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[PUBLIC HEARING]
EVENING CHAIR CALLS THE ORDER OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.ZONING CODE CIDERY UH, MR. WAGNER BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.
UH, ACTUALLY, UM, THE INCEPTION OF IT CAME UP DURING, UH, WHAT WE WERE DOING AS THE STUDY ON THE BREWERIES TO TRY TO DECIDE WHAT, UH, UH, CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE AND HOW TO ADJUST IT.
SO IT, IT, UH, THE BREWERIES WERE COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, AG ZONE LAND, UH, AND IT CAME TO ME THEN FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DOING A CIDERY IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
AND, UM, ALL THIS BILL DOES IS, IS ACTUALLY DEFINED CIDERY.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO READ IT CIDERIES, A FACILITY THAT PRODUCES HARD CIDER, UH, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS MADE BY FERMENTING THE JUICE OF FRUIT ON THE PREMISES AND WHICH POSSESS POSSESSES THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND FACILITY MADE PRODUCE BOTTLE CONTRACT STORE AND ENTER INTO TEMPORARY DELIVERY AGREEMENTS WITH DISTRIBUTORS PRODUCTS MAY BE PRODUCED ONSITE AND SOLD FOR ON PREMISES OR OFF PREMISES CONSUMPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITS OF THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE HARTFORD COUNTY LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD.
THE FACILITY MAY ALSO INCLUDE SITE TOURS AND PRODUCT TESTING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A BREWERIES AND CIDERIES IN THE FACT THAT IT'S, THE OVERSIGHT COMES FROM THE STATE.
THEY'RE A, THEY FALL UNDER THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD.
AND WHAT THIS DOES IS ADD THAT DEFINITION INTO OUR ZONING CODE.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A CHART THAT PROVIDES FOR WHERE THE PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES ARE, WHICH WOULD BE IN B2, B3, CEI, AND GI DISTRICTS, WHICH WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND IT DOES NOT GO TO THE AG ZONE WHATSOEVER.
UM, UH, WELL BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION, YOU CAN GET VERY CLOSE TO IT, BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES.
SO, UM, IT STICKS WITH B2, B3, C I N G I, AND THIS WOULD, UH, AT LEAST ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF CIDERIES TO LOCATE IN AND AROUND HARTFORD COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIRE BY SOME TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, UH, COUNSEL, ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MR. JOHNSON? UH, KATHERINE WAGNER, SHIT.
IT SHOULD, UM, IN THIS LEGISLATION, SHOULD WE HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, DETERMINES THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? YEAH, YOU COULD CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, PUT A AMENDMENT TOGETHER FOR THAT.
IT'S IN MORE OF A COMMERCIAL USE.
I MEAN, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF IT REQUIRES AN AMENDMENT IF YOU WANT.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC? THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED OUT MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, I'M GOING TO THANK THE COUNCILMAN FOR THEIR INPUT, AND THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BILL 22 DASH 0 0 6.
AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT AT A LATER DATE.
WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND START AT SEVEN 30 CHAIR
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
CALLS TO ORDER LEGISLATIVE SESSION DAY 22 DASH ZERO 14.PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, FOLLOWED BY THE OPENING PRAYER PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER IN THESE CHAMBERS THIS EVENING, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS COUNCIL MEETING, REMIND US OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BE THOUGHTFUL IN OUR DECISIONS AND ENSURE WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
LORD, WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, WRAP YOUR LOVING AND HEALING ARMS AROUND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, THE INJURED, THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, AND MOST OF ALL THE CHILDREN AS THEY REPRESENT A FUTURE FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS.
BE WITH US, LIGHT YOUR GRACE AND PEACE.
WE ASK THESE THINGS AND MORE IN YOUR MOST HOLY AND SACRED NAME.
[5. CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS]
JEN DOT ITEM.NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND NOMINATIONS, EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
MR. SCHROEDER COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES APPOINTMENTS OF CHRISTINA PRES BARRY AND ERIC POLK TO THE STORK PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
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THANK YOU.MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER.
AND TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF CHRISTINA PRES BARRY AND ERIC POLK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MS. DIXON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ZERO AND A NEGATIVE.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE HERE BY APPROVED MS. PRESBYTERIAN, MR. POKER, YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
[6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH DATE COUNSEL.AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MR. HENNIGAN AND ALTON COME FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO COME TALK WITH US THIS EVENING, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INTEREST IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRASS.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT OF
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES WITH OFFER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH MS. CHRISTINA ALTON, OUR MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC OF MENTAL HEALTH.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, MY DEPARTMENT WAS HERE LAST JUNE TO DISCUSS THE WAY WE'RE ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS WITH OUR STUDENTS POST PANDEMIC.
WE COME HERE TONIGHT WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE TOPIC TONIGHT, WE'LL HELP YOU, THE AUDIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT HOME GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES CHILDREN FACE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WE ALL SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
THAT MAY BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SHARE SOME CURRENT DATA WITH REGARDS TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FREE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE HELPING US ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT MENTAL HEALTH, REALLY THE FIRST STEP IS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS TYPICAL ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT VERSUS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH, GONE THROUGH ADOLESCENTS AND MAYBE HAD CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN AROUND AND SEEING THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ADOLESCENTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGED, CHANGING EMOTIONS, CHANGING OUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, UH, CHANGING OUR THOUGHT PROCESS.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW AS PARENTS OR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR AS FRIENDS OR AS STAFF MEMBERS, WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS CHANGE IS TYPICAL VERSUS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
AND THEN THE NEXT LEVEL IS WHEN DO I LOOK AT THIS IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, VERSUS MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL ILLNESS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MENTAL ILLNESSES AND MENTAL ILLNESS IS A DIAGNOSABLE ILLNESS THAT AFFECTS A PERSON'S THINKING EMOTIONAL STATE AND BEHAVIOR.
IT DISRUPTS A PERSON'S ABILITY TO DO THEIR EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES WORK OR ATTEND SCHOOL, CARRY OUT YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES OR ENGAGE IN SATISFYING RELATIONSHIPS.
IN ESSENCE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPACTING ME ON A REGULAR BASIS AND GETTING IN THE WAY OF ME DOING THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO DO OR SHOULD BE DOING? WE UNDERSTAND THAT MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE COMMON.
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN FOR DEVELOPING AN ADOLESCENCE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATISTICS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, EVEN AS ADULTS, WE SAY THERE'S A GREATER PREVALENCE OF THOSE SYMPTOMS BEGINNING DURING ADOLESCENCE AND THAT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS MAY EXPERIENCE THESE PROBLEMS DIFFERENTLY THAN ADULTS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, A 14 YEAR OLD STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN A 55 YEAR OLD STRUGGLING WITH PROGRESSION DEPRESSION.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING THAT WE REALIZED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE KEY.
WE CAN NOT LET THESE THINGS LINGER AND GO UNATTENDED.
UH, AS, AS WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH OUR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES TRAINING IS THAT THESE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS WILL THEN LEAD TO PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND ADULTHOOD.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY BEEN BREAKTHROUGH, UM, RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THIS IS MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
SO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MONTH, ESPECIALLY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW THAT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE A PROBLEM AND THEY'RE COMMON AND THEY DEVELOPED DURING ADOLESCENTS, ADOLESCENTS DON'T OFTEN GET TREATMENT UNTIL THEY'RE WELL INTO ADULTHOOD.
SO IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THOUGH, BECAUSE AS
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MR HENNIGAN SAID, ADOLESCENCE IS FRAUGHT WITH SO MANY CHANGES.SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN A YOUNG PERSON COULD BE STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OR ARE WE SEEING BEHAVIORS THAT ARE ONES THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY EXPECT? AND WE NEED TO BE DETECTIVES FOR OUR CHILDREN.
UM, WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THE EXISTENCE OF A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, WE NEED TO THINK OF THE INDIVIDUAL ALONE AND NOT COMPARE THEM TO ANYBODY ELSE.
WHAT ARE YOU OBSERVING THAT MAY BE INTERFERING WITH THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SOCIALIZING WITH FRIENDS, EVEN BEING WITH FAMILY, DO THOSE THINGS LAST LONGER THAN A FEW WEEKS, UH, WITH NO RELIEF.
UM, HAVE YOU CHECKED IN WITH THE SCHOOL? ARE THEY NOTICING SIMILAR THINGS ABOUT THE CHILD THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ARE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS NOTICING THOSE ISSUES? UM, AS WE SAID, ADOLESCENCE IS A TURBULENT TIME AND ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE ADOLESCENTS TO KNOW THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED THEM.
UH, SO MANY CHANGES, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY BEHAVIOR BEHAVIORALLY, EVEN IN THEIR THOUGHTS.
UM, IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT, WHERE WE MIGHT INDICATE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE THINK OF PHYSICAL CHANGES, SOMETIMES ADOLESCENTS NEED TO BE REMINDED ABOUT HYGIENE, BUT MAYBE IT'S AN ISSUE WHEN THEY DON'T EVER WANT TO SHOWER WEAR THE SAME CLOTHES DON'T WASH THEIR CLOTHES.
THEN MAYBE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
THEY'RE SLEEPING MORE OR LESS THAN THEY USUALLY DO UP ALL NIGHT AND SLEEPING DURING THE DAY.
MANY OF THE EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE ARE CERTAINLY TYPICAL OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
HOWEVER, IF WE THINK ABOUT A DEPRESSED MOOD OR ANXIETY, MAYBE A DEPRESSED MOOD THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY, IT LASTS FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME OR A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS SO ANXIOUS THAT THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF BED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THOSE ARE ALL REASONS TO HAVE CONCERNS AND MAYBE CHECK IN AGAIN, YOU'RE BEING A DETECTIVE BEHAVIOURALLY IT'S, IT'S SO TYPICAL FOR ADOLESCENTS TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
MEANING THEY'D MUCH RATHER BE WITH FRIENDS THAN THEY WANT TO BE WITH US.
UH, BUT IT'S WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS, THAT WE MIGHT BE CONCERNED ALSO, UM, HAD LESSONS.
THEY LIKE TO TRY NEW ACTIVITIES.
SO MAYBE THEY GIVE UP SOCCER TO START PLAYING BASKETBALL AGAIN, IT WOULD BE WHEN THEY GIVE UP SOCCER AND DON'T REPLACE IT WITH ANYTHING, BEGINS TO, UH, HANG OUT ALONE, NOT WANT TO BE WITH FRIENDS.
THOSE ARE ALL TIMES WHEN WE MIGHT BE THINKING THERE IS A PROBLEM.
UM, EVEN IN THEIR THINKING, IF YOU KNOW ADOLESCENTS, YOU MIGHT OFTEN THINK, WOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT KID IS THINKING.
UM, BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT, UM, EXCESSIVE PESSIMISM, NOTHING'S GOING TO GO, RIGHT? WHY SHOULD I EVEN TRY BELIEVING THAT PEOPLE ONLY SEE THE NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THEM AND THOUGHTS THAT ARE OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN WOULD BE ANY THAT INVOLVE DEATH OR SUICIDE.
SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, AND IT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT SLIDE.
UM, HARPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAINTAINS AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE, UM, OF SUICIDAL IDEATION REPORTS.
WE CALL IT, SIR, FOR SHORT, UH, SUICIDAL IDEATION REPORTS ARE THE RESULT OF A STUDENT MAKING A STATEMENT, INDICATING SELF HARM.
OUR SCHOOL-BASED STAFF, UH, WILL MEET WITH A STUDENT THAT MIGHT BE A PSYCHOLOGIST, A SOCIAL WORKER, ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, UM, AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE NEXT STEPS.
WHENEVER A SERVE REPORT IS GENERATED, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE NOTIFIED A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE SITE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT, THE 826 NUMBER.
IT DOESN'T INDICATE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF REPORTS, MEANING THAT SOME STUDENTS COULD HAVE MULTIPLE REPORTS.
THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL, UM, THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE WE DO INVESTIGATE EVERY REPORT.
UM, WE OFTEN FIND THAT STUDENTS MAKE IMPULSIVE COMMENTS, UM, AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN WHAT THEY'VE SAID.
AND IN FACT, THEY'RE SOMETIMES SURPRISED WHEN WE INVESTIGATE.
AND IN THOSE CASES, WE WORK WITH STUDENTS ON REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE.
UM, WHAT WORDS CAN YOU SAY WHEN YOU'RE FRUSTRATED OR ANGRY OR UPSET, BUT THERE DEFINITELY ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THAT ARE MORE SERIOUS AND STAFF MEMBERS THEN WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES.
BUT WE UTILIZE THIS SEARCH DATA TO HELP US TARGET INTERVENTIONS, LOOKING AT TRENDS, WHETHER IT BE IN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, ACROSS THE COUNTY, IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS, MALE VERSUS FEMALE.
IT INFORMS OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR INTERVENTIONS WITH STUDENTS.
IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE TO NOTE, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND MISS ALTON ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.
THIS IS ANY IDEATION, ANY STUDENT WHO MIGHT FAIL BY TEST AND MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO DIE CAUSE I FAILED THE TEST.
AND THEN WHEN THE COUNSELOR COMES TO MEET WITH THEM, THEY SAY, OH, I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN THAT IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM THAT TO A STUDENT.
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AN ATTEMPT.UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SOME PEOPLE INTERPRETING THESE NUMBERS AS THESE ARE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS.
WHO'VE ATTEMPTED, THIS IS A FULL SPECTRUM.
AND IN FACT, UH, MOST OF THESE ARE AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM OF STUDENTS.
WHO'VE SAID SOMETHING OFF THE CUSS IMPULSIVE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU DISCUSSED WITH IT, UM, YOU KNOW, DID NOT REALLY MEAN IT.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, THAT'S VETTED THROUGH THIS SURVEY REPORT PROCESS.
IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING, UH, WE'VE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DATA AND HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS FROM 2019, 2020 PRE PANDEMIC, SO WE STOPPED TAKING DATA IN MARCH BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS, UM, WENT HOME, UH, DURING, DURING THAT TIME.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR 21, 22, WE'RE REALLY ON PAR.
SO IT HAS NOT, HAS NOT GOTTEN WORSE.
UH, IT HAS PRETTY MUCH LEVELED OUT.
UH, AND 2021 IS JUST A YEAR THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP CAPTURE DATA BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL ON NOT REGULARLY.
SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, LOOK AT THAT DATA AND SAY, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A MAJOR INFLUX POST PANDEMIC.
IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST RIGHT ON PAR WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAD THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, JUST LIKE WE USE OUR SERVE DATA TO INFORM OUR INTERVENTIONS WITH STUDENTS.
WE ALSO BEGAN THIS YEAR, INVITING HCPS STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO COMPLETE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, TO BETTER INFORM INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT AS TO WHERE WE MIGHT TARGET OUR INTERVENTION EFFORTS.
I WANT TO SAY OUR AMAZING SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN DOING A VERSION OF THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE SIMPLY FORMALIZED IT THIS YEAR.
THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERSION AND THEN A SECONDARY VERSION.
UM, AND IN THIS SIDE WE SHARE JUST SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE GLEANED.
IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING THAT MORE THAN HALF OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS REPORTED THAT STUDENTS, UM, IT'S ABOUT TEST ANXIETY, BEING A BIG CONCERN.
SO THOSE ARE OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS.
UM, ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS TEST ANXIETY, BUT ALMOST A QUARTER OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS REPORTED, UH, ANXIETY AS ONE OF THEIR TOP REPORTED CONCERNS.
UM, 16% OF OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS REPORTED ANXIETY AS A FREQUENTLY SELECTIVE SELECTED CONCERN OF, BUT 60% OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAS STUDENTS INDICATING FEELING STRESSED AND OVERWHELMED.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS, SCHOOL-BASED NOT THAT LONG AGO, I SAW THAT EVERY DAY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE I WORKED, UM, IT WOULD BE TEMPTING TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM THE, OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PANDEMIC IN OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT DATA.
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE FORMALIZED THIS.
UM, SO I WOULD WANT TO WAIT, UM, AND SEE WHAT, HOW THAT BEARS OUT AS WE COMPLETE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE TWEAKING IT A LITTLE BIT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE THE DATA TO INFORM OUR PRACTICE AND OUR INTERVENTION WITH STUDENTS.
I WOULD ADD TO THAT TO ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS VOLUNTARY.
SO NO STUDENT IS FORCED TO TAKE THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND WE DO NOT ASK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES.
WE ASK THEM MORE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING, UH, WHAT ARE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE, WE BELIEVE THAT COME THE FALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INSTANT DATA.
SO A SCHOOL I'LL JUST PICK NORTHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COULD DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
EVERYBODY VOLUNTARILY TAKES IT, COMPLETES IT, AND IMMEDIATELY THEY HAVE THEIR DATA AND HAVE PIE CHARTS AND SAY, HEY, WHY DO OUR THIRD GRADERS HAVE THIS GOING ON? SCHOOL-WIDE WE SEE THIS IS GOING ON.
AND THEN THEY CAN MEET WITH THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TEAMS TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WHEN YOU SEE TEST ANXIETY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS WHO HAD THAT AS A NUMBER ONE CONCERN SAID, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? NOW? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS BEFORE A TEST, GIVE THEM SOME CALMING STRATEGIES, UH, AND GIVE THEM SOME STRATEGIES THAT THEY CAN EMPLOY SO THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT ANXIETY.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ALSO IS THIS IS A YEAR WHERE WE WERE DOING TESTING STATE TESTING IN THE FALL, WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE EVER BEFORE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS RESPONSE FROM STUDENTS WAS DUE TO THAT STATE TESTING OR THE GENERAL QUIZZES THEY MAY GET FROM THE TEACHER.
SO AGAIN, AS MISS ALTANA POINTED OUT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE TRACKING AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL, BUT THAT INSTANTANEOUS DATA IS GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS ASSET TO OUR SCHOOLS TEAMS THAT CAN THEN TAKE THAT DATA AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS IT.
SO LAST JUNE, WE HAD MENTIONED THIS STATISTIC, AND I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE REVISIT IT, THAT STUDENTS ARE ONLY SPENDING ONE FIFTH OF THEIR WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN OUR BUILDINGS.
AND THEY ONLY SPEND ONE EIGHTH OF THEIR YEAR IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
SO SEVEN EIGHTH OF THE STUDENT'S TIME.
SO I TAKE MY DAUGHTER SEVEN ACE OF HER YEAR IS NOT IN A SCHOOL BUILDING.
IT'S AT HOME WITH ME OR OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHEREVER SHE MAY BE.
SO WE AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM ONLY SEE OUR CHILDREN ONE EIGHTH OF THE YEAR.
SO AS A RESULT, IT'S REALLY IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS SO WE CAN INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN INVOLVE PARENTS BECAUSE
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I WOULD BET THAT IF YOU ASKED MOST PEOPLE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A YEAR THEIR CHILD IS IN SCHOOL, AND THEY WOULD THINK IT'S MUCH MORE THAN ONE EIGHTH.UM, BUT WHEN YOU DO THE MATH AND YOU THINK ABOUT SUMMER WEEKENDS BREAKS NIGHTS, UH, WE ARE ONLY SEEING THEM SIX AND A HALF HOURS A DAY, 180 DAYS A YEAR.
SO WE, WE, UM, ARE GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE STAFF, TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE WITH US.
BUT WE KNOW WHEN THEY WALK OUT THAT DOOR AT TWO O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK, WHATEVER TIME IT MIGHT BE, THAT THOSE SUPPORTS AND THEN IN THE COMMUNITY NEED TO BE THERE FOR THEM AS WELL.
FOR THAT REASON, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTY, UH, AGAIN, A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL CAUSE YOU SUPPORT MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO ALLUDE TO SOME OF THESE IN OUR, IN OUR NEXT SLIDES.
SO SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I WOULD SAY, UH, TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE IT, NOT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT ALL.
WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE THERAPY AT AGENCY AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, EXCEPT FOR JOHN ARCHER.
AND THAT IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS.
SO STUDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO GET THEIR THERAPY AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY, WE HAVE THERAPISTS COMING INTO THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE REFERRED THE PARENTS, MEET WITH A THERAPIST JUST AS THEY WOULD IN AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DAY.
AND THEN THAT CHILD IS RECEIVES THEIR THERAPY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO THE THERAPIST WILL ALTER IT.
SO THEY'RE NOT MISSING THE SAME CLASS EVERY WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK.
HOW OFTEN, DEPENDING ON HOW OFTEN THEY'RE MEETING, THIS IS A HUGE, UM, A HUGE RESOURCE FOR OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE MANY OF OUR FAMILIES CAN NOT GET THEIR CHILD TO THERAPY AT NIGHT, UH, OR AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO BEING ABLE TO SEE THEIR THERAPIST DURING THE SCHOOL DAY REALLY HELPS CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN, IN WITH US.
ALSO, THESE AGENCIES HAVE WORKED WITH US TO CONTINUE ON IN THE SUMMER WHEN NEEDED SO THAT THE CHILD COULD COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, UH, TO SEE THEIR THERAPIST.
UH, WE HAVE OVER 500 STUDENTS COUNTY-WIDE ACCESSING THE SERVICE.
UH, AND THE GOAL OBVIOUSLY IS TO WORK WITH THE THERAPIST TO THE POINT.
YOU DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE AND THEN TAKE ON NEW PATIENTS.
UH, SO THIS AGAIN IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EMPLOY INTO EVERY BUILDING.
THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM IS, IS AGAIN, ANOTHER PROGRAM WE WORK, WE WORK WITH THE, ALL THE POLICE PRECINCTS IN THE COUNTY.
SO WHEN THE POLICE ENCOUNTER A CHILD AT AN EVENT, UM, WHERE THERE WAS TRAUMA, UH, IT COULD BE THAT SOMEONE IN THE HOME PASSED AWAY, IT COULD BE SOMETHING MORE TRAUMATIC, UH, THAT MAY HAVE THE CHILD MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE POLICE CONTACTS US.
THEY JUST GIVE US THE CHILD'S NAME, DATE OF BIRTH AND SCHOOL.
THEY DO NOT TELL US WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS TO JUDGE WHAT HAPPENED.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE SCHOOL WHEN THIS CHILD COMES IN TOMORROW MORNING, HANDLE THEM WITH CARE.
AND OUR SCHOOL STAFF HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO REALIZE THAT AND TO UNDERSTAND THIS CHILD MIGHT COME IN TIRED, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THEIR HOMEWORK WITH THEM.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE ALSO REALLY TRAIN OUR STAFF, NOT TO STIGMATIZE THE SITUATION.
DON'T ASSUME SOMETHING NEGATIVE HAPPENED AGAIN.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FAIRLY, VERY ELDERLY GRANDPARENT THAT MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY.
NOBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG, BUT IT WAS TRAUMATIC FOR THE CHILD.
THE GROUP PIECE OF THIS IS THAT OUR SCHOOLS THEN BEGAN TO DEVELOP A SORT OF GENERAL EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR STUDENTS GO THROUGH IN THE SEVENTIES, SEVENTIES AT THE TIME, THEY'RE NOT WITH US, SO THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR BUILDING, WE NEEDED TO STEP BACK AND TAKE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
UH, AND MOST OF OUR TEACHERS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST A VISUAL REMINDER TO THEM.
UM, TO THAT IN MIND, AS THE CHILDREN WALK IN THE DOOR, THIS IS AN EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THAT I HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN, UH, ON MAY 13TH.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE SLIDE IS YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ON THERE, BUT THIS IS REALLY A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN HARFORD COUNTY COMING TOGETHER TO DO A WELLNESS NIGHT FOR OUR FAMILIES.
