We would like to call this Barnaget Board of Education meeting to order, please. The notice of this meeting has been forwarded to the Asbury Park Press, the Beacon, and place in the foyer of each Barnagate Township School in the Barnett Township Municipal Building and has been filed with the Barnag Township Municipal Clerk in conjunction with the
Open Public Meeting Act NJSA 104-10. You roll call. Miss Churnney here. Miss Continza here. Mr. Fedorzic is not. Miss Jeanie, Mr. Hearn here, Miss MS is not Miss Tanowski here. Miss Washburn here.
Mr. Sarno. Oh, here. Sorry. We have a quorum. Thank you. Please uh join us in a flag salute to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. All right. No changes to the No. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda as it stands, please? So moved. Second.
Roll call. Miss Churny? Yes. Miss Continza? Yes. Miss Genie? Yes. Mr. Hearn? Yes. Miss Terowski? Yes. Miss Washburn, yes. Mr. Sarno, yes. Motion carried. There you go. Item six on our agenda is approval of minutes. We have
motions one through four. Make it a motion to approve those four, please. So moved. Second. Roll call. Miss Churnney? Yes. Miss Continza? Yes. Miss Jeie? Yes. Mr. Hearn? Yes. Miss Terowski? Yes. Miss
Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno? Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. All right. Next item is our student upstairs. I'll turn it over to Dr. Ellis. All right, we're going to do the uh upstanders and then we're going to do the therapy dogs right after it. All right, so I'd like to
invite Mrs. Camarado up. The Upstander program is a wonderful opportunity to recognize and celebrate students districtwide who demonstrate a specific Bengal trait. These traits continue to enhance the positive climate in our schools as well as the home,
school, and community partnership that plays an essential role in our student success. This month, our students exemplified determination for the D and Bangal Pride. We are very excited to present students with a gift card from one of our local restaurants, Mama Rosa.
And the gift cards were donated by the Association of Barnagget Administrators. When you hear your name, please come forward and join board president, Mr. Sarno and superintendent Dr. Lowis to receive your plaque and gift certificate. So from last month we have
Nicholas Fischer. Okay, I'll read his blur. Since this student entered Barnagate High School in 9th grade, Nick has consistently displayed hard work, determination, responsibility, and integrity. Now a senior, Nick served as our commanding officer in our JOTC unit
and attended NJ boy state last summer. A well-rounded student, Nick is a member of various clubs and music ensembles. He's a natural leader among his peers, a positive role model, and gives outstanding effort in everything he does. Nick has signed with the Army National Guard and will attend Rowan
University. He is very deserving of the integrity award. And for this month, we have Christopher Armato. Chris is the epitome of dedication. Chris won the perfect attendance award. He cares about being here, learning, and doing his very best. Chris is also a
very talented artist, spending hours and hours on different projects, always finding ways he can improve. When he puts his mind to something, he makes sure it is done at his very best effort. I have witnessed Chris's dedication firsthand and he is very deserving of this recognition after years of hard
work. Congratulations, Chris. Next, we have Aubrey Smith. Aubrey is highly dedicated to her academic success and consistently demonstrates a strong commitment to improving her performance. She frequently seeks feedback and asks what she can do to raise her grades. Aubre
often reattempts assignments and completes remediation packets to qualify for re test retakes, showing her determination to master the material. Congratulations. Next, we have Isabella Melbour. I'd love to nominate Isabella for dedication. She is a member of the jazz
band, bell choir, chorus, and regular band. She's always dedicated to her academics as well. Isabella takes her extracurricular activities seriously and is even a part of many clubs. I'm beyond proud of Isabella and all of her success this year. Congratulations.
Next we have Matthew Lravenus. Matthew is a completely gifted young man. He truly strives to put his best foot forward when it comes to school. Even when he struggles with a concept, he will always find a way to overcome. He is dedicated to himself being the best he can be. Dedicated to his friends
and dedicated to his family. He is very deserving of the Upstander Award for dedication. Next, we have Amaya Jefferson. For the June Upstander Award, we'd like to nominate Amaya Jefferson. Amaya is the definition of dedication within the classroom. She has a strong work ethic,
consistently putting in the academic effort, and always takes initiative within our school family. What stands out most about Amaya is her initiative. If something needs to be done, she does it without question or hesitation. You never need to ask her to complete the task because she is always a few steps ahead of you. Her leadership skills are
admirable and because of this, she's a great role model for her peers. Amaya remained dedicated to spreading kindness to her teachers and peers throughout the entire school year. Congratulations. Next, we have Evelyn Alazooi. As a returning preK4 student, Evelyn's determination has allowed her to rise to
the occasion in reaching several milestones, indicating that she is ready for advancement to kindergarten. When school resumed in September, Evelyn was not able to write her name. Through her hard work and determination, she's now writing her first her full first name and beginning of her very long last
name. Evelyn has advanced from recognizing 11 uppercase alphabet letters to now identifying all 26. She has a strong sense of rhyme, which is the foundation of reading. She completed her trimester 3 ESGI with 100% accuracy. Not only has Evelyn advanced
academically, she's also grown tremendously in her abilities to delay gratification, problem solve, and be a kind friend. Congratulations to Evelyn on her ability to stay on task, determined, and achieve success. Best of luck as she advances to kindergarten.
