this meeting of the Malawa Board of Education is open to members of the public to be physically present Members of the public that attend will be asked to follow the same procedures as all other visitors to our schools Those procedures can be found on the agenda page of our website Additionally the
board meeting will be livereamed for viewing purposes only Anyone wishing to view the meeting may do so via Zoom Webinar ID for this meeting is 89804342952 and the required password is 996253 All right I call this meeting to
order Mr Lamb roll call please Mr Copan Misso Mr Dilva here Mr Denise here Mr Gallow here Mr Yu here Miss Jansen here Mr Kizarski Dr Morty here and our student
representative Miss Casper here Adequate notice of agenda of this meeting has been provided to the Ridgewood News and the record specifying that the MA board of education will meet on March 26 2025 in the administrative offices 60
Ridge Road MA New Jersey A copy was filed with the township clerk Mr Gallow would you lead us in the salute today please i allegiance 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 for all Thank you Mr Gallow All right We do not require executive session at the beginning of the meeting So we will go on to agenda questions Please limit your questions at
this time to resolutions under new business on this agenda As a matter of fairness you're asked to limit your questions to no more than one and your remarks to no longer than three minutes If you are here representing a group please identify yourself the group and your position in the group If you're here as an individual please give us
your name and address This section of public participation will be limited to 15 minutes Please specify the resolution on the agenda that you are referring to in your question All right I need a motion to open the meeting to the public Mr Gallow second by Mr D Silva We are
officially open to the public All right Seeing no one come forth at this time motion to close the meeting to the public Mr Hughes second by Miss Ting Jansen All right Our MA student representative report this evening
Um the musical Anything Goes is open tomorrow and today for senior citizens and it is going through Sunday Congrats to the drama club directed by Mr Maym and new um National Honor Society applicants are applying through the
process or currently Um the juniors have just completed the NJ GPA testing Saturday we have a winter percussion competition at Fairon High School Juniors also just had a junior formal at the Legacy Castle last Thursday Shout out to Miss Graph and the junior class
officers for planning a great event Um our very own SJA executive member placed at the David Good Memorial Memorial 3D bridge competition at NJIT Lucas Hart led a team including Sophia Rose William
Patado Constain Har and Mr Calves placed second in the largest load and stiffest um bridge category second place overall The symphonic band uh won gold at the regional one band festival as well as the band would win section hosted by
West Essex High School T-Irds crushed it at the future problem solving state bowl this past weekend The the community problem solving got first place in their category going to the state bowl and wrote a book on Amazon illustrated by Riley Kim written by Mary and Catherine
21 students earned invitations to the future problem solving international competition this June in Bloomington Indiana Congrats to all And lastly the Robo T-Birds won the rising star award at their last competition Thank you very much
It's a lot going on Uh Dr Duro do you have any report left for us this evening got a lot of crossouts Um so we'll start with some things that were not shared Um we just wanted to
have a big congratulations to Ben Wagman being named coach um of the year He was selected as big North Patriot League coach of the year for wrestling Um standing next to him is Ava Nolla That's actually at at states in Atlantic City
So um I'm if anybody knows Coach Wagman he is truly committed to the wrestling um organization and he's done a great job of building um not only his wrestlers throughout the season but building the number of wrestlers on his team So I just want to congratulate him
his staff and all the wrestlers that were committed to the growth this year So congratulations Coach Wagman Um this is Coach Dlesio He was also selected as coach of the year for bowling and their bowling team won their
division So Mr Pascal and Mr Phelps here do a champions breakfast for all the uh different league winners and coach DeLisio and the team were there this morning So congratulations Coach Delesio for all that you do for our bowlers and congratulations to the bowling
team The next one is um as we know It's springtime so we have our incredible plays both at Rampo Ridge and at Ma High School Rampo Ridge this past week uh performed Annie Jr was very well attended The play focuses on a plot that
is rooted in hope the importance of family and overcoming adversity Uh the central office team was fortunate enough to crash the senior uh performance today uh senior citizens performance today of anything goes It's absolutely
spectacular Um the the music is beautiful the acting is fantastic the singing is incredible Um I strongly recommend everyone in the community to come out Um it's just wonderful to see all of the kids There are so many kids that are in the performance and the
quality of the performance is is truly amazing Um if you do attend I want you to also please take notice to the set Uh Mr Pascal made us aware that this is the first year that one of our students built the set Uh the cool part about the
