that date, Thursday, June 11th, um will be their first show. Dr. Stratic, would you mind coming up and sharing a little bit more about this group? Good evening, members of the board of education, families, staff, and students. Tonight, our fifth grade students will share a song from a
musical production they have been working on for months. What began as an ambitious idea last September has grown into a wonderful example of collaboration, creativity, and student leadership. In September, two of her first grade teachers, Mrs. Christina Brown and Miss Caroline Tasheen, came to
me with a proposal uh to bring a fifth grade musical to Defino. Their vision was inspiring, and they have poured countless hours into making it a reality. from organizing auditions to leading evening rehearsals right up until the opening night on June 11th. They were soon joined by two talented
colleagues who helped bring the production to life. Our music teacher, Miss Emily Hugenan, who has guided their students through musical numbers, and the third grade teacher, Miss Molly El Slagger, who has supported the students with choreography and dance elements. This effort would not have been possible
without the dedication of these four teachers, along with generous support from our incredible parent volunteers and the Defino PTO. Most importantly, our students have embraced this opportunity with enthusiasm and hard work. They have spent hours learning lines, rehearsing songs, and perfecting
choreographed dances. Their commitment and joy have truly made the this production their own. Before our students perform, I would like to invite Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Sheenup to say a few words about this special project. Hello everybody. Thank you, Dave. So, he really said it all. These kids have been
working so hard and we have been having just so much fun rehearsing and getting ready and we've asked a lot from these kids from auditioning in January. They've been learning dance steps and song lyrics and they've just really risen to the challenge. So, we're super proud of them and the work they've put
into opening night. So, we hope you'll join us June 11th or 12th at 6:15. We'll be performing. I know Dave already thanked several people, but we also want to make sure that we thank the Marble Education Foundation for their very generous donation for our costumes. They
are amazing and you're going to love seeing them. Um, we also want to thank our Defino PTO, our parent volunteers, especially Melissa Gargaro, who's has been there all every hour of the day with us helping us out. So, she has just been amazing. Um, and none of this would
be possible without an incredible community. So, thank you so much everybody. Thank. >> And here is we're all in this together. >> Thank you. And we adjusted I apologize for adjusting this a little bit, but I wanted to make sure our families get to see this, but I also want to make sure
because we do we do videotape the video the meeting. They should be part of the videotape, not to the side. So, thank you very much for being here. I'm super excited about hearing and seeing what you're about to do. So, thank you. Hey, hey,
hey. Wow. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Woohoo! Great job, guys. That was awesome. Does anyone want to take a second and share some of the things that you've done to prepare for this opening night so far?
Anyone brave enough that wants to share? All right, Nico. >> I practice a lot at home. >> Awesome. >> We all work together as a team to make this happen. >> Love to hear that. Awesome. >> As the song says, we're all in this
together. So like, yeah, >> we all worked hard and like prepared and sang the songs and practice as much as we can to help everybody. >> Yeah, I honestly have never seen so much time and effort go into a fifth grade musical before. This is Broadway level
stuff right here. Excellent job. >> We had days that we learned to sing and dance the choreography and it was so fun to learn to do it together. >> Awesome. Um like we had fun doing it and practicing and stuff. Yeah.
>> All right. Last one. >> So like we were preparing and then we had like other things like catchphrases that would help. So during the we're all in this together, it was um stars h
hands fly and take and then we would just memorize it and that's how we would like get together and do it like well >> that's fantastic learning all the way through this musical. Can we give them one more big round of applause? Can we also give a big round of applause
to our four teachers who kind of put this together? Thank you guys so much. Dr. Stratic, that was absolutely amazing. and and to your to your to your class and to your students. I just want to say
the performance was amazing. I mean better than the original, right? Bottom line, better than the original. But what I loved is their comments at the end and I think you have reflected as as you were reflecting I was listening and I heard some really key points. Teamwork,
support, dedication, commitment, right? and a real real love for what you're doing. So that is just awesome. Congratulations. Best of luck when you do this in in June and I hope to be able to be there as
well. So this is great and I I I I imagine you're going to go a lot further with this. So congratulations and thank you for doing it here Mr. Mr. Balone, we are um up to the next one.
>> So um Mrs. Maserella, are you here? >> Okay, she will be soon. >> Okay, just so everyone knows, um we we were um we wanted to invite Robertsville PTO to do their presentation to our to the at the board meeting. they weren't able to attend the last meeting and we
want to make sure every PTO has this opportunity. So, as soon as Miss Maserella comes, we'll get back to that. Um, we'll move on to the staff kind of certificates next. And there's quite a bit of them and there's a long list. So, I imagine that'll give her sufficient
amount of time to get here, but we're looking forward to that presentation as well. Thank you. Okay. So, then Mr. Bologn, we are going to jump over to staff kindness certificates. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Cohen. Um, as I explained, every month, um, we offer
staff kindness certificates, uh, to staff members who go above and beyond. Um, they are recognized, uh, by many different people. They could be recognized by parents, students, colleagues, um, and the like. So, this, uh, this month we do have a very long
list, which is a good problem to have, right? So, um this is always uh one of my favorite portions of this uh of the board meetings. Um so, we will start um with the staff recognition for the
power parent academy that just recently took place. Um bear with me while I read all of the names. Uh when I read your name, if you could please come up and stand here. Um and then we will congratulate you all together and then we have your certificate for you. Um,
first let me just read um the email that came in. We have an email uh from a parent and also from uh Mrs. Morgan Gross, assistant superintendent. So there all of their uh sentiments were captured in here. Thank you all for your incredible efforts in planning,
organizing, and facilitating the power parent academy. The event was beyond exceptional and a testament to your creativity and commitment to the power students and families. As always, you went above and beyond to create an engaging and meaningful experience that culminated the work you have done
throughout the year in the program. The New Jersey Boardwalk theme was thoughtfully executed, and the academically aligned games were highly engaging. The energy in the room was vibrant and joyful from the moment guests walk through the doors. I also want to acknowledge the significant time
and effort you invested after a full workday to bring this event together. A special thank you to Danny and his team supporting us as we brought in boxes and boxes and even more boxes of supplies and decorations. And a big thank you to
Vinnie uh Pomero for supplying us with food. They were a hit. Thank you again for your hard work and enthusiasm throughout the entire process and for your hard work making such a lasting impact on our par power school community. You are what makes the
program and the parent academy so successful. And now for the recognition of everyone involved here for the parent uh power academy. Miss Brittany Aliccastro, Kristen Anchelowitz,
Jillian Ashed, Karen Bartlett, Robin Bayer, Kristen Berry, Kimberly Bodak, Tanya Bonerrigo, Farra Bono, Lisa Brusesy,
Eileen Carr, Danny Cheney, Shannon Collins, Jackie D. Vergillio, Jordan Dorne, Angela Fel, Laney Gersman, Morgan Gross, David Hatter,
Jamie Jones, Katie Krznisses, Jennifer Lavine, Lisa Yano, Nicole McDonald, Denise Master Jakamo, Megan Macaulay, Stephanie McGordy,
Carara O'Brien, Margot O' Conor, Vinnie Palro, Daniela Patino, Jessica Siet, Robin Stafinger, Jill Strauss, Katie Voltagio,
Jennifer Waldman. Can somebody document this with a picture if they can fit? >> I didn't miss anyone, did I? And anyone in the audience who is expected to come up here? Okay, good. We did a good job. Thank you.
>> Yes, I think Morgan, you should be in the picture as well. Okay, moving uh right along. We are recognizing an individual from the administration building. Karen Nadler, are you here this evening? Come on up, Karen.
This is an email that came in from a colleague over at Asher Holmes, uh, Carol Cleo. She is the school counselor at Asher Holmes. Stay here, Karen. Karen Nadler has been incredibly patient and supportive while assisting
all MEF grant recipients. She has consistently taken the time to answer questions, all questions, and even went out of her way to help correct an item that was mistakenly ordered. I didn't even know about that. So, thank you. All
to the benefit of the students at Asher Holmes. Thank you, Karen, for going above and beyond. Congratulations. Uh Christine Bodsford from Memorial. I did see you. Come on up, Christine. This is from a parent, uh Mrs. threats.
