Thank you all for coming. Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, NJSA 10 4 through 10. Should I should I bang again? I just let it go. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by advertising such notice in the home news trabune, the
Asbury Park Press, the board office, the schools, and on cable vision channel 118 and Verizon Fios channel 24, and by filing such notice with the township clerk. This meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, June 24th, 2025. The board will take formal action on payments of bills
and other agenda items. Mr. Royale. The Obridge Township Board of Education acknowledges that the law of this state establishes that members of the public, including members of the board, have the right to record public board meetings using audio or video recording devices, provided that the active recording does not interfere with the business of this
public board meeting. Therefore, the board makes it known that any such recording is to be considered the private recording of the individual and in no manner represents the official record of this board. The board therefore takes no responsibility for such a private recording and completely disavows any future use.
Roll call, please. Done. Here. Francisco here. Giardano here. Jodri here. Mone here. Slade here. Solowski. He said he was going to be out. Benitason here. Dan Tuno present.
We have a quorum. Can everyone please stand for the pledge and remain standing after? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for its one nation.
Please remain standing. The move the board of education acknowledge the death of Scott Nun, head mechanic, transportation department, and express it deep its deepest sympathies to his family and friends. Thank you. You may be seated. Uh, code of ethics.
That's me. The board member will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would ne would needlessly injure individuals or the schools. In all other matters he or she will provide accurate information and in concert with fellow board members interpret to the staff and aspirations
of the community for its school. Thank you. We've been moving along with the district goals and the board goals with having the long-term strategic planning meeting minutes um meeting, excuse me. Um, we have no minutes. Student rep has
congratulation and graduated. Uh, recognition. Move the board to approve the retirement of the following staff members with deep appreciation for the years of dedication service to the district. We have Steven Laaggina, Obridge High School athletic
trainer, 20 years, and Terresa Bird, uh, Carl Samberg Middle School, ELA, 32 years, a total of 52 years of their service. Uh congratulations. [Applause] Do you want to do the recognition before
the motion? Okay. Dr. Hooker move the board recognize Gryom Elementary School for receiving a promising practice award for the program Save the Sea Turtle and Shepard Elementary School for receiving a
promising practice award for the program Pathways to Growth, a social and emotional learning initiative by Character.org. Both of these schools participate in the character recognition and are up for reertification in the next couple of years and we thank you
for applying and achieving the promising pra practice recognition. [Applause] Mr. Demina move the board to recognize the following athletic teams for their accomplishments in the spring 2004 2025
sports season. Good evening. I'd like to start by congratulating all of our sport athletes today and their families on incredible seasons. Being able to successfully balance athletics and academics takes hard work, organization, and dedication. All these attributes will assist our student athletes in their future
endeavors. and I am incredibly proud to watch our students grow and develop while I'm being part of the their teams. Tonight, I'd like to introduce and celebrate three athletic teams programs for winning either their division, conference, sectional, or state championships. First up, we have our
Jonas Sulk Middle School wrestling team here for the winter season. Here to accept the award is Coach Boniovani and the wrestling team. Congratulations on winning the Middle Sex GMC Conference Championships. Why don't you guys go [Applause]
aggressive to me in middle school? Yeah, I know, right? It's all technique. Yeah. Next up, we have our girls varsity lacrosse team. Here to accept the award is Coach Fuentes and the varsity team. Congratulations on winning the red division and conference championships.
And finally, our boys volleyball team. Here to accept award is coach H Hotman, Coach Bani, Coach Lockach, and Coach Ortega. Boys volleyball, congratulations on winning the red division championship again, conferenceship, sectional championship again, and back
to our house. Overall group four state championship. [Applause] Congratulations again to all of our spring and winter athletes. Happy summer. Y can I have a motion for the
recognition? Miss motion Joe second. Okay. For the discussion, um I'd like to give thanks and kudos to uh Mr. um LGraina. Um I've seen him work with the
athletes. I know he's fixed my daughter who tends to break quite often. Um the work that the athletic trainers do is kind of like the unsung hero part of the sports. They really put the athletes back together. Um, I also know that he has inspired a a bunch of uh high school
students to go on and be uh athletic trainers as well. My brother was one of them. Um, so I just want to thank him and for all of his hard work with the athletes during his retirement and congratulations and good luck on your retirement. Any other discussion?
I just want to add that um it was great to see the Sulk uh wrestling team. As the students were lining up, I saw a lot of um names on the back of t-shirts that were like legacy names through the Sulk wrestling program um that probably their
fathers and their fathers were part of the program uh for many years. So that was great to see. Uh our girls lacrosse program continues to grow. Um, and what can you say about the volleyball team? I don't know what he's doing to keep
growing that team. He never has to rebuild. He just keeps developing and getting the talent they need. And it's really quite remarkable uh that you get that level of commitment and that level understanding in a sport that not many of people uh do understand before coming to high school. So, great job. Very
proud. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Dunn absolutely yes. Francisco yes. Gerardano yes. Jori yes. Mone yes. Slade
yes. Solowski is absent. Venitas yes. Danuno. Yes. Resolutions one through four for recognition passes. Mr. Sedadino, would you like to do your is this your final superintendent report? Yes it is. Yes. Oh my goodness. Yeah. Um, and what better way to end
your final superintendent report than with the twice annual violence, vandalism, and HIV report that is mandated by the state of New Jersey to deliver twice a year. Um, so every year, superintendents are required to report
on to the board of education on incidents of violence vandalism which occurred in the district during the previous school year. By passage of law 2010122, the anti-bullying bill of rights incidents of HIV or harassment, intimidation, bullying will also be
added to that list. Period 1 consists of data from September 1st through September December 31st of the current school year. That's the period I will be reporting on today. The New Jersey Department of Da safety data systems is used to help school districts streamline
this data reporting process. We're required to report both alleged and confirmed incidents of HIV. We're required to report report any incident for both special education general education students that result in disciplinary removal of at least one half day. Disciplinary removals are
defined as any instance in which a child is removed from his or her educational placement for dis disciplinary purposes including in school suspension out of school suspension expulsion removal for any other other reason.
The SSDs requires that the collection of the following areas violence vandalism weapons substance abuse results of vandalism which the police were notified but no complaint was filed. Police were notified. Complaint was filed. Inschool suspension, out of school suspension, expulsions,
unilateral removals, removal by an administrative law judge. Offenders and victims, I have to report on them as well. Student offenders, student victims, school personnel victims, student victims of violent criminal offense.
We have to report on the programs in which we use such as assignments and instruction for support services in district programming home instruction home home assignment and out of district programming for the period of uh period
1 which is September through December of this past school year. We had 25 reports of violence, one report of vandalism, one report of a weapon and four substance abuse. The number of HIVs confirmed during this time were 18. There was a 10-day investigation in all
of them as required by law on all 18 and the board rendered decision in all 18 decisions. The number of alleged HIVs was 23. All of those alleged HIVs were conducted within a 10-day investigation process and the board rendered a
decision in each of those 23 times. Uh the board has in their packet the summit of data. We have seen that um since collecting this data on violence and vandalism incidents uh our our high was 180 back in 2011 2012
and right now for the previous year we report on violence and vandalism incidents of 31. Uh so far for the first part of the school year uh there was 18 confirmed and 23 alleged HIV incidences from September to December. And that
concludes the violence vandalism and control danger and substance and HIV reporting for period 1 of the 202425 school year. As progress towards goals, each board member now also has in front of them um the report on our graduates
for the 2025 school year. I've included in there on the opposite side of the page the same data from the 2013 school year. We can see that we really have made some progress during that time from 2013 to 2025.
In 2013, only 81% of our graduating seniors went on to college or technical school. 1% went on to military and 18 in that 18% were undecided in that time period. In 2025 data, we are now having 94% of
our students or graduating seniors are going to college or technical schools. That's an increase of 13% over that short period of time. Well, some would say, well, maybe more students are going to college in careers or technical school and less are going to the military. That would be untrue, too. We
have now have 2% of our students going into the military as well, which is a 1% increase. um 4% of our students have employment plans directly out of high school and 0% are undecided. So looking at that data, if we continued on the
trajectory from 2013, it would show that show us that over 1,000 of our students who attended college or career since that time would not have attended college and career is if the district went on the same trajectory. A lot of changed since that time. We had full day
kindergarten. We know that the the data shows us from full day kindergarten how it hit it increased our our students level academically and their ability to perform and their ability to um perform uh competitively in the SATs against their competitors uh from around the
area area, the nation and and the world. So I'm very proud of that. I know there's been, you know, some statements that maybe there's complacency in the school district, but this data has shown to grow every year. This is not 2025 is an increase on 2024 which is an increase
on 2023. We have steadily grown every year with our students exiting our high school ready to compete with anyone for college and careers. And uh we're doing a great job in that. And again, like I said, that's a process that goes from it starts in our preschool program and our
amazing staff and educators all the way through a high school where we have our our products. And it's always been my goal and mission as an educator that we want to produce students that are self-reliant and can be employed and not be a
uh you know a drain on the financial world of you know our society that they can be self-employed, they can be self-reliant and they can be proud of their college or career and they can take care of themselves and that's the most important thing we can do for our students um is to give them the
confidence and strength to do that. So, I think we've done that very well um since that over that time period and I want to thank all of our educators that were part of the process and has been a a great team and great working with everyone. Thank you very much.
