Thank you. Yes. Yeah, he's all set. It is a lot of stuff. It's not up to me. Observing it. Should I go ahead? All right.
All right. Whoa. Very loud. Good evening. I call to order the June 24th, 2025 meeting of the Matuchen 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, liberty and justice for all. Mrs. Alavich, 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 walls 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 and posting of the same on the front door of the board of education offices,
by delivering copies to the Burough Hall and the Matuchan public library, the Star Ledger, 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. Bop, here. Miss Cheetah, here. Mr. Derlinger, here.
Mr. Glasber, here. Dr. Jansa Marcus, I'm here. Miss Colleen, here. Mr. Mr. Lifton here. Dr. Sper here. Mr. Sus here. Thank you. Dr. Caputo, we have a showcase of success today. Every year at the second June meeting, we are um
honored and proud to honor our valictorians and we have co- validictorians this year. Um Lucas Valera is with us. We'll get to him in a second. Uh just a brief um um word on our other co-valictorian um Ethan Garry. Ethan will be attending
uh MIT and in a letter that Mr. Prowski wrote to the dean of the school he talked about Ethan's exceptional academic ability and passion for learning uh critical reasoning skills and enthusiasm for learning his responsibility, empathy and kindness. Um
sent that to the dean at MIT and got responses back which I don't think a lot of principles do. So we're really proud of that. Um, Miss Prowski knows um both Ethan and uh Lucas from his time at um at Campbell as well. Um and Lucas um I
we just talked before. Congratulations on your honor of co- valictorian. I just like to read the first three paragraphs from Mr. Prowsky's letter to the uh dean at the University of South Carolina. I'm delighted to inform you that co valadictorian of our graduating class, Mr. Lucas Valero will be joining your
esteemed engineering program this upcoming academic year. Mr. Prowski continues, "I've known Lucas for 12 years as his principal not only in elementary but also at Matuchen High School. Over the past four years in particular, Lucas has consistently demonstrated ex exceptional academic ability and a passion for learning that
will make him a valuable addition to your department. Throughout his high school career, Lucas Valera exhibited has exhibited remarkable qualities including strong analytical thinking, creativity and problem solving, and a dedication to a collaborative teamwork. His passion centers around STEM subjects and he consistently demonstrates a
strong commitment by putting forth his best efforts. For these reasons and more, Lucas is destined to do great things with the rigorous demands of your program. He adds, Mr. Prowski that beyond Lucas's academic achievements, he possesses outstanding character. Lucas is known for his integrity, resilience,
and kindness. Qualities that will serve him well as he navigates the challenges and opportunities of post-secary education. He follows the mantra instilled at an early age from his father that hard work pays off. you'll be impressed by his hard work and dedication to learning, growing, and collaborating with others. Um, and u,
Mr. Prowasky uh, concludes by saying thank you for welcoming thank you for welcoming such a promising young man to your program at the University of South Carolina. So, Lucas, we'd like to invite you to the podium um, to congratulate you um, and feel free to say as little as thank you or tell us a little about,
you know, your experience and um, and then your plans at University of South Carolina. Uh hello uh board of education and staff here. I want to thank you first and foremost for inviting me here tonight and for what seems to be a very formal and uh meeting here. Um I want to say
thank you for having me for these past 14 years. Um it's been a blast and although I'm leaving I want to say it was a very great time being here. Um, as valadictorian, I'm very appreciative of my study and my studies and learning here for these years. It's definitely
made me a better person and has taught me many things I don't think I could live life without. Um, yeah. So, thank you, Luc. Congratulations. Thank you so much for coming to be with us tonight. It's wonderful to recognize you and that
was such a lovely line. I know, wasn't it? I had to read that. It was really lovely. And what a wonderful experience you had. What did you say, Eric? Repeat the speech again. Oh, yes. I was I was just about to commend you on your speech. It really stuck in my mind talking about
that time, that length of time, and being mindful of how we use our time. So, thank you. Very well done. Excellent. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. [Music] And also congratulations to your parents
for doing such a stellar job with you. Starts in the home. Wonderful. Thank you so much. All right. We are at this time open to the public on any topic. I don't know. Mom and dad, you want to say something too? I kid. I
kid. I kid. I was teasing. Um cuz there's no other folks here. um for the for the folks at home. All right, Dr. Caputo, now I turn over to you after closing that section of the meeting. I'll make my way to the podium
for the district goals. Wonderful. Shift M Julie, thanks for having this set up and queued up, ready to go for us. So, as we do three times a year, um I provide updates to the board and public on how we did this year with our district goals. This is our June 25
final update. Um our motto this year was better every day. We think that really captured the spirit of staff improving every day, students improving every day in the classroom, in the art room, in the music room, on the sports field, and our buildings and the construction getting better slowly each and every
day. Um, and that stick to itness, that slow growth, I think it really um um marked this 2425 school year. We um we we at the beginning of this year we were looking for frameworks for
for which to um frame our our goals and we found the school empowerment network. Um the school empowerment network writes that quality schools do a number of things. We uh summarize those into five buckets. Quality schools employ rigorous, engaging and coherent
curriculum, offer effective instruction that yields high quality work and use curricular aligned assessments that inform instruction. Quality schools have a clear philosophy and intentional structures for a positive equitable school culture and support a culture of learning that includes high expectations.
