meeting will come to order. We've already conducted executive session. Mr. H, would you call the role, please? Mr. Brady, Mr. Dalton, yes. Uh, Mrs. Dam here. Mrs. Gilman here. Mrs. McGovern
here. Mr. Schneider here. Miss Stevens here. Mrs. Terico, Mr. McCarthy here. business report. Uh have nothing to report. Happy summer to everybody. I hope that everyone's having a nice, safe, wonderful summer and uh
we're happy to be here conducting business today. Mrs. Walton, my superintendence report, your turn. Good evening everyone. It's wonderful to be back together from uh some time since our last board meeting. Uh since our last meeting, we did have two very
successful graduation ceremonies on uh in Spartan Stadium. And I just want to thank all of the administration, the teachers, the staff, uh, and the maintenance and facilities department who made those events go so smoothly.
They are always such touching, uh, spirited communitybased events and uh, this year was no difference. And I I think some of the student speeches and the principal speeches really did such a great job of encapsulating uh what our school
community is like and how proud everyone is to be a Spartan today. So I did just want to thank everyone who had a hand in making those events such a success. I wanted to uh and I know Mr. Hastings will do this. So, I won't steal his thunder, but thank the maintenance and
uh custodial and technology departments who are very hard at work right now this summer readying our schools for many things. I won't say much more about that, but I did just want them to um hear some thanks from me for all they're doing. And I wanted to let the board know that our summer programs did start
last week and we have a number of our Spartans back at school with us this summer. And it's wonderful to see all the different things going on. Our extended school year, which is at Wayside Elementary School this year, has 105 students attending. OTHS has five
programs running with a total of 91 students attending. TOIS has two different programs running with 65 students present there. And our elementary district-wide program is running with 40 elementary students attending at um Wam Massa school. So,
uh, it's alive and well in our schools right now with learning and activities and Spartan bridge and Spartan school events. So, um, you know, just wanted to let you know all of that was happening. And, uh, finally, it is
the time of year where I pre present the student safety data report um, which is linked there for you. Uh, we give this report uh, in January and then again in July. So, at this point, I'm reporting
on the second half of the year, January to June, and then some some fullear totals as well. So, just to out uh outline it for you, in accordance with the public school safety
law and board of education policy 5512, all acts of violence, vandalism, and harassment, intimidation, and bullying must be reported to the board of education. The information that I am providing this evening includes the number, nature, and mode of the HIPB incidents and a listing of other student
safety data. So if you compare last January to June 2024 to this January to June 2025, last year we had 19 confirmed HID cases. This year in the second half of the year we had 12 confirmed HID
cases. The rest of the chart on that page goes through the different nature of the incidents and the mode of the incidents. You can see that. And just as a reminder, these will not add up to 19 and 12 because one event can be uh can
have multiple natures to it and multiple modes to it. And then if you turn the page, you will see that the hip investigations and incidents. So in other words, we open up a certain number of investigations, but only a certain number of those turn out to be confirmed
HIPS. And we have it going across by school again comparing last January 2024 to June 2024 to this January to June of 2025. And uh you see it by each school going
across. You see the number of cases that were initiated, the number of cases that were completed in 10 days, which is part of the requirement, and the number of confirmed HIPS. And if you go down to the bottom, you'll see the total. So last year, in the second half of the
year, we opened up 32 cases and found 19 of those to be confirmed HIPS. This year, we opened up 19 cases and found 12 of those to be confirmed HIPS. And then the last section of this report is the other student safety data that we
must report both to the state and to the board uh in these different reporting categories. So the first one is violence. Last school year there were 30 instances of violence in our schools. This year there are 21. This is for the entire school year now not just portion of the year. Vandalism is another
reporting car uh category. Last year five, this year five. Weapons last year two this year zero. substance which includes use, possession, sale and distribution. Last year there were 18 incidents. This year eight and again hib
last year total for the year were 30. This year total for the year are 19. So in most cases we're seeing good downward uh progression which is an you know indicator of progression and improving in this area. So wanted the board to
have that information and I sorry go ahead. Any comments or questions on the student safety data presented from any members of the board? Mrs. Gilman, do you attribute this nice downward trend to additional training of of staff
or programs presented to the uh students? What what do you think in your opinion? I think it's attributed to uh our approach to a positive school culture with high
expectation for student decorum and students being held accountable for behaving a certain way and being part of the solution of creating positive enthusiastic spirited schools and I think our students have responded very well to that call
which was very evident in our graduation speeches. Absolutely. you know, word spartan was overused and I don't think it can be. So, um, thank you, Mrs. Walden. Any other comments from any members of the board? Okay, let's go to our school business
