with adequate notice provided as follows. Notice sent to the Burlington County Times and the Times of Trenton on June 26, 2025. Notice filed with the township clerks of Chesterfield, Mansfield, North Handover, and Springfield Townships on June 26,
2025. Notice of annual meetings advertised in the Burlington County Times and Times of Trenton on January 7th, 2020. Um, we'll now do a roll call. Um, Mr. Figs, present. Miss Bond,
Mrs. Applegate, present. Mr. Armamente, present. Mr. Bucks, Mr. Norwood, here. Miss Janice, here. Mr. Spence, Mr. Zimmer, here. We'll now complete the pledge of
allegiance followed by a moment of silence. has any board of education member received schoolboard related emails and/or correspondences that have not yet been shared with the superintendent? All right. Uh Dr. Zuckermanman, if you have any updates to your superintendent
report. I do. Just a a few things. um at several of the committee meetings and and I wanted to bring this up to the board to make sure everybody was aware of this is that we have spent some time this summer reviewing the procedures for our student Chromebook repairs. It has
come to our attention that we've been inconsistent with enforcing when families have to pay for damages. Starting in September, we will have the same procedures at the middle school and the high school. If a student damages their chrome their dis district districtisssued Chromebook, the families
will be responsible for the repairs in that includes lost and stolen devices. Should this should this happen, parents will receive an email about the damage and the cost of repairing the Chromebook and the procedures to pay for the repair. In an effort to reduce the
damages the damaged Chromebooks at the middle school this year, the district will be be providing protective cases. We're hopeful that this will reduce the number of damaged Chromebooks in the middle school. Starting in September, we will also give the parents the option to pay for a Chromebook protection plan for
the cost of $40. The plan will cover accidental damages, spills, cracked, broken screens, accidental fire, flood, natural disaster, anything you can think of, and theft or lost devices as long as they provide a police report
that was submitted within 48 hours. This would include up to three of the same repairs for each individual student for the for the year. For example, if they have three cracked screens, it would be covered under the protection plan. Three broken touch pads, etc.
Again, this is not mandatory. It is an option for families to consider. The following would not be covered under the Chromebook protection plan. intentional damage or neglect, loss or theft of a Chromebook without a police report, loss or damage of the middle
school cases, any damage or loss to the after three covered incidents for the year. Should parents choose not to pay for the protection plan, they would be responsible to pay for each individual damage. Families will receive more information about this directly from the
building administration. I have copies of the documents um of the protection plan that I will pass around just for for people to review. As I shared last week, it it is my recommendation to hire an interim athletic director for the to fill the
time between when Dr. Yuzaki finishes in the district and Mr. Corganiano begins. This will be for the period of just over five weeks. I am thrilled to recommend to you this evening that Mr. Ken Mason fill the role of interim athletic director.
Mr. Mason has over 24 years of experience as an athletic director and I believe will do exactly what we're looking for. He will transition the program from Dr. Yuzaki, help with the opening of school, support the athlete, support the coaches, and help in transitioning the program to Mr.
Corriano in early October. This recommendation is on this evening's agenda as a non-consent item. And lastly, we rescheduled the buildings and grounds and finance meeting that so it will now take place on August 20th. This will allow us to hold the annual board
of education facility tour prior to the September board meeting. During this tour, we will show you all of the major projects that have been completed and still being worked on um since last year. The tour will begin at 6:00 p.m. and we'll send you a calendar invitation
with the details regarding where to meet, etc. That concludes my report. Any questions? All right. Thank you, Dr. Zuckerman. Uh, Mrs. Williams, if you have any updates to your business administrator's report? No updates at this time. Great. Um, does anyone who wasn't
present last week have any questions for Miss Williams on her BA report? I Mr. Armin and Mr. Bucks weren't present last week. No. All right. Just wanted to check. Um, 2.03 03 is consent agenda item for approval of the HI reports. 2.04 is consent agenda item for the
approval of the superintendent reports. Um I know there have been a few committee meetings recently. Um we start with the community relations committee uh Mrs. Janice if you would please. Thank you. Uh the
latest community uh meeting uh was on July 14th. Uh we discussed the culture and climate survey preliminary results. Dr. Zuckermanman received uh the number of responses received and shared categories of data for board members
reflection. Administering a similar survey in coming years will ensure us to review the process. Areas for further discussion will be reviewed uh with cabinet and the results will be shared with the full board in September. Uh we uh we took a look at the mission
statement update. uh the wording of the final version of the revised mission statement was presented through discussion and feedback from board members. The order of the desired outcome for students was modified it to to reflect academics as the priority. Uh
we also took a look at the communication plan for the auditorium and the turf projects. Uh the progress with both projects will be reviewed. the parameters for the various um Northern Burlington athletic teams as well as community use was outlined. The
responsibilities of a possible assistant athletic director to manage equitable scheduling of use was presented. Um Dr. Zuckermanman outlined the 2025 2026 school calendar um and looked at
the allocation of the 186 days for staff me staff members and shared the plan for this school year uh for PD on the calendar that's professional development there is going to be uh due to the shift in the use of some of the professional development days for staff as outlined
above additional time for professional development could be utilized an additional early release day is requested ed for this purpose in March to align with the Friday of the NJ GPA administration.
