Education and Youth Committee to hold Legislative Oversight Hearing

BALTIMORE, MD – On Thursday, February 9th, Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen and members of the Council's Education and Youth Committee, will hold a public hearing on the budget deficit facing Baltimore City Public Schools.

Thursday's hearing will take place at Patterson High School at 100 Kane Street, at 4:30 p.m.

Goals:

• Investigate the causes of Baltimore City Public Schools’ projected $129,000,000 deficit.
• Learn from students, parents, teachers, principals and advocates, about the real impact that budget cuts could have. 
• Determine best course of action to help close funding gap, and set a trajectory to increase long-term investment and accountability. 

Agenda

• Zeke Cohen - Introduction of Committee (4 minutes)

  Reintroduce the committee.
  Share rules and share goals of the Hearing
  Brief statement on the deficit

• Andy Marquez (Patterson High School Student 3 Minutes)

•  Bobbi O’Brien (Patterson High School Teacher 3 Minutes)

• David Fawley (Patterson Park Public Charter School Parent 3 Minutes)

• Chris Turk (Principal George Washington Elementary School 3 Minutes)

• Alison Perkins-Cohen (Chief of Staff, Baltimore City Public Schools 15 Minutes)

• Greater Baltimore Committee Representative (3 Minutes)

• Adequacy Study Rep (3 Minutes)

• Morgan Showalter (Baltimore Teachers Union Representative 3 Minutes)

• Professor Lawrence Brown (Morgan State University 3 Minutes)

• Frank Patinella (ACLU and Baltimore Education Coalition 3 Minutes)

• Taylor Stewart (Baltimoreans for Educational Equity 3 Minutes)

• Student from SOMOS (3 Minutes)

• Public Testimony (40 Minutes)

• Questions from Education Committee throughout presentations (25 Minutes)