Mic's on ready now. Everybody else ready? All right. Good evening. I call to order the February 24th, 2026 meeting of the Matuchan Board of Education. Please
stand for the flag salute. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Mrs. Alvich, notice of the meeting,
please. I hereby make this statement to indicate compliance with the open public meetings act known as chapter 231 of the public laws of New Jersey 1975 which became effective 90 days after enactment January 19th 1976. Notice of this meeting was given by providing the location time and date of
this meeting the posting of of the same on the front door of the board of education offices by delivering copies to the burough hall in the Matan library the home news and tribune and by filing a copy with the burough clerk as prescribed by this law. >> Thank you. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bot, >> here.
>> Miss Cheetum, >> here. >> Mr. Derwinger, >> he's advised you won't be here today. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Glber, >> here. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus, >> I am here. >> Miss Colleen >> here. You want
>> Miss Michaels Lamort? >> Here. >> Dr. Spar, >> she is advised she will not be here today. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Sus, >> here. Miss Zimmerman here. >> Thank you so much. Dr. Kaputo, any showcase of success?
>> Yes, we have. Yes, thank you very much. We have our um are beginning our budget presentations today and I believe Dr. Herszog is up first. >> Oh, you jumped ahead of me. >> I'm sorry. I thought you said to go with the showcases. >> You let the medium open?
>> Yes. I opened the meeting to the non-existent public. I'm assuming y'all don't have any burning questions, comments. No. All right, cool. meeting closed to the public and watch presentations. Thank you, >> Dr. Herszog. >> Good evening everybody. Thank you for having me present the district's
curriculum office budget for the 2627 school year. The curriculum budget reflects the district's commitment to highquality curriculum and instruction for students and professional growth for our staff. There are five distinct areas represented in this budget. They are
curriculum writing, curriculum office supplies, professional development supports and services by outside vendors and consultants, our systems management programs, and professional development for staff provided by district staff. I
will explain each of these areas briefly. Curriculum writing accounts for $28,500 in this budget. These are stipens paid directly to teachers who write and revise our curriculum documents. This is allocated so that we can remain focused
on a cycle of continuous improvement as our educators collaborate and review resources. Committing to a process of ongoing revisions helps ensure our documents remain current, relevant, and responsive to the needs of our students.
The amount of 23,000 is planned for contracted providers or vendors who support the growth of our staff. Specifically, these funds are allocated allocated for registration fees for our supervisory team to attend workshops so that they stay current in their area of
expertise and bring best practices back to our district. There are also expenses for a few teachers each year to attend AP institutes for when their courses are updated or when they are new to a course. There are also course um costs
associated with maintaining our staff trainers for CPR and AED so that they can turn key these trainings to our teachers and PD for departmental specific training for identified areas
of need according to department goals. Additionally, the systems management um programs that we use are also in this budget for the amount of approximately 22,000 and this includes our annual contracts with frontline which houses
our evaluation systems and our staff professional growth system. Additionally, there's a small amount allocated to a portion of our link data warehouse system that provides us with a grouping software um system that helps
us group our students more efficiently for tiered interventions and for placement. There's also an amount of approximately $12,000 allocated to compensate teacher leaders who share their expertise with staff during inservices and also um for mentors to
receive annual professional development as they support the success of our newest staff. There's a small amount allocated to supplies for the curriculum office just so that there are adequate materials needed for professional development sessions and inservice days.
This local budget is supplemented through grant funds annually through title 1A, title two, title three, title three immigrant and title 4A which provide additional um support services, materials and professional development to our staff
and also more specifically for select populations. This budget allows us to meet our educational needs of the district while also staying within the 2% increase from the previous budget. Um thank you. I'm honored to have the opportunity to present this and be
responsible for these district operations in this area and I can answer any questions the board may have about this budget. >> Thank you so much Dr. Herzog. Questions? Go ahead, Miss Kumi. >> Just want to express my gratitude for
finding a way to stay under 2%. It really helps out a lot. It's the question I ask with every budget. So, um it's incredible and I really appreciate the the uh thoughtfulness that you you put into it to make sure that we uh were as um conservative as possible when it
came to the finances. >> Thank you. >> I made the same comment. So, >> we were in >> 1.99. >> Kudos, Dr. Herszog. Anything else from the board? All right. Seeing none. Thank you so
much, Dr. Herzog. >> Thanks, Dr. Herszog. Next up will be Chris Thman with our tech Oh. >> Oh, thank you. >> Oh, next up is Chris Thur budget. >> Good evening, everybody. >> Good evening. >> I had to adjust this quite high.
