all right i called oh it's not just me oh now it's working oh there we go just needed to go off and on again i call to order the highland park board of education hybrid workshop voting meeting today monday march 24th
2025 the new jersey open public meetings act was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in compliance with the open public meetings act the highland park board of
education has caused notice of this meeting setting forth the time date and location to be submitted for the public for publication to the home news tribune and career news and posted on the board's website at least 48 hours in advance of this meeting members of the public who wish to address the board
will be given the opportunity to do so before the board adjourns for the evening may i have a roll call please dr batty here miss cassald dunn here dr coleman here dr pixley here miss puce here dr scholman miss stano here miss
vardman here miss vorhees you're now going to recess to executive session be it resolved pursuant to the sunshine act nj mjsa 10 col4-12 and 13 the highland park board of education will now meet in closed session to discuss matters related to personnel and
the superintendent's contract these exemptions are permitted to be discussed in closed session in accordance with njsa 104-13 information regarding the board's closed session discussion will be disclosed to the public as soon as the need for confidentiality no longer
exists i move we recess to executive session second all in favor i now going to reconvene to regular session i have roll call please dr dr batty here
miss castal dunn here dr coleman here dr pixley here miss bruce here dr skoolman miss stanio here miss fman here miss vorhees okay stand for the pledge
i pledge algiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all i guess we had um one communication since
our last meeting um questions regarding the upcoming budget cuts um number nine is our approval of minutes so we're going to approve the hybrid voting public meeting and executive session from february 24th 2025 i move that we
approve those minutes second dr batty yes miss cassaldon yes dr coleman yes dr pixley yes miss puce yes miss stano yes miss vvin yes and we'll
move to our student representatives hi everyone so for irving um authors across america was a week of fun learning and school spirit thanks to everyone who came and read and made this week so special including high schoolers district staff the police department and
the rucker cheer and dance team um our irving students are busy learning about various careers this week and have been preparing with mr maruka leading up to this week our pto sponsored booster thawn is happening now remember to sign up if you haven't already we look
forward to s a successful fundraiser our used book sale begins the week of march 31st more information will be coming home regarding this we are thankful to our community for the generosity of your book donations and finally our annual garden bed cleanup will be on april 5th and
more information will be coming home join us to prepare for our students to plant and care for our community gardens all right so for bartle on march 2nd uh to march 7th it was readacross america week bto celebrated uh this week with thanks to our district staff and
community members who came to read uh to our students special shout out to the rucker cheer and dance teams for also coming up to to bartle um to read during this week on the 19th bartle hosted their talent show students performed for families at this year's talent show and
all performers did an amazing job march 26th was career day community volunteers will share insights about their careers with their students all students have been preparing for career day with lessons led by miss young going on now for april 11th is the planting seeds of
success show up and grow attendance challenge classrooms are participating in a challenge where home rooms add items to their gardens for each day they hit 90% or better attendance bonus items are awarded for completing a week with fewer than three tardies on april 3rd
coming up is epic game night information was sent home to parents via email and on april 7th to 11th is the scholastic book fair at bartle so look for more information on that coming soon april 8th is family stem night information was also sent home via email and please be
sure to pre-register if you plan on attending april 9th was bartle book bingo uh please pre-register if you plan on attending uh march family newsletter uh includes additional information on the bartle book bingo april 10th is the
pto dance fit boost uh dance fit booster thon fundraiser april 11th is a half day so students at bartle will be dismissed at 11:45 and there is no after school program on this day the 12th to the 20th is spring break for bartle and schools will be closed then uh lastly for bartle
they were awarded a $2,000 sustainable jersey for schools grant uh funded by the new jersey education association uh the funds are going to be used to help support the beautifification of the bartle courtard moving on from middle school uh the middle school's march madness
attendance initiative is in full swing and both students and staff have been showing up and dressing the part for uh middle school themed fridays first period classes are eagerly awaiting the midweek halftime reports and the final results on friday to see which classes are advancing this week our elite 8 will
be narrowed down to the final four meanwhile staff undercover spirit week has been a hit with students enjoying the creativity of their teachers dressing in green for st patrick's day uh mismatch shoes secret agent gear uh throwback middle school outfits and
dressing to impress uh so for community community engagement uh the middle school partnered with replenish for their annual spring school food drive a huge thank you to the students who donated items to support middle sex county's hunger eradication program also
coming up for the middle school as with bartle is career day which is going to be on march 26th uh community volunteers will visit the middle school to share their career journeys with students offering insights into how they got to where they are today a couple field trips coming up for the middle school on
