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indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Right. Roll call. >> Miss Desi >> here. >> Mr. Kendall >> here. >> Mr. Rex >> here. >> Mr. Richie >> here. Ser >> here. >> Miss Williams is >> here. All right. Moving into section
three minutes. Can I get a motion to approve items 3.1 through 3.4? >> Uh, all in favor? I >> I >> All right. Moving to section four,
correspondence. This is all we have. >> Yeah. All right. We'll move to section five, public comment. This is our first public comment section of the evening. This is for members of the public for the board of education on items following tonight's agenda. If you have a comment, please state your name. District will move on and submit your remarks to three
minutes. All right. Seeing none, we will move into section six, the superintendence report. All right. Thanks so much everyone. Thanks for coming tonight. We have some very special members of our community uh this evening and we're here tonight to
recognize some incredible uh contributions uh in the area of athletics. But before I present Mr. George, our athletic director. Um, I do want to uh talk to the board a little bit about um what folks see when they
walk into our gymnasium these days. Um, which is a lot different than what you used to see uh 5 or 10 years ago before you inside of the gym. Uh, about 5 years ago, we decided that we wanted to
reorganize the gym space. And so all the red banners here you'll see uh represent all of the Colonial Conference Championships that teams have won in the history of Haden Township High School. And there's there's a lot of red banners
with a lot of numbers up there. We're proud of the success that our teams have had. And then on the opposite wall, these are gray banners. And what these represent are sectional championships which is the region the South Jersey region and most
of the time group one I think occasionally may have been bumped up into group two and then on very special occas these are very very rare. We've had teams go on to win state championships. Okay. And so there are
several white banners that state championships. What we don't have anywhere in the gym is any individual recognitions and that's because
we recognize team accomplishments in the gym where team sports are played and we recognize individual accomplishments in the lobby where all the individual records and all the individual accomplishments all very special achievements are all on display. This
all under happened. This is all occurring under the direction of Mr. George with really great strategy and really great thought process. Tonight, we're making a change. Okay. We have two athletes that are current
students at Hen Township High School and one recent graduate that are here tonight and one former graduate from years ago that have earned the distinction of all American by virtually every major
sports publication in the United States that aligns with the individual sport. So, it's my pleasure tonight to recognize this very special achievement and to present to the board, the community, and those watching online
what the new banner will look like that's going to probably hang adjacent to the American flag. And we are going to recognize Kevin, Luke, Ryan, and Shelby for this all-American status. And their families
are here tonight. Um, at least three of the athletes are here tonight. I don't think Kevin's here, right? Uh, Kevin's graduated a while ago also swim. Um, and Mr. George is going to introduce them, their families, and their coaches.
Listen, it takes a village to raise any successful athlete. I can't imagine the sacrifice and the family commitment and the individual commitment and the journey that each one of these individuals uh have had. So at this time I'm going to present Mr. George who's
going to talk a little bit about how these special achievements has occurred. >> Is Kelly 95? >> So thank you very much for allowing us to come tonight and present. Thank you the board of education. We appreciate your support in the athletic department.
Um, this is these all-American athletes. This is tremendous achievements, countless hours of relentless pursuit of their goals.
When no one else was looking, and when sometimes the priorities were in another direction for the rest of the family, they these athletes have pursued it to the utmost. Uh for the three that are here today, if they wanted to, they
didn't even have to participate in athletics at Haden Township High School. Club swimming, it dominates the swimming world and so does club soccer. These three athletes that are with us tonight, they chose to compete because they wanted to be part of their peers. They
wanted to be part of the kids that they were babysat in preschool with, lived across the street with, and went through 12, 13 years of education with. So, without further ado, I'll talk a little bit about Kevin uh Festine.
So, Kevin was the MVP in 2001 and 2002. And Ryan Shelby, you'll you'll uh relate to this very well. 13 times he broke his high school varsity records on those boards. So you think you torture me by
replacing your times every year. It's no torture at all. 13 times by Kevin. He graduated and he had every individual boys record except for the 53. He was an all-American in the 100 backstroke.
