e for are know you listen I have I have thoughts that I'd be happy to share are you over there know wor how's it Go PR
good it's feeling I think it's all the about the weather that's true at least get it over with get out of here that who's that Manley good evening
chilling you know yes good evening I'd like to call us to order for the board meeting of Tuesday February 11th 2025 and we will commence with the flag salute and as I look to my
right I hereby make this statement to indicate compliance with the open public meetings act known as chapter 231 public laws of New Jersey 1975 which became effective 90 days after enactment January 19th 1976 notice of this meeting was given by
providing the location time and date of this meeting and posting the same on the front door of the Board of Education offices by delivering copies to bur Hall mouin Public Library home new and and by filing a copy with barl clerk as prescribed by this law thank you Mr
Harvey roll call please Mr bot yep miss cheum here Mr derflinger he has advis us he won't be here okay Mr glasberg here Dr Johnson Marcus here Miss Colleen here Mr lifton
here miss sh shista sorry sorry here Dr spner she has advised that she will not be here and Mr sus here thank you Mr harier and no Showcase of success today
right all right wonderful and the meeting is open to the public on any Topic at this time seeing none we move on to presentations I believe we have two today yes that's correct first is going to be Mr harvier
kicking off the first of several uh budget presentations that we'll make over the next three or four meetings leading up to the preliminary budget in a um March and the final budget presentation in April okay so we have eight handouts to discuss tonight first
one is the budget calendar tonight we're going to discuss uh the budget calendar obviously the Baseline data maintenance in custodial accounts and transportation February 25th we're going to discuss curriculum technology and athletic co-curricular accounts the
governor's budget address and the state the state releasee state aid is usually the last week of February that appears to be on on on schedule this year March 11th we'll discuss special education accounts school-based budget accounts
and the board will need to approve the preliminary budget uh March 25th uh Dr Herzog will present the mental health initiative and then April 8th will review any changes to the preliminary budget and April 20 nth will be the vote
handout number one um is I'm going to hold off on handout number two actually um handout number three is the square foot analysis
of uh the the the new construction on this on the sheet and these will be posted on the website tomorrow is the square foot anal is pre preconstruction square foot analysis post construction and the percent increase
and obviously with the percent increase will come an increase in uh utility costs custodial costs and of course um uh teacher course which which was uh discussed during the budget Pro during the referendum
process the next handout number four is a budget analysis of just the custodial Mound uh custodial maintenance and grounds accounts uh on this sheet the total uh
the total cost for all those accounts is 3.8 million of that 1.8 is salaries for the custodians grounds and maintenance staff which is 48% of the budget 25% is for
utilities 11% is contracted Services that's plumber electrician higher safety there's a whole list of about 15 or so contracted services that we have next is the property insurance Property and Casualty
Insurance at 10% next is custodial maintenance supplies at 6% and last is uniforms at 1% now in terms of utilities we're working with multiple different agencies on uh cost energy consumption
measures we had an audit done by psj they gave us a list of implement mentation items we're looking to implement those items so that will be discussed at a future meeting uh handout number five is the line item
budget so that's the detail of all the custodial accounts I I won't go line by line with them but we'll take any questions at the end if anybody has any questions on any specific account then the next handout is handout
number number six which which is the transportation line this includes all salaries for our IND District bus AIDS bus drivers transportation coordinator cost for our IND District
rats both the subscription busing uh the the votex and the special ed routes also included as the A and Lou Transportation that's for non-public schools non-public school children who cannot get who cannot provide a bus for
we have to pay them eight in L and you can see the increas is 2.74% the next handout is just the projected transportation to regular IND District votex transportation we with we have not received a a commitment from
Dapper yet to renew our routes for next year they generally don't give that commitment until March or April but we're predicting they we're we're hoping and projecting that they will renew um and then the next handout is
the Baseline data in this document you'll see a narrative for each school you'll see the certified staff uh certified and non-certified staff you'll see enrollment figures going back to 1991 I
think no I'm sorry 20 yeah 19 1991 um this year's enrollment is 2306 and uh that's it any questions you've stunned folks into silence I I have I okay thank you um
Mike we uh we received the um auditor report this week right and in there they make some um projections going forward on enrollment um going up um from some develops around town and obviously we
