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To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible and justice for all. >> The New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the

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public to have advanced notice and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of the act, the Fort Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published on February 18th, 2026. Posted

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on the district website at www.fle.com, published in the board's designated online media outlet, newspapers, the record in the Star Ledger, filed to the clerk of Burough Fort Lee and mailed to all persons of any who have requested said notice. Please be advised, this meeting is being recorded and may be broadcasted on local TV and online at a

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future date. The open public meeting act allows for participation at board meetings and defines meeting as any gathering with aal or by means of communication equipment which is attended by or open to all of the members of a public body held with the intent on the part of the members of the body present to discuss or act as a unit

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upon the specific public business of that body. Roll call please. >> Missy Kang >> absent. Miss Curry >> here. Mr. Gossman abang >> here.

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>> Mr. Lopez >> here. >> Mr. Mcan >> here. >> Miss Perez >> here. >> Victor >> here. >> Miss Morell >> here. board will be convening to executive session to discuss legal personnel and

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other confidential matters. The board will reconvene into public session at approximately 7:30. Can I please have a motion to go into executive >> motion? Motion Curry. Second, Rich Victor. All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Any extensions? We're now an executive which stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law

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was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest was discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provision of the act, the Portland Board of Education has

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caused notice of this meeting to be published on February 18th, 2026, posted on the district's website at www.flbe.com. published in the board's designated online media outlet newspaper

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the record and the store ledger filed with the clerk of the burrow of portly and mailed to all persons if any who have requested said notice. Please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and may be broadcasted on local

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TV and online at a future date. The open public meeting act allows for participating at board meetings and defines meetings as any gathering whether corporal or by means of communication equipment which is

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attended by or open to all of the members of a body pres of a public body present on the part of the members of the body president to discuss or act as unit upon the specific public visit of that body.

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Roll call, please. >> Miss Buyers Kang >> here. >> Miss Curry >> here. >> Mr. Goslin >> here. >> Miss Coten >> here. >> Mr. Lopez >> here. >> Mr. McTurn >> here. >> Miss Perez >> here. >> Miss Richtor >> here. >> Miss Morell

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>> here. The board convened executive session at 6:30 today to discuss legal personnel and other confidential matters. Miss Kato, will you begin by sharing the superintendent report? >> Yes, thank you, President Moro. I hope everyone is enjoying the summer break.

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Uh, for the month of June, there were eight reported hit cases. One was founded and eight were unfounded. Also, the district completed all fire and security drills for the month of June in accordance with state law. Although the school year is over for students, administrative secretaries, technology

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and custodial departments as well as central office staff um continue to work to prepare for the 2627 school year. Our summer learning programs are well underway. We're pleased that we are able to continue providing opportunities for students to learn, to grow, and to stay

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engaged. Um over the summer, our facilities projects also continue to move forward at the high school. Asbestos baitment in the locker room area is expected to be completed later on this month. Once that work is finished, construction will continue on the bathroom renovation, security

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vestibule, and locker rooms. And at the intermediate school, I'm happy to report that the chiller replacement and condensate repair projects are also progressing as planned. So, I appreciate the hard work of our facilities teams, our contractors, business office, and all of our staff that are um continuing

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to work to prepare our schools for September. Um that concludes my superintendent report. >> Thank you for your superintendent report. Do we have any committee or liaison reports? None. Okay. Do have board members have

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any comments on tonight's agenda? just questions. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> The IDEA and ESA grant uh item 9F and 10F I believe those are annual um grants

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that need to be reapplied for years. Correct. >> Correct. And so the allocation would be to items that won't require us to rehire someone year after year or how is that >> correct? How does that work?

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>> Correct. Yeah. >> Well, typically with grants, you don't want to introduce a new position this year and then you lose funding to fund. You want to you want to stay away from salaries. There are summer programs that you've historically been funding through

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grants. Those are a non-issue. >> How stable are these two grants? Are they fairly stable from year to year? Are they >> generally speaking? I would say they're fairly stable. We did lose some funding, but uh uh nothing we're overly concerned with right now.

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>> Um 14F the contract usually I I know that we do an annual contract. Is there a reason why this one is a little longer than other contracts? But with um insight I'm not quite sure. I'd have to take a review of the contract again, but it's

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it is running from June 1st of 2026 to November 30th of 2027. >> Sorry. So, our initial contract with Insight last year was from November or December.

