Did it go? Did it go? Okay. I go to dad. All right, guys. Let's take a picture. had a nice All black. [Music] You're fine. Hi Shay, how are
you? Excuse me. Jesus. Well, I'm gonna need them. Sorry. Yes. So this point I didn't have the answers. All right, everybody ready? No, not
quite. Good evening. That was louder than I intended. Uh, calls to order the April 29th meeting of the Muchen Board of Education uh will rise for the flag salute.
I 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 that this meeting was given
by providing the location time and date of this meeting and posting the same on the front door of the board of education offices by delivering copies to the burough hall in the Matuch public library the home news and tribune the star ledger 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. Derlinger, he is advised you will not be present today. Thank you. Mr. Glber, here. Dr. Johnson Marcus, I am here. Okay, good to see you. Miss Colleen, here. Thank you. Mr. Lipton, he has also
advised you will not be here this evening. All right, thank you. Miss Thresha sent me an email saying she would not be here this evening. Dr. Sper, here. Mr. uess here. Thank you so much, Dr. Caputo. We have a
showcase of success. Yes. Thank you, Dr. Johnson Marcus. We have two uh showcases in a in a little bit. We'll introduce several of our newest hires publicly and we're really excited that they could make the trip out tonight. Uh but first, we have the Edgar Wind Ensemble under the direction of Robin Keys. It's a
combination of band students from grades seven and eight. Tonight, you'll hear Arabian dances by Roland Barrett. This piece is a celebration of life set around the fire in the desert in which nomads set up camp after a long day's journey to sing and dance. The wind ensemble has been working on this piece in preparation for the spring band
concert May 14th 7:00 right here at Matuchen High School. Miss Keys, thank you. Um parents, guardians, everything else. Um thank you for supporting the arts of Matuchin. It really truly means a lot to me. I started as a fourth grade um student long ago. Um well, not that
long ago. Um and I'm a little as cla by trade. So I try to um bring a celebration of love and life and music. That was kind of my theme for this year since we are five years um past co. So that is a celebration of life. And if you come to the May 14th concert, you will hear um such beautiful music that
the kids have really worked hard on. So this is kind of a um a trailer for that. So enjoy Arabian Dances. Thank you guys for coming and thank you for supporting the arts in Matachin. Thank you guys. You guys ready? [Applause]
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joining us. All right. between that was excellent. It was perfect. I see that these parents are wellversed in how it operates around here. You come, you see your child, you cheer them
on, and you use the breakdown time to make your getaway camera on the podium. Bren ask if I can introduce the to the podium. Do this really quickly. Yes, sir.
Yep. Coming down. Good job. Thank you. I think we're set. Dr. Johnson Marcus. Great. And back to you. Thank you, Dr. Kavuto. Very good. So, the second part of our showcase of success, um, Mrs. Taylor, Coach Taylor off a big
win has, um, brought with her tonight five of our newest hires, and I really thank I'm thankful for that for them for to be able to come tonight with their looks like some family members as well. So, um, what I'm going to do is I'll introduce you. You're all kind of close to the podium, which is fantastic. I'll invite you up to the podium and you can
say as little as two words of thank you or or tell us even better, tell us a little about yourself and um and why you're excited to be here. Uh, board really appreciates and the public a chance to um meet the newest hires and thank you again for coming out tonight. So, we'll start with our our new
Campbell second grade teacher, Willow Brown. A Hi, Willow. Hello, everyone. Um, my name is Willow Brown and I'm very excited to be joining the team at Campbell School as a second grade teacher the upcoming
year. One of the things that brought me to this role was Matuchen's um, strong dedication for whole child growth and the amazing community. Um, it's truly an honor to be joining such a dedicated team of educators and I'm so excited to
get to contribute to the amazing work being done there. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here. Thank you. Thanks, Will. We're happy to have you. Next up is our student assistant counselor leave placement, Christy Marietta.
[Music] [Applause] Good evening, Dr. Caputo and the board. Um, my name's Christy Marietta and I am very excited uh for this opportunity. Um I was a former teacher, a school
counselor, and now filling in for uh Samantha um Polalmo as the student assistant coordinator for the district. I'm looking forward to bringing my knowledge and experiences in the mental health field uh to the staff and students here at the Matuchin public
schools. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. [Music] One of our new MOS full day kindergarten teachers, Danielle Pada. [Music] [Applause]
Good evening. How is everybody tonight? Good. How are you? Good. I'm good. I'm excited to be part of the new moss school and especially that it's going full day kindergarten. I know everyone is very excited about that. I'm a Matuchen resident for over 20 years and I'm happy to be here. So, thank you for
having me. Wonderful. Thank you. [Music] New next year, Campbell for first grade, Emily Vanderhoff. [Music] [Applause] Hello, I'm Emily Vanderhoff. I've been a
teacher for 12 years and I'm excited to continue my career here at a district who values character education just as much as I do. I do want to say that throughout the entire interview and onboarding process, everyone has been exceptionally welcoming, kind, and I
felt comfortable the second I walked in. I appreciate the warm reception and this opportunity. Thank you. Thanks, Emily. Oh, thank you. And finally tonight, our new MOS school counselor, which we're very excited about, P the position and the person,
Danielle Wright. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Thank you very much, Dr. Caputo and the board. It's wonderful to see you all, meet you in person. Uh my name is Danielle Wright and I have been a school counselor in Somerset County for the
last four years. Started working with elementary students in uh 2009, so it's my bread and butter. Um and I'm really excited to be able to join the team at Moss. um and especially to join a community that seems so dedicated to the growth and well-being of students. And
thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Excellent. Welcome. [Applause] [Music] That's it. All right. So, you want to just take a pause? They can stay or whatever they want. But as evidenced by the parents earlier, you may leave if
you wish during this interregnum period because while I promise our budget hearing will be amazing. I understand if you want to get home and uh get a good evening's rest. So, thank you so much for coming out this evening and welcome to the district. Mrs. Taylor, thank you for assembling your team for tonight's
an all-star group. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you. All right. Okay. I think we can at this point we are open to the public on any topic. Seeing no comments, I turn it back to
you, Dr. Caputo and Mr. Harveier. Thank you, Madam President. I'll take the first part and Mr. Harvey and I will kind of double team the presentation and the slides. So, this is our official budget hearing for the uh 2526 school year. Um, and we'll begin with a little
history of the timeline. We always start this year. It's an inclusive process. It's really a year-long process. This is most schools operate this way. Um we try to be totally transparent about that. Beginning in July uh of 24, we are already beginning budget preparations
for the the next school year. In between September and December, principles prepared school-based budgets uh input from all stakeholders, their their teachers, their teams, the supervisors. Um in December, uh Mr. Tarv and I review the submitted budgets, make any changes
