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A
A
A
B
A
In
favor,
aye
opposed
all
right.
Let's
go
right
into
candidate
interviews.
Mr.
Schmidt
I
know
you
have
already
been
sent
me
the
procedure
for
the
interviews,
but
I'll
go
over
it
quickly
with
you,
and
you
know
you
have
three
minutes
for
an
opening
statement
when
you
are
at
30
seconds
left.
The
light
in
front
of
you
will
turn
yellow
when
your
time
is
up.
The
light
will
turn
red
when
you're
done
we'll
begin
questions,
starting
on
my
right
and
moving
to
the
left.
A
Each
Commissioner
will
have
three
minutes
for
Question
and
Answer
again,
when
you
have
30
seconds
left,
the
label
turn
yellow
when
your
time
is
up,
the
light
will
turn
red
at
the
end.
If
you
feel
like
you
have
anything
that
what
got
left
unsaid
or
you
ran
out
of
time
during
a
question,
you
may
follow
up
with
additional
comments
to
the
same
place
where
you
sent
your
application
or
you
may
hand,
deliver
it,
and
those
additional
comments
will
be
sent
to
us
and
added
to
the
your
application
on
the
website.
Okay,.
C
A
C
The
Michael
one,
okay,
good
I,
just
want
to
thank
you
for
this
amazing
opportunity
to
serve
on
the
board
if
I'm
selected,
I
am
deeply
qualified
for
this
position,
because
I
spent
50
years
in
this
institution
I
got
to
know
it.
As
a
student.
I
got
to
know
it
as
a
administrative
assistant
and
I
got
to
know
it.
As
a
teacher
and
I
did
my
doctoral
dissertation
on
the
Emerald
County
public
school
system
at
the
University
of
Maryland,
it
was
published
in
1990.
I
did
not
name
the
animal
County
public
school
system.
C
C
E
I
read
your
resume
and
and
your
answers
to
the
questions,
and
at
least
those
that
I
understood,
I
was
impressed
with,
but
I
have
one
issue
that
I
want
to
ask
you
about
unstable
in
your
response
to
question
number
two,
that
as
an
organization
when
we
defined
a
way
to
be
local
problem
solvers
in
education
matters,
we
need
to
curtail
our
total
dependence
on
federal
and
state
government
and
I
never
looked
at
it
as
dependence
and
the
longer
I
am
in
this
business.
The
more
I
look
at
it
as
mandatory
obedience.
C
F
C
Are
responsible
for
the
education,
children
they
become
disengaged
and,
as
a
result,
the
children
become
disengaged.
I
was
talking
to
Josie,
just
a
while
back
about
an
editorial
that
was
written
by
student
glimmering
high
school
called
her
name
was
Angelina
I
think
her
last
name
was
cootie
or
something
like
that
butoh
and
it
was
all
about
how
she
felt
about
her
educational
experience
and
she
was
describing
how
meaningless
it
was
and
how
she
wished
that
the
experience
of
learning
in
school
could
have
more
meaning
and
I.
C
Think
part
of
that
is
because
the
effect
has
been
taking
out
taken
out
of
education.
The
effect
means
the
quality
of
what
you
are
experiencing
when
you're
in
school,
not
just
the
quantitative
measurements.
You
have
one
tests.
Are
you
having
serious
fun
with
the
balance
between
serious
and
being
fun?
If
we
put
children
in
a
position
where
all
they're
doing
is
being
serious
and
competing
against
each
other,
so
they
can.
C
E
C
E
G
Good
evening
my
name
is
Leanne
Carmela
and
I
represent
the
special
education
citizens
advisory
committee.
In
your
application
you
say
you,
you
believe
the
phrase
best
practices
should
be
substituted
with
known,
effective
practices
and
I
agree
with
you
I
like
that.
A
lot
so
tell
me
what
known
effective
practices
are
you
familiar
with
that
pertain
to
students
with
learning
differences.
C
Well,
as
I
said
in
my
report
to
some
of
the
questions,
the
one
thing
I
found
that
just
knocked
my
socks
off
was
when
I
accidentally
decided
to
take
a
new
approach
to
teaching,
mathematics
and
I
knew
that
most
kids
in
mathematics
get
blocked
somewhere
along
the
line
and
I
knew
that
from
experience
in
it
when
I,
if
I
had
a
class
of
30
kids
about
10
kids
in
that
class
would
be
able
to
handle
mathematics
easily.
Now
the
other
two-thirds,
it
would
drive
them
crazy.
C
C
I
was
doing
a
disservice
to
the
fast
kids
who
were,
you
know,
could
catch
on
fairly
well
and
but
then
I
saw
that
what
I
had
found
through
in
my
own
case,
when
you
teach
somebody
how
to
do
something,
you
really
learn
it
yourself
and
they
were
reviewing
and
solidifying
us
the
learning
that
they
were
making
and
they
were
helping
our
classmates
and,
at
the
end
of
the
year,
you're,
probably
not
going
to
believe
this,
but
I'm
going
to
tell
you
anyway
so
much
much
to
my
surprise,
of
the
entire
class
of
all
children,
different
learning
styles.
C
Now
there
were
some
other
incidental
things
that
are
not
included
in
the
textbook
in
a
curriculum
guides,
but
I
knew
that
they
would
pick
those
up
and
some
of
the
students
that
I
used
as
my
assistant
teachers,
actually
we're
able
to
get
completely
through
the
sixth
grade
curriculum
in
one
year
and
a
few
of
those
actually
started
dipping
into
the
seventh
grade.
Curriculum
I
had
to
go
to
other
schools
and
get
books
from
them
and
I
couldn't
get
out
of
their
way.
They
were
so
hungry
for
mathematics
do.
G
C
I
think
I
think
in
what
we've
got
now
is
a
competition
of
excessive
comfort.
What
we
got
is
a
climate
and
a
culture
of
excessive
competition
in
our
society
and
there's
not
enough
cooperation
helping
if
we,
the
joy
at
all,
these
kids
were
experiencing
by
being
helpers
and
by
being
a
teacher
assistant,
and
these
were
getting
help.
They
didn't
have
these
blockage
points
and
they
were
just
racing
ahead
and
it
was
the
best
year
ever
had.
Thank.
G
H
Hi
I'm,
a
Stephanie
a-hollerin
I,
represent
the
county
council
PTA
of
an
alma
County
I.
My
question
is
geared
towards
parent
involvement.
So
do
you
agree
that
parent
involvement
is
valuable
to
the
achievement
level
of
students
and,
if
appointed,
to
the
Board
of
Education,
what
ideas
do
you
have
to
help
increase
parent
involvement
across
the
county?
Well,.
C
C
That
should
never
happen.
A
principal
should
be
working
with
the
community
if
they
think
their
job
is
just
to
police
the
community
and
not
educate
the
community
and
not
educate
children.
Then
you're
going
to
have
automatically
going
to
have
this
engagement
from
the
parents.
If
you're
going
to
have
engagement
with
other
parents,
you
go
listen
to
the
parents
and
you've
got
to
assume
that
what
they
were
going
to
give.
C
Good
listening
skills
in
the
building
I
invite
feedback
from
not
just
parents,
but
from
students
I
mean
you
can't
have
the
students
voiceless
and
how
they're
being
educated,
except
expecting
them
to
give
you
the
right
answer,
there's
more
to
it
than
that
and
you
need
it.
You
need
to
open
up
and
invite
people
to
communicate
with
you
and
take
them
seriously
and
not
dismiss
them.
You
cannot
dismiss
people.
Thank.
B
B
I'm
interested
in
one
paragraph
that
talks
that
you
wrote
in
answering
the
second
critical
issue
that
you
believe
is
facing
a
ACPs
and
it
was
winning
back
the
trust
of
the
employees
and
the
students
and
the
public
in
general
by
changing
the
core
mission
from
vocational
training
to
add
additional
components
to
the
curricula.
Am
I
reading
that
you
are
not
a
fan
of
the
vocational
cat
north
cat?
Well,.
B
C
Lot
of
things,
a
lot
of
my
ideas
come
from
my
background
and
reading
in
1938.
Robert
Hutchins
was
one
of
the
first.
If
not
the
first
presidents
of
the
University
of
Chicago,
he
wrote
this
small
book
called
higher
education
and
in
that
book
he
said
when
education,
especially
higher
education,
but
it's
good
for
all
education
is
only
about
getting
a
job.
C
Why
are
you
going
to
school
to
get
a
job?
Why
are
you
going
to
college
to
get
a
job?
Why
do
you
only
graduate
school
to
get
a
job?
That
means
that
everybody's
education
is
vocational
education
and
Robert
Hutchins
was
making
the
point
that
education
has
to
be
vocational
education
plus
other
things,
and
if
it
isn't,
there's
other
things
like
philosophy,
philosophy,
science
and
Humanities.
C
Now,
if
you
ask
anybody
why
you
want
to
school,
I
want
to
get
a
job
now,
you're
supposed
to
be
go
to
school,
to
become
so
well
educated,
an
employer
is
going
to
beg
you
to
come
to
walk,
free
and
you're
supposed
to
be
so
well
rounded
that
you're
not
just
a
technologist
looking
at
a
iphone
all
day,
you're
also
a
human
being,
you
know,
has
that
relate
to
other
people
in
a
human
way.
That's
extremely
important
Hutchins
was
way
ahead
is
time
man.
B
Okay,
there's
a
little
time,
I'm,
also
curious,
I'm,
fascinated
I
could
talk
to
you
all
night
about
your
reference
to
the
civil
rights
and
anti-vietnam
war
revolution
and
how
the
consequences
are
still
going
on,
I
believe
to
a
degree
civil
right
in
this
county.
The
consequences
are
some
somewhere,
especially
after
having
just
returned
from
Birmingham
and
going
to
the
Civil
Rights
Museum.
We
haven't
come
as
long
away
as
we
should,
but
I'm
wondering
since
we've
moved
from
such
a
teacher
directed.
B
A
G
B
C
I
C
D
C
C
There
was
a
an
issue
of
whether
we
were
taxing
too
much
or
taxing
too
little
in
the
state
of
Maryland
and
I
called
up
an
abundance
upon
Sue
Ellen,
so
I
think
I'm
pronouncing
his
name
correctly.
He
was
a
professor
of
government
at
Towson
and
later
when
he
started
his
own
think
tank
at
Towson,
and
he
became
a
spokesperson
for
public
radio
and
public
television
and
I
said.
Is
it
possible
for
a
state
to
tax
too
little,
because
I
thought
there
was
some
medium
ground
where
he
could
tax
too
much
and
hurt
your
economy?
C
C
They
were
putting
more
emphasis
on
controlling
children's
behaviors
and
shaping
children's
behaviors,
and
if
you
know
anything
about
behaviorism,
it's
a
psychology
without
reference
to
mind
my
nd.
It's
all
about
physics
of
the
body,
physiology
and
I
wasn't
in
favor
of
not
educating
children's
minds.
Just
because
a
few
scientists
decided
that
human
beings
didn't
have
minds
that
all
I
had
was
brain
physics
I
my
intuition
challenged
that
when
I
did
my
research
at
Maryland
I
found
out
that
I
was
on
the
right
track.
C
So
anyway,
the
idea
of
policing,
children's
behavior
and
taking
that
as
the
emphasis
for
a
school
system
and
not
cultivating
their
internal
mental
intelligence,
was
not
the
right
way
to
go.
J
J
C
C
C
How
do
how
do
we
do
that?
The
most
effective
time
I
ever
did?
That
was
when
I
was
standing
in
front
of
a
group
of
parents
at
open
house
and
I
explained
to
them
what
I
wanted
for
their
kids
and
how
I
was
going
to
get
there
and
what
can
I
help
I
needed
from
them,
and
then
we
flew
together
when
I
used
to
when
I.
Would
you
may
not
believe
this,
but
when
I
finish
my
talks
with
parents
in
my
classroom,
they
would
stand
up
and
applaud,
and
that
was
not
unusual
and
I.
C
K
C
In
order
for
this
person
to
turn
out
to
be
a
kind
of
citizen
we
want,
they
have
to
be
educated
according
to
a
vision
of
what
a
good
citizen
is.
This
country
has
never
actually
decided
what
kind
of
a
country
wants
to
be.
That's
one
of
the
reasons
we're
in
this
polarization
situation
right
now
now,
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'm
emphasizing
the
local
activism
of
the
local
board
and
the
local
school
system
and
taking
a
step
in
this
direction.
C
This
is
because,
if
we
don't
do
it
nobody's
going
to
do
it
as
you're
waiting
for
the
present
federal
administration
to
tell
you
what
to
do
you're
going
to
be
in
a
lot
of
trouble,
because
even
if
they
gave
you
the
guidance,
you
wouldn't
know
whether
it
was
consistent
or
humane,
or
what
that's
why
you
cannot
rely
on
the
federal
government
to
give
you
all
the
answers.
You've.
F
C
I
think
you
actually
have
to
store
a
revolution
in
our
own
County
public
school
assistants
to
make
it
happen,
and
I
was
just
reading
the
other
day
Confucius
and
he
was
a
high-level
official
in
an
ancient
Chinese
Court
and
he
said
treat
other
people
the
way
you
want
to
be
treated
I
think
that's
the
foundation
of
all
the
common
law,
constitutional
law
and
I,
actually
believe
I'm
going
to
say
this
boldly
and
then
you
may
not
like
it,
but
I'm
going
to
say
anyway,
because
I
believe
in
my
heart.
You
need
to
hear
this.
F
L
M
M
What
you
think,
essentially
they
were
talking
about
the
iron
law
correlation
between
so
CO
neck,
socioeconomic
status
and
educational
achievement
and
attainment,
and
the
suggestion
is,
you
know
annually
virtually
all
the
advantage
that
wealthy
students
have
over
poor
students
is
a
result
of
differences
in
the
way
privileged
students
learn
when
they
are
not
in
school.
America
doesn't
have
a
school
problem
and
that
was
Malcolm
Gladwell
from
outliers
back
in
2011.
So
one
of
the
issues
that
they're
grappling
with
is
universal
pre-k
or
pre-k,
and
do
we
look
at
pre-k
for
three
and
four-year-olds?
M
C
Think
the
most
important
thing
is
finding
out,
where
children,
or
so
that
they
can
enter
school,
enter
learning
experiences
successfully.
The
idea
that
we
learn
from
failure
is
not
completely
true.
We
get
motivated
from
success,
no
matter
where
that
you
learn
or
what
level
they
are.
They
need
to
meet
success
when
they
meet
success.
They
get
hungry
for
more
success.
It.
The
motivation
of
children
when
they
meet
success
grows
exponentially.
That's
what
happened
in
math
classroom
and
we
can't
treat
all
children
the
same
they're
different.
