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Part 1 (Video ID: nTXgaHqseBQ):
- 00:00:01: Call to Order, Flag Salute, Open Public Meeting
- 00:01:28: Public Comment Begins: Introduction of 1965 Class
- 00:01:44: 1965 Class Introductions: Stories and Scholarship Origins
- 00:04:05: 1965 Scholarship: Perpetual Vision and Endowment Growth
- 00:06:48: Ensuring Scholarship Perpetuity and Board Appreciation
- 00:09:38: Closing Public Comment: Student Board Representative Presentation
- 00:10:23: Student Presentation: North End Elementary School Updates
- 00:12:09: Student Presentation: South End Elementary School Events
- 00:14:21: Middle School and High School Activities and Awards
- 00:19:58: Appreciation for Student Representatives; Board Transitions
- 00:22:03: Principal's Introduction: Honoring Student Achievements
- 00:22:53: Recognizing Valedictorian and Salutatorian Class of 2026
- 00:26:11: Celebrating Students Earning State Seal of Biliteracy
- 00:27:45: Honoring Outstanding DECA Team and Qualifiers
- 00:30:20: Acknowledging Impactful First Year of HOSA Team
- 00:31:11: Recognizing Robotics Team Achievements and World Ranking
- 00:36:27: Committee Reports: Finance, Personnel, and Referendum
- 00:40:30: Board President's Thanks and Superintendent Referendum Update
- 00:42:59: Action Items: Approving General Administration and Donations
- 00:44:03: Action Items: Approving Human Resources
- 00:47:19: Action Items: Special Services and Meeting Adjournment


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Okay, we good. >> We're good. >> We're good. Anybody good? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Call the meeting to order for the flag salute. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meeting of public bodies at

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which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Cedar Grove Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be advertised by the having the date, time, and place thereof posted on bulletin boards in the district, published,

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and/or transmitted to the Verona Cedar Grove Times newspaper, tap into online news, filed with the township clerk, and posted on the district website. Can we have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Alban, >> here. >> Mr. Marzulo,

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>> here. Mr. Pal >> here, >> Miss Keegan >> here, Miss Dora >> here. Good evening everybody. >> Good evening. >> Nice to have uh full house tonight or fuller house I should say.

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Um okay, at this time I'd like to open um this portion of the meeting to public comment. This is uh anyone who would like to speak regarding any agenda items. We do have some special guests today that I'm going to invite you to please

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come up and speak at this time. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. We represent the 1965ers and we are here today to give you a treat to all that we have done in a tiny

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summation over here. I'll introduce Gary Proche. >> No, you do. >> He's our money guru. He's our CPA man. He joined Cedar Grove High School in his sophomore year. But the class of 1965

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was the first high school class to attend all four years. I also joined Cedar Grove High School from Flushing, Queens in my sophomore year, and it was a shocker, but I survived.

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I was a class secretary, my biggest title, they all thought, because I didn't even know there was such a thing. I was prom queen. And then I was a high school guidance counselor for 43 years and I loved every moment.

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In 1975 we had our first reunion. The secretary felt obligated to do it. So I did. At the end of this time I had some money. I said I can't give back everybody a $183. I got to write all those checks, all those envelopes, all

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those stamps. What am I going to do with this money? I had a whimsical moment. I'm going to set up a scholarship. And I did in 1975. And it's become a little bit better and it's evolved into being something else.

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Which brings me to our perpetual scholarship for the class of 1965 because the Stark quarterback first thrown football pass that scored. Jimmy did.

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This is Jimmy McAndrew. He's an entrepreneur and he's a very generous and together we have evolved and created the uh scholarship which is perpetual and I think he needs to give you a little bit more information on that. Thank you.

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>> Thanks for taking some time to see us and hear our story. Um unlike these guys, I grew up here on 50 Sweetwood Drive. Uh, but I went to Our Lady of the Lake until one of the nuns and I had a

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bad discussion and you guys took me right in and thank you for that. Although I do have a degree from St. Peters University, so go figure. You know, our scholarship is meant to be perpetual.

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That's why we wanted to meet with you. That's why we wanted to talk to you. We are approaching 80 years old and God willing we have some more time but we wanted to have some sort of institutional memory

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of how this scholarship should continue. So we thought by coming here talking to you. You're young. You are our civic leaders. You'll be able to carry the ball successfully for us going forward. That's our goal. the class of 1965

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perpetual scholarship. It's now at $500 to a boy, to a girl, and a stipen to the Black and Gold Club, which is another great institution of this high school. I can recall my dad being involved in that back in the day.