20 years later, he's proud to know that it was part of his legacy. I spoke to him this afternoon. Part of his legacy that led to other athletes to become all-Americans and he's proud that his name is no longer on there and people have replaced it and surpassed his
success in the pool. Um he's excited for all of you. Um, I would love to speak about Luke Chadton and I can talk about Luke all night, but I'm going to let Jim Bonder handle Luke. The only thing I'll say about Luke is
when Dr. Fisero came into the district and we were locking Bino turf and Dr. Fisero pulls me aside and says, "Can you tell me why the best soccer player in your school has to climb the fence to get onto the field of practice?"
and I immediately said, you know, we'll be unlocking that game. Let me walk right through. So, without further ado, coach of two of those state championship teams, three of those championship teams that won that ball Jim B JUST lost two.
>> Uh, thank you guys. It's it's certainly an honor to be up here. Uh, in 2022, I could have recited all of this by memory because coaches know their stats, but I had to pull some things out uh because it's been a couple of years. Um, it's such an honor to talk about Luke even to
this day. Uh, we still keep in touch and I love that he's um currently at Delaware. I'll get to that in a second. In 2022, Luke had the single greatest year of any high school uh Haden Township high school soccer player and one of the most impressive in South Jersey. He was our senior captain, uh,
team MVP. Hit 25 goals, 22 assists that year, which was a school record, and 72 points, which is also a school record. who's Colonial Conference uh led our team to Colonial Conference Liberty Division Champs uh group one state
champs. And one of the mo well the single most impressive uh stat I think that our team has accomplished is he led our team to the South Jersey Cup championship which that's all teams, all groups. Um he beat Shaunie in the final which is a is a huge goal and um just
very hard to accomp very hard to even get into that tournament but he scored the uh winning goal and um to to bring us in there. So it was just it was just an awesome awesome season and he was the leader of that engine. Um his accomplishments individual accomplishments were endless that year.
And uh the the main ones I want to talk about were he was um first team all group one and group one player of the year. He was first team all South Jersey and um the South Jersey midfielder of the year. Again, that's all groups, all
schools. Uh he was uh the regional all-American. He was first team all state. He was by the um United Soccer Coaches Association. He was New Jersey player of the year, all groups, all
schools. Uh, and then my the reason why we're here tonight, he was the national all-American. Uh, I still had the email saved, like I said, walking down memory lane tonight. And I I went into my emails to make sure I was given accurate facts and I got an email from the
president committee that said, "Jim, keep this between us, but Luke is our number one choice to push and to uh to recommend for a national all-American in the state and we're going to push for that." So, it was just such an honor.
Um, and uh one of my most proud coaching moments was at the National Coaches Convention in Philly. You have kids that fly in from all over the country, coaches that fly in from all over the country. To see Luke's name and Haden Township School uh presented and displayed up there was it just I still
get chills thinking about it. Um and he was also named to the 2022 scholar all-American team which is equally as impressive. Um, so, uh, and I think as I talk about all these accolades and, uh, Tim Georgees had said he didn't, you
don't have to play sports, you do it because you love it. Uh, he accomplished all of this after missing the entire sophomore season with a leg injury that almost ended his career. He had a rod put in his leg. We weren't sure if he would ever play again. and he to see his
dedication and determination to not only get back on the field but once he was on the field to be the best version of himself and make our team just hit elite status. He made every player better. He made me better. Um and that hasn't
stopped. He's at Delaware. He's 2025 captain uh second team all summer league. Um he's a uh academic all district in 2024 and 25. Um he's academic honor role that continues and he started 41 games in the past three
years totaling 3,400 minutes. His dedication and drive continues. Uh he's all-American player, all-American student, all-American kid. So just an honor to uh to coach him and still know him and still be a part of his life. So
Luke Chapman Yes, please come up say a few words. >> And I have to real quick I just want to end on this. One of my other favorite things is you think after the season ends and the accolades end, he in the uh all state senior all-star game. I was
had the privilege to coach and it was raining that day and he was wearing a tight shirt and the his name was known throughout the state and the coach from the other coach came up to me and said, "Is that Luke?" And I said, "It is." And he says, "Who put the Superman costume?"
