Over the past several months, our school nutrition program has grown in meaningful ways. Currently, our department consists of 70 amazing contracted staff along with 10 substitutes. [music] We currently provide a little over 6,200 meals on a daily base, including breakfast and
lunch. Our free and reduced percentage is currently 50.57%. We've also created a meaningful partnership with students and teachers by providing fresh produce [music] from our greenhouse when available along with supporting students in the culinary program. [music]
We've also improved support for students and families experiencing food insecurity. No child should go hungry under our watch. We are experimenting with scratch cooking to provide less processed foods in our cafeteria along with procuring items locally when possible. Here are some of our budget
highlights. We have upgraded kitchens in multiple schools to enhance food safety and efficiency. We've increased breakfast and lunch participation year-over-year. We have expanded our menus to offer diversified choices such as Latin, Asian, and Italian cuisine to [music]
name some. Breakfast is free and there are no lunch price increases. Here in our transportation department, we have about 82 bus drivers, 28 bus aids, 195 vehicles in our fleet, including 127
school buses. We travel 1.3 million miles per year utilizing 210,000 gallons of fuel. We've implemented a new routing software program, a new GPS system for all of our school buses.
We're actively [music] recruiting bus drivers, replacing our bus fleet as necessary, and we have no new budget items for 2627 school year. All of our vehicle maintenance and repair work is completed inhouse. Our
25 and 26 budget year highlights [music] are the deployment of Parent Square, our freshman orientation Chromebook deployment, our upgrade to [music] Windows 11 for all districtwide computers. At Fernwood, we completed a switch replacement of all our network Ethernet switches. We've also been
completing a Wi-Fi access point upgrade project across the district. And lastly, some network security upgrades. Our department goals for the 2627 school year are integrating our paging system using SIP into our phone system. We also
plan to continue our Wi-Fi access point upgrade plan and focus on the Miller school, phone system enhancements such as AI integration tools, device replacements for both teacher devices and computers, and [music] we'll begin a projector replacement plan focusing on
interactive flat panels. In Aspire, [music] we have moved from a no- bake culinary experience to now a hot food and baking [music] experience with kitchen alakart. We've had successful parent engagement activities and our student retainment is at 87%.
[music] Our goals for next year include adding a performing arts academy and strengthening our climate and culture. Talents 2526 highlights include expanding talents to include preK at Davenport Complex, increasing student
enrollment from 425 students to over 500, and enriching professional development and training to meet licensing regulations. our 2526 major project overview. We had some architectural [music] improvements to our facilities, IT
office suites relocation, several [music] preschool rooms added, HVAC upgrades and equipment replacements. Our upcoming budget year 2627. [music] Our planned projects are the Eagle Academy relocation new building,
significant renovations [music] to bathrooms at two of our elementary schools, as well as the addition of a second new chiller at Alder and [music] HVAC improvements at the high school. In our department, [music] we handle
registrations, transfers. We also do community service with assisting our Mckenzie Vento families. We assist [music] in a food distribution with shop rate Thanksgiving meals with our food service department and we worked with getting engagement kits for our McKini Vento families. We also have our truency
residency department within my department that handles residency investigations as well as truency in trying to assist students in coming into school and removing the barriers for their attendance. For our future goals, we want to improve our application process, improve our residency
investigations through [music] new resources that we have obtained. Also continue to work with our families and improve student attendance. [music] Continue to provide as well resources for our McKinley Vento families. As we look into our current security program, we are staffed with a director
of security and 29 security officers. We have three class 3 officers that are able to respond to any incident within [music] our district and we currently have an after hours security officer that is responsible for a variety of security related tasks. To ensure that we are following best practices, we have
[music] implemented certain security measures throughout the district and over the past year we have completed some projects that are crucial to our overall security goals and we will be continuing with them. The future of our security program is equally as important and I'm constantly looking at new
technology. I would also like to add additional security officers in the future to help support our growing community. Ultimately, the goal is clear [music] to build a future where safety is proactive, technologydriven, and deeply integrated [music] into the daily