the 31st uh sixth grade students are heading to the camden aquarium while glow junior and miss landis' class is will explore the liberty science center for a day of scientific discovery and then on april 10th uh the seventh grade class will be cheering on their favorite night at medieval times uh lastly for
the middle school the spring sports season has begun the hpms owls are back in action as spring sports kickoff students have been practicing hard and are eager for their first meets and games good luck to our athletes and coaches let's have a great season now for the high school um highland park
high school is ready for spring we just successfully completed our njgpa testing and want to thank our staff and students for their hard work the highland park deca store has been awarded gold level certification for food and retail operations in 2025 this year highland
park deca and cup of glow decided to take their partnership to the next level and have the coffee business certified as as an sbe as well they will travel to florida for nationals in late april the school play the prom opens on april 4th come see this heartfelt musical the
environmental club is doing a book drive for gently used apsat prep books and we're also doing a canned food drive and many other fundraisers are out and about to support our students finally the spring sports season has just begun and we're excited
to see what our athletes have in store for us thank you so much any questions or comments for our student reps okay dr francisco hi good evening everyone thank you i bought my ticket for the prom when i say that people are
like "oh the prom?" nope the musical uh when i went on the website there's still plenty of tickets available so i strongly encourage to to come out and support the students it's going to be a great a great evening and lots of exciting things happening so get out there and and have fun and support the students tonight i'm excited to welcome
miss mcn the principal of irving primary school and i see that mr maruka is here the school counselor for irving to spotlight two well-deserving students miss mcnally well good evening everybody thanks for having me of course this is one of my favorite evenings hi
little ones welcome to the big school all right in no particular order i will start with daniel daniel do you want to come up with me you don't have to it's okay it's up to you come up with that so one of our nominations for mrs
lucas and mrs gray was for daniel nojivitz congratulations daniel i have a couple of things to share with you that your teachers have said and this is from mr maruka and myself as well you are an awesome addition to our kindergarten
class you are a super mathematician which means you're really good at math do you like numbers yeah and you're really good at math games too and you love to share all that you know with your class you are a hard worker not only in
the kindergarten classroom but during related services as well you have faced challenges along the way but you persevere which means you never give up you're determined and you always shine in everything that you
do you smile you keep trying you ask questions and you always find new ways to solve problems even when things are hard you have a huge ability to stay positive and you work through obstacles and you are truly inspiring to not just
us at irving but to your whole family and we're so lucky to have you at school so daniel you are the kind of student that is a joy to teach a joy to be around and your smile and kindness
make the whole day better for all of us at irving we love having you and your wonderful family as part of our irving family so congratulations to you daniel and keep shining bright from all of us
all right next up for our student spotlight tonight we have a huge spotlight on julia would you like to come up all right all right julia you were the last of the hammadi family to come to irving
i don't know how i feel about that so julia is a first grader who prominently displays our irving whole school expectations through her actions her choices and kindness and what really makes you special julia is your ability
to care for others and you truly care how all of the kids feel in the classroom you are empathetic and you are a person that students look up to and they come to for help
you're always kind you're always caring and you bring a very positive attitude to the classroom even when things get hard sometimes and you really just make everybody around you feel better i know you always put a smile on my face every
time i see you in the morning mr maruka's face too so julia you are often the first one to step in if someone needs you you're an inspiration not just to your friends but to all of the staff at irving school who also nominated
you we are so lucky to have you and your entire family as part of our irving family so keep up the great work and bartle's going to be very lucky to have you but not yet so julia congratulations for all of your hard work
you earned it girl congratulations everybody thank you miss mcn it's always some of my favorite presentations and i love to hear all the amazing things that are happening in irving and congratulations to daniel and julia again for being great irving dragons great friends and
great community members congratulations and of course i cordially invite you to stay for the rest of the board meeting but i understand if you need to get up to leave to celebrate or you know for mr muga and miss mcnally head home after a long day uh so feel free to excuse yourself but thank you so much for
coming and have a good night and that concludes my report tonight thank you we're now going to move on to public comment the highland park board of education welcomes public participation and has reserved this time for your comments
board policy number 0167 establishes and regulates the right of the public to participate in public meetings there's nobody in person for public comment um is there anybody on the zoom angelo how many people do we
