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This Hollywood here. Mr. Knuckles here, Mr. Ritter here this side. Yeah, Vice President. Hopewell President Crooked here.
Agency, like the United States of America and to Republic for, which it stands one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Mike, could you please read the statement concerning open? Public meetings. Public notice of this meeting for shown to the Open Public Meetings. Act has
been given by the Superintendent of Schools in the following manner, on January 8th, 2025. Notice of this meeting was posted all the anterior of the
school administration offices, 95, Grocery hadn't, written. Notice was submitting and follow the head from borough clerk. And notices for email to the carrier post in the
retrospect newspaper. Okay, thank you. We'll get started today. With. The student
commendations. But we want the musical first. Yeah, we can do music first. That way you have a little introductor of music. Sense to everyone.
Thank you. It. All right, welcome. I'm back. So I see you guys again. Um, these are students from the middle school, they have made all South Jersey orchestra this
year. Of auditions and successfully got into the ensembles and then, as well as Landon came made all
state this year. A pop-up selection with all team because we're gonna be playing this piece that our concert today. So we're playing this
arrangement of therapy. You know. Welcome. Of. The landing you go. Congratulations. Now, what the conversations by
you guys, okay. You should be in there, too. Oh, terrific congratically. Congratulations. Do you know she Do you want to go? Now What was
all sleep with this? That was also was only, now no, okay. Now, National Note Scholarship program, She could. Yes. Okay, that was
my thing. Here. Not some alcohol. oh, That's the song. He might be resting. But they told. And ask her friend. Yeah.
Yeah. We know. Is that I took the psats in my freshman, sophomore years and combined? Yeah. Yeah, I usually go over here because it's like one top
country stores right here, so we'll get them back. Okay. um, Thank you. So first part is pretty busy.
coming up at the end of it, we have a March 28th is our Youth Leadership meeting which was formerly Equity Summit. And that's coming up. It's essentially gonna be same thing.
It's been the past few years to get leaders of our community. To come together and collaborate work together, come up with ideas. Overall spread that ability to be leaders.
next, we appear later interviews for our sophomores and juniors who were interviewing to become fall? Peer leaders. They were this past Sunday and coming up on this Sunday. And they went,
well, a lot of people stood out as great fall peer leaders. I was an interviewer myself And our next class failure is
definitely looks good. And then Njgpa is all wrapped up. All of the. Makeups have been completed and all schools are in. The musical
was a success and I saw that the matinee. It was amazing. And it was Mama Mia, the team just did a great production. and, you
know, it always amazes me how good our Peter Parks program actually is, you know, put on shows. I thought I'd see on Broadway. And then next up is our senior
trip which starts on April 4th, which is the same day as our freshman dance. So the seniors, you know, they're
lucky, they skip on school and go to Disney. Next year. Okay. And then the freshman, the other first go around with
dances So that's coming up on. Two Fridays from now. and then, finally, Or no, sorry, one more
thing. We have the spring sports. big for our spring sports. We had Nike nationals where we have many top finishers in the country including our hurdles team, placing third,
And but runners, like Rally Austin. Just finishing. I mean really well GPR. And then also, we have our Oh, and girls want six stage
championships. Swim in a row. So congratulations to them and then boys. Yeah. They also, once they championship so swim still
dominating because so and now we have a big project that I know myself and the representatives and this McHale MR. Class have been working on and as a project for our Centennial,
So the goal of this project is kind of comes in two parts. So the first part is we are planning and designing, a wall wrap, it's gonna be planned but
right outside here, just by that bench. We take a left out and the purpose of it is to provide kind of like a Aesthetic and more vibrant feel to our building in a area of
high traffic for students and the purpose of it is to represent. Our histories of school. So the well wrap, it'll
consist of pictures of I know we met with Mr. Reader. One of our history teachers here. He has great pieces like old newspapers from, you know, our
school paper that we had in the 1940s which we have three copies of, That's It, to Old Blueprints to Old Patient of Our School. and
then the second part of this is, we are Coming up with a late design, a crest for how to feel more high school. and we are doing our
best to incorporate kind of all aspects of our school. So we are sending out a Google form because it's kind of what we want to request. One of the parts is that before pillars
about student body believes and means to be making HS student. And what they're gonna do is select the four that they believe are the most important
of our values. and and the representatives and I and a team who plan to put together And Mrs. McHale are gonna
but they're put together design a crest that we plan to put on the wall rap. And for the design part, I mean, I know I'm on a good artist myself, so we plan to wrap in Apr your misakin and her students.
So volunteer base thing to get general ideas for the crest. And then we're gonna narrow it down and hopefully come up their best solution for this crest.
so that's in high school news and then In middle school news, we have mission contacts. See First Team will be representing
the height or the middle school at the competition. This Friday And then HMS HMS teachers are finishing up their recommendations for next year's 7th grade students for classes. The HMS burning musical went
great, which is Allison Wonderland at HC myself but I'm assuming it's anything like the high school went really well. And then also, they were given a
preview, which I think is great. You know? like a little hour thing they go and get to see it, get students interested to go. I
know me personally seeing the preview tomorrow and then the sixth graders, they have a field trip to the University of Pennsylvania Museum on April 16th and 17th.
And then mysterious zones or Thomas with the 8th graders. We also go on a field trip to National Constitution Center on April 11th. And finally, the Hmhs Student Council is organizing
fundraising activity. coming up for their HMA test volleyball, tournament. Which will be held in May. The fundraising is
starting now because each grade is raising for a different charity, sixth grade. This year is raising chair for money for the Alzheimer's Association.
Seventh Grade for the Mental Health of America in 8th, grade for Autism speaks. Cosmosphere is that? Yeah, that's exciting. So the craft is do we have a crust Or is this
like, this is new. So we've done some research and as far back as we know they hs is not ever crest. Everyone else. Tell us where everyone. Yeah. yeah.
And everything shirts. We get the shirts that happen to crust and you're gonna need like new logos on stationary and automatic to our letterhead. We can. Well, I
know one of the conversation we had Is this a district crest or a nice high school class and so I'm sure as as we get further around LUNCHABLE, Yes, say is there a way to make it kind of quasi?
Where could be high school question? Just bad districts in our next? Yeah, figured out.
Yeah, that's right. How was the NJ GPA long? Yeah. Well but it was definitely good. Not too difficult but yeah, exactly. That went through that, we get the two out of the
year. So yeah, exactly. And then you have the science one to take, right? That's a man. Yeah, that's coming up. All right.
Well, thank you. Anyone have questions for Jack? Yes, no, I just love that. You're including the middle school too. Eventually really nice doing our best food elementary school.
So No, if we get news, there's such there's fun to our emails. Maybe, you know, you might now
next month, I think you're responsible. Okay. Presentation Today, do you want to do these in? Well, Mr. Heck
already went right. Do you want to do, keep it the science and then I think if you actually teach me shorter ones so maybe we can
do that. And Serrano do you want to do the hmhs PSAT and SAT report? Yeah. Hello, how are you right here? Um, So this data is about our current Psat in sat dead, so
it's the most current that we have this year and I show over time but for the most part, we're going to talk about our most current day, okay. Okay, so why is this data
useful? So three key points here, first we use this data for conversations with counseling, in families to talk about career planning and college planning.
So the SAT provides something called subscores which talks to different areas of the assessment and the strengths of those students. So counselors
and families can use that for any undecided scenes that have questions or just don't know where they want to go. That's one data useful point of this. The next one is, if you want to
improve your scores again those sub scores really help in that area for tutoring. Or if you want to go to your teacher, you say, Hey, like I did really well
with the data analysis part, but for the algebra section, I'm still struggling. I didn't score as well, so that helps in that area for us. In the same way, it gives us a
holistic of you of how our students did on all of those subscribers as well. So, our cur, Them is going to be using this data to inform our programming,
our assessments. and our curriculum over time. So, the basics of the PSAT I just wanted to give this for everybody. Um, the SAT test reasoning and verbal abilities
to show readiness for college, there are two parts of the SAT evidence-based, reading and writing, which evaluates comprehension reasoning grammar.
