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Description
At Your Service is a program hosted by Susan Love and Christy Perdomo from the Student Services department. Each show presents topics of importance to students and their families. This month, Christy & Susan talk with Carol Chobany, a School Liaison Officer with the United States Navy. Originally aired October 1, 2015.
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Anne
Arundel
County
we're
very
fortunate
that
we
have
two
very
large
military
institutions:
the
Naval
Academy
and
Naval
Support
Activity
Annapolis,
as
well
as
Fort
Meade.
Within
those
two
installations.
We
have
many
military
families.
There
are
approximately
7,000
students
in
anne
arundel,
county
public
schools
who
are
military
connected
and
that
kind
of
works
out
to
be
between
eight
and
nine
percent
of
our
student
body
who
our
military-connected
students
they
live
in
every
corner
of
the
county.
Every
zip
code,
every
school
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
has
some
military
connected
student.
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Whether
their
family
is
in
the
army,
the
Navy,
the
Air
Force,
the
Marines.
They
might
be
in
a
reserve
or
guard
family,
but
they
are
everywhere.
Having
said
that,
we
also
have
some
students
who
live
on
base
at
the
Naval
Academy
or
at
Naval,
Support,
Activity,
Annapolis,
and
certainly
at
fort
need.
So
our
families
are
here.
They
are
everywhere
and
those
students
are
attending
our
public
schools.
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As
that,
I
just
have
I'm
going
to
ask
a
question,
as
military
families
increased
with
all
the
things
that
are
happening
over
at
Fort
Meade,
and
we
talked
about
just
the
transition
of
bringing
more
military
families
into
this
area
and
the
impact
has
it
grown
increasingly
within
the
last
five
years.
I.
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In
this
area,
this
area
we
considered
the
national
capital
region
and
we
have
some
what
they
call
Joint
Base
situations
where
you
have
an
army
in
a
navy
base
joining
together.
You
have
a
navy
and
a
Marine
joining
together.
So
this
is
a
very
unusual
area,
this
national
capital
area.
So
we
have
some
very
significant
institutions
here.
The
United
States
Naval
Academy
is
here.
The
Cyber
Command
at
Fort
needs
some
very
well-known
institutions.
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The
school
liaison
officer,
we
are
the
link
between
the
military
community,
the
commands
on
the
bases
on
the
installations.
We
are
the
link
between
that
our
families,
as
they
move
in
and
out
of
the
area
and
the
bigger
community,
the
community
at
large,
and
why
you
would
need
someone
like,
and
it's
very,
very
important,
because
our
families
are
on
the
move,
all
the
time
they're
coming
they're
going.
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The
kids
who
are
enrolling
in
our
schools
may
not
be
here
in
two
or
three
years
so
having
that
opportunity
to
have
someone
link
all
of
those
services,
the
people,
the
institutions
that
are
supporting
these
families.
Having
that
opportunity
to
have
someone
like
me
and
I-
do
have
a
counterpart
at
Fort
made
and
Army
School
Liaison.
We
work
very
closely
together
with
our
families.
C
In
Anne,
Arundel,
County
and
they're
able
to
make
really
good
informed
decisions,
I
work
very
closely
with
the
school
system
doing
things
like
this,
making
sure
that
the
school
community
knows
and
understands
what
our
military
families
are
needing
and
what
they
can
bring
to
the
table
on
their
side.
I
think
is
very
important.
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I
do
work
with
families
who
are
experiencing
deployments
and
when
we
say
deployments
we're
talking
about
family
members,
the
active
duty
member
going
away
for
a
significant
amount
of
time,
and
even
though
things
have
slowed
down
in
terms
of
the
activities
that
our
service
members
have
been
involved
in,
there
are
still
deployments.
They
are
still
happening
right.
Our
military
families
will
always
be
on
the
move,
whether
it's
a
deployment
or
just
to
move
to
a
new
duty
station.
So
helping
schools
understand
what
that
deployment
cycle
is
like
helping.
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Families
understand
that
there
are
resources
for
them
when
they
are
experiencing
a
deployment,
and
then
probably
the
third
thing
is
just
really
keeping
those
lines
of
communication
open
between
the
military
institute
installations
and
our
school
system.
