meeting can I have a roll call please dr cordelino here mrs fano here mr palma Mr petraino here mr rapaort here mrs smith here miss Zuckerman here mr dorree here
dr modrack here mr brookhouser here miss Patel here okay pledge allegiance please i alian to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which
it stands one nation under God indivisibley justice for all okay the Open Public Meetings Act notice please the New Jersey Open Public Meeting Law was enacted to ensure the right of the
public to have advanced notice of and to attend meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provision of the act the Montville Township Board of Education provided a public notice of this meeting which included the time
date and location that was posted at the Montville Township Municipal Building all Montville public schools the Montville Public Library the Montville Township Board of Education Administrative Office Building the District website and advertised in the daily record and the Montfield Tap into
the board's official newspapers on March 28 2025 okay thank you uh Ben you're over there somewhere ben and Gia uh report please yep good evening everyone so as usual I'm going to start with the sports in
the past um boys and girls golf have a combined record of one and one and a special shout out to sophomore golfer Somaya Lohani for achieving her first hole in one on March 25th on the 96yard second hole at the Meadows Golf Course
it eventually led to her best score as well baseball had their first game away versus Randolph today and pulled out a big win 8 to3 softball had their first game today away versus Parcy Hills at 4 girls lacrosse had their first game
today versus Verona at 4 the boys tennis has a record of 0 and2 and went against West Morris today home at 4 and boys lacrosse has a record of 1 and one now on to the school related subjects the annual volleyball marathon took place
March 20th and the theme was heroes vers villains grrew and the minions stole the tournament that night marco Vandergraph Logan Angel Ryan Cortez Chris Pascron Daniel Prellish and Paul Kuculos were the winners also a special shout out to
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for winning the best dress of the night on March 25th the International Concerns Club hosted a current event retundable discussion for all MTHS students last Thursday Mr riato and the AP government students had a successful
field trip to Philadelphia and now I'm going to pass it on to Gia so on to the present the class of 2025 has been collecting pictures and videos of the class from kindergarten through senior year to put together in a video montage which will be shown at the
senior sunset scheduled for June 9th today is the last day to make submissions today was also the first day of the spring spirit week the themes are for today it was pajama day tomorrow is USA Wednesday thursday is anything but a
backpack day friday is the Hawaiian Luau Day and after that will be followed by the spring pep rally for the future tomorrow Wednesday April 2nd the Cultural Diversity Club will be hosting the first Montville Cultural Festival at
the high school from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m admission is free and there will be food activities and many opportunities to learn about different cultures from around the world on Wednesday April 9th MTHS will host its World Language Honor Society induction ceremony that day also
marks the beginning of the fourth marking period on Thursday April 10th at 700 p.m there will be a virtual college panel night held by the MTHS counseling department representatives from Villanova Sacred Heart Syracuse and the
University of Maryland will be in attendance um that's all we have for today thank you thank you and uh just real quick are either of you playing the Assassins game yep i have my floaty in my car right now you got a floaty oh you're not wearing
it right now no I'm not i decided not to bring it into here oh as you scan the audience okay Superintendent Corman all right we have a lot of people here not for us but for other people in the audience so I'm going to ask Mr kenneth
Coralition and Thomas Sanson to come on up and introduce what's going on tonight board members if you feel more comfortable go out in the audience or you can sit here and be part of the action it's up to you um good evening everyone my name is This is Mr
san Dar and what you see in front of you is what we call our chamber band now this is a pickup group it's not something that's official if you will but we do meet on a regular basis and these students are Oh so there we go let me start again
this is our chamber band at Lazar um and we meet on a on a SW in the mornings like two days a week and on Fridays afternoon and we play more advanced music for the kids that really really want to you know work hard and do different things we're very proud of them um they are doing things that are
atypical of their age group and um without further ado I'm just going to let them speak for themselves this is our chamberman the piece we're doing is uh Frank D kelly's Amazing Grace i'm sure we're all familiar with Amazing Grace um it's it's a difficult piece um but it's it's a the
way he treats things is a lot of interweaving of voices and a big dialogue between what's supposed to happen it really requires them to do a lot of listening um and watching and uh yeah so here we go hallelujah okay thank you
