##VIDEO ID:1ij0oDXKguE## here Mr gy Mrs F Mr brow Mr Palama here Mr Peto here Mr raport here M Zuckerman here Dr V here Mr brookhiser here Mr here I to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have a notice of and to attend meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the revision of the act the mon Township Board of Education provided a public notice of this meeting which included the time date and location that was posted at the monville Township Municipal Building all mville public schools the mville public library the monville Township Board of Education administrative office building the district website and to the Daily Record and the back into the board's official newspapers on October 9th 2024 high school or yep I'm going to start off uh good evening everyone um so I'm going to start off with uh the past of the Mel Township High School and I'm going to start off with the sports so the varsity volleyball team were the champions of the Morris County tournament uh the girls girls varsity soccer competed but lost in the semi-finals of the Morris County tournament boys varsity soccer um also competed in the quarterfinals of the Morris County tournament but lost the mths marching band placed third at the Vernon High School us band competition boys varsity cross country team placed fifth overall at the Morris County Championship meeting additionally Alex Poff won the Morris County championship in a of 1540 solidifying his spot as the top runner in the county they also placed third overall in the state sections lastly the varsity football team made it to the second round of playoffs before losing aside from Sports on October 21st mths held a college fair for both Juniors and seniors to attend also on October 21st it was the start of school violence awareness week and both officer mineri and officer vot our school officers were available both Monday and Wednesday for students to ask questions about the school and address any concerns that they may have on octo on October 24th through 28th since since election day was coming close the social studies department and the history Club collaborated to create an I vote because init Initiative for all students and staff to partake in everyone was invited to share why voting mattered to them in a short little clip October 29th was the start of R Red Ribbon Week a national campaign designed to encourage children families and communities to live healthy happy and drug-free lives miss mcor and miss Laro were at the table during lunch in the retunda uh for the week to answer any questions that the students may have about the services presented at our school along with that uh November 11th freshman through Juniors all had their picture retakes during their fette or health classes on Tuesday November 12th students participated in the AMC 10B and AMC 12b test for the math Club 51 students participated this year year which is an increase of 59.3% from last year on Wednesday November 13th National Honor Society had their fall induction Center ceremony in the high school media center unfortunately I do not have the amount of kids that were inducted aside from that senior class officers uh sold tickets for the senior banquet last week and uh that closed last Friday now to the president thank you Ben so this week Key Club is host hting their annual food drive for students and staff to partake in and so bins are placed in all the home rooms with the list of foods that are allowed to be donated the mville theater company had an interest meeting for their spring musical big fish today Tuesday November 19th the school newspaper the podium came out with its November Edition last Friday and the newspaper basically talks about all mths sports current articles and news happening around the world mths share the keys was also last night at 700 p.m. in the auditorium and share the keys is a presentation ran by um the njm insurance company and it's just designed to educate teens and their parents or Guardians about New Jersey graduated driver laws and it emphasizes the importance of Parental involvement as teens learn to drive it is mandatory for all students and a parent or Guardian to attend one share the keys course during their High School career in order to be eligible for on campus parking during this during their senior year boys and girl basketball Tri outs will start next Monday for the Freshman JB and varsity levels wrestling and winter track will also start their official practices next Monday tomorrow FBLA will be hosting their annual badminton tournament It costs $5 per person and teams can have two or three people to play all the money raised will go to the Alzheimer's Association this Thursday November 21st School counseling will be hosting a career exploration event for n9th and 10th grade students the senior banquet will be held on on Friday December 6th at 6: p.m. at IL Tu AO Tuesday December 10th will be the mths Winter concert for the music department it will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. that's it thank you [Applause] presentations tonight abolutely absolutely so Mr snar you want to just come to the so while she's coming up here I just want to just read you in 1982 the United States Department of Education uh has sought out to and celebrated Great American schools national Blue Ribbon Schools award aform affirms the hard work of the students Educators families and communities in creating a safe and welcoming school where students Master challenging contract this Saros and I went down to Washington DC uh there was about a thousand people in the awards room and we're about we're one of 10 in New Jersey to be recognized of this prestigious award [Applause] so I know a lot of hard work went into this you had a committee and you came into our office you worked for hours on that and submitted all the paperwork so I want to Ste your show so congratulations now good evening everyone we are going to have a um our some of our students tell you why they think hildale is so special but before they do I just want to congratulate and thank everyone in this room who had a part in making or who has a part in making H so special so if you're a teacher a parent a student if you could stand and be recognized because you really are truly what makes hildale so special so you should be [Applause] recognized and now evening mville grateful to be here thank you for having us we're now now going to read a poem on what makes hildale such a special place to go to school H is for Harding and harmonious our staff students and parents work hard every day to make sure that everyone is striving to do their very best our staff loves the students and the students love the staff we are very welcoming and over here I is for teachers engage engage students using new strategies techniques and Technology students use the imagination to think outside the box and create unique work and [Music] projects for H Blue Ribbon award is well deserved we've also been voted the fourth best public elementary school in New Jersey and recently US News had us ran 27 out of over 105,000 public schools in the United States is for [Applause] Awards we are becoming a legend in our own time he is foric and deter our school is constantly changing our instruction and programs to meet the needs of always even though we're at the top of our game you're not going to rest on our worlds worlds we're going to continue to strive to be the best that we can be a is for appr our St students organize a wide variety of prams Anders that collect for people and colle Mone for we are truly grateful for everyone's support pra acknowledging our achievements for hildale what's not to life enthusiastic and empow our staff and students are always excited to come in to school and we meet each and every day with a smile on our faces our awards and achievements help to validate the good work that we are doing within our walls we're going to continue to use the strategies that work and revisit the lessons that need to be modified or updated together we will set new goals and reach New Heights [Music] [Applause] [Applause] that that's truly what it's all about and again I want to thank the staff The Faculty