[Music] good evening and welcome to the Franklin Township Board of Education meeting today is Thursday June 16th can I get a roll call please miss Desai Mr grippo yes Dr Hopkins Mr Jackson here Miss Maris Mr Shaban
pres m s here Dr Smith here here thank you and for the record Lori marris Dennis Hopkins and Nita Desai all let us know ahead of time that they wouldn't be able to make it John can you read the open public meetings act please yes in accordance with the open public meetings ACT public law 1975 c231
Sunshine Law copies of this public meeting notice were sent to The Courier News the home home News Tribune The Star Ledger the Franklin reporter tap of Franklin Township Franklin Township Clerk manager district schools offices and associations P presidents and post it on a district website thank you can I get a motion to adjourn to confidential so move moveed by emman seconded by second Mike all in favor opposed we are joury to
confidential to discuss confidential matters including employee employee matters and contract negotiations minutes of the confidential session will be made public when the reason for confidentiality no longer exists and we're adjurned good evening and welcome back to the Frankle Township Board of Education regular meeting today is still Thursday June 16th can um bill will you read the pledge of Alle will you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance
please IED Al to the FL 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 thank you Sammy will you read the mission statement please what did she
say Franklin toship schools Embraces its diversity Fosters excellent education Innovation and empowers all students to achieve their Highest Potential thank you can I get a motion
to adopt the agenda with the following revisions moving the public hearing on the student safety data report until just before new business so mov moved by emman seconded by seconded Sammy Sam um Sammy all in favor I oppose okay and now we on to our presentation from Zu fall Health Center John sure thank you
whoa that really carried so we have with us tonight um if you recall last month I made mention that we were fortunate to be able to work with uh Zu fall health centers in in securing a grant that will allow us to bring or allow us to open eventually a school-based uh Health Center for the benefit of our stud students so with us tonight to talk a little bit about uh the goals of our program is uh Miss Fran
pal Fran is the Chief Operating Officer for Zoo fall and she'll give you a little background and I just want to thank you Fran you've been wonderful to work with so far and I look forward to furthering our partnership thank you likewise uh thank you so much for having me uh to the uh the board and and the public who is present um I will hopefully let this Clicker work uh I've been with the Zu fall Health Center for a little over eight years now and I send regrets on
behalf of our CEO Eva turbiner who would have liked to come herself but unfortunately is out of state right now so she uh sent me uh in her place and uh we are very excited to begin this partnership with uh Franklin Township um to bring help
back on the organization and uh there we go and um our our goal our mission is to provide access to quality affordable culturally competent Care Health Care to we say people and communities um obviously we're not providing care specifically to an entire Community but we know that we
have to take into account what's happening in the community that affects also the individuals and vice versa our overall vision is that we're creating equal access to Good Health we know that when people are in good health then they have U the opportunity to take care of other things in their life um and bad Health can get in the way of that obviously finishing school getting in the way of uh gainful employment so we've actually just celebrated our uh little few years ago
our 30th anniversary and uh we were established in do by a physician and his wife he retired and um his wife said you just can't hang around here all day let's do something and so they started volunteering said there's people in the community that that need help let's see what we can do and they gathered up a few friends and they just started helping people who didn't have access to healthcare um the the need was great more and more people came and over time things formalized into the organization
that it is uh now and we are a nationally recognized for our quality uh Federal it's called the federally qualified Health Center but that basically just means we we are still an independent organization but we meet a whole set of federal standards um that uh are set in place to make sure that we're doing quality work serving the community our Focus although we will serve anyone who comes in our doors um our focus is on serving those who have
barriers to care which typically includes um low income um and sometimes uh lack of health insurance um other challenges uh we have special focus on serving people who are dealing with homelessness migrant seasonal Farm Workers residents of public housing and veterans in particular as it relates to Dental services and so we do offer medical dental and Behavioral Health Services um to adults and
children so we serve in in last last full year 2021 we served over 41,000 patients and 175,000 visits so we're we're we're meeting a lot of uh of need for a lot of folks um 75% of our patients are under 250% of the federal poverty level um great majority are uninsured a little over half um almost 3/4 identify as
Hispanic um and um 66 say they'd feel more comfortable if they could speak uh their original language so we we do um try our best to meet those uh those needs so why do we want a health center in a school well um there's as I mentioned a lot of reasons why and I think that the district also feels the same way otherwise we wouldn't be um embarking on this endeavor together um
but uh if you're sick you just can't focus on the other things that you need to do and the family can't focus on providing income to the family if they're tending to issues of illness as well uh and so our goal of course is generally prevention uh we'd like people to know how to live a healthy life and give them the tools to do that um but naturally there's also illness to deal with as well and so um but for children a lot of it is thankfully focused on prevention so
immunizations um and all the things that kids need to be successful in school so I'm not going to read you all of this uh but it's it's uh available I hope to everyone um that uh it's recognized that those that uh don't have access to healthcare miss a lot of school and families miss work and that's getting in the way of the family being successful so bringing the services closer to where the kids are um is is beneficial for the
families and that's what we're hoping to do so what are our our next steps we've been working uh meeting regularly uh since we've U been awarded this grant so that we could begin Services as quickly as possible our ultimate goal is to establish onsite services are on campus I should say because it's not within the school but outside on the school on campus at Hillcrest Elementary for the benefit of the entire District um but this going to take a little while and we
have to look for some additional funding to be able to renovate the building for medical purposes and in the meantime however we are lucky enough to have a mobile medical vehicle which is we call it a van but that makes it sound little it is a mobile home it is very large it actually has two exam rooms and um we are able to use that in the interim so we'll be starting in July weekly um in the parking lot with the vehicle so that we can work with the children who are in
need of school physicals Wellness physicals immunizations all the things that they need for for starting school so we want to encourage everyone to encourage your neighbors to get their kids in early don't wait until the end of August so we'd like to spread it out over the summer the best that we can and then we'll be working in conjunction with the school district to to make sure that we are available um on an ongoing basis on at hours and times that uh make the most sense uh for for both of us uh and so we
hope to begin expanding uh our availability in September or whenever we we figure out how it be done there's a lot to figure out still but we're really excited about the collaboration everyone has been super welcoming um at the district and we're U very hopeful that this will be really wonderful partnership so um I'm happy to answer oh the next slide was supposed to be there
we go that's a flyer that uh we have provided to give to that I think has already been shared with um many of the families to invite them to come and uh get services at the medical van I checked in today to see if we'd get any phone calls so far and we have gotten a few so that's that's good news um I'm happy to answer any questions if there there are any and otherwise thank you Sammy do you have any questions yes um just can you quickly
give us an overview I know you mentioned it but if you could just reiterate the services that you can handle here and what services you really don't handle just give us like a broad overview so in the in the beginning we'll only be doing Wellness exams school physicals and immunizations because we we have limited capacity and we want to make sure that that that part gets done however at our facilities and it does seem like either a slide was missing or I um there is a