Language. And then mathematics. The test problem solving algebra that analysis and advanced math concepts, so this has a score range that is from 400 to 1600 and that is
broken down into the two parts which can go anywhere from 200 to 800. The PSAT does not have as large of a range. It is only
a 15, 20 as the highest, and that is because it is a pretest. So it's not as robust as the SAT or comprehensive. Okay, so this is our mean score
so at hmhs, we test 9th 10th and 11th graders. So this is every student's data together combined. So this is when we took it in 2022, 2023, and 2024. So these
numbers are showing as you can see that we trend higher than the nation in the state and as you will see, throughout the presentation, this is exactly
who we are. We are always above the state, in the nation year after year. So this data is grade level specific. So PS18 9th grade mean scores, 10th grade means for an
11th, grade mean scores and as you can see again, we are trending up but I also want you to notice that from 9th 10th and 11th grade. We are constantly
growing in score which makes sense. Right? Our kids are knowing better but they significantly jump which is also a testament to our using the
data to our teachers to tutors. Families to everyone who is using the data and improving student achievement levels. So this shows us a great trend over time, and the blue is our
ninth grade. 10th is green 11th. Grade is red. I want to just showcase that our ninth grade continues to to trend up which means that
students coming into the high school are being more prepared, in college, ready, which is a great testament to our middle school, programming, and all of
our help in assessment there as well. I just wanted to show that. Bye. Okay, so our key
takeaways from the PSAT. We are performing outperforming the nation by 111 points. And we are outperforming New Jersey by 124 points and I broke down, which areas and how we're
outperforming in the English space in the math space as well. So, again, we are higher nationally from the Nation and New Jersey and it's just talks about How
high we are above those areas. Okay, so sat means stores are a little different than the Ps. These graduating classes are at the bottom. So 2022, graduating
class, 2023 graduating class in the graduating class of 2024 that is what this data shows. And as you can see, we are trending above 1200 and that is
the marker that we all want to see for meeting the benchmark of the SAT. So, Thank you. So we are more than 50% of our
students. Score higher than a 1200 and that number being 58%. And that means we double the Nation and
New Jersey. So the nation is 27. In New Jersey is 24% of our students. So, we at hmhs double that number for students before higher than a 1200 on the
SAT again that is a testament to our academic, programming our families, and all the students
that use the data to improve their scores over time. So presentation. I have a couple questions. I just like, I like S&P. I know, I
know it's right. and I know this is fairly new to you so you might not know this answer but I'm curious if there are trends that they're seeing
in comparing the paper. Versus the digital now. So, just what I'm witnessed in reading, um, they're saying that scores are going up, but they can't
correlate that to being paper-based versus student just being more prepared for the assessment with all of the resources that have come up and people taking classes and tutoring and ai being helpful as well, right?
Also more data coming back, right? 10 years ago you just got to score. Yeah. Now you say, you get your sub scores and your areas of strengths and weekly.
So it does give the person the ability to hone in and focus on. Unfortunately, not as detailed as the paper-based was before they put into that, they used
to give you the questions which was much more helpful for preparing that for later. I don't know why they don't do
that now. Maybe it's because everyone has different questions but I do think that that but I know nothing to do with you. But I didn't think that's very
unfair for for students, you know, you take it you want to see clearly used to be able to really see what you did. Um, yes. I think that was my, that
was really my major question. It's great to see that that the moving up. Oh and I already know the answer to this but I'm gonna ask because I think it's a
question. A lot of us us. Wonder we, when we tend to compare ourselves with the Jay districts, but the Sat does not break down by Jake District,
right? So, we can't, because that's not how the dad is released. So we can do, Right, can we not do it so that we couldn't?
We self-report our scores, right? If another J digit, does not do this. We have no way of knowing, right? So njsla Njgpa, the state reports those questions. So we would
have to go to HJ District to try to research what they do. Some may or may not for that like this. So for someone to look
what we do, they have to find what meeting we're giving this presentation one, right? Probably could. Probably could be done. I would imagine. Most
changes are giving presentations like this, but it's not like we can go to website. Staff means, that means that it's a product that might be interesting projects. based learning. Assignment my well
yeah, thank you for this. This was great. and welcome. This is your presentation. You my question was math related and it's do we see any correlation between our students that are taking
advanced math earlier and performance on the SAT? Because as I recall If you take math earlier, the majority of the SAT
is algebra, geometry and Algebra 2. So we might have some students that have completed all of those by ninth grade and
then they're taking this test in 10th or 11th grade. Are they still getting the refresher that they need to do well in the SAT or is there anything? Are we
noticing any drop off among students that we would expect to do very well? But who I don't know. Need more refreshing. Yeah, that would be dive in Lincoln, which that's this data
is like overall. It's not each student and what test and what class, and but I could figure that out but I don't remember having geometry flashcards for
Looking over them in the car because I hadn't had it. We actually. Adjust our math program. At one point back that
very reason to get algebra. If this was closer to test and now we're going back to where we're going forward. Is um, I always say that I don't think I would say this
anecdotally I should When we moved them, we didn't see change. Yeah. I don't think there was any other, we move the needle homework. So I think
we're better off now with our track. We are In the old in the old system would Multinarily wouldn't have been on page,
right? It is now. So I think that the greater good day sir. Well that right and it's I don't think the scores were. Yeah, probably identified people need a refresher. That's a
little more. I I think just from, I mean honestly, I'm not good enough. I have it myself. I said and I feel like with the digital one it goes a little bit. There's because you go to
the higher labs, there's a little more opportunity to do more. Um, it might benefit you to keep progressing because I don't feel like a lot of students, take the SAT multiple
times. So like even though they're advancing earlier, they're getting and a lot of space that's are still looking at satr allowing them to split
administrations and put them together. Yeah, I think you Talk to that. We have more preparation individually and by families for the SAT. So that's also one of
those things, right? We have a lot, a lot of our students are to you. Thank you. Any other
questions? No, just really exciting to see how our students are performing. So, well, you know, against the national average and the state, that's pretty phenomenal. Yes,
thank you. Thank you, thank you. Well done, students and teachers, obviously, Okay. oh, I just wanted to add something about the sat
conversation and I just I think that that was a great question and we have looked in the past at like Wednesdays accelerate, early middle school? How does that impact them in high
school? And sometimes it, it really is a mixed bag. Like sometimes students who are two grade levels above in math and middle school and of doing really well And sometimes we find that some
of those students revert back and then don't end up like you mean like no exactly good about this seniors, that that goes no longer because they slow down in high
school. and I but in the other so that that's like we don't really have tons of data on that. Because so if you students do it though, and then the other thing I would say is
do because math is so accumulative. Other than geometry there that that's really the one place where they're potentially be an issue and I know there's a lot of pressure to accelerate and a
lot of desire to accelerate like I know is an 8th grade student if Had suggested that maybe I'd be better served long term by not accelerating early, I would
have really thought back against that. But I think there is some good data to show that for some students who might be capable that work earlier that they will be better served waiting
and just related to that one thing that we did this year or sorry, it started last year. But my first spring, I'm trying to
remember the dates. We put a rubric in place for determining. How students are placed from fifth grade into sixth grade and so the goal was to as best we
can properly identify students and make sure students are I keep saying appropriately challenge, right? We want all of our students to be challenged what we want them to be appropriate, Child,
appropriately challenged. So that's something we are paying attention to and that I agree with you. I think you know acceleration is a great thing
but sometimes it's not and how do you capable of acceleration engaged? Without accelerating like we just have online. Absolutely. So we you may remember that I was
here in December to discuss high school specific recommendations for the audit audit that impacted course taking and course, sequence. The reason we
did that in December just again as a reminder so that core selection which started in January, could take place with those new requirements. So we
didn't have to wait over, you know, 16. 17, 18 months for those changes to take place so but our audit was a holistic audit from K to 12 Where we
looked at not just what course are we taking? But actually instructional practices. Is that you're going to be hearing about tonight. We had a committee of teachers
representative of the elementary school, middle school and high school. We also have special education representatives from the elementary and secondary level. When we tried to get a
variety of teachers younger grades and older, grades in elementary school, and then life science and physical science, and high school to get a representative group. And we
have three teachers here today, who are on our audit. So it's going to give a big thanks. we had it was really, I mean, this is really fantastic and your funding supports some of
that work for teachers to be a part of this committee. And I just want to say how important that work really is and how valuable that was for us to all
get into a room together and have these really big conversations. We did collegial visits where teachers from high school went down and visited their friends in the elementary
school and vice versa. And we really learned a lot and it was Extremely extremely valuable. So thank you so much for making sure that these things can continue to happen.