Mrs. Christine Bodsford is a wonderful and enthusiastic teacher who makes reading so much fun for my son. She communicates so well with me and I never have to worry about a thing in her class. I know my son is always in good hands. She is a teacher that truly cares
about her students and their success and should be recognized. Congratulations again, Mrs. Bodsford. Okay, this uh certificate or these certificates I should say comes out of Marbor Middle School. Uh this is an
email from uh Mr. and Mrs. Aemon. Uh Erin Aludo, are you out there? Okay, we can give her a hand anyway. Jessica Rantanella, Ashley Rodriguez, Hillary Roose, Alex Tamian,
Lindsey Verka. The email stated, "Our seventh grade daughter is having another outstanding year at Marorrow Middle School. Her confidence level has risen so much and we are so grateful. We want to give a special thanks to her math teacher, Miss Rodriguez, who has been so encouraging.
Her ELA teacher, Miss Rantanella, she loves Miss Roose and Miss Aludo's classes and has had a had great encouragement from the athletics department, especially from Miss Verka for soccer and basketball. A very special thanks to Alex out front, the security monitor, who is so kind and a
pleasure to email and make an early dismissal or getting an item to our daughter flawless. Thank you all for what continues to be an amazing year. Congratulations. And this is our final, right? >> Okay.
Okay. Um, our next uh our final certificates come out of Robertsville Elementary School. Um, this is an email uh from a parent, Mrs. Pierick. Brianna Rena and Courtney Kles. Come on up. Brianna, I wanted to take a moment to recognize
two exceptional members of the Robertsville team who consistently go above and beyond in support of our students and families. Mrs. Rena, school psychologist and case manager, is truly outstanding. She is always available to connect, whether it is to talk through an academic concern or support a social
emotional need. Her responsiveness, thoughtfulness, and dedication make a meaningful difference. Mrs. Kles, the BCBA, is equally remarkable. She approaches every situation with a can do attitude and a genuine willingness to help. No matter the challenge, she finds
a way to support students and staff with both expertise and care. While they may not be classroom teachers, their impact is undeniable. Their commitment, compassion, and professionalism do not go unnoticed, and I am incredibly grateful for all that they do.
Congratulations. Thank you. And congratulations to everyone. I think we just broke a record, right? That was the most we've done. So, we can only get better from here, right? This is this is actually an exciting part of our of our meetings and it it comes because people are willing
to speak up and talk about the amazing work you're doing in our school district and for our students. So, thank you so much for being the shining stars um to the the parents and to the students that you touch every day. And once again, congratulations everyone.
Mrs. Maserello, welcome. Um, we're gonna invite up Mrs. Maserello, the president of the PTO at Robertsville, to provide us with a report on the great things that you're doing. So, welcome and thank you for
being here tonight. >> Oh, thank you so much, Elise. Is it on? Can you hear me? >> Okay. All right. Thank you guys for having me. Um, it's not on. My voice carries. All right. As you look back over the
last few months, it's hard to believe just how much our PTO has packed into a very short time. Since September, our Robertsville Road Runners have truly been busy celebrating, giving back, and building memories. And I'm so proud to share a snapshot of what we've accomplished together. We kicked off September by welcoming our families back
with our annual ice cream social, opening the first school store of the year, and a welcome back lunch for our amazing teachers and staff. We also held our first dying out at Shake Shack. We're in a successful fall clothing drive and sold back to school night goodie bags to welcome our new and returning road runners, especially our
kindergarteners. October brought some of our most anticipated events, we hosted our much loved Boo Bash, followed by a wildly successful Glow Fit Dance, which raised over $13,000 towards playground upgrades. Thanks to those efforts, we funded a second Gaga pit floor,
playground stencil games, and indoor recess boxes. October also included a McDonald's sign out and the EMA assembly teaching how to protect yourself and be kind. In November, our PTO truly showed its heart. We proudly collected and assembled Thanksgiving baskets overflowing with all the fixings
complete with donated turkeys to support families in the Marbor community. At the same time, we supported Movember in honor of men's health highlighted by our very own principal, Mr. G, who ditched the razor and embraced a full stash and beard. Teachers and students joined in on the fun by wearing mustaches for the
day. We cannot forget the fall book fair where our love of books truly showed. Selling out of our bests sellers twice in one week. December may never be long enough, but we certainly made the most of it. In the true spirit of the holiday season and with the guidance of Miss Tonging and Miss Tesler, our annual gift drive was a huge success. Giving
Robertsville families the opportunity to sign up and fulfill the wish list of families in need. We are proud to say that the response was overwhelming with generous support pouring in from our Robertsville families. We also hosted a pretzel sale in our holiday boutique where students shopped independently for their loved ones. Throughout the month,
students participated in weekly holiday spirit days, some of our favorites. And the PTO surprised him with something special each week. Not only did they give back and use their hearts, but we did, too. We had a chance to put them all in the spotlight. We kicked things off with Grinch Day on December 1st, complete with Grinch themed outfits and
a grow your own heart craft to take home. The following week, we partnered with EJ's PJs, a nonprofit organization that provides pajamas to children in need. Students wore pajamas to school and generously donated brand new pairs. Week three brought ugly sweater day. The PTO sent home hot chocolate to make and
enjoy with their family. And finally, to close out December and welcome 2026, students dressed their best and went home with one of our favorite givebacks yet, the embroidered roadrunner knit beanie, which our teachers also did receive. We cannot forget the supplies. We provided Miss Garnney and with
additional art supplies, continued our monthly stock the fridge, and stocked nurse Fran with many supplies as well. We continue to do so throughout the year. This year, we partner with Brookdale Community College in a very special project by the help of Miss McDonald. The Brookdale students generously donated their time to build
theater flats for Mrs. Calmage. These flats are a huge addition to our arts program at Robertsville, allowing future productions to transform the stage and fully immerse our students in the magic of performance. So, a tremendous thank you to everyone involved in making that happen. As we welcomed 2026, we didn't slow down. We kicked off the new year
with an immersive skydome assembly where students felt like they were transported into outer space. Still talks about one of their favorites. We launched our monthly book club, hosted a pajama day dress fundraiser, held our winter wonderland dance, and conducted lipsync coast tryyouts. We also began celebrating our fifth graders as they
began to count down the days until they move on to middle school, starting with a hot chocolate social and chocolate sale fundraiser. To help offset the cost of their end ofear activities, February brought so much love and kindness. In just a few short weeks, we partnered with Mellies for our annual DIY heart
pizza kit sale and sold love grams to everybody to spread the love. Celebrated Valentine's Day with our teachers and staff, including a special surprise delivery of roses to each one of them cuz that's all they deserve. And finally, we're proud to share that we recently assembled out and delivered our indoor recess boxes to every home
room. They were filled with a variety of age appropriate games, giving students fun and engaging options to play with while they take a brain break during inclement weather days. Leading us into our much anticipated lip show. This deserves its own standown point. And the teeth talent was incredible. Not only
did our talented staff open the show, they weren't up the stage for our first ever kindergarten performers. We're excited to share that this was our largest show yet with 24 groups in total that performed. This year, we led teacher appreciation week with bringing our teachers and staff to the islands. A
tropical theme reminding that each and one of them they are sensational. A special thank you to our generous Roadrunner families for their donations, allowing us to use those special vendors, Paris Baguette, Sophia's Takaria, Everything Bun Cakes, and the Scream Chuck. One of our favorites yet.
In a sweet effort to give back, the PTO had Goldie's ice cream truck attend our art show, allowing all the families to order a quick dessert. At Robertsville, we don't just plan events. We build community, create lasting memories, and show our students what it means to lead with heart. Everything we do is rooted with one
simple goal. to make every student and staff member feel seen, celebrated, and proud to be a Robert Roadrunner. With so much accomplished, and even more not mentioned, I cannot end this update without shining a well-deserved spotlight on our PTO executive board. Not just as a whole, but individually.
Ashley McCormack, our vice president, Jackie Marina, our treasurer, Chanzan Shaw, our secretary, fundraising chairs Ivonne, Dana, and Melissa, event chairs Alicia Fitzgerald and Vicky
Casemir, school spirit chairs Caitlyn Romano and Dina Gbeckio, sunshine chairs Miriam Pler and Pula Kadikia. Each of these women have dedicated countless hours, endless energy, and so much heart to turning creative ideas into lifelong memories for our students
and staff. I truly could not imagine a better group of to represent Robertsville or embody what it means to be a Roadrunner. This is what happens when community comes together. We don't just support our school, we elevate it together. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. None of this would be possible without each of you and we look forward to the next few months in
continued collaboration with our incredible teachers, staff and all the memories to come. >> Mrs. Maserella, thank you so much for that. That was that was amazing. Um, you know, action-packed list of things that you've done throughout the school year.
