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He worked at K County Educational School District. After 14 years, he played role in the construction. He also graduated graduated from Bond High School, which is uh my previous district. He was there way before I got

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that hand out to Kos. Most recently he served as the business administrator in Hostster Township and now he will be joining us as effective officially July 1st. Throughout his career he has held numerous leadership positions and have

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support and strength and educational organizations across Jersey. He served as a voting member of the southern Jersey employee benefits fund which serves Burlington and Host counties. He also served as chairman of the southern coastal regional employees benefit fund representing Atlanta and Cape May and

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coming counties. During his time in violent he served as president of the educational risk insurance consortium supporting school districts throughout the region. He also taught the school finance program for New Jersey Association of School Business and Officials and for three years has served

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as president of the Kon County Association of School Business Administrators. Committed to developing future leaders and professionally has mentored three new school businesses helping them successfully launch their careers in school finance and administration. With more than 25 years of experience in

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school business administration, he brings extensive expertise in financial management, operations, risk management, employee benefits, facilities planning and educational leadership. He looks forward to continuing to serve students and staff and communities through effective stewardship of school district

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resources and operations for the Camden City School District. Please join me in welcoming Mr. I will turn the mic over to Mr. Mkeley. >> Yes, tonight we have a presentation um from Aramark, our newest uh food service

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provider. We have Fran Soul who's going to introduce the rest of the team she brought with her. Good evening everyone. Good evening president superintendent board members. Thank you for having us. First I wanted to say that we are ecstatic. We are very

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privileged that we were selected to um service the scenes of Camdom. So and before that um my name is Francisco Solo Fran. I am a district manager within Airmart and we have soon today we have Justin Cruz who is our president of

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sales. We have Ty Far who's our HR manager that's going to be here in Camden. We have um Jeremy Hi I'm sorry I'm mess up your last name. So we have Jeremy who's our sales and director. We have Preston Davis who is our VP of

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student nutrition. And back there we have Joy who is our marketing um our our marketing manager. So again we are very very excited to be here today. We're going to talk a little bit about Airark. We're going to more importantly we're really going to talk about what Airark

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is going to do this year at the Cam City um school district and the different programs we have. Something that we're very excited about. We're going to talk about how we're going to use the voice of our students, how we're going to use the voice of our principles and community to really focus on what kind

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of program we're going to have here in Phoenix. So, I will let Justin take it now. >> We're continue. But so, as Frank shared, I am Justin Cruz. I am also excited to be here and want to start off by saying thank you.

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Thank you for giving us the opportunity and all the privilege of serving the students who came in here. I know that there's some of us here in in the community like Airart you know my service here before um we also serve a lot of the community you know air is

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just across the river um you know just over the race 4.4 four miles away. What are our committed adhere to you is how we're going to show up. You know, Frank's going to dive into a lot of that ta as well. Um Preston as the as the vice president for the entire region here, but our commitment to you is how

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we show up differently. It's driven by innovation. It's driven by leveraging the students voices, the voices of the principles and the voices of the community and the voice of the board to make sure that we're giving the program that Cam deserves. One of the big pieces when we were putting together our

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proposal was being future future forward kind of looking toward innovation and things and making sure we're staying on trend for our students. But what you can expect from us is a real leverage every resource and aspect that their work has to bring it here. That was the biggest

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piece for us is making sure that from a candidacy perspective whether it be you know web stand or whether it be at the aquarium any innovation anything that we're doing we want to make sure that we're bringing it here right because for us it's making so we are you know serving the people who live here learn

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work and gather across the city making sure that that impact is felt across the city and so we're asking to kind of dive into the timeline here but you can kind of see that when We looked at partnering with Canada we develop a plan specific for Camden align to the values and align

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to elicitate right and that's what you can expect from us as a partner as a partner who listens and who takes the voices here and then brings you back the solutions we're solutions oriented and focus future so have Frank walk you through we provide um for the board here we'll also have

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obviously available to the community media as well to kind of see where they can expect to see us to show up and how we show up maybe show reported seven. >> Thank you, Justin. So, Jerry, this we already have a plan for the school year. Of course, we start we're going to start

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in the summertime, right? And some of our plans already um happen. So, we already with the employees. We also have things that we're going to go to the next one. We have things that we're going to focus on. And what we're going to focus on is we had our memorialization team on site to meet

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with employees to take all that information and make sure that there's a seamless transition. Um we also had we're also going to have an inperson on boarding um with all the current employees. We are also going to ensure

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that we are at all the back to school events to make sure that we meet with community members, with parents, with students and principles throughout the summer to ensure that we understand what kind of program is in each building because we understand that each building is a little unique. So the more

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information we have, the better, you know, the better that we could do. Um, so we're definitely going to do that during the summertime. And then for fall uh 2026, we are going to continue with farmer school week where every week we're going to focus on