[Applause] Great news indeed. Thank you, Mr. Royell. Any correspondence? Yes, there's one piece of correspondence. Okay. Okay. Tonight's correspondence is um a
final decision made by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education in regards to um the school ethics commission. Uh it is let's see item number or or SEC
docket number 64 C42-23 uh Andrew Lewis as the complaintant Salvatore Geodano Elbridge Township Board of Education Middle Sex County as the respondent. The commissioner has reviewed the record of this matter and the April 22nd 2025 decision of the
school ethics commission SEC. The SEC found that respondent Salvatore Giriano, a member of the Old Bridge Township Board of Education Board, violated NJSA18A col2-24.1F of the code of ethics for school board members. The SEC recommended a penalty
of reprimand for the violation. The SEC's decision was forwarded to the commissioner for final determination on the recommended penalty pursu pursuant to NJSA1 18A12-29 parentheses C. Respondent neither filed
exemptions to exceptions to the recommended penalty nor instituted an appeal pursuant to NJAC 6A4-1 at SEC of the SEC's underlying finding of violation. Upon review, the commissioner concurs with the penalty
recommended by the SEC for respondents actions in making statements during a board meeting regarding his candid candidy for general assembly and failing to include a disclaimer about his comments. Accordingly, respondent is hereby reprimanded as a school official
found to have violated the code of ethics. It is so ordered. Commissioner of education dated decision June 13, 2025. That concludes correspondence. Any committee reports? Yes.
Um this will be a joint effort because this is above my pay grade. Um we had on June 11th we had a curriculum committee meeting um where we had uh Dr. Landria discuss the Acadians universal
screener um basically identifying struggling learners. Um we had Miss Adonafi discuss the Wilson reading program overview. We had uh Mr. Cfield, the supervisor of science, go through
the overview of science state testing. Uh we also went over uh a brief policy review uh to kind of make it official where right now the unofficial policy is students that miss
one day of school work has 24 hours to make up that school work and 48 hours 2 days of missing school work is 48 hours. So, I believe we're going to try to institute a board policy uh to make it more consistent. Um so, it's not just a
teacher policy, it's a district board policy. Um I would implore that if anybody has deeper interest in a lot that went on at that committee meeting to go on to the board and committee presentation on our website. I think there's a 40page presentation.
Um it was a lot. I mean, they were excited, so I was excited for them. Um but it was a lot. I did ask the captain of the Olympic um note-taking team, Marjorie, to share some of the notes that she took. Listen, it's a compliment. You can
multitask and listen and write. And so, I'd asked her to share some of the thoughts that she caught that I didn't catch that day. Well, the only thing because of my excitement to share is um information about the Wilson reading system. Um it's a great program that
we're going to um certify um some teachers in and um the program is a structured literacy program but it helps students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities. So it's it's a really important program. Um it's a multi-ensory sensory approach uh visual,
auditory, kinesthetic and it helps students to connect sounds, letters and to build decoding skills. It also helps them improve fluency. Um I've I'm Wilson certified. I've used the program. It's an excellent excellent program and I'm looking forward to um visiting and
seeing the students who are actually using this because it it's really really helpful especially, you know, students with all kinds of different reading disabilities. So, I think it that's going to be a great program to add and and also certify our teachers. There's a level one and level two certification,
but I think um at this point our teachers are going to be certifi level one certified, which which is amazing. It's a lot of work. It requires a lot of considerable time and effort and um and study to be level one certified. And each I just I pulled something off the
website that said each trainee is expected to acquire very sophisticated working knowledge of the sound symbol system of English which is phenology, the rules that govern English spelling orthology and its structure and morphology as well as the use of specific diagnostic techniques in teaching decoding and encoding
strategies for vocabulary fluency and comprehension. So, our teachers will be very well trained in this program. You did a good job, Jay. I could have not said it any better than myself. Audrey, thank you. S, do you have anything on the long-term planning
meeting? Yes. So, um, we had our long-term planning meeting and we chose uh, Perez Sanjim as the um, people that are going to be running the long range planning and we're going to have the community involved. We're actually having a meeting pretty soon with the board
members of their firm. So that's it. Thank you. I'm pretty sure we're Sorry. Thank you. And I think that's it for committee reports. Correct. Okay. Uh hearing of residents on any agenda
item only. There is a book up there. So make sure you sign up your name in please. Can you hear me now? Okay. Just have to state your name first. Okay. Uh my name is Clarissa Moraveel. Good evening, Madam President, members of the board,
Mr. Citadino, Dr. Hoker, and esteemed colleagues. I am the Gryom school secretary and I am honored to speak on behalf of the Gryom Elementary School community as we mark a moment of transition filled with both heartfelt appreciation and hopeful anticipation.
Tonight we say goodbye to a truly exceptional leader, Dr. Anthony Oro. From the moment he stepped into Gryom School 13 years ago, he brought calm clarity and a playful but powerful presence. His leadership style is not
loud or flashy, but deeply intentional, rooted in integrity, and grounded in what's right for students, staff, and families. Under Dr. Rico's leadership, Gryom has been recognized as both a state and national school of character. We've received two promising practice
awards, became a kindness certified school, was honored with the New Jersey School Board Association's Social Societal Impact Award, and twice advanced to the regional qualifiers in the association's annual steam tank competition.
But if you congratulate him about any of that, he will respectfully shrug it off and say, "We do what we do because it's the right thing to do." That's who he is. A leader who prefers to stand in the background, lifting others into the
spotlight. He gives his students and staff their flowers, often without ever asking for any in return. He is a champion for his school family in every sense of the word. He cultivated a climate built on trust, collaboration, and respect where people feel valued,
heard, and supported. He gave his students and staff room to grow and made sure they knew he believed in them. He has made Gryom a model for the district. It is a place where people are seen, appreciated, and empowered. It is a
school defined by its positive culture, high expectations, and deep sense of belonging. Where kindness is lived, excellence is the standard, and students rise to meet their greatest potential. I know I speak for many others. if they
could follow him to Vorhees, they would. That's how much his leadership has meant to this community. While we are sad to see him go, we are deeply proud of all he's accomplished and are excited for what lies ahead for the Vorhees community. They are gaining not just an
incredible principal, but a truly good man. And as we close one chapter, we are equally excited to open the next one with Dr. Thomas Ferry and welcome him to Gryom Elementary School. Dr. Ferry brings with him an impressive legacy of
leadership, most notably leading Cheesequake Elementary School to being named a national blue ribbon school of excellence, a distinction that speaks to his commitment to exceptional academics and a thriving school culture. Most recently, he has led Vorhees Elementary
School to being certified as a state and national school of character as well. But beyond his impressive resume, it's Dr. Ferry's character that stands out and has already made such a strong impression. He's known across the district as an
all-around great guy, engaging, approachable, and wonderful to work for. He's the kind of leader who rolls out a coffee cart for staff, who takes time to connect with his team, and just like Dr. Oro, doesn't mind being taped to a gym wall by students if it means raising
money and school spirit. He understands the balance between hard work and a joyful school environment. He leads with heart, with humor, and with vision. We look forward to learning from him, growing with him, and continuing
the legacy of excellence and character that defines who we are. In Dr. Ferry, we see a leader who shares our values, brings fresh perspective, and already feels like part of the Gryom family. So, tonight, we thank Dr. Rico for your
steady leadership, your quiet strength, and for always putting people first. You will forever be part of the Gryom story. Because once a Gator, always a Gator. And we welcome Dr. Ferry with open arms, open minds, and great excitement for the
journey forward. We're ready to begin this next chapter together and are confident that great things lie ahead. Thank you. [Applause] Any other speakers?
You could just approach the mic to sign in. If you're going to speak, can you everyone like line up so we're not having time down time in between? Hello. Hello. My name is Lucio Panos. I live in Monroe, New Jersey, but I was an
elected official for over almost 20 years here in Oldbridge. And I saw superintendants come and go. I couldn't let Dave leave tonight without saying, "Wow, good for you." Because you know what? Their gain is our loss for sure. I
have seen that man fight call every elected official up and down the state to get what's right for Obridge. It had nothing to do with politics. It was what was getting right for then. I've walked the halls with you and I've seen the respect the children gave him and not
out of fear. It was like hello you know I I wish you the best. That's all I could say is an Opra just losing the best. I I know a few members of the public came to speak about Dave and it being his last meeting. We're going to save that to the open mic at the end. So this
is on any agenda item. Uh good good evening board. My name is Rick Short. I'm from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I'm here to speak about agenda item 0167 having to do with the uh comment of the
time of comment of the time of public comment. Um I believe it's going from 3 minutes. I believe it's going from five minutes down to three minutes. Um this is something that I believe is stifling
free speech. There is a mid mid ground. I kind of think five minutes could be too long. Um I think three minutes is too short. But what gives me these qualifications to say this is, you know, I've been a
community activist now for over 20 years. I received a uh anti-rime award from Tom Ridge from the state of Pennsylvania. I've also worked with uh and spoke with uh Declan Oscan as an
assembly man uh uh Senator Montgomery and I've worked with um Governor Christie to eliminate red light cameras in the state of New Jersey. All these things were done through public comment. When you take five
minutes down to three minutes, you're stifling speech. So again, I hope the board maybe meets halfway cuz I did hear at another meeting where they were concerned about the amount of freedom of speech because I think it's important.
