PRESENTATION OF 2 BID CALENDAR ITEMS
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County of upcoming bid solicitations.
Bid 19C15, Design Build for Fire Alarm System at Glade Elementary School
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The intent of this solicitation is to replace the fire alarm system at Glade Elementary School to bring the existing system up to local code and ADA standards.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kim Miskell, CSBO, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Tony Ray, Project Manager III, Construction Management
RFP 19MISC11, Stop Loss Insurance
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The intent of this solicitation is to establish a contract to provide stop loss insurance (referred to as Excess Risk Insurance) to pay eligible medical claims that exceed a “cap” for current employees and retirees (under the age of 65).
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kim Miskell, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Tim Thornburg, Director, Human Resources
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County that Frederick County Public Schools will be riding the above contract from Baltimore County Public Schools.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This contract will be utilized for the purchase of new portable classrooms as needed to accommodate the projected enrollments for the 2019 – 2020 school year.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins CPPB, CSBO, CPCP, Purchasing Agent
Tony Ray, Project Manager III, Construction Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County that Frederick County Public Schools will be riding the above contract from Keystone Purchasing Network.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This contract will be utilized for the purchase of portable classrooms as needed to accommodate the projected enrollments for the 2019 – 2020 school year.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins CPPB, CSBO, CPCP, Purchasing Agent
Tony Ray, Project Manager III, Construction Management
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County that Frederick County Public Schools will be riding the above contract from Montgomery County Public Schools.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This contract will be utilized for electronic live scan fingerprinting and associated services for Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kimberly Miskell, CSBO, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Timothy Thornburg, Director of Human Resources
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff would like to inform the Board of Education of Frederick County that Frederick County Public Schools will be riding the above contract from Howard County Public Schools.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: This contract will be utilized for the purchase of an automated workforce absence management solution system for the Human Resources Department.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kimberly Miskell, CSBO, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Timothy Thornburg, Director of Human Resources
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, 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 with a qualified consultant to provide a classification tool that can be used to evaluate new and existing positions.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Kim Miskell, CSBO, Assistant Purchasing Manager
Tim Thornburg, Director of Human Resources
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, 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 purchase of school bus tires through the School Bus Program and Maryland State Price Program offered by Bridgestone.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Shane Ryberg, Purchasing Agent
Joseph Iannuzzi, Fleet Maintenance Manager, Transportation
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, 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 to renew the contract for printing services, materials, and delivery of printed materials as specified to Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Bill Meekins CPPB, CSBO, CPCP, Purchasing Agent
Michael Doerrer, Director of Communications, Community Engagement & Marketing
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, 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 to renew the contract for the installation of hand soap and hand sanitizer dispensers and the purchase of hand soap and hand sanitizer refills for Frederick County Public Schools.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Shane Ryberg, Purchasing Agent
John Carnahan, MBA, FMP, Custodial Services Manager
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, 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 to renew the contract with qualified school bus/motor coach contractors to provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation services to students for educational and extracurricular programs.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Shane Ryberg, Purchasing Agent
Fred Punturiero, Director of Transportation
SUBMITTED BY:
Stephen P. Starmer, C.P.M., CSBA, Purchasing Manager
Leslie R. Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: Staff will share updates on Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) administration and will seek the Board’s decision on administration for the 2019-20 school year. Staff is recommending that census administration occur at any elementary school accessing grant funds or expanding Pre-Kindergarten to full day.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Local Boards of Education (BOE) were given authority to decide on how KRA is administered in each county. In 2017-18, the BOE decided that census administration (administered to all kindergarten students) would occur at three schools accessing Judy Center grant funds. In 2018-19, the BOE approved additional schools if they receive grant funds. The remaining schools would administer to a sample of students in each kindergarten classroom.
PROCESS STATEMENT: Staff is bringing this topic forward for the annual decision for the Board.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Cathy Nusbaum, Coordinator, Early Childhood Education
Kevin S. Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin S. Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation
Mike Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: The Ombuds is presenting the Mission, Vision, and Goals of the Office of the Ombuds for Board review and discussion.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: The Office of the Ombuds Policy (Policy 107) was adopted November 14, 2018. The Ombuds position was filled April 16, 2019.