administrator's report. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, summer projects are underway. Um, time is speeding by. Uh unfortunately it's we're already to the middle of July and uh we have a lot of construction going
on and and projects to complete. Uh at TOIS we have a we have our Camp David group there now uh servicing students and um we also have scheduled for August uh the installation of a new fifth grade gym floor there. So, uh, again, we're
working on a tight timeline there to pull out the bleachers in that gym, replace the flooring and, uh, put everything back together. Um, we have at, um, OTE, at DAO, we have new bleachers again installed there. Um,
we're also working on some other things in the gym to, uh, to make it nice and and presentable. So, that'll be exciting when the kids come back uh, in September. We have, as you know, uh, bathroom projects at all three elementaryaries for our prek program.
So, classrooms that did not have bathroom facilities within the classrooms are now going to have, uh, those facilities available to those students. Um, the uh, work is being done in an isolated portion of the building. So, we're able to cordon off andor
isolate that area and the work being done there from the rest of the building uh uh to keep the dust and dirt down. Uh and we're beginning to see now a lot of the equipment for the upgrade at our high school auditorium come in terms of the sound and lighting equipment. Uh and
we've committed to have that ready to go uh in September as well. and that's coming together and uh is going to be exciting to see once it's all uh put together and and um and and ready to be presented to the staff and our students. So, lots going on, lots of balls in the
air. Uh but we're going to do everything we can to make sure everything's completed and ready to go with the opening of school. Good to hear. Thank you. Any comments or questions from the board for our school and business administrators?
Okay. Public comment. The board of education recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest.
Public comment is not a question and answer session. Specific questions can be directed to the administration. Our superintendent's contact information is available up by the microphone and as well on our district website. We encourage you to contact her with any questions you may have. Public
participation shall be governed by the following rules. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to 5 minutes in duration. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic until all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard. The presiding officer may request any person
to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum. Would anyone from the public who is here like to speak on any agenda item or any item at all at this time? No. Thank you. Mrs. Conway, do we have anyone in the queue who would like to
comment on any item at this time? Yes, Mr. President. Alex Hayes, please go ahead. Hi. Hopefully you all can hear me. Um, I didn't know if I would actually be eventually called upon because who knows, you know, most of us if there
were even more than me on this meeting. We were wondering when it was even going to start. It was over 35 minutes late. I mean, I just it's beyond comprehension that you all have such utter disregard for people's times. The meeting was supposed to be at 7 o'clock. If you
don't get your stuff done in um in uh executive session beforehand, start meeting earlier or adjourn and then meet afterwards, but you're keeping people waiting and you know what, maybe you think it's just me who's on these meetings and maybe it's purposeful. May maybe it's like Alex can wait because
I'm the only one that ever talks. I don't know. I can't see how many people are in there. Um nothing is posted online. Nobody knows what the meeting was about. Nobody would really um know what the agenda was about. Um, thank you for the HIV and violence update. Um, I
do have more questions. I'll probably email Mr. Hastings and Miss uh, Welden. Um, some more questions that I have. I'm looking forward to hearing about the facilities discussion, which I did get a quick glance of the agenda, you know, after clicking 12 times or whatever to get a a look at the agenda today. So,
I'm looking forward to what you're going to be talking about. Um wondering if you made a decision on committee of the whole whether you guys are going to stick to the fact that you are not a committee of the whole um or if you're going to keep up with this farce of like a talking head and who gets to read what part of the agenda because really that's
what it kind of is. It's like finance you get to talk because you're not supposed to be committees. But if you are going to decide to be committees, wondering if you can put the heads of each committee online and the memberships for each committee. Um because that would be really helpful online so that the public knew what
committees you all belong to in this alleged non-committee school board. Um but I also wanted to close out um it was brought to my attention like two or three weeks ago that there is an outstanding facilities usage form um and
you know people are having to wait for other people legacies perhaps even preferred groups sadly um to be you know to get their application in. And I wanted to um bring the board's attention
to your application procedure that is posted online in your policies states that after June 30th, facilities will be available on a first come first serve basis. So if you all are not approving
facilities usages after July 1st which were already in hand and submitted weeks before that if there are no other facilities usages for those things that people are requesting you're in violation of your own policies and it
sounds capriccious arbitrary and I got to say it sounds discriminatory against groups that are trying to come in. So that's all I had to say, but I hope you consider that when you award facilities usages um as of July 1st, first come first served.