little map which shows our our all of our offices so they're closest offices if someone needs full services in term uh probably is our Somerville office we also have one in Plainsboro um at the at Princeton hospital um so we'd be happy to help facilitate people getting to those offices and there we will do um everything primary care doctor would do we're we're basically think of your primary care doctor right so we'll um see you when you're sick and we'll tell
you when it's time for preventive care um we're not an emergency room I mean when we say we do a cute it's more of like oh I'm sick today right and you don't necessarily run off to the ER you call your doctor so we'll see people same day visits for things that they are are ill and then um General primary so we do at some of our facilities not all we're working hard um we'll also refer for Behavioral Health if there's behavioral health issues and we also
have dental services um so that uh if someone needs Dental Care great demand for dental services we can't um grow that fast enough um so that's generally a little bit of a weit to to get that uh kind of an appointment um we do hope at some point we'll be able to expand to add Dental Services here in Franklin as well um probably also through mobile services uh at least to start so um children and of course adults uh we are
also offering Services the same in the same way so dealing with chronic disease um as well as um all all the prevention that is necessary depending on your age and situation great Ju Just Another question or two so uh in terms of making appointments is is it walk-in only or can you make appointments before we very much like appointments um uh it's not that no one that we don't take
any Walkins it's just that it's easier to make sure that we can balance our availability um so we encourage people to call um make an appointment um and again if once someone's established patient and they have a an urgent issue we'll always try to see them as quickly as possible depending on their circumstance um help them determine if it's something that's urgent they should should go to to an ER or urgent care and um but in general we we encourage appointments great and then I
guess my final question is the is there any prioritization between the students families and the community at large uh you know because I'm sure that this is uh you know a limited commodity that we need to spread across many people so how how do you do that so for this project we have we prioritize first the school children themselves um we hope to have the capacity to expand to families so if
Johnny is in kindergarten but has a three-year-old uh brother we'd like to be able to at some point serve the family um Mom Dad Grandma um as well but for right now for just the summer it's it's going to be limited just to the students okay great thank you great initiative thank you so much Bill do you have any questions yeah and John maybe you could I had a little trouble hearing you with the mask on man with with the hours of operation
can you go over that again for this well only thing I can tell you about right now is the summer it's going to be 8:30 to 3:30 on Thursdays beginning July 14th and when school's in session we don't have that established yet then we'll have what we we don't have that determined yet we've literally had this going for about four weeks weeks now maybe five uh so we're we're we're working through the process of of a getting an agreement um worked out so
that everyone's clear um about what what will happen and then uh we'll work on establishing the protocols for for the fall yeah Dr ravali on just logistical with the security and people parking and coming on campus a couple of people asked me about how that's going to be managed maybe you could make some comments on it sure Fran and I have had conversations about that obviously and uh at first again the scope is limited to just
school students and of course she's already met on two occasions with our or at least one our fabulous nursing team um all of them who I told you would be very excited about this and were they not they were they were and um so they'll be working with us on you know that appointment type of situation with students during the year we just don't know how it's going to look because the challenge quite honestly is there is no facility and there certainly won't be a facility at the beginning of the year so we got to figure out um you know when
would be the opportune time to roll in a 40 foot looks like motor home to um to provide service and obviously too we want to provide service Wellness visits immunizations those kinds of things at times when if it's not an immediate care situation obviously when times when we can not disrupt the day not disrupt the child's learning um so there's a lot to work out and uh I think you're being
generous I don't know that we've even had five weeks forand but um we were excited to learn we did not in full disclosure get the award right away we scored high but we were passed by and it wasn't until a second round of funding became available that the federal government came back to Zu fall and said hey congratul ations and that was only a short time ago probably about a month beginning of May if I recall so it's been a really short window of time um
but we are going to work through all those Logistics and as I had shared with many people and of course we met with the Hill Crest faculty not long ago because it will be based there eventually and why Hill Crest that was the the best spot uh we weren't infringing upon uh the other organization that offers similar service in New Brunswick um but yet it was in an area where it appears to be of most need um and we did that by determining uh students who um would have qualified for
uh Title One type Services free and reduced lunch type services and which as you saw by the statistic is um a a you know a a determining well not a determining Factor but it seems who's the mission of Zu fall and uh students non-insured so we looked at all of that and friend and her folks did their thing and of course we had to be conscientious about not infringing upon uh area of
another provider that's in New Brunswick while you know still being in an area that serviced our students best and that's how we ended up in the Hillcrest area so um yes the short answer is Bill we're very conscientious obviously we don't want to put anybody In Harm's Way but we also want to provide this wonderful service to many of our students who um go without out so we're looking really really forward to the partnership do you have anything else Bill Bill do you have any other
questions anything else Bill he good Walter do you have any questions Fran thank you for the presentation it was really great uh my question is for the students um what type of paperwork or documents what they need when they pay you guys a visit so we do ask for some information unfortunately uh so a general registration form which obviously we need the demographic information names address phone number how to contact
people um we do ask if they'd like sliding fee discount uh we we we offer sliding fee uh discounts which means we take into account the family size and income when we establish fees uh and so our our we we do not deny care for anyone who can't afford it but we do ask for some evidence that that um that that's actually the situation so um a pay duub um from the parent uh whatever
they have that that shows it um in cases where they have a job that doesn't provide any proof um we will take an attestation where they uh basically promise US that that's what that that's the truth and um we do ask for of course like all medical offices some background information if they've been getting care elsewhere we'll um we'll you know some history information although for children it's generally immunizations that we're looking for and we can usually get that through the state um o it's NJ I of which and don't make
me say what it is it's something it's the state Registry of immunizations for children I don't remember the AC what the acronym stands for so we can usually get that once we get their permission uh we can access that information uh and that's that's pretty much it Mike do you have any questions no thank you artman do you have any questions I do thank you very much for the presentation I have a very quick
question how would you ensure that a child is feeling safe if the child is not able to communicate in English the majority of the patients we're currently seeing um Spanish as their uh language and we do our very best to hire as many bilingual staff members as we can that that's hard for you know doctors and nurses um because we need their skills not just their language but all of our support staff pretty much almost everyone is bilingual
so our medical assistants people who are helping us at the front desk registration um and when we don't have that available we do use telephone interpretation service um if we don't have someone who can be present to to interpret um and we do of course all all of the staff training and cultural competence um to make sure that they're as relatable as possible uh to people who might have a different cultural
