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Okay, I'd like to call this meeting to order. Mrs. Genshi, would you lead us in a flag salute? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Sunshine Law Statement. All requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act have been met for this meeting of the board of education, the Bureau of Ordell. Notice of this meeting was filed with the record and all persons requesting such notice. Mr. Darien, would you read the mission statement? >> The Ordale Public School District is

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dedicated to the ongoing pursuit of educational excellence through comprehensive, innovative curriculum and instruction. The district is committed to providing opportunities for social, emotional, and academic discovery to foster curiosity, courage, and character. Our goal is to prepare our

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students to become lifelong learners who are self-directed, resilient, productive, responsible citizens. >> Thank you. Roll call >> on the roll. Mr. Delg Greco >> here. >> Mrs. Downey >> here. >> Mrs. Gi >> here. >> Mrs. Moran >> here. >> Mrs. Norian

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>> here. >> Mr. Nutland. >> Mrs. Walker >> here. >> Mr. Dariion here. >> Mrs. Nichols >> here. This time we'll open to the public for agenda items only. Did you bring us any cake? >> Good.

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>> Yeah, we could Thanks for coming. >> Congratulations. >> Okay, moving forward, we have another thank you note. Dear Ordo board of education, thank you so much for the delicious bagel spread provided for staff for teacher appreciation this year. It was very thoughtful of you and

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we appreciate you including administration in the celebration. Thank you for a great 2526 school year. Looking forward to 2627 yours and education the ops admin team. So that was from them and we will move to the superintendent report.

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Um many people think that the school year just ends and then we have summer another one begins. I get asked all the time, are you like excited for the end of the school year? For administration, there is no end. We are already planning for next year, and that begins with personnel. A month ago, we had six

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positions to fill because of retirements, resignations, and the addition of new positions to our staff roster. Currently, with the recommendations on tonight's agenda for an ESL teacher, a Spanish teacher, and a school library media specialist, we will have two positions left to fill. Initial

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interviews for those positions have begun. Um, I'm very excited that our new hires are a combination of veteran teachers and novice teachers. Uh, we did a lot of interviews this time around, more so than we've done in other

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positions. We do take use a protocol where we leave our positions without an ending date. When we post positions, we post them as open until filled and sometimes someone later will find a position and that allows us to keep interviewing. It also means that we're

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getting a bigger pool and just because you applied a little later because maybe you were in a interview process somewhere else and you thought that was going to come to fruition. We do you might in you might submit an application on a Thursday and we that might have been filled for three weeks and we may

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call you on a Friday and say we'd like you in because we want to make sure that especially in positions like the school library media specialist and the Spanish teacher who are going to teach the entire school that we've done a thorough vetting of all the possible applicants

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out there. Um, so as I said, I'm very excited that we're bringing both some novice teachers and some veteran teachers and one staff member who's already spent a full year here, even though she will be on step one on our guide because she did a leave for us this entire year. Also on tonight's

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agenda is a recommendation for approval of staff to complete additional curriculum work to prepare for the 2627 school year. While we are planning for next year, though, we're also closing out this year. We've done that with the torch run last Friday in conjunction with the Ordell Police Department, the

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kindergarten writing camp on the front lawn, tonight's recorder concert and instrumental petting zoo with the instrumental petting zoo part taking place right now in the MPR. Tomorrow we will have our sixth grade awards assembly in the evening. And today we tried something new and had the OPS

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class of 2020 who are current high school seniors visit to have a final walkthrough of OPS. They paraded through the halls. Uh, I did not know there was going to be confetti. I got a little nervous about that. You know, I like things clean, but the kids did a great job cleaning up the confetti. They

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watched their sixth grade video um in the auditorium together. And the event ended with them ringing the school bell one last time. But our biggest end of the year event will take place next week as our sixth graders participate in the annual commencement on the front lawn. on. I know several of you have already

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RSVPd to Miss Scroce if you will be attending. If you haven't and will be attending, if you would let her know just so I can ensure that we have enough seats for both the board and the council underneath the tree. And that concludes my report.

