Board to meet May 9 for regular meeting

Charles County Public Schools

May 3, 2023

The Board of Education’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9. The Board will meet in person at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The Starkey Building is located at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata.

Public forum for this meeting will be held in a hybrid format of both in-person and virtual speakers. Preregistration is required for any speaker who wants to provide comments. Virtual speakers must register by Monday, May 8, at 4 p.m. Click here to register for virtual public forum. Late virtual registrations will not be accepted. Any public forum speaker interested in providing comments to the Board in person should register on Tuesday by 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet for in-person speakers will be located outside of the boardroom.

Public forum speakers must adhere to the rules outlined on the school system website.

The following is a tentative meeting agenda and subject to change.

Executive session – 11:30 a.m.

Call to order – 1 p.m. 

  • Pledge of Allegiance.

  • Recognition of student state winners.

  • Recognition of 2022-2023 student liaisons.

  • Recognition of Pupil Personnel Worker Week Proclamation.

Superintendent’s update

Reports of officers/boards/committees

  • Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update.

  • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update.

  • FY2023 budget change.

  • Project status update.

  • Educational Facilities Master Plan update.

  • Phoenix International School of the Arts (PISOTA) update.

  • Blueprint update.

  • Calendar SY 2024-2025: community input.

  • Update on 2023-2024 approved school calendar.

Unfinished business

New business and future agenda items

  • New business.

  • Future agenda items.

Recognition – 4:30 p.m.

  • Resolution

    • Washington Post Principal of the Year Awards program – Carrie Richardson, principal, Mary H. Matula Elementary School.

  • Students

  • Staff

  • Ruth Ann Hall scholarship awards

Public forum – 6 p.m.

Reports of officers/boards/committees

  • Board member correspondence.

Action items

  • Minutes.

  • Personnel.

  • Textbooks: Heritage Speaker Course (Spanish) Part II and History.

  • FY2023 budget change.

Adjournment

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).