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show with the H&hs Jazz Band performance with a We have special guests today as well. Love. So this is a gem, hs jazz ensemble. So we have a couple
felons because our drummer has musical, so we have Dr. Nobody else for us. Okay. And our combo player had problems like so I'll be sending
and this song I'm gonna play for You is when my favorite songs and musical rent, it's called Seasons of Love for most people know that I Oh, this is also going to
feature Model. Mama on Alto Sax. Welcome. You are. Not. Super. Thank you. I,
Want to a little less interesting thing. Come. Here you step while you're doing here. Love you. That was pretty darn.
Yeah. Yes. So the fun talk. So yeah, are tonight is our public hearing and the board is gonna
go Next week, budget. as emphasized for budget, 2014 story, it's one of the story. One way to tell us how we can achieve. Our mission is what we're gonna talk about tonight.
Not a lot of news, This is a lot of information that not only Board of Education to public those as we because we've been talking about the budget for
very long time. Um, really biggest thing that's happened since last summer met is the county Office of Education approved the
budget. So now it's time for adoption. So after the board votes So kind of come back to again more. This is a very number
heavy, very tax information, heavy presentation so um recasting of what the numbers are so 51.7 million dollars. That's that would be our proposed. Total operating budget
talk about tax study. First check, I'll talk about tax. I'll be a little more next slide but 44.7 million dollars. It's a five point nine five
percent increase from this year's taxi just to give you Some bit of information. I've had a school business official
Roundtable meeting over the last month and the county. The county business officials said, most of the increases. So he saw throughout the county over
someone between six percent and seven percent. So just the idea of what our what, our peers around us, we're doing the other thing I want to point out
CD. Everyone knows that we actually saw a increase from last year about 49,000 on categorical stating, You'll see that that
Delta of a decrease in $50,000 for that because we're budgeting blessing, anticipated funds for extraordinary aid by dollars.
That's why that Okay. So to break down the tax on you. How exactly mathematically? We got there. You start with last year's levee.
Percent on top of that. I was 844,000 so that kid that gets you to your statutory maximum 2% cap. But then there's adjustments we, that we took
there were a lot to take. Number one, was health care adjustment. That's 1.3 million dollars and then 325,000 in bank account. Now we didn't use all of our taxing
authority. There's 60,000 that we can use in the subsequent two budget cycle because that that bank account was actually generated from land a year.
Also just, you know, we're gonna be wrapping up this budget exercise pretty soon think about next year. So, in terms of what taxing authority, may look like next
year, you're two percent next year. It's about 895,000, you throw the other available to the Board of Education is another 60,000 hours. So right there, I can tell you that you
could potentially go up by 9 or 50. Hours in the tax, loving next, the following. So that be fiscal
year 28. Okay. Rate comparisons. These numbers and the the actual rate columns, what the rates are.
the percentages is all matter, so you can see that the general fund in the effective tax rate, that's that 4.93% but mixed in
with it with the dead service fund actually decreases it. So the actual tax Impact on the taxpayers hadn't. Feel something
about four and a half percent and then I've explained this before, Board of Education, and Why? Hey, you went up 5.9% on the taxi. How did it go? How's it
lower? That's because of the 23 and a half million dollar increase in assessed valuations from last year to this tax
year. So that's that niche. That point nine percent change and that takes away from the effect of the factory. Okay.
Um, I showed this back in March to this is, you know, I'm sure everyone knows their assessed value off the top of their head, throw your your home success value. Can you get up idea of
what the effect of the tax increases? So for every hundred thousand dollars of assessment, it's going to cost cost you for school purposes. Only here, talking about school.
On county, not open space at library on municipal for school purposes. About 1,985. That's how much it cost you for school tax purposes. The average assessed home 2026
is final 42,000. So I give you an annual basis. about 464 increase. Okay. Just tell him we're telling you where your tax dollar goes. Um,
the really only three categories that change were was special ed facilities and debt services Actually a cumulative for pennies, swing in those numbers,
special education actually went down that meets special. Education is actually a little bit less in proportion of our entire budget.
Um, this is straight from the The Tax Assessor page on the barrel of Haddonfield website. So this is the show the haddonfield taxpayer or what portion of all my taxes are actually for schools.
