meeting here. >> Mr. Atinson >> here. >> Mrs. Bel >> here. >> Mr. P >> here. >> Mr. Keller >> here. >> Mrs. W >> here. Please join us for the flag salute >> 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. >> Good evening. Welcome everybody. Um, we're at the last almost week of school,
right? I just want to say real quick congratulations to all of our kids moving up, kindergarten, prek, fifth grade, eighth grade, 12th grade, everybody who's graduating. Congratulations. And congratulations to everybody. recognized tonight for this
wonderful big crowd that we have here and I will pass it on to Mrs. Pedrosa for her report. >> Okay, good evening everybody and welcome. Um I'm glad you had fun in the sprinkler this evening. It's kind of fun as I'm sitting in that room watching you guys try to figure out
how to get through. You're welcome. Um Mr. Lorenson was like, "We used to have hydrants. Now we do sprinklers. It's so great." >> Okay, I'll hold it. >> Um I do want to say congratulations to to all the students that are moving up, but most specifically to the class of
2026. Um, this is a truly special class, not just for all they have accomplished, but particularly for me for the kindness, the spirit, and the determination they've shown throughout the journey. This class has truly demonstrated the
meaning of volunteerism through their willingness to support others, give back to our school community, and lead by example. Um, they did tremendous event with Relay for Life. I don't know how many of you were there, but it just shows the kindness, the thought, the
volunteerism. So, we look forward to celebrating that class on Tuesday, June 23rd. And I'm kind of glad because this Thursday would have been graduation and it looks like rain. So, I'm thinking hopefully Tuesday will be good. Just
good vibes for good weather. Either way, they do say rain is good luck, right? for weddings. Except for weddings. They say that to make people feel better. But um either way, I'd like to see many faces there to celebrate our our children and their students and their
accomplishments on the 23rd of the high school. I also um have had the honor of going from building to building to recognize all our retirees. And I would be remiss if I did not wish my dear friend um is she here this evening?
>> Yes. Not bragging. She has been pretty worked for many, many years. True dedication. Coming to her last board meeting, was on her last admin meeting. I invited her to come to back
to school night next year. She said it's a lot of fun, but she will be enjoying retirement. For me, it's bitter. because I've gone from building to building and I've been able to say best wishes to people that have become dear friends and have been such a part
of seements on our agenda this congratulate and wish the best to Cheryl Delner 10 years of service in Manchester Township School District and I would also like to really
congratulate and say how much I'm going to miss this next young lady. She is a regional day school par professional. 25 years as a par at regional day school to Tammy Sera. Congrats
also want to um recognize and give a shout out and share some exciting news because I'm thrilled to let you know about our Manchester Township Middle School chorus. You heard them. They are simply outstanding. But their video was
submitted and was selected as the winner of the Hawks Sing with Foreigner. I can see people in the back saying that's pretty cool. And they are earning an ability to be able to perform with the group Foreigner at PNC Arts Center. So
get your phones out and mark the calendar for Sunday, July 26. I have my You should certainly get yours. And I do want to say this is just a true accomplishment of our talent and
dedication and hard work of our director, Miss Sherman. So, please give her a nice round of applause. And of course, the chorus will be performing on stage. I want to know what love is. Such a great song. They will be announced. They will be there. And I
think as an added bonus, Mr. they are going to be giving us a $500 donation to the school to support the program. So, we're incredibly proud and congratulations to your students and to your staff, Mr. Jonia. I'm going to hand
this over to Senior Master Sergeant Taylor. >> Good evening. We had um some members from the joint base come out to MTE to participate in their 250th uh uh anniversary
celebration and they played games and did activities with the students. Great turnout. Uh last week I attended the JRTC uh annual banquet where they did a change of command. It was a also a great turnout. A little bit different than the way the Air Force does things but that's okay.