That is what your policies state. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Conway, do we have any other uh people who would like to comment in the queue? No, Mr. President, there are no further commenters. Thank you, Mrs. Conway. Mr. Dolan, approval of minutes.
Absolutely. Uh motion to approve minutes from our work session and regular meeting on June 17th. Second. Sir Hayes, would you call the role? This is for our minutes. Uh 7.1 and 7.2.
Mr. Dalton. Yes. Mrs. Dam. Yes. Mrs. Gilman. Yes. M. McGovern. Yes. Mr. Snder. Yes. Miss Stevens. Yes. Mr. Mr. McCarthy. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. M. McGovern. Personnel. Move to approve items 8.1 through 8.11.
Can I have a second? Second. Would you call to roll? So items 81 through 811. Mr. Dalton. Yes. Mrs. Dam. Yes. Mrs. Gilman. Yes. Uh, Miss McGovern. Yes. Mr. Schneider. Yes.
Miss Stevens. Yes. Miss McCarthy. Yes. All items carry. Financial management and resource services. Miss Stam. Move to approve items 9.1 through 9.5 and then discussion from 9.6 through
9.11. Before we call the role, do we have any uh do we have any comments or questions on 96? Do we have a second? 911. Thank you. Have a second. 96 through 911. Wait, are we talking about 91 to 95 first or no? can also answer that. Yes.
Yeah. Go ahead. Any questions at all? Mrs. Gilman 9.5 the copy machine and service contract. Uh is that our regular we usually from our last is this with the new company.
Uh this is with the same company we've used in the past. The cost is a little higher. uh we're moving away from personal printers and personal toner and the cost associated with those and the constantly changing toner styles and and and uh over supply of cartridges that
can no longer be used. Um we are providing copiers in strategic locations across each uh school. This is just for the schools. Uh we already have here at central and in maintenance machines that are suitable. Um it'll include a color
machine for the schools as well. Um, and we're also going to implement a um a technology improvement as well. Uh, so that people don't have to run to the copier uh when they print their jobs. It'll sit in a queue in the cloud and when they want to retrieve them, they can put in a code and retrieve those
jobs. So, uh, we think it'll make it more efficient and easier for folks. Um, and, uh, it it comes with eliminating costs in other areas. So, uh, we're pleased about rolling that out. Thank you, Mr. Sher. Mr. Hastings on 99 I noticed on the check write offs
there's a lot of the 58250s. I don't know what that was. So the 583 I think it was uh is Aiden Lou. So that's half of a payment that we pay to parents uh to reimburse them for transportation for
the year when their students are not bust. Uh these are checks that have not been cashed. They're 180 days old. 180. So those are being uh written off. That's part of our audit procedure as well that we stay on top of those and not have old checks sort of hanging out
in the ether. Um uh should we need to reissue those checks, we can. But uh uh as of now, we're going to cancel those. Okay. And then McCarthy, one more on on 910. I was trying to Sounds like we're getting
$45,000 from solar credits. Correct. I didn't know I I really just didn't know how that worked. So we have solar on the uh on several buildings uh through the Clean Energy Act. Um uh utilities are required to provide a
certain percentage of clean energy in their production. Uh what they're allowed to do is buy solar credits uh at a price to help them meet the uh federal andor state guidelines in terms of what they have to do to meet the Clean Energy
Act. So these go up for auction um these credits and companies bid on those and purchase those to help u meet the requirement. Uh they're estimating this is an estimate about $45,000. Uh my understanding today is that after the
auction um there were actually less um credits if you will uh that were being purchased. So uh at the next meeting the number will probably be closer to 40,000. But again, that's money that's coming back to the district.