So we had three main questions one. We wanted to make sure that our program was aligned with the values and practices of the next Gen Science standards which the state of New Jersey has
adopted as our state standards because that's it, That's a shift from how we all learned science. And then we had our high school question that we talked about
last time. How are we providing a balance Science and education that addresses all the domains of science and then our third question is, How can we optimize the alloc? Station and
utilization of instructional time. And this was part of played into the high school recommendations as well. Because we realized as we were adding Or adjusting, I
should say, the requirements where students had to take something in all of the domains. We needed to alleviate a burden, somewhere else And one thing
we've learned through course, selection is, in many cases that bringing accelerated courses from seven meetings a week to six is what allows students to fit these courses in
their schedules. So I was really happy to see that that did have the impact that we wanted to, it's to have when we put it in actual um, in in addition to the work
that we had and what we brought all brought to the table with our own experiences, we use three resources that guided these recommendations that the
state standards, the National National Academies publication which inspired the state standard. So we went to the source of that which is called a framework for K-12 Science
Education. And then I was fortunate this year to attend a workshop series at Princeton University called Leadership in
Science, where our presenters work with administrators from across the state to get all us up to speed with the science standards, which school
districts are still. This is 10 years later and we're all still struggling to implement these and we'll still in the learning process. and then we had a lot of data that
guided these recommendations, we had our njsla science scores, in grades, five eight. And eleven, we had collegial visits that I described earlier
classroom walkthroughs at the administrators, Do we had a bunch of stakeholder surveys? We surveyed all current students grade six to 12. The last three classes of alumni we sent out and eat a
survey to all the parents in the district and all the teachers of the district. And then we also with the course, taking practices with AP Science
data enrollment and performance, as well as student transcripts, and I just wanted to highlight some because it right recommendations are things
that we want to adjust to improve, but I don't want to just focus only on that. I want to There's a lot of great
things happening in science and we get to see that every day and our students get to see that every day and people recognize that in the surveys. And so I
just want to highlight a few of those things. Three things really stood out in the family and student praise and that was teacher quality parents were very excited about teachers, enthusiasm and passion for the
subject. Some students. It would be great to hear them. They mentioned specific teachers, that change their lives and sent them on a direction in the path.
And how excited they were to go to class every single day. So it's really great to see that. There was also some great talk about hands-on opportunities and
they there were specific mentions like butterflies, like an elementary school and like the students still remember what they did with the butterflies. and they still and then there's,
you know, obviously the things with students get to go outside and go down to the pond and when they get to do different things, when they go catapults, when they do all those things.
So there were some really exciting projects that kids keep with them and they remember those for many years and those are the things that they talk about the dinner table. and
that came up a lot too. Like, when we ask our kids, how was your day? What did you do, fun? They're talking about something that they do in science and that was And then the rigor at the high
school level was a common theme and 74% of our alumni report being extremely, or very well prepared for the science classes that they took in college. And I just want to point out The next
one was like moderately, well prepared. So right, so it didn't go over extremely very not prepared at all. So I think that that's still for extremely in
very well prepared. That's, that's a really great number to see. I mean, there's some quotes there that this presentation will also be on the website. I'm trying not make
this like the 45 or 50 minutes. So I'm going to go a little fast. I'm not talking. um, now and then there was some concerns
that Came back was overwhelmingly positive. I think it's important and we know that, right, we see our scores and we could just say Our scores are good and our
scores are better than other people's. And we could just say, Let's not change, right? But one thing that we're always looking at is Where are those areas that we can still grow?
And let's let's maximize that space. So one thing that there was concern about kind of across the board, the elementary level was just the instructional focus we know. Sciences, you
know, with math and ela being so important with those foundational skills and the younger grades. It's hard to make time for other subjects, so that's something that came
across Hope the hope for our desire for more science. Engagement, although is a really positive thing. There were some responses that indicated that
there was some inconsistency, we talked a little bit about this in December, at the high school level, having a difference in engagement between accelerated
and CP, students, part of that due to the students interest, right? So sometimes our students who are most interested in science, are the ones taking accelerated in those, not so interested in science, but there
were other things reported. There is about classroom and instructional practice that we'll talk about and then the science standards for the state
include eight science and engineering practices. And there are some that we do really well, I was so happy to see that these came across analyzing and
interpreting data and using mathematics and computational thinking like over 90% of students report doing this very, very frequently in their class and feeling really
comfortable with it. There are a couple things that came up as things as areas for improvement that we can folk off focus on with our instructional, practice, including engaging
and argument from evidence and developing and using models and the things that love about these is that these are essential to the practice of science, but they are also
applicable in every other area. So something we're talking a lot about the elementary school level is connecting literacy and science, right? Because that engaging in argument from evidence, if you could write a
good scientific argument, you're learning writing, right? And that's what you're doing when you're pulling evidence from a text and you're using that to support. What you're
saying in your paper, you're doing that same exact thing. Um, you've seen these scores before, but I just wanted to put them all in one presentation. Here's our
three-year trend in science scores at the Fifth Eighth and 11th grade level. Just as a reminder, these tests grade bands. So unlike the ELA and math tests, we're
testing K to five grade level standards in fifth grade, and then six to eight in eighth grade and then 9 to 12 and 11th grade. When students haven't
even taken off the courses that they're going to take high um and for for reference, here is a comparison on the left, like the three bar, You just look at three bars. At fifth grade is first, the left and
green is the state average. I realize they come up very similar in color on here but that first one is green and that's the state and then we're
in the middle in the red and then the dfg average is over on the right. What's a dspm? So that's our changes. So it's our
district factor group districts like us in socioeconomic status. So, as you can see, we start off at the J District level in elementary school.
and then we dipfall behind a little bit in middle school and high school. We have some middle school recommendations specifically for this, I will say that the high school some of that is due to the fact of
our course taking and that's what we addressed in December. UM, I don't know if that will solve all of these issues because a lot of our students will take the courses that we
added, senior year. So, when we expect to see that impact, We would expect to see this impact starting next year for, but half the students probably are going to be taking it as
juniors. So that would be years for us to really, yes, sometimes will take it as a senior and we might never find that I might, right? So, what a
lot of school districts do is they require a mandatory freshman class on earth and physical sciences and that was an option that we explored. But we decided not to do that to
maximize our students flexibility, But you can see that if you require that course, then, you know, by the time they take this test, they will
have had all of those standards. So we we made the goal of making. Sure students had all the standards by the time they graduated high school. But we know that there will be some
cases where that might we might not get the bang for our buck in looking at these scores Specifically can I just want to add something else? Because I
think it's a good thing that we do. We do that, but that because we had physics later, it's more of a math-based physics as opposed to an Earth science physics, which is, I
think benefits students more in college when they go because they prepare for the higher level physics. I know families who are different districts, who
do it in their first year. And it's often that the sacrifice is it's not as rigorous and they don't have the math background so you really taking that out of it.
Um, so I I you know, so I agree with you. I think that our scores will probably still suffer a little bit because of that, but I think in in the long run,
they're going to be that better off better serves going to college. That's what they want to pursue. Absolutely science. I mean, like, we're very, very excited about the science
changes and I mean, there's been so much talk about and the teachers who now know that they might be teaching these courses, like there's really high excitement about this and I actually just ran into Mr.
