Sep 26, 2024 Board Business Meeting - 5:30 P.M.

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IS NOW 5:33 P.M. AND THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME

[1. Roll Call - 5:30 p.m.]

MRS. FRAZIER. PRESENT. DOCTOR HARRIS PRESENT. MR. JACKSON, MR. JUNGLE PRESENT. DOCTOR. MILLER, MISS. WALKER PRESENT. SIX PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MEETING WILL

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BECAUSE PUBLICLY DISCLOSING APPLICANTS PERSONAL PERSONNEL INFORMATION WOULD NOT PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES AND COULD DISCOURAGE CANDIDATES FROM APPLYING. THIS STATEMENT WAS READ BY E WALKER, CHAIR OF THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE QUESTION IS, SHALL THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CLOSE THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2024 MEETING? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS ADLER, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MRS. ADAMS STAFFORD. MISS

[3. Motion to Close The Meeting]

BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL PROCEED TO THE EXECUTIVE ROOM FOR THE CLOSED THE TIME IS NOW. 7:10 P.M. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME BACK TO THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2024, PRINCE

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MAY WE LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD OUR SCHOLARS CLOSE, ATTEND TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, AND NOW, EVEN MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. SO LIFE INTO THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE OUR SCHOLARS. SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE WILL SPEAK MORE ON THIS DURING HIS REPORT, BUT JUST A SIMPLE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR SCHOLARS WHO ARE HERE. THE CHAIR REMINDS EVERYONE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES ARE TURNED OFF TO HEAR THE MEETING INTERPRETED LIVE IN SPANISH. A CALL IN LINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE NUMBER IS (508) 924-5155. AGAIN, THAT. IS (508) 924-5155. BOARD MEMBER FRAZIER, PLEASE MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPANIS. BUENAS TARDES. ESCUCHAR LA REUNION EN ESPANOL ESTABLECIDO UNA LINEA TELEFONICA PARA LA COMUNIDAD PUEDEN TENER ACCESO A LA INTERPRETACION EN ESPANOL DE

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HARRIS. PRESENT. MR. JACKSON. HERE. MR. JUNCO. PRESENT. DOCTOR. MILLER. PRESENT. MISS WALKER. PRESENT AT PRESENT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUC. TODAY, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S

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AND, YOU KNOW, COLOR IS MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE TO BE HERE FOR REAL. FOR REAL. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. I WOULD SAY. IT'S LIKE VERY VIBRANT AND JOYFUL BECAUSE LIKE, IT'S A SOCIAL CENTER AND MORE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTING WITH OTHERS AND NEW PEOPLE AS WELL. AND I FEEL AS IF

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SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. LET'S TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST TO SUICIDE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING WITH DEPRESSION. DEPRESSION IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. IT IS MORE THAN JUST FEELING SAD OR HAVING A BAD DAY. IT INTERFERES WITH ONE'S NORMAL FUNCTIONING. SOME SIGNS OF DEPRESSION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. FEELING SAD OR ANXIOUS OFTEN OR ALL THE TIME. LOSS OF INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES THAT USED TO BE FUN. BEING IRRITABLE, FRUSTRATED, OR BEING RESTLESS. DIFFICULTY SLEEPING OR SLEEPING TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING. REMEMBERING DETAILS OR MAKING DECISIONS.

FEELING EXTREMELY TIRED EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN SLEEPING VERY WELL. FEELINGS OF GUILT, WORTHLESSNESS OR HELPLESSNESS. THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE OR SELF-HAR. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS AND BELIEVE IT'S AFFECTING YOUR DAILY FUNCTIONING, PLEASE SPEAK TO A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER OR A COLLEAGUE. IF NO ONE IS AROUND. THE THREE DIGIT NUMBER TO REMEMBER IS 988. IT IS CURRENTLY ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT 988 AND IMMEDIATELY BE DIRECTED DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ONE OTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON, AS I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL REPORT ON THIS IS THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOLARS. WE TAKE BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. IF YOU EVER FEEL BULLIED OR HARASSED, WE ASK THAT YOU REPORT IT TO YOUR SCHOOL AND MAKE USE OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING PGK STAFF, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. RICKY, A JONES BUILDING SUPERVISOR, ARDMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MARQUITA HUNTER, PARAPROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR BARNABY MANOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TEN M HORN, FOOD ASSISTANT, SERVICE ROBERT GODDARD MONTESSORI LAQUITA HARRIS FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT, NORTH FORESTDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TANISHA PARKER, FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT, CLINTON GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL XAVIER EASTERLING, PRESS OPERATOR FOR PRINTING SERVICES. SASSER, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. RAINA CORBIN, TEACHER, PATUXENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NUSRAT S ZAIDI, TEACHER CHARLES CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL MONICA GOODWIN, BUS DRIVER. CROSSLAND BUS LOT DANA DEMBER, TEACHER ELLEN OCHOA, MIDDLE SCHOOL. TIFFANY V STRINGER, RESOURCE TEACHER, HILLCREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACQUELINE BOBB, FOOD SERVICE ASSISTANT COLIN POWELL ACADEMY, OLUFUNKE, AIKIDO TEACHER, WOODMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHILIPPE EDOUARD, CAR PARAPROFESSIONAL JAMES E DUCKWORTH, REGIONAL CENTER. THANK YOU FOR THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING MEETINGS. THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION RETREAT TO PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 20 2425 WILL TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 27TH THROUGH THE 28TH, 2024 AT 5:30 P.M. THE VIRTUAL BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AT 6:00 PM. THE VIRTUAL PARENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING IS OCTOBER 2ND, 2024 AT 6:00 PM. THE VIRTUAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE

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[12. Public Comment]

WELCOME. HI, HOW ARE YOU? HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTY AND I HAVE TWO GIRLS AT MAYA ANGELOU. FRENCH IMMERSION. ON AUGUST 26TH AND 27TH, THE BUS DRIVER OF A M ROUTE 891 PLAYED LOUD, DISTASTEFUL AND VULGAR MUSIC DURING THE BUS RIDES, WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE CAUSED CONCERN FOR ANYONE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVING 20 OR SO CHILDREN ON A BUS. IT WAS UNSAFE AND HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE. ALSO, HE PULLS OFF AS SOON AS THEY STEP ON THE BUS, CAUSING THEM TO STUMBLE. SO I CALLED TRANSPORTATION MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WHERE ON TUESDAY I WAS ON HOLD FOR AN HOUR AND TWO MINUTES TRYING TO ALERT SOMEONE. SO I MADE A COMPLAINT THAT WAS CLEARLY REPORTED BACK TO THE DRIVER, BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING MORNING HE RETALIATED AND SCOLDED MY 84 YEAR OLD FATHER AND TOLD HIM HE COULD NOT APPROACH HIS BUS TO HELP HIS SIX YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER ONTO THE FIRST STEP OF THE BUS. THEY'D BETTER BE OUTSIDE THE CAR WAITING OR HE WASN'T PULLING ONTO OUR STREET, HE SAID. MY FATHER COMPLIED, AND THEN HE MOVED ON AND INFORMED MY 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. AS SHE GOT ON THE BUS, SHE BETTER NOT HAVE HER PHONE OUT. AND IF SHE DID, HE'D WRITE HER UP EVERY TIME UNTIL SHE WAS KICKED OFF HIS BUS. SO I REACHED OUT TO CPS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THIS WAS YOUR CHILD? MY CHILDREN ARE SCARED TO GET ON THE BUS. I REACHED OUT VIA EMAIL BUT ONLY GOT GENERIC RESPONSES. WE SHOWED UP AT THE BUS STOP THE NEXT MORNING WITH MY DAUGHTERS AND TO GET THEM ON THE BUS, I HAD MY SIX YEAR OLD BESIDE ME AND AS THE BUS SWUNG AROUND AND STOPPED IN FRONT OF US, HE MADE A GESTURE, THEN SPED OFF WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR. THIS YOUNG MALE BUS DRIVER HAS DISPLAYED DANGEROUS AGGRESSION NOT ONLY TO MY GIRLS AND 85 YEAR OLD FATHER, BUT TO OTHER CHILDREN. HE'S BLOCKED A YOUNGER SISTER OF ANOTHER CHILD FROM GETTING ON THE BUS AND ALMOST GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER PARENT AT THE SCHOOL. THIS IS WHO YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED TO GET OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL SAFE. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THEM ON THE BUS. ALSO, MY ELDEST DAUGHTER'S EIGHTH GRADE FRENCH INSTRUCTION STARTS AT 8:30 A.M, AND HE WASN'T GETTING THEM TO SCHOOL UNTIL 905, WHICH CAUSED HER TO MISS THE ENTIRE CLASS FOR A WEEK. THERE ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO THIS. THIS IS POOR MANAGEMENT FROM THE TOP.

IF BY NOW YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT A WAY TO ACQUIRE DECENT PEOPLE TO DRIVE CHILDREN ON SCHOOL BUSSES, MAYBE THOSE OVERSEEING IT NEED TO BE RELINQUISHED OF THEIR DUTIES.

THEY CANNOT PERFORM. WE'RE BEING TOLD TO BE THANKFUL FOR RUDE, AGGRESSIVE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND DELAY THE START OF THEIR EDUCATION DAILY DUE TO INCONSISTENT PICKUP TIMES. YOU'RE SHORT OF DRIVERS, WHICH GIVES PERMISSION TO SOME OF THE BUS DRIVERS TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND NOT TO GENERALIZE, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE OF SAFETY WITH ANY OF MY CHILDREN BUS DRIVERS UNTIL THIS MAN I GRACIOUSLY THANK MY CHILDREN'S BUS DRIVERS, GIVE GIFTS OFTEN. I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB, SO THEN PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS THE JOB OR MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT THE JOB WILL HAVE AN INCREASE IN INCENTIVES. I JUST ASK YOU TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAMAL TEA, INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT IS CAMILLA HOUSE. MAYA ANGELOU, FRENCH IMMERSION PTSA. TRANSPORTATION GOOD EVENING.

