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A
B
Also,
a
first
generation
American,
my
father
came
from
Poland
after
the
second
war.
He
didn't
know
English.
He
he
went
to
classes
learning
English
got
a
job
that
was
very
below
him.
He
was
a,
he
was
a
physician
and
he
ended
up
coming
to
America
and
working
in
a
foundry
4:00
to
12:00
my
wife
I'm.
Sorry,
my
mother
worked
midnight
at
the
hospital
just
so
that
similar
to
be
home
with
with
me
and
evening
arm.
B
They
had
challenges
too
and
I
think
we
could
work
through
them.
We
won
at
one
point
was
when
I
was
getting
ready
for
college.
They
had
no
idea.
I
had
no
idea
what
I
wanted
to
do.
What
way
he
wanted
to
do,
and
there
really
wasn't
anybody
to
help
us.
I
did
go
to
college
and
graduate
it's
fine,
but
I
really
wish
there
was.
Somebody
else
did
to
help
I
think
through
our
on
the
website.
I
think
it's
a
great
idea.
B
What
we
have
is
I,
don't
know
if
you
know,
but
well,
I'm
sure
you
know,
but
Google
Translate.
You
could
read
our
whole
website
in
any
language.
You
want
and
that's
really
really
powerful,
because
now
you've
you
presented
to
the
person
what
he
needs
to
know
or
she
needs
to
know
and
then
now
they
need
to
find
someone
to
to
take
it
further.
And
that's
where
things
like.
B
We
have
bilingual
facilitators
to
help
them
and
we
don't
have
enough,
but
I'm
sure
we
can
get
some
kind
of
I,
don't
know
call
center
or
something
in
that
effect.
That
would
be
able
to
help
people
find
a
correct
direction
and
move
forward.
You
see
if
I
did
everything
here
also
career
training,
as
I
said
before,
my
problem
was
and
I
had
no
idea,
I
don't
care,
but
we
need
people
to
help
guide
our
students
to
find
the
correct
career
path
so
that
they
can
establish
a
good
life
in
the
society.
A
C
D
My
name
is
JJ
ray
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
student
councils,
so
you
mentioned
iPads
in
school
and
then
IEP
for
everyone,
and
then
you
also
say
in
your
application
of
answer
number
two
increasing
the
support
staff
to
work
with
educators.
How
would
you
find
funding
for
all
these
ideas?
Well,.
B
If
you
look
at
the,
if
you
look
the
businesses,
they
pay
a
lot
for
in-house
training
to
develop
people
to
understand
their
processes
and
learn
tasks
that
type
of
thing
I,
don't
know
why
the
school
district
couldn't
do
something
like
that.
We
went
to.
We
went
to
Germany
and
they
mentioned
that
in
my
class
I
mean
in
buying
a
statement
and
in
a
great
system
they
decided
a
student,
the
parent
school
decided
which
path
to
take
a
student,
vocational
university
or
business,
and
then
they
really
worked
hard.
B
B
E
B
It
would
be
very
hard
to
support
each
teacher
with
an
individual
support
staff,
but
why
couldn't
we
look
at
it
from
a
grade
level
concept,
whereas
let's
say
we
have
two
or
three
pair
paraprofessionals
doing
all
the
other
work
writing
on
bait
on
writing
on
blackboards
the
the
goals
of
the
next
day
again,
looking
at
test
scores,
I
only
get
tests
coming
up
with
scores,
individual
work
with
the
students.
Maybe
you
have
a
student
that
needs
additional
traditional
help
and
the
teacher
can't
do
it.
B
F
B
I
hear
there's
a
hundred
and
ten
PTAs
I
like
to
visit
them
I
like
to
visit
at
least
once
a
month-
maybe
two,
maybe
once
every
second
month,
depending
on
my
schedule
and
bringing
the
PTAs
in
and
and
keeping
aware
of
what
their
needs
are
to
go
over
and
listen
to
them
and
see
what
what
they
feel.
Maybe
the
building
is
not
right,
maybe
the
they're
having
a
problem
with
the
administration.
B
F
B
I'm
I'm,
a
community
community-based
school
person,
I
think
I
think
rather
than
redistricting
I'd
like
to
put
buildings
together,
maybe
100
students,
maybe
two
or
three
grade
levels
and
again
those
types
of
things
could
be
sponsored
by
the
business
community.
B
B
Maybe
we
can
get
one
of
the
boat
builders
to
come
up
with
a
school
to
be
a
training
training,
a
boy
I'm,
sorry,
training,
partnership,
interns,
that's
what
I
was
coming
up
with
I'm
sorry,
but
those
are
the
kind
of
ideas
that
the
board
has
to
look
at,
because
we're
changing
all
the
time.
I
mean
I
I,
don't
believe
that
there
will
be
large
buildings
in
the
future.
B
I
believe
again,
you
could
do
everything
from
your
iPad
I
think
you
will
need
to
have
interaction
with
a
professional
to
guide
you
through
your
your
sis
but
housing,
2,000
students.
B
C
Mr.
Janowski,
my
name
is
Jerry
class
Mar,
yes,
I'm
here
from
the
internal
County
Community
College
Board
of
Trustees.
Yes,
sir,
the
only
question
I
have
is
a
opportunity
for
you
to
elaborate
on
your
suggestion
about
your
goals.
You
say
better
prepare
our
youth
for
the
jobs
of
tomorrow.
Implicit
in
your
suggestion
is
that
we're
not
doing
a
very
good
job.
Now,
Oh.
B
Kind
of
okay
kind
of
we
need
to
expand
the
vocational
training
immensely.
That's
where
the
jobs
are
going
to
be
tomorrow.
We
don't
need
doctors,
lawyers
type
things
and
it
will
have
them.
People
will
come
up
and
they'll
be
that,
but
that's
not
everybody.
Everybody
is
the
guy
who
builds
real
fixes
your
boat,
the
guy,
who
builds
your
house,
the
bricklayer,
the
plumber
get
a
plumber.
These
people
make
big
money.
Why
don't
we
have
more
plumbers?
This
is
the
kind
of
stuff
we
have
to
look
at
on.
Looking
at
our
education
system.
B
Support
for
abilities,
not
only
through
the
college
but
through
of
a
technical
school
through
an
internship,
something
like
that
because
we're
all
going
to
make
a
living,
we
might
as
well
find
something
that
we
really
enjoy
doing
and
then
get
the
information
as
much
as
we
can
and
ever
good
life.
The.
C
Other
question
I
have
mr.
Janowski
as
a
sitting
board
member
for
the
Community
College
I
know
how
much
time
is
required
not
only
for
the
formal
meetings
but
to
prepare
for
the
formal
meetings.
Are
you
comfortable
with
the
time
commitment
that's
going
to
be
associated
with
serving
on
the
board
where.
B
I
point
out:
I'm
retired
right
now:
I
very
retired
I
was
retired
ten
years
ago,
but
every
once
in
a
while
I
get
a
get
something
going
and
I
end
up
getting
taking
a
new
job,
but
I'm
just
excited
I
was
a
board
member
before
I
know
that
there's
as
I
told
you
100
pts
here
I
can
go
see,
I'm
sure
that
there
will
be
five
or
six
phone
calls
of
I.
Don't
know
a
child
missed
a
bus,
something
that
it's
going
to
have
me
help
people
in
my
district
achieve
problems
or
achieve
problems.
B
That
I
mean
resolve
problems,
yeah
I'm
good
with
that
I
I'm,
pretty
sure
that
you'll
see
me
at
most
every
meeting.
Thank.
C
G
B
You
heard
earlier
first-generation
polish
defend.
I
was
a
board
member
I,
don't
know
why
they
didn't
teach
polishing
or
call
in
our
high
school.
Our
community
was
probably
30
to
40
percent
polish
and
the
other
30
percent
was
maybe
Slovak,
which
is
very
similar
in
in
language.
So
what
I
did
is
I
talked
to
the
German
teacher
all
blasted
and
brought
thought.
That
was
a
good
idea
that
maybe
we
should
try
another
Slovak
or
a
Slovenian
language.
So
we
worked
with
Bob.
We
went
to
the
principal
principal
understood
it.
B
We
had
to
get
Bob
certified
in
the
language
and
then,
of
course,
get
the
board
to
approve
five
votes.
To
put
that
program
in
I
kind
of
got
everything
I
need.
We
ended
up
teaching
Slovak,
not
polish,
but
that's.
Okay,
I
got
the
language
that
I
needed
are
the
levy,
the
program
that
I
needed
in
a
similar
language
and
it
helped
the
entire
community.
That's
the
best.
I
can
do.
B
I
think
a
successful
student
would
be
able
to
be
a
critical
thinker.
He
or
she
would
be
able
to
gather
facts
and
and
and
present
a
good
life
for
themselves.
I
think
what
we
have
to
do
is
not
only
teach
the
facts.
Well,
we
have
to
give
the
children
the
tools
to
to
grow,
to.
B
That
would
be.
That
would
be
a
good
thing.
I
I
think
we
all
contribute
to
the
common
Society
in
any
any
aspect
of
life
where
we
might
be
at
a
different
level
than
someone
else,
but
we
all
have
something
to
give
and
to
create
that
feeling
in
a
student
and
move
that
on
to
a
citizen,
that's
powerful.
It's
got
to
be
good
here.
You're
welcome
to
I'm.
I
Emily
Brandenburg
I'm
a
kind
of
executive
appointee
and
my
usual
question
is
about
the
role
and
responsibility
of
a
board
member.
But
during
your
opening
statement
you
had
shared
that
you'd
spent
many
years
on
public
school
system
boards
and
other
boards.
So
no
question
for
me,
but
thank
you
very
much
for
putting
application
in
and
coming
out
tonight.
J
B
J
Similar
to
my
commissioner,
here,
you
have
answered
Josie's
and
another
commissioners
questions
with
your
comments
about
private
partnership
and
getting
more
involved
and
engaging
with
activities
to
help
the
school
system.
So
my
questions
were
already
asked
and
answered
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
Would.
B
B
The
other
one,
that's
more
important
is
the
Maryland
jobs
for
more
jobs
for
Maryland
Act
that
was
approved
by
the
governor,
and
that
gives
a
million
dollars
every
year,
so
that
the
governor
would
be
able
to
find
businesses
to
want
to
to
work
with
the
school
districts
to
develop
curriculum
to
use,
use
our
resources
to
help
their
businesses
are
perfect,
Avenue,
perfect.
The
only
thing
is,
we
need
more
than
a
million
dollars.
It's
all.
You
million
well.
J
B
That's
fantastic!
That's
where
it
is
New
York
just
came
up
all
the
SUNY
colleges
up
in
New,
York,
they're,
free
to
year-to-year
education
for
free
just
to
be
in
New
York,
a
citizen
be
nice.
If
you
do
that
in
Maryland,
I
grew
up
in.
B
Of
the
Sunni
colleges
and
you're
absolutely
right,
even
even
at
that
level
they
get
extremely
expensive
and
I.
Don't
know
why
we
want
to
do
that
to
our
children.
You
know.
All
we
have
to
do
is
use
the
tax
dollars
that
we
get
and
and
further
their
education
I
don't
see
a
problem
in
it
and
that's
that's
another
one
of
the
situation's.
Remember
I
told
you
I,
don't
understand.
I
really
have
to
look
at
how
the
money
comes
from
Council
and
the
state
and
the
federal
and
then
what
their
impact
are
in
our
programs.
B
I
think
we
as
I
said
in
my
opening
statement.
We
could
bring
our
successes
to
them.
Hopefully
they
understand
and
then
maybe
we'll
do
better
such
New
York
consuming,
but
we'll
see
you
know,
got
a
couple
years,
we'll
try
so
I
can
say.
Thank.
L
B
I
ask
can
I
ask
you
what
I
mean
can
I
bring
one
question
to
you?
Sorry,
we
were
talking
about
how
to
make
consensus.
Today
on
NPR
the
they
had
talked
about
Harvard
Business
Review
article
about
making
enemies
of
your
allies.
It
was
written
by
buzz
sushi
and
he
is
a
Richard
L
Thomas,
professor
of
leadership,
and
organizational
change
at
Northwest,
Kellogg,
School
of
Management
and
co-director
of
the
Northwest
Institute
of
complex
systems,
a
great
article.
B
What
it
deals
with
is
coming
up
with
basically
the
3
R's,
whether
it
be
in
problem
solving
courts,
building
emotional
trust,
redirecting
your
your
adversaries,
energies
to
another
area.
Reciprocating
with
what
do
you
would
want
them
to
do
maybe
coming
out
and
in
conceding
to
a
point
initially
I
mean
immediately
so
as
to
show
that
they
feel
more
comfortable
and
not
asking
anything
in
return.
Just
just
agreeing
that
this
is
what
we
both
should
do
going
forward,
and
if
we
could
work
on
that
type
of
situation,
we
would
be
able
to
resolve
problems.