background thank you thank you very much Fran for a wonderful presentation and um we've been trying to get this to work for a while so it's it's really good that we're going to be able to start it in the capacity that we can so thank you so much great thank you uh I just want to take an opportunity one more time to thank Fran for giving of her time to come out here and talk
about this I look forward to continuing our partnership I know we've got lots of work to do um but we'll get it done and uh thanks again and for the members of the public who might have questions we will have the public comment period so they'll be able to a ask those questions and friend we're certainly not going to make you stick around um and go through through all the other uh uh recognition presentations we have but uh if there are any questions I can't handle we'll jot them down and Miss Clark or I will
get them to you for an answer all right and then we'll get back to somebody so thank you thank you very much do we have our student representative um not not this evening okay I know it's the end of today's prom
tomorrow we'll have a brand new one and we'll have a brand new one next year okay um so now we're going to go on to what y'all are here for is our recognition of our service of professional and support staff can I get a motion to open that please so move to move by emman second and by second uh Walter all in favor okay Mr banano would you care to read off the names of our wonderful
staff that one should work V some first if the board members would like they can step out to the front of the table and for those retirees and those moving on who endeavored to come on out tonight and you'd like to wish them well in their future endeavors we can certainly do
that I'm so proud good evening everyone welcome uh congratulations to all of our retirees we're we're s sorry to see you go but we hope and wish you a long happy healthy retirement and
uh pursuing the next stage of life here so I will read the names if you're here um I'll do it by location please come up shake hands Miss Schneider there will uh have your plaque uh for presentation so we'll start with the buildings and ground staff we have uh Mr Anthony panzarino and Robert Anderson if either of those gentlemen are
here and also from buildings and grounds Mr ketta but Mr ketta has a uh resolution that will be read a little later um from the central office uh Miss Carolyn Armstrong Miss Marlene kma Miss Roberta Mitchell and Mr Ed Ward if any of those moving on to Claremont Elementary
School Miss Ivon bell osagi Miss Michelle Sidwell Miss Carol Kinowski and Miss Cynthia Misa any of those folks are [Applause] here uh from Conor Road Elementary School and um both of these first two names are worth uh pointing out we have Mr Russell
Hall who was a custodian here for us for over 40 years uh which is just an amazing achievement and uh also from conal Dr Donna Sila Bernett 41 years in District if if I'm not mistaken this was Dr Brett's only workplace uh after college so that again an amazing achievement also from Connelly Road School Miss Joy kachinsky who I did see there she is come on right up
here miss monter Kazi and Miss Rosemary Verona [Applause]
from uh Elizabeth Avenue School Miss Kimberly Dano Mr Timothy Miner [Music] Miss Miss Pat Sanchez Miss Debbie
hence oh there's I didn't see you there Pat I'm so sorry congratulations and Miss Debbie hence don't believe is [Applause] here finally from Elizabeth Avenue School who I do see in our audience here Mr Haney Mr John Haney principal uh who spent 12 years as principal of Elizabeth avue School um
and leaving us to go on to greener pastures should we say still you're still walking
Mr hany Mr hany from Franklin High School uh Miss Gan [Applause] Pacifico Miss Ernest CH Bryant Dominica
latinski Miss Ellen Bey Miss Sylvia [Applause] Fletcher and Miss Linda Miller Franklin Middle School at uh Hamilton Street campus we have Martha CAD excuse me Martha
[Applause] camarada Miss Diane mcferson and Miss Amy [Applause] Nelson from Franklin Park School Miss Michelle Stevens [Applause] Miss Laurel Kane and Miss Bella
[Applause] Bellos uh all continuing with Franklin Park School Miss Janice Lawson Perez Miss Selena aosta lis Miss Cheryl Corbett Miss Judy Williams and Miss Beverly
[Applause] Roberts from Hillcrest uh Adrien [Applause] Alexander and Miss Robinson Quirk Christina Robinson Quirk from McAfee School Miss Francis Will Wilson and Mario [Applause]
obesso pyen Grove Manor School Miss Lori gross and Miss Laura [Applause] Anderson from Samson G Smith School Miss Valerie northy Miss Melanie tude [Applause] Abel lockart Robert [Applause]
delilo and last but not least I Believe Miss Florence ralp from [Applause] Transportation uh all we have left our administrators and uh resolutions so I'm not sure if you want to read the resolutions individually
sure so we'll start with Miss carollyn Armstrong whereas Dr Armstrong a lifelong supporter of Franklin Township School District has served as the English teacher from has served as the an English teacher from 1994 to 2008 as supervisor of English 612 from 2008 to 2022 and whereas during this period of leadership Dr Carolyn Armstrong has clearly consistently and tirelessly
worked with the community parents staff Board of Education and superintendent of schools to Champion promote and Advocate programs services and opportunities for the benefit of all students staff and the community and whereas Dr Carolyn Armstrong demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created an era of achievement and growth for the students and the staff under her supervision a
standard for all to follow and whereas Dr Carolyn Armstrong has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision of the future of education for all the children of Franklin Township now therefore be it resolved that the members of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools of the township of Franklin Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to express their deep gratitude and affirmation to Dr
Carolyn Armstrong a true warrior for life for her Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and community [Applause] all right letter C is for a resolution from Mr Joseph ketta whereas Mr Joseph
caretta A supervis a excuse me a supporter of Franklin Township School District has served as the assistant supervisor of custodial services from 2005 to 2010 supervisor of Maintenance grounds from 2005 I I apologize there's an error here it's uh assistant supervisor of custodial services from 2005 to 2010 and custodial Services Su supervisor of custodial
services from 2018 to 2022 and whereas During the period of leadership Mr Joseph ketta has clearly consistently and tirelessly worked with the community parents staff Board of Education and superintendent of schools to ensure a superior level of building Readiness for staff students in the community and Champion promote and Advocate opportunities for the for the benefit of all students staff and the community and
whereas Mr Joseph ketta demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created a noteworthy educational environment for students staff and the community at large and whereas Joseph ketta has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision of the future of education for all children of Franklin Township now therefore be it resolved that the members of the Board of Education and the superintendent of
schools of the township of Franklin Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to express their deep CR gratitude and affirmation for Mr Joseph ketta a true warrior for life for his Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and community [Applause]
thank you sir I'm going to finish these up for you there Mr banano well I'm going to go the other way I'm going to go I'm going to start with Mr Ward who couldn't be with us this evening whereas Mr Edward Ward supporter of Franklin Township School District has served as a supervisor of instruction and Technology from July 1 2016 to June 30th 2022 and whereas during this period of leadership Mr Edward Ward has clearly consistently and tirelessly worked with the community parent staff Board of Education and superintendent of schools
to Champion promote and Advocate Program services and opportunities for the benefit of all student staff and the community and whereas Mr Edward Ward demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created an era of achievement and growth for students and staff under his supervision a standard for all to follow and whereas Mr Edward Ward has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision of the future of education for all the children of Franklin Township now therefore be a resolve that the members
of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools of the township of Franklin Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to express their deep gratitude and affirmation to Mr Edward Ward a true warrior for life for his Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and Community congratulations to [Applause]
Edward we have another administrator that unfortunately couldn't be with us this evening but I do want to recognize her and that is Miss Roberta Mitchell whereas Miss Roberta Mitchell a supporter of Franklin Township School District has served as a vice principal at Franklin Middle School from 2006 to 2008 Prin at Franklin Middle School from 2008 to 2012 director of special programs and projects student support services and Community Resources from 2012 to
