Agenda for Tuesday, May 9

8:30 a.m. 1.0 Acknowledgment of a Quorum
1.1 Resolution for Closed Sessions (A)

9:30 a.m. 2.1 Approval of the Agenda (A)
2.2 Salute to School Food and Nutrition Service Personnel Day (A)
2.3 Recognition of NAACP Scholarship Recipients (A)

10:00 Public Comments

10:30 Board/Superintendent Comments

10:45 4.0 MCPS Employees’ Pension Plan Improvements (D/A)
11:30 4.1 FY 2007 Operating Budget Amendments (D/A)

12:00 p.m. 9.0 Seven Locks ES Recommendation (D/A)

1:00 Lunch and Closed Session

2:00 5.0 Consent Items

Procurement
5.1.1 Contracts of $25,000 or More (A)#

Facilities
5.2.1 Award of Contract – Walter Johnson HS (A)#
5.2.2 Award of Contract – Weller Road ES (A)#
5.2.3 Architectural Appointment –Takoma Park ES Feasibility Study (A)
5.2.4 Roscoe R. Nix ES – Change Order Over $100,000 (A)#
5.2.5 Leasing Additional Administrative Space – Gaither Road Facility (A)#

Budget
5.3.1 Utilization of the FY 2006 Provision for Future Supported Projects Funds (A)#
5.3.2 FY 2006 Third Quarter Category and Object Transfer Request (A)#
5.3.3 Recommended FY 2006 Supplemental Appropriation for Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students Program (A)#

Finance
5.4.1 Appointment of MCPS Employees’ Retirement and Pension System Investment Trustee (A)

2:05 6.0 Human Resources
6.1 Monthly Report (A)
6.2 Appointments (A)

2:10 7.0 Monthly Financial Report (D)

2:15 8.0 Board of Education Items
8.1 Closed Session Resolution (A)
8.2 Report of Closed Session (A)
8.3 Naming of Downcounty Consortium Elementary School #27 (A)
8.4 Appeals (A)
8.5 New Business

2:30 3.0 Update on the Honors/AP Potential Identification Tool (D)

3:15 10.0 Dialogue on Current Issues: Congressional Black Caucus Initiative Project (D)

3:45 11.0 Discussion on High School Assessments (D)

4:55 12.0 Items of Information (I)
12.1 Legal Fees Report
12.2 Construction Progress Report
12.3 Minority-, Female-, or Disabled-owned Business Procurement Report for the Third Quarter of FY 2006

5:00 Adjournment (A)

# 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 Meetings
Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Cluster Meeting (Whitman at Pyle MS)
Monday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., Cluster Meeting (Richard Montgomery at College Gardens ES)
Thursday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., Cluster Meeting (Watkins Mill)
Monday, May 22, 6:30 p.m., Evening Business Meeting