1. Closed Session Approval - 8:30 a.m.
Subject
1.1 Acknowledgement of a Quorum
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
1. Closed Session Approval - 8:30 a.m.
Type
Discussion
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Subject
1.2 Resolution for Today's Closed Session
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
1. Closed Session Approval - 8:30 a.m.
Type
Action
File Attachments
Resolution for Closed Session.pdf (34 KB)
2. Opening of Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
Subject
2.1 Pledge of Allegiance
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
2. Opening of Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
Type
Action, Procedural
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Subject
2.2 Approval of the Agenda
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
2. Opening of Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
Type
Action
Recommended Action
Motion to approve the agenda as presented.
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Subject
2.3 Hispanic Heritage Month—September 15 through October 15, 2015
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
2. Opening of Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
Type
Action
Recommended Action
Approval of resolution.
File Attachments
Hispanic Heritage Mo.pdf (12 KB)
3. Human Resources and Development - 10:05 a.m.
Subject
3.1 Monthly Report
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
3. Human Resources and Development - 10:05 a.m.
Type
Action
Recommended Action
The Board of Education approves the monthly Human Resources and Development Report with its listings identifying new employees, employee resignations, and other employee status updates.
File Attachments
OHRD Rpt 150908.pdf (9 KB)
4. Public Comments - 10:10 a.m.
Subject
4.1 Batya Steinlauf
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
4. Public Comments - 10:10 a.m.
Type
File Attachments
Batya Steinlauf.pdf (45 KB)
5. Board/Superintendent Comments -10:40 a.m.
Subject
5.1 Board/Superintendent Comments
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
5. Board/Superintendent Comments -10:40 a.m.
Type
Information
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Subject
5.2 Board Committee Updates
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
5. Board/Superintendent Comments -10:40 a.m.
Type
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6. Item for Discussion - 11:10 a.m.
Subject
6.1 Oral Update on the Opening of Schools
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
6. Item for Discussion - 11:10 a.m.
Type
Discussion
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7. Items of Action - Board Policies - 11:40 a.m.
Subject
7.1 Tentative Action: Policy IKA, Grading and Reporting
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
7. Items of Action - Board Policies - 11:40 a.m.
Type

During the September 8, 2015, Board meeting, Board Member Philip Kauffman, on behalf of the Board's Policy Management Committee, offered the following resolved for the Board's consideration:

 

Resolved, That the Board of Education endorse the interim superintendent's recommendations for the High School Final Examination Plan as detailed in his July 14, 2015, memorandum, that includes the following:

 

(1) For the 2015-2016 School Year:  Semester 1: No changes

 

(2) For the 2016-2017 school year and beyond:  Semesters 1 and 2:  Two hour centrally developed final exams will be replaced with centrally developed in-class assessments embedded in the curriculum and collected during each marking period to demonstrate student progress; High school exam week with half-days and 2-hour exams is eliminated; and classes will continue on a full day schedule. 

File Attachments
Policy IKA Tentative Action.pdf (1,626 KB)
Subject
7.2 Tentative Action: Policy IDA, School Year Calendar
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
7. Items of Action - Board Policies - 11:40 a.m.
Type
Action
File Attachments
Policy IDA Tentative Action.pdf (591 KB)
8. Lunch and Closed Session - 12:30 p.m.
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Subject
9.1 Contracts of $25,000 or More
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
Contracts 25K or More 150908.pdf (69 KB)
Subject
9.2 Consultant Appointment—Civil Engineering Services for Artificial Turf Installation at Somerset Elementary School
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
Consult Appt Civil Eng Servcs Somerset ES Turf.pdf (10 KB)
Subject
9.3 Consultant Appointments—Environmental Studies for Various Projects Extension
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
Consult Appt Environmental Studies Ext.pdf (15 KB)
Subject
9.4 Utilization of the Fiscal Year 2015 Provision for Future Supported Projects
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
Utilize FY15 Future Supp Proj 150908.pdf (35 KB)
Subject
9.5 Utilization of the Fiscal Year 2016 Provision for Future Supported Projects
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
Utilize FY16 Future Supp Proj 150908.pdf (33 KB)
Subject
9.6 Fiscal Year 2016 Supplemental Appropriation Request for Technology Modernization
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
9. Consent Items# - 1:30 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
File Attachments
FY16 Supp Approp Tech Mod.pdf (17 KB)
10. Items of Information - 1:35 p.m.
Subject
10.1 Legal Fees Report
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
10. Items of Information - 1:35 p.m.
Type
Information
File Attachments
Legal Fees Rpt 150630 .pdf (50 KB)
Subject
10.2 Construction Progress Report
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
10. Items of Information - 1:35 p.m.
Type
Information
File Attachments
Construct Prog Rpt 150831.pdf (27 KB)
11. Items for Discussion/Action - 1:40 p.m.
Subject
11.1 Preliminary Plans Presentation—North Bethesda Middle School Addition Project
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
11. Items for Discussion/Action - 1:40 p.m.
Type
Action, Discussion
File Attachments
Prelim Plans N Bethesda MS.pdf (1,578 KB)
Subject
11.2 Preliminary Plans Presentation—Richard Montgomery Cluster Elementary School #5 (Hungerford Park Site) Project
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
11. Items for Discussion/Action - 1:40 p.m.
Type
Action, Discussion
File Attachments
Prelim Plans RM Cluster ES.pdf (4,331 KB)
12. Item for Discussion - 2:20 p.m.
Subject
12.1 Teacher Workforce Diversity Initiative Update
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
12. Item for Discussion - 2:20 p.m.
Type
Discussion
File Attachments
Tchr Workforce Div Update.pdf (51 KB)
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Subject
13.1 Future Closed Session Resolution
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Type
Action (Consent)
Recommended Action
That the Board declare a closed session for the next business meeting.
File Attachments
Future Closed Session.pdf (13 KB)
Subject
13.2 Report of Previous Closed Session
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Type
Action
Recommended Action
That the Board approve the report of the last closed session meeting.

A correction was made to the Report of Previous Closed Session, and the revised document has been attached.  The vote for Board Appeal No. 2015-19 has been changed to unanimous among those present.

File Attachments
Report of Closed Session.pdf (46 KB)
Revised Report of Closed Session.pdf (45 KB)
Subject
13.3 Minutes for the July 27, 2015, Work Session
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Type
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Subject
13.4 Informational Summary for the August 20, 2015, Meeting
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Type
File Attachments
Subject
13.5 New Business
Meeting
Sep 8, 2015 - Business Meeting Agenda
Category
13. Board of Education Items - 3:55 p.m.
Type
Information
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14. Adjournment - 4:00 p.m.