Administration parents Community as well as all the students of this wonderful so much goes into this so many factors and it's just so wonderful to see so congratulations to all of you that work so hard to achieve this schol thank [Applause] you okay got two blue schools let's keep going okay uh oh uh parents anyone that was here for that presentation if you want to leave can you don't have to stick around you have more things but we just give a [Applause] moment thank you for being here really apprciate you can edit that cut my big face [Applause] it was okay parents you know what that means I tell you that's a tough act to follow absolutely is but we're continuing with the awards theme here tonight and uh just a comment that's hildale school um my daughter-in-law Tracy Hansel is taught there I think about 30 years kindergarten so very proud [Applause] connection and taking back when I coached the inal league six and sth grade or whatever they were um fifth and sixth grade I fifth grade uh basketball hildale was always a tough game I'll tell you that now I know why thank you my name is Ken Hansel I am commander of BFW Veterans of Foreign Wars post 5481 in mville and uh we tonight we will will be presenting BFW does a recognition to our teachers and also students so I'll start out with the teachers each year the Veterans of Foreign Wars select elementary middle and high school teachers to participate in the smart mayor VFW national citizenship education teacher program this award is named after former BFW National Commander John SM and retired Quarter Master General Larry Mar Prime candidates for this award are teachers who promote America's history civic responsibility flag etiquette and patriotism their commitment to teach the value of citizenship and patriotism to their students will greatly benefit our communities as these students grow into adults awards at the national and state level include professional development Awards $1,000 and $1,000 to the school and also a continuing educational expense trip to the uh to the National Medal of Honor character development of the freedoms Foundation post 5481 is proud to present this year's winners of our teachers of the year we we present one at each level elementary middle and high school for the elementary school level we at from Cedar Hill Elementary School we have Morin [Applause] Moran Morin still and her students and throughout the school a sense of national pride and civic responsibility combined with her unwavering commitment to car character education she is a vital part of the school's character education program and a key driver in the school's Veterans Day event maren has the exceptional ability to connect the values of citizenship and patriotism to her everyday teaching with that I present a certificate and a I'll read the award citizenship education teacher Award presented to Mor Moran Cedar Hill School in acknowledgement of her outstanding dedication to teaching americanism and patriotism to her students fostering civic responsibility and encouraging patriotic Endeavors within her school and Comm and Community presented 19th day of November by VFW monville Memorial VFW Post 5481 [Applause] next we have the middle school which is our Robert R Robert R Lazar middle school with that we'll have a presentation to Nicole rudge [Applause] Nicole instills in her students and throughout this throughout the school a sense of national pride and civic responsibility combined with her unwavering commitment to character education she is a vital part of the school's character oh take that back but it applies to all of them believe me it really does Mar Nicole has I'll get it right Nicole has t for 20 years her tenure has been tied to a connection to the members of the BFW her many programs included involvement with veteran tributes lunches and events the one that stands out is her work with our post each year during Memorial Day week Nicole assists in getting her students and fellow teachers to place flags on the graves of our military dead takes half a day almost day to do that our work with the students at Lazar instills a strong message of patriotism during one of our post Veterans Day ceremonies Nicole had students attend and contribute to the program what she had was each grade sixth seventh and eth wear shirts respectively red white and blue for each class it was a great day that day thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now for the high school sometimes only a few words in an email can tell you something about a person's character yesterday when I was gathering some papers today for today I displaced some of Scott's award information so I emailed him and asked him about his nomination letter he respectfully be said and that's always he's given by somebody else he respectfully said quote I hesitate to self-promote as you see Scott is not want to hide his candle under a bushel basket well I found what I lost and I'm here not only to promote Scott to present him with a well-deserved award so Scott Roto [Applause] Scott has Tau has taught for 30 years and has always made sure that the students throughout the school remember all patriotic days Memorial Day 9911 Veterans Day Pearl Harbor Day each year Scott gets his students to Independence whole into the Liberty Bell what can be a stronger message of americanism than that his experience is invaluable in helping students understand the significance of the Constitution and the importance of Civic engagement his passion for American history has not only helped educate his students but also instilled in them a proud respect for the values and history that defines our nation [Applause] we have aotn another round for that [Applause] stage photo is always good no Paparazzi at my age next we will have student awards two levels we have the Middle School AAR and also we have the high school first one is called Patriots pen Patriots pan is an essay contest that is sponsored by the VFW it is open to any student sixth seventh or eighth grades counting the national and state levels of competition the program programs awards at the national level and all levels below amounts to $1.2 million the national winner will receive $5,000 scholarship and the New Jersey state winner gets 500 Our post- Winning entry goes on to the district or County competition and then hopefully further on post 5481 officers and sa committee members have been working with Mr Richard centi and some of his colleagues at Robert R Lazar Middle School on this year's program each year A New Patriotic theme is chosen by the BFW National commander and the students are required to express their opinion by submitting a typewritten 3 to 400w essay this year's theme is my voice in America's democracy Andries are judged by knowledge of the theme theme development and Clarity of their ideas Joe Cole our post sa committee chairman will now make the presentations anoun this year's post second place winner is tala Abul Ramy we have a certificate and a $75 [Applause] [Applause] check this is the important part certificate is [Music] [Applause] very our first place winner is Sai Anor k [Applause] we're going to have him read his winning essay okay he gets an under check I I may enter next year have I have a copy in my we have about 40 or 50 entrance that we have to judge so the competition is is very uh stiff and uh we're very happy to have s my voice in American democracy democracy is a system of of government by the whole population for all eligible members through elected representatives the group of voices within Society representing different experiences beliefs and values is essential is essential for the country that is known around the world the significance of my voice in American democracy lies in its potential to change create Civic engagement and contribute to div diverse Nation engage engaging in Public Relation elections and Civics Civic events play a part in our country these actions will allow citizens to express their opinions and vote on important issues incurring active involvement in Democratic process people can participate in Democratic events by voting in elections at local state and N National levels we can also participate