So this is for last year because the way that the burrows budget cycle works is they're actually probably gonna approve their
their budget in the next month or so there's a week before you know people like us For us. Tom. What our levee is that they can assess taxes for the rest of
the year. So this will probably come out next month or two from the barrow but for last year 57.25% that's what the amount of what was her. School tax purposes only. It's
actually it was the year before it was 24 was actually a little bit over 59%. So actually, down from 2024 It's been in that. 55 56, 57 percent, you know, my
entire time here. So but it did go down by, you know, one one point seven five percent in one year's time. so I guess Observation, there is school.
Taxes are actually becoming less. It's it's by far, the biggest aspect of what you're paying, and local property taxes, but it's becoming less
proportional. So, it's an observation here. So, But I have any questions. I don't I
feel like I am you Do that next year. That's great. Yeah, questions. No. All right. Committee. Just we don't have
anything, right? Um finance, not yet. Yes. So the policy committee met on this past
Tuesday. We had no policies for first reading. No policies for second reading, we did review a few policies. The first was policy 24:36, which is the activity participation piece.
These are the fees that a student pays when they participate in a school sponsored club or curricular activity. We looked at how the price and structure would be in
each school level. and they're still remains a cap on the family fee, schedule, which is the maximum paid for household. so, for example, the family has three students who won school,
they don't have to pay for child. In tandem, we also looked at policies 7510 which is the use of school facilities. these are the fees for
organizations using district bone facilities, these organizations are separated to classes based on whether they are affiliated with the schools, the borough or neither.
um, and one financial need that with goodness an example during our meeting that necessitates, this type of fee schedule is covering the cost of custodial work that happens every time we
have an event, So our thoughts were that we would look at this on the policy end and then annually approve. The fee schedule once a year and now
that the Policy Committee looked at the structure of the fees for both of these policies, it'll move down to finance and then the Finance Committee will look
at the exact numbers. The next policy, we looked at was 5220 assignment of students and we discuss the nature to review this the student policy, and how to add further clarification for that.
um, and then finally, we looked at policy 2365, which is the use of artificial Intelligence Generative, AI survey was sent out to the community about the
use of generative AI in school and a presentation summarizing those results was sent out to the community. There's also shared with the teacher focus
groups and their parent focus group. in our intent here, is just to make sure that students have the correct skills to decipher the correct use of AI.
and to build a curriculum. That would be implemented in the school day to make sure that they understand it is and outs of those skills. Professional development, and guidance for
staff is also underway. You know we don't want any over reliance on gender of AI so we're going to give guidance to both staff and students, you know? For example we want AI to
be Grading students work. So then we discussed like learning basic skills before moving to any type of digital health, you know, one example, that was
given as we don't really want our students using, or have access to spell check or grammar check before they can read and write. Well, the same way, we
don't get calculators to students before they have their visa classes math skills. Instances, This is a new policy and a new topic. We just some
steps in between before, having the policy ready for reading. For example, maybe a presentation that we can look forward to we also looked at screen time
reports for grades K through five as well as screen time limits that we're going to staff for the different programs available in the district. Um,
you know, for example, we discussed what the focus would be on a particular lesson and how that would be essential for dictating the instruction for
that particular lesson. Like if we were, if a student was reading for comprehension and the brain doesn't really distinguish between reading or listening to audio.
Then audio would suffice, but it's a focus is on decoding, for example, for that student, The listening to audio wouldn't be as helpful so adding a piece
like that into the guidance is going to be important. it's overall the data from standardized tests and assessments are showing both for our students. We're seeing
the attack is being applied positively from the data standpoint. We're very aware screen. Free time. It's value by everybody. So we're looking
into implementing time during school day, we're screens with not be aloud. These guidelines would be different by grade level. Thank you, thank you. Is that
and presentation going to be shared more, broadly. Aside from policy with the screen time recommendations? Yes, I figured but both obviously AI and Thomas Rhode. Yeah and you know
has done a tremendous job. I think we can all agree in terms of a very thoughtful approach looking at a wide range of
resources. This is such a hot topic, I'm referred today. IPS specifically they're both hot but you know, that's all the hottest system. That's why we
let him be the drummer. Super Thoughtful, everyone has been you know, lots of opinions out there and I think you know, you talked about a wonderful resource, visit AI for education like yeah that that's a pretty consult with on the
education and awareness and they have starting about three years ago. Did our keynote for our professional development and I've also provided professional
development sessions, they return to last year for AD. See there are great group, they are non-profit group and we're
finally get a helpful resource and developing our approach and policy. Yeah terrific well exciting I think I think the community will be very
interested to see. Yeah. All of the great discussion and the fact that You've engaged with so many different, like, every
stakeholder and the fact that you see in such strong attendance and like, was it the last time we met? You had just had the AI conversation that everybody was invited to
and there were tons of people showing up. Yeah. Thursday night. Yes, during the most hectic time of the year to talk about it. So before, thank you for those.