Thirdly, quality schools show clear alignment intention between resource allocation and the mission, vision, and goals. Quality schools have effective systems to attract, develop, and evaluate staff and leverage professional collaborations to improve outcomes. And lastly, quality schools have effective structures to
evaluate decisions and monitor and accelerate student growth. We really thought this was a highlevel um framework and we plan to use this again next year. But before we get to next year, a little summary. How did we measure our progress during the current year? Well, we developed this homegrown
system a few years ago. Um and we've continued to use it. We think there's some consistency to it. It's a very hard scale to score number five on. Um number one means we didn't do it. Circumstances prevented us from doing it. Two means there's some progress. it was either
minimal or not at the student level. Three is good progress. Either we didn't complete the goal or there was limited limited impact of evidence at the student level. Four is where a lot of goals top out. That means we did it well and there's some evidence of impact at the student level. And in a short 9 10
month period to get any impact um at the student level is pretty good. Five we reserve for the you know the the truly exceptional outcomes we did it well and there was significant evidence of impact at the student level. So our first goal um that first focused
area went around that quality schools piece that I read. Our specific goal is to implement rigorous curriculum, effective pedigogy and assessments that drive adjustments and supports to maximize student learning. We had three key actions. One was collaboration around the revised curriculum guides,
interdisciplinary connections. The second was a review of the new AI policy, create a plan and provide age appropriate lessons on acceptable use of AI. and in letter C, facilitating student discourse and maximizing instructional time in order to ensure
high levels of student engagement. Those were two things we'd look for in every single observation done across every school during the school year. So our mean score on that one to five scale for focus area one was a 3.92. Just quickly how that happens, there's three key
actions across four schools. So there were 12 things that we scored ourselves. The mean score of those was 3.92. The range was there was as low as three and as high as five. What I did, I chose evidence and you'll see this for each focus area. One piece of evidence that I
think really captured the essence of the work at the school around the focus area um this year. So at Moss there was a holistic approach to climate, geography, plant and animal needs through the new ELA curriculum fostering empathy and awareness. at Campbell. Um, our ELA K5
uh leaders, our staff leaders, um, was a real highlight and parent webinars in the events at at Kais Cafe. Uh, at Edgar, STEM projects in math, at least two STEM projects in every math class. In science, at least three STEM projects with activities and lessons
incorporating with that were incorporated with at least one being climate change related. and our 21st century classes at least two STEM projects at the high school. Our 21st century classes collaborated on the construction of a business project connected with digital media um our
business and entrepreneurship and our cooking classes. Potentially we may launch it with a uh downtown business next school year. So we're excited about that. Focus area two, the quality school statement is there from the school empower empowerment network. And our goal specifically was to create a
positive learning environment that supports high expectations. Four key actions around focus area 2. Select and implement recommendations from our parents as partners forum. That's to facilitate collaboration and increase engagement. The second key action was to enhance
systems communicate progress on school and student achievement. Thirdly, mobilize students by leveraging co-ext extracurricular experiences to foster kindness and connectedness. And the fourth key action was to emphasize character ed through structures uh for the coordination of
cell and supports. This was our highest area this year on our self-scoring system. The mean score was 4.31. The range was also 3 to five. Some of the evidence per school. So at Moss the kindergarten power hour that's a general education um peers they push into our
self-contained classes around connections. They model pro-social behaviors and build relationships. At Campbell, the bulldog uh buddies program was selected by character.org, a national organization, as a 20 2025 promising practice. At Edgar, our character education programs to focus