B
The
last
part
was
rationality,
hopefully
that
both
parties
do
have
that
and
just
work
from
that
and
use
it
coming
from
the
rationality,
moving
it
from
the
the
relationship
that
you
built
you
built
with
this
person
and
knowing
that
he's
going
to
get
his
fair,
shake
or
she's
going
to
get
fair
shake,
and
you
are
too
and
coming
up
with
the
answer
great
article
great
article
again,
making
enemies,
your
ally
buzz
Uzi.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
time.
Thank.
B
N
Good
evening
my
name
is
Heidi
Petrus,
an
image
student
applying
and
joining
the
board,
because
I
believe
strongly
in
our
County
public
school
system
and
would
like
to
be
involved
in
the
process
of
continuing
to
move
our
schools
forward
in
a
positive
and
dynamic
direction.
My
education
is
of
the
Bachelor
in
psychology
and
a
master's
in
education.
I've
worked
in
nonprofits
my
entire
career,
most
of
it
spent
working
for
you
to
understanding
international
exchange,
which
is
an
intercultural
student
exchange
program.
My
current
position
is
that
of
associate
director
of
support
services.
N
I
work
on
a
collaborative
effort
with
my
colleagues
to
ensure
there
are
students,
families
and
volunteers.
You
see
the
best
exchange
experience
possible
as
part
of
my
position.
I
provide
educational
trainings
to
colleagues
both
in
providing
educational
trainings
to
colleagues
and
staff
that
include
sessions
on
mediation,
cultural
awareness,
listening
skill,
new
volunteer
orientations
in
quality
assurance
and
one
others.
N
I
have
lived
in
in
Lenoir
County
for
the
past
19
years,
with
my
husband
and
two
daughters
as
a
resident
of
the
Western
appleÃs
neighborhood
I
have
served
at
the
general
board
member
and
then,
as
the
president
of
the
Western,
a
Pacific
Association
and
I
continued
to
be
an
active
community
member.
My
eldest
daughter
is
a
rising
sophomore
at
Towson
University
and
my
youngest
is
a
rising
junior
junior
in
Annapolis
High
School,
both
attended,
Western
appleÃs,
elementary
bates
middle
and
annapolis
high
schools.
N
N
I've
been
an
active
volunteer
in
the
school
for
the
past
14
years,
I
volunteer
for
the
PDSA
of
all
my
daughter's
schools,
including
as
a
treasurer
of
Annapolis
High,
School
PTSA
and
the
music
boosters
there
as
a
vice
president,
I
advocated
for
the
PPA
program
to
be
placed
at
base
and
have
watched
this
program
progressed
from
its
infancy
to
the
amazing
program
that
it
is
today.
Most
recently,
I
was
asked
to
serve
on
the
board
of
the
ACPs
Annapolis
cluster
redistricting
committee
and
was
elected
to
serve
as
the
chair
of
this
board.
N
I
work
to
ensure
successful
working
groups
who
then
came
together
with
one
final
redistricting
recommendation,
which
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
Anne
Arundel
Board
of
Education
I,
was
able
to
keep
the
committee
focused
and
on
task
I'm
an
excellent
listener.
I
like
to
hear
all
sides
of
an
argument
are
moving
toward
the
solution
as
most
size
that
normally
have
valid
discussion
points
that
need
consideration.
I
remain
calm
during
the
storm
and
work
with
those
around
me
to
come
to
a
reasonable
and
workable
outcome.
N
If
appointed
to
the
Board
of
Education,
some
girls
I
would
like
to
focus
on
our
recruitment
and
retention
of
teachers,
expanding
programs,
a
choice
to
areas
of
the
county
not
currently
served
and
reducing
achievement
gap
among
our
Hispanic
and
african-american
populations.
These
are
not
easy
tests
and
I
know
there
are
no
easy
answers
of
school
systems
across
the
country
are
facing.
N
Many
of
the
same
challenges
at
our
school
system
is
facing
I'm,
hoping,
however,
to
be
an
advocate
for
our
students,
teachers
and
parents,
so
that
we
can
provide
our
children
with
the
best
educational
experience
possible.
I
believe
each
school
in
our
system
has
unique
qualities
and
needs.
It
should
be
acknowledged,
moving
forward,
I
hope
to
help
make
certain
that
our
public
schools
in
Anne,
Arundel
County
can
offer
an
affordable
many
opportunities
they
deserve.
Thank
you.
O
O
Read
your
submission:
I
couldn't
agree
more
with
your
first
goal
to
recruit
and
retain
high
quality
educators
in
the
county.
I
agree
almost
completely
with
your
expansion
of
that
goal.
As
you
answered
question
number
two,
but
to
do
it
requires
more
revenue
than
we've
been
getting
and
if
you
get
appointed
to
the
board,
I
think
it
is
my
belief,
I
know
it's.
My
leave
I
also
believe
it's
the
belief
using
the
word
belief.
An
awful
lot.
O
I
also
believe
the
majority
of
the
current
board
members
might
not
be
unanimous,
but
I
think
the
majority
also
believed
that
their
job
is
to
request
a
budget
that
meets
the
needs
of
the
school
system,
even
if
it
might
be
more
than
what
they
expect
to
get
and
then
the
second
part
of
that
job
would
be
to
advocate
for
that
extra
revenue.
If
you
get
the
appointment,
would
you
be
willing
to
be
one
of
those
advocates?
I
read.
P
And
so
you
know
I
have
a
list
of
standard
questions
that
I
got
to
ask
everyone,
but
I'm
not
going
to
ask
you
that
I'm
going
to
ask
you.
What
do
you
think
the
issue
is
in
the
challenge?
Why
I
mean
this
is
something
that
you
know
we've
raised
a
lot
of
folks
have
talked
about
it.
We
said
that
there
is
an
achievement
gap.
P
N
It's
a
very
complex
problem
as
I
said,
they're,
it's
a
difficult,
difficult.
N
Ends
to
be
socio-economic,
some
of
it
tends
to
be
that
we
have.
The
populations
are
so
diverse,
I
know
at
Annapolis
high
school.
We
have
about
30,
30
30
right
now,
between
black
Hispanic
and
white
and,
as
I
said
advocated
for
the
middle
school
program
in
the
form
of
visual
arts,
and
we
saw
the
test.
N
Scores
have
shown
improvement
in
all
populations
since
we
diversified
and
brought
in
various
populations,
student
and
I
think
some
of
that
includes
integrating
all
students
into
classrooms
together,
not
always
separating
they
each
learn
from
one
another
and
to
they
learn
to
understand
one
another
when
they're
integrated
together,
but
in
terms
of
the
test,
scores
I
think
that's
a
really
complicated
question
and
I.
Think
if
you
know,
if
we
had
the
answers,
I
think
most
systems
in
the
country
would
be
working
towards
them.
N
P
What
I'm
hearing
you
do
excellent!
Thank
you
for
answering
that
question.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
another
question.
So
what
I
hear
is
that
you
favor
racially
balanced
schools?
Is
that
what
I
just
heard
that
you
do,
okay,
and
so
with
that
being
said,
would
you
use
redistricting
to
ensure
that
all
of
our
schools
were
racially
balanced,
so.
N
It's
a
curious
question
because
I
was
very
distinct
in
me,
and
the
city
of
Annapolis
has
a
lot
of
small
elementary
schools.
So
that
was
a
very
interesting
community
to
serve
on,
because
I
found
that
a
lot
of
the
parents
wanted
their
children
to
remain
in
schools
that
were
of
the
same
ethnic
background.
Subsidy
and.
N
Q
N
Did
discuss
actually
not
as
a
key
point,
but
I
did
discuss
the
name
application
that
I
thought
that
the
programs
with
IEP
are
really
quite
strong
and
the
county
system.
My
daughter
actually
had
an
IEP
in
elementary
school
from
speech,
impediments
and
I
do
think
it
is
an
important
factor.
I
I
didn't
necessarily
purposely
leave
it
out.
I
just
think
that
I
believe
that
animal
county
has
a
really
strong
program
on
identifying
and
working
with
the
kids
that
have
special
needs.
I
have.
Q
M
N
S
S
Give
you
a
little
idea,
it's
mostly
because
of
such
a
short
term.
The
main
thing
that
I
wanted
to
focus
on
was
the
fact
is
75%
of
attendance
for
just
meetings
alone.
Because
of
how
short
determines
and
are
you
aware
of
that,
and
how
are
you
can
work
your
schedule
to
be
able
to
not
only
make
meetings
but
be
a
public
face
for
the
Board
of
Education.
N
Commute
most
the
times
for
my
position:
I
go
into
Washington,
see
twice
a
week
and
I've
actually
informed
my
employer
that
I'm
applying
for
this
position.
They're
huge
advocates
of
volunteerism
because
we
are
a
volunteer
based
organization.
So
they
fully
understand
my
need
to
be
a
volunteer
and
wanting
to
be
a
volunteer.
And
so
this
is
my.
My
passion
is
education,
so
I,
don't
think
that
would
be
a
problem
and
my
kids
are
older.
Now
that
twenties
and
I'm
throwing
my
head
in
at
this
point
rather
than
when
they
were
six
years
old.
A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Natalie
and
I
have
was
appointed
to
this
commission
by
Casa
de
Maryland
nonprofit
for
immigrant
advocacy
and
I'm
glad
that
you
mentioned
here.
The
achievement
gap
for
african-american
and
Hispanic
students,
but
I
wanted
to
ask
you
a
bit
of
a
different
question
for
those
students
that
are
come
from.
Immigrant
backgrounds
are
Latino
Hispanic
and
they
are
leading
these
achievement
goals
and
they're
trying
to
apply
to
college,
but
they
get
faced
with
being
first-time
immigrant
students,
their
parents
can't
guide
them
and
unfortunately,
in
our
schools,
the
guidance
counselor's
and
the
educators.
A
N
Actually
been
talking
about
Annapolis
High
School
in
particular,
because
we
do
have
such
a
high
population
of
Hispanic
speaking
parents
and
one
thought
is
to
form
a
group
that
would
help
the
students
to
complete
their
applications
and
also
as
an
example,
at
our
PTA
meetings.
We
always
have
interpreters
available,
because
I
do
think.
It's
really
important
that
this
teaches
I
mean
so
the
parents
are
fully
aware
of
the
process
of.
What's
going
on,
we've
actually
talked
about
having
parents
come
in
and
help
them
fill
out.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
and
as
a
quick
follow-up
to
that,
do
you
think,
and
would
you
advocate
for
some
type
of
training,
for
our
guidance,
counselors
and
our
educators
for
our
immigrant
students,
specifically
those
who
may
have
parents
who
don't
necessarily
have
all
the
documentation
for
FAFSA.
You.
N
And
I
came
down
are
in
the
city,
schools
a
lot
of
them.
Do
you
have
that
training
only
they're,
very
well
versed
in
that,
and
but
I
do
think
that
overall
we
could.
They
I
think
it
would
be
really
good
to
continue
with
them
having
extra
training,
an
understanding
of
the
different,
the
cultural
diversity
that
they're
dealing
with.
Thank
you
so
much.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
Jodie
area
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
regional
association
of
student
councils
and
I
have
a
two-part
question.
My
first
part
is
what
unique
perspective
do
you
bring?
That
would
especially
appeal
to
students,
and
my
second
part
is
in
being
a
board
member
and
making
your
decisions.
How
would
you
ensure
that
you
would
get
the
correct
student
voice
opinion
from
Hispanic
and
African
American
students.
M
N
N
N
D
F
Hi
good
evening,
my
name
is
Allison
Picard
and
I'm,
representing
the
County
Council's
PTAs
here
tonight.
So,
first
and
foremost
thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
service
and
PTA,
with
all
your
kids,
schools
and
my
question
since
we've
already
asked
you've
already
stated
a
lot
of
things
that
would
be
on
my
list.
F
N
Somewhat
familiar
and
I
know
there's
some
controversy
over
them.
I
know,
and
you
know
the
DC
school
systems,
some
of
work,
some
haven't
I
think
if
we
have
them
it's
just
important
to
closely
monitor
the
progress
there.
The
the
gain
should
outweigh
the
cost
of
such
programs.
I
think
you
know
just
think
it's
like
all
our
schools
of
all
our
schools.
N
F
C
Mr.
Petrus
I'm
Jerry
class
Meyer
here
from
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Community
College
Board
of
Trustees.
The
only
question
I
have
pertains
to
a
comment
that
you
made
in
your
submission.
Were
you
indicated
that
when
you
move
to
Annapolis
the
common
question
during
my
children's
elementary
school
years
was
what
private
middle
school
are
you
sending
your
kids
to,
and
you
suggest
at
the
time
there
was
a
lot
of
mistrust
of
the
school
system,
as
your
presence
in
the
county
has
continued.
Has
that
attitude
evolved
into
something
different?
