Uh the first thing that I would like to do is welcome you to the board meeting. Um and the second thing that I would like to do is make a motion to allow Tracy Rogers, the president, to participate by telephone.
You have to open the public. You have to open the public meeting first. Do a roll call and have the board approve his acceptance as a virtual attendee. calling. You want to read the uh opening
statement this last in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act NJSA 10-6 public law 1975 scene 231. The Aspbury Park Board of Education
has provided adequate notice of this meeting by sending a notice of the time, date, location, and to the extent known the agenda of this meeting to the Asbury Park Press and the new coaster on January 3rd, 2025 via email.
Copies of this notice have also been placed in the administration building, bulletin board, district schools, Asbury Park Municipal Building, Asbury Park Police Department, and filed with the city clerk on January 3rd, 2025.
The mission of the Aspbury Park School District is to provide all students with comprehensive and progressive education where everyone possesses the skills and character to succeed in a diverse evolving global
society. Roll call. Miss Acriman here. Miss Clark here. Miss here. Mr. Larco here. Miss Linski here. Dr. Penn here. Miss Rick here. Miss Glassman here.
Thank you. [Music] Excellent to the stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. I'll make a motion to allow um Mr. Rogers to attend virtually to the public
meeting. Second. Yes. M. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Mr. Yes. Dr. Yes. M. Yes. Miss Lass.
Yes. Now we're going to have presentations. Principles, please. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. What's that? Don't be welcome back. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming out in this horrible weather.
Appreciate it. At this time, I'm going to call up Thor Marshall. Is Zakia Good evening everyone. My name is Mrs. Borb. I'm the building principal at third elementary school and I would like to take the time to recognize my April
student of the month. Tamaya younger. Can you come forward please? Tamaya Younger is a great student who has always worked so hard this year and has shown great growth. She is such a pleasure to have in class and she is
always asking to help out with various classroom tasks. For example, she led today's pledge of allegiance in the singing of the Star Spangle Banner during our spring concert. She is always kind to everyone and only has nice things to say about everyone.
Congratulations to Maya and I'll see you next week at our Sunday party. Dad, you come forward. [Applause] No, he wants us here. There we go.
Congratulations again. [Applause] I would like to recognize of Marshall's staff of the month for the month of
April. Um, her name is Donna Carara. And I'm going to ask Miss Jane to come forward, please. Oh my god. [Applause] Donna is an allaround team player.
She is easy to get along with. The students and the parents love her. Mrs. Philhower and I love her as well. There isn't one occasion that Mrs. Vicara hasn't risen to. Whether it's dressing to the nines for the Easter Bonnet parade or making soup julu for her
students for our Asian flag day celebration or coordinating our autism acceptance activities and parade. She does wholeheartedly and driven with love. Mr. Sakara's softspoken voice is such a sweet welcome each morning. I'm proud to have her on my staff at Thgo
Marshall Elementary School because she truly is a treasure and an asset. Congratulations, Miss McCara. Miss McCar's daughter is getting married this week and so she could not be here with us. However, her other half of the dynamic duo is here to accept the
certificate on her behalf. Thank [Applause] you. Congratulations. And now Dr. Good evening everyone. I am Dr. Schulz, the proud principal of the Bradley
Elementary. Tonight we are delighted to honor students and staff of the month for both April and May. We are going to start with our wonderful and dynamic students. For the month of April, we have a sixth grade young man who it
gives me so much pleasure and joy to have him nominated for this award because any staff member who has worked with him throughout his years from preschool all the way up to sixth grade has said consistent consistently throughout this year how much he has grown. The choices that he makes are
just so developing and welcoming of a young man. And he's working very hard at his academics and showing sustained growth each marking period. joined tonight by his lovely grandma. I know she is so proud of him. Mr. Jesus, please come
up and accept your award. Grandma, come up too. Come on up, grandma. [Applause]
stand right next to him. Thank you. He really is a life and we appreciate [Applause] [Applause] And now for our May student of the month. I I am equally as delighted to
introduce a fifth grade student who I have had the pleasure of being his principal for a few years now. I have watched him grow and excel academically in our school community and just become again another well-rounded young man. He is specifically being highlighted
tonight as a principal's choice student of the month because not only does he serve on our safety patrol, he has perfect attendance the entire school year. The only day he was not visited in Bradley Elementary was for bring your
child to work day, which his mom, Miss Muhammad, works at Thood Marshalls and he was in district at Good Marshall. So without further ado, joined tonight by his wonderful family, Mr. Nai Muhammad Fervvis, please come up and accept your right of the
award. Yes, family, please come up. [Music] Thank you so much. Great job. [Applause] And now for our long awaited staff of the month. For May and April, Bradley was in a unique situation where we
actually had two duos of staff nominated by staff for each month, which I want to shout out cuz I really think that speaks to the camaraderie and the culture of teamwork and collaboration we have behind the scenes at Bradley. And if you're not with us every day, you may not always see that. So kudos to the
staff on being a great team. For April, we had a unanimous vote for two staff members who put so much effort, and so much time, love, and dedication into planning our autism awareness and acceptance month
activities. When I say they went above and beyond, that's an understatement. I'm going to highlight just some of the kind things their colleagues said because they deserve to be said out loud. Being a teacher for 24 years, I have never seen something as amazing and hands-on that Lauren and Alyssa did for
autism awareness. The hands-on learning that took place to bring real life experiences to our kids was awesome. Also, seeing a former student who has autism be able to come up and speak in front of the school was so special and heartwarming. I loved it so much and know that it took so much time and the
month has only just begun. Miss Shatzman and Miss Garulio worked so hard and put so much love and effort into their students and what they do and they have now spread it throughout the building. Thank you for being who you are. So, Miss Shzman, who is a fantastic teacher in one of our special education
classrooms. She puts so much love and care with everything she does. She is joined tonight by her beautiful daughter and Miss Julio who is a superstar occupational therapist that has superseded every expectation. joined tonight by her family. Please
come up. Families, please come up. Congratulations. [Applause] Come on. Good. Well deserved, ladies. Thanks for all you [Applause]
do. And now for our May staff of the month. A duo who puts it the dynamic in everything they do. They are the backbone of our school. I would not be able to do anything that gets done each and every day for Bradley Elementary
without them. Again, two staff members who are so wonderfully adored amongst our staff and receiving and nominations both together and separately each and every month. They are just everything to Bradley. The dedication and support that they put into our students, families,
and teachers each day make our school as amazing as it is. tonight. One of them could not be here, Miss Felicia, because her glam daughter is being inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. So, Miss Londa is holding down the floor and coming up to represent for
both herself and Miss Felicia. Truly an institution in Bradley. We love you and appreciate all you do. And she's joined tonight by three principles who she's worked with. should have came up. And that's all for Bradley. Thank you.