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So, what does this all get to? Well, our scholarship and as we age, our endowment is going to grow. Our new expectation is that we're going to be able to give two boys scholarships and two girls

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scholarships at $500 each. We are also thinking that if it grows more than that, um we are going to continue to add students rather than add money. One of the things that we've noticed and

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you might know from some of the great entrepreneurs in America today that while education is extremely important, uh, many of them, Peter, leave Harvard and go make a buck. And it makes sense. Um,

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so we're having a dinner tomorrow night. Some of you are coming. If you have a late change and can still make it, you're welcome to come. The dinner is the same concept. We want to ingrain in our leaders of Cedar Grove

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the perpetual idea of our scholarship. Um it's handled by Morgan Stanley. Um great outfit. It's easy to operate, very simple. They mailed the check directly to the Back and Gold Club. We have a good process. It's gone on for years.

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The one thing that we can't do that you have to carry the ball for us is that we can't go on forever. We're >> not perpetual. >> Yeah, we're not perpetual. So, we're trying to hand it off to you to make sure it's u it's perpetual. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you.

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And and if I could just on behalf of the district again offer our most sincere gratitude appreciation for your generosity. This idea of a perpetual scholarship living beyond all of us is something that is just truly inspiring and so we appreciate it and we're looking forward to dinner tomorrow night. So thank you very much. Really

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appreciate it. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> And on behalf of the board as well, we mimic Dr. Tmanian's uh words. Thank you very much. It is much appreciated. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.

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>> That's an incredible legacy, too. >> Well, we have so many stories, so diverse >> in our class, a lot of talent that feed one another and we have a very generous class and we received a lot

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from Cedar Grove High School. So we know to give back to Cedar Grove High School because that is the most important in our hearts and for the students. >> Thank you. >> And we stay together. You know, we we meet very frequently as a group. We just had a very successful 60th reunion with

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a big attendance. The classes are stuck together. >> It all comes back to him. >> Incredible role models for our our children today. certainly leaders and hopefully others will follow through and it'll be you know sort of all trained

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>> that I come on the awards night almost all the time and I'd like to see everybody see that it's profession and it's a class scholarship because I'm hoping somebody else in another class will think oh we should make a scholarship they may not get to the professional status as we have but this

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this is >> tremendous >> thank you really proud of ourselves. >> Let me give you one part. I was having fun talking to the superintendent that

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>> with 150 students graduating, it's only $75,000 to give every student that graduates $500. Now, there's a goal. >> There's a goal and there's a thought >> and there's a dream.

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>> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. She good seeing you. >> Same here. >> I'll see you tomorrow. I go back to South Junior High School. >> Thank you again. >> Catching up to you guys.

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>> I'm right behind. >> Okay. Uh at this time, I move to close this portion of the meeting and we will move on to Oh, you want to do our presentations first before their committee reports? Yes,

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>> we could do the board. Yeah, the student reps. >> Yes, >> that would be great. >> Let me get that there. >> Sorry, girls. I almost skipped right over you again. >> Gross. This should be on. Okay. >> Do you want to just hold it or do you want Okay, that's fine. Yeah.

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Hello everyone. >> What? >> No, take your mics. >> Hello. >> Take this. >> Thanks. >> Here you go. Let's switch. >> Yeah.

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>> Hello everyone. I'd first like to talk about what's been happening in North End. So on Saturday was was the kindergarten signing day and this marked a very important milestone for the youngest learners in the school

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district and families joined in to celebrate and it was a very important moment in their next educational journey. Um, on May 1st, the fourth graders also had the opportunity to visit Powerhouse Studios. And here they

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learned about creative processes and they got a behind-the-scenes look at how projects are brought to life. And over there you could see how the FSA kicked off teacher appreciation week with a nice breakfast um to recognize all the hard work of the North End

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staff. And right down here you could see the spring concert. Families and staff all came together to watch this happen and it was a very memorable event and the kids had a lot of fun. And over here you could see um today the trip to

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Turtleback Zoo that the second graders had and they had the chance to see a lot of animals and get up close and really have a fun time celebrating their hard work over the whole year south. Okay, so I will be talking about what's

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been going on at Southoun. Um, the preK students wrapped up their transportation unit in the most exciting way by designing and creating their very own cars. With imagination and creativity on full display, they proudly drove their unique vehicles through the halls of

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Southoun. It was a joy to see their hard work come to life and to celebrate the pride they took in sharing their creations with our social community. Thank you to the FSA for bringing the Brain Challenge TV game show experience to Southoun. Students and staff had a

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fantastic time answering trivia questions and jumping into fun physical challenges like hula hooping and tugof-war. The energy, teamwork, and excitement made for a memorable event. And it was clear that a wonderful time was had by all.