Our.
N
Absolute,
we
can
say
yes,
I
feel
like
it.
We
have
brought
the
trust
back
of
a
lot
of
the
parents
in
the
city
of
Annapolis,
especially
to
see
that
the
school
systems
are
very
high
functioning
and
that
their
kids
can
do
very
well
on
them,
and
I
personally
had
advocated
amongst
many
parents
that
I
know
to
bring
their
kids
and
give
it
a
try.
It
doesn't
work
for
everyone,
but
I,
absolutely
believe
it's
improved
110
percent,
since
I
moved
here.
G
N
H
N
A
successful
students,
one
that
has
taken
advantage
of
the
many
opportunities
that
are
offered
to
them
in
the
school
system,
I
think
there
are
so
many
things
that
they
clubs
and
activities
and
education
opportunities.
They
can
join
into
it's
a
matter
of
them,
it's
very
important
for
them
to
take
advantage
of
them
and
to
move
forward
and
as
they
progress,
they
may
or
may
not
be
going
to
college,
but
they
have
some
sort
of
understanding
of
what
they're
moving
forward
to
in
their
next
phase
of
life.
N
I
Am
Emily
brandenburg
from
the
county
executives
office,
one
of
his
appointees
there's
a
significant
and
strong
correlation
between
highly
functioning
boards
and
the
success
of
a
school
district
and
wanted
to
get
your
perspective
or
your
ideas
of
one
roles
and
responsibilities
of
a
board
member
and
then
the
relationship
between
the
board
and
the
superintendent.
How
you
envision
that
right.
N
Looking
like
you
know,
and-
and
you
know
they
talk
about-
come
to
your
consensus,
but
also,
as
I
said,
if
you're
going
to
go,
move
forward
some
sort
of
program
it
the
benefits,
need
that
way
the
cost.
So
we
have
to
look
at
that
also
because
there
is
fiscal
responsibility
involved
and
I
think
it's
important
to
have
an
understanding
of
the
direction
that
the
superintendent
is
going
and
sometimes
you
might
bump
heads
but
I
think
it's
important
to
try
to
work
together
and
not
waste
time
on
solutions
that
aren't
going
to
work
for
both
parties.
M
J
County
Anne
Arundel
chamber
of
commerce
and,
as
you
know,
we've
been
through
Annapolis
high
years
of
getting
our
kids
through
those
years
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
she
would
be
able
to
make
every
meeting,
because
I
never
did
not
see
her
at
a
principals,
coffee
or
a
PTA
meeting.
But
it
was
interesting,
as
we
went
through
those
years
to
see
those
principal
coffees
grow
and
we
always
wonder
how
could
we
make
them
grow
with
more
diverse
populations?
J
And
we
did
have
Spanish
translators
and
our
PTO
meetings
and
I
absolutely
will
admit
that
there
were
times
I
was
in
the
wrong
desk
and
couldn't
hear
what
was
going
on
because
they
would
didn't
have
headsets.
So
there
are
challenges,
even
with
trying
to
accommodate
the
programs
to
allow
every
parent
to
hear
that.
J
N
N
My
business
is
that
if
you
can
form
like
a
parental
group,
maybe
even
have
you
don't
want
to
separate
you
want
them
together,
but
to
make
sure
that
that
they're
understanding
that
they
don't
feel
left
out
that
they
understand
that
there's
these
coffees
and
these
meetings
are
going
on
and
to
maybe
I
think
we
principal
chittim
even
started
making
phone
calls
in
Spanish
and
because
not
everyone
has
a
computer.
That's
the
thing:
it's
assumed
everyone's
going
to
do
a
lot
to
get
people
to
have
computers
and
so
I
think
the
phone
calls
just
the
constant.
N
You
know
to
keep
pushing
and
try
in
a
dissent.
Invitations
hung
to
even
you
know,
to
personally
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
and
say
have
them
ask.
Would
you
like
to
come
in
and
sit
in
these
meetings?
You
know
we
would
like
to
hear
your
opinion
on
things.
It
is
a
it's
a
it's
a
difficult
challenge
and
I
agree.
What
I'd
like
to
see
light.
J
It
doesn't
surprise
me
that
your
civic
organization
asked
you
to
take
on
that
role
in
your
latest
venture,
and
perhaps
there
is
room
for
you
know.
One
of
the
commissioners
speaks
about
the
Hispanic
population
being
intimidated
and
often
alone,
and
it
appears
that
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
let
some
of
those
people
who
might
be
scared
know
that
much
of
their
community
may
be
interested
in
having
them
step
up
and.
M
J
L
L
Questions
always
get
asked,
but
it's
a
good
problem,
so
I'm
the
last
one
to
go
so
that
concludes
your
interview
and
as
I
mentioned
before,
if
you
have
anything
that
you
feel
like
you
got
cut
off
or
anything
left
unsaid
or
you
think
of
later
you're
welcome
to
send
in
additional
comments.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much.
L
You
know
you
have
three
minutes
for
an
opening
statement.
I'm
sorry
I
just
cut
off
your
beginning
of
your
opening
statement
to
tell
you
that
wait.
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
a
tone
will
sound
and
each
Commissioner
will
also
have
three
minutes
to
ask
and
have
questions
answered
of
you.
So
you
may
begin
whenever
you're
ready
all.
T
Right
good
evening,
my
name
is
Colin
Reinhardt
and
I'd
like
to
thank
each
of
you
for
your
consideration
for
the
position
of
at-large
member
of
the
Board
of
Education
of
Anne
Arundel
County,
our
family
moved
to
Anne
Arundel
County
because
of
the
school
system
and
the
proximity
to
so
many
high
tech
employers.
We
chose
Linthicum
because
of
the
hometown,
feel
and
middle
and
high
schools
that
reflect
our
region's
changing
demographics.
This
is
the
world.
Our
children
will
need
to
learn
to
navigate
and
there
is
nowhere
else
in
this
county.
T
We
would
rather
call
home
this
last
year
was
a
challenging
one.
Yes,
our
family
opened
a
new
and
successful
community.
Bakery
and
I
would
have
brought
samples,
but
we
sold
out
today,
but
the
bigger
challenge
is
stepping
away
from
the
teachers
and
students
I
admire.
So
much
teaching
in
the
North
County
cluster
is
not
a
walk
in
the
park.
T
If
appointed
as
an
at-large
member
I'll
bring
my
background
as
a
teacher
department,
chair
curriculum
and
assessment
writer
and
instructional
coach
to
the
table,
my
varied
school
assignments
have
taken
me
from
southern
to
Brooklyn
Park
broad
neck
to
MacArthur.
I
know
this
County
these
teachers,
these
students,
I,
believe
they
can
accomplish
anything
with
effective
effort
and
I
would
never
give
up
on
them.
I
am
passionate
that
all
students
be
given
opportunities
to
find
success
in
their
daily
education.
T
If
appointed
I
will
encourage
fellow
members
of
the
board
to
explore
options
for
bringing
more
vocational
programs
into
the
schools
through
public-private
partnerships.
I
will
encourage
fellow
members
to
examine
school
schedules
and
identify
options
for
reaching
all
students
through
performing
and
fine
arts.
Educators
are
called
to
grow,
compassionate
reflective
and
resourceful
global
citizens
to
enter
a
future.
We
can't
even
imagine
thank
you
for
your
service
tonight
and
your
consideration.
T
O
O
I
read
through
your
submission:
it's
impressively
you've
been
a
very
successful
educator,
not
only
in
two
counties
but
in
two
large
urban
counties
and
now
you're
on
your
way
to
being
a
successful
businessman
from
what
I've
read,
I,
don't
know
if
you're
going
to
be
the
appointee
or
not,
we
have
to
appoint
one
out
of
twenty
three
candidates,
but
you
have
to
be
recognized
as
a
strong
candidate,
at
least
in
this
commissioner's
eyes.
Thank.
O
Welcome
the
one
question
I
have
is
that
you're,
the
owner
of
a
new
business
at
a
time
when
attendance
to
that
business
is
still
very
much
a
priority
in
light
of
that,
and
knowing
that
being
on
the
school
board
is
more
than
just
a
two
month
or
a
two
meeting
per
month
burden.
Would
you
be
able
to
accommodate
the
time
requirements
for
not
only
the
meetings
but
the
preparation
for
those
meetings?
Yes,.
T
We
have
incredible
employees
at
Paradise,
Donuts
and
we've
entrusted
our
basically
our
life
savings
to
these
to
these
employees,
and
the
good
news
is
that
we
do
all
of
our
baking
overnight.
So
as
long
as
you're,
not
meeting
between
11:00
p.m.
and
7:00
a.m.
we'll
be
able
to
make
that
time.
I
think
we'll.
P
Good
evening,
I'm
Mary
Coe,
Bennett
and
I'm
representing
the
n-double-a-cp
this
evening,
and
so
my
questions
are
around
diversity
and
inclusion
and
actually
before
I
go
and
I
see
you
left,
the
the
you
know:
classroom
started
your
own
business,
but
yet
you're
back
in
and
so
I
think
that
speaks
to
your
passion
for
children
and
education
and
so
I
think
that's
just
absolutely
wonderful
to
serve
in
that
way.
Okay,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
you,
because
you
talked
about
in
your
application.
P
T
You
for
that
we
have
to
recognize
that
increasing
diversity
in
our
teaching
staff
and
our
administrative
staff
cannot
be
accomplished
on
a
diversity
weekend.
It
cannot
be
accomplished
in
a
and
eighth
month.
We
need
a
full-court
press
as
a
district
to
reach
out
to
what
I
believe
would
be
the
new
teachers
and
it's
what
we're
going
to
grab
them.
T
In
addition
to
reaching
out
to
our
HBCUs.
We
also
have
to
look
at
how
we
can
recruit
currently
active
teachers,
highly
qualified
certified
teachers
from
other
districts.
We
do
have
neighboring
districts
with
very
diverse
teaching
staffs,
and
we
have
to
see
how
can
we
entice?
What
are
we
offering
here
in
our
district?
One
of
those
is
by
creating
leadership
cohorts
for
teachers
of
color
so
that
we
can
continue
to
build
their
leadership
and
move
them
up
the
chain
of
command
in
our
district.
T
To
continue
the
bolster
that
I
would
believe
that,
if
surrounding
districts
see
that
that
we're
putting
the
money
where
we're
putting
the
money
where
I'm,
where
our
words
are
and
that
we
actually
believe
in
diversity
and
growing
candidates,
then
we're
going
to
draw
them
now.
But
the
final
piece
of
that.
The
final
piece
of
that
is
looking
at
the
penalty
steps
that
transfers
from
other
districts
suffer
when
they
come
to
Anne
Arundel.
Currently
in
the
contract.
M
Q
T
We
only
have
three
minutes.
The
I
think
the
biggest
challenge
in
in
my
classroom
was
working
with
my
co
teacher
to
find
enough
time
for
us
to
create
valuable,
meaningful
plans
for
every
child
in
our
classroom.
Our
co
teachers
were
not
only
in
the
classroom,
four
or
five
periods
a
day,
but
were
also
performing
testing
duties,
we're
also
working
on
IEP
s,
meeting
with
parents
meeting
with
administrators
guidance
counselor's,
and
on
top
of
that
they
were
coaches
and
had
had
personal
lives.
So
much
than
that,
so
it
was.
T
It
was
extremely
challenging
for
the
special
educators
to
be
able
to
carve
out
during
the
day
that
time
to
meet
with
me
or
in
some
cases,
the
three
other
teachers
with
whom
they
were
teaching.
So
we
need
to
focus
on
what
are
we
doing
with
scheduling
for
our
special
educators?
What
are
we
doing
to
train
up
special
educators
in
in
particular
needs
specifically
mathematics
or
science,
so
that
we
can
have
devoted
special
educators
who
follow
their
children
throughout
throughout
their
career?
T
S
T
So
without
parents
we
wouldn't
have
students
so
beginning
with
that.
The
parent
voice
is
incredibly
powerful.
I,
don't
know
that
our
our
parents
in
the
county
realize
how
much
say
in
how
much
sway
that
our
PTA
s
have
in
individual
schools.
As
a
member
of
the
board
I'm,
not
sure
what
sort
of
lobbying
efforts
we
would
be
able
to
do
to
encourage
parents
to
take
to
take
more
a
more
active
or
activist
role
within
their
schools,
but
as
as
a
as
an
individual
in
the
North
County
area.
T
A
T
A
Find
it
actually
very
interesting
that
you
taught
in
Montgomery,
County,
Schools
and
then
move
to
an
Arundel
and
the
reason
being
Montgomery
County
is
ideal
when
it
comes
to
their
educators
and
their
counselors,
really
knowing
how
to
handle
the
specific
needs
and
issues
that
face
immigrant
students
and
immigrant
parents.
