The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet on Monday, March 21, 2016, at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m., with public agenda items beginning at 6:30 p.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. 

5:30 p.m.: 1.0 Closed Session Approval

1.1 Acknowledgment of Quorum
1.2 Resolution for Today’s Closed Session

6:30 p.m.: 2.0 Opening of Meeting
2.1 Pledge of Allegiance
2.2 Approval of the Agenda
2.3 Month of the Young Child
2.4 National Autism Awareness Month
2.5 National Volunteer Week
2.6 National Student Leadership Week
2.7 Arab American Heritage Month

6:40 p.m.: 3.0 Public Comments

7:10 p.m.: 4.0 Board/Superintendent Comments

4.1 Board/Superintendent Comments
4.2 Board Committee Updates

7:40 p.m.: 5.0 Items of Legislation

5.1 Legislative Update (Oral Update)

8 p.m.: 6.0 Naming of Clarksburg/Damascus Middle School

6.1 Naming of Clarksburg/Damascus Middle School

8:20 p.m.: 7.0 Facilities and Boundaries Work Session#

7.1 Interim Superintendent's Recommendations Concerning the Tri-cluster Roundtable Discussion Group for the Gaithersburg, Col. Zadok Magruder, and Thomas S. Wootton Clusters

9:20 p.m.: 8.0 Action Item#

8.1 Resolution to Authorize the Superintendent of Schools to Submit a Letter to the County Council Indicating How the Board's Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget Will Be Aligned to the Montgomery County Council's Spending Affordability Guidelines Allocation

9:25 p.m.: 9.0 Consent Items#
9.1 Contracts of $25,000 or More
9.2 Contract Approval for Bid No. 7065.11, Custodial Supplies—Extension
9.3 Acceptance of Bethesda Elementary School Addition Project
9.4 Award of Contract—Quince Orchard High School Reroofing Project
9.5 Award of Contract—Rock Creek Valley Elementary School Reroofing Project
9.6 Award of Contract—Stephen Knolls School Reroofing Project
9.7 Award of Contract—Capt. James E. Daly Elementary School Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Replacement Project
9.8 Award of Contract—Quince Orchard High School Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Replacement Project
9.9 Award of Contract—Shady Grove Middle School Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Replacement Phase II Project
9.10 Award of Contract—Watkins Mill High School Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Replacement Phase III Project
9.11 Walt Whitman High School—Artificial Turf Field Installation
9.12 Diamond Elementary School—Subdivision Record Plat

9:30 p.m.: 10.0 Board of Education Items

10.1 Future Closed Session Resolution
10.2 Report of Previous Closed Sessions
10.3 New Business

9:35 p.m.: 11.0 Informational Summaries

11.1 Informational Summary for March 1, 2016, Meeting
11.2 Informational Summary for March 8, 2016, Meeting

9:40 p.m.: 12.0 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.