BOARD MEMBERS. AS YOU HEARD, MY NAME IS CAMILLA. HOUSE AND I'M THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR OF THE MAYA ANGELOU FRENCH IMMERSION PTSA. I AM A LONG TIME PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESIDENT. I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I'M A PROUD MOTHER OF TWO. MAYA ANGELOU, FRENCH IMMERSION STUDENTS. AS AN ATTORNEY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT A HIGH LEVEL IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON EQUITY ISSUES IN EDUCATION. THROUGH THIS WORK, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW ESSENTIAL, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION IS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT ACCESS. MAFFEI. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR SCHOOL MAFIA IS A FOUR STAR SCHOOL AND GROWING IT CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS EXCEPTIONAL ACADEMIC RESULTS WITH 66% OF EIGHTH GRADE GRADERS COLLEGE AND CAREER READY AND EARNING ACCOLADES LIKE LABEL FRANK EDUCATION AWARD, OUR STUDENTS THRIVE IN A DIFFICULT, BILINGUAL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM AND WE MAINTAIN SOME OF THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN THE DISTRICT AND FRANKLY, DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR IT. BUT DESPITE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND DESPITE HAVING STUDENTS THAT CROSS MANY OF YOUR DISTRICT'S TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE HOLDING OUR STUDENTS BACK CONSISTENTLY. AND FRANKLY, THIS YEAR I'VE HEARD MORE COMPLAINTS AS THE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR THAN ANY OTHER YEAR. THE BUSSES ARE ROUTINELY LATE, AND SOME CHILDREN, INCLUDING ONE YESTERDAY, ARE SPENDING UP TO FOUR HOURS SITTING ON A BUS, WHICH LEAVES THEM NOT ONLY EXHAUSTED BUT LEAVES PARENTS IN TEARS, NOT KNOWING WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE WITH COMMUNICATION THAT IS SO POOR THAT IN THAT FOUR HOURS IT TOOK THEM ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION TO FIND OUT WHERE THEIR CHILD WAS. AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL, MANY ARRIVE SO LATE THAT THEY MISS BREAKFAST AND IF THEY ARE ABLE TO EAT BREAKFAST, THEY MISS CRITICAL PORTIONS OF THEIR EDUCATION AND I SAID BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS VERY DIFFICULT.

THESE ARE LANGUAGE. THESE ARE KIDS WHO ARE GETTING LANGUAGE SKILLS THAT THEY THAT THEY ONLY GET IN THE CLASSROOM. SO TO MISS THAT FIRST 20 AND 30 MINUTES IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT OR CRUCIALLY PROBLEMATIC TO THEIR LEARNING. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE MISSING VITAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, THE MORNING MEETING IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING. THESE TRANSPORTATION FAILURES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT WORKING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. PARENTS ARE FORCED TO ADJUST THEIR WORK SCHEDULES, AS YOU'VE HEARD, AND LEAVE CHILDREN WAITING IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR, SUFFER FROM THESE ROUTINES, WHICH ARE DISRUPTED.

THIS SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR STUDENTS. THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT EDUCATION IS NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTY. IF A CHILD CAN GET TO SCHOOL LATE WITH NO CONSEQUENCES, THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT SETS A POOR EXAMPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE RECTIFY THE SITUATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE, DR. MARCIANO HUDLEY INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO JORDAN WILLIAMS. INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES. OKAY NEXT, WE'LL GO TO TATSU. ARE WE WAS THE PERSON HERE? NO. YOU ARE? YES OKAY. INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES TO AND

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LAST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, OUR KIDS LEFT THE SCHOOL AT 4:20 P.M. AND THE OFFICIAL TIME TO PICK THEM UP FROM THE BUS STOP IS 4:30 P.M. IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PICK THEM UP FROM SCHOOL, THEY GET HOME AFTER 5:30 P.M. EVERY DAY. HOW CAN A FIVE YEAR OLD LEAVE HOME AT 4:30 A.M.

EVERY DAY AND GET HOME AT ABOUT 6 P.M. EVERY DAY, AND BE EXPECTED TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY EVERY DAY? HE SAYS HE DOESN'T LIKE SCHOOL BECAUSE HE'S EXHAUSTED. THEY USUALLY HAVE TO STAND AND WAIT AT THE BUS STOP FOR OVER AN HOUR IN THE MORNINGS, IN THE COLD OR RAINY WEATHER BEFORE THE BUS ARRIVES. WHEN I CALL THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, IT USUALLY TAKES OVER 40 MINUTES FOR SOMEONE TO ANSWE. I HAD TO STOP WORK LAST YEAR TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. IT ALSO SEEMS I CANNOT EFFECTIVELY WORK THIS YEAR IF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE NOT RESOLVED. HOW CAN I PROVIDE FOR MY CHILDREN IF I HAVE TO STAY HOME TO TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL AND BRING THEM BACK HOME? MAYA ANGELOU IS AN INTENSIVE PROGRAM, BUT MY KIDS CANNOT FLOURISH AS THE WHOLE DAY IS ABOUT SCHOOL. NO TIME FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, NO TIME TO DO HOMEWORK, NO TIME TO REVIEW LESSONS LEARNED AT SCHOOL. THEREFORE, EVEN WEEKEND IS USED UP TO MAKE UP FOR HOMEWORK. DO PROJECTS OR OTHER SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS. WHEN DO MY KIDS AND MAYA ANGELOU GET TO BE KIDS? NO WONDER THEY ARE STARTING TO DISLIKE SCHOOL. MY FIVE YEAR OLD CRIES EVERY MORNING THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I TOOK HIM TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. IT IS SAID THAT ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY. I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO BE DULL. THEY ARE VERY SMART.

CAN YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT RESOLUTION SO OUR KIDS CAN BECOME EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE LEARNERS. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE DOLORES, MILHOUSE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES WE'VE MADE. WHETHER YOU'VE GOTTEN HERE BY CAMPAIGNING, ACED THE INTERVIEW, OR YOU WERE GRACIOUSLY APPOINTED BY GOD TO BE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF THESE STUDENTS. IT IS TIME FOR US TO EMBRACE THE RESPONSIBILITY FULLY AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL AREAS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.

WHAT IS ACCOUNTABILITY? WELL, IT ENTAILS YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR THAT AFFECT THE ACTIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS. WHILE RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDES EFFICIENTLY COMPLETING TASKS REQUIRED BY YOUR ROLE. THERE'S A QUOTE BY BRENE BROWN THAT STATES WHO WE ARE IS HOW WE LEAD SELF-AWARENESS, KINDNESS, VISION, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRUST. JUST THE BASIC THINGS OF BEING A HUMAN BEING AND HOW WE TREAT OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. BUT I ASK YOU, IF YOU HAD TO RATE YOURSELF, WOULD YOU BE RATED AS BEGINNING PROFICIENT OR DEVELOPING AND HOW YOU LEAD AND HOW YOU ARE LEADING EACH OF US, WHETHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OR ANOINTED, WE CHOSE THIS PATH. SO NO MORE BLAMING OR PRESENTING EXCUSES. SWADDLED IN THE REQUEST FOR OTHERS TO BE PATIENT WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, WE MUST FOCUS ON THE IMPACT, NOT INTENT OF OUR ACTIONS AND DECISIONS. SUPERINTENDENT AND EXECUTIVE TEAM, YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF THIS DISTRICT. YOUR ACTIONS AND DECISIONS SET THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, COLLABORATION AND EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT TO OUR FULLY ELECTED BOARD. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSEEING THE DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO FOLLOW THEM IN ITS ENTIRETY. YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHEN IT SUITS YOU, AND WHEN IT'S BEST FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR YOUR OWN GAIN. YOUR VALUES STATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN

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PARAPROFESSIONALS, WHILE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THEIR JOB, THEY'RE DOING A DOUBLE. AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE JOB AS TEACHERS, SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, SECURITY SERVICES, SOMETHING I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT I KNOW WE HAVE STARTED TO RAMP UP METAL DETECTORS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS, BUT TO LEARN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THE SCREENER TO THEN RECONSTRUCT IT FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS LIKE FOOTBALL GAMES. WELL, THAT'S THE THING. AND NOT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE SECURITY WANDS. THE ISSUE ALSO IS THERE IS A LACK OF SECURITY WHEN FACILITIES ARE CONTRACTED OUT, LEAVING STAFF AND STUDENTS VULNERABLE TO THE UNKNOWN, MEANING THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT OFFER THEIR CAFETERIAS FOR CHURCH SERVICES, AND THERE IS NO SECURITY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS SECURE. TRANSPORTATION. WELL YOU'VE ALL HEARD EVERYTHING TONIGHT. THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS, THOUGH. LACK OF PROTOCOL WHEN SCHOOLS GO ON LOCKDOWN, IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OF THE SUCH ROUTING CONCERNS AND ISSUES, THERE'S A BUS WE HAVE ROUTED WITH 136 KIDS, WHICH IS KNOWN AS A TRIPLE BACK FOR THE DRIVER. STUDENTS ARRIVING TO SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL STARTS. ONE BUS HAS ARRIVED AN HOUR AFTER, MEANING THAT STUDENTS ON THOSE BUSSES HAVE MISSED TWO CLASSES AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN.

FOOD SERVICE WORKERS BEING MOVED AROUND BASED UPON THE ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS, WHICH HAS BROUGHT HARDSHIP ABOUT. I AM HERE TO SIT DOWN WITH WHOMEVER SO WE CAN COME TO SOME TYPE OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS CAN BE RECTIFIED, BECAUSE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TAMMY O'DONNELL. INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL FURNITURE. WELCOME THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TAMMY O'DONNELL, AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER AT CMIT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE WRITING OUT MY COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, I TOOK A BREAK AND CHECKED OUT MY FACEBOOK ON MY PHONE, AND I NOTICED THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL POSTED HER DONORS CHOOSE PROJECT AND ASKED FRIENDS TO SHARE IT. SO I TOOK A LOOK. NOW WE KNOW THAT PGK DOESN'T PROVIDE US WITH ALL OF THE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOBS. WE KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE SPENDING OF TEACHERS FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS IS ABOUT $750. HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IT'S MUCH MORE. MOST OF OUR TEACHERS SPEND $1,000 OR MORE ON SUPPLIES, MOSTLY BINDERS, LINED PAPER, NOTEBOOKS, PENS, HIGHLIGHTERS, PENCILS, THINGS THAT STUDENTS FORGET OR SIMPLY DON'T HAVE TO DO TO DO THE WORK, BUT I DIGRESS. I DECIDED TO SCRAP MY ORIGINAL TOPIC AND SHARE THE STORY. IN THE CASE OF MY COLLEAGUE, HER NEEDS TOTALED NEARLY $7,000. YES $7,000. AND WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR CLASSROOM TABLES FOR HER STUDENTS TO SIT AT DURING CLASS BECAUSE THE FOUR TABLES SHE CURRENTLY HAS IN HER ROOM ARE BROKEN, STUDENTS HAVE TO PUT BOOKS UNDER THEIR LEGS SO THEY WON'T COLLAPSE OR WOBBLE.

