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clerk and notices were even under the carrier potion retrospect these paper. Thank you. We're going to switch things a little bit because Mama
Mia is in Tech Week and they have rehearsal. So we're gonna start with our presentation from the High School Musical. Hi everyone. Okay, So as you
might know we are we having feel Royal High School class of melania and as you might be able to survive from our outfits, we're in the middle of a
partial dress rehearsal. So that's why we are all in our summer clothing for you right now. if you're not familiar is my
character. Sophie is a young woman about to get Looking to find her true father. And in the meantime her mother Donna and her two, best friends
wrote the entire who are in these lovely Chinese. are trying to become the chaos and create a donut trying to figure out the past with these turbulent love affairs, who comes And it's a lot of easy fun. Um,
this song that we're about to say for you is at the beginning of Sophie's doctor at party, when former and her friends are
performing a number from their old Girl, rock band from So we'll continue Super Trooper for you and you Donna, and the Dynamos.
Super, super memes are gonna fly me. The song. I would sick and tired of every dream when I called you last night. Come back. So all I do is eaten sequencing
which she never show us. We should hear you come here. and suddenly, it's gonna be So different when I'm on the
state, you know? Poetry nobody. Can. It's in planning, thousands of your friends. And anyone. Be
so. lonely part of us except that never rhymes, still have things in our past so they give up about you. And thought it was gonna be so different when I'm on the Stage
2. So I'll begin. Thank you. My God always do. are on sale at H&H, just Good job. All right. Thank you. We will do on the 2025 National
German Exam Awards. Given. Fortnite that way right now. Ready to sing this finally. Have? Well, good evening,
everyone. Thanks for coming. This is really that gathering always and everyone is so used to seeing the winners of the national German town. But it doesn't
diminish their children, and the tomorrow's performance that they've shown, Ah, it's very tough academies here, and it
serves two purposes, not the one we like to compare our skins and they like to compare the achievements to everyone in the United States and Canada and
it's always nice to see where we are. And don't do it. Really informs instruction in class Positive uses valuable tools on how to proceed. So I'm glad to share with
everyone that 51% for everyone how to participated and that's a students and levels three and four, I receive sometimes we will in a word. I think about 70%
and here, the rest are competing of athletically or invoking. The musical five people just left. oh you know somewhere else. So please join me in
congratulating. Five healthy medalists. So let's start them down, right? Number one, and I don't know, you particular order, like, just the way it was listed on me,
press release. Fun and this intaking for the past couple weeks, next round mall. Slowly hands of she's actually economic big interview was a
trip on Francis Bay determining out how much that later I was with you will be interviewed tomorrow and TV right here.
She's also not here gymnastics. Somewhere in taxes to come together, and we'll be doing it. to the
Word trouble. All right? Silver, medals are starting with our juniors and then the exam gets really, really difficult.
during the last year's administration, there's big lead between testimonial Grace. I'm like screw the crowd of our genius first.
Steady Baylor. Max salary. I think I talked to downtown story tonight. That's wrong. I'm so sorry. But I must be super tired. My eyes to the other line. But doesn't diminish
their children, but sorry, don't impact to the silver medals about. So for us. I don't know. How do you control?
Just go and keep winding up. Congratulations. And last one lovelies back downhill. So it's still alive. Okay, so the Bronzers Texas over here, sorry about that. Luke
cancel didn't take it. I'll try I'm not sure Caroline Diwaka. Well we'll be honor, tomorrow's class. Alex Asawa. Same thing
and '80s luniga. And here come out here when the words very, very important and amazing achievement as New Orleans. That was the musical.
Picture. Enormous pronounce it because I should have practiced. What? I didn't really? Justin rose. Those both four second half. Okay. Sasha Young
Chase Adams. ah, look at But now you play. According to me. Thanks, congratulations, alcohol. He by myself and Liliana was not here, but the other
tomorrow. So I'm going to step away. What's really good? We need to rearrange for picture here. We gotta get two rooms down. I need to get basically be
happening now. Come on. And just you know why? Broadcast. We should. All right. Now, Make sure you can see your
photographers and hope your eyes and say spaghetti. but, Oh, and thank you all for coming too. We've really love having
you here. Congratulations on students. It was finally, as always well done in German
programs exactly. Results right. Basically, you succeed.