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Thank you, Mr. Ayapelli. And as Miss Bosia has said, we are also in the business office beginning to close out 2526 and open up 2627. Uh all our purchase orders for supplies for the 2627 school year have been sent

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out. Uh we now send everything out. Nearly all if the vendor accepts it, it's all done electronically. uh we don't have to mail anything and those supplies are already coming in but they know they will be paid and invoiced

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after July 1st. Uh so we're ahead of the game this year with our supply orders. Um we had a meeting today regarding the kindergarten rooftop unit. That unit is still it's actually scheduled to come in late August.

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Um they're saying August 28th, but we'll let us know if the date moves up at all. And for the first week of August, once all the children are out and camps are gone, they will do the duck work cleaning for the kindergarten rooms prior to the installation of the new

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rooftop unit. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you. Moving to minutes, review of May 20th. Any questions or comments, please email Mr. Aelli. We have approval of May sec. Do I have a motion? >> I'll second or I'll make a motion.

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>> Motion by Mrs. Genshi. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Walker. Any questions? >> Call a question. >> On the roll. Mr. Delg Greco. >> Abstain. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes.

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>> Mrs. Genie. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian. >> Yes. >> Mr. Not is not here. Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mr. Dariion, >> yes. >> Mrs. Nichols, >> yes. Committee reports. Um, Mr. Delg

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Greco, buildings and grounds. >> Um, thank you. Yeah, we have not had a meeting. Um, I think we probably should schedule one maybe in the future. I'm not sure if you want to just let the school year write out first or if we need to take action. Okay. Um so yes, I

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will work with um everybody to schedule a meeting I guess in the next week or two or how how immediate do you need it >> before our next meeting. >> Okay, gotcha. All right, perfect. Um so with that, I also want to bring um up

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here B1 use of school facilities. >> I'll second it. >> Second by Mrs. Norian. Any questions? I have a question. Sorry. Uh the Fourth of July fireworks and pray. Is this just them having people hang out in our lawn or are they actually doing something? I

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know last year they had a penned off area for council whoever special people. Can you explain a little bit please? >> I can share as much as I was told. So, um, when I met with the recreation supervisor, he originally was just

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asking for the show mobile, the stage to be on the sidewalk. I said, "That's what you asked for last year. However, you then put barriers and chairs on the lawn and you didn't ask. Is that happening?" He at that point could not tell me if that was

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happening, which is why they were also requesting that space on the lawn because last year they didn't request any space on the lawn. So, I can follow up with that if you'd like, but that's why last year they really it was just the sidewalk and then they were on the lawn. This year to cover that they were

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also asking for that one section of lawn. >> Okay. >> Not 100% sure whether they'll use it. It was out of precaution. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Just just out of curiosity, is that a typo? >> 724.

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>> Oh, yes. I thought so. Yeah. I have a question. Um, oral basketball practice $20. Is that from our new is that our new rate that we had decided about? >> Yes, sir. >> So, why is the Halloween party 2BD? We just don't know how long it's going to be or

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>> I think that perhaps the buildings and grounds committee needs to meet or the policy committee one more time to discuss whether renting the MPR is $20 or it's $20 for AB and $20 for CD. >> Okay.

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>> Any other questions? Call the question >> on the roll. Mr. Delgreco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Genchi. Yes, >> Mrs. Moran. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Norian. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes,

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>> Mr. Dariion. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. Curriculum, Mrs. Norian. >> Uh, yes. You notice that um in your packet there is uh the complete um minutes from our last uh curriculum

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meeting in addition to the presentation that was given to us. If you should see anything that's on there that you need to go over with the committee, please let us know. You'll notice that there is curriculum work being done uh both in

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the personnel area of our uh agenda tonight um as well as um just looking at you know what we've got going on. There'll be a lot of writing, some to be done by June 30th, others to be done so that we can approve by September.

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Oh, and and forgot there was there was something added to the agenda. Uh, I'd like to present C1, approval of field trip. >> I'll second. >> Second by Mr. Delg Greco. Any questions? Call the question

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>> on the roll. Mr. Delgreco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gi, >> yes. >> Mrs. Moran, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miss Norian. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dariion. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. Finance. Mr. Dariion.