that we need to, and then we begin an interesting process that goes right up until tonight where we make the presentations to the board uh first to the finance committee and then to the full board right here in public from our from our budget managers. We talk about uh transportation and buildings and
grounds and athletics and you heard the principles present and special services and curriculum. Um, on February 26th, we received the state aid information from Governor Murphy. March 11th, right here, we held our preliminary budget hearing and the budget remains essentially the
same. There's one change that we'll talk about that occurred in the last 6 weeks. And tonight, we're assembled here asking the board to make final approval at this final budget hearing. We start out the um the presentation with um some highlights. We
want the public and the board to be proud of what their funding goes towards every year. Um, and we'll start with touching high school. So, we recently celebrated our last class or most recent class uh hall of fame class of 2024. We're very proud of the AP uh honor role
civil level that shows um excellent um success and participation in the AP program. um many schoolwide initiatives including the implementation of our lifeline lifeline suicide prevention program. Um many many community outreach, you know, too many to list on
here, but we're awfully proud of the u two of in particular, the soccer for Cause charity event uh and the replenish food drive that we participate every year at the high school in. A number of academic highlights including 10 commended scholars, five semi- finalists, and five national merit
scholarship finalists. um as well as the um uh the excellent AP results, the AP silver award, the AP access award, and in 56 AP exams taken last spring, 84 of those percent of those students received a score of three or higher, which is
considered passing at a college level. uh and in so many athletics and co-curricular highlights that we've included here as well at Edgar School. Um very proud of the 2324 sustainable school um award and we're awarded at
three of our schools and we're moving towards an award at MOS school as well for the first time. They also received the sustainable schools grant. And there's a number of schoolwide initiatives that the budget goes to support uh including the um the spring musical um and the mental health
ambassadors. All very proud of the school outreach program including the bulldog briefs and the replenish drives and the the always fun old dogs um young pups basketball game. Um and as well as other schools at the Edgar School, we participate in the first Lego League and
um and we have students represented in our you heard some of them tonight in our honors orchestra band and jazz ensembles at Campbell School. Some of the highlights for this year continued with their motto of um uh children, families, and teachers, and I've listed that there. additional schoolwide
initiatives. This year, the Bulldog Buddies program is a district uh schoolwide district-wide social emotional program. uh as well as awfully proud of the bimonthly surveys that we're regularly collecting data from staff and and and parents um to to
measure um satisfaction and engagement and the outreach um especially the food drives and the the Campbell uh three and in Mos school uh Miss Asperola is in her first year off uh still proud of the 2023 National School of Character and
Promise Practicing awards in two areas. Um this year the schoolwide initiatives and programming including the reading assessment tools and the foundational schools uh skills as well as the math tools and the additional community outreaches. Uh we thank our PTO, our
programs. Um and we had an awesome Matuchin's America birthday celebration with our dream quilt um gift that we presented to the mayor. Um and we have a um a spring project as well with a the PTO is sponsoring a mural which we're really excited about.
Our special ed focus areas this year were um directed around three areas. Specialized programs and related services, counseling and behavioral supports, and uh particular uh literacy initiative uh with uh targeted services
and PD and coaching and progress monitoring. At the next mo meeting, Dr. Dr. Herszog will do a full presentation on the mental health initiative, but following up on the November 2019 um passage of the referendum by the public, we pledged to do annual updates as part
of the budget process as well as a separate standalone presentation. So, Dr. Herszog will talk about this in much more detail in uh in a few weeks, but we look at areas around students, parents, and staff and how to prevent, educate, and support our community.
The components of the referendum included school psychologists, behavioral support, therapeutic programs, academic interventions, and clerical support. The referendum budget is listed on uh page 11, and it outlines the the
um the money that's dedicated to each of those areas. The biggest part being the therapeutic program and then the school psychologist and the academic support. and our proposed budget uh in curriculum. Um now moving to to that part that includes uh curriculum writing
and revisions, professional development systems management includes our systems like linkit and frontline and a professional development by district experts where experts within our own district uh present uh internally. Moving to technology. Um,
this 2526 proposed budget includes onetoone vice uh devices for rising third and rising 9th graders. And Mr. Thumman and his team have found savings through a multiplatform approach to workstations, changes in classroom management software, and a reduction in
subscriptions that were underutilized. We also pledged and we're really proud to talk about our infrastructure. Um, we know that behind the scenes it's not sexy. You don't see that, but the strength of our infrastructure allows all the good schoolwork and the business operations
to continue seamlessly. Um, and we have 10 gigs across our network. Our switches are linked at 10 10 gigs throughput. Um, and the new construction that we're doing will maintain that standard. Um, our service, our servers are recently upgraded. Our firewall is replaced in
2022. Our internet will be going to 5 gigs. access points are rolling out older ones. New ones will be outfitted, especially in the new areas. We have a fiber backbone that's 10 gigs plus and um 10 gigs between our buildings over our WAN
links. I know some of what I just said, so it's good that uh I have it here. Um our budget also incorporates our our safety and security and and around facilities. Um we continue our m maintenance. We get compliments all the time on our our buildings and our
athletic fields and that doesn't happen by accident. Uh Mr. Harveier, Mr. Shanley and his team do a great job. Continued parking lot maintenance at all our buildings. HVAC upgrades and roof repairs. Um Madam President, there's one big adjustment that the board was made
aware of um as it's part of our presentation. Uh, one change made to our preliminary budget is that $1.5 million was transferred from capital reserve to fund 30 and that's made to supplement the referendum funds for potential unforeseen conditions so we can get this
project over the finish line and we're we're getting to that point. We can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's really exciting. You got a little tour, little field trip we did before the meeting to see um the new cafeteria in its office phase and it'll look even better when it's a new cafeteria for student use come December,
January. Absolutely. It looks great so far. Thank you. I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Harveier to take us home now with the um with the the the numbers parts of the budget. Wonderful. And I just want to elaborate on this slide for a minute. There is no impact to the tax
levy to the tax increase. That's simply a transfer from our reserve account or our savings account into fund 30 which accounts for the capital project. The next couple of slides uh give an overview of the different funds.