Uh the proposal to offer NBCTA members the opportunity to complete the required outline training modules prior to November 11th and then to be released from the workday was reviewed. Student trips that are being looked into are the senior and French trips. Uh Dr. McCann
explored moving the week of the senior trip which is cost prohibitive and instead is requesting to add an additional day to the senior trip. For the French trip um Dr. McCann and Dr. Zuckerman are discussing a proposal from the world language teachers regarding a
trip to France uh for the summer of 2026. Students who attend would be required to be enrolled in the French language courses and students in the class of 2026 would not be eligible to attend. Um the cell phone policy was
reviewed as well. It was noted that while the guidelines for uh phone use were implemented with fidelity at the start of the last school year, implementation became more relaxed as the year progressed. The admin team will review any changes needed for the start of this school year. A junior parking
update. The first year of implicitation of offering parking to juniors was reviewed and the process to ensure that both seniors who receive a license later in the year have equitable access to secure a parking pass. We also took a look at the um high school bathroom
update. The process implemented uh with following up on vape detectors that sound seemed to be reducing incidence of use. Students who do vape sometimes conceal the items on their person. Additional methods to detect these items such as metal detecting wand were
discussed. The implementation of this in another district was reviewed and additional information will be gathered and reviewed with this committee before any process is implemented. And then finally we received graduation feedback. Overall uh the feedback was positive.
Some suggested modifications include widening the aisles, speeding up the names of the reading or speeding the reading of the names, taking uh individual pictures of graduates offstage, and informing parents in advance of the retrieval of the diploma
format. And that concludes the uh the committee meeting, right? Uh thank you. Does anyone have any questions regarding the community relations committee meeting? All right. Um Mrs. Bond, if you were ready, I know you just got here uh for
last week's curriculum committee meeting. We'd appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Figs. Uh Laura Bond Chesterfield. Um the curriculum committee met on August 4th at 6:15. Um myself, Miss Applegate, uh and Miss Janice were in attendance along with Dr.
Zuckerman, Dr. Stella, and Miss Williams. Uh, first on our agenda was the state graduation assessment data present data presentation uh that we saw last week. Dr. Stella reviewed the data from the 2025 graduation report and the
graduation proficiency assessment. During the discussion, she shared what the graduation requirements are and discussed what the district does to support the students. In connection to the suggestion by a committee member, the group discussed what longitudinal data would look like for the NJ GPA.
She also discussed the various pathways that are included in the alternative assessment and the results from the access for ELELLL uh student uh assessment. Those are our multilingual learners. Um next on the agenda was the
late arrival and early dismissal. Uh and the main focus of that discussion was around adding a consequence for leaving early. Dr. Stella shared the concept that is being suggested for the high school currently. Just like students can receive a consequence at the high school
for three unexcused absences, they will be implementing students receiving a consequence for three unexcused early exits from school. Moving forward, we will follow the same procedures for unexcused late arrival and early exit
from school. Um there was an update on the sections of classes um uh at the high school but uh that first started with an update on sections for special education. Uh Dr. Salo discussed the increase we are experiencing in some of our special education inclusion and
resource room classes. We are trying to be creative to use our existing staff. Since we continue to get newly enrolled students, we may have the need to hire an additional special education teacher in the coming weeks. Should this be uh
should this be needed, we would use one of the unfilled full-time equivalents that is currently in the 2025 2026 budget. Um, along those lines, the sections for new courses, uh, we heard a little bit about an update for the
African America, AP African-American studies, AP economics macro and micro. So, exciting stuff on the horizon there, and AP seminar, which continues to be very popular. um the data science class which replaces the advanced algebra and
trigonometry, crop production class, plant science, Chinese culture and conversation along with French culture and conversation which are both semester courses. Uh there are a couple courses that are not running. This includes the creative writing course, gamer math,
Spanish culture and conversation. The group discussed the new courses and the courses and the enrollment for the 2025 2026 school year and the courses that will not be running because of a lack of enrollment. So these are enrollment driven
proposed. Next on the topic of um the agenda was the proposed revision to the public access to curriculum documents um from the uh course maps posted on web on the website to course overview via
oncourse. All right. Um and this will there will be a demonstration on this um since the site is not yet live yet. I don't know are we going to see that demonstration tonight or is that just that was just a note for the committee. Okay. So that's still being worked on.
