Good evening everybody. Welcome to the December board meeting and district medals. Happy holidays. Um I'm really happy to see a nice crowd to celebrate the accomplishments of your students and our
coaches tonight and our academics. Please rise and join me in the pledge. Antonio stage. >> Good evening. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I'll turn it over to Dr. Hazel. Thank you. >> Thank you, Antonio. >> May I have a roll?
>> Good evening. Uh, Mr. Atollo, Miss Bruno, Mr. Cap yellow, >> Miss Butcher Farcus >> here, >> Mr. Higman >> here, >> Mr. Lav >> here, >> Mr. Cob >> here,
>> Mr. Messinger, Mr. B >> here. >> Thank you. Pursuant to the public meetings act chapter 231 public law of 1975 this meeting was sent to the adbury park
for July 2nd 2025 and was advertised in the adary press this year of July 7th 2025. All the clerks of the townships and the regional high school is notified and the requirements for this meeting was met on
July 2nd 2025. I'm going to turn the meeting over to Hazel. We're going to start our district battles. >> Thank you, Mr. Bruno. Good evening and welcome to the board of education student recognition ceremony. It is
terrific to see so many students and parents and guardians and family members here this evening. I'm Dr. Hazel, the proud superintendent of the Freehole Regional High School District. I want to start by congratulating all of our award
recipients this evening for their academic, athletic, and extracurricular achievements. Each of you have worked hard for this recognition and we are so proud of you. To the parents and family members, thank
you for being our partners. Without you, none of this is possible. What I know to be true about the regional high school district, the Freehold Regional High School District, we are a district that's committed to
relationships, engagement, and growth. Reg for the regional, enabling our students to confidently develop themselves while they're in high school. We are here to help each student reach
their full potential. I want to thank our administrators, our coaches, our advisors, and our teachers for their commitment to our students, to our community, and our programs. A special thank you to our board of
education. Their time and dedication to serve this outstanding community does not go unnoticed. Again, congratulations to all of our award recipients. We are proud of you. Our program this evening is about 1
hour. Uh we are going to recognize students from all six of our high schools. I do ask for everyone's attention while we go through each of our schools awards. Uh and please remain for the entire program. I do promise you
that we will move um at a efficient pace um for this program. So please enjoy and reflect and celebrate with us our student accomplishments. We're going to start this evening's presentation
ceremony with the principal of Manalapin High School, Mr. Curry. So come on up, Mr. Curry. So congratulations once again and enjoy the evening. Thank you.
>> Thank you Dr. Hazel. Good evening. My name is Mr. Sean Curry. I'm the proud principal of Manalop High School. First I would like to thank our board of education, our superintendent, Dr. Dr. Nicole Hazel as well as the entire central office administration for providing our students with endless
opportunities to pursue their passions and help nurture our students and all that they desire at the Freehold Regional High School District. I would also like to congratulate all of our medal recipients tonight and thank you for how you represent our district on a
daily basis. Additionally, I would like to recognize and thank the parents, guardians, and family members for all the support they have provided our students throughout the years. Before we begin tonight's award ceremony, I just want to explain the procedures for all of our medal recipients. The
administrators for your school will either announce your name for an individual award or announce your team and then announce the individual names on that team. When your name or team is announced, please make your way to the stage and enter from the left side of
the stage area. Award recipients do not need to wait for their individual name to be announced. Once your team is announced by the administrator, you will walk across the stage, shake hands with Dr. Hazel and our board of education representative. If you are a team or a
group of students being recognized for the same accomplishment, please remain on stage until the entire team is announced and then you will exit to the right side of the stage and return to your seats. At this time, I would like to ask the Englishtown Board of Education representative, Mrs. Diana
Capiella, to join me in presenting the district medals for our Manalopant High School students. Our first medal recipients are being recognized as National Merit Commended Students. In order to be named a commended student, you need to earn a
selection index score of 210 or above, placing you in the top 50,000 highest scoring participants out of 1.3 million entrance. Manalopin's National Merit Commended students, when I call your name, please come up and receive your district medal.
