10 minutes of May 6th and May 13th regular. I need a second. Stephanie, all in favor? Um, we're going to start with the student representative report and my greatness. So, uh, tonight is my last day saying
good evening everyone. I'm happy to be here with all of you in the close of my time as a student representative. So to start this past Monday was the annual scholarship dinner which should visit the terrace. It was a welcome evenings of both faces like Mr. Wilson and assistant and Mrs. Miner students are
feeling very successful and grateful for the time effort and money put in by the donors and the department. Last week the students had a beautiful farm night having the seasons on behalf of senior class. Thank you to the efforts of Mrs. Gerber the class officers coordinators and the shadows.
The previous Monday was the annual sports coordinator. It was a nice time to win many awards and recognition in school. The athletic department had a very successful year with several athletes breaking records and many more impressive accomplishments. We even got to see Mr. Kelly and Mr. Army. Tonight at the music department
senior showcase students in the orchestra band and chorus stage one or less time to perform various pieces and receive the music awards for the dedication to the program. Wish them luck. This coming Tuesday is the name styer the culminated event in Mr. draws all past programs in collaboration with
this project. The survivors will return for a reception and seat belt gate for them. The students have been working hard for this event, cutting down the footage they gathered from their interview and building a piece that communicates the story of their survivor efficiently. Good luck. Next Thursday is graduation and seniors have been busy
buying dresses, outfits, decorating their caps and adjoining their gowns with various styles and sports to commemorate four years of hard work as night. This year sadly will not be there so Mr. On Monday the 15th, the seniors also have their yearbook social. So teachers,
faculties, and students better come prepared with their parent signs and yearbooks to wish the seniors all best. We've recently passed some athletic accomplishments with the track team winning county team of the year in history who won 2026 EAJ score sectional awards. So congratulations. As we close
our final week, we are also closing out the year with elections at the final club. Welcome new officers and say goodbye to seniors and some class advisers, including Mrs. together to work hard to find this book club and helping hand. And now for the last time,
thank you. [applause] [applause] All right. So, very quickly, Emma's been wonderful. I'm very, very sad to see. you've been like just a perfect example of what we want kind of like a student from your articulation, the amount of
work you put into your posture. Everything about you um sincerely appreciate it. The board didn't do a resolution for you. So it's very formal. I'm going to read it. I won't read it because I know you did it, but I know the board wants to recognize it. Whereas Emma has served with distinction on the
Milford Board of Education and whereas or through their leadership, the Milford Board of Education has gained fresh insights into student concerns, student priorities, and what is on the mind of young people in the community. And whereas they have further contributed to the community by serving as a valuable
spokesperson sharing student perspective at board meetings and whereas Emrady's exemplary commitment with other students and the school district has promoted clear communication from the board district administration and the student body and whereas Emma Grady has
maintained professional lore at board meeting showing respect to board members and strive the proper etiquette of serving on a school board and wearing as they have demonstrated the commitment to advancing the education of all students without neglecting their own responsibility to strive for success in
advisory. Now therefore be it resolved that New Milford Board of Education recognizes Emma Grady's dedication and commitment to advancing educational opportunity and open communication between the board district administrators and the student and be a
further resolve that the members of the Miller Board of Education extends their sincere appreciation to for their dedicated service board of education. The further is offer members of the North Board of Education best
wishes and great all [applause] [applause] is going to Delaware where my voters go and I'm going to hope that they cross paths because Let's go. >> [applause] >> Now the teacher of the year
teacher of the year. Teachers of the year represent the best of the best in our district. Um they get county recognition at a lunchon. It's a big day for teachers love that. Um they love being together. All these people
work very hard every single time that I see them winners. This is a big deal. Not everybody gets it. If it's something that is recognition from your pub how it works is put together a big committee of
past winners and administration and we read submissions about each potential nomination or teacher of the year and there's a vote and there's no greater respect respect from your colleagues. So this is a very
significant your colleagues know if you're lazy that you're not being your can't hide. You can hide from us for a while but it's very difficult to hide from your colleagues. That is the golden respect
from your colleagues. So without further ado I'd like to first call up Megan. [applause] Mrs. Tori is going to come up and stand there. here for you. I don't want I don't like to rub my back
toward to anybody. Okay. Um so good evening, President Gomez, members of the board, Mr. Glasso and Moxa, Dr. Guar, Mrs. Horn, and members of the community. It is an absolute honor to stand before you
tonight to represent BFG gifts elementary school and to officially introduce and celebrate our teacher of the year Miss Megan Bellings. As a principal, you always hope to build a team of educators who are passionate,
dedicated, and skilled. But every so often, you get to work with someone who completely redefineses what it means to be an educator. And that is exactly what Mrs. Bell does, Miss Bell does every single day. To give you a glimpse into
why she earned this incredible honor, I want to highlight three things that define her impact on our school. First is her connection with students. Miss Bellis doesn't just teach our curriculum, she teaches human beings. She creates a classroom environment
where every single child feels seen, valued, and capable of achieving greatness. Her leadership and collaboration, Miss Bell serves as a true pillar for our entire staff. She leads by example. She is always the
first to mentor a colleague or share a successful strategy and breathes life into the spirit of collaboration across our whole building. And finally, her commitment to excellence. She never settles for good enough. She con constantly pushes herself to innovate,
ensuring our students are getting the very best possible education. When you walk into her room, you can immediately feel the energy, the curiosity, and the joy of learning. She is the kind of teacher we all wish we had growing up, and the kind of educator that we want
every student in our district to experience. So Megan, this award is a reflection of your hard work, your late nights, your unwavering heart, and the profound impact you have made on countless lives and the countless lives you will continue to impact. You make BF
gives at New Mel a better place, and you make me incredibly proud to be your principal. So please join me in congratulating our teacher of the year, Megan. [applause] >> [applause] >> And I also just I have to say I always prepare something because I you know
speaking in public I board meetings I want to be prepared. But I just also have to mention that this we have so many colleagues here from GIS tonight. Um and Megan Bella's family. She's getting married this summer. So her fiance Kyle is here. And I just it's a real true testament to the community
that we're building at GS and so many people came out to support her. Congratulations. [applause] >> All right. Next up, Mr. DEBITO [applause] is Dr. Chris.