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Um, and they do annual contracts. As um you work in the business office, it's nice to have your contracts clean from July 1st to June 30th. So, the attachment is a is an updated um document where it it ends our our

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contract as of um June 30th and then it starts the new one clean just starting July 1 through um 2027, right? >> It says November 30th, >> first through November 30th.

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Oh, let me look at that >> separately. I know that this program is was new to our district. Um, I'm actually pretty eager to learn about what they do and and it's a sizable contract. Um, so I'm interested in what exactly is provided. It includes a

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licensed clinician as well as access to their database and the clinician also provides um support services throughout the year. So there are summer services that are provided to students um as well as you know depending on what the

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student needs after school um in the evening um and the case load is can be up to about 25 to 30 students for the clinician. What what type of commission is it? >> Social worker.

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>> Would they be open to like giving us statistics on the work they have done? Obviously, no individual student information, but accurate information on on what they provide for our district. >> Yeah, I can I can get that to you. I believe it was in the initial um

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referral because we did do an RFP for their services. This is a renewal, but a year ago we did an RFP for these services. >> Yeah, we have enough data now to look back what they have done for the district. So, I'm interested to see um

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how we utilize the services. >> Okay. So, this is there any other questions? And I can get back to your question, Amy, regarding the attachments. You want us to vote on the attachment that is attached to

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these? >> I just need a minute to take a look at it, but if there are any board members that have other questions about the agenda, I'd be happy to answer them or Mike can answer them. >> My last question is 15F um East Wick College. How is this share program different from the county share time

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program? >> Is it a similar program? Eastwick is Eastwick is what is one where who we partner with to run our trades program >> meaning >> they're in house >> it's for our own our kids here in house

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at our trades program at the high school >> gota so it's false took I read the agreement very quickly so that that's where the home office >> so we we receive we get the the the instructor from Eastwick who comes here >> okay

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>> and administers, teaches the curriculum to our students. Okay. Here at the high school. >> And how many classes are they offering currently? >> Oh, we have about 60 students in the program. >> That's wonderful. I just want to >> It's their full sections. >> It's wonderful.

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>> Send their kids to >> correct >> savings time. I was looking really quickly at the amendment. It's showing that it's dated June 1st. Um, and then the contract is for 12 months. And the first one, as you

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pointed out, ends in November. So that's why it's June and not July. Contracting. >> Michelle, just >> the services agreement is for July 1st to uh the end of following November. And

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then the amendment includes June 1st, which is why it said June to November. >> I just read it. >> Oh, sorry. I just It wasn't the first time I read it, but I had to reread it. >> I was I figured you were answering the question. So, since I had just read it Sorry. >> Yes. No, I was answering you slick. I'm

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trying to reread this. I just have a a comment because I went in I was in a township and they had a vocational school where people came from all over out of district to learn. >> Is that ever a possibility with us to

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turn that into something revenue source? >> Yes, it is a possibility. It's just it's competitive. >> So, and our space we have to make sure we have enough space um to house additional students. And right now we

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have space for for for our students because it's in that in that um in that program in that building outside of the high school. Um but it is there is a possibility for it to become a revenue source should we have the space.

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>> I just have a comment on 4F. I would like to thank Mrs. Church for her donation of children's books to the school to library. I don't know if she >> I have one procedural question for 3B. Pretty much the entire bill is effective. How do we vote on something?

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>> You abain on your name. >> Just your name. >> Any other questions? Okay, moving forward. So, moving forward, we're will now hear comments from any members of the public.

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State your name and your home address for the record and begin your comments. You will have three minutes to uh make your comments. May I have a motion to open the floor to the public? >> Motion RTOR, second Perez. All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Any abstensions? The floor is now open to the public. If anybody wants to comment, >> uh, my gospel 230, uh, yesterday morning I was on vacation with my family text.

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There was a a gentleman in California >> spreading information about my son. and it was posted into a 14 page. It was really disturbing that this man

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60 years old finds my son on Tik Tok where my son has nothing to do or anything that says for New Jersey and then this gentleman has me part of a

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board of ed about a matter that's been settled five months ago. Right? There's still a moratorum on new clubs, right? So, this is old news. But how did this 60-year-old man

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all of a sudden post this and simultaneously get into a fourthly run administered probably by some of your friends and your friends

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that don't have aliases. These are people that you know that you hang out with that support you just jumped on my son calling him a bigot and all this nonsense as a father I keep saying this

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rhetoric is hate from your friends not my friends and one thing that everybody should know about me. I would never ever ever in my life say anything about any one of your children negatively in public.