And finally, we have Ariana Malendaro. Ariana consistently demonstrates the character trait of dedication through her ability to follow classroom routines and responsibilities. She completes her assignments with creativity and her best effort. Ariana loves to participate in
classroom activities and sets a positive example for her peers. Congratulations [Applause]
All right, everybody. Look over here. Yep. There's nowhere to go. I have nowhere to go. All right. Thank you everyone. This is [Laughter] I would die. Okay.
So, I would like to recognize our therapy dogs for their time and dedication to our school school district. They are volunteers and have been a wonderful asset to all of our schools. The children love when the dogs come in and I am so grateful to continue this
program. So, with that being said, I have some recognition certificates I'd like to give all the therapy dogs. So, first we have Coconut. Coconut goes to the high school, visits
the students. [Laughter] That's the view. I'm just kidding. house. Next, we have Winnie. And Winnie goes to the Collins School. Yeah. Joanne was one of the original.
She used to bring her dog Tink to all the schools. So, she was one of our original therapy dog handlers. Yeah. 2016 is when uh we started the program. your next we have Lisa and she goes to the
Horbel School. Welcome Lisa, Lisa. Oh, [Applause] of course. Um, we also have uh Stella who is at our at the Brackman School, but she was um unable to attend. And
then I have one more who I thought was coming, but we also have Jagger. He's a big bortal doggy. He's humongous, but he's awesome. Yeah, he's um he's like an emergency response dog and and goes to a lot of different places where there's um
trauma. Yeah. Good. So, he he comes by often, too. He actually came to our challenge day um to help with the students. So, I have his stuff, too, but he couldn't make it. And thank you so much.
[Applause] The kid from last month came the certificate from last month. I'm not sure. Okay. All right.
Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you again to our service dog. Greatly appreciated for you uh taking the time and coming to our schools. Um my dog's going to be jealous when I get home, I'm sure. I'm glad Brian held him
instead of the instead of me because uh it would be a quite a thing all night if I had a dog smelled all over me. Uh next item on our agenda is our student representative. And for our final time, Mr. Daniel Hoffman, who I can say is
going to Penn State, right? Congratulations on that. M Daniel, I've been there. It's a beautiful place um in the middle of nowhere, but it is a beautiful place. Um so I'll turn the floor over to you. Well, thank you so much. Good evening and thank you to
everyone joining us today. For those of you who may not know me, hi. My name is Danny Hoffman and I was a senior at BHS this past year and it was my honor to serve the Barnagget student body as the executive student government president at the high school and student liaison to the board of education. If you folks have attended a board meeting in the
past few years, you would know that I've always had a big plans for the student body and the high school at large. These past four years have been nothing short of amazing, but I did want to highlight our work this last year in particular as sort of a state of our school from a student's perspective. This year, my main goal was to reinforce the importance of making the student voice
heard. For years, this board has continuously talked about the importance of teachers rights and parents rights, but I am proud to have brought to the table the start of a discussion on the importance of students rights in their own education. This year looked a lot different for students overall. We built on district initiatives that work towards reinstating the student voice
and recognizing student achievement as well, working to support student growth both academically and personally. But we all also charted our own path of what we wanted to see happen in the school district moving forward. The legacy of this year could not have been written without the formation of the student advisory committee at the high school
that I had called for in July of last year. The student advisory committee serves as a body dedicated to protecting and advocating for students rights and grievances as a sect of the student government. Historically, student government has really only been focused on dances and spirit weeks. And while that is great and all, it did not exactly work for every student. As a
committee, we started giving back. We started plans for blood drives and the expansion of Clare Closet resources. In years past, we had fallen short in philanthropy, but I'm proud to announce that we changed that in less than a year's time. There are also some significant steps we made in actionable items that will come to f fruition over the next few years. This year we be
began to structure a newfound peer-to-p peer mentorship program in which upperassmen would mentor a cohort of incoming freshmen. As I've said at the last few meetings, this addresses a number of culture and climate issues that BHS faces by not only creating smaller tight-knit communities for students to build connections internally, but also to identify issues
among students that can either be socially addressed by the student mentor group or handed off to the proper admin as there is a consistent mentor overseeing each student. It can also advance the idea of peer-to-p peer advocacy and becoming more seen and better heard in the Bengal community. It too has a capability to help involve
more freshmen in all of the sports clubs and activities Barnagget has to offer. If it's not obvious, our team has been determined to build a more inclusive climate for all of our students one step at a time. The student advisory committee had also approved a proposal for repurposing of Courtyard 2 at the high school. The comprehensive report
outlines the goals and activities, potential outcomes, as well as funding and partnership information of an agricultural green space and the currently unused and barren secondary courtyard at BHS, coining it as Benny's Den. This year's inaugural committee also worked to reform our program of studies. There was a two-pronged issue in this. The way we've tracked students
in the past is no longer working today, and the pathways through certain academic areas is often clouded by unclear prerequisites and unclear steps towards future classes. In general, there are courses offered by this district that have been seeing fleeting numbers of student enrollment, whether due to accessibility, rigor, or lack
thereof, or even interest in general. The way we set prerequisites in this district has restricted our students from going the extra mile and expanding their education in any way they please. This year, the high school is not able to run a single section of AP CalBC BC, one of the most advanced math classes in the country. The high school is also not
able to run any sections of AP human geography either. I mentioned back in July that at a certain point we have to look internally and say, "Hey, why are these classes falling off our master schedule and how do we fix it?" And I'm happy to say that both classes will officially run next year. Not only am I happy to say that, but I'm also proud to announce that we have started a greater