Mrs. McGovern, how does that fall in line with what we got around last year? If you know, if you don't know, um, I don't have the exact number from last year, but this is similar to what we've received. And when we did talk to the broker that we use who auctions these, um, they were sort of after us to
do it now because they feel like the market's going to dip soon. Uh so we want to strike while the pricing is still similar uh and not wait until uh the market takes a bit of a dip and we would get less. Thank you. Mrs. Dan, did you have a question? I did. Um just in general with the
acceptance of the grant money, which is great. Are these things that we had in our budget or is this additional funds that we're receiving or hoping to receive because I know there's applications for grants and getting money in.
Right. So 96 which is our Perkins grant 97 which is idea funds um those funds were in our budget that's what we talked about uh in terms of budgeting 75% of last year's amount uh as a sort of safety net based on the information
we're receiving at the time uh from the federal government. Um these are also um student driven as well in terms of the number of students participating or or eligible for part of these grants. Uh so the funding is going
to be similar uh in both the Perkins and the IDEIDA. Um then at 9.8 those are funds that are go through the district uh to be spent and allocated to our non-public uh schools uh in the district. So, uh, those we really
didn't, um, okay, talk about, but we did budget again a certain amount of money into the budget, but that's strictly a pass through. So, the state wants us to sort of control that money as it flows down uh to those schools. So, we work with Mama Ocean and Ed in terms of coordinating that and
coordinating their purchases. Um, so yes, I'm sorry, long answer for a for a yes. Go ahead. Uh, if there's no more discussion on all the other stuff we're talking about, 9 911 struck me because it it looked like to me anyway that Bradley Elementary in
Asbury is like a normal elementary school. So, we're sending one kid out of district for $90,000. It just seemed uh a little high and a little exaggerated. Is there a question? Yeah, I wanted I know it's probably a sensitive topic because of the
situation. I just didn't know why that particular school was chosen and the expense related to it is so high for one student. Is this something we feel we cannot discuss student matters in public but in in general general
placements are made because of programs that students need that are offered in certain places and that school happened to have that service that we couldn't do in in house generally speaking. General is Mrs. McGover.
Sorry, just one quick question back to um the question Caitlyn asked about the Perkins and IDA. You said that we got similar money. Did that mean we got similar to the 75% we projected or we got similar to what we got last year? Similar to what we got last year. So, it's more than what we what you budgeted a little bit more in the Perkins in
terms of what was budgeted. That number was down about uh $2,500. uh and the idea um much larger base, but that was down about 4 thou less than that. It was down uh $3,600. Okay. And that's between prek and and the
regular IDA grant. Some good news though. Yes. Thank you. And then we expect to hear on the title funds, the ESSA funds at the end of this month is what the guidance is right now. Other questions from the board on any of these items?
Good discussion. Thank you. All right. We do have a motion on the floor for 91 to 95. Would you please call the role, Mr. Hastings? This is 9.1 through 9.5. Mr. Dalton, yes. Mrs. Dam, yes. Mrs. Gilman, yes. Uh, Mrs. McGovern, yes.
Mr. Schneider, yes. Miss Stevens, yes. And Mr. McCarthy, yes. Motions carry. Instruction and education and student activities. Mr. Dolan. Thank you, Mr. McCarthy. Motion to approve items 10.1 through 10.4. Second.
