In accordance with Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, General Provisions Article § 3-305(b),(1), (9), the Board will meet in Closed Session at 2:00 p.m. in Conference Room 5A to consider a personnel appointment and to consider negotiation parameters with the Frederick County Administrative and Supervisory Association (FCASA), the Frederick Association of School Support Employees (FASSE), and the Frederick County Teachers Association (FCTA).
PRESENTATION OF 1 BID CALENDAR ITEM
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County of an upcoming bid solicitation.
BID 16M12, Security Surveillance Equipment
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The intent of this solicitation is to establish an indefinite quantities contract with authorized resellers for the purchase of surveillance equipment and incidentals.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Billie Laughland, Buyer Specialist
Cliff Cornwell, Supervisor, Security and Emergency Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff is presenting the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project Status Report for information only.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Attached for your information is a copy of the County requested “Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project Status Report” for the quarter ending March 31, 2016.
This report provides information concerning the financial status for all projects currently active with the construction fund, and for projects that are completed but have a remaining budget balance. The document lists the projects in three categories – major projects (new schools, major renovations and additions), systemic renovation projects and closed projects. Details concerning an individual project are available upon request. Please note projects solely funded by the State are excluded from this report.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Heather Jo Clabaugh, Accountant
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County that Frederick County Public Schools is riding the above contract from Prince Georges County Public Schools for the inspection, maintenance, repair and installation of stage curtain systems.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The contract was awarded to Luxout Stage Curtains of Richmond, Virginia. It is anticipated that purchases against this contract will be approximately $30,000.
The source of funding will be the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Billie Laughland, Buyer Specialist
Gary Barkdoll, Projects and Grounds Manager, Maintenance
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is to establish a contract for the printing services, materials, and delivery of printed materials as specified to Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Scott Bachtell, Buyer Specialist
Michael Doerrer, Director, Communication, Community Engagement & Marketing
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is to establish a contract for the replacement of site lighting at Monocacy Elementary and Emmitsburg Elementary Schools. The existing equipment will be updated to LED lamps for less electrical consumption.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins, CPPB, CPCP, Buyer Specialist
Tony Ray, Project Manager III
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is to establish a contract for a portable multi user toilet unit to accommodate student bathroom access for portables at Waverley Elementary School.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins, CPPB, CPCP, Buyer Specialist
Tony Ray, Project Manager III
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is to establish a contract to provide and install carpet and tile products in Frederick County Public Schools and offices.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins, CPPB, CPCP, Buyer Specialist
Gary Barkdoll, FMP, Manager of Maintenance Projects and Grounds, Maintenance Department
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached bid and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is to establish a contract for the replacement of roof sections and all associated work at Hillcrest and Myersville Elementary schools. Approximately, 23,308 square feet of roof section will be replaced at Hillcrest Elementary and 15,635 square feet at Myersville Elementary.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kim Miskell, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Brian Staiger, Senior Project Manager, Planning and Construction Management
Ryan Carter, Project Manager II, Planning and Construction Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract renewal and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is for the renewal of the contract to purchase various food products to be utilized by the Food and Nutrition Services within the Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Scott Bachtell, Buyer Specialist
Robert Kelly, Senior Manager Food and Nutrition Services
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached contract renewal and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is for the renewal of the contract for the purchasing of vehicle parts and supplies utilized by the Transportation Department for Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins, CPPB, CPCP, Buyer Specialist
Mark Maggitti, Fleet Maintenance Manager
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff has reviewed the attached partial contract renewal and recommends approval by the Board of Education of Frederick County.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This recommendation is for the renewal of the contract for the purchasing of vehicle parts for Bluebird buses to be utilized by the Transportation Department for Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins, CPPB, CPCP, Buyer Specialist
Mark Maggitti, Fleet Maintenance Manager
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff seeks approval of School Construction Budget Amendment #16-09.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Budget Amendment #16-09 recognizes the reversion of state funds for roof projects at Valley Elementary, New Market Elementary and Brunswick Middle. The projects are complete and have been closed with the state. No additional funds are required.
The level of state funds originally allocated for these projects by the State Public School Construction Program exceeded what was necessary to complete the project. State funding was reduced due to favorable bids received for the projects. The funds will be reverted to the state, and will be available for future FCPS projects.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Heather Jo Clabaugh, Accountant
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff seeks approval of School Construction Budget Amendment #16-10.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Budget Amendment #16-10 recognizes the decrease of state funding and the required increase of local funds to cover the deficit created by the decrease in state funding to close out the Linganore High School Replacement project. The decrease in state funds reflects the remaining contingency that was not used in the project. The state funds of $295,573 have been reverted to the state and used to fund FCPS projects.