Uh so Dr. Dell uh discussed the next uh the new look for how the curriculum will be displayed on the website. So uh there will be some changes coming there. There were two other topics for additional discussion. The structure of the future BOE meetings and the
Chromebook protection plans. Dr. Zuckermanman discussed options for the future board meetings including the structure format and potential options. This conversation will take place at every committee meeting to ensure everyone has an opportunity to share
their input. Should any changes be suggested, they would take place after January 1, 2026. The same conversation will take place at each of the committee meetings. Uh and the other point was the Chromebook protection plans. Dr. Zuckermanman also
discussed a reflection and uh received suggestions in connection with damages um and repairs to students Chromebooks. In the past, each building has handled the Chromebook repairs slightly different. Starting in September, we
will use the same procedures for the district at both schools. Families will be responsible for the cost of Chromebook repairs. They will also have the option to purchase a protection plan for $40 that will cover accidental damages, theft, and lost devices as long
as they follow the prescribed procedures. The protection plan gives them up to three repairs for the same damage. Again, this is not a mandate, but an option for families to consider. More information will be shared with the families through building communications.
And that is the gist of the curriculum technology committee update. Our next meeting is going to be in October. Does anyone have any uh questions regarding the curriculum committee? All right. Thank you, Mrs. Bond. I did have one one quick question. Um
not necessarily on the report, but I guess future consideration for the committee. Um because I think you had mentioned some special education impact in terms of uh of what we're looking for in the future. I know there's been some conversation about potent more potential impact. Um I guess coming out of North
Hanover I believe was uh I think some of the indication that uh Dr. Zuckermanman had had shared prior um would be curious if we need to start looking at from the curriculum perspective and then also from a finance perspective and start planning for that like in a forecast as
to what we think is going to be making them you know what students are going to make their way up to uh the middle school and start planning and budgeting for that now. Absolutely. and and we talked a little bit about this at at today's finance meeting and and I'm happy to fill you
in. I know um sorry personnel I'm I have Monday brain on on my my head. Sorry. Um on today's personnel um meeting and certainly add that to the finance meeting as well about how we're doing that um as we have been trying to be fiscally responsible
with with positions that that when people retire. we have a little bit of flexibility there um just to be able to forecast some some um uncertainty with the with the financial future. Um but we're we I can certainly provide an update at the finance committee as well.
Actually, one question. Um did we get a new LED sign in the front? Because I didn't see that on any of the install. It was actually in Mr. Cass. It was actually uh Mr. Cass updated that last year. that was part of our um
Thank you very much. spending plan again, Monday Brain, still trying to work back into this work thing. Um that that was replaced uh probably about a couple weeks ago. Yes, that will be on the facility tour for for those that uh want to kind of join
that as well. All right. Thank you. Uh Mr. Norwood, do you want to do personnel today or you want to wait till next meeting? Next meeting. Okay. Um, with that we'll go to the delegate reports. Uh, Mr. Bucks, do you have any updates behalf of NJSBA?