Okay. What's your location? Our first student of the month for the month of April is Laura Rose Belzer and I would like to read her teachers insisted that I read
these episodes for the staff. The lawyer is respectful, responsible, motivated. She is always polite, considerate towards others, her classmates and teachers included, and always has an overall kind, friendly personality. She is the definition of positivity.
Additionally, she participates often in class, always completes her homework. She challenges herself to do better on her assignments. And lastly, she is an amazing writer. She has a gift of words and takes every opportunity to express
her natural talents. her social studies teacher, girl, Laura has a sweet and lovely spirit. She is literally skips down the hallway smiling and singing on her way to class. She's very polite to the staff and always to students and of course with administration. She is very
kind and so nice and so positive each and every day. Lori is a dedicated student. She tries her best in each and every subject. and her teacher across the board says she is a pleasure and a joy to have her in class. At this time, we're going to ask our student of the
month, the Lord, come up to receive your mom, please look at the smile that we're talking about right now. Come on, look at that. Look at that. Look at that. [Applause] I don't know what this [Applause]
guy Our athlete of the months is Alan Moreno. Uh he uh Allan has been playing sports for over three years now. He's dedicated to both his education and his athletics. Uh Allan's passion for being
a leader in class on the field and off the field has motivated others to achieve. Alvin has a number of strengths to offer. He is always interested in supporting others. He's respectful, personable, and he tries his best at each and everything that he does all the
time. Throughout the years, he has demonstrated his perseverance and is uh and has always put forth his best effort into everything that he's done. Allan uh is is a welcome to our team and at this time student athlete of the month.
[Applause] Next, we'll go to our main Joseph. Our May student of the month, Hissia Joseph. Halia is amazing staff. Our staff says she's amazing young lady to add. She also has
a a smell that will light up the world. This year she has gotten into the dream scholar program and has worked every day very very hard to be her best self. Her ESL teacher said she's a bilingual
student who is excelled at Dr. Martin school. This was the first school she ever attended in the United States. She began classes on long day Valentine's Day from the beginning since February. She has always been motivated,
dedicated, and after less than a half a year, has demonstrated high academic performance in each and every class she attends due to her continual high school. High academic performance. Alysia was accepted again to the dream
program, but more importantly, she is a role model, a a athlete in terms of a personality that excels in everything she's she does. She's responsible, respectful, and friendly to all students. And the one thing that is most
impressive to me, we had a situation where uh we did a restorative conference about a issue that happened. And after the restorative conference, she got up and she forgave the students who brought harm to her. So I thought that was
remarkable what happened. She gave me a hand. I accept your apology. She is a student leader and one of the things she does, she is always worried about her math grade. Every time I see her, I didn't know she's up on I'm just trying to get
that math grade up to about a 90. Until I get to a 90, then I will be all right. So, once again, give it up to [Applause] right now. Come [Applause]
on, fellow student. I'm not even dressed. [Applause] At this time we will introduce our athlete of the month of May. Uh Princess
G. At this time her teacher wanted to read. She is the utmost pleasure teaching and coaching for over the last three years. Throughout her time at Aspbury Park, she has been dedicated and passionate about sports and education. She is a leader amongst her classmates.
She is an intricral part of the teen successful year this year in middle school sports. She's very disciplined as an athlete, works hard, puts forth good effort, and has self-developed basketball and softball skills. Most
importantly, she is a fantastic teammate and a pleasure to be a coach. Princess is talented young lady with incredible athletic ability, a great drive for excellence in her skill set that always puts forth the effort needed to be
successful. I cannot imagine another spring sport athlete receiving the honor of athlete of the month. At this time, Princess Gil [Applause] our next staff member, teacher of the
year, uh teacher of the month for the month of April. This person is uh came to the uh middle school uh to support the ERRI program. She gave uh everything she had uh in terms of
offering the opportunity for our students to be successful in our middle school. She started with one student and over the course of several months, I believe they're up to at least seven students in the class now. She never complains about anything. She's the
first one to to get to school and the last one to leave. She's an integral part of our yonder pouches. She helps collect the phones each and every day. Something that she was not asked to do but volunteered when we first initiated the Yonder cell phone pouch uh system.
