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Mitchelle Stephenson presents information to adults caring for students in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. This month Mitchelle speaks with Stacy Korbelak, President of the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County. Originally aired February 1, 2015.
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I
guess
I've
kind
of
been
an
educator
of
my
whole
life
when
I
was
out
of
school.
After
my
graduate
degree,
I
was
asked
to
teach
adjunct
courses
for
Johns,
Hopkins
and
Towson
University
here
in
Maryland,
and
I
loved
it.
I
was
working
in
human
resources
at
the
time
and
then
I
moved
away
to
michigan
for
a
little
bit
taught
up
there
at
night
and
always.
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Post
secondary
and
then
I
came
back
to
Maryland
in
1996.
My
children
were
young
and
I
got
involved
in
Pawnee
Richard
elementary
school's
pta,
and
then
they
moved
to
arundel
middle
school.
So
I
joined
the
PTA
there
and
later
a
rundal
high
school
had
their
signature
program,
advisory
team,
so
I
got
involved
with
them
and
the
school
board
kind
of
was
the
next
step
and.
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Call
it
the
panel
interview
on
steroids,
that's
the
way
I
would
describe
it
when
I
went
through
it.
So
for
folks
that
haven't
watched
the
process
before
you
apply
for
the
position
like
you
would
apply
for
a
job.
You
turn
in
a
resume
and
you
answer
some
questions
online
and
then
you
come
before
this
panel
of
13
people
who
have
been
appointed
by
the
governor
and
you
get
interviewed
in
front
of
everybody
on
camera.
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I
think
each
interviewer
gets
about
three
questions,
so
you've
got
33
or
you
know
more
questions
being
asked
of
you
and
it's
televised
and
the
people
that
you're
competing
for
the
job
with
are
right
there
in
the
room
answering
the
same
questions.
If
you
survive
that
part
of
it,
then
you
go
on
to
the
governor's
staff
you
get
interviewed.
At
least
I
got
interviewed
by
the
appointment
secretary
and
the
education
policy
advisor
for
the
governor,
and
then
they
make
a
recommendation
to
the
governor
on
who
to
a
point.
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Guess,
for
me,
my
day
starts
when
I
wake
up
in
the
morning.
Our
public
information
office
sends
us
a
list
of
news
clips
to
read
every
morning
and
they
come
in
about
5
530
in
the
morning.
So,
whenever
I
get
up,
I
go
through
the
news
clip
list,
depending
on
the
day,
we
might
have
to
go
out
and
visit
schools
or
attend
a
community
event
or
speak
it
like
a
chamber
event.
Something
like
that.
We
have
our
meetings,
of
course,
twice
a
month.
Typically,
we
have
to
prepare
for
those
feedings.
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So
we've
finished
our
workshops
with
the
staff
here
and
the
public
hearings
where
the
public
was
allowed
to
come
and
tell
us
what
kinds
of
things
they
were
concerned
about
or
what
maybe
was
missing
from
the
budget.
We've
heard
received
a
lot
of
emails
from
our
staff
and
parents
as
well.
So
now
the
board
has
most
of
the
month
of
februari
till
our
last
februari
board
meeting
to
make
any
kinds
of
amendments
we
would
make
it
the
board
vote
on
those
I
guess
februari
18th
and
then
the
budget
would
go
on
to
the
county
executive.
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B
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It
that
would
be
their
last
chance
really
to
get
us
to
change
something
and
talk
to
us
about
their
concerns.
Then,
once
it
goes
to
the
county,
the
county
executive
in
the
past
hasn't
typically
had
public
forums.
I,
don't
know
if
mr.
Shue
will
be
different.
I
haven't
heard
any
dates
yet,
but
that
it's
a
possibility.
Okay.
Otherwise
it
would
go
to
the
county
council
in
May
and
at
some
point
before
they
have
to
finalize
the
budget
in
the
middle
of
June.
They
will
have
opportunities
for
the
public
to
come
during
their
money.
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Right
now
for
the
capital
budget,
I
think
the
most
popular
request
is
a
13th
high
school
and
to
help
something
to
do
with
overcrowding
in
annapolis.
In
the
elementary
schools
like
tyler
heights,
with
their
13
portables
trying
to
get
relief
before
we'll
probably
have
a
building
an
operating
side,
it's
more
about
increasing,
like
our
bilingual
facilitators,
school
psychologists,
counselors,
sort
of
the
support
system.
Of
course,
we
always
want
to
see
need
more
teachers
to
reduce
class
sizes,
but
I
think
the
biggest
outcry
this
time
was
more
about
the
support.
Mm-Hmm.
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Tenders
up
in
2017,
ok,
I
think
I've
already
accomplished
a
major
part
of
what
will
happen
during
my
tenure,
and
that
was
the
selection
of
the
superintendent.
That
was
a
big
job
last
year
for
all
of
us,
good
and
I.
Think
now
I.
My
focus
is
more
about
recruiting.
How
do
we
recruit
teachers
to
our
county?
How
do
we
retain
teachers
in
our
county
so
that
we
can
get
the
best
and
the
brightest
folks
out
of
school
and
maybe
steal
some
away
from
other
counties?
So.
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Being
able
to
see
what's
going
on
understand,
what's
going
on
better
and
being
able
to
advocate
for
change,
you
can
do
that
in
PTA
at
your
school
level,
but
it's
been
really
wonderful
to
be
able
to
look
at
the
county
as
a
whole
and
and
to
some
degree
the
state,
because
we're
involved
with
our
Maryland
association
and
Boards
of
Education
and
just
being
able
to
help
kind
of
guide
education
in
the
direction
that
you
think
it
should
go.
So.
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B
Are
involved,
we've
already
gone
and
spoken
to
our
county
council
about
our
needs
back
in
January,
and
we
also
had
the
biggest
on
for
the
governor
that
they
call
it
were.
You
beg
for
money
for
the
capital
projects,
all
the
school
systems
in
the
state.
Go
to
that
and
then
a
presentation
before
the
delegation.
Anything.
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A
B
B
Just
you
know
the
criticism
that
that
folks
feel
I
think
when
they
have
the
opportunity
to
send
an
email,
as
opposed
to
talking
to
you
in
person.
I.
Think
folks
in
general,
in
in
today's
society,
are
a
little
more
forthright
and
opinionated
and
critical.
Then
they
might
be
if
they
had
a
chance
to
sit
down
and
talk
to
you
in
person.
Terrific.