Yeah. But before the my anticipation is before, the AI policy goes for first reading, I will do a public presentation during a board meeting.
and that will allow the community to also provide input during public comment and then following that that's when I anticipated going first, sick versus reading with the anticipation with my goal is to
have it approved by the start of the school year in a similar way. When we talked about the screen time, Okay, so there are
two components to this one. Is the screen time study that we did in elementary k to five that we will share. And then there are the the guidance for
Educate key to five educators on screen. Time limits using application. And again, for before that is finalized, I will do a public presentation that that's what happened in the next couple
months, right? I know you were working very hard on that, so, I'm looking forward. Yeah, sure.
Thank you. My kid everything growler. We didn't meet but Mark said, Yeah, we're meeting Monday. I think I mean Chuck, you've been firing updates at us. Did you want to make any
announcements? Or no, no. so, High school. Auditorium is hundred demolition right now. He's in there. And most of the
seats are out. And the most amazing thing is they took the curtains down. I don't think I've ever seen the size of the windows. The Anything? Great. Daylight, Oh my God. Okay, so
that's good. They're not they will be still gonna want to go. Never talk to what one shades, it can go up, so it will be day
like they're doing it. right? Is amazing how small. Inspection on some very minor things. They were rectified and hopefully it respected early
next week. And then we'll I think we'll probably have our board meeting there on the July 23rd board meeting because the June 4th Board meeting which we are next opportunity. Really, there's a
dance concert there. for high school, dance concerts. They don't want the board about there. and then, I think
probably in, um, Yeah, when is our retreat right? That I never retreat. Okay, about might be a good day for you. Maybe we do it September. Those are templates
every time because right, then, Nurses suites in the middle school. The 189 is really be gone and central school
classroom. So we'll do this at I Mean 1890. in there and you can now walk from my older you know really temporary wall up because you can actually walk down the two steps into the
I was excited. I was exciting. It's cool. So we're moving along. And then we have the
Haddon is going to begin. And we're gonna have the bid for the gym and Tatum probably in July. And then so shortly after that, we were going to be under
heavy construction. And I didn't think of you. So you did have a challenge, it had in that. We're losing five
classrooms. It had so we had to make some moves around. We're gonna relocate the ukp program and only because of the construction. Yeah, yeah. We're taking the more false. So that's
one of the roof. Um, and they had this would have had teachers got together. They said, we'll give up our faculty room. so that way we can keep you had the EK people in hand, which is
you're gonna be a hard year for them and they decided to do that anyway. So that's a surprise me but you know, that a lot very kind.
So, that's yeah. Yeah. I feel bad. I, you know, this was happening quickly and they were had horrible, 72 hours and family. I apologize for that. But luckily, they had to teach that I don't look. just shows how much our teachers
here. Yeah. That's a quick where we are. What you said, what was public or not? That I
I'm asking, because I think the music the spring concert is like, not next week or the week after it should be done. Yes. That should be done by that because then we don't have the other auditory. They moved in the middle school. Curriculum
night. Since June? Yeah, I think 20 is the yeah that's actually played timings. We hope you get done early next week. Okay. And the things were like
Minor may I move the toilet paper over it, like three inches. It was that type of stuff so that's not structural integrity, construction integrity. There were some things with safety lighting the
way it was, what circular wire just had every state of recruited, sometimes that type
of stuff. Thank you. Anyone have any PTA update? No, although I'm sure I will hear from Lizzy parents. The next time I'm there all the
pks. I'm sure very deep and teacher appreciation weekly. Oh yeah. And I school has Us record tomorrow. It is tomorrow night 7:30 to nine
initiated central sentence End of school year, survival guide from your PTA and that's The kind of resource I need about here is coming up on May
17th and up to virus hands. and the auctionism guys and they're also seeking volunteers with the day of. So I need appearance of your available will enjoy, your times, would be great. Yeah that's awesome
that's always a fun event. I also think when I just saw the update about their recall that they're still looking for parent a few more parents chaperones
if anyone is feeling really brave let's hang out with hundreds of middle schoolers tomorrow night. 7:30 to 9:00. Yeah. I know I'm going to blame
my injury but We'll see. But it really is a cool event. And what I love is that it's an hour and a half of no devices, you leave
your phone when you go in, you are actually having real live interaction. There's games there's music food and the kids
had a total blast in the last round. So sorry. Alright. Contribute. Do you ever report or not? I do
not have. Oh, all right. So I've got we got County. But I have some like, Normal superintendent things, at least when we won. First, I'm gonna do the normal super
texting things first. So in our and you're gonna, I was sound like wire. That's okay, that's outside field. So we could talk about budget and now these things are happening to
us, right? To the Nja who's overseas, our sport. They just approved the three-point clock for basketball. So now we've got to buy things for us. We're boards and your back. Boys have to
light up when the buzzer goes so I don't find that's gonna be money that we have to spend and it has a referee. So you're left with all right.