AND I'M GOING TO LET MISS ALTON EXPOUND ON THAT A BIT.
THIS IS REALLY THE ULTIMATE COLLABORATION.
UM, THE HOSTS OF THE, THE EVENTS ARE THE OFFICE ON MENTAL HEALTH KIND, FAMILY, HARTFORD CRISIS CENTER, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, SUPPORTED BY ASHLEY TREATMENT, MARYLAND COALITION OF FAMILIES, UM, AND HARTFORD COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE PANDEMIC TO SHARE THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS ARE CONCERNED IN OUR COUNTY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, IT REALLY KIND OF STARTED AS A SMALL IDEA.
DO YOU THINK WE COULD DO SOMETHING AT RIPKIN STADIUM AND THEN WE ALL MADE IT HAPPEN? SO, AND IT HAPPENED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SO WE DO HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU CAN JOIN US AT LEAST FOR A PART OF THE MEETING, UM, OR THE, THE EVENTS, UH, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN,
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THE MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE EXCELLENT.SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, UM, AND, UH, LEARN ABOUT OUR RESOURCES IN THIS COUNTY THAT WE HOPE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MR. HANNIGAN TALKS ABOUT RESOURCES WITHIN OUR COUNTY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KNOW WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A RESOURCE.
AND SO WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE PROVIDE SOME TARGETED TRAININGS THAT ARE EVIDENCE-BASED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED.
UM, THREE THAT WE OFFER WITH FREQUENCY TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS, OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.
AND THOSE TWO CLASSES REALLY TEACH PARTICIPANTS TO RECOGNIZE WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH OR A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, HOW TO APPROACH THEM AND TO KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES, UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU CAN HELP THEM ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES.
THEY'RE LONG CLASSES, BUT VERY POPULAR WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY OBVIOUSLY YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST STATE, BECAUSE IT REALLY FOCUSES ON, UH, YOUTH AGES 12 TO 18.
OUR STAFF MEMBERS REALLY ENJOY THIS TRAINING BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATE THEMSELVES.
WE ALSO TEACH QUESTION PERSUADE, REFER QPR, WHICH IS A MUCH SHORTER CLASS AND FOCUSED SOLELY ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, RECOGNIZING BEHAVIORS THROUGH CLUES, UM, AND OBSERVATION, UH, AGAIN, KNOWING HOW TO APPROACH SOMEONE, ASKING THEM THE SUICIDE QUESTION, DIRECTING THEM TO RESOURCES AND PERSUADING THEM TO UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES.
WE'VE TAUGHT THAT THAT CLASS IS APPROPRIATE FOR, OR THAT TRAINING IS APPROPRIATE FOR FOLKS AS YOUNG AS 12.
SO WE'VE TAUGHT OUR STUDENTS, UM, ABOUT KNOWING THE SIGNS AND, AND ALSO GOING TO ADULTS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT OUR CHILDREN, IF THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT A FRIEND WOULD TELL AN ADULT THAT THEY DON'T, THAT'S A MYTH.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO IS TREAT ANY ONE OF THESE TRAININGS AS EMERGENCY CARE THAT YOU WOULD OFFER AS IF IT WERE A PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUE.
UM, THEY'RE MEANT TO DO THAT SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE TO SOMEONE WHO'S STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND HAND OFF TO A PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN HELP THEM MORE, AGAIN, VERY, UM, POWERFUL TRAININGS, VERY POPULAR AND SOUGHT AFTER BY OUR STAFF AND HOW IT HAD TO THAT, THAT ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, THAT'S A POSITIVE TREND, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF QPR, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRAININGS WE'VE DONE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS BEING TALKED ABOUT AT VENUES LIKE THIS, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT WE CAN REDUCE THAT STIGMA AND THAT I REALLY SHOULD TALK ABOUT MY MENTAL HEALTH, THE SAME WAY I TALK ABOUT MY PHYSICAL HEALTH STUDENTS ARE SEEING THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND REPORTING IT.
AND FOR YEARS, UH, WORKING IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ANOTHER COUNTY AND SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WOULD POST SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A FRIEND WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING, CAUSE IT WAS TWO IN THE MORNING AND THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON THEIR PHONE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY SEEING THAT AND GOING AND TELLING AN ADULT THAT SOMEBODY POSTED THIS, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED BECAUSE OF IT.
SO I THINK AGAIN, THAT SORT OF SPEAKS TO THIS QPR TRAINING, BUT IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, THE MORE OUR COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN WILL SEE THAT IT'S SOMETHING VERY NORMAL TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF OUR TRAINING THIS EVENING.
AND SO FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU ALL, AND THOSE WATCHING MAYBE WONDERING WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND I THINK AS MR HENNIGAN SAID, THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
SO WHEN YOU ALL INVITE US TO COME AND TALK TO YOU AND WE HAVE THE AUDIENCE, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY WHO'S LISTENING.
IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT A PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE SUBJECT.
UM, IT'S EDUCATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR ROLE BETTER, HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPROACH SOMEONE KNOWING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A STUDENT OR A CHILD WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING, UH, LEARNING ABOUT RESOURCES.
I CAN SAY THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR CHILDREN AS ADULTS.
WE TEND TO WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RATHER THAN ACTUALLY JUST SIT AND LISTEN TO THEM AND OFFER ADVICE.
AND OFTENTIMES THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY JUST WANT US TO HEAR THEM, UH, AND OUR ADVICE AND HOW WE WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WHEN WE WERE KIDS IS SO VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR LIVES.
WE REALLY CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO, TO LIVE TODAY, UM, AND INTERVENING EARLY.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE EARLIER WE INTERVENE, THE MORE LIKELY WE'LL HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
UM, AND THAT'S TRUE OF, OF PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ALL CAN DO, UM, TO REDUCE STIGMA AND MAKE MENTAL HEALTH AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH.
ADDITIONALLY, WHAT DO OUR CHILDREN NEED? UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE HEALTHY, WE NEED TO EXERCISE.
THEY NEED TO EXERCISE, GET GOOD SLEEP, UM, HAVE HEALTHY AND NUTRITION, NUTRITIOUS EATING HABITS SO THAT THEY CAN GROW THEIR BRAINS AND THEIR BODIES PREDICTABILITY AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, SCHOOL IS A PREDICTABLE PLACE.
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LIFE IS CHAOTIC, UM, AS LITTLE NEGATIVE STRESS AS POSSIBLE.AND A WORD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE STRESS, MOST PEOPLE THINK IT'S ALL NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.
OUR LIFE, WE DON'T HAVE A LIFE THAT'S WITHOUT STRESS, TOXIC STRESS THAT GOES ON AND ON, AND OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON THEM.
SO IF WE CAN LIMIT THAT, UM, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE NO STRESS BECAUSE THEN THEY DON'T DEVELOP COPING SKILLS.
AND THAT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL EITHER, BUT ALSO WHAT CHILDREN NEED.
AND WHAT I KNOW THE CHILDREN OF HARTFORD COUNTY HAVE IS, IS CARING ADULTS.
AND IT REALLY ONLY TAKES ONE IN THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
UM, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MANY ADULTS WHO CARE FOR THEM.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SLIDE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, WE GO TO ONE TO THE END OF THE SPECTRUM OF RESPONSE THERAPY, MEDICATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHEN REALLY WE REALLY NEED TO DIAL BACK AND LOOK AT THESE FIVE THINGS.
AND I'M THE FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS ARE ALL FIVE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN MY HOUSE NOW.
BUT IF ONE OF THEM OR TWO OF THEM, OR THREE OF THEM ARE, ARE NOT HAPPENING EVERY DAY, SOMETHING COULD LOOK LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN.
IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE A CHILD THAT'S GETTING FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT, NOT EATING WELL AND NOT EXERCISING, SHE MAY NOT LOOK WELL.
AND SHE MAY BE EXHIBITING BEHAVIORS THAT MAY BE CONCERNING OF A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
SO I THINK AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WE NEED TO, AS A COMMUNITY AND AS PARENTS LOOK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AT LEAST TAKING CARE OF THESE FIVE THINGS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, I KNOW THAT NINE TO 10 HOURS IS HARD SOMETIMES, BUT OUR CHILDREN REALLY NEED THAT.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER MY DAUGHTER'S YELLING AT ME.
I HAD TO GO TO BED WHEN IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUT, LIKE, WELL, I WANT YOUR BRAIN TO GROW.
SO I THINK THESE, THESE THINGS NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
AND I REALLY FOCUS ON THAT MIDDLE ONE TO SLEEP, UH, WITH CELL PHONES, IF WE ARE NOT MONITORING CELLPHONE USE, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE UP UNTIL THREE IN THE MORNING ON THEIR PHONES.
AND THEN THEY GET UP FOR SCHOOL AT FIVE 30.
AND THEN WE WONDER WHY THEY'RE TIRED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND NOT LOOKING WELL.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
IT'S HARD TO DO, UH, PARENTING AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW IS THE HARDEST JOB OUT THERE.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUMP TO RESPONSE AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM.
IF WE'RE NOT LEAST CHECKING IN AND MAKING SURE THESE FIVE THINGS ARE IN CHECK MOST OF THE TIME, AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
FINALLY, ANOTHER WORD ABOUT RESOURCES.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS COUNTY TO HAVE MANY RESOURCES AND EMERGENCY RESOURCES, THE KIND FAMILY CRISIS CENTER, UM, THAT'S OPEN EVERY DAY FROM NINE TILL NINE.
YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO MEET WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
IF YOU WALK IN THERE, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS RESOURCE.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR MOBILE CRISIS TEAM WHO WILL ACTUALLY COME TO SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED AND IN DISTRESS WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
ANOTHER AMAZING RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, UH, 2, 1, 1 WHERE FOLKS CAN ACCESS A VARIETY OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NATIONAL RESOURCES.
AND ONE THAT I LIKE IN PARTICULAR FOR OUR STUDENTS, THEY ARE DIGITAL NATIVES.
THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE INTERNET AND, AND TECHNOLOGY THAN WE PROBABLY COULD EVER HOPE TO, UM, AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THEM AS OUR CRISIS TEXT LINE, WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE TO TYPE IN HELLO TO THIS NUMBER, AND SOMEONE WILL BE ON THE OTHER END SPEAKING TO YOU VIA TEXT AND SUPPORTING YOU.
AND IT'S AN EX THE EXISTENCE OF THIS, THE USE OF IT HAS ABSOLUTELY EXPLODED.
UH, THIS IS THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE COMMUNICATE.
MY DAUGHTER TELLS ME ALL THE TIME ON, PLEASE DON'T CALL ME.
NOBODY TALKS ON THE PHONE ANYMORE.
UM, SO I LEARNED, BUT THEY'RE UTILIZING THIS RESOURCE, BUT IF SOMEONE IS AN EXTREME DISTRESS, THEY CAN ALSO BRING THE POLICE TO THEIR HOME.
AND I HAD A PARENT WHO TOLD ME THE POLICE SHOWED UP AT HER DOOR ONE DAY.
SHE HAD NO IDEA THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS COMMUNICATING ON THIS RESOURCE AND DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT PROBLEM WAS IN HER HOME UNTIL THE POLICE SHOWED UP.
AND IT WAS BRAVE OF HER TO SHARE THAT.
BUT SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO GET HELP FOR HER DAUGHTER.
CERTAIN THAT'S NOT THE WAY SHE WANTED TO FIND OUT, BUT I'M SO HAPPY IT WAS AVAILABLE TO HER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US AND WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WELL, THANK YOU, MR. HENNIGAN FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND MISS ALDEN, UM, MS. ALDEN, AS A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SPECIALIST, ARE YOU ALONE IN THAT POSITION WITH HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS? SO I AM THE ONLY MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST.