throughout the year. Every month had its own theme. Our school leadership team worked, brainstormed ideas, implemented them, reflected, changes were made throughout the year, and you'll see those next year as well. At the high school, we identifi we're identified through NJ.com as the top public high
school in Middle Sex County. Obviously communicated that with the parents as well. Focus area three, quality school statement which I read before is there. Our goal is to dedicate time, resources, and expertise combined with stakeholder input to analyze indicators of success
to see how we're judged uh and how to make achievements uh changes based on that key actions. First was to boot achie boost achievement in tested areas. There was a particular focus on early ELA, upper and elementary, upper elementary and middle math and entry- level AP courses. we got we we
determined that through data um and we wanted to do that through focus PD supplemental programming and articulation. Uh B our second key action in this area is to review accountability data and make shared decisions about the grows and the glows. C was to align
instructional approaches and establish common focus areas throughout the department collaboration. And D was to involve community stakeholders in the school improvement initiatives by eliciting their feedback. Two notes before I get to the uh mean score. The Ruckers collaboration survey, which is one of those ones, we didn't do it
because it wasn't offered this year. There's a new uh Ruckers collaboration survey under construction between Rutgers New Brunswick and Rutgers, the Cornwall Institute at Ruters Newick. So, we're excited to be a pilot for that uh going into next year. Um and the NJ school survey, the school climate
improvement survey. Um I actually have some district uh some district results that I'll share with you on the next slide. The mean score in this area was exactly a 4.0. The range was 3 to five. Evidence of achievement of this goal at MOS grade level leads spearheaded team
articulation and curriculum adoption in preparation for full day kindergarten which starts now. It's kind of hard to believe it's been a decadesl long vision starts in a couple months at Campbell. The SLA and benchmark data reflect precoid levels. at Edgar New Jersey Sky
um data analysis has begun. Now we share the school leadership team, the school advisory board and parent advisory board to review and develop focus action plans for improvement. At the high school, additional AP teachers were identified so they've been enrolled in full AP training programs so they're ready to
hit the ground running with their students in September. This is the data that I talked about. I won't read every number. This is part of the slide that Mrs. Alvich has posted or will post. Um, but the New Jersey Sky survey gives us data in a number I think 11 domains.
behavioral expectations, academic culture and classroom practices, negative student interpersonal behaviors, pro- stu pro-social student behaviors, physical safety, voice and involvement for students, staff student relationships, um supports for student social emotional
learning, family support engagement, collegial support, leadership, organizational resources and supports, and a student sense of belonging. We got results back from uh third, fourth, and fifth grade students, 486 responses, over 1,000 responses from our secondary
students, grades 6 to 12, 202 responses from staff, and an end number of 384 for parents. And you can see the the various scores in the different areas. Some tell us results that we're doing really well. Some tell us areas that we need to
continue to work on. Focus area four, the quality school statement is there. And our goal is to enhance teacher support, use collaborative structures, and encourage distributive leadership to further develop our district priorities. Five key actions in this one. SLTs to address
clear identify initiatives that impact both school outcomes and celebrate achievements. B was to train administrators in equitable hiring practices, incorporating into the these practices into the hiring routines. C was develop a statement of commitment of alignment to high aligned to a high
performing inclusive organization and we'll continue to work on that in 2526. D was formaliz and communicate uh current district priorities and Dr. Herszog led that this year and letter E was to update our new teacher orientation program and our three-year new teacher program to align with
current district priorities. Also a successful outcome from Dr. Herszog's work. Our mean score was 3.65. Um because there's a there's an item here that we didn't work on. was probably our in resulting in that 365 being our lowest, but the range was still three to five in this area.
