Does anyone know what happened at the State Board of Education Meeting today?

[Anonymous]

I kept trying to listen in all day. First, they seem to have gone into a really long executive session (closed) and then I couldn't hear anything.

That was not an open meeting if the technology was such that the public could not listen in.

Anyone know what happened?

[Anonymous]

No decision about next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No decision about next week.

You are joking, right?

[Anonymous]

The board did end up voting to keep State Superintendent Karen Salmon at the helm. Salmon had announced she would step down in December.

[Anonymous]

When did the open session start?

[Anonymous]

The Maryland State Department of Education will ask the federal government for permission to not administer standardized tests this year, another indication that K-12 schools will remain shuttered beyond this week.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/coronavirus/state-department-of-education-seeking-to-skip-standardized-tests-this-year/

[Anonymous]

Does not bode well for distance learning when they can't even get the live stream to work for the meeting.

[Anonymous]

Lol! I can only imagine: overloaded servers, broken Chromebooks, porn, viruses, people trying to sell Chromebooks for cash, poor signals, etc. Good luck!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does not bode well for distance learning when they can't even get the live stream to work for the meeting.