conversation on what our students actually want from their elective offerings and how we can better them moving forward. Student government also worked this year to become more transparent with our activities. So, we now have a posted class war scoreboard as well as a Rumble scoreboard right outside our main gym. In an effort to encourage healthy competition, we have
effectively effectively made it easier. Oh, sorry. We have effectively made it easier for students to see their accomplishments and participations and how they actually have an impact for their community and peers alike. I'd be remiss not to mention a few of the great accomplishments that Barnett High School has seen this year. For those of you who
may not be aware, the Barnett High School underwent a lucrative and rather intensive internal review for the last two years in pursuit of an accreditation from the Middle States Association Commission on Secondary Schools. Thanks to the leadership of Katie Torres and the BHS committee, Barnagget High School achieved accreditation from MSA, the accreditation stands to symbolize much
more than a simple milestone. It is the introduction and repetition of internal measures to continue developing a better educational institution that continues to meet the utmost standards for educational excellence. This is in no way, shape, or form a linear process. Growth and development never is. But it is sign it is a sign that Barnagget High
School has the grit to go the distance alongside some of the best schools internationally. Again, there is still a long road ahead, but we are one step closer to a better BHS every day, and that is what counts. I've said it a lot today, but I will repeat it because it's what matters. Giving every student an equal and equitable opportunity and
playing field in their education has truly been my main goal this year. As for me, I will leave the st today in my capacity as a student as I graduated last week. Next year, I will attend Penn State University as a dual degree student in education and public policy as well as international politics with a concentration in international relations
as I pursue a double minor in ethics as well as politics and public policy. Thanks to the resources here at BHS through AP courses, dual enrollment courses, and early college offerings at OC. I'll be eligible for graduation in two and a half years as I enter college with fourth seme fourth semester standing. But I assure you, I leave you
in great hands. If you look towards the audience, Kaylee Jansen is with us. could you please stand up for me? Kaylee will be serving in my seat next year and will be taking the torch with all of you. Thank you, Kaylee. I want to begin
wrapping up by thanking those in the administration and those in the faculty who have always been there for me, who have had my back, and who have supported students beyond anyone else. I want to reinforce the fact that I've always wanted the best for this district and the school. As I said back in July, looking toward tomorrow, it's essential to realize that Barnagget has so much
potential and can be such a great place for change and progress in education if we all begin putting our best foot forward for the students. Over the years, I've taken note of every expression and every sense of disapproval, whether vocally, silently, indirectly, or directly. I've had people tell me that what I've said can sometimes have a connotation to it
that's biting, or negative, that I don't paint my words in the brightest of lights. I'd like to say it now and hope it reigns true forever. that in the end it is not without reflection that we are able to grow. I wish to remind those that the of the words of the great American academic Bnee Brown. When we love something, we must be willing to
hold it accountable. My work over the last 13 years speaks for itself. I founded the FBLA club at the high school, the speech and debate team. I brought board events and proceedings into the sighteline of our student body to the likes of the BHS speech project and the formation or dissolution of select clubs and policies. I've defended
teachers who have been pushed to non-renewals. I've advocated for those who need voices. I've spoken up when told to be quiet and I've stood up when being told to sit down. I feel the need to reinforce once again and underscore now more so than ever the importance of students having a seat at not only this table but everywhere that decisions are
made on their behalf. This board's decisions affect one group the most over everyone else and that's the students. Every decision, every policy, every vote, every motion affects the students in one way or another. It is so important that Barnagate continues to move toward a climate that embraces change, that welcomes critical feedback,
and that builds upon progress, that the most important stakeholders continue to drive day in and day out. I fear for the day that Barnagget reaches a point of no return. A day in which our finest educators, who have stuck it out through our hardest chapters, decide to take their talents elsewhere. A day in which a quality education is no longer the
primary mission of this body. A day in which politics supersedes the interests of those who rely on this district. A day that will be met with resistance, with strife, and with ubiquitous backlash. While the Barney Township School District remains young, and the Barnett High School even younger, I would like to, for my last time ever, in
an official student capacity, call for the undivided and staunch ethic of this administration and this community to work together to drive this district to a place where every stakeholder can be proud to call Barnett home once again. Endless fighting will get us nowhere. Whether that be here or in a private meeting or across the forums of
Facebook, we must unite as one Barnagget to recalibrate our mission and to move forward as one. As always, a huge congratulations to our upstanders. But for now, that's all for me. I'm very grateful to the board, to Dr. Latwis, to Mr. McGee for their mentorship over these last few years. Working alongside those sitting on the day today has truly
shaped my future for the better. I thank you all for your time today and over the last year. And with that, I yield back. Thank you again, Mr. Hoffman. Um, sitting here for the past year has been again you, um, and I've sat up here as the president seven times now. Um,
you've brought a different perspective. Um, sitting in that chair. Um, and it's great hearing from you, not just like you said, not just on the usual happenings in the school, standing up for what you believe in, what the students believe in. Um, taking a stance
on things that you think are important. Um, again, I give you a lot of credit, a lot of, uh, you know, just hearing what you said before when you said you'll hear from me again, I am positive that we will hear from you somewhere along the line again. and uh can say we're
proud to say, "Hey, at one point maybe we did something little to help him get to where he is." But again, congratulations on going to Penn State. Congratulations on being here and making a change in Barnagate for the better. Um and we thank you. Honestly, thank you.
