>> HSD Broadcast: I, I got my album. Mike, can you please call Rob it's trash here? Mr a****** here, Miss here, Miss hollingworth. Mr Knuckles.
Here, Mr Ritter here, Miss Sade. Yeah, vice president Oak girl here, president Crooked. Yes, here. please stand for the flag. I
pledge of the United States of America Republic, for which you stands one day. Should other for which he stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Mike, could you please read the skating concerning open public meetings? This meeting for San Judy, the open public meetings Act has been given by the given
by the superintendent of schools in the following matter. On March 27, 2026, notice from this meeting was posted on the interior of the school
administration offices, 95 Grove Street, Haddonfield. Read notice was following and paddenfield Borough Clerk and published and published
electronically on the district's legal notices website. Okay. let's hop right to our presentations. Today, we're going to start with land and Colliers for a referendum update.
Good evening. How is everybody? It's been a while. We've been at it since four or so. Yeah, I know as you read a lot of credit for That's a long
day. Well, let's try to make this short and sweet. Okay. So, thank you very much for having me everyone. I think you know me, my name is Ron schweinke. I'm in the district's architect director here to provide you
with an update on the design side of where we are in construction projects, and then I'll allow Kyle to take over on the ca side for couple years.
So, the biggest one right now is the Tatum redesign and the Hopkins part of the A few weeks ago, we received the estimates from Colliers. We met
yesterday, actually, for multiple hours to review the estimates. We found that we're going through a consolidation reconciliation process with those. Um, there's some line
items that were Furnishing up data drawings to them to give them more specificity to sharpen the pencils. And we're also looking at scope and ensuring
that we keep things path with the original promise and the value of the projects. So, the intent on this job is to go out. I mean, August, I think we have
an August 12th or 13th date. Apologize. I didn't write that down August 13th. Then we will be out on one of the last big big projects. That would be a very definitive
moment for us, so we're excited, and we're really looking forward to those jobs off the ground. We, um, we do have a September meeting with a historic
preservation Commission just to pretend to down the update of the facade, especially on King sidewayside, and uh, fortunately, paid him doesn't
doesn't fall under their curve. So? That's the update for there, um, just to give you a full pledge Target the bid date of August 13th. The intent
is to bid opening on September 17th with an award of the 24th, ideally, and then mobilization November of 2026. The last time this was presented to you. We would have actually been out to bid right
about now. The reason we did that was twofold. One was to allow the time for the estimate and Reconciliation because budgets are challenges, and we want to make church right. The
other thing is, we've learned a lot in our years and going through this process. There's a lot of referendum going on in the area. It seems contract So,
I get large general contractors recount. For me saying, please don't bit these big, important projects in the summer. It doesn't give them the time they need so they can't sharpen their
pencils. Rely on their subs. They throw money at it, and it's a negative for all of us. So, we encourage Mr Klaus with this idea and said, this is a region why we want to ship the
big schedule a little bit. Ultimately, it didn't change the construction timeline, so it seems all possible. We are also in the process with
construction documents on the media center Renovation and Library won't alterations that Tatum that is going to be into the same overall with the addition. Um, just to give you
the idea that's going to go up a bit concurrent that's going to be one larger package, so it's going to fall under the same timeline I expressed. Ideally, do a mobilizing November on that
job. For those of you that don't know, the specific set that is finally taking that Library that's underserved, because there will be a new media center in the Edition
we're going to subdivide that into some, especially SPIs, and then OTPD classroom. So, we're going to restore Corridor and make that Library what it was supposed to be, which is a portion of the building. And
then we'll have this nice, beautiful media center looking out over the back of the site. We, same thing Falls as far as the timeline. We did, pushed
them in back three weeks, concurrent with the other projects, and we're going through this overall value engineering reconciliation
process. One of the things that we have on here. That's an update that it's not fully specified yet. Is the cupola replacement to be honest right now? I think Mike and our focus
and we've met multiple multiple times this week knowing that we want to make sure these bids land. We can reassess the budget we've been through a written
ciliation with Mike and on your side, just on all the soft cost and extendures to make sure we know exactly where we stand financially on We're ideally we'll put that out to bid late fall, and then we'll
mobilize summertime 27. The Kubla is spent scanned by us. We have 3D replicas scan of it, which is very cool. You can do that with a drone nowadays.
Yes, we would share it with you, spin it around, it's really neat. I mean, 3D print one. Well, that's kind of what happens. So the reason the timeline is so large is it takes about five months for them. The fabric can get off site, so
literally, that couple will have a system of structure to support it and attached to the building. But when it shows up, it's done. It'll come in one piece or two pieces. They crane
it in place, connected, walk away. It's going to be very quick construction, but we have to allow that time for Shoppers and for shop programs and fabrication. So, that's really
the design side of the. It's pretty short and sweet. We have a lot going on in construction, but I don't want to step on the shuttlements does. I'm a foreign.
Calories isn't looking at the turf and the windows that is correct. Oh yes, I you can see there's a big old pile of soil over there next to your
building, The the turf construction. Sorry about that truck. No worries. Um, so the turf layout's been finalized with the district. The grading revisions have been done
because we had the coordinate a little bit with the gymnasium. There's some some interesting rates there. We got that all
complete. We're about 50 through construction, which is great. Um, we have a mobilization happened in May. Our substantial completion target is August 3rd, so the intent is that we're
going to get substantially complete complete this summer, which is very exciting. And then. Ultimately, the district has that amenity that you can
get so very badly in. The a****** shingle roof. We are actually about 40 overall. This is the asphalt shingles of both Elizabeth Haddon and then Central Elementary School
Elizabeth Thaddton is actually substantially complete. That's been done a couple little deck issues we worked through those minor stuff. Everything's very good thing has been good to
work with very honest and open. We want to do it, right? And, uh, we're we're commencing. The work on Central with a substantial substantial completion date again of this summer. It sounds like a lot of
work. That's a big roofer from across the front of that, that, but it goes by like that employs the eye. Then, that's the window replacement. The last one for
that is to commence an early August when delete time Jeffries. Um, mobilization was originally July. It's moved to
August, just based on timelines of procurement, so we're saying we're about 15 reconstruction because because the big hurdle is getting through that single process in ordering those
windows. That's still in October 30th. Timeline for substantial completion, so you'd be amazed the one for one. Replacing around these two wings of this building will go pretty
quickly, but again, those are the three projects that lands actually involved in the Colliers doesn't manage to report you. The balance of them are colors.
Um, so just I, I know, that Mr Klaus did. Let us know that, uh, you had to go back and, and you're looking at some value engineering, um, just help me
understand what is the the discrepancy between what the initial estimate law is and then what the Colliers estimate was and and just help give you a little
idea right here. Well, we're going to talk about both because we're one set of set of estimates for me. When we gave Colliers of progress, set some
of the specificity like MEP systems systems aren't fully fledged yet. So what they do is they provide more of a conceptual level estimate? What's your name be mechanical
electrical problems? Sorry, I speak in acronyms at time. we all do it, but we have different careers. Um. So right away.
When we went with Rich round peek in the table said, yeah, I could review it with my team and they're high here, here, and here, great, and the same time workers in design items. We
agree that there's an extra here. there's some nice needs. I have a really great civil landscaping team that lobster just kind of grow the scope, right? So, they've done some design. That's
above and beyond the original plan, especially around Tatum, and then the whole kind of greenery behind a wing idea with papers to connect the roadway from the lot through to the
back of viewing. Those are going to be out alternates. Most likely, that will have to take they want original scope items. We're going to itemize those, isolate those, because
ultimately, what? I don't want to have happen. Is this renegotiation read process? We want to get these cleanly through. That's why we ask for the additional time to make
sure we did this, right? Um, those are the big ones. Then, we're looking at little nuances, you know, and it's amazing the little nuances. How much little
nuances cost? Um, little details of facades that maybe my design came over, embellished. Um, certain types of systems. For instance, devi, a little
detail we have screens for the HVAC equipment well through the mechanical design process we We put up these beautiful eight foot screens on the gym to hide
the equipment. Well, I got the ductwork design and the ductwork is 14 ft in the air. Doesn't work. Why put a screen that costs 120, 000? If I can't hide
what's really, the ugly part of this thing. So, we're going to look at taking that back through the curves from the bottom of the unit down in the building and out. That way, we
can conceal that and long term maintenance as much better that way. It's a win-win. We eliminate some trades and some cost. We don't sacrifice Those
are the kinds of decisions we're making to make sure that we bring this in where it needs to be okay. Thank you, um, and then you would talked about the the design of the gym and that you
want to go in front of the commission, especially for what's facing, uh? Um, we the
lrfp did get an opportunity to go through. all the plans and see some of the renderings. Um, so is what we saw in the rendering, the same thing that we're presenting. If you're concerned
about what's facing his way, okay, yeah, that's their soul, you know, obviously, we know the gymnasium faces the field, So, the main entrance you're looking
at the back of house, right, right, Granted, it sits back an entire football field of length, but it says so, they want to be
comfortable that the architecture replicates the historic VAway, and we've come up with some really great design ideas. Okay, yeah, because we were concerned about that too,
the we want curb appeal, even though it's not going on the curve yet to front of it. But to have that, so that, um? if quite that, does phase Kings feels like it fits with correct? You're not looking, like,
always, yeah, I don't want it to look like the back. Yeah. back. Yeah, we're actually taking. That and rampening it around the building. Yeah, consistent, so
that you get the same feeling look on those. Okay, okay, so it's updated from what we had originally seen. Okay. Okay, thank you. And then one last
thing you talked about the turf field, uh, August 3rd. Yeah. That's close. Wow. In two to three weeks, maybe three or four weeks aside, and
then the parking lot, the lady. So that's what I wrote down. It was writing seating, like that seems impossible. Well, you'd be amazed. What can happen? I
respect your respect your concern. You're not wrong. The biggest thing is. The parking lot. What we gotta get you okay, I'm gonna wait. So, like, when
would say that parking lot and lighting be August 26th? Okay, so that's the only choice. So, August 26 includes. yeah. Okay, August 20th, the lighting's PSEG dependent, so
we, no one that we know has any control over there. Yeah, so just to give you a few literally, PSEG is blaming everything on these storms to be to be honest with you. They
always have a reason. Irregardless. I don't want to follow. Um, but literally to the point where I'm fighting to get Transformer to get power to a school for school
opening. So, if that's not a priority, there's I'm sorry. Your lighting is really low undercoverable. Okay, I just was dying again. Get a sense of what
really was going to be done and when it was. And we endured that with 95 grow when we did your renovation. We ran power forever to that building because PSG
didn't make that a priority, and we didn't have the state of this world with the Earth. So, all right, thank you one more question, um, when the the
windows and I, I know this. But I just am asking, because I feel like somebody might ask this might ask this question, um. As we're facing in the windows, we
will coordinate so that if it impacts the classroom, they'll be shifted to a different part of the building. It's exactly what will happen. 12 second
shifts were okay, okay? so what? And I haven't gone through the exact finite of that schedule, but largely you'll be amazed. You can do.