We
have
a
lot
to
offer
on
both
sides,
so
it's
really
exciting
to
be
able
to
bring
those
two
sides
together
and
make
sure
everybody
is
receiving
the
benefits
on
both
sides.
So.
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We
have
family
members
who
serve
our
country,
who
have
chosen
to
serve
our
country,
and
we
are
very
proud
of
that.
We
take
school
seriously
for
the
most
part,
that's
sort
of
part
of
that
military
culture,
that
the
the
family
members
really
do
value
education
and
we
have
unique
stressors
that
others,
students,
just
in
their
growing
up
years,
may
not
face
so
I.
Think
all
of
those
things
would
be
things
that
kids
would
want
people
to
know
about
them
and
to
just
really
know
them.
Where
are.
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They're
looking
to
see
what
supports
they
can
see
within
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools,
for
example,
if
they're
coming
from
a
public
school
setting
to
our
public
school
setting,
so
they'll
look
online
they'll
see
what
are
the
schools
like?
They
will
check
out
school
scores.
They
will
check
out
the
report
card
from
the
Maryland
State
Department
of
Education.
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Are
in
every
everywhere,
there's
an
installation
or
a
base
around
the
world.
There's
somebody
like
me:
okay,
has
it
always
been
that
way?
No
okay,
the
army
I
think
was
the
first
to
come
on
board
with
school.
Liaisons
Marines,
followed
Navy
just
came
on
board
back
in
2009,
so
and
I
think
that
speaks
to
the
Department
of
Defense
and
the
various
branches
understanding
how
important
these
quality
of
life
issues
to
our
families
are.
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You
know
I
often
say
to
folks
that
once
a
military
family
finds
out
where
they're
going,
where
they're
being
sent,
they
have
their
orders.
The
next
thing
they
want
to
know
is:
where
am
I
going
to
live,
and
the
very
next
question
is:
where
are
my
kids
going
to
go
to
school
and
that
is
so
critically
important
and
that
won't
change?
Well,.
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To
move
perhaps
over
the
summer
time
or
over
the
winter
break
or
whatever
you're
moving
when
they
tell
you
you're
moving
from
a
state
or
another
country
where
perhaps
the
curriculum
has
been
somewhat
similar,
especially
with
Common
Core
coming
on
board.
But
perhaps
the
rigor
is
has
been
different
than
we
would
find
here
in
anne
arundel
county
and
that's
something
that
I
feel
like
I
can
do
it
family
so
many
times
there
is
an
anxiety
about
making
that
move.
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B
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So
the
impact
on
learning
and
student
learning-
that's
that's
it
probably
a
huge
concern
or
worry
for
parents.
You
know
just
transitioning
from
one
place
to
another.
Is
there
a
huge
impact
on
students?
Learning
do
we
know
for
military
families
that
are
deployed
and
students
that
travel
to
multiple
different
schools?
Do
they
have
more
difficulty
with
our
education
errs,
staying
a
tune
to
where
they
need
to
be
in
their
placement?
I
would.
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Say
it's
probably
true
of
any
child
who
moves
it
kind
of
depends
on
when
you
move,
if
you're
a
little
one,
if
you're
in
kindergarten,
perhaps
that
first
move
is
just
making
new
friends
and
figuring
out
where
your
cubby
is
and
where
the
you
know,
the
lunch
room
is,
but
as
you
age
and
you're
moving
more
frequently
than
you're
getting
into
the
high
school
years,
you're
accumulating
credits
for
graduation
you're
preparing
for
college
application.
So
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
may
take
for
granted
since
we're
not
I'm
not
moving
from
place
to
place.
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It's
pretty
important
to
keep
track
of
credits,
service,
learning
hours,
recommendations
for
college
things
that
most
kids
just
sort
of
understand,
is
going
to
be
what
they'll
be
doing,
but
min
military
families
who
really
need
to
keep
track
of
all
that
because
it
can
snowball.
You
can
think
well
wait
a
minute
when
I
was
in
naples.
I
know
I
had
the
recommendation
from
my
football
coach,
but
we
moved
and
that
all
got
packed
and
that
stuff
isn't
going
to
be
here
for
another
month
or
so.
So
what
am
I
going
to
do?
