The Board of Education’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12. The Board will meet in person at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The Starkey Building is located at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata.

Public forum for this meeting will be held in a hybrid format of both in-person and virtual speakers. Registration is required for any speaker who wants to provide comments virtually. Virtual speakers must register by 4 p.m., Monday, May 11. Click here to register for virtual public forum. Late virtual registrations will not be accepted.

Any public forum speaker interested in providing comments to the Board in person should register on Tuesday, May 12, by 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet for in-person speakers will be located outside of the boardroom. Public forum speakers must adhere to the rules outlined on the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) website.

The following is a tentative meeting agenda and subject to change.

Executive session – 11 a.m.

Call to order – 1 p.m.

• Pledge of Allegiance. 

Reports of officers/boards/committees

• Superintendent’s update.
• Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update.
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal (AFSCME) update.
• Elementary Retention Policy update.
• Project Citizen update.
• Blueprint update.
• Correspondence/Board member updates.

Recognition – 4 p.m.

• Recognitions
  • Student Liaisons to the Board.
  • Student Member of the Board of Education.
• Resolutions
  • CCPS Principal of the Year.
  • Caribbean American Heritage Month.
  • Diversity and Inclusion.
  • LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. 
• Recognitions
  • Students.
  • Staff.

Public forum – 6 p.m.

• Virtual speakers must register by 4 p.m., Monday, May 11.
• In-person speakers must register by 6 p.m. May 12. 

Unfinished business

New Business and Future Agenda Items

• New business.

• Future agenda items.

Action items

• Minutes.
• Personnel.

Adjournment 

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,904 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 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 Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. 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).