at least the classroom or two at night is what they'll do. They'll come in with those windows out, set the new ones, clean it up. The next morning, you'll see a wall or a lift on site. You have a trailer with a
bunch of Windows in it, but there will be no active constructure today. Now!
They'll pull those windows out. They'll come out surprisingly easy that only a few anchors to the window jams. They'll get the new window set. They'll get it tempted in whether or not they
haven't fully sealed the next morning. That might be a question they'll do enough to weatherproof, and then usually they'll come back and do a final pass to really kind of
take care of it. insurance. But the biggest goal is to making sure we don't have that the service is having ship students trying to lose last extra days. Yeah. That you guys are shooting the
hit for the Tatumvement Tatum. Plus, are we are we not supposed? Technically, anybody can find it. It's public record, right?
We establish budgets. I just don't want any of us. our attorney, and at the end of the day. I probably should start giving you disclaimers when we do this, because in reality,
the public drives these prices, right? The advantage of what you're doing here that will help us immensely is the fact that we're going to allow this construction to happen during this school year. But data, we
particularly and Hopkins that is very advantageous to contractors because that's when they lose their players week is a lack of work, so it creates an
opportunity for them to have continual business operations. And then, also, you benefit from that price also you benefit
from that price together. So it's a strategy. Okay, thanks for checking that off. No, I
appreciate it. And thanks to the borough. We found out we had an email Monday, so we need to put 6 40 foot storage
containers at the high school. For the windows. There's no place to put six, so the barrel is going about a story over next
door that happens. which we can fit and then the other four times. Yeah, it's a lot of windows. About it is, you don't want to Stage or
stagger that delivery. You want to get them in here, get them on site otherwise. Thank you, thank you very much. Everybody. I'm Kyle. Nice to see
you again. I'm here in place of British Brown, bridge Brown.
I'm a little overdressed for the evening. Yeah. almost, um?
I'm gonna give you a little update on the open construction project starting off the middle school Auditorium that is now 100 complete. Just wanted to
close that out since our last meeting. I was still lingering. They finish the punch list, couple weeks ago, so that no more updates on that that is now
done. Um, going in order. When these were started the next, the 1890s project over at the Central School that's about 70
percent complete. D'Andria, the contractor For that is currently working on finishes, painting, and whatnot, they're pretty much wrapped up. They did
let us know last week that there is a little bit of little bit of delay and some HVAC units. Heating ventilation in the air conditioning units, but they
should be getting them. I believe the second week of August, so it shouldn't impact the final but it was just a little later than we originally
thought. Um, all almost done with that project, but it should be complete for the end of the end of August. Our next, the high school
auditorium here. We're about 30 of complete. Um. They're currently working in the auditorium, doing finishes gaining the walls gaining the
ceiling. They completed demo at the vestibule. If you walk through the front door, you'll probably saw that. Um, and then in the next two weeks, they're going to start frame in that up,
so it'll be buttoned up for the start of school. They also completed their demo, um, beneath us in the sea Wing, where they're working on three
classrooms and right now, in the electricians are working in there, getting the space ready, in addition to the general contractor, we have Longo, who's
the seating contractor there, um, layouts been finalized, and they are expected delivery early to be installed right afterward. Great line at the end of November completion, but our
project and then generations the audio visual contractor they've mobilized, They completed their demo right now. They're working on rigging for the lights and
the curtains on the stage, and they got a bunch more work coming in on the back end, going through a little bit farther along the general contract. contract. World
there, though. Um, next project, the nurses suite also over at Central School, and also with the same general contractor gandrea. Um, they.
Well, before that, the district recently completed an abatement over there between June 22nd and July 3rd, eight into their schedule a little bit. But since July 6,
they've been Russian, and they're working great. They've already started electrical rough end and Plumbing rough in and are completed framing. As of this week. Going to start
drywall and the balance once staying are all done coming. all done with the electrical homecoming, but they should be in good shape as well. Then, lastly, the big one, Elizabeth Patton, second tour
Edition over in the contractor over there, actually started early. I had a mobilization got out there just to become familiar with the site so that
they had a bunch of information so that when school ended, they could hit the ground running. Up to this point, we've
completed all the interior demo below the new second floor. They finished underground piping. Currently, they're working on pouring. Footings
beneath the space for the new steel. That is to be erected in the space and overans. Given us a strict outline of their major
Milestones. They want to hit this summer, including pouring those footings that they're currently working on, putting up the new steel in the space, and
then ultimately pouring the second floor slab on deck, which will be the second floor for this summer. I've also outlined that come the end of this summer, the space will be usable with
the exception of the first floor beneath beneath the new second floor. For Elizabeth Adam to continue regular operation for
this. Um, that's all I got. You guys have any questions. Thank you! Thank you. Okay, the long awaited. I didn't
feel the AI policy. So what? What? Uh, what? I'm going to open with this. Is this has been a a slow and deliberate approach? Uh, to the
development of this draft policy. Uh, but I I like to give you guys the visualization. I've used this phrase before
that. We've been breathing slowly with long, deep breaths on this policy, but we have have not been holding our
breath. So, the idea is, we have spent. In Earnest, the past three years. Uh, attending
seminars, reading, collaborating with colleagues around to uh, what our colleagues in the area, uh, are doing? Um.
Meeting with staff meeting with parents, conducting surveys all that to this end, which is to present a draft policy, uh, to the board and to the community,
Let me clarify that this draft policy is not up for first reading tonight. This is as advertised, a um.
A public review, right? A couple days ago, I emailed this out to the, uh, members of the staff and and families. I've already got a couple email, uh,
feedback. The idea here is to walk you through. Um, the policy and the regulation. Um.
And then in in hopes of having it off for first reading in August. Uh, with possible adoption in September. uh, and
obviously, rather than going through the actual. That's showing you the policy regulation. It is linked here. It has been linked, but these
slides will summarize this. So, feel free to ask any questions. So kind of let me start with. How we arrived here. As I
mentioned in March, we did a stakeholder survey when I talked about stakeholders. All parents in the district, all staff in the district and
students in grades 6 through 12. After that data was completed, we we, uh, I conducted four different focus To a staff members, one with parents and
one with students to try to better understand the data. You know, the data is graphed in charts. But what is it really
telling us? So it's an opportunity to dig deeper and here first account voices from parents, teachers and and
students. Um, all that input went into the development of this policy and regulation. Uh, now we're at stage three, which
is stakeholder review and input and next step is first reading, uh, for next month. So, here's
a big picture. Look at it. We're looking at a graduated approach by grade band. Um. And in our Pre-K to five
classrooms. That was something we heard loud and clear from all constituents. You know this idea that we want to make sure students? Uh, are learning in an authentic
way, and before they have the tools to use gender AI, we have to ensure a very solid foundation of skill development
and acquisition. Uh, so prohibited in K5, uh structured and supervised in grade 8. And guided Independence and grades 9
through 12. Now, let me put a little caveat onto this. Uh, the only gender of AI platforms that can be used at any level 6 through 12, even though they they will have
access, uh, has to be approved. By the administration and then moving forward through the Board of Education curriculum committee and the board as a
whole. Um. So, I think that's a really important piece, and the only all the only gender AI program right now that is available to students in grade
six through 12, uh, is a product called, um, notebook LM or Google notebook that's called now, uh, a close AI platform.