UH, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE MANY PRACTITIONERS THAT ARE SCHOOL-BASED.
I COORDINATE OUR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, INTERACTS WITH ALL OF THE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKE CONNECTIONS AND CONSULT WITH, UM, SCHOOL-BASED STAFF, UH, FOR, UH, ABOUT STUDENTS AND SERVICES.
SO YES, I AM THE ONLY MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY STUDENT SERVICES STAFF MEMBERS.
CAUSE IT CONCERNS ME, I MEAN, ALMOST 38,000 STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT NUMBER ONE.
UM, NUMBER TWO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TODAY AND, AND GIVING THIS PRESENTATION TO US.
AND I WONDER HOW OFTEN YOU'RE ABLE TO
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COME TO A VENUE LIKE THIS AND PRESENT TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD PARENTS COME TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WANT US TO INTERACT WITH THEM WITH THESE ISSUES.UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT THE EXPERTS YOU ARE.
SO HOW OFTEN ARE YOU OUT OR AVAILABLE FOR HARFORD COUNTY PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION OR TO INTERACT WITH YOU OR ENGAGE WITH YOU IN REFERENCE TO THEIR CHILDREN? SURE.
SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY SPEAKING THIS THURSDAY TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SITTERS FOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IT'S A BIT OF AN EXPANDED PRESENTATION FROM THIS.
UH, WE ALSO DO, UH, PRESENTATIONS AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS, BUT I WILL SAY ONE OF OUR PLANS PRE PANDEMIC, WHICH WE WANT TO START TO INSTITUTE NOW THAT WE CAN START DOING THE FACE-TO-FACE BUNIONS AGAIN IS DOING THAT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING.
UM, BUT THE FIRST TIME I DID THAT, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE REALLY THAT PERIOD OF ADOLESCENCE YOU GO, AND WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH IT, YOU GO THROUGH SO MANY CHANGES.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHILD AND SAY, IS THIS A PROBLEM OR IS THIS NORMAL? YOU KNOW, SHE'S CRYING BECAUSE THEIR SWEATPANTS DON'T FEEL RIGHT.
IS THAT NORMAL OR IS THAT AN ISSUE? SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND IT REALLY HELPS DRILL DOWN, PUTS THE PARENTS THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT IS TYPICAL AND WHAT IS NOT.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS EXPAND OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID TRAININGS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO OUR QPR TRAININGS TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, DUE TO THE CONDITIONS.
UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMPLETELY PLANNED TO EXPAND.
THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL, UH, ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, MR. JANZEN NANA.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I SAW THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAID FOR 19 20, 21, 20 22, WE'RE ALL THE SAME FOR THE HUMANITIES STUDENTS, YOU, THE TOTAL REPORTS, WHAT WAS 18 AND 19? DID YOU SAY THAT WAS THE SAME? NO.
UM, SO OUR SER, UH, DATA THAT, THAT ACTUAL DATABASE WENT LIVE IN 1920.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE DO HAVE DATA.
WE DO HAVE DATA THAT'S ALSO WHEN WE WERE PAPER AND PEN, UH, DOING OUR REPORTS AND ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS WORKED ON THE DATABASE.
SO NOW THIS IS LIVE DATA FOR US.
THE REPORTS COME IN ON A DAILY BASIS, OUR SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL COUNSELING REVIEWS THEM.
I JUST SIT IN AND INCLUDED IN THIS AND IT'S NOT, IT WOULDN'T PROBABLY BE THE SAME, BUT IT MIGHT BE SIMILAR.
SO NO IDEA IF IT'S 300, 400, 500 IN 1819.
I WILL SAY THAT IS THE CURRENT INCREASINGLY GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND PART OF THAT IS TWOFOLD.
ONE, I THINK THERE'S MORE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, BUT PART OF IT IS THE EDUCATION AND THE STIGMA.
SO STUDENTS NOW KNOW IF I'M NOT FEELING WELL, I NEED TO GO TELL SOMEBODY.
SO THE DATA AND ONE, AND THIS MAY NOT SOUND RIGHT, BUT IN ONE, IN ONE PERSPECTIVE IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GET HELP.
UH, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE IT TO BE ZERO.
SO I CAN SEND, UM, THE COUNCIL, OUR DATA, I BELIEVE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, AND YOU WILL SEE, IT DEFINITELY HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
UM, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS FOLD ONE TO JUST SHOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
BUT TWO IS TO SAY THAT WE REALLY HAVE NOT SEEN A BIG SHIFT, UH, AFTER THE, WELL, NOT NECESSARILY AFTER THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN 21, 22, IT'S REALLY LEVELED OFF FROM THE YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE INCREASE IN DECEMBER, MARCH? AND IS IT CHRISTMAS AND THE WINTER MONTHS? IS THAT PRETTY MUCH, YEAH, IT CAN BE MULTIFACETED.
THE, WE DEFINITELY DO SEE AN UPTICK IN THE SPRING.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH BEHIND THAT AND THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF PARALLEL RESEARCH TO ANTIDEPRESSANTS THAT SOMETIMES STUDENTS FEEL SO LOW AND THEN WHEN THEY GET A BOOST, THEN THEY FEEL GOOD ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WHICH IS SAD TO SAY.
BUT SO IN THE, IN APRIL AND SPRING, WE ACTUALLY DO STUDENTS SORT OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGY, BUT THEY'VE COME FROM SO LOW WHERE THEY HAD NO, THEY HAD COMPLETE INACTION TO NOW FEELING LIKE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT AGE GROUP IS THIS REPRESENT? THAT'S ACROSS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THAT'S OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 38,000 ANYTHING TO DO WITH COVID AND THEY STILL HAD TO WEAR THE MASK NOW.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF WHY, WHEN YOU SEE THERE'S BEEN A LEVELING OUT IN 21, 22, THERE THERE'S, WE DON'T REALLY SEE AN IMPACT AT ALL.
SO THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WAS NO MASKS AND IN 21, 22, THERE WAS MASS UNTIL A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND IT'S ALMOST EXACT DATA.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, MR. RAVEN, UM, MR. HENNIGAN, AND CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU FOR SURE.
THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS SEVERAL TIMES AND MANY TIMES ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTIONS AND SO FORTH, AND, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH TAKES ON
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A HUGE, UM, UH, GAMUT OF, OF THINGS FROM EVERYTHING, FROM EMOTIONS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL TO YOU NAME IT, IT, IT JUST, IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING.AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AND KNOWING THAT THIS WAS COMING UP TONIGHT, UM, I, I GAVE SOME THOUGHT TO, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE SCHOOLS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND WE VISITED THE SCHOOLS IN THE PAST AND SEEN SOME THINGS THERE THAT, UH, UM, ARE QUITE TELLING OF, OF WHERE WE ARE IN, IN THE YEAR 2022.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING TO PONDER A BIT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME CURRICULUMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE HEALTH CURRICULUM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE CHILDREN, THEY'RE PRETTY DIVERSE TO START WITH, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE, THIS AGE RANGE THAT YOU HAVE, WOULD THERE BE A CHANCE, OR COULD THERE BE A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE CURRICULUMS THAT ARE BEING PUSHED OUT AND MAYBE PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT THEM PRESENTED, BUT COULD THEY ALSO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD? UH, BASICALLY, UH, IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATING MORE CONFUSION, MORE ANXIETY, MORE STRESS, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE, BECAUSE IT IS SO ENCOMPASSING A, THE NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE CREATED EQUAL, SO YOU COULD HAVE, OR WOULD HAVE SOME THAT ARE GONNA READ IT A DIFFERENT WAY, OR TAKE IT A DIFFERENT WAY, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GET INTO SOME THINGS THAT, UH, THEY MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH OR, OR BE CONFUSED ABOUT.
AND I'M JUST, JUST THINKING MAYBE SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE CURRICULUMS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS TO SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS.
IS THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU AT ALL OR HIT HOME AT ALL? UH, I, I, IT MAKES SENSE IN THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UH, LAKE FIT YOU'RE ASKING IF THIS THERE, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE NEVER HAD A STUDENT REPORT THAT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS A DIRECT IMPACT OF SOMETHING THEY LEARNED.
I MEAN, THEY COULDN'T TELL YOU ON A GOOD DAY EXACTLY WHERE IT IS COMING FROM, BECAUSE YOU SAID EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION IT'S YEARS LATER BEFORE SOMEBODY PROBABLY AFTER GOING THROUGH THERAPY SAYS, OH, THAT'S WHAT CAUSED MY ISSUES WHEN I WAS 12.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT REALLY HAS TO BE CIRCLED BACK TO THIS POINT THAT WE REALLY DO NEED THE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY ARE WITH THE CHILDREN SEVEN DAYS AT THE TIME.
SO, BUT WITH THAT WORKS ONLY IF THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN WHAT THE SCHOOL WAS PUTTING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND THE CHILDREN AND INVOLVING THE PARENTS AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT CONNECTION.
AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK PERSONALLY AS A PARENT THAN I, I HAVE FELT THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE GONE THROUGH AND THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT.
UH, I WOULD ALSO SAY TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT THE CLUBHOUSE TO US A FEW MONTHS BACK, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING.
AND WE'RE HAVING A KICKOFF THIS SUMMER WITH THE CLUBHOUSE WITH ABERDEEN.
UH, SO WE WERE GOING TO BE HOUSING THEM, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, AND DIDN'T NEED TO, BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR OWN LOCATION.
SO THE BLUEPRINT IS ASKING US NOT TO JUST FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, BUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING IN WITH MISS ALTON'S POSITION, REALLY A FOCUS ON THAT SUBSTANCE USE AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT.
A LOT OF OUR SUBSTANCE USE IS A DIRECT LINK BACK TO THINGS THAT CHILDREN HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR LIVES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAUMA CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH, WHICH THEN COULD BE NOT, NOT ALWAYS A DIRECT RESULT AS TO WHY SUBSTANCES ENTERED INTO THEIR LIFE.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET INVOLVED EARLY, THAT WE HAVE THE EARLY INTERVENTION.
AND AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS IT MAKING YOU FEEL THIS WAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE POWER OF THERAPY.
MOST OF US WALK AROUND MY THOUGHTS AND ARE IN OUR MIND, AND WE DON'T REALLY CAN'T REALLY PLACE WHY WE FEEL THE WAY WE FEEL WHEN YOU GO TO THERAPY.
AND YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST VERBALIZE IT.
THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO BE ABLE TO POINT YOUR FINGER ON SOMETHING AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHY I'M FEELING THIS WAY.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IF WE HAVE CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THAT, AND IF THEY'RE GETTING THE PROFESSIONAL HELP THAT THEY NEED, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE COME OUT IN THAT PROCESS.
AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE, UH, OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE BEING SO WELCOMING, OPEN ARMS FOR THE, UH, THE CLUBHOUSE CONCEPT AND TRYING TO GET HELP FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BRING, WE WON'T TAKE IT UP TO SEE ME, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO, UH, SOME OF THE CURRICULUM THAT'S IN THE SCHOOLS, IF WE COULD, BECAUSE WE READ A LOT ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT FROM PARENTS.
WE'RE IN A FUNNY POSITION HERE.
ALL WE CAN DO IS GIVE YOU THE MONEY, ASSUME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE RIGHT THING WITH IT.
AND THEN WE HEAR THINGS THAT COME BACK SOMETIMES THAT ARE LIKE, AH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'D LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST REQUEST, AT SOME POINT WE COME BACK AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE SCHOOLS
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THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT ARE THERE AND ARE, YOU KNOW, THE FACTUAL THINGS.I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PART OF OUR, UH, OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON ALL ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, SIR, CAN YOU FIND A SEAT PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
IF YOU NEED TO GET UP AGAIN, YOU CAN, BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SITTING.
UM, ANYONE ELSE, MR. WAGNER? I MEAN, SORRY, MR. BILL.