And then just to go over some other things because you know I have I don't know where the timer is. Where's the timer? Does Okay, I can't see it, but Okay. Um if you could just give me 30 seconds. you
know, it it sometimes it takes a uh a long time to go through to make a point. Um some of my first in the state was I was the first person, I think, to ever come to a schoolboard meeting in Cherry Hill or anywhere in the state and talk
about how bad DEI is. And I know I'm the first to point out how bad equity is and what it did to our three middle schools. Equity has destroyed our three middle schools. That's another first. Um, so how did it do it? Again, I want to talk
a minute about it. So, we had the best performing school, Rosa Middle School in Cherry Hill. Our entire board is obsessed with equity. They want the same exact outcome of our students. And guess what? Congratulations. Our our administration and our school board was
able to do it. So, right now, our greatest school is now our lowest performing school. And that is part of equity. Something I predicted. I was the first person to point out that it's not good to have second graders walking around a school
doing fake no hate protests. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in Cherry Hill schools, they have they they've had students walking around a school, second graders at seven years old protesting no hate when there is no hate that exists. I'm
also the first person to point out that and then I will my my second public comment I will I will I will say some positive things about the district that what you've done but ladies and gentlemen in Cherry Hill they have um restorative justice and they have fifth graders leading the restorative justice
circles. Yes. Is that crazy? Again, I was the first one to point out that white privilege, which is being taught in Cherry Hill schools as not racist, which is racist. I was the first one to point that out. I was also the first one to point out that microaggressions,
learning about microaggressions just causes more more fights and more things. And that's what's happening. Again, I was the first one to point out that um implicit bias, studying implicit bias causes more fights and more um things.
Um, how much more time do I have left? One minute. Thank you. Again, if everyone can have an opinion, I just pointed out some things. Um, you think it's really good to have DEI.
It takes time to explain it, but right now Walmart doesn't have it. Right now, McDonald's doesn't have it. All these companies have stopped because it adds more racism. These people obsessed with equity. This is what you're getting.
You're going to get more lower test scores. When I come back, I'm going to speak about uh some of the good things and some of the bad things. The one good thing I'm very proud of you and it has to do with student suicides and what I'm finding that's happening across the
United States with girls committing suicide under the realms of restorative justice and seal. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, we're going to close the mic and proceed with the meeting.
Uh on to policy. Can I have a motion please? Miss motion will second. Madam President, any discussion? Yes. Um if we could discuss just on the heels of that conversation.
Um if Mr. Parton can elaborate that we do have a level of flexibility when it comes to the timing of the at at the podium. We discussed, you know, obviously some critical issues that will allow longer time, not unlimited, but a
longer time at the mic, not unlimited, but yeah, this this is a this is a bylaw, which is a type of a policy. So, you have the flexibility as a board by majority decision to suspend your policy, extend the limit. If you have an issue where you feel that longer time
from each member of the public is appropriate. If you have an issue where you feel there are a couple hundred people at the microphone and a shorter time is appropriate. You do have flexibility meeting to meeting issue to issue if you decide to use it. Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? Yeah, I'd like to
agree we could also um suspend the policies at any time for longer meetings like long range strategic planning. The council does three minutes so it's consistent with the township council and if people have complaints and concerns they should be going through the chain of command. So like a lot of things
don't need to be brought up at the board of education meetings first. There's other ways and channels to get things done and it's probably more effective if you go that route. So I'm four to three minutes. Thank you. No other discussion. Roll call, please.
All right. This is on policy. Francisco. Yes. Gerardano. Yes. Joy. Um, I think for me when we discussed it, I thought that um I think three minutes is fine,
but a lot of people in the public wanted to stay with the five. Would you like to pass? So, no, I don't I think I'm going to vote no. Okay. Mone. Yes. Excuse me. Is that no on all of the policies or just No. And it was my fault because I didn't separate it
out. But so I I would like you can specify M you can specify and say you want to vote no on no on the policy for um speaking zero and then yes on the others. Okay. Okay. Mone had a yes. Slade yes.
Solowski is absent. Venitation. Yes. Dunn. Yes. Dan Tuno. Yes. Resolution one for policy passes. Curriculum items one through nine. Can I have a motion please?
Miss on a motion. Joel second. Any discussion? Seeing none. Roll call, please. Gerardano. Yes. Joy. Yes. Mone. Yes. Slade. Yes. Solowski is absent. Venitas.
Yes. Dunn, yes. Francisco, yes. Tanuno, yes. Resolutions one through nine for curriculum professional development passes. Finance items 1 through 22. Can I have a motion, please? We before we do, we have
to administratively remove number 18 is going to be administratively removed. Um, that is for the potential of the Cricut Club. I did not uh conversation still continuing with the organization. Um, but we don't have anything set in stone just yet. So, we're
administratively moving 18. Okay. Thank you, Madame President. D will move finance items 1 through 22 excluding number 18. Second. That's it. Any discussion? Roll call, please.
Joi, yes. Mone, yes. Slade, yes. Solowski is absent. Vacant, yes. Dunn, yes. Francisco, yes. Gerardano, yes. Dan Tuno, yes. Resolutions 1 through
17 and 19 to 22 passes. Okay. Items athletics and items one and two. Can I have a motion, please? Miss motion. Jared down a second. Any discussion? Seeing none.
Mazone. Oh, I'm finally first. Yes. I told you I was going to get you. Said, yes. Solowski is absent. Venitas, yes. Dunn, yes. Francisco, yes. Giardano, yes. Jodri, yes. Dan Tuno,
yes. Resolutions one and two for athletics passes. Non-certificated personnel office items one and two. Slate will move. Francisco will second. Any discussion? Seeing none discussion. Um roll call
please. Slade. Yes. Solowski is absent. Venetason. Yes. Dunn. Yes. Francisco. Yes. Gerardano. Yes. Jodri. Yes. Mazone. Yes. Dan Tuno. Yes. Resolutions one and two for non-certificated personnel
office passes non-certificated personnel operations items one through seven. Can I have a motion please? Will move. Joe second. Any discussion
1 through seven seeing none. Roll call please. So cows is absent. We'll start with manga. Yes. Done. Yes, Francisco. Yes, Gerardano. Yes,
Jri. Yes, Mazone. Yes, Slade. Yes, Dan Tuno. Yes. Resolutions 1 through 7 for non-certificated personnel. Operational passes. Okay. Non-certificated personnel. Other items one through eight. Can I have a motion, please?
Done. We'll move non-certificated personnel. Other items one through eight. Madam President, Francisco will second. Any discussion? Seeing none, does uh roll call, please. Venitation, yes. Dun, yes. Francisco, yes. Giardano,
yes. Jodri, yes. Mone, yes. Said, yes. Solowsy is absent. Dantino, yes. Resolutions 1 through eight for non-certificate personnel. Other passes. Certificated personnel items 1 through 38. Can I have a roll? Um, Miss Motion.
Thank you. Make a little second. Any discussion? I do. Go ahead. Um, okay. In regards to number one. Um, Dr. Orico, I just want to say thank you for all you have done for not only the students at Gryom, but the families as well. From my
kids' first day at school, you opened up your arms and your heart to all of them. You made them feel safe, loved, important, and the smartest kids in school. There was never a day I worried about my kids after watching them walk down that block and into those doors. You protected my most prized possessions like they were your own. I not only
speak for myself, but I speak for all the families of Gryom. We're going to miss you, but we know that you will do amazing things for the students and families at Borhees. Dr. Ferry, we welcome you with open arms as part of the Gator family. I know our students will be in good hands, and we look forward to another great year ahead.
Good luck to you guys both. Any other discussion? Okay, roll call, please. Done. Yes. Francisco, yes. Gerardano, yes. Jodri, yes. Mone, abstain to number one. Yes. To the rest.
Slade. Yes. Solowski is absent. Venitason. Yes. Dan Tuno. Yes. Resolutions 1 through 38 for certificate personnel passes. Okay. Non-certificated personnel transportations items one through four. Can I have a motion please? Francisco
will move. Joel second. Any discussion? Seeing none. Roll call, please. Done. Yes. Francisco. Yes. Gerardano. Yes. Jori. Yes. Mazone, yes. Slade, yes.
Solicowski is absent. Venetason, yes. Dan Tuno, yes. Resolutions one through four for non-certificate personnel. Transportation passes. Transportation item one, two, and three. Can I have a motion, please? Miss a motion.
Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Francisco, yes. Gerardano, yes. Jodri, yes. Mone, yes. Slade, yes. Solicassi is absent. Venga,
yes. Dun, yes. Dantino, yes. Resolutions one, two, and three for transportation passes. Pages are sticking together. Okay. Supplies, equipment, and services items 1 through 21. I have a motion,
please. Francesca will move. Joel second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Gerardano, yes. Jori, yes. Mazzone, yes. Slade, yes. Solowski
is absent. Venitas, yes. Dun, yes. Francisco, yes. Dan Tuno, yes. Resolutions 1 through 21 for supplies, equipment, and services passes. Miscellane items number one through 14.
I believe we also have an administrative correction on this. There is a name on resolution number 12. Uh McKenzie Oyola that that name should be removed. So um 12 is the five other individuals for
number 12 are fine. Um but McKenzie Iola will be administratively removed from resolution number 12. Okay. Thank you. Can I have a motion for items 1 through 14? Motion will second. Thank you. Any discussion?