I'm sorry. Um, I'm presenting my uh 15th budget tonight. I appreciate uh and am uh grateful to boards current and past for uh the opportunity to do this. And um uh I'll just go over briefly u my
budget. uh the kind of themes we're trying to I'm uh hoping to convey are holding the basic line on um I'm holding the line on basic services uh under categories of like connectivity and Chromebooks um continuing uh our focus on cyber
security uh with uh with a couple of new services um new services to improve user experience and uh no increases this year uh because due to uh construction. Um
which is which is a big deal considering we've added about 20% more u uh computers to the to the district so far uh with construction. Um, so in terms of uh holding the line, connectivity stays
the same uh as in years uh past uh as does uh well Chromebooks looks like it goes up, but if you remember uh last year we started a program of instead of renewing computers every four years, we do it every six. So, this is a bump up
from our Chromebooks from last year, but instead of having to buy uh 1,200 new Chrome or at least 1,200 new Chromebooks, releasing uh um I'm sorry, 600 new Chromebooks, we're releasing uh 400 new Chromebooks. That's an estimate. Uh but we use the same estimate for
budgeting every year. Um I'm not saying it's not a bump up. I'm not saying I'm two 1.99%. Uh but uh we have done everything we can to kind of bring this uh bring these lines down. Um let's see uh continue focus on cyber security. We
have uh at least one new service here uh action one which is a patch management tool. Uh during one of our um uh penetration tests that we do uh every one to two years, uh it was recommended that we get some sort of tool in place
to make sure that our machines are patched in a timely manner uh especially with critical patches. Um so we're exploring uh have been exploring tools and this is the one that we're currently looking at. Um so we're still uh so that's on the
budget. Um in terms of user experience, uh we've begun kind of a uh a kind of a slow uh uh focus on shifting our uh desktop uh operating system to a balance
of uh Windows and uh Macintosh machines in certain uh populations around the district. Um and one of the things one of the tools that we're using to to manage that is JF which is one of the um uh subscriptions that we have. Uh but
also there's a uh a tool on there called um parallels which allows us and we want to implement this in our um engineering lab allows us to run a Windows uh machine through an off through a uh Macintosh
uh operating system. uh for those tools that only are made for Windows machines, but we have a Macintosh lab for uh and then um like I said, no increases due to construction. I do bring this up just to kind of give a nod to in years to come,
we have a lot of stuff on uh that's currently on um uh warranty under warranty. But when that stuff leaves warranty, then some of it might get folded into existing uh uh support contracts that we have and that
might raise the price uh in the next I guess about two years from now, two to three years from now. Um that's basically my budget. Uh it is again it's uh listed here as 6.88%. There are some that we've already brought down uh
through some uh economies and uh and reconsideration and we'll continue to look at uh bringing that back closer down to 2% below 2%. Um but the budget stands as it is right now. So >> thank you Mr. Thman.
>> I feel some questions on my left ear Mr. Sus. >> So thank you Mr. Thman and uh for the board. Uh Mr. went through this last night and grew some details. So, thank you again for uh um your time and effort. Uh we talked about a couple
things. Um you know, you look at again the the changing cost is basically the Cisco Maro contract, the Action One Parallels, Wasabi Crowd Strike. Nothing we can much we can do about that one. The Chromebooks, nothing much we can do about that one. But I know we had some
discussion about like maybe even foregoing the parallels licenses and saving that. Um, action one double-checking again auto update is something I would never recommend on to to even my worst
enemies. Um and um you know, you know, I understand what we do with Wasabi, but there, you know, just other potential options, but uh certainly would, you know, the parallels I think is something that can definitely come down. Um but
it' be great just, you know, again, more focus, you know, to try to get it down to. And I mean, technology never gets cheaper, right? >> Um I certainly appreciate that. Um so whatever you can do would be great. >> The parallels um if we brought it down
from 50 licenses which which is what this price reflects to >> 3150 is the same as we saw last night. >> Yeah. So uh we didn't change it this budget but uh if we go to 30 licenses it becomes 1895.