It's amazing. I know a lot of those things you probably repeat each year and it becomes I I'm not going to say it becomes easier, right? But I what I loved about it is that you embraced your newest learners in the school to be a part of that which the kindergarten classes. So that is just amazing to have them part of the the talent show and
just a part of your community. So congratulations and thank you for doing the work that you do at Robertsville as long as well as the rest of your team including Miss M. McCormack. Thank you. Uh the next part of our agenda is that we're going to go into an executive
session uh for approximately 60 minutes. Um I need a motion to move into execransky. All in favor? Anyone opposed? Thank you everyone. We will be back in about 60 minutes. We appreciate you being here tonight and thank you so much and congratulations again to you on your
certificates tonight. the roll. >> Yes. Thank you. Okay. Mrs. Balomo >> here. >> Mrs. Carrero >> here. >> Mr. Hyatt >> here. >> Mrs. Jenowski >> here. >> Mr. Lansonsky >> here. >> Dr. Msquitz
>> here. >> Mr. Smith >> here. >> And Mr. Cohen >> here. Thank you. Uh picking up where we left off on our agenda, um we are up to announcements, Mr. Bologone. >> Yes, thank you. Um I do have a few announcements. Um the first one is
related to some of the uh shifts that we're making here in the school district. Um, I had mentioned, I think, in the past, um, in a pretty general way, as as we start, uh, receiving enrollments, especially in kindergarten, we're we're keeping a a
close eye on that. Um, the numbers are starting to come in. Um, and we're we're at a point now where we've made the decision that um, all of our kindergarten classes will be out in the elementary schools. We had two, if you
recall, we had two remaining at the Abbott Center from Robertsville and Asher. Um, we are we are able to move those kindergarten classes out. We do have a large number of kindergarten registrants at Asher. So,
we we have to determine if we can house all of them there or not. We're we're still trying to determine that. Um, if we cannot, um, they will not be at the Abbott Center. So maybe one of the other elementary schools will house one class
if that's needed. Um we're still working on that. Um we do have room around the district. We just have to look at transportation um logistics. So so they what we do know is we will not have any
kindergarten classes at the Abbott Center. So that leads me into my second um portion. Now that we have confirmed that um the Abbott Center will be housing the integrated preschool program which is a
um you know part of special services oversees that. So um we also if you recall at at our last meeting or maybe it was two meetings ago uh Mrs. Milwaukeee's resignation uh retirement I'm sorry was um
accepted on that agenda. And as I've mentioned in the past, anytime we have a resignation or retirement, we have to look at every single position and and ask ourselves, can we do this differently? Can, you know, sometimes the answer is yes and
sometimes the answer is no. Um, with the kindergartens now moving out into the elementary schools, it just makes sense to move principles around. Um, that will help our budget for the future.
And um so the the way it's going to look right now is uh Mr. Pero who is the principal of the Abbott Center will be moving to Marorrow Elementary School. Um Mr. Shatz who is the principal at Marorrow Elementary School will be moving to Marorrow Middle
School. So essentially by doing that we are able to go down a principle budgetarily uh by moving people around um which is a fiscally responsible thing
that we need to do at the moment. Um these were very difficult decisions. Um and and the rationale behind it is anytime we make a move be it a teacher, administrator or any other staff member,
we look at experience and their fit for the specific role and um those two positions um are are good fits, right? You can say, well, why did you choose those two principles and not anyone else? just
looking at their backgrounds um and their experience, they are the best fit for the district while it also enables us to save a substantial amount of money. So, um doesn't affect class size, doesn't
affect programming, um and it and it saves us a lot of money and that's what we will continue to do as we get retirements and resignations in. We will look at those positions and determine if
we actually need to fill them. >> Do I I don't know the answer to this. That's why I'm asking. You don't need a um an administrator at the Abbott.
>> So, great question. Um yeah, I failed to mention that. So, well, I I began to mention we have the special services department overseas integrated preschool program. So, um the supervisor of special services will be housed at the Abbott Center on a daily basis and um
the certificated um person overseeing that program as with the principal certificate will be the director of special services. You're welcome. for the preschool. Um, is these moves
um, have any discussion been opened up about universal preschool and if these moves are going to help set that up or is that where we're going? Is that a direction that you see for us over the next x amount of years?
So, I would like to expand our preschool program um in-house and offer uh families within the district the opportunity to grow that program. Currently, we we have 30 students uh who are paying tuition who
are on the general education side. Um I would like to expand that but we need to do it uh with purpose because if you expand if you don't expand enough and you have to open up another class now you have
more teachers more aids to hire that you may not cover necessarily. Um, and as I've mentioned before in during the budget process, even at our rate of $10,000 for next year, it still does not cover the cost of a preschool
child. So, we have to be mindful in terms of expansion uh without losing more money because currently the program we we don't make money on that program.
I know universal preschool is is something that's been rolling out and there is an intended plan for it to be in all districts through the state but over a long period of time. Um if is that grant program can you explain a little bit about universal uh preschool
and if that's something that we're discussing at this time or in the foreseeable future? >> Yeah, so uh what Mrs. Balma was talking about is through the New Jersey Department of Ed. Um they provide a grant program for universal preschool.
The problem with that um is space, right? And um I personally don't believe that our preschool students should be Marbor preschool students in a strip mall, which a lot of them are. Right? If you
don't have space in your schools, you contract out with a a private provider. And there are issues with that, right? They you're contracting out with a private provider. They're not really your employees,
but they're supposed to follow your curriculum and your rules. And oftentimes they don't, and then it becomes a battle. Can >> um >> you just mentioned curriculum for the state granted preschool
programs. Do they implement their they choose the curriculum and they implement it. So whereas as a district your curriculum committee can choose between hardcore or savis for their math or they can choose between um HM or McGra Hill
for their literacy. their preschool program is mandated according to their rules. And there's very little leeway that there is. So to me, that's also another um a concern for me in regards to having a state granted preschool is
not having the ability to to decorate your classroom the way you want, have the own rules. What >> flexibility? >> There's really none. I believe with the state that it's very problematic. >> Yeah, I' I've spoken to many of my colleagues about it.
And it's a challenge. Uh you you you lose that layer of control um that I think we would like here and that we've had here. And um I think we can do it uh incrementally and but do it better and
and serve our community in the way that suits our community. So that has been my approach. Although, you know, there are districts who have gone uh out to the entire universe of preschool students within their school district. But what what they wind up doing more often than
not is, as I mentioned, you're you're educating children just about anywhere. They're not necessarily in a school, per se. They're in a storefront. They're in a strip mall. um and they're they're educated
at an arms length from us and I would rather not operate that way. >> So I just the only reason I'm bringing it up and I'll just say flat out I'm not for universal preschool but with all the building going on in town and you know things that are changing there's going
to be a higher demand for that and I know that it is something that is being rolled down and kind of mandated through the state over a long period of time. I I don't know what they said the span of time was. We don't even have the space to deal with that. >> So that so this is not first phase. >> This is not that.
>> Okay. Thank you. That was where I was. >> Any other questions for Mr. Balone? Mr. Balone, I know you you said our current capacity for the preschool program is 30 students. And I assume that you're going to explore
um what expansion would look like um and whether or not there is any additional capacity under the current resources we have to expand without bringing on additional resources. >> Exactly. So when I talk about incremental increase, um Mr. Jolinsky
and I are going to work on what a possible increase could look like without having to hire new staff. So, could you take on another two or three students per class? Maybe, maybe not. We're we're currently looking at that
now. And essentially what that would do is instead of the 30 paying tuition students, maybe you have and and I'm just picking numbers, maybe you have 40. So, you can bring in an additional um $100,000 of revenue. Again, it doesn't fully fund
everything, but it's $100,000 more than we have now. So, we're exploring things like that. >> But it also opens up the opportunity to potentially an X number of additional families that can have >> absolutely >> a seat in Marorrow for preschool as opposed to going to a private provider.