First one uh first funds is fund 10 and this is the major major accounting fund that school district use. It accounts for all the operating operations of the daily activities of the district. Next fund is fund 20 and this fund accounts for
grants that are earmarked for a specific purpose. Examples are federal and state grants. The next slide is fund 40. This fund simply accounts for the repayment of the debt. Uh the money that's collected from the taxpayer to pay the
debt goes into this fund and then we pay it out uh as it comes in. The next slide. This is summary appropriations for fund 10. As you can see, the total appropriations are 54.3
million. Of that 54.3 million, about 39 million is salaries and health insurance. Education is obviously a labor intensive field. That's why that number is so high. The next slide just in a pie chart
shows the grouping of uh all the different appropriations. Next slide is the revenue from fund 10. 45.5 million comes from the local tax levy. State aid is 3.3 million. We received an increase this year of
6%. Budgeted fund balance is 2.6 million. That's money we take from our reserves and put it in put it into the the budget for 2526. Transportation revenue is 275,000. That is uh the the um for the
partial courtesy busing the funds we collect from the parents. Next item is miscellaneous revenue of 376,000. Majority of that is for tuition from out of district students. Interest earned on our
investments and facility rentals. Next item is is Medicaid re uh reimbursement. That's $4,000. That went down from 30,000 the year before. Next item is the fund 30 transfer. The
accounting process shows this item as both an revenue a revenue and an appropriation. As we said before, there is no impact on the local tax levy. And then we're transferring we're transferring from capital reser reserve 639,000 and that's going back out to
fund 40 to to help reduce the amount of uh tax increase in fund 40. Next slide just shows this in a pie chart. the breakdown of the revenues. Uh state aid, just the breakdown of the state aid, we received
2.7 million special education aid, 360,000 for transportation aid, and 300,000 for categorical security aid for a total of 3.3 million. That's just the breakdown of our state aid tax impact
for fund total for fund 40. The total ratables is 1 billion97,000. The tax levy is 49 49.7 million. That's for fund 10 and fund 40. The tax rate per 100 is
4.53. School taxes on a house assess that 21143 is $9,567. That's an increase of $259 and the percent increase over 2425 is 2.7%. And this is obviously school
taxes o only doesn't include the municipal portion or the county portion. Next slide is just a tax analysis of fund 10 and fund 40. The percent increase to the taxpayers since 2012
2013. The average over those 14 years is 2.33%. And that's the percent increase to the taxpayer. And we we call out a couple items. In 1920, we had this the mental health referendum. 2223, we had the
separate proposal for the operating costs as a result of the reorganization. And 2425 was the first year we started paying a debt service. That's why there was a big spike in that year. And now we're back to 2.7%. Every year we try to find you know
throughout the year we try to find budget efficiencies where we can I won't read all these but examples are the integrated preschool program all the all the all the special ed programs that we have in district we think we can educate the students better in district. So
wherever possible we educate the the special needs students in district. We have uh uh joint purchasing for natural gas and electricity. We have cooperative purchasing with other districts wherever it's possible. Uh we just completed an energy audit. We plan on imp
implementing some of those energy savings. We're also going to we're also uh uh last night the finance committee finance committee agreed to accept a grant from sustainable New Jersey and the purpose of that grant is to develop
an energy management plan for the district. We're very conscious of the the increase in electric in electricity costs and the heating costs and we we're going to do everything we can to minimize those those costs in the future. And the next handouts we've
already went through those. That's just a detailed line item budget and the tax levy analysis. Any any questions? All right. Thank you. I want to are board members going to
return. And I believe I'm supposed to accept comment from the public. Yes, there's a special section on there that all districts have to do and it's listed on our agenda for you. Yes. All right. So, do I make a Go ahead. I just want to acknowledge all the hard work of the
administration, Mr. Harveier uh in particular and just being mindful of the input from uh from the finance committee and board members. Um trying to keep the rate of increase as low as
possible. Um you know given the fact that we are appreciative of the public support from the referendum and cognizant of the uh impact that that had on on taxes. At the same time, there's a lot of headwinds that that we're going against
here in terms of trying to keep that number under control, but um at 2.7% given uh everything going on in the world uh is a uh quite a reasonable number as best as we could do I think.
So I appreciate all the hard work there. Thank you for that commentary Mr. Glasber. I think it is indeed um illustrative of how good stewards we are of the public funds in seek seeking these savings where we can find them and
being responsible so that we can come in at a 2.7% increase. So thank you for that. Uh colleagues comments questions kudos I think it's universal kudos here.
All right. So, let me make sure I do this officially correctly. So, I move to open the public hearing on the budget. Is there a second? Mr. Sus giving a adequate time for someone to come running in in case they really just had that burning question. All
right. Seeing no public, uh, we going to also move to close a public hearing on the budget for the 2526 year. Is there a second? Mr. bots. All right. Now, Dr. Caputo, yes. Back to you. I'll give um
um Brandon a chance to switch me up and then I will presenting the district slides from the Yeah. From the podium. Okay. Brandon's getting in the steps in today. Mr. All right. Um,
yeah, I sent it to both of them. Yeah. Do you want me to I can send it again? I have my email. I sent it to you and Chris Nedsy. tell some quick jokes. Would y'all like me to play some smooth jazz? Smooth jazz. Yeah, we I could I could pull up
some quick jazz very quickly. Well, I could do without the slides. I mean, I have my my copy, so I'll just I'll just do that. I mean, it'll be posted on the board website, so people can't see it. Um, it's on the website and on school board,
both public. Awesome. So the the goals presentation, Dr. Johnson Marcus, is on the website. So those following along, they can find that right now. Miss Ali, is that true? Yes, that's great. Okay, so it's on the it's on the website now. Pull it out there. We could, but I think
to keep the meeting moving, I'll uh I'll do it from here. All right. All right. So the um the update is our second of three updates. Every year we've kind of fallen into a rhythm where I give a presentation around Thanksgiving and right around spring break, a little later this year. So, but it's still our
April 25 update. Um, this is our 24 2425 district goals. We'll do one final update which will be second meeting in June where we summarized all the work this year and we've already begun to look at the goals for next year as we're still working on this year.