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In April, we celebrated administrative professionals day at Southounn. We proudly recognize Miss Anderson and Miss Turkin for their dedication, hard work, and the warmth they bring to our main office each and every day. Their kindness and positive energy help keep our school running smoothly, and we are

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so grateful for all they do. Take your child to work day was an exciting and memorable event at Southoun. Teachers and staff welcomed their children for a special visit, giving them a firstirhand look at what their parents do each day. Our day ended with a traditional group picture in the

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reading garden. Music filled the halls of Southoun last week as our prek and grades K through four students showcased their talents at our spring concerts. Under the direction of Miss C, our young performers shined on stage while our grade 4 orchestra led

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by Mr. Cavino delivered a wonderful performance. We are incredibly proud of our students and their hard work, confidence, and talent. To end the geography unit in third grade, the students celebrated around the world day. Each third grade class was given a continent to focus on where they would

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work in groups to research and share information about some of the countries within that continent. The students worked hard not only to research information about these countries, but create posters to present their peers. During this special day, they focused on their country's climate, famous

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landmarks, history, special foods, and holidays and traditions. Okay, so I'm going to be saying what's been going on at the middle school. So, our fifth grade health and wellness day provided students with a well-rounded and engaging experience focused on

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making healthy choices for both body and mind. Students rotated through a variety of interactive presentations, including a visit from a dentist who shared the importance of proper oral hygiene, sessions with fitness instructors who promoted teamwork and healthy habits and

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opportunities to stay active in fun collaborative ways. A highlight of the days was learning about mental health wellness where students explored strategies for managing emotions and stress complemented by time spent with the therapy dog to reinforce the value

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of comfort, connection, and self-care. So, Miss Rabino did a Pilates class with the fifth graders because she's a Pilates instructor for health and wellness day. Um, thank you to the Cedar Grove Police Department for visiting our guests on bring your child to work day.

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offer surpass a few explained all of the essential equipment on the police cruiser and answered questions for our visitors. And to the MMS student of the months, congratulations to all MMS student of the months. Congratulations to Ryan Bugowski, Zachary Jordano, Ranata

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Jordano, Ella Orsini, Chase Hch, Pashidi Kooski, Bana Fiella, and Asia Darina. Memorial Middle School NCHS had a collaborative talent under the stars and it was held at Cedar Grove High School

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historical Morgan's Farm on Wednesday, April 29th and featured Angela Abanese as host slash aperformer. Angela Angelina Hashimoi as coordinator slperformer and Sophia Mafetone Weber and and Anthony congratulations says

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Sophia Mafetone in eighth grade in eighth grade singer who sang in an an original song singers Kayn Sherban Elelliana Milman Angelina Mazola Lucas Andomeico and drummer Maddie McNeel and a big thanks to the student of the month our friend Cara Stanba she's a

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four-year varsity lacrosse player in the only student ever to be selected as a progressions peer leader, which is a really special elevation you can have in the peer leader program. Um, she's very positive all the time, always encouraging everyone she sees, and we're

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all so proud of her. And I also want to talk about decision day. So down there you could see Ruckers MSU um, Satan Hall, and oh, I'm in the corner there, Boston U. And yeah, that was last Friday. and we all had a fun

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time showing where we're going to school and yeah. Oh, and DECA, shout out to my roommate over there. Um, we attended ICDC in Atlanta, Georgia, where we represented the school and we had to wear suits

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every day and have good conversation skills and really present um role plays and learn about business. And so that was really fun. and Elena attended um through her commitment to community service and I participated in a role

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play and got a medal. So that was really sweet. So we are so excited to share that Mrs. Parks and Mrs. Mr. Kochansky class had a wonderful time as spent attending the Special Olympics at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield yesterday, Wednesday, April

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29th. The day began with a beautiful opening ceremony which featured a parade of athletes, coaches, and teachers. It was quite a spectacle spectacular led by police on motorcycles with streamers going off as each school's name was proudly announced. We

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are especially proud of our progression student Nick Gerros who completed in the softball throw. Nick did a fantastic job and earned a bronze medal for third place in his division. We are so incredibly proud of Nick and all of his hard work and sportsmanship.

