[Music] Thank you for joining us tonight to learn more about the district's 5-year curriculum renewal cycle, specifically in the areas of library media and career and technical education. I'm joined by Mr. Vicarella, who led the CTE program
review this past year. And I want to give a big thank you also to Miss Rabino who led library media program review office here uh in district includes myself and supervisors who support teachers in implementing the most up-to-date instructional practices. A
large part of that work is ensuring that our curriculum is up-to-date and reflects what we know to be the most innovative approaches to teaching and learning. State code requires the review of curriculum at least every five years and so we have each of our content areas
different section of the five-year cycle to ensure compliance. The cycle begins with a new curriculum written in year one um and in year one the new curriculum is fully standardized and implemented. The
curriculum may include new instructional resources and it also um provides an opportunity for professional development to teachers to support the implementation two and three. Uh the approved curriculum continues to be
implemented consistency and with fidelity. Our content supervisors and myself continue to support teachers uh as they implement and adjustments are often made during these years to scope and sequence. So, we look at the year uh as it closes and we look at pacing and
we look at the order of the units and we make any adjustments that we feel um lead to a more uh productive program. Year four, the program review is really what we're focusing on in our presentation tonight. Um the program
review is where we look closely at a specific content area in more detail. We look at the current curriculum. We look at the New Jersey student learning standards to ensure that our current curriculum is aligned. We call that a gap analysis. Uh we research best
practices within uh the industry but then also within uh our neighboring districts to see what districts are doing well and who we want to emulate. Uh a larger part of the program review also involves looking really closely at student assessment data.
We al explore staffing and infrastructure that may advance the program overall. Year five is the implementation of draft curriculum and the pilot of any new resources. After that pilot year, we then determine if we're going to fully implement that resource um or if we want
to possibly pilot a different one. We've also sometimes piloted two resources with select groups and then back from teachers who were part of the pilot around which one we want to move forward with for full implementation. This next slide shows
where each content area is current renewal cycle. So this system allows for dedicated time to assess and adjust each content area. Um, however, you will notice that um, things can be moved out of order. If, for example, couple years
ago when the state revised its health and PE standards, we pulled that out of its current place in program review because we wanted to move up the program review to ensure compliance. So, as long as the DOE doesn't update any standards, each uh, content area will rotate
through year upon year for full review. So, just to summarize, our year four program review process um includes looking closely at student assessment data, researching best practices, neighboring districts, attending conferences, doing some research through
surveys, um gathering and analyzing input from stakeholders, exploring staffing and infrastructure that may advance specific content. We're now going to move on to a summary of the library media studies program review followed by a summary of the
career technical education program review. Before beginning, I want to thank the district supervisor of science and technology who conducted this program review this past year and I'm presenting her findings on her behalf.
So each program review is guided by questions that seek to really closely examine the programming and articulate next steps. Here guidance for the library media department included is our program aligned currently and appropriately to the New Jersey student
learning standards. Is the curriculum being implemented consistently? Especially with a program like light library media where we have singletons in each building. uh we want to make sure that the students are getting same uh experience across the elementary schools
for example. Is our curriculum aligned to best practices and does our curriculum meet the needs of all of the learners. For some context, this slide summarizes the current library media curriculum and programming. You can see elementary students attend library media
once or sometimely depending on their building schedule. In addition to signing out books, students participate in lessons aligned to three specific units for grades K through six, life literacy and key skills, computer skills
and coding and design thinking. Middle school students engage in push-in lessons for research projects that connect to variety of different content areas including ELA, science, and social studies to name a few. And high school
students do not currently have a library media um course. Program review involves data collection from a variety of sources and stakeholders. You may have seen a survey through in the fall asking you to provide feedback on our library media
program and our CTE program. And the goal really is to get multiple perspectives and kind of get a 360 perspective um of input on what we're doing well and how we can improve moving forward. The survey included a variety
of different questions, but I'll just show a sample here. um the sampling of data here from students when they were asked what specific skills they learned as part of the media curriculum. Uh the responses highlighted book borrowing and
we were also pleased to say that they uh highlighted online safety and digital citizenship, something we're really pushing with our students. STEM projects and coding were a little bit low on this list and that's something that's helpful for us in our curriculum revisions to start thinking about how we can kind of
beef up that section of the curriculum to ensure that kids are really getting the most out of their time in the library uh media center. We also surveyed parents. Um they chose the same two skills as the most popular with literacy skills and appreciation.