Evidence at Moss was the creation of their SLT creating SL uh social emotional learning bins where teachers have resources at the ready whole child tenants lens for hiring recruitment with strong community ties. Campbell collaboration around a more defined New Jersey tiered systems of support model
as well as a building use that occurs through the SLT subcommittees. There's also dedicated time to plan for the 26 uh September 26 transition where Moss Moss will be getting the first and second grades but Campbell will be getting fifth grade from Edgar. Edgar
evidence this year was SLT worked on the character ed programs possible schedules for Edgar after realignment room utilization as well as school goals for 2526 and at the high school SLT analysis of absenteeism um they're working with their students and parents and they're
creating incentive programs hopefully that decreases that and they're going to tie that over the next two years to certain incentives and focus area five the quality school statement is there and the goal is to support student mental health and wellness by enhancing enhancing tiered
systems of support specifically to remove barriers to student achievement. Not only to address mental health, but we know that mental health and academic achievement are connected. So, not only to address the mental health, but to remove barriers for those students to then see see achievement. Five areas,
implement the lifelines trilogy. That's a comprehensive suicide prevention program, which we did this year. Educate students and staff on wellness, the impact of social media. We've done that. We'll continue that next year. include parent representation on the district mental health leadership team. Dr. Herszog made that happen and those folks
are an important part of our team going forward. Provide PD for our multidisciplinary teams. That's INRS and 504 on these tiered interventions aligned to common areas of need. And to coordinate, communicate steps towards prevention, intervention, and efforts to modify behavior when responding to
instances of HIV. not just to follow the law and determine if HIV happened and what the consequences would be, but to modify behaviors going forward. Our mean score was 3.85. The range was threes, fours, and fives. Evidence at MOS
quality job embedded coaching data with the RTI teacher and elementary supervisor. At Campbell, morning meeting content that helped students identify strategy strategies for managing emotions and social situations. At Edgar, we focused on prevention and 76th
graders participated in lifeline trilogy lessons lessons this year. At at the high school, accountabil accountable was read by the English department and they've made the made the recommendation that that becomes an adoption for the 10th grade curriculum going forward.
We also value the ASCD whole child tenants because we believe that students should be safe and healthy and engaged and supported and challenged and there should be a plan for sustainability of those tenants going forward. We talked about this back in August. I didn't give
updates along the way but promised at the end I would align this. So we took our five focus areas. I just went over those. aligned the focus areas to healthy, safe, engaged, supported, challenged and sustainable indicators from the whole child tenants where there
is direct alignment to our goals and then average those scores across each tenant. So we found that this year um the healthy tenants one two six and seven fell into focus area five and that's a 385 in that area. the same one
to five scale on the safe um tenant indicators. Three, four, six, and seven aligned with our second focus area. Nine aligned with our third focus area and number 10 aligned with the fifth focus area. And a 4.18 was the score our highest scores in safe this year.
The engaged indicators 1679 and 10 aligned directly with our focused area number one giving us a 3.92. Um the supported indicators were aligned across multiple uh focus areas. Um
indicator six aligned with our first focus area. 3 4 6 and 10 aligned with focus area two. Nine aligned with number four and four aligned with number five. 409 another score above four in that area. Our challenge indicators fell into
focus area one with a 3.92 score. and our sustainability indicators um 4, 9, and 10 aligned with focus area three and indicators 1, two, and eight aligned with four for a an average score of 3.83 in that area. And those are weighted areas. Taking those focus areas I just
went over and um finding the number of tenants that fell and I worked on um a weighted indicator for those scores. So, we're happy to keep the whole child tenants at the forefront. And we this was a sort of mathematical way to keep those whole child tenants at the forefront.