Can you? There's no thanks. All right, so we're all gonna watch it now, Okay. Yeah, seconds, Chuck and our sorry for technology costs. You the
budget. Yeah, you put in a servers. They went up. 30 Or anyone from like 25,000 a service $60,000, a service recently. So that's another
thing we're looking at here. You guys, um, I gave you to the board members um,
resolution. We're asked to have thrown agenda probably next week or it was g. Fourth. This is all schools are being asked to put this through our legislator but this is resolution that we believe we should be doing X, Y,
and Z and these healthcare control costs under control. So we're gonna have to put this one for resolution, you next week or
Jews we can get this to our legislative body and copy up to the state too. Great. Great good Chuck. Is this in relation just to the state benefit plan?
No, no, everything. Okay, you actually says Sch and product that you are. Yeah. Um, if you are home, watching the news rather than
watching this and a board. But there's a company called it Structure who runs this thing called this, which is already magical system, which has been high school. Imagine the high school. Is it not down? They were broken into. we said an
email or high school parents earlier today, so they're aware um, Canvas is. indicate 12 world but small it is a huge and in college and universities and for the example
of how it's going to affect us, we have very little student information campus because we use it as our learning management System. Genesis is our student information systems,
Albert's. All the really extensive student stuff is in is in Genesis and willing to do things like social security numbers and we don't take those of kid tries to get into like,
no, thank we don't want it. Um, if you have a child, who's in your college university? Oh yeah. Who uses canvas they everything is in there. I was
reading the pen. Had an article about Even their donor information is in there, Um, thanks so thanks again. I was texting and asking how his
day is going. Well, I want to feel better about myself So that's that's out there, but You know, their take canvas is taking new necessary steps but
it was not nothing happened to our world was an art teacher excuse but we have very limited
I'm stuck in his mind every time. So to speak, AI upcoming exciting event. With hosted with Maya, Linda and Special Guest Genome.
you got AI, you can't believe. um, So that that's when your
questions. Sorry, that was not. Long. So, last time you spoke, I did some calendar talk and there's a lot of different things to talk
about. So I went out and I put together got some feet. Yeah a lot of feedback. And and mission statement would do this
for to see it better. I'm trying to get feedback on the calendar. So look for stakeholder engagement. We gave before I board meeting on the
16th. I went to all five schools and reviewed calendar, possibilities staff. Get around here, talk kids um and I just
listen feedback from board members back when you staff And then from families, we put out a blast on the 21st and the 29th 199 emails back. Wow with feedback which I think is a
really good number It was 20 Board Member Staff Administrator 89 families. the first one overall, the comments was so many people were thankful that
we were took time to stop and listened to what they felt and and this. So there's a lot of thanking, a lot of outlying advantages of this was how they appreciate these are all things. One of the questions
came up times, why not send a survey out with pick this one? Pick that one and the reason I didn't do it is we're looking for feedback. Not a vote, right
close. I think the danger if I sent out pick one of these and they'll say, Well, it was a vote. Like, well, we just sort of feedback. And I didn't want
that. And one of the things in the emails, if I were tally up the emails because we focus on three things, right? The start of school Year spring break and holidays. Um, some people only
comment once that's what they were concerned with. I only cared about spring break. I only care about the start of school so it was good to get that different first that didn't
feedback, But I'd say if I put a survey out, We would have missed that, and We've been like who won. Well, you don't listen to us, we voted this way
you want that? That's not really the purpose. Um, they're the three big things and this is kind of how it worked out the
on the starting date was almost split down the middle. Supreme Bakery was a clear mandate. They wanted the week after Easter, keep the community as a whole um and how they came up
with came with most of those like there's a compromise here somewhere in the hallway. So that's double go through those
each of those. Um, Feedback. Here's a plus why we want to go before Labor Day? Why wouldn't go after Labor Day AP test
results. A lot about the testing summer camps. And this is help a child care gap and conversely on the other side. It would be difficult for your child care. So people saw both ways, right?
