Welcome to the Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Montgomery Township Board of Education meeting. We appreciate you being out coming out on a very chilly evening. I'll start with a statement. Open meeting and public participation. Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act, chapter 31 PL197
1975, adequate notice as defined by section 3D of chapter 231 PL 1975 has been made by regular mail or email on the 11th day of January 26 from the board of education offices maintained at 1014 Route 601 Skilman, New Jersey to the following Courier News, Montgomery
News, McGomery Township Clerk, and the Rocky Hill Burough Clerk. The board reserves the right to enter into executive session during all meetings of the board of education. It is the school board's intention to conclude this meeting no later than 900 PM. Roll call, please. Mr. Tiana. >> Dr. Wang >> here.
>> Stefer >> here. Spina, >> present. >> Mr. Warland, >> here. >> Harris, >> here. >> Sargon >> here. >> Mr. T >> here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We have a quorum. At this time, please rise as we salute the flag.
>> 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. >> Thank you. Uh, at this time I don't see our student rep, so we'll move to
superintendent report. Superintendent McL. >> Good evening everyone. The National School Boards Association along with the New Jersey school boards have declared January to be school board recognition month. The Montgomery Township Board of Education members are
public servants who dedicate their time to the oversight of the school district operations and the well-being and academic achievement of all students in the district. Our board members take great pride in having an impact on the education of the children in our community and helping the district
prepare our students to achieve their dreams. Tonight, we want to acknowledge you and thank you for your service to the Montgomery Township School District community. Our award-winning science Olympiad team continues to demonstrate that they belong among the nation's elite. This
past weekend, they earned second place overall finish at the highly competitive MIT Invitational. NHS and hosted their first ever evening curricular dance performance showcasing the creative talents of students in grades 7 through 12, including our unified dance teams.
The evening highlighted powerful student crafted choreography and was a wonderful celebration of creativity, collaboration, and expression. S students started the month with community flex assemblies to remind us of their role in the school community and the expectations of all students
incl ensuring is a safe and fun place for them to learn. During January, many students competed in academic activities and competitions. These included the spelling bee, the American math competition level 8, and the science olympiad. The science oliviad team placed second and will move on to the
state competition in March. At the end of this week, UMS will host second round of care days on Thursday and Friday. Students will participate in assembly led by the Montgomery Township Police, take part in win at social lessons with peer leaders from MHS, and come together
to celebrate our school community in an all school route. January has been filled with moments that highlight talent, creativity, and spirit at LMS. On January 5th, the fifth and our January 5th and sixth grade chorus concert was a wonderful success
and a perfect way to welcome the new year, showcasing students voices and hard work while bringing the community together. Upon return from winter break, the PTO sponsored book fair was also a great success and a wonderful way to re-engage students in reading. The excitement around books and storytelling
was evident throughout the school and helped set a positive academic tone for the rest of the year. The energy continues as rehearsals are now underway for the LMS school play. The halls are buzzing with excitement as LMS transforms into a chocolate wonderland
inspired by Willy Wonka Jr. students across grades five and six are collaborating to bring this imaginative production to life. VES's 31st annual Young Scholars Institute holiday service drive was a success again this year.
Students in each class collected school supplies and gifts for a young scholar. Pure partner advisers and the fourth grade peer partners loaded a van and delivered the gifts to the YSI in Trenton. It was an impactful community service experience. The new year brings the reestablishment and reinforcement of
Blazers beliefs or values and code of conduct. Students reflected, considered areas of success, and set goals for improvement in the new year. Villagers celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day with classroom lessons and activities and reflections on Dr. King's quotes and
how they can impact our lives and choices. Students learn the importance of being serious to others in their lives and within the greater community. On January 21st, VES's first semester chorus held their winter concert and their schoolmates during the day and for
the parents in the evening. They sang an impressive repertoire of seasonal music, making the entire community proud of their performance. And that concludes the superintendent meeting order. >> Any questions for superintendent?
>> Hearing none, we'll now move on to committee representative reports. Starting off with MTA reports, Mr. Rosa, I feel like if I walk up too early, there's like another report that jumps in and I go back down. So, we're up here ready to go. Um, let's start out by
saying thank you to our grounds maintenance custodian and facilities crews. Um, a lot of those people came in and stayed overnight through the storm Sunday to Monday to make sure the schools were ready this week. So, huge shout out to them for all the work they did to make sure schools were ready this week. So, big thank you to all those guys out there and that helped out. Um,
we are starting from music from the heart is announced. We said it last time we have a date. So, May 9th this show will be all shook up. So, we'll be getting excited for everyone to uh start participating all the community, everything to see all the stuff going out. It's going to be a great show. We'll be ready to perform. And we've already had two readalouds and we have
two more in February. So, be on the lookout for those. And that concludes my report. >> Just a quick question. What's the do you have a date for read on there? >> I don't know if we have the dates set yet. It's the same week. I'm not sure what it is, but we'll be putting out uh stage will put out uh who like to read
for volunteers shortly to see wants to come in. So, please have our hope everyone from the board participates. I know we have a lot of familiar faces. The kids always love it. It's a good time. So, >> it's a lot of fun. And just while you're up there, um just the board is happy to announce that we have reached a tenative three-year agreement with the MTA. Uh we
will be um voting on a memorandum of agreement this evening. Um there's still some contract language to be worked out, but we're very hopeful that will be worked out very very soon. Um at this time would like to thank Mike his negotiation team. Um our former team we
have u former board members uh Ana would like to journ again and Michelle Dally. Um great good times negotiating. Um but we're just happy to to to almost get across the finish line. So just want to make sure we made that announcement. Make
make sure we acknowledge that. We also want to acknowledge Superintendent Mloffman for her work. Um assistant superintendent Kelly M. can't speak. Yeah. Um and Andrew, all your work is much much appreciated. Um a lot of hours, a lot of time spending it um getting this
to the finish line. So, I just want to thank you all. >> Thank you. I really appreciate it. We're excited to get it all done. Thank you very much. At this time, we don't have any board member delegate representative reports. uh committees will be uh fully formed uh
either at closer business tomorrow or at the latest by the end of the week. I'll get that information to the board members and to you Andrew. >> Excuse me. I did. >> Yeah. No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> No, you're good. Okay. We'll now move to board committee reports first. >> Can I >> Oh, yeah.