Uh a close third as well. Based on the survey responses as well as research from other districts, we're proposing the following recommendations. Um staffing. The recommendation we're making is to try to incorporate small groupoup instruction
during any open periods. Our library media specialists do this to a degree now. Um but if there is time in their schedule and they're able to see um small group reading groups, um that's also helpful. And so we're going to explore that a little bit further. Um on
the program and courses angle, we're going to be leading professional development sessions. Um specifically, Mr. Bino will be doing this throughout the year uh to ensure that the new curriculum implemented with all of the teachers have time to articulate and get
together and plan uh that's all difficult with them being in all uh buildings across the district. So making that a priority uh will definitely be an outcome from the program review on the curriculum side. Uh incorporating specific STEM lessons and projects to
support that engineering and design unit. uh we noticed in the surveys that students didn't really rank that as one of the more engaging parts of the curriculum. We want to look to see how we can make that a little bit more hands-on or maybe bring in some um
additional resources to support that. Um also on that end incorporating non-fiction research skills and incorporating AI exploration under resources and technology uh we are exploring a
possibility of library maintenance maybe asking parent volunteers to help with some of the library maintenance help shelving books. Um, we're also looking at uh utilizing some of the Scholastic Bookf Fair money and maybe tapping into the NEF to help purchase um some new
books to keep our libraries current. Uh, and also one of the things that came out of the program review was the learning skills for students. Uh, we now switched to iPads in our library. So, one of the recommendations that we piloted with one of the buildings this year is purchasing
the um keyboards to go with the laptops so that students can still get practice keyboarding um even though the iPad is the device that they're utilizing. Another important recommendation includes continuing our partnership with the Nutley Public Library. This collaboration continues to
be a valuable part of the library media programming. Um, some programs already in place that we'd like to grow are the summer reading presentations that the library gives to elementary schools each spring. Um, collaboration with our multilingual parents uh to access
library resources. We have many, many field trips that come across my desk for signatures to the Nutley Library. They're a great partner with us for that. Uh, as well as publicizing library events on our district website. This final slide for the library media
section of the presentation outlines specific next steps over the next several years. And it's really more of an internal planning document. But here you can see um how support will be provided to staff on curriculum changes um as well as ideas to utilize the
library media specialists to support if they're able. Um, we will also explore how parent volunteers again could be utilized to help with library maintenance, maybe book chs and that sort of thing. I'd like to turn the presentation over to Mr. Vicarella who will discuss
the career technical education program review. [Music] Thank you, Mrs. Lok Solo. Good evening everyone. My name is Vincent Vicarelloo. I am the supervisor of fine and performing arts and career and technical education. I'm going to give an overview
the same way Mrs. Loan Solo did. I want to thank her for walking me through this process and um as well as my staff for input as well as the community. So the career and technical education department sometimes you'll see hear it as CTE. And what that is is
a department that is career and technical educated. Uh focuses on curriculum instruction in the area of 21st century life and career skills. What does that entail? A lot of hands-on application, collaboration, problem
solving, communication, as well as the technical aspects within a specific content area. These students are exposed to of these 21st century skills and trades. We are fortunate to say that here at Nutley
High School, we still do offer the trades to our students and them that practical application within the classroom. At John H. Walker Middle School. We currently have one full-time staff member and the courses that are available to our students are grade
seven technology engineering 1 and grade 8 technology engineering 2. These courses do not need to be taken concurrently. A student can take in seventh grade and not in eighth grade or vice versa. If somebody takes it uh a
certain another elective seventh grade, they can then take technology engineering it too in grade 8. These courses are electives. This is a choice that the student does make at Nelly High School. There are a
significant amount of stu uh teachers that to our students. We have full eight full-time staff members, one three/arter time staff member who is currently split with library media and one full-time social studies teacher that is taking on a course load of financial literacy as