Uh and then I just want to the board for all of its uh support for the military community and students. Thank you. >> Thank you. And I we really truly appreciate you both your role and what you do for us. And also
Mesus, I think she's in the back this evening. You can give her a round of applause. Partnership is truly appreciated and we are so grateful for you. I mean, you and your family are such a part of our um community, our school community, but
also just to be able to build that for our students in our schools who have family in the service and in the military. We're very grateful. So, thank you so much. >> I think we have our student government, Catherine. >> Hello. Okay. Good evening everyone. My
name is Katherine and I'm the president of the at Manchester Township High School. Uh tonight I'll be providing the board with some important information regarding activities and and that have taken place in the high school um or are currently
being planned since the last board of education. Uh the following events are as follows. Our executive board is planning the fall pet rally and spirit week for the upcoming school year. We're looking at fundraising for football
games such as selling items for uh the themes that each of our football games have uh so that more students can participate. The outgoing senior class prom was beautiful and a fun night and everyone danced a lot. Um seniors have enjoyed
all our fun outgoing activities like pass the torch into your park day. The juniors are looking their senior prom and are currently running their kids senior goodbye fundraiser. Our sophomores
have a fundraiser with Cody Waffle on June 22nd and many others planned. Their deposit for prom for prom was put down and it solidified for May 7th, 2027 at the Shore Club Spring Lake finished today and they had a lot of
success with that. They'll continue it next year and they have a successful burger 25 winners. Thank you so much for allowing me to represent MTHS's student government association at tonight's meeting. I'm truly honored to be here with all of you and to have the
opportunity to fill in the board. Thank you and have a great night. Here we go. And we are going to begin our recognition campaign with Brightister who actually is representing
I love to see that. That is that is fantastic. You're congratulating him. So, Bryce is a fifth grader and over the years he has grown so much. His perseverance, his hard work, sense of humor, his academic achievement
exemplify what it means to be an MTS dragon. as well as leading with excellence by example. We know you're going to do great things here at the middle school, Bryce, and we congratulate you. >> So, we're going to continue with Ridgeway Elementary School. And I think
I saw Carson back here. Carson So congratulations to Carson. We are proud to recognize the remarkable growth of one of our fourth grade students who I think is taller than me. Carson has made significant strides in building his confidence, strengthening his
relationships with both staff and peers and fully engaging his overall school experience. his positive attitude, willingness to grow have truly stood out and it's wonderful to see him because he's such an active and value member of the community. We are incredibly proud
of you. Look at that smile. We're going to continue with Mrs. Whiting Elementary School. That's okay. We'll make sure that we actually artist and her artwork was chosen to be featured in our yearbook. She's a very
talented artist. Michael, >> okay. He's tired. Oh, >> I can say that. He was my student. Okay. But thank you for taking the photo because I want to make sure that we have that. That's your last form, Mr.
that oh my goodness. This is my one of my favorite people. There you go. Not upside down. Perfect. This one here. >> Okay. Congratulations.
>> Oh, good to see you. >> So, we're gonna bring up next we'd like to So, the middle school asked if they could bring up three students. The reason why is these students have done some pretty exceptional things. So, we have Joe first and then I'm gonna ask
Emma to come up. Is Emma here? Congratulations. So, Emma was selected to the American Association of University Women of New Jersey in a late summer camp and I'm going to ask would you like to explain a little
bit about it or was only the seventh student ever. >> Congratulations. So the tech tech prep program is a week-long STEM intensive program at
Stockton University where led scientists and engineers take a group of young ladies from the state and teach them all the different fields of science and engineering help encourage them and be with like-minded students who make them feel accepted in a world that's being
run by men. So it's a great week for them and encourages them forward in their education. Congratulations. So I think I saw as well. This is for Joseph. And come on up.
So, Carlina was chosen as a runner up for the Peace Island Institute art and essay contest. And it is a field of art. And I kind of wish we had her photo or picture here. Maybe we'll send it out later. But it was just such a beautiful piece of work. And you did it all on
your What grade are you in? Eighth grade. This is an eighth grade artist. High school teachers. Here she comes. >> And then we're going to take a group. >> You like We don't have >> Okay, here we go.
