Board of Education meeting Aug 21 2025
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Anonymous
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The website says "note time change"
What time will the meeting actually start? Agenda: 1. Call to Order - 1:00 p.m. 1.1 Acknowledgement of a Quorum 2. Closed Session Approval 2.1 Resolution for Today's Closed Session REVISED This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 3. Celebration - 2:15 p.m. 3.1 Get Ready for Kindergarten Month 4. Opening of Meeting - 2:30 p.m. 4.1 Approval of the REVISED Agenda 5. Appointments - 2:31 p.m. 5.1 Administrative Recommended Appointments 6. Public Comments - 2:45 p.m. 6.1 Bill Qian 6.2 Leul Dawit This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.3 Mohamed Benmansour 6.4 Laasya Sripathi This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.5 Jainavaneeth Kumarashankar This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.6 Christine Handy 6.7 David Stein 6.8 Dorigen Hofmann 6.9 Catherine Stocker 6.10 Jack Thirolf 6.11 Rodney Peele 6.12 Makida Hailemariam This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.13 Daniel Legacki 6.14 Donald Klees This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.15 Amy Ackerberg-Hastings This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.16 Gopal Kailad This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.17 Brigid Meyer 6.18 Suzan Jenkins This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.19 Meghan Gudelsky This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 6.20 Amelia Lancaster This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7. Consent Items - 3:45 p.m. 7.1 Procurement Contracts of $25,000 or More This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.2 Expenditure Authorization to Enter into Contracts of $25,000 or More This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.3 Contract Approval for Bid No. 9140.4, Miscellaneous Foods—Extension This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.4 Contract Approval for Request for Proposal No: 070924-SCC, Office Supply and Workplace Catalog Solutions This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.5 Contract Approval for Bid No. 7094.7, Aftermarket Automotive Parts—Extension This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.6 Contract Approval for Bid No. 7242.1, Parts for Lenovo Chromebook Repair and Maintenance—Extension This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.7 Award of Contract—Crown High School (New) Project Phase II This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.8 Change Order Over $100,000—Charles W. Woodward High School Reopening Project This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.9 Utilization of the Fiscal Year 2026 Provision for Future Supported Projects This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.10 Appointment to Defined Contribution Investment Committee—403(b)/457(b) Retirement Savings Plan This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.11 Human Resources and Talent Management Monthly Report This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.12 International Overdose Awareness Day This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.13 National Recovery Month This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.14 National Suicide Prevention Week This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.15 International Literacy Day This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.16 Hispanic Heritage Month This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.17 National Arts in Education Week This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.18 National School Parent Group Appreciation Day This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.19 Future Closed Session Resolution This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 7.20 Report of Previous Closed Session This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 8. Action Items - 3:55 p.m. 8.1 Association Agreement -- Agreement for the School Years 2025–2028 between Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals (MCAAP) and Board of Education of Montgomery County, Rockville, Maryland This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 8.2 Adoption of Legislative Platform 8.3 Mentoring by Example College and Career Academies, Business Learning Institute Charter School -- Request for Adjustment to Target Enrollment 9. Recess - 5:10 p.m 10. Discussion Items - 5:40 p.m. 10.1 Secondary Program Analysis and Boundary Studies Community Engagement Plan Update (oral discussion) This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 10.2 Framework for Prioritizing Capital Projects This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 11. Informational Items - 7:25 p.m. 11.1 Legal Fees Report This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 11.2 Minority-, Female-, or Disabled-owned Business Procurement Year-to-Date Report for Fiscal Year 2025 through June 30, 2025 This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 11.3 Construction Progress Report This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. 11.4 Informational Summary for the July 24, 2025, Business meeting 12. Adjournment - 7:30 p.m. |
Anonymous
| Item 7.11 human resources and talent management. What does this include? Will they discuss backlog of employee background checks at this meeting? |
Anonymous
It's just a consent item for the board to approve. "The monthly human resources and talent management report provides a summary and status update of new employees, employee resignations, employee terminations, and employee retirements of Montgomery County Public Schools" |
Anonymous
| "a summary and status update of new employees......employee terminations.." Sounds like they should be talking about whether those new employees will be verified and reasons for terminations of mcps employees? |
Anonymous
Any discussion about particular employees would happen during the closed session. This agenda item is just for them to approve receiving the report. |
Anonymous
| Just tuning in. Anything good from the public comments portion? |
Anonymous
| More parliamentary fumbling on the contract voting with this board. How are these people allowed to fail this badly over and over again? |
Anonymous
| The woman responsible for reading out and explaining the board's legislative priorities is painful to listen to. Is there no one else within the BOE ecosystem who is competent and capable that could've done this job? |
Anonymous
 She's fine. It's literally her job.
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Anonymous
She's not, but if you're happy with this BOE I know your standards are low. |
Anonymous
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What does the MBLI resolution that did not get a vote mean? MBLI asked to increase their enrollment for this school year from 250 to 290, Taylor recommended voting to deny the resolution, but no one on the board was willing to put a motion on the table to vote on the request.
So does this essentially mean the BOE denied the request without voting to deny the request? |
Anonymous
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A favor to ask of those of you who follow this stuff ....
I work with a group of boy scouts that are required to attend (can be virtually) a meeting of the school board, county council, etc., at which different viewpoints on an issue are discussed and then report to me on them. I'm constantly looking for good/interesting opportunities for them. Did anything interesting happen today that might be good for teens to listen to and discuss, especially if they are not already deeply into the MCPS politics? Most of them are MCPS students so this stuff does affect them. Thank you!!! |
Anonymous
Maybe they can explore this system’s commitment to antagonizing their constituents. |
Anonymous
So as a Scout parent, the point of them attending the meeting is for them to learn government, community engagement. BOE meetings are a perfect way for them to learn this since, as you said, the decisions of the BOE directly affect them, if they're MCPS students. That being said, it's a crap shoot as to which meetings will be "interesting" to them, since it depends on the scout, their level of interest in local politics and the particulars of the meeting agenda that they happen to sit on. |
Anonymous
Are you running in the next election? |