Okay. Roll call, please. Jri, yes. Mone, yes. Slade, yes. Solici is absent. Venitation, yes. Dunn, yes. Francisco, Gordano, yes. Danuno, yes. Resolutions 1
through 14 for miscellaneous passes. Board secretary and board business. We have the calendar. So, um I guess we you are ultimately going to a motion to vote on the calendar and then we pick a calendar to vote on. Going to
administratively remove the other one. So, okay. So, can I have a motion to discuss the calendar? Jano motion. Miss will second. Okay. So, let's discuss the calendar. Um, any thoughts
on this 100 degree? Yeah, it's 100 degrees outside for the past few days. The past boards have had the wisdom not to have school go into this week for that reason. So, that's one reason to think about it. The purple calendar is highly
recommended. And we we've gotten some feedback that people prefer the purple calendar. They like the week in okay March spring break and that school ends earlier. So any opposition to removing the option to red
calendar. The red calendar is the one that has what half days for the lunar for eid or is it off? No, last day of school is the 24th. Purple calendar also has half days for
holidays. Yes, the red calendar has uh last day of school being the 24th and high school graduation being on June 28th. Okay, any questions? Okay. So, with no objections, we're going to remove the
red option and we're going to have um roll call on the purple calendar, please. Can we have a motion for the for resolution number one? Francisc will second. So, what happened to the motion before
discuss? Okay. All right. Roll call. Mone as long as we can eat October 14th as a holiday because that's my birthday so I think it should be a holiday but yes half day you're excused yes so is absent
venitation um yes for the purple I think um the only reason like Mr. has said is about the heat that gets into the last week. So I think with this uh sorry I should have probably discussed this. I just thought about it. Uh probably the only
thing here is the students are going to get early closing or early dismissal for those uh eth holidays. It's not a school closure but probably we should look at it the following calendar year and see how we can adjust. So yes for this time topic comes up every year. So we
probably should uh revisit this revisit every year. Yeah. Okay. Definitely I can't take this seat of not for the kids with no air condition and some of our school most of our schools don't have air so yeah thank you we'll continue with Dun yes Francisco yes Jardano yes
yes because that is overwhelmingly the communication I received um via email and social media and Dantino yes resolution one for board secretary board business passes okay so hearing of the residents on any district-wide item. Can
you do something before we do that? I guess. Okay. Can we We have one new hireer in the audience, I think. Is there a new hire here? Ah, there you go. New hire. I knew we had a new hire. I am sorry. We would have brought you up. Any new hires? Come stand up. Come on. Stand up. Come on. Stand the stage. There you go. All right. Hold on. What section?
All right. Oh, sorry. We were misinformed. Which part was that? What? Certificate. Let's say some names. The new hire pager J. I believe 23. Certificate personnel. 23. All right. Who do we have here? Hold on.
Is your mic on? Is your mic on? Oh, mine is on so I could hear them and repeat it. Well, I'm not going to say their names because I don't remember everyone's name. Well, we have Tim Craft uh leading here. Very good. obviously highly respected in
uh the world of field of maintenance and now he's taking over as a supervisor of custodians and uh plant services. Great job. Thank you, Tim. [Applause] That is Zachary Madation
for ELA at Jonas Middle School. For the people at home, that's Alan Jackson, physical education and health school. There you go. There you go. And you said you're at Cooper. Is that what you said you signed to? Uh,
Shepherd and Shepard McDavid. Okay, very good. Thank you. Michelle. Michelle, say your last name again for me, please. Say your last. Michelle Simano Nicole Nicole I'm sorry I'm hearing you from your back Nicole Simano
Jonas Middle School sixth grade math excellent thank you for joining us [Applause] school counselor Morgan Katropolis school counselor thank you all for joining us
guys might have to squish and pretend you like each other for a little bit I know it's hot Awesome. [Applause] All right. Great job, everyone. Thank you for joining team Old Bridge. Okay.
Now, we're going to open up the mic for uh hearing of the residents on any district item. Don't tell. All right. Um, if you're going to speak, can we ask that you line line up so we know how many we have, please?
Exc Thank everyone for the ones who don't know me already, but I think it's pretty obvious maybe most of you do. My name is Alexandra Rodia. I'm a resident here at Oldbridge and now freshly an alumni of Oldbridge High School. Just graduated yesterday. [Applause]
Okay. Um, so obviously as we step into the summer, I'm obviously continuing this tradition. I did it last year where we're reflecting our time together. But this year comes a bit of a twist. So you guys can come along on the little ride. Um, just over 24 hours ago. I just
mentioned it, not really repeating it. I did stand among my classmates and did receive my diploma. We finally made it. Um, being a part of this amazing class has taught me a lot academically, socially, personally. To start off, I've gained valuable insight into the career path I do plan on pursuing. I owe those
to the incredible teachers here who gave us those resources, guidance, um, encouragement to reach this point. Without their knowledge and education, many of us wouldn't have known where our paths could lead. Um, excuse me. Wow. Um, their impact on our future is something that will always carry on
forever with. So, thank you to the Oldbridge staff who have been working and been my teachers since like Gryom. So definitely big round of applause to you guys. Um beyond the academics, this class did help me grow socially. Having moved here, so I moved about eight years
ago from a different state. I didn't really know to what to expect, but this community really did welcome me with an open arms. I learned the value of friendship, how to work with others, and most importantly, and how to find and use my own voice. And for that, I'm really grateful for you guys. And while
we the graduates are moving on, someone else very special here is in an old bridge which is also preparing to begin in New Jersey and that's our Mr. Beloved um Mr. David Citadino here. So over time I had the pleasure of connecting with Mr. Citadino especially through my involvement with school
events and board meetings. I was behind the camera for the last few years. Um whether it was just stopping by to say hello or just updating him on my like latest accomplishments because why not, right? Our always quick check-ins has always left me smiling. So, a little quick story. I have to say one of my favorite memories was during the Costa
Rica trip. He's one of my chaprons. And I have to admit to you guys, seeing your superintendent not with the zoo and like not really like in that professional attire was a little bit surprising, but I think it gave me like a really good chance to see the other side of him. So, I will say I do remember one of his
classic dad jokes. I kind of had to look it up again. So, I apologize if it's kind of incorrect. How many can How many Yeah. So, how many can can a tropical bird drink? Two cans. And yes, I will admit I remember him saying that I was rolling my eyes at
him, but it stuck with me. I don't know why. It just did. So, just like that moment, too. By the way, so we were on our tour bus as well, and my So, I had a really bad AirPod case and my AirPod fell deep into the bus seat. Was I freaked out a little bit? Yes. And while we were out looking at the
church, he came up and patted on my back and literally retrieved it and put it like gave it to me. I didn't even ask him, by the way. He just knew. Like he knew I was freaked out and I didn't even have to ask him. I just said, "Oh, oh well." And he still did it. And that small act just shows the type of person that he is. And through every um event,
no matter circumstances, he always brought a smile and a positive attitude and a sense of pride to our school. Mr. Citadino, thank you for all that you've done for the Old Bridge community. We'll miss you more than words can say and we're always forever grateful for your leadership and heart. Now, before I do close, I know I'm a bit of a yapper, so
I do apologize. But before I do close, I want to leave to the class of 2025 and to the ones anyone starting a new journey, just a little bit of advice. Change can be scary. You might feel the pressure to live up to expectations or past reputations, but don't let that
weigh you down. That chapter is finally over, and this is your fresh start. Be who you want to be, not who others expect you to be. You have that. Go for life takes you. So, embrace those hard moments because they are a part of that journey. Keep smiling. I know it's
almost a minute. Keep smiling, keep growing, and always know that I'm always going to be proud of you. Thank you guys for the last few years. I wish you guys nothing but the best of luck. And that is me now signing off. Hello everyone. I am Nancy Coglin, a proud resident of Oldbridge and a member
of the OBEA. As the OBEA's public relations chairperson, I'm happy to share with you that this year the OBEA awarded over $64,000 in grants that were used to support our schools and community. We sponsored a multicultural event at Madison Park
where the students and their families explored the many cultures of their school through food, arts, and games. We provided Miss Laauo, a teacher here at the high school, with $2,200 for her Lunar New Year celebration. Where attendees participated in dumpling
making, played Chinese games, learned how to write in Chinese. During this event, we shared a delicious Chinese dinner and were entertained by our students as they danced a traditional Chinese dragon dance. We supported the French exchange cultural event by providing dinner for the French exchange
students and their host families. The students at Vorhees enjoyed a virtual pizza making event. Our pizza and pictures with Santa event was a huge success with over 350 people in attendance. We completely funded Sanberg's Civil War Day. This event
brought the classroom outside, allowing students to get a better understanding of life during the Civil War. We are proud to have sponsored STEM nights for the high school and for McDivet both in the spring and the fall. It was our pleasure to partner with SEPTA to provide dinner for the thankful
celebration as well as contributing to the middle school to high school transition program. We sponsored SEPTA's Out of My Mind movie event. Glenn School received a grant to fund their family fund farm day in the fall and their family fund bubble day this past spring.