I THINK THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
UH, THANK YOU, MR. HANNIGAN AND MS. HALL, UM, APPRECIATE YOU, UH, COMING OUT TONIGHT AND YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, COUPLE OF WEEKS TESTS FIRST, UM, THESE NUMBERS JUST SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE, OF SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, THEY FAILED ON A TEST.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, SHALL WE SAY THE SERIOUS NUMBERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN GO, WHERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN ATTEMPT OR IT WAS SERIOUS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, IF YOU CAN GO BACK THAT FAR.
YES, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE DATA DIS-AGGREGATED BY, UM, THE SEVERITY, THE, UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNSELOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PSYCHOLOGIST, WHOMEVER, UH, IF THERE WAS A, UM, PLAN, UH, WHAT THAT PLAN WAS.
SO WE HAVE ALL THAT, ALL THAT DATA DESEGREGATED, AND IT WOULD NOT BE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE DATA SO WE COULD SHARE IT.
I DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THOSE RAW NUMBERS, THESE WERE THE NUMBERS OF SERIES ATTEMPTS OR WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE WERE, THEY WERE SERIOUS, BUT THERE WAS SOME INTERVENTION, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND ALSO YOU MENTIONED A SURVEY THAT YOU WERE GIVING OUT TO STUDENTS.
WOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY NAMES, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT SURVEY, THE SURVEY OR THE RESPONSES? THE SURVEY? YES.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SURVEY, I MEAN, SURE.
IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A GENERAL RESPONSE OR THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO.
SO, AND I THINK MS. ALLEN TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO POINT OUT SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN DOING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS.
I MEAN, THIS IS MY 24TH YEAR IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM EVERY YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN GROUPS, WHAT STUDENTS HAVE A COMMON THEME, AND THEN WE RUN GROUP THERAPY BASED ON THAT COMMON THEME.
SO WHAT WE DID WITH THIS IS REALLY NOTHING NEW, OTHER THAN SAYING, LET'S FORMALIZE IT AND MAKE A S A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET.
SO WE CAN COVER ALL THE BASIS.
UH, THIS INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WAS NOT SHARED WITH ANYBODY, UH, THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY, IT WASN'T ABOUT IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC STUDENTS.
IT WAS ABOUT IDENTIFYING DATA ACROSS THE SCHOOLS, ACROSS THE SCHOOL ITSELF AND ACROSS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO THAT A SCHOOL COULD RESPOND AND SAY, I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE, 35% OF OUR STUDENTS REPORT THAT THEY'RE STRESSED AND OVERWHELMED.
WE KNOW THAT WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? SO I DEFINITELY CAN SHARE THAT AGAIN.
THERE'S TWO SURVEYS, ONE FOR ELEMENTARY, ONE FOR SECONDARY.
UH, I CAN SHARE THAT WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
AND, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION, HOW ARE YOU AS FAR AS RESOURCES, BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE MET WITH YOU GUYS, YOU WERE REALLY ONLY HAD ABOUT 25% OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED HAVE HAS BEEN PROVED OR, UH, WELL, I, I WOULD JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF NEVES IS THE CORRECT WORD.
SO PART OF OUR DISCUSSION LAST TIME WAS ABOUT THE, UM, THE RATIOS THAT ARE SET NATIONAL STANDARDS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, A ONE TO 500 RATIO FOR THIS PROFESSIONAL, ONE TO TWO 50 FOR THAT PROFESSION.
SO WE ALWAYS COULD USE MORE HANDS, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, WE DEFINITELY ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE PSYCHOLOGISTS, NURSES, COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, PEOPLE, PERSONNEL, WORKERS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND AS WE POINTED OUT THROUGHOUT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, IT'S NOT JUST THEM.
IT STARTS WITH THE BUS DRIVER, THE CAFETERIA WORKER, THE FRONT OFFICERS, CLERICAL, AND EVERY TEACHER THAT DEVELOPS A RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY, I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE BEHIND, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE HELP.
UH, ONE FINAL QUESTION, AND I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THAN A COUNCILMAN WAGNER WAS, UH, AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY, BUT SOME OF THE CURRICULUM, AND I'M GOING TO SPECIFICALLY REFER TO THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SEX EDUCATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ADOLESCENTS ARE REALLY A KINDERGARTENS ON, IS THERE ANY PLAN TO, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S TWO WORLDS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DATA HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT THEM AT THIS PHASE IN THEIR LIFE.
UH, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND SEE THE EFFECTS THAT IT MAY HAVE ON SOME CHILDREN? YEAH, WELL, I THINK,
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AND WHEN YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU SAY EARLY, I THINK I DON'T EVEN, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT YET, SO WE DON'T, WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE TO IT BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPLICIT, EXPLICITLY INCLUDED IN THAT.SO I THINK AS WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING AND WHAT WE'RE MANDATED TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT AND SEE, IS THERE ANY IMPACT, BUT AT THIS, UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF PEOPLE THINKING, UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TEACHING.
UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN FLESHED OUT YET.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF HE COMES ACROSS YOUR MIND, KIND OF KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON THAT OR THE COUNCIL.
AND NOW I WOULD SAY THAT MY OFFICE WORKS VERY CLOSELY IN CONCERT WITH OUR HEALTH, UH, CURRICULUM OFFICE.
UM, AND BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR WORK IS BRAIDED AND CROSSES OVER.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOME WORK THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MR. BILL, MR. WAGON, CHAD, I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST STUCK OUT HERE TO GET TO HIS POINT.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU PROVIDE US WITH WHAT IS CALLED THE BASIC FRAMEWORK FROM THE STATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SEXUAL STUDIES? I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I CAN LOOK AT IT.
YOU CAN'T, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OUT, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
I'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THAT FROM THE STATE, IF WE COULD.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE WORKED WITH, SO.
IT GIVES ME JUST A MINUTE, MR. SCHROEDER.
I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS ADDED TO THE BUDGET FOR PSYCHOLOGIST AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COMBINATION WAS.
CAN'T READ REALLY RECALL SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UM, UM, WHERE HAVE WE GONE SINCE THEN? I THINK BACK THEN IT WAS TO DEAL WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THEN A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE, THE ADDICTION PROBLEMS OUR COMMUNITY WAS EXPERIENCING.
AND NOW OF COURSE, SINCE THEN, WE HAVEN'T HEARD TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE KINDA DEALING WITH THE AFTEREFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC KIDS BEING AROUND THEIR FRIENDS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE IT'S CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
IT KIND OF TAKES A LOT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN, AFTER THINGS NOT BEING RIGHT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, SO, SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, I KNOW, UM, DR.
BOLSON WAS HERE AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A, UM, I GUESS AN IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE TITLE, ONE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO THEN GO TO THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
AND THEN I GUESS FROM, FROM THERE, WE'LL, WE'LL HIT ALL THE OTHER POPULATIONS IN, IN THE REST OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF HARFORD COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING IN THE FUTURE? I MEAN, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT REASONS FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST HIT ON A, ON A, ON ANOTHER ONE AND THEN WE HAVE THE MENTAL ILLNESS, WE HAVE THE OPE, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING ON AND IT, IT ALL, IT ALL INITIATE, YOU KNOW? WELL, SO I'LL, I'LL GO BACK IN TO THE, TO THE FUNDING THAT YOU SPOKE OF.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A RESPONSE TO THE SAFE TO LEARN ACT OF 2018 WITH, WITH, UM, SCHOOL SHOOTING VIOLENCE THAT ACTUALLY ADDED THAT CAME MISS ALTON'S POSITION, WHICH WAS MANDATED STATEWIDE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU ALL, UH, HAD PROVIDED US, UH, FINANCES TO HIRE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
SO AGAIN, GREAT BIG, THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.
UH, SINCE THEN WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HIRE SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT REPRESENTED IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET, UM, IS THE FACT THAT WE WERE GETTING MONEY THROUGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND OUR MARYLAND LEADS GRANT, WHICH IS ADDING POSITIONS, UH, SUCH AS SOCIAL WORKERS BEING FOR INTERVENTION COACHES, UH, PSYCHOLOGISTS.
SO, UM, WHEN I STARTED HERE, WE MAY HAVE HAD FIVE SOCIAL WORKERS WE'RE UP TO 18 NOW, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT HAD A COUNSELOR PART-TIME AND THEN THAT COUNSELOR WOULD BE AT TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS DURING THE WEEK.
AND WE HAVE, EVERY SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN SCHOOL COUNSELOR.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN SCHOOL NURSE.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY SOME SCHOOLS HAVE 4, 3, 4, 5 SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
SO AGAIN, WE ALWAYS COULD USE MORE HANDS, BUT I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE, UM, SOME GREAT, GREAT PROFESSIONALS.
WE HAVE OVER 250 STUDENT SERVICES STAFF OUT IN OUR BUILDINGS, UM, THAT ARE PROVIDING THESE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR, TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE RANGING AGAIN, FROM OUR NURSES TO OUR PE PPWS TO OUR PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS, AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATORS THAT IS A BIG PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE AS WELL, THAT OFTENTIMES GETS OVERLOOKED WITH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATORS DEVELOP WITH STUDENTS SOMETIMES WHO
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ARE WORKING WITH ONE-ON-ONE SOMETIMES WORKING ON SMALL GROUPS THAT GOES A REALLY LONG WAY BECAUSE IT'S THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL HELP THOSE STUDENTS TRUST THAT ADULT AND TELLING THEM THINGS, UM, TO GET THE INTERVENTION THEY NEED PRIOR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDING A, UH, LARGER SCALE INTERVENTION.SO TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, MR. SHIRTS, I DEFINITELY, UM, AM GRATEFUL AT THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGH YOU ALL AND MR. GLASSMAN AND DR.
BOLSON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS CAN USE MORE HANDS AND AS A FOLLOW-UP HOW, HOW MANY STUDENT CLIENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE HANDLED, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY ON AVERAGE A WEEK, BUT THEN HOW MANY, LIKE TOTAL CASES ON AVERAGE WAS KIND OF DIFFERENT.
I SEE THE NUMBERS UP THERE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SUICIDAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT EVERYBODY PEOPLE GO TO THE COUNSELOR, THEY NEED SOMETHING, OR THEY'RE STRESSED OUT, THEY HAVE A BAD DAY, WHATEVER.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MIGHT BE A ONE-TIME THING, BUT THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT I'M SURE THEY WORK WITH.
AND THERE MAY EVEN BE, UM, I GUESS THEY WORK WITH OTHER SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS OUTSIDE OF, OF THE SCHOOL.
LIKE THEY MAY HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
SO THEY KIND OF, I GUESS, COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH HOUSE.
HOW DOES, YEAH, TH THAT'S ALL, THAT'S A HARD NUMBER TO COME UP WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS GOING ACROSS DIFFERENT AVENUES.
SO A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS GO TO THE NURSE BECAUSE OF A STOMACH ACHE AND THE NURSE KNOWS IT'S NOT YOUR STOMACH, THAT YOU'RE ANXIOUS.
SO THEY'RE SEEING THAT CHILD FOR A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO SEE STUDENTS ONE TIME AND NEVER HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM AGAIN.
OTHER TIMES THEY MAY BE WITH THE CHILEAN CHILD FOR 15 MINUTES EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW MANY STUDENTS GET SEEN.
I WOULD SAY I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING SEEN BY ONE OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR A CLASSROOM GUIDANCE LESSON, WHETHER IT'S FOR CAREER EXPLORATION, COLLEGE PLANNING, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE A STUDENT COME DOWN AND HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT COLLEGE IN 10 MINUTES.
AND THE CONVERSATION THAT TURNS MORE INTO A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.