We have any questions on 101 through 104 or comments? All right, Mr. Would you call the role, please? 101 through 104. Mr. Dalton, yes. Mrs. Dam, yes. Mrs. Gilman, yes. To all recuse from 10.2.
Thank you. Uh, Mrs. McGovern, yes. Mr. Schneider, yes. Miss Stevens, yes. And M. McCarthy, yes. Motion carries. Just as a point of inquiry, this is initial reading of the policies today. That's correct.
Okay. Uh policy skill. Thank you, President McCarthy. This is the first reading of revised policies or regulations as listed below. Some interesting changes like the motor
vehicles on school property with ebikes. I do have a question about policy 7460. Respond to that one. Weldon. So the policy has changed from teaching the conservation of our resources
information integrated into our science curriculum. May I ask why Strauss Esme would want to remove that at a time when we really want to teach students to conserve our resources. All of these policies except for the
last one are part of the board's request that the administration review outdated policies that we have not updated right in quite some time. So I do believe that that is not happening now in Strauss Esme's world only in this local school district.
We never adopted this back in 1990. I I guess adopted 83. Yeah, this was revised in 1990, right? I believe the more updated was in uh ' 92 or 93 and we did not accept we did not the
district at the time did not update that policy. So, we're doing it now at the request of the board to update all outdated policies. And the update is above the red. What's in red is being removed, right?
What is clean was there and is still there in 1992. So Irene's asking why we feel like we want to remove it even though Strauss Esme is saying to she doesn't agree that it should be removed. Right. Yeah.
Thank you. doesn't need to be in the past. So, so we're this update, right? Just to remind the board before Kelly answers that question. So, to remind the board, this process that we're going through is just to get us in accordance with Strauss Esme's policies, right? If the board decides that they would like to
change a regulation or policy, they always have the opportunity to do that. We would have to consult legal counsel, right? But I believe there is reason for this due to the recommendation from Strauss estimate that this is being removed in 1992. They removed it in 1992.
Why did they remove it in 1992? Because it didn't need to be in the policy. It's part of it's part of our curriculum. Well, then my question is, do we teach in our science curriculum the conservation of natural resources? Yes. Yes. All right. Yeah. Awesome. Other questions?
I was just going to add the 7,000 series is facilities. So honestly and and Strauss estimated a lot of that over the years of being careful that you're not putting things in policy areas that it has nothing to do with because the
facilities folks are looking at a policy. They're not concerning themselves necessarily the same way with a supervisor would with instruction. So there's the instruction area. Yeah. Mrs. from the government. I this is kind of practice more than
policy, but um I know that in my travels around the district there's and obviously around town there's ebikes everywhere, right? It's being put in this policy that ebikes cannot be on school property. Um is there a way to once this is,
you know, uh finalized after the last one? I know that it's in our school handbook for our high school students. However, we do have many middle school students and probably elementary even school students that are riding ebikes
through our facilities on our fields, different things. Is there a way to maybe blast that out so that it gets um known to everybody at some point once the policy changes of some even if it's a Instagram post that says reminder? I don't know. We it is always it has been a practice
for the last year. We put signs up all place, you know, all over the camp, all over, but in different places around the campus. We certainly did blast it out through our web backpack in a partnership with OTPD who was putting it out with a new ordinance this past
school year that it's not uh permitted in certain part parks and other places around town. But we can certainly remind people again, this policy is getting up to speed again with policies, but the practice of telling students that they
cannot have ebikes on campus is already happening, right? And we can continue to do it. Uh you're correct that mo most of our signs go ignored after hours. During school hours, we address what we can,
right? I understand. Thanks. Any other comments or questions about any of these policies? This is Dan. Are we gonna is 7510 a separate conversation or if I may just add if if someone is on
our campus and sees students on ebikes and feels that it's creating a dangerous situation, I encourage you to call the Ocean Township Police Department who will respond and speak to the students. And we have done that ourselves when we're aware of it because we need assistance. So if you find yourself on
campus and you see ebikes or students on ebikes, the police can help to just, you know, educate the students about the dangers and that certainly this is not okay in a public setting where spectators may be standing, young children may be um in the vicinity that
that we all need to use our heads and you know make good decisions in public settings like parks and school campuses. Sorry. 7510. Go ahead. Use the facilities. Facilities. So, just looking at this. So, the two
changes that were made were for the library and the cafeteria with the kitchen. Those are the only Right. That's correct. So, at the last meeting, the board asked that we update the forprofit fees uh to what the average
was. We looked at the um pool of of comparatives um along with the taxpayers guide. So some of the schools that we used for example in the budget presentation were uh K12's 1,800 to I think it was 3,500 students which is
where we fit. So we added one or two districts from there in Mammoth County as well. Uh, and there was a typo that I had made because when you go through all these policies, some of them are quoting field use at 2hour increments, some of them are quoting it at daily increments.
