Board of Education Meeting Agenda for February 11, 2003
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TENTATIVE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE Revised 2/10/03 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND OPEN SESSION Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:30 P.M.-Closed Session, 7:30 P.M.-Open Session Educational Support Services Building I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE II. SILENT MEDITATION IN REMEMBRANCE III. AGENDA Consideration of the agenda for Tuesday, February 11, 2003 IV. MINUTES Consideration of the open and closed session minutes of January 14, 2003 Exhibit A V. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT VI. RECOGNITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT FROM (Mr. Grimsley) JANUARY 28, 2003 VII. REPORTS A. Report on Proposed Revisions to Telecommunications Policies (Mr. Boone) and Rules 4006 and 6166 (First Reading) (Ms. Curtis) Exhibit B B. Budget Work Session Review (Ms. Burnopp) Exhibit B-1 VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Consideration of consent to the following personnel matters: (Mr. Grimsley) 1. Retirements Exhibit C 2. Resignations Exhibit D 3. Leaves of Absence Exhibit E 4. Deceased Exhibit F B. Consideration of consent to the following contract awards: (Ms. Burnopp) (Mr. Gay) 1. Contracted Services: Burner PM, Installation, and Repair Exhibit G Board of Education February 11, 2003 Open Session Agenda Page 2 VIII. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) 2. Contracted Services: Regulated Waste Processing and Disposal 3. Custodial Floor Care Products C. Consideration of consent to the following Building (Building Committee) Committee recommendations: 1. Bus Loop Canopy – Pikesville Middle School Exhibit H 2. Fee Acceptance – Design Services for Renovation Projects – Exhibit I Deer Park, Hernwood, Sandy Plains, Timber Grove, and Winfield Elementary Schools 3. Fee Acceptance – Design Services for Renovation Projects – Exhibit J Owings Mills, Wellwood, and Westowne Elementary Schools 4. Fee Acceptance – Design Services for Major Maintenance Exhibit K Renovation Projects – Logan, Pinewood, Red House Run, and Seneca Elementary Schools 5. Request to Negotiate – On-Call Reroofing Design Services – Exhibit L Various Schools 6. Construction Manager at Risk – Maiden Choice School Exhibit M 7. Increase Contingency Allocation – Sandy Plains Elementary Exhibit N School 8. Change Order – Design Services for Science Room Exhibit O Renovations – Woodlawn High School D. Consideration of Resolution for Scheduling of Athletic Events (Mr. Teplitzky) (exhibit to follow) Exhibit P E. Consideration of school legislation (exhibit to follow) (Dr. Poff) Exhibit R IX. INFORMATION Minutes of the Southwest Area Educational Advisory Council meeting, Exhibit S January 15, 2003 X. ANNOUNCEMENTS Next Board Meeting Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:30 P.M. Greenwood TENTATIVEMINUTES BOARDOFEDUCATIONOFBALTIMORECOUNTY,MARYLAND Tuesday,January14,2003 TheBoardofEducationofBaltimoreCounty,Maryland,metinopensessionat3:55p.m. atGreenwood.PresidentDonaldL.ArnoldandthefollowingBoardmemberswerepresent: Ms.SarahD.Bormel,Ms.PhyllisE.Ettinger,Mr.JohnA.Hayden,III,Dr.WarrenC.Hayman, Ms.JeanM.H.Jung,Mr.MichaelP.Kennedy,Mr.JamesR.Sasiadek,Mr.SanfordV. Teplitzky,andMr.JamesE.Walker.Inaddition,J.RobertHa