>> Just um as a curiosity, if anybody wants to hear an update, I have a summary of the SC SBA meeting which was last night. want to it. I'm not the >> Yes. Please screen. I'm so sorry. Go ahead. Yes. >> Okay. Um, so the meeting for Somerset County School Board Association took
place virtually on Monday, January 6th. Uh, updates and reminders were provided about some more recent initiatives at the NJSBA, such as the policy manual accessible to all districts, which is initially free and then can be customized for a fee. Coach Carla, who
is the virtual trainer that NJSBA has rolled out to deliver online mandatory trainings, uh noteworthy education appointees to Governor Cheryl's cabinet, and the bill that was signed by outgoing Governor Murphy creating a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in New Jersey schools. A
model policy regarding internet enabled devices is being worked on and should be ready for before the 2627 school year. Bills that did not pass that they updated us on included the school funding reform act, a bill regarding regionalization of school districts and
one about the state health plan which are expected to resurface in the next legislative session. A reminder was given to reiterate the importance of all new board members completing governance one within the first 90 days and for all board members to get their disclosure
forms completed and uploaded in a timely manner. The bulk of the meeting was then dedicated to a panel discussion entitled building fiscal clarity strengthening the board EA partnership with three Somerset County representatives. The three panelists shared a wealth of
information and tips on how to best build effective strong partnerships between the board and the business office. Some of the points reiterated throughout the discussion was the need to build trust through open lines of communication and to avoid surprises at the board table. Suggestions include
many things that our BA routinely does, including providing training and onboarding for new members, offering to meet with board members to help provide knowledge about the budget process, and also working with the board and superintendent to ensure that our budget is always aligned with our district
goals and that we talk about those goals early to avoid any surprises. at the 11th hour. All three panelists provided suggestions on what board members should have some understanding of and some of those items included the ACFR which is the annual comprehensive financial
report and the audit management report which we are hearing presentations on tonight. Um also the board secretary report which is attached monthly is a useful tool to understand and at least the basic components of it such as revenue
expenditures incumbrances and various funds. Um all three of the panelists said the best way to gain a big picture understanding is to develop a trusting relationship with the district's VA because that is the person is the who is in the best position to provide us with the education we need to look for trends
and make strategic decisions. The meeting concluded with a reminder to all to make sure that our districts have gotten their nominees in for the unsung heroes as they're due by February 2nd. And also by February 2nd, board members must RSVP if they intend to attend the
unsung heroes reception which will be taking place on Monday, March 2nd. Uh it's always a nice way to to honor some of our students. Um, you can RSVP via the guest registration form on the NJSBA website and uh the next meeting for the
board of directors only will include delivery of the budget and will take place on January 30th. The final meeting of the year will be on May 4th and all members are encouraged to attend. Board members Nargan, Feffer, and Wang were also in attendance yesterday evening and may wish to add to my summary.
Anything to add or any questions? Hearing and seeing none, ACI report. Board member Harris. >> Thank you. >> ACI met this past week um for a shortened meeting. We reviewed the program of studies for the high school
and the upper middle school. The some of the changes were very it was all very little changes for this coming year. Um for social studies, the new course request was for AP world history modern and for AP psychology
uh pending staff. For science, we have AP research being offered in 2026 and 2027. Elective science courses rotation noted are weather and meteorology running in 2627. Organic chemistry
honors running in 2627. Astronomy is not running in 2627 as well as micro electronics honors and nutrition and food science. Next for the 21st century life and careers career technical education um engineering
design and material fabrication 2A and 2B semester courses are removed and will be replaced with a fullear course engineering design and material fabrication too. Uh, next for visual and performing arts,
changed section headings to different music and dance and theater. Changed course names for guitar to intro to guitar. Made minor edits and description. Um, removed improv troop course, removed the actor's studio course, added dance
techniques and choreography, added theater arts, added the art of speech presentation. Um, and MHS is scheduling for the 26th 27th school year. Now, rising 10th and 11th and 12th graders, their scheduling starts the second week of February.
Communication will go out Wednesday the 28th to parents, guardians about scheduling for the 26 27th school year. All students will have individual scheduled meetings with their school counselors. Rising 9th graders, they will get extra attention. On March 18th,
Mr. Delgado and a few MHS students will meet with current eighth graders about scheduling and transitions from middle school to high school. Parents of rising 9th graders will receive a parent orientation on March 25th. The MHS counselors will individually
meet with the students during the week of February 7th. Next to the upper middle school, their program of studies for 26 27. Visual and performing arts will be a new course, dance. It'll be available to both seventh and eighth graders. for the
I'm sorry. Um oh during the day on March 16th all rising seventh graders which are current sixth graders will receive a tour of the school while in session. The student council leads the tour. There is a student question and answer panel. This is the first time students will be
able to choose electives and a foreign language. In the evening, the rising seventh grade parent night will take place in which specific information about scheduling and general information about life at S will be provided. Communication about that about that evening will go out next
week, the week of the 26th. And the schedule window opens on March 27th for both rising seventh and eighth graders. And that was really all we highlight. Yeah. >> Any questions before we walk over here?
Yes, thanks for the report. I have a question uh for the science and social science part. So uh the question is uh you mentioned there's two possibly uh two learning opportunities for the AP ones and I know last year we uh had
opened a new one for AP seminar. So do uh as I reached out earlier when I see the agenda and I want to know what's the enrollment number for the past year for AP seminar. I'm asking is because this is a newly added AP courses. So understanding the enrollment will help
us better understand interpret the demanding the demand being referenced. >> Thank you. >> Um I can get you those numbers. >> Oh okay. So um there's another question. So uh >> I actually have that answer. So for AP seminar
>> we had two sections this year with approximately 57 students. >> Thank you so much Mary. So uh there's another question. um just be bear me with my rationale so you you'll hear my question at the end. So when we discuss the strong demand at the high school
level, I'd also like to revisit uh last year group letter from the higher education faculty regard regarding the science pathways. Biology I believe is a required uh course for graduation, right? Yeah. So according to NJ do uh DOE the school performance reports it
has constantly had the highest enrollment over 160 students and the largest number of test takers AP classes AP biology more than 150 in recent years. So I believe this reflects clear and sustained student interest. So given
this context, I believeing I believe learning opportunities should be part of our conversation. Providing the options for ninth graders to take biology while still maintaining the current opportunities in IPAL and physics one would align with a student center
approach. I understand that administrators have expressed concerns about the staffing capacity in the past and a small pilot could be reasonable way to assess visibility collecting feedback without overextending resources. So this is a topic that our
community have uh discussed for a little bit while. So I fully understand the district physics first philosophy and the commitment to aligning with next generation science standards. As we learned at the December board meeting, the state is scheduled to revisit and
revise the science standards this year. So for students who have very clear STEM goals, I believe it is important for us to consider how we can continue strengthening their pathways. So this is my my question for um our superintendent
and ACI committee moving forward is what process might the district use to evaluate whether ex expanding assess to biology for ninth graders even a small proportion of them as a pilot is a viable next step. Thank you.