And that's my presentation for tonight. I'll take questions if anyone has them. Thank you, Dr. You're welcome. It's always um great to see our goals articulated and supported with them data um to outline how we've implemented them
across the course of the year. So, we're always appreciative of this very thorough presentation. And so questions from my colleagues, comments, observations. Mr. Sus is making his way back. Yes. Just want to echo uh appreciation
for having uh you know putting numbers in particular, you know, the numbers for the New Jersey uh climate survey. Yes. Do you um do you break it down by school? I mean these are general numbers. So like you know love it hate it you know certainly you
know for example uh let's pick one uh let's see family support and engagement. So at you know two of the schools you know uh disagreement you know either strongly
disagree or disagree was less than 20%. one of the schools it was way over 20%. I mean do you try to understand why or Yeah. So each each school is set up with a data team. Um we we went to all went to trainings for that. Each school has
this data team which helped um implement the survey and as soon as we got the results back those data teams began diving in. Um so while that's happening at each school level, each school is also offering parents an opportunity to join those. Um each principle, all four
principles sent that out to their staff. Um also we're offloading some of the results to various supervisor departments teams as well as various committees that we have um that are already set up to work these things. So we're going to attack that from three perspectives. the school data team, the
parent advisory group that's been created or leveraged their own current parent advisory group and the um offloading of some of the results to work on to to department supervisors or to existing committees. Okay. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Sus. Any other questions, comments, folks? I had a question on the on the lifelines trology uh lessons at Edgar School. Um it's great that 76 sixth graders participated. Are there plans to scale
that to the other grades? And if you could talk a little bit more about that be helpful. So the plans going forward? Well, those will be lessons in grades six, nine, and 11. Is that right, Dr. Herszog? 6, 9, and 11. So yeah, so all of our students in grades 6, 9, 11 will get those this year. The pilot was the
students that had the health class in a certain marking period when we were ready after our training to implement that. So going forward, all six, 9th, and 11th graders will get that training. Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Jet. Any other questions or comments,
folks? All right, seeing none. Thank you, Dr. All right. Um, and at this time I'm supposed to give a report of some sort, but you know, it's hot out there, folks. Happy summer. We wished for it, and here it is with full force. Um, and I'm
assuming since you just gave such a thorough uh report, uh, you don't have another report. Nothing further. All right. Wonderful. So, we turn at this time to committee reports. I know that construction did have a meeting with the public, so I turn to you, Mr. Glassber.
Yes. uh construction met on June 16th. That meeting started with a portion that's open to the public. We received an overview of the progress at all four schools. So here it is in brief. At Matuchen High School, the
entire project is expected to be completed by the first week of December. Structural steel is nearly complete in the new gym area. Interior and rough mechanical are progressing well. The cafeteria addition um is complete.
That's the portion that's temporarily being used as a board of education office. Um the switch gear uh which is electrical components is expected to arrive mid July. Uh at this point we're
on track for midepptember at the high school uh for air conditioning and then there would be some additional work in the new cafeteria as they convert it over from the temporary board of ed usage um to cafeteria usage when the
administration moves to the new space at Moss. expected completion of moss for December 1st, but we are on track for full day kindergarten to start at the beginning of September. Masonry and plumbing has progressed well. Uh
transformer should be installed next week. So that might actually be installed at this point. Electricity um should be fully working there in the coming weeks. Uh the site work completion by the end of summer is expected. Um we took some comments and
questions from the public who were there. Uh there were questions related and comments related to traffic on Simpson and Amboy and the ability of public who lives on Simpson um to be able to get in and out depending upon
the time of the arrival or departure of students. Uh there was a question and comment regarding the playground location at Moss. Uh the bus and car loops were also discussed with the cars coming in off of Hunt uh Hunt, right?
And the buses coming in off of Simpson and in and out of those same places. Um at Edgar, completion is expected August 7th, so very soon. And that includes air conditioning. Uh there is
some switch gear that will need to be replaced in the wintertime, but there's temporary gear that will allow for the air conditioning to be ready at Campbell completion expected by September 1st. Um we are waiting or we're waiting for PSCG
to set a particular poll that's needed. Um so we'll await an update in that area. And we do want to let you know of course that in all of this uh despite the dates that we're giving this is up in motion. Um things can cause setbacks.
Also once equipment is all up and running in the beginning it does take some time to get it right and um figure out what's working and what's not working as ideally as we expected to. So, we do encourage people to be patient with uh with the school administration
as they go through that process in the beginning part of the school year. Um, you've been the public's been extremely patient so far with this large construction project and we ask for just a little bit more time there. In the close session time of the
meeting, we discussed uh change orders uh for both Epic Construction Company and Eminem. Um currently both of their uh change orders that have been approved are below the threshold and all within the budget that we currently have set.
Um although we're monitoring that closely. And we also discussed um the removal of the soil outside of Matuchen High School. You probably see a large pile uh out there by the construction site. So that was also a topic that we discussed.