well. Within our career and technical education department, we are fortunate enough to receive Carl D. Perkins Funding. In that program, our programs funded are our radio TV which is arts and audiovisisual arts, audiovisisual
technology, hospitality and tourism which is our culinary arts, information technology that work in Cisco and our health sciences which falls underneath our science department where I work with Mrs. Rabino very closely. We are fortunate as well to offer dual
enrollment opportunities for our students in the career and technical education department at Nully High School. In our radio TV program, our students in the radio TV 2 and three have the opportunity to earn credit for different nurses enrolling in those two
different years. Also, introduction to engineering design honors is v uh affiliated with various institutions that is for the student to choose as they get to that point if they wish. Here at Nutley High School and throughout the state, there are
graduation requirements for CTE as well. Each student must fulfill five credits of a practical art as well as the two and a half statemandated credits for financial literacy. As you can see, I'm not going to go down
this entire list, but these are all the courses that are offered here at Nully High School. These can also be found on our website under the career and technical education department as well and also in the Nutley High School program of
studies. Here you can see that there are a multiple a multitude amount of classes that are designated as honors. Also in our data collection as Mrs. Loans Solo discussed we surveyed many
many different avenues being staff students and community members in grades 7 through 12. Through that data collection we have noticed that enrollment has increased significantly since 2021. Uh majority of our courses
are in high demand. Throughout that as well, not all students and parents are aware of the programs that are offered here at Nutley High School. From that finding, this current year in the spring, we offered a virtual CTE night
for parents to attend, which was also recorded and can be found on our website. Many of the much of the feedback that we've received from many of our students is that there are scheduling conflicts and that's the prime reason why students cannot get into a specific CTE
course. Also, we are giving the students the opportunity for project-based hands-on learning to be able to apply these life skills recommendations through here. Most of our CTE curricula has been updated over
the past three years. There are some that need an update over this summer. One of them being our introduction to business uh introduction to business with that the removal of fundamentals of investment management will happen where they will be merged into the intro to
business class. Uh the reason from this with our staff the finding is that the fundamentals of investment management is very closely aligned with our business and financial management class and there is a lot of crossover. Therefore students taking both of those courses
are getting a lot of repetitive curricula within our programs and courses. Um were explored looking at our middle districts. Some offermies which allow students to progress through a
certain cluster that they will focus in on. This will be explored more by myself as well as staff in our business department as I discussed with the removal of one of our courses our halfyear courses but looking
at the addition of social and digital market media marketing. This would act as a fourth level to our marketing program. looking at the addition of a DECA chapter or reinstituting a DECA chapter
here at Nelly School. Uh this is a CTSO as we call it in the career and tech world which is a career and technical student organization. This is the distributive education clubs of America.
possible addition right now it is being pilot piloted in AP business principles and per person personal finance course industrial arts currently we only offer woodworking one and metalworking one exploring the idea of giving those
students who are extremely vested and interested in the hands-on arts and the practical arts the opportunity to take a woodworking two or three as well as a metalwork two or rate. This would also help without being competitive with our
vocational schools within our county. For culinary, the addition of an introduction to culinary arts. This is a class that would mirror our intro to industrial arts for a specific cluster of
students for our resources and technology within business to sustain using our online platforms that we currently use with also once again the addition of DECA. If I can just explain that a little more. DECA is for emerging
leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in many different fields within this marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Culinary turnover of our consumables and our everyday use items such as pots and
pans that haven't been replaced in quite some time. Appliance service plans since these are used every single day. replacement of appliances such as new stoves in room 221, new sets, and looking maintaining
our facilities. We will also explore on my behalf the purchase of bulk food items from distributors. For middle school technology, they currently use Lego Mindstorm EV3s.