The increase of $211,363 in local funds will be split by Frederick County Government and the remaining balances of the following FCPS projects: Technology Now, Thurmont Middle School Oil Tank, Walkersville High School Gym Bleacher Replacement, Urbana High School Track Resurfacing, Security Initiatives, Sabillasville Elementary School Water Storage Tank Replacement, New Midway Elementary School Water Storage Tank Replacement and Middletown Middle School Piping. The FCPS projects have been closed out and the remaining balances were local and available for transfer.
The Linganore High School Replacement project is closed with the state. This budget amendment will close the project with Frederick County and FCPS.
This budget transfer is consistent with terms and conditions for capital budget transfers included in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the County Commissioners and Board of Education dated May 30, 2013.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Heather Jo Clabaugh, Accountant
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff seeks approval of School Construction Budget Amendment #16-11.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Budget Amendment #16-11 recognizes the decrease of state funding and the required increase of local funds to cover the deficit created by the decrease in state funding to close out the North Frederick Elementary School Replacement project. The decrease in state funds reflects the recalculation of state funding and the remaining contingency that was not used in the project. The state funds of $1,607,008 have been reverted to the state and used to fund FCPS projects.
The increase of $1,129,171 in local funds will be split by Frederick County Government and the remaining balances of the following FCPS projects: Middletown Middle School Piping, Middletown High School Boiler, Middletown Elementary School Boiler and Cooling Tower, Glade Elementary School Chiller, Career and Technology Center Boiler and Oil Tank, Ballenger Creek Middle School Roof Top Unit Phase III, Myersville Elementary School HVAC Phase I, Myersville Elementary School HVAC Phase II, Myersville Elementary School Roof Replacement, Career and Technology Center Roof Replacement and Valley Elementary School Roof Replacement. The FCPS projects have been closed out, and the remaining balances were local and available for transfer.
The North Frederick Elementary School Replacement project is closed with the state. This budget amendment will close the project with Frederick County and FCPS.
This budget transfer is consistent with terms and conditions for capital budget transfers included in the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the County Commissioners and Board of Education dated May 30, 2013.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Heather Jo Clabaugh, Accountant
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION:
In accordance with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) Regulation #200-06 Change Orders to Construction Projects, staff is requesting approval of the following credit change orders regarding the Frederick High School replacement project:
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
During the final phase of design and upon receipt of bids, FCPS staff, the design team, contractors and construction manager exerted a collaborative effort to explore value engineering (VE) initiatives to reduce the construction cost of this facility. The effort has proven to be fruitful, and to-date has resulted in identifying approximately 50 items resulting in potential credit change orders anticipated to total over $2 million in savings. (Credit change orders reduce the amount of a contractor’s contract amount based on a negotiated reduction in scope of work or materials of construction). The credit change orders presented today amount to $412,110.00. Our intention is to present the individual credit change orders to the Board of Education of Frederick County (BOE) as they are ready for processing.
Examples of cost savings include the following: reduction in gypsum wallboard assemblies, more simplistic ceiling assembly details, reduction in protective pipe and duct materials for installations over 8’ above finished floor elevation, change in seismic rating and associated mechanical assemblies, deleted requirement for gas piping in some instructional areas, deletion of extraneous data and electrical receptacles in certain instructional areas, etc.