Holman on the way here and he was telling me that, of course, selection how excited his students were that. Like, if they're gonna take physics, the ones that didn't want to take physics at least you're taking
physics of sports. Like they were excited about that, right? Like his students there and he's talking about that they were motivated to take these courses
because they felt the value in them. So I was excited to hear that. and then we have a little special treat here. Well, since we have some of our teachers here and I wanted you to see the value that we got from the
science audit. Mr. Defilippus. And this Curtis are just Tell you a little bit about what they changed this year and their fifth grade science class as a result of this science
discussion and how it's been beneficial to their students. So, thank you very much for being here. Thanks. Thank you already, proud of us. So I'm like people at this and take artists We've been co-teaching
the other for four years second year teaching science together. So we're gonna talk a little bit about the changes that we made so far the school year. So science for us has kind of been a point of contention to the
point that when that became the Math Science, Curriculum director person, we had calls it in and we said, You know, as a team that we just feel like we're not teaching class with integrity. And there
were a few reasons for that we just didn't feel confident and in some years we only had 30 minute science which is just not enough time and getting kids
from recess and not cussing extra time as well as we didn't have there. inconsistencies with our science EA, which was a huge factor in the success of what we did this
year and we'll talk a little bit more about that later. This organization of the materials. And so just became a very overwhelming task and just with the help of the Science Audit Committee and being able to
balance ideas off and just really committed to that this year. And some other things we able to be successful in our
goal, which was to create Student-led stations that are aligned to our curriculum fauces investigations that already there for us. But that we created these stations that
students are learning through exploration discovery and they're creating their own investigations. Yes. So then once we identify that there was a need for the science
we used in November PD to do self-design and take the false investigations and maybe it's our so his face said, we got 10
different stations all through Foss, but then we tweaked kind of how we wanted to do it. Some of the successes were the students were so much more
excited than in years past Getting hands-on. We call it productive. Struggle, seeing them go through the different
investigations, making sure. having two different teachers. In the classroom, this would not have been possible to anticipate and troubleshoot and
know what sort of problems we could run into so as problems arise, we were able to Carefully step in and make sure that the students felt more comfortable and more confident,
as the stations went on, we felt more comfortable, we felt more confident when we were doing we had Melissa McBride. Come everyone day, and it was so exciting for the kids to have a high school student, Matt was
there as well, and she supported us in saying Like you're doing stuff at the high school Students are actually doing this is the building blocks of what you're gonna need to be successful in high
school. And seeing like some of our special ed students hear that was they were all inspired. They were like, Oh, we're doing high school, high school works. I was really,
really motivation of motivational and exciting. They even created their own science song to let the class know when science was starting because they started looking forward to
it every single day. Actually, with the help of one of our EA that I yes, yeah, they got together during recessed created this science, which was really cool but you have to see
me. Not only do we share every day our custom insurance getting over means. so, that was Just
the enthusiasm alone seeing their, you know, how excited they were to come in after recess to start science every single day was contagious. Made us
exciting, our excited as well but with that being said there was some other obstacles or things that we had to indoor as well. Yeah. And some some things
that kind of like helped make this such a success. This year was the fact that I mentioned this before is that we had a very confident science EA who was very
organized and has science background knowledge and so before each unit we would go to her and tell her when she and you're on and she was able to
lay out each investigation for us in ready to go that we could kind of have them already. Right out, amongst the rooms of kids already knew, which station
was where to just helped the process, run much more smoothly. So we didn't have to juggle materials and in learning, all of these things, in addition to
everything else. that we have to do in addition to that the time. So, like figuring out how we were going to do, this was very overwhelming and talking at
first, the Self-design was really really beneficial for is myself and Caroline Taylor one of the other fifth grade teachers got together and tried
to just Think of how we can manage this and then we presented to the rest of our Allway. And then we would all. So continuously meet to go over
this challenges misconceptions. We were kind of in the trenches. We were relearning different science concepts that we haven't been taught since we were in
school which was actually very helpful. Yeah. freaking around. So that's how it was really important especially for the first year, second year, we did not get that time. So it's a lot of thing
after school coming in early watching videos at home of these investigations, other teachers, teaching them, seeing how we could tweak it, how we
can make it work. So, just a lot of investment to take a risk on something new, make it more student lead student driven. The
outcomes were, I would say more than successful. We're really, really happy with it. In addition to having a great
co-teacher, the 45 minutes, it's absolutely necessary, which is one of our recommendations for three through five I believe. So that time is super super valuable. It is really tricky.
with the three cores, especially in fifth grade to find figure out that time, But this year, we were very fortunate to Get
probably kind of that. All the stars are aligned in addition to us being part of the committee, it allowed for these things and
we really saw the benefit the motivation and the benefit of these students lying through these software stations, we learned a lot. Yeah. Thank you for making that investment
really That doesn't happen without you guys doing that. Absolutely, thank you for your time. Yes. One of the things I think too is um, think that time
also and I'm sure you guys like the students start to understand how to be autonomous learners and then it frees you up a little bit too to make a mistake
and like something, you know, they they adjust better in case, something doesn't go smoothly, I think as they get used to it which is probably one
of the best life skills you can learn without we try to present it like that. Yeah, you know, right. You Yeah, so I think it's great.
and and I agree with stuff like I'm really appreciate your you're putting in the effort to do it because it's it's, it's
It's so time-consuming up front. And then when you're in the classroom it kind of gels and like you feel like but it's all the front loaded work so I
really appreciate your putting in the time. Thank you. So thank you. So one thing I'm really proud of is, is when teachers do this. they come up
with a great ideas. They're creative. It's so many great things came out. This odd. I just want to shout out one of the thing that I was really
creative. We had The, the fourth grade team at Central. A rotating classes for science. So, you know students normally rotate through the Coors and fifth grade when we start departmentalizing, but the
fourth graders there were three, there's three teachers at Central and fourth grade, and they they divided the investigations for the unit and each teacher was responsible.
And the students rotate, they spent like the first three, four days with this team who knows and went to the other and they rotate around and the kids loved it because they felt like
big 5th graders that they got to walk to the next classroom over and learn from a different teacher and it really helped with some of those things that like particularly in the rooms
it's central where there isn't a science lab. There's not a lot of space to keep. Like I got to see one day, they were gonna stream tables with the water and the sand and could you imagine
that and like, three elementary school classrooms then you have to keep it day to day to day and not drop them because that you know, so that resource
management was really really a lot easier and it was a more efficient structure that allowed them to Further and deeper than they typically go. And that was Spearheaded by
Lara and Hood was one of the fourth grade. Teachers of Central that was on our committee, too. So, I was really proud of the teachers, as far as committee just being so
willing to try new things and make changes and make it better sometimes. We're so afraid of change, but all these changes were coming from the teachers and that was really great to see
So I'm not gonna read all of these because then we'll be here all night this again will be on the website but I just want to highlight a couple things. One of the things we talked about
with vertical alignment and you'll see in our PE recommendations. We're really hoping that to create a really coherent science. sequence, that's how the standards are
written. So like photosynthesis, you do it in the key to five, you do in the 16 you do it but it's different and all of those bands and how do those pieces
change? So high school teachers know. Well what what depth that they learn in six to eight. Let's leverage that. So we have it in high school so we're hoping to get more vertical
alignment phenomenon-based, learning where students are presented within an observation. that's makes them curious or wonder about something and they start asking questions and then
What do we need to know to answer these questions and they, they are. It's all in their core and that's that's one of the goals that we have increased
student-led investigations hands on experience. It's all goes together and then we're gonna do some work on our curriculum maps for science. Had Cusack this year and our all
of our maps were really great. But we know that in addition to compliance we want to make them valuable tools for our teachers knowing that we have the science audit. We kind of put off that
those changes in case you got to make a lot of changes this year and so we're gonna do that work. this summer and then through this year, as we make
adjustments. Oh, that was sorry. That was stated and then for K to five specifically as Mr, Deep Ellipsis Curtis mentioned, we're recommending 45 minutes for science and grades three, four,
and five and 30 minutes for science and grades K through two. Um, we're gonna explore that rotating structure that we tried at fourth grade and see if that works for other teachers and
other grade levels and other school, specifically, third, and fourths. That's something that we're willing to try. We hope to maintain the science,
EA at all three elementary schools to help with resource management and lab prep. And then we're going to talk, we know that there's some professional development that needs to be done about, how do we assess all these practices, right? When students are doing
these investigations, What does assessment like in a classroom? That's not just learning information. and take the test. At the middle school. Remember