>> Okay, congratulations. We're going to continue with our middle school junior athletes who are main and mil. Okay. So, we are extremely proud to have Mason. I don't believe Mila is here this evening, but they represent the middle
school as our student athletes for the month of June. and are both great representations of what it means to be student athletes. They're both eighth grade leaders on our basketball and track team as they do in the athletic arena and
they are examples of what it means to be young student athletes. So, congratulations to you. And we're going to continue now with my buddy. I think I Tyler here this evening. Tyler, come on up. Congratulations to you, Tyler. One
second. I want to shake your hand. Tyler I had here when I was a when he was a student, she attended school with me when I was the point. I was taller than that kindergarten.
So at 16 years old, has earned the Eagle Scout, the youngest in troop 441. His project beautified St. John's church pantry. He created a beautiful entrance way and created a memorial for his late father, a United States Marine. His
dedication, his leadership, and service exemplify remarkable character in our community. Congratulations And I believe our student athletes for June from the high school. And do we have Fernando
here who won the South Jersey title in the poll? No, Fernando. >> Okay, Fernando is not here, but we will actually say he broke the school record with a 14.4 14.1. Congratulations on the wall. And then I think I saw
former dolphin now. Liy has been a volleyball and spring track and field athlete for three years. This spring she held her personal record in discus throwing 99.7 in the NJA
group championship. Congratulations your first child. Okay. Absolutely. >> So, I just wanted >> I just wanted to take a second and thank Catherine here on behalf of the high
school for all her four years. And Emma, as somebody who likes technology, Catherine is someone that you might want to get her contact information. And I don't know how many times we're going to be able to say this at Manchester Township High School. Catherine is our Victorian that deserves a round of
applause. And she will be handed off to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study nuclear engineering. >> Thank you for doing that, Mr. George. Catherine is very special to all of us. Catherine also has done a tremendous job
in the ROC in our high school. She's just a very wellversed student and overall has contributed tremendously. So, thank you. I also would like to thank this evening we have some special guests. So, I'd be remiss if I did not introduce our mayor here with us this
evening. Is here with US THIS EVENING. HOW COULD I NOT recognize my dear friend? They don't want to leave Manchester at this time. I believe we're going to go into the presentation if that's okay for the PTA. >> So, do we have a PTA representative
here? um okay so I have Mrs. Jess up here who is our PTA president and we just want to kind of run through all teacher awards so first I'd like to thank Mrs. Roza, our board of education, and all the administrators for being so supportive
of this grant program to assist the staff members within our school community. This year, we are very fortunate that almost every single grade was able to be funded, and the ones that were not approved will be working with the PTA to fund through alternative methods. This year, the PTA was able to
provide our staff and students with over $2,500 worth of PTA funded items. And then we're going to kind of call everybody up into their groups by school. Um, so from the high school, the PTA awarded the following staff members with grains. Mrs. Kelly with great
funding for positive affirmation items to distribute to students throughout the high school. Mrs. Vasco with items and games to promote cooperation amongst the students within the ASD classrooms. um and Miss Adams and Miss McCarron with
supplies to support their structured learning experience courses. Our next school we have from Regional Day School. The PTA was able to award Mrs. Quita and Mrs. Penny Packer with funds to fund the school store with items to
support positive behavior decisions making to purchase items at the school store as an earned reward system. Um, now the next three are from Ridgeway. We have within the preschool program, the PTA was able to award Miss Staff with items to support her little
ones with learning how to manage and learn all about feelings and emotions. We have the PTA was able to support Mrs. Palmer with the GT programs throughout the elementary schools with a new program called Math Olympiad, which is a
computer-based nationally recognized problem solving program and competition. And additionally at Ridgeway Elementary, we have Miss Poccastro, who was able to receive funding to support student attendance and provide positive incentives for positive student
attendance. at both um Ridgeway and Lighting. We have Miss Valente who was able to secure funds for her library programs for new STEM equipment and new robots. At Whiting Elementary, we had Miss Boyd who was able to purchase a new iPad and
tech talk to program. We have Mrs. Ferraro, Mrs. O'Harn, and Mrs. G who were able to purchase various items to support sensory needs, sensory integration, social emotional learning, and emotional support. And we have Mrs.