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Now, but your friends are piling on. Now, if they want to pile on me with their lies about me, that's one thing. But this is a 16-year-old child that's getting hammered by your friends

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and we say children are off limits and all of you keep letting this happen instead of being having the courage to say hey can you stop it I don't care if you like the kid or not or agree with

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the kid's ideological stances he is a student in for high school and I am a board member of the Poly School District. This is piling on a 16-year-old kid. And I'm sure if this was happening to one of

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your children, you would be here right here now. These are your pranks disguised as aliases and and playing out saying stuff about my son. Again, you want to say they want to say lies about

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me. I'm okay with it. I'm a big boy. But for God's sake, can you tell your friends to calm down? Leave my son alone. This whole matter is done. There's a moratorum. The chances of his club ever coming into this school

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district is zero. So why we keep pounding him? Intent with intention. Don't tell me it was spur of the moment that this guy from California all of a sudden picked Mike Osel and Dylan Oel

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out out of the blue and it just happened to be in a fourl these are your friends and I ask I say this to all your friends you ever want to meet I'm always getting through that tell me straight to my face but they don't have the courage to do it

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next thing speaking of courage Zoom. >> I watched Mr. Goodman come up here so many times. >> Yeah. >> Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry. Your time is up, sir. >> Give me one moment, please. >> Just one moment. >> Wait, wait. You asked Wait a minute. One

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second, please. You asked a question. Let the board president respond. >> Please let the board president respond. >> Public comment. >> Let not escalate. >> Okay. I'm just making subscribe to the rules of protocol that he seems to ignore. And I can't understand how you

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all could just say no Zoom. Michelle, you use Zoom routinely, right? >> Please address your comments to the board chair. >> So all to the board chairs, you all for

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the most part use Zoom. So you one person comes in here and just shuts it down. and you all stay quiet. There's parents with special ed students that would love to go on here.

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There were parents that have two jobs and they'd like to come on. >> Mr. My question comes down to you in new business. Will you bring it up for a motion? >> Mr. Oso, your time is expired. >> Anyone else that would like from the public that would like to come up and

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make comments? mouth. >> Hi, I just heard from your report there is a summer program address. >> Oh, can we have your name and your address, please?

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>> Yeah, my name is Gaza. I live in Ling Park in Ling Park and I was teaching before I retired I was teaching in city college in New York and uh since I retired so I'm doing the more just sort

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of trying to initiate some after school STEM education program to this enrichment because what we see a lot of things Now textbook a lot of thing it doesn't come

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in textbook so student had to learn after school particular for this summer we designed three week uh online intensive workshop and this is called the AI assisted design workshop and I

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have three weeks first part is the robotics in person sorry physical AI part. The second part is uh basically using like a cloud or um codeex. this

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part advanced AI programming and try to help student uh generate some application a and a third because I teaching this AI assisted art design

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with scientific thing and and nothing like a museum or learning center this all the things digitalized things okay purpose The main purpose actually is for two national competition. One is

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congressional app challenge. Another is a presidential AI challenge. The last year I supervised the three high school team for presidential AI challenge. It is the first time. So for me is also the

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bigger learning process and I thought it very very um very educational to me and I had a one team from high school another team is a one high school student one academy another tech three

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student and another team is college affiliated high school team everyone subject submit the project for students only get certificate of participation the recognition even you

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didn't get sort of like a um number one in that kind right but particular for app challenge app challenge is running in the district level so I belong to

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five district and I had I just to chair one chair um two copies of the document relevant document. So I I wish to collaborate with um what to get the most

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you know our help our student to participate this national um championship national challenge of teaching. >> Thank you for your comments. >> Anyone else from the public that wants

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to comment? Good afternoon. >> We need your name and your address, please. >> Thank you. >> 809 Harvard Place for New Jersey 0724. Great to hear you.

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I emailed all these an issue. There's a small ship about uh the high school about the hours. Did you all get it? Yes. >> Okay. I just wanted to know since it's a curriculum, since it's mandatory for all

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the kids that high school put in their hours or have hours, why can't we have it on the report card? >> Question. >> That all of your questions? >> No. >> Can you please ask all of your questions and respond? >> Thank you.