2013 and the director of fine visual Performing Arts from 2013 to 2022 and whereas during this period of leadership Mrs Roberta Mitchell has clearly consistently and tirelessly worked with the community parents staff Board of Education and superintendent of schools to Champion promote Advocate Program services and opportunities for the benefit of all student staff and community and whereas Miss Roberta
Mitchell demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created an era of achievement and growth for the students and staff under her supervision a standard for all to follow and whereas Miss Roberta Mitchell has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision for the future of education for all the Franklin Township children whereas now therefore be it resolved that members of the Board of Education and superintendent schools to the township of Franklin Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to
express their deep gratitude and affirmation to Miss Roberta Mitchell a true warrior for life for her Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and Community congratulations Roberta want do Donna one more okay so I'm going to go to Donna who also couldn't be with us this evening whereas Dr Donna Sila Bernett a
lifelong supporter of Franklin Township School District has served as a health and physical education teacher from 1980 to 1987 guidance counselor at Samson G Smith School from 1987 to 1995 acting vice principal at Samson G Smith School from 1995 to 1996 vice principal at Franklin High school from 1996 to 2000 vice principal at Hillcrest School from 2000 to 2005 and finally principal at Connor Lee Road School from 2005 to
2022 whereas during this period of leadership Dr Donna Silva Bernett has clearly consistently and tiously worked with the community parent staff Board of Education and superintendent schools to Champion promote Advocate programs services and opportunities for the benefit of all students staff and the community and whereas Dr Donna Silva Bernett demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created an era of achievement and
growth for the students and staff under her supervision a standard for all to follow and whereas Dr Donna Silva Bernett has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision of the future of education for all children of Franklin Township now therefore be resolve that the members of the Board of Education and superintendent of schools of the township of Frankl Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to express their deep gratitude and affirmation to Dr Donna Silva Brett a
true warrior for life for her Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and Community congratulations to [Applause] Donna and we will close this portion of the recognition with the resolution for Mr John Haney whereas Mr John Haney a supporter of the Franklin Township School District has served as the principal of Elizabeth Avenue School
from 2010 to 2022 and whereas during this period of leadership Mr John Haney has clearly consistently and tirelessly worked with the community parents staff Board of Education and superintendent of schools to Champion promote and Advocate programs services and opportunities for the benefit of all students staff and the Comm community and whereas Mr John Haney demonstrated a high standard of leadership as a district administrator which created an era of achievement and growth for the students and staff under
his supervision a standard for all to follow and whereas Mr John Haney has publicly and personally joined the Board of Education in support of its vision of the future of education for all the children of Franklin Township now therefore be it resolved that the members of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools of the Township of Franklin Somerset County New Jersey do hereby take the opportunity to express their deep gratitude and affirmation to Mr John hany a true
warrior for life for his Excellence dedicated service and Leadership to the Franklin Township Board of Education school district and community [Applause] M
Clark um the this is the recognition of the school connected organization leadership whereas the Franklin Township School connected organ organizations are an active integral part of the community and whereas the school connected organizations provide essential information for educational decisionmaking financial support for student and staff activities technical assistance and other Community Resources for school activities and enthusiastic
volunteers for district and school projects therefore be it resolve that the Franklin Township Board of Education and the superintendent of schools formally Express their appreciation and gratitude for the dedication hard work and support of the school connected organizations and it be further resolved that the Board of Education salutes and warmly congratulates the district leadership of those School connected organizations we have some names here
some of whom could not make it because there was an award ceremony this evening at Franklin High School um so Franklin High School ptso and Project Graduation is our friend Nick demeglio who is at Franklin High School right now um oh moving this thing um Franklin Middle school ptso Daniel Pacino and Robert zegler if anyone is here they can also come up to GRE the board Claremont Elementary School
Kimberly Ste stefins Connor Le Road School Graham mode Elizabeth oh come [Applause] on okay oh Elizabeth Avenue School Deborah Perillo and Mila [Applause]
F okay Franklin Park School Monty Anderson Hillcrest School Anisha wad dalawa McAfee Road School Leslie PR Mo and Erica tras Pine grve Manor School Annabelle figari Franklin Athletics booster club
Marissa Gallagher and toana cotton Franklin High School band parents Gina Walker and Amy Keane Frank Franklin Township Orchestra parents Deborah zelski Franklin High School vocal music parents organization Carol Stewart and Nikki
Tatum I'll take the rest and if someone is not here or if I will make sure that they get their certificates
okay thank you very [Music] much as the board members make their way back I just want to thank again all of our school connected organizations folks don't realize or maybe you do they do so much fundraising and the support that they give a lot of our program music programs Sports programs elementary schools allow for our leaders in those programs and our kids to benefit from things they wouldn't otherwise be able
to benefit from so thanks for all you do I know it's a lot of uh it's a labor of love but we really really really appreciate your time and efforts truly so thanks so to our school connected organizations to piggyback off of what John just said we really can't do it without you and thank you for all the hard work and to our retirees thank you so much for all that you've done and we
wish you good luck in your next adventure and now we're on to Mr Wilson our student safety data report thank you
there you go set up click on testing one two okay
all right good evening tonight I am honored to present the Frankland Township Public School
District's student safety data system or ssds report for period one for the current school year the ssds period one report covers a period of time from the beginning of the school school year up and through December 31st although the SDS report focuses primarily on student
suspensions uh harassment intimidation and bullying data and the training and programs that are in place in all districts to improve the culture and climate of our schools our report tonight also includes excuse me also includes all of the data associated with student discipline that has occurred during the same period of
time the sources of that data um include uh office discipline referrals um hi investigations and the actual student suspension reports all right I want to we recognize that we recognize that this has been a very difficult year in fact we tried to uh at
the very beginning anticipate the kinds of things that we might encounter with our students and our staff coming back to full in-person regular instruction so in setting out uh the start of the year we set up some what our dis our goals for student Behavior might be they include increasing uh academic achievement meeting the social and emotional needs of students through uh
ex the current and expanding programs such as PBS and providing students and staff with a safe School environment in which to teach and to learn so in looking at the data for that period one one of the things that you'll see with this slide shows is the total number of odrs by school by school
category so we have our high school our middle schools and our elementary schools there were 437 odrs that were written for students to address student Behavior at the high school there were two 95 at our middle school campuses and in our elementary there were 68 odrs that were written now not all
odrs result in uh suspension not all odrs result in um discipline some there the the response to odrs from our administrators include anything from student warnings parent conferences uh detentions and it can also include suspension if you look at
this slide what you will notice at the bottom is the the white area the white area includes they are also odrs as well but these are odrs that did result in incidents of suspension so the point in seeing this chart is that you notice that there are um that suspensions are they're brought about through OD the