Unfortunately,
in
Anne
Arundel
we
don't
have
as
much
of
that
knowledge
and
I
do
believe.
It
needs
to
get
better
because
we
do
have
an
influx
in
our
population
with
immigrant
students
and
spanish-speaking
community.
T
So
I'd
like
to
begin
my
response
with
a
story
from
last
year
at
North
County,
we
had
two
new
students
in
my
inclusion,
algebra
class
that
had
arrived
from
El
Salvador
and
the
two
students
were
struggling
mightily
in
class.
There
was
another
young
man
who's
doing
his
best
to
translate,
but
when
you're
learning
all
that
new
math
vocabulary,
you
don't
even
know
the
words
we
we
work
very
hard
to
keep
the
students
in
our
class.
We
did
everything
we
could
and
at
some
point
the
students
requested
a
transfer
to
the
esal
math
class.
T
We
can
begin
I
bring
that
up,
specifically
because
on
a
teacher
exchange
that
we
conducted
with
Annapolis
High
School,
where
teachers
from
North
County
and
in
Glen,
Burnie
and
Annapolis,
we
visit
each
other
schools
that
we
saw
how
powerful
a
bilingual
educator
can
be
in
a
math
class.
I
would
start
there.
The
second
piece
is
by
involving
parents
more
in
two
schools.
T
One
of
the
extremely
successful
programs
that
we
had
while
I
was
in
Stein,
which
is
mackensen,
can
Wheaton
area
was
we
had
a
third
party
liaison
that
had
a
little
trailer
on
campus
and
several
times
a
week?
She
would
be
in
there
and
it
created
a
environment
where
parents
wouldn't
have
to
be
afraid
of
the
government
or
of
the
school
system,
and
we
could
communicate
through
that
third
party
to
help
their
child
reach
success
in
a
in
a
strange
environment.
Thank.
O
D
My
first
part,
is
you
say
in
your
application:
you
want
to
try
to
make
fine
arts
another
special
schedule
class.
So
how
would
making
that
fine
arts
class
negatively
affect
students,
opportunities
to
more
stem
stem
or
English
classes
or
classes
like
that,
and
then
my
second
question
is
so
you
do
again
mention
bolstering
vocational
programs
in
every
school,
including
secondary
schools.
Yes,.
O
T
So
I'm,
going
to
start
with
the
Fine
Arts
Fine
Arts
performing
arts
is
extremely
valuable
because
we're
we're
teaching
humans,
we're
teaching
people
who
have
passions
and
by
just
focusing
on
core
subjects
and
by
stripping
away
their
opportunities
to
to
do
the
things
that
really
enrich
our
lives
and
make
us
who
we
are
I
think
is
a
severe
detriment
to
our
students,
especially
as
they're
getting
older
and
for
many
kids.
That's
the
reason
they
come
to
school.
T
There's
plenty
of
research
out
there.
That
shows
how
the
arts
improves
test
scores
in
our
core
subjects.
So
I
don't
necessarily
view
the
fine
arts,
as
taking
away
from
stem
I,
hear
your
question
as
an
issue
of
scheduling,
which
is
perhaps
more
of
a
logistical
question.
One
possible
suggestion
is
to
create
skinny's.
T
If
you
I
know,
if
you
get
skinnies
it's
of
our
Park
with
with
the
skinny
schedule,
you
take
one
of
the
regular
90-minute
blocks
and
you
split
it
in
half,
creating
to
40-minute
periods
so
that
you
can
kind
a
lot
of
the
stem
programs
use
it
in
order
to
get
the
accelerated
coursework
done
so
yeah
that
forty
minutes
every
day.
For
two
different
courses,
so
you
can
also
bring
that
in.
T
You
can
certainly
have
a
band
rehearsal
in
40
minutes,
so
you
can
certainly
work
on
an
art
project
for
40
minutes
practice,
a
dance
for
40
minutes,
work
and
drama.
For
so
there
are
those
opportunities
and,
if
you're,
if
you're,
giving
kids
that
reason
to
come
to
school
every
day,
even
though
they're
struggling
in
their
other
core
classes,
they
can
look
forward
to
that
because
that's
that's
their
time
to
shine.
That's
that's
the
moment
during
the
day
when
they
can
be
people,
creative
people.
Now
your
your
second
question,
if
you
wouldn't
mind
reminding
me
no.
D
Of
course
not
so
you
mentioned
bolstering
vocational
programs
and
especially
secondary
schools.
So
how
would
you
find
funding
to
update
those
facilities
to
support
those
right.
T
So
specifically,
I'm
reminded
of
bringing
in
say
an
automotive
class
automotive,
one,
two
three
bring
in
a
culinary
class
and
into
into
the
schools,
so
I
think
that
for
the
most
part
the
facilities
are
there
and
they're.
There
are
local
businesses.
Car
dealers,
mechanics
local
restaurant
tours.
That
would
be
able
to
provide
a
lot
of
the
the
support
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
an
instruction
that
we
would,
we
would
be
able
to
okay.
T
F
F
This
is
a
little
extra
something,
but
we
have
not
had
a
board
member
from
North
County
in
over
ten
years,
and
many
of
our
most
vulnerable
students
are
in
that
area.
So
the
fact
that
you
not
only
live
there
but
have
started
a
business
there
and
have
taught
there
is
I.
Think
in
my
mind,
makes
you
a
very
strong
candidate.
Thank.
F
T
Many
many
in
our
community
are
going
to
struggle
and
in
order
to
afford
college
and
take
on
that
debt,
not
all
of
our
students
are
going
to
be
successful
in
a
in
a
traditional
sense
that
we're
used
to
now.
That
doesn't
mean
that
we
need
to
take
away
the
opportunities
for
those
children
who,
at
some
time
may
decide
to
pursue
college.
But
it's
important
as
a
member
from
that
area.
T
Now,
I
recognize
I
mean
if
selected,
that
would
be
an
at-large
member,
so
I
would
be
responsible
for
representing
everyone
within
the
district
and
all
those
different
constituencies,
but
with
North
County
having
a
special
place
in
my
heart,
it
would
be.
It
would
behoove
me
to
to
certainly
bring
all
those
concerns
to
before
public
advocacy
is,
is
challenging
when
your
1
1
of
an
8
member
board,
and
you
do
after
decisions
made
need
to
present
a
united
front,
and
we
all
agree
with
this
decision.
T
So
my
role
as
a
public
advocate
would
have
to
occur
in
our
initial
discussions
when
we're
gaining
consensus
and
when
we're
sharing
our
personal
stories
that
we
bring
from
our
communities
and
I
will
make
every
attempt
and
every
opportunity.
And
every
time
someone
from
area
comes
into
the
shop
they're
going
to
be
able
to
share,
share
their
stories
and
their
concerns
with
us.
C
Mr.
Reinhardt
I'm
Gerry
class
mark
from
the
hand-rolled
County
Board
of
Trustees
for
Anne
Arundel
County
Community
College,
your
application
represents
a
very
perplexing
problem.
For
me,
your
your
resume.
Your
experience
and
your
performance
tonight
suggests
you
are
an
educational,
rockstar
and
I'm
wondering
why
you
still
are
not
in
the
classroom,
and
you
explain
how
you
migrated
from
what
is
a
very
apparently
successful
career
as
a
teacher
to
working
in
a
bakery.
T
T
T
Starting
in
Montgomery
County
and
then
working
at
the
boards
on
both
the
Montgomery
and
here
at
Anne,
Arundel
and
then
returning
to
the
classroom,
I
returned
to
the
classroom
because,
as
a
math
coach
and
as
a
resource
teacher
of
the
board,
I
visited
so
many
schools
and
was
having
the
opportunities
to
see
teachers
doing
exciting
things
in
their
classroom.
Use
that
curriculum
that
I
wrote
and
come
up
with
a
new
twist
that
I
hadn't
thought
of
and
that
that
excitement
just
bubbled
up
and
when
the
when
the
opportunity.
T
T
It
always
been
part
of
our
family's
life
plan
to
open
a
small
business
and
when
that
again,
when
that
opportunity,
just
suddenly
appeared
and
and
quite
literally
I
got
the
phone
call
from
the
landlord
of
a
local
strip
center,
who
knew
a
little
bit
about
our
baking
history
and
and
called
while
I
was
in
the
tunnel
to
go
out
to
graduation
for
North,
County
and
I
get
the
call,
and
he
says,
do
you
want
to
do
this
and
it's
a
very
popular
space.
And
do
you
want
to
do
this
again?
T
I'm,
a
risk
taker
and
and
in
a
consummate
confident
person
wants
to
keep
on
learning.
I
just
had
to
try
that
new
experience
and
we
are
not
stepping
away
from
education
so
we're
actively
promoting
music
and
arts
in
our
community
hosting
those
events
in
our
shop
and
now
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
serve
as
a
different
stakeholder
to
complete
that
circle
of
Parent,
Teacher,
curriculum
writer
and
then
potentially
as
a
board.
Member
that
to
me
satisfies
the
service.
That
really
was
the
emphasis
of
when
I
began.
My
career
13
years
ago.
Answer.
G
G
T
So
consensus
is,
is
taking
a
group
of
folks,
albeit
two
or
100,
and
having
them
find
a
common
understanding
and
and
to
agree
on
a
course
to
take.
You
build
that
through
identifying
requirements
determining
what
that
objective.
Is
that
you're
trying
to
reach
how
what
what
are
what
are
concrete
steps
in
order
to
get
there
and
then
really?
The
consensus
comes
from
from
fleshing
out
those
pieces
that
everyone
can
agree
on.
So
we
can
agree
with
the
objective.
Is
we
can
agree
that
1
2
&
3
must
happen
now?
T
How
do
we
do
that,
and
that's
where
the
rich
discussion
happens,
where
we
really
show
respect
to
each
other
and
each
other's
ideas
and
and
really
put
our
listening
ears
on
sorry?
The
teacher
came
in
in
order
to
in
order
to
come
to
that
solution.
A
non-example
that
was
I
worked
in
the
curriculum
office
as
a
math
content
specialist
in
Montgomery,
County
and
I
was
tasked
with
creating
a
scope
and
sequence
for
7th
grade
mathematics.
T
This
was
at
the
same
time
that
Montgomery
County
was
rolling
out
the
integrated
elementary
curriculum
and
familiar
with
that,
so
we
were
going
to
have
students
graduating
from
that
program
coming
into
seventh
grade
and
we
could
do
business
as
usual
and
look
at
the
Common
Core
and
just
you
know,
pick
a
book
and
there
we
go.
We
can
have
that,
but
I'm
a
risk
taker,
and
so
we
decided
as
a
team
to
take
the
approach
of
creating
an
integrated
7th
grade.
Mathematics
course.
T
We've
built
that
consensus
by
with
all
of
the
curriculum
writers
from
across
all
of
the
content
areas
to
find
highly
engaging
concepts
from
each
of
their
courses,
seeing
how
they
matched
up
with
common
core
standards
and
then
create
a
course
that
would
make
sense
to
students
and
two
teachers
instructionally.
That
would
bring
other
courses
into
mathematics
instead
of
what
we
often
see
is.
Can
you
teach
this
token
concept
in
history
today?
We
would
be
bringing
that
in
to
show
how
how
it
fit.
H
T
So
the
two-part
answer,
because
of
the
the
two
very
distinct
viewpoints,
so
the
parent
I'm,
looking
for
my
children,
who
are
students
in
the
system
at
Olympic,
Elementary
I'm,
looking
for
my
students
to
grow,
to
be
compassionate
to
be
open-minded
and
to
be
resourceful
so
that
when
they
get
out
into
that
world
they
can
solve
their
own
problems
and
if
they
can't
solve
their
own
problems,
they're
open-minded
enough
to
listen
to
other
solutions
and
to
work
through
that
now
granted
there
they're
seven
eight
right
now,
so
that
we're
working
on
open-mindedness
and
seeking
help
but
I.
T
T
T
So
when
we
look
at
when
we
look
at
how
we're
defining
success
in
education,
there
are
opportunities,
and
the
standard
mathematical
practice
certainly
spells
us
out
with
with
students
becoming
effective
communicators
of
mathematics,
that
we
can
teach
that,
because
the
the
PARCC
expects
them
to
be
excellent
communicators
to
be
open-minded
to
be
resourceful
to
be
problem,
solvers,
whether
that's
a
mathematics,
Park
or
science
or
English.
We
can
still
teach
that
and
we
can
get
there,
but
we
can't
get.
We
can't
continue
to
get
buried
by
legislated
expectations
of
what
success
means.
I
T
Yes,
ma'am,
so
I
had
the
opportunity
to
do
some
work
at
Chesapeake
Science
point
in
my
work
at
the
board:
I'm
also
familiar
with
monarch
Academy.
Several
members
of
our
community
have
students
there
and
can't
say
enough
about
just
the
wonderful
vibes
that
they
get
in
that
building.