out outstanding thank you so much for everybody for coming out and doing that you know I didn't know what I was getting into when we just asked them to perform tonight i was just joking i thought they would come up with the harmonica you know or something like that and but it just shows you the level you guys could go ahead but it just shows you the level that the uh the
middle school program is and how they perform and they do an incredible job we have the concerts coming up soon we've had you know uh just incredible stuff that's laying the foundation for the high school and then later on in life so congratulations to all our teachers the music program and of course all the
students so thank you so much it's good uh parents if you do want to leave with your child you can uh everyone else we will continue on yes next next you're going to see uh some more of the academics arts athletics community
service and leadership mr ken Nadz is here to uh talk to us about our ShopRight stars at the high school thank you so much uh good evening i'm thrilled to present our Shopright stars for the third marking period of the 2024 2025 school year like always tonight's stars are nominated by faculty members one of
five different categories and the winners were selected by administrative committee in addition to the recognition of these wonderful uh students tonight at this board of ed meeting Sunrise Shopight generously donates $1,000 to the class of 2025 please join me in congratulating each of our stars this evening in the field of academics
congratulations to Hebra Imran hea's journey through high school was marked by a relentless pursuit of academic excellence as evidenced by the desire to take an increasingly challenging course load each year during the past three years Hiba has taken seven AP classes including four during
her senior year culminating in a 4.1 plus GPA heb's love for learning also earned her other remarkable accomplishments including the AP scholar with honor award being an inductee into the national honor society and French honor society and the distinction of
receiving the New Jersey seal of bi literacy in French hea particularly enjoys biology and medicine and has taken advantage of every opportunity to further those interests for example through Heba's molecular biology class uh she has received two publications in
the National Center uh for biotechnology publication hea also presented her own research at the molecular biology um research symposium at Rutgers University additionally Hiba is the president of HOSA which is our healthc care club has
spent over a 100 hours volunteering her time in the women's radiology center at Hackinac Meridian Hospital has volunteered over a hundred hours uh of her time uh of uh as a member of the Montville Township uh first aid squad for the past 18 months and is currently
also attending uh EMT school which is a commitment of 20 hours each week outside of school despite these achievements Heb still makes time to serve as the co-reasurer of Earth Club secretary of the teen advisory board at the township library uh and as a member of REACH has
volunteered in town events at the rec center Lake Valhalla Chelsea and at each of our elementary schools hea is still applying to colleges but plans to pursue a major in biology in the fall to pursue a career in medicine again congratulations in the field of athletics
congratulations to Alexa Cilier you may have read about Alexa in the past few weeks because she qualified for and participated in the New Jersey state finals for wrestling alexa was a finalist and placed second in the entire state within her weight class and because of her outstanding season was
named by Garden State Wrestling as the wrestler of the year alexa also placed second at the North One regions tournament won second place at the Lady Cutter Classic Tournament first place in the Lady Patriots tournament and ended her high school career with a record of
40 and six 22 and three during her senior care during her senior year earning her the acknowledgement of being one of the most talented female wrestlers in MTHS history alexa also dedicates her time uh to wrestling outside of MTHS and is a member of the
New Jersey national team for the past two years Alexa has been enrolled in our shared time VOTE program as a member of Allied Health at VOTTH Alexa excels in the healthc care related uh experiences that are afforded to her including serving on the clinical rotation at
Shilton Hospital at MTHS Alexa's taken three AP classes during her uh career uh at MTHS and has proudly maintained a 4.0 0 plus GPA alexa's interests extend beyond wrestling and healthcare she is in the process of creating her own private tumbling business and is a
former junior Olympic gymnast in the fall Alexa will attend Lehigh University and plans to major in biology on the pre-med track again congratulations in the field of the arts congratulations to Sabrina Spata sabrina has been a dedicated musician
during her career in our uh school district in her current role as the president of the orchestra which she takes extremely seriously Sabrina serves as a model to the other musicians for her work ethic and enthusiasm she actively works to cultivate the membership and lends
