no I'd like to call this barnegate Board of Education meeting to order please the notice of this meeting has been forwarded to the Asbury Park Press the beacon tap into barnegate and place in the foer of each barnegate Township School in the barnegate Township Municipal Building and it has been filed with the barate Township municipal clerk
in conjunction with the open public meetings Act njsa [Music] I see her here thank you she was taking a nap miss uh Mr Fedor is not miss jeie here Mr Hearn here miss
MSA here miss tarnowski here miss wasburn here Mr Sno here we have a quorum thank you please join us in the flex of the United States Amer to the rep One Nation
godible with liberty and justice for all thank you didn't have any changes okay uh item number five on our agenda is approval of the agenda as it stands can I get a motion to approve the agenda please soov second
bral Miss churny yes Miss contanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes Miss tanow yes Miss wasburn yes Mr Sno yes motion carried thank you item six on
our agenda is approval of minutes we get a motion to approve 1 through four please so moved second loc call Miss jurny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes
Miss MSA yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss Washburn yes and Mr Sno yes motion carried thank you item seven on our agenda is our student imp standers and I will turn it over to Dr lawis I'd like to uh welcome back and invite Miss
camarada up to the Das thank you [Applause] the out provides a wonderful opport to recognize and Cate students AC our district all right thanks these traits
are essential in fostering a positive School climate and strengthening the vital part partnership between home school and Community a partnership that plays a significant role in our students overall success this month we are proud to honor students who exemplify
leadership representing the l in bangal Pride through their confidence accountability and ab an ability to inspire and support others they have made a meaningful impact on their peers in school environment to celebrate these outstanding students we are thrilled to present them with a gift card generously
provided by one of our local businesses Mama roses we are grateful for their support and partnership in recognizing the remarkable achievements of our students thank you for your time and continued support of initiatives like the upstander program which help to shape a thriving and inclusive Community
for all when you hear your name please come forward and join board president Mr Sarno and superintendent Dr lwis to receive your plaque and gift certificate our first is Todd [Applause]
Muhammad Todd embod is the meaning of leadership as the 2025 senior class president having previously served as vice president during his sophomore and Junior years he has consistently demonstrated dedication and commitment a three season vars athlete and captain of the football team Todd balances his
athletic achievements with academic Excellence as a member of both the National Honor Society and the RO Kappa Honor Society as well as an honors and AP student well respected and well liked by both peers and teachers Todd is hardworking friendly and a role model at BHS recently he represented the student
body as a speaker of the scholarship donor breakfast his natural leadership and outstanding contributions make him truly deserving of this recognition congratulations Todd [Music] next we have Skyler
[Applause] monusco Skyler demonstrates exceptional leadership at Rob obms through her academic excellence and ability to inspire others she balances hard work with kindness following classroom rules and supporting both peers and teachers
Skyler leads group discussions helps classmates grasp diff difficult Concepts and fosters a collaborative environment her effective and respectful communication Mak her a strong role mod role model for others congratulations [Applause]
[Music] Skyler Next we have real [Applause] Silva Riel exemplifies effective leadership within this classroom environment she consistently offers support to her peers who may be facing academic challenges demonstrating her
commitment to collaborative success she sets a positive example by working diligently and adhering to established expectations furthermore she regularly embodies the principles of teamwork when collaborating with her classmates and is always ready to assist teachers and staff when needed congratulations
Brielle next we have Aiden [Applause] Williams Aiden is deserving of this award as he has made such PR progress this year as a leader he consistently leads by example throughout the school day is on task at all times follows the
rules in class in the hallway and in lunch Aiden's teachers can always count on him to set a good example for anyone he is around we are proud to honor him with this recognition for the leadership congratulations Aiden [Music] Aiden next We Have Bryce sh
[Applause] Bryce demonstrates the true meaning of leadership in our class and school every day from the very first day of school he has set an example through his work ethic kindness and ability to be a role model his classmates look up to him following his lead and choosing to be
leaders themselves rather than followers Bryce genuinely wants every student in his class to do well and supports them every step of the way he will move mountains as he is already making a remarkable impact in kindergarten congratulations Bryce job br
and finally we have Colin Hendrickson Colin has made incredible progress in this second year with us oh my gosh that's adorable best outfit ever he has become such a strong positive role model for our class Colin is always kind and willing to help any
friend in need his leadership skills are evident in the way he continually supports others one example of his thoughtfulness is how he ensures a class gets on the correct bus every day since they ride together he always takes her hand at dismissal to guide her to the right place we are incredibly proud of
him he is a great listener and a wonderful friend congratulations Colin and we do have one more Benjamin oliviera benjaman has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the classroom through his strong Integrity respect for
others and kind he is always a good friend showing honesty and empathy in his interaction he works diligently using his time efficiently to complete assignments he is an active listener communicating effectively with both peers and adults he consistently utilizes strategies to
solve problems and make thoughtful decisions additionally he motivates and helps others serving as a positive role model for his peers congratulations Benjamin okay go ahead congratulations students and parents and thank
[Applause] you congratulations good job [Applause] [Music] thank you all right just wanted to take a minute um after recognizing our
