--------- that's no that's not go you guys keep going just don't move number don't move number three we actually can do ssds at our next meeting it's not mandatory that we do it
today so we can we just we just Carmel won't move number three and it'll be an administrative report at the next meeting not that it's an excuse but the system is very difficult to navigate and it is not user friendly big surprise to anybody that's here um
so so then we'll go right to here uh yep you're personel h y you go to yeah you go to person right um yeah get public
yeah skip that public participation yeah this is the first opportunity for public participation if anyone wishes to address the board please write your name and address on the signin sheet and and state your name for the record statements are limited to 3 minutes and
should not be abusive obscene or def flammatory in nature anyone since there is no public participation um it is now closed Personnel committee Mrs
spieler would you like to then I would ask Mr Williams and then Mr Casey good evening everyone um we did meet the Personnel committee did meet uh Dr Diane Dr Todd um Jeff and
myself and it was a short brief meeting we have one policy um discussing but um all right so I'm going to just read ahead here I am right there oh oh my gosh I'm
sorry um retirement um as listed um and I do can I say something personally about Miss boale U my she had my son had her in second grade and to me this is like what Freehold Township
School teachers are like and to see her retire I'm kind of sad there and um but you know good for her and I just kudos to her that's what prle Bor Township's all about um number six five I'm sorry
five resignation as listed as listed number six um position control as listed number seven new employment as list Ed number eight change of assignment as
listed number nine interim assistant principal as listed number 10 salary adjustment as listed number 11 long-term substitute as
listed number 12 establish start date as listed number 13 leave of absence as listed number 14 PTO honoraria as listed number 15 District
honoraria resend as listed number 16 District honorarium as listed number 17 stien teacher assistant as listed number 18 District Mentor as
listed number 19 unpaid days as listed number 19 curriculum committee as listed 20 number 20 I'm sorry 21 um track officials as listed
number 22 affirm bullying investigation findings as listed number 23 certified substitutes as listed number 24 non-certified substitutes as
listed number 25 translator interpreter as listed and that's it does anyone have any questions or concerns Mr deita roll call Mrs bran yes me a second yes
second got be quick M bran Dr Casey Miss Crosby Mr AR yes M Lambert yes Mr spieler yes Mr Williams yes Mr yes motion
carries okay Mr BR uh curriculum committee so the curriculum committee did meet this evening in attendance with Miss oan Miss Crosby Miss Montgomery and myself we've reviewed all the items on the agenda and Miss Montgomery review
the current progress of the winter I ready diagnostic the assessment window closes this Friday to date students are demonstrating a very strong growth from fall to winter very impressive Miss mcgomery reviewed the
2425 curriculum Department goals and corresponding action steps including the implementation of new curriculum resources and the I ready Benchmark assessment and digital learning content provider Miss momy also reviewed a new
report provided by linkit analyzing fiveyear percentile and ranking perer comparison data using publicly accessible data in summary our total population of students in the third to eth grade
levels take the njsla are performing in the 60 to 80 percentile for ELA and math consistently in the past pandemic in the post pandemic years science fluctuated between 40 and
60% in those same years we are anticipating measured student growth in the upcoming years with the implementation of new curriculum resources I ready and continued professional development for the
staff I'd like to move I'd like to move the following items uh number two I just that that was the committee meeting number three home instruction as listed number four course
reimbursement as listed and that's all any questions or concerns I have a question on the um the linkit fiveyear trend that's with peers does that
compare each year with peers or does it follow like the third through lar it's not um it's not designed that way no it looks at public data um and the reason it comes out now this time of year I was
sharing with the committee is because this is when the school performance reports come out so link takes all of the publicly accessible data from districts across the state and compiles this report so it Compares us to our other formerly DFG groups it looks at
whatever data is publicly accessible so it doesn't it's it's last year's data at this time of year gotcha that's what I thought but I just thought it yeah okay thank you all in favor second yeah okay and then
I now all in favor any abstentions good okay um Mrs Lambert finance committee uh yep the finance committee meeting did not meet tonight so I'd like
to um move the following actions recommended by the superintendent number two bills and claims in the amount of 4,1 12,499 75 reviewed by Dr Casey thank you travel and related
expenses as listed in item number three the transfers as listed in item number four uh District disposal of the items that are listed in item number five update of the donation from Alexander exteriors to
mwto uh for the material labor for papers flowers trees at $39,000 just changing who it's coming from from the previous agenda uh again thank you number seven PTO honoraria for Applegate as listed thank you again
there number eight approve the co-op bid with CW CDW government for the 2425 school year nine contract with all risk Inc as listed and that is it any questions
and any questions it's natural for her moving it along just mov it along question that's okay sure okay um Bob wondering now that the the dust if you
want the B settled on um Donovan and the mold issue have we approached as we head into budget season maybe foreshadow have we received any funds or inquired about any funds from the state that could be available to pay for some of that
mediation or anything no we're we're at this point in time I've submitted all the documentation to our insurance group they've had it for a couple weeks now I'm hoping to get a check by the end of the mon so just so I know some new board members the way it works with aestus or
mold abatement is that depending upon the age of your building determines your deductible so other than West for Hill every single one of our schools has at least a $250,000 deductible so we're on the hook for the first two right because the older your billing is you know the
more I susceptible it could be because it doesn't have all the you know it's old and it doesn't have all the new technology and all it's just built differently so but yeah so I'm hoping that by the end of this month we'll have that check I have a question
sure for you um because I am aware that the older it gets the higher the deductible goes if if um after the referendum certain modifications are made to these buildings isn't it true that the deductible will be adjusted uh I don't believe so but I'll
