change
start
times.
E
Say
very
briefly,
I
don't
think
anything
either
in
my
comments
or
in
my
motion
in
any
in
any
way
was
trying
to
imply
that
this
issue
had
not
been
studied
closely.
In
fact,
I
think
I
said
the
exact
opposite
and
commended
you
and
your
staff
for
coming
up
with
a
plan
that
had
the
least
impact
on
the
fewest
elementary
schools.
I
think
I
use
those
exact
terms.
E
I'm
I'm
gonna
stand
by
my
motion
to
amend,
I'm
not
gonna
withdraw
it.
I
don't
think
it's
too
much
of
an
imposition
to
ask
that
this
is
a
very
sensitive
issue
and
that
we
look
at
it
in
in
the
spring
five
months
from
now,
perhaps
with
some
greater
learning
from
the
public
testimony
that
we've
had
tonight
about
these
fuel
savings,
as
well
as
the
the
reality
checking
that
the
chief
operating
officer
was
looking
at.
E
B
AI
Madam
president,
for
the
record
tyson
bennett
board
council
there
there
was
a
main
motion
on
the
floor.
AI
E
Thank
you
for
that
clarification
just
to
make
it
perfectly
clear,
I'm
not
suggesting
that
this
amendment
be
well.
If
dr
alato
can't
report
back
to
us
in
march
that
this
problem
for
these
two
particular
schools
has
not
been
alleviated
that
anything
changes,
all
I'm
saying
is
I'm
adding
to
the
motion
a
specific
direction
that
such
report
takes
place.
B
F
Since
I
raised
the
issue
of
the
diesel
price,
my
concern
is
basically
as
a
taxpayer
as
a
person
sitting
here
on
the
board
and
as
the
presentation
from
taxpayers
in
the
audience.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
this
issue
is
just
completely
cleared
so
that
there
is
never
a
question
whether
there
is
a
yes
or
no
from
either
side.
It
is
just
completely
clear
to
our
taxpayers
what
is
happening
to
their
money.
B
B
Motion
passes:
eight
zero,
zero.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
announcements.
The
next
board
policy
committee
meeting
is
wednesday
september
28th
at
one
pm
here
in
the
board
room.
The
next
board
of
education
meeting
is
wednesday
october
19th
at
10
am
here,
and
the
next
board
budget
committee
is
wednesday
october
19th,
one
hour
after
the
conclusion
of
the
board
meeting
and
this
adjourns
our
september
21st
meeting.