Preserve our summer the bridge week. There's two days. If you were good two day, half days before Labor Day, They come in the teacher saw, it was good. The parents didn't see the
sense. So you saw both sides of that, but this came up over and over again. You'll see If we have to go before to get the longer of spring break, we'd be willing to go forward with a
constant pretty much a constant theme. Like that was, they were six or seven people independently, who put that in that's with something they wanted to say. So that's
constantly this great. So this feedback and I will tell you this The school day, the start date. Would depending what we're running for spring break? If
we're gonna go the spring break for Easter, it's gonna have to be Really about supreme make after it's gonna have to be a free day where they start,
that's kind of locked in them. As far as. Spring break. clear, support for after Easter Elijah. And the biggest thing was aligning the neighborhood
districts. staff, really support this because so many of them have to get child care during their UM, and another factor in this is with the new
Sick Day laws. You can use sick time for child care in situations like this. So we're gonna, you know, we should we're gonna go back and look at how many seats. How many teachers may have used that and
we're finding teachers are used now which is the right that's fine with agreed to take that in consideration. Um, yeah and I don't see any reason why it would make too much of a
difference, right? If that's what because that's what almost every other district and in Canada, right? If you Gloucester County there Thursday, Friday money,
Yeah. Right. Pre-easter inclusive, Passover. Now this is this is gonna show you example Cherry Hill next year. That's not always true. So, a Passover
is not a Gregorian calendar, it moves next year. easters in March, passovers in April. Right. So you're not you don't always closely align. So if
you're gonna so that's that's a big deal, right? If you that if you really go before is a cash question. Is I
have that appear too follows? You're gonna see, I have the Orthodox. and the whole thing,
the priest is, if you need to, if you need to get You got to be up for Thermachine. It was a concert theme and then once again, if you're not, let's try
me as long as we're ready, we're fine. um, Support for inclusive video. I was like this would be Griffin closing, but a lot of but the
majority of posters Were the two to one people who said? Yes. Or no wonder where the other ones Again, instructional disruption, child care issues.
Calendar creep which is I guess then with the county going back further. They're trying to there's a concern of that got several emails about the
disappointment when we talked about holidays, we didn't include Passover because the assumption password before. Um,
that's not necessarily the case. and so, you know, if we're going to for us do this, Passover should be done and also, That's a, that's the Passover is not always a
line close with Easter. There were a couple comments and I learned more I didn't learn as much. I find some more Certain
holidays. All good. That's a tough Friday to come home from school, do things and be at sunset, so consider if it is adjacent date. So, that's the calendar, right?
If you're starting to say, you know, start sunset on Friday, we take on Friday, it causes of that. That's the calendar cream, or you start getting either that. Um, then there are other
other holidays, Holy Monday, which is the worth of ox, Orthodox Christian. It's that's not not that that's another Was mentioned, our primary
Jewish. Holy is a, is a Hindi holiday belief and a people said, Use your PD days. These days that makes sense. That's
that's kind of what the feedback was there. This is Cherry Hills next year, right? When you can see here, This is Easter break. And this is, yes, they took
their spring break and they've broken into small rooms
holidays. um, This. Day. Um, Here's my snow makeup day. I'm not gonna take credit for this, but the person person who came
up with the idea of my staff talks. Yes, not in the credit forces. So, if this were our calendar next year and we had early snow days, the first note, 8 makeup
would be February 21st, which is President's day. The second snow day makeup would then be February 18th and you would move that PD day to spring break. and the reason
is, when you have the PD days, when you make a snow day in spring break, 50% of the kids are there, if you're wasting day, if you did it here, you'd
have better attendance and the teachers. Yes, would have to come in over break? But at least it wouldn't be babysitting half your class. Yeah. And I think that makes a
lot of sense. So I think we're gonna go with this model of Snowden makeup. Caveat, that would be if we decided to use. How the the PD days on holiday
on religious holidays. That feels a little different than right. That's, this is just a day we picked because it logs with the calendar. Now we're gonna say Oh yeah, your holiday
is important. Except if we get Snow Day, that makes that a little more challenging The thing, that's something we have to talk through as we did this. That makes me wonder if. Ever
wanted. There was some kind of March snow situation. That's that's yeah you stuck at I um,
Equally many not more because the travel, the stud. But we got to stop starting and stopping the november's challenges. We all notice we look at the calendar. it's crazy month, he doesn't have the break, but a
lot of people were very happy. November break was going. More so than I thought. just a note that our next year calendar did not, as you said,
there's not include Passover and I put this counter together. Of 2829. And these are the
dates we're talking about 2029. Now, this is just the red or off. Our I have the red is, as you.