Marian Aopika, Tar Aula, Miguel Arenas, Nathaniel Atsby, Rohan Avalor, Blake Earing, Grant, Callie, BHUTASH, Jake Chin, Joel Duza,
Ethan Fuches, Mu Davidar David Gage Grant Rich Kilaru Edmmond Lee Ryan Le Joffrey Lynn, Christy Mahaltra, Grace Nean,
Connor Pascitz, Joshua Pearl, Somay Pu Petra Rothman, Sheru Sherah, Andy Smith, Ana Takala, Lauren White, Michael Wong,
Zagar Yang Shoren, and Kevin Zeba. Congratulations to our National Merit Commended students. We also had one student named as a National Merit Scholarship Semi Finalist. This student is one of more
than 16,000 semi-finalists, which represents less than 1% of high school seniors nationwide. Congratulations to Emily Chen on being the National. At this time, I would like to call Joofi Lim back to the stage.
Joffie is receiving her second district medal as a Governor's STEM Scholar. Jo, sorry, Jophie was selected as one of 101 high achieving students in New Jersey to join the Governor's STEM Scholars class of 2026. The Governor's STEM Scholar
Program brings together New Jersey's top STEM students from high school through the doctoral level to immerse them in the state's innovation ecosystem. Through this experience, scholars connect with leading professionals, explore higher education and career pathways, conduct hands-on STEM research
and engineering designing projects, and develop critical professional skills that prepare them for future leadership in STEM. Congratulations, Joe. We're extremely proud of how well our students in the free regional high school district performed on the SAT.
The tradition of success that our students experience in regards to this test is what afforded these students the opportunity to attend many prestigious colleges and universities. Approximately 0.07% 07% or seven in every 10,000
students attain a perfect score on either portion of the SAT. I am proud to recognize seven Manalip High School students that earn a perfect score on their math SAT. Come on up and let me call your name. They are Sarah Absul,
Joseph Cardillo, Emily Chen, Jake Croft, David Peasner, Alicia Sharief, and Sager Yagam. Short. Manalopan High School also had a student earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Eagle
Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America. Since its inception in 1911, only 4% of scouts have earned this rank. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges. The scout must demonstrate
scout spirit, an ideal attitude based upon scout oath in law, service, and leadership. This includes an extensive service project that the scout plans, organizes, leads, and manages. We are proud to recognize Landon Hartung for
earning his Eagle Scout. To earn his rank, Landon worked with multiple branches of the local Manalapin government to create and display hometown hero banners honoring veterans of the military that reside in Manalapin. Landon created a social media advertising campaign to collect names
and donations of funds for supplies. He then worked with an online company in the Manalapin Department of Public Works to ensure that all banners were displayed at the Manalapin Recreation Center. This is the culmination of many years of scouting for Landon who has been a scout since the second grade with
his fondest memories coming from his camping trips specifically the summer camping trips to 10 Mile River. Congratulations Landon. In addition to the academic accolades our students have accumulated throughout the first quarter of the school year, we have had many extracurricular honors at
Manaloquin High School. Two members of our choir earned Allshore Chorus honors. These students will perform at a concert at Mammoth Regional High School on Saturday, January 31st at 7 p.m. Our representatives on the Allshore Chorus are Nika Kashure and for the third time,
Sager Yagmort. At this time, I would like to turn the program over to Manalapan High School SEA, Mr. Chris Provo, who will recognize her athletic accomplishments. >> Good evening. Athletically, Manalin is celebrating a
historic fall season. The girls soccer team won the short conference title for the first time in 38 years. And our boys cross country team finished as the number two public school in the state after winning the group four championship and finishing fourth at the meet of champions. This past season, we also had three athletes named to all
state teams, five to all shore athletes, and two coach of the year winners. At this time, we'd like to recognize our boys cross country team for their group four championship. We have Klay Stevens. Klay was also the Central Jersey Group four sectional champion. Took third at the meet of
champions individually and was named first team all state. We have Michael Black, Nicholas Formati, Justin Olison, Joshua Pearl, Matthew Butch,
Justin Romano, Jacob Gome, and Coach Brian Prrenergast, who was also named NJ.com coach of the year for boys cross country. Next, we will recognize some of our individual athletes for their personal achievements during the fall season. >> We have Jessica Abbott, who was third
team all state girls cross country after finishing 12th in the beta champions. We have Daniel Corero who was first team allshore defensive back for football. We have Nicholas, his first team
allshore utility player for football. >> And finally, we'd like to recognize our girls soccer team for their short conference tournament title. Juliana Alano, Michaela Hammerstrom, Annabelle Hanovc, Juliana Reia, Cameron
