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Table Of Contents(TOC)

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Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) Program 12
Activity Fees 53
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program 11
Art, Music, Physical Education Ratios 30
Artificial Turf 27
Athletics - Prior Year Reductions 55
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B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S. and BRAG Programs - Sharing Successful Programs and Strategies 57
Barons Reaching Academic Goals (BRAG) Program - Student Lunches 60
Bridge Program - Enrollment Projection 9
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Cafeteria Workers with Other Assignments 63
College Institute - Impact on Students from Loophole in Dream Act 3
Common Core State Standards - Assessments, Technology 25
Concussion Form 54
Consulting Principals and Teachers - Caseloads 64
Copier Machine at Shady Grove Middle School 10
Counselor Ratios 41
Counselors - Assessing Effectiveness 48
Curriculum 2.0 - Allocation of FY 2014 Increase for Stipends for Professional Development 33
Curriculum 2.0 - Dollars in the Budget for Professional Development 46
Curriculum 2.0 - Funds Available for Professional Development and Materials 8
Curriculum 2.0 - Responding to Concerns from Teachers 59
Curriculum 2.0 - UDL Strategies 24
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Division of Maintenance Workload 26
Down County Consortium Schools - Staffing 37
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Elementary Math Teachers 34
Extracurricular Activities and After School Programs 19
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Full-Day Head Start Program 17
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Government High School Assessment - Budget Implications of Reinstatement 16
Guidance Counselors - Cost to Add Full-time Positions to All Elementary Schools 6
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High School Plus - Plans to Evaluate 65
Home and Hospital Teaching - Increase in the Budget 14
Hours-based Staffing, Special Education 23
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IB Program - Formula for Smaller Classes 61
Instrumental Music Teachers 2 32
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Learning for Independence (LFI) Program at Walt Whitman High School 51 67
Leveled Reading Kits and Read 180 - Reductions and Program Efficiencies 20
Lunch-hour Aide Positions - Realignment to Part-time Salaries 31
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Magruder Cluster Testimony - Copier Issues at Shady Grove Middle School 10
Maintenance Workload 28
Maryland Meals for Achievement Program (MMAP) 50
Math Implementation Team 35 36
Mental Heath Issues - Training for Staff to Recognize 42
Middle School IB Programs 45
Middle School Special Education Institute (MSSEI) 22
Middle School Staff Development Teachers 47
Middle Years Programme (IB) - Cost for Seneca Valley Cluster Middle Schools 1
Middle Years Programme (IB) - Schools Without MYP in Clusters with High School IB Programs 45
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Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships - Plans to Increase Capacity 26
Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs - Change in Positions for FY 2014 21
Outdoor Education Revenue Projection 13
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Professional Development for Curriculum 2.0 - Dollars in the Budget 46
Professional Development to Recognize Mental Health Issues 42
Psychologists - Standards for Budgeting/Allocating 5
Psychologists and Pupil Personnel Workers (PPWs) - Move to School Locations 4
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Reading Initiative Teachers 38
Revenue Projections - Outdoor Education and Student Activity Fees 13
Review of 12-Month Positions 44
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School Cops Software 58
Seneca Valley Cluster Middle Schools - Cost to Provide Middle Years Programme 1
Sharp Street Program - Funding 66
Small Elementary Schools Unable to Provide Two Classes Per Grade Level 7
Special Education Caseloads at Burning Tree Elementary School - Learning Centers and Resource 52
Special Education Hours-based Staffing 23
Special Education Staffing Plan - Staffing Plan Committee Recommendations 43
Staff Development Teachers for Middle Schools 47
Student Activity Fee - Revenue Projections 13
Student Instructional Program Planning and Implementation (SIPPI) 18
Student Scheduling Materials - Reduction in High School's Budget 39
Substance Abuse - Resources and Programs 56
Supervisor Position in the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Programs 40
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Textbooks, Instructional Materials, Media Materials - Actual and Budgeted Expenditures 29
Training to Recognize Mental Heath Issues 42
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UDL Strategies Implemented in Curriculum 2.0 24
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Vocational Support & Career Preparation Teachers - Realignment 15
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Walt Whitman High School LFI Program 51