students um on behalf of the Board of Education I wanted to take a moment tonight to recognize I one of our Board of Education members I believe it's important to recognize everyone throughout our district from our students to our staff and to our board members recently one of our board
members Regina tarnowski was recognized by the New Jersey School Board Association for achieving the status as a certified board member in order to achieve this dist this distinct honor a board member must and I'm going to read from their site the certified board
member is the second level New Jersey School Board Association board memoral Academy certification program areas of study are designed to give members a firm foundation and the essential governance skills needed to carry out their responsibilities they must earn at least 20 communative board member
Academy credits attend at least four County meetings attend at least one annual New Jersey school board Workshop attend at least one New Jersey school board delegate assembly attend at least one Statewide or Regional professional delegate program complete at least three full years of service as a local School
Board member and may not have been judged to have violated any school ethics act so again on behalf of the school board and rest our board members and the staff here we wanted to welcome and thank uh not thank but acknowledge Regina for her great accomplishment I know several other board members are
working towards it but she is right now our certified board member that serves on our board so congratulations [Applause] I was done speaking I thought I was
[Applause] oh that's it on your end that's all right good there's nothing else in your I'll come back when it's up okay um next on our agenda is is item 8 which is our student representative um each month we
invite the student representative to come here and fill us in on what's happening within the high school and throughout the district um Mr Daniel Hoffman is our representative and I'll turn the floor over to you good evening and thank you to everyone who's joining us here today uh for those of you who may not know me well hi my name is
Daniel Hoffman and I'm a senior at BHS this year and I'm grateful to be here today representing the barn student body as the executive Student Government president at the high school per usual there are a few actions I want to highlight from student advisory committee meeting going into the next month that will really start to come to fruition and move to transform the
climate of be of the barnegate high school into a much better place overall we are approaching a point in the year where it feels as if we have something to do or attend every day and looking back over our year of work I'm very proud to say that our student body will have at least four major Legacy defining initiatives as well as other minor initiatives as barngate high school's
leading force in the 2024 2025 school year more so than any four classes over the last 21 years as I've said before our goal this year has been to address a blue of countless culture and climate issues that the high school faces and in that effort our student advisory committee has finished part of the buildout for our peer-to-peer mentorship
program we're not only creating smaller Titanic communities for students to build connections within but we are also creating means to identify issues among students with consistent mentors overseeing each student our primary goal is to build a more inclusive and community- based climate for all of our students one step at a time secondly the
student advisory committee has approved a proposal for the repurposing of Courtyard 2 at the high school the comprehensive report report outlines the goals and activities potential outcomes as well as the funding and partnership and information of an agricultural green space in the currently unused and Barren secondary Courtyard at BHS with more
specifics to come the team could not be more excited to see this project come to life as Administration begins to direct aspects of such an amazing initiative the student government has also worked to multiply our philanthropic activity in relation to the school and our ever so supportive Community most notably we have founded what we hope to be an
annual charity rockathon for the spring where students at BHS will stay over night at the high school raising money on behalf of the Ava voice Foundation Ava voice mission is to empower youth around the world with user syndrome to educate families and communities on what Usher syndrome is Ava is a South Jersey
native herself and attends Southern Regional High School and Got Her diagnosis with Usher syndrome at 3 years old Usher syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects both hearing and vision as well as balance and navigating its struggles is one that many families must do year to year and we are so grateful to be part of such a great
cause last meeting the committee also moved to the begin the foundation of a barnegate high school alumni association we've noticed that where barnegate falls short is a culture of Pride from the time we enter Elementary School to when we turn our tassel in the June of our senior year and further than that into the workforce and our future endeavors
barnegate has seen such great talent and such great potential and it's important that we begin to string string together that network of promising students past and present to not only create a titer knit student body but to also seek alternative means of supporting our students for years to come in the coming weeks our current leadership will begin the process of what that structure looks
like and how to scale it moving forward as one barnegate it's important that we continue that Unity into our futures a few other items we've discussed are the access to the guidance Department by the student body and finding a reform program of study structure for better student and family comprehension of tracking and so much more but we are so
proud of the work that we are getting done and we are excited for everything that is in the works shifting gears these last few weeks have been nothing short of record setting for our Athletics teams for the first time in school history the barnegate t Team Advanced to National finals for small Varsity division 2 game day and placed
15th overall in the United States but that is not the only first for Barnette High School this winter the barnegate boys basketball team won their first ever outright belf championship title their first round of the njsa tournament is this Thursday at lower Kate May at 6 PM the barnia girls basketball team also
made history clenching their first outright be South championship title the girls will play as well this Thursday in their first round of the njsa tournament at home at 5:00 p.m. barnegate wrestling also won their first ever division championship title in program history we've won so many division titles this
year that a few of our coaches have started calling the B South title the barnegate South [Applause] title from our bowling team Jamie White placed first in the shore conference and Austin Walcott placed eighth in the state of New Jersey both of them alongside Jessica block have qualified
