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Superintendent staff presented a $307.1 million FY2027 recommended operating budget and walked board members through the district's 18‑digit account coding; key changes include $8.5M for negotiated steps and COLA, shifts in staffing, transport and special-education increases, and a public hearing next week.
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District staff presented proposed program-of-studies changes including a half-credit marine science course, replacing honors Precalculus with AP Precalculus, and piloting two College Board AP Career 'Kickstart' courses (AP Business & Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity) at Chopticon High School to expand AP and industry credential opportunities.
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At a Jan. 8 board meeting, presenters offered a first reading of a two-year operational calendar that increases pre-service days, makes Columbus Day a full student day off for parent-teacher conferences, and recommends shifting monthly 2-hour early-dismissal days from Fridays to Wednesdays based on attendance and substitute-coverage data.
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The board approved the meeting agenda and carried the consent agenda, which included minutes from Dec. 10, 2025, and a contract award for replacement of a fuel oil tank at Benjamin Banneker Early Childhood Center.
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St. Mary''s County Public Schools presented a first reading of a draft "Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence" policy, defining scope, oversight, privacy controls and review cycles. The board will take public comment Jan. 21 and consider a second reading Feb. 4.
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Finance staff told the board November revenues reached $153.6 million (51.22% of budget) and year-to-date expenditures and encumbrances represented about 92.46% of the budget; staff said there were no current areas of concern.
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St. Mary's County Public Schools staff demonstrated the MySchoolBucks payment system, explained enrollment steps and account types, and launched a parent outreach campaign including social-media posts and a video to increase sign-ups.
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The Saint Mary's County Board of Education approved its FY2027–2032 local Capital Improvements Program following a presentation outlining widespread facility needs, project prioritization for roofs and HVAC systems, and funding challenges including a partially funded Leonardtown chiller project.
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Board members reviewed Canon Group options that include closing White Marsh Elementary (about 230 students), which staff said would save roughly $1.2 million annually but would require redistribution of students and faces state sufficiency and site constraints that make renovation costly.
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St. Mary's County Public Schools trustees instructed Canon Group to produce phased, lower‑disruption redistricting options focused on easing Leonardtown High School's severe overcrowding; board members emphasized keeping current high‑school cohorts intact and coordinating with Leonardtown town planners before wide boundary changes.