Board Meetings
The Washington County Board of Education (WCBOE) will hold a public business meeting at 6:00 p.m. on March 2, 2021 following a Public Hearing regarding the Board of Education's FY2022 draft budget. WCBOE members and presenters only will participate in person at the Center for Education Services (CES). CES is limiting public visitors as an added precaution at this time.
Members of the community are welcome to participate in the public comment portion of the business meeting under established guidelines. The WCBOE will allow up to six (6) individuals to offer in-person public comment at its regular business meetings. Individuals wishing to provide in-person public comment are required to sign up in advance by calling Debra A. Cechovic, Secretary to the WCBOE, at 301-766-2971. Sign-ups will be accepted on a first-come basis between 8:00 a.m. on the Friday prior to the regular business meeting and 4:30 p.m. on the Monday preceding the regular business meeting. For more information on this process, visit: http://wcpsmd.com/news/board-education-resumes-process-public-comment-during-pandemic.
The WCBOE also encourages the public to submit comments in writing to boe@wcps.k12.md.us, and this information will be distributed to Board members. The business meeting will be recorded, and the public may access the public meeting on Channel 99, Facebook www.facebook.com/wcpsmd and by clicking on the link in the window at the bottom of this page when the meeting is live. Meetings are archived on the WCPS YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/mywcps411.
Board Business Meetings are held twice per month, on the first and third Tuesdays each month at the Center for Education Services, 10435 Downsville Pike, Hagerstown, MD 21740. The first and third Tuesday of the month schedule may vary at times, and during the COVID-19 pandemic the WCBOE may choose to meet virtually.
The public is invited and encouraged to watch the meetings that are tentatively scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and average two to three hours in length. The meetings are televised live on Antietam Cable Channel 99 and streamed live by clicking on the link in the window below when a Board meeting is being held.
Board Docs
You will be able to see the agendas of meetings prior to their scheduled times via BoardDocs.
| Date | Closed Session |
Work Session |
Business Meeting |
Joint Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | ||
| Mar. 2 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | |
| Mar. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | ||
| Apr. 6 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | ||
| Apr. 20 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | ||
| May 4 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. | ||
| May 18 | 3:30 p.m. | 6 p.m. |
Watch and Listen to Board Meetings Online
All past Board of Education meetings are now available on the WCPS YouTube Channel. The channel was established in order to provide all visitors an opportunity to view Board meeting videos without technical restrictions or the need for additional application downloads, as in the case of Apple users.
Click on the window below to see a live feed when a BOE meeting is in progress.