Okay, next item on our agenda is our state New Jersey school board's representative. Is there anything on that end? I don't think I don't think there was any meeting. No. Okay, just double checking and our county school board representative. No.
Um, so our meetings are over for the year, but I do have the next meeting dates for the 2526 school year. Uh they are Thursday, September 25th, 2025. Thursday, December 4th, 2025. Um
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026, which is a virtual only. Thursday, March 5th, 2026 is the 8th grade dialogue. And Wednesday, April 29th, 2026, will be the last meeting of next year. So, we have all of our next year's meetings planned.
All right. Thank you, Mrs. Washurn. Welcome. All right. Next up, we have our committee discussion. Each month, the chairperson of each committee will report out to the public on what has happened over the last month on their committee. And we will start out with
finance and Mrs. Tornowski's chairperson. All right. Uh finance met on June 18th. I was not able to attend. I had uh Miss Washburn step in for me and Miss Consinza acting as chair. Uh there was
no old business to report. Uh the business administrator explained some questions about the bills list. Um they discussed the home instruction as well as the shared service agreement for ice hockey. Uh thank you to Dan McGrath for his donation to the BHS Jazz Band. And our next meeting will be July 18th and I
hope everyone enjoys their summer and good luck at Penn State. You're going to do phenomenal. Um yeah, enjoy living on the sun for the next couple days. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Towski. Um, next up
is buildings, grounds, transportation, and food services committee and Miss Washburn as chairperson. So, the committee reviewed several key updates across departments. Neutraser successfully catered the NJ ROC ball in and introduced popular new food options
at the schools. While preparing for summer inventory storage and upcoming equipment installations, facilities reported the purchase of a new mower, successful spring sports season support and readiness for graduation setup and summer projects. Um, which I'm happy to report all went well regardless of the
weather that day. Um, including a shared services agreement with wear town for maintenance support. Transportation shared progress on bus deliveries, including vehicles with enhanced safety features and a heavy duty ramp, while electric vehicle grant work continues. DMV inspection showed excellent results.
New routing software is being tested for full use in September and efforts to streamline out of district and homeless student transportation remain on budget. Driver recruitment is ongoing with a notable success at a recent bus rodeo with two drivers receiving perfect scores. So, congratulations to them.
That's all I've got for now. All right. Thank you, Miss Washerman. Um, next is education committee and the chairperson is Mrs. Churnney. Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, good evening, everyone. The education committee met on June 17th. Uh, the committee was given a
presentation of the Frog Street curriculum for the Lillian Dumpy School. after some discussion. Um, as of right now, it is still pending for further review, so it'll be a little bit on hold. Also, you'll see on tonight's
agenda several of our usual motions for work-based learning, community- based instruction locations, college university placements, continuing education requests, field trips, and our out of district workshops. In old business, we had a special
education update from the interim director of special ed. They plan on having a kindergarten orientation this year and they were able to start a Facebook page. Also, the ACS students were included in any grade level events associated with their same age peers in
other buildings. The ad hoc special education committee will meet again August 18th. August 18th of this year and the last strategic meeting will be held sometime in September. In new business, the ED
committee received elementary updates for this upcoming school year. The supervisor of elementary says they work to increase the transparency between teachers and families. They want families to know when transitioning and
assessments are happening. Updates for the gifted and talented were given. The fifth grade G&T teacher is going to integrate artificial intelligence and work on adding this to the curriculum over the summer. The G&T schedule will be changing, but students won't be
losing any time. Students in third, fourth, fifth grade will be pulled out of class and families should look out for a call or email for acceptance into the G&T program. We also have good news. Uh we have good news and a new STEM bus.
The district will be converting an old 54 passenger bus into a STEM bus with hands-on activities for students. The purpose of this is that we're revamping our K through8 STEM program and this will boost excitement and interest in
STEM. Lastly, we would like to congratulate the students in Mr. Thorne's enrollment classes with Stockton University. We had 48 students earn college credit this year. 11 students earned credit for African-American history and 37 students
earned credit for genocide and Holocaust studies. Finally, parents and families, please check for important documents that were recently sent home regarding summer reading and answers to frequently asked questions about summer school. That
concludes all our discussions. Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 15th. Thank you, Mr. Churnney. Um, next committee is governance committee and a chairperson is Miss Continenta. Um, thank you uh, Mr. Sarno. Our, um,
committee, governance committee met on June 18th. On tonight's um, agenda, we have a motion for a second reading for policy 3270, the teaching staff uh, policy. And I
also want to make a motion. Not yet. Later. No. Okay. Um, the committee reviewed updates to policy 2430 co-curricular activities. We will continue to discuss for the next committee meeting in July. Our next
meeting will be July 16th, 2025. Thank you. On the governance and health safety technology committee is also Miss Continza and I'll hi turn it back over to her again. Health and safety and technology met on June 19th. Um the
committee discussed um security updates. The ballards that were previously ordered for the Barnagate High School will be installed at the top ramp before September. Additionally, our security coordinator will attend a synopsis with the Department of Education this July.