So anyway, Luke, you were great and it's been a privilege. Thank you guys. >> You're welcome to say a few words. I'm just going to ask you a few questions. I just woke up just what was it like for you all the balance what was your experiences like what did it mean to you
to be had counter and play soccer here tell us how you feel about it looking back >> yeah I mean one of those things with injuries it's kind of inevitable that came as part of the sport um it's I've gotten to the point now where I'm actually very thankful for what happened
because with that adversity it forced me kind of like redefine who I was mean like sports always been my But when I was taken away, I kind of had to focus on what really really matters in life. It's not always sports. Like yes, I can be an outlet for you, but it wasn't sports and I got to get closer with my
friends, family, and like relationship. That's what really matters to me. And then when I did get back, I had coaches who were supporting me. He was in I was in a rush to get back. I wanted to play but he was like, "You're not playing." And I said, "All right, so just with time, I had all the support around me. It was never pressure to get back. It
was just a privilege to get back and just play the game I love. Luke, one of one of my memories of you was your junior season and you went away and I remember like excusing the absence and I kept your crying. He said, "What do you think of this? We're going to the
kids going to come in. He's going have to go direct to the state final and I said I don't know about this and you know you made it work. You went somewhere in Florida or something. You come back, you play with walls with all
of it came and you lose. >> Yeah. >> And I remember riding home like, man, that kid is still guaranteed that. And then 12 months later, same team, tell us how that all turned out, what that whole coach was about. >> Yeah. I mean, that's kind of one of the
regrets I have with all of it. I did have to leave to go to for a national team trial basically. And I played two games that morning, arrived 10 minutes before the game just completely gassed. No food in my system. And I was like, she came and dropped me off and I was
just pass. It was a disaster. Um was a really tough game. And the most devastating part like yes, we all want to win, but it was not winning for those seniors. That's that was their that was their game. That was their title. That would have been nice, but it was I lost or we lost it and it was
those seniors. So that was a really disappointing thing. And then the other coach we all got sucked off disrespectful. That's why I knew we needed to get back. I was like, "All right, you're done." We beat them in the state final. He was not happy with it. So um with that, it
was just I couldn't just love it all. >> Well, thank you playing. Thank you sincerely for your contributions again, your family. uh nothing like family home here. We hope you take advantage
that come back and you mentor and you coach and you come visit us uh special. >> Thank you. Thank you guys as well for all your time. We appreciate you. >> Yeah, thanks for making the memories for
sure. Right. So, uh, transitioning back to our swimmers who are currently here, similar to Luke's experience of making everyone around them better. You know, Ryan Quinn is is that young man. You know, he walks the halls. You wouldn't
know he's a twotime state championship swimmer. Um, he was a state champion last year in two events and this year in two events. And this year he set the meet record for the 100 butterfly. The meet of champions record. So that's not
the group one record. That is groups one, two, three, and four. All the big schools, everybody there. Ryan's on his way to Notre Dame to swim. He puts in countless hours in the pool. He's a a scholar and a leader around the
building. And we'll be sad to see him go. And it'll probably take me most of July to update the record board to make sure it's thorough, but he has eight school records and a combined record with Shelby in the uh 200 mixed medley.
That was a new one this year. >> But I mean eight individual school records that even when I was on the phone with Kevin Faulenstein, he said he got a 47, did he? And I was like, "Yeah, he did it."