for the njsiaa state tournament this Thursday our OverWatch Esports team was seated first in the state playoffs and are headed to finals on March 1st Barn girl barnegate girls track moved five girls onto group two championships with Daniela Holly moving on to the meat of Champions barnegate cheer leaders also
won two state championship titles this time in game day large Varsity The largest division in the competition and group two varsity cheer and dance as well as placing third and medium overall Varsity cheering dance if you thought that was a lot there are so many more competitions and titles to come in and out of the sports realm the future
Business Leaders of America Club will send its largest team of State competitors to the state leadership conference in mid-march as they compete in coding and programming as well as in public speaking looking forward the high school has a host of events and happenings most notably Rumble in the Jungle that is set for March 5th for those who don't know Rumble is a
competition between teams black and orange determined by the first letter of a student's last name set over a course of different physical and academic challenges Rumble serves as one of the most inclusive and landmark events for students at BHS with just about 400 out of all thousand students participating so we are very excited for that as
always a huge congratulations to our upstanders but at least for now that's all for me thank you for your time tonight and with that I yield [Applause] back thank you as always Mr Hoffman uh next on our agenda is our
barnegate education ass Association liaison and that's Mrs morganoff I will turn the floor over to you thank you thank you it's always rough following that I just wanted to take a moment to recognize and appreciate the incredible dedication of our entire School Community the dedication patience and
hard work never go unnoticed and we are especially grateful for all the extra effort we've all you've all put in the last few weeks with navigating this everchanging weather and managing the school delays and um and closed and days closed ensuring the safety and wellbe of
our kids while keeping everything running smoothly is no small task and we truly appreciate the commitment I want to give a special mention to how be how the Bea along with the njaa p grants have helped sponsor several of events within the district this year including
the Polar Express experience in December and the literacy carnival at duny coming up this month we'll have 11 events throughout the year and are proud to be able to contribute to these memorable events thank you thank you Miss Morgan off um next on
our agenda item 10 is our state New Jersey school board's representative is there any no [Music] no are we doing County are we doing State um County would be next I have County okay okay all right so there was
no State update okay um I'll turn the floor over to miss wasburn with a county update okay thank you um so the next meeting will be March 31st we had our last meeting in January we covered several topics including uh navigating School f Finance uh the March 31st
meeting also has the um eighth grade dialogue that barnegate is sending an eighth grader to so very proud of that um and all members are willing are um welcome to attend all right thank you m wurn you're welcome item 12 on our agenda is
committee discussions each month the chairperson of the committee will give an update on what has happened in their committee the past month we will start with finance and Mrs hornowski thank you finance met February 19th with all
members and attendance another month with a variety and wide range of topics were overviewed including the budget update of payroll questions esss services and payments our Physician Services our solar panel payout and payment our estimated purchase orders
for the coming year and a handful of other topics we also discussed our outof district place um the district would like to thank the Rotary Club of barnegate for Their donation for the winners of the eighth grade real media contest and our next meeting will be March 12th thank you all
right thank you Mr turnowski um next is Athletics and Mr fedori is a chair but is not present so Mr Hearn will give the update thank you good evening the Athletics committee met on February 20th we discussed the 10
motions on the agenda this evening for various coaching positions AC across the district these positions consist of five stipended and five volunteer positions the committee then discuss scheduling several programs being offered in the
district at no cost to our students these include a Speed and Agility Camp on June 24th through July 15th a varsity cheerleading Day Camp clinic on July 18th the barnegate high school football
7 verse 7 tournament on June 28th with a rain date of June 29th the barnegate football camp on July 7th through the 10th the junior bangle camp on July 7th and 8th and the football kickoff
barbecue strongman camp on August 8th we discussed also discussed a motion to approve hosting the allshore football game on July 16th however us hosting this game is not confirmed as a
yet the committee then received an update from Mr germano regarding the title 9 survey this survey was given to all high school students during the PE class it is a climate survey focused on Fair and balanced athletic offerings in the
district Mr Jano reported that the results of the survey were extremely positive one result of the survey is the district will be looking to implement a Lacrosse Club at the middle school level more to follow on that Mr jamano shared
with the committee that spring signing day will be May 8th this is an opportunity for our athletes and their families to celebrate those who are continuing their athletic Endeavors at the Collegiate level next athletic
committee meeting is scheduled for March 10th thank you Mr Hearn um next is buildings grounds transportation and there's another word there too Food Service Food Service sorry it's not on
my thing um and the chairperson is Mrs waser thank you the buildings and grounds transportation and Food Service committee met on February 18th with updates across several areas in Food Service um we discussed the freezer sprinkler being repaired discussed uh
cookie fundraising efforts for the clart students um facilities discuss Staffing changes including custodial transfers new high as well as upcoming fire inspections and snowstorm preparations thank you for all they've done as well as Transportation
keeping our students and uh staff safe uh recruitment for drivers and AIDS continue and new routing software is being implemented the committee also addressed operational budget updates and discussed new possible software updates and the next meeting is scheduled for March
10th thank you Miss wurn you're welcome um next is education and a chairperson is Mrs churny thank you Mr President the education committee met on February 18th we had discussions on several key motions and