So in terms of a principle, I can't think of a better program to sustain the sustainability of the middle school other than the ERRI program. And at this time, I am happy to introduce Miss Snder as our teacher of the month of
April. Our next staff member of the month for Ben. This person also is helps with the our our teacher of the handicaps, our teachers with disabilities, helps with our CST. uh not only does she serve as a
lead steer at the middle school, but she is also supports each and every school in the district from writing IEPs to supporting students placements to revising IEPs to sitting in on disciplinarians and meetings etc. She
has a smile that will light up the room. Also, she is a team player. She's an intricral part of my leadership team. She also allows me to make sure our students at the middle school get in the proper placement that they need to be
successful. At this time, our staff month, our staff of the month will be none other than Mr. Puchi. [Applause]
Tell everybody you husband. [Applause] Now let's call Dr. Medina. [Applause] All right, good evening. My name is
Dr. My students and staff could not make it out tonight uh between different awards and ceremonies and planning for their next steps uh because I we do have upper classmen being represented. Um we will honor and celebrate them at our last staff meeting on June 2nd, but I do
want to share some notes. Um our athletes of the month for April and May are actually both Dream Academy students. one of which is a senior just graduated with his associates degree. Nester Castile who is first team all division in baseball. He is playing in
the senior all-star game and is going to the University of Connecticut to pursue his academic career. Me was also celebrated last night at the National Honor Society uh induction ceremony in which we celebrated the outgoing members. Um, so
he was he was uh well-rounded and and a deeply rooted in our school community. Next is a junior Mattelen Lucius who actually last night was inducted into the National Honor Society. So congratulations
Mattelson. He's a multi athlete um recently in track. He broke his personal best in javelin and sprinting. And as I mentioned um just like with Nester Matson is um a wonderful community member for our school uh has a large
following and helps administration and teachers with the closeouts of the day for students of the month for April and for May. For April it's a senior Mikai Davis who's also a vocational student studying culinary and hospitality
endeavors and he's actually working tonight at a high-end restaurant in Long Beach. won't deposit that information. I'll keep some of his privacy, but um we will celebrate him on June 2nd. And finally, for our May students of the month and actual students, uh it is our
entire dream 12 uh class who as I mentioned before just graduated with their associates degree from Bodell Community College. for our staff members of the month. And this one um the the entire school community made this a very easy
decision. It is a split between four people in uh the respective months. So for April and each of them are part of our school-based program, schoolbased teams. Uh Victoria Lrand McMillan who is our mental health counselor for
schoolbased Jason Ramirez who is our youth development specialist. And for me, Mr. Mr. Sari Santiago who is our master level intern. And finally a big shout out to Miss Beatatric Patino Sherar who is our program director.
Schoolb base has been a a big part in our initiatives in supporting student life. Uh particularly in a time that may be um somewhat challenging. Uh their support not just to the students but to the staff have really made the life at
Asbury Park High School uh more enriching. So, we'd like to congratulate them again and we'll be celebrating them on June 2nd. Thank [Applause] you. So, again, let's uh give a shout out to incredible stamp and especially our students that are recognized
tonight. Thank you. [Applause] Congratulations to all all the students and all the teachers. Your recognition is welld deserved. Um now like to have
the superintendent make his report. Thank you again and uh thank you everybody for coming out tonight report for May 22nd, 2025. The district just completed their state test and preliminary data for the
high school has come in. the New Jersey graduation proficiency assessment for the NJ GPA for grade 11 ELA 66% of students pass the ELA
test nine nine students scored in the 800s one student has a perfect score of 850 math 20% of the students achieved a passing grade which
is up from 26% last year. At this time would we have any high school staff or Mr. Dean would you please stand and be recognized? I want to thank you for your hard work. Absolutely. Thank you very much and that's why we fight for our
staff. Other school testing will not be available. We won't get that information until sometime in July or August. Uh once we receive it, we will report it out to the board. And back to high school, National Honor Society induction. We had 11 inductees into the
National Honor Society for the next year and outgoing outgoing seniors. There are eight and all are going to college. [Applause] an alumnest of Iber donated $25,000 to
our scholarship fund. This is the first we've had of that fund and it'll be the first year we're using it. So, thank you for the alumni 25,000 for our students. And this year marks another year of successful dream graduation where some of our seniors graduate with an associate degree even before finishing
their high school diploma graduation. And the monthly student attends for the high school is 89% for the month of May. Therapy Marshall. We have heavily attended spring concert this spring. We had a
packed house for our moms and moms and moms alike events. That was held on May 9th. Hosted the Haitian flag day celebration on May 16th for students and parents. It was it was fantastic and very very well attended. TMS teamed up
with the ASPCA in the Aurora Park Public Library for our popup book eight. TMES students had the opportunity to read to puppies therapy puppy dogs held last Saturday in the Agar public library.
Good job. 80% now get into the data. 80% 80% of our prek students are identifying letters and 46 know their letter sounds which has exceeded the state prek
standards. Yes, that could be recognized. Thank you. Also the UFly phonics program University of Florida literacy initiative phonics program is providing to proving to be successful. A significant growth has been shown from
linking form B to link form C in kindergarten through 7th grade. 80% again 80% of all kindergarten students are performing uh on or above grade level in ELA. That has never happened
before. Our monthly student attendance for Thursday March was 91.6%. Great job. The prek moving up ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 12th at 8:30 a.m. Kindergarten moving up cere ceremony will be held on Friday, June
13th at 8:30 a.m. And this month's and should be noted again something for early childhood needs to be noted because this is not from us. This was the state of New Jersey that has talked about our prek program early childhood.