the odr process but um the majority of the odrs are handled in a different way responded to differently not all of them result in suspensions in fact only a small percentage of them do all right oops wrong way when we look at the high school one of the things we tried to identify were the top five um reasons odrs were
written cutting class um some of you have seen this report know before that pre pandemic cutting class was an area of concern it continues to be and then um followed closely by class disruptions or disruptions in the school and physical aggression and then um CDs or tobacco offenses and L
non-compliance Type um odrs or behaviors at the middle school the number one was physical aggression followed by disruption then non-compliance obscene language or gestures and in tobacco and at the elementary level physical aggression again was in the top five there were 25 of them um followed
by non-compliance classroom disruption throwing objects there were six incidents of that and possession of unsafe materials this is the representation of the number of students at the high school who were suspended at least once against the total
population um representation shows 4% actually it's just a little less than 4% um but again the over what this graph or chart shows is that the majority of our students in our at our high school they respond to um Universal Behavior correction and that does not result in
suspension when we looked at the same for our Middle School the data was almost identical and again overwhelmingly the majority of students respond to uh Universal Behavior Tech uh correction at our elementary school as you might expect with at least the number of suspensions and again that's
1% um so what backing up and looking at this what you might gather is that sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to help or assist and support that 4% of students that uh sometimes struggle with um you know complying with rules and regulations associated with our code of
student code of conduct the other part of the ssds report focuses on incidents of an investig ation associated with harassment intimidation and bullying at the high school during this period of time there were four I'm sorry there
were yeah four incidents that needed to be investigated out of the four two were confirmed and two were not at the middle school there were 21 at our middle school campuses 12 of those incidents were were not confirmed nine of them were confirmed to be harassment intimidation and bullying and at our elementary schools there was they split two and two
similar to the high school now a lot of people sometimes question about harassment intimidation and bullying so if you say it's harassment intimidation and bullying that's one thing but what happens what is it when a situation is not confirmed harassment intimidation and bullying does anything happen so the answer to that question is obviously yes
um what our administrators and our anti-bullying Specialists are trained to do is to look at the behavior first so if the behavior is a violation of our student code of conduct it is addressed in that manner so you could have an someone alleged harassment intimidation and bullying the school will handle it look at it do their investigation they might determine it is bad behavior and
issue a consequence consistent with the student code of conduct and it is also something that identifies as violation of the harassment intimidation and bullying policy they may look at it and determine that it is bad behavior violation of code of conduct but doesn't meet the standard um to be identified as a
violation of harassment intimidation and bullying so any one of those scenarios could end up happening um so you know just because you're we're looking at that and you seeing there you know that there were 16 allegations that were not confirmed Med does not mean that that behavior that prompted those investigations were not was not addressed so what do we do as a district
to promote a safe environment in our schools um and to address some of these behaviors that we were looking and anticipating coming out of the uh covid restrictions so um in terms terms of helping students to resolve conflict it's one of the things when you look at that data it tells us that what we need to do address conflict so we do a number
of things we through our counselors or Sachs um to help students to solve problems to teach how to address issues to set uh identify what is acceptable and what is not we provide students with support and I'm saying students but our staff also benefit from these things too in how to identify stress how to manage it and
what to do when you're feeling stressed um we provide a number of different kinds of trainings and programs for our students and staff and I also should say that we invite the community often times to participate in some of these kinds of uh programs to help uh change the culture and climate of our of our school and our
community so as you can see here these are things that are are being that are offered because we look at the data and there's a need to to to address it so whether it be suicide uh prevention or um substance abuse or how to deal with anxiety or depression um or other uh you know um how to connect with with and build relationships you know we provide
that through a wide number of resources um recently one of the things that we were doing through the social emotional uh learning was setting up um activities that c caused individ uals to self-reflect so if you look I'm just looking at some of those things and sharing with you January for example was self-awareness month February
self-management SE March social awareness April uh responsible decision making May relationship building skills and in June um combined seal subcompetencies and ENC en Compass a lot of the things that we've mentioned we do we provide peer mentoring as well as other
mentoring for our supports for our students um this is the connections program that you see here which it has high school students in grades 11 and 12 working with middle school grade middle school students and grades uh six and seven teaching build uh leadership skills problem solving skills relationship building uh and uh um you
know that this is offered they have a camp in the summer and then they start their program during the school year and it goes all year we have a number of other uh peer mentoring teen pep um we have some adult mentoring at the the high school that includes uh recently or graduates um of our high school who come back and work and
provide services to our current students at the high school building relationships not just during the school day but also after school providing them with supports we provide education on the dangers of substance use and abuse um so you know that information is shared in a number of different ways through through our classrooms through our students um and to our community
it's put in uh it's available on our website it's available through a number of other activities as well um so we're doing an awful lot uh I think the key takeway way from all of this is that you know the strategies that we are putting in place work for the majority of our student
population but for those students who need additional support we're providing that too so as those you know some of those students that are being suspended might be involved in multiple suspensions but we have we have we identify them and we provide them with support um so I would like to um one of our our our the Frameworks that we use
to help us coordinate all of these supports and services is PBS or the positive uh Behavior Support model we use that to I to look at data and identify um where we need to F put our focus and focus our energies um all of our schools and I'm proud to say we are a PBS District which means all of our schools
um elementary through the high school are involved in empty implementation of PBS to solve these kinds of problems with students I am I want to call up one of my right hands here uh Sharon mcneel who is the district behaviorist uh and also who helps coordinate PBS activities just to share some of the most in fact we just got this news um so I'm going to
ask her if she would just share that so that you can that impact hi good evening um hot off the presses just a couple days ago we got word from New Jersey pbsis which is the state organization which monitors and supports schools and districts in implementing positive behavior supports we are being recognized our schools for implementing with Integrity um and Fidelity for this past year so we're going to be on their website um we'll be receiving
certificates of appreciation and we're going to be Exemplar our schools for other schools to um to use in in their developing of their programs and training and services so I'm so delighted to share that uh be on the lookout and um and again I'm so proud of all the work we're doing and um I'm grateful to be able to work with Mr Wilson in supporting our students our schools and our staff thank you [Applause]
Sharon the other part of this presentation focuses on reviewing our harassment intim the board of education's harassment intimidation and bullying policies um it is part of what we're required to do so we take this forum to share this information with our public and with our board so what is harassment intimidation and bullying um you've probably heard this an awful lot um the it is any gesture that could be
