e e e e e e um we don't have Steve tonight so NP wi you're you're on the audio tonight good stuff okay I can hear them
already I'd like to call the meeting to order at 7:01 can I have a moment of silence please stand for the flag salute I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay roll call Mr Kenny here miss e blin here Miss Katherine blin here Mr
Bramhall miss falconero here miss Zone here Mr Maker here Mrs trumpe here M Fitzwater here statement is hereby made that adequate notice of this meeting was given by submission of said notice to
the Burlington County Times the carrier post the cinamon and Township Clerk and the district website on the following dates January 17 2024 and January 8th 2025 we're going to go to uh section four routine
business we have the board secretaries report for December of 24 the treasures report for December of 24 the receipts and appropriation adjustments for December of 24 the monthly transfer report for December of 24 the high
school activities report for January of 2025 the Food Service management cost performance statement for January of 25 the certified Bill list uh as of 212 of 25 and the approval of minutes uh the
reor minutes um revised for January 7th the regular minutes for January 2st and the executive session minutes for January 21st Mr Kenny can I have a motion to approve section four routine business items a through H so moved second second
thank you Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board Board hearing none will'll take a vote Miss Fano i i i i i i i i motion approved U moving on to section five
routine matters we have the enrollment report as of February 14th of 25 the Health Report of from January of 25 the fire alarm report from January of 25 the crisis drill report from January 25 and the super attendent monthly report Mr
Capello thank you Mrs Fitzwater thank you members of the board and thank you members of the public for being here with us this evening as once again that I find myself in a position to begin my remarks on a somber note this evening uh two weeks ago our cinamon and Facilities team lost a beloved member of our family
our district electrician Mr Jim Hensel passed away suddenly leaving a void for his family at home and for his family here in the district Jim was a dedicated member of our team who quite literally lit up the room he worked tirelessly through his last days we in his last act as a district employee he was a part of
the team that completed two new pre-care rooms the beginning of each meeting we share a moment of silence and I know this evening I was thinking about Jim if everyone would please join me in one additional moment of Silent as silence as we reflect upon Jim his family and the Legacy he left in our
district thank you uh with that transition to some thank yous uh some members of our district uh first and foremost to Miss D Clemente and all of her helper team from here at the Middle School Miss D Simone can attest that we held a fantastic
senior supper thank you to Mrs blin for being in attendance uh many members of our senior community were here to take part in an event that featured delicious soups salads and bread all prepared for by a team of Staff members here at the middle school and a dedicated group of parent volunteers who seem to keep getting drafted into the event year
after year I'd also like to thank and recognize the members of our music music department on the 4th of February we celebrated District Band day and on the 11th District choir day uh it's a unique thing that we're able to do here in this District where essentially our students articulate with one another where our younger students have an opportunity to
perform with their with the older students at the middle school and middle school with the high school and get a chance to see what they can look forward to when they progress through the years in the arts department we're really fortunate to have such great professionals on our teaching staff to help facilitate that uh this past February 15th even though it was a
weekend was SRO appreciation day and I would be remiss ified and take a moment to recognize our hardworking members of the cinamon and police department uh who are here with us in our school so at Memorial School officer Roger Moore the New Albany school officer Tom lilore at the rush school officer Tom Campbell at
the middle school Officer Rick gunning and at the high school officer Mark Williams we thank them for their dedicated service on behalf of our students and staff every day we're getting to Spring musical season even though it does start in the winter uh put in an early plug for the debut of
The Little Mermaid February 28th opens up uh at cinnamon high school Under the direction of Megan schwitzer uh they're doing six shows in total so best of luck to all of the staff member all of the staff members who are involved in that production and certainly to all of the students the cast and crew uh I would
like to welcome uh area seniors these are residents of cinamon to a senior event that we're having in conjunction with the Saturday matina on March 8th uh look out for an invitation from my office to attend at 1:00 ahead of the show for a coffee cookies and conversation senior social event events
and then of course to stay and enjoy The Little Mermaid uh also I'll put in an early plug cuz it does debut before our next board meeting March 14th right here at cinamon Middle School on that stage behind me will be the debut of Beauty and the Beast uh we are trending Disney this year and that should be another fantastic production best of luck to all