PROCESS STATEMENT:
Although staff is confident that the bulk of the VE initiatives have been identified, this effort will be ongoing. It is important to understand that since the project is funded on a cost sharing basis between state and local funding sources (64% state and 36% local), any credits received will also be shared between the county and state at the same percentages. Therefore, 64% of any credits must be returned to the state funding authority.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Brian Staiger, Senior Project Manager, Construction Management
Roger Fritz, Director, Construction Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Ray Barnes, Chief Operating Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION:
The purpose of the Accelerating Learning for All Students presentation is to provide the Board of Education of Frederick County an update on Frederick County Public Schools’ (FCPS) continued efforts to enhance services for students struggling to learn. This particular presentation focuses primarily on Phase II initiatives that will accelerate the learning of students with disabilities.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
At the onset of the 2014-2015 school year, FCPS staff, with the support of an outside consultant, began to examine and seek feedback from stakeholders regarding services and programming provided to students struggling to learn. Based on this work, FCPS initiated Phase II of the project which sought to gain additional information and feedback through reconvened focus and work groups. A particular emphasis was placed on improving elementary literacy services as well as speech and language services. In addition, FCPS began the reorganization of its special education department with the aim of increasing its efforts on improving instructional outcomes and strategies for students.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Carol Breeze, Supervisor of Child Find and Speech Language Services
Christie Flayhart, Secondary Supervisor of Instructional Programs
Dr. Keith Harris, Executive Director of Accelerating Achievement and Equity
Dr. Mike Markoe, Deputy Superintendent
Dan Martz, Director of Special Education and Psychological Services
Karen McGaha, Curriculum Specialist for Elementary Language Arts
Carmen Working, Elementary Supervisor of Instructional Programs
SUBMITTED BY:
Mike Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: The Board convened a subcommittee consisting of Liz Barrett, Colleen Cusimano, and April F. Miller to develop draft language regarding students who choose not to participate in testing mandated by the State of Maryland or the Maryland State Department of Education (required by the State or Federal government). The draft language below is offered in consideration of an amendment (addition to) Board Policy 511. The Board will be discussing wording proposals from last meeting as well as information related to MSDE declaratory judgement.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Draft Language to Amend Policy 511:
Refusals to participate in State- or Federally-mandated assessments, either by parents who refuse on behalf of their students or by students themselves using their typically used mode of communication (including assistive devices), shall be honored. without question. No FCPS employee shall encourage (or discourage) parents or students to take State- or Federally-mandated tests. Students or parents who refuse shall be treated respectfully and consistently with test-takers.
Students who refuse State- and Federally-mandated assessments must be provided an alternative educational activity in their schools. Activities may vary school-to-school.
PROCESS STATEMENT:
SECOND READING
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Liz Barrett, Board Member
Colleen Cusimano, Board Member
April F Miller, Board Member
A musical selection entitled, "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa, as performed by the Windsor Knolls Middle School 8th Grade Band under the direction of Peter Skopek.
In accordance with Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, General Provisions Article § 3-305(b),(1), (9), the Board will meet in Closed Session at 2:00 p.m. in Conference Room 5A to consider a personnel appointment and to consider negotiation parameters with the Frederick County Administrative and Supervisory Association (FCASA), the Frederick Association of School Support Employees (FASSE), and the Frederick County Teachers Association (FCTA).
The Board welcomes and encourages public comment. With the exception of confidential and personnel related matters, individuals may speak about matters relating to the school system. If individuals have specific concerns relating to the actions of staff members, such concerns may be communicated to the superintendent who will address the concern with the appropriate staff or if the concern is about the superintendent an individual may share that concern with the Board through written or private verbal communication.
If you are speaking as an individual you have up to 3 minutes and I ask that when the buzzer goes off that you complete your thoughts. On behalf of an organization you have up to 5 minutes.
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: To recognize and honor Frederick County Public School (FCPS) Pupil Personnel Workers (PPWs).
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Pupil Personnel Workers (PPWs) are certified professionals trained to assess student needs, serve as student advocates and facilitate or provide appropriate services. They recognize that behaviors such as absenteeism, disruption and disrespect, as well as dysfunction in the family, can prevent students from achieving their academic potential. PPWs value the role families play in student success. As a result, they encourage family and school communication by promoting family involvement in the educational process. PPWs also work to ensure equitable and consistent implementation of student-related laws, regulations, school policies and procedures.
PROCESS STATEMENT: Ms. Kathleen Hartsock, director of Student Services will introduce Brian Vasquenza, principal of Monocacy Middle School, and each FCPS PPW.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Ms. Kathleen Hartsock, Director of Student Services
Brian Vasquenza, Principal of Monocacy Middle School
John Burau, Pupil Personnel Worker
Jim Corley, Pupil Personnel Worker
Amanda Furajter, Pupil Personnel Worker
Cindy Glass, Pupil Personnel Worker – not attending
Brenda Harne, Pupil Personnel Worker
Sharon Joseph, Pupil Personnel Worker
Heather Krystofiak, Pupil Personnel Worker
Susan Lorow, Pupil Personnel Worker
Tim Policastro, Pupil Personnel Worker – not attending
SUBMITTED BY:
Tracey Lucas, Executive Director of School Administration & Leadership PreK-12
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: To recognize and celebrate the 35th Annual High School Academic Tournament season, and to honor those whose contributions made it a success.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Urbana High School placed first at this year’s High School Academic Tournament Championship. Finishing a close second was Frederick High School, with defending champion Middletown High School placing third.