have the buildings open I assume we're going to I think we all assume we're going to have some influx of students once we off a full day kindergarten and we order air offer air conditioning and on the schools and and a new gym at the high school and I mean we're making obviously a number of improvements in
our physical plant and and the services we offer to the community do we have good projections I mean this goes obviously till till 2025 we say 2306 but do we do we have in the next
year are we anticipating um increased students or do we not just not know so so we had a demographic study done I guess about four years ago and the board may want to discuss during another demographic study because of all the developments in town but the projection
if I remember correctly from that demographic study is a 2% increase but next actually NE yeah next year was the last year that that study uh yeah covered so maybe that's a discussion at a finance meeting if we want to do another demographic study I
think that might make sense especially because that demographic study was undertaken before the referendum correct and I personally think that that we we have I think we all have a feeling that all these improvements we're making in in in the school
physical plants and as well as the offerings with f day kindergarten are going to increase these numbers and those certainly weren't factored into to the demographic study that was undertaken four years ago so I don't know maybe we need it maybe
we don't want to pay for it right now I don't know but I I just um you know when we're talking about uh enrollment I have to believe believe that the district is going to be more and more attractive for all matachin residents to send their schools here to students here we know that some students the families choose
to send them to other other private and parochial schools we know that uh some some parents because they've oh they want full day kindergarten which we haven't previously been able to offer um maybe because of the air conditioning I don't know that certainly that's
something that some families might have found uh that we couldn't offer throughout the school schools perhaps at the high school the brand new gym uh the athletic opportunities that that entails perhaps I don't I don't know but um I certainly would be interested whether we
need it enough to pay for it I'm not sure but I certainly would be interested in in real projections going forward to try and budget appropriately uh into the future the number of students um and of course we're going to have the uh the pro the large projects in town at
some point over the next couple of years uh coming online the the project that on the old gton site I don't know if you've jriven by it recently we all know that it's large but until you see it it's it's it's massive and it's quite a ways
along I think uhan they haven't I don't think they've sealed it in where they're just doing interior work but it it's it's there and um I assume it's coming I don't know another year perhaps I don't I don't know um anyway I just thought I might mention that okay that's a great idea and we'll try to get a proposal for
the next Finance me sounds good uh Mr Harvey I have a just a quick question I'm wondering if you could help me out with uh on page five line 61 talks about the electric for
matachin high school um and yeah it's a Whopper right so I what what I'm wondering is the square footage of the addition at the high school is equal to the square footage of moss y by the projected difference in the electric expenses for both of those the one is
more than double the other one so so just to back up a second so that we're doing a lot of Investigation on all of the electrical costs that's why we did the study we had our our electric bills
audited like the actual bills and then we did an audit of our building but to answer your specific question right now this is just our best our best projection but we continue to work with our Architects and the engineers we're trying to get a square foot cost for air
conditioning and that's part of the confusion is it impacted by the day and night like more usage perhaps of the building well the specific question so you're so I'm seeing that the high school increase is like more than double
what the MOs School increase is even though the square footage increase from the Construction in both buildings is about the same so I was wondering why such a jump for the high school and not not the same jump for moss in the electric expenses I don't have the backup
calculations but we can get them and send them out appreciate it yeah sure thank you I'm guessing well I don't want to speculate so I I have the calculations and okay okay thanks I mean I could speculate for you I mean you have the gym which is a different Spa kind of
space to uh at A2 versus uh a smaller classroom right but let me look at the calculations and thank you any other questions wonderful Dr Kabuto thank you madam president um
tonight we have a presentation for the quarter 1 HIV and ssds report as everyone knows year annually I do a a longer presentation slides but twice a year we have a smaller presentation which we just need to get on record so
tonight is the um uh the district ssds and HIV period 1 report for September through December and the first section of the ssds that student safety data system is incidents by school um and we
had zero incidents at Moss zero at Campbell nine at Edgar and seven at the high school for a total of 16 in Period one that's September through December in those categories which these may not equal up because sometimes you