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a um healthy cooking work with students and parents and so forth. We're also going to make sure that we continue fresh fruit vegetable program on a weekly basis having newsletters to our students getting the students involved in that as well. Um, we're also going to

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look at uh working with students and conduct a principal survey early in the year to ensure that we stay on top of that and also conduct the survey with our students as well to make sure that we're online as well. >> Go to next one. I talked about fresh

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paint and vegetable program and then for winter 20 we are going to have a professional development series. We understand that our program is run by our associates, right? We have to make sure that our

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associates are fully trained. So, we have a robotics training for all of our associates. Our clips will be safe certified. So, will our leads and we're also going to open the data up to our food service part to grow in our community. Then we are going to continue um to

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we're going to continue to focus on community and students. Something that I'm very happy to introduce is like Justin said, we're only four miles away. We are proposing to work with our students that are in the hospitality program in the high school so they can spend a day at headquarters. We talk

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about career readiness. We talk about how important how can we support the district when it comes to our students. We have a great partnership um right across the the water, right? where we're going to have the students go to headquarters, spend a day at headquarters, understand the different

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careers that's in hospitality. It doesn't have to be a chef. There's so much more that they can do. So, just open that opportunity to our students is definitely something that I'm really looking forward to. And then I will pass it to Ty and she's

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going to talk a little bit about the training that I touched on. So, good evening everyone. Tony Fed, uh, human resources with Aramark. The first thing I would like to say is thank you. Um, I'm glad to be here, glad to be back, and also a proud graduate of East

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Side High School. Congratulations. So just to touch a little bit on our training plan as we move into um the school year um our commitment to training and development reflects our belief that investing in our um employees is an investment in our

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future. So with with that being said, training such as 2CP trainings, barity coherence, customer service, it provides employees with the tools and resources to develop and grow only making the community stronger.

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And as Fran mentioned, uh this week we're going to uh we're going to we have prescheduled meetings with the me members of our human resources team to ensure that um there's a smooth transition uh to Aramark. And during these meetings, the associates will be

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guided um reviewing and accepting offer letters of employment. They'll also we'll also be setting up direct deposit completing required employee employ employment documentation and addressing any uh questions that they have related to this transition um and also to

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support all employees white renmentation will be on site um for those to ensure that we have the nation. So, we're excited about this opportunity. Um, we also have a partnership with uh Camden County College, which I have been involved with for the past, I would say,

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1015 years. Um, where we would offer uh they offer corporate training grants and we'll bring on board our team members as well to participate in that. So, we're looking forward to um uh the school year and again, thank you for this opportunity and look forward to working

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with you guys. So, I'm just going to touch a little bit on the menu. Um, you know, uh, so part of what we're going to do with our menu is just ensure that the quality, the compliance is there. It is a federal funded program, so we definitely have to make sure that we meet certain

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standards. One piece I definitely want to talk on is we're going to give our students the opportunity to understand why there's certain things on our menu and we're going to take that feedback and work with our students if they would. So we're going to have focus groups with our students at each grade level. The

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the students will of course let us know what they like and let us know where the opportunities are and wherever those opportunities are. We're going to take that as an educational moment to really try to to really teach them this is why the recipes have to be what they they

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are, but we could do this on this end to try to meet in the middle and that's something that's going to be constant. So that's something that we're really excited to do. We're going to ensure that again the students have a voice. We want we want want them to understand that their voice means something. So

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we'll make sure that we continue that conversation and then of course share with you know any feedback that we get with the board and principles and so forth. Um so just some great 80 second dates to come and then I will turn it over to Preston.

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All right. I think first and foremost it's really about getting the students happy and about the food. Right. And the best way to measure that is to increase participation, meaning more students eating more food. And we do that in a couple of different ways. And I know Fran touched on a little bit. You know,

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first we're going to start with a menu. That's going to be local. It's going to be diverse. It's going to be scratched focus, right? But then more importantly, we're to get the feedback from the students. I would not expect the menu that we run in September to be the same menu that we have at the end of this square. I would expect it to change over

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time based on student feedback. Another thing that we're going to do is, you know, community alignment is imperative for us to be success, right? And we're going to partner with your efforts in community alignment to make sure we're part of Canon City School

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District and what you want to do in the community. When we were here before, we did a couple of different things that were really good partnerships and some things that were very very uh u popular within candidate city. We want to make sure we build upon that, right? And make

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sure we engage the community through you know throughout uh candidate kind of spoke Taifa spoke a little bit about this. The employees are the boots on the ground. They are the ones that deal with the students day in and day out. All right. And our transition plan

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is robust enough to make sure that we teach them, elevate them so that they're bringing good, not only good food, but great service to the students, kids, and additional, we're going to invest in them, and we're going to make sure that they want to stay that they they're part

