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B
Right
today,
it's
rights
and
as
we
listen
to
some
oldies
from
the
60s,
we're
reminded
that
this
was
a
decade
where
Americans
were
fighting
for
individual
rights
rights
to
protest
against
the
war,
civil
rights
and
women's
rights.
So,
in
keeping
with
that
theme,
we
will
be
talking
about
education
rights.
Today
we
will
talk
about
students,
rights,
parents,
rights,
school
system,
rights
and
employee
rights,.
A
Thank
you
so
much
Jeanette,
so
let's
just
jump
right
into
the
school
calendar.
We
know
that
the
issue
regarding
school
calendars
has
been
a
very
hot
topic.
Lately,
the
last
few
years,
even
the
governor
has
talked
about
it.
Quite
a
bit.
I
heard
that
there's
a
new
law,
that's
passed
this
legislative
session.
Does
that
mean
we'll
be
returning
to
school
before
Labor
Day
this
year?
That's.
B
A
great
question
Laurie
so
yes,
school
calendar
as
I'm
sure,
you're
all
aware,
a
huge
issue.
Over
the
last
few
years,
the
governor
had
issued
an
executive
order
back
in
2016,
which
required
schools
to
open
post
labor
day
and
closed
by
June
15th.
So
that's
been
a
little
bit
of
a
nightmare
for
school
systems
and
we've
had
to
manage,
and
so
this
year
the
General
Assembly
passed
legislation
returning
school
calendar
determination,
rights
back
to
school
systems
where
it
belongs,
and
so
we
were
happy
about
that.
B
You
know
the
governor
vetoed
the
bill,
the
General
Assembly
overrode,
the
veto,
and
it's
currently
law
because
it
was
emergency
legislation.
So
all
of
that
the
bill
does,
is
it
says
that
school
calendar
determination
is
determined
by
local
school
systems,
so
it
doesn't
require
us
to
start
on
a
certain
day
or
close
on
a
certain
day.
We
just
still
have
to
meet
our
legal
obligations
of
the
days
of
school,
and
so,
while
we
can
start
pre
labor
day
as
we
previously
had,
our
school
board
has
not
moved
in
that
direction.
B
I'm
not
aware
of
any
school
board.
That's
doing
that
because
the
governor
has
stated
that
he
intends
to
bring
this
issue
to
referendum
in
the
2020
election
and,
as
you
may
know,
post
labor
day
start
is
popular
around
the
state
and
given
that
not
only
just
parents
would
be
voting,
that's
anybody
that
would
vote
could
vote
on
this
issue.
B
A
B
So
that's
correct.
The
state
of
Maryland
over
the
last
few
years
has
been
moving
towards
restorative
practices.
The
State
Board
issued
guidelines
a
couple
of
years
ago.
There's
been
legislation,
I
think
you.
This
doesn't
impact
you,
because
your
middle
and
high
school
principal,
but
the
elementary
school
principals
know
all
too
well
the
pre-k
through
second-grade
expulsion
and
suspension
limitation
that
passed
a
couple
of
years
ago.
So
in
that
same
sort
of
vein,
the
legislature
this
year
passed
legislation
on
restorative
approaches.
B
Basically
I'm
going
to
read
to
you
because
I
want
to
be
accurate,
it
would
require
school
systems
to
in
their
policies
and
regulations
regarding
student
discipline
to
state
that
the
purpose
of
any
disciplinary
measure
is
rehabilitative
and
restorative
and
educate.
You
know
so
ACPs
we've
kind
of
been
on
the
forefront
of
restorative
practices
anyway,
and
so
we're
already
doing
a
lot
on
this
issue,
so
I
think
we're
in
a
good
place.
B
However,
I
will
say
that
this
is
a
big
issue
with
the
General
Assembly.
It's
particularly
a
lot
of
the
new
legislators.
