MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
OF HOWARD COUNTY

10910 Clarksville Pike
Ellicott City, MD 21042










December 20, 2011
04:00 p.m.


1. OPENING ITEMS
A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. PUBLIC FORUM
Note: The Board looks forward to hearing constructive comments from a maximum of five citizens on educational issues at the beginning of each session of the regular meetings. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. Topics excluded from Public Forum are any that are provided a formal hearing process, such as a specific policy, budget, or boundary line proposal. Due to confidentiality requirements, a private appointment should be made with the Superintendent and/or the Chairman to discuss negative personnel issues.
C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2. REPORTS
A. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
B. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORT (Long Reach HS)
C. BOARD MEMBERS’ REPORTS

3. CONSENT AGENDA (Restricted*)
A. Staff Personnel
B. Bids and Contracts
C. Closed Minutes

4. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Donations
B. Minutes

5. PERSONNEL AGENDA
A. *Appointments and Promotions

6. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA
A. Proclamation: Designating January 2012 as Maryland Reading Month
B. *Elementary School #41 Construction Documents Report
C. Middle School Student Resource Officers’ Passages Program
D. *Dorsey Building License Agreement
E. *FY 2012 State Budget Supplementary Appropriation
F. Class Size Report
G. Quarterly Agenda, January-March 2012

7. APPOINTMENT
A. Community Advisory Council

8. ADJOURNMENT


Agenda is subject to approval.


*Under Section 3-701 of the Education Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the Student Member may not vote on these matters. Passage of a motion by the Board on these matters requires the affirmative vote of four (4) Board members.

To access the agenda and supporting documents through Board Docs, go to: www.hcpss.org --> Board of Education --> Board Docs