THE TOPS ARE WORN AND STUDENTS HAVE TO PUT BOOKS UNDER THEIR PAPERS SO THEY CAN WRITE. THESE TABLES ARE USED AS DESKS BECAUSE 40 DESKS WON'T FIT IN HER SMALL ROOM. SHE HAS 40 STUDENTS IN AN ENGLISH CLASS AND LET THIS HAPPEN. CLASSROOM FURNITURE IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER. YOU SAY YOU WANT THE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THEIR ACADEMIC PURSUITS, BUT YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. WHY ARE WE SUBMITTING PROJECTS TO PLACES LIKE DONORSCHOOSE AND ASKING STRANGERS TO FUND OUR CLASSROOM SUPPLIES? NOW WE HAVE TO ASK FOR FURNITURE. WHEN I KNOW AND YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAREHOUSE FULL OF USABLE FURNITURE THAT WAS REPLACED BECAUSE PEOPLE HIGHER UP PROBABLY HAD THEIR OFFICES REDONE. LET'S ASK TEACHERS WHAT THEY NEED. LET'S FIND THE RESOURCES OUR STUDENTS NEED AND DESERVE, AND LET'S HELP OUR TEACHERS DO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE HERE TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YO. MICHAELA HARLEY, INDIVIDUAL REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR

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I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT? DIVERSITY EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE ALL FACILITIES ARE COMPLIANT AND THERE IS NO GRANDFATHERING? I WENT TO GO TO THE TRANSFER OFFICE AT THE LOCATION OVER BY INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY. I COULDN'T EVEN GET IN THE BUILDING WHEN I WENT TO PARK IN THE ACCESSIBLE SPACE WITH THE ACCESSIBLE AISLE, I HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE ROAD, ROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. I'M SORRY. THE PARKING LOT GO AROUND AND COME BACK. GUESS WHAT? NO RAMP TO GET UP ON THE SIDEWALK. GUESS WHAT? 15 STEPS TO GET TO THE ENTRANCE AND NOBODY THERE TO HELP ME. I HAD TO ASK THE AMAZON GUY TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, TO BRING SOMEONE DOWN TO TALK TO ME SO I CAN FIND OUT WHY THE TRANSFER OFFICE WAS NOT OPEN, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE ACCESSIBLE. THEY TOLD ME THERE IS AN ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN TO THAT. AND I WENT TO THAT DOOR AND YOU HAVE TO KNOCK. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE I'LL COME BACK NEXT TIME TO TALK ABOUT MORE. AND I ALSO WILL BE EMAILING YOU BECAUSE MY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT JANICE BRISCOE, THE AREA DIRECTOR, SAID SHE WAS GIVING M, WAS NOT PROPERLY PROVIDED TO ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN WERE FROM BRANDY TEAL. INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION. ALETA HUNTER, INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALETA JERRY CARTER, COUNCIL FOR FAMILY AND EDUCATION.

EMPOWERMENT. THE AGENDA HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION. DINA GONZALEZ, INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION MARTHA MORA. INDIVIDUAL FINANCING OF NEW BUILDING FOR HYATTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE FOR HIS REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM

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NOW TRANSITIONING TO GRADE TASK FORCE, WHICH I'D LIKE TO JUST PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF A OF A UPDATE HERE THIS FALL, OF COURSE, WE WILL BE RECONVENING THE GRADE AND REPORTING TASK FORCE, THIS THIS COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, MET REGULARLY PRIOR TO LAST SCHOOL YEAR. NOW, LAST YEAR, MSDE SHARED ITS INTENTIONS OF ESTABLISHING A STATE POLICY GOING INTO EFFECT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HOWEVER, THE LATER THEY LATER SHARED THAT THEY ARE ABANDONING THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT FOR NOW. SO THERE'S MORE TO COME. SPECIFICALLY ON IT. NOW, THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR EXISTING POLICIES, AS WELL AS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BOARD OF EDUCATION UPDATED AS MORE INFORMATION COMES AVAILABLE, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE TASK FORCE ON GRADING WORK NOW 2024 CPS CLIMATE AND CULTURE SURVEY. IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, INVITE VANESSA WETHERINGTON AND RASHEEDA TYLER TO THE PODIUM BRIEFLY TO SHARE.

GOOD EVENING. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR UPCOMING CLIMATE AND CULTURE SURVEY, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY, THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE A FEW FACTS AGAIN THIS YEAR WE ARE PARTNERING WITH HANOVER RESEARCH TO CONDUCT THE SURVEY. IT'S OPEN FOR STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST AND STUDENTS FROM FOURTH TO 12TH GRADE WILL COMPLETE THIS SURVEY IN THEIR SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME TO PILOT IT WITH OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK WHERE SCHOOL STAFF AND PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS WANT TO HEAR FROM THEIR YOUNGEST SCHOLARS AND JUST KNOW ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOLS AND WITH CPS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SURVEY IS I FEEL MY CHILD OR MY CHILD OR I FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, STAFF IN MY BUILDING USE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO TEACH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS CPS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, LIKE SUPERINTENDENT HOWE SAID, OUR T26 GUIDES A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND OUR SURVEY IS USED TO MEASURE A LOT OF OUR CRITICAL SUCCESS INDICATORS, OUR SURVEY SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO OUR T26 STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY, WORKFORCE AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH. HERE WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME LONGITUDINAL DATA AND SOME RESPONSE RATES. YOU CAN SEE, LIKE WE SHARED LAST YEAR, OUR STUDENTS REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK WITH RESPONDING. WE HAD ALMOST 19,000 STUDENTS, AROUND 5000 STAFF AND AROUND 5000 PARENTS, A HUGE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR WE WILL WORK HARD TO HEAR FROM MORE OF OUR STAFF NEW THIS YEAR. SO THIS YEAR WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY REQUESTED WE HAVE THREE UNIQUE SURVEYS. SO LAST YEAR WHERE THERE WAS A DROP DOWN AT THE TOP OF THE SURVEY AND STAKEHOLDERS HAD TO NAVIGATE TO THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE. THIS YEAR, THERE ARE THREE UNIQUE QR CODES AND THREE SURVEYS THAT WILL INITIATE IN THEIR LANGUAGE ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH. SO FAMILIES AND STAKEHOLDERS NO LONGER HAVE TO READ BE GREETED IN ENGLISH. THEY CAN BE GREETED WITH THE SURVEY ALSO IN SPANISH AND IN FRENCH. AND AGAIN, OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS WILL ALSO TAKE THE SURVEY, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME IN-PERSON SURVEY ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL EVENTS AND MEETINGS. WE'VE MET WITH OUR PCAC AND OUR PIECE AS WELL, JUST TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY AND GET EVERYBODY EXCITED TO TAKE THE SURVEY THIS YEAR. WE WANT TO THANK BOTH SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE AND BOARD MEMBER LASALLE FRAZIER FOR RECORDING VIDEOS TO LAUNCH OUR SURVEY, BOARD MEMBER LASALLE FRAZIER RECORDED A SPANISH VERSION OF THE VIDEO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY IT TONIGHT, BUT THEY ARE BOTH AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AS WELL AS STUDENTS

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JOINING ME THIS EVENING TO DELIVER THIS INFORMATION IS THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND CENTRAL GARAGE, MR. KAIBA BALDWIN, SENIOR ADVISOR, MR. LUIS MORALES AND SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES PARTNER MR. CURTIS EUGENE. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, VIRTUALLY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR HER IS MISS MARY DILLMAN, CHIEF OF CLIENT SERVICES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING FIRM FORMATIVE. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S NOT CAN YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE? IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RESPONDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO BASED ON AN AUDIT CONDUCTED BY FORMATIVE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, OUR TEAM HAS PRIORITIZED FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS

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THANK YOU. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MONITORING THE PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. THIS OBJECTIVE DATA METRICS ARE OUTLINED IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

DATA REPORT FROM THE FORMATIVE AND WILL BE SUMMARIZED IN THIS PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO SKIP THIS SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YO. AS WE COMPARE THE TRANSPORTATION METRICS FROM OCTOBER 23RD TO SEPTEMBER 24TH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YEP. THERE'S MORE. THERE'S SOME SEVERAL NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS, IN OUR SYSTEM, THE SEAT UTILIZATION JUMPED FROM 52.9% TO 65.4%. THAT'S A 12.5% INCREASE. THAT SHOWS OUR EFFORTS TO OPTIMIZE ROUTES AND MAXIMIZE VEHICLE USAGE ARE PAYING OFF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING TRANSPORTED WERE SLIGHTLY OFF, BUT WE'RE STILL ENROLLING. WE'VE ALSO WORKED ON CONSOLIDATING STOPS AND STREAMLINING OUR ROUTES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIQUE BUS STOPS HAS DECREASED FROM 13,882 TO 11,483. THAT'S A REDUCTION OF 1651 STOPS. STILL, WHERE WE'VE HAD A MINIMAL CHANGE IS THAT WALK TO STOP DISTANCE WHERE WE WERE AT 0.24 AND WE'RE STILL CONSISTENTLY AT THE 0.27 MILES. THE NUMBER OF ROUTES HAVE BEEN REDUCED SLIGHTLY FROM 1095 TO 1063. WHILE THIS CHANGE IS MINIMAL, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE BALANCING OF BUS ROUTES PER BUS LOT, AND AGAIN, THE BUILD TIME ADJUSTMENTS HERE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE BALANCE OF BUS TRIPS REQUIRED PER TIER IN THE MORNING, WHERE WE'VE HAD BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE BY 315 TRIPS AND IN THE AFTERNOON BY 188. WHEN COMPARING THE OCTOBER 23RD TO SEPTEMBER 2024, THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE BUS DRIVERS HAS DECREASED FROM THE 858 AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER 20TH 3 TO 847 AVAILABLE IN AUGUST 2024. NEXT SLIDE. OVER THE PAST YEAR,