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>> Uh, yes. We did not meet uh since our last meeting, so I have nothing to report at the subcommittee level. Uh, tonight. I'd like to introduce items D1 through D13. Um, I'd like to make a comment before

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you open it up for questioning. Um since this agenda changed as my last agenda uh on D12 um where it says we're determined that an amount up to 300,000 may be available for the maintenance reserve. The key

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words for this as well as the other um agenda items is the amount up to that's like using the word may in a in a legal document. you we may do something, we

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may not, but uh up to means that is the max. So, um you know, most likely we're not going to put in this large amount, but we are approving it up to that amount. So, when you read through these

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um resolutions, just don't assume that we're putting I'm trying to find the one. I should just go back to my old one. Um Thank you. >> The uh the

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300,000 the another 300,000 and 100,000. Those are all up to amounts and there should be one for >> the 11 is 3 million. >> 3 million. That's right. So, >> these are all determined in the audit. >> Yeah.

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The way it works is uh we we'll get an audit and uh they'll see how much money we should have left over and then at that time we determine how much we're going to put into these accounts. Um and these are placeholders. >> Want to make your motion again? >> I have a question. >> Wait.

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>> Oh, you have let me motion first. Right. >> So I'd like to introduce items D1 through D13. >> 14. >> 14. >> I'll second >> through D14. >> Second by Mrs. Norian. Mrs. Walker. What was your question? I have a question on

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D14. Um that Northern Valley TIP program. Could you explain a little bit about that? Seems like it's only a summer program. >> Um it's just one month of tuition for a student who has recently gone out of district.

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>> Oh, without for an out of district student. Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Call the question. >> Mr. Delg Greco. >> Yes. Mrs. Downey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Genchi, >> yes. >> Mrs. Moran,

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>> yes. >> Mrs. Norian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mr. Dariion, >> yes. >> Mrs. Nichols, >> yes. Before we move forward, do we need a meeting before your end if anything needs to be spent or ordered? Did you want that or no?

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>> Uh, for finance? >> I know in B&G, but do you need it for anything or no? >> Um, I would leave that up to Peter if he wants to meet. Um, I'm available. know if we need to do anything. >> Uh, delegate report. Mrs. Norian, >> there is no report.

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Uh, personnel, Mrs. Walker. >> Um, I would like to present F1. >> I'll second. >> Second by Mrs. Genshi. Do we have any questions? Um, I have just I guess it's a

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statement. Um, uh, on the outline I'm on F 1 F no B C D E F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F

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21 through 20 32. Um, when we're referring to the summer personnel working, um, I assume the reason that they're not to exceed I'm

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looking at 21 through 20 32 is because they will have a larger workload, a larger number of hours they're spending with the group because they're not to exceed

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8,400 where all the rest are a,000. And >> so that's actually for doing more work where the other ones is actually meeting. So that's actually they're preparing work for the meetings versus they're actually sitting just at the meetings. And that 8,400 splits across

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all of them. The one that's $1,000, that's just to every IEP meeting must have a general ed teacher at it. So that's just if we happen to have some CS some IEP meetings over the summer, we have to have a general ed teacher at it. So one of them would be hired to come

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and sit at that meeting. >> So that that 8,400 can fluctuate. It might not be. >> Absolutely. Yeah. That was the number that we had put on the agenda last year. It was not necessarily the number we had used, but we just thought we'd keep it

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the same. Do we have the same approximate close to number of special ed students this year or more? >> I think we will have less evaluations over the summer is what I'm being told. We really tried to make sure if we had

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students that were on our radar, we were bringing them to the child study team sooner. Also because we don't always have every type of member over the summer and sometimes we have to go out for an evaluation. We would always

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prefer our work to happen internally. >> Absolutely. And and I guess the last question is how many students do we have at a district >> currently for 2526 or next year for 2627?

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>> 2627. Um, I don't remember offhand, but I will get back to you. Okay. It's it's a lower number than it's been in the past, but I don't want to say a number if it's not 100% accurate. So, I will get back to you on it. >> Okay. If you could give me the

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comparison to 25. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Delgco. >> Quick question just because I'm not aware of the process. So, compensated to revise mathematic curriculum documents, right? And this goes on for ELA. So are

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they basically taking what they have created and then just updating documentation or are they looking at what the state says this is what's changed and then also or >> in the area of science it's what the state has said has changed because there are brand new science standards.