AND ARE THERE A PEER COUNSELORS IN THE SCHOOLS WHERE IT'S KIND OF A DESIGNATED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT JOBS, SOMETIMES STUDENTS HAVE, OR CLUBS OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS PEER COUNSELORS BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, AND SOMETIMES IT MAY JUST BE ANOTHER STUDENT THAT COULD SOMETIMES WORK WITH STUDENTS THAT MIGHT BE HAVING TROUBLE AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE OKAY, YOU KNOW, AND JUST KINDA HELP THEM OUT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PROGRAMS AND YEAH, NOT IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY, I'M SURE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED JUST BY GOOD FRIENDSHIPS, BUT NO, WE DO NOT HAVE A, AN OFFICIAL PEER COUNSELOR PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THOSE GROUPS SOMETIMES BECOME PLACES WHERE PEERS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THERE ARE SOME GROUPS THERE'S ONE CALLED OUR MIND MATTERS THAT ARE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS, UM, FRIENDS OR FAMILY IS ANOTHER ONE THAT ISN'T, THAT ARE IN SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE A STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL AND THEY DO COME TOGETHER.
BUT AS FAR AS AN OFFICIAL PROGRAM, NO, AND I DO WANT TO SAY OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICES ARE SOME OF THE BUSIEST PLACES IN OUR BUILDINGS.
I WAS IN A BUILDING AND I SAW THE TRAFFIC THAT WENT IN AND OUT, BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR PROFESSIONALS IN OUR BUILDINGS ARE VERY BUSY.
BUT AS YOU SAID, WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE SEEING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH.
THAT'S PART OF MY JOB TO LEARN ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND SHARE THOSE WITH THE SCHOOL-BASED STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THOSE WITH FAMILIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I KNOW A SIMILAR MODEL, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, BUT, UM, YOU HAVE PEER RECOVERY COACHES, LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ADDICTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE THAT'S REALLY WHAT HELPS THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY EXPERIENCED CERTAIN THINGS, NEEDED HOW TO, YOU KNOW, TALK PEOPLE THROUGH THINGS POWERFUL.
THANK YOU, MR. SCHROEDER, ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN SOON.
IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE AGENDA.
NUMBER FOUR, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS.
AND THEN I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE DELEGATE.
MCCOMAS IS IN THE HOUSE WITH A TONIGHT.
THIS BECOMES MS.
[7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NUMBER SEVEN APPROVAL OF MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING APRIL 19TH, 2022, LEGISLATIVE DAY 22 DASH ZERO 13, APRIL 21ST, 2022.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES THERE BEING NO CORRECTIONS TO MINUTES, STAND APPROVED, GENITALIA NUMBER EIGHT, INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.
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REBILLS 22 DASH 0 1 1 THROUGH 22 DASH ZERO 13 INTO THE RECORD FOR INTRODUCTION.I BELIEVE THAT THE RESOLUTIONS, I'M SORRY.
[9. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS]
OF BILLS.NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 1 1 ZONING DEFINITIONS, CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM, AN ACTIVE AD.
THE DEFINITIONS OF ABATEMENT AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ACT, AQUACULTURE BOATHOUSE BORROW PIT BUFFER MANAGEMENT PLAN CA CANOPY TREE KOMARR CONFORMING CONSERVATION EASEMENT COVER CROP CRITICAL AREA, BUFFER YARD, CRITICAL AREA, GRANDFATHERED PARCEL, OR LOT DEVELOPED WOODLANDS DISTURBANCE, DOCUMENTED BREEDING, BIRD AREAS, ESTABLISHMENT FINANCIAL ASSURANCE, FISHERIES ACTIVITIES.
FAR AS MANAGEMENT FAR AS PRACTICE, FULLY ESTABLISHED GROWTH ALLOCATION OF ENVELOPE, HABITAT PROTECTION PLAN HAZARDOUS TREE IN CON REPLACEMENT LAND CLEARING LANDWARD EDGE, LARGE SHRUB LIMIT OF DISTURBANCE, LIVING SHORELINE, LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE, LOT COVERAGE, CRITICAL AREA MINERALS, MODIFIED BUFFER AREA MBA, NATURAL PARKS, NATURAL VEGETATION, NATURE DOMINATED NEW DEVELOPMENT, NON WATER DEPENDENT PROJECT OFFSETS PERMANENT DISTURBANCE PLAN HABITAT PORT PROGRAM AMENDMENT PROGRAM, REFINEMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, CRITICAL AREA RESTORATION, REPAIRING HABITAT.
SHORE EROSION PROTECTION WORKS.
SHORE PROTECTION PROTECTION WORKS, SMALL SHRUB, SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY PLANS, SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES IN NEED OF CONSERVATION SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENED, SPOIL PILE, STEEP SLOPES, CRITICAL AREA STRUCTURE, CRITICAL AREA, SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION, SURFACE MINING, TEMPORARY DISTURBANCE, THINNING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, UNDERSTORY TREE UP LAND BOUNDARY, VESSEL, WATER DEPENDENT FACILITIES, WATERFOWL.
WHAT ARE YOUS INDUSTRY AND WILDLIFE HABITAT TO SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH FOUR DEFINITIONS TO DELETE THE DEFINITIONS OF BUFFER EXEMPT AREA AND THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES OR SPECIES IN NEED OF CONSERVATION AND SECTION 2 67 DASH FOUR DEFINITIONS AND TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS, THE DEFINITIONS OF ANNA DRAMAS, FISH, PROPAGATION WATERS, COLONIAL NESTING WATERBIRDS CRITICAL AREA, CRITICAL AREA, BUFFER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, FOREST GROWTH, ALLOCATION HABITAT PROTECTION AREA, INTENSELY DEVELOPED AREAS LIMITED.
THE FILAMENT AREAS MEAN HIGH WATERLINE, NATURAL HERITAGE AREA, NATURAL REGENERATION, NON-TITLE WETLANDS, OVERBURDENED STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL, PEER PEER COMMUNITY PROJECT APPROVAL, RECLAMATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION AREAS, STRUCTURE, TREE TRIBUTE, TO WHERE YOU SPRAY STREAMS, WASH PLANT WATERFOWL, STAGING AND CONCENTRATION AREA AND WILDLIFE CARD, OR IN SECTION 2 67 DASH FOUR DEFINITIONS, ALL OF ARTICLE ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS TO REPEAL.
AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SUBSECTION A OF TO SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH 101 VARIANCES OF ARTICLE TWO ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND TO REPEAL.
AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2 6, 7 DASH 66, 3 CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT OF ARTICLE SEVEN, DISTRICT REGULATIONS OF ALL OF PART ONE STANDARDS OF CHAPTER 2, 6, 7 ZONING OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO CLARIFY WHAT CONSTITUTES LOT COVERAGE AND THE CRITICAL AREA TO INCLUDE CHARTS AND TABLES, SETTING FORTH MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE CRITICAL AREA TO CLARIFY WHEN PERMIT APPLICATIONS ARE PERMITTED TO BE ACCEPTED AND REVISED.
WHEN A PROPERTY CONTAINS A CURRENT ZONING VIOLATION IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO SPECIFY WHAT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN A ZONING VIOLATION LETTER FOR PROPERTY AND THE CRITICAL AREA TO ADD REFERENCES TO THE CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM MANUAL, TO INCREASE THE FEE IN LIEU FOR MITIGATION OF DISTURBANCE IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO BROADEN THE OPTIONS, TO UTILIZE FEE AND LOO IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO EXPAND THE CRITICAL AREA BUFFER FOR NON-TITLE WETLANDS TO CHANGE TERMINOLOGY FROM BUFFER EXEMPT AREA, TO MODIFIED BUFFER AREA IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO PROHIBIT HARVESTING IN THE HABITAT PROTECTION AREA OR THE ASSOCIATED BUFFERS TO CLARIFY WHEN A VARIANCE IS ACCEPTABLE TO PURSUE AND WHEN APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND REVIEWED FOR PROPERTIES IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO ALLOW THE ABILITY TO USE DREDGE SPOILS, TO
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ENHANCE AND CREATE WETLANDS, A LIVING SHORELINE, OR REPLENISH ANY ROADING ISLAND IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO ALLOW WATER DEPENDENT STRUCTURES AND ASSESS ASSESSORY STRUCTURES THERE ON, IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO CREATE STANDARDS FOR DISTINGUISHING PROPERTY LINES THAT EXTEND OVER THE WATERWAY IN THE CRITICAL AREA TO INCLUDE PROTECTIONS AND MITIGATION STANDARDS FOR FOREST AND DEVELOPED WOODLANDS LOCATED IN A CRITICAL AREA TO REQUIRE SHRUB REMOVALS, TO BE REPLACED IN A CRITICAL AREA, TO INCLUDE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM CAN BE ALTERED, REFINED OR AMENDED AS GENERALLY RELATING TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA.AND I DO NOT BELIEVE I HAVE A DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YES, I DO BY THE COUNCIL MAY 3RD, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED JUNE 7TH, 2022 IT'S 7:00 PM.
BILL NUMBER 22 DASH ONE, BUILT 22 DASH 0 1 2 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEEN SITTING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTUARY PO AND RE-ENACT WITH AMENDMENTS SECTIONS, A ONE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA MANAGEMENT, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
SUBSECTION M A IN PARENTHESES ONE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF SECTION 1 69 DASH ONE ADOPTION LEGAL STATUS OF CHAPTER 1 6 9 MASTER PLAN OF A HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO ADOPT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE ZONING CODE REGULATIONS, CRITICAL AREA MAPS AND A CRITICAL AREA MANUAL AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL HARTFORD COUNTY MASTER PLAN BY THE COUNCIL MAY 3RD, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 7TH, 2022, BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 1 3, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEN, CINDY AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND ACTIVE REPEAL AND REENACT WITH AMENDMENT SECTION 2 6, 8 DASH 10 CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT OF ARTICLE THREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OF CHAPTERS, 2 6, 8 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE HARTFORD COUNTY CODE AS AMENDED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM, AND GENERALLY RELATING TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM BY THE COUNCIL MAY 3RD, 2020 TO INTRODUCE READ FIRST TIME ORDER POSTED IN PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON JUNE 7TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WAGNER, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS.
[11. CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS]
CALL FOR FINAL READING OF BILLS, BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5 CHARTER AMENDMENT NON-INTERFERENCE WITH EXECUTIVE BRANCH.I WOULD MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF BILL NUMBER 22 DASH 0 0 5.
IT'S MEDIUM IS SECOND TO APPROVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5.
ANY COMMENTS MR.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A NECESSARY, UH, INCLUSION, UM, THAT WE DID THAT AND, UM, WHAT THE, UM, THE VOTERS DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.
THANK ANY OTHER MS. TEXAN, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR. CHANDRA DANNO, MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGON, MR. VIOLA, THEY'RE BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO IN A NEGATIVE BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5 IS HERE BY APPROVED
[12. ENROLLMENT OF BILLS]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, ENROLLMENT, A BILLS BILL 22 DASH 0 0 5 CHARTER AMENDMENT NON-INTERFERENCE WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCHES CERTIFIES BEING THE TEXTS FINALLY PASSED 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS.[14. NEW BUSINESS]
14 NEW BUSINESS ANNUAL ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES REPORT PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT.SO, UM, COUNSEL, AS YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PAMPHLET, IN YOUR BOOKS, YOU HAVE A, A SUMMARY OF THE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
UH, WE MET LAST DECEMBER, UH, AS I SAID EARLIER TONIGHT, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS UP OVER 594 STUDENTS, UH, PUSHING, UH, 38,000.
WE STILL HAVE A MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN SCHOOLS, UH, BEL AIR HAVRE DE GRACE, HOMESTEAD, WAKEFIELD, AND RED PUMP ELEMENTARY.