C
They
have
different
developmental
levels
into
different
developmental
readiness
levels
and
it's
not
their
age.
It's
wherever
they
come
to
us.
We
have
to
find
out
where
they
are
and
start
them
on
the
road
to
success,
and
once
we
do
that
you'll
be
amazed,
you
you
won't
be
able
to
get
out
of
the
way
they'll
be
so
hungry
for
learning
that
year.
I
want.
C
Year,
I
was
trying
a
new
way
of
you,
combining
phys
ed
with
learning,
mathematics
and
language
development,
and
it
was
so
exciting
for
the
kids
to
learn
the
stuff
that
one
special,
ed
sticking
in
the
back
room
started.
Jumping
up
and
down
saying
dr.
Schmidt.
Will
you
please
give
us
the
most
difficult
or
in
English
language
and
I
said
I
might
be
able
to
find
that
and
I
will
give
it
to
you
in
your
next
test.
C
It's
all
about
building
success.
That's
the
key,
not
the
age,
not
the
developmental
level.
You
take
them
where
they
are
and
run
with
them.
As
far
as
you
can
go,
and
if
you
do
it
properly,
you
won't
be
able
to
get
another
way,
they'll
be
so
hungry
for
learning
they'll
be
as
hungry
for
learning
as
they
offer
ice
cream.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
Josie
Rena
we
already
met
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
of
student
councils,
and
my
question
is
so
in
your
one
of
your
goals.
You
say:
is
to
accelerate
the
efficacy
of
educating
students
and
developing
skills
in
science,
technology,
engineering
and
mathematics
discipline.
How
do
you
plan
do
that
for
all
students,
including
students
and
title
one
schools,
and
not
only
that?
But
how
do
you
plan
on
doing
that
for
students
that
are
more
artistically
or
musically
inclined
like
that
cooperative.
C
Learning
is
is
a
key,
in
my
opinion,
not
competing
against
each
other.
That's
unhealthy,
helping
each
other,
learn
and
grow
is
the
way
to
do
it
and,
as
we
talked
about
before
earlier,
I
did
I
hope
that
my
answer
did
not
exclude
my
desire
to
make
sure
the
humanities
are
emphasizing
curriculum.
Well,
that's
really
important.
C
We
thought
as
a
society,
we've
lost
the
influence
of
wisdom,
we've
become
a
Metropolitan
natural,
cultural
metro,
ethnic
society,
and
we
have
not
no
institution
in
our
society
that
teaches
kids
about
how
to
be
a
decent
human
being,
except
the
humanities
and
part
of
the
humanities
that
are
absolutely
vital
as
a
philosophy
of
wall,
for
example,
philosophy
of
tort
law
under
philosophy
of
tort
law,
every
citizen
has
an
obligation,
a
duty
to
care
for
the
next
citizen.
That's
the
fundamental
concept
in
tort
law.
C
That's
part
of
the
humanities
when
we
just
emphasize
science,
technology,
engineering
and
mathematics,
we're
making
a
big
mistake,
we're
neglecting
the
record
the
historical
record
of
how
human
beings
coped
with
the
human
condition
and
how
they
coped
with
interpersonal
relationships
in
society.
We
cannot
do
that,
we're
depriving
ourselves
in
something.
That's
vital,
so
we
need
to
emphasize
all
four
of
those
things
and
not
by
just
doing
it
the
way
Howard
County
did
it
putting
an
A
in
there
for
art's
the
a
for
art's
does
not
stand
for
philosophy
of
law.
C
O
C
Thing
I
sure
wouldn't
do
if
a
student
in
the
11th
grade
brought
to
me
a
composition.
It
was
a
symphony
that
was
really
pretty
good
for
his
age.
I,
wouldn't
give
him
a
test
in
music
and
be
like
taking
a
symphony
from
Beethoven's.
Fifth
symphony
says
now:
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
test
to
see.
If
you
met,
you
met
the
goals
of
the
missile
society,
I
mean
saying
to
do
that.
Let
them
produce
there
or
okay.
N
N
I'm
saying
that
we
have
a
lack
of
diversity
as
it
relates
to
our
educators
here
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
and
when
we
do
have
diversity
they're
not
staying
as
long
as
we
would
like
them
to,
and
so
what
do
you?
What
do
you
think?
What
strategies
would
you
have
to
recruit
and
retain
them
to
this
County?
One.
C
Of
the
things
that
we
do
is
talk
to
the
people
who
are
leaving
and
find
out.
Why
they're
leaving?
Are
they
unhappy
about
situations
and
does
their
unhappiness?
Have
some
legitimacy?
And
then
you
can
go
move
to
start
our
storm
to
correct
those.
So
the
other
thing
you
can
do
is
if
you,
if
you
create
a
truly
wholesome
culture
in
this
school
system,
people
are
going
to
want
to
come
here,
especially
people
at
diverse
backgrounds,
ethnic
and
race.
You're,
going
to
have
you're
going
to
have
to
be
going
together.
C
Working
in
a
healthy
culture
is
worth
thousands.
You
don't
need
to
pay
them
a
lot
of
money
to
get
them
here.
You
create
the
culture.
They'll
come
Socrates
as
far
as
I
know
did
not
get
a
lot
of
money
for
teaching.
You
might
have
gotten
something,
but
he
didn't
have
a
big
budget
for
the
revolution.
Western
civilization,.
A
Mr.
Schmitt
I'm
Susana
Kippy
I,
am
the
obviously
the
chairman
of
this
commission
I'm,
also
an
appointee
of
the
County
Executive
and
I'm
curious.
You
mentioned
in
your
application
that
you
would
like
to
use
some
of
the
methods
that
they
use
in
Finland
for
education
and
I
would
love
to
know
if,
in
the
time
that
you
have
what
methods
in
particular
well.
C
Let's
say
they
did
a
lot
of
things.
One
the
highest
profession
in
Finland
is
teaching
higher
than
doctor
higher
than
anything,
and
their
teachers
are
the
most
well
trained
intellectuals
and
competent
people
in
the
various
disciplines
in
their
society,
and
they
make
sure
they
are
well
and
they
pay
them
well,
they
pay
them
higher
than
any
other
professional
group
that
works
for
the
civil
government
and
in
Finland.
The
other
thing
they
do
is
they
make
a
moral
commitment.
C
C
You
just
do
some
courses
in
morality
and
ethics
in
high
school.
That's
one
thing
you
shouldn't
be
afraid
of
do
comparative
religion
here
at
the
high
school
level.
C
K
A
C
P
A
Hello,
as
you
know,
to
have
three
minutes
for
an
opening
statement
and
then
we'll
go
down
the
line
from
my
right
to
left.
Each
Commissioner
will
have
three
minutes
to
ask
and
have
their
questions
answered
when
you're
at
30
seconds.
A
yellow
light
will
show
in
front
of
you
and
when
your
time
is
up,
a
red
light
will
show
and
you'll
hear
a
tone.
You
can
start
whenever
you're
ready
thanks.
P
Very
much
good
evening,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
this
evening
and
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
get
to
know
all
of
the
applicants.
I
know
you
had
a
lot
so
I'm
sure
it's
been
a
lot
of
work.
In
the
last
few
weeks,
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools
Board
of
Education
has
a
formidable
task
of
educating
children
from
many
different
backgrounds
and
with
extremely
varied
goals
and
dreams.
P
Our
school
district
must
serve
all
of
the
students
and
support
the
many
life
paths
that
they
may
take
to
accomplish
that
goal.
The
board
must
have
the
participation
of
people
with
a
variety
of
different
perspectives
and
insights,
including
experience
in
different
career
paths
and
with
varied
educational
backgrounds,
themselves
inputs
and
scientists
and
engineers
are
especially
important
to
preparing
students
in
the
21st
century.
As
an
aerospace
engineer,
my
training
and
experience
would
be
a
unique
asset
to
the
Board
of
Education.
P
Having
a
board
member
who
is,
the
practicing
engineer
will
be
extremely
valuable
as
we
prepare
students
for
their
college
and
career
opportunities.
I
can
offer
personal
insights
into
the
most
effective
and
relevant
priorities
to
prepare
our
students
for
STEM
fields
and,
as
a
woman
engineer,
I
also
have
a
passion
and
dedication
to
ensuring
that
all
students,
girls
and
boys
of
all
backgrounds
have
the
opportunity
to
learn
about
and
pursue
careers
in
STEM
fields
and
any
field
that
they
desire.
More
generally,
engineers
are
trained
problem
solvers.
P
My
education
and
work
experience
have
taught
me
orderly
and
systemic
methods
to
formulate,
evaluate
and
solve
problems.
It's
impossible
to
ever
know
the
varied
issues
that
may
come
before
the
Board
of
Education,
but
the
problem-solving
skills
of
an
engineer
can
effectively
be
applied
to
whatever
issues
the
board
will
have
to
tackle
in
the
future.
P
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools
already
provide
an
exceptional
education
to
students
in
our
County,
but,
as
is
true
of
every
organization,
there's
always
room
to
improve
and
grow,
and
I
would
love
the
opportunity
to
contribute
to
that
growth.
My
son
is
heading
into
third
grade
and
my
younger
daughter
will
graduate
from
high
school
in
2030.
My
family
will
be
a
part
of
the
school
district
for
quite
a
long
time.
Clearly,
I
have
a
personal
vested
interest
in
ensuring
that
the
school
district
is
the
best
it
can
be.
P
E
E
P
You
know
some
people
have
looked
at
straight
numbers,
which
think,
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
isn't
necessarily
an
effective
grading
situation
and
I
not
having
done
even
actually
been
in
the
weeds
of
this
I
wasn't
necessarily
suggesting
merit,
raise
increases,
but
certainly
I
think
it's
appropriate
to
recognize
the
best
of
the
teachers
and
and
give
them
bonuses
or
other
recognitions
for
that
that
could
come
I
would
assume
the
principals
would
have
a
large
input
into
that.
They
know
who's
operating
in
their
schools
and
includes
dealing
with
the
most
challenging
students
most
effectively.
E
E
P
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Marty
Kyle
Bennett
and
I'm,
representing
the
n-double-a-cp
here
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County
and
so
I'm
going
to
ask
you
two
questions
and
they
really
stem
from
your
answers
to
our
questions.
The
first
one
is,
you
say,
to
successfully
educate
all
students,
we
must
recruit
and
retain
a
diverse
team
of
excellent
educators.
You
also
talk
about
all
children
benefiting
when
they're
role,
models
and
teachers
reflect
the
diversity
of
the
student
body.
P
N
No
I
didn't
ask
a
second
one
just
here,
but
excellent.
Thank
you
so
and
then
it
says
my
experience
teaching
the
course
on
women
and
minorities
and
science,
Anne
Arundel,
Community,
College
added
some
depth
and
breadth
and
to
kind
of
your
so
tell
me,
what
did
you
learn
from
that
experience
of
teaching,
Network
and
learning
about
women
and
minorities
and
soon
yeah.
P
It
was
I
mean
it
was
a
wonderful
experience,
teaching
it
I
loved
it
once
I
had
two
toddlers,
it
wasn't
really
losing
the
ball
to
keep
teaching
while
I
also
kept
working,
but
I
was
able
to
do
a
lot
of
research
into
sort
of
the
path.
Basically
from
you
know,
from
kindergarten
all
the
way
through
earning
your
PhD
in
science
and
even
students,
women
and
minorities,
who
have
the
exact
same
SAT
scores
of
the
exact
same
mathematical
or
scientific
capability,
would
often
drop
off
going
into
college
and
then
much
more
precipitously
throughout
the
college
career.
P
So
we
talked
a
lot
in
the
class
about
sort
of
the
social
support
that
these
students
needed.
It's
always
hard
being
the
only
person
in
a
room
where
I'm
a
woman
engineer
that
happens
right
being
giving
people
support
to
know
that
they're
not
the
only
person
in
the
room
and
that,
if
they
are
the
only
person,
everybody
else
still
voted
wants
them
there.
So
we
did.
We
did
a
lot
of
studying
about
sort
of
individual
stories
and
what
made
the
difference
in
that
person's
life
to
be
able
to
go
up,
solve
diabetes
or
whatever.
G
P
Think
the
most
important
thing,
whether
it's
a
student
with
a
learning
difference
for
any
student,
is
to
really
make
what
they're
studying
relevant
to
their
life
and
certainly
when
you're
dealing
with
students
with
learning
differences.
That
can
be
something
you.
My
son
has
an
IEP
for
speech
therapy
right,
so
he's
still
in
the
classroom
and
the
same
instruction
is
going
to
work
for
him.
You
just
need
help
talking
about
it
right
versus
somebody
who's
in
a
completely
different
class,
we're
in
a
completely
different
school
event.
P
Like
I
said,
my
son
was
in
infants
and
toddlers
I'm
a
child
mind
and
is
now
has
an
IEP,
so
the
parent
I've
been
through
that
process
and
I
know
he
had
his
evaluation
at
Central
special
school,
so
I
know
that
that
school
exists
but
I'm
not
I,
don't
to
pretend
I'm.
All
that
familiar
with
all
the
opportunities
are
okay.
H
P
That
the
health
insurance
was
a
huge
issue
this
year
and
it
sounds
like
it's
continuing
to
be
an
issue
not
just
for
the
school
district,
but
for
everybody
else.
So
I
realized
that
that's
probably
going
to
be
a
big
issue
in
2019
as
well,
and
unfortunately
probably
uncertain
at
this
point
where
that's
going
to
go
so
that
would
be
one
of
the
the
budget
issues.
Certainly
we
need
all
of
our
staff
and
teachers
to
be
feel
comfortable,
feel
safe,
that
they're
going
to
have
health
insurance
as
far
as
the
rest
of
the
budget
goes
I.
P
Think,
generally,
you
know
the
way
I
always
like
to
think
about.
My
budget
is
to
think
about
what
your
priorities
are
and
then
fill
it
in
as
many
of
those
as
you
can
so
I
would.
I
personally
would
like
to
prioritize
teacher
retention
teacher
recruitment
to
ensure
that
teachers
have
the
salaries
they
need
to
stay
in
Anne
Arundel
County,
rather
than
looking
at
other
counties.
P
H
P
P
Think
the
most
important
thing
is
you're
going
to
be
a
community
leader
is
to
know
about
and
learn
about
as
much
of
your
community
as
you
can
so
I
know,
there's
already
a
Citizens
Advisory
Commission
that
I
would
certainly
help
to
plug
into
and
learn
from
them,
but
I
think
also.
You
need
to
get
get
out
and
walk
into
schools
and
see
what's
really
going
on.
Thank
you
very
much.