initiatives you'll see on tonight's agenda we're looking to approve the its real teen and mental health training for students in grades 7 through 12 by RWJ Barnabas Health Institute at no cost to the district we also discuss the sky
doome planetarium assembly for the Joseph donu students we also have a motion to approve tender Smiles a program to provide presentations on oral hygiene and Dentistry for the whole District we also have a motion to
approve Aviation 2 course at barnegate high school this came from a parent request our district is always excited to offer exciting new electives we have our usual College University placements continuing education requests field trips and added
District workshops updates were provided on the f bla trip to Broadway and the Hard Rock Cafe in may also updates and discussions on the ROC program with possible merging of the shield and Roc program the care closets are up and
running in all buildings for student support which I hope kids will use if they need it we also have good news student achievements were shared including Awards in the Scholastic art and writing competition with Robin Kate
buenna Ventura uh won a silver key for her artwork and winners of The Optimist essay contests were first place Katherine waren second place Chris Hadad and third place Riley
Fitzpatrick congratulations to all and our next meeting will be held on March 11th thank you Mr Journey uh next is governance committee and chairperson is Miss konanza uh thank you Mr SAA our
governance committee U met on February 19th on tonight's agenda for approval motions one two and three are second readings of policies and regulations there's also a motion to approve a second reading for regulation
7510 which is use of school facilities motion five is a motion to approve our first annual submission of the St student safety data system for the school year 2024
2025 um motion six we have a policy 0131 bylaws policies and regulations um the administration will develop a procedure for staff to be made aware of all policies that pertain to them and the administration is also
looking into the process of adding the yearly policy updates to dashboard with an electronic sign off uh motion number seven they revise they're revising the student handbooks for the year 2024
2025 principles from the four schools listed on the agenda tonight will send out a letter regarding the revised hook code of conduct um number eight we are uh revising the school calendar the 2024
2025 we amended the calendar due to snow day on January 6 and changed April 17th from an early dismissal to a full day and changed April 18th from a closed spring uh recess to an early dismissal
uh the approved revised calendar will be sent out tomorrow to all and the next governance meeting will be held February 19th no that's wrong March March 19th thank you all right thank you m Anza uh
lastly is Personnel I'm the chairperson of personnel um several things to touch upon that are on our agenda tonight um several hirings that we have a part-time par professional we have a uh special ed teacher at the Horbelt School excited
about um we have a prek teacher at the dumpy school and we also have a uh volunteer Chief Joseph Falcone um who will be volunteering his time over the next 5 or 6 months um with within our district which is greatly appreciated um
also on our agenda is we have three uh retirements and I just wanted to touch upon those three retirements real quick uh first we have miss Lynn lit lintner uh Lynn has worked in barnegate school district for the past 38 years Lynn has been an elementary teacher in barate
school district since September 1st 1986 and through the end of the 2024 2025 school year Lyn has Lynn has been a general education teacher and has most taught basic skills remedial English classes Lynn will always Lynn was always willing to work extra hours performing
after school activities and she also completed voluntary workshops and trainings throughout the years so that she could learn new skills which she she shared with her students over the 38 years of teaching she is actively teaching at the Joseph T Donahue School teaching grade three through four this
year um next is Maryann Simpson Maryann has worked at the barate school district for the last 2 5 years Maryann has been a par par professional in the bnate school district from September 1st 1999 through the end of the 2425 school year
Maryann has been a p professional in both general education and special education classes throughout the district Maryann has also worked in our extended school year program over her 25 year over her 25 years as a power professional she is actively a par
professional at bnav high school for the last few years uh CW cwo Christopher Brown CW Christopher Brown has worked at the barate high school for the past two years as our n n DCC RC teacher and
instructor prior to the C prior to this CW Christoper started at the barn High School District on May 20 May 30th 2023 Christopher was a senior neighbor Naval science instructor at Perth Amboy High School and Atlantic City High
School prior to coming to barnegate so again I want to thank all three of them for their um years and years of uh dedication to our students and our district and our community and again obviously they will be um recognized at the end of the school
[Applause] year all right next item on our agenda is item 13 and that is the superintendent's highlights and I will turn it back over to Dr Lis all right thank you so much uh we're going to to
uh start off by inviting uh Maggie Riley up to the mic uh we're going to first recognize our Optimist essay contest winners and then we're going to move into our voice of democracy essay contest and Patriots pen essay contest winners so thank you so much good
evening everyone thank you so much for joining us today um tonight we would like to celebrate the winners of three different essay contests um as Mr Lis or Dr Lis had mentioned I'd like to start by thanking the VFW um thank you so much for joining us today and for making this essay contest possible for our
students we'd also like to thank the barnis sorry the barnegate Optimus Club um as well for making this essay contest available to our students we're so proud of each of our students for participating you got okay thank you um both of these organizations create wonderful opportunities for our
students so we're so excited to have that partnership with them and provide our students with the opportunity to showcase their writing skills but also share their knowledge and their experiences as well um the first plaque that we're going to share today is for our PS pen BFW contest that
contest is available for our students in sixth through um eth grade in their social studies classes so thank you to each of our social studies teachers for supporting our students in this essay contest the theme for this year was my voice in America's democracy and I'm proud to announce the first place winner
for our district at the post level um Gianna Vitali want to come we are so proud of Giana um for getting first place and being one of our students at brakman and congratulations to her and thank you so much again to the BFW for the opportunity to have this contest for our
students the BFW also holds a special contest each year called the voice of democracy where students have the opportunity to write an essay but also have the opportunity to go ahead and record that essay so thank you to Mr Mr solo for providing the opportunity for our students to record these essays in
our recording Art Studio as well with the voice of democracy essay the theme for this year was is America today our forefathers vision and we have the opportunity to again celebrate a few of our students the first student that I would like to call up is Jake scario so
Jake if you want to come on up um Jake earned first place at the post level with the BFW um in our district so we're very excited for him celebr him so thank you Jake for coming out tonight we're excited and we're so proud of you for this accomplishment [Applause]
[Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you guys so much all right thank you so much and thank you congratulations the next winner that we would like to call up for our voice of democracy essay contest is Katherine
Warren so Katherine if you'd like to come on [Music] up Katherine placed third place at the post level with the VFW her essay contest continued onward where she she place first place at the district and
then continue to place third place in the state so congratulations Katherine we're very proud of [Music] [Applause] you and Katherine is also actually going to take the opportunity to read her essay with us today which we will do in
a moment um we'll celebrate our Optimus essay contest winners and then Katherine if you'd like to come up after that so as part of yes yes you guys can come sit down yes thank you guys so much thank
you so each year the barnegate chapter of the Optimus International Club holds its contest as well and its essay contest this year the theme was how optimism has paved my road to success again our students have the opportunity to showcase their writing skills as well as share their um optimism in terms of
their personal experiences the historical perspectives and the impact and experience in their country with that we'd also like to honor the three winers at our district level um our third place winner is Riley Fitzpatrick so Riley if you'd like to come on
up [Applause] congratulations we're so proud of you so thank you and congratulations Right congratulations [Music] Ry our second place winner this year is Christopher hadash so Christopher you
pleas come on [Music] up congratulations we're proud of you Christopher [Music] [Applause] congratulations and our first place
winner in the Optimus contest is Katherine warrren so Katherine if you'd like to come back up [Applause] [Music] again congratulations Katherine and thank you [Applause]
sooud right yes um at this time Cather if you'd like to come up and share Essay with us for the voice of democracy thank you and first I'd like to start off by thanking our our veterans for their [Applause] service and I'd also like to thank the
members of The barnegate Faculty for this opportunity this five-minute essay was written in response to the question is America today our forefather's vision when reflecting upon America's 250 years of History it is often hard to
imagine what the founding fathers envisioned for the country at the very first delegate meetings such as the Constitutional Convention or the Continental Congress the foundation of the nation's government was repeatedly established and revised at these meetings but how far has America
dispersed from their original Vision since America has grown into a flourishing democracy with its own struggles but also has the ability to change when needed this ability leads to advances in American society attracting millions of immigrants across the world
with its Liberty democracy and justice for all but is this contemporary America what Washington pictured when Crossing the Delaware did Benjamin Franklin imagine that electricity would soon power a mod of Transportation or perhaps Thomas
Jefferson pondered the idea that his space would be carved into to a national monument in a state that was not even a part of the Union during his lifetime if only our forefathers could see the America they started the United States today may not be exactly what our
forefathers Envision but the ideals behind its Innovations and success have remained true to their vision and continue to propel the nation into the future one of the oldest and most admired aspects of America is freedom whether it be of religion speech or even
to think imagin L with many of the nation's most influential inventions the Liberty to imagine new ideas is a key to the success of one's business as well as its benefits on Society for example car companies have had some of the largest
impacts on American history from the ideals of Henry Ford's first Model T to Elon musk's more modern cyber truck Henry Ford's car company transforms certain aspects of American society such as the process of using a moving assembly line of
manufacturing Ford is also deemed responsible for instituting a 5-day work week and two-day weekend the working calendar still widely used in America today the unrestricted imagination of Henry Ford allowed him to develop a product that would change America and
even the world for the better as Ford believed what's great about America is that although we have a mess of problems we have great capacity intellect and resources to do something about them this capacity that Ford recognizes stems
from our forefathers Vision because they intentionally created a society that could change with the times even if futuristic developments and products were not directly in their Vision the Liberty to think of these new ideas remains true to their plan another aspect of American society
that supports the ideals of our forefathers is democracy since the US Constitution was first written in 1787 America's democracy and separation of Powers into the executive judicial and legislative branches have remained
the same American CI American citizens still vote for a new president every four years and can choose politicians to represent them in Congress however since our forefathers the process of voting has evolved with more options from paper ballots to digital pole
booths Additionally the inclusion of people that can vote has changed through the ratification of more amendments the Constitution now grants women and people of all Races the right to vote to better represent the voices of the American people this flexibility of the American
government allows for revolutionary changes that could not have been envisioned by our forefathers at the Constitutional Convention much has happened in American history since the time of our forefathers between Wars technology the design of the national flag and even the
addition of the space force to the US military through it all America has remained strong even in our moments of weakness no Society is perfect and America is not any different but people do not come to America for Perfection they come for
Liberty the Great American author Thomas Payne once said for though the flame of Liberty May sometimes cease to shine the coal can never expire despite our mistakes our forefathers created a nation where Liberty prevails every time so maybe
when George Washington crossed the Delaware he did not just see Trenton New Jersey but rather envisioned the potential to build a nation that thrives on the ideals of Liberty and democracy a legacy that our forefathers would have wanted to live on thank
you thank you so much Catherine for sharing your assay with us we are so proud of you and each of our winners um thank you to the Board of Education the VFW the barnegate Optimus Club our English language arts teachers as well as our social studies teachers and all of our amazing barnegate students for making this possible so thank you guys
so much awesome thank [Applause] you next I'd like to invite up uh Mrs germano so that we could recognize our real media winners [Music] good evening
everybody and I just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight um to receive their Awards um I do have to say the projects were amazing it was such a hard decision um to choose the winners but I just want to give you a little background information about our real
media project um real media is a five lesson curriculum that is taught in the eighth grade health classes to prevent substance use it increases their knowledge of advertising techniques used to sell Alcohol Tobacco marijuana and Other Drug products developing their
their counter arguing and critical skills in response to dangerous substances students use these skills to develop either a video or poster to create a youth-driven anti-alcohol and Drug message when the projects are completed they are then entered into a
contest that is judged J by the barnegate communities at cares um Public public relations group where they select the winners and Runners up so we would first like to um thank the Rotary Club for um of barnegate for their generous
donation for the gift card prizes and we are grateful for all of their help and support for our students um it was very difficult um to decide on the winners um all the projects were very creative and well done so we decided instead of just having three winners year we would um do
some runers runner up Runners up honorable mention project winners because we felt like they should have been recognized as well so I'm going to start with them first and then we will move to our third second and first place winners so our first honorable honorable
mention winners um they were a pair and they did a video um chrisan Nia and Liam veneer come on up guys [Applause]
coordinate their off if you want to look on the screen their video [Applause] so we thought that was a great idea like you know instead of drugs do something else like ride your bike jump the ramps
so I thought that was very creative our second runner up was a poster uh by Aaliyah Jones I have to stay over here I I didn't think she could make it tonight so but this was her poster um it's about vaping don't get hooked she shows a
video um you know like a silhouette of like death coming out of her mouth from VAP vaping so we thought that was very powerful a good drawing our next runner up is Michael Lopez Rivera um he had another um about the dangers of
um influencing um and then um drug use and peer pressure so um we thought that was a very good depiction of you know how to say no I think he was able to make it tonight our next poster honorable
mention is Kaylee [Applause] [Music] scorett we really like the um healthy healthy long and the Damage long like
and she wrote about how like you know you can't do all the sports and be a really um good perform and a you know an athlete so we thought that was really good [Applause]
congratulations our last runner up is Alex Robertson [Applause] culations he did a little charact uh cartoon with SpongeBob we thought it was
great you know they're friends and you know SpongeBob's trying to tell them not to you know do drugs he does them anyway and as a result he he passed away and his friends upset
so it I thought it was really cute so all right all right and now for our third place winners we had a tie uh Leilani asito and Isabella [Music]
[Applause] Redline so they both received $25 gift cards nice [Music] [Applause] so they did like um posters of uh like a
wanted a $10,000 reward on the dangers of alcohol I thought was really great and then just different life with drugs life without drugs and how your life can change if you do drugs our second place winner is Emma holler she did a video
[Applause] [Applause] vaping on average 4,000 teens start vaping each day many start because of depression or anxiety but once they start their
symptoms get worse and worse and worse until it all just stops once you start you can't stop vaping don't do it [Applause]
[Music] and our first place winners they were a pair um they're each going to get a $50 gift card um we have Jaden biano and chewy Yuka
[Applause] be [Music] [Applause] [Music] I've actually Ted The Distillery
enjoy my life [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
[Music] amazing good job guys really excellent job and that's all I got thank you so [Music] much next up is Mr McGee
good evening uh can I have Mr blasy and Mr nickf please join me up here uh so tonight um what an amazing night we start out with hearing about student data we start seeing uh you know student projects we hear about student leadership uh student charact student
character development um really well-rounded students that are coming through the barate school district and kind of a Capstone to that as we're here at the high school's National Honor Society induction it is a huge moment for our students that celebrates all of
those characteristics and unfortunately uh we had our induction a few nights ago and we had two students that were unable to join us for that induction so we want to celebrate them here tonight and recognize this important Monument or moment in their education uh thank you Mr MC um like he
just said that we have two wonderful young people um Riley Schmidt and Adriana rila who missed our induction ceremony Adriana is a member of our dance team newspaper she's part of the sgaa and uh very active in our Girl Scout Community here and uh Riley is a
member of our field hockey team our track team our softball team SGA well involved um so we just wanted to formally uh induct them into the Rosen robado chapter of the Honor Society um for their their commitment and the
perseverance to be active in our community um so I'm going to call up Adriana with her Mentor Miss Connor and Riley with uh her Mentor Mr pomier and they're going to recite the
National Honor Society pledge uh by our president would you both please repeat after me I pledge myself I to exemplify the high standards stand of the National Honor Society through my actions and
thoughtss I strive to make myself I strive to make myself my family my family my community my community and barnegate high school proud and bar High School proud as a member I understand the capacity for which I am endowed to heed the
call for helping others in the community even when recognition is not forthcoming is not to be an example be an example and an inspiration and an inspiration for my fellow
students and to uphold the ethical principles of honesty and integrity I am and will continue I am and will continue to be true to the four principles
for which this organization stands th I pledge myself to the National Honor Society National Honor Society and its call for scholarship for scholarship service service leadership leadership and
character character congratulations Riley and Adriana we look forward to seeing the positive impact you both will have on our school and Community more members thank you for your time and once again congratulations [Applause] thank you everyone uh just to kind of go
over a few highlights I just wanted to uh touch upon so first and foremost uh you heard earlier uh during the Ed committee uh update uh there was a check-in on the uh Caris closet that we have in the district uh so obviously uh
going back to last year um and probably even a little bit earlier than that we started that initiative um and it's only grown since then and through the generous donations of our uh Collective barnegate family uh we have a lot to uh to be proud of there um some of the
things that we were uh able to give out during the first half of the school year uh school supplies for students winter coats and hoodies for students and families Thanksgiving meals uh for families over $6,000 in holiday gifts through December dress down days more
than $1600 in gift cards for those in needs care baskets for families facing medical hardships $800 from dress down days to assist two families in need and $500 worth of Staff assistance so uh this has been a pretty remarkable um uh
initiative over the last couple years and something I just wanted to take a moment to highlight um since you know there's uh uh seems like a good opportunity to to highlight that uh Barn good high school is recognized as the adult transition advisory committee meeting uh because BHS is the only
School in Ocean County to have three of our postgraduate students enrolled in the pilot cat program at Ocean County College this is a wonderful program that begins on March 17th and is enormous opportunity for our 18 to 24 year old graduates to gain essential work Readiness skills uh the BHS counseling
department hosted its F night a representative from the hsaa was on hand to provide information and assist families in completing the FAA was was very well attended during kindness week in duny the preschool students decorated bookmarks for the barnegate library shout out to the uh brachman uh
theater company who's going to be opening the production uh opens production of The Wizard of Oz this week so we hope to see everybody there there's going to be performances on Thursday and Friday at 7 and Saturday at 12 um just wanted to uh there was a mention that we started this off with the data Harvest we had that from 5 to
600 tonight um where we honored 72 different students that had some of the greatest gains that we saw from the beginning of the year to now um so big shout out to the administration instructional coaches and the Board of Education um for putting that together and and highlighting those students um
just echoing what president zno uh touched upon just want to give a congratulations to the three retirees that we have here tonight um Lyn lintner uh as stated spent 38 years in the district so extremely dedicated uh Mary and Simpson 25 years um so big uh big
congratulations to them uh Mr uh Christopher Brown uh who worked with the RCC for the last couple years and and uh really has the honor of having a distinguished unit so big shout out to those three individuals and we wish them uh nothing but the very best in their next chapter um and just to touch upon
something earlier from the Ed committee uh we uh and I don't see the parent here tonight but we uh wanted to follow up uh Aviation to was something that was uh asked about at the last two board meetings uh We've as stated continued to work on that um so we are at the point now where we have the framework of that
and at the point it's going to be uh it's going to rely on student interest to see uh if we're going to run that for next year but we have the stuff on the back end ready uh to run it if there's interest there so that's all I have I turn it back to you thank you very much
Dr lawis sorry uh a few things under uh president's remarks one um again just want to say you know tonight is just the just to me is the perfect example of what you want your school District to be
um well-rounded students um you come here D data Harvest you you hear all the the the great movement that our students are doing um we hear from Mr Hoffman talks about our you know what's happening in the schools from our Sports to different clubs that are going on and
all the achievements there um then you see the students here tonight with the again thank you very much for the VFW coming out and sponsoring this year after year after year um the essays were incredible the videos I don't even have those kids did those videos I'm not no computer uh knowledge at all so that's
just mind-blowing to me but again that that to me is just um as a board member that's what you want to see you want to come into the school and see all of those things kind of meshing at one time and working and again kudos to everybody here Administration staff um our
students obviously parents but um that's what it's all about that's why we sit up here and do what we do so thank you again and thank you for your for your time coming out tonight and then like I said sponsoring and your service as always um on that there was a couple
other things I just wanted to touch upon board wise um the board did have we had our uh community outreach committee um trying to think what date we had it the 10th of February oh no 13th it was right before uh Valentine's Day it was
February 13th um we had nine or 10 different um organizations come out for the for the meeting um and honestly it was extremely uh better than we thought I mean we had great discussion great ideas came out of it um some collaboration right up the
bat on different things um again we're trying to encourage more people to come out I Know M washburn's working on um uh collabor getting some data together from the organizations that were here trying to we're trying to look at other organizations and trying to see how we can um help each other moving