by volunteering for the me that help organize events writing letters and articles partitioning talking to each other and participating in protest or just running for office people have made a difference by doing this people like Martin Luther K has make Made A Difference by protesting the voice of individuals in American democracy would a significant power and can profoundly influence society when citizens Express their opinions ADV for their beliefs and participate in their Democratic process they contribute to shapen policies and drive change this Collective engagement ensures that diverse perspectives are heard and represented ultimately strengthening the foundations of democracy itself the March on Washington pressured pressured John of keny to push forward Civil Right policies help it helped get the Civil Right Act of 1964 one single person can make a r effect that can change course of America's entire government people like Susan bony stood in the lines for hours trying to get signatures for petitions everything would have turned out differently if she hadn't worked hard from the beginning in conclusion every individual voice plays a vital role in our in shaving our beatful society while actively participating in Democratic events we uphold key key ideals and Foster a sense of empowerment within ourselves the greatness of our div diverse voices ensure that ensures that every opinion is valued and essential creating a foundation for a vibrant and healthy democracy [Applause] that's an eighth grader talking there that's the future of our [Applause] country the last part of my uh my presentations here is um is this High School level this is called voice of democracy the vfw's voice of democracy is an audio essay contest it is open to any student any student in high school the VFW overall Awards 2.1 million in college scholarships and incentives the national first place winner received a $35,000 scholarship number the winner here today goes on to the county state and then National each level of different competition the state winner receives $5,000 scholarship past voice of democracy winners were Journal journalist Charles Carell Miss America Anita Bryant and US Attorney General John asro who served under George W bush as the winners at different levels are determined the judges only hear the audio recordings entries are judged on originality content and delivery BFW officers and committee members including Sherman Joe Cole have been working with mfo high school's principal Doug Stanford and social studies teacher Mr Justin sfari and Mr tubs montle Township Public Schools supervisor of humanities K through 12 grade 12 grades this year's theme is is America today our forefathers Vision Joe will now make the presentations our third place winner is Montel Township senior anotto logas [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] P [Applause] $100 our second place winner is Rebecca korchman um she at attends Acton School in marown but lives in monville the these BFW awards are are BFW Footprints so it includes a little extended area beond Beyond Montville and in Montville where they go to different schools so they can go to the broal Catholic schools or private schools and they're still eligible to win so we'll be presenting that on Thursday at her school our first place winner will advance to the county and hopefully the state and National competitions our post winner this year is Lily [Applause] Smith get a certificant and $200 don't spend it on one place but we will now read her winning essay like I say we just uh all the all the judging is done by what uh just the audio portion so that don't be what goes forward but here you'll see the real person so you election treat is America today our forefather's vision on September 17th 1787 our founding fathers established the foundation of American democracy by signing the Constitution officially establishing the government of the United States at the time of its creation the vision for the future was both ambitious and somewhat big however as the nation has evolved it has made significant progress fulfilling the aspirations set forth by those Visionary leaders the goals of the founding fathers were to create a government designed to ensure peace the formation of a forceful military and a free Nation where every individual enjoys fundamental rights one of the most significant objectives of the founding fathers was to unite the Nation Under a single strong government as James Madison famy said if men were Angels no government would be necessary if Angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls government would be necessary in the early days of the United States the government was weak facing numerous setbacks that delayed National immunity the Civil War for instance divided the country in two however following this war the United States emerged together and was unified under one government today our government is the most powerful and most influential it has ever been we have developed a well functioning system designed to keep the government from becoming too powerful or too weak which was a common issue at the founded in particular we have a system of checks and balances which distributes power between all three branches of government additionally our Democratic framework guarantees that all citizens are represented in the government since the Civil War there has not been a time in history when the nation has divided showing the eff the effectiveness of our secure government maintaining peace and unity another official goal of the founding fathers was to establish a forceful Army that could protect citizens of the United States as George Washington stated to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving Peace during the Revolutionary War our military was inexperienced and had poor resources yet it was resilient and determined after winning the war and becoming our own country it became important to build a strong government and Military to frighten other countries from threatening our nation this kept the citizens of America safe and able to rebuild their life after the war the Civil War however temporarily weakened our military strength because it divided our nation to the power was distributed instead of combined over time the government has sign significantly invested in our armed forces and today the United States is the most powerful army in the world with a power index of 0699 and 2, 127,500 people we have been victorious in nearly everywhere we have participated in with one exception to be an n as we withdrew to avoid casualties the founding fathers would take pride in the progress we have made and the powerful image that we have created a final Vision that the founding fathers help for the United States was to establish a nation with liberty and Elemental rights for Citizens up until the 1950s significant discrimination towards women and African-Americans limited rights compared to white men during the time of the founding fathers there was still a lot of slavery and gender stereotypes in the United States Thomas Jefferson expressed told these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness although they aspired to achieve equality for all it was impossible to achieve in a short span of time fortunately the United States has made significant progress over the years so that slavery has been abolished individuals can vote regardless of race or gender ensuring equal opportunities for all today women can pursue any career they dream of breaking free from traditional expectations that were Illustrated in American history if the founding fathers of America were alive today they would take pride in many aspects of the nation that have come to life the principles they envisioned such as a government to uphold peace a powerful National Defense and a nation of Freedom where everyone has inherited rights have largely been recognized while some challenges Remain the core values of Liberty and justce jce that the founding fathers fought for continue to shape the nation's [Applause] identity thank you Lord I know we're facing maybe the wrong way good I just want to say a couple of words uh I've had the honor to be commander