those? That's, there's the area when we looked at our test scores, are probably our area of most concerned. So one thing we're doing is we're making adjustment in the curriculum. We're going
to work on consistent instructional practices and supporting teachers through that with professional development. And then here's the big one. What we are doing just like we do in math and ela. We have
benchmark assessments science, it's a lot harder because you're being tested on three years of information, so we're gonna create our own benchmark assessments based on our scope
and sequence of our curriculum to make sure that students are progressing through six seven and then eighth grade give us some more actionable data, just the, we don't know. We're gonna
find until we have the data to look at and so we're hoping that that will really help us track soon. progress and fill in gaps. We're necessary. As a reminder in December, we
created two new electives, the Physics of Sports and Engineering for resilience natural disasters. Students are now required to take biology in
ninth grade, chemistry, and 10th grade. And then in 11th and 12, 18 to take at least one unit of physics and at least one unit of environmental science, which
could either be full year or half year courses. We changed it. to separate half year electives. CP anatomy and physiology one. Two to a full year accelerated, anatomy and
physiology. And then we change our accelerated courses from seven periods a week to six. In addition to these recommendations, we want to
specifically highlight the scientific practices, I mentioned earlier as cited is lower frequency practices including developing and using
models and engaging an argument from evidence. We also want to do our best to try and minimize lecture and nodes during extended periods and get our students up doing hands-on
investigations and learning to make it more engaging for them. And then here's what I'm really excited about. I talked about this, we're doing this at the elementary school, a little bit
Miss Russo's and I had a meeting with one of the language arts specialists at the elementary school level and we're really excited about
bringing some PD and coaching to students on how to incorporate science and literacy. And then at the high school, one thing that came out through the survey and this is this is why these surveys are so important
because this is something that I don't think would have come across an army meeting was that students get to college and their professors expect them to
read scientific journal articles, which are written by people with PhDs or people with PhDs. It's just like, kind of go fend for yourself and figure out how to read this. So, we
would like to have teachers find articles that are as appropriate as possible for the content. They're teaching and teach students the structure of
these papers and how to interpret them and make sense of them. So they're a little more prepared when they get to college for this. And I'm really excited about that some
teachers already. Found some really great examples. and that's such a good life skill to because often those that are writing news articles are not necessarily as
adept, it reading the scientific articles. So and there's have a scale to go to the underlying article and read it, I think. Yeah, and understanding how to
read an article when you might not understand all of it. But how do you read it to the best? You know, how do you spell? Yes, the structure of it and like
also, like where are the important part to go to, right? Like yeah. right section, which is why the hardest section to look at I Want to know more information
about whatever you're reading about the newspaper. maybe he's gonna go to the discussion and conclusions part, right? You know. it's yeah, you don't need all of it and you can learn to
make sense of the parts that you can. So we're really excited about professional development. We're hoping to have a two year plan for PD where we train our six to 12 teachers with
an outside presenter, on ngss, our standards aligned practices. And that's gonna be a workshop series starting in November and our great pie in the sky, you
want to do all the new things all at the same time. But one thing that we thought was prudent that with the second year of a new math curriculum,
where there's still a lot of learning to do and through the company as well as all those ela changes that came from the ALA audit, our elementary school teachers
have so much to do and with new math and new Ela we decided to delay PD for the Science. Teachers Science at the elementary level one year to 26, 27 And with that, it is aligned
with our other one of our other goals, which is the vertical alignment because the plan is to use lead teachers from the secondary level that will be
trained. Next school year to turn to the training with the elementary school teachers and start building those relationships that we all that were really excited about. That's one thing that was great
to see. I love when the high school teachers like Oh I have something in my in my closet that will help you with that lab or Here's how you can like
do this thing. And so we really hope to increase collaboration among our teachers at all levels and this PD structure, um, it's
what we believe is most prudent, but it also will be I think most beneficial and And then, of course, costs, we have a new
textbook for our accelerated anatomy and physiology class. We have a lot of most, there's a lot of curriculum writing because of all the new classes
and the changes to the courses, we have materials for our new courses. And I mentioned the curriculum community Meeting Science materials are really
expensive. So I know that number looks big but science materials, do tend to be really quite expensive and a lot of them are is equipment that will last a very long time. They're
not consumables. And then our professional development for next year. For our secondary totaling around 45,000, for all of our recommendations from this
audit. Does anybody have any questions for me? I just don't point out. That's already in the budget. Sorry. Yes. Already everybody. Thank you for saying that. Yeah, here's
45,000. Yeah, sure dollars. Yeah. Absolutely, I just want to say I really love the idea of the teachers, the student
circulating in the fourth, especially because it does take so much energy and for the teacher to be able to come expert in certain
investigations. And I was, you know, my sisters elementary school. We were just talking about how she teaches everything all day. I was like, Oh well the thing I love about teaching
is you teach it once and then you realize the mistakes you made in the next time in your life so much better, but they get that by having the classes
circle through. You really get so much better at teaching that investigation because you are. You learn what the pitfalls is. Participating all. Yes, that's the questions
they're gonna have. Yeah. So there's a lot of value. I think also when I wanted to do it, when I got a lot of times I find two like this didn't come up in
this period but a cool idea came up in the last one, right? So all of those things you asked the question like is yours but really like some kids. It's not
random and it was like brilliant and you're like, Oh no, I'm gonna incorporate this and all my class, exactly. So yeah, that's great. Thank you, creative and supportive. And
this is that and bringing everyone together, but that was really the That's right. I really I couldn't, I couldn't commend the teachers more for all the work they did
throughout this process. That's great partnership. So about and beyond. That work. Thank you
very much, thanks. Thank you. Nice job. All right. Curriculum Community. I don't know. You have money to add aside from. I will
give super fast. Yes Matt thankfully Mr. Didonato just a beautiful job talking about the science audit work. Clearly really you know, incredibly
thorough thorough and thoughtful approach. It is clear that our you know, curriculum leaders, Matt and Katie and Rob are really doing phenomenal stuff and able to
have great relationships with all of our teachers, who are really, you know, the passion and enthusiasm. So it's just really cool to see. So we did a meeting yesterday
and we talked about lost, you know luckily I have here. Oh fantastic. So yeah, we've covered the science. All that
stuff we talked. Matt and Tammy walked us through an exciting new Say, which is really oriented around. Kind of a very student-led approach for doing
real money too at that right, correct, right. And really, encouraging our kids, you know I would say to be like really innovative and talk about real
life stuff. We're not just teaching kids how to be a health group for 10th grader 11th grade. It was a great project initiated by students.
To you can do an investment exercise with fake money, right, right. But this is this would be real money. So we work with the AT&T we use some fundraising, they're going to
be the conduit for this and then so they're safe. They have bylaws together and it's your your client investing money such as rich real. Um, so they put it together and it was led by by
students and, and Mike and Tommy and the AT&T It's beautiful through it. It's going to be it's gonna be exciting. Really cool. example of art district at HTT helping to support, you know,
useful curriculum content and listening to students and getting their feedback on Things. Awesome. And then Gino, can you talk about the medical
program update? Yeah, I was traveling and yes. So so our recommendation is to move up the implementation of the I-ready math program which was implemented in grades key to
five this year into grade. Six. Next year, of one of the things we've talked about particularly when we talked about some of
our Test Corps performance, where we have historically seen a dip in that transition. We believe one of the things that will help with that particularly
with continuity of instruction, from creates K to 5 is to look that program into to create six, we've had a lot of great success this year based on our assessment data, we hope
that will also be reflected in this year's NJ SLA, which will be taking next month. We're really excited about this change in. Thanks to that. He
did not know Supervisor of Math or Facilitating this work. Fantastic. The question. Hey,
thanks. And do you want to do a finance? Yeah. Right. Okay. Um, we met on Tuesday. We allowed to talk about. So first, we discussed the
custodial management RFP that recommendations on the agenda. Now, we discussed that because of a lot of the budget implications with it and how it affects how
it affects this year in particular, and next year, so that recommendation the recommendations to continue with purchase industries are occur. Company. So we're going
to stick with them. That's on the agenda. We also talked about some current facility projects. Three projects that we have currently are they seeming aloe vera which hasn't started yet? We've begotten, we've gone
to bed. We've been having our monthly meetings. the Storm Stormwater line repair at the rear of the the stadium and then also progress on our ease it, the stormwater pipe repair was just
awarded our last month, our board meeting our first, our pre-construction meeting is Friday Night, Sorry, Thursday next week. and then
with the ESA progress progress, we have Honeywell has started their work. They are 100% done, what's called building envelope procedures. So it's a lot of
things that you will not actually see some. You will see. It's really sealing up the buildings insulation and addicts where we can add it. Sealing up
ceiling up spaces where we can you may have noticed when you walk in the front of the high school. There's new weather, stripping around the door, they don't things like that digit
wand. So that is what our parents used to call staff air conditioning the outdoor. Yeah, exactly. We don't, instead of just putting pillows, right?