The
bill,
as
originally
introduced,
was
a
beast
and
would
have
required
us
to
do
a
whole
lot,
and
so
my
colleagues
and
I
from
around
the
state
really
were
involved
in
amending
this
bill,
so
it
wasn't
to
them
when
it
passed.
However,
people
look
out
because
I
think
this
issue
will
keep
coming
back
each
year
next
year
in
the
following
years.
A
B
A
B
B
Health
education
must
provide
education
and
instruction
on
the
meaning
of
consent
and
respect
for
personal
boundaries
as
part
of
the
curriculum.
So
we
included
that
in
the
policy
and
regulation
we
defined
consent
in
accordance
with
the
law,
and
then
we
also
just
updated
her
MSD
is
requests.
It
looks
like
we
added
a
whole
lot,
but
we
added
things
that
were
already
required
by
the
law,
such
as
a
curriculum
on
prevention
of
sexual
abuse
and
I
opioid
education.
Those
things
were
already
required
by
the
law,
but
they
weren't
rests
in
our
regulations.
So
we
added
that.
B
So
another
one
which
I
think
may
give
you
a
little
bit
of
heartburn
is
in
accordance
with
state
law,
also
in
regulations
which
require
schools
to
give
middle
schoolers.
So
this
is
IIF
high
school
courses
taken
by
middle
school
students.
It
requires
schools
to
give
middle
schoolers
high
school
credit
for
any
course
in
which
a
high
schooler
would
have
received
high
school
credit,
and
so
previously
our
regulation
was
much
more
limited.
I
think
it
just
covered
worlds
in
classical
languages
and
certain
math
courses.
B
So
this
is
any
course
for
which
a
high
schooler
would
receive
high
school
credit.
I
received
some
questions
about
that,
and
you
know,
for
example,
why
don't
we
have
a
middle
school
version
of
a
high
school
course?
They
don't
receive
credit
for
that
right
because
it's
the
middle
school
version,
but
if
you're
providing
a
course
in
middle
school
that
is
identical
and
mirrors
the
requirements
and
standards
of
the
high
school
course.
The
students
must
receive
credit
for
that.
B
So
that's
a
big
one
and
then
lastly,
we
updated
regulation
J
a
b,
ra
assignment
and
transfer
of
students.
I
know
there
were
some
confusion
regarding
adjustment
transfers,
and
so
that
was
that
these
are
the
prints
two
principal
transfers,
so
that
was
clearly
defined
in
the
regulation
to
state
that
an
adjustment
transfer
can
only
occur
with
the
review
and
approval
of
a
regional
assistant,
superintendent
and
also
the
final
approval
will
come
from
the
assistant
superintendent
for
student
support
services.
B
So
how
this
came
about
is
that
there
was
an
internal
audit
that
found
that
there
were
some
adjustment
transfers
approved
after
the
board
had
denied
a
transfer
for
students,
so
that
wasn't
done
purposefully.
It
was
just
the
information
had
not
been
communicated
or
the
principal's
were
not
aware,
and
so
we
clarified
the
regulation.
The
form
was
clarified,
I
believe
a
memo
went
out
from
Student
Support
Services,
so
that's
something
just
to
be
aware
of,
because
there
are
more
levels
of
oversight,
and
so
we
also
added
just
additional
information
on
documented
hardship.
B
We
also
indicated
that
the
tea
RVs
are
to
be
done
annually,
and
so
that's
a
big
change
and
I
know
that
a
memo
went
out.
Maybe
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
that
said
of
its
start
in
the
2020
2021
school
year.
Actually
it
starts
this
coming
school
year,
and
so,
if
revised
memo
has
not
gone
out,
it
will
be
coming
from
Student,
Support
Services.
So
definitely
take
a
look
at
the
regulation.
I
think
that
impacts
you
and
there's
a
good
information.
If
you
have
any
questions,
certainly
give
me
a
call
or
shoot
me
an
email.
C
It's
my
turn
so
I
wanted
to
ask
Laurie
a
couple
of
questions.