So, I did make an adjustment on one that pushed our per field uh average down. So the twos that are being updated uh are being moved up towards the uh to the average uh that was requested and then the others where we have sort of whole
numbers 650 250 instead of moving it to 153 I left it at the even number. Can I put into motion about adding something to this? You can bring any motion to the forward at any time. I think we need to add that
we review this every two years at least about the pricing and I think right now trying to reinvent the wheel is not going to be productive for us. I think if we moving forward every two years we have a discussion of where the fees are
at. We'll continue moving forward with inflation or the CPI and it be coherent. I think starting there might be a good point. So I would like to ask if we could put that into the policy. So we don't necessarily have a motion on the floor at this point. How however
which we can bring on the floor, but I just would like to direct the board to. So I believe what you're proposing is that we add uh language to this policy that that requires the board to evaluate this specific pricing every two years. Is that the correct understanding?
I feel that that's a fair timeline where it's not every year. we're not bogged down by it, but a lot of things can change as we've seen what happens in the last four to five years with pricing. So, I think doing it every two years would be fair. Um, I would like to just open this up
for discussion uh before we bring a motion. However, if you would like to follow through, you could do that as you're right, but so is there anyone on the board who would like to speak either for or against the topic that has been brought up to be added to the policy? Mr. Schneider. Well, kind of uh on that
point when we were talking about the fees and we we in the interest of time to move the needle forward because we we had we were all approaching it in a different couple different ways. We agreed to do the profit first and then we're going to go back and look at some other things. So to your point, I
wouldn't want to wait two years to kind of readress some of these other act activities um related to the fee structure if if that's still an option. So you would like to make additional changes aside from what was just discussed? Yeah, I I thought that was the spirit of
our conversation when we when we had talked. So, you know, we we discussed that like, hey, let's move this thing forward, make some movements. Let's let's work it on the profit side, but we wanted to we were going to address some of the other things at at a different time. So, and then the other piece was on the other I thought we were going to
make some movements on the uh on the stadium fees because those were a little bit out and obviously that would have trickle down effect on some of those there was other you know two hours weekday week day weekend ones but that 600 to 870 as an example or 850 then
you know I I was hoping to see some changes there. I think I think that was a big area of awesome. So, I'd like to ask the board to just table that thought for a moment and if we could focus on what was proposed first, then we can come back to that. Um, does the board desire or against
adding language to the uh policy to re-evaluate this on a twice a two-year time period? Just skill. Well, rather than adding language, let me ask that. So,
you're almost completing the review of the policies, you and Mr. Hastings, correct? But do you have many more to go? Two more. We have two more sections. Two more sections. Okay. And um the last time it was reviewed was two years ago.