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>> And I also wanted to do what my go said about the Zoom meetings. Uh, I heard you have uh papers in uh with the House of Representatives and all of our congressmen about you guys not doing Zoom meetings and I'm waiting for I have

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a few responses back and I'm looking for more responses. Um, Mr. Yeah. I just don't think it's it's right that you exclude the parents in on our means just because we have to work and be with our kids. Does that seem fair to you guys?

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Did you guys get to go to your your kids talk with your kids? I just don't think it's right. I think you're excluding parents from being here for their education. So, I plan on changing that somehow somewhere some way. So, just letting you

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all know that. All right. Before the new school year starts. So, I'm with Miss Mr. also here though I'm back to zooming. All right. >> Are you done with all your questions?

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>> I'm done with my questions. >> So is >> I won't respond to the Zoom meeting um comment, but as far as the high school the report card, that's something that we will have to look into. It's my understanding that it's a graduate. It's

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an internal graduation requirement that it is listed on the report card. >> I understand it's not back and forth. >> Okay. >> I'm just clarifying. I just want to clarify. That's all I want to clarify what what the issue is so you guys understand. >> Okay.

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>> I gave you my response. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Okay. Anyone else? Okay. With that, can I have a motion to clo Can I have a motion to close public?

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>> Motion, Victor. Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> Opposed? Any abstensions? Okay, moving on to resolutions. May I have a motion to approve items 1B to 60B?

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>> Motion Rictor. Second Lopez. Roll call, please. Aspires. Kang. >> Yes. Except for saying my name on preb. >> Yes. I have my name on a few days ago.

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Miss Gos, Mr. Gson, excuse me. >> Uh, yes. Um, and same thing I'm saying from 3B online. >> Yes. And I'm saying my name on Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. Same. I'm saying my name on three

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weeks. Mr. Mcunan. >> Yes, but I stained my name on three. >> Miss Perez. >> Yes, but I state my name on three. >> Miss Recctor.

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>> Yes. >> You're standing on three babies. >> No, I'm not. No, she doesn't have to. >> I'm not on three. Is that mistake my >> Noble? >> Thank you then, Mr. Morel. >> Yes. And I've stay on my name on three

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bigs. >> Okay. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to approve items 1 CR to 3 CUR? >> Motion. >> Motion. Richtor. >> Second. >> Second. Cot.

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Aspires Kang. >> Yes. Miss Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Goslin. >> Yes. >> Miss Cotang. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lopez.

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>> Yes. >> Mr. McTieran. >> Yes. >> Miss. Perez. >> Yes. >> Miss. Rtor. >> Yes. >> Miss. Morell. >> Yes. Can I have a motion to approve items 1 F

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through 15 F? >> Motion. >> Motion Curry. Second. Ra. Roll call, please. >> Miss Fires. Pen. >> Yes. >> Miss. Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Goslin.

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>> Yes. >> Miss Coten. >> Yes. I don't need the nickpina. It's July 1st to June 30th, 2027. >> Mr. Lopez, >> yes.

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>> Mr. McTurnan, >> yes. >> Miss Perez. >> Yes. But actually the amendment on Martinez in June 1st, so just >> what's going on? >> Nothing. Sorry, we're being Yes,

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>> Mr. Rector. Yes, >> Miss Morel. >> Yes. May I have a motion to approve items 1 P through 17P? >> Motion. >> Motion. Richtor. >> Second. >> Second. Curry. Roll call, please.

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>> Miss Buyers. Pen. >> Yes. >> Miss. Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Goslin. >> Yes. >> Miss Coten. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. Mr. McTurnan,

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>> yes. >> Miss Perez, >> yes. >> Miss Richtor, >> yes. >> President Morel, >> yes. >> Okay, moving on to old business.

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Anybody have any Does anybody have any new business? >> I'd like to say something. >> Hi. I want to say to um all of the families that the graduation was beautiful and congratulations to all of

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the students who graduated and I want to wish them the best of luck on the next chapter of their lives, whatever it may be. I hope that they are safe and happy and surrounded by people that love them and find great friends and I really

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enjoyed it. Um and that's about it. Thanks. Thank you. Anyone else? May I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion Rictor second coang. All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Any extensions? Good night everyone.