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Howard County Operating Budget Review Committee met May 29.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

8:51 AM Approval of agenda and minutes– Debbie Engle

 Motion by L. Ramey second by T. Dennison to approve agenda, motion approved.

 Motion by T. Dennison, second by L. Ramey to approve meeting minutes of May 22, 2018

Discussion:

The OBRC continued editing the document that will be read to the BOE as part of the end of year report on June 21st.

The following was discussed:

 What should be said or can be reported in the document.

 Some committee members felt that the background sections could be eliminated. Decision to leave background in document.

 Committee needs more information: Correlation between years of teaching experience and newer vs older schools.

 School Management & Instructional Leadership and what are the values and choices: Concerns over low level electives, reduction of classroom size, deferred maintenance, salaries, implementation of live/digital instruction.

Motion by D. Engle, second by S. Duclos to approve School Management & Instructional Leadership section 1 as written.

Motion approved unanimously

Motion by D. Sheridan, second by N. Turner to approve School Management & Instructional Leadership section 2 as written. Motion approved unanimously

Next meeting:

 June 5, 2018, Central Office in room ML-2 at 8:45AM

 The OBRC will continue to meet until the year-end report is given (June 12th and June 19th.)

 Review and finalize recommendations for the June 21, 2018 report before the Boe.

Meeting adjourned 9:58AM

https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/AZFMTS5CD4FF/$file/05%2029%202018%20OBRCMinutes%20Approved.pdf