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of our team here. My main role is to bring resources here to Canon City. I know Justin talked a little bit about the ones our footprint in Camden and our footprint across the river, but I would bring every resource that we need to that the that the school

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district desires to make sure that we not only open strongly on July 1st, that's the first delivery wall. but continue to bring those resources not just for food service but for educational opportunities for partnership opportunities employment

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opportunities all those things we will bring to here to Canyon City first and foremost I know the big thing we have in front of us we have a great plan to make sure we are seamlessly opening on July 1st for that summer program and her team

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have put together a tremendous plan so first off I'd like to thank you again for the opportunity to be Right. We we're very pleased to be back with Camden City School District. You know, we will wow this thing is we will bring the excitement and when that

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excitement, their satisfaction as we can go through. So again, thank you for the opportunity to partner. Appreciate it. Thank you so much for the presentation. Uh tonight we have a important announcement that we'd like to share

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with you. Very excited about it. For the class of 2026, for the first time, the Canyon City School District is hosting Project Graduation, giving all graduating seniors the opportunity to celebrate together in a safe supervised environment after graduation. This

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initiative is about creating memories, celebrating accomplishments, and ensuring our students have a positive way to mark this important milestone. I also want to thank the team who retires behind the scenes to bring this vision to life. Their commitment to our students made this possible. We're very

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excited about what comes up next. So to the class of 2026, congratulations. Enjoy the celebration. Celebrate responsibly and know how proud we are of you. So spread the word. Class of 206, did you see a survey already that went out? Uh yeah,

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thank you. >> Thank you so much. Next, I would like to provide you with a 100 day, you know, report. Uh, when I came to the school district, I was asked by President Nelson to make sure that

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after my first 100 days, I provide an update. There's been a lot of activity in these first three and a half months. Next slide. So, good evening board members, advisory board members. Tonight, I'd like to share my first report. These first few months I've been

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focused on listen and learn and organizing and establishing the foundation for the work ahead. This is about celebrating 100 days. It's about demonstrating how we are positioning the candier school district for long-term success. Since arriving on March 1st, my focus

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has been very intentional. Before making major decisions, I wanted to understand the district, hear from our stakeholders, evaluate how our systems support students. Every decision we've made has been guided by one question. How do we better serve children?

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The first 100 days of critical gaps we established to enter the organization. Rather than rushing change, we took time to understand strengths, technological challenges, and begin building the systems that will support continuous improvement. Our goal is long-term

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success, not just short-term fixes. Before we can move forward, we have to understand where we are today. Enrollment affects nearly every aspect of a school district and funding it staff into programming and facilities. Recognizing these realities now allows

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us to make informed decisions as shown for our future. >> Our enrollment trend shown here tells an important story. You've seen this multiple times. While enrollment has declined over time, this also presents an opportunity to rethink

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how we attract families, improve our schools, and strengthen confidence in Ganderson School District. We also examine the financial impacts of charter renaissance tuition. These costs continue to increase, reinforcing the

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importance of improving enrollment and ensuring our resources are aligned to support our students. One of my highest priorities was listening and with students, staff, families, labor leaders, community partners, elected officials, and the department of education. Although perspectives perspectives vary, one

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message remain consistent. People want a district that is focused, responsive, accountable, and centered on student success. This was key to action. We develop an education framework that aligns every

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department on a common purpose to proven outcomes for students. Every decision, every division now understands how it work contributes to that mission. We also redesign the central office to improve alignment, accountability, and collaboration. This structure allows us

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to better support schools and ensure every department has a clear role in sharing responsibility for student success. High performance school districts don't happen by accident. They require strong leadership, clear expectations, and

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accountability. Our leadership structure was designed to improve decision-m and to provide better support to our schools. We introduced school stack as a new way to monitor school performance. Rather than reacting to problems occur, school

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stack gives us regular opportunities to review data, identify challenges early, and respond with targeted support. Accountability isn't about assigning blame. It's about measuring progress and improving results. Every department will now establish goals, monitor performance,

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and continuously evaluate whether our work is is improving student outcomes. Enrollment is much more than a number. It influences funds, staff, and programming and a long-term health of our district. We've already begun to

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redesign in our enrollment strategy with the goal of rebuilding family confidence through family in our candidate schools. Families are essential partners in our education system. We have begun by redesigning our approach to family and community engagement so that

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communication access and partnerships become strengths in the district not barriers. Attendance is one of the biggest strongest indicators of student success. We've reviewed our data, identifying patterns, began developing a district-wide strategy to improve attent

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because students must be present to succeed. We need everyone's help with this. Our students need to be in school every day. Nothing is more important than safety of our students than our staff. We've strengthened procedures, clarified

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expectations, and improved communication to ensure every school remains a safe and supported place to learn. Throughout our conversations around the Canada canvas, one commitment remained clear. Expand opportunities without

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sacrificing what families value. We listen carefully. Pursuit student identities, protected pathways, and focus on creative more opportunities for every student. Every dollar entrusted to the district should directly support student success.