set is not only is it obviously a beautiful set u but there's a staircase in the set that stu probably about five or six students walk across the staircase and it held um and also uh there's there's movement in the set and
just the the artwork and things like that It's just um it's really great to see not only the performing arts side but also our wood woodworking students on display So please attend if you can this weekend Another thing that wasn't
discussed uh therapy dogs at uh George Washington School on March 20th GW students participated in SEAL learning day reinforcing skills they have been developing all year Ma High School student volunteers led activities that promoted self-awareness
um and mindfulness The Seeing Eye graciously brought three of their pups in training Uh was it Schwaz or Schwaz I like Schwaz better Me too Swayy Claus and Jerry to teach our
students how seeing eye dogs help others gain independence I like Schwaz Schwaz is on one of my one of my kids TV shows He's he's a great character [Music] Habitat for Humanity As we all know last
year our senior class um raised a significant amount of money to put towards a project we wanted to build in in Ma It just so happened that Habitat Habitat for Humanity had a place in Oridel um we connected with them and
actually they're going to uh they already broke ground but the first day is June 2nd A number of our seniors from our graduates are going to be attending to take part in the build So it's just a it's just a wonderful example of the MA
community coming to together to help um a surrounding community So congratulations to our MAWA senior class of 2024 for really leaving their mark I'm not going to speak to this because this is already talked about This is the symphonic band Congratulations to the
symphonic band Again congratulations to our Robo T-Irds Um this we got a chance to talk to the MSF the other night uh to put in for grants and uh Mr Montana was there and you can see just a sense of pride um that Mr Montana has for this
group It started with just a couple students Now we have over 50 students that were talking about getting a uh a second a second robot for their for their build because it's just so many students that are participating in this activity So it's a great problem to have
and we will definitely address um that challenge in the future Again something that our that our high school representative shared was our um community problem solvers Uh yet again they did MA proud um and were
winners in their division in their most recent state ball competition I don't think that she spoke about this one This is the winter guard competition Ma took first place The Thunderbird winter guard took first place out of 16 teams at the Bridgewater
Raron High School Ma main winter guard competition Congrats on their top score of 77.14 I believe and I don't want to speak I believe that's the top score that they've ever had in competition
history So congratulations to our winter guard Can I add something to your add something to your report yeah Can we go back to the picture of coach oh sure There we go There we go So you
mentioned next to him is Ava Nolla and she was recently honored by the Berkeley County Women's Coaches Association earning first team all county for wrestling So she's she's that was a picture of her states this year first
first female wrestler from to earn states and then the first team and I'm going to add to yours um it's the I believe the um winner athletic awards was March 18th and there were a
number of um of our athletes that were honored one being Ava um and then we had a number of other um athletes so we would love to honor uh those individuals Um so the next board one because they're still all coming in all county and um
all all league and things like that So we'll have all of them because we do a great job of honoring a lot of our performing arts I wanted to take a moment to honor our winter athletes as well But Ava had a tremendous season and a point of pride for all for sure
Great Thank you very much Um Mr Lamb do we have a report this evening yes Uh Dr Morphy So as the business administrators report this evening we will have an update on the 2526 budget uh that was
approved at the um the preliminary budget was approved on March 5th and it remains a preliminary budget until the board uh approves it a final time on April 30th So we will have another update tonight on the progress of the
budget submission Uh so tonight we're going to go over uh special education our out of district tuition our benefits and some operations Uh uh so our special education the costs
continue to grow Um we uh a large a part of our cost is out of district tuition for special education students Uh however uh when we have the opportunity to bring programs in house uh we do so because it's best for the children it
also happens to save the district uh substantial amount of money Uh so for example next year we're starting an ind district prek to grade three autism program in partnership with Bergen County Special Services
uh which allows our students to remain in our district and the uh the cost savings relative to if we had to pay tuition out of district uh is about a million dollars So it's a win-win for the students and for the
district's budget Uh we uh in addition to the out of district cost we have uh hundreds of thousands of costs in related services for speech physical therapy occupational therapy also transportation costs for sending the students out of district Uh we have