That generates information based on what you input into it, rather than what people think of like Chachi BT, where it gets going out.
They do not, no, are, and I'm going to show you a little more about that. I'll take a question, I'll question. I'll wait and see if you address my question. Okay. Uh, what AI may never, never be
used for harmful or inappropriate content. Much of this is covered on our acceptable use policy. Our HIV policy, so there's no need to
implement additional. Um, penalties. Because we already have that within our codecontact, uh, and other
policies other policies sharing your personal information, uh, and and legal non-compliance. How I AI tools get approved? First, we're starting with the district AI plan Then, it will
be committee review the board that has I just explained Board of curriculum committee, um? Uh, and then the goal is to have it generated list of acceptable
platforms that can be used and everything else is blocked by our our web filters. So, here are the proof tools today. As I mentioned for staff? Let me start on the student,
then it's Gemini notebook for education only for students in grade six through 12 and only can be accessed with District issued technology, which has
all the content filtering capabilities that student-owned devices don't. Now, this also plays into our Bella Bell cell phone band policy, Dance students from bringing
personal devices in school with some notable exceptions. And for staff. It would be, uh, Gemini notebook for education Gemini for Education, and
quality for teachers. So, these three? Or developed specifically for teachers. Uh, and it is a closed Network, meaning that through through the
teacher platform. Um, whatever teachers or staff put in does not become part of their learning model. Uh, academic and charity.
Probably the most significant theme we heard across board during the focus group, uh, work. Um, expectations of
students in grades 9 through 12 to use AI only when the teacher permits it for that assignment. Disclose when AI contributed to
the work. Incite AI generated content, like any other source. The safety net, not a verdict. AI detecting tools May flag
potential concerns in other words, we're able to. This policy authorizes use of AI detection tools, not in isolation. Um, they it's. It's an
ineffective tool, uh, just used in isolation. Uh, but results can never be the sole basis for an integrity finding and suspective issues. Let's go
through a human review process before any action is taken, which is how we're which effectively how we've been implementing it now using it
now. What this asks us are teaching staff. It's required training us training that teachers are going to do that.
I'm going to facilitate in September. It's going to be a combination of live in person trading and some asynchronous training. That teacher will be
required to to complete ethical professional use critical analysis. Classroom integration parameters, capabilities and limitations, monitoring student
inputs, confidentiality, the main Garden, rails on grading core curriculum assessments cannot be replaced with AI,
generated content against lower asking teaches that AI may supplement never replace the human element of human element of grading. Teachers must
disclose. We've never AI played a role in grading or evaluation, I this one has garnered the most discussion internally.
Exactly what that's going to look like, and how will we? Provide the necessary necessary Clarity for staff and then grade six through 12 Teachers must
stay up front with their AIS allowed on a given. Assignment. So again, effectively, right now. Students in any grade 6
through 12 when they come back in September will not have access to Claude. They will not have access to. Uh, uh,
chat GPT. They will only have access to Notebook LL. Like, you know, yes, what the second guardrailable AI made supplement
never plays? Yeah, what does that mean? Like, how would you use AI? Love you, great! So, it could be, uh, an initial
review of a, uh, of work that students produced could be, uh, essay. It could be some kind of piece where teachers are looking for to provide specific, formative
feedback for students and as a first step run it through an AI model based on maybe the rubric that they created, so you take
notebook LM, for example, I can take a piece of writing that I did. I can put the rubric that I developed, and I then I can based on the parameter. As I
said, do an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, and areas of need and have improvement on that particular piece based on the specific rubric that I What
we're saying is. Teachers can use that as a starting point, but they cannot use any AI tool. To to come up with, like,
just a grade like, I, I have too many papers a grade tonight. We're going to run this through this and and spit out, uh, great, that's that's prohibited
under this. Another example of that is, there's all these AI trackers which say that they can look at a paper and say how much AI you and they're extremely
reliable. Oh, really. Yeah, it's so unreliable. So you see. And then I know teachers have tried to catch students with it, but if you you can't unfortunately get here. So, some of the things
we're going to be talking about with our teachers and many things that teachers all are already already doing. We're already seeing before this policy even comes into place.
Some of the on very practical impacts on our classrooms, uh, for example. in our English classes, particularly at the
high school, even moving down, uh, as early as grade three, uh, teachers are doing much more on-demand writing pencil and
paper in the classroom. Yeah. Of the tried and true recommendations is really the best. AI detection tool is Know your students? Yeah, know your
students, um? Uh, another practice can be an on-demand writing sample that's done, uh, at the beginning, middle, and
then to the school year. So you have a baseline, and then if students submit writing that is totally in congruent with that I, I would wager that that's more
effective than any AI tool. Another strategy, too, too, is, um. Having a oral component to a paper and asking them
questions and and seeing, you know, and also, not, maybe not giving them a heads up. But there will be a normal, um, so let me let me also go back to
this piece about um, notebook, LM, or Gemini. Let me clarify this. No, up until about, uh, 72 hours ago, it was called notebook LM.
But uh, let me give you a very practical example of. um of of how we know students are using it because they told me. Um, they will load up a study
guide or a into notebook LM and with a push of a button within literally a minute. It will generate a quiz for you, so it's practice for the students, uh,
studying. I'll tell you a very personal example. My, uh, my Rising sixth grader. So, near the end of the school year? And
um? She was preparing for. She called it a final. I think it made her sound fancy, but it was a science test. It was a
scientist, uh, and there there were like, uh, 12. Uh, uh, a photocopies of. text that was going to be used for the assessment and what
we're able to do using milk bagali and literally take pictures of all of content loaded into notebook LM and then generate a quiz. Uh, and, and
it's a very effective and helpful, uh, tool. If you haven't used it, yes, when I, when I strongly recommend? Um.
Another very strong theme we heard with generative AI is. Particularly at the elementary school. We don't want our students using it. But we want
them to know about it. Right, um? So, we have a focus on January AI literacy in grades
one through twelve, uh, work happening right now, uh, by our district Librarians. All four of them are collaborating on generative AI literacy lessons, uh, for
students beginning grade one and going up through the high school. Um, the vehicle to present. These lessons will be
during library, so we're looking to develop anywhere between four and six lessons a year, uh, that that gets more complex as students, uh, get up,
uh, in the grades. Uh, Library. It'll happen in the library in grades one through five in grade six and seven. It will be
during, um, digital citizenship make sense, right, uh, and we're developing the work in nine through 12, uh, just Miller is doing that work, uh? But we
haven't yet identified the when part that. That's what we're still working on, because obviously they don't. High schoolers don't have a library special.
Up, but the the literacy topics are based on expectations regarding the appropriate use of gender and AI. The capabilities and limitations of generative AI, critical analysis and content critus. How to
disclose use and site AI resources. Not every. Not every, like, all right, sighting AI Resources. That's not going to be a topic part in first grade, uh, but you, you can get.
These are the big picture thieves and the importance of not disclosing personally identifiable information when using gem AI. And, and guess
what, these topics might change change six months from now. Yeah, um. This is a policy that is going to be required, uh, to
be reviewed annually. Uh, to keep up with the times. Yeah, and something like first grade. It's as easy, like the sighting
would just be not claiming it as your own, like that would be a probably a developmentally appropriate first grade thing. That'd be like you put the
information in there, but it's really not yours. You, you should tell you know your teacher, though, Yeah, I'm going to be really excited to to
see what our life, what our media specialist produce, um, there were very excited about engaging in this work. We this work. We also got a head head
start on this. Because Taylor. Schoect and Nicole Sutton, our media specialist at Central School in the middle school. Information literacy pilot,
where they began piloting the newly the new state standards in this area. So, we've got a little bit of a head start in the, uh, on, on the work on
this. Uh, so I anticipate at the August Board of Education meeting presenting, uh, those curricular, uh, lessons to the board for a review approval.
