School Start Times on Anne Arundel School Board Agenda

At its meeting on Wednesday, the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County will discuss two plans presented to it in April regarding a shift in school start and dismissal times in the 2017-2018 school year.

The meeting will take place in the Board Room at the Parham Building, at 2644 Riva Road in Annapolis.

The school board will meet at 8 a.m. to vote to go into closed session, during which time it will discuss confidential matters as permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act. The general session of the meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m.

The board also will receive Superintendent George Arlotto’s proposed fiscal 2018 capital budget.

The capital budget establishes funding priorities for construction projects at schools across the county. The board will conduct a public workshop on the budget beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Board Room. No public testimony will be taken at the workshop, but testimony will be taken at a public hearing scheduled before the board takes up initial adoption at its regularly scheduled Sept. 21 meeting. That meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Once adopted, the plan will be submitted to the State of Maryland for funding consideration. It will also be part of the school system’s overall fiscal 2018 budget request, to be forwarded to the County Executive in February.

The general session for Wednesday's meeting will be broadcast live on AACPS-TV, which can be found on Channel 96 on Comcast and Broadstripe, and Channel 36 on Verizon. High-definition broadcasts can be seen on Channel 996 on Comcast and Channel 496 on Broadstripe. Rebroadcasts are scheduled for 7 p.m. the day after the meeting and 2 p.m. on subsequent Sundays.

For a complete agenda for the meeting, click here.

The meeting can also be viewed live on the Internet - click here.