>> Yes. And then like lastly, my last question on the the moves is that um this special education um staff that you spoke about that is moving now and being housed at the preschool. I know they had presence in other schools quite often. Um how do you
see that affecting what's being able to be done with our special education throughout the district? >> Um I've met with the special education department and we've uh we've looked at it. It's analogous to our our English and math supervisors who are district
level supervisors. Um they travel out to the buildings and and serve the teachers. Um and the special services supervisor will do the same. >> So for behavioral um or just daytoday
discipline uh issues, who will be handling those at the preschool level? Um, so behavioral issues, you have your staff on, right? You have your uh special services staff who would obviously handle that, but if anything needs to get to the administrative
level, it would go to the supervisor. >> So, it would be the supervisors that are now they're kind of like acting principles. Like I know my son went to ELC and if there was ever, you know, just little things that would go back and forth, we would meet with Mr. Perno. Mr. Pero would oversee the PTA when I
was there. So that will be overseen by um the special services. >> The structure might look a little different. Um I know I was having discussions with um the PT the PTO uh president over at the Abbott Center. Um
so they're going to make a decision on on what that looks like. But so once things start taking shape a little better, we'll have a we'll have a better idea. essentially um the the supervisor will be there on a daily basis and then the director will um be the person
overseeing the building as sort of as wearing the principal hat. >> Did did I also understand you said that the ELC supervis the supervisor of special services will be housed at the ELC at the Abbott Center and they have a principal certificate >> or equivalent of a principal
certificate? >> She currently is working on that. Um the director has the principal. >> The director has Okay. So, all right. Uh, just going back to that to that the opportunity as far as expansion and using current resources and future resources. Will you when will
you be able to sort of report back to the board on this opportunity? Would this be for this coming fall or do you imagine that it's not going to happen in the fall? It would happen in the following year. >> I'm not sure. We're we're still exploring. Um, I would say it's possible
for the fall, but we have to explore what the the makeup of each classroom looks like. So, um, we've had discussions about it, but we need to now engage, um, other staff to really determine if we added, and again, I'm using a just an
easy round number. If we added 10 more 10 more gened students to that program, what does that look like? What what does the ratio look like? Gened to special ed because it's important that there is um opportunity for the special ed students
to integrate with gened students um with with a a ratio that is not too wide, right? You don't want um you know 15 special ed students in a room with one gened student or vice versa. So, we
have to look at um what the population looks like and the population changes every year for the special ed population, right? The numbers. We know our 30 GE ed students are consistent. >> So, we have to see what those numbers are looking like. Can we take on an additional again
>> uh just for for example 10 >> um >> and look at the ratios so I can come back to the board maybe even next month and and report out on that. That'd be great. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any other questions for Mr. Bologn? Any
other announcements? >> I have one more question. Sure. This is a logistical question, but >> I know just from being at ELC, um it's very difficult to get donations and things for parent organizations, the children are there for such a short
period of time. Now, they're going to be there for even a shorter period of time. And um the general ed population is paying, you know, a substantial tuition. Um, but those programs that were provided by the PTL, they always did a phenomenal job. And is there going to be
something um brought to the board to possibly approve a bigger student activities fund or something? Because just from going to private preschool as well uh with my other children, like most of that stuff is included in tuition. So, what does it look like to kind of assist the parents that are
trying to do these things there? >> I've had that conversation with Mrs. already in in anticipating perhaps if if there is no PTO there, right? I'm not saying there isn't, but I'm just saying if if that were to be the case, uh Mrs. Sturio said she would
um because it's a special ed program, she can use special ed funding for things like the pumpkin patch and the chick hatching and um those sorts of things. Um so she we're supposed to get together. We talked in a in a very general way, but we're going to get together and perhaps
even engage the current uh PTA president, PTO president, um to determine how we can fill in the gaps. So, she's certainly willing to do that. >> Good. I'm happy to hear that. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> All right. Thank you. Um moving on to
our next item. We are at >> Michael, do you want We have one more announcement. >> Oh, you have another You have another Sorry. Go ahead. >> It's okay. It's okay. We we got notification today that we received their certificate of excellence in auditing for 2025 again. So it's
congratulations 20 something years. So I'm very excited that we got that. So >> how many years in a row is that? >> It's like 25 or six. >> That's great. Congratulations to you and your team. >> Thank you. >> And how long have you been here, Chris? >> 27 27 years. So
>> but who's counting? >> I don't know. She's going to defer to the former BA two BAS ago. >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you very much for sharing that announcement, too. We're up to school bus driver um abstracts.
>> Yep. All abstracts were in good standings. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Uh report on anti-bullying Bill of Rights Act. >> Yep. So, we do this twice a year if you recall. Um and it's a mandated report in the fall and the spring. In the fall,
the district submitted scores to the New Jersey Department of Education which were certified and they had to be reapproved. All the information was outlined in the green notes for you. Uh the score of 78 was the top score. So when you see a 78 for a school, don't think that they didn't do well. That is
the top score. Um and the district the district scores were in the high 70s and every location was either meeting or exceeding expectations for adherence. So essentially what they do is the schools do a a self-core and then it gets sent
to the department of ed for um for their approval. So even if a school doesn't get a 78 and they get a you know a 77 or 76 that doesn't mean they're deficient. It just has to do with sometimes it's, you know, how many um how many
assemblies did you have regarding HIV? U so they're they're certainly meeting or exceeding um but they're very honest in terms of there's a rubric that they have to score themselves on and you know if they've only done two which is mandated
um that's fine. maybe that gives them a uh meeting expectations, but if they've done four, that might exceed. So, you know, our scores are very good um and we should be proud of of um the implementation of HIV across the
district and it's it's very consistent as well and we and we look at trends and and um those sorts of things. So, um, our counselors, our our schools are doing a great job with that and as you know, you see every single HIV that comes through the district at every
board meeting. >> Thank you. I think if if I remember correctly, and you may have said this in your in your comments just now, I was just trying to flip through this. The max score here, I think, is an 80, right? >> 78. >> 78. >> 78. >> And we all of our schools scored 77. So, that's that's pretty great. Thank you.
>> Any questions on the anti-bullying? Seeing none, we'll move on. Um, we are up to public comments. Do we have anyone signed up? >> I do not. >> Would anyone like to speak? Seeing no one for public comments. Um, motion to close public comments.
Mr. Smith. Second. Mr. Hyatt. All in favor? Anyone opposed? We close public comments. We'll move on to the next item, which is communications. >> I have none. >> No communications. Thank you. We'll move on to the next item, which is referendum update.
>> Okay. So, the last meeting that we spoke about um April 21st, that was the meeting in which we rejected the first round of bids and we just we were going to go back out to bid. So, we went out
to bid again on Wednesday, April 22nd. The bids were opened on Friday, May 8th. There were eight bids submitted, of which six of the eight bids were in the project budget. The lowest bid is $292,000
lower than in the first round. So that was very positive. Um we the low bid for the second round is Chapel Mechanical. Um the bid came in at 4663 uh $4.6 million. Um
and we will be putting a resolution on later in the meeting to award. Thank you. Um any questions or for Mrs. Jillinsky on the referendum? Seeing none. Thank you, Miss Jillinsky
on that. That's a good report. Um we are up to uh superintendent's HIV report. >> So uh this is the report uh from the period May 1st, 2026 through May 14, 2026. There were zero incidents.
>> Thank you. Uh moving on to meeting dates. I'll note that our next meeting is Tuesday, June 16th, which will be our last meeting of this school year. Um June 18th is graduation for the middle schools. So, we're excited about that. And then we have a meeting in July 21st
and our next meeting is on August 25th. Uh I will move the next item uh for um the board to vote on which I will need a second, which is the minutes of the April 21st regular meeting and the April 21st executive meeting. Can I have a second? Mr. Hyatt. Mr. Jolinsky, would
you do a roll call, please? >> Yes. >> I'm sorry. Before I go any further, is there any questions about or any changes to those minutes? Seeing none. >> Okay. Mr. Schlinsky. >> Okay. Mrs. Balomo,
>> yes to the regular meeting minutes and abstain from the executive minutes. >> Thank you, Mrs. Carrera. >> Yes, >> Mr. Mr. Hyatt, >> Mrs. Jenowski, >> yes. >> Mr. Lansonsky, >> yes.