Urbana High School Coaches: Mr. Mark S. Kavanaugh and Mrs. Barbara Tarrant-Coleman
Urbana Team Members: Danyal Ahmed, Jarod Armstrong, Navneeth Babra, Liv Brady, Yahya Cheema, Jackie Chen, Dinakar Chappa, Aniket Devgun, Ethan Ebert-Zavos, Trevor Ellis, Ezeki Ganesan, Aravind Ganeshan, Sirad Hassan, Akhil Kapoor, Omkar Konaraddi, Katherine Li, Max Li, Mukesh Loganathan, Jasper Merry, Rishub Nahar, Megan Nellis, Sam Ogaitis, Sriniket Rachuri, Keshav Ramanathan, Pierina Santa Maria, Pratulya Santharam, Dave Tandy, Micah Tsoi, Siddhartha Vanam, Victor Wang
In addition, moderator of the Academic Tournament, Mr. Tom Kollai, English teacher at Walkersville High School, will be recognized for his outstanding performance in his second year as Master of Ceremonies.
This year’s “Chuck Thomas Award” for contributions to the success of the 2016 Academic Tournament goes to Ms. Cheryl Peters, administrative secretary for Advanced Academics. According to Mr. Diaz, throughout the years Ms. Peters has been his main contact with Frederick County Public Schools, the one who reminds him of upcoming events and advocated for schools to procure new signs for display during the Academic Tournament events.
PROCESS STATEMENT: N/A
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Nick Diaz, Coordinator, High School Academic Tournament
Kelly Misner, Assistant Coordinator and Webmaster
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Frederick County Public School seeks approval of the Bike and Walk to School Day Proclamation (see backup 1).
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The first-ever National Bike to School Day took place on May 9, 2012. 49 states and the District of Columbia have joined together to provide over 1,000 events to encourage children to safely bicycle or walk to school. This event builds on the popularity of Walk to School Day which is celebrated around the world each October. May 4, 2016 has been designated as International Bike and Walk to School Day.
The event promotes:
Parkway and Lincoln Elementary Schools participated with activities from May 2-4 (video). The following students from these elementary schools will read the proclamation:
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Holly Nelson, Facilities Planner
SUBMITTED BY:
Ray Barnes, Chief Operating Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION:
In accordance with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) Regulation #200-06 Change Orders to Construction Projects, staff is requesting approval of the following credit change orders regarding the Frederick High School replacement project:
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
During the final phase of design and upon receipt of bids, FCPS staff, the design team, contractors and construction manager exerted a collaborative effort to explore value engineering (VE) initiatives to reduce the construction cost of this facility. The effort has proven to be fruitful, and to-date has resulted in identifying approximately 50 items resulting in potential credit change orders anticipated to total over $2 million in savings. (Credit change orders reduce the amount of a contractor’s contract amount based on a negotiated reduction in scope of work or materials of construction). The credit change orders presented today amount to $412,110.00. Our intention is to present the individual credit change orders to the Board of Education of Frederick County (BOE) as they are ready for processing.
Examples of cost savings include the following: reduction in gypsum wallboard assemblies, more simplistic ceiling assembly details, reduction in protective pipe and duct materials for installations over 8’ above finished floor elevation, change in seismic rating and associated mechanical assemblies, deleted requirement for gas piping in some instructional areas, deletion of extraneous data and electrical receptacles in certain instructional areas, etc.