Schwarz, Mia Schwarz, Summer Tanzola, Kylie Compton, Addison Krauss, Kira Greenberg, Ariana Lake, Brooke Lord, Vanessa Selenus, Kayla Sasso, who was
also named first team allshore, Cali Bhutash, Daniela Bhutash, who was the Mammoth County Player of the Year and for first team all shore. Zena Hammerstrom, Sonia Hoffman, Joana Natalic,
Llaya Oenheimer, Constantina Papadakis who is third team all state and first team allshore, Gabriella Pazudo, Devin Rosenwag, Ashley Von, Erica Williams, and Olivia Zebro. We also have coach
John Rogers who was named short conference coach of the year and coach Carrie Lyncher. Congratulations to all of our fall athletes from Alen and I'll call Mr. Curry back to the line. >> Thank you Mr. Provo. Again, I would like
to congratulate all our medal recipients tonight. And at this time, I would like to introduce the principal wall of our high school, Mr. Jeremy. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank uh Mr. Curry and he explained that anything that's being
announced again we're not going to explain what it was. He already did that. So I do have a bunch of winners of similar things that Mr. Perry announced. So I will call their names. You'll follow the same routine are both both all three of our board members are up here um and representing how on
Farmingdale. So I'll get started. Um the first group of kids are students who are recognized through TSA. TSA was not announced yet. It's basically um a teched group and a group that works on STEM contests and they go to state and
national competitions. And we have a phenomenal TSA. Our adviser, Miss Roses, is here tonight. I think Miss Hire might be here as well. Uh so I'm going to start off the TSA National Gold Achievement Program, one of 228 nationwide and one of five from Howell
High School. Um this person received that honor. Justin Zawanatowski. Justin, come up. Another TSA National Gold Achievement Program. Jacob Degan,
TSA National Gold Program. Lilian Lton, TSA National Gold Achievement Program. Yolica Sanjuga and named to the New Jersey TSA Parliament this year which is an extreme
honor. Cameron Bestardi. We do have a bunch of commended National Merit Scholars which Mr. Curry announced. Um I'll announce the people who were able to make it tonight. First up for commended national merit, Vivian Canton,
Sherizo Petersona, Samantha Schneedettin, and we do have one of our National Merit semifinalists here tonight as well, Leila Kumar. Now, I like to call up Mr. Mian, the supervisor of extracurricular
activities, parents, students, board of education, central office. Thank you for providing us time to do this tonight. Mr. Mian, thank you, Mr. Braverman. Um, congratulations to all the students tonight. Um, it's always nice to come out here and honor all the special
things we do in this district. Um, I will be calling up our allshore uh chorus students. If you could please start heading up to the podium, I'd appreciate it. Uh, Anthony Ambrose, Offshore Coors. Rihanna,
Avery Carson, Lydia Rose Combmes, Emily Cotton, Annabella Viegas, Sandhov, Jordan Farriion, Giovana Farrell Buyers, Amelia Gia, Donovan Harris,
Ava Reya, Alexa Lazaro, Julia Lemonello, Gi, Paige Steinberg, Sophie Turnman. Congratulations to our all shore course. At this time, I'd like to call Gabriel Spiegel to the podium. Gabriel, are you
here? >> Gabriel's our finished his Eagle Scout accomplishment this year. Congratulations to to Gabriel. Gabriel went over to the Pilander soccer complex. He redid the snack stand, um, built benches and refurbished the area
so folks can sit down and and u and eat while their kids play soccer. I know both of my boys did it. Um, it's usually the first sport you can play in town and Pollanders is a is a great spot. Congratulations, Gabriel. At this time, I'd like to call one of
our girls soccer players to the podium, McKenzie Menllo. McKenzie played on our girls soccer team. She threeear starters. This year she was named first team all shore and she was third team all group four in girls soccer. Congratulations Mackenzie.
And that concludes Howell High School. At this time, I'd like to call Mr. James Brown from Freelo to the podium. >> Good evening, Dr. Hazel, members of this great board of education, central office administration, staff, Paris, honor,
guest, and the community at large. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to Dr. Hazel, our board of education, and the entire central office administrative team for your unwavering support of our students. Your commitment to providing meaningful opportunities, resources, and guidance
is instrumental in helping our young people grow, achieve, and pursue their passions both inside and outside the classroom. At Fredo High School, we will begin by recognizing our National Merit students. Students, as I call your name, please come forward to receive your medal and
remain up front until all names have been called. I would like to call our commended students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. James Ballastry, Sydney Cohen,
Daniel Dempsey, Mark Gelfin, Matthew Kulotis, Jason Fiser and Colton Turner. The next student is being recognized for earning a perfect score. You heard that right, a perfect score on the English
section of the SAT. So, I call back to the stage Daniel Dempsey. Congratulations once again. Leather medal. I got to borrow that later. I love it.