It. Thank you. All right, such a Great way to the meeting, all right. Lila, you're on our student
represented, this is Lila's first time. Recording. I guess I'll start. Um, so first and foremost for the juniors. Starting, March 10th and ending March 13. We have our njgps, which are state
testing requirements. So that we congratulate, and so during those days the 10-13 we're gonna be running a two hour delay block schedule for grades, 9, 10, and 12. And then as we just saw
Mamma Mia is going to be having their musical. The students get preview March 5th and then the show will be open to public shortly after. And then as we all just thought there's the
world language honor. Oh sorry the World Language. Honor Society inductions are marching this separate from the violator see which I'll talk about a second. The world language
honor. Society is a really big accomplishment for a lot of high schoolers who have pursued world language through the middle school and high school for years. It's really big
achievement and award. Um, by literacy results, which is what we just saw over the German students. We had a fit made 54
Students earn the coalitarate, this by literacy this year. That's a 28% increase for last seniors class. So, big deal. Also, coming up is the
youth leadership summit, which is open to hmhs students only. Um, so there's gonna be one speaker who I'd like to just give a short file on. His name is Chris Singleton. He's a
former, professional baseball player drafted by the Chicago Cubs, he transform, he was transformed personal tragedy into a mission immunity and
resilience after his mother Sharanda Coleman Singleton was killed in the 2015 mother and Manuel Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina After this Chris became a
nationally, renowned inspirational speaker and best-selling author. He dresses over a hundred organizations in 50,000, students, annually,
sharing messages of forgiveness and hope as children's book different. A story about loving your neighbor has been featured by the Obama Foundation reciting in Charleston, his wife Mariana
and their three children, Chris continues to inspire audiences on nationwide. So he like I said, he's gonna be speaking. to the two high school students here during the
leadership summit, and that should be coming up shortly. as an athletic update this month, the Boys Winter Track Team one states.
Um, and then finally for the junior class, we're going to be having a trip to the African-American Museum in Washington, DC, March 6th. So
coming up a week from today, so that's gonna be I'm going on that. It's gonna be really exciting. opportunity and then I don't know if Jack talk about
this last time He spoke last month, but we are going to be implementing some other schools updates as well in our board updates. So I have a few bullets from the middle school as well.
We've reached out to them a few weeks ago and we got some of their key highlights that happen this month or with coming up next month. So first, the Hmh, the HMS diplomats for diversity held and no place for hate poster contest. Ms.
ARGONO'S Class One of Pretzel party for the prize winning poster. The HMS PTA is also hosting its first recall and several years. I wish I was very
surprised here because they canceled those when I was there and it will be held Friday, February 28th. So, I guess tomorrow from 7:00 to 9:00 RJ Back will be representing HMS
at the New Jersey School Boards. Association a new new Sorry, New Jersey School Boards, Associations annual Eighth Grade dialogue on March 12. Hmhs
students will be joining HMS. Students will be joining hmhs for their Animal Youth Leadership summit. A March 19th. So, what I just talked about and
then the HMS Spring musical will be held on March 27th 28th and 29th and believe they're going to be doing else wonder. And
yes, and that's what I have for you guys, great. Thank you, suggestion of the Other school. Yeah, yeah. I we drafted an email to all the middle school as well as the elementary
school as well. We didn't hear back from elementary schools but hopefully as we have more of these as we set up more emails, we'll be able to
implement more of their stuff as well. You're looking for next month next month. Yes, definitely, that's great. And we do have some Student leadership
groups in the In the Elementary School, Right? Student Voice groups. Yeah, you saw Hey. Don't plan on you guys. Make
sure you. Hm, like, HMS is recall is going to be at the school. Yes. Yeah. I know you want my son's top so I oh yeah.
Yeah, it's good. And any other questions for Lila? Nice job. It's you. Okay. Um, We're
gonna do go on support committee. and yeah, you're welcome to to Oh news. Thank
you. Next. Did you rest? I will have me. I can promise you have. No recollections like sports, right? Yeah, because we just met
last I was convention thing. No, we have not. I have not reported on February 19th. Which was Between, I don't know you. Oh, okay, I shall be brief. Um, so in Curriculum Committee
meeting on the 19th, which feels like a thousand years ago, but was Recently, we talked about four main topics, the first was special education program, approvals, we got some
updates relating to relating to learning Ally, touch math, all of these various different tools we use within 50 cores and IEPs to help support students in ways that are most
appropriate to them, which is interesting to learn about. We talked about curriculum map, approvals, and some new courses.