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I
think
the
most
important
thing
is
just
to
reach
out
and
find
out
who
they
are
ya
know
who
your
military
kids
are.
Where
are
they
coming
from?
What
have
their
experiences
bin
and
just
really
kind
of
acknowledge
that
you
know
you're
here,
you're
part
of
our
school
system,
you're
part
of
my
classroom
and
wow?
What
a
wealth
of
experience
you
may
bring
to
the
other
kids
who
are
in
the
classroom,
I
think
as
a
school
I
think
we
can
a
school
system.
C
We
can
look
to
things
like
making
sure
that
our
staff
members,
particularly
in
the
student
services,
get
some
training.
There
are
some
trainings
out
there
just
things
that
we
might
want
to
learn
about
military
culture,
because
even
though
we
live
here,
we
have
these
institutions
here
and
even
amongst
the
military,
they
will
often
say
I
didn't
know
this
was
here,
I
didn't
know
that
was
here
so
there's
a
lot
that
we
can
do
to
educate
ourselves
about
who
who
is
in
this
community.
B
C
Are
lots
of
resources
out
there
that
come
through
the
Department
of
Defense?
There
are
things
that
the
Maryland
State
Department
of
Education
has
that
school
systems
and
individual
schools
can
can
reach
out
and
tap
into
and
then
just
with
our
individual
schools
and
their
staffs
I
mean
I've
been
so
lucky
to
work
with.
So
many
of
our
schools
who
have
taken
the
initiative
once
cooled,
I'm
thinking
of
I
mentioned
that
I
have
all
these
resources
next
thing.
You
know
the
guidance
counselor
has
a
little
corner
set
up
in
her
office
senior
resources
for
military
families.
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A
Welcome
back
to
at
your
service,
we
were
discussing
supporting
military
families.
Can
we're
talking
a
little
bit
about
supporting?
You
know
how
teachers
can
support,
but
what
are
some
signs
that
educators
and
parents
need
to
start
to
look
if
they're,
starting
to
see
certain
signs
of
distress
or
stress
in
their
children
due
to
parents
being
deployed
or
transition
and.
C
That
does
happen.
It
happens
frequently
and,
as
I
said
previously,
our
kids
are
very
strong,
they're
very
resilient,
but
they're
not
invulnerable.
The
stressors
that
affect
many
families
affect
them
and
some
that
other
families,
don't
experience
affect
them
even
more,
as
you
might
imagine,
as
a
teacher
as
a
guidance
counselor
as
a
school
administrator,
you,
you
would
want
to
notice
that
child
who
all
of
a
sudden
is
having
excessive
absences
or
is
coming
to
school
and
they're.
Looking
very
disheveled
not
like
they
usually
look,
although
that
can
kind
of
be
funny.
Sometimes
sometimes
it's.
C
But
you
know,
the
signs
that
you
would
look
for
would
be
a
change
in
grades,
a
change
in
sort
of
emotional
status,
Eva,
either
more
emotional
or
maybe
even
withdrawn,
as
I
said,
the
excessive
absences,
loss
of
friendships
or
not
reaching
out
and
making
friendships.
These
are
things
that
our
teachers
do
notice
and
I
think
if
they
knew
that
that
child
was
in
a
military
family,
they
might
be
more
apt
to
put
two
and
two
together
and
say:
well,
maybe
we
need
to
talk.
Maybe
we
need
to
bring
the
guidance
counselor
right.
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And
so
what
let's
talk
about
supports
supports
that
schools
can
provide
in
the
classroom
or
just
in
general.
You
know
you
mentioned
a
little
bit
about
teachers
and
how
they
can
support
the
counts
or
the
school
counselor,
putting
a
little
stand
with
some
resources
for
students.
But
what
are
some
other
easy,
simple
things
that
maybe
a
classroom
teacher
could
do
if
they
knew
that
a
child
was
coming
from
a
military
and.
C
That's
a
very
good
point
because
sometimes
when
our
families
are
getting
word
that
there's
going
to
be
a
deployment
or
they're
getting
ready
for
a
move,
many
families
will
come
forward
and
tell
the
teacher
tell
the
school
right
away.