I
hope
that
the
monarch
Academy,
that
that's
playing
for
Annapolis,
has
the
same
level
of
success.
That
bikal
and
Bernie
does
I
thoroughly
believe
that
the
charter
schools
play
a
vital
role.
They
certainly
fill
a
niche
in
our
district.
T
T
But
what
these
folks
struggle
to
articulate
is
what
was
it
about
a
home
school
that
made
them
think
you
know?
Maybe
charter
is
right
for
me
if
it
wasn't
I'm
going
to
charter
for
charter
sake.
There
was
something
there
that
said
that
we
don't
necessarily
have
in
our
district
a
a
program
or
a
plan
to
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
We
could
do
an
exit
interview
with
parents
who
choose
a
non-traditional
option,
whether
that's
charter
or
whether
that's
homeschool,
or
whether
that's
and
wrong
in
a
parochial
school.
T
Why
are
parents
leaving
their
home
schools,
leaving
our
districts
because
they're
still
paying
taxes
on
the
schools
that
now
their
children
on
enrolled,
so
there
something
must
be
there
now
I
know
for
many,
it's
a
it's
a
faith-based
decision.
It's
a
personal
decision,
there's
a
disagreement
with
curriculum,
but
but
let's
look
deeper.
What
else
is
going
on
is?
Are
they
are
they
worried
about
the
safety
of
their
child?
Are
they
worried
about
how
diverse
their
building
might
be
or
the
special
education
services
their
kids
are
going
to
receive
at
that
particular
school?
T
What
is
going
on
and
when
we
start
to
dig
deeper
into
determining
the
root
cause
of
why
families
lead
the
district
I.
Think
that's
going
to
really
set
us
up
for
creating
in
the
next
decade,
as
we
put
together
that
next
master
plan
of
what
we
can
do
to
meet
the
needs
of
all
our
families
in
the
district.
L
M
L
Very
familiar
with
what
what
was
going
on
in
North,
County,
Schools,
I
guess
a
while
ago,
but
in
any
case
my
question
is
given
that
you
have
taught
in
North
County
you
live
in
North
County.
Do
you
think
that
the
interests
and
needs
of
those
schools
are
currently
being
met,
and
if
not,
what
would
you
do
as
a
member
of
the
board
to
help
get
those
needs
and
interests
met?
That's.
T
I
didn't
ignore
your
question.
I
know
you're.
Okay,
are
we
currently
meeting
the
needs
there?
We
need
advocates.
We
need
more
right,
start
advisors.
We
need
pair
of
educators
who
are
bilingual.
We
need
more
community
ambassadors.
We
need
our
children
in
that
part
of
the
county
to
see
a
teaching
staff
that
reflects
what
our
community
looks
like,
but
that's
not
just
North
County.
T
Our
students
need
to
talk
and
we
have
to
give
them
those
proactive
opportunities
to
get
whatever
they're
feeling
off
their
chest,
whether
it
is
something
that
could
that
could
lead
to
an
altercation
or
it's
a
different
kind
of
family
problem
that
we
don't
even
realize
in
the
conflicts
in
every
school
or
unique,
but
having
all
of
those
third
parties
and
being
able
to
service
all
of
our
children
and
their
mental
health
needs
to
avoid
suspension
and
to
and
to
avoid
those
referrals.
Yeah.
M
L
L
L
M
M
M
L
R
Right,
thank
you
for
the
past.
Well,
for
most
of
my
adult
life
and
work,
history,
I
have
worked
in
with
public
from
the
Sheriff's
Department
to
the
last
15
years,
working
with
people
who
are
chronically
homeless,
with
mental
health
and
addictions
issues
and
in
dealing
with
these
people
I
deal
with
first,
a
melting
pot
of
different
people
from
different
backgrounds
and
also
their
families.
I
have
children
here
in
Anne,
Arundel,
Public,
Schools
and
I
have
a
grandeur.
R
Well,
they
were
in
Anne,
Arundel
Public
Schools
and
have
a
granddaughter
who
is
currently
in
Anne
Arundel
Public
Schools,
but
most
of
my
experience
with
the
school
system
is
through
my
clients.
I
attend
many
meetings
with
teachers
and
principals
because,
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
my
clients,
children,
are
some
of
your
problem.
Kids,
so
I
get
to
see
those
who
are
being
picked
on
and
those
who
are
picking
on
others.
R
Many
of
them
believe
it
or
not,
have
gone
on
to
college
or
have
been
that's
will
in
their
life,
doing
other
things,
and
it
all
comes
as
a
base
where
their
foundation
is.
Who
is
there
to
help
them,
and
sometimes
their
parents
are
not
the
ones
or
their
guardians
are
not
the
ones
to
give
them
the
support
they
need
and,
as
they
said
most
of
my
life,
that
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child
and
I
have
enjoyed
being
a
part
of
that
village.
R
It
is
important
to
me
that
all
children
who
attend
school
are
happy,
are
scholastically
happy
and
are
able
to
proceed
through
their
journey
of
education.
In
a
more
positive
light,
let
school
be
that
place
where
they
get
good
meals,
where
they
get
the
support
they
need
and
where
they
can
become
the
people,
because
believe
it
or
not,
even
the
worst.
They,
the
worst
behaved
child
in
their
heart
of
hearts,
really
want
to
be
a
better
person
and
they
just
need
someone
to
help
them
to
get
there.
O
R
O
R
Well,
I'll
start
with
the
example,
and
the
example
is:
there
are
a
lot
of
commercials
that
talk
about
bullying
and
how
we
should
help
children
deal
with
it,
and
one
of
the
things
that
are
said
is,
if
you
see
someone
being
bullied,
take
up
for
them
Oh.
Sometimes
when
you
do
that,
the
teacher
tells
you
to
sit
down
and
let
them
handle
it.
Sometimes
the
child
being
bullied
is
not
able
to
handle
it.
Sometimes
some
children
can't
speak
for
themselves
because
they're
shy
or
they
don't
like
confrontation.
So
it's
nothing
wrong.
R
Think
one
of
the
problems
that
we
have
today
in
general
and
not
just
with
children,
is
that
the
bullying
situation
is
not
just
in
school.
It's
also
in
the
workplace.
It's
also
sometimes
in
social
situations.
So
again,
going
back
to
the
school
system
is
the
found
of
most
children
and
their
growth
that
if
they
learn
how
to
deal
with
these
situations
at
school,
they
will
be
able
to
handle
them
later
in
their
lives.
R
The
what
I
believe
is,
and
the
best
type
of
workshops
that
I
like
to
facilitate,
are
the
ones
where
you're
playing
a
role
and
I
believe
that,
if
the
teacher
is
in
their
little
workshops
that
they
have
on
Thursdays
and
Fridays,
which
I
never
can
understand.
Why?
Sometimes
we
have
one
both
those
days
at
least
babysitting
hard
to
find.
R
However,
if
we
had
workshop
where
there
were
role
playing,
and
they
could
feel
how
that
or
remember
how
that
feels,
maybe
that'll
make
them
a
little
bit
more
sensitive
to
how
a
child
feels
when
they're
being
bullied
or
when
you're,
even
speaking
up
for
a
friend
or
even
another
child
that
they
don't
know.
But
they
see
it.
I
just
feel
as
though
that
makes
it
helps
children
to
learn
when
they
don't
feel,
as
though
that
they're
being
picked
on
I.
P
Good
evening
I'm,
Marco,
Bennett
and
I'm
representing
the
n-double
a-c-p
this
evening,
I
want
to
first
start
off
with
saying
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
You
know
far
often
I
think
the
least
in
the
last
are
often
forgotten
and
so
to
put
in
the
work
with
the
most
vulnerable
populations
is
something
to
definitely
be
commended.
So
thank
you,
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
a
question
in
regard
to
suspension
in
the
school
and
in
school
to
Prison
Pipeline
how
it
contributes
to
the
industrial
complex.
P
R
Understanding
that
it
seems
as
though
that
the
african-american
children
are
being
suspended
more
one
of
the
things
that
I
have
noticed
in
my
line
of
work
is
you
have
to
listen
and
you
have
to
pay
attention
and
not
go
into
a
situation
where
you
already
have
a
preconceived
notion
about
a
person
and
a
lot
of
times.
We
do
that.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
is
find
out
really.
Why
are
these
children
being
suspended
more?
R
What?
What
reasoning
is
there
if
you
were
asked?
Why
are
these
children
being
suspended?
What
would
the
reasons
be
and
if
the
reasoning
that
you
see
is
no
different
than
maybe
a
problem
that
you
have
with
other
children,
then
we
might
have
to
turn
the
idea
out
into
the
people
who
are
making
these
decisions
and
help
them
to
see
and
clearer,
because
you
know
a
lot
of
times.
People
don't
realize
that
they're
doing
things
like
this.
They
don't
realize
that
they're
picking
on
one
group
of
people
and
they
may
say
not
being
negative.
R
It's
it's
not
a
race
thing,
but
a
lot
of
times.
It
is,
and
you
don't
realize
it
so
again
that
goes
back
to
training
people
and
training,
administration
and
training,
to
teachers,
to
to
see
how
you
are
gearing
all
these
children
up,
one
main
place
of
being
suspended
all
the
time
and
you're
not
looking
at
the
whole
picture
and
you're
not
looking
at
the
other
children
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
P
Q
Q
R
Thing
did
you
treat
it
differently?
I
guess,
that's
the
best
way.
I
can
put
it
and
then
from
there,
I
come
in
and
I
said
again
and
listening
what
seems
to
be
the
problem.
What
are
the
problems
that
you're
having
in
with
this
person
and
then
I
turn
it
right
back
on
them
because
they're
too
professional?
What
do
you
feel
we
can
do
to
help
this
child
be
more
successful
in
your
class?
R
And
then,
when
you
talk
and
I
usually
have
a
talking,
you
know
with
your
children,
you
know
before
you
go
to
the
mall,
you
talk
to
them
and
you
say:
don't
do
this,
don't
do
that?
Well,
you
have
to
do
that
with
clients
before
you
walk
in,
especially
people
who
are
by
polar
or
just
have
had
a
hard
time
with
this
person
in
you
know,
history.
R
What
this
particular
person
has
been
hard
have
to
say:
you
know,
hold
your
tongue,
let's
walk
in,
let's
take
care
of
business
and
they
tend
to
do
that
and
they're
motivated
to
do
that,
because
they
want
their
children
to
have
a
good
education
experience.
So
when
we
do
that,
that
was
that's
the
main
thing.
The
main
thing
is
going
in
with
with
a
positive
attitude
and
listening
and
letting
the
people
who
are
experienced
talk
to
us
about
what
all
of
us
can
do
as
a
team
to
make
this
journey
a
success.
Does
that
help
I?
R
S
Hi
good
evening,
I'm
estefanÃa,
Haller
and
I
represent
the
county
council
PPA.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
everything,
you're
doing
a
homeless
population
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
something
people
don't
realize
that
happens,
especially
in
schools
and
you're,
doing
a
wonderful
work
in
helping
them
and
being
their
voice.
So
I
commend.
M
S
R
S
R
The
whole
board
I
would
look
at
and
there's
a
lot
of
information,
because
you
can
read
a
lot
of
the
minutes
and
you
can
talk
to
different
people
who
have
had
experiences
with
the
board.
So
those
would
be
the
first
thing
and
then
I
would
try
to
see
what
exactly
it
is
that
I
need
to
do
to
make
myself
more
of
a
contribution
to
the
board.
Thank.
A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Natalie
and
I'm,
pointing
to
this
commission
by
Casa
de
Maryland.
Immigrant
advocacy
group
in
Maryland
and
I
would
like
to
know,
based
on
your
background
of
the
relationships
that
you
build
with
these
families
that
you
serve
and
their
children
in
the
school
many
times.
What
we
see
in
our
County
is
that
minority
groups
and
immigrant
communities
the
parents
are
not,
as
involved
in
the
education
as
as
other
groups
in
the
in
the
schools.
A
R
One
of
the
reasons
why
a
lot
of
the
minority
parents
don't
feel
are
not
as
involved
is
because
they
don't
feel
comfortable.
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
do,
let's
say
if
I
had
a
client
who
said
well
I,
don't
want
to
go
to
the
PTA
meetings.
I,
don't
want
to
do
this.
The
first
thing
I
would
do
is
how
about
if
I
go
with
you
and
then
that
way,
if
we
go
together,
I
can
see
what
issues
she's
having
and
help
her
to
feel
a
little
bit
more
comfortable.
R
R
So
my
main
thing
would
be
to
go
with
them
to
a
couple
meetings:
sit
through
them
and
see
what
the
problem
is
and
talk
to
them
about
what
they
feel,
what
they
perceived
the
problem
to
be
and
work
with,
the
people
like
the
administration
or
whatever
hey
Sally's,
feeling
a
little
uncomfortable
when
she
comes
in.
