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At its Nov. 11 meeting the Garrett County Board of Education heard a presentation proposing waivers to Maryland’s weighted student funding rules: a targeted pre‑K waiver for four schools and a multilingual learner waiver for all schools to address calculation rules that exclude Head Start staffing and the district’s very low multilingual counts.
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At the Nov. 11 meeting the board approved the public and consent agendas, moved into executive session citing Maryland Annotated Code §3‑305(b) to discuss personnel matters, collective bargaining, and to receive legal counsel on a matter (including the Child Victims Act of 2023).
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Garrett County Board of Education members reviewed first reads of five policy/procedure updates covering field trips, materials distribution, vision and hearing screening, emergency medication use, and medication administration.
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The board approved updates to the district capital improvement plan, noting new funding sources (ARC, Maryland Energy Administration), a shifted timeline for some educational specifications, and a clerical summation error that the board directed staff to correct before finalizing totals.
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The board approved the district’s virtual learning plan for the 2025–26 school year after staff outlined public feedback, legal requirements to use built‑in makeup days first, and the rationale for a two‑hour delay option to give the superintendent flexibility to shift to virtual instruction if weather changes.
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Amanda Mattingly, a Crellin parent and secretary of the Crellin PTO, told the Garrett County Board of Education she and neighbors appreciate including Crellin Elementary on the district’s capital improvement plan and stressed the school’s role as a community hub and need for capacity improvements.
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The board approved the fiscal year 2025–26 comprehensive maintenance plan after staff reported a reduced backlog of facility needs (citing Bradford School renovation and high‑school roof work) and updated work‑order and construction figures.
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The Garrett County Board of Education on Sept. 29 adopted the districts FY2025 annual financial report after auditors issued an unmodified opinion and identified a $7,082,449 restatement tied to a new GASB compensated-absences standard.
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Garrett County Board of Education members voted 3-2 on Sept. 29 to approve a 25-year power purchase agreement with BAI Group LLC for an off-site solar array to serve Route 40 Elementary School and other district facilities.
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Jonathan Yoder, speaking for Swan Meadow Heritage Charter School, told the board Sept. 9 the group has retracted its charter application and will continue operating and fulfilling grant obligations such as a playground project.