Read this red line. Estabra should be blue. I have the red. These are like state holidays. This is Thanksgiving and NJ. Ea President's Day, January 1st of
the I had, I had Chris, I have the week of winter break blocked. Well, that's a baby completely. I don't see how you could ever move that day, right? Businesses are. Shut down the
wall, shut down, that that week's all you can't move that for anything, right? The blue.
Is 21 and on, these are Albert in this holidays, right? So Hashanah Wally Pet 2029, Passover is on Good Friday. so you would get that week that way
anyway, but you can see here what happened in February and February with with holidays, You can see that you couldn't make those days work as PD Days,
but some years, it's gonna be more natural than others. And we have to look at to talk. That's, That's that's a discussion,
right? That's what we're talking about. I mean, I by the way, I I have like nine models, maybe. I don't, I don't think you guys want to see those. I think you're probably, I have
some over there. I actually have one with no, no. Only state, holidays, and federal holidays, basically with no religious holidays at all. Yes, bring it spring break
and whatever. Break, I spring break and whatever you Yeah. And this pretty great doesn't need to fall on Easter, please. I think that would
probably be most useful for folks in terms of planning, right? And it could be what, it's nice weather. You're now
talking about I'm really. I'm not, I don't know, I don't know. I thought I thought it'd be an interesting exercise and looking at what. Right? But that's one of the things we
talked about, what? And so, come here. The way this is set up. I can't see my different tabs. That's
why it's come here. I'm gonna go along soon. This one. It's like through this together and this was just like this afternoon. So let me try this real fast.
And so I put this together with with no holidays, but there are some caveats here, there's some things. So I, I took one of these, I put it on a total 11,
which is Contractually our custodians meetings, don't have to work that day. So what's opening school? And I think we have to
pay extra, right? Um, I just threw a week in the middle of spring distance between everything that's where your spring break would be. You could
make it later. Contractually Good Friday is. But for good advice, state holiday, New Jersey and contractually. Our custodians
means I have to work So, you know, we have contract negotiations next year. We're if this was the word wanted to go.
We have develop bring that, no contract, negotiations as well. Um, but I mean, those issues of where you have spring break, just get Exponentially more challenging if you decided to get rid of the spring break
around the whole British holidays. What the interesting to see if New Jersey ends up doing yeah. The week, right? Which yeah, New Jersey's disgusting whether or not they're just
going to make one people. Now, they're gonna make a record of commercial recommend the bridge, you don't have to follow you. I
would almost guarantee he would say that before. to try to be more inclusive with other with those, not just a Christian piece, I don't know. Or I would just
think I I kind of like, I don't randomly their colleges. You have anything to do with you? Yeah. If you did with your break
and spring break, Do we get out of school earlier? We won. Yeah, we get I didn't even final day, probably be really late first week or second week of
June. I do too. I mean, I I mean well and people get made when I say something 12 month employee, I'd start like the second, I start the 30 dollars and get
out. You have Memorial Day now. Well, just like thinking out loud because this is kind of Kind of it. We're doing here not Kooky idea but it's a little out
there for what we typically talk about and I that's why it's interesting and we should talk
about it. Um, what like how? Big of a challenge. Would this type of model? Be in terms of excluding religious holidays? For what
would the impact be for our teaching staff like as we think about impact, you know, who do we anticipate in in the building, it would not So,
a lot of our teachers of Jewish faith already take personal days for holidays. That's the most
populous we have. Nine. Non-fiction teachers. The problem is going to be child care for Spring Breakthrough. See that's next. It's not okay,
so much the and the availability camp then because dependent I'm sure that's That's good. That should be this
channel. Yeah, sorry. Charlie say, Hey, we're just gonna do. Yeah. That won't align. I think, I think people were right to
say the week after Easter, because that's probably what most districts. Do you? What we probably want to do is is think about the child care be aligned with. So, if you, if you were going to say,
we're gonna put a non-religious spring break in you and still drop it around. Yeah, because that's a child care. Said
right. And it's where it makes it. Like, it makes sense and like the first week of April, the last week of March, like, where you get a little bit of a
reprieve. Come back. Finish early disappointed when it's in March because you have awful, weekend, yucky leather, right