>> Dr. Msquitz, >> yes. >> Mr. Smith, >> yes. >> And Mr. Cohen, >> I I actually I think the April 21st meeting I have I have to abstain. I wasn't at you. You were was at the March 21st. I don't remember which meeting. >> March 24th.
>> Then then I was at the April 21st meeting. Then I vote yes to both the >> Excellent. Thank you. I just could I just lost track of my dates. Thank you. Uh moving on to the next item
um which is the acting secretary acting board secretaries monthly certifications. >> Yep. We certify everything was there were no nothing that was um exceeded the line of expectation. So all is well >> and note just for the board members um I
asked this question. And why is it still said acting board secretary monthly certification when we appointed last last meeting? It's because it's effective next meeting. So I just wanted everyone to know that. That was you know something that got past me. But thank you and we are looking forward to it
taking out the word acting. >> Me too. >> Moving on to committee reports. Buildings and grounds. Mr. Mr. Lansonsky. >> Uh buildings and crowns met. Chris did an excellent job of um uh because we only met to discuss the referendum and the bid process. So Chris did excellent
job of reporting back in the referendum and the the rest that we did discuss is under committee client privilege. So that's my report. I just also put my other hat on for safety and security. Um we did secure a meeting with the uh chief and the mayor for June 9th. So at
the next meeting I'll be able to report back on that. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Lansonski? Seeing none, moving on. Going to the communications committee. Miss Carrera, you're going to do the update on that? >> Yes. Um and so I have my notes on my phone. Um so we met to discuss um
several ongoing initiatives uh relating to you know community engagement, accessibility of the district information. One of the major topic of our p of this past meeting that we had um was the proposed YMCA before after care survey. Um we reviewed survey
design best practices um just different considerations like importance of neutral wording, balanced response options and gathering meaningful um feedback for both uh for the current program users um and for us to better understand community needs and
perspectives um so we can you know continue uh seeing what we need to consider in far as far as like child care programming. Um we also discussed uh continuing efforts to improve like CLA uh the clarity and accessibility of district communications. Um like some
may have seen that there were different formats that went out in one of the mo more recent um district uh communications. So like podcast, infographics. So we're looking at those different types of modalities to share information in as well and um also
communicating with the town. Um so yes, so we want more concise public facing summaries that are accurate um and communication strategies to help residents better understand, you know, the complex uh topics that we talk about here. Um yeah, and so that's for it for
uh communications. Do you want me to go right into policy? >> Uh before you do so, let me just see if there's any questions for you on communications. >> Mr. Um, are we still sending communicating with the um, township on a monthly basis so they can give out a report for the board? Because last re at
the last year when I was on the committee, we were sending we were reaching out to the township when they did their weekly report so they had something from us to put on there. I didn't see anything unless report. Are we still going there? >> No. Yeah, we're trying to get on I'm
trying like when we we're scheduling we want to actually try to do something either even prior to the meeting. So for me to get on that schedule of when they need it for the Thursday at whatever time. Yeah. So we we're working to get back on to some sort of schedule where
we can consistently send it out. >> Good. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Any other questions? you um want to go into policy then? >> Sure. Um so we have been very active um
we I think we met eight times already since January. Um and so we are currently uh looking at actively working through I think it's more than 150 pages of alerts um you know revisions legal updates
recommended changes um so we're you know looking through like the legal compliance the consistency with our current regulations um the clarity all of that stuff um you know that align with our practices and board governance responsibilities. Um,
so we have we've really talked about like, you know, shaping like the policy language and just kind of getting through all of these alerts that are on our uh that are on our plate um in a timely manner and we have a few up for uh read tonight. Um I don't know if
anyone else wants to share more that we've done, but >> no, these alerts these alerts have been lengthy. Um and you know the fact that the committee has been meeting every two weeks, it's an hour and a half to two hours worth of meetings. So it's been a lot of work. um this this year on
policy. Thank you for your work on that. >> Any comments or questions for policy. Thank you. All right. Uh we are up to our first item for business um which is financial and business operations matters. Mr. Lansonsky, would you mind reading that?
>> And don't forget 26 and 27 at the end. That's why I picked him right here. >> Okay. Financial and business operations matters. Superintendent school submits the following resolutions for approval. Number one, receipt and acceptance of board secretaries report. Number two, treasures report. Number three,
transfers. >> Number four, list off. Number four, list of bills. Number five, travel. Number six, harassment, intimidation, bullying report. Number seven, resolution urging relief from rising public school employee healthcare costs. Number eight,
acceptance of the local recreation improvement grant LRIG award. Number nine, contract for direct install program with Jersey Central Power and Light. Okay. Number 10, award a bid Chromebooks. Number 11, approval agreement with Turnkey Technologies.
Number 12, approval agreement with Turnkey Technologies TTI. Number 13, approval agreement for the elementary school's 10 gig fiber backbone installation. Number 14, approval of agreement for 10 wireless access points. Number 15, approval of
agreement for HPE Networking Central Foundation AP Switch one-year subscription license. Number 16, resolution to approve and accept LIP path service agreement for hosted voice services. Number 17, tax levy. Number 18, approval of parental
transportation agreement case number 959 2026 2027 ESY. Number 19, approval of parental transportation agreement case number 959-2627 SY school year. Uh, approval of joint transportation agreement with Coleneck
Township Public School District. 21 memorandum agreement Marorrow Township School Monitors Association. 22 donations. 23. Grants from scope. 24. Home instruction. 25. State contract per
uh purchases addendum. 26. Award of contract for HP improvements for Asher Homes and Robertsville Elementary Schools TMA project number 2518. 27 appointment of outside counsel for title nine complaint I so move
>> thank you can I have a second please Dr. Mskowitz any discussions on any of the items here I just want to um just to thank again on item number 21 which was the memorandum agreement Marorrow Township school monitor just want to thank again the
work of Mr. Wonski, Miss Gandhi, and sort of working us with us on that. So, thank you for doing that. >> Glad we have resolved that. Um, can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. >> Okay, Mrs. Balo.
>> Uh, yes to all. No to 17, no to 26, and abstain from 27. >> Thank you, Mrs. Carrero. >> Yes, >> Mr. for Hyatt. >> 27. >> Your mic. You have to put your mic on.
>> Can you hear me? >> Yes. >> Okay. Yes. 1 through 26. I'm voting yes on 1 through 26. I'm not voting on 27. >> He's abstaining. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Jenowski. Yes to all except no to 17.
Um, yeah. >> Thank you, Miss Mr. Lansonsky. >> No to 17. Yes to everything else, >> Dr. Msquitz. >> Yes, >> Mr. Smith.
>> Yes to all. >> And Mr. Cohen, >> yes to all. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we are up to personnel matters. Um, Mr. Smith, would you mind reading personnel matters?
Begins on page 18. Personnel matters. The superintendent of the school submits the following resolution for approval. One, retirement. Two, resignation. Three, termination of employment contract 2025 2026 school year. Four, rescended
employment offer 2026 2027 school year. Five, amended start date. Six, employment secretarial personnel. Seven, amended salary certificated staff. Eight, amended salaries non-certificated staff.
Nine, amended salaries non-certificated staff. 10, school counseling summer work. 11. Curriculum writing ELA-W writing task link it revisions GR1
through8 12. Curriculum writing ELA- units of study revisions GRK K through8 13. Curriculum writing a gifted and talented prep revisions GR K through 1. 14. math
uh in summer 2026 virtual virtual facilitators for students transitioning to C-level or accelerated math 15 curriculum writing math- revision units or revised units of study based on feedback GRK through 12 or K through 5
sorry 16 curriculum writing math-revise units of study based on feedback GR6-8 8 17 curriculum writing math revise units
of study based on feedback ALG1/geometry 18 curriculum writing math-revise Google docs and link it capability based on formatting and data gr1-2 19 curriculum writing math- revise
Google docs and link it capability based on formatting and data GR3-5 20 curriculum writing math-revised Google Docs and Lindkit capability based on formatting and data
gr 21 curriculum writing math-revised Google Docs and linkit capability based on formatting and data alg1 back slash geometry 22 curriculum writing math- check Google
docs and link kit capability based on formatting suggestions and data gr1-5 23 curriculum writing mash- check Google Docs and link it capability based on formatting suggestions in data gr 6-8
alg i back/geeometry 24 curriculum writing math and revised bank of assessment questions for classroom assessments ments based on NJ SLS, NJSLA, MTPS curriculum assignments and data
GR3-5 25 curriculum writing math-revised bank of assessment questions for classrooms assessments based on NJSLS NJSLA MTPS curriculum assignments and data GR6-8
26 curriculum writing math-revise RTI forms GRK through 8 27 Curriculum writing technology and engineering design revisions GR6-8 28 Curriculum writing technology-
kindergarten mouse backs uh typing skills resources 29 curriculum writing library media GRK through 8 30 curriculum writing Health and Physical Education Revisions, GRK K2
through 8. 31. Curriculum Writing, World Language Revisions, GR2-5. 32, Curriculum Writing, World Language Revisions, GR6- 6 through 8. 33, Curriculum Writing, Music, GR, K through
5. 34, Curriculum writing, band, and GR 4 through 8. >> Mr. Smith, if you want to hand it off to somebody else yet. This is like 30. There's 35 more of these. If you want, if you're good, you can keep on going. I just didn't want you to feel like you had to read them all.