UH, RECENTLY, UM, WE HAD A MEETING TO ASSIST, UH, WITH THE TOWN OF BELAIR, COUNCILMAN JAY, ANDREW, NANA, AND MYSELF, HAD A MEETING WITH THE TOWN OF BEL AIR AND HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ASSIST IN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAD WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF HOMESTEAD WAKEFIELD.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO SCHEDULE A SECOND MEETING NOW, UH, WHICH WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN ONE DAY NEXT WEEK, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN'T ASSIST IN THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
I GOT A CALL FROM MAYOR BIANCA TODAY AND MS. HARRIS IS PUTTING THAT MEETING TOGETHER, BUT, UH, BASICALLY ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET.
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CONSIDERED A SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS.IT'S BEEN PROPOSED TO RECESS DURING JULY AND AUGUST AND RESUME REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER 6TH.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ANYONE MR. SHREDS COUNTER PRESIDENT? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A 2023 COUNCIL MEETING SUMMER SCHEDULE ASSIST 2020, SAYS IT WRONG.
UH, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. JAN.
JORDANNA IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEETING SUMMER SCHEDULE.
ANY COMMENTS MR. PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, MR. WOODS, MR.
MR. SCHROEDER, MR. WAGNER, MR. BIOLA, I'M BEING SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ZERO AND A NEGATIVE THE COUNCIL SUMMER SCHEDULES HERE BY APPROVED SECTION C EXECUTIVE ORDER 22 DASH ZERO THREE HARFORD COUNTY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE GRANT, MR. WAGNER, EXECUTIVE ORDER 22 DASH ZERO THREE HARTFORD AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE BRANCH, WHEREAS RESERVING RESEARCHING AND INTERPRETING AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE.
AND HERITAGE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
WHEREAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE HAVE OFTEN BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE PRESERVATION RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION OF OUR NATION'S PAST, WHEREAS AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HARTFORD COUNTY FROM BEFORE ITS FOUNDING TO THE PRESENT DAY.
AND WHEREAS HARFORD COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
NOW, THEREFORE SECTION ONE B IT ORDERED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HARTFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, THAT A GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN THE FUNDING OF PRESERVATION RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND HARTFORD COUNTY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED SECTION TO BE AT FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE ENTITLED THE HARTFORD COUNTY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE GRANT, SECTION THREE, B IT FURTHER ORDERED THAT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER SHALL TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST JULY, 1ST OF JULY, 2022, AND SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND WITNESS WHERE OF I HAVE IN TWO MYS I'VE SENT MY HAND AND CAUSED THE GREAT SEAL OF HARFORD COUNTY TO BE FIXED THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022, SIGNED BY BARRY GLASSMAN WITH TEESHA, RIGHT AS I'M ATTESTING TO THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, UH, AGENDA ITEM 15.
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16.MR. BEULAH, WE'LL START ON YOUR END.
THANK YOU, MR. BUELL AND MR. WAGNER.
UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAD BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE LAST MEETING, CAUSE I'M NOT SO SURE WE HAD THE DETAILS OF CERTAINLY, UH, PATRICIA BARTH, UM, PASSED AWAY AND SHE WAS, UH, A LONGSTANDING HARFORD COUNTY, UH, EMPLOYEE WORKING IN PLANNING AND ZONING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN TRUDEAU WORKED WITH HER OVER THERE AND I DEALT WITH HER FOR A LOT OF YEARS TOO.
AND SHE WAS CERTAINLY A, A GOOD WOMAN, A PART OF THE FRIENDS OF HARTFORD AND, UH, UH, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HARTFORD'S, UH, UH, FUTURE AND, AND ITS HERITAGE AS WELL.
UM, SECOND SATURDAYS IS COMING MAY THE 14TH TO ABERDEEN'S FESTIVAL PARK.
UH, THEY WILL HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET MUSIC CRAFTS, UH, IT, WHEN IT GETS DARK, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT THERE AND THAT IS ON MAY THE 14TH.
UM, BRING THE FAMILY COME ON OUT.
IT'S FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM IN ABERDEEN FESTIVAL PARK.
THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER, MR. SHREWS.
I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE TO JARRETTSVILLE LION'S CLUB ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAR SHOW REMAINS, YOU KNOW, THE CO OF THE CROWN OF JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND, UM, ALSO, UM, MYSELF AND, UM, COUNCILMAN JAN GIORDANO ATTENDED THE BELL AIR VOLUNTEER FIRE BANQUET.
THAT HE'LL SAY MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE EDDIE HOPKINS.
HE IS, UM, PUT IN OVER 20,000 HOURS OF SERVICE.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, BUT, UM, THERE WERE ALSO, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT, UM, SERVED 65 YEARS AND ANOTHER ONE THAT CERTAIN FIFTH, UM, SERVED 50 YEARS AND THE, UM, BEL-AIR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY WE'RE IN TOWN A LOT.
AND, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU MANY TIMES THE CALLS AND THE CALL VOLUME THAT THEY RECEIVE HERE AT THAT, UH, AT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW TONY AGAIN, HIT ON THAT.
UM, THANKS FOR SAYING THERE'S WORDS ABOUT PAT BARTH.
UM, SHE WAS MY FIRST SUPERVISOR WHEN I WORKED IN HARTFORD COUNTY AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM
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HER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY ALSO, THERE WAS AN EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND, SUNSET SUN SHINES ANGELS, AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK THEM FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.UM, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT NON-PROFIT AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. SHREWS, MR. GINGER, DENNIS COUNCIL, PRESIDENT, AS COUNCILMAN SRODES SAID ATTENDED THE BELLER VOLUNTEER FIRE BANQUET THIS SATURDAY, UM, WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE AWARD RECIPIENTS.
UM, EDDIE HOPKINS DID HAVE 20,000 CALLS AND, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE EVERYTHING'S VOLUNTEER.
AND THE REASON THAT WE GET SUCH HIGH CALL VOLUME IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT THEY GET IN AIR.
UM, I DID TALK TO A BUNCH OF YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS, PROBABLY, UH, MAY TWENTIES.
LOT OF THEM BECOME CAREER FIREFIGHTERS.
THE OTHER ONE IS IN, UM, VIRGINIA, BUT THEY STILL LIVE IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HARTFORD COUNTY.
THEY'D LOVE TO STAY IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK FURTHER AND MAYBE IT'S A TAX BREAK ON HOUSING OR SOMETHING.
THEY, THEY STATED TO ME, THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT THING FOR THEM TO DO IS FIND HOUSING AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS IN AND AROUND BEL-AIR THEY JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN AROUND A BEL AIR.
IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO THE YOUNG GUYS TO FIND OUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? IF YOU DON'T TALK TO THEM, YOU DON'T KNOW.
SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE, UM, FIRE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THIS EVENING BEFORE TONIGHT, I WAS AT THE HARTFORD COUNTY SHERIFF AWARDS.
SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, VALOR COMMENDATION TO SERGEANT BRANDON UNDERHILL, CORPORAL ALAN FREDERICK, JR.
SENIOR DEPUTY, UH, JEREMY MOTHERSHED, DEPUTY FIRST-CLASS, CAMERON BURNS, DEPUTY FIRST-CLASS TIRE DINAN AND THE DEPUTY OF THE YEAR, UM, HIS SENIOR DEPUTY THOMAS J. JACKSON, A FIFTH AND CORRECTIONAL OFFICER OF THE YEAR IS HIS SENIOR DEPUTY RYAN SHAWL.
UH, SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
AND FINALLY, FIRST FRIDAY, UH, IN BEL-AIR AS THIS WEEK, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE AT 10.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT COUNSEL, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE FALSE AMOUNT OF FIERY AND LOWE'S COMPANY ON CARS MILL ROAD IS STARTING UP THEIR FOOD TRUCK THURSDAY AGAIN, SO AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FIREHOUSE FOOD TRUCKS, BE AT THE FIREHOUSE EVERY THURSDAY, STARTING AT FOUR 30, RIGHT UNTIL EIGHT 30.
THANK YOU, MR. WOODS, MR. JOHNSON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A HAPPY, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.
AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A, A SHOUT OUT TO A, TO A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, UM, THAT PASSED AWAY.
HE HAD A RARE FORM OF CANCER, UH, JEROME, UH, PRES BERRY, UM, THAT PASSED AWAY, UM, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
SO, UH, REST IN PEACE AND WITH THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT AT ONE TIME BACK.
YEAH, I HAVE ONE, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN TONY G REMINDED ME, UM, FIRST FRIDAYS AND HAVE PLACE THIS FRIDAY.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME THERE.
SO NO, YOU DID FIRST FRIDAYS IN BEL-AIR.
DON'T MAKE ME GO BACK WHEN, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME AND HAVING THE GRACE CENTER, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HAD A BRAIN CRAMP THERE BECAUSE I MEANT TO MENTION THAT.
SO FIRST FRIDAYS IN BEL AIR, I MEAN, HAVING A GREAT, THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I THANK YOU, MR. BIOLA, UH,
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BACK TO 15 BUSINESS FROM THE PRESIDENT.UH, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE BUDGET ARE TOMORROW EVENING HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM.
AND THEN ALSO ON MAY 11TH AT 7:00 PM.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, UM, I KNOW WE STILL HAVE TIME TO DO IT, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK OUR CITIZEN BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD FOR SITTING THE PAST WEEK, FOUR DAYS, FOUR LONG DAYS, UH, WORKING THROUGH EACH DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGETS.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY BUDGET ADVISOR AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD.
UH, ANDREW, ON THIS, UH, ALSO THIS PAST WEEKEND, THERE WERE MANY EVENTS IN HAVRE DE GRACE, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS, ONE BEING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
AND WHAT WAS REALLY UNIQUE WAS WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL VENUE WHERE WE HELD OUR FIRST SHOW AND TO HAVE IT A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.
AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE IN, UH, BUT IT WAS, WAS A GOOD EVENT.
AND THEN I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE HARFORD
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COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, TRAINING ACADEMY FOR GRADUATING EIGHT MORE, UH, NEW DEPUTIES, UH, FOR THE DETENTION SIDE OF THE CORRECTION SIDE.SO, UH, WITH THAT I WILL FINISH AND THEN
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AGENDA NUMBER 17, COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM ATTENDING CITIZENS.MS. DIXON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE 14 THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, I WILL REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UH, THREE MINUTES OF PEACE BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
CALL YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, JOHN MALAMA FOLLOWED BY FRANCIS GREENBOW GOOD EVENING, SIR.
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE SITUATION SURROUNDING BILL 22 DASH THREE, PERRIMAN RESIDENTS ARE PREDICTABLY HAPPY.
THEY GOT A STEADY GROUP AND HE LEGALLY DEFINED MORATORIUM, A CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
BUILDING PERMITS CANNOT BE ISSUED IN SITE PLANS CANNOT BE APPROVED.
THE LANGUAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS OR GRADING PERMITS.
MAY THESE PLANS BE APPROVED, PERMITS ISSUED AND WORK COMMENCED AT QUESTION FOR THE COURTS DEVELOPER PREDICTABLY UNHAPPY.
SO THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION.
THEY ARE BURDENED, OVERCOME THREE RULINGS FROM MARYLAND CASE LAW.
ONE, MARYLAND IS A LATE VESTING STATE PROJECT IS NOT VESTED UNTIL THERE IS VISIBLE CONSTRUCTION.
A PROJECT NOT VESTED HAS NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON PLANS OR DRAWINGS TO AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAKING DOES NOT OCCUR UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS DEPRIVED OF ALL ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL.
USE THREE, NO ONE IS ENTITLED TO ZONING.
THERE'S ONLY MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME.
IN THIS CASE, WITHOUT BESTING AT CODE CHANGE, REFLECTING DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE INCONVENIENT, BUT WOULD NOT BE ILLEGAL.
THOSE RULINGS SHOULD SOUND FAMILIAR.
THEY ARE FROM MARYLAND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATES, VERSE HARTFORD COUNTY, ONE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE GLASSMAN'S ADVENTURES, NO VESTED PROJECT, NO LAND OWNERSHIP, NO ZONING, ENTITLEMENT, QUESTIONABLE STANDING.