>> That's great. I mean, that's the kind of thinking that if you can go back and take a look at I'm sorry, I didn't realize that. Uh, it was just a matter of you haven't changed it. >> Oh, yeah. I actually did something I said I would do. So, >> anything else, Mr. Smith?
>> No, just again just everyone on the board clear actually very good presentation by Mr. the thumin last night and again to highlight the changes was the um the Cisco the action one which is the patch management the parallels running the Mac wasabi for online storage crowd strike which is a
security tool and the Chromebooks and like I said some of the stuff there's really nothing you can do but other things hopefully Mr. Tumman can take out of the box and do what he can. >> Yeah. And some of these uh some of these numbers are just budgeting quotes and
sometimes they go just a little bit high when I get the actual quote. I can try to renegotiate downward. You know, it's uh but usually they'll honor at least the price that they gave me when I do budgeting quotes. So, you know, it's just the kind of the uh the messy way budgeting works sometimes. I'm sure you
all know. Um, but we always do work through the year just to keep everything inexpensive and pray there's no uh things that require us to spend more money than we intended. So, emergencies. >> Thank you. Any other questions for Mr. Thman? Miss Jetum.
>> Um, thank you, Mr. Thurman. I know you went through a lot of work to get here. Um, for the public's reference, I think it might be helpful to just quickly outline some of the things that you cut out to get to this number because I think that's important as well. Um there's a few services that we actually just decided we're not going to
uh to pursue. Like one was the the um uh it allows us to uh do a kind of a work from home uh uh remote desktop uh thing. It works with the version that we installed uh about eight years ago and it's never asked us to update it. So we
stopped putting that number in there and so it brought down uh the number by about $6,000. So until that service just stops working, we don't have to to do that. Um there's some uh there's some hardware uh initiatives not on here um
that uh that came out. There's a considerable amount of uh of that. There's um I would say that's that's the bulk of it. I mean it's it's a lot of hardware that just has to be um just pushed off or just considered towards
the end of the year. Uh so I think Mr. Thumman's being modest. There's actually quite a bit that you cut. >> Yeah, probably. >> I would agree. >> I have projectors, smartboards. There's a whole list of things that you're going to hold off on. So, we appreciate that
hard work and understanding that that does impact things down the road. >> Thank you for highlighting that, Miss Jetum. Any other questions from the board? >> All right. Thank you so much, Mr. Tumman. Thank you all and thank you
again for the opportunity. >> Thanks, Mr. >> Yes. >> All right. >> So, m Madam President, uh next up is a um student safety data system and HIV report for period 1. So, I'll start with
the student safety data system. Uh these are incidences by incidents by school that uh Miss Alvich um submits for us every year, multiple times a year. So this uh report is for period 1 which is September 25 to December 25. Um and
there were 15 total SSDs qualifying incidents. 12 at Edgar and three at the high school. We have to categorize those through state categories and um nine were considered violence. At Edgar, three others leading to removal. at the
high school. There was one vandalism, one substances, one HIV confirmed and one other incident leading to removal. And then the second part of the report is HIV incidences by school. Um, and
though there were 13, two at Campbell, eight at Edgar, and three at the high school. And we're also uh we've also promised the board every year to report on how many times we enact option G. Um, and we only had one option G for September to
December, and that was at Edgar School. Um, just for comparison, in 2425 period 1, we had five option G's and in 2425 period 2, we had four option G's. So, obviously, one is less than four or five.