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We've reviewed staff and operations and organizational structures to ensure we are making responsible decisions that balance today's needs of tomorrow's sustainability. In just over 3 months, we've established the framework for meaningful change. These accomplishments represent the

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beginnings, not end, not the end of our work. We've built the systems that will drive continuous improvement across the entire dash service. The next phase of the work is implementation. The hard part. Our priorities clear. Improve academic outcomes, strengthen enrollment,

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increase attendance, support our schools, develop our staff, engage families, and ensure every department contributes to student success. My vision is straightforward. We are building a district that is student centered, data informed, family focused,

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financially responsible, and committed to continuous improvement. The first 100 days were about build to the foundation. The next 100 days will be about delivering results. Together we'll build the school system where it be about the candidate students, families and community.

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This presentation will be posting review and some slides at additional information. But now we get to one of the most exciting parts of of the presentation which is we had to share some of our district highlights. Last week, we proudly join the Wilson family and first Harvard Credit Union to

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present the Marlo F. Wilson scholarship to Lodeska Martinez Manio. This scholarship recognizes student demonstrate academic achievement, leadership, community involved with strong character qualities that Miss B will Mrs. Bos throughout her life. For

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years, this award helped deserving candidate students pursue their goals beyond high school, ensuring that Mrs. Wilson's commitment education and opportunity continues to make a difference in our community. Congratulations on this welldeserved honor. As you

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prepare to graduate and begin your next chapter, know that our entire community is cheering one of the tier four. We also had a really fun time at York Shift Family School last week. Students celebrated the end of the school year with an exciting fun day filled with laughter, smiles, and forgettable

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memories. From a glow, dance party, water games, bounce houses, face paint, and so much more. There was something for everyone to enjoy at Yorkshire. Thank you to the staff and volunteers for helping make this special day possible. Events like these give our students opportunity to celebrate their

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hard work, build friendships, and create lasting memories as we ram up another successful school year waiting on Yorkshire. And at this time, I would like to turn it over to President Nelson

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for recognition. At this time, like to turn it over to Border Mall. We have a board who first would like to thank these young ladies for their service to our students and their

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commitment. Julian Manny psychologist two years one month. Kathleen Murphy teacher special ICR 17 years 10 months. Thank you.

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I will now turn the meeting over to President Nelson. We will now turn the meeting over to our board solicitor for public comment session. >> Medium one Cape City School District welcomes the attendance comments from all members of the public at its

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meetings. The public comment period is your time to present your comments to the board and the state district superintendent. Each person who signed up to comment will have three minutes. You'll be notified when your 3 minutes are up and you cannot use your time to a haunted person. When it's your turn to

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speak, please state the name address for the record. Please address your comments to the state district superintendent or the interim board solicit. Please be courteous to your fellow community members and keep the comments within the time allotted so that everyone has the opportunity to speak. At the end of your three minutes, the microphone will be

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silenced and your comments will have concluded. Please conduct yourself in a respectful manner of the first amendment on that salute and the board can prohibit language that may in accordance with the board policy 1121. We may interrupt, warn or extending question or angering what is too lengthy. If the

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member the public speaks about a staff member interruption may be necessary to cause the speaker of the dangerous slander or anyone's comments or actions or assassins indeed or threat of safety of any person, we will provide you with a warning or immediately and your comment time. We may request any person

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leave the meeting when that person does not observe a reasonable decor. We may request the assistance of law enforcement in the removal of a disorderly person when adverse events or disrupts a meeting with the manic that it obstructs or interferes with the meeting. We may call for a recess or injurement to another time in the lack

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of public court interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting. Finally, we may wave any of the rules necessary for the protection of privacy to maintain an orderly operation of the board meeting. After the public comment section is closed, the state just superintendent board is visiting me may

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address your wishes to the extent provided by law. First public comment, we have Mark Kerr, followed by Stephanie Nini. >> Thank you, Wood. Thank you for the time. My name is Mark. Vice President of Customer Experience for Woodson's

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Culinary. Please accept this submission as a formal RFP protest of the Woodson's Nutrition LLC protesting the RFP issued by the Cayman City School District for a food services management company and protesting the proposed award of a

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contract on the RFP by the Cayman City School District to AR. Pursuant to the RP scoring criteria, any evaluation process identified within the subject RP total cost is identified as the primary evaluation factor which is 50% waiting