support uh to the younger uh students including mentoring them and providing emotional support she has also organized events and other types of activities to promote unity among the group sabrina prioritizes practicing her instrument and performing at her best at all orchestra events um Sabrina is an
inductee into the National Honor Society Tri Music Honor Society and the French Honor Society where she currently serves as the treasurer aside from countless hours devoted to music Sabrina is also a talented athlete winning awards for the most improved player on the volleyball team and a flag football division award
while playing wide receiver additionally in her sophomore year Sabrina was nominated at one as one of only four members of her class to represent NCHS at the Morris County Youth Wellness Summit an event that she attended along with other student leaders throughout the entire county to learn about and
promote mental health and wellness as an integral part of the school climate and culture sabrina has also been recognized for outstanding academic performance previously winning underclass awards in physical education world language and financial literacy sabrina is still deciding which college to attend in the
fall but plans to major in nursing again congratulations in the field of community service congratulations to Trevor Swall trevor is one of those very special people who enjoys giving back to the community but is unwilling to accept praise for each act of kindness or selflessness some of the most impressive
work that Trevor has done to support our local community is through the Covenant House Foundation trevor participates in the annual sleepout night where he joins dozens of other youth for a night in November uh where they sleep outside to raise awareness and money for youth
experiencing homelessness trevor has also dedicated countless hours of time to St highest throughout his high school career helping to oversee Sunday school classes running communitywide events and leading faith-based discussions with children at MTHS Trevor has been a dedicated member of our student council
for the class of 2025 since junior year serving as the vice president and raising over $2,500 by organizing various events bake sales apparel sales and partnerships with local businesses trevor also serves as the co co-president of DECA and qualified to compete in the national competition last
year trevor led DECA state community service project raising over $2,000 for the American Cancer Society and Oasis charity despite his commitment to community service he is a dedicated learner as evidenced by taking AP eight AP classes and maintaining a 4.4 plus
GPA additionally Trevor is the first baseman for our varsity baseball team an active member of the Makea-Wish Club and Sports Analytics Club and serves as the manager of seven scoops where he has worked for uh for four years trevor is still deciding which college to attend
in the fall and which majors to pursue but because of his resume his options are limitless again congratulations in the field of leadership congratulations to Gia Patel for the past four years Gia has served as the president of the class of
2025 the title is welld deserved but hides countless hours of work and dedication for the benefit of our senior class through vigorous fundraising and the creation of unique events such as the spikeball tournament which is a first in MTHS history Gia's leadership has been instrumental to ensuring that
the class has the most successful year possible uh and she has done an amazing job gia is also a leader in other facets of student life including past treasurer and current vice president of key club because of her work in this capacity Gio's Gio was recognized and awarded the
distinguished officer award at decon gia is also vice president of HOSA and an active member of FBLA and women in STEM in addition to being a leader in various clubs she is a leader in the classroom all often serving as a role model and support for classmates gia has taken 10
AP classes during her high school career and has earned a 4.5 plus GPA is an AP scholar with distinction award recipient inductee into the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society and received the New Jersey Seal of Biiteracy in
Spanish additionally Gia is an avid violinist having played in a youth orchestra for nine years attends a character building education school and volunteers in the summer in the emergency department at St joseph's Wayne Medical Center gia is still applying to colleges but plans to major
in biology on the predental path to pursue a career in dentistry again congratulations to Gia and to all of our Shopright stars oh again hello congratulations congratulations congratulations again congratulations
congratulations congratulations okay Dr gorman incredible accomplishments thank you Mr nadzac appreciate that and just uh just wonderful seeing all the talent tonight from the middle school and the high school uh parents you're welcome to join us and stay if you wish uh for the rest of the meeting but you are also welcome
to uh leave us if you wish uh just moving along just a couple announcements the board meeting uh the next board meeting will be April 29th that had to be moved so that'll be the budget presentation we'll also be talking about the state of the schools that evening uh