have four people if there's anybody for public comment please raise your hand and with no hands raised we're going to close public comment and we're going to move to our board committee reports and recommendations with curriculum and instruction first
so curriculum instruction met on um march 13th um we went through the benchmark data in mathematics um one thing that uh we always have to remember about the
benchmark data is that it assesses the standards taught in each quarter um and the initial benchmark is a preassessment um so they're not always comparable across uh time points um but generally the benchmark
data looked uh quite good um at irving um sorry um where the benchmark assessment is actually aligned with the curriculum uh students were uh successful
um between 50 and 75% um and that was the winner assessment um we'd expect to see that moving forward at bartle it was similar uh around um the pieces that were
assessed in terms of standards are actually covered bartle actually um those are benchmark assessments uh that are comprehensive across the year so those numbers uh look a little lower in terms of students scoring 60% or higher um but those numbers should go up each
time we do the benchmark assessment so we'll do it again in the spring and then at the end of the year and so that should show growth um and uh but students actually looked quite good at the preassessment um based on things they they uh um had learned a year
before too um one of the things we talked about was the assessment strategy and whether uh because irving was was assessing benchmarks taught in each quarter bartle is assessing comprehensive for the entire year and the middle school is
actually assessing uh based on standards covered in each quarter as well um what the um what the strategy would be moving forward around benchmark assessments um in ela uh they assess benchmarks as they're taught um just like irving in
middle school and so one of the ideas was maybe we need to do that in bartle as well so that was a point of discussion and something we um we did uh touch on and then at the middle school actually the preassessment uh looked
quite good uh they used edgastic um and um we noted in particular that the scores were much higher than last year they went up i think uh almost 30% in seventh grade um which was a huge
improvement and things uh looked to be much kind of more solidified there i think one of the things was a year ago there was a lot of um uh turnover in terms of teachers because of family leave medical leave and so forth and so
there was a lot more instability and that showed in in seventh and eighth grade in particular uh but uh they looked very like very good like um passing you know 70% 85% um so that was really positive and something we we
um really noted um another thing we talked about was the music schedule there are 51 students participating in band um attendance has been really high uh the band instructor uh did a survey of 51 students um because there was some
sense that maybe the early kind of time in band uh could shift uh because it is so early and students are having to wake up early that maybe it could shift to the afternoon uh they surveyed uh the 51
students 41 of them already have afternoon activities and then would have to make a choice between band and something else um and there haven't been complaints about it being in the morning even though it is early and so the kind of best course of action right now seems like it's it's actually in pretty good
shape even though it might be inconveniencing one or two students um so i think the plan as a something to monitor but as of right now it seems like it's actually situated probably the best to allow for participation in um and for students to uh participate in
multiple kind of activities um and then we did talk about the field trips um uh that were actually mentioned some of which already were mentioned um i've been um trumped on this one already um the adventure aquarium was mentioned
medieval times deco is going to florida model un is going all the way to new brunswick um and then there are some school visits uh for students who will be um joining new schools to help them bridge um and lastly kindergarten is
going to the state theater and that's just a few highlights of the field trips um and uh in terms of voting uh i mentioned the field trips that's number one um approval of uh participation in
the teen arts uh new jersey program so that's to support um four students of the middle school and six students at the high school participating in that um approval of the um uh completion of the special ed
monitoring um approval of home instruction for seven students and approval of supplemental instruction home instruction for one student any questions
i just have a um just a comment or a thought so i like um the conversation around you know thinking about our assessment strategy and i was just thinking it might be a good opportunity to even interview or talk to teachers to see ultimately like it's meant for a
tool for them to be able to kind of go back and and um understand where they might need to intervene so i'd be curious their kind of just overarching feedback on the strategy as we think through you know what a new version could look like um so that's just my one
thought that came to mind yeah and i don't think it's not necessarily our the board's job to decide on that but it was more kind of feedback i think along those lines though um one of the things we talked about in
and was if you are doing a comprehensive assessment um some of that is providing feedback that's not useful to the teacher's instruction so and what level of detail are teachers receiving that so you can see the standards they did cover and where students are with that as opposed
to um uh items they they that are you know going to be taught later in the year um it seemed like they were getting that broken down but i think you know more generally just thinking about the assessment kind of approach and want do we want to keep that consistent or is
there something kind of coming out of it um we did we did talk um uh about even for next year that they do actually seem to have control of the envisions benchmark assessment in bartle