All right. In the spirit of perfection, we're going to stay with perfection. The next group of students being recognized are being recognized for earning a perfect score on the math section of the SAT. And I'm going to start with
James Bastri back up to the stage once again. Nati Batra. Congratulations Nancy Noah Chiron. And last, but certainly not least, Chilasia Veruganti.
Good job. >> At this time, I would like to call our Sika from Fboro High School to the stage, Mr. Vincent Espazito. Thank you, Mr. Brown. Congrats to all the medal honors. Tonight I have the honor of speaking about two of our top
clubs and activities from Freehold Burough this fall with the cyber security club. Please make your way to the stage. A team of four juniors from the computer science magnet program achieved a historic victory by winning first place
in the high school division at the University of North Dakota Cyberhawks National Capture the Flag Finals on October 27th, 2025 in North Dakota. The team's path to the national stage began with a rigorous qualifying round held in
September where they decisively secured first place in the high school division, earning the program's first ever invitation to the in-person finals. Competing at the University of North Dakota, the students spent time not only preparing for the technical challenges, but also networking with universities
and and building connections with the cyber security community. During the competition, the team honed a diverse and advanced set of skills by tackling complex challenges across four key domains. Reverse engineering, web exploitation, binary exploitation, and
open-source intelligence. Rashad Rangit, Carl, Arabet, Amir, GMA, Alexander, Eberhart all placed first in the high school division at the University of North Dakota. Cyberhawks capture the flag. Congratulations
At this time, if our esports club can make their way to the stage at the Garden State esports championship held at Jordan Court University, our Freehold High School esports team delivered an exceptional performance in front of hundreds of spectators. After
going undefeated for nearly the entire season and demonstrating dominant highlevel gameplay throughout, the team advanced to the championship match in the marbles rival division. In the finals, they faced Planefield in an intense, highly competitive showdown that highlighted their skill, grit, and
teamwork from start to finish. The team ultimately earned an impressive second place victory, taking their first loss this season only in the championship round. I would like to recognize our players for representing Freehold with tremendous pride and to acknowledge coach Makowski and Delano for their
outstanding leadership and commitment. This has been a historic year for Freehold esports. We look toward We look forward to continued growth and success of this program. At this time, I'm proud to introduce and recognize our student competitors. Aiden Warren,
Alan, Noah Davidson, Aiden Mills, Daniel Dempson, Jesus Perez, Aaron Weinstein, Benjamin Martine, Joshua,
Ron, and Nashir. Congratulations. At this time, I will turn it back to our proud principal, Mr. Ren. Please give our borrow students one more thunderous round of applause. I'm so
proud of you. So, so proud of you. Congratulations. We give Bur Go strong. At this time, I'd like to call out the Marboro High School principal, Dr. David Weekley. All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Firstly, I'd like to thank our board of education members, our
superintendent, Dr. Hazel as well as the entire central office administrative team for all you do to support our schools in providing so many opportunities for our students each and every day at Harvard High School. We are going to start as our other schools did by recognizing our national merit
students. My colleague from our sister school already explained that criteria. Students, when I call your name, please come on up. First, Arjun Bioati, Summer Adler, excuse me, Summer Adler, Molly Chlo, Ruben Kinsburg,
Natalie Kita, Adam Mirro, Ethan Lavau, Le Mahindrew, Ethan Ang and Dia Vajani. In addition to our National Merit Commencement Students, we also have two
National Merit semi- finalists. They are Nichollet Bnik and Zoe L. Congratulations to our commended students and our semi-finalists. The next group of students from Marbor High School that we will recognize are
our students who earned a perfect score on the math section of the SAT. They are summer Adler. We're just going to do lap. You have one more lap to do after this summer. So Yarren Cohen
Ta and Andrew Nasarella. Congratulations once again to our stu students earning a perfect score on the math SAT. Summer, I wasn't kidding. You do need another do another lap and come on up to this side. I'll turn it over to Mr. Ryden, our supervisor of extracurricular
activities. Hey, good evening. So, FBLA is one of the largest business focused career student organizations in the world. FBLA inspires and prepares our students to become community-minded business leaders through career preparation and leadership experiences. Summer is one of
our few students that even got to compete at the FBA National Competition. Not only did she compete, but Summer won first place in the nation in accounting two competition. Congratulations. Our next group of students I would like to invite up are our shore chorus
students. My colleagues from our sister schools has already described the criteria. Students, as I call your name, please come up and get your medal and remain up at the front until all the names have been called. Congratulations to each and every one of you. Our first
Enda Guru, Angela Maharaja, Giovana Cleveri, Iris Reeds, and Giovana Rosenstein. Congratulations everyone. Have a happy holidays. I'll turn it back over to Dr.