written verbal or physical um could be electronic whether it is it can be a single act or it can be a series of Acts that and and this is the key part of this phrase that is motivated by an actual or perceived distinguishing characteristic so this is the primary um criteria that the state of
New Jersey looks at in determining whether something meets that definition of harassment intimidation and bullying whether it is motivated by a person's distinguishing characteristic that could include things like race color religion uh it could include you know um membership in a group um so all of those things would be could be considered distinguishing characteristics also it has to subst
substantially disrupt or interfere with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students and it should could have the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students and last it it could create a hostile educational environment for a student interfering with the student's education or severely causing physical or emotional harm okay it would
be like a situation where a student felt like listen what they're doing what is happening I don't feel comfortable going to school I'm afraid to go or I afraid to go to the dance because those would be examples of that okay must be motivated again the criteria that our anti-bullying Specialists and our princip administrators are looking for is it motivated by membership in a protected group or class or a distinguishing
characteristic does it have the effect of insulting demeaning embarrassing or threatening to cause harm or physical harm to the victim or the victims or their property um does it create a hostile environment that disrupts and interferes with the orderly operation of the school so what to do if you encounter any of
these kinds of behaviors or feel that you are being or you were the subject of any of this bullying Behavior if you're a student and you feel that you're the victim of of bullying Behavior or you see someone else being bullied if you're an adult and you have have a child and you believe your child is being bullied or you see another child that you believe is being bullied the thing to do is to report it and to report it
immediately many times people like see things and they wait until something major happens to say oh yeah all these things happened um this happened today but these things happened in the past and although I didn't report them I'm reporting them now well the problem with that sometimes is that it's hard to get the data to support it after so so much time has passed so if you feel if you
see it if you feel that you're being bullied report it to someone who can do something about it and um if you think that you've reported it and it hasn't been responded to then you can certainly other things you can do as well you can contact like I said the you the teacher the anti-bullying specialist in assigned to the school the building principal or you can contact the board office
typically it'll end up on my desk and I can assure you that it would be addressed and okay the last thing that I have to share is about and again this is something that is a requ requirement it's Internet safety the law requires that school districts develop and um a a plan to ensure education is um provided to every
student regarding the appropriate online Behavior Uh and online use of equipment um that these protect student use of electronic communication by assigning students email accounts which we do uh which are processed through our own District server um that have filters that block inappropriate material um from their Chromebook and
that um also has a mechanism to notify um the administration teachers um when students attempt to uh access inappropriate materials or if they post inappropriate or concerning material on the internet so an example of that might be if the student posted something about self harm that would be result in a notification
to our administrators to to the building teachers so that we can react to them and we do students in grades 3 through 12 are provided education via assemblies through course work um about appropriate online Behavior um and how to use um and the use of social networking sites cyber bullying and the responses to it um if you these protections at our board
policy talking about um student use and protections um are listed in our student code of conduct so you know you can feel free to also look at that and that's it thanks Mr Wilson Madame President so I'm going to open it I'm going to open it up for questions from the board bill is the
chair I'm sorry as the chair of safety do you have any questions Bill do you have any questions or comments the only comment I have is that U as a member of the U safety and schools security committee aille myself and other members of the committee review these statistics and data at each meeting and you know look for ways for improvement so it's not just a static report but something that
we are actively looking at and listening to the U the reports and the data that we get thank you all thank you Sammy do you have any questions or comments yeah sure just a few questions thank you so much for the presentation um the 437 odrs that were in the high school how does that compar to pre-co numbers um and I know that there's been a national uptick as well and so are we in line with that National uptick are we a
little bit north of that south of that could you give me some so we anticipated that there would be an uptick and there is there is an uptick um but I don't see us out of line with the what's happening in in in our surrounding School District in fact I think we're just a little bit you know from a percentage standpoint a little bit lower but um it's still an uptick and as um Mr gripo mentioned when
we're looking at that data we we kind of look at that data on a monthly basis with our building principles and what we looking what we're looking at when we're we're looking at this data are ways that we can address or improve some of the situations that we're encountering so it
is uh something that we're constantly monitoring constantly adjusting to constantly changing and do you do you do you know what the or I do recollect what the pre-co numbers I mean does this seem significantly higher than that or is this sort of on par with what so Sammy just so we're understanding this is only the first period report what happens in October of next year you'll get all of that information but we have to cycle through the entire year okay so when Mr
Wilson comes back to make another presentation which which will be October we do that every October as per the regulation this is just about this is not comparison this is just about first quarter uh first report period cuz we have to submit the report okay we actually submitted the report but we have to report it now that the doe has accepted that report what'll happen though is after we put second period data in in October you'll get some of that
comparison that you're looking for again it's going to be really tough though because we've had you know we had one year that was interrupted then we had another year where we were cohorting and we had very little data because we had very little incidents and then this year um so I guess we could go back to pre pandemic and we could certainly take a look at that we also look at some State and National Data as well but that'll all come out in October yeah I think that' be really helpful to to look at that I thought that's where you might be going so I wanted to make sure I let you understand that that's something that we do do but it we don't do it until we
have a complete set of data okay I appreciate that um one other question I had was around the the Hib um reports that you did so I was a little bit surprised to see the Hib for the middle schools be um higher like it seems significantly higher than the high school can you give some clarity or some some sort of thoughts around that so there are a couple of things that I can kind of say in fact I was surprised I also kind of at least
thinking about coming back in September thought that the Hib numbers would be higher districtwide only because of the engagement of students in the so with using social media platforms um I think that um and and that it you know that it was not that high at the high school um I I think is commendable I think it's part of the training and also
the maturity level of our high school students um I looked at those numbers for uh the the middle school and and believe me we have conversations about that all the time the anti-bullying specialist at the two middle school campuses we're constantly trying to compare you know what's going on and looking for solutions to address some of these things and
overwhelmingly at the middle school level the um majority of those HIV investigations involve situations outside of school and social media so somebody post posted something on social media somebody interpreted the wrong way and then it caused conflict that students had to manage once they were in school so I think that's a big part of
it uh we're we're continuing to work on that I think you know maybe for the I believe that as the figures come in for the period two report it'll be a little bit different well I I guess the follow question is with the success that we're seeing at the high school or something that we can leverage down to the to the middle schools to sort of I don't know if it's I don't know what's going on that's I I just don't know yeah let me comment too I can probably help here I think you have to remember that at the