continuing to update those so they do not go obsolete. The same goes for our robotics program here at Nutley High School. Industrial arts, the continuation of our project lead the way partnership as well as rotation of new
tools for staffing. Our recommendation is the addition of one industrial arts teacher to offer those higher level woodworking, metal working classes, practical electricity, also engineering and drafting and design
courses. As you can see here, um this year we are currently in the program review. So for year one, it is begin staffing conversations for the future growth and needs of our students here at Nutley High School and within the Nutley public schools. The programs and courses
were conducting site visits meetings to exploremies. Also creating hospitality management as a standalone course since it is now an honors course. adjusting the program of studies to reflect the courses offered at high
school. Our business department to a free PD each year, money talks once again will be reviewed, piloted and for our resources and technology it is it was under the
recommendations that I said previously. [Music] That concludes our presentation on this year's program review. I just want to take an opportunity to thank both Janine Vin and Jenna Rabbino who's who's home. Um they put a lot of work into this. Staff puts a lot of work into this and
every five years we get a chance to look at each program and and makes us great. Thank you very much for your hard work and uh thank you to the board for allowing us work. Thank you. Uh we we can move up stage to continue with our board meeting. [Music]
[Music] Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mania. Um, don't mind. I'd like to see if our student report, Mr. Matt Lee would like to report first. Uh, before he goes, can I mention something, Mr.
Um, just change papers here. I just want to congratulate you. I know you're part of data jam and you're going to speak to it before you have a chance to talk about it. You did a great job with you and your team. My understanding is you won one of the competitions car crashes come in New Jersey. That's a great
achievement and I want to recognize you before you give your speech. Thank you very much for doing that. Sorry about that. Congratulations. So, we wanted to move you up just in the event you need to. You could stay, you're welcome, but uh if you have to run, you have other
things to do. That's why we wanted to move you up. You um so since our last board of ed meeting, um the National Honor Society induction took place. 75 students were inducted. Congratulations to all those students again.
And on May 1st, we had uh Building Bridges Club held its annual international night of culture at our night of nations event. This event uh celebrated and promoted diversity in our community. We had various foods, music, studentled performances, art, and
cultural attractions. The twoe battery of AP tests concluded last Friday on May 16th. There are still a few makeup tests that will be occurring this week. and our school participated in the national data
jam competition. Um this is a data science activity and competition for high school students to introduce, encourage and engage young people in data science in any subject area. This program is sponsored by call university and affiliated with University of
Pittsburgh. Our school had two teams. Uh team A's area of research was on mitigating gun violence and team B's area of research was car crashes crime in New Jersey. The culminating activity required students to speak publicly
about their research findings with an assembled panel of college professors and professionals in the data science field. Um team B was the Eastern Regional winner for the 2025 data jam competition. Upcoming we have the spring coral
concert which will be taking place tomorrow May 20th. Um the NHS art show will take place on the 21st. The Rucker Allied Health Program Summitive test will take place on the 22nd for those enrolled in the program. And we're looking forward
to our annual Raider Fest next Wednesday on May 28th. Uh there's going to be a senior scholarship award ceremony which will take place Thursday, May 29th and senior prom will be taking place on June 5th and the graduation will be June
19th. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lee. Like I said, if you're well, you're welcome to say, but if you need to uh leave, you you can. Uh Mr. Bay, our superintendent report. Thank you, Mr. President. Uh before I
begin this report, I again ask for a moment of silence for member uh to moment of silence to remember Joseph Malanga who passed recently passed away. Mr. Malanga served our community as a board of education member from 1982 to
1986. Thank you. Uh, good evening members of the board of education and Nutley school community. Over the past several weeks, the district's administrative team has continued to work diligently through the entire 2025 2026 school budget with the