specifically around finance and investing which We've gotten good kind of learnings from other school districts and recommendations from the Department of Ed. So
the finance and investing courses will help introduce students to personal investment options. Talk about things like
investing and savings helping students understand, key terminology around some a few specific areas. Savings vehicles and understanding the difference between saving and
investing understanding the variety of investment vehicles with emphasis on the stock market, mutual funds and investment for retirement and
the role of the Federal Reserve. So all smart topics that we're excited to help our high school students understand before they hit the big, the big old world, the kids
seem interested in in these courses to come and so that is exciting. And then we talked about K through 8. Ela. Program around
a district assessment and intervention guidance. so, this is really I'm just giving my notes. We talked about lots of
things, we were essentially talking about work. That's been done to consolidate the many different intervention programs kind of cataloging those so that they're
easier to access. So that teachers have this kind of central repository. They can go to when they're working through
a particular issues. and challenges with students and that we now have kind of a simpler way for them to navigate to get to the best tools and
interventions to help support that group. as well as some interesting work around like decision trees for interventionists that help guide
them to the right resources, which is terrific and Some of that we will be talking about in our March agenda, for approval. Looking for looking
at a comparable process to adopt for math and science, that was The gist of it. yeah, the benefit of this like
intervention decision, tree is It really breaks down the type of challenges that a student might be having with reading and then it gives options that you could use for intervention which is really
helpful because especially when you new teachers in district and they're not aware of all of the resources that we have available. They're able to look
See, you know what what okay what do we have with this? Very specific intervention and then if that doesn't work, there's others, most of them have three
or four options. And it really is is a great resource especially for those who don't have the historical knowledge of being in district, and I really think it's great and we talked about extending it
to the other content areas. Exactly. Right. And I, one of the one of the advantages is also it's not only around making it easier to navigate and
get to the right resource for the right scenario for the right kid, but also about kind of consistency. And so we have all these great resources let's
make it easier to get through them and also ensure teachers have contacts and other schools. Other educators that they can
talk to about. Let's work really well in certain scenarios. Great, thank you. Okay. A few agenda items. One was the review of the custodial
management RFP. We're going to do a little more digging into that, so that that should be on the next month's agenda, for
the recommendation, as a reward. we saw the results of the bathroom. Evaluations. It went the administration went through
every bathroom. They judged it on about 14 different factors, lighting, doors saying, Soap dispenser 12 dispenser. As we have the rankings of all the bathrooms that we're going to be
knocking off. You know, the majority of the report was was, you know, good or better the few areas we need improvement. I think we really fix some of them
are going to continue to work on that to keep that as an outgoing process. The Disaster Recovery. Report or plan was it's in the
agenda. This tonight. Continuity, in case of an emergency. Current projects Seawing Elevator is moving along. Process there. The storm water.
Pipe repair behind the stadium. You'll see. I think there's a reward tonight for the approval of that to get working that process. We talked about the electric bus that I know was
brought up, probably six, eight months ago. We decided that we're going to move away from the bus because it costs a district. More money to, to purchase the electric bus and all the
ultimate upkeep of the electric bus. We discussed a similar Richmond program, if we Can find a place to host the program. We're going to do it, it will be in the past. It was
paid for by Esther funds but this year because of the cost we're going to Charge us. I forget the amount of charge we're still trying to figure it
out There'll be a small charge for that for the Summer of Richmond program and we'll need a minimum number of participants to make it worthwhile. I don't
think based on prior numbers, that will be difficult. Again, it goes back, can we find a space within the billion space that we work with the architects? And the work being
done? A Tate is in the library? The first course and second and third floors will be completely untouched where he says, Is it
is the Is it just elementary school? That's going to be having an enrichment. It's the whoever puts in for it. So it's
just like a lobby and you're all being together because Esy because central middle is going to go under a specifically said, I'll be shut down for a while.
So yes. Why the high school? Okay. So Think last month, I mentioned that it tayden PTA wanted to donate a book vending machine.
I think because of lack of space we're gonna Appreciate the offer to pass on that. You know, you guys in the monthly meeting with the borrow
and we discussed the crosswalk walk, which is On the plan to hopefully happen this summer when I read my OH. yeah, it's a county thing. It's not actually that the town but it's a lot of coordination but
it's still out there. It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of when All the construction we've had around here. Anything like this. They're all up. Another one. We have a separate meeting about
the 2025-2026 budget. Which is going to be tight every year. to this a lot more to follow in that in the future. That's it. The stormwater costs
for water pipe cost. Um, Coming around, that's the sinkhole, right? He did that comment around what you thought. Okay.