Baronier who is able to receive funds to support her classes. Math and reading day. So, I'm gonna go. So I just want to say one congratulations to all the recipients and it takes just a village
really and that is part of our what we do here but our PTA has really been on the back of this young lady who was a former graduate um Katie just stood yes teacher teacher moment but listen if you're here this evening and you're able
to however you can volunteer or whatever level of involvement the PTA really needs all of And so, you know, you don't necessarily always have to come to meetings. There's things you can do at home, reading applications or helping in other ways, but please, I would strongly urge you to
consider volunteering in whatever capacity. I spoke about the volunteerism of our students. It's important that we show up as well. So, if you're able to, I'm just going to implore you to please, please, please reach out. But I just want to thank you sincerely because we
can't do this stuff alone. We and every little bit helps and what you provided this evening is going to benefit our students in the classroom. So, thank you so MUCH our presentation on New Jersey Department of Education performance reports and the um other presentation
are going to be available online at this time. If anybody wants to head home because it's getting late, that's fine. >> We're going into the boring part of the meeting. Finals You need a heat. Mr.
Tonight >> uh just a couple quick things primarily related to the agenda. Um if you you have the agenda in front of you, you'll see it's a little bit larger tonight than than you typically see, especially in section one, which is where the majority of the things
in finance and business. Uh the reason that is is because we are ending our current school year, starting a new school year. So, a lot of this agenda tonight is is all of our reappoints of vendors, staff, uh different positions, our banks, uh our co-ops, those types of
things. These are things that are all required to do each year. Uh there are certain things in here, you know, that we have to do have, you know, we have to have our hip coordinators. we have and you know there are certain things that I have to be appointed to these all of our professionals um you know things like
that so you'll see a lot of these things on here you'll see them every year this time of year uh the other thing that's on here um near the end I think it's number 19 in section one this was something new came up a few years ago where even though the board every month
approves contracts approves vendors things like that uh some legislation was passed a few years back which now requires us to essentially provide a summary in June of all the contracts that the board approved in the previous 12 months and for us to identify which
of those contracts are one year they're extending beyond this year. So that's what that resolution is for. Um it's everything that's on that is things that we've approved previously in the past 12 months. It just gives you a snapshot all
in one one space. Um we have a uh capital capital reserve withdrawal on the agenda for about $268,000. Uh this funding will be put into the 2627 budget for projects that are above and beyond what uh what we can what we
can do in our budget and they are primarily uh large larger scale products uh sorry larger scale projects. Uh first one is to do drawings and engineering for the kindergarten bathrooms at our Ridgeway Elementary School. In the budget we had allocated for the
construction of those bathrooms for the engineering and drawings. Uh also at Ridgeway we're replacing nine unit ventilators. These are motors in the air conditioning and various rooms. Uh we have additional funding that we need to put into the budget for the new radio
system uh that we're bringing into uh the district along with the uh police department. Uh we have a water line repair we have to do at the middle school uh high school. We have some HVAC work there. Um we have a partial roof replacement at Manchester Elementary.
And then we also have some unit ventilator repairs that we have to do. Uh and then lastly, we have two buses that are on the agenda tonight for disposal. Uh they're both 19 years old. They can no longer be used to transport students. One has a seized engine and
one has rust on the frame. So obviously we They're not safe to be on the road. Uh so what we are going to do is we are going to put them on gut deals to see if anybody wants to buy them uh as is. If not then we'll scrap but outside of that.
>> All right. Thank you. At this time we have public comment for agenda items only. >> Mrs. Kennedy, are you coming to speak? Okay. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> I'm not wor
that for >> Tracy M. Would you like to explain public not as part of title one of our allocation to Manchester students who attend public
schools. So that these are the vendors that provide those services in their school day to meet our title one requirement for that. So I think there is another vendor called different things. >> No, it's not students. It's Manchester
residents who attend public schools for title one services instead of giving moneyirect directly to the nonpublic schools to the resist >> I'm So, so Mrs. Kennedy, that actually
is an agreement that Mr. um Laoren and I are working on with a company called Shore District Advertising, and it's a way for us to capture some revenue. So, what they're going to be doing for us is with approved and vetted companies. We will be putting some signage on some of
our athletic fields, in our gymnasiums. We may even be contemp, you know, helps school districts, you know, all over the state, but they do have a couple in Ocean County, Tom River, Central Regional, I believe Btown County are currently using them. Uh, and
it's just a way to generate additional revenue for the district to put towards transportation cost, uh, you know, uh, our athletics and things like that. Typically, that's where this money would go to. >> I'm saying that correctly.