Other
families
are
reticent,
they
don't
do
that
and
it's
certainly
there.
You
know
privilege
to
either
let
you
know
or
not
right,
but
both
of
those
bring
some
different
responses
from
the
school
system.
C
What
most
people
don't
understand
is
that
reintegrate
in
part
is
actually
the
hardest
part
of
the
whole
deployment
Wow.
We
might
think.
Oh,
it's
a
wonderful,
mom
or
dad
is
home,
but
that
piece
of
returning
home
means
that
a
family
has
already
gone
through
a
separation,
quite
a
significant
separation
on
both
parts.
You
know
our
military
member.
Sometimes
they
withdraw
just
to
sort
of
protect
themselves
before.
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B
C
So
you
know
all
of
those
things
sort
of
play
into
that,
and
the
family
sorted
becomes
reorganized.
Whoever
the
mom
or
dad
left
at
home
is
now
a
single
parent.
For
that
period
of
time
they
may
have
to
actually
move
again
and
go
live
with
extended
family,
while
their
service
member
is
gone
and
then,
when
they
come
home,
there's
the
entire
readjustment
all
over
again.
So
as
a
classroom
teacher
I've
often
you
know
talked
to
teachers
and
guidance
counselors
and
just
having
shared
that
information
with
them,
you
can
kind
of
see
them
going.
B
C
A
B
B
C
C
Okay,
so
in
the
past
a
family
may
have
come
from
another
state
or
come
from
overseas,
and
a
student
who's
in
high
school
may
need
to
retake
a
course
or
perhaps
they've
come
from
somewhere,
where
the
mathematics
sequence
was
different
than
what
we
do
here
in
Maryland
or
in
Anne
Arundel
County
and
our
students
were
asked
to
go
to
summer
school
or
a
language
that
they
took
overseas
somewhere.
We
don't
teach
that
language.
So,
therefore,
we
can't
give
credit
what
the
interstate
compact
does.
Really
let
school
systems
know
that
they
have
some
leeway.
C
They
have
some
way
that
they
can
now
legally
say.
We
will
support
our
military
families.
There
are
a
couple
pieces
to
that.
The
first
piece
really
has
to
do
with
enrollment
course:
placement
making
sure
that
student,
as
I
mentioned
before,
coming
from
Florida
in
a
magnet
program
they
get
to
apply
for
our
magnet
program.
Here
doesn't
mean
they
get
an
automatic
seat,
but
they
get
to
go
through
the
same
process
that
any
child
who's
been
living
in
Anne
Arundel
County
gets
to
do
hugely
important.
Suppose.
C
A
C
A
And
one
of
the
goals,
just
because
I'm
very
familiar
with
military
compact
being
high
school,
is
to
make
sure
that
they
graduate
on
time,
if
at
all
possible,
but
we
still
have
to
follow.
Every
state
starts
to
follow
their
laws
but
like
like
Cara,
was
saying
what
we
do
have
flexibility.
So
if
they
have
those
three
math,
we
have
the
rights
to
say
they
meet
that
math
requirement,
even
though
they
might
be
a
little
different
than
ours,
which
is
as
fantastic.
C
Charter
salute
and
Families
absolutely
it
is,
and
that
is
addressed
in
the
interstate
compact
under
the
extracurricular
activities.
Piece
again,
you
know.
In
the
past
a
student
might
move
from
another
state
or
overseas
and
they've
been
on
the
football
team
in
California
somewhere,
and
they
move
here
and
they
just
have
missed
the
Triads.
Well
in
the
past
we
would
have
said
gosh.
Sorry,
you
know
come
back
next
year
now
with
the
interstate
compact.
C
The
school
system
on
the
receiving
end
really
does
have
to
give
that
student
an
opportunity
to
either
be
in
a
tryout
I've,
seen
kids,
who
have
sent
videotapes
of
their
last
orchestra
concert
to
the
receiving
school.
On
this
end,
the
band
director
or
the
orchestra
director
will
take
a
look
at
it,
and
none
of
this
means
that
our
students
get
automatic
placement
on
a
football
team
or
a
soccer
three
more
in
the
orchestra,
but
it
does
give
them
a
chance.
