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3.01 Superintendent's Recommended Fiscal Year 2017 Operating and Capital Budgets
A
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
we
have
awesome
people
who
are
doing
incredible
work
for
children,
that
work
takes
place
each
and
every
day
in
classrooms,
laboratories
and
lunch
rooms
and
on
ballfields
stages
and
tracks
across
our
county.
It
occurs
is
this
incredible
team
of
people
work
both
individually
and
collectively,
with
our
students
to
shape
them
into
positive,
intelligent,
inquisitive,
determined,
compassionate
and
caring
individuals?
A
I
am
thankful
every
day
to
be
able
to
work
with
each
member
of
this
team
and
I
am
confident
in
our
collective
ability,
through
purposeful
planning,
implementation
and
relationships
to
reach
every
one
of
our
more
than
80,000
students.
We
are
a
very
good
school
system.
We
are
not
where
we
want
to
be
yet,
but
we
are
moving
the
right
direction
and
even
the
face
of
adversity
and
criticism,
I
have
seen
and
continue
to
see,
perseverance,
passion
and
progress.
A
I
stand
here
this
morning,
confident
that
we
will
get
where
we
want
to,
because
I
believe
in
the
people
of
our
organization,
who
will
lead
us
there
for
all
the
incredible
things
they
accomplished.
However,
we
must
realize
that
the
resilience
of
our
great
people,
the
backbone
of
our
success,
is
being
sorely
tested.
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A
The
frustrations
of
today
largely
have
their
root
in
nearly
a
decade
of
minimum,
legally
permissible
funding
a
tide
that
the
county,
executive
and
county
council
began
to
change
just
last
year
when
they
provided
our
school
system
with
five
million
dollars
more
than
they
were
legally
obligated
to
do.
It
is
certainly
my
hope
and
I
know
this
boards
that
we
will
see
a
continued
change
of
that
tied.
A
year
ago,
I
stood
before
you
and
said
that
we
must
be
cognizant.
The
fact
that
the
rubber
band
stretches
only
so
far.
A
Our
people,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
are
being
pulled
to
the
point
where
the
rubber
band
is
about
to
snap,
and
it
is
up
to
us,
as
well
as
our
local
and
state
officials,
to
prevent
that
from
happening
through
the
different
perspectives
of
their
daily
experiences.
The
voices
of
teachers
and
others
heard
from
these
microphones
and
elsewhere
in
recent
months,
have
echoed
a
clear
and
consistent
message,
work
together
to
support
us
and
help
us
help
our
children.
A
They
yearn
for
more
communication
and
better
partnerships
in
an
effort
to
change
the
conversation
in
our
county
and
to
create
a
better
culture
for
our
employees
and,
ultimately,
for
our
students,
I've
told
them
and
I
pledge
again
today
that
I
will
continue
to
do
everything.
I
can
to
bring
that
about
and
I
call
on
our
elected
officials
and
our
bargaining
units
to
work
together
with
me
and
dis
board.
In
that
quest.
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A
It
is
our
people
at
elementary
middle
and
high
schools,
as
well
as
that,
our
special
centers
who
built
the
foundation
and
helped
nurture
and
develop
the
students
who
graduated
last
spring,
those
seniors
garnered
150,
4.5
million
dollars
in
scholarship,
offers
the
most
ever
in
our
school
system.
It
is
our
people
who
propelled
students
at
Lakeshore
in
Severna,
Park
Elementary
School's,
to
earn
the
prestigious
national
Blue
Ribbon
status
earlier.
This
year
and
as
was
announced
on
Monday,
led
Arnold
and
Pasadena
elementary
schools
to
Maryland
Blue
Ribbon
status
this
year.
A
This
is
the
second
consecutive
year
that
we
have
had
multiple
blue-ribbon
winners
is
our
people
who
work
with
our
youngest
learners,
where
achievement
gaps
exist
before
students
even
walk
through
the
kindergarten
classroom
door?
It
is
our
people
who
work
to
narrow
those
gaps
by
the
end
of
that
first
year
and
put
students
in
a
better
position
to
succeed
as
they
enter
first
grade.
A
It
is
our
people
who
go
to
incredible
and
often
unseen,
lengths
to
assist
our
rising
number
of
english-language
learners
and
their
families,
helping
them
to
not
just
understand
but
firmly
believe
that
a
language
barrier
does
not
have
to
be
a
barrier
to
success.