Next steps of policy and regulation 2365 is adopted, and again it. This would be adopted any earlier than September. Um,
an annual review, as I just mentioned ongoing feedback. In parent notification. Uh, and
somewhat connected to this. We have also purchased software. Uh, that will allow our teachers
to monitor student use. From the teacher's desktop meeting, when students are on screens if they're using screens for whatever it may be. The
teachers will have the capability from their device to see all of the content on the students devices. Are we able to afford that we,
we? It was not so that, uh, that was not initially budgeted for, uh. So, we actually had a cut a couple items to make that
happen, uh. One of the biggest things that was cut to make that happen for next year, uh, was the? world language audit and the
reason why the world? So there was the cost factor. There was an opportunity. It was a good opportunity, but it was really driven by the resignation of Rob
Fox. Our supervisor in my thought was having a new person come in and doing an audit as their first job responsibility. It's probably not the most effective
way to do it, so we delayed that by a year, uh, and saved about 8 thousand dollars, which was just about the cost of that. That platform and Mike
negotiated with the company and my bumbling we saved. I guess she wants. We were, we were expecting. We were expecting to be pretty
appreciated. It was not. Ultimately, the features. We just bought grade 612 because the k5 doesn't need. This guy
and the other things, so it's it's. It allows. It allows you to filter. It allows teachers and the other thing you've got this is, as we talk about
screen time. This will out to where we couldn't track screen time during school back. This will allow the track guys so you can say how many minutes was
third grade in Central on screens this week, and we can tell us that it also allows teachers to lock and freeze. Lock and freeze screens at any time. Yeah, I would say most of
the districts I'm in. They have that capability, and it's really it's. It's important especially now, like so, so the full text
of this policy is linked here. It's also on the policy page or the website, as well as the regulation are some very purposeful, um, um. Uh,
thinking that went into how we separated the policy and the regulation. Uh, and we did. We, when you read the policy, you're going to see it's more broad Strokes
where the regulation is more granular, uh, and we wanted the opportunity to be able to Pivot when needed. The regulation for
artificial intelligence is not mandated by the state of New Jersey, which means that we can modify it without the board doesn't need to approve it. Now, our practice, which has
been in effect for the past eight years, that, or uh, no 70s or seven years. Even when a regulation is not does not require Board of an approval, we
still present it publicly. We've still posted on the website. We still put it on the agenda for review, so it's not that you would lose power to see
that it's just We could be more Nimble to the ever-changing landscape, uh, that is artificial generator AI. Any
questions I just? More comments than anything else. I mean, I think that everybody knows my background. Um, I am not a, you know, AI is bad kind of person.
Um, but I love your approach. I like the the stepping of, you know, through the grades, and um, I think that in high school is the right kind, or for them to be focused on
this. I can tell you that we have people that are entering the workforce that use AI, but don't know how to use it with
critical thinking. Yes, and that is the key using AI on its own. Like, you have a Workforce that that can't do their job, but if we're
teaching our kids how to use AI with critical thinking skills, I mean, that's that's where it needs to be. And I, I think that as this matures, um, PD for teachers on critic really creative ways to to use
it. Um, and I've been really, uh, tuning in on some of the those kinds of things you know and interesting, uh, one that I
heard is a teacher who told students. Use AI, you know? Whatever book Beyonce rereading the Odyssey, use AI to create
create a book report. Now, your actual homework is to go pick out all the places where it's wrong, and so like really
finding things that are fun, that are that, are, you know, interesting, and teach a good lesson, but then help them to to, you know, integrate AI into
the lesson plan, so I think PD for the teachers is probably the most important thing it's going to be very important. I'll go back to this this idea that
we're breathing slowly, but not holding our breath. Um. Even if this is past students, even in grade 12, will only have access
initially to notebook LM, right? So, so it's still not access to chat GPD Gemini those kind of things, so it is a slow roll.
And, and I want to get one last example. How, how, um? So many adults in our organization are
are using this platform. I'll give another example. What I did so, uh, one of the other rules I have on the district technology district assessment coordinator.
So, when you're the district assessment coordinator for a state testing, you have to go to mandatory training. There's a lot of paperwork you have to
look through. All in on. I'm not exaggerating. There are probably 1200 pages of reference documents that go along with the
test that supposedly I need to be able to answer during testing. If a principal calls me
if a teacher calls. Um, on the spot, so it's kind of like. Draft day during test. On testing days, I have all my
monitors up. I'm in my office and I'm taking calls, uh, especially the first couple of days. So when I was able to do, I was able to load those 1200 pages of documents into notebook
notebook Ln. Google notebook, and when the question came up, I was able to type it in and get get a response literally in seconds now.
Being the the trust kind of person. What Google notebook also does is reference which document the founded in. So then, I have to go back into
that document Just verify the information is accurate and then give. Give that I was much more efficient and it made it made the first year of this new test so much more smoothly. But
that's just like a practical application, because you know when I first started doing this, particularly with parents? Well, even our our staff was the most skeptical group at. They
had the most the most concerns, because when you talk about generative AI, your mind goes right to. Students cheating and
and we have to be mindful of that. But as just think it was about the two examples I just gave you. There's more Nuance
to it, so I think there's a lot of cautious optimism, uh, to this. So, I'm excited to continue this work, and it's, it's. it's, it's, you know, that's stay on top of things.
Yeah, this was great. I, I appreciate your your work on this. That's very thorough. You really engaged all today, holders. You very publicized it
Everyone knew what we were doing. And um. So, thank you. Thanks, welcome. Thank you.
Okay, curriculum committee just. Yes, so, um. I will say, I think we do have, like, if it was June and July, but really short Yeah, short meetings, and
basically Gino covered most of June right there, but just want to highlight that, um. What I think is so great about that software. The monitoring
software was in Corinthians if I'm wrong, but it was really driven by the staff that were asking for more tools to write to be able to have a better like monitoring system of what's
there. So, I think that's really wonderful. And then, yes, super short for July, was there were some very, uh, minor changes to, uh, wording on some of our science Maps and those
really came from how, every six years, the doe makes updates to the standards, and some of those were revisions were just around wording of, um, having to make
sure the concepts are aligned with what the students are learning. So, um? Looking at like taking out certain words where it was just looking at,
okay, well, have they learned what that word meant yet, and that's really all that was. And then one thing that I thought
was interesting, too, is, um. In the natural disasters class where it was, there was a phrase cost benefit ratio and it was removed to focus the problem
solving on not just looking at economic benefits, but other types of problem solving. So, I think it was talking about these critical thinking skills of just really expanding what
that means, and that was basically what we've never any questions for just one of the word changes, I think. Like, first grade, they had climate change. We didn't learn more
climate, so they're great. Yeah, yeah, they can't talk about. So, yeah, so just making sure that alignment. Um, okay, does anyone have the finest facility? Yeah, I just
thought to myself Okay, should we get a sweater? Okay, sorry. Um, so we had a meeting on Tuesday, right, Tuesday, right? Um, so we had a nice and
efficient meeting first. We talked about, uh, Stephen bathroom improvements from during the fund from boosters in the agtsy cows here. Thanks,
Carol! So, uh. And then, also, the the funds donated for power filling station. So, time lines with all that, uh, the following station, something that we want
to do. We can do this summer, so it's going to happen now before school starts. And then, with the Stadium Banther improvements, because that's something that takes a little a
little bit longer. That's going to start at the conclusion of the fall Sport season, so we have time in between the fall Sports season and the spring
season. Hit it all done, Um, so that's that. Um, the energy savings approved program the e-sip you the last project coming in the entire, uh, of all those
improvements is will be the next week or so. That's the the, uh? The HVAC unit that's going on top of e-wing. Um, that's the last, uh, e-sip, uh? Projects,
so when that's done. We're done. It'll be nice. And then I actually spoke to Honeywell today. They're going to come back. uh, next month's we're meeting,
give outdate. Hey, we're done. Here's what we did for you guys. Yay. Um, so, so that's, that's the easier, um. Uh, the turf field, we actually, um. We talked about the terrifield a little bit with LeBron was
here, so that's that's what the turf field is. We talked about the rotary exchange program. We have a student who's coming through our high school through
that program. Um, we also talked about, uh, gentleman, to reach out to us about some solutions for health benefit savings. We're looking to that. We also talked about talked
about, uh, communication Tower of, like, our progression through that. And, you know, still working through the early stages of trying to look into the
feasibility of communication technology? Thank you questions. Great minutiae!
We had a few policies for first reading. The first was policy 5561, which is the use of physical restraint and seclusion techniques for students with
disabilities. Dana Blair joined us to go over the state mandated updates to the policy, the mandated changes happen to already be part of District
protocol, so we actually don't have a change in practice, but it was still good to go over this with that everybody was aware. Um, and then tend with
these changes is to reduce the usage. Of any type of restriction, especially. And encourages districts to instead
utilize positive behavior strategies and other de-escalation methods. Other three main changes, which are like I said said already in
practice, are adding seclusion as a form of de-escalation? Before moving to any type of restraint, the restraint can only be used in. The case of a physical emergency where the student is believed to be a
danger to themselves or to somebody else. Um, and also formalize accountability at the district level. So before it was just kind of like this
general. Um, you should have training about, um, these types of methods. And accountability to report to the parents. But
now there's a mandate for annual training with the staff working with the students and immediate parent contact within 48 Hours. Again, it's something
that we already do. Um. And there's also a formal review. If there's a pattern of restraint or solution be reported to the
state? We just for reference. We had not had any, um, incidents of restraint this past this past year, very few in the
five years prior. Um, and we report any of these incidences to the state. Now, if a student is at a district, that
institution is responsible for reporting to the seat. But our practice is that? The that we connect with that out of District placement team and hold an IEPD with them to
make sure they're all collaborating on positive behavior strategies. Um, any of the the change that we're going to see all of us on the
board, is incidences of restraint will go into the monthly violence evangelism report. Um, so there's going to be another color ported space going into that report that
we're going to see every month in the case that it does happen. Uh, next, we looked at policy zero one, six, two, uh, notice in board meetings and policy
0162.01, uh, on legal notices. This just means that the district no the district no longer has to advertise in newspaper in a newspaper before, um. A meeting takes place, so
the biggest change that we're going to see is that, um, a lot of the opening statement is going to change, um? And we're going to see a savings now of a
two thousand dollars a year, um, that already budget for for the publishing in newspapers ahead of time. Um, but that's saving was quickly applied to a new
requirement for IEP meeting notifications going out on paper. So, at least we have a list of that. Our website will continue to have legal notices
and meeting notification links on there. And if there's a special meeting, a notification will go out for that as well. Next is policy 54, 60 High School graduation. Um, this
policy looks at various graduation requirements. You know, for example, like proficiency in different areas is required for a student to graduate. We looked over
statutory revisions. That did not lead to any major shift in our crew that will not lead to an image shift in our curriculum or programming.