No update at this time. All right. Uh, Mr. Aminente, anything for BAC SBA? No. All right. Uh, for legislative, there's actually a lot of bills that were recently signed in. Um, two of them uh dealt with elementary and
expansion of kindergarten and preschool services. So, uh, not a lot of impact obviously to our board. Um they uh the governor signed in an update to IEP meeting guidelines and working groups. Um basically uh
requiring some provided um two days prior to an IEP meeting. The school must provide uh certain written statements to be included in the meeting. Um so it updates what's what's necessary for those IEP meetings going forward. Um they did sign in the uh no fee option
for lunch school payments that I had previously mentioned. Um making it required that students have a way of uh basically paying or loading money without paying a fee through through an online platform or something along those lines. Um they update signed in um a
protection of student data. um just uh amending existing law um for the disclosure of financial information um using waiver templates templates from various either NJ DOE boards of education um that may only require
certain data to be included and other other data must be excluded. Um they amended the requirements for student ID cards um mental health resources starting the 2627 school year will be required. uh mental health and suicide crisis resources telephone number will
be required on all student IDs um starting that 2627 school year. And then they additionally um updated the previous nutrition standards for the national school program and federal breakfast program um to make sure that they all schools must adhere to the most
stringent uh nutrition standards that may be adopted as time progresses. basically creating the the policy that as they're updated the they apply immediately without having to be signed back in. So there were a bunch of bills signed um recently at the end of July.
So that updates all of them at this point. Um I don't have any updates on partial bills that are in either side of the house at this point, but those are all the ones that have been signed by the governor at this point. All right. Um, so we had our presentation last week.
Correct. There's no Mr. Lee. Is there any uh comment on agenda items? All right. So, now we move to consent agenda items. Items on the consent agenda are believed to be items of routine nature requiring no discussion and which should be voted upon a single roll call vote to the
board. Any single member of the board may have any of the items on the consent agenda removed and placed on the other part of the agenda for discussion merely by so indicating prior to the vote to be taken on the consent agenda. Items removed from the consent agenda are identified by an asterisk and will be
subject to discussion by the full board. 5.02 is approval of the regular meeting minutes from June 9th, 2025. 5.03 03 is approval of the executive session minutes for June 9th, 2025. 5.04 is approval of the financial report
of the board secretary for May 2025. 5.05 is approval of the treasures report for May 2025. 5.06 is approval of budget transfers for May 2025. 5.07 is approval of the cafeteria report for May 2025. 5.08 is approval of the
cafeteria report for June 2025. And 5.09 109 is the resolution of the board regarding budgetary major account fund status. Are there any questions or comments on section 5? Right. Section 6 6.01 is approval of the bill list for August 11th, 2025. Any
questions on section 6? Right. Section 7 uh 7.02 is approval of board and staff travel. 7.03 03 is approval to renew membership in the school health insurance fund. 7.04 is approval of the renewal of contract for
nutrier food management. 7.05 is approval of technology purchase. 7.06 is approval of technology purchase for the transportation bus lot Wi-Fi. 7.07 is approval of change order number three for Arthur J. Ogram. 7.08 is approval of
change order number four for Arthur J. Oram. 7.09 through 7.15 are all approval of professional service agreements. 7.16 is acceptance of the 2026 ID EAB
allocation and submission of grant application. 7.17 is acceptance of the 2026 Carl D. Perkins secondary consolidated allocation and submission of grant application. 7.18 is acceptance of donation for the baseball team. And 7.19
is approval of the middle school media center book order. Are there any comments or questions on section 7? I have several uh 706. Um Wi-Fi the bus lot. Is there anything in particular why we're doing
that? Is that to download camera? Yes, we're using a new system um transportant and so the Wi-Fi at the bus garage is needed to make sure they're getting the downloads and able to access the cloud. Okay, thank you. Um and then 713 or 7:30
I think was the start I saw in there was several um homebound services approvals. Are we just using multiple vendors to get capacity or why did we have multiple in there? Just looking at the exhibit. Okay. Just
so yes um some services are offered by um different companies are able to service different students. So we approve it um as ad need needed basis for those particular students depending on the services. Okay. All right. Thanks. Right. Some some are for mental health services. They're for different also
skills as well or so different provider provide different services. Okay. Thanks. And then um 719 the book list. Um, I have a question I guess for the administration and probably also for the board as well. Um, there was some material in here that I guess is kind of
I'll say questionable for middle middle school. Um, do we have any sort of process or standards by which we actually review what books go into this list and whether or not they are in fact appropriate for middle school students? We do uh we certainly have a um we have