It
is
our
people
who
are
employing
a
multi-tiered
system
of
supports
and
interventions
to
help
reduce
the
incidence
of
referrals
and
suspensions
across
our
school
system
over
the
last
five
years.
A
Their
collective
efforts
have
resulted
in
a
nine
percentage
point
drop
in
the
number
of
students
receiving
two
or
more
referrals
and
a
nearly
seven
point
drop
in
the
number
of
students
receiving
one
or
more
suspensions.
It
is
our
people
who
are
now
diving
deep
into
the
first
release
of
PARCC
assessment
data
spending,
countless
hours
to
dissect
and
understand
the
data
as
we
embark
on
a
new
yet
familiar
race,
to
move
all
students
to
place
where
they
are
college
and
career
ready.
Well,
there
are
plenty
who
will
criticize
the
park.
Scores.
A
I,
really
I,
reiterate,
emphatically
that
they
are
a
starting
point
for
a
new
journey
that
should
not
be
compared
to
the
old.
Above
all,
is
our
people
who
provide
a
meaningful
student
engagement
every
day
in
every
classroom
to
every
student?
Is
our
people
who
know
that
if
we
take
care
of
the
little
things,
the
big
things
will
take
care
of
themselves.
A
There
are
any
number
of
different
ways:
test
scores,
reductions
in
achievement
of
discipline,
gaps
and
sustained
increases
in
scholarship
offers
and
enrollment
in
AP
and
IB
courses,
by
which
the
success
of
our
students
and
our
school
system
can
be
measured
for
all
the
numerical
computations.
However,
we
must
not
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
the
mission
stated
in
our
strategic
plan
calls
on
us
to
do
more.
A
A
We
must
harrell
the
efforts
like
harvest
for
the
hungry,
which
teat
which
teaches
compassion
and
caring
and
in
which
our
students
have
led
the
state.
For
years
last
year's
Drive
brought
in
more
than
230,000
pounds
of
food
and
nearly
a
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
cash
donations
to
help
needy
families
in
our
communities.
More
importantly,
it
reinforced
for
our
students
that
there
is
a
world
larger
than
that
which
immediately
surrounds
them
and
that
minor
sacrifices
for
some
can
make
major
positive
differences
for
others.
A
We
must
pause
and
applaud
when
we
see
efforts
like
those
of
Olivia
weathers,
the
chief
custodiet
chief
custodian
at
lithic
of
elementary
school,
who
applied
the
Heimlich
maneuver
to
help
dislodge
a
piece
of
pineapple
from
the
throat
of
a
student
last
spring.
Her
actions
showed
students
that
everyone
can
make
a
difference,
even
a
life-saving
one,
but
her
thoughts
about
those
actions
spoke
volumes
not
only
of
her
mindset
but
that
of
thousands
of
employees
across
our
county
once
their
moms
dropped
them
off.
In
the
morning
she
said
they're,
my
babies.
A
We
must
recognize
people
like
Meade
high
school
principal
John,
your
for
the
new
culture
and
heightened
level
of
expectations
that
he
has
established
at
the
school.
You
may
be
aware
that
Meade
Meade's
boys
soccer
team
lost
the
state
championship
game.
Last
month,
however,
it
was
something
mr.,
your
and
I
consider
to
be
every
bit
as
significant
the
Steve
Malone
sportsmanship
award
told
of
the
award.
Mr.
you're
simply
said,
the
win
would
have
been
nice.
However,
this
is
most
meaningful.
We
love
victories,
but
there
are
no
wins
without
class
and
character.
A
I
mean
what's
pause
to
recognize
people
like
the
athletic
staff,
football
coaches
and
players
at
South,
River,
High
School,
for
their
efforts
to
teach
us
that
time
is
always
right
to
seize
an
opportunity
to
lift
someone.
Spirits,
CJ
Burke
is
a
six
year
old
from
edgewater,
whose
mother
has
stage
four
cancer
CJ
plays
football,
and
one
of
his
mom's
wishes
was
to
see
him
play
on
the
very
field
he
will
play
on
when
he
gets
to
high
school
self,
ever
heard
of
the
Burke
family's
case
and
quickly
made
their
dream
come
true.
A
Cj
practice
with
the
team
on
the
day
before
a
game
and
as
his
parents
watched
played
on
the
stadium
field
at
halftime
with
his
flag
football
team,
but
South
River
didn't
stop
there.
