Can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education to resume the public portion of the agenda? >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstain?
Motion carries. Can we please stand for the flag salute? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> Uh at this time we're going to recognize some students with some presentations. >> Okay, our first recognition is our top three students of our eighth grade class, the class of 2026. So, one of them is on vacation, but I
still want to recognize her, um and just kind of speak to the work uh of the three students. If you stop and think about it, um to me, when I think about the students who are in the top three, I'm thinking about students who have sacrificed a lot of their time,
um who have committed to their studies, um [clears throat] and who have really remained focused for, you know, an extended period of time. So, I just want to recognize all of that hard work and tenacity and and just that ability to to
keep their academics as the priority. Um I know, you know, when I think about just the typical work that goes in having had a son um go through and be in college, you know, you see the late nights. And so, when it gets to that point where they're really kind of
you know, anchoring in all three of our top three are also kids that are highly engaged in lots of other things um and their parents can attest to the driving them around to all of the different performances and band things and activities and all of that. So, all
three of our students have been involved in athletics, band activities um after-school activities, things like that. So, I'm really proud of these three. We got to know each other for the student academic um the county recognition that occurred um
and really hear [snorts] more from them. So, uh they've really earned this honor. So, our first student um in alphabetical order is Caroline Kember. Um she is not here tonight. She is on vacation, but I certainly want to recognize her and say congratulations.
>> [applause] >> Our next student is Autumn Kurtz. >> [applause] >> And I'm going to ask ask you to stand here, too. >> [laughter] >> Congratulations. And our third student recognized tonight
is Clayton Chod. >> [applause] [applause] >> AND WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE, TOO. AREN'T you thrilled? Somebody Parents. >> Do you need one for the school? >> Yeah. I got it here. I can help you. >> Great.
>> I will trade you for the AP >> [laughter] >> Last one. >> [laughter] [applause] >> I'm going to invite uh Mrs. Julia Terry, our band uh director, um up to talk about uh a trip the kids
went on and all of the work that went into that. Hi. Um so, on May 29th, I took 30 of my senior band members to Hershey, Pennsylvania. Uh we had a competition at Hershey Free Church. We performed for a panel of judges.
Um they gave us a rating of excellent, which is excellent. >> [laughter] >> Um and then after that, the kids got to enjoy uh a really fun-filled day at Hershey Park. And they put in about like 50 hours of work just in class alone, not counting all of the time that they
put in, hopefully practicing at home, um and just thinking about band and getting better and working as a group. So, super proud OF THEM. YAY! >> [applause] >> OKAY. UM I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAMES and then you're going to come up here and you're going to stand up here with me. Rosalie Ambert?
Emmanuel Calhoun? >> [applause] >> Dylan Comroe? >> [applause] >> Lila Cruz? >> [applause] >> Erin Camilla DeCheco? >> [applause] >> Mia Cruz?
Selena Cruz? Jolie Crow? Mark Jazwinski Celeste Jeter Zemaya Cain Michaela Kelly Autumn Kurtz Sienna Lawer
Sophia Lawer Pedro Padron Emmy Pasternack Gabriela Ponce de Leon Cruz >> [applause] >> Asher Rapley Felicity Reedy >> [applause]
>> Nathan Reedy >> [applause] >> Miliani Rivera >> [applause] >> Logan Sansom Clayton Shaw Sadie Shaw Michael Senese
>> [applause] >> Manisha Sherfoba Larissa Saykadd Nani Valentino Ortiz And that's all of them. Let's organize you a little bit. Congratulations everyone.
All right, everyone ready? 1 2 3 All right. Great job to our students. >> [laughter] >> Great job to our students. >> [laughter] >> I want to I want to say thank you for all of your hard work in representing Milpitas so well and I hope you have an
awesome summer. See we sent you home and then pulled you right back. Enjoy your summer. [applause] Thank you. Thank you everyone for coming out. Favorite thing for board members is to be able to recognize our students and see all the excellent things you guys are doing.