But um Ryan, we can't say enough good things and we all know it. You could have swam any You didn't have to swim here, you know. And I know Coach McDerman was so proud to have you for the years we did. And the osmosis of you being in the pool with our swimmers of
all ability levels is tremendous. So, thank you. Thank you for what you've done. And thank you for the next generations of Haden Township kids that are coming up and they're going to look at that board and say I want to get that Ryan Quinn. Okay. and thanks thanks for
leaving your legacy. >> And as Ryan Brian, would you like to say to share with the board or I know you're still a student here, uh, but what it has meant to you to be ahead athlete, your experiences here, uh, you all all
these accomplishments. What do you think you're going to remember from those? >> Um, what I remember most is just like you could see the bus rides there with Mac like in the back of the bus, just the guys. I feel like are nice, but like the team was what I really look forward to. Like the friendships I've made and
just being around the team. The team is very welcoming. Everyone's kind of everyone's engaged. Everyone's um dedicated to swimming. So, I'll definitely miss the next team. You should be teaching them dance for class and that because you have so many kids that are like trying to define
themselves by their achievements and the fact that like you have your greatest achievement in state one. The thing you remember most is the bus rides. >> And Shelby Hutchinson is only a sophomore. >> Wow. >> And she walked in last year as a
freshman and shattered five records on our record board. And now she's up to six and a combined uh 200 mix medley record. And she's still chasing. So, um she has uh two as a freshman she was a
state champion and then she had a repeat state champion and this year at the meet of champs she set the meet record for both the 100 back and the 100 butterfly. Tremendous accomplishment for a small school athlete to go there and compete
on that stage. And the year before she said that she slipped coming with your coming off right >> that >> right. So she focused on that the entire
off season to make sure that that wouldn't prevent her from a state championship and then she won and set the record for the state of New Jersey. Quite impressive. Shelby is equally impressive as a student. You wouldn't know that you're walking next to a state
champion in the hallway. Very similar to when Luke was here, very similar to Brian. Great young lady, highest level of academics and a relentless pursuit to improve herself. All those moments where
nobody's watching when when mom's dropping her off at 4:45 or 5:15 to get in that pool and sometimes that pool might be cold, right, Shelby? There's no glory in that cuz she's chasing it. Cuz she's driven. And we're
so proud to have you at Hatton Township High School. And once again, you make all the girls on the swim team better. And I know your coaches have loved coaching you and we're looking forward to two more great years and
we're looking forward to your legacy. We're excited to see where you go to college. We're excited to see if you make that junior Olympic team, right, that you tried out for in Salt Lake City. >> I'm not sure. >> Where did you go out west this summer?
>> I went to the Olympic training center. I was invited there on the national national select camp and the next stop was the junior nationals at the same location. >> She puts it on herself. and we look
forward to you and your name on that record board and your legacy driving future Haden Township athletes just like they're doing with Luke and with Kevin. Thank you so much Shelby want to share about the best memories
here so far halfway through. You might be the only kid in the country with a name on the wall that still has two more years. Um, and I'm not going to answer college, but I do have one question for you. Okay. >> I mean, um, I know my will be leaving
after this year, but they're really great role models to me, and I hope I can continue that way and be a role model for the rest of the team while I'm still here for the next few years. The fascinating thing and I I don't know much about soccer, but the fascinating
thing the soccer game is a game of attrition. Watching me find that state champion. I can see what the best part of this world was our team. I thought we were going to win. That was a 90minute battle. 90 minutes before we anything could happen.
I've never seen six swimmers lying off and I'm looking at these schools, private school and private school. I know these orchard schools and our swimmers get up there and the gun goes off and they dive in the water and have to walk in front. It's not even close.
It's over in in two seconds. How do you hit the water and come up with the lead? It's checkmate from the first. How does that happen? >> Underwater. We're kicking it underwater. >> It's the first
superpowers there. >> They call it the They call it in swimming the fifth stroke. >> Okay. >> The underwater part. And some some swimmers that's their best stroke. So that's why you'll see them. >> And they they worked at it for years.