I went to the Freak Freaky Friday musical uh last week that was incredible that was the middle school they did a great job uh it was nice to see a different rendition of the whole uh play you know some of you have seen the movie uh but it was definitely at a much
higher caliber and we had close to 100 students involved at the middle school level so that was great um and for the you know last meeting we were joking that there was nobody in the audience nobody's watching us and doing things like that but Miss Marinella was able to pull some data for me uh with
the cameras that we have here and and everything that we're doing uh just you know over the course of the year so um we average about 60 people viewing the uh the views uh you know anytime after
the the it's posted uh uh that was the for this past year and last year we had about 74 uh posting now five of them are for my mom but but after that you know subtract that out so but it is interesting how you know uh there's
different peaks during the year so this year in February we had 122 views that could have been I think we had shopright stars then and then we also I think we had the Montville historical society come that night so it's interesting that different themes pull people in for
different reasons but uh we are getting other viewers so you're not talking to nobody out there uh people are watching so I just wanted to share that but it it would be much more fun to be here in person and feel the energy of the room absolutely absolutely so that's it and
Miss uh Slint so I just wanted to touch base on the fact that the resolution for the 202526 tenative budget is back on the agenda we needed to make an adjustment to the withdrawals from capital reserve
we had met on the March 18th on March 20th we had done a bid opening for our summer projects and unfortunately due to the uncertainties in the market those came in higher than we thought so the adjustment that we were making was
adjusting the amount that we'll be removing from capital reserve in order to do those projects additionally we added ani an additional project which was a repair of the playground at William Mason um that particular project
the playground is beginning to sag as a result of erosion underneath so we will need to excavate and basically pull a lot of that playground out in order to fix the repair it was a project that we knew we needed to do but we didn't realize how large the scope was going to
be so we added it to Capital Reserve so your new resolution is making those adjustments so that we can submit them to the county and then we can move forward for the public hearing anyone have any questions about that if not then we'll move
on um if if it was going to be on the part of the budget and it moved to capital reserve section did it come out somewhere else did we get more money somewhere else no in terms when we thought that we were going to do it we
thought we were going to do it with monies from this year in terms of the playground for William Mason but the scope is too big i don't have that kind of money so um as a result we had to push it forward thank you uh let's move on then a lot of
good news in here i don't know if any of you read this but you really should and I encourage the public to pick up a copy of this if they can and read it you'll hear about a lot of wonderful things we're doing at our schools from mock trials to high school students coming
back to their elementary schools to teach about business um $5,000 plus to the American Heart Association from Valley View just a lot of good things um I encourage you to read them okay so let's go on to committee
reports facilities and finance karen uh yes thank you David um the uh finance committee met right before tonight's meeting put the finishing touches on the budget and um pretty much what Mrs slint has explained is what we talked about
that was brief okay uh curriculum Michelle um yeah we met uh last week and we actually had a great meeting and we covered a lot of material i do want to share um some things tonight we reviewed uh Miss Woodri reviewed the 2526 high school
master schedule with us specifically in relation to exceptions to the class size policy and the committee went over all the exceptions and we were supportive of making those exceptions um it really is great how the administration tries to keep um everything in and offer dynamic
opportunities for our students um you know making sure we have the resources to do so um you know Miss Woodring did point out that it's still early in the scheduling process and class enrollment numbers are subject to change before the school year and she'll keep us a breast
of any changes um last year the 20 uh the elementary schedule was um modified and when that was done the administration made it known that there may be need to make changes for the upcoming school year based on um administrator teacher parent student
feedback and um all of that information has been um collected the committee appreciated the administration's responsiveness to stakeholder feedback and they're looking to make some additional changes for next year um some changes are made to the middle school schedule for next year um two noteworthy
