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From YouTube: November 16, 2022 Board of Education Meeting Recap
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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
the
Board
of
Education
meeting
recap
where
we'll
give
you
a
brief
rundown
of
what
happened
at
the
most
recent
meeting.
Just
in
case,
you
missed
it
at
the
meeting
on
November
16
2022,
the
board
discussed
the
2023-2024
school
year,
calendar
alternative
student
transportation
and
policy
revisions,
among
other
things,
before
conducting
business.
The
board
paid
tribute
to
beloved
former
executive
assistant
to
the
Board
of
Education
Molly
Connolly,
who
passed
away
on
November,
2nd
2022,
Molly
humbly
and
wholeheartedly
served
the
board
for
15
years
before
retiring
in
2019.
A
aacps
sent
sincerest
condolences
to
her
family.
There
was
no
in-person
or
virtual
public
comment
at
the
meeting.
The
board
heard
reports
from
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
of
student
councils
and
the
citizens
advisory
committee
or
CAC
as
part
of
the
superintendent's
update
Dr
Bedell
highlighted
the
achievements
of
various
High
School
athletic
teams
that
have
won
or
are
vying
for
state
championships.
Dr
burdell
also
mentioned
that
the
recent
Mead
Community
day
was
a
huge
success
with
about
1
200
attendees,
showing
that
the
school's
students,
staff
partners
and
community
members
are
indeed
made
strong
in
a
transportation
update.
A
Dr
Bedell
informed
the
board
that
there
are
currently
67
bus
driver
vacancies
with
49
potential
drivers
in
training.
A
contract
for
approval
for
the
Emergency
acquisition
of
Vans
to
support
student
transportation
will
be
discussed
later
on
the
meeting
agenda
for
first
review.
The
board
discussed
recommendations
from
the
calendar
committee
regarding
the
2023-2024
school
year
calendar.
A
Next,
the
board
unanimously
approved
the
emergency
procurement
contract
for
Vans,
the
24
bands
procured
to
begin
service
in
December
to
transport
students
to
non-public
settings.
This
will
in
turn,
free
up
buses
and
CDL
Drivers
to
service
approximately
2
600
additional
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
School
students
on
General
and
magnet
routes
who
have
been
impacted
by
out
of
service
bus
routes,
thus
far
details
on
specific
routes,
impacted
are
still
being
finalized,
but
the
buses
can
be
used
to
provide
routes
that
currently
have
partial
partial
service,
with
full
service
or
to
full
or
partial
service
to
routes.
A
Currently
without
any
service,
21
of
the
Vans
will
be
put
into
service
on
December
5th
2022,
with
the
remaining
three
following
a
week
later,
the
plan
calls
for
buses
to
be
able
to
address
some
general
and
magnet
routes
in
the
Annapolis,
Broadneck
North,
County
and
Old
Mill
clusters,
and
to
potentially
remedy
all
out
of
service
General
and
magnet
routes
in
the
Mead
cluster
single
routes
and
other
clusters
Also
may
be
positively
impacted.
This
is
the
second
adjustment
to
transportation
services.
A
This
semester
in
October,
37
school
bus
routes
across
the
county
that
had
been
consistently
out
of
service
began
offering
partial
service
to
students
as
part
of
a
realignment
of
routing
that
allowed
buses
to
add
either
morning
or
afternoon
routes.
To
their
schedules,
families
will
be
notified
if
impacted
routes
the
week
of
November
28
2022.,
the
van
contracts
expire
at
the
end
of
the
school
year.
A
Aacps
is
also
in
the
process
of
preparing
a
request
for
bids
for
40
bands
to
service
students
in
the
2023-2024
school
year
and
has
plans
for
additional
bidding
requests
to
add
approximately
25
to
30
bands
over
the
next
five
years.
The
school
system
is
also
examining
the
possibility
of
utilizing
used
bands
to
make
additional
adjustments
to
provide
more
service
to
more
students
for
policy
revisions.
The
board
moved
forward
with
a
third
reading
approval
for
revisions
to
code
AC,
non-discrimination,
which
was
modified
to
align
with
state
law
requirements.
A
In
addition,
the
board
conducted
its
first
reading
on
a
new
policy
gaj
whistleblower
protections
that,
as
required
by
state
law,
provide
an
administrative
complaint
procedure
for
aacps
employees
who
believe
they
are
the
subject
of
a
Personnel
action
in
violation
of
state
law.
The
policy
will
be
posted
online
for
30-day
public
comment
period
and
will
return
to
the
board
for
second
reading
tentatively
on
January
4th
2023.