middle school level you had 7th graders who had never who came back this year who had never stepped foot in a middle school uhuh and you have eighth graders who were in a middle school for about 6 months a little more uh before they went home and never came back to their school so you had eighth graders and seventh graders who really helped to set the culture in tone for a school who had never really spent a lot of time in their school so I think those
are some of the challenges that not only by the way we're seeing because you know we're not the only sixth seventh and eighth grade middle school uh that is a pretty popular grade band for Middle School uh that's something that I have the opportunity to talk about more globally with colleagues and I think we've all um really seen that same Phenom if you will at the middle school level and like I said it's you know for the most part we have a lot of kids that
you know left as a midyear sixth grader came back as an eighth grader and a lot of seventh graders who never stepped foot in their middle school who started this year as a as a um you know Middle School student so I think that was the challenge middle schools are really really really different than elementary schools for those of you who can remember um I certainly can't but um Mr Wilson Ken he's a lot younger than me no he's really not um
but he just looks it's he just looks a lot younger than me yes um but the environment is very different there's a lot more um I don't want to say freedoms um but I mean and a lot more responsibility that shifts from teacher to student um so I think a lot of those struggles became apparent and a lot of those struggles are obviously uh correlated directly to the
pandemic and students not being in school and again we're not the only ones seeing them and not that that's an excuse we've got to do things which we've been doing to try and assimilate students and get them back uh into the swing of things um but uh you know like anything else you're looking at a first period report I think you're right Orville and I hope you are uh we hope to see that that data for second period is different uh we don't have it yet obviously because we still have a few more days but uh once it's finalized and once we get to take a look at it and
then once the doe gets to approve it and we get it back in October hopefully we're going to see a bit of a change but Sammy if I had to speculate and again I'm just speculating based on conversation based on experience of what other folks are seeing and based on our discussions uh Mr Wilson myself faculty staff um you're seeing a group of middle schoolers who for the most part had never really been in middle school and you know never had that opportunity to be a sixth grader and
transition and so I I just wanted to add to that too um so you're looking at that but I I want to because I I see one of our Middle School anti-bullying specialists in our audience but I have to say that what this says to me is that how seriously the anti-bullying specialist at all of our schools take their responsibility because each one there's a time period a time frame that's
associated with completing those investigations and our anti-bullying Specialists not only meet that time frame but they're also they're required by regulation and by our board policy to to work with all of the students who are involved to contact all of the parents who are involved to try to teach the appropriate expectations and that takes
and I'm sure I see her nodding her head because it takes a lot of time to do it and and but they do it and they do it with Fidelity so I commend them for doing it and because you know addressing that is is a lot of work so uh and the the answer part of your question too um we have to continue to educate um students at all levels um using those M materials that they can
identify with to to address these things so you know two years of not having any supervision or instruction and how to manage that and now coming back I think that's kind of what we're saying thank you thank you so much thank you Sammy Mike do you have any questions Walter I know just a comment uh Mr Wilson and the rest of the um
Safety Committee thank you for the work that you do that's nice thank you emman no thank you um Orville I actually have two questions after all these years so what are the numbers because those are some really cool workshops and programs that we're offering on everything right so what are the numbers of students attending that I know you can't answer that today yeah I don't have that those num but um but also how
are they selected or recruited so you know certain kids would would be a good fit for a program and maybe a teacher or a sack or a principal seeing that so students are referred through a wide variety of sources a principal or a vice principal might see a student who was struggling with particular behaviors and feel that he could benefit from the services of a
mentor and they might refer them or um sometimes peers refer their peers who they see who are struggling with anxiety related issues or um CDs related issues or relationship issues um teachers refer parents sometimes call asking for help and they're referred that way um so there are a number of different ways that we do it I just scratch the surface
um but we're and you know sometimes as we're looking at students Records who might have attend some attendance related issues and some academic issues kind of it sends a signal red flag to us that something needs to happen happen and we use the data then to um reach into our toolbox and pull out what we need to assist the student thank you and thank you Sharon
very much now I'd like to open it up to public comment on the ssds only can I get a motion so moved moved by emman seconded by Sammy all in favor oppos so public comment on the student safety sheet only is now open if you're on the phone please press star five otherwise please step up to the microphone and while I love the mood lighting um if maybe we could turn the
lights back up although it's kind of chill so I like it see no one I move to close the public session on this item Al you have anybody no motion to close public comment on the ssds by Bill seconded by it's really bright arment all in favor I post public comment
on now I like it public comment on uh ssds is now closed and now we are on to our superintendent report yes and I will keep it very brief uh as we wrap up the 2022 2023 schoolyard just wanted to take a moment to thank the community for their continued support uh these are unusual times for sure and the landscape we are operating in uh changes regularly I know I speak on behalf of the district
leadership when I say we appreciate the school community's flexibility and continued patience as we navigated through another difficult year our hope is next year is a more traditional one that will allow us to return to more normal operations so please stay tuned as we make plans throughout the summer months with that said I hope everyone enjoys the upcoming long weekend this week and the final four days of school next week best of
luck to the class of 2022 who we look forward to seeing off next Friday morning at Franklin High School's graduation ceremony go Warriors that was very joh thank you and I'm going to keep mine a little bit more somber um it's with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of Mrs Genevie garur the retired Samson G Smith secretary she passed away on June 5th
2022 the services were private and condolences may be sent to Richard and Lucille garur um you can get that information from Mary Clark If you so wish to do that and also uh Mr Tom D castle Jr um who passed away earlier this month he was the first principal at the opening of McAfee Road School in 1966 he served 36 years as an educator
in Franklin and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family so please join me in a moment of silence for Miss garur and Mr D Castle thank you and now we are on to comments from the public on agenda items only can I get a motion to open public comment so move move by emman seconded by Walter all in favor opposed public
comment on agenda items only is now open please state your name and address if you come up to the podium and press star five if you are on the phone do you have anyone on the
phone seeing no one I make a motion to close public comment second to close public comment by emman seconded by Sammy Sammy all in favor I oppose public comment on agenda items is now closed and we are on to our committee reports and in the um in respect for the amount of time um
this evening our curriculum Personnel policy facilities and finance committee meetings will be um submitted online so please go there and look at them and now we are on to our new business can I get a motion so moved moved by emman seconded by second Walter in the interest of time and the audience who has been sitting here for a
while I will not read all the headings so I would like to make a motion to move R1 M1 A1 through a13 B1 to b14 C1 through C1 11 and P1 through P6 the motion is for R1 M1 A1 through a13 B1 through b14 C1 through C11 P1 through P6 can I get a
motion to Second so some seconded by Sammy John can you do roll call please yes Mr grippo yes Mr Jackson yes Mr Shaban yes Miss Singh yes Dr Smith yes yes thank you and now I would like