The goals this year are organized around the school empowerment network's quality schools. Uh five items and if you're following along on the website um five areas which I'll talk about in each of the focus areas. So focus area one um says that quality schools employ
rigorous engaging and coherent curriculum offer effective instruction that yields high quality work and use curricular aligned assessments that inform instruction. Our goal this year was specifically around implementing rigorous curriculum, effective pedigogy and assessments that drive instruction
and supports to maximize student learning. We had several key actions around uh revised curriculum guides and interdisciplinary connections, AI plan and policy and facilitating student discourse and maximizing instructional
time um on your student on engagement. So, our mean score, so as everyone remembers, and it's a slide on here as well, but we have a self-designed uh one to five scale. That scale is um is self-grown, but it goes from a one,
which means we really didn't get it accomplished, all the way up to a five is we did it well and it had a major impact on student outcomes. Five is a really hard target and some of these goals um items, we probably can't even reach a five. I'm okay with that. We
have really aggressive goals um and our folks do a great job. So district focus area one the mean score was 3.58 uh with a range all the scores were in the three to four range. Um these are all as of the end of March. The final evaluation will include um September
through June. Um and I I picked a piece of evidence to support that score at Moss. Um Miss Aspola shared the community kindness project. Uh and many of you saw those those were po positive messages on coffee sleeves that were for the downtown businesses and that
incorporated social emotional learning, writing, art and community service. at Campbell the work around artificial intelligence. the K5 um English language arts teams um leads that they've had PD on using different AI tools uh for
curriculum lessons and and re other resources at Edgar revising the benchmarks and the common writing assignments and at the high school the implementation of the lifelines program which by the way is happening at Edgar as well um grades 6 9 and 11 that's
infused into our health curriculum during the third marking period marking period and there was much collabor collaboration and stakeholder input around the lesson design and the implementation program on this highly important program. Um, all right, moving on to the
second area. The second area says quality schools have a clear philosophy and intentional structures for a positive equitable school culture and support culture of learning that includes high expectations. Our goal this year is to create a positive learning environment that supports high expectations. We have a number of key
actions uh including re um taking the recommendations from the parents as partners forum um looking at the and to enhance our systems of communication on student progress mobilizing students by leveraging their co-curricular experiences and emphasizing character
educ mean score of 3.81 81 again a range of uh all the scores were between three and four at Moss the dreams quilt I mentioned it before students are engaged in self-awareness self-reflection and goal setting as they imagine their uh role in a future matuchin in 2050
um Campbell uh the monthly bulldog initiative which I bulldog buddy initiative which I talked about earlier the Edgar um uh example was the active social media presence sharing activities at Edgar that was a result of the parents as partners form telling us they needed more of that at the high school.
And this is also going on at Edgar as well. They have the trusted adult pins where uh adults at Edgar and High School wear those on their lanyards so that students recognize individuals with whom they can talk. Focus area three says quality schools show clear alignment and
intention between resource allocation and the mission, vision, and goals. this year looking at dedicated time, resources, and expertise combined with stakeholder input to analyze many indicators of success. So, we're looking at boosting uh achievement in tested
areas. And we listed some specifics, reviewing accountability data, aligning instructional approaches through collaboration, and in various um community stakeholder input surveys. Our mean score was 3.75. And of all five
areas, district focus area three showed the biggest increase between the Thanksgiving and spring break um updates. Evidence here is the uh MOSS, the poor print monthly community newsletter focuses on the impact of absenteeism with an article that that's
entitled absent attendance matters at Campbell uh looking at SLA and benchmark data. Those reflect pre-COVID levels, which is not the case in all districts. eighth grade um I mean at Edgar the eighth grade math teachers are are um
collaborating with the ninth grade math teachers for articulation something that we we hope happens frequently but we made a spec a particular um oh great we a particular um um effort this year for that articulation to make the smoothest
transition between eth and ninth at the high schools you can see uh AP teacher training um to stay current on AP course content and expectations high expectations for students and teachers. And we hope that pays off uh in a couple weeks as our students embark on their AP
tests uh for this year. District area 4, which now you can see behind me on the screen, quality schools. Thank you, Brandon. Quality schools have effective systems to attract, develop, and evaluate staff and leverage professional collaborations to improve outcomes. Our particular goal is
to enhance teacher support using collaborative structures and encourage distributed leadership to further our district priorities. The key actions talked about our school leadership teams uh administrative training on equitable hiring practices, a statement of commitment about a high performing
inclusive organization, formalizing and communicating our district priorities which Dr. Herszog has done so much uh to uh uh compile those and to update our new teacher orientation and our new teacher academy series to align with those current district priorities. Um I
think we still have an opportunity for growth here in the last couple of the last two and a half months from March 30th to the end of the year, but our mean score was just below three. It was our lowest because we have a range of ones, twos, threes, and fours and we hope to make some gains in those ones and twos over these next couple months.