All right. Any other questions for board member Harris? >> Seeing none, we'll now move on to policy and communications committee speed. >> Uh the policy and communications committee met on Thursday, January 22nd, and discussed a new regulation and
policy number 2535 pertaining to library materials. Mrs. McGlaughlin informed the committee that Strauss estate communicated that due to some of the provisions of this new policy impacting other pre-existing policies that minor revisions would need
to be made to those pre-existing policies and that it would be advised that all related regulations and policies be adopted in conjunction with one another. Therefore, we are holding off on any action on 2535 at this time. The revisions to related policies should
be forthcoming from Strauss Esme and we expect to discuss them at our next meeting. The committee did have a robust discussion about the overall scope of this policy which provides procedural guidance that a board must adhere to anytime an individual with a vested interest submits a complaint requesting
removal of library material from any of the school district's libraries. More to come on the following uh our next PCC meeting scheduled for February 12th. Any questions?
>> Any questions for VP Spino? >> Oh, I don't have questions. But there is a off. So, we didn't have off. >> No, >> we only had two committee meetings um from 6 today. So I just I'm asking because last time at the executive session I remember Mary talked about we
need to have something approve something for the all committees. No, it was PCC and it was this policy that we discussed. But the day of the policy meeting, I spoke with stress estate to have some answers question and they said because two other policies and their
regulations were involved in that one that you should do all three policies and all three regulations at the same time and it's fine to do in February. We're just going to have to suspend the two readings and then just approve all of them in one meeting. >> Okay. I thought last time you mentioned
that we should have off before today's meeting but I probably mis hurt something. Thank you. >> I have a a small question. Um yesterday we were at a workshop in uh NJSBA for virtual meeting for fiscal clarity and strengthening gold in VA partnership was
a very good workshop. Um in that workshop they were saying that the incoming new government will get two weeks extension for to-do budget. It's a release date. That's pretty typical, >> right? >> And does that mean that when we get two
weeks extra time to >> not not exactly >> Okay. So, I was just curious about that. That's all >> that hasn't filtered in. >> Your only other questions. >> Hearing none. At this time, the board acknowledges correspondence to the
board. At this time, I entertain a motion to enter into executive session. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Been properly moved and seconded to enter into executive session. Any questions on the motion? >> All those in favor I. >> I.
>> All those opposed? Same right. Extensions. We are now in executive session. All right. At this time, I entertain a motion to reconvene and open session. >> Second. It's been properly moved and seconded to reconvene in open session.
Any questions on the motion? All those in favor say I. I. >> All those opposed same right. >> Extensions. We are now back in open session. This time we entertain a motion to approve the December 20, excuse me,
December 16, 2025 executive session minutes, December 16th, 2025 business minutes. January 6, 2026 executive session minutes. and January 6, 2026 reorganization and business meeting minutes. >> So moved, second been
>> proper moved and second to accept the minutes. Any questions on the motion? >> Roll call, please. Mr. >> Dr. Wang, >> here. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> M >> Herman, >> yes. >> Warland,
>> yes. But I would like to abstain on the business meeting on December 16th. >> Not. I'm sorry. The executive session. >> Executive session for the 16th. >> Noted. Thank you. >> Sus. >> Yes. I should say yes.
>> Mr. Nunees. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. T. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Motion carries. >> Action agenda item. Public comment. The board of education welcomes and encourages input from the public. Members of the public are allotted one opportunity to address the board
regarding the action agenda items only for up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. All comments must be directed to the board. Before you make your comment, please state your full name and address and enter both on the Chromebook provided. Being mindful of privacy rights regarding students, board employees, and board members, and to
avoid any liability on the part of the speaker, the board discourages defamatory and discourteous remarks. The public comment portions of the meeting are not structured as question and answer sessions, but rather are offered as opportunities for the public to share their thoughts with the board. The board may need to refer an issue to the
superintendent if the issue has not been handled through the appropriate chain of command, usually started at the school level. Responses may be provided at the end of this session. Any comments from the public on action agenda items? Hearing and seeing none, public portion
is now closed. This time I entertain a motion to >> before that's okay. Uh before we uh move forward with the action agenda items, there's a walk-on item. It's a personnel item. It's going to be item 4.6. Since it wasn't advertised, I'm going to read
the resolution into the agenda. It reads as follows. where certain disputes arose between the Montgomery Township Board of Education and the McGomery Township Education Association concerning the successor collective negotiations agreement for the 2526
through 2728 school years. Whereas the association filed a charge with the public employers relations commission docket number CO2026-12 and a clarification of unit petition signed docket number CU2026-4N.