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factor. Total cost is identified in the RP scoring criteria that page 51 of the RP as the total expenses identified tab 5 form 23CR. When using the correct evaluation methodology, the proposal of presents

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the highest total cost and Woodson's proposal presents the lowest total cost. However, contrary to the evaluation and scoring criteria to be followed in the evaluation proposals as is set forth within the RFP, the document entitled

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FSOC proposal comparison posted with the agenda for the June 23rd, 2026 board meeting confirms that the evaluation and scoring criteria utilized when examining expenses differs greatly from the total cost evaluation and scoring criteria as

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is identified in RFP. As noted on page 51 of the RFP, the Kansas City School District must not change or bypass the published evaluation point criteria to circumvent full and own competition. And this is what exactly what took place

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here within the valuation and scoring criteria for total cost with a 50% weighted factor being adjusted in order. the proposal of the game to be identified as the lowest total cost circumventing full embob competition in

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the water to go board the contract to GMOR as Aramore's response to the RF had the highest total cost of the five proposals submitted in response to the RFP it is statistically impossible for the proposal of Aaron to receive the

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highest score based upon the RFP scoring criteria and evaluation form without this identified change to be published evaluation and scoring criteria. This alone prohibits the awarding of this contract based upon the impersonal

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evaluation and scoring of the proposals submitted in the RF response. Further concerning is the fact that despite numerous requests subject to the poor secretary Dan Ronald Devinius as legal council for the Kansas City School

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District, Winchester has still not provi been provided with copies of each of the proposals received by the Kansas City School District in response to this RFP or the full report evaluating and recommending awarding this contract to

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Aaron. Even the FSMC proposal comparison posted with the agenda of the June 23rd, 2026 board meeting fails to include the complete evaluation of all. Please >> the Canyon City School District and his

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board of education have an obligation to ensure that the public contracts are awarded in full compliance with applicable law and to protect the integrity of the public bidding process. It is clear that the procedures required by applicable law have not been followed in this contract to now be awarded to

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where these legal failures call us today after receiving what Mr. Go. >> Good evening. My name is Stephanie Niti and I've been a proud educator on camera school for the last 8 years. I'm speaking tonight not only as an educator

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but as someone who thinks about the students we serve and the teachers who show up every single day. Teaching in an urban district comes with a unique set of challenges. Our students are credible but many come to us carrying things children should never have to carry. We are not just teaching academics. We are

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helping students regulate emotions, process trauma, feel safe and believe in themselves. That work is meaningful, but it is also emotionally exhausting. Because of that, the way we use teachers time matters. Currently, our schedule allows teachers to be kept after school

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three Wednesdays each month. While this time is intended for professional development, too often does it does not feel purposeful. Too often, educators who have spent an entire day pouring everything they have into their students are simply being kept in the building because the contract says they can be.

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But may does not mean must. Just because the district is allowed to use every impossible minute does not mean it is always the best choice for people doing this work. Teachers are not employees who clock out and leave the job behind. We create a home. We answer messages. We buy supplies. We plan

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lessons. We worry about our students long after dismissal. We show up early, stay late, attend events, and give pieces of ourselves that will never appear on a time sheet. And we do it willingly because we love our students. But there is a difference between meaningful professional development that helps us grow and simply occupying on

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time. Every unnecessary needing has a cost. It teacher must child. It is a fear of rushing. No weight. It is a single parent worried about child care beyond their normal day. It is an educator losing time to recharge so they can return the next morning with the patience, energy, and compassion our

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students deserve. The best thing we can give our students is not a teacher who has sat through the maximum number of required minutes. It is a teacher who feels respected, trusted, supported, and valued. I'm asking the district to reconsiders next year's schedule. Protect professional development that is

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meaningful. Give teachers time when it has a purpose, but please do not use time simply because it is available. Respecting teachers time is not taking something away from students. It is an investment in the people who serve them every day. Thank you. Well, good afternoon,

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Dr. Young. Um, and I hope uh most of you had the opportunity to read the handout that I passed out. Please take it home, share, discuss it with family and friends. It's entitled minority one. I chose that

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title because we are all a minority of one truly join with at least one other person. All communities are defined uh by what they are their history and how they interpret that history. But communities are also defined by what

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they have lost. Canon is no exception. We lost a right to educate our children. Corporations now control the majority of the classroom in our districts. You see that we can protest it. We can protest it will glue in the face but it will

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change nothing. But we can't stop because we have certain responsibilities to our children. As my friend Moista Davis often says don't agonize organize. What is the first step? We must first

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recognize what we have lost. We have lost our bullies. We have no bullying education. This is very this very beauty is an example of the loss of our voice. Instead of a full discussion we are

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given to short minutes making it worse these meetings are a lie. The meeting begins with a false statement that the meeting is being conducted under the provisions of the open public meetings act. Yet the open public meetings act specifically says that it does not cover

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advising awards. The advising board in direct violation of the open public meetings acts to discuss confidential matters in closed sessions and approves resolutions concerning matters outside his jurisdiction. It is outside the law.