PROCESS STATEMENT:
Although staff is confident that the bulk of the VE initiatives have been identified, this effort will be ongoing. It is important to understand that since the project is funded on a cost sharing basis between state and local funding sources (64% state and 36% local), any credits received will also be shared between the county and state at the same percentages. Therefore, 64% of any credits must be returned to the state funding authority.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Brian Staiger, Senior Project Manager, Construction Management
Roger Fritz, Director, Construction Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Ray Barnes, Chief Operating Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: As a result of direction provided by the Board at the February 24, 2016 BOE Meeting, FCPS staff worked with CCMPCS to develop annual performance targets for CCMPCS. During this presentation, these performance targets will be shared. In addition, CCMPCS is submitting a request for a waiver to their current lottery process to give priority weighting to native-Spanish speaking students. CCMPCS is seeking the Board’s consideration for approval on both of these items. Additionally, a revised charter agreement was sent to the charter operator, MMCI, for agreement. However, MMCI had recommended revisions to the agreement, on which they are seeking resolution.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: At the November 18, 2015, Board meeting, the Superintendent, Dr. Theresa Alban presented her recommendation regarding the renewal of the Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter School (CCMPCS) Charter. As a result of that discussion another Board meeting was scheduled on December 16, 2015. As a result of that discussion the charter agreement for CCMPCS was renewed for 4 years with the first year being probationary and the expectation that annual performance measures be met. In addition CCMPCS was to provide additional information regarding their school program going forward with a renewed agreement. This information was provided and discussed at the February 24, 2016 Board.
During the February 24, 2016 Board meeting, the Board further evaluated and discussed proposed changes CCMPCS would like to make to their school program. As a result of that discussion, it was the Board’s expectation that CCMPCS work with FCPS staff to develop annual performance targets by which CCMPCS will be measured annually. These targets will detail annual goals for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) that lead to students attending CCMPCS achieving FCPS average and like-school averages by the 2019-20 school year. A series of benchmark assessments to monitor progress toward these PARCC goals will also be established. Furthermore, an assessment for Spanish fluency will be established with mutual agreement from FCPS staff, and used to provide annual results to the Board. CCMPCS will apprise the Board of its progress towards these measures by December 2016.
Attachments:
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Dr. Keith Harris, Executive Director of Accelerated Achievement & Equity
Melissa Najera, President, MMCI
Amanda Erard, CCMPCS Governing Council Chair
Marilyn Horan, Principal, CCMPCS
SUBMITTED BY:
Dr. Keith Harris, Executive Director of Accelerated Achievement & Equity
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: The Board of Education will discuss their Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The Board of Education of Frederick County (BOE) submitted a $569.3 million requested budget to the County Executive on February 17, 2016. The request was $25.7 million above the required Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Funding required by the County Government. The Board Requested Budget has subsequently been updated to reflect:
These changes are reflected in Attachment A and reduce the variance between projected revenues and expenditures to $13.9 million.
The BOE will discuss and take action to balance the FY2017 Operating Budget at their May 11, 2016 BOE meeting. Final approval of the FY2017 Operating Budget is scheduled for the May 25, 2016 BOE Meeting.
Attached for reference is additional information requested by the BOE for this budget discussion.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: N/A
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for development and implementation of a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program.
A Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) is a multi-component approach by which schools use all opportunities available for students to be physically active, meet the nationally recommended daily 60 minutes of physical activity, and develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime.
Five schools will be selected to develop and implement CSPAP. Each school will develop a site-based vision for wellness, goals that support its wellness vision and activities that support these goals. In addition, FCPS will create a physical activity guide that includes opportunities for physical activity throughout the school day.
Grant funds will be used to support the work of wellness teams at the five schools in the form of workshop pay and substitute teachers ($9,000). A consultant will also be hired to train and support the work of the wellness teams ($10,000).
Acceptance of this $10,000 grant does not obligate FCPS to expend additional local resources.
PROCESS STATEMENT: N/A
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S): N/A
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director, Curriculum Instruction and Innovation
Michael Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: N/A
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) has been awarded a $5,000 Student Achievement grant from the National Education Association (NEA) to support social studies instruction at Linganore High School.
In September 2015, the Frederick County Board of Education approved a new high school pilot course, “September 11th to the Present.” This course, which will be offered at Linganore High School during the 2016-2017 school year, is designed to look at the root causes of the attack and how the United States has responded in the 15 years that followed.
Due to the contemporary nature of the course, there are no textbooks available. Students will rely almost entirely on primary source documents, including newspaper and magazine articles, films, blogs, research papers, websites, interactive timelines and maps, as well as posted video and documentaries. Because of the requirements of “fair-use” copyright law, almost none of these documents may be physically reproduced for this course. Accessing them electronically, however, is acceptable.
Grant funds will be used to purchase 40 Amazon Fire tablets, cases, screen protectors and headphones.
Acceptance of this $5,000 grant does not obligate FCPS to expend additional local resources.
PROCESS STATEMENT: N/A
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S): N/A
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director, Curriculum Instruction and Innovation
Michael Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent