like to call this Barnagate Board of Education meeting to order, please. >> The notice of this meeting has been forwarded to the Asbury Park Press, the Beacon, and placed in the foyer of each Barnagate Township School and the Barnett Township Municipal Building and has been filed with the Barnett Township Municipal Clerk in conjunction with the
open public meeting act NJSA 104-10. >> Roll call. >> Miss Churnney >> here. Miss Continanza. >> I see her. >> Miss Continza. >> I know. >> Is she raising her hand? Maybe
>> she's on the screen. >> She's on the screen. >> Yeah. >> We tested it. She was >> actually saying maybe that's not her. Maybe that's Regina. >> Can you hear us? >> Can you hear us?
>> We could hear. We tested it before. Sing a song, Dorine, till we can hear you. >> She's She's not on mute, right? >> You know what? See if Regina, we can hear Regina just to make sure it's not her. Regina, can you just say something?
>> You there, Regina? >> See if we get any >> now. We can hear you. I don't think they can hear either of us. >> Now we can. >> Oh, we can hear you now. >> Now we can. >> Oh, >> so be careful.
>> All right, Miss Continza, >> I'm here. >> All right, Miss Jeie. >> Thank you. >> Miss Jeanie >> here. >> Miss Mr. Hearn >> here. >> Miss Msa >> here. Miss Tarnowski >> here,
>> Miss Washburn >> here, >> and Mr. Sarno >> here. >> We have a quorum. >> Thank you, Mr. >> I'm here as well, too. >> Mr. Fedoric, thank you. >> Uh, please join us for the flag salute. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. All right. Item five on our agenda is approval of the agenda. I
believe approval agenda as it stands. Can I get a motion for that, please? >> So move. >> Second. Roll call. >> Miss Jurnney. >> Yes. >> Miss Continanza. >> Yes. >> Okay, >> we got her.
>> Mr. Fedorzic. >> Yes. >> Miss Genie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> abstain as I was not here. >> Miss Msa, >> abstain as I was not here. Miss Tannowski,
>> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Um, item six on our agenda is approval of minutes and auditions. We have number one and two. A motion to approve those two, please.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Oh, that was roll call. >> Miss Churnney, >> yes. >> Miss Continza, >> yes. >> Mr. Fedoric, >> yes. Miss Genie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> that's the approval of minutes. >> Yes.
>> That's the one I abstain to because I was not here. >> Miss MSA. >> Okay. Then same thing. I was confused because I was thrown from the before. So yeah, same thing. >> Miss Tannowski. >> Yes. >> Miss Washburn. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sarno. >> Yes.
>> Motion carried. >> Thank you. I'll turn it over to Dr. Los. >> All right. We are going to transition into the upstanders. So, I'd like to invite Miss Camarada, Mr. McGee, Mr. Fantino up to the mic. Hello everyone.
The Upstander program is a wonderful opportunity to recognize and celebrate students districtwide who demonstrate a specific Bengal pride trait. These traits continue to enhance the positive climate in our schools and support the growth and success of our students both at home and at school. This month, our
students exemplified effort for the E and Bangal pride. Their hard work, perseverance, and determination to give their best effort each day inspire those around them and help make our schools places where everyone can learn and grow. When you hear your name, please come forward and join board president,
Mr. Sarno, and Superintendent Dr. Lowis to receive your plaque. First we have from Bigget High School, Alexandra Soden. Alexandra exemplifies the true meaning of effort through her dedication, curiosity, and determination to always
give her best. In the classroom, she goes beyond simply completing assignments. She seeks genuine understanding, asks thoughtful questions, and approaches every challenge with focus and determination. Her strong work ethic and intellectual curiosity continually elevate the learning environment for those around
her. As captain of the lacrosse team and co- captain of our student blackout, Alexandra leads by example, consistently giving 110% both on and off the field. She works tirelessly to improve her skills outside her athletic seasons and brings the same level of commitment to building school
spirit and positive climate. Her peers and teachers alike admire her dependability, leadership, and kindness. Alexandra's unwavering effort, whether in academics, athletics, or community involvement, makes her an inspiring role model and a truly deserving recipient of the upstander for effort recognition.
Congratulations, Alexandra. And I'm actually going to pause our presentation for a minute and invite Mr. McGee to speak. >> Thank you, Miss Camarada. Um, right now I want to take a quick pause to also recognize another high school student, uh, Barnega High School student Adam Abu
Hale Lima for an incredible character, integrity. Uh, Adam recently, for those of you who don't know, found a lost purse on Nish Drive, went out of his way to return it to its owner. He even stopped back later to the house to make sure that they knew it was safe on the porch. What makes this story uh a little more meaningful for me, and I appreciate
Dr. was allowing me to speak um is that the person who lost the purse, Miss Walsh, happens to be a co-teer with my wife in Jackson School District. Um so, as you can imagine, I got a call right away that evening trying to identify this amazing young man who had gone above and beyond. Adam's actions represent what it truly means to be a
Barnett High School student, showing kindness, honesty, care for others, even when no one else is watching. He's a reminder of the positive impact our students can have every day, both in our classrooms and beyond. Congratulations, Adam. No, we are too.
>> Okay, continuing on. Sorry, Mr. West. Okay, next is Ariana Msina from Russell Breman Middle School. Ariana consistently exemplifies the character trait of effort in everything she does. She is often one of the first to begin assignments and regularly ask
insightful questions to deepen her understanding. Her commitment to learning is evident every day. Ariana also goes above and beyond by supporting classmates when they struggle, demonstrating both in initiation and compassion. Her strong work ethic and willingness to help others make her a
truly outstanding student. Congratulations, Ariana. Next from Rlhs, we have Kendra Lust. Kendra truly deserves the Upstander Award because of her remarkable effort in everything she does. She is sweet and kind student who approaches every
subject with determination and a positive attitude. No matter the challenge, Kendra always tries her best and never gives up. She participates in class and works hard to improve every day. Kendra's consistent hard work and willingness to keep others keep trying make her a perfect example of an
upstander. Congratulations, Kendra. Next from the Donahghue School, we have Logan Blasco. Logan did tell us he had a sporting event, so I'll just read his blur. Logan is shining example of what it means to give your best every single day. He is always the first to get started on his
work, approaching every task with focus, determination, and 100% effort. He consistently contributes and puts forth his best effort. Logan is always willing to help students who are struggling in math so that they can be successful as well. We feel he is a great example of how hard work pays off. Congratulations,
Logan. Next from the Collins School, we have Giovani Bruno. [Applause] Giovani Giovania is an exceptional role
model in our class, consistently putting his full effort into every task he is given. He always gives 100% and often ask teachers and staff for extra worksheets to further practice and strengthen his skills. Giovani takes pride and dedication he shows towards his education. Beyond his own work, he
makes a meaningful effort to ensure that his classmates feel celebrated, valued, and included. Overall, Giovani demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to school in every way. He is truly deserving of this month's award. Congratulations, Giovani. From the Duny School, we have Laya
Sanders. [Applause] Laya is being nominated for showing wonderful effort in making new friends and joining in play with others. Her positive attitude and determination to
keep trying even when things feel tricky highlight how much she is growing. Laya is a kind friend and a shining example of what it means to put forth effort and care in our classroom community. Congratulations, Laya and Bunny.
[Applause] And from the ACES program, we have Kyler Donaldson. [Applause] Kyler consistently gives his very best in both academics and daily activities.
He approaches his schoolwork with care and focus, ensuring everything he completes is done to the best of his ability. Kyler pays attention to detail when working on craft activities, one of his great passions. He independently puts effort into his social interactions with peers and is always lending a
helping hand. Keep up the great work, Kyler. to say cheese. Great job. And then I'd like to invite Mr. Furantino up. >> Thank you. We have a very special staff
member to recognize tonight. Kirstston Seattle. She works with Tom Derlac at the high school in our work-based learning program. That's for our 18 to 21 year old program and she has been recognized this year numerous times in
numerous manners. One of the ones I most would like to recognize is she recently was just recognized as the transition educator of the year by the New Jersey American Association of People
Supporting Employment. In addition to that, she has uh done a tremendous job with our workplace learning program, getting over 70 uh in the community, over 70 employers to take in our students in our 18 to 21 year old
program. And she continues to advocate for them all the time and look for different opportunities to meet their unique needs and further their learning and their experiences to prepare them in the workforce. Done an amazing job and you epitomize what it means to be a teacher. Congratulations.
I'll go I'll take one picture. Look, Kyler, look at me. Kyler, >> good job, buddy. [Laughter] >> Great. Thank you everyone. See that plaque, baby?
[Laughter] >> Good job, Scooby. You showed everybody up here as a Lord. I'll see you guys. >> All right, >> jump on to the I'll wait till you figure out. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations again.
>> Congratulations. >> All right. The next item on our agenda is our student res representative. Each month the uh high school representative comes and uh discuss what's happening in the district. So again uh Miss Kaylee Jansen, floor is yours.
>> Good evening everyone. For those of you who may not know me, my name is Kaylee Jansen and I am a senior at Barnagate High School and I have the privilege of representing Barnagett's entire student body. I'd like to start the night off by thanking our board for their speedy solution for schooling at the high
school after Friday's fire. Virtual schooling seemed to go relatively smoothly today. Though I thought we'd never go virtual again, it it was a smart move. Yesterday was trunk or treat at Donahghue. Many of the high school clubs participated in making cars as well as the PTA. It
seemed to be a good turnout. There were lots of spooky costumes and a ton of candy was handed out. The high school's fall sports are coming to an end. This seems to be they seem to have a relatively good great season for all our SW sports with lots of winds taken home.
Our winter sports should start should be starting up within the next two weeks after fall break. Speaking of sports, I'd like to shout out the marching band and color guard for their amazing season. They did fantastic at states which was held here at Barnett High School. They placed second overall.
Great job marching Bengals. The student advisory team had a meeting on October 21st. We had discussed many different topics to try and create a better environment for the students and hear out concerns they may have. One main topic of the meeting was communication with things going on around the school.
An example would be like how school was going to be handled this week. I've noticed a big change with information, seeing reminders in emails and messages. I'd like to thank Mr. McGee for taking action immediately and improving on announcements. That's all from me. I hope everyone has an amazing Halloween
and a great break. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you very much. [Applause] Um, item nine on our agenda is the Barnick Education Association liaison. I do not believe she couldn't make it tonight, so we'll skip that. Um, item 10
is our state New Jersey School Board's representative. Is there any anything on that or No, >> I just have that our next scheduled hybrid meeting is December 4th at Central High School at six o'clock. All right. And anything on 11, Ocean
County, >> that's for county. >> All right. All right. Item 12 on our agenda is committee uh reports. Each month, the chairperson of each committee gives a report out on what is happening in their committee. And we will start off with
finance committee. Are you there, Miss Tarnowski? Miss Tarnowski is the chairperson. >> Yeah, I'm here. Uh finance met I think she's talking. But >> is she talking? >> Oh, we can't hold you. Hold. We can't
hear you, Regina. Hold on. Wait, >> now can talk. >> Can you hear me now? >> Now we can hear you. >> Okay. I apologize for not being able to be there as I am under the weather and didn't want to risk anyone getting sick
right before break. So finance met on October 15th. The board discussed various different line items on both payroll and bills list, mostly clarifying different timelines for billing and payout and terminology for some members. You'll see under donations our wonderful BEPTA taking care of our
wonderful teachers at Collins with a replacement faculty room refrigerator. And because we are on track for our startup of Boys and Girls Lacrosse at Bracken Middle School, we are accepting a donation from Varnag lacrosse program to help kick off our inaugural season. So, thank you to both those
organizations for your generosity. The business administrator explained how title funds are used and distributed throughout the district at our next meeting will be November 19th. Everyone have a great November break. >> Thank you, Mr. Tarnowski. Um, next up is athletics committee and chairperson Mr.
Porsuch. >> Good evening. Uh, the athletic committee met on October 13th. Uh, all assigned board members for the committee were present. Uh, Miss Tarnowski sat in as a guest. Uh you'll see on tonight's agenda there'll be seven uh kind of like
personnel motions for coaching appointments and recisions or you know uh rescending of appointments due to resignations. Um there's seven related to track and field, two related to cheerleading. Um
there's a couple additional appointments for bowling and lacrosse. uh a couple volunteer appointments. Uh deals with winter track and wrestling. Uh we'll see a motion on here for disposal of old stained cheerleading
uniforms. Uh zero value. Uh some of the items that we talked about for student activities and trips. You'll see a motion to approve the boys and girls swim team to attend the Ramapo versus William Patterson swim meet on Tuesday, January 27th at 6 PM. And
there'll be no cost to the district other than transportation. If I remember correctly in our discussion, we have former students on those swim teams, so it'll be good for >> And you have an alumni that went to William Patterson. >> Fair enough. Um, so, you know, good
opportunity for them. Uh, we'll also uh see a motion on here to approve the marching band to attend the music in the parks performance uh at Hershey Park. Uh, that's Saturday, May 2nd. Uh there'll be no cost to the district other than transportation. Um there'll be another motion here just
to approve a date change for the home color guard show. Uh was previously approved back in May, but that uh is being changed from March 21st to March 22nd. Um some items that we talked about uh
you know the standing item we we're always speaking with Mr. mono uh reviewing and discussing you know athletic program operations. Um it's just really just general discussion on how we can improve where we where we can do things better you know where we can
sustain. Um another item that we spoke about was the athletic hall of fame. Um one I want to congratulate everybody who was inducted in our inaugural uh class. uh they were honored at the halftime of the football game on October 17th and
then the following night on Saturday we actually had a dinner uh I believe Mr. Jano it was all paid by the booster correct so um it's a really good initiative that's been in discussions I know Mr. Sarno you've been talking with Mr. Jamano for years about it you know we finally got
it through but it was a great event uh Mr. Mr. Jano, what I can say is you set the the bar high for the first event. So, good luck. I look forward to that. Moving on, we spoke about the girls flag football initiative. Uh we had approved Mr. Petrusi as the head coach back in
the spring. Uh that's going to go live about mid-March. So, looking forward to to bringing on a new uh you know, athletic endeavor here. Uh we spoke about the middle school lacrosse program. Uh what you'll see um at least
in the the notes for us, we forwarded over to finance committee. Um Barnagget W lacrosse program unfortunately shut its doors. Um but they had some money left over and it was donated to our program to help stand up the uh the middle school program. So would like to
thank them for that. Uh we just went over uh the fall sports season. Um that's it for my report, but I do have two observations um that I'd like to share uh for the good of the order, you know, good of the district really. Uh first observation came coaches cup a few
weeks ago for girls soccer. I happened to be up in the press box with Mr. Germano and uh just as the game was getting ready to start, the national anthem kicks off and you as you can imagine being up in the crow's nest up there, you get a good view of the uh
the whole campus. Um, and I stopped for a second. I looked at Mr. Jamano and I pointed out I go, "Check that out." And you can see across the entire field. I think it was JV football just had a game and they were just finishing both Barnagot and whomever their opponent was
stopped still in their tracks, everybody hand on the heart and it was just like that all the way around the campus. Um, I bring it up because in times right now of constant turmoil just all over the place, um, it was just really good to see the campus come
together even for a brief minute. You don't see that in a lot of places. Um, so it's great to have that mentorship whether they chose to do it on their own or the coaches said, "Hey, this is what we need to do." But it was even beyond just the team, you know, the teams there. So, it's just a really good
observation. Uh the other one this past Friday, and I don't want to get into it too deep because I'm sure Dr. Lacwis and Mr. Sarnner are going to have some uh comments on it, but as we're aware, we had an incident here at the high school. Um I happen to be up at the the football
fields that night. Um kind of walked into it uh a little bit after. Uh it was pretty chaotic getting in here. Um, but I just want to say like the staff that night specifically up at the football field. Um, and just even
around campus, I just did a phenomenal job. Uh, I'm going to name a few. Not going to be able to name them all. Um, because there were certainly uh, many folks involved in this, but you know, Mr. Germano for one, uh, Miss Sheerer, Mr. Patrusi, uh Dan McGrath and his
band, Joe Falconee and ROC, uh the dance and cheerleading coaches, maintenance and ground. Um what we didn't realize at the time is there was almost like a mini Armageddon going on in Barnagate. There were multiple incidents that spread our first responders pretty thin. Um one of
them being a pretty significant vehicle turnover. Uh it impacted getting to the campus and I bring it up because it also happened to be senior night for roughly about two dozen of our seniors. Um, and their calm, their professionalism
allowed these students to be honored the way they should have been. Um, again, I I'm proud to be here. I grew up in Barnagot. It's very easy to poke holes in the school system. I was one of the ones who used to sit there. Now I sit up here try to be part of the
solution instead of the problem. Um, or at least uh, you know, identifying problems. But I just want to thank them all. And like I said, I'm sure you'll have more more to add to that, but it was a phenomenal night. Um I mean, right on down to opening up the Donahue school. So this way Keyport had a place
that they can go to during halftime. Um just phenomenal all around. So that concludes my >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Fedor. Um next up is buildings, grounds, transportation, and food services and committee chairperson is Miss Washurn.
The buildings and grounds transportation and food service committee met on October 13th. Uh, neutraserve reported strong progress with 600 daily lunches at BHS, new menu items, and upcoming smoothie stations at some of our schools. Facilities discussed aging HVAC
units, needing replacement, current repair efforts, and a pending long range facility plan awaiting seat portal access. transportation reported routes, seating charts, and evacuation drills completed, continued driver recruitment,
and a stable out of district budget. Um, we have two motions on our agenda tonight. One for facility usage and one for bus evacuation drills. Um, and our next meeting is scheduled for November 7th at 10:00 a.m. Uh, just one
additional semi-related, unrelated note. Um, we certainly needed them this last week. So, thank you to all of our first responders on National First Responder Day. Uh, we certainly appreciate all the work that you've put into all of Barnagot the last week. That's all I got. >> All right. Thank you very much, Mr.
Washburn. Next up is education committee and chairperson is Mrs. Churn. >> Thank you, Mr. Sarno. Um, the education committee met on October 14th to review upcoming programs, classroom initiatives, and events happening in the
district. You'll see on tonight's agenda our usual motions for consideration. Work-based learning, uh, community- based instruction, college university placements, continuing education requests, and field trips. Uh, the district will be updating its prevention
curriculum through the Ocean County Health Department, replacing the current edu with three new programs, drug code, escaping vaping, and Oh, the places you'll go. The committee also discussed career day. Students will complete a
writing activity about a career that interests them connecting with their ELA curriculum. Planning is ongoing and staff and board are working to make it a true success. Zoom meeting tomorrow night at 6 pm. Also, um we'd like to
thank the Barnagget Elementary PTA for their recent ACES trip. I personally received positive feedback from an individual who saw students at the zoo and said the staff were amazing with the kids. Um that was really exciting um to hear that from somebody that was not in
our district. So congratulations to everyone with that. Um ACES began the reading buddies program and has a new therapy dog writer. October 27th is the district's trunk or treat. And there are also two parades for Cecil Collins and
the ACES program. October 29th is the next ACES parent advisory committee meeting. And the district team and several board members attended the NGSBA workshop 2025 where they had a lot of
training for uh admin and staff. It was really amazing. um lots to learn and we have to congratulate also our director of curriculum and instruction Jim Barbieieri who is one of the presenters and he presented on cross county
collaboration and he did a great job. Um so our next meeting will be November 18th at 8:30 a.m. >> All right, thank you very much Miss Churnney. Um next up is governance committee and chairperson is Miss Continza.
>> Um Mr. Sarno, we didn't have a meeting this month. >> Okay. So, just stay there because our health safety technology committee is also chaired by Miss Continenta. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Sarno. Um, health, safety, and technology met on October
16th. We had a security update was given to the committee by the security coordinator. Um, the safety committee um we had a the board members had an update. the committee me members um we had a discussion and questions relating
to the September 26 safety committee minutes the nursing update discussion was about the emergency response teams and also had an update on the anti- choking devices Tim Iron's agency will
be providing CPR and anti-choking device training tentively scheduled for November the technology update. The NJSLA/NJGPA testing uploads were complete and there was an update to the committee on the
tech department providing another layer of security along with the new spam filter. Our next meeting will be November 20th. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Continentza. Um, next up is personnel committee, and
I'm chairperson of that. Um, this month we discussed, as you see on the agenda, we have two retirements and I'll kind of go over those. We have Miss Bonnie Harris. Uh, Bonnie has worked in the Barnagate School District for the past 28 years. Bonnie began working as a
substitute teacher coing multiple leave of absences vacancies from May of 1994 through February of 1998. Bonnie became a full-time teacher on February 9th, 1998. Bonnie was a computer teacher and a science teacher throughout her years
in Barneut. Bonnie was also an adviser with leaders in training at both Russell Brackman Middle School and Robert Horbel School from 2008 2013. On behalf of the board of education, we appreciate and thank you for your years 28 years of
dedication um to our students and community. Um and also you had Miss Kathleen here Wallington Wington. Um Kathleen has worked at Barnagate School District for the past four years. Uh she began
working as a full-time profess par profofessional from November 2021. Uh Kathleen was a full-time PAR professional at the William Dumpy School during the first year and then transferred to the Barnett High School at September of 2022. So again, also
thank you very much for your years of service to our students and uh to our community. Greatly appreciate it. Um also on our agenda, you'll see we discussed hiring of part-time power professionals,
bus driver, a school nurse, a uh special ed ELA teacher for the Brackman school. Um, let me just see if there's anything else that stands out. Other activities,
morning drop off, recovery program, wraparounds, and that is about it. Um, our meeting was actually October 13th and our next meeting will be November 17th.
So with that, we'll move on to our special education ACES committee which is chaired by Mr. Fedorsk. >> All right, I'll be quick with this one. Um the committee met on October 13th. All board members on the committee were present. Um old business and just
discussions. We, you know, a little bit more conversation about the courtyard. Uh Mr. Furantino reported us that, you know, PL plywood outlines for the courtyard project are currently being worked on uh through maintenance. Uh teachers are contributing additional artwork to the project. Uh the
anticipated completion date right now is sometime in November. Uh ASUS sign there was uh new building signage has been installed and mounted above the main entrance. Um received some positive feedback so far. Additionally, there was
another sign uh installed into the interior of the building. Again, designating uh you know the space for for our ACES uh students. Uh strategic planning uh has been set for October 30th uh at 6 p.m. It's this Thursday
night. Uh location is the Barnagate High School. Uh under new business, uh Mr. Furantino noted that the ACES newsletter is distributed weekly by a supervisor of special education. Uh copies are provided to parents both virtually and
in print. Um it will begin being posted to the Facebook page to increase accessibility and engagement. So looking forward to seeing more of those. Uh Miss Churnney just mentioned that the parent advisory committee for ACES uh is
scheduled for October 29th. It's tomorrow 10:30 a.m. in the Russell Ochman Middle School. Uh that date was included should have been included in the upcoming newsletter. Uh ACES recently
participated in their first PTA sponsored class trip to Storybook Land. Uh the event was very wellreceived with both students and staff reporting a positive and enjoyable experience. um from our understanding some parents were even able to get down there and kind of spend time with their their students in
the environment. So really good uh you know to see that happen and just want to thank the PTA for their their support with that. Uh some upcoming events uh there will be trunk or treating and pumpkin decorating events at Russell Brackman Middle School for the ASUS
student on the 31st. Our next meeting is scheduled for November 17th. Um, you know, at some point, Mr. Turner will look at it, see when we can move away from it, but I know we got a little bit more more to go. So,
>> uh, that concludes, uh, my report. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Dorsick. Um, item 13 on our agenda is a report on the board, uh, self-evaluation that we do each year, um, and our goals. I'll go through that, um, kind of go through
each category, report it out to the public as we should. Um so I'll go through each each I guess category how they do it. Each category is um board members get to rate ourselves, the board, our interaction,
um community, staff, um everything that we do as a board. Um so it breaks it down and you get to rank everything from a zero not observed to a four which is exemplary. Um so item number one is vision,
mission, goals. uh where it says our board is committed to uh a shared ver vision of our district's future, its mission and goals to move our district forward that are focused on student achievement, guide district strategies and reflect community values.
So there there was one, two, three, four, five, six uh areas to consider, revisits, reaffirms our vision, divisions, considers our vision, missions, uh demonstrates through our vision, uses relevant data to engage in
district improvement, ensures superintendent develops measurable plans, and ensures the mission and goals um to all stakeholders uh with progress. So, uh, board members evaluating it gave
us a 3.8 out of four. Um, and some of the comments, um, the board has great communication among itselves. All members, um, are respected and listened to on all subjects. Um, the board is good is committed to ensuring the vision
um is communicated. Um our board has sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh shared commitment with it which ensures consistency when decision making when when there's decision-m for the district um and supports the district's use of strategic planning to develop and adjust
our goals as necessary. um some of their greatest challenges in that area. Um I'm just trying to see with some of these uh state funding issues um continue to be a a major obstacle.
Um staying within the confines of our budget, you know, due to staffing limitations and funding. So those are some of our limitations. Next uh uh uh item is policy.
Our board governs through policies that reflect local values, principles, and guides the direction and priorities of the district. Um so we operate as a policym board. Um review, updates, and adopts policies. Pro provides the
opportunity for feedback. Adopts policies that are clear, workable, and legal. uses your policies and bylaws as a framework for the budboard governance and encourages development of regulations um in uh to guide uh policy. So again
out of that you get to have a four is the most zero is the least their average came out to 3.7. Um provides guidance and direction to promote smooth operation of the district. Um each policy and regulation
is thoroughly vetted by our governance committee in conjunction with the superintendent. Um the board BOA understands the importance of district policy and is constantly discussing how they affect the district. Um there's a constant review and revision of
policies. Um and as far as our greatest challenges with that really was none. Uh I guess your tension can arise with local boards that must follow requirements and laws
by the state that sometimes collect conflict with community priorities. So that's one of the conflicts. Um next is the third area is accountability for student achievement. Uh the board
supports a rigor rigorous and coherent system of curriculum instruction and assessment and prioritizes continuous growth for each student's academic success and well-being. So some of the areas here were models of culture of high expectations.
Prioritizes the use of student achievement data. Reviews our student data uh with attention to subgroup achievements. Provides uh for essential learning tools. approves curriculum aligned with the state, ensures fair and
equitable educational opportunities, recognizes high level of staff and student achievement and ensures communication to the public um links with our discussion. So in that again it was out of four and our average worked out to a 3.8 eight.
And um when it comes to school curriculum, some of the strengths that were noted when it comes to school curriculum, the majority of the vote the board votes to reflect the values and priorities of our community. Um the board focuses all its
efforts and decision-m on how these decisions impact the quality of education for our students. The board um is a strong advocate for transparency with the public. Discussions are held routinely with the administration on how curriculum aligns um
aligns I guess with standards. And I think some of the same challenges is um mandated curriculum that we have to follow. um mandated
curriculum that we don't receive any extra funding for um and always looking for new trends in advancements in education. Next area of evaluation was governance team
relationships and accountability. Our board understands the healthy productive relationships among members of the board and between the superintendent and the board are essential to providing effective leadership and prioritizing student success. So the areas here that were great on
that was quite a few um understands our complimentary roles as board members and superintendent has a clear communication process with superintendent. Establishes and adheres to board operating norms. um has an effective in district orientation for
new members. Adopts explicit goals for the board, completes the annual performance of the CSA, annually evaluates his governance performance and ability to work as a team, partakes in board training and retreats, abides by school ethics act, maintains
confidentiality on matters. Meetings are focused, efficient and provide deliberations, informed deliberations. Takes collective responsibility for the board's performance. Respects and supports the decision of the board majority and exercises as authority only
as board as a whole. Um, so out of that again, it was a I'm sorry, there's a couple more on the next page. um works together as a team atmosphere uh with trust and respect and a committee structure uh contributes to the overall effectiveness and
efficiency. So again out of 4.0 the score average came out to a 3.7 and some of the greatest strengths are um our committees are an effective tool for information sharing. Um the nine
individuals on the board respect each other's opinions, differences and viewpoints. Um work together as a group and understand the importance of compromising, having an open, respectable dialogue and being transparent with each other. Um how our board has a mutual respect and cooperation which reduces conflict.
Everyone's voice and opinions are heard and discussed in a respectful manner and some of our challenges or changes. Keep an open line of communication. Um, meetings can become one-sided, personal and sometimes partisan rather than
taking information provided by the district. And I think that was it. I think this is the last might be the last. No, we have two more. Sorry. Um, number five is resource management and oversight. Our
board is responsible, ethical, and accountable stewards of the district's money and non-monet monetary resources. um adopts and monitors all annual budgets. Provides the public with information regarding district finances. Reviews audit findings. Um compliance
with all fiscal, statutory, and regulatory requirements. Monitors the district's near-term and future financial health. Provides for high quality facilities. Uh monitors the district's near-term and future facilities needs. Ensures health,
safety, and security of all students and staff. So that again is at a 4.0. and our average came out to a 3.6. Um I think this area is one of the strengths of the board. Um with the assistance of the CSA and the and the
BOE, the invaluable input everyone everyone in these areas and the CSA the administration is constantly looking for feedback to ensure the district is outstanding in all these metrics. Um review and discussing budget recommendations is a strength regardless
of individual's opinions. budget remains a top priority to ensure minimal impact on taxpayers while still pro providing a quality education for student. Um the district is very transparent on the budget and planning uh future
budgetary needs. Some of our greatest challenges and opportunities is long-term needs is a challenge, but the board is working diligently to prioritize. Um, open communication and
trust among the BOE and community is essential to ensure the district is operating at a high level. Um, the biggest challenge is obviously always the budget and finances. And item six is community leadership.
Our board recognizes public education's impact on the community and understands how strong connections mean everyone is invested in successful schools. Um, understands collaboration begins with us. Understands as community leaders, we advocate for children in the
schools. Um, support supports active engagement with families in the community. Welcomes and respects colleagues, staff and community and students um with point diverse points of view. decisions represent the needs of the entire school community. Policies reflect our community engagement and
goals and practices. Ensures the district uses multiple mediums to inform and hear from members of the community. Maintains a presence in the community. Um conforms to the requirements of the open people open public's meeting act. And again out of that it was a 4.0 and
we were a 3.7 average. Um the board understands the values of strong community and welcomes their input. Um the board has enhanced it community and transparency this year with several new committees um sharing the board's
Facebook page um and trying to engage with the public and ensures the community understands that the goings on in the district. Okay. Okay. And then lastly, um, our teams just overall
Oh, great. No, that's not it. Lastly, I apologize. There was actually another Oh, this is the actual that's the end of the actual board itself evaluation and this is as members evaluate their each individual self um individual members
contribution to the board. So this is saying the board feels that their contribution individually not as a board. Um as a member of the board I can clearly articulate um the goals of the district on that it was a 3.7
value learning enhance my effectiveness through stud study training and reflection that was a 3.5. Make every effort to attend all board meetings and come prepared to make informed decision. 3.8 Eight, comply with all state requirements, including training, financial disclosures,
conflicts of interest, code of ethics. That was a four. Review, understand, and evaluate the fiscal reports including the annual audit. Um, are used in efficient and effective manner. That's a 3.7. Operate with a governance mindset,
systems thinker with strategic f focus, commitment to deep learning, and respectful public matter. 3.7 Contribute toward creating a positive board culture. 3.8 Act Ethically, professionally in personal conduct, relationships with
others, decision-making, stewards of the district's resources, and all aspects of district leadership. 3.8 and familiar with the board's bylaws, and act in accordance with their direction. 3.5 Observe the chain of command. Recognize
the appropriate communication channel is through the superintendent in on district matters. 3.8. Do not speak on behalf of the board in my official capacity or pursuit to my official duties unless authorized by the board. That's a 4.0.
And this is just some of our um overall reflective questions. Um what do you consider the board's greatest strengths? Um, great chances to listen. Transparency. Um, high expectations.
Um, fis fiscal discussions and transparency. Working well together. Um, focusing on collaboration, transparency, and accountability. Um, what governance areas do you think you need to work on? Um, policy is
always an ongoing um, change. Prioritize fiscal responsibil responsibility um and be transparent. Finance is something we can always use training in finance and legal.
And that is it. Sorry for the long portion. Um but also on on with that the I'm just want to pull it up real quick. I think where I had it. Um there was our also the board goals are incorporated with the evaluation
each year. Um we left the same four goals that were there previously last year. Um and I guess at this time frame we can add take out change. So if board members again want to look over the goals, we can always do that. This is
the opportunity. I mean, it doesn't have to be right here now, but shortly there after this meeting, um, if there's goals we want to add or if there's goals we want to change, we can do that um, in the near future. So, that again, I think Oh, and it was Sorry, there was one
other I did have to show you. I go back through where would I put it? Here it is. So, we have to compare last year to this year. So last year's self evaluation, let me just kind of go through the
measurements. So on the very first one, we were I think a 3.8. Last year we were 3.8. Um the second policy we were I think 3.7. We're just about the same 3.7. Student achievement we were at a 3.3 last year.
I think it again at 3.7. So we went up there. Um finance we were at 3.5 last year I believe we went up there to 3 I think 8. Um board operations we were at 3.4 last year. We went up there also 3.7.
Board performance we were at 3.3 last year and again went up on that to 3.7. Um board superintendent relationship we were at a 3.4 last year. Went up there again I believe to 3.8. 8
board se staff relationship um we were at 3.8 last year and I believe it's either 3.8 or 3.7 and the final one was the board self um which was at 3.7 last year and again a
3.7 this year. So we went up I think probably about four categories compared to last year. So again congratulations to our members and again thank you for for filling it out. um you know, for us to evaluate ourselves, for leadership to
evaluate the board, um for the superintendent to have kind of a um understanding what we're seeing, how we're viewing things in the evaluation. Um it helps for everybody in the the whole uh concept here to to move
forward. So, thank you again. Um next, I guess I'll turn it back over to Dr. Lis. >> Thank you very much. Uh so I'll start with the obvious. Um and I'm going to run through a few updates and
then Miss Camarado, you'll be uh invited up. Uh so obviously last uh Friday we had an incident um after school hours um at the high school where we had a fire in one of our science labs. Um so I'd be remiss if I didn't just kind of run
through and uh and acknowledge uh some of the individuals. So it'll be impossible to acknowledge everybody. Um but in no particular order um you know first I'd like to acknowledge uh Mr. Jano who's uh first on scene and partner with Barnea PD um
to locate the fire within the building. Um I'd like to thank our first responders. Uh there was a uh there was a huge um huge level of support that came out uh that night. Uh we had a number of different state and local
agencies that came here to try to um get on scene as fast as possible and to try to get us uh you know back on our feet as fast as possible. Uh so big shout out to them. Uh I'd like to thank Tim Iron's agency and first on-site and the number of different contractors that I can tell
you arrived on Friday night and worked through the weekend um you know through the throughout the night throughout the days. um and they've been here pretty much um since the event transpired. Uh so we've had a huge outpouring of support. Um again, I know I mentioned uh Tim Irons uh but I'd like to give him
another shout out. He really came on, took lead and and I mean we had uh crews here uh within a couple hours of the event uh to start working on getting us back on our feet. So huge thank you to them. Uh huge shout out to the BHS administration, uh Mr. McGee, uh Mr.
Burke, uh Miss Dubc, Miss Camarada. um the supervisors, curriculum, really everybody. Uh we were able to uh kind of ascertain uh work uh really minute by minute. This was uh a changing ever evolving scene. Um and you know, I was
very proud of the efforts to make sure that we had a plan in place uh so we can get the students uh educated. Uh we can get vocational back up and running. Uh food services, big shout out to Neutrierve um getting that up and running. So there's a lot of moving pieces. transportation, Miss Vargas, uh
the tech department, uh for all your efforts, facilities, Dean, uh Kate, you know, really have been a huge presence throughout the weekend. I know Dean and Kate basically lived at the high school, uh for the weekend. So, big shout out to you guys. Thank you. Um really the admin team as a whole. I don't think there was
anybody that didn't uh jump in and offer support or or offer help or even come on scene that that Friday night to help out. Uh big shout out to the board of education. You know, obviously we were in uh pretty uh steady contact throughout this entire event and there was nothing but support from the board of ed uh to get us uh up and running.
So, you know, really this was uh this was uh the very definition of what we call a team effort and when we say barnigan inspiring. Um you know, we we had this uh this incident, it was extremely unfortunate. Um, but I think like we have done countless times before, we were able to pick up and and
and rally and uh and be able to do it with minimal impact to the students, which is ultimately our goal here. So, uh, thank you to the parents and the students for your patience. Obviously, you know, uh, none of us, as was stated before, thought we were going back to virtual uh, from a few years ago, but
uh, you know, we found ourselves in that position and everybody's really been pretty awesome throughout it. So, just wanted to give a shout out to everybody. Uh, just a brief update. Um, as I've said, the uh the teams have been here working since the event Friday night. Uh, there's still a lot of work to do.
Um, you know, believe it or not, I think the the majority of the the efforts right now are related around the water damage uh uh that we had um after the fire. So, you know, there's a lot of things being replaced, flooring, ceiling tiles, technology. I mean, the list goes
on and on. Uh, so I know that they'll be working throughout this week and into over break next week. So, you know, we're super optimistic. uh that we will, you know, hopefully get back at least to 99% of the building, get back up after break. Um but that'll obviously will be monitored and we'll continue the
communication um as things kind of evolve there. So, just really wanted to acknowledge everybody. Like I said, that was a uh that was certainly a challenging experience and uh you know, like I said, there was a number of people here throughout the weekend. I know I was here a lot, interacted with a lot of the different administration here. Um you know, like I said, Dean,
Kate, you guys were pretty much set up a tent and lived here. So, you know, uh, big shout out to all you guys, uh, for getting us to where we are today. Um, pivoting away from that, just wanted to acknowledge some of these things were said already, so I won't spend too much time with it, but, uh, we did have our
first ever, uh, athletic hall of fame. I know that was something that John has been working on for many years uh, with the committee. I know Emily Cherry played a big role in that. Um, there's a number of individuals that served on that committee, so it's pretty exciting to kind of see that come to fruition and and have that kickoff. So, that was, you know, definitely a special event. We
look forward to uh seeing where that goes in in future years. And congratulations obviously to the first class. Um congratulations to boys soccer. They qualified for the short conference tournament which is the first time since 2019. Tara Carol prek teacher presented at the
New Jersey Association of Education for Young Children Conference. Uh so prek continues to do awesome things and Tara is a good representation of that. Um we had uh Llaya Ty scored a perfect 800 on her math SAT. So that is unbelievably
impressive. So big shout out to her. Uh stole my thunder with the marching band. So I'll just piggyback on shout out to them. They were awesome. Uh they continue to be awesome. Thank you to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office uh for their continued support of challenge day. So that's that's really uh pretty awesome. So thank you there. And uh last
but not least, uh this Thursday, just a reminder that we do have the special education strategic planning uh night scheduled. So look forward to seeing everybody there. So, with that being said, I will turn it over to Miss Camarada who's hiding in the back.
>> All right. And now she will uh present our HIP self- assessment report. So, without further ado, >> hello again. So, this is our report reflecting back from last year. As you can see, uh the HIP self-
assessment evaluates programming, initiatives, trainings, instruction, personnel, and procedure. So below for 2425 the individual school self-reports are out of a possible 78 points. So LMDS
had 78, CSCs 76, JTDS 77, RLHs76, R OBMS76 and BHS70. This is just a little note about the principal's preliminary determination. So this is in accordance with our policy
that 55212 prior to initiating an investigation regarding a reported incident or complaint the principal or designate in consultation with the anti-bullying specialist shall make a preliminary determination as to whether a reported incident or complaint assuming all facts
are presented as true is a report within the scope of NJSA 18A 37 through4. So our total uninitiated investigations were seven. This is just a little slide that refers to hipster. So that is our anti-bullying
software program. Digital HIP investigation documentation which involves uh anonymous reporting ensures accurate reporting and aids in timeline and compliance tracking with bullying policies and mandates. Some functions include collecting and organizing
incident data, generating reports, indicating trends such as hotspots and repeat offenders, evaluating incidents as bullying or non-bullying behavior, autogenerating documents, forms, and letters, and backing up incident information. Here's just some curricular components
of that. So, we have the uh C3, which is the educational remedial programming for targets, offenders, and witnesses. And so that's like the social emotional learning curriculum. And then for R3, that's the post incident investigations
remediation, which utilizes videos and lessons for students pre-K to 12. I think that that one is even more pertinent because that is where they're uh learning about teaching the aggressor to learn the why of his actions, how the behavior adversely impacted the target,
and the school's culture and climate. And it also teaches the target ways to help identify the aggressive behaviors and differentiate between harassment, intimidation, and bullying from conflict. In terms of maintaining and enhancing the school climate, so No Place for Hate
School, which is the Donahghue School, has been designated No Place for Hate School for 5 years now. We recognize and honor student voices to help foster positive change. Some other programs and approaches throughout the district are Dylan's wings of change, challenge day,
the strengthening families program, the mentoring program, youth advocacy program, the therapy dog program, and the nurtured heart approach with staff trainers on hand. And here's just a slide about maintaining and enhancing school
climate. So, we have the schoolwide district-wide spirit days to promote unity and awareness, the schoolwide incentives and positive behavior support initiatives, anti-bullying lessons, student of the month, random acts of kindness, CF training and ongoing
professional development opportunities, week of respect, school violence awareness week, red ribbon week and activities districtwide, small group and individual school counseling services, caring closets, assemblies such as respect technology and social media, and
reading buddies and math buddies where students go to other schools to read and work with the younger students. And then we have our upstanders which we awarded already this evening. We have the Bengal pride acronym which includes benevolence, effort, nurturing, generosity, acceptance, leadership,
perseverance, respect, integrity, determination, and excellence in all. So seven students are recognized monthly at the board meetings, one per school plus an ASUS student. They're nominated by building administration, counselors, and/or teachers. And the goal is to increase upstanding behavior by public
recognition and to increase positive school climates and family togetherness. And that is all. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Moving right along, I will now turn the mic over to Mr. Barbie for our 2425
district assessment results. All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the board, Dr. Latwis, members of the public. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Uh so as you know one of our annual traditions is we report out uh our students performance on various state assessments. Uh a bunch
of acronyms up there. I'll go through them and I'm just going to take a minute to alert you to uh the various components of this presentation. There are 205 slides. I will not be going through all of them tonight, but I will be uh just kind of showing you where you can find this information. Um so you can
kind of peruse it at your leisure and then just kind of share some highlights to celebrate all the things that we're really excited about. So NJGPA, New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment. Okay, that's the one that our juniors take that uh they need to pass in order to be considered uh
graduation ready. Uh NJSLA, New Jersey Student Learning Assessment. This is a little check-in for the uh kiddos as they progress through their education. So that's your third through 9th graders uh just to get a sense of if they're keeping up with the curriculum and if
they're on pace for the uh big Super Bowl, which is the NJPA's juniors. Access for L's. This is a uh uh a language acquisition assessment for children who uh for whom English is not their primary language. Uh so they could
uh be uh brand new uh to this country or they could have been living here for a while and just not maybe exposed to formal English language um uh you know course of study and so this is a way of us determining what level of support uh we need to provide for them and is
additional language instruction um necessary and then DM dynamic learning maps that is for our most um disabled learners it's an alternate assessment uh it's for children about 1% of the population who do not take the uh
regular state assessments um just recognizing that because of their severe disabilities uh it would not be appropriate to give them the regular state assessment. So it's a uh an alternative assessment. Okay. So uh here's the different um uh areas. As you see it's broken down by
each of the individual tests. I'm going to start with the highlights uh because there's some really good highlights. um we have been on a journey of growth together as an organization uh these past uh 10 to 12 years. So I would like to thank the board uh for sort of
pointing us in this direction. Uh when you look back to kind of where we were versus where we are now, it's truly night and day. Um that couldn't uh that journey could not have been possible without the board support, without the leadership of Dr. Lowis uh who's been in that seat uh for the majority of these
past you know 10 years and of course the men and women um who who serve our children in every capacity from our bus drivers and our custodians to our par profofessionals to our teachers to our counselors our case managers related service providers I mean the list goes
on and on and on um and there's so many caring men and women that uh really come together you know with that uh theme of teamwork in order to make this possible. So, looking where we're at now, and if you remember, um, some of those lean years when I had to come up here and
present some numbers that were not, you know, ideal and just kind of, uh, asking you guys for some patience because we've planted some seeds, uh, you know, and and and letting those seeds grow, watering and nurturing those seeds. And those programs have grown and to to go from, you know, less than 50% in math
and ELA to now a majority of the students um, are graduation ready. That's awesome. Of course, we're not going to rest. uh we're going to keep going until we get to, you know, that that um 100% obviously it would be would be the goal. But I think uh just even
kind of realistically looking at where we're at and how far we've come, that's you know a nice moment in time to stop and kind of give ourselves a collective pat on the back for how far we have come along. So So good stuff. Uh in the area of science, so that's math and ELA in the area of science. Um that that test
is still struggling a little bit. Um uh one of our county meetings we had a gentleman from the department of ed and science department to come and speak to us. Um they are aware the test is is is challenging. They are looking at those things and um we do anticipate that you
know with changes to NJSLA um that we will also see changes to NJSLAS. Um that being said we did take uh some step forward. So that was great. Um all three uh tested grades did show growth. uh grades five and 11 had the had the
biggest, but even uh grade eight kind of chipping away there a little bit. And that's what it's really about, you know, it's about creating that mo that momentum, that positive motion forward. Um success generates success. Um and it's that kind of flywheel theory where as you get the as you get the team
moving in the right direction, those those little wins start to compound and they become they become bigger wins. Uh another example of that, grade eight math. That was an the middle middle grades math has been an area of focus. um had a big jump forward uh plus 8.2%
increase in the number of students meeting or exceeding. So we always like to see that when when the hard work pays off. Um and then an area of focus last year was uh ELA in the middle grades and actually those those areas have have
shown tremendous growth. So it's nice to see you know grade 6 plus 9.2% grade 8 plus 5.4%. So, it's really nice to see when we do identify um you know, an area to focus on, we're able to kind of all dig in and work collectively to boost that. Um which kind of brings me to some
of the areas of focus this year. You know, when you look at the NJSLA over time, it looks a little bit like the stock market. You know, it can kind of go up and down and even though it's kind of trending in a good direction, individual cohorts or individual teachers, individual grades, individual years, you know, it it can be a little
rocky, a little bumpy. Um so we look at trends and so much of what you'll see when you go through this uh presentation is longitudinal you know threeyear fiveyear and we like to track you know how does the same cohort of children do with different teachers and how do
different teachers do you know year over year with with different cohorts of kids coming through. Um so those are the types of questions that we ask and that gives us these um areas of focus of things that we're going to continue to work on. Um so right now it's strengthening support for students in grades three and four. We know how
crucial that uh that time period is. We always talk about you know first children learn to read and then they transition from learning to read to reading to learn. Um grades three and four is when you start to get some of the more difficult um you know mathematical operations. They're learning division. They're learning
fractions. They're learning a lot of these other challenging things. Um so that's going to be an area that we're going to want to focus on. We have fantastic staff at the Donny Hugh School. they do an amazing job. Um, so sometimes if we see that the test scores are slipping, we're like, okay, you know what, maybe it's just not connecting or
additional professional development is necessary or maybe this is a cohort that has some, you know, areas of weakness and so we're going to, you know, focus on and I'll talk about that in a minute of what what do we do if it seems like, hey, the teachers are doing the teachers are teaching the right stuff, the kids just aren't getting it. Oh, we have some
answers for that. uh the class of 2028, their ELA will be a focus as the scores for that cohort dipped twice in a row over the past two years. So, that's one of those things that again when I mentioned we might have um a different group of kids or excuse me, the same group of kids but
moving through different um teachers. And uh if it happens two years in a row where where the scores are starting to slide a little bit, that's the kind of thing where we that's a clear indicator we need to roll up our sleeves and and dig in to give that a little bit um additional area of focus, a little support. Um, same thing for algebra 1.
Um, we've been eagerly awaiting the expansion of I Ready. Um, I Ready is, uh, now, it used to be just a K8 program. They do have an algebra 1 module. We have rolled that out. Um, thank you so much to the board for your support with that. Um, and we do have tremendous confidence that'll be a good
long-term strategy, but it's an area of focus right now just because it's a new program and supporting the teachers in that grade level. So, lots to be proud of, lots of good stuff here. Um, but again, we never rest. We're we're trying to continually improve all aspects of our of our
operation. A big part of that is our professional development academy. Um, I know there's the folks connected with this have tremendous pride in this program. Um, that's something that really sets our district apart. A lot of districts will do so the so-called sit
and get type of mentality. So, everyone comes to the auditorium, you sit there, they, you know, spend thousands and thousands of dollars on some bigname presenter. They come in, they do their spiel, and then they leave. And then the teacher's like, "Okay, well that was great. I'm just going to go back to doing what I've always done." Not effective. That is not our model. Our
model is homegrown by us for us where we take a look at the needs of the teachers and where that intersects with the talents and abilities that our amazing staff has. Um, and it's done over a course of several days. And it is designed for um, it's designed to be
practical. It's designed to have uh real life application in the classroom. And then there's a wraparound feature where it's hey, we're going to teach you some new strategies or or um you know uh techniques, whatever the case may be. Go and try it and when you come back to the next PD several months later, we'll
debrief. We'll see how did it go, what went well, and kind of share the experience with your colleagues so we can workshop model and and kind of put all of our heads together to figure out um how to you know make that technique um really scintillating.
So these are the we just had our first one in October, we're going to have the next one in February. Um these courses are scripted out for the folks that are in year 1, year two, and year three. And then of course any um staff members in year four or beyond uh we have uh more like a subscription model where you can
propose if you if you have a talent or or an ability maybe you went to grad school um for a particular skill um that you want to share with your colleagues. Uh you propose that you write that proposal. If you can get about 15 of your friends to sign up, uh the course runs. Um and that's been incredibly
powerful for um like letting the staff be uh mini experts, if you will, of of sharing their um abilities with the broader staff. So, some really good stuff there. So, that's how we support our teachers. How do we support the the students? We have a MTSS, multi-tered
system of supports. And we kind of use the U phrase, it's almost like the old uh coin sorders, coin sorder model where kids need different types of support. It's not one-sizefits-all. Some need academic support. Some need support with their attendance and getting to school
regularly and on time. Some need support with some of their behavior choices in the classroom. Um so those are the different areas and finding out the type of support that a child needs and connecting them to one of the many resources that we have here in the district. that is a very powerful um way
to go. So um there's three tiers. Tier one is for everyone. Tier two is a little bit more um targeted support and then tier three is comprehensive support. That's going to be more like your basic skills, your BSI, your pull out. Um it could be a behavior plan or an
attendance plan identifying what are the roadblocks that are preventing someone's from being successful and uh making sure that we can remove those roadblocks so that every child has an opportunity to succeed. And how do we know this works? Well, I'm going to invite you back um
next month to please come and join us at the November board meeting for our fall data harvest where we uh as you know will be sharing all aspects of the district's operation and kind of pulling the curtain back so you can see the wizard and uh kind of how everything runs. So that's a that's a little bit of
an overview. The next about 190 something slides are every manner of graph chart uh any way you can imagine to slice and dice. Um as you can see here the numbers are incredibly small font just to kind of make everything fit
on this template. So this is not going to be the best format uh to review all this stuff. Instead I will just share with you um that you can peruse this at your leisure. A PDF of the presentation will be found on the uh curriculum website. Uh that'll get posted tomorrow.
So, um I I know you're probably super eager to jump into all this stuff right now, but just kind of in the interest of time. Um I'll leave that here uh because you can see it's actually really quite lengthy and still happening. As a matter of fact, still going. Wow, that's a lot
of data. Just really um overwhelm. It's overwhelming. Just overwhelming. Really just trying to get to the end of the presentation so I can thank everybody. And there we go. Here we go. Wrapping up.
Okay. So, again, please come back um next month. As you can see, we have an enormous uh quantity of information. All kidding aside, you know, we do use that information in the same way. you know, a surgeon will run, you know, multiple diagnostic tests before uh performing the surgery because, you know, you need
to know where to direct that scalpel. Or when you go to uh, you know, bring your car um to a mechanic, they'll plug it in, they'll scan the vehicle, they'll collect an enormous amount of information so they know exactly what the problem is, how to diagnose this. And that is really the model that we like to utilize. We we we make our um we
make our changes and make our dis decisions like that surgeon with a scalpel, not with a big machete just kind of blindly hacking through the jungle. And this information is um our guide is our north star, if you will, for letting us know um where we're at and where we need to get to. So, thank
you very much. Again, this will be um posted on the website. And if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office because I clearly enjoy talking about this stuff. So, I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you very much. [Applause]
>> Thank you very much, Mr. Barbie. Appreciate that. And with that being said, I'll turn it over to you, President. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation there, uh, Mr. Barbary. Um, couple things I just wanted to on my end. Again, as president, it's always
nice, you know, you get to speak last, but sometimes it really stinks because everything else has been covered already and talked about and congratulated and gone over and mentioned, but um again, um I do speak on behalf of the board of education. So, um on our end,
um I know Friday when when Dr. Low had called me, it was probably 5 something. You were just getting home ready to eat dinner and just let me know, hey, I'm heading back to the school. Something's going on. supposedly a fire. Um and then in then communications all
through the weekend and texts and videos and um everything that was going on and keeping the board a breast of what was happening. Um sometimes hourly of what was going on um decision-m that was happening you know moving forward um kind of going through all the different
scenarios and playing them out. Um you know on the board's behalf I could say you know times when a situation like this happens something unfortunate and thankfully there was nobody in the building in the classroom. um no students, no staff that you know anybody got injured. But when something serious like this happens, it kind of gives you
a picture of your organization or of your um community in a sense of how they respond to things and how they handle things, especially in um adverse situations. um in this situation again I can tell you on on my end and and speaking to
most of the board members throughout this weekend even up to yesterday um we were kept a breast with everything happening we were um all decisions that were going on um the community was kept you know constantly I know I I reached
out to to Dr. I was probably four times over the weekend about different questions and scenarios that I had heard, different things I'd seen on social media um that he would update or Mr. McGee would update um to put out to to you know answer people's questions, parents questions, students questions.
Um so again from from top down and when I look at it an organization runs you know I'm a top down guy. the top person's doing and and expectations are high. I believe everyone below them have that high expectations. And I think with this scenario that happened um on
Friday, it kind of shows you our administration um our staff um our community, how people from, you know, the the first first responders to first aid to the fire departments coming here and responding, our insurance company even.
Um, I know the county, um, helped us out by allowing us to go virtual and doing different things. So, again, to me, that that's what it's about. Community coming together when something, you know, happens like this. Um, and again, you say flawlessly, but it did. It went as flawless as we would hope something like
this would happen. Nobody got hurt. Nothing serious happened. Um, you know, everything there is replaceable. We can put it back in. Things happen. Um, but how the situation was was handled from Friday until Monday school opening. I
always say again, I want to give everyone in the district, everyone in the community, everyone that responded that helped on behalf of the board of education. Honestly, it was an A+ in in our book on how things rolled out. Um, so again, I thank you. Thank you, Kate. Um, thank you to the maintenance. Thank
you to the guys I know came here Friday night and we're working Saturday morning trying to get things ready. So again that that you know you expectations you can't um ask for anything more and how people responded um within our district
within our community. So um honestly heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you on behalf of the board. Um secondly my thing is um attended the hall of fame dinner. um got there a couple minutes late, but you know, I got
there. Um again, a great great ceremony. Greatly for the first time out there done beautifully, John and and everyone that was associated with it from your committee, um the American Legion, thank them greatly for, you know, allowing us to host it there and everything. Um, one
of the big takeaways I got from again the evening just I loved hearing the the stories especially the ones that gave their speeches of kind of where they're at now, what they're doing now, how they've achieved and it makes me again as sitting a member here this board of education saying wow this person's doing
that they came through our school and now look at them this one's working here and came through our district they went to this college and achieved this I mean to me that again I I was more um taken by that and hearing their stories what they're doing now and their families and
kids and you know where they live and I mean it was honestly it was great. It was a a great time. So thank you to you and your your members that put that together. Um it was awesome. Um and lastly again I just wanted to touch on Jim's Mr. Barbari sorry um presentation
that he had just given. Um you know you sit up here as a board member and you know you sometimes ask yourself why you know why am I doing this? But again, when when you put those numbers up there, Jim, and kind of showed 2016 to
2025, 10 years, 2016 was the first year I became president on this board. Um, and I know what we were going through at that time. I know what the district was going through and then and members that were here, you know, Dorine came somewhat after and people that were here in the audience and and and involved in
the community where this district was at at that time. Um, and seeing those numbers and how it's kind of transcended to to this, you know, 10 years later, um, it makes every mean or bad meeting or late night or crazy parent you had to
deal with, um, it's worth it because you know what that that's what it's about at the end of the day. It's about seeing our students advance, seeing our schools advance, um, seeing our district advanced. I mean, over the years, you know, new high school, but I mean, I was sitting here years ago and we didn't
have this high school. Um, and and you know, advocating for it and there was others out here advocating against it. But again, seeing how this community has changed and grown and and the direction the district is going and is, um, absolutely fantastic. So, um, good to hear and good to see. So, thank you for
the presentation, Jim. Um, with that, uh, we will move on to public session. The Barning Township Board of Education appreciates and welcomes public comment, advice, suggestions, especially when it's intended to assist the Barn uh board of education. Please feel free to
speak to the board during public session. Comments and discussion will be limited to one fivem minute period per individual unless requested by the chairperson to continue on a point of clarification. Public comment at a special meeting 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 by 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 move. >> Second. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Miss Jouri, >> yes. >> Miss Continza, >> yes. >> Mr. Fedorzic, >> yes. Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Misca, >> yes.
>> Miss Tarnowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Is there anybody that would like to adjust the board? Seeing Mr. McGee. >> No. Right. He was standing right behind
you. Patrick McGee, Barna High School principal. Um, it's not often um that I get to publicly thank my staff. So, I'd like to do that tonight. Um, of course, we had some amazing individuals,
right? Every time I was here during this incident, uh, that from Friday, Dr. Lapis was here, Kate was here, Dean was here, um, assistant principles were here, supervisors reaching out, Lisa Vargas was out standing in the front with us. um everybody making sure that
as a team we were going in the right direction but after that after that moment as we go into the planning phase of now what how do we respond our teachers stepped up and I couldn't be more proud of them and their effort the way that they've responded and going
back to this dynamic position that we said we didn't want to be back into virtual learning but jumping on Google meets coming into the building getting necessary tools and resources to make sure that our students students had consistent learning and that is the goal for all of us. So I just wanted to stand
before you and stand before the public and and give my teachers the accolades that they deserve uh for stepping up, being flexible, being resilient and making this work. Thank you. [Applause]
>> Thank you, Mr. McGee. Anybody else? Seeing no one, I get a motion to close public session, please. >> So move. >> Second. >> Miss Churnney, >> yes. >> Miss Kenanza,
>> yes. >> Mr. Furzik, >> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Msa, >> yes. >> Miss Tarnowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item 14 on our agenda is
finance committee motions. We have motions one through 10, I believe. Make a motion to approve those 10, please. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Miss Churnney.
>> Yes. >> Miss Continza. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fedorzic. >> Yes. >> Miss Jeanie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hearn. >> Yes. >> Miss MSA. >> Yes. Miss Terowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno,
>> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Yep. Item 18 on our agenda is athletics committee motions. Motions 1 through 18. Motion to approve those 18, please. >> So move. >> Second. >> Second. >> Roll call.
>> Miss Churnney. >> Yes. >> Miss Continanza. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fedoric? >> Yes. >> Miss Genie? Yes, >> Mr. Hearn. >> Yes, >> Miss MSA. >> Yes, >> Miss Terowski. >> Yes, >> Miss Washburn. >> Yes,
>> Mr. Sarno. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item 19 on our agenda is buildings, grounds, transportation, and food services motion. Uh motions. We have two. Can I get a motion to approve those two, please? >> So move.
>> Second. >> Roll. >> Miss Jurnney. Yes, >> Miss Continza. >> Yes, >> Mr. Fedorzic. >> Yes, >> Miss Jeie. >> Yes, >> Mr. Hearn. >> Yes, >> Miss Msa. >> Yes,
>> Miss Tinowski. >> Yes, >> Miss Washburn. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sarno. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item 20 on our agenda is education committee motions. Motions one through six. Motion to approve those
six, please. >> So, move. Second roll. >> Miss Churnney. >> Yes. >> Miss Continanza. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fedorsic. >> Yes. >> Miss Jeanie? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hearn? >> Yes. >> Miss MSA?
>> Yes. >> Miss Teranowski? >> Yes. >> Miss Washburn? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sarno? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> You. Item 21 is education committee information forformational purposes only. No voting. Item 22 is governance
committee motions. We have one motion with three sub motions in it. >> Mr. Cerna. >> Yes. I'm waiting. >> Um I would like to table motion one in governance to the exact session.
>> Second. >> Second. >> Thank you. So we have a motion on the floor to table the governance committee motions and two exec for further discussion. You get a roll call on that please. >> Y
>> Miss Churnney, >> yes. >> Miss Continza, >> yes. >> Mr. Fedorzic, >> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Msa, >> yes. >> Miss Tarnowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn,
>> yes. >> And Mr. Yes. >> Motion carried. >> All right. So, we'll move that to execute for discussion. Um, item 22, 23, sorry, on our agenda is personnel committee motions. We have motions 1 through 18. Can I get a motion to approve those 18, please?
>> So moved. >> Second. Roll. >> Miss Churnney. >> Yes. >> Miss Continanza. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fedoric. >> Yes. Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn,
>> yes. >> Miss MSA, >> yes. >> Miss Teranowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item 24 is executive session. Can I get a motion to move into executive session to discuss discuss
personnel and HIP matters, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Miss Jurnney. >> Yes. Miss Continza, >> yes. >> Mr. Fedorzic, >> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn,
>> yes. >> Miss Msa, >> yes. >> Miss Terinowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> You will be out eventually. Call this Barnagette Board of Education meeting back to order, please. Roll
call. >> Miss Churnney >> here. >> Miss Contin. >> That's right. >> Can you hear us? Hello. >> Are you They can hear us. >> Can you hear us? >> There we go. >> We got
>> testing. Testing. >> All right, Doren, you're here. >> All right, Miss Continza, >> here. >> Mr. Fedorzic, >> here. >> Miss Genie, >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Hearn >> here, >> Miss Msa >> here, >> Miss Tarnowski >> here, >> Miss Washburn
>> here, >> Mr. Sarno >> here. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> All right. Under new business, motion number one to approve the monthly hip report is presented by the superintendent in executive session. Motion to approve that, please. >> So move.
>> Second. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Miss Churn. Uh, Miss Churnney. >> Yes. Miss Continza, >> yes. >> Mr. Vorzik, >> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss MSA,
>> yes. >> Miss Terowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> And Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item two under new business is >> motion to approve at the recommendation of the superintendent the termination of employee number 455041753
as of 1028 2025 and as of board policy 4140. >> Make it a motion to approve that please. >> Second. >> Okay. >> Roll call. >> Miss Jurny. >> Yes. >> Miss Continanza. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Fedorzic. >> Yes. Miss Jeanie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Mska, >> yes. >> Miss Tarnowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Item number three under new business.
>> Motion to approve the uh Barnett Township School District remote learning handbook updated for the 2526 school year. >> Motion to approve that, please. >> Second. >> Miss Churnney. >> Yes. >> Miss Continza. >> Yes. Yes. Mr. Fedorzik,
>> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Msa, >> yes. >> Miss Hernowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> And motion number four on the new business. >> Motion to approve the second reading and
adoption of the following policies 52000, 52000.1, and 56000. >> Motion to approve that. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. Miss Churnney, >> yes. >> Mr. Contin, Miss Continza,
>> yes. >> Mr. Fedorsic, >> yes. >> Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss Msa, >> yes. >> Miss Terowski, >> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Can I get a motion to adjourn, please?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Miss Jurnney? >> Yes. >> Miss Continza? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fedorzic? >> Yes. Miss Genie, >> yes. >> Mr. Hearn, >> yes. >> Miss MSA, >> yes. >> Miss Herinowski,
>> yes. >> Miss Washburn, >> yes. >> Mr. Sarno, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Meeting a journ. Thank you everybody.