of the students who were involved in that and then much much later I'm sure we'll get another plug or two but I would be remiss and hear from Miss Kelly if I did not also plug uh the second annual Rush musical of Willy Wonka which will debut uh I believe May 21st so we'll look forward to that as well uh to all my fellow board members uh I am
hopeful that you'll be able to attend the future chefs competition which will be held just ahead of the board meeting on March 18th for our new board members uh this is one you want to circle on the calendar with a big heart it's a great event uh where some of our students from Rush school will lend their culinary
talents and we get to judge uh which means we get to enjoy uh the fruits of their labor and as always a great event uh sponsored by our partners in Food Services sedexo and um I wanted to give the public and
the board a little bit of an update on where we stand with early childhood education here in cinamon uh you may have seen dribs and drabs come out over social media uh through District announcements emails from my office uh but I thought this was an opportune time to share with the public uh where we're at in our efforts for Early Childhood uh
as you may or may not know on February 3rd we were delighted to open two new classrooms for 30 students age three and four right here in camenson and I want to thank you I want want to extend my thank you to the board for their continued commitment to expanding highquality early childhood education we are excited to continue our Pursuit for
additional funding from the state to secure additional pre slots in the next school year and in order to maximize State funding the district is pursuing a number of public private Partnerships in the community uh you've heard me sit here before and talk about some of our square footage limitations well obviously that plays into what we're
able to do inhouse for prek as well so we're presently seeking uh local partnership providers with right here in cin uh we've had conversations with cinnamon sticks Newman Learning Center and Temple SI and given the demand for prek we're also expanding our options uh to our
neighboring communities who are close in proximity to the district borders and have begun conversations with providers in Riverton and Delan as well to hopefully offer as many spots as possible to area parents of three and fouryear olds who live in the district and so the public is aware uh the
requirements for prease base are some of the most stringent that the Department of Education imposes these requirements include a 900 50 sare ft of learning spaces and an in-class bathroom and we have very few of those facilities in our district that would meet these requirements and many of our private providers do not have these as well you
know that said there are options to the district and to the private providers as well so we're currently working with the Department of Education and the executive county superintendent and business official to seek waivers for some of the spaces in our local in our local community uh so that we're hopefully able to overcome an additional
barrier to expansion and with that um if the public or members of the board have any questions related to prek I would encourage you to contact my office and I'd be happy to talk about this latest and greatest Venture from sentiments and schools so with that that is the superintendent report thank you Mr Capello Mr trumpe can I have a motion to
approve section five routine matters items a through e so moved second second second thank thank you Miss falconero uh comments or questions from the board hearing none we'll take a vote
Miss e blin i i i i i i i i motion approved uh moving on to section six student representative reports uh first we'll hear from our high school student representative Gwen chansky good evening
everyone the Golden Apple award for January was presented to Mr Dan matz by Nina siza and Brandon Smith the students of the month for January for the class of 2025 is Olivia Marinelli class of 2026 Willow Herbert class of 2027
Cameron Barry class of 2028 Katherine bonsteel the athletes of their month for January are senior Kellen Kohler and Junior Dominic Marino an update on winter sports the boys wrestling team defeated Poma by a
score of 70 to1 most recently this Friday the team host morst toown for senior night at 5:15 the girls wrestling team ended their dual meet season with two matches against delie and lynen Wald Hannah bimer and Riley Evans become the first
pair to reach 20 wins in a season the team looks forward to Regions on February 23rd at abami for swimming on Saturday January 25th the team placed fifth out of the 25
teams at the sjisa coaches Invitational at that meet Tessa de qualified for the njsia meet of champ ions in the 50 fre freestyle in a major upset on February 6th the team defeated number three seed
Rumson Fair Haven in the second round of the playoffs the winter track team had a great season and is now preparing for the championship season Kellen ker has twice broken the school record in the 800 most recently at the pen relays
winner showcase on February 1st running 22145 Eddie fry has equaled his school record in the pole vote after battling injuries and sickness in early January the girls pole V relay and boys distance
R relay took six at the group two state relays the team has two more meets ahead of the sectional Championship on February 15th and the group two state meet a week later the team is hoping to advance as many as possible to the meet