Whereas the parties have voluntarily agreed to settle the disputes the terms of which are set forth in full in the settlement agreement which is attached here to and made part of this resolution. Now there be for a resolve that the terms and stipulations and conditions as
established in the settlement agreement are hereby ratified and reaffirmed in all respects. The board president and business administrator are hereby authorized and directed to execute the settlement agreement and any other documents necessary uh said to this
settlement. So that is item 4.6 that's added to our agenda. Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Taliano. At this time, I entertain a motion to adopt action agenda items 1.1 through 4.6. >> So moved. Second. >> Been properly moved to adopt agenda
items 1.1 through 4.6. Any questions, discussions on the motion? >> Can I have a uh I have couple some comments, some questions. So uh just be patient again. Um 2.2 a Montgomery High
School program of studies. So this would be a comment. Um I want to thank the two new board members Francine and Kathleen and our uh administrators for continue to engage with the community's questions about academic pathways. So this topic
has been uh raised by families over the past few years and I also brought it up last uh brought it up earlier last year during the ACI discussion. Many parents continue to ask why our school district does not offer the visual pathway for courses along the program of studies. Uh
especially since all our neighboring school district provides such type of support. So the response we heard was that visual pathways can be confusing. I understand that concern uh however it is likely uh likely equally confusing for families in neighboring school district
as well. So despite of that, those school district still share visual guides because they recognize the value of helping parents and students better understand their options. Their experience example show that even an
imperfect visual can still provide meaningful support. So as the greater Princeton area continues to change demographically, we now serve many families who may not have gone through K12 system in the United States. For those families in particular, a visual
overview can make a meaningful difference. So with today's tools such as AI, it is visible to generate clear accessible visuals that help families better understand the uh Montgomery High School program of studies even as an
initial starting point. So for families considering uh joining our community um joining Montgomery High School or transitioning uh from the upper middle school, AI can be served as a helpful tool to navigate the program study on
your own. And as we heard in the ACI report earlier, our high school is exploring additional learning opportunities across various areas. So making clarity and accessibility even more important. I also want to acknowledge how much our community
appreciates ongoing support from our school counselors. Families con constantly share positive feedback about the guidance they receive over the summer. Help them uh sign up courses particularly when navigating process that are new to them. Thank you again
for your continued dedication and supporting for all the families including those experiencing the K12 system here for the first time. Um I have another comment I want to make a question uh that was the question for the
superintendent and her team. So that's uh is a program of studies for upper middle school. So before I jump into my questions I'll elaborate my rationale. So we should also clearly >> 2.3. >> Yeah. 2.3. Yeah. Agenda item 2.3.
Program of studies from uh upper middle school. So we should also clearly communicate that algebra 2 in grade two, grade eight and geometry in grade seven are no longer available to our upper middle
school students. Families who are seeking advanced learning opportunities need to understand what options are and are not available within our school district. Last year, um, superintendent asked what other school districts offering offer in
terms of similar opportunities. Community members have shared with me that comparable options are available, excuse me, are available at no cost to students in Hopewell, Princeton, West Windsor, Plainsboro, and
Bridgewater, just to name a few. I also asked my undergrad students at Rockus and it appears that this type of learning opportunity is offered at no cost in many other New Jersey school districts. In some places, this
opportunities fall under the gifted and talented programs. In others, they're provided to students who demonstrate readiness at that level. So we also heard from our administrators that our students achieve top level average SAT
scores. We celebrate that our students excel excel academically uh and also our robotic science and math team at just uh Mary reported earn top awards. So we're deeply grateful to our teachers whose
dedication, support, and guidance play a central role in helping our student reach those high levels of achievement. Excuse me. Given this level of demonstrated success, it is difficult to reconcile the idea that some of our students would
not be ready for the same learning opportunities available to their peers in neighboring school district. With that in mind and recognizing that nearby school district provides these opportunities free of charge, how can we ensure that we're addressing equity for
our own students? So this is my question uh for superintendent and her team as it directly relates to our district goan. And I have another uh comments and also questions on the consultant work on
agenda item 2.4 consultant approvals of curriculum and instruction for outcome for 2025 and 2026. Um here as we see there's ones called provide professional development on vocabulary instruction in the in the
elementary grades. So early literacy matters as we have heard years in the November board meeting presentation 42 to 46% of our third graders did not meet the state reading standards over the past three years. Uh in math roughly
30% of students on average last year did not meet the state expectations and in science 40 to 40 uh 43% of students in fifth and eighth grade and about 30% of students in 11th grade did not meet the state standards.
Early literacy and fun foundational skills compound over time and their impact follow students all the way to higher education. Given that vast majority of our Vermont graduates pursue higher education. So I
want to share an observation that aligns with some of you may have already heard. A top public university in California recently reported that the percentage of incoming freshmen requiring remedial mass increased from 1 in 200 in 2020 to
1 in8 today. So this trend is not unique to that institution. It reflects broader national concerns. Community probably also read the news from the nation's report card uh called NAP for fourth
graders and eighth graders. Let's ask is our school district unique from this national trend? The answer is no. As we noted during the November board meeting, our school district has not yet specified measurable goals in these areas. It is encouraging to see some
investment as in 2.4 here focused on early literacy and foundational skills and I hope that this year under our president taught leadership we can make meaningful progress in establishing clear benchmarks. So as a board our
responsibility is to evaluate the growth and impact of this investment. What measurable goals should we set and what will we monitor progress to ensure that this efforts yield meaningful improvements for our students?
So that's also my question to the board and I hope we can discuss this at the board retreat or maybe the ACI committee will talk about that. Yeah. Uh, sorry. Are we going to have a
auditor presentation today? Because I do have questions for the auditor reports. I don't know like maybe I should reserve my questions when >> he should be here about 7:30. >> Oh, okay. >> I don't know how much question and answer he's going to go into with you because the auditor he has his own
prepared >> presentation. Gotcha. >> He might field a few questions. >> Oh, okay. So maybe uh since 3.9 asked the board to approve the report. So I just have uh one question uh and also comments. Francine and I talked about
that question a little bit. Um >> it's not really about the report. >> Oh, it's not about the report. >> It's not really It's on the report, but it's not really about the report. >> Okay. >> It's just a question. >> It's a question about the staffing. And I think it's a Right. You're talking about the staffing question. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> And the difference between the um the non-certificated staff. I think uh Dr. Wang didn't really understand who is in that. Why they're I don't have Do you have the page? Can you show me the page so I can ask the question specifically? Show me the page.
>> Be clear. We do have a motion on the floor. So I want to make sure we're clear about that. >> So maybe you can just ask this question another off the record later because >> I'm going to help you with that. on that question. >> Those reports, if you read the audit report, it references the source where they came from.
