The Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Aug. 12 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building on Radio Station Road in La Plata. The public portion of the meeting begins at 11 a.m. Public forum and student recognition are not scheduled in August; however, both segments resume at the September meeting. The meeting is televised live on Comcast Channel 96 and rebroadcast throughout the week. A Channel 96 Broadcast guide is available at http://www2.ccboe.com/publicinfo/channel96/.

Agenda
Executive session – [Pursuant to’10-503(c) and ’10-508(a)(1), (a)(7), (8)and (9) of the State Government Article] – 9:30 a.m.
Call to order – 11 a.m.
– Pledge of Allegiance
Superintendent’s update to the Board
Reports of officers/boards/committees
Correspondence/Board Member updates
•    What Counts update, Kitty Blumsack of Maryland Association of Boards of Education
•    Board priorities update
•    Education Association of Charles County update
•    Preparation for fall sports
•    CIP update
•    State Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) 2010
•    Review of Bridge to Excellence
•    Summer Opportunities – Bridge Summer Program
•    Classified pension plan documents
•    Staffing update
•    Recurring resolutions:
— Health Careers Month, American Education Week, American Freedom Week, Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader, African American History Month, Career and Technical Education Week, National School Counseling Week, Read Across America, Women’s History Month, Fine and Performing Arts, Month of the Young Child, National Student Leadership Week, Teacher Appreciation Week, Administrative Professionals’ Week, Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week, National Physical Education and Sport Week,  Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, Charles County Teacher of the Year and Employees’ Retirement
Unfinished business
New business and future agenda items
Action items
•    Minutes
•    Personnel
•    Ethics regulation amendment
Adjournment – 3:30 p.m.