The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County has added an item to its April 15, 2020, meeting agenda and will hear from Superintendent George Arlotto and members of his staff about changes in second-semester grading protocols brought on by the ongoing closure of schools in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Arlotto has been reviewing options to modify Administrative Regulation II-RA, Grading, to take into account lost instructional time, the current online learning program, and the flexibility needed to help ensure equity for students given varying levels of digital access.
Also at Wednesday’s meeting, Dr. Arlotto will discuss with the Board his plan to modify Administrative Regulation IIC-RA, Graduation Requirements, to reflect the impact the pandemic has had on the ability of members of the Class of 2020 to satisfy graduation requirements.
The Board will meet in a public session at 5:30 p.m. for the sole purpose of voting to immediately go into closed session, during which time it will discuss confidential matters as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act including, but not limited to, legal advice, personnel, and negotiations. Closed session is not open to the public. The public session of the meeting will resume at 7 p.m.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY SIGNUP PROCESS
To ensure the opportunity for public input at the meeting, the Board will accept written public comment for those items that appear on the agenda. Such comment can be sent via email to BoardOffice@aacps.org. or dropped off at the Parham Building, located at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis, by noon on Wednesday, April 15.
Testimony will be read into the record at the meeting and must be 250 words or less. Testimony longer than 250 words will be partially read into the record but the full version will be provided to the Board.
Testimony on any topic can also be submitted to the Board of Education via email at any time at BoardOffice@aacps.org.
A complete agenda for the meeting accompanies this news release. More information on agenda items will be posted on the AACPS website in the Board Docs section under the Board of Education tab. The Board may choose to change the order in which agenda items are heard to meet the Board’s needs. Unless changed by the Board, items will be heard in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
The general session of Wednesday’s Board meeting will be broadcast live on AACPS-TV, which can be found on Channel 96 on Comcast and Broadstripe, and Channel 36 on Verizon. High definition broadcasts can be seen on Channel 996 on Comcast, Channel 496 on Broadstripe, and Channel 1961 on Verizon.
The meeting can also be viewed live on the Internet here.
Archived videos of Board meetings can be found online here.
BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Board’s Policy Committees will also hold a virtual meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. The meeting is open to the public, but no public testimony will be taken.
The Policy Committee meeting will not be broadcast on Livestream or AACPS-TV. Those wishing to listen to the meeting should call 301-960-3676 and enter access code 843 671 361 followed by the pound/hashtag symbol.