And there's actually a very large Taking 15 feet underground. It's well what may you find? That's that's right there. It's a 15%
containers. Yeah. Up here. Questions. I know that I would give a little bit of a budget challenge coming It's either a previous year. I was absolutely the last meeting
but reached out to Gino He gave report during the working session which I was also happened. Yeah, that's it. All the policies that were, I think
we're true. Okay, yeah. um, The did you have any alarm came about me. Okay. Anyone have any PTA updates? All right.
And that's on to you. I have several topics following up, so the first is screen time, so we've had the top screen time. So we met, you know, the supervisors John Miller, I met this week to
look at how we're going to look at examiners and we're taking a couple different topics. The first is three collect that. So Since our students went to Chromebooks, go to go guardian.
We can actually track screen time. So John Miller can run reports of how many hours. A day. A kid is on the screen and
you can do a by class by grade. So he's first. He's For example, He picked Tatum's fifth grade for a week. And let's see how many hours are on. You see
what programs they were on? And and so, we have a place to start with the dad. And now the challenger that that is He can only do it by day, so the kid
takes a friend that I'm at night. I wanted one actually doing that, the super fun as she does. so one of the channel,
one of the things was that like YouTube came up a lot but that would probably been at night, not in class. So we are looking at extending our go gardening
to a better more premium, which was allowed to dictate, eight to three. But in addition to that are Matt and Katie. Their administrators for like
Alexia Ixl already. They also can log on to see uses time so we're gonna start using those tools to gather how much time the kids are actually on there. Um, we're looking at instructional
practices, I ready if done correctly is designed to be discussion based math program, so it should technically be less screen time during math but
my path, which is the math practice. Is now being given his homework, which is more. So, so one of the special habits. Do we want to have screen time
at home or should be giving worksheets stuff. So, there's a lot of those things we're looking at, as we go throw it, um, Every program we have has a
recommended number and a not to exceed number. So Lexia indicated too. That's not succeed, 40 minutes a week. so now we're having administration
to track that if teachers are going beyond 40 minutes a week or saying Hold on that's beyond or not to exceed now. We're
taking those things. Um I said the homework now sometimes he's following that this is my path is being based math. Instruction, I can't love kids, love playing it so it's
actually these kids are playing at home for homework as you get all these We're gonna report out to you guys. What's going on? that 83 issue? One of the things
that came up with as we're so we'll take several weeks over this. We'll go back. John can only go back. I think it's too early to remember. So we're gonna say taking week here week
there, we're attract this through the course of the year no ever on to start putting together patterns we see um, and then the idea came up this might be great. Like Ap stat project to get a citizen
science where we have any students go down and they start looking at. So you have a dad and there's a story how to be huge? We're trying to make this a real meaningful look into it.
We are giving a serious. Look at how the screen time is being. once being used and get backing
all those pieces in um, Can I just? thought I think sometimes simply knowing Hey we're this is on the radar, gives you girls and
awareness around around practices and that's enough. Sometimes to be like, Oh wait you. Yeah, so we use Google Guardian now which Monitors searches and such so
and we can track screen time in those things. Um, would have been teachers, have been requesting, it's called Go Guardian Teacher. Which allows a teacher during my class. I can
say. These are the only four websites kicking motel and a lot. There's a lockdown browser for everything else so you can lock out YouTube, you can lock
out games, it all gives a teacher to see what kids are on. So, from my teacher match screen, I can see, you know what, what Mike's
looking at on his screen. I can see what we're doing it. So the kids walking around here, you shut down your tabs, but it gives really a chance for you to say We're studying. We go to these three websites today, you
come in. These are locked in from this teachers have been requesting this It's a missile, most, beautiful. Most most of the most elementary and high
school are saying, Yes, I can figure that a lot of the schools. I go to what I supervise. They have that and it's a really great. It's a really great we're looking at
adding that into this year, right? So that's not a progress since this came up recently, you know, it's We heard. So
we're looking to see. referendum did schedule. So, um, it's coming. It's coming close. So we're gonna go at advertise for the internal count, the the Tatum work and hadn't work in the library, the the flooring
abatement and her placement and the stadium. Ada that's gonna go out to advertisement on the third three, thirteen. Um, we'll go
through forbid, it to issue for bid on 317. will receive the digs, on April, 8th by 10 o'clock. And on April, 10th will be awarding those contracts. The.
site mobile relational start June 23rd and the site. So the substantial completion will be August 29th so that's those the middle school. Auditorium. The mid process is probably two to three weeks behind that because it's more complicated. It's longer, put the business together. That will be also a
June 23rd launch. I'll be there'll be, that'll be approved in May. That completion will be December of 25 of 25. So that's up in the referendum bid schedule where we are. Um, especially who, who selects
who makes those selections. The bid is the lowest bid. Oh, okay, that's it. We don't have that you instructions. Um, and then there are some circumstances
though that you can reject right? If it's like they off if they fail to Submit a very important statutory required document. That fails them like over The
next was better, it's all out of budget, that reject them all back out to All right. Budget Challenges. Yeah, we are.