But, but yeah, so that that aspect of the use of is 100% complete their next, their next
So, we'll be doing that within the next. One. So that there's other projects that we have going on. We also discussed a couple of donations
more of which is on the agenda tonight. our facilities director, to Mcferren, talked to us about Lenin, we're testing because this year was our year. Three, we have mandated testing, we had
to do every three years. We got the results back, we had to take a couple of pictures out of service because of their their their lead levels. The the threshold in which LED
light is To describe as breath of me. But the threshold in which we we have to take action and take a fixture out of service is an extremely low level. There's even when, when
the environment of the soul does the test, he does a test before the fixtures around and then he runs the fixer for government minutes, five minutes and takes
one answer. A lot of those, those two fish are going to take out one Wasn't added one was in central. they dropped dramatically after
that happened but it was good to know also that this picture is on used a lot. Anyway asking the principles their their followers that are in classroom that aren't used Alternatively, so that was
something we discussed. Also, we discuss communication to ours so this is something we look into before the past where we're going to meet next.
20, As we meeting next month, we're looking to this. Also, look into the feasibility in which cell phone antennas can be. placed around any of our
properties within districts to see because that could be a potential future revenue for us. So, we're looking into that Chuck and I had our meeting with the borough couple weeks ago.
The only thing we had really to talk about was Cooley Hall which Started. Yesterday Tuesday, whatever it was no yesterday, right? Okay, so testings on
yesterday, right? So we we have seen that begin a coolio. Um, we discussed potential. potential facility usage requests were related to the Fourth of July as we discussed
that a little bit and then 79 grocery, which is the the building right next in our office at 95 groceries that like house building, that is going to be the new home of our three contented content area,
supervisors, two of them left so I can't. believe. But we're actually we have we're putting planes in motion to move them from one Lincoln ad, which was our overall office because that will eventually
become classrooms. So, we're gonna over the next Probably six months or show our goals before September 1st but it'll probably happen well before then to move
them relocate them from one Lincoln Ave to 79 Grocery. So that's going to be happening soon. Um, then we also talked about our
your goal for financial reporting Chuck and I described some of the challenges and and in attaching a goal to to operational things like utilities and you know,
things that are less discretionary in. Should we label them with a with one of our goals or should we just focus on the things that we can control that that aren't really
operationally based that? and only focus on? We, that is what we decided. So chuck our continue to work on that for the board. The last thing, obviously we talked about for
the longest was a budget. We talked about mostly our tax, our tax increase, the two point. nine, four percent increase in tax, loving for the operating budget
proposed. For next year, I also gave the committee after I told the board that the that the camp that the state came out with a notice regarding something, this is new
tax. Levy incentive aid, the county Business Administrator center, memos of all to the our county basically saying the same thing and giving no no more information I had to prior
night, but was that we don't have additional details yet, right? No, no. All the things. You accept that that broadcast from the DOE will be
coming. No, we know that we will have information and because I don't know if you as far as a like coming from the state or is the aid, you may raise your taxes. Yeah, that's one of
that's one of more than one because not only that but Yeah, maybe we have it for next year and say this, even the state. What about the following year
does that all go away because then that puts us in the hole because it seems like it could be up to a million dollars, you know, potential aid from the state. But again,
that's that what state is or what? What aid is. How long it could stay with us. All those questions. I can't answer because that's what Regarding
that. So Just crazy. They keep you in the dark. Why wait till now are we at the store? And why? Like, in a teaser I mean, here we go. It might do something but we're not gonna tell you what it is. We're
not going to tell you one. We're gonna tell you what it is. We're not gonna tell you how much it is our house. I mean, the upgrades are keeps things exciting. Well, the opening
email is You probably have already submitted your prelimited budget number if I know, but In case you haven't already mandated. So, of course, you Or
else you're in trouble. And they know appreciate you keeping us, thank you. I mean, it's something hard Chuck. And I are obviously very anxious to
hear more about make sure that we're eligible just by learning. Have you heard anything? No. It's the she shut up. the same thing except, Oh,
there's gonna be a future. Do we broadcast? But just judging by the bullet point criteria, it looks like we're eligible again. It looks
like it could be up to me, but we'll see. Thank you questions for Mike. Matt, did you have anything this time? We have a
litany of policies approved later on tonight but our meeting was postponed next news. April first. Yeah. And they're all.
Thank you all second All right. Lrfp. I have Linda's notes, which are you? Do you want to do it? Because it's, there's a really I'm looking at. These are
really detail. All right, I'll go, getting into like, One time. Yeah, more high level. So
this is that, this is the Our face. So on the first, first thing on the discussion was bond sale. So Mike met with Moody's who are who works with us on yesterday, um, and our bond
sale is April 2nd, so we're hoping for favorite words would be wonderful thing. We're hoping not that I already know. So the meeting I had with them yesterday is don't don't provide us with a
rating for for the month so that I should have within the next. You're late on a new your bills. Yeah. Yeah. A little different. Like a personal credit, right? I, I can't promise anything but
there's definitely nothing to adversely affect us in that core everyone. That's right. Um so we have projects happy this
summer in the bids have been the bids. These bids are going out for interior, alterations. At high school which is going to be a secure vestibule and work on
room C6 C8. and C3 downstairs. the library alterations in both team and hadden in haddon or converting the current library to classrooms and Tatum. It's
going to be otpt space and small group instructors. They said Those, those are happening this summer. Those bids are out, um, the bid out for the stadium,
making accessible is happening. So that'll be happening this summer. Will be awarded the approval be awarded on April 10th. So in a
couple weeks, running the bus, I get them back in Ward. The middle school auditorium. Will be going out those bins will be posted certainly shortly and
that that'll be approved. Those bits will be approved on May 15th for them just watching two things are good news. We have on the Mercury, containing floors, the that both at all. Three of
the gym here, the APR that had in Central they did the environmentals. All they do is take the surface floor off and put a new floor down. There was no penetration, no, no
jackhammering, that type of stuff. That's a big plus Bigger than that. They did the environmentals on the middle school, auditorium. We thought
we have a sub Chapter 8 as best way to shut the building down for three or four weeks. No, we might have to do that. Looks like right now so just yet they're still gonna be
something specific baby in the tiles but that's a huge favor time and money. So starting off he's going pretty well that way.
Yeah, that's in the project only one the summer. Just talked about we're doing art. We're doing some changes to the architects based on HVAC systems
trying to keep costs down very cognizant that when we go to buy steel and 24 months we don't know what that's gonna cost. So we are really already starting
to look at saving every penny. We can now I'm not saying no, this is within budget like How can we get it down as low as
possible anticipate up? Raising costs, um, we have finishes to look at with the principles about the paint colors and the
carpeting and Ice. We had to go back and say they just Architectural drawings of them. So we need pictures for this looks like you're looking out.
Here's drawing. I have no idea what this looks in my mind. I can't convert that. So that's that's coming up but the biggest thing we talked about was
communication plans and website. So we're gonna start upgrading the website in the communication out there. Try to make sure that everyone can see
what what's playing when it's planned and have a way to track progress throughout. So that's that's upgrade those things. Now as we're starting as we did
process, And the next project is coming. Are the 1890s building? I've got to converted starting in the, in the fall. They fall. That's the former Advent. Yes,
yes. And then the auditorium and high school's gonna be the next spring. It looks like a timetable for the turf field
which is not part of referendum will be starting. Cool, the whole comes down. They did a lot of survey and design work. I'll
be starting in October and ending in February so that looks good time on for the field. I do have some questions for the microphone for them about that,
but that Right, thank you. You did a much better job. Awesome. Okay, any PTA updates? Tatum has this talent show tomorrow night at the high school.
