BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY
PTA
Council of Frederick County Roundtable
January
29, 2002
MINUTES
The Board of Education met at 7:30
p.m. in the Monocacy Middle School Media Center. In attendance were President Ronald W. Peppe, II, Vice President
Daryl A. Boffman, Deborah A. Aughenbaugh, Stephen Crawford, Anne B. Hooper,
Linda S. Naylor, and Jean A. Smith.
Jack D. Dale,
Secretary-Treasurer, and Judith A. Ricketts, Administrative Director, were also
in attendance.
Sharla Worley, President of the PTA
Council of Frederick County, opened the meeting, and introductions were
made.
Board
members responded to questions and made comments regarding:
Potential impact of Thornton
Commission funding
School redistricting process
School
choice
Knowledge
Is Power Program
Research
on the correlation of low SES and achievement
Education
of low SES students
Resources
Parent
involvement in the schools and its impact on children
MSTA
report on the Thornton Commission
Equity
in all schools
BOE
member’s goal of reading teachers in all schools
Options
for school construction
Consideration
of items by the Board
Proposed
funding in the operating budget for a charter school
Reading
Board
of Education Student Representative involvement
Board
of Education/Board of County Commissioners Joint Meeting
Enrollment
projections
Textbooks/books
for every child
Portables
Need
to express the desires of the community to the County Commissioners
Grouping
Transition
of gifted and talented students from elementary to middle school
Identification
of students for the elementary gifted and talented program
Board
of Education members thanked the individuals for attending this meeting and for
being involved, and they encouraged communication to the Board of Education by
email.
Mrs. Worley thanked Board of
Education members for participating in this meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00
p.m.
Jack D. Dale
Secretary-Treasurer
Ronald W. Peppe, II
President
Judith A.
Ricketts
Administrative
Director