ines,Esquire,Deputy SuperintendentforBusinessServices,andstaffmemberswerepresent. InadditiontotheabovelistedBoardmembers,alsoinattendancewereMargaret -AnnF. Howie,Esquire,LegalCounseltotheSuperintendent;CarolSaffran -Brinks,AssistantCounty Attorney,andMs.DeniseZepp,AdministrativeAssistanttotheBoardofEducation. TherecordwasopenedinHearingExaminer’sCase#01-38.TheAppellantdidnot appear,andtheBoardvotedtodismissthecase.Therecordwasclosedat 4:02p.m. Mr.Grzymskienteredtheroomat4:15p.m. OnmotionofMr.Walker,secondedbyMs.Ettinger,theBoardvotedtopermitSarah Bormeltoparticipateindiscussionsrelativetonegotiations. At4:55p.m.,Mr.SasiadekmovedtheBoardgointoclosedsessiontodiscusspersonnel matters,consultwithcounseltoobtainlegaladvice,consultwithcounselaboutpotential litigation,andtodiscussmattersrelativetonegotiationspursuanttotheAnnotatedCodeof Maryland,StateGovernmentArticle, §10-508(a)(1),(a)(7),(a)(8),and(a)(9).Themotionwas secondedbyMr.KennedyandunanimouslyapprovedbytheBoard. CLOSEDSESSIONMINUTES Mr.Grimsleyreviewedtheappointmentontonight’sagenda. Mr.GrimsleyandMr.CapozziprovidedBoardmembersastatusreportonnegotiations. Ms.Saffran -BrinksadvisedtheBoardofaproposedsettlement. Ms.Saffran -Brinksofferedlegaladviceonamatterdealingwithpotentiallitigation. At5:52p.m.,Mr.Sasaiadekmovedtoadjourntheclosedsess ionforabriefdinnerrecess. ThemotionwassecondedbyMr.KennedyandapprovedbytheBoard. TheBoardhostedmembersoftheCitizensAdvisoryCommitteeforSpecialEducation fordinner. BoardofEducation January14,2003 OpenandClosedSessionMinutes Page2 OPENSESSIONMINUTES TheBoardofEducationofBaltimoreCounty,Maryland,reconvenedinopensessionat 7:33p.m.atGreenwood.PresidentDonaldL.ArnoldandthefollowingBoardmemberswere present:Ms.SarahD.Bormel,Ms.PhyllisE.Ettinger,Mr.ThomasG.Grzymski,Mr.JohnA. Hayden,III,Dr.WarrenC.Hayman,Ms.JeanM.H.Jung,Mr.MichaelP.Kennedy,Ms.Janese Murray,Mr.JamesR.Sasiadek,Mr.SanfordV.Teplitzky,andMr.JamesE.Walker.In addition,Dr.Joe A.Hairston,SuperintendentofSchools;staffmembers;membersofvarious civic,employee,andcommunityorganizationswerepresentaswasthemedia. PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE TheopensessioncommencedwiththePledgeofAllegiancetotheFlag,whichwasle d byRyanSpeigle,agraduateofPikesvilleHighSchool,andaperiodofsilentmeditationfor thosewhohaveservededucationintheBaltimoreCountyPublicSchools. MINUTES Hearingnoadditionsorcorrectionstotheopenandclosedsessionminutesof December 3,2002,Mr.Arnolddeclaredtheminutesapprovedaspresentedonthewebsite. Mr.ArnoldinformedtheaudienceoftheprevioussessionsinwhichBoardmembershad participatedearlierintheafternoon. SUPERINTENDENT’SREPORT Dr.HairstonannouncedthattheEssex -MiddleRiverChamberofCommercerecognized anumberofschoolsonthecounty’seastsidelastFridaynight. Dr.HairstonalsorecognizedBoardPresidentDonaldArnoldastherecipientofthe ValuedHoursAwardbytheFullwoodFoundationthispastSaturdaymorning. RECOGNITIONOFAPPOINTMENTS Mr.GrimsleyrecognizedArleneFleischmann,whoseappointmenttoDirectorofthe DepartmentofProfessionalDevelopmentwasapprovedattheDecember17th meeting.Mr. GrimsleyalsorecognizedAmandaAdelaideRodriguesSmith,whoseappointmenttothe SouthwestAreaEducationalAdvisoryCouncilwasalsoapprovedonDecember17th .Ms. PhyllisEdmondswasalsorecognized.HerappointmenttoEEOandComplianceOfficerwas approvedNovember18th. OLDBUSINESS OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyDr.Hayman,theBoardapprovedtherevisions