>> I'm sure. I'm sure. Um well congratulations and thanks so much for coming tonight and there's coach M Miss McD has been smiling for two years straight now and she'll be missed him. >> Just to note how long coach McDermott
has been part of the program. Kevin Thenstein said that she was a student teacher when he attended. Wow. Wow. >> Say wow. Jeez. We're we're going to take a pause on a
second. We're going to take pictures on that in that uh marquee. Okay. But before we But before we do that, okay, we're right there. Walt's here at least the ad education foundation and he's going to talk a little about that. Then
we were supposed to pick while we supposed to pick student reps were supposed to pick how many tickets tonight? >> Uh just one. >> Just one ticket. Okay. So, what we're going to do is we're going to have um Brian is a graduating senior, right? So,
let's let's take a pause, right? Let's do the pictures. We'll resume and you can talk about HTF. We'll pick the uh the ticket as a graduating senior and everything good for that. Okay. Take
five minutes. >> All right. Thank you guys. Okay, folks. I'm going to go ahead and uh start back up. It's my pleasure at this point segue into uh a little bit of a an event from the Hen Township
Education Foundation. We have a special guest, Mr. Wally, who is one of the, you know, biggest founders of the foundation who's been incredibly supportive of this school district and our classroom. And tonight, Mr. Mr. to talk to you about the protecting
grapple club and then we are going to have our student representative uh we appreciate that very much. Thank you. Thank you for the board for all your support uh for the public at large for their support and supporting us as we raise money. I think we raised about 325,000 or so. We usually shy that
number and we've given most of that back to help the teacher branch and whatnot. We're going to have a check tonight. We don't have the official check but it's a little less than $21,000. I think it's our largest give back grants awardee. It was $8,000 or so uh wood
wood in the wood shop. It was a tool that they asked for for a while and we thought it would add a lot of value to the students and whatnot. Uh so we decided to you know very excited to read that that application the grand debt. So uh onward and upward. So tonight we're
going to draw this week's winner for the 10e club. We have two outstanding student athletes that are going to do the the draw. All right. So without further ado, you're going to shake it up. You're the official shaker. And then don't pick my name. >> Um Amy She
correct. Amy Shever is the winner of this week's winner. Ticket number 449. So we'll reach out to to what is this week? What week are we on? Is this the last week? >> Yes. No, I'm not sure. >> My responsibility is dial.
>> All right. segment and her scholars. Okay. Miss Amy fell whose students participated in Magma Math National Competition and they scored third place
nationally, first place in the state of New Jersey uh for the uh solutions competition taking this program challenging the students that we you know it's important that we provide
level rigor and they're student engaging already. So, M is giving them a pizza party. >> That's nice. >> Congratulations to those students. >> Next, we continue to highlight the partnership that we have with our uh
police department. We not only have a junior police academy that's starting again, I think it's going to be their second year this year at the middle school. They have many more applicants uh this year. So, it's going to be a larger academy. But we also have an upcoming event that's combined with the
Camden County Prosecutor's Office. I'll be sending this out in the next few days. It's called WC Recognize, Educate, and Change. And this is going to be May 29th from 4:30 to 7:30 at the high school in the gym. Uh it's going to aim to foster
positive interactions between the community and law enforcement. And I'll be sending you a flyer tomorrow at this event. Our visual performing arts department is got so many events uh that are happening. Um the students in
the theater production class presented their final project uh last evening. They were tasked with creating a concept, holding auditions, planning rehearsals, directing, and designing. Uh the show was a delight and there's some
important upcoming BPA dates. Middle school concert is May 27th. That's next week. June 3rd is the DPA awards banquet followed by the high school concert. And the gallery is going to be open at 6:00 p.m. and the concert
will begin uh at 700 p.m. Lot of good energy happening regarding some student clubs. You may have remembered from last month that we had a student survey at the elementary level where the elementary students were saying, "Hey,
we can use a little bit more, you know, support with kindness, empathy, and inclusion." So, our Hawk our hope club at Anat High School Hawks opposed the presence everywhere are hosting groups of fifth grade students and we're going
to be speaking with them to help develop these attributes and defend these attributes. Um, our hook club among some among some other student clubs at the high school are also going to be participating in the pride parade coming up next week which also emphasizes the
same um attributes and uh we're going to be very excited to support our students. a lot of positive things happening around the district and it's a a pleasure to be such a positive. >> Oh yes, the students all of our student
representatives had conflicts tonight, but they did provide a report >> just um and I'm sure they will have more to add to this next um during our next board meeting, but a few um topics that they brought up. They were getting very excited. They're all at work tonight individually, so we have the working