Q
B
Thank
you
for
your
application
and
you
have
an
extraordinary
amount
of
experience
being
involved
with
community
organizations.
All
your
Junior
League
work
as
well
as
engaging
community
members
and
then
your
unique
perspective.
As
a
woman
engineer
with
the
stem
programs,
we
have
in
the
in
the
county,
the
obvious
one
of
the
more
obvious
programs
is
to
seek
out
internships
or
mentors
for
these
kids
that
that
are,
science,
math
oriented
and
segue,
then
segue
them
into
a
working
experience.
Do
you
have
any
idea,
other
ideas
for
engaging
workplace
to
be
involved?
P
Oftentimes,
there's
there's
a
disconnect
right
between.
We
will
there's
lots
of
people
that
want
to
help
and
there's
lots
of
people
who
need
help
and
sort
of
getting
those
people
together
in
the
same
place,
hard
and
I
one
of
the
things
I
know
when
we
have
in
terms
at
work,
people
often
struggle
giving
them
meaningful
works
because
I
feel
like
it
has
to
be
sort
of
what
we're
doing
today,
which,
frankly,
isn't
always
very
interested
in
your
meaningful
right.
P
If
I'm
preparing
a
PowerPoint
chart,
that's
not
really
exciting
to
a
16
year
old,
so
I
think
if
we
approach
businesses
or
other
community
organizations
and
explain
that
we
want
hands-on
experiences
that
are
going
to
be
meaningful,
but
that
it
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be,
you
know,
doesn't
have
to
be
what
you're
actually
doing
I
think
some
people
get
scared
away.
Thinking
like
well,
if
I
have
this
kid
sitting
next
to
me
all
day,
I
don't
know
what
to
do
with
them.
P
P
It's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I've
liked
doing
sort
of
umbrella
organizations,
because
then
I
can
bring
a
friend
in
to
someplace
new,
so
I
think
there
may
be
an
opportunity
for
the
people
that
you're
already
in
training
with
to
be
the
ones
reaching
out
and
saying
you
know:
hey
I,
know
this
guy
in
this
other
company
and
he's
a
great
guy.
He
might
be
willing
to
help
us.
Thank
you.
I
I
P
Definitely
my
biggest
concern
if
I
were
to
be
on
the
board,
because
obviously
I
work
and
I
have
two
kids,
so
I
think
if
I
were
to
be
on
the
board,
that
sort
of
everything
else
I
do
would
would
be
the
end.
I
know
that
they
have
two
meetings
and
months
but
I'm
sure
that
that's
not
that
just
scratches
the
surface
to
do
the
job.
Well,
so,
like
I,
said,
I
think
it
would
be
important
as
you're
a
board
member
to
be
going
into
schools.
Fortunately,
my
job
is
relatively
flexible.
P
P
So
my
sons
are
Kidd
Sinclair,
so
I
listened
to
the
board
meeting
where
kick
Sinclair
and
honestly,
don't
even
remember
the
other
school
was
being
redistricted
that
didn't
end
up
happening
and
I
think
at
some
point,
with
the
new
cross
in
high
school,
it's
going
to
have
to
happen
and
I,
don't
think
anybody
likes
change,
but
if
you
can,
you
know
when
we
have
a
new
high
school.
Clearly
you
have
to
every
district,
and
so
that
seems
like
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
everything
sort
of
makes
sense
to
where
you
are
at
that
point.
P
D
J
J
P
Okay,
I
guess
I
mean
defining
consensus,
I
think
it
and
you
can't
always
get
everyone
to
agree
on
everything
right,
so
I
think
the
best
you
can
get
to
in
some
situations
is
going
to
be
everybody
to
understand
what
you're
doing
and
at
least
accept
that
this
is
where
we're
moving
and
as
far
as
actually
trying
to
get
there
and
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
things
is
just
to
make
sure
that
everybody
feels
like
their
concerns
were
actually
raised
and
validated.
Obviously,
it's
going
to
depend
on
the
size
of
your
group.
P
If
you're
talking
about
redistricting
you're
not
going
to
get
every
single
person
to
have
been
involved
in
it,
but
if
you're
in
a
smaller
group
make
sure
everybody
has
the
time
to
get
their
concerns
out
and
the
time
to
feel
like
they've
brought
their
strongest
argument
to
the
table.
That's
actually
what
I
do
a
lot
at
work.
If
a
systems
engineer
the
spacecraft
has
lots
of
different
systems
right,
there's
power
and
data
and
pointing
and
things
like
that,
I'm
one
of
the
spacecraft
level
system
engineers.
P
So
whenever
we
have
a
change
on
the
telescope
me
or
one
of
my
co-workers
will
be
basically
responsible
for
pulling
together
all
these
different,
the
power
and
the
flight
software
group
and
the
data
group
to
make
sure
that
everybody's
working
to
the
mission,
the
same
way
and
again,
I.
Think
it's
a
matter
of
making
sure
that
everybody
understands
what
the
end
goal
is
and
that
everyone
feels
like
their
concerns
were
legitimately
address.
L
P
An
interesting
question,
I
think
I
think
you'd
want
students
to
have
I
guess
two
different
things
come
to
mind.
One
is
a
sense
of
themselves,
have
had
the
opportunity
to
experience
enough
different
experience
on
experiences
and
topics
and
read
enough
books
and
had
enough
sort
of
just
different
exposure
that
they
know
what
they
like
and
what
they
don't
like.
P
I
hate
the
word
passion
when
you're
talking
about
kids,
because
that
seems
like
a
really
high
bar
I,
don't
have
a
passion,
it
seems
like
a
high
bar
for
17
year
olds,
but
to
at
least
have
have
a
good
sense
of
what
they
like
and
what
they
don't
like
in
a
good
sense
of
themselves.
The
strengths
and
then
also
just
have
enough
of
a
background
knowledge
and
all
sorts
of
different
topics
that
they
can
sink
through.
P
M
J
M
P
Going
to
say,
I,
don't
know
a
whole
lot
about
about
the
topic
in
general
and
both
my
children
went
to
preschool,
but
I'll
be
like
just
private
preschools,
and
it
was
a
tremendously
valuable
thing
for
them
right
to
walk
into
school
in
the
first
in
first
grade.
Having
that
basis,
I
can
see
how
it
would
be
very
tremendously
valuable
for
all
children.
I,
don't
have
it
I'm,
assuming
that
the
issues
are
more
related
to
budget
and
not
nobody
thinks
it's
a
bad
idea,
just
as
a
philosophical
idea.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
Josie
Riya
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
of
student
councils
and
once
then,
since
you've
seen
your
application.
That
I
was
intrigued
by,
as
you
say,
the
Board
of
Education
must
ensure
that
the
best
teachers
in
curriculum
are
available
for
all
students.
So
how
do
you
mean?
How
do
you
plan
as
if
you're
going
to
be
a
board
member
making
sure
that
the
best
curriculum
and
teachers
are
available
to
all
students,
including
title
one,
schools
right.
P
And
I
think
that's
a
tremendous
challenge
and
in
some
ways
goes
back
to
the
very
first
question
right.
I
know
that
there
used
to
be
bonuses
for
teachers
at
certain
schools
that
was
taken
away
again.
I
don't
feel
like
I
necessarily
know
enough
about
the
budget
and
where
the
priorities
are
to
say
that
that's
necessarily
the
right
thing
to
bring
back,
but
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
be
very
conscious
that
we,
as
teachers
choose
where
they're
teaching.
P
Certainly
you
want
them
to
be
in
a
position
where
they're
passionate,
but
we
also
really
can't
just
have
clusters
of
the
most
amazing
teachers
at
one
school
and
have
a
school
where
nobody
wants
to
be
teaching
and
it's
some
level.
I.
Think
that
comes
down
to
the
superintendent,
making
hiring
and
placement
decisions
to
make
sure
that
each
school
really
does
have
whatever
it
is,
and
one
school
may
have
different
needs
than
another.
So
it's
not
that
the
same
teacher
is
going
to
be
the
right
person
at
each
job,
but
I
think
you
need
to.
L
Q
So
naturally,
my
question
is
going
to
be
geared
towards
the
immigrant
community
and
immigrant
students
myself
as
a
first-generation
immigrant
going
through
an
Arundel
County
Public
Schools
I
had
a
bit
of
an
issue
with
my
councillors,
not
knowing
how
to
deal
with
me
in
regards
to
pathways
to
college
specifically,
because
my
parents
didn't
necessarily
have
all
the
documents
and
also
the
lack
of
outreach
to
immigrant
parents
to
be
more
active
and
there
was
a
student's
education.
So
I'd
like
to
know
what
do
you
think
would
be
a
solution
to
these
two
issues,
but.
P
My
children
were
actually
both
adopted
from
South
Korea,
so
they're
immigrants
themselves,
although
I
realize
that's
a
very
different
situation
when
they
have
two
parents
who
are
very
familiar
with
the
school
system
in
the
US
as
far
as
how
to
how
to
actually
reach
out
to
immigrant
families.
Is
that
what
you're
asking?
How
best
to
engage
them?
I
think
one
thing
is
certainly
language.
P
That's
tremendously
overwhelming,
so
making
sure
that
people
have
communication
abilities
would
be
I,
think
the
number
one
priority,
and
also
just
some
general
education
about
what
sort
of
typical
things
are
in
Maryland
and
what
the
options
are.
I
know
that
there
is
a
lot
of
that
already,
but
I
think
that's
one
area
where
you
can
never
have
too
much
education
and
exposure
just.
P
Absolutely
and
I
would
expend
expand
that
to
not
just
immigrant
students
but
to
students
from
all
different
backgrounds.
You
know
whether
they've
been
adopted
or
have
different
family
structures
or
whatever.
It
is
I
think
that
most
teachers
are
very
open
and
willing
to
do
the
right
thing
as
long
as
they
know
what
that
right
thing
is
great.
Thank.
A
I'm
Savannah
Kippy
I'm
also
an
appointment
of
the
pointy
of
the
County
Executive
and
imperious
in
your
residence
there.
In
your
application.
You
talked
about
some
experiences
with
Montessori
schools
and
so
I'm
curious
to
know
how
you
would
bring
that
to
bear.
If
you
were
appointed
to
the
school
board.
The
trade.
P
Both
my
kids
went
to
Montessori
for
preschool
and
kindergarten.
My
daughter
will
be
therefore
integral
mixed
year,
and
so
much
of
it
is
I,
think
great
and
very
easily
transferable,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
love
about
the
Montessori
classroom
that
I
think
could
be
implemented.
A
lot
more
even
in
a
traditional
classroom,
is
mixed
page
setting.
P
Oh,
that's,
that's
what
I'm
looking
for
that's
the
model
but
I'm
going
to
be
in
a
few
years,
more
than
just
passing
them
in
the
cafeteria
right,
but
actually
having
meaningful
connections
with
kids
of
different
grades,
but
also
give
kids
in
the
older
grades,
who
may
not
often
be
the
leader
in
their
class
an
opportunity
to
be
as
a
leader
and
you
can.
If
you're
10,
you
can
go
and
be
a
leader
with
the
six-year-old
and
teach
a
six-year-old
something.
P
Even
if
you
don't
get
that
opportunity
in
your
own
class,
a
lot
I
also
love
the
Montessori
math
materials
and
I'd
love
to
bring
that
into
every
classroom.
In
an
hour,
I'm
gonna
get
like
all
the
schools
just
to
have
some
manipulatives,
which
I
know
they're,
bringing
in
some
more
so
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
seeing
that.
A
Last
question,
so
thank
you
very,
very
much
for
coming
in
and
I.
Don't
know
if
I
said
this
in
the
beginning,
but
you're
welcome
to
send
in
anything
that,
if
you
think
of
something
later
or
so,
I
should
have
said
that
you
you're
welcome
to
send
that
in
great
the
same
place
where
you
sent
your
application.
Thank.
A
Good
evening
I
know
you
do
have
this
in
your
email,
but
I'll
just
quickly
go
over
the
the
procedure.
So
you'll
have
three
minutes
for
your
opening
statement.
Obviously
you
may
stand
there
if
you'd
like
to
sit
down
when
you're
done
with
your
opening
statement.
We'll
start
the
questioning
at
my
right
and
we'll
just
go
in
order
to
to
my
left
and
each
Commissioner
will
have
three
minutes
to
ask
questions
and
have
them
answered
when
you're
have
30
seconds
left.
Your
light
will
turn
yellow
when
your
time
is
up.
R
May
start
one
here.
Thank
you
good
evening.
I'm
Sheree,
Devlin
and
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
considered
for
the
at-large
position
on
the
Board
of
Education
I've
been
a
mom
for
more
than
27
years.
I've
spent
about
17
years
working
in
the
corporate
world
and
about
15
years
ago,
I
started
a
very
successful
small
engineering
services.
R
It's
crucial
that
we
nurture
lovers
of
learning
I've
seen
the
undeniable
impact,
both
in
my
own
children
and
in
a
large
group
of
Haitian
children
for
whom
I
funded
a
school
throughout
my
career
I've
enjoyed
a
proven
track
record
of
success
in
goal-setting,
team-building
and
metrics
analysis
yielding
real
results
in
business
and
in
the
community
I'm
eager
to
draw
upon
that
experience
for
to
apply
to
the
Board
of
Education
position.
I
believe
that
the
gap
in
performance
among
our
County
Schools
is
a
real
issue.
R
I
want
Brooklyn
Park
Elementary
to
perform
as
well
as
Severna,
Park,
Elementary
and,
while
I
don't
have
the
answer
right
now
as
to
how
to
make
that
happen,
I
will
work
to
get
it
using
proven
processes
and
methodologies.
I
want
to
visit
every
school
in
this
county
and
yes,
I
know
that
there
are
a
hundred
and
ten,
not
counting
the
specialty.
Centers
I
want
to
talk
to
students,
parents,
teachers,
administrators,
they
probably
have
some
answers,
and
together
we
can
bridge
this
gap.
R
Finally,
I
look
forward
to
engaging
all
stakeholders
in
the
educational
process.
Our
school
system
must
draw
meaningful
support
from
communities,
businesses
and
institutions
of
higher
learning
to
ensure
that
the
education
we're
giving
our
children
is
valuable
and
relevant.
What
marks
the
end
of
the
school
system's
involvement
is
only
the
beginning
for
the
student
and
that's
the
product
we're
releasing
to
the
world.
We
must
make
sure
that
these
future
leaders
are
ready
to
meet
the
challenges
of
tomorrow
in
closing
I.
Thank
you
again
for
your
consideration.
R
E
R
E
It's
also
a
County
that
very
much
values
education
with
sixty
percent
plus
of
their
budget,
going
into
education,
with
among
the
top
three
teacher
salaries
in
the
state
of
Maryland,
sharing
that
those
positions
of
Montgomery
and
Calvert.