No, no, it was 2020. I'm just talking policy. I'm talking about all of our policies. No, many years. That's not correct. there the previously my question
previous we identified and I can't remember specifically so I apologize but we identified that over 60% of our policies had not been evaluated since 2000 and another 20% had not been evaluated since 1990 and that is why we asked the administration to go out on this
and if I may even before that before I became the superintendent this board was in the process of updating mandated policies which were all updated for years before I became the superintendent. Since I have become the superintendent, we've been working on the ones that were not Mandy. So, it has
been a multi-year look back. And do you think that in the future it will continue in that vein? In the future, we will go by the updates from Strauss Esme and try to stay current or honestly as in reviewing these and some
of the ones they didn't update. I I understand why they didn't update them 30 years ago. There were minor changes that from pupil to student. They did not need take time on an agenda for it. So I think we will as a board decide or as an administration anything that needs to be
updated will be and those that the board and the administration don't feel need to be adjusted may not be updated. That's the process of policies in general not just now but for always. But Mrs. understand this one in particular is the one that you would
like to review on a regular basis because there's dollar amounts involved and that changes with inflation and what's current with what's going on. It's not the wording of pupil to student. It's a fluctuating number that does need to be reviewed which is why
I'm specifically asking for it to be reviewed on a more constant basis I guess. And so Mrs. Dam is just giving conversation in the pro of what she has asked for. I would like to ask if any member of the board has anything in the con against adding that to the policy. Anything against and then I can open it
up to any discussion at all. Does anyone Is anyone against this idea? I just don't know that I'm for putting it in the writing on the policy that has to be updated every two years because I don't know that, you know, that's putting something on a calendar
somewhere that may or may not take place. I do in I do understand the spirit of it and support the spirit of it. I just don't or the I think that that's not a bad thing to do. Um similarly, one of the other things with the dollar amount that is a policy is
our tuition policy that we generally look at or the administration looks at yearly and kind of you know looks at maybe it's just something that you know is I just don't I just don't think it should be written there. I think that yes, we should look at it maybe even
yearly, you know, and maybe maybe a different, you know, things happen, but I don't know about a board goal, but I that's but I think that it's something that maybe should be looked at, but I don't think it should be written because that could set you up for something that's not going to take place. That's my only
But it could keep us accountable for it. Good. Any other comments in general about just this topic of requiring writing it into the policy to review this every two years? I would just say I agree that it would be a good practice. Maybe not
necessarily you've written in the policy itself. Okay. Mrs. Stan, would you like to bring your motion to the floor at this point for a vote? Yes. Say it again. I move that we I move
I move to ask to put it every two years. Sorry. To update the policy. Update the policy. So there's a motion on the floor to update the policy every to review the policy every two years. Do I have a second for that motion? Second. I have a second. Mr. Rings, would you call the
role? Uh so this is a request to update the SE policy 7510 uh to amend it to say every two years it'll be reviewed. Uh a yes is to support that. Uh Mr. Dalton, no. Mrs. Dam,
yes. Mrs. Gilman, no. Uh Mrs. McGovern, no. Mr. Schneider, yes. Miss Stevens, no. Mr. McCarthy, no. Motion fails. Thank you. Okay. So, we did did have a
topic o other topic separate of that that was brought up on 7510. Apologize for bringing Okay. No, no, just trying to keep the meeting organized. Yeah. So, we we had um we had talked about you know the fee structure initially which we brought brought to that that discussion and and everybody
it was a robust and very uh productive conversation. So, in a spirit of time we tried to focus on something we could make a change to and that was where we we end we landed out on the profit side. So, going back to the two-year updates, um I didn't I didn't think that this was a oneanddone deal related to this
particular policy. Um based on my understanding from our last meeting and then secondarily to that, um based on our our agreement on the on the profit side that I that I thought the field or the or the high school stadium fees would be increased too based based on
So again, that was where a correction was made. Correction was made. Yes. That pushed it from going up to staying the same. The average is actually a little bit lower. So I left it if it was lower I left it at our rate. I know it's disappointing.
Thank you. So Mr. Schneider, are you asking for any change to the policy that is that is written here? Uh I don't policy itself as it is today based on the correction of Mr. H. Okay. Thank you for that clarification.