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The advising board on the other hand is ignoring its legislative obligation. It too is so it has lost its voice. It has become part of the G. We all must rescue our advising war. The hand the

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hand down was not meant to provoke recriminations against anyone. We must proceed with the assumption that we all care about the children at to the same degree. We must demand that the advisory board comply with the laws. Only

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together can we find our voice. This is not just the legal violation. The advisory board can be a very very powerful tool to our community that is voiceless at President Bonu. Uh you uh

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you can uh deprive the community of many things. The one thing you can't deprive of is of our voice. The advisory board is set up legally to provide us with the microphone with the to to amplify the

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voice of the community. But unfortunately, we're not doing that. The advisor board goes to this gay steer as if it's a regular board. It passes resolutions and so forth to sa that is not the intended advisory board. So I

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plead the advice to the advantage of folks. Please do what the legislation said is supposed to do with each other. Next, Karen Buru Luba, please followed by Cheryl B. Good evening. Cara Belli Luke Brenn Arts

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High School. Mr. Dham, thank you for changing the high school starting time. This is a huge game changer to benefit the students and staff. I am looking forward to you developing a task force for the campus. Hopefully,

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students, staff, community members, and alum will have the opportunity to be a part of the task force. After an earlier conversation with you, you assured me that you will be having conversations with the staff and listening to some concerns.

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I am not a fan of all the PDS. However, if we could get together with our content area from all grades to share out and understand all aspects of grade levels of the curriculum to help us better serve our students that will

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include closing, I would like to mention we lost an unbelievable nurse this month. Robin Kogan, the relentless nurse, was a strong voice and advocate. I was fortunate to know Robin since we were 12 years old and in seventh grade.

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Having the opportunity to work with her here at CCSD has been amazing. We will all miss her so very much. Thank you. >> This is Shell Ming followed by Daddy Yanni Hedge. Good evening. I'm a graduate of Hampton

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High School from 1976. On my time, we have became a city board of education since 2010. The reason we're here is we want to show you our invitation um that we're having our 50th class

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reunion um in August and it's a whole weekend and we have been planning for over a year. Part of our itinerary is breakfast at Kalin High

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School on Saturday morning and then a tour of the high school. We would be most disappointed if that in was not able to take place anymore for whatever is going on between the board and Mark

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or whatever is going on. We would like to say how much that the school does for the community. On Saturday mornings there's people there for their children. There are people there from other classes through 1965.

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people meeting, greeting, planning um events for the year and would just like to say that we will hope that you will keep in that in mind when making your decisions between that and the employees who have been very nice to the community

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on Saturdays. >> Thank you. Just wanted to let you know that we work with Mark to make sure we maintain a lot of the program that we do. So that in the Saturday breakfast is something that is very exciting. Talk to you tomorrow. Just so you know.

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>> Thank you. >> Next we have Elanor Venable, please. followed by Josie. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Ellen Vipov with Parents Inventable. U I just want you to know first of all this is my first time speaking so I seem a little nervous. That's because of that. But I'm

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I've been a um Captain City resident for over 70 years, a parkside resident for over 50 years, and my brother Reverend Beno used to be on the board back in the 80s. But I want to share my thoughts regarding the importance of keeping families engaged and informed. As a

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grandparent of a student in a district elementary school, I believe it is vital for parents in Guardians to stay informed about what our children are learning and experiencing in school. Being involved, helpful, and proactive allows us to stay ahead of any challenges our children may face as they

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continue their educational journey towards graduation and eventually college. With summer approaching, it is I'm sorry. With summer approaching, it is also important that families have access to information about summer programs, enrichment activities,

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community resources. These opportunities help teach children engaged learning and active during the summer months while providing families with additional support. And I just want to thank you for your continued commitment to our children and families. Thank you.

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>> Josio Kazio, please followed by C. Good day everyone. Um, thank you for your sign. Um, most of Baris Vincible was obvious organizer um Lee. Um, so I'm going to make this

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quick. I know um that we've been doing a lot of surveys for the past couple months and just trying to get off of all the schools and trying to speak to parents on what how can parents advance or school can help much better with

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communications and everything else. Um we did get feedback that um parents are having a hard time just communicating with teachers even out of like their personal times um or like the um

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whatever shared to a parent how much to staffs um but on the good notes I didn't want to share everything that was negative because I think we need to remember there's positive at the school too. So I was just um so from the ECDC's

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and uh parents from there they also wanted to say that their kids were going into their first grade with already learning how to read like with certain on certain books which I think that's very important and we need

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to bring back more books into the school. Um I think this was excellent to hear and also with the IEPs the implements we were always getting um backlash with that not having the right implements um

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as of now we collected at least with 25 parents that their kids have 100% impment under IMPPS and the 504. So that is really good news from the district schools. Um and I think that's really important to to know that it is working.