Yet
nowhere
in
your
three
goals
and
nowhere
in
your
answer
to
question
number
two:
the
dimension
compensation
and
its
role
in
recruitment
and
retention
of
highly
qualified
teachers.
E
R
R
R
There's
intrinsic
value
that
comes
from
a
job
and
I
think
that
teachers
draw
that
very
often
I,
don't
believe,
they'd
be
in
that
chosen
profession
if
they
didn't
and
while
I
wish,
we
had
the
tax
base
that
Howard
County
does.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
and
I
would
offer
that
likely.
The
living
expenses
and
things
for
the
teachers
in
Howard
County
are
higher
than
Anne
Arundel
County
as
well,
but
I
certainly
don't
mean
to
underestimate
the
importance
of
teachers
and
fair
compensation
and
ensuring
that
we
meet
the
goal
of
educating
all
of
our
students.
There.
E
R
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Marco
Bennett
and
I'm,
representing
the
n-double-a-cp
here
in
Anne
Arundel
County
this
evening.
Definitely
a
very
impressive
application.
I
went
through
and
your
volunteer
service
is
fabulous
and
awesome
and
I
think
giving
back
is
really
important.
One
of
the
things
that
also
stood
out
is
that
you
have
what
four
boys
and
they're
all
finished,
with
University
and
on
being
successful
adults.
So
congratulations
on
that.
Thank
you
and
I'm
thinking
to
bring
you
over
my
home
and
working
boys
myself.
N
So
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
question
around
the
unfortunate
racial
incidents
that
have
been
happening
here
in
our
county.
So,
given
the
recent
disturbing
racial
incidents
around
race
relations,
such
as
on
May
11th,
there
was
the
news
hanging
from
a
light
fixture
outside
of
Crofton
middle
school
on
January
6
at
a
Rundle
high
school.
There
was
a
letter
that
circulated
during
the
cafeteria
hour
and
August
25th
on
the
middle
school
blackboard.
There
was
a
KKK
rap,
remix
songs
as
well
as
other
offensive
language.
N
R
To
start
I
think
they're
beyond
disturbing
I,
think
they're,
unacceptable
and
I
think
the
school
board's
role
is
to
demand
accountability.
To
me,
an
attack
like
that
is
no
less
than
burning
down
a
building
or
destroying
a
computer
system
because
it
attacks
the
fiber
of
who
we
are.
We
must
fill
that
house
of
diversity
where
everyone
feels
welcome
and
to
have
things
like
that
happen.
It's
just
destroying
the
fiber
of
who
we
are,
or
certainly
who
we
need
to
be
again.
I
would
demand
accountability,
investigation
and
convey
it.
That
is,
it
is
unacceptable.
R
It
is
not
about
inclusion,
it
is
not
about
acceptance,
it
is
about
integration
and
realizing
that
every
different
person
contributes
to
the
greater
good
of
who
we
are,
and
we
need
that
more
than
anything
so
I
would
not
stand
for
that,
and
I
would
hope
that
the
board
as
a
whole
would
absolutely
demand
accountability
and
ensure
that
this
is
not
something
that
happens
again.
Thank.
G
R
Would
certainly
need
to
look
at
the
merits
of
it,
but
it
sounds
very
reasonable.
I
can't
imagine
a
child
spending
that
amount
of
time
on
a
bus
and
being
productive,
so
I
would
certainly
look
at
that
and
unless
there
was
some
reason
of
which
I'm
not
aware
not
to
support
it,
I
definitely
would
support
that,
but.
G
R
Again,
to
the
extent
that
the
budget
would
allow,
but
I
would
also
maybe
look
for
creative
options
of
ways
to
provide
those
services
without
the
long
commute
it
might
not
be
I,
don't
know
exactly
what
that
might
be,
but
in
a
very
technology
driven
world
and
where
we
have
lots
of
options.
I
think
that
certainly
might
be
worth
doing,
but
for
hours
on
a
bus
is
way
too
long
for
anyone,
especially
a
child.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
H
Hi
I'm
a
Stephanie
a-hollerin
on
the
part
of
the
County
Council
PTAs
I,
wanted
to
say
I
also
looked
at
your
house
and
I
was
very
impressed
with
your
volunteer
work
and
myself
very
strong
on
the
volunteer
work.
I
think
that's
also
unspoken
job
that
people
don't
do
very
much
because
they
don't
the
reward
is
not
financial.
H
R
I
would
really
want
to
increase
the
awareness
and
exposure
of
the
word
of
education
of
our
County's
education
system
and
the
needs
of
the
community
and
businesses
and
just
general
citizens
to
support
it.
I
want
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
in
the
schools
in
the
libraries,
a-negative
PTA,
bake
sales,
I'll
bring
cupcakes
everybody
like
cuts.
Cupcakes
I
want
to
be
someone
who's.
A
true
advocate
of
our
public
school
system
and
garner
support
I
do
believe.
R
There's
lots
of
people
out
there
who
want
to
help
in
businesses
and
everywhere,
people
who
have
children,
don't
have
children
and
I'd
really
like
to
expand
that
message
and
I'd
like
to
do
it
using
the
PTAs
tagline
of
every
child,
one
voice,
because
it's
not
just
about
my
children
or
the
children
in
my
neighborhood
or
my
property
tax
district,
it's
about
all
of
our
children
in
this
county,
and
that
is
the
message
that
I
would
advocate
and
certainly
work
with
fellow
board
members
to
deliver
a
consistent
message.
But
I
would
be
a
face.
Q
Good
afternoon
I'm
miss
Devlin,
my
name
is
Natalie
and
I
was
appointed
to
the
Commission
by
Casa
de
Maryland
they're,
an
immigrant
advocacy
group
here
in
the
state
of
Maryland
and
I,
actually
want
to
touch
base.
Here
on
the
response
that
you
gave
for
question
three,
you
highlighted
the
importance
of
a
strong
home
school
connection
cannot
be
under
emphasized
and
the
ensuring
and
ensuring
the
exemplary
education
of
our
students
and
I
would
like
to
know.
How
would
you
plan
to
reach
out
to
parents
of
minority
or
immigrant
students?
Q
R
Certainly,
work
to
eliminate
that
isolation.
I
would
work
to
also
identify
what
those
barriers
are
to
engaging
people.
I
know
that
some
of
them
might
be
language
barriers.
There
might
be
employment
type
things
that
might
preclude
some
involvement.
There
might
be
a
little
bit
of
embarrassment
if
if
the
language
isn't
spoken
fluently,
so
what
I
would
try
to
do
is
again
in
bridging
the
language
barrier.
I
wouldn't
put
it
upon
their
own
children
to
to
translate
for
them,
I'd
like
to
involve
some
other
high
school
students,
maybe
some
Spanish
speaking
students.
R
It
would
be
mutually
beneficial
for
them
to
help
translate
I'd
also
like
to
find
out.
How
can
we
best
reach
out
to
you?
How
can
you
best
help?
Maybe
it's
not
a
seven
o'clock
PTA
meeting
every
night-
or
maybe
it's
not,
you
know,
show
up
at
lunch
time.
So
you
can
be
lunch
monitor,
but
maybe
there's
that
little
bit
of
time
during
the
day
when
we
take
it
together
and
and
have
small
focus
groups
and
people
could
share
their
ideas,
including
all
people,
the
immigrant
population
is
growing.
Q
A
follow-up
question:
many
of
our
teachers,
don't
underst
access
to
language,
facilitators
that
they
can
call
in
order
for
parent-teacher
meetings,
to
have
a
translator
there
for
the
parent
or
for
events
or
anything
then
incoming
event
that
they're
having
it
to
school.
All,
though
our
language
facilitators
are
stretched
thin.
Would
you
be
in
support
of
two
things
having
a
training
to
let
the
teachers
know
that
that's
available,
as
well
as
advocating
for
more
funds
for
language
facilitators.
R
Absolutely
when
I
was
reviewing
the
budget,
I
was
quite
pleased
to
see
the
addition
into
facilitators
and
I
believe
there's
two
or
two
plus
that
have
been
added
this
year,
they're
cheaper
than
the
teachers.
They
seem
to
be
about
eighteen
to
twenty
percent
less
in
cost
and
I
think
they
could
be
used
in
that
capacity
and
perhaps
in
many
other
capacities,
so
I
would
be
a
strong
advocate
of
the
facilitators
in
that
in
that
use.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
Good
evening
mrs.
Evelyn,
my
name
is
ginger
Vance
and
I
am
was
appointed
to
this
commission
by
the
chamber
of
commerce
for
Anne,
Arundel,
County
and
I'm,
specifically
going
to
reference.
One
of
your
bullet
points.
That's
less
than
15
words
relative
to
your
last
one
where
you
say:
engage
community
organizations,
higher
education
and
businesses
and
optimizing
educational
goals
and
I
I.
Think
cupcakes
will
get
you
places
with
businesses
too.
I
really.
N
R
B
R
I
think
there
needs
to
be
an
outreach
and
a
partnership.
Having
worked
in
business
both
in
a
corporation
and
in
a
small
business.
I
know
that
businesses
are
very
eager
to
help
one
of
the
things
that
needs
to
be
made
is
the
ask,
and
it's
not
an
ask
for
100
dollar
boost
or
sign
on
a
field,
and
it's
not
an
ask
for
a
silent
auction
donation.
R
It
is
they're
great
things
and
we
appreciate
it,
but
what
we
need
is
leadership
from
these
organizations
to
come
in
and
work
with
our
students
and
tell
us
what
are
we
doing?
Well,
what
aren't
we
doing?
Well
take
a
student
into
your
into
your
office.
Let
them
see
what
it
any
type
of
job
looks
like
when
I
was
working
in
the
corporate
world,
I
engaged
in
a
number
of
things
and
one
of
them
one
of
our
employees,
had
a
teacher
sibling.
R
Who
was
a
teacher
in
the
Washington
DC
public
school
system
came
to
us
and
she
said
please
help
me.
I
need
help
with
attendance
and
we
set
up
a
program
where
we
could
help
children
with
attendance.
We're
not
talking
perfect
attendance,
because
the
average
attendance
rate
among
these
kids
was
30%,
who
set
up
a
program
where
we
could
say
all
right.
You
don't
have
to
have
perfect
attendance.
You
just
have
to
do
better
than
you
did
last
week
and
for
kids,
who
are
getting
themselves
up
in
the
morning
and
getting
to
school.
R
That
was
a
huge
thing
and
what
we
found
was
that
a
pencil
was
enough
to
motivate
them
to
do
that.
I've
been
asked
by
schools
to
come
in
and
speak
to
groups
of
middle
school
girls.
About
being
a
female
engineer,
take
my
wedding
pictures.
Take
my
baby
pictures.
My
children's
baby
pictures
show
them
that,
yes,
you
can
be
a
woman.
A
mom
I
have
a
wedding.
Make
your
own
wedding
dress
would
still
be
an
engineer.
So
the
ask
is
important.
R
I
never
said
no
as
a
corporation
or
a
small
business,
when
the
school
came
to
me
and
said,
can
you
help
me?
Do
this
I'm
not
convinced
that
maybe
one
of
the
things
that
we
don't
need
to
ask
for
is
a
group
to
ask
us
ask
for
the
ask
I:
don't
know
if
we
collectively
know
what
we
want
these
organizations
to
do,
but
we
need
to
formulate
that
and
and
put
it
out
there
and
I
believe
build
it.
They
will
come
when
we
were
willing
to
advocate,
but
absolutely
wonderful,
salutely.
I
R
I
think
the
aspects
that
I
would
be
least
familiar
with
are:
what
can
you
do
and
what
can't
you
do?
I
believe
I
understand
the
roles
as
a
board
member,
but
within
the
schools
I
mean
how.
How
much
are
we
able
to?
Can
we
get
involved
with
them?
Are
there
specific
regulations
or
protocols
that
need
to
be
observed,
and
it
came
from
a
corporate
world
and
I
was
a
pretty
aggressive
corporate
leader
and
usually
it's
not
forgiveness,
not
permission
I.
Don't
want
to
do
that
in
the
school
board.
R
I
want
to
know
what
the
protocols
are
and
also
know.
So
what
are
we?
What
are
our
requirements
as
far
as
teaching
I'm
sure
there's
state
requirements,
County
requirements,
national
requirements,
I
really
like
to
get
up
to
speed
on
all
of
those
things
so
that
any
actions
I
take
could
be
formulated
within
that
context
and
be
effective,
great.
I
R
That
I
actually
did
read
it
before
I
even
applied,
because
I
didn't
want
to
get
involved
in
something
that
I
didn't
think
I
could
do
so.
I
was
again
I
think
it
made
the
roles
of
the
board
very
clear
and
just
you
know,
concerned
about
the
individual
schools
and
different
protocols,
perhaps
within
them
Thanks.
D
D
R
R
I
can
I
can
tell
you
the
history
of
it.
I
went
to
Brooklyn
Park
High
School
and
in
the
1970s
it
wasn't
a
fun
place
to
be
I.
Think
I
was
jaded.
By
that
experience,
racial
tension
was
very
high,
drug
use
was
rampant
and
there
is
a
lack
of
accountability
on
the
part
of
both
students
and
teachers
and
children
who
wanted
to
learn
of
which
I
was
one
seemed
to
be
self
identifying.
R
It
didn't
seem
like
the
place
where
my
children,
who
had
become
lovers
of
learning,
would
be
nurtured
and
we
went
back
that
night
and
and
had
a
long
hard
talk
and
did
some
creative
budgeting
and
decided
that
this
school
system
would
not
be
the
best
place
to
nurture
our
children
and
it
was
the
school
was
built.
It
was
to
Verna
Park
High
School.
It
was
built
in
1959
and
most
of
you
probably
know
the
end
of
the
story,
because
just
recently,
Severna
Park
became
the
beneficiary
of
the
largest
capital
investment.
R
J
R
I
think
consensus
is
basically
assigned
just
as
general
agreement,
but
I
would
add
to
that.
That
I
think
it's
important,
that
this
agreement
be
among
people
who
share
a
common
goal
or
a
vested
interest
in
the
outcome
of
the
agreement
that
they
reach
to
build
consensus.
I
think
it's
important
that
all
opinions
are
heard
most
times,
there's
going
to
be
a
diversity
of
opinion
and
ideas
on
how
to
proceed
and
I
believe
that
letting
every
discuss
the
merits
and
hear
the
merits
of
all
the
options
helps
people
in
going
forward.
R
We
wanted
to
establish
to
make
sure
that
our
administration
would
make
a
difference
or
you
can
imagine,
with
15
people
sharing,
15
different
committees,
ranging
from
the
Environmental
Committee
to
teacher
appreciation
committee.