>> That's my report for tonight. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Dr. Caputo. All right. Now, we move on to the report section of things. And I don't have a separate report. Uh do you have a separate report? >> Not a separate report tonight. >> All right. Um and then we move to the
committee reports. Um I'm going to start with Mr. Bot for equity and community engagement. >> Okay. Uh thank you so much. I think equity and community engagement uh updated name. We've added community
engagement. The first thing we did was agree to synchronize the work we do with the school year. So we will shift from calendar year to school year. For the rest of the 2526 school year, two priorities remain which we've spoken
about at length and receive great updates on food equity and just observances uh as they support the existing calendar and policies. So continue to do work around both extending observances to actually think about commemorations and things we may
want to honor, celebrate throughout the district. Uh as well and just giving visibility and bringing light to those. So uh people have the opportunity to be aware, commemorate and uh celebrate as they deem appropriate. And also for from a food equity standpoint, taking the
next step. Uh, one of the ideas was to even get see how we could uh secure refrigerators to support perishables at share tables. >> From a community engagement standpoint, we want to really operate and prioritize three things through the end of the
school year. The first is just opportunistic moments to celebrate the great progress that the district has made uh communitywide such as the ribbon cutting at the fieldhouse which was a beautiful event and more people were
able to celebrate that because of some you know fleetfooted thinking uh by the administration to get some video in there some photography in there and and share. Uh we also want to focus on the celebrating construction. So how do we
partner and invite the community in uh everybody to really feel like a part of this great step forward for the district. So how do we do that work uh together? And then finally, just acknowledging that there's been some reimagining of transportation within the
district and this is a pilot year in a sense as we practice and figure out what three- tier busing even looks like. How do we support the district and the administration in just exploring options and ways to to make that hum even
smoother as we get into uh 2728. And from a community engagement standpoint, we have a great announcement, but I think just honoring some important things that are happening communitywide, such as the master plan effort, which you'll hear a little bit more about during the announcements. Thanks.
>> Fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Bot. Um Mr. Glber, construction. >> Yes, construction met yesterday. Um we discussed some concerns of uh neighbors specifically around moss and uh attempts
to address those. We got an update from our professionals at each school. At the high school, of course, there was the ribbon cutting ceremony and the first basketball games played in the new gym. Um congrats to our teams uh for
adjusting to that on the fly. It's not easy to sort of start your season in one place and and end your season somewhere else. But it was it was really beautiful event to be a part of. Uh the cafeteria usage by students that is somewhat
delayed at this particular moment by uh our construction company Eminem. Um, we're working as best as we can to try to keep that sped up so that the board offices can move into their new space and we can get our additional classrooms up and running at the high school. At
Campbell, there's just some very small items that they need to complete over spring break. Um there were some doors and hardware uh issues to take care of and then there'll be some landscaping there to clean up in the springtime when the snow melts
>> at if it ever melts >> one day. >> Yes. At Edgar there are just dealing with some punch list items. Uh the LED sign outside. Uh they're working on a temperature control issue in uh one particular location. Actually two
particular locations there. Uh and then they will be wrapping things up with some um landscaping there as well in the springtime. At Moss, we have the elevator and fire alarm testing and inspections coming up later this week, I
believe. Uh the anticipated temporary occupancy is for March 9th. And then after that, there's still balancing of HVAC units to do landscaping in the springtime, some uh interior courtyard work, uh learning space that they have
there, and then the cafeteria flooring is delayed a few more weeks from that, but does not stop the temporary uh does not stop our ability to be able to go into those spaces. And as Mr. bot mentioned we are planning to have public
events at all these spaces when the time is right. Uh I've seen a lot of comments uh online sometimes from people who used to live here and don't even live here anymore and they're just curious about the changes. So we will figure things out at all of the spaces. It's not
restricted just to that basketball game where we had the ribbon cutting. That was just a quick opportunity to allow the students to have to play a game in that new stadium before they graduate. We also discussed moss uh a wall near
the edge of moss that is adjacent to a neighbor's property and possible repairs to that. Um and we discussed an upcoming change order meeting where uh the district and our professionals will discuss some some of the change orders
that took place and how to resolve that. And we very briefly touched on EIP and our solar potential solar program. Um Mr. Sus, are you talking about that in finance report or no? >> Um either or I can
>> we're sort of tag teaming on this at the moment. It's sort of falling in between uh construction and and finance. But at an upcoming board meeting on on March 10th, we will have uh professionals here talking to us in public uh about a
possible solar program opportunity to reduce some of our energy costs and be able to do some other necessary repairs. It's not determined exactly how that will go and and whether that will take place, but we will be getting that information.