general administration the child study team Uh we have the staff who have to write the IEPs uh continue the evaluations and manage that process Uh we are continuing a half-day preschool
program uh in district uh in partnership with Burton County Special Services uh that we have this current year And just as a uh uh in terms of the magnitude uh our in district special education uh
prek to 12 we have 449 students on roll Uh and that's in district not even counting the out of district And if you consider our total special education costs in our operating budget including our out of district uh tuition our
transportation and all of our industry costs it's about 31% of our budget Uh and but we're we're required to service these uh students with whatever needs they have just as we required to serve
all students So uh just want to say it's a pleasure working with our child study team and giving the students the resources they need Can I just add one thing um just I just want to bring to the board's attention We've got a chance to speak to
uh most of the board members but I want to make sure that we're aware The second bullet point up there along as of in district our prek through three autistic program Just to give you an understanding we currently this is our first year having our prek program um
for our autistic uh children in our district This year we connected with Burton County Special Services Miss Rizzo and Miss Astano worked with them and we were fortunate enough to bring back I believe it was six students back into district Um the great part about
that partnership is Bergen County Special Services has an established reputation with other districts in doing this So they worked handinhand with our team and created a a wonderful program for our students Because of the success not only um from the feedback from
Bergen County Special Services but also the parents of the students involved Uh we felt it was important to continue that that partnership and relationship of having our kids continue to go through our district So we're we're building another section kindergarten
through third grade that allows our students to start in preK and travel through So our we're going to be um recommending and it's up for a vote to open another section kindergarten through third grade for our CA u our
autistic program uh with a connection with Burton County Special Services Thank you Dr Dur Uh continuing with our out of district costs uh this slide shows our uh a summary and breakdown of our out of district costs It includes
both regular education and special education Uh we have right now about 68 special education students going out of district as determined by the IEP Some of them go to uh other public schools Uh some of them go to Bergen County special
services in their various locations and programs Some of them go to private schools for disabled Um and then we also have out of district costs for regular education students We have a number of students who go to uh Bourbon Tech County VOTE
and themies Uh and two students are shared halfime with MAWA and halftime with Bergen County VOTE And we have two Adams district students uh who attend a charter school which is considered a public school but we're still required to pay for the tuition and the
transportation for those students So our uh total tuition budget uh is over $6 million about 7.6% of our budget Uh fortunately we get about $600,000 in
idea funds which we use to put towards our out of district tuition uh that is federal grant money Employee benefits uh continue to be a large part of our budget Our total contractual benefits include health
prescription and dental but also include other benefits such as work working workers compensation the social security taxes uh pension payments tuition reimbursement and then uh pay payout of
uh sick time for retirees And our our total employee benefits budget is 12.9 almost $13 million That's about 15.6% of the operating budget The trend
over the last decade or two has been that employee benefits continue to be an increasing part of the budget there Although salaries go up at a uh rate somewhere typically two 3% uh employee benefits going up at a much
higher rate in some years double digits Uh and then uh the bottom aster explains uh our our district is uh taking advantage of the use of a health waiver
because our employee benefits specifically health benefits are increasing by more than 2% we have the option to raise the cap on our tax levy uh above the uh base of 2% uh to go higher and we explained that at the last
meeting and we'll explain that again at the final budget presentation on April 30th Uh continuing more on employee benefits uh more specifically the health benefits uh our medical benefits we have four options from Horizon Blue Cross
Blue Shield direct access 10 or 15 New Jersey educators plan or garden state health plan the good news bless you the good news for the district was uh this past January we made a switch from the uh state health plan school employee
health benefits plan to be official to a private plan from Horizon The collective savings from for the district and its employees was about $900,000 Uh even with that savings our our bill still went up by about 2% from
December to January It would have gone up even higher if not for that change Uh but come next January we're expecting another large rate increase double digits The state plan is expecting a 14%