But I know that board meetings are not super exciting for kids. So if anyone wants to leave, we'll take a break for like a minute or two and give you a chance to exit. If you want to stay, you're more than welcome. You left with >> [laughter] [laughter]
>> They're still sitting here. >> All right. Well, uh the meeting will now be open to the public for comments. Would anyone like to make a comment? >> [laughter] >> No? Okay. Uh old business. Uh just so everyone knows, the deadline for candidates to submit their nominating
petition is 4:00 p.m. on July 27th. So, make sure you do that if you haven't yet. >> [snorts] >> Uh committee reports. Curriculum policy. Oops, did I go too fast? >> No, I got it. It's just on my phone. Um we talked about
>> Thank you. >> Sorry. It's just that I'm off work for 2 days and I forget every single thing. Okay. Um we talked about a bunch of policies. A lot of them were just changes to where we're now adding um Mullica Township into them, um and the
or the superintendent. Um we were for policy s- school level title one policies, we're splitting that into middle school Mullica Township middle school and elementary school instead of Mullica schools. Um so, that was most of our
conversation was about policies, and a lot of them were just updates on changes to names. There was nothing major. Um we spent some time talking about gifted and talented um assessments, how we're going to assess students, development of a program. There that you'll notice it's
on the agenda for the summer work. Um and that was about it. Thank you. Um Nick is not here for finance and operations, so I'll give that one. So, we talked about our food service contract renewal, which you'll see on the agenda. Um we got an update on federal grant
audits. They had their closeout meeting, and um there were three findings, which we'll be working on. We talked about the child nutrition program. And that was it. Oh, I'm sorry. No, there was a little
more. There was an update on the grants with Reap and Aces and that our new BA will be starting July 1st, Mark. And just a thank you to Karen for acting as our interim. We appreciate all you've done for us. Again.
>> [applause] >> Personnel negotiations. >> Okay. We discussed personnel. We reviewed staff positions for the 2026-2027 school year. We discussed updating the staff handbook
and our negotiations team is preparing for negotiations. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Under correspondence, I just want to let everyone know that Assemblyman Anthony Angelozzi sent certificates to two of our students, Clayton Shaw and Ella Hanselman, honoring them for their
participation in the Mullica School District Centennial Celebration. So, and those were given to the students before school got out. >> Can I Can I add one thing? >> Yep. >> We did get thank you notes for the student from several students for their
awards. I should give copies to Susan, so I'll send >> I'll pass it around. Thank you. All right, our next item is annual appointments. Can I get a motion and a second for Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the
superintendent approve items 6B and 6C. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Can I get a roll call then? >> Mrs. Kurtz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mayone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Stallworth. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Werner? >> Yes. >> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brown-Hill? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Uh can I get a motion and a second to approve the May 27th, 2026 regular
meeting minutes? There were no executive session. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> Aye. >> Any opposed? Any abstain? >> I abstain. >> Okay.
Uh our next item is just monthly reports. Um so number nine, can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the superintendent approve items 9B through 9Q. >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Any discussion? So I would just like to highlight the retirement of Barbara Rowe um and acknowledge my appreciation for her service. Uh she did teach my kids many times and uh they loved her and we will miss her.
>> I was going to say the same thing. Um I know that when Autumn was in third and fourth grade, Miss Rowe was her STEM teacher and I all my things are popping back up my memories on Facebook and it's you know, those couple grades when she had her, she really loved STEM and she really enjoyed um that STEM program and
it was great and I know she had a little bond over books with Miss Rowe. So she really did take the time to get to know the kids um and she did an awesome job. I think she had emu eggs at one point. I could be totally wrong. But I really think that's awesome as a
science person, so very cool. Um so well done and congrats on your retirement. >> Any other discussion? >> I have one point I >> Go ahead. >> As I said earlier, I'm Okay. Thank you.
Anyone else? Can I get a roll call then? Mrs. Kurtz? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mayo? >> Uh yes, but abstain from 9K. >> Mr. Stallingsworth?
>> Uh no on 9L, yes to the rest. >> Thank you. >> Mrs. Warner? >> Yes. >> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes, but abstain from 9K. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brownhill? >> Yes. Motion carries.
>> Thank you. Uh can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the Superintendent approve items 10B through 10G. >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Uh any discussion? Okay, can I get a roll call then? Mrs. Kurtz? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mayo? >> Yes. >> Mr. Stallingsworth? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Warner? >> Yes. >> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brownhill?
>> Yes. Motion carries. >> All right, can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the Superintendent approve items 11B and 11C. >> [clears throat] >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Any discussion? Can I get a roll call? >> Mrs. Kurtz? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mayon? >> Yes. >> Mr. Stallone work? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Werner? >> Yes. >> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brownhill? >> Yes.
>> Motion carries. >> [clears throat] >> Uh for number 12, can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the business administrator approve items 12B through 12O. >> Motion.
>> Second. >> Uh any discussion? >> I have a question for Karen. Does the secretary's report >> I'm sorry? >> Dawn didn't do the secretary's report. >> No, she does the treasurer's report. >> Yeah. >> So it's only um in my office. >> Understood. Thank you.
>> I do want to just point out to everyone 12I has our board training, so we each need to abstain from ourselves. Any other discussion? Can I get a roll call then? >> Mrs. Kurtz? >> Uh yes, except abstain from 12I myself.
>> Mrs. Mayon? >> Yes, but abstain from 12I for myself. >> Mr. Stallone work? >> Abstain on 12I for myself. Yes to the rest. >> Mrs. Werner? >> Yes, but abstain from 12I for myself.
>> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes. Abstain from 12I myself. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. Abstain from 12I for myself. >> Mrs. Brownhill? Yes, but abstain from 12I for myself. >> Motion carries.