The safety committee update. The business administrator shared highlights from the April 2025 safety meeting with uh Tim Irons from TC Irons agency about uh safety to uh the safety meeting was
to discuss uh safety uh items for the district. Um we had a nursing update. The nursing supervisor reported that nursing coverage is in good shape including for field trips across the district. The care closet remains available to students and can be as
accessed through the nurse's office, main office or guidance. Um over the summer, the nurses will be completing student physicals for the new school year. Um our technology update uh the
technology will be working on server infrastructure wireless wireless access points uh Chromebooks and staff devices the older ones will be replaced and um our leasing plan for Chromebooks will continue on
the same leasing plan. Our next meeting will be July 17th um at 10:00 a.m. Thank you very much much miss Consanza have um career day. Do you want Oh, you want to do Yeah, do it now, please. Yeah. Okay. Might as well get it over
with. Um the career day education committee initiative met on June 16th. The career day team consisting of si Miss Sandra Churnney, Miss Lauren Marshburn, and myself met with Miss Muhammad and the high school principal,
Mr. McGee to um we met to reflect on last year's event and plan improvements for this year. We discussed the strengths of the previous event, identified areas for enhancement, and reviewed the participating uh vendors list. The committee shared ideas for
additional vendors to invite this year and expressed enthusiasm about delivering an even more impactful event for this year. The pre plary discussion was planning on scheduling and design
for the 2026 event and Mr. McGee will be uh provide potential dates on how we will configure the day for the students. Our next meeting is scheduled for July 14th. All right. Thank you, Miss Continentza. Um, next committee is personnel. I am
the chairman of personnel. Um, as you can see on the agenda, there's again a lot of action still going on over the summer. A few things I just wanted to point out. Um, motion 2A um for health physical education teacher
is one of our graduates um past graduates. Uh Gina Lee Erskin is on the agenda to be hired. Always great to see one of our own uh students come back and be a uh you know a staff in the district. Um we have several part-time
par professionals, full-time par professionals. Um business clerk being full um prek at Dumpy School. um the MD teacher at the ASUS program.
And at number four is another one I just wanted to point out that uh showing the dedication of staff, someone going from uh Miss Lyall going from full-time par profofessional to a preschool teacher, which is exciting to to have somebody
work their way um into the classroom as a teacher from a uh par profofessional. So congratulations to her. Um we have on here a motion to approve Mrs. Brazil um to the vice assistant principal at the Collins school. So congratulations to
her. Um again also number nine Mrs. Camarada um to the assistant principal at the Barnett High School. Again congratulations to her on that one. And very excited to see on motion 11 Mrs.
John's um the intern being taken off her as the principal going into the 25 26 school year. So again, thank you for her stepping up um under difficult situation and taking over and seamlessly running
that school um for the past few months. Um very excited to see that. And just going through a lot of the other are for summer programs. um summer security, extended school year
and summer curriculum writing. So, and that is it. We did meet on June 16th for this meeting and our next meeting will be July 14th on that. And our last committee is our special ed ACES committee. Uh Mr. Vorsk
is the chairperson. He is not here. So, Mrs. Washburn will be uh reporting out on that committee. So, the committee reviewed key updates related to the ASUS program and broader special education initiatives. A strategic planning follow-up meeting was held with parents who provided feedback
on inclusion, communication, and program concerns with another meeting planned for fall. A Google document was introduced to enhance staff administration communication, yielding positive informal feedback. Plans are underway for summer handle with care trainings prioritizing self-contained
and response team staff with materials being finalized for roll out. Community involvement expanded with the creation of a parentrun ACES Facebook page and outreach to families considering the program continues. Leadership roles for supervising self-contained staff
classrooms have been clarified and adjusted. Efforts continue to determine AC's future location with tours offered to prospective families. A therapy dog rider is being considered for official approval. A summer orientation, a kindergarten celebration, and
enhancements to the AC's courtyard were also discussed. Parents have voiced interest in better signage at RBMS, and more opportunities for engagement, prompting plans for parent advisory council um and a PTA liaison. Lastly, coordination with transportation ensures
staff receive relevant behavioral training, including support from an experienced former supervisor. That's it. Thank you again, Miss Washman. All right, that's it for our committees and next up on the agenda is superintendent highlights information.
Turn it back over to Dr. Lawless. Thank you. I'd like to invite up Tara Giani and Kimberly Germano so we can present our real media winners. Okay. So, Mrs. uh Miss Giani couldn't make it tonight, so I'm riding solo.