Our next meeting is closed to the public on July 21st. The following meeting that is open to the public is August 18th at 7 PM in the Matuchen High School um aironditioned library media center. And also uh the committee, the construction
committee will be at the farmers market on August 16th, Saturday, August 16th. So you could stop by and say hello um and see the update on the plans. We'll have some visual images there and you could uh talk to us or ask questions at that point as well. That's the end of my
report. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Glasber. And I will echo your compliments to our community for their patience, space, and grace, as Mr. Bot would say, uh, as we undergo this really truly like once in a generation
transformation to our schools. It's going to be amazing to behold when it's done. So, thank you all for your patience and time. All right. Next up, we have extracurricular, Miss Scene. uh extracurricular met June 16th. Um it
was a only had a couple items to discuss. We um reviewed a proposal for the Edgar Literary Magazine Club which uh the committee was very supportive of. We reviewed the final report of the spring season. Um, one of the conversations that we had there was that
we're monitoring the um, numbers in different sports where we're seeing some increases, some declines and and you know, paying attention to the ratio of coaches to athletes um, in in each of those sports. Um, that led into a discussion on clubs and activities. Um,
one of the uh, topics for an upcoming meeting will look at um, club participation for the school year that just closed um, as well as a preview for the school year that's about to come. And um one of the conversations that was part of that was that um looking at
reorganization um it's going to be important to discuss uh which clubs and activities we running at Moss now for the first time. We haven't really had that happening before. A lot of the or um clubs have been happening at the Campbell level, but now we have um older
students down at Moss. Might be appropriate to have some clubs and activities there. That'll be important to consider when we're budgeting for the um 26 27th school year. And that does it. Our next meeting is July 14th at 9:00 p.m. Thank you, Miss
Galen. All right, turning to you, Mr. S for finance. Yes, we um we met on the uh same day. Uh first, we reviewed um uh an email from our insurance consultants regarding property and casualty coverage. We're going to have uh an
expert come uh at our next meeting to discuss it. Uh we review the budget and capital reserve analysis for uh the next few years. We talked about um uh a technology audit that took place. We talked about a safety grant that we
received that we'll be applying to our energy management program and mold prevention. And we talked about uh transportation. Uh in particular, um last year we had um you were able to
you were able to uh uh pay for busing in installments in two installments. Um unfortunately, some parents uh did not pay their second installment. Um so the district is short uh $5,000. Uh we decided that if you don't pay that
installment, you will not be able to ride the bus in the 2526 school year. Um, and we talked about uh parents who lived outside of uh busing boundaries of whether uh they would be eligible for
busing or not. All right. Thank you, Mr. Sus. Were there any questions or comments on any of the reports? All right. Seeing none, we'll proceed along. Uh any old business from the board? Any
new business from the board? All right. Uh, at this time, I'd like to move to approve the minutes of the board of education meetings on June 10th, 2025, special business meeting one, special business meeting two, and the
board meeting. Is there a second? Mr. Derlinger. Roll call, please. Miss Alvich, Mr. Bot. Yes, Miss Cheetum. Yes, Mr. Derlinger. Yes,
Mr. Glassber. Yes, Dr. Johnson Marcus. Yes, Miss Clean. Yes, Mr. Lifton. Yes, Dr. Sper. Yes, Mr. Sus. Abstain. Thank you. Motion carries. Yes.
Thank you, Mrs. Ellie. At this time, the meeting is open to the public for any topic. Seeing none, I'll close that section of the meeting. Um, at this time, I always get tripped up here. Sorry, folks.
We're moved to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. Oftent 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 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 the personnel items A1 through 26 with the addition of item A27 in which we accept the resignation of Campbell teachers Sophia Lopes.
Is there a second? Mr. Bot. Roll call, please. Mr. Bot, yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr. Derflinger, yes. Mr. Glassber, yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus, yes. Miss Clean, yes. Mr. Lifton, yes. Dr.
Sper, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. And at this time, Dr. Kaputo, you have a commentary. just a a a excerpt from a letter that uh Miss Miss Lopes wrote to us. Um I'm incredibly grateful for my time and touch and the district has played a significant role in my growth as an educator and I
sincerely sincerely appreciate the many opportunities I was given to learn and develop professionally. Thank you again for everything your support, the opportunities and relationships I built here and touch and will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you Dr. Caputo. And I will say, especially given our district's collaborative model, some of us have been on committees where
we've seen uh Miss Lopes uh join us as a part of that collaborative model, and she will indeed be missed in our district. All right. Uh did the roll call. All right. Next, we're moving on to Mr.