>> Yeah. >> And if you need anything further, you could schedule an appointment with me cuz I'm not prepared to like go into a discussion audit report, but it does reference that the source is the school register report and ASSA. So, basically, those are self-reported JC schedules
that I'm just reporting out data that I received from human resources and our data analyst. And if you want to know like who falls into those items, you can send me a message like I said and we can follow up with you. >> The reason why I'm asking is when I uh compare other school district, I found
the numbers lined instead of there's a discrepancy. I just want to make sure the report our school district submitted to won't get flagged because of that discrepancy. the state reads our ASSA and compares year over year over year and if there was something wrong in the trend or something that stands out to
them, they reach out to us. I'll give you an idea. Um, our free and reduced numbers were up significantly this year. So, they reached out to me and they flagged the number because it was a significant increase. So, they look at the trends. So if those numbers that we
reported this year were significantly different than the years in the past, the people that review the ASSA, they would reach out and say, "Why did the staffing numbers fluctuate?" So I can't speak to the other districts, but that that department reviews our data and if
there was an issue, they would reach out to us. >> Okay. If you're confident that the description I am confident, >> that's good to know. Uh then I will make comments on 3.9 the report the exhibit. um the form J16 to7. So uh that's about
because here we report the um enrollment number here as we talked about that. So we have discussed our declining total enrollment over the past 10 years. So several board member and our superintendent have noted factors such as declining the birth rate and the
cost of living in the greater Princeton area. So after a year of ongoing conversations, the district shared last month that on average about 200 students have disenrolled each year over the past three years. So the top reason was families moving to other state followed
by transfers to a private schools. Uh if my rec recollection was correct, I appreciate the summary of the school district provided. At the same time, I believe it might be helpful to reflect on what we can learn from these numbers. If approximately 200 student disenroll
each year that becomes 600 over three years nearly a thousand over five. I understand that we also welcome many transfer in students each year and those students are reflected in our total enrollment. Still from an organizational learning perspective when employee leave
a workplace we often invite them to share feedback with thousands of data points over time. It may be worthwhile to consider a voluntary exit survey for families who disenroll. This could help us identify patterns and opportunities
for improvement. So, especially when we look at the neighboring school district, Princeton continue to grow after pandemic. >> Dr. Wing, which action agenda item does this apply to? >> 3.9. >> And what >> is you you asked the board to approve
the uh report, right? >> So, I'm going to help you. I'm asking the board to accept the annual audit. Allow me to finish, please. The auditor comes in and does his job and reviews our records as per what the state requires him to do. And I'm asking the
board to accept that. It's a standard practice in every school in New Jersey. That doesn't mean the board member is going to understand every word and every detail on that page. It's asking you to accept the work that was done. It doesn't mean you have to agree with it. that's what's going to be done. Um,
we're not here to discuss everything that's in that book and some staffing data and how it pertains to increasing or declining enrollment. That is not what I'm asking anybody on the board to do. I'm just asking that a certified independent CPA came out and reviewed
our records, which they did for 6 weeks. Um, and we got a fabulous report and I'm asking I'm basically by law supposed to report out to the board that we had that that procedure take place and to accept it. And when the auditor comes by law if
there was any recommendations that he saw that uh he recommends to me and the board, he's supposed to read them aloud and some summary financial data. That's what takes place. >> I hope that helps. >> Yeah, it helps. So, I'm just want to make a comment on that. You can make a comment but I'm not going to answer any
of your questions regarding the >> JF. Yeah. So I'm going to continue finish my uh uh what the my comments. So before pandemic the in the greater Princeton area all the school district enrollment went down. So especially when we look at the neighboring school
district Princeton continued to grow. Hopewell Hillsboro remains steadily. It seems valuable for us to understand our trends more deeply. So caring for every student means supporting them while they're with us and also caring about their continued success when they leave.
Therefore, I disagree that there's nothing that we can't do or learn. So in my view, this philosophy should guide us across both K12 and higher education. We all share the same mission across the educational continuum to meet the students where they are and advance
their success. So that's my comment to agenda item 3.9. after I read the report. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions, comments on the action agenda items? >> I have a question on 316 and 17 just to
to understand it. This um the incoming students uh from other school districts the tuition rate here is one uh 39,653 and then the other one is 36,167 based on 91 days and 92 days. So I'm
assuming this is the entire year tuition but then they will be charged prorated for 91 days and 92 days. >> I agree. Two things I'm going to answer as best I can with protecting the students because it's student related data. I'm very limited like a matter and
I'm very limited in what my answer could give. There are two students that we're accepting. They have different circumstances. Their start dates are going to be different dates. And this is the pr-rated tuition based on 91 and 92 days for those respective state ID numbers.
>> So this is the amount we are getting. The total amount we >> for that's the amount we're getting for those respective remaining dates. I can't I can't answer anymore because I have to respect the identity of these students. So that's as much as I can say. >> No no I think no please don't tell me
anything about the students. I don't want to know that. I just want to know that when I see the tuition rates there is a difference of one day but then the difference of tuition amount is more than three 3,000 >> there are different circumstances Mr. are guns and I can't get into it. >> But they are already,
>> right? Different programs cost different amounts. >> Okay. >> I didn't even want to go that far. I don't want to identify the stages. >> You're not. >> Any other questions? >> Any other questions on the >> I'm sorry. >> No,
>> about um I not just a comment. >> Yes, sir. about a we did receive $3,000 from uh state defense um for robotic teams >> the department of defense >> department of defense right so I'm just
curious whether they donation is towards supplied materials or towards travel towards what is it so we can use it for anything >> so essentially there there's criteria that the donation is to be used for and we have to follow what that criteria is and if you'd like we can follow up with
an email to you tomorrow. I don't have that criteria to present that to you tonight. Okay? But like put put it to you this way. If the donation was meant for supply materials, that's what we would use it for. If it was for a set piece of equipment, that's what we would use it for. If the intent of the donation was for travel expenses to help
our students get to a certain competition, that's what we would use it for. So, however the donation was written up, that's what we have to match and like use it for based on what its intentions are for. I don't know what its intentions are for tonight, but I would hope the board would graciously accept the donation and we will use it
as it was intended to. >> Anything else for you? >> Any other questions, discussion on action agenda items hearing? None. Roll call, please. Mr. Taliano. >> Dr. W. >> Yes. M
>> yes, except I abstain on 4.4. Noted. Thank you, Mr. Spina. >> Yes, abstain on 3.16. >> Frank Ar. >> Um, yes. Recuse from 4 to 4.6. >> Noted. Thank you,
>> Mr. Sworland. >> Yes. >> Mr. Harris. >> Yes. But recused from 4.1 to 4.6, please. >> Noted. Thank you, Mr. Nunees. >> Yes. Mr. Nor
>> stating from 3.16 and 3.17. >> Yes. >> Noted. Thank you. >> Mr. Todd. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Motion's carried. >> Thank you, sir. >> All right. Before we get to new business from uh the public, we will now pivot to
our student rep for his report. >> Thank you. >> So, before I begin, I'd like to congratulate you. Before I begin, I'd like to congratulate the new people um on the board grad scholars for winning the election.