ones um they're going to be splitting the double ELA block in grade seven and eight which will allow for more flexibility in the schedule um and also reduce the number of one6 stipens for ELA teachers um and then at the sixth grade level it's going to remain because
of the amplify program um the um we talked about grade kindergarten and one ICR resource and great grades kindergarten and one ICR resource in recent years there have been more students coming to us in preschool
through early intervention services and um many of the students remain in need of special services as they enter kindergarten and so the district currently only offers pullout resource for kindergarten uh specialed students and it requires at least one available teacher um per building to serve the
children there's basically um things being explored on how to uh do that next year um in different ways so that teachers may have class sizes uh not just of one or two students and maybe combining resources so they're working on efficient use of our resources and
serving all the needs of our students we reviewed the recommendations for the one book one school for this summer um at the high school they're going to be reading The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Burns and at Lazar they're going to be reading Restart by Gord Gordon Corman um anyone on the board of
ed who would like to read the books is welcome to get a copy miss Woodrink has copies she can provide and the committee um was supportive of these decisions um on the agenda tonight we discussed um it is uh we found out that the middle
school mandrin teacher will be retiring um so they're going to be looking for um the new teacher uh to fill that position for the school year we discussed um you know hopefully that we won't have issues doing that but there might have to be um you know options if we cannot fill the
position um but right now they're looking to find a teacher um schooly is going to be replaced by Google classroom as the it was investigated as um with the faculty replacing uh schooly
and it was overwhelmingly supported by the faculty and uh that's what we're going to be moving to for the next school year and I think those are the highlights that's certainly I guess enough right okay thank you thank you um and I believe if I'm not mistaken there's going to be a new messaging app
is that uh because Google Classroom doesn't do messaging right we we haven't decided on the actual uh vendor yet but we are pursuing that right now okay thank you boys and girls uh policy John uh we
haven't met since the last meeting no report okay thank you joe communications no report hey Christine safety no report okay delegate leaison New Jersey school boards karen
um just a couple of items on March 19th uh the league group met group is a uh group of executive directors presidents government relations uh leaders of all of the education societies
administrators supervisors uh teachers union NJPTA NJSBA they meet several times a year and meet with the commissioner of education to discuss uh issues surrounding education and it's really been a
highlight and an a great enjoyment to attend these meetings they have very honest earnest frank conversations about education and they're very very uh productive meetings uh next on the 21st New Jersey school boards hosted its
second women's leadership uh conference it was a huge success lots of attendance um a wonderful panel discussion at the end on the 28th we hosted our board of directors meeting the executive director gave updates of
association activities and on April 11th we will be hosting our inaugural equity expo okay thank you uh Mike Rapport Morris County School Boards uh tomorrow night
we have our unsung heroes event okay good enjoy it hope it's a good one joe uh Morris County Educational Services we have a meeting on April 9th at 6:30 okay and drug awareness we have a meeting on April 8th at 7 o'clock okay and John
athletic boosters uh first meeting of 2025 is next Tuesday first meeting in 2025 is next Tuesday April 8th right here 7 o'clock good so we'll get a report next time we will okay thank you Karen uh Cedar Hill
leaison uh Cedar Hill is putting together what sounds like a very exciting tricky tray called Havana Nights and I am registered to go with my daughter we plan to have a good time wonderful by the way Vanessa
attended Cedar Hill so Oh good um Christine Hillale Hillale had their virtual meeting March 20th uh they talked about all different activities field day um they talked about the district-wide SR officer um there they
have a peace garden where they will have the outdoor classroom an outdoor library bird feeders of all types and sizes and shapes um and they will have sales for for shade um they have a lot of
fundraisers going on um they're uh working with um Chartwells which is their school lunch program they're going to have a test kitchen program where the kids get to test two different food items and they get to vote which they like the best they remove some items
they're now going to include a breakfast item for lunch for the kids um they also purchased a raised cedar garden bed to do gardening um and they talked about a lot of activities that they're doing for Earth Day so they're very much into
