Dr. Horsmon reported that a study is underway and that findings and recommendations would be forthcoming. A draft of the criteria for selecting children to attend the all-day kindergarten program was presented. Elementary director Guffrie Smith pointed out that the readiness assessment results would play a key role in the selection process. The board requested the superintendent and staff to define the instruments in greater detail on the checklist and bring the screening instrument back to the board for approval. Dr. Hook announced that the contrators had provided a fiscal analysis and that letters in support of both contractors and drivers had been received.
Copies are on file with the agenda.
I don't think we can continue to do business as usual. Among those who spoke, Gregory Hannaford, a representative of the Calvert Association of Educational Support Staff, said the association supports the drivers' attempts to become board employees. Rose Vogt and Dawn Balinski of the Commission for Women provided testimony in support of drivers' efforts to improve their work conditions. They made it clear that the views expressed were their own. We have had a good system thanks to the contractors and drivers.