What
can
you
do
to
help
me
to
help
her
feel
more
comfortable?
For
me,
most
things
are
working
as
a
team
talking
to
people.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
Josie
Raya
and
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
student
councils.
I
love
your
opening
statement.
It
really
appeals
to
students,
perspective
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
work
that
you
have
already
helped
so
many
students.
So
my
question
is,
in
your
address,
to
crush
number
two.
So
you
talked
about
suicide
rates
and
helping
address
academic
success.
Success
and
safety
in
schools,
and
now
many
students
to
relieve
their
emotions
on
those
topics
go
to
guidance,
counselors
and
school
psychiatrists.
D
R
Working
with
nonprofits
for
a
long
time,
I'm
used
to
working
in
constraints
the
financial
constraints
where
you
don't
have
enough
money
to
pay
the
people
what
they
should
earn
and
also
having
more
people
to
help
out
with
the
caseload.
So
what
the?
How
can
we
with
what
we
already
have,
and
this
lets
say
someone
says
you're
not
getting
any
more?
R
How
can
we
help?
Would
it
be
a
motivator
for
me
to
ask
or
to
get
people
to
stay
a
little
longer,
even
though
they
may
not
get
paid?
Maybe
there's
another
motivator
to
help
the
guidance
counselor's
to
stay
and
kind
of
triage,
some
of
the
children
who
have
problems,
the
ones
that
have
problems
and
have
more
severe
problems
again.
It
goes
back
to
listening
and
understanding
and
bringing
in
the
family
and
help
letting
them
help.
You
help
that
child.
R
So
you
get
a
group,
let's
say
a
counselor
I,
don't
know,
maybe
they
might
have
mmm-hmm
40
50,
60
kids
for
one
counselor,
it
even
could
be
more
so
I
know
that
it's
probably
hard
for
the
counselor
to
meet
each
child.
But
if
the
teacher
lets
the
counselor
know
that
this
particular
child
is
having
a
problem
and
then
you
work
with
those
children,
the
most
then
and
bring
their
families
in,
and
maybe
the
families
can
help.
R
Also
because
a
lot
of
the
things
if
you
correct
it
in
school,
but
you
still
going
home
with
the
problems
the
problems
going
right
back
to
the
same
issues.
So
maybe
I
guess
my.
What
I'm
trying
to
say
is
maybe,
through
volunteers
and
families,
extending
the
hand
of
the
counselor
because
they
are
so
overwhelmed.
But
the
children
still
need
that
attention
and
a.
D
R
You
get
to
learn
a
person
and
fortunately,
as
you
say,
the
counselors
don't
get
to
do
this,
but
I
get
to
meet
the
children
where
they
are
normally
in
their
homes
or
wherever
they
are
living.
Where
is
a
shelter
or
if
they're,
just
doubling
up
in
someone's
house
and
many
of
them,
one
of
the
things
that
I
do
is
help
people
find
housing.
Okay,
because
we're
trying
to
end
homelessness
so
talking
to
them
where
they
are
making
sure
that
they
get
therapy
making
sure
that
they
get
the
services
that
they
need.
R
F
Good
evening
my
name
is
Alison
Picard
and
I'm,
also
with
the
County
Council
of
PTAs.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
tonight
and
your
application.
What
prompted
you
to
apply
for
the
school
board,
particularly
this
vacancy
with
the
short
term
and
what
kind
of
impact
do
you
think
you
can
make
in
that
short
time
period?
Well,.
R
So
I
said,
okay
well,
I
found
out
that
we
had
this
opening
and
I
said
well,
let
me
see
what
I
can
do
if
I
can
come
on
board,
and
some
of
the
things
that
I
can
do
to
impact
is
give
that
other
eye
of
these
are
some
of
the
other
issues
that
people
may
not
have
thought
about.
They,
the
county,
believe
it
or
not,
and
well.
R
Of
course,
you
know,
has
a
lot
of
services
for
children
who
are
homeless
and
everything,
but
sometimes
there's
some
little
things
to
fall
between
the
cracks
and
I
feel
as
though
that
I'm
around
enough
that
I
can
help
with
those
and,
at
the
other
part,
is
I
feel
as
though,
because
of
my
ability
to
get
along
with
most
people,
even
if
it's
something
that
doesn't
have
to
do
with
what
my
experiences
are.
I
can
usually
help
with
other
things.
I
normally
do
not
say
take
no
for
an
answer.
F
R
Since
my
children
are
grown,
that's
not
a
problem
and
when
it
comes
to
work,
we're
able
to
flex
our
time
I'm
we're
able
to
work
any
way
we
need
to.
So
those
are
the
main
things.
Those
are
my
things
that
I
put
most
of
my
time
in
so
I
have
the
time
to
put
that
energy
and
the
time
into
doing
what
I
understand
it's
two
meetings
a
month
or
one
Wednesday
during
the
day
and
one
Wednesday
and
evening.
R
R
F
C
Michela
I'm
Gerry
class
Meyer
representing
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Community
College
Board
of
Trustees.
Looking
over
your
application,
I
was
intrigued
by
the
identification
by
you
of
the
suicide
rate
of
our
students
as
them.
One
of
the
most
critical
issues
facing
the
school
system
and
I
was
one
of
you
elaborate
on
your
awareness
of
what
what
what
you
know
about
that.
Well,.
R
The
agency
that
I
work
for
Anne
Arundel
mental
health
agency
has
a
crisis
response
team
and
unfortunately,
many
times
they
have
to
make
a
call
to
many
of
the
schools
in
our
County
because
of
the
children
having
ideas
about
how
they
want
to
commit
suicide
and
stuff.
That
bothers
me,
a
lot
I
come
from
the
time
when
it
seemed
like
we
were
really
happy
so
as
high
school
students,
so
I.
R
All
of
the
things
nails
that
have
progressed
throughout
time
between
social
media
and
bullying
and
other
problems
that
have
made
children
find
it
hard
to
grow
up
and
with
mental
health
issues
which
cause
children,
which
is
a
part
of
the
problem.
The
symptom
of
suicide
I
feel
as
though
that
that
is
something
that
people
can't
ignore.
Parents
need
to
be
made
more
aware
and
look
at
certain
things
at
one
time.
You
know
they
try
to
talk
about
the
privacy
of
your
young
child,
but
now
you
can't
give
them
that
privacy.
R
You
really
need
to
know
their
friends.
You
really
need
to
know
what
they're
looking
at
on
social
media
and
the
computer
and
the
internet,
and
you
need
to
be
more
a
part
of
the
children's
lives
and
once
you
are
maybe
and
again
going
back
to
asking
questions
and
listening,
you
can
say,
get
them
services,
because
Anne,
Arundel
County
has
fabulous
services
for
children,
do
therapy
and
all
other
kind
of
things
that
you
can
help
them
through
this
hard
time,
because
it
is
preventable.
R
C
G
R
Well,
consensus
is
that
everyone
agrees
on
a
particular
topic
and
the
way
you
build
it
is.
You
have
to
get
people
to
agree
on
that
particular
topic
and
then
once
you
do,
then
you
work
with.
If
there
is
a
problem.
How
are
we-
and
we
agree
on
that?
One
issue
then
brainstorm
on
how
we
need
to
take
care
of
that
issue
and
bringing
different
people
together
always
helps.
R
You
might
have
a
little
argument
about
it,
but
it
always
helps
to
really
solve
a
problem
to
get
everyone
to
kind
of
see
it
the
same
way
and
bring
their
peace
and
to
agree
on
what
we
need
to
do
to
take
care
of
it.
So,
for
example,
going
back
to
boolean.
If
everyone
can
kind
of
see
or
thought
that
that
was
an
issue,
then
everyone
started
to
bring
together
the
media
and
everyone
else,
and
family
involvement
and
students
and
faculty
and
administration
to
see
what
the
problem
is
and
how
we
can
solve
it.
H
R
That
was
me,
but
if
I
believe,
if
I
had
a
real
a
teacher
who
understood
what
my
challenges
were,
I
think
I
would
have
been
a
better
math
student.
So
I
just
feel
as
though
that
a
well-rounded
student
is
a
person
who
can
be
in
a
successful
adult
whether
they
decide
to
go
on
to
college
or
they
decide
to
get
a
trade,
but
they
can
make
a
living
for
themselves.
R
I,
like
the
idea
of
a
charter
school
to
have
that
independent,
that's
kind
of
geared
toward
the
student
and
I
guess
that
would
be
a
little
harder
in
a
in
regular
school
where
the
classes
are
larger.
However,
it
would
be
nice
that
if
all
students
had
that
same
opportunity
that
I'm
sure
that
there
are
some
students
who
need
a
little
bit
more
structure,
but
it
would
be
nice
that
the
other
students
who
don't
need
that
kind
of
structure
can
get
that
kind
of
independent
work
in
a
regular
school
setting.
L
Anything
I'm,
Susannah,
Kippy
I'm,
also
a
county
executive
appointee
in
your
application,
in
your
in
your
15,
words
are
less
list.
You
mentioned
that
you'd
like
to
get
more
resources
or
more
help
and
support
for
teachers
in
the
classroom.
Do
you
have
something
specific
in
mind
and
if
so,
where
will
you
find
the
funding
for
that.
R
Funding
I
well
when
it
comes
to
funding
I,
always
look
at
fundraisers
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
PTA
s
are
really
good
with
that.
There
are
some
that
aren't
as
good
as
others,
and
maybe
they
can
learn
from
each
other.
The
resources
that
I
would
get
for
the
teachers
are
resources
that
the
administration
found,
because
I
think
we
all
realize
that
there's
some
some
challenges
for
the
teachers.
R
There
are
some
teachers
who
are
stronger
and
doing
some
things
and
others,
so
the
resources
would
be
more
workshops,
I'm
sure
they
would
like
that
more
workshops
to
help
them
to
build
on
some
of
the
skills
that
they
have
challenges
or
and
also
build
more
on
skills
that
they're
already
good
at
so
that
they
can
charities
with
the
kids,
but
basically
any
way
that
you
do.
That
I
think
fundraising
is
the
best
way
to
go.
L
L
V
Good
evening
it
was
a
dubious
honor
to
be
the
last
person
to
speak.
However,
just
like
on
a
train,
a
lot
of
leadership
comes
from
the
caboose.
The
caboose
has
all
the
necessary
attributes
to
keep
the
train,
successful
and
moving
forward.
Also,
when
you
see
the
caboose,
you
know
you're
almost
done
as
much
as
I'd
love
to
stay
all
night
share
my
passion
and
talk
about
education
in
our
county.
I
promise.
V
I
won't
do
that
to
you
guys
tonight,
as
I
wrote,
the
speech
I
wondered
what
I
bring
that
makes
me
stand
out
from
the
talented
folks
who
spoken
before
me:
I
bounce,
these
attributes
against
the
mission
of
the
Board
of
Education.
As
stated
in
the
board
handbook,
the
mission
says
to
provide
leadership,
vision
and
support
to
in
Auroville
County
Public
Schools
that
ensures
an
equitable
world-class
education
and
creates
lifelong
learning
by
promoting
community
collaboration,
developing
responsive
policies
and
holding
ourselves
accountable
for
the
results
I
have
experienced.
With
all
three
of
these
goals.
V
Throughout
these
experiences,
I've
worked
hard
to
reach
out
to
underserved
populations
and
to
ensure
that
all
voices
are
heard
in
our
County.
We
have
some
great
collaborative
community
partnerships
that
we
can
build
upon,
such
as
the
public,
library's
sale
cards,
the
school
resource
officer
program,
the
Arts,
Council's
arts
and
education
program
and
community
based
restorative
justice
programs
like
teen
court
and
community
conferencing.
V
The
second
goal,
responsive
policies,
is
achieved
at
board
of
education
meetings,
I
regularly
attend
these
meetings,
monitor
policies
that
are
up
for
review
and
occasionally
provide
public
testimony,
particularly
on
policies
about
community
engagement
and
or
equity.
In
addition,
as
a
member
of
the
countywide
CA
C's
equity
team
I
work
closely
with
the
office
of
equity
and
accelerated
student
achievement
on
their
work
to
eliminate
the
achievement
gap,
we
achieved
so
much
where
we
work
together
in
ways
that
are
positive,
productive
and
professional.
V
The
third
goal-
accountability
I,
bring
Community
Connections
and
existing
collaborative
collaborative
relationships
to
the
school
system.
In
addition,
my
PTA
and
family
budgeting
experiences
providing
with
goal-setting
and
fiscal
management
skills
to
move
our
school
system
forward.
We
must
continue
to
build
trust
and
positive
relationships
between
board
members
and
our
community
working
together.
We
can
build
a
strong
community
and
successful
kids.
I
appreciate
your
consideration
for
the
Open
Board
of
Education
seat,
so
that
I
can
continue
to
be
part
of
this
journey.