Okay. Um so, I'm here to present the real media winners. Um we did do the program back in February where we recognized the first and second mark period um winners. Um this is um part of our
action plan for our drug-free communities uh grant that we received in 2020. Um the health the eighth grade health students create a poster or a video explaining the dangers of drugs and alcohol based on what they learned in health class. The
students are then entered into a content and it's held twice a year which I mentioned already. Um so tonight I'm going to recognize those students from the third and fourth marking period. Um, our Barnagget Communities at Care Coalition Public Relations Committee
reviews the projects and selects the winners. So, we have so I added this year um an honorable mention um category because I felt these kids they did such a wonderful job. So, our
first student an honorable mention is Toby Alange. [Applause] Our second honorable mention student is
Anthony Cassell. Our third um honorable mention student, Samuel Jones Darkkins. [Music] [Applause] Our next student for honorable mention,
Maline Maniscalo. Maline's not here. Okay. Our next student is for honorable mention, Leila Longo. Now to our third, second, and first place winners. Um I just want to mention that um we do get a donation from the
Barnagette PD. It's on a slight delay. I will mail home the um gift cards to your homes. Okay. So, they're coming. So, third place we have Caleb Rosen. And he did a uh video. So, um you want to play
that video. [Applause] [Applause] That was a really good one. Second place, we have Ethan Salazar. [Applause]
He did a poster. And we have a team of two for first place. Um, Lily Ryberg and Emma Rolis. And they also did a video. Two teenagers are dead and two others are in the hospital. Classroom of teens
dying every week, if you can believe it, after the death of two teenagers, police say involved fentinel. Police in Santa Rosa say four teenagers have overdosed this weekend. [Music] So I just want to say my first year doing this taking over Mrs. Cuchinado
like these were the projects were really really good. So you guys did an excellent job. [Applause] Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Applause] congratulations again. Um, now we're going to move into the uh final uh data harvest for the year. Um, so I don't know, um, if Jim you wanted to say a couple words. If not, okay, I'll invite
Mr. Barbie up to say a couple words. All right. Thank you very much. Good evening, Dr. Lavis, members of the board of education, members of the public. Uh, as you know, anyone who's been around here um, uh, for a while knows that we have three data harvests, fall, winter, and spring, in which we go through all
of the information in the school district, organize it, catalog it, analyze it, and present the findings to the board. We believe very strongly in transparency. Transparency is how you build trust. Transparency is how you build confidence in the processes. Um, and most of all, we are really excited
to celebrate the awesome accomplishments of our students. So, uh, you see six tables here, one for each of the schools. We have, uh, district staff members, um, at those tables to answer any questions that you may have, to interpret some of the results for you, um, and to explain how we use this information to guide and shape our
policy and decision-making recommendations to the board. So, please enjoy the data harvest. Thank you. Thank you. So, we'll take the next 15 or so minutes and we'll head back into the data harvest. I would invite anybody to go back and 647. So at 7:05 we'll reconvene. All
right. Yeah. 7:05. Okay. November 19th. That's summit. I'm losing my mind. Yeah. Okay. At this time, oh, good. We will conclude the data harvest and reconvene the board meeting. Perfect. Thank you very much.
As always, I just want to thank the administrative team and instructional coaches for working together to put that together. Um, there's obviously a lot of positive growth back there. Um, and that's, you know, a direct result of the hard work of the individuals presenting the data and the staff as a whole. So, a
big thank you to the teachers, um, all the different Barnagget stakeholders, administration, instructional coaches. Appreciate all that you guys do on a regular basis. And with that being said, I will turn it back over to you, President Sarno. All right. Thank you very much, Dr. Wis. Um, next is
president's remarks. Just double checking, make sure I didn't miss anything. Yes. All right. Um, just a few things on the president's remarks. Um again, um as Dr. Law had just said, I again want to thank all our staff, um you know, the members that are out here tonight and
again the staff in all of our schools to see the progress that we're making um on a year-to-year basis exciting is what we want to see the district moving towards um you know, compared to where we were
several years back. Um it's exciting to see things going in the direction um as you can see there the evidence. So again thank you to everyone. Thank you to all our staff in the schools. Um very appreciative. Um
secondly I just wanted to thank everybody for the graduation. It was a both graduations um the high school and the middle school from our uh buildings and grounds, our maintenance, um getting it set up, getting everything ready. Um
contingency plans with the the weather. It was not um an easy um situation. Again, you want everybody to have be able to enjoy it. You we didn't want to move it indoors and everything was run, you know, as well as
it could be. So again, I just wanted to thank everybody in the high school, middle school, um for putting all that together and getting it all done. Um it was again, it's the biggest event we have each year and it was done, you know, again, wonderfully. So again, thank you um to each and every one of
you that were involved in that. Um, last thing I just wanted to on my end, you know, you get to an end of a school year each year and sitting up here on this day is it's, you know, I always, my thing is I always do a lot of self-reflecting
um each month on things. I do self-reflecting each year to kind of say where we're at, you know, kind of where we've been, where we're going. Um, you know, I've been the president of this board seven times. Um, and I can truly
say this has been one of the, I would say, harder years. Um, sitting up here, it's been a lot of things going on, as I'm sure a lot of you are aware. It's not been easy as a board member or I'm sure administration to deal with some of the stuff we dealt with this
year. Um, you know, things of the past were on on the boards that we dealt with were more about personalities and egos when when things were happening and things weren't good. Um,