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EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, THEY WERE COMPENSATION ENHANCEMENTS OR INCREASES, WHICH INCLUDED THE HOURLY RATE FOR BUS DRIVERS INCREASING FROM 21, INCREASING TO 2198 UP TO 4323. AND WE ALSO INCREASED THE RATE OF PAY FOR TRAINEES AS AN INCREASE INCENTIVE FROM $15 TO $18 PER HOUR. GIVEN THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS IN ATTENDANCE. PGCMLS ALSO ENHANCED A PLUS IN COMPENSATION INCENTIVE FOR TEN MONTH DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS WHO TAKE ON EXTRA RUNS. ALL TEN MONTH DRIVERS IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING NON CDL DRIVERS WORKING AS ATTENDANTS, WILL BE PAID FOR EACH TRIP COVERED THAT IS NOT PART OF THEIR BID ROUTE. TO FURTHER MINIMIZE ECONOMIC BARRIERS, CANDIDATES DO NOT NEED TO PAY FOR FINGERPRINTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE DOT OR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PHYSICAL AND TB TESTS, AND THAT IS COMPLETED VIA A PARTNERSHIP WITH CONCENTRA. WE, WITH A CONSISTENT LOOK, FOCUS ON RECRUITMENT, WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO RETENTION OF OUR CURRENT DRIVERS. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS EFFORTS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO REALIZING GREATER RESULTS AS WE STRIVE FOR CONTINUOUS PROGRESS IN STAFFING AND STAFF EFFICIENCIES. WHILE PARTNERING WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS. AND I NOW RETURN THE PRESENTATION TO DOCTOR COLEMAN OR TO DIRECTOR BALDWIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR REPORT. AND, MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE SECTION BEFORE WE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT. MR. BALDWIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, AS WE KNOW, WE ARE DEALING WITH OUR BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE, WE'VE TRIED TO BE PROACTIVE AND STEP UP OUR COMMUNICATION TO OUR FAMILIES FOR UPDATING FOR BUS STATUS. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE'VE STATIONED PERSONNEL AT EACH BUS LOT AND THOSE PERSONNEL HELP FACILITATE THE COMMUNICATION FOR BUS SUBSTITUTION AND COMMUNICATING. THE BUS STATUS. THEY'RE USING OUR SCHOOL MESSENGER APP IN ADDITION TO OUR STOCK FINDER APP. THE NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING THE BUS CHANGES AND DELAYED ARRIVALS ARE BEING SENT VIA EMAIL, TEXT AND PHONE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE UPDATING THE APP DAILY WITH THE LATEST BUS INFORMATION. THIS IS NEW DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK, AND RIGHT NOW I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE WORKING. THIS IS BRAND NEW FOR OUR TEAM AND SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WE'RE MONITORING. WE HAVE A 90% 90, EXCUSE ME, 96% FILL RATE. SO THAT WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE PUBLIC WHEN YOU ARE UTILIZING THAT STOP FINDER APP, YOU SHOULD SEE A FOUR DIGIT BUS NUMBER AND A THREE DIGIT ROUTE THAT WASN'T ALWAYS IN PLACE.

LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ACCURATE TRACKING OF THE BUS. COMBINED WITH THE WORK AT THE BUS LOTS, COMBINED WITH OUR PARENTS, CREATING GEO ALERTS ALLOWS FOR THOSE REAL TIME PUSH NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THEIR CHILD'S BUS ENTERS THE DESIGNATED ALERT ZONE. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS NEW PARENTS ARE STILL STILL SEE ERRORS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY SEE NO VEHICLE LOCATION ON YOUR APP AT TIMES, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT MAY OCCUR IS THAT THE BUS IS NOT MOVING. SO ONE THING IF THE BUS HASN'T MOVED IN FIVE MINUTES, YOU MAY GET THIS MESSAGE POPPED UP ON YOUR SCREEN. SO WE WILL IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PLEASE. WE DON'T WE DO WANT IT. AND WE WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. TO FINALIZE THIS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE STILL ARE LOOKING TO OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR IS TRANSPARENT. SO OUR TEAM WILL BE VISITING OUR SCHOOL PTA MEETINGS. WE'VE STARTED DOING SOME OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT AND TALK AND SHARE WHAT THE OUR PATH AND OUR TRANSPARENCY OF IMPROVING THE SYSTEM. WE STILL NEED OUR PARENTS TO DO THREE THINGS. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ACTIVATING YOUR PARENT VIEW ACCOUNT THAT ALLOWS US TO SEND YOU AN INVITATION TO DOWNLOAD THE STOP FINDER APP. AND ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, WE NEED YOU TO CREATE GEO ALERTS. FOLKS. WE HAVE SENT OUT OVER A THOUSAND INVITATIONS OUT

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THESE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP. AND SO YOU MAY SEE THE BUS MOVING, BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. SO OUT OF THAT 24,000 THAT HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP, ONLY 6000 HAS ACTUALLY CREATED THE GEO ALERTS. SO THAT MEANS THOSE ARE JUST THOSE SMALL AMOUNT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING THOSE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE THE BUS IS. SO WE DO NEED THAT HELP TO PUSH OUR PARENTS TO DO THAT AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR THE EVENING. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE, I DO SEE ONE COLLEAGUE WHO DOES HAVE A QUESTION. WE'LL GO TO MR. BRIGG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YO. FIRST TO THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, THIS EVENING, I DID WANT TO JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT SECTIONS. I WAS GOING TO START WITH STAFFING, BUT I'LL MOVE ON BECAUSE I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE, I NOTICED THAT A LOT, A LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THE STOP FINDER APP IN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL GAVE, AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT PGCB HAS GIVEN A SHOUT OUT, WAS GIVEN A SHOUT OUT BY THE GREENVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SHARED THAT THEY THINK THAT THE APP IS IN SOME WAY BENEFITING AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH THAT SAID, ONE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PIECES IS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WHENEVER THERE ARE ISSUES IN REAL TIME, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH GETTING A CALL BACK, TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS. AND I THINK WE HEARD SOME OF THAT TESTIMONY THIS EVENING, IN ANY OF THE PHASES OF PLANNING, WILL THERE BE A FOCUS ON BOLSTERING STAFF OR TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN FIELD CALLS? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE PLAN. SO RIGHT NOW, EXCUSE ME. SO RIGHT NOW, THE TRES SYSTEM, AS WELL AS PHONE CALLS, WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT MONITORS THAT DAILY. WE'VE HAD, OF COURSE, AN INCREASED USE, OF REQUESTS. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE WAITING TO GET THE INVITATION. AND PART OF THAT TRAINING IS SENDING INVITATIONS OUT AND RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE PRIMARILY BY PHONE AND BY TRUCK TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, NOT NECESSARILY ON DEMAND, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW UP ONCE WE GET THE MESSAGES. I SEE. OKAY, AND THEN I WANTED TO GO TO SEAT UTILIZATION AND STOP CONSOLIDATION. SO I NOTICED THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT 161,650 BUS STOPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM, BUT THAT OVER 1000 STOPS HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE AUGUST OF 2024. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STOPS THAT WERE ADDED IN A MONTH, HOW IS THIS NOW GOING TO IMPACT STOPS AND BUS DRIVER EFFICIENCY? HOW DOES THIS IMPACT SEAT UTILIZATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRIP DURATION INCREASING TO 66 MINUTES, UP FROM THE 63 MINUTES IN AUGUST 2024, WHICH IS NOW FOUR MINUTES LONGER. BUT WE APPARENTLY HAVE MORE STOPS. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WITH THAT, WITH THAT THOUSAND STOPS, THAT'S A DUPLICATE. WELL, A COMBINED BETWEEN AM AND PM AND THAT IS ADDITIONALLY WITH NEW STUDENTS ENROLLING, NOT ALL STUDENTS FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT STOP BOUNDARIES. SO THAT IS THAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED. RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL IN THAT OBSERVATION PHASE AS WE FINDING OR FINDING OUT WHAT STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING ON AT, WHAT STOPS ARE NOT STOPS, SO THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT, THE INCREASE IN THE MILEAGE ALSO IS BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS RIDING THAT BUS IF THEY'RE GOING FURTHER. SO THAT INCREASES THAT UTILIZATION, THAT SEAT UTILIZATION. BUT IT ALSO IT PRESENTS THAT IMAGE THAT WE'RE DOING MORE WITH LESS. THANK YOU, I DID FORGET TO REMIND BOARD MEMBERS AS WE CONTINUE, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE HERE. IS THAT OUR 2.5 MINUTE TIME IS REVISED TO YOUR QUESTION. AND YOUR ANSWER.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO BRANDON JACKSON NEXT. AND THEN BOARD MEMBER DOCTOR KENNETH HARRIS.

ALL RIGHT I WAS TRYING TO FINISH MY QUESTION, SO ALL RIGHT, SO MY FIRST MY FIRST COMMENT, I GUESS, IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HERCULEAN EFFORT. AND SO MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU FOR TRYING TO SOLVE AN ISSUE THAT HAS PLAGUED PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND ALSO, I'VE SAID THIS AT NAUSEAM ABOUT THE KPIS, THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, I'M GLAD TO SEE MORE STRUCTURE AROUND HOW WE'RE PERFORMING, AND THAT GIVES US AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO AS CONSTITUENTS, A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY ON HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING, ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY, AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS A WHOLE, IT STILL APPEARS THAT CUSTOMER

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THANK YOU. SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBER ADAM STAFFORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR OPEN MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR A BROADER AUDIENCE, SO WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT, THE FACT THAT IN ORDER FOR A PARENT TO RECEIVE GEO ALERTS, THERE WERE SEVERAL STEPS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO THAT. THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR INFORMATION FROM SCHOOL. MAX, MOM MIGRATED OVER TO SYNERGY. THEIR SYNERGY EMAIL HAS TO BE IN CONNECTION FOR THEM TO THEN BE CONNECTED TO STARFINDER. AND THEN WITHIN STARFINDER THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR GEO ALERTS. AND SO I WAS HOPING MAYBE YOU COULD EXPOUND ON THE COMMUNICATION PLAN AND THE PUSH THAT WE'LL BE MAKING THIS FALL TO REALLY BRING FAMILIES INTO THE FOLD, BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO REALLY HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, JUST IN TERMS OF FILLING THOSE 231 FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WERE DOWN IN REGARDS TO BUS DRIVERS, YOU KNO, I'M, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES TO REACH OUT TO, OUR MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY, GIVEN SOME OF THE LAWS THAT WERE RECENTLY PASSED THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE CDL TEST TO BE TAKEN IN OTHER LANGUAGES, AND SORT OF WHAT STRATEGIES WE'RE LEVERAGING TO REACH OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND, I SAW THAT WE HAVE A TARGETED AD AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, PERHAPS I'M WONDERING, HAVE WE EVER, YOU KNOW, DOUBLED BACK TO PEOPLE THAT APPLIED PREVIOUSLY, BUT MAYBE HAD, YOU KNOW, A SMALL ISSUE WHY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT FULLY THROUGH AND PERHAPS THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, REAPPLY AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IF I COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE FIRST PORTION OF THE QUESTION, SO CERTAINLY WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A PROCESS, RIGHT, FOR PARENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TOOLS, WHETHER IT BE SIGNING UP FOR PARENT VIEW, ENSURING THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE SCHOOL MESSENGER MESSAGES THROUGH THE EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, AS WELL AS SETTING UP THE STOP FINDER APP AND THE GEO ALERTS. SO WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE THAT, THAT REQUEST CENTRALLY. BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF OUR SCHOOL PARTNERS, THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANTS, THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATIONS TO GET THE MESSAGE TO FAMILIES AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED WITH MANAGING THOSE MULTIPLE STEPS.

SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP OF THE CAMPAIGN, IS TO WORK WITH EACH SCHOOL TEAM TO HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. I'LL TURN IT TO DIRECTO, TO HR FOR THE SECOND PART. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF WHAT INDIVIDUALS WE DO, CIRCLE BACK, WE LOOK AND SEE WHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DECLINED FOR POSITION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CONSTANTLY SHARE WITH INDIVIDUALS AS BUS DRIVERS, THEY'RE CONSIDERED A SAFETY SENSITIVE ROLE, FROM THAT STANDPOINT. AND SO THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE A BUS DRIVER IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUS ON. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SHORTAGE IN TERMS OF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CDL WITH A PASSENGER AND SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENT. SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A CDL, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE ENDORSEMENTS. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE A BUS, IN TERMS OF THE AGE REQUIREMENT OF 21 YEARS, THEY MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT THEY FALL UNDER IN TERMS OF KUMAR TRANSPORTATION, THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION CLEARINGHOUSE.

ALL OF THIS COMES INTO PLAY AS IT RELATES TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO BE A BUS DRIVER. SO THAT'S WHY OFTENTIMES, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT TRANSITION INTO A BUS DRIVER POSITION ARE PEOPLE THAT WE ACTUALLY TRAIN. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND EXPAND ON TO AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH, IS WHAT WAS MENTIONED. REACHING OUT TO OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANTS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FOOTHOLD IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO ABOUT THE BILINGUAL TEST, THE TEST GIVING IN SPANISH, I THINK THAT WAS PASSED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, BUT THE TEST IS GIVEN IN SPANISH. BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK WITH US, WHILE ENGLISH DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR PRIMARY LANGUAGE, RIGHT, YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO WHILE THAT'S BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PASS THAT IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH US, YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE A LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT BUS LOT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT. AND IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO STILL COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR SCHOLARS THAT WE'RE TRANSPORTING, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK TO DO. ABSOLUTELY. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE YOUNGEST AGE THAT YOU CAN APPLY AS 21, PERHAPS WE NEED TO LOOK INTO A GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS SCHOLARS GRADUATE. IF THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN, A CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITH BENEFITS WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,

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WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE WORKOUT. YOU DON'T NEED TO RESPOND. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR SECOND ROUND. I SEE, MR. BRIGGS. IT'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JACKSON AND THEN THE ROUND BACK ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM BOARD MEMBER ADAM STAFFORD. WE'LL START WITH MR. BRIGGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO STAFFING, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT STAFFING, AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE'S A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE, AND I WAS REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY COULD BE SOME OF THOSE FACTORS. SO I LOOKED IT UP AND JUST WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD, WHICH IS AGE MAKEUP CAME UP, IT SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE RELEASED A REPORT SHOWING THAT IN 2021, 72.6% OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WERE AGED 50 AND OLDER COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR INDUSTRIES, THEY TALKED ABOUT STUDENT AND PARENT CONFRONTATIONS, IN THAT SAME STUDY, THEY TALKED ABOUT A RETURN TO IN-PERSON SCHOOLING AND BUS DRIVERS ALSO REPORTING INCREASED CONFRONTATIONS WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS. AND THEN YOU ALL MENTIONED THE BUS DRIVER WAGES, WHICH I THINK AT THAT TIME, THE TYPICAL SCHOOL BUS DRIVER EARNED $20 AN HOUR IN 2022, WHICH IS 16.8% LESS THAN THE MEDIAN WAGE FOR ALL WORKERS IN THE ECONOMY, WHICH WAS $24, SO I DO WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT THAT I THINK GETTING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE MADE SOME CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS TO GET THE WAGE UP TO 21.98 AND 43 BETWEEN 21.98 AND 4323, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR 2024. AND ALSO IT'S ABOUT COMPARABLE TO $22 FOR MARYLAND, BUT STILL, THE DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW. AND AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, THAT WE HAVE A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING FOR LATER TO SHARE WITH BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT WITH ADVOCACY HERE, OR CHAMPIONING ANY POLICY INITIATIVES WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATORS, WHEN WE'RE IN ANNAPOLIS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL NEED AS FAR AS POLICY LEVERS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT WITH, AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON COVERING OPEN ROUTES. SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMANS. AND NOT MACHINES, AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU SHARED THAT IN ORDER TO COVER OPEN ROUTES, YOU'RE DOUBLING DRIVERS IN TIERS ONE AND TWO. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THAT WORKING EFFICIENCY WISE? I KNOW IT'S LIKELY SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN SINCE THERE ARE OPEN ROUTES, BUT IS THIS THE BEST SOLUTION? AND THEN WHEN I ASKED THIS, I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE DRIVER SHORTAGE ISSUE AND WE HAVE BUS DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, COMING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND REALLY SAYING THAT THE CONDITIONS CAN BE BETTER. SO ARE WE ARE WORKING CONDITIONS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS TO HELP RETAIN DRIVERS AND NOT PUSH THEM AWAY FROM THE FIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE COVERING THESE EXTRA ROUTES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY ARE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH OUR UNION PARTNERS AROUND THE EXTRA STRAIN THAT IT REPRESENTS WHEN DRIVERS HAVE TO DOUBLE AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE ROUTES. AND SO

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YEAH. SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONSISTENCY IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FOUR DIGIT BUS NUMBER, ALONG WITH THE THREE DIGIT ROUTE NUMBER IS DISPLAYED UNDER YOUR STUDENT CARD IN THAT APP. IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT FOUR DIGIT NUMBER, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A BUS. AND I WANT YOU TO LET US KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S DISPLAYED, THAT'S OUR INTERNAL PIECE THAT WE PUSH. IF YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR DIGIT BUS NUMBER AND THE THREE DIGIT ROUTE NUMBER, YOU SHOULD SEE THE BUS.

NOW, AGAIN, IF YOU GET A MESSAGE THAT SAYS NO VEHICLE LOCATION. YEAH, THAT'S IT. CHANCES ARE THAT BUS IS NOT MOVING THE APP TRACKS ACTIVE GPS POINTS. AND SO THERE'S A SETTING THAT IF THAT BUS IS SITTING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO TRANSMIT ANY DATA. SO THAT'S THAT MESSAGE THAT YOU SEE ACROSS THE SCREEN. IF NO VEHICLE LOCATION, IT'S JUST THAT BUS IS STILL. AND IF IT'S LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW. ON ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT ABOUT PROVIDING ACCURATE DATA. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF I CAN, BOARD MEMBER WALKER, IS THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THE COMMUNICATION, FOR EVERY BUS CHANGE, WE SHOULD GET A MESSAGE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE STOP FINDER APP OR THROUGH SCHOOL MESSENGER, THAT THE BUS HAS BEEN DELAYED. IT'S BEEN CHANGED.

WE'RE DOUBLING, WE'RE SPLITTING. THAT'S THE PIECE THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE IN AN ACCURATE MANNER. BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF THAT APP, WHAT'S HAPPENING, A LOT OF OUR PARENTS ARE JUST NOT CREATING THE GEO ALERTS. IT GOES BACK TO THE 24,000 THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVE PATH. YOU CAN SEE YOUR STOPS, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BUS WHEN IT'S ROLLING. BUT YOU WON'T GET A PUSH NOTIFICATION THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT, HEY, THE BUS IS NEAR MY STOP. AND SO THAT'S OUR PUSH AND THAT'S THAT REQUEST THAT I, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, THAT'S THE PUSH FOR OUR PARENTS IS TO CREATE THAT GEO ALERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL

[13. Reports of the Committees]

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ACADEMIC AND ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIR MADELINE FRAZIER FOR 2.5 MINUTE REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS CHAIR WALKER MENTIONED, MY NAME IS MADELINE LASALLE FRAZIER. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE, JAMAL DONGO, A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, IS THE VICE CHAIR, SHAYLA ADAMS STAFFORD, DISTRICT FOUR, AND DOCTOR ZIPPORAH MILLER, DISTRICT FIVE. THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS INVOLVING STUDENT AFFAIRS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO FOCUSES ON INITIATIVES TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE CLOSING THE PERFORMANCE GAP, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE GAPS, ENHANCING OUTCOMES FOR LOW PERFORMING AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, SUPPORTING HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS, AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. WE MEET MONTHLY ON THE THIRD MONDAY AT 5:30 P.M. VIA ZOOM, AND THE FIRST MEETING OF THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2020, FOR OUR SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE MEETING, HIGHLIGHTED THE COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION ALIGNED WITH THE TWO POINTS SPECIAL EDUCATION, STRATEGIC PLAN, SPECIFICALLY GOAL TWO, WHICH FOCUSES ON FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. A SNAPSHOT OF DATA ON STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WAS GIVEN, HIGHLIGHTING THE HIGH LEVEL OF INCLUSION WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE CURRENT TRENDS IN WHICH THE TEAM DISCUSSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED NEXT STEPS IDENTIFYING THE SYSTEMIC EQUITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AIMED AT SUPPORTING SCHOOL BASED TEAMS AND FOSTERING ONGOING AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

OUR DISCUSSIONS ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS OF THE TARGETED TRAINING AND RESOURCES OF INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS, THE GENERAL EDUCATORS, CREATIVE ART TEACHERS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AND SPECIALTY PROGRAM TEACHERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON EQUITY AWARENESS AND PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS AND DISABILITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND DATA REVIEW THAT WILL INCLUDE ATTENDANCE TRENDS, BENCHMARK LITERACY DATA FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO, CORE CONTENT PASS RATES DISAGGREGATED BY RACE, MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. THE COMMITTEE IS DEDICATED TO ONGOING REVIEW AND DIALOG AROUND THESE CRITICAL AREAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. LOOK AT YOU RIGHT THERE. EXCELLENT ON TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHAIR BRANDON JACKSON FOR A 2.5 MINUTE REPORT FOR THE BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR WALKER, MY NAME IS BRANDON JACKSON, AND I REPRESENT THE NEWEST AND WORLD RENOWNED AUDIT COMMITTEE, MY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE VICE CHAIR PAMELA BOOZER STRUTHERS, JONATHAN BRIGGS, MADELINE FRAZIER AND EX-OFFICIO IS WALKE. SO, THE MISSION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUDIT COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS. THE AUDIT PROCESS, THE GCPS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN GCPS. SO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS OCTOBER 1ST, AND THAT'S GOING