Our open public committee meeting was cancelled on Monday due to the snow and that is rescheduled for March 9th. So if you would like to come out and hear from the professionals or ask questions uh in in a smaller cozier public setting as
opposed to the board meeting, you are welcome to come to that March 9th, Monday, 7 p.m. Matuchen High School in the media center library. uh you can come in here and and talk about anything that you would like related to
construction. Our next meeting is on March 9th. And that's the end of my report. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Glber. And indeed, the celebration and the ribbon cutting at the fieldhouse was spectacular. Thank you, Mr. Oleg, for the great footage. It was truly a very
wonderful event. The young people seemed very excited. And if you haven't seen the space, it is truly spectacular. All right, Miss Kleen, extracurricular. >> Thank you. Extracurricular met last night. Um, we had a wellness committee
update from Miss Youngman. She gave us an overview of the upcoming monthly topics for wellness activities for the district. Um, and um, it was great to hear from her and Mr. Cathgar about all the great things they're doing with their committee. Um, we had a little
preview of um what we will see as a board at the March 10th board meeting, the winter season champion uh championship teams um from the high school and from Edgar School. So, we're looking forward to that presentation with all those um students, student
athletes. Um we reviewed the athletic budget, so we'll see that presentation uh coming up as part of our budget process. Um and um there's a couple of approvals tonight on the agenda. Um personal items 8, 9, and 10. We
discussed those. Um and then we also discussed some items under curriculum, the field trips for approval. And we we spent quite a bit of time talking there. Um the committee has been uh discussing at great lengths um creating guidelines
for a more transparent process for approval of um field trips um for athletics. And uh last night um thanks the administration on their hard work on putting together a list of um pretty
cohesive guidelines for that we can follow um to help make sure that the um approvals are um thoughtful have all gone through the same um steps are meeting certain criteria that we value for the students and um you the
decisions are not arbitrary or rushed that that there's a clear and transparent process and uh through the end of it um we we came up with, I think, a pretty good uh list of guidelines that seem to be um working as they're applied to each request. And so I'm incredibly grateful for the work of
the committee and the administration on that one. Um you know, with with anything, it's our first time going through these guidelines. And so we'll be continuously re-evaluating them to make sure that they are making sense for our students, our teams, and for the board. Um but for right now, I think
we're in a pretty good place. Um and uh so with that, we do have some trips on the agenda under the field trips for approval that uh were vetted through that process. And so uh we asking for um your consideration on that. Um and then
um that's pretty much it. Our next um meeting is March 9th. Thanks. >> So we are meeting on March 9th. >> We are meeting on March 9th. >> Got it. >> All right. Thank you so much, Miss Collehen. Mr. Sus for finance.
