Board of Education to Meet on Tuesday, November 12

November 8, 2013

The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with public agenda items beginning at 10 a.m. The public portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on the MCPS website and on MCPS TV (Comcast Channel 34).

The agenda, with related materials attached, can be found on the Board of Education’s BoardDocs site.

9:00 a.m.: 1.0 Closed Session Approval
1.1 Acknowledgment of a Quorum
1.2 Resolution for Today’s Closed Session

10:00 a.m.: 2.0 Opening of Meeting
2.1 Approval of the Agenda
2.2 Color Guard Presentation
2.3 Pledge of Allegiance
2.4 In Honor of Veterans
2.5 American Education Week
2.6 School Psychology Awareness Week

10:30 a.m.: 3.0 Public Comments
3.1 Public Comments

11:00 a.m.: 4.0 Board/Superintendent Comments
4.1 Board/Superintendent Comments
4.2 Board Committee Updates

11:15 a.m.: 5.0 Human Resources and Development
5.1 Monthly Report

11:30 a.m.: 6.0 School Calendar
6.1 2014-2015 School Calendar

12:00 p.m. 7.0 Lunch and Closed Session

1:30 p.m. 8.0 Consent Items
8.1 Contracts of $25,000 or More
8.2 Approval of Contracts and Lease Financing for Bid No. 4114.4, Classroom Furniture
8.3 Architectural Appointment- Julius West Middle School Addition Project
8.4 Award of Contracts – Wheaton HS Modernization
8.5 Change Order Over $100,000 - Rock Creek Forest Elementary School
8.6 Preconstruction/Construction Management Services - Bethesda-Chevy Chase Middle School #2
8.7 Preconstruction/Construction Management Services - Brown Station Elementary School
8.8 Preconstruction/Construction Management Services - Wheaton Woods Elementary School
8.9 Wheaton High School and Thomas Edison High School of Technology - Forest Conservation Agreements
8.10 Utilization of the FY 2014 Provision for Future Supported Projects
8.11 Fiscal Year 2014 First Quarter Category and Object Transfers Request

1:45 p.m.: 9.0 Monthly Financial Report

2:00 p.m.: 10.0 Items of Discussion/Action
10.1 Policy BLC, Procedures for Review and Resolution of Special Education Disputes
10.2 Rescission of Tentative Action for Policy JEE, Student Transfers

2:30 p.m.: 11.0 Items of Discussion
11.1 Update on Innovation Schools

4:00 p.m.: 12.0 Board of Education Items
12.1 Future Closed Session Resolution
12.2 Report of Previous Closed Session
12.3 Appeal
12.4 Report from October 17 2013, Board of Education Work Session
12.5 Minutes – September 23, September 27, October 1, October 15, October 17, and October 22, 2013
12.6 New Business

4:25 p.m.: Items of Information
13.1 Legal Fees Report for August 2013
13.2 Construction Progress Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2013
13.3 Minority-, Female-, Disabled-owned Business Procurement Year-to-Date Report for FY 2014

4:30 p.m.: 14.0 Adjournment

# student vote does not count. Four votes needed for adoption.
* times listed are intended for guidance only; unless changed by the Board, the order in which items appear will be followed.

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