a process for not only um providing suggestions pro reviewing it and we also have um a process for appeals as well. Um so in in all each each category what's important to remember is that there are a variety of um not only abilities
there's a variety of personalities there's a variety of um interests that the students have that I think we try to provide reading material of interest to to the students because that's the best way to to um develop avid readers is
when students um read material that they are interested in reading. Um, so yes, it has to also fit within an appropriate level, but then that's part of the approval process because as I took advantage of some AI um, and fed the list through just to to
go through and make a determination on whether or not anything was, you know, potentially inappropriate. And there were, you know, some themes in here that came up with some of these titles, such as, you know, title suggests violent themes. um may include reference or may have dark
themes or violence um focuses on LGBTQ plus themes u may be inappropriate. So I guess my question is do we as a board I would think we as a board have some sort of oversight as to
what that process might be and um again like I think it's worthy of a review maybe into to the curriculum committee or you know some sort of process there that it's more than just I guess an administrative sort of process. I'm more than happy to share that that
process with the curriculum committee at our at our next meeting. Yeah. What what what books in particular? I mean, you're worried about violence? Like I I I'm questioning what's appropriate and what's not, right, for for a middle school library access. So,
um, some of the titles were The Big Ask, um, The Corruption of Hollis Brown, Murder Between Friends, uh, You're Dead to Me, these are titles, by the way, um, Heavenly Tyrant, White Out, uh, Rebel
Girls Celebrate Pride, and From Silence to Solidarity. Yeah, I think White Out. I I read that book. It's good. It's about um, the Arctic, snow, stuff like that. I get what you're saying, but like we have to be careful that we don't become uh
too overly concerned about what the district is picking for what our reading materials are. I mean, middle school, seventh, and eighth grade, right? Can't be any more violent than the X-Men, which we know is part of the books that are in there. don't disagree, but I
think there's a difference between what a parent allows a a student to watch right in in their own home versus what we as a district provide. That's that's my question and where I'm taking issue. Okay. Well, just curious where you're coming from. So, yeah. And I'd like to just kind of
piggyback on um Frank's comment that, you know, working with librarians over my career and working with uh Dr. Stella here and other curriculum directors that there's a big push within the American Library Association um called windows um sliding doors,
mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors where you know students can see themselves in the curriculum and middle school is such a time of exploration and you know identity development that it's good that students can see themselves in the stories uh and begin to um explore
themes that they're you know exploring. ing not just uh in the the books but also learning about in the world. So, but I I do think it would be good for the curriculum committee to be aware of the process. But I also want to support that the middle school curriculum is
really centered around um exploration uh understanding the world around them and um that's a big focus of middle school um educational development. So, I always feel like I need to chime in on this, too, because uh I'm
completely against censorship. I think it should be available, but I'm also against indoctrination. So, to make it available for the students, if they have their own desire to go and look at it, I think that should be available. I also think we should encourage all the parents to make sure that their kids have library cards
so they can all get all of this stuff on their own and not have to rely on the school to provide it. All right. Um, are there any other questions or comments for section 7? All right. Uh, section 8 8.02 is
approval of option two for 2526 school year. 8.03 is approval of home instruction services. 8.04 is the approval of the Burlington County Institute of Technology student placements for 2526 school year. 8.05 is approval of international student trip
to France. 8.06 is approval of out of district student placements. 8.07 is approval of extended school year in district placements. 8.08 is approval of extended school year out of district placements. 8.09 and 8.10 are approval
of non-resident tuitions. And 8.11 is approval of New Jersey Commission for the blind and visually impaired. Are there any questions or comments on section 8? Right. Uh section 9 uh 9.02 is approval of certificated reappointment.
Uh 9.03 is approval of certificated appointment. 9.04 is approval of certificated appointment for leaf replacement. Uh 9.05, 9.06, 9.07, and 9.08 are approval of non-certificated appointments. 9.09 109 is approval of
the high school extracurricular adviserss for 2526. 9.10 is approval of the middle school extracurricular adviserss for 2526. 9.11 is approval of the coaches for 2526. 9.12 is approval of substitutes for
2526. 9.13 is approval of additional class assignments. 9.14 is approval of change in degree status. 9.15 is approval of adjustment in salary. 9.16 is approval
of stipen. 9.17 is approval of district project work. 9.18 is approval of additional summer work assignments. 9.19 or excuse me. All right. So that uh concludes the consent agenda items for section 9. Are there any comments or questions on the consent agenda items
for section 9? All right. Uh 9.19 is non-consent agenda item for the approval of the certificated appointment. Uh, can I get a motion for 9.19? I'll make a motion for 9.19 and a second. Second.