>> Yes, finance met uh last night as well. Um we talked about a number of purchases um that the district needs to uh make somewhat uh urgently a maintenance vehicle, a kiln for the high school, and some work for both the Edgar and the
high school wood shop. We went through the tech budget with Mr. uh Thumman um and you know heard what a lot of you heard tonight um we talked about just fiscal year uh 27 again some of the things that we need
to think about uh consumer price index 3.6% 6% health insurance increases. We're negotiating a contract, state aid, utility costs. So, all things to keep in mind. So, just um you you all heard Miss Colleen tonight talking about the uh
trying to keep everything down at 2%. You know, just keep in mind that those are the some of the things that we need to keep in mind. And we didn't spend as much time as we wanted to on the EIP, but just a reminder, a little more detail what uh Mr. Glassber provided, but the idea by putting solar panels in
our roof um creates an energy savings and that dollar savings can be used for a number of projects. We um the people that are working with this uh met called the sharet I don't know why um they they
met with uh potential biders outlining uh a number of the projects that we would want to get done and some of the considerations. We also have uh more detailed information on the cash flows return uh regard to savings. All of that will be uh presented to the board um
again at the Mar and in public at the March 10 meeting. Um some information will be provided beforehand for people to uh you know ask questions you know the sooner we get the questions to the professionals obviously they'll be able to answer them at the meeting. So I encourage everyone to uh definitely read
those through those materials. And that was pretty much it. >> And your next meeting is >> And our next meeting is March 9th. >> All right. >> 8:15, just to be clear, not the usual 8:00. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Sus. Um, in uh
Mr. Derlinger's absence, I will attempt to give you a curriculum committee report. And I'm looking at Dr. Herszog, who can keep me in check if I misstate anything. Uh so the curriculum committee discussed the transition to standardsbased report cards with trimester reporting for grades K through
5. As you know we are re realigning our grades in the 2627 school year and there is the effort of foot to create consistency across the elementary grades. Um, next steps will um focus on professional development for staff,
making sure there's a collaborative elementary report card leadership team, updates to standards and performance indicators, and making certain that we are emphasizing growth based on feedback, um, and aligning our instruction and assessment. Um, next up
we talked about elementary specials K through five uh the instructional program and some of the specials that will be emphasized in the different uh grades. Uh the idea here is that we're focused on a developmental and integrated approach combining content
areas where natural connections exist. Uh art and movement in K through2, science lab and computers in grades 3 through 5, health integrated into the morning meeting, etc. Uh key shifts include shared staffing across our schools for certain specials. The way in
which our integration of health standards will be in multiple structures across grades three through five. Um and then there will also be integration of computers into a redesigned STEM lab. Um also discuss instructional blocks and departmentalization.
um thinking about promoting consistency across the grades, making sure that we are clear in our scheduling efficiency, building up content expertise, etc. There's a lot of good content in here. I'm sorry I can't read it all. U and then lastly, we talked about
standardized testing updates where there have been updates across the state assessments, access testing for multilingual learners. This the training sessions are underway. K through2 testing will begin well began would have begun would have begun yesterday. Um and
then we'll have our first uh official administration of the NJSLA and NJGPA on the Cambium platform for ELA math and science following the field test that happened last fall. Um and the next meeting will be March 3rd uh virtual.
Oh, and then that's still me because uh Dr. Spner's not here. So, >> want me to do that one? >> Yes, please. >> Sure, I can do that. That would be amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No worries. >> So, policy committee met on 217. Dr. Sper had sent um the her notes out. Um we basically had two items. The first
were to review policies and regulations from alert 236 and the second was a initial discussion on the cell phone ban. The first item um was alert 236 from Straesme. It had 14 uh policies and regulations. Four were to be abolished.
uh they're on the agenda. Uh four were not applicable to public schools. Four um were already approved or two already approved and four new ones are on our agenda tonight. You'll see in policy um which were on yes in
first wing of policies on page six number seven. Uh normally they're in policy but looks like they're in um finance section today but that's fine where they are. Um, and those are on the agenda. Second item we talked about was the uh cell phone ban, which folks have
heard about. So, we've gotten a law signed into law by former Governor Murphy. We've received guidance from the DOE. Um, and now we're awaiting a Strauss estimate template that we expect in the springtime. Um, we'll meet, we'll bring that to the policy committee. Um,
and we'll have something in place for the 2627 school year. >> Fantastic. Thank you for taking that one. Welcome. >> All right. Now we turn over to our student board member, Miss Michaels Lamort for your report.
>> Hello. Uh, so Campbell has ReadAcross America, which is going to be on March 4th. Edgar has the science fair on March 5th. And at the high school, the MHS science honor society inductions are February 25th or tomorrow.
>> Oh, yes, tomorrow. Thank you so much. All right. At this time, I'd like to open up to the board for old business. Is there any new business? Nope. Okay. At this time, I'd like to move to approve the February tw
I'd like to move to approve the February 10th, 2026 minutes for the special business meetings 1 and two and the board meeting. Is there a second? Mr. bot. Are there any comments on the minutes of the last meeting? Nope. All
right. Roll call, please. Mrs. Elliavic. >> Mr. Bot. >> Yes. >> Miss Cheetum. >> Yes. >> Mr. Glassber. >> Yes. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus. >> Yes. >> Miss Colleen. >> I'm going to abstain. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Mr. Sus.