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Um, and lastly, the Cedar Grove robotics team traveled to St. Louis. I think some of them are right there if you want to wave. Um, they competed in the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship against 849 other high school robotic

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teams from 46 different countries. Team B consists of Raj Pugdall, lead designer, programmer, driver, John Mai, lead scout and strategist, and Daryl Aquesta, pit manager, match loader, and lead mechanic. After three days of

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intense competition, the team entered the elimination round as the six seed in their division. The team made it to the quarterfinals before being eliminated in an extremely close match. The team ended their season and high school career ranked 20th 12th, I'm sorry, in the

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entire world out of 700 700,000 registered VEX high school teams. This incredible feat has skyrocketed Cedar Grove robotics into the stratosphere of worldclass elite programs. Join us in celebrating the achievements of these

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amazing engineers tonight. Congratulations guys. Yeah. >> Girls, thank you very much for another amazing uh student board represent representative presentation. Tonight

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marks the final presentation of our student board reps for the school year. And I wanted to just take a moment to honor and thank and appreciate them for their hard work. As you can see just by this evening's presentation, they did this every month for the entire school year, preparing information about all of our schools, and it was one of the

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highlights of our board meetings throughout the year. Truth be told, back in September when Principal English and I sat down to interview candidates for this position, you could see why we couldn't make a selection and we asked all three of them to do it. They've done a wonderful job. We couldn't be prouder and so please accept these certificates

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of appreciation on behalf of myself and our board. So, thank you so much for your work this year. We really appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Do we get a picture? >> Yeah. >> Yep.

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>> There you go. >> Thank you guys. Thank you. >> Good luck. >> A lot. Okay. Yeah. Uh, no. I think we're going to go. Let's do your presentations and then

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we'll do committee reports after >> if board members want to have a receiving line. If you guys want to come out here, we can do receiving. Thank you. Just want to make sure we're all in the right order. Here you go.

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>> Yes, I will. >> Good evening everybody. I just want to say that um you know first thank you to the board reps the these women young women that we that have been doing this every month I meet with them they just take it and they run with it. And I just want to say thank you to them from you

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know the bottom of my heart for all that hard work. Um they showcase the school schools beautifully and that's so important so you can see what is happening every day all the beautiful things that we did and I have to say I was crying when you were doing and I was like oh my god like it's just so amazing to watch so thank you for all of your

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hard work every month. So tonight's a really special night. I love student accomplishments accomplishments and recognitions and we have a lot tonight. So, um, we are going to start, sorry, I got to put my glasses back on with, um, it is our distinct honor this evening to

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recognize our class of 2026 valid Victorian, Trish Patel. Over the last four years, Chris has defined what it means to be a scholar leader at Cedar Grove High School. With an extraordinary GPA of over 4.5, he has

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mastered our most rigorous honors AP and dual enrollment courses. Yet Kish's legacy extends far beyond his current transcript. As president of Helping Hands of India, a leader in the multicultural key and Asian clubs, he has been an advocate for service and

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diversity. A varsity athlete, a humble mentor, Chris approaches every challenge with a rare blend of integrity and purpose. He doesn't just strive for excellence, he inspires everyone around him to do the same. We know he will do the same at Ruckers next year.

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Congratulations, Chris. Can you come up? You're being named the 2026 valid Victorian of Cedar Grove High School. >> That's you at graduation. Our 2026 saludiatoran Sophia Babrowski is a personification of the whole child.

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She also maintains an impressive GPA over of over 4.5 while founding the school's history club and serving on the all school council for four years. Sophia has proven herself to be an academic force here at Cedar Grove High School. On the field, she's a three

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sport varsity standout and a threetime captain, earning all conference honors and breaking school track records. Whether representing us at county leadership summits or serving as a peer leader, Sophia pairs competitive grit with remarkable poise. We are thrilled

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to celebrate her as she prepares to take on relentless work her take her relentless work ethic to be you this fall. Congratulations Sophia on being named the saludiatoran for the class of 2026. Yes. >> Congratulations.