So January was Muslim Heritage Month, celebrating the history, culture, and contributions of Muslim Americans in New Jersey and across the nation. The beginning of January to the 5th was school closing and students returned
from winter break along an Aday schedule on the 5th. And throughout all of January, winter sports teams continued regular season competitions with the unified basketball home game on the 7th promoting inclusion and prayer. The
first robotics kickoff event was from the 9th to the 10th where students participated and competed. The MHS PTSA meeting was on the 14th with uh the winter choir concert on that same day and the impact. The think fast assembly
was for all sophomores focusing on teen driver safety. Fortunately, I did not win those Amazon gift cards. Sorry, Dad. You won't be getting a birthday present this year. But u Martin Luther King Jr. Day was on the 19th with school being
closed. And the 22nd was the winter gang performance. The end of semester uh 1 was January 23rd with the with the start of semester 2 today, January 26th. Hopefully I can
get my grades up. Anyway, um the National Honor Society induction ceremony will take place January 29th with new members being inducted in recognition of academic achievement and service. So students have also been appreciating
this recognition of Muslim Heritage Month and um events such as unified basketball, robotics, music and dance performances continue to strengthen the school spirit and student involvement. However, this transition between semesters is been pretty difficult for
many and knowing that this is a sign significant moment for students, continued communication about grading timelines and schedule changes remains. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> New business from the public. The board of education welcomes and encourages
input from the public. Members of the public are allowed one opportunity to bring any new business to the board for up to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. All comments must be directed to the board. Before you make your comment, please state your full name and address and enter both on the Chromebook provided. Being mindful of privacy
rights regarding students, board employees, and board members, and to avoid any potential liability on the part of the speaker, the board discourages defamatory and discourteous remarks. The public portion comments of the excuse me, comment portions of the meeting are not structured as question and answer sessions. The board may need
to refer an issue to the superintendent if the issue has not been handled through the appropriate chain of command, usually starting at the school level. Responses may be provided at the end of this session. Public comment portion is now open. Public comments are now open.
Seeing and hearing none, public comments are now closed. The auditor had three presentations tonight and he's expected to be here any moment. >> He's here. >> Oh, are you How did I How did I miss you? Okay, >> look at that.
>> Okay, at this time uh I'd like to welcome Eric Zimmerman um from Supple Clooney and he's going to provide our annual uh audit presentation. Thank you, Mr. Zimmerman. >> Thank you for that introduction. Uh good evening everyone. Uh once again, my name
is Eric Zimmerman and I'm a subclonian company and I'm here tonight to present the results of your fiscal year 2025 audit. Uh before I get into the audit, just a little background again why we're here in January. Now there's as you may
know the the statutory deadline for the auto reports is always December 5th. Uh there's been many exceptions in the past couple years that to grant extensions to those dates. So this past year, what happened was the federal audit
compliance supplement had had not been released on time. Okay? So how that affects Montgomery Board because you had over $750,000 in federal expenditures, you're required to have a federal sin. And in order for us to release a report
with federal symbol in it, we had to have the federal compliance supplement released to us. the state decided to put an extension uh past the December 5th deadline and I'm pleased to present to the board that your audit is with is
timely. It's within that extension. As far as the audit is concerned, um we as always we're issuing two reports. The first report being the bigger of the two. It's the ACTER. That's your annual
comprehensive financial report. And the contents in this report, basically it's your the opinions on your financial statements. The financial statements themselves and then the notes to the financial statements. As far as your opinions are concerned,
we're issuing an unmodified opinion on your financial statements. That's a clean opinion. It's the best one that you can get. And basically what that means is that your financial statements can be relied upon by the various users who need them.
There your financial statements are also therefore free from material misstatement and in compliance with the rules and regulations of the state of New Jersey. The second of the two reports is a smaller of the two. That's the AMR. That's the auditor's management report.
And this report is required by the department of education. They have various areas that we have to look at as in accordance to the standard audit program that they put out for us to follow every year and we're required to
comment on items within those various areas if we find issues in the areas of compliance or internal controls. These areas would be for example payroll and SSA bank reconciliations,
treasury reports, purchasing etc. That is where this year you do have a recommendation that at the the presentation uh where you accept the order report the recommendation has to be read out loud. So it's recommendation
in 20251 that appropriate action be taken to ensure that net cash resources of the food service account do not exceed 3 months average expenditures. So a little background on this finding
uh it's it's not entirely a fair one in my opinion. The Department of Agriculture has been harping on firms like ours, what we do, and to basically kind of force our hand to put this into the report.
And what it means is basically you have almost a little bit too much cash in in your food service account. Okay? It's supposed to be self- sustaining, but it's not supposed to make a profit or a big profit. And this calculation basically goes to show you you have a
little bit of an excess. Uh this in my opinion this excess we've seen this across all almost all of our board events. Uh it was from after CO and money was being provided to all the districts through supply chain
assistance and emergency school monies. It was all excess co funds. uh they increased the the free federal subsidies, the the rates that were being reimbursed um and all the lunches if you remember after co they were all free. So
not only were we getting reimbured at a higher rate but every lunch was free. So if you look at the past years the amount of money that was coming in postco into this account from federal sources far exceeded what you were getting prior
to co Unfortunately, like I said, the Department of Agriculture is kind of forcing our hand on this and therefore you have to have a corrective action plan being, you know, either spend more funds down so that it lowers the the
resource issue or you lower uh school school lunch prices. Those are your basically your only two options as a corrective action. Um, that that's what I had for you tonight, but as always, you know, I'm glad to answer anybody's questions if anybody has anything
like just just uh this is more for Andrew the the context on this. I think I followed up on this. We we had so just so everybody's has the proper context on this. This is the the excess funds in the the cafeteria account, but that was also attributed to timing in in a payment out that wasn't recognized in
one of those fiscal periods. >> Is that correct? So here's the elaborate off. Yeah. >> Yeah. Now here's it's essentially like this. >> For the past three years, this and correct me if anything I'm saying is wrong, Eric. For the past 3 years, this district has had that balance. I kind of
walked into the balance. So if I was here for 3 years and had that balance year one, had that balance year two, and then had it again, that would be no good. I walked into it. I knew that the balance was higher, so I made a purchase to lower the balance.