Sus. I'm sorry, there's a lot of items, Mr. Sus. Finance. A lot of items indeed. I'd like to move items B1 through B47 as listed on the agenda. I should start scrolling now, right? Yeah. Is there a second? Dr. Sper, any questions or
comments, folks? All right. Roll call, please. Mrs. Ellavich. Mr. Bot. Yes. Miss Cheetah? Yes. Mr. Derfinger? Yes. Mr. Glassber? Yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus? Yes. Miss Colleen? Yes. Mr. Lipton? Yes. Dr.
Spigner? Yes, Mr. Sus. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Uh, Drs. Begner, policy items. Sure. I'd like to move items C1 through C11 as listed in the agenda, please. Thank you. Is there a second? Mr. Bot.
Any questions or comments on the policy items? All right. Seeing none, roll call, please. Mr. Bot, yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr. Derlinger, yes. Mr. Glber. Yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus, yes. Miss Colleen, yes.
Mr. Lifton, yes. Dr. Sper, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Uh, Mr. Derlinger, curriculum. Thank you. I'd like to make a motion to move items D1 through three as listed on the agenda, please. Thank you. Is there a
second, Miss Gene? Thank you. questions or comments on the curriculum items? Seeing none, roll call, please. Just kidding. Mr. Sus, so I guess uh one of the items
is the ski trip. I guess that's back. We're Yes, we're asking for approval for that February trip um from Miss Gearan and Miss Serak and Miss Youngman. Uh probably another chaperone. We estimate 40 or 50 students on that trip.
Okay. It's I guess it it had uh it was back, it was not back, but I guess yeah, I mean it's through our outdoor education and I think they picked different activities and um uh we've had good success with that club and it's pretty popular. um our our
chap chaperones, the adviserss of the club are pretty experienced and um I'm comfortable with the trip um and and hope that you know if it it's approved that students sign up and enjoy that that weekend in Killington.
All good. Any other questions or comments on the curriculum items for this evening? All right, seeing none. Roll call, please. Mr. Bop, yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr. Derlinger, yes. Mr. Glber, yes. Dr.
Johnson Marcus, yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Mr. Lifton, yes. Dr. Sper, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. All righty. At this time, the meeting is open to the public. But similarly, seeing none, I close this
section of the meeting and turn right to Mrs. Jetum for the announcements. Well, given that school is not in session, I do not have any announcements. Thank you. But when is our next meeting? That's the question. You got me.
Actually, Dr. Caputo, I can help you. It's July 2. July 22nd, I feel like. Yes. July 22nd. All right. I got you. Do we want to remind rising fifth graders and nth grade parents that they need to reregister? Yes. So, they've been contacted a number of times. Thank you
for the reminder. We have six dates in the summer, including a Saturday. Um, all fifth and 9th grade students, whether they've just moved here or they've been here since preK, have to re-register. Um, and we make the process very simple. We have a staff of people that are experienced, they've done a
number of years now. Um, again, six times to meet everyone's schedule, nights, days, weekend. um about 5 to 10 minutes maximum. Bring the right stuff. They'll have you in and out and we'll make sure that um everyone that's supposed to go to school here in Matuchen is is going to school here. And
where do they come? Over here. Uh yeah, I I don't It's at the high school. I don't have that in front of me right now, but we can certainly reshare that information uh tomorrow with the community. Thank you, Mitch. We'll put that in the Wednesday after Tuesday uh community notes. Wonderful. Thank you.
Good reminder, Mr. Sus. Thank you. One more annoying reminder. Just kidding. Uh Mr. Harvey, the uh bus deadline, did that pass? It's Friday, huh? Right. It's Friday. It's Friday. So, get your checks in by Friday. That I did. Good job. All right. Any
other reminders from the community of board members? All right. Fantastic. So, at this point, I'd like to move to adjourn the meeting. Is there a second? Mr. Glassberg. All in favor? Good night, folks.