gardening being outside which is wonderful yeah and that peace garden is under the trees it was cleaned out a while ago you guys did a great job cleaning that out that's going to be a wonderful space to be in when it's you know nice out also quick question uh the
Michelle Sullivan game can you comment on that real quick nothing on there i'll get you i'll get you there you'll get me there okay because I know that's coming up and it's uh district wide or it's all Let's go to it now um April 26th is when
you'll get to see yours truly embarrass himself i think I said that before but uh along with another bunch of other over the hill parents and dads and maybe even some moms and we're going to have some fun and raise some money that'll be good how is that going to work is it
going to be like an all day thing how many hours it it's as far as I understand there's a a bracket format and you know I think the one of the the winning school from last year gets a buy into the finals so the other schools compete and then the winner plays the other winner okay looking forward to it
it's always you going to last that long you're going to last that long me no I will not but I'll be there see this is why people need to come to our meetings okay uh anything else from what uh from a lot of things coming up
uh April 4th is the William Mason Traps Marketplace uh our book fair is April 8th and 9th and the Michelle Sullivan okay and then Caitlyn Valley View um Valley View had a meeting March 19th and
it was the Michelle Sullivan was discussed they're also doing an exhibition game for kids to play during like the halftime so um they're really trying to get the whole community involved this year um Valley View decided to use their tricky tray money to purchase outdoor shading for the
outdoor classroom so that we can hopefully get some more use out of that and to purchase some new picnic tables um their next meeting is May 8th and that will be elections for next year's um PTA board
and oh our trips is also April 4th from 6:00 to 8 i think Hilldale's Treps is coming up as well soon you said Valley View Valley is this Valley View is this Friday night okay six o'clock yeah put one there okay we'll find out later then
uh Michelle Lazar no i want to echo what uh Tom said i attended you know Freaky Friday the musical and couldn't believe it was a middle school production it was really just such so wonderful and impressive and seeing so many kids involved and how
they feed into the high school and it was really an enjoyable enjoyable production joe was there anything else no okay yeah I saw the musical as well it was amazing we're going to have a great musical next year too at the high school with the way these kids were uh
David I just wanted to piggyback on what uh Mike mentioned about um tomorrow night's Mars County School Board meeting the unsung hero i'm really excited to go and and to see the uh the students who are selected but I'm excited to go with my colleagues we're going to carpool
over to Mars Hills High School so I'll have some company on the ride over including Mike Rafaort yes Mike and and Joe i'm driving hold on to your seats anything from the high school no no report okay nothing from the high school okay we're having a lot of fun
tonight you folks look like you're having fun would you like to come up and say anything in our first public participation session no oh come on oh come on i feel like I'm at a game show host or something come on down yeah so just give us your name
address and let us know what you're thinking about um well hello if it's on the Is it on the agenda am I on the agenda no is your comment about an item on the agenda yes perfect thank you um well hello uh my name is Lauren Danio
um come August I will be a math teacher at Lazar um I'm so so excited i can't wait um and thank you so much for this opportunity i just I so excited i I'm
speechless so I I So yeah thank you yeah welcome welcome i hope you have a great time i'm sure that you will so yes we're very excited to have you the board will be voting uh and uh momentarily
momentarily but uh we are very excited and we have a number of positions that are open and uh we're really bringing in a great uh great crop of new teachers coming into our program and you can see what we're talking about right here so we're very happy so thank you for being
here tonight appreciate that okay could I have a motion for items I through N on the agenda make a motion and a second second if I didn't get first whatever it is okay questions about the
minutes section J the gifts the HIP reports section K facilities finance any questions it's where our new bids are section L personnel yes so one of the reasons that we have a number of
openings is because we have four retirements tonight so just to go through them uh we have Sharon UAS who has completed her 19th year of teaching at Montville Township Public Schools demonstrating a consistent commitment to effective teaching and student learning throughout her time at Lazar Miss UAS
has actively engaged in collaborative planning implemented innovative teaching strategies and contributed to the school community she's an amazing teacher who constantly provides a strong learning environment to her students at the high school we have a team here we have Miss
Sharon Flug Munch who has taught at the high school for 32 years under her toutelage the ceramics program and at Montfield Township High School has grown into one of the finest in the state and the country her students regularly win awards at area art shows such as the