increase Uh and private plans are expecting increases between 10 and 15% and we're budgeting at 12.25% increase And again that increase being above 2% allows us to use the healthcare
week And it should be noted uh well I'll I'll note that on the next page So again the types of medical benefits uh we have medical we also have prescription and dental and as high as
medical benefits have been going up the prescription rates have been going up even higher Uh in some years you may have a medical plan benefits go up 5% but the prescription costs go up 20% That's not atypical uh that that uh the
prescription rates in many years are driving uh the medical increases overall Um so the the remember the total benefits budget was almost 13 million but about 10 million of that is are medical prescription and dental benefits
So the majority of the benefits are health related And then the employees are doing their fair share Uh about 15 years ago employees did not pay into their health benefits Now our employees are paying about two uh $2.3
million into the health benefits They're paying for about 21% of the cost uh looking at our approach appropriations by categories uh instructional related uh support such
as curriculum guidance uh library multimedia uh professional development and training and our nurses office about $4.5 million about 5 and a half% of our budget our school operations which includes our uh school administrative
teams principal offices and their staff And then our central office staff uh is about just under $2.8 million Our district operations and technology is about $3.5 million I I always find it
interesting and sometimes scratch my head on it that we can't run a school district without our uh computer internet our uh email our servers uh most of our instruction has some type
of technology component in it but uh the state of New Jersey considers technology an administrative cost So when you see administrative costs remember it includes technology which you can't run a school district without Our maintenance custodial and grounds uh
collectively include uh and security is lumped in with that uh is 7.2 million And just uh as an example of our operations and our maintenance uh how uh
the budget it's it's fluid it changes and there's always surprises and changes in the budget Uh we learned yesterday that uh we may expect a utilities increase uh beginning in July of about 18% The bid hasn't happened yet but
those are the projections Uh utilities aren't included in the maintenance budget Good news is we are renegotiating our copier contract uh and we're going to have substantial savings in that and in likelihood the savings in uh our
copier contract would be used to uh help offset the increase in utilities So it's changes like that happen uh really on every month there's some type of change happening where we're adjusting the budget our extracurricular athletics and uh after school activities uh we're not
cutting programs out So we're continuing all of those programs as a steady part of the budget And Tom just so folks know and the security line this includes the increase of our security initiatives security staffing um in our other schools this year So every single school
will have either an SRO or a school security officer That's what the title is right so uh yeah to Mr Gall's point we do have an increase uh in our security budget but we have other decreases in other maintenance areas to
try to uh balance the budget And we're just trying to do more with less finding efficiencies Mr Romero our director of facilities has done a great job in really trying to uh manage the buildings and keep them in great shape but in a I
would say very frugal way if possible So uh thank you for listening If board members have any questions be happy to entertain them We will have two more presentations uh on April 9th before the strategic planning part of the meeting We will
talk about enrollment personnel transportation and capital outlay and some of our other summer projects Uh and then April 30th is the final of budget public budget hearing and presentation and we'll give an overview a summary and
the tax impact And then that's when the board approves the final uh final budget for next year Thank you Thank you very much Mr Lamb Appreciate that Um I I just do I have one question
on the IDA You said those are federal monies Um do you anticipate any changes in that um given some of the changes um on that level but not for this year perhaps in federal monies yeah we do not
a couple of things Usually the federal money planned a few years in advance and at least what we're hearing through uh the business administrators association is that uh if uh funding if changes are
made at the federal level they would probably still give the money to the states to distribute it So that's at least what we're hearing Okay What was that uh we're budgeting just under 600,000 for IDPA But even even in a even
in a uh less volatile political climate we always budget our grants conservatively just because there's probably a little bit more unpredictability at the federal level than at the state level but nothing we should be concerned about That was more not at this time Good Very good Thank
you Um Dr Fair Hello Good evening Our audiovisisual records Yes So um you'll see here that Mr Pascal has recently published the high school's latest edition of Thunderbird Connections which