All right. Um, is there any uh comment or discussion on 9.19? I just had a question. How's this going to actually work? So, we're going to have an interim for several weeks. Is that And that's because we have to have one certificate position or
we don't It is We're going to have a gap in time. the beginning of the school year is always like a a um a hectic time for athletics. We have tryyous, we have the start of the seasons, always inclement weather. So rather than putting that on a sport staff member or
or burdening another administrator to be able to do that, the interimm is going to allow us to really kind of like just flow through the with the same regular process. And it is we're using salary of Dr. Yuzaki, not the whole salary. It's actually a lesser amount for the pdium, but to be able to pay for him um pay for
the interim um in between Dr. Yuzaki's last day and Mr. Griano's um first day in October. And this is a full-time position. So, it will be actually it's paid on a on a PDM. So, as I I haven't gone over the schedule with him yet. So, then if we if we don't have
practices on that day and we're rained out, then okay, then he doesn't come in that day. Okay. Kind of and we don't pay him for that day. He fills out a time sheet just like uh but it's predium rate but he fills out a time sheet. Okay. So this will help us to to that transition. Okay. And I know Dr. Zuckerman mentioned last
week as well um with the turf fields and all the complexity of shifting things around with that it's an additional burden on whoever would do it. So it also that also takes some effect in the need for that that person to be there on that. Yeah. And I wasn't questioning. I was just questioning how it was going to work and I guess the the timelines we
couldn't get our current to extend and I understand. Correct. He has to start and then the district is holding the the gentleman who's coming. Yep. Correct. Uh any other questions on 9.19.
Right. Miss Williams, you could please do a roll call vote. Sure. Mr. Figs, yay. Mrs. Bond, yes. Mrs. Applegate, yay. Mr. Armamente, yes. Mr. Bucks, yes. Mr. Norwood, yes. Mr. Janice, yes. Mr. Spence, Mr. Zimmer.
Yes. Motion passes. Right. Uh 9.20 is non-consent agenda item for the approval of a certificated appointment. Uh can I get a motion for 9.20? Make a motion for 9.20.
Laura Bond Tester failed. I'll second. All right. Um any questions, comments, or discussion on 9.20. Right. Uh Miss Williams, if you could please do a roll call vote. Mr. Figs. Yay. Mrs. Bond. Yes, Mr. Mrs. Applicant. Yes,
Mr. Armament. Yes, Mr. Bucks. Yes, Mr. Norwick. Yes, Mrs. Janice. Yes, Mr. Spence. And Mr. Zimmer, yes. All right. Uh, thank you everyone. Motion passes. Right. Um, returning to the consent
agenda items. We have nothing in section 10 tonight. Uh, section 11 is approval of 11.02 is approval of leaves of absence. Any questions on section 11? All right. Section 12, separation of employment. Uh 12.02 through 12.04 are
approval of resignation and 12.05 is approval of change of resignation date. Are there any questions on section 12 section 13 uh 13.02 is approval of job description. 13.03 is approval of
certificated staff evaluation instruments. 13.04 is approval of student teacher placement. 13.05 05 is also approve approval of student teacher placement and 13.06 is approval of internship. Are there any comments or
questions on section 13 section 14 uh 14.02 is approval of the middle school student handbook changes for 2526. 14.03 is approval of the high school student handbook changes for 2526.
Uh 14.04 is approval of the 2526 mentoring plan. 14.05 5 is approval of the local professional development plan for 2526 and 14.06 is approval of the revised 2526 school calendar. Are there any questions or comments for section
14? Any uh real changes in the calendar from what we were we talked about nothing different, right? No, this is this includes the um state testing dates um and I think that was it. Okay.
But no, nothing nothing substantial. Okay. Thank you. this state it we're waiting for the state on some of those dates. That's all on the um on the handbook uh or the handbook, excuse me, changes. Do we um can we include this sheet, I guess, somewhere for students and or parents so
they're actually aware of what the changes are that are that are being adopted just so they have a a cheat sheet, so to speak. Sure. Yeah, good idea. All right. Uh section 15 is policy 15.02 2 is regulations for adoption. 15.03 is
uh first reading for the revised policy 2110 for the mission statement. Uh any questions or comments on section 15 section 16.02 is approval of the joint transportation agreement. 16.03 is
approval of the 2526 transportation routes. Are there any questions or comments for section 16? All right. Section 17 17.02 is approval of use of facilities for Junior Greyhounds. 17.03 is approval of use of
facilities for the Northern Burlington football boosters. And 17.04 is approval of use of facilities for the Northern Burlington PTSC. Any questions for section 17? All right. Um, can I get a motion for the consent agenda?