forward again some great ideas came out of of it and I think we're looking to have another meeting sometime the beginning of March um depending on availability so something we're going to work on um after tonight's meeting but so stay tuned on that and secondly um
the Board of Education also over the last I guess year and a half has not we have a district website on Facebook but we have not had a board of education website we are in the process of getting that back up and running um several of our are more technical people are
working on it um trying to get the the site up updated um we kind of an idea what we want to do with it moving forward um uh with the board so again just keep an eye out for that that it'll be hopefully over the next week sometime um Back In Motion again so I just wanted
to bring it to the Public's attention and that is it on my end next up we have item 15 on the agenda is public session the Bara Township Board of Education appreciates and welcomes public comment advice suggestions especially when it's
intended to assist the Board of Education please feel free to speak to the board during the public session comments and discussion will be limited to one five minute period per individual unless requested by the chairperson to continue on a point of clarification public comment at special meetings of the board shall be related
to the call of the meeting in accordance with the Board of Education policy each participant must be recognized by the presiding officer and must preface their comments by an announcement of their name address and group affiliation if appropriate your anticipated courtesy to the members of the public and the board
is appreciated can I get a motion to open public session please so moved second roll call Miss churny yes Miss
konanza yes Miss Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss Misa yes Miss turnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr Sno yes thank you any member of the public like to
speak anything to say comments questions once twice times all right thank you can I get a motion to close public session please so move second R who said second I'm sorry I couldn't
tell second than you Kelly Miss churny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes M turnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr Sno yes motion Carri thank you very much
item 16 on our agenda is finance committee motions we have motions 1 through 10 a motion to approve those 10 [Music] please second Ral Miss churny yes Miss
konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss M yes Miss Tel yes Miss wasburn yes and Mr shno yes Carri you item 17 on our agenda is athletic committee motions we
have motions one through 17 motion to approve those 17 please so moved second roll call Miss churny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes
Miss M yes Miss turnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr s yes motion carried item 18 on our agenda is education committee motions we have motions one one through eight a motion to approve those eight
please almost second R Miss jurny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes um requests to abstain from number
six and request to table number one and yes to two through five and seven and eight can you do that oh you can't do that the motion's already on the floor yeah you can't once the motion on the floor you can't then you can abstain
from any one you don't want to vote on okay motion are that's fine then I'll abstain from number one and number six and yes to the rest okay thank you Miss turnowski yes
Miss wasburn yes Mr Sno yes motion carried thank you um item 19 on our agenda is education Comm information those two are just information for the public nothing to vote on item 20 on our agenda is governance committee motions
motions 1 through eight motion to approve those eight please Mo second call Miss churny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes
Miss MSA yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes and Mr s yes motion Carri you item 21 on the agenda is Personnel committee motions motions 1 through 21 motion to approve those 21 please so
moved local Miss churny yes Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes M Kowski yes m wasburn uh yes to 1 through 4 C abstain for 4 d and yes for
5 through 21 thank you and Mr Sno yes right motion is carried thank you item 22 on our agenda is Personnel committee information again just information for the public no need to vote and item 23 is executive session can I get a motion
to move into executive session discuss Personnel matters and hi uh cases so moved roll call Miss churny yes Miss konanza yes
Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes M tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes and Mr Sno yes motion carried thank you all right we should be out eventually
all right call this Board of Education meeting back to order please roll call Miss Journey here miss contanza here miss Genie here M Mr Hearn here miss MSA here M turnowski here miss
wasburn here and Mr Sno here all right item 15 is new business we have motion number one motion to approve the H incident report as per policy 5512 uh as presented by the superintendent during executive session motion to approve that
please roll call Miss jurny yes Miss contanza yes Mr fed Miss jeie uh yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes M tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes and Mr sorno yes motion
carried you item number on a new business is uh the motion is to approve a settlement of 22,500 in claim number SPL 03 483 to be paid by the insurance company per the recommendation of the
insurance company and litigation Council appointed by the insurance company the settlement provides that the board denies any liability or wrongdoing in connection with the settlement motion to approve number two please Some Mo second roll
call Miss churny I abstain and Miss konanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss mka yes M tarnowski yes M wasburn
yes and Mr sna yes motion Carri thank you item number three under new business is motion to approve the settlement waver and general release between the barnegate Board of Ed and KC make a motion to approve that please
SP moved second roll call Miss churny yes Miss contanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes and
Mr Sno yes motion carried you and item number four under new business to approve the uh sending the employment contract for Katherine vassel business administrator slbo secretary for the 2526 school year to the county for approval um the motion for the approval
for Miss tassel renewal will be placed on the May Board of agenda motion to approve that please so moved second second roll call Miss churny yes Miss contanza yes Miss Jeanie yes Mr Hearn
yes Miss MSA yes M tarnowski yes Miss Washburn yes and Mr s yes motion carried thank you was that it yes it it thank you a motion to adjourn please moved
call Miss churny yes Miss contanza yes Miss jeie yes Mr Hearn yes Miss MSA yes Miss turnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr Sno yes thank you