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>> So you just compare and replace >> sometimes it's a massive like that's if you go back to the presentation that we did for curriculum like they're different. >> Yeah. So sometimes units have to be changed completely, sometimes they just have to be tweaked to add a standard. In

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the area of math, the state has not pushed down any new standards. However, we just implemented for the first time in grades K 1, two, and three, for example, a brand new math curriculum. >> Now we've lived it once and we've said, well, this should be here and this

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should be there and here's another resource we'd like to put in the curriculum. We don't want teachers doing things that aren't in the curriculum. So we say to them throughout the whole year, if there's something else you've wanted to use, let's get it documented in the curriculum. So in the area of math and language arts, those curricular

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revisions are tweaks based on living the document. In the area of science and cursive writing, those are completely new standards. So that's like a a whole rewrite. >> Gotcha. Thank you. And then just what is a toolkit? I see world study toolkit. I

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see math explorations toolkit. like what is >> it's putting together additional resources so when a teacher is working with a small group they're not randomly searching for materials because a student needs extra work in a certain area. So it's really again in an effort to document as much as possible so that

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teachers aren't in a world where there is so much out there saying I have to teach addition of fractions and I'm just going to go to teachers pay teachers and teach something. If there's something you've used let's document let's get it in the curriculum so everyone can be using it. Thank you.

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>> For the toolkits, are they making them for all the classes? Are they putting one together and everyone has to make their own? >> Um, they're actually also being linked to the curriculum, which is why we are using the curriculum rate writing rate. So, they're putting curriculum toolkits together for everyone, but they're also

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linking that to the curriculum itself. So if another teacher comes in in a year or something changes in special ed, this often happens, a different teacher will be teaching that it's always there. >> Um, back to just go ahead.

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>> Just one quick question about the toolkit. My memory of toolkits were kind of too much thrown into a big container. So, and this is your toolkit for fifth grade or what sixth grade. So now you're

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saying these teachers will sort out and look at the curriculum for fourth grade or second grade and figure out what they need basically. >> I think when you think of toolkit as an educator, you're probably thinking of like the actual physical manipulatives

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and things. >> Yes. >> Okay. These are more curricular like it might be a worksheet, it might be an activity, it might be a game. >> It's not every classroom already has those manipulatives. It's putting those activities when you might use that act

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those manipulatives together or putting together an extra additional worksheet or something that will help with that unit. So, it's not the physical materials. Everyone already has those. It's making sure all of that's being used in a deliberate way. >> Got it. Got it. Thank you.

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>> Um, in the future, I guess I was confused by this too. So, I noticed back here it says per person for these not to exceed at 1,000. Can we put in the future uh group total because I actually thought this was and I think it could be confusing if a staff member wanted to go back on that. I act personnel was on um

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an email chain this afternoon and I had asked a question about one of our new hires twice but I did not get an answer. So I would like to go into a close session quick. It's just a minor one but um you make a motion to go into close session. Yeah, I'll make a motion that we go into

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close session uh over personnel items. Second. >> I'll second. Second by Mr. Delg Greco. Roll call. >> On the roll. Mr. Delgreco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Geni? >> Yes.

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>> Mrs. Moran? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian? >> Yes. >> Mr. Nutland is not here. Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mr. Dariion. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. >> But that I guess so cuz we're going to vote.

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>> Yeah. We Mr. Darian, would you make a motion to come out of close session? >> Uh, yes. I make a motion we come out of close session. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Walker. >> I think we can just do an all in favor to come out of close session.

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>> All in favor? I opposed. >> All right. Okay, Mrs. Walker. Um, oh yes, Mrs. Genchi already seconded your motion. Any other questions on personnel? Call the question.

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>> On the role, Mr. Delg Greco? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Genji? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Walker? >> Yes. >> Mr. Darian? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols? >> Yes. Policy? Mr. Nutland is in here and

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I know he wants a meeting so we will hook up with him. Public relations, Miss Moran. >> We do need a meeting report. We do need a meeting. >> Uh, special education, Mrs. Downey. >> Open to the public. We have none. Old or

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new business? >> I have a question. Business. Um, so I think the last two meetings ago we kind of as a group went over the NJSBA delegate, right? You know, we had a bunch of resolutions. Do we know did they actually put the vote out? Do you