The Office of the Ombuds is being established and standard operating procedures are being created, as well as the Vision, Mission, and Goals for the Office.
PROCESS STATEMENT: During the presentation, the Ombuds will share the Vision, Mission, and Goals created, discuss wording and clarify intent. Will return for Board action at a future Board meeting.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S): Sabrina Nail, Ombuds
SUBMITTED BY: Sabrina Nail, Ombuds
In accordance with Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, General Provisions Article § 3-305(b), (1) the Board will meet in Closed Session at 4:30 pm in Conference Room 5A to consider matters related to personnel.
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: To recognize Ms. Allyson Golightly as the recipient of the 2019 Charles E. Tressler Distinguished Teacher Award.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Ms. Golightly is a successful and highly respected teacher at Butterfly Ridge Elementary. She has served in a variety of schools and grade levels. In all of her work, she shows genuine love for children which she conveys each day to her students. Not only has she fostered a classroom environment that allows students to become risk takers, she co-teaches a widely popular afterschool club focusing on physical fitness and coding. At the same time, she has nurtured strong professional relationships with colleagues; her work inspires other dedicated teachers. Ms. Golightly continues to grow professionally; she is currently working towards her Master’s degree at Hood College.
The late Samuel Eig of Gaithersburg, Maryland established the Charles E. Tressler Award to recognize Dr. Tressler, a Giles professor emeritus of early childhood education who taught at Hood College from 1964 to 1990. Dr. Tressler chaired Hood’s education department for 18 years and served on the school’s graduate school council for 12 years. The Tressler Award is presented annually to honor distinguished teaching in Frederick County Public Schools. It recognizes an FCPS teacher who has had a significant impact on young people. Hood College formally presented Ms. Golightly with her award during its graduate school reception on May 15, 2019.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: To seek Board of Education approval of a $50,000 grant from the Battelle National Biodefense Institute, LLC (BNBI) to support Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: BNBI has been a proud partner with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) in STEM education since 2009. It shares our vision and sense of priority for STEM education. Since 2009, BNBI has donated $433,000 to FCPS that has helped to provide a firm foundation for our STEM programming and has greatly enhanced STEM opportunities for FCPS students both during and after school. In addition to financial contributions, BNBI employees have generously volunteered their time to support FCPS STEM activities. The interactions that our students have with workplace professionals are motivating and inspiring students and provide real-world relevance to their classroom studies.
BNBI’s grant of $50,000 would be used to provide mini-grants to FCPS schools to fund school-based innovative STEM initiatives. In anticipation of Board of Education approval, information about the BNBI mini-grant opportunity was shared with all FCPS schools in March. A total of 26 proposals were submitted to the FCPS STEM Coordinator in April. A joint FCPS-BNBI review team jointly scored the proposals. Based on the merit of these applications, FCPS and BNBI jointly propose to fund the below mini-grants, pending Board of Education approval. This is the second year the STEM innovation grant has been offered to Frederick County Public Schools.
|
School |
Title of Project |
Amount Awarded |
|
Ballenger Creek Elementary |
STEM Explorers for Grades K-2 |
$5,000 |
|
Ballenger Creek Middle |
Project Lead the Way: Medical Detectives |
$1,869 |
|
Hillcrest Elementary |
Coding in PreKindergarten |
$5,000 |
|
Middletown Elementary |
Access for All |
$5,000 |
|
Monocacy Elementary |
Coding for Kids |
$5,000 |
|
Monocacy Elementary |
Student S.T.E.M Stations |
$5,000 |
|
Oakdale High |
Vernier LabQuest 2 |
$5,000 |
|
Rock Creek School |
Rock Creek Gets Coding! |
$5,000 |
|
Thurmont Elementary |
Emphasizing Student Practices in Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) & Makerspace Opportunities |
$5,000 |
|
Thurmont Primary |
Thurmont Primary School Robotics Lab |
$5,000 |
|
Tuscarora High |
Large Poster Printer to Facilitate Research Projects & Presentations |
$3,131 |
Acceptance of this $50,000 grant from BNBI does not obligate FCPS to expend additional local resources.