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THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES BOARD LIAISON, SHEILA ADAM STAFFORD FOR 2.5 MINUTE REPORT ON THE DISABILITY ISSUES ADVISORY BOAR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES, AS WELL AS OTHER RELATED ISSUES WHICH MAY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD'S WORK, IS TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE MATTERS, SUCH AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOARD POLICIES REGARDING ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. AND ALSO PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION, EMPLOYMENT AND HIRING ISSUES AS THEY SPECIFICALLY RELATE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. SO THE VISION OF THIS PARTICULAR ADVISORY BOARD IS TO ENSURE THAT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL PRESENT A WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, THE MISSION OF THIS ADVISORY GROUP IS TO CULTIVATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO GCPS SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, AND THE PUBLIC REGARDLESS OF ABILITY. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW ADVISORY BOARD. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, BOARD MEMBER BRIGGS, AND OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBER, JOCELYN RAO, FOR HELPING TO PULL THIS TOGETHER. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY, WONDERFUL WAY TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AND INVOLVEMENT, THE DISABILITY ISSUES ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FROM EACH THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM EACH DISTRICT ARE AS FOLLOWS, AND I WILL ALSO CALL FOR A VOTE SO THAT THIS GROUP CAN BEGIN TO MEET, SO WE'LL HAVE DISTRICT ONE. IT'S IRMA COTTREL, DISTRICT TWO, RACHEL DOYLE, DISTRICT THREE, ERICA WINGATE ROBINSON AND SARAH BYRNE, DISTRICT FOUR SYLVIA AMAYA.

DISTRICT FIVE ALIDA JERRY CARTER. DISTRICT SIX TERESA SMITH AND STEPHANIE BLACKWELL.

DISTRICT SEVEN BRITTANY PATRICK. DISTRICT EIGHT CHERISE VICKERY, DISTRICT NINE SAMANTHA DAWSON WILLIAMS, OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER, WILL BE ALSO A MEMBER OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. JAMAL JANKO, OUR CPAC PG DESIGNEE WILL BE JANIE PAYNE. AND OUR OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE JANELLE BOWMAN. AND AN ALTERNATE WILL BE KEITH BLACKSON. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THESE MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED DISABILITY ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVISORY BOARD. IT'S WITHOUT OBJECTION. IT'S APPROVED. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL NEXT MOVE TO OPERATIONS BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT FOLLOWED BY POLICY AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REPORT FOR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN ON A TIMER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO 2.5 MINUTES, OPERATIONS, BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. SO AS ESTABLISHED BY BOARD POLICY 8100, THE OPERATION BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT ITS COMMITTEE CHARGE AND INTRODUCTION TO THE ENTIRE BOARD IN THE FALL IN KEEPING WITH BOARD POLICY 8100, THE COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING ISSUES INVOLVING SCHOOL SYSTEM OPERATIONS, BUDGET AND FISCAL AFFAIRS. THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING ISSUES RELATING TO MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT OF FUNCTIONS IN THE CPS SCHOOL SYSTEM, REVIEWING AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FISCAL CAPITAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE BOARD'S OPERATING BUDGET, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, STAFFING PLANS AND ALLOCATIONS. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVES, ARE AS FOLLOWS. MYSELF AS COMMITTEE CHAIR. DOCTOR KENNETH HARRIS, THE SECOND AS COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR. JAMAL JUNGO, OUR STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD, PAMELA STROTHER. BOARD CHAIR WALKER, EX-OFFICIO MEMBER DOCTO. DOCTOR COLEMAN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. MISS LISA HOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. AND CINDY ADRIAN, OUR COMMITTEE SUPPORT STAFF. THE COMMITTEE MEETS MONTHLY ON WEDNESDAYS AT 5:00 PM. THE MEETING TIMES CAN BE FOUND ON THE BOARD WEBPAGE AS THEY VARY MONTHLY. WE ASK THAT YOU BE SURE TO CHECK THE BOARD WEB PAGE. THE COMMITTEE WEB PAGE FOR ANY UPDATES, BEGINNING IN AUGUST AND ENDING IN JUNE 2025, OUR COMMITTEE PLANS WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING BUDGETARY MATTERS AND UPDATES. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BLUEPRINT SCHOOL PROGRAM UPDATES. BUILDING SERVICE MAINTENANCE PLAN

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OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR ADAM STAFFORD, CAN YOU RESTATE THE MOTION? THANK YOU, I MOVE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN AUDIT OF THEIR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, INCLUSIVE OF COST DELIVERY AND QUALITY OF THEIR PROJECTS. AND THIS MOTION WAS ADOPTED TWO MEETINGS PREVIOUSLY. MISS ADELINE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, PLEASE? BOARD MEMBER ADAM, I MOVE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN AUDIT OF THEIR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, INCLUSIVE OF COST DELIVERY AND QUALITY OF PROJECTS. AND DID YOU HAVE A TIMING ON THAT JUST YET? WE WILL TAKE DISCUSSION, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, WHEN IT WOULD BE COMPLETED OR THE AUDIT. YEAH, IT CAME OUT OF THE. YEAH, YEAH. SO I MEAN, I'M HOPING THAT THIS WOULD BE LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS. IT MAY TAKE LONGER, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN BOFFA, THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO LOOK AT.

EXCELLENT. LET'S OPEN THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARITY, WE'LL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL. SEEING NO HANDS. ARE THERE DISCUSSION. DID YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COLLEAGUES NO. I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS ADLER. PLEASE TAKE THE ROL. I JUST WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL, IF YOU CAN JUST RESTATE THE, THE MOTION WITH THE TIMELINE. SIX MONTHS, PLEASE, OF WHAT YOU HAVE DOWN.

DO YOU ALREADY HAVE? THE MOTION WAS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN AUDIT OF THEIR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, INCLUSIVE, INCLUSIVE OF COST, DELIVERY AND QUALITY OF THEIR PROJECTS WITHIN SIX MONTHS. IS THAT CLEAR TO THE ADMINISTRATION OR DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS ADLER. PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL. JUST A QUICK POINT OF INFORMATION. IF I CAN, CHAD AND STAFFORD, I'M NOT. I DON'T RECALL WHAT TIMELINE WE SAID.

NO, BUT MAYBE WE JUST PULL IT. I YEAH, WE DIDN'T CLARIFY ONE, BUT BECAUSE CHAIR WALKER ASKED, I'M SAYING SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION, I'M OPEN TO THAT BECAUSE WE IT WASN'T SPECIFIED DURING THE MEETING. SURE. YEAH. I'M THINKING OF SIX MONTH WINDOW DUE TO THE I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PASSING THIS MAINTENANCE PLAN, BUT I'M THINKING IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S MY THAT WAS MY REASONING FOR SIX MONTHS IN ORDER TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT. OKAY. WE RESOLVED IT, I, I DID I ASKED THEM IF THEY UNDERSTOOD AND IS IT A FEASIBLE REQUEST IN THAT TIMELINE? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. WE'LL IF I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU AT LEAST BY TOMORROW, TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE, TO SEE WHAT IT WILL TAKE WITHOUT THE SPECIFICITY OF PARTICULARLY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS IN OPERATIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS TO OPERATIONS AS A WHOLE, WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE WHAT.

YEAH, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, SO WE WERE DISCUSSING ISSUES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL ON OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF COST

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR THE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH FACILITATING SHORT AND LONG RANGE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF BOARD POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENT MATTERS INVOLVING FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OFFICIALS. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE, ARE AS FOLLOWS. MYSELF COMMITTEE CHAIR DOCTOR ZIPPORAH MILLER, COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR. MISS WALKER. MISS PAMELA STROTHER, MR. BRANDON JACKSON, MISS ROBIN WELSH, DIRECTOR GCPS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, COMPLIANCE AND PROCEDURES. AND MISS CINDY ADLER, COMMITTEE SUPPORT STAFF. THE COMMITTEE MEETS ONCE A MONTH ON TUESDAYS, TUESDAYS AT 5 P.M. EXCEPT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHEN WE MEET TWICE A MONTH TO CLOSELY OBSERVE AND MONITOR THE PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY AFFECT THE DISTRICT. THE BOARD WEBPAGE LISTS THE HOURS AND DATES OF THESE MEETINGS, SO PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK FOR UPDATES AND INFORMATION FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. THE COMMITTEE AIMS TO REVIEW 42 POLICIES PER BOARD POLICY 9340. THESE POLICIES ARE SELECTED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ONE. A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD A BOARD MEMBER, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD CHAIR A BOARD COMMITTEE A BOARD AUTHORIZED FOCUS WORKGROU, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT TWO. THE POLICY WAS REACHED IN ITS SEVEN YEAR CYCLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I'M NOW GOING TO MOVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, THE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR'S SESSION. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED THE MANY CATEGORIES THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL BENEFIT THE DISTRICT. OUTLINING THE POSITIONS THE DISTRICT TAKES. THE PLATFORM IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. ADDITIONALLY, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BOARD POLICY 9340 POLICY DEVELOPMENT STIPULATES THAT POLICIES MUST BE REVIEWED AND REVISED BY THE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE BEING RECOMMENDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FOLLOWING POLICIES TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BOARD POLICY 4113. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE PRINCIPAL SELECTION PROCESS.

THIS POLICY PROVIDES GUIDELINES TO PROMOTE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND PARENTAL AND COMMUNAL COMMUNITY INTERACTION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS. BOARD POLICY 8100. BOARD OF EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEES AND FOCUSED WORK GROUPS. THIS POLICY SETS FORTH THE GUIDELINES REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH MEMBERSHIP SELECTION AND OPERATIONS OF ALL THE BOARD, STANDING COMMITTEES AND FOCUSED WORK GROUPS. BOARD POLICY 9210 CHAIR A RESCISSION. THIS POLICY OUTLINES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD. CHAIR BOARD POLICY 9220. VICE CHAIR, RESCISSION. THIS POLICY OUTLINES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD. VICE CHAIR, BOARD POLICY 9230.