but this year was different in in many different ways. Um and and I again just personally reflecting I I want to thank the rest of the board members because you know a lot of times when things don't go as you want and things happen and things that you don't expect happen
and things are rough waters get rough a lot of times things like this these are nine individuals different personalities different thoughts different views on things on how things should be done a lot of times it creates a divide and I could say this board actually over this
year has come together we you know which made it easier on me on leadership um on things we had to do. Um so again I want to thank each and every one of the board members sitting up here because again it is not easy um sitting up here. It is not easy month by month with things that
we do. I mean, we take a lot of pride in um the things that you see here, the awards, student success, um our staff success, um things that happen in our district that are always positive from sports to clubs to everything else. Um, so we take great pride in that, but we
also, you know, I can tell you me personally take, uh, you know, it, like I said, self-reflection on a lot of things that happen and what we could do different, what we could do to change things, what we can do, and I think Mr. Hoffman brought some of that up about being the change in in the in the
community, in the district. Um, you know, kind of reflecting, I looked at this and kind of said what led to to kind of where we were this year as a board. I mean, the last three or four years, I could truly say this board has
not been together. It was not together. You'd seen a lot of resignations, a lot of people not running for reelection, um, a lot of fighting, a lot of discord, a lot of anger. Um, when that happens, the focus is not on what it should be on. It should be on our students. It
should be on our schools. It should be on our community. Um, and I can say like I just said that I am grateful to the eight other board members sitting up here right now that we did come together. We did put our differences aside and started making decisions
for the betterment of our students on a day-to-day basis. Um, so I'm grateful for that. And do I think there's things that still have to be changed? Absolutely. Um, do I think things are perfect? No. Um,
are we going to again, like I said, the nine members sitting up here put our heads together come September leading into September to try to make the things happen that should happen. Um, get this district to where we again, we represent
the community. They put us here to represent them to make decisions. that's best for them, best for our students. Um, so again, just reflecting, there is a lot of things we we would like to change. There's a lot of things we'd like to, you know, see happen by
September. And as a board, I think we're going to work on it. Um, you know, the just because summer is here and school is not in session, um, the administration doesn't stop working, um, and the board doesn't stop working. Um, you know, financially I could say
this district, if you look at a lot of districts around us, um, they are in pretty bad shape. I can say we are in pretty good shape. Um, or very good shape financially, this district. You haven't seen any cuts. You haven't seen any cuts in staff. You haven't seen any
cuts in programs. You haven't seen sports teams being cut. Um, so again, I could say on that end, we are in the direction we want to be in. But there are things like I said that we do and would like to see progress, change, move forward and happen um going into the new
year. Um but again, I just wanted the public to be aware that just because it's June, July, we are not in vacation mode ourselves. We are thinking ahead. We are trying to, you know, put things in place come September. And this board
is working united. this board is communicating. This board is on the same page with things. Um, and we're trying to do what we think is best for our students going into the next school year. So, again, just wanted to thank each and every one of you sitting up here um for the year for, you know, kind
of uniting and working through this. Like I I put in more time this year in a leadership role than I I've ever done any time sitting on this deis. um could tell you between meetings, phone calls,
texts, um conferences, video conferences, in-person meetings, um meeting with parents, talking to parents, talking to you name it. It's just been it has been a a lot of time and a lot of effort put in this year. Um again, but you you expect that going in.
That's when you take on this role as leadership, that's what can happen. Um, but just I just want the the community again to have confidence in us that we
are united to do what's best for our district and our students moving forward um going to the new school year. So that is kind of my closing statement for the end of the year. Um I wish and hope everyone has a great summer. um safe
summer um get to enjoy it and uh you know we'll be ready come September to you know have a great year ahead of us. So again just thank you thank you um again thank you the community um
you know for coming out and over these last few months being open honest and I think Mr. Hoffman even said it, you know, arguing and yelling and screaming at each other settles nothing, solves nothing. And
most of the people, 99% of the people that came out here, most of the people that I spoke with and met with, they wanted real solutions. They wanted real dialogue. They wanted real discussion. Um, they wanted real results. And to me, that's that's what you want. That's what you want in a
community when, you know, when when things are not the way you want them and envision them. So again, I I thank the community members that came forward, spoke up, um met with us, spoke to us, and are still meeting with us in different committees and things. Um that's what a community should do. So
again, I I thank uh you know, the members of our community for that, for opening that dialogue up with us. So on that, that is my president's report. And next on our end item on our agenda
is public session. The bar the Barnagget Township Board of Education appreciates and welcomes public comment, advice, and 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. Could I get a motion to open public session, please? So moved. Second. Roll call. Miss Churn. Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss
Continanza. Yes. Miss Genie, Mr. Hearn. Yes. Miss Terowski. Yes. Miss Washburn. Yes. Mr. Sarno. Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Anybody like to address the board? Once, twice.
Okay. Seeing nobody, can I get a motion to close public session, please? So moved. Second. Roll call. Miss Churny. Yes. Miss Continza. Yes, Miss Jeie. Yes, Mr.
Hearn. Yes, Miss Terowski. Yes, Miss Washburn. Yes, Mr. Sarno. Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. All right. Item 15 on our agenda is finance committee motions. We have motions 1 through 21.