At Moss, we've imple implemented the information learned from this practice, the equitable hiring PD, in order to hire some of the new teachers that you've seen over the last several meetings. At Campbell, the collaboration around a more defined tiered systems of support model uh as well as building
usage uh building use occurs through the SLT subcommittees. Uh at Edgar, the school leadership team continues to reflect on the character ed program and how programs and how to improve them. And the next uh uh effort at the high school will be academic integrity and intellectual property. Assisting
students on learning how to ensure they're giving credit for information that they find in their various sources. And focus area five, quality schools have effective structures to evaluate decisions and to monitor and accelerate student growth. Our goal is
to support student mental health and wellness by enhancing the tiered systems of support to remove barriers to student achievement. Our actions include the aforementioned uh lifelines trilogy as a comprehensive suicide prevention program, educating staff and students on wellness, impact of social media. I
think we're doing okay, but I think there's still room there. Um including parent representation on our district mental health leadership team. Important step this year. Providing PD for our INRS and 504 teams on various tiered interventions. And in finally, coordinating and communicating steps
towards prevention, intervention, and efforts to modify behavior when responding to HIVs. Our ME score is 3.24. We have a wide range of ones, twos, threes, and fours, mostly threes, and fours, as you can tell from the average. Um, at MOSS, staff training, understanding the impact of trauma and
mental health concerns on children and supporting strategies for them. uh at Campbell morning meeting content that helps students identify strengths for managing emotions and social situations at Edgar through prevention due to no place for hate lessons develop with collaboration with the student support
services team and at the high school the staff book discussion on digital madness how social media is driving our mental health crisis and how to restore sanity so those are our five areas the next slide talks about um how these connect we want to still stay tethered
to ASAD's whole style tenants. And in the June meeting, I'll have more on that with scores within the the tenants of healthy, safe, engaged, supported, challenged, and sustainable. And then finally, our um our rubric that I talked about before um
talks about our scoring system, how we get to those averages that I talked about. One means we didn't do it or there were circumstances preventing us from accomplishing it. Two means we made some progress that was minimal or not yet at the student level. Three means
we've made good progress. It's not completed or it's limited evidence of student impact. Four, in some cases that might be the highest that we can get. Means we did it well and there's some evidence of impact at student level. And five, which which is our ultimate goal, means we did the goal um statement well
and there's significant evidence at the student level. It's really high uh bar. Uh but we're comfortable because the board, you've made it comfortable for us to maybe not always be able to hit a five in certain areas. So that's our um goals update. We'll have another one summarizing the entire year come at the
end of June, but I'm happy to take any questions tonight. Thank you, Dr. Caputo. Questions from the board, Mr. Sus. Dr. Kudo. Um great presentation by the way. Glad you got it up there. Thank you, Brandon, for that. Um kud kudos to the staff getting it up
there. Um question on focus area number three uh in particular D we're uh talking about surveys. So this is one of the surveys is the uh climate survey. Yes. What's the that's gone out to the parent. What's the status of that in terms of like hitting the parents and
the students at the various schools and stuff? Yeah. So the New Jersey climate survey, it's the NJSCI. They're calling it New Jersey Sky now, but it's a school climate improvement survey. We were a pilot district. Mr. Cohen brought that to us a number of years ago. We were one of the few districts in the the state were able to pilot it and we use that
data. So, we've done that survey, I think, twice before. This year, it's it's much more widely available and open and it's been encouraged by the commissioner. So, we're really excited. Um, in fact, I just quickly audited the principles today at our meeting and we've had some of the highest end numbers returning. I'm not sure if all
the surveys are completed yet. Um, but we have some really good initial data. I haven't seen it myself. I have access to it, but I allow the principles and their their teams to review that first. Um, and it will be they'll be sharing out some of that data with their with their advisory boards and probably through their newsletters as well. So, in some
cases, we are we're um um we're surveying students in some cases parents and staff as well at all the schools. So, um just for the parents that might have missed it, is is it possible? I mean, do you know I mean I know each princip we talked about this each principal kind of does it a little bit
differently on how they and actually even the timing I think is the timing was pretty coordinated this year. Dr. Herszog really coordinated with our principles that they all did it within the same window this year. So is it done? The survey is either done or really close to done. So parents um
hopefully you'll find it. So yeah, we made multiple multiple outreaches. If some folks don't want to do it, I understand. But we have really good end numbers that we're happy with. We certainly want to hear from everybody, but thank you for those folks that complete and those students and and staff that complete the survey as well
for us. Great. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Dr. Kudo and Mrs. S for raising that um issue. Perhaps if it's still open, some parents are like, "Oh, let me get now." All right. Any other questions or comments? Mr. Bot.
Uh thank you, Dr. Kaputo. I think great presentation. I always love uh the way you represent the whole child with that grid uh across the focus areas. A question on uh focus area number four. One, does this uh so two-part
question. One, I know you all have uh put a lot of emphasis and effort in this over the past year to get creative. Do these numbers reflect the results of that or is it too early? Uh and part two, what can the board do to support
you in focus area 4? Thank you. Great question. Um, you must have been listening into our principles meeting today because the principles are really really proud of the work, but when they look at the criteria that we've I've given them to score themselves, they don't necessarily see the the the
significant student impact yet. And and one principal said, "Boy, this would be one goal that would be great if we could measure in two or three years." Um, so I'm okay with it where we are, but I know that there's hard work that goes into this. Our counselors, our child study teams, our clinicians, our
teachers, our principles. Um, maybe the most important thing that we do. And I appreciate the offer um that the board brings. I think certainly supporting and putting the referendum forward um in 2019 was huge. Um, continuing to keep it on the the front burner by talking about
it, I think, is really critical. So, I thank you for that. Um, thank you for letting me bring Dr. Herszog, I think at the next meeting, right? Jen, I think she's presenting at the um the May 13th meeting, I think. Um, so thank you for allowing me to bring her and talk about that. Um, you know, we knew really early
on that, um, and I remember saying this pre-COVID, um, when it was asked in that leadup to the the vote that, you know, 50 years ago, if you had asked about nurses in schools, folks would have said, "Go see your doctor if you're sick." Well, we going to have nurses in schools. Now obviously our school nurses
are integral staff members and I said at that time within a decade I'm predicting that mental health conditions I remember saying this in this room mental health conditions are going to be regular parts of school districts. Obviously we didn't know the crisis with COVID and the acceleration that happened with that. um
and not even six years, you know, not even five years later after COVID and mental health commissions are either embedded in every school or our school employees in every school and obviously we we particip participate with and partner with ESS and Rutgers and Wellspring um to bring those services
here as well as our own staff. So yeah, I think you can continue to to ask me questions about it, ask Dr. Herszar questions when she presents a whole presentation on that. Uh and helping us keep it on the front burner is is really really important. It's nothing more important than the mental health of our staff and and especially our students.
Great. Thank you. Thank you for that question, Mr. Bot and for those responses. Dr. Kaputo, Mr. Glassber, I'm sensing a question. No. All right, Miss Khalen, thank you for the presentation. Really appreciate uh all the information.