operations of our school district. For the 2526 school year, we [music] have approximately 651 preschool students. We're planning to maintain those numbers for the 2627 school year. We are spread out currently over six buildings. We have 49 [music] preschool classrooms and roughly 142 staff. We're
looking to add a playground to the Davenport complex and we're really focusing [music] on targeted behavioral support and professional development for our staff. We now have all the preschool [music] classes utilizing creative curriculum for instruction and teaching strategies gold for their assessment. We'll focus
on those pre-ereading and writing skills as well as math in all learning areas. And our tier 2 instruction has been a huge focus for all of our staff. For professional development, we're going to continue to unpack those essential standards and really dive deep into that instruction. And we're using the new resources within teaching strategies
goal for our data analysis to improve and facilitate the development of the whole child. This year, we're going to focus our curricular updates on independent living skills, our health classes, and community- [music] based instruction. This year, we're going to continue with
our programs while adding goal books so our teachers can [music] infuse universal design for learning into the classrooms. We have also expanded our CBI locations. We have two additional locations. We are improving our student safety. We are also having targeted
behavioral supports and we added a copy center at the high school for our students. Our goal for curriculum this year was to align our standards to CTE [music] state standards as well as establish essential standards that would be used across the department.
Some of our key budget highlights include an expand in our equipment, professional development to support all learners, included summer and enrichment programming for students. [music] In the future, we plan to do the same, additional PD, expanding our technology, and aligning our coursework to meet
[music] workforce needs. Department goals include incorporating literacy and CTE, [music] expanding our equipment and resources, CTE programming and enrichment programming for all students across the district, and targeting our instruction.
In 2627, our [music] goal is to continue to update our programs, adopt new CTE AP course [music] work, and also integrate AI technology into our CTE courses while expanding [music] apprenticeship and internship opportunities for students.
Our language arts goal is to ensure all students receive equality tier 1 [music] instruction in literacy as the foundation for all future success. To accomplish this, we're going to continue to align instruction and refine our expectations for proficiency in [music]
grades K to 12 by grade level. We're also going to be investing in highquality instructional materials in grades 4 to 8 and continue to provide job embedded professional development and evidence-based practices that will help improve student success. Finally,
we're going to be working on [music] strengthening the use of our common assessment data along with universal screening to help our teachers design effective tier [music] 1 and two interventions that will help move our students toward grade level proficiency. Our
mission is to [music] support all students academically, socially, and emotionally while advocating for their success. We are grateful to our community partners who support K12 career [music] events, academic programs, high schoolmies, and scholarship opportunities. Our anti-bullying and school climate
initiatives [music] empower students to be upstandards and teach them to seek help when needed. At the high school, we offer approximately [music] 60 AP and dual credit courses that allow students to earn college credit. We also provide practice SAT opportunities to help students prepare for college admission testing and meet
state graduation requirements. We are incredibly proud of the work our counseling departments do and appreciate the opportunity to share a brief snapshot. The 20262027 fine and performing arts budget is informed [music] by activities and accomplishments and achievement that
occurred during the 2025 2026 school year. We continue to make our students career ready in the digital arts, recording studios and animation. [music] And our instrumental music programs and our performing arts programs continue to grow. Our curricular and extracurricular opportunities for our students are best
in the region. [music] Set designing are now all OSHA certified to ensure safety. There are some big ticket items that we're looking at. A new kiln for our ceramic studio, getting new uniforms for our marching band for the first time in 20 years, and making sure that our audiences at the football [music] stadiums can hear everything
loud and clear. We look forward to a great year in 2627. New New Jersey Department of Education social studies standards are [music] pending. Professional development is focused on data collection tools for our essential skill, which [music] is documentbased question writing. The
department goal is to continue to analyze and support students with the essential skill of non-fiction writing. For the coming year, our curriculum updates are aligned to the revised New Jersey student learning standards with a strong focus on coherence, conceptual understanding, and student engagement.