But there were a few questions that we looked over, um, one was that. That we. That we we have option to available in the high
school, the interpretation of what we saw was that option two should be. Um, available. It
should be available for the language senior. Read that if we offer the course, you can't have it options. Oh, right, too many school districts many
schools, but it's May so we were able to take that out, so that's not being applied, right? That's, that's the way the language reads more so and then interpretation was that that's
for in order to keep enrollment up in certain classes, but we have the opposite problem work group. So, so and and Gino does due diligence checking with
Strauss ascma that we have the ability to take that out, and we're not. Yeah, so no change again. We also looked into a
section labeled alternative assessment. Um, and we're gonna follow up to confirm procedure for students with disabilities. Um, who have IEP and four or
five plans, whether they are exempt from certain things like? Standardized testing. And then there was a question on career and Technical education, which
is also known as CTE and job. Coaching to CTE is not mandated in every High School in Jersey. We do not have an in school
seat, career technical education just in case. Yeah, um. And uh, we do promote vocational technical schools here and place with that, and we Supply
contact info for recruitment as mandated by the state. Um, to middle schoolers for votech schools to. Give information
about that. Then there's policy, uh, 2. 100, um, uncurriculum and regulation 2200 on curriculum content. Again, no operational changes. Um, it just provided
the scope of board members role in curriculum and defined the expected practice. Um, and did assert that, um, we have to share the curriculum online to make it accessible families,
which is what something already do? And the last was the policy regulation 5516. I on student use of Internet Energy devices,
which Gino is going to go over, Yeah, so, so, in contrast to the last presentation I gave, this one is a mandated policy, uh, where AI policy or regulation is not
required. Um, this is codified to New Jersey state law that was signed in by the governor last year. Uh, so let me this is on for first reading tonight with
anticipation second reading in August. Uh, with the opportunity for adopt. So, why this policy exists again? It's a state mandate. It requires every New Jersey school board to adopt the
policy prohibiting non-school issue internet enabled devices during the school day. So, here's the key term, which may be confusing
if someone is just looking at this and doesn't have the context of what we do? Non-School issue. All the prohibitions that you're going
to see in here are about student personal devices. They don't apply to the devices we issue them. It's important to station. The language isn't always clear on that, uh, it was
signed into law by former Governor Murphy. Um, so in the policy aspect of this, we have. Zero latitude of whether or
like, we can't change things. It's all codified in statute where we do have latitude is in the regulation, and there are seven or eight different content areas that
you'll see in that regulation, which was generated by our administrative team. In conjunction with the teachers
too correct. Did the teachers weigh in? Uh, what's fixed by law and what the board can adjust again. Policy set by law,
Bell Nobel prohibition itself is non-negotiable. Um, there are eight statutory exemption categories IEP 504, Health
translation caregiving. No alternative, uh, legal and emergency. Required compliance with Ida and section 504 and the
requirement to buy digital citizens citizenship instruction. And I hope you guys are picking up this pattern. A lot of things you see with, like, new policies and new
things like this that are being required. We're already doing it. We're already doing it because we recognize this good
practice. Um. We started digital citizenship in the middle school in 2012. You know, um? So, I'm proud of the work
we've done in this area now. The regulation, by contrast, has seven different areas where we do have control how we store the student devices if they choose to bring
them to school. Whether or not they can be used on school buses before an after school use on school grounds, school sponsor events, all school grounds
during the school day School sponsored events outside of the school day. Use of non-internet enabled devices, and then what
discipline is associated with it. I'm going to go over those things in these next few slides again, the hammer, the point home, no personal devices, bell
the Bell. Applies the smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and smart classes alike. Anything that connects to the internet? Uh, also apply
some non-internet enabled devices. A non-internate is a two-a radio, which is doing school and a half flip phone that's a non-in internet. like, a they're going back to
the old school. Yeah, yeah. icon. Yeah, yeah. In what was my first year 2005 2005? Yeah, I got handed. I used to walk
around a little bit the next time. Yeah. Um, devices must be powered off and password protected while stored. That's a student responsibility in the Board of students. No responsibility for
lost theft or damage, and I'm sure there's legal wiggle room here. Like, when I talk about the storage, if we're negligent, we do something negligent and break lose student devices. I
am sure we already be liable for that. Yeah, um, I, I would think. Um. All right. How
devices are stored? So, this is the current plan, uh, pre-cata5 is really, since no change from change. From what we've been doing for the past two years, uh? Students
were never allowed to bring cell phones into school or use them, uh, in school at the elementary level. Um. Last year was the
first year all three schools. We then prohibited, uh, Smart watches from coming in, and the good news is we really. I think we're very clear in our
Communication about it. Very little issues, uh, with that, and the ones that did come up were easily addressed by the building principle. So? Pre-K
to five if they choose to bring it to school. It's going to be in their backpack and off. In grade six to eight, there's gonna be a locker system, uh, implemented. It's going to look
something like this. These are the details we're still working working out, but generally it will. When students go to their homeroom, uh, students begin and end their day at the
Mystical at the same spot, same same classroom with the same teacher. Uh, it's homeroom. And then, it's tutorial at the end of the day. Students enter the
building student teacher collects, uh, their phone. It gets put in a personalized spot in dedicated Locker for the cell phones for that particular
homeroom. Um, and then at the end of the school day is redistributed back, uh, to them through tutorial. In grades 9 through 12, uh,
we're proposing a locked pouch approach, you know, in the the student that the high school presented some unique challenges. Uh, particularly
with how we manage open campus. Uh, so principal McHale entertain an Chuck. You're involved a lot of those, uh, conversations. I, I got to work
on the the big policy stuff and and Chuck and Tammy and their team. They worked on some of the details, I it was. It was a a
really good collaboration. But the, uh? Uh, the pouch that's being proposed. It is a clear pouch. So, when students come
into school, they'll be required to put their phone in their pouch, and it stays with them.
Um. And if they're going to open campus, say. 11th grader. I'm all from 10 30 to 11, 30, uh, I go to sign out. There will be a, uh, a supervised kiosk there
that will have a magnetic tool, a key that will unlock. They get their device. They go off campus. They come back. They put it it back in.
That's the system no on that. Only because I was in a not, I'm not discounting this at all, but give kids a heads up because I was in a school that was using
system. And when the kids misplace their pouch, they can't find their phones because they have to be off in the pouch, and so there's then no way to track their phones. So,
if they're gonna do it, tell, I mean, I don't know if you were putting out there if they're if the you know, you know, the kids that are going to lose it. So,
just, you know, give Tammy a heads up. Then there's some kind of plan really. Partial plan is. The phones were the keys to the building, too, for open campus.
Yeah, so all the kids have key cards. Now, they're going to be attached. It's actually not a pouch. It's a hard case. Okay, it's the plastic. Okay, so they're gonna have. They're
going to get the hard case with their key card attached to it if it goes into the case will now be there. so they're each going
to get their own individual. Like, it's not going to be like, here's all the ones every day. No, no, you keep your case with you. You keep your case with
you, make sense to leave it in your car. When they go home. would think that I feel like we at least give the as long as we're not the one, wait, and but then, how do they get? Oh,
sorry. how do they get? Oh, sorry. Again. Gino. How many students, uh, utilize open canvas on average on a daily basis? Thanks 400! So Logistically. How does this look because lunch or
open chemists is a finite time one hour, right, one hour? Yeah, so. Uh, logistically. It's going to take some time to get
four. Maybe it's 300 kids the door. Get the forms. them out the door, saying their phones powered on to meet up with all their friends and for lunch,
whatever they're gonna do. And also are turning back to school. There's Logistics. I can imagine a line can be getting frustrated. I'm in. Hurry, I gotta go. I gotta get back to
classmaply late to class because all of you were getting late. This mag does not really working very well. Today, things happen so logistically. I would
like to have a better clear understanding of how does this look and actually work number one number two? Do we have to go right to lock
pouch? Yes, who says that? Yes, because give me another math, give me another system. Well. Because when you have?
When it's inval about, yeah, I understand. So, when you? So, you've got to keep From time to time, and we went before I pushed back hard on this because I was with your mindset. I think every solution
we went through, it's like we would have to now create homerooms beginning and end of day to collect films, so keeping the classrooms. That
means we have to now add duties to teach us Ross. This could also economic piece to have to pay teachers more. We would have to do this. We, if we were
to do this, we keep. Kids in school by eliminating. Open campus is possibly we would have to hire staff to cover study goals so. answer was.