The
school
made
CJ
an
honorary
senior,
gave
him
a
jersey,
introduced
him
and
his
family's
part
of
the
senior
night
ceremony,
and
let
him
take
part
of
the
coin
toss
nothing
that
happened
in
the
harvest
for
the
hungry
collection
in
the
cafeteria,
with
acum
elementary
on
the
mead
soccer
field,
or
in
that
stadium
at
South.
A
A
The
formulation
of
a
budget
to
provide
and
enhance
structures
that
increase
student
achievement
and
impart
those
life.
Lessons
is
like
education
itself,
a
complex
undertaking
in
the
married
discussions
we
had
over
the
last
several
months.
I
have
asked
staff
to
consider
several
questions.
First,
will
it
help
us
elevate
all
students
and
eliminate
all
gaps?
A
A
Can
we
eliminate
or
reduce
something
else
to
fund
it?
That
ladder
is
especially
important,
because
I
believe
that
we
have
a
duty
to
the
taxpayers
of
our
county
to
be
good
fiscal
stewards
of
the
funding
provide
us
in
the
one
point:
14
billion
dollar
operating
budget
request,
I
present
to
you
today
we
have
redirected
approximately
13
million
dollars
worth
of
resources
in
a
more
targeted
and
purposeful
manner
for
the
coming
year.
A
My
budget
request
is
50,
1.4
million
dollars
more
than
the
current
year,
with
seventy-three
percent
of
that
directly
related
to
employee
compensation
and
benefits
to
adding
teachers
to
keep
pace
with
increasing
enrollment
and
to
assist
with
rising
rising
class
sizes.
My
request
also
includes
15.5
million
dollars
to
fund
a
full
step
increase
for
all
eligible
employees
and
a
similar
increase
for
non
represented
employees.
It
also
includes
15
million
dollars
to
replenish
our
health
care
fund,
which
has
been
drawn
down
in
prior
years.
A
As
the
county
has
used
it
to
fund
other
parts
of
our
budget,
I
am
also
proposing
funding
for
33
new
classroom
teaching
positions
to
break,
even
with
the
ongoing
enrollment
increases
and
10
additional
teaching
positions.
To
begin
to
assist
in
our
goal
to
reduce
growing
class
sizes,
our
school
system
has
grown
by
more
than
7,000
students
in
10
years
and
that's
in
large
part,
due
the
quality
education
that
we
provide
students
every
day.
That
growth,
however,
has
not
been
met
with
an
associated
increase
in
teachers.
A
A
Our
enhancing
elementary
excellence
or
triple
e
program
has
been
a
huge
boost
to
schools
in
the
three
clusters
in
which
it
is
now
operating.
It
not
only
has
provided
an
additional
subject
of
study
for
our
students,
but
critical
planning
time
for
teachers,
something
they
and
our
teachers
association
have
sorely
wanted
for
decades.
This
budget
request
contains
1.2
million
dollars
for
11.5
teaching
positions
to
expand,
Tripoli
29
elementary
schools
in
the
Chesapeake
and
northeast
clusters.
A
It
also
contains
654
thousand
dollars
for
four
positions
to
enhance
the
stem
programs
at
lyndale
and
central
middle
schools
in
all
candor
I
would
have
very
much
liked
to
do
more.
I
would
certainly
make
a
case
for
additional
compensation
increases
and
for
more
teachers
to
help
with
class
sizes.
The
same
holds
true
for
a
third
cluster
in
which
to
expand
Tripoli
expansion
of
our
international
baccalaureate,
primary
year's
program
and
a
two-million-dollar
initiative
that
would
have
taken
a
big
step
toward
a
bring-your-own-device
program
for
students.
A
A
Finally,
I
want
to
spend
a
few
minutes
on
a
subject
that
received
more
consistent
attention
and
comment
than
any
other
this
year.
School
start
and
dismissal
times.
We
have,
as
this
board
is
directed,
been
engaged
in
a
thorough
examination
of
the
possibilities
that
exist
to
start
schools.
Later
I
want
to
be
very
clear
and
rear.
Reiterate
what
I
have
said
all
along
I
am
NOT
opposed
to
shifting
school
start
and
dismissal
times.
I
do
not
argue
with
the
science
of
circadian
rhythms
or
sleep
needs.
A
However,
I
believe
very
strongly
that
any
changes
that
we
must
that
we
make
must
be
instructionally
sound
and
must
not
come
at
the
expense
of
other
parts
of
our
educational
program
or
our
employees.