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That's all I have to share and stuff. Um, thank you. Have a good night. Next is Alice C, please. Followed by Tariq Wil. Hello members of the board, superintending and the greater Taming

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community. Uh my name is Alice Comr. I'm a student at Broom. I It's about to be the end of my freshman year and um I'm kind of nervous about the next school year for a couple different reasons. Um,

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one main one is that there is a large lack of uh, transparency between um, the school district and the parents and students. Um, especially about classes. I have still not received an update on

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what exactly my class schedule will be. Um and like I was told um that I would have that they weren't sure what teachers I would have for certain classes even if there are teachers housed in my in my personal school like

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as if that the schools are being merged even if they're not being merged. But um also to follow up on what I said last time the issues with the two disabled bathroom stalls have not been fixed. The one still does not have a toilet seat and the other does not have a lock on

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the door. Um and um I have heard that they're changing the um people provide the food for next year. Very grateful for that. Very thankful for that. Um I heard something being said about you know it's important

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to share what's positive about what's going on in the schools. I agree with that, but um I feel like, you know, the district would love to share what's positive because they don't want to share what's negative. So, I'm here because I'm interested in sharing what's important and what they're not telling

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us, not what they would love to tell us. Um, man, I didn't know that I'd have this much time left, so I don't really have much else to say. Thank you. Next we have Tariq Wilson, please. >> Today

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uh I introduce myself. I'm T Wilson, a senior at Candid High. Grateful to be graduating Friday. First, I'd say thank you, superintendent, for keeping the Thank you, superintendent, for keeping

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the district afloat um while you're still getting used to this district. Today at Glas at Camden High, I talked to some teachers to see their perspective from all the things going on

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uh with our district and a lot of them shockingly well not really shockingly but a lot of them do not feel faith in this district. They don't feel support from not even their administration because the administration of schools can't really do anything. They don't

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feel support from the central office. they don't feel like they are given the necessary things to um do their job. For instance, you know, and we understand that, you know, you

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can't grow money on trees, but the lack of teams of students, the lack of disciplinary officers, the lack of security, they feel like it's less security. They feel that the hallways are out of control. Um, and one of the things that I

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witnessed is that when the security sweeps the hallways, they don't care what classroom the student goes in. They don't mind the classroom they're supposed to be in. They say, "Hey, get in the classroom." They feel like their union has no power

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and they feel like cutting classes is not handled the way you should do. you should get a slap on the wrist for not wanting an education. >> You know, it hinders, you know, like when teachers cannot successfully deal

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with uh problem students in the classroom, it hinders students that actually want to learn like myself and like others. Uh, and one final thing, the last person who spoke, the uh,

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student Greg voice, it it's it's a shame really that students like myself and others, even young people, fresh into high school, have to come up here and have to um, correct adults because that's what they're doing. Students

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spoke at the last board meeting, a board meeting before that, and they shouldn't have to correct adults. You should already be in uh conversation with them. You should already know the problems of the district, not demeaning. They shouldn't have to call you out in

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public. You know, you got to do a little bit better as far as the board. Uh because you should already know these status, especially your concerns already outlined. Uh thank you for your time. >> Comment section. Nong turning over to our inter award secretary.

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I would like to just take a moment. I think this was already referenced but on behalf of the advisory board, central office, our leadership team, our teachers, our whole community, we want to take a moment to recognize

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the passing of one of our own, Robbie Kogan. Robin dedicated to nearly 25 years of service as a school nurse in the Camden City School District where she cared for and supported countless students, families, and staff. Her compassion,

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dedication, and unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of our school community left a lasting impact on all her. On behalf of the Camden City School District, we extend our deepest condolences to Robin's family, friends,

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and colleagues. Her legacy of service will not be forgotten. Please join us in observing a moment of silence in Robin's memory. Thank you. Be resolved that the Kansas City advisory board of education upon the

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recommendation of the state district superintendent of schools enter into a close session to consider the following matters under investigations head. Is there a motion going into close session? All those favor. >> Any opposed? Any extensions.

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Before we go into close session, I want to turn it back over to President Nelson. I skip one item. >> Thank you, Super Lieutenant. at this time. Um, is there any are there any board members that have any comments? >> Board member Gamo.