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your name. >> Yes. Yes, we want both. in the middle. >> One, two, three. Thank you. Okay, tonight we also are here to celebrate two seniors who have earned the New

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Jersey state seal of biiteracy. Nyla Medina and Natalie Vera. This is a prestigious honor that recognizes students who have demonstrated a high level of proficiency in both English and a world language. The seal of biiteracy acts as a nationally recognized

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certification confirming high level proficiency in two or more languages upon graduation. To earn the seal, Natalie and Nyla had to first demonstrate mastery in English through state requirements and achieve intermediate to mid proficiency on nationally recognized Spanish exams in

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all four domains, speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The seal showcases that the holder of this title is competitive in the global job market. Congratulations to Nyla and Natalie on this incredible achievement. Please come on up.

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Natalie couldn't be here with tonight. >> Nyla. >> This is Nyla. >> Congratulations. >> This is for you. >> Yes. >> If you would join us for a picture. Thank you very Congratulations Nyla. Adam is not here. No,

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>> you want to skip it. You You want me to read it? No. >> Okay. >> At this time, I'd like to recognize our DECA team led by Mr. Goodman and Miss McCarthy. If you can come on up, Deca, come on down. Come on.

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So, our DECA chapter this year had an outstanding competitive season. um to qualify for states. These students in front of you mastered over a 100 question exams and complex business and role-play scenarios. They have um the individual state

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qualifiers were Bryce Kent. He is not with us tonight, Nyla Medina, Leah Purdikas, and Sophia Babrowski. Our team decision- making was uh Chris Gupta and Schlope Patel. And then our national qual qualifiers were Alina

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Athar who qualified for her exceptional leadership in community service projects and Sophia Babrowski who placed fifth in the state for sports and entertainment marketing. Both of which traveled to Atlanta to represent Cedar Grove High School and she earned the spot on that national level. Congratulations to the

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DECA team. And Mr. Goodman and Miss McCarthy, we have certificates for you. Okay, Sophia. Yep. >> As you come through, then come on through. Another picture, too. >> Trisha's not here. >> Trisha's not here. Um, Bryce is not here. Neither. Yep.

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>> Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Schllo, Schllo is right there. There we go. They were >> There you go. >> There we go. Leah, >> congratulations. That's for you. >> And I told you that yours is

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>> It's misspelled. Did I pull it? >> I might have pulled it cuz it was misspelled tomorrow. Yes. Yeah, cuz I Oh, no. It's right here. >> Congratulations. >> It's misspelled, though. I'll get you to know it. Thank you. Go get a picture. >> Thanks for One two three.

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Can I have my HOSA team come on down? Come on down, Hosa. Schlope. Okay. In its very first year at Cedar Grove High School, HOSA, which is our future health professionals, had made has made

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an immediate impact under advisor Miss DJ Jars led by President Chris Patel. The chapter didn't just learn to compete, they excelled. Eight students tested in fields like EMT and medical assisting with four advancing to the state level on their first try. Chris Patel competed in research and

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persuasive writing. Sam Rousell competed in healthcare photography. Vita Patel competed ext in extemporaneous writing and Schllo Patel not only competed in medical assisting but he also earned an impressive fourth place in the state of New Jersey. Congratulations to Hosa. We

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can't see can't wait to see what you do next year. All right. Congratulations. Thanks Chris. Okay. The Cedar Grove robotics team led by Mr. Coer and Miss Halawani had its greatest

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greatest season yet. The team doubled in size with the addition of students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, learning how to engineer robots for the first time. They added a third team of all female engineers and hosted our second annual robotics competition in

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January. This competition attracted the top 65 teams across the state and confirmed Cedar Grove High School status as the premier event of the season. These successes would not have been possible without the support of the board of education as well as the

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tremendous leadership from their adviserss. Tonight we are here to recognize the amazing accomplishments of Raj Pabdell, John Mai, and Daryl Laquesta, our Cedar Grove robotics team B. These this season these three incredible engineers accomplished the

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following. They were the first seed in five highly competitive robotics tournaments including Satan Hall and the US Open Robotics Tournament in Iowa. They never ranked higher than a six seed all season. They earned innovate and

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inspire awards based on performance judged interviews and their engineering notebook submissions in Cedar Grove at the New Jersey state championship. They earned tournament champions at tournaments in Cedar Grove and Franklin High School.