At th this month's New Jersey Department of Education early childhood meeting with schools around the state attending our early childhood department was again recognized as school to watch for our progressive use of the UPI science and
reading program. Again, they reiterated to the audience that we would be a school to watch and we are ahead of the curve. We also should be building. Bradley Elementary School completed three full weeks of the NJSLA
testing for grades levels 3 through 4, Compton area, ELA, math, and science. And 3, four, five, and six. I apologize. That's what you sent me. NJSLA makeup testing completed a record 3 days which is incredible. Usually makeup testing
takes a week or more. 90% of the staff were attendance during testing. 90% of the staff was there every day for testing. Lincoln and I ready end of the year benchmark testing completed for all students with data
which will be reviewed next week. Fourth grade student Elaine Bolasco placed second in the Mamm County Courts Law Day essay contest. Congratulations. Bradfield Elementary is a golf level school recipient for the 2025 St. Bruce School
Awards. But school day with easy ride in Adler Park Police Department will take place on May 30th. They hosted their Haitian heritage month showcase feast research project students to work on for a month during testing.
Sixth grade student attended the info session for dream scholars. Fifth to sixth grade students attended MLK info session for next year. They completed a PBRSIS fidelity assessment with Ruters for the
NJPDS program. IL is creating a lit I it's a leadership team within the school is creating a literacy program for the school year 2526. They hosted a mother's day afternoon tea with high turnout and parents families. The moving up ceremony
for fifth and sixth grade are playing for June 10th. Student attendance for Bradley Elementary is at 93% for May. Congratulations. MLK recent Lincoln Science Assessment data shows that we know our science scores have been low historically for
years. Recent science assessment, which correlates to the NJSLA science assessment, shows a 70% increase in student proficiency, 70%. We're doing something right. Tutoring and experimental experiential
learning such as the Mammoth County Park system field trip have reinforced key content supported measurable academic growth. Suspensions went from 36% down to 14%. Chronic absenteeism has dropped
from 20% to 17%. The state averages 14%. Student attendance at LK is 94.7%. [Applause] I want to thank everyone for a job well done. Uh this is why we fight for our
staff and our students and I thank everybody for vote for passing the budget for next year so we can get these finan you know phenomenal staff members. Thank you. Mr. Jino, could you just uh repeat the math high school score you said? I couldn't hear it. Yeah, the math high
school they were 26% last year. This year they have 40%. What is it? 40 40 4 Z. What was it? 26%. The one the one comment I do want to make with all the performance reports. I did look at the um website and it's out
for these are the 23 24 performance reports and you know you look at the some of the the total scores. I don't look at that so much. I want to see the growth of the students and the growth of the students were was extraordinary for that for that school year. And I want to
thank all the staff members that were here or are here now that worked hard over the last few years to bring up those performance uh tests. And I think it's it's um a compliment to the fidelity of the teaching staff and
accountability of the students, the staff and everybody that's involved. And this is being done with $ 38 million less people. Well, a balance. So, we're doing more with less. And I think that's that's a shout out to everybody that's
working really very hard for our kids. And I want to thank everybody for that. You want to go to the monitor support? There will be a, as you know, I am retiring on June 30th. We're going to have a new state monitor who's being
appointed June the 1. There's going to be a month overlap. And I just I don't know if the board was aware of this yet, but I'm saying this tonight. Mr. Glass, we going executive session so we can discuss items on the agenda.
Okay. I just was asking to that and the committees before we go into exe. So, um, why don't we do the committee? Sorry. Do the committee reports first. Athletics. Mix.
Mr. Rogers. He's the head of the athletics. Tracy is the head of the athletics. Yes, he's there somebody else on the committee that would like to report. Um I did just report quickly that I had it was just me. I had a quick call from Mr.
Arone regarding um just updates on the hiring and that he spoke with NAS n um Timberwolves Timberwolves athletic. Yeah, he's he spoke with his team and they're waiting until the playoffs are
done before he provides new artwork, but they were fine with it. Um and that was about it. They're wrapping up spring sports and things are going very well. Mr. Penna curriculum. Um it was just me and uh in in in the
meeting we talked about um special education ESY the program for the extended school year um the learning program um that we use here which is excellent uh atlas curriculum management renewal uh link assessments software
renewal we talked about uh beyond the classroom support curriculum um we talked about the preferred behavioral health of New Jersey and the great school trips that are happening at the end of the school year.
Can I I had a couple questions that I emailed about the school trips. Um I didn't get a response so I just um Yeah. Are there walking? Are the That's what concern was about walking wasn't Yeah. No, they they're they're
all bust. They all they will be bust. She did respond. I don't know why the microphone's not working. She did respond. I'll send it I'll try to send it again. Yeah, because I didn't see a cost uh cost for transportation. That's why I asked the question. Yeah,
but they will be. Okay. I'll find I'll policy one question. Yes. Um the um the Atlas curriculum
renewal was here. Do we have data on the usage usage of Atlas and the U the personalized we're able to provide
personalized instruction? Is there info you can talk to me later about how students are actually involved here to help plan? So let me explain the two different ones. So Atlas is our curriculum warehouse I think is the best
way to say it. It's approved by the state. We like to use it because it's a lot easier uh to house our curriculum in the Atlas platform. It's used throughout New Jersey. And so basically what what I what we love about the platform is that it's constantly being updated to the New
Jersey state standards and it's a very easy way when we do QAC for the state to look at our curriculum very quickly and make sure that every uh part of the curriculum is covered including Amastad um any LGBTQ all of those things are
included in there. So that's the platform for that. As far as the personalized learning programs, which the two programs are excludizing, I think most of the schools have already taken the last diagnostic. Within the next week or so, we'll probably get our reports. We'll be happy to share that information with you.