Either. Increased staff aluminum for campus. Change the schedule, which would, by the way, cut into instructional time by adding two homeowners
homeroom to the home run. We watch all these possible. We even looked at a model where freshman and and software had one plan, and we just he had another plan. Then we started
talking to people at the county of that. I'm declare I'm a a teacher that has. All those things came into play. In the end. The most practical.
Easiest solution, not easiest. Solution most proud of your solution was to do This schools have been doing the pouches for years and have done all 800 kids
in at one time and leaving the same time, and they make it work. You have multiple magnets, multiple places you can go when exit out. Um, they'll have six right now because I
don't know them just six are. If we're gonna have, Banks have every single door around this school and tons of staff to monitor these imagination. They're working properly. This
is what you have to understand because the same time, you know. You know, I just want to remind you the exception here in a little bit. And if there is,
is, there's a simpler solution, I don't know what it is, because I researched any of this yet. Before we get into a full lock
pouch, I mean, because? I don't know the same. Honestly, like if you have a car if you came with your friend, leave them in the car. Just don't bring it in.
Yeah, I mean, you can leave it in your car if you have open campus, you have, maybe you're walking, I get it, like, but you don't have to bring it. And now, if
you have, there are feminine emergency, hey, Mom, and you, you change clothes. I understand what we're going to do now, right? If we have a
phone's locked up? But I also understand what the practicality is of having a phone at least available. In case of whatever emergency you want to talk about, whatever situation is
going on. I forgot this at home, this one home. Hey, Mom or Dad, please go grade to me. That's what's up, but now we're going to get administrators involved. Can you please call home to my
mom and let her know that I need this brought to me, and I'm just thinking of all these things that, but are going to have all says. Parents call
the school and the school gets the kids. Kids go to the office and call the school of you know that that little Susie left something home.
exactly. That's, that's actually a point of communication goes through the main office That's not I, I, that's a good idea. I feel like the issue is, I get the pouches. I do think,
like, we may not, maybe, maybe something better will come, not, maybe about, maybe something better will come along. Once all this starts to play out a little bit. But if your issue seems to be
with the law which we don't get over issues, I understand, maybe we have oversight we don't get. I mean, do I live a lot? I don't, right? I think it's a
massive overreach by the state, however. Uh, it's mainly you were development. The regulations which we have some some leeway over which we'll
continue I would be the first to tell you that throughout those regulation explanations, you know, I'm going to have a bunch of stuff. Uh, and that's okay. That's what this board is for,
right? We're allowed to have to send your plans, and there are some things that I think are massive Overreach, I'm going to ask them questions if a lock pouch is really the only
solution you've come up with and this is going to be the best solution we'll a shot. I'm trying to understand the gistics behind it. And what happens?
The day-to-day, and maybe maybe I'm just the extreme, maybe nothing happens, maybe just perfectly smooth, and all these magnets work ideally and soon. So, out of this building in 36,
maybe so, and that would be great. And I hope that, I hope that is the case. I mean, we all want that for everybody. I just want to make sure that we're
not stepping too far too soon. I'll get to disciplinary part when you get there, uh? A piece, and maybe I'm just an
ultra positive person. One of my frustrations my kids speak is there's no plane. It's the last minute it's the phone, so it might actually force kids to
think a little more, say, hey, we'll meet here at 11, 30. Let's decide that before we go and do that, and let's meet it. Deflect caller by car here, you
sure. So maybe there's a positive that that's going to help him? I'm sure there are some plenty of positive going to come out, right? I just want to make sure that we're all
looking this. Yep, I, I, and this can change between now and next month. That's true, and so we'll bring those questions back, you have, and we'll bring
you down and what we're doing and come back with what the, as we look like, I I also I obviously cannot give any promises that this is going to go smoothly,
However, however, you know, you think back to one of the biggest shifts in public education in life we made on the Fly just a
few short years ago with years ago with dedicated and and smart. Staff and parents and we, we. generated a hybrid
schedule, virtual and remote instruction. Uh, within days. Um, so I think we can be a very creative and persistent and develop a system that is going to work effectively, but I can
guarantee it is if it's not working effectively. We're going to make a change to ensure, well, I appreciate you stand right because I can tell you one thing right after survey parents and teachers. They don't go
back to the hybrid system, so I want to make sure that we roll out policy as best we can so that you're not going to make a bunch of change, wholesale you throughout the year, because that's going to take a bunch of
time and bandwidth as well. Yeah, it is, but I also think that if we, we won't know, right? I mean, we we have. This state has given us a very short
window and very few resources correct, so we have to work within the clients we're given and I feel like it's really important that we allow the
people who are enforcing this to. Divide the ish. I'm not enforcing it, right? That's their job, and I think it's
really important that we also allow them to like it. It, it's. It's kind of the if they feel this is the best scenario. It's the best of of not great ones,
right? Because this is a fairly new phenomenon, let's move off about. Yeah, so let me let me talk about some exceptions, uh. To this, when device use is
still allow, uh, for all grades, uh, on school buses to it from school on school grounds before the day starts. And after, uh, it ends, it's
really becomes an enforcement issue, and students arrive at school at 810. We don't have the we don't have the capacity to say that there's no one out
there supervising. Kids come before the designated time during individually approved approved accommodations. Uh, I talked about, uh, the eight statutory exceptions on IP
accommodation 504 accommodation health plan translation needs student caregivers. So, there are, are exceptions, uh, to this, that we that we believe it would be
fairly Limited, uh? But we do anticipate some challenges. To this at least initially. Off campus from school events with
great differentiated Pre-K to five prohibited, just not, not. Not at any time, great. Six to eight permitted with
superintendent principal approval only if no reasonable alternative exists and 9th through 12 permitted during off campus events under staff supervision dances, athletic
events. The students will continue to have access and by staff supervisor. We just mean, like, if they're doing something correct, grossly negligent you,
you take your phone. Yeah, like, uh, on a senior trip, they can't be an embarrassing appear in the senior trip. They're
under the supervision of staff, you know, there's not a staff member looking over to see what they're doing. Our high school students traveling to speed on the Philadelphia, New York will
make sure you have the makes you have the funds for that. When our second graders go to? Uh, something that is new is. Outside of those accommodations
that I listed, families can request an individual accommodation. That's a process that I'm currently working on. What that process will look like how parents submit it, what the review will
be like be like so that that's new. Um, and then a staff initiated request for an exemption, so a very practical example with that is, uh, Bethany loud, the
high schools, our computer science There are some programs that she use. Uses cannot be run on our machines. Um. Uh, and so there might be an
instance where this Lau. will talk to Miss McHale request an exemption. and that would be either accepted or denied. So there, there's. There are some guard
rails, uh, to this. All right. Here's here's the discipline side of it. Uh, so what we did was we came up through a first through
fifth, uh, offense. Progressive and predictable. Uh, we. Uh, so let me go through it, uh, pre-k, to five. It's, you'll see, it's, um, there's really
nothing overtly punitive on this. I will, this will be on the website by by Monday by the way. Um. Uh, but we're engaging parents.
We're engaging the student. They're they're warnings, removal of device, uh. And then, if there's a fifth violation, this is the most period of part
at the elementary that goes across all levels, five violations like red telepath. They cannot operate. Grades six through eight, a lunch
detention. Then two detentions. In a Saturday, then two Saturdays, tensions, Grace 9-12 are are the most the most punitive. One to three days of lunch
detention, one to two days a Saturday's detention 1 to 3 days that have been out of school, uh, suspension, parent meeting. Open campus probation to five days of, uh, out of
school suspension and parent parent meeting for fourth offense. Okay. I was just gonna ask, like, we
have one to two. So, are there varying degrees of breaking the rule that's going to allow it to be fluctuate or how we just not decided which just seems I like, oh well, Johnny's gonna get two
days because it's not uncommon to have money. You look at our if our student handbooks, uh, it's not uncommon to have a range to leave a little bit of
human upon the time, place, and Circumstance of the violation. That's just, I mean, really. That was totally a mom question because I'm like, I'm like, I
would be like if my kid got too late. Right? would like to toss out an idea of not doing any out of school
suspensions. Reason being. I'm guessing part of this reason for the state law is to protect protect. Academic instruction.