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know if which ones passed, which one didn't? And >> yeah, reported on that that they wasn't here. >> Oh, here's Mr. Nutland. >> Right in time. Nice. >> I I don't have it here with me, but they

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did send out >> um a compilation. I'll be glad to share it with you in case you didn't see it. >> I would like Can you put it in the board office for a few weeks maybe? So when we come in for >> Sure. Sure. >> like meetings, we can take a look at it. >> Sure. Absolutely. >> The whole meeting. Is there a video of

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it? Because you said it like the Robert's rules were crazy. >> Well, they it wasn't as crazy as the last time. It was but it was still a test. Um, I'm not sure about the Robert's rule, about the uh video. Um, but I do know that there's a whole

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compilation. Um, I can leave my booklet that, um, I got at the event that day. >> Yeah, leave it with the superintendent and then superintendent for anybody who wants to take a look at it. We could look at committee meetings. >> Yeah, that'd be great. Thank you.

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>> Any other old or new business, >> Mr. Nutler? We can go backwards. We just passed policy and I said, "Mr. Nelton's not here, but I know he wants a meeting, >> so let's hook up on email and get a meeting." >> That was a recorder concert. >> Oh, you just went to baseball.

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>> We We had to play Manto Man today. So Kristen was with Elizabeth at the uh the the recorder. I was watching a a baseball game. So I was heading south on kinderg around like 5 to 5. I stopped at the light at order lab

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and across where panikos was there's this must have been a fourth grader with his scooter and his helmet standing waiting for light tooting on his recorder outside on to come back. It was so cute. I was like he's practicing.

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>> Any other old or new business? ju just to comment that um I think it's great the way we're having all these activities for parents for different grade levels. Uh and Mrs. Moran just was talking about being at the fourth grade

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uh I used to call it tutor and flutter concert. Uh >> and it it just is it's it's neat to just have these random >> and they're not random as far as administration goes. Absolutely. and

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work all year. But great job. >> Any other new or old business? >> What did he say? Oh, yeah. We have another meeting. >> I have um just a comment. So, we had the kindergarten writing celebration um

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earlier and it was it was adorable and I just thought Mrs. Ree beater did a fantastic job with the kids getting them prepared and it was very cute to watch their uh >> You say it was a writing celebration. Yeah, it was a writing celebration, but they sing a couple songs beforehand. Um, it was it was really cute. So, it was a

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great job by Mrs. Rea beater getting the kids prepared for that. >> Yes, >> I did actually forget to report and I don't know um if you saw the video in the board update, we also Mrs. Reuber and Mr. Butcher also took a very large

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group of students to the credential center to sing for American young voices last week, which even if you just you go on YouTube and Google the experience, it's pretty amazing. the um there's a U that is just filled with students from

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across New Jersey that all learn the same songs and parents can get tickets and sit on this part but it's really filled with voices coming together learning the same songs and it's pretty amazing and the biggest struggle every year is that everyone goes on a school

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bus so all those school buses leave need to leave and JPAC uh the potential center at the same time so by the time they got home it was after 10:00 and a good half of them had a band festival competition the next morning.

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So, it has really been non-stop music at um Oridel Public and tomorrow as part of awards ceremony, there will actually be a musical presentation as well. >> Nice. Just to add to that, I I've witnessed it when Emma has been. It's an amazing event. And I did notice this

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year you had a better banner and better position at the lower side. Last year they were like all the way up in the top. It was hard to see. I understand this year they're in the lower left. >> So they were very >> I don't know if it's luck, but I also know that the banner piece it it's a

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little bit like Odyssey. Once you do it, you kind of see everybody else and then you know, oh wait, we look like we put this together with like a marker and a sheet. We need to do better. So I think that's part of the experience piece of it. And I think what's nice is that we

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speak so much of diversity, not diversity, but like individualized or group work, and here it is a whole auditorium of kids singing the exact same song. There's something

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neat about that, too. 100%. >> Any other old or new business? We do need to go into a close session if you would like to make a motion again. I make the motion we go into executive session. >> I'll second it.

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>> Second by Mrs. Norian. Roll call. >> On the roll. Mr. Delgreco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Genchi. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nutell. >> Yes.

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>> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes. >> Mr. Darien. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. We will not be taking any further action this evening. Thank you, Ron.