that they could adjust those questions so they were only the questions taught in that quarter so you could go i think with the current benchmark assessment and just reorganize it and make it more useful and then that would you know um hopefully speak to teachers and provide
better feedback any other questions for curriculum um can i just bump in i want to say um i think it's important for people you on the board certainly but al but but also watching in the community to understand that as i understand it uh our use of
assessments in this way is relatively recent i think just last year was might be the first time that we did this in in the middle school is that correct you sort of mid i think they've been used before but i think there's been a change of assessments in some of the schools and
so that's been really recent yeah yeah so um changing in the in the types of assessments we're doing at the company we're using i think this i think i i see this as a commitment part of the commitment by the board and by the administration you most importantly to to keep a close tab on what's happening
in our schools and to use these assessments not just to give them but to but to find a way to make them really useful um and to and to act on what we learn sooner rather than later so i i was really happy to to you to to see this data but also see the administration is taking it really
seriously and is thinking already about how can we improve our our use of it and put it and put it to good use you right away next year so that's good anybody else all right we'll move to equity and excellence
yes equity and excellence met uh last week we met on uh march 20th just trying to situate mike for some reason things aren't working out today okay here we go uh so we met on the 20th and our first item of discussion was the comprehensive
equity plan timeline uh dr susca kind of briefed us on where we are in that process and just to give us everyone an overview who those who may not be familiar um with this uh massive uh project that we have in our hands for the next couple of months um this is a requirement in the state of new jersey
for all public school districts and we are mandated to conduct a needs assessment um and develop a new three-year plan to address um first to identify um and correct any discriminatory practices biases in our policies um programs and practices
across all schools within the district um and we have to align them with kind of the state's um um ideas of what it means to be an equitable school district essentially and so they're they're data points that we have to achieve and and show that we are in compliant with and if not we have to develop a plan for
correcting those areas so we are now um required to uh produce a new three-year plan um the major change this time around to the mandate is that school districts are now required to show how their policies are being implemented previously uh we had to show policies
that were addressing the um uh requirements around equity in all areas we didn't necessarily have to show how our policies are being effective at implementing um or addressing those areas uh so a bit more work on the district to put it mildly um we uh
administration is working to ensure that um the evidence that they are putting together um which does have to stay on the website for the three-year period of the plan is clearly also evidence that does not um include any confidential data on any students so we just want to also make that clear um there is a tight
timeline to meet the deadline which is i believe is june i don't know the specific date in june but i know the deadline for submitting our report our evaluation is due in june um and that has to go to the county um dr susca shared that uh there is already put together a committee of district leaders
educators parents students and community members um and this committee will also have subcommittees and they will work through subcommittees on the different phases of this process between now and june um they've already started to meet and talk about to talk about data collection um and completing the needs
assessment establishing equity goals that are required is needed and then gathering feedback from stakeholders before presenting the final plan to the board for approval in june um so the idea that the plan will be drafted in april sent to community stakeholders for review and then again approval and
submission submission made of june uh subcommittees will tag team on gathering the evidence for the data collection process and there will be a committee meeting this thursday i believe that would be right for to begin phase one of the of the um uh process which is again
the data starting to put together the needs assessment and collect data and then it will go into phase two um sorry phase two is gathering data right now you're just putting together the needs assessment um so the template for developing a new plan consists of those three phases i think i just went over that um one other requirement that is
new that's going to be a part of this process is that we have to include a staff questionnaire so that there's actually staff input um in this process as well what staff considers areas um where we may need to improve in our equitable equity practices and areas
that we're doing well in so uh that questionnaire is currently under development um tonight we will be passing or presenting a board resolution to conduct the needs assessment that is required this is a state requirement so we we will present that on equity and excellence tonight our second meeting in
a row that we're actually presenting something for take a moment for that um even though um the state requires that the district i i think i mentioned that that we do develop our own corrective actions i probably didn't emphasize that and this
is the key discussion that we had to or highlight of the discussion is the fact that we as a district have to not only identify the areas of need but then develop our own corrective actions and review our implementation of those actions so it really is the onus is on the district this entire