features updates related to alumni from the high school You'll see here some recent posts that showcase alumni from the class of 2017 and 2020 Mr Pascal happened to run into Gonyi Fetto class
of 2017 who's working at his family business and finding success there Samra Landau also from the class of 2017 is a research assistant in the lab for youth mental health at Harvard University And Edman just recently graduated with majors in mathematics and computer
science from Ruckers University last month So congrats to all of them Another alumni uh highlight is Colin Twist class of 2021 Uh congratulations to him for capturing the NCAA Division 3 National Championship in the 200 meter freestyle
Uh an amazing accomplishment for the United States uh Coast Coast Guard Academyy's current senior as shared by our uh student representative You can see here our uh high school's science club won second
place for sturdiest bridge at NGIT Uh second for the second place for strongest and third place overall at NGIT's 3D bridge building contest And we're back with uh Lucas Arts boat build You'll see in front of
you there is an article that features uh Lucas's progress So uh the article is found online from Total Boat Online where it speaks to Lucas's progress over time You'll see here an image of Lucas with
his boat as a youngster and his current work on his present boat project as a senior here at MA High School He's in his he's really close to the finish line in terms of completing the boat and he is planning the boat launch at some point this spring I'm hoping that the
whole board can can be there to attend Does the boat have a name yet i don't think so Not yet But I I think I asked that question It has a fun Yeah it sure does Okay Yes Yeah They're actually they're working with the town to see if
they can find a place that they can do it in within town So see what happens Water You do sure do And uh we have a few retirement announcements
Agenda item 18A highlights Debbie Kale who has been a passionate advocate for children of all abilities ensuring that every student has the support and encouragement that they need to thrive Known for her exceptional literacy instruction Miss Kale has inspired
countless students to find joy in reading to develop the reading skills and to discover their own voices Her impact extends beyond the classroom touching the lives of colleagues families and the entire school community As she steps into this exciting new chapter Debbie looks forward to exploring new adventures embracing new
opportunities and continuing to make a difference in fresh and meaningful ways especially through volunteer work Uh while she will be deeply missed we wish Debbie a retirement filled with joy discovery and well-earned relaxation Of course if you know Debbie
she will be retiring alongside her husband George So George has given 33 years of service uh to our school district He is uh retiring as a science teacher at Rambridge Middle School After 33 years of service Mr Kale is leaving
behind a remarkable legacy as a respected educator in our district Beyond the science classes he's taught Mr Kale served as a team leader since the inception of the team model In this role he planned and coordinated the middle school experience in communication with students parents
guardians and his grade level colleagues Coach Kale also served as a soccer and basketball coach in our district at M High School and Marish Middle School In the classroom Mr Kale spent the majority of his teaching career guiding students through the complexities of physical science through his jour though his
journey began with teaching earth and space science In reflecting on how it all started Mr Kale joked that he was just an alternate route teacher seeking substitute teaching hours when he was quickly approached by the then building principal who uh hired George as a
full-time teacher ultimately replacing the very teacher who taught him middle school science So George and his wife Debbie raised five sons uh in our district all of whom attended our school So we wish both of them all the best
Next we have Laura Phillips from GW who uh has dedicated 20 years of service uh to George Washington School Uh now she is announcing her retirement Throughout her career uh Laura has shaped the lives of young learners spending 11 years in
kindergarten 18 years in first grade and nine years in second grade and she is retiring as a second grade teacher Having spent her entire 28-year career at GW she has been a constant source of guidance and support for students and colleagues alike Uh we are grateful for
years of service and wish her all the best in retirement Uh when Laura was asked what's next she shared that she's moving to her happy place in Pennsylvania and she and her husband plan to travel and look forward to exploring the beauty of the country's
national parks And lastly we announce the retirement of Morin Lynch Um agenda item 18C a supervisor of English grades 6 through 12 and performing arts grades 9 through 12 Um Moren has led her department by
being actively involved with all instructional programs and performances hosted by her department Miss Lynch is completing her 30th year in education with nine of those years as supervisor in our district In addition to her passion for literature and developing students love of reading and writing
Moren helped to extend learning beyond the classroom through meaningful student experiences such as grade level visits to the Holocaust Museum various author visits Rockland Community College on moral courage and an ongoing relationship with Ramo College In her
