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The board voted to approve the human resources report and five board policies; unanimously approved one-year and multiyear instructional purchases and renewals for elementary and secondary programs; authorized a $1.2 million consortium food-service contract and approved a centralized surveillance server purchase for district camera storage. Board members recorded the approvals by voice vote during the meeting; no roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript.

The policy approvals included a rewritten homeless-students policy to align with McKinney-Vento guidance, amendments to the district policy on administering medication to students, updates to home-and-hospital teaching, a new student-registered-offender policy reflecting April 2024 state updates, and a new student-telehealth policy cited to the Maryland Education Article §4-143.

Board members also approved several curriculum and instructional purchases brought by district supervisors:
- A one-year renewal of the elementary social studies program My World Interactive (Savvas) with a stated fiscal impact of $96,423.80 charged to the FY26 operating budget.
- Licenses and materials for reading intervention programs (HMH Reading Interventions Code and Read180) with a fiscal impact of $59,665.73 from the FY26 operating budget.
- A one-year purchase of i-Ready/MyPath math individualized pathways for middle school with a fiscal impact of $80,195.00 from the FY26 operating budget.
- An eight‑year adoption of Experience Chemistry (Savvas) for high school chemistry classes totaling $53,508.80 (budgeted in the operating budget).

The board approved continuing to piggyback on the Maryland Shore Educational Food Service Consortium contract (Sysco and related vendors), which the board described as covering most food-service purchasing for the district; the administration presented a $1,200,000 fiscal impact figure tied to the food-service operating budget. The board approved a centralized surveillance camera server (5.67 TB usable storage) to provide a minimum 30-day redundant retention for district buildings; that purchase was presented with a fiscal impact of $72,641.00 from FY25 local CIP funds. The board also approved a contract with AlphaBEST Education Inc. to continue before- and after-school care at several elementary sites; the administration reported no fiscal impact to the district (parent-paid program).

Several presenters explained budget placement and rationale. For example, the administration said the social-studies renewal was a one-year extension to allow piloting of alternatives next year; reading- and math-intervention purchases were described as recurring annual needs tied to fluctuating student counts and state literacy requirements; the chemistry adoption noted cost savings due to existing classroom supplies and semesterized course licensing. The surveillance-server purchase was presented as a one-time capital buy to centralize district video storage and provide redundancy for individual school servers.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting transcript):
- Human resources report — Motion made and seconded; voice vote \"Aye\"; outcome: approved. (Transcript reference: motion at 1982.74–1990.60.)
- Policies: Policy 502 (Administering medication to students); Policy 513 (Education of homeless students — McKinney‑Vento update); Policy 516 (Home and hospital teaching); Policy 535 (Student registered offenders; reflects April 2024 state update); Policy 536 (Student telehealth; Maryland Education Article §4‑143) — Motion made and seconded at 2254.39–2272.03; voice vote \"Aye\"; outcome: approved. (See provenance below.)
- Elementary social studies renewal (Savvas My World Interactive) — Motion made and seconded at 2463.30–2477.72; fiscal impact $96,423.80, FY26 operating budget; outcome: approved.
- Reading-intervention materials (HMH Code and Read180) — Motion made and seconded at 2665.17–2687.69; fiscal impact $59,665.73, FY26 operating budget; outcome: approved.
- i-Ready/MyPath math licenses (middle school) — Motion made and seconded at 3012.35–3024.28; fiscal impact $80,195.00, FY26 operating budget; outcome: approved.
- Experience Chemistry (Savvas) adoption for high school chemistry — Motion made and seconded at 3248.10–3263.09; fiscal impact $53,508.80, FY25 operating budget; outcome: approved.
- Maryland Shore Educational Food Service Consortium contract (Sysco vendor purchasing through consortium piggyback) — Motion made and seconded at 3477.47–3490.08; fiscal impact cited as $1,200,000, food-service operating budget; outcome: approved.
- Centralized surveillance camera server (5.67 TB usable; Parable MES via UMD consortium agreement 972016) — Motion made and seconded at 3652.47–3676.69; fiscal impact $72,641.00, FY25 local CIP funds; outcome: approved.
- AlphaBEST Education Inc. contract for before/after-care services — Motion made and seconded at 3880.03–3891.33; fiscal impact: none to district (parent-paid); outcome: approved.

What the board did not record in the open-session transcript were roll-call tallies (yeas/nays) by individual member; approvals were captured by voice vote. Several presenters noted these purchases and policy changes were budgeted in FY26 operating or FY25 CIP funds and that some items (curriculum renewals) were one‑year extensions to allow further piloting or multi‑year proposals next year.

Provenance: see transcript excerpts below for the first and last recorded lines related to the items above.

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\"The contest invited all seventh‑grade students who participated in our annual agricultural awareness day to design a logo that reflected the spirit of Maryland agriculture with themes of education, sustainability, and community,\" said Michael Page, supervisor of instruction for Queen Anne's County Public Schools. Page announced the logo contest winners and details of the program.

Contest winners named at the meeting were:
- First place: Ella Harris — prize $300, logo to be featured on next year's Agriculture Awareness Day T‑shirt; a family member received the award on her behalf.
- Second place: Aubrey Drinker — prize $200 and fair concessions.
- Third place: Maddie Schrader — prize $100 and fair concessions.

Presenters from the University of Maryland Extension — including Jenny Rhodes, the county agriculture agent; Lee Bridgeman, program assistant; and intern Macy Cook — described the structure of Agricultural Awareness Day. Stations included aquaculture (including oyster and underwater‑drone learning), grain/tractor technology, careers (local businesses demonstrating hands‑on activities), farm animals (with FFA and 4‑H student leaders), food safety and pollination. Presenters said older students, FFA and 4‑H members and master gardeners help staff the stations, and that the event relied on more than 100 volunteers per day.

Page and Extension staff also described evaluation work. Page said the program used pre‑ and post assessments; presenters reported 424 students participated in the pre‑test and 354 in the post‑test. The presentation cited increases in knowledge about aquaculture and that 73% of students \"agree or strongly agree\" with the statement that farmers use less chemicals, fertilizer and fuel with the aid of GPS, drones and other technology.

The presenters noted community support from local businesses and organizations, a recent Mockingbird Foundation grant of $5,900 to Bayside Elementary's music program for keyboards and MIDI controllers, and county/UpShore Regional Council assistance with event funding. They said the Extension has IRB‑reviewed survey questions and plans to publish evaluation findings and a handbook to share the model with other counties; Cecil and Caroline counties have already expressed interest in adopting elements of the program.

Board members thanked presenters and asked to be notified of next year's event dates so they can attend. Page invited board members, county officials and legislators to request a personal tour of the event when it occurs.

Ending: Presenters said they look forward to expanding evaluation and producing materials other districts can use; the board meeting then moved on to other agenda items.","District and University of Maryland Extension presenters described the county's Agricultural Awareness Day for seventh graders, announced logo‑contest winners and shared evaluation results showing knowledge gains from hands‑on stations.","actionData","errors"]

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