We are in the process of putting together a balance budget for the 25-26 school year, which You guys will accept on March 13th correctly. The tentative
budget, attended budget. Um, let me just numbers to show you the challenges we're facing 2%, Tax letter, increase for us is 820,613. That's how much we can raise taxes. The two
percent. Are benefits increase just our benefit increase is 800,000 it's 862,6004 hours. so it's 40,000 more than we can let just some
benefits. Um, we just lost 72,000 a state aid today. Our electric bill, just, you know, all of you should do this. Electric bills are going up or
electric bills goes up over 115,000 next year. So, just on those factors. That's one. Zero
four, nine million dollars. 1,49,000. There we can only go up 820,000. So right there were two record million dollars with bad right there. That's not including we
have not, we have not give our rage yet. We have not looked at anything yet. um, not included in that two quarter million dollars is salary increases,
which will be over here, right? Um, we're looking at significant expected increases in contract. Behavioral services several million dollars, could be
excessive of million dollars. Even going up on this vermilion a year for the last couple years. UM, mature, graduate course, materials, digital
programming, one of the things that kids that's really challenging. Now, is you'd buy a textbook You know, everything you ever played every five years, but if you couldn't have
he could go six years. Maybe I move your history book. Is nine years, Maybe you're Latin but yeah, it goes 10 years. Now that we have digital textbooks online. You've got a renew them
every year and they're increasing every year. Um and so that's also adding on top of it. Operation costs are going up. So we have quite a bit of work and
Mike and I have been spending days staring at spreadsheets. Um, One of us likes. Look at his dresses and what if this doesn't? So it's more important
for more than the other but they mean, that's the type of work. We're going through. all everyone, who has Ownership of
an account fund. Budget. We've been meeting with them. Giving the challenges. Can you cut this out? We'll save this much percentage here, there, and we're knocking it down When we
talk about, having to balance our budget, remembering it, three quarters of our budget is salary and benefits and that's we can't touch those that number set.
Anything we have to do that off balance. Those increases comes out of that, 25% of operations, which is really really challenging. We do the same thing last year, which means it's hard of this year because
they're already cut back to the bone. Um, and what we're doing first, we say, Let's see what's not student base, right? What can we do that? Maybe hurts us administration it
a little bit and doesn't impact anything just students but it's gonna be hard to do that this year. You're able to do it last year. So there are a budget challenges and another challenge that I didn't put in here. I
probably Like, it's my next slide, I got the DOA. Um, when you doubt it want to get a budget, we put our revenues together and Michael
probably speaks is that we take our tax levy, our state aid, we put it in there and then to the items that we can or let in our
in our You know, our revenues are idea monies and title months. Their federal money. Usually we're told budget 85% of you currently have. So we budget
that. This year we're told while only budget 75% because we don't know what's happening. So, we have to give a balanced budget. And everyone's saying
that we're budget setting up. You're going to get it. All right, now, it's nothing's gonna happen between now and when it's happened. So you're gonna get
it. But for us to do a balanced budget, we have to use 75%. That's a hundred thousand dollars less in revenue. Then we would normally be budgeting in. So we have to pull back a
hundred thousand dollars, appropriations to balance our budget. So even though it's a fictional hundred thousand dollar loss, not fictional potential hundred thousand not real. Yet we still
have the budget as if it's 75%, right? So that's another challenge. So, there's some other budget challenger case.
It's, it's Going to be. Interesting. It really feel confident that it's a risk at 75%, that there's not a risk, but it goes
to zero. I do and I'll talk about it and say like you want close total one don't actually expect, I don't know, we had 55,000 this year in total one
with that we're already We went back below 2% because it's based on To go. Oh yeah. And after they receive sensors numbers, they say, Hey, you disappeared.