SECRETARY, TREASURER, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RESCISSION. THIS POLICY OUTLINES THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS ROLE ON THE BOARD. BOARD POLICIES 92, 1092, 2093 30 ARE BEING RESCINDED DUE TO THEIR REDUNDANCY IN OUR BOARD POLICY, 9100 OFFICERS, WHICH ARE ALL WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE SAME INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THOSE THREE POLICIES. BOARD POLICY 9270 SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. RESCISSION. THIS POLICY OUTLINES THE BOARD MEMBERS AUTHORITY TO COMPEL ACTION. THIS POLICY IS BEING RESCINDED DUE TO ITS REDUNDANCY AS BOARD POLICY 0108 CONDUCT CODE OF CONDUCT ADDED THE SAME. INFORMATION BOARD POLICY 9361.

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THIS WAS DEVELOPED TO KEEP THE STUDENT RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL AND SAFEGUARD THEM FROM THOSE WHO MIGHT USE THEM FOR OTHER, OTHER THAN LEGITIMATE PURPOSES. THERE ARE ONLY FIVE MORE BOARD POLICY 5126 STUDENT INFORMATION RESCISSION. THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES UNDER WHICH STUDENT INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO ENTITIES. BOARD POLICY 5132. PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SCHOOLS. RESCISSION. THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT THE USE OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WAS ENCOURAGED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES AND AT OTHER TIMES AS APPROVED BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. IF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES USE DOES NOT VIOLATE THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT AND THE STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES HANDBOOK, BOARD POLICY 5134. SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. RESCISSION. THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED TO GOVERN HOW SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS FUNCTION. BOARD POLICY, 8261.

RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES GRANTED BY BOARD TO STUDENT MEMBER RESCISSION. THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH DIRECT INPUT CONCERNING THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF STUDENTS AND FINALLY, BOARD POLICY. 9271 STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. THIS POLICY AIMS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE ELECTION AND RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE POLICIES BE CONSIDERED FOR FIRST CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FOR JUST FOR THE PUBLIC FOR FIRST CONSIDERATION. IT MEANS TO GO TO THE COMMITTEE.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, POLICIES 4113 8192 1092 2092, 30, 92, 70, 93, 61 AND 93, 67 SHALL GO OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. POLICIES ZERO 116 2801 9271, 51, 2135, 1751, 25, 51, 26, 51, 32, 51, 34, AND 82, 61 ARE APPROVED. TO MOVE TO COMMITTEE. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL MOVE FORWAR, MR. BRIGGS, I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BUT DID YOU. DID YOU REVIEW THE LEGISLATION? YOU DIDN'T REVIEW THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WHILE I WAS FARM, RIGHT, I JUST MENTIONED IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE 12 PAGES. NO, I DO UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO WHAT? I'M JUST, WE'LL BE BACK TO ADOPT THAT. IT IS PUBLICLY. IT WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONCE WE APPROVE IT, BUT YES, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. THE

[14. Presentations]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AGAIN IN THIS BUILDING, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. I SPENT NINE YEARS HERE REPRESENTING THE DYNAMIC DISTRICT NINE, AND I SERVED AS

[02:10:01]

THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT IS CALLED THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP. WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND WHEN I LEFT THE BOARD, I WAS AMAZED TO SEE THAT WE DO THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AT OUR BUILDINGS. SO FOR ME TO FIND OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO CONSTRUCT, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DEVICES, AND WE BUILD OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ON HOW THOSE DEVICES WORK. I WAS LIKE, WHERE WAS I? SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE OF THIS AMAZING PROGRAM. I'M JOINED HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP, MR. ROLAND JONES, MISS MARY ROMAN AND MISS KENDRA BIERMAN. TONIGHT WE WILL SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP, A PROGRAM THAT WE CALL THE TREAT AND TEACH PROGRAM. OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DEVICES TREAT THE STORMWATER THAT LEAVES OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THEN OUR STUDENTS LEARN HOW THOSE DEVICES WORK. I WILL NOW ASK MR. JONES TO JOIN. JOIN ME HERE AT THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE THE CORVIAS INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS AND THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO YOU, MR. JONES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. SONIA, THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP IS THE WORLD'S FIRST COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEALING WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. THE PARTNERSHIP REALLY COVERS THREE ASPECTS TO INCREASE THE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AND TO DO EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT REGARDING THE PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 2014 BY ADAM ORTIZ, LARRY KAUFMAN AND MYSELF WITHIN THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WE HAD CORVIAS WHO IS OUR PRIVATE PARTNER, WAS THE PRIVATE PARTNER AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT CAME IN AND BID ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT. THE PROGRAM HAS MANAGED OVER $350 MILLION WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. WE HAVE A MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS FIRMS WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY DEVELOP SKILL SETS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM, THEY NOT ONLY GO THROUGH A PROGRAM TO BE BETTER BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, A MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY OR SIMPLY WORDS ON PAPER. SO WE MADE SURE THAT INCORPORATED IN THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES. 78% OF OUR SPEND IN THIS PROGRAM HAS GONE TO SMALL AND DIVERSE LOCAL BUSINESSES WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. THE OTHER ASPECT THAT WAS ALWAYS KEY WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD EDUCATE PEOPLE TO THE VALUE AND THE BENEFIT THAT WE BROUGHT REGARDING WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY. SO THIS IS THE P3, THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WORK WITH. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION TO ENSURE THAT THE MOST PRECIOUS ELEMENT ON EARTH WATER IS GREAT WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. NOW I WILL BRING UP MARY ROMAN. IF I CAN ASK THE SLIDES TO GO FORWARD. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT, SO TO GET, SONJA INTRODUCED THE PROGRAM TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. IS IT GET CLOSER. OKAY, THE TREATING AND TEACHING PROGRAM IS PART AND CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP. AS SONYA AND ROLAND HAD MENTIONED. SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT TREATING AND TEACHING IS. SO TREATING FIRST IS CREATING A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

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SO KEEP GOING. AND IT WAS STARTED BACK IN 2016 AT PARKDALE WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL. SO THESE ARE TWO BMPS. I THINK IT WAS EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL. I FORGET I'M STEPPING IN FOR SOMEONE ELSE TONIGHT. THESE ARE TWO BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AND WHAT THESE DO IS THEY'RE REDUCING NITROGEN PHOSPHORUS, SEDIMENT. THIS IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IS. BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP AGAIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THESE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SERVE TO HELP PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. RIGHT. SO WE'RE PROVIDING A BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY TO HELP THEM MEET THEIR PROGRAM GOALS. NEXT SLIDE PLEAS.

AND SO FAR, WE'VE PUT IN 62 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. SO THIS IS REACHING OVER 40,000 STUDENTS. THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT SEE THESE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES EVERY DAY WHEN THEY THEY SHOW UP AT THEIR SCHOOLS, BUT WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS THE NEXT SLIDE GOING INTO THE TEACHING IS AS PART OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WE'RE ALSO CONSTRUCTING OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, THESE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS CONTAIN SEVERAL ITEMS. THEY THEY THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STORE MATERIALS FOR.

THEY HAVE SEATING. THEY HAVE ADA ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY. AND THEY PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHILDREN TO COME OUTSIDE AND TO BE PROVIDED EDUCATION ABOUT THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.

AND KENDRA IS GOING TO COME UP HERE IN A MINUTE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EDUCATION PIECE, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR FLIPPING, SO, SO FAR 39 CLASSROOMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSER AND HAVE HAVE THE MORE MATCHUP BETWEEN THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE CLASSROOMS. BUT THIS IS QUITE A FEW. I WAS EXCITED TO GO TO ARDMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO THEIR, THAT TO THEIR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE. PLANTING EVENT AND RIBBON CUTTING AND VERY SOON ARDMORE ELEMENTARY WILL ALSO HAVE A CLASSROOM. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CATCH UP TO HAVE BOTH. SO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND MY LAST SLIDE IS, SO LAST YEAR WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING, EQUITABLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD, KIND OF A CONSISTENT NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS AND BMPS, THROUGHOUT THE, THE NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND LOOKING AT THIS FACTOR. SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL, FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE ALREADY NOW THIS YEAR, WE HAVE NINE SCHOOLS THAT WERE STARTING UP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BMPS AND CLASSROOMS TO CONSTRUCT THOSE.

SO, WHICH IS ALSO EXCITING NOW TO HEAR KENDRA BIERMAN, MY COLLEAGUE, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH THE TREATING AND TEACHING PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, MY NAME IS KENDRA BIERMAN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. AND WE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE TEACHING ELEMENTS AND THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS. THANK YOU. SO MUCH, AS AN ORGANIZATIO, WE ARE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE ANACOSTIA RIVER. AND ALSO CONNECTING STUDENTS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL NATURAL RESOURCE THAT IS THE RIVER AND SURROUNDING WATERSHED. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CONNECTING STUDENTS TO THOSE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS WELL AS, TOOL TOOLKITS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, WHICH ARE BEING CREATED, SO WE REALLY DO AIM FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FACILITIES MANAGERS OF OUR SCHOOLS TO GAIN AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF STORMWATER, STORMWATER RUNOFF AND THE THREATS THAT IT POSES TO LOCAL WATERWAYS, WATERWAYS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AND THIS PROGRAM DOES INVOLVE BOTH BOTH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AS WELL AS STUDENT SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT STORMWATER MITIGATION, AS WELL AS CLIMATE CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE REALLY TWO CORE ELEMENTS. ONE, WE CALL OUR STORMWATER 101 SESSION. THIS IS A CONVENING OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE BRING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS OF THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER, AND THIS DURING THIS SESSION, THE TEACHERS GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM. BASICALLY ALL THE ELEMENTS FROM DESIGN OF THE BMP TO DESIGN OF THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS A TAKE HOME KIT OF LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN BRING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM, FOCUSED ON STORMWATER MITIGATIO.