Blackwell Street Artists Fresh Perspectives and area high school shows she has also started the Monthful Mud Art Show that focuses on ceramics along with her husband Paul she has introduced the Japanese art of Reku kiln firing
which is not commonly done at the high school and I've seen that in action every year and it's an incredible process of what they do the other half of that team is her husband Paul Munch uh who has taught at Mul Time High School for 19 years he has taught fine
art photography and ceramics there he has served as the primary teacher of photography at Monol Township High School and under his direction photography is taught through the lens of artistic creati creativity students learn what it means to compose a photograph as opposed to simply snapping
a picture with the phone and how to shoot with film a medium that would otherwise be unknown to them uh he is also an accomplished artist and woodworker as we uh and we know he along with his wife will spend the next chapter of their life creating and sharing their passion for art we wish
them both well and last as Michelle just mentioned Rumain Chang who's worked at the Lazar Middle School for 13 years as a Mandarin teacher will be soon retiring prior to teaching she worked in the financial industry for 17 years miss Chang speaks
three languages: Mandarin English and Japanese in retirement she's looking forward to traveling and pursuing her hobbies she will be missed by her colleagues and students alike but as a Montville resident we will be seeing her around town so we wish her well as uh in
her retirement so four openings we have a few more coming up soon uh and one of them is our 50 50year uh person Toby she put her she finally put her papers in so we'll recognize her next meeting so uh
yeah that's incredible so people don't leave Monville when they get hired they stay for 30 years 50 years yeah they do so uh it's it's all and and I also point out that we talk a lot about the music program the theater programs here but
our more uh hands-on art programs the ceramics photography those are also outstanding programs they win lots of awards and we do have a lot of talented faculty members and students that come up through the schools
okay um moving on curriculum section M questions policy any questions if not roll call vote please mr dory yes miss Zuckerman I'm staying
on I yes and everything else dr cordelino yes mrs fano yes mr petraino yes congratulations Lauren mr rapaort
yes Mrs smith yes Dr modrech yes okay no more close session so we move on to general board comments and new business and old business uh we'll go for old business first any old
business new business general board comments yes real quick we in the last couple meetings we were talking about cell phone usage and the administration getting back to us and also on middle school sports and just can you give us an update yes so middle school sports uh
I have my meeting this week with the athletic department we're going to be talking about that we've had some preliminary meetings just getting a lot of things of the questions we have to ask so hopefully uh I will have a memo to the board within the next month or so uh regarding cell phones I'm putting it
in the weekly to all of you uh inviting anybody that wants to come to the high school see lunch in session maybe come a little bit earlier see the kids in the hallways see what's going on firsthand and then if you're so inclined I could also get a visit to another school that has implemented a more stricter uh type
of cell phone policy and we could go visit them and spend the morning there if you wish so I'll be putting that stuff in the weekly you respond appropriately and we will move forward thank you yeah yeah
thanks Dave so um this was my first year being on the curriculum committee and I just want to say that I am so impressed with Miss Woodring um we were there for an hour and a half i did not expect that
and um the she has such a handle on our programs our schools she's always looking forward she's always looking to what is in the best interest of all of our different learners and I just want to tell you that I really appreciate you
and I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and your heart you only want what's best for every single student and for the staff too but ju but definitely for the kids and I just want I saw you in action i just want to say
I'm very impressed and thank you that was very sweet yes it was it was a very productive meeting miss Woodring did put a lot of time into that whole evening and uh these are all the things that are going on behind the scenes and you get to see what happens here at these meetings with the recognition but
it's a lot of planning months if not years and uh we're happy to have uh her vision of where we want to go in the future so thank you too okay um any other general board comments new business old business nothing okay
then I would ask for a motion to adjourn second public Oh sorry second public session i almost forgot would you like to come back up and talk to us about anything not on the agenda no anyone else okay then I would ask for a motion
to adjurnn motion to adjurnn thank you second thank you good night everyone