of Champions scheduled for March 2nd for bowling Junior Ian junblat and Senior Chase long both reached their career Milestone of 10,000 Varsity pens senior Noah jaat achieved the Milestone
of 20,000 career pens sophomore Alana Miller and Junior Alana malov and Senior Frankie Rome achieved career Milestones of 10,000 p in the bcsl open the boys team earned a silver silver medal
finishing second with a score of 2,83 Ian jungl earned a bronze for third place High series and Abby Gordon captured goals gold for girls High game the boys basketball team hosted senior night on the 13th along with the girls
they beat ptin 88-65 their record is currently 12 and 11 the girls basketball team had their senior night on the 13th as a double header with the boys Avis and alage reached the Milestone of
a th000 career points they beat pton 78 to 27 their record is currently 18 and seven student council hosted the second annual CHS Super Bowl of caring and it ended on Friday February 7th with a
grand total of 269 cans of soup congratulations to miss oro's second period class with a donation of 94 cans of soup They will receive a bagel party a bagel breakfast on Friday February 14th hosted by the student council thank
you to everyone who participated in this event all soup was donated to the food bank of of South Jersey in second place Mr kassen with 45 cans and in third place Chef Keane with 43
cans CH CHS drama club is excited to present The Little Mermaid for six performances our show dates are February 28th at 7:30 p.m. March 1st at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. March 7th at 7:30 p.m. and
March 8th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. we are looking forward to seeing you there to support the hardwork of our cast crew and pet the Pirates Cove CHS students store has received School Bas Enterprise gold
reification status for 2025 the business manual was crafted by cinnamon cinnamons and deca's vice president of CBE Tabitha Brickley this year's manual received exceeded expectations in all 11 categories which is quite an
accomplishment for Tabitha interact officers went to a rotary luncheon on January 30th and met with the mortown rotary and other schools that are sponsored by Moretown rotary for a round table discussion
sharing events from each School along with the cinnamon and diversity and student council intera sponsored a winter coat collection for shelters in Trenton cassino night will be held on Friday February 21st in the high school cafeteria from 7: to 9:00
p.m. the students from the Asian-American Pacific Islander affinity group celebrated Lunar New Year by visiting the kindergarten classes at New Albany High School New ALB School the students taught the kindergarteners the importance of L near to various Asian
cultures and read the story friends are friends forever afterwards the aapi students returned to enjoy fellowship and a traditional rice cake soup eaten by Koreans on Lunar New Year congratulations to our athletes on an
outstanding season the team finished strong earning third place in the Burlington County League a special shout out to Brendan F who placed third among top scorers congratulations to to the mock trial team who completed who competed in
the Burlington counting competition the team went 1 and three prevailing in a trial against Palmyra High School the team did not Prevail in close matchups with Rancocas Valley moristown and bordon town special recognition goes out
to four-year team member senior Danny gared who argued her fifth career trial as an attorney the team gained a lot of experience this year next year's team looks promising ING with three veteran attorneys and eight experienced Witnesses the NHS held their annual
blood drive on January 31st 2025 we had many positive donations to the Red Cross we're so grateful for the community members faculty and students who made the day such a great success thank you thank you going and we'll now hear
from the middle school student representative uh Noah Bundy good evening to all of you I would first like to report our January students of the month our middle school students for January were sixth grader Bri
garino seventh grader Madison Ashman and eighth grader Nolan Jinan the faculty member of the month was Mrs Monica Leon Guerrero in class support ESP congratulations to all spring Sports will begin the second week of March we
had many events planned for February CMS hope hosted the super supper for Cinnamon's senior citizens on Wednesday February 5th at 5:00 p.m. in the cafeteria the students assisted seniors into the cafeteria and helped them with
soup selections salad coffee and dessert all of the senent and seniors that attended had a wonderful time sixth and seventh graders had their winter Snowball Dance on Friday February 7th students had a wonderful time they danced played volleyball and enjoyed
yummy treats thanks to CMS home in school and donations student council is also planning an after school bowling trip for 8th grade students on Monday February 24th CMS will be hosting a vaping awareness assembly don't get Vaped in in the cafeteria for our
students on February 19th 20th and 21st to educate sixth 7th and eighth graders eighth grade students on the dangers and consequences of vaping this assembly is an important part of our ongoing efforts to promote student health and wellbeing