>> Okay. K38. Yeah. >> Freshman. >> Oh, great. Okay. >> You're good. >> All right. I just keep it going. >> It's a lot. >> Um, yeah. I I'll keep going. >> Okay. Momentum. >> Mr. Cor Mrs. K just said she'll she'll take it if I if I need. >> Yeah. Yeah. If you want to pass it on.
>> Yeah. >> Um Okay. Which one? Uh, >> you're you're up to 35. >> Okay. 35. Curriculum writing chorus grades 6 through 8. >> There you go. >> 36. Curriculum writing orchestra. Six. Grades 6 through 8. 37. Curriculum
writing creative arts grades 6 through 8. 38. Curriculum writing visual and performing arts grades kindergarten. 39. Curriculum writing visual and performing arts. Dance and theaters grade K through eight. 40. Curriculum writing, visual arts,
grade 1, 1 through 8. 41. Curriculum writing, school counseling in conflict managers. 42. Curriculum writing, school counseling developmental school counseling. 43. Curriculum grade level waiver assessments. 44. Curriculum ESL
screening. 45. Curriculum mentor uh resource facilitator 2026 2027 school year. 46. Curriculum writing special education ELA. uh acadeance literacy assessment prep 47 curriculum
writing special education-math revised units of study grade K through five 48 curriculum writing special education math-revised units of study grades K gra grades 6 through 8 sorry 49 curriculum writing special education
and I didn't skip one right sorry special education math and modify Google docs and link it. Link items grade 1 through 5. 50. Curriculum writing special education math modify Google Docs and Linkit items grade
through six. Grades 6 through 8. 51. Curriculum writing special education update PL/ICR scope and sequence and add resources grades K through 8. 52. Curriculum writing special education elementary
self contained update scope and sequence and add resources grades K through 5. 53. Curriculum writing special education preschool thematic curriculum writing. 54. Curriculum writing special education specialized reading programming
assessments for g grades 2 through 8. 55. Curriculum writing special education IMSE materials for teachers grade 1 through 8. 56 curriculum writing special education executive functioning grades K through 8.
57 curriculum writing special education middle school and self-contained update scope and sequence and at ADD resources uh grades 6 through 8. 58 curriculum
writing special education AI tools for special education teachers grade prek through eight. 59. Curriculum writing, special education, emotional regulation, impairment, ERRI, program materials, and supplemental support for grades K
through 8. 60. Curriculum writing, special education, middle school, self-contained, community- based instruction, CBI, program writing, grades 6 through 8. 61. Curriculum writing, special education, supplemental writing, scope,
and sequence and teacher resources, grades K through eight. 62 curriculum writing health services nurses or -ash nurses update nurses manual. 63 special services parent ac uh
academy special education facilitator. 64 student obser uh observation substitute school 65 substitute school monitors 66 paid medical disability leaves 67 unpaid leaves of absence
68 amended resolution leave leave dates home stretch >> age 41 >> 69 That's the last one. 69 69 >> 69 job descriptions. I so move. >> Could I have a second, please? Mr.
Leonsky, any discussions on any of these items 1 through 69? >> I have a couple of just little little corrections. >> Corrections. Okay. >> Okay. Page um go to number 16. Oh, no. Sorry. Go to number eight first. Sorry. I missed that one.
>> Um the second person down, Michael, his salary was not correct on here >> under from or to >> from and to. >> Okay. >> From is 55765. >> 55765 >> and two is 6765.
>> What was it? >> 60765. >> Thank you. >> And then on number 16, it's just Um, it's the school is wrong. Under Matthew Michaels, it's Marorrow Middle School,
not Memorial. >> The last name. >> The last one. >> The last one. Sorry. And in number 60, it's the last change. The last person on the page. >> This is 60. >> Number 60. Correct. >> One second.
>> Y last one on the page. Kaylee. The school is Moro Middle School, not Robertsville. That's it. Okay. >> Dr. Msquitz, can you put your mic on, please? >> Thank you.
>> I do have a question. 69 job descriptions. Mr. Bone, could you explain what the data analytics and information systems manager is for me, please? >> Sure. This is a position that we've had that we've previously had in the school
district. Um, and we're bringing it back. Um, and the way we're bringing it back is uh through our consolidation. So, we're consolidating um positions at the board office. Um, this is an
absolute need. Every school district has one of these and we don't. Um there's a new system uh called NJ Sleds that um uh New Jersey has uh rolled out. Um used to be NJ smart if you've if you've heard of
that. So NJ Sleds is now the new system. It's a longitudinal data system. Um >> houses everything data and student uh student facing data. So um attendance data, testing data, every
everything that we have in the school district for student data will be housed in that system. Um and it requires someone to manage it. That is a full-time job. um the regional superintendent we we have a
a conversation uh thread that we we all talk about various things and one of the recent conversations was um you know what is your what is the pay for for your person in the district and when I responded I don't have one they were
floored they said well who does it currently our assistant superintendent does it and It's way too much. Now, our assistant superintendent will oversee it >> um to be sure that it's done, but the the person actually hitting the keys
will be this person, and it is a full-time position. So, there's no budgetary impact >> uh because the the way we were able to bring back this position that was uh cut at some point a few years ago, several years ago, um we've consolidated our our
our positions. So with the retirement again, we had a retirement. >> Um my secretary retired. I am not replacing that position. Now I will have a secretary, but she's going to be my secretary and a curriculum secretary.
So we're we're technically going down a position and then we're going to use that extra FTE for this position. >> So again, a creative way to get what we need. Uh but my belief is when you have the right people in the
right positions, they can do more and uh we have everyone's doing more at this point. >> A lot more. >> So I have a question um on number 58. Um number 58 is um AI tools for special
education teachers. Um couple years back we had had a technology committee and then that switched and then there was a technology plan. Um, we had kind of spitball that before any AI was brought in, um, that we would have a chance to
know what those products were, who the provider was, and what it was going to look like. Um, so I just want to have more understanding on the AI tools for special education teachers. Is that an AI tool to help write the curriculum or is that an AI tool that our children are
going to be used that they're writing a curriculum for? So at this point uh we don't have AI tools that the students will be using yet. It's more on the staff facing side. Um I can talk to Mrs. Sturio about the specifics about that and I can come back to you um with what
that specific uh curriculum writing is looking like but it's at this point we are not using um any tools that students are actually using. So that could be like a tool to either monitor the classroom or a tool to help the teacher
prepare their lesson plans or a tool that won't be studentf facing but could be classroom overseeing or teacher overseeing kind of helping them guide them through their lesson plans day-to-day whatever. >> I'll get more information from her and I'll report back. >> Appreciate that.
>> I I'll also say that um if it's the way that I read it is that AI tools could be very helpful for special education teachers in modifying. So, for example, like you could take a picture of like a grade level text and say, "Revert this two grade levels below." It can it can
do something like that. Or um take a picture of something and say, "Take out all of the outside um you know, distractions like if there's pictures on the outside of a page or something, it could wipe all that out." So, that's the way that I read it. So maybe if if you
can confirm if that's what I'm thinking to be correct, something to help modify and accommodate students. >> Sure. I'll come back and perhaps she can even raise it at the special ed uh committee level. >> Okay. >> Uh at some point we'll we'll we'll come back and report out. >> I there's also, you know, where you you
write the curriculum and you need the curriculum to be flexible for different performing levels. So it's actually also a very good tool for helping in that way. So if that's >> and it's so differentiated as well. >> I would love to understand how you if you're thinking in that in those terms as well.