of VFW the last number of years we're over 160 strong right now members and I want to say these Awards tonight to the teachers and the youngsters in our community I want to tell you I'm very proud about that every member is proud I'm sure the parents are proud and I want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to do this at a Board of Education meeting appreciate that very much thank you going ask the students to come on over with your certificates to come for a picture please uh while they're going over there for a picture uh you know we we had a wonderful opportunity to go over to the uh VFW and uh celebrate the Veterans Day there was a great presentation by by the whole troop there so we're excited to be there we also had a number of our students there uh attended so that was great to see that in action and then of course the Beloved Cedar Hill um presentation that they had on Friday when they celebrate Veterans Day at Cedar Hill when the students see all the uh current and uh retired and former uh veterans and they were getting their you know Praises patriotic songs and just great accolades that day it was a beautiful day for [Applause] all update your things I don't know if kids know how to use cash anymore you might have V them fure thank you for everything thank you for everybody coming out you the recipients and their families want to exit they can do that or you can sit around and watch us present the next set of awards got shot right stars coming up these are the high school students I am thrilled to present our shop stars for the first walking period of 2024 2025 school year this school year marks our 24th year of participation in programs late Stars by faculty members categories and the winners were selected by admin committee the addition of recognized sh generous $1,000 class please join me and congratulating each of Our Stars this evening in field of academics congratulations to Adrian [Applause] Adriana is the kind of rare student who not only cares about her own learning and education but also receives immense satisfaction and KN that the classmates are also experiencing growth and success for example Adriana consistently serves as a resource to other students in the classes when they have questions about the content each teacher I spoke with about the same she is hardworking passionate about learning and is one of the most dedicated students they have ever had the pleasure of teaching Adriana has been able to maintain a 4.4 plus GPA has earned numerous underclass Awards and as a member of the National Honor Society in addition Adriana exemplifies leadership as president of the Italian Honor Society and also is captain of our Vol team because of her dedication to the teene in ital on court ad has helped the volleyball team secure a conference room in 2022 SE fins in 2022 and 2023 and also County championships in 2022 and as you heard earlier 2023 Adrian was also homecoming queen sophomore in Junior School years and is an active member of heug Relay for Life outside of school ad is active at the St P's youth ministry and regularly volunteers for time at an organization called JL blessings um which provides essential survival items to members of the homeless Community H is still colle to pursue major in biology and fall [Applause] congratulations in the field of Athletics congratulations to Alexander [Applause] P quite frankly Alex is one of the most gifted accomplished and celebrated a we' ever had of MCHS on the track and cross country course Alex has established himself as a record- breaking athlete in 2021 Alex bed 11 from the Junior Olympics uh in cross country and also the title of all America he shattered all of mono track and cross country dist records uh anded the Morris County indor meat record uh in the 1600 met his exceptional performances have eared the title of H champion in 1600 met and cross country in 204 and he is a three-time state sectional champion in 3200 Adam's Crow his further demonstrated on the national stage placing 16 of the new Balan Nationals in the one mile one cocking an impressive time of 4 minutes and 10 seconds his verson is evidence evident with remarkable times of 153 in the 800 met and 1545 in the 5K Alex's invitation to compete in prestigious milrose games highlights his Elite status tracking field Alex also excels in the classroom as a student for example he's earned numerous academic Awards while excelling in honors PP classes in 201 3.1 plus GPA Alex recently committed to Georgetown University at a signing ceremony he will participate on their cross country in track field team who plans to major in business in the fall again congratulations [Applause] in the field of the Arts congratulations to [Applause] Grace you will definitely recognize Grace if you were T by F she played Alice and was hisorical production Alice EV Grace however has contributed to the drama program and artarts Department numerous way for the past four years A Gifted vocalist she has son both the chamber and me choir since heresh year and contributed significantly to the impulse Ella team as both a performer and a choreographer even winning the prestigious best choreography at their first ever competition gra has risen through the ranks of a choir program serving as choir on thebr Nash and now as choir president her talents extend beyond choir into the theater where Grace serves as vice president of the mon theater company and performs in theater also say about racist St Productions ofies hairspray Jose and the amazing Tech Dre as I mentioned earlier our Beyond her artistic contributions Grace demonstrates an unwavering commitment to her community as vice president Nikish co-advisor to the mental health initiative she's a dedicated member of the national hon Society Tri and the French arm Society who was also recently byed peers as the senior Grace is also a talented athlete having participated on the field hockey team uh each year uh uh since freshman uh and she's also an accomplished student how CL maintaining a 4.1 plus GPA although she's still finding the colle of PLS to continue pursuing her love of music and theater after graduation major fashion marketing in fall again [Applause] congratulations in the field of community service congratulations to the [Music] [Applause] M has demonstrated exceptional commitment in commun service uh and academic Excellence throughout her High School career as a dedicated member of key clubs since freshman year she is currently serving as the service event coordinator and has taken on impactful initiatives including the organization of community garden B in collaboration with kuas this incredible project which serves to donate fresh produce to the loal food pantry reflects me Comm to addressing food insecurity in our own Community the dedication to ensuring people in our community have access to food is also reflected uh in Mia's uh dedication and Leadership during the Thanksgiving food drive to Keo as you know as you may know the food drive is a schoolwide event that truly requires participation of each student staff member this year M has worked tirelessly with advisers administrators teachers and classmates to begin the election process which began this week after Mia afterwards plan uh for sorting over 2,000 items that we hope to receive before getting ready for distribution to families and all the community again's leadership and determination has been essential to ensuring that this year's R be successful in addition to her service achievements has maintained a 4.3 plus GPA is a member of the Spanish Honor Society and has earned the distinction of AP scholar of Honor underscoring her academic dedication passion for Lear m is still applying to Coles with plans to pursue ajor in biology from Fall against [Applause] in the field of leadership congratulations to R [Applause] inar in order for RIA to develop to the incredible leader that she is today she first uh became an officer or member for multiple clubs including Deca and National History she assisted in coordination of activities and increased membership through promotion of clubs she has had practical experien as an employee of multiple companies who participated in