The OBBA sponsored the Old Bridge Girls softball team. We funded the Sanberg Sports Awards night where athletes were honored for their success in their individual sport. We supported PTA president's council candidates night and sponsored both Southwood's bubble day
and their fall festival as well as Shira's fall festival. Memorial school enjoyed a cookies and canvas event and Shepard school also received a grant for their someone's special dance. We were proud to sponsor the glass slip project by providing mirrors, a platform and a
pictured backdrop for all the girls coming to get a dress for the prom or their special dance. We happily sponsored Brady's voice and all-around Oldbridge toy drive with many students who experienced food shortages over the summer. We donated over $500 worth of
food to the Oldbridge Food Bank. And we finished the year with an ice cream social which was attended by over 240 people. And this event, all of our events are open to all Oldbridge students and their families. All of these events are completely free and directly benefit our students and their
families. If you are interested in applying for a grant, please reach out to obbearapesgmail.com and we can set up a meeting and hopefully you can qualify. Thank you. [Applause]
You got it. Hello. Good evening. I'm Debbie Younler, transportation director with Mary Swinarski, transportation, and Tim Craft, the new supervisor of plant services. Uh, this is to Mr. Cedadino. We just want to wish you all the best in
your new district. We will miss you deeply. We have all learned this is this is from the whole transportation department and the maintenance department that we wish you well and that you will deeply be missed and that um we've learned a lot of leadership from you and we will always remember it
and we will miss you deeply and the only thing is I have to say is whoever takes over for your spot better be prepared for some really early phone calls but we wish you all the best and we love you. Okay. I would just like to say a word to
Alexandria as a student graduating. Your speech is very good. We're hiring a transportation for complaints when parents call because I believe your three minute speech I think was marvelous. Congratulations. We don't get transportation complaints
anymore. Yeah. I was I was just going to say that. So, and again, thank thank you maintenance. Thank you transportation. Thank you everyone. Thank you Sasha. Um and Donna, I can't believe you're here. Um I'll let you speak in a second. I just want to
address them. You know, it the first day of school and the last day of school is always the most harrowing for a superintendent because and whoever the new superintendent is going to be, just be ready for that first day of school. There's always one kid who gets on a wrong bus. not by our, you know, parents
just see a first yellow bus comes down the street and they just like excited to put a kid on the bus and, you know, doesn't arrive at the same school. You you lose like 10 years of your life that first day every every year. So, um, but the this sometimes the second most harrowing day is the last day of school and that's just kids just, you know,
they're excited. They want to run off the school bus. They want to run in front of a car. They want to just do anything. It just makes me so nervous. But um I'm less nervous so much so with this transportation department and leadership that you have shown. I don't get complaints anymore. I don't like you
know they I'm sure they happen but you're able to your team is able to communicate with people in a way that's humane and people feel heard and that's all they want sometimes. Um because we say you know you're taking care of their most valuable possession and you let
them know that you feel that way about them too. So thank you so much [Applause] I'm not used to being on this mic. If I know we're going to wear the same outfit, I would have changed. Good evening everyone. For those of you
who Donna Andreani, Old Bridge resident. Um, for those of you who know me, you know that I'm never at a loss for words. And for those of you who don't know me, I sat in one of these seats, I don't know, between 12 and 15 years. So, it's a long time. So, I do know how things
work. I have to say, I'm not quite sure why we're here. I have a good idea. I'm not sure how we got to this point, but it's always been about the students and should always be about the students. And
Mr. Citadino, you have been an outstanding steward for this district. It has not been easy. And if anybody thinks that this is an easy job, follow just follow in somebody's footsteps.
There's a lot of chatter because everybody's opinion is important to them. But the educational leader is the one who has to rise above all the chaos and all the chatter and see the big picture. Whether it's COVID, whether it's supply
chains, whether it's snowstorms, whether it's not enough buses, whether it's fuel price increases, whatever it is, besides state budget cuts, which just changes everything.
But through all of that, you have risen above it and have been an outstanding educational leader here. And again, I still don't know how we're here. You have been a man that has shown that
you are charitable. You are dedicated. You are creative and innovative. And any district is is going to be overwhelmed by what
you can bring to the district. You have always been a man of character. And in some society circles, you would be considered a man of service.
So for me and on behalf of the thousands of students and staff that have come through these schools in the last 10 plus years, I thank you for being a man of service. [Applause]
Good evening everyone. I've been here before and it was nice to see Donna. She made her trip all in from Florida Dave to see you. It was nice to see S and Richard and some of the gentlemen who voted for you for that very seat that you're sitting in. And I remember Dave, you coming to us for the interview. You
had a full head of hair, dark, no gray. You about 30 lbs lighter. You had a nervous smile. And I said to you, kid, me being the senior and the board president. I said, kid, don't embarrass us. And the only thing I can say to you
now, Dave, I was here for your first hiring. I'm here for your last day. Now you're moving on to Wayne. One door opens, another door closes. I'll be, you know, vice versa. All I'm going to say to Dave is I'm proud that we hired you. You did a wonderful job and you never embarrassed us and you were man of your
word. You said you would take all bridge in your heart and you carry it on your back and it's exactly what you did. I'm proud of you my brother and thank you for everything you did you and your family and we have great leadership. [Applause] No other speakers
arguing over who's going to go next. Okay, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Jill Cali. I am a resident and a former board of education member. Um C coming after A, even though I encouraged
her to go first. Um, in my experience, following Donna Andreani is always a difficult job because she takes literally takes most of your words right out of your mouth before you get a chance to say them. Um, Dave, I just
I don't know what to say. Um, very sorry to see you go. Um, I hope Wayne uh I hope you get the recognition and uh that you deserve.
in Wayne that um kind of been lacking here. Um I told my husband I'm probably gonna never live this down, but um I left the board three almost three years ago. I guess it'll be
three years in January. And uh I've come to several meetings, but I've watched all of them on TV. And they never understood when I was a a young married woman or young mother why my husband would shout at the TV when he was
watching sports. Um but now I get it. So um anyway, I'm rambling a bit. Like I said, Donna kind of stole all my thunder. Um but Dave, I wish you the best of everything. Sorry to see you go. Um, if we get somebody who's half the
superintendent and half the man you are, then I think we might be okay. Good luck. [Applause] Last call for the mic. Hello. Uh Rick Rick Short again from uh Cheriel, New Jersey. Rick, will you be spending any of your five minutes saying
anything nice about me? Um superintendent. Yes, I actually am. All right. I have something else to say about you, sir. Yeah. Yeah. Now, now you're going to give me an an extra 20 seconds here, right? Thank you, sir. Thank you. I appreciate that. Um
All right. Well, let's let's uh kind of kind of got me off queue there. That's good. That's all right. Okay. Oh, I got all my stuff. All right. So, again, um you know, I stand before you and uh some of you people don't know me, but you know, you're only good as a as a Google. So,
Google my name, Rick Short, New Jersey Red Light Cameras. See my information, see my data. So, I I'm just here with an opinion. So, le let's go over some of the good things the superintendent did. first, he
handled COVID pretty well. I watched the videos. I didn't I wasn't here as a parent, but I watched some of the videos and there were videos that questioned what the state was actually doing. So, I give good praise. I don't know how 5756 came about. Um, but I'm also happy with
that too because there is this there is this bad virus going around talking about that some people are oppressed that you know the H the H uh LGBT community is oppressed and people are using oppression and they
want to teach oppression to our kids and if there's any place they are teaching oppression to our kids it's the Cherry Hill School District. So I commend you on that. I also commend you that you haven't gone off the cliff on the radical ideologies.
I mean, I stand before you right here to tell you that we have a consultant named Dr. Patina Love who's an abolitionist who wants to destroy the education system. I mean, these this is these are facts, right? I'm from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She wants to destroy the
education system. We have Dr. King Day who hates capitalism as anti-racist. These people are frauds. Here, I share you a poster right here from Mrs. Love. She says, "Our comrades on the inside."
So, this is what's coming down the line to Oldbridge Schools. Now, on to what I consern what what concerns I have about restorative justice. Again, I'm just facts. So, in 2022, there were 15 51
HIVs compared to Cherry Hills 80. Um, which means there was more fighting, there was more this, there was more that. The thing that is good is that what I what I'm finding happening across the United States, at least on the east coast, is schools that use restorative
justice like Mont Holly, like Cherry Hill, like State College, like uh Rono Virginia, that use restorative justice and seal um are are are having children's suicides. And so why is this happening
under restorative justice? It's pretty simple. You cannot get all the kids together in a circle, enough kids that are attacking another student like a like a like like a female girl, attacking, bullying them to the point where she wants to commit suicide. So
the question is is why is this happening in schools that practice restorative justice? Why is Fairfax County in Virginia saying that restorative justice is not working? I hope you watch that video on my website or on my Facebook page. That video is May 13, 2025 under
Rick Short and Jerry. Goes into detail about Fairfax County, how they don't think restorative justice is working. The other question is is does this district and I don't know, do you lock your bathrooms? That's how bad that's how uncontrollable our high schools and middle schools are that they have to
lock our bathrooms because well, we're we're starting under restorative justice. Um, my May 17th video, well, my Facebook page talks about SEAL and the dangers of SEO. One minute. Thank you, sir. Uh, talks about the the damages that is
doing to children. Seal is turning our children into little um basket cases. When you constantly ask your child, are when the teacher asks, "Are you okay today?" "Oh, well, you weren't were you okay two weeks ago?" When they're constantly bringing all these adult
problems into our kids' heads, this is not good. Um so I end with this. The questions are what does a successful school why aren't any successful schools the top 10
successful schools using restorative justice. Restorative justice takes a lot of hours doing an HIV. How long does it take to do an HIV? Does it take 20 hours, 30 hours or some I don't know some some people say all these HIVs when
you should probably just be a detention. The other hard questions are why why are um Times up. Thank you. Excuse me, Madam President. Thank you. No, I wasn't off. Hi. Can you hear me?
All right. My name is Maria Kamo Wix. Um, sorry I was late. I was actually at the St. Ambrose Fair. But when I found out it was your last day, Dave, I had to come. You know how I feel about you. and including from the graduation. You know how my mom feels about you because she screamed her name across the across the
um what do you call the arena from there but um and she's also sad that she wasn't here during the time period when they were doing the renewal for Dave cuz I we joked and I said if it wasn't me and you got her it would have been a lot worse. So be grateful for that part. But saying goodbye is never easy. It's
bittersweet. I do wish you well where you're going. Um contrary to what some people think we don't have issues in Obridgeidge resident 50 years kids going currently through the district for the last 21 years still got a third child in the district you have changed the ways of our school from allowing where before
classes were different where things weren't merged together where now kids are inclusive so those following different diverse tracks whether it's college or non-ol whether it's trades whether it's RTC military paras and different levels it has come a long way for the last 21 years and I'm grateful
ful for the security of our school. I'm grateful which I watched the Wayne video and find out that's why they were looking for you because you got the ward for the security and um Wayne's 45 minutes away from old bridge by the way. But anyway, just wanted to say that I'm grateful for how our district has been
under your supervision along with the BOE members. You have allowed again every kid that's been through a diverse track of school to be equal and allow access so that they're all included and not left out. So contrary to what people think of DEI, it's not some kind of critical race theory, racial thing or whatever they talking about. I'm in the
schools. I go to the committee meetings. You guys see me. I've never once seen it occur in our schools. It's basically DI with education. Kids are diverse. We're making them equal and letting them have access to everything that they need. And based on the success rates of our school of what is it 94.1 and the state's only
90, I think Dave did a hell of a job. Thank you. [Applause] Last call for the mic. All right, that's fair. Let him go last. You know, he's going to end it on a high note. Not that I'm
going to end it on a low note. I'm just going to be He's gonna Yeah, but he's going to like 10 up, you know. I just have a couple things. I It's I'm winging it like usual. Happy to say I don't need the stool today. Uh my name is Brooke Richards Patterson.