>> Any other comments or questions? Dr. Mitz, >> right here you see these three ladies here on this side. We have to read all these. So if you think that you had a big job today, we have to read all these guides. So thank
you for giving us all this work. >> She He so moves. >> I so move. In in fairness to in fairness to Mr. Smith, I think I made him read the last personnel one at the LA at May 5th meeting. So, he's now got the two the >> I think you did.
>> I It's the two longest now sections that he's had to read. Two meetings in a row. So, with that, if there's no other discussions, can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Balmo. >> Yes. To all abstain from 58.
>> Thank you. Mrs. Carrerero. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hyatt. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Janowski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lolonski. >> Yes. >> Dr. Msquitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Smith. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Cohen.
>> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Next item up is policy development and community. Oh, sorry. Before we move on, you got me. Um, Mr. Balone, I believe you have some retirement comments. >> I do. I have one. These are uh retirement comments for Donna Coulter.
It is with immense warmth, profound gratitude, and a touch of bittersweet sentiment that we gather to celebrate the extraordinary 21-year career of our dedicated school counselor, Donna Coulter. Over two decades of service, she has woven herself into the very fabric of our institution here at
Memorial, serving as a guiding light for countless students. Her journey here has been defined by an unwavering commitment to excellence and a deep-seated passion for fostering a supportive educational environment. Her dedication extended far beyond the traditional office walls. Whether she
was volunteering her time for schoolwide activities like the music trips to Hershey Park, supervising concerts and musicals, or supporting our athletic teams, her presence was a constant source of encouragement. Furthermore, her role as a steadfast adviser for our conflict managers
empowered students to develop essential life skills, teaching them the value of empathy, communication, and resolution. Her professional impact is equally impressive and far-reaching. Her contributions to curriculum writing helped shape the academic standards of
our district, bringing a thoughtful and student- centered perspective to our educational goals. Her genuine care for their holistic well-being, emotional, social, and academic needs of students created a safe haven for them during their most
formative years. As she prepares to transition into this reach, rich richly deserved next chapter of her life, we offer our most heartfelt well-wishes. We know she is eagerly looking forward to the precious gift of time, time to be fully present with her family,
especially her daughter Jennifer and her son Steven. We picture her finding peace and rejuvenation in the simple pleasures she loves so much. The serene beauty of the beach, attending live music events and the freedom of long scenic bike
rides. Thank you, Mrs. Coulter, for 21 wonderful years of service. We wish you nothing but joy and relaxation in your retirement. Congratulations. >> Thank you, Mr. Balon. And you made my math easy this time. It's only 21, but
what a tremendous amount of service over that 21 years of of dedication to our community uh and to our schools. Thank you, Miss Coulter, for your for your time here served and the lives that you touched. And you know, we wish you um great success and and lots of happiness
on your next journey with your family. Moving on to the next item we are at which is policy and community relations. Dr. would you mind reading that? >> The superintendent of schools submits the following resolutions for approval.
First reading P 0162, P 0162.01, P1643. Number two, second readings, P 0142, P1552.
I so move Thank you. Can I have a second, please? Miss Carrera, any discussions about these two items? >> A quick question. >> Yes. >> So, for the notices, we're going to our website. We're getting away from the papers, right? The for the for the
policy, we're getting away from posting to the papers. We're going to our website. On our website, do we currently have a dedicated page that will that's already that we'll put the notices on? >> Yep. That's required and we already have it. We actually have a tab, I think, at the top, right, that says legal notices.
>> So, our bids and everything will be there. So, someone that's could just bookmark that and click whenever they want and see what's what kind of bids we have, what's going on. Okay. >> And there's also a our our link is also on the state website um that refers people to our legal
notices page. >> Actually, I think from a transparency perspective, you don't have to go have to go back and find an old newspaper online. You can find it right on the website. It makes it much easier when it has a tab. No, I like this one. I think Yeah, great. We have it on tab. So, >> any other questions? Yes.
>> The section the section on legal notices where it says um legal notices that are no longer displayed which shall be kept for at least one year. That means kept on the public active website for a year and then are they put into an archive? Like if somebody needed to look at it
three years, four years down the line, like a auditor or something, they could easily retrieve that >> on the website >> or just retrieve like they're archived somewhere just not to the public, right? >> Yeah, we have we have them all in files. >> Okay. >> The notices, but um I haven't gotten
that far as far as how we're going to archive it on there, but there will be an archive section. I just don't know how far back. I have to check and see how far back we're required to keep them on the website. Okay.
>> Any other questions on these two items? Seeing none, can we have a roll call, please? >> Yes. Okay. Mrs. Balo, >> no to one and abstain from two. >> Thank you. Mrs. Carrera, >> yes.
>> Mr. Hyatt, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mr. Jenowski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lolonsky. >> Yes. >> Dr. Misswitz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Smith. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Cohen. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We are up to liaison reports.
Freehole Regional High School District. >> Uh, sure. You probably saw they passed their uh 2026 2007 budget. So, they like us are facing about 3% reduction in state aid. But to a district like that, that's about a million dollars. Um, so
unfortunately, there will be a tax levy increase at the high school level, uh, which obviously varies by town. Uh, same situation with us, rising healthcare, transportation costs, uh, rising special ed inflation, uh, on top of the state
aid cut. What I what I will say though, as a parent in that district, they do a good job at advocating in Trenton and trying to get this S2 formula fixed. obviously unsuccessful at this point, but fingers crossed. Um, I know Dr. Blekeley, at least at the Marbor level,
has spoken out about it on a consistent basis for for years. So, we'll see where they go, but same situation as us unfortunately. Um, other than that, they have, you know, their end of year celebrations, graduation events, and those things.
>> Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Hyatt? Okay. um meth the Marville Educational Foundation. I know that's Miss Gandhi. Does anyone I know she was um she had a a sudden um conflict, but is does anyone have a report for meth?
>> No. All right. So, we'll have to table that to the next meeting. >> Marorrow Township Leon, Mr. >> Sure. Thanks to Stephen Dalia, the township for providing the information. Marorrow EMS blood drive. Friday, May 22nd, Marorrow EMS will be hosting a blood drive at Marorrow Emergency
Medical Services 140 Wrest in memory of Gary Latasa. Recreation programs registration for summer camp is open to both residents and non-residents and summer employment opportunities and Marorrow swim club memberships are open. More information on township website
under the recreation page. Marorrow 250 essay contest calling on all middle and high school students submit their papers by May 24th. details on the township website underneath historic commission page. Marorrow Farmers Market opening day. The Old Marorrow Farmers Market opens for season on Sunday, May 31st
from 9:00 am to 1:00 p.m. They welcome returning and new vendors. Mark your calendars and look forward for more information soon on the township social pages and website. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments for Mr. Lansky? >> Okay, we'll move on to Mammoth County
School Board Associations. Miss Carrera, >> I don't have an update. >> Thank you. Uh, New Jersey School Board Association. Miss, >> no update. >> No update. Thank you. Um, scoped optimis. The scope PTO like would like to thank
the administration, staff, parents, and students for making this year's Walk for Change such a success. The be kind theme was incredibly well rece well wellreceived and connected beautifully with disabilities acceptance month. We are still counting all the change
collected and are so appreciative of the sport support shown throughout the district. We are already looking forward to next year. In addition, we recently held a t-shirt design contest for next year's Walk for Change shirts and we'll be selecting a winner soon. We will also
be emailing members soon with the date of our next meeting along with details regarding our end of the year event. Thank you again for your continued support and participation. >> Thank you Dr. Msquitz. Any questions or comments for Dr. Msquitz? Seeing none. And the last one is CPAC. Miss Jen.