The motion to approve those 21, please. Second. Roll call. Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss Continza, yes. Miss Genie, yes. Mr. Hearn, yes. Miss
Terowski, yes. Miss Washburn, yes. And Mr. Sarno, yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Item 16 on our agenda is education committee motions. Can somebody bring like to make a motion? Yes, please. To um postpone Frog
Street curriculum for next month's regular meeting. Item number one. Yes. Postpone it. You have to table it. Table it. Table it till July's meeting. Table it to July's meeting. Yes. Yes. That's what you meant. That's what I'm trying
to do. Motion number one. Yes. Motion number one to table it to July regular scheduled meeting. Yes. That's what I'm going to do. Roll call to to for that motion, please. Miss Journey. Motion.
Yes. Miss Continza. Yes. Miss Genie, yes. Mr. Hearn, yes. Mrs. Mr. Terowski, yes. Miss Washburn, yes. And Mr. Sarno, yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Back to regular motions now. Can I get a motion
to approve number two through five for education, please? So moved. Second. Wait, hold on a second. Sorry. Two through six. Sorry about that. Okay. And Sandra, a second. I second. Yes. Roll call. Yep. Miss Churnney. Yes.
Miss Continza? Yes. Miss Jeie? Yes. Mr. Hearn? Yes. Miss Terranowski? Yes. Miss Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno? Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Item 17 on our agenda is education committee information. Information for the public
to review. Nothing for us to vote on. Uh I like Oh, sorry. Item 18 on our agenda is governance committee motions. Okay. Um I'd like to make a motion to table um number two motion to approve
the first reading of policy 2430 co-curricular activities. Um table it for uh the July meeting. Second roll call. All right, we'll call on
tableabling motion number two until July's regular schedule meeting. Miss Jurnney, yes. Miss Continanza, yes. Miss Genie, yes. Mr. Hearn, yes. Miss Tinowski, yes. Miss Washburn, yes. Mr. Sarno, yes.
Motion carried. All right, back to regular schedule motions. um under governance. Can I get a motion to approve motion number one only, please? So moved. Second. Roll call. Yep. Miss
Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Jeie? Yes. Mr. Hearn? Yes. Miss Terowski? Yes. Miss Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno? Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Item 19 on our agenda is personnel
committee motions. We have motions 1 through 28. Can I get a motion to approve those 28, please? So move. Second. Roll call. Miss Churnney? Yes. Miss Continza? Yes. Miss Jeie? Yes. Mr.
Hearn? Yes. Miss Terowski? Yes. Miss Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno? Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Item 20 on our agenda is personnel committee information. Again, information just for the public to review. Nothing to vote on. And item 21 is executive session. Can I
get a motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel and hip report, please? Second roll call. Miss Churnney, yes. Miss Continza, yes. Miss Genie, yes. Mr.
Hearn, yes. Miss Teranowski, yes. Miss Washburn, yes. Mr. Sarno, yes. Motion carried. Good. Thank you. We will be I don't know a little while. We have a few things to go over in executive
[Music] [Music] like to call this Barager Board of Education meeting back to order. Please roll call. Miss Churnney here. Miss Continanza here. Miss Genie here. Mr. Hearn here. Miss Tarnowski here. Miss
Washburn here. Mr. Sarno here. Forum. Thank you. Under new business. Item number one. Motion to approve the HIB incident report um as presented in executive session by the superintendent. So move second. Roll call.
Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes, Miss Jeanie. Yes, Mr. Hearn. Yes, Miss Terowski. Miss Washburn. Yes, Mr. Sarno. Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Uh item number two on the new business is motion to approve uh Chrisa Shears as
a summer school substitute. So move. Second. Roll call. Miss Jurnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Genie. Yes. Mr. Hearn. Yes. Miss Teranowski. Yes. Miss Washburn, yes. Mr. Sarno, yes. Motion
carried. Item number three under new business. Motion to approve Renee Rogers as the ACES teacher for the 24 uh 2526 school year at step eight. So moved. Second. You guys are quick. Roll call. Miss
Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Jeie? Yes. Mr. Hearn? Yes. Miss Hernowski? Yes. Miss Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno. Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Item number four in the new business. Motion to approve John Furantino as the
director of special ed for the 2526 school year at annual salary of 157226. So moved. Second. Roll call. Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Jeanie.
Yes. Mr. Hearn. Yes. Miss Tarnowski? Yes. Miss Washburn? Yes. Mr. Sarno. Yes. Motion carried. Item number five on the new business. Accept the Barnagate PD donation for the real winners gift cards in the amount of $250.
So move. Second. Vocal. Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Jeanie. Yes. Mr. Hearn. Yes. Miss Terowski. Yes. Mr. Wash. Miss Washburn. Sorry. Yes. Mr. Sarno. Yes.
Motion carried. Thank you. Can I get a motion? That was it, right? That was it. Yeah, that's it. Okay. Motion to adjurnn, please. So moved. Second. Yep. Miss Churnney. Yes. Miss Continanza. Yes. Miss Genie, Mr. Hearn, yes. Miss
Hernowski, yes. Miss Washburn, yes. Mr. Sarno, yes. Thank you. Meeting is adjourned. Told you executive be quick.