Absolutely. My pleasure. And Il is a is it a continuation of of the program? Yeah. So, so I runs K to 8. They don't have a high school otherwise I would have kept it consistent. Il does our high school personalized learning. They
they're very similar in that way. And then we added a science component to help support science because as you know as Mr. Gerino was just talking about looking at science and and how we've done in the past. This is going to help us kind of continue to to push our
science uh scores and that will go across all grade levels too. I think Barbara likes science. That one's going to work across all grade levels. That's I'm excited about that because we haven't had that. And we're trying to copy the model that we're using in our ELA and math programs
so that kids have different centers and they're able to do science in the same way that we kind of structure the math and language arts programs. So that's coming for next year, guys. Be ready. Thank you. Any other questions for curriculum? Hold on. This was I just fored you the email
that you received on May 14th regarding uh the bus trip. Okay, I'll take a look. Thank you. Policy. The policy committee did not meet. Nothing to discuss.
Buildings and grounds. May I? Uh, the Yonder Sachs. There's still no policy or regulation on that. And I noticed on Instagram uh there may be some children that didn't return them or and I'm not sure how the administration's going to handle
there's any discipline because there is no policy or regulation approved by the board. I mentioned that a few months ago and I just wanted to bring it to your attention. Miss Jackson Ver says she'll look into it and she will follow up.
Okay. Buildings and grounds. Uh buildings and grounds committee met May 15th at 6 p.m. Uh it was me, M. Glassman Rocka and Mr. Rogers. Uh there were a couple of facil
uh use of facilities requests and fee waver requests. One was from the Asbury Park Amusement Foundation um for to use the high school athletic field for charity softball game um and there was a $1,200
uh custodial and room area fee for that. And then they had a non-refundable commitment fee of $10. Uh the city of Asbury Park uh had requested Thugen Marshall for housing students. Um Bradley Elementary uh the soccer field
for soccer games and this is all from recreation I'm assuming. So um MLK uh auditorium, gymnasium, cafeteria, uh athletic field and three classroom for summer camp. uh a total of
$21,750 and Azer Park High School for track and field uh $1,800 and area fees because City of Asbury Park is a what's it a class A or class one um we're obligated to
uh to wave those fees. And then uh the final request was uh the mega class reunion. The Azard Park High School auditorium staged gymnasium for a class reunion of uh multiple
years. Uh and then was it was it a decade? Yeah. and then the uh athletic field for uh the adult field day which is actually a a philanthropic event um where uh the money goes to to
kids scholarships and uh that concludes my report. Mr. Have you had any discussions about the stadium? I know that else I'll report on the
finance finance committee also met last Thursday and we went over the error in the presentation of the tax effect of the budget that we passed. Uh the monitor went through uh
the papers and where the error arose. Um and we want to just make the point that in no way did it affect the actual budget numbers. Um and those calculations were all
correct. It just reflects the error in the start year of the calculation showing year over year the effect of the levy. But again, the amount of this budget as the monitor confirmed to us was the minimum that was
required to provide a thorough and efficient education to our students. Um, sorry, we also looked at a business plan which um for the ITC
center and again it's deficient and we asked Mrs. Brown to go back to the ITC manager and prepare a more robust uh plan and make certain that it includes
um all expenses and all anticipated revenues and justification for each of those. We also again asked for a better explanation of the cyber insurance it last minute it's part of
the executive session discussion that's what that was both of those items not public and I haven't seen the report from the ITC but those are executive session discussions cyber security. No, no, no, no, no.
Okay. No, no, no, no. Anyway, I'm finished with that. And the other issue is cyber security coverage which we have asked for a written summary from our insurance broker. Can we have can the full board have both
of those items, please? So we can discuss it in executive session another time. I'm I'm curious why the ITC business plan would be something for executive session. We discussed it in executive session. It
was not made public what the discussion was. And I can talk to you later about why we decided it was an executive session, not the public. Just one more question. U will we get
the slide corrected that's on our website with regard to the tax impact so that we're not Excuse me, but I believe I gave you a copy of the slide. Put it on the website.
Get a motion to approve the committee reports. Do we report on personnel? Is there personnel? Oh, I'm sorry. We uh first really quick uh went over the
uh appointments to the summer staff. So we we went through those fairly quickly and we did speak about one personnel position that was being abolished that had to do with uh with
the ITC. That was it. And if you notice in in your uh in your packet um sorry um There's the reappoint list. So, our
handy dandy annual reappointment list where you can go through and vote for the whole thing or if there's specific numbers employed uh on the on the left hand side, say no, whatever you like. When we get to that as far as the
business agenda, we're going to need to make one correction to that list. How can we get a motion to approve the committee reports? Yeah, the H1B report. Good evening everyone. We just had two
incidents during the month of April. One was founded, one was unfounded. The student that it was founded, they made sure that counseling was given to that student and the parents were notified. That's it. Can we speak publication?