internships with amgis to conduct market research and more Parry events of large Gatherings R's participation in the won Global youth program for the high of Education professional growth Ria has increasingly become more comfortable reading others this year for example she was selected to become the CEO of the inter ational business Practice St class which created a fictitious company uh where she oversees the operation of 15 students uh or employees who will participate in competitions and intent to maximize sales and their products prior to this we we have created an actual real company of our own called real organized which help and still active today which helps clients decl of their homes and offices he is also co-founder and vice president of the mifal financial investment grp and her academic achievements recognition as an AP scholar of Honor induction into the National Honor Society and earned the Seal of B literacy in Spanish we also placed fifth in the state for social media marketing with FBA and is a recipient of the president's volunteer service award through CA where she is dedicated over 200 hours of community service in the future Ria hopes to create a nonpar and news program for children and Monday aspires to be a we still applying colle to pursue a major in business ucation again [Applause] [Music] congratulations lastly um as this is his final shop right Stars presentation as an active member of the Board of Education I'd like to acknowledge Mr Charlie gr field of leadership because Mr Grow served on the board of education I was highed in 2013 especially because he had grandchildren in schools at that time I knew it was important for him to ensure that every single staff member in this District was someone he could trust with resource I certainly felt that charge great leaders are the ones who teach others how to leave and personally learn many valuable lessons from Mr some of my Fondest Memories with TR are about TR stories Charlie gave me some memor memorable feedback over the years including stand up straight when you're presenting and speak loudly into the microphone when you're speaking I also learned the importance of reminding Charlie which vehicle I so is my high school at all hours of the day but Mr Grow took great pride in the sh start presentation because they were a representation of the school and district and community that he helped to build it's impossible to overstate Mr brow's impact on our schools our district and to those fortunate enough to have worked with him closely over the years Our Lives the impact that Charlie has had on all of usally the children walk through Halls each day it's measurable while miss Charlie's wisdom and Leadership and Warth and humor we will forever celebrate his dedication to monen public school Ser of the high school to our community as a whole to our staff members to the families and most important to the tens of thousands of students throughout his years of service who contribute their success to him thank you Charlie congratulations [Applause] [Applause] to kids open up your book and show [Applause] no [Applause] uh first of all I would like to thank Ken who's been doing this a long time and and finally K you got it right tonight after all these meetings you've come to for many years uh you got it right but more importantly you got to learn for the kids some of you may realize the effort that that K puts in the research for each of youngster he beets with them he goes through the background what they're doing and the high school is indeed forun to have them in charge of this I also like to personally thank him for this uh sh right scholar and I also like to thank everyone for being here this evening uh I have one more meeting so uh and then after that I'll just come and grass the board it's normal but thank you to my colleagues thank you to the public thank you to the parents and thank you to Ken for everything you've done for the high school and the sh SCH thank you [Applause] evening seeing all these students congratulations to all those recipients shop by stars just beautiful and can again thank you for every on on their [Applause] behalf so just quickly I know it's been a long even with all these things uh the board received the update on District goals but I just wanted to highlight just a couple quick things as we move forward so each quarter we update the board on how we move forward with the district goals District goal number one was talking about ways to address mental health issues as necessary this year we hired the Insight Health a company to provide tier 2 with tier three support for all students case 12 uh we also have done faculty staff training for the uh youth Mental Health First Aid We're going to be starting 10th graders learning about team mental health first aid and each school now has a threat assessment team and place to identify students that are in need goal number two we EXP and evaluate Innovative learning opportunities so with that at the elementary school we started a new schedule that was implemented we also have brought in a new program for the English language arts which is called amplify and many other things that are going on there at the elementary level and you see the results with the blue ribbon award goal number three is the Safety and Security protocols throughout the district and um our Tech team has worked extremely hard especially against cyber security that is an area that over the past couple years have uh we put a lot of time and effort into and so far we've been very successful with that so compliments to that team uh physically we've uh finished the Cedar Hill vestibule security VES on outside of the school and we just started the interior security vesle at Valley View so that will be completed shortly and by the end of the summer all the schools will have a security inves for visitors to go through District go number four uh is the completion of current construction projects and we completed the Cedar Hill parking lot the up parking lot uh so that's finally done that was wall that was starting to tble there painting the Valley View and the high school interior was completed completed seam and cod cover on many roofs updated lighting and painted hallways at the elementary SP so the work is continuing and ongoing but that's just some of the progress we've made over the past few months that's thank is this oh um if the students want to leave they don't have to stick around for the remainder of the meeting but if you want to stick around there's lots going on still no report okay okay uh let's move on then uh there's a lot of good news in there we'll move on to uh section g the committee reports so Finance fac car uh thank you David the finance and Facilities committee head uh prior to the board meeting uh we discussed the 2024 2025 fin position of the district we also talked about construction projects that are under consideration over the next 3 to 5 years uh and we uh talked a little bit about elementary enrollment uh for the 24 2025 school year as um for curriculum have a meeting scheduled for December 11th uh policy Joe report uh communication to my craft report no report okay safety seems not here uh Jersey school board um thank you David uh so the big news for uh New Jersey school boards uh since our last meeting has been uh the workshop uh which is an annual event hosted by New Jersey school boards um where there are learning opportunities um and vendor opportunities and just a lot of networking and uh interaction with school board members from around the state there were 8700 attendees which breaks a record there were 415 vendors and 250 training sessions um a survey of the attendees indicated that 97% would recommend attendance at Workshop uh to new board members um also njba will be conducting throughout the state a program called the three Rs roles responsibilities and resources for newly elected school board members there will be one uh being conducted in mors County at moris uh mors Town High School on December 4th it's in conjunction with the Mars County School boards Association three Rs program will occur first and then the county program will follow it's a good opportunity for