At this point. I'd like to invite up the administration from Col High School, Dr. Donahghue and Mrs. Wors. >> Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of the of Colds High School and the Couls community, I want to thank the board of education, uh, Dr. Hazel and central office administration for
putting together this evening, uh, and welcome our our parents and guardians and wish everybody a happy and safe holiday season. We're excited at Colts Neck tonight to honor a few different students and my colleague Mr. Curry already discussed the National Merit
Commended Scholar Criteria. So at this time I would like to welcome my National Merit Commened students to make their way up here and I'll call your names while you're making your way up. So congratulations to Brody Mccardi,
Gabrielle Carame, John Cersala, Lydia Baronki, Ryan Gandandy, Zack Mezer, Colts High School is also proud to honor uh two of our students as National Merit Scholarship SEM semi- finalists and they
are Sarah Eyee and Serena Sh. Okay. And Colt Snack would also like to recognize three students who are here tonight for a perfect score on the math SAT. So, if you could make your way down, I'll call your names. And uh just
a side note, that is a really impressive feat to get a perfect score on the math SAT. Um so I would like to tonight honor Amahi Ja, Kate Min, and Matthew Goro. At this time, I would like to invite up
to the podium Mr. David Zores, our supervisor of extracurricular activities at Colts High School. Thank you, Dr. Donahghue. Uh, at this time, I'd like to call up a our boys cross country team. They could start making their way around. Um, our boys
cross country team were the group three overall state champions. Uh, this was their second straight group three title and their third as a program. team members with us tonight. DGO Rudco, Don Marino,
Jay Alamalo. Jay Alamalo was also Christine Wallshore and repeated this year. He was the back-to-back individual champion in the race. Jaden Camero, Kyle Shandall,
Rowan O' Conor, and Zack Mezer. Congratulations, gentlemen. We also have another championship team with us tonight. If the girls tennis team could make their way down to the stage. The girls tennis team finished with a
record of 20 and two. They were the Mammoth County champions. They were the Central Jersey group three state sectional champions for the second straight year. And they were the group three state overall champions for the first time in program history. Team members include Abby Herman, Sasha
Vester, Esther Park, Jenna Luciano, Jillian Heiser, Gia Burma, Julia Gingleman, Lauren Arman, Malia Genar, Mikeo,
Sarah Torino, Sophia Valente, Valentino Wagar, Vira and Veronica. And also in attendance is head coach John. Congratulations, ladies.
At this time, I would like to call to the stage um the principal of the host school, Dr. Alicia Stozo. Thank you very much. Good evening. My name is Dr. Selzo and it's my honor and privilege to serve as the principal of Freel Township High School. Tonight we celebrate the exceptional
accomplishments of our students both in the classroom, in the community, and in athletics. And I'm incredibly pr proud of each and every one of you. To our parents and guardians, thank you for your constant encouragement and partnership. Your support plays a vital
role in making evenings like this possible. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Hazel and the board of education for their steadfast dedication to the students of the Freehold Regional High School District. At this time, I'd like to welcome Mr. Josh Mel, supervisor of extracurricular activities, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Higgley, Creole Township Board of Education representative to join me as we begin the presentation of the medals. We are going to start tonight as my colleague did with the National Merit Scholar students. So, congratulations to the Freel Township High School National Merit Scholar STEM finalist, Zartica
Neely. Congratulations to the following students who were named as National Merit Scholarship Commended students. Eli Drman Menan, Fabian Nell, Madelli, excuse me, Win
Freehol Township High School is proud to recognize Salvatore Regisanu for earning the rank of Eagle Scout for his Eagle project. Sal constructed an outdoor classroom at a lair village complete with a wooden
fence and benches. Congratulations S on this outstanding accomplishment. We are also excited to announce that nine members of our choir have been selected for the Allshore Chorus. When I call your name, please come forward.