can be in more than one category um at morison Campbell we didn't have any instances at Edgar six were related to violence one substance one weapons two HIV confirmed and one incident leading to removal suspension uh at the high school one violence one vandalism one
substance and four others leading to removal hivs by school um zero in Moss and zero at Campbell nine at the middle school and two at the high school for a total of 11 option G which we call um that um
that option where principles even if all the facts of the story they received were true that if that case still wouldn't be an HIV they don't need to investigate it as an HIV we use it sparingly but there's sometimes that people just toss out the word and it's
clearly not an HIV we uh in the period September through December we invoked option G five times across the district three times at Edgar and two times at the high school again uh instances that we investigated as code of conduct that clearly w't HIV uh from the
beginning uh in comparison to uh period two from 23-24 um we used option G six times at the middle school um in that last period and that's it for uh the Hib ssds I can repeat any of that data or answer
any questions that anyone has we do we have a we have a copy of it or no um I can get your copy I did not this just to help me process a little bit sure we can send one out to the yep thank you thank you Mr glasberg any other questions wonderful all right we turn to
reports now um from the president I guess that's me um I just wanted to take a moment to um assure everyone in our community community that our district remains committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for all of our students our New Jersey laws
specifically the law against discrimination as interpreted by our attorney general protects all of our students from discrimination our curriculum adheres to the standards set by the State Department of Education and we will continue to uphold these important
commitments Dr Caputo do you have a superintendent report tonight nothing except to um just reiterate the um importance of that announcement that you just made so uh we take that role very seriously absolutely thank you madam president thank you all right we turn to
committee reports at this time I believe that Mr glassberg you want to start at the end or they haven't met so okay see I'm on top of things yes construction met construction met on February 3rd uh and
we'll start with the more exciting stuff and then I'll kind of work my way down so we are excited to that we will have full day kindergarten in 2526 barring any uh life altering emergencies of some kind um so we are fully planning for
full day kindergarten um you'll see on the finance agenda that there's a motion to hire uh kindergarten teachers as part of that process um this is the status of the project so far so the space needed for full day kindergarten and the HVAC
work that's the air conditioning is expected to be completed on August 22nd at this point so that allows full day kindergarten to start uh the full completion of moss School addition is not expected until November 11th um
which would impact the grade realignment but not the full day kindergarten so the alignment is likely delayed there kindergarten orientation is expected I believe on February 19th from 5:30 to 8: so there'll be more information for that
for the full day kindergarten if that impacts you uh going to the other schools August 22nd at Edgar is also the expected completion date for the office addition and classroom Renovations there as well as the HVAC work so we're on track to
have air conditioning at Edgar uh for the beginning of the next school year along with the completion of the addition at Campbell same story uh we are expected to have the cafeteria and the ground area fully
completed for August 22nd and air conditioning uh as well completed August 22nd which would allow for air conditioning at Campbell for the beginning of the school year and at matachin High School uh the cafeteria
Edition is expected to be done on uh May 1st um the Board of Education offices that are vacating that uh Moss School are going to be potentially using that space um for a period of time until the
high school is done the gym the new gym and the connecting classrooms on that portion of matachin high school are not expected to be done until uh December 9th the field lights are expected for
December 1st and importantly the HVAC work air conditioning at the high school is expected to be done for September 1st so so we do expect to have air conditioning and on the first day of school at the high school uh so to
reiterate Again full day kindergarten is a plan and we're extremely excited this has been many many years uh in the works we are extremely thankful to the public for passing the referendum to support both the hiring of teachers to support
full day kindergarten as well as the infrastructure that allows us to have the space for kindergarten uh so thank you again to the public for that and uh you if you drive around town you'll see a lot of the improvements that are already happening moving on to a couple of other
items uh we discussed summer programs uh that take place in the building alongside some of the construction that's happening so the extended school year and administrative space are needed uh in the summer and um there's discussion about the recreation
department use of space as well and a decision is coming coming soon for that we discussed auctioning equipment and Furniture um from the old spaces that that are not going to be reused in the new spaces after construction and we had