We are strengthening our professional development through vertical articulation, [music] aligning common assessments to essential standards, and using data-driven decision-making to guide instruction and the implementation of tiered supports. These efforts promote equity, effective formative assessment, and meaningful mathematical discourse, ensuring all students are
prepared for success [music] as they progress through our math courses. This year, our science program [music] continued to move forward through intentional standards aligned innovation. We strengthen three-dimensional science learning and refined lab experiences while expanding
with the engineering academy and sustaining the rigor of the medical science academy. Through the greenhouse and stem bus, we increased access to authentic hands-on learning and integrated sustainability across multiple grade levels and [music] courses. Professional development
focused on curriculum alignment, assessment design, [music] and building teacher capacity for science education. Moving into next year, our focus remains on refining common assessments, expanding hands-on learning, [music] and supporting consistent, highquality
science instruction across the district. The intervention department is focused on supporting the whole child through a responsive [music] system of academic and behavioral supports. This year, we strengthened core initiatives such as Soore and Wings of Character and Achievement, [music] expanded developmentally appropriate play-based learning in kindergarten, and
implemented SEAL [music] and life skills curriculum across grade levels. We also invested in new tier 3 math and ELA intervention programs and an early literacy screener [music] to ensure students get the right support at the right time. These initiatives are supported through focused professional learning as well as our PD pathways.
Looking ahead, our priority is to strengthen tier 2 interventions and continue building the impact of soore and wings so every student can grow, thrive, and succeed. Looking back to this current year, we continue [music] to host over,00 events
for 200 rostered positions on 58 [music] teams and 18 sports. We continue to upgrade our facilities to match our students, including the stadium scoreboard, the gymnasium event light programming, [music] uh the gym floor resurfacing, wrestling mats, full starting blocks, and portable
streaming [music] cameras. Coming into this current year, we're going to continue to upgrade our team training equipment, [music] uniform rotations, storage solutions, and organizations. We are also looking forward to replacing our stadium sound system for our vent access and safety and as well as
replacing our gym mechanical controls. Our bargain town [music] campus has 16 PSSE classrooms and our Slayball Primary has 16 PSSE classrooms and two PSD. Our PSSE [music] classrooms have a teacher, paraprofessional, and a maximum of 15
students. We offer a 6-hour comprehensive learning day, and we offer before and after care to meet the [music] needs of our families. Our Wings program helps build out our climate and our culture. [music] And we're going to continue to use Soore to implement and help our social and emotional
development. At our complex, we serve approximately 1,150 students in grades K through three. [music] We have 60 home rooms with an average class size between 20 and 24 students. [music] We continue to recognize student achievement through the efforts of our Wings program along
with building based incentives. [music] We expanded supports with an additional SEAL interventionist position [music] this year, allowing us to address important areas such as self-regulation and responsible decision-making. [music] As we enter year two of welcoming our self-contained classes to their home
school, we have added an eighth classroom. Our school has also been awarded a three-year grant with the NJ inclusion project. Our school goals align with district goals, [music] aiming to increase learning in math, language arts in all content areas through strong instruction, progress
monitoring, and targeted interventions while offering hands-on learning, [music] steam, and career exploration. We will maintain a welcoming, inclusive environment through Soore [music] and practices that support positive behavior and well-being, all while strengthening partnerships with families
and [music] community stakeholders. This year has been one of growth and positive momentum. We proudly [music] welcomed eight preschool classes serving 92 students and we continue [music] to support eight home room classes in kindergarten through third grade, strengthening our early learning
foundation. We continue to focus on positive [music] school climate, strong student engagement through programs which promotes family engagement. Our students also benefit from enrichment opportunities [music] which supports strong attendance. Our
budget highlights support both academic and social and emotional growth. These include little spot seal program, interactive whiteboard tables and math tools, updated technology for our media [music] specialists, new cafeteria
tables, and a fenced play area for our preschool students. Looking [music] ahead, our goals remain clear. We continue to focus on increasing student achievement, all content areas [music] through hands-on rigorous instruction. We will
continue to strengthen our sewer expectations, [music] maintain a welcoming school climate, and continue building meaningful partnerships with families, community organizations, and local businesses through events [music] such as career day and afterchool family events hosted
by our Davenport parents club. We [music] are excited to see what the new year brings. Our current enrollment at Miller School is 1,06 students with 503 [music] in fourth grade and 503 in fifth grade. We have 231 students enrolled in our
special education program as well [music] as 50 students with 504s. Our average class size is 24. Our program offerings include daily classes in math, ELA, science, and social studies, as well as weekly classes in PE and health,
art, music, Spanish, and technology. Our SEAL programs are offered during our win period, and our activities and programs include areas of STEM and music lessons. Our budget goals for 2026 20227 include supporting classroom instruction with
academic resources, continuing to replace individual student desks [music] with tables, incorporating an alert notification system in the cafeteria and [music] the gymnasium, and supporting SEAL goals with activities and events during the [music] school year.