I'm sorry. One of the moms handed me my cup. Thank you. I am heading out the door. Um I got to get my son. Um so I didn't speak at the last meeting. I wanted to wait till this one because I know it's like officially uh Mr. Cidino's last board of ed meeting.
Um I'm I don't have a long speech figured out. I just um in May I missed the I dropped the the ball on nominating the teachers that I think are incredible for
recognition. Um, I was preparing for Virginia to, you know, be with my daughter who had graduated uh, nursing school. So, I just wanted to briefly uh, recognize a couple people
including uh, Mr. Shawn Donley, uh, my son's both wrestling and track coach. Incredible man. the things that he's been able to make happen despite the fact that we don't have transportation uh for the after school kids and you know our crazy schedule very grateful
he's so easy to work with um Miss Jagger and all from basically uh Samber um Miss Jagger Miss Bird Dr. Sylvestri um Dr. Kandria and lastly uh Mr. Citadino.
So for um all of fourth grade and fifth grade, my son's, you know, um standardized test scores were coming back below average, two grades below average. I questioned this many times with several different uh faculty members and was just basically told that
this is how it is now with these kids. Obviously, most parents would find that to be unacceptable to hear. Um and I had a much older one, 10 years older that had gone through the system. She was in the medical program. She just what did she go? She went in on the dean's list and she went out on the president's list
uh for nursing. She just got and she just passed her enclelex. So I thought that was worth sharing with Mr. Citadino today. Um you know and obviously every child's different and has different experiences but we you know these children did experience some learning loss and um I knew something was off. I
couldn't put my finger on it. didn't have enough homework assignments to really figure it out for myself. Um, and you know, it was after a committee meeting uh the end of last year that I emailed Mr. Citadino. I said, I'm like just internally screaming. I'm I'm
attending some of these things that say everything's great since the schools shut down and there are a select group of kids my son's age that are still trying to figure out. I think more so their studying habits. Um, and so I just, you know, I'm looking at the ISL
scores because, uh, thanks to Mr. Citadino and Dr. Kandria, they got me immediately into a meeting. My son's been the RTI program all of sixth grade. Uh, he started, uh, September 12th. His writing strategy score on was 260 and
he's leaving now in 7th grade at a 610. So, um, I'm very grateful for that. It's like, you know, just when a mother knows something is off. Um, so I just want to thank you for that and for listening to me.
Um, even when I wasn't always my best. That's always been my number one thing is the kids. Um, so I just want to say thank you. I want to um wish you the best best of luck. I
hope you visit our football games and um that's really it. So I know Mr. Miselle is going to really top it. That's all I had. Nothing negative, but thank you. [Applause] Hi, good evening. Uh, in my infamous
words, I wasn't originally getting up to talk, but uh, because so many people were eloquent. Uh, my name is Kelly Ellis Foster. I'm a resident of Old Bridge. Uh, and like many of the other people who were dusted off
and they pulled us out, I was on the board. And I think the it's not that funny. Um, and here's the interesting thing, and I I think the thing people know is the history of David Sedadino. And you know what? The history hasn't been looked at a lot lately. Maybe the
last three, three, four years has been looked at. Maybe not the last 12. I think Mr. Sadino gave some really good facts. I mean, the numbers, the data speak for it. Regardless of what people try to interpret, it's better. So, but there are so many
moments that people don't know what Mr. said at Dino's Dawn, I can tell you the first time I met him, I want to say it was 2007. Um, as uh Mr. uh Dino said, last name is
I forgot uh for me. Uh he had much darker hair. Uh but he was at Jonah Sock Middle School at the time. My son was in the talent show, which you can imagine at that age is pretty terrifying and intimidating.
Uh my husband and I arrived late and I had a sit with a bunch of other middle schoolers and I'm thinking, "Oh boy, what's this going to be like?" Mr. Citadino comes down the the path, kids going, "Hey, Mr. C. Hey, Mr. C. Hey, Mr.
C." He gets up there to the stage and reminds the students that these are your peers, your friends. Do you know how hard this is? You help them. You respect them. these kids did a few times. Maybe somebody was
going off key singing. The kids rallied and supported them. This is something you don't teach. It goes through modeling. Mrs. Adriani said he's a man of character. Uh there are countless things he's done
for families in this town that nobody ever knows about cuz he doesn't get up at the end of a meeting and say, "Guess what I did this week? Guess where I went? What did I do? It's subtle. He cares about them. The students he mentored, the people's family when there's a crisis, he was there for. You
don't know that, but it is what has helped shape this district because it's that subtle kindness, caring. Really, it's just being a decent human being. And he exemplified that every day. Uh
uh somebody was talking about being on a class trip. He did raise children down the streets of Paris at one point in a competition. Uh he made every student feel special. It's not an easy thing to do. I don't
know how many of you knew their superintendent growing up. It was what made us a community, what made us one old bridge. So, uh, you know, there's a lot of other ones. Uh, and I could just go on and maybe I will
while I at least have five more minutes cuz that's gone now because you know, you don't want to hear us get too emotional about things. So, uh, I can tell you when students came home in August of
2012 from the band camp and Mr. just said how to meet them to tell them that their colleague and their their friend who graduated two months before was murdered at the shooting at a at a supermarket.
I think he was just his first year as superintendent or maybe assistant superintendent had to guide this school and the students through such tragedy. And it wasn't the first time that this district he led us through tragedy. Every time there was something fun going
on, there he was. he's been in a bunch of dunk tanks, maybe a pie in the face, would always say yes to if a student came up and said, "Help us with something." So, uh, Dave, wish you all the best.
And, uh, the other thing, and and I don't really mean to sound petty, but I can't help it. If you voted no and you clearly did not want Mr. said you know to stay. I think it would be disingenuous to say something tonight about it. So maybe for once just let it
ride and let him go out with the honor that he deserves. Thank you. Uh what was it? Oh, Scott Misella, public relations coordinator, sock teacher. I think it was Clerks, the movie Clerks where he says I wasn't even supposed to be here today. That's how I always start here. I wasn't even
planning on talking tonight. Um, but here I am, the wrap-up guy. Um, I was at the graduation yesterday. I'm taking pictures all over the place and I must have taken a thousand pictures yesterday and I'm going through them last night and I get to one that's
a lineup of chairs that say nights and and it has everybody's place cards on it and there's David Citadino and it hit me last night. I'm like this this is it. Okay, this is this chair is empty now. You know, it's going to be filled for
the ceremony and then it's going to be this infinite space that has to be filled and uh how do you how do you follow somebody up? How do you follow u Dave up now? See, I told myself I was going to have clear thoughts up here and every time I get up here I get all
messed up. But uh Mr. Citino, Dave, um you make people want to do better. Uh you've made teachers want to do better, students want to do better. Um, not because you're a threat or some intimidating administrator, uh, because you never you never were. Uh, from the
moment I met you, when I came transferred over to Sulk, you're right there welcoming. I think it's because you're our district dad. I think you're just our dad. Our district dad. And we all want to make you proud. And we're sad to see dad retire and go somewhere
else. Okay. I mean, he's probably going to trade the Jeep in for a Buick now, but you know, it's it's not going to be as cool up there in Wayne, but you know, we wish you all the best and we're going to we're going to miss Dear old dad. So, whoever comes in next, um I don't know
if you'll be elevated to that status, but we thank you for being that for us because you've all you've been something to all of us at some point. something more than a superintendent, whether it be a friend or someone who c comes to help you out or console you in a in a
bad time. You've just you've you've had special moments with so many people in the district. I don't know any superintendent in the world that has done that. And we thank you. Everybody thanks you and we wish you all the best. We're going to miss you. Even those shirts.