newly elected school board members uh to become familiar with their r responsibilities are as well as to continue the evening by networking with other school board members in Mars County um I attended the lead Group which is a group of professional associations in uh education um it's always a very good discussion um and I will finish by uh letting the board and Community know that there is a new board orientation weekend being conducted January 24th 25th and 26th uh a second one is also planned for February 21 and through 23 so that concludes I believe you forgot something uh according to what I know Dr Timothy Corell executive director CEO of JY School boards presented you an award did he not [Applause] Champion award was presented October 22nd at the at the workshop the champion awards are presented to individuals who exemplify ourstanding dedication and effort in the area such as teamwork leadership Innovation and other qualities that help the njsba advance this mission to promote the achievement for all students Karen received the award for leadership and and in his remarks Drell mentioned that Karen exemplifies her service to others and she's a trailer in a profession who has created a welcoming space for people to come together share knowledge and build connections and I would certainly agree with that access thank you very [Applause] much okay for those of you in the audience who don't knowen are very Karen Corino is the president of the entire state of New Jersey School Board Association okay uh Michelle Morris count as Karen mentioned the next meeting is Wednesday December 4th it's hybrid so if you want to attend in person it's at marown high school the topic this uh meeting is creating an effective board culture and so board members can register online as always do great uh Morris County Educational Joe we had a meeting last week just cover General business uh the next meeting is on December 11 thank you and awareness the elementary school students participated in the red given week poster contest I believe that started the end of September through October they had submitted uh posters from each of the schools 12 of them from each of five schools came in there were total of 60 uh winners and we hosted an event last Monday night uh out Awards to each of them first place second place and mention um very well attended and our next meeting will be on December 5th thank you uh Charlie moris uh back to you Karen for the ason okay Charli anything from hildale anything else from hildale a lot of yeah I think set up here and something be very proud I believe that's theth [Music] Elementary in any event it's hell is wonderful job and I think that was demonstrated to you guys this evening thank you uh Jo Val Val had a successful tricky trade last Friday evening um and our next meeting is going to be on January 15th John William for the first time this year on October 28th with the new board discussed various things holiday events fundraisers lunch well attended virtual and Michelle uh the next meeting is going to be on Monday December 2nd and they're moving their meetings to Virtual uh in the hopes of increasing attendance um and my high school high school met on November November 4th uh was a short meeting um principal Sanford talk about the first walking period was ending last week the T drive under way for the local community um last week of December will be spirit week and uh they're working for working on courses to be offered for next year uh I know this year just started but they're over working on next next year's courses uh the next PTC meeting is going to be the first we of January thank you and I will just add one extra I had the ability to attend the TC Township committee meeting last Tuesday um they discussed a number of things that were pertinent to the schools uh for instance the drought that we're having hopefully we'll get some rain next couple days but be careful with fire Open Flame cigarettes uh water conservation is important our op is getting low we need a lot of rain so if there's any way to conserve water in the district um that would be a good thing to do and we they also had an update on the housing situation um which is always a concern to so I'd like to that I'd like to open it up for public participation this is the first section of our public par public participation is for items on the agenda if you have any questions or comments about items on the agenda please come to the microphone we will have a second session later for all other items seeing none oh wa there we go thank you Mr Mo Tom as a Carol uh for more Road a former board member for approximately 5 years uh I just wanted to congratulate my friend Charlie brow on his retirement uh Charlie served I believe 30 years on a board from time to time uh I did not serve with him when I served my full term but uh we got a lot accomplished without him we did we really did uh but Charlie I just like to say that you're my friend for probably 50 years uh I've watched you in this business you a terrific business manager uh you were terrific in everything that you did and everything that you will continue to do upon your retirement like myself and I hope that uh uh we will be around for at least another five 10 years is that [Applause] okay all right thank you I think the board Montville and the Board of Education and everything else he serves on this is not just only one thing that he does he's in Kanas he's in everything that you can think of if you look around the town you'll see a lot of monuments and things like that and scoreboards and uh you name it fences and Charlie was one of those people that was always there he still does Road cleanups uh with Kanas he's just an allaround citizen of the year I think he's already been that but I think he's the in my opinion he's the Schoolboard citizen of the year and I don't think you'll find another capable person ever in this now thank you Charlie [Applause] on the agenda I I'm ask you this question my first address Katie and this is about Staffing and Personnel concern think on the agenda um we are limited what we can say about um my question ising how it gets decided so um when you have a substitute teacher in a classroom um there are requirements are a certain amount of time for uh let's say like um someone who has a certificate in that subject matter uh how does the board oversee that and give the permission to send P that legal requirement how is that decided so generally um it's 20 days uh that a substitute teacher can um continue in that if they're certified in a instructional area I think it's 40 days and then the district can request um extensions with the uh New Jersey Department of Education through the county uh to extend that of those instructional B okay [Applause] um of it [Applause] in so how is the board determining that those requirements are being met especially for example in a special education classroom I mean I we could take that I mean it's comments and then uh we'll close it but we do monitor that all the time we have all the administrators to do that to make sure that work compliance but if you have something you want to talk to me about specifically you get email can get back in touch with me okay my main concern is just let's say you know we're having a major issue finding appropriate teachers is there anything that the board can be doing to help in this yeah so so in general you know put the ads out and we also feat the bushes and trying to find all all the staff we can we you know it's getting very difficult to find staff members for all subjects and it's a challenge with education right now but uh we do put ads out there we actually started a LinkedIn page we do a lot of different things and then we just start making phone calls too yeah absolutely but if you have something we we can talk about fun too absolutely is actually very lucky that we do get a lot of teachers here other districts in the area not as fortunate as it's Tes to our school a motion for items I through n any questions on Section I section J K facilities L Personnel so l there's a addendum so he was out there that's with the hiring at the last second because we were beating the bushes