retirement Miss Lynch will explore her many interests outside of education including being an avid reader baker and Broadway show enthusiast So we wish Moren the the best of luck in her next journey Uh we've also shared that we are
hosting the job fair uh next weekend and I often give this slide to Dr Toro Uh but we yes he did he moved it Uh we invite the community to uh come on March 12th to be a part of the conversation in
our strategic planning meeting April 9th Yes we March 12th has passed So um wow it's going so fast That's my report this evening Thank you Thank you Dr Fair Um my report this evening I don't I will
just reminder of the strategic plan since that is our last one There you go Nice segue right there you go April 9th Uh it's uh start we do actually have a public action meeting before at 5 and then the strategic planning meeting will
start at 6 And this is uh for us to develop our objectives and goals and um so to all of you who've participated thus far thank you very much uh and let's make this one the most uh attended and hopefully and again even if you
haven't attended previous ones please don't feel like um you don't have something to contribute everyone does and we uh greatly appreciate the feedback and did we send the survey out uh Dr from our second one There was a survey
going out after that one uh to we'll send that out as well as the RFCP Okay For the third Perfect So um if you can attend in person please uh complete your surveys and uh and again make sure your voice is heard We do appreciate
it Um all right Uh board committee reports this evening Okay John John There's a lot There's a lot I was waiting I judging I was waiting for Mike Yeah Policy committee has 28 policies on
tonight's agenda for first meeting I will be very brief I'm really interested in the eye protection one Eye protection Are we protecting eyes how we protect is that chemistry all right Thank you John um policy and
regulation 7430 school safety is being abolished because uh it's addressed in other existing policy and regulations and is therefore redundant Policy 1581 domestic violence was revised to include a paragraph
concerning the development of an action plan Policy 511 eligibility of resident non-resident students was revised to include sentences regarding the enrollment of
non-resident students Policy 5460 high school graduation has been revised to include a new graduation requirement for the graduating classes of 2025 2026 and 2027 requiring the submission of a
financial aid application Policy 5512 rep That's a requirement of the state So that's not something that we came up with Yes that's something that is required Most of these are required in the states
that one stands out Uh policy 5512 harassment intimidation or bullying has been revised to include parental notification requirements and guidance when a school district must pause a HIV
investigation to allow law enforcement to conclude their investigation Policy 5533 student smoking has been revised to include language requiring the reporting to law enforcement when there is a
reasonable suspicion that electronic smoking device contains a controlled dangerous substance or cannabis Policy and regulation 7441 electronic surveillance in school buildings and on school grounds has been
revised to include language providing law enforcement capacity to view live streaming video during emergency situations Policy 8500 food services has been revised to include the expansion of income
eligibility to to qualify for free meals and additional parental notification of school meal information Policy and regulation 9320 cooperation with law enforcement agencies has been revised to provide
superintendent or design with the option to designate a law enforcement unit for the district to establish a point of contact for handle a care program for students who witness a traumatic event and replace the term control dangerous
substance with other drugs for notifying law enforcement if a student is under the influence or in possession of marijuana or cannabis uh policy and regulation 7101 through 7434 That's part of our ongoing review
of our policy and regulation inventory and includes only minor language changes punctuation spelling or formatting corrections Lastly policy 9163 spectator code of conduct for inter
intercolastic events is a new policy requiring immediate removal of a person from an event and school premises for violating the policy minimum disciplinary measures including suspension of a person from attending
future events for violating the policy a required educational co component for violators parent acknowledgement of a receipt of the of the policy and a code of conduct provisions of the policy to
be posted at all venues hosting the competition to the extent possible Yours was a minor change that required too much I hope fire protection is still Thank you Mr Denise for your report
Thank you Um Mr Gallup I was just going You never have nothing You don't have to say two very brief remarks So one of the one of the items on the agenda tonight is the renewal of
our laptop leases um cost We're now in I think the third cycle of renewing these leases But it's it's important for the public to note that when we started the one-on-one program and robot technology in a very
thoughtful way we didn't increase the budget through an extraordinary means We basically found economies in our budget to make this program work So I don't want to mention Ramsay in any sentences but Ramsay had to go to a referendum essentially to do this But we did this