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school matters of community interest. The public comment portion of the meeting is not to question a question and answer session and all public comments shall be directed to the board president or me as the presiding officer of the meeting. Uh members of the public
who wish to make public comments must be recognized by the presiding officer and provide his or her name, municipality of residents, group affiliation if applicable. All public comments shall be directed to the presiding officer and are limited to three minutes in
duration. Members of the public who do not follow the foregoing rules or interfere with the orderly operation of the board meeting may be removed from the meeting. Good evening. Uh my name is Julie Andrea Lurillo. I want to make it clear that
while I do serve on a number of boards and commissions, I'm appearing here today as an individual, a parent, and a taxpayer. Um I have note, I can't express enough, Miss Glassman, how thrilled I was today at
the ECAC, the Early Childhood Advisory Council meeting, to hear the amazing news that 80% of our kindergarteners are reading at grade level. Um, as a parent of a young child, that gives me a lot of hope. Um, I also wanted to congratulate
the early childhood education department. I know half of them just stepped out into the hallway. um the amount of work they've done this year to engage parents of young children um regardless of levels of literacy or
the parents proficiency in English. Um the early early childhood education department is making it possible for every parent to participate in the joy of teaching your own child to read. Um and again as a parent of a young child I I can't express I mean I'm comfortable
with my literacy level and I even learned stuff at these meetings. Um so that said uh today the meeting was discussed that they're looking for more opportunities for parent engagement. So, um, Miss Glman, if any members of the community are
hosting family focused events that have vendor tables where the early childhood education department or the ECIC, I guess, can be present. Um, you can contact Jocelyn in their office. Some of the types of events we discussed where it would be helpful to have them present
are the Junth event in Springwood Park and um Miss Diane Shelton also brought up the weekly barbecues that are hosted by the Aspersburg housing authority. Um so if anyone is aware of events like those that ECIC could participate um
please let Joslyn in the early education early childhood education department now and that's all I got. Thank you. And congratulations to everyone who just went out in the hallway. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Es 11A. Julie,
just so you know, Pastor Sage for Junth day, they're taking applications now. Um, I'd like to say to the board, I'm really concerned. Um, because last month I saw this on the agenda and I see it again tonight for the s food service
management. I don't know if any of these board members have ever been in our school district and been in this cafeteria when these kids are getting provided these lunches. Our children do not eat this food. It goes in the trash. This is a lot of money that we're paying
a food service to feed our children and our children are not eating the meals. So, I recommend that you guys really reconsider of again putting these this company on this board agenda and nobody's been out to see what these kids have been eating. Nobody's questioned
these kids about the food. Nobody has said anything to any of these children about what they're eating and why they're eating and they're not eating half of this stuff. because I've done a lot of afterchool programs that I've spent my own money and lead from steam park attest to this. We've spent money
to feed these kids after school. These kids are hungry at 2:30 because they're not eating lunch. That's not fair to our children. And this is a lot of money to be paying a food service that our kids don't touch the food. So you guys might really want to
reconsider and start looking into better food service for these kids or start doing a survey with the company that you have now in regards to getting better food because I know as long as I've been coming to these board meetings, board members eat better than our children
do. And you can't say you don't cuz food that you guys get, our kids will never see. These kids are throwing this food in the trash on a regular basis. And this is a lot of money. We're talking about cutting staff members. Why we not
get rid of this food service company? That'll save you a million dollars right there. So, I suggest while we're looking at this agenda, we reconsider the things that are on this agenda every month that are making no sense. And not one board
member has actually went into the school and sat with these kids and had lunch to see what they're throwing in the trash. Our kids are eating processed food again. Another year and nobody's doing anything about it. And we're paying a million dollars for our kids to eat like
this. That's not fair. Thank you. [Music] Good name she Brazil 1200 Jefferson Street um I was going to talk about the same thing food service management but not contest about the food but I used to
be a board member and we got the food I ate the prison we can't drive I got prison so but it's not fair to our kids what we need to think about doing is bringing back in house the the staff that used to cook at Dville Washington
to go to school high school bring those people back and bring it in house the way Yeah, you don't have to pay medical insurance, but paying somebody $1.5 million in the pool is a nasty. I would give it I I don't have a dog, but if I did, I would not give it to my dog.
That's what I'm saying. So, but that's the way they treat our part kids. And another thing is um I was going to ask about when we was going to do the mirror for Nas, but you uh I said I was going to
ask about the mirror of Nas. So that was one of my questions. So I was asking so long, but I know he got a game tonight 8:00. So we need to get on out of here. Okay. But um so I'm glad we working on
that. told him to get that done and you know cuz although he didn't graduate high school from here but he went here for 8 years elementary school part I wasn't born here but I am black and blue do all day long so you know I'm 40 years here so but you know
Alabama always be home but New Jersey second home but I'm glad we got this thing moving but really think about bringing a food service back in house look I volunteer to cook if you want to you don't have to pay I volunteer okay Thank you. Have a good night. God bless
you. Anyone [Music] else? Close public participation. Can I get a motion to close public participation? So move Can we get a motion to go into executive
session? And move we go into executive session. Second. Yes. M. Yes. M. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Can I get a motion to reopen the meeting, please? Second. Who was first? motion. Miss Clark. Yeah. Mr. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Miss. Yes. Miss Rick. Yes. M. Tracy on the phone. Yes. Is he voting or no? [Music]
That Can I get a motion to accept the minutes? I'll make I have two corrections. the regular meeting minutes. Um, item B1B, I abstain.