Just crosses a insurance. Thank you. Um, tickets can be bought the door. and the spring social for parents is coming up on April, 4th as an EDC, which is
really exciting. um, I just had a Fine. Do you guys were you? Oh, thank you. so Jamie, Mullen reached out, he's the president of the
Handfield Environmental Commission and he's been really great working with their students and integrating them
into his commission and he wandered about our being interested in partnering for a grant trees for schools grants. And this cat has been kind of take a leadership role in that. And she teaches AP Environmental at the high school and I I
watched the webinar and it looks really interesting. And yeah, so I think it would be really great opportunity for us, especially with all the great things going
on in the future. And yeah, so, they'll supply, you know, we, we mapped out where we'd like trees and and they supply them as well as resources to help you. All right, Dr. Priolo, do you
have anything a summer Richmond? Information was emailed to families earlier. this evening. I think we have a great slate of courses at 14. Different courses were offering
which is about double what we've offered in prior years. We've already had 20 registrations so we're looking forward.
Yeah, really recently. Yeah, I just had when I when I turned to you, I had flashbacks from the Covid Tracker chart. Oh yeah. For a really long time and that was what it was about days. That
was a rough talk. I don't need to bring it up. Oh All right, Mr. Cloud, do you have any anything other? I know, I don't know if that's what you your
lrft. He was. Did you anything else? You just one thing? Um, just over those April 3rd board meeting the community. The whole is gonna be conversation about
the budget process kind of having me how you make the sauce okay? Where we are, how we get there and they move really how we move forward in this because
Mike, and I were with Budget expert person that I had a consultant. Talking about, this is a national issue. He's got Massachusetts. Very similar
to us. We just talk about the complexities of it. Not how you must start talking about it every week. Getting ahead of every week Easy,
budget season now is 24 or 52 weeks a year. So, um, I'll give you information to everyone the board. So you have you have your hand. I say something asking.
Did you see what in today? I was like getting it out but we're gonna have a half an hour 45 minutes, talk about What, how this comes together and what we need to do with the
future. because what we're doing right now we're reacting. We cannot be reactive any longer and even if we have become advocates to make, The budget
the process better, we see that's gonna be a while. You know, we have to have that conversation, right? I mean, we
look back at last year. when our was a 288, was our 288 like that. I'll answer everybody. And we know now that the actual taxi impact was one point five, right? We talk about what that looks like because that's based on assessment of
the community. So it is the numbers and then there's the things behind it. And um, we need, we only do for the more you do, for the public, you do form. So that's gonna be
committee, the whole conversation. And what we want to be all well for going in. So I'm gonna get you as much materials. I can't ahead of
time, they'll make things available, but that's gonna be the focus of our next, clearly the whole meeting that's gonna be next next week and we'll
we're actually publicize a lot of people. That's good, we all really need to understand because this is all this together. And and what we're
not going to do, my goal is not to have to be a therapy session. We can about how hard this is on us in this map. Really talk about how we attack these challenges
in a thoughtful fashion as opposed, what was maybe only get we lost 18? That's, that's not a productive conversation Productive conversation is, we know it's ahead of us. We know how hard it's going to be and
this is how we're going to practice. That's gonna be the goal for Community Hall, on April, yeah, and I didn't
encourage everyone to try to brainstorm like Do some research. Linda and I are actually meeting with the president of the Board and Head Township. I'm hoping to
you know I know they are in a really challenging situation but really investigate what other communities are doing and in order to save and prepare and Share resources. However, we
however, we can do it. So, it's all ideas will be Appreciative. That's I think that's really smart that we're doing that kind of proactively, right. We're
sadly. It's not like someone's gonna publish here. All the best practices that everybody should do. But these, yeah, you know, partnering and asking a lot of
questions, I guess. Yeah, there's are doing. um, also just for my report just Continuing with the advocacy loop staffing with some stuff that anyone else's interested. I have my email draft. Thank
you, Mike, for giving me the numbers for that. I'm gonna send out to some people. Anyone wants something to send out, we could
also adapt and come up with some language. That we can use. and I think it's important to that we also for me anyway, I think that we need to address the, it's a bigger issue, you know, the region in South
Jersey specifically it's we're we're actually we're not as bad as some of our neighboring district. So um but nonetheless,
it's still not a good situation and we still rely too heavily on our personal tax base. so, so I think, you know, continuing
with that moving forward, And pressing on. Did you have anything? Just conversation in the Empire. Why?
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expected to maintain a tune of currency and disability. Anyone like to make a public comment? Hello Carol. Stoner on Avondale Avenue. Just a lot of things going on
tonight. I just had some comments. First off, I wanted to know was the PSAT and sat presented tonight or last year's juniors or for this
year's juniors, this at 2024, So could that be this year's seniors? I'm not sure didn't like Japanese. Yeah. the reason why I think it was this year seniors of what that information
was wasn't clear. Most of those seniors, the paper version of SAT I want to bring this up because we both of juniors and
your junior year The new digital sat is no joke this year. I'm not sure here. What's going on? But it's a totally different
animal and it actually changes, as you take it. So, the test is, ugly adaptive which overall has been much much harder. So this year's juniors, I
believe are finding it much harder. Maybe. Yeah, I have to say what our experiences. It's really hard and I think you're
gonna see a major get down Next year, the ones that you saw were this year's seniors So I just want to say because my son took. Yeah, I figuratively. You understand? Yeah, it is
adaptive nature makes. it harder to score higher because You miss an early question and impact it is how the honest things I've ever seen. It's important because they can't
take a paper version. They do it and grad school too matters. And that way since, The mid-2000 and it's very it,
increases the stakes. So, it's much much harder. So I'm just saying, I think you're gonna see something different. Also not having a comparison to Jade
districts is not enough data for our school district. So for both our PSAT and our SAT, that's who it's really need to be compared next to not the state and not the nation.
because we should always be higher than that. That's kind of a given, I would think so. I think to justify our taxes. I think we need to have something
comparison. It's probably on their website somewhere. so I just think we need to have some comparison with Jade districts. As a comment to your comment was
I would not hold students back from accelerated math I think that the parents needed. to decide what's best for the students because for a math students, to get to multivariable calculus in order
to be competitive in a very tough academic world. Now to get into colleges, you can't get there without accelerating mass. so and basically, as a
parent, I think, you know whether or not your kid, you not sorry nothing. I think, you know, if your kid really is gonna do well and accelerated let them try, you know, you can
always dip backwards but you can't go forwards. Um just want to say that I'm personally not supportive of I math in sixth grade, you know, brought that
up. My understanding is that I already math was created for urban youth with little support from parents and teachers, it relies heavily on screen time,
parents here and head builders saying too much technology within the program and none oversight. Wanted to share that with you because that's what I'm hearing for people a friend of
mine cannot be here tonight, but wanted me to ask about the historic buildings next steps. I think you mentioned it and I missed it. Um, what is the
timeline for moving? The 1880 railroad shed? And the Victorian shed next to the carriage house as stated in the bottom referendum, will there be funding sources for
restoration of the structures? Because, of conditions, not really good right now. So I'm not historic person with this person is in computer so, you know. Yeah, just you so
they're just yeah, simply we are going to move them and restore them starting. Soon right. So yeah, thought you mentioned that. Yeah. When the
first things Yeah and the Restoration was included in the background children. I don't care about it so that was all I'm gonna start answer. Yeah, thank
you. It is very confusing. Um so I ready and I-ready classroom are two different things that sound very similar. So we're bringing
i-ready classroom into sixth grade, which is the instructional program that teachers use with their students. So, like, just like in English, they have Lucy
Calkins, that's already classroom. So I already classroom is the whole group and small group instruction that happens in the classroom. And I
ready is an online program. Where students can Into sixth grade. I just wanted to make that clarifying. Yeah, understandably it's confused and I ready is what replaced
reflex, right? Like in terms of fluency flight, all of that is on my ready. The Web based And SAT data was for the 2024
graders. 2020. Son. Oh, that was even last year. Oh, so this isn't the new essay so it wasn't
the new. Essex. So here. Wait we all get? Oh yeah that makes sense. I just wasn't thinking of it. Yeah I am. Yeah because I'm also
interested to see and unfortunately, like our kids will you have one, too? They're not gonna see it until they're already applying. What this new what the USA Today scores really are.