O
Hello,
miss
you're,
welcome,
thank
you,
I'm
bill,
Jones
and
I'm.
The
appointee
of
to
this
commission
by
the
Teachers
Association
of
animal,
no
County,
the
you
and
I
have
got
to
know
each
other
a
little
bit.
Your
attendance,
regular
attendance
of
board
meetings,
your
periodic
testimony-
and
this
is
also
not
the
first
time
that
I
have
interviewed
you
in
this
arena.
O
I
got
to
know
you
a
little
bit
and
I
and
I
know
you
two
have
high
regard
for
public
school
educators,
but
as
I
looked
through
your
your
submission
and
your
three
goals
and
your
answers
to
question
number
two
I
didn't
see
anything
regarding
recruitment
and
retention
of
highly
qualified
teachers
within
your
own
personal
priorities.
Where
would
you
have
put
that
I.
V
Wanted
to
in
my
application,
I
wanted
to
emphasize
the
community
piece,
because
I
actually
think
that
that's
my
strength
in
the
interest
of
full
disclosure
I
am
married
to
a
public
school
teacher,
so
that
is
a
strong
consideration
in
our
household
and
I've
attended
board
meetings.
When
we
talk
about
recruitment-
and
we
talked
about
keeping
teachers
in
our
school
system
and
I-
think
there's
a
huge
community
piece
to
that.
I
think
salary
is
part
of
it,
but
I
think
teachers
need
to
be
able
to
afford
to
live
in
Anne
Arundel
County.
V
We
have
a
great
County
with
lots
of
resources,
but
if
they
can't
afford
mortgages
and
rent
and
and
food,
then
they
can't
afford
to
live
here.
So
I
think
there
is
a
huge
community
piece
to
the
teacher
retention
piece
and
and
recruitment.
I
also
think
teachers
need
autonomy
and
professional
development
and
to
feel
empowered
in
school
and
be
able
to
be
decision-makers.
I
think
all
of
us
as
adults
want
autonomy
and
so
I
think
that's
a
huge
part
of
it
too.
I
didn't.
P
P
Thank
you
for
your
application.
Thank
you
for
your
responses
and
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
question
in
regards
to
what
you
mention
here
in
your
opening
statement,
as
well
as
what
you
address
as
one
of
the
critical
issues
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County,
Public
Schools.
You
talk
about
successful
programs
such
as
teen
court,
community
conferencing,
school
resource
officers
and
student
advocates.
I
actually
would
not
be
here
before
you
today,
representing
the
n-double-a-cp,
if
not
for
the
school
resource
officer
program.
P
That
I
was
made,
aware
of
because
of
my
own
personal
situation
with
my
child
and
so
on.
Paper
programs
like
school
resource
officers
and
teen
court,
sound
okay,
however,
in
real
life
and
in
practice,
what
my
family
experienced
in
my
and
my
son
experience
with
the
school
resource
officer
and
what
I
know
nationally,
because
I
sat
at
the
White
House
during
criminal
justice
reform
with
the
former
president,
and
we
know
that
these
programs
funnel
the
school
to
Prison,
Pipeline.
P
So
I'm
going
to
ask
you
a
question
in
regards
to
suspension
in
the
school
the
school
to
Prison,
Pipeline
and
studies
that
show
the
student
school
resource
officer
and
how
they're
funneling
those
students.
So
how
would
we
ensure
that
those
programs
in
Anne
Arundel
County
are
not
funneling
our
students
and
our
children
to
the
criminal
industrial,
complex
known
also
as
presence?
So
how
can
we
ensure
that
that
does
not
happen?
Structured.
V
In
the
experience
that
our
family
had
with
the
disciplinary
process
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
Public
Schools,
we
found
it
very
punitive
and
I
would
like
to
change
it
from
being
punitive
to
being
where
we
hold
the
kids
accountable
for
their
actions.
But
they
have
a
chance
to
fix
things
and
I
think
that,
with
some
of
the
restorative
justice
programs,
we
can
actually
do
that.
It
has
been
proven
that
the
predictor
of
whether
or
not
adults
are
in
prison
is
whether
or
not
they've
had
contact
with
the
juvenile
justice
system.
V
So
I
would
like
to
have
these
as
diversion
programs
before
the
kids
at
the
juvenile
justice
system.
Community
conferencing
brings
everybody
affected
by
whatever
happened,
to
the
table,
to
talk
and
to
change
that
child's
behavior,
so
that
child
can
grow
and
learn
and
go
back
into
the
classroom
where
they
need
to
be
right.
Q
V
I
do
want
to
start
by
saying
first
of
all,
I'm
thrilled
that
C
CAC
is
up
on
the
board.
Now
that
I
think
that
was
a
missing
voice
that
we
weren't
hearing,
yes,
I,
think
that's
a
problem.
I
was
watching
the
dynamics
with
the
school
start
later
issue
and
the
special
schools
in
Annapolis.
The
kids
were
getting
there
very
very
early
by
bumping
that
back
so
the
kids
have
time
to
sleep
and
actually
get
good
quality
sleep
they're
hitting
a
lot
of
traffic,
so
that
could
potentially
potentially
be
a
problem.
V
Q
V
V
S
Hi
Lisa
I'm,
a
Stephanie,
I,
holler
or
Everson,
the
counselor
county
council,
PTA
and
I
know
you.
You
come
to
all
of
our
meetings.
You're
part
of
our
board
and
I
salute
you
for
always
constantly
being
very
involved
and
very
knowledgeable
of
our
County,
so
I
wanted
to
say,
I
wasn't
going
to
ask
you
anything
because
I
know
you
very
well
but
four
reasons
for
you
to
be
able
to
express
more
of
your
knowledge
to
everybody
around
here.
V
One
of
my
personal
goals
is
to
do
a
better
job
of
communicating
each
school's
school
improvement
team
goals.
I
think
when
we
have
common
goals,
both
as
school
as
PTA
and
as
community
members,
then
we
can
all
work
together.
If
those
goals
are
not
communicated
not
brought
forward,
then
the
community
doesn't
know
where
what
their
role
is
and
where
they
can
come
in
and
help
move
everything
forward.
So
that's
been.
That's
been
a
personal
goal
of
mine
to
try
to
do
that
better.
So.
V
Think
that
would
be
one
of
the
goals,
because
that
would
have
some
longevity
to
it
and
some
sustainability
to
it
and
I've
seen
it
done
in
other
school
districts.
I
was
looking
at
it,
I
think
in
North
Carolina,
where
they
actually
it's
not
the
exact
goals,
a
summary
of
the
goals
work,
so
everybody
knows
where
they
can
jump
in
and
help.
Thank.
A
V
Think
we'd
have
a
conversation
with
some
of
the
folks
in
the
office
of
school
and
family
partnerships.
There
are
some
very
talented
people
that
work
in
that
office
in
this
county
and
some
folks
that
work
for
our
Public
Library
that
do
some
great
outreach.
So
I
would
start
with
some
conversations
to
figure
out
how
to
get
past
some
of
the
cultural
barriers
or
some
of
my
things
that
I
don't
understand
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
do
that.
I
definitely
think
that
we
need
more
diversity
on
our
PTAs
Omen.
A
I
just
have
a
follow-up
question
and
it's
going
to
go
back
to
this
Commissioner
Bennett's
topic
there,
because
the
prism
to
pipeline
also
affects
very
much
so
the
immigrant
community
in
his
Latino
community-
and
you
mentioned
that-
is
structured
correctly-
that
these
solutions
work
and
what
we've
seen
nationwide
is
that
they're
not
working?
So
what
kind
of
restructuring
would
you
propose?
I.
V
Don't
know
how
to
respond
to
the
fact
that
you're
saying
that
nationwide
they're
not
working
because
I
do
think
the
school
resource
officer
program
in
our
County
prevents
a
lot
of
things,
I
think
if
the
resource
officer
wasn't
there
and
you
get
a
policeman
off
a
street
when
it
when
they
need
a
child
arrested
or
whatever
it
escalates
much
much
faster.
So
there's
a
lot
of
preventive
stuff
that
happens.
I've
also
seen
I
mean
our
experience
and
our
family
was
with
teen
court
and
it
was
very
powerful.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
Josie
Ave
we
met
previously
I
represent
the
Chesapeake
Regional
Association
of
student
councils,
I'm
sure
you've
seen
us
testify
at
the
board
of
education
and
I,
like
your
ideas,
they're
very
unique,
especially
with
regards
to
the
venue
for
a
graduation.
My
question
is
essentially:
could
you
expand
a
little
bit
on
recess
guidelines?
You
talk
about
one-year
goals
and
specifically
follow-up
question
would
be
how
would
you
incorporate
as
a
board
member
more
of
the
student
voice
from
crafts
or
wherever
River
garaged
to
the
regards
to
those
guidelines?
I.
V
Think
the
student
voice
is
very,
very
important
and
I've
seen
some
of
the
awesome
stuff
that
students
have
done
at
board,
meetings
and
I.
Think
it's
really
important
to
value
the
student
voice,
because
it's
just
like
a
parent
voice.
Sometimes
it
can
be
dismissed
very
easily
and
we
need
to
incorporate
it
research.
My
background
in
training
is
Recreation
and
Parks
and
I
believe
that
kids
need
free,
unstructured
time
to
make
their
own
decisions
to
be
active,
and
then
they
think
we
need
to
have
a
conversation
about
it.
V
I'm
not
sure
it's
going
to
be
a
policy,
it
may
be
a
guideline,
but
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
discussion
about
recess.
We
also
need
to
talk
about
whether
or
not
it's
okay
to
take
recess
away
from
children
as
punishment,
because
often
times
we
take
recess
away
from
kids
and
who
needed
the
most
and
also
talk
about
indoor
recess.
Plugging
in
a
video
is
not
good
recess
to
me.
V
V
Well,
I
heard
that
there's
supposed
to
be
something
being
built
near
the
casino
I'm,
not
quite
sure
what
that
is
going
to
look
like.
Yet
it
looked
like
it
incorporated
a
parking
lot
somehow
and
I'm
more
concerned
about
how
that's
going
to
work
with
weather
and
so
I'm,
not
quite
sure
what
that
looks
like
yet
and
I
would
need
to
take
a
closer
look
at
it.
But
I
know
it's
very,
very
needed
in
this
county.
V
F
Hi
Lisa,
how
are
you
no
I'm,
Allison
Picard
with
that
Anne
Arundel,
County
Council
of
PTAs?
Thank
you
for
once
again
applying
for
the
board
and
thank
you
for
your
comments
on
recess
this
evening.
As
you
know,
we
share
a
common
concern
about
recess
in
our
schools.
So
thank
you
about
that.
But
might
I'm
going
to
go
off
to
my
PTA
questioning
and
you
do
have
extensive
community
engagement
on
your
resume
and
in
your
history
and
I'd
love
to
know
what
you
think
are
your?
V
I
have
one
that
I
accomplished
and
one
that
I
hope
to
accomplish
one
that
I
accomplished
was
being
one
of
the
first
Rangers
that
opens
quiet,
waters,
Park
and
being
able
to
be
there
and
help
design
how
we
were
going
to
manage
the
park
and
the
playgrounds
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
was
probably
one
of
the
highlights
of
my
career.
V
One
that
I
would
like
to
see
accomplished
is
that
we
are
trying
to
build
a
health
center
next
to
Van
bachlin
elementary
school.
We
have
some
casino
funds,
we
have
some
political
energy
behind
it.
We
have
the
need
for
it.
It's
been
a
long-term
project.
The
community's
wanted
it
for
many
many
years.
We
are
at
a
tipping
point
now
and
I
hope
we
will
be
able
to
accomplish
it.
I
know:
I
work
very
closely
with
the
community
activist
who's
wanted
something
there
for
about
30
years
and.
F
V
C
I'm
Jerry
class
Meyer
with
the
Anne
Arundel
County
Community
College
Board
of
Trustees.
The
only
question
I
have
pertains
to
you
mentioned
that
your
husband
is
a
teacher
in
the
school
system.
Are
there
any
ethical
considerations
that
you're
concerned
about
with
reference
to
serving
on
the
board
in
the
system
where
your
husband
is
an
employee?
No.
V
C
G
V
See
consensus
as
an
agreed-upon
path
forward
and
I
think
it
starts
with
common
goals.
When
my
son
started
at
Old
Mill
high
school,
he
was
there
a
year
and
they
desperately
needed
a
PTA
president
I
didn't
know
anybody,
but
I
said
I
would
try
it
and
the
reason
I
wanted
to
try.
It
was
because
I
wanted
to
see
what
would
happen
if
we
aligned
our
PTA
with
what
the
principal
wanted
to
accomplish
with
his
goals
were
and
what
the
school
improvement
team
goals
were,
and
so
we
came
in
and
we
did
that
we
didn't.
V
H
M
V
I
have
a
couple
thoughts
on
that.