the PE department and the student council are teaming up for the student vers staff Vol for heart fundraiser this Thursday February 20th all proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association on Thursday February 20th our high school counselors will visit
8th grade World language classes to provide an overview of High School courses and freshman electives to prepare students for this disc discussion Sean Wilson has collaborated with Department supervisors directors and teachers to creative a video that offers an engaging overview of the
opportunities and elective offerings available to incoming freshmen this resource aims to help students make informed decisions about their course selections the students will view this video prior to their meeting with the high school counselors the Pirate players have been busy working on Beauty
and the Beast junr the show dates are March 14th 15th 16th 21st and 22nd the cast can't wait for the show to come together and are so excited to show everyone their hard work CMS will be celebrating read Across America on March
3rd to March 7th we will have dress up themes all week reading competitions interactive bulletin boards and we will culminate the week with drop everything and read 25 for 25 25 minutes for the year 2025 lastly thank you to everyone who
donated to CMS books M book drive thanks to your generosity we have collected over 2,500 books last week 19 student athletes Mr Miley and Mrs Melcher had the chance to visit books m in pulin where they stored packaged and learned
all how the books are getting into the hands of young readers in our community thank you and have a great night thank you Noah thank you to both of you for uh enlightening us on every all the good things that are happening at our schools uh we're we have no
presentations tonight so we're um going to section8 Cor respondents uh to the board anyone have anything that to share from parents reaching out I had an email from a parent regarding special education information they requested um
an email from a parent uh regarding administrator um some conversations with parents regarding a couple policies that they'd like to see um reviewed um one of them is 2431 and the other is 5756 okay thank you anyone
else okay moving on to section nine um committee reports we had one committee meeting this month and that was a policy committee U Mr Kenny you have minutes for us thank you Mrs Fitzwater the policy legislation committee met on
February 4th at 3 P.M via Google meet the committee reviewed the most recent policy alert issued by Strauss smme and many of the policies listed in this alert are on the agenda for adoption on adoption on first reading tonight those policies are listed under agenda item 14 the committee welcomed the High
School athletic director Mr Wilkinson who discussed both the njsiaa mandated spectator code of conduct policy as well as a proposed policy regarding student photographers at games the committee was supportive of this new policy the committee briefly reviewed proposed changes to the
district pediculosis policy however the committee referred the policy to the district nursing staff for more information finally committee spend time reviewing the proposed AI policy from Strauss s may as part of the policy the need for an AI plan will be established along with an AI coordinator and this
policy was tabled for the next meeting right now the next meeting for the policy legislative committee is scheduled for March 3rd at 3M that's it okay thank you Mr Kenny Miss Ione can I have a motion to approve section nine uh item
a so moved second second thank you Miss Kate uh Eileen black uh comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Mr Miss falconera i i i i i i i i motion
approved um moving on to section 10 which is public comment uh this is for board items only uh members of the public um are reminded at this point that comments should be limited to items appearing on this
meeting's agenda there will be another opportunity during this meeting to comment on non-ag agenda items all members of the public wishing to speak on agenda items only should raise their hand to indicate their wish to speak when called upon participants should State their first and last name and
address clearly for the record in accordance with sentiments and Board of Education bylaw 01646 comments will be limited to a maximum of 4 minutes per person the common period will be limited to 30 minutes endurance ation with that said do we have
anyone wanting to comment on agenda items see none okay so we will move on to section 11 uh Personnel certified non-certified Mr Capello thank you Mrs Fitzwater there section letter 11 excuse me section 11
letter A seeking the board's approval for the following non-certified staff listed in the agenda under letters a through J again those names are listed in the agenda there are no transfers or consideration this evening under letter C seeking the board's approval for items 1 through six
as listed in the agenda under leaves of absences there are seven items listed in the agenda for the board's approval this evening teacher overload seeking the board to approve the following teacher overages and they are listed to items in under number one in the agenda there are no advancements on the salary guide uh
as for extra Duty appointments under letter G seeking the board to approve items 1 through six as listed in the agenda Mentor teachers two items for the board's consideration listed under numbers 1 and two under letter H in the agenda uh no student teachers this evening under letter J seeking the