Everyone
had
different
opinions
and
ideas,
but
after
about
three
hours
of
sitting
down
and
discussing
the
merits
of
it,
we
agreed
on
goals
that
we
thought
were
in
the
best.
Interest
of
the
school
had
been
communicated
to
us
by
parents
and
teachers
as
well,
and
collectively.
R
We
set
forth
that
agenda
for
the
school
year
and
the
importance
of
that
was
that
when
we
came
to
back-to-school
night
and
we're
looking
to
recruit
parents
and
engage
them
in
in
the
PTA,
we
were
able
to
deliver
a
concrete
agenda
that
we
all
agreed
upon.
There
was
no
bickering
among
us.
There
was
no
one
saying:
oh
I
really
wanted
the
green
school
to
have
more
priority.
We
agreed
on
it,
we
communicated
it
and,
as
a
result,
we
were
successful
in
accomplishing
all
the
goals.
Thank
you.
R
J
K
R
R
Additionally,
I
would
like
them
to
be
a
person
who
recognizes
and
appreciates
the
value
of
difference.
Can
I
just
can
under
M
ffice
eyes
how
important
it
is
in
in
the
world.
The
best
companies
know
that
diversity
is
embedded
in
their
organization.
It's
not
a
program,
it's
not
an
add-on,
it's
not
including
people.
It's
truly
valuing
it.
Throughout
my
career,
I've,
probably
hired
about
300
people
both
as
a
corporate
executive
and
in
my
own
company
I,
can
tell
you
that
it
didn't
matter
where
they
went
to
school.
R
What
their
grade
point
average
was
what
their
test
scores
were,
or
even
what
activities
they
belonged
in
if
they
were
not
able
to
function
in
an
environment
respective
of
diversity.
So
that
would
be
my
wish
that
a
child
leaves
the
school
with
those
things,
but
also
valuing
and
appreciating
difference
and
ready
to
embrace
it
and
all
that
they
do.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
M
R
That
charter
schools
play
a
role
and,
in
my
opinion
it
should
be
a
temporary
role.
It
should
be
an
adjunct
to
the
public
school
system.
It
should
not
be
a
replacement
or
a
permanent
part
of
the
public
school
system.
My
concern
is
that
charter
schools
tend
to
attract
certain
groups
of
people.
It
might
be
the
best
and
the
brightest
students.
R
Secondly,
I
would
submit
that
while
there
are
a
lot
of
parallels
between
business
and
education
and
in
schools,
schools
are
not
businesses
and
businesses
are
not
schools
and
by
nature
of
a
charter
school
the
school
is
a
quasi
business.
I
do
not
believe
that
long
term,
that
is
the
best
way,
can
our
children.
Thank
you.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
Desiree
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
regional
association
of
student
councils,
I
like
to
thank
you
for
coming
out
tonight
and
just
to
tag
along
on
Commissioner
Jones
with
his
question
to
the
budget
and
where
appropriations
would
be,
you
said
you
would
look
to
maybe
cut
so.
Where
would
you
first
look
to
cut
programs?
I?
Would.
R
Like
to
see
us
really
sharpen
the
pencil
on
some
of
the
capital
request,
some
of
the
negotiating
I
know
that
our
the
purchasing
department
or
procurement
department
has
has
awards
and
does
a
good
job.
But
it's
a
businessperson
I
just
find
it
hard
to
believe
that
there's
not
a
little
bit
more.
We
couldn't
tweak
out
of
that
and
I
would
and
I
think
it's
probably
a
very
good
place
to
cut
sharpen
our
negotiating
skills.
R
O
R
Me
embracing
means
integrating
not,
including
especially
with
respect
to
our
special
special
education
children.
We
tend
to
include
them
in
things,
but
that's
not
integrating
them,
and
my
experience
has
been
that
when
someone
is
integrated
any
person
integrated
into
an
organization
it
benefits,
not
only
the
person
being
integrated,
but
the
organization
as
a
whole
I
would
offer
an
example
from
a
charity
that,
where
I
chair
the
board
and
that
that's
Bella
McRae,
one
of
the
things
that
they
do
is
called
meaningful
day
and
they'll
take
residents
that
are
served
and
placed
them
in
businesses.
R
And
when
the
program
first
started,
the
businesses
were
helping
Bella
McRae.
They
were
creating
these
positions
for
residents
that
we
served
or
clients
that
we
served
and
they
really
were
helping.
But
what
they
found
was
that
Bella
McRae
was
helping
them
more
because,
as
their
own
employees
got
to
work
with
someone
with
a
different
perspective
and
different
needs,
they
were
being
enriched.
They
were
gaining
more
than
they
were
giving.
So
that's
what
I
mean
by
really
embracing
diversity
is
letting
everybody
achieve
more
because
I
think
that
sometimes
it's
hard
to
understand
what
that
is.
R
A
H
A
Get
to
may
sell
I'm
last
and
I.
Don't
have
any
questions,
so
if
you
have
anything
to
add-
or
you
feel
like
anything
was
left
unsaid,
you're
welcome
to
send
additional
statements
to
the
same
place
where
you
sent
your
application
and
we'll
receive
them
and
it'll
be
added
online
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
very
much
such
a
good
night
we're
all
going
to
take
a
break
before
our
next
three
applicants.
So
let's
stop
when's
the
next
scheduled
in.
K
L
M
M
M
A
A
A
And
I
know
that
you
were
emailed
the
the
procedure
for
the
interview,
but
I'll
go
over
with
you
again.
You'll
have
three
minutes.
As
you
know,
for
an
opening
statement
you
choose,
you
may
stand
there
and,
if
you'd
like
to
sit
down
when
you're
done
with
your
opening
statement,
you
may
are
you
mayor
in
standing
if
you'd
prefer,
each
Commissioner
will
have
three
minutes
to
ask
questions.
A
We'll
go
from
my
right
down
the
line
to
my
left
when
you
have
30
seconds
left
of
your
three
minutes,
the
yellow
light
will
turn
on
when
your
time
is
up.
The
red
light
will
turn
on
and
you'll,
hear
a
tone
and
when
you're
concluded,
if
you
get
cut
off
with
an
answer,
because
your
time
expires
or
you
think
of
something
else,
you'd
like
to
add,
you
may
submit
additional
comments
to
the
same
place
where
you
submitted
your
application
and
we
will
all
receive
those
comments
and
it
will
be
added
to
your
application
online.
S
Grievance
to
the
commissioners
evening-
and
it
is
indeed
an
honor
to
be
here
and
to
be
welcome
to
share
my
thoughts
and
the
process
of
the
educational
system
within
the
county.
I
am
a
retired,
Maryland,
state,
judiciary,
employee
and
second
career
minister
with
the
Baltimore
Washington
United
Methodist
Church
Conference.
S
Why
I
recognize
many
of
the
academic
achievements
yet
I
feel
as
well?
There
is
a
disconnect
within
the
system
and
within
our
communities.
My
church
is
on
the
East,
Fork,
insula
and
so
I
am
engaged.
Mv
is
port,
Harbor
house
communities,
Victor,
Haven
and
beverage
garden
next
door.
I
have
taller
Heights,
Elementary,
School
and
Georgetown
East
elementary
school,
one
of
the
things
I
remember
reading
by
a
Catholic
tree,
and
he
says
everything
we
read
stimulates
our
mind
to
think
and
what
we
think
determines
what
we
desire
and
desires
are
the
seed
bit
of
our
actions.
S
So
to
me
that
that
that
implies
that
education
is
important
in
everyone's
life,
it
doesn't
matter
your
background
or
the
community.
You
come
from.
Education
is
very
important.
Education
makes
our
communities
realize
them
that
in
a
great
way,
from
Annapolis
high
school
and
68,
probably
at
my
age
a
little
bit,
but
it
was
the
time
of
integration.
S
It
was
not
a
happy
time
for
me:
I
went
to
Adams
Park
Elementary,
totally
rf4
America
went
to
date,
senior
high
RF
American
and
when
I
got
to
Annapolis
high
school,
it's
like
I
was
in
a
foreign
land.
I
felt
so
I
was
not
welcomed.
There's
a
lot
of
tension
and
I
was
just
glad
to
get
out
and
but
I
was
determined
because
of
my
family
background,
a
bunch
of
educated
people
ministers.
S
Basically,
my
mom
was
a
educator
up
until
a
few
years
ago
and
she
will
soon
be
90
years
old,
but
you
know
they
were
good
ground
rules
and
good
home
basic
training.
And
the
sad
thing
was
my
mom.
When
she
left
the
professional
world,
she
taught
a
private
schools
that
really
resonated
with
why
and
so
anyway,
I'm
here
to
be
an
aggregate
for
my
communities
and
the
children
in
my
communities
and
I
hope
that
I
can
share
some
of
those
ideas
and
concerns
with
you.
Diseases.
S
E
Read
your
documents-
and
it
reminded
me
of
something
I
heard
a
former
president
of
the
State
Board
of
Education
this
day,
if
you
remember
named
Bob,
Henry
or
Robert
Embry,
who
was
president
of
the
state
Maryland
State
Board.
In
the
days
of
the
Maryland
school
performance
program,
he
was
asking
a
meeting.
E
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Mariko
Bennett
and
I'm,
representing
the
n-double
a-c-p
this
evening.
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
question
in
regards
to
your
three
goals
that
you
hope
to
accomplish.
You
say
you
want
to
recognize
and
assist
at-risk
students.
Would
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
you
plan
to
do
that
when.
S
They
are
sent
to
a
classroom
and
what
I
would
like
to
see
is
that
when
they
are
refer
to
study
hall
or
whatever
the
term
is
that
there
be
some
type
of
challenge
for
them,
not
just
to
sit
there
and
color
or
sleep
or
interrupt
again,
and
so
I
would
very
much
like
to
see
some
type
of
structure,
meaning
of
giving
into
an
engaging
with
that
student.
Because
the
underlining
issue
is
there
is
an
issue,
and
there
is
a
problem.
S
G
H
S
Apply
because
of
the
cry
of
the
neighborhoods,
unfortunately,
90%
of
afro-americans
and
a
mixture
of
Hispanic,
so
I'll
say
70/30
and
that
is
grown
very
rapidly
by
the
Hispanic
community
and
for
reasons
unknown,
because
it's
very
challenging
for
me
also.
They
don't
necessarily
trust
the
school
system
just
like
they
don't
trust,
law
enforcement
and
my
role
and
that
both
communities
is
that
both
are
there
to
help
not
to
hinder
and
and
in
doing
that.
H
S
S
Q
Good
afternoon
mr.
Kolbert,
my
name
is
Natalie
and
I
represent
Casa
de
Maryland,
which
is
an
immigrant
advocacy
group
here
in
state
Maryland
and
I'm,
a
glad
that
you
actually
identified
that
the
african-american
community
in
the
Latino
community
and
our
schools
are
afraid
of
the
police,
as
well
as
afraid
of
being
involved
in
the
schools.
Q
I
would
like
to
add
in
the
information
that,
with
the
current
political
climate,
a
lot
of
immigrant
parents
are
afraid
to
participate
in
schools,
scared
that
they
will
be
identified
as
immigrants
or
as
undocumented.
What
I
would
like
to
know
is
what
would
you
propose
that
we
can
do
or
offer
to
these
immigrant
parents
so
that
they
can
feel
safe
going
to
the
schools
and
participating
in
their
students,
education?
Q
S
B
Ginger
Vance
and
I
was
appointed
to
the
Commission
by
the
chamber
of
commerce
for
Anne
Arundel,
County
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
application.
I
initially
had
two
questions,
but
you
answered
one
on
how
how
you
might
build
trust,
it's
that
it
saddens
me
that
some
of
the
population
doesn't
trust,
law
enforcement
and
education
who
else
besides,
you
helps
advocate
or
could
help
out.
If
you
advocate
building
that
trust,
I.
S
Believe
that
after
the
officials
could
help
in
that,
there
are
some
ultimen
who
also
persons
who
are
very
involved
involved
and
building
a
partnership
between
the
school
system
and
the
faith
community
and
the
community
at
large
in
which
we
serve.
But
it's
not
enough.
I,
the
community
in
which
my
church
is
situated,
its
fastly
turning
over.
S
The
white
Caucasians
are
moving
out,
the
blue
column
are
moving
out
as
fastly
becoming
a
Hispanic
/fo
American
community
and
I.
Just
think
that
if
there
was
a
I
recently
heard,
there's
a
program
strengthening
the
families
in
which
the
school
system
recommends
families
to
the
County,
Health,
Department
I
think
that's
a
wonderful
program.
I,
don't
know
that
much
about
it,
but
you
know
these
problems,
students
or
students
with
problems
they
are
recommended
and
it's
an
accountability
program
and
I
would
like
to
see
more
involvement
in
that
program.
B
I
S
Am
Elise
I,
don't
know
that
much
about
the
budget
I
read
about
it
and
I
hear
about
it
when
the
budget
is
at
large,
it's
in
front
of
everyone's
eyes
on
TV
social
media
and
that
type
of
thing
I
don't
know
how
to
find
a
per
se
allocated
what
goes
to
buildings.
What
goes
to
social
programming,
that
I
would
need
to
learn
more
about
and
I,
don't
know,
I'm
not
very
familiar
with
the
guidelines.
S
I
S
Connection
with
the
PTA
I
would
get
in
those
communities
and
drag
those
parents
out,
so
you
need
to
volunteer
for
your
kids.
You
need
to
help
to
make
this
system
work.
I
believe
in
the
PTA
I
believe
in
parents,
supporting
the
system
and
I
would
I
would
be
a
big
salesperson
for
the
educational
system,
and
you
know
now
we're
not
here
to
enable
you.
We
are
not
your
babysitters
any
longer.
You
have
to
give
and
put
into
the
system
great.
S
D
Mr.
Koller
I'm
Jerry
classifier
with
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Community
College
Board
of
Trustees
I,
have
a
just
a
single
question
and
it
really
deals
with
the
comment
you
make
about
your
interested
in
serving
to
improve
the
communication
between
county
government
and
the
school
board.
What
are
your
thoughts
about
how
you
would
do
that?
D
S
Thoughts
of
us
that
the
previous
administrator,
when
they
were
huge
problem
with
gangs
at
Annapolis
high
school,
he
didn't
sermon
us
all,
but
he
requested
that
all
of
the
afro-american
faith
leaders
come
down
to
the
board
and
talk
about
it
and
and
I.
Just
think
that
when
the
administrators
are
more
public,
more
involved,
that
builds
trust.
But
when
you
sit
behind
a
podium
or
a
desk,
and
you
give
our
orders,
then
that
does
not
build
trust.