process so we will be having more discussions about that i'm sure the next few meetings um we also then moved on to discuss policy 9322 public and executive sessions remote participation and just the added added clause that board
members who participate in meetings remotely um in public sessions shall abstain from voting on any agenda items that involve the disclosure of personal details legal matters or other confidential information if they are not present for the executive session where
those matters are discussed yeah um then we discussed uh well dr dr cesca did share with us uh a preview of the new of the recent school culture and climate data survey um survey and the results from that survey um
uh let's see there was an attending uh a training that sam perez who is our um school culture and climate uh assistant principal i believe is her title at the high school she's been leading the um uh charge there uh and has been doing a wonderful job she attended a training on
unpacking and reviewing the data from the uh survey uh a couple of highlights here we discuss um well bartle staff has already be begun to review their data and they found one area where everyone reported that studentto student interactions are an area of weakness um
so the leadership teams are already starting to plan ways to strengthen that area um there are there is a data collection and report process being undertaken by each school administration there the way the um the survey uh platform is
presented that the staff can identify red flag areas that indicate that there is a mean that's below the threshold um and could be an area of concern staff can also look at the responses to those red flag areas to unpack them so there's just a lot it's a rich data set and a
lot of different um ways they can look at that data and analyze the data so again they're still in the process of doing that really early in the process um but it sounds like they'll be able to gain a lot from that process um okay uh and there's also uh links to resources
provided in each area which is really cool feature as well um and the plan will be to administer the survey since it is a pretty massive survey um two times per year as opposed to a three time a year um frequency okay and then we moved on
to discuss um february discipline we looked at um the removals in school and out of school suspension numbers um and uh just a quick overview of that at bartle there were uh four instances total um
involving eight students zero incidents without removals actually because none of the removals actually included suspensions at bartle so that's a good thing there were discipline issues that were able to be uh resolved through um non removal u measures the middle school
there were 63 instance in instances of um discipline incidents involving 42 students 10 of these incidents um resulted in in school suspension or arise program and nine in oss out of school suspension most of those out of school suspensions were due to physical
altercations um and uh uh i guess incidents that did require that level of uh suspension as per the discipline code um at the high school there were 80 incidents involving 53 students uh one in school suspension and one out of school suspension so again we
just kind of noticed how even though the number of incidents were high that could include a range of you know discipline infractions uh there were just a limited number of removals and they were really able to address the issues without having to remove students um from their learning environment uh we reviewed the numbers on restorative actions peer
mediation and lunch and learn uh as well as effective school solutions um it's all linked to our discipline report and dr cesca shared a couple of written reflections that um rise students completed as a part of the reflective work that's required in their time at rise and that's at the middle school in
particular so it's we were i think i know i had requested in the past we hear some more of that qualitative data so it was very very nice that you brought in those examples we appreciate that um at bartle students um have to participate in some sort of learning opportunity as uh during their time in rise um that
could be a ted talk or or related uh another video related to what are whether what other areas of concern they may have so you know it was just nice to hear that there are different ways staff are really beginning to address the needs that students have u that are not necessarily punitive um and then we
talked about um district clubs activities and athletics and sort of the demographic breakdown so their uh administration at the request of equity and excellence did look at a break the demographic breakdown of um the district clubs and activities this includes sports as well
as schedule b activities um and we just again wanted to look at even when we're thinking about being um um diverse in all of our areas and really making sure that underrepresented students are represented in our academically in academic classes but that also extends to recreation and clubs as well um most
clubs uh from the data uh show that most clubs are predominantly um the members in most clubs are predominantly white and asian students um the administration uh has discussed possibly not running clubs that have low participation levels so there are some clubs that have really
low participation levels um and rather than keeping those running when there really isn't a high interest thinking about opening up opportunities for clubs that will have a higher student interest and perhaps even more diverse interests among the student body so that is one um area that the administration is
considering um there are peer leadership groups at the middle school and high school that will help identify what the student body wants to support in terms of new possible activities um that can be brought in for clubs but you know the the the major takeaway is yes that we still have a lot of work to do and
