10:00 a.m. 1.0 Roll Call

1.1 Approval of the Agenda (A)

1.2 American Indian Heritage Month (A)

1.3 2000 Montgomery County Employees' Charity Campaign (A)

1.4 Salute to Transportation Personnel (A)

1.5 Board/Superintendent Comments (D)

10:30 Public Comments

11:00 2.0 Excellence in Mathematics: Staff Response to the Mathematics

Curriculum Audit (D)

12:00 3.0 CIP/Enrollment Update (D)

12:30 p.m. Lunch and Closed Session

2:00 4.0 Consent Items

Procurement

4.1.1 Procurement Contracts Over $25,000 (A)#

4.1.2 Bid No. 1117.1, Non-Bank Qualified Lease/Purchase Financing (A)#

Facilities Management

4.2.1 Award of Contract - Eastern MS (A)#

4.2.2 Award of Contract - Paint Branch HS (Signature Program) (A)#

4.2.3 Award of Contract - Germantown Square Alterations (A)#

4.2.4 Thomas S. Wootton HS - Phase II Addition Contract Approvals (A)#

4.2.5 Award of Contract - Electricity Supply (A)#

4.2.6 Emergency Supplemental Appropriation -

Lighting Ballast Replacement (A)#

4.2.7 Architectural Appointment - Rocky Hill MS Replacement Facility

Feasibility Study (A)

4.2.8 Architectural Appointment - Clarksburg HS Feasibility Study (A)

4.2.9 Architectural Appointment - Albert Einstein MS #2 (formerly Newport

JHS Reopening) (A)

4.2.10 Grant of Storm Drain Easement and Right-of-Way at

Northwest ES #6 (A)#

4.2.11 Reversion of Other Funds (A)#

4.2.12 Change Orders Over $25,000 (A)#

Insurance and Retirement

4.3.1 Award of Contracts for Health Maintenance Organization Plans (A)#

4.3.2 Award of Contract for Dental Plans (A)#

Budget

4.4.1 Utilization of FY 2001 Provision for Future Supported

Project Funds (A)#

4.4.2 Recommended FY 2001 Supplemental Appropriation for the

Every Child Achieving Initiative (A)#

2:05 5.0 Human Resources

5.1 Monthly Report (A)

5.2 Appointment (A)

2:15 6.0 Preliminary Plans for Oakland Terrace ES Addition (A)

2:25 7.0 Preliminary Plans for Montgomery Village MS Modernization (A)

2:35 8.0 Update on Shared Accountability (including work of the

Strathmore Group) (D)

4:00 9.0 Board of Education Items

9.1 Closed Session Resolution (A)

9.2 Report of Closed Session (I)

9.3 Minutes (August 29 and September 13, 2000) (A)

9.4 Appeals (A)

9.5 Item of Legislation (A)

9.6 New Business

4:25 10.0 Items of Information (I)

10.1 Items in Process

10.2 Legal Fees Report

10.3 Construction Progress Report

4:30 Adjournment

(A) Action

(D) Discussion(I) Information(R) Recognition

# 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.

Future Board of Education MeetingsThursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m., Quince Orchard Cluster MeetingWednesday, November 1, 7:00 p.m., Meeting with the Montgomery County Delegation - AuditoriumWednesday, November 8, 7:00 p.m., CIP Worksession Tuesday, November 14, 10:00 a.m., All-day Business MeetingTuesday, November 14, 5:30 p.m., Fourth Annual Distinguished Service to Education Awards Ceremony (Auditorium)