Any
plan
must
also
take
into
account
the
logistical
considerations
that
exist,
especially
with
regard
to
time.
It
would
take
to
acquire
buses
and
adequately
certify
bus
drivers
and
AIDS
I
have
heard
the
comments
from
the
public
this
board
and
others
I
listened
intently
to
our
colleagues
from
Montgomery
in
Fairfax
County's,
as
they
presented
at
this
boards
October
workshop.
A
A
This
option
would
have
our
high
schools,
beginning
at
830am,
our
middle
schools,
beginning
at
nine,
thirty
AM
and
our
elementary
schools,
beginning
somewhere
between
750
and
915,
am
all
schools
would
would
dismiss
no
later
than
415
in
the
afternoon.
So
why
don't
we
shift
next
year?
Two
reasons
we
must
have
the
funding
in
place,
along
with
the
six
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars
appropriated
by
the
County
Council
this
year
before
starting
the
process
by
which
contractors
would
acquire
buses
that
acquisition
process,
as
you
heard
in
October,
takes
at
least
eight
months.
A
Such
a
time
frame
would
also
allow
us
to
fully
stand
up
and
begin
to
see
any
efficiencies
realized
from
our
bus
routing
software.
Before
we
finalize
start
and
dismissal
times,
I
am
planning
a
set
of
community
conversations
around
the
county.
After
the
first
of
the
year,
so
this
board
could
have
as
much
input
as
possible
regarding
the
issue
of
school
starting
dismissal
times
before
it
makes
a
final
budgetary
decision
in
February.
A
However,
I
urge
this
board
the
county
executive
and
the
county
council
not
to
take
funding
from
other
areas
of
our
budget
to
cover
these
costs.
We
have
seen
in
recent
years,
for
example,
the
siphoning
of
approximately
18
million
dollars
from
our
health
care
fund,
balance
to
pay
for
compensation
increases
and
initiatives
critical
to
our
progress
as
a
school
system
using
one-time
money
for
ongoing
expenses
is
a
poor
budgeting
practice
by
any
measure.
A
A
Now
is
that
time
and
I
look
forward
to
their
passionate
support
for
this
initiative
and
all
the
others
that
are
intended
to
perm
improve
our
school
system
funding
to
support
our
people
and
enhance
our
programs
is
but
one
part
of
a
successful
school
system.
Our
facilities
must
be
able
to
not
just
adequately
serve
today's
generation
of
learners
but
allow
them
to
thrive.
A
The
250,
5.6
million
dollar
capital
budget
I
present
to
you
today
allocates
more
than
seventy
four
million
dollars
to
pre-existing
renovation
projects,
including
Severna
Park,
High,
School,
Manor,
View,
High,
Point,
George,
Cromwell,
Jessup
and
Arnold
elementary
schools.
It
also
includes
10.4
million
dollars
for
feasibility
study
and
design
funding
for
renovations
at
Edgewater,
Tyler,
Heights
and
Richard
Henry
Lee
elementary
schools
and
6.7
million
dollars
in
design
funding
for
a
new
crofton
area
high
school.
A
My
request
also
includes
ten
million
dollars
for
pre-kindergarten
and
kindergarten
additions
at
odenton
Woodside
and
north
glen
elementary
schools,
ten
million
dollars
for
classroom
addition
at
odenton
elementary
school
and
gymnasium
additions
at
Woodside
and
Millersville
elementary
schools
and
seven
million
dollars
for
open
space
enclosures
at
Chesapeake
high
school
I've
also
allocated
1.6
million
dollars.
For
renovation
work
at
the
carry
weed
and
Science
Center
in
galesville,
with
the
expectation
that
we
will
be
able
to
add
that
we
will
be
able
to
open.
A
The
capital
budget
is
ninety-five
point,
seven
million
dollars
more
than
the
one
approved
by
this
board
in
September.
That
may
seem
like
a
staggering
increase,
but
almost
all
of
it
is
allocated
to
our
pursuit
of
a
federal
government
grant
that
would
provide
funding
for
renovations
at
Meade
high
school.
A
Former
president
john
f
kennedy
once
spoke
of
the
value
of
education.
This
way,
let
us
think
of
education
as
the
means
of
developing
our
greatest
abilities,
because
in
each
of
us
there
is
a
private
hope
and
dream
which
fulfilled
can
be
translated
into
benefit
for
everyone
and
greater
strength
for
our
nation.