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Calvert County juvenile services committee sets November work plan, requests student focus-group input
Summary
The committee reviewed progress toward a final report, scheduled a November meeting to refine recommendations and requested committee members submit questions for a planned student focus group.
The Calvert County juvenile services committee reviewed progress on its final report and outlined next steps, including subcommittee drafting and a student focus group to inform recommendations.
The committee chair told members that subcommittees have been collecting data and drafting preliminary findings, and that the group aims to assemble a working draft for review at the November meeting. Emily (committee member) said she is coordinating with three subcommittees to compile findings and outstanding questions and will distribute those to ex-officio members for follow-up. She said the November meeting will focus on editing the working draft and discussing implementation strategies so recommendations can be carried out over time.
The committee plans a student focus group: three committee members (Leslie, Denise and Sunitra) will work with school administration to convene students nominated by the high schools; the student group will meet before the November meeting and present findings in November. Committee members were invited to submit suggested questions to Emily, Leslie, Denise or Sunitra for inclusion in that focus group.
The committee also announced logistics for future input: a public input Microsoft Teams session scheduled for the next day at 6 p.m., and the next regular committee meeting scheduled for Nov. 19. The chair asked for a volunteer to stay for a brief group photograph for the final report at the meeting’s conclusion.
Votes at a glance: The committee approved the meeting agenda at the start of the session and later moved to adjourn; both procedural motions were seconded and carried without recorded roll-call votes.
Ending: Staff will compile outstanding subcommittee questions and distribute them to ex-officio members; committee members are expected to forward focus-group questions by early November.