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They won an international robotics competition in Cleveland, Ohio, earning their spot at the VEX World Robotics Competition. They played fir they placed first in robot skills and were division finalists at the US Open Robotics

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Tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa. and they made it to their division quarterfinals at the VEX World Robotics Championship in St. Louis. I believe they're ranked 12th in the world at this time. Beyond these accomplishments, Raj,

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John, and Daryl have been busy mentoring young team, their younger teams, volunteering at other events, and bringing additional attention to the incredible opportunities at Cedar Grove High School. They are leaving this program much stronger than they found it. And for this we all say thank you

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and thank you to their adviserss. Can I have Raj, John and Daryl please come up at this time with their adviserss. >> Daryl's first >> Daryl. Congratulations. >> You stay up here with us. Okay. >> Go on over there. Daryl.

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>> Congratulations. Well done. Amazing year. >> I know. >> I'm just going to cry. >> Great work. Great work. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate that. >> Guys, I got something for them, too. They earned medals at the World

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Championship. Gentlemen, please wear those at graduation. >> Come on in here. >> You're more important than we are. No, we're good. >> Thank you. This is me. Thank you so much. >> You're good. >> No, I'm good. >> Thanks again. Thanks for coming.

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>> Yeah, we're good. That's everybody. >> We're good. Thank you. >> Y Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Thank you and best of luck. See you at graduation. >> Yeah, he could have gone to UVA, too. I have a question.

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>> He gets our businesses. >> Hey, we're spending 7 million today. >> We're live. Be careful. >> Okay. H >> and then it was just us. I know >> that was the best part about the night,

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>> right? >> Okay. Thank you everyone for coming. >> All right. So, we had some a busy week. We have some committee reports that we would um like to speak on.

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Mr. Valick, would you like to start? >> Mr. Dora, uh, rather brief this evening. Um, you and I met with Dr. T and Mr. Auto on Friday, uh, in the area of finance and personnel. Most of those issues will be covered tonight on the agenda.

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>> Exactly. Um there were so in in the area of of finance um some issues that we will be moving to the policy committee um working on >> uh the the facility usage policy and the fee structure that goes along with

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tiering individuals in that category. Um there are also some very positive discussions about the FSAs at the end schools and so forth coming forward with um the possibility of providing a sign a digital sign for out front and um we

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were happy to hear that that the both those FSAs are working towards that and the middle school as well and um in the area of personnel on that part of the agenda uh basically they're they're either areas of confident confidential nature that we're working

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through superintendent's office or they will be presented on this evening's agenda for approval. And then we did have some discussions on the referendum, but I would defer to the superintendent for any comments in regards to what he

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would like to say in regards to that. If I could make one other comment, I did attend as my grandchildren were involved in the concert at South End. And um they did an outstanding job that that concert was extremely well done.

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Their music teacher, Miss C, does an extraordinary job of organizing them and just as an instructor does a wonderful job in presenting them as an entire group involving a lot of different kids and it it was a great uh program for to

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see children at that age level performing and really entertaining parents. The one other comment I would make is that if you could see how crowded that gymnasium is. >> Yeah.

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>> And those concerts are split into two separate concerts. You you can see why there, you know, there is some need for facilities and um but this was a I I really be remiss if I didn't say how good a job that they did

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in performing and putting that concert on. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Any comments, questions from the board regarding any of the uh updates with the committees?

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>> No. Okay. All right. Um before I pass it over to Dr. I just wanted to say to our uh teachers, faculty and staff, happy teacher appreciation week and thank you to the uh FSAs for all that they do to

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show their appreciation to the staff. But on behalf of the board, um we appreciate everybody and what they do on a daily basis. So I hope everybody's enjoying teacher appreciation week. >> All right, Dr. T.

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Okay, good evening. Good evening, Madam President. Thank you. And good evening, Sear Grove School community. Uh, for the majority of my time tonight, I was intentionally seating the time for our presentations, but however, I will take the opportunity to continue to update uh the community about where we are with

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our referendum planning. U I'm pleased to share, hopefully many of you have already seen and read our recent community newsletter that was in the homes in the last two weeks. Uh the headline story obviously being an update about where we are with the referendum planning. Um you will notice at the end

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of our meeting tonight when we announce future board meetings, we are adding a second May board meeting uh May 20th of this month. And really the we'll do other business at that meeting, but the main purpose of that meeting will be to hopefully uh adopt the referendum ballot

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uh which we're still um uh planning to be two two separate questions. The first question, the theme being infrastructure needs across the district and the second question focusing on reopening LRP as a 345 school. Um much more information to come in the coming weeks and months,