PROCESS STATEMENT: N/A
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Erin Landsman, Teacher Specialist, STEM
Dr. George Korch, President, Battelle National Biodefense Institute
Brian Gaudet, Communications Director, Battelle National Biodefense Institute
Jamie Saynuk, Sample Processing Manager, Battelle National Biodefense Institute
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction & Innovation
Michael Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
In accordance with Maryland’s Open Meetings Act, General Provisions Article § 3-305(b),(1) the Board met in Closed Session at 4:30 pm in Conference Room 5A to consider matters related to personnel.
The Board welcomes and encourages public comment. With the exception of confidential and personnel related matters, and issues pending in appeals to a local or State Board, 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: Requesting Board of Education (BOE) approval of the contraceptive kit for instruction in Health education in 8th and 9th grades. We are providing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Advocates for Youth as additional information. Advocates for Youth will provide the funding for the kit.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Working to Institutionalize Sexuality Education (WISE) is a national initiative that supports schools in implementing quality, sex education in order to prepare our nation's youth for life-long health and well-being. Sex education is part of the Family Life and Human Sexuality standards in the comprehensive health education essential curriculum. The WISE agreement will provide FCPS teachers with professional development and materials to implement approved objectives. COMAR 13A.04.18.01 requires school systems to provide additional training for teachers responsible for Family Life and Human Sexuality. WISE will provide secondary schools with a contraceptive kit as an instructional material to support contraceptive instruction.
PROCESS STATEMENT: The Family Life Advisory Committee (FLAC) reviewed the secondary health education curriculum and reviewed how teachers address contraceptives. FLAC members requested FCPS staff liaisons locate resources to improve contraceptive instruction as well as model opportunities for male condoms. A sample contraceptive kit was located and FLAC reviewed the contraceptive kit on March 19, 2019. The kit was approved with a vote of 11 for, 0 against, and 1 abstention.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Brian Griffith, Curriculum Specialist, Secondary Health and Physical Education
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation
Mike Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION:
To seek Board approval of the recommendation by the PreKindergarten Curriculum Review Committee to use Opening a World of Learning (OWL).
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
During the 2017–2018 school year, a committee convened to review curriculum materials for PreKindergarten. Two programs were field tested during the 2018-2019 school year. The PreKindergarten Curriculum Review Committee reconvened in April 2019 to finalize their recommendation for future utilization.
PROCESS STATEMENT:
The PreKindergarten curriculum review was presented to the Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) committee on May 9, 2018. PreKindergarten Curriculum Review
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Cathy Nusbaum, Coordinator, Early Childhood Education and Judy Center
SUBMITTED BY:
Kevin Cuppett, Ed.D., Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation
Mike Markoe, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION: The Board of Education (BOE) will discuss the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020) Operating, Self-Insurance Fund, Food and Nutrition Services and Capital Fund Budgets.
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY: Staff will provide preliminary budgets for the Self-Insurance, Food and Nutrition Services and Capital funds. The budgets are scheduled to be approved at the special BOE meeting on Wednesday, June 5 at 9:00 a.m.
At the May 8th BOE meeting, the Board approved the budget as submitted. In a subsequent motion, the Board approved an addition of $300,001 designated for intervention services. The FY2020 operating budget now has a variance of $300,001.
Tonight, the Board is to consider additional changes to the operating budget. Actions will be taken at this meeting to balance the FY2020 Operating Budget. Final approval of the FY2020 Operating Budget is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at a special BOE meeting.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Heather Jo Clabaugh, Budget Officer
SUBMITTED BY:
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION:
At the request of the Board of Education of Frederick County (BOE), staff returns with additional data concerning a proposed change to the fee structure for use of facilities (see backup 1 and 2).
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
On April 10, 2019, staff presented initial information to the BOE regarding proposed changes to the current fee structure for use of facilities. The fee structure was last updated in July 2015. Staff returns with additional data to assist the BOE in their decision to revise the use of facility fee structure.
PRESENTER(S) & TITLE(S):
Paul Lebo, Chief Operating Officer
John Carnahan, Custodial Services Manager
Deborah L. Huffman, Use of Facilities Coordinator
Leslie Pellegrino, Chief Financial Officer
SUBMITTED BY:
Paul A. Lebo, Chief Operating Officer