and and finding people that were adding assistant girls basketball coach to the staff so we were able to get that uh Mr did a great job trying to find that person last second and we also have two retirees so I'll just continue so we have two retirees I just want to acknowledge the first one is Steve to been our facilities manager since 2010 overseeing the maintenance and cleaning of eight different buildings Steve's expertise and quick conflict resolution has provided students and staff with State and inviting spaces that encourage learning and extracurricular Pursuits since 2017 the district has undergone a continual plan of building renovation which Steve has administered with proficiency and extraordinary problem solving skills he will be greatly missed but we wish a great happiness retirement in the business office we have Tammy CP who has been in our transportation coordinator since 2009 overseeing the transport of over 4,000 students over the course of each year Tammy's organizational skills and concern for the safety of students has provided a supportive and positive experience to those attending the district schools added District placements and extracurricular activities Tammy will leave large shoes to fill for we wish her enjoyment in her many hobbies throughout retirement okay uh any questions on on Section M curriculum or policy so roll call vot please Mr BR yes Mr dantry yes Dr calino yes Mr Palama yes Mr Petrino yes Mr raport yes M zuer St on I yes and everything else yes section any old business section Q old business General comments new business a couple of [Applause] comments I just wanted to extend uh low wishes to Mr Toast who's really done a wonderful job in maintaining the self uh our seven buildings uh large High School large middle school and five of our elementary schools um it's a Monumental task especially you know we have shields as well that are nicely maintain so I wish him well um I would also like to acknowledge the passing of a very beloved member of our community and friend to education and that is um uh Margaret lamb uh Margaret was always grateful to the district for a 40 plus year relationship between the district and Northern New Jersey Chinese Association Chinese School the Chinese school is housed in our high school on Sundays and has been for over 40 years Margaret was extremely philanthropic very generous warm and kind and we will miss her um on that note um I I have received some Communications from both the principal of the Chinese school and like to Cally invite all board members including our superintendent um to the various events that the Chinese Association and Chinese school hold each year the first one is on January 19th from 2 to 5 uh that's when they will do their Chin's New Year celebration and it is really a wonderful show and something to the B and then on June 15th from 2 to 5 they will conduct of their closing ceremony for the school sort of their graduation if you will so um feel free to attend these reach out if you need the dates um and I'm sure that would make Margaret happy if the more board members uh attended the events hosted by them and if he could maybe send those over to Tom okay so let's move on to the last public participation session you may make any comments you wish just come to the microphone the rules are written out in the agenda but if you'd like to say anything to the board right now uh come on up take your name address and can please sir on good good good evening everyone so my name is San I'm a senior atown school and my address is 57 change brid road so first of all very special before I go on to the main part of what I want to talk about today first of all congratulations Mr ground your retirement and I want to extend my congratulations as well classmates on AC and all sorts of educational accomplishments in general for the first quarter as well as our instructors and teachers it's always great to see what we can accomplish in the school district and the yield of Education in general going off sort of that onto my main point I want to talk about is you know being school we can always do more when we feel comfortable and that's where a lot bring the sort of concern I've been seeing these past couple weeks mainly with the heating system specifically what I want to talk about so over the past couple weeks has you know we've all felt temperature has been drastically declining falling into like 30 40s in Cel correctly but yeah it has been getting genine colder and one of the issues that you know myself I've observed this as well as my fellow classmates as features we observe this is even so the outside is obviously cold so the goal of the inside of the building is to heat up but then in the in the individual classrooms what ends up happening is the ventilator thing ends up still blasting off full a so it ends up dring the temperature back down to what what it was before I'm not sure if this is just a high school for example because this is something that I've observed being in high school past CLE weeks for example in room 610 science way 608 that's another room 415 401 a lot of the upstairs classrooms have um oh right here 610 610 that's what classs so it's an issue I want to sort of bring up because you know as we move on into the winter months I feel like this is that is going to potentially you know become more relevant especially outside temp it's going to drop below freezing point when we get to the winter months and I think I wanted to pick this up here because I think this might also be an issue potentially exactly but it could also be an issue in the elementary schools as well so yeah that's that's the I want to bring up just the the potential qu existing in the he system thank you for your time okay when we're done she'll give you an answer some comments also if you want to contact or some other time you can um did you have anything else okay you can this we're not done yet okay thank you very much thank you can I just ask a question that the last record 2017 didn't we do something the IND let's hold off for a moment um you want to follow up with that 6 is my classroom I'm Dr Glenville I'm a high school teacher I teach physics 6 physic room you did do a large upgrade to the hbac system what I didn't realize right after the upgrade was my room and a couple other rooms on the same line were not upgrad the same way the other SS were up I found this out because I'm Association rap and I started asking questions because my room is freezing all year round I either have too much air condition or not enough heat so I was curious about the problem so I started looking at each of the science rooms that were upgrad and when I went room to room I could see that most of the rooms had a wonderful box where the teacher could control the temperature in the room my room and a few other rooms only have a thermostat that does not read correctly so I have spoken to them about it they tell me that the sensors aren't reading correctly I have told them what the temperature of the room is myself and Mr Queen Jim Queen who retired at the end the last year had taken the temperature in these rooms and they were about 62 63 but maintenance kept saying to us they're 68 or 70 but we had taken the temperature they can't seem because we don't have the correct boxes on our walls in certain rooms we don't have the control of the ventilation system so instead of getting heat many times we're getting cool air or maintenance has to adjust their sensors very high for us to get heat but then throws off the 400 ring which is blister right so I I am with you I thought the upgrades the HBA C system was going to be this wonderful fix right I started in 2017 in the district but we've had nothing but problems I know exactly what our problem is because we don't have a control in other rooms it needs to be checked right because the interior room in the 400 wing of the of the high school that's interior closer to the runda in the 600 we're about parking lot so it needs to be looked into the kids are got we'll address it once we close the public session thank you anyone else comment okay then we'll go ahead and close this one more hi name Michael for years uh yeah uh