Um, one of the things that I really loved seeing in here was the grade level articulation uh that was mentioned for ETH transitioning into ninth. I think that's so important for the student experience. And I think kind of a common thread that you've got tied through all
of the focus areas and certainly just a theme in in your own in the district um values is the whole child. So like following that child's experience across grade levels and I'm wondering if there are going to be continued um opportunities for other grade level
articulations that maybe it's not just when they transition schools but between grade levels. So you know um sometimes second to third can be a big jump for kids. Sometimes uh sixth to 7th can be a big jump for for kids. um it's not just
transitioning for out of Campbell into Edgar or out of Edgar and into the high school and um wondering if there's any conversation about continuing that um in an intentional way for next year to continue to look at the student journey and what it's like uh in skills and
content and work expectations from year to year. I see departmental but just you know also across grade levels. Yeah, thank you for mentioning that. I just chose this one as one of the examples as you know when the principles shared how it fits and it certainly was evidence of the score the three or the four that they had in that area because it
definitely has an impact on students. Uh yeah, we're doing a lot of that and maybe I can in a future meeting maybe summarize some of those. We've done some really neat things this year like for example um the fifth grade teachers have joined a Campbell uh staff meeting this year to kind of get that sense of what
that will be like. Um Mrs. Asperolis included first and second grade teachers on committees hiring for MOS staff this year. So there's lots of stuff like that. Maybe I could do a a quick summary of that at a future board meeting. Great ideas. Maybe we could talk about it a
little bit in curriculum too. I don't like something like that. We'll do that first. Yep. Great idea. If that's all right with you, we'll talk to M Mr. Derfinger, but sounds like something will be right up his alley. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Spagner. Yes. just wanted to underscore how uh
informative and enlightening this presentation always is. So kudos uh Vince and everyone else who supported this. And I just wanted to focus on in on focus area number five. And I believe maybe something you said earlier might have might um give this explanation but
it was the example for the MHS with the staff discussion on digital madness and I think so appropriate for that. But would that also be are there resources as well at the Edgar level similar discussions etc. Yes. So um Mr. Prowski
is doing that with um a book club for the staff. Um but social as we talked about earlier I just chose I just chose some evidence but each principal gives me extensive evidence for each area of the those key action areas for each of
their schools. So yes, those things are happening at um Edgar and believe it or not even Campbell School. Um, and I we were saying today at the principal's meeting because we reviewed this presentation at the um, principal meeting today and I think maybe knock on wood, I think I did that at the meeting,
but I feel like I'm hearing some of my colleagues talk about more and more significant social media issues. We still have ours. Um, but I think I think our students are starting to get the message. I know our parents just because
the the questions they ask and the kind of um feedback that we're getting that they're listening um and I think maybe we're containing the Wild West a little bit more than maybe in the past. Now, we still have our issues. We still have work to do. Um, but we're going to keep
our our our finger on this going into next year as well because the principles believe it's working and they want to kind of tamp it down even more because it is the wild west out there and our students are hit with a fire hose of information. Um I I I've said this
before, but um Maurice Elias, who's a a professor at Ruckers, and we've used him here in district, a stat that he quoted is that when we grew up, 90% of the information that we h we we learned or we were exposed to came through a trusted adult, you know, clergy member,
a parent, a teacher, a coach. Now it's the opposite. 90% of the information that our our children now are exposed to comes through sometimes unfiltered, uncensored, unad adult checked sources. Um, and that's scary. Um, and so we want
to control what we control. We want to make our parents as empowered uh as a with tools and confidence that they need. So, we're going to keep our finger on that. So, great question. I'm glad you asked about that. Okay, great. Thanks. And I think that's a learning curve for everyone, all the stakeholders anyway. So, we're moving in the right
direction. Thanks. Thank you, Dr. Spner and Dr. Kaputo. Any other questions on the district goals update? All right. Wonderful. Thank you, Dr. Kaputo. Thank you. We'll be back in late June with uh the final wrap-up for the 2425 year. Wonderful. And in August with
the 25 26 goals. Perfect. And I am sure it will also engender lots of questions and commentary because it is really great to kind of take a look at the way in which we are articulating our values across the district. Uh thank you so
much. Uh now we turn to reports. I have no report this evening and I imagine after that blockbuster presentation I'm tired. So I'm looking either myself either. I'd imagine not. So we'll start down at the right hand side of the
table, my right of the table alphabetically with Mr. Bot. Uh equity did not meet. Uh we will be meeting in May. Thank you so much. Um oh it's supposed to be alphabetically Mr. Derlinger but
he is not here. So I shall do curriculum quickly. Uh just give me a second. uh curriculum committee met on the 22nd of April. Um and we heard from the social
emotional uh character development committee, the SECD committee. Uh Miss Kersner, vice principal at Campbell, provided an overview of the plans for the year. Uh with the focus on supporting staff with monthly themes that include classroom presentation
activities designed to promote social and emotional learning. Uh, another highlight, I think this is the third mention during this meeting of the Bulldog Buddies program at Campbell, where third grade students mentor first graders and fourth grade students mentor second graders. This is an initiative
that fosters leadership and positive peer relationships among our students. Uh, Miss Kushner also talked about activities recognizing International SEAL day and shared resources uh being distributed across the district to support classroom implementation in
terms of our social emotional learning. Uh, she also highlighted various uh district-wide initiatives that align with and support the mission. We also heard directly from Dr. Herszog about the comprehensive science action plan
for grades 6 through 8. Um and with the under the guidance of Miss Limmerch uh the secondary STEM department is uh reviewing science instruction across 6 through 8. Uh they are focused on continuing to empower our students
through highquality instruction and science mathematics and of course 21st century skills. Uh analyzing the effectiveness of the current curriculum um and researching programs in other districts, surveying stakeholders etc. uh to ensure that we can implement new
instructional materials that align with the district's mission, vision, and next generation science standards. Uh we also uh Dr. Dr. Herszog also shared the Matuchin public schools summer institute which includes school transition programs a variety of virtual in-person
college AP and prep AP prep courses as well as limited sections of the Matuchin Star Academy to support multilingual learners in the primary grades and address potential summer learning loss. Uh another topic we covered were uh
portfolio approvals for students who were unable to meet the graduation requirement. Um this is an alternative pathway to demonstrate academic proficiency and readiness for graduation. Uh this was done to ensure that students have multiple opportunities to showcase their learning
and to achieve their diploma. Um Dr. Dr. Herszog is also collaborating to review the mental health services provided to identify current and projected needs for our students with respect to mental health. Um and we are committed of course to continuing to support our students mental health needs and ensure
that they have the adequate level of services um accessible to those who need them. And lastly, the AP computer science a curriculum has been updated by college board and now aligns with the content of honors computer programming in Java. As a result, students enrolled
in the honors course will automatically be placed in AP Computer Science A. Current schedules will be updated accordingly. Parents who do not want their child to take the AP course must contact the school to request a schedule change. The next meeting is scheduled
for May 20th. Um, and that is it for curriculum. And next up, I believe we have Mr. Glberg with an exciting construction update. Are you sure? I I I believe in you. That's right. I believe in you. So, uh
