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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: b2viga4002U):
- 00:06:31: Meeting Call to Order, Pledge, Roll Call
- 00:07:44: Board Secretary Report and Minutes Approval
- 00:09:26: HIV Report and Superintendent's Updates
- 00:11:31: Academic Achievement Committee Report and Data Sharing
- 00:15:30: Eighth Grade Awards, Executive Session, Consent Agenda
- 00:16:56: Consent Agenda Discussion and Custodial Coverage Concerns
- 00:18:53: Roll Call Vote, New Business, and Adjournment


Part: 1

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Adequate notice of this regularly scheduled meeting of the Frenchtown Board of Education has been provided in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act by notification to the Star Ledger and Express Times on January 9th, 2026. A copy of this notice has also been

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posted at the public school at the municipal building and filed with the burough clerk. >> 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

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justice for all. Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Germany, your Miss Howard, Miss Klein, Miss Nakahara, >> yes. >> Miss Portella here.

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>> Mrs. Nent here. >> We have a quorum. >> Yes, we have a quorum. >> Um, since there is no public here, there will be no public summit. So, we'll move forward to um the board secretary

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report. Um Teresa, is there anything of note? Uh not really, just what's there. The schoolboard candidate uh petitions are available and they've been distributed

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to those that are um have to renew their term. And I think that's about it. >> Okay. Um then we'll move on with a motion to approve the following minutes. Uh the April 28th regular and executive

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session. >> I'll second. Okay. Any comments or questions? Okay. All those in favor? I oppose your abstain. I say um and if you could hand in your

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executive session. I have to check. >> Yeah. >> I guess because you weren't here, but there's less of us. >> You want me to hide? >> You were here for regular.

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>> I was here for regular. >> Yeah. Okay. So, I I I changed my >> and I read the minutes, so I guess >> Okay. And we'll move on to Jim's report. >> All right. So, good evening everybody. Good to see

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everyone again. Uh this is our HIV report for this month last week. Um and then we had security drill again in collaboration with the local police on 24th and the 22nd over

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a motion to affirm the HIV report from April 28th. I'll move. All second. All those in favor? I >> opposed stains. >> Do you have anything? I know you don't have a presentation, but do you have

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anything? >> Okay. >> Um, couple quick points just before we get started. I know we met um, you know, two weeks ago. So, just wanted to um, first off just say thank you again. and teacher appreciation week was last week.

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Um fbto and many community members, many um parents and our whole community really um jumped in and supported our feature. So I appreciate that. So just wanted to say thank you. Um many many of our families also attended our car wash. So that was great for um the eighth

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graders and student council and you know having the support of our local police for that as well. Uh also um our students got a chance to be at Aqual Lumina this past you know part of the festival last sat on Saturday Miss Hurley and team so I really appreciate

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just again that opportunity that collaboration continued with Jill Megan and whole our yard team and state testing starts tomorrow so please go to bed early tonight get your dinner get whatever you need um and we begin and then we start with our plans so breakfast and movement tomorrow morning

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for grades three through eight um and actually K2's going on a triple. So, um, so I just wanted a couple quick points there and, uh, looking forward to getting testing started. >> Okay. >> Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Um, so I had a couple of things. Um I we talked last time that the um academic achievement committee would meet to um make recommendations for um

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moving forward with um Jim's sharing of data um with the board. Um and we did meet and um we talked about a few things. Um, most notably, um, we expressed to Jim that we thought it was

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important to continue the sharing of data on, um, ELA, which includes reading and writing, um, and math for all grades, um, and additionally, um, data for middle school

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science. Um we asked that he um continue to share the data at least four times throughout the year. Um basically once a marking period but no strict um dates and that you know

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depends on um the timing of other things and what makes the most sense. Um we asked that he continue to show um growth and also to show um the

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proficiency numbers um for all students although um we don't need to see the students individually but the students as a group um or like the number of students um and we also talked about the

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possibility of him um considering hiring um or using one of the um staff members who might be willing to help with the data analysis um for those reports um you know not not a ton of

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time but something like 20 hours a year um so you know I would invite the rest of the board if there's anything that you feel that needs to be added to that to you know certainly let us know or let

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Jim know. Um but we thought we felt like that was pretty comprehensive for our meeting. Um, the other thing I wanted to talk about and I did talk to the academic committee

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about this, but I we are looking at the end of the year and the evaluations and the goal setting and um we were thinking it might be best to consider adding a meeting. Um, this

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meeting is very early in May. Our next meeting is June 16th. I don't know why I can't get that. June 16th. Um and we talked about possibly having an additional meeting on

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June 30th or um goals and to finalize the evaluation. Um so if people are immutable to that um we'd like to add that meeting and we'll

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advertise for it. Um so that would give the board the opportunity to um complete the evaluations in early June and I'll share a calendar with you for this but um to complete the evaluations in early

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June. we could have them to Jim, you know, the week before the meeting and then meet on June 30th um to uh do the goals. >> Um so that is all that I have. Um I also

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want to thank Adam. Adam's going to go in my place for um the uh eighth grade awards at the high school in early June. um company away for work. So, this is the first one I'll miss in a lot of years, but um I was glad Adam was able

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to is able to go. >> Um we don't have any policy tonight. Um if anyone had the need to go into executive session to discuss any of the terms and conditions of employment that are on the

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agenda, we can do so. Um, I know we had a conversation um last meeting which seems like yesterday. Um, but um but if there's anybody who has any questions or concerns that wants to go

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into executive session um everybody? Okay. All right. Um then we will move on to the consent agenda and we'll need

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um a motion to approve the consent agenda items 12.1 to 12.23 including the addendum. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Comments or questions?

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very happy to see um the new buyer on the addendum. That's exciting. >> Is that the English language? >> Yeah. >> Language arts. Yeah. >> Do you need a >> not English language? >> Yes. Language arts. feel like there

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there might be a second version that we have to just change that language. I don't know. I'll have to work at I have one. No big deal. But yes, language arts school. Any comments or questions?

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Um, I did I did feel a little concerned about our custodial coverage. Do we feel like that's going to be difficult >> um next year? >> Um, no. I' I've actually heard some um

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interest. >> Oh, good. >> So, we're going to get that posted probably by the end of the week. And >> great. I know a few years ago it was like impossible. >> I know. I hope so. I will. I see that and I get nervous. But

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>> we're secured to the end and you're in a previous slide. >> Yeah. So we'll get moving on that for sure. >> Thanks. Do we need another minute? Everybody ready to vote?

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Okay. Then we'll need a roll call. Mr. >> Yes. >> Miss Tahara. >> Yes. Miss Cartella. >> Yes. Mrs. Sna. >> Yes. Um, this might set a record. Do we have any

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new business from anybody? Okay. Uh, and there's no public comment. So, we'll need a motion to adjurnn. >> Make that motion. >> All those in favor? Opposed or abstain?

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>> Not even. >> Thank you everybody. >> Modeling. He had