So
what
I
would
like
to
see
or
recommend?
S
Is
that
there'll
be
more
of
the
administrators
more
of
the
Commission
in
the
community
to
help
build
that
trust?
And
it's
just
like
when
I
work
with
the
City
Police
Department,
you
know
Mike,
you
got
to
come
along
with
me
and
now
he's
recognized
in
one
of
those
communities.
That's
a
nice
policeman
yeah!
So
I
just
think
that
there
is
a
need
for
partnership
between
those
involved.
Thank.
D
S
J
S
What
I
have
done?
What
I
have
done
in
the
community
is
we
need
to
improve
ourselves
here.
We
need
to
trust
people
more
here.
We
need
to
come
to
a
consensus
that
all
people
are
not
bad
people,
even
though
their
skin
color
is
different,
even
though
they
may
have
a
PhD
behind
their
name
or
some
title
in
front
of
their
name.
It
doesn't
mean
they
do
not
love
you
and
they
do
not
care
for
you
and
so,
and
building
a
consensus,
ship
and
building
that
it
comes
with
working
together.
S
K
S
Successful
student,
a
caring
student,
a
happy
student,
a
student
who
is
challenged
a
student
who
is
not
afraid
of
getting
involved
its
student,
who
will
elevate
their
IQ
to
the
next
level,
a
student
that,
when
they
recognize
they
do
not
understand,
they
will
go
for
help
to
develop
and
to
understand
a
model.
Student
will
also
bring
their
brother
and
sister
along
and
say
it
isn't
as
difficult.
We
can
get
through
this
and
to
me
that's
what
a
model
student
would
look
like.
Thank.
K
M
M
This
question
is
a
little
different
than
one
of
us
previously,
but
I
think
there
might
be
some
overlap.
There
is
I'm,
sorry
other
commissioners,
one
of
the
things
I'm
struggling
with
in
your
application,
you
had
wrote
I,
do
not
see
a
superintendent
that
values
the
community
as
different.
You
could
explain
that
and
expound
on
that
and
then
maybe
offer
some
suggestions
as
to
things
that
the
superintendent
could
do
such
that
you
would
feel
that
he
values
the
community
I.
Think.
S
I
spoke
a
little
bit
and
it's
overlapping
I
I
think
that
I
super
tended
it's
very
much
like
I
would
say
a
minister.
You
can
preach
all
day
long,
but
until
you
get
into
the
water
and
the
I
can
get
your
hands
dirty.
You
really
do
not
understand
the
problem
and
what
I
meant
by
that
is
I.
Think
that
every
so
often,
instead
of
being
heard
from
the
television
through
a
social
media
and
news
release
that
perhaps
a.
S
Community
needed
say
you
know:
I've
heard
a
lot
of
things
that
you
don't
trust
about
us,
I've
hearing
a
lot
of
things
that
you
think
it's
a
problem
for
us.
Let's
see
if
we
can
talk
about
this
and
let's
see
if
I
can
just
make
it
a
little
plain
for
you
to
understand
how
the
system
work
and
basically
that's
what
I
met
when
I
said
the
superintendent
need
to
be
more
transparent
in
the
neighborhood
I.
S
Have
not
been
involved
with
the
educational
system
at
a
distance.
I
was
here
when
the
men
of
faith
welcomed
the
students
into
the
school,
a
lovely
experience,
I
had
some
questions,
but
them
you
know
about
dress,
colors
and
protocol,
and
that
type
of
thing
and
I
been
here
for
other
meetings
and
things
of
that
nature
and
I
have
yet
to
see
him
in
a
public
arena
where
we
are
concerned
about
maybe
a
face
to
face
conversation.
S
M
S
I
think
charter
schools
are
great,
but
I
think
it
should
be
a
short
term.
Education
I.
Don't
think
that
we
should
isolate
our
children
I
think
they
need
to
be
an
arena
to
learn
from
everyone,
and
so
you
know
I
do
like
the
idea
of
charter
schools,
but
I,
don't
think
it
should
be
a
long-term
fixture
for
our
students.
M
O
My
name
is
Desiree
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
of
student
councils
and
in
your
application.
What
you
believe
are
the
most
critical
issues
facing
in
a
rural
County.
You
stress
mental
health,
and
you
say
that
it's
a
huge
problem
in
the
communities
in
which
I'm
connected
parents
and
guidance
have
no
value
of
the
importance
for
education
and
I
know
that
students,
especially
in
high
school
level,
go
to
their
guidance,
counselors
and
school
psychiatrists
and
people
such
as
that
to
relieve
their
emotions
and
their
fight
their
depression.
But
most
counselors
are
overwhelmed
300
plus
students.
S
I
was
involved
with
a
young
man
and
he
just
his
attention
span
was
not
fair
and
for
many
reasons
he
ends
up
in
the
guidance
office,
but
he
also
played
football
but
and
to
make
a
long
story
short,
he
was
encouraged
to
go
to
college
and
he's
going
to
get
a
scholarship
and
when
I
got
involved,
he
was
just
making
minimum
grade.
So
someone
was
not
speaking
the
truth
to
this
young
man,
so
we
had
to
bring
it
back
to
reality
and
say
what
else
is
it?
S
You
would
like
to
do
in
life,
because
you're
certainly
not
going
to
get
a
scholarship
and
grandma
and
granddad
cannot
afford
to
see
you
to
college.
So
that's
the
limbo
that
I
know
the
accounts
was
overwhelm,
but
when
there
shouldn't
be
false
hope
given
to
students
and
when
that
happens,
that
somebody
needs
to
be
notified,
the
parent
or
the
garden
or
one
okay.
O
S
A
S
A
T
Thank
you
good
evening,
I'm
Teresa
Sutherland.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
you
tonight
and
thank
you
for
volunteering
to
serve
on
this
Commission.
It's
exciting
to
see
so
many
qualified
applicants
who
want
to
serve
the
public,
but
you
all
have
a
very
difficult
task
before
you.
The
other
applicants
and
I
have
presented
a
plethora
of
needs
and
ideas
and
mine
are
not
particularly
unique.
I
want
to
reduce
class
sizes,
close
the
achievement
gap
for
students
of
color
and
kids
with
learning
differences
address.
T
The
academic
and
social
needs
of
our
immigrant
students
recruit
and
retain
the
best
teachers
and
tackle
the
maintenance
backlog,
but
addressing
all
of
those
needs,
cost
money
and
that
money
is
very
hard
to
come
by
as
the
county
juggles
the
needs
of
schools,
Public
Safety,
roads
parks,
libraries
and
the
community
college.
As
the
county
auditor
for
more
than
20
years,
I
played
a
central
role
in
the
county's
budget
deliberations
and
my
expertise
would
add
to
the
breadth
and
depth
of
the
strengths.
T
The
current
board
members
collectively
possess
I
have
a
proven
track
record
of
providing
oversight
over
a
million
dollar
budget
a
multi-billion
dollar
budget.
Sorry
and
I
have
a
solid
relationship
with
the
County
Council,
the
councilmembers
respect
me.
They
know
my
work
is
thorough
and
they
know
my
word
is
good.
This
makes
me
uniquely
qualified
to
advocate
for
the
school
systems
needs.
T
I
want
to
use
my
skills,
knowledge
and
experience
to
improve
our
school
system
for
all
students,
but
more
particularly
to
improve
it
for
those
students.
We
need
additional
resources.
Our
african-american
students
are
English
language
learners,
our
children
who
live
in
poverty
and
our
children
with
learning
differences.
I
want
to
be
part
of
a
Board
of
Education
that
is
transparent
in
its
actions
and
one
that
demonstrates
it
has
been
a
responsible
steward
of
the
taxpayers,
investment
in
our
most
valuable
public
asset,
our
schools.
E
E
A
lot
of
people
in
this
room
know
you
from
your
presentations
here
at
public
board
meetings,
and
they
know
you
to
be
an
advocate
of
the
healthy
high
school
start
time.
A
lot
of
people
don't
know
you
for
any
other
reason
or
all
not
aware,
but
and
I'm
happy
when
I
look
through
your
your
submission
that
you
are
anything
but
a
single
item
candidate,
your
submission
was
very
comprehensive
and
if
you
didn't
have
the
depth
of
knowledge
that
you
do
have
I
wouldn't
probably
have
a
kind
of
question
to
ask
you.
E
But
in
your
answer
to
question
number
two,
you
reference
the
importance
of
the
board
prioritizing
its
budget
for
the
logical
reason
that
if
they
don't
prioritize
it,
someone
else
is
going
to
and
that
someone
else
will
be
the
county
exec.
You
know
County
Council.
Can
you
expand
on
that?
A
little
bit,
maybe
give
us
an
example
or
two
how
that's
happened?
Yes,.
T
We
have
an
obligation
to
advocate
for
what
we
need
for
the
school
system
and
if
it's
more
than
30
million,
then
we
need
to
ask
for
what
need
so
then
they
will
do
that
and
they'll
ask
for
50
million
when
the
county
has
told
them
they're
only
going
to
get
thirty
million,
and
then
they
won't
prioritize
what
they
want
in
what
order
they
want
to
spend
the
money
that
they
get
and
I've
seen
this
happen
and
they'll
say:
well,
it's
all
important
and
I've
seen
this
is
in
Mike.
This
is
my
personal
experience.
T
I've
seen
Council
members
say
as
I
is
the
county
auditor
would
come
up
with
fifteen
million
dollars
worth
of
cuts.
Well,
I
want
to
give
the
board
of
edging
to
the
Board
of
Education
that
the
county
executive
cut
for
a
B
and
C,
and
we've
still
got
five
million
left
over
and
I'm
tempted
to
give
it
to
the
board.
But
I
don't
know
what
their
next
priority
would
be.
T
I,
don't
know
what
they'll
use
it
for,
and
so
instead
they'll
put
it
in
the
rainy
day
fund,
they'll
put
it
in
the
contingency
account
and
the
board
won't
get
the
money.
So
I
think
it's
very
important
to
have
a
budget
that
one
ties
to
the
public
policy.
The
educational
policy
adopted
by
the
board
that
reflects
their
priorities,
and
that
is
a
prioritized
request
and
I
think
that
strategy
would
work
better
and
securing
more
funding
for
the
Board
of
Education.
N
Good
evening
I'm
Marie
köppen
it
and
I'm
representing
the
n-double-a-cp
this
evening.
Your
application
was
extremely
thorough
and
very
well
thought
out
the
answers
to
the
question
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
talk.
You
spoke
about
the
achievement
gap
between
minority
and
non-minority
students,
immigrant
students,
as
well
as
children
in
poverty.
So,
as
you
know,
we
have
areas
of
poverty
pockets
of
poverty.
However,
we
want
to
call
them
here
in
Anne,
Arundel
County.
What
would
be
your
plan
to
ensure
equitable
distribution
of
resources.
N
T
T
Equity
is
going
to
be
putting
in
each
child's
wagon
what
that
child
needs
to
succeed
and
so
I
think
it's
really
going
to
be
a
school
by
school
decision
driven
by
the
populations
of
those
individual
schools
what's
needed
at
Benfield.
Elementary
is
not
going
to
be
the
same
needs
as
Tyler
height
or
Georgetown
East,
or
some
of
the
other
schools.
So
I
would
think
it
needs
to
be
an
analysis
at
a
school
level
based
on
the
populations
of
students
in
those
schools.
G
T
T
Those
same
students
are
disproportionately
disciplined
in
a
way
that
keeps
them
out
of
the
classroom.
We
need
them
in
the
classroom
if
they're
on
a
bus
for
four
hours
a
day,
they're
too
tired
to
learn
and
we're
spending
a
fortune
to
send
our
kids
some
put
two
hours
away
when
we
need
to
look
at
as
I
had
put
in
my
three
points
that
were
15
words
or
less
not.
We
can't
educate
the
child
here.
T
H
H
A
holler
and
I
represent
the
county
council
PTA.
My
question
is:
if
appointed,
do
you
agree
that
parent
involvement
is
valuable
to
the
achievement
level
of
your
students
and,
if
appointed
to
the
Board
of
Education,
what
ideas
do
you
have
to
help
increase
parent
involvement
across
across
the
county?
I.
T
Think
it's
been
proven
through
multitudes
of
studies,
that
parental
involvement
is
key
to
the
success
of
our
students
and,
as
you
look
across
the
county
at
different
populations
and
different
geographic
areas
of
the
county,
there's
huge
differences
in
the
parental
involvement
I
understand,
for
example,
a
Georgetown
niece.
They
have
a
very
difficult
time
getting
an
active,
PTA
and
so
I
think.
Some
of
the
things
that
we
could
do
is
whether
that
PTA
is
inactive,
because
perhaps
the
parents
didn't
get
to
the
school
for
the
PTA
meetings.
T
Maybe
we
need
to
go
to
them
instead
of
expecting
them
to
come
to
us.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
more
outreach
of
that
nature
where
we
go
to
the
people
we're
trying
to
serve
because
it's
not
working
expecting
them
to
come
to
us,
and
so
when
something
doesn't
work,
we
need
to
look
at
alternative
ways
to
do
it.
If
that
doesn't
work,
we
need
to
look
at
other
alternative
ways
to
do
it.
So.
H
I'll,
follow
up
as
a
board
is
elected
as
a
board
member.
How
would
you
get
parents
to
come
to
a
board
meeting
or
educate
them
on
the
budget
being
that
it
is
so
complicated,
but
to
make
them
understand
that
when
they
stand,
they
could
stand
up
here
and
advocate
for
those
needs
for
their
kids,
I
got
parents
and
students
I
would.
T
Take
the
show
on
the
road,
so
the
Board
of
Education
generally
has
one
evening
meeting.
Every
month,
12
months
we
have
12
high
schools.
Maybe
we
need
to
have
those
evening
meetings
once
a
month
at
the
high
schools
or
we
need
to
find
ways
to
take
again.
Take
it
to
the
community
instead
of
expecting
the
community
to
come
here.
Parents
who
don't
have
transportation
who
live
in
Brooklyn
Park
are
not
going
to
make
it
to
a
board
meeting
on
Weaver
Road
at
night,
so
I
would
take
it
to
the
community.
Q
Good
afternoon,
the
Sutherland
I
represent
Casa
de
Maryland
on
this
commission,
so
naturally
my
questions
are
going
to
be
focused
on
the
immigrant
community
and
the
parents
of
our
immigrant
students,
I'm,
very
glad
that
you
highlighted
them
as
one
of
the
issues
that
you're
very
strongly
advocating
for
and
I
would
just
like
to
kind
of
explain
one
of
the
problems
that
immigrant
students
face
as
well
as
their
parents.