We are now if a student is caught with doing something with their phone with this impenetrable magnetic pouch. Uh, we're now going to say, you
know, what we're going to take out of academic instruction because you've had too many violations of this policy, which which undermines the whole thing
to begin with. I would prefer to not see any out of school suspensions. Regards of how many times if little Susie your Little Giants violating this
policy that many times this is a different issue. We're going to address individually. I don't think going to be. This pandemic. Anyway, I really
don't. I don't want to manage you the exception, I think this is very aggressive, and we want students in school. We said
tonight in our Retreat. Our focus is the students. We're going to help deliver the best experience for them. That is
not the best experience for our students in my opinion. So, I have a differing opinion, which is great. So, going back to the pouches so going back to the
pouches, first of all. I, I don't love this policy, but I've got no choice. So, I'm gonna skip right over that. Um, the
pouches don't love them, either. But before any of this discussion happens, I have cost costs. Yeah, so I'm glad you guys look through everything
and I want you to take whatever. the the the solution is that gives us the less cost. I mean, we need to do it, and I, we don't need to spend any more money to to to to. Then, put the perfect solution in place, and
then going back to what we talked about today with one. What one of the the district goals are we have seen that behavior, and, and uh interactions, students
student interactions, student to, to teacher or sliding in a direction where we don't want them to go. The rules are the rules, and if somebody, and this isn't somebody, and this
isn't little Susie or Jaj. Johnny. High school. If little Susie or Johnny, they're big Susier, John, four times, have
not listened to the rules. There has to be consequences we have to have. Students who know? their rules, and then there are consequences. If you don't
follow the rules, whether it's the cell phone or whether it's behaving in the classroom that I, I just feel like we're sliding in the wrong direction and and these kids need to to
understand. This is the way of the world, and we live in a bubble. They live in a great town, or maybe things are a little bit softer in this town than they are. We've all made it
so that our kids live in a software environment, and that's a good thing, but they have to understand that there's consequences. So I'm fine with
it, whether it's cell phone or other things. other things four times. I think that there needs to be third is out. I, I just say, I'm going to agree
Out of school suspension over third offense. Now, third is two, it's just not written now. SS, oh, okay.
Like, not that I, I, you know? I could. I just think that especially there's a learning like they're going to be
pushing it. And do I want students to be missing? I mean, I don't know. These are all great. I feel like it's almost a
step down then, that the fifth time is, oh well, you just your device is banned, but like three band is the third time,
like I didn't use. Actually, I go for that, too, I, I take back what I say. So, take away the phone, yeah. soon. Or,
like, you don't, you don't get. But, again, that is, I will say, is a former school teacher that is really hard to enforce of. Like, okay, you're not even supposed to have it on the
premises, so you're not then submitting it in your little packet or pouch. That's gonna be really hard. It is I, I don't want to do that because it's
psychological. Struggle. This will be for many kids, and I feel like the out do I do, I think yes, we need to enforce
it right off the bat, because as a teacher too, you can't get easier and you've got it more. Is it day one? However. You
are, we know? Oh, like, students, especially those who have. Maybe, maybe they don't we have need for a 504 that they can have a plan they're going to
try to push it because it's going to be. They're going to be fighting with someone. They're going to be, like, oh my, God. Like, I'm totally sneaking my
phone it because it's they're so used to having it. So, we're not. This is not really as much as, yeah, just put it in the pouch. It is not as easy as
that. I mean, I'll lose Leave my phone because I'm going to run to the store to pick something up, and I will go back and get it simply because I
feel like I'm missing a limb. Do I want them to feel like that? Absolutely not, but will they? We can't control that and it's
not. I guess I feel like the out. Out of the editor suspension. Um, I just feel like that's excessive for third for the third. Yeah, I'd rather just
take it away. Would you take it away open campus instead of going straight to Isla school suspension. Because I see probation on there, but I don't see it what a lot early kids, and
that's the feedback that we've consistently been getting from your groups right. Is that the open campus is the biggest I
think that's great. And that if we go there for number three or something like there for number three or something like that, and, and yeah, so we, we? More.
one thing we do open campus is only true, so we had to figure out. I think you may have a great point. And appreciate that. Yeah, listen. That's what he's means are about discussions are about, and this is it's healthy debate, uh, on
all, so we will come back to the board, uh, next month, with with some changes, uh, to this now. Well, yeah, this is, we know, we
know. Be reapproved, which throughout the year, a couple of times. I meant to say the beginning, by the way, thank you for putting all the work you did into this.
It's a ton of work. It is not easy, and that's why there is so much debate tonight, because this isn't easy. And, uh, especially for this, you know, this state manated files, so,
but I appreciate everything. I and I, I listen, both Chuck and I appreciate the discourse, and maybe we'll, we'll hear from the community. Also, this makes us
better, uh? We don't like working in isolation, really? So, I appreciate this. I just want to get super super quick comment, and I'm sorry I stepped
out doing some couch talk, but I will say I have been so anti-couch. I went to an event last summer where I had to put
my phone in the pouch. And it was the greatest experience of my life. I'm just saying and a lot of the some of the things that I am seeing. The
psychological effect is, like, I think of peer pressure. Like, actually, kids are asking for someone's kind of take their
phones and like, and that by having it where it's not just single that with one person and also again to go back to supporting teachers and staff of
This would be the policy to think. having that thing in a couch, so you had a concert was fantastic, but getting them unlocked and only having certain like one
person to go to to unlock it when you're leaving was chaos. So? so there's what I'm just saying that personal experience to know, but it was fantastic to
me. But it was in the pouch, and I could be present with the people around me. Just like from from now, protecting school too, right? So, we're following the law. We're doing this
everywhere I go, because that's made. And they talk about this. This is the next big loss for sure, right? So someone has a phone out in class. They take a picture of someone who knows online, puts it online. It might
be a boom boom, boom. That's what. That's why we're going pretty well. Oh, now. That's part of my mentality of, like,
yeah. it's okay, yeah. How's it going the phone? Is it? is really, in my mind, in every place everywhere I go. That's, that's the big law school. He's so hard to enforce. That's, that's the other thing that was
going to bring up that the identity. the Manpower to enforce enforcys, is going to be astronomical a cost behind everything. They're, it's just not. I just don't. I really hope
it's going to be a perfect world, but I just logistically I'm like, there's going to be headaches throughout of getting. you know, everything else is
going to go with this, and you're right, one way or another. There's probably going to be a lawsuit about about
this mandate, front state, oh absolutely, and uh, or I, who on, could be here as well. Who knows? And that's why I just want to make sure everything is
thought to as well as possible, to know that it has been. This is, you know, in a lot of ways, very very well, written, I
just, I prefer, and again. I know, sometimes this might be really. Lala land sort of thinking, but I like to maybe
start a little bit lighter on stuff and then ramp up if we need to, right? Because you know what this District is different? We have high achieving students with high achieving parents and high cheating teachers. All do a
great thing. Mostly, are there some exceptions? some exceptions? Yes. Um, but I believe in our students to be able to do things, even if we have a little bit of a lighter.
Of regulation written and then, but we're able to need to. But if you want to go hard because lawsuit I, I respect that
completely, I understand it completely. I don't have the light, so let's, um, let's decide that we aren't comfortable aren't comfortable
with the regulation. Um. Are we able to approve the policy? and then discuss the regulations again? I, I, you know, do we need to apologize? The board
secretary says, uh, otherwise, if? This is just the first reading. Yeah. You know if we bring back? Next
month aversion that the board is still uncomfortable with, then you voted Then you say no to that correct, and I'm not very good reading law or anything
like that. You said that this applies to nonet and able devices. The law does six, I thought. Law said it did not apply. That was only internet
enabled devices, you know, uh, you know? It also applies to two-a radios headphones. No, I think it's speaks to those, but they're allowed. They're
allowed. They're allowed. And that's what's going to bring up because you have on section six? They're prohibit from using on able devices, but I, I think I
read. That's the way I interpreted calculators. that flip phones would be. Okay, that's the case. Go to Verizon, I, I, I thought, I thought, the
policy section said that it is not. it, it is not. That would be my task as well. It's just, but it works correct. Okay, yeah, you can during now.
There are some understandings. There are some flip phones that our internet neighbor, right? So you'd have to actually have that
inspected, I suppose to school, but there are flip specific flip phones that are only for phone calls and texts that are not internet enabled again. Probably
require someone to inspect those to put a little green sticker on, it says this is a little green sticker on it. That says, this is approved, and your
flip phone is not approved. Big Johnny in big city. But a big young response on the phone. All right, some of the additional dishes
responsibilities digital. It's just instruction, disability, health compliance, compliance. Those are those areas we have to make exceptions for. District managed tools only. That's what we issue emergency
protocols, uh, Mr Fox and safety team. They're currently working on that, adding a new chapter to our district emergency plan. So what, that sounds like it looks like as
another like that's another question I have, well, that that's being worked on now. Yeah, I I, I can't wait. Articulate it publicly yet.
Okay, it's often. Okay, yeah. Transparent monitoring and family communication. Cuz, yeah, because they run something where you, uh, if there's a
catastroph God forbid, there's a catastrophic incident in your school. Uh, you won't get your phones back until you get back to the boat. God forbid,
there's a catastrophic incident. Many times, villains are closed for months. Oh, wait, we're doing. Where'd you read that, uh? It was either in the law or
something. It was definitely not in the law. I, I tell you having plan, it's that's not part of the plant. That's not part of the not part of the
plan. Okay, the the ideal what we're working towards, Matt, is to. Redistribute the phones at the off-site location that will, if you established were established correct? All right.