we met last night uh for a public committee meeting. I'll start with sort of the big picture, then dig down into some of the details. So, um school of course is going to be starting on time September at the beginning of September as per the calendar that we passed. So,
there's nothing about construction that's in the way of of that. Um, air conditioning is on track for Septemberish um, at all of the schools, September, October. In the beginning, we ask for your patience as there might be
different particular issues when there's new equipment, you know, getting things just right. Um, but we're on track for getting all of that in and hopefully functioning well. Uh, full day kindergarten, as we've previously discussed, is fully on track to start in
September as well. And as a reminder for those of you who may not have tuned in to all of the meetings, the grade realignment is not for this coming school year, but for the following school year. Here's uh some more detail from that meeting. Um the at the high
school, the gym portion uh is not expected to be completed until late December. Um approximately at that range. We'll update you from meeting to meeting. cafeteria is expected to be done this this week and is ready for the
um board of ed offices to move into there so that their current office space can be turned into the uh space needed for kindergarten. Uh at the high school, the steel is complete, the masonry is well underway, cafeteria final inspections are happening, outside work
is continuing. Um, at Campbell, the completion of the entire project, including the HVAC and playgrounds, by the beginning of the school year. Much of the landscaping is complete. Uh, the paving of the court and installation of the playground should be complete in the
summertime. Uh, and then some new electrical going in over the summer. And uh after that then we're looking at leveling the ball field out towards the back which was not part of the referendum project but it's something that um we know that there were that
there was a need for as well at Edgar. The brick work is complete. Much of the drywall is complete. The nurses suite has been uh removed. A new suite is in progress. Uh switch gear is arriving uh after the summer ends there. But there
will be a temporary electrical hook up at the beginning of the year um which allows there to be the functioning air conditioning. At Moss we're on track for full day kindergarten. Insulation is going in. Brick veneer will follow and then windows. Much of the wiring is
complete. Um the infrastructure is in for the new electrical service. All right. And then there was no there were no additional comments from the public during that portion. During the closed session of the meeting, we reviewed the overall um
budget, the uh remaining funds um that we're managing, possible change orders. Um we discussed uh potential uh conversations with the contractors and with our construction management company
um over different communication issues and uh soil testing as well. And the next meeting is on May 19th. And for those of you who want to attend the next public meeting, the next public construction meeting is on June 16th,
and that's at 700 p.m. in the Matuchen High School uh library. Thank you. Thanks so much, Mr. Glber. Miss Keen, extracurricular. Thank you. Uh extracurricular met last night. We had a great presentation by
Miss Lmerch and doc uh Miss Kado from the sustainability committee. Um they're really leading some excellent work over there. That committee um is the only one in our in our leadership team that includes a student on the committee which is very exciting. We realized last
night along with uh a building principal, some other administrators and then and then teachers. They've got a great crew working together to support the district action of creating more sustainable uh district alto together. Uh we reviewed their three different
goals for the year and the um pieces of or projects that they have undergone to achieve their goals. They're looking to support district actions toward building a more sustainable district, particularly ones that can be applied to sustainable Jersey certification for the benefit of all schools in the district.
Their second goal is to support schools and sustainability efforts, particularly as they seek to complete actions for sustainable Jersey certification. And then their third goal is to continue and to foster and build community partnerships focused on sustainability efforts. And they've just done a tremendous amount of work in all three
of these areas. Um and and a lot to be proud of in um we see it in in coming up with guidelines for how to purchase paper that uh is uh recycled um and find
funding to help help with that to um uh inviting high school um inviting a high school student member to serve on their committee and get other other uh individuals from the district district involved. Um and uh they're looking at
community partnerships. So they're working with the Matuchin Environmental Commission and uh the Shade Tree Commission. They're they're working with a lot of local people in town to um enhance what they're able to do there. I I should mention that in partnership with the Matuchin Environmental
Commission, they will be um present with the Matuchen Green Fair on August 17th this summer. So they really are doing a lot. um to enhance uh sustainability efforts in the school and then within our community which is wonderful. Um after
after that presentation we went back to regular business. Um we talked about um the sport offerings that we have at the high school level and um the and specifically mentioning volleyball as a
sport of interest that had come up. um and decided kind of acknowledge at this point that we don't have funds to support a new team, but that if there were any inquiries or interests, they should be directed to the um athletic director so that he was aware of the um
interest for the sport. Uh we talked about band camp. Um specifically a concern about or inquiry about, you know, rising eighth graders going to band camp and why we include rising eighth graders in um activities with
high school students where we don't see that in other avenues. We don't see it in sports. We don't see it in other extracurriculars. And we kind of uh discussed that for a little while. Um we talked about summer camps um particularly because the township uses a
lot of um school buildings typically to um house summer camp options for students and with the construction this is increasingly difficult. Uh Dr. Caputo shared that his default answer is always yes for anytime uh the the district is
asked for that kind of partnership. Um, specifically Wreck basketball camps were mentioned and it turns out that today I saw a posting that Wreck basketball camp will be going on in uh this summer. So that was fantastic to see that the partnership is um successfully moving
forward there. Um then we discussed uh some jazz band rankings and closed out with um spring records and that was the end of our meeting. Our next meeting will be May 19th at 900 p.m. Wonderful. Thank you, Miss Khen. I
really always enjoy hearing about the partnerships, spreading our knowledge to the community as well with the sustainability efforts. So, it's always lovely to hear that. That's important work. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Uh Dr. Spner, can you tell us what's up
with the policy? Mhm. So, we have not met, but we are scheduled to meet on the 17th of June with the co-chairs of the district and review possibly some uh policies that it's already I guess being reviewed, but we'll be have some time
and review then. So, we'll be meeting on the 17th of June. Wonderful. Thank you so much, Mr. Sus. Finance. Yes, finance met last night. We talked about the uh fiscal year uh 2526 budget which we had
the presentation earlier and uh moved forward on. We talked about some um endofear purchases for the 25 2025 budget. Um as actually Mr. Harvey mentioned as part of his presentation we talked uh about the energy management
grant and um uh that we're looking at uh transportation always a favorite topic. We settled on the price of busing for next year at 610 um and we will not be allowing partial
payments. Uh we also per state policy um there's a new policy where we have to actually have tuition rates. We talked about that policy 5111 that uh the policy committee also talked about that and we talked about um the district has
engaged a grant writer um and how the grant writer works um how they look for grants how we can engage them I think it's going to be great because let you know uh having them sp looking at all the grants that are available
understanding our school district applying for them and there's a lot out there so hopefully it'll pay dividends Wonderful. Thank you so much. Oh, and the next meeting is May 19th. Thank you. All right. Excellent. Are there any questions or comments on any of the
reports? All right. At this time, I will ask if there is any old business for the board. Any new business? Fantastic. At this time, I'd like to move to approve the minutes of
the board of education meetings of April 8th, 2025, special business meeting 1, special business meeting two, as well as the board meeting. Is there a sec? Okay, Mr. Bot seconded.