students. Um, so we're very proud of them. They were very excited about prom and you know, um, I haven't gotten the after prom update, but they were excited about the outfits, the prom posals, the tickets, the dancing, all of the things. So, um, they were just thrilled about
that. about the spring sports season which we've just discussed a lot of our accomplishments college decisions obviously everyone's you know made decisions about where they're going May versus the typical traditional deadline some more information is coming through
about trades and military um interest and the end of the year is winding down so they're a little sad to see see it end and it's coming quickly AP testing they said was really going very well and that the testing rooms were quiet so that was they were able to focus and
really um dial in and do well on their well on their exams. They were interested in the Holocaust memorial that um high school put on. And I did remind them as they get closer to the end of the year with senior um skip days
and senior scavenger hunts and things like that for safety and making sure that they stay mindful of safety. And they absolutely said that they would and that they would remind their friends. That's what they told me from. They actually did. >> Um they also highlighted the fact that
construction um from their perspective um has been just wonderful as far as like the improvements that we've made throughout the district. Um specifically highlighting the auditorium um coryer entrance and just the fact that they're very excited about that being completed
um and usable. And the last one I would love for Ariana to be here um right now so that she could update this. She brought up a really great point about um an addition that most people probably wouldn't think is something to update at a board meeting, but she highlighted the
fact that there um the nurses have put in feminine product dispensers in the bathrooms. And that that's just been a very welcome addition for students so that they if they need those items that they can readily get them in the bathroom versus going to the nurse and then coming back. Um she said the
novelty, you know, has worn off. Like people, some people were pushing just to see like, oh, is something going to come out of here? And um she's like that has worn off. Everyone's just using it if they need it. And um that it's filled, you know, when necessary and that it's just saving them time and um the extra
like journey to the nurse's office during maybe an uncomfortable um time of the day where you wouldn't want to go trekking down to the nurs's office. So I thought that was a great update from from an actual student in the moment. wasn't sleeping. Yeah. Yeah. >> Two other things staying on positive
work. We there's no resolution for that 15 years. What I'm going to talk about has been a lunch aid. So, usually we do resolutions for professionally certified staff and we have a lunch a school. Um her name is Nancy Mitski and she showed
up for the last 36 years uh to do her job. Uh, and that that takes tremendous commitment and longevity and consistency and we'd like to thank her for her service uh this evening. And Chris Cook's not here tonight because he's supporting his daughter at uh the rowing
competition in Tennessee. But our rowers um and our rowing teams have advanced enough to qualify for the national championships uh next month at Sarasota Florida. So congratulations >> and for last month's tough meeting about budget
>> a lot to celebrate. >> All right. Uh move to section seven presentations. There are no additional presentations tonight. So we'll move straight to section 8 finance and facilities. Can I get a motion to approve items 8.1 through 8.20?
>> Any questions? All right. Roll call. >> Miss Desi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kendall. >> Yes. Mr. >> L. Yes. Mr. >> Richie. >> Yes. Moving to section 9, instruction and program. We have no items on for approval. So, we'll go to section 10,
personnel. Can I get a motion to approve items 10.1 through 10.23? Second. >> Any questions? Roll call. Miss Sy, >> yes. Mr. >> Kendle, >> yes. >> Mr. L. >> Yes. >> Mr. Richie, >> yes. Miss
>> Williams, >> yes. Moving to section 11, student services and activities. Can I get a motion to approve items 11.1 through 11.9? >> Any questions? >> The suspension reports. How's that?
How's that? Little bit of anomaly. A little bit of anomaly happening cuz most of the suspensions and things that we're seeing are seem to be isolated through the elementary school. >> Middle school. >> Any other questions? >> M Desi.
>> Yes. Mr. Fiddle, >> yes. >> Mr. Les, >> yes. >> Mr. Mer, >> yes. >> Williams, >> yes. Moving to section 12 policy. We have no items on for approval in this section. So, we'll move to section 13, our final public comment section of the
evening for comments from members of the public for the board on any topic. Seeing no members of the public. >> Okay. uh I will move us uh out of section 13. We are going to go back into executive
session in order to discuss a student uh discipline matter and we will end the meeting uh coming out of that executive session once we are done that. Uh I expect that should take 30 to 45 minutes. >> I get a motion to move into
>> I just have one comment I wanted to make. Every time I see this about financial literacy, I'm really glad because it's good to teach financial literacy. You know, you see so many people so screwed up in like I'm glad teaching
these kids based on financial I go into executive session. >> All right. Can I get a motion to go into executive session? So move second.