Thank you. You're welcome. Uh, so what this means for students parents, and teachers students device off store double bell? This is pretty much all the
purchasing information. I, I already went over. Timeline and next steps. Draft policy. Was reviewed by the Board of Ed
curriculum committee and what you, what we did during policy committee did not include the regulation that wasn't. We hadn't finished that yet, so
you were just looking at policy. That was the first look Here we are tonight. Drift, uh or no, uh, a couple days ago, 21st draft emailed.
Uh, here we are our first reading. Second reading on the 20th, I have links on that page to the complete, uh, draft policy and draft regulation that
is currently available on our website. this presentation, along with the one I did earlier, will be posted under the new section of the website, uh, by Monday. What do you know this has to be
this year? That's correct law, okay? Thank you guys! the dialogue. Good job, yeah. Thanks for thanks for the taking the feedback. Thanks for the great discussion at this table.
All right, um? Make you don't eat. Oh, there you are. are. I can't see very well there. Um, you don't need lrm. No, I've covered everything. And Mike even got the adhesive, uh?
Very, which was the only thing again. The positive component. Yeah, so yeah, we're good, okay, um? Dr Perrillo. Anything else a lot
of talking, right? I do have one. that is someone related to, uh, to all of this on, uh, the continuing work we're doing Screen time. We held our parent focus group last week. We had 30
parents show up on a 10 o'clock on a summer day, which is pretty incredible. Had a lot of good feedback. We let read a lot of good research. They provided a lot of good
input Our teacher group is then taking that feedback from the parent in the administrative group, uh, teacher group is working the first week of August to
develop the teacher guidelines for edtech and Screen time based on research, uh, and I plan on presenting those findings at the August Port of Education. Thank
you. um, Mr Klaus. Yeah, we spoke earlier, givens. We've been here since four o'clock and would have punch the goal update to next month. the one thing we once again? For, I retire. I'm going to put
a calendar out once you're the fruit and have to change it. We are, you know? never going to happen. We are, we are. We have this characterist counters up for
approval again, the change is. we talk about that before. We're gonna use President's Day in that first PD day. Is it two first, go to makeups to try to avoid at all costs, Eating in the spring break, so that's the
only change is. We're shifting our emergency closing makeups if they happen before President's Day and that BB game, right? that that BB game, right? Great! Um, I'm not, I
don't know. I don't have anything to add. I'm gonna go right to public comments. Um, we'll now begin. Open public comment members are invited invited to speak for up to three
minutes. Um, police direct your comment to before. Please start with your name and the name of your street. Hello, Carol stoner hunting
Avenue. I know you thought I wouldn't come back. So, in my opinion, I think that New Jersey has a respect their boundaries, um, with the belts of El cell phone bin. I think
that there should be more latitude in high school because kids have full access to their cell phones and college So, going from a locked pouch as a senior to going to college
with full access just doesn't make sense. It seems to me like it should be more of a graded, uh, ability to handle that instead of, you know, just has
to be walked. I think Um, how are you going to communicate in emergency to every student in the classes where you're going to make an announcement? Um,
like, I'm not sure what cell phone everyone could know if you're in the bathroom you're outside. You can get something on your cell phone that says that there's a shooter, or if there's whatever, but you're not coming, they need that.
You're not going to access to it, but then putting something you're announcement, and you're probably not probably not going to want to do that in case of
emergency. Um, so that concerns me and um. So, just to confirm so, teachers can have their cell phones all day long, but
not students. They're not real. They're not allowed. We ask them right. Are we asking them to really like to kind of follow the same teachers to keep their
phones often away when they're not when they're yeah, okay, so that nobody has access to their cell phone. Well, they have it in their.
But in the case in emergency, all right, come on. Don't see the access to anything that makes me really nervous? on. Like, we also have access to anything that makes me really nervous. Um, in my opinion, I think the bigger issue is a darn
Chromebooks and the amount of time that all of our students spend on them, not the cell phones. How about the state of New Jersey thinks about getting
rid of the Chromebooks first? That's my opinion, um. I also think that you need to give away for parents to communicate with their kid during the day. I
want to bring us up because I brought this up before, no parents can email their student on the strict because of the firewalls, right? So, parents
can't email the student and the student can't have email parent, They can only email what it's in their their school, right? So, there's no way to communicate. And I've said this before, why
can't you get parents? A student Why can't you give parents a student issue email? That you could then have a parent be able to communicate. Let's just say you're have an emergency with
the, you know, a kid who needs to be her pants, or like, whatever they at least be able to email each other. I think that would be appropriate communication, but there's no
way to communicate at all. So, um, and I also think, for instance, when you have a coach who says you need to, you know, Brandon, you need to email your
mom and coach and tell me you're not going to get practice that day, I can't get his emails because he can't go to me. me, it's you. I can't get the emails
at all. Because parents are not allowed. So, I think that's a problem. I think that problem. I think that could be solved. Um, also, you can't stop open
campus. You're brought that up a lot because there's not enough room in the darn cafeteria for the students to eat, the way it because it was the way it was done by our newest land Engineers. Cafeteria doesn't
look anywhere near what it used to, you can only fit one class from there at a time, so the reason why you have open campus is because you need kids to go
outside, and you need them to go eat somewhere. That's what open campus is all about, especially for lunch. Um, and then, do you
know what is digital citizenship? You brought. Oh, any other comments? All right. Going on to governance?
Um, acceptance of the monthly HIV vandalism violence report fire security drill report policies for first reading 1643, 2260, 24, 11, 55,
16, and the regulation bylaws 0162. Um by 0162.01. Five, five, six, one, and two. Two, oh, approval to abolish regulations 2411,
2460-430, and two, two, o, and the um approval of the revised calendar for the. time. Okay, um? Um, I have a
procedural question. Um. given that we said that, you're going to revamp the regulation. Are we going to keep that to vote on it right? Now, that's what I had just asked, they said, yes, because we can
revise it. you you can vote Yes on everything, knowing that we're going to come back with, uh, some some modifications based on the feedback, and then voted
down in August. If you're not happy with that, okay, Or you can vote it down. I mean, so the implement it, okay, the regulation is mandated, so correct. We can vote yes,
because we know there needs to be a regulation in place and that it won't go through until August. Well, here the policy
is mandated. Yeah, but both are mandidate. Thank you. There are some regulations that don't require Ford out. Yep. Thank you. Okay, any other. Um, I know we had a lot of discussion around
being 5516. Any other questions or comments? Mr Knuckles. Yes, Mr Richard. No on C, four, and
five, yes, and everything else. Massage? Yes, vice president hooker, yes? Understress yes, Mr Essipler, yes, president
Griffin, yes. Curriculum and special ad proof of field trip conferences. Travel overnight field trips, resolution to approve virtual and remote
instruction plan. Resolution between the Board of Edmos Legacy Board of Ed and Watch Legacy again. again. Resolution to approve njsiaa
daanj membership. Resolution between the Board of Ed and Global Arena resolution to approve independent educational valuations. Resolutionary Board
of Ed and Jewish Family family and children's services. Resolution between the Board of Ed and large schools. Revolutions in the board event out of sight. Teaching
resolution between the Board of Ed and learn well. Resolution between the Board of Edmio school for our district
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replacement and resolution between the Board of Ed and Yale. Motion Greg and Jess.
Questions or comments? In Mike, Mrs. Yes, Mr. Retard, yes. yes, yes, vice president, yes, distress. Yes, Mr. Yes, president, yes. Personnel
approval of new Personnel transfer, salary upgrades, mentoring, expirricular associates of advances resolution between Korean, Welsh, and Sean to approve
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and Hood for 504 meeting? Resolution to approve the Ashton Miller for esy resolution to approve following teachers for stomach curriculum work
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approve teachers to serve under 26, 27. Take control studies committee. Resolution to improve compensation for employees to work over to work
four four hours over the summer. Brazil approval to submit the to the executive County, the completion of superintendent Larrical
resolution to approve compensation for the following employees to move classrooms motion. Mike and? Questions or
comments? All right, Mr brother, yes, Miss Sada, yes, vice president. Yes, Mrs, yes, Mr Blair. Yes, Mr. Knuckles, yes, president Griffin, yes, but recuse. OMG.
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student payment of bills, budget transfers, or secondary report cash report cash coverage report motion. Jess and Greg. Discussion. Did anyone have any
I? I wanna, uh, we talked about our legal. How happy are we with our lawyers? Oh, we just we, we just had. That's what this is RP. Oh, I'm
sorry, I misunderstood what that was. Okay, I To diversifying. Our. we were happy with the
interviews, but also will have, um, we'll have. Different lawyers to pick for different circumstances that might be better. thing. Yeah, very, very important.
Yeah, because notice there's three of them and each of those have different people. I got it. I didn't understand what that was, yeah. We had a
committee that actually was just stuck, was actually audited. Um. Yes, distress? Yes. Knuckles, yes, yes. Approval of
the minutes. Oh wait, yeah, so yeah, no, I'm right regularly. I'm so full, so listening, um, from June 4th executive special
from June 4th motion. The day. Discussion. Anyone scheduling
photos? Okay? Vice president, yes, distress? Yes. Yes. After six hours. brought it up in the retreat.
Okay, motion to it. Jerk, yes, and.