The Queen Anne's County Board of Education approved a set of routine and operational items during its Sept. 3 meeting, including a contract for speech services, a refuse and recycling contract, and two overnight athletic trips. The board did not take final action on the Queen Anne's Classical Charter School application; that matter was set for further review and a possible vote Sept. 10.

Key votes and motions approved during the meeting:

- ProCare Therapy contract for speech-language pathology assistant: The board approved a contract with ProCare Therapy to provide a speech-language pathology assistant for one school for five days per week through the 2025-26 school year. The contract amount reported at the meeting was $89,000 (funded from the FY26 unrestricted operating budget). Staff noted a formatting error on the first page (an extra zero) prior to the vote.

- Refuse and recycling services (ITB 2026-01): The board approved a two-year contract (with annual renewal options) with BFI Waste Services LLC (Republic Services) to provide refuse and recycling removal beginning Oct. 1, 2025. Year-one price listed in the presentation was $100,000 with 3.5% annual increases in option years; officials said the bid was roughly $14,000 under the previous contract.

- Kent Island High School varsity swim team training trip (Dec. 19–23, 2025): The board approved an overnight training trip to Plantation, Florida, for the Kent Island High School varsity swim team; the travel cost shown was $27,660 to be covered by fundraising. One board member recused themself from this vote because of family involvement in swimming.

- Queen Anne's County High School varsity softball team trip (March 10–15, 2026): The board approved an overnight trip to Jacksonville, Florida, for the varsity softball team; physical impact listed as $8,250, to be covered through fundraising and parent support. Board members urged coaches to provide updates during the season.

- Human resources report and minutes: The board approved the human resources report (considered in closed session) and multiple sets of minutes for prior meetings; the motions were seconded and approved by voice vote.

Votes were recorded by voice as "Aye" for each approved motion; roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript for most items.

Why it matters: These approvals settle routine operational business and allow contracted services, athletic travel and supplemental student supports to proceed. They also update the districtudget commitments for FY26 and help schools proceed with planned extracurricular activities.

Ending: Board members said they would monitor implementation and ask for follow-up reports (for example, fundraising outcomes for overnight trips). The charter application remains under review and returns to the board on Sept. 10.