goal of preserving student programs while addressing the financial realities we face. Although revenues for the upcoming year are now set, the budget remains fluid. This means we will continue to make responsible decisions throughout the year in support of our
core educational mission and student opportunities. On tonight's agenda, you'll find a resolution to increase the district's paid or participate athletic fee. With this adjustment and through efficiencies found during our budget review, we are currently able to offer
the programs with the same levels that are currently offered during this year for next school year. This includes all junior varsity and freshman levels. We recognize this is an important this is important to our students and families and we will monitor participation trends
closely to ensure sustainable operations moving forward. I would also like to congratulate the freshman baseball team who I believe was here last board meeting as they won yesterday's freshman baseball tournament in the oval. What I have heard it was a great event that was
coupled with the township's first farmers market of the season on booth drive. We look for supporting the township and the athletes with the farmers market event on Sundays throughout the summer. Also tonight the board is being asked to approve uh
paraprofessional appointments aligned to newly restructured paraprofessional roles. This restructuring is based on thorough assessment of student needs and classroom models. We remain committed to following all IEPs and ensuring that students in self-contained programs
continue to receive the appropriate support as required by law and district policy. I am proud to share that Nutley Public Schools has again been recognized as one of the best communities for music education by NM the NM Foundation, an
honor we've now received 16 times. Thank you, Mr. V. Uh this award is given [Applause] uh this award is given to districts that demonstrate exceptional commitment to music education and ensures access for
all students. Congratulations to our students, staff, families, and music boosters for upholding this tradition of excellence. As we near the end of the school year, uh here are a couple more dates uh of activities. Uh Mr. Lee
mentioned most of the ones uh pertaining to the high school. We have the Junior Olympics uh on June 2nd and the lead picnic for our sixth graders on June 6th. And one last reminder for all of our celebrations. Preschool celebrations will take place during the week of June
2nd. The teachers will share the details for the building and class. Kindergarten promotions are June 12th. Sixth grade graduations are June 13th. Our eighth grade promotion is June 13th at 9:00 am.
Nlly High School will commence have commencement ceremonies on June 19th school for 6 pm. Currently, this is subject to the weather um and may be adjusted up in the day as we get closer. The last day of of school for students is Monday, June 16th with single session
days on June 12th, 13th, and 16th. Um, I do ask you to please support the Netley Educational Foundation by attending their SIPs Saver uh spring fundraiser on day, June 12th at the Kingsland Manor. Uh, the tickets are now available on the district website. Uh,
it's a great organization. They're always looking for support and volunteers. Uh, you can find it on our district website. Uh finally, I need to report the September to December uh HIP reporting. Uh in accordance with the New Jersey Anti-bullying Bill of Rights, I am
presenting the district's bi-anual harassment, intimidation, and bullying report summarizing activity from September through December 2024. During this reporting window, a total of 29 HIP investigations were conducted districtwide. These incidents
were thoroughly investigated by our trained anti-bullying specialists in each building. At the elementary level, there were 10 investigations with three confirmed hibs. Uh, one confirmed case at Yanekawa and two at Yanta School. The motivations
were based on gender and other protected characteristics. At John H. Walker Middle School, there were 13 investigations with seven confirmed HIS. Motivations include race, color, religion, national origin, and others. At Netley High School, there were six
investigations. Two were confirmed HIV incidents with motivations including gender, gender identity, sexual orientation. In cases where HI was confirmed, conduct violations occurred, consequences and interventions included disciplinary measures such as detention
suspension or probation, social probation, counseling from school-based staff or referrals to outside providers, reflective assignment schedule changes, increased monitoring by staff, including parent administrator conferences and HIP
specific training for students and cases faculty. We also have prevention efforts including training that all staff participate in and curriculum embedded structures in competent kids caring communities for K through five and a
ruler and lead for grades 6 through 12. We also have activities including spearing week advisory lessons and counseling programs. Uh just today we had a group of students from our high school on uh with partnering with the health department on uh certain