>> Okay. We do have an addendum, so we're going to do that next. Um so can I get a motion and a second for the Mullica Township Board of Education upon recommendation of the interim business administrator approve items 1B through 1E. >> Motion.
>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I apologize for the late notice on the addendum, but as I'm going through things, I'm trying to get them [clears throat] out. >> All right, can I get a roll call? >> Mrs. Kurtz? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Bayone? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Stallworth? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Werner? >> Yes. >> Mr. Winterbottom? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Wild? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Brown-Hill? >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Okay. Uh, informational. Our next board meeting is scheduled for July 22nd, 2026
at 5:30 p.m. This will serve as the board's retreat. And I do have a PTA update. Let me give me a second. All right, the Mullica PTA ended the school year with a wonderful carnival day, rock painting for fourth and eighth
grades, popsicles for pre-K, fourth grade clap out cookies and concessions for our eighth graders at Lake Day. As we wrap up another incredible school year, we want to take a moment to thank our amazing students, families, teachers, staff, board, and volunteers for making this year such a success.
Your support, generosity, and dedication helped create memorable experiences for our children, and we couldn't have done it without you. Although summer is here, the work behind the scenes continues. Our new board, led by Rachel Jordan, Louise Sansom, Kelly
Heffley, and Kayla Zoldos will spend the summer planning exciting events and fundraising opportunities for the upcoming school year. We will also be working together to develop our proposed budget, which will be presented at our PTA meeting in September. We hope everyone has a safe, fun, and relaxing
summer filled with family, laughter, and sunshine. Thank you again for your continued support of the Mullica Township PTA. And I'm assuming no MTF cuz they're not here tonight. Okay. Uh public comments then. Okay. Um let me
All right. Oh, do you have some stuff? >> You go first. >> Are you sure? Okay. Um I just wanted to thank, and I know no one's here, but maybe they're out there, um the eighth grade team and the administrative team for a wonderful graduation and for all the events for the eighth grade at the end of the year.
It was a lot of fun and really well done and graduation was amazing, so thank you. Oh, and thank you to everyone who gives all the awards to all the kids. I'm used to seeing it and seeing the 47 awards get given out and then it's just a little different when, you know, it's
your you see the perspective of the kids. Like it's my child and her friends and their excitement and enthusiasm and gratefulness for, you know, and all their hard work being recognized, so super thank you to everyone. >> I just wanted to thank Karen for the last 2 months [clears throat] of serving
as the interim business administrator. It was a pleasure to work with her and I think it was the perfect transition. >> Thank you. >> Um so, thank you. >> I appreciate the opportunity. >> Um I want to thank our wonderful staff for a great 2025-2026 school year.
The Ed Foundation, we had did have a luncheon on Friday for all of our staff where we did you know, different recognitions of each other and things like that. And the Ed Foundation was able to hand out a number of grants to our teachers for different projects they have going on in their
classroom and we thank them for all of their effort and fundraising and distribution of those funds that go right back to our kids. I want to congratulate the class of 2026. They've been a lot of fun to work with this year. Several of them came up and gave
personal notes and things like that to me and just having them be the first graduating class under my term here. There's something special to that. So, I just wanted to acknowledge them. And then I also want to thank Cedar Creek High School and Mr. Goodrich for
being wonderful host to us for the graduation. I think it makes it extra special and we certainly value that partnership. And that was a great night for us to really partner together and and kind of transition many of our
students who are going to Cedar Creek. It's nice for them to be in that venue. And Mr. Goodrich goes above and beyond for everything that we may need. Even last minute tablecloths. So, we [clears throat] appreciate him. And that's it.
>> Thank you. Anyone else for public comments? >> I'd like to say thank you for the kindergarten step up and the fourth grade step up. It's really been the first time we did that with kindergarten. I thought it was very very nice tradition we should start and
continue. >> Thank you. >> And while I do they were having a little tap dancing the other day. >> Did they? >> I missed [laughter] it. >> Anyone else? All right. Then can I get a motion and a second to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor?
>> Aye. >> Any abstain? Any oppose? >> [laughter] >> I almost forgot for a minute what I was supposed to ask. All right, I think we're good then. Have a great night, everybody. >> Oh, yes. >> Happy cat.
>> Happy cat, what? >> You're on. >> You're on fire. >> Oh, yeah. >> Good call, Bob. >> Thank you. >> Is Mike in here or for the >> Mike is here. >> He's here. >> And can we keep order? >> Okay. >> I just want to ask >> I am. >> Yes. >> Do you want to stop or do you want to turn that off? >> Yeah.
>> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Now I don't know first and second. Motion. >> Well, Nick's not here. But I'll just >> I'll [laughter] just look around, look around, and I'll just note and look over here. >> [laughter]
>> First and second. Uh we're going to mess with you.