The total enrollment at Alder Avenue Middle School [music] is 921 students. Some of our program offerings are [music] daily instruction in English language arts, math, science, and social studies that are aligned to the New Jersey state learning [music] standards.
Students study world languages such as French, Spanish, [music] and Espanolantes heritage program. Students can choose from a variety of electives and clubs to enrich their education. Our goals [music] for next year is continue to expand and strengthen SEAL
supports and student engagement, [music] build upon strategies for our fifth through sixth grade student transition. [music] We want to continue to improve our climate and culture through programs such as positive soul referrals and wings. We are continuing to utilize
student data to drive instruction. For our enrollment data, [music] sixth grade has 260 students, 7th grade 284, and 8th grade 274. Some school highlights include daily [music] instruction in ELA, math, science, and social studies. We have supplemental instruction and
reinforcement [music] in English, and math. Students study world languages such as French, Spanish, and Hispano oblantes. Convocation and focus 40 time for social emotional learning, study skills, and organizational skills. And students can choose a variety of electives and [music] clubs to enrich
their education such as robotics, media, steam, and esports. Our goals for next year are to continue to expand and strengthen SEAL supports and student engagement, build upon strategies for the fifth to sixth grade student transition, improve climate and culture through programs such as Eagle Achievers
and Wings, and utilize student data and feedback to improve instruction and the entire middle [music] school experience. This has been a very busy year at Eagle Academy. We have a lot of wonderful new programs. [music] We have expanded our work program and now have Eagle Brew where we are
teaching our students how to be baristas, teaching them financial literacy and customer [music] service. We also have a new whole program for our PLTs where our teachers are actually focusing on academics, discipline, [music] attendance, and socialization of our
students, which is very exciting. We are continuing with our [music] schoolwide student support framework and our school economy to help our students with discipline and social skills. >> [music] >> And we really hope for the next year to expand on all of these wonderful programs, reach [music] more students,
reach more people out in the community and educate as many students as possible. Our school is a comprehensive high school comprised [music] of more than 2200 students supported by an academic and social emotional framework [music] designed to ensure every student can
succeed. Academically, we are proud to serve our diverse learners through a variety of academic classes, including advanced placement [music] courses, dual credit offerings, and career and technical education classes. Last year alone, we had a 75% rating of our AP
tests and 89 seniors earned [music] a seal of biiteracy, reflecting our commitment to rigor and opportunity. Meaningful [music] relationships and individualized instruction remains the core focus of our academic programs. [music] Equally important is our focus on the
whole child. Through a variety of academic andcl support programs, [music] we emphasize our commitment to ensuring students are fully engaged and learning through all experiences. [music] We support our students social, emotional, and mental well-being on a daily basis.
Looking ahead, our goals are clear. We will strengthen our talent time to build student ownership and resilience. We will embed social emotional learning and life skills. [music] We will improve student behavior through consistent expectations, targeted supports, and
meaningful family involvement. And finally, we will increase learning through engagement, critical thinking, real world applications, and data-driven [music] interventions. Together, we'll ensure that Echar Township High School continues to empower students to lead [music] with integrity and confidently
ready to make meaningful impact on local and global communities. [music] Thank you.