[applause] [applause] We were all just saying back there that I short stick cuz I have to follow Jess and but that's not because I haven't been thinking about it because it is truly my honor and privilege to be acknowledging Deb. Um I cried all the
time. Daddy is the heart of the school. There are people that overwhelmingly impact every single person in the building and Mrs. Gito is one of them. Whether it's a
colleague that's struggling, a new teacher that needs advice, um an aid who may have a question, a custodian, a principal, a secretary, she's a go-to person and she always has an answer and she always has an idea and she convinces
you that her idea is the best one. And so, um, as a teacher, Debbie is she's a tyrant. She brings out the very best in every little person with a loving heart and relentless,
you know, compassion and dedication and just this there's just this energy when you walk into her room that what's happening in there is important and everybody plays a role and everyone is going to get it right because she's not going to let you slide. but she is a
love. She's joyful. Um she is the embodiment of what it means to be a teacher. I am so honored to be your principal and I am so lucky to call her one of our all. And I also want to say that Debbie is the one who will always
pick up anything that needs to be done. Two years ago, we had some movement in sections. We had third grade and then we had a fourth grade teacher and we knew that that teacher was going to go back to third grade which is a big deal. She came to me. She said, "I can be that person. I can be your fourth grade
teacher this year and I can go back to be your third grade teacher." But there's always a deal, right? She said, "As long as I can stay in my room." Um, if I can do the curriculum anyway, but Debbie, we love you. Everyone in the building loves you. Your children, your
colleagues, all of us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being here. [applause] All >> [applause] >> right, next up. [applause] So, uh, thank you so much for the job to the board administration. Always such an
honor to be here and every year to get to talk about people I love. Um, and, uh, that's our family at DEO. And, uh, Mrs. is really kind of developed into the
mother of our building. Um, she is, you know, the spirit in the building. She is there when her team needs her. She's there when we all need her. She has an infectious smile. Uh, she constantly is
bringing new things to the building and she has all these kinds of rewards. She really makes our staff want to be there and she really understands that her actions to make her colleagues so happy
with where they are helps our students. It helps them be there for our kids in the classroom. Your your organization is just ridiculous. Um I I call her the parade deck queen. um it's it's a
program for formative assessment that she literally makes us all use at all times and uh you know because if we don't use it then she doesn't gather together next year as so she comes on board she talks to our
faculty meetings she gets up she teaches us and I really really it is an honor to work with you appreciate everything that you All >> [applause] [applause] >> right, next up, Mr. Matthew Morris.
[applause] >> [applause] >> Moore and Mr. Manipella will be talking about if you look at the cookies closely, >> Jets, Rangers, >> Rangers, all our favorite sports team, >> number one of the year and we became
fast friends over when we first met, right? Yeah. >> Well, teams aren't working very well. >> Okay. So, um it's it always tells the story. I mean, first of all, the job that Matt does is is something that I
have seen. This is my 28th year in education, and I really rarely come upon someone that does what he does. the population that he works with, but the heart that he brings to the job is is unmatched. Usually teachers that get
teacher of the year have not had a longer uh number of years teaching, but the amount of energy and effort and love that he puts into his job, it's very rare. Um, Mr. Dal and I went on a job
fair. Um, as staff knows, I love going on job fairs. It's a big staff. And they'll be like, "Are you going to drive all the way down to TCJ? You going to drive all the way down there for a job?" Like, "Yeah." I go, "Cuz that's what we need." And we went down 3 years ago.