Is that for the students or is that >> So, so it can it can be both. Um, a lot a lot of these nursing a lot of these providers on here for nursing are for students that have one to one nurses. Um, we also use We also use these
services sometimes for subs for nurse subs if we can't find them. So it'll be one or the other but primarily these all of these providers provide us nursing for special edition. No, no. >> No, no, no. This Yeah, this is not for
our dayto-day stuff unless it's >> all right. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. Do any board members have reports? >> Nobody else had public comment, right? Or agenda items. Okay.
>> Sorry. That's okay. I actually had a question about number two, a resolution to approve the agreement between Manchester board and the ocean educational services commission for instructional special ed.
Can you explain that please? >> Yes. So what we what we do is we every year we we approve vendors for for staffing um and subs and things like that. So basically what what this is for is uh for example like we used mom with
oceanet services last year for power professionals. So if we have if we have if we need a power professional we post a position and we can't find one these services provide that staff for us. This is this is like this is essentially a secondary pro like secondary for us obviously the
primary focus is to hire our own staff when we can. Uh but there are a lot of instances where we cannot do that like for example like our ESY program. Uh we're using mono oceanet services for eight or nine positions because we couldn't fill them with people in the
district or people in the area. Um that's typically what these are for. These are these just get put on there so that if we need them we can use them. But but our focus is hiring our own people because obviously we'd rather have our own staff here and staff from these agencies. But that's it doesn't
always work out. Yes. Transportation routes, >> right? >> Right. Right. We also use that quite a bit. >> We can't cover. >> Thank you so much. You're welcome. >> Did anybody else have public comments on
agenda items only? >> Okay, moving on. Do any board members have reports? >> Do we have any old business or correspondence? >> No business and no correspondence. Okay.
So, we're going to go to letter letters A and >> P. >> A through G. Hold on. I'm just going to keep my papers here. A >> 17.
>> Okay. So, we have like 16 pages. >> Well, G has 21 items. >> That's all of our reappoints, all that. Does anybody want to make a motion? >> Any discussion on anything here? >> We get a roll. >> Mr. Ser. >> Yes.
>> M. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. Keller. >> Yes. >> Miss >> Yes. Section two, administrative numbers one and two.
>> One through six. >> Okay. Anybody want to make a motion? >> Any discussion? Anything? >> Mrs. Serve. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Atinson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Belure.
>> Yes. Mr. Pots, Mr. Keller. >> Yes. Mrs. >> Yes. Personnel numbers one through 47.
>> 1 through 47. Any discussion? >> Mr. Servin. >> Yes. >> Mr. Atinson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Beltran. >> Yes. >> Mr. 37. >> Mrs. Wingley. >> Yes.
>> Student personnel numbers one and two. That was much easier. Any discussion? We get a roll call. >> Mrs. Ser, >> yes. >> Miss, >> yes. >> Mrs. Beltran, >> yes.
>> Mr. Yes. Mr. Keller, >> yes. >> Mrs. W. >> Yes. Special services numbers one and two. >> Any discussion? >> Can we give? >> Mr. Ser. >> Yes. Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Yes,
>> Mr. P. >> Yes, >> Mr. Keller. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Wingler. >> Yes. >> Athletics number one. >> Any discussion? >> Mrs. M. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Bel. >> Yes. >> Mr. F.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Keller. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Section three, letter A, numbers 1 through five. Any discussion? We get a roll call. >> Mrs. Servin, >> yes.
>> Mrs. Atinson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Bel, >> yes. >> Mr. Foss, >> yes. >> Mr. Keller, >> yes. >> Mrs. W. >> Yes. Um, at this time, we're going to open for public comment if anybody has any public comments. Okay.
I guess we're going to vote to adjourn the meeting. >> All in favor? >> Do we need motion for that? >> Okay. >> All in favor?
We are.