I
know
the
legal
office
gets
quite
a
few
calls
in
from
principals
about
parents,
so
I
was
just
jump
right
in
so
one
question
that
came
up
recently
was
that
the
father
of
a
student
who's
in
the
midst
of
divorce
proceedings
with
the
students,
mom
called
the
legal
office
I'm.
C
Sorry,
he
called
one
of
the
elementary
schools
last
week
asking
the
school
principal
to
write,
a
statement
and
in
the
statement
he
wanted
the
principal
to
assert
that
the
father
is
the
person
who
picks
up
and
drops
off
the
student
on
time
every
day
and
volunteers
with
the
school
once
a
month.
So,
given
the
fact
that
we
know
that
the
parents
are
divorcing
and
that
the
statement
would
probably
very
likely
you'd
be
used
in
a
divorce,
proceeding
should
the
principal
write
that
letter
that's.
A
A
great
question
Lisa
we
get
those
calls
lots
and
lots,
and
it's
letters
for
you
can
name
whatever
the
reason
and
they
all
mostly
revolve
around
domestic
situations
and
unfortunately,
probably
everyone
in
this
room
deals
with
that
on
a
regular
basis.
And
it's
you
know
it's
a
fact
of
life
parents
or
getting
separated
or
getting
divorced
or
they're
already
divorced
and
they're
going
back
to
court,
and
they
want
to
bring
the
school
system
in
to
help
them
to
show
that
they're
their
quote.
Unquote:
better
parent
right.
A
So
we
get
lots
of
requests
to
write
a
letter
and
a
letter
could
be
I
volunteer.
Just
like
this
parent
asked,
you
know
I'm
at
the
school
all
the
time,
I'm
the
one
who
comes
to
parent-teacher
conferences.
Can
you
write
a
letter
that
my
child
looks
nice
when
he
or
she
comes
to
school
each
day?
I
mean
those
are
a
number
of
things
that
our
office
gets
asked
about.
A
We
can't
tell
you
not
to
write
a
letter,
but
off
the
record,
do
not
write
a
letter
right,
a
letter,
because
as
soon
as
you
do
that
you're
going
to
be
brought
into
that
case
one
way
or
another,
and
then
it
also
makes
it
look
like
you're
taking
the
side
of
one
parent
over
the
other,
and
you
never
know
how
courts
going
to
work
out
right.
We
want
to
be
impartial.
That's
the
judge's
decision
or
the
parties
agree
on
how
their
domestic
situation
is
going
to
work
out.
So
your
answer
should
be
I'm.
A
Sorry,
but
we
don't
write
those
kinds
of
letters
we
can
give
you
attendance
records,
whatever
records
you
may
have.
If
teachers
come
to
you
and
ask
I've
been
asked
by
this
parent
to
write
a
letter
should
I,
you
should
give
them
the
same
advice.
I
would
advise
you
not
to
write
a
letter
like
that
now,
if
the
parent
says
well,
I
need
it
for
court.
You
can't
really
use
that
in
court.
Anyway,
it's
what's
called
hearsay.
So
to
try
and
take
a
letter
from
one
of
you
and
introduce
it.
It's.
A
The
other
person
has
an
attorney
they're
gonna
say
we
object,
that's
hearsay!
You
need
the
witness
here
to
actually
testify
about
the
letter
so
telling
them
you're
not
going
to
write
a
letter
doesn't
mean
you're
out
of
this
right
because
what's
gonna
happen,
if
they
really
want,
you
is
they're
gonna
issue
a
subpoena
for
you
to
come
to
court,
but
if
you
get
issued
a
subpoena,
then
you're
required
to
talk
and
to
testify.
So
it
doesn't
look
like
you're
taking
sides.
A
So
if
you
get
any
of
those
requests,
please
contact
and
let
us
know
so
you
certainly
in
this
scenario-
would
tell
dad
sorry
we're
not
allowed
to
do
that.
We
can't
write
you
that
kind
of
a
letter.
So
please
just
keep
that
in
mind.
Get
requests
about
immigration.