initiatives pertaining to inclusive measures. Uh hip resources and reporting tools remain available on the district website. I would like to thank uh anti-bullying coordinator Joseph Capello and all of our building anti-bullying
specialists as well as the principles for their continued commitment to safe inclusive learning environments. I hope everyone has uh enjoys the long weekend coming up. Please remember we have a single session day scheduled for Friday and the district is closed on
Monday. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Mania. Mr. Vita, our business administrative report. Thank you. Uh on tonight's agenda will be the approval of our food service management for next year. proposals were
advertised and a walkthrough of our facilities was held uh last month and one company. After approval at tonight's meeting, all the required information will then be uploaded to the state software uh for the state's uh final
approval. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Devita. We're going to go to committee votes. Miss Tek Martin, academic. Yes, Mr. President. The academic committee met on May 13th. In attendance were Terry Quirk, Steve
Gilbert, Tom Dia, myself along with Kent Ba, Janine Loko, Karen Greco, Ian Vmeister, Dennis Williams, Tracy Egan, Amy Jachio, Joe Pyro, and Joe Dwire. Mr. Pyro provided an update on athletics.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Dwer provided information on the high school's 2526 schedule enrollment offerings, secondary world language curriculum revisions. Miss Egan and Miss Jio provided an update on special education and strategy services. Mr. Beny provided an update on
par profofessional staffing and the potential of lease St. Paul's preschool property. Miss Lan Solo reveal uh reviewed field trips and PD requests. The next meeting of the academic is scheduled for June 11th at 5:30. Thank
you. Thank you, Stan Martin. Mr. Fagginals, finance. Thank you, Mr. President. The finance committee met on May 13th in in attendance with myself, Tom Deoya, Janette Mus, Campa,
Michael Dvidita, Terresa Lori, Michael Pariji, Jannine Loko, Karen Greco, Ian Vmeister. Uh the committee received updates on facility projects including the Lincoln Auditorium chairs, Lincoln hallway floors, middle school media
center, the middle school temporary library, the middle school classroom conversion and the digital at the school and the middle school committed information on the athletic budget including coaches levels and athletes, information on the general fund budget
cost analysis in comparison with the current budget. reviewed information on the paraprofessional restructuring, reviewed comparison of course offerings for Netley High School for the current budget compared to next year's. Discussed pre-K costs and contracts and request for a proposal for food services
and the sports physician for next month. And we reviewed resolutions including donations from food service management company for 2025 2026 school year and the next next meeting has not been scheduled. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Fragginos. We now come to
the portion of our meeting where we allow members of the public to address the board. In this section, we have questions or comments on reports, resolutions, and all school related matters. Our board regulations number 0167 20 minutes for these communications. Each person shall be
limited to three minutes and we ask that you try to stay within this requirement. Speakers may speak more than once only after all those wishing to speak on the topic have been heard. All statements will be directed to me as the chairperson and no one may address board members individually. Please be reminded
that if your statement is too lengthy, abusive, obscene, irrelevant or redundant, your participation may terminate it. And please remember to state your name and address each and every time you address the board. Does anyone have any questions? 36 Center Street. Denise Blue, I don't
know if you guys heard that. Um, can't believe it's the end of the school year already. Um, I think Ken, you answered uh my first question. The pay to participate fee, is that only related to athletics or are those other school um activities as well?
Yeah. Yeah, currently it's only related to athletics. Okay, thank you. So, you anticipate keeping things status quo for another school year? Um, right now, right now it's not included in the board resolution. I think as we move forward,
we're looking at everything. Okay, great. Um, certainly seems like a a fair thing at this point. Um, under number five, approval of preschool grant amendment. Um, preschool
learn time. Is that the new facility that's going to be at Bloomfield AB? Which one is that? Can I answer? Yeah. Which page was that? Um, it is page four. Number five, approval of preschool grant amendment.
Five. Page four. Page four. Um, number five. Yep. Yeah, I got it. Thank you. Preschool learn time. I just wasn't sure what the all the individual preschools were called. Is that the one on Bloomfield app? Sure, Mr.