What I learned is making the purchase isn't enough to make it fall off the books. Um the item actually has to be delivered, installed, and paid. >> So that's like that's actually like what happened. And this is an ongoing issue and that was resolved. And to be fully
transparent, uh in my December 5th closeout meeting with Mr. Zimmerman, I asked him if there were any other items. and he said there were five other lingering items from the past that needed to be cleaned up because there hasn't been a lot of consistency in my seat and uh Miss Valentine and myself
were in that meeting with Mr. Zimmerman. I've taken action to rectify four of five of those already as well as this one. So, anything that I'm recommended to do, I take seriously and take swift action on. So that's this one as well as the five outstanding ones
that weren't in any of your books but were provided by verbal warning to your other business administrators that aren't here to speak to them. I've inherited and I've kind of taken them on. One of them was getting $65,000 worth of funds from Trenton from security aid from 2022.
That money was sitting down there and uh I reached out and a check is on our way. Mr. Zimmerman pointed that out to me. I took action and uh I have email confirmation the money's on the way. That's just an idea of not only this one but other housekeeping items that we work together to keep everything as
accurate as possible. I hope that just quickly that over sorry that overage and a food service account certainly not unique to Montgomery. Correct. >> Montgomery itself or just all districts? >> All districts. >> No. So there was there was basically as a whole
we as a firm we kind of saw districts in one of two positions either before precoid they were either on the verge of a deficit because the the performance was very low that was a real problem in in certain districts or it was fine and
there was no issue. Any of those districts that fell into that position which Montgomery was one of them where your your net position was always fine. was self- sustaining just like it was supposed to be. Those districts all had a net cash resource problem and that that was part of the reason why we
thought as a firm it was unfair to put it as a formal recommendation require at the time require a corrective action plan the lunch prices were free. So the only corrective action plan that you had was to spend the funds in or at or for food
service related uh capital items. Okay. One of the state's suggestions was to increase salaries for all the the food service employees which we we thought it was you know was laughable. Um you know how do you say that right? That's that's an
operating expense. These are one time you know dump money that was uh put into the account to serve a purpose during co that ended up not really being needed uh in the food service account for the majority of the districts. And so overall, I mean, if you're ever going to
get a recommendation, this is probably the one to have. You know, you have you're doing too well. Uh but it's it's not something that's the district is not charging too much for lunches that it's not being created by that. it's being created by one-time
revenue streams that were coming in that you haven't had enough time to kind of build your expenditures uh appropriately or to in a in a good managerial way. You don't you don't want to just make it all go away right away.
Wean it out, right? Give give the district a little bit of time and leeway to to spend it down. But but unfortunately the uh the Department of Agriculture didn't agree with us. >> That's okay. And the Department of Agriculture also to add, you're very
limited in the items and equipment that you could buy. And that's why I've done some managerial offsets to offset some salary from my staff as well as utilities that run through that program, which are regular recurring expenses that will also kind of help moderate that in our spreadsheet to kind of stay
within that three-month expense average. So, these are just things that I needed time to understand being new to this district and um they should all wash through by our next door. I mean, this there's no reason this would be a >> Yeah, that that's it's a good point though because the you are very limited
as to what capital expenditures can be funded with food service funds, right? They they want that's federal monies. They don't want it in general areas where you're serving a lunch. They wanted for food service specific in
nature, whether it be uh cooking stations or hoods or things like that of that nature, not general improvements to lunch areas. >> I just correct me if I'm wrong. You sort of alluded to it. You can only spend that money within the food service. You
can't transfer it out to other areas of the budget. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I have a question. So um is it uh allowed to have a plan to spend that money um with the you know contracts or you know legal
documents that okay we will be using this money for this purchase and all in the future. Does that let you not put that as a recommendation? >> Uh no it does not. So unfortunately it's a strict calculation just based on your balance sheet
>> and if you're over in the department of agricultur's eyes it's it's required to do a recommendation. This was kind of flip-flopped in years uh succeeding co where we we kind of fought against the state decided to not put it in decided to put it in and they they're they've
been forcing our hand now going forward um to put it in. good news like that this purchase that we've been alluding to is going to most likely can can ever say for 100% is going to alleviate this problem. It's
not going to be a repeat should not be a repeat finding in next year's report. And I have like I mentioned I have new expenses now that this is a budget that I put together that are also offsetting it besides the purchase. So, cuz those are things that I basically are going to
do to offset the local tax levy. If I'm using the food surface money to fund our program, that's less the taxpayers have to pay. Taxpayers, keep in mind, too. The food service program, that's self-sufficient. You don't pay for that. The deposits in the program are paying for that. So, that program is paying for
itself. And the more that we use it for offsetting energy and other things of that nature, that's the less that we use our local tax levy to pay for the program. and more of the money that goes to the kids in the classroom and the programs. So, it's actually a very good thing that our money beat our
contractual guarantee. It's just basically having time to understand the district to be able to fully utilize the funds. And uh that's really all I had to say to that unless there's something you have to >> Yeah. Just you want to do it responsibly. Mhm. >> So, >> and you can't reduce the cost of the
meal because next year we may want to go back to the same price and then the community will not like that. You reduce and you increase reducing. So, that's the >> right >> you're that's that's a very fair assessment. Usually keep it flat or raise it because the profit loss
guarantee when you work with the food service vendor that's based off of charging a certain amount of money. the food service vendor works off a very small margin and like as we all know going to the grocery store going out to eat food's going up not down. So if I lowered the price and their prices went
up that would cause an issue with the guarantee that we're trying to get to put in the program. So yes, you're correct. Basically you can hold them flat. Usually you kind of make modest raises to them. >> Any other questions for Mr. Zimmerman?
>> Yeah, I have three questions for you. So if you need a copy there's extra copy there. Um my first question is about the timeline uh in on 20053 I saw the dated timeline is December 5th 2025.