Amber Overson, Marciana Raola, Kisha Shamba, Satie Bagley, Alyssa Lane, Saraphina Beloo,
Trinity Campbell, Olivia Williams, Aiden, A few weeks ago, a free township free Township High School speech and debate team. The team not only gave me some of my best friends, but also gave me the
opportunity that not enough young people today have, the chance to use my voice to speak about issues, topics, and people care about. Because of speech and debate, I was able to become a national team finalist in impromptu speaking.
Because of it, I was chosen as a New Jersey finalist for the United States Senate Youth Program, where only five high schoolers in the entire state are chosen in consideration for a Senate program in Washington DC. But most importantly, because of it, I was able to not only grow as a leader, but as a
person. My love for this activity led me to join Empower Speech, as a national head mentorship adviser. So far, we have reached nearly 32 states in the US, distributing free resources and guides to rural schools without existing
programs. I am directly able to work towards creating a future I can be proud of, one where a person's voice is never restricted by financial circumstance. I would never have been able to make a difference for these students if I had not had the opportunities that this
district provides. The continued support of my principal, Dr. myself. So, alongside my counselors, teachers, and classmates turned my dreams into reality. In all, if there is one thing Freehold Township High School has taught me, it is the value of not just my
voice, but all others. I am proud of this district in Freehold Township. Because students like me feel prepared not only for the world ahead, but for the role we hope to play in shaping. Thank you. Thank you so much, Monica.
We will see you next week at our breakfast meeting at the FiveStar Cafe at Free Hope High School. Thank you very much. >> We have um a finance meeting for tonight. Just also uh wanted to congratulate
Marorrow High School and Colts High School. Uh Marorrow High School came in first place challenge. Uh that was on December 5th. That is a business uh ethics dilemma that the students um engage in. Um they uh was on the social
media prompt but team building, problem solving. uh the students um go up and present. Uh that is in uh conjunction with the Mammoth County uh western Mammoth County Chamber of Commerce. Uh so we are um always excited to have that
partnership uh with the three whole regional high school districts and have our students compete. So congratulations to uh our first place winner Marboro High School and our second place winner High School. Um, all of our high schools right now are actively preparing uh
tutorial sessions and after school help sessions in preparation for the uh New Jersey uh GPA, the graduation proficiency assessment for our juniors. There will be afterchool classes uh to
support students in ELA and mathematics in preparation for that spring assessment. Um also we are working as a district to upgrade all of our camera systems in our high schools. We are nearly completed at
um Howard High School. Then we will be moving on to Township and also Freehold High School. We will be working three uh schools this year and we'll be completing uh the camera system in our three other buildings uh the following
school year. Um we have um we're preparing also um for our April meeting which is our uh public hearing on the budget and um meetings leading board of education meetings leading up to that meeting. Uh we will be sharing our plans
uh for our facilities uh with the uh community. >> That concludes our Mr. Now we're going to our finance committee. We had a finance meeting last week. >> Thank you.
I hope you're having a nice vacation. Um so the finance committee met on um December 4th and um just a brief summary um the um audit update because the um
federal government had been shut down um the auditor had to the audit deadline had to be um had to be reworked. Okay. And so the tenative on presentation will be at the
January 6th meeting. So it just put us back a little bit. Um actually it put the order for that. We did our pieces but in order for them to to proceed the government had to be moving forward um high school um is
going to start a pilot program um for advertising. Um we're exploring some advertising opportunities primarily in the area of athletics. Um any revenues that would be collected would be used to support
extracurricular programs and um there would if there are policy changes or additions that revisions that need to be made prior we would certainly have to do that first. So it's kind of just in preliminary stages.
probably it neck and then um hopefully things will be successful um open it up to other buildings um in this day and age any way that we can um asset some funds to support our programs um would
be helpful. The costs of reps and and people uh that we need to staff at games has grown exponentially. So, um it would be very helpful the electrical contractor bid. Um we received three
bids for electrical contractor services um and the goal is to have a contractor of record on hand as we um work to maintain our buildings um and plans of um upgrading and expanding our air
conditioning and HVAC systems. So, um the that is on the agenda for today for approval of the electrical contract. The town of Marboro um has requested um our approval for them to place a plaque at
the football field which they were so gracious to um do um for and um we're very thankful. Um so they would like to just memorialize um the plaque um to be
placed somewhere that to be decided um thankful that the um governing body of Marboro um those people that were present um during the um renovation of the field and so we certainly have more
than happy to have them be recognized for the the great gift that they gave to the district. Um, let's see. Um, Colts High School cell tower, the current tenant um that
owns the cell tower, which is no longer Verizon. It's somebody else at this point in time, reached out to the district, um, and was, um, asking if we would be willing to extend our lease. The lease isn't ready to expire until 2038.