WHAT LEGAL ACTION IS AVAILABLE AMENDMENT AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPEARS TO SUPPORT THE PYRAMID PENINSULA MORATORIUM WHILE SIMON TONY INITIALLY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPER WITH AMENDMENT 13, EFFECTIVELY STRADDLING BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
COULD THAT BOOST THE COUNCIL STANDING AMENDMENT TO 13 TO THE BILL ALLOWS CONTINUED PROCESSING OF PLANS FROM CRAIG AND ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PLANS, SHORT OF APPROVAL, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
WHEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY GROUP COULD CHANGE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK MAKES PERFECT SENSE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS LAND USE ARTICLE AT THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND TITLE SEVEN SUBTITLED THREE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AGREEMENTS.
THESE AGREEMENTS EFFECTIVELY STAY ALL LOCAL LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE DENSITY OR INTENSITY OF REAL PROPERTY TO THOSE.
AT THE TIME, THE AGREEMENT IS MADE DEVELOPMENT THEN PROCEEDS WITHIN THE EXISTING LAWS.
IS THIS A BACK DOOR TO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AGREEMENTS.
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, THEY LOSE EITHER WAY IF THEY APPROVE THEM OR MORATORIUM, DEVELOPERS ARE NOT HAPPY.
IF THEY DISAPPROVE RESIDENTS ALREADY FED UP WITH THE COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL ARE NOT HAPPY, IRONIC THAT THEN COUNCILMAN NOW COUNTY EXECUTIVE BARRY GLASSMAN, WHILE SITTING ON THE COUNCIL, VOTED FOR LEGISLATION TO STOP DEVELOPMENT AND PREP TECH, THE GRAVEL HILL COMMUNITY THEN VOTED FOR LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT THAT LIKELY WILL DESTROY THE PYRAMID COMMUNITY AND APPARENTLY OPPOSES LEGISLATION THAT PREVENTS THAT THAT MAY PROTECT PARAMIN OD PLEASE.
NO MORE OF THE SAME ON THAT TRACK.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES A MORATORIUM PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF PARAMIN PENINSULA AND HARFORD COUNTY WHO GETS WHAT PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME ON THAT TONIGHT, MR. GRANT, BEFORE YOU START, SIR, SIR, CAN YOU FIND A SEAT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
FRANCIS GREENBOW FOREST HILL, MARYLAND.
UM, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PARIS.
REMEMBER THE FIRST, UM, HAVING BEEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT AND SITTING HERE AND WATCHING THAT TONIGHT.
UM, I FOUND IT VERY ODD THAT THEY CAME IN HERE WITH THE SUICIDE IDEATIONS REPORT AND THEN TOLD YOU THAT THAT DATA REALLY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING BECAUSE IT INCLUDES DATA FROM ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM, BUT THEY HAVE THE DATA FROM ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM, BUT THEY DIDN'T BRING IT.
UH, WHY NOT? I KNOW COUNCIL WAGNER WAS ASKING FOR IT.
UM, AND HE WAS CORRECT TO DO THAT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY, UH, BAMBOOZLED ALL OF US LIKE THAT.
THAT'S QUITE A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAS IN THIS ROOM THAT REALLY, UH, DIDN'T SPEAK TO ANYTHING.
I DID THINK IT WAS INTERESTING TOO, THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STUDENTS, UH, ONLY BEING IN SCHOOL FOR ONE EIGHTH OF THE TIME OF THE YEAR, BUT THEY GET 57% OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THEIR COMMENTS WAS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE
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WONDERING WHY MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ISSUE.WELL, WHEN YOU SPEND ALL THIS TIME TRYING TO RIP THE KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS AND TEACH THEM THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TAUGHT AT HOME, YOU GET PROBLEMS. UH, WE SAW THAT TONIGHT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM OUT HERE.
I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THEIR JOB A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT PYRAMID REAL FAST, UM, I WAS REALLY, I READ, UM, BARRY GLASSMAN'S NOTE AND HE FOUND HIS CONSTITUTION BECAUSE HE MENTIONED IT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY FUNNY, UM, BECAUSE HE SURE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS WHEN WE WERE LOCKED DOWN AND WE HAD ALL THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
SO CONGRATULATIONS BARRIER FOR FINDING YOUR CONSTITUTION.
KATE MACDONALD FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE WILLOUGHBY.
I WANT TO CALL YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.
MICHELLE WILLOUGHBY FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN PICKERING.
MICHELLE JARRETTSVILLE, MARYLAND.
UM, SO WE SAT AND WATCHED THIS DOG AND PONY SHOW, UH, THROUGH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHAT THEY TRIED TO PRESENT THIS EVENING.
AND THERE ARE SOME, UM, VERY DIRECT QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HOPE MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD ASK THEM NEXT TIME.
LIKE HOW MANY OF THESE COUNSELING SESSIONS ARE KEPT FROM THE PARENTS? HOW MANY KIDS ARE TOLD NOT TO TELL THEIR PARENTS WHAT'S DISCUSSED IS FAR AS I REMEMBER, I'M THE PARENT AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ULTIMATELY IS UP TO ME TO TAKE CARE OF.
AND IF I NEED HELP, I REACH OUT AND I ASK FOR IT FOR MY KID.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT BECAME THE SCHOOL'S POSITION TO TAKE AWAY PARENTING AND KEEP INFORMATION FROM ME.
UM, REST ASSURED THEY ARE KEEPING INFORMATION AND THEY ARE TELLING CHILDREN NOT TO TELL THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY IN SCHOOL, UM, WHERE THEIR NAME THEY'RE LYING.
ALSO, UH, THEY LIED ABOUT THE HEALTH CURRICULUM, THE BOARD, UH, MARYLAND STATE BOARD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ALREADY HAS THEIR OUTLINE.
THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE OUTLINE IS.
AND, UM, I JUST FIND IT A SHAME, BUT THEY PREACH TRANSPARENCY, BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NINE IT'S WORD SALAD.
MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO JUST WALK ACROSS THE HALL AND GET CERTAIN INFORMATION, FILE PUBLIC INFORMATION, ACTS, ASK POINTED QUESTIONS AND ASK FOR THESE, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, FALL, FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT, READ IT FOR YOURSELF.
SEE HOW THEY'RE LYING TO US, EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, EVERYBODY ON THE AIR AND YOU GUYS.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF PRETTY DISGUSTED AND PRETTY TICKED OFF.
FALAJI FOLLOWED BY JUST ADJUSTING PICKERING, FOLLOWED BY.
THEY LEFT LAUREN ANDERSON FOLLOWED BY STACY STONE.
TANSKY FOLLOWED BY CHUCK MUSEUM.
KEN SHANNON FOLLOWED BY BILL MARTINO.
THE MARTINO ADDRESS ON FILE, UH, NATIONS THAT HAVE EMBRACED LIES AND FAKED INDOCTRINATION HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION.
THE PROPHET ISAIAH TELLS US WOE TO THOSE WHO CALL EVIL GOOD, WHO SUBSTITUTE DARKNESS FOR LIGHT AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES AND THEN CLEVER IN THEIR OWN SIGHT.
WOE TO THOSE WHO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE ONES WHO ARE IN THE RIGHT WHEN ISAIAH WROTE THIS NEARLY 3000 YEARS AGO, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS PROPHESIZING ABOUT THE
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2022 DR.BOLSON LED'S BOARD OF EDUCATION.
BOLSON HAS LED OUR CHILDREN INTO DARKNESS.
PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW ABOUT IT FOR THEY FEEL IT MAY SHINE LIGHT ON IT AND EXPOSE THEIR EVIL OR FOR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENGAGING IN IMMORAL GROOMING SCHOOLING, AN INDOCTRINATION OF OUR CHILDREN.
YOU NEED FOR MENTAL PERMISSION TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE PLANETARIUM OR HAVE THEM EAT CUPCAKES FOR A BIRTHDAY I'LL EVER KNOW PARENTAL CONSENT IS REQUIRED.
THEY TEACH THEM ABOUT GENDER TRANSITIONS, GENDER FLUIDY VARIATIONS OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND HIGHLY SEXUALIZED MATERIAL.
THEY GO THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS TO HIDE THIS FROM THE PARENTS.
THE RECENT DAY OF SILENCE IN HARTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ONE SUCH EXAMPLE.
NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
HOW ARE STUDENTS LEARNING ANYTHING? THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
WHEN YOU ACQUIRE SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM WASHINGTON DC, WE ARE ALLOWED, WE ALLOWED THE NASTY SEWAGE FROM THE SWAMP TO TRAVEL FAR ENOUGH NORTH, THAT IT ENDED UP IN HARTFORD COUNTY.
THE SCHOOL CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PUSHING FOR A CURRICULUM THAT GROOMS THE STUDENTS TO CHANGE THEIR NAME, CHANGED THEIR GENDER PRONOUN, CHANGE THE RESTROOM AND LOCKER ROOMS. THEY USE CHANGED SPORTS AND MODIFIED SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS ON OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIPS.
ALL WITHOUT THE PARENT'S KNOWLEDGE GOSPEL OF JOHN TELLS US FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL HATE THE LIGHT AND DOES NOT COME TO THE LIGHT AND FEAR, THE DEEDS WILL BE EXPOSED.
I CALL ON THE TEACHERS, A HARFORD COUNTY TO FOLLOW THE COMMANDS OF EPHESIANS, DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE UNFRUITFUL DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT IT'S STAYED EXPOSED TO THEM.
NEARLY THREE AND 50 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE JARRETTSVILLE GARDENS FOR THE MEET THE CANDIDATES EVENT.
IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE AND THE CANDIDATES.
HARTFORD COUNTY ENDS ARE VERY UPSET WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
IT'S TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP AND A NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THANK YOU, JOHN CARROLL FOLLOWED BY EMMA PELLER.
OH, MA'AM MA'AM YOU'RE OUT ORDER.
UH, I THINK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE LEVEL OF ANGER THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN PUT UNDER HAS NOT HELPED WITH THE MENTAL CONDITIONS OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF HARTFORD COUNTY.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU PEOPLE WERE GIVEN AGAINST THE STATE AND FEDERAL OVERREACH WAS NOT USED AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
SO I THINK THAT, UH, LIKE BILL SAID THAT PETE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT LAST WEEK, IS PEOPLE REALLY LOOKING DEEP INTO THEIR POLITICIANS AND THE DOORS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, OPEN THE BACK DOORS.
AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S A SOLUTION TO HIS PARAMIN SOLUTION.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT I THINK THE STATE AND, UH, HARTFORD COUNTY MONEY AND EVEN PRIVATE MONEY, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO, UH, BUY THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PERSON'S PROPERTY RIGHTS, IT'S ABOUT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR LIFE IS USUALLY THEIR HOME.
AND IF THAT DEAL GOES THROUGH HER TO DRAIN ANYWAYS, IF THAT DEAL IS LOUD TO GO THROUGH, THEN THESE PEOPLE'S LIFETIME INVESTMENT, SOMETIMES GENERATIONS HAS GONE AND THEN NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED VERY SERIOUSLY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE MORE THAN TALK AND THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO THAT.
CAUSE UH, I USED TO, TO TALK ABOUT TECH AND I USED TO RUN AROUND DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND MY FIRST PLUMBING JOB I WORKED FOR A GENTLEMAN LIVED DOWN THERE AND, UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE COUNTY'S BEEN OVERDEVELOPED AND THAT COULD BE ONE LITTLE LAST BASTION OF, UH, A PARK DOWN THERE.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROACHED VERY SERIOUSLY AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT, UH, YOU GUYS WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING.
NO MORE SPEAKERS, MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE I ADJOURNED THE MEETING, I WILL SAY, UH, I WAS REMINDED BY MS. PETERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THIS SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY.
SO I WOULD BE IN HOT WATER IF I DIDN'T WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.