The Board of Education’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. To maintain social distancing and safety guidelines, the Board will meet virtually. The meeting will stream live on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website, www.ccboe.com and air on Comcast Channel 96 and Verizon Fios Channel 12. CCPS will rebroadcast the meeting as well as post it on CCPSTV under the Board meeting tab at ccboe.com.
The Board has opened virtual Public Forum for interested community members. Public Forum is at 6 p.m. Speakers must register in advance, have an active email and Zoom account. Speakers can register by completing the form linked here, or by calling 301-932-6610 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and asking for Natalie Willett. Registered speakers will receive a meeting invitation link the day of the Board meeting and should plan to join the meeting at 5:55 p.m. Speakers will be called on by name and given three minutes to provide comments. Deadline to register is 12 p.m., Feb. 9.
Board meetings are streamed live on the school system website at www.ccboe.com. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.
Executive session – 11:30 a.m.
Call to order – 1 p.m.
Superintendent’s update
Reports of officers/boards/committees
Unfinished business
New business and future agenda items
Recognition – 4:30 p.m.
Public Forum – 6 p.m.
Action items
Adjournment
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).
The Board has opened virtual Public Forum for interested community members. Public Forum is at 6 p.m. Speakers must register in advance, have an active email and Zoom account. Speakers can register by completing the form linked here, or by calling 301-932-6610 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and asking for Natalie Willett. Registered speakers will receive a meeting invitation link the day of the Board meeting and should plan to join the meeting at 5:55 p.m. Speakers will be called on by name and given three minutes to provide comments. Deadline to register is 12 p.m., Feb. 9.
Board meetings are streamed live on the school system website at www.ccboe.com. The following is a tentative meeting agenda and is subject to change.
Executive session – 11:30 a.m.
Call to order – 1 p.m.
- Pledge of Allegiance
Superintendent’s update
Reports of officers/boards/committees
- Correspondence/Board Member updates
- Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update
- Student Board Member update
- Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) update
- Superintendent search
- Reopening of schools: Deputy Superintendent Amy Hollstein; Dr. Dianna Abney, health officer, Charles County Department of Health; and Amber Starn, epidemiologist, Charles County Department of Health
- Overview of student Board Member staff
- Project status update
- Facility funding task force
- FY 2022 operating budget
- Legislative update
Unfinished business
New business and future agenda items
- New business
- Suspension of Board policies
- Future agenda items
Recognition – 4:30 p.m.
- Resolutions: Read Across Charles County; Women’s History Month; and Fine and Performing Arts Month.
- 2021 Legislative Pages
- 2020 Support Staff Award honorees: James Earl Swann, building service manager, La Plata High School; Richard Day, computer analyst III, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building and North Point High School; Dana Steffe, food service manager, Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School; and Gary Cook, building controls system technician, CCPS maintenance shop
- Students/Staff: La Plata High School; Piccowaxen Middle School; and Berry, Dr. Thomas L. Higdon and Eva Turner elementary schools
Public Forum – 6 p.m.
Action items
- Minutes
- Personnel
- FY2022 proposed operating budget
Adjournment
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).