hopefully bringing um more of our students into clubs that they may be interested in but then also thinking about providing clubs that have greater interest among a more wider range of our student body uh and i think that's it yeah because we didn't have to go over any of these i think that's it for equity and
excellence any questions comments concerns thank you oh and um the one item oh yes yes see that i'd like to read it see what happens okay let me pull it up i didn't
even have it pulled up i'm about to read yeah well you are all digital here hold on oh it's not supporting okay just read all right uh so i'm going to ask that we well i'm not asking this now am i am i
just reading the just go over that yeah so that's what i can't pull up hold on a second for some reason now it is okay so i will pre be presenting for board approval the resolution of the board of education of highland park to um authorize the
affirmative action team to conduct a needs assessment and develop a comprehensive equity plan and i'll just read the language in this uh resolution right getting the green light for that okay whereas the new jersey department of education requires all school districts to develop and implement a comprehensive equity plan to
identify it's a state requirement and the idea idea is we're passing this resolution to um show that we are going to be putting together this need needs assessment that's going to look at all areas of the district affairs whether it's we're talking about uh board policies and
directives school uh staff training as well as practices in our schools and classrooms um and ensuring that our programs are equitable across the board that's all thank you um and we're going to move to finance and facilities
so we met on um march 11th and it was an allison nikki and myself from the board and dr susca and mr rosa and for the most part the majority of our almost all of our meeting was discussing the preliminary budget that we voted on here
this last week so i'm not going to go into that weeks we uh discussed it extensively and i actually if any in the public is listening um encourage them to watch last month's board meeting where we um had a good conversation about um concerns about the budget and the uh and
the revenue and the expenditures and so forth so um feel free to look at that again um the only other areas to comment on from our our meeting and really it was um uh col macintosh gave us a uh a report so that we'd have time to focus
just on on the budget um and in his report for the afterchool program uh he highlighted that they had hit over 300 students think 301 as of that day um so uh that was an accomplishment and uh the subsidy program was moving along
although he acknowledged very slowly um challenging in the process that the county has set up for that but it is moving along and it's just going to uh it's just taking more time than expected um he's applied for a free snack program
i guess that that's through the county i believe um and that's in the process it's also a six to eightweek process but we could be we should be eligible for that as well which will be grazed financially um he commented our new stem program there's a member of the community who's working with our fourth and fifth graders and after and after
school program piloting a stem program um march 10th april 21st and that could be expanded second or third graders in the future um and the last thing he shared which there was a um uh an unannounced state inspection of our
afterchool program in february that was very extensive and um we we passed there was no concerns raised and he they they covered many areas um within our program so that was very nice to hear
john shared um uh facilities report also extensive work that that all the different major projects that are going on irving base waterproofing um purchase orders are out for that one irving has a circulation pump
replacement going on orders the parts have been ordered also irving pipe and ac unit insulation purchase orders are out um at that point the bartle bathroom needed to go back out to to bid there was uh no viable proposals the first
time around but you see on our agenda that we have a proposal we're going to be voting on tonight to move forward with a vital bathroom uh project um the beam replacement and the what we call i think of it as a vital walkway um or moving the walkway really
um is moving along also there's soil testing it's just amazing how many different steps there are to each of these projects and how long they take but it's um uh plan has still not yet been finalized on that
and high school greenhouse is moving along um there's a floor and foundation plan that's that's uh been developed and there we're waiting further plans before going out
to bid uh we had spoken last time high school baseball field renovation a timeline has been established actually fencing was just put in um denise shared some nice picture of that fencing uh so that's moving along not to interrupt the
baseball uh season for our students uh keying of all locks lots of projects going on from john and that was our oh we also discussed just policy 9322 the most discussed policy that we that ever i
think the last couple years we agreed with what equity and excellence said um option two and adding that wording about abstaining and so forth so it sounds like a long agreement me too um and for our agenda we have a bill
list for february 25th to march 24th in the amount of 4,625,000 about approval of the treasurer's report uh as of january 31st board secretaries report also as of
january 31st board of ed certifications as we do every month that um our accounts and our funds have not been extended overextended um we have some budget transfers to approve traveler related expense reimbursements um then we have a a list
of uh contractors for professional services um the high school assembly on islam and eid celebrations um new jersey coalition for inclusive education related to uh fizzed uh we we're uh going out to another
agency ccl therapy to contract should we need ot services um and another pit musician for the musical we have one student that we're adding for bedside instruction and five students that are being added