board's approval for items 1 through three as listed in the agenda and under letter K tutor seeking the board's approval on items 1 through 4 as listed in the agenda thank you Mr Capello Miss Kate blin can I have a motion to approve section 11 personnel items a through K
so moved second second thank you Mr Kenny comments or questions from the board hearing then we'll take a vote Miss Eileen blin um I to everything except um under Personnel uh certified
non-certified letter J uh number one a I um abstain i i i i i i i motion approved U moving on to
section 12 curriculum and instruction Dr goldber thank you very much under number 12 letter A requesting approval of the professional development requests that are attached under letter B the field trip requests that are attached nothing under instructional materials or
curriculum this month under letter E the monthly Hib report has attached and letter F the monthly suspension report as attached and those are the requests this month Mrs Fitzwater thank you Dr goldurn now Mr Meer can I have a motion to approve section 12 curriculum and
instruction items a through F so moved second second thank you Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Miss falconero I I I I I say I to everything
except um I abstain from item 12a line 13 I I for everything I abstain for um item 12a Line 1 and 14 and I uh with one exstension on uh
Lem item 12 line a line a line 21 I got it out did you kind of Joanna doesn't think so uh Miss uh Miss falconero can I have a motion to approve section oh we did
that I'm sorry see it really messed me up all right um motion approved we're moving on to section 13 special education uh Mrs L Allen thank you Mrs Fitzwater under letter A contracts there are none under letter B student placements seeking the board to approve
a tuition contract agreement for one student with Burlington County Special Services the alternative school from January 22nd until June 30th 2025 under letter C consultant agreement there are none and that is it for this evening thank you thank you Mr lellan um
Mr Eileen blin can I have a motion to approve section 13 special ed Item B so moved second second thank you Miss Kate blin comments or questions from the
board heing now we'll take a vote Miss falconero i i i i i i i i motion approved uh section 14 is policy uh Mr Capell thank you Mrs Fitzwater as Mr M
Kenny reported earlier we had a recent update from Strauss Esme with policy alert uh many of those policies have made their way onto the board agenda for approval on first reading those policies are listed in the agenda and those will advance to a second reading next board meeting and certain policies as the
board was made aware were also tabled so we'll expect an additional group next month as well so seeking the board's approval on the policies listed under Section 14a thank you Mr Capello Mr Kenny can I have a motion to approve section 14 item
a so moved second second thank Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Miss E blin I vote um no on policy 9613 and yes to all the other
policies I I vote no on P9 613 and yes to everything else I I I I I motion approved all right moving on to business
and finance section 15 uh Mrs wilky thank you Mrs Fitzwater under Section A grants that the board accepts the revised 2425 funding statement for services under 192 193 is attached under Section B Finance item
number one that the board approves the semi corrective action plan is attached and item number two that the board approves the mileage reimbursement requests for staff members as attached item C operations for donations that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of
$1,295 from seasa to New Albany School towards the be good character assembly that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of $446 from seasa to the New Albany School towards the second grade Philadelphia Zoo field trip that the board accepts
with appreciation the anonymous donation of 2,000 667 98 towards unpaid student lunch balances and item D that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of four guitars from the Burlington County Sheriff's Office to the cinat and
high school music program section D contracts item 1A request for proposal that the board authorizes the qualified purchasing agent to solicit proposals for annual Professional Services and extraordinary unspecifiable services and B that the board authorizes the
qualified purchasing agent to solicit proposals for banking services item two that the board approves the receiving tuition contract between the cinamon Board of Education and the mat Laurel Board of educ Board of Education as attached thank you Mrs Fitzwater thank
you Mrs wilky Mr trumpe can I have a motion to approve section 15 business and finance items a through D so moved second second thank you Miss BL e blin uh comments or questions from the board hearing none we'll take a vote Miss
buano i i i i i i i i motion approved uh we have no other business tonight um I'd like to make a motion um to add policy 2431 to the
agenda for it to be amended second okay um we will um move the policy to uh back to the policy committee for further take take a vote on that
motion all right um we're going to take it what just for clarity um can you explain what that policy 2431 is for the audience um to allow homeschoolers to participate in athletics activities thank you um we're going to