>> 3 years ago, we drive down. I was sitting there a couple and he comes walking down the road and I'm always like, "How are you? What's your name? What you doing?" And he goes, "Special education is my thing." Then I'm like, "Here's a chair. Sit down." Cuz that's
also rare to find someone uh that wants to get into the field with the passion you have. And Mr. Zal and I were like basically fighting over a little bit. Um and then the opportunity came and and we immediately contacted him and bringing him up and um it's been
really really pleasure. It's been an amazing thing for our students. the population that Matt works with needs so much and he provides that and not not in just from his own teaching but the way that he works with all the aids instructional assistance it's like like
composer right he he understands that you can't do it all but he understands that everyone has a role in the job and then he guides them and one of the best things about watching him work is that he knows the needs of each of the students in the room you know people say that like oh it's going to be the relationship environment
and we're going to follow the IEP. Like those are just rules that we follow, but that's not what he does. He knows the levels. He's able to identify when a student maybe needs. All right, let's go take a walk. Adjust. He's able to read the room like that. I've never really
seen anybody do that. So, I see her families over here. Okay. Cuz I see nodding and crying. um you you raised amazing young man um that is making an impact at such early in his career um and I'm really excited for where he goes. So I won't take all
time as well. >> He said it all, but um Matt is an absolute pleasure. He is a go-getter. Right now the unifying club is being honored in the auditorium. some technical difficulties for um a note 8
from Garden State where Matthew um and Miss Zapper coupled to bring our general education population together with our special education population to normalize the combination of typical peers with their um special education
peers. They went to the mall, they went on field trips, they went to the movies. It's just really a great thing. were the first people to receive a first place award from the state. It was supposed to take place in Trenton in person that was cancelled due to team. I
think that's happening in Philadelphia. So sports are kind of taking president right now. But um amazing 100%. The only problem is you can't say why. But that's we figured that out and you know TCJ
gets them back for a bit but there are really no words to say for how much appreciate it and enjoy this time to celebrate here. [applause] [applause] Mr.
B, now we're going to honor retirees. Um, I don't know how I feel about retirees yet. >> There's like a happiness that I have for them for all their service. they've made
it to the pinnacle and they get to retire. Um, so there there is a jealousy there as well. um enrolling away their bus. They're going to profoundly miss what they do. I mean, we are doing this for
this long and it's not just about teaching where you're just teaching kids like so much what teaching is working with children is you get a lot from your kids and families as well. I know they're not going to have that. I'm still going to
have it. They all will. So, I know They're going to miss it. I know they grapple with all these decisions all the time and I'm happy they grapple with you. If they're running out the door, they're not
so I really wish the best of luck. Um, first up, something I've known for a long time. Just a great [applause] [applause] So, um, I've been the high school principal here. I've been back here
since, uh, 2014. Um, I've had the opportunity to work with Greg, but I also work with him. I was a vice principal as well, uh, back in 2007. And there there's like institutions sometimes and that sometimes gets a negative but as an
institution there there are or members of our community our school community that are like the pillars right that really stand up um and give us our foundation and it's very rare it's it's hard to find those individuals especially in this day and age right we
have some like a young math that's stepping in and kind of doing that for our high school but you know we've lost Awesome. We had Dave Wilson uh recently retired and then and then Ray just shortly after. Um and it's hard to recover. It's hard to recover because
it's that knowledge that they have. It's that experience they have and it's what they bring the value to our educational program here at high school. You know, as a phys teacher, driver health um coaching various sports. Um he sets the
model for everyone else and to have a strong male role model. looked up to, right? A lot of our our students in our community don't have that. And to be able to look to Greg for that consistency, right? But also for that mentorship, right? He's tough, right? We've had our battle battles over the
years. Greg would come to every morning, give us the business a little bit, but you know, Mr. Corno always remind me. He said, "Whatever you need, whatever you need, Greg will do it." All right. So, bust your chops for a couple minutes and give you a little hard time, but what'll happen is he'll support everyone behind
you. he'll rally the team together and that's what he's done for so many years. He's provided that foundation for our school. Um, our young teachers hopefully will step into those roles and do that kind of work. But Greg has created really a legacy here for us and we're very proud of him. Very excited for him
for his opportunities ahead. Like example, he's going to tournament tomorrow. This man does not sit right if it's if it's and don't don't compete against them in anything, right? And so like if you go to think of, oh, I'll do basketball, I'll do tarts, I'll do golf, I'll do fishing, anything, right? He's
going to excel at that. He's always brought that competition and that energy to everything he's done here. Uh so on behalf of High School community, I want to thank you for all your service. [applause] coming up.
Another person known for a long time. [applause] And so this is um this is really a bittersweet moment um for me. Um you know Miss Irv you know Mr. Mandel was talking about institutions. Miss Irv was
literally a student in 1969 when David E. Owens opened. She is one of the first students that you didn't know that did you? That's a true story. That is a true story.