timing. It even around state testing right? Yeah nothing done. Great go. It's yeah, I think this year we have 44 days in a row the day off because it falls the early right. That's
that's wonderful challenge with that. I that's that's astounding thing. If you look at how crazy calendars are Right, if we
would go to That more of a traditional calendar. 50%. When you look at the right side in the left side of days off. Yeah. I mean if such an
imbalance and how we do this and and so how do kids builds dominating this, right? Because they're great very well. So, You have no sunlight and also
stay in school. Yeah, every day. I mean, these are all the things that make
this so tough. But, I mean, so Think a good conversation. Like, What was your friend if you haven't yet? I mean, Well, here's Oh, I stop sharing. I
need to share again. so what we did last year, And what? I think we're gonna try to come up with right now. I'm up is last
year you gave me like five marching orders. I had a challenge but I came back with what I thought met most of those who discussed it. You actually
mine. I did this. When I first became superintendent, I tried to do it and And you try but I started talking about He stopped his referendum coming. I
literally would start. earlier the third week in August, if not earlier and it's a very much a high school model, it's not great for
elementary so much, not have not bad for them. but, I mean, We have 2,000 kids playing soccer in the fall, the kids are around, right? Yeah. 600 kids
are playing sports in high school. You you are taking your AP test. So AP testing was today if it was one of us today,
okay, the taxes you started without his AP box. I know it definitely it was yesterday US history, more. So kids who are taking our kids are taking us
history. AP tomorrow. We're taking you same time as some guy in Texas are taking. They started school in August, 4th and marketing word. It's like, get ready for the test, right?
Same day. Same thing with NJ SLA testing, right? So we get, we get more time on The other thing that I think is, Under
appreciated in this fitness challenges. The early decision days for college applications is getting earlier and earlier. and more more colleges are now opening up
that didn't have early decision days. And, and if you got in two weeks before Labor Day, you had your gardens counselors
available to you, I just significant difference. in prepping here plus all the colleges want, those media reports, and all the amount after they are have that, we
have to adjust our calendar. So our, our high school semesters are not split properly. They're split in the day when colleges want media reports, we move all
of our exams up, that's where we're feeling tomorrow and then the other thing too. Um, for kid people have children going to college, you're going to
college and August now. Yeah, you're not going to college in September anymore, right? So you're already in a cycle um and it'd be out a Labor Day. Like I
mean I I think that's a great thing. No more of action. Sorry. Um, I mean that so that's my radical decision thing I would do. So. my, you three years
around cock. So you I guarantee when I'm building the 29, 30 calendar, I'm retired. It'll that'll be the challenge. Right. Where do we really think
we're instructions? Well, for those of us, we've had children taking AP courses. UMass, once
I test is done, that course is done. Yeah. um, and so, Anyway, now we're off topic. Now, we're now we're doing. I mean, I think it's not all
topics. You want to give you more Yes. So I think, you know, I think one of them is probably gonna be, we've got to be out
before the we can't be the third, no, full third week of
June. and then, Tell me what you guys tell me. four or five days you guys want to see and I'll put a calendar based on
that. I'll share before. It's for now and then we can discussion again in June and then vote in June and July I mean we're still talking going to place 16 months from now,
yeah, right. So this is like, this is the 2728 calendar for those watching their home, a long weekend somewhere to break
up winter. Like and I know we have President's Day sometimes but like if you're looking at and you see like a really long slug of days, right? Well
that's like, yeah. I for teachers too, right? Like they might be restored. By having a day. Yeah, President's Day. but
you do that, once you get beyond Prejudice Day, the next real one besides, for embraces, right Memorial Day. But if you, if you're getting out early, then,
I would I've since it was lean. Ing this way. To that winter break the week after Easter, okay? so you're getting better but I honestly, you know, less
religious qualities, you know, because we did this to talk about being inclusive. I think everybody can take the religious holidays. That is part of, you know what,
what the policy is Less religious holidays and and let's get out of school earlier. and I think just more as, as much alignment with, Both other
school districts working schedules and like what a typical parents working schedule is. Yeah. If there is a day where parents are off that
we are not Well, those are going to be here, right? We're gonna have. Yeah, that's the state. Yeah. And I'm actually
You know what I mean? Like, They qualities that aren't necessarily state holidays. That sort of consideration.