within our own uh envelope of resources again through proven budget management you know for a long over a long period of time And the other thing is I just want to on the strategic plan the table that I was with was fantastic Great group of parents Uh Joe Montana was a
staff member um and really organic conversation about um issues related to um phone usage uh nutrition in the schools and and one of the sort of the um I don't mean to break the circle of
trust we had but the parents talked about their ability to talk to their children like at the dinner table and how phone activity gets in the way of that and we had a long big conversation about that but uh we all sort of agreed
that has to be a community effort in order for that to happen You know the schools are just one leg of a a multi-legged uh stool and we do a lot of things we can't do but there's a whole bunch of things we can't do successfully And it was agreed that really has to be
a community consensus where uh a view of the community that how cell phone usage gets regulated social media usage gets regulated But to a parent they talked about how they can't talk to their kids It was really sort of sad
So we've moved on to board member remarks [Laughter] So if we have no other committee reports board member remarks Missing Jansen do you have a board you have a report for amen from I'll just combine them Okay
Just combine this way We're doing 15 and 16 together So just want to mention the MSF is having their gala next week on the 3 and just a reminder that all the fundraising they do supports the grants and they went through a grant review that'll be announced the selection but
all the teachers put together some great proposals and I was really excited to hear about the applications and how that's going to be spread across the schools So more to come on that But just if you can't go to the VA there's so many other ways to get involved or to contribute in a fundraising capacity So
thank you Um there will be a teer talk on May 20th just to send out the save the date and let everyone know for thoughtful discussions from community members You can come have a conversation outside this room We know it can be intimidating so just want to invite our
community members in And just a plug for um myself we're having the softball opener on April 12th um at the high school So if anyone wants to come by we'll have the JV varsity games and the young girls there So um a lot of good fun to have that day
Thank you very much Any other board remarks all right Uh let's move on to 17 old business Let's take 17 A We have A B and C Um I need a motion
on the floor Mr Denise second by Mr Gallow Roll call please Mr Lamb Mr Dilva I need to abstain on 17C
Yes Otherwise Mr Denise yes Mr Gallow yes Mr Hughes yes But abstain from 17 A and B Miss Jansen Yes Dr Morty Yes All right Now let's take um 18 new
business Uh we have A2X All right I need a motion on the floor Mr Hughes second by Mr Gallow Um roll call please Mr Lamb 18 A throughX Roll call 18 A throughX
Mr Dilva Yes Mr Denise Yes Mr Gallow Yes Except on 18A I'm abstaining from checks 118668 118744 and 11874
Mr Yes But no on R Miss Jansen Yes Dr Mort Yes All right Now let's take um new business personnel Generally we take our retirements separately Um so let's take
19 A through D Uh as we have four retirements Um motion on the floor Mr Denise second by Mr Hughes Um and I just on behalf of the board I mean obviously to Deborah K
Debbie Kale and George I mean 66 years of of service And then I'm wondering because this says 33 years and three months So did we hire George three months before oh interesting But again
um a tremendous couple tremendous asset tremendous educators um who have um really uh you know given of themselves and their service to this district We thank them very much um for all they've
done for us Um and congratulations um to Miss Lynch as well and uh Miss Phillips actually my Venet who's now 26 years old was a little kindergartener with Laura Phillips and in her early years um so uh
again congratulations to all of them and and many many years of service we thank you very much please Mr Dilva congratulations to our retirees yes Mr Denise yes Mr Gallow yes
Mr Hughes yes Miss Jansen yes Dr Yes All right Now let's take um 19E to FF Motion on the floor Mr Hughes Second by Mr
Gallow Roll call please Mr Lamb Mr Dilva Yes Mr Denise Yes Mr Gallow Yes Mr Use Yes Miss Jansen Yes Dr Mort Yes All right Public questions or comment Public participation at board
meetings is in accordance with bylaw 0167 At this time members of the public may ask questions or make a comment on educational issues or school matters of community interest As a matter of fairness you're asked to limit your questions to no more than one and your remarks to no longer than three minutes
If you're here representing a group please identify yourself the group and your position in the group If you're here as an individual please give us your name and address Motion to open the meeting to the public Mr Dilva Second by
Mr Galla We are officially open to the public Okay Seeing no one coming forth at this time a motion to close the meeting to the public Mr Hughes second by Miss Ting Jansen Okay thank you Um I
do need a motion to recess We will be having executive session at the end and we will then adjourn directly from there Mr Dilva and second by Mr Hughes Thank you everyone Good evening