>> Um, and I it has been such an honor to get to know and love you over the years. Um, one of the things, you know, I like Mr. Kelly, I came in 2014 and I came to DEEO and I had a lot of energy and I had
a lot of ideas and a lot of thoughts about, you know, where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do. And um and Denise was kind of the very first person I believe that got me that understood me. Um she got behind me and she
supported me and I will never ever forget that. Thank you so much. She was there day in and day out to support everybody, to support our students. Um, yeah, there were times when there was 30 uh students
in the line and it was a frustrating situation. It was the 30th time each of those 30 students have been in the line late to school. Um, but she always managed her way through it with grace and dignity and just the most impeccable
handwriting I could ever imagine. I would get, you know, just right down to a um, right down to uh, messages I get from parents. I would like so clear. I almost didn't think she was writing me for a while. I was like on a computer I
couldn't believe. Um, she's just and that's just her. She's just so meticulous and so caring with every single thing she does and every single person she runs into. Um, you know, from watching
um people's dogs in the building to, you know, anything she could do for anybody, she would do. And and you are going to be missed. You are going to be missed. It's been an honor to work with you. I
am jealous of you. I just wish [applause] Mr. Spade, come up. [applause] Again, [applause] it's my honor and privilege um to just share a little bit about Valerie. Valerie is one of the instructional
assistants at Berkeley and she's been there for over 20 years. 28 years wild and she is an absolute pillar of Berkeley. I honestly can't imagine coming back next September and not having you there. You know, the
instructional assistants play such an important role in schools. They are the mommies. Um, and they are there for every little thing where if a little person needs to clean out their desk or they forgot their lunch or their snack or their backpack, they help with their
academics. They help them mingle with friends. They are troubleshooters. They are supports to teachers like no other. Every teacher at Berkeley always asks to work with Mrs. Bailey because she's the best. And oh, we are so lucky to have
her. She is sweet by nature. Such a lady. Always unflap. Doesn't matter what's going on. This is what we get. And um absolutely someone that I have counted on many many times. And sometimes when we have children who
really need a warm, loving, caring, nurturing person to just be on their side, I reach out to Valerie and I say, "Please take you under your wing." And she always does. And she brings out the best in all of us. Um, just by example.
You are a treasure. I'm very happy for you. We will miss you terribly. And we hope you come back. [applause] Congratulations. [applause] >> Want to make sure Mrs. Yam is not here and Mrs.
That concludes this part of the ceremony. >> Teachers of the year and time. >> All right. Teacher of the year. [applause] Thank you. Thank you. Heat. Heat.
I know. Are you ready? Yeah. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Congratulations. I printed it for a couple All right. Uh, thank you.
Tonight, we go over some district leaders. First, as you know, I always say I'm amazed at how many winners there are in New Milford. Uh, another award that no student that I have known has gotten is
the inspired voices poetry contest. Fifth grader Esther Ha from the Gibbs School uh has won with her poem about global warming and it's a quick poem. I do have it here. Um, but I met her the
other day and her poem was inspired by something that she saw when walking home from school past 7-Eleven where people were littering and leaving trash on the ground. Seeing this made her sad and uh it inspired me to write about global warming. So, here it is
very quickly. Global warming. No more cold, just fevered air. The oceans climbing stair by stair. Forests fall, their voices gone, and animals fade one by one. The sky turns thick with ash and flame. The earth no longer feels the
same. The ice once strong now breaks away. A warning we can't hide for the left. The winds grow wild. The seasons shift. The fragile world begins to drift. And nature shows the price we pay. But still, there's time to change our faith. To act before it is too late
to heal the earth and make things right. for future hearts still [applause] inspired by 7-Eleven [laughter] on the way home and these kids like they win and they get these gift cards like
50 bucks and I'm like 50 bucks if I was in fifth grade. So I'm really really proud of you know her in particular. Um but a lot again a lot of good things coming out of Milford. We also had uh two young ladies juniors Abigail and Julia attended Girls
Career Institute in New Jersey uh for transformative 4-day leadership experience focus on personal growth career exploration collaboration. Uh they attended workshops is all down at Rucker's campus. So we got great feedback about that. The torch run I mentioned I might have mentioned it in
the post session. So, the torch run, uh, the first time they did this, the torch run is a special Olympics incentive, uh, where the police department leads a campaign and they jog because we're all in shape. They jog carrying a
torch and they pass it from town to town. So, we looked up a burning field in Dumont and our police officer ran and they did something very, very special. They have the DPW cookos and cheeseburgers and have all our special ed students, our IBC classes and LLC
classes. Uh I think there's 150 people there. They all attended out by night field and they were cooking cheap burgers and hot dogs and having a great time taking pictures. Um when the police turned the corner with the torch, all our kids were off
clinging. It was a great time and I think we continue that experience because it was so successful. I thank Dr. Puchar for arranging all the buses getting all the kids from different schools at you know 9:30 in the morning.