Yeah, sorry. And wait. And then more item items before A and B. I also there's a correction as well. I mean Uh, I didn't vote an A on paying
the utilities. I didn't see 1A. I C1A where it says uh it's on page 17 of the minutes. It was written down. It says upon roll call motion was adopted with Mr. voting
C1A utilities. So this is a motion to accept the minutes that corrections. Yes. Yes. Miss Clark. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mr. Robert.
Can I get a motion on the minutes for the closed executive session? My my I think my uh my motion was for the minutes period. I didn't separate
calendar. And I just wanted to ask what the change was. Oh, okay. Miss, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes, he can hear. You want me to call? Yeah, call. Can you hear us? Okay, we're gonna have you on this we're gonna have you on the speaker phone instead. Oh, okay. All right. We'll have we'll go fast.
vote on the count. Thank you. Can I get consent agenda for B1 through B9? Move it. Second. for you to vote. We talked about changing that item
for Ton that changes publicly. B6 number 11 will be appointed as the assistant supervisor for buildings and grounds. the 2526 school year at a salary of
109044. In addition, John Goldar will be added to be appointed as as the interim supervisor of the grounds effective July 1 through June 30th, 2026 or until such time as a perman permanent placement is
appointed, whichever occurs first, at a salary of $130,000. They're doing agendas. Okay. Good. Is that correct? Um, yeah. Yes.
B1, page B1 through page B5. on B6. Yes, it's the eight and nine. Oh, sorry. No, sorry. Sorry. Up to B6. B6 starts with number eight. Abstaining for 8 9
10 11 12. Yes. As to 13, 14, 15, and Ain 16 through
19 is to 20. Yeses to 21 and 22. Yes. G1 to E5 13 14 15 21 22 B6 13 and 8 9 10 11 12 16 19 and 20.
Yes. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Yes. As to 10 and 11. Um, I'm going to tell you what I'm going to vote. Yes. How's that sound? Um, because I'm still having still having a
hard time digesting budget impact. Um, A I'll tell you B1 I'm going to abstain two B2 3 B1 two and three I'm going to abstain right now pages B12 and three yes ma'am
and B4 when you're ready yes to E4 uh yes to I JK number two and abstain from three and
four I'm sorry I'm Sorry, I'll go slow. Yes. On I it's B4. Yes. B I I J K. Number
two from number three and four. I'm sorry. What about I said yes. Sorry. No, I was saying everything I didn't say with explanation. Um the next page I
guess B5 I believe it is now. I had some there's some added there I didn't have uh number five. Yes. E5 A and B and B.
Uh that's abstension. The transfers and reassignments abstension. Now I guess we're on D5. Yes, that's CS. Um, number six, yes. Seven, yes. Uh, eight
of then I think we're on the next page. Nine. Yes. Reduction in force stay. Uh, 11 reappoints.
Yes. B. Yes. Also Amy, C. Yes. D and E. Yes. And then continue on. F and G. Yes. Abstain. H. I. Yes. On
J. Uh. 12. Yes. Uh. 13 and 14. Yes. Um I think we're on eight now I believe.
Um abstain on 15 and then 16 17 and 20 are yes 16 to 20 are yes and then oh also um 19's yes sorry and the
last two are also yes and 42 Yes, M. Rick. Okay, I'm going to recuse myself from anything that have to do with the wars or the Jo first. started with H on page B3. I'm
recusing myself from the heading coach. I sorry the bowling. Yeah, board. Okay. Okay. I am
abstaining from the 25 26 school year staff reassignment and transfers. I'm obaining I'm also on I'm sorry. Can you just give me the
page number and the number? The page number is B5 A. Thank you. Same page B5 number six. I am
abstaining. B6 number eight. A I'm voting no. Number 10 on the same page. B6. I'm voting no. on the reappoint list number 11. I am
recusing myself from the war in War Jones and I think I might have to recuse myself from Mr. Jino. I think
I think it's off. Oh, it was an updated one. talk about. Okay. Well, I recuse myself from the boards in a ward jage B7 E. I'm recusing myself.
B7 I I am obsaining. B7 number 12 I am abstaining. Yes to everything else and yes to everything else. Yes to everything else. Thank you. Yes. Mr. Robert.
Oh, good. Okay. It's your turn to vote on Okay. Yep. Everything except anything dealing with Jessica. I don't Consent agenda for C1 and C6 on the attachment for
C6. The price list should be 2526 school year, not 242. Those are the um the snack prices, the alocart prices. Sorry, I didn't hear you. The attachment for C6, it says 2425 school year, but it should be 25 26 like the extra the
little snacks with his adult C6. Besides the snacks and beverages, it just says 2425. It should be 25. I have 25. You do?
I have I have to all the dates for motion to approve. I'll second on on the Sedexo attachment, but was there followup from the last meeting where that that came up and now some people are still bringing it up and what what's
the feedback? I don't know where that is coming from, but the principles are satisfied. are happy with the results that they're getting from Sedexo. Um, every time there's a complaint, they're quick to
respond to it. This year, we have had very little complaints. Dr. Schulz is our number one principal that is quick to call me, text me. Miss Johnson is affirming to that. And this year, they have a good relationship with the
general manager, Miss Walker. Um, they did a survey on December. Um I can do another one before the end of the school year. We they're listening to the kids. As far as what they're throwing out, I don't know.