a budget analysis reviewing all of the project expenses uh contingency analysis um and what to do if the contingency funds remain uh and we discussed various potential items um that could be completed if uh if there's funds at the
end of the project and that is the uh end of my report so thank you thank you Mr glasberg I know that it gives you no small Delight to be able to make that first announcement no small Delight a lot of thank you thank you for your work
sheering uh this committee and all of the work to all of the previous board members who've done put in the effort to make sure that this happened and of course to our community for supporting our work and our and our and our Administration thanks all around to everybody
um so our Administration we've talked about this before I think but they're making a lot of sacrifices in order to allow that work to be done at MTH school um the teachers and the administrators um and then that will continue to impact the administrators as
we have not quite finished their space at the high school in time so they're going to be making further sacrifices there so we do appreciate that uh and finally we are meeting February 24th that meeting is open to the public public uh as we're going to continue to
have every two months that's at 700 p.m. in the mouan high school library February 24th thank you wonderful thank you Mr glassberg okay thank you Miss Ken extracurricular yes thank you extracurricular also met um on February
3rd seems long ago now um you'll see on the agenda for tonight in a um coaching approval uh for Edgar softball that was discussed um we also discussed the spectator code of conduct policy um there's a propos a policy that's
proposed um so that will be going to the policy committee uh for their review also um we talked about construction updates especially uh their impact on Spring Sports practices potentially games needed to be changed we don't anticipate
things um affecting any of our uh sports or activities that way uh we had a little bit of a preview into some budget items that we can expect in presentations and we uh had a short discussion about boys basketball cheer questions um that uh we were thankful to
have uh the opportunity to ask questions about um and that's it our next meeting is February 24th wonderful thank you Miss Ken Mr sus Finance yes uh Finance met on the 3D same night as
extracurricular and construction um we talk we had a brief overview of the 2% cap um and just some of the budget history um up until this year we talked about um again with the
um New spaces opening up uh in the future budgets what the additional uh funding might look like for that we we talked about the energy audit which uh Mr Harvey mentioned before we talked about a proposal for
fixing the rest of Campbell field the flooding issues that we uh have hopefully we'll be able to get that done we talked about compostable forks and knives some really uh good ideas came out of that one I know I need to bring
some from work for the board to try but uh some interesting ideas and like having people try some of that out we talked about a technology uh eate purchase which we'll actually see on the agenda tonight um and and then the uh budget calendar
which also was already discussed tonight wonderful thank you Mr sus any questions nope all right Miss sha student fourth member report I just want to say um good evening everyone I hope you're all doing
well uh let's just get into it um I don't know if you guys have heard of or have any kids but the second grade play is happening this Friday at the elementary school I'm very excited about that um at the middle school the seventh and eighth graders had um like a school
dance and that went really fun and apparently there's been a lot going around on like a lot of the students bringing their own personal computers in which I'm like I think that's an interesting um switch maybe people might be making and there's also some candy Gams being stole sold at the middle
school and some Rose gram sold at the high school for Valentine's Day as we know is coming up it's always great to see like these clubs um like fashion Club is what's selling the rose GS like making money for themselves and raising money which is always great to see um at
the high school we're also preparing for the Harvard model Congress trip which is next week so very excited for that and I don't know if you again if you have any kids in the elementary school but the science National Honor Society did visit Campbell and then we did a little
presentation to these third and fourth graders and it was awesome they're a lot more smarter than you think they are for sure that's defin what I learned and safety ambassadors will very soon and shortly be going to Campbell for the first and second graders to give a presentation on safety and just an
overview on that um the first semester grades did come out at the high school so a lot of us are either seeing okay we're on the right track or maybe it's time to step it up a bit you know always a great reminder and I just want to say that students across all ages are very
excited about the delayed opening tomorrow thank you for reporting from the front lines thank you of course and that that concludes my report thank you wonderful thank you Miss cha any questions or comments on any of the reports this evening [Music]
folks all right seeing none is there any old business from the board any new business Mr sus um there are two questions I received from constituents one was given what's going on in