So I appreciate that. Um M Warren alluded to uh the no hate in regard state. So one of the things Mr. Lor participated in with Mrs. Zacher was this grant um called unified pathways
and it's no hate in the garden state and they had to come up with a program submitted to the state and it was for money. If we won we won first place. the state did not give us money, but it's
the state fair isn't too. [laughter] So, but they're actually honoring us and looking at our program and presentation um in uh in that Ronaldo auditorium right now. They have been invited to train as well. So, it's actually a big
deal. It's inauguration inauguration of this grant and we bought and Mrs. Hacker when she showed me this book with all the things they did with Mr. boards with all the kids the beautiful thing in the back of my head I was like I'm not going to say anything but this is a lot of stuff if you know Mrs. backer everything
is way way over to the end. So in this case it works and uh they are actually celebrating in there right now. So again first one person first in the state Foxy awards winners Dan Cre won the Foxy Award for outstanding achievement. He's
right back there [applause] in multimedia and theatrical innovation. And congratulations to DJ Gonzalez and Neo Lynch. They will ask their people for the Foxy Award winner for outstanding performance by a featured ensemble actor. We congratulate them. I
actually just got to see Neo popping around from DEO. The solar sprint cars. Yes, this is another contest. We won the the upcycled materials. The solar sprint cars are cars that they build and they attach a photo cell to it and then they
race. And again, this is from teams from Alder County and we won the upcycled materials. Uh, grade six students, uh, Sahabi, Clara, Rebecca. So, great job. Another one, the investite
essay contest. This is a huge one. We actually had the representative, Mr. Sherman, because he can't believe how consistently we place in this contest. Um, so in the fall the invest investor write an essay and this is where
children they're given fake money. I hope it's fake. They give fake money. They invest in stocks. They learn about it and they write an essay about what they learned and what they you know invest in. In the fall we had Alina Harlo played second in the
nation and first in the state of New Jersey. So that was in the fall. So she got again I think hundreds of dollars. So you got a Chromebook for a laptop like recognition. So that was in the fall and we do it in the spring again. In the spring, Ela Moy, who you may know
as the second place bel County, second place in Burning County, she also took first place in New Jersey and third place in the nation in the spring. We also had Lucas Lombardi there as well. He placed seventh in the
nation. This is thousands and thousands of essays in the nation from all 50 states and we have four representatives. That's why Mr. Sherman came down like this unheard of unprecedented. And lastly, Theodora Brees placed 10 in the nation. So, we have a lot of national
winners right there. We're very excited. Deo put on a nice Miss Daily. I want to thank her for doing this program. She loves this stuff. She's been doing it for years. Um, she had a nice ceremony in DEO where the parents hid in a little closet type thing for quite a while,
half hour to 40 minutes. They got to know each other and then we unveiled them and it was it was a great time. So, thank you to all the children, uh, young men and women and, um, teachers and everybody for being followers and parents as well.
In sports, I'm not going to read all the winners. So, we had a great great spring season, but I do want to recap very quickly. In golf, we had uh freshman Peter Sagaras qualify for both the prestigious county and state individual tournament.
Might be the first time in school history. He is young, so he's going to be back next year. Boys tennis reached the second round of the NJSA tournament. Again, great first singles player, Christian Dianio, great kid. Reach the semifinals at the county invitational.
Softball won the league championship, reached the second round of the BIT. Baseball won the league championship, reached the second round of NJSA tournament, reached third round BIT. Outdoor track boys state sectional
champions for the first time in over 40 41 years. They're crazy. Uh there's a beautiful article paper about them. uh the boys also on county relay and county group champions boys also on the Bergen County small
school team of the year and they will be honored um tonight actually I'm missing it uh for the BCCA all county they are there representing individual accomplishments I'm just going to mention first team Ivan Benp
first team all league 100 meter first team all league 200 meter first team all county at large. He is a fast kid. I know um at one of the baseball games we got word um Friday we got word that he
ran a 108 which is the school record and he broke AJ Scoper's record I believe. So if you're texting AJ Scop like your thing went down. So really happy about that. Um also athlete of the week in May 2026. Julian Gutierrez, first team all
week, 800 meters. Luke Johnson, first team all week, 110 high hurdles. Luke Johnson, first team all league, 400 intermediate hurdles. Jeremy Friedberg, first team all league discus. Jake Johnson, first team all league at large. That's just first team. And that's just
track so far. Coach Jeff Bliss, NJs AAA coach for all season honores coach of the season. Girls track Gabrielle Gabriel Gabrielle Ali first team all league softball. Brianna May, first team all
league catcher. Sabrina Santi, first team all league outfielder. Aaliyah Lavier, first team all league first baseman. Brooke Gilkers, first team all league at large. Kendall Dinsky, first team low league at large. Jayla Alavar, first team at large. Alli
Dy, the coach. NJ division coach of the year. Again, amazing baseball. Dylan Andrews, first team all league pitcher. James Burns, first team all league first base. Kyle Dunn, first team all league. Third team all county.
Danny May, first team all league, third team all county at large. Jesse Broy, first team all week at large. Sean Ryan, another one of our coaches, NJIC, division coach of the year. So that's the third month in the spring. And then
golf, Peter Aar's first team all week. Boys tennis, Christian Dio, first team all league. Chris Addio, fourth coach, NJIC division coach of the year. flag football. Sabrina Caravalo, first team
all league offense and defense. Natalie Tunia, first team all league center. We had a very, very successful spring season. I cannot thank the coaches enough for all their efforts. You see, four accolades for our coaches, the amount of accolades for the kids. Thank
you for all your effort. Um, the parents, thank you for driving and support. Um, great job. Can't be more proud of that. Um, all right. Some past events over athletic awards
went wonderful. We gave out over $30,000 in scholarship. Academic awards was held last night. Um, thank you uh back in both here tonight. Um, what a beautiful night. We gave over $100,000 in
scholarship. Uh, the deo concert last week. Um, great concert. I think I will go see it one of these times. I'm telling my wife she missed it again because she enrolled back in college. Um, yes, it's interesting. So, my meals have stopped.
So, hopefully it pays off. Um, but she missed it, but it's really a wonderful program. I encourage you to go see it. I love her to come see it one time. Orchestra phenomenal band. Phenomenal. Uh, the gift concert was last night. Kindergarten moving up ceremonies at Berkeley today. Some upcoming events.