C
It's
that
leveling
of
the
playing
field,
because
when
we
talk
about
moving
and
in
the
deployments
and
all
the
the
challenges
that
our
military
kids
experience,
it's
that
extracurricular
is
a
huge
connecting
piece
for
them.
Huge
I
mean,
if
you're
on
a
team,
if
you're
welcomed
to
be
on
a
team.
If
you
know
that
you
can
try
out
for
a
team,
that's
a
wonderful
way
to
sort
of
make
yourself
known
in
your
new
school
and
connect
with
some
kids
who
are
already
there.
It's.
A
Huge
engagement,
piece
mm-hmm,
you
know,
for
the
families
and
for
the
students
that
just
transition
never
few
years,
it
just
makes
them
feel
like
they
belong.
That's
really
what
you
want
to
do.
It's
not
always
about
the
engagement
is
going
to
be
the
club's
and
that
of
the
other
sports
and
things
not
always
the
academic
pieces
right
away.
But
you
know
when
I
think
about
what
our
resources
are
available
in
Anne
Arundel
County
for
military
families
will.
C
You
have
your
human
resources,
which
would
be
someone
like
me,
someone
like
my
counterpart
at
Fort
Meade.
We
can
come
into
schools
with
permission
from
the
parent
always
and
the
school's,
I
have
to
say,
have
been
extremely
welcoming.
There
is
never
been
a
time
when
I
haven't
contacted
a
school
and
said
you
know,
got
a
family
coming
or
a
family's
getting
ready
to
leave
always
welcoming
into
the
school.
C
So
that's
a
huge
resource,
other
things
that
we
could
bring
on
the
table
or
materials
okay
or
are,
for
example,
children's
literature
out
there
that
speaks
to
a
parent
in
the
military
or
a
parent
going
on
a
deployment.
I
can
bring
those
things
into
the
school
setting.
There
are
some
trainings
that
are
available
through
some
of
our
bigger
organizations
like
the
Military
Child
Education
coalition,
and
a
number
of
our
schools
have
taken
advantage
of
them.
Actually,
I
have
taken
seven
of
our
high
schools
to
training
in
texas,
so.
A
C
A
C
And
it
is
awesome,
actually,
what's
so
wonderful
about
it,
is
when
a
student
logs
on
and
starts
working
with
a
tutor,
they
get
the
same
tutor
every
time
they
log
on.
So
it's
a
very
one-to-one
kind
of
situation,
so
you're
working
with
that
tutor
online
in
preparation
for
an
algebra
quiz,
you
take
the
quiz
you
get
back
on
line
the
next
day
and
say
yo,
you
know,
I
missed
this
question.
I
miss
that
question
that
same
tutor
can
then
go
back
and
say
it
will
remember.
This
is
how
we
did
this.
C
This
is
how
we
did
that
very
valuable,
very
valuable
tool.
There
are
tools
that
are
available
for
older
kids,
who
are
getting
ready
to
take
the
a.c.t
or
the
SATs
some
supports
that
are
available
through
the
Department
of
Defense
and
then
just
within
our
military
community,
both
on
the
Army
and
the
Navy
side.
There
are
a
lot
of
supports
at
places
called
the
fleet
and
Family
Support
Center.
The
army
calls
there's
the
army
community
center.
That
is
a
full
service.
C
Those
are
both
full
service
institutions
in
terms
of
what
they
can
provide
to
families,
whether
it
be
counseling
financial,
counseling,
espouse
needing
help,
finding
a
job
deployment
or
just
getting
ready,
actually
to
start
up
another
deployment
group.
The
families
come
and
talk
to
one
of
our
counselors,
the
kids
come
and
they
work
with
me
so
that
all
of
those
kinds
of
things-
and
we
would
love
to
tie
the
school
system
into
any
of
those
supports
as
much
as
we
possibly
can,
because
they
go
hand
in
hand
I
just.
A
Want
to
thank
you
for
coming
today.
Mr.
Beeney
I
think
it's
very
important
just
to
get
the
knowledge
out
for
all
parties
from
school
system
personnel
to
the
families
that
you
know,
transition
into
the
naval
academy
or
into
Fort
Meade
and
I.
Just
want
to
thank
you
for
joining
us
at
at
your
service.
See
you
next
time.