take a vote on whether or not to um forward the mo forward the policy to the agenda that was the I'm sorry do we get to have discussion first or do we so first of all there's no policy for us to review to be able to vote on I'd like to
add it to the agenda so so the motion is to add the add the policy to the agenda for the next policy meeting on March 3rd so the vote would be to support that motion to add it to the agenda okay to have it be added to the policy the policy the policy committee correct okay
got it okay so it would be a roll call vote okay so is there I'm sorry is there an opportunity for discussion prior to the vote or uh I will um do comments and
questions oh okay sorry okay um I just wanted to say that uh we've had several people have reached out to us I agree with um recommending that policy go to the review it's a new board it's a newly elected board I know it was reviewed last year um but we've had several um
people from the Town come to us and ask us to um revisit that and make an amendment and allow homeschooling students to participate in athletics okay so we'll vote on sending that back to committee for further review okay there so uh Miss blin can I
have a Miss Kate blin can I have a motion to send this back to committee for further review so moved second second thank you Miss Eileen blin all right any additional comments or questions from the
board what was that policy number 2431 okay hearing n we'll take a vote Miss falconero I I no are we doing all policies or just this specific policy just this specific policy no yes I no I
no so that's 44 tie uh and with that there is not a majority vote so it would not advance to consideration at this time to the policy committee okay so according to Mr Capello because there is no majority on that at this
point it will not advance advance back to to the policy committee for further discussion okay all right moving on to section 17 public comment on other items members of the public are reminded
that this uh section is for public comments on any item whether it appears on the agenda or not all members of the public wishing to speak on agenda items uh excuse me all members of the public wishing to speak should raise their
hands to indicate their wish to speak when called upon participant should State their first and last name and address clearly for the record in accordance with cinamon and Board of Education policy 01 64.6 comments will be limited to a maximum of four minutes per person the comment period will be
limited to 30 minutes in duration pursuant to the open public meetings act the board will not publicly discuss or comment on matters involving Personnel litigation negotiations or the attorney client privilege the board may choose not to respond to comments made by members of the public during this
portion of the meeting however all comments will be given appropriate consideration matters requiring followup will be referred to the superintendent for resolution also please be aware that all board me all board employees retain the right of privacy and shall retain All rights against defamation and
slander according to the laws of New Jersey the board shall not be held liable for comments made by members of the public and with that do we have any of members of the public wishing to speak uh members of the board Mr capella student Representatives um thanks for
the opportunity for letting me speak my name is Tom Barton um I um and speaking you tonight because uh on behalf of my wife ex could you also give us your address please 1300 Morgan Avenue senson thank you and the reason
I'm speaking to you about Linda is because you may be hearing about um a possible her possible termination um Linda is a 55 year resident of s cinamon she went through the cinam in schools she's worked in the
school system as an aid various schools who last 10 years without incident um she loves children and would never hurt anybody um Linda was fired a couple months ago uh because she needed help
with uh craft instructions and sometimes she would forget people's names the students names because um in 2014 2020 2021 she suffered Strokes severe Strokes um she only got her job back
because um we requested an accommodation and if that accommodation wasn't granted then we would have been forced to take other action under the Ada and under the njlad um the incident in question involves a the Memorial School sack
program um uh Linda is being accused of something I don't know what because I haven't been told I don't know if a police report's been filed I don't know if it's been reported to the dcpp um but I can tell you this she did
nothing to harm any child and the specific incident in question has been totally overblown it's been unfair it's caused her a lot of heartache and um she was only concerned for the child's safety she's provided a w
written statement to Mr capella Mr Capella's aware the incident um by the way the child in quest question has repeatedly called her stupid has pulled her on her badge physically uh has made fun of her facial features because of her disability and
she's reported these things to the staff and her colleagues to no avail I'm going to skip the issue regarding the gymnasium and my feelings about the ratios in there and the number of students in there and the conditions in
there um we always been stigmatized and um you know uh vulnerable adults deserve pres protection too so if if the board or the school
system decides to terminate her they'll have damaged her reputation erly the community where she's well known they will she'll be prevented effectively from working ever again with children whom she loves and she'll be