Letters
also
we've
had
a
number
of
those.
We
are
not
writing
letters
to
say,
for
example,
here's
a
question
we
got
the
other
day.
A
Can
you
please
write
a
letter
saying
that
this
students,
relative
from
Vietnam,
has
been
personally
invited
to
graduation
so
that
they
can
get
I
guess
a
visa
to
come
for
graduation?
No,
we
don't
personally
invite
people
to
graduation
parents
get
graduation
to
their
personally
invited
by
their
family,
not
by
the
school
system.
So
another
example
of
a
recent
request:
if
you
get
any
of
those
requests,
please
call
us
were
there.
You
know
to
help
with
that.
Thanks.
C
Another
question
that
came
up
the
other
day
was
a
dad
call
one
of
the
schools
from
Texas,
and
he
said
that
he
hasn't
seen
his
son
in
about
eight
years
and
that
he'd
like
to
know
if
the
son
is
registered
within
the
Anne
Arundel
County
public
school
system
and
when
the
the
staff
looked
at
the
records.
This
showed
that
the
student
was
enrolled,
but
there
was
no
mention
of
a
father
on
the
birth
certificate,
so
the
school
didn't
know
didn't
provide
any
information
to
the
dad.
C
A
A
So
when
students
register
you
know,
if
we
get
a
birth
certificate,
if
a
parent's
not
listed
on
the
birth
certificate,
whether
it
be
a
father
or
a
mother,
then
they
clearly
don't
go
on
the
school
records
and
they
wouldn't
have
access
to
the
student
until
we've
confirmed
that
they
are,
in
fact
a
parent
or
the
their
parent
gives
them
permission
to
do
so.
So
when
this
dad
calls
clearly,
we
have
no
idea
who
this
person
is,
and
we
we
get.
These
calls
in
our
office
to
a
lot.
A
They
say:
I'm,
the
mom
I'm,
the
dad
I'm
out
of
state.
You
know
I
want
to
know
if
my
child's
in
school,
how
are
they
doing
grades,
so
our
typical
response
in
those
cases
would
be.
We
would
contact
the
other
parent
right
to
see
as
the
school
did
and
mom
says.
Yes,
that
is
the
the
father
of
the
student.
So
what
you
would
want
to
do
is
document
in
the
school
records
that
you've
contacted.
A
Mom
mom
has
said
that
is
the
parent
of
the
child
in
order
for
a
parent
who's
not
listed
on
a
birth
certificate
to
be
legally
acknowledged
as
the
parent
they
have
to
go
to
court
and
an
example
of
a
dad
they'd
have
to
get
an
order
of
paternity
and
then
that
order
could
order
that
they
be
added
to
the
birth
certificate.
So
that's
the
legal
process
about
how
you
would
get
added
on
and
that
normally
you
would
see
a
court
order.
A
A
So
it
doesn't
work
that
way
right
once
once
your
mom
or
once
your
dad
you're
entitled
legally
to
information
absent
a
court
order
that
says
you're
not
entitled
to
that
information,
and
it's
very
rare
that
any
judge
ever
says
that
so
parents
I
think
are
under
the
mistaken
perception
that
if
I
have
custody,
the
other
parent
doesn't
have
access
to
the
student
doesn't
have
the
right
to
information.
So
you
know
we're
frequently
in
principals
and
your
teachers
and
staff
are
in
the
position
of
telling
the
other
parent
it.
A
That's
not
the
case
that
other
parent
is
entitled
to
information
concerning
this
student,
whether
it's
grades,
attendance
or
poor
cards,
school
information
being
able
to
attend
school
events
for
the
students.
So
in
this
particular
case
the
school
should
note
that
mom
acknowledged
that
dad
was
the
parent
and
that
he
would
be
entitled
to
information
about
the
student.
B
You
all
right
I
have
some
questions
for
Lisa,
so
this
is
a
FERPA
question
very
popular
issue.