A
successful
student
would
be
a
lifelong
learner,
with
a
love
of
learning,
ideally
and
engaged
citizen.
That's
probably
my
personal
bias
there,
a
reader
and
a
problem.
Solver
I,
also
really
like
the
kids
at
Hope
framework
that
we
use
in
a
lot
of
our
schools,
and
it's
got
four
main
categories
of
things
that
the
kids
need
to
do
to
be
well-rounded,
and
that
is
a
home
and
family
education
and
career
community
and
service
and
hobbies
and
recreation.
I
L
Hi
I'm
Savannah,
Kippy,
a
county
executive
appointee
and
I
was
going
to
ask
you
about
recess
because
it's
something
I
feel
very
strongly
about,
but
it's
been
asked
you
answered
it
very
thoroughly.
So
I
don't
have
any
questions,
but
thank
you
very
much
for
being
a
park.
Ranger,
it's
a
great
job.
My
son
is
two
and
a
half
I
also
have
one
year
old,
so
were
in
the
park
all
the
time
and
he
thinks
Park.
L
Rangers
are
just
the
most
amazing
people
who
follows
the
wrong
Park,
so
the
system,
so
thank
you
very
much
and
I'm
laughs.
So
that
concludes
your
interview
and,
if
you
have
anything
to
add,
if
you
think
of
something
later,
you're
welcome
to
submit
additional
comments.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
all
right.
That
concludes
our
interview.
We
will
now
take
a
public
participation,
a
reminder
that
public
participation
is
also
limited
to
three
minutes
and
exactly
in
the
way
that
the
candidates
have
when
you're
you
have
30
seconds
left.
L
U
Yeah
good
evening,
my
name
is
Kate
King
and
I
am
with
South
County
Youth
Association,
Board
Member
futsal,
commissioner,
and
a
coach
I
am
here
this
evening
to
speak
on
behalf
of
Kevin
Jackson
I
have
been
very
fortunate
to
have
Kevin
Jackson
as
an
assistant
and
as
a
head
coach.
While
I
was
a
clinic
soccer
and
football
commissioner,
coach,
Jackson's
energies
and
excitement
glow
on
and
off
the
field,
he
encourages
the
players,
desires
to
work
hard
and
have
fun
while
learning
the
game
and
being
part
of
a
team.
U
He
is
the
truest
definition
of
a
coach.
He
not
only
takes
the
time
to
individually
know
what
each
player
needs
and
skill
fundamentals
and
game,
but
he
strengthens
her
character,
builds
their
confidences
and
creates
players
that
are
role,
models
on
and
off
the
field.
Coach,
Jackson's
players,
never
hang
their
heads
low
at
the
loss
of
a
game
or
game
frustrations,
but
reach
out
to
fellow
teammates
to
build
up
their
come
each
other,
identify
individual
and
team
opportunities
and
are
excited
to
get
to
work
on
for
improvement.
U
This
is
amazing,
amazing,
strength
of
coach
Jackson
and
a
true
testament
to
the
positive
influences
he
has
on
the
players
on
and
off
the
field.
Svy
a--
has
been
very
blessed
that
he
has
the
energy
organization
and
motivation
and
determination
to
make
a
difference
in
these
young
players
lives
during
coach,
Jackson's
first
season
as
coyote
knee
soccer.
He
asked
me
to
be
his
mentor
for
the
season,
as
we
both
had
boys,
County
teams
and
I
was
in
my
fourth
season
throughout
this
to
date
had
the
season.
U
He
would
ask
me
for
advice
on
individual
and
team
strategies.
Tell
me
what
worked
and
what
had
not
worked
in
his
practices
and
games
and
what
he
saw
in
his
players.
He
would
ask
for
my
feedback,
listened
to
my
own
personal
experiences
in
knowledge
and
extract
cretan
questions
to
gather
as
much
knowledge
and
expertise
to
properly
be
prepared
and
bring
his
best
to
his
own
team.
He
would
then
take
this
knowledge,
insights
and
ideas
and
adapt
them
to
his
own
players,
teams,
coaches
and
himself.
U
He
took
the
time
to
make
himself
better
to
provide
the
best
experience
for
his
team.
Coach
Jackson
has
the
motivation
to
gather
better
it
I'm
sorry,
he
has
the
motivation
to
gather
as
much
knowledge
as
possible
the
modesty
to
make
it
those
with
more
experience
for
insight
and
determination
to
make
himself
better
for
the
plate
better
of
his
players
and
team.
Kevin
Jackson
has
also
frequented
SP
wide
board
meetings,
not
as
a
coach
but
as
a
parent
or
community.
U
He
has
taken
the
time
to
sit
in
learn
and
educate
himself
to
the
system,
applaud
the
good
work
that
he
sees
being
done
in
China,
where
he
sees
opportunity
to
improve
our
club
in
our
children's
sports
experience.
Mr.
Jackson
motivates
our
boards
who
want
to
do
better.
We
are
recently
in
attendance
for
a
board
meeting
where
the
tensions
and
frustrations
were
running
very
high.
Mr.
U
Jackson
was
nothing
prepared,
took
to
the
floor
with
to
give
a
tremendous
speech,
and
not
only
that
did
he
sit
there
and
motivate
our
board
to
do
better,
but
it
resonated
with
our
board
members
to
do
and
step
up
to
the
slate
I
have
sat
on
the
board
for
five
years
and
I've
never
seen
the
entire
room
applaud
at
the
end
of
someone
speaking.
This
is
how
mr.
Jackson
makes
you
want
to
be
better.
He
brings
you
out
your
confidences,
your
strengths
and
your
determinations.
U
U
Kevin
Jackson
has
a
very
strong
positive
presence
in
our
community,
and
we
have
been
very
fortunate
that
he
has
taken
the
time
to
share
his
passion,
energy
and
motivation
with
us
and,
more
importantly,
our
children
in
the
sports
environment
and
I'm,
very
confident
that
Kevin
Jackson
would
bring
his
passion,
energy
and
motivation
to
our
children's
education
through
his
position
on
the
Board
of
Education.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
R
W
I
taught
science
to
eighth
grade
students
for
almost
20
years
in
the
county.
During
that
time,
I
became
a
national
board.
Certified
teacher
I
received
the
Presidential
Award
for
Excellence
in
mathematics
and
science
teaching
and
I
was
an
Albert
Einstein
distinguished
educator,
fellow
working
at
the
National
Science
Foundation
Kevin
Jackson
was
an
Anne
Arundel
County
Board
of
Education
member
during
my
tenure
as
a
teacher,
as
a
teacher
I
found
Kevin
to
be
hardworking
ethical,
energetic
and
effective.
W
As
a
member
of
the
Board
of
Ed
I
have
known
Kevin
Jackson
for
more
than
20
years,
we
became
as
sponsors
as
he
attended.
The
Annapolis
Naval
Academy
I
introduced
Kevin
to
his
wife,
a
fellow
teacher
at
Central
Middle
School,
who
was
also
the
daughter
of
a
beloved
mayo
elementary
school
teacher
and
I
attended
the
two
births
of
the
birth
of
his
two
children,
Brady
and
Kaylee.
W
During
that
time,
my
initial
high
regard
of
this
exceptional
man
has
only
increased
the
first
characteristic
he
noticed
about
Kevin
is
his
friendliness
and
warm
regard
for
his
fellow
human
beings.
He
is
truly
interested
in
other
people.
This
quality
translates
into
the
ability
to
understand
many
points
of
view.
He
is
optimistic
and
believes
that
we
can
make
our
school
system
better.
His
optimism
and
friendliness
means
that
he
can
help
establish
and
maintain
a
positive
climate
within
the
school
system
and
helped
to
build
rapport
among
the
stakeholders.
W
Kevin
lives
in
Harwood
with
his
two
children
and
his
two
children
are
in
a
wife
and
are
attending
public
school
this
year.
He
is
one
of
the
stakeholders
in
our
school
system
with
a
vested
interest
in
making
our
school
system
the
best
in
the
state
and
in
the
country.
Kevin
has
deep
roots
in
Anne,
Arundel,
County
education.
W
Another
of
Kevin's
characteristics,
is
his
energy.
His
energy
is
amazing.
During
this
first
tenure
as
a
school
board,
member
kevin
was
indefatigable.
He
never
stopped
trying
to
implement
his
vision
for
Anne
Arundel
County
Kevin
was
always
well
informed
about
the
issues
facing
public
education
and
worked
tirelessly
to
find
and
implement
Sue's
solutions
to
those
issues.
W
There
is
no
other
candidate
for
this
position,
like
Kevin
Jackson,
who
has
already
proven
himself
as
a
valuable
addition
to
Anne
Arundel
County
Public
Schools
kevin
is
familiar
with
the
issues
facing
our
County
and
with
his
two
children
in
the
school
system.
He
is
more
passionate
than
ever
about
improving
our
schools.
Kevin
Jackson
would
be
the
best
choice
for
a
CPS
Board
of
Education
member.
Thank
you.
E
My
name
is
Jim
Schneider
and
I'm,
following
up
on
my
through
six
2017
public
testimony
before
this
public
body
I
do
some
19th
meeting
the
chair
reported
that
there
were
no
public
comments
and
ever
proposed.
Bylaws
I
would
like
to
correct
the
public
record
at
the
June
sixth
meeting
I
submitted
extensive
testimony
on
how
to
fix
the
school
board
appointment
commissions
procedures.
E
In
light
of
the
experience
of
the
previous
school
board,
Nominating
Commission
I
specifically
asked
the
chair
to
submit
that
written
testimony
as
part
of
the
public
record
and
she
agreed
and
that
submission
I
made
several
recommendations
to
amend
the
previous
bylaws,
including
one
that
affected
the
Cherry's
excessive
powers
over
information.
None
of
my
recommendations
were
implemented
if
the
CBSE
SBAC
is
interested
in
understanding.
Why,
during
its
first
six
public
meetings
or
say
five
meetings,
only
two
members
of
the
public
testified
five
meetings.
The
response
to
my
June
six
testimony
may
provide
a
clue.
E
People
want
to
get
the
feeling
that
they
are
genuinely
listened
to,
as
opposed
to
just
getting
a
smile
along
those
lines.
I
requested
the
minutes
of
the
June
6
meeting
be
modified
to
disclose
the
submission
on
the
public
record
of
my
substantial
and
expert
written
testimony
concerning
the
SPACs
procedures.
An
irony
here
is
that
the
chair
was
furious.
When
I
reported
to
the
press,
the
previous
Commission
had
violated
its
own
rules
by
not
holding
two
public
hearings
before
nominating
school
board.
Candidates
to
the
governor.
E
The
law
states
that
a
a
CPS
employees
are
ineligible
to
serve
as
school
board
members,
but
it
leaves
as
a
matter
of
ethics
whether
a
school
board,
members,
spouses,
children
and
other
close
relatives
who
work
for
a
a
CPS
present
an
unacceptable
conflict
of
interest.
Every
conflict
of
interest
disclosure
system
I
know
up
for
top
government
officials
addresses
such
potential
family
conflicts,
but
SPACs
application
system
ignores
them.
E
Candidates
have
usually
not
disclosed
or
highlighted
this
information
and
either
their
applications
or
public
testimony
with
several
exceptions
during
this
round
in
the
local
newspaper,
which
merely
summarizes
how
the
candidates
present
themselves
has
never
disclosed
this
information.
Thus,
this
information
should
be
included
on
the
candidate
application
form
to
be
fair
during
its
final
years.
E
The
school
board,
Nominating
Commission,
did
a
good
job
of
discreetly
addressing
this
conflict
of
interest
problem,
notably,
the
school
board
went
from
a
majority
of
adult
board
members
with
such
conflicts
to
none
today
that
saved
the
school
board
from
many
potentially
embarrassing
situations,
but
the
impact
you
should
care
most
about
concerns
the
public.
The
public
should
have
the
information
it
needs
to
assess
whether
the
Board
of
Education
is
trustworthy.
If
potentially
material
information
is
hidden
from
them,
they
should
they
should
not
have
that
trust.
E
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
today
and
lastly,
just
on
relationship
to
your
next
round
of
elections.
I
would
encourage
you
to
use
rank
choice
voting
rather
than
the
current
system,
which
encourages
insincere
voting
and
I.
Don't
think
that
insincere
voting
is
something
that
you
want
to
encourage,
so
I
would
look
forward
to
a
more
sophisticated,
a
better
voting
system
when
you're
going
to
be
implementing
to
this
round.
So
that's
it
for
the
future.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
only
be
welcome
to
take
any.
L
All
right
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
for
four
nights
in
a
row
and
for
your
succinct
questions
and
for
making
this
a
very
pleasant
experience,
and
thank
that
I
would
like
to
thank
the
Board
of
Education
staff
and
especially
Bob
Moser,
for
his
help.
Making
this
all
go
smoothly.
I
agree
with
you.