devastated personally I have some questions I don't expect answers but I and I and I and let me say this the last thing that my wife and I want to do is to invoke some legal
proceeding against the school system she loves the school system she doesn't want to do that but I've asked for I've asked for the attorney to call me to discuss it I've asked to discuss with Mr Cabella but I understand because of the issues
involved he can't I've asked for the video I've asked for the DPC dppc report dcpp report I've asked for information I've gotten none and I want the board to be aware of that because if you are
considering this issue I want you to know that there's another side to this story and the questions I have is did the child claim that she was hurt in any way Mr Barton yes that's your time I'm sorry thank you you don't want to hear
what I have to say say everybody has four minutes okay well I appreciate time that I have I had a couple other things to say but apparently I'm the only person speaking we have 30 minutes I had asked for an
extension of time you won't give it to me that's fine thank you anyone else from the public wish to speak Ashley Neil 1012 Highland Avenue I want you to know that I'm so sorry you weren't allowed to finish what you were saying I myself have been up here many
of times um pouring out my heart with emotion involved and I too have been silenced and told to sit down and that it didn't matter so I'm very sorry and I have so much compassion and empathy for you right now um I would like to know if the Menon
school district has a policy in place indicating what is and is not included in a special education students pupil record and I would like Mr Capello for you to follow up with me on that thank you very much thank you Mrs Neil I
certainly will hi how's everybody doing uh Dan Evans 2172 Hemlock Lane I'm getting up tonight to speak because I served on the board last year when policy number 2431 was brought up and I need to clarify a few things for everyone on the board
especially the newer members um the original request that was put forth was for not only high school students to be able to participate in sports but all students all homeschooled students from K through 12 to be able to participate
in sports unfortunately there is no sanction under the njsiaa that like really has guidelines for anyone outside of High School uh the other interesting aspect that was not
brought up was when they initial change in policy was requested was it was also a request for Not Just Sports but for all extracurricular activities so I don't know if that's part of this new request and again it's something that
you have to fact in going forward because in my research that was done um the one thing that really stuck out to me is focusing on the safety and well-being of our students in District and that's what a lot of people don't
have to factor in so please keep that in mind if you ever consider bringing that policy forward again thank you thank you Mr Evans anyone else okay uh we'll go to comments uh from the
board Mr Kenny yes thank you it's a long one sorry uh first off the board would like to pass along our condolences to the family of Mr Jim henel passed away a couple of weeks ago Mr henzel was a beloved member of the facilities team and will be sorely
missed congratulations in order to our new ALB and Rush students for celebrating their 100th day of school to our senior athletes who are closing out their winter s seasons and to the math league on a fantastic session [Laughter]
season to the Pirates Cove congratulations cinamon high school students store who received school-based Enterprise as mentioned in our report uh gold recertification status from vice president of the SBE Tabitha Brickley who also earned the chapter gold recertification status thank you to uh
everyone for coming out tonight especially our three speakers we appreciate your time thank you to everyone who assisted assisted in opening of those two additional preschool classrooms they're wonderful addition to the district thank you for the donations from seasa and bton County Sheriff's Office as well as the
anonymous donation for the unpaid lunch balance is they greatly appreciated truly impressive thank you uh I'm sorry congratulations thank you again to all that made the super supper and other success once again this year thank you to 19 cinamon and middle school student athletes who volunteered their time to
assist with the book Smiles service learning project thank you thank you to our high school and middle schoool student Representatives you always do a wonderful job thank you to all who came to the meeting tonight we already did that one sorry best wishes uh break a leg high school and middle school performers and I have a last minute from
Mr Capello the district is hiring the board is currently looking for additional bus AIDS keep an eye on your email for an upcoming advertisement the next regularly scheduled meeting is on March 18th 2025 at 7 p.m. right here in the Middle School cafetorium more information can be found on the district website and
that's it thank you okay uh thank you uh we are going to convene into executive session but no business will be taken after our session tonight uh so with that Miss falconero can I have a motion to convene
into executive session so moved second second thank you Mr trumpe all in favor I opposed all we moving into executive session good night folks board members we're going to go across the hall to the foods room e