>> Abstain. >> Miss Zimmerman. >> Yes. Motion carries. >> Thank you, Mrs. Elliovich. Uh, at this time, the meeting is open to the public, but literally seeing no humans in front
of me, I will close that section of the meeting. Now, I turn to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. Often times it may appear to members of our audience that the board of education takes action with very little comment and in many cases a unanimous vote. Before a matter is placed on the agenda at a public
meeting, the administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools. If the superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the board of education, it is then referred to the appropriate board committee. The members of the board committee work with the administration and the superintendent to asssure that the
members are that the members fully understand the matter. When the committee is satisfied with the matter, it is presented to the board of education for discussion before any final action is taken. Only then is it placed on the agenda for action at a public meeting. At this time, I'd like
to move personnel items A1 through 11. Is there a second? Mr. Bot, are there any questions or comments on the personnel items? Okay, seeing none, roll call, please. Mrs. Ellavich, >> Mr. Bach,
>> yes. Miss Cheetah, >> yes. >> Mr. Glber, >> yes. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus, >> yes. >> Miss Colleen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sus, >> yes. >> Miss Zimmerman, I would like to abstain on A1 and vote yes on A 2 through 11.
>> You've got it. Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you, Ms. >> Dr. Marcus, before you move on to finance, if I may, the board just accepted uh retirement and and resolution item number 11 uh for Kathy Kathleen Zalic. Kathleen's journey began
with us in August 2012 as a daily sub through a dedication and commitment to students. She moved into a leave replacement role during the 1314 school year and was hired as a tenure track teacher in August 2014. As a special ed teacher and co-teer, Kathleen has made a lasting difference in the lives of
countless students. Her collaborative collaborative spirit, deep care for children, and unwavering advocacy ensured that every learner felt supported, capable, and seen. She understood that true inclusion is built on partnership, patience, and high expectations. And she modeled that every day. And of course, as a proud Mets fan,
Kathleen has demonstrated the same loyalty and optimism in baseball season after season as she had in her career, showing up, staying committed, and believing in the long game. Kathleen, thank you for your years of service and your compassion and your impact. Congratulations and best wishes on this
well-earned next chapter. >> Thank you so much, Dr. Caputo, and congratulations to Miss Zelic. All right, now turning over to Mr. Sus for finance. >> Um, yes. So, a question. Thank you, Miss
Zimmerman. So, finance goes from B1 through B8, but I think item number seven belongs in policy. Is that correct? >> Yes. >> So, I guess we need to alter the agenda. Do I need to make a motion or something?
>> No. At this time, we can we've conferred that it'll be okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we conferred earlier. >> Got it. >> So, all good. >> Mr. Sun, if you're not happy with that, you can certainly make it, but as long as it's on an agenda, the the the sections are kind of arbitrary based on
what committees we have. >> Um, so it's fine. It's on it's on the agenda. >> So, I'll I'll leave it to the policy folks. So, I'll move items B1 through B6 and B8 for approval. And I'll let the uh I'll let the policy whoever's doing policy just do it's fine. B7 or
what, >> Mr. Glass? >> Or just do it. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. Item I'd like to move items B1 through B8 for appro uh through approval, noting that B7 is related to policy. >> Thank you kindly, Mr. Sus, for moving B1
through B8. And I see Miss Zimmerman is ready to second. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Are there any questions or comments other than to acknowledge that the policy item was in there as well. Anything else? >> I just want to thank Eric for including it. I think that's wonderful.
>> I know. True inclusion, right? >> I I want to thank Miss Zimmerman for catching it. >> Stars. >> All right. Good humans. Miss Alamovich, if you could give us a roll call, please. >> Absolutely. Mr. Bot. >> Yes. Miss Cheetum, >> yes. >> Mr. Glassber,
>> yes. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus, >> yes. >> Miss Colleen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sus, >> yes. >> Miss Zimmerman, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you kindly. Um, I at this time would like to move policy item C1 through C4. Is there a second?