These numbers, There's nothing to disagreement below to percent and once we, because we get, we found out how much we get in the Spring Mayor gym. I'm not expecting put on
funds, right? The idea call me an optimist but I I believe that that motion should be okay. And that's the information that I hear from colleagues. New Jersey
Association of School Business Specials that they all advise us. That idea is much more protective than those ESA grants, which are your total want to
Oh, they're right. Yeah. So I Mike asked about that dissolution of the OA so I started doing some research and the first thing is no one knows what's gonna have. Right, so we can all guess, but
people are guessing so I I did something that and I got information from Aasa, which is the superintendents national Superintendent Group, Parker,
Coach Legal group to the statement about this, you guys news, all those things, like, just kind of gathering said, What's the common theme One?
Common theme is This takes an act of Congress? This is not exactly your word. Right. So, this is and one thing would have to be is a bill would have to put forth that would say you
can abolish it. But what happens to all its functions various functions go to produce summaries case they were stopping this the other thing
is common is that even though you get rid of the Department of Ed, it's still doesn't change. The fact that there is an IDA law and these fun these are laws that have to be foul,
that's why this Mike's ever confident that that money still has to come. It may come from the Department of Health rather department education. Very used
to come through before 4 1979 before we had the part red. All of these fundies that title One, and the idea money came from the Department of Health
Education and Welfare which is now the Department of Health. So the what you hear when you read this most it is, you're gonna take what the functions and put
them in another department, have Department of Labor or put it back to the state and then give what a call. I have that's what most people
believe is going to happen. Um, the only thing that really people the common theme is the yoshiar also civil rights attention. That's the biggest that would be the biggest change
thing. Those other things are one thing OCR will go somewhere else and there there probably letters. Yeah so maybe Department of Justice but as far as the funding that's kind of what people are saying they believe
will happen. Um just so another piece here is today and their funding Um, it's 7.7% of New
Jersey's, educational funding. That's all it is, right? Connecticut's, 8.2, Mass of 9.7, New York 7.3. So significant amount of our IDE A is given.
By the federal government that providers, good. I mean, but we have exploration that's all federally the sources. So it's what ours is around 7%. Are we on par with the
signatures the signatures educational budget? 7.7% comes from the federal government? Places like Arkansas.
Mississippi's, 23%. So some place are going to hurt much worse. We're on one of the, we're one of the areas that is the least amount of aid from the federal government. So our impact will be much less than
like Arkansas, Mississippi, where there are 23% 21, 22 Percent, right? Because they're because of the, because the title, um,
Where it hurts us? I talked about it. Earlier is that 101,000 difference in our Revenue versus expenditures. Yeah, that's our budgeting
issue. So that's kind of a Snapshot of what people are stabbing it, they think will happen ever. Um, and we'll know more and I'll keep on giving updates as I get more
information, but that's kind of what's going on. I don't realize 1979. Let's hit my life. Who didn't exist
something. Um, I learned that That's why okay research just healthy educational welfare. Yeah. Yeah it was just a
different title just yeah. Sure. Okay, I really have anything today. Okay, let's move on to public comments. we'll now begin
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school. Okay, see no comments. We'll move on to Governance. Acceptance of Monte HIV Vandalism Violence Report Approval, Fire and Security Drill Report Approval of the 25-26 Academic Calendar Policy.
Approvals. Eligibility of resident, NON-RISING students, High school, graduation, HIV. Students smoking policy and regulation. Electronic surveillance policym
regulation, food services. Cooperate cooperation, with law enforcement agencies. Calcium
regulation. Can I take most? Okay, Meg and stuff. Discussion comments. Oh okay. I feel like we actually
talked about, I don't know why and their first readings, so we'll see. Yeah. Okay. Michael Mr. Special Player yeah. Miss Hollywood. Yes. Mr. Douglas
yes, Mr. Ritter. Yes yes the soda. The spanaki. Yes, distress. Yes, President Yes. Curriculum and special Education, Approval Field Trips, Comforted
Conferences, Traveling overnight Field Trips Resolution between the Board of Ed and lost legacy. Resolution between the Board of ED and Lost Legacy. The 101
support resolution between the board event and lost legacy for homebound instruction resolution between the Board of ED. And who have got instruction?
Of resurrect, sorry and learn. Well for about instruction resolution to approve hmhs, Summer College, essay course, resolution between the Board of Ed and Lost
legacy for one-on-one support, resolution between the board of ED and njcie to provide consulting coaching resolution between the Board of Ed and Walsh Legacy For Hungama Destruction resolution between
the Board of Had an orchard friends school for an out of district placement resolution to approve. The New Jersey Department of Medical Policy
Application and Resolution to amend the High School CBI Class Field TRIPS list. Motion.