I make a motion to accept the consent agenda. I'll second the motion, Frank. All right. Um, anyone have any final discussion or questions on agenda? All right. Mrs. Williams, if you could please do a roll call vote. Mr. Figs,
yay. Mrs. Bong, yes. Mrs. Applegate, yay. Mr. Armamente, yay. Mr. Bucks, no. On 719, yes. On the rest, thank you. Um, Mr. Narwood,
yes. Mrs. Janice, yes. Mr. Spence and Mr. Zimmer. Yes. Thank you everyone. Uh, Mr. Lee, have a comment. Thank you, sir.
Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting will now be open to the public for comments. Please note that the board is here to listen. The public comment period is not designed to be a discussion. Accordingly, please do not expect the board to respond to your concerns and questions this evening. We take your concerns and questions very seriously
and want to have sufficient time to allow our administration to process and research issues if need be. We will however respond to your questions and concerns at a future meeting or have the proper staff member get back to you at the appropriate time. Also, please note that if your question or comments
pertain to litigation, students, personnel, or negotiations, we would ask that you see the superintendent after the meeting since we do not discuss these items in public. Please keep in mind that the public comment session is an opportunity for you to share your opinions and remarks with the board and it is not a question and answer session.
We also recognize that our community may be polarized on some issues. We want our schoolboard meeting to serve as an example to our students that each member of the board and community can deal with controversial issues in a civil manner and demonstrate mutual respect for everyone's views. In that spirit, we ask
that all speakers please address their comments to the board directly rather than the audience. And all speakers and members of the public show respect for others views and maintain civility during the meeting. Please state your name, municipality of residence, and group affiliation if applicable. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes
per person and the total comment period to 30 minutes. Only those who have signed up on the public comment signin sheets will be allowed to speak this evening. The individual time limits will be enforced so that as many members of the public who wish to speak may be allowed to do so. Miss Christina Drum
Christina Drums, Springfield Township. I am a school board member of the Springfield Township Elementary School and all my opinions this evening are of my own and have no reflection of my board. Um I come here this evening. Um I want
to um thank you Miss Janice for uh basically filling in uh the board on some feedback that you received regarding uh this most recent graduation. I can say as a parent that has had three children
graduate through Northern Burlington, I was really disappointed with the graduation process that took place. Excuse me. Um, I'm open to changes and I can just say that, you know, I wanted to go into
it with that open mind, but I can say after having experienced the three different graduations that my children have had here. Um definitely reason for taking another look at the process considering students were sitting on the bleachers which was nice to see their
faces but you know as we saw as the day went on the sun was in their faces and then honestly as a parent that wants to celebrate a very momentum, you know, milestone of their child's life to sit
in the audience. Yes, it was annoying to have to bring our own chairs um and act like we were going to a movie night um as opposed to a dignified event um or ceremony that is. But to have the school
make statements that you know of what rules and expectations that they expect from the parents and then to have the school not follow through on their own words was really upsetting. You're sitting in your seats. you're waiting for your child to have their
name called to go up and um you know to receive their diploma and then having parent after parent or family members go up that middle aisle to take a picture. Now, granite, you know what? Not for nothing, in the end, I actually went up
there, I'm going to say at least two times to try to say, "Excuse me, pardon me. Can can you like kneel down?" Because I wasn't about to miss my own child going up to the podium to receive their diploma because somebody was going up that aisle and standing and
obstructing my view and my family's view of my child graduating. So the fact that administration wasn't there to control that was very disappointing and it really took away from the moment because
I was irritated and I heard several other parents within the crowd that were very irritated and it just it just took so much away from such a joyous occasion. So I really hope that you you know take those things into
consideration for next time. Um and the other thing that I would say is also to make sure that you review um I don't know it just holds there was a graduation statement that
wasn't stated um it's typically said by you um Dr. Zuckermanman um we reviewed prior graduations and the eligibility statement stating that the students have all met the state requirements was not stated and Mr. fix, I would graciously
ask you to extend my three minutes considering there's only myself and two other members of the public. Um, so that's my comment number one, maybe my first three minutes. The other thing I wanted to go over is um,
well, I guess that would be one of them, the public comment section. You know, as we've seen time and time again, there's not many people that attend these meetings. and I no longer have a child in this school. I hope other parents start to show up to
these meetings. But in the absence of having parents come to these meetings, when you have parents that do show up or your the constituents of the township show up, if they are not signed up and let's say