to our out of district um that need out of district placements and they're on our agenda we have four contracts for mckenna vinto students um that's um students who will be attending in highland park from other
districts because they've been displaced from their homes um and so those districts pay us tuition that's number 10 number 11 is the reverse we have highland park students who will be attending new brunswick because of a displacement situation through mckenna
vento so we have two students there there's a legal settlement agreement number 12 um per our school board attorney's recommendation um and then the master collaborative educational services agreement with the ed services
commission of new jersey um for our five-year uh agreement with them and then we have the uh what i spoke about was we did we do have a proposal here for the bartle bathroom project that we can we'll be voting on
tonight uh now the ed services commission nonpublic renewal contracts is one of these pass through things i guess that we have to do right the these are contracts that we um no partner with um educational services commission to provide these services to non-public
schools that we partner with that we receive their allocation from from the state okay we provide the service no we we don't we contract with the commission to provide the services gotcha okay i didn't look at it i meant to ask you before okay that's uh that's the finance
and facilities agenda any questions i would just like to clarify that the bid is actually being rejected um we had one bidder um and they sent a letter that they had a material mistake in their rejecting oh i'm sorry so we are
rescending their bid so it's out to bid again so hopefully at the april 28th board meeting we can award the bid to i knew about that but i didn't realize that's what this one was sorry just won the bartle bathroom this is this is the bid that uh we
cannot accept or they they rescended it so thank you for that correction i mean i do feel like hearing all those facilities repaired it's like happy spring everyone because it's like exciting stuff right it's like excited about it that time of year yes that time
of year any other questions for finance okay um i'm going to review the uh agenda items for personnel and then policy so for personnel um under number one is two leaves of absences as listed number two is approval of resignations
ida shiner effective april 21st and then miss mcclean who will be retiring at the end of september so congratulations um number three some appointments um as listed to note welcome uh again to julie who's uh julie
amado for baseball coach at the middle school um some dates reflected in the middle school high school leadership um shifts uh to accommodate miss brady's return um movement on the guide for ashley huggins welcome miss joerger who
will be a part-time esl teacher for the middle school um welcome mr barrow who will be a orchestra at bartle and then we have a welcome to nishan simson for our hback maintenance helper um we have some additional hours for
miss shanbert um mick perez is going to be climate and culture specialist at the high school for um the remainder of the year um some staff working stem night at bartle thank you very much um ethan
schwarz as an administrative assistant at the irving and bartle after school program yianiraa coronardo for translation services and then the approval of one transfer for miss kitzus um to be a par professional from being a
par professional at icr to um irving special education onetoone any not that i can answer many but any questions okay and then for policies we have the policies and regulations for first reading um our student smoking
spectator code of conduct for intelle scholastic events and then um the regulation for student smoking and those are our policies and we've discussed those previously in uh different committee reports all right we're going to move to public
comment the highland park board of education welcomes public participation and has reserved this time for your comments board policy number 0167 establish establishes and regulates the right of the public to participate in public meetings angelo how many people do we have
online oh we lost one so excited okay um anybody online for public comment if you could uh raise your hand and angela will let me know okay and with no hands raised we're going to close public comment and we
will move to our board action items um curriculum take it away i'm moving items one through five second
dr batty yes miss cassell dunn yes dr coleman yes dr pixley yes miss puce yes dr schoolman yes miss stanio yes miss vardman yes okay equity and excellence yes i am
moving item number one the one and only second dr batty yes miss cassell dunn yes dr coleman yes dr pixley yes miss puce yes dr schoolman yes miss stano yes miss
bardman yes finance and facilities um i move items 1 through 15 second dr batty yes miss cassald dunn yes dr
coleman yes dr pixley yes miss pruz yes dr squman yes miss stano uh yes except uh stay in from number nine number nine nine thank you miss bardman yes
and for personnel i'd like to move items one through four second dr batty yes miss cassald dun yes dr coleman yes dr pixley yes miss pruz yes dr schoolman yes miss daniel yes miss
bergman yes and for policies and regulations i move number one second dr batty yes miss kalden yes dr coleman yes dr pixley yes mr cruz yes dr
skullman yes miss sano yes miss vardman yes okay and we move to board liaison reports does anybody have a liaison report no reports okay for my president's report
tonight i have uh one change that we need to document so in order to accommodate some changes in schedules um we're going to have to swap two committee members so for equity and excellence i am going to be joining equity and excellence and then dr pixley is going to move from equity and
excellence to curriculum and instruction so it's just nice even swap okay and we'll update the website and stuff accordingly well i won't but so i'll update the we'll have the up website updated in addition the calendar
invites and and everything adjusted accordingly all right and any old business new business okay i move to adjurnn second all in favor i