Then, are you PD days? Go then. So, the PDAs of the PDAs would go. I would probably could if we were doing no no preventing away
from the religious holidays You put one sometime in October. You would probably match one with President's weekend.
because a lot of other school districts in the county, you do one Columbus Day Because a lot of county schools have used that
for PD Day. So you have countywide PD the same around President's day and the third one. And I just that I like this, this is a personal thing.
So this probably dismissed quickly. The day after winter break. Like when when January
first is a Monday, yes, people come back on Tuesday. There's a lot of A lot of slow-moving folks, kids, and adults alike, not
coming back to the PD day. gives up whether reading room there and that's I just learned up by accident this year when
The first was a Thursday and we went back in on Friday. like I got parents people in the shopping. You see that was great, not to come back that and teachers, like so that's right,
that's good. Yeah. So that seems I mean we have we have some time so I think it would I also have to take into account the contractual obligations that. We
have guys. there's days that we have until we can negotiate a new contract. Yeah. If we want to pull some things out of there, but until then I've got to make sure those days are kind of stuff. For example, I
was paying double time for. Yeah, the restless anywhere just like, Actually Applicated and maybe we want to revisit this next
contracting internal. one of the 32 times today. All right. Well, thank you, thank you. Oh Mom. Good work one. Oh, thank you. One Other
thing, I forgot I set this earlier today. So we have our Teacher. Milestone retirement event on the 28, the end of May.
It's always that final Thursday night. It's a nice event right now. We have actually two retirements on there was one officially we honored to be
home. Put on there you'll get word of that. Probably Friday and if you have a bunch of getting so you're 25 30, 35 years of service. Well it's a
good, it's a good list, It's a lot of fun. So if you're available and you All right.
I'm really have anything and I'm tired. So I probably that's okay. Oh, let's go to public comment which we're gonna say. I don't think you need to run. You anyone would like to come up
again. No one camera the crowd, you know, something we'll go on to The few items that we do have for approval today because it is working session.
but we have some items first. Now re-employment of non-represented and represented staff, and non-certified staff for the
26-27 school year and and employment of Motion. Staff at
night. Session. like, Most brotherhofer, yes, this is spectacular. Yes, distress. Yes yes, hauling work. Yes Mr. Northwest Yes Yes,
the stock. Yes. President Yes, yes. Okay, for business and finance Recommendations. Recommend the adoption of the 2627 budget. as listed. I will not be all a
motion. Starting and stuff, and Linda and Motion to add a resolution to uphold the administration's. Determination following an informal appeal hearing with respect to student placement
under Policy, 5120 Motion to Add That might and yes, Questions discussion on that. All right,
any discussion on the budget? Now just love that we have been. So on top of it that we're all. That's it and his bringing the rest of us along. So it's not as mysterious as it was. All right. Mike can you call
roll Vice President Hooker? Yes, it's been there. Yes, dress, Yes. This dress was Yes. Helen Worth. Yes, Mr. Knuckles. Yes, Mr. Miller. Yes the son. Yes.
But I'm staying on that emotion. Yeah, remote. Oh yeah, you had a motion again. Is that? That was from I know that. What is it at it for future? No, no you A president, yes.
Okay, um review the items for approval for the next meeting. Governance, I have one, which is with respect to the policy approval. I saw that. It still
says athletics that Non-athletics and I thought that we were going to talk about we also have to go back, but if anyone is watching to clarify
from athletics to anything that takes place off site bossy center, nothing. We need to go back to financial fat and
she's, but we'll look at the way. The elementary Fees are going to be administered. on you, call it. I'll get the financing, we'll discussing financing will come back with a
more full report but the two readings of time to adjust that between the following. We'll have a good finance next right? Oh no kids. Yeah, it's usually third week, right? So well when you finally come back,
education maybe report from next week until their chance to go at the finance that way. People do that. Yeah, that sounds good.
Right. The curriculum and special education. Personnel. That's personal, I guess end of the year. Christmas and Finance. I don't for future
considerations. All right, motion picture.