Um but all four principles are happy with the services that they're receiving this year. I mean, and in the past too, um they're quick to listen to the kids. Um one thing that the kids did say that they would want to have more
meetings, you know, what more meetings how we used to have like a meeting with um the principal, the superintendent, myself and the general manager just so and they just talk about ideas, concerns, you know, what can they bring
back or can we have more of this and less of that. Um I noticed them gradually when I did a walk through they're getting the salads. They're asking for more salads which is good. They're getting salads. They are getting
more sal. Yes. Okay. All right. So, I just had a question on the professional development. A couple of them are a little high in in price. Are they out of state? And where are they? I think it was it model schools or
something. I'm not sure. And um I said the last meeting that we had stopped sending anybody out of state because of our fiscal issue and we had curtailed a lot of that's PE
funds that's not district fun when you're talking about out of state that's not well we had we weren't sending people out of state for training for conferences unless it was in their their um contracts. You know,
it's number 14. I don't have the list. The list should be in your text. And we had develop model schools since a 2019. Yeah. 2018 or 19. And we ended up
dealing with isn't all the schools. HMH HMH is again like I said last time HMH is the sponsor of the program. It's not HMH. It's not HMH workshop, right? But we don't we haven't since back then.
All I did was ask where it was. Where's DC? Washington DC. Washington DC. Um, on C2 changes to the budget. It looks like it nets out to zero. Is it just moving them moving the monies from different categories? I know
there's explanations, but is that the general explanation? C2, what number? C2 on page C1. Sorry, page C1 item two with the catchment C2. Yes. What's that? It should zero. Okay.
And it's just you're just it's just changing categories, right? Correction. Okay. And then um I just had a follow up on the computers on HC2 item seven. I know we clarified that it's actually purchasing. So I had a couple of
followup questions. So the first was we what how do these fit into the master plan in terms of equipment purchase and monitor? You know how we're tracking it? What's going to happen to the computers we're getting rid of? And then the third
piece is is it did we price out the possibility of refurbishing the 63 instead of buying brand new ones for 100,000? I don't think you can't we can't refurbish them. Okay. So the ones that are you have to approve the disposal of
any unfortunately they they're so they Yeah. That's fine. Yeah. So do we have a master like do we have a master plan? So what happens is we have I mean every every few years computers have to be updated.
Good. I think you're saying we keep a list of all of our We tag everything. Yeah. Do we have an overall? So, do we have like a fiveear plan segment because we know that the computers get outdated. Oh, Mr. Canel has um a program for that
and he had every piece of equipment is tagged. So, if it moves, he knows where it moves to. Yeah. No, I get that. I'm saying in terms of um budget wise, right? Planning for the budget. Do we have do we earmark the money for these computers like three years ago? This is
going to change. Mr. Kel is good about that. He knows when something is about to end. This is when we need to refurbish or this is when we need to extend it or get rid of. Okay. He's pretty good about that. And think he's ahead of my team.
Yes. Okay. All right. Thank you, Mr. Glassman. Is that Mr. largest phone right here. I hear somebody talking. It's um distracting. Can you go first? Doesn't matter.
Tracy first. Mr. Rogers, she called you. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Okay, we're gonna let you go, Tracy. Thanks. Bye, Miss Acriman.
Yeah. Um I'm abstaining as to one page one page one item one state number two I vote no three I four I vote yes with the caveat that
if it's not standard procedure for the district to pay for us to attend these conferences. I have absolutely no problem paying out of my own pocket. I just was unable to register on my own which is why I requested the registration. You're from I'll say I'm
voting yes. I mean I want to go. So but I'm saying if it's not standard procedure for the board to pay I think you would have to abain for you in your pocket. Well, it's not going into my pocket. It's going to It's for my benefit. It's for your
benefit. Okay. And I stay on four with the caveat that I just gave. The C1 number three. Was that a yes or no? Three is that's just your certification, right? I mean, yes.
Um on five and six. Yes. Seven's up. Sorry, I had a question on eight. This is just voting to make the amendment. It's not a vote on the actual amendment, right? Because we haven't seen that yet. It's okay. Yes. On eight. Yes. On nine and
10. No. No. Sorry. No. No. 10. No. You said no. Yeah. And my note on that is that I don't think we should have to pay for the remediation on the property to be sold as is. Um and then abstain as to no sorry it's
fine. Um yes that's 111 12 is yes 13 is yes 14 is abstain we already did right to go to exe thank
Miss Clark. Yes. M. Yes. So, yes. Uh, no. On 10 if we can sell the building as is and no on 14 if it
involves any out of state crimes. Any what? Out of state crimes. Yes, Mr. On the first page. Uh, yes. On everything except for uh consultants. No, on paying
consultants. Page C2. Yes. On everything. C3. Yes. On everything. C4.
Yes. C5. Yes. Except for out of state travel. That's enough. Yes. C1 item one. I'm voting no on the
contract number two on C1. I abain number three on C1. I abain number six on C2 is
no. Number seven on C2 is no. Number 10 on C3 I abain. And all else I'm sorry. Number 14 I abain.
All else is yes as to everything except on principle. No as to C1A any college chief and
from C14. Yes, the everything except C1 is the polic. Thank you. Yeah. Motion to adjurnn. Second. All in favor? I opposed.
Thank you. [Music]