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specifically the cost and the tax impact. Um, and we're very close to getting a final approval letter from the state so that we can finally go forward with detailed information about the financial impact for the referendum as well as exciting information about the

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projects and the the long-term impact they'll have on the quality of our overall schools. Um, so very excited about that. And then I would just echo uh board president's comments regarding teacher appreciation day and week. Um, I couldn't be more proud, couldn't be more

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grateful uh for our teachers, our staff every day who work in our classroom so deeply dedicated to our students and families. Uh, you are what make our community great and we deeply appreciate all you do. So, thank you very much. And with that, Madam President, I'll turn it back to you.

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>> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Okay, so let's move some business here. under the business administrator's report. Can I have a motion for G1 through G9, please? So move.

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>> Second. Any discussion? Um I think it's fantastic that we're getting these STEM program donations and again the perpetual scholarship fund is a pretty incredible legacy. So yes,

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thank you to both of those um organizations for doing what they're doing. >> Yes, very much agreed. Thank you. Any other discussion, comments? Have a roll call, please. >> Mr. Alban, >> yes.

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>> Mr. Marzulo, >> yes. >> Mr. Pallick, >> yes. >> Miss Keegan, >> yes. >> Miss Dora, >> yes. >> All motions pass. >> Thank you. under the superintendent's report under general administration. Can I please

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have a motion for H1 through H4? >> So move second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Alban, >> yes. >> Mr. Marzullo, >> yes. >> Mr. Pik, >> yes. >> Miss Keegan,

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>> yes. >> Miss Dora, >> yes. >> All motions pass. >> Thank you. under human resources. Can I please have a motion for I1 through I15? >> So move. Second. >> Any discussion?

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>> Um the I13. How much can we discuss job descriptions? I haven't gotten to it yet. page 27. >> The job descriptions, >> I see curriculum and instruction listed

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as prek to six for elementary and then secondary 7 to 12. So, is that new? >> My understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, is just a realignment where >> Yeah. Can we can you explain that a

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little further? >> Sure. The positions are currently in district. Uh it's a simply a realignment of grades. So the current elementary middle school uh education director of curriculum and ed education had been prek to 5 and you can see the adjustment

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there to go prek to 6 and then the director of curriculum instruction for secondary education was revised from 6 to 12 to be 7 to 12. Uh the rationale there being we felt that better align uh with some of the new accelerated classes we are adding at the middle school and

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also wanting to kind of tier that support at the middle school grade 5, six and grade 7, 8 um and have a little bit more influence for that elementary director at the middle school. So that was the general thinking behind it. >> Okay. I guess my question or my my

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request for discussion on this or um explanation is because when you look at the standards and the way that they're grouped, they're K to2 and then 3 to 5 and then 6 through 8 with the chunking. Um so I was curious about the breakdown.

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I understand the alignment, the addition of the accelerated classes for the older grades, but then the referendum is in the back of my head. And if question two was to pass and we were to have LRP

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reopen as a three, four or five, would that require us to re to look at this again in a couple years or when the time comes to realign again? >> It could. It could. Drive descriptions are something you want to look at on an annual basis. So it could >> Okay. Just wondering if we're forward

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thinking on that. That's all. >> Thank you. Any other discussion, questions? Can I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Alban, >> yes. >> Mr. Marzula, >> yes.

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>> Mr. Pal, >> yes. >> Miss Keegan, >> yes. >> Miss Dora, >> yes. >> All motions pass. >> Thank you. >> Under special services, can I have a motion for J1 and J2? Move

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>> second. >> Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Mr. Alban, >> yes. >> Mr. Marzulo, >> yes. >> Mr. Pal, >> yes. >> Miss Keegan, >> yes. >> Miss Dora, >> yes. >> All motions pass.

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>> Thank you. This time I open this portion of the meeting to public comment on any school related items. Seeing there is nobody lined up to speak, I move to close this portion of the meeting. Uh announcement of future meetings. As Dr.

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Tmanian had mentioned, um our next meeting will be May 20th. Please note the time change 6:00 and same location it will be here. So May 20th, uh 6:00 5:30 executive if

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necessary. Um the following meeting will be June 24th again six o'clock and then August 14th same thing six o'clock all at the high school. Um at this time I move to adjourn the

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meeting. All in favor? >> All right. Meeting adjourned. Have a good evening.