The Board of Education’s next regular meeting is 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16. The Board will meet in person at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. The Starkey Building is located at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata.
Public forum for this meeting will be held in a hybrid format of both in-person and virtual speakers. Registration is required for any speaker who wants to provide comments virtually. Virtual speakers must register by 4 p.m., Monday, April 15. Click here to register for virtual public forum. Late virtual registrations will not be accepted.
Any public forum speaker interested in providing comments to the Board in person should register on Tuesday, April 16, by 6 p.m. A sign-up sheet for in-person speakers will be located outside of the boardroom. Public forum speakers must adhere to the rules outlined on the website.
The following is a tentative meeting agenda and subject to change.
Executive session – 11:30 a.m.
Call to order – 1 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Superintendent’s update
Reports of officers/boards/committees
Education Association of Charles County (EACC) update.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) update.
Grading and reporting.
School Calendar SY2025-26.
School renaming: General Smallwood Middle School.
Blueprint update.
Policy 1820: Educational Equity.
Legislative update.
Mental Health Awareness Month resolution.
Caribbean American Heritage Month.
Jewish American Heritage Month.
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
Recognition – 4:30 p.m.
Resolutions:
Arab American Heritage Month.
Autism Acceptance Month.
Administrative Professionals Week.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Month.
Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week.
Month of the Military Child.
National Physical Education and Sports Week.
Teacher Appreciation Week.
Volunteer Awareness Month.
Students.
Staff.
Unfinished business
New business and future agenda items
New business.
Future agenda items.
Public forum – 6 p.m.
Virtual speakers must register by 4 p.m. Monday, April 15.
In-person speakers must register by 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 16.
All public forum speakers must adhere to the rules outlined at https://www.ccboe.com/about/board-of-education/meeting-agendas.
Reports of officers/boards/committees
Board member correspondence.
Action items
Minutes.
Personnel.
PreK curriculum for three-year-olds.
Policy 1820: Educational Equity.
Board handbook.
Adjournment
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,765 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.
CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).