Jess. And Matt. Okay. I have two things for the overnight field trips, right? So like I think this is probably
face there. You are going to the Nja Sboa conference. Is that the conference brings together? Science, educators
researches, reach the researchers, and professionals from across the country. I didn't think so. I looked up to NJ. It's like this school
business officers annual conference, right? Yes, Which is in June, right? Yeah. Yes. It is nothing. I just on the
other side, I do want to say, I look through this and I knew exactly who was paying for what the transportation. I know that I've been a pain in the neck of that. I wouldn't
thank you. I mean, that this was a thank you, it was on place. And then to be honest, it was in place. For some reason, it was like a summertime life and it wasn't
there. So something about it October and November, right? And that's great. It's perfect. So thank you. I had a something that I know that that comes up, but it comes up also. because we revisit it,
sometimes it's appropriate. Sometimes, it's not, but thinking about training in-house people for some of these services or contracting
out with contracts, Exceeding. Every year they're going up. Exponentially is there homebound? Yeah, homebound and one-on-one and those types of and I don't know what with the
individual concerns are. But thinking about how can we move some of these contracted services in-house? So the there's a few, there's a few factors a lot of the homebound
instruction is people do not want to do but we can't we put out we put up our staff first and sometimes people do it at some times, they don't know. So
we have to contract out as far as the one ones. We've been making steps to get better at that. First step was two years ago. We had our in-house people Trained is
rbts, which is a higher level of that. We gave them additional number of dollars per hour. And now we work with our contract to make sure our EA is get better
pay because they were paid very well, couldn't filled, so we're making those steps, then the other part comes as you get more in-house people, you have to add
more administrative structure to supervisors people. So there comes a tipping point, where it goes away. We've discuss as we look at. Mike said that to Dr. Blair, if you, I'll
spend a hundred thousand dollars to save $300,000 next. You know, you can come up with way, we can stand things internally, and do that. And right now, we're just not ready to do it. One of
the biggest factors when you have in-house one-on-one, rbts, Is substitute. Yeah, so you have a Q has to have a one-on-one
I'm your one-on-one. I call that set. I have nowhere. I have no one. And now what you do you guys are pulling one ones from other kids and then you're starting to hierarchy it.
these services. If they're personally calls out, they have they get the selves but it's something we look at all the time. Yeah. So we put we have now TV cd8. We had none three years ago. Yeah. Very least to
try to make it. It hasn't you call some duty. Oh it hasn't no since we've been the costs continue to go up. So we keep examining it. We keep
on looking at it. Michael. I scared us for like 20 minutes, just stare like so what do you have? No yeah the only other thing which again this is not a
solution. like, this is just for you to think about like, if because, you know, we've been talking to the neighboring districts and shared services.
And if You know, somebody has a really great extra person on staff that can organize I told us, I can't say what I thought about. Yeah, people here with Penn Township Collins with
heights about starting. Some of them as we're looking all this. Yeah. We're all in the same budget. That's what I'm thinking. We're also all
looking at ways. We can. What, what is what can we do? And I'm already on top of two of them. That's good, finance community. Talk about, I would, I would go
share services these groups. Yeah. So then that's that's Yeah, and I just wanted to throw out the conversation. Yeah, the
other thing, too. We we sat down today. Mike's been the phone next week. There's three ways to there's three ways of balance your budget for your revenues. This free suspenders,
we're really negotiate contracts. So all those third-party contractors among city calling was saying, Any chance we could really negotiate
because we've got to try to save money somewhere. The problem is every school district, New Jersey coin, the same contractor saying, Same thing, so it's probably not be fruitful, but we're gonna Yeah.
All right. Well, thank you. The risk though that we have to cut those services. Some of them, I mean, obviously some of them we can't cut but I mean, I don't think we're
there but you know, I don't think we're there, but for those those third party, there's third-party services are not Good word for it, but they are
there IEP, mandated driven as it is going to be a requirements. You press that and you can't do that. Um, but yeah, I mean so well if you need any help with onions, all right.
I wish I had more ideas. Anyone else have any questions? Comments. All right. Can you Yes Mr. Knuckles. Yes Mr.