Berkeley spring concert is tomorrow. 8th grade dance is June 12th, June 16th. I want to really promote this name not numbers and Milford High School did a wonderful thing teaming up with names not numbers organization. We had multiple Holocaust survivors in their
late 80s and 90s that allowed our students to interview them with a professional film crew and then they made a professional documentary that will be aired and they're going to do the preview um on the 16th at 700 p.m.
So I really encourage you to come to that. Um they're trying to have a good showing and again these Holocaust survivors, they're not going to be around forever. So they are getting older and older. So be back at our kids having the opportunity. Mr. Cross starting this not starting off
continuing his Tusio's work Holocaust program and bringing out a life of his own. We are really proud of it. Really trying to promote it. So please encourage you all to be there. Um June 17th the elementary school promotions of Bergman Gibbs are in the
morning and then DEO promotion at 6:30, high school graduation at 6:30. And then June 19th is the last day of school because our last emergency day following an emergency. We moved up on June 22nd. Um
it's good to get out the 19th. There are some districts that are going into the 25th. I even heard of the 29th. I can't even imagine that. I'll take the 193. All right. Uh real quick, the SSDs report. So the
SSDs SSDS report is basically something that we have to submit to the state in two periods. One is September 1st to December 31st every year that we have to report out. The other one is from January 1st to June 30th and basically
the summation of any incident that happens in our schools. Um so it's labeled violence. We had no one categorized violence. Uh we had we had two little skirmishes. Um so we had two
um vandalism zero substance abuse two weapons which is a little pocket knife. So don't think of like a Rambo knife a little pocket knife weapons. Uh one HIV confirmed three
alleged HIV. Two other incidents that kids were suspended or suspended for could be off and everything else. uh a legacy. Um so listen continues to be um a safe place. We do suspend. We do believe in that and those things we do
believe in remediation. Um as far as trainings, we also have to report on um we had 22 trainings and 22 programs just in that period for our teachers and administration. So again, I thank Mr. Zacher
for helping arrange these things to keep us on the right track. Um the agenda, I know speaking loud, I apologize. Uh approval of most current HIV report on the board agenda under board action
BA25.2.69 in Milford High School. There was one HIV 338 form submitted with three alleged aggressors. One HIV was investigated by the ABS. It was unfounded for one and founded for two other students. In DEO, there was one
HIV 338 form submitted. One HIV was investigated by the ABS and it was unfounded. It did not meet the criteria. Berkeley and Gibbs, no HIV 338 form submitted. As far as the suspension report for May of 2026, BA270
Milford High School, three students served a total of 3 days suspension. Two students each served one day of inschool suspension. One student served one day of out of school suspension. Deeo. Three students served a total of five days of suspension. Two students served two days
of out of school suspension each. One student served one day in school suspension. Berkeley two students each serve two days of inschool suspension. A total of 4 days. Gives zero students were suspended. I already mentioned the revised calendar that's under board
action. I do want to talk about BA2526.76. That is a burrow ordinance that we're teaming up with the burrow, the mayor and council. And basically what that's going to do with the new electric scooter statute and electric bicycle
statute. It gives the police officers teeth to give tickets and enforce if they ride on our track and our field turf. It makes the new Wilford School District a public place and they're not allowed to ride Brian any public place. We do not want
them using the track as a racetrack. So once this ordinance comes down, Mr. Ricodell in particular, instead of giving detentions for this and threatening the police, we can now actually call the police and report them and get them to take. So we thank the
burrow uh for joining us in this. Um there's also an interesting one VA25.6.77. This is approval of a resolution urging relief from rising public school employee healthcare costs. So we all know what's happening with the employee
healthcare costs and what NJSBA has done is contact all the superintendents and urge the boards to pass this resolution that we're going to send to the state on all the boards of education behalf urging relief urging help because we
cannot sustain this trend. And we talked about it at length and we are hoping this, you know, unification and consilarity of this and sending it all will show that we are uniform front and to please give the taxpayers relief as
well. They're just passing the buck along with a runaway train that they have no answer for and they're passing it to the district and they don't taxpayers. So that's what this resolution is about. um under personnel approval part-time
structure 22627 that is just to help out our DEO user program which is a robust program helps them specialize I'm not going to steal any of uh Dr. Fuchar's thunder under finance I'm not
stealing any thunder from athletics and cocurricular nothing to report under policy it's the second reading which Mr. Alro discussed in committee report last month first reading. This is the second reading. I
do also want to mention that the NJ deal performance reports came out. I will be putting them out in my newsletter and basically you can read about a lot of great data about these middle school. So very
that is it for me. Thank you very much. >> Any questions? Okay. Assistant superintendent report Laura Dr. presentations that we had by just a few things. So on tonight's agenda we're
continuing to approve option two which is alternate credit for next year. These are um experiences that student are super engaging outside of the traditional assignment classroom. It could be anything from um internships to
online learning to um most of those but anything that is non-traditional course work. Um, parents of students in preschool through grade 1 should have
received a tech survey, a home technology access survey survey earlier today via parent square. We are trying to gauge um connectivity and devices in the home of
our K2 population for next year. So that's why we back to the current preschool first parents. I think it's two maybe three questions. It's not extensive, but we're really just looking to ensure that students have what kind of access.