after I make my comment and another member that's sitting here wants to say something, if their name's not on that paper, I think you need to review that policy and allow the people that come to these meetings to actually speak when it's different if you had a room full of like 50 to 100 people that I can get it,
you know, 3 minutes, half hour. But when you have very little people show up to these meetings, I think you need to review that and take that into consideration. Other than that, I did not get a chance to fully review the book list, but I do agree with the fact that we need to be
cautious about the books that we are putting into the school systems, being careful of what books are being available to these young students with immature minds and that we're trying not to have indoctrination occurring within
the school. If there's something that we do not provide in our library, parents should have their child have a public library card. I know I did when I was growing up and going through school. You know what? If I couldn't find it in a school, I had my own public library
card and I was able to go to the public library and find the books that I was not able to find here in my own school system. So, I would definitely review what it is that we are providing to these students. not only in books but
also through electronic devices. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Drum. That ends the public comment. Right. Um for future dates, um buildings, grounds, finance, transportation has been rescheduled, I
believe, for August 20th. um prior to the September 8th regular board meeting, we will have the facilities tour for the board of education. Um it starts at 6:00 and um I don't believe there are any other committee meeting meetings scheduled between now and then. No, but if I can just add one thing
about facility tour even if you can show up at 6:30, I mean please come. I mean, we'll you can text me and we'll certainly let you know where we are or if you're if you're not able to come that day, then we'll certainly I'm happy to pro one of us is happy to provide that that tour to you at another time. Is building and grounds going to be
virtual? Okay. Sorry. Yes. Right. Um does anyone have any old business they'd like to be brought back to committee or to ask an update from Dr. Zuckermanman or Mrs. Williams. During our next meeting, there any new business they'd like to refer to a
committee. I'll jump in some new business. Um, Mrs. Drum's comment about public comment resonates with me. Um, I I frequent a lot, at least my local municipalities meeting, um, occasionally the, um,
the county commissioners. Sorry, I still had freeholders stuck in my head, which they are no longer. Um, and the sign up, I understand why we have the sign up, right? It makes recordkeeping a little easier, but I think to Mrs. Drum's point, there are sometimes during the course of the conversation, during the course of the meeting that um, somebody
or even reaction to a public comment, I think we should allow the public to do that. And maybe it's as simple as us asking at the end of public comment, is there anyone that didn't sign up that would like to make public comment? That's a really simple thing I think for you to do as president, but I think we should at least um if we don't have the
leeway to do that that we we pop this into the policy committee to to make that sort of a change. Sure, that's not a problem. I know we are looking to schedule a policy uh meeting beginning of October, we believe. Um Trust Esme did release one of their alerts, so you absolutely can
make sure it's on the agenda. Um I know for reference we keep the the 3 minutes and 30 minutes just for you know we said hopefully people hopefully we get 50 parents who come to actually to listen but um it's heads it up and at you know I don't I have not the alarm goes off at
3 minutes as an as an alert. Um we haven't had a need to stop people from speaking it's just trying to maintain for the days when we had yeah a lot more than 10 people trying to speak. Um you know we had meetings that went for hours because of it. So it's just it's there
as a protocol versus not having the preparation in that situation when people do show up and then you know everyone's guaranteed their 5 minutes it becomes a little bit chaotic. So it's more set to not be reactive but proactive. I I just think and and agreed right
there's guidance there has to be some guidance here. I just think that, you know, we are conducting the public's business, right? And the public has a right to to make comment and and I think our leadin, right, especially our our intro to public comment um with the reference to the fact that, you know, you have to sign up and whatnot, may
actually squash someone from from coming up to the microphone or may at that point they may not know because they may not have been to our meetings before. So, I think it'd be um in at least the public's interest for us to kind of be a little bit more open with it. That's all. Yeah, absolutely. I you look
forward to discussing at the next policy meeting. I agree. I agree with Joe's recommendation especially on the is there anybody else that wants to speak? We can always ask them like I said we'll discuss it further in the policy meeting and see what what best details serve us
best or serve the meeting best. So uh with that um we have executive session tonight. Um we will not be conducting any business after executive session. Uh can I get a motion to enter executive session? So motion or second. All right. All those in favor?
I opposed abstensions. All right. Just to repeat, we will not be back uh conducting business after the executive session. All right. Uh, can I get a motion to return to public session? Motion. Second. All right. All those in favor? I
I. All opposed. Abstensions. All right. Motion for adjournment. So moved. All right. All those in favor? I I All opposed. Attentions. All right. Have a great night, everyone.