So
the
parents
overall
face
isolation
due
to
the
lack
of
language
facilitators
or
sometimes
the
teachers,
don't
know
that
there
are
language
facilitators
available
for
parent-teacher
meetings.
Q
The
second
issue
is
that
many
times
our
educators
and
our
guidance
counselors
simply
are
not
aware
of
the
issues
and
the
problems
that
these
communities
face.
So
they're
not
knowledgeable.
They
don't
have
the
knowledge
to
be
able
to
help
a
student
on
their
pathway
to
college
or
how
to
apply
I
myself
was
told
that
I
couldn't
go
to
college
because
of
my
status
at
the
time
when
I
was
in
high
school.
What
I
would
like
to
know
is
what
do
you
think
are
some
solutions
to
these
problems,
specifically
the
students,
the
the
guidance
counselor's?
Q
T
T
The
guidance
counselor's
not
knowing
how
to
serve
that
population
of
students
is
a
matter
of
them
gaining
the
knowledge
and
having
the
training
to
do
it.
So
then
we
have
to
go
back
to
how
do
they
have?
How
can
they
get
the
knowledge
right
which
again
is
reaching
out
to
the
community?
You
know
what
the
students
are
getting.
T
In
the
last
10
years,
enrollment
has
gone
up:
7700
students,
roughly
the
net
number
of
positions
in
the
school's
instructional
services
in
the
schools,
has
gone
up.
10
positions,
7700
students,
10
positions,
so
all
students
are
going
to
benefit
from
reduced
class
sizes,
that's
going
to
help
close
the
achievement
gap
and
we
need
to
get
bilingual
facilitators.
We
have
a
growing
population
of
immigrant
students
or
it
has
grown
exponentially
since
in
the
past
10
years
and
we're
not
meeting
their
needs
and
we
need
positions
to
do
that
positions
in
the
schools.
B
You're
welcome
hi
I'm,
a
southern
I'm
Jinger
Vance
and
I'm
with
the
Anne
Arundel
Chamber
of
Commerce,
and
with
your
extensive
background,
I
just
I
thought
this
question.
While
a
pipe
dream
would
be
interesting
and
I'm
wondering
if,
if
a
private
business
or
a
coalition
of
private
businesses
got
together
and
they
could
have
been
some
alumni
or
or
not
decided
that
they
had
extra
budget
in
their
bucket
to
give
to
a
school,
how
would
that
be
presented,
and
how
does
that
order?
T
Don't
think
it's
happened
to
a
large
extent
that
I'm
aware
of
and
obviously
the
school
system
gets
grants
right
and
I
think
some
of
those
grants
may
be
from
businesses,
but
they're,
not
the
large
grants
that
the
school
system
is
getting.
So
if
a
business
coalition
wanted
to
give
a
grant
to
the
school
system,
you
have
restricted
grants,
you
have
unrestricted
grants
so
in
large
part
it's
going
to
be
driven
by
the
grantor.
T
So
if
the
grantor
says
I
want
to
donate
ten
computers
to
Annapolis
middle
school,
then
the
social
system
is
going
to
enter
into
a
grant
agreement
with
the
donor
for
ten
computers
and
they
are
going
to
be
restricted
to
Annapolis
middle
school
if
the
school,
if
the
grantor
says
I,
want
to
give
$50,000
to
the
Board
of
Education
to
the
school
system,
you
can
use
it.
However,
you
want
then
I
think
that
goes
back
to
my
very
I
think
when
I
wrote
in
the
very
first
paragraph
of
my
application,
a
prioritized
budget
right.
T
T
Would
have
to
look
within
the
school
system
at
what
resources
they
already
had
to
reach
out
to
businesses
if
they
don't
have
those
resources,
then
let's
get
those
resources.
I
think
businesses
to
I
think
there
can
be
a
true
partnership.
For
example,
again
we
can
go
on
the
road
right
go
to
the
chambers
of
commerce.
How
can
we
help
the
Chamber's,
how
what
to
do
the
chambers
of
commerce
need
from
the
school
system
and
the
students,
and
what
do
we
need
from
you
and
how
can
you
help
us
and
try
and
build
those
relationships?
U
I
Picard
with
the
County
Council
of
PTAs,
thank
you
for
coming
out
and
obviously
your
knowledge
of
the
county
budget
and
the
school
budget
is
probably
better
than
mine,
but
I
have
a
question
regarding
based
on
what
you've
already
actually
answered
tonight.
How
do
you,
how
would
you
describe
the
difference
between
how
the
county
council
functions
and
how
the
Board
of
Ed
functions
in
terms
of
structure
and
relationship
so.
T
I
think
with
the
County
Council
and
the
County
Executive
they're,
both
elected,
so
the
chemi
council
is
not
the
county
executives
boss.
Tonight,
County
Council
can
propose
policy.
County
Executive
can
propose
policy.
Ultimately,
it's
the
County
Council
who
adopts
the
policy
County
executives
can
propose
a
budget.
Ultimately,
it's
the
County
Council
that
adopts
the
budget
I
think
with
the
in
the
Board
of
Education.
T
So,
while
the
superintendent
recommends
a
budget
to
the
county
to
the
Board
of
Education,
that's
not
the
school
system's
budget,
that's
his
recommendation
and
they
need
to
consider
that
recommendation
and
then
they
set
their
own
budget
and
the
budget
that
he
proposes
I
believe
should
again
reflect
their
priorities.
They've
already
set
the
educational
policy,
they
should
make
their
priorities
clear
to
him.
I
That,
yes,
but
when
we
need
it,
if
the
school
system
needs
four
hundred
and
sixteen
teachers
to
get
us
up
to
get
a
CPS
up
to
our
own
required
classroom
minim,
you
know
student-teacher
ratios
I,
think
that
has
to
always
be
at
the
top
of
the
list,
along
with
teacher
compensate.
You
know
what
I
mean
so
well,
here's
what
I
think
it's
hard
for
the
board
but
anyway,
so
it's
not
we're
debating
not
really.
T
I
know
what
I
say
she
is:
council
is
the
ultimate
authority
and
authority.
That's
the
way
it's
set
up
under
law,
and
so
they
they
will
decide
those
priorities
on
their
own
and
they
can
do
that
with
the
board's
input
or
they
can
do
that
independent
of
the
board's
input
and
I
personally
think
it
would
behoove
board
to
provide
that
input.
G
D
J
T
Everyone's
voice
must
be
heard,
everyone's
voice
must
be
respected
and
everyone's
voice
must
be
acknowledged.
An
example
of
where
I've
built
consensus
is
probably
one
of
the
things
I'm
most
proud
of
from
my
tenure
as
the
county
auditor,
and
that
was
when
the
county
was
facing
a
1.3
billion
dollar
liability
for
retiree
health
insurance.
Much
like
the
Board
of
Education
is
facing
a
1.5
billion
dollar
liability
for
retiree
health
insurance.
T
Right
now,
so
there
was
starting
to
be
some
momentum
of
the
county
to
address
this
issue
in
the
county
formed
a
task
force
or
committee,
and
it
was
the
legislative
branch,
the
executive
branch,
the
employee
groups
and
I.
Think
retirees
were
honored
as
well,
but
I'm
not
positive
and
they
started
to
make
progress
about
ways
that
they
could
address
this
liability
and
reduce
it,
and
then
the
political
landscape,
political
landscape
shifted
because
mr.
Leopold
resigned,
and
so
in
the
interim
before
MS
Newman
was
appointed
as
the
county
executive.
T
Some
council
members
continued
to
work
on
a
bill
to
reduce
the
liability
ms
Newman
came
in
and
one
of
the
first
things
she
did
and
I
think
the
same
night
as
the
County
Council
was
introduced,
another
bill
to
address
the
liability.
So
now
you
had
two
competing
bills:
MS
Newman
didn't
have
four
votes
for
her
bill
to
pass,
because
there
were
four
council
members
who
had
sponsored
the
other
bill,
but
there
were
only
four:
they
didn't
have
five
to
override
her
veto.
T
Yet
everybody
knew
this
1.3
billion
dollar
liability
needed
to
be
addressed
so
I
used.
My
relationship
I
had
a
great
relationship
with
MS
Newman's
chief
administrative
officer
and
County
Attorney
I
had
a
great
relationship
with
the
employee
groups
and
I
had
the
full
support
of
the
County
Council,
and
so
what
I
did
was.
My
concern
was
addressing
that
liability
and
I
focused
on
the
policy,
not
the
players
and
not
the
politics.
L
K
T
M
O
Hi,
thank
you
for
coming
tonight.
My
name
is
Josie.
Ryan
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
student
council
and
your
answer
to
a
question
number
2
intrigued
me,
especially
your
sentence
where
you
said
the
board
contracting.
It's
can
strengthen.
Excuse
me
strengthen
its
case
for
additional
funds
by
first
looking
for
funds
within
its
existing
budget.
That
could
be
reprogrammed.
Can
you
please
expand
what
you
mean
reprogrammed
again
so.
T
And
then,
when
the
books
are
closed,
and
it's
all
done,
it's
actually
more
than
that,
but
in
the
proposed
budget,
that's
what
he
has
estimated
the
surplus
is
going
to
be
from
there.
The
board
of
education
will
ask
the
county
for
additional
funding
and
they
always
identify
it.
We
want
50
million
dollars
and
15
million
of
it
is
for
teachers
for
teachers.
Employees
pay
raises
10
million
of
it
is
for
the
health
insurance
fund.
T
X
amount
is
for
teachers
for
enrollment
X
amounts
for
bilingual
facilitators,
whatever
it
might
be,
but
they
never
say
what's
up
with
the
11
or
14
million
dollars,
what
didn't
cost
11
or
14
million
as
much
as
we
thought
it
was
going
to
cost.
Did
we
reduce
the
cost?
The
budget
for
those
items
in
the
next
year
did
we
leave
it
the
same.
T
If
we
reduced
it,
did
we
reprogram
and
use
it
for
something
else,
because
the
base
budget
going
in
is
the
same
and
we're
focusing
on
the
50
million
in
new
money
and
there's
11
to
14
million
dollars
every
year
left
over
within
the
existing
budget.
So
I
think
if
we
can
identify
where
that
savings
is
coming
from
which
we
can
and
identify
how
that's
treated
in
the
next
budget,
then
we
know
whether
we
can
reprogram
that
money
for
priorities
and
we
show
the
county
look
we're
being
good
stewards
of
the
money.
T
We've
got
the
savings
you
put
my
budget
philosophy.
Is
you
put
all
the
money
on
the
table?
You
can
deliberate
over
how
to
spend
it,
what
to
spend
it
on
whether
to
save
it
or
whether
to
give
it
back
to
the
taxpayers,
but
you
put
it
all
on
the
table
and
I
would
look
for
that
savings
that
they
have
every
year
to
see
where
it's
coming
from
and
how
it's
being
treated
in
the
next
year's
budget.
Okay,.
T
I
think
that
the
student
voice
needs
to
be
heard,
and
that
is
primarily
through
crass
I
think
is
the
formal
way
to
hear
that
so
I
think
they
need
to
be
engaged.
I
think
I
firmly
believe
that
all
students
would
bet
that
our
teenage
students
would
benefit
our
times
that
are
eight
thirty
or
later
the
medical
experts
agree
with
that.
The
National
Association
of
PTAs
agrees
with
that.
It
helps
academically.
It
helps
physical
health.
T
It
helps
mental
health
and
certainly
not
say
for
any
child
to
be
standing
on
the
bus
stop
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
in
the
dark,
so
I
would
one
try
to
make
sure
that
the
students
through
crafts
knew
that
what
the
advantages
were
and
then
ask
for
their
feedback
on.
How
can
we
make
this
happen?
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
and
welcome
kidding.
A
Me
I'm
Susannah,
Kippy,
M,
an
appointee
of
the
county,
executive
and
I
also
don't
have
any
questions,
but
please
don't
take
that
as
an
insult.
Your
application
was
so
thorough
and
your
answers
to
everyone
else
for
so
thorough
that
I
think
I
know
what
I
need
to
know
and
thank
you
very
very
much.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
A
I
think
you
were
not
in
the
room
when
I
was
going
over
the
procedure
for
interview,
so
I'll
just
quickly
tell
you.
You'll
have
three
minutes,
as
you
know,
for
an
opening
statement
and
then
we'll
go
down
the
line
from
my
right
to
my
left.
Each
Commissioner
will
have
three
minutes
to
ask
questions
and
have
them
answered.
A
When
you
have
30
seconds
left,
the
light
will
show
yellow
when
your
time
is
up,
it
will
turn
red
and
a
tone
will
sound
and
when
you're
concluded,
if
you
feel
like
there's
anything
that
was
left
unsaid
or
you
got
cut
off
by
the
by
the
buzzer
you're
welcome
to
submit
additional
comments
to
the
same
place
where
you
submitted
your
application.
Thank.
V
V
So
we're
all
here
in
this
process,
as
you
seek
out
the
right
person
for
this
position,
an
ideal
candidate
will
work
together
with
all
organizations
and
stakeholders,
as
we
strive
to
help
over
80,000
students
to
succeed
in
school
and
throughout
their
lives.
This
is
no
easy
task,
and
it's
why
I
feel
as
though
I'm
an
ideal
candidate
for
this
board.
V
My
approach
over
and
over
again
in
roles
of
leadership
has
been
to
collaborate
closely
with
as
many
community
stakeholders
as
possible
in
order
to
build
bridges
in
order
to
accomplish
our
goals,
to
improve
education
for
all.
Thanks
again
to
each
of
you
and
your
stakeholder
groups
role
in
this
important
process
and
I
look
forward
to
your
questions
and
our
conversation
together
this
evening.
F
E
Am
will
I
am
bill
Jones
and
the
appointee
to
this
commission
by
the
Teachers
Association
of
Anne
Arundel
County
I
read
your
submission.
I
see
you
have
an
interest
in
challenged
school
stipends
we've
gone
down
that
road
as
not
only
the
school
system,
but
also
as
a
Teachers
Association
and
as
a
principals
Association
and
a
blue
collar
supports
that
Association
and
white
collar
supports
situation,
our
secretaries
and
assistants
group,
and
it's
been
it's
provided
some
benefits
and
left
to
solve
it.
E
V
I
understand
challenge.
Pay
is
definitely
a
difficult
issue
to
discuss,
especially
with
the
unions
as
you're
representing
all
teachers,
and
to
focus
specifically
on
teachers
receiving
financial
incentives
who
only
are
at
challenged
schools.
It's
definitely
difficult,
but
I
know
for
a
fact
that
incentives
do
work.
There
have
been
many
studies
that
show
that
incentives,
financial
incentives
to
earn.