Um this information is being used to inform our development of our emergency virtual or remote plan which we are required to revise annually and submit to the county for approval. That plan
will be available for our board members on the July 15th agenda. Um and it will incorporate the information that we're receiving from feedback from parents. Also on the 15th there will be our curriculum writers. So earlier in
January we had three new high school course offerings. Some of those courses are coming to fruition. So we will be developing the curriculum. I will be meeting with our faculty members who are ready for next
Thursday I think Wednesday the curriculum writing meeting that I made uh Wednesday and making sure that we're ready to go and set up for a successful um writing
and thank you to Mr. Watson for helping develop and distribute the tech survey. Uh if there's any questions feel free to contact us and that's all I have to do and I have any questions business administrator reports nothing
um just very briefly at 2526.313 I think I spoke about at the um last meeting we were sending out a preschool survey to try to determine interest on programs We did receive enough interest that we
are going to open a full day loan. And so that resolution is to approve the um dollar amount of the tuition, which is not $1,000 for a year. Um that's still considerably less than any other full
bank program that parents would have access to. Um I've been talking about at le 26.7. Unfortunately, the list of leases and affidavits in town is now
down to this these few students um for non-compliance of residency. Um so the students in that are on the agenda um for
BI 2526.7E will be disabled effective tomorrow. So they will not be able to attend class. Um and then the student in the resolution below that BA2526.79
is an effective date of June 22nd because those families in all of this were sort of caught of not living in town anymore. uh but because it's so late in the year, it would be extended to be able to finish their current grade level at Milford but don't necessarily
trust that they're going to transfer their children out until we at least have the backup so they not complete the transfer paper. Um, so a big thank you again to Miss Alak and the building level administrative assistants who were
really spending countless hours upon this and contacting families. The principles reached out. Um, my office has reached out. So it was really a district effort to even get to this point. And now with this big undertaking has happened, it will be a monthly
program of expiring throughout the year. So it's much more manageable now that we're sort of current question which is that was a typo after it was printed that should say tomorrow June
11th um and those are families who either have ignored us or have provided intention documentation and so it's now coming you to remove them from school. And so tomorrow those students should they show up will be their parents will
be called to pick them up. And a lot of times that forces the documentation to come and get to be called. Um so we're hoping that's what happens with these couple of students, especially the high school students as it's final. So that's
however if we're saying that we're going to do it, I think we have to do it. is the last thing that we want to do and we tried to avoid this like crazy. We kept extending it and extending it. I can't imagine the amount of phone calls that
you have made personally that uh the assistance at the school departments home everything. But hopefully this moves the deal enough or it forces them to either produce the documents and listen to us or not
produce the documents and then we figure out that you can't really campaign. You have to be a taxpayer in this. So that's really what we're trying to do here and like this is one of many things we're going to be trying to do in the future too. We have really talked about like
the lunch reviewers. That's another one that is in the back of my mind come up with an approach for all the people that are in lunch debt to start collecting that as well. This is just our way of getting everything in a row so we can move forward with all the other things
that we want to do. Um, and then the last thing is the the transportation. During the budget process, we reduced our drivers. We reduced two full-time bus drivers. And so now we're sort of dealing with the
impact of that as we're trying to create the ESY busing schedule as well as our school year schedule. Um and what we're finding is historically we've had um and we've also reduced the hours for some of
our DSY students. So some students will be attending park from 9 to 12 and other will be attending from 9 to 1. Um and so what that has done in terms of transportation is we used to be able to supply field
trip buses for various trips. Um and specifically rep right now is the one who will be affected. We're trying to work closely with the rec department to come up with creative solutions. But when you have field trips through wreck
that are trying to go from 9 to like 11:30 and you have distance or 12, the times just don't work and you don't have the drivers and staff in the long run. Every time there's a budget reduction, there's always a consequence. And so now we're sort of dealing with that and
troubleshooting it. Um, we also are making a big effort in reducing the amount of students that were transporting and so far um it's been pretty successful. Um there's definitely families that are upset um and so we're
sort of working through all of that. But in an attempt to make our transportation more efficient and effective, um we're also seeing what routes out of districts that make sense to bring that in district buses. Obviously during the
school year always affect sports. Um and so there's different things that we're trying to do. We do have one driver that shift. So like that's like a dedicated sports bus, but a lot of times that's also our sub driver. um or if there's like a one off like we'll have to have
that driver pick up and so then our sports like that. So I just want everybody to be aware that we we do know that there's issues. We do know that it's affecting the community and we are trying to be very collaborative and work through that, but it's definitely we are
feeling the impacts of what I'm glad pointing that out because we took great pride in trying to cut the budget in any area that would not directly impact kids as much as possible.
I mean you can only cut so much but more like dominoes and it is definitely dominoes they're going into um busing and transportation um again moving busing from student IEP. It's not because we need we can bust everybody in
district but there's also also a fiscal responsibility to taxpayers um where need busing according to his IEP and his disability bus but if they don't need and it's kind of like
just a convenience busing that that you can't you can't do that and you're not you don't have the pocketbook >> and it's It's not just affecting the special ed population. There are students who are attending
um that don't meet the the mileage requirement um that we're depending on our bosses. And so it's really an overhaul of the entire education department. We're not singling out any specific population really across the board. Um and not that we didn't know
that it was going to affect different cases. We absolutely did. um we just didn't know that until July 6th, you know, a few days into the budget cycle. So, we're dealing with it. We're come up hopefully with a collaborative solution. Um but that's where we stand right now.