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ANOTHER ELEMENT, AND PERHAPS ONE OF OUR MOST CRUCIAL ELEMENTS IS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WE WORK TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT THE TEACHERS ARE PREPARED TO USE THESE ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOL SPACE, BUT ALSO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO REALLY CRUCIAL INFORMATION THAT CORRELATES TO THE IMPACT OF THOSE BMPS. AS WELL AS HOW THEY CAN USE THEIR OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACES. SO THE ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY PROVIDES STORMWATER AND WATERSHED INTRO CLASSES FOR ALL OF THE NEW SCHOOLS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE PROGRAM, WHERE OUR EDUCATORS ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, AND PROVIDE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES WITH THE STUDENTS FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS STORMWATER, HOW DO WE BEST MITIGATE IT, AND WHAT DO THOSE BEST PRACTICES LOOK LIKE IN YOUR SCHOOL SPACE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING WATERSHED? IN ADDITION, WE COORDINATE FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE ANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY IS JUST ONE OF THE FIELD TRIP PARTNERS THAT WE COORDINATE WIT. CHESAPEAKE. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS PROGRAM FEE COVERAGE FOR STUDENTS TO GO OUT AND REALLY GAIN MORE HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE REALM OF STORMWATER AND WATERSHED WATER. WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN SKILLS TO BE PREPARED TO POTENTIALLY ENTER THE GREEN GREEN CAREERS PATHWAYS THAT WE REALLY DO WANT STUDENTS TO BECOME EXCITED ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROGRAMING, AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW ELEMENT OF THE PROGRAM. LAST YEAR WE REALLY INTRODUCED ALL OF THESE FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE 36 FIELD TRIPS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND THAT TO 60 FIELD TRIPS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE SUPPORT IS THE STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE SUMMIT. THIS IS A SUMMIT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND IT'S COORDINATED BY THE SCHMIDT CENTER, THE WILLIAM S SCHMIDT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER. AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WE WORK TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AS WELL AS HANDS ON OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS BOAT TOURS. AGAIN, TO GET STUDENTS OUT IN, OUT ON THE RIVER AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS IS ALSO A SPACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SHARE THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS, AND THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS ALSO LED BY STUDENT LEADERS ACROSS THE MANY HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY CORE ELEMENT THAT WE PROVIDE IN THIS PROGRAM IS ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM SUPPORT. SO WE WANT THIS TO BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS WHERE TEACHERS ARE GETTING EXCITED. STUDENTS ARE LEARNING MORE AND ALSO BECOMING INTERESTED IN THESE GREEN CAREER PATHWAYS LIKE I MENTIONED. AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS THROUGH MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT CAN THEN THAT CAN THEN BE CONTINUOUSLY USED IN THE CLASSROOM SPACE. SO LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE PROVIDED AND VIRUS GATE MODELS, WHICH ARE WATERSHED MODELS TO ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE TEACHING BIOGEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS. AND NOW THOSE MODELS ARE BEING ACTIVELY USED IN THAT CURRICULUM. WE ALSO PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL GO GREEN GRANTS TO ANY TEACHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN REALLY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GREENING OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THEIR STUDENTS, SUCH AS VEGETABLE GARDENS, NATIVE PLANT GARDENS, OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY FOCUS IN ON ON ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY. SO SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT EFFORT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF IMPACT THROUGH 2024 AND

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AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY PASS IT OVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS KENDRA.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE DOING A LOT HERE IN SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND FOR ME, EVERY DAY WHEN I DROP MY SON OFF AT FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL, MR. DJANGO THERE IS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE DEVICE THERE. AND FOR, FOR ME TO NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S DOING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNEW THAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, WE ARE THIS COMING YEAR, INCREASING THE CONNECTION WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT THAT DO THIS WORK ARE ARCHITECTS, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, OUR, CONTRACTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY CAN THEY KNOW STUDENTS WILL KNOW THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THEY THEY LOOK LIKE THEM. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE, COHORT OF PEERS HERE. OUR STAFF AND OUR CONTRACTORS ARE VERY DIVERSE AS MR. ROWLAND JONES MENTIONED, WE SPEND ABOUT 78% OF OUR MONEY IN THE SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS, LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN THE COUNTY. SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO BID YOU ALL GOOD. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AND SO AS THE LIGHTS POP ON, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SAY IS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE AWARENESS OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING THAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. IT'S ALWAYS SO EXCITING, TO, TO SEE HOW THE IMPACT IS BEING MADE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO QUESTIONS. REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS, 2.5 MINUTES TOTAL, FOR YOUR QUESTION AND A RESPONSE, OUR FIRST WE WILL GO TO DOCTOR ZAPPA. MILLER I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS AS A SCIENCE EDUCATOR, FORMER SCIENCE SUPERVISOR HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. I LIVED THE DREAM TO SEE AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND TO SEE THIS IS SO EXCITING. THIS GIVES OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT LEARNING SPACES ARE NOT LIMITED TO AN INDOOR, TO AN INDOOR SPACE. BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT MAKES THE CURRICULUM RELEVANT TO THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE LEARNING SCIENCE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND I THINK ONE OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS SAID IT. AND THEN INTRODUCING THEM TO A CAREER PATH ALL IN ONE. I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WE WOULD HAVE TO SCHEDULE THEM TO TRY TO GET THEM TO THE WILLIAM SCHMIDT CENTER AND MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IN THE FIFTH GRADE GOT THERE. NOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUST GO INTO THEIR BACK, THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL, TO AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME VISIT ONE OF THEM. SO I WANT TO SCHEDULE A VISIT TO ONE OF THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE MAP JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AND I WAS LOOKING ON THE WRONG SIDE AND I WAS LIKE, THERE ARE NONE IN DISTRICT FIVE. AND BUT THEY ACTUALLY FIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE IT. THANK YOU AND KUDOS FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. YOU'RE SO WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE TO BOARD MEMBER ESTRADA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO, TO SONIA WILLIAMS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO, THANK ALL OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN WORKGROUP, THAT THAT, A FEW OF YOU WERE EXPERTS TO HELP GUIDE OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SECTION OF THE PLAN, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. AND WE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BASE OF THIS PLAN INCLUDED 5 OR 6 REALLY KEY AREAS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS PART, CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP WAS ABSOLUTELY, ACKNOWLEDGED AS THAT THAT BASE, MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, THERE SEEMED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COUNTY FUNDING, THAT MANY PROJECTS WERE DONE AND IT WOULD SEEM LIKE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE PROJECTS ARE MOVING AT THAT SAME PACE. I WAS WONDERING IF WHAT IS THE FUNDING MECHANISMS TO SAY DOUBLE THESE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. THE FUNDING SOURCE IS STILL THE SAME. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS THE FUNDING. THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO, MANEUVER THE HOW WE DISTRIBUTE

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WHEN I WAS A STUDENT COMING THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND TO SEE THAT OPPORTUNITY STILL, HAPPENING IS AN AMAZING IS AN AMAZING THING. AND NOW, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN EVEN DISTRICT SEVEN TO NOT DO, YOU KNOW, ONE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THREE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IN TOTAL. AND I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD BETTER PARTNER WITH CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIPS TO TIE INTO THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING. MAYBE GRANT DOLLARS WERE ALREADY PULLING DOWN IN THOSE CASES, SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE SPIN OFF MEETING JUST TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP AND GET SOME SYNERGY AROUND THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PARTNER, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION. IF WE COULD ADD, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AS ANOTHER PARTNER, WE CAN PURSUE OTHER GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE TO EVEN EXPAND THE PROGRAM FURTHER. THERE IS A GAP, AS YOU SAW, BETWEEN WHERE WE HAVE THE BMPS, THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DEVICES, AND WHERE WE HAVE CLASSROOMS. OUR GOAL CURRENTLY IS TO REDUCE THAT GAP, AND WE WILL. OUR ATTEMPT IS TO BUILD THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE DEVICES, BUT ALSO IMMEDIATELY GO INTO, LEARNING ABOUT THOSE DEVICES. THERE HAS BEEN A GAP BETWEEN WHEN WE FINISHED THE DEVICE AND WHEN CLASSROOMS ARE BUILT. WE'RE TRYING TO NOW REDUCE THAT GAP AND BUILD THEM TOGETHER SO THEY CAN SEE THE FULL CYCLE OF DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN LEARN HOW THESE DEVICES ARE ARE USEFUL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE. YEAH, I THINK TYING INTO THAT FULL LIFE CYCLE WOULD BE BE GREAT. BUT THANKS. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. OKAY ABSOLUTELY, LET'S RECOGNIZE OUR SMOB JAMAL JUNCO. HI, MISS WILLIAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW. I ACTUALLY KNOW YOUR SON. YES, I KNOW, YEAH. WE'RE CLASSMATES, GREAT. GREAT INDIVIDUAL, I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT, I ACTUALLY AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE, OH, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE, PRESENTATION.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF WISH THAT I'M ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JOIN THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M A SPECIALTY STUDENT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET AS MUCH TIME TO BE IN, LIKE, BIOGEOCHEMICAL OR, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SEE OUTSIDE AS MUCH. BUT I DO SEE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT IN MY SCHOOL. AND I CAN SAY IT IS WORK AND IT'S EFFECTIVE. STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT. AND I ACTUALLY WANTED TO KNOW, HOW DO HOW DOES YOUR TEAM PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, GET MORE SCHOOLS INVOLVED INTO THIS PROGRAM? IS THERE LIKE A SPECIFIC STRATEGY OR MARKETING SITUATION, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT. SO I'M GOING TO BRING MISS KENDRA UP TO SPEAK ON IT. BUT OUR, WE HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE WHAT THEY CALL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS. TYPICALLY URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO BE EQUITABLE ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL. AND SO I'M GOING TO BRING MISS KENDRA UP TO SPEAK A LITTLE FURTHER ON THE SELECTION OF SCHOOLS. YEAH, I WILL FIRST, JUST ECHO THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT IS A PRIMARY FOCUS OF OURS IN REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHICH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, A DECENT AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY OPPORTUNITY AND WHICH MAYBE ARE NOT. BUT I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS IN DIRECT CONNECTION, DIRECT CONNECTION WITH PG, CPS. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MR. DONALD BELL OF THE SCIENCE OFFICE, AND THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET AN INSIDE VIEW OF

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YEAH, MY PLEASURE. AND RECENTLY WE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF ALL THE REMAINING SCHOOLS AND WE'RE TRYING TO RANK THEM BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REQUIREMENT. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LOCATIONS THAT ARE DEFICIENT WITH THE CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU STAYING AND YOU GIVING THAT PRESENTATION TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY COLLEAGUES, WE ARE MOVING STEADILY AND WE ARE

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RED RIBBON WEEK 15.6. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH 15.7. APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION FOR THE 2425 PGK SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING PLAN FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 25. 15.8 APPROVAL OF THE FY 25 COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. 15.9 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 14 DASH 24 PROVIDE VOICE AND DATA INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 1510 FISCAL YEAR 2024 FINAL OPERATING BUDGET TRANSFER 1511 RATIFICATION OF THE SEIU LOCAL 400 CONTRACT AND THEN FINALLY 15.12 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT RFP, RFP 009 DASH 24 SERVICES FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 15.1 THROUGH 15.12 WILL BE ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.

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