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>> Yes. I just want to take this opportunity to thank all speakers for the continuous playlist of providing not only your voice but expression concerns is paramount not only being present but also to be heard. I want to also take a moment to thank Mr. Delgado for sharing

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uh your perspective and for your continued commitment to Canyon schools. While I agree that the advisory board operates under the limited established by the state law, I respectfully defer in these in the suggestion that our rule quinary is to is of observation and recording. I believe the value of board

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serves a much broader purpose. We entrusted by the community to advocate for students, engage residents, ask difficult questions, provide oversight and help shape the future direction of the district. Although we do not directly possess all the powers of a traditional board of education, our work

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today is essential to preparing Camden for its eventual return of the full global control. In my view, the advisor board should not be defined solely as what we cannot do, but how effectively it uses it authority to have to

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represent the voices of Kim and families and advance the success of our students. as I appreciate your perspective and look forward to continued dialogue as we work together to share for a stronger district and for the restoration of a full empowered local school board. Thank

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you. So, uh, first of thank you for the updates, uh, as well as the transparency. Um, and and one of the big things that was mentioned is the project graduation. I think that's an excellent thing. Um, hopefully, uh, our young

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adults enjoy that after the proposals. Um, so thank thank you to you and, uh, your administration. Uh thank you uh board member Kamaj for Shan. Um I agree. Um thank you for everybody that that shares um this is a learning process. Um

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so we continuously learned about this process. Um you know some things that were said where we can look at and say okay can we do something different? There's some things that were said um that say hey you know I think we're on the right track. Um so one of the things that was mentioned was being a voice for

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the people. Um, and one of the things that takes place on a regular basis, some of the questions that's asked come from the community. Uh, when we send out emails and, you know, follow up with our superintendent that that comes from community. Um, so being a voice to the

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community, you know, we make sure that things that come to us are shared with the superintendent. It was also stating that we don't leave, you know, the final decision that's left up to the superintendent. But we share that information. Uh, we give our feedback. We give the feedback of the community.

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Sometimes we don't always have all the information. Uh the people in the audience uh that we see reach out. We have conversations. I know we sat down and we went to breakfast. We've had side conversations whether it's here, whether it's at the park. We take all those

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things back. So it's not a thing where you know you're saying something and your voice doesn't matter or those things aren't going to to wors. And I promise you it's nothing that's going over our head. So, you know, the things that you're saying, things that you're sharing, or are things that's being

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done, can we improve and are there more things to be done? Like, yes, you know, so when you give us that feedback, it helps us and it helps us better do the job that we're supposed to do. So, a couple quick things. I want to follow Will from our last meeting. Um, I

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received updates on all questions that I had. Um, so, thank you, Superintendent, and your staff. There was one question that uh I haven't received back uh feedback um for um they just wanted to know in reference to the Q side um they

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get a little control that what's some ways we're working what's some ways we're working towards that like where do we stand you know presently with that you know uh I mentioned it last month um that you know for some of our areas uh

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we've been uh above uh the average for at minimum two years. Um so what's the next steps you know for that? Also uh and again some of these questions are are questions that come from community members. Uh what's some ways where

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regional chronic absenteeism? Also hasn't seen the changes with central office administration taking place. Are there any demands to revisit student supports that have been removed? any updates on vacant buildings,

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primarily those that's being vandalized. Also on the budget, um I had two questions. Um 8.20 CBO823-23A the bus and the leash renewal. Just wanted some clarity. Did we purchase buses or lease them? And do we still pay

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for transportation services outside of those leases? And then 8.32 um the McKinnon uh Vento I just wanted just a little bit more uh understanding of what that was. I seen a description,

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but I just want to know exactly um you know what that actually covers. Then again, thank you on to all our community members. What's in it? Before we go into executive session, uh

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Mr. Greg informed me that one of our students, our students was able to make it over. Walked over here. Right. So, yes. Well, if you could Oh, I'm sorry. Jordan Campbell, our student representative from Camden Big Picture Learning Academy. Um, if you can come up and we

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could take a picture with her real quick. Um, we just want to acknowledge her as well. She's one of our student representatives. Uh, in her true resilient fashion, she walked over here with her younger brother to make sure she didn't miss the meeting. Uh, she's graduating this Friday.

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You join us up here at the follow. I'll take a quick picture. At this time going into a doctor session. May resolve that the candidacy board of education upon a recommendation of the state district should retire and return from close sessions of public session. Is there a motion to briefing being into

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public session? Motion second. All those fair. Any opposed? Any abstensions? MO carries. Sum tenn present the following board agenda items for approval.

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The secretary treasure report the bills list for the month of June. Out of district employment contracts, talent labor field trips and teaching alarming resolutions. In accordance with powers vested in me as a state district superintendent

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according to NJSA 18A735. I hereby approve the June 2026 for agenda items. If nothing more, board secretary, please call for a motion to adjourn. Is there a motion to adjourn?

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>> Motion. >> Is there a second? All those in favor? I >> post and name statistic gar. >> Happy birthday dwala show.