Hopefully, I have a better update on your July 15. And then to spare you all from all going through all of these finance resolutions, historically the main meeting is the reappoint of staff and the June meeting is the um like the
organization of all of our contract services and subscriptions and platforms um that we use. And so that's really what all of these contracts um are for. It's our attorney, our um architects,
our subservices, um our personnel payroll software. And then in there is the um the burrow approve that they're meeting on Monday, the mechanic agreement that we have with them as well as the SRO
agreement. So that's on for approval tonight. And then our um food services costs of what we're going to approve for next year. That's all I have. Any questions?
Okay. Um any board committee reports? Okay. Any correspondence? >> We do we do have correspondence already shared with you. is from the Orthodox Christian community. Um they share a
couple of things. They share a letter on their on their behalf. Um requesting that the school calendar uh compensate for orthodoxy which gates that falls on for the next
decade perhaps um and they would like to consider to be added to the calendar years. I explained that next year's town was kind of already set. Um, this is something you can monitor absence to see how much affected. They
did submit I would say it's a petition. It's not really a petition but it's like a a survey of the community school and the community itself um numbers and I really encourage you to take a look at that so we can have a discussion about it in terms of how it affects their
community how it affects our school district how it affects the calendar. Obviously we do a great job here at recognizing the diversity in district. We had the devalu Friday do represent a lot of uh
religious nominations and they would be inclusive of that and they're asking for that uh consideration they very respectful I will say that um and you look at all the documentation that I provided the board not
okay I think that we will be monitoring and discussing Thank you. Open to the public for items on the agenda as local bylaw 0167. Each statement made by just challenged.
Anyone have a question? Please state your name and town. Just for me curiosity on page 9, P1 128, can you explain that? >> Okay. So, approval of part-time
instructors uh for 26 27. So the music program at EEO um they've typically always had an extra orchestra person. This is been done in subsequent years now if not the first year where an instructor comes in paid per per
session >> and they work with the kids individually and then the same with the band because they they have pretty large classes. Did >> you say this before? >> I did the air conditioner. >> All right. All right. All right. >> Okay. But I Okay, thanks. I get it.
>> Any other questions? Can I seek a motion to close to the public? Stephanie seconded by Kendra. All in favor? Opposed? I action. I have a recommendation of the superintendent. I receive a motion for BA25-269 70172
7374 75 7678 79 and I need a second John all in favor I opposed okay educational programs and curriculum committee Stephanie Coffer
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Okay. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Costa. >> Yes. >> Missing. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Miss Moore. >> Yes. >> Vice President D. >> Yes. President finance and facilities committee. I will
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314 315 36 16. Yes. Second. Amazing. John, all in favor? I oppose. That was long. Okay. Athletics and co-curricular committee. Hold on. Um before I do this, I want to thank the people that are on
this list for public hearing. Um I see a motion for AC220. Second, Andrew. All in favor? Policy committee. Who wants to do policy? Policy. Let's go. Good.
Um, just read the motion. Having a recommendation from the superintendent. Perfect. Second. Andrew. All in favor? I oppose. Any old business? Any new business? Any board member requests for
additional information? Okay. Um see motion to open the public's outline by law 0167. Each statement made by commitment shall be to three minutes. Oh, sorry. I wasn't
all in favor. Anyone in the public? >> This is your chance at interrupt. Great seeing everybody. Uh it's been a very busy active month. We had a great another great mental health awareness day uh with thanks to our
municipal alliance for organizing that event uh with yoga and other activities to help raise awareness. Um the arts committee also put on a great event. Both events were put on at the YMCA is a great partner with all of us in our community. Um and as everyone's aware of
course we had our first antibbias symposium. Thank I thank you for your partnership and your collaboration. Once again, it was very wellreceived and I encourage anybody who missed the antibbias symposium but still wants to watch to please do so on the school district's YouTube channel. Um on the
affordable housing front, we remain in litigation. We remain, as everyone is aware, opposed to overdevelopment. To that end, we did have a recent mediation hearing uh last week in which the bureau reaffirmed its position to the mediator
and we are now awaiting to hear back from the courts uh as far as next steps uh are concerned. And furthermore, the bureau is is in the process of drafting resolutions in opposition to bills that we have heard are pending in the
legislature which would give developers even more power and make overdevelopment even more of a problem in our communities. So, I'll have more of an update on that after we pass those resolutions. Does anyone have any questions remotely?
All in favor? I oppose. Okay. We will be going into close session. Um it is hereby moved that the board of education adjourn into executive session in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the open public meetings act chapter 2 for the purpose of
discussion and consideration of matters pertaining to the following subject. Personnel matter. The minutes of the executive session will be made available to the public confidentiality. Neot I need that motion to go. John has been by the poll. All in favor we would
not be taking action when we come back. Thank you everyone.