Yeah. Yes. Preschool on time. We currently partner with in our preschool program classes a class for the district. Um these resolutions allow uh them to operate our St. Paul's location and to pick up additional classes. Please understand that under the way
preschool set up uh they work with us and we have oversight as to their programs. it'll be the same preschool program offered uh through them that we would provide. So that that's the only thing that the amendment is based on that one amendment transfers to the new
facility in Bloomfield. Correct. One one amend one one resolution approves the sub lease, the other one approves us changing um the allocations from district to provider classes. Okay. And in terms of allocation of resources, it's a grant. Does all of the
money everything is covered completely? Nothing comes from the NLE district budget. Nothing. Correct. Okay. Um I I think that's a frustration on the part of a lot of people that would might be a good idea to to make that a little bit more transparent everybody because I know a lot of people and I' I've been
trying to explain it with what limited information I have that it's it's a grant money. It's not coming out of this money. And I think people are are seeing this brand new beautiful preschool program that's happening and I've had a 30 plus year um career in early
childhood special education. So I know the worth and value of that and universal prek. I'm very happy that is doing this. But um I think a lot of people are are concerned that things are being taken away from our older kids but yet we're building this program up. So
maybe I I mean even if it's just a suggestion, some sort of transparency, some sort of something that goes out to the community explaining that that is all grant money and nothing's coming out of the budget. That's thank you for that. Um you know,
it is something we do talk about. Um unfortunately sometimes it goes to a limited amount of people that you know pay attention to what hap what we're saying here at the board meeting. So, we will definitely look into seeing what we can do to send to uh the greater public.
Great. Or even just just parents at least, but the greater public. Yeah, a lot of people things to say that don't have kids in the district. Um I appreciate that clarification. Thank you very much. Thank you. Does anyone else have any questions?
Hi, Kim Van 34 IV place. Um, just a little bit more clarification with the sports portion of it. Is it per sport that day? Is it one fee for the year? Got you. Yeah. So, currently um the resolution moves the paytoplay $150, uh,
per family with an additional $75 per student in that family. So, per sport for the year. Oh, I'm sorry. uh for the year for the year. So it doesn't matter how many you play and is it for all sports? So even varsity sports even varsity paying that as well. Correct. Okay, great. And that's that's just a
that's also just an increase from 100 that was currently done this school year. So it was already in implemented prior to this. It was already implemented. It has been for many many years. Um sometimes it just Joe 111 Brookdale.
Mr. Chairman, can you tell me where we're at with the uh investigation with the uh Department of Education? Uh you referring to the forensic audit, misappropriated funds, whatever you want to call it. Um I'm I'm Are you referring
to the forensic audit? Is that some uh Miss Makers? Do you want to you want to respond to that? A request was made to the state to ask them to do a forensic audit. That request was denied. They
indicate that Nelly can do a forensic audit, but Nelly would have to pay for [Music] it. We went I'm sorry, I'll just finish. We went out for with a request for proposals on a forensic audit. Uh we
received several uh responses to the proposal and the board will decide or not they want to move forward. Well, I know you you had a cap plan. You had a corrective action plan. What is a corrective action taken? There was a complaint put in to
the department of education to bring it to this. So where are we at right now? How many I would like to know how many board members have been deposed in this investigation? There was a complaint filed. So, we brought it to
where we're at. I'm not aware of any complaint that was filed. I don't believe that's why that's why we have a monitor. No, we have a monitor because there was a loan that was taken from the state. Excuse me. We we have a monitor because there was some fiduciary
problems and she's been sent here. She My my my answer is we're paying for a state monitor or a budget manager. Where is it at right now? Is it Is it a done deal? Is it finalized? Is
what done? I'm I'm I apologize. I the investigation is it is it done? Is it a done deal now? It is done as far as uh I am concerned. the board to decide if they want to go further with a forensic audit. Well, where's my I will do I will I'm
doing a report in June, a public report in June and uh with that will be uh a determination as to what we have done to ensure that checks and balances are in
place that some of the uh areas of weakness and controls has been has been uh uh corrected. Is there going to be a report? Are we going to receive a report from the uh the DOE's
investigative unit? No. As I said, they said that they would they were not going to do a forensic audit and that we could do it, but we would have to pay for it. And what what would be the cost if if the town if the town has to do it? It
would be somewhere between 55 and $85,000. I'm sorry, $55,000 and $80,000. So, we're not going to do it then. The board is going to discuss it this evening in executive session. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you.
Any other questions to come before the board? Okay. Seeing none, could I have a motion to close the public comment portion? All in favor? I Okay, we're going to move on to our resolutions.