to offer congratulations to Keon Peters our new supervisor of School counseling grades K to 8 so would you like to come up and say a few words good evening everyone I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Franklin
Township Board of Education superintendent ravali the cabinet and the interview team for selecting me to serve as the lead for the K to8 School counseling discipline I'm elated but humbled to serve in this capacity to my amazing Village of family friends and colleagues you know my journey and I sincerely appreciate the support you have provided and will continue to provide as I embark in this new place within my career in the words
of Ken Robinson the role of a creative leader is not to have all of the ideas it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel valued this will be my Mantra as I lead a dynamic team of school counselors and our service to the students families and and in support of all stakeholders of the Franklin Township Public Schools thank you again for this opportunity to serve thank
you one second and now we're on to good of the order what oh I'm sorry public comment on any item so if you'd like to come up to the microphone um please state your name and address if you're on the phone please press star five can I get a motion to open public comment so moved move by artman second and by Mike Mike all in
favor oppose follow a comment on any topic is now open seeing none Madam president I move the close to public comment motion to close public comment by Bill seconded by second what oh I'm sorry Alfred do you have anybody okay motion close by Bill seconded by second emman
all in favor opposed public comment on any item is now closed and now we are on to the good of the order Mike let's start with you uh I just want to say you know got through another year congratulations to the seniors that are going to graduate enjoy your your Summers be safe um do something great and we'll see the rest of you students next year Walter let's keep it moving uh congratulations once again to all the retirees uh rejoice and relax as much as
you can um to miss Peters Mrs Peters congratulations we are excited and uh looking forward to the amazing work that you will continue to do for our district um to the Franklin family uh the finish line is right around the corner um stand strong hold on and uh we're going to make it through enjoy your summer be safe uh real quick uh Tiana back in the day used to encourage um the
rest of the family to do a a Iraq as much as you can like Iraq is a a random act of kindness so we every now and then you know try to keep tally of our racks and we get real excited when we do one and I mean that can be anything from me being behind you at the gas station and you being encouraged to fill my tank you know whatever it may be um it's but so if if if if you can find it in
your heart to to to do some racks this summer and um you know spread love as much as you can because uh our district is not perfect but I'm pleased and proud to be uh a franklinite um and I'm pleased and excited that I'm raising my kids in this District because because we are doing some amazing things um Dr Ry um thank you for you and the rest of your team to my fellow board members thank you once again for another wonderful year and um once again enjoy your summer thank
you thank you wter Bill do you have anything yeah I'll be uh real quick uh first I want to thank the community of the school for its outstanding support in the um fund that we collected for um the family of Alani Sanchez the young girl who drowned in the home of a babysitter uh the PTO helped me with this they were fantastic and uh we'll be
presenting the mother with a gift the end of this the end of this week um secondly the RTS ceremony yesterday was terrific and really inspiring uh to see young adults move on and then uh just in the memory of Tom delcastle a principal who founded you know McAfee Road school I worked with him for many years he got a kick out of the following thing and I just do this as a a little tribute to him uh McAfee
Road school is named after a giant football player and all the streets in levit all the streets in levit that's the community right across the street from St Maas are named after Giant football players so we would sit down Tom and I and talk about the names real quick King Sutton Webster McAfee triplet Brown Kyle Lynch Patton McAfee tanell link Drake Road Landry Johnson Road
Connelly Road Greer after Rosie Greer and Frank gford gford Street and there's many more so it's just a little tribute to Tom CU he would sit and talk to the students about that cuz he was he was in the 60s and and that's when that that levit development was built so just in memory of him thank you thank you Bill thank you for I never knew that so thank you for the history lesson Sammy do you have anything yeah
just just a few comments um thank you to all the retirees uh your work is much appreciated I mean when I see decades and Decades of work uh to sustain what we have in Franklin I'm just in awe of all of those professionals that that were here for the long run and and made Franklin what it is today so my deepest appreciation to you all thank you to Dr aali and the cabinet and the entire staff that's staying on for the
challenges ahead thank you for taking on your role um it's it's it's quite a role and as you saw we we need every every person and you're stepping into a a a really uh big thing and and we look forward to all that you can bring we have a lot of confidence that you'll be able to do that um and just as a mention of juneth uh coming uh I think it behooves us to to remember um the the progress that our country has made and that we hopefully will continue to make to that every
person will feel we are one of the top 10% most diverse communities in New Jersey and um in the legacy of juneth and and uh the spread of even more equity and more uh inclusion and and things like hibs and things like that going down in our community I hope that we all continue to come together uh in that pursuit to make Franklin a place where everybody feels welcome and everybody feels like they they they have a voice and that they belong and that's all thank you so much have a great
night thank you Sammy Mar yes I want to start with saying um I see administrators in front of me and Miss Peters congratulations you joined that list and uh I can only say that I feel proud and my smile gets wider with every year with you know phenomenal people staying and being here in our town and Franklin is on a move and will continue to be on a move so I wish you
all a very happy summer four more days to go and we'll get through and I hope you all get to enjoy some relaxation some sunshine and for the administrators for their hard work work you know we'll have definitely a great New Year coming ahead of us and I wish our students staff custodians everyone connected to our school organizations our parents our
children everyone of very happy holiday season and we'll wish our graduating class A long journey ahead new areas new chapters new avenues on Friday thank you thank you artman um I would like to start out by saying we have some amazing endof year event some have already happened um such as kindergarten and prek and and fifth grade moving up ceremonies and eighth grade moving up
ceremonies and dances and concerts and and RTS graduation and so many other things that it's returned to normal um or The New Normal um so take advantage of that it's it it was really cool to be able to attend some of those events um and it makes you appreciate or reminds you of why you sit here as a board member um to it's it's our reward um going into the schools and seeing all
the things that the kids are doing because it's amazing so congratulations to our graduates from prek kindergarten Elementary School of 8th grade and especially to our graduates um class of 2022 Franklin high school graduates we've given you the tools we hope that you use them and remember that Franklin is always your home so we're always here for you and to our staff um you guys are amazing and um we can't do
this without you so thank you so much for all of your hard work and I know for many of you your year doesn't end um on Friday so thank you for that and I feel like I'm doing a commercial here but in addition to the year end of events the Franklin the Franklin Township Warrior Education Foundation is hosting their annual golf outing on Friday uh June 26th at Bunker Hill information for that will be found on
the district's website the Franklin Township football um what Monday Monday Monday the 27th oh wow I'm so close it was it's right after we graduate um the the um Franklin Township football club for the high school they are hosting a golf outing in July and the Franklin Township or the Franklin Warrior for Life Foundation is hosting their golf outing
in August all of these golf outings are fun but what they're really doing is they're raising money to support pilot programs for teachers or to support um scholarships for our students so everything that we're that these events do and these fundraisers Do similar to what the band parents do and the booster club parents and the Drama parents and all of those other wonderful School supported organizations do goes back to the kids and that's why we sit here so have a wonderful summer stay
safe be happy if you're a kid pick up a book read something while you're at the beach or at the pool and um we're adjourned [Music]
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