Washington are is the district concerned about some of the federal funds that might be coming our way Title One anything else is there an update on that or uh so we're certainly following the executive orders out of uh Washington um
we have talked about contingencies um that there's no change in the funding that we get we don't get the proportion you know the large proportion of our budget comes from the local taxpayer but that Federal funding in terms of um the title grants are important to us so
we're planning for having that money we're planning um for contingencies such as the state's getting U block grants and then the state deciding what to do with the money um and and we're always uh from year to year we're not guaranteed that money so we have seen
dips and drops on like the 10 15% um amounts so we've we've we' prepared contingencies for those and you know we'll just keep our fingers crossed going forward thank you oh the other question was about closing schools for the Eagles parade but I'm not going to make laugh I'm not
going to make him man that one that's what I was laughing at I will tell the constituent no I mean we are Central Jersey though just but that's back to the old like is there really a central Jers there is really a central Jersey we live in it all right thank you very much
Mr sus um I'd like to move to approve the minutes uh oh just kidding any other questions anyone have any questions oh other than Mr sus yes I think Mr sus was the only one who had questions yes or did he spark one and now su's thinking or Mr bot's thinking maybe we
should have Friday off just kidding all right so um now I move to approve the minutes of the Board of Education meetings of January 28th special business meeting one special business meeting two as well as the
board meeting is there a second Mr glassberg any questions or comments wonderful uh roll call please Mr Harvey Mr bot yes m jet yes Mr Mr
glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Ken yes Mr lifton yes and Mr sus yes motion carries thank you so much Mr harvier the meeting is open to the public who perhaps seeing the snow
decided now was not a good time to come to our meeting all right now we move on to the recommendations of the superintendent of schools often times it may appear to members of our audience that the Board of Education takes action with very little comment and in many cases a
unanimous vote before a matter is placed on the agenda at a public meeting the Administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools if the superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the Board of Education it is then referred to the ppit board committee the members of the board
committee work with the administration and the superintendent to assure 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 so first up we have the Personnel items I'd like to move items A1 through 18 is there a second Mr
bot are there any questions or comments on the Personnel items Mr glassberg yeah I just want to point out again so we're we have kindergarten teachers we do so I'm asking the board to consider my recommendations tonight
uh for more school as part of the um the second question part of the referendum uh money for Staffing the new spaces particularly at Moss um and tonight you see four teachers on there as we're as close to 100% sure that we'll have full
day kindergarten as we can be um asking the board to consider these excellent Educators uh who want to get on board as we begin the expansion of more school yeah appreciate you looking ahead uh being forward thinking like that wonderful thank you so much um I believe
a roll call prior to you yes roll call please Mr harier Mr B yes M cheum yes Mr glassberg yes Dr Johnson Markus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes and Mr sus yes
motion carries thank you so much Dr Kabuto Madam president thank you so the board just in addition to uh exciting bringing on those uh new teachers from Mo school also accepted the retirement of two veteran Educators from our district uh first was is Rob Strauss since 2003
Rob Strauss has been uh part of the very fabric of Campbell's quilt his dedication hard work care concern and passion has made a lasting imp impression and impact on the many students colleagues and families that he's worked with over the years throughout his career he's been collaborative partner and has served on
multiple building and District level committees and has also taken on leadership opportunities in the words of his colleagues Mr St has consistently demonstrated professionalism and kindness making learning an enjoyable experience for all of his students he's forced unity and a commitment to prioritizing the best interest of
students his sense of humor has brought a positive atmosphere to every situation Rob is a true P people person building rapport with everyone around him and his absence will be profoundly felt within the Campbell School Community to say that he will be missed is truly an understatement and secondly the board
accepted the retirement of jeie Hughes Miss Hughes has dedicated 37 years to educating students she's been a special education teacher in m since 2009 where she has taught math as an in-class resource teacher as well as pullout resource teacher Miss Hughes has
made incredible impact on students colleagues in the entire Edgar Middle School Community besides helping students grow academically she explicitly teaches them social responsibility and so and self-awareness Miss Hughes builds leadership skills in her students by working with them to lead lessons and activities in class her