I just want to know recently there a news uh cing on Chinese uh Community uh which uh you know shock so incl that that the uh the uh High School depending on ph out theing AP program so given that for so many years they're learning the maning in school very well so people just asking while don't why this going happen because so many years there so I just want to take this opportunity to re this concern so if we can rain this program that'll be great Cu uh my [Applause] justes a lot of contribution and I live for years I saw the support Library you know construction right and uh we would like to you know if it's possible to pain this program for not only for the Chinese Community other people they all to learn this uh program also uh I talked to the uh teacher gu so the enrollment is kind of stable uh probably a little bit you know because mostly still stable so we like ask here respect stud thank you very much okay thank you very [Applause] much I am Britney PL my address is fre Westminster Drive um I just wanted to ask about add lunch back on half days you know that's recently been removed from the lunch schedule for the kids on half days is there any possibility that can be maybe reviewed to put back so that is the subject of a pending agreements that's before the board now uh so they're not going to discuss it public [Applause] hi i m um my name is Bri orus I am an Elementary art teacher out of woodon um to Piggy and my colleague um I would just like to express a little bit about the changes that have gone on at the elementary level while all change takes time for adjustment and we all are working hard to adjust to a new schedule I think one of the surprising elements of this new year is that um staff and students are adjusting that on a early dismissal day without a lunch period factoring in that maybe to problem solve we give an extended snack to our students but our students aren't dismissed until 12:40 and students who go home on a bus some don't get home until after 1:00 that's a pretty long day for a student to have not had a break from academic like a solid break from academic time to just have lunch this was not something going into the school year that us teachers were aware of and a change that we were asked to quickly adjust to um so I would like the board to really think and consider that the change not only affects how we operate daytoday but um these changes without uh thought of implementation um do have effect on our students so thank you hi my name is Helen Jesus I live at 114 Pine Brook Road I've been a teacher in monville for 20 years I am a parent of two students of Montville schools one that now attends the high school one that is at Val um I was just recently informed that Mandarin is going to be phased out from the high school I was a little disappointed because I know a lot of kids enjoy the class my son is one of the kids in those classes and it would have been nice if this was something that you were considering that it was put out to the parents so we can make other decisions before setting our child on a path where if a teacher knows the program is being phased out what if they leave and you can't hire someone to replace them so I was a little disappointed about that especially since I work district for 20 years in terms of Valley View my son is a fifth grader there we drop them off I don't drop them off because I'm at the high school but my mother drops them off and he's barely making it to school on time because of the busing because of an earlier start I'm not sure how the schedule changed there I know that in the past I used to leave the high school at 240 and I would be frantic about looking him up now I can leave at 250 and it's not a problem so something's going on in the mornings something's going on in the afternoons and it's a long day for the kids not to have a lunch it's a long day for the teachers not to get a break especially on early dismissals and other things that happen I don't know like how much St I you know what I'm not going to say thought wasn't put into this but I would like to think that we all work as a team staff members administrators and we come up with plans that are not just good on paper but good for our students and families in the district thank you [Music] [Applause] one else I will close this session this is so uh just like a few days ago I just got news from the like small chat right so they talking about it uh uh ongoing sixth grade no longer have the Chinese program middle school and also the other uh middle school and high school chese program started and being facing heart uh I just just heard this I just want to ask board member or principal how accurate this information is is anything ongoing discussion and uh anything being discussed in the board and discuss in the in in the school I just of course I from you guys not necessar you need to tell me right now right or uh anything going to be discussed on the next more meeting or what's your opinion something like that and coms I just want to know how accurate it is uh what's progress and when is the decision made why is this decision made any local uh commun opinion has or not right all will agenda in the just want to you guys thank you very much thank you very [Applause] much any comments after we give you the public portion uh we'll address a number of comments that have come up okay so hang around school Nur at Woodmont Township I wanted to address the Lun situation uh first with the increase in moment that we seen in the schools but I could only speak a with L I really do find that the teachers and the kids need a bre secondly I'd like to speak for the kids themselves who come to me and the School nurses office and say Mrs S when is lunch going to be um Mrs S do you have any extra food so I think not only thinking of elementary school but thinking of them socially and emotionally years from now I think it's so important for them to learn that now yes this is a certain amount of time that you have in the school day they've always been used to it and I think especially their ages they deserve a lunch along with the teachers thank [Applause] you okay seeing n we'll close this and allow superintendent yes so as Mr said that we are in the process AG this process with the with the Union so we will be responding appropriately as the got set forth reach to representative shortly on that I thank everybody else for the comments the board is hearing them and we will be talking about them and I'll also be talking about the elementary principles about the the suggestions you just gave to us on that matter uh regarding the Chinese phase out uh yes it is true that all be going out to the different uh community members about that the uh for a number of years unfortunately Chinese has not had robust numbers we looking at this weop that the numbers were increased over the years that has not been the case it's been a very valued program but it's unfortunate that we've had the decision to uh slowly phase it out talk to the teachers and that'll be happening over the next coup years uh we'll be working on with Staffing about how that will go specifically over the next couple of months and we'll be sure that we're trying to take care of the students the best we can who are already enrolled in the program the last one was the heating system St thank you very much for your comments uh the system is working properly the way you see it it's supposed to bring in air that's by law I think it's almost every 20 minutes cool air fresh air has to come into the building and then they have to get all the air that's ins theide classroom out and exchanges that two to three times every hour if not more so it is working that's how you feel those ver cold there it's cold outside versus you know the warm from the inside but we will look into 610 and you said a couple we classrooms uh I'll reach out to Mr s about that which rooms are directly affected and we'll see about that control getting over the wall what's going on and if we have raise certain things or we come off 4 but we'll take a look at that and see what's going on but the system is working properly but we'll have to figure out the balance of it right [Applause]