V
Getting
to
that
answer,
thank
you,
sir.
So
I
know
from
firsthand
conversations
that
teachers
need
these
resources.
We
need
high
qualified
teachers
and
financial
resources,
incentives,
work
to
attract
high
quality
teachers
to
our
system
to
address
the
challenges
of
students
that
are
in
these
schools
with
the
highest
needs.
Now,
as
far
as
other
resources,
we
can
have
groups
come
in
mentoring
groups,
I
work
with
seeds
for
success.
V
We
offer
tutoring
opportunities
weekly
as
well
as
mentoring
opportunities
each
week
to
address
children
with
these
highest
me,
but
I
work
in
a
challenged
school
and
we
do
receive
different
groups
come
into
the
school,
such
as
the
Naval
Academy
they'll,
come
in
once
a
week
to
work
with
students.
We
have
after-school
programming.
However,
it's
not
equitable,
because
some
PTAs
have
within
annapolis
specifically
will
have
a
membership
of
150
strong
and
they
can
afford
after-school
programming
for
their
children,
whereas
other
PTAs
have
membership
of
two.
So
it's
not
equitable
and
that's
where
groups
have
met.
V
E
N
Good
evening
I'm,
Marco,
Bennett
and
I'm
representing
the
n-double-a-cp
this
evening,
so
you
mentioned
in
your
opening
statement
that
you're
working
on
a
board
to
address
or
to
work
with
low
income
students
and
their
needs.
What
do
you
see
the
needs
of
the
low
income
students
here
in
Anne
Arundel
County
in.
V
Anne
Arundel
County.
Ultimately,
we
need
to
give
all
opportunity
to
all
children
and
the
needs
that
we
address
with
the
seeds
for
success
group.
We
work
on
tutoring
once
a
week
we
have
tutors
meet
with
the
children
once
a
week.
They
mentor
on
the
weekends.
We
also
have
family
engagement
nights,
so
it's
not
just
about
the
students.
It's
about
engaging
the
families
as
well
to
educate
them
through
the
community
college.
V
I
know:
they've,
come
in
to
the
schools
to
offer
parental
seminars,
different
classes
on
educating
families
on
how
to
address
needs
of
their
students
as
well.
Excuse
me,
as
well
as
the
family
and
in
Anne
Arundel
County.
We
want
every
child
to
succeed.
That
is
the
point.
That
is
why
I
am
in
education.
V
It
is
my
desire
for
every
child
to
succeed,
and
would
you
seem
to
give
as
many
opportunities
as
we
can
to
the
students,
whether
it's
through
mentoring,
whether
it
is
through
opportunities
with
businesses
in
the
community,
doing
public/private
partnerships
bringing
in
again
the
Midshipmen
to
serve
as
mentors
to
these
children,
as
well
as
recruiting
teachers
that
look
like
the
students
they're
teaching,
which
is
important?
So
we
need
to
be
recruiting
teachers
through
recruitment
fairs.
G
V
Special
education,
every
child
can
succeed.
That's
my
belief
and
I
know
in
my
classroom.
I
know
that
every
child
can
succeed.
I
know
that
it's
my
obligation
to
provide
the
best
education
possible
for
the
students
that
I
teach
and
we
must
have
adequate
resources
to
support
all
of
our
children
in
special
education
to
support
all
of
their
needs
and
I
accommodate
my
lessons
to
meet
the
needs
of
any
of
the
learners,
because
I
do
believe
that
every
child
can
succeed.
V
I
know
that
in
Anne
Arundel
County
we
do
have
different
groups
that
come
in
to
help
and
aid
with
our
special
needs.
Students,
for
example,
and
Germantown
we
would
have
the
children
filled,
would
come
into
the
school
to
help
provide
needed
services
and
additional
support
to
students
when
needed.
So
that's
how
we
provide
the
services
to
our
special
education
students
so.
V
Making
sure
we
have
enough
support
staff
to
meet
their
needs
and
it's
it's
difficult.
I
I've
seen
personally.
You
know
we
have
the
support
staff
when
they're
younger
and
then
as
they
at
in
the
elementary
level
when
they
get
to
the
fourth
and
fifth
grade
they're
winning
the
children
also
that
support
staff,
but
some
children
still
need
that
support
and
that's
where
it's
important
to
have
organizations
such
as
the
children's
children
scale
to
come
in
to
help
to
provide
those
services,
as
well
as
the
mentoring,
do.
G
H
V
So
I
have,
to
be
honest,
I'm
a
huge
fan
of
Miss
Sutherland.
She
is
amazing.
She
has
such
knowledge
of
budget
I
do
not
have
as
much
knowledge
of
the
budget.
I
know
if
I
come
here
and
I
have
engaged
parents
into
coming
to
testify
before
the
board
about
budgetary
items.
But
I
have
to
be
honest.
That
I
would
definitely
have
to
take
a
deeper
look
to
have
a
total
complete
understanding
of
the
budget
such
as
Miss
Sutherland,
does
obviously,
and.
V
Absolutely
that's
a
great
question:
I
am
familiar
with
charter
schools
as
well
as
contract
schools.
I
know
that
we
have
Chesapeake
science
point:
that's
the
charter
school
in
the
county,
my
son,
who
is
now
going
into
sixth
grade.
We
actually
went
and
visited
Chesapeake
Science
point
and
the
contract
school,
which
we
have
monarch,
Academy
and
Glen
Burnie
Laurel,
and
now
we're
going
to
have
monarchs
opening
in
Annapolis
the
beginning
of
the
school
year.
Q
V
You
so
much
for
that
question.
It's
a
huge
huge
issue
with
our
Latino
and
Hispanic
community.
So,
yes,
I
actually
did
work
with
the
international
parent,
Leadership
Academy,
as
well
as
one
of
the
represented
from
Casa
de
Maryland
and
I,
was
here
at
the
board
of
IDI
several
years
ago,
advocating
for
bilingual
facilitators
when
I
was
PTA
president
at
Germantown
elementary,
we
had
400
Hispanic
Latino
families
at
the
school
one
bilingual
facilitator,
who
was
shared
between
four
schools.
I,
saw
this
as
a
huge
problem.
V
V
What
do
I
need
to
do
in
order
to
fix
this
problem,
and
so
she
said
we
need
to
advocate
so
I
went
before
County
Council
and
they
saw
a
bilingual
facilitator
was
a
volunteer
which
we
know
is
not
the
case
they're
a
lifeline
to
these
families
who
have
huge
issues
in
front
of
them
as
they
are
bravely
facing
a
new
country
without
knowing
the
language.
So
you
know
I
commend
the
school
system
on
the
international
parent
Leadership
Academy,
because
they
are
helping
the
families
to
navigate
the
system
current
system.
V
However,
there
is
one
parent
engagement
education
program
that
has
successively
equipped
parents.
This
is
out
in
California
with
information
skills
necessary
in
order
for
the
families
to
ensure
that
their
children
are
prepared
for
college,
and
it's
actually
won
some
awards
and
it
is
a
complex
process.
I
mean
families
have
to
come
up
with
documentation.
Families
have
to
navigate
their
way
through
the
SAT.
V
B
Hyman
Furman,
my
name,
is
ginger
Vance
with
the
in
Arundel
Chamber
of
Commerce.
I
was
particularly
interested
in
a
couple
of
comments,
specifically
that
it
under
the
issues
facing
a
a
CPS
and
I,
was
wondering
if
you
could
elaborate
the
exploration
of
creating
a
new
signature
program
for
the
elementary
schools
and
since
you've
worked
in
a
number
of
elementary
schools.
How
you
would
like
that
to
look
thank.
V
You
so
we
just
went
through
a
redistricting
process
here
in
Annapolis,
and
the
redistricting
committee
had
conversations
over
one
of
the
most
underutilized
schools
in
the
county,
and
how
could
we
have
more
children
go
to
the
school?
How
could
we
utilize
this
resource?
So
my
idea
that
the
Commission
actually
came
up
with
the
idea
of
making
a
program
of
choice,
I
included
in
my
application
idea
of
an
environmental
stewards
Academy
we
could
partner
with
potentially
the
Chesapeake
Bay
Foundation,
which
is
right
down
the
road
from
this
particular
school
as
well.
V
As
you
know,
the
proximity
to
quiet
waters
park
so
in
order
to
provide
a
school
something
different,
something
to
attract
students
to
the
school
to
be
a
countywide
program.
So
students
would
learn
more
about
the
area
we
live
in
and
how
to
be
environmental
stewards.
We
can
always
try
to
form
alliances
with
different
organizations.
I
mean
you
know.
We
have
many
here
in
the
county
that
would
be
able
to
help
provide
resources.
I
know,
even
if
we
were
to
not
have
an
environmental
stewards.
V
Academy
I
know
that
in
a
neighboring
County
there
is
a
public-private
partnership
with
Raytheon.
They
just
started
a
stem
and
innovation
Academy
at
a
Boys
and
Girls
Club.
So
definitely
you
know
partnering
with
businesses,
we
have
men,
many
successful
businesses
in
internal
county.
That
would
want
to
do
this
because
they
want
a
skilled
workforce.
V
They
want
to
have
children
graduating
who
are
potentially
their
employees
prepared
for
what
is
needed,
there's
a
skills
gap
and
we
need
to
prepare
the
students-
and
maybe
it's
coming
up
with
creative
solutions
such
as
more
magnet
choices
at
the
elementary
level
middle
as
well
as
high
school
level.
Thank.
B
I
V
You
so
much
so.
Yes,
it
is
a
very
limited
term.
18
months,
I
feel
as
though
I
was
I
wanted
to
apply,
because
I
have
a
good
I
had
similiarity
with
what
is
happening
within
a
neural
of
County
Public
Schools,
with
my
many
different
angles.
That
I
come
as
a
teacher.
As
an
advocate
I've
worked
with
in
Rowan
County
Public
Schools,
the
office
of
equity
and
student
achievement,
as
well
as
the
office
of
school
and
family
partnerships.
D
V
J
V
V
V
I
could
see
based
on
the
meetings
that
I
didn't
think
that
the
committee
was
going
to
come
to
a
consensus,
so
I
thought
to
myself.
Maybe
we
need
to
come
up
with
a
different
solution
and
that
could
potentially
be
a
contract
school
to
relieve
the
overcrowding.
So
I
picked
up
the
phone
the
next
day
made
a
cold
call
to
the
president
of
the
children's
guild
and
pitched
the
idea
of
bringing
the
contract
school
to
Annapolis,
rather
than
a
second
location
in
Glen
Burnie.
He
bought
it
so
fast
forward.
V
I
am
meeting
with
the
Annapolis
education
commission
and
we
have
stakeholders
coming
to
the
meetings
and
talking
with
the
children's
guild
in
Rowan
County
Public
Schools,
as
well
as
elected
officials,
about
how
we
can
make
this
work
along
the
way
there
work
there
were
concerns
from
the
community
about
the
location
of
the
school
and
such
as
traffic.
There
were
legitimate
concerns
so
once
I
heard
those
concerns,
I
said:
let's
call
a
special
meeting
of
the
Education
Commission.
That's
what
we're
there
to
do
provide
a
forum
for
the
public
to
come
and
comment.
V
V
J
K
V
V
We
want
children
to
be
able
to
be
successful
in
school
as
well
as
in
life,
and
a
successful
student
is
one
that's
going
to
have
a
plan,
but
it's
also
my
duty,
our
duty
as
a
school
system
to
provide
opportunities
for
the
students,
because
their
pathway
may
be
a
pathway
to
college.
It
may
be
a
pathway
to
the
workforce
and
maybe
a
pathway
to
the
Armed
Services,
but
students
need
to
be
prepared
and
it's
our
duty
to
prepare
them
in
order
to
be
successful.
Thank.
K
M
O
My
name
is
JJ
ray
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
regional
association
of
student
councils
and
just
to
clarify
you
worked
at
a
low
income.
School
I
do
okay!
So
can
you
please
define
what
a
I've
a
three-part
question?
Can
you
please
define
what
a
student
leader
looks
like
and
how
you
have
pushed
trust,
encourage
students
at
school
such
as
yours,
to
have
a
voice
and
become
leaders
and
how
you
plan
as
a
board
member
to
incorporate
student
leader
voices
in
your
decisions.
V
That's
a
great
question:
okay,
so
I
do
work
at
a
title
in
school
and
I.
Think
every
child
has
the
potential
to
be
a
leader
every
child,
so
specifically
at
Germantown
elementary.
We
have
a
news
program
and
in
the
media
center
we're
in
charge
of
putting
on
this
morning
news
program
and
we
encourage
students
to
apply,
and
we
often
mentor
the
children
who
are
on
the
news
and
leadership
has
many
different
faces.
As
far
as
you
know,
the
leaders
in
this
program,
it
can
be
somebody
delivering
the
news.
V
It
could
be
somebody
directing
the
news
behind
the
scenes.
It
can
even
be
a
student
leader
in
the
hallway,
as
a
safety
patrol
guiding
the
students
to
the
classroom.
There
are
many
different
facets
of
leadership
available
in
our
elementary
schools,
but
all
children
have
the
potential
to
be
leaders
and
I
do
have
to
say
that
the
International
Baccalaureate
program,
the
primary
years
program,
does
a
great
job
at
really
inspiring
children
to
be
in
choirs,
be
risk
takers.
You
know
some
of
our
size
students.
It's
interesting.
V
A
V
Currently,
20
students
over
2,000
of
them
are
not
part
of
our
PPE,
the
per
pupil
expenditure.
So
yes,
compulsory
I
mean
this
is
something
that
we
need
to
advocate
for
I
know,
for
example,
there's
the
kerbin
Commission
that
is
addressing
this
now
locally
statewide,
and
it's
critical
for
the
board
to
advocate
this
urban
Commission.
V
So
we
can
advocate
for
equitable
dollars
for
Anne
Arundel,
County
students
and
that's
how
we
could
fund
the
program,
because
if
you
look
at
the
per
pupil
expenditure
in
rural
County,
we
do
we
did
an
okay
job
for
12,000
dollars
per
student
and
with
over
2000
pre-k
students
that
are
currently
not
part
of
that
formula.
That's
a
lot
of
money
that
we
could
gain
if
we
advocated
for
universal
pre-k.
We
also
need
to
be
advocating
at
a
federal
level
trying
to
get
those
federal
dollars.
V
A
V
L
A
L
H
L
U
Exportation,
maybe
I
can't
get
to
a
site.
Every
day
we
have
some
opportunities
in
web
development
in
scientific
research,
where
the
student
does
some
work
on
their
own
and
then
meets
with
the
mentor
goes
into
the
office
from
time
to
time,
so
that
we
can
make
an
internship
work
for
all
students,
I,
never.