Yeah, but it is a norm to test so we'll have to keep normal it. So yeah, it might be harder together but it'll have to read it. Yeah, just Yeah.
the question to the the PSAT users are still paper, you know Jack as well so were they like trying first or is it everything changed it once? And I don't know. You can change the same
time. Yes, CT, go electronic. Before the SAT here at all. That's but when they come home and like, oh, that was so easy about
the SAT here, like, oh, I had so much. And that's my brains are meant to digest lips and information. We could get
into that I could. Oh wait. Oh, I'm sorry. Sandy. I didn't even close it out. Does anyone else have any comments? It's fine to us, but they did updates.
Living here. Okay. All right. governance Acceptance of the Monthly HIV Vandalism Violence Report Approval of the Fire and Security Drill Report. approval of a 25-26 academic
calendar and approval of Second reading policies. So 5 1 1, 1 5 4 6. 0 5, 5 1 2 5 5 3 Regulation 5533 policy. Seven four Four one and the regulation. Healthy 8500, housing 9163.
Okay. Stuff. And then like you. Discussion. Okay. Yeah yeah. I just somebody really Miss Hollywood. Yeah. Yes, Mr. Douglas Yes, Mr. Ritter. Yes,
the stock. Yeah. It's been like, Yes. Yes. President Crooked, Yes, Curriculum, Special. Ed A little trips conferences, traveled overnight field trips resolutions between the board
of Ed and Alyssa Clark for speech therapy resolution between the board of ED and lost legacy for home, VET instruction. resolution between
the Board of ED and First Children's Services. For instruction resolution to approve, the District Assessment and Intervention Guidance. Resolution to approve the HMHS
Finance and Investing Curriculum Map resolution between the Board of Edit and Susan Kelly, the Sky Yoga resolution between the Board of ED and learn well
to provide educational services resolution between the Board of Ed and Walsh Legacy for Home. That instruction resolution between the Board of ED and
Edmonton for them instruction. Resolution between the Board of ED and MJ Kids for speech therapy services. resolution between the board of ED and njcie to provide
consultation and coaching record review and observations and meetings resolution to approve US students to attend the new Focus
Academy, which is the Naples placement motion. Machine and
Mike. Comments Questions. It's good to see the Yoga preschool, yoga.
prayers. A couple years, right? Yeah. All right. Close to it doesn't? Yeah, I think it's done, not only incredibly cute but also really great for that. Yeah, helpful. I noticed. my concerned to get activated
and she takes deep breaths like Yeah, we should have grown up. like it might even call from Mr. Knuckles, Yes, Mr. Ritter. Yes. The Sonic. Yes Ms. Pinnacle. Yes distress. Yes
this collingworth. Yes. President Krueger. Yes. Personnel approval of new personnel. Transfer Salary, Upgrades, Mentoring extra-curricular, coaching
appointments Lisa, vacancies and recognitions resolution to approve at ASSUMPTIOUS for professional development planning resolution for students to receive home that
instruction resolution to approved employees to be paid for additional hours for tutoring resolution to approve following employees, for to support the
students. During the field trip, I've seen your trip Resolution to, for students to receive
homebound instruction. And that's it kind of emotions. Step. And just Discussion.
I'm just really sad to see. Mrs. Carlton on this list, she has been such a wonderful secretary and so welcoming, it's my kids as they came into The news the best. Yes, so I was just say something about our retiring for the to stand during Carlton was 27
years old. I had the honor I worked for her for you. So I don't know if I was, I was just cool principal for a year and anyone who's in the school knows that you work for the secretaries around the
school and that you're doing it. Um, so but when I got there and I got there in 2010, I think it was. The last time I had been in home, I just was 11 years old
and there, I was going back in there. I had no idea was looking, I was going on and go out and told me the rope took me through everything and help me out, and I will solve statements, but my
wife are kind. She was an understanding even I probably do some foolish things. She never kind of pointed out directly, she kind of worked around, but more than that, It's kind of supposed to meet
even better with kids. I mean, she knows, every kid she knows your man, she loves being there. She runs a Veterans Day program. Now as part of Student Council, which is really, really great
program and the kids consume calcium. They read the name of veterans. They plant a flag in front of school to see it. It's a powerful program. And I was
actually she invited to student council meetings, you run student council now a couple weeks ago, it's was just wondering, right? She's great. She better story, whatever the
project they were working right now he's about showing facts, giving thanks to people She met us a children's book about how we say thank you. Why we say thank you. I was just a
pleasure to be there and and she's gonna be surely missed. And as I said, we heard kind of water for us. You knew you who you are, what you need it
what your kids need more importantly. So 27 years of wonderful service. going to be
talking about, Yes, we do. Like you know earned as well deserved retirement. There's no that she made my kiddos
transition. There's three grandchildren are thrilled about this and she's more thrilled with the grandchild. I know that's where you spend your
time since he has that. She has a targeted already. And and thank you for all the teachers as well as the cow or going on in your trip. All the
glory that goes along with that. all right, people Mr. Ritter yes this song. Yes Mr. Becky yes this dress. Yes, Miss Hollywood, Yes, Mr,
Knuckles. Yes, President Yes. Okay. Approval. Tuition reimbursements. except the donation of the baseball boosters, new sound system acceptance of the 23-24
audit. Approved the awarding of the RFP to Preacher Industries, approve, the Settlement Agreement for Student Payment of Bills, Budget Transfers Board, Secretary
support past Summary report. Mission. Okay, um, yeah, you those two? Wow, that's a storm. That's how I was like, I could not think of
your day, Megan stop those guys. It was just Um, I got attacked that I you know, you get distracted. um, any comments, I just want to again, thank the Haddonfield
Foundation, who fulfilled a grant from the baseball trusters for $3,000 for the new sound system, which is very kind and want to bring people's attention
to the Haddonfield Foundation, which is a non-profit in town that I have to serve on the board of it, so I but we would take it over hfl, by the way, is that
like having some friends the library I saw around? Exactly. No, I don't think so. It's the way it's a holding. It might hold funds but it doesn't
take it over. But what they do is, they provide they provide grants to nonprofits in in town. And so if you go on their website, the Handfield Foundations website, they have
grant form right there and you can fill out and submit for Grant. They've done a lot of grants, a lot of the parts. Yeah, they've done stuff for
this playgrounds playgrounds. Um, churches, they've done new groves and more time has had a lot of work from them. Out. But yeah, it's really great. You
have a nonprofit in mind to keep it. Keep mind. Okay, Michael Masonic. Yes. Just connected. Yes, this dress.
Yes, Michelle Hollingworth. Yes, Mr. Knuckles. Yes. Mr. Ritter Yes, Mr. Groves Yes, yes. The minutes.
Regular meetings February 13th, February 27th and Executive Session February 27th. Motion.
Mike and Meg. Anything. All right. Yes, of staying a Ms Hollingworth. Yes, Mr. Knows
yes Mr. Ritter. Yes also staying a Solid. Yes. President. Yes. Um, future consideration for the board. Anything. I like the idea of doing the Committee of the whole
Yeah, we're gonna have some exciting reading from Chuck exciting and stressful sounds good and I don't start pulling that. I am promise you. He's not gonna be a therapy session
complained, Right? Yeah. Talk about that. He's a good ground rule. It is what it is. Yeah, here into whining. Marriage.
Oh, yeah, sure. All right. Motion to Adjourn. What I mean? So, Commissioner. Is debate question, that's that's next week, right? So if
you want to watch the commissioners the commitment regression, you have to register ahead of time. This is zoom. You have to register ahead of time just S that motion too here. Oh and
you can submit a question to you when you registered All right, so okay not sure.