Okay. 2038. Um but I guess what they're trying to do is put into place um things so that when the time comes um they can say to the the cellular carriers that you know everything's in order and the cell towers you know they
can move forward and continue. Um they asked us if we would be willing to renew two fiveyear terms which put another 10 years 2048. So at this point in time the finance committee thought that perhaps it we
have a lot of other more pressing issues to deal with and we would just put that on back burner and when and if the time arrives um that we need to renew we can have discussion and make a decision there. So we have not made any decision and have told at this point that we're
not really willing to renegotiate anything at this point in time. >> The transportation depot um there's the lease is up for renewal. Um so the landlord proposed um an offer and we are
preparing a counter offer with our council to um to see um they would like a five or 10 year term. You know we'll have to see. We would probably not really like to commit to five years maybe five years
with the ability to buy to to back out without penalty and three years depending on some options that we have to um to put forward to them. Um some council offers um to to
need to maintain we have to have a transportation facility. So at this point in time we probably have to negotiate with them um for something that's reasonable and um and see what we can do in the future. the facility project planning update. Um
we were updated on projects that are projected for the summer of 2026. Um there will be more formal presentations made to the full board over the next few months. Um big thing is the electrical contractors coming on board. There's two chillers at Colts
Neck that um need to be um replaced and um the district is going to work with the electrician make to make that the um system can accommodate window air conditioning units in the
second floor of the buildings as we move forward to this great upcoming so that we can maybe make the children and the staff more comfortable. Um right now the electrical system really can't maintain a a window unit in each of those
classrooms. So the idea is that the electrical contractor will work with us so that we can and hopefully have them in place um before the hot weather in the spring um because it's really not feasible at this point in time to say that we can air condition every building
totally. So, we're trying to take it um as as best we can to make everything as comfortable as we can with what we have to work with. Um and that's that's it. And I apologize because Mr. Messenger is much better at this than I think.
>> You did a nice job. Thank you. There's no public participation because nobody signed up. So, um, we're going to take G1
to K1. But first, I didn't forget. First, I'm gonna see if there's any changes to the board agenda. >> See, last week I skip the whole thing. >> Uh, yes, Mr. Bruno. There was uh some
changes for three resolutions on the back table. Um so that is available to the public necessary. >> So may I have a motion to approve items G1
>> through K1? discussion. >> Not hearing any discussion. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Cavell, >> yes. >> M. But Carcus, >> yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lavin. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> M.
>> Yes. We're going to go to old business and um Mrs. Higgley. >> Unfortunately, we have um a passing of a teacher from Township High School. He was a teacher for 30 years. He um retired in 2017. He was a longtime
football and track coach, Daniel Shine. And he was an esteemed member of our social studies department. And I just wanted to I worked with him for a long time. It was very sad. Thank you. The board have any old business?
I have a presentation I would like to give out tonight to um a board member who I've gotten very close to. Um, I would definitely use the word colleague and um, a support system. Um,
she also has to run for the board twice in one year and that is a tough task to do and she's been um, supportive of the board. um asked really great questions uh during close session and um I would
go to her quite often to see what her opinion was on things were coming out that we had a vote on. So um Joan, I'm sure you and I was still talking. >> I'm honored. I'm honored to call you a friend.
>> Thank you so much. I'm gonna have I'm gonna have Thursday nights free. Um, I just want to thank all of my fellow board members. I've learned so much from you and you're just amazing people. You do a lot of work. You give selflessly of your time and you
know, I'm still here. If you ever leave me for anything, just give me a call, shoot me a text. >> Thank you. >> Does anybody have new business? >> Any new business board? >> Okay. Not hearing any new business. I'd
like to make a motion to adjurnn, Mr. >> Okay. All right. So, hearing the first and second um motions to adjourn. >> All those in favor? I >> journ. Loose.