Do we have any other comments or questions about any of the policies that are proposed? Mr. Schneider, I do want to ask in the spirit because I just I apologize I didn't bring this up earlier, but related to 77480 if the spirit is safety and I only bring
this up because I' I've been on them and I've seen them is that we focus on the acute issue being the ebike. That's the topic. But in reality, there's electric scooters, there's a mono wheels, there's t there's tons of things that go 30, 40 miles an hour that So, do we want do we
want to say e ebikes or electronic devices? That's just the point of It says any motor vehicle. Well, that's a car, I guess. Glad snowmobiles are on there. I don't even know about half those bikes
that use any comment from any other members of the board regarding uh the language of the policy 70 480 I guess I guess motor vehicle sorry no yeah I guess motor vehicle doesn't take is
actual car so maybe electric but I don't know that an electric scooter that goes 10 miles an hour or 5 miles an hour that you're just you know is the same as a electric scooter that goes goes like 40 mph.
I'm just bringing it up so we could if you want to you're not going to try to deal with it down the road. Mr. Just looking up you made me think of the the township. Yeah. Right. And their language and I I just I couldn't get to their site, but um the
news one of the news articles says ebikes and scooters. So, I'm wondering, you know, like I know for those of us that go into Asbury Park, sometimes those scooters come flying by you and they're going pretty fast. And I've actually been concerned
about some folks, both adults and young folks, who are crossing 35 at West Park, no helmet, and going pretty fast. Um, so maybe we just change the word to be more inclusive and include
scooters as well with the town. Yeah, because if that's what's in their ordinance, um, you know, it would make messaging a little bit clearer. Would you like to make a motion? Motion to add scooters along with ebike. Second.
Do before you vote on that, do you want to add motorized instead of e to cover? Yeah. Any version? I think motorized would be Yeah. motorized scooters. motorized scooters and and bikes. So, we have a we have a motion on floor
to modify the language to motorized bikes and scooters. Motorized bikes and scooters in policy 7480. A vote of yes would be an affirmation to change the language to motorbikes and scooters. A
vote of no would be to not change the language. Mr. Dalton, are you making this motion? Yes. And it's been seconded by Stevens. Second students have the second person as a point of information. Uh, all right. Mr. Dalton,
yes. Uh, Mrs. Dam, yes. Mrs. Gilman, yes. Uh, Mrs. McGovern, yes. Mr. Schneider, yes. Miss Stevens, yes. And Mr. McCarthy, yes. Motion carries. All right.
Any other comments or questions uh for any of the policies that have been presented? Oh no. Okay. So I would like to remind the board this is the first reading. We will have a second reading and then we will be able to have a subsequent vote regarding these policies.
Right. Any old business from any members of the board? Okay. Any new business from any members of the board? Mrs. Gilbert. Well, last night I had the uh honor of attending uh a scholarship program for eight of our Ocean Township
students, but other students in the county as well. Senator Gal was uh hosting this. But it wasn't just the fact that Ocean had more students than any other district. It was the fact that uh someone came up to me and said that
our school counselors were instrumental in informing all of our students about scholarship programs. And I just had to give a shout out to our counseling staff because they really do uh push uh as as
they said last night, some districts knew about it and didn't let anyone know. And this is money. This is found money for students. And so our counselors did such a great job that eight of our students were honored last night with their parents and received scholarship money. So kudos to
counselors. Thank you, Mr. Gilbert. Any other old business from any members of the board? No. I'm on bold. Yes. Any other old business from members of the board? None. Okay. New business. Any new business from any members of the
board? I just wanted to share that there's going to be a Heroes United charity event on the 23rd. Um that's going to be at bar A in regards to our first responders who saved one of our students from that horrible apartment fire and
they're going to be honored. So if anybody is able to attend on the 23rd from 6:00 to 9 at bar, you can see uh go over to human services and and pay for the event. So, I think that's really awesome, you know, that our first responders are being honored.
And on another note, one of the responders being honored is a graduate of of our school system. So, it's wonderful. Any other new business from any members of the board? Okay. Uh, may I have a motion to adjurnn? Motion. Second.
Speaking is ajourned.