>> Yep. Thank you to Angie and Robin. CPAC hosted a virtual webinar on May 6 with Tracy Gillespie, the New Jersey special education on Buzzman. It was a wonderful opportunity for those supports for those who support students with disabilities
to get information to effectively assist their students. CPAC thanks everyone who is able to attend the webinar. CPAC will also be hosting a virtual IEP webinar the evening of Thursday, May 28th. The presentation will focus on general IEP
understanding, how to use school data, writing good goals, and parental concerns and rights. More information will be sent via email from special services and posted to the CPAG Facebook page with information to access the webinar. CPAG's last meeting of the school year will be virtual on Monday,
June 15th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda and link will be sent out through special services and will also be posted to our CPAGs Facebook page. If you haven't attended a meeting yet, CPAG's next meeting would be the perfect time to start getting involved. If you need additional resources and advice from
other parents and guardians, please check CPAG's website and Facebook pages as there is a lot of information on both. And I just wanted to add for myself, I am wearing the um student created um t-shirt that I bought at the
CPAG uh special education budget meeting and um Missio had a table full of t-shirts that um the pro the kids in the program created. So I am proudly wearing it. It's beautiful. I highly recommend it. I absolutely love it. So, there we go. Great. They did an amazing job. I'm
very I'm so proud of them. Yes. >> Where can we get one? >> Where could we get one? >> It's the RRI program, right? Yeah. So, I'll ask during the special education meeting if they're turning out anymore. Yes. >> That'd be great. Thank you. >> Right. Aren't they fantastic? >> Listen, we are
>> they're fantastic. >> My t-shirt says it's okay to be a little extra. >> I love that. >> It's going to be more me. proudly wearing it. >> I'm so extra. >> Yes. >> I love it. Thank you very much for that report. Any comments or questions for um
for Miss Janowski? >> Thank you. Old business. Seeing none. New business. >> I have new business. Um, I just wanted to kind of find out what the proc uh
what the progress or status of the advisory committee is because we've only met one time since January. Um, so that and then also um with the special education slashcurriculum committee, it seems like there's a
proposed meeting. I know we've been trying to have one for a few months now. Again, we've only had one thus far. So, is that going to be a combined meeting? And if so, how do we avoid a quorum? Is that going to be open to the public? Are we going to have that meeting publicly? So, those are just my two questions.
>> Can you put your microphone? >> Um, Mrs. Gross had organized it, but uh we've been working on with the um with um Mary Elizabeth for quite a while doing the the connection between the RTI
going into CPAC and um Mrs. Gross has been working on the RTI >> special education >> I mean special education I'm sorry sorry sorry with the um the special education portion and Mrs. Gross has
been working with the RTI. uh you know they we did the RTI manual this last year and um we're anxious to see how things are progressing between the you know with since the uh they
revamped the thing and it will only be um we we shouldn't have um a quorum because it will just be four of us. you
uh the three of us and a deed. So there's no quorum. Am I correct? >> Yeah. And the only time you get to a quorum is if you see you go to five. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> So >> I won't attend. >> No.
>> So I'm confused because we haven't had a curriculum meeting. >> No, we did have a curriculum meeting. >> We've only had one. >> We had it We had it a couple months ago. We just had it a couple months ago. you you were you know we were agreeing on things that time.
>> Yeah, we had one meeting a few months ago, >> but we have all these curriculum guides. So, I'm not I'm just trying to understand I I think that we need a designated curriculum meeting and then a designated special education meeting. It seemed like that was getting lost through emails. I know Carrie was on the emails as well. So, yes,
>> I just don't like RTI. I I'm sure if there was any issues with the program implementation this year, we would have heard about them. Um, I don't believe it's a focus. I completely understand it being a focus of the special education committee. Um, but we have all 69 of
those curriculum items that we just saw and a lot of questions leading up to that. So, having a combined meeting, absolutely, no problem. But we need a designated curriculum meeting as well. >> Oh, yes. Yes, we can have that as well. >> Are we going to have two curriculum meetings this before the next month?
>> We will do that. >> Okay. I was just trying to understand that and what my role in the collaborative meeting would be since everybody sits on both committees except for myself and Mrs. Gandhi. So >> I don't know if I if that really if it's
RTI focused that really seems like it may be just a special education unless Mr. Blow says there's something that needs to be changed with the curriculum, but I don't really think that would be the because I feel like we would have heard about that in the calendar year if there was something going off the rails. Um
yeah, no. So we revamped, you know, that we revamped the RTI manual. Um and just for clarification, RTI is not a specialed program. So So that would fall, >> although it's not a special ed program, it falls under GED, but it's gened. It
could it could traverse to special ed. So I think that was >> Yeah, that's the the feeling combination. Correct. >> Yeah. But I think it's um all of the agenda items you see this evening in terms of curriculum writing. So that
that's to approve the work. The work has not been done yet. So once the work is done in July, right? Starting July one is when we're able to start that work. Um then you know a full review of that via the curriculum committee. Um but
I'll leave that up to the chair to to determine that. Um, >> but yes, RTI is working more consistently. >> Um, which I think has also been reported. >> That was one of our main concerns, making sure it was consistent across the the district.
>> So, I I don't have any concerns with RTI, um, because I know the program and I, you know, >> that's exactly what you said at the last meeting >> and it holds true today. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'm not saying anything bad. saying that's the meeting that I was
referring to, >> right? The the one curriculum meeting that we had. So, I'm just want to know because I don't want to get involved in the day-to-day. So, RTI to me is something that your teachers handle based off the guidelines that were set forth in the last review and revamp of the RTI guidelines. So, that's classroom
business and that's not my business. Um, so unless there was a concern, I just am trying to understand, you know, just very neutrally just trying to understand the purpose of the meeting because if it's not an action item, you know, I would just like to suggest that the curriculum committee with all the work
ahead looks on things that we can have more of an impact on or set a plan for as the summer months come through instead of a program that we really don't have any jurisdiction or influence over. So that was my concerns with that one. And then with the advisory
committee, we've been since January. We met once in March. We set forth a beautiful plan. And then I haven't heard anything from the committee. Um so I'm just trying to figure out what we're doing there because I know we had several uh interested parties and I really think that we should have
utilized them this year and if not then at least get some of them at the table to address issues that have come forth um for September over the summer months. So, so you're right. The last the meeting we had was in March and um I have the minutes and the notes well the
notes from the meeting and um our next steps forward were to update the charter and the key initiative based upon the discussions we had which I did and I actually show it fair shared shared that back out to the committee members. >> I believe that you were taking on the response an initial draft of the um
communication Danielle was going to draft the community outreach email. You're going to take a crack at that. Um, I had not seen that. So, if I missed it, I apologize. >> This is the first I'm hearing if I was going to do that. I'm not the chair. I had no idea. >> No, no, you you offered to take that on initially. So, that's that was the notes
from the day of the meeting and that's the notes that I have here. So, >> I'm glad I asked that question. And then I surely don't remember that. >> And I think Jenna, you were going to work with somehow of the form that we were going to use to sort of re to to capture people who are interested. So we
we have to circle back and make sure we get these things done and let's have a meeting between now and the next meeting so that we can bring these things to closure so we can move forward with that. >> So you want me to draft an email? Is that what I'm >> Well, my I'm going by my notes. Okay. >> I don't have those. I I don't remember
that. But if you can tell me what to do, I will have it done by our next >> All I have my notes here was that we talked about a you know a a need for a community outreach email. >> Okay. And then I had down here that Danielle offered to draft the community outreach email to do the first draft of it and share it back out to us because I
think you said, if I remember correctly, you said you had a number of people who had expressed interest with you >> and but we needed a much more formal process for them to respond back and to collect this information. You did not want to be that source to to forward those people to the advisory committee. You wanted them to formally submit their
information to the advisory committee to evaluate. >> So I'm drafting an email asking with a what? on a Google form with that or or is Jenna doing the form because it's very disjointed. I don't remember. >> Let me let me go back and read I'm I'm reading my summary of notes here. So, let me just go back and look through my
notes. I'll send you an email and we can put a meeting together quickly and we'll we'll we'll figure out what we need to do. >> I look forward to it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other new business? All right, we are up to the second round of public comments. Do we have anyone signed up?
>> I do not. >> Would anyone like to speak? Seeing no one who want to speak, can I have a motion to close public comments? Miss Carrero, can I have a second? Mr. Lansonsky. All in favor of closing public comments? >> Anyone opposed? Seeing none. All right,
we are at the last item of our agenda, which is a final executive session that we will be going into. Um, I do not think we have any matters of attorney client privilege for this one, but we are doing a personnel matter. Um, so we do not expect to return to take any
public action after this. Um, so with that, can I have a motion to go into exec session? Dr. Miscuitz second. Mr. Hyatt. All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? Thank you very much everyone and have a
good night.