focus on both academics and social emotional growth leads her students to a feeling of strong sense of connection within our school over the years she has been an active member in several committees like the AI committee Wellness committee scheduling committee health and safety committee District technology committee School Improvement
committee and the district math committee her passion for Education commitment to her students and warm presence we deeply missed while we sad to see her go we celebrate her well-earned retirement and wish her endless Joy thank you Dr kaputo congratulations on the retirement for both Mr stles and Miss Hughes that's
very exciting for them and congratulations to the district for getting for amazing teachers on board getting us staffed up for our full day kindergar and starting in September Mr sus Finance I'd like to move items B1
through B8 is listed on the agenda is there a second miss khen any questions or comments you have a question or comments on yours comment
on all right uh roll call please Mr bot yes m him yes Dr glassberg I mean Mr than I appreciate that thank you can you tell my employer that I'd like a salary bump I'll vote Yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes
please Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton I prefer to be called Dr lifon Mr sus Mr sus yes all right thank you so much are you supposed to say something motion carries or something or no motion carries I waser
all right uh next up is policy as Dr spner is absent I'll move item C1 and two for policy do I have a second Mr bot any questions or comment on the policy items wonderful roll call please Mr bot
yes Miss chetam yes Mr glassberg yes Dr Johnson marus yes Miss Ken yes Mr lton yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you so much Mr derflinger is also not present so I shall move curriculum items
D1 through six is there a second Mr lyton are there any questions or comments on the curriculum [Music] items seeing none roll call please Mr Harvey Mr bot yes Miss chetam yes Mr
glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes and Mr sus yes motion carries thank you so much and the meeting is open to the public for the third opportunity tonight but again the snow must be really coming down because there's no one here all right we turn
now that's it yeah that's that's it that is totally why otherwise now we turn to Mrs judum for the announcements thank you madam president um I'm going to start with Campbell Elementary School and Ms they had a wildly successful readathon um
fundraiser that ended last Friday they raised over 21 $1,000 and kids logged over 117,000 minutes um the top four classes earned ice cream parties the top three readers from each class earned a Barnes Noble gift card along with their
teachers so really very successful and a great way to promote reading um at the younger levels with that going over to Edgar um they have an upcoming event for Valentine's Day the Valentine's Day breakfast there's the top golf event and then the seventh and eighth graders
student council are hosting a food drive in regards to the high school um the matachin parent teacher council is excited to announce the parents Night Out fundraiser that's going to happen on May 2nd at Junior Pub featuring The commuters the tickets go on sale March 1st and they are looking for donations
for the live auction remember that was really successful last year as well if you would like to donate please contact them at PT counil maten at gmail.com and you can also find that on their website and that's all I have for the announcements thank you so much Mrs
cheum Just One Last Thing Before we close um since our last board meeting we had um a alert from Dr Caputo that um you know we've we've accepted some retirements tonight but we did have one longtime teacher uh pass away um and so
just a a recognition um from at least myself and I know a lot of people on the board had also expressed their appreciation and sympathies and condolences to the family Miss Diane kzel who had uh devoted an awful lot of her time to this district and influenced many many lives I know a lot of us are
much better writers because of her um but uh just just to acknowledge her contribution to the district and our appreciation for her service thank you Miss cleen really appreciate that I still have some of the essays that she graded thought about bringing them yeah I do yeah um just to to hop on my
daughter Julia was in her very last uh freshman English class when the year she retired and was at her student retirement party I'm sure she had in other other retirement parties and um my daughter is now an English teacher in New York City and um I can say that
beyond the Beyond The Shadow of Doubt that the the the most influential teacher she had in her entire career in her choice of career path was missc Miss consel so um I was certainly was uh was sad to to see the news and I did pass it
to my daughter was also very sad but um certainly uh a teacher and and uh a teaching life I I don't didn't know her personally but I did know her was a teacher and as a teacher she's definitely worth remembering and worth celebrating so thank you thank you thank
you colleagues for your words of tribute to this exceptional educator I appreciate that um it just goes to illustrate the depth of commitment to Excellence we have here in this community um is there anything else from anyone all right wonderful I move to
adjourn the meeting is there a second Mr bot all in favor all right have a good night everyone