find out because it the only question they asked me on any of the mold cases that we have this year when was the building built it's it's because I know in like residential resal if you do certain modifications to your home like a new roof or whatever it can change
I'll ask your exposure amount so I'm just curious if it's the same that the only consider that was the only consideration they asked I think we should push them well right now we need to be careful because they could drop us you know or Jack our rates up for next year so we're trying to play nice in the
sandbox with them it wouldn't surprise me if they look at that as some I mean Insurance well usually it's new um hea ask ask Insurance UNS right yeah I'm just curious but unfortunately the only question ask was can you go what's the
the date stamp say right and then so 1971 250 Grand kind of like me no one cares we should definitely be inquiring about
there's no help but second uh we need a second any other questions any other questions second we need a second yep all in favor iOS any oppos
they're so okay any old business new business uh they be on the lookout baralo and Eisenhower musicals are coming up in March which you think both do very good job so I'm sure we'll be
hearing some corresponding sometime in March I know they are just reminded me of something else um that's that's what I that's what I and a reminder that our virtual uh
referendum forum is February 20th um it's we've advertised and we'll continue to advertise the manner in which to register um the registration is just your name and email address and then you get the link to join we're up to 32 people right now well well at least half for staff members you want to share what
they share with us yesterday in terms of this the traffic on the website yeah so they they said that when they they gave us comparable stats to what marel just did because they I'm sorry mat manin um so the people that are going on
our website and they're looking they're on for an average about a minute to minute and a half compared to what man alapin was they were much less than a minute so people are going in they're fine with and they're hitting the key sites they could see so they are we are getting generating a lot of traffic onto the site do they say any H did they give
you specific how many hits I forget what the number was was verbal it wasn't a we don't have yeah this could have been me see so they did tell us that in the postcards just arrived later that day so I'll F next
time I talk to Christine which will be soon um we can ask her have they seen the spike in traffic since the postcards went out my I have post question I didn't get a post they don't like your side of town theya think you're the
burrow no I hold block no one got one yet we're waiting the kids didn't get the mail not give it to you no we Haven takeing the mail I was waiting I heard they were out I'm like I got excited I'm waiting okay um at this point I have no other president's
remarks um this is the second opportunity for public participation if anybody wishes to address the board please write your name and address on the sign in sheet and state your name for the record statements are limited to 3 minutes and should not be abusive
obscene or defam defamatory in nature anyone you're GNA take this right um bur McAllen co-president of the FTA um and we wanted to share e e
e e e e e e e e um I don't have a note for that just read this just this one here yeah um
whereas pursuant to njsa 10-412 the Board of Education May exclude the public from that Port from the executive session portion of the public meeting in which the board discusses any of the matters described at
njsa 10 semicolon 4-12 B 1-9 now so for the purposes to okay now therefore be it resolved that in accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting Act
the Board of Education shall shall conduct a closed session pursuant to the personnel and legal exceptions prescribed by njsa 104-112 for the purpose of discussing the following matter pending or anticipating contract
negotiations the ftea contract negotiations and tww proposed contract sideb 45 minutes taken in anticipation that the length of the time of this executive session will be 45 minutes and that action will not
be taken in public after the executive session be it further resolved that said discussion may be disclosed to the public when reasons for discussing and acting upon it in a closed session no longer exists all good all good thanks for
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e e e e e e e right side I would like to call this meeting to order the mission of the Freehold
Township School District is to honor and support every learner every day on the journey to become curious and engag members of a diverse Global Community the Freehold Township Board of Education meets as a whole on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month there are
three Committees of the board that meet before the first board meeting of the month to review issues specific to each committee's charge and a report is presented at the next board meeting each committee spends many hours reviewing
recommendations and agenda items items are placed on this agenda as a recommendation for for full board approval by each committee a notice listed listing the time date and place of this meeting was
posted on the public bulletin board of all Freehold Township Schools on the entrance door to the administrative offices of the board of education on the district website at the office of the Freehold Township Clerk published in the
Asbury Park Press on January 11th yeah on January 11 2025 and sent to the Star Ledger on January 8th 2025 please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the FL
United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God invisible with liy and justice for all for Mr deita Mrs bran Dr Casey M Crosby
Mr Gul here Mrs Lambert Mrs spieler here Mr Williams here Mrs oan pres Mr Oso we have a quorum I would like to motion a motion
to approve the January 28th 2025 regular meeting minutes motion second okay I'd like to approve all in favor I put all in favor on my
notes oppose anyone oppose or abstain anybody oppose or abstain no okay good good we need one more yeah one more the approval of January 28th 2025 executive session minutes move
second all in favor I what's any absences or and Mr Spain not all right Mr Dita any Communications well the only communication we have this evening is enrollment December of 24 we
had 3,417 students in January of 25 we had 3,430 uh compared to January of 24 we have 3,483 and that is all I have for communications uh president remarks I would like to thank everyone who came
out tonight on this very cold evening for your support and uh make sure that you uh go home very safely thank you Mr dixin administrative report okay uh I am happy to share um the New
Jersey School Board Association sponsors the steam steam tank steam tank challenge annually it's created and sponsored by the New Jersey Schoolboard Association and the US Army and encourages New Jersey's public school students to compete in the areas of science technology engineering the
Arts and math the competition asked District teams to invent something new modify an existing product or identify a situation or real world problem that needs resolution teams are provided criteria and a panel of experts judge their designs and our Solutions this year the West Freehold School submitted
uh West Freehold school had