Um, roll call, please. This is Ellie. Mr. Bot, yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr. Glber, I abstain. Dr. Johnson Marcus. Yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Dr. Sper, abstain.
Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Thank you so much. At this time, the meeting is open to the public, but seeing none, I will expeditiously close the section of the meeting. Uh, recommendation of the superintendent of schools. Oftentimes, 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 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 ed 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 8. Is there Mr. Glberg is seconding. Is there
uh what am I saying? Comments or questions? Is it comments or questions before the meeting? Are there any qu you get a No, you get a second then you seconded and then then you ask for comments. Comments. Sorry. Listen y'all. It's 9:18. Okay. I was doing well. It's late for you. Exactly. Comments or
questions? And I want to acknowledge that there is I going to have something. You're going to have something. All right. Comments or questions on any of the personnel items? Board members Splendifferous. Now we do Mr. Bot. Yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr.
Glber, yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus, yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Dr. Spar, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Fantastic. Madam President, as you alluded to, um, in item six, the board just accepted the retirement of Deborah Fendon. Uh Debbie
has been with the Matuchen School District for 20 years as the business administrator's administrative assistant. Um she grew up right here in Matuchen. She graduated from Matuchen High School. Debbie loves Bruce and the shore and enjoys traveling and wish her a very happy and healthy retirement.
Wonderful. Thank you so much. Congratulations on your retirement and best wishes to you on your next adventure. I mean, did uh cleaning out Mr. Harvey's office, did that push her over the edge? I don't know why he gives you such a hard time, Mr. Harvey.
All right, turning to you actually, Mr. Sus. I'd like for the finance items. I'd like to move items B1 through B4 is listed on the agenda. All right. Is there a second? Miss Jetum. Any questions or comments?
Roll call, please. Mr. Bot, yes. Miss Cheetum, yes. Mr. Glber, yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus, yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Dr. Spner. Yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Madam President, just just for emphasis, the board just accepted in
number three there, the adoption of the school district budget. So, thank you for your your support and efforts throughout this multi-month process. Wonderful. Thank you for pointing that out. That's important for folks to know at home. All right, Dr. Spner, policy. I'd like to move items one through two
on the agenda as listed, please. All right. Is there a second? Mr. Mr. Glber. Any questions or comments? Roll call, please. Miss Elliavich. Mr. Bot. Yes. Miss Cheetum. Yes. Mr.
Glasber. Yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus. Yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Dr. Sper, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Thank you so much. Uh, I will move the curriculum items D1 through five. Could I get a
second, please? Mr. us. Any questions or comments about the curriculum item? Only that I'm pleased to see that we are disposing of science textbooks that date back to 1998. Always a nice thing to see. Thank you, Miss Gene. Is your Is
your name in one of those textbooks? Any other questions or comments? All right. Roll call, please. Miss Ellie. Mr. Bot. Yes. Miss Cheetum. Yes. Mr. Glasper. Yes. Dr. Johnson Marcus. Yes. Miss Colleen, yes. Dr.
Sper, yes. Mr. Sus, yes. Motion carries. Wonderful. The meeting is open to the public, but at this time, I don't see anyone other than us here, so I will close the section. Miss Jetum, it is time for announcements. I promise to be
brief. All right. No pressure. Just a couple quick updates on this Friday. Just a reminder that um the Matuchin parent teacher council spring fundraiser uh rock and raises is still scheduled to occur at JR's pub on Friday May 2nd
again at 700 p.m. Tickets are still on sale um colleagues um parents can refer to the Friday 3 for more information. Um and there's also information about I believe in the bulldog briefs as well. Um, also on Friday, just a note for everybody to
um, pay attention to the roads because it is uh, May 2nd is the Bulldog Bike Brigade. So, you'll have a lot of um, elementary school age children um, riding to school on their bikes. It will be an organized event by staff, community members, and support from the touching police department. So, if
Friday's a little slow around town, that's the reason why. So, please exercise caution out there on the roads. Um, and then finally, um, next week is Campbell Elementary School and Moss, um, staff appreciation month. So, kudos to all of our staff next week and every
week for everything that they do. Um, just want to flag that as well. And then, um, last but not least, our next meeting is May 13th. Wonderful. Thank you, Mrs. Gum. I appreciate that. At this time, I would like to move to adjourn the meeting. Is there a second?
Mr. Bot. All in favor? The motion carries. Have a good night, folks.