toPolicy3121–Funds. BoardofEducation January14,2003 OpenandClosedSessionMinutes Page3 OLDBUSINESS(Cont.) OnmotionofMr.Ke nnedy,secondedbyMr.Walker,theBoardapprovedtherevisions toPolicy3123–Reporting. OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyMr.Walker,theBoardapprovedtherevisions toPolicy3131–ExternalAudit. OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyMr.Walker,theBoardapprovedtherevisions totheBlueprintforProgress . Mr.KennedythankedMs.JohnsandMs.Audetteforthepositivewaychangesand suggestionswereimplementedafterrecentBoardmeetings. Mr.Teplitzkystatedthe Blueprintwillgu idetheBoardinpolicydecisionsandin reviewingthebudget. REPORT TheBoardreceivedthefollowingreport: PresentationoftheProposedOperatingBudgetfortheBaltimoreCountyPublic SchoolsforFiscalYear2004—ThetotalgeneralfundrequestforFY2004is $856,900,741,a6%increaseoverFY2003.HighlightsoftheSuperintendent’s budgetproposalinclude: Expandinghalf -daykindergartenprogramstofull -dayat10elementary schools, Reducingthestudent-teacherratioinallK-2classrooms, Tw o(2)FTE’s,materials,andotherresourcesforthedevelopmentof identifiedgiftedandtalentedchildrenin20TitleIschools, Highqualityprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesforspecial education,mathematics,andtechnologyteachers, Anincreaseinthehourlyratesforeveninghighschoolteachers, Stepincreasesforemployees,and ImplementationofanArmyJROTCprogramatPatapscoHighSchool. Mr.ArnoldannouncedtheBoardwouldconductapublichearingontheproposed budgetonJanuary29th andconductaworksessiononFebruary4th .Therewillbe anadditionalopportunityforpubliccommentattheFebruary11th meetingwitha voteexpectedonFebruary26th . SeveralBoardmemberssuggestedtheinclusionofsalaryincreasesfor employees.Mr.Grzymskisuggestedlookingattheissueofreimbursement. BoardofEducation January14,2003 OpenandClosedSessionMinutes Page4 REPORTS(Cont.) Dr.Haymannotedthedifficulteconomictimeswefaceandstatedtheschool systemwill needtodomorewithless. Mr.ArnoldthankedtheBoardandstafffortheirhardworkinpreparingthe budgetrequest.Dr.Hairstonrecognizedthestaffmemberswhoworkedto developthebudget. PERSONNELMATTERS OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedby Ms.Ettinger,theBoardapprovedthepersonnel mattersaspresentedonExhibitsG,H,I,J,andK.(Copiesoftheexhibitsareattachedtothe formalminutes.) CONTRACTAWARDS Mr.Teplitzkypulleditem2.OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyMr.Wal ker,the Boardapproveditems1and3. 1. Diplomas,DiplomaCovers,andCertificates 3. Moving/RelocatingModularClassrooms Item2 OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyMr.Walker,theBoardapproveditem2.Mr. Teplitzkyabstainedfromdiscussi onandvotingonthisitem. 2. LeasingPortableModularClassrooms CONTINGENCYINCREASE OnmotionofMr.Kennedy,secondedbyMr.Sasiadek,theBoardagreedtoanincrease inthecontingencyforthemajormaintenancerenovationprojectatChadwickEl ementary School. REVISEDFISCALYEAR2004STATEANDCOUNTYCAPITALBUDGETREQUEST Mr.TeplitzkymovedapprovaloftheRevisedFiscalYear2004StateandCountyCapital BudgetRequest.ThemotionwassecondedbyMr.Kennedy. WithrespecttoFeatherb edLaneElementarySchool,Mr.Kennedyinquiredaboutthe planfortheroad.Dr.Krempelnotedthatthisworkappearsonpage2atacostof$225,000. BoardofEducation January14,2003 OpenandClosedSessionMinutes Page5 REVISEDFISC ALYEAR2004STATEANDCOUNTYCAPITALBUDGETREQUEST