>> Mr. Bot, are there any questions or comments on the policy items in the policy section? Seeing none. Oh, wait. Question. Yes, >> the count. >> Wait, what? >> Just a comment. Yes, >> just a comment. Really, I I just want to
point out that we are approving the um revision to the calendar, right? Hot off the press due to our snow days. So, if anybody is watching from home and wants to check what's what's posted online, >> uh the updates to the calendar are available. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Yes, that's that's a great reminder. Is that what you were also going to share? same comment I was going to make and that the um MHS graduation day and the Edgar promotion do not change. Is that correct? That was a comment we had. >> So the high school graduation is set a
year ahead >> because it's tied to project graduation. Um and that's June 24th. The Edgar graduation is currently scheduled on June 17th. And we'll we'll see as we move out of winter into spring if that's the best for Miss Oavdo and her school
leadership team or if they decide to move that uh a little bit, but they'll be making those decisions shortly. The high school is set in stone as again because it's tied to project graduation. Uh the the middle school promotion is more of an internal exercise that we try to get on the calendar as early as possible, but we have some flexibility
with that. So, we'll be making decisions whether to keep it or with the three snow days move it a little bit later. >> Great. Thank you. Great clarifications to all. And the one thing I want to point out is again the last day of school is now the 24th of June. So put it in your calendars. All right. Did we
do the roll call for this one or we're still in questions and comments? All right. Roll call, please. Thank you. >> Sure thing. Mr. Bot, >> yes. >> Miss Cheetum, >> yes. >> Mr. Glber, >> yes. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus, >> yes. >> Miss Colleen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sus, >> yes. >> Miss Zimmerman,
>> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you so much. At this time, I'd like to move the curriculum items D1 through D3. Is there a second? Thank you. I was like, is anybody going to second it, Miss Zimmerman? All right.
Are there any questions or comments on the curriculum items? I know you highlighted some earlier in your report. All right. Fantastic. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. >> Miss Cheetum, >> yes. >> Mr. Glber, >> yes. >> Dr. Johnson Marcus, >> yes. >> Miss Colleen,
>> yes. >> Mr. Sus. >> Yes. >> Miss Zimmerman. >> Yes. Motion carries. >> Fantastic. Thank you. We are now open to the public, but in the interest of time, I shall also quickly close that section. >> Now I turn over to Mrs. Zimmerman for
the announcements. >> Thank you. I have a couple tonight. Um so for Campbell, the PTO handed out red envelopes last week to celebrate Lunar New Year. So students received those. Um, read across Campbell and Moss is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4th at
5:30 p.m. at Campbell School. You can register in advance. Uh, students and siblings and families are all invited to attend. The next Moss PTO meeting will be Monday, March 16th at 700 p.m. Zoom only. Um, Edgar's family bingo night for
fifth and sixth grade families is tomorrow. That's February 25th. Um the MEF fundraiser. So Matuchen Education Foundation is celebrating its 30th anniversary of supporting Matuchen schools. Their fundraiser tickets are now on sale um for their annual party at
the parlor and that's going to be on Friday, April 17th. Um so you can visit their website for information. And um the Matuchen master plan is under its 10-year re-examination. So every 10 years the bureau um examines the master
plan and asks for input from the public um on things like walkability um transportation, traffic um and obviously our students and our families are very familiar with you know some challenges and and things that we deal with here in Matuchen. So, the Burough Council is asking for residents to go to the
Matutton website. Um, it's under resident and then you click on master plan and there are two surveys you can complete um again on walkability, traffic, transportation, safety. Um, so they'd welcome input from residents on those surveys. And the next um sorry,
25th is a is a uh June 24th school day. We covered that, correct? >> Yes. >> Um all my notes here. And our next board meeting is March 10th. >> 10th. >> 10th. Thank you. >> All right. Wonderful. Thank you, Mrs. Zimmerman. One thing I did notice today
in our um the bulldog brace was that the Edgar International Night, which was scheduled for this Thursday, has been moved to March 12th. So, just another little announcement that I happened to catch cuz my family was very excited to attend. All right. So, at this time, I'd like to move to agend. Is there a
second? Miss Colleen, all in favor. Good night everyone. Have a wonderful one. Stay warm.