So, best of luck to you, Dave. Thank you. Last call for the mic. All right. At this point, we're going to close the public portion. Um, any old business from the board? Can I just make a few comments and then I'll be done. I didn't know if you want to be
the closing comments for the night. I I won't Yeah, I don't want to do I just I'll respond to that and then then we won't hear from me. Um, I want to thank everybody who said something and um took the time to just reflect on my career as superintendent. Uh, and you know, I I
don't want anybody to go away from this like, you know, it's a sad occasion or be angry or mad about it. It's not the way, you know, it's not the way I've carried myself as superintendent. So, early on in my career, even before I started in education, you know, I was I really wasn't a good student and I
really didn't do well in school. Um, I found my place a little bit later on with the, you know, the guidance of my grandfather and I got it. Okay, stop looking at me. You're the one doing this to me. All right, so so there was this book I read. It's
called by Jack Canfield called the success principles. And the major concept of the success principles is there's an event in your life. There's how you respond to it and that'll determine your outcome. and your response is 100%
how the outcome is. So I used to use this as an example, you know, if you're late to work, you could always your response could be is that there's traffic that day and the outcome is that you probably will be late every day there's traffic. Or you could say that
my response is I know there's going to be traffic so I'll leave at an earlier time and my outcome is that I'll always be on time. Unless you change your response, the outcome will never be the same. So, in this event, there was an opportunity to continue with being superintendent of the
district or not. And the response was that I'm either going to put it in other people's hands or put it in my hands when opportunity came to me. And it was presented itself to me. Um, I want to be clear, didn't go looking for it. When it presented itself to me, I just just
determined the outcome. And I think that's great for everyone because it creates a new outcome for everybody. people in this room who want to be leaders. It creates outcome that'll be a chain reaction to follow. So, it's going to have a very positive effect on the
district, I'm sure, going forward. So, thank you to everyone who was part of all those events in my life that had me respond to have beautiful outcomes. Um, to everyone who spoke, I think there's an epidemic in this community though that people who will comment
about my hair color or my weight, they don't have mirrors in their own homes. I don't know if they I don't I don't know if everyone got rid of their mirrors in the past 10 years. Um, or just, you know, so I want to thank you
all for reminding me to check my own mirror, but I have about 10. And if anyone needs one, I'll I'll drop I'll drop one off to you. Um my hair is actually a little darker now than when we started working together. I
I always say to people, never mind. Um I you know, having Miss Patterson get teeyed, you know, we've had our battles over the years. I remember and Dr. Rico will remember, you know, she was a gristle mom and he would call me up and say, "This one is giving me a run for my
money." and I had her in my office, you know, screaming at me, you know, I didn't even get a word in before she screamed 20 times. And and um that was when when Mia was, I think, in third grade and they just moved to town in fifth grade. Oh yeah,
you remember it well. And um you know, I'm I'm proud that she's doing well and graduated from nursing school. That's quite an accomplishment. that her son got this support that he needs through our amazing uh interventions program. Um
Rick, I want my son to say something nice about you. Twice I was victimized by the red light cameras. I didn't know who to thank for getting rid of them. Thank you for getting rid of the same corner. Same corner got victimized twice and I don't think I was even driving the car that the second time, but thank you for that. I did look you up
while you were speaking. Time magazine recognized you as the red camera guy. So, I welcome you to come back at the August meeting and talk some more about everything. [Laughter] Wayne's too far. You don't want to I got
it. We got your message. Well, I'll read it to everyone up there. Okay. Um, lastly, I do want to acknowledge one other person who was not here. Uh, Captain Bob Weiss. If you don't know Captain Weiss, um he was when we talk about the security in the
district he was the one who worked with myself, worked with the chief of police right after Sandy Hook Elementary School, the tragedy there to really start bringing in. In fact, he got in his car and went down to Seaside, went down to Point Pleasant, Belmar, and took their
recruited their seasonal officers who, if you think about it, was the perfect marriage that no one else was doing it. That's why we were rewarded because he took summer officers who were about to become unemployed and said, "Why are you going to be unemployed? You come work with us from September until June and then you go back to Belmar, you go back
to Point Pleasant, you have year- round employment now." And we took up all those officers until they had to start making that was those were all CO2s and there's a limit on how many CO2s you can have. And then they started they passed legislation to have CO3s because there
was only so many CO2s available. So, um, if you don't know, in the past, uh, probably three weeks ago, he tragically, you know, he loves coaching. You know, as as far as, um, you know, he was a chief, uh, captain of the police department. I was honored, and I've
mentioned this in years past. He invited me to go to his retirement ceremony um, in Washington DC when he retired from the US Marine Corps. And he was a chief warrant officer officer number five. You can Google that. There's not many chief off officer warrant number fives.
There's chief officer warrant threes, but to get two fives in the same room would be like lightning hitting the same place twice. Um, so it's a very rare ranking and I was very proud to be there. Delegates from the White House were there. Um, and it was a great moment that I'll I'll never forget. So, the reason I bring this up is um, he was
coaching recently and loves coaching as much as anything else and he'll tell you about it because one thing Bob Weiss can do is talk. um that he was out with the training the girls and someone threw a discus. It hit him in the side of the head face. He had had a reconstructive
um work on his jaw and so forth. And um you know that is a man of commitment of great things. So I wish him the best and uh I wish him a speedy recovery and uh on my last you know my last time speaking um to let him know that you know we're thinking about him and he such a good man. Talk about a good man
that's a good man. So thank you everyone. Thank you, Obridge. It has been my pleasure and love you all. Any old business to follow that? I'll talk. Uh, one, Sasha, I cannot wait to see what you do in life because you
really are such a a remarkable young woman. you really are. Um, so congratulations on your graduation yesterday. Um, congratulations to all of our graduates yesterday. Uh, it was a beautiful ceremony. Um, it was hot, but
it really was, it was remarkable. So, thank you to all the staff that helped making it as great as it was. Um, good luck to all of our fifth graders entering the scary middle school era and good luck to all our eighth graders about to enter the best four years ahead. Um, I would like to thank our
teachers, principals, the staff, uh, transportation, plant services, everyone involved in making this district the district that it actually is. Um, your state, your countless hours of dedication to all of the students in Oldbridge is never goes unnoticed. Um,
to the board this year really has been a fun one for us. I mean, we have our differences, but I mean, I have to say we did pretty good this year for the most part. Um to the admin, Dr. Hulker, Dr. Tui, Mr.
Widell, Mr. Citadino. Um thank you for always answering our endless emails, our texts, phone calls, uh just speaking for myself. I know I'm not the easiest person to work with, but you guys all handle it like champions. So, thank you. Um lastly, Mr. Citadino, thank you for
your dedication to our students and our district the last 13 years. Uh you have endless accomplishments and awards here that I'm sure you'll carry with you to Wayne. I'm sure you're going to do great things over there and we look forward to seeing what you bring. Uh I hope everyone has an amazing summer. Thank
you guys. And that's it for me. I'm out. I have something. Um, it feels like we're living like a live like Shares farewell tour, like goodbye, and she always reperformed. Uh, like we've been saying goodbye to Dave for like the last month. Uh, but I guess
we're finally here. Um, Dave, it was a privilege working with you for the last four years. I'm glad I was able to form my own opinion and it seems to be validated by everything that we've heard and anybody that I've run into. Um, in my profession, it's all about I guess building equity. I'm in the finance
business. And although you're leaving, I still I feel as if you built you've raised a lot of equity in this district where it's not going to be easy to replace, but you've built a kingdom, helped build the kingdom with a lot of help and um I think that legacy is going
to be hard to replace, but at least to help continue it. So, you've built something that's going to be hard to replace, but um it'll be a nice transition uh to see someone take those reigns and uh even try to attempt to what you did. So, thank you for your
service. It was great working with you as a friend and as a colleague. Thank you. I would like to say just the same thing, Dave. Um, I was honored to be on the board with you and um, thank you for everything you've done for Old Bridge
and I appreciate you and we're looking forward to that invitation to Wayne that you promised us, Madam President. Go ahead. So, I'm a man of many words sometimes, and I'm going to be a man of many words again tonight. Um, I have to because
tonight I want to write the threeinut rule. He wrote five pages. I did write five pages and um I'll make it brief and quick. Uh, I I I am at a loss um with with David leaving. Uh, I can tell you that I'm the only board member on this
board that has sat through three administrations. Three administrations. That's Simon Bosow era, Dr. Brennan era, and also the David Cedadino era. Matt was on and off the board. He wasn't with Dr. Brand at the time. So, I can
tell you unequivocally that David has made this district an incredible place for our students and for our residents. He unequivocally with his team, Dr. Hoker and all the administrators have paved the way as trailblazers and has
made this place a wonderful place for education for our children. Dr. Bosow, you know, he had his issues. Dr. Brennan came in with his mind and trying to alter everyone's thought process, but honestly, David came in and applied everything and
made this district terrific. He's endured a lot. He's endured a lot because you know what, over 15 years that I've been involved with my board members who are here that I serve very distinguishly with, you know, we have Kelly Ellis Foster, Donna Andreani, Jill
Cali, Sal Prima, and Gino Denafhrio. We were here through the thick and thin, the difficult times with David, you know, from the tragedy at Pathmark. It was unbelievable how David reacted, how he and his love brought this district together. It was a very traumatic time
for a lot of us. Uh we had a the COVID issue, as we know, it was a very a very difficult time, a lot of different opinions, but he was able to navigate and and bring us through the whole process. And you know what? We argued, we had, you know, disagreements on the
direction to go, but you know what? We found a way to make it work for our district. Many tragedies, some great highlights. You know, David was a steward of bringing kindergarten to the district full-time. And obviously tonight, you know, we see the benefits based upon a 12-year, 13-year look back
from 2013 to today based upon our percentages of of graduates going to uh to college. Um, you know, the security initiative was a huge huge initiative that uh David shepherded us through with with Captain Weiss and Chief Vulcit. Uh,
I had the pleasure of working with them to to make sure that uh they got everything they needed from the board. I was the vice president at the time and uh I think that we did such a wonderful job there. Um, schools of character, I was honored to go with David and Dr.