So
sometimes
we
have
situations
where
students
may
get
into
a
fight
at
school,
in
the
hallway
or
on
the
school
bus,
and
the
fight
is
captured
on
video.
So
I
want
to
know
what
rights
do.
Parents
have
to
access
the
video
okay.
C
C
The
parents
have
the
right
to
access
that
they
have
the
right
to
access
that
information
and
the
only
other
people
who
have
the
right
to
access
that
information
or
people
who
have
a
need
to
know.
Ferpa
refers
additionally
to
school
officials.
So
those
are
people
who
have
a
legal
need
to
know.
The
information
and
people
within
the
school
system
sometimes
will
allow
others
with
an
additional
need
to
know
to
access
that
information.
But
as
far
as
the
question
with
respect
to
a
video
goes,
videos
are
not.
C
C
So
the
parents
now
have
a
right
to
access
that
record.
The
parents
of
the
student
who's
being
disciplined
and
what
we
typically
do
is
we
allow
the
parents
to
come
to
some
designated
location
in
a
school
building
most
in
most
cases
to
view
the
record.
We
encourage
you
to
always
have
an
additional
staff
member
in
the
room
and
the
parent
is
accessing
the
record,
because
we
don't
want
the
record
to
leave
the
school
building.
C
Sometimes
what
happens
and
we
don't.
We
hope
that
it
doesn't
happen,
but
it
does.
It
could
very
easily
be
a
case
where
now
the
child
has
been
charged
criminally,
and
so
now
the
defense
attorney
wants
the
record,
and
so
because
we
want
those
records
to
be
subject
to
subpoena.
We
don't
want
them.
Just
you
know
just
to
walk
out
again.
C
Student
records
are
the
records
of
the
parents
and
the
only
other
time
that
you
can
just
access
them
is
via
a
subpoena,
and
so
we
encourage
parents
or
any
of
any
other
person
that
wants
that
record
to
leave
the
school
building
to
get
a
subpoena.
We
just
don't
like
parents
to
you,
know,
come
in
there
with
their
cell
phones
and
start
recording
the
video.
So
if
you,
you
know,
have
a
parent
who's
in
there,
you
want
to
make
sure
that
you
share
with
them
that
this
record
should
not
be
leaving
this
building.
B
That
was
very
helpful.
I
saw
lots
of
heads
down.
Writing
so
I
think
you
provided
some
really
helpful
information,
so
the
next
topic
relates
to
employee
discipline
and
rights
to
representation.
So
I
was
talking
to
a
friend
the
other
day
and
he
told
me
that
his
father
works
for
the
school
system
and
that
the
father's
supervisor
asked
you
to
come
in
to
discuss
his
performance.
The
father
was
a
little
nervous
but
ultimately
agreed
to
meet
with
the
supervisor.
So
I
wanted
to
know.
C
Simple
answer
is
no
employers
generally
have
a
right
to
in
this
case.
This
is
a
public
school
system
generally
have
a
right
to
meet
with
employees
and
discuss
performance
performance
is
an
essential
part
of
you
know
the
everyday
duties
of
an
employee,
and
so
you
know,
while
the
dad
would
have
been
a
little
nervous,
there's
nothing,
absolutely
nothing
wrong
with
the
supervisor.
In
your
case,
school
principals
calling
in
a
staff
member,
listen
I'd
like
to
talk
to
you
about
the
being
that
we
had
today
with
the
students
and
the
student
and
their
parents.
B
C
C
A
If
that
parent
or
that
student
has
given
you
a
copy
of
that,
then
the
parent
would
have
the
right
to
see
it.
But
if
a
student
just
showed
it
to
you,
we
can't
make
a
student
give
us
a
copy
of
anything.
But
if
you
said
to
the
parent,
we
also
saw
it
on
another.
You
know
video,
but
we
don't
have
custody
that
we
can't
make
that
student
or
whoever
has
it
give
it
to
us.
But
if
we
have
it,
then
they
would
be
entitled
to
see
it.
If
you
relied
on
that.