So um there was I was checking the off committee meeting on that in that month and you said the audit report was not complete because a single audit was not completed. So the report was not completed. So what's specific? Not
completed on December 9th that by that uh December 9th 25th off meeting and where's the copy of the report dated after December 9th that meeting. >> So there's a lot of dates going on so just correct me if I uh misspeak but
yeah this this is like common practice right the the official report was done and dated you said December 5th. I'll take your word for it. um December 5th, right? So that means that we have everything done and signed by December
5th. What it doesn't mean is that we have all these booklets printed and processed at that date. It it's still on the computer. We just have we have all of our checks and balances that we need to issue the report so that we go ahead
once it's under partner review, subsequent partner review passes all that. Okay, we could date the report if we have everything. Then we still have to go through the operational processing of getting the reports and then getting the reports to
the board of ed. So I think your question is, you know, why were we not maybe able to present earlier? This this kind of is an issue that that has come up in the past where if we're not able to get the booklets to the
board members in sufficient amount of time for them to review it ahead of the meeting, they're not happy with us, right? We're we're, you know, we're just getting this information yesterday or today and you're presenting it to us. We haven't had time to look over everything
and come up with questions and things like that. So, we choose to heir on the side of let's be patient. Let's do it right. Get the the board the the booklets to the board members ahead of time so that you have time to review everything before we come out to do the the formal
presentation. >> Oh, thank you. I appreciate it's my first time see this. >> Yeah, no problem. >> Yeah. And um there's a second question second here
is related to uh because here it's a it's a it's J19 I won't put details but I describe uh generally it's about the large facility specific spikes uh so that one like uh
village elementary between the year 2023 and 2024 there's uh a increase there and uh for Orchard Hill Elementary um there uh between two years 2022 and
2023 there's a hike there and 2024 and 2025 there's a hike there. So the question to you is really what the audit procedures were performed to explain uh this increase. >> Okay. Uh each Is it easy enough to
answer that? None. Um so the these schedules are un audited. Uh we will do testing on your expenditures overall in the budget. The specifics of like this is just the maintenance line. So if you look at your comprehensive maintenance
plan there will outlay like these expenditures by school. Okay. We don't look into what was being purchased for each school to explain differences that are you're seeing in that schedule. >> So that number I just want to add one
quick piece of that. So that's a self-reported number in that schedule based off account number 110261. So for those uh years that you were referencing, the prior business administrator went into our accounting package systems 3000 ran that account
number and self-reported that based on the different locations and the expenditures to that account number. Is that correct? >> Yeah. And again, I I if you look at that uh final uh M1, the comprehensive maintenance plan, those expenditures get reported there. Mhm.
>> So, I'm I'm sure with your accounting system, you could look in in in to detail by school code um what those expenditures were, but it's not part of our audit procedures. >> Dr. Lang, if I could just add this is
great question, but I think these are I'd like to see the double click into that, too. Like what what's but it's not so much of a question for an auditor. more so like a working session with the business administrator at some point in the middle of the month >> cuz we're not going to get an answer here. >> But it's a very good question and it could be something as simple as like a
roof replacement, HVAC be like two big items >> in the school. >> Um I think it's something maybe we can follow up on, but right now I don't think >> and I'll be honest those those numbers they were self-reported by somebody that I took over for. I don't have their
notes exactly on what they reported out. This is the only thing I'd be able to do for those fiscal years is go into the accounting package, run a report by those account numbers, and you could take a look at every expenditure by those account numbers and build back into the number in the report how they were split amongst those buildings. I
wasn't here spending the money at that time, and I didn't really inherit any notes, but that's cuz those weren't during my fiscal years. They were for 23 and 24. >> But that's how but that's how it works. Those are basically expenses spread over that are self-reported spread from 11
triple0261. >> You got a question? >> No, I I said it's all a bookkeeping. I'm sure the the accounts will have all the details of all the purchases. >> Yeah. >> If you like double click, you're saying >> double click, you're going to see a big
invoice or like it's it's it'll pop out. But right now is not the time. Let's do a little >> I agree with that. >> So that's why I keep my question at the high level. process instead go into details and the third question is also
at high levels um exhibit C3 page 90 97 so uh here on that number 80 808 number includes two adjustment that when nested together they appear to add on uh
add on budget cost of dollars similar to adjustment are made uh every year for the past 10 years so what the audit proc procedures were performed to confirm this uh some of the irregularities no longer occurred.
>> Can could you just repeat the end of that question one more time? >> Uh yeah. So prior year the audit adjustment related to the discovery of the payments authorized by not paid or uh some duplicate payments. So what auditor pro procedures were performed to confirm these uh irregularities no
longer occur? Um I'm I'm a little confused. What you mean by irregularities? >> What what page does that is that are you referencing? >> You're once7. >> So are you talking about the state aid numbers that are there? The 737.
>> So those are just your the state of New Jersey deferred the state aid payments for the last uh the last two payments of the year. So as you get your final state aid numbers, you don't get that money until July. >> So when we convert when we go from
budgetary basis to gap basis, we we don't recognize that revenue. >> Okay. >> It's just it's a state requirement. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, but those those represent the the final payments and they're being adjusted either in which is the the
prior year state aid that you're now collecting in this fiscal year or being reduced by the city that you're now realizing the final two payments that you collected in this instance in July of 2026
2025 I'm sorry we're not that far yet. Okay, last question is still on that same page. Uh on the very right column there's the number 331. That one the special revenue fund. >> Yes. >> So what does this uh 331,000
of additional not budget expense represent? I'm trying to understand that. >> Yeah. Budgetary purposes. So in the grant fund that's a special revenue fund the on a budgetary accounting basis we recognize incumbrances. So encumbrances
are orders for goods that you have not received but they're being booked in the financial system on a gap basis. We don't recognize them as expenses. So we're backing them off right on on your budgetary schedules. We're real we're we see them as expenditures and then we're
backing them out to get to uh GAP bases. >> Are these like a corral or like what are you >> they're in? They're incumbrances. So they're orders that you haven't received the goods for yet. goods or services and but they're they're orders of that have been
approved by the district. So you're just waiting they're open purchase orders. They've been booked in the system you're just waiting on the goods to come in to then be invoiced and pay the bills. >> So the monies are received you're marked for those intended purposes but because they are not received and paid that's
how they're recorded. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions for Mr. hearing none. Eric, thank you so much. >> Yes. Thank you everyone. Have a good night. >> You too. >> Any other items from the board?
>> Every non I entertain a motion to actually before I do that. Um since Mr. Mreda and wheels of change is here. Um I just want to publicly thank you and your staff for the amazing job to get the buses up and running and transporting our students over these last couple days.
And hearing that, um, I'll enter hand motion to adjurnn. So move second. >> Been properly moved and second. All those in favor say I. >> I. Those oppos say right. We now journ. Everyone get home safe. Thank you for coming out.