Ritter. Yes. Miss Sonic. Yes. Vice President Hogan, yes. Who's been happy? Yes distress, Yes Mr. Sapler yes. President Crooked yeah. All right,
personnel, approval of new personnel, transfers salary, upgrades mentoring extracurricular, coaching appointments Visa, Vacancies of
resignations resolution to approve, Rowan student to complete clinical experience. Resolution for Rowan students, who complete another field experience resolution.
for a Rowan students to complete her field experience resolution for another Rowan student to complete field experience, resolution to approve, Tammy
Miller for one-on-one support for student, resolution to approve, some Rowan University students to complete, their clinical experiences and resolutions to approve teachers
to be paid for attending kindergarten Information Guides Motion. That's enough.
Questions. Okay. And Okay, questions or comments? all right, Mike Mr. Knuckles, Yes, Mr. Ritter
yes. Miss Sonic. Yes Vice President Hill Girl. Yes, Ms Benign. Yes distress. Yes. Mr.
Astiflower yes was Hollywood? Yes. President Crooked. Yes, but refused on three B, C. D, E, N G.
All right, budget and finance recommendations resolution to participate in the specials. Oh, thank you. Not to participate and special education medication initiative.
Accept donations of a new pitching machine for the high school baseball team approve, the 25-26 Extended Day Kindergarten program. Tuition rate of $7,500.
Approve, the Disaster, Recovery Plan Approve, the RFP for environmental consult services approve. The awarding of contract stormwater upgrades.
Payment of Bills. Budget Transfers Board Secretaries Report and Cash Summary report. Motion. Machine and Linda. Any questions or comments?
I just want to reiterate that the Medicaid. We don't get enough reimbursement for the Medicaid initiative, which is why we do not this is actually piggyback of
his last top, he discussed towards as it were Semi the semi-funding. Got totally slashed this year, where our revenue projections for for 20 kids which is that's the number of elements of students
that we would ever if we do it, that's on the elder insurance. We have you would have been promised home between 15-20,000 hours. and just that happened, much
larger population. I mean, they're sheen. All kinds are going to be an incredible pain and difficulty. Oh, yeah. And and, you know, they they have this This.
The waiver process in with with the semi Medicaid initiative because there's a tipping point where it is a huge administrator perfect. And if you have under
40 students rely, the way that which we haven't since I've been here, um, your recommended, they're recommend you wave and
don't even think about and my county. I mentioned down Round Table County. Not one school county is able to leave. Everyone is waiting? Yeah, there
are if you have less of 40 hours later. No. Not because people would like 43 are like, this is my work right now or exactly. If
If you can. feel less of 40 students you can do it. But now it's now you know where that's what this would put. Our our child study team
would be so overheard, audience. Yeah. All right. I'm happy to see the Summer College, essay course is running. So great, Tommy's gonna
continue. All right. Any other questions or comments? Okay. Mr. Ritter yes. Miss Sonic. Yes. Vice President
Hooker. Yes benekton yes this dress. Yes Mr. Esperler Yeah. Oh Lord, yes. Okay, she's going back again. Where agency. Here checked that
everything, you let's keep going over. That's pretty impressive. You look at, I don't even know minutes. The rear meaning from January 2nd, the regular meeting from January 16th executive
session, from January 16th and the regular meeting from the 23rd. Mission, right. And just
We think. All right. Miss Sark, yes. Vice President Hooker. Yes, disconnected. Yes, this dress. Yes. Staying on
deep. Mistressler. Yeah. Miss Hollywood. Yes Mr. Knuckles. Yes Mr. Ritter yes President Yeah. Any future
consideration for the board? so, Last meeting. So we have decided on June 16th. For the word, retreat.
We decided at 4:564 4 on June 16th. Of very well, not be able to join us but the fact is there is truly not another day. You know, he took everybody's dates, there's not another day we can
do it. So we will miss Frank. Mike was kind enough to do some work and reach out to the njasba. You guys got a list of topics. It would be great if you could get it to us this week because I think that, you know,
we could take a look. What is everyone's interest pick something? And then see if Mike have some time like But like everything in there as I hate priority, because I'm keeping it
through here, there's a lot of topics too. You know, there are a lot of time focus on likes enough paid ones. There's non-paid, I mean, not non-paid, there's like 33. Times. So
wait, did I pick? I didn't realize there was something that I send out the non-paid entities. Why? I didn't know, I
think it's just underpaid, it's like super because we put deadline on it. Just like, you know, if you're gonna make it easy and thank you, then
let's just do it by the end of the week by the end of next week. All right. I told you.