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Board to meet Oct. 11 for regular meeting

The Board of Education’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11. 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. Preregistration is required for any speaker who wants to provide comments virtually. Virtual speakers must register by 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10. 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 by 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet for in-person speakers will be located outside of the boardroom.

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

Executive session – 11:30 a.m.

Call to order – 1 p.m.

Superintendent’s update

Reports of officers/boards/committees 

  • Board Member correspondence
  • Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update
  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update
  • FY2022 Independent Financial Audit
  • Achieving Academic Excellence for African American Boys
  • Superintendent’s rules & regulations update
  • Project status update
  • Blueprint for Maryland’s Future update
  • 2023 legislative positions
  • Amendments to Policies #9120, #9335 and #9340
  • School calendar

Unfinished business

New business and future agenda items

  • New business
  • Future agenda items

Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

  • Resolutions:
    • American Education Week – Sean Heyl, EACC president; Dawn Pipkin, Unit 1 UniServe director; and Sarah Burch, AFSCME Local 2981.
    • American Freedom Week – Cadet Christian Kotvis, sophomore, Thomas Stone High School, Army; Cadet Lt. Commander Lance Yorio, senior, La Plata High School, Navy; Cadet Christina Hunter, senior, North Point High School, Air Force; and Cadet 2nd Lt. Kennedy Butler, senior, St. Charles High School, Marines.
  • Students
  • Staff

Public forum – 6 p.m.

  • Virtual speakers must preregister by 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10.
  • In-person speakers can sign up on site by 6 p.m. the day of the Board meeting.

Action Items

  • Minutes
  • Personnel
  • FY2023 Comprehensive Maintenance Plan

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 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).