Hoka down to Washington DC to the National Press Club to talk about what we did as a district and how they implemented schools of character. That was a monumental time for this district. Um board member Andreani accompanied us and we were there and you know we were
able to celebrate that wonderful wonderful wonderful accolade. Um and there's just a few other things that uh David means to me and I can tell you that he's a good man. He's a man of fabric. He's good fabric. He's a man of
character. He's he's a man that loves his children and all of us are his children, even board members, because you know what? He treated al all all of us with respect. And he treated us equally regardless if he had issue with you or not. He treated you the same. And
he treated all our students with the utmost respect and love, which has benefited our district. There's just one thing I want to share and you no one in this room knows it but me and David. Um I was the chief of the fire department for seven years. I was a deputy chief
and then the chief of the department here and um I've seen a lot of horrific accidents, a lot of death. Uh, and too many times, you know, I had to call David at 2:30 in the morning on a Saturday morning to tell him that one or
two or three of our students or past students had died in a car accident. Uh, and um, David would pick up the phone and he would say, "Okay, you know what's going on? It's 3:00 in the morning. I don't get this call from you unless there's something going on." And there was one particular accident on
Englishtown Road about 10 years ago where three of our students, two current and one prior, died in a horrific car accident head on. And I told David and when I told him the names, he broke down
because he had engaged two of them that Friday. And you know, it just shows his commitment and his compassion and his love for our students and for our community. And uh that that day is
etched in my mind. And that happened two or three other times with our students. And the first thing out of his mouth, you know, his sincere, you know, is his his love and the compassion to the child and the family. And then in the next morning, you know, he would do something
to help the family. Even with people who had fires in their homes, kids who lost everything, David and his team would be there the next morning trying to pick up the pieces for them. These are things people don't know about. And this is the man that was our steward. He loved this community and I
respect him with my entire heart. I love the man. I've seen him grow. I've seen him do things that many other superintendents wouldn't have done. Simon Bosow wouldn't have done it. I know Dr. Brennan wouldn't have done it, but this man did. And from that, you
know, I want to wish David um a a a a a a bright future in Wayne. It's our loss, their gain, and they recognize that. And David, I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, you are a man of character, genuine sincerity, and a good
man. and I want to thank you for your 20 plus years of service, 13 years as superintendent, and me personally will miss you and you'll always be a dear friend. Thank you, David, for all your hard work and love for our district. I am going to correct him on something
and um Mr. Parton will correct me, will agree with me. I say that Mr. Solicowski was on the board with Dr. Dr. Brennan because what's the quote he was uh yeah Dr. Brennan referred to uh Matt as our
radish and he said every salad needs one and Matt provides that he said that Mr. Salakowski was a radish and every salad needs a radish. So that's why he served the purpose. All right. Okay. I'm going to jump in
here or Kieran. Go ahead. No. Good. Okay. So, I want to sincerely thank Mr. Cidino for his outstanding leadership in the Oldbridge School District. His dedication has definitely shaped our schools for the better and we wish him success in his next chapter. Yesterday's
high school graduation was a tremendous success. Again thanks to all the staff and everyone who really supported you know leading us forward to that occasion as well as there's a lot of hard work uh behind the scenes by our staff like teachers or the rest of the educators
administr again you know congratulations to the class of 2025 for their achievements and Shasha you're amazing you know like what um Miss Mezone mentioned I also looking for to see you know your growth thank you and uh thanks to the families you
know the witch community and the staff for making it an unforgettable event yesterday. The board remains committed to fostering excellence and uh opportunity for every student. So we will continue to build on the strong foundation Mr. you know that you're leaving behind and um again it's
not so easy to fill that spot like some of you mentioned getting even up to 50% or 75% itself a great achievement but we'll strive our best and we are committed to the community to stay as we are or rather to improve from where we are definitely not go go go back thank
you just going to jump in and say a few things um Clarissa you spoke spoke so eloquently and so positively about a really difficult transition for a lot of people and I think that sets an amazing tone for this transition and for
everybody involved. So, thank you for for all those wonderful words you said about two very amazing administrators. So, I wish um Dr. Rico and Dr. Ferry the best of luck on their on their new journeys. So, thank you for sharing all of that. Um, I always say that as a board member, my favorite place to be is in the classroom and all the events that
we are invited to. And graduation, um, of course is one of those. So, um, I was honored to be there yesterday to see our high school graduates celebrate. Congratulations, Sasha, and everybody else. Um, so that was really wonderful. Um, I had an awesome opportunity to
speak at Samberg's graduation as my daughter graduated Samberg. So, that was a really neat moment. So, I'm grateful for that. Um, I just want to say thank you to all of our staff. um every single one of you, no matter what your position is in our district, um for your tireless effort, your endless patience with all
of our students and your constant support of them. Um I want to wish all of our staff, our students, our families, and everybody in our community a wonderful, happy, safe, fun summer. So, I hope that everybody enjoys their time, takes a break. Um and Mr.
Citadino, thank you for your service to the Old Bridge community. You have made an impact on many people in our town and I wish you the best of luck as you close this chapter here and open a new one in Wayne. So, thank you. Yes. Uh I'd also like to thank Mr. Sadino for his years of service in the
district and wish him the best of luck in Wayne. I'd like to congratulate the graduates of the class of 2025 and look forward to seeing what they accomplish in the future. and it was nice to see all past elected officials from council and the board of education to come here. So, thank you for speaking or attending.
And that's it for old business. I got some new business though. So, thank you. Go ahead. I can mix it. Okay. So, new business. As mentioned earlier, we are working towards our long range strategic planning model plan. So, we want the community involved as much as possible. So, we're
going to be having meetings similar to the one we had in the cafeteria a few years ago. We had all the goals we wanted, but now we know what the goals are. So, now it's the next step going forward. So, we want a lot of community input on that. Thank you. So, I have just a couple of points to
make. First of all, Dave's not leaving till August 15th. So, I really wasn't thinking about this as this is his last meeting. So, good for me because I didn't actually plan anything. Um,
there's so many things that I could say and but I can't because I would get emotional and that would just ruin my reputation. So, I'm not going to go there. I do want to point out that I don't look at you or think of you as a dad. Um, a
cousin maybe. Um, but I'll say that I think I I kind of put it in my pocket that you're leaving and compartmentalized that this isn't really happening. Um,
but I know that as we walk around the schools, there's always a piece of you everywhere that we are. Um, there's so many of the things that we do here in Oldbridge that are because of you. Um, and I think there's a lot of people
for a very long time that will know that Dave is a friend and a professional and really the most genuine person that I know. You've led us through challenges. So many so many
um with calm and compassion and always putting the students first. I can tell you that when I took this job, one of the things that I said to Dave was, "I have little kids. How am I going to do this job and put them first and
make sure that I was both doing the best that I could do in this job and also for my kids?" And he said, "Family always comes first." That has always been the case. I had a daughter that was very sick
and there was never a second that I couldn't take care of her and do my job. I'm grateful for boy. This is going to kill me. And it's on TV. I've made it through all these years
without getting emotional with you. It is. We always say that. Um I thank you for that. I thank you for your friendship and of course your service and all the good
that you've done here in Oldbridge. I know that Wayne will see very quickly that they made a very good choice. Um and that you will be in a place where you are very much appreciated. You will be missed, but I know I'll
still see you. So, thank you. [Applause] So, I have a a few things. I was notified that all of our new hires are Old Bridge alumni. Um, so thank you for
coming back. Um, and it just kind of goes to show those that are new to the district how awesome is because they keep coming back. um the high school graduation. This is the first time in a while that all nine board members were at the high school
graduation. So, kudos to the board for all being there and um being the heat in those hot gowns. Um great job and thank you to the speakers at the different graduations, Jay, Elena, and Marjorie. All of your
speeches were great and inspiring. Um you guys call him Captain Weiss. who was my swim coach. So, coach twice. Uh, wishing you recovery. Sorry to hear the injury and good luck with all of that. Um, Dave, you are leaving a legacy as many
have said. Um, it's been an honor to sit on the stage and next to you over the past few months. I've always liked watching you interact with the students when we're at events. Um, and even the car the kids that just want to come up and pet Daisy. They don't really want to talk to you. you're the adult in the
room, but it it's all about Daisy and you whip out a trading card for Daisy and you make that moment more than just petting a dog while they were, you know, dragged along to their older siblings art show or band concert or whatever thing that the little kids had to be
there. So, you know, just goes to show the extra step that you have done to make it memorable for everybody. Um, so thank you for all of that. Um, I hope everyone, uh, students, staff, and families, and the Old Bridge community as a whole has a great, enjoyable
summer. The board, unfortunately, is not getting off over the summer. We will continue working on um the superintendent search and the um the planning, the what's it called? The no, the survey, no, the the long-range plan,
but the the surveying of the schools. Um, and I've had a few people reach out from the community wanting to be involved in the search. Um, and know that that will come. There will be a time for the community to speak. You know, what parts
of Dave, a lot of it, almost all of it, we want to keep um, and try and replicate in our next superintendent. So, um, you know, be on the lookout for that and know that we will all be working on that. But Dave, thank you for
everything that you've done for Old Bridge. Um, and like everyone said, good luck. Just not going to talk about me. Just go ahead. I want to congratulate the class of 2025. It was an honor to um be on the stage with them yesterday. Again, so
much to be proud of with our students and their statistics and their data, but that's not really the most important thing. and you know the human appeal that our students bring with them that's the most important thing you say and if you know I don't put a lot of pressure on but but if sash if Sasha exemplifies
the personality the success the human heart that we are putting out in our students then we're a very successful school district I look forward to your future I know it's going to be great things and you know you're not saying it now but you're going to come back as an educator I can feel it you'll be back on
this stage a few years from now we'll We'll see. And um I I will I will definitely follow your college career and see how you do. Um but I know great things are ahead and most important thing staff, students,
everyone have a great summer that you deserve. You've all worked very hard. I'm very proud of everything we've done together. And uh stay safe this summer. That's the most important thing. Thank you. Motion to go into executive session. Miss a motion.
Jano second. Right. All right. Thank you. All in favor. All in favor? Yes. I All right. Thank you everyone. Have a safe drive home. Stay cool out there.